■ ■ (k y v ■ A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Angling, Shooting, the Kennel, Practical Natural History, F ISHCULTURE, YACHTING AND CANOEING, AND THE IiK_.ULi._A.TION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST 1 IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. VOLUME LXIV. January, 1905 — June, 1905. FOREST AND PUBLISHED BY THE STREAM PUBLISHING NEW YORK. COMPANY, 1905 ,1 FOREST AND STREAM. INDEX— VOLUME LXIV. EDITORIAL. Adirondack Timber Investigation. Adirondack Timber Thieves April Audubon’s Birthday Audubon Work Batten, T- E Birds Bred in Captivity Page. 349 229 269 289 209 229 349 Biological Survey' 1-9 Blackford, E. G 1 Books, Oid Brook in April 289 Buffalo Case in Colorado 349 Buffalo, Government Ownership of 509 Buffalo Hunt in 1905 449 Buffalo Lore 389 Calaveras Trees, Big 129 California Fruits and Birds 499 Chapman, Thomas J 109 Currituck Duck Shooting 65 Curtis Indian Pictures 249 Pffeetion §?t»sg i89 ■ ' ■ — 9SQ Docking Horses * -oa Dog as Guardian 8o Ducks in Texas 309 Duck Shooting Practice 1 Federal Control of Fish 129 Federal Control of Public Waters 209 Fish Commission Work 169 Fishing Right Pollution 169 Fishing Trespass Florida License Law Forest Reserve -v 85 249 ton .209 Page. Niagara 269, 309, 369 North Carolina Quail in New Jersey 229 Optimism of Sportsmen 49 Packard, Prof. A. S I49 Pennsylvania Game Legislation 469 Pennsylvania Shoot 369 Pike, Col. Nicholas 309 Platform Plank 189 Police and Revolvers 129 Police Marksmanship 1" President and Peeping Toms .....329 Prime, Wm. C I49 Protectors’ Moieties 389 Quail for Stocking 6" Quail Restocking 229 Revolvers and Homicides — 289 Roosevelt Hunting 389 Shiras Bill 129. 369 Silz Game Case 289, 309, 449 Smelters 389 Snakes in Hawaii Island 489 Snakes in Hawaiian Islands..,,,..,,... 489 Tennessee Association 509 Texas Ducks 35 Trapshooting Expansion 329 Vermin Poison 2° Water Pullution and Fish 189 Weather and the Birds I49 Whale of Chahoos _ 449 Wildfowl Supply 269 Wyoming Big Game Refuge Yacht Races, International ydlliw-ntone Park 1S9 Page. Louisiana 37, 111 Luncheon, Unsalted 371 Medicine in Camp 7, 27, 47, 68, 90, 130, 251 Merameck Bottom HI Midnight Mystery 270 Minnesota Forests 433 Mississippi Cabin Boaters 472, 492 Mississippi, Floating Down... 89, 210, 390, 430, 491 Mississippi River Fishermen 151 Mongrel Gipp 472 Morro 264 Morro Land 410 Page. California Condor 493 California Rough Notes 413 Trees, Preserving 473- Chaffinch N est 91 Columbian Sharp-tail Grouse 7 Coon and Fawn 493 Crow Capers 232 Crow Habits .412 Crow Nest 413 Cuckoo and Victim 433 Cuckoos 493 Dog and Bone 91 9 Nessmuk 310 , Dog and Snakes Newfoundland Notes 152 Duck> Brass ^ ... 9qn Duck’s Coloring 274 370 Duck’s Smell 373 Egrets, Tame 132 Elk Tule 133 Nipissing Country Non-Comprend 6S Parker, Dr. Samuel 151 Parker of the Comanches 372 Parker, Quanah . . 4 ‘2 Penobscot Man 252 .Pete the Canuck 250 Point Loma 350 351 Rogers, Bob Rondeau (Poetry) 46 Shanty Boatman and the Mississippi 252 ( Siberian Urals 290 Sleeping Position "7 291 Smith, Col, J., Adventures Sport and Work 65 Jfresh Air and F umes Fullerton Park Criticism 169 949 Fur Bearers — r Game for Charity..... 409 Game, Sale of Imported 289, 309 Gifford, R. 49 Harris, Wm. C 4®9 Hay Box in Camp 409 Head Hunter 29 Hill Game Case 449 Hunting in Foreign Parts 409 Hunting the Carted Stag.., 229 in the Oid Times 468 Zoological Park .249 THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Hunting Ways Indian Then and Now Investments, Alluring Jefferson, Joseph Lahontan, Baron Lake Champlain Fish Lake Champlain Nets. Langford, N. P Lewis and Clark Club........ License for Hunters Lobsters Long Inland Duck Shooting. Michigan' Ducks Minnesota ‘License Minnesota Spikes the Plank. Missisquoi Bay Moderation. Monologues of Kiah National Park Antelope .129 .329 .469 .189 .169 .-65 . 45 .169 .429 .349 . 45 . 85 .329 ,.489 . .. 85 .. 1 ..389 230, 272 310 90 451 291 490 Adams, Grizzly Adventure, Almost Alaska Snow Slide Animal Sounds, Imitation Boone and Crockett Club Dinner Boy on the Farm Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches. .2, 26, 46, 67, 86, 110, 130 Buffalo Range Memories 371, 391 California Big Trees California, Under Canvas in Camping Out Chihuahua Rosy Sierras China Sport ., Cliff Climbers. •Fail.. . .V? yy Cottonwood Creek Denmark De Smet, Father Eagles, Last of... Free Country Friars’ Point Hubbard’s Diary Hunter’s Temple Foxes and Game 233- Fox a Grouse Killer 172 Fungus 133- Game Diminishing 274 Havier Deer 293 Hawk Bounty &• Hummingbirds 1 *’■ Kirkland Warbler in Ohio..., -1*- Kiska Island •.„•„„„ — SI — u >> I Loons Dodging ' ’ Loon’s Flight Loon Habits, - - < - - Toon in the City 375 Mad Stone 153 112 I Moose Antlers '92 Continent 6, 28 Moose Hunting, 200 Years Ago 452 66 Strength of the Hills (Poetry)., - Summer Roof Tree 471 .. „ , 451 Monarch, Story of TSrail, Encounter on the Trails of the Pathfinders: Townshend, Across the Samuel Parker Musk-Ox Ancestors Thomas J. Faruham Fremont Weather Prophet”s Passing. Wild Turkey, Growing Wind in the Chimney Woodcock in Norway .131 151 National Park Game. 311 322, 432 Nightingale’s Name 170 Orca 68 . 46 .312 NATURAL HISTORY. 431 ..450 ..491 ..330 ..310 . .210- ..470 ..270 ..271 .-.270 ..350 ..452 . .272 ..450 .313 Albino Brook Trout . r i tt‘ j _ aqq Pigeon Is est m lrees American Museum of Natural History s “American Natural History” 442 O 9Q Animal Surgery ^ . , . qo-3 373 Quail and Deer on Cape Ann Audubon Birthday Celebration ^ 433. 69 91 232. Ornithological Congress, National 253 Owl, Size and Power 394, 413, 433- Pacific Coast Notes 292: Panthers in Pennsylvania 70 Parasitic Habit 493- Park for Beatrice, Neb 232 Pheasant Rearing I.-.1 394- Philadelphia Zoological Society... 453 Pigeon Nesting in Elm 354 41§7 Prairie Wolves , .... . 1 33= Prospect Park Spring Notes koy-' --V Audubon Society Bear - and Moose- Bears, Trout, Fox Beaver Killed by Train. Birds in Migration. 354 313 Quail Breeding ?5g. Rattler and His Strike * joi, 91 Rattlesnake’s Victim..... --'94 292 ' Rocky Mountain Goat 492 933 1 Ruffed Grouse Propagation 373 Ruffed Grouse Rearing 353 153. Oiiuvv.liv,io, 1 Skunk and Hens 433 Snaileries Indi; an Doctors ...' ■ • 27 Buftalo> Eat0n’S Kiowas and Comanches New York Forest, Fish and Game Commissidn:269 New York, Little Old 409 | Lee, John Doyle Land of the Espartillo 1™ Buffalo, Wood . 252 California Birds Birds of Southern Michigan-. 473 , as 119 91? 313 412 Shovellers, White Bird Names 48, 113, 21-, aid, ( . „ Birds’ Sense of Smell 343 i Buffalo, Corbin Herd * 193 i „ , ^ Game Importation 413 Snake, Deadly 334 Snake Peril 133 Snake Stone ’ 153 | Song of the Wilderness 8 1 Spider Spun Silk British Columbia .211 Buffalo Preservation ft INDEX 8 / i S> / -J tl ' Page. ipring Days ■ ^92 Spring’s Advance 253 Starling in America 173 Starli ’ll Australia , 313 172 lurkey and Fox .Vhale Killer vVild Turkey, Cross vVidgeons, European, in California. Widgeon, Ways of * vVild Flowers, Anglers’ i in Jut x-j yv. Page. . 70 .232 .153 .153 .292 .493 VVild Flowers of April 2, 73 Wild Flowers of May 354, 392 Wild Flowers of June 153 Wild Turkeys 354 VVild Turkey Weight 173 Winter Hardship-. 212 ,Vi V tion 373 Stood a i i 192 : BAG AND GUN. 'Adirondack Park 315 Adirondacks and Lake George 355 Adirondack Timber Thieves 234 Alaska Big Game 316 American Hunting Ways, Primitive 475 Arizona Duck Shooting ; 135 Arms, Old 70 Bitter Root Mountain Expedition 494 Blue Buck 314 Boone and Crockett Club 71 Brown’s Tract Guide 51 Buck’s Cunning 136 Buffalo Hunt from Rauch No. 101 474 Buffalo Range Memories....... 354 Buffalo Skin Hunters .... 416 Burnside Capture 174 Butte Rod and Gun Club ..157 Canadian Game Club 416 Canadian Game Destruction ..,.315 Caiunop Defense against Hail .... 33 Canyon, As it Ha.p.pemed in the 154, 194 Cat and Fox 137 Chasing Around 135 Cherry County, IDays in ....92 China, Sport In - 474 •Club Constitution 96 Colt’s Revolvers, Early Use of 30, .95 Connecticut License Bill 254 Coon Hunt in Pennsylvania 434 Currituck Game 335 Deer Clubbers Fined 10 Deer, Days With the 213, 234 Deer Hunting in Wisconsin 93 Duck Breeding .Station 51 flltc-v Dr - ...395 us ; in Pond Holes 10 g Ways .. .93 v .J • .. le Waters .294 Sleeping . . .. 12, 81 Jkih. ni l. and Gun Club ...96 Elks, Royal, Killed in Olympics 95 English Partridges in British Columbia 255 Federal Protection of Game.. 193, 214, 335, 374, 415 Florida, .South. .,.157 Foxes and Game Birds 50, 136 Foxhound’s Voice Over Telephone 71 Fox Hunter’s Queer Experiences 293 Game, Storage of Featherless 435 Game Wardens and Collusion 416 Getting Half 293 Hawk and Quail .........195 Heroic Pose 455, 475 Hindoo Koosh ...496 Hunting Instinct, Uncontrolled 10 Illinois Cold -Storage 41§, Illinois Prosecutions 136 Indian Territory Game.! 95 King, Wm. W 215 l.nurentides National Park ..r 396 Legal Cranks in Game Protection 3.34 and Clark Club 71 ,;se and Gun Club 375 j.icense| _ . Massachusetts 215 Long I; paid Duck Shooting 137, 175 Maine Deer 316 Maine Deer Hunts 136 Maine, Down in 415 Maine Game Bills.* ...254 Maine Guides ; 395 Mammals, New 12 Manitoba Protective Association 314 ?L :■ - Ttx Arocv^oa 10, 51 i Dinner 157 1 * 194 1 Game 435 375 Massachusetts Notes 30, 70, 335 Medicine in Camp 375 Michigan Deer 255 Michigan Game Interests 52 Michigan Programme 94 Minnesota Game and Fish 94 Minnesota Non-Residents 10, 32 Mississippi River Sandbars 71 Mongolian Pheasants in New York 355 Moose Heads, Mounting of 374 Munn, Henry N 215 Narrow's Island Club 294 National Game Park 373 National Park Game 254 National Society, Proposed 315 Cuvier Club Daly, Johnnie Delaware River Fishing. Dolphin, as a Pilot Page. ....54 ....477 ....338 ....398 Federal Control of Fish 238, 277 Federal Control of Public Waters 358 Fishculture Economic Aspects 217 Fish Hospital at Vienna H8 Fishing- Adventures 299 Fish of New York Lakes 298 Fish Shoals Located by Electric Apparatus... 15 Fish Which Eats Cattle 295 .316 .154 .496 .355 . 71 .316 .276 . 33 VLi Am j Nevada Fish and Game Commission New' Brunswick, A Try At Newfoundland Caribou Newfoundland Caribou Llerds New Hampshire Deer Quandary New York Commissioner New South Wales, Sport in New Zealand Red Deer Non-resident Law's and the Constitution 25b North Carolina Bird Protection 255 North Carolina State Game Preserve 174 North Dakota Game Bill 96 Nova Scotia Moose 374 Ohio Ducking Club 234 Ontario Association 495 Pennsylvania Game Notes 30 Pheasant Breeding 414 Phelps’ ’’Old Mountain” «-t...355 Pimehwrst Shooting 33 Policemen and Pistols 256 Porcupine as Game 255 Pot Shot .’ ••• 96 President Hunt 335 President, Prayers for 315 Quail and Snow Crust 51 'Quail Feeding 174 'Quail in Old Virginia. 92 Quail, Winter Feeding.- 12 Reminiscence of the Rockies 274 Revolvers, Old 137 Rifle Ball on its Travels 355 Shiras Bill 12, 71, 134, 193, 214, 233, 374 Sitting and Flying 12 Skin Hunters on the Plains 416 Skunk Trapping 12, 72 Sometimes Happens So... Florida Fish Killed by Cold.... Florida Keys, Among the Fly and Casting Box Fly-Book Revery Fly-Casting at Bangor Fly-Fishing, First Account of. Fly, History of Galveston Fish Lottery Game Fish German Angling Songs Golden Trout .118 .256 .139 .119 .357 .389 .318 .238 .476 .296 .317 Grilse and Parr 377, 418 .338 Grilse, How To Tell a Ilallock’s Initiation 417 Plard Luck Story : 14 Hudson River Fisheries 339 Interstate Convention 319 Jock Scott Fly 159 Lake Champlain Fishing 138, 159 Lake Champlain Fish Protection 196 Lake Trout Fishing in Ontario 499 Landlocked Salmo Salar 119 Landlocked Salmon in Lake Pleasant 73 Lobsters in Massachusetts 358 Log of a Sea Angler 52, 72, 117, 158, 175, 216 Log of the Mystery 317, 336 Maine Angling Waters 337 Missisquoi Complication 260 Mullets of Fresh Waters i 338 Michigan Angling License 260 Missisquoi Bay 35, 98, 177 Mountain Herring of Fremont Lake 139 New England Fishing 277 Newfoundland Fishing 499 New Jersey Coast Fishing 299, 457 New York Casting Tournament 139, 215 New' York City Fishing Waters 436 New York Llatcheries 318 Tamawadeh Outing- Club.. Texas' Duck Law' Texas Law' Tiger Hunt in China ..214 Trespass Signs 96 Vermin Poison 32 Wapiti, On tire Trail of the 454 Waterproofing Shoes ...137 West Virginia Quail 316 Wild. Pigeon Flight ... , ......137 Wild Rice, Salt Water Limits...,. 153 Wolf Flanking 314 W-o.lvi.erme No. 1. 435 Wolves, Arctic . 154 Woodcock and Ducks 30 Woodcock Decoys 334 Wyoming Game Reserve 194 .... 49 New York Lakes 357 922 34 - 31 & North American Association 35 ....135 Novitiate’s Rainbow 97 SEA AND RIVER FISHING. Age and Angling 118 Alaskan Blaekfish 377 Amber Jack of Palm Beach 98 'Angling ’ Dictionary 73 Angling Poetry and Prose .437 Atlantic Salmon for British Columbia Waters.. 457 Ault’s 'Landing 139 Back Creek • Visit 53 Bait, Notes on Live 478 Bangor Salmon Pool 279, 319 Bass Eaten by Fish 260 Black Bass, Bait-Casting for 438 Black Bass in Florida 260 Blackford, Eugene G 14 Bluefish Fighting 15 Boy and Bass 338 British Columbia Salmon 53 British vs. American Casters 417 California Waters 197, 276 Camp Doctor 356 Canadian Fishing Waters 398 Canadian Salmon Angling Rights 73 Canadian Water 337 Casting Tournament 258 'Codfish, Giant 399 Oar Fish 257 Okl Fusty 13 Palm Beach Sailfisb 299 Pennsylvania Fisheries Department 159 Pickerel Propagation 377 Ringed Flies 260, 377 River Pleasures 457 Rod, Guide Device 139 Salmon Artificially Hatched.... 177 Salmon Lfabits 376, 437 Salmon in a Tank 499 Salmon in New Brunswick.... .436 Salmon River Possibilities..., . . 239 Sapphire Country Fishing.. 295 *Sea Trout 138, 237 Sebago Fishing 35S Selfishness of Sentiment 257 -Shark Man-Eater, Tale of -. 498 Song of the Spear 295 South Carolina Fish Case 25S Striped Bass 239 Striped Bass, Arts of... 358 Striped Bass Fishing in 1829 257 Striped Bass in Hudson River 358 Striped Bass near New York.... 498 Striped Bass, Northern Limit 34 Striped Bass on The Pacific Coast '...176, 218 Striped Bass Size 277 Sturgeon Hatchery 319 Sunapee Fishing 377 Suspended Animation in Fish 417 Tanawadeh Outing Club 15 Tarpon at Ft. Myers .-..399 Tarpon Fishing 397 Tarpon Fishing at Tamos, Mexico 235 Tarpon Tackle 375 Texas Tarpon 457 Tournament 178, 195 Trout in Pennsylvania ..337 Trout Sale 73 Trout Season in Pennsylvania V 294 Trout, Their Size 295 Virginia Chub 137 Waterproofing for Lines 399 Yellowstone National Park Fishing 478 YACHTING, Page „ Atlantic’s Victory in Ocean Race, Story of 480 Bill to Prevent Injury to Yacht Moorings. .. .163 Boston Letter ....38, 58, 77, 99, 122, 161, 182, 220 261, 281, 320, 342, 361, 378, 400, 420, 459, 482, 500 Boston Power Boat Show 220, 242 British Letter ....16, 77, 162, 199, 264, 281, 320, 380 400, 482: Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Race Conditions 121 Canada Cup Challengers 343: Canals in China • •145- Cape Catboat Association 320 Cruises : A Voyage to the Golden Cape *279, *303: A11 Escapade *120, *140, *160’ Around Cape Cod in Escape *36- Bantam’s 1903 Cruise *74- Cruise of Whitecap 199> 239- Delaware and Colonia Burned.. ..143 Designing Competition Suggestions 2401 Designs: Thirty-six-foot Cruising Launch ....*18 One-Design Class, Larchmont Y. C *38 Houseboat Lysander *16 Houseboat Whileaway *56 Twenty-one-foot Bermuda Sloop *78 Houseboat Savanilla *100 Sixty-foot Cruising Launch *122 Twelve-foot Rowing and Sailing Skiff *128 Seventy:foot Power Houseboat ...*142 Twenty-one-foot Clipper Dory *163 Schooner Blackhawk *181, *202 Sixty-foot Launch, First Prize Design. ..... .*241 Sixty-foot Launch, Second Prize Design *262 Sixty-foot Launch, Third Prizze Design *282 Sixty-foot Launch, H. M. Design ...*321 Sixty-foot Launch .....*340 Sixty-foot Launch *381 Simillant *420 Kapolee *442 Dover — Heligoland 501 Endymion’s Log, Ocean Race of 1905 481 Entries in German Emperor’s Ocean Cup Race *261 Forest and Stream Designing Competition No. IV 19 Forest and Stream Designing Competition No. IV., Jiudge’s Awards ....198, 219 Gardner & Cox Dissolve 441 Gregory, Power Boat *183'- Hamburg and Valhalla Arrive 360- Installation Control 128- Isolde *54, *80' Kanawha *88, 99 Knickerbocker Y. C. Power Boat Race 122' Let the Measurement Rule Stand 54 Levanter Launched 343- Log of Thistle 502: Marine Gasolene Engines 144, 164, 179, 201, 219,. 242, 264, 281, 302, 320, 340' Motorboats in China.. 4201 Motorboats in Sweden 323 More Trouble *379 National Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show... 141, 161, ISO, *200, 218 New Boats 144 ,V ... — " ly} -e — < if — M of or! J l 1 m 402 New Boats, by M. Barney 343 N. Y. Y. C. 30-footers 281 Obituary: Geo. W. Weld 164 Ernst V. Pardessus ...281 Frederick de Funiak.. 282 Joseph Peabody 304 Ocean Race of 1866. 300 Ocean ' Race of 1887. 359' Ocean Race of 1905 4S0 Ocean Cup, Race’ for. .360, 378, 399, '458 Perfect ‘ Marine Gasolene Engines 15 Power Boat Moorings 101 Power Boat News..'.' 264 Power Boat Racing ; 128' Pow-er Boat Racing ALroad.. 402' Prince Alfred Y. C *17 Putting the Pow'er Boat in Commission., 59 Racing on Buzzard’s Bay 419 Rating Rule Modification *54 Revive the Catboat 319- Rhode Island Notes 302, 322, 343, 378, 419- Royal Thames Y. C 440 Sally Growler Launched 422' Selecting Marine Gasolene Engines. 76 Stage Harbor Closed 422: Start of Ocean Race 419 Sunbeam Arrives ......378 Sunbeam’s Voyage 343 Swampscott Club *56 Toronto Hunter for Canada Cup 50L INDEX. Page. ....37 . .304 ..362 ..101 ..460 ..219 ...98 Types and Measurements of Propellers... Verona Launched Vitesse Launched 'Week-End Yachtsmen Witico Launched 'Work at City Island Worn-Out Gasolene Engines. Clubs and Races. Atlantic 461, 483, 502 Bayside 461 Bensonhurst 502 Beverly 1502 Boston 461, 483, 502 Buffalo 462 Cobweb 483 Cohasset - 503 Columbia 462 Corinthian, Marblehead 482 Dorchester ,. ..483 Duxbury 502 Erie ...502 Harlem 461 Indian Harbor 461 Knickerbocker 462 'Larchmont 503 Manhasset Bay 46, 422 Marine and Field 483 New York A. C *500 New York 461, 502 .New Rochelle 441, 482 Quincy ...461, 482 Seawanhaka Corinthian 462 South Boston 461 Winthrop 483, 502 CANOE. Across Nova Scotia in Canoes 344, *362, *381, *403, *422, *442, *463 Page. Dayton 43, 62, 307, ■ 326 Deadwood ...247, 268 Dover 246 Dover S. A Enterprise 246, 285, 306, 326, 368, 408 E. Somersville, Ct 464 Fail-view 246, 288, 306 Fayette 405, 446, 465, 486 Florence 367 Page. Rahway -^gg Raleigh ...468 Reading Trap 61, 83, 266, 366, 406, 508 Recreation 42, 346, 445, 468 Red Dragon C. C. 288 Remington 327 Riverside 44, i88> 368 Rochester , , , 435 Rohrer’s Island 107, 247, 268, 307, 326, 348 FIorists 205, 366 Seattle *. 207 Fountain City 285 Sherbrooke _ _ jgy Franklin, 0 448 Schenectady Freeport 127 Fulford Memorial.... 20, 42, 44, 83, 166, 208, 287, 506 Garfield ........ .248, 368, 387, 425, 448, 465, 486, 504 TRAPSHOOTING. YEtna Park 185 At Christiania ...347 Alert 148 Amackassin 63 Anaconda 207 .Analostan 327, 347 Aquidneck 248, 365 Ashland 425 Aurora 465 Awosting 248, 383 Bergen Beach 62, 166, 248, 328, 408, 466, 506 Bonesteel 206 Boston A. A 506 Boston G. C 147, 167, 208, 247, 267, 286, 327, 366, 388, 407, 448, 507 Boston S. A 20, 146, 184, 248 Bound Brook, ...108, 185, 246, 464 Bradford 125, 268, 307, 346, 368, 427, 466, 486 Bristol 286, 468 Carteret 425 Castleton 184, 466 •Catskill 366 Canadian Indians 447 Chattanooga 268 Charlestown, Md 108 Chanute, Kans 285 Chicago T. A 287, 327 Chokebore S4 Christiania- — Atglen .42, 184, 287, 467 Cincinnati ....24, 43, 62, 83, 107, 125, 166, 186, 207, 228, 247, 268, 286, 307, 326, 348, 368, 387, 405, 425, 448, 486 City Park 23 •Clerks, Professionals .184, 187 Cleveland 62 Columbia .367 (Consolidated of Conn. ........................... .466 Consolidated S. A. of Mich. .................... .308 Consolidated (Toledo) .184 Crescent A. C....20, 41, 62, 104, 127, 147, 167, 184, 208, 228, 267, 285 Crescent, New Bethlehem .................326 Cumberland .306, 346, 448 Dalton .....I, i. .24 Greenville 43, 348, 405 Gun Room Topics 206 Hamilton, O... 348 Harrisburg S. A 188 Handicaps 288 Hell Gate . 147, 308 Herkimer H. C 245 Highland 127 Hillside 41 Hudson 103, 185, 206, 246, 288, 386 Independent 166, 184, 266, 365 Indianapolis ....228, 246, 268, 287, 308, 327, 368, 408, 425, 448, 466, 486 Infallible 466 Interstate Association 103, 146, 208 Interstate Programme 426 Jackson Park G. C 246, 346, 408 Jellico 285 Kansas City 367 Keystone S. L 41, 82, 104, 126 Kingston, Tenn 268 Lakeside Park 368 Lancaster Co. League... 487 Lawrence 466 Lehigh 308 Long Lake 185 Magic City 267, 383 Manito 367 Mankato 166 Maryville 268 Meadow Springs 41 Middlesex S. C 428 Midvale 126 Money — Banks 63 Monongahela Valley League 266 Montclair G. C 20, 42, 62, 82, 103, 126, 148, 168, 185, 206, 228, 246, 265, 288, 308, 346, 408, 445, 486, 508 Montpelier 466 Morrisania .'308 Morrison, j. C 205 Morristown 286 Mt. Kisco i84 Mt. Pleasant 388 Mullerite 246, 265, 365, 406 New Berlin 166 New Hope 287 New Moorfield 348 N. Y. A. C 306, 365, 383, 406, 425, 445, 466 North Branch 445, 464 North Camden 288 New York German .127 North River G. C 42, 62, 82, 103, 126, 148, 185, 206, 228, 246, 288, 308, 346, 386, 408 North Side, Paterson, N. J 346 North Side, Milwaukee ..166 Norwich ...245 N. J. Pigeon Case 485 Oneida C. S. A.. 167, 408 Ossining ....20, 41, 62, 82, 104, 167, 187, 205, 226, 246, 266, 285, 308, 365, 408, 447 Peerless 308, 386 Peters Reunion .....61 Phellis Trophy 24, 268 Plainfield 148, 185 Pleasure 42, 185 Point Breeze 41, 125 Poughkeepsie .....42, 187, 205, 246, 285 Preble Co. 368 Queens County 265, 464 188 Scottown , 343 Scottdale ggg Sheepshead Bay G. C...82, 184, 228, 244, 346, 425, 507 Sidney 408, 447 Somonauk Trap 23 South End 32s South Framingham ; 486 South Side (Wis.) 44, 83, 125, 207 South Side (N. J.) 228, 265, 288, 308 Springfield, Mass ..24, 188, 307, 408, 445, 488 Springfield, 0 84, 247 Stanley 126, 167, 184, 205, 245, 287, 346, 365, 405 .408 St. Paul Taylor ,.108 Trenton S. A 42, 103 Urbana 326 Velocity Tests 443 Warwick 427 Waterloo Watseka 465 Wawaset 246, 308, 328 W estchester 488 Westwood 464 Whiting 43 Wilmington 246, 266 Williamsburg, Ky 285 Yorkville 23 MATCHES. Arkansas Championship 187 Boston S. A. Team 41, 61, 104 Clearview — Highland , 108 Clearview — New Camden 62 Crescent A.A. — Boston A. A 248 Denver Trophy 126 Florists — Media 62 Florists — Narberth 108 Foord, Squier — Banks, McKelvey 84 Hill — Hillsides 62 Kansas City 227 Knapp — Parsons 41 Lansdale — Florists 245 Meadow Springs — Highland 62 Meadow Springs — Hill 108 Media — N. Camden 108 Morfey — Houseman 41 Narberth — S. S. White 62 Phellis Trophy 368 Skelly, Banks — Squier, Foord 62 White — Hillside 108 Page . Gulf Coast Trapshooters.... 508 Hamilton (Can.) . . , ,104 Herrington 447 Iff Gun Club .........487 Illinois State 446- Inglewood, Ont., G. C 327 Iowa State 267 ; Indian 368 | Interstate at Augusta 308 Interstate at Colorado Springs 188 Interstate at Hopkinsville 366 : Interstate at Owensboro 428 ‘ Kane .467 Kentucky Trapshooters’ League 486 ‘ Michigan Trapshooters 428 Milton , 445 Mississippi Delta T. L 407 Monongahela Valley S. L. of W. Va. 405 Nebraska State 427 N. C. Trapshooters’ Association 507 New Jersey State 42, 108, 206, 487 New York State 365, 425, 505 Olean 428 Omaha 266 Ossining 466 j Pennsylvania State 287, 384 Riverside 457 Scranton 434 Shamokin • 435 Springfield, Mass., S. A 347 Tor°nto 205, 467 Wawaset West Virginia Sportsmen’s Association. .. .186, 245 Wilmington i8g RIFLE RANGE AND GALLERY. Asheville R. C. ... Better ,22s Cincinnati R. A. TOURNAMENTS. Analostan 467 Atchison 306 Auburn 428 Awosting 366 Boston Annual 427 Capron . 507 Catskill 466 Cedar Springs ...488 Centreville 187 Chicago Trapshooters 185, 208, 508 Consolidated of Conn. ; 306, 388, 504 Delaware State 328 Derry 447 Detroit .188 Dickey Bird 188, 465 Enterprise 464 Fairview .....447 Grand Prix 165 Grand Southern Handicap .....146, 165 Great Bend 366 183, 203, 265 102 .40, 81, 128, 183, 204, 244, 284, 305, 364, 404, 484, 503 Dallas R. and R. C 424 Dayton Sharpshooters .444- Englewood, O % 183, 265 German R. C 345 Gratis, Q., R. C 205 Harlem Ind. Corps 40, 81, 128, 168, 204, 244 Indoor Championship 168, 202, 221, 305 Independent N. Y. S. C...60, 102, 145, 183, 364, 463 Indoor .22 Cal. L Italian R. C :..40, 81, 168, 183, 203, 284, 485 Jackson R. C 244 Lady Zettler R. C 145, 183, 265, 303, 364 Massachusetts R. C 49, 84 National Rifle Board 19, 40, 60, 303 New York Central Schuetzen Corps. ... .40, 81, 128, 168, 244, 205, 345 New York City Schuetzen Corps ..40, 60, 81, 128, 168, 203, 244, 364, 444 New York Schuetzen Corps 102, 145, 204, 265, 345, 364, 404, 485 Position, Shooting 8i Portsmouth ^gg Preble Co. R. C 40 Prize Rifle Competition 435 Providence R. C....19, 40, 60, 81, 102, 128, 146, 168, 203, 226, 244, 265, 284, 305, 323, 364, 404, 424, 463, 485, 503 Remington Revolver ,.. 284 Remington R. A Revolver Prohibited 394 San Francisco Tournament 36.3 Seneca R. C 204, 244, 282, 346, 364, 404 Telescopic Sights 345 Union Hill ,265, 382 U- S. R. A ,.204, 282, 305, 382 West Milton ...364, 404 West Side R. C Williamsburg R. 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EDWARD SMITH A COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway Now York; 59 Markot St. Chleaoo- III. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1905, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. '-Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. | NEW YORK. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903. { No. 346 Broadway, New York. Six Months, $2. f > 7 THE OCEAN RACE FOR THE EMPEROR’S CUP. When the conditions governing the ocean race for the cup offered by the German Emperor were made public, it was believed that the entries of several American cruis- ing yachts would follow. While the race has caused some little stir, it seems impossible to arouse any real en- thusiasm among the men who own craft eligible for the contest. The first entry to be officially filed was by the Earl of Crawford, an English sportsman who owns Valhalla, a fine square rigged cruising vessel. This entry came as a surprise, and the Earl of Crawford is to be congratulated on having taken the initiative. Valhalla is hardly the type of vessel that would be expected to win the race, particu- larly if she has as opponents Atlantic, Endymion, or the new Brewster schooner building at South Boston. The Earl of Crawford shows his sporting spirit by coming into the field when he is completely in the dark as to his competitors. Such a move proves conclusively that he ihas entered because he believes thoroughly in the race and not because he expects to capture the trophy. American owners should not allow themselves to be outdone. Out of the many available yachts in the fine fleet of the New York Y. C. there should be a number willing to undertake the trip. The race is scheduled to start on May is next, and those intending to start should soon definitely make up their minds, for much preparation is necessary to put a yacht in shape for such a race. The course is from Sandy Hook to the Needles. The German Emperor has done everything in his power to foster yachting in Germany, and his motive in offering the trophy for the trans-Atlantic race was to get a number of representative American yachts to com- pete in the contests at Kiel. He has great confidence in American yachts and backs up his belief by building his own racing yacht here from the plans of an American designer. His attitude has been so complimentary and courteous all through that the very least American sportsmen can do is to show their appreciation of his efforts, and the best possible indorsement would be to make the ocean race an unqualified success. EUGENE G. BLACKFORD. The death of Eugene G. Blackford, which occurred on Thursday of last week, December 29, removed one who had filled a large place in the development of game and commercial fishing interests, and in the progress of ich- thyology. Mr. Blackford had been ill for two years, ever since he retired from active business, and his death, re- sulting from a complication of diseases, was not unex- pected. He was in his sixty-fifth year. Eugene Gilbert Blackford was born in Morristown, N. J., in 1839. At the age of fourteen he found employment with a ship broker on South street, this city. After various other positions he was employed by A. T. Stewart & Co., and from the drygoods business went to the firm of Middleton, Carman & Co., fish dealers in Fulton Market. Here at last he found the opportunity he had been seeking to do something more than the business round and to engage in scientific investigation and study. The business and its surroundings were congenial to his tastes. He soon acquired a stand and from the first the business prospered and developed, until in time he came to be the largest fish, oyster, crab and turtle dealer in this country. In 1875 Mr. Blackford originated the famous market displays of trout on the opening day of the season. Here were collected specimens of the various species of trout from all parts of the country, and the “Blackford trout opening” was looked forward to by local anglers with anticipation second only to that of the actual wetting of the first fly in the icy streams of Long Island. Mr. Blackford was always an originator. He discovered that our American whitebait was equal to1 the famous delicacy of British waters, and he made the fish popular here. He brought frozen salmon from Canada and the far Northwest. He imported sole and turbot in the refrigerators of ocean steamers from England. He introduced to the northern markets the red snapper from Florida, to which was given the scientific name of Lut- .janus blackfordii in his honor. Thus in one field and another he developed new methods, and as his business increased made the wonderful growth of his own interests ppipcident with an enlarged and pheapenecj food fish sup- ply by which the public benefited. Mr. Blackford was a man of liberal ideas and public spirit. Early in his career he showed a disposition to co-operate with the United States Fish Commission in its work, and from the days of Professor Baird’s organization of the Commission to the last year of Mr. Blackford’s business life, the services rendered by him were many and important. His vast store of information, his business sagacity and breadth of view made his co-operation at all times sought for and valued. In 1879 Mr. Blackford was appointed by Gov- ernor Robinson one of the Fish Commisisoners of New York, an office which he filled with a conscientiousness and ability which were to the lasting benefit of New York. It was through his instrumentality that the Cold Spring Harbor hatchery was established on Long Island. He served two terms as Commissioner and was then removed by Governor Hill in political pique. His services in the cause of fishculture and ichthyology were widely recognized, not only in this country, but abroad. He received gold, silver and bronze medals from the French, Dutch and German Governments ; and the Gov- ernments of Japan, France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Holland and Great Britain sent representatives to him for information and advice. The American Fisheries Society was organized in Mr. Blackford’s office, and for several terms he was its president. Mr. Blackford’s in- terests outside of the fish business were varied and im- portant. He was president of the Bedford Bank, of Brooklyn; a vice-president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, an officer or director in a number of other institutions, and a member of the Chamber of Com- merce. He was recognized as one of the leading citizens of Brooklyn, and had large part in many of its public interests. His was a life singularly full, not only in the success and wealth it brought to him, but in its usefulness to others, and the high type of American citizenship it exemplified. DUCK SHOOTING PRACTICE. And now someone who, has been reading carefully the vivacious discussion of duck shooting, in our game columns, puts these questions to the Forest and Stream, and asks that categorical answers shall be given to them. The questions are : Will a true sportsman shoot a duck on the water? If a shooter shoots a duck on the water, is the deed one to be proud of? Are there any extenu- ating circumstances short of actual starvation which would excuse the shooting of a duck on the water? We cannot undertake to give categorical replies to the questions. To answer the first point would involve an extended examination of the attributes of the true sports- man and a consideration, which at best could be only theoretical, of how he would act in the presence of a duck sitting on the water. Speculation by us on both these points would be worth no more than the specula- tion of a thousand other people, and we could not hope that they would be received with that unanimity of ap- proval which is so dear to the heart of a writer who lays down the law in print. Equally fruitless, we are assured, would it be to dogmatize on the other points. Should he feel proud or should he not? Could anything but the ultimate pangs of hunger justify him? Clearly the only thing for us here is to have resort to a plea in avoidance. Speculative issues aside, however, we are perfectl}' free and willing to tell what we know about the ways of duck shooters as the common, actual, every-day, conven- tional practice of the craft, apart from any contrary duck- ing doctrine it may individually and collectively preach. Duck shooters, as a rule, shoot ducks flying or sitting, in either way, indiscriminately and without any considera- tion whatever of any “ethics” involved in the act. There may be a thousand individual exceptions to this rule, but we are speaking now of the great army of duck shooters, the overwhelming majority which alone is to be con- sidered when we would establish the truth respecting the question of actual prevailing practice. The common rule of conduct as to duck shooting dif- fers from that which prevails in the shooting of quail and other upland species. A sportsman who would not shoot a sitting quail (or at least would not willingly let his friends suspect that he would shoot one) will shoot a sitting duck and do it openly among his associates, and not as a thing to be in any way whatever ashamed of. Our observation of duck shooters, including both the unaffiliated individual and the club member, is that they shoot a duck anywhere and anyhow, in whatever way they can get it most surely, once it is in range. It is meant, of course, that they do this with the weapons and in the ways permitted by the law. This is the duck shooting practice of the twentieth cen- tury on American waters. Whether that practice ought to be something else, is aside from what we are here en- deavoring to do, which is simply to record it as it is. MONOLOGUES OF KIAH. Where the tent had been pitched there were sundry packages, large and small, which denoted that the party had broken camp, packed up their outfit, and were prepared for their homeward journey. Their outing was ended. The ruddy tints on their faces, clear eyes, sprightly step, and freedom from careworn traces af- forded material evidence of the benefits derived from life in the fresh air and sunlight, in propinquity to, woods and waters where the birds fly and the fishes lurk. The members of the party were seated here and there about the camp-site, patiently awaiting the coming of the wagon which was to transport them to the railway station. They were discussing in pleasant vein the main incidents of their camp life then just closing. “I never enjoyed better sport in my .life,” Reuben heartily exclaimed “than that which has been mine in this outing. It was a delight in general, and it was sportsmanlike in every detail as we conducted it. Also it was ineffably enhanced by the un- selfish companionship of jolly good fellows who are ardent and earnest in the cause of sport. We have en- joyed the sport individually and enjoyed the knowledge that each had a share — ” “Excuse me for interrupting you,” broke in Kiah, “but it seems to me that you can- not justly claim that all your methods are sportsmanlike. Yet I will say that you have the instincts of a true sports- man. You will without doubt evolve into a fairly good one in due time. It may seem to be egotistical, but you differ in methods from me. Insomuch as you thus differ, insomuch do you depart from the true — ” “One moment, Kiah, if you please,” interposed Reuben in sweetly modu- lated tones. “Let me have the floor for a short time. I am sure you can be silent for a short while without per- ishing. We all know that you mean well, that your in- tentions to benefit us are most commendable, and that you honestly believe you are a perfect example of true sports- manship. I believe so, too. You have been quite frank with us in presenting the true, exourgated snortcman- ship up to date. I desire to testify mv annreciation of your kindness, and my approval of your doctrine in all its minute particulars. T do not ask vou for anv authori- ties to sustain your ideas. The fact that vou said so is a summation of all authority. All the sportsmanship from the dawn of creation to the present time was false. It came to us through countless generations of our prede- cessors, crude, imperfect, wrong: hut it came at length to you, Kiah, to be purified, ennobled, fit for general con- sumption. all by virtue of your mere dictum. There are rude natures which will contend that your mere say so does not make it so; that, your mere sav so is not any better than the say sos of thousands of others who differ from you ; and that, being a mortal, you might perchance change your mind on points of true sportsmanship and thereby wreck it. Perish such vandals! I know that if you, Kiah, had never existed, then there never had been nor would be any true sportsmanship. Before T had the great good fortune to be enriched by your fiat snorraman- ship, I had a mistaken belief that true sportsmanship was composed of all that was pleasurable and wholesome in pursuit and capture, combined with good comraderv in its social phases. Out of this general wealth bestowed by sportsmanship each man could use such methods as were best pleasing and useful to him. * They might differ materially from the methods adopted by others, yet all the pleasurable methods, so long as they violated no common or statutory law, combined to make the sum total of what is in a generic way referred to as sports- manship. But, Kiah, I know all that is wrong. True sportsmanship is dependent for its metes and bounds on your mental processes. Unfortunately, while we can not think in unison with you, not knowing your thoughts, we can proudly imitate your actions, and concur in the fact that your state of mind is a universal postulate.” The wagon at this juncture arrived, and the party were quickly homeward bound, much to the loss of the 4o0r trine of fiat sportsman, shin. 2 FOREST AND STREAM, &«. 7, .905, The Strength of the Hills. There’s a bird in the loom to-day, And a song in the shuttle, too; There’s a glimmering scene in the bales of wool Of the sheep on the slopes, and the heart is full, But the rosy days are the few. There’s a cast in the breeze to-day Of the violets sweet in the bloom ; And the yearning heart feels the strength of the hills. But turns with a will to the door of the mills. For another day at the loom.' There’s a bond to the woods to-day, And a call to the meadows anew ; But another bond there is that binds The willing hand to its work, and finds That the drones in the hive are the few. There’s a joy in the work to-day, A delight in the labor to do. So the woods and the birds, and the bricks in the wall, And the clattering loom agree after all That the mouldy daj's are the few. J. S. S. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches Each spring and fall up to the year 1879, by which time the white skin-hunters had killed off the last of the buffalo, it was the general custom to send out the Indians in a hunt for them. They went out in charge of their chiefs, and always had an escort of cavalry with them. The size of the escort would be regulated by the Indians they went with; if they were Indians who were likely to stray up into Kansas or elsewhere and go to raiding ranches instead of hunting buffalo, then a troop of cavalry, or sometimes half a troop, would be sent with them. If they were pretty good Indians, then they might get off with a detail of a sergeant and a few men ; but up to the time when I went it alone, never less than that. The band I had out for two winters could get along without being watched at all. This band was never badly hurt by the amount of watching that I gave them. I knew, if our officers did not, that they needed no watch- ing, and “governed myself accordingly,” as our officers used to tell us, when they started to grind out a lot of special and general orders for us. the most of which or- ders we only paid attention to about as long as the officer giving them happened to be around. In 1875 I belonged to a troop of the Tenth Cavalry that was stationed at Fort Sill in what was at that time the Indian Territory; it is part of Oklahoma now. General R. S. Mackenzie, the colonel of our regiment, told me, “I want you to go along with a band of Indians in their winter hunt. I mean to send you with them by yourself.” “What tribe are they, sir?” “The Comanches.” “Oh, then I’ll go anywhere with Comanches, sir. I should not care to go with some of these other tribes alone, though.” “No, I should not care to send you alone with other tribes; but I think you can get along with these Comanches.’ Then he told me to take eighteen days’ rations and plenty of ammunition for hunting purposes. “It will be for all winter,” he said, “and if you can’t get all the amunition you want, come to me and report so; I’ll see that you do get it. And then report to the agent at the Wichita agency. Get in there to-day, if you can.” Going to my first sergeant, I called for a hundred rounds of carbine and a hundred of pistol cartridges, “by order of General Mackenzie.” He told me to get them out of the storeroom myself. While at it, as I was issu- ing them to myself, I took 150 rounds of pistol car- tridges ; I had 50 already ; I would need them all to kill buffalo. I carried two Colt’s pistols, one of them being my own property, the other belonging to the United States. Then going to the quartermaster sergeant I got my rations, and he was as liberal with them as I had been with ammunition. I needed all of both before I got back. Next going to the corral, I got a quiet pack mule, one that would follow my horse and not have to be led. Then putting my saddles on, I was on my way to the Wichita in less than an hour. It was thirty-five miles away, but I got in there at dark and reported to the agent, who told me that my Indians would be down there to-morrow to get their rations and a hunting pass. ' They came in next day, and after a talk got their pass and all the rations the agent would issue to the chief or sell to him, to be paid for in robes next spring.. Most of his rations were got this way. Next we arranged as to the length of time we could remain out, I telling the Chief to make it five or six months if we could find plenty of buffalo. , “Now' I don’t want you to take these Indians out and keep them out until i' have to send a troop of cavalry after you to bring you in,” the agent told me. “I don’t exactly understand the idea of you going with them alone. How do you expect to get them in when you . want them to come in?” , . , . “Oh. I’ll bring them m, sir; don’t you worry about that The General knows what he is about He sent me, we want to remain out long enough to get plenty of meat, and I should suppose that the longer we stayed out the better you would be suited. You won’t have us to feed while we are out, you know.” This was one reason why the Indians were sent out ; their rations would never last them the year around, and it would be either kill buffalo or starve; and besides if the Indians wrere let hunt a part of the time then they would rest contented in the reservation the rest of the time. This band was the Penne-Theka — that is, the sugar-eating Comanches, when it is boiled down into English. There were two bands of them, the one I had now, whose chief was named Asa-Hab-Bit, and another band under a sub- chief named Tush- Away. He and his band hunted this year by themselves. There were nearly a dozen different bands of the Comanches. I knew these Indians, and had I been given my choice of all the Indians on the reser- vation, they were the ones I should have taken. We started for camp, ten miles above on the river, but did not get to it until about dark. At daylight next morning we began to get ready for the buffalo hunt. While one squaw in each lodge cooked breakfast, another one took the lodge down, rolled it up and made it ready to pack on a pony; then got her packs ready. The band had plenty of ponies; the chief had about one hundred himself, besides a number of large mules and several American horses . that he seldom used. At eight o’clock we were off, going up along the Wichita River. When on the march each squaw drives her ponies in a herd by themselves, the families following each other in the order in which they first start out each morning. The packs are continually coming off, and when they do the squaw has to ride the pony down, catch him, then fix his pack again, then run the pony in until he over- takes his herd; and by this time this or some other pack will likely need fixing. The lodge poles are carried on a saddle, one end of them tied to it, while the other end trails behind him; and they often get loose and are scat- tered all over the country, for the squaws to gather up again. A pony will run up and step on the poles; then the buckskin thong that holds them to the saddle gives way, and the squaw now has another job on hand. If this squaw has a baby under two years of age, it goes with her strapped in its cradle to her back; if it is older, then it is set on a pony, tied there, and jet go to ride among the pack ponies. When a boy baby is five years old, he is given a bow and arrows, and then set on a pony, but not tied now, and let go where he pleases.. If it is a girl, she follows her mother and helps her. She will ride down a pony, catch him, and hold him for her mother to pack. The squaw rides astride of the pony, and the pony does not live that could throw one of them off him. The boys never think of helping their mothers or sisters ; all they want to do is to hunt. I have known boys of eight or ten years of age who could send an arrow through me at fifty yards if they aimed it at me; but I was never afraid of being hit with an arrow that was fired by a Comanche boy after they had got to know me. On the march this way the chief rides in the rear of his whole camp ; but if there is danger ahead, then he is always to be found out on the flank or away ahead of his train. When we had marched to-day about twenty miles, still along the river, the chief and I started on ahead to look for a good camp, and when he had found one to suit him, he got off his pony, took off his saddle, threw it down, and let the pony go. Then his mules were driven in here, and the packs taken off, and his lodge put up just at this saddle, the other families camping all around him. As soon as the ponies get their packs off, the boys drive them a short distance away from camp, and let them go to grazing. They will round them up and bring them in when wanted again, but this is all they will do; or at least all they would do then. They did more than this for the squaws later on after I had charge of them for a while. The squaws now put up their lodges, two of them working at each ledge, and they can put up one of the big round lodges in ten minutes. Three of the long poles are tied together at the upper end. then set up and the lower ends drawn out to where the bottom of the lodge will come. Then all but one of these other poles are set up, their tops leaning against the tops of the first three; then the remaining pole is fastened to an upper corner of the cloth and the cloth raised up to the top, then spread out and pinned down at the bottom all around; then this last pole, still fast to the cloth, is pinned back so as to open the cloth at the top and leave a hole for the smoke to come out at. One squaw now takes her short-handled hoe and digs a fire-place in the center of the lodge; first she digs out a circle three feet across and nearly a foot deep, then digs_ a smaller one inside of it still deeper. Only dry wood is burned here, and what smoke is made goes out at this hole at the top. While she is doing this, another squaw makes the beds. Collecting small brush, she spreads it down, then piles the robes and blankets on top of it. If it is the chief’s lodge, a stake is driven in at the head of his bed, then his arms are brought in and hung on it. Another stake is driven down in front of his lodge and his shield is hung on it. This shield is his flag, and it tells any stranger who comes here that this is the chief’s lodge. There is always an extra bed made in the chief’s lodge, and it is alwavs at the far side of the lodge, exactly op- posite to the door. It is for any guest that the chief may have, and is put opposite to the door so that the man who may be occupying it can see anyone who may come jn; an4 if an enemy comes, then he can defend himself, No member of the band will ever use this bed. even to sit on it, unless the man who is sleeping in it tells him to do so.. I occupied it all this winter, and the boys, when the chief was not about, would come in and tumble down on it alongside of me. Then when the chief would see them he would grab a bow to thrash them for it, but I always interfered about that time and stopped the whipping. No one hut the chief ever struck these boys. Their fathers, never corrected them. They did not need much correcting, and it would be rather dangerous for a stranger to strike them. They all carried knives, and would not be slow about using them, either. A boy was never struck with anything but a bow ; it is a disgrace to be struck with anything else; but a squaw can be hit with anything that comes handy- except a bow. She is never hit with that ; it would disgrace the bow then. After supper to-night I lock a walk out to the pony herd, and found that these ponies were herding them- selves; there was no guard on. “No,” the chief said, “it is not needed here now; there are no Cheyennes around. When they come, then I will put a guard on. The Cheyennes are dogs; they would steal my ponies if I let them, but I won’t.” The Comanches hate the Cheyennes, and never mention them without adding “the Cheyennes are dogs;” and they are about half right; that is about what they are. The next morning I saddled up an Indian pony to ride, and rode my horse no more this winter, but turned him out to be driven along with the ponies and to pick up his living among them, and he did it. This herse would get his 12 pounds of corn a day at the post if he could eat it, and he could, and generally ate some more that I stole for him, while out here he would have to live on grass ; but I brought him home the following spring look- ing about as well as though he had stood in a stable all winter. I organized a bodyguard for myself this morning, tak- ing all the boys that were between ten and sixteen years old, and told the chief that we would ride off on his flank and watch the country for him. “It is good,” he said. “You take my boys and make soldiers of them; I give them to you.” We would ride all over the country, shoot everything that needed shooting, and once in a while scare up an old bachelor buffalo bull that the young bulls had driven out of the herd, worry him half to death shooting blunt arrows at him, and then let him go. The Indians would not want him ; his hide would be of little use and a dog could not eat his meat. We found the wrong bull, though, one day, and he started in to do some worrying himself, and charged us, and I had finally to shoot him to keep him from killing some of us. Late this afternoon I and the boys, who were miles ahead of the band, came to the north fork of the Red River, and here saw our first buffalo, but they were rather scarce. There were but few of them here, and 1 soon saw the reason why. The river here is the boundary line between Texas and the Territory, and a party of white hunters were in camp here with four wagons on the Territory side of the river. It was forbidden then for any- one but Indians to hunt in the Territory, and 1 rode into the camp and told the men that they would have to cross to Texas right away. They thought, I suppose, that as I had nothing but boys we were not dangerous, and told me they were not going to cross, as all the buffalo were over here now, and they did not mean to leave them here for a party of thieving Indians to shoot. “Well, I could take these boys of mine and soon drive you across.” I told them, “but I don’t want to hurt you. I thought my telling you would be sufficient.” Oh, I could bring my boys on, they told me; they would risk my hurting them. “If you stop here an hour or so longer,” I said, “I will see who gets hurt, and it won’t be me.” Then calling my boys out (they were prowling around among the wagons looking for a chance to lift some- thing), I started back toward the camp that was coming on here. When l met it I went to the chief and telling him that white men were in his country, asked him for some of his men with their guns. He called up six and asked if they were enough. “Yes,” I told him. “Now tell them to do as I say.” “They do what you tell them,” he said, “just the same as I tell them.” Taking my men I went back on the gallop. “Now,” I said, “I’ll just give you ten minutes to get across that river. If you are here at the end of that time I’ll take you in to Fort Gill under guard. There are no boys here now, are there?” At the end of ten minutes they had hooked up and were crossing. They knew' what would happen if I took them to Sill, as I would have done had they not left in a hurry. The Indians came up now and went into camp, while the men and boys and I went after what buffalo the white men had left us, but these were very few. These men had shot a few and scared off a good many more than they shot. That was why I did not want them here nor where they were now, either; but they were in Texas now and beyond my jurisdiction. The chief said to-night that the buffalo were not plenty enough here; he wanted to go into the white man’s country. “It is the white man’s country new ; it was mine once,” he said. I had been told before I had left Sill that the Governor of Texas had given permission for the Indians to hunt in Texas this winter; he gave this permission every winter then; there were no settlers Jan. 3, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 3 DUSKY GROUSE. Photo by E. R. Warner* DUSKY GROUSE. Photo^by E* R. Warren. ALASKA PTARMIGAN. P hoto . by"C ant w ell* WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN IN FALL. WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN IN SUMMER. FEMALE. Photo by E. R. Warner, Septemoer 23d. Photo by E* R* Warren, July 1 1th. Running at High Speed in Rough Water off Newport. Designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Equipped with a Smith & Mabley Simplex Engine. Photo by James Burton, New York. Jan. % 1905.1 FOREST AND STREAM. *4 tLsuiJto 1 there then on the Pan-Handle ; but it would have made no difference to us whether he had given the permission or not; we would have gone there anyhow. 1 told the chief we could go to Texas to-morrow if he wanted to go. Next morning the chief said as there were still a few buffalo he would stay here a day or two and give the squaws a chance to stretch the hides and dry the meat. Whenever a buffalo was killed all the meat and the hide was brought into camp, the meat cut into thin strips, then dried in the sun, or in wet weather on a platform over a fire ; then put up in bales of about 80 pounds each, two of these bales making a load for a pony. The hides were stretched on the ground with the hair side down, then when partly dried a squaw went all over them twice with a sharp scraper and planed off a part of the skm. To make these hides into robes, they would have to be turned. A squaw wrould rub them full of brains, then draw them back and forward across a line stretched be- tween two trees for hours at a time, until the hide was soft and pliable. They only finished up a few this way on this occasion; they had not time, but would keep the rest after drying them to make into robes the next spring. While there were buffalo to get the squaws had to work night and day. I have known them to work eighteen hours out of each twenty-four, and they never struck for eight hours a day, either. The men would do the striking if the squaws tried that I took my pony and calling my boys we rode over to visit the white men’s camp again, but not to drive them now; they were the people over here. They had gone into camp two miles from the riyer on a small creek after I had sent them across the night before, and were getting ready to move again. They, wanted to get as tar away as possible from us, they said. . . “You are in Texas now,” I told them, “and it is my business to see that these Indians don’t trouble you, and they won’t.” Well, they did not care for that; they did not want to be near us; they had no use for Indians. “Then go south,” I told them. “I am going west from here, but not for a day or two yet.” Was I going to bring those Indians over here? “Yes, in a day or two I am.” Where was my authority for doing that? “I don’t need any. I am my own authority when out here,” I told them. One of the men wanted to know what amusement K found in galloping all over this country at the head of a lot of blanked young Indians? The young Indians were seated on their ponies here puffing ' away at their corn shuck cigarettes. I had furnished the tobacco; the chief did not care how much of it they got, but he would not give them any; he wanted it for the men, he told them. “I am making soldiers out of these blanked young Indians,” I told him. “And by the way it is just as well that the most of them don’t understand what you say, or some of them might poke an arrow into you before I had time to stop him. I am drilling these fellows now, and some day when we get a little older I may take these and a lot more that I have, then ride down and run you fellows all out of western Texas. We don’t need you here. This is the Comanches’ country.” The man looked at me as if he hardly knew whether I was trying to bluff him or not. We left them now and soon after saw a small bunch of buffalo quietly graz- ing way off to the west of us. My boys were about to go for them, when I stopped them and proceeded to put a plan into execution that I had heard of but had never seen tried. Just in front of us in the river was a steep bluff that was nearly opposite our camp. I meant to run these buffalo over the bluff and break their necks, if I could do it. Circling around them, we got in rear of them without their taking the alarm, then charged down on them, the boys yelling. . , We did not quite run them over it, though ; for when I had them within about a hundred yards of the bluff, the leader turned square to the left ; he must have known that the bluff was here, and his herd all followed him, running now parallel with the river. Seeing that they were all likely to get away from us, I rode in on them and shot down two, while some of my larger boys put arrows through three more, and the rest got away. It may sound like a fairy story to tell of these poys putting arrows through a buffalo. Their fathers did it every day. As these were all young animals, most of them cows, I wanted to get their meat into camp; so I sent a boy in to bring out the chief’s mules and a squaw or two to help to pack them. The chief came out himself, and on seeing what we had — we were busy skinning them — said: “You boys do well. You get more buffalo than I and the men do. We onlv got two to-day.” “Yes, and we would get them all only our ponies were not fast enough. I meant to run them down over that bluff and kill them all close to camp. Maybe so, that is good?” The chief grinned and said: “After this you ride one of my buffalo ponies. That pony no good you got. Get fast one. I got plenty.” „ , The buffalo ponies were kept for hunting alone, and not ridden every day then. They were ridden every day, though, before we got home again. The chief was, the only Indian who could speak Eng- lish. though most of the men and some of the boys could understand it if it were spoken slowly, and if I used Indian English and began each sentence with a “Mebbe so ” The chief for some reason or other never cared to speak to me in English when in camp, but when we were out by ourselves he would talk it all day. Even after I had learned his language and could speak it as well as he could mine, he would still use English, for practice, probably. I knew some Comanche now, and meant to learn it thoroughly this winter, and did so, and before I left their country some years after this I could get up and address them in council. , The chief had a colored boy about sixteen years old, a full blood negro whom he had raised since he was a small boy. This negro was as much an Indian as any of them and far less intelligent than any of the Indian boys of his age. He wore the breech cloth as the rest did He spoke English, of course, and Comanche as well I learned most of my Comanche from him. The chief used him to help the squaws and herd ponies when the Cheyennes were around, but never, would let him have a gun. He said he was too clumsy and would shoot some of us. The boy seemed to have no ambition to learn anything I tried to teach him, while the Indian boys were quick to learn. My ability to speak Comanche has often since stood me in good stead. Nothing pleases a Comanche more than to have a white man address him in his own tongue ; any- thing that white man wants he will get. These Comanches are the only tribe in the Southwest — and I know them all — that I would trust any further than I could reach one of them with a pistol ; but let a white man make a friend of a Comanche and he has always a friend, if he conducts himself as he should. We stayed in this first camp a few days after this, still getting a few buffalo each day. I and the boys put in most of our time across the river. I knew the country very well, and had been pretty well all over it at different times. Just above here on the north fork of the Red River the troop of the Fourth Cavalry that I then be- longed to — -Troop F — had wiped out a band of hostile Comanches in September, 1872. They were the Quehada, or as we pronounced them, the Cohattie, Comanches. We surprised them in camp, killed nearly all of the men who were in it, and took 135 squaws and children prisoners, and had two of our men killed, two badly and several slightly wounded. After the fight, General Mackenzie had given me charge of the prisoners. I was a sergeant then. I had them in charge for some time, but had not seen any of them for years now. The first night that we were in this camp an old squaw came up to me. and holding out her hand to me, said : “I am a Cohattie, my brother.” She had been one of my prisoners, and knew me again. “I am in for it now, with you, at least,” I thought. I had treated these squaws well, of course, but had expected this one to avoid me. We had shot their people. But she seemed to think that she never could do enough for me. She would come to me each week when we were in camp and get my clothes to wash for me, and she made me all the moccasins I could wear; I wore them in place of boots out here. While the Comanche squaw is clean with everything that she handles, and washes any of her clothes that can be washed (she don’t wear much clothing, anyhow), the men and boys seldom have any washing done. They put on a shirt when it is new, then wear it out. There was a salt lake on this side of the river some- where. I knew it was here, but had never seen it; but 1 now got its bearings from the chief, and I and the boys found it. It was a marsh rather than a lake, and salt could only be got when the water was low. As it was now, the salt lay in thin sheets on the mud. It was mixed with clay, but the Indians gathered and used it. When out prowling around here we sometimes knew where we were, and as often did not; but were never badly lost. I carried a map of Texas and New Mexico, a good pocket compass, and a field glass. The glass belonged to the chief, but he never used it; in fact, did not know how to use it until I taught him. When we happened not to know just where we were, the boys would say, “Ask the little box” — the compass. They had great faith in this compass. My watch was another curiosity to them. They would sit for an hour at night passing it from one to another, so that each one could hold it to his ear in turn, then exclaim, “It still talks !” Then I could read the talking leaves and make them, and in a short time every man and boy here had a talking leaf of his own. I would tear a leaf out of my note-book and write: “This is a Comanche. He will not rob you nor steal your horses. He is out on a hunting pass. You need not be afraid of him.” Then I signed my name, company, and regiment to it, and a man who held one of these passes would hand it out ten times a day if he met white men. I have known one of them to gallop after white men to show the pass. One of our men had an old pass that some joker had given him to carry around; it said, “Keep an eye on this Indian. Don’t let him hang around your corral. Look out for your horses when he is about you.” I read it for him. “Well,” he said, “I don’t want his horses. I have found one of that man’s horses many moons ago and took it to him.” “Throw that talking leaf in the fire,” I told him, “and the next time you find one of his horses, keep that horse. Then maybe this man won’t be so funny next time.” We stayed in this camp several days longer, then crossed the north fork to Texas and went into camp on a creek two miles back from the river. Our camp was in a wide bottom among some heavy timber, and this evening while down along the creek I saw a curious mark on a tree, and going to it examined it. The tree was of some soft wood, cottonwood or poplar, and someone years ago had cut off the bark on one side for a space of about a foot wide and two feet high, and the bark here had grown around the cut edges in a roll something like an oval picture frame. Cut deeply in the tree in the place that had no bark on, were the figures of three women that were dressed as squaws, and to the right of them stood three Indian men figures. One of the men held out something in his hand ; the other two had their hands empty. Below the men were two parallel marks that had several inverted V’s between them, and below these again were two arrows figured, one of them without a head on it. I studied this affair for some time, but could only make out that these women were prisoners; their hands were tied. I called a boy down and asked, “Does this talk to you ?” _ “No,” he said, “but the chief can make it talk. That is Cheyenne, I think. I don’t know.” I brought the chief down and he studied it, then said: “Yes, it is Cheyenne, but it talks to me. Many moons ago three Cheyennes came here from that way [pointing east] ; they camp here one sleep then go that way [point- ing west] ten sleeps [200 miles] ; then they shoot two Mexicans and scalp them. There are the Mexicans [pointing to the marks], and here are their scalps [point- ing to the first man’s waist [I saw them now]. This man has a gun — you see it ? [pointing to the thing the man held out]. These two had no guns; they had bows; there they are [pointing to the bow cases that showed above their shoulders]. The squaws are prisoners; their hands are tied; they take these squaws when they kill these Mexicans. That is all.” “The Cheyenne is a dog, chief. Shall I cut hl§ tree down ?” “No, jet it stand. It has stood here many moons now, so let it stay. The Cheyenne is a dog, but I am a Comanche. I do not fear him; he fears me. I have whipped him and can whip him again. I say it.” Had this tree been near a railroad where I could have sent it north, I should have cut out the section that held this picture, then sent it, together with the chief s transla- tion of it, to some museum. Some of our men had been out west of this to-day and one of them named Co-Mo-Cheat came in this evening with a report to the chief. Whenever any of them saw anything of interest he brought in a report of it ; generally making his report at night. I listened to this report, but all I could make out of it was that there was a campo of divo that had a Pe Arivo in it somewhere west of this. Campo is Comanche for camp; it is also Spanish for camp ; in fact, about half the Comanche language as now spoken is corrupt Spanish. They have an older language than this, but seldom use it. Divo is a white man or men, while pe-arivo is a chief; a big chief is a parivo; but any white man who has horses or wagons is a pe- arivo. I was always a pe-arivo with these boys after the chief had turned them over to me; the boys never failed to address me as pe-arivo. The Indian told his story, winding it up with, “I have spoken.” Fie was through, or that is all. The chief sat in a brown study for a while, then turn- ing to me he said in English — something that was unusual for him, he hardly ever used English to me here in camp — “If white men come here and shoot at my camp, what you do then?” “Oh,” I told him, “white men don’t come here. They must not. If they do, then I say, ‘Go,’ and then they go.” “Yes; but mebbe so they don’t go; then they shoot.” “I must find out what this is all about,” I said to myself, and going out I called the negro boy. He came in and the chief gave him a long string of Comanche; I could make out part of it “The chief says that there is a big camp of white men ten miles from here, and he thinks that they watch this camp. He thinks they don’t want him here. This is the white man’s country now. It was his once. These white men told Ho-mo-ko and Co-mo-cheat when they saw them to-day that we would be driven out of this. They don’t want us here.” “Ask the chief if he knows who the Texas Rangers are?” “Yes, they are the Texas soldiers,” he says, “but you are the Great Father’s soldier. He obeys you, not the Texas soldiers. The chief says he is one of the Great Father’s soldiers now himself when the Great Father needs him.” “Well, then, tell him that the Governor of Texas said that we might hunt in his country, and if he don’t want us here, then he will send his Rangers to tell us so. But they won’t shoot. The chief of the Rangers will say, ‘Take the Indians across to their own country.’ Then I’ll take you across, but not before, and the Rangers won’t come, I know it. And if any other white man comes here I’ll tell him to go. Then if he don’t go I’ll take these Comanches and make him go ; and if he shoots then I’ll stop here and shoot at him just as long as a Comanche does.” “The chief says his heart is easy now; he only wanted to know if you would help him. Let the white men come now. He will be here. He won’t run away. He has fought white men before, and can do it again. But he don’t want to do it. The Great Father tells him not to.” “Yes, I’ll help him. Tell him that this camp is my camp now. I sleep in his lodge, I eat his bread and meat, and any white man who shoots at a Comanche shoots at me, and I’ll kill that white man. I have said it.” The next morning I concluded to find out, if possible, just who these men were. So taking my boys I had the fathers of the larger ones give them guns, and giving my pet boy, “The An#elope,” mine to carry, I started over to where the camp was supposed to be. I meant to drop my ‘boys under cover short of it where I could get them if X wanted them, ride myself into the camp and take notes of things, and if these men wanted to drive us out I plight give them a chance to drive some of us without them having to go all the way to camp to find us. I was not traveling around here with a chip on my shoulder, but I did not propose to let a lot of skin-hunters bluff us, and these boys of mine could make some of them look like thirty cents if I turned them loose on those skin-hunters. I left the boys where I could find them when wanted, then rode over to the camp and found the men just pull- ing out to go south. They were going home they said. “One of my Indians told me last night that you pro- posed to run us ‘across the river,” I said. “Oh, that was only a j oke.” . “I thought as much. Now, we are here by permission of your Governor, and unless he tells us to go, we mean to stay here. Tell your friends that when they get ready to run us out, they will find us ready to run them.” “Oh, we ain’t hunting a fight,” he replied. “Very well, then, neither am I. But I have been sent with these Indians to keep them in order and to keep white men from raiding them, and I mean to do both.” Riding back behind the ridge to where I had left my boys, I had them mount now _ and follow this ridge in plain sight of the hunters a while. I wanted to convince them that I had the necessary material here to conduct our end of a row, and that I had not been talking through my hat. Cabia Blanco, [to be continued.] The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. 1 Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For dub rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. 6 Forest and stream. Trails of the Path£mders.-“XXV, Townshend Across the Continent. In the spring of 1834 John K. Townshend and Thomas Nuttall set out on an overland journey toward the Pacific coast, in company with Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth, who was in charge of a large party of traders and trappers. The expedition’s purpose was to trade with the Indians, and to establish trading posts at various points in and beyond the Rocky Mountains. Townshend was an ornithologist, of Philadelphia, Pa., whose name is frequently found in the natural history writings of the earlier half of the last century. He is best known perhaps from the work that he did on this expedition, where he discovered a number of new species of birds and mammals, some of which were described by Mr. Audubon • in his ornithological biographies, while others, Townshend himself described in an early volume (1837) of the Journal of the Philadelphia Academy. Audubon’s appreciation of Townshend’s work was generous, as is indicated by the fact that the older man dedicated no fewer than seven species to Townshend. Thomas Nuttal, of course, was an ornithologist, but he was also a botanist. His well-known “Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada” con- sists of two volumes, The Land Birds, and The Water Birds. It was published in 1840. Within a few years a Boston firm has printed a new edition, edited and brought down to that date by Mr. Montague Chamber- lin, of Cambridge, whose eminent qualifications for this work are so well known. This last edition had in it some colored plates. Townshend wrote also a popular narrative of his journey, entitled “Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, including A Journey to the Columbia River, and a Visit tothe Sandwich Islands, Chili, etc.” It con- sists of two modest octavo volumes of 300 pages each, of which the first is devoted to the journey across the continent, and the second to a short stay on the coast, together with the journey to the Sandwich Islands, the return to the North American Continent, a journey up the Columbia, the return to the Sandwich Islands, and the passage to Chili, whence the author embarked for Philadelphia, his home. Of the last volume, something over sixty pages are devoted to an appendix, in which are noted the mammals and birds seen. There are about seventy mammals and 208 species of birds men- tioned. Of the latter, twenty-four are given as new species, but all of them have been previously described in the papers mentioned above. Townshend and Nuttall set out on foot from St. Louis, toward the “upper settlements,” a distance of about three hundred miles. They intended to pursue their way in a leisurely manner, collecting as they went; and Captain Wyeth and his company were to follow them later, and to overtake them before they reached the limits of civilization. The two started, with shotguns and botanical cases, and we may imagine that they found much to see and to enjoy as they journeyed along. On the second day out the author notes that, “This morning we observed large flocks of wild pigeons passing over; and on the bare prairies were thousands of golden plovers; the ground was often literally covered with them for acres. I killed a considerable number. They were very fat, and we made an excellent meal of them in the evening. The prairie hen, or pinnated grouse, is also very numer- ous, but in these situations is shy, and difficult to be procured.” As they passed along, deer and turkeys were frequently seen, and some were killed. The travelers commonly spent the night at the houses of the settlers, where they were always most kindly and hospitably received; but when -.they had occasion to stop at what they called hotels, fortune was much less kind to them, for they suffered many things from dirt and insects. As they passed northward along the Missouri River, Townshend notes the great abundance of the common gray squirrel, and says, '“On last Christ- mas Day, at a squirrel hunt in the neighborhood, about thirty persons killed the astonishing number of twelve hundred, between the rising and setting of the sun!” This destruction, he notes, “is justified by the con- sideration that all the crops of corn in the country are frequently destroyed by these animals. This extensive extermination is carried on every year, and yet, it is said, their numbers do not appear to be much dimin- ished.” At Boonville, Mo., a bird, now almost extinct, was seen in great abundance. “We saw here vast num- bers of the beautiful parrot of this country (the Psittacus carolinensis.) They flew around us in flocks, keeping up a constant and loud screaming, as though they would chide us for invading their territory; and the splendid green and red of their plumage glancing in the sunshine, as they whirled and circled within a few feet of us, had a most magnificent appearance. They seemed entirely unsuspicious of danger, and after being- fired at, only huddled closer together, as if to obtain protection from each other; and as their companions are falling around them, they curve down their necks and look at them fluttering upon the ground, as. though perfectly at a loss to account for so unusual an oc- currence. It is a most inglorious sort of shooting— down-right, clod-blooded murder.” The day after they reached Boonville a steamboat, bound up the river, arrived there, and on board of it the two naturalists were delighted to find Captain Wyeth, and all their possessions. They at once em- barked, and continued up the river, finally reaching the town of Independence, from which their westward journey was to begin. The novel surroundings were interesting, but not always agreeable to the eastern naturalists; and the' freedom of talk, and questions of the trappers and prairie men, at first gave serious an- noyance to the young fellow from the Quaker city, whose ideas of his own dignity, and of how strangers should treat him were often shocked. At Independence the members of the expedition had begun to assemble. Milton Sublette was one of the arrivals, and he brought with him about twenty trained hunters. A party of five missionaries, bound for . Oregon, were also here. Note is made of the tact and judgment with which Wyeth and Sublette handled the rough and independent prairie and mountain men whom they had in their company, and of the popularity of each with his followers. A few weeks before the arrival of the travelers at Independence, the town had been the scene of a brawl beteen.the Mormons and the other inhabitants of the town, in which finally the Mormons were ejected from the community. When they left it they took refuge in the town of Liberty, on the opposite side ©f the river, and the people of Independence believed that the Mormons were now preparing to attack the town and “put the inhabitants to the sword.” All the mili- tary spirit of Independence was aroused, troops were drilling every day, and sentries were stationed each night, to ward off the threatened danger, which it is hardly necessary to say never came. It was at 10 o’clock on the 28th of April that Captain Wyeth’s caravan left Independence. It consisted of seventy men, with two hundred and fifty horses. One of the early experiences of the party was the stamped- ing of their horses by a hail storm. The party had not been out long when they met a small body of wandering Raws, to a description of whom the author gives several pages. At the Kaw village, corn, moccasins and leggings were purchased; and attention is called to the permanent houses of the Indians. Soon after this Milton Sublette, who had long been ailing, was obliged to leave them and re- turn to the settlements. It was found necessary not long after this to amputate his leg, and a few years later he died. His brother, William, who was then on the Plains, will be mentionedl later. Not long after this a small party of Otoes came into the camp, and as the author was sitting smoking with the Indians, he noticed that one of the white hunters of the party was looking at one of the Indians with glances of ferocious hatred, and on later inquiring the cause from Richardson, the hunter, he was told the following story: "Why,” said he, “that Injen that sat opposite to you, is my bitterest enemy. I was once going down alone from the rendez-vous with letters for St. Louis, and when I arrived on the lower part of the Platte River (just a short distance beyond us here), I fell in with about a dozen Otoes. They were known to be a friendly tribe, and I, therefore, felt no fear of them. I dis- mounted from my horse and sat with them upon the ground. It was in the depth of winter; the ground was covered with snow, and the river was frozen solid. While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner, which I was then about preparing, four or five of the cow- ards jumped on me, mastered my rifle, and held my arms fast, while they took from me my knife and tomahawk, my flint and steel, and all my ammunition. They then loosed me, and told me to be off. I begged them, for the love of God, to give me my rifle and a few loads of ammunition, or I should starve before I could reach the settlements. No, I should have nothing, and if I did not start off immediately, they would throw me _ under the ice of the river. And,” continued the excited hunter — while he ground his teeth with bitter and uncontrollable rage — “that man that sat opposite to you was the chief of them. He recognized me, and knew very well the reason why I would not smoke with him. I tell you, sir, if ever I meet that man in any other, situation than that in which I saw him this morning, I’ll shoot him with as little hesitation as I would shoot a deer. Several years have passed since the perpetration of this outrage, but it is still as fresh in my memory as ever, and I again declare, that if ever an opportunity offers, I will kill that man.” “But, Richardson, did they take your horse also?” “To be sure they did, and my blankets, and everything I had, except my clothes.” “But how did you subsist until you reached the settle- ments? You had a long journey before you.” “Why, I set to trappin’ prairie squirrels with little nooses made out of the hairs of my head.” I should re- mark that his hair was so long, that it fell in heavy masses on his shoulders. “But squirrels in winter, Richardson; I never heard of squirrels in winter.” “Well, but there was plenty of them, though; little white ones, that lived among the snow.” “Well, really, this was an unpleasant sort of ad- venture enough, but let me suggest that you do very wrong to remember it with such blood-thirsty feelings.” On the 18th of May Townshend reached the Platte River. Here, wolves and antelopes were very abundant, and many of the latter were killed by the hunters. The party were nearing the buffalo range, and the old hands were discussing the approaching event, and telling stories about the different methods of hunting buffalo, and their ways, until the greenhorns had been worked up to a state of great excitement. Here, too, they met the Pawnees — first a delegation of Indians from the Grand Pawnees, now known as the Chaui band; and here, too, a day or two later, they saw their first buffalo. Like all other authors, Townshend was very much im- pressed by the buffalo, individually, and in their mass. He tells of how the Indians hunt them by running, by approaching and by disguising themselves in the skins of wolves or of buffalo calves and creeping into the herds, where they kill the animals with arrows. Of the numbers of the buffalo, even here on the border of their range, he says: “Toward evening, on rising a hill, we were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest among us. The whole plain, as far as the eye could discern, was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo. Our vision, at the very least computation, would certainly extend ten miles, and in the whole of this great space, including about eight miles in width fr@m the bluffs to the river bank, there was apparently no vista in the incalculable multitude. It was truly a sight that would have excited even the dullest mind to enthusiasm. Our party rode up to within a few hundred yards of the edge of the herd, before any alarm was communicated; then the bulls— which are always stationed around as sentinels— began pawing the ground and throwing the earth over their heads; in a few moments they started in a slow, clumsy canter; but as we neared them, they quickened their pace to an astonishingly rapid gallop, and in a few minutes were entirely beyond the reach of our guns, , t were still so near that their enormous horns, and Jong shaggy beards, were very distinctly seen.” . . )vas here and at this time that the author, by his timidity and hasty action, came near making trouble that would have been irreparable. “On walking into ?illr «ent n'?ht at. xi o’clock, after the expiration of the first watch, in which I had served as supernumerary, to prevent the desertion of the men, and stooping to Jay my gun in its usual situation near the head of my pallet, I was startled by seeing a pair of eyes, wild and bright as those of a tiger, gleaming from a dark corner 01 the lodge, and evidently directed upon me. My first impression was, that a wolf had been lurking around the camp, and had entered the tent in the prospect of finding meat. My gun was at my shoulder instinctively, my aim was directed between the eyes, and my finger pressed the trigger. At that moment a tall Indian sprang before me with a loud wah! seized the gun,, and elevated the muzzle above my heacf; in another instant, a second Indian was by my side, and 1 saw his. keen knife glitter as it left the scabbard/ I had not time for thought, and was struggling with all my might with the first savage for the recovery of my weapon, when Captain W., and the other inmates of the tent were aroused, and the whole matter was explained, res*: 'n a momcnt. The Indians were chiefs 01 the tribe of Pawnee Loups, who had come with their young men to shoot buffalo; they had paid an evening visit to the captain, and as an act of courtesy had been invited to sleep in the tent. I had not known of their arrival, nor did I even suspect that Indians were in our neighborhood, so could not control the alarm which their sudden appearance occasioned me.” Next morning the Indian, whose escape the night before had been so narrow, showed no ill-will over the occurrence, but instead made a joke of it. He and Townshend became friends, and exchanged knives. .Here the buffalo were, as Townshend says, “im- mensely numerous in every direction around, and our men kill great numbers, so that we are in truth living upon the fat of the land, and better feeding need no man wish.” But the very next day all had disappeared from the immediate neighborhood of the camp/ and it was not until some search had been made by Townshend and the hunter Richardson, that they were discovered a few miles away on the bluffs. Here on an arid plain, where hardly any grass grew, vast clouds of dust were seen rising and circling in the air, as though a tornado or whirlwind were sweeping over the earth, and it was here, by getting to the windward of them, that the travelers were able to witness the play of the buffalo. We went around to the leeward, and, upon approach- ing nearer, saw the huge animals rolling over and over in the sand with astonishing agility, enveloping them- selves by the exercise in a perfect atmosphere of dust; occasionally two of the bulls would spring from the ground and attack each other with amazing address and fury, retreating for ten or twelve feet, and then rushing suddenly forward, and dashing their enormous fronts together with a shock that seemed annihilating. In these rencontres, one of the combatants was often thrown back upon his haunches and tumbled sprawling upon the ground; in which case, the victor, with true prize-fighting generosity, refrained from persecuting his fallen adversary, contenting himself with a hearty re- sumption of his rolling fit, and kicking up the dust with more than his former vigor, as if to celebrate his victory.” After watching the buffalo for some time, the hunters separated and set out to kill some meat. Townshend had never killed a buffalo, but having seen it done a number of times, thought it must be an easy matter. He says: “I had several times heard the guns of the hunt- ers, and felt satisfied that we should not go to camp without meat, and was on the point of altering my course to join them, when, as I wound around the base of the little hill, I saw about twenty buffalo lying quietly on the ground within thirty yards of me. Now was my time. I took my picket from my saddle, and fastened my horse to the ground as quietly as possible, but with hands that almost failed to do their office, from my ex- cessive eagerness and trembling anxiety. When this was completed, I crawled around the hill again, almost suspending my breath from fear of alarming my in- tended victims, until I came again in full view of the unsuspecting herd. There were so many fine animals that I was at a loss which to select; those nearest to me appeared small and poor, and I, therefore, settled my aim upon a huge bull on the outside. Just then I was attacked with the ‘bull fever’ so dreadfully, that for several minutes I could not shoot. “At length, however, I became firm and steady, and pulled my trigger at exactly the right instant. Up sprang the herd like lightning, and away they scoured, and my bull with them. I was vexed, angry and dis- contented; I concluded that I could never kill a buffalo, and was about to mount my horse and ride off in dis- pair, when I observed that one of the animals had stopped in the midst of his career. I rode toward him, and sure enough, there was my great bull trembling and swaying from side to side, and the clotted gore hanging like icicles from his nostrils. In a few minutes after, he fell heavily upon his side, and I dismounted and surveyed *the unwieldy brute, as he panted and struggled in the death agony. . “When the first ebullition of my triumph had sub- sided, I perceived that my prize was so excessively lean as to be worth nothing, and while I was exerting my whole strength in a vain endeavor to raise the head from the ground for the purpose of removing the tongue, the two hunters joined me, and laughed heartily at my achievement. Like all inexperienced hunters, I had been particular to select the largest bull in the gang, supposing it to be the best, and it proved, as usual, the poorest, while more than a dozen fat cows were nearer me, either of which I might have killed with as little trouble.” When this took place the men were many miles from water.. The day was was well advanced, and they were suffering, severely from thirst. As they went further they became more and more thirsty, and finally, when a bull was killed, its paunch was opened, and some of the water strained from its contents. The two plainstttfK Jan. tgoj.] FOREST AND STREAM. 7 of the party drank heartily, but the missionary and Townshend declined it with disgust. However, before they had left this animal, Townshend was induced to drink the blood from the heart, which he did to his own great relief, and to the great amusement of the mis- sionary who accompanied him. George Bird Grinnell. [to be concluded.] __ , . # Sport and Work. Editor Forest and Stream: Many lessons may be learned in the woods life which may well be: applied to the business life, and the same traits in a man which bring success to the hunter will usually bring success in business. In both lives there are discouraging and depressing times as well as bright and hopeful times, and our success often depends upon our conduct in times of depression. We have been out several hours, tramping through the snow on a deer trail, straining our eyes until they fairly ache, and using all the caution and strategy known to us to outwit the wily game and see them before they are off. After all our efforts we hear a slight rustling in the brush, a very faint and muffled “thud, thud” in the snow, but we see nothing. Quickening our pace a little, we soon come to where our game has jumped out of their beds . and plowed up the snow as they went off by great leaps. This, then, is one of the depressing times in the woods life, and the time which is to determine the general make-up of the man. He is tired; he has done his very best, and the case was in his favor, inasmuch as the deer were not aware of being followed, and he was counting on their first meeting to be a surprise for them and suc- cess for himself. Now they are gone and know they are being followed, and the natural summing up of the case would be, “It’s no use to follow ! They have outgeneraled .us when the odds were in our favor, and how much more certainly will they be able to do so now that they are warned of our presence!” Then the average man will either give it up and go home, or if he does follow, will hasten on at a careless, blundering gait, thinking, “It’s no use looking for them within a mile or two, anyhow.” Not so with the one who has the rare quality of never giving up. He is the one who will succeed because he only redoubles his vigilance and determination, and pro- ceeds with a faith that something will turn up in his favor; for the unexpected is nearly sure to happen to the hunter, and all kinds of game do most unaccountable things at the most unexpected times. The above illus- tration of following deer is an exact description of an experience of the writer, and within less than one hun- dred yards of their beds which they had left a fine buck was seen standing, having come back to investigate, and afforded a fine shot. So it is in the business life; when financial reverses or misfortune overtakes us, it is the same dogged tenacity and firmness of purpose which will ultimately bring reward and success. Again the hunter goes forth to hunt, and, if hunting in a strange place, a careful note must be made mentally of the general topography of the country, course of streams, direction and distances traveled, etc., if he would not get lost. So the business man going into new ventures must study the nature of the business and get his bearings if he would not get bewildered and finally lost. If in familiar territory, these precautions can be dispensed with, but the hunter must exercise all his faculties toward the accomplishment of his purpose by noting the direc- tion of the wind, the nature of the surroundings in re- gard to growth, etc., and be able to determine by the way the game travels and the kind of places it is leading to, as to when it is most likely to stop; and above all, he must have that rare faculty of knowing just what to do and how to do it when the critical moment arrives in which prompt action is required. There come moments both in the woods and business life which determine the success or failure of carefully laid plans which have been brought to the point of materializing. The trail has been followed through all discouragements until the game is in sight and within gunshot; nothing is left for the hunter to do but shoot. It is only1 for an instant that the opportunity is open; he has carelessly allowed the sights to become filled with snow, or he goes to step to one side for a better aim, or he gets “buck fever” and hesitates, and his one, and perhaps only, chance for that day is gone. So with the business man. He follows up his business carefully, watching for his opportunity, and happy is he if he can see it while it is yet in reach, and knowing what to do and hoiv to do it, acts promptly and succeeds. The man who goes out to- hunt cannot reasonably ex- pect much success if he has no other knowledge of hunt- ing than that gained by reading and studying the nature of his game in books, no matter how thorough that study may have been. So with business ; practical experience is necessary tO' the best results, notwithstanding the ex- ceptions where the “tenderfoot” has a streak of rare good luck, or the inexperienced may make a hit in the busi- ness world simply by some lucky chance. Even in the cost of engaging in the pursuits of hunting and business there is a similarity. We may go to some uninviting place where there is little or no game to hunt and the hunting is free; but go to the great hunting grounds of our country, and you may take well filled pocketbooks. So in business ; we can operate a business in a little coun- try village at a small cost compared with the cost of operating the same in a city, because everybody wants to go to the city, where the business can succeed. The owners of the city know that, and make them pay well for the privilege of doing business in a good place. Emerson Carney, Morgantown, W. Va., Dec, 1904. Medicine in Camp* Santa Claus brought me the cutest little leather case, containing eleven phials with screw-off tops and a graduated glass about the same capacity as the phials, which I judge to be one-half ounce each. The phials each have a label for the placing thereon the name of the medicine and the dose to be given, and the case also has a pocket for court plaster, etc. Looking at it, I observed, “There are bottles enough there, and more, to contain about all of the medicines in use by the modern physician,” and this, I believe, is true. But just what those medicines are, and what the dose of each, are things I do not know. I anticipate a certain sort of pleasure in having these bottles filled and of satisfaction in taking the case with me when I go camping, as I do from time to time. It occurs to me there are some physi- cians on the Forest and Stream staff, or at least among its constant readers and occasional contributors, who might make up some very interesting and instructive literature therein on this subject. For instance, three of these phials might well be made to contain, one permanganate of potash, one strychnia, and the third the small hypo- dermic syringe needful in administering the remedies for treating poison from snake bite and tiding the patient over the effects. Of course these remedies are ticklish things to use; but snake bite is itself a ticklish thing, de- manding heroic measures. I have in mind a trip that I just missed taking at the last moment; one of those who did take it being bitten by a cottonmouth moccasin, and who came very near dying. On another occasion, only a year ago, when hunting and staying at a farmhouse miles away from a doctor, a man staying at the house had a very severe attack of appendicitis. It was the second attack of the kind with him, and, as the doctor who at- tended him on the previous occasion had predicted, he had a pretty close call. There were certain remedies, I suppose, which would have been helpful in that emer- gency.. Suppose we ask that some good doctor who reads this will write us an article about “The Camp Doctor and His Kit.” George Kennedy. Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse* Years ago, long before the mantle of Esculapius had fallen upon my shoulders, I was engaged in chasing the elusive bovine around a whole township of one of our western territories, mounted upon a pinto cayuse, and bedecked in all the toggery of a Wild West show. The occupation at its best was a lonely one, and any- thing to vary the monotony was hailed with delight by the “cow punchers.” The most popular form of amuse- ment was trying to convince your opponent seated on the other side of the mess chest that your two jacks were a great deal larger than his three queens. It was quite early in life that I learned that either I was not a success as a convincer, or that my supply of the coin of the realm was too brief. This bit of knowledge came to me quite forcibly one morning after an all-night ses- sion, in. which I saw all of my surplus, including my saddle, bridle, chaps, spurs and quirt gradually trans- ferred from my side of the box to the other fellow’s. That morning I wandered out in a very pensive mood and was struck by the beauty of everything that I saw. While cursing my poor judgment, I could not help but feel the harmony of the nature world spread out at my feet. At that time I resolved to abandon the study of the History of the Four Kings, complete in fifty- two pages, and take up the study of the Infinite as written upon the manifold pages of this world. Though as yet I am still plodding along in the first part of Chapter I, I have never regretted the resolution of that morning. Often in the still of midnight, while riding here, I have gazed upon the silent shining spheres, as in unerring, glittering cycles they float like silver barks upon the azure sea of heaven, and have said with one of. old, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?” Things of this planet, though, have always had a great fascination for me, and many silent hours have I spent in study of the doings of the wild things of wood and field and stream. It’s a standing joke on the cattle range that once a Britisher, fresh from Merrie Eng- land, saw an owl sitting contemplatively, as owls will, beside a badger’s burrow. He noticed as he rode around that the bird kept its face toward him, but he could never see it move the body. It entered his brain that if he should ride around the owl enough times that the bird would surely twist its head off. One of the cowboys discovered him and rescued him, or else he might have been still riding around that owl. I have always had a sort of sneaking respect for that Brit- isher. His desire to learn something about owls was certainly commendable whatever we may say about his judgment. Then his judgment was not much worse than those scientists who so sagely insist that they have seen an owl, a rattlesnake and a prairie dog living harmoniously in one burrow. All this has very little to do with study of the sharp- tail grouse as the caption of this letter would suggest. I merely threw the foregoing in as a sort of grace be- fore meat Not that it meant anything at all, but merely to put you in a good humor. Rather in the hopes that I might induce you to follow me through the whole article. What I do know about the bird in subject is a great deal less than what I do not know. That is a rather strange assertion now, isn’t it? Strange that a writer on birds should admit his ignorance. That’s where I am an oddity. I want to be a little out of the ordinary, so I hit upon the scheme of admitting that there were a few things that I had not yet found out. In that regard I have made a radical departure from the beaten paths of bird writers and for that departure I deserve to be recognized. The things that I shall attempt to set down came- to me, you might say, spon- taneously. They were gathered up in the intervals be- tween yanking* some bogged yearling out of a spring hole by means of a lariat and the pulling powers of a cow pony, and running the three-circle brand on some- body’s “slick ear,” presumably my boss’s. As such, it is very apt to smack more of the green fields and run- ning brooks than it does of the midnight oil and the musty library. At one time in the history of the great West, it was a vast bunch-grass region, as yet un- touched by the hand of civilization. Not a farm nor an acre of grain in whole counties. Merely a little ranch-house upon some stream, and thousands upon thousands of head of cattle upon the hills. At that lime the bunch-grass hills were alive with sharptail grouse. They spent the summer on the upland, and in winter descended to the alder-bordered streams, where they spent the winter feeding upon the buds. Now, alas! the once grass-covered hills are fields of waving grain, and the alder-bordered stream is an irrigation ditch. Where once sounded the cackle of the startled grouse as she rose from beneath your horse’s feet, may be heard only the rattle of the harvester or the hum of the threshing machine. Instead of the long-horned range cattle, fleet as elk and almost as untamable, may be seen only the sleek, well-favored kine of the wheat farmer, browsing in the pasture. In that elder day the sharptail grouse spent the sum- mer upon the grassy upland, where they reared their young and wandered at will over the grassy slopes, at winter seeking the streams. With the first bursting of the springtime buds they abandoned the alders and again sought the higher ground for mating and nest- ing. The ceremony of mating is carried on with every ceremony of courtship and each act of it seems to be essential to the complete whole. Usually the conical top of some small knoll is chosen for a theater, and in the gray, of dawning may be heard the whirr of count- less wings and seen the darting of dark bodies as they hurry in direction of the trysting place. With a sharp downward dip of wings the birds all alight in a wide circle .about the central stage and sit demurely in regu- lar, rows. The performance is begun by some cock, more love-lorn than his mates, springing into the arena and , engaging in the wildest dance possible. The famous whirlmg idefvish is a child’s toy compared to one of these.- 'Soinn the other cocks are excited by the per- formance, and one by one rapidly they join the first until the knoll is alive with gyrating birds. Faster and faster they whirl round and round, cackling in unison, their air sacks inflated until they protrude like oranges upon their necks. Back and forth with wings out- spread like turkey cocks, jerking their heads about as though afflicted with some form of ornithological St. Vitus dance, their whole being quivering with excite- ment. At last, overcome by passion, one vaults fifteen feet into the air and falls senseless to the ground, where he lies until his little gray mate comes and escorts him away to their nesting place. By the time the sun has gotten well over the distant hill-top, they have all gone through the same ceremony, and the knoll is deserted until the following morning, when the ceremony is repeated, and so through the entire laying season. Many mornings have I lain se- curely hidden behind some convienent tussock of rye grass and spied upon this love-making scene. So long as I remained perfectly quiet they were seemingly ob- livious of my presence. Should I move, however, the entire covey would take flight, only to return when the disturbance was over. The nesting sites are usually not far from the stamping ground, and almost any time until late in the afternoon you may see the mated birds feeding near their nests. At this time the female retires for a time, and I am of the opinion that this is when she deposits her egg. This, I am well aware, is not the opinion of many writers; but I am not quoting writers now. The clutch of eggs varies somewhat; nine is the usual number, though I have seen as high as fourteen. The protective coloration of these birds is another wise provision of our Mother Nature. The soft gray of their plumage so harmoniously blends with the alkali soil and the color of the bunch-grass and sage that it is indeed a sharp eye that can see them when they are sitting per- fectly still, and they do sit still as a general thing. When the bird leaves the nest, the eggs are so nearly the color of the surroundings, that they are well-nigh invisible. The nest itself is a very primitive bit of architecture. Merely a depression in the soil at the foot of some tussock of rye sage, lined with a few wisps of dry sage or grass. These wisps of straw are seemingly not calculated as a bed for the clutch, but merely as an additional protection from the pryin^ eyes of her enemies. The period of incubation is, as usual in birds of this class, and varies from twenty-one to twenty-six days. The little chicks are a soft yellow when first hatched, but soon become gray-spotted and are the prettiest little chaps that you can imagine Dur- ing the period of incubation the cock may be ever found hovering near the nest, keeping a jealous eye upon the dame, ever ready to lure away from his home any in- quisitive marauder who ventures too near. The mother leads her brood out upon the hills and guards them carefully from the great brown hawks that may be seen constantly wheeling in the vast blue with a sharp glance kept upon the earth below. If one of these sails too- § neat, the watchful grouse sounds the hiding call, and the little ones are at once invisible. Like magic, they seem to melt into the landscape until the aerial terror has sailed away. Then the recall and once more the ground becomes peopled with the tiny grouse Where they come from is a mystery to the uninitiated, bo rapidly do the young grow, that by August they are no more dependent upon the- mother and are ie t shift for themselves. At this time they band, and many thousands of them may be seen together feeding. I there is a wheat field near they at once repair to it and feed upon the ripening grain. If the wheat is already harvested they alight upon the cocks and simply gor0e themselves. At this time they present an easy mark for the hunter, and thousands of them find their way into the game-bag of the pot-hunter, who creeps up behind a neighboring wheat cock and fires a handful ot shot from an old muzzleloader into the mass, and then rushes up exultantly and gobbles up the slaughtered blWith the rapid influx of settlement in the region of which L write, there was a decided decimation of these grouse. There is to be found here a small marmot that is practically the only pest with which the xarmej. hp.s to contend. This animal is very destructive to crops His home is in a deep burrow in the ground, and it is and has been one of the problems that confronts the grain grower how best to rid the country of the Pe§ . A constant and relentless warfare is waged to keep this prolific little fellow within anything like proper bounds. Every weapon known to science has been called into requisition and still he flourishes like a green bay tree. His merry chirp as he dives into his subterranean burrow with his cheeks full of growing gram is heard on every hand. It may seem strange to the uneducated that an animal so small should be so destructive to the wheat crops, but when you pause and consider that each marmot is capable of destroying at least ‘our bushels of grain, then the affair assumes quite different proportions. I have known a small colony of these rodents to establish themselves in the center of a forty- acre field and completely demolish it. Experience has taught that the most effective means of ridding the ground of these animals is to strew poisoned grain at the mouths of the burrows^ early m the spring when they first awake froin their winter somnolence. At this time, when there is scarcely any green food for them, they will greedily consume this poisoned grain and return to their burrows and die. The farmer gets up betimes of a morning and with a pail of this prepared wheat visits every burrow upon his farm and sunningly strews a portion of the gram about the burrow. The effect upon the feathered citizens has been awful. While the marmot is hungry, the grouse and other birds are no less so, and they con- sume the grain with avidity. It was at one time no unusual sight to travel along a half mile string of wire fence and count two dozen grouse lying dead. There is another very fruitful cause of their decrease. The grouse is very much attached to the place of his nativity. Year after year they will re- turn to the vicinage of their former nesting places and nest once more. The average western ranchman was in no sense a bird lover, so when he found a nesting grouse in the way of his sod plow, he took little pams to protect her. The nest was ruthlessly turned under and the bird left to seek another home as best she might. If the set was complete and the bird was in- cubating, she did not build again that year; if not, possibly she sought a. new site and finished the set and reared her brood. At best, however, it was but a part of a clutch that she laid, and consequently her family for that season was small. In this connection it may be interesting to mention the maternal instinct of the nesting bird. When the “hayseed” had finally conquered the “cow puncher and had transformed the rolling bunch-grass hills into grain fields, I was perforce compelled to doff the leather chaps and Stetson hat and don the blue ducking over- alls and jumper, exchange my seat in the saddle for that instrument of torture affixed to the back of a sulky plow, my faithful old pinto cow pony for a team of Percherons. Thus equipped, I arose long before the dew-drops sparkled like diamonds upon the grass and chased that plow around a 2000-acre field until the robins had long since caroled their vespers, and all nature had sunk to rest. When the festive coyote was serenading his mate in 234 different and distinct keys, we were permitted to turn the team barnward. While thus engaged, it was a daily occurrence to plow up nesting grouse in the summer fallow. They chose this ground from the fact that there was more or less wheat growing upon it which afforded a good hiding place for the nests. The sitting grouse would flutter from beneath the horse’s feet and sit upon a furrow not thirty feet distant until you drove by. If perchance one of the animals had not trod in the nest and destroyed the eggs, it was my custom to dismount and take the eggs and construct a new nest for them out on the plowed ground. The next round generally found the bird upon the nest carrying on the duties of incubation as if the unceremonious plowing up of her home was an expected ^That’s about all I know about these birds. There is one thing, however, that I do know and, that is, that it will be only a short time now until you will have to go into some museum in order to find one of these birds to study. Of course that will not be a great depriva- tion to the average ornithological writer, for that is the place that he goes to get his information now. Chas. S. Moody. What Covered the Deer? Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 28 .—Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Chas. Frueh, the well-known florist, was deer hunt- ing this fall in the upper part of the State. One afternoon he wounded a deer, but could not follow it on account of it being late and was getting dark. The next day he went out and found it. It was completely covered with sand; all that was visible was the horns. There were tracks around that resembled those of a fox. It would be inter- esting to know if any of your readers have ever heard of a similar occurrence. Wm. C. Helb. FOREST AND STREAM. ^ BBaHBggggSMBBCgi — nawHsaoa— 1 eg tsbb i mb— agne mw 1 1 gg b5bbmb eaaB» Rhode Island Bounty on Hawks, Robert O. Morris in the Springfield (Mass.) Republican’. Rhode Island was one of the thirteen original States; there has been for nearly 150 years a famoug college maintained within its borders, to one of its towns during the warmer months flock numerous Custodians of im- mense wealth, and generally the inhabitants are intelli- gent and in most matters well informed. It does not seem likely that the sentiment of such a people was properly reflected when the Legislature of that State passed a statute providing a bounty for the killing of useful species of hawks as well as those, that are bad and destructive of poultry, game and song birds. Sued a law did go into effect in that State last April, providing that “every person who kills any wild hawk, except fishhawks, shall receive 25 cents for every animal so killed.” That most kinds of game birds are disappearing from southern New England nobody will doubt. Various causes are assigned for bringing this condition about. Some lay it to hawks and owls, others to semi-wild and abandoned cats; some say that minks, rats, weasels;, and other vermin prevent game birds from breeding by inter- fering with them at nesting time. The . man that “shoots flying” is no longer a notable exception, but a generation' has grown up that, with the now common means of practice, speedily become skillful wing shots, and when one looks Intelligently for the true cause that is bringing about the vanishing of game birds, prominently above all others stands the man with the modern gun, . If conditions are the same in Rhcde Island as in this vicinity, there has grown up in that State a class of men who Haye found that simple larceny is not considered a serious crime, and you will find m most every town those that have learned that the contents of a chicken coop is an easy mark to satisfy their desire to profit by the industry of others, and who have become quite ex- pert in that kind of larceny, and if they are once in a while caught, a night or two of work in this line will make up for the fines they have to pay. The situation may not be quite so bad in Rhode Island as here, but it is safe to say tnat many more chickens are taken there in this way by man than are killed by hawks. The most common of the so-called birds of prey in southern New England is the red-shouldered hawk, and this is the kind that wiH suffer most by reason of the passage of this law. Its food consists largely of rats, red squirrels, minks, weasels, and other small mammals, the very class that destroys the nest of birds and their young, so that it is highly probable that if all the red- shouldered hawks were exterminated in Rhode Island by the operation of this law, the number of the natural ene- mies of game and other birds would so increase that the result would be the reverse of what was intended. An analysis of the contents of 322 stomachs of this kind of hawk has been made by competent authority, and in only one was any trace of a game bird found, and in tins case probably the hawk ran across a dead '• or wounded bird. Flesh with feathers on it is not the red- shouldered hawk’s common or natural food. Even the casual observer will notice in the fields and orchards, after the disappearance of the snow in early spring, the havoc made by the meadow mice during the then preceding winter. The roots of the grasses usually furnish these rodents with all the food they desire, and the farmer loses many a ton of hay from his mowing in this way. The seasons that the ground is frozen hard and to a considerable depth, when the first snow comes, the meadow mice find the grass roots hard to obtain and work under the snow in quest of food until they come to a tree, and then they feed upon the bark, often in a circle, completely around the tree- Young orchards are some- times ruined or greatly damaged in this way. To check the increase of thege little animals, nature has provided the rough-legged hawk, which annually comes down from its northern home, and a portion of them spend the colder months in southern New England. During its stay here, it lives entirely upon small rodents, mostly meadow mice. Under the direction of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, a large number of these hawks have been killed and the contents of their stomachs examined, taxidermists and trustworthy observers have been in- quired of, but no reliable evidence has been found that would indicate that the rough leg ever tasted birds of any kind. Some species of hawks eat poultry, game, and other birds bv choice, some as a last resort when their favorite food is’ scarce, but the rough leg is without a fault in this respect. It stations itself on a tree watching for mice through the day, and in the dusk of a winter afternoon it may be seen skimming over the meadows in quest of the same food. The rough-legged hawk is one of the largest of the birds of prey, and to sustain its big body each in- dividual must consume a thousand mice during that por- tion of the year it is with us. This Rhode Island bounty may be interpreted to pro- vide for a bounty for the destruction of the nighthawk. Recent scientific investigations have disclosed the fact that a certain kind qf mosquito is responsible for carrying the germ of malaria from one person to another. The nighthawk is a bird that is entirely free from even the suspicion of killing a bird of any kind. Its diet consists entirely of insects, mostly of the night-flying kind, and probably largely of the mosquito family. So we may have this exhibition of the wealthy and intelligent State of Rhode Island paying out money for the destruction of a bird that may be the means of saving the lives of its citizens by destroying the malaria-transferring insects. Before the fauna of New England had been interefered with to any great extent by the hands of man, we find that hawks were described to be common and fierce, still at the same time game was so plentiful that upon the plate of each farm hand for dinner was placed a whole wild duck, and in hiring out some did so only upon the condition “that grouse were not to be brought to the table oftener than a few times in the week. In those days the flocks of wild pigeons were described to be so immense as to obscure the light, and the number of indi- viduals of these birds seen in a day by a single person was estimated in the millions* Instead of encouraging hunting for a living, as does this bill, by paying for the destruction of valuable birds, a statute could nave been framed providing ior the employment of competent per- sons to kill and break up the nests of those species of !Jan, 7, 1905- ■' ... ^ hawks that are destructive to wild birds and poultry. L -he goshawk when it comes down from the north tj wonder then that visitors to the reptile house at the Zoological Park stand awe-stricken at the sight of the! bandaged cobra. His wound and its dressing were; primarily caused by a fierce battle, which was taken part in by the three cobras, the only living specimens ini this country. They fought to a finish and to kill. The bandaged cobra was the most vicious of the lot. Itij expanded its hood, then it reared at least half it length : off the ground, while the rest of its body remained: wound in a tight spiral. His eyes shot sparks of light, - like flames in little black coals, his narrow, forked tongue darted in and out with amazing rapidity. He curved his head, darted forward, and struck and stabbed like a lightning flash. Low, hissing sounds filled the air, and finally sum- moned the keepers to the scene of battle. They saw: that each of the reptiles had received numerous small punctures, and decided at great risk to separate them; and place them in different cages. At the time they apprehended no serious results from the battle, as the cobra itself has always been considered immune from' cobra poison. Nevertheless the keepers watched the wounds of their patients, and at length saw that the: finest, largest cobra of them all showed a swollen jawv For a minute they were puzzled but only for a minutt\ The next Mr. Ditmars had decided that the only thing to be done was to take the snake from its cage. It was too rare a specimen to be lost. Examination of its wound might suggest a cure. The removal of the five-foot reptile from its cap-" tivity was in itself exceedingly difficult. It was done however, by means of a bamboo stick. The cobra ’ coiled itself about this and was lifted to the stone floor, j all the time rearing and making dangerous lightning- like darts, first to one side and then to the other. It fought desperately while human hands, anxious to save its life, pressed its expanded, hood-shaped head down "to the floor. This was done by means of the bamboo stick; then keeper Snyder grasped it firmly by the neck. Its mouth was forced open by means of forceps, and the cause of the swelling was at once evident. The cobra had been poisoned by one of its mates in the battle in which it had fought so furiously, and an abscess had formed. Its lower jaw had been pierced by fangs as poisonous as its own. To diagnose the case was one thing; to apply a remedy was another. However, snake men have ways of their own. The abscess was ! opened and carefully syringed. The fierce reptile was back in its cage, and the keepers once again breathed freely, for while doing their duty they had not alto- gether relished it. Handling five feet of venomous snake is not an enviable task. The keeper and the curator congratulated themselves upon being through with it when they were called upon to treat it again. Again it was decided to take the terrible animal from its cage and submit it to another examination. It seemed to know what was contemplated. It hissed and darted and fought, but again its head was seized and held. The jaw bone was found to be affected and a small portion of it was skilfully removed. After the wound FOREST AND STREAM, 9 — — — — — — — — ■ — — - — - — ■ ■ ■■■■■ — California Birds. )an. 7, 190SJ had .^fft cleansed and packed with antiseptic the curator and keeper seemed to be struck with It single thought. The prospect of dressing daily or perhaps twice a day the jaw which holds the cobra’s deadly fangs* was not a prospect that either" welcomed. It was then that they decided to bandage the reptile’s head and to use a dressing that could be kept moist from a distance. Keeper Snyder, armed with a syringe, sprayed the snake from a safe situation, not a particle appalled by bis majestic rearing and 'continuous angry hissing. However, the wound had to be dressed every now and sihen in the same dangerous manner as at first described, :Srtd this operation the writer, the other day, was fortunate to 'witness.* The cobras arrived at the park in wooden boxes, containing only a few holes for ventilation. In there they bad fasted for many wedks, and so emaciated were they When the boxes were opened, that it was thought hvy would die in spite of the most careful treatment. The snakes were placed in one of the big cages of the reptile house and treated to a steam bath for an hour or more. This had a very good effect and ffiey sooit began to take an interest in things about them and drank freely from the dish placed in the cage. The morning after the snakes’ arrival it was decided that the cobras must be helped out Of their own skin this had so hardened on the scaly creatures in their cramped traveling quarters that natural shedding was out of the question. The proposition of handling the reptiles Was anything but pleasant. Moreover, the snake has the power to forcibly eject the poison to some 'distance. 1st the eye this fluid is as deadly as upon, the abraded skin. A forked stick was procured, and '-through this the snakes were made to crawl. The old 'cuticle was too thick, however, to be cast in this manner, and the men made up their minds to tackle 1 dangerous situation. ; The reptile curator and keeper, Snyder, did the job. Oil the end of a long bamboo pole a cobra was lifted from its cage vto the floor, where there was room for setter maneuvering. It was taken down from its grace- mi swifting pose and forced flat upon the concrete floor. Its head was spread widely and the spectacled iwkings on its back looked menacing. The most dangerous part of the task came next. Pressing the reptile’s head down firmly with the stick, j:he snake man grasped him by the neck. It was delicate vork and trying to the nerves. More_ than once during he operation of peeling off the dried and shriveled skin both men perspied more than normally. With- out these precautions, however, the cobras would soon nave died and the public would have lost the rare op- portunity of seeing living specimens of this deadly snake in captivity. Two full hours were consumed in removing the skins of the three snakes. When the job was done both men heaved a deep sigh of relief. As the snakes were taken from the cage they were dull and rusty in ap- pearance. The operation effected a wonderful change. Relieved of their old skins they sparkled and shone viih a metallic lustre, showing a body color of rich bro-wii cidssed by hands of bright yellow. fefee Of the most dangerous operations ever performed (for the person performing it) was when Curator Ditmars removed an abscess from the left side of the king cobra’s jaw. Nearly twenty minutes were oc- cupied in kith operation and every instant of the time Mr. Diftr&rs’ arm and hand were within striking dis- tance 'rif the fangs of the most deadly snake known to uajiirHists. lithe Bronx king cobra was brought from Singapore. Several weeks after his arrival a slight swelling was noticed on the right side of the cobra’s jaw and it was evident that he was considerably annoyed by it, for he seemed particularly careful not to touch the swelling against any hard surface. After close observation Mr. Ditmars was convinced that the king cobra had a boil br an abscess and considering the value of the reptile, le began planning to remove the abscess. ; This particular cobra will eat nothing but other [snakes. When first brought to the park to live in captivity he was tempted with plump rabbits, fat rats and well-fed guinea pigs. But he is a confirmed snake rater. It Was found necessary to humor his whim, and .0 save expense Mr. Ditmars hit upon the plan of ceding him snakes stuffed with frogs. When his feed- ng time came round a eoachwhip snake, which had been starving itself lately, was killed and stuffed with i, half a dozen fat frogs. The stuffed snake was taken o the door of king cobra’s cage and thrown in. In t twinkling king cobra had him by the neck. He aslred around the cage with the body for five minutes ind then slowly began to swallow him. In doing so he ay in such a position that the abscess on his jaw was •asily visible and within reach from the door. On #e spur of the moment Mr. Ditmars decided to -errfOve it He procured a long pair of tweezers and t glass syringe, and he and keeper Snyder opened wide h0! door of the cobra’s cage. At that the snake edged iway in a corner with his prey and lashed his tail up md down the glass partitions. Snyder took hold of the lead snake’s tail and pulled it toward him. The hungry : cobra tightened his hold. Snyder used both hands and aulled until the head of the cobra was within four :'eet of the cage door. Mr. Ditmars filled the syringe rom the snake’s water pan, and, reaching in his arm, squirted water all over the cobra’s jaw and around ;he abscess to moisten it. The cobra did not like this, ?ut hung on to the dead snake. Finally Mr. Ditmars 00k the tweezers and leaned in. With his free hand le grasped the body of the eoachwhip snake within a :ew inches of the cobra’s head and twisted until the shining white jaws of the cobra turned over and then vith a deft turn of the tweezers extracted the abscess ind jumped away. The operation was performed, and ;he relief of the snake was obvious, for he gulped down tils prey in half a minute, shot over into his corner, curled himself up and went to sleep. “When the lance-head vipers,” said Mr. Ditmars, ‘arrived at the park they were in what the. reptile ex- ' nert would caM ‘bad condition.’ None of them had fed for at least twelve weeks; they were very thin, very veak and. .ropH serious of all, had been unable to shed their skins, which had become dry and brittle. As the lance-head is a rare snake in captivity, we were par- ticularly desirous of bringing the six specimens of this species back to perfect health, and the peculiar opera- tions undertaken for their improvement are worthy of narration. “When a snake prepares to shed its skin, it seeks a damp location in order to soften its old suit, that this may be easily cast off. The lance-heads had been kept too_ dry, and in consequence had been unable to shed their skins. These must be removed at once, or the reptiles would die of a skin disease. A bath of tepid water was prepared, and into this the snakes were precipitated. There they were kept about six hours before the keepers began the dangerous process of forcibly removing the skins. “In this operation two things are necessary; one, an abundance of courage; the second, thorough knowledge of the poisonous snake. To lack one or the other im- plies a danger of being bitten, and this means — but the meli itt the reptile house dislike to consider the possible consequences of a snake bite. Antidotes are constantly ort hand, it is true, but even the cure of a snake bite involves long hours of suffering, and perhaps the permanent loss of health. “Most necessary is it that the keeper who handles a deadly snake shall understand how to employ his fingers in the manipulation, during which he uses a peculiar grip. But he must first catch the snake, which is hardly a minor part of the proceeding. The creature is coaxed into a favorable position, when a stick is pressed directly across the top of its head, pinning it to the ground. The reptile is then grasped in snen a way that the thumb presses one side of the animal’s neck, assisted on the other side by the first and second fingers. The other two fingers wind themselves loosely about the snake's throat leaving the wind pipe open for breathing; and these latter fingers are ready to grasp the creature tightly in case it should struggle, for it has the power of turning partially in its loose-fitting skin, thus bringing the venomous fangs to bear on the hand that holds it. “While held in this position the reptile's mouth opens and shuts viciously. The fangs, consisting of hollow teeth in the upper jaw, where they lie against the roof of the mouth when inactive, are raised to their full extent, while a drop of the deadly fluid provided by nature lies ready in the poison gland. It is at this juncture that the keeper finds steady nerves useful, for the slightest loosening of the fingers is instantly ap- preciated by the snake, which acts without loss of time. “The process of skinning the lance-heads was simple enough when the described precautions had been taken. A pair of fine forceps had been used to grasp the skin covering the lower jaw. This was gently peeled back- ward. A like operation removed the skin from the upper portion of the head. Here a difficulty presented itself. This was to turn back the skin over the snake’s neck, immediately behind the head, where the operator had been holding it. “The snake was suddenly released. The stick was again placed over the top of the head, and the operator, grasping the loose skin, turned it backward until it was past the neck. When he resumed his grip, the skin was turned wrong side out over the creature’s body, which now presented a beautiful velvety surface. Thus it was that the six dusty looking vipers appeared in new clothes, with awakening appetites. “During the first few weeks of installation in their cage the lance-heads, true to their reputation, became veritable fiends. On opening the door of their cage, the keeper was generally greeted with a low whir,, as the angry reptiles rapidly vibrated their tails. This was soon followed by the flash of white mouths from the shrubbery. Moreover, the heavy glass in the front of the cage, facing the spectators, showed numerous greenish-yellow smears where tbe vipers’ fangs had been directed at some particularly bright article of apparel, as the owner of the same passed within range of their hostile vision. “Gradually this changed. The creatures became used to their keepers and grew quiet. But here the danger increased. No animal is more dangerous than a tame venomous snake. One moment it may lie apparently asleep; the next, it has shot its body with lightning- like rapidity at some moving object, thinking it food. Keepers would much rather see a snake demonstrate its feelings at once; they know then what it is going to do. It was at this time that a serious accident came near taking place. “The keeper was spraying the vegetation in the cage with the lance-heads, when a snake, which had been quietly coiled about three feet away, sprang for his hand. The keeper, involuntarily jumping backward, was followed by the snake, which literally threw itself from the cage and landed at his feet. The keeper executed a broad jump with admirable energy, and saved himself from the reptile’s fangs. “On a moonlight night, some three weeks after their arrival, the lance-heads took their first meal in captivity. The majority of the venomous snakes are night prowlers; few will take their food, consisting of small rodents, in the daytime. “On this account a reptile house is even more at- tractive at night than in the daylight. A trip past the cages with a lantern shows the sun-loving lizards and many of the smaller snakes sleeping soundly, but the venomous sp.ecies and the big boas glide about in lively fashion, their scaly bodies glittering in the light as if jewel-covered. “Then it is that the fer-de-Iance draws its green body from the vegetation, where it has been hiding, and its quivering tongue-tips inspect the ground and branches for the trail of its prey.” [TO -BE CONTINUED.] An armored coat for dogs, to serve as a protection against motor cars, has been invented by a New Yorker. The coat is studded with sharp steel points, like a steel hedgehog. If the armored dog is run in(o by a motor car the sharp points puncture the tire, ' and the conse- quent rush of released air blows the dog out of danger. Editor Forest and Stream: Your genial and entertaining contributor, Arefar, has taken me to task for not seeing birds in California where they were not, and for not hearing the songs of birds when the land was voiceless save for ttfie meadowlark, to whom full credit was given. Arefar proclaims with clarion voice^ that there are myriads of birds in endless variety in California, and that the air resounds with their carolings; that is to say, in the big tree forests and mountain canons, and in the spring- time of the year. As the observations related were made, as stated, in the almost treeless plains of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and in the months of August, September and October, it is difficult to see the relevancy of Arefar’s complaints. It appears to be characteristic of Californians — a par- donable weakness, no doubt — to manifest great sensitive- ness about the reputation of their country, and to resent any suspicion of an imputation that their State is lacking in a single feature that goes to make up an ideal paradise. Like our ancient and chivalrous friend, Don Quixote de la Mancha, they have a way of standing up every traveler they may meet in the road and demanding that he acknowledge their Dulcima del Tcboso to be the most in- comparable fair whose cheeks were ever kissed by the morning sunbeams and fanned by the vagrant breezes, etc. For mine own part, like the complacent travelers thus challenged by the valiant knight on one occasion, rather than argue the matter, I am willing to make the acknowledgment out of hand, “though she distils rheum out of one eye and vinegar from the other.” But, “rae- thinks the lady doth protest too much,” has been more than once suggested by the clamorous claims of these fortune’s favorites who dwell in the land of all perfec- tions, savoring somewhat of the whistling boy in the graveyard or the tailless fox of fabulous fame. I am aware that the foregoing utterance is rank heresy, and by all devout Californians I shall be denounced with anathema maran atha; but it would seem that a brief so- journer in this land of prodigies might be permitted to soberly relate what he saw and did not see, and what he heard and did not hear, without being metamorphosed into a mediaeval windmill to be so furiously charged upon by this doughty Don and his fleetly flying Rosinante be- cause the geese he saw were not swans, nor the sheep armies with banners. It may be mentioned, by the by, that the orchards, groves and marginal growth along the streams alluded to by friend Arefar, were invaded quite generally, with the results stated as to paucity of bird life. I did intend -to give California credit for a couple of shrikes that were omitted from the former enumeration of birds seen, but feel now inclined to withhold them, as there was some doubt about their identification, anyway. Jesting and badinage aside, Arefar’s communication was both amusing and entertaining, and I am obliged for the information he gives about the fly-catcher that was strange to my eyes. The jay birds seen were only two in number, and only a flitting glimpse was seen of them. They appeared not to have the bright hues of the eastern bird, and no white was displayed to view. As I went neither into the big tree forests nor mountain canons, and was never in California in the spring time, there is no ground to question the claims for those regions and that season, nor any inclination to do so. And now comes friend Cristadoro, who has been trying to inveigle me into that interminable sleeping duck con- troversy by combining the Limburger proposition as a side issue. I beg to be excused from embarking upon this sea of much troubled waters. Sleeping ducks and sleeping Limburger are not to be awakened by me. I prefer to shoot them both on the log. Coahoma. A Useful Dog on the Farm. Editor Forest and Stream: Noticing an article in an October number of Forest and Stream on “Snake Hunting Dogs,” I can add to the list my English pointer, Ben Whitney. Ben was a per- fect dog in his line — on Missouri quail. He took up snake hunting as a side-line. No snake was ever shrewd enough to fasten his fangs in Ben’s silky coat. His methods of snake hunting were very intelligent and original, inasmuch as he always looked to his master to dispatch the snake. The first snake Ben encountered was on one bright, dry day in the month of June. The dog was following me in from plowing, and I noticed that a snake had crossed the path near a wooded hollow which crossed the field. Ben took the scent and 1 left him, going on in to dinner. On coming back to work, I heard Ben barking little quick barks about 200 yards down the hollow from where the snake had crossed the path. I tied my team to a near-by bush and went quickly to the dog’s assistance. When I first caught sight of him he was standing with his nose high in the air at about a half point, which indicated that he had the snake at a stand. Upon my approaching him he began a series of scientific evolutions, which for defensive carefulness was unsurpassed by many of the higher creation. He would approach, then retreat with all the caution of a trained soldier. He would not go near the snake’s cover only up against the wind. I was aware of only one thing, that the snake was a large one, as I could tell by his print where he crossed the dusty path. The vegetation was so dense I could not locate the snake. I could tell near where he was by Ben’s maneuvers. I got a long pole and swung it around over the tops of the weeds and grasses, letting it just hit the tops. Finally, after several trials, I struck a weed that touched the snake, which revealed its identity. It seemed for a moment as if a snaredrum had turned loose in that weed patch. I located him by the sound and soon despatched him. He had eleven rattles and a button, and was of the timber variety. Ben looked on quietly, never attempting to touch the snake, even after it was dead. During the summer he located and I killed for him eleven large rattlers. His performances were similar in each instance. He would take the trail and, follow very carefully until he brought them to a stand Then he would notify me by his little quick barks. ; J. Harrington. Hampton, Mo. 10 [Jan. 7, 1905- FOREST AND STREAM. . [Massachusetts Association. Boston, Dec. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: By invi- tation of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, delegates from many sportsmen’s clubs and other societies interested in game protection met at 2 o’clock last Thursday at the Copley Square Hotel. Presi- dent Hinnian made brief explanation of the purpose of the meeting, and called attention to a circular on the scarcity of game birds and the need of immediate and earnest work in feeding the quail we now have, and in the work of acclimatization which the State Association has been prosecuting for many years, in particular that of last spring in liberating quail. He said that to carry on the work this season to a degree commensurate with present needs a great deal more money would be required than is obtained from the small annual assessment of $5 each from members of the association. At this point the association meeting adjourned to 7 :30 P. M., and Mr. H. A. Estabrook, of Fitchburg, chairman of the central committee, was chosen to preside over the conference. By request of the chairman the secretary presented a report reviewing briefly the steps taken in forming that committee in January, 1900, and the legislative work accomplished by it during the past four years. The first speaker was E. H. Lathrop, Esq., formerly a Fish and Game Commisioner of Springfield, who said the sportsmen of his city were in favor of a hunters’ license, the money derived therefrom to be used exclu- sively for the betterment of game conditions. This plan he said would be in accord with that adopted in some thirty-one States of the Union, and in the Canadian Provinces. In his opinion, Massachusetts should “fall in line” with the others. Such a system was the only means of adequate protection. It is impossible to get from the Legislature an appropriation sufficient to hire enough game wardens, and, in his opinion, men must be paid in order to accomplish anything, especially when circumstances are likely to “put them up against such a proposition as two or three Italian slaughterers of song birds.” He declared the planting of trout fry for which large sums had been expended a waste of money, and said that in Maine they keep their fry until they “grow to fingerlings, and sometimes to twice that size, before turning them loose.” Mr. E. Howe Forbush, ornithologist to the Board of Agriculture, urged the necessity of a- law to stop the spring shooting of wildfowl. He also called attention to the disappearance of the curlew and golden plover from the State, and the scarcity of wood ducks. The Italian gunners who, when afield, kill everything from a chick- adee to a hen-hawk, and who hunt at all seasons, came in for their share of attention from Mr. Forbush and other speakers. Mr. IT. S. Fay, of Marlboro, argued that a license might cause the farmers, ,when compelled to pay for shooting on their own land, to get back at the sportsmen by posting it and thus keeping outsiders off. Others thought the owners of land, considering a license sys- tem a measure of protection, would accept the situation gracefully, and would not pursue an arbitrary policy to- ward the hunters. Mr. A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester, said there were laws enough now to protect our game if they were enforced. The State should pay the money needed for this, and when it does so the game “will hold its own.” There are now twenty-five good wing shots where there was one twenty-five years ago, and if sportsmen would con- tent themselves with small bags “instead of gunning for all they call get in a day’s outing,” there would be more game. Partridges he believed more plenty than last year, but he was sure the quail were “fading out.” Dr. J. A. Bailey, of Arlington, who had acted as a volunteer warden, exhibited several song birds which had been killed by an Italian whom he captured and who is now serving a sentence of five months in jail at East Cambridge. Mr. C. E. Wheeler, of Lexington, told about a justice before whom he brought an Italian whom he arrested for killing two robins and a woodpecker, who let the offender off with a fine of $5 when the penalty should have been $10 for each bird. He said unpaid deputies (those not on salary) were likely to become discouraged when judges fail to follow the law in imposing fines. Other speakers were Hon. Moody Kimball, of New- buryport, chairman of the Fish and Game Committee, and Senator Frank M. Chase, of Fall River, who said he would favor an appropriation by the Legislature for the purchase of quail. Mr. Fay, for the committee appointed to bring in a list of names to serve as an executive committee, reported the following: George M. Poland, Esq., Wakefield; H. S. Fay, Marlboro; A. C. Sylvester, North Attleboro ; Dr. J. IT. Newton, Greenfield; H. E. Tuck, Haverhill; A. B. F. Kinney, Worcester; J. R. Reed, Boston; J. T. Herrick, M.D., Springfield; H. P. Bryant, New Bedford; Salem D. Charles, Boston; Flenry A. Estabrook, Fitchburg; Joseph H. Wood, Pittsfield; Henry H. Kimball, Boston. After a recess of half an hour, the members, sixty in number, gathered around the tables. President Hinman called for order at 8 o’clock, and speaking was resumed. It was after ten when Mr. E. Harold Baynes, the well- known writer on natural history subjects, elucidated the beautiful pictures of scenes taken in Stoneham and the Fells last winter while the work of feeding birds was being carried on by the high school boys, and which were shown with fine effect on the screen. A set of resolutions for the saving of the buffalo from extermination, prepared by Mr. Baynes, was read by Mr. I. O. Converse, and was unanimously adopted, and a vote was passed that a copy be sent to President Roosevelt. Game as "Household Goods.” On Thursday Commissioner Delano1 and Deputy Bur- ney made a big seizure of game which came through from Washington county, Maine, in a freight car marked “House furnishings,” and billed to “Clara Wilson,” Bos- ton. the seizure was made under authority of the Lacey law._ 1 he car contained 12 whole deer, four half carcasses, 2 hindquarters of moose, and 187 partridges. It is re- ported that the name of the shipper has been discovered, and Deputy Burney told your correspondent yesterday that there is not much doubt who “Clara Wilson” is. He says “she wears a beard.” The goods have been placed m cold storage to- await further developments. This shipment is likely to be made an “object-lesson” by the Maine Commission to show the grangers what would happen on a large scale if their theories were car- ried out. I learn that in their report the commissioners urge that market-hunting must be discouraged in every possible manner. Chairman Carleton says : “The Boston market has not in years been so supplied with our moose, deer and birds as this year.” He attributes this to the dropping out by the revision committee of the law giving the right of search and seizure without a warrant and the taking to Boston of game by the person who has killed it. He suggests a fee of $5 for hunting game birds in Sep- tember, and plover in August, and $15 for hunting birds and game in October and November; those having paid $5 for earlier shooting to be let off by paying $10 addi- tional for October and November, the licensee to be allowed to take home ten partridges, ducks or other game birds. He also recommends striking off from the open season the fifteen, days of December, and that only one of the two deer a person may kill shall be a doe. He would also prohibit the carrying of guns into the woods in close season. The last named provision might lead to a profitable side business for proprietors of camps in loaning guns to guests during their stay for a reasonable compensation, to be used in target practice, a favorite recreation with many visitors in the close season especially. Central. Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Central Commit- tee for Protection of Fish and Game, submitted to the Conference of Sportsmen’s Clubs at the Copley Square Hotel, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 1904, by request of the Chairman, H. A. Estabrook, of Fitchburg. Your chairman is of the opinion that a brief outline of the steps taken in forming the Central Committee and of its work up to the present time, will be of in- terest to those present. The first step was the vote of the State Association in March, 1898, “That the secretary correspond with the officers of sportsmen’s and . farmers’ clubs of the State, and invite them to meet us in convention to dis- cuss changes in game laws, etc.” Only about a dozen clubs responded and sent dele- gates who met with the officers of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association on Nov. 16, 1898. Though few in numbers, the meeting was characterized by much enthusiasm. Prominent among the speakers was Prof. Wm. IT. Niles, president of the Appalachian Mountain Club, who assured those present that the 1,000 members of that organization were a unit in favor of the purposes and work of the State Association. Mr. Geo. H. MacKay spoke for the Ornithologists’ Union. The late Wm. B. Phinney, of Lynn, and Dr. C. H. Raymond, of Rehoboth, also spoke in favor of more stringent legislation and a rigid enforcement of game laws. This meeting was followed by one called by the Fish and Game Commission the following autumn. Meantime the activity of the association had led to an extensive correspondence from interested persons all over the State, and when an invitation was sent out for its second convention, it met with a hearty response. This was held at the Copley Square Hotel on the afternoon of Dec. 14, 1899. Delegates attended from some thirty game protective associations and sportsmen’s clubs, from several farmers’ clubs, and from many societies not de- voted to . field sports, such as the Massachusetts State Board of Trade, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, Massachusetts Board of Education, Massachusetts Forestry Association, The New England Agricultural Society, etc. The speaking occupied the entire afternoon, and was continued after the cfinner to a late hour in the evening. A committee which sat during the recess reported : 1. In favor of the selection of a central committee. 2. That the open season for upland shooting be from October 1 to December 1. 3. That the sale of game birds be prohibited. 4. That fishways be provided. 3. That the committee use means to raise funds to bring these measures before the Legislature and secure their passage. On January 4, pursuant to notice, the delegates met and selected an executive committee of twelve members, with Mr. A. B. F. Kinney as chairman. At a meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, January 10, a resolution was adopted as follows : “That this association call upon our Senators and Representatives, and we do hereby call on them, to pass more restrictive laws for the greater protection of our game birds before it is too late and the game of the State becomes exterminated.” It was voted that the • secretary send a copy of the resolution to each member of the Legislature. The market men took alarm, and re- quested a conference with the committee, which resulted in an agreement on Their part not to oppose the prohibi- tion of the sale of woodcock and partridges, but after a protracted hearing by the Fish and Game Committee, am adverse report was submitted to the house. The follow- ing week, on motion of Representative Hancock, of Brockton, the report was referred back to the committee, where, by the skillful tactics of Representative Harry D. Hunt and others, a favorable report was secured, but with a time limit of three years. Even then the contest was but just begun, the hardest battle of all being waged against us by the Senate chairman, Mr. Leach, of Rayn- ham, who fought it at every stage, and only lacked one or two votes of killing the bill. At the expiration of the three years, by reason of in- creased unanimity on the part of the sportsmen, and be- cause the Committee on Fish and Game was more favor- able to sportsmen’s interests, the contest for making the law permanent was not so severe. Under the leadership of Chairman Estabrook, a large number of witnesses gave their testimony in favor of the bill, and when the call came for remonstrants, no one arose. A favorable report of the committee was received with- out serious opposition in the House or Senate. Your committee had very little difficulty in securing an extension of five years for the law prohibiting the killing of deer, and, as you all know, we extended our aid in securing a “right of search bill” — such as it is. In conclusion, permit me to say, I believe, that, aside from the legislative work accomplished, there have been derived other benefits from the union of effort on the part of sportsmen and others interested in our cause. Men from different parts of the State have come to understand each other better on more intimate acquaintance. Sectional barriers have been removed. There has been developed a higher regard for the views and opinions of those not dwelling in our immediate neighborhood which will strengthen the ties of friendship and help to bind us together in the common brotherhood of true sportsmanship. Respectfully submitted, Henry H. Kimball, Secretary Massachusetts Central Committee for Protec- tion of Fish and Game. Minnesota Non-Residents* From the Pioneer Press. A State law making it manslaughter in the first de- gree for a hunter to kill a man, mistaking him for a deer, is recommended by the State Game and Fish Commission,, which adopted its annual report to Gov. S. R. Van Sant yesterday, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The report calls attention to the large num- ber of deaths each year resulting from the careless- ness of hunters, and expresses the opinion that a law of this kind would reduce the number of such acci- dents to a minimum. “The public is Jmcoming aroused because of the deaths from accidents by careless hunters,” says the report. “While Minnesota has fared well as com- pared with some of her sister States, still the accidents are altogether too numerous, and our board is of the opinion that a lav/ ought to be passed making it a penitentiary offense, manslaughter in the first degree, for one 'man to kill another in the woods, mistaking him for a deer, and that the defense that such killing was an accident ought not to be considered in the trial. “While we do not believe this would prevent acci- dents altogether, it would help immensely. As long as we have with us the fool who will for fun (as he calls it) point a loaded gun at a man’s head, just to see him jump, just so long will we have accidents in the woods, when such fellows can demand a license from the county auditor of his county. Until we do something to improve the human race, the plac- ing in such men’s hands of firearms will always be a mistake, but we do not know how to stop this. “We believe, however, that while a different law ought to be passed, the newspapers throughout the State can do a great deal of good by keeping up the agitation and warning men to be absolutely sure be- fore they shoot, that they know that the object they are shooting at is a wild animal.” One of the most sweeping recommendations made by the Commission is that no non-resident be al- lowed to hunt in Minnesota. Such a prohibition is necessary, the Commissioners say, to protect the game of the State. They say many non-residents come to Minnesota to kill game for the purpose of selling it in other States. The State law prohibits the selling of game in Minnesota, but there is no way of prevent- ing non-residents from selling game in other States, except by arresting the offenders if they again visit Minnesota. “This is a very far-reaching recommendation, and -there would undoubtedly be some complaint if such a law were passed,” said Executive Agent S. F. Ful- lerton; “but we do not see how we can prevent the selling of game in other . States in any other way. Many non-residents who. are allowed to hunt in Min- nesota abuse their privilege, and the only way is to take it away from them.” ^ The Commission recommends a general license law, requiring residents of Minnesota, as well as non- residents, to secure licenses to hunt big and small Tgame. At present residents need no license to hunt small game. The non-resident license for small game is $10, and for big game,. $25. It. is proposed to -adopt a $1 resident license for small game. The . Commissioners give four reasons for the gen- eral license: It would add to the revenue and make the department practically self-sustaining; such a law would be fair, on the general principle that the man who hunts should help pay for the protection; it would prevent non-residents passing themselves off Jan. 7, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 11 as residents; under such a law coupons could be at- tached to each license allowing hunters to ship their game home. “A general license law would be of great assistance in increasing our revenue,” said Mr. Fullerton, in ex- planation of the recommendation. “The Wisconsin department is self-sustaining, largely because of such a law.” It, is further recommended that the number of ani- mals each hunter is allowed to kill be reduced as follows: Deer, from three to two; chickens, quail and partridges, from fifty to twenty-five; ducks, geese and brant, from one hundred to fifty. The Commis- sioners believe that if the “game bag” were thus cut down, so-called market hunting would be discour- aged. The report deals with the proposed plan of estab- lishing a closed season for deer and moose, and the commissioners express the opinion that this is not favored by citizens generally, and is not necessary, as the supply of game is increasing instead of decreas- ing, and will continue to increase as long as there is adequate protection. The advisability of co-operating with the States of the Northwest in an attempt to secure uniform laws regarding illegal fishing in boundary waters, is urged. The laws of Wisconsin and Minnesota, for instance, are very different, and considerable friction has arisen as a result of illegal fishing in Lake Pepin. South Dakota and Minnesota have had the same difficulty in dealing with illegal fishing in Big Stone Lake. The proposed uniform laws will be recommended by Gov. Herried, of South Dakota, in his annual message to the Legislature of that State. Last year was one of the most prosperous in the history of the Commission. There were 256 arrests, and the percentage of convictions was exceptionally large, about 81 per cent. Fines collected amounted to $3,789.10, with one $20,000 fine pending. The jail sentences aggregate 1,195 days. There were 50,000 feet of nets confiscated, from the small hoop net to the large seine. Over 70,000,000 fry were distributed, as follows: Wall-eyed pike, 67,000,000; trout, 4,310,000; bass and crappie, 1,806,000. The construction of the new hatchery at Glenwood is reviewed, and the Commission asks for a car in which to transport fish. “It makes every sportsman in Minnesota blush when he recalls that Minnesota had to ask Pennsylvania for its car to transport the Minnesota exhibit to the St. Louis World’s Fair,” say the Commissioners. The Hunting Instinct Uncontrolled. The mishap that befel Colonel Colin Harding near Kalomo in Barotseland, is one that will gain for him the sincere sympathy of all sportsmen. From the somewhat meager account sent by Reuter’s agency it appears that Colonel Harding while driving about two miles from camp encountered a troop of seven lions on the road; and having his rifle at hand, stopped the vehicle and fired, wounding one of the lions severely — fatally, as it afterward transpired. Having fired, he left his cart and followed what he believed to be the wounded lion into some long grass wherein it would seem the whole troop had sought cover, and catching sight of an animal he supposed to be his quarry, fired two more shots at it. This latter, however, was another of the troop. The lion which had been wounded on the road was lying hidden within ten yards of Colonel Harding when he entered the grass and fired the second time, and no sooner had he discharged his rifle than the brute first wounded charged and felled him, and mauled him very seriously. Under the circumstances Colonel Harding must be warmly congratulated on having escaped with his life. The unfortunate incident no doubt offers an excellent text whence to point the much-taught maxim anent the following of a danger- ous animal wounded into cover, but that is not the view that presents itself most prominently to us. Given such an opportunity as this, a troop of seven lions within shot and a loaded rifle at hand, how many sports- men would pause to weigh the consequences of opening- attack? Careful deliberation would perhaps indicate the wisdom of leaving so strong a party alone; but in the big-game shooting there is not often time to de- liberate. The Shikari who would score success must take his chance as it comes and calculate possibilities afterward. So it was in this case; the lions seemingly appeared on the road which ran through long grass jungle and probably paused for a moment or two to stare at the apparition rattling along toward them. Colonel Harding’s choice was “now or never,” and he did what nine men out of ten would have done: snatched up his rifle, stopped the cart, selected his lion and fired. Had he been fortunate enough to drop the animal where he stood the business would no doubt have ended there. Lions are courageous -enough by night, but we do not think there is any record of a troop of un- wounded lions attacking a white man by daylight. During the construction of the Uganda Railway it will be remembered that the lions became s© audacious as to seriously handicap the contractors in keeping their labor; but their depredations, unless memory plays us false, always occurred in the darkness of night and never while daylight lasted. There was accordingly nothing foolhardy in taking the chance under these circumstances. Were leonine nature such that a shot fired at one of a troop would bring upon the sports- man a unanimous charge of the whole crowd the case would be very different. One man with a rifle would have small prospect of emerging with life from attack by seven lions; and however ready the rash individual might be to throw away his own life, he would have no business whatever to throw away that of his servants, who must inevitably share his fate. The lions in the present instance were true to their traditions; they at once left . the road and. having ensconced themselves in safe cover, stopped to await developments. Then, we will not pretend to object, was the time for deliberation, and all the more careful deliberation because the Wounded lion was not alone; The mistake which cost Colonel Harding serious injuries was one which any man might have made once he took his life in his hand and followed the lions into ground which was all in their favor and_ against him. Knowing his quarry to be hard hit, he might well suppose that it would lag be- hind the rest, and it was natural enough to assume that the first one he saw was that which he sought to give its coup de grace. There is something essentially re- pugnant to the feelings in criticising from the arm- chair the degree of rashness which may characterize the act of a brave man, and we do not propose to pursue the point. The alternative to following up the quarry was to leave the stricken beast wounded, and that is not a course which any right-thinking sportsman adopts without much hesitation. It is, of course, open to the theorist to say that it is not playing the game to fire at a dangerous animal , unless the sportsman can either make certain of killing it dead in its tracks or is certain that he can follow it up if wounded and bring it down. In theory this is quite right and proper, but theory, as so often happens, does not apply very well, to practice; and were every man to stay his hand in the presence of dangerous game because he recognized that there was a chance of the animal getting away there would be few skins and skulls wherewith to adorn the bungalow. To assert that a shot should never be fired unless the sportsman were certain of killing or of ultimately killing his game is manifestly ridiculous, as it supposes the possibility of certainty in the most uncertain of human affairs. Let there be a reasonable prospect of killing or, at least, let us put it, a reasonable prospect of not losing the quarry in a wounded condition, and that is as much as any one has the right to ask. Apart from this, allow- ances must be made for the natural impulse of man in the presence of dangerous game; his instinct is the in- stinct of the Old Adam, or the primitive man, to kill. The hunting instinct is too deeply implanted in man to be atrophied by a century or two of civilization; a few months in the wilds will convince any man, however delicately reared, however artificial the precedent con- ditions of his existence, that he himself is a predatory animal. Soldiers, who have seen service, have said that the ease with which they became accustomed to painful sights and sounds, which would have made them literally sick amid civilized surroundings, sur- prised them. The fortitude with which these things are endured after brief apprenticeships, merely prove the existence, below the veneer of twentieth century life, of the instincts of the Stone Age. It is that in- stinct which prompts the sportsman to use his rifle on dangerous game without pausing to reckon up the chances to himself or to his quarry. We say “to him- self” advisedly, for his own safety is a factor which does not enter into his mind at all under such circum- stances; his whole mental being is concentrated for the moment on the business in hand; it may be said to lie behind the sights of his rifle. Hence it comes that we have from time to time the sad office of recording fatal mishaps brought about by following wounded animals into cover. The man feels certain that the game is his and fails to allow for the extraordinary vitality of the great cats. To put the accepted maxim in another way the sportsman should exercise self-control and remem- ber that he, even with the best and most reliable Weapon made, is the weaker animal of the two when the surroundings favor the lion or tiger; and being the weaker he should exercise the discretion which becomes the weaker but more intelligent. — The Asian, Calcutta. Duck Shooting in the Pond Holes4 Closely similar to the shooting in the southern wild rice fields, is that still practiced at a few points on the Atlantic Coast in the fresh- water pond holes, to which the black ducks and some other species of non-diving ducks resort at night or in stormy weather when wind and rain drive them from the open broad waters where they spend much of the day to the shelter of the fresh- water pools. One of the places where many years ago this form of shooting was practiced with remarkable suc- cess, was Parmore’s Beach, on the coast of Virginia, a wild and lonely strip of sand lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the marshes that bordered the main land. How this shooting was practiced is well described in the fol- lowing account written by the late Frank Satterthwaite. Mr. Satterthwaite was the discoverer of the shooting possibilities of the island, and for years he had it all to himself, enjoying extraordinary shooting there. The ac- count, which was published in the Forest and Stream, is as follows : “If a man of property, a dozen years ago, had made a specialty of investing his money in the natural ducking grounds along the sea coast of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, what a fortune he could have made by this time by disposing of his shores to shooting or- ganizations. I know of an island off the coast of Vir- ginia that could have been purchased in those days for $7,000. It is sveen miles long and several miles wide. In a direct line it is about six miles from the mainland. When I first visited it there was but one house on the island, approachable only at high tide by a muddy creek. Phis was twenty years ago. The house consisted of two spliced-together cabins off wrecks, and the door was as hard to find as the bower in the Rosamond puzzle. The occupant was a long, lanky, savage, senescent sea captain. He had gotten into trouble and was on the dry-dock, so to speak, in unquestionable seclusion. He, being a widower, there was no grown female to make one feel uncomfortable on the island, but the old salt’s little daughter, who looked as if she never had her hair brushed in her life, lived in one of the lockers, only coming out periodically to roast black ducks and geese, and play dominoes with her ‘dad’ with a broken set kept in an old shot bag. Having been the sole proprietor of the ship- wreck which cast me on the bleak shores alone, the cold made me muster up courage to approach the stronghold of the man with a dead bad record. My reception was simply diabolical. The old cuss grunted worse than the biggest wild hog on the island, and that weighed over four hundred. He declined to let me in. The efficacy of prayer on prayer on this occasion was a dead failure, so I played Jameson’s Irish whiskey, in an imperial quart bottle, instead, and made a winning from the start, ‘T lived on the island ten days, and during that time enjoyed the best black duck shooting I ever heard of. The center of the island was covered in those days with a heavy growth of red cedar. This was traversed by a narrow glade — a series of shallow fresh-water ponds about as wide as Broadway — in which grew an abundance of duck grass. When the northeast wind would blow, and rain and sleet pelted down, the ducks on the vast Broadwaters would seek the glade for shelter. Standing shivering under a red cedar snag, I, with an old muzzle- loader, killed as many ducks as the law allowed. I am not bragging about my shooting ; anyone could have done, the same. The ducks simply hovered thirty or forty feet in front of me, and were very gentle. The trick of the whole thing was in knowing how to handle the birds, and by refraining from shooting into the flocks. I got the tip about these ducks from an old shooting friend, a blockade runner in war times, who used to hide his boat up the muddy creek. He told me that it nearly made him crazy to see the ducks go boiling into the glade, and from fear of discovery be afraid to fire a gun. “I shot on the island four winters. What was rather strange, a half dozen very well known New Yorkers were at the same time shooting quail and fowl not eight miles away; often they gunned for geese under the lee of the south end of the island, yet not one of them or their men ever located the ducks settling in the island ponds. I systematized my secret down to a fine point, and only shot in the wildest kind of weather for fear of being heard. I baited the ponds with corn and cabbage, the latter for the geese, and only shot two or three times a week. There were some big salt ponds at the north end of the island which afforded fair goose shooting, and when not after fowl I used to go hog hunting with the Captain. “The island was overrun with hogs, which for forty years had been the masters of the situation. As cold weather approached they became aggressive, and the Cap- tain never ventured far from home without carrying his long muzzleloader charged with ball and buckshot. I was duck shooting one morning in the glade not far from the house, when I heard the report of my host’s gun, and then saw him coming toward me at the top of his speed. Close behind him was a huge boar covered with froth and blood in full pursuit. I had never seen any- one run so fast before in my life, except the long-legged Captain the night he saw the ghost of an old sailor walk out of the surf, climb upon a sandhill, make a fire and sit down to dry himself. That night he came home on a dead run, and this time he was even lowering his pre- vious record. The two loads of duck shot I sent into the brute only tended to madden him the more; he had just overhauled his victim, when the Captain seized a low overhanging limb and swung, himself up clear of the ground; but as the boar passed under, with one of his long curved tusks he ripped the Captain’s leg open from knee to ankle. He had just managed to save his bacon, but he was lamed for life. The boar halted for a second, and then went dashing into the woods. The shooting on the island is now a thing of the past. A fish factory grinds away where the geese used to honk. The woods are cut down and the ponds in the glade have long since been filled up with drifted sand from the beach. Yet what a place it would have been to organize a club.” Deer Clubbers Fined* The Newburgh (N. Y.) Journal reports: “Two Rockland county men who brutally clubbed a deer to death have just paid over to the State Game Com- mission a fine of $100 for violation of the game laws. “On Dec. 13 last, at about noon, a handsome buck with spreading antlers came down out of the moun- tains in the neighborhood of Jones’ Point, crossed the railroad tracks, plunged into the river, and started to swim to the other shore. A man named Abram Lent saw the animal take to the water, and his first impulse was to kill the beast. He and a friend se- cured a rowboat and set out after the deer. The an- imal was swimming rapidly and had almost reached the east shore, when the boat overtook it. With clubs the two men cruelly and brutally hammered the poor beast to death. They pounded it over the head until they had smashed its antlers to pieces. When life was extinct, they drew the carcass into the boat and took it ashore, where they buried it under a heap of snow. “This happened about 12:30. Before 3 o’clock Wil- lett Kidd, the Fish and Game Protector, had found the deer, and had learned all the facts about the wanton slaughter of the animal. He had got a ‘wire- less’ about the occurrence, and caught the pair with the goods on them. He told them the penalty, and there was nothing for them to do but hand over to the Game Commission the sum of $100. This they did promptly, and the case was declared closed. The deer was a handsome buck, and weighed about 175 pounds. “Suit has been begun in the Supreme Court by C. L. Waring, as counsel, against Solomon Barrett, of Putnam county, to recover a penalty. Barrett is charged with trapping partridges. The complainant is Dr. Kidd. “Complaint was made to Dr. Kidd recently, against Nelson Smith and others of Ulster county for illegal fishing. It was charged that Smith and others drew off the water from a pond near Wallkill and took fish in a rack, The fish were afterward divided among the men who did the work. This was settled by the offenders by the payment of a fine of $50 to the Com- mission.” Do Foxes Destroy Many Quail or Partridges. The game bird situation in Massachusetts is very serious at present, especially with regard to quail and partridges, and everything possible must be done for their better protection. We would like to have the opinion of every sportsman in Massachusetts, based upon actual experience or per- sonal observation, as to the fox as a destroyer of game birds, and any information on this subject will- be greatly appreciated by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro= tective Association. H. H. Kimball, Sec’y. Bostow, Mass, 12 FOREST AND STREAM. O' an. 7, 190s. The Shiras Bill. State of Washington, Department of Fisheries and Game. T. R. Kershaw, State Fish Commissioner and Game Warden. ^ Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 21. — Editor Forest and Stream : I am in receipt of your favor of December 9, with inclosed Federal bill for the protection of game throughout the United States by the Honorable George Shiras, of Pennsylvania. I am thoroughly in accord with said bill, and believe the only efficient way to protecting our migratory birds is by Federal enactment. For instance, many of the States prohibit spring shooting, such as Nebraska, Dakota, Minnesota, and Illinois, surrounding the State of Iowa; but with all the pressure that could be brought to bear upon the Legislature of that Sate last season, we were unable to get them to enact a law to prevent spring shooting. That State is peculiarly located; the rivers generally run north and south, and birds in the spring follow these streams, traversing the entire State of Iowa, and protec- tion in the surrounding States is almost entirely useless without the protection in the State of Iowa. Hence I believe that the protection of game can be best enforced by the enactment of Federal laws which will ap- ply to all the States according to the conditions therein. As I stated above, I am entirely in sympathy with the bill. T. R. Kershaw. Topeka, Kas., Dec. 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: Have just returned from a five weeks’ trip over north- western Kansas, and on reading up the Forest and Streams that were awaiting me at home, was greatly pleased to read the full text of the Shiras bill for Federal protection of migratory birds, and have written to three personal friends of the Kansas Congressional representation, urging their support of the measure. Some of your correspondents seem to be afraid that a Federal license would be illegal and an infringement upon the reserved power of the States. These same questions were raised when, in the internal revenue bills, the taxation of tobacco and malt and spirituous liquors was provided for, and the dealers therein were required to have a Government license. Let all the friends of game protection urge upon their representatives in Congress the passage of the law, and trust to the United States Supreme Court to sustain the same; for unless some law of this kind is enacted, even those of us who have passed the 50th milestone may see the total extermination of several if not the majority of the different kinds before we pass over to the Happy Hunting Grounds. W. F. Rightmire. The Audubon Society of North Carolina, 1 for the Study and Protection of Birds and the Preservation of Game. Greensboro, N. G, Dec. 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: I approve most heartily of the spirit of the proposed Federal legislation for the protection of wildfowl and shore birds. In my opinion, many ills will be cured if this bill becomes operative. T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary. Sitting and Flying. St. Paul, Dec. 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: Blunt Old Man and others are responsible for my butting in. Now, I have no quarrel with any man who wishes to shoot a duck sitting on the water if he wants to do that and believes that that is the proper thing to do; but among my shooting companions for the last twenty-five years, the practice of shooting a duck on the water we have always left to the pot-hunter, and look down on any man who does it as not being a true sportsman. I know the fellows we have cleaned up in our State as market- hunters would always allow their ducks to alight among their decoys before shooting. That would surely increase their bag and annihilate every duck before it would get out of range, if they could do so. The claim made that it is just as bad for a man to shoot into a flock of ducks when they are coming over decoys as it is to shoot a single duck sitting, is a practice that we think only the pot-hunter and market-hunter indulge in. No sportsman will shoot at a flock of ducks unless he singles out his duck, and if by chance he gets more than the one he shot at that is perfectly legitimate, but he covered his duck in shooting and intended to get that one, and if he got any more all right. In my estimation there is only one time when it is per- missible to shoot a duck sitting on the water, and that is when the duck is wounded and ought to be put out of misery. Sam. F. Fullerton. , To Swat or Not to Swatl That’s the Question. Whether it is nobler to take him on the wing and per- chance miss him, or ignobly pot him as he swims or sleeps. ’Tis true in one case we secure him for the pot and -fill our bellies with sweet meat. But conscience makes cowards of us all, and when we think of how the mean advantage taken does not our choler rise and we repent the scurvy act? The heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to should come home to him who this mean vantage takes, say what he will and defend as he may. — A long way after Shakespeare. We are now getting down to “special circumstances” as an excuse for swatting sleeping ducks. And Lord knows how easily these will bob up !— the circumstances, not the ducks, for they bob up in another world. _ In Mr. Burroughs’ article there were no “special cir- cumstances” detailed as he reached “time and again” for his gun wherewith to swat the sleeping mallards. I think Dixmont is in error, for according to the records Mr. Brown condemned Mr. Burroughs, and then Mr. Hardy attacked Mr. Brown, and now Mr. Brown is after Mr. Hardy’s scalp, and the Shiras bill under con- sideration, if it goes through, will end this matter by taking the scalp of the swatter, if the game wardens are alert, no matter how “secure his position may be m the sportsman’s world.” I hope “we will never believe it is honorable” to let ducks “huddle up and get their heads together” and then swat the whole bunch. When that time comes we will need no Shiras bill because there’ll be no ducks to swat. Charles Gristabqro. Editor Forest and Stream: The comment of Blunt Old Man on the ways of duck shooters has brought forward a great deal of discussion, and a side-light may perhaps be thrown on the subject with benefit in the following way: Primitive man, in his pursuits of wild ducks as of other wild game, sought them as a means of subsistence and cared very little about the methods employed; but a change in man’s condition has brought about a change in man’s ideas. This change, however, has not been complete. Have not we all of us, in common with Blunt Old Man, retained something of the ideas and methods of primitive man, and do we not occas- ionally employ some of them, but without, of course, so bluntly admitting it? I recall, many years ago, when a boy in a certain part of New England, I started with my gun and a dog — older than myself in sense and nearly as old in years. — to shoot rail. The shooting locality lay at some dis- tance down the river, and the dog and myself took passage on the front platform of a bob-tailed car, drawn by a single horse. I well remember asking the driver what I should do with the ten-cent piece I had for the fare, and he said: “You can give it to me.” I did so. About half way down we stopped to change horses, and I noticed on starting again, that we ’had a new driver and, looking back, I saw the former driver coming out from a place marked “Sample Room,” stroking his mustache and looking for all the world a contented man. Arriving at the shooting ground, we walked a great deal, and I talked a great deal more with other shooters, until I began to fear we would have nothing to carry home, when, fortunately, the dog pointed. I stood at position, waiting for the bird to rise, but nothing rose. The dog looked back at me. I was still waiting. Be- coming disgusted, I suppose, he suddenly jumped for- ward, seized a bird in his mouth, gave one or two bites, and brought it to me. It was a rail, and the only one we saw that day within shooting range. Returning home,, I was asked, “What luck?” and I answered, “One rail.” Now, kind reader, do you suppose any one believed I “swatted” that rail, for of course no one imagined the dog did? Of course not! Wing shooting was the proper thing and nobody suspected anything else, for Blunt Old Man had not begun to write about such things in those days. I recall also another incident, which occurred in New Mexico many years after. X. and I left the hotel to go to a certain part of the river, where some one had reported having seen five black ducks. It was a cold, blustering day. Clay birds were plentiful, but black ducks were not, and, moreover, long waiting in the wind was anything but agreeable. We carefully ap- proached the dam, near which we supposed the ducks to be. The cold wind seemed to pass clear through our bodies, for the wind in such altitudes blows almost con- tinuously as it does on the sea, and we aimed to make our stalk as brief and as successful as possible. Care- fully looking over the dam, we saw five ducks in the water some fifty yards away. Did we thrown up our caps, wave our arms, and say “shoo?” Not a bit of it! We wanted to see “duck” on the menu, and we wanted the other members of the club to know that we were more than honorary members. Carefully aiming at the sitting ducks, at a signal from X., we both fired. Three ducks rose, two of these proceeded but a short distance, for a duck, after he has risen from the water, and before he has shaken the water from his wings and gotten under headway, presents practically a stationary mark. We secured the four ducks, placed them on a pole, and marched proudly back to the hotel. Did any club member suggest “swatting,” “potting” or “shooing?” Club members seldom do. They are too wise, too diplomatic. These experiences I have cited are not, I believe, unique. They represent what takes place continually, not by the quill hunters to be sure, but by many honored and honorable men. They are the remnants of the ideas and methods of our savage forefathers, and they are common to us all. Nor are they necessarily objectionable if employed within reasonable limits — the limits to be determined by circumstances, such as the number of ducks available, the methods necessary to approach them, etc. The aesthetic hunter is a thing to be admired and en- couraged; but that these aesthetic qualities are invariably utilized in the actual experiences of the field. Blunt Old Man apparently does not believe, and his views in this respect coincide with those of The Spectator. Skunk Trapping. Milford, Conn., Dec. 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: When the summer is past and autumn has come, the sportsmen begin their pursuit of the wild game, but there are few who think of hunting the skunk, one of our most beautiful fur-bearing animals. The skunk is very abundant in many parts of Con- necticut, and is nowhere popular. Skunks breed in early summer and live upon grubs and insects, and in late summer they resort to the farmer’s fields of corn, of which they destroy great quantities. They are also very troublesome around the poultry yards, and kill many young chickens. Skunks raise their young and live in old stone fences until the cold weather comes, and then they take up their homes in holes in the ground dug by other animals. They do not make burrows for themselves, nor do they enlarge or improve those that they take possession of. The trappers find these holes and place in each one that is occupied a trap, covered with leaves or dead grass to hide it, fastening the trap by a chain to a stick driven in the ground. When the skunk attempts to go in or come out, he is caught by the leg and is; held there until the trapper comes along and kills him. When caught, the skunk makes no effort to escape, A string will hold him, for he never attempts to bite the cord, tile chain, or his foot. He simply curls up and goes to sleep, I have never seen one caught by the head. They are always caught by the front feet I kill my skunks by shooting them in the head with a .32 caliber pistol The process is entirely odorless and without trouble. The skin is stretched on a board until dry, and is then shipped and sold. Last year I caught 164 skunks, setting about 75 or 100 traps. This season I have already caught more than 100 skins. Skunks wholly black — that is without white stripe^ — bring $1.75 to $2 each, and those with more white on them from $1.30 to $1.50. Skunks can be raised as pets. They are very playful, and in no respect disagreeable. As I am one of the largest trappers in this State, I would like some of our friends to know about these animals. H. C. Hammond. New Birds and Mammals. Recent publications of the Proceedings of the Biologi- cal Survey Society, of Washington, contain descriptions of three new squirrels, one of them a new flying squirrel from Mexico, and of four new birds from Mexico, by Mr. E. W. Nelson. Dr. C. Hart Merriam describes a new coyote ( Cams goldmani ) collected by Mr. E. A. Goldman in southern Chiapas near the boundary of Guatemala. It is much larger than any coyote heretofore discovered in Mexico. From San Miguel, the most westerly of the Santa Bar- bara Islands in California, the Biological Survey has re- ceived the skeleton of an adult male sea otter killed July 3, 1904. Sea otters were formerly abundant on these islands, but are now exceedingly rare and believed to be rapidly approaching extinction. When compared with specimens from Behring Sea, the type locality of Latax lutris, the skull of this specimen shows it to be a well marked subspecies, which Dr. Merriam calls Latax lutris nereis. Many sportsmen have imagined that we had already bears enough in North America, but Dr. Merriam has just described four more, two of the Alaska brown bear type, one of the grizzly type, and one black bear. Ursus culophus is the Admiralty Island bear, very large in size and dark brown in color. It is this bear, if we recollect aright, that for years had in Alaska a reputation for great ferocity on account of an attack made by one on a party of campers, in which several were killed or severely mauled. Ursus kenaiensis comes from the extreme west end of the Kenai Peninsula, and is a large bear. Ursus horribilis phceonyx is from the interior of Alaska, while the new black bear, Ursus americanus eremicus is from the Province of Coahuila in Mexico. A Mixed Assortment. On opening day, August 15, at Hays City, 351 miles east from Denver, and in the fifth county east of the western line of the State of Kansas, and nearly in the central part of the wheat section of the State, W. M. Applebaugh and a friend went on the quest for prairie chickens (pinnated grouse). After securing nine birds, Mr. A.’s Llewellyn setter went down into a small ravine, only to come out of the same with every evidence of having been not only hurried, but badly frightened. Thinking the dog had met a coyote, Mr. A. entered the ravine and saw at about ten yards distance through some grass stems an animal he was sure was a coyote, and promptly delivered in its side a load of No. 6 chilled shot from his repeater shotgun. The beast sprang in the air in a manner to convince Mr. A. that it was a queer act- ing coyote, and he gave it two more loads as quickly as possible, and then the “varmint” made a charge toward Mr. A. to be met with a fourth load of No. 6 in the head, which caused the animal to turn and try to climb out of the ravine, and to fall back dead before the top of the bank was reached. An inspection of the animal by Mr. A. and friend could not determine its kind, so it was quickly loaded into the buggy and a return to Hays City was made, and the animal expressed to Prof. Dycke, the zoologist of Kansas State University, who pronounced the animal a mountain lion of large size. Mr. A. has had the animal mounted, and it now stands upon an imitation sandstone boulder in his drugstore as a sample of Kansas game to be found in the Kansas prairies, in a wheat sec- tion of the State, on the opening day for prairie chickens. The question of what this denizen of timbered regions was doing so far away from home is left to those who know more about this kind of animal than the majority of Kansans do. W. F. Rightmire. Winter Feeding of Quail. Boston, Dec. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: In con- nection with winter quail feeding, there is one phase which I do not remember having seen mentioned in any of your contributions on the subject. I refer to the im- portance of adding a digestive agent to the food supply. Anyone who has ever opened a bird’s gizzard will remem- ber finding in it not only partly digested food, but a quantity of gravel or sand, which enables the organ to perform its function of grinding the food in preparation for the further digestive processes of the intestinal tract. This supply of gravel is constantly passing out, and re- quires frequent replenishment. Thus, we find gallinaceous birds resorting to the railroad tracks and roads in search of gravel, which is as essential to their welfare as food itself. The principle is perfectly obvious, and yet it is fre- quently ignored by persons who zealously do their best, as they suppose, to save the quail when their feeding grounds are buried deep under the snow. Alexander Henderson. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention < We no other office, , _ _ 4 The Log of a Sea Angler. 3Y CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF "ANGLING,” “BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. I. — The Bending Rod — Taking Bait — Diving for Queen Conchs — An Assortment of Game — A Rare Fish, All these islands are the summits of submerged plateaus if coral sand reaching out from the key in all direc- dons, a shoal of white, here and there covered with iranch coral or mass gradually deepening, then rising igain to a fringing ridge of coral that formed a sort of larrier to the deep water of the channel. Now and then, iere and there, the channel would break into the lagoon ar shoal, its sides protected by a clieveaux de frise of ;oral spikes. The edge of these channels was an excel- ent fishing ground, while the shallow flat was not to be scorned, and to this vantage ground we started in the icmmodious dinghy the second after our arrival. The fishing was begun by taking bait. We poled iround the big coral heads, and I counted a number that were eight feet across and four feet high. Many of these Did ones were eaten out in the center by some boring worm, and afforded a shelter for countless fishes. The :rayfish, about as large as an ordinary lobster, and very similar in shape, with whips long and serrated and no arge claws, lived under the edge of these heads with their vulnerable tails tucked in out of sight, but their ,ong whips protruding about their eyes in a most telltale fashion. It was an easy matter to lower the two-pronged spear or grains, and strike them in the head, then jerk them from the hole, and in half an hour I had picked out twenty. This is the bait of all others on the reef; few if any fishes will refuse it, and the majority fight for it. It was interesting to see Chief “fix” a crawfish. He wore behind his back a large dirk in a leather scabbard, md with one blow of this he decapitated the crayfish and tossed its head in a barrel for chum, then deftly holding the tail sidewise, he struck it with the back of the blade, splitting it across the back, after which he skinned it and cut the delicate red meat into four or five baits, depend- ing upon the size of the fish. By the time I had grained a crayfish, he had the last one cut up and laid on a board. We anchored on the edge of a deep channel near some large coral heads in the center of as charming a sub- marine garden as can be imagined, one that graded rapidly off into deep water, where were suggestions of large and unknown game. Near at hand the bottom was covered with beautiful leaf coral, broad and palmated branches of olive hue piling one upon the other, rearing upward like the antlers of a moose. Near-by the giant head of another coral, and between them and all about, plumes and fans of great beauty, waving in the mys- terious tidal currents of this tropical sea. I was peering through a glass box at this wonderful garden of the sea and had forgotten to fish until reminded by John that the bait was ready. What was the game? Ye gods and fishes ! what a host these men held forth. “There’s hogfish, grunts, cobia, rabirubia, snappers, porgies, groupers, tarpon, sharks, spadefish, barracuda, jacks — anything you like, sah,” grinned Chief, as John got the killick ready and Bob held the oars. “Drop it right in this garden,” I said. “We’ll see what birds of the sea I can catch.” So down it sank in about fifteen feet of water over the splendid plumes that flashed a hundred tints in this torquoise sea. I had a rod of greenheart that weighed about ten ounces, one built for eight or ten-pounders, and equipped with a reel whose notes many a singer might have envied, so silvery were they ; indeed, I have seen that reel stir men’s souls far beyond the power of a mere human voice. The line was a spider web-like device of oiled silk. The only incongruous feature was the hook. It was not to the manor born ; not fine and delicate as the rest of the tackle, nor was it large, merely a small O’Shaughnessy, a number which means a small hook with a stout shank. On this I wound a filament of cross section of the crayfish, the red or scarlet under skin holding it on. This I cast into the azure waters of the garden and watched it sink while my solemn giants in red sat and doubtless wondered what in the name of all the gods was coming next. Here I would claim a vast and unknown desert region separating angling from mere fishing. The fisherman casts his line with intent to mur- der the game, and the chances are that he will use a sinker to make sure that his lure reaches the home of his victim. The angler rather hopes his fish will have the advantage, or else why this delicate tackle? The fisher- man is possessed of a desire to coin gain from his catch, while the angler merely wishes to try his skill against that of the game ; hence he seeks the hardest fighter, the gamiest fish. , . , I fain would be an “angler” on. this bright day m these gardens of the sea, and when I asked my three men not to cast their big hand grouper lines to desecrate the spot. I doubt not they thought me mad. They lighted their pipes and smoked black plug tobacco from Trinidad— I know it had paid no duty by the smell. I cast some way astern and as the white bait sank slowly, up from the bower' of corals rose a dazzling throng, angel fishes, por- cupines, grunts, and a vision of loveliness., a fish a foot in length, with a yellow band from bow to stern. Ah. my grim friends, how they started as the reel ga\e out its melody and sang the hornpipe of the fishes, arid the yel- lowtail danced. The reel sang high, low, and deep ; the rod bent, leaped back, bowed to the waters, then fairly trembled as this splendid game shot along the azure sea. cutting the foam to turn and plunge down, scattering the curious throng, to rise again and come in to the click, click click. How it broke away repeatedly', trying to catch the cobweb line unawares, but there .was always the click of the reel— that warning of danger — and the line gave at just the right time. So the yellowtail raced up and down to the music ; tried all the tricks but leaping, dashed around the boat in a caracole, and then came to the net and was lifted in, as splendid a game fish as the Mexican gulf can boast. Again I took one, then a grunt — a lively fish like, the Smiths, as there are red grunts, black grunts, striped grunts, yellow grunts ; indeed, I believe I could have filled the floating fish car which we towed alongside with countless grunts of different shapes. and colors. I now increased the size of my bait and cast fifty feet out into deep water. I caught Chief winking at Bob. They knew mv line was gone this time; but when that rod bent into a circle and the line hissed and did not break, they were delighted and amazed. I had game, however, that was too much for the tackle; despite all my efforts, it carried my rod deep under the water and for a moment held it in that disgraceful position. What- ever it wTas, it made a gallant fight; run directly away down the hill of the coral reef, taking at least two hun- dred feet of line ; then I stopped it to the laughter of the reel. In it came like the wind, the merry reel eating up the line by inches, feet, and yards, to stop suddenly and break away. But this time I stopped it, the little rod bending bravely. “Must be a grouper,” said Chief. “Seems more like a onery parrotfish,” suggested Bob, while John was so intent on watching the rod that he did not express an opinion. The reel again began to cry, and presently a curious striped angel-like fish shot across the line of vision and a moment later was lifted in — a io-pound spadefish. “Well, I’ll be dogged!” remarked Long John, briefly. “Must be some conjurin’ in that rod,” said Chief; “regularly fooled him.” The spadefish bore some resemblance to the large angelfish so common here, but it was another creature, more active and of different habit; and as for game and fighting qualities, we who had watched its struggles gave it first place. In looking into the marvelous blue water filled with fishes which rose to meet the bait like a band of actors in many costumes, one could not fail, to notice their marked individuality : the grunts of high and low de- gree, the splendid arrayado, Ronco carbofiero, the blue grunt, the blazing yellow grunt, black, red, white, golden and scarlet grunts, with many names. What Long John called the red grunt, Chief, who had a dash of Spanish blood, said was Boca Colorado. Of all the fishes taken in this delightful region, the many grunts appealed most to me. They were all beautiful, often defying description in their splendid vestments of color, challenging the artist to reproduce them. T hey were the tamest of all fishes, and possessed that something for a better name called in- dividuality. Their eyes follow one’s every movement, constantly on the alert, entirely different from the glass- eyed barracouta and others. In a cast for another spadefish I had the misfortune to hook a porcupine fish which I saw take the bait. It appeared to be ■ about a foot in length, and its nature would not have been suspected, but when it reached the surface if began to take in air with a sucking sound, in- creasing in size until in a few moments it was as large and rotund as a boy’s football, presenting a most uncom- promising array of sharp spines — a marine porcupine, indeed. When "cut away, it sailed off before the gentle breeze upon its back, its short fins working vigorously, sending it slowly this way and that. I watched it drift several hundred feet, when it gradually pumped out the wind and disappeared. In walking along, the shores of the key, I often found small male porcupine fishes fully expanded like toy balloons. They had been washed ashore in gales, and had died retaining the oval shape, with spines en charge. Fishing here even with a rod was liable to drift into a slaughter ; but we had a car alongside into which the available fish were placed, the others being released. The pain experienced by fishes when hooked doubtless is min- imized. I could see grunts which I hooked vigorously shaking their jaws, and the wound would appear as a .dark area; yet they still mingled with the throng, and would soon dash after the bait again. LTndoubtedly these fishes had never seen a boat or line before ; certainly they were very familiar, and in shallower water where I could reach down and touch the coral, I induced small cow- fishes and porcupines to approach and swim through my fingers. The latter, commonly known as trunk fishes, were among the most remarkable in this wonderful fish- ing ground. They were very tame, and were the arma- dillos of the sea, fairly boxed up in an armor that is solid and bone-like. Out of this projects the absurd tail, the dorsal and anal fins, all of which have peculiar motions. The tail works like the screw of a steamer, forcing them along, while the side fins move in a conical flying motion. When taken in the hand a fish would roll its eyes at me in a comical deprecating manner, and did not appear to be at all disturbed by the change ; in fact, I found a cow- fish which had accidentally been left in the boat all night, alive in the morning, and it recovered when tossed over- board. The name cow refers to two pronounced horns placed where are the horns of the cow, while there are others at the juncture of the tail and on the lower surface, so the cowfish is rarely attacked — that is, with success — by predaceous fishes. Long John had a penchant for cow- fishes,’boiling them in the shell in salt water as he would a crab cr crayfish. A large cowfish served in this man- ner, or better, deviled in its own shell, with chili, is a dish that ..deserves the attention of the epicureans. We slowly rowed inshore, and while I hunted for turtle wests the men cooked dinner. Punching the sand with a sharp stick, by good luck I ran upon a nest, the young, to the number of twenty or more, recently hatched out, .and slowly making their way down to the sea, I filled my pockets with them and carried them back to camp, there observing their remakable instinct. I placed them, in a small inclosure two feet across, and presently noticed that they all congregated on the water side. They were repeatedly changed, but always went back. The sea was noiseless and invisible, yet these hour-old. green turtles, no matter where placed in the bush, invariably turned in the direction of the nearest’ water. “How do you explain that?” I asked the men. Tohn thought they smelt the water, while Bob declared that they were “jest natchrally born that way”— a de- cision at once judicial and scientific, in which I con- curred. [to BE CONTINUED.] Old Fusty* It was a glorious October morning- — such a day ass one dreams of in the winter evenings, when, seated be- fore an open fire, the apples simmer in a row,, mulled cider stands easy to hand, while a basket of juicy nuts peeps invitingly from the chimney-corner. I stood on the bulkhead, clad in a flannel shirt, warm coat and trousers and a felt hat, arranging my tackle— for I had chosen this day for tautog or blackfish. The old briarwood was warming, and sent clouds of blue smoke drifting away on the brine-laden air, while the surf pounded merrily along the bulkhead, throwing jets of spindrift high in the air, only to fall back again, or dash in over the occupants of the wharf. It stood in beads all over my coat and dripped merrily from. my beard. Such mornings live long in memory and take ten years from one’s shoulders, and again he is a boy — free — free as the jack-curlew that skims o er the briny deep. There were few of us there at that early hour. Perhaps six kindred spirits all intent ora the capture of the hard-pulling tautog. Casting my. eye over the assemblage as they stood at their, various posts, I saw none familiar, so rigged up. baiting with lively fiddled-crabs and cast out. Mr rod was a split bamboo surf rod. I took this along in order to en~ able me to land the heavy lead away out beyond the surf-line and into deep, swift water, where the big: fellows lie — you know the ones I mean, the fellows with' the white noses that Genio C. Scott mentions; they are the fellows who swim slowly along where the swift water joins the slacker current and, when hooked, bore for the bottom with its sheltering rocks. I lay in a good place waiting for a bite, when sud- denly I became conscious of somebody standing be- hind me on the quay. I heard no noise, and certainly didn’t scent him. but was just conscious of his pres- ence— a sense of location or proximity, as it were. I had experienced it many times before, in the deep woods, seated in hiding, not moving a feature, scarcely breathing. Suddenly a “consciousness of presence” asserts itself, and immediately I have searched for the cause, moving my eyes about, first nearby then further out in the open, and there it is. It may be. a squirrel,, a turkey, a fox or perhaps a deer. You didn’t see itr you didn’t hear it, you didn’t scent it, and yet you knew it was there. I think I can see some of the “old hands” nodding assent and saying: “He sensed it.” I shan’t try to explain it here, however, but, .whoever he is, we have kept him standing a long time, and we’d better look before he makes some “durn fool” noise. I turned my head, and there he was, sure enough. He looked enough like our late lamented friend Nessmuk to have been his twin brother — that is, as to size and general get up; but unlike our friend’s, his whiskers differed, in that the waterline stood higher and terminated in what when we were boys we called fusty-balls. Well, I looked at Fusty-Balls and nodded, “Good morning.” He looked at me, gave a grunt of satis- faction and then sat down alongside of me. That was all (for the present). I refilled and lighted my pipe and then began the closest series of “cross questioning” I ever stood through “Had I ever fished here before? What was I after? Had I caught any?_ Did I expect to catch any? What bait was I using?” etc. To all of these I answered affably, occasionally putting a question myself, hoping he’d quit me and go elsewhere, for when I fish I fish and don’t want to answer, ques- tions and talk. Long ago I learned the value of silence. I had just missed hooking a nice strike as the result of answering the old man, but you see I couldn’t be rude; he was many years my senior; he was old enough to know better. I answered in monosyllables and finally didn’t answer at all. I thought this would give him a hint. Have you ever met that sort? It never touched him. On he went, growing more and more reminiscent, telling me how, when a boy, he used to do this sort of thing, and that it was only fit for boys; he could get no pleasure from it now — it was too much like dredging. He became more and more disparaging, as his discourse wound on and ever on, but never “up.” Just then I hooked and landed a four-pounder. Old Fusty handled the fish, sniffed, and then began again: “D’ye ever ketch a win-an-iche, mister?” Now Old Fusty struck a major chord in my make-up that began to vibrate. I would have been pleased to do so, and could have given him a nice little discourse on our friend Salmo salar sebago (Girard). And it surprised me not a little to hear one, garbed as was Old Fusty, talk of catching ouauaniche; but, I had to ’tend to business just then, as I hooked and landed another four-pounder, where- upon Old Fusty sniffed and sniffed again, and yet again he was weakening fast. He lapsed into silence after "that, while I -hooked and landed one somewhat larger than the others, . 14 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 7, 1905. The tide was just serving right, and I was kept busy. An interval occurred, and I turned to look for Fusty, as I came to christen him. I finally discovered his figure, small and dim in the distance, and took it that he must be disgusted with such dredging after having caught the lordly ouananiche. But, “if a man can’t eat meat, he must eat soup;” and that was my case I enjoyed it, too. I now shifted my position, going further down, where, the distance of a long cast, several huge boulders lie along the tide-way. A fine place for fish, but a bad place for tackle. I began taking them in again and didn’t notice anybody near me, until I heard somebody move out near me on the next string- piece. I was reeling in and could not look. After landing my fish, I looked over and there beheld Fusty, sitting astride the string-piece, with a handline of many short lengths knotted together, a sinker of about six ounces weight, and five fiddler-crabs. He had gone for his tackle (this sort of thing was only fit for boys — remember). His first cast threw everything overboard, reel- block and all, and there he sat, while the surf swept it tantalizmgly near, they sucked it further and further away. Seeing his predicament, I reeled in, and from where I stood overcast the floating block and restored his line, minus two fiddlers. He didn’t thank me — just sniffed, and with boyish enthusiasm (he could only see four-pounders) rebaited and, following- my sug- gestion, made the block fast to a bolthead and cast over. This time he didn’t lose his tackle, but took in a one-pound _fish. He wore a smile, such as we used to do, when little boys, we played “hookey” — I mean, be- fore we were detected. My heart warmed to the old fellow, as I saw the “little boy” in him coming un- consciously to the front. He was_ very proud of his fish. But a fall is sure to follow pride. The fish squirmed, and the fisherman, not having a fair hold on him, flopped out of his hand and overboard with a splash. Fusty’ looked chagrined, and I thought he would go over after the fish. I pushed my can of fiddlers over to him and he baited again. Meanwhile, with my penknife, I made him a “fish- stringer” out of a couple of pieces of wood and a double length of line. You see, age rendered him less sure- footed, and it required all his faculties to preserve his equilibrium. He now had another fish, which I put on the stringer for him. He got some more that day, and he had a good time, too. He never said any more about ouananiche, nor disparaged blackfishing. He, too, ate soup. Tide had changed again and night was coming on, so I put my tackle away and started for home, just as the watchman was making his round to examine per- mits. As I started away, I saw him hustling Old Fusty off the wharf, as he had no permit. It seemed mean to chase him away, seeing he did no harm. I’m glad he had his fishing anyway, and that I, at least, con- tributed to his pleasure, even though he didn’t thank me — for what are thanks compared to the pleasure one can afford one less fortunate. Did I joke him about his “come down” from ouananiche to tautog? Not I; we both ate soup, and I failed to see where one had the advantage of the other. I enjoy trout fishing; but I also enjoy a hard-pulling salt-water fish in between, so where’s the harm. Fusty and I trudged side by side that night, the red sun sank in the west and we parted on the borders of civilization, where the odor of the roasted “frank- furter” and the steam from the hot-corn man’s kettle intermingled ere they waft outward over the sea. “Nature renders compeers of us all — In deeds and words, and in our inmost thought, Working unconsciously — but true withal, Bound by the sportsman’s bond, securely wrought.” G. W. Beatty. A Hard Luck Story* There were four in the party — Will, Bruce, Jim, and myself, and we started one day late in May from our homes in a village of Central New York to fish for trout in a stream which flows among the western foothills of the Catskill Mountains. A couple of hours’ car ride brought us to a small settlement about five miles from the headwater of the creek, at nine o’clock in the even- ing,-and here we were to stay over night, driving the re- maining distance in the early morning. On the day of our start the weather had been propi- tious for trout fishing — warm, cloudy, and no wind — an ideal atmosphere for filling fishermen with hope, so our spirits were accordingly high. Our hotel was modest, but neat and comfortable, and it was decided to “turn in” early, and so be prepared for the rather vigorous day ahead of us. We could only be supplied with one room, but as that was large and had two beds, we made it answer. Soon all hands were under the blankets, and I could hear the others sleeping, but was slow in joining them myself. I bunked in with Will, who is a very large man, while I am of but moderate size, and as the bed stood against the side of the room, and I had gotten in first, there was solid wall on one side of me and that great two hundred pound mountain of flesh on the other. It may have been a consciousness of my limited sur- roundings or some other cause which I do- not know, but at any rate I could not sleep. The more I tried the wider awake I became, and the more restless and uncom- fortable. I tried to lie quietly and let the others sleep, but my foot got to itching and had to be scratched ; then my back itched, and then came a little feverish spot on my shoulder, which made me think of possible insects, after which I became feverish all over and generally miserable. I endured this state of things for a long time while the others slept peacefully, until Will, as my ears told me, began to sleep violently. This was the last straw, and F determined to stand it no longer, deciding that it would relieve the monotony of the situation if I should ‘.kick him Out of bed. I took into account his size, strength, and good nature, also about how much he would pummel me in return, and raising myself very gently in bed, worked around until my back was planted firmly against the wall, and my knees drawn up so that my feet just touched his back. In this position I calculated my strength would be sufficient for the purpose if lavishly used, so taking a full breath and straining every muscle for the effort, I shoved. Will never moved an inch in the bed, but the bed, being on castors, shot out into the center of the room, upsetting a washstand with frightful commotion in its passage. Of course I fell down behind it, nearly breaking my back in the performance, and Jim and Bruce jumped up, calling loudly to know what the trouble was all about, while Will explained what had happened as he lay crosswise of the bed, pawing in the darkness to find me. From the way he was talking and hunting for me, I knew there would not be a real sound bone in my body, if caught, so I rolled underneath and out the front side, making use of a window which had been left open to step out on the roof of a little veranda in the rear of the house. That was a mistake, as they soon found me, and, promptly closing the window, went to bed. I did not dare make any noise in an attempt to get back into the room, for fear of waking the other occupants of the hotel, though the air outside was damp and cold, and my attire not sufficient for the occasion. I was not very feverish then, but by my constant motion I managed to keep from freezing during the half hour; that I had to stay there until we were called to get aii; early breakfast and make the three o’clock start. Break- fast over, we were soon on the road in a big, easy wagon drawn by a good team, driven by a colored man. The first two miles were up and across the valley of the west EUGENE G. BLACKFORD. 1839-1904. branch of the Delaware River, and it was too dark to1 see much, but riding in the cool morning air gave that de- lightful refreshing sensation which is only known to those who have taken similar trips. After we had crossed the valley, the road_ led in a zig-zag course up the side of a long hill, and it was be- ginning to be light enough so that we could distinguish cattle . in the fields, but only very dimly. Soon objects became more definite, and' we saw in one pasture a dairy of cows still sleeping. By the time we had reached the next farm a few cows had gotten up, and were slowly feeding toward the milking shed, while others having just arisen were stretching themselves. Another was in the act of rising, and had her hips in the air while yet her forelegs were folded under her, and more had made no move to get up. The grass was thickly covered with dew, which gave it a rather grayish appearance, except in those little oblong spots where cows had lain during the night and kept it dry. At another farm the cows were all up and working- leisurely in the direction of the barn, and here a shepherd dog stood on the door-steps of the house awaiting the appearance of the inmates. Beyond was another farm- house where a thin column of smoke was rising from the kitchen chimney and a man was walking from the house to the horse stable, followed by a dog, while from the stable came the expectant whinny of horses, which, hav ing heard the man coming, were looking for their break- fast. At the next place two men and a woman were going to the milking shed, with pails on each arm, and a dog was driving the dairy through the gate into the barn- yard, evidently having just brought them from the pas- ture. • Now it was broad daylight, the daylight of a May morning, and turning to look into the valley which we had ldft, we found we had climbed quite a mountain, and were well above the blanket of fog which covered the lower land. A little later this lifted, and we could see the stir of life about the farmhouses far below us along the river. A short half mile , down the east- side of the mountain brought us to the headwaters of the stream we intended to fish. Since the day had begun to dawn the hopes of good weather which had enliyened us the night before had been fading slowly, as the sun was bright and not a cloud in the sky, while a sharp breeze had - sprang tip out of the northeast. When we got in sight of the creek it was apparent, that -the showers of the past few days on which we had depended to put the water in suitable condition for fishing, and which had done so on the other side of the hill, had passed the locality we were now in completely. The stream was not only too low, but very clear, and surely it was no day to fish for trout, but we had come a long way to get there, and might as well try. Our driver, who knew the locality, giving us the name of a farmhouse down the valley where he would wait for us, drove on, while we spread ourselves out along the brook and went at it, hoping against hope that some miracle might make the- fish hungry, but it did not seem to be any better day for miracles than for trout, as we soon found. I he others were all ahead of me, and I puttered along down stream, fishing some, but more of the time looking at the country and admiring the beautiful herds of Jersey cows. 1 hese cattle were feeding in the pastures through which the creek flowed, and I enjoyed the curiosity which they Showed as we went through their domain, That is, i enjoyed it for a time, until in one field I watched them a little too long, and was forced to try foot-racing with a bull. I won the race, but by not enough margin to speak of, and I learned afterward that the others in passing this place had noticed that the animal was rather irritable and had taken pains to torment him just as they were leaving sufficiently to make him give me a warm reception when I came along, and he did. About ten o’clock I came to a bridge over the stream, and its abutments made excellent hiding places for trout. I stood for an instant above it, studying the best way of approach, and was looking at the smooth surface of the creek in front of me, when a good sized sucker shot out of the water with as much force and style as a trout could display, and seemed bent on duplicating a trout’s per- formance of jumping from the water and entering again, after having described a neat half circle in the air. The sucker had put so much energy into his attempt that he went a good foot or more into the air, and my respect for the breed was rising fast, when, just at the zenith of his arc, his nerve gave way, and he fell with a great splash flat on his back into the water. If I am not saying much about fishing, it is because there was none. Every trout fisherman has had such days, and they always form a small part of his conversation thereafter. About twelve o’clock I found the others sitting on a log by the creek, just in front of a farmhouse, where, they assured me, they had made arrangements for dinner, and that it was already cooking I could tell by the odor of frying ham and eggs which came from the open kitchen door. The show-down developed the fact that each one in the party had two small trout. That I had no catch was not always sufficient to convict either fish, water or weather of being wrong, but when Will and Bruce had nothing to show for a half day’s fishing, that settled it. We put our fish baskets on the shady side of the house and laid the rods near them, then washed in tin basins setting on a bench beside the kitchen door, dipping as much water as we liked from a huge trough which stood directly in front of it. The ablutions completed, I started to follow the others in to dinner, when just as I was entering I noticed that a cat— one of four which were loitering about— had tipped over my basket, and reaching her paw through the intake hole in the cover, had extracted one of the trout. I said nothing, but judged trout would be rather scarce there after dinner. The meal was just what one would get at every farm- house in the country at that time of year, fried ham and eggs, boiled potatoes, bread and butter, tea, and a pitcher of Jersey milk, if asked for. It was all good, plentiful, and well cooked, and it went fast after such a morning’s work. We were nearly through when there came a short, sharp note of anguish from a cat, and the sound of rods being generally mixed up, and rushing to the door we found that one of the felines had taken to smelling of a fly attached to one of the lines, and in her movements had gotten another hook hitched firmly in one hind leg. She had started to go somewhere, and had succeeded to the extent of getting two delicate and costly rods mingled with a wood-pile. She and the tackle were captured and separated by the time someone discovered that every basket was empty excepting one, and that only contained the half of one trout, which, being a little larger than the others, and not so easy to pull out, had been eaten so far as possible from the tail toward the head. Those four cats looked happy and contented, excepting that one was licking a hind leg, and well they might, for, if the dis- tribution had been equitable, there were two fish for each cat. We learned that our driver and team were at the next farm, and all thought of further fishing being abandoned, Jim went after them. Soon we were on the way back to our hotel, but just as we broke over the hill which we had climbed in the morning, Jim and I decided to get out and taking a cross-lot course directly down the slope, fish another stream which ran in the valley below, and which would bring us to the station a couple of miles further on. This was only a makeshift to pass the afternoon, for we could not get a train for home until evening, and we preferred this to sitting around the hotel. This creek was quite wide, and Jim took one side while I followed along the other, or waded, as circumstances required, Jim had gotten a hundred yards ahead of me in a few minutes, when I was attracted by a whistle from him, and looking in his direction, I saw him just taking a trout from his landing net, which he held up a second, then put in his basket. That gave me courage, and I fished care- fully. A few minutes later the signal was repeated, and Jim emerged from behind a clump of bushes with another trout, which certainly was hopeful, for if Jim had taken two so quickly, my turn would surely come. He got a couple more and then waited for me to catch up and let me pass him. Soon there was a shout, and looking back I saw him standing at the head of a rift, his rod bent under the strain of a trout in the swift water. Still I got nothing, and began to fish more vigorously, but with no result, while wherever Jim went he got trout, and nice ones, too. By and by I got vexed with myself and fished violently, but jt was always failure. At length, just as Jim was working opposite me( I felt a .heavy surge on the Jan. 7, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 16 flies, though I had seen no strike, and it did not feel right, but my line went flying about, and there could be no doubt I had a fish, and a big one. The water was very swift, and I worked with all the skill at my command, while Jim stood on the opposite bank and watched the fight. I finally won, and my fish came slowly in, but the water was so rough I could not get a good view of it until I had it safely in the net, and then it proved to be an ordinary sucker of extraordinary size. Jim lay on the bank and yelled with delight, but it was difficult for me to see the joke. How that sucker ever got hold of my flies I will not attempt to explain. I ■never knew of such a thing before, though it may be common enough to others. It was my first and last sucker caught on a trout fly, and was the only fish I took that afternoon, while Jim had excellent luck all the time. When we had to stop fishing to go to our train I had seen him take at least thirty. I did not look at his catch ; 1 did not want to — I had seen enough. Tired, sick, and disgusted, I walked with him to the station, and had to listen to a running fire of comments about the ability of some people to catch trout. On the way home the party accused me of being reticent, and I was. I duly reported no catch to my wife, but did not tell of Jim’s luck. Next morning, when he had satisfied him- self that I was at my office, he went to my home and presented a half dozen trout to my wife, explaining that he had had rather better luck than I, and wished to divide his spoils. Later when I came into the house I was shown these fish and had to listen to embarrassing comments. I was looking at them when a peculiar condi- tion of their jaws attracted my attention, and I started with blood in my eye in search of Jim. Meeting Will on the way, I told him of my suspicions, and he seemed to think it was time to let the cat out, so explained that Jim, when he went for the driver the day before, found that he had been fishing in a private pond on the farm where the team was hitched, and had six trout. Jim had put them in his basket and sworn the driver to secrecy; hence his proposition to fish the second stream. Every time he could put a bush or bend in the creek between us, he had hitched a trout on to his flies and thrown it into the water, and when I was far enough away, -so that I could not detect the deception, had called my attention, depending upon the swift current to give life to the per- formance. Winfield T. Sherwood. When is One Sure of a Bluefish? Editor Forest and Stream: In Forest and Stream for Dec. 31, Mr. E. A. Samuels’ realistic description of the difficulties in land- ing bluefish reminds me of a trip to Great South Bay with my young friend Steve, who had never before been on the sea. The wind was humming, the waves running wild, and the bluefish were springing bear traps on our bait. Steve had plenty of trouble with the fish as they leaped and splurged and ran under the keel and did all of their complicated vigor acts. Finally he managed to get one into the net, and up on deck. No sooner was the fish unhooked, than it gave four slaps and two wallops and a half and described a graceful parabola over the rail. The boy was not only losing bluefish, but also his ruddy golf color. “By George!” said he. “You are never sure of a bluefish until he is actually in your stomach, are you?” Just then his breakfast of bluefish went overboard. It is very true, as Mr. Samuels says, that on the whole, sea fish are greater fighters than fresh-water fish. They are more capricious, and even a maskinonge- will hold the. bait in his mouth for awhile and think about it. The sea fish are more apt to have hair trigger mouths, and to incidentally rush at the bait while they are hurrying for some spot a mile away, with no in- tention of stopping for an instant. Of course there are some old striped bass that know the first name of every fisherman from Beaver Tail Light to Cuttyhunk, and sometimes a bonita will turn her lorgnette leisurely to- ward the bait. Sea fish furnish sport for athletes, while fresh-water fish were intended for contemplative men. A fresh run silvery salmon just up from the sea is a terror. He will make you gasp with his stunts, arid as soon as you are through gasping and have a good new breath he will make you gasp again. After he has been in the river for a month he is a moderate fighter. He can still make the water boil up under the fly like a steam propeller, and can get tangled up with the fly after the manner of the same sort of a contrivance, but he will not make a broad jump of twenty feet when hooked, or leap clean over an island in the river and take a hundred yards of line whizzing and smoking through the blueberry bushes before you have had time to elevate the tip of the rod. He is not likely to yank you head over heels into the rapids if the line snarls on the reel. I have caught sea fish and fresh-water fish from Labrador to Florida and from Sweden to France”’ From streams in Prussia so small that the trout had to get out on the bank when they wanted to turn around, to the gulf stream where the channel bass had almost all of the room that they needed; and if you ask me which fishing I really prefer, my answer would be: “Give me all of it.” I have no respect for a man who does not believe that his own country is the greatest on earth, no matter where he comes from; or for the man who does not think that the fishing that he likes best is best for all of us. Robert T. Morris. Fish Shoals Located by Electric Apparatus* Under date of Nov. 7, 1904, United States Consul E. Theophilus Liefeld, of Freiburg, Germany, re- ports that a German patent has been taken out for an electrical apparatus whereby the presence and ex- tent of shoals of fish can be ascertained. A micro- phone, inclosed in a water-tight case, connected with an electric battery and a telephone, is lowered into the water. So long as the telephone hangs free - no sound is heard, but on its coming into contact with a shoal of fish, the constant tapping of the fish against the microphone case produces a series of sounds which at once betrays their presence. The rope at- tached to the microphone is marked so that the exact depth of the shoal is at once ascertained. Tanawadeh Outing Club. There was a notable gathering of sportsmen and patrons of outdoor living at the residence ©f Mr. F„ James Reilly, 12 Manhattan Square, south, New York, on the evening of Thursday, December 29, the occasion being a reunion of the members and friends of the Tanawadeh Outing Club, arranged by President Reilly to mark the close of his two very successful terms in office. During the formal meeting which preceded the reception the report of the president for the years 1903 and 1904 was read. It set forth very clearly the rapid progress of the organization in all the departments of its activities during this period. A noteworthy fact mentioned in the report was that since the erection of the club house in Pelham Bay Park in 1903, no intoxicants of any sort had been brought into the building, and that no form of gambling whatever had occurred at the club house, and this with- out the enactment of any prohibitive rule by the club or the house committee. The host furnished instrumental music and a chafing- dish supper, and the evening was passed most pleasantly with familiar songs and in reviving pleasant memories of camp and trail, of chase and bivouac. Those present were President F. James Reilly, Vice-President J. Frank Chase, Secretary Harry V. Radford, Treasurer Joseph B. Harif, of New York; S. Valentine Farrelly, of Morris- town, N. J. ; Frank W. Norris, Jr.; William F. Reilly, Charles U. Stepath, of New York; William A. Gillen, of Jersey City, N. J. ; Lester Reiley and Robert Reiley, of New York. The club is already preparing to celebrate its tenth anniversary, which occurs in June, 1906. Bulldog's Long, Lone Vigil. Bemidji, Minn., Dec. 24. — A big bulldog guarding its master’s camp was found in the northern wilds of Min- nesota by members of the surveying party just returned from several weeks’ work along the northern boundary line. A trapper named Edwards who had lived near Bass- wood Lake, north of Ely, for a number of years, making his living by trapping bear and other animals, has disap- peared. His only companion during his long trips in the woods was a huge bulldog, and the scores of deep scars on the animal testify to the many hard battles he has been engaged in with beasts of the forest. While the surveying crew was near Edwards’s place he left on one of his trips. A month later the same party found his camp outfit and boat on an island in Bear Island Lake. The bulldog was there, almost starved, but still on guard, and it was a long time before he would let one of the party get near. It is the belief that Edwards may have been killed in a quarrel with Indians, though it is possible that he may have been drowned. His camp was fifty miles from the nearest town. The bulldog and camp effects were brought to Ely by the sur- veying party, the dog refusing to go until the boat and camp outfit had been loaded on the surveyors’ wagon. — New York Times. Perfect Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. Do not think that I am attempting the description of a perfect engine. I should be only too glad to do so, to be able to say that I had seen a perfectly reliable type, equal in every respect to the steam engine, as easily operated, and just as long lived. This is the goal to which we hardly dare hope to attain. We have made rapid strides in the past few years ; the coming Automobile Show in January, followed by February’s Motorboat and Sports- men’s Show, will doubtless surprise many with the progress of even a. year. But there is plenty room for improvement in this line, and the thinking engineer is just now waking up to the fact that the two particular subjects just at present paramount over all others are the consumption of fuel per horsepower and how to lengthen the life of the engine. In a U. S. Consular Report dated Havre, August 7, 1901, describing a new application of the gasolene engine, appears a table giving the horsepower, weight, speed per hour, consumption of naphtha per hour, and list price. The 1 horsepower engine claims a consumption of .528 quart; 3^4 horsepower, 1.27; 4 14 horsepower, 1.585; 6 horsepower, 2.378, and two cylinder 814 horsepower, 3.17. This is the first instance which has ever come under my observation where the consumption was listed, I do not believe any American manufacturer of marine gasolene engines would dare to publish so low a horse- power consumption, or to guarantee any more than that, when the engine was tested at the factory, it developed a certain brake horsepower at a given speed, and that the consumption of fuel was a certain amount. In the test the valves were in all probability as nearly perfect fitting as they ever will be again, adjustments as fine as they could .make them, probably no mufflers were used, piston rings light, and in fact conditions, just as near perfect as it was possible to get them. Is it reasonable to suppose that these conditions will ever.be just the same again when installed in the boat? .Decidedly not. When you come to investigate and find how few manufacturers ever test their engines for fuel consumption, or having tested them keep the results religiously to themselves, you may be surprised ; but you will be more so when you find how few will even give a guarantee that a certain consumption was noted when being tested. The constantly advancing price of naphtha in itself is causing some apprehension, but couple to that the fact that a waste of naphtha usually results in a diminution of power, and I think you will all agree that a better knowl- edge of the principles of carburation is absolutely necessary. I should very much like to attend a competitive test of the various vaporizing and carburetting devices, American-made, another test of foreign high-priced car- buretting and mixing appliances, and then see the best American pitted against the best foreign production. These devices are advertised in glowing terms to give 10 to 20 per cent, more power than others; that there are more of one particular make in use than any other; that another is the cheapest because it is the simplest, but glancing through our trade publications not a single one that I have found advertises its economy per horse- power produced. Some of these devices cost but three or four dollars, while some cost $bo and upward, and not one dares to advertise increased or the same power with decreased consumption of fuel. It will have to be admitted that, all , things considered, an engine in a launch or around salt water will show more power the first season than the second. Frequently before the end of the first season a decrease in the num- ber of revolutions will be noticed, and it will be found necessary to make extensive repairs before its efficiency is restored. This should not be, but unfortunately occurs too often. It may be the result of ignorance on the part of the operator, or due to poor design, careless rriachin- ing, accident, poor cylinder oil, dirt or any one of scores of other causes. It may be that particular type is more susceptible to deterioration than the other. I was once asked a question as to which would last the longer in use, the two or the four-cycle engine. I am free to confess that at -that time I “dodged -the issue.” I am going to explain quite fully the causes which may reduce the effi- ciency and power and shorten the life of both types.. One: of the most frequent causes of excessive wear that I have found in two-cycle engines is the presence of core sand in the crank case. I ha.v? frequently taken from a crank case two or more heaping tablespoo’nfuls of dirt, iargeiy consisting of beach sand used in forming the cures. This comes from not being particular to clean the crftings carefully. The cored passage between the crank case and the inlet port is an excellent place for core sand to be overlooked. Of course if the castings had been sufficiently “pickled” in dilute sulphuric acid the sand would have been dissolved and washed out, . but some manufacturers object to “pickling” on account of trouble to make paint and enamel remain without peeling and flaking. For mine, I would rather have less sand and not be so particular about the paint. It is not neces- sary to explain how the sand cuts connecting rod bear- ings, shaft bushings, crank-pins and crank-shaft bearings, cylinders, and rings. Two-cycle engines are usually designed with a connect- ing rod twice the length of the stroke, occasionally less, hardly ever more. The reason for this is to reduce the clearance in the crank case in order to make the -crank case compression as high as possible. The shorter the connecting rod the more the side thrust against the sides of the cylinder wall, both on the up stroke when com- pressing the charge, _ and on the power stroke. Then there are double the impulses that there are in the four- cycle cylinder. One mitigating feature, however, is the fact that the average mean effective pressure is about 45 pounds in the two-cycle against 66 pounds in the four-cycle. In a two-cycle engine the incoming gas through the inlet port has a tendency to dissolve and carry with it a part of the film of oil on that side of the cylinder, while the hot gases on their way out burn up the oil on the opposite side. Reducing this film of oil has a tendency to wear more there than on the forward and after sides, and when the compression begins to lower from leaks past the rings, the burned gases mingle a little with the fresh gas in the crank case, appreciably reducing the volume of the explosive mixture, rendering it slightly “foul.” As leaks develop around the crank-shaft from wear in the bushings, the crank case compression is lessened, and the volume of each charge is correspondingly reduced. These losses are, with one or two exceptions, inherent in the two-cycle construction, and might be characterized as structural, as they cannot be eliminated entirely. The four-cycle engine has its troubles as well. Valve poppets, are liable to warp under the excessive heat of the exhaust; their faces have a predilection- f of scal- ing; the valve seats become worn unevenly,- all developing leaks which reduce the horsepower of the engine, but the consumption of gasolene goes merrily on. It takes but a very little trouble with inlet or exhaust valves to FOREST AND STREAM. 1 [Jan. 7, 1905. THE HOUSEBOAT LYSANDER OUTBOARD PROFILE AND CABIN PLAN DESIGNED BY R. W. HADDOCK. materially reduce the revolutions of the propeller, and careful and constant attention is necessary to keep the valves ground in and the proper tension on the inlet valve springs. It has often been remarked that a four- cycle engine with no valves, if it could be designed and operated satisfactorily, would be a long strong step to- ward perfection in gasolene engine perfection. In no application can it be better appreciated than for marine work where the full power of the engine is almost con- stantly utilized, unlike the automobile, which rarely needs its full power for any length of time except for hill- climbing. Let us have some tests of carbureters m 1905, and let us also hail the day when improved design and careful attention to detail shall have prolonged the time of use- fulness of both types of engine. British Letter* The show of motor launches at the Paris Salon d’Automobile this year has been a very large one, _ and from a spectacular point of view the whole exhibition may be said to be a great success. Unfortunately, the type of launch most in evidence is the totally useless racing shell, and the equally useless so-called racing “cruiser.” The folly of the manufacturers is sufficiently apparent in the obstinate manner in which they stick to a form of vessel which is far too expensive for the ordinary individual to buy, and which is not even sea- worthy, but which they seem to consider the alpha and omega of motorboat perfection. The finality of ab- surdity would, however, appear to be reached in the “cruising” launch, Dietrich II., which is 40ft. in length, carries a motor of 140 horsepower and consumes 17^4 gallons of fuel every hour. It is not difficult to discover why the general public fights shy of such costly craft, especially as they are quite unfitted for the open sea. There are a few really nice bona fide cruising launches at the show, but thev are all rather small. It is satisfactory to know that the workmanship of the motors is in no way superior to that of English firms, and that in design our boats are manifestly superior to the French craft. There may be and- doubtless there is a great future for motor-pro-, pelled boats, but it will never be with the eggshell type, so popular with the trade. The racing motorboat may be classed with the racing bicycle;, and the racing motor car as not only useless, but positively dangerous and, so far as yachtsmen are concerned, motor power will for many years be confined to auxiliary power for yachts and" yacht’s launches, for both of which pur- poses it is eminently fitted. Some weeks ago a British motorboat club was gfarfed, but the commitfee is composed of so many persons interested in the trade, that it will not be likely to have any degree of success with the better classes in this country. In Great Britain the main idea of the majority of people who go in for races of any description is sport pure and simple, and the idea of trade competition in such matters is extremely dis- tasteful to them. Professional football is not regarded as a sport by our leisured classes, neither are bicycle racing, motor car racing, nor motor launch racing, the reason being that in all these things the commercial side of the question is always uppermost. If sport is to be kept pure ajid undefiled, the com- mercial element must be relegated to its proper place. The spectacle of motor launches being steered by their builders is not an elevating one; the helmsman has al- ways an undue interest in the doings of his boat, and his one idea is to win — for the good of his firm, not of the “sport.” Moreover, motorboat racing will always be a procession, the fastest boat — bar accidents — will always win and after a few' trials the winning boats can be picked out. The same thing occurred a few years ago, when steam yacht racing was taken up for a short period and British steam yachts were given races at the Riviera regattas. The thing soon developed into a farce, the boat with the highest power won with un- varying monotony, and the races died a natural death. The sooner the same thing happens with motor launch racing the better, for then the builders can turn their attention to the perfection of good wholesome boats which can be economically driven and contain some of the elements ©f comfort. The yachting season on the Riviera does not promise very well this year. The Fairlie-built schooner Susanne and the Navahoe are the only big boats known to be going out there, and there is apparently every proba- bility of the King Edward Cup race from Gibraltar to Nice falling through again Tor want of entries. The bulk of the racing will fall to the lot of the smaller French and Italian classes. E. H. Kelly. The Houseboat Lysander. The houseboat Lysander is of the scow type; 85ft. over all length; 21ft. extreme breadth, and 2ft. 4m. draft. She was built in thie winter of 1901-02 at Alex- andria Bay, N. Y., for a well-known New York gentle- man, from plans made by R. W. Haddock. The hull was built on the ice .and practically launched itself in the spring. The tfoat has no power for propelling pur- pose and is intended for a .floating home to be towed from place, to place at will. ... On coming aboard at the companiomvay on the fore- deck, the first ro.om isThe, library, 12ft 6in, by 19ft. in the clear, Window seats run. aloud each side, having lids hinged to raise for storage. Three windows on each side give ample light; and heat in the fall is furnished by a complete steam-heating plant, radiators being in all rooms, as shown in plans. Besides the heating plant, the boat has a complete electric lighting- equipment — engine and generator. The general scheme of interior decoration is white enamel sides and ceiling, and hardwood floors through- out. A passageway 3ft. 6in. wide runs from the library to the dining saloon, from which open the owner’s state- room and guests’ rooms. On the port side are two large staterooms, 8x8 and 8x10. connecting through the bathroom. I11 each room are wardrobe and bureau. Both rooms are intended for regulation bedsteads, as also are two of the guests’ rooms on the starboard. These rooms all are provided with white enameled lavatories, and hot and cold water, as well as steam heat. The water system is by gravity from a large tank on the upper deck. This tank is divided to break the swash. The top is fitted with cushions and is used as a lounging place. A skylight also gives light to the passageway beneath. Hot water is provided from the range in the galley. The dining saloon is a large and spacious one, being 16ft. by 20ft. Side-board, serving table with drawer under for linen and corner china closets are provided here.. Next comes the galley on the port side, and captain’s and steward’s quarters on the starboard. Quarters for the crew are placed below deck in the after part, as also is the machinery and heating plant. The boat has a complete sewage system, with main trunk line and branches all in a most up-to-date- man- ner. Consideration for habitancy of all parts, and good ventilation being of prime importance, no expense was spared to attain the same. The entire upper deck is given to comfortable furni- ture, and is an ideal summer resting place. The whole is covered with a standing roof, having storm curtains for inclement weather. The interior is furnished and fitted with all the small things that go to make life comfortable and would have to be seen to be ap- preciated. The spars are more for dressing ship than any other purpose, and do not extend below the roof of house. The galley is complete in every detail with range; refrigerators, dressers and other essentials are found. For summer on the water a boat of this type gives as much comfort as a small house, and certainly free- dom from dust and many other land nuisances, and pos- sesses the advantage , of being easily moved if the lo- cality becomes wearisome. It also furnishes a base for many aquatic pleasures — a sailing, canoeing, rowing anG launch party. The possibilities for entertaining and social events £U‘? no mean feature of a boat of this class, Jan. 7, 1905J FOREST AND STREAM. 17 Prince Alfred Y* C, of Sydney* Australia, BY LOUIS H. WYATT, SECRETARY PRINCE ALFRED Y. C “Mosquito Y. G- — Boat owners wishing to join, please meet at McGrath’s at 8 to-night.” The above exhortation appeared in the advertising columns of the Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1867, and on the evening of the same day, in the commercial room at the above-named hotel in King street, Sydney, a number of boat owners and other aquatic supporters assembled to discuss the advisable- ness, or otherwise, of forming a mosquito yacht club, with the object of promoting aquatic sports in Port Jackson. The reason for the inauguration of such a club was. stated to be that the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, which had been in existence some four or five years, did not cater for the smaller boats, and that some organization for the proper control of racing among such craft was considered to be necessary. Nowadays, there are numerous sailing clubs which foster the small boats of all classes, and the Prince Alfred Y. C., to- gether with the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, look after the interests of the yachts only. In this connection there has been much argument of late as to what constitutes, a yacht, and the question has proved quite as vexatious, as the problem of arriving at a satisfactory definition, of an amateur. At the inaugural meeting it was decided that the title of the new body should be “Prince Alfred Y. G,” in honor of the then recent visit of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh; and royal patronage has uten extended to the club ever since^ its inception. Success appears to have attended the beginnings of the club, for in less than two months no less than twenty yachts were registered and eighty members en- rolled, and for thirty-two years this latter number was not exceeded. On application to the admiralty some eighteen months after inauguration a warrant was issued authorizing the yachts of the club to fly the blue ensign with a ducal coronet in the lower fly. At the same time it was decided that the burgee be blue ground with broad red cross, and these flags have been in use up to the present day. Another interesting matter about the same time, was the adoption of a distinctive uniform, and the rig-out, which seems to have met with the ap- proval of the members was: ' Blue coat (sack, double- breasted) and vest, with white trousers, and straw yachting hat with blue ribbon. If the sailing weather- thirty odd years ago was anything like it is nowadays — and there is reason to believe it was — there were: probably innumerable straw hats floating about Port. Jackson' on Sunday morning after the previous day’s, race: and, if the for’ard hands wore the said straw bonnets, the language was doubtless peculiarly yachty. Nothing has been chronicled as to whether such uni- form was extensively worn, and, as it is not remembered’ by any of the present members, probably did not last: long. The distinctive outfit at present in vogue is. similar to the undress uniform of naval brigade officers. While commenting on the early records of the club, one cannot pass without mentioning a man whose name: has been associated with yachting ever since the com- mencement of the sport in these parts. The late Mr, Richard Harnett was the first commodore of the Prince Alfred Y. C. Not only was Mr. Harnett a keen sports- man, but one with original notions regarding yacht design and construction. So far back as 1868 he con- ceived and put into practice the idea of . a boat with cutaway ends and a fin-keel — truly a primitive form of the present day racer. One these lines he produced. Australian, a boat that had a remarkable record ex- tending over nearly twenty years, despite the fact that when the model was shown to such eminent builders as Hatcher, of Southampton; White, of Cowes, and Ratkc, they ridiculed the possibility of such a craft being able to sail. In the absence of evidence of great vitality and en- thusiasm, it can only be concluded that from 1872 on- ward the club’s affairs drifted on in a steady kind of way for a number of years, continuing with the ortho- dox opening and closing functions, and ordinary racing events in ' the sailing seasons until toward the end of 1899, when we find the commencement of a new era. For the last quarter of the nineteenth century the club had jogged along with an average mehierbship' ranging between seventy and eighty; and while it may be said that the Prince Alfred Y. C. continued to exist. THE FLEET OF THE PRINCE ALFRED Y. C. ON THE OPENING DAY, 1903. Photo by Swain & Co., Sydney, N, S. W. 500 members and friends who wish to witness the various events. About the ups and downs of the club since its in- ception, the writer might go on ad infinitum; but he fears the editor’s blue pencil, which is mightier than many other weapons. However, it would be well just to briefly describe how the Alfreds carry out the season’s programme, and entertain the members all the year round; but first of all it will be necessary to make a little digression, by drawing a local sketch to give the reader an idea of where such programme is enacted. Though it would be superfluous, here, to dwell at length upon the adaptability of Port Jackson, upon the waters of which the members of the Prince Alfred^ Y. C. disport themselves whenever opportunity offers throughout the summer, in passing, it may be men- tioned that upon Saturdays, Sundays and all holidays for eight months of the year (September to April) the world renowned harbor is a scene of aquatic animation. Steam yachts, powerboats, and sailing craft of every size and description, from the stately old-fashioned cruiser to the tiny 6-footer, in hundreds flit about a beautiful expanse of water bounded by 170 miles of Farm Cove, then form a procession^ — headed by the commodore — and proceed in order of tonnage to some sheltered rendezvous, where the whole fleet (numbering as many as 40 on some occasions) come to an anchor round the commodore and dress ship, forming an unique gathering that is symbolical of festivity. A good band on the club steamer enlivens the proceedings, and there are always numerous aquatic sports, such as sailing dingey races and rowing contests. There is also much exchanging of visits between the various craft, and the well-known signal (which, by the way, is much appreciated) inviting members to “come on board” flutters at the masthead of the commodore’s yacht during the whole function. About a fortnight later the real business of the season begins — racing. In the last few years, the principal events have been the 30-rating competition, for which there are three- rounds, points being given for each race — 3 for first, 2 for second and 1 for third place. In this class there are about nine or ten yachts competing regularly, and in the past season, in order to thoroughly test the merits of the boats, one of the three matches was sailed over an ocean course, and the other two in the harbor. there were not any striking manifestations of advance- ment, and it was patent to some of the younger and. more enterprising members, that if progress was to be made and the club to expand something in the shape of a club house must be established. The outcome of much discussion was the opening, on. Dec. 4, 1899, of spacious rooms in the heart of the city.. These are liberally decorated with yachting and other pictures, while the comfort and convenience of the members is . studied in every respect. Such ac- quisitions as billiard tables and the necessaries for other indoor games are provided, in addition to a library con- taining all the latest yachting literature, and all popular sporting and other magazines are always available on the reading table. The little band who had formulated the scheme were full of go-ahead-ism, and from the date of the es- tablishment of the rooms the Prince Alfred Y. C. has- had year after year of phenomenal success. So great was the influx of new members it was found necessary to double the accommodation in the following August. Between the annual meetings of 1899 and 1900, the membership increased nearly 100 per cent... The num- ber on the roll in 1899 was 77; to-day it is 232. The fleet, according to the register, has also increased from seventeen to forty-six, and it is gratifying to ob- serve that the majority of these are boats of an up-to- date type. The introduction of half a dozen new yachts of modern design— 30-rating— wes also an important auxiliary to the club’s progress, and this served to re- vive interest in yacht racing in these parts — a tonic that was badly needed in this branch of the sport. And as. indicating the increasing popularity of the contests con- ducted by the “Alfreds” — as the club is colloquially known — it may be mentioned that the committee have found it necessary during the last couple of seasons to> engage a steamer capable of accommodating 400 to BRONZCARING. Ccm. S. Hordern’s steam yacht, flagship of Prince Alfred Y. C,. Photo by Swain & Co., Sydney, N. S. W. foreshore (including all bays and coves) that show the touch of nature’s best handiwork; all these, with art •environment of unimaginable color, constitute a spec- tacle that must be seen to be appreciated. In September, one by one the yachts, all resplendent in new paint and varnish, forsake their winter, quarters, and there is about a month or six weeks of sail stretch- ing and tuning up before the commencement of the racing, which is conducted under the rules of the Sydney Yacht Racing Association, which are really those of the British Yacht Racing Association somewhat modified and altered to suit local conditions. The Prince Alfred Y. C.’s programme generally opens toward the end of October; and for many years it has been the custom for all the yachts to assemble in EASTER CAMP OF THE Y, C. AT THE BASIN BROKEN BAY ENTRANCE TO HAWKESBURY RIVER, Photo by Talma, Sydney, N, S. W. 18 FOREST AND STREAM. fjAN. 7, igtSg. The majority of the events, however, are general handicaps, which admit of all yachts of the club enter- ing, and in this class of rating there have been some close and interesting finishes. The cruisers are also catered for, three events being programmed for yachts that are scarcely up to the standard to be designated racers. There are generally about a dozen races during the season, at fortnightly intervals, for prize money aggre- gating some £225 odd, in addition to which members present many handsome trophies for the winners. To keep the sport strictly amateur has ever been one of the traditions of the club; such must undoubtedly tend to keep the sport healthy and clean. Among the early, rules was one which stipulated that all yachts com- peting in a club race must be manned entirely by mem- bers, and it is pleasing to note that after thirty-six years — while membership is not -now enforced — the amateur status of each man of a racing yacht’s crew (except the regular paid hand or hands, according to size) must be maintained, and it is compulsory that the man at the helm shall be a member. By way of encouraging the amateur, a member occasionally offers prizes for the skipper and each of the crew of the boat most successful during the season. The season closes with the Easter camp, an outing that has now become one of the yachting events of the year in these waters. As a rule, the site for the encampment is at a picturesque spot, known as the Basin, in Broken Bay, some twenty miles north of Sydney. The fleet get underway, weather permitting, when the land breeze makes on the Thursday night before the holidays, and proceed up the coast by moon- light. As many as twenty to twenty-five yachts will attend these camps, and for those members who do not sail up a passage is provided in the club steamer. On arrival, arrangements for their comfort are found as perfect as it is possible for camping accomnlodation to be. A spacious marquee for concert and dining pur- poses occupies a central position on the large green flat, and close handy is the canteen; on either side is a row of roomy tents, very comfortably furnished, for sleeping purposes. A peep into the interior of these little cotton abodes — which, being of bright crimson and gold stripes give some positive color to the fore- ground by day, and at night look like richly painted eastern lanterns set against the dark background of the thickly wooded primeval hills — convince one that the members of the Prince Alfred Y. C. are men of lux- urious tastes. The floors of the tents are carpeted* and! the whole canvas village is illuminated with acetylene gas; the catering is done by a competent chef, and the campers have nothing to do but enjoy themselves. To some this may not sound like camping; but when out for a holiday it is just as well to be comfortable. As many as no have been known to sit down to dinner at one of these camp meetings. Four days’ fishing at impromptu sports are indulged in at one of the finest resorts that can be conceived. In the winter months the members are entertained with billiard and other tournaments, conducted in the club rooms, and these serve to keep the members to- gether during a period that, prior to the establishment of the city quarters, was the cause of much falling off. In conclusion, it may be stated that the club hopes shortly to move into more commodious apartments; and that the day is not far distant when it will be able also to support a waterside club house, is the dearest wish of the members. With the encouraging results of the past few years, it is scarcely too sanguine to expect that one day the Prince Alfred Y. C. will take the lead in the noble sport which will surely extend in Port Jackson, where every facility is the natural in- heritance of all those who desire to become yachtsmen. A 36-Foot Cruising Launch* • The design of the powerboat illustrated in these columns this week is from the board of Messrs. Burgess & Packard. The plans show a boat of 36ft. over all length, with unusually roomy accommodations for a craft of her length. She is a sensible type of boat, and was intended for use where bad weather encountered. Her dimensions are as follows : Length — Over all .....36ft. L.W.L. 31ft. Overhang — Forward Aft Breadth — Y Extreme 10ft. Biraft — To rabbet 2ft. Extreme Freeboard — Forward • 4ft. Aft Least The cabin house is 20ft. long, and there is a waterway 1 ft. 6in. all around it. There is 9ft. of deck room for- ward of the house, and 7ft. aft of it. The boat has quite an elaborate cabin and six berths for sleeping. Instead of a cockpit aft, there is a railing around the deck, and chairs or camp stools are used to sit on. The companion slide over the galley is made very large for good ventilation and to take away the heat of the stove and engine. The saloon skylight and forward cabin skylight are also very large. The forward skylight is made like the conning tower of a torpedo boat, and this makes an excellent place to handle the boat from in all kinds of weather. The speed was an entirely secondary consideration, and room and seaworthiness were the first essentials. is tc 1 be < - ’■ K 36ft. • 3 1 ft- 8in. 4in. 4ft. xoft. 6in. 2 ft. Sin. 3 ft- . 4ft. Sin. 3ft. 2in. . 2 ft. Bin. Queries on Marine Motors. W T. H., Des Moines, la. — Would it be possible to make my fotft- cycle single cylinder engine explode every revolution? Ans. — It is very evident that you are new to the busi- ness, for this is invariably the first question the beginner asks. A four-cycle engine always has four strokes of the piston to each explosion, whence its name. A two- cycle engine has two strokes to each explosion. In the, four cycle, following the four strokes in order, the first down stroke, the exhaust valve being closed, draws into the cylinder a quantity of gas. The next stroke, which is upward, compresses it to from three to six atmospheres, say 45 to 90 pounds approximately, when it is ignited and the power is produced. The next stroke is down, and is the only power stroke of the four. _ The last stroke of the four is when the exhaust valve is open and the spent gases are forced out. The exhaust valve then is closed and the first of the four strokes Is repeated by taking in another charge of gas, then the compression stroke, the power stroke and the exhaust, etc. In the two-cycle engine, a charge is taken into the crank case or some auxiliary cylinder or compression space on the upward stroke of the piston, which at the same time com- presses a previous charge already in the cylinder. This previous charge is then fired and a power impulse is given. At a point before the lower center is reached, or before the end of the stroke, an opening in the wall of the cylinder, called a port, is uncovered by the piston, and the pressure is exhausted. Just a little later a port is uncovered in the opposite side and the charge of gas in the crank case or compression space, which from the action of the piston descending is slightly compressed, enters the firing cylinder, driving out the most of the re- maining burnt gases and furnishes a new charge of gas. The ports are both closed by the piston ascending, and this new charge of gas is compressed to usually two to Tour atmospheres, approximately 30 to 60 pounds, and at the end of the up stroke is exploded, giving an impulse at every revolution or every two strokes of the piston, one down and one up. English custom is to call the two- cycle and four-cycle engines “two-stroke” and “four- stroke.” It is much more descriptive and better under- stood. H. A., Boston, Mass. — I notice in a recent article by Mr. F. K. Grain it is advised not to wrap up an engine with canvas. Does that apply to an open launch, and is it better to leave the engine exposed to the elements? Ans. — If wet canvas touches any part of the engine it is extremely liable to cause severe oxydizing or rusting. If it is inconvenient to remove the engine from die launch, by all means construct some sort of covering which will keep the snow and wet from it. If this is tight and does not allow the snow to drift in, it will more than pay you for the trouble. With a brush and some cylinder oil cover all parts of the cast iron and steel not protected by enamel with a good coat. In the spring a little naphtha and some clean waste will remove it very easily. Be sure to drain the water out of all the piping and re- move the check valve popets or if using swing checks you had better remove the caps. S. S. J., San Diego, CaL — What voltage is ordinarily used for marine gasolene engine ignition? Ans. — From 4 to 6.5 volts approximately, when using batteries, and frequently 10 or more on magnetos or dynamos. Caustic alkaline batteries should show .95 on open and .7 volt each on closed circuit. Dry batteries on closed eiffcuit usually show l,i volts each, while each cell of storage battery or accumulator shows 2.2 volts. In jump spark, which is operated by a secondary or induced current, the voltage of 4.5 volts at the primary is in- creased to some 25,000 volts in the secondary. It is! cus- tomary to use four to six cells of dry battery, five or Seven cells of caustic alkaline, or two cells storage, in engines using make-and-break. In jump spark rarely ate more than four dry cells used except where the coils are especially wound for a voltage of over 4.5. High volt- age is liable to break them down or perforate the tin foil used in the “condenser.” A. O. H., New York.— If A. O. H. will send his full name and address we will gladly answer his inquiry. Launch Meylert. — The cruising gasolene launch : Meylert, owned by Mr. L. R. Armstrong, has been sold through the office of Mr. Henry J. Gielow of this city to Mr: William Erb, of Philadelphia. |an. 7, 1905.3 PokfiST AND STREAM. 1§ YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. YawL Watanga Sold.— The auxiliary yawl Watanga, owned by Mr. George K. Kirkhanij has been sold to Mr. D. M. Bedell. *S « H Valhalla Entered in Ocean Race.— The Earl of Crawford’s yacht Valhalla has been officially entered through the Royal Yacht Squadron in the trans- Atlantic race for the German Emperor’s Cup. This is the first entry to be filed. Valhalla is a big square rigged vessel 240ft. in length. 8t *1 It New Schooner for Robert Olyphant. — Mr. Robert Jacob has secured the contract for the schooner designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith and Ferris for Mr. Robert Olyphant, and work on the boat has already commenced. She is 65ft. over all, 45ft. waterline, 15ft. breadth and 9ft. 6in. draft. The boat will have a flush deck, and will have a liberal spread of canvas. It 8| It Two Challengers for Canada Cup. — Mr. Alfred Mylne has gotten out plans for a Canada Cup boat for Mr. James Worts, and Mr. William Fife has turned out a design for Mr. Frederick Nicholls. Both boats will be framed up in English yards, then knocked down and shipped to Captain Andrews’ yard at Oakville, Canada, where there will be built. Both boats will be overboard by June 1. at »t at An Auxiliary Scooter. — Something entirely new in the “scooter” line made its appearance in the bay, off East Moriches, recently. It is a craft of the or- dinary “scooter” type, but fitted with auxiliary power. The boat was designed by Ketcham Bros., of Eastport. The auxiliary power is furnished by a gasolene engine. The propelling device is in a trunk, similar to that which ordinarily surrounds a centerboard. Within the box a driving wheel, with a rim of teeth- shaped cogs, runs on a horizontal shaft, the boxes of which fit snugly at the bottom and sides. At the top of the boxes are coiled steel springs to hold down the driving wheel, giving sufficiently to allow the wheel to raise when uneven ice is met. Two bands, running from the flywheel of the engine to the ends of the driving shaft, complete the propelling device. The cogs on the driving wheel take a firm grip on the ice and the boat moves along at a good speed under power alone. The device is not patented and any one can employ it. — Brooklyn Eagle. “ Forest and Stream^ Designing Competition No. IV. Sixty-foot Waterline Cruising Power Boat* $225 In Prises. The three designing competitions previously given by Forest and Stream have been for sailing yachts. In this competition, the fourth, we are to change our sub- ject and give the power boat men an opportunity. The competition is open to amateurs and professionals, except that the designers who received prizes in any of the three previous contests may not compete in this one. The following prizes will be given: First prize, $100. Second prize, $60. Third prize, $40. Fourth prize, $25, offered by Mr. Charles W. Lee for the best cabin arrangement. Mr. Henry J. Gielow, N.A., has very kindly agreed to act as judge. In addition to making the awards, Mr. Gielow will criticise each of the designs submitted; and the criticisms will be published in these columns. The designs will be for a cruising launch propelled by either gasolene or kerosene motors, conforming to the following conditions: I. Not over 60ft. waterline. II. Not over 4ft. draft. III. A signalling mast only to be shown. IV. Cabin houses, if used at all, to be kept as low and narrow as possible. V. Construction to be of wood, and to be strong, simple, and inexpensive. The cost of the boat complete in every detail must not exceed $9,000. VI. The location of tanks and engine or engines to be carefully shown. Either single or twin-screws may be adopted. The power and type of the motor must be specified. VII. The boat must have a fuel capacity sufficient to give a cruising radius of 700 miles at a rate of 8 miles an hour. The maximum speed shall not be more than 14 miles nor less than 10 miles. The estimated maximum speed must be specified. VIII. All weights must be carefully figured, and the results of the calculations recorded. A thousand-word description of the boat and a skeleton specification must accompany each design. The design must be modern in every particular, with- out containing any extreme or abnormal features. We wish to produce an able, safe, and comfortable cruising boat, one that will have ample accommodations, so that the owner and his wife and two guests, or three or four men, can live aboard, and one that can easily be managed at all times by two or three paid hands in addition to the steward. The draft is restricted to 4ft. in order that the boat may have access to nearly all harbors, canals and rivers North and South, and may thereby widely increase the cruising field. We have in mind a boat that can be used North in the summer and South in the winter, and a craft well able to withstand outside passage along the coast in all seasons of the year. Special attention must be given to the cabin arrange- ment The interiors should be original, but devoid of any impractical features. Arrangements snould be made for a direct passage forward and aft without going on deck. Drawings Required. I. Sheer plan. Scale, J4in.=ift. II. Half breadth plan. Scale, y2 in.=ift. III. Body plan. Scale, yin.=iit. IV. Cabin plan and inboard profile and at least one cross-section. Scale, J4in.=ift V. Outboard profile. Scale, }4in.=ift. The drawings should be carefully made and lettered; all drawings should be preferably on tracing cloth or white paper, in black ink. No colored inks or pigments should be used. The drawings must bear a nom de plume only, and no indication must be given of the identity of the designer. In a sealed envelope, however, the designer must inclose his name and address, together with his nom de plume. All designs must be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York, not later than February 3, 1905. All drawings will be returned. Return postage should accompany each. The Forest and Stream reserves the right to publish any or all the designs. — -e- — Officers of A. C. A., J905. Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Secretary— H. M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer— F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. K ear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. .Purser — C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — J. C. Maclister, U. G. I. Building, Phila- delphia, Pa.; L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.' Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 626 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. Purser — J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Board of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. Purser— W. S. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. VV. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; H. D. Murphy, alternate. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada.. Executive Committee— C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors — J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board — E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati. Ohio. Purser — George A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, Q.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. Board of Governors— Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. How to Join the A, C. A, From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. A.: “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.'1* m* md (§ulUrg. — ■ Fixtures, Jan. 16-20.— Pittsburg, Pa.— First annual tournament of the Iroquois Rifle Club. National Rifle Board, The following has been issued by the Committee of Publicity of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice: A comparison is often made between the attitude of the Canadian Government toward rifle practice and that of the American Gov- ernment, many of the American riflemen contending that the Canadian Government is the most liberal in its provisions for rifle practice. The National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, which is charged by Congress with the duty of preparing a plan for the encouragement of rifle practice in this country, is in receipt of the following communication from a Canadian source, which contains some interesting observations on the progress of similar work in Canada: “The education of every citizen to shoot straight and become an expert rifleman . is the foundation of Canada’s defense, and the important feature in Lord Dundonald’s project of a force of 100,000 men in our first line, hence his desire for civilian marksmen; and an urgent reason that the Government provide rifle ranges all over the Dominion. But evert with the present ranges, further steps will have to be taken to popularize rifle practice by lessening its cost. “Militiamen and civilians are willing to devote their time gratis to become proficient in the use of the rifle, but they cannot be expected to spend money on it as well, a thing many can ill afford to do. The expenses are threefold: Ammunition, trans- port, and markers, which two latter items vary in cost according to locality; for instance, on the St. Joseph range at Quebec, there are twelve targets, with a range-keeper or superintendent and about three authorized markers, and if more of these are required those shooting have to pay for them. “To remedy this, perhaps, the following suggestion may be in order: The requisite number of cartridges could be easily served out gratis by the Government to the authorized recipients at the range through the caretaker, he taking the names and receiving at the end of the practice the empty shells, which would be vouchers that these men had done their duty. “The Government might also engage, say, from May 1 to Nov. 1, sufficient men for every target on the range, and pay these markers; thus every target would be in operation and much time saved, besides eliminating that charge for markers. The cost of transportation for the city corps (similar and suit- able arrangements could be made in the rural districts) could be lightened by the Government furnishing, through the care-taker, free return tickets, which would be given to those shooting after their practice was completed on checking over their names on his list and their returning the empty shells, and not otherwise. Surely the working out of such a system should not be a difficult matter. “Rifle shooting will never be the success it ought to be until the cost of these three items is materially reduced, then rifle clubs and associations would flourish and be more numerous than they are at present, simply by this reduction of cost to the members, as proficiency requires much practice.” Senator Proctor, of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Com- mittee on Military Affairs, introduced a bill appropriating one million dollars annually for the promotion of rifle practice. This bill was prepared by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, a body of twenty-one members, including officers of the army, navy, marine corps and militia and prominent civilians. It has been indorsed by the War Department and transmitted by Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War, and Presi- dent of the Board. The objects of the bill are briefly explained in General Oliver’s letter of transmittal to Senator Proctor, as follows: “I have the honor to inclose, for the consideration of your com- mittee, a copy of the bill for the promotion of rifle practice pre- pared by the National Board, of which I am the president. This bill proposes the appropriation of one million dollars annually for training in rifle practice such citizens belonging to rifle clubs as desire to become efficient marksmen; for the construction and equipment of proper shooting galleries; for the acquisition, con- struction and maintenance of suitable national target ranges, and for the issue of arms and ammunition to schools and rifle clubs. Accompanying this measure will be found a memorandum giving somewhat at length the reasons which- actuated the Board in pre- paring and commending this measure to the favorable considera- tion of Congress. “I should appreciate it, therefore, if this proposed legislation could have the careful consideration of your committee, with a view to its introduction, should it be favorably regarded.” Providence, R, I., Revolver Club. Our Thursday evening shoot brought in quite a number of visitors, some of whom shot scores, but did not record them. The general shooting average of the regular men fell off con- siderably; the hall was cold, and overcoats were kept handy. The chief subject of conversation was a range of our own, and if a basement of suitable length can be secured this winter, the pros- pects are we will blanch out on more independent lines. In the meantime we are looking forward to the good old summer time, because a shooting house at Cranston is already planned, and anticipation covers a multitude of annoyances. Be it to the credit of the regulars that the interest is growing among shooters, and this section is waking up. Down at Portsmouth the men are getting into line. Mr. William Almy, who stands at the head of the shots about here, has offered the use of his range to the members, and it- is ex- pected that several pleasant Saturday afternoon trips will be made down on the “island.” Our annual meeting takes place Jan. 12, and much of interest will be taken up, including the adoption of a neat medal for class qualification. Following are the scores recorded: Twenty-five yards rifle, on German ring target: Albert B. Coulters 235, 235, 233, 242, 234; C. L. Beach 219, 225, 233, 225; L. A. Jordan 230; W. Bert Gardiner 222. Twenty yards pistol and revolver, Standard American target: Wm. Bosworth 89, 83, 80; A. C. Hurlburt 75, 83, 78, 72; Arno Argus 68, 68, 76, 76. At Portsmouth, 20yds. Standard American target: Dec. 21, William Almy, 92, 91; Dec. 24, William Almy, 92; Dec. 26, William Almy 86, 84, 82, 87; A. C. Hurlburt 75, 79, 89, 84, 82. z A. C. Hurlburt, Sec’y. Zettler Rifle Glob. L. C. Buss and A. Hubalek had a rather exciting race for the honor of first place at the regular practice shoot held Tuesday, Dec. 27, at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street, New York. At the conclusion of 100 shots. Buss won out by a margin of one point. The majority of the contestants were content with firing their regular 50 shots. Scores follow at 75ft., offhand, on the 25-ring target: One hundred shots: L. C. Buss 2425, A. Hubalek 2424. Fifty shots: R. Gute 1215, C. Zettler, Jr., 1209, C. G. Zettler 1189, B. Zettler 1179, H. C. Zettler 1177. Massachusetts Rifle Association. Long range match, 1000yds.: F. Daniels 47, R. S. Hunter 38, W. Charles 36, F. Carter 32. Standard target, 200yds.: R. L. Dale 84, S. C. Sampson 81, S. Gleason 75, J. B. Hobbs 74, O. Moore 74. Ring target, 200yds.: R. L. Dale 225, A. Nieder 22i4, M. Aldem 214, S. C. Sampson 212, F. C. Fitz 209, S. D, Martin 209, F. H. West 208, M. T. Day 201, J. B. Hobbs 181. Pistol Match: E. E. Patridge 95, R. L. Dale 84, S. C. Samp- son 80. FOREST AND STREAM. Was. 7. IS»5. i^ragsttGotinq* If you want ycUr shoot to be announced here send a inotice like the followings Fixtures. Jan. 17-20.— Hamilton, Can., Gun Club live-bird tournament. J. Jan.^O.-Middleton, N. Y.-AIl-day shoot of Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of the Orange County Gun Club. Albert A. Schoverling and O. H. Brown, Mgrs. fan 23-28.— Brenham, Tex— Sunny South Handicap, tan. 31-Feb. 2. — Taylor Tex. — Central Texas Handicap tournament. Feb^ G-I'."— Houston, Tex. — Sen’s Grand Southern Handicap. Alf. Feb^Tt-Philhp'burg, N. J., Opposite Easton Pa^-Alert Gun Club first annual tournament. Ed. F. Markley, Mer„ . , Feb. 22.— Batavia, 111., Gun Club tournament. Henry Hendrick- son M York. 'Forest and Stream goes to press on Iues- 1DAY OF EACH WEEK. 'TTse Batavia, 111., Gun Club announce a tournament to be held o® IPeb. 22. Mr. Henry Hendrickson is the manager. Mr Elmer E. Shaner, 'member of the committee in charge, writes us that there will be $1,000 of added money at the tourna- ment of the Pennsylvania State Association, fixed to be held on May 2-5. , The Licking Gun Club, of Newark, O., captured the Phelhs rophy, emblematic of the six-man team championship of Ohio. Ihe contest took place on Dec. 28. Two other teams engaged in he contest, namely, Dayton and Cincinnati. The series of Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League matches last Saturday, resulted as follows: Florists defeated Meadow Springs, 23 to 213; Media defeated S. S. White, 216 to 208; Clear view de- eated Narberth, 173, to 152; Hillside defeated North Camden, 1<6 o 156. .. Mr. Jas. Fewings, Chief of Police, of St. Thomas, Ont has ent out a notice, the substance of which is that on Dec. 29 them ,as stolen from the International Hotel one L. C. Smith gun, No. 00,250, 12-gauge, letters P. E. stamped on under side of barrel ,ear breech; also one Powers cleaning rod, one shell box. The -un was in a plum-colored leather case, with brass trimmings. ,un y Bernard Waters. Crescent Athletic Club. , shoots. ,tests were exceedingly close as to scores. S P Hopkins...-. • C E Lockwood., o /o H M Brigham.. 0 L M Palmer, Jr. 0 2. G Notman....... ^ F T Bedford, Jr. 2 19 W W Marshall.. 5 to H B Variderveer. 4 16 A G Southworth. 0 IJ 25 22 22 22 21 20 20 19 5 14 19 D G Geddes 0 19 19 T S S Remsen.. 0 18 18 O C Grinnell, Jr. 3 15 18 D C Bennett 3 15 18 H P Marshall... 0 18 18 L C Hopkins... 2 16. 18 H C W erleman . . 7 6 13 Shoot-off, same conditions: S P Hopkins..,.. 5 20 25 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Raynor... Southworth » H 10 Vanderveer 2 10 ^ conditions; 14 Fairchild C E Lockwood . . 3 18 21 Palmer . Grinnell Trophy shoot, same - ^ ^ 4 7 11 Palmer 9 13 S P Hopkins 2 8 10 .®ayPor 4 g 12 Vanderveer 2 8 10 .McDermott , „ -,9 Brower , .... 4 4 8 6 10 ■Southworth 0 Jg jg S P Hopkins 4 9 16 13 8 12 ■ Grinneli - J: Southworth 0 11 n Trophy shoot, 24 targets, handicap: 19 19 Raynor TJUUUIVVUAA*. .Grinnell •• 5 -,0 is Palmer 0 18 18 Shoot-off, 15 targets, handicap: • neji ..... 1 12 13 Southworth 0 12 Shoot-off for Christmas cup, 15 targets, handicap: ’ ■ tt i q 11 14 Southworth 0 11 11 S P Hopkins 3 H 14 Fairchild 4 6 10 10 14 Raynor f 6 11 13 Grinnell 1 7 8 7 11 12 Hopkins 3 8 11 13 Palmer McDermott ...... 4 Vanderveer ...... j JJrower 4 Shoot-off, same conditions: McDermott ...... 4 10 14 Palmer 0 14 Shoot-off, same conditions: Pahner 0 14 14 McDermott 4 9 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: sou.hw?r,h » » | S5Sd f ; LrcnHopkins'. 1 U I2 Vanderveer 2 8 10 LLe„P “..... 0 11 I} Brower ..........4 3 7 S P Hopkins..... 3 b Li Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: s p Hopitins s U » ggss-f. | 1? 11 Fulmer0’1 V'.-— 0 14 14 Vanderveer 2 10 12 l»ne..' j g « gfe i u S Foster ........... o* n IS Fairchild ... 4 5 9 !S“: i» 1 1 1 Bedford TTT! 1 11 12 h C Hopkins.... 1 5 i Trophy shoot, 16 targets, handicap; Bennett ......... 1 13 14 Foster 3 8 11 Werleman ....... 4 10 14 Notman ......... 1 10 11 Brigham 0 13 13 Southworth ...... 0 11 11 Pa mer 0 13 13 Brower 4 7 11 S P Hopkins..... 2 11 13 Bedford 1 9 10 Lockwoc-’ 2 10 12 Fairchild 4 4 8 W W Marshall.. 3 9 12 Grinnell 1 5 -6 Vanderveer 2 10 12 Shoot-off, same conditions: Werleman 4 10 14 Bennett 1 8 9 Trophy shot, 25 targets, handicap: 3 23 25 Brower 7 14 21 Notman „ — ~ - „„ W W Marshall... 6 21 25 Palmer 0 19 19 Bedford Remsen 2 22 24 Grinnell .....3 16 19 0 23 23 Geddes 0 19 19 Foster 5 18 23 Werleman 7 12 19 Lockwood .3 19 22 HP Marshall 0 18 18 S P Hopkins'. 5 17 22 Fairchild 7 10 17 Bennett 3 19 22 Southworth 0 16 16 Brigham 0 21 21 Vanderveer 4 12 16 Shoot-off, same conditions: Notman .. 3 18 21 W W Marshall . . . Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Lockwood .. 2 11 13 Werleman Bedford ........ .. 1 12 13 Remsen Bennett 12 13 Grinnell Brigham .. 0 12 12 Geddes W W Marshall. .. 3 9 12 Notman Foster .. 3 9 12 Vanderveer Southworth .. 0 11 11 Palmer S P Hopkins .. 2 9 11 Shoot-off, same conditions: Bedford ......... .. 1 12 13 Bennett Lockwood ...... .. 2 9 11 Mr. D. C. Bennett has probably won the December cup. There will be one more shoot for it. F. T. Bedford, Jr., has a chance of winning it. The latter, however, also has a chance of improv- JLC 26 -The Christmas Day shoot of the Crescent Athletic trhib iwas well attended and had a long programme of trophy s Compettion began about 11 o’clock. Several of the con- itS Ip event for the Christmas cup, two, Dr. S. P. Hopkins A1 Mr Charles E. Lockwood, of Jamaica, tied on 25, the latter Si&SS*. in -he shoo.-oS, Dr. Hopkin, won. Events and scores follow: Shoot for Christmas cup, 25 targets, handicap: tj Tot’l Ildp. Brk. loti. Hdp.BHc.Totl. c E T Foster.. - i» H B Vanderveer. L C Hopkins W W Marshall.... F T Bedford, Jr.. L M Palmer, Jr. O C Grinnell, Jr. J J Keyes.. F B Stephenson. H M Brigham... Dec. 10. Dec. 17. Dec. 24. Total, ...21 25 22 68 ,...21 20 18 69 ...15 24 19 53 ,...20 17 20 57 ,...17 20 16 53 25 19 44 ,...18 25 • • 43 18 , . 35 16 16 32 22 22. 20 20 17 , . 17 Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 24.— The inclosed scores were made on the grounds of the Ossining Gun Club, Dec. 24. Three shooters of the same mind thought to get a little practice for Monday’s prize shoot, and met on the grounds. There were some sweep- stakes, in which Coleman collected and the other two contributed: Events- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Targets : 10 15 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 25 25 C G Blandford 9 8 6 9 4 3 7 13 6 5 8 13 11 W H “an. 8 9 7 1.3 1.0 9 8 3.3 6 7 7 14 1.7 P Brandreth 6 8 4 9 7 4 4 8 4 6 7 16 8 Dec. 26. — As usual, there was a good turnout of members at the Christmas shoot of the Ossining Gun Club. There were a fine lot of prizes to shoot for-all donated by the president of the club, Col. Franklin Brandreth. There were to have been fifteen 10-clay bird distance handicap events for as many prizes— no shooter to win more than one prize. The, boys turned out in such good shape that darkness put a stop to the fun at 4:45 at the end of the tenth event. It was so dark while the last event was being shot that the. targets hit disappeared, while those missed were swallowed up in the dark- ness before they touched the snow. The targets were thrown nearly 60yds., and aside from tha speed, seemed hard tq break. Old Sim Glover was the only trade representative present. He made one of the three straights made during the afternoon. Sim is all right, and always welcome. Capt. A. Traver, of Poughkeepsie, was on hand as a guest for H. W. Bissmg, an did some good shooting. Scott, Sturgis and Connors, three local shooters, did some good work with strange guns. " An eight-man team from this club will go to Poughkeepsie on Jan. 2 to lift the cup, which has been won from us twice and this is no idle dream. The winners of the ten events to-day drew lots for choice of prizes. Traver wen the first event after a miss-and-out, and got third choice, a gold medal. Floyd won second event after miss- and-out. and drew sixth choice, a silver-mounted brier pipe. Dyckman got third alone and fifth choice, a silver serving dish. Stratton won fourth alone, and dtew silver shaker on aint.i choice. IT viand got silver coffee set on tray in fifth event. Coleman won 2 pounds pipe tobacco in sixth event. Bedell won meerschaum pipe in seventh event. Bissmg won sib ver teapot in eighth event. Barlow won silver service dish in ninth event. Blandford won silver-lined copper tea set on tray in tenth event. The five remaining prizes will be shot for on Saturday, the 31st. inst., by those who failed to land a prize to- dav Those eligible are D. Brandreth, F. Brandreth, W. Smith, g/b. Hubbell, D. F. Ball, F. McDonald, N. S. Hyatt, W. S. Root, A. Harris, W. Fisher and J. Keenan. „ 123456789 10 Events- 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 48 9568977.. 7 7 5 5 5 6 9 Those marked with a * were eligible for prizes: .10 1 4 6 Targets . Events: WD Brandreth, 18 *E F Ball, 18.... *W T Smith, 14 *W S Root, 14.. J Hyland, 16.... C G Blandford, 18 *F Hahn, 14..... H L Stratton, 16 *A Aitchison, 16 *J Keenan, 16 .. *N Tuttle, 16 F Brandreth, 18. D Connor, 16... W Pratt, 16 .... A softened rubber on the trap caused wabbly birds to-day. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2 7 6 5 3 5 5 4 8 4 8 6 7 9 10 10 10 H 8 6 10 6? 3 5 6 10 6 .. lot of trouble C. G. with B. IN NEW JERSEY. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., Dec. 31. — The regular Saturday shoot was quite well attended to-day, some fourteen men being present. Event No. 1, 25 targets, for a box of Mullerite shells, went to C. W. Kendall, who broke 22. Event No. 3 was the final shoot for the silver cup presented by Mr. Bush for best scores in December. Mr. Wallace scored 25 to-day, but the cup went to Mr. Winslow, with scores of 24, 24 and 23, with Mr. Wallace sec- ond with scores of 25, 22 and 21, and Mr. Kendall third with scores of 24, 22 and 21, three best scores for the month : Events : 1 2 3 4 Events : 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 25 G Batten, 2 19 18 .. 23 Winslow, 7 15 23 .. .. Crane, 2 ..16 19 15 22 Kendall .. 22 20 24 20' F Engle 19 14 . . . . C Engle 20 17 .. Wallace, 5 18 25 21 16 Mossbacker 6 ..... Bush ._ 19 15 .. .. Hartshorne, 7 25 15 . Cockefair ....’ 20 18 i.6 23 Moffett ...’....I'.'.’.".”"” 18 19 3 Reamer 5 P Harrison, 8 2311.. Kendall, 7 22 20 24 20 Handicaps apply in even 2 only. Edward Winslow, Sec’y .} Boston Shooting Association. Wellington, Mass., Dec. 31.— A cup shoot was held this after- noon on the grounds of the Boston Shooting Association. Seven- 1 teen shooters were present. Mr. E. C. Griffith, of Pascoag, R. |i I., won with a score of 91 out of 100 targets. Following are the scores : Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 Broke. Griffith 9 14 9 15 8 14 ; 10 12 91 Climax 9 13 10 14 8 14 : 10 11 89 Bell 13 9 14 10 13 9 15 89 Rule 11 9 14 9 11 : 10 13 86 Frank 9 13 7 14 9 10 9 14 85 Kirkwood 8 14 9 12 8 12 9 11 83 Edwards 8 13 6 10 10 14 8 13 82 Francis 8 14 8 13 9 13 8 11 84 Roy 10 7 14 6 12 10 10 75 Hebbard 10 8 12 7 14 6 12 74 Morse 6 14 8 11 6 9 7 10 71 Gerrish 8 9 5 10 4 13 8 12 69 Radford 6 12 6 9 4 9 .9 11 66 Woodruff 8 11 7 9 8 10 7 10 70 Wood 7 8 7 7 4 7 7 14 61 Peabody 2 6 2 3 4 3 4 7 31 Burns 10 11 9 13 7 11 4 9 74 O . R Dickey, Mgr. Programme of Ohio National Guard. The officials at the headquarters of the Ohio National Guard have issued the programme for the small-arm practice in 1905. Woi-k will begin on Jan. 1, with preliminary drills, position and aiming drills with rifles, carbines and revolvers, for all who have not received any previous instruction, and will last until May 1. There will also be gallery practice and gallery qualification during this time; On May 1 commanding officers will make report of gallery prac-i tice, and outdoor practice will begin and last till July 15. This consists of practice on the range with rifle and carbine, both pre- liminary and record, in special course C, and pistol range prac- tice. Also company, battery, troop and regimental competition. July 24 to 29, annual State competition of the Ohio NationaL; Guard, and competition of the Ohio State Rifle Association at Newark, O. July 15 to Nov. 25, the preliminary and record practice for qualification in special course C and on the pistol range will be continued. On Nov. 25 indoor work will be resumed and annual reports compiled. At the annual State competition on the State rifle range at New-1:1 ; ark, O., each regiment will send a team of eighteen men; each separate battalion a team of six men; each troop, battery and company of signal corps a team of two men; all to be selected by competition on some outdoor range between May 1 and July 24. Fulford Memorial. Targets : C W Floyd, 18 i! j j |. » j j 5 f j « D Brandreth, 18 7 (0 7 e 9 7 10 ,, | \\ 5 j { ? ,8 ! I -t I - | I 1 ? S I “ I I :: W'Sy'ekm.n.'M::::::: * f | j * | { \ $ :: l-cBSeV ■ 6 •* ■> r i ,jf | \ -j :: w H Coleman, i8 56493742 .. ws Root if ;; i I 7 5 8 5 :: :: :: D Connor, 16 547360...... W Scott, 16 .3 5 9 9 5 h .. e 5 7 , « 5 < 5 5 AX7 TTic-Vi^r Ifi • Wilmington, Del., Dec. 30.— Since my last report of the progress of the fund for the Fulford Memorial, under date of Dec. 1, at which time there was on hand $174, additional dona- , tions to date amount to $112, and bring the total up to $286,^ the subscribers being as follows: F. C. Riehl, L. D. Thomas, H. j P. Fessenden, R. O. Heikes, Richard Merrill, F. E. Mallory, J. F. Mallory, S. T. Mallory, O. R. Dickey, Ed. Brady, C. W,i Floyd, T G. Heath, John Burmister, Capt. M. F. Dreyer and , members Bergen Beach Gun Club, W. R. Crosby, Fred Gilbert, Fred C. Whitney, Walter Huff, C. B. Adams, Chas. Budd, Alexis I. duPont, J. A. Stoops, W. F. Quimby, Hood Waters, W. K. Park, Mrs. W. K. Park. (j, tiUUDcli, „ W Fisher, 16 _ *g ’7 g 7 ‘9 ” '5 W Smith, 14 •••• g 3 3 F, McDonald, 16 6 12 N S Hyatt, 16 •• ” _ 7 .. 6 " '3 F Hahn, 6 6 J Keenan, 16 ”•"* ” , , ,. Figures after names signify yards handicap. I am certain the committee is not altogether satisfied with the only fair progress that is being made, and I hope parties who in- tend to subscribe will send in the subscriptions during the ensuing month, as the amount sufficient to erect a suitable memorial should be gotten together by Feb. 1, so that the fund can be turned over to the committee and arrangements begun for the selection and early installment of the monument. Jas. T. Skelly. 1 SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. C. G. B. Dec. 31. A set of six prizes were shot for to-day. ^Five were left over from the Christmas shoot, and one was a “pig-m-the- bag” prize, it being tied up and drawn for by a winner ra one of the six events “sight unseen.” This extra prize was also donated bv Col Brandreth, who gave the other prizes. The first six were prize events. After drawing for choice, the winners were as fol- lows: W. Brandreth, first, meerschaum pipe in case; N, Tuttle, second, silver teapot on tray (pig-in-bag) ; A. Aitchison, third, teapot; F. Hahn, fourth, silver-topped tobacco jar; J. Keenan, fifth, serving dish; E. F. Ball, sixth, 21b. box pipe tobacco. Mr. Ansley H. Fox, of Philadelphia, informs us that he is no longer interested in the business affairs of the Philadelphia Arms Company. The Horton Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Conn., have issued a calendar for 1905, the theme of which is illustrated in a manner to delight the heart of the angler. It is entitled “The Start,’1 and depicts a young gentleman and lady, with their guide, equipped with rod and reel, and landing net and fishing tackle, preparing to step in the canoe, and paddle away to the fishing grounds. On referring to the advertisement of the Horton Mfg. Co., it will be noted that applicants should enclose ten cents to saver cost of mailing. Jan. 3, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 21 Where to Hunt Game in the South Where to hunt game in the South is becoming more and more of a problem each succeeding year. Not by any means on account of the scarcity of game, but owing largely to the increasing tendency of sportsmen to form clubs, and reserve the shooting privilege of large sections of country. In this way places where sportsmen have formerly found good shooting are no longer open to them, consequently they must cast about for new territory, new guides, and new accommodations while in pursuit of their pleasures afield. And it is well to add here that the shooting preserves, while in a way numerous, cover but a very small fraction of the vast bird country throughout the Southern States, and for many years to come can the individual or parties of hunters find good shooting and good accommodations in the South. The most serious and really only perplexing problem is just where and with whom to shoot. For the accommodation of its patrons the Seaboard Air Line has at considerable expense and time taken up this matter in behalf of the sportsman, and pub- lish the following list of places where they know birds can be found and good accommodations had, and in many cases, for those not owning their own kennel, dogs may be secured as well. NORTH CAROLINA. North Carolina presents a great variety of country. There are many miles of open pine woods in which the shooting is very fine. Quail, of course, are found most generally, but in many places wild turkeys are still numerous. In the following summary only the best points have been selected. It will be observed that these places are located with reference to their dis- tance from some central point. At Seaboard, sixty- nine miles from Portsmouth, Va. — Shooting good. Coun- try rolling. Quail numerous, turkeys and deer in the swamp lands. Guides, from $1 to $1.50 a day. Horses, $2 a day; there are no dogs for hire. Board, $1 a day. At Gary’s, seventy-six miles from Portsmouth — Quail, rabbits, squirrels, and turkeys abundant. Guides — J. F. Lifsey, E. G. Garlick, at $3.50 to $5 a day, furnishing dogs and team and board where desired. Horses, $2 a day. Board, $1.50 a day. At Weldon, seventy-nine miles from Portsmouth — Shooting good. Quail, turkeys, ducks, squirrels and deer. Guides — Henry Grant, “Billy” Clan- ton, William Roberts, Ben Pope, and J. T. Evans will act as guides at reasonable rates. They will also furnish dogs. Horses, $2.50 to $3 a day. Board, $1 per day up. At Gaston, ninety-one miles from Portsmouth — Quail, squirrels, rabbits, and frequently wild geese are abundant. Guides — J. J. King and Sam Shaw, at $1 a day. Horses, but not dogs, $1 to $1.50 a day. Board, $1 a day; $5 a week. At Littleton, ninety-nine miles from Portsmouth — Quail very numerous this season ; also turkeys, geese, and ducks. Guides — George Kirkland, J. J. Myrick, J. H. House, or John Reed, at $1 a day or $5 a week. Guides will also furnish teams and dogs. Board, $1 a day; $5 a week. Judge Gummerie, of the New Jersey Supreme Court, is a regular hunter here every fall. At Roxabel, eighty-one miles from Portsmouth — Quail are abundant, and in the Roanoke River bottoms turkey and deer are plentiful. Guides at reasonable rates. At Norlina, ninety-eight miles from Richmond, Va. — Quail, turkeys, squirrels, and rabbits. Guides— F. B. and F. P. Wiggins will act as guides at reasonable rates. Mr. F. B. Wiggins can furnish two or more dogs. Horses, $1.50 a day. Board, $2 a day. At Henderson, one hundred and four- teen miles from Richmond. On the ridge between the Tar and Neuse rivers — Shooting excellent. Quail, tur- keys, squirrels, rabbits, foxes, and a few deer. The quail shooting is especially fine, and will be better than usual this season. The country is level and open, with enough cover to protect the birds. Board, $5 to $10 a week. Guides — R. J. Southerland and Mr. June Clements will take charge of parties at reasonable rates, furnishing horses and dogs. Henderson has an established reputa- tion among sportsmen, and is visited every season by Northern hunters. At Manson, one hundred and three miles south of Richmond — Quail shooting unusually fine; also turkeys and squirrels. Guides — J. H. Bullock and C. M. White. They also furnish dogs. Horses, $1 a day. Board, $2 a day. At Middleburg, one hundred and six miles south of Richmond — Quail, turkeys, deer, and partridges. Guides — Alfred Plummer can furnish board, guides, and dogs at reasonable rates. At Franklinton, one hundred and thirty miles from Richmond, Va. — Quail, turkeys, and squirrels abundant. Guides, $1.50 a day ; they supply dogs. Horses, $1.50 and $2 a day. There is a good hotel at which board can be had at $2 a day or $10 a week. At Raleigh, the capital of the State, one hundred and fifty-seven miles from Richmond — This is a good point from which to go to less populous sections. At Osgood, thirty-seven miles south of Raleigh — Here the country becomes less rolling, but the shooting is as fine as it is in the northern part of the State. Quail, turkeys, and squirrels plentiful. Guides, $1 a day. Board, $1 a dajc Teams at reasonable terms. At Lakeview, sixty- two miles south of Raleigh — All the land in this section is posted and under the management of the Lakeview Town- site Company, which readily grants permission to sports- men from a distance. Quail and turkeys are very plenti- ful. Last spring the Lakeview Company planted a large number of small patches of peas, inclosing them so they would benefit the partridges and other wild game. Com- petent guides may be obtained at from $1 to $2 per day. Board, $2 per day at hotel ; $5 to $10 per week in boarding houses. At Southern Pines and Pinehurst, two hundred and twenty-five miles from Richmond — At Pinehurt there are 35,000 acres of land over which the shooting privileges are owned by the management of Pinehurst. Probably the finest quail shooting in the country is found here, as the birds are cared for scientifically and are protected for the benefit of guests of the place. There is maintained a kennel of hunting dogs for the use of guests of Pinehurst. Twenty of the best trained dogs in North Carolina were purchased for this purpose, and are kept in good condition under charge of Mr. Gray. Competent guides always to be had by day or week. At Aberdeen — Mr. H. H. Powell, one of the best known hunters in North Carolina has the shooting privilege over 5,000 acres of ground. Mr. Powell acts as guide, and being familiar with the country, knows where the game can be had, and makes it easy for those desiring sport to have plenty of it. Mr. Powell has a comfortable home for those who desire to hunt over his grounds. At Hamlet, two hundred and fifty-four miles south of Richmond — This is one of the best points in North Carolina from which to arrange hunting expeditions. There is an excellent hotel here, and within a radius of twenty miles there is some of the best shooting in the State. Guides and dogs can be had here to hunt the ad- jacent country. At Rockingham, near Hamlet — Quail very abundant this season ; also turkeys. Guides not needed. Teams can be hired reasonably, but hunters must bring their own dogs. There is a good hotel here; rates $1 to $2 a day. At Polkton, thirty-three miles from Hamlet — Here is a famous shooting country. In addition to the quail and turkeys, there are plenty of foxes and of fox hunters. Guides can be had cheaply, and teams also at low prices. Good board, $1.50 a day, or $5 a week. Guides — Sam Hubbard, William Bryant, Prince Henry, and James Willoughby. At Peachland, thirty-seven miles from Hamlet — Quail very abundant. Guides can be had at nominal prices, and so can dogs and horses. Board, $1.50 a day; $10 a week. At the Rutherfordton Branch, between Shelby and Rutherfordton, is some of the best quail shooting in the country. The line here runs into the foothills of the North Carolina mountains. It is a rich grain country, and the birds are numerous and in fine condition. Board can be had at almost any of the stations of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, and agents of the road at Lincolnton, Shelby, Ellenboro, and Rutherfordton will gladly furnish information to prospective visitors. At Lumberton, forty-three miles from Hamlet — Quail, tur- keys, and squirrels abundant. In the swamps deer are found. Horses, from $1 to $2 a day. Board, $1 to $2 a day; less by the week. At East Arcadia, also near Wil- mington, and in one of the best sections for game — Quail, wild turkeys, woodcock, ducks, and squirrels plentiful ; and in the swamps bears, deer, mink, otter, and other wild animals rarely found to-day, within reach of sportsmen. Board can be had at reasonable rates, and guides and horses can be hired. Guides — T. J. Johnson and R. H. Grant, of Wilmington. Board at the Wilmington hotels from $2 to $3 a day. SOUTH CAROLINA. Much the same conditions exist in South Carolina as in her northern neighbor, though the State does not afford an equal number of excellent hunting and fishing points. Between Hamlet and Atlanta, however, there is both good shooting and fishing, and in some other regions of the State the conditions for both are fine. At Greenwood, between Hamlet and Atlanta — Quail are abundant, and so are squirrels and rabbits. Guides can be had if needed, and teams may be hired at reasonable prices. There is a good hotel here, where hunters will be well taken care of. At Abbeville, about fifteen miles beyond Greenwood — The quail shooting is especially fine ; it is a common thing to bag seventy-five in a day. The local sportsmen will act as guides at nominal cost; and will furnish horses and dogs. Board may be had very cheaply. At Calhoun Falls, a little beyond Abbeville, is another good point for either fisherman or hunter. Camden, three hundred and twenty- seven miles from Richmond — Good shooting and hunting on the Wateree River. Quail shooting is especially fine, and guests at the three large tourist hotels here have full benefit of the sport. Guides, dogs, and horses may be had at reasonable prices, and local sportsmen always may be counted on to accompany visitors. In season doves are also abundant. Fox hunting is a favorite sport, and there are several good packs of hounds in the town and imme- diate neighborhood. This sport is enjoyed here under favorable conditions rarely found in this country. Mr. A. J. Boykin, of Camden, has excellent hunting grounds within five miles of station. He acts as guide, and sup- plies dogs, board, etc. GEORGIA. At Stillwell, twenty-four miles north of Savannah, low, flat country, near the coast — Quail, doves, turkeys, snipe, woodcock, ducks, wildcats, deer. Board can be had here, but it is well to go to Savannah, and there make arrange- ments for guides and equipment. At Dorchester, twenty- five miles south of Savannah, near the coast — Quail, tur- keys, and squirrels. Guides — Patrick James, Sumner Lambert, C. A.. Tate, $1 a day. Horses, $1.50 a day; no dogs. Board, $4 a week. At Clyo, thirty-two miles north of Savannah — Quail, turkeys, and deer abundant. Guides and dogs at reasonable rates. Board $1 a day ; $5 a week. At Riceboro, about thirty miles south of Savannah — Quail, doves, turkeys, plenty of deer. No guides. No boarding-houses ; but an ideal spot for operations from Savannah. At Darien, ten miles further south — Quail, turkeys, and deer plentiful. Guides, $1 a day. Horses, $1.50 a day; no dogs. Board, $1 to $2 a day. At Everett City, fifty-six miles south of Savannah — Splendid hunt- ing— quail, doves, turkeys, ducks, squirrels, deer. Guides can be had if desired, but they are unnecessary. Board, at Brunswick, $1.50 a day up. At Townsend — The same con- ditions prevail here and at White Oak, Woodbine, Coles- burg. At Collins, sixty miles from Savannah — The quail shooting here will be unusually good this season. Guides not needed. Board, 75 cents a day. At Ohoopee, sixty- eight miles from Savannah — One of the best points in the State. Quail, doves, turkeys, ducks. Guides — N. B. Jarriel, E. J. Giles, R. A. Giles, $1.50 a day. Horses and dogs at reasonable prices. FLORIDA. East of the Rocky Mountains there is no such hunting as in Florida, and the fishing is equally fine both in the fresh-water streams and lakes and in the fishing on the coast. The tarpon, the king of all game fish, has his true habitat in the waters just south of Tampa Bay, on the west coast of Florida. Fishermen have come here in such numbers from this country and from England, that it has paid to maintain a good hotel at Sarasota. For shooting, it may be said, in brief, that at any point a very few miles distant from centers of population, quail are to be found. In Florida one can find quail as easily as he can find Eng- lish sparrows in northern parts; but the presumption is that the sportsman who goes to Florida has larger game in view. Probably, however, the finest sport with the gun obtainable in civilized lands is quail shooting, and this is found in absolute perfection in Florida. At Live Oak, eighty-two miles from Jacksonville, is a splendid point for both fishing and shooting. All kinds of fresh-water fish native to these parts are here in abundance. The quail shooting is unsurpassed. Guide — W. R. McGregor, $1 a day. Horses, teams and guides are usually furnished by livery stables, $3 a day. Board, $1 to $2 a day. At Hampton Springs — With this as the central point, he can get whatever kind of game he wants. Below Hampton Springs, Fenholloway River affords fine fishing, bass, perch, and bream being plentiful. Quail, turkeys, and squirrels abound in the hammocks (heavily wooded tracts) and deer are also plentiful. Frank King and George Lee, of Perry, Fla., are competent guides, whose services can be had for $2 per day. Cook’s Hammock, through which the Steenhatchie River runs, and the ad- jacent territory, abound in game; quail in the open woods, turkey, deer, bear, panther, and wolves in the hammocks and swamps. Along the coast ducks and geese are plentiful. Rookeries of sea and plume birds are found which are of interest to ornithologists. At McClenny, twenty-seven miles from Jacksonville— Fine fishing. Quail, doves, and squirrels plentiful. Guides can be had at reasonable rates. Board, $2 a day. At Madison, one hundred and ten miles from Jacksonville — Good fishing and splendid hunting. Quail, turkeys, ducks, deer, and bear plentiful. Guides will be furnished by D. H. Mays & Co. and Thomas McLeary, from 50 cents to $1.50 per day. Teams and dogs can be hired cheaply. Board, $1.50 to $3 a day. At Monticello, one hundred and forty miles from Jacksonville — Fine quail, dove, duck, and snipe shooting. Guides can be had at all times at reasonable rates. Board, $2 a day; $12.50 a week. At Ward City, sixty miles from Jacksonville — Fishing and hunting fine. Quail very abundant, squirrels plentiful. Fine hunting country. Guides, $1 a day. Neither horses nor dogs for hire. Board, $2 a day. At Chaires, twelve miles from Tallahassee — Fishing fine when river is at right stage. Fine quail, turkey, and squirrel shooting. Deer also plentiful. Guides — No trouble to secure guides. Board very reasonable. At Gainesville, seventy miles from Jacksonville — Fishing and hunting good. Quail and ducks the principal game. No regular guides, but good livery service at $2.50 and $3.50 for team. Board, $7 to $10 a week. At Tallahassee, one hundred and sixty-five miles from Jacksonville — Trout, bream, mackerel, bass, bluefish, etc. Deer, turkeys, ducks, snipe, woodcock, quail, and doves all abundant. Guides furnished by livery stables at $3 to $4 a day with team. Horses, $1.50 a day; dogs, $1. Board, $2.50 and $3 a day at hotels; $7 to $12 a week in boarding-houses. At St. Marks, twenty miles from Tal- lahassee, on the Gulf — Splendid sea fishing, as well as fresh water. Fine duck and goose shooting as well as quail. Guides — Ernest Oliver and Carey Turner, $1.50 a day. Board, $1 to $2 a day. At Fernandina, thirty-four miles northeast of Jacksonville, on the coast. Excellent sea and fresh-water fishing. Quail, ducks, and some deer. Guide — Crockel Holzendorf, $1.50 a day. Teams at reasonable prices. Board, $1 a day and up. At Yulee, twenty-four miles north of Jacksonville. Fine fresh and salt-water fishing. Quail, turkeys, deer, and squirrels. Guides — John White, J. J. Edmondson. Horses, $2 a day. Deerhounds can be rented. Board, $1 a day. At Waldo, on main line, fifty-six miles south of Jackson- ville. Good fishing and excellent quail shooting. Board, $2 a day ; $6 to $10 a week. At Ocala, in the heart of the best hunting section in the State — Quail, duck, turkeys, deer, etc., can be found in abundance. Guides — Henry Livingston, Ocala ; W. H. Hopkins, Orange Lake, $1 to $1.50 a day. Can furnish team at $2.50 to $4 a day. Board, $1 to $3.50 per day. At Wildwood, one hundred and twenty-eight miles south of Jacksonville. Trout, speckled perch, bream, etc., abundant. Quail, turkeys, and deer abundant in the neighborhood. Guides — L. W. Cook, Jeff Walker, 75 cents a day; $3 a week. Board, $1 to $2 a day. At Leesburg, eleven miles from Wildwood- Splendid bass fishing, quail and duck shooting. Guide — G. E. Winter. Horses and dogs can be hired. Board, $1 to $2.50 a day. At Tavares, twenty-two miles from Wildwood. Fine fishing and shooting — Quail, ducks, squirrels, deer, and bear. Guides can be had at $1.50 per day. Horses, $1 a day. Board, $1 and $2 a day. At Oviedo— Splendid fishing; perch, bream, trout. Quail, turkeys, and deer abundant. Board, $1 a day. At Mohawk, short distance from Tavares — One of the best points in Florida, where, at the Jolly Palms Hotel, there is a sportsman’s resort with everything necessary to make an expedition enjoyable. Fine fishing in lakes and streams, and all kinds of large and small game close at hand. Lake Weir, a fine fishing point, is three miles distant. At Lacoochee, fifty miles north of Tampa. Fine fishing, trout, pickerel, etc. Quail, turkeys, and deer abundant. No professional guides. Horses and dogs can be hired. Board, $1 a day. At Abbott, thirty-eight miles north of Tampa — Trout, bream, perch, etc. Quail, turkeys, and deer in abundance. Quail more plentiful than ever before. Guides — J. A. Turner and John Smith. Board, $4 to $6 per week. At Braidentown, on the Manatee River, about sixty miles below Tampa — Fishing fine in the river and bays along the coast. Bird shooting fine, also good duck and snipe shooting. The fishing in Sarasota Bay, a few miles below here, is the finest on the Florida coast. This is the home of the tarpon, which is caught here in greater numbers than anywhere else. There is a good hotel at Sarasota, and boats may be hired. For further information address : W. E. Conklyn, General Eastern Passenger Agent, Seaboard Air Line Rail- way, 1183 Broadway, New York. 22 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 3, 1905. 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UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY LOWELL. MASS. A 6e>nrit> r • 1 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Street, New York. Agencies, j 114.116 Market Sireet, San Francisco. WESTERN TRAP* Yorkville, 111., Dec. 28. — A somewhat impromptu live-bird tournament was arranged and carried to a fairly successful ending to-day as a holiday event by the Yorkville, 111., shooters. It is quite the fashion for the country towns throughout the State of Illinois to hold a small shoot at some time during the winter months, with live birds as targets. No large shoot is. con- templated; for instance, the shoot to-day was conducted without even a programme, the shoots being arranged on the ground to suit the majority present. One thing that may be depended on in these country towns is the quality of birds. They are corn fed, freshly caught, and when they are released, they go a bit. If you have any doubt about it, look the accompanying scores over, and note that the high man missed 11 out of 85, while on the whole, there were more lost than killed. The wind was behind the birds, and was fairly strong, l.he ground was covered with snow, and the flight was almost , in- variably straight tailers or drifting quartering as they sprang into the wind. There were several “scalpers” on the outside, and they had ample opportunity to waste numerous shells, many of which were black powder. The old club built here a neat club house, in which was placed a good stove. Besides this, a canvas shelter was spread to the west of the house, which protected the shooter while at the score. A word as to the traps in use: They are home-made, and good ones at that. They may be described as a box without a hd, the top of which is hinged to a board. When the trap is pulled it drops into a hole dug in the ground. With a piece of cloth at- tached to the trap to flop when the trap turns over, the bird will fly instantly, and most of them will be outgoers.. Furthermore, the best part of these traps is the open top and sides, which are made of wire, with about one inch square mesh, the back only being made of heavy iron, through which shot will not penetrate. Traps similar to these are used in Indiana, and they _ are next best traps to a King that can be used. The fact that any one who works about a tin shop, hardware store or a black- smith shop can make them. As to the . scores. Counting 35 birds m the four events, Viet- meyer was high man, and Mr. Tweeth was second. He shot at 10 extra and dropped 3. Mr. Keck, the one-armed man shot in most of the events and was high man in one. He is handicapped when the birds are fast outgoers. This shoot was held on the day following the big storm, which swept the whole country, from the Rocky Mountains to the At- lantic At 6 o’clock yesterday, the wind was blowing 70 miles per hour with snow falling fast and furious. When the morning sun arose it began to raise the thermometer from near zero, where it had dropped, over 40 degrees, during the previous eighteen hours. This will account for the small attendance. The scores: Event 1, 5 birds, $2 entrance: Vietmever .....22*11—4 Keck .... TweSh 10212-4 Brown .. Brvdon ' ..00100-1 Updike .. J Knight 01210-3 Neussis . Event 2, 10 live birds, $3 entrance: Vietmever. 10**120212—6 Keck ... Krawyy *100**0100—2 Knight. , Tweeth'" 1000*12112-6 Updike ., BrydSn 1011011110-7 Event 3, 10 live birds. $2 entrance: Vietmever ......... .1220121002—' 7 Keck ... TweSh 1000100110-4 B Neusis Stamm " 0110001010—4 Knight . Neussis " 0000100100-2 Event 4, 10 live birds, $2 entrance: Reddock 1000101101—5 Knight .. Vietmever 0100120121-6 Bliss ..... Tweeth 1220010121-7 Stamm ... Brydon V.' ..1000112011—6 Keck .... Event 5, 5 live birds, $1.50 entrance: Reddock .....10110-3 Stamm Tweeth DO’I — 4 BllSS Brydon T. *. 01100—2 Peterson Event 6, 5 live birds, $1 50 entrance: Tweeth 11010 — 3 Brvdon Knight .11101—4 Reddock , 10011—3 00100—1 .00000—0 .00010—1 , .1011011110—7 .2211002201—7 010*220100— 4 .1200010011—5 IOuOIOOOH — 4 .0101100011—5 .1111*01100—6 ,0011100100—4 .01100*1100-4 •0010H0101 — 5 11100—3 ,10010—2 .10000—1 01000—1 .11000—2 City Park Annual Turkey Shoot* New Orleans, Dec. 28. — It was a merry party that assembled at the traps of the City Park Gun Club for their annual turkey shoot. Some very good scores were made, and all were interesting from start to finish. How the shooters of the Northern States must envy those of New Orleans, when the sun is far to the south and the winter season is at hand. The shooters were divided into classes, the same as in their regular medal shoots. In Class A it was Bob Saucier and P. S. Benedict, who tied on the good score of 24 out of 25. Then came the shoot-off, which was won by Saucier, and he “toted” off the biggest gobbler. Then the Class B men furnished some very good sport, as there was also a shoot-off necessary to a decision. Charles McEnary and John P. Henry, by a score of 23, furnished the contest. It was the first-named who selected the next fowl from the coop. Once more there were rivals in the Class C, as the two duck hunters, John Nolan and Stans Plassas, were up for the final, which was won by Nolan with a majority of two to the good. There were many interested spectators, and as the weather was fine, all present enjoyed the sport. Two of the best shots have arranged for a 25-bat match, which will be shot during the carnival, and added to this, the club ex- pects to hold a tournament during the carnival that will be of sufficient importance to draw the shooters from the North and the East. The cheap rates to the city, and the number of good shots who migrate at that time of the year will assist to make it a success. , ■ *. At Somonauk. Somonauk, 111., Dec. 30.— Yesterday was the day chosen by the sport-loving “boys” of this town to asking their friends to help fhem enjoy the holidays by spending an hour at the traps. The management provided a tent with a stove in it, and though the air was chilly and the ground covered with snow, all went well save the quality of the birds, and, sorry to state, they were below par. They had been cooped too long, and the traps used were not properly set up, with the result that there was nothing to cause the birds to take wing when the trap was opened. The above was not true of the last coop, that was trapped, as they were fast enough to scare some of the shooters, who had ' gone straight before, into missing, and thereby dropping out of first money. The following list will show the shooters present: M. W. Stark, John Clark and J. Bosmann, Hinkley, 111.; F. J. Clapsaddle, Leland; C. G. Johnson, E. C. Hennis, Harry Olson, O. Yer- milye and C. C. Jones, Sandwich, 111. The Somonauk delegation were YVm. Wright, F. Danewitz, Bert Gage, Bill Danewitz, J. Schrader and Ed. Danewitz; also Henry \ ah Buskirk, of Sand- wich, and the U. M. C. Tramp who was renewing acquaintances among all the shooters. Event 1, 10 live birds. $4 entrance: Hennis 0120111201—7 Clark 1221201122—9 \ ermilye .....1221210102—8 Stark .............. .1221011201— 8 Johnson 1221212200 — 8 Bosman ........... ..1012012101 — 7 Clapsaddle 1112011001 — 7 A number of races for birds only was the order of a portion of the day. Pat Danewitz killed 7 out of 10; B. Gage, 7 out of 14; Bill Danewitz 0 out of 2; Ed. Danewitz 2 out of 5; J. Schrader 5 out of 13; J. Clark 4 out of 5; H. H. Stark 4 out of 6; Bosman 1 out of 5; Henry Van Buskirk, of Sandwich, got 23 out of 26, getting the last 14 straight. In Other Places. The Jaysville Gun Club, of Jaysville, O., held an interesting shoot last Tuesday, at which several prizes were awarded. The Carleton Gun Club, of Detroit, Mich., held its fifth annual tournament at targets and live birds on Monday last, which was getting into line for the new year in proper form. As an at- traction, there was $80 in cash added to the prizes. It was a pleasant gathering that assembled at the North End Gun Club grounds at the lighthouse at Port Huron, Mich., on Monday last. The holiday shoot of the Lincoln, Neb., Gun Club was held Monday afternoon. Besides a cup for the handicap prize, the feature of the meeting was the match between C. E. Williams and R. J. Hindermarsh, with .22cal. rifles at 50 bluerocks, for the modest sum of $25 a side. Mr. Williams proved the winner. The Alton, 111., Gun Club is an old and well established one, yet little was heard from it during the past year. It is gratify- ing to its friends to learn that a shoot was held on the first day of the new year. Here’s hoping that it is a sign that there will be shooting weekly during the whole of the present year. At Salem, S. D., on Friday evening of this week, the Gun Club held a meeting at which important business was to be brought before the members. This shows that the Dakota winters do not chill the ardor of the men who love to meet at the traps in the “good old summer time.” There was a two-day shoot at the Lockhart, Tex., Gun Club grounds on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Besides the regular events, the added attraction of a few fine turkeys pleased the contestants. Monday there was held a noted banquet at Olathe, Kans. It was the eightn annual of the gun club, and so much interest was manifested that the Governor-elect, and the Hon. David Over- meyer were invited as toastmasters. Long live the Olathe Gun Club, and why not? The Mayor of the town has for several years been the head of this progressive club. On Thursday of this week the shooters of EKvood,' Muncie, Yorktown, Anderson, Indianapolis and other towns in the cen- tra] part of Indiana met at Chamness, near Elmwood, and there shot for something that was worth while, viz., six fat hogs. The Milroy, Ind„ Gun Club gave an all-day shoot on last Fri- day. There was plenty of shellsonthegrounds.andevery ETAONN day. There were plenty of shells on the grounds, and everybody was invited. The Highland Gun Club, of Elkhart, Ind., held their holiday shoot on Monday. Verily the Indiana towns are falling into line for the new year. The New Year’s shoot held by the Cleveland, O., Gun Club was an affair worthy of imitation. For instance, there were ten events of 10 targets each, with 70 cents as entrance fee. One- half cent was deducted for high average prizes. The division of pulses was that of the Jack Rabbit system. 1 hat is, 5 cents were paid to the shooters for each target broken, and the surplus was divided into four equal purses for class shooting. Al the close of the programme there was opportunity for any who desired to arrange a sweepstake, with entrance to suit the crowd. The North Side Gun Club, of Kaukana, \Yis., held a shoot l&st Sunday which was intended as a farewell for their vice-president, A. G. Koch, who will hereafter reside in the county seat town, as he will take up his duties as sheriff. You will hear from the Nicholas Park Gun Club during 1905. For a sample of their enthusiasm when they met on the first day of the year the supply of shells was exhausted, and as the stores were all closed, the boys reluctantly packed their guns and went home. And this is the way they do things in the shooting town of Jacksonville, 111., many years ago made famous by the tall shooter, James Stice. At a meeting held .n Nashville, Tenn., the following officers for the Big Lake Shooting Club were selected for 1905: J. H. Acklen, President; Walter O. Palmer, Vice-President; Charles. H. Brandon, Treasurer; Charles N. Gilbert, Secretary; J. W. Manier, E. S. Sutton, J. Painter, Jr., members of the Executive Commit- tee. All of Nashville. The Dallas, Tex., Gun Club held their shoot on Saturday. After the 10-target events were shot off the remainder of the day was de- voted to that of live birds, which all enjoyed. The principal feature of the shoot held by the Licking Gun Club, of Columbus, was the shoot between Dell Gross and members of the home club. After a busy season at the traps, the club at Bloomington, II!., cannot get up enough enthusiasm to hold a shoot on New Year’s Day. The announcement has been made that there will be no more shooting cn their grounds until the father of our country has his birthday. The Geneva, 111., Gun Club will get in line for the spring cam- paign on the bluerocks, for the . holiday shoot gives that promise. The very first two days of the year were spent at the traps by the ever faithful Elgin, 111., Gun Club. An election of officers was also held. The Normandy, 111., Gun Club is doing its part to keep up the reputation of Tom. Marshall’s State, as that of a shooting center, as the holiday shoot was not neglected. Davenport, la., has long had a reputation as a shooting town, and at the present time there are several shotgun and rifle clubs in full blast, one of the newest being the Amateur, which held its election of officers last week. Those chosen for the responsible positions for the year 1905 are M. Twefeld, President; Joe Ernest Vice-President; Hugo Martens, Secretary; Charles Maloska,’ Ground-Keeper. Mr. Hendrickson, the mainstay of the Batavia, 111., Gun Club, writes that on Feb. 23 there will be a tournament held on their grounds. This club has grounds that can he reached by trolley- cars from Chicago, Joliet, Elgin, Aurora and other towns, where good clubs are situated. A number of the Ohio boys, principally from Hamilton, met last Thursday at Lima, and there was much fun, as the prizes were turkeys. Another new gun club has been heard from. It halls from Galesville, 111. At the last shoot clay targets were used, and some large beef quarters were a part of the prizes. It does not get too stormy and cold to stop the shooters of Nebraska from having their sport during the holidays, thus the North Bend boys held an all-day shoot, the events being sweep- stakes on the Sergeant plan of shooting bluerocks. The blue ribbon winners of the Cleveland Gun Club were F. G. Ioyn, J, P. McMeans, and VV. C. Talmadge, with McMeans lead- ing over all. There will be something doing ere long in the trapshooting line, as the Akron, C).. Gun Club has challenged the Cleveland Club to a contest. This to be for the championship of the State, or at least the northern part pi same. It is reported that of late the Akron club has added a number of new members, all “tall sycamore” shooters, . 24 FOREST AND STREAM. 0a* 7, 190s. The Linwood, Minn., Gun Club held its annual banquet last Saturday evening at the Commercial Club, with the following present: W. B. McLean, President; J. C. Joslyn, Vice-President; Alvin H. Poehler, Secretary; Fred G. Lawrence, E. L. Olds, Chas. Anderson, D. A. Scrimbeor, F. A. Richter, S. M. Grover, Frank L. Kaner, H. B. Lake and Jacob Kuntz were guests. The biggest turkey shoot so far reported for the season was that of the Olathe, Kans., Gun Club. It is announced that there were fifty-four fowls carried away by the successful ones. Frank Hodges, the affable Mayor, carried off the biggest gobbler with a score of 13 out of 15 targets. Doctors are happy when they are stirring up something, and now comes the news that Dr. White, of the eastern part of the State, has been of late canvasing the town of Arkansas City, Kans., with the object of reorganizing the gun club. There are many good shots in this town, and we wish the Doctor success. The Whiting, Ind., Rod and Gun Club sent out the following invitation last week: “We extend to you a cordial invitation to attend a live-bird and target shoot at the grounds of the club at North Hammond, near the Wolf Lake Club house, on Jan. 2. As Chicago shooters are glad of the opportunity to test their skill on live birds, we will be enabled next week to inform our read- ers as to the outcome. The very changeable weather in the North, and especially in the Northwest, has had the effect to dampen the ardor of many of the trapshooters who had planned to take in some of the shoots scheduled, as with the thermometer registering a change of 40 degrees in the space of seven hours, a seat beside a warm fire was preferable to that of withstanding the hardships of the midwinter weather. There are two clubs in the city of Chicago that shoot at least once a week during the entire year; they are the Grand Crescent and the Watson Park. Cincinnati Gun Club. Several of the members were unable to be present on Dec. 24 and shot their scores in the 100-target race on the 25th instead. The weather was not pleasant, being cloudy, with rain in the afternoon. On the same day a couple of 25-target events were shot, Sunderbruch and Williams tying for high gun on 44 each The scores follow, 100-target race: Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 Willie 15 14 16 15 14—74 A Sunderbruch.14 14 18 16 16 — 78 Bullerdick ... 15 15 13 17 19—79 Practice events: Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 Dreihs 16 17 18 16 19—86 Gambell 17 17 20 16 16-86 Targets: 25 25 Bullerdick 22 21 — 43 Gambell 21 21 — 42 Targets: 25 25 Sunderbruch 23 21 — 44 Williams 21 23 — 44 Dreihs 21 22 — 43 Saturday, Dec. 31, was such a pretty day that a large number of members and their friends assembled at the grounds and some fine sport was enjoyed. The sky was perfectly clear, the tem- perature springlike, and an almost entire absence of wind, made the conditions ideal. In the cash prize shoot eighteen men took part, Trimble, Barker and 'Elliott tying for high gun on 45 each. Penn was second with 44. Bullerdick and Don Minto third with 41. The former was high among those who were competing for the prizes. Twenty-four men took part in the practice .events, and the trap boys were kept busy until dark. Hightower did some good work in these events, breaking 115 out of 130 shot at. Lutie Gambell showed that he can handle a gun by breaking 13 out of 15, beating Barker by 4 targets. Mr. Gambell is expected home from his Southern hunting trip by the 4th or 5th, and will be met at the station by a delegation of friends, to whom he has promised ducks. Every one was pleased to learn of the im- provement in Ackley’s condition, since last Saturday. He is now able to walk around his room a little, and all are hoping to wel- come him at the club before very long. It was reported that Jay Bee was also much improved in health, which piece of good news was welcomed by his many friends. A shoot without his presence, either at the firing line or in the club house, seems lacking in something. The genial Col. Bob West has returned home, once more in good health, and was welcomed at the grounds by his host of friends. He did a little shooting, and kept the boys good-natured with his yarns. The representatives of the Peters Cartridge Co. will take possession of the club house and grounds on Friday, Jan. 6, to the number of fifty or sixty, and it is a cinch there’ll be something doing from early morning until too dark to see a target. The expert rifle shots will be there, and they can be depended upon to do some interesting stunts. John Penn, the first secretary of the club, was present, as he never fails to be when he gets within reaching distance of the grounds. Only two more contests in the cash prize series, and then for the new prize series, which promises to increase the in- terest of the members. Cash prize shoot, 50 targets: ►Trimble 14 13 18 — 45 ’Barker, 16 14 13 18-45 •‘Elliott, 16 12 16 18-45 ►Penn, 16 14 14 16 — 44 Bullerdick, 17 9 13 19 41 "Don Minto, 16 12 11 18—41 •Hightower, 16 11 10 19-40 Falk 17 11 14 13 — 38 Hesser, 16 U 10 17-38 *Seymour, 16 9 13 16 — 38 Peters, 19 13 9 14 — 36 Black, 19 8 13 15 — 36 Herman, 18 12 9 15 — 36 Roll, 20 ............. 111013-34 Medico, 19 8 10 15 — 33 Harig, 19 10 8 14 — 32 Williams, 19 9 9 13—31 I) P Holding, 16.. 7 6 10 — 23 *Did not compete. Practice events: Hightower shot at 130, broke 115; Elliott 50, 41; Seymour 130, 105; Thomas 15, 9; Penn 25, 20; Barker 130, 108; Trimble 70, 61; Black 30, 22; Harig 70, 54; Williams 80, 62; No. 61, 30, 19; Falk 15, 10; Bullerdick 65, 41; Peters 130, 102; Falk 16, 12; Medico 40, 25; Hesser 90, 68; Roll 80, 56; Herman 25, 17; French 100, 60; Sundy 25, 14; Barker, Jr., 16, 9; Gambell, Jr., 16, 13; Roanoke 35, 17. Dalton (CL) Gun Club. The Dalton Gun Club held their Christmas shoot on the after- noon of Monday, Dec. 26, and the affair was most successful. The shooting began at 1 o’clock, and was kept up without a stop until darkness called a halt. The programme was carried out as planned, over 2,500 targets being trapped. Thirty-three shooters took part in one or more of the seven events, and the sport was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. The afternoon was dark and foggy, rain falling most of the time, and the conditions are responsible for the low scores made. There were six events at 15 and one at 10 targets, a total of 100 targets. H. Santmeyer and E. F. Scott tied for high gun on 77. In the shoot-off at 15 targets Scott won with a score of 12 to 11. The scores follow: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. E F Scott ... 100 77 O Wertz ...... 30 17 O Santmyer . 100 72 H Wertz ...... 40 IS H Santmyer .. 100 77 M-erttes 25 12 Freet 100 67 Douglass 30 11 F Gibson ......100 52 Clyde Camp . . 15 10 De Arment ... ......100 49 B Gibson ...... 15 8 Beitman 85 48 T Gibson 15 8 C C Zupp 85 45 Ray Camp . . . . 30 10 Walters 85 43 Harker ...... 15 7 Karama 100 35 Hunsicker 30 6 Dauchy .55 25 Heibner ...... 15 5 H Graber 40 25 Flinn ...... 15 5 Llewellyn .... 70 24 Kurzen ...... 10 4 J D Zupp 100 22 Locke 15 3 Aker 40 22 Kreiger 30 2 Cole ...... 70 21 Amstutz 15 0 J Graber 30 19 Phellis Trophy. On Wednesday, Dec. 28, the Dayton, O., Gun Club was forced to give up the Phellis trophy, emblematic of the six-man team championship of the State, which it has held so long, and so suc- cessfully defended many times against some of the best shots in the State. The cup now occupies the place of honor in the house of the Licking Gun Club, of Newark. The Licking Gun Club defeated the Daytons by 30 targets, while the Cincinnati team, which usually finishes on top or close to the leader, finished to-day a long way in the rear. The Mechanicsburg team, which had challenged the Daytons, did not put in an appearance, but will challenge the Licking, and then the Dayton Club will go for the winner, and proposes to bring the cup back, and nail it down for keeps. Mr. C. W. Phellis, the donor of the cup, was the honored guest of the Day- ton Gun Club, and participated in some of the sport. The day was bitterly cold. The wind blew a gale, and numerous snow squalls made it almost impossible to see the targets at times, and made the shooting extremely difficult; in fact, the partici- pants in the shoot showed great nerve in attempting to shoot under the weather conditions, which made it a hardship instead of a pleasure. Lou Fisher, of the Licking Gun Club, was high man in the match, and his work was certainly wonderful, a straight score of 50. John Taylor, of the same club, was second with 48, a good score under good conditions, and extra good on such a day. C. Watkins, of Dayton, was third with 47; also a remarkably good showing. W. Harig was high man for the Cincinnati team with 42. It is only right to say that no member of the team shot in his usual form. Before the match was started, two practice events at 15 and 25 targets, and two sweeps at 15 targets each were shot, the latter being Nos. 3 and 4 in table below. The scores: Events : Targets : 1 15 2 25 22 3 15 13 4 15 13 Shot at. 55 Broke. 48 22 14 12 55 48 22 13 11 55 46 20 13 13 55 46 21 13 12 55 46 21 11 12 55 44 12 13 13 55 38 18 6 12 55 36 13 11 12 55 36 12 14 30 26 is 10 9 55 34 10 14 30 24 11 11 30 22 3 12 . . . . 40 20 16 . , 25 16 Watkins ■ io .. is 15 15 13 10 10 15 10 9 15 9 9 15 9 9 , . 15 9 15 7 *In second event Raymond shot at 15 and Burrell at 16. In the first sweep Rike won first money, $6; Heikes, Taylor, Fisher Orr, Craig and Burrell divided second, $3.60, and Trimble took third money, $2.40. In the second sweep Trimble and Hulshizer divided first, $6.80; Fisher, Taylor, Burrell and Watkins second, $4.08; Raymond, Schwind, Rike, Orr and Oswald third, $2.72. Phellis trophy match, six-man teams, 50 targets per man. Licking Gun Club. Targets : 20 15 15 Lou Fisher ......... 20 15 15—60 J Taylor ............ 19 15 14— 48 F Hulshizer ....... 19 14 13 — 46 S C Burrell. ....... 15 14 11-40 Jesse Orr .......... 17 13 13-43 R Goodrich ......... 15 10 11-36 Dayton Gun Club. Targets: 20 15 15 C Watkins 19 13 15—47 Ed Rike ............ 17 15 11—43 Z Craig 15 13 12 — 40 R Heikes .......... 15 12 12— 39 C W Raymond..... 13 11 11—35 M Schwind 12 9 8—29 10S 81 77 263 Cincinnati Gun Club. W Harig ........... 16 14 12— 42 J E Maynard. R Trimble .......... 16 13 12-40 C Peters .... E Barker ........... 16 9 10—34 L Coleman 13 11 8 — 32 91 73 69 233 12 10 9-31 7 9 11—27 78 66 62 206 Springfield Shooting Club. Springfield, Mass. — It takes more than cold winter weather to keep the members of the Springfield Shooting Club home on holidays, so, quite a bunch turned out on Dec. 26, it being the annual turkey shoot of the club. The day was not very pleasant for shooting, and no large scores were made. Shooters were present from Brookfield, Mass. ; Somersville, Conn. ; Thompsonville, Conn. ; Holyoke, Mass., and the local club. The two principal events of the day were the two for which the club put up three turkeys. Two in one event at $1 entrance, and one in another, at 75 cents entrance; distance handicap. In the first event McMullen, of Somersville, Conn., and Chees- man, of Springfield, Mass., were the winners. McMullen’s score was 22 out of 25; Cheesman’s score was 21 out of 25. In the next event the scores ran more evenly, resulting in three ties on 19, between Arnold, of Somersville, Conn.; Henry, of Thompsonville, Conn., and Chapin, of Brookfield, Mass. In the shoot-off Arnold won out. At noon a hot lunch was served, which put every one in the best of spirits. Scores in turkey events follow: Turkey event No. 1, 25 targets, distance handicap: McMullen (18) 22, Cheesman (17) 21, Arnold (17) 20, Chapin (18) 20, Snow (17) 18, Collins (16) 18, Finch (17) 18, Henry (16) 17, Kites (17) 17, Hawes (16) 16, Coats (18) 16, Nelson (17) 12. Turkey event No. 2, 25 targets, distance handicap: Henry (16) 19, Chapin (18) 19; Arnold (18) 19, Snow (17) 18, Finch (17) 18, Nelson (16) 18, McMullen (20) 18, Hawes (16) 17, Kites (16) 17, Cheesman (19) 17, Collins (17) 14, Coats (17) 7. Scores in regular events follow: Events : Targets : Arnold . . Cheesman Finch Coats Kites .... Henry . . . Snow McMullen Nelson .. Day Hawes Talmadge Chapin . . Collins .. Stevens . E Cady . . 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MY TRAP SCORES A pocket trap score book, containing 50 pages of score sheets and the Interstate Association Rules for target and live bird shooting, and for shooting under the Sergeant System. The cover bears the title My Trap Scores,” and the pages, in number and form, are arranged to make a complete record of the shooter’s doings at the traps. The pages are ruled to make a record of the place, date, weather condi- tions, number of traps, number of shooters, gun and load used, events, etc. The score sheets are ruled for 25 targets. Bound in leather. Price, 50 cents. "> \ FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York. fs-aas FOREST AND STREAM. Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition, etc. THE HUNTER. ONE-TRIGGER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Put on any L. C. SMITH GUN, New or Old. Send for Catalogue. HUNTER. ARMS CO., Fulton, N. Y. SMITH GUNS SHOOT WELL. Laws as now in force are given in the Game Laws in Brief. The compilation is complete. It covers the country. AH is given that one needs know of game seasons, modes of killing, number permitted, transportation, export out of State, non- resident and resident licenses. The laws are complex and many. The Brief states them clearly and concisely. There is a fund of good stories besides in the Wood- craft pages. Sold by all dealers or sent postpaid for 25 cents by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA ^Pictures trom FOREST# STREAM is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream . Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a verj comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. Wk © LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert, ------ Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag, - - - Carl Rungius 3. “Listen!” Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights, - - - Carl Rungius 5. “What’s That?” - - - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom T Calling the Buffalo— 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo— 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo— 3 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo — 4 Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 13. Pearl R. E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 17. The Redhead Duck, J. J. Audubon 18. The Canvasback Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 19. The Prairie Chicken, - - - J. J. Audubon 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - - J. J. Audubon 21. The American Plover, - J. J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 23. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge, ... Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey, ----- - E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - - W. P. Davison 28. Home of the Bass, - - - W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, ... W. P. Davison 30. A Country Road, - - - W. P. Davison 31. When Food Grows Scarce, - W. P. Davison 32. In the Fence Corner, - - W. P, Davison The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16 x n x/i inches. Price, postpaid $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. i xi Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition, etc. In the hands of both Experts and Amateurs LEFEVER ARMS CO. GUNS ARE WINNING SIGNAL VICTORIES at all the prominent tournaments. No Guns built will outshoot or outwear them. We will be pleased to mail our 1905 catalogue and to answer inquiries. Write us. 50c. buys the Ideal Brass Wire Cleaner. Guaranteed not to scratch the barrels. LEFEVER ARMS CO., Syracuse, N. Y. MODERN RIFLE SHOOTING FROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT, By W. Q. HUDSON, M. D., is a moAest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world’s best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls, Equip nents, Sights and Sighting, Aiming, Adjustments of Sights, Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Tar- gets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Appliances, etc. Thirty -five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York. for the Sportsman’s mall REST AND STREAM offers to sportsmen a number of beautiful pictures, suitable for framing and hanging on the wall of dining room or den. Of these, four appeal especially to the big-game hunter, and show four characteristic species of North American animals. They are artotype engrav- ings by Bierstadt from original paintings by the celebrated animal painter, Carl Rungius. Moose — Single figure. Plate 12 x 19 on plate paper 22 x 28. Elk — Several figures. Plate 12 x 19 on plate paper 22 x 28. Antelope — Several figures. Plate 9 x 14 on plate paper 19 x 21. Mule Deer — Two figures. Plate 12 x 19 on plate paper 22 x 28. Two other artotype engravings by Bierstadt, from original paintings by Edmund Osthaus have a vivid interest for the upland shooters. These are Close Quarters — Ripsey, the pointer, on point. Plate 12 x 19 on plate paper 22 x 28. Quail Shooting In Mississippi — Plate 12 x 19 on plate paper 22 x 28. The price of each of the above is $3.00, mailed safely in a pasteboard tube Two will be sent for $5.00. The duck shooter will be interested in a series of colored photographs which we now offer for the first time. These are The Goose Shooter — Two photographs showing the gunner In his blind surrounded by decoys. Canada Goose— Large figures of a goose standing on a bar. No Rubber Boots — The gunner wading out in shoal water to recover his birds. The Duck Hunters — The gunner in the bow of a gunning float being paddled by his companion up to ducks on the water. Each of these prints is 6 x 8 inches in size, mounted on a card 11 x 14 and all are beautifully and naturally colored by hand. Price $2.00 each. PICTURES FROH FOREST AND STREA/1. A volume of 32 full-page pictures of popular subjects, similar to those in Christmas, issue of Forest and Stream. Printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound. Price, $2.00, postpaid. The same series of 32 plates, suitable for fiaming. Price, $1.75, postpaid. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. FOREST AND STREAM Sill ■■PH nm -i n. ~ - — .. , ■ - - Bargains in High-Grade Guns. The following guns are in first-class second-hand condition; 1 W. W. Greener Ilammerless Automatic Ejector 12 x 28 x 6-10. Silver’s recoil pad. Regular Gun, Grade ’G.” M rouglu steel barrels, 12 x price, $355.00. Now... .....$250.00 nn6' rw? £Sht‘y USed- RegU'ar 1 W. W. Greener Hammerless Non-Ejecting Gun, , ...41.5.00 Grade “F special.” Sir Joseph Whitworth’s 1 W. V\ . Greener Ilammerless Automatic Ejector fluid steel barrels, 10 x 28 x 7-14. Silver’s pad. Gun, Grade “G.” \\ rought steel barrels, 12 x Straight stock. Regular price, $175.00. 28x 5-14. Silver’s recoil pad. Regular price, Now .$110.00 $_j6.l0. I rice now $175.00 1 Francotte Hammerless Non-Ejecting Gun. X,W. \V. Greener Ilammerless Automatic Ejector S emens-Martin steel barrels, 12 x 30, 7% lbs. Gun, Grade ”G2.” Wrought steel barrels. Regular price, $125.00. Now .....$85.00 Tive following guns are shop-worn only; 1 W . W. Greener Hammerless Gun; automatic 1 W. \V. Greener Hammerless gun, non-ejecting, ejecting, Grade “G2.” \\ rouglu steel barrels, Grade “F.” Siemens-Martm steel barrels, 12 x 28, K% lbs. Silver’s recoil pad. Regular 12 x 28 x 0-2. Silver’s pad. Regular price, price, $355.00. Now - $316.00 $140.00. Now $120.00 1 W._ W. Greener Hammerless Gun, automatic 1 \Y. & G. Scott & Sons Hammerless Non- ejecting, ".Monarch’' grade. Siemens-Martin Ejecting Gun, Grade “B.” Monte Carlo steel barrels, 12x30x7-4. Regular price, Damascus barrels, 12 x 30 x 6-14. Price, $128,00 $200.00. Now........ $1iiP.00 WE WILL TAKE OUR OLD GUN IN EXCHANGE. IVER JOHNSON SPORTING GOODS CO., 163-165 Washington Street, - » BOSTOV, MASS. "FRANCOTTE GUNS 99 “KNOCKABOUT GUN” Are the Leading Imported Shotguns on the American Market in Every Respect. Francotte Guns, - from $80.00 to $450.00 net Knockabout Guns, in one grade only, - - $60.00 net DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. SOLE U. S. AGENCY, VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 318 Brsadway, NEW YORK. Clean ^weep 2 ISTITE in the hands of simon pure amateurs ■W IIVS every State Event for the season in Indiana, ISTIT The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration, and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. 76 GHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK CITY. Sole Agents. A postal brings catalogue and “Shooting Facts. J. H. LAU &CO., Has Scott pat. compensating lump, and cost $300.00. Barrels full London proof. 30 x 10 x 8% $75.00 1 L. C. Smith Hammerless 8-bore. Made for long-range goose shooting. Damascus barrels. Full pistol grip, heavy breech, and almost as good as new. 32 x 8 x 1314 .....$65.00 No. 13649. 1 ditto 27 x 16 x 6, 14 x 2%. •• .$200.00 No. 13650. 1 Anson & Deeley ejector hammer- less, double triggers, steel barrels, half pistol grip, 30 x 12 x 2%, 14% x 2%. $165.00 No. 13651. 1 ditto, straight grip, 28 x 12 x 6%, BAR?* INS IN HIGH-GRADE GUNS! TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR OTHER SIZES, 1 fine Scott Premier Quality Hammer Gun, built 1 Special W. W. Greener Hammer Gun, straight to order. Damascus barrels, Vz P.g-, in leather grip, wrought steel barrels, 30 x 12 x 8%. Latest case; 34 x 8 x 13V2. A superb gun. Cost cross-bolt. In new condition. This is an excep- $315.00 >n gold. .$175.00 tionally nice gun. Built for trap, and cost $125.00 1 fine Emvard Lang, (89 Wjgmore St., London) only short time since. .$75.00 Hammer Gun, full p.g., Whitworth steel barrels, 1 ditto Greener Hammer Gun, pistol grip, lam- ortgtnally cost $250.00, and in fine -condition; 30 x inated steel barrels, 30 x 12 x 8. Good second- 12, XJ 10’|i ’• Complete in leather trunk case, $85.00 hand condition .................. ......$45.00 t fine Scott Hammer Gun,_ Damascus barrels, 1 W. & C. Scott & Son Premier Quality Ham- tull p.g., 26 x ^0 x 5 %. In fine condition; good mer Gun, finest Damascus barrels, pistol grip, as new... $45.00 superbly engraved, in nice refinished condition. 1 J. P. Clabrough & Bros., (London) fine Under-lever, Sngle-barrel Hammer Gun, lam- inated steel, % p.g., 41 x 4 x 18. Built to order for stand shooting. Almost new condition. $100.00 1 Parke; D. H. grade Hammerless, fitted with automatic ejector, Damascus barrels, pistol gr p. Good second-hand, 30 x 12 x 710-16 ....$65.00 Also the following Hammerless Guns, consigned to us for sale by the noted old London makers, JOSEPH LANG & SON, 102 New Bond St., London: No. 13647. Special box locks, single triggers, ejector, hammerless, special steel barrels,' straight stock, 28 x 12 x 6 Yz, 14% x 2% $250.00 No. 13648. 1 ditto single trigger, ejector, ham- merless, special steel barrels, half pistol grip, 28 x 12 x 610-16, 14% x 2% .....$200.00 14 x 2%... .7. $165.00 The above Lang guns offer a rare opportunity to get a genuine London gun at a reasonable price. The make has always' stood very high among the English sportsmen, and was for over forty years located in Cockspur St., London, The' lot comprises both single and double-trigger guns. Also all other makes, Hammer and Hammerless guns (regular new stock) and all articles per- taining to them. Send six cents in stamps for large illustrated catalogue. WM. READ & SONS, Established 1826. 107 Washington St , Boston, Mass. THE GREENER GUN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE the highest possible award, at the St* Louis Exposition. The Greener gun has received 33 other International awards at former Expositions. The Greener gun has won the Grand American Handicap in America, and has three times won the Grand Prix at Monte Carlo. These things prove beyond a doubt that Greener guns are good guns. We have a large stock and can fill orders promptly. Henry C. Squires & Son No. 20 Cortlandt Street, New York ARE THE SOLE AMERICAN AGENTS CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. %j § § el cl c THE DUPONT COMPANY extends heartiest good wishes to its friends for a most joyful HOLIDAY SEASON 0? SAUER GUNS. It was unfortunate that we were not able to deliver all the SAUEK guns last year to those sportsmen who ordered them* We wish to thank them for their orders and patience in waiting. In JQ05, we shall carry a generous stock, and hope to deliver guns of all weights and sizes. PROMPTLY, NO BETTER GUNS IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY, BOOKLET ON APPLICATION SCH0VERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - NEW YORK. A RECORD YEAR. The Grand American Handicap, The Consolation Handicap, The General Total Average at the G. A* H., The Grand Canadian Handicap, The Sunny South Handicap at Targets, The Sunny South Handicap at Birds, The American Amateur Championship at Birds, The 5-Man Squad World's Record, R. D. Guptill W. H. Heer J. L. D. Morrison Messrs. Meyhew and Hartley W. H. Heer T. E. Hubby D. T. Bradley The U. M. C. Southern Squad These important events were won with U. M. C. Shot Shells. The year 1904 has also proved the success of the New U. M. C. .33 primer and the New U. M. C. Short Range Shot Shells. UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. For all game laws see “ Game Laws in Brief.** sold by all dealers VOL. LXIV.-No. 2. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1905. Copyright 1905, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. ) Great Britain, $5.50. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. THE LION'S SHARE Winchester factory loaded shotgun shells carried off the lion’s share of honors during the year 1904. The trap shooting review for the year shows that 17 out of the 29 leading shots of the country used Winchester shells. These 17 include Messrs. Gilbert and Crosby, who are tied for first pro- fessional average; John W. Garrett, who won first amateur average; C. B. Wiggins and C. M. Powers, who tied for second amateur average; and 9 of the first 13 leaders. At the St. Louis Exposition, Winchester factory loaded shells were awarded the only Grand Prize, These big honors are big enough even for a great concern like the WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. f-h n FOREST AND 'STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc* Nearly 1600 in use. WORKS : RED BANK, N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address 699 Cortlandt. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. ^ Naval Architects and Brokers* kers* * KMlI ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binnby. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker UMon Building, Kilby Street, BOSTON, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. B. B. CROWNINSH1ELD. J. E. FELLOWS R. C. SIMPSON. NAVAL ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS, YACHT and SHIP BROKERS. 42 Broadway, New York. 131 State St., Boston. Telephones. Cable addresses, “Pirate." BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. The Ball-bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the row- boat what the ball-bearingr did for the bicycle. Every ounce of energy utilized. No clanking or squeak- ing; in fact, absolutely noiseless and frictionless. The ideal oar- lock for hunting and fishing. Furnished for either tight or loose oars. If your dealer does not handle, write for descriptive cir- cular and prices. T. H. Garrett, Jr.. Auburn, N.Y. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CO. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. Our Specialty Knock Down Crafts of any des- scription, K D.Row Boats, Send » - Clinker Built, $1.00 per running foot net cash, or catalogue. 3517 South Second Street, ST* LOUIS, 210 - BUSS BROTHERS. 170 Commercial St., BOSTON, MASS. MARINE HARDWARE. Yacht and Launch Fitting* a Specialty. DON’T FAIL TO VISIT THE . 'NATIONAL Motor Boat and Sportsman’s Show Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 21st to MARCH 9th, 1905 ALERT. When writing say that you Hi gfl, la tha “lores! ani Stream,11 A Sportman’s Boat MULLINS “ Get There ” Price $20 Steel Duck -Crated on boat Salem J*, ft. long, 16-inch beam. 216 cars Endorsed by Thousands of Sports* men* Air Chamber each end. Always ready. No repairs. Send for handsome free book* W. H. MULLINS Depot Street. ... Salem, Okie M. H. CLARK, High Speed Work a Specialty. NAVAL ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. YACHT BROKER. 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. AUTO-BOATS — Fast eat in th© world — also Cruisers. Standard Boa.t Co., H. Newton Whittelsey, Naval Architect and General Manager, Long Island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12 V2 x 19 inches, on paper 22 x 28 inches. It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. ' FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING. A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. The author has taken two designs for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, and the other a cruising cutter of 22 ft. waterline. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted to American requirements. Full instructions, even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both these boats. The information is not confined to these yachts alone ; they are merely taken as examples ; but what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. . Part I. treats of the building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes into the matter of tools and then devotes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- tions are given for laying off, making the molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the difficulties of cutting the rabbet and fairing the molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, and in the next chapter is told how to place the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being devoted to the making of centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, stopping and painting, lead keels, and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fittings, and equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. Forest a- rid Stream Publishing Co., New York. How To Build a Launch From Plans. With general instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. Price, postpaid, $1.50 This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may successfully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of such an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. Three Splendid Books for Boys. Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN. mm JACK AMONC THE INDIANS. MW . . JACK •v hg; - ' V ' V'-'V/Vl. ■ J: KM' Ir.tOBGl :mui GJUNNII JACK IN THE ROCKIES. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. Yachting Goods. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue freer 1 Ks: LOOK THROUGH THE YACH REGISTER and we think ti you will agree w, us in saying the^ ALMY HOULE is the FAVORITE BOIL with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CC Providence, R. I. DAN KIDNEY 4 SON, WEST DE PERE, W Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Bor Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail BoaiJ Send for Catalogue. Manual of the Canvas Cano CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”). Mai illustrations of designs and plans of ca vas canoes and their parts. Two larg full-sized working (24x38) drawings a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pag Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to but cruise and live in a canvas canoe. is wt ten by one of the most enthusiastic of t older generation of canoeists, who has h a long experience of cruising on Shenandoah River, and of building \ boats best adapted to such river cruisit With the help of this volume, aided by abundant plans and illustrations, any b or man who has a little mechanical s can turn out for _ himself at trifling e pense a canoe alike durable and beauti: FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO 346 Broadway, New York. YACHT BOOK BARGAI We offer a few copies only of t late Dixon Kemp’s monumental wo “Yacht and Boat Sailing,” published at $12.00, for $9.00, delivf prepaid. This a standard book by standard author. Contains r, great number of new subjects, and lines of many boats never before published, total number- of plates exceeding 100, beside m than 360 wood cuts in the text. Contents lecting a Yacht. Examination of the Ya< Building a Yacht Equipment of the Ya< Seamanship. The Management of Open Bo The General Management of a Yacht 1 Rules of the Yacht Racing Association. Ya Racing: Handling of a Yacht in a Match. C terboard Boats. Centerboard Boats for Row and Sailing. Sails for Centerboard Boats. Sr Centerboard Yachts. Mersey Sailing Boi Clyde Sailing Boats. Belfast Lough Bon Dublin Bay. Kingstown Boats. Cork Har Boats. Itchen Boats. Falmouth Quay Pu; Thames Bawley Boats. Lake vVinderrr, Yachts. Yachts of the Norfolk Broads. Sr Yachts and Boats of the Y. R. A. Rat) Single-handed Cruisers. Types of Sailing V sels, etc. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. TRADEMARK. SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars i ironwork exposed to excessive changes weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 46 Broadway Naw York. 69 Markat St. Chleaao Ml. Forest and Stream A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1905, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. erms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. ) Six Months, $2. j NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908. j VOL. LXIV.— No. 2. j No. 346 Broadway, New York. The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- lent, instruction and information between American sportsmen, he editors invite communications on the subjects to which its ages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- rded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion f current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of orrespondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single pies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full jarticulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. POISON FOR VERMIN. Elsewhere we publish an exceedingly interesting com- mnication from Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the lame Commission of Pennsylvania. Its chief theme is le destruction of game by predatory animals, of which enumerates foxes, wildcats, weasels, skunks, mink, the reat horned and the barred owls, and several species of awks. Of these he writes specifically as follows : “There no question in the minds of those who have given this latter any thought whatever but that these animals are ipidly depleting our cover of all kinds of game, and of mg and insectivorous birds.” While we have a lively appreciation of Dr. Kalbfus’s ealous industry and special opportunities to gather ac- urate knowledge from observation and information on lis subject, we honestly believe that he has charged he foxes, weasels, et al., with a volume of depre- ation of which they are guilty in only a fragmentary egree. The destructiveness charged to them should more roperly be charged to the lordly and nobler animal, the enus homo. In our opinion, the destruction of the game and song irds wrought by the animals Dr. Kalbfus lists is almost negligible quantity in comparison with the destruction /rought by man. Suppress the market-hunter and stop rie sale of game, then the question is almost solved. At ;ast the elimination of the market-hunter simplifies the roblem to a degree which renders it easy of solution. As an illustration of the destructiveness wrought by lan, the case of the Arctic Freezing Company, of New 'ork, which was a defendant in a suit brought by the lew York game officials for penalties aggregating 1,168,315, is pertinent to the discussion. Besides the Tousands upon thousands of game birds, there were lousands upon thousands of song birds. This great cold lorage company is but one of several others in this city, ,nd those of this city are but a small fraction of the reat cold storage companies which are doing business le year round in the United States. It is an open secret lat in many of the fashionable clubs and hotels, game irds are served in the close season, but under some name ither than the real name, frequently under a name un- nown in the classification of ornithologists, thus avoid- ig all possibility of establishing evidence against the olators of the law. The abundance or scarcity of birds in a given section 1 a given year is not necessarily in the ratio of the reeding stock left over from the preceding year. Much | spends on the season. With the quantity of breeding ock apparently the same, some years game birds will be aundant, other years there will be a dearth. Climatic mditions are potent factors in the game supply. Undoubtedly the rabbit is a grievous sufferer from the redatory attacks of foxes, weasels, etc., but such is his ffonishing powers of reproduction, a severe pruning is >sential to keep his numbers in check. A balance in iture is essential. If the rabbit were permitted to repro- jce himself without check, he might become as much of pest in America as he was in Australia. We think that the true cause of the disappearance of the >ng birds is the market-shooter. The astonishing extent : his ravages are partially shown within the walls of the ■eat cold storage warehouses. The scene of destruction in the late fall and winter months in the South, there- )re in a section beyond the scope of the predatory ani- als of the North, and establishing them at the worst as [ling petty malefactors in comparison. Concerning the distribution of poison over wide areas ithin the jurisdiction of a State which prohibits the acing of poison for the purpose of killing a domestic fimal or dog, we are inclined to think that that law ould prohibit its use in the manner Dr. Kalbfus men- ons, Many States have hostile laws concerning the broadcast use of poison, because when placed it is as free for the consumption by animals for which it was not in- tended as it is for those for which it was intended. While its purpose, as mentioned by Dr. Kalbfus, is useful and commendable, it might be harmful in ways not con- templated. No man, even if he spread poison maliciously and harmfully, could be convicted if he made the plea that the poison was placed for vermin, although he might have placed it otherwise. This is apart from the matter as considered by Dr. Kalbfus. We are considering the legal phases of the case. In our opinion, the State law, as mentioned by him, would prohibit the placing of poison on land for any animal. THE HEAD HUNTER. Former State Senator W. E. Culkin, Register of the United States Land Office in Duluth, who has returned from a hunt for big game on the north shore in Minne- sota, has expressed his indignation at the ways of deer head hunters in that country. To a reporter he said: “City sportsmen should be severely condemned for the practice of hunting big game for the sake of the heads for trophies. They have been killing deer at points where it was impossible to get the carcasses out. The hunters merely cut off the head, with the antlers, to prove their prowess as nimrods. A remedy for the existing state of affairs would be hard to devise, but if one can be proposed, it would be a mighty good thing. The mere slaughter of valuable game animals for the antlers certainly will not be approved by true sportsmen.” That is good doctrine. It calls to notice one phase of the hunting ways of the present day which deserves con- sideration. Killing for heads alone has grown out of the conventional importance attached to the horns as trophies of the sportsman’s skill and as mementoes of the field. With the trophy hunter, the head is the main object of the pursuit, the meat is incidental; whether it shall be utilized or wasted depends upon circumstances and con- venience. The head secured, the rest is considered of minor importance, or of no importance whatever. As Senator Culkin says, the remedy may be difficult to devise. There is in the Quebec law a provision that no person who has killed any animal suitable for food shall allow the flesh to be destroyed or spoilt, and laws to a like effect prevail elsewhere. Just how effective they may be is a subject of speculation. The head hunter finds his game and uses or wastes the meat in remote localities where detection is improbable, and it is reasonable to assume that if he be inclined to take the head and leave the rest, no fear of the terrors of the law would have an iota of influence with him. It is clear that this is a case where legislation, however ample, would not provide a remedy; it would have as little effect on the deer head hunter of northern Minnesota as on the trophy hunters in the wilds of Africa. If we are to suppress hunting for horns without using the flesh, how shall this be done? TEXAS DUCKS. The Texas law relating to duck shooting provides that it shall be unlawful for an individual to kill more than twenty-five ducks in one day, and as to exportation, it for- bids the carrying of ducks out of the State, except that when lawfully killed they may be transported, provided that the person who killed them shall accompany them on the same train or common carrier from point of ship- ment to the point of destination. This law is something of a hardship to those sportsmen who would like to send their game home or to friends by express independently of their own traveling. It is, however, a most salutary regulation, and the only one which experience has shown to be effective for the- necessary limitation of the export of game, and the prevention of shipping to market. A movement has been started by the Business Men’s League of Rockport to secure an amendment of the law so that it shall permit a person to ship wildfowl out of the State upon making affidavit that they have been law- fully killed. The reasons given are that with such per- mission to send game home, more sportsmen would come to Rockport than come under present conditions, and that this would be to the benefit of railroads, hotels and others. The Rockport proposition is one with which we would have full sympathy if there were any probability that the law as amended would serve the purposes only ■of the sportsmen who wished to send the game to their friends. There is, however, every reason to believe that once the law is broadened as proposed, it would open the door to the shipment of game to1 market. It is practically the universal experience of those who have to deal with these affairs that if game can be shipped lawfully, as here proposed, it will be shipped illicitly. The only effective and certain methods to prevent the exportation of Texas ducks to market is to hold to the statute as it now reads. An evidence of its effectiveness is afforded by this very movement of the Rockport business men. If as it now stands the law did not prevent the export of ducks, these business men would not be engaged in an endeavor to change it. A law which is so well fulfilling the purpose of its enactment should be retained, and we trust that the broader sighted opposition to the Rockport movement may prevail. An excellent sample of a fish story was offered the other day by the great metropolitan journals which re- ported that immense numbers of deep sea fish had been dashing through the surf and up. on to the beach at Say- ville, Long Island. The fish came ashore in tons, accord- ing to the reporters’ tales ; the landlubbers were frightened out of their wits; and the salty mariners declared that the phenomenon indicated an impending volcanic disturbance of the ocean bed, and a quaking of the land. Then the “natives” — for the residents of an out-of-town place are always “native” in newspaper terminology — mastered their first alarm and providently gathered the fish for salting down in butter firkins. So ran the tale. What was it all about? Somebody down there picked up on the beach a stranded silver hake or whiting, and not being familiar with the fish, asked his neighbor what it was. That was the small beginning from which developed the schools, tons, volcanic disturbances, earthquakes and firkins of salt fish. In his message to the Legislature last week, Governor Higgins of New York referred to the fish and game in a way which indicates that his interest in the subject is something more than perfunctory. “The forests and streams of the State,” he said, should be made attractive places of resort for the invalid and for those in search of wholesome recreation in the open air. To- this end the fish, game and forest laws should be strict and consist- ent.” The Governor’s policy with respect to the Adiron- dacks, there is reason to believe, will be on the side of a liberal and adequate forest plan. He promises to send in a message at a later date giving his recommendations , on the subject. Dr. Iarleton H. Bean’s paper on New Zealand as a sportsmen’s paradise, affords an instructive object-lesson. Wherever the Briton goes in wild countries he devastates the land of its game ; but, on the other hand, wherever he settles for a permanent abiding place he takes good care to conserve the game and the fish, or if there be no native species worth preserving, he introduces the best of the home country or of other lands. The Antipodes, bare of game, have been stocked with European deer; and now the hunting in parts of New Zealand is as good as in Scotland; while the brown trout from Europe and the rainbow from the Pacific waters of America there thrive and multiply and grow to prodigious weights. 8? A peculiar peril of mimic warfare has been developed by an investigation set on foot by Gen. Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, of the blank cartridges issued last summer to the regular soldiers and militiamen who took part in the sham battles of Manassas, Va., and in California. Among the 1,750,000 blanks two ball cartridges were found, one in Virginia and one in California. Of course the odds against a participant being struck by one of the two bul- lets in 1,750,000 cartridges are not very great; but slight as they are, one does not consider them with absolute equanimity. To preclude any possible presence of loaded shells in the future, every box of blanks will be weighed before it is sealed. K The late Eugene G. Blackford, who was the possessor of an extensive collection of works on fish and fishing, bequeathed the entire libran- to the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences. The books were gathered from all over the world, and comprise many rare and valuable volumes. It is pleasing to know that by Mr. Blackford’s disposition of them the collection is to be preserved intact and in a place where it will be accessible to the public. 20 FOREST AND STREAM [Jan. 14, 1905. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches -A ( Continued from page 5 ) The squaws do all the work in camp, and a hard part of it at times is carrying in the wood. They often have to go a mile or more for it, then carry a load that would be heavy enough for a pack mule. When that had to be done, I always made the chief send ponies to pack it on. The chief had a full sized ax here that no one used ; the squaws could not; they had their small axes; so* I got it and sharpened it up, cut down all the dead trees near camp, then set the boys to carrying it in; they would do it for me, but would not touch it for their mothers or sisters ; and when the squaws were busy, as they generally were, I had the boys carry water for them also. When I first came here I made the announcement that no squaw must be whipped any more. The Comanche does not abuse his women as some Indians do ; but a man would give his squaw a blow at times when she did not suit him. When I saw it, I would say : “Stop this, my brother. You are a Comanche; let the Cheyennes fight squaws; the Cheyennes are dogs. You should only fight men.” With most of these tribes a squaw will cook a meal, then stand while the men and boys eat, then eat what is left herself ; but a Comanche squaw sits down and eats when the men do. They have a great respect for the “talking leaves ;” any- thing that is written or printed is a talking leaf. I have known a squaw to carry around a paper that she had found for six months until she had a chance to show it to me for me to make it talk. And when I did so, and she found that it was only an order from the agent to his blacksmith for him to put a lock on some door, she was disappointed. While in this camp the chiefs squaw one evening took a small package out of her work-bag, and calling in the colored boy told him something to tell me. He translated everything literally, and asked, “Your sister has the talking leaves here. Can they talk to you?” “Yes; tell her they can if they speak Americana or Mexicana.” I read Spanish also. She unrolled a piece of buckskin, then took out a book without a cover and handed it to me. It was the “Swiss Family Robinson,” a book written in imitation of “Robinson Crusoe.” “Yes,” I told her, “this talks to me.” “Then make it talk to us,” she said; and calling in as many of the men and boys as this lodge would hold, she told them fio sit down and keep still while I made those leaves talk. I read a few chapters each night, while the negro boy translated it, until we had it all. Anything in it that they could not understand I turned into something which they could; as a big canoe for a ship, a squirrel for a monkey, and so on. Then they wanted to know if I had seen the talking leaves in which “the man above” talks to us — the Bible. “Yes,” I told them, “we all see it.” “Did we all do what He tells us to do in it?” . “No, not often,” I told them. “Then He kills you, don’t He?” “No, not always; He has not killed me yet.” And the boys would laugh. The Indians are supposed to be a silent set of people, but when among themselves they are talking all the time, and a lot of squaws could talk a set of white women blind. They have a large number of traditions that they repeat over and over again at their camp-fires at night; and some of the men would always have a new story to tell ; generally about something that had happened to him “many moons ago,” when he came to give a date for it. One of our men named Kiowa — he was the bow-maker, and was a practical joker also — told one night about one of his exploits that will serve to illustrate the caliber of their stories. “Many moons ago,” he said, “I went to hunt the ante- lope, but did not find him. He was not at home then, so I started to go to my lodge, and when I was riding across the prairie I saw a man walking fast a long distance away. Then I galloped toward him. ‘That is a white man,’ I says, ‘and he has got tobacco ; I have none ; I want some.’ After a while I came closer, and I see that this man is a buffalo soldier who walks a heap [a negro infantryman]. Then I says, ‘Hello !’ and the man looks at me now, then starts to run away. Now, this man has a gun; maybe he is scared, and maybe he will stop and shoot after a while; I don’t know. Then soon he looks back at me; I am coming fast, and now he throws that gun down, then keeps on running. Then I get the gun. I want to bring it to him ana get that tobacco. Then this man gets down on his knees and says, ‘Oh, Mister Indian, don’t shoot me.’ Then I hold out his gun and say, ‘No shoot — give me tobacco.’ And he says, ‘Yes, you go back and leave that gun there, then I give you tobacco.’ So I laid his gun down, then go back ; then he picks up his gun, then puts down a whole lot of tobacco, then runs again. I get much tobacco, then laugh.” “That buffalo soldier might have shot you, Kiowa,” I said. “No, he can’t; he got no cartridges. _ I see his belt is empty, so is his gun; he has shot all his cartridges away and hit nothing.” They have a great respect for “The Man Above,” and never mention Him without pointing upward. They have a superstition for about every day in the year. The chief kept his shield on a pole in front of his lodge, and was careful not to let any meat or dead animal touch it, for if it did he would die in a year. A Comanche would starve rather than eat a turkey that had its heart cooked with it; if he did, he would turn coward. He would freeze rather burn a stick that had ever been used as a lodge pole; if he did, he or his friends would die. I had seen other tribes burn them, and had burned them myself when destroying hostile camps, and I told them so. “Yes,” they said, “it is good medicine for you, but not for us.” They think that if a squaw who is with child sees an eagle, her baby, if a boy, will be born deformed. If a man or boy has a birth-mark and is asked about it, he will say, “My mother looked at the eagle.” One afternoon while in a camp away west of this, I and the boys were shooting at a mark with arrows, when an eagle soared over camp, then turning again came back. All through camp could be seen squaws with their heads buried in their blankets ; they did not want to see this eagle. The chief’s squaw came running to me with a rifle and begged me to shoot the eagle. As the bird was half a mile high, I could not very well ; but it would not do to tell her so. I could do anything, they thought. So I must get out of this scrape somehow. “I dare not shoot the eagle,” I told her; “he is my coat- of-arms, and He,” pointing up, “has told me never to shoot the eagle. But I will make medicine now, and that eagle shall never harm the Comanche squaw any more forever.” Ever since I had been here, I had noticed that two of the men were sick and could not hunt. We had a medi- cine man, or cne that acted as such; he was not a full- fledged medicine man — he could not make magic yet, he said; but this man could not cure them; his medicine was not right, the chief told me. I examined the men and saw that they had fever of some kind, and I gave them heavy doses of quinine. I knew that if it did not cure them it would not kill them. They were well in a week, and after this, when any of them were sick, I and not the medicine man got the call. The buffalo were plenty in this country yet, but I could see that they were thinning out fast now. When I first came to this country in 1865, they covered these plains in countless thousands. Now we had to hunt for them, and often could not find them. And just four years from now, in November, 1869, I and this old chief rode down and shot the last buffalo I have ever seen, except in cap- tivity, and one of the last, if not the very last, ever killed in the Northwest. I served out here for ten years after that, but never heard of another being taken. The Indians did not kill them off. I first met the buf- falo in 1855, when a boy of sixteen. I then came in con- tact with them on the Laramie Plains, and shot my first buffalo, and ever since then, except for the four years of the war of the Rebellion, I had been watching them closely, having been in the regular army on the frontier most of the time since then. They increased rather than diminished until the white hunters took after them. They, with their buffalo guns, shooting from stands, have finished the buffalo. One morning after we had been in camp here a week or more, the chief sent a party of men and boys out to the lake after salt, then sent the rest off to hunt. I had been at the salt lake already, and did not care to go again ; so the chief said that to-day he and I would go out and look at the country. I saddled up my mule to ride to- day, as he had not been doing anything lately, and I knew him 'to be a good riding animal. We had been out an hour when we crossed a wagon track that had been made the day before, and followed it and in a short time I saw that the men making the track were lost; they had been driving to all points of the compass, and not going anywhere. We trailed them at last to a small bunch of timber on a creek. They had camped here last night, but were gone now. Their fire was still smouldering, and they had left the carcass of a deer, not even having taken off the skin. The chief and I got down, and while I skinned the deer (I wanted the hide to make buckskin), the chief examined the camp. He first blew their fire to see how long it had been since they had left, then looking around camp, said : “There were two of them ; they have been gone six hours.” As it was only ten o’clock now, they had made an early start of it. They had built a rude bridge here to get their wagon across the creek, the bed of the creek being a quicksand; then had dug down the bank beyond to get out of this on the other side. The chief wanted to know if we would follow them further. “Yes,” I told him; “they are lost. I want to put them on the straight road again.” We followed them, and in about an hour, first got sight of them. They were on a ridge two miles away. There were two of them in a two-horse wagon, and one of them was driving, lashing his horses, while the other one stood on top of whatever the wagon was loaded with. I got off my mule and looked through the glass. The man standing up had a gun in his hands. The chief asked me if I knew them. “No; I can’t see them good. They are too far off yet. Let us catch them.” We soon got to within five hundred yards of them; then I told the chief to stop. “The men may shoot. They are scared at us.” “If they shoot at you, then I shoot — mebbe so. quick,” the chief told me, drawing his Winchester out of its case. I rode forward at a gallop now, swinging my hat, and they stopped their team. _ _ “We thought you were Indians,” they told me. “We are, but we won’t hurt you. We are Comanches.” I now called the chief, who came with his usual saluta- tion of “How !” The men told us that they had been lost for a week, and wanted to go to Fort Elliott. Did I think they were on the right road? “You might reach Elliott by going that way,” I said, “but you will have to cross China first to get there. Fort •Elliott is just east of us, I think. I am sure it is not west, an any rate.” Then I said to the chief : “They want ' Fort Elliott, chief — big houses on the Sweet Water; you savey the road?” The chief looked all over the country, then said : “Fort Elliott that way [pointing east] ; mebbe so, three sleeps, no more.” “He says it is directly east, and only sixty miles,” I told them. “Well, maybe he don’t know,” the driver said. “Maybe he don’t. But if he were to tell me to go east I would go east. What this chief don’t know about this country you or I are not likely to learn this year, at least. Now, you cannot drive straight east — the drains won’t let you. But keep as near east as you can, or you may pass Elliott and not know it. Should you pass it to the north, you will then cross the wagon road to Camp Sup- pljr, but if you pass south of it then you may get lost as bad again as you are now.” “Who were those Indians that we saw back there?” they asked. “They are ours. They won’t hurt you.” “Well, we did not want them about us. I reckon we drove too fast for them, though.” “No, I reckon not. They saw that you did not want them, then stopped following you. There are ponies ridden by some of those men that could run down the best team you ever drove. You may meet them again; if you do, let them come up ; they won’t hurt you.” “I have no use for an Indian,” the driver said. “And they have less use for you while you are killing off their buffalo ; but ours won’t hurt you. I can’t promise as much for the Cheyennes or Kiowas, though. You may meet them east of this. They may take your hides. They probably will if their escort is not present to stop them.” Their wagon was loaded down with green buffalo hides. The chief wanted to know how much they got for them at Elliott, so I asked them. Seventy-five cents and a dol- lar, they told me, according to the size. These hides were bought to be tanned for leather. “Mebbe so one dollar for bull, seventy-five cents for cow, that is all,” I told the chief. He was mad clear through now. “You heap damn fool! You shoot all the buffalo, feed the wolf, then go sell hide for one dollar! Go get lost! I don’t care.” They said that they had eaten nothing for a week. “Why, the buffalo are all around you; eat them, why don’t you?” “We can’t — we have no salt.” “Well, you drove within a few miles of a salt lake yes- terday, when you were making all those figure 8’s across the prairie back here, and it was nearer Elliott than this, had you only known it. You left a deer in camp; what was wrong with it ?” “Nothing,” but we could not eat it without salt.” They wanted matches and tobacco. I gave them all the matches I had, and half my tobacco, and we left them. Whether they took the chief’s advice and went and got lost again I never knew. On the way home this afternoon we ran across a bunch of buffalo, and I proposed that we shoot two of them and take their hides; we could not carry much meat. The chief was riding one of his common ponies, not a buffalo pony, and he thought that my mule was not fast enough. “He will run away from your pony,” I told him. “You get a buffalo' and I’ll get one. Let us take our saddles off and go barebacked.” We piled our saddles and guns here, then mounting with only saddle blankets, ran down and shot two. We might have got more, but could not carry them. Then leaving the chief here to skin, I took my mule and his pony and going back got our saddles on, then came back again, and as I hated to^ leave all this meat here, I put both tongues and about 150 pounds of meat on my saddle and was going to take a hide also ; but the chief said, “No, it is too much for the mule. He would not carry them.” The mule could carry 300 pounds day after day, and had no more than that on him now. The wind had been blowing from the east all day, and just after dark we rode into a draw and stopped fio water the horses, then on coming out on the other side the chief was going on with the wind in his face, but my mule kept pulling to the right. “Hold on, chief,” I told him. Which way campo?” “This way,” he said. “You lost, too ?” “No, but you are. The mule say this way. Maybe so the wind turn around. That way north. You feel cold wind ?” The chief studied a moment, then said : “Me damn fool now, not you. Let mule go his way; you can’t lose mule — he knows.” He did know, and in less than a mile walked into our pony herd; the camp was just beyond them in this bot tom. It was cold and getting colder very fast. While the chief and I were at supper, a man came in and told the chief that a party of ours with one of the chief’s mules and a squaw was out yet The chief told him to Jan. 14, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 2!7 send in Antelope, my pet boy. When Antelope came, the chief, throwing him a blanket, told him to go up on the hill and sit there and call out to direct the party to camp. “He won’t sit there more than an hour,” I thought, “it is too cold. I’ll stop that.” After a while I went up to the boy. He was calling out all right, but each call ended in a prolonged whine. “Mio, Antelope?” I asked. “Mucho mio,” he told me- — very cold. “You come,” I said; and taking him down to the lodge, I said : “Chief, this is my boy. I don’t want him to freeze. It is too cold. He get sick. I don’t like that he stay here. I go up, podo tempo, and make a noise myself.” “Let him stay, then,” the chief told me. Taking my pistol, I went up on the hill and fired a shot straight up, then in a moment fired two more. “Come in” that meant. Directly a flash across the prairie answered me. They were coming in. They came in soon after, but had to drop the mule on the prairie; the squaw could not lead him, and he would not drive, they said. The chief was growling about that. “I’ll get him to-morrow,” I told him. “We can find_ him.” The next morning it was warm again, and gathering up the boys, we started to hunt the mule, and found him five miles away quietly grazing with about 300 pounds of meat on his back, which he had been carrying all night; and heading him for camp, we got behind him with our lariats and persuaded him not to lose any time in getting there. Cabia Blanco, [to be continued.] Indian Doctors. Our Oldtown Indians now live in good houses and dress and speak English as well as the white people do; but when I was a child and we had more than twice as many Indian as white neighbors, then in summer they lived in birch bark wigwams, the men wore breech-cloth and leggings, and every man carried a stone pipe and sheath-knife in his belt, while the women wore blankets and pointed caps. I used to play with the little Indian boys because they never quarreled as the white boys did, and as we grew up together many of them were firm friends of mine. Among others was a young man named Newell Gossan. In time our ways parted, and we did not meet for years. Then one day in Bangor my attention was attracted to a singular looking person on the other side of the street. He was dressed in a light-colored coat, which was trimmed with a black fringe some four inches deep, with a second row some inches above that, and his leng, silky hair fell below his shoulders. I crossed over so as to meet him. To my surprise I found him to be my old friend Newell, but he gave not the least sign of recognizing me. Feeling sure I was not mistaken, I said: “Are you not Newell Clossian ?” Giving me his hand, he said: “Yes. Just wanted to see if yon would know me.” “What in the world are you rigged up in this way for?” “Well, you see, I’m Injun doctor. ’Spose dress like other folks, no one notice me. Now everybody say, .‘Who that man?’ ‘Why, that Injun doctor.’ You see, we live in New Bedford now; we got it copperplate picture of In- jun with feathers on head to put in newspapers; we ad- vertise Injun Doctor; get along first rate. Come down here get roots an’ herbs doctor with. I tell you about it. You know we used ribber dribe [river drive] ; well, one day when we have forenoon lunch we say to ourself, ‘Newell, this ribber dribin’ too hard work for you — kill you by ’n by.’ Then I think what I shall do. Used be, when small boy, old Injun doctor named Lewie Snake. We used go in woods with him get medicine. We think so we will be Injun doctor. We don’t know more ’bout doctorin’ than devil does ; but you know white folks cheat Injun, an’ we ’spose all right Injun cheat white folks. So we try doctorin’ an’ come jus’ ’s natural as can be. “We tell you one case. We goin’ ’long street in New Bedford. Ooman come door large brick house with steps high up. He make hand go dis way [beckoning with hand]. We gone over see what he want; speak so: ‘Come up stair.’ When gone up, he open door into room all dark. I tell you we berry ’fraid then. We don’t know what he want, but we know we hain’t hurt anybody there. “When eyes get so can see in dark, we see ooman in bed with cloth on his eyes. Speak so, ‘We want you cure dis ooman.’ Says he got film or. eye so can’t see. “Well, we think what we shall do. We don’t know nothin’ ’bout eyes, but we ’member somebody speak so tobacco good sore eyes. We chewin’ tobacco that time; we got nothin’ else, so we think we try tobacco. Room dark so they can’t see. So we slip hand over mouth and took out tobacco, and we say, ‘Yes, we can cure him in three days; we make two visits day, charge nine shillings visit ($1.50). In three days cure him.’ “We tell him open his eye an’ we squeeze in tobacco juice. Guess must hurt, for he squeal very bad. We tell him come again afternoon. “You see, we think, ‘’Spose we find him worse, we don’t go ’gain. ’Spose don’t worse, we keep go.’ “Well, in afternoon speak so, ‘No worse,’ so we try tobacco ’gain. Think so, maybe tobacco is good sore eyes. “Next forenoon says, ‘Better,’ so we keep goin’. “Afternoon says, ‘Think can see some.’ “Next forenoon can see pretty well. “In afternoon speak so, ‘Can see well.’ “We don’t know what did it; we know we got our nine dollars. Guess tobacco must be good sore eyes.” He returned to New Bedford and I heard from him as prospering in his business, but a few years later he and all his family died of smallpox at some place in Con- necticut. Another Indian doctor was a stately old fraud named Joe Socabesin. He used to tell me of his feats in doctor- ing, but his greatest performance happened some fifty years ago. He was in Belfast, Maine, and got in debt to a wealthy shipowner named Alfred Johnston. Johnston got an execution against him for ten dollars. Joe paid it, and then asked for a receipt. The justice said. “You do not need any receipt.” “Sartin, me want receipt.” “What do you want a receipt for?” “Well, bimeby me die, me go hebben. Speak so, ‘Joe, you ben owe anybody?’ We speak so, ‘No.’ ‘You ben pay Alf Johnston?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Then ’spose you show receipt.’ Then we have to go way down hunt all over hell to hunt up ’Squire Johnston.” This story immediately found its way into print, and has been more than once repeated ; but I can vouch for its authenticity, for I knew old Joe. Manly Hardy. Medicine in Camp* New York. — Editor Forest and Stream: In Forest and Stream for January 7, 1905, Mr. George Kennedy asks about medicines to be taken into camp. One can more safely give a list of things that may be taken “into camp” than of things to be taken “in camp,” and the only thing that one can recommend without a feeling of responsibility is Christian Science. There are many occa- sions, however, when just a little water will put out a starting fire, even if it is administered by campers who are not very familiar with the uses of water. Some of the handy things that one can take along in a small kit are these : Rubber Plaster — Uses. — To put on places where blisters threaten to form; to protect broken nails; to protect the site of threatened boils; to mend holes in clothing when one is in a hurry. Dangers— When put over broken blis- ters, or used for the purpose of closing cuts. Serum dammed by the plaster may become a dangerous culture field for bacteria. Hypodermatic Syringe — Uses. — To inject cocaine solu- tion at the site of a splinter or fish hook that needs to be cut out, or into the skin where an abscess is to be opened. Surgeon’s Needle and Aseptic Silk or Catgut. — For closing cuts and tying blood vessels. Danger — Of closing wounds which should remain open. Boracic Acid Powder. — For putting on opened blisters, perspiring feet, chafed places, and cuts which remain open. Cocaine Crystals — Uses. — To be dissolved in twenty-five volumes of boiled water after it has cooled, for the pur- pose of injection with the hypodermatic syringe, or to be put in the eye for benumbing the site of a cinder or other object that is to be removed. Danger — Of using too much. Half a grain may be dangerous. Squibb’s Cholera Mixture — Uses. — For stopping an in- cipient diarrhoea. Danger — Of using it in diarrhoea due to fermentation of food, where a cathartic should be used instead. Compound Cathartic Pills — Uses. — For constipation, and for fermentative diarrhoea. There are better things to use for the purpose, but these are handy. Small Sharp Scalpel— Uses. — For removing splinters and fish-hooks, opening abscesses, and for getting at in- jured blood vessels. The scalpel should be passed through a flame for disinfection before being used. Bandages and dressings are bulky, and can ordinarily be improvised from clothing. Such material should be boiled for an hour for disinfection and then dried. Splints for fractures are readily improvised from bark in a forest region. The list of things that I have enumerated can be elaborated to a quotation of all of the Surgeon General’s Library at Washington; but after years of camping and exploring, and a good deal of experience with people who were injured or ill in camp, my own outfit has been reduced to the proportions above given. Men who have done moie camping in southern countries will no doubt add some practical suggestions for medicine in that field. Mr. Kennedy refers to a case of appendicitis that was out of reach of competent help. It would be unsafe for a layman to attempt to do the slightest thing in a case of that sort excepting to advise absolute rest, and withhold- ing all food for two days. It is so easy for even physi- cians to do the wrong thing in these cases requiring the highest degree of professional skill for their management, that what might seem to a layman a simple resource for relief, could precipitate disaster. There are many other conditions met with in camp where life turns on a hair’s breadth of judgment in the application of resources; but we have to take our chances on that sort of thing, and on the whole, men in camp are safer than the ones in the city who jump out of the way of an automobile and land in front of a trolley car, or who get infections carried by Cimex instead of by Culex. Robert T. Morris. Louisiana* Away from the bank of the Tensas the deer trails were followed westward into long open woods of oak and ash, then winding narrowly among vines and brush into other open woods. At the edge of one of the thickets of vines and bushes, standing in seeming reproach to its neighbors, the forest trees, of their shortness of life, is a large mound. I found it while wandering somewhat aimlessly as to bearings, and he would be a woodsman who could go to that spot again unless, as at the first time, by accident or the guiding instinct of those who built the mound. The Tensas swamps are level and of vast extent ; each open flat is like the others, and each thicket is like the next ‘beyond and the next. The mound only is different, and stands thirty feet high or more. Deer trails lead over and around it. A “scrape” on top was freshened up that morning. The mound was bare, except for several small trees on the slopes and two large ones on top — trees probably a hundred, years old, one of which was beginning to decay in the upper branches. It. too, will soon sway in the breezes of the Happy Hunting Grounds, and perchance shade the wigwam of the big chief whose ashes now re- pose beneath its spreading roots. The Happy Hunting Grounds are for the big chief and maybe the trees, but the mound must stay and witness the coming and going of generations of men and trees. From the top of the mound the view to the northward is into a broad forest of oaks, with no underbrush, and down the long vista the hunter watches for the coming of the monster buck that had made the scrape, but in- stead came apparitions of those men of long ago who had toiled in their crude way to build this monument to their perseverance. Civilization builds edifices of beauty and grandeur, and there is admiration. The mound builders. without civilization or implements, raised this structure that the onset of the elements does not mar be disturb. It was built long ago, before these giant trees were sprouts — perhaps the generation before them Lad not had birth. The builders of the mound passed away, and if the red men were not the builders, they came after and passed away also. The Spaniards and the Frenchmen came, but few sojourned. The race that next appeared, in its social environment, has also passed. Within a few miles- — almost within sound of hunter’s horn from where the mound and time strive for the mastery — was once the garden spot of North Louisiana. Broad areas are grown up that were rich fields. Here are two massive gate posts gone to decay, and there a pile of old bricks is all of the chimney that is left, with no other trace of the old planta- tion home. In the thicket and cane a mile away the four lines of heavy, decayed posts mark the site of the old “horsepower” gin. The manager’s house and “quarters” were, near-by, and on the clear, crisp mornings of early spring the plantation bell could have been heard deep into the swamps — almost to the mound; while the songs of the well fed negroes who rode the plow mules to field could be heard near half as far. The mound stands while these have all come and gone, and will be silent witness to the clearing away of the last tree and the making of his far-away retreat another mournful sacrifice to the greed of man. When this shall be, keep this great mound untouched, good desecrator, in honor to the men who could abide and toil in the forest and receive of its bounty and destroy not a tree of God’s making. Eastward, over other deer trails, the river was reached, and at the camp on the other side the cook had been in other occupation than reverie, for there was venison in camp of yesterday’s kill, and five hungry hunters will not abide procrastination. Tripod. Mississippi. How Should a Man Sleep? Editor Forest and Stream: The question as to the proper position of bedsteads raised in a recent issue of Forest and Stream is an inter- esting one. But I do not think it concerns sportsmen. I have not heard of any of these who are in the habit of turning their heads to a particular point of the compass when they lie down to sleep. All they ask is something on which to stretch themselves, and whether it be six feet of earth or a hair mattress does not really matter very much. Those in the habit of reading Forest and Stream do not need to have instances of this set before them. The fact is that sportsmen are not troubled with “nerves,” that modern fashionable malady, offspring of the city and parent of insomnia and twenty other miseries. But for those who are so troubled — and alas ! how in- finitely they outnumber the sportsmen ! — such questions as this of Mr. de Varigny will always possess an overpower- ing fascination. Should the head of their bed point to the north or south? Should they eat before retiring or go to bed hungry? What should be the temperature of the room? How high should the pillow be? How many blankets should be worn? Is a soft mattress best or one moderately hard? Is it good to lie on the back or should one lie first on the right side and then on the left or vice versa ; or should the back be the first position and then the side, and if so, which side? And so on. Now as to the first question, I will not pretend to say that there is nothing in the theory of polar currents properly applied superinducing sleep; but I cannot help telling here a story which- Uheard the other evening, and which seems to have a bearing on the matter. A friend of mine who lives in the country had as a guest one evening a denizen of the town, whom we shall call Mr. Smith. The entertainment was so much to Smith’s taste that he forgot all about the passage of time, and finally when he pulled out his watch he found that it was past midnight, and that he had missed his train. My friend, however, put him at his ease by telling .him there was a spare bedroom to which he was heartily wel- come ; so there was another cigar smoked, and possibly another little something else indulged in, when host and guest proceeded upstairs to bed. As soon as Smith en- tered his room he observed the bed with a good deal of attention, and then asked a little timidly which way it pointed. My friend, divining the object of the question, and resolved to have some fun, answered “south,” though the bed pointed north. “But why do you ask?” he con- tinued, innocently. “Well,” stammered Smith, “the fact is I have never — no, sir. never in my life — been able to sleep with my head in any other direction than the north.” “Oh, all right,” said my friend, “let us change those pil- lows, then. I guess it won’t. be necessary to turn the bed around.” An hour afterward he stole back to the room and found Smith snoring blissfully with his head to the south. Wonderful is the power of imagination! But really, now, do we not humor it a little too much? We give way to it on all manner of occasions till instead of being our servant — our efficient, loyal, delightful servant — it be- comes our tyrant. As a tyrant, however, it does not begin to compare with another, namely, the drug habit. Rather than fall under this, let the victims of insomnia point their beds at the moon or the nether depths, or never go to bed at all ! Frank Moonan. New York, Jan. 6. Harper’s Bazaar says: Here, then, are the three deadly symptoms of old age : Selfishness — Stagnation — Intolerance. If we find them in ourselves we may know we arc growing old, even if we are on the merry side of thirty. But, happily, we have three defenses which are invulner- able ; if we use them we shall die young if we live to be a hundred. They are: Sympathy— Progress — Tolerance. “Did you ever have insomnia?” “Sure!” replied the man who pretends to k'tiow it all. "What did you do for it?” “Just slept it off.”— Houston Post, _ jjj. , 28 FOREST AND STREAM. Trails of the Pathfinders— XXVI. Townshend Across the Continent. (' Concluded from page 6.) The progress of the author’s narrative is constantly and pleasantly interrupted by natural history observa- tions. He and Mr. Nuttall were continually finding new species of bird and plant, concerning which they manifested the enthusiasm to be expected from ardent naturalists. Their journey continued up the Platte to Chimney Rock, or Scott’s Bluffs; and here there was brought into camp a young antelope, which in a few days be- came perfectly tame, and learned to drink from a tin cup the milk which the missionaries, who had some cattle along, spared from their own meals. The little animal was carried daily in a panier on one of the pack mules, and became a great pet with all in camp. It seems odd enough at the present day, after the country through which these naturalists were traveling has been run over time after time by specialists, who have gathered its rich treasures, to read the enthus- iastic words of Townshend, written nearly seventy years ago, when he says, “What valuable and highly inter- esting accessions to science might be made by a party, composed exclusively of naturalists, on a journey through this rich and unexplored region! The botanist, the geologist, the mammalogist, the ornithologist, and the entomologist, would find a rich and almost inexhaust- ible field for the prosecution of their inquiries, and the result of such an expedition would be to add most materially to our knowledge of the wealth and resources of our country, to furnish us with new and important facts relative to its structure, organization and natural productions, and to complete the fine native collections in our already extensive museums.” On they went, up the Platte, passing Laramie’s Fork, to the Sweetwater, and Independence Rock, and a little further along they saw their first wild sheep, which “darted from us and hid themselves among the inac- cessible clifts, so that none but a chamois hunter might pretend to reach them.” The same afternoon one of the men had an adventure with a grizzly bear. “He saw the animal crouching his huge frame in some wil- lows which skirted the river, and approaching on horse- back to within twenty yards, fired upon him. The bear was only slightly wounded by the shot, and with a fierce growl of angry malignity, rushed from his cover and gave chase. The horse happened to be a slow one, and for the distance of half a mile the race was hard contested; the bear frequently approaching so near the terrified animal as to snap at his heels, while the equally terrified rider — who had lost his hat at the start • — used whip and 'spur with the most frantic diligence, frequently looking behind, from an influence which he could not resist, at his rugged and determined foe, and shrieking in an agony of fear, ‘shoot him, shoot him!’ The man, who was one of the greenhorns, happened to be about a mile behind the main body, either from the indolence of his horse, or his own carelessness; but as he approached the party in his desperate flight, and his lugubrious cries reached the ears of the men in front, about a dozen of them rode to his assistance, and soon succeeded in diverting the attention of his pertinacious foe. After he had received the contents of all the guns, he fell, and was soon dispatched. The man rode in among his fellows, pale and haggard from overwrought feelings, and was probably effectually cured of a pro- pensity for meddling with grizzly bears.” On June 19 the party arrived at the Siskadee, Green River, or Colorado of the West. Siskadee appears to be a Crow nome, meaning Prairie Chicken River, re- ferring to the sage grouse. The name has apparently quite passed out of use, and is now to be found only in the older books, or in references to them. Here Townshend, in crossing the river, had the misfortune to lose his note book, which contained not only his diary, but also descriptions of new species of birds, and notes as to their habits. Here he became quite ill, and for a week was confined to his bed. W. Sublette, and Captain Serre, Fitzpatrick and other leaders of fur traders and trappers, with their companies, were camped not far away, and with them were various Indians, Nez Perce, Banneck and Shoshone; and all — white men, half breeds and Indians — were more or less drunk; so that the camps were very noisy and dis- agreeable. This Fitzpatrick was Thomas, the well- known leader of trappers of the early days, sometimes known as Fitzpatrick the Broken Hand. He worked at time for Robert Campbell, and is mentioned by Irving in his “Bonneville,” and by other early travelers on the plains. The party proceeded up Ham’s Fork, and then passed over to Bear River, on one of the branches of which the Fourth of July was passed and celebrated by an undue amount of drunkenness. Townshend remarks, as has many a man since, on the superb fishing in Bear River and its tributaries. Near their camp, on the 8th of July, at what were called “White-clay Pits,” still on Bear River, he notes that, “in the small streams near the bases of the hills, the common canvasback duck, shoveller and black duck {Anas obscura ) were feeding their young.” Continuing westward through this arid country, they came before long upon a camp, which proved to be Captain Bonneville’s. Soon after this, just as they were about to make camp on the Blackfoot River, “near a small grove of willows, on the margin of the river, a tremendous grizzly bear rushed out upon us. Our horses ran wildly in every direction, snorting with terror, and became nearly unmanageable. Several balls were instantly fired into him, but they only seemed to increase his fury. After spending a moment in rending each wound, their invariable practice, he selected the person who happened to be nearest, and darted after him, but before he proceeded far, he was sure to be stopped again by a ball from another quarter. In this way he was driven about among us for perhaps fifteen minutes, at times so near some of the horses that he received several severe kicks from them. One of the pack horses was fairly fastened upon by the terrific claws of the brute, and in the terrified animal’s efforts to escape the dreaded grip, the pack and saddle were broken to pieces and disengaged. One of our mules also lent him a kick in the head while pursuing it up an adjacent hill, which sent him rolling to the bottom. Here he was finally brought to a stand. “The poor animal was so completely surrounded by enemies, that he became bewildered. He raised himself upon his hind feet, standing almost erect, his mouth partly open, and from his protruding tongue, the blood fell fast in drops. While in this position, he received about six more balls, each of which made him reel. At last, as in complete desperation, he dashed into the water and swam several yards with astonishing strength and agility, the guns cracking at him constantly; but he was not to proceed far. Just then, Richardson, who had been absent, rode up, and fixing his deadly aim upon him, fired a ball into the back of his head, which killed him instantly. The strength of four men was required to drag the ferocious brute from the water, and after examining his body, he was found completely riddled; there did not appear to be four inches of his shaggy person, from the hips upward, that had not received a ball. There must have been at least thirty shots made at him, and probably few missed him; yet such was his tenacity of life, that I have no doubt he would have succeeded in crossing the river, but for the last shot in the brain. He would probably weigh, at the least, six hundred pounds, and was about the height of an ordinary steer. The spread of the foot, laterally, was ten inches, and the claws measured seven inches in length. This animal was remarkably lean; when in good condition, he would, doubtless, much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson, and two other hunters, in company, killed two in the course of the afternoon and saw several others.” Evidently a good bear country. It ‘was this day that the little pet antelope met with an accident, which made it necessary to kill it. The mule on which it was riding, fell and broke one of the antelope’s legs and injured it in other ways. And now, as they were traveling toward Snake River, signs were observed, which led them to suspect the near presence of the dreaded Blackfeet. One or two were even seen, but made good their escape. Arrived at the Portneuf River, it was determined to build a fort there, and as the party was short of pro- visions, a hunting party of twelve, each man leading a pack horse, started out to kill and dry meat for camp. It was not very long before they reached a country where buffalo were plenty, and where, as Townshend says, they soon were “feasting upon the best food in the world.” They at once began to cure meat, hanging it on scaffolds, and building fires under it to hasten its drying. An experiment here performed on a bull is worth quoting. Our author says: “The unwieldy brute was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage, and I had arrived to within ten feet of him, when a sudden flashing of the eye, and an impatient motion, told me that I was observed. He raised his enormous head, and looked around him, and so truly terrible and grand did he appear, that I must confess (in your ear) I felt awed, almost frightened, at the task I had undertaken. But I had gone too far to retreat; so, raising my gun, I took deliberate aim at the bushy center of the fore- head and fired. The monster shook his head, pawed up the earth with his hoofs and, making a sudden spring, accompanied by a terrific roar, turned to make his escape. “At this instant the ball from the second barrel pene- trated his vitals, and he measured his huge length upon the ground. In a few seconds he was dead. Upon ex- amining the head, and cutting away the enormous mass of matted hair and skin which enveloped the skull, my large bullet of twenty to the pound was found com- pletely flattened against the bone, having carried with it, through the interposing integument, a considerable portion of the coarse hair, but without producing the smallest fracture. I was satisfied; and taking the tongue, the hunter’s perquisite, I returned to my companions. “This evening, the roaring of the bulls in the gang- near us is terrific, and these sounds are mingled with the howling of large packs of wolves, which regularly attend upon them, and the hoarse screaming of hundreds of ravens flying over head.” Here is a story told by the hunter Richardson,, of an encounter he once had with three Blackfoot Indians: “He had been out alone hunting buffalo, and toward the end of the day was returning to the camp with his meat, when he heard the clattering of hoofs in the rear, and, upon looking back, observed three Indians in hot pursuit of him. “He immediately discharged his cargo of meat to lighten his horse, and then urged the animal to his utmost speed, in an attempt to distance his pursuers. He soon discovered, however, that the enemy was rapidly gaining upon him, and that in- a few minutes more he would be completely at their mercy, when he hit upon an expedient, as singular as it was bold and courageous. Drawing his long scalping knife from the sheath at his side, he plunged the keen weapon through his horse’s neck, and severed the spine. The animal dropped instantly dead, and the determined hunter, throwing himself behind the fallen carcass, waited calmly the approach of his sanguinary pursuers. In a few moments, one Indian was within range of the fatal rifle, and at its report, his horse galloped riderless over the plain. The remaining two then thought to take him at advantage by approaching simultaneously on both sides of his rampart; but one of them, happen- ing to venture too near in order to be sure of his aim, was shot to the heart by the long pistol of the white man, at the very instant that the ball from the Indian’s gun whistled harmlessly by. The third savage, being wearied of the dangerous game, applied the whip vigor- ously to the flanks of his horse, and was soon out of sight, while Richardson set about collecting the trophies of his singular victory. “He caught the two Indians’ horses; mounted one, and loaded the other with the meat which he had dis- carded, and returned to his camp with two spare rifles and a good stock of ammunition.” Just after this, a curious accident happened to one of the men, who, while reloading his gun, while running [Jan. 14, 1905. buffalo, had his horn burst in his face, the powder having been ignited by a burning wad which remained in the barrel. an August the much reduced company, to which Mr Townshend and Mr. Nuttall still clung, left Fort Hall for the Columbia River. They suffered more or less from hunger and thirst as they passed along, and had some trouble in finding the way across the moun- tains. At last, however, they reached the “Mallade” River, and as they passed along down it met frequent camps of Snake Indians, and were here introduced to Kamas, on which, a little later, they were glad to sup- port themselves. When they reached the Boisee, or Big Wood River, they found it literally crowded with salmon, which were continually springing from the water. They were eager to capture some, but were wholly without the means to do so. Not long after this, a little colt — perhaps from some Indian camp — joined their horse herd, and as it was fat and strong, Townshend shot it, and the whole camp ate it. And now they began to be constantly among Indians, who had gathered along the river to take their sum- mer supply of fish. Often from these camps they could purchase dried salmon, but game was singularly scarce along their route, and when fish were not to be had, the party starved. On one occasion, an owl which 1 ownshend had shot, and expected to skin and pre- serve, was eaten by Mr. Nuttall and a companion. On another, Townshend, no other food being available, went for a walk out from camp, and made a hearty meal on rose berries. On one or two occasions they were able to purchase Indian acorn meal from which they made mush, mixing with it a considerable quantity of horse tal- low and salt. This unwonted vegetable compound was hugely enjoyed by the half-starving men. They passed Walla-Walla, met some Chinook Indians; and on the 10th of September reached the Dalles of the Columbia, and from here proceeded down that stream by canoes. The voyage was uncomfortable, if not dangerous, for they constantly met head winds, which checked their progress and tossed up a frightful sea. Ill-nourished, constantly wet to the skin, losing a boat or two, and extremely uncertain as to the char- acter of the Indians, they kept on their way to the coast; and at last reached Fort Vancouver, where some of the luxuries of a permanent station were to be had. Here they learned that about, twenty miles down the river, at the month of the Willamet, was a brig from Boston, sent out by the company to which Captain Wyeth was attached. They set out to journey down to it. On the way they passed many tribes of Indians, concerning which, Townshend has much to say that is interesting; but this was the close of their journey across the continent, and from here Townshend took passage for the Sandwich Islands, and later to Chili, on his way to his home in Philadelphia. Just what became of Mr. Nuttall was not known for some years. That he collected a large number of plants in California, many of which are the types of well-known species, was known; but how he reached California, or just where he separated from Townshend was long uncertain. Prof. Brewer, a botanist, whose familiarity with early California history, and with the botany of California, are well-known,, believed that Nuttall’s col- lections were made in California, in the year 1835. This was doubted by Mr. Coville, whose investigations led him to believe that the statement was based on Durand’s biographical notice of Mr. Nuttall, which ap- pears to be incorrect, for on July n, 1835, Townshend says, “Mr. Nuttall, who has just returned from the Dalles, where he has been spending some weeks, brings distressing intelligence from above.”' And again, in October, he speaks of Mr. Nuttall’s having sailed from the mouth of the Columbia River to the Hawaiian Islands. The botanist’s subsequent route has been discovered by Mr: Coville, in the classic, “Two Years Before The Mast,” by R. H. Dana, where a very full account of Mr. Nuttall’s meeting with the author, and many sub- sequent less important mentions are made of him. Mr. Nuttall returned to Boston on the vessel “Alert.” which left San Diego, May 8, 1836, and she had as a foremast hand Mr. Richard H. Dana. Monarch is a Proud Father* New York, Jan. 5. — Editor Forest and Stream: Is this the Allen Kelly-Thompson-Seton “Monarch?” The con- troversy and symposium on the alleged plagiarism proved very interesting. Allen S. Williams. From the San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 31. Out to the Park one night (quite late) Rode sly old Santa Claus; But not to find the Golden Gate; He drove out there because He had a gift for Monarch’s mate— ’Twas something live! A pound in weight, With four small, wobbly paws. Now, when you’re living in the Park Behind some iron bars, It’s mighty lonesome in the dark A-blinking at the stars Like Mrs. Monarch; for the storks, You know, don’t venture round Where bears are (Wasn’t Santa kind?), And grizzlies, strange to say, don’t mind When babes weigh but a pound. A tiny addition has been made to the livestock on ex- hibition in Golden Gate Park. The cage of “Monarch,” the great grizzly presented to the park by The Examiner some years ago>, is enlivened by the advent of a baby— to record the event by the customary phrasing. The cub is not the only one presented to “Monarch” and his mate. Last year an infant grizzly drew its first breath in the park cage, and the ursine infant was taken to the park hospital, where it was believed that with care- ful treatment it might survive. But it sickened and died after a few days. The keeper intends to leave the tiny new offspring with its mother in the hope that it may get a healthier hold on life. Jan. 14, 1065-1' FOREST AND STREAM. 29 Animal Surgery. — II. How They Doctor the Animals at the Bronx Zoo. ( Concluded from page 9 ) Prompt surgery has saved the park the price of_ many a costly animal. Big Mose, the thirteen-foot alligator, has come under the surgeon’s knife twice. He. was first successfully operated on for the removal of two large tumors from the forefeet, after a struggle lasting almost an hour between the saurian and eight men. Even after Big Mose was strapped and roped until it seemed impossible for him to move, he would give a twist, and snap would go the ropes, showing that the enormous strength accredited to him was not a myth. The alligator had for a long time been troubled with two tumors as big as apples, which grew one on each of his forefeet. One day he grew enraged at a smaller alligator that accidentally trod oil one of the sore spots and killed it. Then it was decided that the tumors would have to come off, and preparations were begun to capture Mose. He was lying half in and half out of the water in the alligator tank at the east end of the reptile house when the water was let out. : This seemed to surprise him. He lashed his tail around and made a noise with his mouth that sounded like the blowing off of a safety valve on a steam engine.' The first step was to slip a big bag, or gunnysack, over the reptile’s head. The bag was put on a long pole and Curator Ditmars waited for a favorable op- portunity to drop it over the alligator’s head. This soon came, and the bag was securely tied with ropes. t So far everything had been easy and Big Mose had been docile enough. When the attendants attempted to draw a noose over his tail the trouble began. Big ! Mose gave his tail a gentle flip and the eight attendants, who had hold of the rope, fell over one another.. Then the big alligator grew angry. He twisted and jumped and turned around the tank until the eight attendants were nearly panic-stricken. Then Director of the Park, William T. Hornaday, who up to this time had been a looker on, jumped down into the tank and grabbed the rope attached to Mose’s tail. But the alli- gator was no respecter of persons. He treated the director in exactly the same way, and very soon Mr. Hornaday found himself on his hands and knees in the bottom of the tank. A platform was then brought in and placed on the floor of the tank. The eight men stood at one end 1 while Mr. Ditmars stood at the other end of the tank on the outside and prodded the alligator with a pick. Then Big Mose made a mistake. He pushed himself along, climbed on the platform and lay there, just where they wanted him to go. The attendants quickly slung ropes around him, and in a few moments had the alligator, as they thought, 1 hard and fast. But he was not to be captured so easily. He strained and struggled until he snapped the ropes that bound him as if they had been threads, but he still remained on the platform. Other and stronger ropes were sent for and at last, after nearly an hour’s fight, the immense saurian was lashed securely. Then the platform and the alligator were lifted up and placed crosswise on. two boxes, so that Dr. Miller, who was to perform the operation, would have plenty of room. This was no easy matter, as the platform and the alli- gator together weighed nearly 800 pounds. It was found necessary to chloroform Big .Mose, as ! he kept moving his feet and prevented Dr. Miller from ! injecting cocaine into them. He took three ounces of ■ chloroform before he succumbed. The tumors were then removed and orders given to loosen the . ropes which bound the alligator to the platform. This was [almost as risky as the tying had been. When the bag was removed from Big Mose’s head it was seen that he had come out of his stupor, and his eyes gleamed wickedly. When the last rope was removed Big Mose stood right up on his feet, a very unusual thing for an alli- gator to do, and shook himself as a dog would do after taking a swim. Then he walked off the platform and lay down at one end of the tank, perfectly quiefe Everybody heaved a sigh of relief when it was seen that Big Mose had no desire to cause any more trouble. ^The tank was quickly cleaned and the platform lifted out. Then the water was let in, and in a few moments Big Mose was swimming about as if nothing had ever occurred to disturb his peace and quiet. The last operation was performed ond carried out not with any idea to Mose’s comfort, but for the sake of saving the lives of the other ’gators, he having in a vicious moment snapped in twain one of his smaller com- panions. He had a most formidable array of teeth, over two inches long and an inch thick at the base. Direc- tor Hornaday and Curator Ditmars devised a plan for shearing the Zoo Samson of some of his strength. After considerable labor the keepers again got him subdued, and when he opened his mouth in a last des- pairing bellow they thrust a stick into it wrapped in towels. This propped his mouth open. Dr. Miller and three assistants then sawed the tops off Mose’s sharpest teeth. It took him about half an hour to finish the job and to polish up the remaining portion of the teeth. Each of the four operators wears the crown of one of Mose’s teeth as a watch charm. Director Hornaday says that the monkeys are sub- ject to about all the ailments that human flesh is heir to, and when ill have to be cared for like so many children. When Rajah, the one time king of the monkey house, went through his last illness he was at- tended day and night by doctors and keepers. His constitution was frail; he was of precocious turn, and pe died in spite of the best nursing a monkey ever had. To the last he looked his thanks, and just before his death he shook hands with the curator, the keepers and the doctors. “If anybody could have pulled me through, gentle- men, you would have done it,” he seemed to say with fine courtesy. A short time ago, Sally, one of the ring-tailed mon- keys of considerably more than average intelligence, got into a fight with another monkey and broke her left arm. Sally set up a shriek immediately and all the other monkeys began to whimper. Something dread- ful had happened, they knew very well. Sally’s arm hung limp; and Sally herself, all of a heap, was al- ternately shivering and crying. Curator Ditmars sent a hurry’ call for Dr. Miller, but found that it would be some time before he could reach the park, Sally got a big injection of morphine to keep her quiet, and when the doctor came, a few whiffs of chloroform deadened the monkey’s senses completely. Her arm and shoulder were nicely set and done up in a plaster east. Sally came to presently and nibbled off the plaster, and this operation she repeated twice again. Then a big wooden collar was fitted around her neck, so that she could not reach her arm. Sally seemed amused. “Well, you’ve got me,” she seemed to say, and then she had a lot of fun whirling the collar round and round. Her broken arm healed beautifully. With all the care bestowed upon them, the monkeys have croup and pneumonia and consumption occa- sionally. For these ailments they have their noses and chests rubbed with oil, and are given quinine, hot drinks and extra blankets to roll up in. If a monkey seems puny, he gets dainties to eat, too, such as pud- dings and rice and jelly and hot milk. The Zoo monkeys are not averse to whiskey, _ and it is a stand- ard remedy for them. On one occasion a sudden storm came up and drenched about thirty of them in their outdoor cages. Curator Ditmars says that he realized that unless something was done, about thirty monkeys would be down with pneumonia the next day. He gave them liberal, drinks of whiskey, and in a few moments they were all in a most hilarious state. Their legs refused to walk straight. Their arms flew around in strange curves, and when they undertook to swing they simply couldn’t do it. The monkeys looked distrustfully at themselves and then at the curator. They seemed to say: “By jove! Ditmars, can’t you stop turning things round?” The orgy lasted about half an hour, when all thirty fell sound asleep. Next morning they awoke, none the worse for the experience. One big elk at the Zoo knows as much about chloro- form as the most experienced invalid ever learns. He got a long cut across his leg and over the knee-joint. It refused to heal promptly, and the doctor decided to drain and pack the wound. Every day half a dozen men caught the big elk and held him while the doctor put a sponge saturated with chloroform under his. nose. Three or four whiffs sent the elk to dreamland, while the doctor treated the wound. The elk eventually got well, and walks about now without the suspicion of a game leg. Director Hornaday cut the hoofs of the aoudad, the big Barbary mountain sheep, not long ago. The animal was in danger of getting split hoofs and diseased feet. The big fellow - routed six men and inflicted terrible damage on the trousers of his keeper with his stout horns before he was finally lassoed. He was dragged up alongside a wire fence, and while the director pro- ceeded to pare his hoofs he kept up a bellowing that waked the echoes. The sun bears and the honey bears have had treat- ment for ingrowing nails. This consists in tying them down, injecting cocaine into the foot pad, drawing out the nails and cutting them off. The bird colony is easily treated, and comes in for a good deal of attention. One of the commonest ail-, ments is “gapes,” a disease in which the feathered patient yawns incessantly. This is caused by a small worm, which lodges in the throat, and is readily re- moved by a pair of tweezers wielded by the doctor. That jealousy is a strong element in the psychological make-up of the wild beast was apparently shown re- cently when Lopez, a, jaguar, killed Bella, another jaguar. As the keepers tell it, it was because Bella had paid more attention to another of his kind there con- fined in a cage, and Lopez had watched her casting secret glances from her big eyes toward Dan, who had an adjoining apartment. But the keepers, like some parents, wanted to make a match without being sure of reciprocated love, and they decided to place Lopez and Bella together, with the result that the moment the door between the two cages was opened, Lopez sprang at her, and after his long, sharp teeth had loosened in her throat, Bella had paid the penalty for her coquetry. She just groaned a few times and died. . Lopez was a playful animal, almost as playful as a house cat, prior to Bella’s debut. He was captured in Paraguay and sent to the Zoo by William Miels Butler, Secretary of the Paraguay Development Company. He was, in fact, on such friendly terms with his keepers that he wanted to shake hands nearly all the time, but found few who cared to extend this mark of cordiality to him. John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, shook his luxuriant iron-gray locks at the supercilious majority to-day when the question of giving over the Pension Office for the inaugural ball was up, and said, with great declamatory effect: “Gentlemen, freemen, patriots, let us unhorse the dogs of war!” — New York World. The Passing of the Buffalo. San Carlos, Arizona, Dec. 25. — Editor Forest and Stream: The “Tragedy of the Plains” and other articles on the disappearance of the buffalo appearing recently in Forest and Stream, have, as you may conceive, inter- ested me much. I would like to contribute some experiences of my own in this line; not that it will solve the question as to what became of the buffalo, for we all know where they went, but to add, if it may be, to the literature on the subject. The first scene is laid at Fort Wadsworth, Dakota, in the springtime of 1867. It may interest you to know that after the Grand Review in Washington in 1865, my bat- talion drifted out west, and a year later relieved the Second Minnesota Volunteers at the above post. In early spring we marched north across country to “Bears’ Den Hill” on the Cheyenne River, to establish a military post, afterward called Fort Ransom. One day we traversed a great expanse of level prairie land. It was covered with ice, but here and there could be seen the close cropped yellow grass peculiar to that region at that time of year. As far as the eye could see this prairie was dotted with carcasses of buffalo, fresh, unmarked by bullet or arrow. They were not gaunt, starved beasts by any means. How far they extended be- yond the line of vision I am unable to say, but it ap- peared to me that they numbered thousands. I have my own theory as to the calamity that overtook them, but I will not divulge it. In the late winter of 1870-71 I was encamped with a companion on one of the streams of Milk River, Mon- tana Territory, a short day’s journey from old Fort Bel- knap, a trading post on Milk River. It was also an agency, and, if I remember aright, Major Reid was agent. It was the same winter that the smallpox terror struck the Indians and carried them off hy hundreds. The em- ployes of the agency and the hangers-on of the trader relieved the dead Indians of their fine robes as fast as they were laid out, and afterward shipped the furs to the States at brisk profit. There was much snow about our camp, and the buffalo and wolves were very numerous. A three days’ storm raged, during which we did not leave our “lean-to,” ex- cept to hustle for wood, which many of your readers know is not plentiful off the main streams. During the storm the buffalo drifted with it past our camp, while droves of elk - traveled against the storm along the near-by bluff. It cleared up bright, cold and calm, and we heard much firing the following morning, which gave us intimation that there was a prairie Grosventre village in our vicinity. We learned afterward that the firing was directed ex- clusively against cows heavy with calf, the sole object being to obtain that delicacy (the unborn calf) for a feast. It was the first instance of the kind that had come under my observation, and I have wondered if others have observed the same trait in the Indians of the plains. It was not a time of year when the robes were in good condition, and the animals themselves, except the young bulls and barren cows, were poor of flesh. There was no demand for raw buffalo hides in those days, and I do not remember of. any being shipped from the section of country along the upper Missouri River, but of the finished product, the dressed robe, thousands were brought in by the Indians to the various trading posts. The price varied from 16 cups of brown sugar to $3 in trade (?) for a fine robe, and the baling of these robes in the springtime for shipment was a feature at the main trading establishments. The country west of the Missouri, from the Black Hills to the Musselshell, was held by the hostile Sioux, and by all accounts was black with buffalo. It was common belief that the wolves were as destruc- tive of buffalo as the Indians, but the wolves did not last long after the white hunters commenced distributing strychnia north of the Missouri. In the spring of 1877 it was my fortune to be on board of the steamer Far West, Captain Grant Marsh, bound up the Yellowstone to the cantonment on Tongue River. As we swung around the bends well up the river, we passed first one and then several great stacks of buffalo hides, that loomed as big as hay-stacks on the bank, awaiting shipment. Somehow they were a misfit in the surroundings. The yellow prairie, the winding river, cottonwood timber, and stacks of buffalo hides. We may imagine that they represented many a “Kansas stand,” and much toil in gathering on the part of that noble army of adventurers of whom Mr. Hutt speaks with such refreshing frankness in Forest and Stream of December 17. Buffalo were not as plentiful along the Yellowstone that fall. In the cold February of 1880, the buffalo came down from the north in great masses and congregated along the Yellowstone near the mouth of Powder River. That was the first and only time that I saw buffalo stupid from the effects of extreme cold. A wagon road that was traveled daily ran along the south bank of the river and kept the buffalo from crossing for some time; but finally they crossed and went south. They never returned. They met their Waterloo somewhere near the Black Hills, or perhaps further south. That was the beginning of the end of the buffalo. L. S. Kelly. The lioness and baboon w'hich formed part of King Menelik’s recent gift to President Roosevelt have died in the National Zoological Park. The baboon died from tuberculosis and the lioness from chronic kidney and liver ailments. so FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 14, T905. Northern Pennsylvania Game Notes. • Sayre, Pa., Jan. 2. — The game season which closed re- cently in this State left a goodly remnant of both feather and fur for restocking in the covers hereabouts. As stated in these columns some weeks ago, there was an average supply of ruffed grouse in some neighboring covers and something less than average in others ; but on the whole, local gunners are agreed that quite as many grouse were shot the past season as the season preceding furnished. In New York State covering the territory between Ithaca and Sayre, plenty of good grouse shooting was to be had despite the fact that a gentleman from Elmira intimated recently that my forecast as to the grouse sup- ply in the vicinity of Van Etten, Spencer, and West Danby and adjacent covers was erroneous. 'Trustworthy advices from Spencer and Van Etten report that shooting men acquainted with the country and with the requisite powers of endurance to forage over the declivitous “lay of land, were able to secure in a day’s tramp satisfactory bags of the noble game. Personally I know of six grouse having been shot during a five hours? tramp in a rough reach of cover bordering Van Etten and Spencer. While, this is not a large score, as some men count, scores, it is suffi- ciently substantial to prove that the wily grouse has not entirely perished from the face of the earth in a section peculiarly adapted to its preservation. At West Danby and at Newfield, the latter village only six miles removed from Ithaca, were rare good points to secure some good grouse shooting, and at Newfield Station, a few days be- fore the closing of the New York grouse season, a party boarded a Lehigh Valley night train with the finest dis- play of grouse, bagged amid the Newfield hills, that was taken in to the University City during the past season. The season closed with a nice supply of birds in good con- dition to weather the winter, which up to this writing has been exceptionally favorable for the birds. Of woodcock there is but little to write. Some fine bags of flight birds were reported, but these were not plenty enough to warrant the belief that the birds are increasing in numbers. In connection with this subject of woodcock, it is worth while to note that Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the State Board of Game Commis- sioners, in his annual report suggests what your corre- spondent has for some time and repeatedly in these columns favored, namely, the abolishment of . summer shooting of woodcock. This would at least furnish some practical and worthy help toward conserving and increas- ing the woodcock supply. Gray squirrels were about up to the average in numbers the past season in most local sections at least. It is the consensus of opinion that the season on this game should open at least two weeks earlier than at present. Rabbits, like the poor, we have always with us, which is an encouraging prospect, after all, for without poor, simple little “bunny” most of us who like to get a day’s fun without going to a far country would be in a sorry plight, indeed. It is really wonderful where the seemingly inexhaustible supply of these little spry-footed animals comes from. The slaughter over all the State has been enormous the past season, and yet there remains in most sections, at any rate, ample seed for. next season’s needs. With practically every man’s hand raised against him dur- ing the open season — and who shall say that same hand is not raised against him during all the seasons in the back country,” where only the faint rumble of the game law’s machinery is heard? — Bre’r Cottontail survives with the tenacity of a Salem witch tale, and promises, despite the wiles of the high priests of the shooting fraternity, to multiply and replenish the earth. For which cause, among fnany, we have reason to be happy in these first glad days of the new year. M. Chill. Early Use of Colt's Revolvers. Editor Forest and Stream-: In a recent number of Mr. George Bird Grinnell s very interesting series of contributions, “Trails of the Path- finders” (Forestand Stream of December 10), he says: “The party just setting out were well armed with Colt’s repeating rifles and revolvers,” etc., and further on he quotes Gregg as saying “* * * percussion guns are preferable upon the prairies, particularly for those who understand their use.” This was in 1839? an(^ I think about fifteen years before the Colt’s revolver came into use, when even the “percussion gun” was a novelty. It is my impression that the Colt’s repeating rifle was also a novelty as late as about i860. If wrong about these impressions, I shall gladly “stand corrected. ’ Coahoma. This having been referred to Mr. Grinnell, he wrote as follows: New York, Dec. 29.— Editor Forest and Stream : 1 am glad to read Coahoma’s criticism of the instalment of “Trails of the Pathfinders” printed in Forest and Stream of December 10, and to acknowledge a slight inaccuracy of language which is perhaps misleading. jlhe words the party just setting out were well armed with Colts repeat- ing rifles and revolvers” should read the leaders of the party just setting out,” etc. . At the date mentioned the average American, if scout or trapper, carried a “long rifle,” while teamsters and others who traveled as a part of the wagon train, were provided with muskets, loaded with the traditional “buck and ball.” . , ,, Gregg’s precise language is: “My brother and myself were each provided with one of Colt s repeating rifles and a pair of pistols of the same make, so that we could, if necessary, carry thirty-six ready loaded shots apiece.” This was careless writing on the part of Gregg, since the two men would seem to have had but eighteen shots apiece, or thirty-six in all. ^ The repeating arms spoken of were then absolutely new. Colt’s first patent for a revolver was dated February, 1836. It had no number. The revolving rifles are said to have been manufactured in 1836. But there is some reason to believe that the revolver came into use much earlier in the southwest than elsewhere, and we believe there is a tradition that during the late ’30s a company of Texas rangers was armed with these pistols — and pos- sibly also with the revolving rifles — which proved so effective as military weapons that the fame of the arm spread, and its popularity at once became great. It must be remembered that Gregg as a successful trader was a man of substance — one who could afford the best that was in the market; and further, that no part of a man’s equipment was more important than his firearms. A man would no more economize on his firearms or am- munition then, than- — twenty-five years later- — a cowboy would economize on his saddle. . Gregg’s book was published in 1844, and I have pre- cisely quoted his language. I submit the matter to Coa- homa for such modification of his impressions as the facts may call for. All this happened a long time ago, and our ideas and impressions about particular occurrences which took place before we were born are likely to be vague enough. I should be glad to have my own set right as to many points with regard to the time at which various improved arms came into use. George Bird Grinnell. Woodcock and Ducks. Prince Edward Island.— Editor Forest and Stream: A friend sends me occasionally copies of Forest and Stream, and I find much interesting reading in them, as I have been much attached to the rod and gun since early boyhood, now over fifty years ago. We have quite a variety of game on our island Province, including wild goose, brant, black ducks, woodcock, English snipe, par- tridge, golden and many other varieties of plover. We have also the black bear, fox, mink, otter, muskrat, and hares in abundance. I like the woodcock shooting best, but the snipe and black duck make almost equally as good. In the late fall, on a calm morning after a white frost has fallen-, the sound of the woodcock’s wings as he starts from the nose of your Gordon setter, makes pleasant music to the sportsman’s ear. If one happens to strike the cover when they have collected for their flight south, which is gen- erally about the first of November or immediately after a sharp frost, it becomes a very exciting day’s sport. I have flushed as many as fifty woodcock in a cover at this time or season of flight. A few years ago, in beating a cover -which was alive with -woodcock (the most of which, I am sorry to- say, made good their escape, as it was my off day, and I generally have one or more each season; the sportsman who only has an off day every few years may count himself lucky indeed), I only bagged about one bird to every seventh or eighth shot, and my brother, who was shooting with me, had equally poor luck. Wd went the next day to redeem lost prestige, but only flushed two birds on the whole cover, and one of these had been wounded the previous day; probably both were injured, or they may have been mates who decided to live or die together. We returned from that cover two disappointed sportsmen, but consoled ourselves with the idea that we were not in any way to blame for the failure to bag more game, hut that we had been firing damaged cartridges. In speaking about off days, I remember on another occasion when shooting black duck (or I should say firing at them), I had my decoys nicely set waiting for the falling tide, when the ducks congregated to feed. I had not long to wait until the birds began pouring in and I began pouring out. After firing away for several hours I counted up my bag and had seven black ducks. I almost felt disgraced for life, as a party who had heard of my correct shooting hitherto was faithfully recording every shot. He placed it down as forty shots, and I think lie was well within the mark. What was particularly mystify- ing about it all was that hunches of feathers would conic with almost every shot. Conditions were somewhat against me on this occasion, as the wind was off, and be- ing late in the season the birds were fat and strong and well feathered. I have always had an idea that I was firing damaged powder. I had loaded the shells myself, and was probably imposed on by the party who sold me the powder. But clear of this, there are occasional days in which nearly every shot seems to go home. I generally began the day by missing a few good chances ; then a few rapid shots discharged without proper care, and unless one has the good fortune to make a very fine shot or two, the bag for that day is assuredly going to be small. But enough about off days. I was somewhat amused by some writers asking if ducks commit suicide. I do not think that anyone who owns a good retriever dog would think of asking such a question. I have shot hundreds of ducks and always felt sure of my bird if it was not able to take the wing again. I remember on one occasion stopping thirteen black ducks at one double discharge. At least half of them were wounded, and my dog retrieved twelve of them at the time, and -I believe got the other one later on. I have watched their actions very closely, sometimes following in a boat; I have seen them go under water and make rapidly for the nearest cover, creep under the weeds and gain the shrubbery, and generally safety, unless I was in possession of a good retriever. A few years ago I shot a duck in a small pond which was surrounded by marsh and low bushes. The duck went under water and I watched the bare edges of the pond for his appearance, but he managed to gain the cover without being noticed. I had a young dog with me, and this was to be his first lesson. I let him loose and thought he had got the scent, but after wriggling around in the low scrubbery for some time, he made off across the barren. I felt like calling him in and cuffing him. I be- lieve I did call him a fool. However, as he seemed much, interested in his work, I let him go on, and, much to my surprise, he located the wounded bird. After that I never- called a dog off the scent too hastily. It was certainly- surprising to see the distance that duck covered in less than fifteen minutes. If anyone still has the idea that ducks commit suicide, let him get a good duck dog, and! I think I am safe in saying that he will have a good! account of all his missing birds. Robert Jenkins. In Massachusetts. Editor Forest and Stream: At the meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, with delegates from sportsmen’s clubs of the State, December 29, a resolution drawn by E. Harold Baynes and presented by I. O. Converse, ask- ing President Roosevelt to take action for the preserva- tion of the buffalo of the United States was unanimously adopted. It was as follows : “Resolved, That the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association most heartily indorses the movement now on foot to save the buffalo from extinc- tion by haying the United States Government purchase and maintain on suitable ranges in different parts of the country a number of small herds of pure bred animals, of this species until they have increased to such an extent! that there is no immediate danger of their passing.” Jhe vote by which the above was adopted represents the; opinion not only of the association, but of the delegates; present frorn^ numerous clubs from various sections of the State. The entire club membership represented by these delegates is several thousand. Fortunately we now have a man at the head of the Government to whom a case of this kind will appeal very strongly, and no one can doubt the President will do all in his power to save the -small remnant of the Americans bison from extinction. . The date fixed for the annual dinner of the State Asso- ciation is February 16, and invitations have been ex- tended to the fish and game commissioners of the New England States and to the various public officials to whom it has been customary to extend the courtesy of an, invitation. Last month a new protective club was formed callea “Ihe Berkshire County Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation,” composed of prominent men in Adams, Pittsfield. Williamstown, Great Barrington, etc. The Secretary is Mr. J. M. Van Huyck, of Great Barrington. Judge San- born Tenney, of Williamstown, is one of the active men on the list of officers. The club is likely to exert a com- manding influence in favor of game interests. As your readers know, the Berkshire hills and mountains abound in game of many kinds, and the streams are noted for good trout fishing. I have just received a report that Thomas Suttle on Friday killed a lynx that weighed 90 pounds near “Balance Rock” in Lanesboro. Mr. Suttle’s dog barely escaped with his life. The animal had been having a long Thanksgiving feast from the farmers’ chickens, sheep and! calves. The cards sent out by the association urging sportsmen tc feed the quail are bringing many letters, some of which speak of the outlook for quail next year as very gloomy. One writer says he knows of but two within five miles of his farm, whereas a year ago he is sure there were not less than 200 within one mile. Others write more encouragingly and tell of several coveys being provided with food. 'Ihe call for testimony from sportsmen on the question whether or not foxes destroy many quail and partridges has brought many replies which vary greatly in character. Many more letters are expected, and in cue time vour correspondent will say mere about them. It is too early to make a summing up of the testimony, but many of the letters are “mighty interesting.” I regret exceedingly to record a very sad accident which occurred to-day in Concord, Mass. ' By the premature discharge of a rifle in the hands of Samuel Hoar, the 17- year-old son of the late Samuel Hoar, and the grand- nephew of the late Senator Hoar, Clarence E. Jones, aged 16 years, was fatally shot. When the accident occurred, the boys, who were bosom friends, were in a canoe on the Concord River, near the Minute Man bridge. They had been shooting muskrats. Young Hoar had just shot one, and while reloading, suddenly the gun went off, and Jones fell forward with a groan. Master Hoar paddled with all speed for the nearest boat house, and summoned a physi- cian, but young Jones expired before his arrival, the bail, from a .32-40 rifle, having passed through the lad’s head’ Clarence was the son of Mr. Reginald H. Jones, who is a member of the well-known banking firm of Blake Brothers, Boston. Numerous readers throughout the north and east will he pleased to learn more about the quail released last spring- in our State. Should I give all the details they would fill a page. Fifteen dozen were purchased by the town of Cohasset, and Mr. Souther, to whom they were sent, writes that the experiment was a “complete success.” Mr. John Foster, of South Hanson, called at the office and gave an account of the six pairs which he bought. One pair, he says, hatched out eight, another nine, an- other twelve. The broods of two pairs got together and he counted a covey of fifteen as the result of the com- bination. This is certainly a wonderful showing, and, by the way, Mr. Foster is a man well known, not only in Hanson, but in all the neighboring towns. I have already Jan. 14, 190$;. FOREST AND STREAM 31 related the results obtained by a sportsman not twenty miles from Worcester, whose modesty prevents my men- tioning his name at this time. This gentleman was so well pleased with the success of his planting of three dozen last spring that a week ago he put out eighteen dozen. He called at the office yesterday and reported that each of the dozen or more lots he liberated is com- ing regularly to the feeding boxes, and they are doing well, with the exception of one covey, which has been discovered by the foxes, and he has found the feathers of dead birds and other evidence sufficient to prove con- clusively that Reynard is the guilty party. Now he is in pursuit of information about trapping, and says he has offered $1 as a bounty to the man or boy who will brhlg in a fox. Mr. Hill, of Attleboro, writes that some short-sighted gunners found where some of the birds he freed were in the fall and killed quite a number of them. Mr. Comer, of Comer’s Commercial College, writes a long account of his experiment with the birds, and expresses great satis- faction with the result. A few of those who have re- ported say they lost all trace of the birds in a few days after liberating them. Possibly they did not keep up the supply of food, or, if so, the birds may have been frightened away from the locality by foxes or other ene- mies. Mr. Louis Morse, of North Attleboro, raised quite a number from the eggs this year, and while he has met with some disappointments, he has Some of the birds yet, and is convinced that the rearing of quail in captivity is far from being an impossibility. The State Association is on the point of sending out cards for posting, calling the attention of people to the necessity of feeding the birds. It is of the greatest importance to the lovers of quail shooting that what birds we now have be sys- tematically fed, and that the work of restocking be prosecuted with the utmost vigor. CENTRAL, Boston. A Sleeping Duck* While we have been much interested in some of the discussions that have recently taken plaCe in your columns, 'we have remained silent, as we had, in times gone by, our fling on the btaCk fox and the panther scream ques- tions ■; tlloiigh we will say that we have seen more than one black duck asleep. And one time, when we saw at least a dozen asleep, we Caught a duck in such a manner that we believe no one Would aCuse us of being a pot- hunter. though the duck was iiot flying at the time that it was taken. One warm October afternoon w_e ap- proached the batik of the east branch of the Missisquoi River and saw about one hundred yards above us a flock of black ducks asleep ; they were in an eddy of Stillwater ; there was a bunch of cattails near us hi the shallow water. We picked up among the driftwood a small piece of board and a short stick, and quietly waded out among the cattails and stuck the stick down into the water with the piece of board on its top, making a tottlish one-legged stool. We sat down on it with care, and by bending down our head we were fairly well covered. We expected a boat to come soon down the river which would wake up the ducks and cause them to swim down by us, when we would rise up and give them a “right and left” — after they took wing, of course. The day was warm and the boat did not appear; we got in a slight doze, when — • splash! We have a dim recollection of seeing the fright- ened ducks flying away as we emptied the water out of our pockets, and tried to do the same out of our boots, which gave us, if anything, a wetter back. We were soon over at Goose Bay and in the canoe paddling for camp and a hot fire. Ugh ! It is a mystery how water can be so cold on such a warm afternoon. Stanstead. The Duck Shooting Practice. ■Editor Fw'esl and Stream: Your editorial on the duck swatting question makes me think of. a story old man Bassford tells. Receiving a letter from Rev. Father Murphy to call on him in connection with the plans for the building^ of a new church, and it being the fall of the year, and Father Murphy’s parish being up country where there was some fine duck shooting, old man Bassford took his gun along. When Saturday night came around and the plans were all agreed upon and old man Bassford bad had three or four uays of fine duck shooting, they spent a sociable Saturday night together at the parish residence, it being understood that Mr. Bassford would remain over Sunday and attend church and listen to Father Murphy’s sermon. At the conclusion of the services, and before the congregation was dismissed, Father Murphy arose and delivered him- self about as fellows : “I would like to say to this congregation that we are about to form a timprance society, and I would desire that all interested would keep their sates and remain after the sarvices. Now I want it distinctly understood that the forming of this timprance society is not for the purpose of making war on the saloon-keepers, nor is it intended to prevent those wantin’ a drink gettin’ it when they want it, but it’s for the good of iverybody.” Afterward at the dinner table Bassford remarked, “That was a queer temperance sermon you were giving us this morning.” To this Father Murphy, with a twinkle in his eye, replied: “Wasn’t that an illigant shtraddle?” Charles Cristadoro. [We do not see the application of this. We did not discuss the merits of the duck shooting question, nor attempt to consider the pros and cons. We simply stated facts as to the prevailing duck shooting practice.] California Sale and Bag Limit. San Francisco, Cal. — Much interest is now being .aken in this State on the question of prohibiting the sale of game. An effort in this direction will be^ made at .be coming session of the Legislature. Should it be suc- :essful, we will be sure of an abundance of game in Cali- fornia for a great many years. There is also a growing disposition to further limit the individual bag— a most .vise thing to do. Surely two dozen birds of any kind , r fiftv trout per day are enough for any man’s rational The" Texas Duck Law. An Interesting Correspondence* [COPY,] New York, Dec. 31, 1904.-— Mr. T, J. Anderson, General Passenger Agent Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Houston , Texas: My Dear Sir— -I have just received, through the courtesy of Prof. H. P. Attwater, a copy of the resolutions of the Business Men’s League, of Rock- port, Texas, the letter of Mr. Geo. P. Lupton, G. P. A., S. A, & A. P, Ryt) and your reply to the latter. Personally and officially, in behalf of the National Asso- ciation of Audubon Societies, I beg to convey to you my thanks for your admirable and able letter. Your letter dearly states the reasons why the present excellent game law of Texas should not be repealed or altered, and it forcibly points out the inevitable results of such short- sighted action. The resolutions of the Business Men’s League seem to be conceived in selfishness, as they de- mand for a restricted class a privilege that will entail loss on the balance of the citizens of Texas. The circular letter of Mr. Lupton is not in line with the policy of ad- vanced railroad management, as it suggests a sure method of game extermination, thereby removing a great attrac- tion from Texas, and as a result a diminished passenger traffic. Unwise laws in tile past have permitted the un- limited slaughter of all kinds of game, principally for markets and cold storage, and as a consequence game birds and animals have been largely reduced in numbers. By conservative and wise legislation, such as the present law of Texas, which the Business Men’s League seeks to modify, game will increase in your State, and will thus at- tract tourists within its borders, and a twofold benefit will be derived : first from the money distributed by the travel- ing sportsmen, and secondly, that many of them may be so impressed by scenery, healthfulness, and general pos- sibilities of the State that they will remain permanently, and thus add to the wealth and citizenship of the Com- monwealth, The National Association of Audubon Societies stands first, last, and all the time for the preservation of game of all kinds, and also> for the protection of the birds that cannot be considered game, but are the means provided by nature to check the ravages of insect life, of which the boll weevil may be cited as a striking example. Again thanking you for your correct and advanced stand in the interest, not only of your corporation, but of your State, I am most sincerely and truly yours, (Signed) Wm. Dutcher, . President N. A. A. Societies. [copy.] The Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Rail- way Company.— Houston, Texas, Dec. 27, 1904. — Mr. Geo. F. Lupton, G. P. A., S. A. & A. P. Ry., San An - tonio, Texas: Dear Sir — I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 19th inst. to General Passenger Agents, file 14335, giving copy of resolutions of the Business Men’s League, of Rockport, Texas, in reference to the game law of Texas. I regret that I cannot agree with you in indorsing the resolutions passed by the Business Men’s League of Rock- port, as I feel that the present law is equitable and just. To modify this law in accordance with these resolutions, it would seem to me a step backward, and it would not be long before we would have to call on the State Legisla- ture to pass another law prohibiting the slaughtering of game by the wholesale. Any bonafide hunter should be satisfied with the present law, which enables him to go out and slaughter twenty-five ducks a day, which number should last an ordinary family a week, and anyone not satisfied with this law, it would seem to me, are going out purely for the purpose of slaughtering game and shipping for other purposes than for which the present law con- templates. We advertise Texas now as a great place for sportsmen, where they can find game and fish, and unless we protect this game in some way, we will soon have to withdraw our advertising matter and notify sporting men that they had better seek a more prolific hunting and fishing ground. Yours very truly, (Signed) T. J. Anderson, G. P. A. [copy.] San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 21, 1904. — General Passenger Agents, Texas Lines: Gentlemen — Knowing that each general passenger agent is interested in tourist and ex- cursion business, I beg to call your attention to the Texas game laws as they now exist, which prohibit the shipping of game out of the State, or to points within the State, except when accompanied by the party who killed it, and then only in very small quantities. At a meeting of the Business Men’s League of Rock- port, the following resolutions were adopted : “Whereas, It has come to the notice of the Business Men’s League that under the present game law permitting the killing of twenty-five wild ducks, geese, brant or other water fowls by any person in one day, that many have availed themselves of this right and have killed said num- ber, or limit, day after day; that, owing to the restriction of the law, they are not permitted to take with them, nor ship to their homes, more than twenty-five fowls so killed; that in consequence many thousands of these fowls so killed are allowed to go to waste, as no disposition can he made of them. This being, in our opinion, a feature of the law that should be changed, and which is inconsistent, unreasonable, and unfair to our citizens, it is, upon mo- tion, unanimously resolved by the Business Men’s League of the city of Rockport, that our State Senators and Representatives be urgently requested to take such steps as may seem expedient so as to amend the present game law as follows : “First — That any person killing twenty-five or less wild ducks, geese or brant, shall he permitted, upon his filing an affidavit that he has hot killed nor offered for shipment more than the limit, etc., as prescribed by the present law, to offer same for shipment to his home, or other point within the State of Texas, and that he shall be relieved from accompanying said shipment. “Second — That any person who shall for several days prefer to hold his wildfowl as above described, and who shah make affidavit that he has not exceeded the limit as prescribed by law, and that he has not purchased any of the wildfowl so offered for shipment, and that he will ac- company the same, shall be permitted to. take same to bis home, or other place desired, whether within the State of Texas or elsewhere, as he may desire, and all . railway and express companies are authorized to receive and transport such shipments to destination as directed, when accompanied with the affidavit as above set out.” We heartily indorse the action of the Rockport busi- ness men, and would respectfully request that you interest yourselves in this measure, in order that we may have the law so amended that it will carry out the ideas as sug- gested by the Rockport Business League. I would be very glad to have replies sent to me, and if you are in favor of the measure, kindly intimate if, and we will have the bill drafted and presented through you to your Representative, so that it may be passed by the next session of our Legislature. Please advise if I may use your name in sending out, through you, a joint circular letter to the different Texas Representatives embodying the above ideas. I would thank you to give this matter prompt attention. Yours truly, (Signed) Geo. P. Lupton. [copy.] Houston, Texas, Dec. 31, — Mr. Geo. F. Lupton, A. G. P. A., S. A. & A. P. Ry: Dear Sir — I beg to acknowl- edge receipt of your letter of the 29th, No. 14335. Have read your circular carefully, noted particularly and under- stand it thoroughly. Referring to the third paragraph of your letter, I beg to call your attention to the point wherein you state that any person killing the legal number (twenty-five) of ducks, geese or brant shall be allowed to ship them to his home or other point within the State of Texas without being required to accompany the shipment. This is the point on which I beg to differ with you and those who passed the resolutions at Rockport; for just so soon as you allow a man to go out and kill twenty- five ducks a day and ship them to his home or any other point, just so soon that man is going to ship ducks for other purposes than for his own use or that of his friends ; but to make the matter plainer, he will go out and slaughter game and ship same to dealers for 'profit. This is what I object to, and while I cannot expect all of the General Passenger- Agents to agree with me in my opinion on this proposi- tion, yet if this matter is passed on by a majority in favor of the resolutions, I shall do all in my power to secure all the outside influence possible to defeat the modification of this law one jot or tittle. T. J. Anderson, G. P. A. [copy.] San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 29, 1904 .—Mr. T. J. Ander- son, G. P. A. S. P. : Dear Sir — I am sorry that you cannot see your way clear to agree with us. I hardly think that you have carefully read the proposed amend- ment, else you would see that we had not advocated any change in the laws whereby it would enable hunters to slaughter more game. Briefly told, the Rockport people propose to amend the laws so that any person killing the legal number (twenty- five) of ducks, geese or brant shall be allowed to ship them to his home, or other point within the State of Texas, without being required to accompany said ship- ment; all of this, of course, to be done only upon the party making an affidavit that he has not killed nor offered for shipment any more than the limit — twenty- five. We think this is a very good amendment, for the simple reason that a great many sportsmen have complained that they are perfectly satisfied to not kill over twenty-five ducks per day, but they would like to have the privilege of shipping them to their homes, or perhaps, in a few instances, to their northern friends, so that the northern sportsmen can be induced to visit our section of the country rather than northern and eastern hunting grounds. In plainer words, we do not favor any change in the law except as indicated in the resolutions. You might say that this privilege .would be abused and that people would ship them to other points in the State and outside of the State for sale. I do not agree with you on this point, simply because if a man did it he would easily be caught and severely dealt with according to law, and it would not take very long to do it. We do not believe that any gentleman sportsman would abuse the privilege, and if the “scalawags” attempted to do it, they would soon receive the full legal penalty. Every thorough sportsman would see that the guilty party would be punished. I hope you can see your way clear to indorse the move- ment. Geo. F. Lupton. Extracts from the new Texas game law, known as the bird law, July 1, 1903; Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: All the wild deer, wild antelope, wild Rocky Mountain sheep, wild turkeys, wild clucks, wild geese, wild grouse, wild prairie chickens (pinnated grouse), wild Mongolian or English pheasant, wild quail or partridges, wild doves, wild pigeons, wild plover, wild snipe, wild jacksnipe, and wild curlews, and all other wildfowl found within the borders of this State, shall be, and the same are, here- by declared to be the property of the public. Sec. 9. * * * It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to kill or destroy more than twenty-five of the birds or fowl mentioned in Section 1 of this act, in any one day. * * * Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any express company, railroad company or other common carrier, or the officers, agents, ser- vants, or employes of the same, to receive for the purpose of transportation, or to transport, carry, or take beyond the limits of this State, or within this State, except as hereinbefore provided, any wild animal, bird or water fowl mentioned in Section 1 of this act. * * * Sec. 11. * * * Nothing in this act shall be construed to pro- hibit the transportation and shipment of any of the game birds or wild fowls mentioned in Action 1 of this act, when lawfully taken or killed, from the place of shipment to the home of the person who killed the same; provided, the. person who killed said game, birds or fowls shall accompany said game birds or fowls on the same train, or common carrier, from the point of shippient to said point of destination. Mr. Wm. A. Dutcher’s Comments, One very important reason why the present excellent wildfowl law in Texas should not be repealed or altered in any way, may be found in Bulletin No. 113, United States Department of Agriculture, “Irrigation of Rice in the United States.’9 This bulletin is devoted largely to the rice growing industry in Louisiana and Texas, in both of which States this important agricultural interest is the source of much profit and is rapidly expanding. In the 82 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 14, 1905. preface (p. 5) it is stated, “There has been a decline in the South Atlantic States and an increase in the Western Gulf States. Within the past few years the raising of rice in Louisiana and Texas has developed into one of the leading industries of that region, and has given great value to lands heretofore used only for grazing, and to water which had been allowed to waste into the Griili oi Mexico. During the past ten years the United States have produced less than half the rice consumed m this country, the average importation for that time being J72’73°>957 pounds per annum, having a value of $3,185,968. With the present large importation and the increasing use ot rice as a staple food rather than a luxury, the possibilities for the expansion of this industry are unlimited. One of the chief obstacles that the rice producers have to con- tend with, and a factor that materially reduces Ins profits, is the voluntary red rice, the greatest bane of the rice grower. This is described on page 71 of the bulletin as 101- lows : “In harvesting, more or less seed falls to the ground, especially at places where sheaves have been stacked and along the driveway from the fields to the barnyards. The seed that is not destroyed by sprouting, and burning re- mains in the ground and grows up with the following season’s planting. This voluntary plant produces red rice, so called because of the pmk cuticle next to the kernel. The great objection to red rice is that it is soft, so soit that it cannot be milled, and is, therefore, unmerchant- able. The grain scatters out readily, and, reseeding the field, produces more and more of its kind. In some in- stances it has increased so rapidly and taken so firm a hold on the ground that it has been necessary to leave whole fields idle for a year or more in order to free the ground from this noxious plant.” The rice growers en deavored by every known method to prevent the loss en- tailed bv this scourge to the industry,. but the greatest aid that they might have in keeping, red rice under subjection has never received proper attention. , Nature provides certain classes of birds that eat red rice voraciously, and thus remove it from the planters fields and prevent it from doing any damage. Among these beneficial birds none do more good than wild ducks and o-eese “Practically every species of wild duck com- mon east of the Rocky Mountains may be found wintering along the north and west Gulf coasts in large numbers. The water fowl are early migrants, and are not found in the rice fields to any extent during the planting season, but all winter long they feed upon the rice which has lam m the fields since harvest time. In this way they are un- doubtedly of the greatest benefit to the rice grower, but the demand for them for the table is. so great that the boom of the shotgun is heard m the rice fields all night long and all winter long. The birds early become too shy to feed by daylight, and are shot on the wing during moonlight and starlight nights. Those which are only crippled and fall at considerable distances from .tht>C:CeAar.*T't(o noi&eXtearps g:lrg Grig Wo o/peck- 4'-i 0- Cedar jh* iSgck ■ ijGV*&C- CaJaCTY , CcdereA 'ilA'o- a _ Wkabegr- Ij ‘'P-Ct-O&iar- grp 1 dgblps Tapered’ /w cc a/f YfMgrhi'oe- V C ■ Oedar- iwqi&r- -y wu uami v/qterki'oeto Phobia - T ’& L GeAar- Ooier afaio L !& G - Cedar ■ Irsoer ■ to.roo. lia/. 1 exyefto- Ltga d Woogjv-rirce 1 -J'a— “ fceal • 2>e>0o Y$£ C‘ b'de?lot' ljj~v/idg LARCHMONT Y. C. ONE-DESIGN CLASS— MIDSHIP SECTION. Designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Built by B. Frank Wood. Com., J. E. Packard; Sec’y, Edward L. Ripley; Treas., Walter L. Fifield; Meas., Frank W. Roberts; Directors — A. M. Goddard, J. E. Packard, L. L. Wellman, A. W. Nichols and William H. Smith. The club starts with sixteen charter members. Mr. F. F. Brewster’s new 90ft. schooner is being plated at Lawley’s. At the same shops an 87ft. naphtha yacht is receiving the cabin work. A 22-footer is planked. Four of the Cchasset one-design 17-footers have been com- pleted. Work has commenced on an 18-footer designed by Crowninshield for Mr. George H. Wightman, of the Boston Y. C. A 60ft. steam yacht, designed by Mr. Arthur Binney, has been laid down. Messrs. Swasey, Rajmaond & Page are at work or. the lines of a 45 ft. cruising launch for Mr. M. T. Bowditch, a 32ft. cabin launch for Mr. G. Brown, a 40ft. cabin launch for Mr. Sumner. Robinson, a 30ft. speed launch for Mr, Lewis Clarke, of Philadelphia, a 40ft. cabin launch for Mr. O’Brien, of New York, and a 30ft. launch for Mr. W. H. Brown, of Pittsburg. John B. Killeen. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Cobweb Y. C. Officers.-— At a meeting of the Cobweb Y. C., held at the club house foot of I52d street, North River, on Saturday evening, January 5, the following offi- cers were elected: Com., A. N. Rose; Vice-Com.. J. H. W. Fleming; Fleet Captain, William Riley; Recording Sec’v, D. Manson; Financial Sec’y, Charles Boughton; Treas., John Homann'; Meas., Frederick Gerrus; Steward, Edward Ruquet; Sergeant-at-Arms, Von Wolfersdorph ; Fleet Surgeon, John Martin, M.D. ; Trustees — C. H. Madden, A. Feldhus, J. Rigney, F. Lambert, E. Walsh and F. Madden. * R * New Power Boat Club. — We understand that an arti- cle on “Power Boat Clubs” which appeared in these col- umns December 31, 1904, is already bearing fruit. The formation of a club on the plan outlined is practically assured. We are not at liberty to announce its name and location, but they have commodious and convenient quar- Class B. Class C. Class D. Class H. 31ft. ISft. 15ft. 36ft. 81ft. 26ft. 7ft. 9in. Oft. Sin. 5ft. 8in, 7ft. 6ft. 3in. 5ft. 4in. • 3ft. 7ft. tift. 20in. 18in. 16in. 28in. 2-lin. 21in. .... 3ft. 6in. 3ft. 2ft. 6in. 2ft. 3in. 4ft. 3ft. Bin. 3ft. 6ft. 5ft. 4ft. 3.000 lbs. 1,500 lbs. 1,000 lbs. 3,500 lbs. 1,800 lbs. 1,200 lbs. 5ft. 4ft. 3ft. 600ft. 450ft. 360ft. 80 per c’t. SO per c’t. 80 per c’t. ters in view on Gravesend Bay. We will gladly forward any names sent 11s by our readers to those who have the matter in hand. Please address such communications to the Yachting Department. « m. m Manhasset Bay Y. C, Officers. — The annual meeting of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. was held at the Hotel Astor on Tuesday evening, January 3. The following officers were elected : Com., Alphonse H. Alker, steam yacht Florence ; Vice-Com., Clarkson Cowl, steam yacht Ardea ; Rear-Corn., R. W. Bainbridge, houseboat Chetolah; Sec’y, Edward M. MacLellan; Treas., M. W. Torrey; Meas., Francis W. Belknap; Trustee class 1907, James L. Laid- law, and George A. Thayer. K It K Morrisania Y. C. Officers.— At the annual meeting of the Morrisania Y. C, held a few days ago, the following officers were elected: Com., George Schroeder; Vice- Com., H. Hassall ; Rear-Com., H. Bartram ; Treas., F. Derluth ; Finan. Sec’y, F. Schroeder; Recording Sec’y, T. Grace; Meas., A. D. Dowrie; Sergeant-at-Arms, Peter Hagen; Board of Directors— L. Orth and J. H. Tully, two years ; House Committee — J. H. Curtiss, W. E. Robinson. N, S. Busby, 0. Hendricks, L. Hitchler, W. Hixon, E, F. Bartro, j. Kohn, and J. Custance ; Regatta Committee — C. Kirchof; C. Wilmore, Charles Reuterman, E. Delevante, and F. Starke; Membership Committee — - J. Berrian, L. Fried, and W. Grady; Nominating Com- mittee— H. Hopper, E. Doerfel, and J. McDermott ; Auditing CouijoitlJb — G. Grape? apr} yv, De Forest, One-Design Class for Larchmont Y. G 1 he plans for the one-design boats for the members of the Larchmont Y. C., which we are able to publish this week through the courtesy of Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, show a boat almost identical with the famous Tartan, ex-Lanai. While the boats were designed for class racing, the architects also planned the boats to fit the regular race- about class, so that the owners are sure of good racing. Several boats hav,e already been ordered, and thev are now taking shape at Wood’s yard at City Island. 'They are excellent craft, and are being put together in a superior manner. The planking is single below the water- line and double above, this latter being done in order to secure an absolute smooth topside. The contract price, exclusive of sails, is $1,500, which is a low figure for a modern boat of this type. The selection of a sailmaker rests with the owner. 1 he spars will be hollow, and they will be furnished by the Frazer Hollow Spar and Boat Company, of Greenport, L. I. No firm of designers has had greater success in this size and type of boat than Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and with the construction in the hands of that skilled mechanic, Mr. B. Frank Wood, a class of fast and serviceable racing boats is assured. The dimensions are as follows : Length — p^aii 35 ft L.W.L 21 ft. Overhang — Forward 8ft Aft .; Breadth — Extreme 8ft „ L.W.L ; 7ft' Draft— 7 ' To rabbet Extreme 4ft. Board down Freeboard — Forward Least Aft ;; Sail area 600 sqTft.' Sloop Eclipse Sold.— Mr. C. Pemberton, Jr., of Phila delphia, has purchased the sloop Eclipse from Messr> Collins Brothers, of Keyport, N. J., through the agenc of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. 6in. 6iu. Sin. pin. 6in. 6in. ^tmaqing, Red Dragon G G Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7. — Editor Forest and Stream. At the annual election of officers held by the Red Dragon Canoe Club, of Philadelphia, at Hotel Hanover, on Fri- day evening, January 6, the following were chosen for 1905: Com., Clifton T. Mitchell; Vice-Com., W. Chapin Thompson; Purser, W. H. Logan, Jr.; Quartermaster, Harry Blumner; Correspondent, W. K. Park; Meas., M. D. Wilt; Fleet Surgeon, F. O. Gross, M.D. ; House Com- mittee— A. D. Shaw, C. A. Sparmaker, A. L. Belfield, Theodore Quasebart; Trustee to serve three years, Fred. W. Noyes. I he annual mess was indefinitely postponed owing to the tragic death of Commodore John C. Maclister, who accidentally shot himself on the night of January 3 while looking for burglars at the club house at- Wissinoming. Mr. Maclister was an active canoeist and prominent in all of the affairs of the club, and was much loved by all of his fellow members, also very popular with all who knew or came in contact with him. He has taken part in many canoe meets along the Delaware River, and won numerous prizes, and has also participated in the annual meets of the American Canoe Association. His sad and sudden ending has cast a deep gloom over the members of the club. W. K. Park, Correspondent. A. C A. Membership. The following ha\\e been proposed for membership in the Central Division of the American Canoe Association - Robert W. Gallagher, of Buffalo; G. H. H. Hills, of Bui- la i 0 ; J, H, L. Gallagher, of Palmyra, N. Y. Prbperic Gj Mather, Treasurer, Jan. 14, 1905J FOREST AND STREAM SO LAKCHMONT Y, C. ONE-DESIGN CLASS OUTBOARD PROFILE, DECK, CABIN AND SAIL PLANS. Designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Built by B Frank Wood, 46 FOREST AND STREAM Wan. 14, 190s. Fixtures. Jan. 16-20.— Pittsburg, Pa.— First annual tournament of the Iroquois Rifle Club. Cincinnati Rifle Association. The following scores were made in regular competition by mem- bers of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, Jan. 1. Conditions, 200yds. offhand at the 25-ring target. Nestler was champion for the day, with the fine score of 231. This creates a new record for him, his former one being 229. It is needless to say that he was very much elated at having attained so high a score, as it puts him up among the rest of the record men. Hasenzahl was high on the honor target, with the good score of 71. A special and noteworthy feature of the day’s shoot and for the beginning of the new year, was the scoring of 235 points by Mr. Hasenzahl, our old veteran, and whom we familiarly call “Uncle Billy.” This creates a new club record for the range and eclipses the late record of 233 by Mr. Gindele by 2 points. His score in detail follows: 22, 24, 23, 21, 24, 24, 23, 25, 24,. 25— 235. When it was found that he had 26 points over in eight shots, interest began to center on him, and the result of his next two shots was watched with eagerness, as it had every appearance of a new record in sight. His ninth shot was 24, this giving him 30 points to the good, and then came the final effort. A 32 would tie the record and a 24 would beat. He stepped up again, but finding himself unsteady, he laid down his rifle and, after taking a breath, tried it again and, not being able to pull when he wanted to, he once more dropped his rifle, saying at the same time: “I won’t shoot that shot; I will fire it in the ground first,” which action he did and, loading up once more, he again faced the target, and after a brief interval of sighting, crack! went his rifle and “there is it,” says he. And sure enough up. came the spotter in the center followed by the red flag, indicating a 25, and then, whoopee! Payne seized him around the waist with one arm and with the other hand fondly seized him by the beard and waltzed him round and round, while giving vent to his feelings. Then followed the congratulations of all present. In his second score, previous to this one, he had 33 points over in nine shots, and when he fired his tenth, he called a 25; but a 15 at 9 o’clock was shown, which was wholly unaccountable to him, as he declared positively that he was “standing right in the middle” when he pulled the trigger, and the only thing he could account for it was that his spectacles were not properly adjusted, thus causing a distorted vision. Had he got the 25, he would have scored 238 and come within 3 points of the world’s record of 241. However, he is well content with his 235. The scores * Nestler 231 213 213 213 208 Hasenzahl 228 220 220 218 216 Odell 224 212 212 212 209 Payne 218 217 217 216 213 Roberts 215 210 208 207 207 Hofer 214 204 204 204 198 Freitag 203 187 185 180 179 National Board of Rifle Practice. The National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice has issued the following: “Washington is probably more interested in the passage of the bill now before Congress, making appropriations for civilian rifle practice, than any other city in the country, owing to the fact that there is reason to believe that the first model range to be constructed under the provisions of the bill will be located in the District of Columbia or nearby. A rifle range conveys the idea primarily of a large tract of land with extensive rifle butts, and with either the hills or sea as a background to provide for stray bullets. To locate such a range in the District of Columbia would probably be an impossibility, because of the large outlay which would be required for the acquiring of a suitable tract of land, to say nothing of the alarm which might be felt because of the possibility of stray bullets. It is not believed, however, that it will be necessary in order to construct such a model range, for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice to build a range on the order of those at Creedmoor, Fort Riley and Sea Girt, N. J., as considerable success has been attained with what are known as ‘safety rifle ranges.’ These are much in vogue in Europe, and one has recently been constructed at the Presidio in California, and the results obtained are said to be very satis- factory. In brief, the safest rifle range consists of an oblong space several hundred yards in length, inclosed with heavy brick or stone walls. One end is reserved for the marksmen and the other for the targets. Between the two are a number of par- titions consti'ucted of iron, with openings so arranged, that the marksman sees nothing before him except the target. Should his gun be so aimed that the bullet will not strike a target, it must be caught by one of the intersecting iron partitions, so there is no chance whatever for a bullet to leave the gallery between the marksman and target. Behind the target is a heavy back- stop, which prevents the bullets from passing out into the open country. By means of rests and tables, the marksman can shoot either in a kneeling or prone position, or standing. “Of course reduced charges are used, and practice can be had for all ordinary purposes, the same as at 500, 600 and 1,000yds. on 200 or 300-yard ‘safety ranges.’ In Europe these ranges are built in towns and villages, and no reports of accidents resulting therefrom have been received. One of the objects in constructing such a range in or near Washington would be that the mem- bers of Congress might have an opportunity of inspecting the same at any time, and to see how rifle practice is conducted.” Harlem Independent Corps. Scores follow for the practice shoot at headquarters, 159 W. 23d Street, New York, Jan. 6: H. Koch, 228, 241; A. Fegert, 230, 231; G. Thomas, 224, 218; H. Behrman, 218, 215; J. H. Blumenberg, 208, 223; S. Bauman, 221, 208; Dr. A. Muller, 214, 214; L. Lewinson, 212, 216; A. Fenninge, 210, 215; C. Wolf, 209, 202; A. Miller, 198, 212; L. Rokohl, 215, 190; W. Mensch, 204, 195; A. Olsen, 200, 195; F. Koch, 190, 191; A. Monatsberger, 199, 177; E. Miehling, 171, 200; W. Hans, 186, 178; F. Horn, 177, 182; P. Zugner, 190, 166; E. Hilker, 147, 192; C. P. Hopf, 187, 150; E. Modersohn, 122, 191; L. Schoewunel, 138, 172; J. Frey, 143, 120; F. Lanzer, 87, 76. Bullseye target: W. Mensch, 63% degree; A. Fegert, 39; L. Rokohl, 79; A. Fenninge, 93; Dr. A. Muller, 93%; W. Hans, $4%, J. H. Blumenberg, 127; E. Modersohn 128; F. Horn 146; G. Thomas, 150; A. Miller, 148; C. Wolf, 180; E. Hilker, 231; 1,. Lewison, 253. Providence, (R. I.) Revolver Club. Four of the rifle teams put in a good evening’s work at the practice shoot Jan. 5, and the following scores were made: Twenty-five yards practice on German ring target: Albert B Coulters 243 235 240 231 238 S K Luther 238 232 L A Jordan 23S 222 227 ... ... W Bert Gardiner..... 231 225 225 226 ... If we can get three more men worked in shape for the coming match with the Portland team, our first experience in an indoor telegraph rifle match should be encouraging. The time is short, however, and we may have to ask a limit of five men for the team, as we want to shoot the match anyway. The revolver division had an off night; too much rifle talk, enthusiasm over the sketch shown of the proposed snug shooting house for the coming season and zero weather in the hall made the six-shooters inclined to “buck” like the traditional broncho, and bullet holes to seek other lodging places than the coveted ten ring. Twenty yards revolver practice on Standard American target: Arno Arcms, 80, 81, 77; A. C. Hurlburt, 78; Major Wm. F. Eddy, 66; D. P. Craig, 61. Preble County Rifle Club, Eaton, O. The following scores were made in the December medal shoot at Eaton, O. G. O. Chrismer won the medal with 44 out of a possible 48. Twenty-eight members took part: December medal shoot, 4 shots, 100yds., offhand, open sights, center counts 12; ; possible 48: G O Chrismer.. . .11 9 12 12—44 C Tice . . P> 12 12 5—38 D M Swihart... . .11 10 10 12—43 T E Moran . . 8 9 10 11—38 Jos Achey ..1112 11 9 — 43 Chas Glaze .. 7 11 9 9—36 Silas Lee . . 9 10 12 12—43 F M Murray... . .11 10 7 9—37 Omer Parker. . . . .11 12 10 9—42 E Spilter ..12 8 8 7—35 G W Izor ..10 10 11 11—42 Jacob Lesher ... .. 9 11 5 10—35 C J Chrismer... . .10 10 12 10—42 A N Clemmer... ..11 12 3 8—34 T Johnson . . 9 10 11 12—42 R L Glander .12 5 6 10—33 C C Pittman . . 9 12 12 9—42 T N Leach .. 2 11 8 11—32 Tos Poos ..12 12 11 5—40 Chas Matthews.. ..12 7 7 5—31 Ed Vance ..7 1111 17—40 L C Reynolds.. ..5 6 8 11—30 Moses Pence ... . .11 7 11 10—39 J W Longman.. ..6 7 7 7—27 R Tice . . 9 10 10 10—39 G W Chrismer. ..2 4 7 8—21 Tony Price . .12 11 7 8—38 L Bruner ..7 9 3 2—21 Bonasa. New York Central Schuetzen Corps. The practice shoot of Jan. 4 brought eighteen members to- gether in competition for high scores. Gus Zimmerman, 242, 236; D. Scharninghausen, 233, 240; H. D. Muller, 237, 235; C. Gerken, 234, 238; C. Ottman, 226, 240; G. Schillinghausen, 230, 231; J. von der Leith, 224, 236; B. Eusner, 222, 229; H. Graveman, 220, 223; H. Brummer, 220, 221, G. Dettloff, 225, 215; F. Bauman, 216, 231; W. J. Daniels, 224, 213; H. A. Ficke, Jr., 226, 208; H. von der Leith, 217, 211; H. Roffman, 206, 205; J. Eisinger, 209, 190; D. Wuehrman, 205, 177. Bullseye target: G. Gettloff, 33 degree; H. Roffman. 50; C. Gerken, 62%; H. von der Leith, 65% • J. von der Leith, 86; H. Brummer, 87; Gus Zimmerman, 97; C. Ottman, 103; PI. A. Ficke, Jr., 125%; D. Scharninghausen, 125%; H. D. Muller, 174; W. J. Daniels, 198; H. Graveman, 216; B. Eusner, 222; J. Eisinger, 234; F. Bauman, 238. New York City Schuetzen Corps. Owingi to the additional rush of business brought on by the holidays, only three men met in competition for high scores at the regular practice shoot on Jan. 5: J. Facklamm, 235, 236; J. Metzger, 226, 226; A. Wiltz, 203, 207. Zettler Rifle Club. The following scores were recorded Jan. 3: L. C. Buss, 1227; C. Zettler, Jr., 1224; A. Hubalck, 1216; G. Schlicht, 1212; O. Smith, 1195; C. G. Zettler, 1195; B. Zettler, 1174. Italian Rifle Club. Jan. 2. — The following scores were made on the Zettler ranges: Bianchi, 244; Muzio, 235; Reali, 234; De Felice, 230; Raimondi, 227. Rifle Notes. The Shooting Times of recent date, publishes the following: “We learn that the War Office has under consideration a pro- posal for trying a plan of rifle shooting with both eyes open, ‘ as is the manner with a game gun, which is to be put to practical test next year. A distant object being seen more dis- tinctly when looked at with both eyes than with one, it has been suggested that the difficulties attending the use of both eyes can be overcome by the provision of a small shield, called the ‘shooting director,’ which will hide the foresight of the rifle from the left eye, the result being that the firer uses his right eye only to align the sights, but both to look at his target.” trapshooting. $ — — If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following: Fixtures. Jan. 17-20. — Hamilton, Can., Gun Club live-bird tournament. J. Hunter, Sec’y. Jan. 20. — Middleton, N. Y. — All-day shoot of Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of the Orange County Gun Club. Albert A. Schoverling and O. H. Brown, Mgrs. Jan. 25. — Freeport, L. I., Gun Club first annual tournament, an. 23-28. — Brenham, Tex. — Sunny South Handicap, an. 31-Feb. 2. — Taylor Tex. — Central Texas Handicap tournament. C. F. Gi) strap, Mgr. Feb. 6-9. — Houston, Tex. — Sen’s Grand Southern Handicap. Alf. Gardiner, Mgr. Feb. 11. — Phillipsburg, N. J., Opposite Easton, Pa. — Alert Gun Club first annual tournament. Ed. F. Markley, Mgr. Feb. 22.— Batavia, 111., Gun Club tournament. Henry Hendrick- son, Mgr. Feb. 22. — Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. V. Wall- burg, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s eighth annual tour- nament. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. Feb. 15-16. — Detroit, Mich. — Jacob Klein’s tournament on Rusch House grounds, under auspices of Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Association. March 20-25. — Kansas City, Mo. — Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsman s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. June 8-9. — Daltcn, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Capt. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS* Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, Nezu York. Forest and Stream goes to press on, Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Dickey Bird Gun Club, of Kansas City, Mo., announces a six-day tournament, from March 20 to 25, inclusive. r The Secretary, Mr. V. Wallburg, informs us that the Schenec- tady, N. Y., Gun Club will hold a tournament on Feb. 22. Mr. F. C. Willis, Treasurer, informs us that the Freeport, L. I., Gun Club will hold their first annual tournament on Jan. 25. * Mr. Geo. W. Mains, Secretary, informs us that the Enterprise Gun Club, of McKeesport, Pa., have fixed upon May 30 for the date of their next tournament. sc The Manhassett Bay Yacht Club, of Port Washington, L. I., are about ready to start trapshooting. The grounds will soon be completely equipped with traps, etc. SC At Pen Argyl, Pa., on Jan. 6, in a match at 25 live birds, $100 a side, Mr. T. W. Morfey defeated Mr. W. Hauseman by a score of 25 to 21. Mr. Morfey, according to the score, was in his usual good form. sc Mr. E. J. Loughlin, Secretary, announces that the Riverside Gun Club of Utica, N. Y., has fixed upon Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22, as the date for their eighth annual midwinter target tournament. K Mr. John Parker, famous as an expert in all tournament matters, writes us that the programme of the three-day tournament, to be held at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 15-17, is now being prepared, and will be ready for distribution in the near future. SC On the grounds of the Florists’ Gun Club at Wissinoming, Pa., last Saturday, in the special championship contest of the S. S. White Gun Club, Mr. J. S. Clair was first with 89 out of 100, an excellent performance. There were nineteen contestants in the ■event. r. Mr. Geo. L. Carter, Lincoln, Neb., writes us as follows: “Please announce the dates of the twenty-ninth annual tourna- ment of the Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association at Hastings, Neb., May 9, 10, 11 and 12. G. A. Mann, Hastings, is president and Geo. L. Carter, Lincoln, is acting secretary.” •C A correspondent writes us interesting information, as follows: “Mr. Jacob Pleiss won first high average at the shoot of the Independent Gun Club, of Easton, Pa., by breaking 90 out of 100 targets. Edward Morlsley won second, breaking 87 out of 100 The day was dark and the shooting was over a magautrap.” The Secretary-Manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, writes us as follows: “Kindly announce to the readers of Forest and Stream that the Grand American Handicap target tournament will be held during the third or fourth week of June. We hope to be able to publish the exact dates within the next week or ten days. The Interstate Association has made arrangements to give a tourna- ment at Menominee, Mich., July 12 and 13, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club.” The Houston Grand Southern Handicap, Alf. Gardiner, manager, has set Feb. 7, 8 and 9 as dates. On each day there are eleven ■events, each at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $15 added save to the first event. Handicaps 14 to 20yds. Rose system, 5, 3, 2 and 1. Guns and shells shipped to C. L. and T. Bering, Houston, Tex., will be delivered free on the grounds. For programme high av- erages, first, Houston Post trophy; second, third and fourth, $25, $15 and $10. Following is the programme issued by the Boston Gun Club: Shooting dates: Jan. 25; Feb. 1, 8, 15; March 1, 8, 22, 29; April 5, 12, 26; May 3, 10. Spring prize handicap series for 1905 of Boston Gun Club, at Wellington, Mass. List of prizes: Winches- ter repeating take-down shotgun, traveling bag, Stevens pocket rifle, J. C. Hand trap, subscription to Sporting Life, marble safety hunting ax, set of Elliott ear drum protectors, set of anti-rust wicks. Conditions: entrance free, open to all shooters; distance handicap; seven best scores out of the fourteen to count; score each day to consist of 30 unknown from Leggett trap. All shoot- ing under B. G. C. rules. Practice afforded before and after match. Targets, 1% cent each. * The indications are that the annual tournament of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Association,/ to be held Feb. 15- 16, on the Rusch House grounds, will be a success in every par- ticular. The managers are Messrs. Jack Parker, of Detroit, and Fred S. Foster, of Lansing. On the first day, there will be six 20-target events and two at 25 targets. Medals of value will be awarded to the highest performers. On the second day the Grand Sportsman’s Handicap, 25 birds, $25 entrance, $150 added, will be the event. Besides the cash prize, the winner will have the Gill- man & Barnes trophy, emblematic of the International live-bird championship. The famous shooters, Messrs. W. R. Crosby, Fred Gilbert, J. A. R. Elliott, John S. Boa, C. M. Powers, R. O. Heikes, are reported to have signified their purpose to attend. K A correspondent sends us the following, which is self-explana- tory: “The McKeesport Gun Club, at its annual meeting for the election of officers and arranging a schedule of shoots, elected Jan. 14, 1905.3 FOREST AND Sf REAM 41 these officers to serve during the. ensuing year: President, Wil- liam Leveite; Vice-President, Daniel Webber; Secretary, L. W. Cannon; Treasurer, Daniel Hardy; Captain, Daniel K. Irwin. The schedule of shoots decided upon for the season of 1905 is as follows: Opening shoot, Wednesday, Feb. 22; on Tuesday, May 30, the second annual merchandise shoot will take place; July 4, merchandise and optional sweepstake; Labor Day, second an- nual tournament. There will also be two gold medals to be con- tested for during the season. The conditions to govern the first are as follows: There to be six shoots, the first to be held the first Saturday in April, the person winning the largest number of times to be declared the winner; the person winning the first contest to have possession of medal, and to defend the same at the next shoot. On and after Feb. 22 there will be regular shoots held each Saturday, beginning at 3 o’clock, weather permitting.” 9? The programme of the fourth annual Sunny South Handicap, to be held at Brenham, Tex., Jan. 23-28, can be obtained on applica- tion to the Manager, Mr. Alf. Gardiner, Brenham. On the first day there are two events; one at 8 birds, $5, 30yds., four moneys; one at 12 birds, $8; both events high guns. Miss-and-outs will also be shot. Second day: 8 birds, $5, high guns; the Sunny South Handicap, 25 birds, $20, handicaps, 26 to 32yds., four moneys, class shooting. In addition to first money, the winner will receive a handsome silver cup, valued at $100. Entries to this event must be made by Jan. 15, accompanied by a $5 forfeit. Penalty entries after the fifteenth and up to the end of the second round, $5 extra. Handicap Committee: Messrs. T. A. Marshall, W. R. Crosby, L. I. Wade, F. K. Sterrett, Geo. W. Bancroft, Geo. Tucker and M. E. Atchison. Fourth day: Houston Chronicle challenge trophy, emblematic of the amateur target championship of the Southern States; and preliminary handicap, 100 targets, $7.50 entrance, $50 added. Fifth day: five 20-target events, $2 entrance, $100 added; handicaps, 14 to 20yds., five moneys. Last day, eleven 20-target events, $2 entrance, $10 or $15 added in nine events. High averages, $25, $15 and $10. Targets, 2 yz cents. Send guns, shells, etc., to Alf Gardiner. Bernard Waters. Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., Dec. 31. — There was active competition at the shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club to-day. A novel event was that between the Russians and the Japs. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdo. Brk. Tot Vanderveer .... . 2 11 13 Lockwood .... .. 2 10 12 Lott 12 12 Southworth .... .'. 0 10 10 Marshall . 3 9 12 Brigham .. 0 9 9 Palmer 12 12 Match, 25 targets, handicap: Palmer 20 20 Vanderveer .... .. 4 20 24 Brigham ...... . 0 18 18 Bedford .. 2 18 20 Lott 15 16 L C Hopkins.. .. 2 19 21 Grinnell ....... 22 25 Bennett 21 24 Marshall 11 16 Damron .. 7 7 14 Lockwood . 3 20 23 Trophy shoot. 15 targets: Southworth .... . 0 13 13 Marshall .. 3 10 13 Palmer 13 13 Lockwood 8 10 Brigham . 0 11 11 Vanderveer .... .. 2 12 14 Lott ............ 11 11 Bedford .. 1 12 13 Grinnell 12 13 L C Hopkins... .. 1 13 14 Shoot-off, same conditions J L C Hopkins... . 1 14 15 Vanderveer .. 2 12 14 Trophy shoot, 15 targets: Southworth .... . 0 12 12 Lockwood .. 2 11 13 Palmer ........ . 0 12 12 Bennett .. 1 11 12 Brigham . 0 8 8 Bedford .. 1 9 10 Lott 10 10 L C Hopkins.. .. 1 14 15 Grinnell 12 13 Vanderveer .... .. 2 12 14 Marshall . 3 8 11 Damron .. 4 11 15 Shoot-off, same conditions: Hopkins . 1 12 13 Damron .. 4 7 11 Shoot for December cup, 25 targets: Vanderveer . 4 21 25 Bedford 22 24 Bennett 21 24 Trophy shoot, 15 targets: Southworth . 0 10 10 Lockwood 10 12 Palmer . 0 12 12 Bennett 10 11 Brigham ........ . 0 9 9 Hopkins .. 1 9 10 Lott . 0 4 4 Vanderveer .. 2 12 14 Grinnell . 1 13 14 Damron .. 4 8 12 Marshall ........ . 3 7 10 Shoot-off, same conditions J Vanderveer . 2 11 13 Grinnell .. 2 12 13 Shoot-off, same conditions Vanderveer . 2 15 15 Grinnell 11 12 Trophy shoot. 15 targets: Southworth . . . . . . 0 14 14 Hegeman .. 1 11 12 Palmer . 0 14 14 L C Hopkins... .. 1 14 15 Brigham . 0 14 14 Grinnell .. 1 13 14 Lott 9 9 Stake . 2 11 13 Bedford . 1 11 12 Damron . 4 6 10 Lockwood . 2 7 9 Vanderveer . 2 7 9 Marshall . 3 8 11 Trophy shoot. 15 targets: Southworth ..0 12 12 Stake . 2 11 13 Palmer . 0 14 14 Lockwood . 2 6 8 Brigham 11 11 L C Hopkins... . 1 13 14 Hegeman . 1 11 12 Grinnell . 1 14 15 Team shoot, 15 targets: Japs. Russians. Vanderino 10 Lottowiski 14 Palmaguts 12 Southeernwhiski 7 Brighamjomekski 12 Bedfordwollsky 14 Lockwoodijhahadit 8 Grinnelalwaysgrimsky ....12 Marshallopski 8 Hopkinsgitapsky 12 Hegemanini 14—64 Damrottewski ....10—69 Jan. 7.— The first win on the January cup was scored by three— Mr. W. C. Damron, Dr. F. C. Raynor and Dr. H. L. O’Brien. Two-man team matches were a feature of the competition. Scores: Event, 15 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdo. Brk. Tot’ Southworth .... .. 0 11 11 Kenyon .... .... 1 7 8 Brigham .. 0 10 10 Haff .... 3 9 12 Marshall .. 3 5 8 Lott .... 0 11 11 Stephenson .... .. 0 11 11 Vanderveer . .... 2 6 8 Bedford .. 1 9 10 Palmer .... 0 15 15 Hicking 5 9 Lockwood .. 2 10 12 Damron .. 4 6 10 McConville .. .... 3 10 13 Raynor .. 4 9 13 Trophy event, 15 targets : iSouthworth .. 0 12 12 Damron ..... .... 4 6 10 Brigham . 0 12 12 Vanderveer .. .... 2 11 13 Marshall ...... .. 3 7 10 Raynor .... 4 12 13 Stephenson ... .. 0 13 13 Lott .... 0 12 12 Bedford ........ .. 1 12 13 Kenyon .... 1 14 15 Hickling 2 6 Shoot-off, same conditions: Raynor 14, Kenyon 10. Trophy event, 15 targets: Southworth .... . 0 12 12 Kenyon .... 1 9 10 Brigham . 0 7 7 Haff .... 3 9 12 Marshall ...... . 3 8 11 Lott .... 0 12 12 Stephenson . . . . 0 10 10 Vanderveer .. .... 2 11 13 Bedford 11 12 Lockwood ... .... 2 7 9 Hickling 2 6 Palmer .... 0 12 12 Damron . 4 S 12 McConville .. 9 12 Raynor 10 14 Grinnell auM„„ 1 33 39 Trophy event, 15 targets: Southworth ... 0 13 13 Kenyon ... 1 10 11 Brigham ... 0 14 14 Haff ... 3 7 10 Marshall ....3 5 8 Lott ... 0 10 10 Stephenson . . , ... 0 6 6 Vanderveer ... ... 2 9 11 Bedford ... 1 12 13 Lockwood ... 2 9 11 Hickling ... 4 2 6 Palmer ....0 11 11 Damron ... 4 5 9 McConville . . . ... 3 4 7 Raynor ... 3 11 14 Grinnell ... 1 13 14 Shoot-off, same conditions: Monthly cup shoot, 25 targe Brigham 9, Raynor 13, 1 s ; Grinnell 11, Southworth . . . , ... 0 20 20 Grinnell .... 3 20 23 Brigham ... 0 22 22 McConville . . ... 4 14 18 Marshall ... 5 17 22 Lockwood . . . . ... 3 16 19 Stephenson . . . ... 1 17 18 Kenyon ... 2 12 14 Bedford ... 2 21 23 Damron ... 7 17 24 Palmer 20 20 Raynor ... 5 19 24 Lott .. 1 19 20 Haff ... 5 15 20 Vanderveer .... ... 4 14 18 O’Brien ... 4 20 24 Two-man team match, 23 targets: Marshall . 5 4 9 Brigham . . .... 0 18 18 Southworth . . , . 0 19 19—28 Palmer .... 0 16 16-34 Lott . 1 20 21 Bedford 2 19 21 Vanderveer ... . 4 15 19-40 Grinnell 3 23 25-46 Trophy event, 15 targets: Southworth . . . ... 0 10 10 Lockwood . . . .... 2 8 10 Brigham ... 0 11 11 Kenyon .... 1 13 14 Marshall ... 3 9 12 Haff .... 3 9 12 Bedford ... 1 14 15 O’Brien .... 2 6 8 Damron ... 4 8 12 Riverside Gun Club. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 26. — The Christmas Day tournament of the Riverside Gun Club was well attended. Eight events, each at 10 targets, were shot. The match to qualify for the gold medal, representing the city championship was the chief feature, resulting in George E. New- ton become its present holder. The second high guns who qual- ified were Ed. Smith, William Maine, S. J. Cann and Bert Biddle- come. The winners of the prizes were Chas. Turk, Bert Biddlecome, J. De Bee, D. Loughlin, Georg-e Newton, C. Teller, Charles Deechle and John Watts. Watts 6 6 10 5 9 8 10 6 E Loughlin 9 8 9 7 9 8 9 7 Gangloff 5 8 7 7 9 6 5 7 Smith 86576977 De Bee 8 9 7 10 10 5 7 7 Newton 8 10 8 10 9 10 9 7 C Teller 6 7 '8 8 8 7 10 5 Schultze 88797766 Biddlecome 6 5 8 10 9 8 8 9 Turk 6 10 10 7 8 6 .. .. D Loughlin 6 7 6 10 10 8 5 7 M Teller 9 10 7 9 9 5 6 8 Deechie 6 7 8 7 .. .. 6 10 B Sabine 7 5 .. .. 8 6 Hemmenway 5 6 7 5 6 Marks 7 9 8 6 8 Fleck 7 5 9 6 5 7 9 6 Porter 5 4 . . 7 . . 6 Youngs 5 8 5 7 Fraser 8 8 7 10 6 8 Maine 7 7 8 9 8 7 H Wells 5 8 6 Kaley 6 9 5 8 Cook 8 6 7 6 Cann 6 7 6 6 7 Jackson 8 5 5 7 Williamson 6 .. .. 5 8 7 William Jay 7 5 5 8 Marshall 9 4 6 5 .. Eddy 8 4 6 8 Stevens 6 4 5 8 Wilson 5 3 6 5 .. Jan. 2. — In the different events forty-three shooters took part at the New Year’s Day shoot. About 350 spectators were present, of whom many were from central New York. The rain and fog made the shooting unpleasant, but the competitors faced the traps for about six hours and made excellent scores, despite the weather. Five more men qualified in the gold medal championship con- test, as follows: W. L. Race, Prof. E. B. Fleck, M. S. Teller, Charles Turk and George Kaley. The date for shooting off the final for this trophy will be announced later. The winners of the merchandise prizes under the handicap rules were: George E. Newton, C. Teller, B. G. Lawrence, W. L. Race, Bert Sabine, M. Teller and Bert Biddlecome. The results in the programme events were as follows: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 12 3 4 5 6 Targets : 10 15 10 15 10 15 Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 Gangloff . . 10 15 8 14 10 13 Wilson 7 13 6 10 E Loughlin. . . .. 7 14 8 14 10 13 Golden 6 13 8 15 Lawrence . . . . .. 9 15 8 13 10 11 S Walling 11 7 14 Wells .. 7 12 7 11 . . 13 A Walling 12 7 10 C Teller .. 6 13 7 15 10 15 Hemmingway 10 9 11 D Loughlin.. .. 7 12 8 13 10 15 Cook . .. .. ..13 8 12 B Sabine . . . . ... 10 11 8 15 10 13 Fleck Newton . . 10 12 8 13 7 14 R Fuller 13 10 14 Race . . 10 12 9 15 10 15 W erner 5 11 Deechie .. 8 15 9 15 10 12 Cluett .. .. ..10 6 10 Infallible .. 7 14 8 11 . . . . Kaley 9 15 Porter .. 6 11 7 10 . . . . Dooley 9 13 Mott ..5 9 6 11 8 12 Kraus ........ .. 5 10 6 11 . . . . S J Cann 7 14 Ballistite . . 10 13 8 11 . . . . Williamson ... 7 11 Biddlecome . .. 7 12 9 12 10 15 Lewis 6 10 M Teller .. 7 11 9 11 6 14 Turk .......... 8 15 P Schultz . . . 7 12 8 . . Ben Schultz... . . 15 Watts .. .. 12 8 15 9 12 Crossman ..... 7 11 Weaver 7 11 8 13 Patterson .... 8 10 A Davis ... ... 6 11 9 13 Fairchilds .... Meadow Springs Gun Club. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7.— Mr. G. Gothard was high man in the club handicap by scoring 23 with his allowance added. J. Coyle, scratch, broke 20, which was in fact the high score. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdo. Brk. Tot’ Gothard . . . . . 5 18 23 Murdock 15 17 Jackson 4 18 22 Franklin 16 16 Chandler . . . . 9 11 20 E Dill 14 16 Depew 2 18 20 H Dill ....... .... 3 13 16 W Hansell . . .... 4 16 20 Gerhard .... 0 15 15 Coyle .... 0 20 20 Frank .... 4 10 14 Mann 5 15 20 Mardin .... 0 14 14 Christ 7 12 19 Buckwalter . . .... 0 13 13 Bush .... 0 19 19 Chadbourne . .... 2 11 13 Hall .... 0 18 18 Martin .... 5 7 12 Pepper .... 2 16 18 Henry 10 10 Heathcote . . . .... 2 15 17 The open sweepstakes events were scored as follows: First event, 10 targets: Murdock 8, Depew 8, Chadbourne 7, Gerhard 6, W. Hensell 6, E. Dill 5, Bush 5, Shaw 5, Mann 4, Martin 3. Second event, 10 targets: Hall 8, Buckwalter 8, Franklin 7, Gothard 7, Bush 5, Heathcote 6, Chadbourne 5, Christ 4, Gerhard 3, Depew 3. Third event, 10 targets: Hall 9, Murdock 8, Bush 8, Buckwalter 7, W. Hansell 6, Chandler 6, Franklin 5, Heathcote 5, Mardin 5. Fourth event, 15 targets: Coyle 11, W. Hansell 10, Hamil 10, Bush 9, Buckwalter 8, Murdock 8, Heathcote 8, Jackson 8, E. Dill 5, Gerhard & Ossining Gun Club. The Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club will hold an open shoot on Monday, Feb. 13. The programme will be as follows: Ten events; nine at 15, one at 25 targets; entrance $1.30 and $2. Totals, 160 targets, $13.70 entrance. Event No. 7, while a regular sweep, will decide a ten-man team match between Poughkeepsie and Ossining. We are assured of a big shoot. Two traps. Lunch and shells for sale. Rose system. High professional average, $5. First and second amateur high averages, $5 and $3; $2 and trophy to man making high score on winning team. Shooting commences at 10:30 A. M. sharp. Con- testants may shoot for targets only at 2 cents each. All shooters must enter for entire programme, they being privileged to with- draw at any time. Ossining is thirty miles from New York city on N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. For further particulars address C. G. Blandford, captain. Trap at Point Breeze. Philadelphia, Jan. 2.— Four events were shot at Point Breeze to-day. A summary follows: New Year’s Handicap, miss-and-out, live birds, handicap rise, $2 entrance: Brandt 10, Brown 10, Murphy 9, Wingate 9, Cowan 4, Aiman 3, Stone 3, Cummings 3, Felix 3, French 2, Jones 1. Re-entry, Felix 2. Miss-and-out sweepstake, live birds, $2 entrance: Aiman 6, Felix 6, Murphy 6, Wingate 6, Cowan 3, Brandt 0, Brown 0, Jones 0. Re-entry, Brandt 0. Miss-and-out sweepstake, live birds, handicap rise, $2 entrance: Johnson 5, Cowan 5, Felix 5, Brown 4, Cowan 4, Brandt 4, Aiman 3, Cummings 2, Shettsline 2, Murphy 2, Jones 1, Cowan re-entered. Miss-and-out sweepstake, live birds, handicap rise, $2 entrance: Ccwan 6, Felix 6, French 5, Jones 2, Shettsline 1. Re-entry, French 1. Knapp — Parsons. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 3. — The match shoot between Fred A. Knapp and Frank J. Parsons, which caused considerable interest among trapshooters in this vicinity, took place at the New Year’s Day shoot of the Infallible Gun Club, and Parsons won by 2 birds, the final score being 19 to 17 out of 25. Ihe day was dark and gloomy, and a high wind made the flight of the targets very erratic. The only conditions in the above match was that Parsons shoot from the 20yd. mark, while Knapp was to shoot from the 16yd. mark. After the match, Knapp asked for and was given another chance to redeem himself, at a date to be decided upon later. The contest for the Kirkover cup was decided, and Bryan won it with 22 out of 25, with Hines, Parsons and Hall close up with Team Championship Series. A series of team competitions will be held on the grounds of the Boston Shooting Association, at Wellington, commencing Jan. 14, and continuing every other Saturday until the champion- ship is decided. Conditions: The teams shall consist of five men, and each man will shoot at 50 targets (25 known angles, 25 un- known angles), to complete the team score of 250 targets. The team winning three competitions shall be declared champion, and presented with suitable trophy so inscribed. Any team of five men belonging to a regularly organized club within the State of Massachusetts is eligible. Shooting will commence on arrival of 12:42 train from Boston. O. R. Dickey, Mgr Trap at Point Breeze. Philadelphia Jan. 7.— Fine weather favored the shooters who were gathered at the Point Breeze Race Track to contest in the weekly shoot. Miss-and-out sweepstake, live birds, handicap rise, $2 entrance: F. Coleman 3, Groves 3, Poulson 3, Silver 3, Stahley 3, McCoy 2, E. Coleman 2, Aiman 1, Thatcher 1, Murphy 1, Fisher 1, Shetts- line 1, Catchell 1. Re-entry: Aiman 1, Fisher 1. Prize shoot, 10 live birds, handicap rise, optional sweepstake, $3 entrance: E. Coleman 9, Murphy 9, F. Coleman 8, Felix 8, Craig 8, McCoy 8, Silver 8, Fisher 7, Cowan 7, Bell 7, A. Edwards 7, Aiman 6, Kirk 5, Groves 5, Poulson 4, Shettsline 4. Keystone Shooting League. Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Jan. 2.— The opening shoot of the season given by the Keystone Shooting League had a 25-bird handicap for the main event. Messrs. I. W. Budd and W. Har- rison tied on 24. The scores: Jones, 30 1201222012222222221122222—23 Frank, 30 2221201211201212111202221—22 Harvey, 30 2002222220222220121221020—19 Shaw, 29 2121210112222111122222201—23 George, 28 .1101221222022201012211110— 20 Harrison, 29 1111111111022121121222121 24 Budd, 30 1122212222112222222220222—24 Coleman, 32 2022222222222222222202202—22 Campbell, 28 1221122022221122002211202—21 Hillside Gun Club. Chestnut Hill, Pa., Jan. 7.— The club gold medal was won by Mr. P. Laurent. Maurice Bisbing won the Laurent trophy. The scores and handicaps follow: P. Laurent (12) 51, M. Bisbing (9) 46, W. Aiman (11) 46, A, Caie (12) 43, C. Larson (11) 42, S. Curry (0) 38, R. Bisbing (5) 36, M. Martin (5) 21. Charles Larson and William Aiman shot a match at 10 sets of doubles, and Larson beat Aiman by one break, with a score of 17 to 16. Morfey — Houseman. Pen Argyl, Pa. — A match was shot on Jan. 6 on the grounds of the Mountain View Gun Club, between Messrs. T. W. Morfey and W. Hanseman. The conditions were 25 live birds, $100 a side. Scores : T W Morfey 2222222222111212111222222—23 W Hauseman .2202222222022010122222222—21 All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and aot to any individual connected with the paper. , 42 FOREST and STREAM 1 Oak. 14, 1905- IN NEW JERSEY* Montclair Gun Club, Under date of Jan. 5 the Montclair, N. J., Gun Club has issued a circular letter to its members, as follows: “One of our members is now having made, from special design, a very handsome gold medal, to be shot for by members during the months of January, February and March. Conditions govern- ing the contest are enclosed herewith. “Be sure to qualify on some Saturday during this month; the sooner the better.” The conditions of the contest are as follows: During January and February a special event will be arranged for qualifying to shoot in match. There shall be two classes, A class and B class. A class to be made up of scratch men; B class of the balance of our members. A class must make a consecutive run of 7 within the boundaries of a specified 25-target event. This class shall have four chances at 25 targets to qualify for the February contest, and they can have the privilege of shooting at 25, 50, 75 or 100 targets at any of our Saturday shoots in January, but before doing so they must notify the secretary of such intention, and place their initials before their respective names on *he ocore sheet. B class to be governed by H-e jame conditions as Class A except they shall be entitled to shi. at at 200 birds. During February t^e jame conditions apply to Class A and B that qualified in January, except that 10 targets must be broken consecutively. Those that have qualified in Classes A and B under the above >ns shall shoot during March as follows: A class to shoot at , targets on the same plan that was used in January and Februaiy. B class shall be entitled to shoot at 200 targets, with the privilege of selecting four of their best scores of 25 targets each. The largest number of targets broken by any one individual in these two classes be declared the winner on Saturday, March 25. Walter T. Wallace, President. Charles W. Kendall, Field Cap- tain. Edward Winslow, Secretary. Jan. 7. — Handicaps apply only in event No. 4. The weather con- ditions were not at all favorable to high scores to-day. Mr. Sim Glover was the guest of the club to-day and, con- sidering the high wind, made a remarkable score. Beyond qualiying in the preliminary rounds for the gold medal presented by one of the members and a little practice, no regular events were run off. Events: Targets : E Winslow, 4 Sim Glover P H Cockefair C W Kendall H F Hailoway, 4 T S Crane, 2 C H Hartshorn, 6... S C W heeler E Robinson Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 25 25 26 25 25 25 25 16 13 .. 21 17 ., .. 22 24 24 23 24 .. .. 19 16 21 19 20 15 11 17 18 16 16 22 17 19 16 . . 23 . . . . . . 19 IS 18 15 .. 19 16 12 .. .. 18 20 16 .. .. .. 6 .. .. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Trenton Shooting Association. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 2. — Seven events were shot. Four of these were for merchandise prizes; the remainder were for turkeys and chickens. The scores of the merchandise events follow: Event 1, 15 targets; first prize, orange bowl; second, lily bowl: Cole 12, Grant 15, F. W. M. 10, Herbert 13, Jules 14, Huber 11, C. Maddock 12, W. H. M. 11, Crawford 9, E. Hope 14. First prize won by Grant; second by Hope. Event 2, 15 targets; first prize, orange bowl; second, lily bowl: Cole 3, Grant 11, F. W. M. 10, Herbert 5, Jules 9, Huber 13, C Maddock 11, W. H. M. 13, George 13, Crawford 12, Jules 12, IV. H. M. 10, F. W. M 10, Hope 13, Mulford 12, Cole 13, Herbert 12, errant 11, Swader 10, Huber 13, George 14, Charley 3, Hope 11, Swader 11. First prize won by G. Sinclair,; second by L. Emanns. Event 3, 20 targets; first prize, berry set; second, orange bowl; third, lily bowl: Cole 16, Grant 15, W. H. M. 14, Herbert 15, Jules 14, Huber 18, F. W. M. 13, George 15, Crawford 14, Swader 13, Jules 17, W. H. M. 15, F. W. M. 16, Hope 17, Mulford 12, Klockner 15, Grant 16, Huber 17, Coles 12, Atbenholt 14, Huber 15, George 15, Mulford 16, Hope 17, Swader 15. First prize won by Huber; second, Emanns; third, Mulford. Event 4, 25 targets; first prize, punch bowl and mugs; second, lily bowl: Cole 22, Grant 21, F. W. M. 10, Herbert 18, Jules 21, Huber 22, Taylor 21, W. H. M. 16, George 19, Crawford 17, Jules 17, W. H. M. 18, F. W. M. 17, Hope 21, Mulford 19, Herbert 25, Atherholt 14, Huber 18, Taylor 17, Mulford 17. First prize won by Herbert; second by Cole. Pleasure 'Gun Club, Englewood, N. J., Jan. 2. — The Pleasure Gun Club made the following scores to-day: Events : Targets: Miloy F West Townsend Raynor Short W West ................. Frahm Morris J West .................. Bogert S Westervelt C J Westervelt E Haring I 2 3 4 5 6 7 15 10 10 15 15 10 15 12 .. 3 10 11 6 7 10 ... 3 9 10 .. 8 .. 4 , . 5 7 6 5 II .. 4 8 7 .. .. .. 5 .. .. 3 . . 6 .. 6 .. .. .. 7 .. .. 1 .. 6 .. 6 .. .. .. 5 .. .. 5 .. 6 .. 9 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 12 .. 6 .. 5 .. 13 .. 4 .. .. No, 8 was a handicap event for the Mullerite trophy, which was won by W. W. Westervelt. Miloy, 3 ..................... Haring, 5 T West, 5 Frahm, 10 F West, 3................... W West, 6 C A Byert, 7................. C J Westervelt 3.... . .0100110101100001000011110-14 . .0010110001010101100110101—17 . .1111110011101000111100110—21 . .0000010001001100000100101—17 . .1111111001111100110001111—21 . .1000101111110111111101010—23 . .0001000000000111100100000—13 . .1111001011111110111110110—21 C. J. Westervelt, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., Jan. 7— Event No. 6, handicap trophy cup shoot, won by Mr. F. Vosselman for the third time. It takes five wins to secure cup. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 15 10 15 15 25 15 Targets: 15 10 15 15 25 15 Morrison, 3.. 11 6 8 10 12 17 13 Eickhoff. 3.. 8 6 11 8 10 19 8 Richter, 3... 14 9 13 12 9 20 12 Hearne ..... .. .. 12 14 11 23 13 Truax, 1..... 14 10 14 14 12 18 13 Tap, 1........ 14 .. 11 12 12 23 15 Vosselman, 6 7 9 11 10 .. 19 9 Leasenfeld, 6 9 8 14 7 James R. Mshrill, Sec’y. Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 2.— The annual New Year’s Day shoot of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club, held to-day on their grounds at Arlington, was a big success, despite the unfavorable weather conditions. Thirty-eight men competed, thirty-one of whom shot the whole programme. Two traps were used, from which 4,720 targets were thrown, 3,593 being broken by the shooters. The trade was represented as follows: Messrs. F. E. Butler, Geo. R. Ginn, J. W. Briggs, H. E. Winans, Sim Glover, T. E. Doremus and H. S. Welles. High average went to Sim Glover, Staples capturing second, while Jap and Capt. Traver tied for third place. Welles was second among the professionals, and Butler third. Events No. 4 and 8 were merchandise events, the Ossining-Poughkeepsie team match also being shot off in event No. 8. A cold, drizzling rain, attended by a fog, made the day decidedly uncomfortable and conditions hard for good shooting. Scores follow: Events: Targets: Welles jap ..; Staples Dykeman Butler Adams Sanders Rhodes Traver Doremus Tompkins Sheldon Perkins Snyder Flicks Tallman Ferguson Hotlman Du Bois Crozier Valentine Feigenspan Brandreth Bedell McConnell Coleman Glover Dr. Shaw Hendricks Dr. Becker Carpenter Y an Winans Cassidy I Hicks Krebbs Briggs Bissing Team match; 25 targets: 12345678 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 25 Broke. 13 12 9 22 11 10 14 21 112 12 13 14 23 12 13 13 22 122 12 14 15 23 13 14 12 23 126 13 13 10 21 10 12 12 22 113 12 11 11 18 11 11 13 18 105 12 13 13 22 13 11 14 23 121 14 11 11 20 9 13 12 19 109 13 15 12 21 12 9 8 21 111 13 13 10 23 13 13 14 23 122 , 7 10 8 14 5 10 10 21 85 14 13 12 18 10 11 13 25 116 9 13 7 14 13 8 10 14 88 13 11 14 18 11 13 12 19 111 . 2 12 13 19 11 14 10 20 111 11 10 9 14 9 11 10 14 88 , 13 11 14 22 11 9 14 21 115 13 13 11 20 12 11 13 21 114 56786455 46 10 11 9 16 10 13 8 12 89 9 7 6 12 10 10 7 15 76 11 12 11 16 11 14 9 13 97 6 12 12 17 11 14 10 15 97 11 7 13 23 8 13 15 20 110 11 14 10 18 10 13 13 23 112 6 10 7 15 9 13 11 22 93 11 13 8 17 10 12 10 13 94 14 13 14 22 12 15 15 25 130 12 13 11 22 6 13 14 21 112 12 10 13 17 13 14 12 25 116 11 10 10 15 7 6 4 16 79 6 13 9 21 6 13 13 22 103 6 10 10 19 45 .. 11 .. 18 .. 12 .. 20 61 12 6 4 9 11 42 . 19 9 6 9 . . 43 7 7 .. .. .. .. 21 21 18 18 Ossining — Jap 22, Staples 23, Dykeman 22, Feigenspan 15, Brandreth 20, Bedell 23, Coleman 13, Dr. Shaw 21, Hendricks 25, Carpenter 22; total, 206. Poughkeepsie— Traver 23, Tompkins 25, Rhodes 21, Sanders 19, Perkins 19, Snyder 20, Tallman 21, Valentine 13, Adams 23, Bissing 18; total, 202. Notes. Everything went along as regularly as clock work, and much favorable comment was heard from all sides. PI. YV. Bissing proved an efficient man in the office, and to him is much credit due for the general success of the shoot. Tompkins and Hendricks “did the trick” in the team match — 25 straight — and under hard conditions, too. President Adriance, suffering from neuralgia and in no con- dition to shoot, was present, and gave valuable assistance in scoring, etc. Sim Glover won high average honors, and made an unfinished run of 60 straight as well. Harry Yaientme was not in his usual good form — better luck next time, Harry. The Brandreth cup must be won three . times to own — Poughkeepsie 2, Ossining 1, to date. The next match will, no doubt, be a “hot one.” Capt. Traver did excellent shooting, considering that he was the busiest man outside the office. The new grounds, overlooking “Fair Vassar,” were made to order, judging from the comment heard. Sec’y Du Bois was unable to reach the grounds until the after- noon, from which time he gave valuable aid in looking after things generally. A spring tournament is being talked of, and the date will be announced early enough to give the “disappointed ones” a chance to make all arrangements to attend. Hew. New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association. By order of the president, George N. Thomas, a special meet- ing is called on Jan. 18, at 1 o’clock P. M., at Achtel-Stetters rooms, 842 Broad street, Newark. The list of clubs composing the Association is as follows: Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey City; Orange Gun Club, Brunswick Gun Club of New Brunswick, Hack- ettstown Gun Club, South Side Gun Club of Newark, East Side Gun Ciub of Newark, Freehold Gun Club, Midway Gun Club of Matawan, Brookfield Game and Fish Association of Bloomfield, Cannibal Gun Club, of Trenton, Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club of Rutherford (now merged into the Union Gun Club), Rahway Gun Club. Individual member, E. A. W. Everett, Pompton Lakes. Business of importance demands attention, and clubs whose delegates are unable to be present in person are requested to forward proxies to Preside.it George N. Thomas, 1100 Chestnut avenue, Trenton, or W. R. Hobart, acting secretary, 440 Summer avenue, Newark, so that a quorum will be assured. Other clubs and individuals not in the above list are invited to be present. Christiana Atglcn Gun Club. Atclen, Pa., Jan. 2. — Following are the scores of the Christiana Atglen Gun Club shoot, held here to-day: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Targets : 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Av. L Squires... 9 9 9 10 10 9 7 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 93 Benner ..... 9 10 9 9 6 8 10 7 9 8 10 9 9 10 8 8 10 88 Tonnsley. . . . 9 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 7 10 10 9 9 7 7 .. 9 80 Jelb ........ 7 9 9 10 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 8 10 91 Wilson ..... 7 7 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 4 . . . . . . 8 .. 70 J Williams.. 8 8 10 8 9 10 8 9 7 9 10 7 9 8 10 10 8 88 I Williams.. 7 9 8 8 8 9 7 9 9 7 .. 10 9 10 8 9 9 85 Lawrence .. 6 7 9 7 5 68 McGinnis ... 4 7 7 6 8 0 0 9 8 975...... 6 .. 69 Fielis ....... 8 8 9 5 9 9 10 8 7 7 .. 81 .. .. .... 7 75 63 80 Pennock . . , 40 Lloyd R. Lewis, Sec’y. Bergen Beach Gun Club. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 2. — The trapshooters turned out in great force to compete at the New YRar’s Day shoot of the Bergen Beach Gun Club. Shooting continued till darkness intervened and made sighting the targets a matter of guesswork. The club officers, Messrs. F. W. and H. YV. Bergen, president and secre- tary, respectively, and Mr. H. YV. Dryer, were generous hosts, and extended courteous attention to all present. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier, famous trapshooter and expert, had the intricate task of manager. The grounds are situated conveniently for shooters. The trans- portation line passes within a few steps of the club house. The weather was not of the kind which promotes high scores. The light was heavy, and in the latter part of the afternoon a drizzling rain fell. The programme consisted of 170 targets, 120 of which were in 15-target sweepstakes. Those who preferred, could shoot for tar- gets only at the rate of 15 for 25 cents. Paid experts shot for targets only. J. he main event was at 50 targets, distance handi- cap, 16 to 21yds. rise, for twelve merchandise prizes of value to shooters. Entrance $2.50, including targets. Highest score, first choice; second high or ties, next choice, and so on until all the prizes are distributed in this event. Handicaps by Harry Bergen, Capt. Dreyer and the manager. The scores were as follows: Schorty (20yds.) 40, Reynolds (19) 40, Suydam (19) 38, J. Voor- his (18) 39, Hoffmeyer (18) 36, Marcy (17) 41, McKane (17) 33, Cottrell (17) 38, YVaters (17) 31, Montanus (17) 32, Keim (16) 33, Flames (16) 28, Cooper (16) 41, Kurzell (16) 6, Hitchcock (16) 34, Mchrman (16) 20, Whitley (16) 26, O’Brien (16) 36, Blake (16) 29, G. Remsen (18) 35, Snyder (16) 44, Dr. Goubaud (16) 28, Carolan (16) '25, S. Short (16) 25, T. Short (16) 31, Kelly (16) 41. The sweepstake events follow. Several were extra events: Events : 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 argets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Schorty 11 . . 12 15 13 15 . . 11 . . Keim s 11 10 0 12 9 Cottrell . .... 12 14 12 9 10 . . 12 Marcy Hawes 2 .. .. .. 6 Dryer .......... 2 .. .. ., 47556.... Voorhis 4 .. 10 8 .. 14 .. .. Reynolds .. .. 14 11 13 10 W Cottrell .......... .. 7 .. .. 10 .. 12 .. 9 .. 5 F Schoverling 8 10 .. 11 9 9 9 7 Suydam 12 .. .. 11 14 14 15 14 8 .. W .Ryder ............ 8 .. in 9 10 McKane 8 . . 10 10 7 12 13 ... . Williamson 8 . . 10 7 0 fi Griffith 12 14 13 Cooper .. 12 12 12 8 Thier . 8 8 Montanus . . 12 7 9 12 10 u ... . Kurzell O’Brien Whitley Birquist Pfander Carolan Hoffmeyer J Voorhis in 19 in G Remsen Waters Konwenhover ic iq D Goubaud Schneider 19 Blake Jq " " Recreation Rod and Gun Club. Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 2.— The Recreation Rod and Gun Club, of this city, held a New Year’s Da y shoot at its grounds to day, with 27 guns out, and under fair weather conditions, except that the wind was rather variable. A team of five men representing the Fairmont Gun Club, at- tended, and during the day shot a 25-target race with the team of the Recreation Ciub, the latter winning by a score of 94 to 85. Mr. Wiedebusch, of the Fairmont team, was high gun for the day, shooting through the entire programme. During the day a “loving cup,” donated by the officers of the club, for individual high score at 10 targets, was shot for and won by Mr. Lilly, of Fairmont, after a spirited shoot-off of a straight score tie with Mr. Dawson, Mr. Lilly winning on his eleventh bird. After the shooting was over, at dark, the members of the club and their guests, repaired to Stine’s Cafe, where all “broke straight” on roast suckling pig, with the customary trimmings. only leaving the tables in time to catch the late train to their hemes. The scores : Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Wiedebusch 205 174 Cobun 120 96 Lilly 205 146 Deusenberry 100 78 T F Phillips. 190 161 Hot! man ....... 95 60 Colpitts 190 123 E R Taylor. 85 69 Fitch 190 118 Dawson .... 75 69 Jacobs 180 142 G F Miller.. 45 30 Donigan .... 170 123 Kennedy ... 45 20 Price 123 S E Tavlor. 35 26 C R Phillip. 96 Cabbons .... 35 18 Nichols 145 109 Moreland ... 15 7 J R Miller... 145 129 Van Voorhis 15 7 L D Phillips 140 107 Stewart 15 10 J C Long 140 92 Thomas 15 11 White 125 84 Team race: Recreation Team. Fairmont Team. Price ..15 Wriedebusch ...22 Jacobs ..18 Phillips ...18 Deusenberry ..19 Lilly Dawson ..23 Colpitts .... Cobun . .19-94 Fitch ....... Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Fulford Memorial Fund. Utica, N. Y., Jan. 6. — The gun club here held a shoot Jan. 2, which was largely attended. All the money received from one event, in which a prize was offered by the club, was "donated to the Fulford Memorial Fund, which shows that poor Ed. was fully appreciated in his home town. Now, I know that there are many of his friends who have failed to contribute to the fund now being raised for the erection of a monument to his memory by the sportsmen of America. This is probably an oversight on their part, so I wish to call attention to the fact that no money will be received after Feb. 1. So send in your mite, no matter how small. For a while the names of all who have contributed will be published, the amounts given will not be mentioned. Remit to J. T. Skelly, duPont Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. All who attend the New \rork shoot at Utica in June will have a chance to see a monument over the remains of E. D. Fulford that will be a credit to us all. Frank E. Butler. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. Jan. 14, 1905.I FOREST AND STREAM 48 V f Hy. H^ua I ICSaNflilllON Always Reliable and Superior. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY LOWELL. MASS. a. non o r • i 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Street, New York. Agencies . -j H4-H6 Market Street, San Francisco. WESTERN TRAP. 1; ■ Cincinnati Gun Club. The following scores in the cash prize series were made on Jan. 1 by those who were unable to be present the previous day: H. Sunderbruch (17) 43, Ward (17) 42, Faran (21) 39, Dick (20) 39, A. Sunderbruch (20) 36. This first week of the new year has been a busy one at the club grounds, and almost every day has seen many shooters present. The reason for this was the presence in the city of the traveling representatives of the Peters Cartridge Co., who put in all their spare time smashing targets, a sport with which most of them are familiar. On the first day the weather was ideal for out-door sport, and twenty-four shooters visited the grounds, and some good scores were made, Hightower breaking 72 out of 75, Storr 84 out of his first 100, Keller 82. The scores follow: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Shot Targets : 25 15 25 25 25 25 20 25 25 25 15 at. Broke. Keller ... 21 . . 22 21 .. 18 .. 20 22 22 . . 175 146 Storr ...25 . . 18 17 24 . . 17 18 19 . . . . 170 138 Thomas . . 20 20 18 19 . . 18 17 16 . . 175 128 * Y oung . . . . . 18 24 . . 18 23 21 22 . . 145 126 *Kirby . . . . 18 21 . . 17 23 22 19 . . 145 120 Apgar ... 22 14 24 . . . . 23 18 14 125 115 Wheeler . . 25 20 19 23 23 . . 125 110 D Elliott ...23 .. 19 .. 22 .. .. . . 23 20 . . 125 107 Frohliger . . 17 17 .. 14 .. . . 17 21 . . 125 86 Seymour ...21 22 21 . . .. .. 21 .. 100 85 ...25 .. .. 24 .. 23 ,.. 75 72 W'ard 10 21 . . .. ..18 . . . . 22 14 100 75 Lemcke .. ..15 20 18 19 . . 100 72 ...16 21 14 . . 75 51 Stacy .. 15 .. .. ..16 . . 15 11 . . 95 57 W’illiams ... 21 . . . . 12 13 60 46 21 .. .. 21 50 42 Dick .. 19 .. .. ..14 8 65 41 Bullerdick .. .. 18 .. .. 17 .. 45 35 Davies 12 .. .. .. ..12 . . . . 21 15 75 60 ...23 25 23 .. ..19 25 19 A Sunderbruch . . . .. ..17 25 17 Faran 13 15 13 *Shot at 21yds. in Nos. 4 and 7. The New Year’s shoot was held on Jan. 2 and was poorly at- tended, owing to the disagreeable weather. The day was cold and cloudy, with rain in the afternoon. Only eleven men took part in the programme, which consisted of eight events at 25, two at 20 and two at 15, a total of 270 targets, and noi one shot through. The best work was done by R. Trimble, who broke 92.6 per cent, of the targets shot at. H. N. Kirby and C. A. Young fell down in the third event, but were standing at 24yds. Don Minto shot a 90 per cent gait. The scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shot Targets: 25 25 25 25 20 25 25 20 25 15 25 15 at. Broke. *H N Kirby.... ... 23 24 18 23 21 22 , # 22 175 153 *Young ...20 23 18 24 . . 22 25 , . 21 . . . . 175 153 Foley .:. 18 13 21 19 ,, 19 12 , , 10 150 112 Keller ... 39 18 22 . _ 17 . _ 12 125 88 Trimble ...21 19 . . is . _ 15 15 95 88 Don Minto ... 23 17 19 . 1 14 . . 13 95 86 Harig 17 19 24 12 85 72 Block ...22 16 ii 11 85 63 Benjamin ...12 10 12 15 6 3 10 . , 160 68 Williams ...16 19 15 _ _ . . 60 50 Andrews 20 17 . , 50 37 *Shot from 24yds. in event No. 3. On Jan. 4 there were twenty-six shooters present, most of them being Peters men, and the sport consisted of. a team- match with thirteen men on a side, the captains being H. N. Kirby and Neaf Apgar. Each man shot at 50 targets, and Kirby’s team won with a score of 524 to 481. Storr, Reid and Gambell tied for high in- dividual score on 46. Kirby was second high with 45. On Ap- gar’s team Hardy was high man with 44. D. Elliott second with 43, and C. A. Young third with 42. The day was pleasant, but quite cold, and the spectators were glad to view the sport through the club house windows. The scores: Team match, 50 targets: Kirby’s Team. Apgar’s Team. Storr 24 22— 46 Hardy ......21 23— 44 Gambell 22 24— 46 Elliott 23 20— 43 Reid 22 24— 46 Young 21 21— 42' Capt Kirby 23 22— 45 Bartlett 21 20— 41 Hightower 22 22— 44 Wade 20 21— 41 Don Minto 23 21— 44 Porter 21 19— 40 Phil 21 22— 43 Wheeler 22 18— 40 Spinks 22 18— 40 Capt Apgar 16 21— 37 Moore 17 21— 38 George ......19 16— 35 Flournoy 19 18— 37 Garland . .... .18 16— 34 Welles 18 lfr- 34 Webber 18 14— 32 Frohliger 16 16— 32 Brown 15 12— 27 Knouse 15 14— 29 Osborne 10 15— 25 264 260 524 245 236 481 . Annual Reunion. The Peters Cartridge Co. held its annual reunion of repre- sentatives this week, and on Friday, Jan. 6, entertained them at the gun club grounds. Among those present were the follow- ing: Maurice Kaufman, L. J. Wade, J. P. Flournoy, Jr., Wal- lace R. Miller, David Elliott, J. W. Osborne, J. W. Hightower, Louis T. Spinks, W. W. Porter, Paul R. Litzke, B. O. Seymour, IT. W. Cadwallader, L. H. Reid, F. B. Chamberlain, Geo. E. Bartlett, A. H. Hardy, Frank L. Carter, John T. Rowntree, L. M. Knouse, Mr. Wishon, Chas. G. Grubb, Wm. M. Locke, Joe C. Garland, Gilbert M. Wheeler, Geo. R. Benjamin, E. IT. Storr, H. B. Lemcke, T. H. Keller, Jr., Neaf Apgar, H. N. Kirby, Jas. E. Reid, A. C. Thoms, Chas. A. Young. A number of the club members were also on hand, among thejm Barker, Don Minto. Pohlar, Block and Williams. The day was chilly and cloudy, and the ground covered with snow, but there was no wind and the light was good, so that the shooting conditions were excellent, and some good work was done. Several preliminary events were shot, the team match be- tween sides chosen by H. N. Kirby and Dave Elliott being started at 12 o’clock, and lasting until 3 o’clock. Twenty-five hundred targets were thrown, an average of 14 targets a minute— not a bad record. The dinner, a la Gambell, was served at 1 o’clock, and, as usual, was a success. Mr. and Mrs. Stone and Mr. Meek, of the Wizard of Oz Com- pany, were present as guests of Mr. Gambell. Mr. Stone takes the part of the Scarecrow, and if he acts the character as well as he shoots, it’s all right. Mr. Meek enjoys the sport, but is a new hand at the game. Charlie Young was hit in the eye by a piece of lead from a rifle bullet, when Capt. Bartlett was shoot- ing at iron washers, and was quite seriously injured. The fancy shooting was witnessed by a large crowd, and the skill of the performers well applauded. Capt. Bartlett opened the show with a short descriptive talk on the goods manufactured by the company, and then gave an exhi- bition of rifle shooting, making many difficult shots. He was followed by Frank Carter, who did some pretty stunts with a .22 rifle. Capt. Hardy ended the exhibition, doing some very fine shooting with shotgun and .22 rifle. He also displayed great skill in the use of the revolver, and wound up by making the letters P. C. Co. and an Indian’s head on cards, using a .22 rifle instead of a pencil. Preliminary events: Apgar shot at 50, broke 45; J. E. Reid 50, 41; George 50, 42; Frohliger 50, 39; Cadwallader 50, 42; Brown 50, 30; Porter 75, 51; Moore 25, 21; Knouse 50, 40; Seymour 50, 41; Young 50, 45; Stewart 50, 21; Orr 50, 21; Thoms 75, 46; Lindsley 50, 37; Kirby 50, 44; Hardy 50, 38; See 50, 43; Peters 50, 41; Elliott 25, 22; Storr 25, 23; Wheeler 25, 23; Spinks 50, 44; Garland 25, 19; Moore 25, 20; L. H. Reid 50, 41; Lemcke 50, 40; Richmond 50, 42; Wade 50, 47; ITightower 75, 71; Osborne 25, 18; Benjamin 25, 8; H. Keller 25, 20; Kaufman 25, 17; Meyers 25, 20; Barker 25, 18; Conway 26, 16. Kirby’s Team. Elliott’s Teaim. Storr ...25 25—50 Hightower . . .24 24 — 48 Hardy . . .24 23—47 L Wade ...22 24—46 Young .. .23 24—47 Capt D Elliott. ...25 20—45 Tuttle ...24 22—46 Wheeler ...20 25—45 Bartlett ...23 23—46 Seymour ...23 21—44 Spinks ...21 24—45 Cadwallader ...23 21—44 Keller, Sr ...24 21—45 Richmond ...20 23-43 T E Reid ...22 21 — 43 French ...22 20—42 Capt Kirby ...20 23—43 H Lemcke .... ...21 21—42 L H Reid ...20 23—43 Apgar ...19 23—42 Kaufman ...22 20—42 Lindsley ...18 24-42 Keller, Jr ...20 22—42 Phil Stone . . .21 20—41 C Peters . . .17 23-40 George ......... . . .20 21—41 Moore . . .17 22 39 See . . .19 22—41 Carter . . .19 18—37 Frohliger ...19 19—38 Garland . . .17 17 34 Covert ...18 20—38 Thomas . . .19 14—33 Flournoy . . .19 18 — 37 Knouse Osborne ...19 18—37 P Orr ...14 9 23 Litzke . . .16 20—36 Stewart . . .12 10 22 Welles ...13 21—34 Grubb Keplinger . . .18 15—33 Cook Porter Meek Myers . . .13 16—29 Brown ...16 16 32 Benjamin ...12 6—18—991 Thoms Saturday, Jan. 7, the regular club shooting day, was cold and windy, and snow fell thickly nearly all day. The attendance was not up to expectations, a number of the Peters boys would have been out if it had been pleasant, but the weather kept them away. Two 50-targeJ races were shot. Cadwallader and Randall tied for high gun in the first on 46, and Randall took high gun in the second on 45. The club will hold its banquet on Jan. 26. H. M. Norris is chairman of the committee. Gambell has returned from his Southern trip in good shape. Had a fine time, good shooting and sport generally; but - he doesn’t like Osterfeldt’s way of looking after the commissary department. Col. West. H. Osterfeld and E. Barker have been appointed a committee to select members of the tournament committee. Supt. Gambell’s son Lutie has been sick the past week, but is improving. C. W. Phellis was at the grounds on Friday. He left for home on the 6th, and will be at the Detroit tournament in February. The day’s scores follow: First 50 target race: Cadwallader 46, Randall 46, Don Minto 45, Gambell 42, Kirby 42, Harig 41, Peters 39, Trimble 38, Dennison 38, Williams 36, Falk 32, Maynard 31, Liztke 26. Second 50-target race, 16yds. : Randall 45, Cadwallader 43, Wil- liams 42, Harig 42, Kirby 41, Gambell 37, Peters 36, Maynard 28, Lytle 26. Greenville (O.) Gun Club. The annual meeting of the Greenville, O., Gun Club was held on Dec. 30. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, B. G. Eidson; Vice-President, M. W. Westerfield; Secretary, H. A. McCaughey; Treasurer, E. R. Fouts; Captain, W. F. Baker. The club decided to hold a spring tournament on May 9 and 10, for amateurs, open to all, manufacturers’ agents and professionals to shoot for targets only. The usual summer contest will begin in March and close in August. This will be run on similar lines to the one of last year, which created so much interest among the members. The club is in a better condition in every respect than it has ever been. They have good grounds, shooting shed, store house and a commodious club house. There are two sets of traps and trap houses; one arranged for distance handicap shooting. The financial condition is satisfactory, over $100 in the treasury and no debts. Dayton (O.) Gun Club. The Dayton Gun Club will hold Its first annual meeting at the Phillips House on the 12th. After the reports of various com- mittees have been read, officers will be elected, and then a banquet will be served, at which County Recorder John L. Theobald will be toastmaster. The committee in charge consists of O. M. Bailey, C. H. Cord and J. A. Kirby. 'Whiting (Ind.) Gun Club. Whiting, Ind., Jan. 3. — There is now and then some live-bird shooting in the State of Indiana, and when it comes to an up-to- date gun club with an eye to business, such as holding a holiday shoot that would draw the Chicago shooters, then you will find the Whiting club, with that “eye.” Jan. 2 being the legal holiday, there were some twenty-four guns in the rack at the shoot held under the above-mentioned management at the Wolf Lake club house. Everything was found to be in readiness, with birds and traps in order. The weather was very bad, and none but a pigeon shooter would venture out. The management only erred in their judgment of the weather, and did not provide enough birds, as the programme was not completed through lack of same. The wind blew strong, and the snow drifted furiously directly across the traps, and it was almost an impossibility to get a bird down in bounds. Mr. Young shot very well for a “young” man, and lost but one out of the nine events, though in the first event he was well to the bad. He also went straight in the next event, as did Deal and Jones. Mr. Deal got in late, but yet made the equal score to that of Mr. Young, viz., 10 straight. After two birds had been shot on the next event, the supply gave out, and the target trap was put into use. It threw targets fast and high, so that the scores will look poor in print. . In the first event Willard got 14, and was high; in the second it was Vietmeyer who led the gang with a straight, which was “going some,” as other good shots got about half of them. It was too cold and windy to continue the shoot, and it was de- clared off at about 3 P. M. The attendance was good. Lem Willard, L. Kumpfer, Geo. Eck, J. S. Young, John Eck, M. J. Sanderson, L. D. Bolton, M. J. Morehouse, C. Swedcr, A. A. Winesburg, N. Pauley, W. C Deal, F. W. Myrick, H. W. Vietmeyer, Fred Lord and Chris. Keck were the Chicago boys present, with also the addition of the U. M. C. Co. Tramp; A. L. Ready and W. J. Henry, Valparaiso, Ind.; W. Vater, G. W. Jones, R. Fowler, Hammond, Ind., and a number of spectators. The club have good grounds, situated directly on the car lines, easy of access from all parts of Chicago and the suburban towns! The scores are as follows: Event No. 1, 6 birds, $2 entrance: Geo Eck L Willard ... F Lord Young ... Vietmeyer Event No. 2, 111022-5 Jones ... •••• 111200—4 Myrick ,. 010122—4 Williams 001002 — 2 Frederick .101222 — 5 Sanderson 9 birds, entrance $3: Eck Willard . Lord . . . . Young ... Jones.. .. Vietmeyer Myrick . . ,220021200 — 5 Williams . .202220222 — 7 Frederick ,212000202 — 5 Sanderson ,112202222 — 8 Morehouse ,200000010—2 Vater .020221211 — 7 Winesburg 222002002—5 C Vater 7. .120000—2 .110202—4 .110120—4 .101220—4 .011222—5 .222020221—7 .102100221—6 .222000002-4 .120022202—6 ,200102210-5 012120102-6 ,222202021—7 FOREST AND STREAM [Jan. 14, igo$. Event No. 3, 6 targets, entrance $2: Willard 022220—4 Winesburg 002211 — 4 Lord U1202—5 Reading 002010—2 Young 222222—6 Bolton 220122—5 Vietmeyer 200100—2 Webber 011202—4 Myrick 200012—3 Pauley 120200—3 Williams 200202—3 Humpfer 100200—2 Frederick .100211—4 Deal 222222—6 Sanderson 001212—4 T Eck 000120—2 Morehouse Eck 202002—3 021201—4 Jones 112212—6 Events 4 and 5, 15 targets, $1 entrance: Young 10, 10; Viet- roeyer 9, 15; Winesburg 9, 8; Pauley 1; G. Eck 8, 11; Fowler 7, 7; Deal 12, 8; Willard 14, 10; Morehouse 10; Frederick 5, 10; Henry 2, 2; Jones 8, 6; Reading 5; J. Eck 3; .Williams 6, 7; Humpfer S, 13; C. Vater 9, 8; Goosedale 10; Levery 4; Bolton 9; Keck 10. At Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 3. — The programme of the South Side Gun Club, on Jan. 2, was three live-bird and seven target events. In the 10 live birds, it was T. M. Drought who went straight, with F. Gunther. Others were; Jack 7, M. Fusser 7, E. Gumz 8, Dr. A. Gropper 8, James Bush 7, C. W. Mott 4, Fred Dreyfuss 6, Schubring 8, F. Gunther 10, Schoenbrodt 5, W. J. Gunther 6, Ed Crosby 7, Harry Reed 7, Jas. Drought 8, E. W. Burges 3, J. V. Dering 8. The target scores were: Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Jas Bush 12 14 13 13 13 15 13 E W Burgess 11 5 12 C W Mott 13 12 15 14 Dr A Gropper 12 10 Jack 12 10 13 10 14 13 13 M Fesser 13 10 10 T M Drought 14 11 11 J T Drought 13 12 F Dreyfuss 14 12 14 11 12 14 12 E Crosby 5 12 9 Henry 13 12 11 13 Gunther 12 12 .. In Other Places. There was an all-day shoot held by the Milan Rock Gun Club, of Milan, 111., on Saturday last. The best marksmen were awarded money prizes, and now and then a turkey was sandwiched in just to enliven the occasion and break the monotony. A large crowd was present, and all seemed glad to meet again during the holi- days. The turkey shoot held at Madison, Ind., on Friday last was a great success, and the procession that wended its way home after ilie shoot was a wonder to behold. Mr. Hillabold, who handles the money belonging to the city, carried off one turkey and all the ducks, and yet it was Wm. Heeks who made the best average for the whole day. In a communication received from Shelbyville, Ind., it was stated that there would be a shoot held by the Milroy Gun Club on Friday, to which everybody was invited. The scores of those who shot through the entire programme at the Recreation Gun Club, of Cleveland, O., which consisted of 70 targets were as follows: Rice 62, McMeans 56, Hull 58, Ducommun 47, Doolittle 57, Burns 58, Frank 54, Kramer 56, Carter 42, Saffold 45, Toby 42, Hogan 52. Burns won the first, Rice the second, McMeans the third, and Hull the fourth in the poultry events. There was rare sport for the northern Ohio boys so long as the poultry held out. On Jan. 2 there was a big shooting tournament held by the Irish Progressive Gun Club, of Denver, Colo., for the benefit of its members and their friends. The list of entries was very large, and many valuable prizes were hung up. Every indication pointed to a grand success, although the delayed mails did not permit of giving the detailed scores herewith. A meagre report is just at hand which states that on Tuesday last there was a shoot at Houghton, Mich., in which the Han- cock, Calumet and IToughton clubs were represented. The Peters medal was won by Fred Funky, of Hancock, while J. H. Rice v.'on the president’s medal. As there were fifteen present, the sport was reported excellent. Flying rifle targets, bluerocks for shotgun events, all in the presence of a handicap committee, was the “go” at Lincoln, Neb., on Tuesday. It was the preliminary for a silver cup contest. At Capron, 111., on Tuesday there was held the third contest for the Hunter Arms Co. badge. The day was wet and disagreeable, and many of those eligible were kept away. Dr. Herbert, of Popular Grove, won, but only by beating out L. Munn in the slioot-off of the tie. It was exciting, as both made a 25 straight, and the winner won with one only on the last five. There will be another contest soon. It seems from the scores made that after a shooter has been moved back from the 16yd. mark that his chances for a win “go glimmering.” The Newark, O., Gun Club won the Phellis trophy in a com- petition at the Dayton club’s grounds last Thursday, in which the Cincinnati and the Dayton clubs were competitors. The secretary of the gun club at Martins Ferry, O., sends the information that on Monday afternoon, although the weather was unfavorable, most of the members and a number of spectators were out to see the contest for the prizes to be awarded the vari- ous classes. Charles Updegraff with 77 out of the 100 was awarded the prize donated by the Peters Cartridge Company. In Class B, it was Thomas L. Williams who won with 39 out of 50, with it going a handsome watch presented by John Mader. Then in the Class C event a watch chain was the present that fell to the lot of George Roupe. If the following report is correct there is something for the game warden to investigate at Dayton, O. : “Three of the wild turkeys trapped in Auglaize county for the Dayton Gun Club shoot escaped and took flight for the big woods. There are sixty more in the coops.” The Eaton, O., Gun Club held a shoot on Friday, and as the prizes were poultry, suitable to the holidays, there was an exciting time for all present. In the Goshen, O., Gun Club’s annual shoot, held Saturday, the honors were equally divided between Edward and Peter Leever. The Sandusky, O., Gun Club will hold a special meeting on Saturday evening. Business of importance will come up, and the programme for future shoots will be arranged. The members of the Menominee, Mich., Gun Club were all re- quested to meet on Saturday evening to discuss the next State meeting. A postponed meeting of the Ishpeming, Mich., Gun Club will be held this Saturday evening at their club rooms. So far north as Green Bay, Wis., the gun club boys engage in the shooting line as a holiday sport. In their next venture, there will be sides chosen, as the president will appoint two captains for this purpose, and the losing side will pay for a supper, and there will be one pleasant winter evening spent that will have a bearing on the future welfare of the club. Charlie Budd’s- town, Des Moines, la., has been putting on some new life since the State shoot for next year was awarded to them. Clay bird shooting has been going on all winter. Well, they must be up and doing, as there will be some hustling to get ready for the shoot, which is set for such an early date as March 14. The Hon. Mr. Budd has given out that the programmes would soon be forthcoming. If this is so, it will be something new under the sun, as in the past nearly all State associations issue their programmes at a date so late as to be worthless to those who patronize them with advertising. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 30. — Under difficulties the monthly shoot of the Detroit Live Bird Club was held at the Rusch House grounds on Friday. There was a very cold wind blowing across the traps, and the birds escaped with much regularity. It was more a feast of wit than a killing feature, as all were determined to make the best of the weather, and not worry about the lost birds. There were present such old time, jovial fellows as Joe Marks and Jack Parker, who have for many years been renowned for their good humor when present at tournaments. Jack has not been seen so much at tournaments of late years as formerly, yet he can tell as good stories as of old, and here he had ample op- portunity, as the shooting dragged along. Joe Marks was kept busy the while replenishing the fire, and he and Jack surely kept the whole crowd in good humor, and thus they were satisfied with life. When Jack got through with the score and carried out the totals, it was found that Tolsma was the only man who could point the gun straight in the heavy wind. How he did it will re- main a mystery to his companions, as in shooting at the 15 live birds Springborn had downed 11, Chapman 12, Ford 9, Mercier 10, Marks 11, Dailie S, Kittleberger 9, and Morris 11. Massillon, O., Jan. 2. — The holiday shoot held here was a great success, as there were five squads shot through the day. There was a cold, disagreeable wind to contend with, yet all “stuck to the text,” and there were more than 1,500 bluerocks thrown from the new trap, which gave entire satisfaction to all. It was espe- cially gratifying to note the large number of new men who were taking part. They were making such a good showing that all will be encouraged to attend regularly the club shoots. This club lays distinction to being one of the three best clubs in the State. The best scores were made by Meneuz, Koor.ts, Cabbut, Taggart and Jones; Meneuz breaking 21 and 22 out of strings of 25. Davenport, la., Jan 5.— The old historic Gun Club, well-known as the Cumberland, of this city, held a meeting on Tuesday even- ing, it being a special session for the purpose of considering a change in the place of holding their club shoots and tournaments, for which it is famous. The ground adjoining the Schuetzen Park having been sold, it became necessary to make a change. An offer was made by the management in charge of the resort known as Grand Island, in which it was proposed to lease the grounds necessary for shooting purposes for a period of ten years ai the nominal sum of $1 yearly. Besides this, the plan was con- curred in by the Davenport & Suburban Railway Company, with a further proposition to erect at the isle a suitable club house free of expense to the club. A free discussion with Henry Eg- gers in the chair, resulted in the change being agreed to. One more shoot will be held at the old park, and then the big shoot that was scheduled for Jan. 15 will be postponed until some time in February, when there will be a grand opening announced, and all the trap shots in the surrounding country will be invited. Even the whole contingent of experts will be welcomed, that the new grounds may be opened with a grand tournament. Daven- port has for years been noted for holding a shoot on Feb. 22 each year. They were usually held by the Forrester club, and live birds were the attraction. But live bird shooting will now be “a thing of the past” in Iowa. It would be an easy matter, how- ever, for the Davenport, Rock Island and Moline men to get together and hold a good shoot on Illinois soil. The attendance at the shoot given on last Thursday by Chas. Dick, of Glenwood, la., was very gratifying to the management. The shotgun men from Council Bluffs were present, and a goodly feeling prevailed, as there were turkeys, ducks and geese in abundance. Mr. R. Tyner won a first prize, a beautiful silver cup, at the clay target shoot held at Connersville, Ind., on Saturday last. The second prize went to Mr. H. Pressler. There will be another shoot Monday afternoon. Scores were various. Indications still point to a big, if not the largest, tournament of this year to be held at Portland, Ore., during the fair- The president of the Multomah Rod and Gun Club has called a meet- ing for the purpose of getting the members interested. A com- mittee will wait on those in charge of the sports for the fair, and hope to get a donation of some $10,000 as prizes. If this is as- sured, then the Clark-Lewis fair will in that respect eclipse the late World’s Fair held at St. Louis. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has not so froze up as to dampen the ardor of the trap of the Country Gun Club, as a meet was scheduled there for this week. Shooters from other towns were expected. The best information comes from the West, that many club members were too busy selling goods before Christmas to attend to the annual meeting. Salem, N. D., was reported in this list. This would indicate that trapshooting would be on the increase next year, as good crops and good times increase the amount of trapshooting. We note with pleasure that Thos. L. Williams, who has made a success with the management of the Valley Gun Club, of Martins Ferry, has been re-elected as president. The other officers are very capable also, as the field captain is John Millard; treasurer, Richard Lynch; corresponding secretary, James Bowman; financial secretary, Chas. H. Williams; trustees, Chas. Updegraff, James Maguire, Winfield Clark, Wm. McIntosh and Roger Joseph. The Jan. 1 shoot of the Detroit Rusch House Club was post- poned until the Jan. 18 meet of the Riverside Gun Club. The wind is cold and fierce by the lake outlet. Despite cold fingers and dimmed eyesight, there was a large gathering of target “busters” at the Highland Gun Club grounds on Jan. 2. In the events having 10 targets each, there were a few straight scores, Patti being in the lead with four highs. To the Indians. While our mutual friend, the late E. D. Fulford, was not an Indian, he might have been if he had applied for election. He was of the metal that makes good Indians, one of the makers and supporters of the game of trapshooting, and the friendly pulse of his great heart included every gentleman whom he had ever met in the pursuit of his favorite sport. It was these great traits of his character that suggested the idea of a memorial fund to erect a suitable monument to his memory, and feeling that we as a tribe must wish to be among the first in the promotion of so worthy a work, the undersigned some time ago called upon the Brother Chiefs for such individual subscrip- tions to the Fulford Memorial Fund as each might feel inclined to make. Mr. J. T. Skelly, custodian of this fund, states that fully half of the tribe has already responded, but it is desired to close the list, and thinking that some intending donors may have overlooked the matter, the above is submitted for the earnest consideration of any who may wish to contribute. Yours for the cause. Tom A. Marshall, Frank C. Riehl, High Chief. Chief Scribe. 1 PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. Washington. Low Rate Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. Jan. 19 is the date on which will be run the next personally- conducted tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington. This tour will cover a period of three days, affording ample time to visit all the principal points of interest at the National Capital, including the Congressional Library and the new Corcoran Art Gallery. Rate, covering railroad transportation for the round trip and hotel accommodations, $14.50, or $12 from New York; $13 or $10.50 from Trenton, and proportionate rates from other points, according to hotel selected. Rates cover accommodations at hotel for two days. Special side-trip to Mount Vernon. All tickets good for ten days, with special hotel rates after ex- piration of hotel coupon. Similar tours will be run on Feb. 2 and 21, March 9 and 23, April 6 and 23, and May 18. For itineraries and full information apply to Ticket Agents; C. 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L, C. Smith Gun, 99 out of the 100; Peters Silver Cup, 39 out of 40, including the shoot off. Kansas City, Mo., November 24th, 1904 (Amateur Records). Agents Hullerite Powder and flullerite Loaded Shells : George Tritch Hardware Co . Denver, Col. Gus Habich, Indianapolis, Ind. J. F. Schmelzer Arms Co , Kansas City, Mo. Montgomery, Ward & Co., Chicago, 111. W. R. Burkhardt Co., St. Paul, Minn. Wood, Valance & Co., Hamilton, Ont., Canada. John Meunier Gun Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Sportsmen’s Supply Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Macintosh-Huntington Hardware Corporation, Cleveland, O. MULLERITE LOADED SHELLS can be obtained of all cartridge companies’ agents, or the SOLE V. S. AGENTS SCHOVERLING & WELLES, 2 Murray St., New York Dealers in Runs, Fishing Tackle, Boats, Kodak Supplies, and General Sporting Goods. \_jjn jf---r m ■■■■-» -■■■■■ ... ^ NEW No. 00 Armor Steel L. C. Smith Gun HUNTER ARMS COMPANY Sold through dealers only. Send for catalogue. Fulton, N. Y FOREST AND STREAM. is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream. Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures ■ and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert, Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag, - - - Carl Rungius 8. “ Listen 1 ” - - - - - Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights, - - - Carl Rungius 5. “ What’s That ? ” - - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. Calling the Buffalo— 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo — 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo — 3 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo — 4 Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 13. Pearl R. E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J.J. Audubon 17. The Redhead Duck, J J. J. Audubon 18. The Canvasback Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 19. The Prairie Chicken, - - - J. J. Audubon 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - - J.J. Audubon 21. The American Plover, ... J.J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 23. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge, ... Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey, ..... - E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - - W. P. Davison 28. Home of the Bass, - W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, ... W. P. Davison 30. A Country Road, ... W. P. Davison 31. When Food Grows Scarce, - W. P. Davison 32. In the Fence Corner, - - W. P, Davison The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16 x 11% inches. Price, postpaid $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. T he "Best 1L Sa fest ^OME day men may not need weapons of defense, but since humanity is what it is to-day, arms must sometimes be carried, and those who carry them should insist on having the best. You cannot provide yourself with a weapon without some feeling of responsibility. Properly used, the arm that you possess will protect your property and even save your life. You must have the weapon which is most reliable — the best. The best is the safest; safest because simplest, made with the greatest care and of materials which experience has shown to be the most perfect for the purposes for which they are used. It is precisely for these reasons that the best revolver is THE COLT Catalogue on Application. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., HARTFORD. CONN.. U. S. A. London Office , ISa, Pall Malt, .5*. W,. London, W„ England. are given in the Game Laws in Brief. The compilation is complete. It covers the country. All is given that one needs know of game seasons, modes of killing, number permitted, transportation, export out of State, non- resident and resident licenses. The laws are complex and many. The Brief states them clearly and concisely. There is a fund of good stories besides in the Wood- craft pages. Sold by all dealers or sent postpaid for 25 cents by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA FROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT, By W. Q. HUDSON, M. D., is a modest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world’s best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls, Equipments, Sights and 5ighting, Aiming, Adjustments of Sights, Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Tar- gets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Appliances, etc. Thirty five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sa’e by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York. In the hands of both Experts and Amateurs LEFEVER ARMS CO. GUNS ARE WINNING SIGNAL VICTORIES at all the prominent tournaments. No Guns built will outshoot or outwear them. We will be pleased to mail our 1905 catalogue and to answer inquiries. Write us 50c. buys the Ideal Brass Wire Cleaner. Guaranteed not to scratch the barrels. LEFEVER ARMS CO., Syracuse, N. Y. Laws as now in force MODERN RIFLE SHOOTING '1 / 6 6 |X11 Forest And stream. BARGAINS IN LEATHER COATS. Adapted to all outdoor uses, such as riding, driving, ice fishing, hunting, automobiling, etc. Lot No. 1. — Good aualitv black leather, soft and linin cr /Rxfra well made nnrl servieeahle. F'n-r- Lot No. 1. — Good quality black leather, soft and pliable, full corduroy lined and reversible. Can be worn either side out. Former price, $7.50 each. Sale price $5.00 Lot. No. 2. — Fine quality russet leather, flannel- lined, pockets lapelled. Very soft and light weight. Extra well made, and a genuine bar- gain. Former price, $10 each. Sale price $6.50 Lot No. 3. — Fine quality black leather, Nor- folk style, with belt, fancy silk stitch. Fine plaid lining. Extra well made and serviceable. For- mer price, $12 each. Sale price $8.00 Lot No. 4.— Finest quality imported Swedish dog skin. Soft as a glove. Silk stitched. Best flannel lining. Take-up on sleeves, strap across collar. Sack or Norfolk styles. Russet or black colors. The finest coat made. Former price, $18 each. Sale price $12.00 Lot No. 5. — Finest quality black, soft leather vests. Lined with imported dark corduroy. Made to button high around neck. Very rich and ser- viceable. Former price, $6. Sale price ..$4.00 We Sell Everything for Sports and Recreation. 1VER JOHNSON SPORTING GOODS CO., 163-165 Washington Street, - BOSTON, MASS. "FRANCOTTE GUNS" “KNOCKABOUT GUN” Are the Leading Imported Shotguns on the American Market in Every Respect. Francotte Guns, - - - from $80.00 to $450.00 net Knockahont Guns, in one grade only, - - $60.00 net DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. SOLE U. S. AGENCY, VON LENGERKE * DETM0LD, 318 Broadway, NEW YORK. in the hands of simon pure amateurs “W1 JCKTS' every State Event for the season in Indiana. BALLISTITE The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration, and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. J. H. LAU &CO.,T6CHAMBEnss^EAE£I:«,NEWYORKCITY' A postal brings catalogue and “Shooting Facts.” BARGAINS IN HIGH-GRADE GUNS! TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR OTHER SIZES. 1 fine W. W. Greener Royal Growri Hammerless 1 genuine James Purdey, Oxford St., London, Ejector Trap Gun, Sir Joseph Whitworth steel Hammer Gun, under-lever action, straight stock, barrels, straight stock, finely engraved on locks finest Damascus barrels, in fine refinished condi- and barrels. Cost $525.00. In solid leather trunk tion and good as new. One of Purdey’s fine old case. 30 x 12 x 8 $350.00 style guns, /find cost originally over $400.00. 30 x 1 fine Charles Daly Diamond Ouality Ejector 12 x 7%->- $150.00 work, and bargains at the price. The Daly is en- 1 extra fine Scott Special Ejector Hammerless tirely new; the Greener nearly new.) Trap Gun, finest steel barrels, extra full, fine 1 fine quality Greener Hammerless, Siemens engraving on lock plates and action, full pistol steel barrels, beautifully engraved, half pistol grip, Silver’s recoil pad, A. & D. action, top lever, grip. Shot but a few times and practically new. New gun, sent out as special sample, $275.00 qual- Cost only a short time since $175.00. One of the ity, an extra shooter and a bargain, is entirely maker’s special guns. 28 x 12 6 5-16. . .. .$125.00 new. 32 x 12 x 8%... $200.00 Also the following Hammerless Guns, consigned to us for sale by the. noted old London makers, JOSEPH' LANjGw& JSON, 102 New Bond St., London: No. 13647. Special Box Lojcks, ' Single Triggers, No. 13649. One ditto, 27 x 16 x 6, 14 x 2%, $200. Ejector, Hammerless, - spghiah steel -barrels, No. 13650. One Anson & Deeley Ejector Ham- straight stocks, 28 x 12 x#|. 1414 x 2% ...$250.00 merless Double Triggers, steel barrels, half pis- No. 13648. One ditto' Single Trigger Ejector, tol grip, 30 x 12 x 2 14, 1414 x 2% $165.00 hammerless, special steel barrels, half pistol grip, No. 13651. One ditto straight grip, 28 x 12 x 28 x 12 x 6 10-16, 1414 x 2%.. $200.00 6%, 14 X 2% $165.00 The above Lang guns offer' a rare opportunity' to get a genuine London gun at a reasonable price. The make has always stood very high among the English sportsmen, and was for over forty years located in Cockspur St., London. The lot comprises both single and double-trigger guns. Also all other makes. Hammer and Hammerless guns (regular new stock) and all articles per- taining to them. Send six cents in stamps for large illustrated catalogue. WM. READ & SONS, Established 1826. 107 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Here Are a Few More Bargains in Second-Hand Greener Guns. No. 1492. Greener double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs. and cost new $450.. It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels without a pit or flaw, 40 inches long. Stock. 14 in., heavy Silver re- coil pad, one-half pistol grip, 3-in. drop and one of the most powerful guns we have ever seen. Price, net. ... ....$200.00 No. 1841. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop,. 1414 in. stock. Straight grip, Sieman steel barrels, full choke, top- safety. Like new. Price $50.00 No. 1845. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 26-in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2% drop, 1414 stock, half pistol grip. Barrels full choke and modified. Like new. Price $50.00 No. 1690. Greener Facile Pfinceps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 14 oz., 314 drop, 1414 stock. Barrels modified choke, fine English Damas- cus. Extremely handsome stock. ' Price, $100.00 No. 1913. Greener Facile Princeps Plammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28-in. barrels, 7 lbs. weight, 2% drop, 1414 stock. Sieman steel ban-els, modified and cylinder. Fine dark stock. Price. $100.00 No. 1493. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $200 grade. Fine English laminated bar- rels, low hammers. Handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke, 10 ga., 32-in. barrels, 8% lbs., 1414 stock. Present price. $100.00 No. 1400. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $250 grade Fine English laminated bar- rels, low hammers, full pistol grip, dark, handsome stock. Extra full choke, 10 ga., 32-in. barrels, 9 lbs. 4 oz., 3 in. drop, 1414 in. stock. This gun has never been shot. Pres- ent price $100.00 No. 1427. Greener Single barrel 10-bore Duck and Goose Gun. Extreme full choke for long range work, 36-in. fine Damascus barrels, weight 11% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Under- grip action. This gun has never been shot. Original price, $125. Present price $75.00 No. 1510. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Ham- merless Gun, $200 grade, full choke both bar- rels, wrought steel barrels, half pistol grip, 12 ga., 32-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2% drop, 14% stock. Like new. Price $125.00 No. 1727. Greener Monarch Ejector, $200 grade, slightly shopworn. 12 ga., 30-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 12 oz., 2% drop, 14% stock, modified choke, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip, fine stock. A great bargain. Price $150.00 No. 1745. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn. 16 ga., 26-in. barrels, 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14-in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. A bargain at..- $100.00 I No. 1943. Greener' Monarch Ejector, $200 grade,' slightly shopworn. 12 ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 14 oz., 2% drop, 14% stock. Extra full choke both barrels. Sieman steel barrels. Extreme- ly handsome stock and a fine pigeon gun. Price $150.00 No. 1610. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $175 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 27-in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2 1-16 drop, 14% in. stock, straight grip. Very handsome stock. Eng- lish Damascus barrels, modified choke. Price $125.00 No. 1779. Greener Monarch Ejector, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28-in. barrels, 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Fine engrav- ing, and very handsome stock. Modified and cylinder. A great bargain. Price $190.00 i No. 1189. Greener Monarch Ejector, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30-in. barrels, 8 lbs. weight, 2% drop, 14% stock. Full choke, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip, carved fence, game engraving. A fine pigeon gun. Price $150.00 No. 1203. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammer- less, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 4 oz., 2% drop and 14 in. stock. Full choke. Beautiful engraving and finish. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Price $150.00 Any of the above guns sent C. O. D., allowing examination, on receipt of $5.00, which amount will be returned less express charges; or, if cash accompanies order, 5 per cent, discount may be deducted from the above prices. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St., New York. W. W. Greener Guos received ‘‘The Grand Prize ** — highest possible award — at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. A NEW POWDER Regular ; no residue ; high velocity and regular patterns; hard grain. Will not pit the gun barrel. It is NEW E. C. (IMPROVED)” and takes the place of “E. C. No. r and “NEW E. C” 66 Begin the New Year by shooting shells loaded with NEW PREEN WALSRODE There is no better powder in the world for cold weather. Arctic explorers use no other smokeless powder in the North. If you can't get the powder at your dealers, write for prices and samples to SCH0VERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - NEW YORK. For ail game laws see “Game Laws In Brief »** sold by all dealers VOL, LXiVV-No. 3. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1905. Terms, postpaid, $4. | Great Britain, $5.50. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. Copyright 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Won the honors in 1904 as they did in 1900 , 1901 , 1902 and 1903 A RECORD YEAR The Grand American Handicap, The Consolation Handicap, The General Total Average at the G. A. H., The Grand Canadian Handicap, The Sunny South Handicap at Targets, The Sunny South Handicap at Birds, The American Amateur Championship at Birds, The 5-Man Squad World's Record, R. D. Guptill W. H. Heer J. L. D. Morrison Messrs. Meyhew and Hartley W. H. Heer T. E. Huhby D. T. Bradley The U. M. C. Southern Squad These important events were won with U. M. C. Shot Shells. The year 1904 has also proved the success of the New U. M. C. .33 primer and the New _ U. M. C. Short Range Shot Shells. UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY 1 Agency, 313 Broadway, New York Ciiy, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. A 'RACE In “hoss racin’ ” when one horse beats the field so badly as to make explanations and excuses impossible, those versed in the vernacular of the turf call it “A Runaway Race.” “ Sporting Life’s” Trap Shooters’ Review for 1905 shows that the shooters who shot Winchester Factory Loaded “ Leader” and “ Repeater” Smokeless Powder Shells made “ a runaway race” of the contest for premier honors for the year. Out of 29 shooters who made 90 per cent, or over, shooting at least 3,oco shots, 17 shot WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS These 17 include Messrs. Gilbert and Crosby, who tied for first professional average; John W. Garrett, who won first amateur average; C. B. Wiggins and C. M. Powers, who tied for second amateur average; and 9 of the first 13 leaders. Another coveted honor won by Winchester Factory Loaded Shells was the Grand Prize at the St. Louis Exposition, Winchester Shells being the only ones to receive such an award. These triumphs on the firing line and in the strife of inter- national competition prove that Winchester Factory Loaded Shells are in a class by themselves, and that class is the First. Shooters, if you want to be in the First Class, shoot first class shells, the kind that Forest and stream. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. Nearly 1600 in use. 260 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. _ AJJ WORKS : RED BANK, N. J. T1TT. mTT„„ Cable Address : Brunlva, New York. Telephone address 699 Cortlandt. ■ SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. Yachting Goods, ^ LOOK THROUOH THE c Naval Architects and Brokers* ARTHUR BIMNEY, ( F ormerly Stewart & Binnky. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Uason Building, Kilby Street, BOSTON, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. B. B. CROWNINSH1ELD. J. E. FELLOWS R. C. SIMPSON. NAVAL ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS, YACHT and SHIP BROKERS. 42 Broadway, New York. 131 State St., Boston, Telephones. Cable addresses, “Pirate.” A Sportman’s H MULLINS " Get There ” Steel Duck Boat Price $20 — Crated on cars Salem i* , ft. long, *6-inch beam. Endorsed by Thousands of Sports* men. Air Chamber each end. Always ready. No repairs. Send for handsome free book. w. H. MULLINS 2lo Depot Street, » « « Salem, ©LJss BURQBSS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. The Ball-bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the row- boat what the ball-bearing did for the bicycle. Every ounce of energy utilized. No clanking or squeak- ing; in fact, absolutely noiseless and frictionless. The ideal oar- lock for hunting and fishing. Furnished for either tight or loose oars. If your dealer does not handle, write for descriptive cir- cular and prices. T. H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N.Y. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CO. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. Our Specialty Knock Down Crafts _ ^5 of any des- r—;**— scription, K. D.Row Boats, Clinker Built, $1.00 per running foot net cash. Send M. H. CLARK, High Speed Work a Specialty. NAVAL ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. YACHT BROKER. 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Standard Boat Co., H. Newton Whittelsey, Naval Architect and General Manager, Long island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING. A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. has.taken two defi£nf for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, toAmerirafrennk^ fcutt|T u*22/1' w.aterllne- Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted thes^hoatt Th^n^r 1 infm>ns even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both wlm? tlonis not ?onF n.?d t0 these yachts alone ; they are merely taken as examples ; but wka-p*t.S w aPP*le® to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. . . £eats°f t^ie building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first coes tfons1 and th«n def?tes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- difficuhies^7rnM^thym&hKff; makdn-g- the, molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the and i n f he next rbantErlc f and, the molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, devoteftothfmSfnf r0 ! h?w *2 P ac? the floors’ shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being G centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, nd F mF8'’ ead kef s>. an.d centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fittings, and equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. gS YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the, ALMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen. ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providenoa, R. I. DAN KIDNEY & SDN, WEST DE PERE, WIS. Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boats. Send for Catalogs*. Has No Equal as a finish for yachts canoes, and exposed woodwork. Dries 5 quickly, and wears wonderfully without S turning white. Used lonVigilant, Defender and Columbia in America Cup Races. Write for testimonials and price lists. CHICAGO VARNISH COMPANY, Chicago. New York. Boston. NAVA Lite (trade mark.) or catalogue. 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, HO. BUSS BROTHERS, 170 Commercial St., BOSTON, MASS M A R~I N E HARDWARE. Yecht and Launch Fitting* a Specialty. . DON’T FAIL TO VISIT THE NATIONAL Motor Boat and Sportsman’s Show Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 21st to MARCH 9th, 1905 ALERT. This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12% x 19 inches, on paper 22 x 28 inches. It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. When writing; say that you aaw tfes a#, la the “Forest and Stream.8 How To Build a Launch From Plans. With general instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, g folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. Price, postpaid, $1.50 This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may successfully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of suctt an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. Three Splendid Books for Boys. Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN. JACK AMONC THE INDIANS, JACK IN THE ROCKIES. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. YACHT BOOK BARGAIN. We offer a few copies only of the late Dixon Kemp’s monumental work “ Yacht and Boat Sailing,” published at $12.00, for $9.00, delivery prepaid. This a standard book by a standard author. Contains f great number of new subjects, and the lines of many boats never before published, the total number of plates exceeding 100, beside more than 360 wood cuts in the text. Contents: Se- lecting a Yacht. Examination of the Yacht. Building a Yacht. Equipment of the Yacht. Seamanship. The Management of Open Boats. The General Management of a Yacht. The Rules of the Yacht Racing Association. Yacht Racing: Handling of a Yacht in a Match. Cen- terboard Boats. Centerboard Boats for Rowing and Sailing. Sails for Centerboard Boats. Small Centerboard Yachts. Mersey Sailing Boats. Clyde Sailing Boats. Belfast Lough Boats. Dublin Bay. Kingstown Boats. Cork Harbor Boats. Itchen Boats. Falmouth Quay Punts. Thames Bawley Boats. Lake Windermere Yachts. Yachts of the Norfolk Broads. Small Yachts and Boats of the Y. R. A. Rating. Single-handed Cruisers. Types of Sailing Ves- sels, etc. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. TRAINING vs. BREAKING. Practical Dog Training; or. Training vs. Break- ing. By S. T. Hammond. To which is added a chapter on training pet dogs, by an amateur. Cloth, 108 pages. Price, $1.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. FOR. THE HIGHEST QUALITY IN VARNISH FOR. house: or. yacht, be sure each can bears the above Trade Mark, which stands for seventy-seven years of high grade varnish making. EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway Nsw Yorln 69 Markat St. Chlaaaa III, Forest and Stream A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. { Six Months, $2. f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1905. S VOL. LXIV.— No. 8. No. 346 Broadway, New York. ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to “which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. THE LEWIS AND CLARK CLUB. There has recently been organized, under the above name, at Pittsburg, Pa., , a sportsman’s club from which ■ much good may be hoped for. As yet only its foundations have been laid, but it is organized on right lines, and may confidently be expected to do good work. Its establish- ment is gratifying evidence of the continually widening public interest in the preservation of the natural resources “ ‘Speaking of what foxes eat, I am certain that gariie birds form an extremely small portion of their food. Foxes feed in the open, as everybody who studies their habits knows. Foxes may lie in the woods, but when they start out to pick up their food, they make straight for the open fields. Partridges do not remain in the open.’ “Similar belief is expressed by fox hunters in general. They maintain that sportsmen who credit the fox with desifoyihg game birds have lid foal pfobf feXfcept the occa- sional finding of game bird feathers beside a fox track in snow time. Frequenters of the woods who may come on game bird feathers, at once make up their mind that a - fox has picked up a partridge. I11 reality, except when snow is on the ground, they have no right to make such an assertion, as many animals destroy game birds if they have the opportunity. “The consensus of opinion among fox hunters. m Worcester is that the fox is maligned many times with- out reason or knowledge, and before any attempt is made to interfere with one form of hunting for the benefit of another, the would-be reformers should satisfy themselves that they khbw what they are driving at;” A Duck Breeding Station, Washington, D, C, Jan. 12.— Editor Forest and Stream; A movement Is now on foot.. which has gamed impetus by ati able afttcle oil the subject that appe&fed in the Washington Post, Sunday, January 1, last, to inter- ■ est Congress iii the mattef with a view of purchasing .a tract of land on. the Potomac. Rivet, WlierC wild celery is to be found in large, quantities, or elsewhere, to operate A game experimental .Station, or farm along, the lines of the work being done by the United ; States Fish Commis- sion (and as is beifig done successfully oii, a small scale now on the Potomac River, in. the State of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, where .mallard ducks and other game birds are .raised); under the direction of. the Department of Agneultufoj Continuing and ehlafgmg the work com- menced several years ago, by the passage of the Lacey Act, which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to take charge of this matter. The Washington Post says* “An idea of the disappearance of the eanvasbaek m recent years may be derived from the records from one of the leading western clubs. The annual kill has dropped from about 2,600 to legs tliah too. Almost as qeplofablf ft dfolinfi lias occurred on the Atlantic Coast, but steps Have been taken to prevent the extermination of the species. By most of the clubs the shooting days have been limited to three per week, and limitations have been fixed on the bags. The trouble now is with the pot- hunters or ‘bushwhackers’ — men who hunt for the mar- ket, and to whom the inducement of $6 to. $12 per pair is a sufficient offset to all other considerations. It is a matter of profound regret that these, men cannot be made to see that the extinction of a species creates, a break in nature than can never be filled. The favorite food of the canvasback, which imparts to it the peculiar flavor so highly esteemed by epicures, is, on the Atlantic Coast, the valesneria, an aquatic plant popularly called wild celery, and on the Pacific Coast a bulbous plant called by the Indians wapato, the botanical name of whidh is Stipel- l&H'a Vdridbilis. The root is the. most palatable part, and the cahvasbaClc secures it by diving, but a constant com- panion— the widgeon — is frequently on hand to snatch away from him the coveted morsel as soon as he comes to J-h 0 SUl*f3.C6 ^ ' The plan in brief is this: To interest one or more wealthy sporting men or gun clubs to donate a specified sum of money, say $30,000, on condition that Congress donates a like sum to purchase a suitable tract of land, equip the plant and take charge of it thereafter, on the same plan or principle that the large poultry or duck farms in the various States are now being operated; to experiment with wild celery culture and other aquatic plants which supply food for the duck family. The writer knows of an ideal tract of land for this pur- pose on the Potomac River, near the Chesapeake Bay, where 3,000 acres with a large creek making up into the land can be purchased for $to an acre; and later ex- perimental farms could be established in the north and west under the direction of the Department of Agricul- ture R. B. B. Chew, Jr. Quail Under the Snow Crust. New Bedford, Mass., Jan. n.— Regarding the scarcity of quail, here is a little item of interest to your army of readers. Mr. A. E. Manchester, of Slade s .Corner, Dart- mouth, Mass., about ten miles from this city, who was tramping the woods near his farm in search of a Christ- mas tree, found twenty-two frozen quail m the snow. They were all fat and in good condition, and had when found been dead perhaps a week, or two, and were all huddled together and were buried in the snow, which had become quite deep and crusted on the top, so that it was impossible for them to get out. This is a case of hard l„cV_r, coed sized flock of birds that lived to get by the huuliu0' reason, inly to be wiped out by a hard winter. ' - -• ~ Constant Reader. Massachusetts Association. Boston, Jan. 14 .—Editor Forest and Stream: The an- nual meeting of the State Association for the election of officers for 1905 was held at the Copley Square Hotel, Wednesday evening, the nth inst. The attendance was good, and the names presented by the nominating . com- mittee, 6f tvhidl the librarian was chairman, were all elected ulvahlmously. Mr. W. S. Hinman was re-elected president, and most of the members of (he. old Board of Management are continued. Mr. J. C. .Phillips, of Boston and Beverly, who served in 1903 on the Executive Coni • mittee, is now one of the vice-presidents. Mr. C. A. Taft,- of Whitinsville, elected a vice-president, is a new man on the list, as is also Hon. Wm. A. Morse. Hon. C. M. Bryant comes back to the board after an absence of two years, during which time his duties as Mayor of Quincy have prevented his working actively in the cause of game Krotection. Three ex-presidents of the . association — lessrs, Clark, Wiggin and Reed— will continue to render valuable service as vice-presidents. Five of the up- country clubs are represented in the board by Dr. J. T. Herrick, of Springfield; A..B. F. Kinney, of Worcester; H. S. Fay, of Marlborough; I. 0. Coflterse, of Fitch- burg, and A. C. Sylvester, of North Attleboro. As your readers have doubtless observed, it has beet! the policy of the management for the last few yeafs to bring the outlying clubs into close touch with the State organization. This plan has not only been helpful to the w, s. hinman. Pres. Mass&cliusfetts jfes’fl for the Protection of Fish and Game. ocal clubs, but has enabled the Sportsmen of the State :o present a united front upon matters of legislation. It iias also been the means of increasing the membership 01 the State Association, and in the near future it is con- fidently expected much greater results in that direction will follow. It is doubtful whether any other State can be named where there is a greater degree of harmony among the various local clubs. The report of the treasurer showed that the permanent fund had been increased by accrued interest, and that from money received during the year a balance of $670 remained unexpended. Aside from the ordinary account, $3,oOO had been raised for the purchase of live quail, about of which had to be returned to the donors on ac- count of inability to obtain birds. After business was transacted, several spoke on the outlook for birds and kindred subjects. Dr. W. C. Woodward said that about Middleboro they were feeding quail, and had birds enough, due, in the main, to the systematic feeding last winter. From his remarks it is evident there will be no lack of suitable food for the birds in that vicinity this winter. He suggested that a bounty on foxes in Plymouth county would be a good thing for the birds. One farmer, he said, told him he was feeding “everything— quail, jays, crows and squirrels.”. They kept one market-hunter away from the covers by hiring him to take care of a bungalow. Mr Converse told of a Fitchburg fox hunter who had been out a good deal, but only got two this fall He also told of two men, one from New York city, who m six days’ hunting in southern New Hampshire killed 63 par- 11 Mr^Walter Farmer, of Brookline, and Henry Eager, of Marlboro, related very interesting experiences, and Mr. C. W. Dimick urged the necessity of pushing the work of re-stocking, incidentally commenting on the destruction of birds by foxes. This brought Mr. Kinney to his feet in a masterly defense of what he called a “much abused animal.” Saying anything against the fox to Mr. Kin- ney is like “shaking a red flag to a bull, except that Brother Kinney shows not the least trace of excitement, so sure is he of his ground and so confident of his ability to defend his position. The meeting was one of unusual interest, the various speakers in their remarks drawing from personal ex- perience As a committee to arrange for the annual ban- quet, February 16, the president has appointed. Dr A R, Brown, Thos. H. Hall, author of “Just One Bite, C. W. Dimick G W Wiggin. B. V. Howe and the secretary. The Tinner will be held at the Copley Square Hotel. The State Commissioners have arranged with the United States Fishing Bureau for a consignment of q 000,000 perch eggs, two carloads of shad fry, 30,000 landlocked sajmon eggs, and 200,000 Colorado trout eggs. If our Commission can break away from the antiquated custom of planting fry and secure an. adequate supply of fingerling or yearling trout, there will be some chance of replenishing the streams. As to the results of shad planting in the Taunton River, the writer is unable to speak from personal investigation, but he does know that the results in North River are very disappointing; due, it is believed, to the contamination of the water by the acid and refuse of a small rubber factory located in the town of Hanover. The people along the stream are desir- ous of reaping the benefits they were accustomed to de- rive from an abundance of fish years ago, and they say that if there is no law by which the Commission can effect a remedy of the present state of things, the board should secure such legislation as is needed without delay. In the town of Sharon is a beautiful lake called Massa- poag, and it is reported that about half a million bass and perch are frozen in the ice, killed by experiments made under the direction of the State Board of Health, in order to determine the efficacy of copper sulphate in exterminat- ing algae. Fishermen in the vicinity are a good deal dis- turbed in view of the consequences. The New Hampshire Commissioners are still hoping to “pinch” the miscreant who shot a bull elk last summer in South Danbury. Two years ago the managers of Cor- bin Park presented the State with twelve elk, which were taken to Andover and turned loose on Ragged Mountain. The body of one was found shot last August, and the last week of December, near the same spot, was found the carcass of a bull with 8 points, which apparently was killed about the same time as the other. Commissioner Wentworth offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of the guilty party, and is of the opinion that he will soon be able to land his man. Among the frequenters of the ponds and lakes of the Granite State for winter fishing is heard the voice of mourning and lamentation. From Concord the edict has been promulgated that many of the waters of the State are to be closed for the period, of five years. A section to suffer much from this fiat is the Mascoma Valley, a charming stretch of rural beauty. Mascoma and Crystal lakes are in the town of Enfield, and on their shores a community of distinguished summer sojourners has been established. In Mascoma it is said the German carp lias been causing havoc to the more desirable fish, which, com- bined with over-fishing of the lake, has led the Commis- sion to adopt a drastic measure to bring about a better condition of the fishing interests. Other bodies of water wilefo winter fishing is prohibited are Conway, Newfound, Webster, Highland* Ossipee lakes and Pleasant Pond. Central, Brown's Tract Guides* The Brown’s Tract Guides' Association, one of the most energetic and active of the many organizations, in New York State which are interested in the protection of forest, fish and game, held its eighth annual meeting in Boonville on Thursday, January 12. The association has one hundred active members, all of whom are ex- perienced guides, and an associate membership of nearly five hundred. The recent meeting was very largely attended, and the reports presented by the officials were highly encouraging. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Richard Crego ; Vice- President, Hon. H. D. Grant; Secretary and Treasurer, A. M. Church; Executive Committee— Garry Riggs, Mel- ville Oley, Ben Sperry, Ira Parsons, Will Burke, Charles H. Smith, Archibald Delmarsh. The following resolutions were adopted : . “Whereas, Vast areas of virgin forest lands m the Adirondacks are being lumbered for the. timber each year, practically denuding such land of its timber and foliage and leaving vast quantities of inflammable material upon the ground to the great damage of the adjoining forest lands belonging to the State, and, “Whereas, The opening up of these dense forest lands to the rays of the sun and warm winds of early spring, causing the rapid increase of the melting snow and the subsequent increase of high water in the streams that flow to the St. Lawrence and Hudson rivers, to the great danger of the destruction of the much valuable property along the banks of those streams and rivers, therefore, be it . . “Resolved, That it is the sense of this association that it is the imperative duty of the State to take such measures as is within its power to check this increasing danger by the purchase of forest lands in the Adirondacks and to prevent the cutting of any timber on lands belong- ing to the State in the Adirondack preserve.” Resolutions were also adopted approving of a law re- quiring non-residents of the State, who do not own prop- erty or pay taxes in the forest preserve, to pay a license fee of $25 before they are permitted to hunt deer in this State ; favoring amending the law so as to prohibit any person from killing more than one deer in each year ; that the killing of otter be permitted from December to April inclusive. Secretary A. M. Church presented a very interesting report, which was in part as follows : “To the Officers and Members of the Brown s Guides Association— The more a man studies the history of this country, the further he goes back into the lives of the men who were its founders, the more respect and admira- tion he must have for the men who have been before him. It is impossible to study the lives of the men of colonial times down to the War of the Revolution without becom- ing filled with admiration for the wonderful foresight and honesty of purpose that characterized all their public acts. “September 18, 1708— ‘No person, Christian or Indian, freeman or slave, shall kill or destroy any buck, doe, or fawn, or any sort of deer whatsoever, wild turkeys, part- ridge’ or quail, except between the first day of August and the first- day of January.’ “This is the exact text of an act passed for the preser- vation of deer and other game by the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly of the colony of New. York in the year 1708— nearly 200 years ago— years before the United States was a nation by itself, when the whole country from Albany to the Mississippi was infinitely more of a wilderness than the remotest nook of the Adirondacks is to-day. And this was not the first act of game protection, for there was a previous enactment in the year 1705. The sale of deer, grouse and quail, fresh 82 deer skins and venison was prohibited during the close season, and a penalty of thirty shillings or thirty days in jail was imposed for each violation. These acts were sealed, signed and sent across the Atlantic Ocean to Eng- land, where they were pronounced ‘good’ by the King and returned to become the law of the land. In the year 1771, some persons, as the legislative act calls them, con- ceived the idea of stocking the Hudson River with sal- mon, advancing the theory that were they put there young they would come back to the headwaters to spawn, and petitioning the authorities for a law to protect them. The Governor and Legislature passed an act imposing a fine of ten pounds (nearly $50) for each and. every salmon caught and killed in the Hudson River within five years of the date of the act becoming a law. Any person or persons could sue and recover in his own name for viola- tion of this act, and was not asked to notify anyone at the capital city, and run the risk of his notification being in- tercepted, nor was he asked to send the amount recovered to any officer to be kept a month or two and such part returned as it was thought he or they were entitled to. He just put the money down in his breeches pocket and went out and looked for another victim. Salmon ascend the Hudson River to-day, presumably from this plant, and were it not for dams at Glens Falls and elsewhere, would undoubtedly be on the headwaters of that stream in con- siderable numbers each year. There is no record of the tons of them that have been taken since the passage of this act. “And so we come down to April 19, 1859, when the Legislature of New York passed an act making the closed season for deer February 1 to August x. You could hunt deer all through August, September, October, November and December and January. The penalty for violating this act was $25. In 1862 the deer season was brought down to August, September, October and November. You could hunt deer with dogs during the month of October. You could have venison in possession till the 15th of February. In 1864 a license was required if you were to hunt in Kings, Queens or Suffolk counties, a fee of $10. In 1867 you must hunt deer only in the months of October, November and December, and have in posses- sion till January 10. Right here began the fight between the pot-hunter and the guide, and in 1868 the open season was put back to August 1. closing December 15. It was about this time that the Brown’s Tract guides began to wake up. The last moose had been killed, deer were be- coming scarce, panther and wolves plenty. Sportsmen came to the woods more and oftener. The practice of taking a man out to see how many trout he could catch in a day, or how many deer he could kill in a single night began to lose its attractiveness. The extra money re- ceived for the big basket of trout caught and thrown away, and the dollar a head for each deer that had been left to rot in the marshes, somehow lost its glimmer, and the halt was called. Winter time they hunted the panther, for whose head was paid a bounty of $20, and by 1879 they were practically exterminated— forty or more of them having been killed. At this time the open season for deer had been made August 1 to November 30. You could use dogs from August 15 to November 1. No fawns in the spotted coat should be killed, and the Legis- lature— now that they were all gone— wisely said, no more moose should be killed. Dogs were prohibited in the year 1885, and in 1886 the deer season was made still shorter in response to a demand of the Brown’s Tract guides, 'brought about by the appearance of Pennsylvania pot-hunters, who, driven from their own State by a five years’ close season, came to the Adirondacks and killed and hauled them out by the sleighload to market. x\nd the season for hunting was cut to August 15 to November 1, and one person to kill but three deer. Could use dogs from September 1 to October T5. “In 1888 dogs could be used from September 1 to Octo- ber 20. In 1889 only two deer could be killed by any one person, and in 1899 we got rid of the dogs forever. “But now we had, instead of the old corduroy road, a pair of gleaming railway tracks, and instead of Charley Phelps and Frank Barrett and Frank Coonrod and Dan Gookins and “Old Nig,” and the blackboard, instead of those things a hundred-ton locomotive and a train of palace cars, and a man has been known to leave New York at 8:10 in the evening and come to Charley Bar- FOREST AND STREAM. rett’s, at the head of Third Lake, kill his two deer, and leave for home the next day at noon. And now if there was need of the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly, when the whole country was practically a wil- derness, to protect the game for a few months of the year, what is the condition now that the wilderness has been narrowed down to a few square miles and the shel- tering timber taken from the greater part of that? “The winter of 1903 and 1904 was unusually severe, and reports came in early in February of the difficulty deer were having in getting food. Everything was buried be- neath five feet of snow, and through which they could not go far. Parties of guides were immediately sent out searching for places where deer were wintering and cut- ting down browse wherever they were found. Nearly every wintering ground furnished its quota of dead deer. Some were found unable to get to their feet. Fatalities seemed to occur oftener during the extreme cold. No browse were cut except where there were signs of deer, and later examinations always showed that they had found and fed from the foliage put within their reach. The guides who could, cheerfully turned out, and some of them made , hard trips' on snowshoes. Nor was the work confined wholly to guides of the association. Others there were who did good service, some of whom were offered pay, but declined to accept. It has been steadily claimed by .the people at Albany up to and including last year, that deer were on the increase' because more were carried by the express companies and the kill was greater. No allowance was made for the increase in facilities for shipping, nor for the immense number of hunters com- pared with previous years. This last season deer were scarce, and there were fewer hunters than the previous year, and as a consequence it is estimated the kill of last season will be much below that of 1903.” At the conclusion of the business meeting, the annual banquet was enjoyed. At the post-prandial session which followed. Hon. Garry A. Willard acted as toastmaster, and delivered an interesting address, as did also Harry V. Radford, Hen, TI. D. Grant, Rev. T. F. Jessup, Rev. A. W. Cody, Rev. E. R. Pendergast, Fred. A. White and George O. Bridgeman. W. E. Wolcott. Utica, N. Y , Jan. 11 Michigan Game Interests. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 14 —Editor Forest and Stream: No doubt you will have an interest in the probable changes in the Michigan game laws to be put through the sitting Legislature, and also will be interested in knowing the sentiment of the sportsmen of Michigan on the question. There has been a considerable effort made in the past few years to create sentiment in favor of amending the laws relating to wildfowl shooting, as it is felt that the present law does not meet the case fairly. As you know, the game laws of this State impose no- license fee on sportsmen from other States who hunt here, and as our neighboring commonwealths, almost without exception, impose a license fee of from $10 to $25, this question was also agitated. As the result of agitation for the amendment of the fish and game laws of the State of Michigan, a mass meeting of the sportsmen of the State was called to meet at the Griswold hotel on Wednesday, January 11. There were present some sixty or seventy sportsmen, and ten or more “market hunters.” For the most part the repre- sentation was confined to the region bordering on the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, Lakes Erie and Huron, with a very few from the interior of the State. The questions brought before the meeting were : 1. Shall spring wildfowl shooting be done away with? 2. Shall the fall season for duck shooting be lengthened? 3. Should the shooting of quail be prohibited for a term of years? 4. Shall a law be asked for imposing a license fee on resident and non-resident hunters? 5. Should the number of birds to any one bag be limited, and should the total number of birds to any one bag for the season be limited? [Jan. 21, 1905. These were the main questions discussed, and there' seemed to be quite a diversity of opinion as to all of1 them. This meeting does not, of course, mean that the; Legislature will act in accordance with the decision! arrived at by a majority of those present, but may be taken as an index of the sentiment of the great body of Michigan sportsmen. On the first question at issue, the majority favored1 doing away with spring duck shooting. This was particu- larly true of those who shoot on or near the Great Lakes. On the contrary, the residents of inland points say that spring shooting is all they have; that the ducks do not come in to the inland waters in the fall, and that there-1 fore they must shoot in the spring or go to the big lakes, for their sport in the fall. As there was but a light representation from interior points, it is impossible to say what the majority of sportsmen from the interior would say on the subject, but it is safe to assume they would almost unanimously agree. As to the second question at issue, it was the unani- mous sentiment of the gathering that the fall season1 should be lengthened. The majority favored opening the' season September 15 and closing December 31. As the present season has been exceptionally open, the ducks: have remained in the waters of Lake Erie, the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, and in the bays of Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron, and it was stated that thousands of canvas- backs could be seen as late as New Year’s Day, while there were also many hundreds of redheads and some mallards still lingering in the open water. As to. the shooting of quail, there did not seem to be! much difference of opinion, but that the birds should be given from two to four years’ rest from the guns. Some! enthusiastic members proposed that contributions be! asked from all of the sportsmen of the State for the pur-1 chase of breeding stock, claiming that this would be preferable to a close season for any term of years. It is well understood that the quail do not suffer so much from the guns as they do from the severe winters we[ have had in the past two years. The intense cold and deep snow of 1902-3 and 1903-4 did more to exterminate the quail than all the sportsmen in the country could have done in the same two seasons. It was claimed by many that the weasel, mink, skunk and fox, in a severe winter,) destroy more quail and partridge than are killed by hunters during the season. The partridge, being hardier and better able to subsist on scant feed than the quail, have not suffered as have the smaller game bird ; in fact, it is- stated that the partridge were never more plentiful, and the promise is for grand sport next season with this fine bird. The question of a gun license was not unanimously agreed to, although the opponents of the measure did not take the open and make their opposition felt. A nominal fee of $1 for a shotgun for all residents of the State will probably be asked for. Regarding license fee for non-' resident hunters, one proposition is to make the license the same as that imposed by the State from which the hunter comes. This will not meet with favor in the Legislature, however. The probable action will be to im-i pose a license fee of $15 on sportsmen carrying a shot-5 gun, and leave the deer license at $25, as it now stands.- With reference to deer, it is proposed that the limit of three for the season be left stand, but that it be specified that there shall be not less than two bucks to each doe in: such a bag. In other words, a man shall not shoot two does in one season. With reference to limiting the bag, there did not seem to be any well-formed opinion as to what was desired. As a matter of fact, none but the true sportsmen in the gathering were in favor of limiting the bag, and I judge1 that the number of true sportsmen must have been few,! from the manner in which the question was received. The game warden department is endeavoring to get such a measure incorporated in the new law, and, as out- lined at the meeting that night, the proposal is ’to limit each gun to ten birds — ducks, partridges or quail — for the’ day’s shoot, and to limit the gun to fifty birds for the season. . Coupled with the proposal to impose a license on! non-resident hunters will also be a provision permitting' the shipment of a certain amount of birds out of the State, under rigid restrictions as to such shipment. This,! I think, would be a decent thing to do. F. K. G. The Log of a Sea Angler* BY CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING,” “BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. IIL Hunting the Nurse Shark — Hauled Overboard — Diving for Queen Conchs — The Fan Shell — Pugnacity of Crabs — Stealing from Birds — In a Pipe. There was nothing more delightful in this fishing ground than to go out with the dinghy at sunrise, stand in the bow, grains in hand, one man sculling slowly, the others amidships, and watch the marvelous panorama of the lagoon, gazing down into the splendid vistas. No forest of the land had more beauties than this forest of the sea. Everything was in miniature, and one might compare it to a Japanese garden where everything is dwarfed and the trees stunted, as the leaf coral with branches four feet across, resembled the cedars of Japan, while the bottom was covered with gorgonias of countless hues. Suddenly, as though cut with a knife, this would end and a clear sandy bottom would be seen through the water box — the home of the great queen conch and others. The water here was about fifteen feet in depth, the sand a perfect gray without the slightest object, sea weed or coral, to break its perfect tone; yet suddenly the field of the gorgonias would begin again, or perhaps a growth of algte; but there was a belt of this clear bottom about nearly every key. In drifting along one morning I saw a peculiar mound, apparently a foot across, and recognized the large queen conch (Cassis), a rarity even here. None of -the men ap- peared to be anxious to go down, John said it was “too dogged near the channel for comfort,” meaning that he was afraid of sharks. Chief doubted if he could hold his wind that long; while Bob explained that the “Conchs wa’nt good for anything -anyhow.” That my men were -not divers was evident, so I dele- gated John to hold the grains and prod any man-eater that came along while the others held the boat directly over the spot, and I stepped over and went down. The water at the surface was warm ; at ten feet co.ol, and at the bottom — perhaps twelve or fifteen feet— decidedly cold by contrast — a delightful series of transitions. So clear, was it that for many feet about various objects could be seen, and grasping the conch I turned it quickly to see if it was alive. To my delight I saw the rich red mouth and platform and the animal parts squeezing themselves in ; then doubling up and placing my bare feet on the sandy bottom, I shot upward and rose from the sea bear- ing a rich trophy. It was a splendid, specimen, of perfect shape and color. The shell (Cassis) is sometimes seen cut into cameo, and common, I understand, in the South Pacific, but rare in Atlantic waters. This experience opened up the delights.' of diving in these clear waters, and I determined to see’ the great reef from below as well as above. In contemplating the marvelous creatures of the sea, one ultimately compares the fishes to the birds, and other marine animals with those of the land, and it does not take long to become convinced that the ocean is even more densely populated than the dry land. The inhabi- tants here were living on the slopes of a mountain ; some; near the surface in the zone of coral; some- intermediate, others in deep water, while others again live in the open, watery soaring continually, like the condor and' eagles,’ always in search of prey. Presently we came into- smooth water ten feet in depth, the bottom covered with a sparse growth of short-leaved coral secreting algae. Here numbers of small conchs were found, and as the water shoaled the ordinary conch appeared in all stages or ages. I dived and brought up one in each hand, sometimes three on one arm. As I. neared the bottom I could see them lumbering along with, r. peculiar hitching motion. The saber like I im , , . lum would be thrown out. dug into the sand as an anchor5 or kedge, and the heavy shell “hitched” ot j--t !-.-■< 1 j it. No color is more beautiful than the i ro-.ii 14 in rc huge strombus. In its delicacy of pink it defies descnVl . on most of the points usually dealt with in the theory and practice of marine architecture, and in addition, much that is new and original. Under the latter heading should be included the chapter on Design, and many of the tables of standardized fittings, details, etc. _ “The freeboard tables have been explained and their application simplified by working out examples embracing the various types to which freeboards are assigned, including the modern shelter decker, for which rules have recently been issued. * * * “It has been the author’s aim to eliminate all obsolete matter and antiquated data, and to bring the book right in line with present-day requirements.” Mr. Simpson has made the subject of naval architecture a life study, and the results of his wide practical and theoretical ex- perience, both in England and America, are incorporated in “The Naval Constructor.” As a marine draughtsman, Mr. Simpson is without a peer, and the drawings of his, which we have had the good fortune to re- produce in these columns, have caused much favorable comment. Mr. Simpson is fully versed in every branch of his profession, and this work may be accepted as standard. We cannot speak too highly of “The Naval Constructor,” and we strongly recommend that every man in the least interested in the design and construction of yachts, warships or merchant ves- sels, or the building of engines, should purchase a copy. “The Naval Constructor” is splendidly printed on high grade paper, and is handsomely bound in green seal leather. The book is of a convenient pocket size, 4% by 6 % inches, so that it may be readily carried about. The illustrations are many, and they are reproduced from finely executed drawings. The whole is indexed so thoroughly that the book is made doubly valuable as a refer- ence work, and a time saver. The price is $5 net. Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., Ltd., Dryden House, 43 Gerrard street, London, are the publishers, and the D. Van Nostrand Co. are the New York agents. J $ifle J and (§alhrg. — @ — National Board* The National Board of Rifle Practice has issued the following: “Field Marshall Earl Robers has sounded a timely warning in advocating military training for the youth of England,” said an officer of high rank in the United States Army, to-day; “and his words are largely applicable to the United States. He does not believe in compulsory military service, but insists that Great Britain should have a large reserve force, of partially trained men. He advocates that it is ‘the duty of the State to see that every able-bodied man in England, no matter to what grade of society he may belong, undergoes some kind of military training in youth sufficient to enable him to shoot straight and carry out simple orders if ever his services are required for national de- fense. “Military officers agree that in this country it is not necessary that every citizen should have military training, because of the much larger population and the less likelihood of invasion or foreign wars in which land battles would play a conspicuous part, but it is extremely desirable that as many of the male citizens of the United States as possible should understand the working of the regular army rifle, and be more or less familiar with its employment. To this end it is sought to make service in the militia as attractive as possible, with a view of enlisting in that service young men in civil life, and giving to them all the train- ing, both in rifle practice and in drilling, maneuvering, camping, etc., for which they could spare the time from their ordinary business pursuits. But there are many able-bodied men who would be cailed upon to serve the country in time of war who are prevented by various reasons, either of a personal or business character, from joining the militia and being subject to the regu- lations thereof, and it is considered very necessary for the future welfare of this country that these men should at least be trained in rifle practice. This can be done by the formation of rifle clubs, which would give to the members a working knowledge of the government arm, and train them to shoot at distances of from 200 to 1,000 yards. What Earl Roberts says about learning to shoot straight has been said by every English military authority since the experience of the English troops in the Boer war, when the inferior numbers of the Boers were able to hold so long in check the superior forces of the English because every man and boy in the Boer army knew his rifle and was proficient in its used. Since then England has been making great efforts to increase the in- terest in rifle practice. William Waldorf Astor has contributed $50,000, and other private citizens amounts in proportion. The King of England annually gives $5,000, and the National Rifle Association of Great Britain is doing everything it can to enlist the financial support of wealthy citizens and the active interest of available material for soldiers, especially among the youth and boys at the school and college. "The National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, which was directed by Congress to draw up a plan to encourage rifle practice in this country under the supervision of the Secretary of War, has formulated such a plan, and Senator Proctor and Repre- sentative Hull, the Chairman of the Senate and House Committees on Military Affairs, have introduced a bill to enable the board to carry out the plan. It is the object of the National Board, sup- ported by the War Department, to establish suitable outdoor ranges at various places throughout the country for the use of the army, navy, militia and citizen rifle clubs, and to construct indoor shooting galleries in armories and schools which will be available for the use of such citizens as desire to qualify, and it is earnestly hoped that the bill now before Congress will be passed at this session.” New York City Schuetzen Corps. At the bi-monthly practice shoot of the above society, the fol- lowing scores were recorded. Eighty men faced the butts in the race for high scores: N. C. L. Beverstein 207, 221; H. Beckman 220, 232; J. Bradley 205, 224; W. J. Behrens 190, 205; C. J. Brin- kama 203, 222; J. C. Brinckama 209, 189; Adolf Beckman 197, 214; G. N. Bohlken 184, 207; C. Boesch 153, 169; J. C. Bonn 222, 237; F. W. Diercks 212, 223; H. Decker 187, 202; W. Dahl 213, 211; M. V. Dwingelo 206, 218; D. Dede 195, 211, A. Evers 214, 203; F. Facompre 233, 227; J. Facklamm 226, 230; G. H. Fixsen 198, 210; W. F. Grell 231, 213; F. Gobber 191, 189; H. Gobber 217, 219; Dr. C. Grosch 225, 224; R. Gute 243, 244; Capt. J. H. Hainhorst 219, 221; H. C. Hainhorst 219, 220; H. Haase 223, 216; H. Hoenisch 218, 219; H. Hesse 222, 190; P. Heidelberger 219, 227; N. W. Haaren 168, 184; L. C. Hagenah 220, 229; J. N. Herrmann 203, 220; J. Jantzen 224, 203; N. Jantzen 193, 188; H. Kahrs 207, 209; C. Konig 213, 201; J. H. ICroeger 221, 213; FI. Koster 217, 204; F. Laukenau 208, 215; A. Lederhaus 158, 198; H. Leopold 207, 220; A. W. Lemcke 225, 216, G. Ludwig 238, 241; Von der Leith 213, 208; C. Mann 221, 223; J. H. Meyer 209, 226; H. D. Meyer 228, 2-19; C. Meyer 232, 233; IF. Martens 204, 206; H. Meyn 208, 222; H. B. Michaelsen 227, 229; H. Nordbruch 208, 213; H. Offermonn 194, 194; G. W. Offermann 213, 214; R. Ohms 205, 213; P. Prange 188, 192; J. Paradics 206, 213; D. Peper 225, 227; C. Roffmann 225, 212; F. von Ronn 213, 233; H. Quaal 207, 209; F. Schulz 209, 207; W. Schults 220, 206; W. Schaefer 191, 217; C. Schmitz 219, 228; O. Schwanemann 236, 235; J. N. F. Seibs 231, 234; C. Sievers 224, 231; Capt. J. G. Tholke 216, 214; G. Thomas 232, 222; M. J. Theu 212, 202; G. J. Voss 214, 222; G. H. Wehrenberg 214, 212; B. Zettler 239, 242; H. Lohden 202, 212; A. Sibberns 208, 210, N. Ubrieh 146, 154; Ch. Plump 212, 213. Bullseye target: H. Meyn 35% J. G. Tholke 40y2, R. Ohms 46%, H. Gobber 48%, Dr. Chas. Grosch 51%, Chas. Plump 54, D. Dede 62%, F. Gobber 64, J. H. Hermann 65%, C. Meyer 66, J. N. F. Seibs 72%, Geo. Ludwig 76, F. Ehlen 78. Providence, (R. I.) Revolver Club. Providence, R. I. — Our annual meeting was held Jan. 12, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, Albert B. Coulters; Vice-President, William Almy; Sec- retary-Treasurer, Arthur C. Hurlburt. Executive Committee: Albert B. Coulters, Arthur C. Hurlburt, William Bosworth, L. A. Jordan, Major Wm. F. Eddy. Range Committee: W. Bert Gardiner, Wm. T. Bullard, Arno Argus. A neat medal was adopted for 1905 qualification. The challenge of the Myles Standish Rifle Club for a telegraph rifle match was accepted, and the date set for the 21st. Terms are five-man teams, German ring target, 25yds. range, each team shooting on its home range, and totals exchanged by telegraph. No restrictions on rifle, sights, etc. The Portland Club offered to bar four of their best shots, but it was voted to waive this privilege, and allow them to select any five men they chose. This is our first experience in a telegraph rifle match, and it may be a sad one when up against a proposition like the Port- land men; but we prefer .to shoot and take our chances of de- feat and run the risk of criticism rather than keep out of sight. Hurlburt, Sec’y. Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. Fifteen members assembled at headquarters, 159 West Twenty- third street, Jan. 12, in competition for high scores. Particular interest centered in the race between Capt. Zimmerman, R. Gute and Geo. Ludwig for the honor of first place. Capt. Zimmerman finally won out by a margin of 3 points. Scores follow: Gus Zimmerman 244, 247; R. Gute 244, 244; Geo. Ludwig 243, 245; Lam- bert Schmidt 243, 242; A. Begerow 242, 241; F. Liegibel 238, 239; L. C. Hamerstein, Jr., 238, 235; Wm. Soli 233, 232; J. Facklamm 228, 232; J. Schmid 230, 230; F.' A. Young 226, 227; J. Bittschier 229, 224; IT. J. Behrens 207, 217; F. C. Halbe 206, 206; E. Gartner 206, 206. Zettler Rifle Club. At headquarters, Tuesday, Jan. 10, the following scores were recorded: One hundred shots: A. Hubalek 2423, L. P. Hansen 2413, A. Begerow 2344, F. J. Herpers 2316. Fifty shots: C. Zettler, Jr., 1207, H. Fenwirth 1194, H. C. Zet- tler 1182, L. Maurer 1181, B. Zettler 1165. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following: Fixtures. Jan. 20. — Middleton, N. Y. — All-day shoot of Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of the Orange County Gun Club. Albert A. Schoverling and O. H. Brown, Mgrs. Jan. 25. — Freeport, L. I., Gun Club first annual tournament. Jan. 23-28. — Brenham, Tex. — Sunny South Handicap. Jan. 31-Feb. 2. — Taylor Tex. — Central Texas Handicap tournament. C. F. Gilstrap, Mgr. Feb. 6-9. — Houston, Tex. — Sen’s Grand Southern Handicap. Alf. Gardiner, Mgr. Feb. 11. — Phillipsburg, N. J., Opposite Easton, Pa. — Alert Gun Club first annual tournament. Ed. F. Markley, Mgr, Feb. 13. — Concord, S. I. — All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. Feb. 18. — Newark, N. J. — All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. Feb. 22.— Batavia, 111., Gun Club tournament. Henry Hendrick- son, Mgr. Feb, 22.— Concord, S. I. — All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. V. Wall- burg, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s eighth annual tour* nament- E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. ]an. 2t, 1965.1 FOREST AND STREAM Si i?eb. 16-16. — Detroit, Mich. — Jacob Klein’s tournament on Rusch House grounds, under auspices of Tri-State Automobile and v. Sportiiig Goods Association. March 20-26. — Kansas City, Mo. — Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. April 6-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Needham, Sec’y. April 14. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, pn grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsman's Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 30. — McKeesport Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 8-9. — Daltcn, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Capt. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass.- — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Oct. 12.- — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshotoers’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS* Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The South Framingham, Mass., Gun Club has claimed July 4 as the date for its second annual team shoot. It The Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club, through its Secretary, Mr. C. L. Kites, claims April 19 as the date of its spring tourna- ment. R The Secretary, Mr. A. A. Schoverling, writes us that the Rich- mond Gun Club, of Concord, S. I., will hold all-day shoots on Feb. 13 and 22. •t On Saturday of this week the Montclair, N. J., Gun Club will commence the series for the trophy of 1905. It is a sterling silver loving cup, to cost over $60. A live-bird shoot is announced for Jan. 26, at Easton, Pa., con- sisting of three events, one at 5 birds, $3; one at 20 birds, $15; winner to receive $20 in gold, and a miss-and-out, $2 entrance. K The Secretary-Manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, announces that “the Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 27, 28, 29 and 30, on the grounds of the Indianapolis Gun Club.” K Three teams contested in the five-man team championship race at Wellington, Mass., on Jan. 14. The conditions were 50 targets, 25 known and 25 unknown angles. The scores were: Birch Brook Gun Club 190, Watertown Gun Club 182, Lowell Rod and Gun Club 180. Capt. C. G. Blandford, of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club, writes us concerning the club’s 100-target misses-as-kills handicap, to be shot on Jan. 28: “The prize is a repeating shotgun. Members should note that entries for this event must be made before the first squad shoots. Competition begins at 2 o’clock.” K As per a communication from the Secretary-Manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, published elsewhere in our trap coluumns, it will be noted that Capt. A. W. Money and Mr. Edward Banks were elected to honorary membership in the Interstate Association, in recognition of services rendered during the many years they were representing the E. C. & Schultze Co. * The Secretary-Manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, Pa., announces officially tournaments as follows: “The Interstate Association has made arrangements to give a tournament at Augusta, Ga., April 5 and 6, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club; also to give one at Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 2, 3 and 4, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club.” * In the series of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League, shot in the vicinity of Philadelphia last Saturday, there were contests as follows: Meadow Springs defeated Highland, 182 to 179; Clear- view defeated North Camden, 190 to 170; Narberth defeated S. S. White Gun Club, 136 to 132; Hill Rod and Gun Club defeated Hillside, 149 to 147; Florists defeated Media, 190 to 183. K The programme of the Mullerite Gun Club shoot, to be held at Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 20, provides four events, one at 10, two at 20, and one at 100 targets; entrance $1, $2 and $5. The latter event is shot in four strings of 25, and has eight merchan- dise prizes. Shooting begins at 10 o’clock. This club also an- nounces a shoot to be held on Feb. 18 at Newark, N. J. The Secretary, Mr. F. K. Stelle, sent to us the following com- munication: “On Jan. 21, at 2 P. M., the Bound Brook, N. J. Gun Club will hold an afternoon shoot. The programme con- sists of five or six events; one for a silver loving cup, another for some merchandise, one for a gold scarfpin, one for a medal, one a sweepstake, and one for club members for three cups. All visitors are welcome. First-class shells for sale at club house.” The Trenton, N. J., Shooting Association announces an all-day target shoot, to be held on Jan. 28, beginning at 10 o’clock. The events will be 15 targets, from two sets of traps. Four prizes will be shot for, as follows : Parker hammerless . gun, L. C. Smith hammerless gun, decorated toilet set, decorated umbrella stand. Lunch served on grounds. A deadmark shoot for poultry will be an event also. There will be a 200-target special prize for pro- fessional* j. — h The Freeport, L. I., Gun Club, at their forthcoming tournament will offer several merchandise prizes. Three were donated by Mr. Geo. A. Barker; as follows: A silver loving.. cup, an oak gun cabinet, a copper shell box. The club house will be enlarged to twice its size, so that the accommodations will correspond ac- cordingly. Mr. F. C. Willis, the Treasurer, informs us that the conditions governing the competition for these prizes will be ex- plained on the day of the shoot, Jan. 25. A correspondent informs us that a meeting of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League was held at the cafe of A. L. Ainscow, Wilmington, Del., Jan. 12. Dates and places were selected for holding the two tournaments during the year. The spring tourna- ment will be held at the grounds of the Wilmington Club on April 14, while the fall tournament will be held at the grounds of the Dover Club on Oct. 12. The clubs represented at the meet- ing last night were Wawaset, Claymont, Dover, Wilmington, Blue Ball, and Middletown. In the absence of the President, Dr. W. E. Barnard, Mr. James J. Skelly presided. The Freeport, L. I., Gun Club has issued the programme for its first annual midwinter tournament, Jan. 25. It prefaces it with a cordial greeting and invitation to the friends of the club, the trapshooters throughout the country, to attend. Twelve events are provided, two at 10, the remainder at 15 targets, $1, and $1.30 entrance; totals, 170 targets, $15 entrance. Shooting begins at 9:30. Targets, 2 cents, Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 1. Three average moneys. A fund of 25 per cent, from target receipts will be divided 40 per cent, to high professional, 40 per cent, to high amateur and 20 per cent, to low amateur. Ship guns and shells to the Treasurer, Mr. F, C. Willis. The President is Mr. T. B. Rider; Vice-President, F. E. Gildersleeve ; A. D. Lott, Secre- tary; W. C. Ansel, Captain. * A keenly contested two-man team race was held at Wilming- ton, Del., on the grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club, on Jan. 12. Messrs. Edward Banks and James T. Skelly were in friendly con- test arrayed against Messrs. Wm. M. Foord and Luther J. Squier. All are men of high renown, inasmuch as they cause the scorer to wear straight seams in the score board ' because of the suc- cessiveness of Is which the scorer, event after event, scores re- peatedly in the same places. The weather conditions were un- favorable. Messrs. Banks and Skelly won by a score of 162 to 160. Mr. Foord scored 90 and was high man. Considering the weather conditions 90 was a high class performance,' yet there are some shooters who would be pleased to make an equal score in weather which had all the balmy delights of a June morning. However, it may be accepted as a demonstrated fact that the martial spirit of the defeated team will not be pacified till a return match is arranged. . Bernard Waters. The Peters Cartridge Co. Salesmen Reunion. The value of personal intercourse in business affairs was never more clearly demonstrated than by the annual reunion of the sales- men of the Peters Cartridge Company, which was held at Cin- cinnati, Jan. 2-7. These representatives came from every section of the country and constitute a body of highly intelligent, pro- gressive men, experts alike on the subject of ammunition and in the science of salesmanship. They are, of course, almost continu- ally in correspondence with the office of the company, an alto- gether satisfactory means of communication ordinarily, but a week of intimate association with each other and with those who control their movements, supplies a generous stock of information and inspiration for the year’s work. The men began to arrive on Saturday, Dec. SR but the formal programme started with the morning of Jan. 2. Conferences concerning the work of individual salesmen were held during that day, and at 6 o’clock the annual roll call and supper took place at the Business Men’s Club. Every man answered to the call of his name, with the exception of Mr. Wallace R. Miller, who, to the regret of all, was detained at his home in Austin, Tex., owing to a recent attack of typhoid fever. It is needless to say that he was often spoken of during the week, and that there was general gratification at the reports of his convalescence. Tuesday was occupied with conferences, and at 2 P. M., the president of the company, Mr. O. E. Peters, addressed the men concerning the results achieved in the year 1904, and giving gen- eral instructions with regard to the work of 1905. Tuesday even- ing at 6:30, the salesmen and officers of the company met at a smoker, where various phases of the business were discussed for the benefit of all concerned, until quite a late hour. On Wednesday evening the salesmen, together with a number of representatives from the jobbing trade, were the guests of the company at a theatre party. The attraction was the spectacular play “The Wizard of Oz,” which proved delightfully entertaining. As is the custom at these reunions, one day, Thursday, was devoted to a trip to the factories, located at King’s Mills, O., some twenty-five miles north of Cincinnati. The party divided into small groups and visited the various departments, one after the other, finding at each point many interesting processes to de- light the heart of the ammunition expert. The additions and extensions to the factories were carefully noted, and in the testing gallery demonstrations were made. An old-fashioned country dinner was served, at 1 o’clock, and after an hour or two spent at the traps, the party returned to Cincinnati in time for the annual banquet at 6:30. This proved to be a most enjoyable affair, and, in fact, the climax of the entire week. The tables were most artistically arranged, and appropriate music was furnished by an instrumental quartet. The menu was as follows: Blue Points Celery Olives Cream of Celery Broiled Spanish Mackerel Maitre D’Hotel Pommes Julienne Punch Romaine Filet Mignon . Chasseur Petits Pois Lettuce and Tomato Tutti Frutti Roquefort and Brie Crackers Demi Tasse „ After the coffee Mr. O. E. Peters, acting as toastmaster, made a brief but most happy address, and then introduced Mr. G. M. Peters, who although called upon without preparation, made a speech so earnest and eloquent, so impressive in its definition of the company’s policy and high ideals, that all present were moved to the point of enthusiasm and the applause which followed his final words lasted SOjme minutes. Then followed addresses by Mr. Keplinger,. the vice-president; Mr. McKibben, secretary; Mr. Tuttle, treasurer; Mr. Keller, of the New York office; Mr- George- King, of the manufacturing department; Mr. Maurice Kaufman, speaking on behalf of 'the salesmen, as' well as some very kind expressions from the jobbing representatives present. Mr. O. E. Peters at 11 o’clock announced that he had hoped to hear from many more of those at the board, but adjournment was necessary on account of the lateness of the hour. Friday the men assembled at the grounds of the Cincinnati Gun Club for some practice shooting and a team race. It was the intention to make up a race between- the fat men and the lean men, but that plan had to be abandoned, owing to the fact that a majority of the shooters were found to be in the fat men’s class. However, two teams were chosen by Captain Dave Elliott and Captain Harry Kirby, twenty-five men each, the race being at 50 targets. Some very good shooting was done, although it must be said, owing to the good-natured but persistent bantering, some very poor records were also developed. At the end of the race, it was found that Captain Kirby’s team led the Dave Elliott team by a score of 991 to 897, but everybody had a good time, and there were no regrets. Friday evening and Saturday were used to finish up individual conferences and give final instruc- tions for the immediate future, and the men dispersed to their various territories Saturday, very well satisfied with the week’s experience. Trap Around Reading. Reading, Pa., Jan. 7. — The regular club shoot of the South End Gun Club, of this city, which was shot to-day, was won by W. W. Essig, with a score of 24 out of 25 targets. The scores follow: Club shoot, 25 targets: Miles 20, Ball 19,. Matz 20, Yost 22, Eshelman 16, Farr 19, Gerhart 22, Shultz 20, Henry 14, Essick 24, Smith 18, Melcher 19. Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 5. — Frank C. Wright defeated Capt. Fred Ehrhorn, of the Keystone Gun Club, in a live-bird shoot by killing 17 out of 20 birds, while Ehrhorn killed 16. Capt. George S. Irafford defeated William PI. Bollman by killing 10 straight, Boll- man missing two of his quota. West Chester, Pa., Jan. 3. — The target shoot held on the grounds of the West Chester Gun Club, with a silver tea set and tray as first prize in the 50-target event, the big event of the shoot, was well attended. The scores follow: Regester 43, Lee 41, Bennett 39, Eachus 37, H. Beebe 35, Ferguson 35, Cardwell 34, Gill 32, Haines 32, Dale 30, D. Beebe 27. Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 9. — Richard Lovell, the local crack shot, and Elijah Ashton, of Green Ridge, have been matched to shoot a live-bird match on Jan. 21, at Stuartsville, for $75. Bloomsburg, Pa., Jan. 5. — An interesting sweepstake in which three were tied for first honors, was held by Berwick sportsmen yesterday afternoon. Five birds were shot at by each contestant, the conditions being 28yds. rise and 50yds. boundary. The scores: Davis 4, Miller 4, Bomboy 4, Henry 3, Schweppenhiser 2. A match shoot for a purse, between Ban Henry and C. W. Freas was won by Henry, who killed 7 straight, Freas missing his seventh bird. Ambler, Pa., Jan. 7.- — The Ambler Gun Club held its annual handicap live-bird shoot at this place this morning, when creditable scores were made. Interstate rules governed the two events shot off, which resulted in the following scores: Ten-bird event: Detoc 10, Meehan 5, Achuff 8, Reed 7, Claymer 6, Bray 5. Second event, 10 live birds: Detoc 9, Meehan 8, Achuff 8, Bramble 7, Claymer 7, Bray 6, Meyers 5. Hamburg, Pa., Jan. 7.— The annual shoot of the Pirate Chief Gun Club was held to-day on their grounds here. All previous records were broken, despite the misty condition of the weather. H. and J. Confer broke 84 and 82 targets respectively, out of a possible 100. The scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Broke Id Confer 8 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 9 84 Kalbach 7 6 5 6 8 9 8 8 5 69 C Confer 5 6 8 8 8 9 6 7 5 69 Sousley 5 7 5 8 6 6 7 8 8 67 J Confer 4 9 8 8 9 8 10 9 10 82 1 Confer 3 5 6 9 10 6 5 7 5 60 Heiss 7 6 2 7 5 8 7 4 8 56 Bailer 4 7 3 6 7 8 7 7 8 60 Balthauser 7 9 3 8 7 6 4 Buck 3 7 4 6 5 5 2 C Heckman 4 6 2 3 6 6 4 3 Moyer 5 6 7 . . • Lenhart 6 * • • R Heckman 8 4 Flourtown, Pa., Jan. 5. — The live-bird shoot for a purse of $100 in gold, held on the Flourtown Gun Club grounds this afternoon, was a largely attended affair. The entries included well-known wing shots from Philadelphia and nearby points. Cloverdale, of Chestnut Hill, shot high gun for the day, killing 16 birds straight. The best scores follow: Ten-bird handicap shoot: Cloverdale 10, Detoc 9, Clymer 8, Green 7, Dull 7, Achuff, Shilling, Rotsell, Gate and Winkle 6 each. Sweepstake, miss-and-out: Dull 8, Green 8, Winkle 8, Clover- dale 6, Detoc 5, Dull 4, Donohue 4. Duster. , Five-Man Team Championship, Boston, Jan. 14. — The first competition for the five-man team championship cup was held on grounds of the Boston Shooting Association, at Wellington, Mass., this afternoon. There were twenty-seven shooters, who took part in the different events. The first leg for the cup was won by the Birch Brook Gun Club. Following are the team scores, 25 known and 25 unknown angles : Birch Brook Gun Club. Watertown Gun Club. Kirkwood 8 14 9 14—45 Morse 4 12 7 10- -33 Straw ........ 6 9 6 9—30 R03 7 00 8 15 7 15—46 Rowe S 10 7 10—35 Gol :ev 6 11 4 13- -34 Bell 7 12 8 12—39 Philbrook 5 6 7 10- -28 Frank ........ 8 13 10 10-41—190 Bartlett 8 13 9 12—42—182 Lowell Rod and Gun Club. Climax 8 12 7 12—39 Rule . 8 14 3 12- -37 Dean 6 8 7 9-30 Currier 6 11 5 11- -33—180 Edwards ..... 8 13 7 13—41 Other events: Targets : 10 15 10 16 10 16 10 15 Griffith 10 12 8 13 8 14 9 14 Rule 9 14 7 10 7 13 9 12 Foster 9 8 5 12 9 13 9 11 Kirkwood 7 13 9 11 6 13 8 13 Frank 6 12 8 14 9 12 7 13 Dean 4 13 9 9 6 8 7 9 Chase 6 8 3 10 7 10 8 11 Straw 6 10 5 6 6 9 6 9 Climax 8 12 7 12 8 13 7 14 Edwards ...... 8 13 7 13 9 12 8 13 Currier 5 8 6 11 6 11 6 Morse 7 10 4 12 7 10 Roy 8 14 8 15 7 15 Rowe 7 9 8 10 7 10 Bell 7 12 8 12 9 13 Peabody 4 8 5 7 6 9 Jordan 5 8 4 7 3 11 Burns 7 11 8 13 5 12 Eaton 6 11 5 9 7 10 Gokey 6 11 4 13 7 12 Philbrook . . . . 3 8 6 6 7 10 Woodruff 9 12 7 11 9 .. Remick 6 12 9 11 10 .. Bartlett ...... 8 13 9 12 Bowers 6 12 ■ 7 Stewart ....... 6 10 Hinckley ..... 6 Sfi FOREST aiou STREAM. F itjAfr, it, 150s. rrr^wnirfiiT^^jflBTpi-Tii! iWT^^^^jrTTagr4|S^ WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gan Club* Cincinnati, O. — A few of the Peters Cartridge Company’s boys were in town this, week, and of course put in a part of their time at the club. A team match at 100 targets was shot the first of the week, the Kirby team winning by a score of 416 to 401. Don Minto seems to have got back to his one-time form again, and was high man with a score of 91. Gambell second with 89. The match was shot in strings of 20, and but one straight was made, Seymour smashing all of his first 20. •Team match, 100 targets: Cambell's Team. Targets : 2u 20 20 20 20 Gambell 19 17 17 19 17— 89 Storr 17 16 17 18 19— 87 Hardy 15 14 18 13 17— 77 French 13 13 12 15 18 — 71 Davies ...... 16 16 15 15 15 — 77 80 76 79 80 86 401 Kirby’s Team. Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 Kirby ....... 18 15 18 17 14— 82 Wheeler 17 14 16 17 14— 78 Seymour .... 20 19 16 18 15— 88 Don Minto.. 19 17 19 19 17— 91 Carter 16 14 14 15 18 — 77 90 79 83 86 78 416 Saturday, Jan. 14, was a typical winter day, clear and cold. The attendance was not quite up to the mark, only fourteen taking part in the cash prize event, and five of these not shooting in competition. The light was not very good, but an absence of wind made the conditions fair, and some good scores were made. Harig was high man of those who shot in competition, tying with Trimble on 46. Hesser second with 45. C. O. Le Compte, a trade representative, was present and tied with Don Minto for fourth place on 42. Williams was not in his usual form, and finished out of place. In this contest the shooters are divided into three classes, there being s x prizes in each class, $20, $17, $15, $12, $9 and $7. Two more snoots decide the winners. Ackley still con- tinues to improve, and we hope to see him at the grounds before long. Supt. Cambell's son Lutie is much better and will be about once more very soon. Jay Bee is sick and confined to the house. It is feared he will be unable to attend the club dinner on the 26th. Several matches were shot to-day, but the boys did little practice shooting. Cash prize shoot, 50 targets, distance handicap: Harig (18) 46, *Trimble (16) 46, Hesser (.16) 45, *Gambell (16) 44, *Don Minto (16) 42, *Le Compte (16) 42, Bullerdick (18) 41, Pohlar (18) 38, Pfieffer (17) 38, Ii. Sunderbruch (19) 36, Peters (18) 36, *Carter (16) 36, Falk (17) 35, Williams (18) 34. *Did not compete. Match at. 25 targets, four high men out: Gambell 22, Peters 23, Harig 22, Le Compte 22, Hardy 21, Hesser 20, Carter 20, Buller- dick 16. Match, 50 targets, four high men out: Harig 47, Bullerdick 45, Hardy 45, Le Compte 43, Gambell 42, Carter 40, Williams 36, Hesser 35, Peters 35. Match, 25 targets, three high men out: Gambell 23, Harig 23, Le Compte 22, Hardy 21, Peters 20, Hesser 18. Dayton Gun Club Annual Meeting. The Dayton, O., Gun Club held its first annual meeting at the Phillips House on the evening of Jan. 12, and almost every member of the club was in attendance. At the business meeting many plans for the advancement of the club, and the improve- ment of the grounds were discussed, but no definite action was taken on the different matters. The officers elected were: John L. Theobald, President; Zenas Craig, Vice-President; O. H. Bailey, Secretary; J. M. Curpliey, Treasurer. Executive Com- mittee: A. F. Kempert, H. M. Carr, Charles Sander. At the close of the business session a banquet was served to the members and guests.. Messrs. C. O. Le Compte and Ralph Trimble, trade representatives, were guests of honor, and both responded happily when called upon informally for toasts. Many toasts were given and responded to by those present, and the affair was a great success in every way. Bonasa. In Other Places. The Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club shoot, which began on Tuesday last promised to be the best of its kind ever held on the soil of the mother country. Besides the $1200 in prizes, the Canadian Handicap will be held, and many Americans will be present to mingle with the great cracks of' Canada. The Linden, la., Cun Club will hold a tournament Jan. 24 and 25. It is reported that C. W. Budd, H. R. Patterson, F. S. Whitney and D. Y. French, all of Des Moines, la., will be present. It has been given out by the Downs, la.. Gun Club that on Jan. 26 and 27 its members will entertain all visitors who are shotgun enthusiasts with a gathering at the target grounds. There is little of the “cold-bloodedness” connected with the Coldbrook Gun Club, as on last Wednesday evening a large number met at the home of Mrs. Pearl, at Monmouth, 111., and sat down to a three-course dinner. There were decoration and music, which were much enjoyed. This was the outcome of choosing sides and holding a team rabbit hunt, and the bunnies suffered to the extent that there are 150 less cottontails in the Illinois cornfields than formerly. Thirteen crack men took part in a shoot at Broadhead, Wis., last Monday. Though the wind was strong and facing the shoot- ers, the scores were good. Dr. Chase, of Madison, was high man with 36 out of 41. Louis Dodge, of Monroe, came second with 35, and Fred Roel, of Albany, third. Shooting is on the increase at Johnstown, O., as twenty-seven shooters in attendance are a “whole lot.” Business of Importance was scheduled for the meeting of the Cumberland Gun Club, of Davenport, la., for their Tuesday even- ing meeting. All Western trapshots should keep an eye on the dates that this club fixes, for their opening shoot, to be held on their new grounds. The annual meeting of the South Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, Wis., was held in this week, Wednesday, at which officers were to be elected — particulars in next issue. A shoot was announced for Friday of this week at Worthing- ton, Minn. Results later. Robert Dye, Roy Harris and Frank McKeon, of Clive, la., were the committee in charge of the late shoot held by the gun club. The shooters in Illinois, Indiana and other Central States should take note that in many of the towns in Wisconsin, Michi- gan and Canada, the gun clubs hold their regular weekly shoots during the winter. Those well-kown Buckeye shooters, Heikes, Rike and Wray, tcok part in a turkey shoot last Saturday, held out in the adjoin- ing township, and report has it that Heikes had turkeys “to burn.” Reports at the annual Pentwater, Mich., shoot were: C. F. Lewis 174, Henry Reed 172, M. D. Girard 164, S. T. Collins 149, Elmer Stanhope 145, Bert Jeffries 138, W. J. Sloan 135, Ely Lewis 130, Matt Sloan 124, A. F. Wickham 118. That the Cleveland, O., Gun Club will have a prosperous year is assured when it starts oil’ the first shobt of ten with $260 in prizes £of high and low guns. A full attendance is desired, as to be a partieipant in the prize distribution a shooter must have par- ticipated in seven of the ten shoots scheduled. A bit of news from Sulphur Hill, Ind., relates that the Geneva Gun Club held a shooting match last Saturday, and many good scores were made, but the item was minus the scores. George Mosen, of Sandy Run, Pa., won the first prize at the shoot held at Hazelton, Pa., on last Monday. There is no doubt shooting at many gun club grounds ’way out in Kansas that is unknown to the outside world caused by the backwardness of those interested to furnish reports for the sport- ing press. Here is a new one, though. Last Thursday, the Cul- lison, Kan., target “busters” entertained the Pratt “boys” with a target shoot. Scores: C. A. Hopper 68 out of 80; H. Jenkins 50, 70; Pedigo 44, 60; Look 19, 40; Balfour 4, 20; Babbitt 62, 70; Ed Jenkins 54, 70; Springer 31, 40; J. C. Jones 19, 30; J. K. Cochran 13, 30; Shaw 10, 20; Oscar Roll 4, 10; Mr. Hopper made the best scores. The Northwestern shooters, especially the experts, are busy with preparations for their trip to Texas, where the three big- shoots are to be held. Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 9. — The first shoot for the 1905 season was held here yesterday at the park. There will be something doing all the year, as a fine loving cup is up. On this day it was O. H. Guy who was able to “guy” the others, as his 41 out of 50 was the. topmost score. Billy Allen got left in this event, though he won out the high average for the day by one target. The low scores are accounted for on account of the hard targets, which were unreasonable, being about a 75yd. fall. Coupled with a strong wind from behind, any one must know there was some strain on the “choke-bores.” W. H. Peck made 38, Chas. Rankin 37, Van Kuren 32, Willard 31, Shumway 25. Mr. Rankin has challenged Guy for a try for the cup. They will shoot in two weeks. Regular club shoot in February. The Linden, la., Gun Club tournament will be a handicap, from 16 to 20yds. There will be events open to all. On the second day will occur the Guthrie-Dallas county championship. Prizes will be awarded the highest averages, and the Sargent system of trapping will be used. J. W. Burnham will attend to shooters’ wants, with old Chas. W. Budd as assistant, while Fred Whitney will be in the office. Mr. Lewis Dodge, of Monroe, Wis., wishes it understood by the Western shooters that there will be a pigeon shoot on the club grounds on Feb. 22. George O. Harriss, secretary of the South Dakota Sportsmen’s Association, is out with the claim that the next State tournament will be held at Vermillion on May 31, and June 1 and 2. G. A. Mann, of Hastings, Neb., writes that the twenty-ninth annual meeting and the tournament of the Nebraska State Sports- men’s Association will be held May 9, 10, 11 and 12. Philadelphia Trapshooters* League. Meadow Springs — Highland. First event: Barker ?, Henderson 6. Fontaine 6, Breaker 8, Beyer 4, Dr. Lotting 4, Parry 4, Hand 3, Hinkson 3, Harris 3, Dill 1. Second event: Newcomb 9, Sharp 8, Brenizer 7, Hawkins 8, Cantrell 6, Davis 6, Halberstadt 5, Dillon 6, Hinkson 4, Alker 3. Third event: Newcomb 8, Hand 8, Dr. Cotting 8, Henderson 8, Hawkins 7, Humphries 6, Stahr 6, Beyer 5, Ott 4, Dill 3, Fon- taine 3. Fourth event: Hawkins 9, Halberstadt 8, Duffield 7, Beecher 7, Alker 7, Dillon 6, Fontaine 5, Hand 5, Appleton 5, Ott 4. Fifth event: Hawkins 10, Henderson 9, Beecher 7, Dr. Cotting 7, Hinkson 6, Brenizer 6, Heite 5, Janes 4, Burgess 4, Cantrell 4, Jackson 2. Hill Rod and Gun Club— Hi 1 'sides. The Hill Rod and Gun Club defeated the Hillside Gun Club at Hill Crest, 149 to 147. Hillside. Hill Rod and Gun Club. Larent ..14 McDowell .........15 Haywood .12 Cassidy 15 M Bisbing .............. .15 Dilks .........16 Parson .15 Birney .........14 R Bisbing .21 Samsel ...... ..13 Lawson ................. .12 Miller .........18 Clark .15 Urian 22 Aiman .19 *LI R & G....... 12 ^Hillside .12 *H R & G....... 12 ^Hillside .12—147 *H R & G.. 12—149 ^Absent members. F iorists — Media. At Media, Pa., Jan. 14, the Florists’ Gun Club defeated the Media Gun Club by a score of 190 to 183. The scores in detail follows : Florists’. Media. Bell ..................... Copple Guerney Lee ...16 Shields ...19 Evans Shaw ..20 Smedley ...20 Anderson ...19 Pennington ...20 Landis Little ...12 E Coleman ...20 Williamson ...18 Huttonbock Howard ...18 Sanford Bennett ...22 F Coleman Powell ................. ...20-183 IN NEW JERSEY. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., Jan. 14. — Event 9 was for a silver trophy, and it was won by Mr. C. E. Eickhoff. Events: 123456789 10 Targets: 10 15 15 10 15 15 10 10 25 10 Eickhoff 8 12 13 8 12 10 8 .. 23 9 Vosselman 8 10 11 10 13 22 .. Morrison . . 6 10 11 9 6 21 9 Gusshell 6 11 10 7 9 7 8 7 17 6 Addis 4 9 11 8 12 11 7 8 19 7 Fisher 8 11 12 9 13 14 9 6 21 6 Geycr 7 10 11 8 11 10 7 6 18 7 Bachrack 6 9 6 5 7 8 6 5 15 4 Copeland 7 11 10 6 11 10 8 6 18 7 Sherman 6 12 10 6 5 11 6 6 20 8 Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’y. js j Montclair Gun Club. On the grounds of the Meadow Springs Gun Club, Jan. 14, Meadow Springs defeated the Highland Gun Club by a score of 182 to 179. A cold, stiff wind was a severe weather condition against the shooters. Team match, 26 targets per man. Meadow Springs. G Smith ... 18 Franklin 23 Roberts ..... Bush .....20 Henry .....18 Depew Murdock . . . 11 ILansell 13 Hall ........ 21 Coyle 18—182 Club event. 25 targets, handicap Hdp. Brk. Tot 1. Christ 20 26 Watson .....10 16 26 Hall 0 24 24 *Elliott ..... 0 24 24 Heathcote . . 2 21 23 Lee . ... .10 14 24 Martin 6 17 22 Chandler . . . 9 14 23 Coyle 0 22 22 Mardin 0 21 21 Sintz 4 17 21 Henry 0 21 21 *Ringgold .. 0 21 21 Warner 21 21 *EUiott ..... "‘Visitors. 0 20 20 ten men to a team: Highland. A Ballentine. . . 22 T Ballentine . . Everett Johnson 21 Lutz 20 Denham ...... 16 Meehan ........ 16 Pinkerton ...... M Wentz 20 Dalton added to score: Hdp. Brk. Tot’I. f J McKane . . . . ...0 18 18 ^Garrett ... 0 18 18 ^Murray ... 0 18 18 Hansell ....... .. 9 9 18 *Galbraith . . . . ...0 18 18 Roberts ....... ... 0 17 17 Pepper ... 2 15 17 *Bush ... 0 17 17 Street ... 6 9 15 Jackson ... 0 15 15 Wright 10 3 13 G Dill ........ ... 2 7 9 Lucas ... 0 12 12 *H McKane ... ....0 7 7 Kaullman ... 0 6 6 Clearview — North Camden. On the grounds of the North Camden Gun Club, Jan. 14, the Clearview team was victorious over the Camden team by a score of 190 to 170. The cold weather impaired the competition. The scores: North Camden. Tilton Stratton Rav • • • ■ Fleming .21 ,.19 .13 .15 .18 Pratt .17 Cavallier ..13 Wicks .16 Garrigues ..21 Silver . .17—170 Clearview. Ludwig 23 Dyer 23 Daveson ...19 Charlton 20 Springer ...16 Downs ..........21 Huber 24 Fisher .12 Edwards 15 Sibole ..........17-190 Sweepstakes were shot as follows: Event No. 1, 25 targets: Pratt 23,, Reifsnyder 13, Buckwalter 24, Springer 17, Daveson 20, Silver 18. Event No. 2, 15 targets: Sibole 13, Daveson 14, Bilhartz 11, Fisher 10, J. Edwards 9, Huber 11. Event No. 3, 15 targets: Colton 9, Downs 11, Pratt 11, Charl- ton 11, Reifsnyder 12, Weimer 7. Event No. 4, 15 targets: McAfee 9, Fisher 9, Huber 13, Bil- hartz 9, Sibole 9, Wicks 7, Event No. 5, 15 targets: Buckwalter 15, Ludwig 10, Charlton 10, Stratton 6, Grant 10. Event No. 6, 15 targets: Ray 10, Fleming 12, Leicht 9, Dyer 9, Cavilier 13, A. Sharp 10, Tilton 13. Narberth — S. S. White. On the Belmont track the Narberth Gun Club team defeated the S. S. White Gun Club team by a score of 136 to 132. Narberth. S. S. White. Sharp 21 Newcomb Davis v 18 Brenizer Duffield 17 Dr Cotting ..... ..........16 Barker . . . . . 17 Byer ..........15 Halberstadt Fontaine ........ 13 Burgess ... .....12 Harty 11 Hand ............ Humphries ............... 9 Hinkson ........ Alker Cantrell ........ Appleton . . ............... 6-136 Parry The open sweepstake events were at 10 targets, and scored as follows; ; . 9,4. v ; „ . Montclair, N. J., Jan. 14. — Nine men shot through some six events to-day. In the gold medal event, Messrs. Babcock, Batten, Winslow and Moffatt qualified by breaking 7 straight in a certain specified 25. In event No. 4 Messrs. Winslow, Kendall and Bab- cock tied for a box of shells. - On next Saturday the club will begin shooting for the 1905 “trophy, a sterling silver loving cup, to cost over $60. • Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 10 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 10 25 25 25 25 P Cockefair 19 7 19 18 20 21 C W Kendall.. 12 8 17 19 23 17 W T Wallace.. 8 2 12 13 17 9 E Winslow 6 17 19 19.. C Babcock...... 20 4 19 19 .. .. J W Claister... .. .. 20 18 15 18 Geo Batten 12 8 16 15 21 18 F W Moffett 17 17 19 17 W I Soverel... 13 4 15 Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Cleve’and Gjn CLb. Cleveland, O. — Great preparations are being made by the mem- bers of the Cleveland Gun Club for target shooting next season. The membership for the past season has shown a wonderful in- crease, ninety-five new members being added to the rolls, so that now there are 225 members. The club held a banquet at the Euclid Hotel, Jan. 10, at which fully fifty members of the organization were present. Plans for improving the club, to make it more attractive for the members were discussed, and an effort will now be made to increase the membership to 300. It was shown that the club has one of the finest shooting parks in the country, forty acres being acquired for the sport, repre. sentirig, with the equipment, an investment of $12,000. After an elaborate banquet, officers were chosen, as follows: F. G. Plogen, President; VV. C. Talmage, Vice-President; A. M. Allyn, Secretary; S. C. Payne, Treasurer; F. H. Wallace, Financial Secretary and Manager; C. E. Doolittle, Captain. F. W. Judd and R. C. Hopkins were elected to the Board of Directors. President Hogen acted as toastmaster, and toasts were re- sponded to by City Engineer W. J. Carter, who is a member of the Recreation Club, and Messrs. Beers and O’Dell, other guests of the club, besides Paul North, of the Ohio Fish and Game Commission, and several others. Mr. North seemed to disap- prove of the present system of hunting down violators of the fish and game laws, and hinted that some changes should be made. A team of ten men will go to Akron next month to defend the trophy, which has been twice won by Cleveland. Should Cleve- land win again, the trophy will become the property of the Cleve- land Gun Club. A. M. Allyn, Sec’y. Skelly and Banks — Squier and Foord. Wilmington, Del. — In a two-man team race, Messrs. J. T. Skelly and Edward Banks against Messrs. W. M. Foord and Luther J. Squier, on the grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club, on Jan. 12, Messrs. Banks and Skelly were victorious by two targets. The team scores were 162 to 160. The weather conditions were quite unfavorable, the weather was cold and the light and a strong wind being of the kind which detrimentally affect the shooting even of experts. The race was contested pluckily from start to finish. At the conclusion of the first string of 25, Banks and Skelly led by four targets; when 60 were shot, they led by three, and when 75 had been shot, their lead had been cut down to one target. Thus practically the race and victory hung on the doings of the con- testants in the last 25. Skelly lost his stride for a few moments on the home stretch, losing 7 out of the first 10, but pulled him- self together and made a strong finish. The skip, however, en- abled Messrs. Foord and Squier to take the lead, but Banks acted as wheel horse, scoring 23, and pulled the race out of a bad place into victory. Foord was high man, with 90, an excellent performance, considering the conditions. A large number of spectators witnessed the race. Scores: Banks 22 22 19 23—86 Foord 20 24 25 21—90 Skelly 20 20 21 15—76—162 Squier ..... 18 19 17 16—70—160 Jan. 21, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 08 Mmm&wWmm % //.•> ; —r-sse'v ^1 v' *' y •■■ V. 1 " *,( *'«, l%’>> ,1 ' J; 11^- 'I-.. .- $*> L_ - £ " Excellent Results IT O I^AD'F'UITlI^^C obtained by using U* C^* ^XtLIV Jl MVlJLJrVjJL^C) Agencies of the 17 s Partririda (497-503 Pea^rl Street, 35-43 Pa.rk Street, New York. Agencies of tHe U. S. Cartridge Co. j 114-U6 Ma,rUet Street, San Francisco, ON LONG ISLAND. Crescent Athletic Club. The handicaps which will govern the eighty-six shooters of the Crescent Athletic Club during January, follow: Targets : 25 15 T. T. P. Targets: 25 15 T. T. P. E Banks .. 0 0 0 C Kenyon, |r.. . 4 2 2 A M Boucher .. b 3 2 J J Keyes . 2 1 2 H M Brigham .. 0 0 0 E B Ivnowlton . 4 2 2 G L Blake .. 8 5 5 H L Kenyon . 2 1 1 F T Bedford, Jr .. 2 1 1 E H Lott..... . 1 0 1 H A Bourne .. 6 4 3 Jere L'ott . 4 2 2 L R Boudon .. 8 5 5 D V B Lott . 6 3 3 D C Bennett .. 3 1 2 C E Lockwood . 3 2 2 T B Barnes.. .. 8 5 5 IT H Morton . 7 4 4 E G Babcock ... 7 4 5 W W Marshall . 5 3 3 D E Brower .. 7 4 5 C J McDermott . 6 4 3 h A Consmiller .. 7 4 4 W T McConville . 4 2 2 G W Cropsey .. 3 1 1 IT G McKenzie . 5 3 3 C H Chapman .. 7 4 4 F E Minder . 8 5 5 A E Corlies .. 5 3 2 G W Meeker . 4 2 3 W H Cornell . . X 5 5 Grant Notman O 1 2 E A Cruiksliank. . . . , 7 4 4 C F Nicholson . 7 4 4 R G Clarke .. 7 4 4 II L O’Brien . 4 2 3 J J Colligan •7 4 4 L C Oswald . 8 5 5 E F Driggs . , 7 4 4 L M Palmer, Jr . 0 0 0 W H Deeghan 7 4 3 Geo E Pool . 4 2 2 W C Damron . 7 4 3 S S Bedlow . 7 4 4 J H Ernst 7 4 3 F C Raynor . 5 3 3 J P Fairchild W K Fowler .. 7 4 3 T S S Remsen . 0 0 0 7 4 4 E L Rhett . 4 2 2 T C Faulkner 5 3 3 Tames Rhett . 7 4 4 E R Fiske .. 5 3 3 C G Rasmus . 5 3 3 A R Fish . 2 1 1 T W Stake . 4 2 0 C E F Foster .. 5 3 2 W H Shepard . 7 4 4 G W Gair .. 8 5 5 F B Stephenson . 1 0 0 J O Graham .. 8 5 5 G G Stephenson . 8 5 5 O C Grinnell, Jr... .. 3 1 2 G G Stephenson, Jr.. . 2 1 0 R W Hail .. 5 3 3 C A Sykes . 4 2 2 C C Henry .. 7 4 4 S A Sherwell . 7 4 4 J H Hallock .. 4 2 3 A G Southworth . 0 0 0 G W Hagedorn .. 3 1 2 Wm Sherer . 7 4 4 DVB Hegeman... .. 3 1 2 E W Snyder . 5 3 4 E W Hickling 7 4 4 W H Talcott . 7 4 3 A A Hegeman .. 5 3 2 IT B Vanderveer . 4 2 2 A W Higgins .. 8 5 5 S E Vernon . 8 5 5 L C Hopkins .. 2 1 3 H C VVerleman . 7 4 4 S P Hopkins .. 4 2 2 B E Wigham . 4 2 2 II Kryn .. 3 1 2 E G Warfield . 7 4 4 Bay Ridge, L. I., Jan. 14. — For the January cup, a handicap event, Mr. O. C, Grinnell scored a win. He was high man alone with a score of 23. Quite a number of trophy contests were de- cided. The chief winners were Messrs. Vanderveer, Grinnell, Palmer and Marshall. The scores follow: Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap : Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Grinnell, Jr .. 1 11 12 Stephenson . . . ... 0 11 11 Damron .. 4 8 12 Bedford, Jr ...4) 10 10 Lockwood .. 2 9 11 Southworth .. ... 0 10 10 Lott .. 0 11 11 Raynor ... 3 6 9 Vanderveer .. 2 9 11 Marshall ... 3 4 7 Palmer, Jr .. 0 11 11 Shoot-off, same conditions: O. C. Grinnell, Jr., 15, W. C. Damron 12. Trophy shoot, 15 targets , handicap: Grinnell, Jr .. 1 14 15 Palmer, Jr ... 0 11 11 Damron .. 4 10 14 Raynor ... 3 8 11 Southworth . . . .. 0 13 13 Stephenson ... ... 0 11 11 Lockwood .. 2 11 13 Lott ... 0 8 8 Bedford, Jr. ... .. 0 11 11 Marshall ... 3 O O 6 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap : Vanderveer .. 2 12 14 Raynor 8 11 Grinnell, Jr .. 1 12 13 Damron ... 4 7 11 Palmer, Jr .. 0 12 12 Stephenson . . . ....0 10 10 Bedford, Jr 0 12 12 Lott 9 9 Lockwood .. 2 10 12 Southworth . . . ....0 8 8 Marshall .. 3 8 11 Shoot for January cup, 25 targets, handicap: Grinnell, Jr .. 3 20 23 Bedford, Jr .. ... 1 IS 19 Palmer, Jr .. 0 22 22 Raynor ... 5 14 19 Vanderveer .. 4 18 22 Southworth . . . . , .0 18 18 Damron .. 7 14 21 Vanderveer ... 11 IS Marshall .. 5 15 20 O’Brien ... 4 12 16 Stephenson .. 1 19 20 Robinson ... 1 13 14 Team shoot, ! 25 targets, handicap: Southworth . . . . 0 16 16 Robinson . 1 15 16 Marshall 5 11 16—32 Stephenson ... . 1 22 23—39 Bedford 1 16 17 Lott . 1 15 16 Grinnell, Jr 3 18 21—38 Vanderveer ... . 4 17 21—37 Trophy shoot. , 25 targets, handicap: Palmer, Tr .. 0 14 14 Stephenson — ... 0 11 11 Marshall .. 3 11 14 Chapman ... 4 7 11 Damron .. 4 9 13 Southwell ...... ... 0 8 8 Grinnell, Jr .. 1 11 12 Lockwood ... 2 6 8 Vanderveer 2 10 12 Robinson ... U 8 8 Bedford, Jr .. 0 11 11 Trophy shoot, 15 targets , handicap: Palmer, Jr .. 0 13 13 Wellman ... 4 6 10 Marshall .. 3 10 13 Southworth ... 0 8 8 Stephenson . . . , 12 12 Vanderveer ... 2 5 7 Grinnell, Jr .. 1 11 12 Lockwood , . . . , rrr ‘4 4 6 Pamron ...... T 4 7 H Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Marshall Stephenson . . Palmer, Jr 3 11 14 Southworth . . . ... 0 10 10 0 13 13 Damron ... 4 6 10 0 12 12 Lockwood ... 2 8. 10 4 7 11 Grinnell, Jr . . . ... 1 S 9 Bergen Beach Gun Club. Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. — The shoot of the Bergen Beach Gun Club, held on Jan. 10, was well attended. The last event was shot in the twilight. The popularity of this club’s events, for practice, competition and wholesome enjoyment are rapidly growing in the good esteem of shooters. The scores: Events: 123456789 Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 20 Schorty 9 11 9 12 12 19 13 14 13 Cottrell 7 11 10 10 12 17 12 7 7 Schoverling 8 7 5 7 6 12 9 6 11 Willis ....: 7 7 10 10 10 12 9 9 .. Tyler 6 7 6 8 4 9 8 7 15 Slim & 11 13 9 10 21 11 11 12 Hopkins 11 11 11 12 14 20 11 9 16 Kelly 14 12 12 13 12 21 12 11 .- Ryder 11 8 9 11 Dreyer 10 11 7 10 6 20 12 9 .. Garms 5 9 7 10 C Stuetzle 7 9 11 11 Hitchcock 11 7 10 Pfender 10 11 7 13 Glover 10 13 15 21 15 12 .. Remsen -. 12 13 14 19 12 12 15 Kortright 1 9 1 5 12 Fischer 9 19 11 13 9 Keim 11 16 7 8 15 Dakota U 13 8 11 18 Snyder 13 14 12 11 12 Gus . 13 22 13 13 11 Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 8.— A little extra shoot was held on the club grounds to-day. Besides a series of ten clay-bird events, a match at 50 targets each was arranged between Scott and Con- nors, to be shot on the 21st inst. A bet was made by a spec- tator that Scott could not break 25 out of the 50, the birds being thrown 70yds. Scott “made good” by negotiating 32. Events: 12 3 Targets: 10 10 10 6 T Tompkins 1 .. .. Wm Fisher 2 3 .. J Hyland 5 12 3 10 10 10 2 3 2 Wm Coleman 7 8 9 .. G Hubbell 7 .. Events: Targets : W Scott Mack 5 J Keenan 5 Dr Tompkins 4 D Connors 3 Geo Coleman 0 Jan. 14. — To-day was the regular bi-monthly shoot of this club. Quite a number of the boys came out for practice preparatory to the big 100-bird, misses as kills handicap, to be held on the 28th inst. for a “pump” gun. Entries for this match must be made before the first squad shoots — members please take notice. Shooting starts at 2 P. M., but those who are entered and paid ( price of birds), may enter up to 4 P. M. Considerable interest was centered to-day upon two “chicken” events, Nos. 4 and 5 Entrance was 15 cents, exclusive of targets. A. Bedell won No. 4 alone with 9, while G. B. Hubbell had to shoot off a tie with Brandreth and Blandford. The chickens were worth having, weighing about 71bs. each, dressed. Birds were thrown 50yds. to- day, but a strong wind made difficult shooting. Blandford, after being off in his shooting for three months, got his first straight score to-day in that period, and the only one made during the day, shooting his old load. Brandreth did the best shooting for the day’s average. In the 50-bird match between Scott and Con- nors, the former won by 9 birds, the score being 32 to 23. Events: 123456789 10 11 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 25 15 10 25 10 25 W Scott 6 4.3 8 6 16 10 ... . 7 . A L Harris 5 6 4 6 4.. 6 6. T Hyland 6 3 8 7 C G Blandford 5 9 8 4 C G Blandford 6 10 7 W S Smith 5 .. 1 A Bedell 7 9 W H Coleman 9 7 G B Hubbell 6 7 E McDonald 2 H L Stratton D Brandreth M H Dyckman Barlow Messrs. Hyland and Donald shot for targets only. 4 .. 6 8 .. 10 3 12 8 7 15 9 3 .. 6 6 !! 5 .. 3 .. 8 .. 5 20 4 .. .. 18 4 .. 5 14 13 4 17 5 13 7 .. 11 8 14 7 .. 3 .. 7 3 .. 6 .. 2 .. 10 4 .. 6 .. 7 20 10 7 21 .. 20 6 .. 8 .. 9 3 .. .. .. 6 C. G. B. Money — Banks. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 14. — Editor Forest and Stream: Kindly state in the columns of Forest and Stream that Capt. A. W. Money, of Oakland, N. J., and Mr. Edward Banks, of Wilming- ton, Del., have both been unanimously elected to honorary mem- bership in the Interstate Association in recognition of the ser- vices they rendered it during the many years they were represent- ing the American E. C. & Schultze Gunpowder Co., Ltd., in the Association, Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr, Amackassin Gun Club. \ onkers, N. Y. — The Amackassin Heights Gun Club, of Yonkers, held its initial tournament, Jan. 2. It was well attended considering the weather. Mr. T. II. Hasbrouck, of the home club, carried off the honors with five firsts and two seconds, and the amateur high average cup. Mr. J. Hyland, of the Ossining Gun Club, carried off second honors. 1 he club was greatly assisted by Jack Fanning, who acted as referee and handicapper, and was verywhere helping the club to make a success of its first shoot. No. 10 was a handicap, and handicaps apply to that event only. The high average for professionals was won by Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, 167 out of 200. The amateur high average was won by T. Hasbrouck, 155 out of 200; second, J. Hyland, 139' out of 200. Events: 12 3 456789 10 Targets: 20 15 20 25 15 25 20 20 15 15 T Phillips 11 .. H 12 .. .. .. .. .. Dr Berlew 10 7 8 10 .. . . W J Johnson 13 . . 12 7 6 13 .. 9 .. H W Mallinson 7 8 10 10 E Carey, 11 11 7 11 12 3 .1 i6 '9 's 16 Hasbrouck, 2 15 13 19 19 7 21 18 14 11 18 T Seibert 11 12 11 16 11 17 .. 12 .. .. J Fellows 11 12 14 13 10 15 J Hyland, 5 18 13 13 15 8 15 9 12 7 17 J Thompson 11 .. 12 19 10 17 12 15 11 JAR Elliott 16 12 19 21 10 25 19 15 11 J Fanning 16 13 17 17 7 19 18 16 13 G Phillips, 7 10 .. .. 11 .. .. .. .. 16 Bruce 2 .. .. 4 . 4 Schaffer 8 13 .. 11 ’ !' Torpey .. 7 8 .. 3 .. .. „„ .. .. Keenan . . H . . 6 Linderman, 20 5 2 3 .. .. 2 6 *8 C Queil, 14 12 7 11 13 9 7 14 O Rourke 14 12 13 12 F Queil .. 6 16 14 8 .. Pye, 8 8 6 8 .. gaul 16 10 12 12 .. Ketcham, 8 .. .. .. 13 9 8 Dr Duffy, 7 12 Edgar 7. . . " " ” " ” 12 H. W. Mallinson, Sec’y. SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. Under the caption “A Runaway Race,” the Winchester Re- peating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., calls attention to Sporting Life’s Trapshooters’ Review for 1904, wherein is shown that out of twenty-nine shooters who made 90 per cent, or better, each shoot- ing 3,000 shots or more, seventeen shot Winchester factory loaded shells. The calendar for 1905, issued by the Peters Cartridge Company, lias proved so popular with sportsmen and dealers all over the country, and the demand for them has been so great, that the supply has already been exhausted. Therefore, the announcement is made by the Peters Cartridge Company that no further orders can be filled. The Marlin Firearms Co., New Haven, Conn., will send, without charge, their 1905 calendar to applicants. It is entitled “A Great Shot,” concerning which, the company states, it “tells a story that any lover of the woods will understand, and enjoy developing the details of from his own experience.” The treatment is novel, the work well done, the size convenient, the calendar useful. Send your name to the Marlin Co. The Calendar for 1905, issued by the Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works, Fitchburg, Mass., is a production of exceptional in- terest to sportsmen and home defenders, besides having special artistic merits. It portrays two revolvers, one of holster, the other of pocket size, supported by nails on rough boarding, while a corduroy hunting coat hanging alongside, suggests an owner who keeps these shapely and useful weapons for practical rather than ornamental purposes. In a letter to Forest and Stream the Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works write us as follows: “It might interest you to know that our revolver and single gun business during the past year has been the largest in our history. During the last six months some of our departments have run day and night, six days in the week. The result, we assure you, is most gratifying, and can, in a large measure, be attributed to effective advertising, and making goods of such quality that they advertise themselves; and adhering to our lifelong policy of making only ‘honest goods at honest prices.’ ” It pays to advertise. The calendar will be sent to any address on application to the Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the papef, 64 FOREST AND STREAM [Jan. 21, igoS. Trap shooters in the Field* Editor Forest and Stream: Since leaving the firing-line as a professional shot, the last annual tournament and pow-pow of the Scatter Shoot Tribe which was held at West Baden during the summer just past, having marked my departure from the ranks, separation from the gang and the entering upon my duties as salesman. I have had a number of letters from the boys asking as to how I was pro- gressing, weather- or not I ever had any fun. etc. ; and as these letters are entirely too numerous to reply to in detail, I have thought to crave your indulgence and use your columns to com- municate once more with the “bunch,” let ’em know that I was glad to hear from them and that the life of a salesman for gun and ammunition company, while traveling in the South and West, can be, and is a very pleasant one, -especially in the game season and if you know the right people. One little shooting trip in particular stands out jn my memory as one long to be retained and treasured and, thinking the boys might want to hear it, will give it to you here. While calling upon my trade in Little Rock I was spending a very pleasant hour with Mr. John H. Martin, and was intro- duced to Mr. William B. Payne, of Beebranch, in Van Buren county. Now this same William B. Payne is some punkins as a sportsman, and he must have some friends in his county, as he has just been elected as a Representative to the next general Assembly of the State of Arkansas. This of itself is not sur- prising, but when you know that brother Payne is a Republican and was the only man on that ticket elected to office in his county and is one of the four from that party holding seats in the next Legislature at Little Rock, why, that’s different. It chanced that Brother Payne happened to mention the killing of a 22-pound gobbler in my hearing, and I can only describe my feelings at hearing this news, when I say I felt about like Tom Marshall and Fred Gilbert did out at Kansas City once, when Charlie Stevens dealt them each a royal flush. — that is, before the hands were showed down, and by which comparison I mean that I felt some glad. I may say, too, that I felt, when Mr. ■ Payne invited me out to help him kill another, a great deal better than either Tom or Fred, when the smoke cleared and they found the hands were a tie. It is needless to say that brother Payne’s invitation was accepted before he had a chance to get away from it, and upon the following Thursday, which, by the way, was Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24 last, I set out on my journey, a drive of about thirty-eight miles, and alone across a country I never knew was there. However, Mr. Payne had given me ample instructions, and at about 5 o’clock P. M., I drove up to his door. I think, privately, he was somewhat sur- prised, as knowing your Uncle Jim to be a tenderfoot, he thought the thirty-eight miles would bluff me. 'But the chance of getting a shot at America’s greatest game-bird and, I believe, wildest - game, made that thirty-eight miles appear to me like a walk around the block. I was quartered with Brother Jones, of the Jones House at Beebranch, and Brother Jones sure knows how to take care of a sportsman and his horse, etc. As my time was limited to two days, in which to hunt, Mr. Payne was down early the following morning, Fridajr, and we set out in my buggy for the Cataran Creek Bottoms, where he had been having some sport with the turkeys, and which locality he thought most favorable for me to get a shot in the limited time at my disposal. The morning was exceedingly dry and the atmosphere full of smoke from forest fires raging in North Arkansas at that time, and, in consequence, at 8 o’clock, when we left the main road -and drove out through some black-jack timber along a little used road to reach Cataran Creek, objects were not easily dis- tinguished at distances to exceed 100 to 150 yards. We had hardly gotten well away from the road and out into the timber, when Mr. Payne suddenly grabbed the - lines and, speaking cautiously, said: “I think I see something out there in the oaks.” He stopped, then drove along for a few feet, stopped and drove along again, all the while .intently looking off to our right, and finally stopped and got out of the buggy to see better, but finally said, “I guess it was only a squirrel on the ground; but T thought I saw a turkey sneak along through the trees.” The light was so uncertain* that it was impossible to say just what it was. While lighting a cigar, Mr. Payne suggested that I hand him a .32-20 rifle that I had in the buggy, as he wanted to try a shot before we got to the hunting grounds, and, if he could shoot it, he would use it instead of his shotgun. I neglected to say that about 100yds. to our right was a bare tree lap, which was the only obstruction, aside from the fog, to a clear view of the open woods. Mr. Payne took a piece of paper from his pocket, walked down into the woods about 60 to 65yds. and fastened it upon a tree. Upon his return I handed him the .32. All this time we had been at this particular spot, I should think some seven or eight minutes. Mr. Payne drew a bead on this piece of paper, and at the crack of the rifle out from that bare tree-lap jumped about as pretty a specimen of a wild turkey gobbler as one would want to see. Imagine, bovs, how your Uncle Jim felt after driving thirty-eight miles to get a shot at a turkey, and, before the hunt was started, here was a “beaut” skirting around him at about 75 to 80yds. distant, while my gun was reposing safely in its case in the bottom of the buggy, as we had two miles yet to go before reaching the hunting grounds. I have a friend who was once on his way to a pigeon shoot, and stopped over at a hotel in one of the large cities of the country. Following morning he carefully packed every pair of his trousers in his trunk and sent them to the depot without having taken the precaution to put on one pair or even to reserve one pair for that meritorious purpose. That’s how I felt, “ye scoffers.” There was no word I could think of at that particular time to fit the occasion. Brother Payne was in the meantime busily getting another cartridge into the rifle and took a running shot at this Mr. Turkey, distant about 100 to 125yds., and going so fast that he looked more like a boa constrictor than he did a turkey. At this Mr. Gobbler rose and sailed majestically off over the treetops toward Scroggins Creek Bottoms, about three-quarters of a mile to our left. Brother Payne recited a few measured sentences not often heard in meeting, and we wended our way to the Cataran Creek. This is how I didn’t kill the lone gobbler; but I did kill him a little later in the day, and in doing so I was some gratified. Going down to the creek bottom, to begin our hunt, Mr. Payne gave me a little history of this lone gobbler, which he well knew, and also a careful description of the country and how we would try to circumvent him. After carefully staking our steed and putting our belongings into the trees out of reach of the range cattle and razor-back hogs, the real hunt began. The forenoon was spent in a still-hunt, covering a portion of the Cataran Creek Bottoms below or to our southeast, also a care- ful return along Scroggins Creek, where it appeared that our lone gobbler had gone. While on this hunt, Mr. Payne gave a very slight exhibition of what he can do in the way of seductive calling for wild turkeys, but did a very little of this, as he knew this Mr. Gobbler of old and knew that he was just as liable to- run the other way when called as to come toward the caller. Upon reaching Cataran Creek again and without having gotten a glimpse of our quarry, after which Brother Payne enjoyed a cigar, while your humble servant “made much medicine, accord- ing to the custom of the tribe of Okobojis,” and laid plans for the taking of Mr. Gobbler’s scalp. It was agreed that the tenacity that this turkey had exhibited in running around us that morning, and in flying to our left when shot at, instead of going away down to our right, as he should have done, according to all the laws of wild things, es- pecially as the dense timber along the Cataran Creek lay nearest in that direction, had, to a certain extent, tipped his hand. In other words, there was some reason why he insisted upon going in a certain direction in spite of his scare at us and, as Mr. Payne knew of a cornfield yet unharvested that lay just on the east bank of Cataran Creek about a mile above us and almost due east of the point where we had flushed Mr. Gobbler, it was decided that this cornfield was his object. Knowing the country as he did his own dooryard, Brother Payne soon had me at the west edge of this cornfield, on the east side of Cataran Creek and right opposite where a little dry run opened up a gap in the mountain, which lay on the opposite bank. Here Brother Payne said: “Now, Jim, this looks like the place Mr. Gobbler would just about cross over the east side of that mountain to get to the field, and if you will climb up that little dry run, I will go about a quarter of a mile further north, climb the mountain, and we will hunt back across it, taking the remainder of the afternoon to hunt about a half-mile and will keep our respective distances. If I mistake not, you will meet that fellow coming across. Of this I am certain, for we did not find him in Scroggins Bottoms.” Slowly I climbed the mountain, keeping on the bare stones and, upon reaching the top, there lay the unmistakable signs of a cyclone having several years before uprooted all the tall timber, which lay in a tangled mass over the entire level top of the mountain. I also encountered a large, fat and saucy fox-squirrel, who ran up a stunted oak and defied me to pot him. As I was hunting turkey, I maintained my rule to let all smaller game pass unnoticed, which was a good thing. Proceeding slowly and with great care toward a fallen tree, against the upturned roots of which I had decided to take a stand for a while, I must have consumed not less than fifteen minutes in going 100yds. All this time Mr. Gobbler was concealed in a tree-lap about 40yds to my left and about the same distance from the top of the bluff which I had climbed. It’s a cinch that he saw me the minute the top of my head showed over the mountain, and if he had run away I would never have seen him, on account of the tangled timber. Evidently the cornfield had such an attraction for him that he decided to let your Uncle walk out of gun shot on past him, and then he would sail off that mountain, like Jim Elliott going after a straight. However, he must have underestimated my distance, on account of the length of time I consumed in going toward my fallen tree, for I was just about 100yds. from the edge of the bluff when, “flop! flop!” I heard him get up be- hind me. I wheeled just in time to see what looked to me like the largest bird I had ever seen just skimming the top of some scrub oaks, going faster than Old Charlie Budd, says Frank Parmelee did when the jack rabbit got in his way, and he looked a quarter of a mile away. It was a long shot and a desperate chance; but I had not driven thirty-eight miles for this chance to point wrong, so, as Tom Marshall would say, I threw some- thing into' that Mr. Turkey’s system, where it would do the most good, and down he came with a crash, like Hugh Clark raisirlg the pot on a pair of aces. Thinking I might have by chance run into a flock, I got another shell into the right barrel, having reserved the. left, else, as Fred Gilbert would say, would have knocked a little fine dust off his back with the second as he came down. " Waiting about ten seconds, which seemed a week, for something to run or fly, and, as nothing showed up, I hollered. And when I say that I hollered, there are some of you who know just what that sounds like. There is a gentleman sportsman, Mr. J. Quincy Ward, of Paris, Ky., by gad, suh! who once essayed to yell a fox hunters’ carol against your Uncle Jim. He quit on the second round, and I will say, that had J. Quincy been listening, he probably would have heard the yell I cut loose on this occasion. It was sure some copious. Brother Payne soon hove in sight, coming through the bushes like a buck, and the first thing he said was, “What’s the matter, have you shot yourself?” Funny, how ridiculous things will come up under various circumstances, and I replied: “No; I have killed that gobbler, and if Ernie Tripp was here he could tell you a funny story.” When Brother Payne asked me why I had not gone to my prey, I told him that it was because I could not believe I had killed that turkey at the distance, and I wanted his word to prove it to me, so I had not moved out of my tracks since pulling the trigger. Upon going to the spot where he had fallen, we found him stone dead, and, I believe, he was dead before he struck the ground. The distance was 71yds., and an ounce and a quarter of double Bs ahead of three and one-half drams powder (smokeless,) had doubled him up like a rag at that distance. He was the most beatiful bird I have ever seen anywhere, had a beard 14% inches in length, which, with his spurs, showed him to be not less than three years old, and he weighed on the scales 21% pounds. Brother Payne dragged him out of the tree-lap and fairly gloated over the prize. I have at various times in my trapsfiooting career, when in that unusual form that an “in and outer” will get occasionally, won some honors and much of the plaudits of the audience that always accompany a good win at the traps; but I cannot now recall a moment in my career that gave me the pride that accompanied the killing of the lone gobbler of Pine Tree Mountain. Having driven so far for only a shot, and that shot having been successful, I was ready to go home, and declared to Brother Payne, that I was satisfied. I shouldered the gobbler, while he carried the guns, and when we left them at a native’s house on the other side of the mountain, while we went after our rig, the lady native said: “We know that tuhky. He has been about heah for two yeahs, and in the spring there is a hen tukhy with him, but aftah that he goes always alone.” The drive of thirty-eight miles back to the railroad was with the lightest of spirits, as I had accomplished what I went after and, further than this, I had added one more sportsman noble- man to my list of friends, the Hon. W. B. Payne, of Van Buren county, Ark. With kindest regards to all the bunch and promis- ing— if Mr. Editor lets you see this — to regale you with a story of my good friend. Judge N. M. Williams, of the Indian Terri- tory, and his one-eyed dog Stag, I am, Yours truly, J. L. Head. Analostan Gtm Club. The annual meeting of the Analostan Gun Club, of Washing- ton, D. C., was held Jan. 12, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Burridge Wilson; Vice- President, Chas. S. Wilson; Treasurer, John Coleman; Secretary, Miles Taylor; Field Captain, Louis F. C. Heintz; Trustees, M. D. Hogan, W. R. Baker and W. H. Hunter. The club decided to hold a two days’ tournament on May 30 and 31. Two hundred dollars in added money will be given, and in addition to the $200, $15 will be given to first and second high averages, $10 to the first and $5 to the second. The money will be divided on the percentage plan in 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.., and the events will be shot under the sliding handicap system. PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. Florida. Two Weeks’ Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. The first. Pennsylvania Railroad tour of the season to Jackson- ville, allowing two weeks in Florida, will leave New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore and Washington by special train on Jan. 31. Excursion tickets, including railway transportation, Pullman ac- commodations (one berth), and meals en route in both directions while traveling cn the special train, will be sold at the following rates: New York, $50; Trenton, $49; Philadelphia, Harrisburg^ Baltimore and Washington, $48; Pittsburg, $53, and at proportion- ate rates, from other points. Similar tours will be run Feb. 14 and 28. For tickets, itineraries, and other information apply to ticket agents, or to Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. BAKER GUNS SHOOT HARD and are SAFE. They are noted for this wherever known, and that is almost everywhere. Ask the man who owns one. Fine Trap and Medium Field Grades, $25.00 to $200.00 and up. Inquire of your dealer or send for full descriptions. FORGING CO., Cos*. Liberty & School Sts., BATAVIA, N. Y. Sgy Ti» |iiiinr||i /m ii FOREST AND STREAM. THE HUNTER ONE-TRIGGER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Put on any L. C. SMITH GUN. New or Old. Send for Catalogue. HUNTER. ARMS CO.. Fulton. N. Y. SMITH GUNS SHOOT WELL. Laws as now in force are given in the Game Laws in Brief. The compilation is complete. It covers the country. All is given that one needs know of game seasons, modes of killing, number permitted, transportation, export out of State, non- resident and resident licenses. The laws are complex and many. The Brief states them clearly and concisely. There is a fund of good stories besides in the Wood- craft pages. Sold by all dealers or sent postpaid for 25 cents by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection Q of Pictures from Forest and Stream. Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert (Moose), - Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag (Deer), - - Carl Rungius S. “ Listen ! ” (Mule Deer), - - Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights (Mountain Sheep), Carl Rungius 5. “ What’s That ?” (Antelope). - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. Calling the Buffalo — 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo — 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo — 3 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo-^ Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 13. Pearl R. (Setter), - - - E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 17. The Redhead Duck, - J. J. Audubon 18. The Canvasback Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 19. The Prairie Chicken, - - - J. J. Audubon 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - - J. J. Audubon 21. The American Plover, - J.J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 23. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge (Elk), - - Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey (Pointer) - - - • - E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - W. P. Davison 2S. Home of the Bass, ... W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, ... w. P. Davison 30. A Country Road (Partridge), W. P. Davison 81. When Food Grows Scarce. (Quail), W. P. Davison 82. In the Fence Corner (Quail), W. P, Davison The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16x11^ inches. Price, postpaid $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. xi In the hands of both Experts and Amateurs LEFEVER ARMS CO. GUNS ARE WINNING SIGNAL VICTORIES at all the prominent tournaments. No Guns built will outshoot or outwear them. We will be pleased to mail our 1905 catalogue and to answer inquiries. Write us 50C. buys the Ideal Brass Wire Cleaner. Guaranteed not to scratch the barrels. LEFEVER ARMS CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 1 MODERN RIFLE SHOOTING FROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT, By W. G. HUDSON, M. D., is a msdest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world’s best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls Equipments, Sights and Sighting, Aiming. Adjustments of Sights,* Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Tar- gets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Appliances, etc. Thirty five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sa e by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York, I IN PHILADELPHIA. GIMBLE BROS., ! STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, I E. K. TRYON, JR., & CO., I JOHN WANAMAKER, J. B. SHANNON & SONS, MALCOLM A. SHIPLEY. IN KANSAS CITY, MO. J. F. SCHMELZER & SON ARMS CO. IN NEWARK, N. J. E. G. KOENIG. IN BOSTON, MASS. LITTLE, BROWN & CO., I WM. READ & SONS, IVER JOHNSON SPORTING GOODS CO. OLD CORNER BOOK STORE. IN SYRACUSE, N. Y. W. A. ABEL & CO. IN BUFFALO, N. Y. SALEM G. LE VALLEY. IN ALBANY, N. Y. H. H. VALENTINE. IN OnAHA, NEB. THE TOWNSEND GUN CO., MEGEATH STATIONERY CO. IN ST. LOUIS, MO. PHILIP ROEDER, E. 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Bargains in floccasins and Storm Shoes. Moccasins of soft, light-colored buckskin, es- pecially adapted to snowshoeing, tobogganing, etc. Per pair .$2.50 Moccasins of oil-tanned moose hide, single sole, extra well made and serviceable. Per pair. . . ,$3.C0 Moccasins of oil-tanned moose hide, double sole, extra strong and especially adapted to rough and hard outdoor work. Per pair , $4.00 “Moscow” Hunting Boots of heavy waterproof, black leather, soft and pliable; ten inches high, heavy sole and heel, guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. Per pair $5.50 Smith “Ideal” Boots of dark gray horse hide, absolutely waterproof, hand-sewed, extra soft and flexible, ten inches high, with or without hob- nails, especially adapted to tramping or exposure of any kind (an ideal storm boot). Per pair. $7. 50 The ‘Tver Johnson” Storm Boot of russet leather, extra soft and light weight, absolutely waterproof, ten inches high, with or without hob- nails. The best and most popular storm or hunt- ing boot made. Per pair $7.50 The “Barker” Boots, with rubber scries and leather uppers, eight inches high, waterproof to top, the best-known still-liunting or storm bool on the market. Per pair $4.00 The “Arctic” Stocking, extra heavy fleece lined, colors gray, black and red. For use with Moc- casins, heavy boots, etc. Per pair .....,$1.50 Send for free catalogue. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., 163-165 Washington St., - - Boston, Mass. FINE GUNS AT REDUCED PRICES. 1 fine Scott Premier Quality Hammer Gun, built 1 Special W. YV. Greener Hammer Gun, straight to order. Damascus barrels, J4 p.g., in leather grip, wrought steel barrels, 30 x 12 x 844- Latest trunk case; 34 x 8 x 13 A superb gun. Cost cross-bolt. In new condition. This is an excep- $325.00 in gold $175.00 tionally nice gun. Built for trap, and cost $125.00 1 fine Edward Lang (89 Wigmore St., London), only a short time since $75.00 Hammer Gun, full p.g., Whitworth steel barrels, 1 ditto Greener Hammer Gun, pistol grip, 1am- originally cost $250.00, and in fine condition; 30 x mated steel barrels, 30 x 12 x 8. Good second- 12 x 7 10-16. Complete in leather trunk case, $85.00 hand condition $45.00 1 fine Scctt Hammer Gun, Damascus barrels, 1 IV. & C. Scott & Son Premier Quality Ham- full p.g., 26 x 20 x 5%. In fine condition; good met Gun, finest Damascus barrels, pistol grip. as new $45.00 superbly engraved. In nice, refinished condition. 1 J. P. Clabrough & Bros. (London), fine Has Scott pat. compensating lump, and cost Under-lever, Single-barrel Hammer Gun, lam- $300.(0. Barrels full London proof. 30 x 10 inated steel, % P-g-, 41 x 4 x 18. Built to order x 8% $75.00 for stand shooting. Almost new condition, $100.00 1 L. C. Smith Hammerless 8-bore. Made for 1 Parker D. H. grade Hammerless, fitted with long-range goose shooting. Damascus barrels, automatic ejector. Damascus barrels, pistol grip. Full pistol grip, heavy breech, and almost as Good second-hand, 30 x 12 x 7 10-1(5.,.-. $65.00 good as new. 32 x 8 x 13J4 $65.00 Also the following Hammerless Guns, consigned to us for sale by the noted old London makers, JOSEPH LANG & SON, 102 New Bond St., London: No. 13647. Special Box Locks, Single Triggers, No. 13649. One ditto, 27 x 16 x 6, 14 x 2%, $200. Ejector,. Hammerless, special steel barrels, No. 13650. One Anson & Deeley Ejector Ham- straight stocks, 28 x 12 x 614, 1414 x 2% . . .$250.00 merless Double Triggers, steel barrels, half pis- No. 13648. One ditto Single Trigger Ejector, tol grip, 30 x 12 x 2(4, 14(4 x 2% $165.00 hammerless, special steel barrels, half pistol grip, No. 13651. One ditto straight grip, 28 x 12 x 28 x 12 x 6 10-16, 14i/g x 2% $200.00 614, 14 x 2% ..$165.00 Also all other makes, Hammer and Hammerless guns (regular new stock) and all articles per- taining to them. Send six cents in stamps for large illustrated catalogue. WM. READ & SONS, Established 1826. 107 Washington St , Boston, Mass. FRANCOTTE GUNS” “KNOCKABOUT GUN” Are the Leading Imported Shotguns on the American Market in Every Respect. Francotte Guns, - from $80.00 to $450.00 net Knockabont Guns, in one grade only, - - $60.00 net DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. SOLE U. S. AGENCY, von lengIerkeT^detmold, 318 Broadway, - NEW YORK. HINTS AND POINTS FOR SPORTSMEN. Compiled by “Seneca.” Cloth, illustrated, 224pp. Price, $1.50. This compilation comprises six hundred and odd hints, helps, kinks, wrinkles, points and suggestions for the shooter, the fisherman, the dog owner, the yachts- man, the canoeist, the camper, the outer; in short, for the field sportsman in all the varied phases of his activity. The scope of the information it contains embraces a wild field, and “Hints and Points” has proved one of the most prac- tically useful works of reference in the sportsman’s library. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. The Finest Greener Gun Ever Built. Who Wants To Own This Magnificent Gun? Awarded The Grand Prize at St. Louis. Among the many fine Greener guns shown at the World’s Fair at St. Louis, was one of superlative merit and beauty, and which Mr. Greener says is the finest gun he ever made. This gun is now in New York, and is offered for sale as the most unique speci- men of the gunmaker's art that has yet been produced. The price is $1,400 net; and if cash accompanies the order we will include a best quality English solid pigskin case lined with silk velvet, and a full set of nickel-silver implements. An adequate description of the gun itself is impossible in cold type, for the sym- metry of proportion, the bal ance, the studied elegance of design and the exquisite workmanship must be seen to be appreciated. Mr. Greener’s best goldsmith worked over six months on the hand carving and gold work alone, which will give an idea of the value of the ornamentation. The entire metal work of the action is carved in high relief and embellished with the most beautiful gold embossing, there being no less than 26 encrusted figures on the action and guard, of cupids, dogs, woodcock, quail, pheasants, ducks, etc., in pure 24-carat gold, and more than 40 inlaid letters and figures on the barrels and fore-end, of ducks, dogs, pigeons and stags, all in pure gold, two of the stags being beautifully -wrought into the Whitworth fluid steel barrels, each figure measuring over an inch and a half long. Every other feature of the gun has received the same care as the ornamentation. It makes an even full-choked pattern of 260 with the right barrel and 267 with the left in a 30-inch circle at 40 yards with No. 6 Newcastle chilled. 270 pellets to the ounce. It has 30-inch barrels, w eighs 7 pounds 9^2 ounces, small half-pistol grip, drop of stock at heel 2 inches, at comb il/2 inches, length of stock 14J4 inches, including1 Silver’s recoil pad. The rib is flat, level and file cut by hand, making a dead finish. The ejector mechanism is Greener’s new “Unique” system, the. very latest product of Mr. Greener’s inventive genius. In this system the limb in the ejector lock does double duty in firing the case and ejecting the shell. It also takes the blow or strain, usually received on the action, from the weight of the falling barrels on opening the gun. This one fea- ture alone will obviously lengthen the life of the action indefinitely. All the interior of the locks are gold-plated to prevent corrosion. It is in truth a perfect gun, and yet withal a work of art. At least half its value is in its artistic ornamentation. Comparatively few can appreciate the worth of the very best in anything, yet comparatively many in America demand the best that skill can produce. We offer this gun at $1,400 net to either the connoisseur or the dilettante in gun matters, believing in either case the purchaser will secure to himself that which he will prefer to his money. Greener guns are good guns, and their use is a fine habit. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St., New York. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. DuPont Smokeless AGAIN THE CHAMPION D yi Pont Smokeless Won the Professional and Amateur Championships for 1904. Mr. Fred Gilbert, High Professional. Mr. John W. Garrett, High Amateur. Why don’t you shoot DuPont Smokeless? Begin the New Year by shooting shells loaded with NEW PREEN WALSRODE There is no better powder in the world for cold weather. Arctic explorers use no other smokeless powder in the North. If you can’t get the powder at your dealers, write for prices and samples to SCH0VERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - HEW YORK. For all game laws see “ Game Laws in Brief/* sold by all dealer^ VOL* LXIV.— No* 4. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1905* Copyright 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. | Great Britain, $5.50. f FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. A RUN IN THE RAIN In a violent rain storm at Decatur, 111., F. C. Riehl made a run of 108 straight, winning the day's average. Shooters who are familiar with scores under such trying conditions will appreciate that Mr. Riehl has made a remarkable record, and that U. M. C. Smokeless Shot Shells have proved beyond a doubt that they are thoroughly reliable in wet or cold weather. * | THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Depot, 86 First Street, San Francisco, Cal. A 'RVAAWAy 'RACE In “hoss racin’ ” when one horse beats the field so badly as to make explanations and excuses impossible, those versed in the vernacular of the turf call it “A Runaway Race.” “ Sporting Life’s” Trap Shooters’ Review for I905 shows that the shooters who shot Winchester Factory Loaded “ Leader” and “ Repeater” Smokeless Powder Shells made “ a runaway race” of the contest for premier honors for the year. Out of 29 shooters who made 90 per cent, or over, shooting at least 3,000 shots, 17 shot WINCHESTER. FACTORY LOADED SHELLS These 17 include Messrs. Gilbert and Crosby, who tied for first professional average; John W. Garrett, who won first amateur average; C. B. Wiggins and C. M. Powers, who tied for second amateur average; and 9 of the first 12 leaders. Another coveted honor won by Winchester hactory Loaded Shells was the Grand Prize at the St. Louis Exposition, Winchester Shells being the only ones to receive such an award. These triumphs on the firing line and in the strife of inter- national competition prove that Winchester Factory Loaded Shells are in a class by themselves, and that class is the First. Shooters, if you want to be in the First Class, shoot first-class shells, the kind that Won ihe honors in 1D04* as they did in 1D009 IDO l f 1D02 and 1D05 GC LU t-f 11 FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc. Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free, WORKS: RBD BANK, N. J. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. Cable Address : Bruniva, New York. Telephone address 599 Cortlandt. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. | Naval Architects and Brokers* kers* * KtWII ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binney. ) Nava! Architect and Yacht Broker Mason Building, Kilby Street, BOSTOB, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. B. B. CROWNINSH1ELD. J. E. FELLOWS R. C. SIMPSON. NAVAL ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS, YACHT and SHIP BROKERS. 42 Broadway, New York. 131 State St., Boston. Telephones. Cable addresses, “Pirate.” BURGRSS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. The Ball-bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the row- boat what the ball-bearing did for the bicycle. Every ounce of energy utilized. No clanking or squeak- ing; in fact, absolutely noiseless and frictionless. The ideal oar- lock for hunting and fishing. Furnished for either tight or loose oars. If your dealer does not handle, write for descriptive cir- cular and prices. T. H. Garrett Jr., Auburn, N.Y. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CO. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. Our Specialty Knock Down Crafts of any des- scription, K D.Row Boats, Clinker Built, $1.00 per running foot net cash. Send or catalogue. 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, flO. BLISS BROTHERS, 170 Commercial St., BOSTON, MASS. M A ¥L~l N Ei HARDWARE. Yacht and Launch Fitting* a Specialty. ; DON’T FAIL TO VISIT THE NATIONAL Motor Boat and Sportsman's Show Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 21st to MARCH 9tH, 1905 ALERT. This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12% x 19 inches, on paper 22 x 28 inches. It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. When writing say that yem |ka gi. ift Urn "I&saal sai ierwuft." A Sportman’s H MULLINS “Get There'* Steel Duck Boat Price $20 — Crated on cars Salem |4 ft. long, tfr-inch beam. Endorsed by Thousands of Sports- men. Air Chamber each end. Always ready. No repairs. Send for handsome free book. W. H. MULLINS 216 Depot Street. ... Salem. M. H. CLARK, High Speed Work a Specialty. NAVAL ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. YACHT BROKER. 45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. AUTO-BOATS — Faateat in the world Standard Boat Co , H Newton Whittelsey, Naval Architect and (general Manager , loh« island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manuiaciurers. SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING. A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. The author has taken two designs for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, and the other a cruising cutter of .22 ft. waterline. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted to American requirements. Full instructions, even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both these boats. I he information is not confined to these yachts alone; they are merely taken as examples ; but what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. • . ,,art treats of the building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes into the matter of tools and then devotes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- ts3 ?f-e £17enJor off, making the molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the .la- ,lfs cutting the rabbet and fairing the molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, and in the next chapter is told how to place the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being devoted to the making of centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, stopping and painting, lead keelSj and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fittings, and equipment. The matter of riggmg and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. Forest a.nd Stream Publishing Co., New York. How To Build a Launch From Plans. With general instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full-page plan*. Price, postpaid, $1.50 This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may successfully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of sueft an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. Three Splendid Books for Boys. Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN. JACK AMONG THE INDIANS. ^ & \ ... : : ; ’ ACK •• • - . ■ we*-:? •’ - • -J . * LLsaas JACK IN THE ROCKIES. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. 0 | Yachting Goods* ^ LOOK THROUOB THU YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the, ALMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen. ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R. I. DAN KIDNEY & SON, WEST DE PERE, WIS. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boat*. Send for Catalogs*. YACHT BOOK BARGAIN. We offer a few copies only of the late Dixon Kemp’s monumental work “ Yacht and Boat Sailing,” published at $12.00, for $9.00, delivery prepaid. This a standard book by a standard author. Contains r. great number of new subjects, and the lines of many boats never before published, the total number of plates exceeding 10(k beside more than 350 wood cuts in the text. Contents: Se- lecting a Yacht. Examination of the Yacht. Building a Yacht Equipment oi the Yacht Seamanship. The Management of Open Boats. The General Management of a Yacht. The Rules of the Yacht Racing Association. Yacht Racing: Handling of a Yacht in a Match. Cen- terboard Boats. Centerboard Boats for Rowing and Sailing. Sails for Centerboard Boats. Small Centerboard Yachts. Mersey Sailing Boats. Clyde Sailing Boats. Belfast Lough Boats. Dublin Bay. Kingstown Boats. Cork Harbor Boats. Itchen Boats. Falmouth Quay Punts. Thames Bawley Boats. Lake vVindermere Yachts. Yachts of the Norfolk Broads. Small Yachts and Boats of the Y. R. A. Rating. Single-handed Cruisers. Types of Sailing Ves- sels, etc. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. Manual of the Canvas Canoe. By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”). Many illustrations of designs and plans of can- vas canoes and their parts. Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ- ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 346 Broadway, New York. TRADEMARK. SPAR COATING CANOE AND CAMP O OKER Y~ ^ perfect finish for all woodwork, spars : ironwork exposed to excessive changes weather and temperature. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH ft. COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 46 Broadway Naw York; 69 Markat St. Chloaaa- III, Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. T““- g* * Co,U NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1905. j N„. y„,«. ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite*cornmunieations on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. A NEED OF THE YELLOWSTONE PARK. The act setting apart the Yellowstone National Park was passed in 1872, but little public interest was mani- fested in that great reservation for several years after. All the time, however, people from different parts of the country were visiting it, and gradually it came to be known. About this time it occurred to certain money- making people and politicians in the East and the West that here was a large tract of country which some time would be of great public interest. Would it not be a good thing, they asked themselves, to get hold of this tract, to make some arrangement now, before it was ; known, by which it could be controlled by one group of men for ten or twenty years, or even for a longer period. The law permitted the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain limited tracts of country, and to do pretty much anything else. Although the Yellowstone Park was thus in charge of the Secretary, neither he nor any of his subordinates knew much about it. There were a few printed reports, but the Park was a long way off, and absolutely inaccessible except by wagon or on horseback. In fact, only a little earlier, there was no wagon road into the Park except one from Virginia City, Montana, and travel through it was practically on horseback with pack mules. The group of men who thought that it would be a good thing to secure control of the National Park went about the work very quietly and judiciously, and offered to the Secretary of the Interior a number of harmless looking contracts and leases, some of which were signed. Even as long ago as that, however, there were other people who had seen the marvelous possibilities of the National Park, and were watching it closely, and when they learned of the harmless contracts and leases, they scrutinized them with such care as to discover that they were not so harmless as they seemed. A strong effort was made to have the leases canceled or modified, and this was done. From that time on for a good many years there was a perpetual struggle between two parties, one of which wanted the Park used for its own benefit and the other wanted the Park used for the public’s benefit. Some- times it was a question of hotels, sometimes of establish- ing a cattle ranch within its boundaries, sometimes of running a railroad through it. It was a long and tire- some fight, but the friends of the Park “stayed with it,” as the term is, and at last tired out the people who were trying to grab the Park for their own benefit, and now for some years there has been no effort to steal this part of the public’s property. It may be doubted if ever again such an effort will be made. In its early history the Yellowstone Park for years suffered from lack of satisfactory appropriations and the curse of politics; but at length details from the regular army were stationed there, and an era of proper protec- tion began. From Captain Moses Harris twenty years ago to Major John Pitcher to-day, there has been a steady improvement in conditions in the Park. Each officer detailed there has had the benefit of the ex- perience of his predecessor, and it may truthfully be said that never has the Park been so well cared for as it is to-day. This gratifying state of things is of course a high tribute to the army, and shows that men of the highest class have been selected for a task which is both difficult and delicate. In Major Pitcher’s recent report on conditions there, is a reference to the necessity of feeding the game. This must be done, for as the wild animals increase, the food supply for each individual must decrease, and although in ordinary seasons when the grass is good and the snow is light, there is still ample grazing for all these animals, z winter may soon come of deep snows, of crusts and of hard spring storms, which will sweep away thousands on thousands of elk, deer and antelope, and will destroy in a month the results of all the thought, time and money that have been devoted to the preservation of game here. Major Pitcher should be given funds sufficient to enable him to irrigate certain extensive flats on the Yellow- stone River and its tributaries on which could be grown crops of hay to be harvested and held against some season of deep snows and bitter cold, when food will be greatly needed. These river valleys will grow thousands of tons of alfalfa or timothy, and are close to water, but ditches must be dug and crops sown and harvested, and for this work money is needed. The extraordinary suc- cess of the small alfalfa fields near Gardiner in attract- ing the antelope is an object lesson which shows what can he done in this matter. It is to be hoped that Congress and the Interior Department will unite in furnishing the needed funds to the Superintendent of the Park. All that is required is the money to make a start. Major Pitcher will do the rest. CURRITUCK DUCK SHOOTING. From time immemorial the great lagoons and broad waters lying between the fringe of the outer beach and the mainland along the southern Atlantic Coast have been a resort for wildfowl, and when the winter frost has sealed up the northernmost of these, the Great South Bay, the fowl pass on southward to Chesapeake Bay, Currituck Sound, and other open waters where food is abundant. To such wintering grounds the fowl are followed by the gunners, who ply their trade all winter long, slaying great numbers of ducks, geese and swan. The number of the birds varies somewhat ; but if some shooting seasons are poor, others are extremely good ; and since the abolition of spring shooting in many States and Provinces, the fowl seem to be almost holding their own. Of these winter homes for wildfowl, Currituck Sound is the most famous, perhaps for no better reason than that it has been frequented by gunners of the Northern States since a time long preceding the Civil War. Each year many thousands of birds are killed, chiefly bv the local gunners, who in large measure derive their living through the winter from the fowl which they capture, but also a great many by visiting snortsmen — club mem- bers and persons who go to various resorts kept by natives and secure good shooting. There are still multi- tudes of birds in Currituck Sound, and each year the geese and swans seem to grow more numerous. Never- theless the constant gunning, extended over many years and over many months of each vear, is slowly teaching the birds wisdom, instilling in them suspicion of the de- covs to which they once flew so unsuspectingly, and gen- erally causing them to act in such a manner that they are each year more difficult to secure. There have been seasons when the battery and the bush blind have almost driven the ducks out of Currituck Sound. From Back Bav. Va., southward over much of this water, batteries and bush blinds, each with a large stand of decoys, are scattered at frequent intervals. A great flock of canvasbacks, starting on its flight north or south, descends to alight among these decoys, loses two or three of its members, and flies on. to stoop to another bunch of decoys, and to be shot at again. This may continue for a distance of twenty or thirty miles, and the ultimate result must be to teach the birds to sus- pect all decoys and hence avoid them. Besides, the ten- ders of the batteries are always moving about, putting on the wing bunches of birds that may be sitting on the water, in the hope that they- may go to the decoys. A wise move recently made in Currituck Sound has been to set aside an area where batteries should not be used, and where it should be unlawful to disturb the birds on the water for the purpose of making them go to decoys. It is understood that at the present session of the Legislature Messrs. S. M. Beasley and Mr. Owens, the Senator and Representative from Currituck county, purpose to introduce a bill extending this area, so that it shall include all of Currituck Sound south of an east and west line drawn through the north end of Church’s Island, to an east and west line drawn through Hog Quarter Landing. Within these limits no batteries are to be used, and it is forbidden to row, sail or propel any boat for the purpose of disturbing ducks sitting on the water. Such a law, if enforced, would measurably turn the waters indicated into a refuge for the birds, and would give the residents of Currituck county who gun there much better shooting than they have at present. It is to be hoped that this bill will pass. It is a matter of regret, alike to visiting gunners and those who make their living by following the Sound, that the efforts at wildfowl protection by the Audubon Society of North Carolina have not been more success- ful. The organization and machinery of the Audubon Society seem excellent, but it has failed in the choice of efficient wardens to patrol the Sound. From north of Knott’s Island south to the end ®f Currituck Sound there is general complaint of violation of the game laws and inefficiency of wardens. Night shooting is common at many points in the Sound, as is also shooting on lay days — not a violation of the law, unless done over decoys. We believe that the Audubon Society will before long take steps to improve present conditions. In this season when game eaten at hotels, clubs and private tables must almost everywhere he ati illicit luxury, a common item of news is the report of a seizure of cold storage game. The papers the other day told of a St. Paul raid under the conduct of Executive Agent Sam. F. Fullerton, in which nearly 900 grouse were dis- covered and confiscated. They were in the possession of a St. Paul dealer with whom the game and fish com- missioners have had much trouble in the past, and this seizure is very gratifying, because it means that they have been successful when they had to deal with an offender who is described as one of the smoothest men and the hardest to catch they have had to do with for years. The fines which may be imposed are in the neighborhood of $10,000. A similar case of activity is reported from Spring-field. Mass,, where six deputies of the State Game and Fish Commission the other day raided a refrigerat- ing plant and seized thirty-seven partridges and five woodcock. The raid was made under the new Massa- chusetts law which allows the deputies to search places of business where it is suspected that game may be kept illegally, and in this instance the action was prompted by complaints made by local sportsmen. The case was con-, ducted for the prosecution by Ex-Commissioner E. H. Lathrop. Other seizures of illicit game have been made in Worcester and other Massachusetts towns, demon- strating that the new search law is giving just the results that were hoped for when the Commissioners asked for it last winter. That is a peculiar situation in New Hampshire where the people of the southern counties have for several years been protecting deer that the ransre might once again be stocked as in the old days; and now that they have established a deer stinnlv they are in a quandary as to what they shall do with them. If the protection shall he continued, the deer, already numerous, will come to be a denredating nuisance. If an open season shall be pro- vided, the hunting country, which is also a settled dis- trict, will be invaded by hunters whose shooting will be a menace to human beings ; and under existing conditions it would be folly to allow men to go into the woods with high power rifles where the danger to people pass- ing on the roads or working in the fields at home is so great. In short, New Hampshire has undertaken to establish deer hunting in a region which is not adapted to the sport. The practical solution of the perplexing problem which confronts the game authorities will be awaited with interest. *, The Minnesota Historical Society honored itself not less than Mr. Nathaniel P. Langford, of St. Paul, the other day when it elected him to the Presidency. Mr. Langford, who takes the chair made vacant by the death of the late Judge Greenleaf Clark, has lived forty years in the West, and has been a life member of the Minne- sota Historical Society for twenty years and long its first vice-president. He has deserved well of his fellow citi- zens in many ways, but we may well believe that the proudest title that he bears is that of father of the Yel- lowstone Park. As one of its very earliest explorers, its practical founder, and its first superintendent, he has for nearly thirty-five years felt the keenest interest in that grand national possession; and it must have been a great satisfaction to him during the past autumn again to visit the Park and to spe it in the perfection of its prime. 00 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 28, 1905. Trails of the Pathfinders. —XX VIL Samuel Parker. In the year 1838 there was published in Ithaca, N. Y., by the author, the “Journal of an Exploring Tour Be- yond the Rocky Mountains, Under the Direction of the A. B. C. F. M., Performed in the Years 1835, ’36 and ’37; Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate and Productions; and the Number, Manners and Customs of the Natives. With a Map of. Oregon Terri- iory.” By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. As may be imagined from this title, Mr. Parker was a missionary whose business in setting out into the wild West was to spread the Gospel. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent him out to ascertain by personal observation the condition and character of the Indian nations and tribes, and the opportunities for introducing the Gospel and civilization among them. He -writes in a more or less ponderous style, and his mind is dominated, as is natural, by the mis- sionary idea, often to such an extent that his volume at times even has something of the flavor of some of the volumes of the Jesuit Relations. At St. Louis Mr. Parker met Dr. Marcus Whitman, appointed by the American Board to be his associate in his western explorations, and here the two missionaries waited for a time until the caravan which they were to accompany should be ready to start. Dr. Whitman’s name is so closely connected with the securing of Oregon Territory by the United States that it is hardly necessary to speak of him at any length. Before leaving Liberty, Mo., the steamer on which they were traveling broke down, and it was necessary to pro- ceed overland, and they reached Fort Leavenworth early in May. During the journey Parker met with a number of men who, at various times, had had close intercourse with the Wichitas or Pawnees, Piets; Comanches, Nava- joes and Apaches; and from all these individuals he heard stories which made him think well of these wild and distant tribes, and of their adaptability to Chris- tianity and to civilized pursuits. He was observant, too, of the local Indians, Iowas, Sioux and Foxes, and was favorably impressed by all. After reaching Council Bluffs there was a long wait before the caravan set out on its western journey. Much is said of the Indians inhabiting this region, Yanktons, Omahas, Poncas, and the more distant Mandans; and some hints are given as to the mode of life of these tribes. The party traveled up the Platte, meeting the usual diffi- culties and discouragements attendant on the stormy weather in summer. Much of the time they were drenched to the skin. Occasionally a storm of hail would come, which scattered their animals, and much time was de- voted to gathering them again. Traveling westward, the Messrs. Campbell and Sublette, with a few men, were met returning from the Black Hills. The rich bottom land of the Platte, over which they were traveling, greatly impressed the missionary, who prophesied concerning it as follows: “No country could be more inviting to the farmer, with only one exception— the want of woodland. The latitude is sufficiently high to be healthy ; and as the climate grows warmer as we travel west, until we ap- proach the snow-topped mountains, there is a degree of mildness^ not experienced east of the Alleghany Moun- tains. The time will come, and probably is not far dis- tant, when this country will be covered with a dense population. The earth was created for the habitation of man, and for a theatre on which God will manifest his perfections in his moral government among his moral creatures, and therefore the earth, according to divine pre- diction, shall be given to the people of God. Although infidels may sneer, and scoffers mock, yet God will ac- complish His designs and fulfill every promise contained in His Word. Then this amazing extent of most fertile land will not continue to be the wandering ground of a few_ thousand Indians, with only a very few acres under cultivation; nor will millions of tons of grass grow up to rot upon the ground, or to be burned up with the fire enkindled to sweep over the prairie, to disincumber it of its spontaneous burden. The herds of buffalo which once fattened upon these meadows are gone; and the deer which once cropped the grass have disappeared; and the antelopes have fled away ; and shall solitude reign here till the end of time? No: here shall be heard the din of business, and the church-going bell shall sound far and wide.” Before long the travelers reached the Loups Fork, which they crossed; and here they met a number of Pawnee Indians, who treated them with great courtesy and kindness, and invited them to feast with them. Reference is made here to Messrs. Dunbar and Allis, and of the missionary work that they were doing among the Pawnees. From the Pawnee country the party kept on up the Platte, through the open country. Here, it seems, those Indians most feared were the Arickaras, not the Sioux and Cheyennes, as was the case thirty years later. At this time that tribe was said to have gone far up the south fork of the Platte to avoid the United States dragoons, under command of Col. Dodge, who was pursuing them. As Parker’s party went up the north fork of the Plated he speaks of “their using particular caution to be pre- pared for an attack of the Arickaras, should any of their war parties be about us. Every pian was required to see that his rifle was in good order, qnd to have a good sup- ply of powder and balls. We all slept with our clothes on, so that, if called with the sentinels’ fire, we might in less than a moment be ready for action.” Here is a word about the animals that they saw next day as they journeyed on: “Saw, on the 16th, the buffalo in great numbers, and in nearer view than previously. They are less shy than ihose we first found. They are more majestic than the elk, but less beautiful. The antelopes, some of which we have seen for several days past, are becoming very numerous. They are rightly named, for their speed ex- ceeds any animal I have ever seen. Our hounds can do nothing in giving them the chase; so soon are they left far in the rear, that they do not follow them more than ten or twenty rods before they return, looking ashamed of their defeat. Our hunters occasionally take some of them by coming upon them by stealth. When they are surprised, they start forward a very small space, and then turn, and with high-lifted heads stare for a few seconds at the object which has alarmed them, and then, with a half whistling snuff, bound off, seeming to be as much upon wings as upon feet. They resemble the goat, but are far more beautiful.” Court House Rock, Chimney Rock, and Scott’s Bluffs were duly passed. Some very friendly Ogallallahs were met with just before they reached the Laramie River. Their camp that night was close to the fort. Here took place one of the days of revelry and carousing which are. so frequently noted in these old books as occurring periodically. There were dances by the Indians, and other celebrations. Keeping on up the Platte, they passed In- dependence Rock on the 7th, and reached the Sweet- water. The weather was now growing colder, and ice often made during the night. On reaching Green River they came to the rendezvous of the American Fur Company. Who was in command Parker does not tell us; but that various well-known per- sons. were present is certain. For example, “While we continued in this place, Dr. Whitman was called to per- form some very important surgical operations; he ex- tracted an iron arrow three inches long from the back of Captain Bridger, which he had received in a skirmish three years before with the Blackfeet Indians. It was a difficult operation, in consequence of the arrow being hooked at the point by striking a large bone, and a carti- laginous substance had grown around it. The Doctor pursued the operation with great self-possession and per- severance, and Captain Bridger manifested equal firm- ness. The Indians looked on while the operation was proceeding with countenances indicating wonder, and when they saw the arrow, expressed their astonishment in a manner peculiar to themselves. The skill of Doctor Whitman undoubtedly made upon them a favorable im- pression. He also took another arrow from under the shoulder of one of the hunters which had been there two years and a half.” Here Parker consulted the Flatheads and Nez Perces, asking them if they would be willing to receive a minis- ter of the Gospel. They needed no persuasion, but were agreed to have him come to them, and so cordial was their response, that it seemed best that Dr. Whitman should return with the caravan, enlist some more workers, and return. the next year with another caravan, to estab- ' lish a mission among these people. Dr. Whitman at first was unwilling to leave his fellow missionary to go on alone, but finally did so. During another day of drunkenness a fight took place at the rendezvous. “A hunter, who goes technically by the name of the great bully of the mountains, mounted his horse with a loaded rifle, and challenged any Frenchman, American, Spaniard or Dutchman to fight him in single combat. Kit Carson, an American, told him if he wished to die, he would accept the challenge. Shunar defied him. C. mounted his horse, and with a loaded pistol rushed into close contact, and both almost at the same instant fired. C.’s ball entered S.’s hand, came out at the wrist, and passed through the arm above the elbow. S.’s ball passed over the head of C., and while he went for another pistol, Shunar begged that his life might be spared.” „ Parker had arranged to travel on with the Flatheads. The chief of these gave him a young man as an assistant, and Parker secured a voyageur who understood English and Nez Perce. Parker and his Indian friends started, August 21, in company with Bridger, whose way led in the same direction as theirs. Bridger had about fifty men. They followed up the stream to Jackson’s Hole, and encamped on a small stream which the author says is one of the upper branches of the Columbia River. He says something about the difficulties of travel and the narrow passages which it was necessary to traverse, and which he calls “kenyans.” This term is found more or less frequently in these old books by persons who seem to have written it down only from hearing the word spoken. Near Jackson’s Hole he climbed one of the high mountains, and was greatly impressed by what he saw. One day while traveling through the mountains “a number of buffalo, which were pursued by our Indians, came rushing down the side of the mountain through the midst of our company. One ran over a horse, on the back of which was a child, and threw the child far down the descent, but it providentially was not materially in- jured. Another ran over a packed horse and wounded it deeply in the shoulders.” Mr. Parker evidently enjoyed the companionship of the Indians, whom he seems to have regarded with most pleasant feelings. He says: “The Indians are very kind to each other, and if one meets wjfh any disaster, the others will wait and assist him. Their horses often turn their packs, and run, plunge and kick, until they free themselves from their burdens. Yesterday a horse turned his saddle under him upon which a child was fastened, and started to run, but those near hovered at once around with their horses so as to inclose the one to which the child was attached, and it was extricated without hurt. When I saw the condition of the child, I had no expecta- tion that it could be saved alive.” A little later, still speaking of the children, he says of the Indians : “They are so well supplied with horses that every man, woman and child are mounted on horseback, and all they have is packed upon horses. Small children, not more than three years old, are mounted alone, and generally upon colts. They are lashed upon the saddle to keep them from falling, and especially when they go asleep, which they often do when they become fatigued. Then they recline upon the horse’s shoulders; and when they awake, they lay hold of their whip, which is fastened to the wrist of their right hand, and apply it smartly to their horses ; and it is astonishing to see how these little creatures will guide and run them. Children which are still younger are put into an encasement made with a board at the back, and a wicker-work around the other parts, covered with cloth inside and without, or more generally with dressed skins; and they are carried upon the mother’s back, or suspended from a high nob upon the fore part of their saddles.” Still moving westward, early in September they met a band of Nez Perces. They came to Parker’s camp about the middle of the day, “the principal chief marching in front with his aid, carrying an American flag by his side. They all sung a march, while a few beat a sort of drum. As they drew near, they displayed columns, and made quite an imposing appearance. The women and children followed in the rear.” The next day’s diary is devoted almost entirely to an account of missionary work, in which -the author gives an extract of the various sermons that he preached to the Indians, who received his teachings with great patience and interest. By this time the party was out of provi- sions, and all were getting hungry, but no game was seen. However, on September 9, buffalo were seen, and prepara- tions were made to chase them. All the best hunters chose their swiftest horses, and seeing that their arms were in. good order, made ready for the run ; while Parker did what he could by lifting up “my heart in prayer to God, that He would give them judgment, skill and success. They advanced toward the herd of buffalo with great caution, lest they should frighten them before they should make a near approach; and also to reserve the power of their horses for the chase when it should be necessary to bring it into full requisition. When the buffalo took the alarm and fled, the rush was made, each [ndian selecting for himself a cow with which he hap- pened to come into the nearest contact. All were in swift motion scouring the valley; a cloud of dust began to arise, firing of guns and shooting of arrows followed in close succession ; soon here and there buffalo were seen prostrated, and the women, who followed close in the rear, began the work of securing the valuable acquisition, and the men were away again in pursuit of the fleeing herd. Those in the chase when as near as two rods shoot and wheel, expecting the wounded animal to turn upon them. The horses appeared to understand the way to avoid danger. As soon as the wounded animal flies again, the chase is renewed, and such is the alternate wheeling and chasing until the buffalo sinks beneath its wounds. They obtained between fifty and sixty, which was a signal mercy.” Not long after the Nez Perces and Flatheads left them, wishing to remain in the buffalo range to secure their winter’s meat. Before going away, however, they pre- sented Parker with twenty tongues and a large quantity of dried meat. About a hundred and fifty of the Indians kept on down Salmon River with the missionaries ; and not long afterward they had a tremendous Indian scare, supposing that they were about to be attacked by the Blackfeet. A little investigation, however, showed that what had been seen were buffalo, and not Blackfeet, and food again became plenty in the camp. Parker appears to have been a man of considerable attainments. He re- marks upon the geology of the region he passes through; enumerates the birds and mammals which he sees, and has much to say about the habits and characteristics of the Indians; and interspersed through all are frequent references to the Deity, His wishes and purposes as in- terpreted by the missionary, together with earnest aspira- tions for the spread of the Gospel among the red pepole. Walla Walla was reached early in October, and there, at the post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Parker was re- ceived by Mr. Pambrun with great hospitality. For this the guest was very grateful, and he says many good , words concerning the kindly people and the company ; which they represented; words which are not only good, but true. . After a day or two of rest at Walla Walla, the mis- sionary started down the river in a canoe with three Walla Walla Indians, and before long stopped at a camp of Cayuse Indians, with whom, however, he was unable to communicate. He noticed that all along the river as he passed the Indians, though of different tribes, seemed to be on good terms with one another, a condition which was inevitable from the fact that all these Indians drew their support from the river, to which they resorted for salmon, and coming there for provisions, could not have afforded to fight, eyen had they wished to. Jan, 28, 1903.] — - — - Al tll«J I)aiieSj Parker diet Cap tain Wyeth, ffoiti Pos- ton, with whom, it will be remembered, Townsend and Nuttall had journeyed westward the year before. A little above the Cascades he met the first Chenooks, which he denominates “the only real Flatheads and Nez Perces, or pierced noses, I have found. They flatten their heads and pierce their noses. The flattening of their heads is not so great a deformity as is generally supposed. From a little above the eyes to the apex or crown of the head there is a depression, but not generally in adult persons very noticeable. The piercing of the nose is more of a deformity, and is done by inserting two small tapering white shells, about two inches long, somewhat in the shape of a thorn, through the lower part of the carti- laginous division of the nose.” While following the trail along the river, he came to a pleasant rise of ground, upon which were several houses of a forsaken village, which were both larger and far better than any he had hitherto seen in any Indian country. They were about sixty feet long and thirty-five wide, the frame work very well constructed, and covered with split planks and cedar bark. These houses thus greatly resemble those seen in recent times on the coast of portions of British Columbia. The next dav Mr. Parker reached Fort Vancouver, the Hudson’s Bay post, where Dr. J. McLaughlin, a chief factor of the company, received him very kindly. From here Parker went on down the river, and reached the brig May Dacre, of Boston, belonging to the Wyeth Company. Here he met Dr. Townshend, and before long they set sail down the river, and reached Astoria, the far-famed New York of the West. After more or less journeying about, Parker returned to Fort Vancouver, where he was invited to spend the winter. He devotes much of his time to a description of the country and its people, and recounts many of the inci- dents which Townshend gives in his volumes.. He has something to say about the fur trade, as carried on by the Hudson’s Bay Company, and often speaks of Dr. McLaughlin, as well as of Duncan Finlayson, Esq., who was so well known long afterward in Victoria, V. I., until his death there. Parker goes at great length into the con- dition of the Indian women, and his misstatements about this — of course unintentional — have been quoted for many years, and are still believed by many persons. The last half of the Rev. Mr. Parker’s book is devoted to a description of the animals, fish and plants of Oregon, remarks about its geology, and quite an extensive descrip- tion of the natives, with a meteorological table, and a vocabulary of several Indian tribes. He speaks of a dark day in August, 1831, which some have thought must have been caused by smoke from an eruption of a volcano. The day was nearly as dark as night, except a little red lurid appearance in the sky, and lighted candles were necessary through the day. The air was filled with smoke, ashes and leaves ; the last scorched, while the ashes were like wood ashes. Yet no fire was known to be in any part of the region. After the atmosphere became clear, it was thought that the pure white snow of Mt. St. Helens was discolored. The Indians of the country beyond the Continental Divide through which Parker passed, he divides into those of the plains, which live in the upper country from the falls of the Columbia to the Rocky Mountains, and those of the lower country, between the shores of the Pacific and the falls of the Columbia River. He observes that the first of these divisions are remarkable for then* cleanliness; that they are well supplied with horses, which are very cheap, a good horse selling for not more than enough to purchase a blanket or a few small articles of merchandise. As to their habits, he declares that the In- dians of the plains are not lazy, as they are commonly supposed to be, for he rarely saw any of those Indians without their being engaged in some. object of pursuit. To him, the Indians appeared as they since have to others — not especially different from other people. They have the same natural propensities, and the same social affec- tions. “They are cheerful and often gay, sociable., kind and affectionate; and anxious to receive instruction m whatever may conduce to their happiness here or here- after.” They have but few manufactures, and those are the most plain and simple. Concerning their manufactures, while Parker has much to say of them, he tells us nothing that has not long been known. He calls attention, however, to the fact that these In- dians have no wars among themselves, and. appear averse to all wars, not entering into battle except in self-defense. Their only enemies are the Blackfoot Indians, whose country is along the east border of the Rocky Mountains, and who are constantly roaming about in parties on both sides of the mountains in quest of plunder. When the Indians on the west side meet with these war parties they endeavor to avoid an encounter, but if compelled to fight, show a firm, undaunted, unconquerable spirit, and rush upon their enemies with the greatest, impetuosity. When an enemy is discovered, every horse is driven into camp, and the women take charge of them, while, every man seizes his weapons, mounts his horse, and waits, firm and undismayed, to see if hostilities must ensue.. Very fre- quently when the Blackfeet see white men with the Nez Perces and Flatheads, they decline battle, even though they themselves may be far superior in numbers, for they know that the white man can furnish a large supply of ammunition on such occasions. The Nez Perce or Flat- head chief will accept the pipe, explaining as he does so that he knows the Blackfeet mean war, although they pre- tend peace. The Indians were great gamblers, especially at running horses and in foot races. Drunkenness was as yet a vice strange to these Indians, but Parker predicted that it would come to them so soon as it was possible to trans- port liquor to them. He describes the method of doctor- ing by a medicine man, , and the practice of the sudatory or sweat bath. All this is of the plains Indians. Those of the lower country are of less attractive type than the others. They do not dress as well, nor with as o-ood taste. As their subsistence depends almost entirely on fish, they are less well, clad, for they have not the same opportunity to obtain skins as those of the buffalo coun- try. Liquor had been brought into the lower country, and the Indians were slaves to it. ... , These Indians believe in the immortality of the soul, and that in the future state we shall have the same wants as in this life. Thus, in 1829, the wife of an influential FOREST AND STREAM. chief of -the Chettooks, fte&f Cape IJisappoirttelefit, killed ' two female slaves, which should attend her child to the world of spirits, and especially should row her canoe to the Happy Hunting Ground in the south. He speaks of pipes made of black slate, at the mouth of Queen Charlotte’s Island, which the Indians carve with remarkable skill. As the wealth of the upper Indians is estimated in their horses, so those of the lower country count their property 1-y the number of their wives, slaves and canoes. Special attention is called to the excellent canoes which they make, and also to the baskets woven so closely as to hold water, and to be used, for pails. Of course they were also used as pots in which to cook fish and mush. After having spent the winter on the Columbia, Parker set out in May to revisit the Nez Perces. He reached them in a short time, and, as it happened, came to a village just as a little child was being buried. The In- dians had prepared a cross to be set up at the grave, very likely having been taught to do so by some Iroquois In- dians, of whom there were not a few trapping in the . country ; and here appears the bigotry of the missionary of that, and of indeed later days as well, for Parker says: “But as I viewed a cross of wood made by men’s hands, of no avail to benefit either the dead or the living, and far more likely to operate as a salve to a guilty conscience, or a stepping stone to idolatry, than to be understood in its spiritual sense to refer to the crucifixion of our sins, I took this, which the Indians had prepared, and broke it to pieces. I then told them we place a stone at the head and foot of the grave only to mark the place ; and without a murmur they cheerfully acquiesced, and adopted our custom.” Parker appears to have regarded the Nez Perce Indians as especially adapted to conversion, and laments that he is unable to speak their language, and thus to communi- cate with them directly. Parker was an active and con- scientious person, and evidently wished to see all he could of the country to which he had been sent. He set out. from the Nez Perces for the Colville country, meeting Spokanes, Cayuses, Coeur D’Alenes, and a number of • other small tribes. Returning, he was unable to get trans- portation down the Columbia River, and was obliged to take horses for Fort Okanagan. The journey was long and very dry, and the party suffered more or less from thirst. At Fort Okanagan he took a boat to run down the river 400 miles to Walla Walla, which he reached in safety. Toward the end of June he took ship for the Sandwich Islands, and in December, 1836, sailed on board the Phoenix for his home in the East. After a stormy passage he reached New London, May x8, and five days later, after two years and two months of absence, and journeyings which covered 28,000 miles, arrived at his home at Ithaca, N. Y. George Bird Grinnell. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches ( Continued from page 47.) Our squaws were beginning to put the finishing touches on a few of the robes. Most of them would only be stretched, scraped and dried now, then left to be tanned after the Indians had got back home; but an old squaw that the chief had to help his squaw now went to work on a large robe off a young bull that I had shot myself, and after tanning it began to paint it. They use a bone instrument, and after marking out the figure, rub the lines with this bone, then rub in the paint. The chief had a robe which bore his coat-of-arms that he would not take $30 for, though at that time good robes could be bought for $5, though they would not be painted. The old squaw asked me if the eagle was not my coat-of- arms. “Yes,” I told her. “But it is the coat-of-arms of all white men, and I have another one of my own.” She wanted to see it. I had it engraved on my watch- charm, and showed it to her. “Oh, yes, I savey,” she told me. “It is the antelope,” and she got it on the robe. Then going out to the herd examined my horse for his brand. He had “H-4, U. S.,” the troop letter, the regi- ment number, and United States for his coat-of-arms. The squaw got this on the robe, too. Then the chief offered it to me. , “No,” I said, “I cannot take this. It is too much money. You sell it to the agent. It will pay $25 on your bill.” Had I that robe now it would be worth almost any amount I might ask for it. I had often to smile at my coat of arms.* The old chief was about sixty years of age; he did uot know how old he was, but he was as spry as a man of half his age. He had the marks of at least twenty wounds on different parts of his body; each of these wounds had a tattoo mark alongside of it, and each wound had a history. One had been given him by a Cheyenne he had caught stealing* his ponies ; then he had shot the Cheyenne; and so on for each of these other marks. His squaw was about thirty years old. She was the sister of the chief of the other band of Pena-teth-kas, and her father had been a chief, and she never failed to let it be known that she was the daughter of a chief and the wife of another one. She was one of the best look- ing squaws I had ever seen. We had another one here who I thought was still better looking; but I took care not to- tell the chief’s squaw so, or else the other one would have been given many a snub for it ; for until they get to be old (and then they don’t care) all the squaws want to be thought good looking. They address their women as “my sister” until she gets old; then she is “my mother.” I knew that; but after I could talk to the squaws in , Comanche, I would often address a young squaw as “my mother,” only to' be told that I knew better than that — she was still my sister. While the squaws generally dress in a slip (it can’t be called a dress) made of four or five yards of calico, the chief’s squaw never wore anything but fine *1 have one, though. It is a wild goat’s head and neck above an earl's baton, with the motto below it. My old grandfather used to show it to me about once a week, and tell me that it was his, and would be mine some day. I was the eldest son of his oldest son, he said. The only use I see made of it nowadays, though, is to furnish a trade-mark for Brooks’ spool cotton thread. The old fellow would do some tall cussing were he alive now to see it. . , 07 Woolen cloth called strong cloth, and slid hid half h dozen dresses made of it She rode a man’s Mexican saddle that was covered with silver, and she had more silver jewelry than she could find room for. I often wondered how these squaws could stand the winter weather here. It is not cold, of course; nothing such as it is further north ; but their only clothing was this thin dress, a pair of moccasins with buckskin legs dial came above the knee and were tied there, and a blanket doubled and tied around their waist, if they were working, and if not (and it was not often that they were not), then half the blanket would be drawn up about their shoulders, but never over their heads. The chief’s squaw was one of the cleanest women about her cooking that I have ever seen. If she were cooking or baking and stopped to bring in wood for her fire or cover a pack, she would not touch the food again before she had washed her hands. No white man need fear eating any part of his peck of dirt in anything that she cooked. They bake the bread before each meal, using baking powder, and making the bread in flat cakes, then baking it in a frying-pan; and some of the best bread I have ever eaten has been that baked by these squaws. Sometimes they boiled the meat; but generally, if it was fresh, they fried it ; and a standing dish with us three times a day, if not ate so often, was the white fat off the buffalo, dried and eaten raw. I got to like it in time, and could eat my share. They made the coffee very strong, and the squaw will put a lot of sugar in each man’s tin cup before handing it to him; but if a white man is present, she will offer him the sugar to put in himself. I knew their custom, and the first time she offered me the sugar, I told her to put it in the coffee herself — that her hands were clean. That pleased her. The camp was on a river bank with a high prairie around it, and the wolves would come on this prairie and sit here howling all night long. It would be no use to try to' shoot them ; but the chief had two' one-ounce bottles of strychnine in his packs — he had almost every- thing in these packs — and getting the strychnine, I put out bait for the wolves. I would put it out in the even- ing, then next morning I and the boys would put in all forenoon hunting up our dead wolves and skinning them. We generally found them close to water; they would get a dose of my poison, then hunt up the nearest water, drink and die. We took about 150 of their skins, which the squaws cured for us, and we got a dollar in trade for each of them when on our way home the following spring. When we had been in this camp about three weeks the buffalo left us again, and we followed them. Two days’ march from here going directly west brought us to a creek that was not down on my map, although this map was an official one printed by the War Department; but I explored this creek now to its source, then put it on my map. Just west of us now was New Mexico. I knew about where the boundary line was. Our cavalry under General Mackenzie had done a good deal of exploring in this country, but most of it south of this, and had corrected the map. These maps needed some correcting, too, for when I was a small boy I had been shown the Great American Desert on the map, and had been told all about it, and a good deal more; and a few years after, while still a boy, I had crossed this desert, or a part of it, at least, and found it to be no desert at all, but a lever plain covered with buffalo grass and buffalo. The chief said that now lie was as far west as he meant to go ; the buffalo were here ; they could not get away from us it seemed, and although we might drive them still further west, the Mexican hunters who were west of us would send them east to us again. These Mexicans were hunting buffalo under white men for their hides, the chief told me. Nothing could take place in this country and this chief not know it., I used to think that I could follow a trail, and I could: but I was like a schoolboy learning his letters alongside of this chief. When out with him I was still learning something every day. Nothing escaped his notice; if a blade of grass was turned the wrong way, he would see why be- fore he went further. When we had been a few days in camp here, I con- cluded to go on a hunt of my own further west. I took two boys about fourteen years old, one of them my. pet boy, the Antelope, without whom I never went anywhere, and the other was named the Crow. I took some bread, coffee, sugar and salt, and leaving my gun in camp, bor- rowed a Winchester from the chief. I wanted a maga- zine gun, and there were Winchesters in camp. The boys could not get arms, SO' they had only bows and arrows. I took the white pony to ride, I had been riding him every day now, and had made a pet of him. I could dismount and walk off and he would follow me all day if I wanted him to. Going directly west, when a few miles from camp we ran into a big herd of buffalo, and getting behind them, started them toward camp for our men to get, then kept on again. I wanted a deer or antelope, but found none. Then late in the afternoon we scared up a flock of prairie chickens, and the boys got a number of them, using their bows and arrows. I could not do any shooting here. I was not as good a shot as the men I found in books. I did not find them anywhere else, for the reason that they are not to be found outside of these boys’ books. I could not cut off a chicken’s head with a Winchester, and did not want to waste my cartridges anyhow j I might need them for more dangerous game than prairie chickens. We camped at a small pond on the open prairie, there being no timber in sight. I did not like to camp here, for from the looks of the clouds I thought we might have a storm before next morning; but this was the best we could do ; so staking our ponies out on grass, we cooked the chickens, then lay down on our saddle blankets — an Indian boy on each side of me. We needed no camp guard here; nothing could get near 11s and these boys not know it. Just before sunrise next morning that norther that I had been looking for came up and brought a snowstorm with it. So getting our saddles on we started to- look for timber, and at ten o’clock a blue streak away across the prairie told me I had found it, or would find it when I got that far. The snow was still falling, but not heavy, and just on 68 FOREST AND STREAM. this side of that timber, when crossing a draw — a dry watercourse— we scared up a band of antelope that had been lying down in here to get out of the storm. Jump- ing off the pony, I turned the Winchester loose, and two of the antelope dropped. We let them lie here, then kept on to the timber, which we found to be down in a small canon. There was good grass and water down there, and the canon ran east and west; that sheltered us from the wind. As soon as we had our ponies tied out, I and the Antelope went after our game, while the Crow, who was cook for the expedition, started a fire and got his coffee on in quart tin cups. We brought in the ante- lope, then leaving the boy to dress them, I put up a shel- ter out of pine boughs and saddle blankets to- keep the snow off us. Between now and next morning the three of us had about finished one antelope, and the boys had started in on the other. I managed to get all I needed at dinner and supper, but the boys put in the first part of the night half the time making and smoking cigarettes and the rest of the time broiling steaks and ribs; then they went to bed — or I thought they did — but they were up several times between then and morning cooking more meat and eating it. An Indian can eat all day if he has it, then go a week without eating anything and not growl unless he. thinks that you have something of which he is not getting his share. I was not Indian enough yet, nor never got to be Indian enough, to want to eat more than three times a day. It had cleared off next morning, and after breakfast the boys started off after more antelope, while I took the gun and went up along the canon to hunt turkeys or anything large enough fcr a .44 ball, but saw nothing, and after a while came back to camp to wait for the boys to come in. I wanted to leave now since the weather had got warm again. I had hardly sat down when I heard a shot fired off on the prairie, and a moment after my boys came tumbling down the bank here so- badly scared that they could not speak. I asked them no questions, but taking up the carbine pumped a load into the chamber, then got it. to my shoulder and pointed up the hill, just as a white man rode forward. “Halt!” I told him. “Up with your hands — quick, now !” He pulled up his horse, and his hands went up quick enough for me even; he seemed not to' be able to get them up quick enough or high enough to suit himself, though his gun lay across his legs as he sat in the sad- dle, but mine was in my hands here pointed at him. The Antelope had got over his scare now, and the first thing he did was to reach and take one of my pis- tols and throw up the hammer; the next thing would be a ball sent into that man there. He never knew how near death he was. “Wait,” I told the boy, “I’ll tell you when to shoot.” The Crow took the other pistol. I heard his hammer go up, but knew he would not fire until I told him. These pistols were now where I wanted them. If there were any more shooting to be done here, these boys could and would do their share of it. The man’s hands began to drop. “Keep those hands up, sir, or I’ll send a ball into you !” I told him. “Why, I don’t want to hurt you, partner. I would be a fool to fire at you now.” “Well, I won’t take your word for it. Have you got anyone along with you?” “Yes, sir, I have two Mexicans. They have stopped back here, I reckon,” and he was about to look back, when I said, “Keep your head this way and call them.” He did so, and both came in sight now, their hands up also. Had they been white men their guns would probably have been up, but a Mexican never does any- thing until he is told, then does it wrong, if possible. “Is that all of your party?” I asked. “Yes, sir, this is all. Now can’t I get my hands down? We ain’t dangerous.” “Not now you are not. There is a little difference be- tween shooting at two boys who have no arms and three of us who have and know how to use them. Yes, put your hands down and come in. I only wanted to be sure that you did no more shooting.” They led their horses down, and the white man said: “I had not the least idea that there were any white men but myself in the country.” “It is a good thing for you that there was, or else there would be no- white man alive here now. Had there been a party of the tribe these boys belong to here instead of me, they would have killed you so quick you would never have known who did it. What was your idea in firing at these boys, anyhow?” “Why, I shot a mile above their heads. I would not shoot a boy, of course, even if he is an Indian.” “Then never do a trick like that again. If I had said, ‘Shoot!’ a few minutes ago, that boy would have sent a ball through you in a hurry.” “Yes, I reckon he would — that is, if he could hit me. I w£S afraid he might be fool enough to try.” “Don’t worry about his not hitting you. He would hit you, and hit you where you live, too.” The boys still had the pistols; they would not put them up now until I told them to do it, and the Antelope kept eyeing this man. He at least understood part or all of what was said, as I had been teaching him English. “Put the pistols away now,” I told them in Comanche, “the war is over.” They laughed and returned the pistols. “Can you talk their iingo?” the man asked. “A little, enough to make myself understood, and these boys both understand English.” I thought I would tell him so, as then he might be careful about what he said. These beys might meet him some time again when there was no white man with them, and they have long memories. He took the hint, and I heard no more about Indians. I got out the tobacco now and we made cigarettes; the boys had no more shucks for wrappers they told me, so I got them a bunch from these Mexicans. This man told me that he had a large party of Mexicans west of this killing buffalo. He used lances, he said. I had heard that they did, but had never seen them used, and told him that a Colt was good enough for me. He wanted us to go home with him and visit his camp. I should have liked to have done so, but he was too far out of my road. I meant to go south from here, and not any further west. I had told the chief before leav- ing that I might be gone a week, and did not want to stay longer lest he should be uneasy and send out to hunt for us. There was a lieutenant of ours with half a troop of cavalry out here somewhere, and I asked this man if he knew where this camp was. Yes, he did, but it was a long distance south of this. He could direct me, though, if I wanted to see him. I did not want to see him. In fact, he would be about the last man out here that I would care to see; for I had not been sent out here to go prowling all over New Mexico with two young Indians, but to stay in that In- dian camp and keep them out of mischief. There was no danger of their getting into any or I should not have left them; but it would be of no use for me to tell him so, and he would waste some of his valuable time and some of mine in telling me what I had been sent here for. It would all be wasted, though. I did not want any more orders, and wanted to know where he probably was so that I could steer clear of him. We got our saddles on now, and all left here, keeping each other company for a few miles; then these men turned north, while we kept on toward the southwest. Cabia Blanco. [to be continued.] Growing Wild Turkeys. Editor Forest and Stream: And why not? One man’s recreation is in studying the haunts and habits of the chickadee, the swan, the black bear or field mice; of another the chief delight is in angling for black bass, sea trout, pike or sunfish; his neighbor takes stock in nothing but canoes, paddles, creeks, rapids and rivers; and those four gunners coming up the road hunt respectively quail, deer, rabbits and turkeys. And no man knows better than this last-named nimro.d what a keen eye, quick ear, power of mimicry and tireless legs are good for. And more than this, no man knows better how to' keep a cool nerve under a hard strain if we may except the deer hunter and his brother hunter who goes out for sheep, elk or moose. Then why not turkeys? Thousands of acres of farm and forest land in all the New England, Middle, Southern and Central Mississippi States would make veritable paradises for wild turkeys if they were once stocked with these noble birds. And the amount of good sport that might be had in a few years by a little effort upon the part of the populace can only be imagined. But just here is the most serious obstacle in the work of stocking a section of country with turkeys. It is practically impossible to restrain people from killing them at every opportunity, in season and out, Sunday, Monday and every other day, old or young, either or both sexes and by any means, legitimately or diabolically, day or night, lean or fat. The people simply go mad after them, and the only compensation the propagators have is in the thought that perhaps some of the reckless gunners will surely pepper each other with No. 4 shot. In the winter of 1888 four pairs of fine wild turkeys wandered into the woody hills back of our home. They were part of a large flock we had grown from birds ob- tained in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. They became nervous at my young brothers’ style of catching them — namely, by picking out the birds wanted and shooting their heads off — and betook themselves to the woods. The next season these birds made a brave fight for existence, and succeeded in reaching September over forty strong, and this in spite of the fact that one man accidentally found one nest of nine eggs which he hatched at home, of course; another fellow shot and killed a hen brooding a flock of poults a week or two old, and other equally atrocious raids. It was a sight worth seeing! Somewhere on those chestnut ridges, basking in the warm sunlight that glinted between the trees that made the resting birds look like a dozen, a score, yes, two dozen figures in purple and green gold, these noble birds reclined upon the brown leaves and dreamed of old pastures teeming with grass- hoppers, chestnut trees from which the brown nuts rustled like rain, wild grapes loaded with purple fruit, and here and there a field of buckwheat and corn from which a small tribute would occasionally be exacted! Yes, they were beautiful, those wild fellows, ten to twelve pounds for hens, and thirteen to eighteen pounds for gobblers, and as fleet of foot and strong of wing as the wind itself. But their halcyon days were of short duration, for all the guns within a radius of ten miles were soon in pur- suit of them, and ceased only when but a straggling, widely scattered remnant was left. This taught us the folly of trying to stock a locality with these birds under ordinary conditions. But some- thing might be done if the work were taken up by a club with some means back of it. In fact, I believe I could stock a large preserve or a section of farming country at small cost comparatively. The exclusive right to shoot over all the territory in question would be obtained of the owners and tenants. The actual tenants of each farm might be permitted to quietly take one or two turkeys each year, one for Thanksgiving, another for Christmas, after the flocks had once got a good foothold. Compensation for actual damage done crop of com and buckwheat (they would injure no others) should be made where it amounted to more than the value of two turkeys allowed each tenant, and a liberal reward for apprehending illegal killing and trespassing. This would, I think, insure the faithful service of all dwelling on the stocked grounds. To a certain extent the turkeys would get beyond any ordinary preserve, and would fall victims to hunters; but they would never be decimated, for they soon learn where safety lies. Again, they may be raised and stocked upon forest land where there are few inhabitants, and these can usually be paid to protect the turkeys, thus insuring large flocks and good hunting. Well, don’t imagine that you are going to have any serious trouble getting your game home when you have your preserve stocked and go out after the birds some fine September or October morning. You will see where they have been feeding beneath the acorn and chestnut tjAN. 28, 1905. trees; you will probably hear them calling at a distance in the forest, and may see a number hastily disappearing m the shadowy distance; and you get a crack at a fine old gobbler that you have warily called to a point almost outside the range of your rifle (for it is small caliber), and to your delight may see flutter his last at your feet. And again you may bring in three or four from one day’s hunt, while your less fortunate comrade may hunt four days and bring in nothing but his tired frame. But you have enough for both, and the central roast will compensate for the vain tramping over the hills. ... „ George Enty. Templeton, Pa. Death of Old Non Comprend. Joe Francis told it to me in this way, when we were at supper at Rippogenus : “One fall I was guiding Frank Hinkley; Louie Nicho- las was guiding another sport. We were near the mouth ot( Alligash. Frank said, ‘Joe, do you speak French?’ „A don t know a word of French, but I said ‘Yes.’ c tT !’ sa.ys krank, ‘ I want you to go down to the , t. Johns with me this afternoon to get some milk and butter and eggs.’ I told him to get Nicholos, as I knew he spoke f rench ; but he must have me; so I thought I could work it. I asked Nicholas in Indian what milk, butter and e?i^ T Vere in French, and I kept saying over the words till I thought I knew them. Well, when we came to the. first house, Frank says, ‘Joe, let us stop here.’ When I tried to remember the words I found I had forgotten them all. There were a lot of children out doors,, and I says, ‘Frank, you don’t want to stop here, this is a school house. Don’t you see the children?’ I was m hopes I might get time to remember, but Frank would go in. Well, when we got in there were over a dozen children. They had no ladder, but there were pins driven into the corner posts, and the children were run- ning upstairs just like mice. Frank says, ‘Joe, fire away your French.’ “I asked the woman in Indian. She says, ‘Non com- prend.’ Frank says, ‘What does she say?’ I says, ‘She says there is an old peddler named Non Comprend who comes round every week and buys all the milk, but-' ter and eggs. He has just been round.’ Frank says. Then we will try the next house.’ “I asked the next woman in Indian. She says, ‘Non comprend. I says, ‘There, Frank; didn’t you hear her say Non Comprend? I tell you, Frank, it is no use; that old Non Comprend has just been and bought up all the milk and eggs and butter there is.’ Frank says, ‘I don’t believe you can speak French.’ I told him I could, but no one could get any milk and butter and eggs when they were all bought up. “Well, next day we were paddling down the St. John,1 and where the road came close to the river there was a 1 funeral. I saw a boy on the bank, and I says ‘Boy ! whose funeral is this?’ It was a French boy, and he- says, ‘Non comprend,’ I says, ‘There, Frank, do you hear that? He says it is old Non Comprend’s funeral’!' ‘Never was so glad in my life that old Non Comprend ' is dead. Now we can get all the. milk and butter and” eggs we want.’ ” M. Harpy. In Appreciation of Cabia Blanco. I’ve been reading your work, C. B., from the smallest jotting^ upward, and if I’ve skipped any it was because 1 didnt see it. I know something about those old buf- falo bows, with their dark brown matting of sinew glued" 0r! back, and the dirty old rag wrapped around thei middle, the back as wide as. a shovel to a small boy’s” hands. I had one . once, with a sheaf of flint-headed arrows, now full thirty years ago; but I could as easily use a crowbar as that bow ! The arrows were another matter, and gave me cause to love a long bow from that day till now. Incidentally, an enemy might say I could use one, on a pinch; but why not? ’Tis a warrior’s trade. But I’m truly glad for that translation of your name ! ' Taken with probable age, possible youthful hirsute char- acteristics, and a wild shot at impossible Spanish, I’d J figured it out as “Tow-head” in my mind. That was my name some forty years ago ; but I was perfectly ready to give it up if you had a prior claim. How ! Give us 1 plenty more, ' J. p. T. Boston, Mass, Medic me in Camp, Chicago, Jan. 15, — Editor Forest and Stream: I no- ! ticed Mr. George Kennedy’s inquiry about medicines to be taken in camp. I am an old-time camper; have, camped all over the Northwest, often a hundred miles from the railroad. Some years ago one of our eminent!! physicians here, Dr. Gustav Fiitterer, a fine sportsman, whose office is in the Venetian building, presented me ; with a small medicine case which I have carried ever since, and.whieh, in my estimation, cannot be improved upon. It is about 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2)4 inches thick. It contains about thirty small glass tubes filled with condensed tablets; has forceps, a lancet, hypo- dermic syringe, plasters, surgeons’ needles, and a printed - list of contents and how and when to use same. I always carry the little case on my trips, and it has proven of great value in many instances. If you wish to see it, or if any of your readers wish’ to have one made like it, I shall be only too glad to ex- ! press vou the small case and its contents. Besides the case, I always carry two rolls of bandages, one narrow” and one wide, and a small package of antiseptic cotton. E. Lipkau. “Next time you’re in the armory,” said the captain of G Company, proudly, “take a look at our room. We’ve had it repainted and refurnished throughout.” “I saw it,” replied the major, “and really, sir, your room is better than your company.” — Philadelphia Ledger. First Young Highwayman (in dark and deserted street) —“Say, Chimmie, is dey any danger in bein’ out late at night like dis ?” Second Highwayman— “Naw ! O’ course dey ain’t. Why, we is d’ real dangers !”-Life. Jan. 28, 1955.1 FOREST AND STREAM. National Park Game. From the annual report of Major John Pitcher, U. S. A., Supt. Game. The past winter was an exceedingly favorable one for all game in the Park, except the wild herd of buffalo. There is danger that this herd may become extinct in the course of time, and our new herd was started none too soon. As stated in previous reports, the remnant of the wild herd is located on the head of Pelican Creek. This is an exceedingly unfavorable country for them to winter in, for in that section the snowfall is very heavy, and the only way that they can keep alive is by grazing on the few places kept open by the hot springs. This herd could be driven out of that locality and possibly a few of them caught up, but it is more than likely that the greater part of them would be killed in the attempt. In- stead of attempting to catch up the old ones, men are sent out each spring for the purpose of capturing the young calves, which are brought in to this place, raised by a domestic cow, and then turned out in the inclosure with the tame herd. The capture and transportation of these animals to a point where they can be cared for is an exceedingly difficult and somewhat dangerous matter, for at the season when it is necessary to make the at- tempt, the men have to travel on snowshoes, and the snow is usually in wretched condition for such work. Last summer a lot of hay was cut and stacked up for these buffalo at what was supposed to be the most con- venient point for them, but when the scouts went out there in the spring this stack was so deeply covered with snow that they were unable to find it. Up to the present time three calves have been caught up from the wild herd and placed with the new or tame herd. Two of these are males and one is a female. If for any reason the wild herd should abandon their present range on the head of Pelican Creek and should move down to the lower country where they formerly lived, the chances of their survival would be greatly in- creased, and they might become the progenitors of a con- siderable wild herd. The increase in certain semi- domesticated herds justifies a hope that this wild herd may be saved. The New Buffalo Herd. The increase in this herd during the past season has been very encouraging. It now consists of thirty-nine animals, and they are all in fine condition. The follow- ing table shows the yearly increase in the herd since its establishment, and also gives the number of males and females. The bull which is noted as having died, is the one which was turned out with the wild herd on Pelican Creek. He wandered away from the herd and died on the edge of the lake near the Thumb station. The cow which died broke her leg by stepping into a badger hole while running in the pasture. Every effort was made to save her, but it was impossible to do so. Purchased October, 1902 Males. 3 Females. IS Total. 21 Born, spring of 1903 2 3 5 Caught spring of 1903 2 — 2 Total Oct. 1, 1903 7 21 28 Born spring of 1904 6 6 12 Caught spring of 1904 1 1 Total 13 28 41 Died spring and summer, 1904 1 1 2 Total Oct. 1, 1904 12 27 39 Antelope. The herd of antelope which, winters on the northern slope of Mount Everts and near the town of Gardiner is doing exceedingly well, and seems to be increasing in numbers. About 1,150 were seen and counted last winter by both the scouts and members of the detach- ment now permanently located at the new station near the gate at Gardiner. As all stock has been kept off this range during the past year, or ever since the fence near Gardiner has been completed, the grass or winter feed for these animals should be in better shape than it has been for a number of years, and unless a very deep snow- falls in the late spring, they will certainly do well this winter. A few have already discovered the new alfalfa field that has been started this year in front of the town of Gardiner. While this field, which is about 50 acres in extent, will not yield much of a crop of hay this season, next year it should produce a crop of from 100 to 200 tons, which will be sufficient to carry the antelope through the winter, no matter how severe it may be. Deer. The blacktail or mule deer are also undoubtedly in- creasing in numbers, and are becoming more tame and fearless each year. One hundred and twenty were counted on the parade ground of Fort Yellowstone one day last winter, and this is considerably more than have ever been seen at any time in the past. Mountain Sheep. The band of mountain sheep which winters on Mount Everts was fed quite liberally last spring, and therefore passed through the winter in good shape._ A few have been seen during the past summer in the vicinity of their feeding corral, but as yet we have been unable to deter- mine the increase in this band. A new band of about 100 was seen last winter near the northwestern corner of the park. Where they came from or where they spent the past summer no one at present knows, but we are in hopes that they have taken up their permanent resi- dence within the limits of the Park. If this band is still in the Park it will be located within the next month or so, Bear. There seems to be about the same number of bear in the Park as we had last year, and, as they can be seen at any time about the various hotels, they still con- tinue to be a great source of interest to the tourists, and give but little trouble, except where people fail to obey the few simple rules concerning them. One man, an employe of the hotel at the lake, was slightly injured by a bear during the past summer, but from the best information that I could get, I believe that this man got simply what he deserved for his violation of the rules and regulations, and that his punishment by the bear was a good lesson for others. In almost every case where a bear has become unruly or troublesome it has been due to the fact that he has been fed and petted by some misguided individual. This is a mistaken kindness, as sooner or later it usually re- sults in the death of the bear, for whenever it is reported that they have become troublesome or dangerous, a scout is sent out to investigate the matter, and if he finds the facts to be as stated, he quietly executes the offender. Mountain Lion, Lynx and Coyotes. With the increase of horned game in the Park, a cor- responding increase has taken place in the carnivora. Mountain lions or panthers, formerly not abundant, are now quite common, though rarely seen. They prey chiefly, perhaps, upon the elk, but are known to be very destructive also to deer and mountain sheep. Deer and elk are so abundant that the number killed by the panthers could perhaps be spared; but the case is very different with the mountain sheep, which, on account of their small numbers, should be carefully protected. It therefore seemed necessary to destroy the panthers, and a pack of hounds has been procured which last win- ter rendered good service and enabled our game warden and scouts to kill fifteen of these animals. The mountain sheep which winter near the Mammoth Hot Springs range chiefly on Mount Everts, and this is therefore a favorite winter hunting ground for the panthers. After each fresh snow during the winter hunters with dogs are sent around Mount Everts, and if a panther has visited it the hounds take up the fresh trail and usually bring the animal to bay, when the hunters coming up shoot it. Usually the lions take to the trees, but last winter one was driven into an aban- doned shaft sunk years ago by coal prospectors. Here he drove off the dogs, but traps were set just within the entrance, which was then stopped up, and the next day the animal was found in the trap and killed. The Canada lynx and bay lynx are not abundant, and owing to their habits are seldom seen. They prey chiefly on birds and small mammals, and probably seldom attack the large game, though now and then they may kill a chance calf elk or fawn. The injury that they do is trifling, and no measures have been taken for their destruction. It is the general impression that coyotes are protected in the Park, but this is far from true, for it is a well- known fact that they are very destructive to the young game of all kinds, and we therefore use every means to get riel of them. The game warden, scouts, and cer- tain good shots among the soldiers are directed to kill them whenever the opportunity is offered. They are also destroyed by the use of traps and poison, and during the past winter between 75 and 100 of these animals were killed. Feed for Large Game. Owing to the limited winter range for all large game, both within the boundary of the Park and in the sur- rounding country, it is only a question of time when it will become absolutely necessary to provide feed for this game during at least a portion of the winter. There are a number of places in the Park, particularly along the Yellowstone and Lamar rivers, near the northern border of the Park and in the midst of the chief winter range of the large game, where a large quantity of alfalfa and hay could be raised at a comparatively small cost. As I have already stated, we have experimented in a small way in feeding the mountain sheep, deer and antelope in the vicinity of the Mammoth Hot Springs, and the marked improvement in the condition and increase in the number of these animals seem to warrant carrying this experiment to a much greater extent. It will probably never be necessary to feed any of our game during the entire winter, but I am of the opinion that in the future it should be treated in about the same way that the cattlemen handle their range stock; in other words, in case of a very bad winter or a spring, when the snow falls very deep and a crust forms over it, we should have a number of haystacks scattered about the range, so that the greater part of the game could be fed just a sufficient amount to carry them over the dangerous period, which in most cases would not continue for more than a week or two. During the time that I have been in the Park the winters have been particularly favorable for the large game, and only a small percentage have died of starva- tion at any time; but this is not to continue indefinitely, and in the near future we are liable to lose a large amount of game if the precaution suggested above is not taken. Fish and Fish Hatchery. During the past summer the United States Fish Com- mission has constructed a small frame building at the West Thumb of the Yellowstone Lake, for the purpose of eyeing the eggs of the black-spotted trout. This sta- tion has heretofore been in charge of the superintendent of the hatchery at Spearfish, South Dakota, but on ac- count of the distance and . inconvenient railroad com- munication between this point and Spearfish, it would seem much better to place the station in the Park under the care of the superintendent of the hatchery at Boze- man, Montana. It was the intention of Mr. Booth, the superintendent of the Spearfish station, to> place quite a large plant of eastern brook and Loch Leven trout in the Park this spring; but owing to a flood or cloudburst at his station, which interfered with his plans, only 21,000 brook trout could be shipped. This shipment, however, was very acceptable, and these young trout were all planted in Willow Creek, the stream where they were most needed. Snaileries. The rearing of snails as a food-product is by no means a new industry, and it is to-day carried on in various European countries, especially in France and Italy. Many species are regarded as edible, but the large white snail ( Helix pomatia) seems to be the snail that is generally preferred. The Romans reared this species in enormous quantities in gardens or inclosures, banked or surrounded with ashes and sawdust, so that the snails could not get out, feeding them on bran and sodden wine. These snail- eries are said by Pliny to have been invented by Fulvius Herpinus some time before the civil wars between Csesar and Pompey; and from another Latin author, Varro, we learn all about snail stews and how to make them. It is from the Roman period that snails as delicacies have descended to us. According to Varro, the Romans also grew their snails so large that the shells of some would hold ten quarts ! . Besides rearing these wonderful snails in cochlearia, they also drew supplies from Capri, Sicily, and the Balearic Isles, as we learn that from these places came the snails that were most prized in the Roman market. The Romans further acclimatized this gasteropod, and spread their taste for it, in all the provinces they con- quered, Gaul or France retaining the taste to this day. The Helix pomatia is in England an introduced and not a native snail, and is called the Roman snail, because it is generally supposed to have been brought here by the Romans, though tradition has it that it was first intro- duced by monks into Cambridgeshire, and also that it was introduced into Surrey — where it is known as the Italian snail — by one of the Countesses of Arundel. The Helix pomatia, however, whether introduced or not, is now found from Finland to Lombardy. All edible snails are nocturnal hermaphrodites, and be- long to a family which are distinguished into three groups — sea, fresh-water and land snails. Our interest at present lies with the last named. Besides Helix pomatia, the other snails that are used as food are Helix aspersa (the common garden snail), and Helix nemoralis (the wood snail). In the United States edible snails are frequently to be seen exposed for sale; but they are not raised in that country, and those on sale have been shipped to America alive from Europe. In Vienna, again, during Lent there is a large snail market, the snails coming in barrels from Swabia. The great center for the consump- tion of snails, however, is Paris and some of the French provinces. There is, indeed, a very large trade in this commodity in France, the large white snail being in special demand in Paris, while the garden and wood snails are in common use among poorer consumers in all parts of France. Snails are a recognized dish in French menus, and the maitre d’hotel can serve you snails d la Cettoise, or M arse liaise, or Parisienne, or Bourguignonne, or Bordelaise, all being excellent ways of disguising the snail. For example, Bordelaise is simply a combination of snails, red wine, butter and garlic. Frenchmen also take snails medicinally for phthisis and catarrhal troubles, preference being given to preparations made from or with raw and_ uncooked snails. Under the name helicine, a powder is also sold in France which is said to have absorbed the juice of the snail. It must be confessed that snails by themselves make a very insipid dish, but this is relieved by the strong condi- ments that are generally used; yet owing to their glu- tinous nature, snails still remain a difficult morsel to digest — that is, if the condiments used do not excite the secretion of gastric juice. They should generally be con- sumed immediately after they are gathered, after having been purged of all noxious vegetable substances that they may contain. Instances of poisoning have been known to occur when the snails were picked off henbane, bella- donna, and other plants of like nature; but accidents of this kind are avoided when snails so gathered are first subjected, as is the. usual custom, to a lengthened period of fasting before being used. The production of snails in France is now not equal to the demand, and large quantities are yearly imported from Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. During the Paris Exhibition of igoo there was such a scarcity of snails in the Paris markets that at one time prices rose as high as fifty-five francs per thousand. In the wholesale trade in snails in Paris from sixty to eighty millions of snails are received yearly. In this snail market there are two seasons, called respectively coureurs and bouches. In the first period, which extends from April 15 to the end of May, gros blanc sells at from eight to ten francs per thousand, and petit gris from two to three francs. The second period is divided into two: the first, called voiles, extends from September 1 to October 15, the price for gros blanc rang- ing from twelve to fourteen francs, and for petit gris about four francs; the second is the bouches proper, extending from October 15 to April, and in it prices average about eight francs for gros blanc and five francs for petit gris per thousand. The snails that are sold in the period of bouches have generally been kept in snaileries, where at the first frost they inter themselves about ten to fifteen centimeters deep, and secrete a slime, which, mixed with the earth, forms a cement. The nails sold during the voiles period FOREST AND STREAM, IJaw, 2S? mi are those which have hot been placed in preserves aftei being picked up, but have been simply shut up m pens, where, through want of nourishment or from unnatural conditions, they have only formed at the entrance to the shell a simple veil of slime. , . Snails, as has already been noted, are nocturnal m their habits, moving about and eating during the night, espe- cially so during the rains of spring. In the period known as coureurs they are gathered on dewy mornings 01 after heavy showers; consequently when there is a wet spnng enormous quantities come to hand in the maikets. of Paris. It may be added that they are “moist goods to handle, and therefore become easily heated, and deterio- rate in three or four days. It is during this season that they are sold in the streets of Paris from small carts. The snails that are despatched to the Halles Centrales are packed in cases, baskets, or sacks containing from five hundred to two thousand each, the cases being pierced with holes for aeratian. With respect to the snails that come to hand in the voiles and bouches periods, these are generally sold by private contract to grocers, pork- butchers, wine-sellers, and restaurant-keepers, who pre- pare them and sell them to consumers. The collecting of the snails is carried on in the provinces all day long by men, women and children, who with iron hooks search for them at the foot of thorn hedges and under ivy, and in winter in old walls. If lucky, a good searcher will collect from one thousand to fifteen hundred snails. These are paid for according to their weight, about a thousand snails averaging' ten kilo- grams, and the payment varies with the prices current m the Paris market, but it usually ranges from twenty to forty centimes per kilo. This work, therefore, cannot be said to be well paid. The result of allowing children to collect them has been that they pick up and bring in snails that are unsalable, and as these are thrown away, broken, or in other ways made useless, the snail-population of. the country, through the loss of immature young, is rapidly decreasing. Generally the slack time in the snail market is during May and June, when the collectors endeavor to restrict their collections so as to place more on the market, in August and September. In some cases, instead of being sent to market the snails gathered are held in reserve by being kept in snail preserves or gardens. The size of these snaileries vary greatly, according to the number of snails they are intended to stock. In these pens are a number of shelters about two meters long and one meter broad, and each of them looks like a wooden roof laid on a bed of soil having a slight slant. They are so placed that round about each of them food for the snails may be grown, and every morning the keeper has to pick up and replace the snails that have wandered about during the night in search of food. Snail gathering and preserving does not seem to be at all profitable, and curiously enough we now find many French authorities expressing the opinion that snails, as an edible commodity, trade a good deal on their ancient fame. It is possible that snails will some day be a lost or exceedingly rare commodity so far as French cooks and gourmands are concerned. Undoubtedly the edible snail is getting very rare in certain parts of France, and it is possible that there may come a period when a few edible snails will be kept and exhiijted at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris as unique specimens of an animal which through man’s gastronomic voracity has disappeared. The loss will not be felt in England.- — Chambers’s Journal. Tom, Turkey and Fox. A good fox story was told me last season by old friend Tom, a well-known hunter in Ticonderoga, which I will try to relate in his original and simple way: “One day I was coming down the hill leading to the upper part of Weedville, when I saw a big red fox walk- ing slowly along closely followed by a great turkey gobbler that would have weighed about twenty pounds. Knowing that the bird belonged to a neighbor’s flock on the next farm, I quickly stepped into some brush by the side of the road and got the old muzzleloader shot- gun ready for business. The two looked so comical that I had hard work to keep from shouting, but I succeeded, and again peered forth, and what do' you think? I saw that fox turn about and kill that turkey in a second. He then looked sort of sorrowful around and lay down and watched the struggling bird. Fie then got up and went over and took a good sniff at his game, when I let him have it for all I was worth. Fie hardly moved from his tracks, and I afterward sold his skin for three dol- lars. I walked up the hill with my prize and sent word to the neighbor that a fox had killed his gobbler, and for him to come down and get him. Do you know that old chap always had it in for me that 1 had shGt his turkey, and said that they found a shot or two in hi s; carcass when they dressed it. Well, perhaps they did. The fox was pretty close to the bird, and I was a good! ten rods away when 1 shot.” I have seen a fox annoy turkeys in a meadow, when! they would form in battle array, with the old ones out- side, and the young inside the circle, at the same time making loud cries and showing fighting spirit in abund- ance. I never waited to see the outcome of Reynard's tactics for fear of missing a good shot; but I am sure that in the case referred to by my friend, the fox per- suaded the old gobbler that he was afraid of him, and cut him out of the flock to make the killing the easier, for himself. Then he would not have to carry the bird so far tO' eat his share. Peter Flint. Panthers m Pennsylvania? Readers of Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads’s extremely inter- esting volume on the “Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey” will recall frequent mention of the observa- tions of Mr. Seth Nelson, an. old hunter and trapper, with whom Mr. Rhoads made many excursions and had fre- quent correspondence. From his studies of Pennsylvania fauna, Mr. Rhoads' concluded that the panther is extinct, and SO' declares. Recently he received from Mr. Nelson a letter which in substance is as follows : “Jan. io, T905 — Mr. S. N. Rhoads: Dear Sir — I just read in the National Sportsman of a man killing af panther near Port Jervis, N. Y., measuring eight feet, one inch. A hunter at Eaglesmere, Pa., saw that animal and two panthers were seen near Eaglesmere this fall. One panther was killed at Meadix Run this fall measuring eleven feet. Two bear hunters in Cameron county, about ten or eleven miles from where you and I were trapping and hunting, got after a very large panther with two bear dogs. They treed the panther twice, and then the panther licked the dogs, so they would not. look after it any more. The hunters sawi the panther jump off the tree, but could not get a sure shot at him. Meadix Run is in Elk county. I killed five bears and two deer this fall and one wildcat near my camp. Seth Nelson.” Keating, Clinton Co., Pa. In Massachusetts* Boston, Jan. 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: At, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Com- mittee for Protection of Fish and Game, last evening, George M. Poland, Esq., of Wakefield, was chosen chair- man to succeed Mr. H. A. Estabrook, of Fitchburg, who desired to be relieved of the duties. Mr. Poland is House chairman of the legislative Committee on Pro- bate and Chancery, to which has been referred a bill to prohibit the killing of game by use of the automatic gun. The committee passed a vote indorsing the measure, and a similar vote was passed later in the even- ing by the Board of Management of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association. The Central Committee also passed a resolution giving its hearty in- dorsement of the Shiras bill for the protection of wild- fowl now before Congress. The committee and the board voted to support the bill presented by the Board of Agriculture, which calls for an appropriation of '$3,000 for the publishing of a pamphlet on birds and their uses to the farmer. The purpose of this publication is to stimulate the study of the farmers’ feathered friends, and disseminate information concerning their habits and the importance of their care and protection. Mr. E. Howe Forbush, State ornithologist, last year prepared a valuable monograph on the destruction of birds in Massachusetts in 1903, which was published by the Board of Agriculture, his data being derived chiefly from reports of a large number of observers m various sections of the State. In regard to quail, he expressed the opinion, based on the reports sent in, that 95 per cent, of them died from cold and starvation during the winter. At the meeting of the board, the standing committees on publication, legislation, enforcement of laws, etc., were appointed, and Flon. C. M. Bryant, of Quincy, spoke forcibly in favor of a bill which he will introduce in the Legislature providing for the payment of a bounty on foxes. He stated that the Blue Hills Reservation was a great breeding place for them, and that they are increas- ing very rapidly there and making their way out into the surrounding country, causing destruction to . bird life and great loss to the farmers and poultry raisers. His poultry farm and yards are in the infested neighbor- hood, and he states that he had offered $5 bounty to any- one who would bring him the carcass of a fox killed on his premises. It being late in the evening when the mat- ter was brought up, and several members having startel for trains, it was thought best to defer action to another meeting, which will be held soon. With Mr. Kinney and Salem D. Charles on one side, and Col. Dimick and Mayor Bryant on the other, there would seem to be a chance for a very pretty forensic discussion on the fox bounty question. Our Springfield friends and some others are urging a hunters’ license, and have secured the introduction of a bill establishing a fee of $1 for the privilege of hunting. The attitude of the Central Committee is not unfavorable to the bill, and it voted to lend its support, but several members are doubtful whether it is quite time for such legislation. The bill provides that unnaturalized resi- dents shall pay a fee of $10. Another bill before the Legislature removes the limit of length (ioj4 inches) on lobsters imported from the British Provinces. There will doubtless be the usual annual crop of bills on fish and game matters, which often number forty or more, and present a great variety of opinions. It is not unlikely that a close season of one or more years on upland game birds will be called for; but while there is no doubt our quail are scarce, the weight of testimony in reference to the woodcock and ruffed grouse proves conclusively that they have been fairly plentiful, and the shooting of those birds has been as good as the average of the last three or four years. There are exceptional localities where most of the cover has been removed and birds have been scarce. As a whole, I believe sportsmen would prefer to put out money for' restocking with quail rather than be deprived of the opportunity for shooting even for one year. There are those who look upon a close season for three or four years as necessary to re- gaining our quail. It seems to the writer that such a step is unnecessary, provided the work of restocking is pushed vigorously, and the birds we have are provided with adequate food. Mr. E. Harold Baynes is eagerly pursuing his work for saving the buffalo. On Wednesday evening a start was made in the rooms of the Natural History Society toward forming an organization for that purpose. In his lecture before the society he used about 100 lantern slides, and told of the reckless slaughter by which these animals had been almost annihilated. He enumerated the remaining herds — that of the Government in Yellow- stone Park, the Corbin herd, a few small ones owned by private individuals, and a mythical (?) one in Canada. He read letters from prominent men, including President Roosevelt, showing the widespread interest in the subject. A committee was appointed to take the necessary steps for organizing and holding future meetings. The Sportsmen’s Protective Association of Eastern Massachusetts held its second meet for a fox and rabbit hunt to-day. The usual quiet of North Reading Square was broken at an early hour by the gathering of mem- bers, about seventy in number. The committee for the day included M. E. S. Clemans, Wakefield; John Baxter, B. Frank Goodwin, Reading; Dr. E. A. Merrill, Somer- ville, and J. Allen Eames, of West Reading. A little after 8 o’clock A. M. the party divided into sections and started for the north part of the town. The hard surface of the snow proved somewhat of a handicap to the twenty or more dogs. When the hunters rounded up, however, at the town hall about 4 P. M., there were spoils to the extent of two foxes and seven rabbits. J. Allen Eames secured one of the foxes, a young lad the other, and Messrs. J. Baxter, D. T. Strange and Justin Curtis bagged the rabbits. Several foxes were seen, but too far away to warrant a shot. The members enjoyed the tramp greatly, and when gathered at the well-laden tables in the town hall rehearsed to each other the ex- periences of the day. Large additions were made to the membership list, which has already more than 100 names. The club has an in- vitation to join the Middleton Fur Club in a fox hunt on the 22d of February, and most of the members have signified their acceptance. The events of to-day continue late into the night, as your readers will understand when informed that “King Megantic” has rallied his cohorts at the Somerset for the annual banquet. This is the one occasion of the year when men gather from half a dozen different States just for a jolly good time. Last year the feast was at Delmonico’s, and from all reports everybody had enough. No questions of very serious import are ex- pected to come up for consideration on these occasions, although Commissioner Carleton is allowed to draw the lines over the members, in a mild and agreeable manner. 1 his evening Dr. George H. Payne, vice-president of the club, occupied the seat of honor and introduced Mr. Wm. L. Quimby, of Boston, as toastmaster. In marched four stalwart men to the tune of the “Torpedo and the Whale,” with a large fish from which, when cleft by a villainous-looking bolo, there emerged a tiny Miss — Olga Clark — who presented the chairman a bunch of roses. A telegram from President Richards, of New York, was read, also one from President Roosevelt which set the. boys wild. After Commisisoner Carleton had depicted in glowing colors the beauties of the appli- cation of the license law, he was given three cheers and a “Bengal” and made an honorary member. A telegram from Grover Cleveland was read by the toastmaster and received with vociferous applause. Gen. Charles W. Bartlett, Rev. Fr. J. E. Choquette, Cure of Megantic; Rev. George A. Crawford, Chaplain FT. S. N. ; Samuel M. Child, Esq., all spoke in a vein that suited the occa- sion. The speaking was interspersed with the singing of the songs which form an important part of the pro- gramme on such occasions. The Harvard Quartette’s rendering of the "Old Kentucky Home” raised a vocifer- ous call for repetition, which was given with telling- effect. There were about 200 at the tables. Mr. Roll in Jones, with half a dozen boon companions, has. gone to his camp on Winnipiseogee for winter fishing. Central. Talk About Old Arms. I read with interest the remarks of Air. George Bird Grinnell on the subject of the early use of the Colt's re- volver and repeating rifle. I presume the question of the date of introduction of these weapons can readily be cleared up by referring it to the Colt’s Arms Company My impressions of the matter may be erroneous as they refer back to the period of my early youth, 1 re- member when a boy reading a book by Captain' Mayne Reed, I think The Scalp Hunters,” a book written for boys, in which the Colt’s revolver is introduced as a new device to astonish the Indians. I believe the period covered by the story was the early fifties. Early, m 1861, one of the newly organized Confederate companies was armed with the Colt’s repeating rifle until then unheard , of by me. It was said that these rifles were ineffective because more than one of the chambers were discharged when the piece was fired During the Civil War— 1861-1865— repeating ’ and breechloading rifles were regarded as novelties- only a few were in use, I believe, and were not. held in much esteem. When in the trenches around Atlanta in 1864, the “Confeds” were occasionally aroused at night by rapid firing from the Federal lines, with the expectation of a night attack, when some soldier would remark Jan. 28, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 71 “Oh, it’s nothing but those d — d little bullets,” and all would resume their slumbers. These “little bullets,” from some sort of repeating rifle, were held in contempt. It was a long time before the writer overcame this early prejudice against “little bullets” as contrasted with the large Minie bullet, whose voice was so familiar along the “firing line” in those days. I have in my possession two> breechloading carbines that are new so far as use is concerned, sent to' me several years ago by a gentleman in Chicago, who had in the course of trade, I believe, acquired a considerable number of them. They were sent to me as curious ex- amples of the earlier efforts to manufacture effective breechloading weapons. These carbines have on them the following inscriptions: (1) “Burnside Patent. Model of 1864. No. 18967.” (2) “Gallager’s Patent, July 17, i860. Manufactured by Richardson & Overman, Philadelphia. No. 12624.” From the numbers inscribed on them, the manufacture of these carbines must have been carried to a consider- able extent; and yet they appear to be rather impracti- cable for actual service. They are provided with the common musket hammer and nipple for percussion caps. In one a breech block is tilted up at the forward end with a chamber into which the cartridge was to be in- serted backwards. The other tilts up the breech of the barrel for thrusting a cartridge in by a forward move- ment. In either case it would seem difficult to insert a paper cartridge and bring the charge into proper rela- tions with the cap after closing the breech. Both are actuated by a trigger guard lever. During the latter part of the Civil War, and possibly earlier, a few of the Federal cavalry were armed with Spencer carbines that carried six or seyen cartridges in a magazine in the stock. These, I believe, were the most effective breechloading or repeating rifles of that period. The above are some of the reflections that led me to question the introduction of the Colt’s revolvers, and especially the repeating rifles, as early as 1839. Coahoma. Concerning the dates in question, the Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company writes as follows: Hartford, Conn., Dec. 30, 1904. — Editor Forest and Stream: Replying to your favor of the 29th inst., refer- ring to the Colt revolvers used by the 1 exas Rangers, would state that in 1836 the Texas pistol, caliber .34, was introduced. This was immediately followed by the Walker pistol, caliber .44, named after a Texas Ranger, which was considerably heavier than the first model. This last pistol was principally used by the Texas Rangers. In 1836 and 1837 the. first Colt revolving rifles were placed on the market, caliber .42. A limited num- ber of these rifles was made prior to 1842, later changes were made in the model and large numbers were manu- factured. We trust that this information will meet your requirements. Colt’s Patent Firearms Mfg. Co., L. C. Grover, President. A New Hampshire Deer Quandary The Fish and Game Commissioners and the shooting fraternity are up against a peculiar case — namely, what are we to do with the deer? Comparatively few years since, when deer were introduced to the lower counties, sportsmen favored the plan, also the protection _ at all times. The deer evidently were pleased with their new grounds and have increased considerably, For some reason they hang around quite near our cities and villages, and are frequently seen on the lines of our steam and electric car routes. . I11 a recent letter from a well-known fox hunter living in Wilton, the writer says: “This town is overrun with deer. Recently a herd of nine and another of eleven were seen just on the outskirts of this village. ’ In the recent report of our Fish and Game Commis- sion is the following: “ 1 he deer question in southern New Hampshire is becoming a serious one. They have increased rapidly, and are found within easy rifle lange of our largest cities. The question now being consideied is, What are we to do with them? An open season is suggested. There are certain objections to such a move. The Commissioners’ report further says : If the_ time comes when an open season is made, to hunt deer in the lower counties, there can be no question that many people will be killed, for with the high power rifles now in use, it is impossible to tell where a bullet will stop. I will give my reasons why I think we would be better off were there no deer in the State south of Plymouth, and I am sure a majority of our sportsmen agree with me. I am content to hunt birds and nothing larger than a fox in this section. When I want deer, I go north, where there are suitable places to hunt them. There are many law-abiding sportsmen in our lower counties who' like to hunt foxes, ’coons and rabbits, l hey own valuable dogs and take pains that they hunt only such animals. It is very discouraging when one gets a promising young fox hound, which shows every indi- cation of being just what is wanted, to have this youngster jump a deer (as he is liable to- any day). Where one such dog may take no notice of a deer, many of them will, and after once chasing one is very, likely to repeat it. Owing to the presence of our deer, it is now difficult to buy a good fox hound at a reasonable price; that is, one that will not chase deer. I have been trying for some time to get such a dog; have seen several and written to owners of others. My first question would be, “Will the dog chase deer, and has he ever done so? The usual answer is, “He has chased them once or twice, but he got a good licking and may not do it again. This once or twice settled the question as to my buying. A11 objection to an open deer season in this and similar localities would be as follows: There aie too many houses, too many roads with people traveling on. them, too many domestic cattle in the pastures, to make it sate to turn loose a lot of rattle-headed would-be deer killers Even up in our north country, where there are miles of woods, and where there is an open season, the careful deer hunter lias to be over-careful ; not that he will shoot someone by mistake, but that someone may shoot him. . . , . T recently my an illustration m a daily paper as id lows ; “Guide — Here, you blank blank city idiot, what are you shooting at me for?” “Sportsman — My dear sir, I am awfully sorry I took you for a bear. I don’t see how I shot so badly as to miss you.” It has been suggested that in case of an open season the deer hunter be restricted to a shotgun and buckshot. This would be a pretty poor outfit for still-hunting deer. Where one was killed, a number would be more or less wounded. The object of an open season seems to be to reduce the number of deer. If such a season is deemed best, I think December the time The ground is usually covered with snow, there is less travel on our roads, and cattle are housed; also' it is much easier to see a deer on snow and to know it is a deer, and one which is wounded can be followed. We wanted the deer (or thought we did). Now we have them, we don’t want them, and do not know how to’ get rid of them. When the law protecting deer at all times was passed, there was also one prohibiting dogs from chasing them, and it gave any one the right to' kill any dog SO' doing. Owners of valuable hunting dogs are protesting against this law, and have good reason to. Anyone who dislikes dogs or who' may have some personal grudge against the owner of one, can, out of pure cussedness, shoot a dog, and if it is brought home to him, swear the dog was after deer; and if it happens on bare ground, and the owner is not near-by, he will have trouble to prove other- wise. I am sure that the majority of sportsmen acknowledge that a sheep or deer-chasing dog should be killed ; but they want reliable evidence that the dog deserves it. We think it high time this promiscuous dog killing were ended. We have a law which says that all dogs must be licensed, and must wear collars with owner’s name, ad- dress and license number plainly marked thereon. There are certain scallawag dogs which wander about at will night or day. While their owners probably have paid a dog license, these dogs seldom wear a collar, and are hard to identify. Such dogs usually are ready to get into mischief, and take special delight in enticing well be- haved, stay-at-home dogs to join them in their wander- ings. I think it would be well to’ double the price of the present dog license, and to place and enforce a good big penalty for letting a dog loose without a proper col- lar. Compel these shiftless owners to look after their dogs and there will be less complaint of damage to deer or sheep. C, M. Stark, Dunbarton, N. H., Jan 18. The Shiras Bill* State of Ohio Fish and Game Commission. Columbus, O., Jan. 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: Your inquiry under date of December 9, 1904, received. A Federal game law to protect migratory birds should be welcomed and earnestly supported by all persons, and especially sportsmen. Efforts made in our State to prevent the killing of migratory birds in the spring resulted in adding fifteen days to the open season. The best informed advocates of no protection to migratory birds do not claim that it is in the interest of protection; they claim the privilege to join others in the alarming and injudicious _ destruction of them. Those who are most interested in having good shooting, and who are best prepared to enjoy it, favor a closed season in the spring while the birds are migrating to the breed- ing grounds, and for this reason do not avail themselves of the spring shooting permitted by our present laws. In this State, for selfish motives, one locality is ar- rayed against another, and the whole against all other States, permitting the wholesale killing of migratory birds during the winter and spring. For this reason we have failed" to pass the necessary protective law, and must look to Federal protection or expect future destruc- tion of wildfowl. With very best wishes for your suc- cess, I am, Sincerely yours, J. C. Porterfield, Chief Warden. United Effort* Editor Forest and Stream: We all of us are familiar enough with the importance of organization. We know that the blow of a 100-pound hammer carries more force than one hundred blows by a 1 -pound hammer. We know that a regiment of trained soldiers can do more than the same number of men fight- ing individually; that to accomplish any work men must get together and all push at the same time and in the same direction, under proper guidance. But how seldom do we act on this knowledge. I am led to this reflection by reading your editorial in Forest and Stream of January 21 on the organiza- tion of the Lewis and Clark Club. As you say, “It is a good sign for this country when men of whatever walk in life associate themselves together.with the honest pur- pose of protecting those natural objects which since the settlement of America have been regarded as belonging to whoever should take them without regard to the time or the method of taking.” For a good many years past there have been sports- men’s clubs, many of them devoted merely to recreation, many others with the ostensible object of doing some good for their fellow men, or for those who’ are to come after them. There have even been State associations of sportsmen and national associations of sportsmen; but the interest felt in the subject of game and fish protection has never been strong enough to induce these men to get together and to work earnestly for the benefit of all. If it had not been for the splendid work and leadership given by Forest and Stream, little would have been accomplished in the last twenty years. In that time there has been a great advance, but it must be acknowledged that this is -due largely to you and to your leadership. In the editorial to which I referred, you speak very justly of the good work done bjr the Boone and Crockett Club. Not only has this association stood in the front rank fer the protection of our natural resources and done splendid work with legislators both of State and of National Government, but it has also spread the doc- trines which it advocates among the people at large by means of the beautiful and interesting volumes that it lias published from time to time. Take for example its last book, “American Big Game in Its Haunts.” Only one who has read the volume, and who is to some extent acquainted with the large game of America, can appre- ciate how broad a field this book covers, and how full it is of interest to sportsmen and to naturalists and to< game protectors. Mr. Kidder’s chapters on his Alaska hunting open a new world to the ordinary stay-at-home sports- man, and unconsciously reveal an amount of pluck and endurance on the part of the author which must excite the admiration of those who themselves have not pene- trated the real wilds. President Roosevelt’s account of the Yellowstone Park and his visit there a year ago last spring is one of the most delightful chapters that I have ever read, and should teach each one of us a lesson. Now, the Boone and Crockett Club, I believe, is lim- ited to one hundred members, and of that one hundred we may assume that a large majority are not very active. Probably the real work of that club is done by a small number of men, yet their accomplishments have been great, as is shown by their record printed in the volumes which the club have published. For the newly organized Lewis and Clark Club there should be a work quite as important as that done by the Boone and Crockett. What this work may prove to be, it is of course impossible to point out now; but if the club is in earnest, it will find its work. Is it not possible for these two clubs to work together, uniting with them other associations, if there are any, in whom they have confidence? It is conceivable that a committee of half a dozen men representing such clubs as these, backed by the influence of their several organizations, might carry a weight with legislators and others which would be overwhelming. The growth of interest in the protection of natural things is most gratifying, and when we see men of in- telligence and education feeling an enthusiasm for these matters, it seems as if a protest ought to.be made against the waste of energy involved in mere individual effort. The same amount of vigor and push in combination will surely accomplish greater things, I venture to submit these views to you, to. the members of the Boone and Crockett and the Lewis and Clark clubs, and to sportsmen generally. Outsides. On the Missouri River Sandbars. About fifteen years ago I hunted wild geese on the sandbars of the Missouri River one winter when the weather was favorable for them ; that is to' say, when it was neither too> cold for them to find open water and food, or too warm for them to tarry in that region. It was then no difficult thing to' dig a hole in the smooth surface of a sandbar so- that one could stoop down until his head was below the level, and going to one of these places before daylight, or toward evening, one’s chances of getting a brace of honkers as they passed over from the wheatfields were good, while if he took with him a rifle he was reasonably certain of a shot if the geese happened to alight out of range of the scatter gun. I have seen geese so numerous in that region that flock after flock would come in from the wheat fields and stop on the bars to' rest until there would be thousands of them in sight, they generally selecting some low, flat bar 300 to 500 yards from willows, drift or cover of any "sort, and, with their sentinels on guard, rest and feed on the wild smartweed for hours, during which time the sportsman could only be patient and hope that some other fellow would happen along to stir the geese up and possibly give him the shot he coveted. As my favorite weapon was the rifle, and I often accompanied a young man who> it seemed to me, could hit a goose with his io-bore shot at marvelously long range, by hid- ing in holes or “rack heaps” several hundred yards apart, our bag was not always an empty one at nightfall. A few weeks ago I visited these same sandbars on which in former years it was a rare occurrence to pass a day without a shot. The river was almost as low as it was during the winter of 1883-4, when I first trod the bars, but not only did I see nothing larger than a crow, but there were no indications to be found, in a tramp of some fifteen miles, that any geese had been ‘‘using” any of the most favorable spots since the last rainfall, some time previously. In a journey of upward of 100 miles by train which followed the shores continuously, only two small bunches of geese were seen, at total of about fifteen individuals. No ducks at all were seen, although it was not too cold for them Perry D. Frazer. A Foxhound's Voice Over the Telephone. For some time I have been trying to get a foxhound of the right sort. I wanted a small, well-built dog with a clear, rather light voice; a good starter and stayer, and one which would not chase deer. _ I heard of several dogs, and had some on trial which did not suit. I .have two now which, as far as look and size go, seem just what I want. They are about of a size, well marked black, white and tan. The dog is under three years, ^and nine foxes are said to have been killed with him this season. 'The bitch is nearly twice the age of the dog, and said to be a good one. Both are claimed to be deer proof. I. have had these dogs for several days, and it is provoking that there has been no chance to try them. I am ready to go out and so are the dogs, and I am quite sure I could find a fox track in a few minutes. Our last snowfall measured over twenty inches of very soft, light snow. A fox can paddle, along in such snow, but a dog cannot. Both of mine sink so deep that only their heads show. Yesterday a neighbor who is interested in all kinds of hunting, called me up on the telephone. Both dogs were in my house at the time, and seemed to understand that I was talking to a fox hunter. My neighbor asked, “How do you like the dogs— have they good voices?” I said, “You can hear one of them.” I held the receiver near the bitch and spoke to her and she let out a few hoots. My neighbor called out, “That one has a good voice; I can hear her plainly.” I have a large megaphone which I made of tin. It is over fifty inches in length and twenty inches diameter at open end. Some two or three miles south of my house 72 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 28, 1905. there is a large tract of high hills. I frequently hear fox- hounds (sometimes at night) running on those hills. By using my megaphone as a receiver, holding the small end to my ear, I can hear those dogs plainly when a long distance away. I would suggest to the Massachusetts fox hunting clubs that a big megaphone made of light metal (metal is much better than cardboard), would be a good thing to take along when they have their field trials when they are using some of those flyers of southern breeding who are claimed to be able to catch our New England foxes (I don’t recall hearing of any instance where they did). The megaphone would be handy to yell at the dogs, also to use as a receiver when the dogs were out of reach of ordinary ears. Up here we do not want our fox dogs to try to catch our foxes (at least I do not). The southern fox hunters may condemn our manner of killing foxes. It will not cause us to change. We do not drive deer with dogs as they do. When we hunt deer still-hunting is the rule, and it is a rule which is enforced. A dog running our deer stands more chances of getting killed than does the deer. C. M. Stark. Dunbarton, N. H. Skunk Trapping. Sayre, Pa. — The reference to the above industry pub- lished in Forest and Stream of January 7, calls to mind the fact that one need not necessarily invest in vast landed estates or remove to remote corners of the earth to cap- ture the intrepid polecat. A neighbor living across the street from the writer, in the center of a town of 6,000 inhabitants, has within the year trapped and killed nine skunks, and he is convinced that the industry is not on the decline. When a boy, living on the bleak hillside south of Ithaca, N. Y., the writer and an uncle conceived the idea of ex- tensively engaging in the skunk trapping business, and to that end a supply of steel-traps was bought and a line of them run out over a likely circuit of country. The morn- ing following, the writer found himself confined to bed threatened with an attack of pneumonia, a circumstance which compelled the uncle to go over the line of traps; a duty he performed, I am convinced, with great heroism, inasmuch as he was compelled to club one perfume-laden member of the fur-bearing tribe to an untimely death. The daring feat of skinning the husky beast then ensued, during which operation the brave relative acquired suffi- cient odor to create a riot at the family dinner several hours later, It was only after the interment of the clothes worn at the first “husking bee” indulged in by the senior member of the newly chartered trapping firm, and overmuch bath- ing practiced for many weeks, that final traces of the un- studied contact with the fetid outlaw of all creation were eliminated, and life on the wind-swept farm, with its won- derful outlook across to the sunset hills, again assumed its normal functions. Perhaps it is needless to add the trapping enterprise, by virtue, of this first untoward circumstance, was strangled in its infancy, and its promoters immediately and with great cheerfulness turned their attention to more congenial and less odoriferous occupations. M. Chill. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. The Log of a Sea Angler. 3Y CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING,” “BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. IV. — Dodging a Sawfish — Dangerous Game — A Hard Fight — Sawfish and Thermometers — Collecting Eggs — Vast Quantities — A Disappearing Spider — The Cast-Net for Mullets — Old Bones in a Keg — Tattooed by Physaiia — Attendant Fish Nomeus. My guide once blew out the flambeau in a cave three miles under ground to give me a clear idea of what abso- lute darkness meant. I realized on East Key at night what solitude was. It was hot, nearly 90 degrees at midnight, and lying on the sand just out of the brush watching for a green turtle it was absolutely silent.. The wind had gone down, the stars blazed like electric lights in the sky, and constellations were seen that are strangers to northern eyes. I could see ghostly spirit crabs wandering over the strand; see lights on the sur- face of the sea where some luminous animals wandered. Then the wind would begin to rise, the water along the sand giving out a low sweet melody, a tinkling sound, and then a dim, far-away roar gradually comes down the wind telling of the sea breaking on the reef to the windward. A gull came in from the sea. with a weird cry; a heavy crash sounded where some big fish jumped, and the wind began to moan and sough through the bush, the gulls taking to the air to see what was abroad. The stars disappeared one by one, an inky-black cloud shut in the night, and with a roar of mighty sounds a hurricane-like squall burst upon the island. The bushes were beaten to the ground, hundreds of birds were sent whizzing through the air, clouds of water whipped the face, and the sands rose like spectres and were whirled over the water. Pandemonium was let loose, the spirits of the deep were invoked and played havoc ; then as suddenly it passed on ; the stars came out, and the normal state of affairs came again. We are cooled off; the mercury has dropped five de- grees, and Bob is making coffee. It has been my good fortune to see storms and squalls of all kinds, but. no- where do they come and go with such marvelous rapidity as in this portion of the world. It is not everywhere that one can see a bird lay an egg on the wing. I have been almost struck by such mis- siles -several times ; and in walking, when the entire bird population is on the wing, one must keep a weather eye out. The birds have begun to hatch, and one of the mysteries is how a mother bird can tell her own in such a swarm. I crawled to-day under and into the bush-- and filled a water bucket with eggs without moving from a space five by five feet. In reaching a lane in the bush I found a remarkable spider, as large as my thumb, yellow and black, perched on a big stout web that completely closed the way. As I rose up to examine it, the spider began to swing to and fro, and in a few. seconds fairly disappeared before my eyes from the rapidity of the motion. I stood and watched it a moment or two, when the rapidity of its swing gradually subsided, and it came to a standstill. A more clever defense it would be difficult to imagine; and that a spider-loving bird would be completely de- ceived was very evident. Bob and I took the dinghy one morning and sculled out over the reef, while John waded alongshore with .cast- net slung over his shoulder with an eye out for mullets. He was a strange figure, tall and lank. . Bob said they had once used him as a jury mast on a ship that was dis- masted down by Trinidad. Suddenly he stopped, swung the net to the left, then to the right, and launched it in a broad circle over a school of mullets which were presently shaken out on to the sands. Mullet of the right size with roe is a delicious dish. The dinghy had gone out near the channel, and we were moving slowly along near the heads when I saw a long gray object passing directly across our path. It looked like a shark, but a moment later I made out a long snout, and saw the per- fect outline of the largest sawfish I had . ever sighted. It paid no attention to the dinghy, and wishing to take its saw, I drove the grains into it. Have you ever seen a swordfish leap? It is the clumsiest of all motions, a slow rising and dropping back, a lift without the forward motion; and this jump of the sawfish was almost identical. The whole fish came out of the water a foot or more, and the ugly saw swung around in search of the enemy as the fish dropped back With a splash, sending #*§ spray flying oyer t?s. I had about fifty feet of light line on the spear; the fish jerked that overboard so quickly that I had just time to drop on my back, brace and hold to the piece of wood the line was fast to, when the shock came. Bob said later that he heard my arms crack, and in truth I only held on by a miracle while the boat got under way ; then I slipped the wood crosswise under the seat, and Bob steered with his oar. The fish, maddened by the sudden attack, ran straight inshore, dragging the bow down, making a menacing wave of foam ahead of us ; then, on nearing the beach, turned so suddenly that the dinghy partly filled, and sped away up the long white sandy beach, from which John waved his straw sombrero and cheered. There was nothing to do but to tire out the fish, and after enjoying the run a while, I put over a pair of oars and tried to stop it, forcing the fish to swim in a circle while we climbed to windward on the turns and displayed our agility. The water was not over four feet deep, and the saw- fish took us nearly around the island before it began to weaken; then the dinghy, being a third full of water, proved too much of a pull, and I took the line and in half an hour had the boat over the sawfish. The grains had struck just over the gills, where the neck ought to be; in a good place for towing, but as I tried to lift it, out came the big saw, and we dropped into the bottom of the dinghy, while the toothed saber struck the gunwale a slashing blow, breaking off. several teeth. A cut from such a weapon would, Bob said, leave a man full of holes, and the quickness with which the fish sent the weapon around to right and left was amaz- ing. Three times it literally swept the deck, ramming its teeth into the soft cedar of the boat, breaking several, suggestive of the damage it might do. It was essentially a “down bridge” performance, and no jackies dodged shells quicker than did we drop when that ivory-toothed saw cleaver came whirling across the boat, while the sawfish, partly held by myself, seemed to stand on its tail. Bob finally got the end of the line and literally lassoed it, and with a jerk hauled the saw down to the rail, placing the big fish hors du combat, as help- less as a turtle on its back. The sawfish has certain claims on the angling frater- nity as a game fish; at least by another name it is a game fish, but by some it is classed with the sharks, and looked upon as vermin. I have had as hard and gamy a play with the sawfish on a rod as some tarpon have given me, and the struggle this fish gave me on the grains established its reputation with me at least as a game, not to say dangerous, animal. In swordfish fishing, one is liable to be spitted, and a friend told me he was twice rammed by one he had hooked, and forced to cut away the line; but. the sword- fish hacks you with a bludgeon filled with ivory nails. We now made the fish fast by its saw, and towed it in, and when the other men came along, hauled it up — a splendid specimen weighing at least 500 pounds, a strange combination of ray and shark, with a four-foot sword, the sides armed with stout ivory teeth an inch in length ■ — a savage and dangerous weapon. The body of the sawfish is wide, the side or pectoral fins giving it the appearance of a ray, making it a con- spicuous object against the bottom. The sawfish is in demand for a singular purpose. The big saw is mounted as a base for thermometers, and all the specimens the men caught were sold for this purpose to a little German in Kew West who collected strange flotsam of the sea. The sun was so hot that I determined to return to camp, and had hardly started — Chief bearing the trophy and John his net and mullets — when I tripped and fell, and found myself waist-deep in a big hogshead, having landed on a human skeleton, crushing in the jaw and lower part of the skull. The men professed complete ignorance, although they have been here twenty years. There was nothing about it to tell the story, no vestige of clothing, and the supposition was that some sailor had died and been buried in the cask in default of a coffin. These islands back in the forties or early fifties were the resort of pirates and freebooters, the harbor afford- ing an excellent retreat for vessels which, did they know the reef, could slip in through the narrow channels and easily throw an enemy off the track. The heat on this and other keys at midday in the last .part of June was sometimes unbearable. A thick nebu- lous caloric wave rose from the .white sand and distorted every object. Masses of old timbers, pieces of wreck- age, ' rfi3fl-0S'War birds roosting— all took on gigantic shapes in this heat mirage. There was no getting to windward, as there was no wind, and the thing to do was to go in swimming every half hour, five minutes in the sun being sufficient to dry my linen, trousers and shirt, and create an appetite for another swim. It was during one of these cooling swims that I tested the stinging powers of the Portuguese man-o’-war {Physaiia) . These beautiful fairy ships were common everywhere ; the shore was lined with their dried bal- loons that exploded as I trod upon them, and the lagoon was the field of action for myriads. In swimming on my side, I ran over one, the mass of tentacles, which extended away about fifteen feet, covering my abdomen and legs with a purple, virulent mass. The impact came like an electric shock, and I had barely power to get to my feet and stagger inshore ; and I was told by Bob that I had had “a close call.” The mass was cut or scraped off with a razor, then covered with sweet oil while I was dosed with whiskey. Singularly enough, while the burning was excruciating, the most serious symptom was loss of breath ; doubtless the action of the heart was affected. For a year or more the flesh was covered with the fanciful markings, and I could have passed a credit- able examination as the tattooed man. . Some French naturalist has made a number of interesting experiments with Physaiia, killing dogs and cats by internal, doses of the tentacles, proving the presence of a virulent poison. I am confident that if I had not had immediate common sense treatment I might not have recovered, and I doubt if off bottom I could have reached shore. I was on the lookout for these animals when swim- ming, and saw this one, but did not suppose that its tentacles were extended so far behind. In large indi- viduals the train is sometimes one hundred feet in length. No more beautiful object than Physaiia can be imagined; a floating bubble four inches long, with a perfect sail that can be elevated or depressed, and depending from its lower surface a mass of vivid blue or purple zooids or tentacles which can be held closely to the body or ex- tended many feet. They constitute at once the drags, the keel of the fairy ship, and lures as well. I have often watched their action; lowered into a school of sardines they resemble purple worms twisting about a small fish, bites at one, and, as though struck by lightning, turns over dead; it is instantaneous. Bob said, “The sardine never knew what hit him.” The moment contact came tens of thousands of lasso cells — animate bombs, capsules loaded, with screw-drivers — exploded and struck the fish, piercing it, pouring into the myriad of wounds a purple poison that was as effective as so many electric bolts. But this is not the strange part of it. I can imagine no more terrifying creature in the sea than this- — a living torpedo made up of millions of tubes, , death lurking in every one; yet among them, swimming about freely, were from one to half a dozen little fishes ( Nomeus ) that had been endowed by nature with the exact color of the tentacles, a vivid purple. So perfect was the imi- tation that a “tenderfoot” would never see them. When I lifted a Portuguese man-o’-war by the sail and held the mass of death-dealing darts above the water, the lit- tle purple fishes appeared, darting about, terrified at be- ing disturbed by their protector; upon releasing it, they immediately came back and resumed their position be- neath it. I have been told that the Physaiia devours its attend- ants; but in hundreds examined, I never found a Nomeus in the toils, which of course does not prove that they are immune; but it does show that they know more about it than the sardines. When the Physaiia is feeding, its fishing line is lowered many feet, and the moment a fish is caught it is hauled in by short jerks and pulls, so that in two or three minutes a two-inch sardine will be hauled ten or twelve feet and surrounded by the tentacles. When the Physaiia wishes to move, it ele- vates its beautiful pearl-colored sail tinted with pink, which displays a wind surface of six or even seven square inches, and with its purple drags trailing behind to steady it, sails away over the Gulf with countless hordes of P or pita and V elella and the purple snail Ianthina — all ships of the sea of greatest beauty. Daisy — “Why, Rose, dear, what have you done to your poodle? The last time I saw him his hair was white.” Rose — “Yes, but it was such a nuisance to keep hint washed, you know; so I just had him dyed brown 1”—* Detroit Free Press, Jan. 28, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM * _ Dictionary of Angling. COMPILED BY SHAGANOSS. Anchor. — A mechanical device for sub-aqueous en- gagement with the alluvial or rocky bottom of lake or river. Fish-hooks are sometimes so employed, but such use is not recommended by the best standard authori- ties. Angler. — An Enthusiast. See “Bait-Bottle.” Angleworm.- — An attractive kind of bait, highly popu- lar with small boys, and sometimes for convenience car- ried in the mouth. But this practice is open to some obj ections. Bait. — Something for the angler to spit on: usually a worm. Bait-Bottle. — A dark colored, hollow, vitreous recep- tacle, preferably of overcoat-pocket size; usually filled with enthusiasm in the morning, and always empty at night. Bite. — When a black bass grabs a minnow, chaws it to death and spits it out, that counts as a bite — but it don’t help the score. Black Fly. — An original and malicious back-biter. Boat. — A floating, leaky structure of considerable size, intended to be loaded with fish, but generally isn’t. Camp.— A convenient place in which to forget it’s Sunday. Camp-Fire. — A rendezvous for the making up of “scores,” and a kind of “Clearing-Flouse” for “Fish Yarns”— q. v. Clearing Ring. — When you hook fast on to a rocky bottom, reel up taut and run a heavy clearing ring down the taut line. It will push the rocky bottom down away from the hook, and leave the latter free to come up. Sel- dom known to fail. Click. — A musical attachment to a reel, and about as musical as the bark of a yellow dog. Dope.— A filthy, vile and malodorous concoction of castor oil, pennyroyal and tar; chiefly used for fattening black flies, mosquitoes and no-see-ums. Fish Yarn.- — A synonym for what soap-makers call “Concentrated Lye.” Float. — An implement used by the lazy to augment their own laziness. Fly. — A tinseled and feathered delusion, extensively used as a decoration for tree-tops. Fly-Fishing. — Wading a cold stream, sitting down in it now and then; monkeying a fly along the surface of the water, or hooking it into the neighboring bushes and calling it sport. Guide.- — A native who is hired (and well paid) to go along. Presumably he does the hard work, and pre- sumably you capture the game; but sometimes it works out the other way. Gut. — Two kinds. Some are carried in a tub; some are tied to a line or hook. See “Snell.” Hook. — “Deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” Jer. 17:9. Landing Net— See “Rod.” Leader.- — There are several kinds. The one that breaks is the most common. Line.- — A high-priced variety of pack-thread, coiled up in measured lengths, frequently rotten, usually tangled, and generally N. G. Minnow.- — The innocent victim of an angler’s brutality. Mosquito.— A somewhat numerous denizen of the cir- cumambient atmosphere, j ustly celebrated for five virtues : 1. Late to go to bed. 2. Early to get up. 3. A musical note of friendship. 4. A long bill. 5. General cussedness. No-See-Um. — Six of them would break up the stiffest kind of a poker game. Over-Run. — The chief purpose of a reel is to over- run the line. Portage. — A place where the angler becomes a pack- mule (or jackass), acquires an assortment of aches and pains not known to Christian Science, and. frequently indulges in highly reprehensible acts of profanity. Reel. — In miniature the crank of a grindstone, the spool of a windlass, the break of a trolley car, the slick- ness of a bunco-steerer, and the howl of a coffee- mill. Rise. — When an angler sits down in cold water,. he gen- erally rises, and also makes a few remarks “not intended for publication,” but which are a sufficient “guarantee of good faith” on his part. Rise-Short. — If, in trying to rise, he loses his balance and goes down again, that is a “rise-short.” Rod. — Any angler who does not know a fishing-rod v/hen he meets one in the woods, is too much of a D. F. to learn anything from a dictionary. Sandwich. — Nominally an article of food, chiefly in- tended to delude the stomach. Scales.- — There are two kinds : 1. The armor-plate of a fish. 2. The protection of a liar. Score.— A sum-total made up of: 1. Your own game — usually not much. 2. Your guide’s game — a little more. 3. The game that got away— rather numerous. 4. Game of imagination— -quite abundant. Sinker.— An article of high specific gravity, sometimes made of lead and sometimes of soggy dough and tough ham. It doesn’t make much difference which you swallow. Snell.— A short section of the intestinal secretions of a silkworm, tied to a hook, chiefly for the purpose of en- hancing its selling price. Speckled Beauties. — A cant phrase once much in vogue, but now used only by idiots and greenies. Spoon.— “Three of a kind” and a pendant that has the “jim-jams” when in use. . Sportsman. — A man who enjoys hard. work with no pay, and prefers the leaky tents of barbarism to the com- forts of civilization. " Sportsmanship. — Trying to get something you dont own without paying for it. . Still- fishing. — Sitting motionless, holding a rod, eye- ing a float and damning the fish. Strike. — An excellent way to break a rod, especially if you have hooked on to a sunken log, tree-root or rooky bottom. I have tried all three, Sport with the Steelheads. San Francisco, Jan. 16. — For the past ten days local devotees of rod and spoon have been having some ex- cellent and exciting sport with the big fresh run of steelheads which recently swam in from ocean waters and assumed temporary position in the tidewater pools of Paper Mill Creek, awaiting opportunity for a trip up stream to their spawning grounds. The recent heavy rainfall afforded the opportunity. The banks of the stream were comfortably filled last Friday; the finny travelers fared upward, and the anglers were left to their own devices. The presence of these kings of the water was dis- covered ten days since, and while the schools were held back by low water, many good kills were made, several good tackles lost, and some good “yarns” treasured up for future use around camp-fire. Frank Dolliver landed a 9-pounder, which was enough glory for one afternoon. On Sunday the 8th inst., “Dell” Cooper, J. M. Thomson, James Lynch, “Pop” Carroll, Bert Spring, . Joseph Pincus, “Abe” Banker, and Frank Fompf, hearing that the condition of the stream for steelhead angling was about right, repaired thither with proper paraphernalia and high hopes. Mr. Cooper was the first to “get busy.” His antago- nist was a big strong fellow, hooked on a spoon. The struggle was long and fierce, the steelhead finally dis- gorging the spoon. Cooper, nothing daunted, now rigged up with bait, and was soon engaged in a second unsuc- cessful argument with the same big one. Next Bert Spring went a-prospecting for the doughty giant, and was more careful and more successful than Cooper. After a long and tedious battle, the handsome steelhead was laid on the scales, w'hich stopped at the io-pound notch. It was a female full of roe. “Pop” Carroll got into an argument with a 12- pounder, which proved to be a “spent” fish. Another angler, whose name I did not learn, killed an 8-pound “buck” trout near the bridge. Messrs. Dolliver and Banker explored the “White House” pool last Monday afternoon, and found a-plenty doing. Their two first strikes got well hooked, but that was all. They simply “walked away” with a couple of handsome tackles, and are walking yet, for aught to the contrary known. These two, after repairing their mis- fortunes, succeeded in annexing a brace of handsome ones, but their next engagements lost them their tackles - — Dolliver even breaking a stout rod. By Tuesday more sports had received the tip, and S. A. Wells, Bert Spring and Clarence Ashlin tried the stream. Most of the trout previously seen in the pools had evidently gone out with the tide ; nevertheless Mr. Spring’s cup of happiness was filled to the brim when he rolled a io-pound beauty in the green grass. Mr. Wells’ luck was with him, as usual; a 14-pounder came to his gaff. Mr. Ashlin was “left at the post.” He had a number of strikes, but failed to set his barb. Last Thursday the “Dook of ’Ayden,” Chas. Lynn, and his son, John Schloen and Messrs. Gorden and Dougal made the last killings, taking a number of splen- did trout. Besides the noteworthy catches mentioned above, a large number of smaller ones were made. Alto- gether the sport was excellent while it lasted. The storm of last Friday drove the fishermen home. But a number of the regulars went away with ill-con- cealed intent to further prospect the stream last Sunday — yesterday — and the early part of this week. A close season on steelhead will prevail from Febru- ary 1 to April 1. It is now lawful to catch steelhead in tidewaters only. The law, I am sorry to say, is scantily observed. Many violations are reported to have occurred in Paper Mill Creek above the flow of the tide, where the spearing of trout is the favorite method of capture. This sort of vandalism, I am reliably informed, is of annual recurrence in this section. The fault lies not so much at the threshold of the game protectors as at the lack of State game protection. The Florida game hog seems to have emigrated to California after having almost killed every living thing within the borders of the Land of Flowers. Russian River at Duncan’s is reported, to be yet too high for good angling. This is a favorite resort with many anglers. If there is opportunity for any sport before the close season falls, a number of local sportsmen purpose giving the stream a final test. J. D. C. Fish and Fishing* The Court of Appeals of the Province of Quebec, technically called the Court of King’s Bench, has given its long-expected decision upon the appeal of the. Fraser estate from the judgment of the court below, which lat- ter was favorable to the Government, in the. action in- volving the salmon angling rights in the Moisie River on the north shore of the Lower St. Lawrence. The his- tory of this river and of the litigation in connection therewith is a most interesting one. The Moisie has yielded the largest salmon o# the coast, and some of the biggest fishing scores. The property along the banks of the river opposite the famous pools has for many years past belonged to Mr. Alexander Fraser. These riparian rights were supposed to carry with them the rights to the salmon angling, and so valuable have they become in recent years that the sum of $40,000 was placed upon them. They were acquired some time ago by Mr. Ivers W. Adams, of Boston, who also owns a number of other vaiuable salmon fishing rights in different parts of Canada. The Provincial Government, however, con- tested the right of Mr. Adams to the fishing, and leased it to Messrs. Fitch, Boswell and others, of Quebec. Mr. Adams enforced his rights, and the Attorney-General, of the Province, being pressed by the lessees, took an action in law to dispossess him, the Superior Court deciding that because the river was, in its opinion, a navigable one, the fishing in it was the property of the Crown. Mr. Adams, in the name of the estate of Mr. Fraser, ap- pealed from this judgment, with the result that it has been unanimously reversed by the full bench of five judges of the Court of King’s Bench, and Mr. Adams, or rather the Fraser estate, from whom he looks for the complete title, is confirmed in possession of the fishing rights It has not yet been decided whether or not the case will be further appealed to the Supreme Court of the Dominion. The present judgment is not based upon the navigability or otherwise of the river, concerning which the judges differed, stating that they found they could decide the matter unanimously on other grounds, and that the fishing was secured to the owner of the riparian rights by the Crown patent conveying the property. The judgment is a most important one, both to salmon fishermen and to the Government, since it tends to upset what was supposed to have been already definitely settled concerning the jurisprudence affecting riparian rights in both navigable and non-navigable rivers. And it is . still a mooted question with the judi- ciary as well as with the Government and with fishermen as to what constitutes a navigable river in the sense of the law affecting salmon fisheries, since many rivers are necessarily navigable by birch bark canoes which could not be navigated by an ocean steamer, nor even by a schooner or sailboat. E. T. D. Chambers. Forbid the Sale of Trout. J. W. Pond, Chief Protector of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, recently returned from an extended trip through the Adirondack region. When asked if the people he met made any reference to legislation affect- ing fish and game, he replied as follows: “There seems to be an almost unanimous sentiment against the sale of venison and brook trout taken withim this State, and many go so far as to say that if the law cannot apply to the whole State, they sincerely hope that a law will be passed that will apply to all of the Adirondack counties included in the Forest Preserve. “Personally I believe this would be a move in the right direction, and if such a law could be enacted there would be no further need of legislation for the protection of the deer of the Adirondacks; and surely all fair-minded people must admit, that, in view of the expense the State has been put to in the last fifteen or twenty years in propagating and distributing trout — which are the property of the general public and not of any few indi- viduals, as the courts have unanimously declared — it seems too- bad that a small number of persons who might be termed “fish pirates” are permitted to whip the streams from the time the trout season opens until it closes, in all kinds of weather and under all circum- stances, merely to sell to meat markets in the neighbor- ing villages, the proceeds of the catch supporting them in idleness to the detriment of the majority and better class, of people who realize that good trout fishing furnishes healthful recreation, and brings to the Adiron- dacks a large revenue annually.” Mr. Pond further said : “In past years several persons who persist in fishing for the market have been caught with small gill nets that can be carried in the pocket, and which will span the ordinary trout stream. If the sale of trout could be prohibited, it would certainly put a stop to this illegal mode of fishing, and must result in great good — a fact which cannot be disputed.” Major Pond, said he saw a petition which was being freely circulated through three or four of the Adiron- dack towns asking for legislation of this nature. Lake Pleasant Landlocked Salmon. Sussex, N. B., Jan. 13. — Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your issue of December 10, 1904, a letter from Mr. E. T. D. Chambers in re landlocked salmon in Pleasant Lake, near Sussex, N. B., wherein he describes the lake planting of 25,000 salmon fry, the growth of same, and a certain number caught in one day ; also, in your issue of December 31 of the same month, a reply from The Old Angler, in which he takes Mr. Chambers to task for using extracts from the re- ports of Prof. Prince and the managers of several hatch- ing houses, “mere incredible fish stories as truths, and by so doing leads his readers and himself astray.” I beg to state that Mr. Chambers is quite right in what he says in re young salmon in Pleasant Lake; and although The Old Angler writes that he is “familiar with all the lakes around Sussex,” I think that Pleasant Lake is not quite clear to him, as it is about ten or twelve miles from Dick’s Lake (which I think he refers to), and flows from Big Salmon River and not to it, as he states. After the salmon fry had been in Pleasant Lake for two years, there were places in it where it seemed im- possible to catch anything other than young salmon. The writer, along with other gentlemen, has been com- pelled to move his boat on account of catching salmon only. The Old Angler says “he will have to see a salmon ten inches in length taken from the lake before he will believe it.” Well, during the coming summer I will try and show him one, as I have caught them twelve and fourteen inches long. The fifty caught by one rod in one day should read “hooked,” as we put all back that are not hooked too badly. The young salmon rise to the fly with a ven- geance, and show the trait of what they are by the fight they put up. The Old Angler says he has “tried to get a specimen of these salmon for the past five years, and so far has not succeeded.” This I cannot understand, as the club is composed of gentlemen well known in this town, any of whom would gladly have shown him one or more had his wishes been made known. In closing, I would like to state that in matters per- taining to fish and fishculture I take off my hat to The Old Angler; but as regards the young salmon in Pleas-' ant Lake, he has been misinformed; and I take this opportunity to invite The Old Angler to Kamp Kill Kare (our club house), where he may have the privilege of fishing the Lake and catching some of these young salmon. Jasper J. Daly, Managing Director Pleasant Lake Club, Ltd. A German review contains an article by Bertarelli on a new adulteration of coffee. The roasted beans are plunged in a 5 per cent, solution of borax, and then left to dry. The borax makes them shine, and absorbs water, thus adding to the weight of the coffee. The way to dis- cover this ingenious fraud is to dry the coffee, and if it loses over 4 per cent, of its weight, there has been a fraudulent absorption of water.— London Qloh§. 74 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 28, 1905. gshe fennel — $ — Shooting over Spaniels* The spaniel is the only breed of “gun-dog” which has been kept in a very high state of efficiency, so far as ap- pearance and physique are concerned, without any assist- ance from the richer classes. Spaniel trials are quite a fpovelty, and spaniel breeding either for shows or per- formance was until recent days confined to a few en- thusiasts, though they got capital results. The Clumber, with its association with the Duke of Newcastle, is one of the few exceptions to the rule that these dogs were not the result of the careful and select breeding of noblemen or great landowners. It is true that they were an indis- pensable part of the sporting outfit of every estate at the beginning of the last century. In the main they were keepers’ dogs, used in rough shooting to get the scarce pheasant of the day for the house. Partridge shooting, not cover shooting, was the “smart” thing from 1750 till 1840, and the grandees devoted nearly all their attention to their famous breeds of pointers. Perfectly broken and bred to a degree of fineness which is the envy of the present day, the pointers of eighty or ninety years ago were really a very artificial product. When times changed, they disappeared, and were it not for enthusiasts like Mr. 'Arkwright, and for their usefulness on the Scotch moors where driving the grouse is not yet taken up, we should see very few of them. Even as it is, pointers are the rarest breed of “gun-dogs.” There are few places in England where they could be said to be either common or easy to purchase. The cheerful spaniel stands in quite a different position. It has maintained itself locally, among the middle class and among the farmers, in unimpaired efficiency, notwith- standing all the changes and chances of this mortal life, wherever there are thick hedgerows, “shaws” as in Sussex, or furze brakes and rough banks and broken ground. In Ireland that wonderful dog-of-all-work, the red setter, has to some degree taken its place. Yet the Irish water spaniel is still almost the most useful “gen- eral” dog that any one can own. Lastly, the merits of the spaniel as a fast and bold retriever are so far recognized that it is very commonly seen both at cover shoots and behind the butts on the grouse moors. Less docile than the retriever, the spaniel has more initiative, as a rule, than the dogs which have had most of the spirit bred or broken out of them by keepers anxious to make “per- fect non-slip” retrievers. An old English sportsman con- nected with the Ministry at The Hague used to vow that he “wouldn’t give a damn for a dog that was not ready and willing to’ assist its master on any possible occasion,” a confession of faith intended to cover the excursions and alarums of his own particular retriever, which he ex- pected to course and kill any rabbit he wounded. Without accepting this view, it may be admitted that the “go” of a retriever spaniel is often a refreshing contrast to the over-timid anxiety of the retriever of the day. To understand the value of spaniels, it is almost neces- sary to visit the localities in which they have continued to. flourish, and to watch their wonderful courage, dash, and unflagging energy under difficulties of all kinds and descriptions. In Sussex the ordinary type, now known by the name of the county, remained as the principal stand-by for working the great woods and the network of “shaws” or narrow bushy belts of coppice and trees with which that county is covered. It was absolutely the only means of getting the numerous rabbits and rare pheasants in the “shaws” to- show themselves or to give a chance of a shot. The Ground Game Act has so de- pleted the rabbits that these spaniels are already rapidly decreasing in numbers as a local and county dog. On the other hand, there is a demand for the breed all over England, and kennels which are maintained at a high pitch of excellence, such as those of Mr. Campbell New- ington at Ticehurst, are a fine nucleus for maintaining the type. At present the great strongholds of the spaniel are Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. The high banks and the enormous area of the furze-brake, the sloping cliffs, and the broken ground round the moors are full of rabbits, while wild pheasants and woodcock are pretty common, and this ground must be worked by spaniels. The furze is too prickly for terriers. Sturdy as they are, they can- not last out a day like the thick-coated spaniel. The rab- bits, too, are so numerous and the cover so much to their liking, that they are not easily killed down, while Devon- shire people of all classes like keeping a handsome dog, even though they can only use it occasionally. The result is that the spaniel population of that county probably ex- ceeds the number in any other five. Teams of seven or eight are commonly owned by Devonshire landowners, for at least two couple are needed for a day’s shooting on the rough hillsides, and these dogs cannot fairly be used on two consecutive days. Add to this that most farmers, and a good many innkeepers and tradesmen, own one, and the percentage of spaniels to the general canine popu- lation can readily be guessed. The writer once went down to Devon dogless, to the outskirts of the parish of Sidbury, a place up the Sid Valley, which has given its name to one of the most irrepressible and persevering races of spaniels on the face of the earth. He was about to shoot some plantations and rough hillsides, and know- ing the ease with which the dogs can be obtained, merely sent word to one of two likely people to intimate that he should be glad of “one or two” spaniels near a certain wood at a certain hour next day. Half a dozen were on the scene to start with. The rabbits in the big plantation must have thought that their last hour was come, judging from the energy and the desperate assaults on bramble, brake and bracken made by this, the first division. But these were presently reinforced by volunteer spaniels from the valley, who, hearing shots, sneaked off up the hill, sidled in at convenient corners, and joined in the fray. Considering the noise, the number and the vigor of the ■ spaniels, not one rabbit should have been left unshot | above ground, and a number were shot. But the volun- teer spaniels were so irrepressible that as and when they 1 could be caught, they were tied up by bits of rope or any 1 handy ligature to trees, where they rent the air with in- - dignant barks and howls. Spaniels in those parts are lent and borrowed with great freedom, and a certain number of casualties are expected, especially when the scene of action is the cliffs. Those dogs unused to the ground frequently “go- out over,” a euphemism for falling over some hundreds of ■ feet of precipice. A dog j umps over what he thinks is a bank, and alights in the sea 200 feet below. Others get • peppered with shot when driving rabbits in the furze. “Dear, dear, I fear that must be Mr. Brown’s dog,” re- marked a careless shooter in the hearing of the writer, as a dog went off home, limping down the hill and howling dismally, from a noted furze-brake. “Never mind, sir, never mind,” was the keeper’s comforting reply. “He bor- rowed our old Bess last Christmas and shot ’un dead.” , These scratch packs are only used for hustling difficult cover, like the cliffs or big furze-brakes. For more regu- lar shooting a pack of four or five, well in hand, give , charming sport. These packs are usually composed of several generations. A veteran dog who is the “model” of the rest, a couple of well broken three-year-olds, and two intelligent puppies bustle down the hedgerows, sniff round every furze bush, pry under the brambles, and worm their way among tufts, tussocks, and boulders, all their sterns wagging and all their nostrils widespread, and open in merry chorus after every rabbit started. They do what it is the ambition of every trainer to make them : do- — they come back when called, even from the hot pur- j suit of some escaping rabbit. At the end of a cover they [i hustle up the wild pheasants that have run there and squatted, and in no case do- they leave a rod of ground 1 untried throughout the day. Hedgerow shooting with spaniels is excellent sport, especially in a “heavy land” country where there are ditches. Spaniels are adepts at working a ditch, smelling upwards both on the near side | and under the stumps and “stubs.” They have also an abounding faith, which makes them work hard in the most unpromising places, and ready and eager to take more than their share of work. Their “slap-dash” ways , often cause people to credit them with less intelligence than dogs which work more slowly. In reality they are full of resource, and their exploits in retrieving wounded birds are wonderful. A small brown and white spaniel broke its fore leg, which was set in stiff bandages hardened with some preparation. It could only go on three legs, but hopped out after its master with the other dogs when these were taken for a walk. There had been a pheasant shoot, and the little spaniel could not resist slipping off to smell down the side of a small belt. Tt discovered a winged cock pheasant, dashed after it on three legs, and caught and retrieved it, hopping into the road with the big bird in its mouth ! — C. J. Cornish, in j * lounty Gentleman. Bantam's 1903 Cruise* BY WILLIAM P. MORRISON. . The morning of the 23d of June, 1903, found me land- ing from one. of the Bath and Boothbay steamers at Southport, Me. The morning was still fine, but it looked as if, as usual, I was to have rain on this the first day — the day when clothes and bed and bedding are to be taken aboard, and, if comfort and health are to be con- sidered, taken aboard dry. A call at the post-office and the walk around by the draw-bridge consumed twenty minutes ; but during the last ten I had had my good* little old ship Bantam in sight, and I began to feel that the summer’s fun had begun.. But first of all must come the beforementioned busy time of turning things out of trunks and boxes p.nd bundles into the ship’s lockers; and this consumed the whole day— between showers. Captain M. always de- clared, as he helped me get my things out, that I would never get them all stowed; but I always did, and when they were all in their places, one would not know that I had an unusual lot of duffle aboard. I suppose, how- ever, most single-hand cruisers would think that I had; for instance, golf clubs and clothes and fifteen or twenty books. But I calculated to have an outing of ten weeks, and concluded that it was worth a little trouble the first day in order to have the means of enjoying a pleasant change ashore when opportunity offered. “All the com- forts of home,” mixed in with the necessary roughing it that every single-hander must experience, will not de- tract from the romance of the cruise, and will add to its pleasures and health-giving qualities. I call myself a single-hander because during most of the ten weeks I am alone, and during the three or four weeks when I have the pleasure of having one friend or another with me, the undivided responsibility of the sailing depart- ment usually falls upon me. Bantam is 27ft. over all, 21ft. 6in.. waterline, 8ft breadth, 5ft. draft, and carries about 550 sq. ft. of sail. She has no centerboard, and there is 4ft. 6in. to 4ft. ioin. bead room under a low house. The house could easily be 6in. higher and not be higher than most boats of her size. Query, however, whether it is worth while. Six inches more would not give full standing height, and at present there is height enough to enable one to sit erect on transoms wdiich, with the bedding on them, are as high as an ordinary chair; and to stand erect enough to pull one’s trousers on or to move about the cabin with- out being uncomfortably cramped. On the other hand, six inches added to the house would have some effect on Bantam’s windwardly qualities, and certainly would not add to her looks. The cockpit seats, too, are as high as ordinary chairs. This, to my mind, is one of the most important points about a boat under the item “comfort.” Nothing is so tiresome as sitting at the tiller all day perched on the. apices of one’s hip bones. I speak from the ex- perience of a thin man. Fat sailormen may be able to stand it. Bantam is rigged as a pole-mast sloop, with two head- sails. Her model is rather of the compromise cutter type. Both headsails run on stays, and either can be hoisted or lowered from the cockpit. Halliard and down-haul are spliced together so as to make them one endless piece of running rigging. They were formerly separate, but there was SO' much halliard in the cockpit when the headsails were up that, after one or two ex- periences with them catching around cleats, etc., and preventing the sails coming down handily, I cut off about half of each down-haul and spliced the ends to the hal- liards. The main halliards do not lead aft. The dis- advantage of being unable to cast off the main halliards of an uncapsizable boat instantly is so slight that it is counterbalanced by the advantage of having so much rope forward out of the way. For a single-hander, the important thing is to have all the headsail rigging lead aft. One has plenty of time to hoist one’s mainsail leisurely before getting the anchor in the morning; and usually plenty of time to lower it in the evening after the hook has taken the bottom. But in coming into port one must be able to handle one’s jib and staysail quickly. This is still more important in getting under way. If there is another boat on either side of you and one astern and it is blowing, your little ship can do a lot of “things” after you break the anchor out of the mud, while you haul in three or four fathoms of cable, make it fast, get up a headsail and get way on. And if you anchor in ten fathoms, as it is sometimes convenient to do— for instance, at Castine or at Cliff (Crotch) Island m Casco Bay, it seems an awful long time before you hear the anchor clank against the bobstay. So I have the cable of one of my anchors lead aft. This is the process of getting under way: Hoist the mainsail and coil and stow halliards behind the standing parts; get the cable nearly up and down, then take the bight aft and coil down what I have; then brace feet against the cabin house and break out the anchor; haul up, make fast to cleat on side deck outside the cockpit, get up jib and trim sheets. As soon as she has way on, I get up stay- sail, and then I have time to coil up the rest of the cable. Of course it is inconvenient to have the cable all over the cockpit, but not nearly so much so as if it were on the forward deck mixed up with the headsail sheets and down-hauls. The cable spatters up the cock- pit, too; but that is soon remedied. . On account of this ! latter objection, however, I find this mode of getting under way is unsatisfactory when there are ladies aboard. As soon as the cable is coiled up and stowed on the cockpit floor, I have time to go forward and fish the anchor. In regard to the headsail halliards, I forgot to ; say that they lead down the shrouds and through blocks lashed to the chain plates. This keeps them clear of the cleat-rail around the mast. I am aware that some of '! my wrinkles are unyachty, but a single-hander must needs do as he best can. 1 Bantam is uncapsizable, having about 3,000 pounds of lead on her keel ; but having no pronounced bilge, she heels to the wind rather easily, so that she is slow in a light and uncertain head wind, as under such conditions she is constantly shaking the wind out of her sails. She is best in a strong, free wind. Her fastest long run has been from the red buoy at the mouth of Townsend’s Gut, Boothbay, to Camden, via Franklin Light, and south through Herring Gut, a distance of 45 sea miles in 7I1. 20m., an average of over 6 knots. This was done j before half a gale from the S.W., which of course was free except through Herring Gut, under whole mainsail, but no spinnaker. Under other conditions I do not con- sider her fast, though perhaps she would do better in charge of a skipper who is more efficient as a speed- getter. But comfortable! Well, I have lived on her an average of ten weeks each year for the last three years — barring getting most of my meals ashore — and I don’t see how I could have been more comfortable in a house on land. Well, all the necessaries were aboard, and that night 1 found me, after a pleasant call on Captain M. and his J family, snugly tucked away between Bantam’s crisp j sheets and warm blankets, and though the rain pattered down upon the deck only three feet above my head, I I soon was in dreamland, and knew nothing tiil daybreak. After taking an observation which did not disclose any favorable promises from the weather man, I crawled back into my warm bed and continued my sleep till 6:30, when I rowed across the Gut for breakfast, to be had at an unostentatious but good little hostelry. You must know that this is Townsend’s Gut I am speaking of — the busiest little reach of water in Maine in summer. Mrs. T. saw me coming, and began the manufacture of ; one of her wonderful omelettes, so that by the time I , reached the table it was ready, hot and puffy. It soon turned to rain, so I spent the day between Captain M.’s shop and Bantam, fixing up little odds and ends and changing the running rigging to suit my own ■ Jak. 28, 1905.] 1 FOREST AND STREAM peculiar whims. The same weather and programme were in order on the 25th; but on June 26 the weather promised better, .so immediately after a late breakfast I prepared to work out of the Gut. The wind was still S.E., as it had been, I believe, most of June — a head wind. But Bantam was still moored stem and stern in her winter quarters; so by the time I had cast off the various warps and made them fast to other various warps, so that the other yachts would not go adrift, and had worked into a position where I could get up sail, it was well on to slack high water. So 10 130 found me under way, and a few minutes later I cleared the point at the mouth of the Gut, on the starboard tack, passing inside the red buoy, for there is depth enough at high water. I beat down the eastern side of the bay to get the advantage of the east in the wind, for I notice that when the wind is S.E. it is not true between Mouse Island and Southport, but comes more out of the south. Made the north end of Damiscove in two short tacks and two long ones, after which I eased the sheets and reached down the eastern side of the island, then bore away and ran across the southern end and got a peep into Damiscove Harbor. I’ve never been in there, and I was not much tempted on this occasion to try to enter; for, though I am told there is plenty of room for a larger boat than Bantam to luff up, it is very narrow, and one must moor to a stone pier on the west side. The weather was too unpropitious to try it alone, for there would be a good chance to scrape a lot of paint off if nothing- worse. So I kept on around The Motions. There had been a good swell on, coming down the eastern side, the result of almost a month of easterly weather, but after turning The Motions it was much smoother. Ran up the western side of the bay and anchored behind Mouse for lunch. After Lunch ran up the Gut to Capt. M.’s, and, as both his, fnoorings were occupied, anchored for the night. The weather had improved, and it looked like a change for the better. June 27. — Wind S.W., “bright and fair.” Got up sail about 11 A. M. and beat out of the Gut and down the west side and around Burnt Island. Bore away for Boothbay Harbor, where I anchored, and after a lunch on board of scrambled eggs, crackers and coffee, went ashore and spent the afternoon shopping, in anticipation of my friend S. joining me Monday morning. While I was ashore somebody had thrown a handbill into my cabin. It turned out to be the harbor regulations — some- thing new this year (1903). I turned out and took an observation. Found I was lying all right, being to the west of a line drawn from the black buoy off McFar- land’s Island to the steeple of the Congregational church. This line runs about over the eastern end of the freight house on the Eastern Steamship Company’s wharf, The other anchorage in the inner harbor is to the eastward of a line front the westernmost tree on Tumbler Island to< a lone spruce tree between the Meta- warmet Hotel and Pierce & Hartung’s coal wharf. June 28 (Sunday). — Had breakfast ashore. Had just returned to Bantam when Capt. M. hailed me and luffed up alongside long enough to hand me a telegram, to deliver which he had kindly sailed over from his place, and tO' transmit an invitation to dinner from a friend who conducts a summer camp for boys in an ideal spot on Townsend’s Gut, just inside the Ink Bottle. Anchored in the cove there that night. June 29. — Practiced picking up a mooring in the cove with poor success, and made some calls. June 30. — S. arrived and we sailed around Southport tc Boothbay Harbor. Were hailed by a catboat off Lower Mark Island. The skipper wanted something with which to buoy his anchor. He had anchored on the ledge to fish, and could not get it. We happened to have a piece of board, so we sailed close past him and threw it aboard. Got lunch— crackers, figs and port wine — after turning the end of Southport between Cape Island and the Cuckolds. July 1. — Summer has come. Wind S.W. Were to the northward of Inner Herron Island in the Damaris- cotta River by noon intending to run into Christmas Cove and eat lunch; but as the wind gave every indica- tion of dying out completely, and S. had to be in Booth- bay Harbor that night for important mail, we gave it up and began to work down the west side of Herron against the head flood tide, which, but for our sweep in S.’s hands, would have set us on the reefs. Late in the after- noon the wind freshened enough to get us into Booth- bay Harbor. July 2. — Wind S.W. Ran up the Gut to try Southport for S.’s mail, which had not materialized at Boothbay Harbor. Wind was freshening and getting into the west, and we went through the draw at a satisfactory speed. It takes a pair to open this draw — not a pair of Jacks, but a pair of noises — two blows of the whistle or two' toots of your fog-horn; or, if you have no mechanical noise-maker, two yells. Luffed up off the landing and S. took the boat and went ashore while I sailed about the cove. By this time the puffs were coming in heavy from anywhere between west and north, and Bantam got several knockdowns. A launch passed and a lady in it took a snapshot of us — I think when we were pretty well heeled over. If so, I would like to have had one of the photographs, to see what sort of an exhibition Ban- tam makes of herself when sailing on her rail. I thought it was time to> reef, and I was busy at this when S. came aboard, and we were soon under way again for Five Islands.' The , wind had backed around again to S.W. As we came about off Boston Island it blew very hard for a few seconds, and the port jib sheet parted. I carry both headsails with only one reef in the mainsail. As soon as I had headway, I put her back on the starboard tack, and then slacked sheets and ran up behind Isle of Springs while S. got in the headsails. We anchored in the little cove north of the steamboat landing. ' July 3. — The strong wind of yesterday must have started the luff of the mainsail from the bolt-rope. We did not notice it, however, as we raised the sail, so the whole strain of our swigging on the throat halliard came on the edge of the duck, and it tore a little. Uncle Sam still had his grip on S.’s mail, and our programme had been to run over to Southport and get it and then go over to Five Islands. But as I now had a job of sail mending on my hands, S. thought he could row over to Southport , and back, by the time i had it finished. (This proved correct, as I am not an expert with the needle, and the rent was in an awkward place fo get at, and it was almost noon before I had it mended to suit me. We had lunch aboard and then set sail, reefed mainsail and both headsails. The wind was still in strong puffs from the west, mixed with intervals when it was almost calm. After sailing down the Sheepscot some distance below Five Islands, we put back and anchored there for the night. July 4.— Sailed over to Popham Beach. There was no incident till we reached the mouth of the Kennebec, which we did some time before the ebb had ceased to run. We found we could do nothing against it with the uncertain N.W. to N. wind which was steadily be- coming lighter. When, after having worked up to be- tween North and South Sugar Loaf, we drifted almost down to the red spar off north end of Pond Island, we thought it time to quit, so ran over close to the beach on the west side and anchored. After loafing a while, during which I put a new strand in the cable where it had chafed against the bobstay, we had a swim. The water was cold, but the sun and wind were delightfully warm. The wind the last three days had been unusually warm and dry for Maine, almost as if a few parched whiffs from Kansas had strayed our way. By the time lunch was over and cleared away, the current was mak- ing up stream, but not till more than an hour after low water. We shook out the reef and got up sail, and now, as a few light zephyrs came off the sea, we made in a few minutes more than twice the distance we had won and lest in an hour in the morning. Anchored near the beach opposite the hotel, between the steamboat wharf and the fort. After stowing the sails, landed on the beach, as there is no floating stage here. In fact, there is no region on the coast of Maine that I know of where the facilities for landing are so good as in the neighbor- BANTAM. hood of Boothbay. There are, for ins .lance, floating stages at the Metawarmet and on the town side, at West Harbor, Mouse Island, Capital Island, Squirrel Island, Murray Hill (head of Linekin’s Bay), Cape Harbor, Christmas Cove, Southport Landing, Isle of Springs and Five Islands, and others which the writer does not re- member exactly. July 5. — Light wind from the south. Our objective to- day was Mackerel Cove, Bailey’s Island. About half way between Seguin and Cape Small, while S. was at the tiller, a young land bird, tired of flying, perched itself on my sleeve. I stroked its tail with my hand, but — my usual luck — had no salt handy. It remained a few seconds longer, then winged away again. Had lunch be- tween Cape Small and the Monument, during which we passed Ragged Island, which is said to have been the scene of Kellogg’s “Elm Isle” stories, which I used to pore over as a boy. Anchored in Mackerel Cove in five fathoms at 3 P. M. The oronrietor of the boat livery here has a floating stage, but he had not put it in com- mission yet. July 6.— Rained during the night and part of the fore- noon. Under way at 10. Beat down to the Monument, then put helm up and reached between Haskell’s Island and Haddock Rock into- Broad Sound, and ran up past Green Islands and the pretty little Pound of Tea— on the latter of which a camping, party were enjoying an outing— into Freeport River and anchored off the village of South Freeport. It had now cleared up, and was bright and warm. Got supper at Casco Castle and en- joyed the magnificent view from its roof; the flood had made enough to cover the flats, which are the one eye- sore in this part of Casco Bay. There is a yacht club at South Freeport, just above the upper wharves. There are steps at the upper wharves where one can land, and a float at the lower wharves; which, however, is not accessible at low water. July 7.— Went out of Freeport River on the first of the ebb. Almost no wind at any time, and at times flat calm. In a calm and a tide-way Bantam has a tendency to go stern-foremost. If we permitted this procedure, it would take the whole force of the next little whiff to get us pointed on our course again, and then there would be another soft spot, another “tail-turning,” and a loss of any advantage there was in the intermittent zephyrs. So we had a sweep over the side, and a few strokes during the soft spots kept up our steerage-way. Between Busting’s and Bibber’s Islands the wind freshened a little from the south, and we bore up and skirted along the deep west shore of the Goose Islands, and peeped through the romantic looking passage be- tween Upper and Lower Goose, and thought we would like to go through some time at high water. Turned the upper end of Goose and beat down Middle Bay, going within a few feet of little Irony Island, which is cer tainly well named. The wind worked to the S.W. and freshened to a whole-sail breeze, and we reached our objective point — South Harpswell — in time for lunch which we took on board, After lunch, landed at the 7 B Merriconeag House float and sought a bathroom, which we found at the Ocean View House, about a mile up the Harpswell Neck. Returned to the Merriconeag and had a most excellent supper there, which we enjoyed to the utmost. July 8.— Rained during the night and at intervals dur- ing the day. S. was to take the night boat from Port- land to Boston, so we spent the morning looking for wind enough to' take us over to Portland, but it came not; so S. had to fall back on the steamer from South ■Harpswell. July 9. — Fine morning. Sailed to Portland, or rather Peak’s Island. As the wind was very light and westerly — S.W. to W. by N. — and would have a head tide through Chandler’s Cove, after crossing Broad Sound I went outside through Luckse’s Sound and crept along the sea side of .Long, Peak’s and Cushing’s. Off White Head the wind freshened materially. Anchored off Forest City Landing. After lunch aboard, went ashore and walked about the island, as I felt rather lonely after S.’s departure. July 10. — Fog. Took the ferry to Portland and the trolley out beyond Underwood Springs, which are on the north shore of Casco Bay, and back. By this time the fog had cleared off, so got up sail and knocked about the harbor a little. There is a float at the steamer landing. July ix. — Wind N.N.E. Went off before it, and through the passage between Peak’s and Cushing’s, in- tending to return to South Plarpswell via the passage be- tween Crotch (Cliff) Island and Jewell’s Island, as I had never been through that way. From White Head could just lay my course, close-hauled; but the wind came lighter and lighter, and it finally fell flat calm when up with Crotch Island. After lolling about for twenty minutes, however, it suddenly breezed up dead astern, and bowled me through the passage and into Pott’s Horbor in good style. About 4 P. M. a coasting schooner came through Pott’s Harbor, and, attempting to go out through the eastern passage, was set on Pott’s Point by the tide. She had to stay there four or five hours. July 12. — Flad intended to go out through the eastern passage if the wind should be fair. But the wind was S. and not very strong nor steady, and the worst of the flood had hardly run. So, with the example of the schooner before me, I determined to' go round by the Monument. Got under way about 9:30, and passed a big schooner yacht which had gone out ahead of me. Of (course she hadn’t wind enough ; she overtook me again off Haddock Rockj but just as she was about to pass to windward of me, between me and the black buoy, she came about, shaving the buoy pretty close, and easing her sheets, went off to, the northward again. The maneuver seemed rather odd, but she certainly made a stirring picture. Cleared the Monument at 10:35, and laid a course of E. by S. for Small Point. The wind was freshening, and by the time Bantam was up with Bald Head Ledge it was all of a whole-sail breeze. I kept on around the south end of Seguin before easing my sheets, then bore up and headed for the Cuckolds. I was now dead before it, as the wind had worked around to S.W. by S. _ My foresail is laced to' a boom, and I tried to boom it out as a makeshift spinnaker, but did not succeed, for the wind and sea were so lively now that Bantam, before the wind, would not spare me, from the helm more than a minute at a time. I finally gave it up, and as the foresail then began to slash viciously from one side to the other, I lowered it, and the jib, too, though it was not so obstreperous. Off the Cuckolds it became necessary to gybe or come about, and as it was blowing too hard to gybe with a whole mainsail, con- sidering the risk of breaking something, I raised the jib and came about. Off Tumbler Island the wind was lighter, so I gybed; and again after passing the harbor buoy, and came to anchor once more in Boothbay Harbor at 2 430 P. M. July 13. — At the post-office found a letter from my friend F., saying he would take passage with me to Camden. This was in response to an open invitation given before leaving home. After wiring an acknowledg- ment, I got up sail and went around into Townsend’s Gut to visit some friends who had come since I had left. Anchored in the cove inside the Ink Bottle. July 14. — Came out of the Gut at slack high water about half past two in the afternoon. The true wind was S.W.. but in the narrow’s, owing to' the back draft from the high banks, this means a foul wind on both tacks. It becomes more and more fair as you cross, but just as you are pointing fairly down the Gut you have to come about. I had two ladies as passengers. My intention was to take them for a sail, then make for Boothbay Flarbor, where I was to meet F. the next morning, and drive them home. But the wind was coming in heavy puffs, and Bantam, sailing pretty well over on her side, and occasionaly taking a bucketful of water over the cock- pit rail, proved too uncomfortable for them; so after beating far enough down the west side to' weather Burnt Island, ‘I put the helm up and crossed over to the east side of the bay. Finding the wind had too much west in it to let me head for Tumbler with boom on port side without sailing by the lee, I came about again to avoid gybing. Anchored at “The Harbor,” and drove the ladies home according to programme. On my re- turn was delighted R> find that F. had arrived, twelve hours earlier than he had expected. So- Bantam’s sleep- ing accommodations were soon once more fully occupied. July 15. — Wind S. Got under way at 10:30 A. M. After weathering Gangway Ledge off Ocean Point, we had a fair wind, growing stronger and hauling a little to the W. of S. for Port Clyde. Flad lunch after coming to anchor there; then rowed about the harbor, landing- on a little island, which had a single inhabitant, a lobster fisherman who had built himself a swing to help' him while away his lonely idle hours. Then landed in the town, made some purchases, and returned in time to get supper and wash and put away the things before dark. July 16. — While I washed and put away the breakfast things, F. rowed ashore tc make some purchases and get some fresh water. Under way at 10:15 A. M. Were delayed at the last moment by the lacing along the gaff starting. After the. bell buoy off Mosquito Island was weathered, we’ again had a fair wind for Rockland — south, hauling a, little jo westward, and increasing, so 76 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jam. 28, 2905* that as we entered Rockland Harbor we had all we needed with whole-sail. A big sloop, say 60ft., over- hauled us between the can buoys in Owl’s Head Bay, but not so1 very easily, for we were going at good speed ourselves about that time. Anchored in Rockland Harbor at 2 P. M. July 17.- — Wind E. and light. This was the first indi- cation of a change from the beautiful weather we had been enjoying since June 26. It hauled around to the S., however, before we had reached the breakwater, which we cleared at 10:15. Ran into Camden Harbor at 12 to enable F. to get his mail, and out again at 12 :35, past the bell buoy; Turtle Head 2:40. There was a rainstorm hanging over the land between Northport and Belfast. The wind hauled to the S. by E., and we had to trim the sheets flat in order to weather Dice Head. I had been sailing in the upper bay by. a chart which had not been corrected since 1900, SO' mistook a new black buoy off Nautilus Island, which was not marked on the chart, for black spar No. 1, which was obscured against the land. F. insisted it was the wrong buoy.; but I, though I had some misgivings on account of its great distance from Dice Head, insisted it was the right one. Suddenly my eye caught a streak of black on the port quarter, and there, to my mortification and also relief, was the real black spar No. 1 about two hundred yards away. The day had been bright and sunny till we turned Turtle Head, but now the rain overtook us. . It was only a few drops, however, and was over by the time we came to anchor in Smith’s Cove. “Duded up” and went ashore, and after walking down to the Dome of the Rock, returned on board and got supper. Had to put the mosquito- netting across the companion way before we had finished. July 18. — One of the most beautiful mornings I have ever seen. It was high water, and the sun shone brightly on the entrancing little town across the Bagaduce. I know of no village on the coast that puts forth a more homogeneous and charmingly consistent front than Castine, as it terraces back from the harbor front to Ft. George. After breakfast, F. had an ambition to go ashore and sit on a rock under a tree while he applied the Bristol brick to the knives, and while I busied my- self about the boatswain’s department. After getting some water at the well of an empty summer cottage, we got under way about ten and sailed over to the town, where I lay to while F. went ashore and did some errands. After a reach across to Turtle Head and a thrash to windward down the western bay, ending up with a little more than a whole-sail wind, we came to anchor in Gilkey Harbor — Ames’ Cove, to be more precise. __ _ July 19. — Wind easterly; rain. As we only intended to run over to Camden, and it was snug and comfortable in bed and cold and cheerless outside, we stayed abed late. Got off under full sail about a quarter of eleven. It was not blowing hard enough to suggest . a reef with a free wind. Glanced at the clock in the cabin when up with Minot’s Ledge buoy. It was between 10 :55 and 11. By this time it began to blow much harder, and if the wind had not been free I would have put in a reef. By the time we had cleared the Ensign it was blowing pretty near a gale. We could not see the Camden side, so laid our course WJ4S. for the bell buoy. It was now blowing a full gale, and when we sighted the buoy we realized that we were making some speed. We passed it at 11 :35, having run the five miles in 37 or 38 minutes. We came to anchor a couple of minutes later, dropping both anchors. I keep the second anchor at the bow, too, with cable bent and coiled around the bitts, so that after casting off a stop or two it is all ready to let go. Furling the jib was a wet job, seeing that Bantam was putting her bowsprit under with every heave; but when that was done, the outside work was over, and we retired to the cabin and indulged in a change of clothes. We spent most of the afternoon in the cabin, only going on deck occasionally to tend to the cables, and later to put F. ashore, for this was the end of his cruise. I then returned, and after a good supper retired early and slept soundly, notwithstanding the motion. July 19-August 13. — Remained in Camden Harbor, tak- ing friends out for a sail occasionally. But Bantam is not well adapted to- accommodate a party, for her cock- pit is small. August 14. — Sailed for Boothbay Harbor. The wind was W., coming in strong puffs, so put in one reef, as would be close-hauled in Mussel Ridge Channel. Though the wind was shifty. Bantam managed to get through Owl’s Head Bay without tacking— now pointing west and again south. The wind came light after passing Ash Island, and I thought of shaking out the reef. But off Otter Island it came up fresh from the S.W. When up with Whitehead, found I could just lay my course for Tennant’s Harbor, so, as I had never been in there, and it was a dead beat for Mosquito Island bell buoy, I de- cided to make for Tennant’s, especially as the chances were that the wind would start in N.W. again in the morning, as it had been doing for the last few days, backing to S.W. After spending a couple of hours ashore at Tennant’s Harbor, I returned to Bantam, got my supper and turned in at 8. August 15.— Turned out at 4:50 A. M., and after get- ting breakfast and cleaning up, got under- way, gliding gently out of the harbor at 6. The wind was light from N.W., but by the time Bantam had cleared the bell off Mosquito it had worked around to the west- ward enough to prevent laying a course direct for Davis Straits, so headed to the south of Black Rock. I had kept the reef in, as I expected it to do as it had done recently — blow hard during the day; but finally despair- ing of wind, 1 shook out the reef and within half an hour after had all I wanted. It was so clear that the houses on Monhegan, six miles away, could easily be distinguished. The new wind was from the S.W., so did not drop anchor in Townsend’s Gut till 2:30 P. M. August 16. — Had a sail in a friend’s auxiliary round by the Sheepscot and Cross River, past The Ovens’ Mouths, returning by Back River. This trip, practically impossible without power, made me wish I had a power tender. I wouldn’t have a motor in the yacht herself; it would take away all interest in cruising for me. I don’t know but that a power tender would do so, too; but it certainly would be handy for getting into such re- mote and beautiful nooks as the Ovens’ Mouths. It would perhaps double one’s cruising radius. August 17. — With one reef in, the wind being strong from the W., sailed some members of the “Hope and Faith Association,” together with sundry remains of a lawn fete over to “The Harbor.” August 18-22. — Made my headquarters in “The Gut,” taking an occasional morning or afternoon sail. On the 19th returning to Bantam about 9 P. M. after a visit ashore, I found her dragging anchor. Carried a line to one of Captain M.’s moorings, and on getting up the anchor found the cable fouled around one of the flukes. On coming to anchor that afternoon a strong puff came up just as I was going to round up into the wind, and I had to snub her with the hook to keep from going ashore. 1 suppose in dropping back she caught the bight of the cable over the fluke. On the 20th put Bantam out on Captain M.’s blockings to scrub bottom. She was very foul with grass from keel to- waterline, and either scup- per had a nest of mussels in it. How seasons differ ! Last season after a similar cruise, there wasn’t a particle of grass on her bottom — just a little fringe on the edge of the lead. August 23. — My friend B., who is no stranger to Ban- tam, arrived on the morning boat, and was soon installed in the guest chamber, namely, the port berth. As soon as he had stowed his belongings, we worked out of the Gut with a head wind and favoring tide. As B. had had but a nominal breakfast, we dined at the hotel at Boothbay Harbor, then got up sail and worked down the bay to* windward, until, below Squirrel Island, the wind left us. After a half hour it arose again from the same quarter, and we ran up the bay and inspected the new Bath-built cruiser Cleveland, which had come . in pre- paratory to making her trial trip. Anchored in “The Harbor.” August 24.- — Under way at 10 A. M. Sailed around to* Linekin’s Bay, where B. got into the dinghy with the camera while I sailed Bantam back and forth to have her picture taken. Sailed up to Murray Hill and anchored for lunch, after which we rowed ashore and walked over to East Boothbay and visited the shipyards on the Damariscotta. August 25. — Under way about 10 A. M. I seldom sail before 9, and more often it is after 10 before I get up sail. I find that if one is under way by 10 and in harbor again by 4:30, he usually gets the cream of the day’s sailing, and has fewer hard luck calm stories to tell than the other fellow; at least this is so on the Maine coast. Ran into Christmas Cove long enough to have lunch, which, after cooking it below, we ate in the cockpit while drinking in the quiet beauties of this landlocked harbor. On the beat back to Boothbay Harbor, had an unpleasant experience with one of the regular steamers plying these waters. We were standing in on the starboard tack to- ward Inner Herron Island. I had noticed the steamer about a minute before rounding the northern end of the island, but did not give her a second thought, it never entering my head that she would not give us plenty of room. Having run as near the reefs as I thought pru- dent, I came about, and there was the steamer almost upon us ! I kept on a few seconds to get some headway, at the same time figuring whether the steamer could turn quickly enough to clear us if we kept on. She decided that point by giving three whistles. We gave her the benefit of the doubt by translating this to mean “We can’t clear,” and not “We won’t try to clear.”. I imme- diately put Bantam on the starboard tack again, and as. soon as she had headway, back on the port tack, for I was as near the rocks as I cared to be, and by this time the steamer had passed. August 26.- — Rain. After breakfast, waited on board till eleven looking for wind. Then gave it up an went ashore and put in the morning at the barber’s and the bowling alleys, the rain meanwhile keeping up steadily. The conditions being the same in the afternoon,. stayed’ aboard. B. read some short stories aloud while I listened, and later brewed a hot Scotch — or to speak accurately, a hot Irish. August 27. — Bright and cheerful again. About 10 A. M. ran out before a light N.E. wind which dropped away to nothing off Tumbler. After a calm which lasted about two minutes, it came up light from the S.W. Beat leisurely down the bay and between Cape Island and The Cuckolds, intending to run into Cape Harbor — the little harbor inclosed about the end of Cape Newagen by Cape and Hunting islands and The Ark. After clearing the reefs making off from Hunting, gybed and ran in for the entrance. I realized I had to hug the South- port shore, and thought I was doing so, as the lobster-pot buoys on that side were only a few feet away.. But I soon found that the channel is not nearly as wide as it looks after half flood, and what looks like the middle of the entrance is really the edge of the reefs making out from the north of Hunting Island, for we suddenly felt a bump and a scrape and found ourselves hanging on the said reef. Fortunately the wind was very light, and the tide had still a couple of hours to flow.. So we got the anchor over the port quarter, and a friendly .fisherman offering to carry it out for us, and the proprietor of a catboat which we saw moored within the harbor, helping us heave on the cable, Bantam was off again in short order. After lunch, we left the harbor by the eastern passage, first rowing through it in the dinghy to locate the deep water, for the passage is very narrow. A reef makes out from the Southport shore, overlapping The Ark. This reef and those which fill the southern part of the harbor were under water, and to pass between them we made for a rock off the southern end of The Ark, which we had fixed upon as a mark. As soon as. we had passed the grass on the port side, we put the tiller down and turned, almost at right-angles, to the. north- ward through a well-defined passage, and so out into the open bay. August 28.- — B. was forced to take his departure, and I felt the season was growing to a close. After seeing him off, sailed down the bay and around Ram Island. You can anchor between it and Fisherman’s or make fast to a buoy there and go ashore and get a fine chowder and cup of coffee at the lighthouse keeper’s home. August 29. — Sailed about the bay, ending by anchoring at Mouse Island. The best anchorage is in the bight on the west shore of the island. The water is rather deep, but there is good holding ground and no kelp ledges.. On the north shore pf the islands you are apt to lose your anchor on account of these. August 30. — Sailed a Sabbath day’s journey into “The Gut,” and ended the cruise by picking up one of Captain M.’s moorings. Selecting Marine Gasolene Engines BY A. E. POTTER. Between now and the close of the Motorboat and Sportsmen’s Show, which occurs March 9, many of .our readers will be called upon to make selections of engines or launches for their own use. There are two classes — - those who know what they want, and those who do not. If a man has owned and run a power boat, he ought to know more about what he wants than if this is to be his first season. If he has had experience in sailing boats he is better fitted to know the requirements in a launch, particularly if to be used for cruising, which is usually the power boat owner’s ideal type even if he is unable to stand the cost. In selecting an engine, there are several important things to be taken into consideration, and these should be carefully weighed in the mind if one would avoid possibility of dissatisfaction, trouble or other contin- gencies. The price is no mean question, and is of course first to be considered. If you are not familiar with the two and four-cycle types, study them carefully, find out their difference, the advantages and disadvantages of both types, for they have both. Inquire from owners why they selected as they did, and if they would make a similar selection a second time. If an agent makes any verbal attempts to sell you an engine, have him in all cases commit to' writing just what he claims, so that you may investigate and find whether his claims are indefinite, tending to deceive you, or are bona fide. Carefully study all catalogues, and sift out claims that you find extravagant and on their face un- reasonable. If you are unable to understand some claims, write to the manufacturer and have him verify what. he says. In other words, put in all your spare time studying up the gasolene engine for your own benefit. Having decided what type you prefer, select the particular make you think best adapted to your needs, and then find out if possible whether or not it is well adapted to your needs or your requirements. It may be necessary . to consult someone who will advise you as to its suitability, size, etc. You should be able to decide whether you will use an engine with a reversing gear or reversing wheel, as some cases will not permit of the use of one and will allow the other. It may be convenient and quite essen- tial to use a governor, and there are also cases where a governor would be superfluous. You should be familiar with both make-and-break and jump spark ignition, and ought to be able to say which you prefer. Some two-cycle engines are of the more modern “three-ported” style, while others use the check valve inlet. Some two-cycle engines have to be “primed” with gasolene when starting, others do not; some will start with the relief cock open or the compression other- wise relieved, and others never; some run in both direc- tions, others do not; some use gear pumps, some centri- fugal, and some plunger pumps for water circulation; float feed carburetors may be used in some cases and vaporizers in others ; there are removable heads, and heads and cylinders in one piece; there are some built to separate at the base, and others with end bearing plates; hand holes and without; removable igniters, and those that have to be taken out after removing the heads; valves may in some cases be easily removed and ground, and in others it may take a man from the shop several hours. These are all important features, but they are by no means all you should know of the engine before you give an order for it. You should know the diameter of the cylinders and the length of stroke, as well as the number of revolutions, and compare these with other engines of similar dimen- sions and rated horsepower. The life of the engine and its probable cost of operation should be considered; likewise probable cost of repairs and new parts. Its value as a second-hand engine after a year or two’s careful use should be estimated by comparison with others. You do not know how soon you may want to purchase a larger engine or larger boat, and a second-hand engine, unless it is well made and well known, is not usually a particu- larly salable article. One of the most usual defects I have found in engines, and these not necessarily of the cheaper makes, is poor alignment. This is a very hard thing to correct,, and unless the engine with respect to its crank shaft, cylinder bore, piston and connecting rod, is absolutely in line, its life is materially shortened, and value correspondingly lessened. The amount of muffling that the manufacturers sup- ply with their engines varies greatly. In the design of the engine the amount that it will stand without great loss of power may be more in some cases than in others. If you do not care how much noise your engine makes, it does not matter; but rarely have I met a power boat owner but that he had greater respect for an engine if it did not make too much noise. In the construction of some engines, cheaper material is often used. In some cases it does not materially de- crease the value of the product, and in other cases it does. Iron water piping of course will not last so .long as brass. Around salt water black iron exhaust piping is usually preferable to galvanized, and it costs less. Frequently the engine itself, without wheel, shaft, bat- teries, tools, etc., will be offered at a very low price; but when the necessary extras are added, usually at a padded price, the total exceeds that at which you considered another make too high priced. It may be that one make of engine has 5m. cylinders and Sin. stroke, while another has 4l4in. cylinders and Sl^in. stroke. They both are perhaps listed at the same horsepower, but the piston displacement of the sin. by Sin. is nearly \2]A per cent, more than the by Sl4in. Ordinarily the sin. stroke engine would run fully as fast as the 5H>in. stroke, and all other things being equa.l, either the sin. by sin. is under or the 4l4in. by Sl4in. is overrated. The rate of compression is another feature to be looked after. Jt may be so high that the engine ?s hat4 tQ start, Jan. 28, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 77 or it may be likely to cause pre-ignition. It may be so low as to lose valuable power. The crank case compres- sion may be lower than it ought — it cannot be too high. Lubrication is a very important feature which is liable to be slighted, and a careful study of that important equipment is essential. Some engine manufacturers claim that a wrist pin turning in the piston is preferable to one having a bearing in the upper end of the piston rod. Both have their good and bad points, but no matter which method is employed, it should never be allowed to protrude through the piston sufficient to “score” the wall of the cylinder. The engine that has its parts easily accessible, is well and carefully designed and built, that is the best adapted to your especial requirements, that will wear the longest and be worth the most second-hand, is a good, safe engine to buy. The installation must be made safe and the greatest care should be exercised in running it and caring for it for the sake of personal safety and to get the full value out of the engine. In the matter of guarantees from the manufacturer or salesman, they should be carefully drawn, if at all. If a man buys something that is guaranteed to be as represented, the manufacturer should be willing to re- duce the claims to- writing. The guaranteed horsepower and consumption should, however, be cautiously drawn, for it is quite easy if one is so disposed to readily re- duce the efficiency of an engine, and a manufacturer would be very foolish to guarantee a certain horsepower for any length of time, for there are a great many things that may reduce it for which the manufacturer ought not be responsible; but if an engine is sold and guaranteed to give a certain brake horsepower, it ought to show that on test before being placed in the boat. When the engine is first installed, the owner or operator should carefully time the engine speed, and note it for future comparison. If the engine is rated at 5 horsepower at 375 revolutions per minute, and only shows 300, it can readily be seen that the engine is developing fully 20 per cent, less power than it ought. If after a few weeks’ use the speed is reduced, it can also be seen that the engine efficiency is decreasing, and a remedy should be immediately applied; first discovering the cause, which at that time may be very slight, but if left may do incalculable harm. Engines built this season ought to be of better general construction than ever before. There are some new en- gines seen this spring for the first time, and the knowl- edge of the art is so well understood and the necessity of careful machining so well appreciated by gas engine manufacturers of responsibility, that they will be in duty bound to make good any damage resulting from poor material or workmanship ; but do not expect them to replace or be responsible for breakage or accidents for which you alone are to be blamed. In the matter of delivery, hardly a season but that de- lays of several months beyond the agreed time of delivery occur, and it is but just that delivery should he guar- anteed under forfeit, for no power boat owner should be compelled to forego the pleasures of its use for several weeks or months of the season with redress. In selecting your engine for next season you have an unenviable assignment at least. Queries on Marine Motors. R. J. H., Port Jefferson, N. Y. — Would I improve my ignition by using twenty cells dry battery connected five in series and four in parallel? Ans. — There seems to be no ouject in loading your launch with 20 cells dry battery when two sets of 5 each will be found ample, no matter whether using make-and- break or jump spark. If your ignition is properly ad- justed, contact is not too long, and spark coil is adapted to the current and engine, five ct . will be found suffi- cient with another sin. a?- ends. Chamfered on lower inside edge. Bilge Clamp— To be of yellow pine, 3 by Hein, at middle, re- duced uy 2 by lin, at ends. Deck Beams— To be of oak. Moulded lG2in., sided lin. Large beams, where shown, to be moulded 213in., sided 2m, ^FOREST AND STREAM. Cockpit Coaming — To be of mahogany. Interior — To have two bulkheads of yellow pine, with doors and two seats. Fastenings — To be copper throughout. Floor and floor plate fastenings to be of bronze. Absolutely no iron fastenings to be used. Pump — Boat to have Sands’ bilge pump, discharging on deck. Deck Fittings — All cleats to be of locust; other fittings to be of bronze. Painting — Topsides to be given one coat of priming and two of color. Below L.W.L. to be given one coat of lead and one of anti-fouling paint. All interior to have two coats, excepting seats and bulkheads, which shall have three coats of best spar varnish. All bright work and spars to have three coats of varnish. Spars — Mast, boom, bowsprit and spinnaker boom of cleat- spruce. Ironwork — All ironwork necessary for the Bermuda rig of galvanized iron. Chainplates — To be of Tobin bronze. Schooner Atlantic’s New Owner. — Mr. Charles E. Rector lias purchased the old schooner Atlantic from Mr. Wilson Marshall. Mr. Rector had Atlantic under charter last season. m it ■? Schooner Mayflower Changes Hands. — Mr. E. S. Reiss has purchased the schooner Mayflower from Mr. William A. Gardner, of Boston, The transfer was made through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones. The yacht will be overhauled, and in the future will be used jo.r commercial purposes in and about tin- West Indies. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages li ana iii. Passing of the Whileaway. — The old sloop While- away, built in 1881 at Greenport, L. I., has been sold, and will be converted into a fishing craft for parties. Equip- ment will consist of two 20 horsepower engines built at Mariners’ Harbor, Staten Island, by the Motor Engine Company. »t t? *6 P'ower Boat for Lake Placid. — Mr. George H. Mc- Neely, of the Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C., is having a power boat built at Wignall’s Yard, Philadelphia, for use on Lake Placid. The boat will be fitted with a 10 horse-power engine. it it it Power Boat Building at Bridgeport.— Captain Matti- son, who built the Ellen S. for a water boat, afterward converting her into a yacht, has contracted for a new yacht with Green Bros., of Bridgeport, Conn., giving Ellen S. in part payment. H »t it The Gregory’s Misfortune. — The power , yacht Gre- gory, owned by Mr, Lewis Nixon, which was forced to Jaw, 2S, 4905,3 FOREST AND STREAM. 21-FOOT BERMUDA SLOOP LINES AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN. Designed by Fred. M. Hoyt. Built by the Greenport Basin & Construction Co. put into Greenport for repairs, will be ready to start across the ocean this .week. For some thirty-two hours during the storm which they encountered shortly after leaving Sandy Hook all hands were kept below deck. Only for the loss of the forward hatches, which flooded and disabled one engine, even at that they would have proceeded south toward Charlestown, their first stop. Power equipment of Gregory consists of two six- cylinder 12m. by 14m. gasolene engines of the well- known Standard make. The tankage for a supply of gasolene for the trip, even with stops at Bermuda and the Azores, would necessarily have to be immense. It speaks well for the hull construction that after the three days’ gale she should have been able to make Greenport, L. I., under one engine. Reports are that she has shown a speed of 26 miles, and that Gregory will race at Monaca and also compete for the Charley Cup. R R R ! iring of High Speed Gasolene Engines. — One of our English contemporaries, the Yachting World, re- marks, ‘‘it is therefore interesting to note that practical men are becoming heartily tired of the type in France. Several speakers at the recent Marine Motor Congress pointed out its defects at length, and their remarks ap- peared to agree with the sense of the meeting.” It is universally agreed among American yachtsmen that the development of high speed steam yachts and gasolene power boats is something of a fad, and outside of speed supremacy there is little to be gained. In order to get the best. speed, vast sums have been spent and the end in America, at least, is not yet. The coming season will show some remarkable achievements, and those who pre- tend to know say that the Standard has still a few miles in reserve. If such is the case, it looks as if she would need her reserve power if she would maintain her prestige. The high speed autoboat has accomplished much for the betterment of the marine engine art, and while its life must necessarily be short, it has fully demonstrated that the excessive weight employed ten years ago can be readily and practically reduced until the happy medium is reached. An engine can be too heavy as well as too light. »s n Liljegren & Clark Dissolve. — Messrs. Liljegren & Clark, the firm of naval architects, marine engineers and yacht brokers, of 45 Broadway, New York, have dis- solved partnership, and Mr. Montgomery FI. Clark has taken over the business, and will carry it on at the same address. « « Wanted — A Better Knowledge 01 the Power Boat by the Power Boat Owner. — Note the following from The Yachtsman, English: * . The Paris Motor Launch Congress has finished its sit- tings, and in another column will be found a report of the resolutions adopted. The results are valuable, inasmuch as they represent the consensus of international opinion on motor launch questions. All kinds of clubs— both yacht clubs and automobile clubs — were represented, and the. solutions are, in principle, good and sound. The ciuiser rating rule, if not perfect, is sensible, and the pro- posal to measure power by consumption is an acceptance of the only logical method. I he formation of a collection of records and data is an excellent idea, and one that we have often suggested. Progress without knowledge is impossible, and knowledge to be useful must be accessible. At present it is stored away in the minds and data books of manufacturers and owners, and the process of diffusion is slow in the ex- treme. Some points there are, of course, that represent a man’s intellectual capital, and therefore cannot be given out to all the world, but full and free information can be g;iven on many vital points. Such publicity would be for the informant’s ultimate benefit rather than for his prej udice. There is another side of this question. How often is this reticence due to disinclination, and how often to- ignorance? . We have known cases where designers strange as it may seem — are ignorant of sundry data of their boats, and where motor makers have no idea what- ever of the B.H.P. their motors give out, or what their consumption was. R R R E. Burton Hart Buys Kestrel. — The Fife cutter- Kestrel has been purchased by Mr. E. Burton Hart from Mr. Henry S. H. Wood through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones. Kestrel was built at Wood’s Yard* 16 fDRESf AND St REAM [j an* 2§, 1 903- City Island, in 1897, and since that time she has been used but little. Kestrel is a fine vessel, and now that she has not been in commission for so long, it is gratifying to know that she has fallen into the hands of so clever an amateur as Mr. E. Burton Hart. * « Monaco Entries. — The entries for the Monaco meet this year now number one hundred and three, of which seven are English. The Lozier Motor Co., who were the only American exhibitors at the Paris Salon, have entered the three launches exhibited, and, _ so far as known, these will be the only American entries. Bayside Y. C. Meeting. — At the annual meeting of the Bayside Y. C., held at the Hotel Astor, New York, on Friday evening, January 20, the following officers were elected: Com., G. Walter Smith; Vice-Corn., G. Howland Leavitt; Rear-Corn., W. W. Cole; Treas., Hugh L. Weber; Sec’y, William H. Johns; members of the Board of Governors, to serve for three years, Robert B. Currie and Elmer G. Story. The annual dinner which followed the meeting was at- tended by one hundred and thirty members, which is a remarkable showing when the club’s total membership is only 154. The Secretary of the club, Mr. William H. ISOLDE. Owned by Fred M. Hoyt, Rear-Commodore Larchmont Y. C. Photo by James Burton. Johns, acted as toastmaster. Mr. Johns made a short ad- dress in which he traced the development of the club since its inception, a little over a year ago. When the club was started there were ten members; there are now 154. Arrangements have been made for a new one- design class, and the boats will be designed and built by Mr. Thomas Clapham, of Roslyn, L. I. The boats are 24ft. over all, 19ft. waterline, 6ft. breadth, and will carry 385 sq. ft. of sail. Five boats have already been \ ordered. * k Two Launches Sold. — Mr. Stanley M. Seaman has made the following sales : The launch Helen, by Mr. F. W. Carpenter, Southold, N. Y., to Mr. Louis Orgelfinger, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; the cruising launch Marion, by Mr. George A. Coles, Middletown, Conn., to Mr. James Tay- lor, Passaic, N. J. The new owner died soon after the purchase, and the_ boat is now at Miami, where Mr. Taylor intended using her. H * Schooner Clytie to be Used South. — Mr. Henry C. Ward has sold the schooner Clytie to Mr. E. S. Reiss. The boat is now at the Morse Iron Works, South Brook- lyn, where she will be put in shape for use in southern waters. « «S « New Boat Building at Amityville. — A small racing boat is being built by Mr. A. Ingles, of Amityville, L. I., for his own use. She is 22ft. over all, 18ft. waterline, 7ft. 6in. breadth and of shallow draft. The boat is of the skip-jack model, and will be entered in all the local events next season. « * * Boats for Defense of Canada’s Cup. — At least three new boats will be built for the defense of the Canada’s Cup by members of the Rochester Y. C. The Herreshoff Mfg. Co. will design and build one of the trio; Messrs. Gardner & Cox are working on the design of a second boat, and Mr. C. F. Herreshoff has completed plans for the third boat. * *S « Three Starters for Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Race.— The details of the ocean race to be given by the Brooklyn Y. C. next season have been arranged. The course will be from Gravesend Bay to Hampton Roads, and the start will be made on Thursday, June 29. The first prize will be a cup valued at $500, the money for which will be raised by subscription among the members. Mr. Charles A. Kelley, secretary of the Brooklyn Y. C., and Mr. J. Leon Wood, of the Hampton Roads Y. C, have arranged for the details of the event, and also for a series of races to be held in Hampton Roads after the finish of the outside race between the local and the visiting craft. Three boats are being built for the ocean race; one is for Mr. Thomas Fleming Day, one of the promoters of the contest. This boat will be built by the Huntington Mfg. Co. Mr. L. D. Huntington, of the Huntington Mfg. C., will build a boat for himself, and Mr. R. D. Floyd, of New York, will have a boat built from designs by Messrs. Small Brothers. * * * New York Y. C. Meeting. — The first general meeting of the New York Y. C. was held at the club house, West Forty-fourth street, New York, on Thursday evening, January 19. The report of the Secretary, Mr.. George A. Cormack, showed that there are 566 vessels in the club fleet, whose total tonnage amounts to 67,900. The club now has 2,170 members, and 55 more were elected at the meeting, ten of which were navy members. 1 he Committee on Measurement created some time ago re- ported, and the modifications and amendments suggested by them were adopted after some discussion. Mr. Theo- dore C. Zerega, a member of the Model Committee, spoke of the progress that had been made by that body. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for the presentation of a fitting gift for ex-Commodore S. Nicholson Kane, who retired this year from the Regatta Committee after serving for fifteen years. The portrait presented to the club of ex-Commodore Gerry by him- self was accepted. Commodore Bourne’s Appointments. — Commodore Frederick G. Bourne, New York Y. C., has made the following appointments: Fleet Captain, J. D. J. Kelley, U. S. N. ; Fleet Surgeon, J. McG. Woodbury, M.D. “Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No. IV. Sixty-foot Waterline Cruising Power Boat. $225 in Prizes. The three designing competitions previously given by Forest and Stream have been for sailing yachts. In this competition, the fourth, we are to change our sub- ject and give the power boat men an opportunity. The competition is open to amateurs and professionals, except that the designers who received prizes in^any of the three previous contests may not compete in this one. The following prizes will be given : First prize, $100. Second prize, $60. Third prize, $40. Fourth prize, $25, offered by Mr. Charles W. Lee for the best cabin arrangement. Mr. Henry J. Gielow, N.A., has very kindly agreed to act as judge. In addition to making the awards, Mr. Gielow will criticise each of the designs submitted ; and the criticisms will be published in these columns. The designs will be for a cruising launch propelled by either gasolene or kerosene motors, conforming to the following conditions: I. Not over 60ft. waterline. II. Not over 4ft. draft. III. A signalling mast only to be shown. IV. Cabin houses, if used at all, to be kept as low and narrow as possible. V. Construction to be of wood, and to be strong, simple, and inexpensive. The cost of the boat complete in every detail must not exceed $9,000. . VI. The location of tanks and engine or engines to be carefully shown. Either single or twin-screws may be adopted. The power and type of the motor must be specified. . VII. The boat must have a fuel capacity sufficient to give a cruising radius of 700 miles at a rate of 8 miles an hour. The maximum speed shall not be more than 14 miles nor less than 10 miles. The estimated maximum speed must be specified. VIII. All weights must be carefully figured, and the results of the calculations recorded. A thousand-word description of the boat and a skeleton specification must accompany each design. The design must be modern in every particular, with- out containing any extreme or abnormal features. . We wish to produce an able, safe, and comfortable cruising boat, one that will have ample accommodations, so that the owner and his wife and two guests, or three or four men, can live aboard, and one that can easily be managed at all times by two or three paid hands in addition to the steward. The draft is restricted to 4ft. in order that the boat may have access to nearly all harbors, canals and rivers North and South, and may thereby widely increase the cruising field. We have in mind a boat that can be used North in the summer and South in the winter, and a craft well able to withstand outside passage along the coast in all seasons of the year. Special attention must be given to the cabin arrange- ment. The interiors should be original, but devoid of any impractical features. Arrangements suould be made for a direct passage forward and aft without going on deck. Drawings Required. I. Sheer plan. Scale, }4in.=ift II. Half breadth plan. Scale, /4in.=ift. III. Body plan. Scale, ^4in.=ift. IV. Cabin plan and inboard profile and at least one cross-section. Scale, J41n.=ift. V. Outboard profile. Scale, ^4in.=ift. The drawings should be carefully made and lettered; all drawings should be preferably on tracing cloth or white paper, in black ink. No colored inks or pigments should be used. The drawings must bear a nom de plume only, and no indication must be given of the identity of the designer. In a sealed envelope, however, the designer must inclose his name and address, together with his nom de plume. All designs must be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York, not later than February 3, 1905. All drawings will be returned. Return postage should accompany each. The Forest and Stream reserves the right to publish any or all the designs. ^mating - Officers of A. C. A., 1905. Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H. M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 'J reasurer — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. Purser— C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — J. C. Maclister, U. G. I. Building, Phila- delphia, Pa.; L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. t „ Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. Purser— J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa. ; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Board of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. Purser — W. S. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; H. D. Murphy, alternate. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors — J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board— E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, Ohio. _ Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati. Ohio. Purser — George A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. Board of Governors— Henry C. Morse, Peoria, Ilk How to Join the A. C. A. From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. A.: “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and oae dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.” A. C A* Membership. The following have been proposed for membership in the A C. A. : Atlantic Division — Charles F. Daymond, of West Englewood, N. J.; Frank E. Kimble, Ralph B. Lucas, William U. Ale, Louis N. Chevrier and Harvey F. Whitehead, all of Trenton, N. J. Eastern Division— Samuel B. Burnham, of Providence, R. I. Frederic G. Mather, Treasurer. Jfi/fe H MayT023°25.-LinC0ln, 111., State Sportsmen’s Association tourna- May^ 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. MajP 30-3L— -Washington,^ D. C.— Analostan Gun tiyg'day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Secy, 222 F street, May 31-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmens JuneA|T-D°rton!Ua?IGun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. JimfC9.-Shanmkin, Pa„ Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, T In Tndianaoolis Ind —The Interstate Association’s Grand ^Un Am^HMnnHandlcap, target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. y july 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Jul/t-South Framingham, Mass.-Second annual team shoot; Tuly\Vll -Menominee, Mich.-The Interstate Association’s tour- J lament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. AugWL^AfbCe?tULea,SMinn.-The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. .Oct.^2.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshotoers League, on"grounds of Dover Gun Club. drivers and twiste.rs Among the distinguished visitors in New York last week were Col. J. B. Ewing, Mr. J. T. Skelly and Mr. Phil B. Bekeart. At Holmesburg Junction, Jan 21 Mr Fred Parker was first in an open handicap shoot at 25 birds. Fie scored 24 out of ’5 from the 32yd. mark, the lost bird being dead out. * The Chester, N. Y„ Gun Club have arranged to hold an all- day shoot on Feb. 3. The totals of the programme are lo0 targets, $10 entrance. Mr. Hiram B. Tuthill is the President. ‘ The 100-target handicap for club members, to be held by the naming N Y„ Gun Club on Saturday of this week, will have a handicap of misses as kills. Shooting will commence at 2 o’clock. ^ At the Point Breeze Track, Philadelphia, Jan. 21, fifteen partici- nated in a handicap at 10 live birds. Messrs. Aimen, Kirk and Murphy were high with a score of 9 each. The weather was pleasant and the birds were a good lot. Advance notice has been sent out concerning the tournament 'be held under the auspices of the Tri-State Automobile and Snorting Goods Association, to be held on the Rusch Plouse grounds Feb. 15-17. For programmes apply to Mr. John Parker, Detroit,’ or Mr. Fred F. Foster, Lansing, Mich. A five-man team shoot between Homer and Merchantville, at Merchantville, N. J., Jan 21, was won by the latter with scores as follows: Homer Gun Club-Durant 13, Manes 18, Pew 16, Spooner 12 Hilmick 10; total 69. Merchantville Gun Club— Walton 16, Morgan 18, Paul 19, Simpson 23, Hill 16; total 92. * A two-man team match lias been arranged to take place at the Point Breeze Track, Philadelphia, on Saturday of this week. The principals are Messrs. J. B. McHugh and C. B. Milton, of Wilmington, and Messrs. S. C. Aimen and Fred Murphy, of Philadelphia. Conditions, 30yds., 25 birds each, $100 a side. at The programme of the shoot announced by the Shrewsbury, Pa Gun Club, to be held on Feb. 13, provides thirteen events, one at 10 targets, 50 cents entrance, the remainder at 15 targets, $1 entrance. Class shooting. First high gun, $3; second, $2; low gun, $1. Shooters will be conveyed to and from the grounds free. Saturday of this week is fixed as the duy oti which the fits! shoot of the series for the Montclair, N. J., Gun Club loving cup will be held. The last Saturday of each month during the year will measure the extent of the series. Mr. Thomas A. Duff, Toronto, writes us as follows: “In your shooting fixtures please insert: May 17, 18, 19, Toronto, Can. The Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (incorporated) annual tourna- ment. Alexander Dey, Secretary, 178 Mill street, Toronto, Can.’’ Mr. C. L. Straub, of Allentown, Pa., announces a two-day target tournament, at the Duck Farm Hotel, Feb. 15 and 16. There are twelve programme events, each at 15 targets, $1 entrance. Shoot- ing begins at 10:30. Class shooting. High amateur averages, first and second, $5 and $3. Lunch a la Griesemer. Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins, of Baltimore, was the bright, particu- lar star at the shoot of the Meadow Springs, Pa., Gun Club last Saturday, as he blew into vacuity all prior club records of the grounds. He made a run of 50 straight, and scored 94 out of 100. He used a good gun, good ammunition and a good eye, the latter being personal. X The Manager, Mr. A. A. Schoverling, 2 Murray street, New York, writes us that the Mullerite Gun Club will hold an all-day shoot on the grounds of the Awosting Gun Club at New Paltz, N. Y., on Feb. 22. Shooting will begin at 10 o’clock. The com- petition will be sweepstakes, and merchandise prizes will be an added attraction. K The Christiana- Atglen Gun Club announce a shoot to be held on Feb. 22, at Atglen, Pa. The programme has eleven events, of which three are at live birds, respectively, 5 birds, $2.50; 7 birds, $3; 10 birds, $4. The target events are at 10 and 15 targets, 75 cents, $1 and $1.25 entrance. Class shooting. Lloyd R. Lewis is the Corresponding Secretary. The committee in charge of the Fulford Memorial Fund are desirous that all who contemplate subscribing to it will do so promptly, as it will be closed on Feb. 1. About $400 have been subscribed, and about $100 more are needed to secure such monu- ment as the Committee deems suitable. Subscriptions should be forwarded to Mr. James T. Skelly, Wilmington, Del. The first event of the handicap series of twelve shoots in- augurated by the Clearview Gun Club, was held at Darby, Pa., on Jan. 21. They are handicap contests, allowances added. There were thirty-one contestants, of whom five were visitors. Each shot at 25 targets, and four tied on a full score, namely, Messrs. D. Sanford, IT. M. Sibole, L. R. Huber and J. Colton. In the shoot-off Sibole won with a straight score. The Secretary, Mr. S. C. Yocum, writes us that the Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club elected officers as follows: U. H. Prichard, President; J. E. Herrold, Vice-President; S. C. Yocum, Secretary; F. G. . Seiler, Treasurer; Dr. A. B. Longshore, Captain; Warren Iveiser, Vice-Captain. Executive Committee: Harvey Sowers, B. B. Smith, William T., Wray, D. W. Shipman, D. P. Faust. Dates for tournaments were selected as follows: First, June 9; second, July 4. Each programme provides 200 targets, $10 entrance, Av- erage prizes will be given. A new order has been created, the title of which is “The Ex- alted Order of Fulminators,” and the correspondence department is in charge of “The Esteemed Head Scribe,” Mr. Paul R. Litzke, of Little Rock, Ark. The other officers are: Most Ex- alted Fulminator, J. W. Osborne, Albany, Ga. ; Chief Detonator, Maurice Kaufman, New Orleans; Esteemed Head Mixer, C. G. Grubb, Pittsburg; Keeper of Paraphernalia, G. A. Muenzen- roaier, Kings Mills; Musical Mixer, Capt. A. H. Hardy, Lincoln; Chief Artist, B. E. Seymour, Grand Forks; National Word Mixer, W. W. Webber, Ft. Smith. R Last Saturday afternoon a two-man team race was shot on the grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club, at Wilmington, Del. In the one team were Messrs. J. A. McKelvey and W. M. Foord, each of whom shoots from his northwest shoulder; in the. other team were Messrs. Luther J .Squier and Janies T. Skelly, who shoot from their northeast shoulder. All are valiant men in competi- tion, and ready to do and dare at all times. Each shot at 100 targets, divided into 25s. The scores were: Squier 23, 21, 22, 23; total, 89. Skelly 21, 22, 20, 19; total 82. Foord 21, 20, 19, 24; total 84. McKelvey 16, 19, 19, 22; total 76. Northpaws, 171; South- paws, 160. - -‘-J I— L‘-*J In the Sun the following was recently published: “William P. Shattuck, of Minneapolis, who is stopping at the Holland House, and who is an exhibitor at the automobile show in Madison Square Garden, went to the Tenderloin police station about 10 o’clock last night and reported that a fur coat, made of muskrat skins, which he valued very highly on account of its associations, had been stolen from his booth in the Garden. He told the police that there were about 100 skins in the coat, and that his wife shot every one of the muskrats on a trip which she made with him in an automobile a year ago through Minnesota and South Dakota. His wife, he said, was a crack rifle shot, having won the Grand American Handicap shoot at Oakwood five years ago. She was, he said, the only woman who ever won this shoot. The police promised they would look for the coat, and if they hadn’t found it before Mr. Shattuck left New York, that they would notify him in Washington, where he is going to consult with the Secretary of War in regard to a device to enable soldiers to shoot at night just as well as they can in the daytime. K A correspondent writes us that “the first annual spring tourna- ment of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League will be held on the grounds of the Wilmington Gun Club on April 12-13. The first day will be devoted to open sweeps, everybody welcome, manufacturers’ representatives, of course, shooting for targets only. The second day’s programme will consist of several open sweepstake events, and will also include the State team cham- pionship at 50 targets per man, and the individual State cham- pionship at 100 targets, these events being shot off in series of 25 targets each, with optional sweeps open to all amateurs, whether residents of ’the State of Delaware or not. The Wilmington Gun Club may issue in the near future a challenge to any club to shoot a team race under the following conditions: Five-man teams, 50 targets per man, the total weight of the team to be not less than 1,500 pounds avoirdupois. The Wilmington Gun Club can produce such a team, the well-known Harry Hartlove being captain, although he is the baby of the bunch, weighing only 265 pounds.” This Pee-Wee team match, on the terms above set forth, would be of special interest in itself, but the members would confer incalculable benefit if they would di\ ulge to the public the menu of their training table. At Gdfigus fetation, La., Jan, i!i, the invitation shoot yl the Highland Gun Club was held , Thitty shooters were pres- ent, the Florists, Olney Field Club, Highland, Hillside, S. S. White, and other clubs being well represented. Twelve of the sixteen programme events were shot off. A number of valuable merchandise prizes were objects of competition, SS The Treasurer’s report shows the Crescent Athletic Club to be in an excellent financial condition. It has a surplus of $166,380.31, which will be applied to the erection of a new town house, which will be built soon at a cost of $600,000. At the close of last year it had 100 life members, 257 non-resident members, 1,730 resident members, a total of 2,087. By way of showing the sound financial stability of the club, it may be mentioned that it has assets as follows: Bay Ridge property, 264 city lots; buildings, furniture, etc., $220,000; boat house and boats, $20,000; Pierrepont street property, three city lots, $105,000; building account, payments on account of new building, $6,375; furniture and fixtures Clinton stieet house, $10,000; stock on hand, $8,422.47; members’ accounts, $26,094.99; cash on hand, $6,026.59; total, $401,919.05. Liabilities: Funded debt, first mortgage Bay Ridge, $150,000; second mort- gage bond subscriptions, $40,620; old second mortgage bonds called for payment, $1,300; unpaid bills, $44,918.74; Christmas fund, $3,745; surplus fund, $166,380.31; total, $401,919.05. The expenses for ath- letics were: Baseball, $1,160.26; golf, $1,601.32; hockey, $451.15; lacrosse, $2,240.84; tennis, $1,665.61. Shooting netted a credit bal- ance of $478.19, making the total cost of athletics, $6,641.02. Mr. A. W. Higgins, the able and courteous secretary of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., is a leading genius of the club, and was elected to important office as a member of the Nominating Com- mittee for 1905. Bernard Waters. IN NEW JERSEY* North River Gun Club* Edgewater , N. J., Jan i. 21.— Event 7 was a handicap for silver cup. It was won by C. Leasenfeld. The scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets : 15 10 15 10 15 10 25 15 10 Eickhoff 14 10 14 6 11 7 24 13 8 Vosselman ,. 13 7 10 6 13 6 23 I.easenfeid . 7 7 12 7 12 10 25 Morrison ... 7 12 5 10 9 22 1.4 P Truax ... 12 10 22 12 io Sherman . . . 10 8 20 11 6 Jones 11 7 18 10 7 Fisher 14 9 22 13 9 Kaufman. . . 13 8 23 12 8 C Truax 15 9 24 14 9 Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J. , Jan. 21. — Events 1, 2 and 3 were for practice. Events 4 and 5, 50 targets, for a box of fine cigars, was won by Cockefair, with 44 breaks to his credit, Crane being a close second with 43 breaks. Messrs. Howard and Soverel qualified to-day in the gold medal event. On next Saturday the monthly competition for the club trophy of 1905, a very handsome sterling silver loving cup, will begin. This will continue during the year, on the last Saturday of every month. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ~ Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 Cockefair 20 19 18 22 22 16 Babcock 19 .. 18 16 .. .. Howard 18 .. . . Winslow 13 10 14 14 . . ' Crane 16 . . 21 22 . . Butler 22 17 19 19 18 24 Geo Batten 15 .. 19 20 15 SR Soverel 15 19 17 . . C W Kendall.. 17 19 21 12 19 15 Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Sheepshead Bay Gun Club. Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Jan. 19. — In the contest for the Remsen cup and Dreyer prize, 50 targets, handicap allowance, the actual scores were as follows: Schortemeier (0) 43, Dreyer (20) 29, McKane (12) 41, Tyler (20) 32, Voorhies (10) 34, Montanus (16) 26, Cooper (18) 24, Williamson (16) 29, Allen (38) 18, Gewert (26) 17, Franciola (38) 12, P. Suse (18) 18, A. Cottrell 34, F. Schov- erling 36, Dr. Goubeaud (24) 22, Bishop 3, McElroy 2, Carolan (26) 28, Fink 16. The Remsen cup and Dreyer prize shoot-off was postponed until the next shoot. Schortemeier did not contest for any prize. Dreyer did not contest for his own donation. Medal shoot-off, 25 targets, won by F. Tyler, as follows: Dreyer (5) 20, Tyler (5) 21, Montanus (4) 19, Allen (9) 15, Francioli (9) 15, Carolan (7) 20. Event 1, 25 targets: Schorty 22, Cottrell 14, Schoverling 22, Williamson 15, Voorhies 22, McKane 15, Tyler 14, Dreyer 12, Mon- tanus 11, Francioli 6, C. Cooper 17, Tyler 12. Event 3, 15 targets: Schorty 14, Cooper 12, Montanus 12, Vocrhies 10, Dreyer 10, Carolan 8, Tyler 7, Schoverling 12, Cot- trell 9, Frank 3. Williamson 10, Voorhies 12, Schorty 12, Mon- tanus 13, Dr. Goubeaud 5. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 21. — While to-day was not the regular bi- monthly club day, some of the boys came up to “shoot one box of shells to keep their hands in,” and below find the result — ’twere ever thus. A few other little side matches were shot besides these recorded events. Saturday, the 28th inst., is the day set for the big 100 clay-bird handicap for members. The handicaps are to be misses as kills, and they have been carefully apportioned by the Com- mittee, who have tried to make it as equitable as possible. Shooting will start promptly at 2 P. M. Entrance, price of birds. Prize a pump gun; also optional sweeps: Events: 1234567S9 10 11 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 G B Hubbell 5 7. 7.. 8 7.. 8 .. .. I T Hyland 7 9 7.. 5.... 7.. 6 18 D Brandreth 9 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 9 7 22 C G Blandford 9596689767 18 A Aitchison 4 .. .. C. G. B. Keystone Shooting League. Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Jan. 21.— A good lot of birds were trapped and tested the skill of the shooters thoroughly. Mr. F. I’arker was placed at the back mark, 32yds., three yards further back than the next furthest mark, 29yds. He scored 24 out of the 25. The conditions were 25 birds, handicap rise, $10 entrance, high guns, birds extra; gun as prize to winner: F Parker 32 ... . 2222222222222*22222222222rv-24 F Stevens ?9 222222222222220222*202222—22 F Coleman ~29 2200022222222022222222222—21 lames 30 ’ ’. . 22222222*2022222*02222222—21 Talbot 28 22200*2222222222222*20200—18 Harrison 29 20220*22222*2222222222222—21 lameson ' 30 20222022*220222222*222222—20 Garret! ’ ' ' 222*022222*0*222222222222—20 Jan. 28, 1905.I FOREST AND STREAM. 88 Excellent Results ¥ | obtained by using U • Agencies of the U. S. Cartridge Co. S. CARTRIDGES 497-503 Peecrl Street, 35-43 Pe^rk Street, New York. 114-116 Market Street, San Francisco, WESTERN TRAP. South Siders Annual Election. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 17.— At the annual meeting of the South Side Gun Club, held at Turner Hall, the following well-known shooters were elected to serve for 1905: President, Dr. Adolph Gropper; Vice-President, Charles W. Mott; Secretary, James T. Drought; Treasurer, Thomas M. Drought; Director, Charles W. Mitchell; Captain, Frank Gunther. The report made by the treasurer shows the club to have pros- pered during 1904, and that applications for membership were on file. There was much interest in the awards for last season. The James Bush cup, a fine silver loving cup for the largest number of scores by a member, was won by Thomas M. Drought, who shot 225 scores of 15 targets each, or a total of 3,375. He also won the twenty best scores, being 294 out of 300, and he was awarded the Chas. F. Pfister medal. The second best score was that of Chas. W. Mott, 278; Gropper and Bush tied and must shoot off, each having 275. A committee was duly appointed for the purpose of conferring with other Milwaukee clubs, having in view the holding of a large tournament during the summer. It is certain that Milwaukee can hold a large shoot if all the clubs join. Shooters from many States will attend. Mott, Mitchell and Hammersmith are a good trio to push the “good thing” along. First of the Season. Des Moines, la. — The prospects for the Iowa shoot to be a grand starter for this year are growing bright. If the weather during the middle of March will be on its good behavior, then there will be a very large attendance. Des Moines is surely the best place in the State to hold the shoot; being in the center, it can easily be reached alike by all. More shooters can and will come to this city than any other that could be selected. This being the capital of the State, there are ample hotel accommodations, and amusements for the evening’s entertainments not found elsewhere. Not only the traveling representatives, but all the amateurs will be glad of the first opportunity of the season to show what they can do after the winter lay-off. Conservative estimates place the attendance at 100. This being Charles Budd’s home towm, the Western boys will do him proud. Fred Gilbert and Pat Adams will get busy and bring all the shooters from their part of the State. There is a wonderful difference in size of a crowd at the open- ing of the year, to what there generally is at the close of the season, and all that now stands out as a prominent factor to defeat the wishes of the great horde of Iowa shooters is the elements. Wind, rain or snow may come, but hope for the best. In Other Places. The local sportsmen of La Plata, Mo., are waking up, as the following would indicate: The La Plata Gun Club was organized Saturday, Jan. 14, with charter members, as follows: Julius Ensline, E. M. Gates, W. H. Johnson, T. J. Tate, A. E. Park, G. H. Lyons, J. T. Donighy, Dr. Paul Smith, W. T. Robin- son, H. I. Sears, T. L. Rubey, B. G. Lyda, Geo. W. McDavitt, and W. W. Henderson. This organization proposes the enforce- ment of the game laws and to work for better legislation for the protection of game and fish. The Freedom Gun Club, of Ottawa, 111., held a shoot at Hard- ing, on Jan. 17. A special prize was awarded to the one making the best score at 50 targets. The annual meeting of the Pastime Gun Club, of Detroit, Mich., was held Thursday last. Officers elected: Herman Schaeberle, President; James Gordon, Vice-President; Matthew Woolenweb- ber, Secretary; William Buesser, Treasurer; Captain, William Webber; A. Tolsma, J. Cline and C. Weis, Directors. The win- ners for 1904 are: Tolsma, Class A; Whitmore, Class B; C. Weis, Class C; Hallebaur, Class D. The trophy event also was won by Tolsma. The old officers of the Empire Gun Club, of San Francisco, Cal., were all re-elected for 1905, viz.: President, James P. Sweeney; Vice-President, Dr. George B. Bere; Secretary, B. Hauer; Captain, A. J. Webb; Lieutenant, W. O. Cullum. The club is in excellent financial condition. The Kentucky Gun Club held their regular shoot on Saturday last, no matter if the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were frozen over. There were two events, 25 targets, and 10 live birds. Members so desiring competed for the trophies without entering the purse events. The shoot held at St. John, Mich., was as follows: Jud Cox’s side: C. D. Wpoley, A. F. Ryder, T. Newsome, G. E. Franks, R. D. Letts, W. J. Strong, Roy Galligan, Roy Carr, E. H. Wes- ton, J. Gardham, Carl Letts, Fred. Kelsey. Capt. Jake Carr: Adrian Wilson, J. FI. Sessions, Roy Letts, F. Bennett, M. J. Hooton, J. W. Smith, J. Gubaugh, F. J. Bradley, F. Thomlinson, A E. Sutfin, John Letts, Jr., and Irwin Smith. Jan. 23 was the day selected by the Great Bend, Kans., Gun Club for their big shoot. At the election, held last week, the new officers proved to be: B. McMullen, President; L. Beightte, Vice-President; W. T. Seward, Secretary; Ed. Chapman, Treas- urer. The prospects are that this club will flourish during the present year. If the hopes of many of the shooters of Allentown, Pa., are realized, there will be a gun club of some 75 members at that burg during the coming season. The incorporators of the Mansfield, O., Rod and Gun Club are: J. F. Harrington, H. Lomack, Thos. Miller, James English, Charles W. Moore and others. The Elgin, 111., Gun Club are working up to time. A fine prize is up. The shoots will be four in number, with a total of 100 targets. The dates fixed are Jan. 15, Jan. 29, Feb. 12 and Feb. 26. Provision is made whereby a member can shoot two scores one day, should the occasion require it. Cincinnati Gun Club. Three members of the club were unable to be present on Jan. 14, and shot their scores in the cash prize series, 50 targets, on the 15th, as follows: Dick (20) 41, A. Sunderbruch (21) 34, Ward (19) 34. The weather on Jan. 21 was very disagreeable, with snow and rain. Only thirteen members took part in the main event at 100 targets. In spite of the bad weather, an unusual number of good scores were made. Randall was high gun with 96, shooting his last string in the dark and breaking straight. Hesser was second with 94. Peters third with 92, and Trimble fourth with 90. Oster- felt, though not among the high guns, made the run of the day, breaking 42 straight. It will be good news to the boys to learn that Ackley is once mere able to be up and about. Lutie Gambell is well again, and is able to take active interest in the sport. The boys are looking forward to a great time at the banquet on the 26th. Several matches, team races and a few practice events were shot. Gambell shot mere in his old form, making a run of 49 straight. The scores: One hundred target race, 16yds. : Randall 96, Hesser 94, Peters 92. Trimble 90, Don Minto 88, Gambell S6, Pfieffer 84, Osterfeldt 84, Pohlar 83, Herman 83, Nemo 77, Maynard 75, Flarry 61. Team match, 25 targets: Gambell 23 Pohlar 23 Pfieffer ....21 — 44 Osterfeldt 20—43 Match, 25 targets, low man pays: Gambell 22, Peters 20, Bar- ker 14. Match, 25 targets, low man pays: Peters 25, Gambell 20, Barker 16, Maynard 16, Burton 13. Team match, 50 targets: Randall 23 25—48 Peters 23 24—47 Gambell 19 22—41 Barker 21 16—37 42 47 89 44 40 84 Bo NASA. Fulford Memorial Fund. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 20.- — Since furnishing a list of the sub- scribers to the Fulford fund up to Dec. 30, on which date I had on hand $286, additional donations amounting to $114.50 have been received, and bring up the total to $400.50. The committee has received assurances from a number of people that within the next few weeks good round donations will be forwarded, and by Feb. 1 I hope to see the fund attain the $500 mark. The donors since last report are as follows: Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club, Wm. T. Spciser, Col. J. T. Anthony, H. H. Stevens, Keystone Gun Club, Lebanon, Pa. (Wm. Bollman, treas- urer), J. L. Head, Thos. F. Adkin, H. C. Hirschy, E. C. Grif- fith, C. G. Grubb, W. M. Locke, J. C. Garland, J. S. French, C. M. Wheeler, J. W. Osborne, G. E. Cook, T. H. Keller, Jr., G. R. Benjamin, Neaf Apgar, E. H. Storr, H. B. Lemcke, Paul R. Litzke, L. I. Wade, Maurice Kaufman, Dave Elliott, H. W. Cadwallader, L. T. Spinks, A. C. Thomas, A. N. Hardy, L. H. Reid, Howard George, Milt Lindsey, J. W. Hightower, Fred Coleman, M. F. Sharp, J. S. Cole, Jr., J. L. D. Morrison, F. D. Alkire, A. W. du Bray, L. B. Fleming, Anton Molle, Elmer E. Shaner. Jas. T. Skelly. Trap Around Reading. Reading, Pa., Jan. 12.— The tournament of the South End Gun Club, of this city,^ was held to-day on the Island grounds, and was a success. This shoot was held in honor of the club’s seven- teenth anniversary, and guests' were in attendance from different parts of Pennsylvania. In the open sweepstake events Harry Ball.^of this city, carried off the high average prize with a score of 16o out of 175 targets, with Frank Gerhard a close second with 162 scored. The scores follow: Ball .175 Gerhard 175 Essick 175 Eshelman 175 Miles 175 Smith 100 Henry 100 Matz 100 Gicker 100 Farr 100 Melcher 100 Shot at. Broke. 165 162 149 149 144 88 84 82 82 78 77 Schultze 100 Seibert 85 Yost go Wilson 55 Garrett 45 Chas. Carver 40 Gile 35 Barry 35 J Ennis 30 F Ennis 30 W Carver 30 Shot at. Broke. 76 37 71 33 35 29 25 20 20 18 14 Tower City, Pa., Jan. 14.— Two thousand persons here witnessed a shooting match at live birds for a purse of $200 between Evan Rimmel, of Donaldson, and William Bendigo, of Tower. City which resulted in a tie, each man killing 9 out of 15. Scores: Bendigo 110110111100001— 9 Kimmel 111110000100111— 9 South Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 12.— On snowbound Madden Field the North End Gun Club erected improvised traps to-day and held a live-bird shoot. Fifteen birds were shot at for a club medal. Klme and Saeger were tied for first place, and the shoot-off will take place in a day or two. The individual scores follow: Kline 14, Saeger 14, Boehm 12, R. Marsh 12, Ache 12, Cole 10, Fehr 10. ansdale, Pa., Jan. 10.— A very interesting live-bird match shoot was decided on the grounds of the Lansdale Gun Club, be- tween Frank Henry, of this place, and James Walters, of Easton. The shoot was at 50 birds each for a purse of $50 a side, and at- tracted many admirers of the sport from this and adjoining counties. The event was close from start to finish, as the contest- ants proved to be well matched. Henry won out by 2 birds, and another match shoot will likely be the result. The final score showed Henry had killed 41 to Walters’ 39 pigeons. Trappe, Pa., Jan. 9. — The live-bird shoot of the Trappe Gun Club was held on the grounds at this place, this afternoon. Inter- state Association rules governed the events, shot off before one of the best attendances of the season. The principal events were the two 20 live-bird races between Albert Geist, of Fagleysville; Edward Emmers, of Royersford, and Charles Knipe, of this place, the two former each killing 47 out of 50 birds. Scores: First event, 25 birds each, purse $25: Geist 24, Emmers 23, Knipe 19. Second event, 25 birds each, purse $25: Emmers 24, Geist 23, Knipe 19. Reading, Pa., Jan. 11. — The team shoot held on the Island grounds, this city, between the Eureka Camping Club and the “South End Regulars” resulted in a victory for the latter team by 15 targets. The scores follow: Team shoot, teams of six men, 25 targets each: South End Regulars— Gerhart (captain) 24, Ball 25, Eshelman 23, Shultz 18, Miles 24, Farr 22; total 136. Eureka— Essick (captain) 22, Matz 20, Yost 23, Gicker 20, Henry 18, Melcher 18; total 121. Tamaqua, Pa., Jan. 10. — In the presence of sporting men from all parts of the region, William Fox, of Morea, defeated Michael Hannon, of town, in a shooting match here at live birds, killing 10 to his opponent’s 8. The match was for $200 a side and the gate receipts. Much money was wagered on the result. Avon, Pa., Jan. 12. H. A. Blecker, of Richland, to-day won a match at live birds, at the Avon Inn grounds, making a clean score by killing 25 straight. George Diffenbaugh and Thomas Kissinger each killed 18 of their quota. Robesonia, Pa., Jan. 14. — The live pigeon and target shoot to- day at the Robesonia House, D. T. Link, proprietor, was well attended. The scores: First event, 7 birds, Gorge Zeller 6, Kissinger 5, Batdorf 6, Link 1, Rabold 2, Blecker 5, Bensinger 4, Mathew 5, Wise 6. Second event, 10 targets: Kissinger 10, Bensinger 8, Rabold 2, Link 10. Flourtown, Pa., Jan. 12. — The best and largest attended live- bird shoot of the season was held by the Flourtown Gun Club at this place, when expert wing shots from Philadelphia, Chest- nut Hill and up the Schuylkill Valley were in attendance. The prize was a handsome pony, and was won by Albert P. Geist the well-known wing shot of Fagleysville. A large number of en- tries faced the traps, and the best scores follow: Miss-and-out, 28yds. rise: Geist 17, Harry Tones 16, Edward Rolhnell lt>, Hoopes 14, William Cloverdals 13, "Thomas Smith 13, George Bull 12, Mortimore 12, Peterman 9. Hothersall 9, Inson 9 Bircber 9, Green 7, Trimble 7, Felton 5. Ballentine 5, Emmers 5! Fitzwater 6, Streeper 4, Rothinson 4, Everett 4. Duster, 84 FOREST AND STREAM ! [Jan. 28, igog, Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., Jan. 21. — “Dr. Martin” scored a win on the January cup, with a score of 25 straight, he being one of the club’s scratch men. Messrs. Vanderveer and Bedford were close seconds with 24. Scores: January cup shoot, 25 targets, allowances added: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Palmer, Jr. ... ... 0 23 23 Dr Martin ... 0 25 25 Marshall ... 5 10 15 V anderveer . . . ... 4 20 24 Team shoot, 25 targets: Palmer ... 0 20 20 Dr, Martin . ... 0 24 24—44 Stephenson ... 1 22 23 Hopkins . . . . ... 1 15 16—39 Event, 15 targets: Remsen 0 13 13 Glover 0 14 14 Bedford 0 12 12 Stephenson . 0 11 11 Marshall 3 8 11 Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Dr O’Brien . . .... 4 15 19 Damron 7 10 17 Bedford, Jr. . 1 23 24 Lockwood . . . 5 13 18 Lott . . . 1 19 20 Vanderveer . . ...4 15 19—39 Vanderveer .. .... 2 10 12 Lockwood . . . .... 3 6 9 Hopkins .... 0 13 13 Stake .... 2 8 10 Damron .... 4 7 11 Shoot-off, same conditions: Remsen 13, Hopkins 13. Shoot-off, same conditions: J. S. Remsen 13, L. C. Hopkins 10. Event, 15 targets: Remsen .. 0* 13 13 Lockwood ... 2 12 14 Glover .. 0 12 12 Vanderveer ... ... 3 9 12 Bedford .. 0 12 12 Hopkins ... 0 13 13 Stephenson .. 0 13 13 Stake ... 2 11 13 Marshall .. 3 7 10 Damron 12 15 Event, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr .. 0 15 15 Stake ... 2 9 ii Glover .. 0 12 12 Remsen ... 0 13 13 Bedford, Jr .. 0 10 10 Damron ... 4 9 13 Stephenson . . . .. 0 13 13 Lott ... 0 14 14 Marshall .. 3 8 11 A7 anderveer . . . ... 2 11 13 Lockwood .. 3 11 14 O’Brien ... 2 10 12 Event, 15 targets: Remsen .. 0 12 12 Vanderveer ... ... 2 12 14 Glover .. 0 11 11 Martin ... 0 13 13 Palmer, Jr .. 0 11 11 Hopkins ... 0 11 11 Stephenson . . . .. 0 12 12 Lockwood ... 3 12 15 Bedford, Jr .. 0 12 12 O’Brien u 2 7 9 Lott .. 0 12 12 Damron ... 4 10 14 Marshall .. 3 8 11 Trophy shoot, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr .. 0 13 13 Lockwood ... 3 12 15 Stephenson ..... ...0 14 14 O’Brien ... 2 6 8 Martin .. 0 10 10 Damron .... 4 10 14 Lott .. 0 14 14 Hopkins ... 0 10 10 Event, 25 targets: Remsen .. 0 20 20 A’ anderveer . . . ... 4 22 25 Glover .. 0 22 22 Martin ... 0 23 23 Palmei, Jr .. 0 23 23 Lockwood ... 5 13 IS Stephenson .. 1 24 25 McDermott .. ... 6 13 39 Bedford, Jr .. 1 20 21 Damron 15 22 Lott .. 1 18 19 O’Brien ... 4 17 21 Marshall .. 5 10 15 Sykes ... 4 18' 22 Shoot-off, same conditions: F. B. Stephenson 24, H. B. Vander- veer 21. Experiments with a Choke Bore. Those of our readers who followed the experiments to deter- mine the flight of shot charges which we published about the beginning of last year will no doubt remember that we showed that the passage of the shot through the muzzle of a choked gun reduced its velocity. It seemed reasonable enough at the time to suppose that the motion of a charge of shot through the barrel would be checked in its exit through the constricted muzzle; but the experimental proof of this fact represented an original piece of work. To establish an actual difference of muzzle velocity as between choke and cylinder barrels of identical characteristics, and firing the same charge, was to confirm a very interesting and by no means generally accepted theory concerning the action of the choke in diminishing the dispersion of the pellets. Stated briefly, the theory is that the slight check put upon the motion of the shot when it encounters the choke causes a piling up of the gases behind the wad. These gases rebound backward and check the outflow of the gases during the period when the shot is getting clear of the muzzle. In this way the impact of the blast of gas against the rear of the shot charge just after it leaves the muzzle is diminished, so allowing the shot pellets to travel in a straightei line than if they are more violently pushed about by the outrush of gas. At the time of making the above-quoted experiments we de- cided to subject this theory of choke boring to further analysis. An opportunity for so doing recently arose when the Birmingham Small Arms Company forwarded a speciment of their new B. S. A. barrel tubes, in order that it might be subjected to a destruction test for determining the quality of the steel. There is always a feeling of regret at spoiling a fine piece of workmanship, and we can certainly say that the barrel submitted to us represented an exceptionally well executed sample of the company’s output. It was perfectly straight, as judged by the trained human eye, and without a mark or ripple along its entire interior surface. In fact, it showed most conclusively that the genuine English barrel tube can be made perfect, as well as cheap. So as to obtain some interesting experimental information from this barrel be- fore destroying it, we decided to carry out with it a series of choke experiments which had been planned out in detail for some time past. The barrel was accordingly fine bored and lapped out to a diameter of 732in., and the shape of the choke at the muzzle was adjusted on ideal lines. As the barrel tube was made to screw into our experimental action, there was no difficulty about firing it. The chamber was made true in form and dimensions, being ,002in. larger than the recognized minimum sizes. The special object of the series of experiments which were undertaken was to ascertain exactly what influence the choke exerted upon the muzzle velocity of the shot. Incidentally we also decided to ascertain the influence upon pattern and velocity of the distance of the choke from the muzzle of the gun. We accordingly arranged that the choke should be finished off so as to leave %in. of parallel bore between the choke and the muzzle. It is a well-known fact in practical gun-making that the quality of the pattern is to a great extent influenced by the distance of the choke from the muzzle. Our own experience, which covers a great number of experiments, is that the chamber, the cone, and the barrel need no subsequent regulation or adjustment, so long as they are truly fashioned to a proper specification of dimensions. The value of the pattern thrown is mainly influenced by the shape and position of the choke, and it is at this portion of the barrel that the expert borer can produce any needful change in the shooting of the weapon. The finished barrel, when ready for our tests, had a diameter at the muzzle of .713in., ,732in. being the diameter of the barrel, and ,695in. being the accepted muzzle diameter of a fully choked 12-bore barrel. This diameter of muzzle would be considered half-choke boring, and the patterns should accordingly average about 180 pellets under the usual con- ditions of test. Previous experience has frequently shown us that the best shooting is obtained when the front cylinder does not exceed % in. in length. We accordingly decided to reduce the %in. length existing in the barrel by progressive steps in the course of the experiments. To avoid altering the interior shape of the barrel by working the choke away from the back, we de- cided that a more perfect comparative test would be obtained by cutting off pieces from the muzzle, stage by stage. We accordingly made a series of rings at different distances from the muzzle, so that upon cutting away up to the marked places we should have, first, the existing %in. front cylinder, then one of %in. length, following that a Jiin. front cylinder, and finally one of %in. in length, the next piece removed from the barrel taking away the whole of the choke and converting it into a true cylinder. With each length of barrel we conducted an exhaustive series of tests, first for pattern, and secondly for velocity. The latter ex- periments were of an exceedingly complex character, involving the taking of no less than 125 time measurements to the nearest ten- thousandth part of a second, and an account of them must be deferred. For the moment we are content with giving the accom- panying table of patterns, showing the shooting of the gun under each of the five conditions above enumerated: Choke Patterns. Cylinder Patterns. Length of front cylinder. (Choke entirely %m. %m. 14m. y8m. removed). 195 216 196 208 122 173 205 204 199 134 205 208 213 209 122 206 198 204 202 148 185 210 207 210 108 Average 193 207 205 206 127 Percentage of total charge... 63 68 68 68 42 Figure of merit for regularity 11 5 4 4 13 The figures here given represent the number of pellets in a selected 30in. circle, firing at 40yds., with a standard cartridge containing l%cz. of No. 6 shot. The most remarkable aspect of the records is that such a high range of patterns should be obtained from a barrel with a difference between bore and muzzle of .019in. in- stead of the .037in., which is usually considered necessary for ob- taining full-choke results. With the long front cylinder an av- erage pattern of 193 pellets was obtained, the deviation from shot to shot being small. When, however, the muzzle was reduced so as to come within %in. of the choke the pattern was materially improved, giving an average of 14 more pellets on each reading, and a degree of regularity which we can only regard as phenom- enal. The column showing the figure of merit represents the average deviation of each pattern from the average for the series. Like figures of merit in rifles, the smaller they are the greater the merit. When the front cylinder was further reduced to a liin. the patterns remained practically the same, with a fractional improvement in regularity, and a further reduction to %in. simi- larly produced no effect. The first four columns of results thus show that, with a perfect barrel tube and perfect boring, a choke of ,713in. is capable of producing a good average pattern slightly over 200 pellets on the 30in. circle. Such a result is, however, much superior to the accepted behavior of half-choke boring, and we may attribute the high average value of the patterns obtained to the absence of occasional bad shots, whose tendency is natu- rally to lower the mean figures for the series. After removing the whole of the remaining choke, we obtained a series of cylinder pat- terns, which must be characterized as remarkably good. For once in a way there was an absence of any low shots, and although the regularity was not by any means equal to that of the choke results, it must still be passed as exceedingly satisfactory. A deviation of thirteen pellets in 127 is markedly inferior to five pellets in 207, but this is quite usual. In the entire series of twenty-five patterns, only two were deleted from the records, as inconsistent with the other figures in the same series. Speaking of the patterns as a whole, we must say that they were characterized by great evenness of distribution, and a marked absence of any tendency to cluster in some places at the ex- pense of bareness in others. In spite of the high count of the pellets and the consistency of the individual readings to the average for each series, the tendency toward close grouping in the center of the circle was much less noticeable than when shoot- ing with an ordinary fully-choked gun. With the maximum construction of muzzle, the pellets are oftentimes so close at the center of the pattern as to reduce the diameter of the killing circle to something less than 30in. In the series of shots under consideration, the whole 30in. was a true killing circle, the pellets being so well distributed around the inner margin of the inclosed! space as to obviate all appearance of a heavily indented center. Although our tests at this time of year are commonly character- ized by a velocity lower than 1050ft. per second over the usual 20yds., on the present occasion the average exceeded by a small margin the limit we are in the habit of expecting from a standard cartridge. Using the same barrel, and firing cartridges similar to those employed for the tests of pattern, the average 20yds. velocity of the twenty-five cartridges fired in our velocity experi- ments was 1062ft. per second. While this excess is immaterial in itself, it at least goes to show that the good patterns recorded were not obtained at the expense of velocity. — London Field. Springfield (O.) Gun Club. After a rest of several weeks, the Springfield, O., Gun Club re- sumed activities on Jan. 14 and held a shoot in which seven mem- bers participated. Young headed the list with 110 out of 125 and 88 out of his first 100. Poole was second with 99 out of 125. We arc glad to state that Gen. W. Morgan, one of the officers, and a prominent member of the club, who has been ill for some time, has fully recovered, and is once more able to take up his duties. In appreciation of the services rendered, by Mrs. Morgan during the past year as score-keeper, the club made her a Christmas pres- ent of $25. The scores follow: Events : Targets: Young .. Poole ... Kirby ... Strong . . . Foley ... Phillips . Thompson 1 2 3 4 5 Shot 25 25 25 25 25 at. Broke. . 24 20 22 22 22 125 110 . 21 17 23 18 20 125 99 . .. 21 22 19 19 100 81 100 80 . 21 21 19 18 . . 100 79 . . . 17 18 . . 20 75 65 . 20 17 50 37 BO NASA. Foord and Squier vs. Banks and McKelvey. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 19.— On the grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club to-day, a two-man team match was shot, the contestants being Messrs. W. M. Foord and Luther J. Squier against Messrs. Banks and James McKelvey. The former won by a score of 180 to 169. The scores follow: Foord 22 25 20 25—92 Banks 20 25 21 22-87 Squier 22 21 21 24—88—180 McKelvey ...24 19 18 21—82—169 SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. The W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg Co., of Kansas City, Mo., refer to their clay targets and traps, Dickey Bird and Dickey Bird Autotrap, in our advertising columns. These traps are shipped ready for use, firmly bolted to 2in. by 12in. base board, 4ft. long. Minute descriptions and sectional views are furnished the users of these traps. The sectional views show that the whole mechan- ism is simple as A, B, C. In use, the workings of the mechanism are prompt, accurate and simple. This trap will throw known or unknown angles, as desired, and the trapper, with a little prac- tice, can easily supply targets to the fastest squad in action. The Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. guarantee every part of the trap, and will replace without charge any part that breaks or gives away because of defective material or workmanship within one year, upon return of the defective part. 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This compilation comprises six hundred and odd hints, helps, kinks, wrinkles, points and suggestions for the shooter, the fisherman, the dog owner, the yachts- man, the canoeist, the camper, the outer; in short, for the field sportsman in all the varied phases of his activity. The scope of the information it contains embraces a wild field, and “Hints and Points” has proved one of the most prac- tically useful works of reference in the sportsman’s library. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. SECOND-HAND GREENERS. 1469. Greener Crown Non-Ejector Gun, very little engraving, made to order for a ducking gun. Dark, handsome stock, half pistol grip, steel barrels. This gun is in excellent second-hand condi- tion. Dimensions: 12 ga., 30 in., 7 lbs. 5 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Cost new $400.00. Price .....$225.00 2438. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Gun, $350 grade, Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% hr. stock. An extremely fine gun. Price, $225. 1782. Greener 16 ga. Ejector, $300 grade. Slight- ly shopworn, with 27 in. barrels, Sieman steel, carved fence, very fine dark stock, beautifully engraved. Weight 5 lbs. 13 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Modified and cylinder. Great bar- gain at $200.00 1519. Greener Monarch Ejector, full choke both barrels, 12 ga., 30 in., 6 lbs. 14 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels. Slightly shopworn. Cost new $200.00. Price $150.00 1089. Greener Featherweight Field Hammerless, $175 grade. Modified left and cylinder right, with straight grip. Sieman steel barrels, carved fence, game engraving. A most desirable gun and only slightly shopworn. Dimensions: 12 ga., 28 in., 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Price, $125.00. 1492. Greener Double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450. It has a fine pair of Damas- cus barrels, without a pit or flaw, 40 in. long, stock 14 in., heavy Silver recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and is one of the most power- ful guns we have ever seen. Price, net $200.00 1690. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. bar- rels, 6 lbs. 14 oz., 3% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Barrels modified choke, fine English Damascus. Extremely handsome stock. Price $100.00 1913. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. bar- rels, 7 lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels, modified and cylinder. Fine dark stock. Price $100.00 1493. Greener Gun, $200 grade, rels, low hammers, grip, full choke, 10 ga., 14% in. stock. Price 1400. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $250 grade. Fine English laminated barrels, low hammers, full pistol grip, dark handsome stock. Extra full choke; 10 ga., 32 in. barrels, 9 lbs. 4 oz., 3 in. drop, 14% in. stock. This gun has never been shot. Price $100.00. 1427. Greener Single Barrel, 10-bore Duck and Goose Gun. Extreme full choke for long-range work, 36 in. fine Damascus barrels. Weight 11% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Under-grip action. This gun has never been shot. Original price $125.00. Price $75.00 1510. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammerless Gun, $200 grade, full choke both barrels. Wrought steel barrels, half pistol grip, 12 ga., 32 in. bar- rels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Like new. Price $125.00 1745. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 16 ga., 26 in. bar- rels, 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. A bargain at $100.00 1943. Greener Monarch Ejector, $200 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 14 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Extra full choke both barrels. Sieman steel barrels. Ex- tremely handsome stock and a fine pigeon gun. Price $150.00 1610. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $175 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 27 in. bar- rels, 6 lbs., 2 1-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock, straight grip, very handsome stock. English Damascus barrels, modified choke. Price $125.00 1779. Greener Monarch Ejector, $250 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. barrels, 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Fine engraving and very hand- some stock. Modified and cylinder. A great bargain. Price $190.00 1203. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammer- less, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 4 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Full choke, beautifully engraved and finished. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Price, $150. 1911. Greener Hammer Field Gun, 12 ga., 28 in., 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip, Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new $120. Price $45.00 1841. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Straight grip, Sieman steel barrels, full choke, top safety. Like new. Price. . . .$50.00 2442. Greener Crown Ejector Pigeon Gun, full choke both barrels, half pistol grip, fine stock, Damascus barrels, 12 ga., 30in., 7% lbs., 2%in. drop, 14%in. stock. Cost new $425.00. Price $275.00 “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Fine English laminated bar- Handsome stock, half pistol 32 in. barrels, 8% lbs., 1845. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net $100.00 quality, 12 ga., 26 in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, half pistol grip. Barrels full choke and modified. Like new. Price $50.00 Any of the above guns sent C. O. D. allowing examination, on receipt of $5.00, which amount will be returned, less express charges; or if cash accompanies the order, 5 per . cent, discount may be deducted from above prices. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St, New York. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. The Greatest Event in 1904, THE;GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, was won with “INFALLIBLE” During this meeting " Infallible ** also won HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE, while “SCHULTZE” won the PRELIMINARY HANDICAPS and THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO Begin the New Year by shooting shells loaded with NEW GREEN WALSRODE There is no better powder in the world for cold weather. Arctic explorers use no other smokeless powder in the North. If you can't get the powder at your dealers, -write for prices and samples to SCH0VERLIN6, DALY S GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - NEW YORK. Supplement Illustration t VOL. LXIV.— No. 5. Kanawha Winning the Lysistrata Cup Race. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, J905. Copyright 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. | Great Britain, $5.50. I FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. A TEXAS TORNADO A strong preference for U. M. C. Shot Shells has swept over I exas. Last year the Sunny South Handicaps at Birds and Flying Targets were won by U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS. This year H. G. Taylor won the Central Texas Handicap at Taylor, Texas, January 20th. At Brenham, January 25th, he won the Sunny South Handicap, at birds, Messrs. Heikes and Coe second. At this famous Southern shoot, Atchison won the Houston Chronicle Cup and is Southern Target Champion. Heer, Waters and Heikes took the first three places in the Preliminary Handicap. ALL THESE EXTENTS VSEV V. M. C. SHELLS THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway. New York City. N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THE GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP The Shooting Event of the Year in the Dominion, won by WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS At Hamilton, Ont., January 20th, A. S. Tolsma, of Detroit. Mich., shooting from the 30-yard mark, outshot a field of 49 Canadian and American crack shots and won the important Grand Canadian Handicap, killing 20 live birds straight, using Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. High average for the tourna- ment was won by J. A. R. Elliott, with a score of 345 out of 480 targets, shooting at 19 to 22 yards. THE SUNNY SOUTH HANDICAP At this tournament, held in Brenham, Texas, January 27th, W. R. Crosby won the Sunny South Handicap Cup, with a score of 94 out of 100 targets, shooting Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader’’ Shells. THE CENTRAL TEXAS HANDICAP At Taylor, January iSth, this big State event was won by J. A. Jackson from a strong field with a score of 19 out of 20 live birds, shot at 29 yards, using V inches- ter Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. 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A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. j No. 346 Broadway, New York. * FISHING TRESPASS. The notion that one may invade private property for the purpose of exercising an assumed right of fishing in public waters has wide vogue and persistency worthy of a better cause. It has come up in the courts repeatedly, and in the final decision always disastrously. We have recorded numerous decisions on the subject. There was a Vermont case; in 1892 the Legislature adopted a law to the effect that crossing uncultivated lands to reach public waters for the purpose of fishing should not be actionable unless actual damage were shown; but when a case got into court it was held that the law was un- constitutional because, in effect, it was taking private property for private use without the consent of the owner. “The Legislature could as well pass a law,” said the court, “that any private property may be crossed against the will of the owner for the purpose of reaching a high- way by land, as to pass one that it may thus be crossed for the purpose of reaching public waters for the purpose of taking fish therefrom.” The Swartswood pond case in New Jersey was another one in point. Here the claim was made that the waters had been stocked with landlocked salmon by the State, that in consequence there was public right of fishing, and that an individual, as one of the public, had the right to enter upon the private property of the owner to take the fish. Here again the contention failed to stand judicial scrutiny. The court declared that contention of a right to fish was sustained neither by common law nor by statute. There is in the common law “no general rule authorizing a member of a community, merely as such, to invade private property in order to reach something that is devoted to the public.” Nor do the acts relating to fish and game “manifest a legislative intent to legalize what would otherwise be trespass, in pursuit of a private ad- vantage, and if they had manifested such intent, it would be to that extent invalid.” The point has been threshed out in New York, where if there were any statutory justification for fishing tres- pass, it would be found in the act of the Legislature which provided that all water theretofore stocked by the State or which might thereafter be so stocked should remain open to the public to fish therein. The most recent case nullifying this legislative provision was that of Rockefeller vs. Lamora, which has already been reported in these columns. Lamora claimed the privilege of fishing in certain Adirondack waters owned by Rockefeller, bas- ing his claim upon the contention that the waters had been stocked by the State, and that as a citizen of the State he was justified in trespassing upon the Rockefeller preserve to take the fish. The court pointed out that under the operation of such a law the State Fish Commis- sioners might enter upon a man’s private fisheries with- out his knowledge and consent, and by depositing in them fish hatched by the State, convert his property to public use, and thus destroy his private rights, which would be taking private property for public use without compen- sation. “The effect of the law would be a more complete destruction of riparian rights than the declaring of a stream a public highway for the floating of logs without adequate compensation, which the courts have uniformly condemned.” The latest manifestation of the fishing right delusion is reported from Colorado in the case of Hartman vs. Tresise, now in the Supreme Court. The facts as agreed upon by both parties were these : “1. That the plaintiff is the owner of, is in the pos- session and enjoyment of, and has properly inclosed with a lawful fence, the land described in the complaint. “2. That the plaintiff has at all times had, and now has, notices posted forbidding trespassing and fishing on his premises. “3. That the defendant went upon and into the stream which flowed through said premises, for the purpose of fishing; that he had gone there frequently against the protest and warnings of the plaintiff, given to him person- ally by the plaintiff, and that he had refused repeatedly to quit fishing in said stream, and declared frequently to said plaintiff that he would fish in said stream whenever he chose to do so. “4. That the stream in which the defendant Tresise was fishing at said time was a natural stream and was stocked with fish at the expense of the public. “5. That the defendant Tresise was armed with a re- volver and was prepared to, and declared his intention to plaintiff to, resist a forcible ejectment from said stream by said plaintiff.” It was held by the lower court that the only ques- tion to be determined was whether or not a citizen of the State had a right to fish in the natural streams against the wishes and protests of the owner of the land through which the streams flow. The assumed right as a citizen is found in an article of the constitution of Colorado, which declares the waters of every natural stream, not heretofore appropriated, the property of the public, and the same is dedicated to the use of the people of the State. And, further, upon a pro- vision in the fish act of 1903, which provided that the public should have the right to fish in any stream stocked at public expense, subject to actions in trespass for any damage done property along the bank of any such stream. We have not space to go into a full consideration of the argument of Mr. Sprigg Shackleford, the plaintiff’s at- torney, in which is demonstrated the fallacy of the decree of the lower court from which appeal has been taken : The reasoning of the judge, who rendered the decree, is fatally defective. His major premise is- “The Constitution declares the waters of the natural streams belong to the public, and are dedi- cated to the use of the people, as hereinafter provided (for domes- tic, agricultural and manufacturing purposes);” his minor prem- ise is: “The defendant is the people (one of the citizens of the State),” and his conclusion is: “Therefore, the defendant has the right to invade his neighbor’s premises, to fish.” Could there be a more pronounced case of non sequitur? Of the act of the Legislature in which alleged justifica- tion is found for fishing trespass, Mr. Shackleford perti- nently says that it is not only obnoxious to the provisions of the State and Federal Constitutions, but vicious in itself, for it is an open invitation to trespass and to viola- tion of rights which have been recognized ever since ownership in land has been recognized by law. We may be confident that the outcome of this fishing trespass case in Colorado will be what the outcome has been elsewhere. When we consider the principles involved, we can antici- pate no other conclusion. CANINE GUARDIANS. Concerning, a recent distressing murder which took place in Massachusetts, the Troy Press suggests: Supposing a lively fox-terrier, with a loud barb and sharp teeth, bad been in the house when the assassin called. It would have greatly embarrassed, if not completely thwarted, his hellish work. In such circumstances, killing both a dog and a woman is a much more hazardous undertaking than to kill a woman alone. Indeed, the presumption is that the presence of a dog would have saved Miss Page’s life. At such a country home a tramp is likely to call at almost any time, and finding a woman alone, to resort to crime. But every criminal intruder has a wholesome dread of a dog; it will readily risk death in defense of its mis- tress. The dog beats bolts and bars as a protection, and as a companion is worth more than it costs. Every woman who is left alone much in a house should keep a good dog; it will save her trouble when pestered with tramps or agents, and in a case like the one in question it might save her life. The fame and utility of the dog as a trusty sentinel and guardian of the domicile, whether in town or wilder- ness, have been well known to man from time imme- morial. By long heredity from his wild ancestors, he re- tains the character of watchfulness, an essential trait in maintaining the safety and existence of the pack in wild life. As a guardian he is keen and discriminating. In the daytime he is only passively curious. Friends of the family are approved without a sniff or growl. In the nighttime he is actively hostile to all intruders. Of these few escape his attention. He is a light sleeper, and phenomenally keen of nose and ear. Disturbances so light as to be imperceptible to the household, are easily perceived by him and investigated silently or announced with wild outcry, according as he deems them to be safe or dangerous. Concerning the reckless classes of criminals and their professional methods, it has been stated many times that those whose specialty has to do with the robbing of houses — the sneak-thief, house-breaker and burglar — have a lively dread of the small, alert, active, plucky terriers. The fox-terrier is particularly disliked, because of his in- cessant watchfulness, promptness to sound an alarming outcry of barks, and readiness to pluckily take hold if need be. If pursued, he can escape through a small open- ing; if he acts as pursuer, he is so small and agile that no man is quick enough to reach him. At all times, whether pursuing or pursued, he is sounding an alarm. As a guardian of the home, the dog has been tried for centuries and proved to be true and useful. A good one costs but a few dollars, and costs no more to keep than a cur which is worthless. Besides being guardians, they are good companions, and if well bred and typical, they also are an ornamental appendage to a home. But what a commentary it is upon our social organiza- tion that at this stage of the world’s history ' we should be enjoined to resort to the general keeping of dogs, and thus to adopt the expedient of primitive man, to safe- guard our homes and persons. MODERATION. A common objection urged in criticism or depreciation of the laws which set a limit on the amount of game one may kill in a day or a season, is that they are in practice incapable of enforcement. Unquestionably a weak point in the law is that it has to do with the conduct of the individual when in the field and beyond surveillance. The law may declare that no more than ten birds may be taken in a day; but whether or not the limitation shall be observed in actual practice must of necessity be a matter of individual conscience. The probabilities are that in- fractions of the law will not come to the knowledge of those whose business it may be to take notice of them. Nevertheless the influence of the game bag limitation makes for good. It does govern the conduct of many, actually causing them to stop when they have reached the prescribed limit; and in other cases it prevents at least the display of execessive bags and the taking of credit for the making of them. In other words, it exerts a silent influence to create a standard of conduct beyond which men may not pass and make public boast of it. The exist- ence of the limit rule in the law, and the common knowl- edge that it is there, create a popular sentiment in favor of the restriction it is intended to secure. Men will no longer brag of a big bag of birds when the achievement is illicit. Thus simply to have put the big bag under a ban is to have abolished it from the toleration of the shooter who wishes to conform to the sentiment of the craft and be well thought of by his fellow sportsmen. In sport, quite as truly as in other fields, sentiment is a fac- tor of exceeding power. It will secure much more than can ever be achieved by wardens and courts. There is no question that the growing sentiment is in deprecation of the big bag of game, and in censure of the shooter who boasts of excessive killing. The duty of every sportsman in these days is to preach and practice the doctrine of moderation. MINNESOTA LICENSES. Minnesota has discovered that it is one thing to de- clare by statute that the non-resident sportsman must pay a license for shooting birds, and quite another thing to enforce the law. According to the current report of the Game and Fish Commissioners, hundreds of non-resi- dents invade the State every season and kill birds, and ayoid paying license by the simple expedient of declaring themselves residents of Minnesota. To circumvent this abuse, Executive Agent Fullerton proposes a universal shooting license to apply to residents as well as visitors. Then every shooter would be compelled to show a license; if he could not show that of a resident, he would be compelled to take out a non-resident permit. Mani- festly this would effectually end the non-resident no license. Again, Mr. Fullerton says, under the proposed system provision would be made for attaching a coupon to each license, thereby allowing the sportsmen to ship their game home. This has been a very vexed question with the Minnesota authorities, because under the law they could not distinguish between the genuine sports- men and the market-hunter, but had to prevent every- body from shipping. But “if a license law were in force, all that a sportsman would have to do would be to tear off his coupon, attach it to his shipment, and send to his home to be enjoyed by his family, while he remained in the field; and in warm weather this is essential, because game spoils very quickly.” 86 FOREST AND STREAM [Feb. 4, 1905. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches ( Continued from page 6;1.) The days were warm and pleasant, but the nights were cool. I rode all day in my shirt sleeves, only wearing a coat at night. When away from the post this way, our officers were not particular as to what we wore as long as we kept on at least one piece of the uniform; we had to do that. I had left the post wearing a pair of cor- duroy trousers, an army blouse and a white hat ; but had since thrown off the blouse and put on a canvas hunting coat of the chiefs, and wore moccasins instead of boots. Had this lieutenant met me and not known me, the . only evidence he could find about me to suspect me of being a soldier would be my saddle and pistol holsters; my field belt even I had made myself. But I had a traveling- order. It is given to every man who leaves the post for more than a dajr or two, and tells who he is, where he is going, what he is going there for, and tells him, lest he should forget it (I would be liable to forget it anyhow), to return without loss of unnecessary time. He is sup- posed to show this order to anyone asking for it. I would never show mine to anyone except a commissioned officer or a sheriff if I knew him to be one; or if he first showed me his badge or commission. Some of these fel- lows out on the frontier here were always anxious to see our orders when they met us; they were after the $30 that are paid for arresting a deserter. To one of them I would refer to my pistol as my traveling order, and generally had to refer to it only once to the same man. I had the sheriff of Parker county, Texas, stop me in the road one day and hand out his commission. I did not know him, but he only wanted me and six men I had with me to act as his posse and help him to arrest a lot of cowboys. He got us as soon as I knew who he was. I was always ready to help civil authorities until Congress told us to step it, and not meddle with civil affairs. I camped early to-night, as I came to a creek that had good timber on it, and did not know whether the next creek would be five or fifty miles from here, and did not want to make another camp without fire. I left the Crow in camp to watch, and the Antelope and I went to look for more of his namesakes to shoot. We kept up along the creek, looking carefully at both banks of it for a trail of deer or antelope which would be coming here for water, and at last found one only a few hours old. The Antelope got down on his knees and studying it, said : “They were in here this morning.” "Let us go out on the trail and wait until they come in this evening,” I said. After we had watched on this trail for an hour, the boy told me that they were coming. I could just see them away across the prairie. He let them come up to within thirty yards, then fired, and the leader dropped. Then I fired and got one ; then let him fire, and it took two shots for him to get another. Then T sent three shots among them. They had got over their panic now, and were beginning to run, and I downed my second one. “Don’t fire again,” I told the boy, “we have enough. Let the rest go until the next time.” I should have shot but two, only that I wanted the hides for buckskin. The Antelope brought out the ponies, and putting two antelope on each, we returned to camp. In traveling over this country I had to do just as we do' at sea, only I had no sextant to tell me at noon each day just where I was. Now I had to go by dead reckon- ing, and never knew exactly just where I was. I would mark on the map each night the spot where I thought I was then; next note the direction our main camp was from here; then make up my mind as to where I wanted to go next day; go there after I had marked it in my map, then try to verify by the distance I had traveled to-day and the direction whether I was right or not. There were no mountains, or I could have taken bearings from them, and then be sure that I was right. While I was at this the boys would watch me closely, then ask. “Where are we now?” “Here,” I would say, pointing to my map. “And where is the big camp?” “Over here where this mark is.” “Does the box [the compass! say so ?” “Yes; it tells me where I am and where the big camp is. That mark there on the box points to the big camp to-day. To-morrow it won’t; but to-morrow I’ll show you which of these marks points to it then.” I kept to the northeast next day. The place I meant to camp at, if I had not made any mistakes, would be thirty miles directly south of our main camp. Before starting to-day I put two venison hams on each saddle to carry with us, as I did not know but what we might strike a poor camp for game. The creek on which I camped at night had some heavy limber on it, and I thought it would be a good place to find turkeys. The Antelope and I went to look for them, and found a turkey roost, but the turkeys were not at home yet. After dark all three of us went back and found that the turkeys were there. The tree was full of them. It was so- dark that we could not see to aim, but could only stand under the tree and shoot straight up. If we shot the lower ones first, then those roosting higher up would sit still and let us shoot until we got all of them ; but if we should happen to hit one which yvas roosting high up and this one on its way down were to hit one of the others, as it was likely to do, then all would leave; and that is just what happened. I gave the boys each a pistol and kept the rifle myself, and we got under the tree and began firing. A number of turkeys dropped, and at last a big one that must have had a room near the roof got a call, and on its way clown knocked another one off its perch, and this one, giving a squawk, lit out, followed by the rest of them. But the big turkey was not through knocking yet; it landed square on the Crow’s head and shoulders, knocking him down also. The Comanche language does not contain a great many curse words; but the English language has a few also, and the Crow getting up now proceeded to make copious extracts from both languages to express his opinion of this turkey, his fathers, his grandfathers, and all the rest of the turkey tribe, while I and the Antelope rolled on the grass yelling and laughing. We hunted up our dead turkeys, and found that we had six. “Now I don’t want many of these turkeys cut up to- night.” I t old the boys. “We go home to-morrow ; Jet us bring most of them in for the squaws to cook. The Crow can eat the big one which hit him, though; I don't care.” “No, I’ll take him home,” he said, “but I’ll scalp him here.” Lie did this, and then burned the scalp, after doing some more cursing over it. Then they plucked a smaller turkey for our supper. Next morning I got ready to pull out for home. 1 had six cleer skins and five turkeys to carry on three ponies; but 'an Indian pony can carry almost any load that is put on him, and generally looks as though you had for- gotten him if you don’t pile half a ton on his back and climb on top of it yourself. Late in the afternoon the Crow, who was riding ahead, on coming to a rise in the prairie, pointed ahead and said. “There is campo.” “Yes, the box told me that it was there an hour ago.” I had been gone five days, but no one had come to the camp. Buffalo were getting scarce, but there was no use in our going further west after them. I had been far enough west to see that there were none there, none at least in the country I had been in. They were west of 11s somewhere; but the Mexicans would sooner or later drive them east to us again. The chief said he would stay here a while longer, then if buffalo did not come he would go home. It would take him a month or more to get home if he were to start now. He had as many robes and as much meat as the ponies he had saddles for could carry. They can carry robes on a pony without a saddle, but don't like to do it. The squaws made the saddles, and I had been handling them for years, but had never seen them made. I did now. They are only two forks, cut out of limbs of trees, with small boards cut out of soft wood to rest on the pony’s back. All the tools a squaw has to make them with are her small ax, penknife and butcher knife, and a stout piece of wire to burn holes with. There is not a nail or rivet about the saddle. It is put together with rawhide thongs put on wet, and when they get dry they are nearly as hard as iron. The chief set the squaws to making saddles and mend- ing broken bridles. Their work on these bridles was rather clumsy; I had made and mended machine belts years ago, and taking a broken bridle rein, I shaved off each end, then lapping them, sewed it with sinews, while the squaws looked on; then they could do it themselves. What I had been looking for all winter now took place, rations ran out. The chief’s squaw cut us down to bread once a day. and soon gave us none at all. There was no more flour. Next the coffee and sugar went. “Well, I can live on deer, turkey and buffalo as long as the Comanche can,” I said to the chief. “Yes you are a Comanche now. I say it. I have given you the Comanche . feathers and you wear them. Every Comanche will know when he sees them that you are one; and some day you will come to me; then we will come here and stay. We won’t go back any more. It is good. I say it.” “If I think it is as good as the chief seems to think it is,” I said to myself, “I may be out here some day with these Comanches, deployed across the prairie here ready to fight the cavalry. I would have one ad- vantage over the chief then, I would know just how this cavalry would go about taking me in; and know how to block the game, and I might know the officer in command, and whether he was fast or slow, and if he were, slow, while he was studying up his next move, I might take him in. I have been with a troop of cavalry when it has driven a lot of Indians before it like a flock of sheep, when, if there had been with these Indians a white man who knew just the strength of this troop, and had these Indians been Comanches, he might have swung them into line and have, wiped the troop out. “No,” I told the chief, “it is not well. In a few years now the buffalo will be all gone, the white man is killing them off; we see it; and then the Comanche could not live here; he would starve to death. _ You are a good Indian now, the Great Father knows it, his big chiefs here tell him so. You stay on the reserva- tion. I don’t .want to see my brothers starve.” More than one Indian war might have been avoided, had there been a white man whom the Indians could trust to tell them to stop at home. Seven years after this, when this band and a num- ber of others did go out, I rode into their camp alone, and persuaded him to take his band home again and another that he controlled. My troop was over twenty miles away, and I did not have to fire a shot. _ We had about all the robes and meat the ponies could carry. A pony cannot carry much over 180 pounds, and carry it day after day; and while a good mule can only carry 300 pounds, he can drag a thous- and. I was studying a plan to give us more transporta- tion, but found that I could not make it work. I did not have the right kind of saddles. I wanted to make : travois — they are only a rude kind of horse litter, and •! are not much used by these southern Indians. I had seen them among the Crows at the north. These J Crows are the Comanches of the north, they and the Comanche have many traits in common. The travois is made by lashing two long poles to the saddle, then lacing a rawhide between them; the load goes on the rawhide, and once on it, can be left on, as the poles have to be taken off the saddle each night to get the saddle off. I made one of these for my packsaddle, and one of J the chief’s big mules dragged half a ton of robes on it all the way home. (I could not use these travois now though, for they do not use packsaddles in the army, but aparajoes, which resemble a_ bed sack, only they are made of leather and are stuffed with straw; they beat a packsaddle all hollow though.) 1 he Indian saddles were too light for travois, they would pull all to pieces, I thought. there was a high “butte,” a hill that stands out by itself, on a prairie a few miles south of camp; and a few days after I had come home from New Mexico, I took my mule one morning and went to examine it. I found that the only place where I could get up on it, was on the south side, a mere deer trail. I led my mule up on top and found a flat place covered with tall partly dry grass. I left my mule and walked dbwn to the eastern end of this flat. I wanted to look at the country east of this through the glass to see if there were signs of buffalo being- in it; but before doing so I glanced down at the foot of the butte, and just be- low me saw a flock of about a dozen turkeys that had for a leader one of the largest turkeys I had ever seen. They had not seen me, and were starting to come up here. I ran to my saddle and got my carbine, then com- ing halfway back lay down just as the big turkey came in sight. And aiming at bis breast, 1 fired, and he tumbled clear to the foot of the hill, the others running back to where they had come from in the bottom. I led my mule down to where the big one lay and stooped to pick him up. I had no idea but that lie was dead; but he got up and ran a hundred yards before I caught and killed him. I had put a .44 ball in at his breast, and it bad come out under his wing, and had not killed him. I tied him as high as I could to the cantle of the saddle, and still his head dragged on the ground. I had to cut it off. Leaving the mule, I went down into the bottom to where I had marked down the other turkeys and shot a smaller one. I tied this to the saddle, also telling the mule that I would load him with turkeys and then walk- home. I do not know if that mule quite understood me, but I kept my word only in part. I did not load him with turkeys or anything else, but I did walk home. : I had not tied the mule, as I had never known him to move from the spot I left him in, and he was graz- ing now quietly. I started after more turkeys, but had not gone one hundred yards, when, hearing a noise behind me, I looked around in time to see the mule leaving on the jump, headed for camp. Lie needed no compass either to find it. He would go about a hundred yards, then stop to kick at the big turkey, then, look to see if I were coming — I was — then go on : again. I was mad enough to shoot that mule. The only thing that saved him was the fact that I would , have to pay for him if I did, or else “swear him off the papers” — make an affidavit that he had died or had been stolen. I could not do that and did not want to pay $150 for a dead mule, so I let him go. He got into camp a long way ahead of me. The boys caught him and took off the saddle and the big turkey; he had managed to lose the small one on his way home, but I sent the boys back on the trail and they found it. The squaws cooked the big one, and then there was only one camp kettle in the band large enough to hold him after he had been cut up. The heart did not go in it either; it was burned lest it should make cowards of us. Cabia Blanco. [to be continued.] Senator Spooner yesterday was propounding a conun- drum to his colleagues. It was propounded to him the other evening while he was out to dinner. Although a very simple little thing, the Senator, while possessing the keenest legal mind in Congress, had been unable to frame a correct reply. He enjoyed trying it on others. 1 This conundrum was: “Which has more feet — one cat r or no cat?” “I pass it over to you,” or something like that, was the | almost invariable reply. “Why, no cat, of course,” Mr. Spooner would respond. “One cat has four feet, No cat has five feet.” — Washing- ton Post. Feb. 4, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 87 IN A GERMAN DEER FOREST From “ Jagdbilder n von Carl Zimmermann. i ' KANAWHA. .Crossing the finish line and winning the HAUOLI CUP. Designed and built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and^Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated. Owned by Mr. H. H. Rogers. Photograph by’ James.Burton, New. York. Feb. 4, 1 90s.] Floating Down the Mississippi. Few men on the Mississippi know more or have more notions about its phases of life than old man Ander- son, with whom I stopped on the sandbar above Helena. He started on the Big River in Iowa, and fished there until the fishing failed. Then he dropped down the river, hunting new waters, until finally, after more than a quarter of a century, he tied up in the Helena Chute, to catch the “mud rooters” of the lower river. A man who succeeds in living twenty-five years in cabin boats on the Mississippi is a wonder. Ander- son was such a man, a tall, untiring, hard-working Swede. His first fishing brought him from $30 to $50 a week — all game fish. He carried thousands of pounds of black bass to the market at Burlington, la., and at the last couldn’t understand why netting should be* pro- hibited. “I had my good times,” he said. “I ust to go to market with my fish, und gom back mit two quarts of goot viskey, unt drink it oop in von night. By golly, I vas strong dem days. I could lift dat skiff mit von hand. Now I take two hands to change my oars.” Johns, the Helena fish market man, told me “the old man has just burned his life out.” One gathers a notion of what must have been the old man’s constitution from the fact that he lived through more than twenty- five years of hardest kind of physical work, and the draining of countless gallons of beer and whisky. He walked erect, big-boned and apparently muscular; but the pace had told. IT is muscles were wasted away. Malaria had seized upon him relentlessly. The “Ar- kansaw hunger” gnawed his stomach, and food did not appease it. “Louisiana shakers” had overcome his frame with trembling that made the boat rattle — a sec- ond attack would prove fatal. His whole system was a mass of aches and pains. “I guess I have to go to Oregon an’ catch salmon,” he said. “Dis Arkansaw country dond agree mit me.” Uncle Charlie Robertson said of him, “He’s just like a lot of other fishermen. Malaria keeps sapping their strength. They grow weaker day by day without real- izing it. Suddenly they drop.” Anderson had a soap box full of ducks and geese which he had killed and packed away in salt. He said it used to be no trouble to get all the meat one wanted along the river. “We ust to salt down beaver in a bar- rel— ducks, wild torkeys, geese, squirrels, deer meat, too. But der ain’t no game any more. I don’t know what’s de matter.” There are quite a number of beaver along the Mississippi to this day, but they are a shy, .crafty beast, which refuses to “shine” by firelight, and seldom gets into a trap. They live in the caving banks of the river, and come out on the logs, to breathe and rest. They eat the willow and other browse with which the river keeps them constantly supplied by undermin- ing the banks. There is no need of building dams, nor making runways on the bank. It will be a long while before the last of them is killed. Anderson’s boat was moored to the foot of a mile- long sand and mud bar. The bar, under the impulse of wind and water is gradually working its way down stream, and the foot of it is a bluff reef. “Ven de vater was up I catch a lot off eels in onder dis reef,” Anderson said, pointing to the almost perpendicular slope of mud and sand. Just where the boat lay was a wide patch of almost pure yellow sand, ten by twelve rods in size. To reach the upper bar, one must cross .a dozen rods of the black, oozing slime, which is “Mis- sissippi mud.” This mud came down to the water be- side the patch of sand, and on a warm day it was not possible to get away from the boat, save by skiff. I watched the mud thaw out after some freezing nights. The stuff was upheaved by the cold, and some pretty crystals formed over the surface. But when the melting began, the mud quivered and moved like a thing of low life. A few million years from now, scientists will find ibeds of Mississippi mud rock. On chiseling it out, creatures of these days will be found encased “in mar- velously life-like postures” — perhaps a “real man” reaching out through the stuff, his face horribly con- torted and his toes reaching down for the hardpan somewhere in the depths. The river man is in every storm that passes his way. In one or other direction, the wind has a clean sweep, and it is the cabin-boater’s first lsson to prepare for cy- clones. A flood is nothing, but the wind has no mercy. Anderson was caught on the upper river in a storm one night. -He had a 6o-foot three-roomed boat. He thought it would ride any kind of storm. That was why he had so large a one. It was moored broadside to the river bank. It was fitted with fine curtains, clean bed- ding—Anderson was always neat, having been a Baltic sea sailor — plenty of furniture, a few Swedish books, big lamps— a river luxury— a feather bed filled from birds of his own killing, and in fact, everything that he wanted, for $50 a week would fit and maintain a pro- digious single man boat on the river. One night it began to storm. Rain fell, and the wind increased in the snappy fashion of some cyclones. Anderson was in bed, congratulating himself on his safety, when he beard something coming 011 the far side of the river, a long-drawn roar, and a whole bunch of lightning flashes accompanied the thing. It reached the big cabin boat and turned it over on its side. Anderson had ten or twelve stone jugs of fish oil along one gunwale of the boat. These, the bed and all the other furniture of the boat were thrown to the opposite side. The jugs broke, and the oil spread out on the water that flooded in through windows and door. “By golly!” Anderson said, “It was a trick getting out of a up-side-down boat mit two doors to go through, and the boat on its side. I tell you I dank I was drowned.” A hundred yards up stream was another cabin boater. He had a little bit of a boat— 18 feet long and 6]/2 wide. “The wave that rolled ahead of the wind” lifted the little boat a dozen feet up on the bank, where the wind did not hurt it. The cabin-boater looked to see what had become of Anderson’s boat. He saw the low sunk hulk, and concluded Anderson was drowned, so he went to getting breakfast, and had it well under way, when Anderson walked in on him with only his night ■clothes on. FOREST AND STREAM. Anderson never bought so large a boat again. A small boat, properly built, is handled much more easily and is stronger in proportion. The best river men of the cabin-boat class have tiny craft. “Whisky Wil- liams,” “Old Doc White,” Anderson, Applegate, and other notable men have boats less than 20 ffeet long. A heavy frame, and sound lumber insures the occupant against trouble with shags and cyclones, and getting around has no great terrors. The old fishernlail chose to tie up on the low sand bar in shallow water. He moored the craft end on to the bank by four lines: oile- from a timber head in each corner. Heavy stakes, ash preferably, were driven deep into the sand, so that each line had a stake of its own. The two bow stakes were far enough apart to keep the bow from swinging, and far enough ashore to hold the bow pressed against the fending stage plank. The stern lines kept the stern from swinging and helped hold the boat to the bank as well. It was safe in any storm not strong enough to lift the boat out of water. A cabin-boater says that a sandbar is the safest port in a gale, and a caving bank the deadliest. While I was with Anderson, the water ranged from six to ten feet on the gauge at Helena. It was so low that most of the chutes were dry, and there were no bays in which cabin boats could be sheltered. Ander- son always maintained his lonely vigil at the foot of the Helena Bar at such times, although he had only to go down to the transfer dock (railroad ferry) and find plenty of company — Abbey, the Johns, and the transient river people. “I don’t go down der,” he said repeatedly. “I tell you I seen boats sunk along dat bluff bank in a south wind! Seven, eight boats at once; an’ de folks staff- ing on de bank. Op here you can’t sink — you rub de bottom if de water goes down two inches. I rather move de boat every day dan sit on de bank von night in de rain, I tell you! The day I reached Anderson’s boat, a river tramp was tied in beside him. A strong wind had blown from the north for thirty hours. The tramp used a single stake to hold his 16-foot boat, and that one loosely driven in the sand. In the morning the stake was al- most pulled out of the ground. The two extremes of river people were there side by side — Anderson, hard- working, with his four ash stakes, selected and hard driven, and four carefully inspected lines, and the river rat with one splintering willow stake, ratty line and lazy carelessness. And both men were equally subject to malaria and with the same lonely future before them, and probably the same unhappy fate. There are men on the river too lazy to float with the current. The task of keeping their boat in the current worries them. One of these called “the Bear,” never floats in the day time. He casts loose at dusk and then goes to bed. In the morning he looks out to see where he is. If the wind rises, or the water drives him into a caving bank, the Bear must get out and work for life. One cannot guess how many of this kind have been hit by the coal tows and rolled under, to come- up “buzzard food.” Anderson was not talkative — he had lived alone too much of his time during recent years; but what he said was to the point. His, “I tell you, I give dem tough fellers a sharp look when day come along,” meant more than another man’s most vivid description of river pirates. Two toughs who went by the name of Stout came down the river one time, “killing beef and hogs on the way.” Anderson and two others were playing casino when the two Stouts dropped into their landing just below Cairo. It was after dark, and the Stouts hung around till the game broke up, and then one of them followed Anderson on board his boat, though it was midnight. Grant Stout, he said his name was, and he watched the Swede as sharply as Anderson watched him. ^ “I dank he meant somedings,” the Swede said. He went away at last, and an hour later Anderson heard a little grinding sound, like a mouse gnawing. Anderson strained his ears, trying to locate the sound, but without avail, for a long time. At last he decided it was astern, and with that he got out of bed, un- latched the door and peered into the darkness. As he looked, he saw a man in a dugout darting away in the gloom, having heard Anderson stirring out. In the morning Anderson found that a link of his $35 skiff’s painter had been filed almost through. These Stouts one time stole a church bell up on the Ohio. They carried it down to the levee and buried it, then went to a prominent merchant of the town, and told him they had the bell. “We want a couple of dol- lars to get out of town,” they said. “You take the bell and give us the money.” The merchant took the bell. A few days later the Stouts went to the merchant again. “You give us twenty-five dollars apiece,” said they, “or we’ll tell about your deal.” They got the $30 and went away as cabin passengers on a river steamboat. This was the favorite funny story of the Stout boys. One of them was afterward killed for card cheating on a Government job above Cairo. One objection Anderson had to tying in at Helena was the “tough fellows” who sometimes come down and. attempt to rob the cabin-boaters there. The river pirate knows well enough that the lone fisherman on a sandbar is watchful, and would give the bad man short shift, but on the edge of town it is different. The sneak thief can disappear in a moment. Anderson was just below the coal fleet at Helena for a while, and while there men tried to sneak aboard once or twice— one tough fellow especially hanging around with a gang. One day Anderson whiled his time away trying to catch alligator gars. They bit the stoutest line in two, however, and ran away with the largest hooks. Finally Anderson took a piece of pork and hooked it on to a 6-inch hook, tied it to a quarter inch rope and lowered it into the water. Not getting a bite, he took two half hitches around the bulkhead and forgot about it That night he felt some one step on the boat. Then another, and another time the boat ducked under the weight of some one, and Anderson listened so hard that he heard whispers. Stealthily he rose to his feet, seized his shotgun and threw open the door. The stern was empty. So was the bow, nor was any one in sight. Anderson thought it must be spirits until he recollected the pork-baited gar hook. A io-foot gar had come along, and when he bit, it pulled the cabin boat down like the weight of a two-hundred-pound man. Anderson’s faith in dreams was unbounded. “Many a night I saved a big catfish on my line. I dream I have a piece of meat in my fingers and great big snake comes and takes it out, That kind of scares me, and I wake up. Then I jumps up and gets into my skiff and go run ray line. _ Many a big fish I save dot way. I find dem just pulling off de hook when I dream dat way. “I have many dreams. If I dream of fish jumping all around, den I know high water coming. Just so, too, when I dream of water pouring over a big high falls. 1 don t need de paper for high water news. My spirit leaves my body — I go way op de river, op de Ohio, op de Mississippi op de Missouri, and see if it rain der. I knowed about de Charleston earthquake. I vas der. I valk- along de streets. De houses dey begin to move, long cracks go op an’ dowm in de fronts of de houses, and den de dust fly op an’ choke me. I vake op. Two days aftei dat a man says Charleston was earthquaked. I know dot! Den von night I dream dat two trains come toward one anoder on de same track. De en- gineer he jumps, but he gets drowned. I dank and dank. Who vas dat engineer? I know den, it was dat big railroad smashup going to de World’s Fair. Den I dream about a man way up on a high mountain hang- ing by his hands, an slippin’ an’ slippin’. Five or six men run around— I know den. De President he is over all- — on de mountain! The men what run, dey the doctors. So I knew de President he sick or hurt, and he going to fall— he die. So I tell dem. McKinley done just dat. It all goes to show dat a man have a spirit what go away from his body by itself and study op what is doing!” One of Anderson’s lost opportunities, he thought, was his failure to go to a certain stump in the lumber yard of an Iowa mill owner, whose fortune disappeared at his death. Anderson dreamed about the stump, and failed to go to it after the lumberman’s death and find the fortune. The river people have many superstitions, and dream books are important literature of the cabin boats. But dreams are not the only signs read. The most interest- ing bird story I ever heard was one Anderson told about blue herons. “One nice warm day, I was in Helena Chute. Dey was a lot of cranes der — wery wise birds, dose cranes is. Pretty soon I seen a crane coming up de chute slow an’ easy, but high, like he was going way op nord. Den I see anoder crane cornin’ down de chute. My! but he was just a cornin’. He flap his wings, an’ stretched his neck furder ahead dan mos’ cranes. Veil, dem cranes dey passed one anoder. De nord von squawk like he was in a hurry. Den dey began to circle round and round, squawking like good fellers. De von from dc nord he squawk hard an’ short; de odder, he squawk different; so I knowed him. De nord von pretty soon start off south again. De odder von vent on nord, but de nord von yust squawk again hard, and den dey circled roun’ some more. Pretty soon dey both started avay south like dey was in a hurry. Dat night, woooo! De nord vind come sweeping down de river, and in de morning we was froze op. Den hard times come to de cranes. Dey got so lean in a couple weeks dey vouldn’t fly from a man. I walked right up to some of dem. I tell you, dat crane out of de nord know what he run- ning from.” On the sandbar one could almost imagine himself on the shores of a sea. A south wind had a clean sweep up the river of over four miles. In the main current the waves were thrown up, yellow capping the surface, but Anderson’s boat was in the great eddy along the west bank above Helena. The water was nearly dead, and waves rolled in a foot high, breaking along the sloping beach with a low whir that suggested the sea. Washing against the bluff reef, they undermined the sand and caused it to cave off. It was easy to under- stand how a man with unlimited time could dwell at such a place. There were drifts of sand that shifted with the wind, and waves of sand and mud that flowed with the current of water. The man with a microscope or telescope finds unlimited opportunity for looking. Anderson’s eyes turned often to the window, which he threw open on occasion in order to look at the sky. “I like to watch the water,” he said once. The position on a sloping sandbar required constant watching of the water marks. High water slacked the lines and low water frequently “hung the boat,” so that it had to be pried off. As the water rose, the boat was worked around into a little pocket formed by the reef, and as it fell, the boat must needs be kept moving back toward the point into deeper water. Watching the boat, getting the meals and keeping an eye open for ducks were Anderson’s main occupations. He said that when he was alone nights, he played “blind casino” — solitaire. I could not but marvel at the opportunity wasted by the river men. Fancy what a record of the Mississippi the diary of a lone cabin-boater would be! In less than six months on the river I made 300,000 words in notes, scarcely a line of wdiich could be classed as “scientific.” On Dec. 29, I started for town in my skiff. As the bow turned in the main current, I saw a low white spot on the river miles up stream. It was in motion, and somehow the thing looked familiar. Very quickly it took form, and I saw that it was a rag-top boat. Finally my glasses showed the “double hull,” or catamaran which Senor Carlos J. San Carlos came from Toronto in. I ran out, and long before I came alongside, I could hear the paddle wheel chucking into the water, steamboat fashion. My hail routed him from under the canvas, and greetings passed. He told how he worked for Sam Cole on the 6o-foot cabin boat in Ash Slough, supposing he was getting $1.25 a day and board. Cole charged him for boat, so that he only cleared $4 a week. Cole had paid a carpenter $2.50 a day for doing less work a week than Carlos did in two days — but Carlos was “easy.” “But I don’t care!” Carlos said. “I got enough to see me through now — and I’m going clear to Havana now.” He ran on down stream, and thereafter I heard of him at intervals until I reached Vicksburg, when I lost track of the cabin boat people and their kind. A won- der of the cabin boat people is the fact of their homo- 90 geneity; in spite of the attenuated region which they inhabit, they have few things in common with the bank people. Living miles apart, they nevertheless keep up an acquaintance with one another. One could trace a cabin boat from St. Paul to New Orleans, months after the passage. Cabin-boaters tie in beside their kind for a night, and there is sure to be intercourse between the newcomers and their neighbors, if no more than a hail. A river man sizes up another by his “out- fit”— that is, the looks of the boat. A man in a good skiff, with tent and outfit, is received with less caution than one in a 25-foot “ratty” shack, built of drift wood and covered with tar paper. Men like Anderson take in a hundred details at a glance. Nets on the roof in the weather, frayed rope ends, and unselected firewood are a better criterion of a river man than the paint on his cabin boat, however, for the river man is always “swapping,” and some of them change their boats every month, as good horse traders change their horses. Anderson told me one day that he’d put me “on to something. You take the green heads of mallards and you skin them out. You take the skins and have you a vest made. It’ll cost you considerable to have a tailor make it, but you go into a restaurant in some of those big cities and there’ll be somebody looking at your vest all the time. Then some big merchant or somebody offer you a big price for it — mebbe you make $40 or $100 on it.” Most of Anderson’s tastes, as he ex- pressed them, ran in similar lines. He liked salted beaver, and the memory of the barrels ful which he had put away for winter use came back to him frequently. He mourned, almost daily, the dis- appearance of game. “I ust to have a hundred ducks and geese salted down,” he would exclaim. Again, “I killed seven wild torkeys out of one tree — shoot the inunder von first. Blame dis sifilasion. The Indians lifed the right kind of vay. I vould like to live the vay they did it. The white men bothered them — spoiled the goot vay of living.” Considering the way Anderson was living, one could hardly imagine a more primitive life, save that he had to buy his flour and pork instead of raising it, or trap- ping substitutes. He mourned the old produce boat days. In those times men came down the river in long fiat boats, which they loaded down with all sorts of vegetables, for sale at New Orleans and on the sugar plantations of the lower river. Mrs. Mahna and her son dropped in one day while on the way to Helena from the mouth of the St. Francis — a nine-mile pull, and nine miles against the current. Mrs. Mahna had keen eyes, a remarkable chin, and most decisive manners. One had only to note the stroke she gave her oars to see the sort of a woman she was. The dip and recover of the oar blades spelled “head of the family” if anything ever did. She came in to warm by the fire, and as she wriggled her fingers over the stove she asked if we had seen Whiskey Williams go down with his gasolene launch and little beauty of a cabin boat? We had. “I thought likely,” Mrs. Mahna said. “You know, Anderson, the first time I met up with Whiskey Williams was up the river. I seen him coming down stream with the wind blowing him fit to' lift the roof. He kept look- ing up stream, didn’t pay any ’tention to my boat, till, says I, ‘Ha, thar! Gwin to tear my boat up?’ With that he looks around and grins. ‘Throw me a line,’ says I, and he done it, and I made him fast and swung^ him in, but he not paying no ’tention to me till I yelled, ‘Say, you gwin to take me with you?’ seein’ as he was about rootin’ out my stakes. He no more’n tied in than three fellers come along down into' a blue skiff with a red gunwale, an’ then I knowed what was up. Sure enough, they was after him for whiskey boating, but they stood off, and went back pretty soon.” “Did he have any whiskey this trip?” Anderson asked. “Naw ! He ain’t carried any whiskey down below since they ketched up with him two years ago and fined him $300. That like to have made his heart dreen dry. He loads up with medicine now to Memphis, and sells that. Las’ time he got fined ’twas $50 up the way. Whiskey Williams took on so the feller as was judge said, ‘Well, gimme a drink of good whiskey an’ $25 an’ you can go.’ Williams done hit — huee ! “By ginger, me and the ole man an’ the boy’s gwin to fish up here this spring. That boy’s sixteen now — got his own nets. Say, I’m running nine nets myself. They’re making all kinds of fun of me. My nets got inch an’ a half mesh, an’ they say I’m catching minners. Hue-e! I’ll minner them, I will Well, now say, Ander- son, what do you say to drappin’ down to Old Arkansaw River? They say that tough crowd down there ain’t no- wise so bad as it used to be. Old Best — that feller who tried to kill his girl there — married her at las’. an’ now he’s gone up to Rosalie, layin’ in a stake, ’lowing to go into a whiskey boat, I hearn say. Well, should he, I ’low he’ll be his own bes’ customer, he will. Hue-e ! but don’t he go on his high lonesomes, though! “Say, you know after Whiskey Williams got shot up that time, I was on to his boat soon’s he was out of range — thought mebbe he’d got killed. He was just a prancing around inside. He was just tickled to death. ‘Never touched me anywhere — ain’t a hole in the cabin!’ said he, laughing happy ; but I seen something wet run- ning out of one of his closets, an’ showed him. He jumped like a cat ‘Busted a bottle!’ he shrieked, ‘Busted a bottle ! Lawse, busted a three-dollar bottle !’ said he, tas’in’ the juice. Well, sir, how that man took on ’bout them a-busting a bottle of whiskey while shooting him up. My, but he does hold it ag’in them bank folks for shootin’ that bottle! He ain’t never been there since to sell ’em whiskey, nuther. Well, boy, you got the kinks thawed out of your knuckles? Hain’t we better be movin’, then? All right, come on. So long, Anderson, see you ’g’in. You think it over — lots better fishin’ down the lower river than yereaway. They’ll be shifts down; send word up, an’ if you’ll go down, we’ll all drap down to Old Mouth any day come decent wahmin’ weather.” With that Mrs. Mahna popped into her skiff at the stroke oar, and away she went with the boy, lifting the boat through the water like a gasolene. A couple of hours later she returned, and without a pause buckled into the river current, with six miles up stream yet to go, and not minding it a bit. A woman who could tend FdkEst And stream. twenty-five nets a day in spring fishing and clear from $20 to $50 a week doing it, Mrs, Mahna is a type of the “new woman” of the river. “She’s a better man than her husband,” Anderson said. Some women of her type are known from end to end of the cabin boat waters of the Big River. It is worth noting that river women are scrupulous about marrying their lovers. Many of them have had several husbands — with wedding certificates and either divorce or burial certificates to prove their claim to respectability. It sometimes happens that one helps kill her husband in order that a legal marriage to her new love be possible. I saw one wedding certificate on a cabin boat in which the name of the woman had been scratched out with a lead pencil and another one sub- stituted; but this appears to have been an exception. I was much interested in Helena, Arkansaw. Daily I went down there after my mail and to get supplies. Sometimes it was convenient to walk around town and look at its streets — a genuine Mississippi River levee town, it had most of its features different from those of “hill villages.” It is worth seeing— or Arkansas City, either, which is of the same sort. Raymond S. Spears. Medicine in Camp. A few weeks since some of your readers asked for an article upon how to fill a medical case that had been pre- sented to him, and I have waited for some of my profes- sional brethren to comply. In the last issue a gentleman made some good suggestions relative to the practice of medicine in the woods — suggestions that may be followed with a great deal of profit by the average woods loafer. With the kind permission of the editor, I will attempt to amplify his sketch somewhat, in the hope that what I shall say may be of value to my hunting and fishing colleagues. By far the greater number of causes for the hunter to resort to the healing art will be in the various accidents that may befall one. Here the old saying that “cleanliness is next to godliness” should apply with all the force pos- sible. If a wound of any character is kept absolutely clean, there is very little danger of it giving much trouble. Dirt is the surgeon’s abomination. Follow out the first aid suggestions of the U. S. Army and do little else. The first bottle in the case should be filled with antiseptic tablets, known among physicians as Bernay’s Tablets. They are made in white and blue; get the blue, as there is less danger of confusing them with other tablets that you may carry in the case. One of these dissolved in a quart of hot water makes the ideal antiseptic solution for all cuts and wounds ; and aside from washing thoroughly and binding up in a pad of absorbent cotton saturated in the solution, little else need be done to any incised, punc- tured or contused wound. Carry a half pound of pure surgeon’s cotton, three or more two-inch rolled bandages, and one yard of sterilized corrosive gauze in a bottle. These will make you a full supply of surgical necessities. Be careful to not do too much. Meddlesome interference will work harm. Resort only to simple measures in all cases of surgical nature. Your correspondent of last week suggested cocaine. Well, cocaine is a good thing in the hands of a surgeon, and a very bad one in the hands of a layman. Still, there is nothing that will allay pain like it, and if you see fit to fill the second bottle with that drug, let me advise you to get it, not in the crystals, but in tablet form. One tablet will, when dissolved in the hypodermic, make a 4 per cent, solution which is strong enough to' render anaesthetic anti superficial part of the body for a time long enough to perform any simple surgical operation — such as extracting splinters or fish-hooks. Let me caution you to be very careful in its use, however, as certain per- sons are very susceptible to its action. Morphine sulphate, Bt grain in tablets, is a very valu- able adjunct to the case. The indications for use are commonly known — pain being the most important. I do not approve of the use of the hypodermic by laymen, and would suggest that you use all remedies by the mouth whenever possible. One tablet of morphine by the mouth every two hours will allay pain fully as well as by hypo- dermic, and with far less risk to you. In all congestive conditions such as colds, fevers, etc., you will find that three-grain doses of quinine will be invaluable. Therefore, carry some capsules of that drug in the next bottle. I will say this to you, unless you use at least eighteen grains — that is, six three-grain doses in the course of one night — the quinine will do you no good in colds. The other gentleman spoke of Sun cholera tablets. I have found a preparation called “Chloranodyne,” as pre- pared by Parke, Davis & Co., far superior for conditions of that character to anything that I have ever had occa- sion to use. Given in fifteen drop doses, it will relieve any choleraic condition that it has ever been my misfor- tune to meet. I use it on my own person; and you know when a doctor uses a thing himself that it must be all right. You will do well to take some calomel tablets, say x/\- grain, or else some C. C. pills, which amounts to the same thing. In the beginning of fevers, colds, etc., and in fact all places where the system needs a good overhaul- ing, there is nothing equal to a grain of calomel, given in broken doses. As a fever eradicator, there is nothing that will take the place of phenacetine, given in five-grain tablets every three hours. The action is to produce profuse sweating, and persons with a weak heart will do well to be cautious. Certain persons are very apt to find out when they ap- proach the higher altitudes that they are possessed of a heart — something that never occurred to them before. A few gravies of digitalin will relieve the feeling of suffo- cation, and may be the means of saving a life. Therefore it may be well to carry one bottle with digitalin. It is a thing that you will not need, unless there is some heart disease lurking about in your system. Coughs and colds are a very common ailment, especially during the fall and winter seasons. One of your case bottles supplied with a combination tablet composed of senega, ammon. bromide, tinct. squill, tr. aconite, ex. grindelia, ex. guiac, and supplied to the drug trade under the title Senega Compound, will be a very valuable thing in the winter coughs. [Feb. 4, 1905. Lastly, let a stick of silver nitrate be wrapped in blue paper and placed in one of the case bottles. This is the caustic par excellence, and may be applied to poisoned wounds or bites, stings, etc. Cauterize deep, and then stop the action of the drug with common salt. You will notice that I have said nothing about snake- bite remedies. The reason is this : There is not one case in ten thousand where the common rattlesnake kills a man. I have lived in a snake country all my life, and have never known a full-grown man to die from the bite of a rattlesnake. Children and weak persons do1 die, hut not full grown healthy men. At the same time it is not pleasant to run the risk, and I will tell you what to do. In the first place, there is no medicine that has a hit of influence upon any snake bite. The remedy for the virus of snakes is as yet undiscovered, consequently it would be folly for you to carry a lot of drugs under the assumption that you could cure yourself if bitten. The remedy par excellence is to remove the poison, and no other is of any avail. Wash the wound clean, and make an incision across it down deeper than the fangs of the serpent pene- trated, then suck the virus out, washing your mouth out with warm water. Do this several times. Before all, though, when you are first bitten, tie a handkerchief around the limb above the wound and twist a stick into it, making an improvised tourniquet. In half hour loosen the bandage for a short time and allow a little of the poison to flow into the circulation. In this manner you may instil the poison gradually, and the system will take care of it. After having sucked the wound out fully, you may cauterize it well with the caustic. Then, above all things, do not get rattled. Keep cool and you are in very little danger. I have no knowledge of the bites of the southern snakes such as copperheads, moccasins, and cotton-mouths, but see no reason why they should be any worse than rattlesnakes. The sooner people lose their fear of snakes, the simpler the problem of treating their bites will be. Appendicitis was mentioned by someone. When a doc- tor does not know what to do in these cases, there is little probability of your being able to do very much. Appendi- citis is a matter for the surgeon. If you should have an attack of the disease in the woods, simply do nothing and you will be doing the wise thing. The average case of appendicitis will right itself as far as can be under abso- lutely no treatment whatever, and every attempt at treat- ing it only renders the matter more complicated. In my own work here in the city, I do not give one dose of medicine. I shoot them into the hospital as soon as possi- ble and proceed to remove the offending organ. I should hardly advise your attempting it, however, while out in the hills. The natural tendency of persons ill with ordinary com- plaints is to recover; therefore let your treatment be of the simplest. In some future article, with the kind permission of the editor, I may try to set down some simple rules for sur- gical cases that will meet the ordinary requirements. Chas. S. Moody. Sand Point, Idaho. In an Alaska Snow Slide. Ira F. Wood, writing from Dawson, Yukon Terri- tory, in a letter which is published in the Elizabeth- town (N. Y.) Post, relates: “We had a little experience in a snow slide Oct. 28. It might interest you. It did me for a few minutes. We killed eight caribou one day. As one wounded one had strayed some distance from the rest, and we were anxious to get the game out of the hills as soon as possible on account of going to the lower country, we decided to haul this one to the foot of the mountain ourselves, to enable the dog driver to get to it more readily. “The mountains were very steep where we were, some rising almost perpendicular. The ravines were filled with drifted snow, some to a depth that afterward proved surprising. It being so early in the season we thought there was little danger of a snow slide. So we pulled the caribou to the mountain crest and slid it down the mountain side through a ravine. We watched the caribou until it reached the bottom. Then thinking of no danger, we started on a trip that came near being our last. George was the first to start. Sitting on his snowshoes he followed the trail of the caribou and reached the bottom in safety. I waited until George was nearly down, so as not to run into him. Then, placing my snowshoes under me, I fol- lowed the course of my companion. I had only got nicely started, when I saw George running for one side of the ravine. As he ran, he said: “Ira, we are gone.” He nearly made the outer edge of the slide when he was hurled down and passed from my sight almost instantly. At the same moment great seams opened up above and below me and tons and tons of snow broke away with a roar I shall never forget. As it tore down the mountain side with a force irresistible carrying with it its two human occupants for passengers, I expected each moment to be my last, and even now I wonder what power enabled me to keep on top of that heaving, tumbling mass of snow. “Just before the slide stopped, some distance to my left, I saw George in his struggle for life extend his arms above the snow. So I knew that he still lived. As the slide suddenly stopped I climbed over great cakes of snow that had piled up near me and made my way as quickly as possible to where I last saw George. As I did, I saw him rise slowly to his feet. As he stood there bare-headed on that cold day, half ex- hausted and suffocated with his struggle between life and death, his. first words were: ‘Ira, we are lucky to get out of this thing alive. I never expected to see you again.’ “Time will undoubtedly erase from my memory a good many of the adventures I have experienced in this land of snow and ice; but I am under the impression that it will be some time before I entirely forget the incident that came so near being fatal on Oct. 28, 1904.” All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. Pra. 4, 1905.I FOREST AND STREAM. 01 The Nightingale’s Name. Iditor Forest and Stream: You will, I am sure, pardon the intrusion upon your atholic columns of one who is but a hunter of words ; or after all we have much in common. Let your hunters ring in the kill, let the philologists give it the name, len confusion will be avoided. That some such arrange- |;nt is needed will show in your own. annals. Take four glers from the cardinal points of no more than this untry; let them essay to talk about the bass, and see w intelligible to one another they can be if they con- e themselves to common names. Another case : what e partridges, quail, grouse, unless you know the ography of the hunting grounds? But enough of ology. I have chuckled to see you under the obsession of libipia ;” but that was in itself harmless ; it was so rotesque that it would never lead anyone astray. But drat a marvelous thing it was ! It was not a word, for : was neither Russ nor English. It was rather a snap hot of a Russian word, as much a pictograph as any one f the symbols on the hide in the Dakota winter count. Here, however, is one that from the beauty of its resentation might well lead the reader into blind courses. 11 Mr. Ernest Ingersoll’s charming and thoughtful paper n “Bird Names” is the following: “ ‘Rosignol,’ the French-Canadian. name of the song parrow (and also the Louisiana Creole’s name for the lockingbird), is a modification of rosignor — Lord of the lose — the Spanish name of the nightingale; and is given 1 each case not only in reference to the fine melody, but r the fact that both birds frequently tune up at night.” , It is a fancy charged with poetry, this Lord of the lose; ’tis pity that it does not chime with fact. Yet hope to show you that the real nightingale name is istinct with quite as much appreciation of the songster. ; I do not immediately place the word rosignor; it uffices to note that the Spanish name of the nightingale 5 ruisenor. To follow up the Lord of the Rose sugges- ion, we note in senor a good enough Lord, but the Rose as vanished. Now let us go- one step backward toward be origin of the word — let us cross the Pyrenees and find he French rossignol. As before, we find some sugges- ion of Lord, for signal might seem reminiscent of the talian. signor; and the Rose is also in sight. But cross he Alps for a second backward step, and find the Italian osignuolo. Here we lose the Lord suggestion out of he name definitely and permanently; the Rose may seem uperficially to persist. Take now the third step — not one f geography, but of time; go back to the classic Latin nd find the immediate parent of all these later names in usciniola, the caressing diminutive of luscinia. The .ord and the Rose together have vanished entirely. To discover just what luscinia meant to those who ap- plied the name to the nightingale, we must take the word 0 pieces, and go back to the Sanskrit for its roots. It s in the Latin form three words, _ the last of which, be- ng atrophied into a mere formative sign, we may omit, "or the effective elements of the compound we find the wo Sanskrit roots gru and km. The latter root, km, represented to the Aryan fore- athers the name of a sound of a certain quality, a sense hat has endured to our tongue in chant, chanticleer, •ccent, incentive, and many more. It is the sound of inging, the woodnote wild, the voice of the turtle heard n the land. The former root, gru, it may not be quite so easy to rasp in its bare simplicity. It refers to hearing in some ort ; not the mere physical fact of audition, but with a lear connotation that a thing is heard often— heard be- ause it is worthy of the hearing. Some of its descend- nts are found in loud, clear, client, glory, declare, laicd. f you can discover the elemental residual in these arying senses you will have the signification of the oot gru. It is no- easy task for those untrained in the arts of rimitive speech to grasp the relationless barrenness of hese crude roots. They exist devoid of all the categories f grammar— they are without voice or .number, they re not yet noun or verb. Therefore when we regard ‘iscinia as a synthesis of gru and kan, it will be necessary 0 supply the idea of interrelation without which our .finds fail to comprehend. The two elements are espectively in their last analysis these, hearing-sounding, f we view the sound as in the relation of subject, the ense is “the sound which is heard.” If, on the other and, we incline to regard it as object, we develop the ollateral sense of “hark to the sound.” That is to say, our earliest forebears knew a bird drose note was so sweet as tO' challenge their rude ad- liration — it made them listen to its carols and trills. It ras so distinctively a characteristic of but one bird rnong all they knew, that it served to identify that bird rom its fellows — the bird whose song is listened to. Ve do not know if this grukan bird in Kapilavastu was ae nightingale, but it was certainly the sweetest singer f those forests through which the earliest Aryas fought ieir way down from the snows. In Italy we find lus- inia attached to the nightingale of Europe ( Luscinia hilomela). But remember this, before it became a ame it was a description. Three, four, five millenniums go there was set into grukan a sense so rich that it has ndured the attrition of all the ages, and is ready to pring into new vitality when the first opportunity comes, 'hat you will find in the citation from the “Bird Name” iaper, for which we cannot thank Mr. Ingersoll too rarmly. In Canada rossignol is the name of the song marrow, not because of any slight superficial resemblance > the nightingale, but because of its rank as a songster, ar to the south the Creole calls his mockingbird ros- gnol, not that there is any resemblance except in that larvelous song. That, to my way of thinking, is the wonder of the word, and for it we may unregrettingly let pass the dainty fancy of the Rose Lord. It is that countless ages ago a rude race, probably in the depths of neolithic raw- ness, were able to put such a signification into grukan as the name of some bird that when we misapply it — that is, misapply so- far as concerns Luscinia philomela — we are certain to rightly apply it, just as primitive man made it to be applied, to whatever hitherto unnamed bird of our avifauna there be whose note is most challengingly sweet. Parolles. Bears, Trout, Foxes, Game* Elizabethtown, N. Y., Jan. 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: Official figures are at hand showing that 39 black bears were killed in Essex county during the year 1904. Four of these bears were killed by two men in one day during the late autumn. Pretty good for a county that was to be shunned by bruin after the black bear pro- tective measure went into effect. And by the way, what adjoining county has furnished more than 39 black bears during the year just passed into history? An old guide residing in the Boquet Valley — a close observer of nature, by the way — informs me that not only scores, but hundreds of minnows, chubs and small trout are being found dead in the small streams which empty into the Boquet River just above New Russia. He says that just after the big thaw a few days since he observed that large numbers of small fish had come up through the air-holes and were swimming around in the overflow. After the second or top ice commenced to form, the fish continued to be active in the water between the two forma/ions of ice. It is his opinion that there is something in the water— a miasma — which is causing the death of the small fish, as they evidently were trying at the time of the recent overflow to get up into better water. He says he has examined many of the dead fish and finds no external marks whatever, and he also says he doesn’t believe the loss of fish life was caused by freezing or lack of food. Has anyone a more rational explanation? I note that some men maintain that they have no knowledge to the effect that foxes do destroy game birds. As one who was born and brought up here in the Adiron- dacks, I can truthfully say that a fat fox is a rarity in this section. I have trapped and skinned quite a number of red foxes and never yet saw a fat one. Furthermore I must say that the foxes in the Adirondacks do destroy game birds — particularly partridges. Here the foxes catch many partridges in the snow. The foxes also catch partridges during the spring months. In the month of May, 1884, I discovered a fox burrow on the old “Bullard Job,” two miles distant from any human habitation. The old mother fox and her young were there, and there was ample evidence of slaughter around the entrance to the burrow. There were pieces of rabbits and partridge bones and feathers galore. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that the fox is the greatest enemy of the par- tridge to be found in this Adirondack region. George L. Brown. The Loon's Flight. Hoquiam, Wash., Dec. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: About natural history and ways and habits of birds and animals, if a person has observed a trait or condition , or way of doing things that is common to some bird or ani- mal, and has always seen it performed in one particular way, he is justified in concluding that it is never done otherwise. In the December 17 copy of Forest and Stream, appeared a very fine article in regard to the loon and its nest, and the patience and perseverance that the writer exercised in securing a chance for photographs. My only excuse for writing this is to correct an erroneous impression that he has got about the loon not being able to take wing from the water without the aid of a strong wind. I formerly lived in a part of Michigan where there were a great many small 'ponds or lakes, and many of them had during the summer a pair of loons on them. One of those small lakes was on the place that my father took up under the Homestead Act in ’63, and the house was built only a short distance from the lake. It is more than likely that I have more than fifty times seen a loon fly from the water when there was no perceptible wind. It is some- what difficult, apparently, for them to do so, and a wind is a great help; but they seldom take to flight to escape danger, for their wings hit the water for a hundred yards before they are completely clear of it, and their wings are so small for the weight of their body (which is from 10 to 12 pounds), that in flying from that lake on my father’s place, which had tall timber all around, they would circle around three times before they could clear the tops of the trees. I say seldom take wing to escape danger. Now, a per- son that has never seen one take to the wing to escape danger might be excused for the belief that they never did so; but I have seen one do so. It was in Charleroix county, Michigan, and the loon was on a small lake through which ran a small stream. Another person and myself were driving some logs down the stream. The lake was so small — probably not more than two acres of sur- face—and there was no opening up or down the stream, for the tree-tops interlaced above the stream, and the loon was so alarmed at what doubtless appeared to him to be an arrangement to overwhelm him, that he took to flight without any aid from the wind; and in circling around to get above the timber, he came so close to me that I tried to play baseball with him. I struck at him with the pike-pole and yelled “shoo !” That completed his demor- alization, and he dove in the swamp with a crash like a runaway steer. If I had not seen that, I doubtless would always have been under the impression that they never flew to escape danger. W. A. Linkletter. The Dog and the Bone. I have sometimes seen a dog bury in the ground a bone for which he did not seem to have any present need. _ I have always understood that he did this on the principle which actuates a provident man to lay up something “for a rainy day.” This may be, though I have never known a dog to dig up the bone afterward; yet some persons, tell me they have known him to do this. I should think the dog must be hard pressed by famine that would attempt to gnaw a bone covered with clay and dirt, as this bone must be after being buried in the ground. If the dog hides it away through any such provident forethought as this, it must be the slightest remnant, a mere adumbration of a former in- stinct of his race. He does not pursue this practice in the steady, methodical way in which an ant or a bee or a squirrel lays up a stock of food against a time of need. With him, it is only a fitful and rare occurrence. His long domestication and the ages through which he has received his food from the hand of his master, have obliterated largely the sense of this necessity from his mind, if he may be supposed to have a mind. The fox, when he has had the good fortune to cap- ture several fowls at the same time, will, it is said, secrete such as he has no present need for under a bush or behind a log. I remember that in Rowland Robin- son’s pleasant book, “Sam Lovel’s Boy,” a young fox is represented as doing this. “He began burying the leg of a lamb in the loose earth, but desisted when he saw that the eyes of all his mates were upon him, then un- earthed the half-buried treasure and sought a new hid- ing place.” I do not understand that the wolf has this food-hiding instinct. Gilbert White, of Selborne, says in his quaint way that he had “some acquaintance with a tame brown owl,” which, when full, hid, like a dog, what he could not eat, “The origin of most of our domestic animals,” says Darwin, “will probably forever remain vague. But I may here state,” he continues, “that, looking to the domestic dogs of the whole world, I have, after a labori- ous collection of all known facts, come to the conclu- sion that several wild species of Canidse have been tamed, and that their blood, in some cases mingled to- gether, flows in the veins of our domestic breeds.” He mentions a dog whose great-grandfather was a wolf, and this dog still betrayed its wild ancestry in the fact that it never approached its master in a straight line when called. But which species of the Canidae from which the dog may have descended has the food-hiding instinct or habit I have nowhere seen stated. T. J. Chapman. The Nest of the Chaffinch. Editor Forest and Stream: In his article on bird names in your issue of January 12, Mr. Ernest Ingersoll, referring to the nest of the British chaffinch, says : “The fact that its nest, which is carefully concealed, is a dome-shaped, muff-like affair, entered through an obscure opening in the side,” etc. Is not your contributor mistaken about this? I was familiar with the nest of the chaffinch in my youth, and it certainly is not dome-shaped. In fact, it is perfectly open at the top like a cup. I may state further that it is decidedly the most beautiful bird’s nest built in Great Britain, or possibly in any country. Others there are more elaborate or ingenious, but none so beautiful, I think. At any rate, there is none more so. It is woven of fine moss and hairs for the most part. Within it is like a lady’s chamber, . so soft and silken is it, while without it is rounded with perfect symmetry and studded with silvered lichens. The object of the latter will be apparent when it is stated that the nest is usually found in the fork of a hoary apple tree or hawthorn bush. So well does it harmonize with its surroundings that only the cunning eye of a school boy or professional ornitholo- gist would discover it. I have known persons to- whom I pointed it out in my youthful days to tell me again and again that they could see no nest. It is truly a marvel of bird architecture. No doubt the skill of the chaffinch is inherited, and yet it is curious to note (as recorded by Mr. Dixon in his recent work on birds’ nests) that a pair of the birds which had been brought to New Zealand from England departed very abruptly in their nest building from the family type. What they built was a hanging structure, not unlike that of the oriole, only open at the top. But perhaps this was a mere freak after all. Birds, as well as men, however, when transported from their native habitat, are sure to change their methods and even their natures to a certain extent. Some are more conservative — more retentive of heredity — than others, but all submit sooner or later to the influence of their new environment F. M. New York, Jan 23. Mr. Ryan was in the room with a friend. In the room was an open grate fire, which had died down. Mr. Ryan looked around for something to place on the coals. He found a lump of what he thought was lamp black, and broke off a piece weighing about 2 y2 pounds and placed it on the live coals. Immediately there was an explosion, which threw them out of their chairs and broke the plate-glass window. Fire spread to papers in the room, but before the firemen arrived, the flames had been extinguished with a few pails of water. The only thing that prevented the place from being destroyed was the fact that this powder had been in the lumber room for ten years, and had lost much of its strength. — New York World. 92 FOREST AND STREAM l^EB. 4, 1003. Days in Cherry County* — II. Wymore, Neb., Jan. 12. — Editor Forest and Stream: When I left the Stilson Ranch and started for home in October, 1903, with an invitation and a promise to return in October, 1904, the year in the prospective seemed a long, long time; but it slipped away as all years do, and from the retrospective view it seemed so short that I wonder what became of it. This is another illustration of the difference between a man’s foresight and his hind- sight. True to my promise, October 1, 1904, found me on the road between Hyannis on the railroad and the Stilson Ranch nestled in Survey Valley, forty-two1 miles away. Will Stilson met me at the railroad and carried part of my luggage to the depot; among other duffle, my kodak, and as he mounted the platform and started for the waiting room door, the bottom fell out of the kodak, and the twelve plates with which I had loaded it for the purpose of getting some pictures on the trip hit the sidewalk and were ruined. The day was fine, and the long drive behind a fine team through valleys and over hills was delightful. When we arrived at the ranch fence, a few miles from the house, I got out to open the gate, and several grouse got up. They seemed to be sitting all around the team and buggy, and as I had promised, if allowed to come back to that particular ranch, to keep the family supplied with grouse, I took the gun out of its case, put a few shells in my pocket, and again started for the gate, and as the grouse continued to get up, I killed five and threw them in the buggy; and as that seemed enough for all present needs, we finished our journey, arriving at the house at about one o’clock, where we found a good dinner await- ing us. I received a hearty welcome from all, and as the hay was all up and the fall work about all done, it was soon arranged that nothing should interfere with our hunting for the next week, if we wanted to hunt. After dinner we spent the most of the afternoon in visiting, until at just sundown the ’Squire and I took our guns and walked through a sunflower patch adjoining the garden, and in a few minutes brought in eleven grouse, the ’Squire remarking that I did better shooting than I did a year before. I think what he said was true, but I attribute it to the fact that I took it more deliber- ately, and allowed the grouse to get off a little further and gave the shot a chance to scatter out a little more; and I improved so fast in my shooting in two or three days that I hit nearly all my grouse in the left eye. Like Old Jason, “I never could shoot much, but just hap- pened to hit ’em in the left eye.” On Sunday morning, it being forty-two miles to church, we decided to stay at home, and as we discovered that seven or eight hundred of their cattle had broken through the wire fence and come in from the summer range on to the winter range, we at once made our arrangements to put them back where they belonged. What is called the winter range consists of the hay val- leys, from which the hay has been cut, and the grass has come up green and tempting, and I did not blame the cattle, although having to put them back would, to an ex- tent, interfere with our plans for the devotional exercises of the day. So while Will went after the horses, the ’Squire and I took an early morning walk through the sunflower patch before mentioned, where the grouse came to feed upon the seed of the sunflower, and enjoyed studying their habits. When Will arrived with the horses, we each mounted a good one and started with the cattle. It being the Sab- bath Day, we took no guns, but allowed four or fiv& of the stag hounds to go with us, and had the pleasure of see- ing a couple of fine chases after jack rabbits, the hounds be- ing successful in both cases, although the last race after an old black-tailed jack was the hardest and closest race I ever saw. By noon we had the cattle back on the range where they belonged, and then we took a ride up the valley to call upon Mr. Tull and invite him to go duck shooting, with us one day the following week. Mr. Tull — com- monly and lovingly called “Grandpap Tull” by his friends, and neighbors — is nearly seventy years old, tall, slim and wiry, and can go up the side of a sandhill like an ante- lope, and is still a dead shot. He used to hunt for the market, but will not kill a bird unless the law permits it: to be done. Some of his friends tell the story on him: that in the old market-hunting days he was such a re- markably good shot that when a grouse got up in front: of him and recognized him, it would drop as though shot,, and wait for him to pick it up. While this story may be simply an allegory or figurative only, I had good reason later on to respect the good judgment of the grouse that dropped without waiting for the charge of shot that was. sure to come. After a pleasant visit with Mr. Tull, we rode home, and although it was nearly four o’clock in the afternoon when we arrived, we found our dinner waiting, hot and steaming. After dinner we studied the habits of the grouse in the sunflower patch again, and then laid our plans for the week’s work. As I did not expect to start for home until the following Sunday, and we could kill all the grouse that I was permitted to take home in a day, all we had' to do for a few days was to visit, ride horseback, have a. good time, and kill just enough grouse for the table and' the lunch basket. On Monday morning the ’Squire and I took another horseback ride lasting until afternoon. We visited the different ranges and climbed to the highest points of the- sandhills to enjoy the view. From one, said to be the highest point in Cherry county, we could see in all direc- tions for twenty miles; Twin Lakes lay to the northeast: six or seven miles away, and numerous other lakes in: all directions. After dinner we took a drive in the spring wagon, Will doing the driving; and we did a little grouse shooting, bringing home thirty-three grouse and a couple of jack rabbits to feed to the hounds. It is the rule in the cattle country to shoot every jack rabbit on sight, as they in- terfere with the hounds in hunting coyotes, because, after chasing two or three jacks, the hounds are unfitted to chase and kill coyotes for that day at least. While on this little hunt, and while all three were rid- iug, a grouse got up in front of the horses and started for Montana — a way they have when being hunted, and this particular grouse happened to be on the ’Squire’s side of the wagon, he shooting right-handed and I left-handed, so he threw up his old Parker and fired and killed the grouse. This is quite a feat when the horses are trotting along over uneven ground, and when the dog next pointed, the ’Squire handed his gun to Will and told him to get out with me, as I was no longer in his class. Will and I got out and had some very nice shooting, but it did not interest the ’Squire — it was too easy for him. But later on while all were riding . again, a grouse got up under the horses’ feet and whirled around the wagon and started on our back track, and as I was in the back seat, I whirled around, threw my gun to my shoulder and fired in the general direction of the grouse, and just hap- pened to center it and kill it dead, and after that had no trouble in inducing the ’Squire to get out when the actions of the dog indicated grouse. On Tuesday morning we took a team and wagon and drove to a valley four or five miles away called Rattle- snake Heaven, or Prairie Dog Paradise, after a load of cow chips for fuel. Mr. Stilson and Will each took a long-handled four-tined fork, with which to pick up the chips, and I took their Winchester shotgun, with which to shoot a few prairie dogs to feed to the hounds. The cow chips are found mostly in prairie dog towns, there being little grass and the ground being almost always smooth and bare, and by ten o’clock the wagon was loaded. By this time the sun had come out warm, and the rattlesnakes began to. come out and lie in the sun near the mouth of the burrow in which he had taken up his winter quarters. We killed five snakes and skinned three of them, the other two having to be shot to keep them from getting into the holes, and one of the snakes shot contained a good sized prairie dog. Our experience with the snakes was reported to Forest and Stream shortly after- my return from Cherry county in a few notes relating to that subject alone, and the skins of three very beautiful specimens were sent to the editor of Forest and Stream. We arrived at home with our load of stove wood about one o’clock, and after dinner and a little rest, we took a drive among the little foothills of one of the great ranges of sandhills, and had some very nice grouse shoot- ing, coming home with thirty-four grouse, notwithstand- ing some unaccountable misses and accidents of different kinds, which all added zest to our afternoon’s sport. On Wednesday the weather was very cold and stormy, and we did not hunt. We were already overstocked with grouse, and the disagreeable weather did not worry us. We visited, drove to the post-office, got the latest papers and the family mail-, and-ate three square meals. Our grouse had all been pulled and* hung upon the plat- form of the windmill over night and placed in the cave in the morning, where they would keep well until needed ; and if Ah-se-bun, the Indian who ate Fred. Mather out of house and home in the Wisconsin woods, had dropped in on us, we could have given him more than “half plenty.” In the evening Mr. Tull arrived to stay all night and go with us after ducks the next day. On Thursday morning the weather was still very cold and disagreeable, but we started for the lakes ; and when we got too cold for comfort in the spring wagon, we got out and walked, and we walked and rode alternately all day. It was about noon when we arrived at Silver Lake, the most beautiful of the group of lakes that form the headwaters of the North Loup River. It is about a mile across the east end of this lake, and the shore line is as straight as you could shoot an arrow, then it gradually runs to a point at the west end, nearly* two. miles away, ■and as it narrowed down the shores were lined with willows and rushes, making it an ideal place to shoot ducks. It was also very deep, clear and full of fish; black bass, croppie and catfish could be plainly seen in the water. The lake was covered with blue-winged teal, the larger ducks not having arrived yet. Having arrived and made sure that the ducks were there, the first step was to get on the warm side of a haystack near a water tank and open the basket of lunch. Mr. Stilson was not with us at the time, as he had taken •a walk around the lake, but I knew the combination, and besides, he should have been there at that critical time. We found the basket to contain the breasts of twelve grouse, lets of bread and butter, pickles, pie and cake — certainly a bountiful supply; but had Mr. Stilson not arrived in the nick of time, in all probability he would have had no dinner, as I have been taught from child- hood to improve my opportunities. After dinner we tried the ducks, but as both my com- panions got the start of me in a short time, I complained •of the cold, and finally prevailed upon them to. start for home. Of course they had the advantage of knowing the country, and being used to that kind of ducks, while all was strange to me, and at that time I had not had the advantage of reading the discussions that have been going ■on lately in Forest and Stream, as to the proper manner •of killing a duck, and might have shot one flying or :sitting or sleeping, or caught one and kicked it to death — all of which I know now would have been unsportsman- like, and I have been "lad ever since that the weather was so bad. After I got them well started on the way Lome I got over my hurry, and a walk through the hills warmed me up, and we had some rare sport with thij grouse, and in fact I enjoyed the day as well as any ij ever put in with the gun. While the weather was bad! the company was good, the lunch was fine, and while J could not claim to have killed my share of the gam# that day, 1 wras pleased and proud of the results ; ancj one thing that I especially enjoyed was listening to 1m two companions, the best of whose lives had been spen in the wilds of the West, as they told of experiences rare interesting and ridiculous that they had passed through in years gone by, and through all this, and from what: each said to me when the other was not present, I could see the warm friendship and respect that each bore for the other ; and knowing them both as I think I do, it does not seem at all strange that such mutual feelings should exist. Both rugged, manly, generous and law-abiding, I ask for no better company under any circumstances. On Friday morning the weather was fine again, and Mr. Stilson and I took a long drive up the valley to the west. The scenery of the sandhill country is beautiful, the air was pure and balmy, and the ride delightful. At a small house where we stopped for a drink of water we found a woman with five or six children, the husband, having been away somewhere at work for more than al month, and the family out of meat; and here we left all our grouse and drove home. Saturday came all too soon. This was the great day; I was going to the railroad on Sunday, and the fifty grouse that I was permitted to take home with me were yet to be killed. It was to be a final and friendly contest1 between the ’Squire and myself, and we were both from Missouri and had to be shown. The weather was warm and nice and the grouse would lay well, so we decided that we would not go out until after dinner. If we could, net kill fifty grouse in a half day, then I would go home’ short. After dinner we drove about five miles to a cornfield. The sandhill corn is only about four feet high, arid we could stand in it anywhere and see all over it, but the cover for the birds was not good, and they got up very wild. Each had a good gun, loaded with smokeless pow- der and No. 6 chilled shot, and two good dogs. It was three o’clock when we got to the cornfield, and the fun soon commenced. We killed our birds at from forty to eighty yards. Just at dusk we met at the further side of the field and counted up. We lacked just one bird of; having the_ required fifty, and there was just one bird: difference in our scores. I was satisfied to quit with' the forty-nine birds, but the ’Squire told me to drive the: team around and he would walk across the field and meet me at the other side. It was too dark for me to shoot,! and I naturally reasoned that it would be too dark fol- ium; but I was mistaken, and have always been sorry! that I did not insist on his getting in the buggy and allow ! me to come home with what we had. On Sunday the ride from the ranch to the railroad was, pleasant and interesting. Will and Mrs. Stilson came with me, leaving -the ’Squire at home alone, and I was 1 sorry that I could not stay with him. I arrived at home on Monday night with fifty grouse in fine condition, and distributed them among my friends, and on the first of next October I hope and expect to spend a few days at; the hospitable home of the Stilsons in Cherry county. A. D. McCandless. A Quail Hunt in Old Virginia. We! had been counting the months, weeks and days ; to the opening of the game .season in Virginia, and when ' the long-looked-for day arrived, we felt a sense of relief that the. long probation was ended, and that the season, was really at band. In the early morning hours, before the sun had shown, its rim over the hills, our party, com- posed of Lou Jackson and W arren Rice, of Winchester, 1 and Fritz Keidel, of Baltimore, pulled out over the level valley pike to the farm of Mr. John W. Rice, situated near Vancluse, in Frederick county. The radiant light of a perfect November morning was breaking over the landscape when we drove up to the hospitable abode of 1 Mr. Massie, the overseer of the farm. This gentleman soon made his, appearance, when we extricated ourselves from a jumble of dogs, guns, etc., and got out. After a . good hot breakfast served in good old Virginia style, we got ready for the day’s hunt. Starting out, Mr. Massie i suggested that we get over into the peach orchard, where he had heard some birds calling the day before. The dogs were already over, and Comet, the English setter of •! Mr. Rice, had struck the birds. Getting them up, we succeeded in bringing down four. The others scattered, but were gotten up again, and two more fell to. our guns. ; Ihe dogs found birds right along, and there was a' con- tinuous fusilade over those old Virginia fields. We called the sport off at 11 o’clock, having secured a fair number, and returned to the house for dinner. We were very enthusiastic over the morning’s hunt and reviewed the incidents and excellent shooting of some of our party, while partaking of the well-prepared dinner set forth by ; Mrs. Massie. After satisfying the inner man, gun-cleaning , came next, preparatory to the hunt in the afternoon. ' This through with, we struck a wheat stubble field, which was overgrown with foxtail four or five feet high, where shooting would be rather difficult. Ned, the Irish setter of Mr. Keidel, found the birds after pirouting around for some time, and when gotten up they flew into some heavy timber. Count found them here, and four birds j were killed. Another flock was gotten up further on, but they were sharp and flew over on posted land. That settled our business with them, but there were other birds than these, and we kept on in search of them. The : dogs found several more flocks out in the open, where : shooting was- not so difficult, and out of these ’we got what we thought our full share. The sun was nearing Feb. 4, 1905.] forest and stream. the western hills when we retraced our steps toward the house, and after supper that night, after cleaning our guns, yarn-telling was indulged in until bedtime, when all turned in. The first one up the next morning rushed to the win- dow to see the weather, and observing a flile sky, shouted. Get up boys, it's 6 o clock and everything is favorable toi another gooa hunt.” The balance of us needed no Second invitation, and there was a tumbling out of bed and getting into togs ready for breakfast. The morning meal oyer, we sallied forth across the helds m search of the birds. Count soon found a covey, and Ned made a pretty back stand. They got up in con- fusion, but Messrs. Jackson and Rice got a single apiece. Mr. Jackson thought the birds came to the ground again about fifty yards up a fence, but when we reached them hey were not to be found, and when the dogs did find hem they were probably too yards further on. This time nx of them fell to our guns, and the rest of them flew iver on to posted land, but as some of our party knew he owner of the farm, we got over. The dogs found wo flocks Over here, out of which we got ten birds. We !yere not quite satisfied with our number yet, and strayed urther on to the edge of some timber, along which ran m old Virginia rail fence, and right along here Ned t|ound another covey. Six more birds were added to our lumber, and then we started in the direction of the louse. On the way back a couple of rabbits were scared ip, one of which we killed. 1 After supper that night, after lighting our pipes, we athered around the old-fashioned fire-place, in which be logs cracked and stewed, and recounted the pleasures f our two days’ hunt. The next morning, after bidding our host and hostess ood-by, and expressing our appreciation and thanks for icir generous hospitality, we dfove back to Winchester u our way to Pleasant Level, the Country home of Mr. aCksotl. s Mr. Rice, much to our regret, was detained \ the City by law business, so we had to proceed on dthout him. The weather for our last day’s hunt looked ather gloomy in the morning, and it didn’t improve inch in the afternoon. It was cold and drizzling rain, id our spirits were rather low— I don’t mean liquid— ,id for some time we were undecided whether to go out • stay in. However, we tried it for a while, and I think wound up the afternoon with four birds and two .bbits. We were entertained at dinner by Mr. Charles McCain, ho lives about five miles from town, and late in the .ternoon drove to the home of Mr, A1 Rutherford, here we took Supper, Mr. Rice came down and joined ; about f o’clock in the evening,, and after spending Tefal pleasant hours with Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford id their charming daughters, we started toward Win- lester with pleasant thoughts of quail hunt in Old irgima. A. T. C. VlNCHESTER, Vi, From the Bayman's Viewpoint, Blue Point, L. I., Jan. 5.- — Editor Forest and Stream: ss uming that the fire-place crowd of Forest and Stream e open to both sides of a question, with your permission will draw illy cider barrel up into the glow and join the 'od-iiatUred group of duck shooters. If you fellows understand the difference between an casional gunner and a man who gets a few dollars out the game, you possibly would see the sport from a fferent standpoint. The raft of ducks on closer inspec- >n would turn, out to be only a bunch. The pair of sleep- s' black ducks (when you get upon them) would be nay be) two pieces of driftwood. The child-like zeal the $400 gun owner is an emotion quite different from calm speculation of the parchment-skinned bavman. Now will you let me say something about spring duck ooting here? Would you believe that last election this assure was made to occupy a prominent position on the itform of all Long Island candidates for political nor? Bo you know they have promised to do all they n to repeal the spring duck law ? Why? Because it is of ry great importance to the people of this section, to the mg Island Railroad and the bayrnen. That political erest and legislative ping-pong may interfere and with punity occasion considerable inconvenience and financial >s.to a community, is a consideration; and I think, in Tice to those who have been your guides, your cooks, ur faithful attendants, to those who have got up in the ddle of the night to put an extra rug over you as you in the little bunk in the little hut on the sand dunes, due at least a fair judgment. Compared with the bay- 'll with the battery, what has the man with the gun to e? The former a living for part of the year, the latter luck or two. did you ever hear of the man who gets a living at the ne objecting to shooting duck in the spring? No. • ell, that’s because he understands the true condition, r me to enter into the details would occupy a column two. Suffice it to say that the thrifty, provident bay- n is not going to “cut off his nose to spite his face;” I _ while I don’t want to cast any reflection on myself, vish to say that those who know the most about duck loting conditions, on the Great South Bay are those 0 can least explain or bring their argument before the _>per quarter. Those who make the agitation are, to a tain extent, masters of the situation because of clap- p sentiment. . They are the class of duck shooters who you that it is easier to kill a duck on the water than the wing. [he Plaintiff — The calamity monger. 1 he Defendant— The quiet, horny-handed man of the tery and the point. he Jury- — The good, kind, what-do-we-care-easy-mark- iw-nothing-about-it people of the State of New York, ’ermit a few questions and facts. ). Suppose you had a full year to shoot, have you ever ired the actual number of days it is possible to kill and e ducks ? lote— In the season of 1903-4 you could not have taken big the months of December, January or February fifty •ks un the Bay (I say the Bay, assuring you that I am mssing this matter absolute^ from a local standpoint), of the millions that hovered around. the neighboring n sea, because of the ice. ). r>0 you figure Oil the days when the gull flies Jo\y a”o preveHts the rigging of a battery? qUa]ities.o)Ten 4o sLTafdeSte" ‘he “‘“"S Him uhliyf J:,Lbi)al ’eSS d“cks assCTlble on the Bay fn^cmhnt'~Piere are a hundred dwellings along shore to-day where there was one then. Standing up from the of nPnP and theie appears the dul1 red smokestack a!irfinryPmfaut0u ’ TV ie ,w?ter h™dreds of oyster fishers hna u LJ * ,W V e plyin2 their trade. Puffing tug- ° PL d snappy little motor craft hurry to and fro— not nd t J s,ettmg for the “haunts of the wild ” thei'e are leSS dllcks on the Bay to-day than in othei years, must we attribute the deficiency to the battery and the pump gun ? J Statement.— Ducks are wilder while on the Bay to-day SPTe?]y th,e bagS are smalIer- Incidentally the man with the $400 shooting iron howls. reliable naturalist will tell you this is not the breeding ground of the ducks. That they mate mfpK0 any.1extenf comparable to their vast incalculable nf fnrm P Some p net that catches every fish from a minnow up — all first-class agents of fish destruction. Fishways. We have caused to be constructed in the different dams during the year thirty fishways. There are still owners of dams who, for one cause and another, have not yet com- plied with the provision of our law ; but the Board has served notice on all that the law must be obeyed, and the man who lives above the dam must have the same rights that the man below has. Fish Distribution. We are glad to report a very successful year at our fish hatchery in St. Paul. We spawned 5,000,000 trout eggs, 112,000,000 wall-eyed pike or pike-perch eggs. The bass and croppy we get from the sloughs of the Mis- sissippi River and Lake Pepin, where we employ men to seine for them. We distributed during the year 4,310,000 trout fry, 1,866,000 bass and croppy fry, and 67,000,000 wall-eyed pike fry. We placed these in the different lakes and streams where the most depletion from fishing had taken place. Restocking with Game. While artificial propagation of fish can re-stock our lakes, we cannot do the same with game birds and ani- mals. The only solution is suitable places as breeding grounds, and if those are furnished and proper protection given, there will be no question of the result in Minnesota. We are glad that not only the different States, but the Congress of the United States are taking up this matter and setting aside tracts of land, where in the mating season the birds and game animals will not be molested. Hon. George Shiras, of Pennsylvania, has introduced a bill to have the Federal authorities take charge of the pro- tection of ducks, geese and all aquatic fowl when in their flight in the spring to their breeding grounds in the north. Our Board believes that this is a happy solution of a very vexed question. While States like Minnesota have passed laws against spring shooting, other States still allow it, which nullifies, to a certain extent, our law; but when we have a Federal law making it a crime to interfere in any way with these migratory birds, the practice of spring shooting will be a thing of the past, and men who have advocated this crime against nature will be ashamed to let it be known that they were ever in favor of anything like it, when they note the increase in flights in the fall months when shooting will be allowed. The Game Supply. Several friends of game protection have advanced the idea that we ought to have a close season on deer and moose for some time to come. That sentiment is not shared by the Commission, because we believe that under the present law our deer and moose, if saved for the citi- zens of the State, will increase, and we will have them for all , time to come in Minnesota. Our feathered game, such as prairie chickens, will naturally disappear as civilization advances. The quail we will always have with us unless destroyed by sever winters with sleet. They are increasing, and are now e far north as Brainerd, and it may not surprise the deni zens of Duluth to hear the cheery Bob White whistlinj in their parks. Most States in the Union are looking to having tlj game bag reduced. Minnesota allows three deer, of moose and one caribou in a season. They also allow or hundred ducks, geese or brant, combined, and fit! chickens, partridges or quail combined. We wou, urgently request that the Legislature pass a law reducirj that bag to two deer, one moose and one caribou; twent; five chickens, grouse or quail, combined, and fifty duck geese or brant, combined, and make it unlawful to hat any more in possession at any one time. We believe tin that would do away, to a certain extent, with the “gam hog” and market-hunter, who, despite the fact that t| sale of game is prohibited in Minnesota, will go out ar shoot for market. Hunting Accidents. The public is becoming aroused because of the deati from accidents by careless hunters. While Minnesota h J fared well compared with some of our sister States, st I the accidents are altogether too numerous ; and our Boa: is of the opinion that a law ought to be passed making a penitentiary offense — manslaughter in the first degree-1 for one man to kill another in the woods, mistaking hi: for a deer, and that the defense that such killing was | accident ought not to be considered in the trial. Wh we do not believe this would stop it altogether, it wou help immensely ; but as long as we have with us the fo, who will for fun (as he calls it) point a loaded gun at] man’s head just to see him jump, just so long will i have accidents in the woods when such fellows can d. mand a license from the County Auditor of his count and until we do something to improve the human rat the placing of firearms in the hands of such men w always be a mistake; but we do not know how to stop We believe, however, that while a different law ought be passed, the newspapers throughout the State can do great deal to keep up the agitation by warning men to ! absolutely sure before they shoot that the object they aj shooting at is a wild animal. A Michigan Programme* Mr. W. B. Mershon, writing in the Saginaw Ne\ says: “The next comment is on the statement that t sportsmen themselves are the most interested; that t general public is not particularly interested in gai protection. “I believe the State of Maine by reason of its gar protection draws a bigger revenue from its game a, its fish and the tourists that these two things bring 1 their woods and streams than Michigan gets out of i sugarbeet crop. The public is interested in game pi. tection, first, because of its food value. It is stated : the papers that this fall 5,000 deer were killed in t upper peninsula. I do not know whether this is c< rect or not, but as a food product, are not 5,000 c; casses of venison of any value to the puolic? “Rabbits, partridges and ducks that are killed annua contribute tons to the food products of Michigan. “You cannot take the fishing interests away fro the game interests very well; there are game fish a commercial fish; the same sentiment that takes c; of one does the other, and as a food product Michig fisheries are not to be sneezed at. Thus is the put interested. Possibly the largest interest the public has is in thecD' JU? organization shall be known as the Eastport Rod and Gun Club. Sec. 2. Its object shall be the preservation and propagation of game and game fish, and for the purpose of hunting and fishing m a sportsmanlike and legitimate manner, owning and leasing property for that purpose. ARTICLE II. g^ec. 1- The club shall be limited to a membership of twenty- Sec. 2 All members shall sign the Constitution and By-Laws, which shall be construed as an obligation and a pledge of each member to abide by the same, and any amendments thereto, and also by all by-laws, rules and regulations which may exist or be hereafter adopted. Sec. 3. Proposals for membership shall be made in writing, and signed, by the proposing member and applicant, accompanied by the initiation fee. Sec. 4. The initiation fee shall be $10. -.Pec-5. The officers of the club shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and three Trustees. Sec. 6. Seven members personally present at a regular meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. bec‘ RTT1le annual meeting of the club shall be held on the second Monday in January of each year. The place of meeting shall be determined bv the President. Sec. 8. Special meetings of the club shall he called by the president on the written request of three members. Sec. 9. Two thirds of the members of this club shall have the power to change the Constitution and By-Laws at any meeting which has been called regularly by the president for such purpose. Sec. 10. Regular meetings of this club shall be held every three months, on the second Monday of January, April, July and Oc- tober of each year. By-Laws. ARTICLE I. Officers. Sec. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of this club and shall appoint all committee and fill pro tempore any vacancy in any office, and shall have general supervision over the affairs oi the Club. Sec. 2. Tne V ice-President shall, in the absence of the Presi- dent, preside at all meetings of the club and perform, in his ab- sence, all^the duties of the President. Sec. 3. file Secretary shall receive all applications for member- ship; shall receive and turn over to the Treasurer all fees and dues; shall keep suitable books of accounts between himself and the members of the club and the Treasurer thereof. Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive and be accountable for all moneys paid over by the Secretary, or received from other sources; he shall keep suitable books of account and shall pay out funds of the club only on the order of the President and Secre- tary. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Trustees to take charge of all the personal effects of the club in the absence of a special committee, to take and have charge of all entertainments, and act as a house committee, and also act as a tribunal for the trial of any membef against whom charges have been brought. ARTICLE II. Sec, 1. All officers of the club shall be elected in accordance with the corporation laws of the State of New York under which this club is incorporated. ARTICLE III. Members. Sec. 1. An applicant for membership shall be balloted for at a regular meeting; one black ballot shall deny the applicant admis- sion. Sec. 2. The annual dues for members shall be $10 per year, payable annually in advance at the regular meeting in January. Sec. 3. Members shall strictly observe the game laws of this bt&te, and at all times protect the song, insectivorous and other innocent birds not classed as game birds, for the preservation of our forests. Sec. 4. A member may invite not more than two guests in any open season, to shoot and hunt over the preserves of this club; only one guest permitted to one member in any one week, and such guest must be accompanied by the member so inviting. A license fee of $2 per day for each guest must be paid to the secretary of this club by the member responsible for such guest. Sec. 5. Members and guests must each day record in the books, kept for that purpose, the number of fish caught or game killed by them. Six quail and six rabbits shall constitute the limit allowed to any one gun on any one day’s shoot on club grounds. No restrictions as to other game allowed by law. Sec. 6. , Members or guests shall replace at once all fences, stone walls, gates and turnstiles which may have been torn down, displaced or broken in hunting or in coming or going through fields or woods. Sec. 7. Arty member or guest bringing a loaded gun into any part of the club house, or who shall load his gun, or shall place any cartridge id the magazine of his gun while in the club house shall pay a fine of $5. Sec. 8. Arty member in arrears of dues and assessments for one month may be suspended by the order of the President, who shall have full power; , but such suspension shall only take effect after due notice has been given in writing to the delinquent member and such notice mailed to his address by registered letter, and a receipt for same is returned. Sec. 9. Charges may be brought against any member for vio- lations of the constitution and by-laws of the club, or conduct prejudicial to the interest of the club, such charges must be made in writing; the President may suspend such member, pending an investigation of the charges. Sec. 10. Any member against whom charges may have been preferred a? above, shall be furnished with a copy of the charges and shall be heard in his own defense, after not less than ten days’ notice, before a committee consisting of the President as Chairman and the three Trustees, and if found guilty of the charges preferred, may be reprimanded, suspended for a specified time, or expelled from the club, as the Trial Comnmittee deems best. ARTICLE IYT. Wardens. Sec. 1. The President and Trustees are authorized to appoint one or more wardens each year, whose duties shall be to notify all tresspassers on the premises of the acquired or leased pre- serves of the club; protect the game and report all violations of the game and fish and forestry laws to the proper authorities; and to furnish, if possible, ample evidence of such violations, and co operate with the State, county or municipal authorities, in every honorable way, in bringing law-breakers to justice. Sec. 2. The game wardens so appointed shall receive a yearly salary, payable annually on the first day of November of each year, the amount of such salary to be determined at a regular meeting of the club. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Roll Call. 2. Reading of the Minutes of the previous meeting. 3. Payment of Dues. 4. Reports of Committees. 5. Communications. 6. Unfinished business. 7. New business. 8. Reports of the Treasurer and Secretary. 9. Election of Officers. 10, Adjournment, ■ t . P The Novitiate's Rainbow. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 22.— To paraphrase a say- ing of the late E. W. Nye, of New York and Laramie City, “We San Franciscans from the East” are just now , in the throes of the regular marked-down holiday sale of rainstorm and hurricane. This is a big country —a large and generous empire in itself. Here one catches the biggest game fishes, kills the biggest bags of game birds, drives coaches through the biggest trees in the world, lodges at the biggest hotels, looks at other worlds through the biggest telescope and finds every- thing done on a corresponding scale of bigness. ; Except the variety of the people, they are big of modesty, big of heart, small of boasting. Instance: My morning paper speaks of this veritable hurricane in .its forecast as “slightly cloudy, slight showers, fairly high south-westerly winds.” The aforesaid winds have just blown the roof off the elevator shaft of the cliff dwelling (called for politeness’ sake apartment house), in which the writer’s family have assembled their Lares and Penates; the house rocks from side to side like Pip’s wonderful saw-horse in the “Marvelous Land of Oz,” and my better-half, only accustomed to the .gentle cloudburst of Colorado, ventured to ask Mr. Miller, the quiet-mannered carpenter who undertook to repair damages with tarpaulin and wagon sheets, if “this wasn’t just dreadful?” “Why, no indeed, mum; this ain’t nothin’ to what we gits sometimes. Most generally we has lightnin’ and thunder a-plenty, and the wind blows a hull lot.” , And he changed the course of a rivulet fast disappearing down his collar with a swipe of his left hand and “swam” back to the roof, where his hammer blows were drowned by the booming of the wind. But after the storm— sunshine. And such sunshine, too! Perhaps to-morrow the parks and breathing places will be filled with people, gaily caparisoned and smiling of mien; they will trample down the velvety green grass meeting' the horizon of one’s sight at every point of the compass and waving its myriad tiny blades in welcome, to his “Merry Sunship.” There is a charm about this “native sunshine” I have found nowhere else. Mellow, like a June apple, it is, and fills one’s mouth with a taste of youth, recalling visions of crabapple blossom and honeysuckle. If the babe of nursery rhyme, who cried for the moon, had opened his lachrymal ducts for the particular brand of solar ray that envelops San Francisco, to my mind there would have been nothing inconsistent in his plea. Myself, I feel like crying for a gleam of sunshine after being shut up in my bedroom four days with a stiff neck and nothing to cheer save the patter of the rain and the howling of the wind, both big with promise of great crops at next harvest-time. But it was not of this climate, this sunshine, nor this particular “neck of the woods” that I started to write. My confinement caused memory to hark back to one particularly beautiful fall morning in Colorado, Sept. 18 last. All our household goods have either been disposed of at auction, or packed in four big trunks, now resting in the baggage car' of the “Overland Lim- iteted,” and our tickets give us license to ride and ride i and ride, till we shall come to the Golden Gate. Our powerful engine quickly gets down to business and soon we’re whirling past the orchards and ranches and beet farms of northern Colorado. j Cheyenne, Wyoming, that modern Gretna Green of divorced ones, who want another “hack” at matrimony, ’.is hailed and passed. Our ponderous steed begins now a monotonous thump, thump, thump toward the town where Col, Nye began life “skinning mules” and grind- ing out humor for the Laramie Boomerang. Tt was “gittin’ along to’ards dusk” when we “hit the tijaii” across the Laramie plains, with their wonderful 'shadings in red-and-yellow brick-dust soils and drab grasses. As we sat back in our varnished car, watch- 1 ing the miles go reeling into the bygone, without seeing any bigger game on the limitless plains than now and then an impudent little prairie dog, standing man-like at his hole with hand across his pretty white breast, making mocking obeisance at the passing train, I re- called an interview of recent date with that veteran engineer and railroad builder, Gen. G. M. Dodge, of Omaha and New York. He had just returned from an inspection tour over the first railroad to cleave the great plains and weld West and East into closer and 'ever closer bond. “Railroad building in the late ’60s,” said the grizzled, old path-builder, sunning a gouty foot in his luxurious apartments at the Brown Palace Llotel in Denver, “was not like it is now. There was more zest, more risk, more of the wild-and-wooly about it then. Plains swarmed with buffalo and" Indians. Uncle Sam’s soldiers kept pretty busy killing Injuns, who opposed the building of the railroad, and protecting our men. Every engineer’s corps was guarded; so was every grader’s camp and every other working department. Without the soldiers my work must have failed. For meat the camp was supplied with buffalo in abundance, and buffalo robes were more common than woolen blankets. ■The streams were full of trout; no trick at all to take all one wanted for the whole ‘mess’ after knocking off from work. Coyotes were bold and fearless — for coyotes — and furnished most of the nocturnal music. “It has been years since I was here; the changes are striking. No Indians — not one. No buffalo. Only a tew wallows, I am told, remain to tell the story of his greatness. Coyotes — yes, a few still skulk in the fast- nesses, but most of these, too, are gone. And trout — hey, too, would be gone but for the fostering hand of nan. However, I am too old for the fly-rod, too old. [ fear. But there vyas a time””— and the doughty old railroad-builder’s eyes sparkled youthfully, as though he d like just one more try at the leaping beauties. It pleased him much, said this old frontiersman, to hear the leading railroad experts of the country had declared lecently that, notwithstanding the Union Pacific had literally been built amid a shower of hostile arrows and bullets, yet every engineering problem had been so carefully wrought out that no change was recommended, after the lapse of thirty-five years. Fremont, the great pathfinder, was no more beset in his time than was this later pioneer whose work has made possible the rapid civilization of the far West. At Wolcott we piled off, rod and suit cases in hand, and sought slumber in a nearby hotel. It’s a. twenty- four mile ride tO' Saratoga, but the trip was charmingly negotiated behind a pair of powerful bays who simply walked away with the comfortable four-seated Spalding, into which were stored all necessary camping-out duffle, not forgetting some choice breakfast bacon and eggs to “settle the coffee.” I demurred somewhat at “settled” coffee, allowing the “bootleg” variety the proper thing mr. j. b. caldwell’s record amber jack. for camp; but femininity prevailed and the eggs were not jettisoned. Arrived at Saratoga we decided to call it a day, and Fred Wolfe, hotel man and sportsman’s friend, made us comfortable for the night. Off early Tuesday morning, after an inspiring and sustaining breakfast prepared by Mr. Wolfe, a twentv- mile drive on a gorgeous Colorado day fetched us to the Tilton ranch, situated on the North Platte River flowing from Colorado into Wyoming. Here we “fed” both team and ourselves, and “settled coffee” with real cream lost none of its charm for being made over a wood fire and quaffed from granite cups. So far no trout; the occasional young sage chickens and grouse had escaped our larder simply for lack of a gun'. A comfortable half day’s ride brought us at sunset to the Big Creek ranch of John Hunter. One may stop here and do well with the pink-bellied rainbows, if he choose, but we pushed on to the ranch of another Hunter, whose surname is “Jack.” His home is about three miles from Pinkhamton and the same distance from the mouth of North Platte Canon. The distances named may be fair subject of criticism. I received them at second hand, pass them over in silence and hope those who follow me will do likewise. Westerners are never niggardly, even in the matter of a few miles — more or less. “The Platte was just right,” said Uncle Jack, a lean and active young-old man who knows not how many head of cattle he owns, and grows richer and richer each year in spite of himself. With a bank account of over $100,000 Mr. Hunter lives in a style of such surprising simplicity that the modern medium-salaried city man would deem it discomfort to live so. How- ever, Mr. Hunter has lived in style in Chicago; knows ■ what he wants. The exterior of his nondescript log- house gives no intimation of the good cheer within. But once seated on either of the two long wooden benches which parallel the oilcloth-covered dining table in one end of the kitchen, the guest loses himself wondering where all those good things come from. So many campers and “hoboes” pass his way and have despitefully used him in one. way or. another that “Uncle Jack” generally bids them all “begone,” But I had, known him previously, had traded him a pair of gum wading boots for a coyote dog, and then lost the dog. That made a difference. I m like Ben Franklin; I pass this way but once, and I want to treat everybody right. But, like President Roosevelt, I’m not going to let anybody treat me wrong u ^ (jnow it- I’ve enough to live on and some to leave the boys. I’ve a most discriminating tooth (he has a whole mouthful of them, white and sound as a dog’s), and I like to treat it well. But I’m denied if I am going to wear Tuxedos and English walking coats, when I feel more comfortable in 75-cent overalls.” With this picturesque remark, the gaunt old cattle king turned to the subject of the next day’s fishing. The water was just right,” he repeated, and we were to be congratulated in that regular vacation time was now past. “The fish were not kept in a state of perpetual fright,” he said, “by the passing of would-be sports up and down the banks.” By the bye, Uncle Jack uses never a fly. But I have yet to see the fly-fisher who can cast further or better or more accurately than he. By this I mean in prac- tical work on the stream, not in tournament. Filling a bucket with live minnows, netted in one of the many shallows on the Platte, the lithe old gentleman gathers his line in his left hand in a score or more of four- foot loops, gently clutches the end of the leader about eighteen inches from the hook, to which the minnow lias been previously attached through the thick part of the back, and after a few quick whirls, releases the leader from between finger and thumb of right hand. Immediately the impaled minnow sails straight up into the air in the intended direction. You hardly see it strike the water, the resultant “drag” is almost im- perceptible, and you wonder how in thunder the caster knew to such a nicety just how much line to pay out. [;How do you do it?” I asked. Dunno, been doin it all my life. Practice maybe. Yes, I can cast a fly pretty fairly, thank you, but this way suits me best. I get the biggest trout, and that’s what I m after. Flies is all right for fly-casters, but bait-castuq for me all the time. It takes more science to cast bait successfully, too. Try it.” I did, and went back to flies as being easier, though I knew somewhat or bait-casting for black bass in the Shenandoah and Delaware in years past. Next morning we invaded that portion of the Platte which meanders through a few miles of meadow land owned by our host. This was out of deference to my life comiade, now to make her first killing — maybe. I he latter and I had four-ounce lancewoods, very supple and willowy. She decided to use bait. Her host gallantly baited and cast for her into a pool, tellin°- her to “let it stay thar till somethin’ takes the bait and runs, off a bit with it; then strike him hard” “What will I strike him with?” «tsks the Novitiate, looking helpless. “Wffh your fist,” said I, sassily, “you know how ” ’ With your rod— just so,” replied the gentle old angler, illustrating. Thank you/' beamingly to her instructor. “Shet up,” defiantly to me. Quickly rigging up a killing battery, I was soon slashing away in the still waters, reversing methods winch lead to success earlier in the season. In these waters, after the crisp September weather sets in, trout iorsake the deep holes and lie along the shallow edges. So I waded into deep water, much to the. consternation ot the -Novitiate, who said several Things about my being Foolish and Getting a Cold and Dying, but grew Calm when I Assured herqny Insurance' Premiums were lasting my ^'es 'nto I'le Still water alongside the riffles I soon had a strike; -returned it, and was in the act of making a “grand stand play” for the benefit ot the Novitiate who, I could see out of the corner of my eye was looking at me in open-mouthed admiration when she screamed: “Oh, oh, I got one! I got one'” and began dancing about excitedly. Mine was a small trout and I lost no time in beaching him. Hastenin°- to the Novitiate, who was doing all sorts of stunts and working hard to turn a really big one, I offered to re- lieve her. “You keep away; don’t you dare touch this rod. I landed you, and I guess I’ll land this one, too just stand there and tell me what to do.” So the next few minutes it was: . “Give him line — let him run — reel in, reel in— don’t tip your rod so high— there, look out— he jumps— steady steady— he’s got too much line— look out for those br ush— -reel slowly, slowly — keep playing' him not too fast”— and on through the stages till— “now walk up the beach backward”— was carefully obeyed, and the big fellow also “walked out on dry land ” Not even after it was all over and Mr. Rainbow was kicking in safety in the grass did the Novitiate get p^Tntatl°in’ or something of that sort. Not she. Why, the greedy thing, he took my minnow'” she exclaimed and forthwith began bawling: “Mr. Hunter, oh, good Mr. Hunter! do please, come and cast for me again! And good Mr. Hunter came and did as he was commanded, looked at the fast dying monarch of the pool, said, “A good four-pounder ’’ and went back to his “knitting” downstream. I returned to my chops and succeeded within an hour in bagging five more nice little fellows, none over two pounds Joining the Novitiate I offered to put her catcli in my creel, and was surprised to find a second victim alongside her first, both as like as two peas. “J you do that?” I queried. “Uh, huh!” quoth the Novice. “Don’t believe you; you didn’t holler.” “No, Toaten, I couldn’t holler; 1 was too dum- founded.” That was convincing. Hallooing to our host that time was up. we wended our way across the. newly cut grain stubble to the house, running, first into 3 98 FOREST AND STREAM. ^ IFeb. 4, 1905- covey of quail, later into a big bunch of willow grouse. Both were quite tame; they would hardly get out of our road and a good marksman could have bowled over many of them. The Novitiate’s two rainbows weighted 4 and 4%. pounds respectively. She killed her first, the smaller, in less than five minutes under my coaching. The last consumed somewhat more time, as she was alone and feared that too fast work would result in loss. Neither had swallowed the hook, the last dropping off the hook while being “walked up the beach.” My catch of six tipped the scale neatly at eight pounds. “Sorry you didn’t do any business, Mr. Hunter,” I said, banteringly. “Better take the loan of a few flies; you’ll do better next time.” “Don’t be too brash, young man. I didn’t say I hadn’t ketched none,” and running his long arm into the regions of his hunting coattail he fetched forth three — every one a mate to the Novitiate’s capture. Eleven and one-half pounds was their total. “Now what about your ginger quills and hare’s ears and such like? They are all right for you, sonny; but the old man will stick to his minnows.” I was unable to stay and convince him, for we wanted a day at Wood’s Landing on the Big Laramie; time was pressing. “The boys” — there were several of them — had built a rousing fire near the little rivulet that flows by the doorway of the Hunter home, and “oodles and oodles” of red hot embers and sizzling ashes awaited us. With- out disemboweling or scaling our trophies they were wrapped in a coating of mud, cast into a bed of hot ashes, covered with lurid embers, next with hot coals. There they lay and sputtered while we prepared for breakfast. In time the sputtering grew less boisterous, the baked mud cases that encompassed the fish were duly cleft, and peeled off, skin and scales coming away simultaneously. It was a simple thing to run the thin blade of a steel knife in at the gill and deftly turn the point so as not to disturb the ribs. Thus one entire side of the trout was lifted unbroken on to a platter — smoking hot. A similar motion, and the entire bony framework was lifte'd away from the lower side and cast into the midst of a pack of hungry deer hounds. One lean fellow caught the morsel on the fly with wide open mouth, the others looked disappointed and as though they wished they had been the lucky dog. The. latter a moment later probably wished the same thing, for he had swallowed it without knowing how hot his prize was, and demonstrated that dogs can shed tears. If he didn’t get indigestion he was surely a wonder. Deftly lifting the other half of the trout on to the platter, our cook gave the other similar treatment. A sauce of hot butter of the Hunter home-brewed brand, hot vinegar, pepper — hot also — salt, sugar, all thor- oughly emulsified over the fire, completed that part of the menu. Then there were fresh-laid dropped eggs, light fluffy baking powder biscuits, coffee that crinkled in one’s mouth and a hearty “Now, help yourselves, all.” The Novitiate repeatedly counseled me to “be care- ful of your indigestion.” I must have obeyed her for once, for I got away with that meal without turning a hair. Pinkhamton is an aggregation of cottages known as “Kings,” a justly popular stopping place for hunters and fishers. It is close to the Platte — about three miles distant, Colorado lineal measure — and grouse, sage hens, quail (now under three years’ protection, I be- lieve) abound. Chasing the coyote also furnishes great sport, if one has a good pack of trained coyote hounds. Uncle Jack Hunter has such a pack; many coyote skins adorn the floors of his home. Our course now bore us back toward Laramie via the Wood’s Landing road, crossing the Big Laramie at the landing of that name. Three years previously I had visited a rancher friend in this vicinity and had had the sport of my life, on three successive days filling my creel with rainbows ranging from twelve to sixteen inches — big, chunky, fat ones, all. I took all that were coming to me, too, for the reason that back under the eastern foothills were many fish-hungry “can’t-get- aways,” to whom I had solemnly given promise of a. trout dinner — a regular gorge. I was going to keep my word, and did. We reached our destination late and I persuaded the Novitiate to forego fishing for the evening and help wash dishes. She accepted the suggestion. I soon found my favorite pool. It was 75 to 100 feet wide, several hundred feet long, but not above thigh-deep. A royal coachman, white miller and coachman, all No. 6, comprised my cast. I did not use over twenty feet of line. It grows dark before 8 o’clock at this season, and the darker the better the fishing. One hour’s cast- ing in ice-cold water netted twenty-four like those de- scribed above. Another charming breakfast, a portion of which consisted of freshly caught fried trout, more zephyr-like biscuits, country butter and Colorado honey, a hearty command to “come again and stay longer,” and the Novitiate and the undersigned soon “hit the dusty trail” for Laramie City, whence we set out for Lake Tahoe, the wonderful, to have a try at the big lakers who — but of that we will have more later. J. D. C. Fish and Fishing. The Netting in Missisquoi Bay. Nothing decisive is yet known as to the outcome of the interview at Ottawa the other day between American fishery officers and others and the Dominion and Provin- cial Ministers of Fisheries, Hon. Messrs. Prefontaine and Parent, respecting the netting of Missisquoi Bay. The delegates from both New York and Vermont presented their case very strongly, commenting upon the impro- priety, to say the least, of the netters upon one side of the international boundary being permitted to take spawn- ing fish out of waters common to both countries, which are only stocked by the authorities of the other side. Many millions of young fish were being planted in Lake Champlain every year from American hatcheries, and neither New York nor Vermont now permits seining in the spawning season in Missisquoi Bay. The North American Fish and Game Protective Association was represented by Dr, Finnie, of Montreal, vice-president for the Province of Quebec, who strongly supported the con- tentions of the American delegates. The representatives of the Canadian netters were particularly vigorous in their opposition to the views of the delegation. Among them were the Hon. Mr. McCorkill, Treasurer of the Province of Quebec, and therefore a member of Mr. Parent’s cabinet, who represents in the Government the section of country bordering upon Missisquoi Bay; Mr. Meigs, M. P„ who represents the county of Missisquoi in the Dominion Parliament, and a Mr. Jamieson, a lawyer retained by the interested parties. These parties rather staggered their opponents by the assertion, which they supported by a quotation from some alleged Govern- ment publication, to the effect that the so-called pike- perch which were being planted in Lake Champlain were not the Stizostedicm vitreum or dore of Canadian waters at all, but simply the yellow perch. It is most remarkable’ to say the least, where such a statement could have originated, when the last published list of the details of distribution of young fish issued by the United States Commission of Fisheries shows that only 1,700 yellow perch were distributed in all during the year, while the Vermont Fish Commission alone distributed 16,000,000 of the fry and fingerlings of the pike-perch. The dele- gates from Vermont and New York seemed to be dumb- ; founded by the announcement, and not only promised to obtain reliable information on the subject immediately, but also to secure orders to stop the planting of the yel- lov perch at once — that is, if it be true that any are being i planted. In the meantime the matter is left in the hands of Hon. Messrs. Prefontaine and Parent, who will shortly hear of more vigorous protests against the netting . nuisance from the North American Fish and Game Pro- tective Association, which is meeting this week in St. John, N. B., and will devote much of its attention to this important subject, as it has already done at former meetings. Why Protective Associations are Needed. No individual member of the North American Associa tion_ has worked, harder in it for the abolition of the seining in Lake Champlain than its second president, the Hon. John W. Titcomb, now in charge of the Division of Fishculture at Washington. Mr. Titcomb is unable to be present at the meeting of the association this year, but he has written it one of the most striking arguments in support of its work ever uttered or penned. Among other things, Mr. Titcomb says: “I wish it were possible for me to be with you. The association is an influence for creating an appreciation of nature’s blessings. When the whole people appreciate the liberality of the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being, the problem of the protection of fish and game will be easily solved. Nature’s equilibrium, disturbed by civilization, must be aided by both propagation and protection. I sometimes think it would be a good thing if fish and game were exterminated, if only we had a source of supply to draw upon in order to restore nature’s equi- librium in this respect. Take, for illustration, the little country of New Zealand, of one million inhabitants. The people there appreciate the advantages of the propagation and protection of fish and game. Through the work of just such societies as the North American Fish and Game Protective Association, the waters of New Zealand have j become stocked with fish introduced from Europe and North America, and the country is now an angler’s para- dise. Englishmen take the long journey to New Zealand purely for the fishing and hunting. Hunting also is the result of introducing game from abroad. I have just had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Donne, who is New . Zealand’s promoter in the introduction of game, etc. He informed me that in 1882 two hinds and one stag were in- j troduced from England, and that now more than ten thousand deer roam over the islands. Other game has been successfully introduced, and he is now about to take > from this country ten elk and as many moose. I do not believe the people of New Zealand require protective ! associations at present, because they appreciate the bless- I mgs which have been brought to them. Nature was so liberal with us at the start that we did not appreciate our , blessings, and thus the necessity for associations.” I only wish that the above extract from Mr. Titcomb’s Ftter could be scattered broadcast throughout the land, in the columns of every newspaper in the country. E. T. D. Chambers. A Palm Beach Amber Jack. The illustration shows the largest amber jack on record. The fish, weighing 92 pounds, was taken on rod and reel by Mr. J. B. Cauldwell, of New York. The time required to bring the fish to gaff was forty minutes. The record up to this time for amber jack was 84 pounds. The tackle used was supplied by Edward vom Hofe, of New York, and consisted of a star reel equipped with an auto- matic and adjustable friction drag, greenheart rod 7 feet long, weight 13 ounces; 600 feet No. 24 line, and 9/0 forged hook. Worn-Out Gasolene Engines* BY A. E. POTTER. ^ HE question was asked me some time ago as to when I considered a gasolene marine engine worn out and valueless but for junk. The importance of the question at the time did not impress me greatly, but latterly I have been considering the matter carefully, and it appears worthy of attention.. Owing to the usual trunked piston construction, there is no take-up for wear due to side thrust in both two and four-cycle engines, and the effectiveness of the engine does not usually decrease until the cylinder walls, piston, or rings become so worn as to lose compression. The piston and rings should be made of softer material than the cylinder itself, and if atten- tion is paid to the selection of materials entering into the construction of these wearing parts, with proper lubrica- tion a cylinder should out-wear several sets of rings. If, on the other hand, a piston fits the cylinder too snugly, and no allowance is made for unequal expansion, the pis- ton will bind and cause excessive wear on the walls of the cylinder. Rings are used to prevent the hot gases from passing from . the explosion to the compression chamber, if the engine is two-cycle, or the crank case or open air if four-cycle. While the carburetor has been termed the lungs of the gasolene engine, the piston rings could well be called the nerves If the rings are in good shape, of the proper material, well designed, properly proportioned, decently well machined, practically fitted, and renewed when they ought to be, the life of the engine will be prolonged. If, on the other hand, the conditions are bad in one or more of the above essentials, gasolene engine “nervous prostra- te?1 can be looked for as a result of what could with propriety be called piston ring malpractice. A gasolene engine is a piece of high-strung machinery. Snap rings are about the only ones used in gasolene engine work, as they seem to fill the requirements better than any other construction. The material should be close-grained, homogeneous gray cast iron, with good springing qualities. These will be enhanced by molding each ring separately, so that the scale may be left on the inside of the ring. The top. and bottom edges may be ground off on a surface grinder, or the ring may be chucked for the purpose and the grinding done on a uni- versal grinding machine. No matter what method is pursued, the width of the ring should be absolutely uni- form, and the ring itself should not be distorted. In some cases one side only is ground, then the ring held by an expanding clutch and plate pressing against the under ground edge, until the outside of the ring is turned off, when the front clamp being released, the ring is held by outside jaws and the third side finished. Even should this method be pursued, I always advise that the side which was ground at first have a light chip turned off, so that no ground surface should be exposed with the possibility of its becoming “charged” with emery or any other abrasive substance, and cause excessive wear on the cylinder walls, which should be kept as perfect as possi- ble. For these same reasons I have always heartily dis- approved of grinding the pistons. It may never cause any trouble, but there is a possibility of it, and I have always maintained that such chances should never be taken, knowing how easily cast iron may be charged with abrasive material— emery, corundum, powdered oilstone pumice, or other similar materials. A ring that is too wide causes not only excessive wear in the cylinder, but shortens the life of and reduces the effi- ciency of the ring. Too much -spring ip the ring will pro- duce the same results, 3 There should be much more spring in the ends of the ring at the point of parting than at the back, consequently the ring is usually made eccentric. The eccentricity is frequently not made as great as it ordinarily would be on account of weakening the ends, causing a liability to breakage, especially if the ends are so constructed as to lap one half the width of the ring. To obviate this danger, it is good practice to have the ring cast not exactly, round on the inside, but with a flattened section, increasing the thickness considerably at the point of part- ing. The cylinder is less liable to be cut by rings that are parted diagonally than where the ends lap by each other; and were it not that a square parted ring, similar to those used in the Westinghouse steam engines, is liable to cut and score the cylinder at its point of parting, this ring would be found every bit as efficient as the more expen- sive method, and the liability of broken ends and points would be entirely eliminated. These rings should be re-; newed much oftener than is customary. As they wear, they become more and more open at the ends, and the hot gases passing by . the ends of the rings have a deleterious effect on the polished cylinder surfaces. 1 Marine and automobile engine cylinders do not usually last as long as stationary ; for one reason, on account of the different proportions of the length of the connect- ing rod to the stroke. Where it is essential that the length of the rod should be very short, there is, of course, more side thrust and more wear. In stationary design the con- necting rod is rarely less than two and one-half times the stroke with an angularity at its greatest of g° ; while in automobiles and marine engines it is seldom that the1 length of the connecting rod exceeds twice the stroke, or a maximum angularity of ii° 15', an increase of 25 per cent, in the amount of the side thrust of the shorter over the longer rod. Leaky cylinders also, in two-cycjp engines partipu- Feb. 4, 1905.]! FOREST AND STREAM 99 larly, render the wrist and crank pin and main shaft bearings subject to excessive wear from the heat of the gases which pass by the rings into the crank case. These have a tendency to burn up the oil and heat the bearings. If the engine is of the two-cycle type, the leaking products of combustion foul the gas so that it is not so explosive, reduce the quantity of each charge by heating and dis- placing its volume. There is one cause of scoring of the cylinder which is all too frequent, and that is by the ends of the piston or wrist pin protruding through the hole in the piston. Some pins have their bearings in the piston itself, and others are tight in the piston and have their bearing in the upper end of the connecting rod. No matter which construction is employed, the ends of the pin should never come into contact with 'the cylinder walls. The pin must be, by some absolutely positive method, kept in place. This seems easy, but some of our best designers have fallen down on this particular feature, and results of this imperfection have frequently proved disastrous. The new designer does not usually appreciate the necessity of care in this respect until he has an opportunity to note the damage resulting from a loose wrist-pin. When rebor- ing with new piston and rings becomes necessary, or a new cylinder has to be supplied and the expense is realized, he awakens to the fact that the success of a gas- olene engine is in careful attention to the little things, kinks, etc., learned by sad experience ofttimes. A gasolene engine is not worn out until its cylinder is so badly worn or broken that it will not hold compression, and cannot be replaced or rebored. Pistons and rings, as well as connecting rods, can be cheaply replaced, and in some cases cylinders can be rebored, but the work should only be done by people who know how, and the cost is sometimes prohibitive. The matter resolves itself into a careful study into the actions and conditions of the engine’s nerves or piston rings; and in buying engines a good deal of money, time and trouble may be saved you by investigating the piston ring end, and the life of your engine may be prolonged by attendance upon, and renewals of, the piston rings when necessary, or sometimes, perhaps, a little before this be- comes imperative. Queries on Marine Motors. H. B. L., Trenton, N. J. — My engine, the past season, bothered me from pressure, blowing the oil out of the lubricating cup on the cylinder. It would only feed about one-half a cupful before the feed would stop. What caused it, and how can it be remedied? Ans. — In multi-cylinder engines, even when new, fre- quently one cylinder will bother the same as you describe, while all the others will feed regularly. The cause is, in your case, undoubtedly due to excessive wear, either of the cylinder or piston rings, or the top ring may be broken. The piston pin may have scored the cylinder, or it may have been caused by too little oil at some time. You may have had water in the cylinder some time, and the upper ring may have be- come rusted or stuck in the slot. It shows conclusively that the pressure leaks by the top ring and is held by the next one or even the third, and this pressure blows the oil back. Unless the lubricating hole through the cylinder wall, when the piston is on the upper and lower center, is covered by the piston, the lubrication cannot be fully depended upon. This is the reason for the necessity of the piston always being at least one and one-fourth the length of the stroke, unless splash lubri- cation is employed. P. E. J., Westerly, R. I. — Why does a right-hand propeller wheel throw the stern of the boat to the starboard when going ahead and to the port when “backing”? Ans. — The screw propeller exerts more power at the lower part where the water is less disturbed than at the top. In backing, this phenomenon is not so pro- nounced as when going ahead. The wake of the boat, or the water coming together as it leaves the sides of the boat is responsible in part. H. B. R., Norfolk, Va. — 1. How fast ought a 6in. by 6in. single cylinder two-cycle engine to run? 2. Could I not increase the power by increasing its speed from 300 to 450 r. p. m. ? Ans. — (i) The manufacturer of your engine is the proper one for you to address, for he should know how fast it is safe to run it, at what speed it develops the most power, whether the piston, connecting rod and crank pin is counterbalanced or not. (2) If the speed could be safely increased and the ports are properly proportioned, exhaust piping is ample and there is not too much back pressure on the exhaust, you might in- crease the power by increasing the speed — but 450 revo- lutions per minute for the average 6in. x 6in. single- cylinder engine is very high. J. B. P., East Alburgh, Vt. — My propeller wheel, as measured by the apparatus described in your paper a few weeks ago, is any- where from 24in. to 31in. pitch. One of the three blades has over 40 per cent, more pitch than the others. Could I not bend that blade to reduce the pitch, or would I get better results by getting a new wheel? Ans.- — You do not give sufficient information to judge of just what is needed; but we hardly think you can bend the blades to make them all uniform. Even were they all alike, the wheel would not give the best results, for the pitch is nothing like true screw. American Boats in South America. — P. T. Blose, a boat manufacturer of Detroit, Mich., passed through Pittsburg last night to his home, after spending several weeks in South America, where he formerly shipped many boats to be used on the rivers in that country. Mr. Blose stated that in former years the majority of the boats used on the South American rivers were built in this country, many of them being shipped from Pittsburg. He said that of recent years the boat manufacturers of Germany had underbid the American manufacturers, and as a result the Germans were getting the bulk of that trade. The boats are shipped to South America, where they are put together. The machinery for the boats sent from Germany does not equal that sent from this country, according to statements made by Mr. Blose, and he be- lieves that it will be but a few years until the Americans make nearly all the boats used on the rivers in South America. — Pittsburg Times. Boston Letter* Boston, Jan. 29. — The annual meeting of the Boston Y. C. was held at the Rowe’s Wharf club house last Wednesday evening. It was thought that some mention of the new uniform rating rule would be made, and pos- sibly that a proposition would be made to adopt it. Noth- ing was said about it, however, and it will remain for an- other meeting to be agitated. It was voted to hold an annual cruise during the season of 1905, and Vice-Com- modore E. P. Boynton at once extended an invitation to the members of the club to again become his guests at Five Islands, Me. Last year the fleet of the Boston Y. C. visited Vice-Commodore Boynton at Five Islands, and from the manner in which they enjoyed themselves it is likely that they will be anxious to go again. The fleet was up against the “Down-East” fog proposition last season, but in spite of this the cruise was successful. Mr. William Avery Carey, who was re-elected Secretary- Treasurer at the meeting, tendered his resignation, and a committee was appointed to wait upon him to see if he could not be induced to alter his decision. If he remains firm, it will be necessary to call a special meeting of the club to' fill the position. Mr. Carey was secretary of the Hull club from 1880. He continued the office when the Hull and the Massachusetts Y. C.’s were amalgamated, and has continued with the Boston Y. C. since the amal- gamation with the Hull-Massachusetts Club two years ago. The following officers were elected : Com., B. P. Cheney, steam yacht Jule; Vice-Corn., E. P. Boynton, schooner Magnolia; Rear-Com., Alfred Douglas, sloop Shigessa; Sec’y-Treas., William Avery Carey; Executive Comittee — Foster Hooper, Charles A. French, Charles Playden and Walter Burgess ; Membership Committee — W. C. Lewis, L. B. Goodspeed, Charles H. Cross 2d and Arthur Prince Plawes; Regatta Committee for two- years, Sumner H. Foster, C. G. Brown, David A. Weir and George P. Keith. At the annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, the following officers were elected: Com., John O. Shaw; Vice-Corn., Henry A. Morss ; Rear-Com., George P. Hodgdon; Sec’y, Everett Paine; Treas.-Meas., W. B. Stearns; Executive Committee — Frank E. Pea- body and W. H. Rothwell ; Regatta Committee — Herbert S. Goodwin, L. F. Percival, H. H. Walker, W. L. Carl- ton and Stephen Bowen ; Membership Committee — Per- cival W. Pope, O. W. Shead, Frederick Estabrook and Charles D. Wainwright; House Committee for three years, Robert C. Morse. It appears to be the sentiment in the club, that the new uniform measurement rule should be. adopted, and with this in view, a committee was ap- painted to revise the racing rules. Since the annual meet- ing, the regatta committee has organized and has an- nounced the following fixtures : June 10, Saturday — Club race. June 17, Saturday — -Invitation ocean race. July I, Saturday — Club race. July 4, Tuesday — Invitation race. July 8, Saturday — Club race. July 22, Saturday — Club race. July 29, Saturday — Club race. August 9, Wednesday — Midsummer series. August 10, Thursday — Midsummer series. August 11, Friday — Midsummer series. August 12, Saturday — Invitation race. August 26, Saturday — Club race. September 2, Saturday — Club race. September 4, Monday- — Grand handicap. The new 90ft. schooner for Mr. F. F. Brewster is about half plated in Lawley’s west shop. In the east shop an 87ft. twin screw gasolene yacht, designed by Mr. Fred. D. Lawley for Mr. Herbert F. Hanson has been planked and the deck laid, and the cabin w'ork is now going in. A 60ft. gasolene yacht designed by Mr. Arthur Binney is planked. A 22-footer for Mr. C. A. Morss is being finished up inside. This boat will be used in Buzzard’s Bay. The 30-footer fbr Mr. Albert Stone has been finished. She will be called Ursula II. In the boat shop four of the ten 17-footers of the Cohasset one-design class have been finished, and all of the boats have been started. The cabin house is being put on the 35ft. launch for Mr. Francis C. Welch. A 20ft. cat for Mr. Felix Rackerman is planked. A 35-footer, designed by Mr. W. H. Hand, Jr., for Mr. A. R. Meyer, of Kansas City, has been laid down. Mr. Fred. D. Lawley has designed a 35ft. schooner for Mr. C. S. Dennison, to be used in Buzzard’s Bay. The following officers have been elected by the Cottage Park Y. C. : Com., Russell Gardner; Vice-Com., Lemuel C. Moody; Treas., Alfred J. Rogers; Sec’y, Charles C. Ehrman; Directors — Henry J. Wright, Wesley A. Gove, Herbert L. Drew and William M. McMillan; Membership Committee — Horace A. Magee, W. Harry Williams, Timothy A. Atwood, Fred. E. Drew, William P. Morri- son, John W. Herbert and William A. Byrne; Regatta Committee — Albert B. Freeman, Frederick C. Hight, Louis E. Noble, Edwin C. Johnson and Roland Bailey. At the annual meeting of the Winthrop Y. C. the fol- lowing officers were elected: Com., W. D. Allen; Vice- Com., S. C. L. Haskell; Sec’y, Charles G. Bird; Treas., Edgar H. Whitney; Meas., A. S. Richards; Directors — C. A. Heney, C. H. Billings, H. M. Frost and C. A. Rouillard ; House Committee — J. P. Feehan, C. W. Gray and A. S. Richards ; Regatta Committee — W. A. Garratt, W. T. Milton, G. J. Buchanan, H. L. Pease and Lewis B. McKie ; Membership Committee — G. A. Nash, Frank Beckler, J. L. Rankin, W. J. Kelley, F. S. Mason, M. C. Rogers, Albert Partridge, G. W. Roberts and J. J. Devereaux. _ George J. Buchanan was appointed fleet captain. This is Charles G. Bird’s nineteenth election as secretary of the club. Wilson & Silsby have orders for suits of sails for the following yachts: 25-footer, Dr. Franklin Dexter; 25-footer Babs, E. B. Alford; 21-footer, P.. E. Greeg; 18- footer Broncho, Charles Este ; 30- footer Ursula II., Albert Stone; 21-footer, F. T. Catlin; 21-footer Jack Rabbit, W. H. Bradbury; 25-footer, A. C. Crawford, Nassau, Bahamas; 18-footer, Huntington Manufacturing Company; schooner Agatha, W. S. Eaton; iceboat, Archibald Rogers; 42ft. schooner, C. E. Gibson; 35-footer Vayer II., Dr. R. H. Hart, Philadelphia; 8 suits for 15-footers, George Lawley; 35ft. yawl, Charles Long- streth, Philadelphia; 30-footer and 15-footer, Burgess & Packard; 21-footer Tartan, A. H. Pirie; 22-footer, Dr. E. W. Galvan; 22- footer, George Lawley; mainsails for R. PL Post, Porto Rico, and schooner Ploosier, Edgar Hard- ing; No. 2 jib topsail for schooner Chanticleer; George W. Weld; spinnaker for Henry H. Palmer, San Diego, Cal., and set of awnings for steam yacht Narada, Vice- Commodore Henry Walters, New York Y. C. John B. Killeen. Kanawha* On the 27th of May, 1899, was launched at Morris Heights, on the Harlem River, New York city, a steel yacht which her sponsor, Miss Duncan, christened Kanawha. While much was anticipated in the way of speed, Kanawha gave no disappointment to either owner or builders, for from the preliminary trials the yacht became the talk of the yachting contingent, by reason of its fine appearance and great speed. Indeed, one of the considerations of the contract when the order was given, was that in a run between New York and Sandy Hook the yacht was to beat the time of the then famous flyer, Monmouth. The race occurred on the 31st of July, which resulted in defeat for the Monmouth, and gave to the builders a large bonus over the contract price. Some dis- cussion as to the fitness of Monmouth’s condition fol- lowed, in consequence of which a second trial of speed was made on September 19, Kanawha covering the dis- tance of twenty-three miles in 57m., and again leaving the competitor far astern. There were frequent brushes during the club cruise that fall, and during the Interna- tional Cup races between the yacht and Corsair — Felicia Marietta ; in fact, the owner of the latter was reported to have challenged for a race, but the contest never came off. After the Monmouth contests there was no real test of Kanawha’s speed against a foe worthy of her steel until the summer of 1903, when a race was made between her and Mr. W. B. Leeds’ Noma for the Lyistrata Cup given by Mr. James Gordon Bennett. Kanawha won by a liberal margin, and was accorded the well-merited title of Queen of the Fleet. Last summer Mr. F. M. Smith challenged with his fast yacht Hauoli, and the general impression seemed that there was danger of Kanawha’s colors being brought down ; but while the race was close, she still merited her title at the first, and by the second race became perma- nent owner of the Bennett Cup. Kanawha is 227 ft. in length over all, 24ft. beam, and draws 10ft. The hull and deck houses are of steel. The propelling plant consists of two triple expansion en- gines, with cylinders 14, 23^ and 42 by 27-inch stroke; four water-tube boilers; has ice and electric plants, also one for air cooling. On deck is located dining saloon, chart and smoking room, captain’s stateroom, laundry and butler’s pantry ; also large music roof aft. Below decks aft there are seven staterooms, toilet rooms and baths ; also a commodious saloon. The crew’s quar- ters are forward, and comprise four staterooms for junior officers and berthing accommodation for crew of twenty. The yacht was built for the late John P. Duncan, Esq., but is now owned by Mr. H. H. Rogers. Her cost was over a quarter of a million dollars. Mr. Charles L. Sea- bury was designed, and the builders the Gas Engine & Power Company and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Con- solidated. Our supplement this week shows Kanawha winning the Lysistrata Cup. The picture was taken as she crossed the line in the lead of Hauoli. Steam Yacht Toinette Sold. — Mr. E. E. Smathers has sold his steam yacht Toinette through the agency of Henry J. Gielow to Mr. Thomas A. McIntyre, New York Y. C. Toinette is 175ft. over all, 143ft. waterline, 22.2ft. beam, 11ft. draft, and has a compound engine, steam being supplied by a Scotch boiler. She was designed by W. C. Store}', and built by Ramage & Ferguson, at Leith, Scot- land. She has large coal and water-carrying capacity, haying been designed for offshore cruising. Her official British tonnage is 341 gross, and 159 net. The official number is 92,028. and the International Code Signal Let- ters are K. C. W. G. Toinette was originally named Lady Beatrice, and as such went on her maiden trip to Australia. Her second owner was Mr. George Randall, connected with Messrs. Armstrong & Co., of Newcastle- on-Tyne, England, and he sold her to his brother. Lord Randall. During the ownership of these two gentlemen, cruises were made up the Baltic Sea to Copenhagen, on the Mediterranean and around the British Islands. The yacht was then sold to Mr. E. V. Douglas, of Philadel- phia, coming to that city from Greenock, Scotland, via Queenstown and Fayal. The last part of the trip was made in eleven days at a speed of eight knots per hour. Mr. Douglas changed the yacht’s name to Aroc and cruised on her one summer to the head of Lake Superior, and the following year to Bar Harbor and other eastern ports. He gave her a complete and thorough overhaul- ing, installing an elaborate system of modern plumbing, and refurnishing her in a sumptuous manner. There was also added the present superstructure, extending about one-third of her length amidships, and a forecastle head, so that the yacht is to-day one of the roomiest of her size afloat. Mr. McIntyre, the present owner, is an old and experienced yachtsman, having owned among others the stern-wheeled houseboat George D. Purdy, the 55ft. steam launch Stray, the steam yacht Neaira, and the racing sloop Cymbra, and having chartered at one time the schooner yacht Brunhilde. m, e? «e Race Committee of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. G— At a meeting of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C., held a short time ago, the Race Committee for 1905 was ap- pointed. The committee is made up of the following gen- tlemen: Charles H. Routh, chairman; F. P. Shearwood, Arthur H. Hersey, Charles E. Archbald, Morley Holland, George W. Slaughter, A. August Macdonald, J. H. Hun- ter, Robert Lucas, George H. H. Eadie, H. Desbarats, J. R. W. Papmeau, Andrew S. Forman, H. L. Peiler, George H. Kent, Thornton Davidson and H. R. Crombie! « a? »? New Inlet to Great South Bay.-— The heavy storm that reached its height on January 27 caused such a ter- rific sea that it cut a new inlet between Great South Bay and the ocean. The new waterway lies just to the west- ward of the Hemlock life-saving station. 100 FOREST AND STREAM [Feb. 4, 1903. Savanilla. Of all the sailing houseboats, none is more inter- esting than Savanilla, and the accompanying plans give an excellent idea of her design, construction, rig and interior arrangement. Savanilla was designed for Mr. John Price Wetherill, of Philadelphia, Pa., by Commodore R. M. Munroe' of Cocoanut Grove, Florida, and was built in 1903 at Greenwich Piers, New Jersey, by the Greenwich Piers Marine Railway Company. She was intended for inland cruising in the shallow waters of Florida, and she draws only 2ft. 6in. of water with the centerboards up. The rig is that of a top- sail schooner, and has been found to be satisfactory in every respect. Only one change was made in the rig the substituting of a square topsail for the triangular one shown on the sail plan. Savanilla handles well and has shown a very fair turn of speed. The owner objected to having any motive power in the boat her- self, but she is not dependent on her sail power alone for she has a tender, the 47ft. launch Columbia, which is fitted with a 10 horsepower gasolene motor. Columbia has proven a very useful adjunct to Savanilla, for she is used m many ways. It would be manifestly impos- sible to sail Savandla through the narrow inland chan- nels and canals, and Columbia is used to tow the larger boat when such places are encountered. Should the wind fail at any time. Columbia can also tow her back to her moorings. Then again she can go for the mails, get supplies and take the owner and guests back and forth to the mainland. Columbia is sufficiently large, and has enough power to tow Savanilla at good speed against a head wind or tide. All tenders to be ol real all-around use should combine the qualities which enter into tins boat’s design, ■ Although Savanilla is 70ft. in length, her design is really nothing more than a huge sharpie, adapted to the requirements of a vessel of her size and dimensions. I he floor is absolutely flat, while the sides have a little flare until they reach the chime and then continue up m an almost perpendicular line. Commodore Munroe has worked out the design admirably, for the boat is most successful in every respect and presents a very shippy appearance. While intended solely for inland cruising, she has already encountered some very bad weather and acquitted herself remarkably well. On the trip south she went outside from Beaufort to Charles- ton, very heavy weather being experienced on the run, but she came through without damage. Being flat- bottomed, she pounded considerably in the vicious sea, but other than that she went very comfortably. Heavy wooden frames, fitted with regular port-holes, are sub- stituted for the glass windows when an outside passage is to be made or bad weather is met with, so all danger on that score is eliminated. Savanilla is equipped with a skag aft, and two centerboards, one aft and one amidships — these help her steering qualities and give sufficient lateral plane to turn out to windward in good shape. A gangway on the starboard side amidships leads to the main deck. This deck, like the raised poop aft, is cut up by a number of hatches. These hatches aie placed over all the important rooms below decks, and were found indispensable in order to ventilate the cabins properly when the boat was used in hot climates. As a matter of fact they have not proved in the least objectionable. On the contrary, they have been found to be useful and convenient lounging places for those on deck. A compamomyay close to the gangway leads to a Si eci age which, jp turn, opens into 4 passageway that extends almost the entire length of the vessel. The centerboard trunks practically cut the boat in two, in so far as the interior is concerned. A door at the after side of the steerage opens into a stateroom 10ft. .square, while opposite is an unusually large and com- pletely fitted bathroom. The stateroom contains a double bed, a bureau, chairs, etc. A lounge runs along the side of the vessel, under which there are lockers. Overhead is a large hatch, and a window affords a pleasant outlook, as well as necessary air. In the bathroom, which measures 5ft. by 10ft.’ 6in, there is a tub, closet and set marble basin, and a linen locker is located under the companion stairs. Following the passage forward, one reaches the mam cabin, which occupies all the bow of the boat. This room, which is triangular in shape, is 19ft. wide at the after end, and comes almost to a point forward. It is a most attractive apartment, and its location insures the best possible air and view. On each side the hull is pierced by three windows, and under these are wide transoms, which are ordinarily used for sitting or loung- ing, but, in case of an emergency, can be readily turned into comfortable berths, as they are made to extend Placed against the after bulkhead on the port side is the buffet, while in the corresponding place on the starboard side is a writing desk. A large dining table and a number of comfortable chairs complete the furniture in the cabin. G01 responding with the door leading to the passage is another one on the starboard side of the center- board trunk that gives access to the owner’s state- loorn, 1 oft. by 12ft. 1 his is the largest sleeping cabin on the ship, and is a very completely fitted and well arranged room. Here is also found a double bed. and the usual bureau, lounge, chairs, etc. A door leads directly ro 111, bathroom. Besides the overhead hatch Feb, 4, ipoS.| '&! FOREST AND STREAM, 101 there are two windows in this cabin. On the port side of the passage there are two more staterooms, which are separated by a bathroom. The forward room is 7ft- wide by 12ft. long, and like the owner’s room opposite, has two windows and is fitted up very much the same, only on a slightly smaller scale, this being necessary, as the cabin was not so large. The bath is 5ft- by 7ft., and has a tub, closet and set basin. The other stateroom is 7ft. by 10ft. and is ar- ranged very much like the others. Aft of this cabin is a smaller room 6ft. by 7ft., which is occupied by the cook and steward. Further aft is another room, 6ft. 6in. by 6ft., for the use of the crew. Here the passageway ends, and three steps lead up to the galley, which occupies all of the after portion of the vessel. I he galley is under the raised poop, and the floor level is higher in consequence, yet the same head- room is obtained. The galley is 16ft. long and 17ft. wide. On either side there are two windows, and there are three in the stern, making seven all told. These, together with the overhead hatch, carry off all odors arising from the cooking. The stove is placed on the port side of the galley forward. In the corresponding place on the other side is the crews’ companionway, under .which is the crew’s water closet and wash room. On the port side, placed against the side of the hull, are a table and the sink, opposite on the starboard side is another table with lockers and drawers underneath. In the after part of the galley on either side are two huge refrigerators, in which a large quantity of ice and perishable supplies can be stowed. A door in the forward partition of the galley opens into another room used by the crew. It contains four berths and closets for the men’s dunnage. This room is 10ft. square. Water tanks are provided with sufficient fall to en- able the water to run in the different tubs and basins without pumping. The total capacity of the tanks is over 620 gallons. Savanilla is 84ft. 6in. over all; 70ft. waterline; 24ft. extreme breadth; 19ft. breadth at waterline; freeboard forward, 8ft.; freeboard aft, 7ft. Sin. ; least freeboard, 5ft. 3in.; draft, with boards up, 2ft. 6in.; draft, with boards down, 7ft. 9111. /ACHTING NEWS NOTES. i'or advertising relating to this department see pages 11 ana iii. Power Boat Moorings. — In sheltered coves, bays and harbors the mooring of power boats is comparatively simple, a light anchor or heavy stone attached to a strong rope or a pile driven into the mud will usually suffice ; but where boats are to be kept in places raked by storms in rough water, drifting kelp, outside of the danger of swamping, there is a possibility of dragging on to the shore or into crib work, wharf or rocks. If a mooring is selected as convenient, secure a heavy mushroom or an old fishing anchor and cut off one fluke even with the shank, if the water is so shallow that there is a possi- bility of the boat ever grounding upon it, or to keep the chain from fouling it. Attach by means of a proper shackle a piece of chain of good size about twice or three times the depth of the water at high tide. To a ring or shackle in the other end of the chain attach a good strong rope long enough to allow the chain to he on bottom and permit the buoy to float easily at all stages of the tide. The upper end of the rope can be attached to the buoy securely near the end and a thimble and eye spliced into the extreme end. Both ends of the rope should be carefully served with canvas and marline to prevent chafing. A good strong snap-hcok in the end of a short painter securely attached to a ring-bolt, strong cleat or Samson post on the boat with canvas and marline to protect it where it passes through the chock and where it is ever likely to come in contact with the stem is highly important There is one essential thing to do, however, at least by August 15 or just after the middle of the season, and that is to renew the rope connect- ing the chain with the buoy; for there is so much decay- ing vegetable matter in the water during August that a ,, rope is likely to rot and become unsafe. If the rope is carefully washed and dried and kept from getting wet while stored, two ropes will easily last two seasons, while a single rope, unless it is carefully dried once or twice, ought not be depended upon. Relying upon an anchor with accompanying dirt and muss on deck, its liability to foul, trip, etc., is extremely dangerous, and if found necessary to use even temporarily, should be examined every day to see that it is clear. Simple precautions in this way take very little time, and will often save con- siderable trouble, expense and loss of pleasurable cruises. •? * I he Week-End Yachtsman. — The major portion of [he yachting fraternity has been dubbed, not in derision, but with all due respect, the week-end yachtsman. He it is who labors diligently during the hot summer days until the Saturday half-holiday permits of his release from business cares and worries, when he hies himself with his family or friends to the mooring place of his boat which may range in size from the uncouth flat- bottomed batteau to the shapely auxiliary sloop or schooner, or the perhaps fine-lined yacht. More likely of late years he has become the proud possessor of a power launch, which with infinite care and pains he has put into commission, equipped with a gasolene engine, remodeling some sailboat, perhaps; and if size and finances will. permit he has built a cabin for at least partial shelter, and instead of the occasional run, he is ready for cruising. . What is there about the word that awakens in us all teehugs of pleasure, memories of thunder tempests and downpours of rain, hard work, blistered backs, and per- haps raw or half-cooked food? Did you ever see a crowd of this sort get ready to embark that you were not en- vious of the enjoyment that they foresaw and con- templated ? Unless you have been on just such trips, you cannot begin to realize the pleasures to be derived from thein. A day and a half finishing up the week’s work and on which to begin the following is the ideal, I might truly say, of one-half the laboring people of every seashore city. Independence, democracy, simplicity and good fel- , -°ushlf go hand-in-hand. Care is cast to the winds, new fields for exploration, different scenes, fishing, perhaps wet clothing but who cares? Early to bed and possibly glad to get up, take a dip and straighten out kinked uacks. The power boat has accomplished what the sailing yacht never could furnishing, as it does, a means of recreation where the maximum time between the weeks can be put to best account. The average week-end yachtsman of Greater New York needs no hints from his brethren in sister cities as to how to enjoy his outings; give him the means with which to follow his inclinations in that direction. 8? * « E. E. Lorillard to Serve on New York Y. C.’s Race Committee. Mr. Ernest E. Lorillard has been appointed a member of the New York Y. C. Regatta Committee. Mr. Lorillard will fill the place made vacant by the resig- nation of Mi. C. L. F. Robinson. The other two mem- bers of the committee are Messrs. H. de B. Parsons and Oliver E. Cromwell. Gilbert s Bar Y. C. Meeting. — The annual meeting of the Gilberts Bar Y. C., of Dade county, Florida, was held 1 at the club house early in January and the following offi- cers were elected: Com., H. E. Sewall, of Sewall’s Point, • j kw ce-Com-, Flarry Jennings, of Tibbals, Fla.; Sec’y and Treas., C. S. Schuyler, of Jensen, Fla.; Meas., H W bessey, of Stuart, Fla., and Flag Officer, Jerome Twichei] ot Sewall’s Point, Fla. All correspondence should be addressed to the club at Sewall’s Point. •?*?*? Ma\ flower Again Sold. — Mr. E. S. Reiss, who1 pur- chased the schooner Mayflower a short time ago, has sold her to Mr. George B. Campbell, through Mr. Frank Bowne Jones’ agency. •e * « V.IGHr:'vFT Sold. Mr. F. Lothrop Ames has sold the yawl Vigilant to Mr. Stephen Peabody. Mr. Ames will put the sloop Shark in commission next season, and it is barely possible that she will meet Humma, recently pur- chased by Mr. R. W. Emmons, and Affair, as the New York Y. C. fleet is to combine with that of the Eastern Y . C., and a long cruise down the Maine coast is planned- »?•?»? Cutter Gloria Sold. — The Payne-designed cutter Gloria has been sold by Mr. H. E. McLeod, of the Royal Canadian Y. C., to a syndicate of Halifax yachtsmen. Recent Sales. — Mr. George E. Bartol, of Philadelphia, has sold his 50ft. auxiliary yawl Arelar through the agency of Macconnell & Cook, to Mr. Charles H. Eagle, secretary of the Atlantic Y. C. The same agency has sold the sloop Banshee for Mr. Henry DascheFto Mr. Parke G. Sedley, of New York; the 50ft. cruising launch, owned by Mr. Bernard W. Duke, of Baltimore, to Professor C. H. Ellard, of Columbia University. « *? 1 he First National Motorboat Exhibition. — An- nouncement is made that the opening night of the first National Motorboat Exhibition to be given this year in i ladison Square Garden, New York city, in conjunction with tne Sportsmen’s Show, will be made more interesting by the attendance of prominent naval officials, and of commodores of the leading yacht clubs. Gentlemen prominent m water sports have accepted invitations to act as patrons. 011 the opening night, and in their honor the Careen will be gaily decorated with yacht club pen- nants, which are being received from clubs from all over the countiy. At the exhibition this year, which opens February 21, certain nights will be assigned to the yacht clubs, .and. from distant points members have arranged to visit New York on special cars, so that the occasion should be the greatest gathering of yachtsmen that has ocen known in some years. At the Garden, in connection with the National Motor- boat Exhibition and Sportsmen’s Show, will be shown 102 FOREST AND STREAM IFeb. 4. '905. the very latest things in motorboats. The largest lagoon ever arranged under one roof will be placed in the center of the Garden, Avhere the boats will be shown. More than 800,000 gallons of water will be used, and the course will be twelve laps to the mile, with an island in the center. Of course the usual interesting sports of the Sportsmen’s Show, including swimming, canoeing and tub racing, will be in evidence, and the two weeks’ affair will have greater attraction than ever. The entire Show will be under the management of J. A. H. Dressel, who has handled the Sportsmen’s Show for the past ten years. m, * Hudson River Yacht Racing Association. — At the annual meeting of the Tappan Zee Y. C., held at Grand View-on-Hudson last September, a committee, consisting of Ex-Commodore Jos. R. Ellicott, Valentine Mott and Edward Cornell, was appointed to take measures to form a yacht racing association among the Hudson River clubs. Representatives of various clubs along the river were in- vited to meet the committee at a dinner held at the Arena on Saturday evening, January 21, for an informal discussion of the matter. Three clubs sent delegates, the Albany Y. C. being represented by Commodore Rowe, the Newburgh Canoe and Boating Association by Com- modore Cantine and three associates, and the Tappan Zee Y. C. by Commodore Sturtevant and seven members. Steps were taken to form a permanent organization, and with this end in view a committee was appointed, consisting of Ex-Commodore Ellicott, of the Tappan Zee Y. C., chairman, and Mr. Darragh, of the Newburgh Club secretary, to meet at the call of the chair in New York during February. The object of the association is to encourage yachting of all kinds and to bring the clubs into closer contact by means of inter-club races, cruises and squadron meets. A one-design boat will also' be built, as when the clubs come together there is almost no similarity of type. The first boat decided upon is a 21ft. clipper dory from the design of Messrs. Gardner & Cox, several of which are now building. As the association wishes to encourage yachting among the boys and build up a lot of young sailors, a boat of this size will be very serviceable, as it is not too heavy for them to handle. They have been very fortunate in their first design, and consider that it combines more good points in the way of speed, sea- worthiness and construction than can be found in any special class of its size adopted by any club. u Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No. IV. Sixty-foot 'Waterline Cruising Power Boat. $225 in Prizes. The three designing competitions previously given by Forest and Stream have been for sailing yachts. In this competition, the fourth, we are to change our sub- ject and give the power boat men an opportunity. The competition is open to amateurs and professionals, except that the designers who received prizes in any of the three previous contests may not compete in this one. The following prizes will be given: First prize, $100. Second prize, $60. Third prize, $40. Fourth prize, $25, offered by Mr. Charles W. Lee for the best cabin arrangement. Mr. Henry J. Gielow, N.A., has very kindly agreed to act as judge. In addition to making the awards, Mr. Gielow will criticise each of the designs submitted; and the criticisms will be published in these columns. The designs will be for a cruising launch propelled by either gasolene or kerosene motors, conforming to the following conditions: I. Not over 60ft. waterline. II. Not over 4ft. draft. III. A signalling mast only to be shown. IV. Cabin houses, if used at all, to be kept as low and narrow as possible. V. Construction to be of wood, and to be strong, simple, and inexpensive. The cost of the boat complete in every detail must not exceed $9,000. _ VI. The location of tanks and engine or engines to be carefully shown. Either single or twin-screws may be adopted. The power and type of the motor must be specified. VII. The boat must have a fuel capacity sufficient to give a cruising radius of 700 miles at a rate of 8 miles an hour. The maximum speed shall not be more than 14 miles nor less than 10 miles. The estimated maximum speed must be specified. VIII. All weights must be carefully figured, and the results of the calculations recorded. A thousand-word description of the boat and a skeleton specification must accompany each design. The design must be modern in every particular, with- out containing any extreme or abnormal features. > We wish to produce an able, safe, and comfortable cruising boat, one that will have ample accommodations, so that the owner and his wife and two guests, or three or four men, can live aboard, and one that can easily be managed at all times by two or three paid hands in addition to the steward. The draft is restricted to 4ft. in order that the boat may have access to nearly all harbors, canals and rivers North and South, and may thereby widely increase the cruising field. We have in mind a boat that can be used North in the summer and South in the winter, and a craft well able to withstand outside passage along the coast in all seasons of the year. Special attention must be given to the cabin arrange- ment. The interiors should be original, but devoid of any impractical features. Arrangements saould be made for a direct passage forward and aft without going on deck. Drawings Required. I. Sheer plan. Scale, $4ifi.=ift II. Half breadth plan. Scale, J4in.=ift. III. Body plan. Scale, ^4in.=ift. IV. Cabin plan and inboard profile and at least one cross-section. Scale, /4in.=ift. V. Outboard profile. Scale, J4ffi.=lft. The drawings should be carefully made and lettered; all drawings should be preferably on tracing cloth or white paper, in black ink. No colored inks or pigments should be used. The drawings must bear a nom de plume only, and no indication must be given of the identity of the designer. In a sealed envelope, however, the designer must inclose his name and address, together with his nom de plume. All designs must be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York, not later than February 3, 1905. All drawings will be returned. Return postage should accompany each. The Forest and Stream reserves the right to publish any or all the designs. <$> Officers of A. C. A,, 1905. Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H. M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 'J reasurer — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. Purser— C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — J. C. Maclister, U. G. I. Building, Phila- delphia, Pa.; L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Racing Board— H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. Purser — J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Board of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore— D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. Purser — W. S. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board — Paul Butler, TJ. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass, j H. D. Murphy, alternate. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser— J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors — J. N. MacKendnck, Galt, Ont. Racing Board — E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, Ohio. . . Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati. Ohio. , _ Purser— George A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, O. ; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. Roard of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. Vaseline foT a Leaky Canoe. New York, Jan. 25. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. H. Hardy’s article in January 21 issue on using vaseline for greasing the wheel of his wagon, reminds me of an incident which happened two summers ago. We were in camp, a party of canoeists, when one complained of his canoe leaking badly somewhere in the stern. He had had to stop and bail her several times while on the way to camp, and did not want to repeat the performance on his way home. He asked me to take a look at her. . It had been very warm the week previous, and the planking not being a tight fit, the heat opened up her seams. I got a bottle of vaseline out of my grub box, and taking a liberal quantity rubbed it in well, testing the canoe every now and then to see if the leak was filled. It worked like a charm, and friend John paddled home that evening m a dry canoe. A. C. A., No. 4663- A. C. A. Membership. The following have been proposed for membership to the Eastern Division of the A. C. A.: Benjamin C. Lane and Frank J. Wilson, both of Boston, and both proposed by Edward A. Hatch. New members Central Division- No. 4862, G. H. H. Hills, Buffalo, N. Y.; No. 4863, Robert W. Gallagher, Buffalo, N. Y. ; No. 4864, J. H. L. Galla- gher, Palmyra, N. Y. New members proposed, Central Division— Evans S. Kellogg, Schenectady, N. Y. Eastern Division— Ralph F. Reynolds, Somerville, Mass.; Samuel B. Burnham, Providence, R. I. Frederic G. Mather, Treas. lifle and (§alhry. Fixtures. Feb 22 —Greenville, N. J.— American record 100-shot match. March 1-9.— New York.— Zettler annual gallery tournament. For Better .22's. Ottawa, Jan. 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: If the subject meets with your approval and is likely to be of interest to any of your readers, I would like to offer a plea for the production of a higher grade of ,22cal. bolt-action rifle than is now to be had. The little weapons which have been on the market for the last four or five years have met with a fair share of appreciation not only at the hands of the younger population, but also by sports- men, who have found a light .22cal. rifle a useful adjunct to a general camp outfit. I have used one of these little weapons for the last two seasons, and have found it a very convenient article around camp. The action is of the simplest character, of few parts, and its liability to getting out of order, even with very rough usage, is almost nil; and while it cannot be said that it can be made to afford as rapid fire as some of the other breech raephanisms, yet I think that, with some modifications of the prefeirii weapons, it could be made sufficiently fast in its action to requirements of a large number of sportsmen who want a tSsist serviceable weapon, with mechanism of the simplest character, for staall game shooting or target practice. Now, as to desired improvements, it seems to sne that no better guide can be had than that afforded by an examination of the main features of One or other of the larger military or sporting models of the same general type. Modern arms of this kind are equally serviceable as single-shot or as magazine rifles. Some may contend that a magazine is not necessary in these small weapons, but at the same time it may be pointed out that where one wishes to use the popular long rifle ammunition he is ever at a difficulty from the facility with which these cartridges attach to themselves any dirt with which they may come in contact, and that a magazine of that kind which is used in the 1903 model Savage gets over this difficulty in a very satisfactory manner. The cocking of the piece is effected by the working of the bolt in the act of loading; and to obviate the danger of premature explosion from carrying a loaded rifle with the hammer cocked, a safety device of some kind is provided; in some cases a half- cocking device is used; in others a locking flange is attached to the bolt, and in still others a trigger safety, actuated by a thumb piece, as in hammerless guns, is used; this latter arrangement is probably the most convenient. The firing-bolt, or hammer, does not partake of the rotation of the breech-bolt, and while this is not as necessary in the .22 as in rifles of larger bore, it would enable the use of a peep sight at- tached to the head of the firing-bolt, which, in the estimation of many, is the most convenient way of adapting the peep sight to bolt-action rifles. The bolt may be conveniently withdrawn from the frame without its being necessary to further dismount the arm; with this pro- vision the shooter is enabled, in case of necessity or otherwise, to get a clear view of the interior of the barrel throughout its length without any delay. In addition to those enumerated above, there are some other points which should receive careful attention in the production of a higher grade weapon. The screw-heads which disfigure the present models by projecting from beneath the fore-end, should be done away with, and some neater form of barrel fastening adopted; the general design of the stocks might also be modified to suit different requirements; such matters as pistol grips, checking and other variations from any standard which may be adopted, could be classed as extras; a system of detachable bar- rels might be in favor with some. In short, I think that the manufacturers would be conferring a favor on many sportsmen and at the same time find it advantageous to themselves were they to bring out a weapon in the same degree of completeness as that which characterizes many of the other productions of the day. Robt. A. A. Johnston. New York Schuetzen Corps. The regular bi-monthly practice shoot of the above society was held at the Zettler ranges, in Twenty-third street, Jan. 27. Al- though the weather was inclement, the attendance was well up to the average. Seventy-four men lined up for the fray. Scores fol- low: N. C. L. Beverstein 212, 225; H. Beckmann 218, 206; C. J. Brinckama 214, 240; J. C. Brinkmann 207, 222; A. Beckmann 211, 212; G. N. Bohlken 199, 207; C. Boesch 201, 197; J. C. Bonn 240, 236; Aug. Beckmann 197, 208; F. W. Dierks 218, 238; H. Decker 192, 206; W. Dahl 200, 220; M. Y. Dwingelo 185, 206; D. Dede 197, 221; J. F. R. Ernst 170, 181; F. Facompre 225, 230; D. Ficken 194, 201; G. H. Fixsen 204, 212; A. Giebelhaus 199, 219; L. L. Gold- stein 179, 203; F. Gobber 181, 204; Dr. C. Grosch 206, 216; R. Gute 241, 244; Capt. J. H. Hainhorst 234, 235; H. C. Hainhorst 227, 224; H. Haase 227, 225; H. Hoenisch 208, 207; H. Hesse 203, 192; P. Heidelberger 220, 221; N. W. Haaren 206, 196; L. C. Hagenah 213, 226; J. Jantzen 222, 223; N. Jantzen 167, 165; G. Junge 189, 203; H. Kahrs 199, 202; C. Konig 195, 204; J. H. Kroeger 230, 208; B. Kumm 200, 201; F. Lankenau 213, 212; H. Leopold 199, 221; A. W. Lemcke 227, 222; G. Ludwig 239, 242; J. von der Leith 215, 212; C. Mann 211, 203; J. H. Meyer 228, 224; H. D. Meyer 226, 211; C. Meyer 226, 234; H. Meyn 213, 188; H. B. Michaelsen 226, 221; H. Nordbruch 216, 218; H. Offermann 204, 204; G. W. Offermann 210, 208; R. Ohms 215, 227; C. Plump 215, 221; J. Paradies 206, 219; D. Peper 217, 227; C. Roffmann 197, 229; F. von Ronn 231, 237; F. Schulz 160, 192; W. Schults 230, 213; W. Schaefer 223, 213; C. Schmitz 212, 217; J. N. F. Seibs 233, 236; C. Seivers 228, 232; Capt. J. G. Tholke 215, 223; G. Thomas 212, 233; M. J. Theu 205, 215; G. J. Voss 214, 217; G. H. Wehrenberg 211, 220; J. Willenbrock 224, 230; B. Zettler 233, 229; H. Lohden 210, 223; A. Sibberns 193, 202; \V. Ulrich 161, 189; H. Quaal 207, 215. Bullseye target: J. N. F. Seibs 34, H. Decker 40, J. Paradies 65%, C. Sievers 68, F. W. Dierks 68, J. C. Brinckmann 77, Chris. Konig 77%, R. Gute 83, H. C. Hainhorst 85%, G. W. Ludwig 87. Providence, R. I., Revolver Club. Providence, R. I.— We have surely struck the “freezeout” side of the game just now, the defeat of our rifle team being followed by a typical New England blizzard, whose ungentle zephyrs per- vaded our shooting hall and caused the few enthusiasts who turned out at the Thursday evening shoot to do most of their good shooting verbally in the boiler room. The rifle squad seemed to be able to hug their .22s tight enough to avoid much loss of accuracy, but the revolver cranks’ shivering discouraged good scores, though they had the satisfaction of knowing that one was as good as another. Mr. F. L. Vaughn was a visitor, and enjoyed a few shots with rifle, pistol and revolver. The targets shot by the Portland team were on hand and created much interest. The Myles Standish club certainly does things up brown, from the get-up of their targets to the finish of a match. One of the local militia rifle teams, none other than the winner of the Brigade trophy, has suggested a match with the Krag. They are using a bushing for the .32 S. & W. cartridge, and re- port good results. With one exception, none of our men have ever shot a Krag rifle, and it looks a little one-sided for the militia team; still, if we can bring about a trial, there are enough men in our organization who would like to try, and we have put it up to the trophy winners to arrange the matter. Twenty-five yards, German ring target: A. B. Coulters, 239, 235, 235; C. L. Beach, 232, 223; W. B. Gardiner, 221, 228; Maj. Wm. F. Eddy, 220. Twenty yards, revolver, Standard target: Arno Argus, 73, 72, 65; Wm. F. Eddy, 73, 68; A. C. Hurlburt, 69, 74, 72, 68. New York Independent Corps. New York.— Scores follow for the practice shoot held at head- quarters, 159 West Twenty-third street, Jan. 26. The feature of the evening was the contest between George Ludwig and F. Liegibel, for the honor of first place, Ludwig winning out handsomely on his final target: G. Ludwig 244, 245; F. Liegibel 244, 240; A. Begerow 241, 242; F. A. Young 234, 240; B. Eusner 239, 227; J. Schmid 230, 234; H. J. Behrens 227, 213; J. Facklamm 220, 218; E, Gartner 210, 222, . Feb. 4 1 90s.] FOREST AND STREAM Zettler Rifle Club. New York. — On Tuesday evening, Jan. 24, the following scores were recorded at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street: One hundred shots: L. P. Hansen 2431, A. Hubalek 2427, A. Begerow 2371, H. Fenwirth 2350, G. J. Bernius 2295. Fifty shots: C. Zettler, Jr., 1212, R. Gute 1212, H. C. Zettler 1197, G. Ludwig 1189, C. G. Zettler 1180, B. Zettler 1171, T. H. Keller 1164. Italian Rifle Club. At the weekly contest of the above club Minervini led the race, closely followed by Gallina. Scores: Minervini 235, 243; Gallina 236, 240; De Felice 235, 238; Muzio 224, 235; Rossotti 230, 226; Alfero 220, 234; De Stefano 199, 213; Cassetti 193, 217. Massachusetts Rifle Club. Long range, 100yds.: F. Daniels 48, F. Carter 40, W. Charles 38. Pistol match: C. H. Eastman 87, R. L. Dale 83. Two hundred yards, offhand match: R. L. Dale 228, J. Bus- field 223, A. Nieder 219, H. V. Hill 209. Rifle Notes. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Savage Arms Company, Utica, N. Y., was held on Jan. 25, and the following officers were elected: President, Benj. Adriance; Vice-President, Walter Jerome Green; Secretary and Treasurer, J. De Peyster Lynch. *1 The Electric Rifle Club, of Scranton, Pa., are desirous of arranging telegraph matches with other clubs on 25yd. range. All communications should be addressed to A. A. Brown, 322 Wash- ington avenue, Scranton, Pa. We have to report the sad death of Charles Ryan, after a brief illness, from pneumonia. Mr. Ryan was a member of the Zettler Rifle Club. A host of fellow marksmen mourn his loss. trapshooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the followings Fixtures. Feb. 3. — Chester, N. Y., Gun Club all-day shoot. Hiram B. Tuthill, Pres. Feb. 6-9. — Houston, Tex. — Sen’s Grand Southern Handicap. Alf. Gardiner, Mgr. Feb. 11.— Phillipsburg, N. J., Opposite Easton, Pa. — Alert Gun Club first annual tournament. Ed. F. Markley, Mgr. Feb. 13. — Concord, S. I. — All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. Feb. 13. — Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club shoot. C. G. Blandford, Capt. Feb. 13.— Rahway, N. J., Gun Club shoot. Feb. 13.— Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. H. Myers, Sec’y. Feb. 15-16.— Allentown, Pa.— Two-day tournament at Duck Farm Hotel. C. L. Straub, Mgr. Feb. 15-16.— Detroit, Mich.— Jacob Klein’s tournament on Rusch House grounds, under auspices of Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Association. Feb. 18. — Newark, N. J.— All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. Feb. 22.— New Paltz, N. Y.— Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. Feb. 22.— Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association seventeenth annual live-bird tournament. A. H. Roberts, Sec’y. Feb. 22.— Atglen, Pa.— Christiana-Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot. Lloyd R. Lewis, Cor. Sec’y. Feb. 22.— Batavia, HI., Gun Club tournament. Henry Hendrick- son, Mgr. , _ Feb. 22.— Concord, S. I.— All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. Feb. 22.— Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. V. Wall- burg, Sec’y. Feb. 22.— Utica, N. Y.— Riverside Gun Club’s eighth annual tour- nament. E. J. Loughlim Sec’y. . March 20-25.— Kansas City, Mo— Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. March 28-31.— Kansas City, Mo— Schmelzer spring tournament. C. J. Schmelzer, Mgr. April 5-6.— Augusta, Ga.— The Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Needham, Sec’y. ^ April 12-13.— Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec y, Wilmington. , . . . April 18-20.— Waco, Tex.— Texas State Sportsmen s Association tournament. . April 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. . May 2-5.— Pittsburg, Pa.— Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Secy. May 2-6.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 9-12.— Hastings, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec y, Lincoln, Neb. _ _ , . May 14-16.— Des Moines, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen s Associa- tion tournament. A „ May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association tournament. May 17-18.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. „ , . . . May 23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen s Association tour- nament. , , , , May 25-27.— Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 30.— McKeesport, Pa— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30-31— Washington, D. C— Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. , May 31- J une 1.— Vermillion.— South Dakota State Sportsmen s Association tournament. , _ June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest h. Scott, Capt. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Jumf 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. july 4— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; July^l2-13.— Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. . . , Aug. 2-4.— Albert Lea, Minn.— The Interstate Association s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. A . . , . Aug. 16-18.— Kansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman. Sec’y. , ,, Oct. 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all ama- teurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. . , T Oct. 12. — FM1 tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters League, 9» grounds of Dover Gun Club. • DRIVERS AND TWISTE.RS The Secretary, Mr. W. H. Reed, announces that the Dover, Del., Gun Club claims the dates Oct. 11 and 12 for a two-day tournament, open to all amateurs. The annual tournament of the Freeport, L. I., Gun Club, fixed to be held on Jan. 25, was postponed on account of the blizzard. Feb. 2 has been fixed upon as the date. Shooting begins at 10 o’clock. *5 Messrs. J. F. Schmelzer & Son Arms Co. write us as follows: We are pleased to advise you that our usual spring tournament will be held on March 28, 29, 30 and 31. Mr. C. J. Schmelzer is manager.” We are informed by Mr. M. R. Bingham, of Rome, N. Y., that the New York State shoot is fixed to be held June 13 to 16, inclusive, and that Mr. James W. Brown is the secretary. His address is 65 Taylor avenue, Utica, N. Y. It The first win of the five-man State team championship, held at Wellington, Mass., on the grounds of the Boston Shooting As- sociation, was made by the team of the Watertown Club, defeating the Lowell Rod and Gun Club by a score of 189 to 187, out of a possible 250. The next shoot is arranged for Feb. 11. * The contests in the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League, Jan. 28, resulted as follows: Clearview defeated Highland, 159 to 149; Florists’ defeated Narberth, 221 to 186; Meadow Spring defeated Hill Rod and Gun Club, 176 to 172; S. S. White defeated Hillside 169 to 152. The Indiana Legislature has a bill under consideration, the purpose of which is the prohibition of live-bird shooting at the traps. Latest advices are to the effect that the bill is in a fair way to become a law, specially so, if each trapshooter waits for the other fellow to oppose it. *e Messrs. Knox & Knapp, write us that “the Auburn Gun Club will give a two-day tournament, May 17-18, with added money. Two nice merchandise events, which will have at least three nice hammerless guns in same, etc. Targets included in all entrances at lYz cent. Programmes out May 1.” n Mr. N. P. Leach writes us that “the Montreal Gun Club, of Montreal, Quebec, claim May 25, 26 and 27 as dates for a grand trapshooting tournament. There will be a long list of cash and other prizes. For full particulars address D. J. Kearney, Sec- retary, 412 St. Paul street, Montreal, Quebec.” m The Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association have issued the pro- gramme of their seventeenth annual live-bird tournament, to be held on Feb. 22. Shooting commences at 7 o’clock. There are eight target events, a total of 100 targets, $5 entrance. At 12 M. the individual live-bird trophy contest will begin, open to members of clubs of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association. Con- ditions, 20 birds, $10 entrance; handicaps 25 to 30yds. Mr. A. H. Roberts is the secretary, Fifth and Camp streets. Mr. W. M. Foord, of Wilmington, Del., meandered to Trenton, N. J., to attend the shoot of the Trenton Shooting Association, held on Saturday of last week, and returned to his home with the first prize, a Parker hammerless, and third prize, a jardiniere. Mr. L. F. Emann, of Trenton, won second prize, a decorated toilet set. It was a re-entry contest, tickets 60 cents. Six tied for first prize, and the winner was determined by a miss-and-out shoot-off. Foord broke 43 straight to win. Bernard Waters. IN NEW JERSEY* Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., Jan. 28. — Some seven events were run off to-day, seventeen men participating. Messrs. Apgar, Fanning and Schneider, the trade representatives, were present, and did some very nice shooing. Events 2 and 3, 50 birds, unknown angles, handicap, were to settle who was the winner of the members’ silver trophy for January. P. H. Cockefair was high man, with 43 breaks to his credit, plus 4 added, gave him a score of 47. Event No. 4, 25 targets, unknown angles, handicap, prize a box of fine cigars, went to F, W. Moffett, who made a perfect- score. Mr. C. V. V. Gunther qualified in the gold medal event. Next Saturday the begin. February contest for the gold medal will Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 C Gunther, 1. 20 21 22 20 C Schneider 21 22 21 21 24 J Fanning 24 24 24 24 22 N Apgar 23 22 24 23 22 . . F W Moffett, 2 18 22 22 25 21 19 19 C Babcock, 1 23 21 23 P H Cockefair, 2 21 23 23 24 23 17 W T Wallace, 4 18 20 24 23 17 17 E Winslow, 4 IS 18 21 Adams 14 16 19 G Boxall, 2 18 15 18 23 15 C W Kendall 12 19 22 23 15 22 is I S Crane, 2 22 21 19 W T Soverel, 3 20 19 17 J W Glaister, 2 20 18 17 13 Geo Batten, 2 19 17 19 16 Theo. Badgley 12 Handicaps apply only in events 2, 3 and 4. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., Jan. 28. — Event 7 was a handicap for a silver cup, resulting in a tie between Vosselman and Morrison. In the shoot-off in event 8 Vosselman won. Scores follow: Events: 123456789 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 25 25 15 Eickhoff 11 8 13 9 13 9 24 23 11 Vosselman 11 8 7 8 13 8 25 25 .. Morrison 12 9 9 9 13 9 25 21 . . Mayser 12 7 .. 4 10 4 20 .. Leasenfeld 8 13 7 23 20 8 Dr Richter 13 8 21 24 12 G Groning 11 Jap 15 9 14 10 15 9 25 25 15 Hudson Gun Club. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 22. — The Hudson Gun Club held its regular shoot on the above date, and while snow fell in the morn- 10; ing, it cleared up by noon, and an enjoyable time was had by all present. Some remarkable shooting was done by Mr. Staples, he breaking 70 targets before missing. He finished the day with 5 misses out of 120 shots. The next shoot takes place on Feb. 5, if we can dig ourselves out; but as we have only missed a few shoots in the last ten years, it looks as though we will be there. The dates for shooting for the coming year are as follows: Jan. 8, 22; Feb. 5, 19; March 5, 19; April 2, 16, 30; May 14, 28; June 11, 25; July 9, 23; Aug. 6, 20; Sept. 3, 17; Oct. 1, 15, 29; Nov. 12, 26; Dec. 10, 24. Following are the scores: Targets: 25 25 15 25 15 15 Targets: 25 25 15 25 15 16 PaPe 21 16 10 16 11 11 Fancher 14 Hughes 17 15 .. . . 10 11 Cottrell, Jr ..15 Cottrell 18 17 11 19 13 .. O’Brien 10 Staples 25 25 14 24 14 13 Kurzel , 10 8 J. Hughes. Trenton Shooting Association. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 28. — The all-day target shoot of the Tren- ton Shooting Association was well attended. In the merchandise event, a re-entry contest, there was lively competition. The win- ners were as follows: Parker hammerless, W. M. Foord, of Wil- mington, Del.; L. F. Eman, second prize, a decorated toilet set; third, W. M. Foord, a decorated jardiniere. There were six ties for first prize, each full score of 15 targets. In the shoot-off, miss-and-out, Eman missed his forty-third target, leaving Foord the winner. There were also six ties for second, and Emann broke 31 straight in the shoot-off, miss-and-out, to win. Iwenty-one tied for third, and Foord won in the shoot-off, miss- and-out on the twenty-first target. Mr. Luther Squier won high average in the professional class. The Smith gun was not shot for, the required number of entries not filing. The scores in the main event, 15 targets, were as follows: The 15s: Foord, Emann, Emann, Foord, W. H. Mathews, Jules, Squier. The 14s: Foord, Scattergun, Squier, Emann, Emann, Foord, Emann. The 13s: Stutesman, Foord, Emann, Thorn, Mulford, W. H. Mathews, Foord, Squier, Cole, Grant, Foord, Squier, Mathews, Squier, Thorn, Grant, Mathews, F. W. M., Muldoon, W. H. Mathews, Thorn, Squier, Squier,' Grant, Wilks, Hope, Hope. The 12s: Taylor, Emann, Herbert, Emann, Herbert, Squier, Herbert, Thorn, Taylor, Mulford, Grant, Muldoon, Thorn, J. R. T. Mulford, Wilks, Scattergun, Muldoon, Squier, Emann, Mul- dcon, Mulford, Thorn, Emann, Foord, Squier, W. H. Mathews, W. H. Mathews, Mulford, Wilks. The 11s: Wilks, Wilks, Mulford, George, McCardle, McCardle, Stutesman, Muldoon, Grant, Emann, J. R. T., Foord, Emann, W. D. Wilson, F. W. M., Wilks, Thorn, F. W. M., Squier, Foord, E. Hart, Grant, Grant. The 10s: Herbert, Mason, Crawford, Herbert, Wilks, Muldoon, Jules, E. Rank, Grant, Harding, Herbert, McCardle, Scattergun, Cole, Stutesman, Crannage, W. H. Mathews, Squier, F. W. M., W. H. Mathews, Thorn, George, F. W. M., George, Muldoon, W. H. Mathews, Mulford. The 9s: Wilson, Squier, Thorn, Scattergun, F. W. M., Cole, Thorn, Mulford, Mulford, Scattergun, Thorn, Wilks, Ryan, Cole, W. D. Wilson, Scattergun, Herbert, Jules, McCardle, Grant, Wilks, W. H. Mathews. The 8s: Cole, Jules, Ryan, Vialkovitch, F. W. M., Frank, Jules, Foord, Cole, Wilks, George, George, F. W. M., Cole, George, Cole. The 7s: Scattergun, McCardle, McCardle, Snedeker, Crannage, Ryan, Grant, W. H. Mathews, W. H. Mathews, Cole, Jules, Wilks, Grant. The 6s: Jules, Jules, Thorn. Scattergun, Wilson. The 5s: Thorn, Crannage, Scattergun. Rank 4. North Side Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., Jan, 28. — The members of the North Side Gun Club were hosts, and the Jackson Park Gun Club members were guests, at the successful shoot held to-day. Their club house at Riverside, was taxed to its limit of room to shelter the attend- ance. Mr. Frank Butler was the only trade representative present, and he was high man of the day. Mr. Wm. Dutcher, though a guest, worked diligently with Capt. Banta and Secretary Terhune, to keep things running smoothly and to make a success of the shoot. Shooting commenced at 2 o’clock, and the visitors arrived at 3 o’clock, the interval of time being devoted to some short events of 10 and 15 targets. The third event had merchandise prizes, a fishing rod being the award to the highest score. Since live-bird shooting in New Jersey was prohibited, the trap- shooters of Paterson have done very little shooting. They are about to resume at the traps. Before long the Jackson Park Gun Club will be active again. Several new gun clubs have been organized about Paterson, and the prospect is much better for the sport. An open tourna- ment is contemplated as a trapshooting event at Paterson this year. The scores follow: Events : 12 3 4 5 6 Events : 12 3 4 5 6 Targets : 10 15 25 15 10 15 Targets: 10 15 25 15 10 15 E Planten . .. .. .. 6 4 .. A Howard .... .. 8 .. .. J Kryger . .. .. .. 4 4 E Van Houten. .. 7 14 8 9 9 J Polhemus . 10 .. 11 .. G Barry .. 5 14 6 9 12 W Banta . 8 8 19 .. J Powers 8 .. C Lewis . 8 9 13 . . T Radcliff .. .. 13 .. C Tiddes . 5 .. 15 .. 3 .. W Miller .... 13 2 6 .. B Terhune . . . . . 5 .. 16 .. F Landis .... 11 4 7 .. I Storms . 3 .. 17 5 6 .. A Howard . . . . , .... 10 8 6 .. O Buckner . 3 A Voenstra .. .. 9 .. F Butler . .. 13 16 13 9 12 W Clarke 6 G A Hopper. . . .. 955 5 9 C Kevitt 5 .. H Beckert ... 9 14 . . T Radcliffe .... 5 .. C Lenone . . . 8 13 4 8 9 E Planten .. .. .. 6 4 .. E Morgan . . . 8 17 7 6 10 J Kryger 4 .. Interstate Association. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 28. — I have been instructed by the Presi- dent, Mr. Irby Bennett, to advise you that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Interstate Association will be held Friday, Feb. 10, at 2:30 P. M., in the offices of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company, 99 Cedar street, New York city, to consider matters of importance in connection with the year’s work. A meeting of the Tournament Committee of the Association has been called for 1:30 P. M., the same date and place. The Interstate Association has made arrangements to give a tournament at Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 16, 17 and 18, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. . _ . Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr, 104 FOREST AND STREAM. ,£fW 4, IQOS • 16yd. man, 19yds.; 17yd. man, man, 22yds. ; 20yd. man, 23yds. 20yds. ; 18yd Scores: man, 21yds. 19yd. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TAR Elliott, 19-22 18 17 20 15 19 16 19 E G White, 18-21 17 17 18 20 14 19 18 10 F Conover, 18-21 19 15 16 17 16 19 15 19 J S Fanning, 19-21 16 17 18 17 16 13 18 17 H D Kirkover, 18-31 17 17 17 16 14 18 17 16 H Scane, 18-21 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 20 C Scane, 17-20 17 16 15 18 19 14 18 18 T Upton, 18-21 17 15 18 18 15 18 18 15 M Fletcher, 1S-21 17 20 16 16 17 19 16 Dr Groves, 17-20 16 IS 17 16 16 14 18 17 Dr Overholt, 18-21 17 18 19 19 15 19 15 Thos Duff. 18-21 12 18 11 18 14 13 18 16 P Wakefield, 18-21 17 15 16 16 19 15 16 A Tolsma, iS-21 15 17 17 19 18 19 19 15 Broderick, .17-20 12 14 15 13 C Mitchell, 18-21 19 16 is 17 14 18 14 17 J Cantilon, 18-21 12 17 14 15 13 J PI Thompson, 17-20 B Emslie, 16-19 G McCall, 18-21 12 15 7 . , 18 15 8 15 16 . . 15 14 IS 17 i . 15 i9 R Coffey, 16-19 8 13 18 M Mayhew, 17-20 18 18 18 19 17 17 Dunk, 17-20 17 17 14 16 17 Ge<5 McGill, 18-21 '... . , , . . . . , 20 17 19 C McMeckin, 18-21 /. 19 17 B Bates, 17-20 20 18 15 17 17 14 17 15 F Heney, 17-20 15 15 15 16 13 9 16 16 M Reardon, 17-20. Jan. 18, Second Day. At the close of the second day, the two leaders in the Grand Canadian Handicap were Messrs. H. A. Horning and J. Stew- art, who were two of six men who had completed their full score of 20 birds. The others were J. Farmer 17, G. Reid 17, L. Waters 16, R. Barrett 16. The weather conditions were favor- able for good scores. There were a total of forty-nine entries in the Grand Canadian Handicap, five more than those of last year. The live-bird event of to-day was at 10 birds, $100 guaranteed, surplus added, $5 entrance, birds extra; high guns, two moneys for every five entries. The scores follow: C J Mitchell, Brantford 1221222211—10 M E Fletcher 1221122212—10 W Root, Toronto 2211111222 — 10 M Reardon, Hamilton 2112111212 — 10 R Coffey, Detroit 2222222222—10 j E Cantelon, Clinton 1111211211 — 10 Robbins, Dunville : 2222222222—10 Mayhew, Utica, N. Y....V 2222021222—9 J A Spittal, Brantford *212222122 — 9 J Alexander, Windsor 2202221222 — 9 F W Brown, Dunville 2222220222 — 9 A King, Hamilton 1121011211— 9 Kirkover, Fredonia, N, Y 2222212022 — 9 McColl, Fingal 2022112121— 9 J W Broderick, Niagara Falls 2222121120 — 9 A Simpson, Sarnia 2101211111 — 9 A Brown, Dunville 1122011111— 9 Dr Wilson, Hamilton 1221120101— 8 Tolsma, Detroit 0221*22222— 8 Burk, Niagara Falls S 1221*112*2 — -8 Jas Crooks, Hamilton 121212011* — 8 Dr Green, Hamilton 0111111*21 — 8 H Scane, Ridgeton 2220A21222 — 8 Daniels, St. Thomas ". 2220212202 — 8 A McRitchie, Ridgetown 1220022122 — 8 Geo Annis, Toronto ..." 22120*2222 — -8 L Waters, Woodstock 2222202012 — 8 P Wakefield, Toronto 1121200221 — 8 J Farmer, Oakville 0102220111— 7 John Stroud, Hamilton 2222**2220 — 7 T Upton, Hamilton . ^ 02*2*11121 7 G R Willison 0101101211— 7 R Day, London 221*012022 7 C Crew, Toronto 0122201021 7 C Scane, Ridgetown 11020*0112 6 M B Downs, Toronto 2222200010 6 S Lavender, Toronto 22010*0212 6 The target events were shot under the same conditions as those of yesterday. Events : JAR Elliott E G White F Conover J S Fanning IT D Kirkover PI Scane Cl Scane M Fletcher Dr Groves . 1 D Overholt Thos Duff S Wakefield A Tolsma Broderick C Mitchell 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 17 19 18 20 19 19 18 18 19 12 17 16 16 17 IS 20 14 19 17 16 14 19 17 18 19 16 15 18 15 19 19 17 16 18 18 19 17 19 19 19 16 19 17 15 19 17 16 11 14 17 14 17 17 20 20 18 15 16 18 18 18 18 15 16 17 14 17 19 17 17 18 18 17 15 19 14 17 14 16 14 15 17 15 16 17 17 18 17 16 16 17 17 19 18 18 19 18 18 17 14 16 10 17 15 18 19 17 19 17 12 19 19 13 19 19 16 14 18 17 14 12 19 17 19 17 15 9 u 16 16 Hamilton Tournament. Hamilton, Out.— The Hamilton Gun Club held a very success- ful tournament, Jan, 17-21, at Hamilton. The Grand Canadian Handicap, 20 live birds, $600 in cash guaranteed, was the main event of the meeting. The club entertained the visitors at a banquet on the evening faf Jan. 17. On the first day, besides commencing the Grand Canadian Handicap, an event at 10 live birds, $5 entrance, $100 guaranteed, moneys divided according to the Rose system, was shot, the scores of which are as follows: IT Scane, Ridgetown 1222112222 — 10 Dr Wilson, Hamilton 1221221221 — 10 J E Cantelon, Clinton 1112*11211 — 9 M E Mayhew, Utica, N. Y 1211222012—9 H Marlatt, Simcoe 1210222212 — ■ 9 H A Horning, Plamilton 1*21122212 — 9 L Waters, Woodstock 2222202120 — 8 T TJpton, Plamilton 2222201201 — 8 R Coffey, St. Thomas ...2222201022 — 8 J Alexander, Tororito.. 1220222022 — 8 Brown 0121012211—8 J W Broderick, Niagara Falls 2222202012 — 8 R Day 0222222012—8 Jas Crooks, Hamilton 11112*0111 — 8 J L Farmer, Oakville 1200121121 — 7 R Barrett, Dunville.... 2*11012012 — 7 McRitchie, Windsor 10*22222*2—7 C Scane, Ridgetown 0202110211 — 7 M Fletcher, Hamilton 0212012120 — 7 T A Rock, Toronto 2021210202 — -7 K Daniels, St. Thomas 1222020101 — 7- Talsma, Detroit 2002222022 — 7 A King, Hamilton 1022102102 — 7 G W Gooch, Detroit..-. 1010221202 — 7 C J Mitchell, Brand J 0021121210—7 Dr Green, Hamilton 1220212100 — 7 II D Kirkover, Fredonia, N. Y 0202222202— 7 T IT Thompson, Toronto 2*001122*2 — 6 P Wakefield, Toronto 2222000101— 6 A Simpson, Sarnia 1001220110 — 6 Phippin 0*12000221— 5 Birnie -..0010011210—5 H Day 1002022200— 5 G W Lang 01011101*0— 5 Downs 2002001020— 4 Thirty-five shot through this event, eight dropping out on account of missing. On the. first day . there were eight target events on the pro- gramme, $2 entrance, and $20 added to each, except the first. Surplus was added and money's were divided Rose system, ratios 5, 4, 3, 2. Handicaps, sliding from 16 to 23yds. The limits were C MeCall 17 17 20 18 16 14 .. .. M Mayhew , 16 .. 18 18 16 .. .. Hunk 16 14 20 G McGill 17 19 10 17 14 16 17 16 C McMeckin 16 17 18 15 13. *7 14 17 F Heney lg 12 20 11 PC M Reardon 19 17 . . Jan. 19. Third Day. The Grand Canadian Plandicap was finished about' midday, and was won by Mr. A. S. Tolsma, of Detroit, Mich. The conditions were 20 live birds, $500 guaranteed, $100 to high gun, Rose system, 5, 4, 3; surplus added; handicaps 26 to 33yds.; $15 entrance, birds included. Scores: A S Tolsma, Detroit 22222222221222112222—20 Dr. Wilson, Hamilton 22202121112111121212—19 J Stewart, Hamilton 22222222122220222222—19 H A Horning 21101121212211222222—19 M E Fletcher, Hamilton 11122111122202211212—19 M E Mayhew, Utica, N Y 22221220122221221222—19 McColl, Fingal, Ont 21220211102222222222—18 E G White, Ottawa 22221211121021222022—18 C J Mitchell, Brantford 21220211102222222222— IS H Scane, Ridgetown 2122*110211122121012—17 R Coffey, St. Thomas 22220222222220222022—17 Dr Green, Hamilton 11212101221211020221—17 Alexander, Windsor .......22222021012202222212—17 J Farmer, Oakville 21222112202120212022—17 J E Cantelon, Clinton 01120212221221221201—17 H W Burk, Niagara Falls South 222220212210*2122212—17 J A Williamson, Toronto 22*22221022202212121—17 H D Kirkover, Buffalo, N. Y 22222221222222200220—17 JAR Elliott, New York 2012022111221221*121—17 Alf King, Hamilton 22111012022101222222—17 Jas Crooks, Hamilton 2111210112*211012102—16 A Simpson, Sarnia 11101021112110111210—16 M Reardon, Hamilton 102112121200*2122221—16 John Stroud, Hamilton 00222222222022222022—16 A Brown, Sarnia 120110120112212111*2—16 C Crew, Toronto 22202201221011122012—16 J S Phippin, Belleville 11101200210112121112—16 L Waters, Woodstock 2*222102122120212120—16 R Barrett, Guelph 220*1011221221220110—15 A McRitchie, Ridgetown *0221220022222222220—15 R Daniels, St. Thomas 1*111212212012020102—15 F H Conover, Leamington 10222222012222020220 — 15 B McLean, Hamilton 1200*222221202122202—15 C Scane, Ridgetown 20011122*12012212102—15 C F Lavender, Toronto 222111*0220220212202 — 15 J A Spittal, Brantford 02001112122202210122—15- George Stroud, Hamilton 222*2222020202202222 — 15 II Day, Belleville 2101201122011*121020—14 Burney, Belleville 10*10210201101112212—14 The following withdrew when shot out of the money: P. Wakefield, Toronto; T. Upton, Hamilton; G. Robbins, B. Brown, W. Root, G. Reid, Dunnville; Geo. Gooch, Toronto; J. Fanning, New York; A. D. Bates, Hamilton. In the 10-live-bird event, $5 entrance, $100 guaranteed, high guns, thirty-one competed. It resulted as follows: C. J. Mitchell 10, H. Scane 10, Simpson 9, Cantelon 9, George Stroud 9, M. Fletcher 9, Daniels 9, McRitchie 9, Mayhew 9, Dr. Wilson 9, PI. Burk 8, Root 8, M. Reardon 8, John Stroud 8, Crew 8, P. Wakefield 8, McColl 8, Coffey 8, McMacken 8, Upton 8, A. Brown 8, Phippen 7, Dr. Green 7, F. W. Brown 7, B. McLean 7, Lewis 7, J. A. Spittal 6, G. Reid 6, Dr. Hunt 6, Broderick 5, Alexander withdrew. The target programme was like that of the preceding days, except that event 5 was a sweepstake with no added money. Scores: JAR Elliott E G White T Conover J S Fanning H Scane . . . T Upton .. M Fletcher Dr Groves . D Overholt T Duff .... R Wakefield A Tolsma . Broderick . . C Mitchell . J Cantelon G McCall . , R Coffey . , M Mayhew G McGill .. C McMeckii M Reardon . 20 16 18 18 18 19 19 17 . 17 16 13 13 11 20 11 18 . 15 15 12 15 13 19 19 18 . 17 16 18 17 19 17 17 20 . 17 18 19 17 14 . 19 18 16 19 19 20 19 1$ . 17 17 20 14 19 11 12 15 . 14 14 17 15 18 16 16 19 15 ii- -20 13 14 12 17 20 16 16 . 17 17 16 18 18 19 16 19 . 14 . 17 14 14 20 16 19 17 17 . 16 18 15 . 10 11 14 . 15 16 8 19 17 18 . 18 17 19 i3 17 20 ,17' - 14 19 17 15 19 17 17 15 15 3 17 is 18 ii . 20 12 14 17 19 is 17 ii 16 Jan. 20, Fourth Day. The main event was at 10 live birds, $5 entrance, high guns. Scores : McColl, Fingal .2122221222—10 Mayhew, Utica, N. Y 1111112112—10 Cantelon, Clinton 2111111112 — 10 White, Ottawa 2122222221—10 Horning, Hamilton 1210221112— 9 Reardon, Hamilton 2112122220 — • 9 Dr Wilson 2212022211—9 Wakefield, Toronto 0112212211— 9 A Brown, Sarnia 1221122210 — 9 Simpson, Toronto 1222220012 — -8 Upton, Hamilton 0022212222— 8 Mitchell, Brantford 021220*012— 6 Daniels, St. Thomas 1220001202 — 6 Coffey, St. Thomas 2222010200— 6 IT Scane, Ridgetown , 21020w The four 10s divided, and each received $15. The 9s received $3. A number of miss-and-outs were shot. All the visiting gun men were loud in their praises of the Hamilton Gun Club officers and the management of the tourna- ment. Messrs. Geo. W. Burkholder and ITarry Graham, who looked after the score sheets and clerical work generally, are deserving of much credit. They did their work well. Thomas Upton is president of the Hamilton Gun Club; M. E. Fletcher is vice-president; Harry Graham secretary and J. Hun- ter treasurer. Keystone Shooting League. ITolmesburg Junction, Pa., Jan. 28.— Five events at live birds were shot on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League. All the events were short races, at 10 and 7 birds. The scores: First event, 10 live birds, handicap rise, $5 entrance: Harrison, 29 1221111111—10 Budd, 30 2022221220— 8 Frank, 30 0222222122— 9 Luther, 30 0220022000— 4 Second event, 10 live birds, same conditions: -10 - 9 Harrison, 29 1121221221- Budd, 30 2222012222- Third event, 7 live birds: Coleman 22-22222 — 7 Budd 2222222—7 Frank, 30 2222022212— 9 Luther, 30 2121001122— 8 Frank 2221122—7 Luther 2222220—6 Fourth event, 10 live birds, special club event, handicap rise: Harrison, 28 1221221222—10 Van Loon, 28 2222202222— 9 Budd, 30 2222202222— 9 Frank, 30 1020122222— 8 Coleman, 31 0222222222— 9 Harvey, 28 2222200222— 8 Jones, 30 2222222202— 9 Morris, 28 2202222022— 8 Fifth event, 7 live birds, $3 entrance: Coleman 2222222-7 Davis 2221220—6 Jones 2222222—7 Plarvey 2222200—5 Frank 2222120-6 Van Loon 2200122—5 Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I,, Jan. 28. — The January cup was won by Mr. IT. M. Brigham, one of the scratch men of the club. He was tied in the shoot to-day by Mr. L. M. Palmer, Jr., also scratch, and Dr. J. J. Keyes. Each scored 23. Mr. Brigham’s three scores for January, however, were the highest, as follows: 22, 25, and -’3, a total of 70 out of 75, nearly a 91 per cent, performance. The January cup event, 25 targets, handicap allowance, had scores as follows : Hdp. Brk. Tot'l. Hdn. Brk. Tot’ Brigham . 0 23 23 Vanderveer ... ... 4 18 22 Palmer ... 0 23 23 Damron ... 7 15 22 Keyes . . . . 21 23 Bedford ... 1 14 15 Grinnell . 1 21 22 For the team cups, two-man teams, 25 targets per man, hand caps added, six teams entered. Messrs. Brigham and Palmer, scratch, tied with Messrs. Southworth and Marshall on 43., In the shoot-off Messrs. Brigham and Palmer won by a score of 45 to 44. Team shoot, 25 targets: Brigham Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. .. 0 21 21 Lott Hdp 1 . Brk. Tot’l. 16 17 Palmer .. 0 22 22—43 Vanderveer 4 18 22—39 Grinnell .. 1 20 21 Stephenson 1 21 22 Bedford .. 1 19 20—41 L C Hopkins.. 1 15 16-38 Southworth .. 0 22 22 Keyes 2 18 20 Marshall .. 5 16 21—43 S P Hopkins.. 5 14 19—39 Shoot-off: Brigham 21, Palmer 22; total 45. Southworth 21, Marshall 23; total 44. The dates of the club championship contest are March 18 and 25, beginning at 11 o’clock. Each contestant will shoot at 100 targets each day from scratch, a total of 200 targets. This will be a yearly event. The winner will receive a trophy emblematic of the event, and the club will commemorate the championship events with a shield on which will be engraved the names of the cham- pions year by year. Mr. T. W. Stake has presented a Sauer gun to the club for competition at the weekly shoots of February. The conditions are 50 targets, 25 from each set of traps. The three highest scores win. The members are planning to end the shooting season in April, with a Rhode Island clambake, which will be a scratch event well filled. The scores in the other trophy events were as follows : Trophy, 15 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’ Stephenson 0 14 14 Bedford, Jr ... 0 9 9 Palmer, Jr 0 15 15 Werlemann ... ... 4 7 11 Marshall 3 5 8 Vanderveer ... ... 2 9 11 Hopkins 3 8 11 Damron ... 4 6 10 Southworth 0 15 15 Shoot-off, same conditions : Palmer Jr., 14, Southworth 12. Trophy, 15 targets: Bedford 0 8 8 Marshall ... 3 9 12 Stephenson 0 15 15 Hopkins ... 0 10 10 Brigham 0 13 13 Damron ... 4 12 15 Southworth 0 12 12 Werlemann .. ... 4 8 12 Grinnell 0 14 14 Vanderveer ... ... 2 10 12 Lott 0 9 9 Raynor ... 3 9 12 S P Hopkins... 3 10 13 Shoot-off, same conditions: Stephenson 14, Damron 12. Trophy, 15 targets: Bedford 0 10 10 S P Hopkins. ...3 7 10 Stephenson 0 12 12 Marshall ... 3 9 12 Brigham 0 13 13 L C Hopkins. . , ... 0 9 9 Southworth 0 14 14 Damron ... 4 9 13 Grinnell 0 11 11 Werlemann .. ... 4 7 11 Vanderveer 2 7 9 Raynor ... 3 11 14 Shoot-off, same conditions : Southworth 10, Raynor 13. Trophy, 15 targets: Bedford 0 12 12 Raynor ... 3 10 13 Brigham 0 13 13 Werlemann . . ... 4 7 11 Southworth 0 10 10 Palmer ... 0 13 13 Grinnell 0 8 8 Sykes ... 4 9 13 Stake 2 9 11 Damron ....... ... 4 10 14 L C Hopkins 0 7 7 Keyes ... 1 10 11 Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer 0 11 11 L C Hopkins. . ... 0 8 8 Bedford 0 14 14 Sykes ... 2 9 .11 Stephenson 0 14 14 Raynor ... 3 10 13 Brigham 0 13 13 Damron ... 4 11 15. Southworth 0 15 15 Werlemann ... ... 4 6 10 Grinnell 0 11 11 S P Hopkins.., ... 3 9 12 Vanderveer 2 10 12 Stake ... 2 9 11 Marshall 3 9 12 Shoot-off, same conditions: Southworth 13, Damron 15. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N, Y., Jan. 28. — A “pump gun” was the prize of- fered in competition at the regular bi-monthly shoot of the Ossin- ing Gun Club to-day. The conditions were 100 birds, misses as kills handicap. Jap broke 78 out cf 100, which, with his handicap of 6, gave-him a total of 84. Blandford was second with 82. The targets were thrown hard, and a nasty cold wind made dif- ficult shooting, as the scores will testify. A large attendance was expected, but as the grounds are isolated on account of a trolley tie-up — or, snow-up, rather — we will con- sider'eleven shooters a fair turnout. Figures after names signify misses as kills handicap: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total with Targets : 25 10 10 25 25 25 25 Handicap. C G Blandford, 14 16 4 6 17 17 14 20 82 D Brandreth, 16 18 6 7 15 17 14 14 76 . Jap, 6 22 8 7 20 18 19 21 S4 W H Coleman, 15 17 7 7 15 15 15 16 76 O W von der Bosch, 14 5 6 9 16 16 11 66 A L Harris, 20 9 5 9 14 11 13 67 G B Hubbell, 20 9 9 16 16 10 16 78 H L Stratton, 22 .. 9 10 7 13 61 W S Smith, 25 w M H Dyckman, 16 . . 16 12 14 12 70 J T Hyland 16 1 c. g.“b. Five-Man Team Championship, Boston, Mass., Jan. 2S. — The second shoot for the five-man team Slate championship was held on the grounds of the Boston Shoot- ing Association, at Wellington, Mass., this afternoon. Owing to bad weather, only two teams entered. The Watertown won a leg for the cup. Watertown Club. Lowell Rod and Gun Club. Roy ...22 20—42 Climax 21 24—45 Burns . . .18 14—32 Rule 22 19—41 Morse . . .18 17-35 Dean 17 17-34 Barry ...21 15—36 Edwards 22 18—40 Gokey ...21 23—44—189 Currier 15 12—27 187 Other events: Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25- Kirkwood . . 23 23 20 21 22 Edwards 20 17 Frank . . 25 24 23 21 19 Climax 23 22 Straw . . 16 17 16 17 12 Rule 18 14 Rowe . . 12 10 17 16 15 Blinn Griffith . . 22 21 24 24 . . Owen 14 11 Wild . . 20 15 20 16 . . Burns 20 Woodruff . . 20 16 17 . . . . Currier 14 The next shoot will be held Feb. 11. I905-] FOREST AND STREAM. Firft Prize--- 1 887-8 AWA R D S jFinSt Prize— 1888-9 Special Firit Prize--- 189 1-2 ADELAIDE MELBOURNE 'ASMANIA INDIVIDUALITY IS an indication of strength of character, and the man who possesses it usually knows ju£ what he wants. INDIVIDUAL GUNS express the taite and judgment of such men. We make INDIVIDUAL GUNS, and we cater to the man who knows jusT what he wants. Guns and Gloves alike should ht well to give comfort, and comfort makes success doubly sure. Our purpose in using this valuable space in FOREST AND STREAM is to bring ourselves into closer contact with the individual American Sportsman. § * t • i i • ^ 'ivr i ^ order enables us to assure the sportsman that we can meet his individual requirements. We do not make cheap guns. We do not know how. Our energy and experience cannot be wafted in that way. Jt 0 is interested in the beft of English gun making will dousla favor by writing us on the subied. tJJ We have many mterefting details to send to correspondents, showing the records made by the individual Cashmore Guns. WILLIAM CASHMORE, Maker of Fine Guns BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 106 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 4, 1905. for. winter reading. N' row the days are short and the evenings are long. Often the weather is too rough to venture out and there is abundant opportunity for reading. The shooting season has closed, and the fishing season is yet far off. What then remains for one who loves outdoor life except to revisit in memory the joyous scenes of the past, or to anticipate the happy days of the future. If one is fond of outdoor life, there is nothing that will help him to do either of these things so well as a good book. .... , , Of good books the FOREST AND STREAM has published a great many, some of which are mentioned and partially described in the list given below, while many are told of in the illustrated catalogue which will be sent without charge to anyone who may apply for it. ... , , , A good book is something that does not wear out. It gives pleasure the first time it is read, and for years afterward remains a satisfaction to the original purchaser, and a comfort to others who may read it. The works on shooting, fishing, camping, and wild life in our book list are all of the best. Men I Have Fished With. By Fred Mather. 372 pages; 8 portraits. Brice, $2.00. A series of delightful character sketches. Mr. _ Mather enjoyed a fishing comradeship with a number of interest- ing characters, and possessed in an unusual degree the faculty of appreciating and making the most of those with whom he came in contact in his angling experiences. My Angling Friends. A Second Series of Men I Have Fished With. By Fred Mather. Cloth. 369 pages, with 13 illustrations. Price, $2.00. , . . . c . The second book has all the characteristics of the first— the same insight into human nature, the experience-taught philosophy of life, the kindly humor, and the touch that stirs to deeper feeling and moistens the eye. The interest is sustained throughout, and there is here, too, a quality which has been often remarked of Mr. Mather s writings, his faculty of imparting a vast fund of instruction in natural history and the art of angling without being the least pedantic or assuming to put himself up as an angling instructor- In the Louisiana Lowlands. A sketch of plantation life, fishing and camping just after the Civil War; and other tales. By Fred Mather. With portrait of author. Cloth. Price, $1.50. Contents: The Natchitoches. At the Lake. A Hospit- able Southern Home. A Bear Hunt Spinning \ arns. “Shuckin’ of de cawn.” Fishing for Crappies. Shooting in the Berry Patch. Down the Atchafalaya. A Short Cut Home. “Hurry Up Dem Mules.” On the Tanyapahoa. Fishing with a Bow and Arrow. On Bistineau Lake. A Gander Pull in Arkansaw. An Arkansaw Turkey Shoot. Around the Camp-Fire. Catching an Octopus. Some Virginia Men and Fish. Cooking a Trout in Camp. Uncle Lisha’s Shop. Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E- Robin- son. Cloth. Portrait of the author. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. , T , t • v. The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman s exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh- borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days “to swap lies.” This is the first volume in the Danvis series; here we are first made acquainted with Uncle Lisha Peggs, Sam Lovel, Huldah Purington, Antwme, Gran’ther Hill, and the rest of Mr. Robinson s inimitable group. The “Shop” should be read first, for it is the key to the other books, in which the same characters appear. The rest of the series in order is as follows: Sam Lovel’s Camps. A Sequel to “Uncle Lisha’s Shop.” Price, $1.00. Danvis Folks. A Continuation of “Uncle Lisha’s Shop” and Sam Lovel’s Camps.” Price $1.25. Uncle Lislia’s Outing. A Sequel to “Danvis Folks.” Price, $1.26. Hunting Without a Gun And other papers. By Rowland E. Robinson. With illustra- tions from drawings by Rachael Robinson. Price $1.50. This is a collection of papers on different themes con- tributed to Forest and Stream and other publications, and now for the first time brought together. A Danvis Pioneer. A story of one of Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys. By Rowland E. Robinson. Cloth. 214 pages. Price, $1.25. • , ,,t Mr. Robinson’s Forest and Stream serial. In Pioneer Days” has been published in a volume uniform in style with “Danvis Folks,” and those readers who are so for- tunate as to possess Mr. Robinson’s other books will '>e glad to add this to the series. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales. With Notes on the Origin, Customs and Character of the Pawnee People. By George Bird Grinnell. Cloth. 417 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.75. Like most Indian tribes, Pawnees are story-tellers. They have a vast fund of folk-tales and traditions, which nave been handed down from father to son, and transmitted from generation to generation. Years ago, when the tribe lived in Nebraska, the author of the present volume camped and hunted with them, and joined in their village life. The nights were given up to story-telling, and many of the tales told in the lodge, and by the flickering camp-fire, were carefully translated and written down. When published, they excited great interest Blackfoot Lodge Tales. The Story of a Prairie People. By George Bird Grinnell. Cloth. 300 pages. Price, $1.75. Mr. Grinnell has for years been on terms of intimacy with two or three tribes which made up the great con- federation known as the Blackfoot Nation, and having the confidence of the bravest and wisest of the old men, he has penetrated deep into the secret history of the tribe. The Story of the Indian. By George Bird Grinnell, author of “Pawnee Hero Stories,” “Blackfoot Lodge Tales," etc. 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.60. The Indians oi To-day. By George Bird Grinnell. Demi-quarto. 186 pages. Many portraits of chiefs. Buckram. Price, $6.00. 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Illus- trated. 353 pages. Price, $2.60. Like its predecessors, the volume is chiefly devoted to the great game and the outdoor life of Northern America; yet it does not confine itself to any one land, though it is first of all a book about America, its game and its people. The book is printed in uniform style with earlier volumes of the club, on a heavy laid paper, beautifully illustrated and bound in dark red, with a silver stamp. American Big Game in Its Haunts. The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club jor 190f. George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 full- page illustrations. Price $2.60. This is the fourth, and by far the largest and hand- somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from his pen descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park in 1903. 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Hesser was high gun with 47. Don Minto second with 46. The day was cold, with quite a little wind, and not an ideal one for the sport, nor for high scores. Several team matches were shot and the time until dark so fully taken up that few practice events were run off. Mr. Sweeney, of the Sportsman, St. Louis, was a visitor at the grounds. The last shoot in the cash prize series takes place on Feb. 4, and on Feb. 10, the first in the new prize series will be shot. The day’s scores: Cash prize shoot, 50 targets : Targets: 15 15 20 Hesser, 16 15 15 17 — 47 Don Minto, 16 15 14 17 — 46 Roll, 19 13 13 18—43 Medico, 19 11 14 16—41 Peters, 17 13 10 17—40 Herman, 18 12 12 15 — 39 Cambell, 16 12 10 16—38 Harig, 19 11 10 14-35 Team matches: No. 1, 25 targets: Medico 20, Williams 21, Hester 19; total 60. Cambell 21, Herman 19, Peters 19; total 59. No. 2, 25 targets: Medico 20, Hesser £3, Williams 21; total 64. Cambell 23, Peters 20, Herman 15; total 58. No. 3, 50 targets: Gambell 44, Don Minto 44; total SS. 42, Peters 42; total 84. 'targets: Pfieffer, 17 . . Williams, IS Maynard, 19 15 15 20 12 9 14—35 13 S 14—34 9 12 12—33 Boeh, 16 10 10 12—32 Falk, 17 Pohlar. 18 . Roanoke, 19. Gering, 16 . . 11 10 9 . 6 8 11—30 5 11—29 7 6—22 6 S-20 Hesser Cincinnati Gun Club Annual Dinner. The club’s annual dinner was held on the evening of Jan. 26, at the Stag Cafe, and Mine Host Joe Coyle prepared a feast which was thoroughly enjoyed, from oysters to black coffee, by all present. The committee having charge of the affair — Messrs. LI. M. Norris, Chairman; Col. R. H. West and Dr. A. B. Heyl — pro- vided a musical and intellectual feast not a whit behind the solid viands served at the table, in point of excellence. The tables, arranged in the shape of a rectangle, minus one end, were handsomely decorated. Many mounted specimens of game and other birds and several shotguns and rifles were a part of the decorative scheme, and served to remind those present that the gathering was one of sportsmen. President R. H. West presided, and with him were the other members of the committee. There was a large attendance of mem- bers and guests, and those present remarked, with regret, the absence, caused by ill health, of two prominent and active mem- bers, Judge Thos. A. Logan, and John B. Mosby. Col. West proposed a toast to the two absent members, referring to them and their services to the club in a few pleasant words. The toast was drunk standing. Mr. Norris, the chairman, then introduced Col. Robt. H. West as toastmaster of the evening, in a speech full of humorous al- lusions, which were appreciated by all. As was to be expected, Col. West’s speech of acceptance was witty from beginning to end. Among other things, he said: “This is an occasion which appeals to all of us. There are very few real sportsmen in the Cincinnati Gun Club. I can count them on my fingers, beginning with myself and then my friend Norris. The club has very few gcod shots. Judge Logan, Norris and myself, with one or two others, have kept the club alive. Recognizing the ability of Mr. Norris, the club elected him chairman of this committee, but I give you my word of honor, gentlemen, that I have done all the work, sent invitations and seen every one personally.” Some one at the table asked if he had collected the money. “No; my friend Norris attended to that, and informs me that he has done better than he expected. Last year he got enough to pay for his shooting all summer.” The committee provided an excellent entertainment, the pro- gramme consisting of instrumental and vocal music, an exhibition of black art by Mr. G. W. Stock, stories and speeches by mem- bers. The quartette consisted of Messrs. Wm. P. Snechter, W. LI. Geiger, W. H. Behlendorf and Henry L. Korb. Their selections were all good, and they were generous in the matter of encores. Mr. J. W. Roberts presided at the piano as accompanist. * Mr. J. E. Worth (Maynard) was selected to speak on the sub- ject “Does Practice at the Traps Help in Field Shooting: and Col. West introduced him as the one best fitted by experience to deal with the question. Mr. Maynard said in part that he had spent the best part of fifty-five years in field sports, and had devoted much time to trapshooting since the clay pigeon was in- vented by George Ligowsky, and he felt that this practice had made him a better field shot. He considered ignorance and selfish- ness the twin relics of barbarism, and believes they are eliminated from the makeup of members who adhere strictly to the rules of their gun club. Those who shoot infrequently in the field are apt to brag if they secure the most game, and shoot only for the size of the bag. This spirit is not seen at the gun club meets. Members who live up to the spirit and letter of the club rules are made better men and better citizens, and act more kindly to their fellow members. In regard to the artificial part of trapshooting the target starts fast and slows up, while the birds start quickly and fly with accelerating speed, but as the best shots all shoot quickly, this does not count. New members are apt to be care- less in handling their guns, and cause other members of the squad they shoot in to feel nervous and drop in their average. This is unintentional, and a short while at the traps teaches them bow to handle their guns properly, renders them cool and mind- ful of their companions’ rights and safety, whether in the field or at the traps. The best part of the club is the sociability. When you visit the grounds you meet Col. West and other good shots, and enjoy the meeting. Mr. Milt. Lindsley spoke on the question “Probability of the 16-gauge Becoming the Standard at the Trap.” Mr. Lindsley stated that, personally, he did not believe it ever would, and in a talk of some length gave his reasons for his be- lief, the principal one being the small killing circle of the 16-gauge. Lie said that the killing circle of the 16- gauge at 40 yards is 26 inches, of the 12-gauge, 30 inches. The maximum charge for the 16 is 1 ounce of shot; the medium load for the 12-gauge is 1% ounces, and the latter will drive that charge with less bursting strain than the 16-gauge will drive the 1 ounce. In introducing Dr. A. B. Heyl, the next speaker. Col. West said that he was the best-known man of the Cincy Gun Club, by reason of his experiences and his researches along all lines of thought. The story he tells to-night he has told and retold so often that every one is tired of hearing it. Dr. Heyl, when he got a chance to speak, said that he would give up the story referred to bjr ,he chairman, and in its place tell an anecdote of a colored preacher in Alabama. Mr. Arthur Gambell spoke as follows on the subject “Various Methods of Throwing Targets”: “Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: As I have been requested to say my little piece this evening, and as I never wait for a second invitation, I will proceed to give those present a few minutes of torture. Owing to my physical condition, it was considered a much too dangerous undertaking to allow me to kiss the blarney stone. Consequently I am an Irishman without the ‘gift of gab.’ However, as St. Patrick always takes care of his sons in some manner, to punish me for" my lack of wit and ready tongue, he has given me what rightfully belongs to our German friends, ‘an unquenchable thirst,’ with apologies to the present board. So, as a man who is always thirsty is rarely a good orator, I hope you will pardon any inaccuracies of speech or address. The various manners of throwing targets are quite numerous, and as minor details are not necessary on this occasion, we wall ‘cut them out,’ and just give a general description of modern methods. As to traps, we have several similar to the expert, used entirely by our club; then we have the magazine trap and a large assortment which are similar to the Legget trap— a combination of the expert and magazine. These traps all differ in their flights and angles, so that one who is in the habit of shooting over one kind is at a temporary disadvantage when he is compelled to shoot over another. The methods of throwing targets from these traps are as numerous as clubs, each having their own ideas. Some have sev- eral and use any or all of them in one afternoon. Some clubs use men, some boys, some children, some use motors, while some have their members take turns at trapping, as well as all other work connected with shooting. Sometimes the targets are thrown high, sometimes low, sometimes fast and sometimes slow; sometimes hard and sometimes easy; and where you find these conditions existing, it is a safe bet that sometimes they won’t go at all. ‘Breaking away,’ I might say, my first year’s experience as superintendent of our club would, I am sure, have driven any one else to the tall timber, if not over the white bridge. I was pleaded with and ordered by Tom, Dick and Harry to throw targets this way, that way and the other way; to pull promptly, slowly or not pull at all; in fact, anything to get the boys ‘up in the air’ ; then when we go away from home and meet these conditions we can remain on ‘Mother Earth.’ We bad squads which were as well mixed as one of Joe Coyle’s cock- tails; some in the same squad would shoot double, some single, others would shoot about three targets and drop out, and some would bring out one hundred shells and shoot them all up before leaving the firing line. So to bring order out of chaos and save my family the trouble of caring for a crazy man, I took a tape line and monkey wrench, set the traps a certain height and dis- tance. They are the same way to-day, weather only changing the conditions. A great many clubs throw their targets too hard; others much too easy. Either one is a great mistake, as in one instance the members fail to make a creditable score, and in the other they break ’em all— at home. When they go away from home the}- are almost ashamed to come back, as from a 95 per center they have tumbled to about 60, and, to use a slang phrase, ‘that won’t get you anything.’ So in both cases they simply quit. The targets at our club are thrown to give the members good practice and general satisfaction, and if you can break targets at the Cincinnati Gun Club grounds, you can hold your own anywhere. A letter received last week from a prominent member of. the Cleveland Club, recognized as one of the foremost in the country, stated that in 1904 they threw 92,692 targets. The Cincinnati Club threw 167,000 in 1899; in 1900, 156,000; in 1901, 246,000; in 1902, 299,000; in 1903, 297,000; in 1904, 322,000 — and we will raise that some in 1905. “In conclusion, I wish to $ay — and I want all present to in- form others, a kind of endless chain affair — that in the spring there will be installed a set of expert traps, which will give an unlimited variety of shooting to the members. Five traps will be set level with the ground, five yards apart, and on a straight line, with a high blind or backstop. The many styles of shooting from these traps are too numerous to remark on just now, but what will appeal most to our members is that it will give assured benefit for field work.” Other speakers were Mr. F. C. Tuttle, who gave his views on the subject “Desirable Modifications of the Existing Game Laws”; Mr. Joe Coyle and Mr. Jas. O’Dowd. A song by the quartette concluded the entertainment. Mr. Wuest moved that a vote of thanks be extended to the com- mittee by the members and guests, and this was passed unanimously. The following sat at tables: R. IT. West, LI. 31. Norris, J. C. Hobart, Robert Wuest, Joe Coyle, M. F.. Lindsley, F. C. Tuttle, W. E. Keplinger, Frank See, Henry L. Korb, H. F. Jergens, Jos. II. Block, John W. Coleman, Rudolph Tietig, A. K. Andrews, L\ C. Regan, John N. Roberts, Wm. P. Tuechter, Walter LI. Geier, Gus Boeh, LI. Osterfelt, Chas. Leger, R.- T. Sohngen, C. A. Zimmerman, J. A. Schmidt, Jas. C. Norris, Arthur Gambell, Frank Osterfelt, J. L. Strauss, IT. Gosney, Ad. R. Roll, D. LI. Eaton, W. H. Behlendorf, Jr., Charles Menninger, Jr., Conrad Klein, LI. Bumiller, Frank L. Haffner, J. E. Devine, W. R. Randall, Dr. A. B.- Heyl, R. C. Anderson, A. C. Dick, Chas. P. Brown, LI. C. Hoefinghoff, J. E. Worth, H. Van Ness, Chas. E. Volk, Dr. J. W. Dennis, Dr. D. G. Stafford, Dan Pohlar, Wm. A. Miller, Louis Pfieffer, H. S. Rosenthal, P. N. Siefert, Carroll Brookfield Rohrer's Island Gun Club, Dayton, O. The annual meeting and banquet of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, Dayton, O., was held at the Phillips Llouse, on Jan. 26, and was attended by a majority of the members. After the business meeting the balance of the evening was devoted to having a good time. The officers elected were as follows: President, Gus A. Llodapp; Vice-President, W. C. Oldt; Secretary, Will E. Kette; Assistant Secretary, M. K. Lluffman; Treasurer, C. F. Miller; Captain, Geo. C. Rohrer; Trustees: M. K. Huffman, Charles Smyth, Harry Oswald, Phil Hanauer, Horace Lockwood. After the business meeting an adjournment was taken to the dining room, where the banquet was spread. William F. Breidenbach acted as toastmaster, and was a de- cided success in the position. He made very many witty re- marks and caused many a hearty laugh. There were no . set speeches, the responses being impromptu, those called on being taken by surprise in some cases. Among the speakers were John Schaerf, Charlie Miller, Phil Hanauer, Charlie Barr, A1 Fiorini, Harry Oswald, M. Schwind, W. H. Stark and John Theobald. Messrs. Ralph Trimble and C. O. Le Compte were, present as guests of honor, and made happy responses when called upon. A pleasant feature of the affair was the presentation to John Schaerf — Honest John, his friends call him — of a handsome medal a yard long. It was of leather. On it was burned the inscrip- tion, “For regular attendance,” and this means a good deal, for John was present at every meeting during the year. In his re- sponse to the presentation speech of Toastmaster Breidenbach, John announced that he would wear it every day in the- year, with his mind at rest, knowing that it could not be taken front him in one of the weekly shoots of the club, and that he should prize it as highly as though it were made of gold. The committee consisted of Charlie Miller, Phil Hanauer and Secretary Will E. Kette, and they deserve great credit for the success of the club’s first banquet. In Other Places, There was a very interesting all-day shooting tournament held at ■Waterloo, Ind., on Thursday last. The Alpena, Mich, trapshots do not fail to get busy, and burn seme powder during January. Those preparing for the annual banquet are C. W. Edwards, A. W. Brown, D. D. Hanover, R. H. Rayburn, F. N. Potter, H. L. Brood, R. H. Collins, John Beck, F.- B. Johnston, I. R. Meyers, Chas, Dust,- Geo. Burston, 108 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 4, 1905. H. K. Gustin, R. H. Ellsworth, Fred Farman, and Will A. Prince. At Loudonville, O., the Germany Gun Club is doing well. After constant practice during the past four weeks, the honors at the present writing rest with Emanuel Huffman, who secured the belt at the last practice meeting. One well-known Chas. W. Budd is busy while roasting his shins by the Iowa corn cob fire, with letters and such head work as may be necessary to make the Iowa State shoot the greatest in that great shooting center. Charlie announces that several handsome shotguns will be offered for competition. It has been several years since Mr. Budd held a State shoot at his home town. After holding nearly all the Western trophies during the better part of 1904, Mr. Clayton, the Kansas City crack shot, was on last Monday defeated by Wm. Veich, of Fall River, Neb., for the Elliott target trophy. Score at 100 targets: Veich 86, Clayton 76. Clayton will have another try with him on Feb. 14. The match will likely be held at St. Joseph, Mo. Veich was on his best mettle, as he killed 20 straight live birds to Clayton’s 19 in a sweep. Others shooting were Dave Elliott and H. Tipton with 16 and Taylor with 15. After a third trial, Frank Keeler, of the Tobasco Gun Club, was discharged. His offense was that of shooting ducks half an hour after sundown. The jury disagreed, and the defendant was told by the judge to go his way and sin no more. The Capron, 111., Gun Club will hold the next contest for the Hunter Arms Co. badge on Feb. 1, instead of the 22d, as pre- viously announced. Mr. A. Vance served notice on all interested. Jim Head, Ernest Tripp, John Lilly and many other Indiana trapshooters should get very busy, as, Senator Beardsley has in- troduced a bill in the Senate having for its object the prohibition of pigeon shooting at the traps. It also includes doves, whether at the traps only, the informant did not specify. One of the old-time and businesslike clubs, the Lake St. Clair Fishing and Shooting Club, of Detroit, Mich., held their meeting on Tuesday night, and Thomas S. McGraw was made President; Judge Durfee, Vice-President; Hamilton Dey, Treasurer, and Bryant Walker, Secretary. Fred Gilbert and Wm. Crosby are a good team, and they are reported to be now touring the principal cities of Texas, giving exhibitions of smashing clay targets with the shotgun. When last heard from they were getting ready to shoot at Forth Worth. The big gun shooters are many of them now touring through- out the great State of Texas. Manager Will Holt, of the Waco, Tex., Gun Club, states that the State shoot will come off at their club grounds during the month of April. Gilbert and Crosby will appear early in Waco in all their glory, and warm up the blood of those who take interest in target shooting. The Akron, O., Gun Club held its shoot Saturday under some difficulties as to weather, yet some very fair scores were said to have been made. C. F. Haak, now holding the tri-county cham- pionship cup, will be challenged by one of the best of the Bar- beton Club. This is the cup won at Canton last November by Mr. Flick. Few of the Illinois gun clubs are as enthusiastic as the Nichol’s Park, of Jacksonville, 111., as it holds shoots weekly, no matter what the weather may be. This shows how much easier it is to divide money than to split a cow in three equal parts. On Thursday last, in a match at bluerocks, held at Chester, Pa., in which there were thirty contestants shooting for an Alderny cow, George Williamson, George Powell and F. E. Pennington killed straight and tied. The owner gave the option of accepting $25 cash in lieu of the cow, and the cash was split as the easiest way of a settlement. In about one week from this writing there will be a tournament under the auspices of the Hill Rod and Gun Club, held at Chester, Pa. Many of America’s greatest trapshots are expected. Some enthusiast writes us that between one and two hundred will be in the contest. The North Allentown, Pa., Gun Club 1905 officers are: Presi- dent, Arthur Berger; Vice-President, Robert Mullen; Recording Secretary, Harvey Diefenderfer; Financial Secretary, Oland Keiper; Treasurer, John Elinger; Captain, Elmer Meyers. The last monthly contest was not held, owing to high water. The next shoot will be held on Feb. 11. Notice has been received that a gun and athletic club has been formed at Jeroroeville, O. It was J. A. Jackson, Sr., who outstripped all the boys in the 20-live-bird handicap at Taylor, Tex. He scored 19 without a tie. The second money men were Fred Gilbert, the world’s famous shot; William Heer, the champion of Kansas, and Otto Senns, of Houston, Tex., as they had 18 each in the “game bag.” It is reported that the Northwest Gun Club, of Milwaukee, held a shoot to begin at 8 A. M. Now the enthusiasts must have stayed up all night to keep warm and to get out that early these frosty mornings. Let’s see, only 12 degrees below. It must be said of the Highland Gun Club, of Des Moines, la., that the members are not lacking in their enthusiasm for the State shoot. That there may be no lack of practice, the club has arranged for prizes to be awarded which will bring the members together at least once per week. Ye pigeon shooters of Indiana must get their eagle eye on that pigeon bill introduced by Mr. Beardsley, as the minority mem- bers of the committee adopted the provisions for the enactment of the bill. There seems to be a decided predilection on the part of the Senators in favor of the measure as introduced. The members of the Peoria Gun Club met Thursday, and be- sides shooting a few bluerocks, there was an election of officers, viz.: Walter Smith, President and H. C. Conklin, Secretary. Patterson was high gun at the last shoot of the Des Moines, la., Gun Club, getting the good score of 93 out of 100, while Chas. W. Budd came second. There is an awakening at the Iowa hub, and there will be a number of local men to enter in the State shoot, which opens March 14. Capt. W. T. B. Wilson was elected as the president of the Atlanta, Ga., Rifle Association, with Col. Clifford L. Anderson Vice-President, and W. T. Spratt Secretary and Treasurer. For several years the Paducah, Ky., Gun Club has been noted for its activity as tournament promoter. This will appeal to you as an easy matter when you understand that this club has more than one hundred members. A large number of Kansas trapshots met at Great Bend, Kans., on Jan. 23 and participated in a one-day shoot. The handicap system was used. Shooting at 130 targets, Gano was the best with 115. Others were Downs 112, Arnold 112, Lewis 108, Gruber 107, Ed. O’Brien 106, Gottlieb 105, Nihlo 104, Rankin 103, Dave El- liott 102, McMullen 96, French 81. In the live birds, 10 each, Gano killed 10, Downs 8, Arnold 9, Lewis 10, Gruber 10, O’Brien 8, Gottlieb 8, Nihlo 10, Rankin 8, Elliott 9, McMullen 9, and French 10. Dave Elliott was a trade representative, and Chris. Gottlieb came down with him from Kansas to watch that no harm was done him by the “short grass” people, . At Taylor* Taylor, Tex., Jan. 21. — The Central Texas Handicap, held here this week, was a drawing card. There are a number of Northern people down here at the present time who will take in all the three big shoots: Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, accompanied by John Burmister; W. R. Crosby, of O’Fallon, 111.; H. G. Taylor, Meckling, S. D. ; W. IT. Heer, Concordia, Kans. ; Charley Spencer, St. Louis; Pop Heikes, Dayton, O. ; Hood Waters, Baltimore, Md. ; H. Anderson, Salina, Kans. Gilbert and Crosby tied on the targets for the two days, 413 out of 450, both at the 21yd. mark. Taylor next with 399; then Heer 398. H. G. Taylor won the Central Texas Handicap at 100 targets with 95 out of the 100. J. A. Jackson won the live-bird handicap, with 19 out of 20. Robert Conorly, of Austin, Tex., and Bill Crosby tied for the Smith gun on 47 out of 50. The longest runs on targets were those of Gilbert with 72, and Heer with 63. The first day was devoted to live birds, there being one 20- bird sweep handicap. Scores: Fred Gilbert 18, Wm. Crosby 16, Heikes 16, Chas. Spencer 18, Wm. Heer 18, F. Faurote 17, T. E. Hubby 17, L. I. Wade 17, Hood Waters 17, H. M. Jackson 7, J. A. Jackson 19, Otto Senns 18, J. L. Jones 181 H. G. Taylor 12, Hy. Anderson 15, Jas. Day 18, Ed. Coe 3 (withdrew), W. Miller 17, John Burmister 15, M. Stith 16, M. E. Fosgard 16, B. F. Rowe 16, Chas. Ledbetter 17, John Jackson 14. Targets, two days: Gilbert, 21 Shot at. Broke. 250 237 Shot at. Broke. 200 176 Total. 413 Crosby, 21 250 234 200 179 413 Heikes, 20 250 213 200 164 377 Spencer, 20 250 232 200 158 390 Heer, 20 250 225 200 173 398 Faurote, 19 250 206 200 151 357 Hubby, 19 250 220 200 164 394 Wade, 18 250 206 200 158 364 Waters, IS 250 225 200 160 385 Fleming, 19 150 128 200 161 289 Jackson. 18 250 227 200 164 391 Senns, 18 250 222 200 152 374 Atchinson, 19 220 200 175 395 Taylor, 18 250 228 200 171 399 Anderson, 18 250 212 200 153 365 Day, 18 Miller. 17 250 232 200 161 393 250 216 200 160 326 Burmister, 16 250 205 200 160 365 Barnes, 16 250 220 200 148 368 T Jackson, 16 250 217 200 157 374 Bagerman, 16 175 149 200 162 311 Philadelphia Trapshooters* League* Clearview — Highland. Gorgas Station, Pa., Jan. 28.— The Clearview Gun Club scored a sixth victory in the League series to-day. A strong wind added to the difficulties of shooting.. Scores : Clearview. Belhartz .... 7 Highland. Crooks ...22 Bell .... 4 Lutz ...18 Ellwell ... .10 Ringgold ... 7 Ludwig ....18 M W entz ...12 Downs ....18 Denham ...11 Huber ....24 Everett ...17 Charlton ....20 Pinkerton ...14 Davidson ... .17 Dalton ...13 Fisher ....18 Franklin ...18 Buckwalter ....23—159 A Ballantine . . .17—149 Florists — N arberth. Wissinoming, Pa., Jan. 28.— A cold, strong wind was an un- pleasant weather condition. The competition was nevertheless keen, and a number of excellent scores were made. Scores: Florists’. F Coleman 24 Landis 23 Huttenlock 24 Bell 23 Shew 20 Whitaker 22 E Coleman ..16 Sheeler 23 Anderson 22 Sanford 24 — 221 Narberth. Alker 17 Galbraith 17 Hamel 24 Davis 21 Humphreys 16 McClellan 20 Halbstadt 15 Duffield 19 Barker 19 Sharp 18 — 1S6 Meadow Springs— Hill Rod and Gun Club. Chester, Pa., Jan. 28. — The League contest between Meadow Spring and Hill Rod and Gun Club was won by the form.er, the scores being as follows: Meadow Spring. Franklin 22 Hare 20 Mardin 19 Roberts 18 Depew 18 Henry 17 W Hansell . . . 16 Heathcote . . . Bush 16 Coyle 14-176 Hill Rod and Gun. C Birney 21 Urian 21 H Birney 18 McDowell , 18 Lambert 18 Samsall 17 J Birney 16 Cassidy 15 Hunter 12—172 S. S. White — Hillside. Chestnut Hill, Jan. 28.— The League match between the Whites and Hillsides was won by the former, the detailed scores being as follows: S. S. White. Harper Brenizer Fontaine Cantrell Hand Beyer St. Clair Hinkson Dr Cotting Stahr Hillside. .19 J B Haywood 20 .19 W Aiman 17 .18 R Bisbing 16 .18 Caie ...16 .18 Laurent 15 17 Parsons 15 .16 Clark ■ 15 .16 M Bisbing 14 .15 Larson 12 .13 — 169 Absentee 12 — 152 Media— North Camden. Media, Pa., Jan. 28. — The Media and North Camden teams made some remarkable team scores, as follows: Media. Howard 21 Smedley 16 Powell 20 Pennington 20 Reilly 15 Rhodes 14 Little ...14 Williamson 13 Dee 12 Leedom 10 — 157 North Camden. Tilton 15 Ray 17 Grant 16 Silver 16 Pratt 15 Wickes 14 Flemington 10 Bateman 10 Cavileer 10 Stratton 8 — 134 New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association. The call for the special meeting failed to obtainja quorum on Jan. 18, and under the rules an adjournment was made to Feb. 2 at 8 o’clock P. M. at the same location, 842 Broad street, New- ark. Those present at the meetmg last week were the first vice- president, the treasurer, the chairman of the executive com- mittee, the acting secretary, E. A. Mahnken and George B. Gas- kill. representing the Rahway Gun Club; Asa Whitehead, the South Side Gun Club of Newark and Charles Van Nuis, the Brunswick of New Brunswick. President George N, Thomas, qf Trenton, wired that he was tQQ ill to attend. Bound Brook Gun Club. Bound Brook, N. J. — In spite of the threatening weather on Saturday, Jan. 21, there was a good attendance at the Bound Brook Gun Club shoot. Several visitors from various towns were present and took part in the sport. In the club event for the three silver loving cups three mem- bers tied on 25 for first. This was shot off miss-and-out, Mr. Hooey holding out the longest. The second was won by Mr. A. K. Smith, and third by Dr. Bache. In the other events some straight scores were made. Mr. Hooey landed a prize in every event except the fourth, which was a handicap event, and the silver cup was won by Dr. Bache, who shot out six others in this event that were tied with him. Dr. J. B. Pardoe was also a heavy winner. Mr. Reynolds made the straight scores and took first prize in the events. Other winners were Mr. McDonough, of Orange, and Mr. H. R. of North Branch. The seventh event was an extra one, and the prize, a box of' cigars, was donated by Mr. Du Four. Mr. Reynolds won a lamp. Dr. Pardo won the cigars on 10 straight, and Mr. Hooey won the lamp. Messrs. Neaf Apgar and Hearn were present. The scores are: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shot Targets : 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 at. Broke. Reynolds 17 3 10 10 10 7 75 61 . Dr Bache 13 7 7 7 9 6 5 85 64 Apgar 17 5 S 8 9 9 8 85 64 Slater 12 5 8 4 6 6 . , 75 41 Hearn 16 6 10 9 9 9 , , 75 59 Stelle 15 6 .. 35 21 Pardoe 16 9 8 . 9 10 65 52 Smith 10 5 .. 4 2 4 65 25 ■ Hcoey 19 9 9 9 9 10 8 85 73 Du Four 11 4 3 45 18 McDonough 20 10 10 8 8 8 7 85 71 Crater 2 5 4 5 .. 5 50 21 M II R 8 6 8 6 8 6 60 42 j Withling 6 . 9 . . 30 25 ; Dr Lucky Club event, handicap: .. b 6 8 6 8 50 33 Broke Total. Dr Bache, 8 . . . .0110100011100010100111110—13 21 Dr Pardoe, 4 . . . .1000011111111101100001111- -16 20 Flooey, 8 Smith, 12 . . . .1011101101111110011111101- -19 25 . . . .0100101001010011000100110- -10 22 Stelle, 10 ..; . . . .1100001110111101011100101- -15 25 Du Four, 14 . . . .0100100110011010011100100- -11 25 F. R. Stelle, Sec’y. Charlestown Shoot. Charlestown, Md., Jan. 25. — The all-day shoot at Charlestown, Md., was notable for some excellent scores. Three Wilmington trapshooters, Messrs. W. M. Foord, J. A. McKelvey and L. J.' Squier, tied for second with a score of 92 out of 100. High man was Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins, who scored 96 out of 100. A ten-man team race was’ an event of special interest. Rising Sun defeated Charlestown by a score of 220 to 205. Each man! shot at 25 targets. Scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shot Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 25 10 15 at. Broke. H Barnes 7 7 9 9 9 22 8 13 100 84 J M Hawkins 9 10 10 10 9 24 10 14 100 96 M Miller 9 7 8 7 7 18 7 12 100 75 FI England 10 6 10 7 10 23 9 14 100 89 J Gifford 8 8 6 8 9 22 10 10 100 81 D Letz 7 5 6 .. 7 ... 40 25 1' Riale 8 8 9 10 8 17 6 11 100 77 P Jackson 7 8 9 .. 7 .. 40 31 H L Worthington ...... 10 7 8 8 10 25 9 13 100 90 H Alexander 10 9 9 9 9 22 75 68 J McCush 7 9 8 9 9 23 9 ii 100 88 W Jackson 8 8 8 9 10 24 8 13 100 88 Wm Foord , 8 10 8 9 9 23 10 15 100 92 J A McKelvey 9 9 9 9 10 23 8 15 100 92 L J Squier 8 9 9 8 10 24 9 15 100 92 E Dill 8 9 7 8 .. 19 9 11 90 71 Gregg 7 6 6 6 12 55 37 Harry Hartlove 10 10 9 8 22 8 14 90 81 Clarence Kirk 8 7 6 23 9 13 80 66 L Koerner 9 8 10 7 10 .. 50 44 C. A Stephens .. 8 22 . . . . 35 30 Gilbert .. 8 17 5 . . 45 30 F A Foster .. 7 .. 9 13 35 29 Cecil Kirk .. 9 23 9 15 60 56 R McCardle .. 9 25 9 14 60 57 J M Heisler .. ..19 . . . . 25 19 J R Marr .. ..23 7 .. 35 30 FI E Richardson .. ..17 , , 25 17 O B Lamar .. ..17 . . . . 25 17 M E Cole 10 14 25 24 W Jackson 9 13 25 22 Deibert 15 11 Team contest, 25 targets per man: Rising Sun — H. L. Worthington 25, J. S. Gifford 22, H. Eng-, land 23, J. McCush 23, U. Jackson 24, T. Riale 17, H. Alexander* 22, Clarence Kirk 23, M. Miller 18, Cecil Kirk 23; total 220. Charlestown — J. M. Heisler 19, C. A. Stephens 22, J. R. Mam 23, H. E. Richardson 17, H. A. Barnes 22, W. M. Foord 23, II. Hartlove 20, O. B. Lamar 17, J. M. McKelvey 23, E. Dill 19;, total 205. j/Lmwer§ to i^omspondqnk. — $ — Ho notice taken ot anonymous communications. J. W. G., Springboro, Pa.— Is the statement true that shotguns, of the best makes— 7% to 8 pounds— at the traps will often shoot loose after a season or two of use, and require rifling? Ans. No; but with qualification. The length of time a gun will last de- pends on the strain to which it is subjected. The modern loads used at the trap are heavy; those used at live birds still heavier. A shooter who uses 150 or 200 cartridges each week through the year is likely to shoot his' gun loose m the course of two or three years. If he shoots the same number of live bird charges, he might even shoot his gun loose in a year. On the other hand, the gun, used more moderately, as it is by most trapshooters, should last five, six, seven or more years. PUBLISHERS* DEPARTMENT. California. Thirty-three Days’ Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged for a special personally-conducted tour through California, to leave New York, Philadelohia, Baltimore and Washington, on Feb. 16, by the “Golden* Gate Special,” composed exclusively of Pullman parlor- smoking, dining, drawing-room sleeping, compartment, and ob- servation cars, returning by March 21. This special tram will be run over the entire route. The best hotels will be used where extended stops are made, but the train will be at the constant command of the party. _ Round-trip tickets covering all necessary expenses, $375 from a hi points on Pennsylvania ^Railroad except Pittsburg, from which point the rate will be $370. For itineraries and further information apply to ticket agents; C Studds, Eastern Passenger Agent, 263 Fifth avenue, New York- Hugh Hasson, Jr., Passenger Agent, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md. ; B. M. Newbold, Passenger Agent Southeasterr District Washington, D. C. : Thos. E. 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The laws are complex and many. The Brief states them clearly and concisely. There is a fund of good stories besides in the Wood- craft pages. Sold by all dealers or sent postpaid for 25 cents by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream. Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. LIST OF THE PLATES. I. Alert (Moose), .... Carl Rungius '2. 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FOREST and stream PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK, EROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT, By W. Q. HUDSON, M. D., is a^medest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world’s best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls, Equipments, Sights and Sighting, Aiming. Adjustments of Sights, Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Tar- gets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Appliances, etc. Thirty five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sa'e by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York. for t be Spoilsman’s mall FOREST AND STREAM offers to sportsmen a number of beautiful pictures, suitable for framing and hanging on the wall of dining room or den. Of these, four appeal especially to the big-game hunter, and show four characteristic species of North American animals. 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Handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke, 10 ga., 32 in. barrels, 8% lbs.. 14% in. stock. Price $100.00 1400. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $250 grade. Fine English laminated barrels, low hammers, full pistol grip, dark handsome stock. Extra full choke; 10 ga., 32 in. barrels, 9 lbs. 4 oz., 3 in. drop, 14% in. stock. This gun Price. $iuu.uu 1427. Greener Single Barrel, 10-bore Duck and Goose Gun. Extreme full choke for long-range work, 36 in. fine Damascus barrels. Weight 11% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Under-grip action. This gun has never been shot. Original price $125.00. Price. $75.00 1510. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammerless Gun, $200 grade, full choke both barrels. Wrought steel barrels, half pistol grip, 12 ga., 32 in. bar- rels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Like new. Price.... $125.00 1745. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 16 ga., 26 in. bar- rels, 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. A bargain at $100.00 1943. Greener Monarch Ejector, $200 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 14 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Extra full choke both barrels. Sieman steel barrels. Ex- tremely handsome stock and a fine pigeon gun. Price $150.00 1610. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $175 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 27 in. bar- rels, 6 lbs., 2 1-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock, straight grip, very handsome stock. _ English Damascus barrels, modified choke. Price $125.00 1779. Greener Monarch Ejector, $250 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28, in. barrels, 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Fine engraving and very hand- some stock. Modified and cylinder. A great bargain. Price $190.00 1203. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammer- less, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 4 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Full choke, beautifully engraved and finished. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Price, $150. 1911. Greener Hammer Field Gun, 12 ga.. 28 in., 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip, Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new $120. Price $45.00 1841. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Straight grip, Sieman steel barrels, full choke, top safety. Like new. Price $50.00 1845. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 26 in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, half pistol grip. Barrels full choke and modified. Like new. Price $50.00 2442. Greener Crown Ejector Pigeon Gun, full choke both barrels, half pistol grip, fine stock, Damascus barrels, 12 ga., 30in., 7% lbs., 2%in. drop, 14%in. stock. Cost new $425.00. Price $275.00 has never been shot. Anv of the above guns sent C. O. D. allowing examination, on receipt of $5.00, which amount will be returned, less express charges; or if cash accompanies the order, 5 per cent, discount may be deducted from above prices. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St., New York. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. D\jPor\t Smokeless During 1904, besides winning both the Professional and Amateur Championships, was shot by Six out of the first ten high men. DuPont Smokeless MAKES SHOOTING STARS Begin the New Year by shooting shells loaded with NEW GREEN WALSRODE There is no better powder in the world for cold weather. Arctic explorers use no other smokeless powder in the North. If you can't get the powder at your dealers, write for prices and samples to SCH0VERLING, DALY i GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - NEW YORK. For ail game laws see VOL. LXIV.-No. 6. “Game Laws in Brief/' sold by all dealers SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ((, (905. Copyright 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. ’ISBtlX Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.' Terms, postpaid, $4. \ Great Britain, $5.50. J FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. A TEXAS TORNADO A strong preference for.U. M. C. Shot Shells has swept over Texas. Last year the Sunny South Handicaps at Birds and Flying Targets were won by U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS. * - • - This year H. G. Taylor won the Central Texas Handicap at Taylor, Texas, January 20th. At Brenham, January 25th, he won the Sunny South Handicap, at birds, Messrs. Heikes and Coe second. 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This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12% x 19 inches, on paper 22 x 28 inches. It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. 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With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 346 Broadway, New York. TRADEMARK. SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars am ironwork exposed to excessive changes ii weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH *. COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway, 59 Market Street New York, Chicago, III, Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. t Six Months, $2. ) NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905. j VOL. LXIV.— No. 6. | No. 346 Broadway, New York. jThe Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. NETS IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN. There is no promise of an early adjustment of the dif- ferences between New York and Vermont on the one side and Canada on the other with respect to the fisheries of Lake Champlain. New York and Vermont prohibit sein- ing in the lake, while Canada permits it. The Federal and State commissions stock the lake, and Canada nets the fish. Strong efforts have been made to induce the Canadian authorities to abolish the netting, but so far nothing has been accomplished. At a conference between representatives of New York and Vermont with Mr. Parent, Minister of Mines, Lands and Fisheries, in Mon- treal last month, though it was shown beyond contro- versy that the netting meant the ruin of the lake fisheries, no assurance could be obtained from Minister Parent that Canada would co-operate to drive out the seines. • On the contrary, he urged in return that the action of the United States in propagating yellow perch in the lake had been injurious to its fishing interests. As the matter now stands, Senator Prince, of the New York committee, and Chief Protector Pond express themselves as favoring resort to strong measures unless the Canadian authorities shall show a change of front. If seine fishing is to continue in Canadian waters, the States should refuse longer to stock the lake. Some members of the committee are in favor of going so far as to take off the bar on netting and give full license to seiners on the New York and Vermont sides of the lake. This is heroic treatment which should not be resorted to so long as there remains the slightest hope of persuading the Provincial authorities to join in the abolition of nets. It is said that the question is a political one, the fisher- men and their allies holding a very substantial balance of power by their votes, and that action inimical to their personal interest is therefore impossible. p TRANSFER OF FOREST RESERVES. After efforts extending over several years, the cause of national forest protection has won a substantial victory by the passage of a law transferring the management of the forest reserves from the General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Department of Agriculture. The urgent need of such a measure has long been recog- nized. The adoption in 1891 of a forest reserve policy, the management of which should be in the General Land Office,' introduced to that bureau a number of novel problems which it was not well fitted to handle. It has received help from the United States Geological Survey and from the Bureau of Forestry, but for several years it has been recognized that a change should be made, and that the work of caring for the forest reserves should be transferred to the Department of Agriculture, where the Bureau of Forestry is. This view was well expressed in the President s last message. He said: “As I have repeatedly recommended, all of the forest work of the Government should be concentrated in the Department of Agriculture, where the larger part of the work is already done, where practically all of the trained foresters of the Government are employed, where chiefly, in Washington, there is comprehensive first-hand knowl- edge of the problems of the reserves, acquired on the ground, where all problems relating to growth from the soil are already gathered, and where all the sciences auxiliary to forestry are at hand for prompt and effective co-operation.” Bills providing for such transfer have been introduced in Congress in previous years, but have failed to pass. This year, however, the objections of Congress were overcome, and on February 1 the President signed the hill, which at once became law. It has transferred the business of the reserves to the Department of Agriculture, where such business and everything relating to it will hereafter be administered. The officials of the Forest Re- serve Service in the field and elsewhere — the force num- bering about 450 men — are transferred to the Department of Agriculture. What has been known as the Bureau of Forestry will hereafter be called the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Gifford Pinchot remains its head, with the title of Chief Forester. Under this branch of the service will now come all the cutting of timber, whether for sale or for free use, per- mits for grazing live stock, together with any changes of management and methods that the experience of the Forest Bureau recommends. For the present the rules and regulations of the General Land Office will remain in force, but before long we may look for changes and im- provements. The importance of the forest reserves to the industries of the Western States cannot be overestimated. Whether we consider agriculture, stockraising, mining or manu- factures, water is the absolute essential, and the chief purpose of the forest reserves is to insure an even and never-failing water supply. The whole United States, but especially the West, is to be congratulated on the change made by the present law, as well as on the fact that Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the man of all Americans who has done most for forestry in America, remains at the head of the Forest Service. POLICE MARKSMANSHIP. With regular periodicity there appear accounts in the daily papers of the policeman who shoots at a malefactor and kills an innocent dog, or who shoots at a dog and kills an innocent citizen, or who shoots in the air and kills a prattling infant on the doorstep of its home. Per- chance there is need, as a humane act, to kill a crippled horse, than which no target is easier to hit, yet the ac- counts now and then show bungling work, a number of shots being necessary to have the effect of one properly placed, with some peril to the immediate neighborhood from wild shots. There is betimes a pleasing variation in the recountals of such revolver practice on fleeing offenders, inasmuch as all six shots, flying promiscuously around in the city streets, do not hit anything whatever so far as can be discovered. Once in a long while, prob- ably due to the laws which govern even long chances, an offender is hit. It is truly marvelous that in police use of the revolver there is an impartial result in the hitting of men, women, children, horses and dogs. For all this deplorably inefficient marksmanship there is a good reason, namely, the policemen as a class are unskilled in. the use of the revolver. Many of them have never been taught the elementary principles of handling it, much less to shoot it accurately. To turn loose a large body of men, nominally guardians of the public weal, armed with weapons of whose use they are ignorant, would seem to be more of a menace, so far as the use of revolvers is concerned, than a protection. The following, taken from the columns of the daily press, will show clearly why one thing is shot at and an- other thing hit by the average New York policeman, who probably is a fair type of the policeman-marksman throughout the United States. Commissioner McAdoo is quoted as saying : “The reports show that out of 1,500 men who have been at the ranges so far, only nine have qualified as marksmen. That is deplorable. A man who scores 55 out of a possible 75 with three rounds of five shots each at fifteen yards gets the grade of marksman. A man who gets 70 is a sharpshooter. This poor showing ex- hibits the necessity of beginning at the beginning and teaching the men how to handle and clean their weapons. The situation is worse than I thought it was. Already one man has killed another at the range. It was purely accidental, but certainly ought never to have happened.” Skill with the revolver is acquired only by constant practice. The unskillfulness of the police is in no wise different from that of all novices in the use of firearms. The individual policeman is not to be held responsible for his inefficiency as a marksman. The responsibility rests with the higher officials whose duty it is to attend to able to shoot accurately is as essential to the police officer as it is to the soldier. If the policemen cannot use then- revolvers properly, the question naturally arises then as to why they are armed with them. GAME FOR CHARITY. This is the season of the year when patients in hos- pitals, children in orphan asylums, and the dwellers in homes for the aged and indigent are surprised and grati- fied by having set before them quail on toast, woodcock and other choice tid-bits of game from the markets. In Springfield, Mass., the other day the sick in the hospitals had such a treat at the expense of the Eastern States Refrigerating Company, a local concern upon whose cold storage vaults the game constables had pounced, dis- covering therein thirty-five woodcock and seven par- tridges, which were promptly confiscated and turned over to the authorities. The Eastern States people got off cheaply at that. The fine which might have been imposed for the unlawful possession of the entire number of forty- two birds would have amounted at $20 per bird to $840. The court, however, appeared to entertain the opinion that such a penalty would have been excessive, and the defendants were therefore permitted to plead guilty to having in possession three birds only, for which the fine amounted to $60. In California the same course is followed of donating contraband game to charitable institutions. A current re- port of the State Board of Fish Commissioners, which records seizures at various times aggregating more than 13,617 pounds of striped bass, 2,400 pounds of salmon, 1,200 pounds of steelheads, 1,290 pounds of sturgeon, 260 abalones and 600 pounds of trout, all taken as evidence against violators of the fish law, also records that there were seized 1,500 California deer hides which were offered for sale or cached awaiting a favorable oppor- tunity for shipment, some in transit as baggage, being packed in trunks, others in dry goods boxes marked “household goods,” and consigned to private residence- As the skins could not be eaten by the folk in the old people’s homes, they were disposed of to tanners ano the proceeds deposited in the game preservation fund. There did go, however, to the hospitals, orphan asy- lums and old people’s charity homes of San Fran- cisco, among them the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Alms House, and the Protestant and Hebrew and Catholic orphan asylums about ill dozen of quail, 175 dozen of ducks, 30 dozen doves, and snipe, grouse, pheas- ant and venison in small lots aggregating large amounts. The investigation instituted by the New York Forest, Fish and Game Commission to determine the cause of the unusual mortality of Adirondack deer last winter, has resulted in a finding of don’t know. We print elsewhere the conclusions of the experts who studied specimens made the subject of autopsies. This is disappointing, in- asmuch as until the cause of death shall be determined and demonstrated to be something within the power of man to control, we may not hope to provide a remedy. Aside from this announcement of the futility of the deer inquiry, the report of the State game authorities on the animals of the Adirondacks will be read with sincere satisfaction. The Grand Army man and the amateur deer hunter were discussing their favorite themes. Said the G. A. man : “I was in every battle of the Civil War, where the bullets rained, and came through without a scratch. The ratio was about 10,000 bullets to one kill.” “Pooh,” re- torted the deer hunter, “I hunted one day in the woods for deer, and escaped death. The ratio is one bullet to one kill.” SI The services of Secretary John D. Whish, of the New York Forest, Fish and Game Commission, in providing for the St. Louis Exposition the admirable exhibit of New York fishes, has received merited recognition in the award of a silver medal. The exhibit comprised about 100 specimens which represented all the better known the efficiency of the department in all respeqts. To be species FOREST AND STREAM. An Aries Person of the Fire Triplicity. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will you pardon a question? Mr. Raymond S. Spears’ “Floating Down The Mississippi” for Dec. 17, ends with the following words: “For my host was an Aries Person of the Fire Triplicity.” I feel certain that it is only an error of the types, but perhaps there is something more. At any rate, I should be glad to be made wise. An Interested Reader. -We perceive that in withholding the further particulars of the Fire Triplicity man we have been guilty of three- fold offending, as to Mr. Spears by whom they were written, the man of whom they were written, and the public for whom they were written. Here, then, is some- thing which will resolve our correspondent’s perplexity, and tell him and others what manner of individual one whose sign is of the Fire Triplicity may be. Here is the picture of him as painted by himself and transmitted by Mr. Spears : “Had ary supper? Shoo! I just had mine, and you set right thar, the coffee’s hot, the biscuits hot, molasses and jelly and some of that bacon, and — just he’p yo’se’f. Hueh-h ! Just listen to that rain — let’s see! Where is it that roof leakes — there’s one, and there’s another one. I ’lowed to fix it, but plumb forgot. I’ll just hang them buckets, though, and I can empty them when they gets full, ’lowing I don’t forget. My name’s J. P. Robertson ; yes, sir, Jedediah P. Robertson, born in Kentucky; but it’s ‘come easy go easy, God send Sunday’ down in these parts. Everybody’s got lots of money — don’t give a cuss. You see I try to lead a good, honest, Christian life, and don’t swear much; and so long’s the roof keeps most the rain out it’s all right till we gets a better one. Hu-e-e-h ! but she’s raining now. “Yessir, lots of money in these parts nowadays. You’d ought to have been here a month ago — tents up one side and down t’other of the river — pearlers. Fust they drug the stream with crowsfeet and then they tonged for ’em, and toward the last they got right in with hip boots and feed-forked ’em out. Sixty-two thousand dollars’ worth of shells sold right here in the ten miles from L’Anquille to Madison. Willis Starkey — that man right over there — got $1,700 worth of pearls and shells himself — pearls and slugs and shells. I tell you it was a sight ! Enough scalding out going on to keep forty steamboats running. And money ! Everybody had it — everybody’s got it in these parts. Finest country in the world — -when you get used to it. Yessir, bestest, goodest natur’d, handsomest, cleverest you ever did meet. And they’re all friends of mine, black and white. Go out here any time, and it’s Why, how de do, Mr. Robertson,’ or ‘Uncle Jim;’ nothing like having friends and going to church. I goes every time there’s preaching. “When they commences to dig pears here this spring I’m going to load this old boat of mine— ’taint so old, built it two years ago, and she’ll hold thirty-two tons, and I’ll pay $10 right here on the bank. I’ll tow down if I don’t have a gasolene in by that time. I used to own a steamboat myself — Tom Scott, belonged to the Big Sandy trade — but Ed. Smith chartered it to carry vege- tables down to the Creoles in the Laygoons of Louisiana. That was back in 1874. We went down there to the laygoons, and when we got to the head of the Chaffelli (Atchafalaya) there was a mud bar clean across it, water falling,, and we just lathering there wanting to get that cargo into the Creole country. Well, Smith he said, ‘I’ll give you a. hundred dollars if you’l go acrost it,’ and I said, ‘All right, if you’ll pay the damage to the boat if I don’t get over.’ _ ‘All right,’ and he was getting reckless you see, and I didn’t care in them days ; so I j ust backed Tom Scott clear ’crost Red River and had the stern wheel just sprinkling the trees on the other side when we started, and the safety valve tied down, and the boat just shivering, and she jumped and we headed for that mud, and everybody ketched hold of something so’s he wouldn’t get knocked down. I didn’t have to, because my legs was all right then. And we hit that mud and went right through, and like to have went clear to the Gulf of Mexico before we could stop the blamed old thing, slicking through that way and onexpectedly in a hurry. But we stopped her, and Ed. Smith guv me the hundred and he sold the hull cargo and had a wad big as your hat, and three or four shot bags full of silver and some gold. And I got a good price for my work, too, you know, for I was born lucky. Yessir, born lucky. A gentleman out here by the name of Mr. Horton— he’s postmaster— sent my name with the date of my birth, and so on, and I never suspected nothing. Well, sir that professor he sent it to just sent what I call a perfect pen picture of me— a fine diagnosis of my life, if I do say it It’s around here somewhere— let’s see. Here ’tis in that old pile of papers.” He brought out an envelope and from this took a pink paper, on which was printed, among other things • “Dear Friend— Your sign is Aries, The Ram.° This is the sign of the Fire Triplicity. This is the most favor, able sign to be born under, as the Aries usually possess extraordinary characters and are noted for their push, energy and executive ability. As to earnestness they are unequalled — Aries do not recognize opposition and Swing through Jiff overriding all obstacles, P' ~ 1 ' “They make excellent scholars, charming conversation- alists— brilliant, witty, charming. They have active minds — can change from one subject to another — and are of great intuitive powers, possessing electro-magnetic power by means of laying on hands. They can amass great wealth and achieve high distinction by paying strict attention to improving their higher nature and making it rule and dominate their lower nature. They love and adore beauty, like order, harmony and luxurious surroundings — ” “Yessir,” Robertson said, breaking in, “that’s just me. I ain’t old, no sir. I ain’t married. My wife died in ’92 — good woman, too, and I’ve been alone ever since except when I’ve had a housekeeper. I expect to get one before long — just as soon as she can get a divorce, and she’s a good girl. Yessir, twenty-six years old and good looking and graceful ; only when she was a little girl she fell down stairs and broke her back, and that left a hump, so she can’t wear tight-fitting clothes. That’s why her husband left her — all the reason in the world. She said so, and now I’m going to take care of her — dress her up and make a lady of her; that’s me. “There never was anything narrow or mean about the Robertsons, no sir. My father was murdered in 1873 by old Jim Shelton, who helped him build the Glade Spring church. They paid my father $2,000 for the work in cash, and he started for home with it, after paying the money lie owed Shelton, Shelton passing the remark that he’d have more of that money. Well, when father was away from there a bit he passed the money over to mother, and when Shelton shot him in the back with a load of buckshot from the bresh, she just hiked out and got away, and Shelton didn’t get ary cent of it. Just beat him clean out of it. She seen Shelton, and the sheriff’s guard got him, but he escaped from it and started, and then the boys and neighbors took after him, run him ’cross Pike county into Lawrence county from Washing- ton county, and overtook him on Big Plain Creek, him and his wife; and they put fifty-seven bullets into him before he could turn round, and she went back to her relatives, the Troxal family. I’ve been engaged in the merchantile business lately, and it seems like the merchantile business just fits my internal disposition. I always was very good at a trade, and in merchantile transactions I have usually always, I might say, kept up my end of the lifting. Of late, however, I have been catching logs for the mill down here, and they do say my logs are the best in the market, for I always tell them if there are any spikes or iron in them, they can cut them out; so I always gets the highest market price for them. Before I got tangled up in the vines at the ferry and had my legs broke, I was a track walker on a great railroad system; but now I have to de- pend on my own resources for my living, and I run the ferry here at present, but I expect to put in a gasolene en- gine on this boat now. I have it ordered from the gaso- lene mortar company at Connecticut, and I believe I shall go down to Red River, engaging in the merchantile busi- ness when the weather opens up. “That cat feeding there is a pretty good one; but I used to have a large one here. One large as four of that one, and more smarter than any other I ever saw. He was a big one — I tell you he was a golly-whopper. He used to go out and catch rabbits and bring them in for me to cook when I wasn’t so able to get out around as I am now on account of my legs. One of my neigh- bors up the river has him now, and positively refused to let me have it. “Did you ever engage in the detective business? I have been considering the advisability . of sending for a detective to look into matters fifteen miles above here. My neighbors are the finest people in the world, but fif- teen miles above here there have been some killings that ought to be looked into. Some men when they once gets to^ killing never know when to stop. Seems like they are mighty careless, and needs a lesson. There was John Luckett, a farmer, who came three years ago from Ohio; and_ Henry Spurgeon, who came in representing a de- tective agency, and married John Pattison’s daughter; and then William Sackett, a medicine peddler, with his right hand cut off— all friends of mine, pussonel and dost — and they got killed on the St. Francis line at Sand Slough, fifteen miles above here. They found Luckett shot through twice, and off the back of his horse and robbed. And Sackett was found in a boat beat to death with an oar, and Henry Spurgeon just up and disap- peared, nobody knowed what did become of him ; and this was all right around John MoselyY house. Yessir, somebody’s getting mighty keerless’ bought killing folks ; and bein’ a law-abiding citizen of these yer parts, I just can’t stand it no longer, and I’m going to send for a detective to look into these matters.” And so or and so on — an endless variety of curious gossip. .. Raymond S. Spears. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanchesi The Eagle* He clasps the crag with hooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. ( Continued from page 86.) The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls; Artd like a thunderbolt he falls. y Alfred Tennyson. The long evenings here were passed in the chief’s lodge’! holding “talks.” I was teaching astronomy, geology, geography and theology now; the theology they lugged in themselves, though, or I should not have touched on it at all. When out with me the boys would take my compass and turn it around quickly to see the needle fly back, then ask why it did so. I tried to tell them. I might have given them any fool answer and they would have believed it; but I wanted to give them the right one or none at all ; and in order to do that I had to tell them that the world was round like a ball, and not flat as they supposed it was; and then tell them about the North Pole and why this needle always pointed to it. Then the boys would tell their fathers what I had told them, and every night I would have as many men and boys as the lodge would hold asking questions about what the white man knew about this, that and the other. They called this holding talks. One night they would want to know about the creation of the world, how long this world had been here, and if there were any other worlds. Another night they wanted to know how many white men there were in all this country. “How many grains of sand are there on the bank of the river at the Salt Fork?” I asked. “We do not know, we could not count them, there are so many.” “So it is with the white men. I never could count them. No man can--they are so many. Their houses cover the land everywhere.” “He tells you the truth now,” the chief said, “they are many. I have seen them. Their houses stand close to- gether as far as you can see. There is hardly room to walk there ; the houses stand everywhere.” Then the chief told us of a visit he had made to the Great Father ; it was between 1856 and i860, as I found by questioning him, for the great father he had seen was President Buchanan. He told them of the big cities he had seen, of the railroads and the ships. He had seen the ships in Baltimore ; at least his description of the big city fitted Baltimore. The ships opened up another branch of the subject, and now I had to tell them where the ships went to' and what for. I had been all over the South Pacific in a steam whaler, and told them about those islands and their people. Then I told them that these ships which the chief had seen could go east, and by keeping on could come home from the west ; and that this was one way we had of telling that the world was round and not flat. At last early one morning the chief started on his way home. As usual, I left the camp in advance with the boys’ and we had not gone three miles when we met the buffalo we had been waiting for, but they were coming from the east now, the Indians hunting east of us having driven them west. I sent a boy back on a fast pony to tell the chief, so that he could camp again before he had left the creek. Then getting behind the herd we drove them closer in and began killing them. In less than half an hour the chief and his men were out and at it. We shot them all this day, and the next we took at least 150 more. The greater part of the meat we had to leave here. We could not have carried it if we had stopped to cure it. I told the chief to keep on and shoot down these buffalo and skin them; that was what the white men were doing, and the buffalo belonged to the Indian. Only a few of us hunted on the second day, the rest of the men and all the boys skinned them, and at dark the prairie was dotted all over with buffalo that had not yet been skinned. We killed fewer of them the second day; there were not so many of them here now. At last the chief told us to stop. He had all the robes he could carry, and was in good humor about it. We had taken altogether this winter between 600 and 700 robes, besides a lot of skins from old bulls ; these would be tanned on both sides to make pack covers. The chief had 140 of these, the other families the rest. I must have shot over fifty buffalo myself. I never kept count of them. Part of these went to the chief, the rest to whoever skinned them. The larger boys skinned the buffalo I shot. Two of them would take off a hide almost as fast as his men could. I could skin them myself for a robe. When I did any skinning my pet boy, the Antelope, who was always wherever I was, helped me. We opened them first just along the backbone, and not under the belly as a butcher would ; that would spoil the skin for a robe. The choice parts of the buffalo were the tongue and tenderloin. I always took these, no matter how much else was left. Another part of the buffalo that these and all other In- dians ate was the unborn calf cut out of the mother cow that had been killed. I had eaten them with Tonkaway Indians, but did not care for them. After a few days we made another start and kept on this time, but went ahead very slowly. The grass was poor and our ponies were so heavily loaded that we only made about fifteen miles a day, and traveled only four or five days at a time; then lay over to rest our ponies, j New Year’s Day, 1876, found us camped on the Salt Fork, and now we would have to follow this river down to S about where I had sent the Arapaho chief on our way out. , We could not follow the trail we had come in here on; it would be too far between water, and the next place 1 fan. ii, i§0j.§ FOREST AND STfcfcAM. Ill Ihese camps were too far apart for our heavily loaded ponies to make them in a day. I kept an account of the time by marking off a day each evening in a small almanac that I had in my notebook, and thus knew when Christinas and New Year’s came. The chiefs oldest son, Te-ta-too-a-nippa, came in one evening and reported to his father that he had seen a Kiowa to-day who had told him that there was a trader down the country somewhere south of us. Next morning the chief and I started to hunt him up, and found him in camp almost twenty miles below us on the river. He wanted to come up and trade, but when he found out that there was no escort but me with the Indians, he was afraid to come. He said that Stumbling Bear’s band of Kiowas had tried to plunder him a few days before this, and they had a big escort. “Yes,” I told him, “and they should have had a bigger one or else have been kept at home. They did not plunder anyone when I had them out last spring.” This man was a licensed trader who had a big store on the reservation. I knew him very well. I will call him Jones, because that was not his name; he had a name that is just as common as Jones, though. Jones had a great dread of being “put in the papers,” as he called it. I promised not to put him in and won’t — under his proper name, at least — even now. He may be living yet, though it is hardly probable; and if he is he would still hate to be “put in the papers,” I know. “Well, Jones,” I said, “we are not Kiowas. We are Comanches, and if you don’t know the difference, I do, and you know me. You come part of the way up if you don’t want to- come clear to camp, and 1 will stay in your camp while we trade and guarantee that not a pound shall be taken out of it until it is paid for. Anything that my Indians steal from you I’ll pay for. I won’t have much to pay for after I tell them not to plunder you. That chief there would shoot down an Indian that tried to plunder you after he or I had told him not to do it. We are Comanches, not Kiowas.” This conversation was carried on in English, of course, and as the chief did not seem to be paying any attention to us, I did not think he had understood us; but he had, as I found out next day. The chief now got twenty-five pounds of flour and some coffee and sugar, promising to pay for them next day; ; he did not', though— he forgot it. Then I got some to- bacco, for which Jones would not take pay when I offered the money, and we left. The trader came up to within a mile of us next day, and we got ready to go down to him. The men and I boys and a few of the squaws were sitting on their ponies ready to start when the chief gave the order. | Every pony had a load of skins — furs or buffalo robes, i Our wolf skins all went; I had given them to the squaws, who had taken care of them. The chief, mounting his pony, now sang out : “Hear me now, everybody: That trader is afraid we will plun- der him. The Kiowas did it. We are Comanches, not Kiowas. Let no man take anything out of that camp until he pays for it. The Cabia Blanco has told that trader that Comanches are not thieves. See that you don’t make him a liar. I have spoken.” The trader had five or six large wagons, each drawn by four horses or mules, and all were well loaded. Be- fore he opened up he told me to go to his wagons and help myself, and I did so, taking fifty pounds of flour and coffee, sugar, salt and baking powder, and a lot more to- bacco for myself and the boys. What I took would come to at least fifty dollars, Indian prices, but they cost me nothing. The trader depended on me to keep him from being robbed, and I would do it. Then he was anxious also to keep me from “putting him in the papers.” I would not put him in them and did not. These traders had been in hot water about that time; their transactions with the Indians had been overhauled. This man had got off scot free, and did not want another inspector after him. That accounted for his dread of the papers. I sent my stuff to camp by a squaw, then took my seat on top of a wagon where I could see all that took place, and trading began. They generally only pay 75 cents for a wolf skin, but that would be for skins taken off by the white wolf hunters, who do not take pains either in taking them off or in curing them. I told him that these had been taken off by me and the Indians, and that there were no flaws in them ; they must all go in as first grade, and we wanted the dollar for them. He paid the Indians one dollar for each ; but had I not been there he would have found a flaw in every one of them — they would have all been “seconds.” No white man living could take better care of the skins than the squaws could, and he and I knew it. He would examine each skin, then pay for it, and he could examine and pass three a minute. His checks were felt shotgun wads ; each wad represented a dollar. As soon : as a man had got his checks he would band them to his squaw; then she, going to the wagons, got what she wanted. His drivers were his salesmen. Every few minutes I would have to act as interpreter for the squaws. After I had ground out Comanche for a while, the trader said: “You seem to have it all. What is this ‘menana’ and ‘mahenda’ that you give these squaws so much ?” “hly sister and my mother,” I told him. “How long have you been with them?” “All winter.” “Well, you can stand them better than I could. Half that time would be enough for me.” “You don’t know these Indians, Jones. The white men don’t live that could treat me better than these In- dians do.” His prices were Indian prices. He sold eight pounds of flour for a dollar, or a pound of coffee or a pound and a half of sugar, or a plug of tobacco — about a quarter of a pound, natural leaf. A squaw’s dress pattern of five- cent calico (five yards is a pattern) cost her one dollar; and his prices for paints, beads, bridles, needles, thread, and the hundreds of things that an Indian will buy were on the same scale; but these were exactly the prices he would have charged the Indians at his store, and he had hauled these goods hundreds of miles to get them to us ; so I had no fault to find. This trader was one of the fairest that did business here. I knew that long since. One of his big wagons was loaded with nothing but flour in one hundred pound square sacks such as are put up for the army and the Indians. Every one of these sacks was marked in letters six inches high, “U. S. I. D.” —United States Indian Department. This was flour that had been sent out to feed the Indians, and which' some agent had stolen from them and sold. I called his atten- tion to it. “Yes,” he said, “but it has been condemned and sold.” ‘ Tell that condemned story to some tenderfoot. I have been out here nearly long enough to know better than swallow it. You and I know about how bad Indian flour would have to be before it was fit to condemn. But that is all right. I am not putting you in the papers, Jones. I am Comanche enough now to ‘look the other way’ when my friends do wrong. But I guess I have had the man who sold you that flour in the papers already.” There was nothing at all wrong with this flour. We got no better in the army, and we were supposed to get the best, and generally did. I had a squaw wash out one of the muslin sacks and put it carefully away for the agents benefit; but I never used it. Had any one but Jones sold it, though, I would have tried to get that agent another inspection. I think I had got him one already. The trader in his stores had some pound packages of tea. The men don’t care for it, but the squaws want it. This tea had probably cost him forty cents a pound ; he wanted two dollars for it. I asked for a pound and offered him the money. “No,” he told me, “help yourself to whatever you see. You are welcome.” Then, looking to see that no Indian men were near enough to hear him, he added : “I have some whiskey in the cook wagon for my own use. Go and help yourself.” “No, I don’t need any now; and don’t let an Indian have a drop. You know what a drunken Indian is as well as I do.” I need not fear their getting it; he was not ready to be plundered or shot yet, he told me. He had a large lot of cartridges of everv caliber that was in use out here, and the Indians wanted’ them, but he dare not sell them ; he carried them to sell to the whites and Mexicans. It was a penal offense to sell an Indian arms or ammunition or to even bring whiskey into the Indian country. Had he been caught with this whiskey, his whole outfit would have been confiscated. “Well, I can’t give you permission to sell them car- tridges, Jones, but I want them to have them. They won’t shoot me with any of them. You sell them all they want. Don’t be afraid of me — I won’t see it.” “I can’t — you know how strict they are with us now.” “Well, we are nearly out of ammunition, and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes are burning the grass ahead of us. When I overtake them I mean to stop it. If they don’t I’ll make them, and I want ammunition.” “Then take what you want yourself, and buy what you want for them. I’ll take their checks from you; the law does not prevent me from selling you what you want, and I am not supposed to follow you and see what you do with it.” I gathered up a lot of his checks, then, when his drivers were where they could hear me, I said: “Jones, I have a Winchester in camp and want a lot of cartridges for it. Sell me some.” “Yes, of course.” Then to one of his men: “Go and give him what Colt’s or .45s he wants. Then sell him the Winchesters, but be careful and sell none to these Indians.” I took all the Winchester ammunition he had, and then gave it out myself. One of his wagons was partly loaded with bacon which he meant to throw away, he told me; the Indians did not want it. “Ours will eat it,” I said. “Let the squaws have it. Go to that wagon, my sister,” I called out, “and take that bacon, but take nothing else. The trader gives you that bacon— it is his present.” In five minutes there was no bacon in the wagon, the chief’s squaw standing there to see that each one got her share, and that nothing else was lifted along with the bacon. Trading was about over now, it was getting late, and the chief told the Indians to go home. “Wait a moment,” I told_ him; then called out, “If any of my brothers have any of this money yet, let them buy something now. This trader will not be here to-morrow, and his money is not good with any other trader.” A lot more of his checks came out, and the Indians did not carry home any gun wads that had cost them a dollar each. All had now left but the chief and I. “The chief has not paid me for that flour he got yesterday. I reckon he forgot it,” Jones told me. “No, he never forgets anything, but he thinks that you have forgotten it. I’ll tell him about it and he will pay you.” “No, never mind it. I want to keep on the right side of these chiefs.” “Yes; you keep on the right side of these Comanche chiefs and no Comanche will ever plunder you. If he did he might as well go out and shoot himself.” I was the last to leave, and when bidding Jones good-by I said: “Well, we did not plunder you, did we?” “No, your crowd is all right. Now I need not look for myself in the papers, need I?” “No, Jones, I am not putting you in the papers. You are all right. I wish the rest were as fair as you always are, then I need not put anyone in the papers.” I had been in the habit of sending letters to four dif- ferent eastern papers whenever anything of interest occurred, as an Indian outbreak or the like, and once in a while I would give one or another of these Indian agents a left-handed compliment. I signed my letters Duquesne, after a locality in Pittsburg, Pa., where I had come from, but everyone out here knew who Duquesne was. These papers called me “our special correspondent in the field.” I never sent any account of this trip to these papers. It would not probably interest their readers ; but some years after this I sent a mere skeleton sketch of it — only a couple of columns — to the Forest and Stream, which published it The Kiowas that Jones had said had tried to plunder him were about the meanest gang that we had, and their chief, Stumbling Bear, was, if possible, still meaner than his band. I had been sent from St. Louis up to Sill at my own request the last spring to join the troop I was now in as a recruit; but I had been in this regiment ten years already, and the general here knew me. My troop was out now, and while waiting to join them here, these Kiowas were sent out on a hunt, and I got permission to go along with their escort. There were a sergeant and twenty men in this escort. Any other band would have got along with five or six men. An escort as large as this should have had at least one corporal. We had none, the general telling the sergeant to use me as his corporal. The first day out the sergeant was thrown by his horse getting his foot into a gopher hole, and both he and his horse were hurt badly. He turned his escort over to me until another sergeant should be sent to relieve me, and went back to Sill. No one came to supersede me, and I took Stumbling Bear and his band out west, got them plenty of buffalo, and did not let them plunder anyone, but had to level my carbines at them one day to convince them that i meant what I said. They had been riding past buffalo all day and did not want them ; “they were no good,” he said. When late in the afternoon they be- gan to round up a bunch of cattle to drive to camp and kill, 1 rode up to the chief and told him to drop those cows and go on. He “no savied me.” Had I asked him to take a drink of whiskey, he would have savied that quick enough, though. . My escort was back straggling along the trail, and rid- ang back to them I told them to form fours ; then came up to where the Indians were at a trot, then called out, “On right front, into line, gallop, marsh !” Then “Halt !” The Indians now got to be interested — something was about to be doing. Next I called out, “Unsling carbines — load at will.” The chief rode up to me now and asked, “You shoot?” He had found his English again. I pretended not to hear him, and said: “Ready, aim!” And the chief and his men, dropping the cattle, almost rode over each other to get away from there. I was going to shoot. After this I never had to give this chief an order the second time. He always “savied” me the first time. Cabia Blanco. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Some Features of Special Interest to Sportsmen. The St. Louis Exposition is gone— the Sportsmen’s Show is coming. Some notes on the former may in- crease the helpfulness of the latter. The first question regarding any proposed, hunting or fishing trip is, How to get there?” In ’other words, transportation. This includes not only route, but means of travel. These were abundant, interesting and instructive at St. Louis. One looked with wonder at the Siamese collec- tion of wooden carts and other vehicles, mainly small and adapted only to light loads. Involuntarily one pitied a people so old among nations, yet using such primitive conveyance. But a few steps caused a re- vulsion of feeling as one saw another wooden cart having a medium-sized rack of small stakes (like an old-fashioned hayrack for cart or wagon) surmounting it, and a single steer (mounted) between the thills, the whole being labeled, “the only means of transportation, N. W. of St. Paul, prior to 1871.” Pity for Siamese gives place to admiration for our hardy pioneers, who, at such cost, redeemed our great northwest and made possible and appropriate such an exposition at St. Louis. Another crude form of transportation was a Brazilian dugout, estimated to be 60ft. long, 4ft. wide, and 2l4ft. deep. It was provided with both sails and oars, but was a clumsy looking affair. From all these it was far to the modern Pullman car, yacht, or launch. Much of interest introduced, e. g., there was a great display of early forms of the locomotive. The “De- Witt Clinton,” with its train of stage coaches, was there, and, with the others, furnished an almost com- plete history of locomotive development. From the earliest to the most recent engines was as far a cry as from the primitive cart to the first railway train. Look, for instance, at the new “695” of the Lake Shore Rail- road, an engine with three driving wheels, eighty inches high, on each side, and everything else in proportion. Indeed, the machine might well stand as a railway model of symmetry. No trouble about “getting there” where “695” draws the train. She is built for speed. Quite in contrast is the B. & O. “St. Louis,” the biggest engine in the world — a compound engine with two sets of cylinders and two sets of drivers, three in a set, on each side, making twelve drivers in all— a monster boiler in size and length, the whole machine, equipped for business, weighing 240 tons, a veritable Jumbo, and, by a reversal of railway ancestry, “the grandfather of them all.” Surely, this freighter is able to draw the heaviest loads of game that even Maine can produce. Sometimes it is a question how to get game to the railroad, and strong lumber wagons are needed. For such cases attention is directed to a lum- ber wagon shown by the Studebaker Co., which ex- pended over 400 days’ work and $2,150 in building it. The box was rosewood, piano-finish, and the rest was in keeping. Mention should be made of a cross section of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the Hudson, show- ing the iron tube that rests on steel piles driven to bedrock, and large enough in diameter for the cars to pass through. A beautiful model was also shown of the new passenger station to be erected in Manhattan by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Surely the modern sportsman can now travel with speed and comfort, while aerial navigation, as illustrated at the fair, sug- gests future possibilities of reaching the remote wilder- ness that will surpass present methods as much as the high-power rifles of to-day are ahead of the old flintlock muskets, and this leads to the various ex- hibits of arms. The Winchester Company made a fine showing of rifles. Several exhibits of shotguns, both of home and foreign make, were seen. In one French collection was a rifle of peculiar construction. It was a double rifle with but one barrel. Tn this one barrel were two bores — -one about .40, the other about .22 caliber — the smaller one underneath the larger. No one was at hand to describe the practical working of the piece, but cer- 11S2 FOREST AND STREAM. l^EB. II, I90S. tainly in the showcase it looked as though it might do good work. But by far the most interesting exhibit of firearms was that of the U. S. Cartridge Co., a very complete his- torical collection from the ancient crossbow gun and the blunderbuss, down through the flintlock period of the Revolution, through the Civil Wat, and so to the latest productions. Several individual specimens of great historic interest were shown, e. g., John Brown’s rifle. Sitting Bull’s, and the “Cookson Magazine Gun,” said to have been made in 1586.* The true sportsman, ‘‘in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms.” (And after all the discussion about sportsmen, “true” and otherwise, does not their knowledge and appreciation of nature afford a higher, better standard of classification than th.eir method of taking game?) Those who think a real sportsman goes into the woods merely to secure game and fish, that he thinks little and cares less for any- thing else, should recall the Adirondack experiences of Emerson and Alcott, and of the historian, Headley, and his ringing words and true: “I love nature and all things as God made them. * * * I love it, and I know it is better for me than the thronged city, aye, better for soul and body both. * * * I have been astonished at the remarks sometimes made to me on my jaunts in the woods, as if it were almost wicked to cast off the gravity of society, and wander like a child amid the beauty which God has spread out with such a lavish hand over the earth. Why, I should as soon think of feeling reproved for gazing on the _ mid- night heavens, gorgeous with stars, and fearful with its mysterious floating worlds. I believe that every man degenerates without frequent communion with nature. It is one of the open books of God, and more replete with instructions than anything ever penned by man.” Again he says: “Nature and the Bible are in harmony — they both speak our language to the heart.” And again, describing his feelings at Indian Pass, a scene of wonderful grandeur and beauty, he says: “How loudly God speaks to the heart, when it lies thus awe- struck and subdued in the presence of His works.” So it was with keen and not unaccustomed enjoyment one looked upon the varied and beautiful exhibits of wood at St. Louis The company has lately published an illustrated catalogue fully describing this collection of over 700 pieces. Entering the Forest, Fish and Game Building, one of the first attractions to catch the eye was the Canadian arch and staircase near the center, built in rustic style and containing over 3,000 varieties of wood, all grown in Canada. There were also fine specimens of lumber ■ — undressed and finished — from various places, notably some highly polished “curly” maple, and other hard woods. The Northwest sent sections of pine and fir seven to nine feet in diameter, and one gigantic pine had. been cut into eight logs sixteen feet long, the smallest of which was thirty inches through at the top end. The Washington State Building showed external braces of unspliced fir no feet long, and two feet square. The collection of woods from the Philippines was a cause of wonder and admiration. The variety, size and quality elicited much remark. One massive table was finished like mahogany, its top, about 6 feet by 12 feet, being made from a single plank. It impressed one with the value of our newly acquired possessions in the east. From here it was but little distance to the Filipino collection of mounted trophies. The variety was perhaps greater than in any other collection of the sort, but the specimens were mainly of small game — the deer were like our fawns in size, only the snakes were large. Some python skins were large enough to be unpleasantly suggestive. It is a relief to turn, even now, in thought, from these to the fine collections of trophies of the chase from Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Bear, lion, moose, elk and deer were in abundance, as well as smaller game. Minnesota had a miniature forest, in which the game looked quite life-like. Canada and Alaska also had good showings, the latter many beautiful white bear skins. The Roosevelt cabin, in which our President once lived “a ranchman,” and whence so many hunting trips were made, was a trophy in itself. The Maine building was a gem of its kind, built of logs, in approved size anu style, and embellished with a good collection of moose heads, deer heads, bear and other trophies of the hunter’s skill. It also showed a large number of the very large brook trout, for which the .State is justly famed. The whole exhibit, building and contents, was characteristic, unique and attractive. Not less so were the fair hostesses in charge. In the Idaho exhibit in the Mining Building was seen a large pair of mountain sheep horns firmly embedded in a tree. They were nine feet from the ground, and the tree at that point was over two feet in diameter. It is supposed that about 135 years ago the horns were carried down a mountain side by an avalanche of snow and cast upon the young tree which afterward grew about them with the above result. The largest of all the trophies was a sulphur bottom, (blue) whale in the U. S. Government Building. It is 78 feet long as mounted separate from the skeleton. This is 75 feet long, and the skull is 19 Jo feet long in a, straight Jine. It is said this species -of whale some- times attains a length of 89 feet, and is the largest animal now known or , extinct. Of living wild animals the exhibit was meagre and disappointing. The Government bird cage was large, but the collection far inferior to that shown at the New York Zoological Park. Missouri showed live animals, such as panthers, wolves, bear and foxes, and a few ducks and turkeys and other birds, but the collection and the specimens were small. One felt like going to Hagenbeck’s, on the Pike, for relief. These lions, tigers, bears and elephants were “the real thing.” So were the Indians representing the various tribes which once roamed over the territory of Louisiana Purchase. Crow, Navajo, Pawnees and many others were in evidence. Some were making crude pottery, others beautiful rugs, and still others were silversmiths at their trade. In the U. S. Government Indian Schools Buildings were many beautiful specimens of Indian handiwork, and of Indian clerks to sell them. A young Crow, “White Eagle” (English name, Wm. Towns), had on a feather headdress reaching to the floor and a pair of gold bowed spectacles. On being told that the latter did not correspond with the former, he replied, “That is what civilization has done for me.” Further conversation elicited the facts that he was well educated and had been a believer in Christ since nine years old. Contrasting the present condition of the Indians with their past, remembering what their past has been in the development of the great territory of “the pur- chase,” and remembering the part which sportsmen-ex- plorers have had in that development, one aopreciates the sentiment inscribed on the U. S. Government Build- ing: “To the pioneers who first braved the unknown, whose deeds developed the vast empire comprised in the Louisiana Purchase, this building is dedicated by a grateful people.” Juvenal. A New Natural History.* In these days of outdoor life and nature study there is a constantly increasing demand for a popular general natural history, but it has always been a difficult matter to satisfactorily answer any one who asks for such a work. Many natural histories, beautifully illustrated and handsomely gotten up, have been published during the past few years, but very few have been written in such a way as to interest the public. Most of them have fairly bristled with the italics of Latin names, or with technical terms which demand constant reference to a dictionary, so that the average man finds it difficult, or impossible, to comprehend what the learned author no doubt thought he had made extremely simple. A very excellent natural history has just been written by Mr. Wm. T. Hornaday, well known as the Director of the New York Zoological Society’s Park, and pub- lished by the Scribners. It is a work which will tend more to a knowledge of and interest in natural history than many much more scientific and pretentious works which appeal only to a limited class of readers. All human beings are interested in animals, and to most of us from early childhood a visit to the menagerie has seemed one of the most desirable of pleasures. We love to see things that move, and so zoological gardens and aquariums attract people of all ages. Next to seeing animals alive, the best thing is to read about them, especially if what we read is illustrated with good pictures. And for that reason a wide popularity may be predicted for any book that tells the story of animals simply, and pictures them attractively. Such a book is Mr. Hornaday’s “American Natural History. A foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America.” It deals with the# vertebrates, chiefly those of the new world, though, in discussing the great group of apes, or primates, Mr. Hornaday brings in some old world forms which are nearest to man0 and are necessary to connect American groups, links which have never existed or which no longer exist on this continent. . , , . . Science is knowledge set in order, but the general public— though glib enough in its use of the term science— has little or no zoological knowledge which can be set in order. In an introduction of seven pages Mr Hornaday gives in the plainest and simplest lang- uage a great number of fundamental facts and of defi- nitions of ordinary terms used in zoology, and these terms and their meanings should be learned by every one who purposes to use this book. Besides these definitions, a few words are given on the intelligence of animals, warning people not to believe too much of what they are told by the popular nature writers, point- ing out that animals are not. civilized human beings, and that the so-called “surgical operations’ attributed to birds, and the supposed “schools of the woods exist only in the imagination of fiction writers. He might also have added that to call the tiger treacherous American Natural History: A Foundation of Useful r A Higher Animals of North America. By William ^Hornfday Direc or of the New York Zoological Park; author Jf ‘‘Two Years in the Jungle,” etc. Illustrated by 227 original drawings and 115 photograph®? pp. 440. Price, $3.6®, is as great a misuse of language as to call the dove gentle. He very truly says that there is no great harm in idealizing animals and making them act from human motives, so long as it is plainly told that the tale is a story — is fiction, but that where these wonderful acts of wild animals are given as facts with motives actually supplied by the author’s imagination, that author is doing something that is wholly misleading and wrong. The plan of the present volume is excellent. In- stead of beginning with the lowest vertebrates — the fishes — and working up to the highest, Mr. Hornaday begins with the highest mammals — which to the average person of whatever age are the most familiar, and so the most interesting — and works down to the lowest. He thus starts his readers with something that they enjoy, and leads them along with increasing interest to other things, in which at first they might have felt no interest, but which increasing information leads them to wish to know about. The body of the book opens with a chapter on the orders of mammals, explained by a chart indicating the relative importance of the different orders. The graphic method here used is effective. Then follows the order of primates, with a startling picture of a gorilla, and two or three capital ones of chimpanzees and orangs. The carnivora, cats, dogs, weasels, and bears, come next with excellent illustrations, with an introduction to each group, giving its chief characteristics, and with a descriptive account of each species telling in simple language the important points about its range, colors and habits. Next come the seals in three divisions — the eared seals, or sea lions, the seals proper and the walruses. The group is of very great interest and of some com- mercial importance, and one about which not very much is known to the general public. In the account of the fur seal Mr. Hornaday gives a description by years of the condition of the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands since Alaska passed into the hands of the United States. He shows how by pelagic sealing, in which both mother and young are killed during the breeding season, the vast numbers of inhabitants of these summer homes of the fur seal have been now reduced to less than 200,000. Another species that is constantly growing less in number is the Pacific walrus. The moles, shrews, bats and rodents follow in that order, and after them comes the great order of hoofed animals, which contains our buffalo, muskox, sheep, deer and many of the other game animals which we have in such plenty in America. To this last group Mr. Horna- day gives much attention. The whales and porpoises, the sea cows, the edentates, including the armadillos, anteaters and sloths and, finally, the order of diggers, with the marsupials and the monotremes, end the list pf the mammalia. Children and adults alike will rejoice in Mr. Horna- day’s pages describing the birds, for they are full of interest and information, and of beautiful illustration. The camera and the best artists have united to furnish the whole volume with pictures that are quite irre- sistible. Of hardly less interest and usefulness are the parts of the work which speak of the reptiles and am- phibians and fishes, though, after all, we can hardly expect as much interest to be found in these lower and far less known groups as is taken in the birds and the mammals. A useful and practical bit of information is given on Pages 353 to 355, where the author writes of snake poisons and their treatment and gives much informa- tion which, simply and directly told as it is, may well save many a life. An especially wise step toward ease of reading, and so toward popularity, has been taken in this book; for all the Latin names of the animals, commonly so great a stumbling block to the reader, are printed«*s foot notes at the bottom of the page. They thus do not occur in the text to interrupt the thought, and yet the reference which each English name carries to the Latin name at the foot of the column enables the seeker after information to look up that Latin name, which is so divided and so accented that it may be pronounced, even though the reader is quite guiltless of any knowl- edge of Latin. Very full information is given above about the game animals and birds, and the book should find a place in every sportsman’s library. We believe that it will do much good, and it deserves a wide public, among children as well as adults. The Story of Monarch. “Wyndgoul,” Cos Cob, Conn., Jan. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: I inclose copy of a letter that I recently sent to Allen Kelly without getting reply. Will you oblige me by giving it the same publicity as you did the attack on me. Ernest Thompson Seton. “Wyndgoul,” Cos Cob, Conn., Jan. 19. — My Dear Kelly: Upon my return from England, after three months’ ab- sence, I learn with surprise that someone thinks that in writing the story of Monarch I am trespassing on your claim. I can scarcely believe that this idea originated with you; in case, however, you have any feeling in ten to fifteen feet for a couple of hundred yards agait Finally he passed within thirty feet of a large tree th;' was blown up by its roots and fallen northeastwarc- Here the rabbit turned to the northwest, toward tWj fallen trees that lay with the tops to the east, and ju.‘; touching the top of the first named tree. The rabb crawled under the first log, then hopped along betwee' them nearly to the first-named.log, then with extra Ion jump, and lighting with feet all in a bunch, he hiked bac southwest to the roots of the first-named tree, and wifi a long side jump landed on the old root and bunche: himself up in as small space as possible on one larg root and under another, and about three feet abov ground. When I found him I was about fifteen feet from hin and instead of blowing his head off with my .38 rifle, pulled my little .32 Smith & Wesson revolver, at thi crack of which he went off like a streak some thirl steps, jumped up on a small log, then tumbled off deaf Monday the 28th was a stormy day. I stayed in an “took stock,” which showed half a dozen large potatoe about three pounds of meal, two pounds of flour, a met of bacon, a bit of tea, coffee, butter, five loaves of brea; and a little canned goods. Bender came in at xo A. M Hedrick about 11. Spahr, Journay and the Doctor, afte following a doe all over the green woods east of the bi’ swamp, left her east of Big St. Germain Lake and carr to camp at noon, covered with snow and ice. After dir ner I went out to Sayner for our mail, and to the statio at 4:45 P. M. and interviewed the express messengt on the train as to bringing deer out of the State aftt November 30. While I was tarrying at Sayner’s, the shewed me some fine photos, among which was one of maskinonge caught from a small lake some five mile distant. They said this fish weighed 51 pounds whe caught. While going out to the station with Mr. Sayner small boy, he pointed to a small shelter made by leanin poles together in tepee fashion, and told me the startlin' tale that the buck that I heretofore mentioned had hi dde in and been chased out of that lean-to. We passed tiny school house, and in response to my inquiry, Mastf Sayner said there were ten pupils now, but after tl hunting season there would be about sixteen. I thougl of my first school when I was yet eighteen and the) were nearly fifty pupils, and there was woods near, ar some wild turkeys and foxes. And on Xmas the bt boys (there were eleven pupils as old as I was) threa ened to duck me in a pond if I did not treat them wil candy. By the time we reached the station my gun and clollu were covered with a sheet of ice from frozen rain tlx fell thick and fast. It was dark before I reached cam though helped on my way by some settlers driving • good road team to a spring wagon. Daylicht came abo1 7:30 the 29th, and we got ready for business. I wet back up the Sayner road to the green weeds, and he was tempted by two rabbits that had patted the sno down under the shelter of the jack pine. I found the runway, and after, circling the end of one’s trail, wall ing within ten feet of him sitting under the tips of i small limb of a fallen sapling. I saw his dark eye shinit by contrast with his nearly white coat and the snow, ( course I got that- rabbit; but the other ong was li! Banquo’s ghost, , When I turned toward camp I did n ht until J found myself in the trades of two de tfart W twlfwily were fdlng my way. | bad FOREST AND STREAM 117 FSb. ii, 1905.] them out of the heavy timber while following that specter of a rabbit. Where they crossed the wagon road about one-fourth of a mile from camp I left the trail and went to camp. When Journay came in, he said he had followed the same trail back toward Plum Creek. After dinner I went back and picked up the trail again, hoping the deer had stopped in the heavy timber east of Plum Creek, for it was very cold and stormy. But the deer had turned north toward the railroad and followed the open chop- ping nearly to Sayner station, then turned east, and I left the trail where it crossed the wagon road, convinced that following deer in the snow is a very poor way to hunt deer. I never had any faith in it, but this was our last day, and it was too cold to stand and watch, so we must either tramp or stay in camp. Now I was at least 2^ miles from camp, and had not tramped less than twelve miles that day. The weather was below the freezing point, and the wind blew strong enough to almost obliterate deer tracks within a half hour in ex- posed places. I must trudge back to camp and to-mor- row pack up. Thirty minutes later I had reached the shelter of the green timber, and from the depressed feel- ing that accompanied me through the bleak, lonely chop- ping, my spirits rose with the greeting and my flesh warmed under the influence of the stately young pine trees which formed a perfect barrier to the wintry blasts. The Doctor, moved either by compassion or remembrance of his promise, had a large pan of excellent biscuits for supper, and I felt when I drew up to the table that truly it is an ill wind that blows no good. The morning of the 30th came like a thief in the night, and I was loth to leave my warm bed, though the hour was late. The Doctor, Snahr, Journay and Hedrick started for a morning hunt, but Bender and I had enough ; Charley gave his attention to the kitchen, and soon had some rabbits stewing, while I shook out my bed and beat the ice and snow from the tents, pulled the stakes, and got things as far as possible ready to pack up. The wind had laid, and the sun shone through a film of cloud, SO' it was not unpleasant work except for the ice that adhered to the bottom of the tents; and by the time the boys came in and we had lunched, I had the tents pretty well dried, . and Charley had the kitchen ware assorted and ready for packing. Mr. Sayner came for us with his bobsled, and by 4 P. M. we were at the station awaiting the train. We arrived home at 9 :03 P. M. December 1, and have nothing but the kindliest feelings for each and every person with whom we came in contact except the two aforesaid gentlemen ( ?) who visited our camp. Permit me, Mr. Editor, to especially Blank the management of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Sfi Paul Railway Company and their employes for the universally courteous treatment they have accorded us. G. W. Cunningham. Ducks in New York Market* New York, Jan. 30. — Editor Forest and Stream: I was interested in an article in your last issue telling of the good work done by the game commissioners in seizing game sold out of season. Personally I neither break game laws nor, fond as I am of wild duck properly cooked, will I even buy game; but although prevented by the Brown law from shooting one duck for my own use, ducks are openly displa.yed and sold by the butcher stores on Columbus avenue at the present time within one block from where I write. The claim that these ducks are killed south is all rot. This year, for my own personal amuse- ment, I have examined the crops of the following birds : Black duck, broadbill, pintail and teal. Microscopically the contents of birds’ crops south of Barnegat, including Currituck and south of there, showed corn, wheat kernels, and a form of green leaf which, from the amount of chlor- ophyl and the direction of the striae, I take to be the tops of wild celery. These three things were not in the crops of birds from Long Island which I shot myself. I know where the other birds came from, because they were presents to me from patients who had been shooting on the Chesapeake and Currituck. The corn was probably because they “bait” places in the South. Maryland is quite a wheat country. The neighborhood of the Chop- tank River raises thousands of bushels shipped to Balti- more by the “bug-eye” fleet. The result of the matter is that those who support the “lobster palaces” of Broadway, and who would not know a game law if it met them in the street, and could not hit a duck in a year, can get all the ducks they want, while those who respect the law go duckless. This is too much. One is tempted to take Herford’s advice to the Persian kittten and “plead the rumble of an empty turn” for ducks. Henry Thorp. The New York Legislature* Special Correspondence Forest and Stream. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 7.— Amendments to the fish and game law have just been introduced in the Legislature as follows: By Senator Raines (Int. 247), adding a new section, to be known as Section 43b, so as to provide that trout shall not be sold, exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of selling from Sept. 1 to April 21 in any year. By Senator Raines (Int. No. 248), amending Section 28 so as to provide that quail shall not be sold or possessed during the close season, except in the month of December, and possession and sale thereof during December shall be presumptive evidence that they were unlawfully taken by the possessor. By Senator Raines (Int. No. 249), adding a new section to be known as Section 28a, to provide that woodcock and grouse shall not be sold, exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of sell- ing from Dec. 6 to Sept. 21, in any year. By Senator Cordts (Int. No. 271) and Assemblyman Coutant (Int. IN o. 379), providing that there shall be no open season for wild deer in the county of Sullivan before Sept. 1, 1907. By Assemblyman Thompson (Int. No. 371), amending Section 30 so as to provide that Wilson, yellowlegs, rail, mudhen, gallinule, curlew, water chicken, jacksnipe, baysnipe or shore birds, shall not be taken or possessed, in the counties of Niagara, Genesee or Orleans, from May 15 to Sept. 15, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 321), providing a new section to be known as 15a, so as to prohibit the taking, killing or ex- posing for sale, any land turtles or tortoises, including the box turtle; also amending Section 16, so as to provide an additional penalty of $25 for each wild moose or any such wild animal taken, or possessed in violation of the law; also a penalty of $50 for each wild black bear similarly taken; also a penalty of $100 for each turtle so taken, and a penalty of $10 for each land turtle or tor- toise thus taken. Any person failing to file a report with the State forest. Fish and Game Commission of the killing or taking of the black bear is liable to a penalty of $25. By Assemblyman Leggett (Int. No. 351), a new section, to be known as 20b, providing that bluebills, sawbills, whistlers and sheldrakes shall not be taken on the Niagara River from March 1 to Sept. 15, both inclusive. Nor taken in the night from an hour after sunset until an hour before sunrise. Assemblyman Standard (Int. No. 362), amending Section 20 so as to provide that wild ducks shall not be taken in the counties of Niagara and Erie, from March 1 to Oct. 15, both inclusive, or possessed from March 1 to Oct. 15, both inclusive; nor shall ducks, geese, brant and swan be taken in the night from an hour after sunset until an, hour before sunrise. By Senator Davis (Int. No. 226), the same bill as the Standard bill above. The Senate Committee on Fish and Game has reported favor- ably the bill of Senator Cobb (Int. No. 142), amending Section 48 so as to provide that muscallonge less than 20 inches in length shall not be possessed or intentionally taken, and if taken, shall without avoidable injury be returned to the water where taken. The Assembly has passed the bill of Assemblyman Hanford (Int. No. 165) relative to the close season for woodcock and grouse in Niagara county. The following bills have been advanced to third reading by the Assembly : Assemblyman Beebe’s (Int. No. 223), regulating the taking of ducks, geese, brant and swan in Monroe county. Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 249), relative to the meshes of nets to be used in Lake Erie. Assemblyman Wadsworth’s (Int. No. 243), relative to the use of set lines in Hemlock Lake. Assemblyman Foster’s (Int. No. 262), limiting the size of mus- kallonge to be taken. Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 278) relative to the close season for squirrels, grouse, woodcock and quail in Chautauqua county. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New' York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. The Log of a Sea Angler. 3Y CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING,” “BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. V* — Taking a Sailfish* Last night I left camp at midnight and walked around the key alone, and I am confident that I know definitely what isolation means. Deep in the heart of a forest, a stroller may walk out, if his sense of direction is well developed; but on this green-capped coral key the isolation is complete. One may walk, but it is an interminable circle over end- less sand that at night has a spectral whiteness, yet strange beauty. The low bush, green during the day, has now a purple hue, and the strange noises of the night come with a crisp distinctness that tells of nerves attuned to a high pitch. The shapes of gold-laden gal- leons that have been wrecked here rise; the wrecks that have pounded to pieces on the toothed reefs, and the spectral shapes of the sand and various objects stranded in long, irregular windrows, seem exaggerated in the peculiar phosphorescent light that . is emitted by the sea that comes piling in on the windward side. The gulls are sleeping; only an occasional wanderer is abroad; its weird cry, intense and stridulent, bites the very air. As far as the eye can seee, the shore line is a mass of ghostly light, while the pounding of the waves has a hollow, insistent booming sound, that adds to the weirdness of the scene. The previous night I had suggested that we take turns in patrolling the key in search of turtles; but Chief ob- jected at once, and I found, to my astonishment, that none of my companions would walk around the island at night alone. They knew that we were absolutely alone on the key, as we had tramped across the island from every point; yet Long John’s excuse was that he “didn’t know what he might meet.” So I fell to won- dering whether this was the lair of the sea serpent, or whether perhaps sirens basked on the golden sands at midnight; but I met none of them, and held to my walk around the north end, leaving the breaking sea behind. The wind was hot, the sand still threw out radiations of heat, and the sea was a blaze of phos- phorescence, as I waded along in the shallows. Suddenly I heard a pouff-pouff, and stopped. A swirl of phosphorescence about thirty feet from the shore told the story of a turtle, and I stood like a statue as it came slowly in. It stopped at the beach five minutes, then deciding that I was a tree, came on, and a few seconds later I sprang upon it. Four or five times I raised it upon its side, and as many times it threw me off with stinging blows; but I finally top- pled it over and went swinging down the beach exultant. Suddenly I made out a figure standing near the brush, then another* then came the resonant voice of Bob, '‘Whose fhar?” I did not reply, but kept on. "Stop, 6f Til blew a hole In you, § tremulous t'plee; sn4 I 4^4 - « .< ... “Oh, it’s you, boss,” and the two men came down the beach. “Who did you think it was?” I asked. “I’ll be dogged if I knew,” said Bob, and then I got the story out of them. “The last time I was over here,” said Bob, “we camped out where we are and divided up the turtle watch. Chief went out first, and he hadn’t been gone long be- fore back he came and sings out, ‘You both there?’ and we were. ‘Well,’ says he — and he hadn’t had a drop — ‘I followed a man half around the point; he kept about a hundred yards ahead of me.’ We laughed; but Chief said he wouldn’t go out again without a gun, and we didn’t have any. So John started, and in half a hour he came over the island and said he had met a man on the other side, face to face, and had lost him in the bush. “Well, boss, we all started out together, and we found there was no boat there, and the next day we walked over every foot of the key and never found a thing or a sign of a soul; so it’s kind of unpleasant strollin’ over the key alone. The place is haunted, that’s a fac’.” “That’s it,” acquiesced Chief. “I made many trips around the key at night, but never encountered the stranger.” When we came over, John had brought two tame pelicans that he had raised from infancy — long-billed, asthmatic, wheezy creatures of bilious mien. They sat on the deck of the Bull Pup, deep in thought when not eating or fishing, and went with us on the daily fishing trips, either alighting on the boat or swimming near us, and wheezing for food, which we tossed them. One morning I found Bob fastening a leather collar about the neck of the birds. This accomplished, he drove them from the sands into the water, where they began to fish. They would rise and fly along twenty feet or so above the surface, and when sighting a school of sardines, turn and plunge downward, head first, with great velocity, opening the large mouth at the impact and endeavoring to fill the net-like pouch. So light is the pelican that it immediately assumes the perpendicu- lar, and whether successful or not invariably wags its short tail and tosses its beak in air, preparatory to swallowing the game. The tame pelicans did this, but they could not swal- low on account of the strap, so gave it up and came ashore, where Bob took the fish. I found I was mis- taken in laying the act to laziness, _ all of. which illus- trates the fact that circumstantial evidence is not always to be relied upon. Bob merely used the pelicans to catch some special gray snapper bait that was beyond the reach of his cast-net, and the result of an hour’s fishing with them was two or three dozen little fishes which he called “hard heads.” The Chinese employ loons in a similar manner. We pulled out this hot day to some coral heads op the edge of the channel, and I tried the gray snapper, which, to my mind, when it can be had at its best, is far ahead of the black bass. The two fishes look very mweh alike, but the snapper is the cleanest cut, the gamiest, and on a light rod — and by light I mean a heavy bass rod — is a fish to conjure with, and a 25-pound gray snapper, a few of which I have taken on various parts of the reef, affords splendid sport. They are usually murdered with big cotton lines, and the fine play of the fish is lost and the sport brutalized. The young on a trout rod afford all the pleasure of this sport, and I was never tired of stocking our well. On this delectable morning I had caught everything on the piscatorial bill of fare — yellowtail, hogfish, porgy, grunts, and finally hooked a snapper with a bunch of hardheads. In a second he had unreeled one hundred feet of line, and from a short sulk, came bounding up- ward to turn at the surface and make the circuit of the dinghy at the top of his speed, playing me, not I him, for twenty minutes, and then I purposely broke the line. We did not need him, and to see Chief gaff so beautiful and so gamy a creature was not on my pro- gramme. Of all fishes, the gray snapper has, at least to me — the most attractive “face.” Its eyes are beau- tiful, the antipodes of those of the sardines, or the tar- pon, black and white marbles which glare at you, fixed and immovable; but the eye of the snapper in the water is a gem, radiant with colors, which give to this fish an expression not found in other fishes. While I was pretending to mourn the loss of my big snapper. Long John turned and whispered, “Look yander, boss!” I followed the direction of his long bony finger and saw what appeared to be a miniature sail moving slowly along. I knew it at once, though I had never seen the sailfish alive. With a word to Bob, we had the coral hook up and I was standing in the bow, grains in hand, while Long John steered the dinghy after the fish. It presented a singular appearance; was possibly seven feet in length, its sail-like dorsal and the upper lobe of its tail protruding from the water. The dorsal fin was an enormous affair, nearly as long as the fish, seemingly four feet in height and deeply notched, re- sembling a huge ribbon fan; and as the sun played upon it, it seemed to glisten and scintillate with many hues. The big fin had a peculiar motion like a fan about to shut up, quivering and trembling. It was moving very slowly, the tail fin working like a screw and wafting it along, a fanciful ship on this glass-like sea, yet the in- carnation-of power and viciousness I knew full well. Long John was swearing to himself; he did not ap- prove of the game, but Chief was all excitement; his veins were under pressure all the time with sporting blood; there was no game too fierce, too dangerous, for him. Nearer we crept, and presently I could see the dome-like head of the swordsman, its back looking green against the blue; then the short dagger-like sword; and then i tQSSgd the grains, and into the air literally burst the splendid fish, flinging itself from side to side, giving si gwordsman I? w Jehij p&elfji4 1 Qtpws to pgnt anq lett mce tns Jngfiy with * PHib, end for # fftf 118 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. ii, 1905. seconds the. fish seemed to go mad, flinging its tail out of water, rolling over and over in a flurry of rage, then suddenly darting away like an arrow from a bow. I had about fifty feet of line on the grains— sufficient for turtle, but not for game of this kind — so. Chief had made fast another rope, and this, to the painter none too soon, as the line was jerked out of the dinghy in a marvelous fashion, keeping 11s jumping to avoid it. The end quickly came, the dinghy being jerked ahead with a force that nearly sent me overboard. Out into the channel we went, back on to the reef again; the fish now dashing into the air, rushing to and fro in a sug- gestive manner, as though hunting for the cause of the trouble, leaping and plunging, to follow with a rush that carried us half around the island; then, striking a steady pace, the fish headed out to sea. We then took the line, passed it aft and “laid on.” How many times I had hauled on big game in this way! — exciting sport, hard work, but here was a game that had it in its power to spit us again and again, and Long John was not backward in expressing his opinion ominously. “Boss, I’m dogged if I like this yer sp’dfishing; he’s a reg’lar volador; maybe he’s a man-killer, an’, Lord! how he’s a-pullin’.” At this moment the swordfish was rushing around in a circle about two hundred feet distant, hauling our lit- tle dinghy around and over in a manner not particularly pleasant, though Chief had an oar out astern, and was trying to keep her bow to the fish. The swordfish made a complete circle of the boat, and John swore softly to emphasize his view that the fish was hunting for us. So we laid on, the men joining in a quaint chanty, “Blow the man down,” as we ran the dinghy up nearer, coiling the slack as we earned it. The fish continually took us offshore, and here made a fine leap into the air, shaking itself and falling with a crash, to make off in a new direction. Nearer we came. “Blow the man down!” We were within thirty feet of the fish, which was bearing down while we laid and held the dinghy to it until it seemed as though she would go under; then “all together!” and she shot ahead. “Once more, lads,” and the boat cut the foaming, water directly oyer the fish, and with a rush we had it alongside, beating the water, striking from left to right, rolling over and over, until Chief lassoed the spear, caught it and held on while Long John sent his sharp knife into the white throat and ended the game. Then we pulled for the key, towing the big fish that soon baited up two or three sharks, which followed up the trail of blood like hounds, only to be beaten off by blows and splashing of the oar. In a short time we had reached the sand and had our fish high on the beach, a splendid specimen of the American sailfish (Istiophorus) . We had no facilities for securing the skin and tall fin, much to our regret, so cured the head and sword, which made an excellent trophy. There is a great deal of mystery about the breeding of this swordfish. I frequented this section of the reef winter and summer for five years, and saw many of the sailfishes, but never the young, nor did I ever meet any one who had, and where the fishes spawn, or where they go, is at least to me unknown. Our catch was over seven feet in length, with a remarkable tail, large and powerful, telling the story of its powerful leaps and how made. Chief said there was another — aguja de costa, he called it— that was very rare, but much dreaded. I did not See this great fish, though I hunted for it in deep and shallow water; nor did I succeed in hooking a third and common species. T ctrapterus imperator, though more than once we put the grains into speci- mens and raced with them over the smooth waters of a deep lagoon to the south. . There is a great difference in swordfishes. Xiphias of the North Atlantic is a large and powerful fish, and the records show it to be a dangerous foe, many ships and boats having been injured by it; but it will not take bait, and can only be harpooned. The spearfish not only takes the bait, but is a fine game fish, playing like a tiger and leaping into the air continually, though its leap, which I have often watched, is a clumsy affair, a spring upward not unlike that of the tarpon, a wild, hysterical bound of rage, fear and savage intent, yet unable to turn, the fish falls back bodily upon its belly with a loud crash. That night after dinner, while we laid on the hot sands watching the clouds change from pink to ver- milion, scarlet and other tints that Turner reveled in. John related a weird yarn of his luck with the sloop San Rosalie. “We were fishin’ for red snapper,” he said, 011 the bank to the south’ard one summer, in the Havana trade. When we filled the well we jest ran over and sold the goods, and was back the next day. . “I reckon we must have rammed into a big so dfish— they have a way of leapin’ on the surface. I was settin on the rail, fishin’, and the smack was hauled up into the wind driftin’, but hardly movin’, when I see what I thought was a shark fin cornin’ along cuttin’ through the water like a knife. I yelled to the boys to look, and then I see a long, narrer fish like a torpedo — 1 11 swear it was twenty feet long — then it hit us under the port bow, biff! You may not believe it, boss,, but that sloop was head down by the time we got the dinghy overboard, and in twenty minutes she was full, only, the air in the well kept her afloat, and we got her into shallow water after a six-hour tow with the two boats, and at ebb tide got at the hole. The fish had struck the head of a rotten -plank that had given way, and left a hole in her as big as a man’s head. “When we were gettin’ her underway, continued John who was lying flat on the sands, his red face sup- ported by his long arms, “I saw something thrashing the water, and it turned out to be the so’dfish; so we took it out of him jest for luck. He was. swimming in a circle and fighting mad, but I put a pair of grains into him and made him fast and towed most of him in. The sharks got a share, and when we got him on the beach we found that the so’d was broken off, so that his whole doggoned head was splintered. The fish was twelve foot long and must have, weighed fifteen hundred pounds; but we didn’t weigh him. I never see another like him, and never want to, as when we gu* pint o.b. “%*0«k case t— |*Oak trank lo^s C. < Rear-Commodore— Char.es J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati, O. Purser— George Q. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. How to Join the A. C. A. From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. A.: “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G, Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.” Atlantic Division Annual Dinner. The following letter has been sent out to members of the Atlantic Division of the A. C. A. by Messrs. W. A. Holcombe, H. C. Allen, W. B. Maddock and C. W. Stark, who compose the committee on arrangements: Annually for several years, this division of the A. C. A. has held an informal dinner early in the year, to enable its members and their friends to spend an evening in good fellowship, as well as discuss the possibilities of the sport and make plans for the C°This^yea^ t?ie" dinner will be held at the Hotel Sterling, Trenton, N. J., Saturday evening, Feb. 18, at 7 o’clock. .... , , As Trenton, situated about the center of the division, and its membership, is easily reached by the best of tram service, the committee earnestly desire that you make an effort to be present; also to induce some other member or friend with whom you are in close touch to accompany you, an enjoyable time being assured beforehand. r /V Feb. ii >1905.31 FOREST AND SfREAM. lM All planning to attend should send two dollars to Charles W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery street, Trenton, N. J., as soon as possible. A meeting of the Atlantic Division Executive Commit- tee will be held at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of the dinner at the Hotel Sterling, 25 W. State street, Trenton, N. J. A. C. A. Membership* New members elected: Eastern Division. — 4865 Samuel B. Burnham, Provi- dence, R. I. Atlantic Division. — 4866 Charles F. Daymond, W. Englewood, N. J.; 4868 Louis N. Chevrier, 4868 Harvey F. Whitehead, 4869 William U. Ale, 4870 Ralph B. Lucas, 4871 Frank E. Kimble, Trenton, N. J. New members proposed: Atlantic Division. — Frederick Gilkyson, Trenton, N. J., proposed by Merton S. West; Frederic R. Brace, Jr., Trenton, N. J., proposed by Arthur H. Wood; Hudson C. Burr, Plainfield, N. J., proposed by Charles W. Buckelew; Paul L. Cort, Trenton, N. J., proposed by Fred. G. Furman; Alfred Q. Belfield, Philadelphia, pro- posed by Alvin S. Fenimore. Central Division. — David Y. Swaty, Howard Baetjer and Harry M. Laithe, all of Pittsburg, Pa., and all proposed by Alfred W. Allyn and seconded by H. W. Breitenstein. New life membership: 1904 — No. 30 George J. Bailey, Buffalo, N. Y. 1905 — No. 31 William G. Mackendrick, Toronto; No. 32 Lucian Wilson, Cincinnati, O.; No. 33 Frank L. Dunnell, New York City. fUtmpshooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixt ttres* Feb. 11.— Phillipsburg, N. J., Opposite Easton, Pa.— Alert Gun Club first annual tournament. Ed. F. Markley, Mgr. Feb. 13.— Concord, S. I.— All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. „ ,, , Feb. 13.— Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club shoot. C. G. Blandford, Capt. Feb. 13. — Rahway, N. J., Gun Club shoot. Feb. 13.— Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. H. Myers, Sec’y. _ , _ Feb. 15-16.— Allentown, Pa.— Two-day tournament at Duck Farm Hotel. C. L. Straub, Mgr. Feb. 15-17.— Detroit, Mich.— Jacob Klein’s tournament on Rusch House grounds, under auspices of Tri-State Automobile and Eporting Goods Association. Feb. 18.— Newark, N. J.— All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. , , Feb. 22— New Paltz, N. Y.— Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. . Feb. 22.— Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association seventeenth annual live-bird tournament. A. H. Roberts, Sec’y. Feb. 22.— Atglen, Pa.— Christiana-Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot. Lloyd R. Lewis, Cor. Sec’y. . Feb. 22.— Batavia, 111., Gun Club tournament. Henry Hendrick- son Mgr. Feb. 22‘— Concord, S. I.— All-day shoot of the Richmond Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. „ Feb. 22.— Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. V. Wall- burg Sec’y Feb. 9-m-T Tries' N. Y.— Riverside Gun Club’s eighth annual tour- nament. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. , March 20-25— Kansas City, Mo.— Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. March 28-31— Kansas City, Mo.— Schmelzer spring tournament. C. J. Schmelzer, Mgr. . . April 5-6.— Augusta, Ga— The Interstate Association s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Needham, Sec'y. _ , T April 12-13.— Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec y, Wilmington. _ , . . ,. April 18-20.— Waco, Tex.— Texas State Sportsmen s Association tournament. , , April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. c k Kites Sec’y. April 22.— Easton, Pa.— Independent Gun Club all-day tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Sec’y. , , _ , c, . May 2-5.— Pittsburg, Pa.— Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec y. May 2-6.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Pish Pro- tective Association tournament. , . . May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, sec y, May"1 1 L 1 (1— Des Moines, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. . 0 May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association tournament. May 17-18.— Auburn, N. Y„ Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox May1 lM9a-Stanfey‘ Gun Club of Toronto (incorporated). Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec y, 178 Mill street, MayT^S.— Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- May13 25^27." — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Secy, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. MayGe36-3lf-wShmgton,^'p. C.-Analostan Gun two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Secy, 222 F street, May^'31-June 1.— Vermillion.— South Dakota State Sportsmen s Association tournament. x- June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. JunfC9.*-Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, June* 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind.-The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 adued money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y- Mgr., Pittsburg, 1 a.^ _ July 4— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, July^4°— South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; July^ml-Me'nominee, Mich.-The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. AugWi4^iMbertULea,^linn.-The Interstate Associates tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun C b. Aug^'l6TS.— Kansas Cityf'Mo.-The Interstate ^sociation’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. OctHl-Sf— boven' Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all ana- Oct,* 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS Mr. Jacob Pleiss, Secretary, writes us that “the Independent Gun Club, of Easton, Pa., will hold an all-day tournament on April 22. The Bradford, Pa., Gun Club contemplate the holding of an all- day shoot on Feb. 22. Feb. 18 has been fixed upon as the date for the Crescent Ath- letic Club return match with Yale. It will be held on the Bay Ridge, L. I., grounds. * Mr. F. K. Stelle, Secretary, writes us as follows: : “In con- nection with the shoot of the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, the club will give a shoot at which all are welcome. Further particulars will be sent next week,” •s The freight yards of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co., at Newark, N. J., are being enlarged, and will take in the grounds of the Forester Gun Club. Tuesday of this week was fixed upon for the club’s last big shoot, and Feb. 22 for the last shoot on the old grounds, dear to memory with the associations of fourteen years’ shooting. On Thursday of last week, at Pinehurst, N. C., there was a close contest, the leaders who tied being Messrs. C. E, Lock- wood, of New York, and C. A. Taft, of Whitingsville, Mass. In a shoot-off at 25 targets, Mr. Taft, with an allowance of two, won with a lead of three. Out of the 50 targets in the event, they tied on 41. •t The Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club has issued the programme of its eighth annual tournament, to be held on Feb. 22. Eight events are offered, of which seven are at 15 targets and one at 20 targets. The latter has $2 added. Entrance $1.30 and $1.40. Shoot- ing begins at 10 o’clock. Targets 2 cents. Rose system will gov- ern the moneys. Shooters may enter for targets only. Loaded shells and lunch obtainable on the grounds. Professionals may shoot for targets only. High averages $3, $2 and $1. Ship shells prepaid to Secretary V. Wallburg, 234 Union St. •t The Newark' Sunday News states that “in an exhibition shoot yesterday (Feb. 4) afternoon on the grounds of the Smith Gun Club, this city, Frank E. Butler, the well-known marksman, and husband of Annie Oakley, smashed 98 targets out of a - possible 100. The exhibition was given in connection with the weekly shoot of the club. A large attendance was present, and though the shooters were handicapped somewhat by a background of snow, good scores were made in the other events.” We cannot con- ceive the reason of Mr. Butler dropping those two remaining targets. Better luck next time. Mr. Will K. Park, the able trap editor of Sporting Life, Phila- delphia, discusses the impending pigeon bill as follows: “Those who indulge in pigeon shooting from the traps in this State should awaken to the fact that their sport is in danger. The Keystone Shooting League, of this city, has taken up the fight, but must have the co-operation of every gun club in the State. They have issued a call to all trapshooters to help them, and request that they ‘write to their representatives in the Legislature immediately, that they desire the passage of a bill that will only permit the shooting of live pigeons from traps when conducted with strict accord to the rules of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation.’ It is believed that the bill can be compromised after this manner, if it receives the immediate support of the shooters them- selves as above. Please write your representative at once, and induce all your friends to do the same. This is important.” It The programme of the second Grand Sportsmen’s Handicap at targets and live birds, $250 in cash added, to be held under the auspices of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Asso- ciation, Feb. 15, 16 and 17, on the Rusch House grounds, pro- vides target shooting on the first day and live-bird shooting on the two remaining days. The ten target events are each at 20 targets $2 entrance, $10 added. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock on the first day. On the second day, the four live-bird events are as follows; No. 1, 6 birds, $5 entrance, $10 added; No. 2, 9 birds, $7 entrance, $15 added; No. 3, 10 birds, $10 entrance, $25 added; No. 4, miss-and-out, $2, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent., high guns. Shooting at live birds each day commences at 8:30 o’clock. On the third day the Gillman & Barnes international live-bird championship trophy, 25 live birds, $25 entrance, $100 added, high guns, is the one event of the day. Three places are provided for each ten entries or fraction thereof. Birds, 25 cents. All live-bird events high guns. Target events Rose system. Live- bird handicaps 26 to 33yds. Target handicaps, 16 to 21yds. Prac- tice day, Feb. 14. Preliminary live-bird shooting Feb. 15. Two sets each of live-bird traps and target traps. Ship shells to J. A. Marks, 93 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich. Managers, Mr. John Parker, Detroit, and Fred Foster, Lansing, Mich. Handicap committee, Messrs. Alec Tolsma, Geo. Roll, C. M. Powers, Geo. Volk and C. Vermylea. Manufacturers’ agents can shoot for price of targets only on Feb. 15. Bernard Waters. At Point Breeze. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 4. — At the Point Breeze race track two sweepstakes and two miss-and-outs were shot. The scores: Handicap, 10 live birds, $3 entrance, high guns: Aiman, 30 2002212222— 8 Murphy, 31 2010111012— 7 Murray, 28 2012111010— 7 Felix, 31 2201222222— 9 Kirk, 27 2101212202— 8 Johnson, 30 2222222222—10 Prize shoot, 10 live birds, handicap, $5 entrance, high guns: Aiman, 30 2222202222— 9 Charles, 27 2202202022— 7 Murray, 28 .........0121102022— 7 Gilligan, 26 222202022—7 Kirk, 27 ..0222222210— 8 Dixon, 29 ...2022220222—8 Murphy, 30 2221220210— 8 Jones, 28 2222002202— 7 Felix, 31 0222222222— 9 Johnson, 30 2222222202— 9 Martin, 28 226UU222U2— 6 Miss-and-out, $1 entrance: Kirk 2, Aiman 3, Murray 4, Murphy 5, French 2, Charles 1, Felix 4, Jones 1, Wilson 1, Gilligan 2, Dixon 1. Miss-and-out, $2 entrance: Aiman 1, Murphy 3, Felix 3, Murray 1, Kirk 1, French 2, Wilson 1. Bradford Gun Glub. Bradford, Pa. — The regular Saturday afternoon shoot of the Bradford Gun Club was held Feb. 4, at the traps at Clarkdale. Cold weather deterred many. L. E. Mallory, Jr., made a score of 76 straight targets before he missed one. His total score was 117 out of a possible 125 — a score which is seldom equalled. The scores of the other shooters were as follows: Pringle 64 out of 76; Hoey 54 out of 75; White 37 out of 85; Russell 35 out of 65. The club is arranging for an all-day shoot on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22, commencing at 9 o’clock in the morning. This shoot will be a feature for members of the club, a luncheon being among the pleasures planned for the day. WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. * The weather on Feb. 4 was milder than during the first part of the week, and the attendance was good in consequence. Sixteen members took part in the last shoot of the cash prize series Cambell, Williams and Don Minto headed the list of shooters with V j ®ters was second with 44 and was high of those who com- peted for the prize. The advocates of the pump gun tried conclusions with the users of double barrels to-day, and the latter came out winners by a score of 218 to 202. A match at 25 targets was shot, Peters and Dre.hs being high with 23 and 22 respectively. A few practice events concluded the sport for the day. P Three prizes in Class C were not qualified for, and the board of directors decided to give them to the last -three men in Class B who would otherwise be shut out, thus distributing all the money. h,e ifre* me«who won under this ruling were Bullerdick, Falk $17 $15 $T2 ?eWPriZeSrrere CAanged als0’ Slx in each ciass’ ?20’ $17, $15 $12, $9 $9 m Classes A and B, and $20, $17, $15, $8, $8, $8 m Class C. In this series Gambell and Don Minto shot from 16yds. and were not in the competition for the prizes. The “me"S ‘f11 best scores were 46, 46, 45, 45, 45, 45, 44, 44, 44 44- 448 The latter’s ten best, 46, 46, 45, 42, 42, 41, 41, 40, 39-382. ! he first shoot for the trophy donated by the Peters * Cartridge Co will be held on Friday, Feb. 10. This is a race at 50 targets, shot in strings of two 15s and a 20, instead of at 100 targets The handicap committee authorized Arthur Gambell to arrange the handicaps for the first shoot. The handicap to be changed each week at the discretion of the committee. At a meeting of the board of directors the following tournament commit ee was appointed: Col. R. H. West, E. B. Barker Arthur win be ^dCHD,rhS’ L' SqUiel' and St3nley Rhoads- The dates will be decided upon at the next meet, and will probably be urmg the third week in September. Supt. Gambell is studying up a good programme for the holiday shoot on Feb. 22 and promises to give the boys something interesting. Cash prize shoot, 50 targets, distance handicap: twmbe11’ % 13 13 — 15 *Dreihs ♦Williams, lb 13 13 19—45 ^T)on Minto, 16 14 13 18—45 Reters, 18 H 14 19-44 Herman, 17. ........ .11 14 16—41 faran, 20 14 11 15—40 liefer- ,16.. 12 11 17-40 Bullerdick, 18 12 12 15—39 *Did not compete. _ , .16 10 14 15—39 Pohlar, 18 ..... 11 12 15-38 Pfaefler li 13 10 15— 3S Hang 19 13 H 13-37 Roanoke, 16 8 12 14—34 Maynard, 18 ....... 6 13 14-33 Keplmger, Iff 8 10 14—32 Falk. i7 6 10 15-31 Ten best scores of winners in the different classes of the cash prize senes follow. First line gives distance in each shoot; sec- ond line, score: Distance: Class A. Faran 44 18 20 20 19 20 21 20 17 19 21 44 44 43 43 43 43 42 42 42—430 18 18 18 17 18 18 IS 19 19 17 46 44 43 42 41 41 40 40 40 40 — 417 18 18 19 19 20 18 18 19 19 18 43 43 43 43 42 41 41 40 40 40—416 19 18 20 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 43 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 40—415 20 19 20 19 20 20 19 20 21 20 46 43 43 43 42 41 40 40 39 36—413 Peters Maynard Medico A Sunderbruch wir 18 13 19 17 16 17 17 18 17 17 Williams 42 41 41 40 39 38 38 38 37 36—390 Class B. n. , 19 19 19 19 17 18 20 20 20 19 1J1CK ••••• 46 4b 44 43 42.42 42 42 42 41 429 TT • 18 18 17 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 46 45 44 44 42 41 41 40 40 40 — 123 ■p ,, 17 17 IS IS 19 17 18 18 17 19 Ko11 44 44 43 43 42 42 39 38 38 38—411 rj, . 17 19 19 19 18 19 20 20 19 18 alock 44 42 42 41 41 40 39 38 37 36—400 p . , 18 17 17 18 18 18 IS 19 18 18 not.Iar 46 43 41 40 40 38 38 38 37 35—396 17 18 17 17 IS 18 17 18 18 17 42 42 41 39 39 39 38 3S 38 37 — 393 Class C 19 18 17 18 18 19 16 18 19 20 Ward Bleh Herman H Sunderbruch Bullerdick . . . . Falk Pfieffer 46 45 45 43 41 .40 38 38 38 36—410 16 18 16 17 19 17 17 17 17 18 45 42 41 41 41 39 39 38 37 36—399 16 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 IS 19 46 43 42 37 37 37 37 37 36 36—388 17 IS 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 41 41 46 ay 39 38 38 37 36 35—384 16 17 17 16 17 16 18 L7 17 16 41 41 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 36—378 16 16 17 16 17 16 17 16 17 17 43 39 38 38 38 37 36 36 35 34—374 Match, pump guns, vs. double barrels, 50 targets: Double Barrel. Gambell 14 12 19—45 Don Minto 14 13 17—45 Herman 12 13 19 — 44 Hesser 14 14 15—43 Peters 11 14 16—41 Pumps. Barker 13 14 16—43 Faran 13 12 18—43 Hang 13 12 17—42 Dreihs 12 9 14—35 Maynard 12 11 16—39 65 66 86 218 Match, 25 targets, two. high men out: Faran 21, Harig 20, Barker 19. Peters 63 58 81 202 23, Dreihs 22, Bonasa. South Side Gun Club. Milwaukee, Wis.— At a meeting of the South Side Gun Club, held last Monday, there was a very active campaign of . trap- shooting mapped out, to which the officers have pledged them- selves toward carrying on a movement that will keep the best of gentlemanly sports alive in this city during this year. This well established club has been one of the foremost of its kind in the State, and is destined to remain so for all time. Owning, as it does, its own ground, it has heretofore been opposed to a union of all the Milwaukee gun clubs. They are not opposed, however, only to this extent, that the club owns their land, which is well fitted and arranged to suit the most exacting trapshooter. Every device used by this club is up to date, and the plans submitted for the present season promise a more brill- iant year than that of any previous season. The medal and prize committee may be depended upon to bang up attractive trophies for this year’s competition. With Aider- man Becker at the head, the committee is: Dr. Adolph Gropper, Chas. F. Pfister, Henry F. Seefeld, Emil O. Hoffman, Thomas J. Fleming and H. Hammersmith. This committee will select the medals and arrange for the trophies, and will arrange the rules for competition, and that will include the handicaps. The following are the tournament dates: Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Nov. 23, Dec. 31, and Jan. 1, 1906, one day being devoted to live birds. The president’s medal, worth $50, has been donated by Adolph Grapper, and the rules have been agreed to, viz.': Shall be shot for monthly; the average of the five best scores to each shooter to decide the monthly winner; if a shooter wins twice in sue- cession, he will be handicapped one yard; at the close of the year the one having won the greatest number of times shall be declared the winner; all scores to be made at 15 targets, and to be shot on regular shooting days. 126 1 FOREST AND STREAM. Bi *. ws. The following scOftCs were made at the shoot held here Sun- day, each being a 15-target event: (Wrapper 14 13 13 13 14 C W Mitchell..,. 10 10 11 12 10 T N Drought.,.,, 13 12 10 . . .. N C Williver .. 9 10 8 10 9 I T Drought 12 13 .. ., .. Woodward .10 9 8 9 . . L Stoergel........ 12 10 12 14 12 Leidel 10 11 9 10 8 J E Bush 13 12 11 12 11 C W Mitchell, Jr. 7 10 9 .. .. Black 11-13 13 10 11 A Hammersmith.. 12 14 10 9 13 J C Clark 12 9 10 11 . . Denver Trophy. C'hiowa, Neb., Jan. 30. — Since the Denver Post trophy was won by a Nebraska shot, it has been the “bone of contention,” and many shoots have been held in connection therewith. As all who score a win will be entitled to a try for the trophy in the final disposition of same, which will be had some time this year, accounts no doubt for so many challenges for the trophy. Mr. C. E. Williams was the “fellow” who thought he could beat Mr. L. E. Reed, the man who won it from Billy Clayton, the noted Kansas City gun ^handler. But he did not reckon with the weather man, and the very cold weather, together with the sun reflecting on the hard, frozen snow, caused him to make the low .score of 70 out of the 100. The committee, selected from the three States, Kansas, Colorado rand Nebraska, placed Mr. Williams at 17yds. and Mr. Reed at 19, ;so that it is possible that Mr. Reed was really doing fine execu- tion when he made 80 out of his 100. W. A. Waddington, of jBeatrice, was the Nebraska man in charge of the trophy shoot. You must realize that the Nebraska men have the shooting ffever in their blood, for there were many of them present, and ithey unpacked their guns and went at it in good fashion, A {total of 350 shots were fired, and Maxwell, the one-armed man, jwrade 281, Reed 2.9, :..ach 265, Townsend 264, Bray 251. Others sfcooitmg who dm lmt complete the programme were Mann, Rhoda. Williams, Evans, Van Buren, Thorpe, Waddington, Harley, Bigler, Guthrie, Cameron, Domier, Schrenhost and Leiler. - In Other Places. It is reported that 500 live birds will be used by the San Jose, 111., Gun Club for their coming tournament. It is supposed that some crank will be coming out with an anti-pigeon shoot bill before the Illinois Legislature is much older. The Jaysville Gun Club, of Dayton, O., held a shoot on the , Cox Farm last Thursday. Any resident of Montgomery county, Ohio, can participate in i the clay-bird championship. It is shot at 50 targets, with distance ) handicap. The Union City Gun Club, of Greenville, O., gave a banquet to i its members last Thursday evening. There were several invited j guests, and a good time was reported. We learn that J. S. Reelhorn is one of the crack shots in the iKickersville, O., Gun Club. When Feb. 22 rolls around there will be held a tournament at '.Vincennes, Ind. This will be the fourth annual tournament of the IJefferson County Gun Club. There will be two events, one at 10, ithe other at 25 live birds. A trophy valued at $35 will go to the winner of the latter event. There was another shoot for the Denver Post trophy, at Ofeiowa, Neb., Jan. 25. C. E. Williams, of Home, Colo., at- tempted to beat L. E. Reed. The match was at 100 targets. The storm that swept the country delayed mails and prevented the scores arriving in time for this issue. The shoot between Dr. Grapper and James E. Bush, of the Milwaukee South Side Gun Club, was postponed by mutual agree- ment until some future time. The regular weekly shoot was held on Sunday. There were four events, each of 15 targets, in which T. M. Drought, J. E. Bush and C. W. Mott went straight. These and other scores were good, as there were zero conditions, with a snow-covered ground. And now comes the Owosso Gun Club, of Owosso, Mich., through the secretary, with a statement that a tournament will be held May 18 and 19. With a purse of $200 hung up, the contest will be open to all amateurs. Shall the spring duck shooter shoot in the springtime? is now .the question that arises among some of the Western shooters. There was a large delegation of shooters who journeyed from 'Waco, Tex., to Brenham for the shoot held there under Alf. ^Gardiner’s management. F. G. Hogan, president of the Cleveland, O., Gun Club, with John Ashley and Mathew Andrews, are now touring the southern part of Georgia on a hunting trip. The quail will be the object 1 9 8 8 6 6 7 5 9 7 7—71 8 6 8 9 6 8 8 7 6 6—72 9 7 6 6 9 9 10 9 7 8—80 9 10 7 6 10 10 9 6 7 10—84 8 10 7 8 9 -7 7 9 7 10—82 7 9 6 9 8 7 9 9 7. 10—81 7 9 8 7 9 8 6 8 9 10—81 7 7 8 9 4 7 9 9 5 9—74—625 4 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 9—72 5 7 7 6 5 9 9 8 6 6—68 0 6 6 7' 8 0 7 10 8 7—59 8 8 5 10 8 5 9 6 9 7—75 5 7 7 9 10 6 8 10 8 6—76 7 6 9 9 8 8 10 7 10 .9-83 10 10 7 10 8 9 9 8 9 10-90 0 7 9 9 10 5 10 8 9 7—74—597 8 8 9 5 9 0 8 8 4 8-67 4 0 8 7 9 8 5 8 6 6-61 10 7 7 0 9 8 7 9 7 9—73 9 7 7 5 5 7 4 8 6 7-65 10 9 8 6 10 6 10 8 8 9—84 6 4 9 7 6 8 6 5 10 6—61 8 9 9 8 10 7 9 7 4 5—76 9 5 6 7 10 9 9 7 9 7-78-581 0 9 8 6 10 7 £ 7 10 6—71 4 4 6 8 6 6 7 7 4 5-57 5 6 5 8 4 6 8 8 0 5-55 0 0 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 10—48 8 9 7 0 9 9 9 7 7 4-69 0 10 6 9 5 7 6 5 4 8—60 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 6 7 7-65 6 7 8 5 10 8 10 7 8 9-78-503 This is the first rifle match which has been shot on the Ports- mouth range in some time, and shows that the shooters are pick- ing up the former interest, and that this season will see the range busy. Little Rhody has come good shots, and it is hoped that eventu- ally they will all join in making the only civilian organization in the State a strong one, so that target shooting will again be brought to the front. Since the organization of the Revolver Club, many rifle shooters have taken hold; the sporting goods dealers report an increased sale and interest in small bore rifles and target revolvers and pistols, and it is apparent that there are shooters who enjoy the sport, but carry on their practice in private. The Revolver Club has nearly outgrown its original plan, and there is no reason why, if all the interested target shooters would join hands, we could not have a State Rifle Association. The Portsmouth range is available for members in that vicin- ity; the proposed club range at Cranston will take care of the local shooters; one of the expert members has a private 100yd. range at Thornton, and if a combination was effected there is no doubt arrangements could be made with the militia officials for the use occasionally of the State range for practice with the Govern- ment Krag, under the Government idea. All this is possible if the shooters will back up the efforts of the club pushers by membership, which is but a small contribution to shooting interests. Why not add Rhode Island to the National? This is the ques- tion asked of any shooter who reads our weekly reports, but keeps in the shade. If you like to shoot and want a place to shoot on a standard basis, why not come in with us? Don’t be backward because you fear you will not make top-notch scores. You can do your prac- ticing better on a club range than elsewhere; you will progress better a little friendly competition than a lone shoot; you will meet men who will give you many practical pointers. What we ought to have is a State Rifle Association, under the National Association plan, with the proposed Government encour- agement, then for winter practice we need a club range indoors, where we will not be confined to one night a week, but where a man can shoot at any time the mood strikes him. We all agree this is needed, even the unknown shooters. And it is simply up to each one interested to give the plan a lift by coming forward and contributing a dollar or two for a good cause. West Sonora (O.) Rifle Club. Twelve members took part in the shoot of the West Sonora Rifle Club on Jan. 28. The conditions were 100yds., offhand, open sights. Four shots on target with 4in. center, value 12, possible 48. Five matches were shot, with four money prizes in each. C. W. Mathews was high man for the day with 216 out of a pos- sible 240. C. Tice second, 212; T. Garreth third, 206; R. Tice fourth, 204. The prize winners in their order are given in the scores below: Match No. 1: T. Garreth 48, C. Pitman 45, L. Bruner 44, C. Tice 42, C. W. Matthews 37, Chalmer Tice 36, R. Tice 35, S. Huffman 34, C. Pease 32, L. Hinea 30, J. McGriff 27, J. Piles 18. Match No. 2: C. W. Matthews 44, J. Piles 43,. L. Hinea 43, C. Tice 43, S. Huffman 42, T. Garreth 42, Chalmer Tice 41, R. Tice 41, C. Pease 34, C. Pitman 34, L. Bruner 25, J. McGriff 21. Match No. 3: L. Hinea 43, C. W. Matthews 42, R. Tice 41, S. Huffman 41, T. Garreth 40, C. Tice 40, J. McGriff 40, C. Pitman 39, J. Piles 38, Chalmer Tice 38, L. Bruner 37, C. Pease 32. Match No. 4: C. W. Matthews 46, C. Tice 45, R. Tice 45, Chalmer Tice 43, L. Bruner 42, L. Hinea 41, J. McGriff 40, S. Huffman 39, C. Pease 37, J. Piles 36, T. Garreth 33, C. Pitman 31. Match No. 5: C. W. Matthews 47, J. Piles 47, J. McGriff 44, L. Bruner 44, T. Garreth 43, C. Tice 42, S. Huffman 42, L. Plinea 42, R. Tice 42, Chalmer Tice 40, C. Pease 37, C. Pitman 30. Bonasa. New York Central Schuetzen Corps. Scores follow for the practice shoot held on the Zettler ranges, Wednesday, Feb. 1. A spirited contest between R. Gute and R. Busse for first place was the main feature of the evening, Mr. Gute winning out by a comfortable margin: R. Gute 244, 246; R. Busse 242, 240; J. Hess 240, 237; G. Viemeister 236, 236; J. N. F. Seibs 238, 236; W. J. Daniels 230, 232; PI. D. Muller 235, 225; F Rolfes 229, 230; D. Scharninghausen 229, 230; C. Gerken 230, 228; J. von der Leith 230, 219; B. Eusner 223, 222; H. A. Ficke, Tr., 219, 2-22 ; W. Schillingmann 225, 216; W. Wessel 223, 211; D. Wuehrmann 187, 229; H. von der Leith 208, 201; G. Rohde 210, 204; J. Eisinger 205, 197; H. Roffmann 208, 182; G. Dettloff 203, 180. Bullseye target: PI. D. Muller 36, PI. A. Ficke 53%, J- von der Leith 54y2, W. Wessel 55%, W. J. Daniels 56, D. Wuehrmann 63%, G. Dettloff 76, R. Busse 90, W. Schillingmann 102, R. Gute 112, C. Gerken 122, D. Scharninghausen 127, G. Viemeister 143, J. Eisinger 145, J. Pless 155, H. von der Leith 164. J. N. F. Seibs 164, G. Rohde 184, B. Eusner 208. Harlem Independent Corps. A. Fegert led the race for high score at the practice shoot Friday evening, Feb. 3, with the grand total of 462. Scores. A. Fegert 227, 235; B. Eusner 229, 228; A. Muller 222, 215; P. Zugner 210, 214; F. Monatsberger 205, 213; V. Horn 205, 207; C. Hopf 186, 220; S. Baumann 170, 205; E. Hilker 160, 184; J. Fey 163, 205. Bullseye target: P. Zugner 56, B. Eusner 92%, V. Horn 96, C. Hopf 103, A. Fegert 145, J. Fey 151, A. Muller 197, E. Hilker 198, F. Monatsberger 201. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O.— The following scores were made in regular competition by members of this association, at Four-Mile House, Reading road, Jan. 29. Conditions: 200yds., offhand, at the 25- ring target. Hasenzahl was declared champion for the day with the good score of 226. Payne was high on the honor with 70 points. The scores: Hasenzahl 226 221 217 215 214 Nestler ....223 220 217 212 211 Payne , 220 216 215 210 205 Odell 216 216 214 210 209 Hofer ....213 210 206 203 200 Bruns 212 202 197 198 190 Coleman 212 201 198 196 191 Freitag 204 200 197 194 193 I)rube 187 New York City Schuetzen Corps. Scores follow for the practice shoot of the above society at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street on Thursday, Feb. 2. R. Busse and the veteran, C. G. Zettler, had an exciting race for first place, resulting in a victory for Capt. Busse: R. Busse 241, 242; C. G. Zettler 239, 241; R. Bender 236, 237; J. Metzger 220, 209; G. Schroeter 221, 228; W. Gravenstein 214, 233; H. Radloff 217, 217; W. Heil 214, 203; J. Keller 203, 205; C. Stover 160, 157; A. Wiltz 170, 175. Bullseye target: R. Busse 33, R. Bendler 80%, C. G. Zettler 100%, G. Schroeter 107, C. Stover 136, H. Radloff 152, W. Heil 180, J. Keller 180. Zettler Rifle Club. Thirteen members took part in the weekly practice shoot of the above club Tuesday evening, Jan. 31. Scores follow: A. Huba- lek 1226, R. Gute 1210, L. P. Hansen 1209, G. Schlicht 1207, C. Zettler, Jr., 1202, B. Zettler 1193, C. G. Zettler 1192, A. Begerow 1184, T. H. Keller, Jr., 1180, H. Fenwirth 1174, L. Maurer 1173. T. H. Keller 1131, G. J. Bernius 1110. Williamsburg Rifle Club. Scores follow for the regular practice shoot. A. Hubalek was in good form and led the race for high score with a total of 2444: A. Plubalek 2444, J. Kaufman 2427, G. Worn 2414, P. Muth 2406, Mertens 2405, Baal 2399, Audrassy 2382, Kost 1198, Kuckh 1175, Schroeder 1122, Grimm 1130, Laube 1125. Rifle Notes. An open-to-all 100-shot match will be held at Armbruster’s Greenville Schuetzen Park on Feb. 22. Entrance fee, $5. Any rifle and any sights allowed. All shooting offhand on the Standard American target, with llin. bullseye, which includes the 7 ring, distance 200yds. For further particulars, apply to Capt. W. A. Tewes, 98 Chambers street, New York. An interesting telegraph team match was shot between the Willow Rifle Club, of Chicago, and the Myles Standish Club, of Portland, which resulted in a victory for the Standish Club by a comfortable margin. Scores: Myles Standish Rifle Club 4738, Willow Rifle Club 4669. Mrs. Hix— “What makes you look so happy, my dear?” Mrs. Dix— “Oh, my husband and I have just had an awful quarrel.” Mrs. Plix — “I fail to see the connection.” Mrs. Dix— “Why, there’s a new sealskin sack in it when he asks me to forgive him.” — Chicago News. 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Compiled by “Seneca.” Cloth, illustrated, 224pp. Price, $1.50. 4' This compilation comprises six hundred and odd hints, helps, kinks, wrinkles, points and suggestions for the shooter, the fisherman, the dog owner, the yachts- man, the canoeist, the camper, the outer; in short, for the field sportsman ill all the varied phases of his activity. The scope of the information it contains embraces a wild field, and “Hints and Points” has proved one of the most prac- tically useful works of reference in the sportsman’s library. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORE. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. SECOND-HAND GREENERS. 1469. Greener Crown Non-Ejector Gun, very little engraving, made to order for a ducking gun. Dark, handsome stock, half pistol grip, steel barrels. This gun is in excellent second-hand condi- tion._ Dimensions: 12 ga., 30 in., 7 lbs. 5 oz., 2 % in. drop, 14 in. stock. Cost new $400.00. Price $225.00 2438. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Gun, $350 grade, Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. An extremely fine gun. Price, $225. 1782. Greener 16 ga. Ejector, $300 grade. Slight- ly shopworn, with 27 in. barrels, Sieman steel, carved fence, very fine dark stock, beautifully engraved. Weight 5 lbs. 13 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Modified and cylinder. Great bar- gain at $200.00 1519. Greener Monarch Ejector, full choke both barrels, 12 ga., 30 in., 6 lbs. 14 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels. Slightly shopworn. Cost new $200.00. Price $150.00 1089. Greener Featherweight Field Hammerless, $175 grade. Modified left and cylinder right, with straight grip. Sieman steel barrels, carved fence, game engraving. A most desirable gun and only slightly shopworn. Dimensions: 12 ga., 28 in., 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Price, $125.00. 1492. Greener Double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450. It has a fine pair of Damas- cus barrels, without a pit or flaw, 40 in. long, stock 14 in., heavy Silver recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and is one of the most power- ful guns we have ever seen. Price, net. .. .$200.00 1690. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. bar- rels, 6 lbs. 14 oz., 3% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Barrels modified choke, fine English Damascus. Extremely handsome stock. Price $100.00 1913. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. bar- rels, 7 lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels, modified and cylinder. Fine dark stock. Price $100.00 1493. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $200 grade. Fine English laminated bar- rels, low hammers. Handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke, 10 ga., 32 in. barrels, 8% lbs., 14% in. stock. Price $100.00 1400. Greener “Far Killing Duck” Hammer Gun, $250 grade. Fine English laminated barrels, low hammers, full pistol grip, dark handsome stock. Extra full choke; 10 ga., 32 in. barrels, 9 lbs. 4 oz., 3 in. drop, 14% in. stock. This gun has never been shot. Price $100.00 1427. Greener Single Barrel, 10-bore Duck and Goose Gun. Extreme full choke for long-range work, 36 in. fine Damascus barrels. Weight 11% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Under-grip action. This gun has never been shot. Original price $125.00. Price $75.00 1510. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammerless Gun, $200 grade, full choke both barrels. Wrought steel barrels, half pistol grip, 12 ga., 32 in. bar- rels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Like new. Price $125.00 1745. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $150 grade, slightly shopworn, 16 ga., 26 in. bar- rels, 5% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol, grip. A bargain at $100.00 1943. Greener Monarch Ejector, $200 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 14 oz., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Extra full choke both barrels. Sieman steel barrels. Ex- tremely handsome stock and a fine pigeon gun. Price $150.00 1610. Greener Facile Princeps Hammerless, $175 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 27 in. bar- rels, 6 lbs., 2 1-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock, straight grip, very handsome stock. English Damascus barrels, modified choke. Price $125.00 1779. Greener Monarch Ejector, $250 grade. Slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 28 in. barrels, 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Fine engraving and very hand- some stock. Modified and cylinder. A great bargain. Price $190.00 1203. Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Hammer- less, $250 grade, slightly shopworn, 12 ga., 30 in. barrels, 7 lbs. 4 oz., 2% in. drop, 14 in. stock. Full choke, beautifully engraved and finished. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Price, $150. 1911. Greener Hammer Field Gun, 12 ga., 28 in., 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip, Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new $120. Price $45.00 1841. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 30 in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Straight grip, Sieman steel barrels, full choke, top safety. Like new. Price. .. .$50.00 1845. Greener “Regent” Hammerless, $65 net quality, 12 ga., 26 in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock, half pistol grip. Barrels full choke and modified. Like new. Price $50.00 2442. Greener Crown Ejector Pigeon Gun, full choke both barrels, half pistol grip, fine stock, Damascus barrels, 12 ga., 30in., 7% lbs., 2%in. drop, 14%in. stock. Cost new $425.00. Price $275.00 Any of the above guns sent C. O. D. allowing examination, on receipt of $5.00, which amount will be returned, less express charges; or if cash accompanies the order, 5 per cent, discount may be deducted from above prices. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St., New York. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. LAFLIN & RAND POWDERS, “INFALLIBLE,” “E. C.” and “SCHULTZE," won everything in sight at the 3 1904 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. Now is the time to get in line for the 1905 G. A* H, by shooting the powder the Champions shot. SAUER GUNS. No better guns in the world for the same money. Agencies in all large cities. Send for booklet. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, U. S. DISTRIBUTORS, 302-304 Broadway, - NEW YORK for all game laws see “Game Laws In Brief,** VOL, LXTV.-No, 7. sold by all dealers SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, <905. A HOUSTON HURRICANE The Texas Tornado, which occurred at the Sunny South Handicap, in the form of a U. M. C. victory, has been followed by another whirlwind victory at Houston. U. M. C. NITRO CLUB SHELLS, in the gun of Mr. M. E. Atchison, won the Houston Post Diamond Medal, emblematic of the Highest General Average, at the Grand Southern Handicap held at Houston, Texas, Feb. 7-8-9. Mr. Atchison also won the Houston Chronicle Cup at the Sunny South Handicap, Brenham, Texas. THE WIfiffIffG QVALITy IS V. M. C. QVAL1T& THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. i Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. s, postpaid, $4. i Britain, $5.50, 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. THE GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP The Shooting Event of the Year in the Dominion, won by WINCHESTER. FACTORY LOADED SHELLS At Hamilton, Ont., January 20th, A. S. Tolsma, of Detroit, Mich., shooting from the 30-yard mark, outshot a field of 49 Canadian and American crack shots and won the important Grand Canadian Handicap, killing 20 live birds straight, using Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. High average for the tourna- ment was won by J. A. R. Elliott, with a score of 435 out of 480 targets, shooting at ig to 22 yards. THE SUNNY SOUTH HANDICAP At this tournament, held in Brenham, Texas, January 27th, W. R. Crosby won the Sunny South Handicap Cup, with a score of 94 out of 100 targets, shooting Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. THE CENTRAL TEXAS HANDICAP At Taylor, January 18th, this big State event was won by J, A. Jackson from a strong field with a score of 19 out of 20 live birds, shot at 29 yards, using Winches- ter Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. 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To which is pet dogs, by an NAVAL ARCHITECT AND Practical D01 ing. By S. T . chapter on tramini Cloth, 108 pages. *• FOREST AND STREAM PUB. <| M. H. CLARK ENGINEER. YACHT BROKER, 46 BROADWAY, NEW YORK High Speed Work • Specialty SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. The author has taken two designs for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, and the other a cruising cutter of 22 ft. waterline. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted to American requirements. Full instructions, even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both these boats. The information is not confined to these yachts alone ; they are merely taken as examples ; but what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. Part I. treats of the building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes into the matter of tools and then devotes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter 111. full instruc- tions are given for laying off, making the molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the difficulties of cutting the rabbet and fairing the molds. Chapter V . is given over to timbering and planffing, and in the next chapter is told how to place the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being devoted to the making of centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks, and placing coamings, caufinng, stopping and painting, lead keels, and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work ana cabin fittings, and equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with m Part II. TRADEMARK. FOR. THE HIGH QUALITY IN VAR? FOR. HOUSE OR. YACH be sure each can bears the abo’ Mark, which stands for sever years of high grade varnish makin EDWARD SMITH & COMP Varnish Makers and Color Grinde 45 Broadway. §9 Mark© Now Y’ork, CHioag This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12y2 x 19 inches, on paper 22 x <28 inches It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York CANOE HANDLING AND SAILING When writing say that you saw the ad, in the “Forest and Stream.** FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. BlliiillM DON’T FAIL Madison Square Garden NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY 21st to MARCH 9th, 1905 it Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. erms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy-. ) Six Months, $2. j NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1908. j VOL. LXIV.— No. T. | No. 346 Broadway, New York. FEDERAL CONTROL OF GAME AND FISH. The conviction is general that in the Federal control if migratory game as contemplated in the Shiras Bill vill be found the solution of a problem which has been /-exatious and baffling. Mr. Shiras’s proposal to put the vildfowl under the care of the National Government, is to the shooting season, has been hailed with unquali- ied satisfaction. The only questioning of it has been vith regard to the constitutional point of jurisdiction. Is :he regulation of the taking of migratory game properly i legitimate subject for Congress to legislate on? If Ihis question may be answered in the affirmative, the Problem is solved. We printed last week a letter from Judge D. C. Bea- nan, of Colorado, in which the jurisdiction of Congress Ivas seriously questioned. To-day we publish a reply by Mr. Shiras, whose deep study of the points at issue has •.onvinced him that Congress will be well within constitu- ional bounds in undertaking the control not only of migratory game, but of migratory fish as well. The nagnitude of the commercial interests involved in the fisheries far transcends that attaching to the game. If Mr. Shiras shall be successful in establishing the prin- ciple that Congress may legislate for the fisheries as to migratory species, and that the Federal authorities may execute the laws made for their regulation, he will have wrought in the conditions controlling the fishing industry a change of which the value must eventually be computed in millions of dollars. We speak not only for Mr. Shiras as author of the measure which bears his name, but for all who have indorsed it and are working for its enactment, when ,, we say that no satisfaction whatever would be Sound in the attainment of a statute which, however salutory ’jit might be for a brief period, would be overthrown by the courts as radically wrong because unconstitu- ! tional. In his communication of to-day Mr. Shiras gives the reasons which have convinced him that his measure is right in principle and will be found in- vulnerable when put to the test of the courts. Whatever may be the merits of the question with respect to the | legal and constitutional questions involved, it certainly j* is to be said — and may not be said too strongly — that the Shiras Bill has in its support the consideration of public I advantage and public gain, present and permanent. If fi ever a game measure was proposed for the good of the | whole people, now and in the future, the Shiras Bill is | such a one. = '=== THE INDIAN THEN AND NOW. The story of his buffalo hunt with the Comanche In- | dians which is concluded by Cabia Blanco this week, is I one of great interest. Told with entire simplicity and in If the present tense, it is very vivid and real. I Many of us stay-at-home bodies have thoughtlessly (| supposed that — except for the buffalo — the conditions $ described in this account are to-day much as they were thirty years ago. This is not true. The country then occupied only by the wandering Indians is now full of white people, whose fertile farms stretch away for unending I miles over a fenced country, where right-angled roads H follow the section lines, and one can journey only over i the roads. The Indians who then hunted the buffalo, I fought with each other, and from time to time chased the I casual white man, are now confined to their reservations ij or have had lands allotted to them in severalty and are I proprietors of quarter sections. We are told that in the rtj Indian Territory there are not over 17,000 full blooded Indians, and these are more than there are in the ad- joining Oklahoma. On the other hand, the In- dian Territory holds 600,000 white people, or people J whose color and manners, even though they may have | some Indian blood, are those of the Caucasian. The I Comanches are on a reservation in the Indian Territory i near the Wichita Mountains. Not the least interesting point in Cabia Blanco s ac- I count is the way in which he was treated by the Indians, | and the sympathy that he felt with them. Fie found them ill kindly and friendly and he had the same feelings toward them ; they hated the Cheyennes, whom they called dogs, and Cabia Blanco also regarded the Cheyennes as dogs, j In similar situations, with other tribes, other white men ! have a hundred times had similar experiences. Whether his lot was cast among Sioux, Cheyennes, Pawnees, £lapkfpgt or Ner Perpes, the white man who lived among them ever found the Indian camp to be only similar to other communities, and he came to regard their enemies as his enemies, and to credit these enemies with the bad qualities which all men attribute to those toward whom they have hostile feelings. It is not strange that the Comanches hated the Cheyennes. During many years in the early half of the last century, the Cheyennes and their allies, the Arapa- hoes, were at bitter war with the allied Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches. These three tribes, • living to the south and within striking distance of the Mexican settlement, were constantly engaged in raiding the settle- ments and taking from them great numbers of horses and other plunder. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes, living further to the north, had fewer horses and had no way to supply their need of horses except by in turn raiding the villages of the southern tribes and taking from them the horses which they had captured from the Mexicans. The last great fight between these two brave and powerful alliances took place in the year 1838. Long ago, as it seems to 11s now, yet we have known not a few men who took part in that fight. Two years after the “great fight” — for it still bears that name among the Cheyennes — a peace was made. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes on the one hand, and the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches on the other, met on the Arkansas River below Bent’s Fort, smoked together, ate together, gave presents to on another and became friends. The treaty then made was never broken, but the memory of the old hostilities lingered long, and perhaps still lingers, among the peoples of the two tribes. We have accounts both of the great fight of 1838 and of the peace of 1840, told by men who were present at each, which we shall before long publish as an interesting commentary on Cabia Blanco’s buffalo hunt. As was said the other day, Cabia Blanco’s story is of a game animal and a phase of hunting which has disap- peared from the earth ; not less is it a picture of a mode of life that has passed away forever. THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. The report of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Division of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture, contains much matter of interest. In the section of geographic distribution it deals with the natural life zones and crop belts of the country, for the purpose of showing to the farmer what crops are likely to be profitable in his locality. The data for such work accumulated in the field is worked up in the office with gratifying results. The study of eco- nomic ornithology deals with the influence of birds on crops. Since the insect is the farmer’s worst enemy, that creature which destroys the insect should be the farmer’s best friend. It is therefore of great im- portance to have an actual knowledge of the food of our native birds, and over 2,000 birds’ stomachs have been examined in order to learn more of what birds feed on. California has been an especial field for such investigation, and here it has been found that two common and beautiful California birds, the black- headed grosbeak and Bullock’s oriole, feed to a con- siderable extent on the pupae of the destructive codling moth, so important in the apple-raising counties . of Santa Cruz and Monterey. The habits of the codling moth are such that it is almost entirely protected from the attack of birds. The adult moth flies only at night, while the larvae live inside the apple. In neither of these stages could birds be expected to destroy them, but when the larvae leave the apple to become pupae, they seek crevices in the bark of the trees or descend to the ground and there conceal themselves among the rubbish. But these birds search for. them, and destroy them in great numbers, thus doing much to help the fruit grower. Complaints that birds destroy honey bees were in- vestigated, especially in southern California. It was learned that in some special situation birds do destroy bees, but a further investigation shows that almost all the bees eaten are males or drones. Other investiga- tions carried on as to the food of the quail show that this bird feeds largely on some of the most injurious insects known to agriculture. Among these are the cottonboll weevil, potato bug, chinch bug, \vireworrn, various cutworm? and the cottonboll worm, The records of the section of game protection show that during the year 1,470 mammals and about 247,000 birds were admitted to the country. Of the mammals more than 1,000 were guinea pigs, and of the birds the most were song birds. There were among them 65 capercailzie brought in by the fish and game com- missioner of Ontario, for liberation in the Algonquin Park in Ontario; some Mexican quail, for liberation in California, and a number of rare pheasants for ex- hibition in confinement. The division has been energetic in its prosecu- tion of violations of the Lacey act, involving inter- state commerce in game. Ten cases have been reported during the year, representing shipments of 700 birds and 36 rabbits. Six convictions were secured during the year. The authorities, not only the Federal author- ities, but those of the various States, have cordially co-operated with the division. The enactment of a law in Texas in 1903 prohibiting the sale and export of waterfowl, presumably did much to restrict the enormous destruction of ducks for the northern mar- kets which formerly occurred in that State. A close watch was maintained on the usual routes of shipments, but no unlawful packages were detected. The various restrictions on the sale of game in different places has resulted in a remarkable increase in the price of certain game. POLICE AND REVOLVERS. It was about ten years ago that the Forest and Stream urged the Board of Police Commissioners in New York city to establish a school of revolver practice for the police force. This was done chiefly in defense of the public, for the police used to kill and wound not a few innocent people. In 1895 most policemen carried re- volvers, but a very large proportion— possibly a majority of the force — knew little more about the use of a revolver than they did about the handling of an automobile— at that time a machine practically unknown. At the same time every policeman who, in the discharge of his duty, felt that he must arrest an offender, every policeman who saw a dog having a fit on the street, every policeman who saw a frightened cat run into an area, was likely to draw his pistol, to point it in the general direction of the object he wished to hit, and to pull the trigger. The pis- tol balls went anywhere except in the direction desired. Men, women and children anywhere within range of the arm were likely to be killed or wounded ; in short, a very large proportion of the police force were entirely unfit to be trusted with dangerous weapons. The school of revolver practice was established and for a time carried on. It was put in charge of Sergeant Petty, an expert pistol shot, and the men made good progress. Then, for some reason or other, the school was abandoned, and until recently nothing more was heard of it. Police Commissioner McAdoO' has lately re-established this school, and the men to whom he has handed over the work of training the police officers find among the force to-day just as much ignorance of firearms as existed when the earlier school was started ten years ago. There are men who do not know how to load or unload their pistols, and there are men who had their revolvers loaded by the gunsmiths when they purchased them years ago, and who have never used their revolver or taken out the cartridges since. Marksmanship is the rare exception. In some cases the weapons have remained so long un- touched that rust has collected on the arm so that the chamber will not revolve, and the weapon is of course ineffective. Incidentally at a recent practice session of the school a policeman shot a brother officer by mere carelessness. The man who did the shooting was reported by the surgeons to be under the influence of liquor. It is very clear that a school of instruction in revolver, practice is a very pressing and immediate need of the New York police force. Commissioner McAdoo’s atti- tude appears to indicate that, so long as he has charge of the force, this is one matter— among many others looking to its improvement— which he will carry through. We print in our angling columns the ample programme of the casting tournament which will be held in connec- tion with the Sportman’s Show in the Madison Square Garden, this city, next v/eek. The meet of last year was a pronounced success, and it is anticipated that that of 1905 will prove of increased importance. A Buffalo Hunt with the Comanches (Concluded from page 111.) There was no talk held to-night; we put in the first part of the night in eating, while the squaws were kept busy cooking for us, and no one cared just now where the Happy Hunting Grounds were or whether they were anywhere at all or not. We remained in this camp the next day, and about the middle of the forenoon a Cheyenne rode across the river and up to camp, but stopped at the edge of it and sat there on his pony. Our chief came out and began to use the sign language to question him. No two tribes here use the same language, but every Indian from Hudson’s Bay to the Rio Grande can speak in the sign language. The chief led the way to hrs lodge, then stepping outside of it said to- his squaw, “Feed this Cheyenne. Give him bread and meat for his journey, then let him go.” Then the chief walked away. The Cheyenne now got off his pony, took off his bow and arms, laid them on the ground, then taking off his belt and pistol laid them down also ; then opening a coat he was wearing, held it so that I could see he had no more arms on him. “Bueno,” I told him, and pointed to the lodge, and he entered and the squaw fed him. Had this been a friendly Indian, the chief and I, who was his guest, would have gone in now and sat down to eat; but he would not eat with a Cheyenne, nor want me to eat with him, either. Still he would not let this Cheyenne leave his camp hungry. When the Cheyenne had eaten, he mounted his pony and rode slowly out of camp, and when passing me stopped, and seeing my Comanche feathers, which I always wore tied to my button-hole where the dude wears his flowers, pointed to them and asked, “You Comanche?” “Yes,” I told him, “I am a Comanche,” and was about to give him our usual information about the Cheyennes being dogs, when I looked in his face and saw that he was either sick or in trouble; so I omitted the dog part of the story to-day, and was glad that I did so after- ward. Going into the lodge now, I asked : “What is wrong with the Cheyenne, my sister?” “His heart is sick,” she told me. “His squaw has died in camp, and now he is going home.” “Oh, well, he is a Cheyenne; he can get another squaw for three or four ponies ; anyone can ; I could.” “Yes, but my brother would not want a Cheyenne squaw, would he?” “Oh, I don’t know. The Cheyennes are dogs, but their squaws can do much work. I have seen them.” We moved next day, and kept on for several days, go- ing about fifteen miles a day. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes had been burning the grass behind them and ahead of Us. They had two objects in doing this: one was to give the new grass a chance to grow, the other to keep our ponies from getting it. I meant to stop. it. One morning just after we had left camp, I and the boys, who were as usual away ahead, saw a party of Cheyennes setting the prairie on fire, and I called to my boys to circle them. The boys started off, giving their Comanche yell. It resembles nothing so much as it does a pack of coyotes yelping. I could at that time give it as true as a Comanche. The Cheyennes took the alarm, and mounting their ponies started west, only to -run into a party of men the chief was bringing here to reinforce me. Then the Cheyennes appealed to me next. “Tell them by signs to put out that fire,” I told our chief. “I speak English,” a young Cheyenne said, “I have been to the school.” The Carlisle Indian school he meant. “Yes, and much good the school seems to have done you. Well, tell your men to put that fire out, then come to me or I’ll shoot.” They took off their blankets, and after hard work beat it out, then came to me. “Now,” I told this Indian who had been to the school, “the next time a Cheyenne starts a fire here I’ll shoot that Cheyenne. I say it.” “The big chief with the crooked finger [General Mac- • kenzie] won’t let you shoot us,” the boy told me. “He is not here; I am, and I’ll shoot you first then tell him about it afterward. I am his little chief; he told me to watch you bad Indians, and I’ll tell him that the ' Cheyennes burn the grass so that the Comanche pony can’t live. Now go; but start no more fires, remember.” No more fires were started after this, either by them or others. We had not had any rain for a long time and needed some badly. The medicine man is supposed to bring rain, or anything else, as wanted. I told ours to get us some now, but he said he would have to wait— his medi- cine was not good just now; he would get us that rain poco tempo — after a while. “We don’t want it poco tempo, we need it now,” I told him. “You bring that rain or I will.” If my medicine was good I might bring it — he did not care. “I’ll bring it, then,” I told him. I was playing him for a sure thing now. He saw no signs of rain, so his medicine was no good. Mine was. I had caught a dose of the rheumatism while lying out in the mud in 1862, when McClellan was trying to take Richmond, and had had it ever since, and have it yet; and always before a rain for day or two if I were put in the open air rov arms and legs would tell me the rain was coming. They told me. so now. We were camped at the foot of a rather high mountain that I had tried to climb when here several years ago, but I had been stopped when half way up by a wall of rock. I afterward saw a place where I might have gone up the whole way, but had not time then to try ; but I had the time now. This afternoon, taking the boys, I tried to climb the mountain again, and got up on it this time. While up here I could see at least sixty miles to the southeast, and saw a rain cloud away off there so far off that the boys did not notice it. “I’ll bring the rain now,” I told the boys. “Sit here in a circle, cover your heads and don’t look.” They squatted down in a circle and those of them who had on blankets pulled them over their heads ; a few who wore coats poked their heads under other boys’ blankets. Their heads were covered, but I knew they were watch- ing me closely. Stepping into the middle of the circle, I took off my pistols, laid them down, then laid my hat on top of them, then taking my note-book scribbled a page of it, then laying it at my feet, open at the page T had written on, I faced to the east and repeated all the Latin phrases I could think of just now, commencing with Pax Vobiscum and winding up with In Hoc Signo' Vinces. Then tearing out the page I had written on, I struck a match and burned the paper. “Come now,” I said, “let us go. The medicine is good, the rain comes. You see it?” They saw it now. Hurrying down to camp I had the squaws cover their packs ; then finding that the chief was away, I sent out men and boys to round up the pony herd and hold it. In a short time the rain came in torrents, accompanied by thunder and lightning and it kept up for an hour. The chief came in while it was raining, and he was wet through. “I did not know you were out, chief,” I told him, “or else I should not have made it rain just now.” “It is good,” he said, “I don’t care for a wetting. My ponies need rain.” The boys told their fathers that I had brought the rain; they had seen me make the medicine up on the mountain. I had talked to the Great Spirit in a language that they could not understand ; it was neither Americana nor Comanche. They had an idea that I could do anything. One day a man brought me two old pistols that had been picked up somewhere; one was a Colt’s, the other a Remington; one had lost its cylinder and mainspring; the other needed a hammer and a few other parts. He wanted me to make him one good pistol out of the two. Had they both been of the same make I could have done it, as then all parts would be interchangeable; but it would take a better mechanic than I to make anything but scrap iron out of these. I had to explain, though, why I could not do it. We got back into the Indian Territory long after the first of February. I had no almanac now and had to guess at the time ; and at last, one evening late in March, I landed the band in the camp we had left over six months ago. I got ready to leave next day, and while I was bidding them good-by, the chief came in from the herd leading my white pony, and handing his lariat to me said, “Take him.” “I will,” I told him; “but you must keep him for me. Let him run in your herd until I come again, and let the boys ride him.” “No Comanche shall ride him. He is yours, but I will watch him closely.” He never would allow a boy to mount him. I rode him the next winter, then left him there; and the last time I ever saw this band in 1881 the pony still ran with the herd. He had never had a saddle on him since the win- ter of 1879, when I rode him the last time myself and helped the chief to kill his and my last buffalo. He prob- ably ran loose this way until he died of old age. . When I got to the agency I reported my band present; then taking my horse to the stable turned him out a big feed of corn, the first he had seen in months, and then going to the dining room got my own dinner. The agent was anxious to know if we had got many robes. “All we could carry home,” I told him. Then I said to myself, “Enough to pay your bill and a few more be- sides. I have a notion to audit that bill of the chief’s and see if I can’t cut it down a little for him.” I did that the next winter, though, and after I had overhauled the chief’s account, this agent suddenly discovered that the chief only owed him $100 instead of twice that amount, as it appeared here on his books. This was a mistake of his clerk, the agent explained. His clerk kept books by double entry, I suppose. This agent was not sent out here to conduct a trading business with Indians, but to look after their moral and temporal welfare. The only time I ever knew him to concern himself about their moral welfare would be when he saw some of us talking to a squaw. My horse had lost all his shoes months ago, and I meant to shoe him here, so I asked for an order on the blacksmith. He was sorry, but his blacksmith had left him. “Well, he did not take the shop with him, did he?” “Oh, no, but I have no one who can use it.” /‘I can, then; J always shoe my otyn horse; 3II I yrqnt is a set of shoes and the use of the shop.” Oh, I could have that and shoe the horse and mule also. I shoed the horse, but let the mule run barefooted., I had not forgiven him for the trick he had played on me when he and I were hunting turkeys. When I got home I had to make my report to General Mackenzie. He wanted to know how the Indians had treated me. “As one of themselves, sir.” “I sent you alone as an experiment.” “I am ready to repeat it with those Indians, sir, at any time.” “Well, I shall send you again next winter if we are still here.” I had been out six months on eighteen days’ rations, and thought this a good time now to try and get pay for the rations I had not got. I should not have men- tioned it at all, as there was an order then forbidding the payment of back rations in kind, even much less in money; but the General might get them for me; they would come to about $50. “I am going to try and get the money,” he told me, “you should have it.” He did try hard, but did not get it. The paymaster had been around twice since I had been out and was about due again. I went to our first lieutenant and he handed me two months’ pay he had, drawn for me, $33.75; I got $18 a month, veteran pay; a recruit got $13 then. On my going next to the captain** he turned me over another two months’ pay that he had! drawn for me; and the paymaster came in a few days and paid me two months more. I took the Comanches out again the following winter, and we hunted this year up in the Wolf Creek country, doing as well as usual. This was the last year that In- dians had a separate escort. The following two years; they were sent out without one, while our troop watched1 them from a central camp. And now the buffalo were’ done. The last one had been killed off. The last gen-; eral hunt had been made in the winter of 1878. Thai; winter the Indians came near starving; we had to feedt some of them on our horses’ corn; they could not get buffalo. In the winter of 1879 I got a pass and going down| from Fort Reno, where we were then stationed, I got! the old chief and a few of his boys out on a hunt of our own, and here we shot our last buffalo. It was just as well, perhaps, that the buffalo werej killed off; for while there were any we could not keep Indians on the reservation ; they knew that there was; plenty of meat on the plains, and when rations got short1 they went out to get it. Then we would have a sum- mer’s job driving them in and disarming them. But soon after the buffalo were all gone we left that country also and went to fight Indians over in Arizona; I had no compunctions about shooting Apaches, but 1 should have hated to have to fire on a Comanche. Cabia Blanco. Camp Medicine. The comments on this subject in Forest and Stream, have been of value as well as interest. May I add my1 mite? Did you ever notice how awkward one always is with his hands the first two or three days on a trip in thf woods. Fingers seem to get in the way of every ax. knife, fire, splinter or thorn encountered, and the result is a pair of hands more or less damaged. Adhesive plastei is found useful, but I have found a compound made as follows most useful and comforting: Equal parts by weight of Japan wax, mutton tallow and vaseline, melted together. While warm add half as much glycerin. Fil a metal primer box with this, and at night rub it well into the hands. It is neither sticky nor unpleasant, and will cure damaged hands or chapped lips very quickly I have never tried to do so, but if raw linseed oil will mix readily with this compound, it will be found ad- vantageous. Rubbing it alone on the hands is a good plan; but while it heals quickly, all surplus must bd rubbed off or it will ruin any fabric with which it come: into contact, and can never be removed in any ordinary way. Tincture grindelia should never be omitted, as it is £ rapid and certain cure for ivy poison, and will alleviate the suffering induced by the bites of chiggers, sand flea: and mosquitoes. I consider it the most valuable item ir one’s ditty box for summer trips. A three-ounce bottk of equal parts linseed oil and lime water is worth it: weight in gold for sunburn and for ordinary burns a: well. An ounce bottle of chloroform will surely drive chiggers and ticks away. Lacking this, use grain oil wood alcohol. Either one must be applied locally, fo: these pests are not removed by ordinary means. A tiny tin box of mercurial ointment will prevent rust in firearnr barrels in which nitro powders are shot if the barrel i: cleaned thoroughly before applying the ointment on £ cloth patch. In places where sand fleas and ticks art bad, it will prove the right thing for the occasion, thougl not pleasant to apply to one’s person. Shellac or spa; varnish will keep a cut closed if covered with a bit o muslin. A reserve supply of matches, the heads of whicl have been dipped in shellac and dried, should be kep handy in a vaseline bottle. These are “good medicine’ when everything is wet. And don’t forget a tiny bottl of Sun cholera cure. Jt may save your life. " " ‘ _ ^erry D. Frazer, - m t§, tm.t P5RE9T AND STREAM. iSl Trails o ! the PathfindefS.-XXVIll. Thohiai }. Farcham* A curious little book, the title page of which bears the date 1841, is Thomas J. Farnham’s, Travels in the Great Western Prairies, The Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, And in The Oregon lerritory. It was published in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., by Killey & Lessing, printers. It contains nearly two hundred pages, and is printed in very fine type, and on thin paper, with small margins; so that in fact it looks more like a tract than a volume. Yet it contains about a hundred and twenty thousand words. Its title indicates the character of the book. It is the narrative of a journey made in order to obtain “a view of the Great Prairie Wilderness, the Rocky Moun- tains, and the sweet vales of the Oregon Territory.” Farnham was one of a party of fourteen men who left Peoria, 111., on the first day of May, 1839. The company was followed by a wagon containing their provisions, ammunition, and other baggage, and each man carried “a rifle swung at his back; ^a powder horn, bullet pouch and long knife at his side.” Their way westward was marked by no adventure, except the usual ones of travel on the prairie; but at Quincv the author met Joe Smith, Jr., the father of the Mormon prophet, and he interrupts his narrative to give a somewhat extended account of Mormonism, and the history of the Latter Day Saints, up to that time. From Quincy they passed on to Independence, Mo., twenty days out from their starting point. Here the travelers beheld a sight novel to them — the breaking ■of green mules to harness; and after some time devoted to loitering about Independence, and making prepara- tions for their journey, which was henceforth to be far from the settlements, they started westward m a 'storm. Farnham’s party followed the track of the Santa Fe traders, and, like others who passed over this road, they met with the Kauzaus (Kansas) Indians, whom they saw and wondered at. Early in the trip, near the Osage River, the members of Farnham’s company be- gan to weary of prairie life, and three of his best men determined to return to the “States,” and left him. The journey continued along the Santa Fe trail, but pro- visions began to grow short. Game was seen from ;time to time, but none was killed. Continual storms drenched the traders, wet their packs and their ropes, and made life more or less of a burden to them. At last, however, in the latter half of June, they came to the buffalo range, overtaking there a party of Santa Fe traders. ... , Buffalo now began to be found, and the party killed their first one, "a noble bull; a mountain of flesh weighing at least three thousand pounds.” This re- lieved their necessities, but they were anxious, because of the prospect of soon meeting Indians— Caws, Paw- nees or Comanches, or all three. And now, to make things worse, one of the men of the party accidentally shot himself with his own rifle. For a day or two he was carried in one of the wagons belonging to the Santa Fe caravan, but presently Farnham s party turned off from this trail, and then the wounded man was obliged either to ride a horse or travel in a litter. Ex- periment soon showed, however, that, the last method of traveling was impracticable, and it was necessary for the man to ride. His wound became inflamed and painful, but the constant care of the author made life much easier for the wounded man. June 23d, the buffalo were more numerous than ever. They were ranged in long lines from the eastern to the western horizon. The bulls were forty or fifty yards in advance of the bands of cows, to which they severally intended to give protection. And as the moving embankment of wagons, led by an advanced guard, and flanked by horsemen riding slowly from front to rear, and guarded in the rear by my men, made its majestic way. along, these fiery cavaliers would march each to his own band of dames and misses, with an air that seemed to say ‘we are here’; and then back again to their lines, with great apparent satisfaction, that they , were able to do battle for their sweet ones and their native plains. Farnham says that during three days they passed over a country so completely covered by buffalo that it ap- peared often times dangerous even for the immense cavalcade of the Santa Fe traders to attempt to break its way through them. He figures that they traveled over 1,350 square miles of territory so thickly covered with buffalo that, when viewed from a height, if scarcely afforded a sight of a square league of its surface, boon after this, disaffection showed itself 111 the ranks ot Farnham’s company, and it was proposed to abandon the wounded man; the mutineers declaring that he would die in any event, and that it was not worth while to delay the whole party to await that event. Now, too, a jealousy as to the command arose, there was a bully who determined to frighten Farnham into abdicating the leadership of the party m his favor At last they reached Fort William, or Bents Fort, on the Arkansas, and on. account of the differences which had sorung up within the party,, it was decided to disband here. The property owned m common was to be uivided up among the- members of the expedition and they were to go their several ways. As it turned out, Farnham and a few others went on together. Be- fore proceeding to speak of their adventures further, let us read the author’s quaint description of the plains country as he saw it sixty-three years ago; and then compare it with the same region as it is seen to-day by the overland traveler who passes from any of the Mississippi cities of 1905. riding behind the iron horse, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. He says: . “The tract of country to which I have, thought it fitting to apply the name of the. 'Great Prairie W ilder- ness,’ embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri, and the J£ Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras Moun- tains on the west. One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, equal to 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 of acres of an al- most unbroken plain! The portion of this Vast region 2bb fiiiies in width, alortg the toast of Teieits, and the frontier of the States Of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis- souri, and that lying within the same distance of the upper Mississippi, in the Iowa Territory, possfes a rich, deep alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abun- dant crops of the grains, vegetables, etc., that grow iff such latitudes “Another portion lying west of the irregular western line of that just described, 500 miles in width, extending from the mouth of St. Peter’s River to the Rio del Norte, is an almost unbroken plain, destitute of trees, save here and there one scattered at intervals of many miles along the banks of the streams. The soil, except the intervals of some of the Rivers, is composed of coarse sand and clay so thin and hard that it is difficult for travelers to penetrate it with the stakes they carry with them wherewithal to fasten their animals or spread their tents. Nevertheless it is covered thickly with an extremely nutritious grass peculiar to this region of country, the blades of which are wiry and about two inches in height. “The remainder of this Great Wilderness lying 300 miles in width along the Eastern Radices of the Black Hills and that part of the Rocky Mountains between the Platte and the Arkansas, and the Cordilleras range east of the Rio del Norte, is the arid waste usually called the ‘Great American Desert.’ Its soil is com- posed of coarse dark gravel mixed with sand. Some small portions of it, on the banks of the streams, are covered with tall prairie and bunch grass; others, with the various kinds of prickly pear; others, with wild wormwood; but even these kinds of vegetation decrease and finally disappear as you approach the mountains. A scene of desolation scarcely equaled on the continent is this, when viewed in the dearth of midsummer from the bases of the hills. Above you rise in sublime confusion, mass upon mass, of shattered cliffs through which are struggling the dark foliage of the stinted shrub-cedars; while below you spreads far and wide the burnt and arid desert, whose solemn silence is seldom broken by the tread of any other animal than the wolf or the starved and thirsty horse that bears the traveler across its wastes. The principal streams that intersect the great prairie wilderness are the Colorado, the Brasos, Trinity, Red, Arkansas, Great Platte and the Missouri. The latter is in many respects a noble stream. Not so much so indeed for the intercourse it opens be- tween the States and the plains, as the theatre of agri- culture and the other pursuits of a densely populated and distant interior; for these plains are too barren for general cultivation. But as a channel for the trans- portation of heavy artillery, military stores, troops, etc., to posts that must ultimately be establishel along our northern frontier, it will be of the highest use. In the months of April, May and June it is navigable for steamboats to the Great Falls; but the scarcity of water during the remainder of the year, as well as the scarcity of wood and coal along its banks, its steadily rapid current, its tortuous course, its falling banks, timber imbedded in the mud of its channel, and its con- stantly shifting sand bars, will ever prevent its waters from being extensively navigated, how great soeyer may be the demand for it. On that part of. it which lies above the mouth of the Little Missouri and the tributaries flowing into it on either side, are said to be many charming and productive valleys, separated from each other by secondary rocky ridges sparsely covered with evergreen trees; and high over all,, far in the southwest, west and northwest, tower into view, the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, whose in- exhaustible magazines of ice and snow have from age to age supplied these valleys with refreshing springs — and the Missouri, the Great Platte, the Columbia, and Western Colorado rivers with their tribute to the seas.” “Fort William,” he says, “is owned by three brothers by the name of Bent, from St. Louis. Two of them were at the post when we arrived there. They seemed to be thoroughly initiated into Indian life; dressed like chiefs; in moccasins, thoroughly garnished with beads and porcupine quills; in trousers of deerskin, with long fringes of the same extending along the outer seam from the ankle to the hip; in the splendid hunting shirt of the same material, with sleeves fringed on the elbow-seam from the wrist to the shoulder, and ornamented with figures of porcupine quills of various colors, and leathern fringe around the lower edge of the body. And chiefs they were in the authority ex- ercised in their wild and lonely fortress.” The country in which the fort was situated was then the common hunting ground of several buffalo tribes, unfriendly alike to one another and the whites. The Utaws and Cheyennes, the Pawnees and the Comanches gather here in summer to hunt the buffalo; and thus, in the neighborhood of the post, there might be from fifteen to twenty thousand savages, ‘ready and panting for plunder and blood.’. If the Indians engaged in fighting had their own battles among themselves, the people of Bent’s Fort felt safe; but if the Indians kept the peace among themselves, there was great anxiety at Fort William. “Instances of the daring intrepidity of the Comanches that occurred just before and after my arrival here, will serve to show the hazard and dangers of which I have spoken. About the middle of June, 1839, a band of sixty of them under cover of night crossed the river and concealed themselves among the bushes that grow thickly on the bank near the place where the animals of the establishment feed during the day. No sentinel being on duty at the time, their presence was unobserved; and when morning came the Mexican horse guard mounted his horse, and with the noise and shouting usual with that class of servants when, so employed, rushed his charge out of the fort; and riding rapidly from side to side of the rear of the band, urged them on and soon had them nibbling the short dry grass in the little vale within grape-shot distance of the guns of the bastions. It is customary for a guafld of animals about these trading posts to take his sta- tion beyond his charge; and if they stray from each other, or attempt to stroll too far, he drives them to- gether, and thus keeps them in the best possible situation to be driven hastily to the corral, should the Indians, A or other evil persons, swoop down upon them. And as there is constant datigef of this, his hofsg Is held by, a long rope, and grazes around him, that he may be mounted quickly at the first alarm for a retreat within the walls. The faithful guard at Bent’s, on the morn- ing of the disaster I am relating, had dismounted after driving but his animals, and sat upon the ground watching with the greatest fidelity for every call of duty; when these fifty or sixty Indians sprang from their hiding places, ran upon the animals, yelling hor- ribly, and attempted to drive them across the river. The guard, however, nothing daunted, mounted quickly, and drove his horse at full speed among them. The mules and horses hearing his voice amidst the frighten- ing yells of the savages, immediately started at a lively pace for the fort;, but the Indians were on all sides and bewildered them. The guard still pressed them onward, and called for help; and on they rushed, despite the efforts of the Indians to the contrary. The battlements were covered with men. They shouted en- couragement to the brave guard-— ‘Onward! onward!’ and the injunction was obeyed. He spurred his horse to his greatest speed from side to side, and whipped the hindermost of the band with his leading rope. He had saved every animal; he was within twenty yards of the open gate; he fell; three arrows from the bows of the Comanches had cloven his heart. And relieved of him, the lords of the quiver gathered their prey, and drove them to the borders of Texas, without in- jury to life or limb. I saw this faithful guard’s grave. He had been buried a few days. The wolves had been digging into it. Thus forty or fifty mules and horses and their best servant’s life, were lost to the Messrs. Bent in a single day. I have been informed also that those horses and mules, which my company had taken great pleasure in recovering for them in the plains, were also stolen in a similar manner soon after my de- parture from the post; and that gentlemen owners were in hourly expectation of an attack upon the fort itself.” It was midsummer when Farnham left Fort William, with four companions, for Oregon Territory. He stopped at Fort El Puebla, five miles above Bent’s Fort, and here met a number of trappers. One of these greatly impressed him, a man from New Hampshire. “He had been educated at Dartmouth College, and was, altogether, one of the most remarkable men I ever knew. A splendid gentleman, a finished scholar, a critic on English and Roman literature, a politician, a trapper, an Indian.” Dressed in a deerskin frock, leg- gings and moccasins; there was not a shred of cloth about his person, Stiff, cold and formal at first, he thawed as their acquaintance grew, and gave Farnham glimpses into his nature which greatly interested the traveler. There were other men among these trappers, who told the author tales of adventure which he gladly set down, and which are well worth reproducing, did space permit. Here Farnham traded for additional horses, and before long they set out to follow up the Arkansas, and to cross the mountains. Led by a trapper named Kelly, who was familiar with the country through which they were to go, the party followed up the Arkansas, and at last entered the Rocky Mountains. Before they had gone very far their way seemed barred by mountains impracticable for packhorses; yet their guides, after considering the way, marched straight onward over mountains of which some notion may be had from the following description: “The upper half, though less steep, proved to be the worst part of the ascent. It was a bed of rocks, at one place small and rolling, at another large and fixed, with deep openings between them. So that our animals were almost constantly falling, and tottering upon the brink of the cliffs, as they rose again and made their way among them. A11 hour and a half of this most dangerous and tiresome clambering deposited us. in a grove of yellow pines near the summit. Our animals were covered with sweat and dirt, and trembled as if at that instant from the race track. Nor were their masters free from every ill of weariness. Our knees smote each other with fatigue, as Belshazzar’s did with fear. Many of the pines on this ridge were two feet in diameter, and a hundred feet high, with small clusters of limbs around the tops. Others were low, and clothed with strong limbs quite near the ground. Under a number of these latter we had seated our- selves, holding the reins of our riding horses, when a storm arose with the rapidity of a whirlwind, and poured upon us hail and rain and snow with ail im- aginable liberality. A most remarkable tempest was this. * * * One portion of it had gathered its electricity and mist around James’ Pe^k in the east; another among the white heights northwest; and a third among the snowy pyramids of the Utaw in the southwest; and marshalling their hosts, met over this connecting ridge between the eastern and central ranges, as if by general battle to settle a vexed ques- tion as to the better right to the pass; and it was sublimely fought. The opposing storms met nearly at the zenith, and fiercely rolled together their angry masses. And as if to carry out the simile I have here attempted, at the moment of their junction, the elec- tricity of each leaped upon its antagonist transversely across the heavens, and in some instances fell in im- mense bolts upon the trembling cliffs; and then, in- stantly came a volley of hail as grape-shot, sufficient to whiten all the towers of this horrid war. It lasted an hour.” After the tempest had ceased they clambered to the summit — whence a marvelous view was had of the Great Main snowy range of the “Ripcky,” “Stony” or “Shining” mountains — then, clambering down on the other side, camped not far below, on the headwaters of the Platte River. Food was scarce, and nothing had been killed since they left Fort William; but when they came in sight of the Bayou Salade, Kelly promised them that before long they would have meat; and sure enough, during the day a buffalo was seen, killed by the guide, and greedily devoured. A hearty meal of its esh; tongue, fat ribs, tenderloin, marrow bones, and blood pudding were all enjoyed, and the party ate al- most the whole night long. George Bird Grinnell. [to be continued.] J isa FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 18, 1905. Peril from Snakes. Courage of Repti/e Keepers/ i; To the keepers in the reptile house in the New York Zoological' Park fall most extraordinary and dangef'Ous duties. The handling of some of the smallest snakes, for instance, involves more peril than attendance on a large collection of lions, tigers and other fierce car- nivora. Some of the most insignificant-looking reptiles, that the visitor passes with scarcely a moment’s glance as they lie quietly coiled in the corners of their cages, are capable of dealing swift death by one bite. It is not with the great boas and pythons or the qb'isy rattlesnakes that the principal danger lies, although the former seem capable of crushing their keepers into a shapeless mass, and the latter have notoriously terrible “stings.” But the big constrictor snakes are lazy and generally good-natured, and they rarely use their crush- ing powers on anything but their prey. The rattle- snakes are dangerous enough, but they are honest, for they express their temper when it is evil by the loud buzzing of their tails, and so warn the keepers. The danger lies with the quiet snakes, such as the copperhead, the moccasin and the lance-headed viper of the West Indies. Without a sound or an instant’s warning these deadly creatures strike with the speed of a traveling bullet, and usually with unerring aim. The most treacherous and formidably-fanged of Them is the lancehead, a native of the West Indies and northern South America, called fer-de-lance on the islands of Martinique and St. Lucia, where it kills many people every year. I “Cleaning time” in the reptile house witnesses sfcenes of real jheroism among the keepers. The reptiles are exhibited in great glass-fronted cages. Of these there are nineteen which must be entered by a small iron door in the rear, as the big glass fronts are immovable, and in these cages are the rattlesnakes, copperheads and moccasins, the deadly fer-de-lance, Gila monsters, and besides these venomous species, the giant constrictors of enormous girth and power. In the cages with all these creatures the keepers, Snyder and Dahl, enter with a nonchalance surprising to spectators. “Are you not afraid to go in there?” was the question put to Snyder as he prepared to enter a cage con- taining three big rattlesnakes, which were sounding a sinister warning from within. “Oh, no!” was the reply. “I cover the snakes with a couple of blankets, and they don’t disturb me.” Sliding back the door the young fellow was greeted with the sound of the whirr from the serpents’ rattles. “That big fellow is an ugly brute,” said Snyder, pointing to a green and yellow coil, from which a flat head lunged suddenly. “He bites every thing in sight when he gets mad and sometimes bites the other snakes, but they are immune to each other’s poison. After crowded days in the park, when large numbers of people pass this fellow’s cage, the glass is smeared with his poison in a dozen places where he has struck at some gaily-colored dress or bonnet. We have to be careful in washing it off, for it mingles with the water, and should even a small portion of it enter a cut the result is apt to be serious.” Throwing a blanket over this dangerous brute. and its companions, Snyder entered the cage. From under the blanket the rattling of the snakes continued. Sud- denly a smaller reptile coiled in the branches of a tree, but a few inches from the keeper’s head, sounded its , rattle. . “He’s , all right,” said the snake keeper, as he vigor- ously scrubbed the glass. “I never knew him to strike yet. We raised that fellow, and he only rattles to show off.” . And down the line of cages, entering each one, some of them' containing the most deadly of reptiles, went the keepers of the reptile house. Their only protec- tion was a couple of blankets, from under which the animals could have glided at will. But the most, danger- ous part of this work, so it seems to the visitor, are the men’s duties in the big python’s cage, which con- tains five specimens, including Czarina, which is proba- bly the largest snake in captivity. This reptile _ meas- ures twenty-five feet and four inches. Her weight is • nearly two hundred and twenty-five pounds. The first part of the operation of attending these monsters is the emptying of their bath tub. This is a zinc tank about five feet long by four wide, and six inches deep. One or more of the snakes is always lying in this receptacle. Sometimes the masses of reptilian flesh are packed in so tightly that little water remains. On entering the cage the keeper provides himself with a blanket. This he pushes ahead off him on a long pole. It is thrown over the top of the tank, and he advances toward the snakes. In the meantime, he must keep a sharp lookout for the other snakes. The iridescent Sultana generally roosts in the top- most branches of the big cedar tree in the cage, from which she takes delight in making long drives at her keepers. Another keeper goes into the cage with the first to look after the snakes in the trees and various cor- ners. They are covered with blankets and must be constantly watched, for their inquisitive natures lead them to peep from under their coverings at frequent intervals. When the first keeper reaches the bath tub, which is generally done after dodging several playful sallies from the smaller boas, which are left uncovered, he lifts up one corner of the blanket and looks care- fully beneath it to discover the whereabouts pf -the snakes’ heads. This act is sometimes accompanied by a lunge from one of the snakes, sending the blanket sailing upward. A little diplomatic maneuvering is then necessary. Discovering at last, to his satisfaction, the position of the snake, the keeper thrusts his hand between scaly coils to the bottom of the tank, and pulls out the plug, thus letting out the water.- At the same time, a stream of tepid water flows in from one side. This continues for about ten minutes, when the plug is again dropped into its place, and the tank refills. The last thing to be done before leaving the pythons’ cage is to spray it with a hose which emits a fine mist of tebid wdter. This produces the heavy atmosphere necessary for the big reptiles. The blankets have al- ready been' handed out, and the men continue their work, entering other cages. Passing down the row of cages containing the various reptiles the keepers arrive at the last. This contains the cobras, the most dangerous snakes in the building. No man is allowed to enter this cage. In the keeper’s room a special notice commands the greatest caution in looking after these deadly creatures. The smallest meas- ures over five feet. As the visitor behind the scenes approaches the iron door opening into the cobras’ cage, he is greeted with a warning painted upon its panels. This is surmounted by a skull and cross bones. It reads: “Be careful in opening this cage. The bite of these snakes means death. Be careful.” When their keeper opens the door of their cage, a watcher stands in front of the glass and shouts to the rear man, warning him of eyery move of the snakes, so that he may act accordingly.5 The glass is cleaned on the inside of the cage by spraying it with a hose, and the snake’s food is introduced on the tend of a more than usually long pole. On most occasions, when their door is opened, the cobras rise into the peculiar and graceful attitude of their kind. The green “hood” spreads widely, and they watch intently for a chance to deliver a deadly blow. The least move of one of the snakes toward the door results in the latter being closed with a bang, when the men wa.it for the reptiles to become quiet before resuming their dangerous duties. In speaking of these reptiles Curator Raymond L. Dit- mars said : “There are few snakes more vicious and nervous than the cobra-di-capello. The big king cobra, which has been in the reptile house for over two years, is a saint compared with these creatures. At the slightest annoyance they raise their bodies some two feet from the ground and prepare for fight. As the snake assumes the characteristic attitude and spreads the hood, it hisses with a whistling sound quite distressing to the nervous visitor. “The sudden appearance of the spectacled markings, which are never visible until the neck is expanded, is also startling to the uninitiated. As long as there is the slightest occasion for suspicion, a cobra will remain in the upright position, motionless as a statue, but with a stony glare in the direction of its wrath that disconcerts even the most experienced keeper. “It is the irritable nature of these snakes which causes them to perform the famous cobra dance under the direc- tion of the Hindoos. There is no secret or ‘charming’ in any way connected with the exhibition. The fakir, provided with a reed instrument, plays ‘snakey’ music for his captive cobras, which are liberated from baskets and rise angrily before him. Swaying his body steadily to the music of his reed, the fakir’s every movement is followed by the nervous snakes as they endeavor to strike him in a frenzy of hysterical indignation. Needless to say, the fakir places sufficient distance between him and -the cobras to be on safety’s side. “Several times since the arrival' of the cobras at the reptile house 'the ‘snake dance’ has been illustrated with entire success, and without the tuneful flute of the ‘charmer.’ “The food of these snakes consists of small rats and mice which are given them from the end of a slender pole. The rats are killed to the number of a dozen, and each snake is fed individually, great care being taken that they refrain from fighting. Four rats constitute a sub- stantial meal. The reptiles are fed once every week. “Differing from the poison of the rattlesnakes and other venomous serpents, the venom of the cobra at- tacks the nerves and not the blood. The rattlesnake and its allies are provided with poison-bearing fangs which closely resemble the needle of a hypodermic syringe. The cobras, on the contrary, possess the most delicate of fangs. They are hardly the size of a small thorn. With them there is no need of injecting the poison directly into the blood. A scratch suffices, and the poison rapidly paralyzes the nerves. Death has occurred within twenty minutes in the human from a cobra bite. There is little pain. A stupor steals over the unfortunate victim, unconsciousness comes quickly, wfth a fluttering and failing pulse, then death. In British India the average annual number of deaths from the bite of this snake reaches the appalling number of 20,000. The British surgeons have been provided with an anti- ; toxin for the treatment of snake bites in India, and the application of. the serum is said to have been attended . with very: -favorable results. t “In fhe Zoological Park,, -constantly on hand, and kept on icebtp prevent change, are a number of tubes of an anti-toxin manufactured in France. The' knowledge that these tubes are there is the only encouragement for the reptile.y keepers who handle the poisonous snakes. : A set . . of. printed instructions hangs in the reptile house. On these it, is explained what to do in case of snake bite. < :“An interesting thing about the cobras in the Zoological Park is their : remarkable similarity to a harmless snake.: They are graceful ahd slender, with small heads and no signs of viciousness when coiled' quietly in their, cage.: They belong to a peculiar family of the venomous snakes vthat differs from the harmless serpents in only one slight but constant feature. This is the absence of a tiny scale on the side of the head. Its presence can. only be noticed by the scientist, and in a country where serpents of the cobra kind are numerous, it is safe to treat all snakes with the same respect.” Tame Florida Egrets, Come with me, if you will, gracious reader, in fanci- ful imagination, and enjoy a scene taken from a Florida yard. It is a bright and glorious morning; tall live oaks grace the well kept lawn. From orange trees, yellow with the winter fruit, chirp the mockingbirds; redbirds of -the most brilliant scarlet hue feed complacently along with the dove, breakfasting on the seed of the now dying grass; jay birds in numbers herald their presence as they beg for bread crumbs — their every morning breakfast. Central in this scene are two large white birds — the great white heron. Those who know only the wild herons of Florida, .will be surprised to learn how charming, how full of confidence, these same birds can be under habits of domestication. For a number of years it has been an ambition of mine to possess a pair of these beautiful birds, and many offers have been made to trappers as well as the Seminole In- dians to procure a pair of the young. Nesting, as they do, in such tall trees, it is a difficult feat to take them; but an inducement sufficient for the extra effort to Chief Billy Bowlegs, a Seminole Indian, two years ago had the desired effect, and a few months later came' a letter from the Everglades of Florida which read : "My Good Friend: Me send you -two white birds. Your friend, Mr. Billee Bowlegs.” Billy writes a very neat hand, and always uses the prefix “Mr.” in his signature. The. birds — snowy white and beautiful as a poem— came in a cage made of green palm stalks, and a marvel of neatness and ingenuity. They were soon at home, eat- ing beef from our hands, and contented and happy, but very much creatures of habit. When night came, they insisted upon going to roost inside the cage; and when -this was prohibited, insisted upon roosting on top of it. These pets are snow white, with yellow beak, dark, piercing eyes, and black legs and feet. Standing four feet in height, with every feather ruffled at the approach of an object of dislike, they are formidable looking birds. The female is more slender and smaller than the male, and much more timid in all her approaches, but the affec- tion existing between them would be a lesson to many a cottage home or brown-stone front. Gradually the birds became tamer and tamer, till they now dine at the same time with their owners — in this way, if you please: They have learned that on the ap- pearance of -the master of the house, it is meal time, and immediately they station themselves, like two sentinels, at the dining room piazza. Here they stand with their long necks craning into the doorway, alert and tense, waiting for a piece of beef to be thrown to them; the female standing just 3. little back, of her spouse in timid attitude. The birds on their arrival in civilization were at once christened “Mr. and Mrs. Billee Bowlegs,” and they soon learned to respond to their names with the sense of a dog, coming when called, or if reproved, which has been necessary lately, when the advent of a kitten disturbed their equilibrium. They were at once jealous of the lit- tle stranger, and their antipathy vented itself in a spiteful strike from the sharp beak. Mr. and Mrs. Bowlegs object seriously to the large sandhill crane coming into their part of the yard, and run him away at his first intrusion; but when nightfall comes that instinct that belongs- to bird life (and which is so well illustrated in the rookeries of Florida) brings the birds together, separated only by the wire netting, the herons roosting on one side of the fence, and the crane sleeping with head under his wing and resting on one foot, on the other. Dear old Dick — familiar to Forest and Stream readers — is still the bugler and picket guard for the yard. A call of fright from him and the white birds raise their heads and move stealthily about, wondering where and what the trouble is. The aigrettes are showing beautifully on the herons now, and have been growing for six months, so will be beautiful by the time they are two years old, the age at which hunters claim they make their nests; and the time, too, while they are rearing their birdlings, the fiendish plume hunter takes the lives of these beautiful birds, leaving the nestlings to starve; and, shameful as it is, to gratify the whim of the women who still insist upon wearing the aigrette. But Billy and Mrs. Billy in the Florida yard, with their long silken plumes, beautiful enough to tantalize the fashionable woman into a spirit of covetousness, are safe and happy. These birds are delightfully affectionate and playful. With the instinct of nature, they gather small sticks or -twigs that fall from the oak trees and carry them about, chattering and fussing over them. Occa- sionally-Mr. Billy will pull the twig from his mate, and she will wrench it from it with a petulant screech, and then they go to clattering again — qua-qua-qua. Recently Mrs. Billy has been cooing and trying every way in a most seductive, coquettish manner to convince her liege lord that she is his own, his only love. He is •: heroic, big and -strong-minded, and looks upon her coo- ings and little coquettish ways as the amiable weaknesses of a weaken creature. With the bigness of the masculine heart he does not resent it, rather likes it, and after she has ruff hear long sharp beak so gently and seductively . through his welblcep't feathers,- and toyed with his beak and cuddled up to him like some young love-sick crea- ture, he breaks out in a great clatter, and with that qua- qua-qua of the heron family they turn beak to beak, their Feb. 18, 1905.] )ng necks distended, yet arched, and with beaks inter- ipping caress and “kiss” with a degree of happiness that /ould turn many a lovesick Lothario green with envy. The birds love companionship, standing around when ae family are about. They are not nearly as pugnacious bird as the great blue heron, who quarrels at the ap- roach of anything and everybody. If the reader will look ahead a few months he may, in is imagination, see Billy and his mate moving about Irith their long silken plumes reaching from the head to be ground, and as they watch over their nestlings with ( s much gentleness and care as the human parents, who ball say God will not call to account every plume hunter nd every woman who wears the aigrette — the very resence of which on the hat means not only destruction f the parent birds, but of starving nestlings. Minnie Moore-Willson. Kissimee, Fla. The Tule Elk. A New Species. Attention has frequently been called in the columns ' f Forest and Stream to a small band of elk long known i-> have been living on the Button Willow ranch in the ran Joaquin Valley in California. It will be remembered that Messrs. Miller and Lux have for years had their Ibwboys and range riders look after these elk and care- |llly protect them. Two or three years ago, through the liological Survey of the Department of Agriculture, the ;erd was presented to the United States Government by fessrs.. Miller and Lux. After much difficulty a small ipropriation was obtained from Congress for the pur- sse of making a park for these animals, and a site was fleeted and fenced on Kaweah River in the Sequoia ational Park. Still more recently an effort was made Si capture the elk for the purpose of removing them to tis park, and on November 12, 1904, a drive was made fir the purpose of corralling the animals. The drive was Sirefully planned, and many of the best riders of the an Joaquin Valley took part in it, but it was not a suc- ;ss. The elk refused to be driven, broke through the ders, and escaped to the adjacent foothills of the emploa Mountains. During the chase the riders roped •ght or ten of the elk, but most of these died. An the early days of California, elk abounded in the an Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, and particularly in id about the tule marshes along the Sacramento, San laquin, Kings, Kern and other rivers, and Tulare, uenavista and Kern lakes. The early travelers found k abundant here, and it was then supposed that in tese regions the elk would long survive. The rapid “ttling up and the enormous development of California, owever, have exterminated the elk over most of its nmer range, and the only survivors left alive were those 1 the Button Willow, ranch. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Biological Survey the United States National Museum, has long believed lat these San Joaquin elk constituted a species different om any other American elk. He knew that the other iammals of the hot San Joaquin Valley differ materially ■om their relatives in the mountains, and he felt confi- ent that the elk would .not prove an exception to the lie. For fifteen years he has been trying to secure lecimens, but without success. At the drive for the filler and Lux elk he was present, and the skins and culls of the animals which died were preserved and are □w in the collection of the Biological Survey in the nited States National Museum. On these specimens is based the newly described ervus nannodes, which is very different from the three lecies of elk heretofore known to the United States— ervus canadensis of the Middle West and Rocky Moun- ins, C. roosevelti of the extreme northwest, and C. mer- ami of the southwest, Arizona, and so forth. A com- irison of the new form with these three shows that it is fry different from any of them; far more so than they e from one another. It is much smaller, shorter legged, uch paler in color, and has more white on the ears.. A unparison of the skulls shows that its closest relation- lips are with C. canadensis of the Rocky Mountains, .ther than with other outlying forms. The new species is described by Dr. Merriam in the roceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The Fight to Save the Buffalo* The movement for the preservation of the last few iindred specimens of American buffalo, not long since Be most numerous of the earth’s big mammals, is ;pidly gaining ground. The deep regret of the Ameri- n people at the fact that their grandest native animal is all but disappeared, finds expression in a hundred ays. Naturalists and true sportsmen are meeting both i public and in private, not to discuss the advisability ■ the possibility of preserving the animal — those points ive been decided once and for all by the best authorities the country— but to consider and formulate wise ans for its preservation. Naturalists who have never ctured or spoken in public before are raising their ^ices in this cause; they know that if they have any- :ing to say in the interest of the buffalo they must y it at once or it will be too late. And men, aye, and omen, too, who are not naturalists, but who are lovers things which live, are helping the movement by ex- essing to others their interest in it. Those who can rite well are writing strong letters and articles for iblication in the papers and magazines, and many hers of less ability are writing the best they can,^ and ■ reason of their great earnestness these are oft times lite as eloquent as those who have a more finished yle. jThe interest of scientific bodies is being aroused, and most every day we hear of some sportsman’s club or .tural history society discussing the subject of the iffalo and passing resolutions expressing. sympathy th the movement now on foot to save him. Some ve gone even further than this, and are even now itating the question of organizing a national society, rose object shall be to arrange for the preservation the typical American mammal. The first step has in taken, the men and women who took it are in FOREST AND STREAM. earnest, and it is safe to predict that before the buffalo has grown his heavy coat to protect him from next winter s cold, his friends will have gathered around mm in force, for the purpose of protecting him from the colder hand of the fate which now threatens his existence. And when these people have once organized, I believe that the preservation of the bison will no longer be one of the objects which “should” be accom- plished, but rather, one of those which “must be and shall be accomplished. In the meantime it is very desirable that those who are now, and who for months have been, working so hard for this cause should be assured of the co-opera- tion of all who have the interest of our native animals at heart. The success of the movement would be bene- ficial to the entire nation, and therefore it should have the support of the nation. That means the support of the readers of this article, just as much as that of the man in Cincinnati, or St. Louis. The preservation of the. buffalo is probably dependent on governmental action in the matter, since in the hands of the Govern- ment alone will it be quite safe from those who are con- tinually offering big prices for heads and hides. In other words, the matter is in the hands of the people, and my reader is one of these. Every set of resolu- tions that is passed favoring the movement; every letter addressed to me at Meriden, New Hampshire, will help the cause of the buffalo, and will bring nearer to us the day when this great animal will be out of danger. In the entire United States there are now only 600 odd buffaloes, exclusive of those confined in public parks and gardens, and which cannot be counted on to assist in the perpetuation of the race. The majority of these are in three herds, the Corbin herd at Newport, N. H. ; the Pablo-Allard herds in Montana, and the James Philips herd in South Dakota. If tuberculosis or other con- tagious disease were to carry off any one of these herds, the fate of the race would probably be sealed, as even now there are none too many strains to allow for the necessary interchange of blood. This danger could be avoided at once if the Government divided these herds into smaller ones and provided for their maintenance on separate reservations. While speaking on this subject with an old plains- man the other day, he remarked: “Well, there is no other native animal toward which Americans should have so kindly a feeling as for the buffalo; it has done more toward the civilization of the country than all the rest put together. To the explorers and early set- tlers it was an unfailing supply of the best kind of food, and many a hundred times have thirsty travelers been more than grateful for the water which collected in the buffalo wallows. And who shall say how many thou- sands have enjoyed the luxury of a fire on the treeless plains of the West, when but for the constant supply of the buffalo chips, they would have been obliged to spend the days and nights damp, cold and miserable. Save the buffalo? Well, I should say they ought to, rather.” Ernest Harold Baynes. Prairie Wolves. The other day in a Montreal paper was a piece copied from a western journal saying how a man, while plow- ing, was attacked by two prairie wolves, and would have inevitably lost his life had not another man come to his rescue and beaten off the brutes. This may be all right for the general readers, but with a hunter it only causes him to smile and feel tired. I doubt very much if a whole pack of prairie wolves would attack a man, much less poor miserable two. They are not much larger than a large cur, and, like the jackal, keep at a respectful distance from man. The timber wolf, be it acknowledged, is a bold and ferocious animal ; but even he will not attack man in fewer numbers than three or five, and then only when gaunt with starvation. Knowing the size and nature of the prairie wolf, I can- , not believe this western story. Many years ago I was followed down one of _ our rivers by two large timber wolves for forty-five miles, and al- though they were savage with starvation, they never came within gunshot distance. I camped two nights on the trail, as the snow was deep and the walking bad, yet during those long northern nights they never came very near my camp. This I read by their tracks each morning. I admit that having such “varmint” about did not conduce to the tranquility of my slumbers. I was young then and consequently a bit nervous; still I had grit enough not to turn back to the shanty. As soon as I would leave camp in the morning, the wolves, which had passed the night on the river ice, would at once ascend the bank and, I suppose, nose all about the fire-place for some stray scraps. Shortly after they would appear coming loping down my trail, and , slacken their speed when about long rifle range, and suit their pace to mine all the time I was on the tramp. During the second day’s march, I pulled out of my pack an old worn-out moccasin and dropped it on the trail. When they reached this they both pounced on it at once and each tugged desperately for a share. From this they turned savagely at each other, and I stood on the ice and watched the fight. The weaker one soon ha;d! enough, and followed the victor at a respectful distance for the remainder of the afternoon. When I finally' reached the post at the mouth of the river they were still the same distance behind my snowshoes. I told the men of my experience with the wolves, and a couple of hunters immediately got their guns and started up river to get a shot; but when the brutes saw the men coming, they left the ice and took to the barren grounds, and nightfall coming on the men were obliged to return without being successful in their hunt. However, next day, all hands at the post with the best guns, turned out for a proper rounding up. The trail of the wolves was soon found and followed. After an hour’s sharp walk on the fresh and plain trail, the tracks led off toward a clump of stunted poplar and alder bushes. In this grove, one of the men said, there was an old Indian tepee of the previous autumn, and most likely the wolves had found some bones or offal to keep them about. A plan of action was rapidly concocted. Two- thirds of the party were stationed a short gunshot apart, fan-like, along the brow of the surrounding hills, the is s others making r% wide detour to approach the woods on the windward side. As the scent became hot to the hidden wolves, they broke cover and loped back in the direction from whence they came. However, before reaching the rise of the land a shot from the concealed hunters laid one of them low. The remaining wolf made back in all haste toward the sheltering woods, only to receive his quietus from the men who had by this time got through the thicket and had witnessed the fall of the first wolf and the oncoming of the second one. Thus ended the interior strangers. Gaunt does not convey an idea of the state of emaciation the brutes were found to be in. Their fur was mangy from insufficiency of food and the skins of little value. But the coast settlement was rid of the marauders, and that end was worth achieving. On my return journey to the shanty I met with no ad- venture, and as I had . my old trail to travel on, made much better time, sleeping only one night instead of two. Being only a youth, I became quite a hero with the men, and several of them told me they would have turned back with such dangerous animals following their tracks. Martin Hunter. The Loon's Flight. Regarding the flight of the loon, this bird will oc- casionally take wing to escape danger. When floating down the Lewis River (one of the forks of the Yukon) in the spring of 1896, on rounding a sharp bend, we came suddenly upon a loon that had been diving up stream. He came up so close to our boat and was so surprised at our sudden appearance that he took wing and afforded me an excellent opportunity to secure his breast for the crown of my next winter’s cap. A species of loon is occasionally found in that country having light buff-colored bill and feet. These are very rare, and are highly prized by the Shamans (medicine men) who attribute to them mystic powers. About dogs burying bones. Two prospectors were on the upper waters of the Klondike River in the fall of 1897. They had with them a large dog, which had been' brought in from the States, probably part New- foundland. Having killed a moose, they buried the greater portion of the meat under the snow for use on their return. After the meat was covered, the snow was left in a rough condition, plainly showing that it had been recently disturbed. This did not suit the dog, who smoothed the surface with his nose until nearly all evidence of recent disturbance had been removed. The Indians of Alaska interbreed their dogs with the wild wolves, and the resulting strain so closely re- sembles the wild animal that experienced travelers in that country will not shoot at a woolf if anywhere near a settlement or a trail for fear of killing a dog. Dogs in that country were worth from $50 to $300 each, and a. mistake would be likely to prove costly. Edward F. Ball. [The yellow-billed loon is Urinator adamsii .] Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: While camping on Lake Sallie in Minnesota about fifteen years ago I had an experience with a loon which is re- called by W. A. Linkletter’s recent letter to Forest and Stream. Within a short distance of Sallie is a small lake, and one morning, seeing a loon on it, I went back to camp for one of the boys and my Winchester. My companion walked around to the other side of the lake, and I stayed where I was. Our object was to see how much lead he would stand before flying. For about ten min- utes we kept him under water almost continuously, when he took wing and started off in a straight line for the other lake. I took a shot at him on the wing, and he folded his wings and went back into the lake head first. When he came up we gave him another chance to dodge our bullets. He then flew away . in the direction of Sallie for good. I did not notice that the bird circled at all in this case, but flew away in a straight line. This was on a calm, misty morning, and the loon did not have the assistance of the wind in getting started. Dixmont. A Skunk and Seventeen Hens. Shasta, California.— A few nights ago a skunk got into my hen house and killed seventeen hens. They were chiefly young pullets that huddled together on the floor instead of going to roost. The skunk merely bit their heads, leaving them all dead in a heap except one that the animal evidently tried to drag through the hole where it had entered. The next evening at dusk the skunk came back, and I fired both barrels of a shotgun at him from a distance of six feet. Apparently, owing to my anticipation of recoil from the gun, which I had to hold in a cramped position — or a recoil from the animal, which I hoped to put into a cramped condition — I never touched him. Couldn’t find a hair. I must have insulted him, though, for he hasn’t been here since. Here is an instance of an animal killing seventeen fowls weighing in all about thirty-five pounds — every bird that was on the floor of the house. How many more might it have killed had they been within reach? Truly the ways of nature are not all admirable. How do skunks and snakes affect the game supply? Ransacker. A Large Fungus. Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 31. — While spending the past season in Theresa, I saw in the window of a local drug- store the largest “puff-ball” that I had ever seen or heard of. It was oblong in shape, measuring 17 inches long and 14 inches broad, and weighing 10 pounds. Is not this an unusually large size? The measurement was not taken until three or four days after it had been lying in the window, and had shrunken perceptibly. A tape measurement showed 3 feet 11 inches around the longest Way, and 3 feet 4 inches in circumference. J. L. Davison. AH communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 184 FOREST AND STREAM. . tto&Mtj The Shiras Bill* Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, U.S. Washington, D. C., Feb. n. — Editor Forest and Stream: On December 5, 1904, I introduced into the House of Representatives a bill I prepared for the protec- tion of migratory game birds, placing the control of the shooting seasons in the Federal Government. Immediately thereafter I sent to a number of sports- men’s magazines a printed copy of the bill, with the re- quest that this proposed legislation be given prompt con- sideration, with a view of learning how the sportsmen throughout the country feel on the question of Federal supervision, and further for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of lawyers, legislators and other persons familiar with game legislation, upon the constitutionality of the principles necessarily involved in a bill of this character. The past two months seem to show a practical unanimity among the papers devoted to the protection of game in favor of such legislation, which in turn has been echoed by other writers who expressed their views on this subject. Such a verdict has been very gratifying to me, and I shall endeavor in every way to reciprocate by giving my best efforts in behalf of such legislation in whatever form it may take. In regard to the second question submitted for con- sideration, viz., the constitutionality of the act, I find expression rather limited by editors and other writers, all apparently approving the same or expressing a hope that the bill will be sustained by the courts, without, as I can recall, any serious discussion of the legal phases. In the multitude of other duties I have neglected to en- large upon this feature of the bill, although realizing that something more should be said than appears in the pre- amble and the bill itself. In the issue of Forest and Stream of even date, I read to-day with great interest Judge Beaman’s letter, dated January 3, 1905, and his rather blunt fiat that “it has been settled too long by judicial decision to admit of question, and any effort to interfere with this property by Federal legis- lation, based solely on game protection, will surely prove nugatory,” and again, where he says any “attempted Federal protection of game on private lands, because it may happen to be migratory, as contemplated by the Shiras Bill, in my opinion is an invasion of State rights, no matter how desirable it may be.” For the first time, therefore, I am confronted with a direct challenge on the legality of the bill in its vital fea- tures. No pride of authorship leads me to resent this criticism, however sweeping it may be; for I fully recog- nize the fact that it is an entirely new question in its present form, and I am glad to be called upon to defend it, for it is only by a candid interchange of views that I hope to be able, with the assistance of abler minds, to so perfect the measure as to bring adequate protection to our rapidly vanishing wildfowl. That I may not be misunderstood or considered dis- courteous, let me say that I have a high opinion of Judge Beaman’s ability and a very high regard for . the interest he has shown in progressive game legislation; and if I differ with him, it is because I feel that my worthy opponent has not given that thought to the ques- tion which would have been the case had he heard the other side more fully, and had realized that the principle of Federal control had never been decided adversely by any court wherein the distinction I have made was sub- ject to consideration, direct or remote. If Judge Beaman is in error, it therefore arises from taking the various decisions on the ownership of game by the State without distinguishing the fact that, while that part of the decision relating to the ownership of game localized within the State was right, it was wrong, on the other hand, if it possibly included that class of game which from its habits could never be subject to State ownership. Every lawyer knows it occasionally happens that a judicial decree goes beyond the pleadings or the jurisdic- tion of the court on some subject not properly considered at the time the question was determined, and that, at other times, ignores the rights of parties not of record in the case, and that as to them it has no binding force if they had a right to be heard. Therefore I must dis- sent from the statement that the matter has been “too long settled by judicial decision to admit of question,” for the reasons I have already stated, and for others which I shall attempt to show hereafter. Minor Features of the Bill. The phraseology of the bill, the methods provided for its enforcement, whether under the “Department” of Agriculture or the “Secretary” thereof, or by embody- ing all the regulatory provisions and penalties in the bill itself, are really of minor importance and subject to change whenever the conclusion was reached _ that the principle of Federal supervision was as sound in law as it would seem to be beneficial in its operation. Judge Beaman’s assumption that regulation by the “Department” of Agriculture constitutes a “fatal defect” in the bill is in the face of an opinion of the Attorney- General, although it is true that several Federal Courts have taken the same view as the former. But these cases, as I recall, have never reached the Supreme Court. Many Departments do exercise the right, notably the War Department in its regulations over navigable streams, and exacts severe penalties for their violation. The Lacey Bill was introduced a number of times be- fore it took its present shape, and therefore I will pass over these minor questions, only touching on one other statement of Judge Beaman’s which seems to merit a special reply. A Good Purpose Never Justifies an Illegal Statute. The writer says that several game protectionists have taken the position on the bill that no true sportsman would attack its validity, and then remarks, “The passage of invalid game laws at the instance of enthusiasts in game protection who often leave out of the question or ignore the constitutional limitations on legislative power (such as is popularly denoted as ‘one-eyed legislation’), has been one of the greatest obstacles to efficient laws and their rigorous enforcement.” While I am not charged with deliberately fathering an illegal measure, it seems to me that I possibly come under the head of an “enthusiast in game protection” who knows little law, but has a great abundance of misdirected energy; and in view of this sit- uation I am warned that it is “unwise in the extreme to favor the passage of any game law which has nothing but enthusiasm and necessity for its foundation, and the final overthrow of which will result only in weakening ■the cause of game protection.” On the present question I was going to say that we agree, for in my judgment untenable laws passed with the idea that they will run the gauntlet of the courts long enough to do some good, or such as are hastily framed by some novice and not the result of mature reflection and careful research, only in the end injure the object to be benefited, ' and cast discredit on the author, But per-' haps we do not agree, after all, on the ethics upon which we have expressed ourselves, for in the conclusion of Judge Beaman’s letter is the following odd statement: “As to Federal protection of birds, migratory or other- wise, it is quite probable that it can be lawfully extended to all inland navigable waters, and public waters along the coast, by prohibiting shooting thereon (under the guise of enhancing the safety of navigation or something of this kind), except under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Department having control of these waters.” Now, it seems to me, that this scheme of pro- tecting all “birds, migratory or otherwise,” on “all inland navigable waters and public waters,” as he states, “under the guise of enhancing the safety of navigate V; or some- thing of that kind,” would be a most beneficial way of throwing the navigation laws around our web-footed fowl. I fear, however, that the dull thud and tremendous splash which would follow the knockout blow given by the Federal Courts might cause a tidal wave on the navigable waters and all our little ducks might be drowned. History of Game Regulations. In the early days of the country, wild game and fish were regarded as no one’s property, either State or indi- vidual, until reduced to possession, and thereupon the property right became a complete and unqualified one; later statutes creating close seasons for the protection of game were gradually passed in all States, followed by restrictions in the devices for killing game, and a multi- tude of other protective features, such as limiting the number that could be killed, prohibiting the sale or ship- ment of game out of the State, licenses, etc., culminating finally in many State Courts sustaining declaratory statutes that the wild game belonged to the State for the benefit and use of the citizens thereof. Upon the latter legislation, it seems to me, Judge Beaman relies for his position that the title to game being in the State, it is therefore beyond Federal control or interference. Of course he is right up to a certain point, but fails, in my judgment, to differentiate on the lines upon which my bill must necessarily depend for its validity. Like other sportsmen, I regarded this as very beneficial legislation, for, before such statutory declarations, there were many hunters who looked upon our wild game and wild birds as having no ownership until placed in the game bag, thus making it easy to ignore or violate State game laws on the plea that close seasons were an inter- ference with their inalienable rights to take freely that which belonged to nobody. Therefore, with others, I rejoiced in such legislation fixing the stability of prop- erty in game before it was reduced to individual owner- ship. But when Judge Beaman says, in effect, that such declaratory statutes end the matter of Federal custody of migratory game birds, we have, it seems to me, a good example of a State jumping a claim and asserting a title thereto on the sole basis of legislative pronun- ciamento; though, as a matter of fact, no statute goes so far. It is true the individual may sometimes acquire title in such a way if he holds on long enough; but national rights are, fortunately, not subject to. loss by adverse possession or non-user, even though it were a State which sets up such a claim. To me the proposition is a simple one, that game having its permanent habitat within the State — like grouse, quail, wild turkey, etc. — should be controlled by the State laws, and any Federal interference in such a case would be utterly wrong in morals and in legal principles. If such game is ruthlessly destroyed, the loss falls upon the citizens thereof; if the game is protected and fostered by wise State legislation and liberal appropriations, the citizens receive the direct benefit of these efforts; and thus as they sow they shall reap. “State's Rights” in Game and Fish. A review on my part of the conditions which explain the gradual growth of the National power and the asser- tion by the Government of that authority which, at one time, was never exercised or its exercise conceded to the State, would involve too much space in your j ournal ; and yet it is a full understanding of such National growth and the relinquishment of the State’s arbitrary claims to the exercise of rights purely National that we must look to the complete answer for the positions assumed by me in this matter of Federal control 0 ! migratory game birds. In the Colonial days, and for a long; time thereafter- the sovereign people of these communities were wont t( look with grave suspicion upon the Federal Governmen in its dealings with the people. States that were side bp side in those days were further apart socially, economj cally, and I might say geographically, than are the State: of California and Maine to-day. This week we witnessed1 the strange sight of a joint meeting of the House o Representatives and the Senate of the United States n tabulate the vote of the Electoral College, an institution constitutionally created so that the people were ever denied the privilege of voting directly for the chief ex. ecutive officer, and conferring this great power upon : convention of electoral delegates who still retain the lega right to vote for whom they please ! In the present day the people are recognizing the fac that the National Government in many ways can bes conserve their interests, and we now have before us ii the two Houses of Congress many measures vesting; Federal control in the Government over vast corpora) tions that heretofore were subject only to State super vision. The day is rapidly approaching when Federa laws will regulate the pollution of public waters, the manufacture and sale of adulterated foods and drugs, anc1 many similar matters of grave importance to the publii at large. At this point, permit me to say that I would apply ex, actly the same argument to local fish, whether game 0: commercial in character; and I think that Judge Beamai will agree with me that there is no more reason fo: Federal control of bass, pickerel, perch and fish of sim ilar nature that live permanently in ponds, rivers anc^ streams of the State, than in the case of game birds anc animals having their permanent habitat within the State “United States Rights” Over Migratory Game and Fist It is here that Judge Beaman and myself part company on the question of State ownership of game and fish, anc it is at this juncture that it becomes my duty to show if I can, that the right of the nation to the control of iff migratory game birds and migratory fish for the benefi of the people of the entire United States is just as cleai and just as righteous as is the claim of the State to th< control of the non-migratory species of game and fisl for the benefit of the citizens within its own borders. It is a general maxim of law that possession is essen- tial to the ownership of personal property, or that sucl property is so subject to control that it can be reduced to possession, or so brought within the sphere of actioij as to amount to a practical dominion thereover. There fore the case turns upon a question of fact — has the State acquired such a title, as evidenced by practical control as justifies the claim to the ownership of migratory game and fish? A flock of geese in their northern migraton flight, sweeping over the State of Colorado from the Gul to Hudson's Bay, at the rate of 150 miles per hour, thre< or four miles high, invisible by night or by reason of in tervening clouds which sometimes lie beneath them anc the earth, are mighty poor subjects for State ownership and control. Theoretically they might be 1,000 mile) high, for in principle there could be no line drawn; anc thus we must inevitably come to the conclusion that Stab ownership in migratory game must really rest upon the sole requisite that once over the State line the title vests When the moon is in the meridian the State of Cofpl rado might just as well lay claim to its fractional part 0: the luminary as to try to shoot effectively the sovereignty of the State into this flock of wild geese as it passes un seen and unknown in the heavens above. But perhap:.1 I should treat the subject in a more serious vein. It the migratory game bill I did not attempt to declan ownership in the National Government, for many ol these birds are international, wintering in the southern most part of South America and breeding beyond tin Arctic Circle in northern Canada. The bill gives th< Government control of the shooting seasons, and put. the migrants in the “custody” of the country at large whenever they tarry long enough to need our protection A very different thing from a declaration of ownership though, of course, there are some varieties of migratory birds which live wholly within the confines of the Unitec States, and which kind we, doubtless, could declare af ownership therein which would be just as tangible as ir the case of local birds within the State. At present renewed efforts are being made by thy, United States, England and other countries, by treaty to so fix the title of the seals which breed in, Alaska*' waters as will, in effect, virtually make the several coun tries joint owners of these valuable animals, which, by reason of their migratory character, have received n( adequate protection, and whose annihilation is certaii without proper adjustment of some character. And 11 my humble judgment the day will yet come when, if recognition of the joint interest that the American conti nent has in the proper protection of the migratory birds aquatic animals and fish, we will enter into treaty O; other relations with Canada and possibly Central anc South America, for the better protection of such inter ests. And when this happens, no State will be heard t. set up a claim that it owns everything that comes in riff range or swims the sea. Respective Efficiency of State and National Legislation. I can quote here with propriety a paragraph from : letter written several months ago: “The wild pigeon was practically exterminated be cause each State permitted unlimited slaughter on ac- count of its being a migrant, and, therefore, to b killed in as great numbers as possible before it too? FOREST AND STREAM, 188 ^EB. l8, 1905,] wing for other localities. A national law would have prevented this, and we would have had the passenger jpigeon in abundance to-day. On the other hand, had 1 the wild pigeon, this bird of countless myriads, existed in limited numbers and inhabited restricted areas, it would have been found in abundance to-day, simply jbecause the State Legislatures would have guarded Bagainst its total destruction. “In either illustration cited you have instances of the {(respective efficiency or inefficiency of State legislation {[according to the class of birds it seeks to protect. By this classification the several States retain the title jalid custody of the game birds having their habitat within the respective boundaries, such as quail, grouse, wild, turkey, etc., etc., and which from their breeding habits and other traits are easily protected and fostered I by local legislation. Then, too, the effectual enforce- ment of a national law is very much easier, as a rule, ;han where the violator is prosecuted, if at all, by ocal authorities; and this is hardly secondary to the question of uniformity aimed at in this measure.” Again let us assume that all of the Atlantic coast States protected Our shore birds (snipe, curlew, plover, ;tc.) in their northern migratory flight and, on the return fall flight, imposed restrictions on excessive | shooting, except say in the case of Virginia, and let us ; issume (which is substantially correct) that the shores )f this State covered several hundred miles on the line ; }f migratory flight, and that by inviting, not only all ■'its citizens, but all the sportsmen of the United States find the world at large, it could in a few seasons utterly exterminate these birds, Would the fact that such birds nbontinuously on wing over a few miles of barren sand Jpeach and mud flats of the State of Virginia give such jii right to the State for their total destruction that we, >f other States, would have no right to seek the interven- ioii of the National Government for their proper protec- ion? One of more broken links in the chain of protection vhether on the Atlantic or Pacific coast or the central vaterways of the country, means the eventual wiping iut of certain of the migratory game birds in such Sines of flight. Just why any one should insist on any State exercising such a power, lacking as it does any fibquity or any basic principles of ownership in such tnirds, is beyond my comprehension. ; State laws for State game and fish, Federal laws for national and international game and fish, are joint impositions so fair and just that I believe the courts vill eventually sustain the same, provided, the sports- nen of this country and the great magazines, who ipeak for them, will conduct a careful and persistent campaign in favor of these principles. Federal Control of Migratory Fish. If, therefore, local fish like local game belong to the State, it must be apparent that the same reasoning which supports Federal supervision of migratory wild- OWl will apply to migratory fish. I will be frank, how- ever, and say that, while I have had such an idea massing through my mind for the past two weeks, it -vas not until yesterday that I fully realized the im- portance of this principle when applied to the migra- :or.y fish, and am now able to state with some degree pf definiteness as to the result of an interview this ifternoon with Commissioner Bowers and his able assistant at the Bureau of Fisheries, that if the general principle set forth in my game bill is sustained, it means, pn a purely commercial basis, the addition of nearly £25,000,000 a year in the food value of the migratory Ish. So immense are the possibilities in this direction chat, without further examination, I do not care to elaborate on the subject other than to say, that if we :att put under Federal control the salmon and shad industry of the United States, the increase ill our pro- duction will hardly have a limit, while the great ex- pense of artificial propagation of the shad and salmon will be wholly dispensed with in a short time, i In talking over the subject with Commissioner Bowers, he expressed the greatest interest in the possibilities of national legislation and gave me con- >iderable information, showing how his department was Hampered by the lack of national authority over public waters. In Albemarle Sound the national shad hatcheries, pwing to the almost entire catch of the shad, before Fey reached the fresh-water spawning beds, by the ntervening nets further down the sound, had obtained ;pawn amounting only to 10,000,000, while the hatcheries lad the capacity for* 100,000,000. If a fair proportion pf the shad could reach the spawning beds, perhaps one housand million additional spawn would be deposited and the shad industry overwhelmingly benefited. As t is, I have been informed that the shad industry of :he Atlantic coast is almost wholly dependent upon Fe artificial propagation conducted by the Govern- nent, and yet while our nation spends the people’s noney for this worthy purpose, is has no power to protect this migratory fish from practical, annihilation py certain States, except through its persistent efforts n obtaining annually enough spawn to provide for a imited catch each season. Can it be doubted that the Fad and salmon, living far out at sea and migrating mnually to our waters for the purpose of reproduction, io not belong to any State, and yet a State, by reason pf the public waters passing through its domain, may ;o net the streams and inlets as to exterminate a fish which surely belongs to the people at large and for which so much of the public money is expended? All ornithologists and fishculturists recognize a wonderful similarity in the migratory habits of certain ish and birds, each coming annually to the same local- ty, over the same general course, for the purpose of re- production, and then returning to some distant locality pn water or land respectively. Destroy certain shore pirds of the Atlantic coast and they are gone forever, so completely are some varieties confined to this narrow ivenue of migration; destroy all the salmon which are iccustomecl to spawn in a particular stream or estuary md these waters are forever barren, so wonderful is he predilection of this fish for the same spawning ped. The State of Maine improvidently wiped out the .asi salmon schools winch once visited its streams; he Sjaj.e of Connecticut has largely lost its shad, and a*- j^sent ^ ie STeat Pacific coast States of Washington and Oregon are temporarily filling the pockets of their commercial fishermen, who are unrestrained by a Federal law so regulating the catch as to correspond with the maintenance of a permanent supply, and soon the Columbia River will be like those of Maine. Is it possible that our National Government possesses no power to enact the legislation I have suggested and we must sit idly by while our lands and waters are depleted of those wonderful treasures which are such a source of enjoyment to our sportsmen and the basis of great commercial enterprises? George Shiras 30. A Letter from Texas. Editor Forest and Stream : Here’s a letter from a cousin of mine— third removed— which was not written for publication, but as an evidence of good faith, or, dropping newspaper talk, as an evidence of good feeling and good fellowship, as the writer is three days’ journey from here. I will take the responsi- bility if you care to publish it. I have an idea that a lot of your readers who are “chained to business” will feel their blood tingle, and will take down their guns and give them a caress, vowing that another season the first of November will find them so run down in health that a trip to the Lone Star State will be an absolute necessity. H. S. Chandler. San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 1. — My Dear H.: As I have a little time to-day I thought I might interest you by talking a little about myself, and let you know that I had not forgotten you. I have been leading quite a strenuous life since I came home last October. I have come to the conclusion that when a person’s boyhood has been spent out of doors that it is well for him to return in a great measure to the habits of his early life after he has passed the half- century mark. For that reason I have spent a good deal of my time out of doors hunting. The quail season opened on the first of November and closed yesterday. During that time I have been hunting about fifteen or sixteen times, spending the whole day out in the country, and in some cases two days. I have kept a little memorandum of the birds I have shot, and my figures show a total of 500 quail and about 100 ducks. Last Friday Mrs. C. and I with Mr. and Mrs. L. went out to a small town about fifty miles from here called Karnes City. We had a two-horse team, a darkey driver and a three-seated wagon, and drove over some of the land on which I had loans to the owners, who of course did not object to my hunting. We had three good dogs and were hunting in an open country. The dogs would hunt back and forth in front of us until a covey of quail was discovered, when my large dog would come to a point and the little one would immediately back him. They would stand steady until we got out and walked up to the quail. We would usually get one or two quail on the first rise, and after they lit we would follow them up as the dogs pointed on single birds. This happened to be the place where the field trials were held for the whole of the United States a short time ago, therefore the grounds were particularly adapted for the sport. We took our lunch and at noon had the fire made and cooked coffee, fried potatoes and bacon, and had home- made sausage. The ladies seemed to enjoy the trip as much as Mr. L. and myself. Meanwhile I killed about seventy-five birds, saw the country very thoroughly, visited a number of my loans, and arrived at home Sun- day night. The Thursday before I went out with a friend of mine and killed about thirty quail. The Saturday and Sunday before that we spent at Mitchell Lake, where we have a little house. It is located about twelve miles from here. Nearly every Saturday Mrs. C. and I, with a driver and colored girl, go down in the morning. I get out when we get to the fields and hunt quail for an hour or two, and generally when I arrive at the house at about half-past one, I have something like fifteen quail in my bag. We then have dinner, which has been cooked on an open fire-place. The girl we have understands how to cook all the old-fashioned southern dishes, including corn pone. In the afternoon we go out on the lake, and I am pad- died around by my man and shoot a few ducks, while Mrs. C. shoots a little rifle at whatever she sees fit. We play a little game of cards in the evening, go to bed about nine o’clock, and Sundajr morning I am up at five. The girl gets up and cooks my breakfast, which I enjoy more than any meal of my life. By daylight I am in my boat. I have a blind, and sometimes I put my decoys out and sit on the blind. Other times I go around in the boat rowed by the darkey. I generally kill fifteen or twenty ducks. Sometimes the mornings have been damp, some- times pleasant, and twice they have been so cold that the water froze on the oars when they were taken out of the water. I thought of Cleveland’s description of a duck hunter— that they are born and not made. About eleven or twelve o’clock I come in and usually bring a friend or two from the lake, and we have a din- ner cooked in the same manner as mentioned above, in- cluding broiled quail, broiled duck, sweet potatoes dug out of the ground right in front of the house, etc. In the afternoon I may hunt quail a little, and by night I drive home. It takes about an hour and a half. We have a wagon fitted up for the occasion, on the back of which is placed a box covered with canvas, and as we go through town with our layout and our two dogs we look as though we were moving to the frontier. Meanwhile I have been doing a little business and read- ing “Frenzied Finance.” My condition as regards money matters seems at present to be that the supply of money is much greater than the demand for loans to take up same. The country is improving a great deal. They are building a large number of railroads throughout this sec- tion, and the attention of capital seems to be directed this way. I am inclined to think that our lands here are cheaper than anywhere else in the country, and that this fact is being discovered by people. We have had some pleasant weather so far this winter, and although we have had two or three days of cold weather, the temperature has never gone below freezing but two or three times. With Jriqdest regards I remain, very sincerely yours, E. B. Chandler. Chasing Around. Dear Uncle Davison: I must tell you about my rabbit shooting yesterday. About 9 A. M. Len and I started to the woods. There was a very light snow, just suffi- cient to show here and there a track without enough to enable a person to track the rabbit. We tried to follow several tracks, but couldn’t. After stopping at the house a few. moments, we went across the creek and got George and went down into Dailey’s woods. Along the line fence we struck a lot of tracks, and succeeded in tracking a rabbit out into the field. George assured me that I would better keep an eye out, for we might jump the rabbit any moment. So I kept an eye out — in fact, I kept it so far out that when we did eventually jump the rabbit, I couldn’t get it back in time to get a bead on him. He was sitting by a stump, and though I fired at him, owing to the fact that I forgot to put any silver in the charge, he got away. We tried to track him up, but couldn’t After this we went along up to the berry patch south of Dailey’s woods, and got another track. Len and George struck it back on the edge of the patch, but I was in close to the woods, and struck the same track in there, So I did the Sherlock Holmes act, and the way I tracked that rabbit would have made the last of the Mohicans envious. . In fact I got so interested tracking him that when he jumped from behind a tree back of me he scared me so I nearly threw a fit. He was what the trapshooters call a “left-quarterer ;” that is to say, I quartered and he left. I shot at him, but he declined the invitation. Then the Sole Survivor of the Old-Time Fool got on the trail, and, as the hunting stories have it, “made the woods ring with his music.” The trouble with that dog is that he is too much of a musician. When he starts to yelp he gets so interested in the tune he’s playing that he for- gets what he’s after. Anyway, he tore around in circles, and geed and hawed and backed water, and finally came back with a self-satisfied air, as much as to say, “I didn’t get him, but I bet he won’t stop till he gets in the next county.” Each of us addressed a few remarks to him, and he seemed quite flattered at the attention he was attracting. Well, then we went up to Lockwood’s Creek, just west of Dailey’s woods. Found some tracks up there, but they all led into the swamp and the devil himself couldn’t have found the makers of them. So we monkeyed around and finally Len, who is trapping, got on a skunk trail and left us. Thereafter every once in awhile we would run across Len. zigzagging along through the orchard, with his nose in the air, his eyes on the trail, and the bit in his teeth. It was really remarkable the way that skunk made him cover the entire fields and orchards, and finally brought him out at the exact point of the road where we crossed. Len seemed to be a bit put out at it, but we comforted him by telling him that the dog couldn’t have done it, anyway. Somehow he didn’t seem to take that as a com- pliment, either. Well, we crossed the road and George and I started through a berry patch, with Len down along the fence east of us. Finally I heard Len yell like an Indian, and looked up in time to see a rabbit humping himself straight across me, about fifty yards in front. He was going, like the deuce. I pulled in a couple of feet ahead of him and shot, and then gave him the second bar- rel. He went right along, and I made up my mind that it was my day off, and that I would better go home and try throwing the snow shovel at the barn. The Old- Timer got on the trail by mistake, but soon found out his error and quit. I don’t believe he would follow the trail of a bologna sausage hung on a stick over his nose, he’s so sort of sensitive about going where he may not possi- bly be wanted. Anyway George found his trail a little way . further on, and a short distance on he found the rabbit, dead, with his left hindleg shot off. And yet they say the left hindleg of a rabbit is lucky ! It is quite likely that Bre’r Rabbit will entertain Deacon Dave Mecorney about Sunday. This practically ended the hunt, for we saw no more, and had to hurry to get home in time for dinner. It was very hard tracking, but I believe I never saw so many squirrel tracks, mice tracks, etc. I found one place where apparently a troop of about a dozen mice had been along, making a trail about three inches wide. I saw lots of small birds — those little chaps that don’t know enough to go south even when the coal supply is short. I also saw one lone duck, variety unknown. We got home about six last night, having had a fine trip. The only trouble, I’m getting so I hate this win- ter weather; but I don’t see any way to abate the nuis- ance, so I guess I’ll let her go. Come and see us when you get home. Yours sincerely, Dave. Arizona Dock Shooting* Phcenxx, Arizona, Feb. 3. — Editor Forest and Stream: Duck shooting is usually good here all winter, but this season, on account of a mild winter in the States to the north of. us, the ducks have not come here in great num- bers until the past few weeks ; at present there are more here than we have had in a couple of years. Those being killed are principally mallards, sprigs, teal, widgeon, spoonbills, and occasionally a redhead or canvasback. Duck shooting is found on the rivers and irrigating canals and on the irrigated fields within ten or fifteen miles of this city. The best shooting is about seventy- fiye miles from here (reached by rail in a few hours’ ride), on an irrigating reservoir about DA by 2)4 miles in dimensions; the limit of twenty-five birds is usually obtained there in an hour’s shooting. On the completion of the Tonto dam and reservoir, about sixty-five miles up Salt River from Phoenix, in about two years, we expect to have one of the finest duck shooting grounds in the West. Fish and Game Commissioner W. L. Pinney has been planting a large quantity of wild rice this winter in the lakes and sloughs adjoining the rivers near the city. Quail have been more abundant than usual this year; our season on these closes March 1. Doves are so abundant all the time as to be nearly a pest, and furnish abundant sport for the tourist and local sports. B. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 136 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 18, J905. Some Deer Hunters of Maine. Hardly the usual number of deer have been killed in this section the past season. Plenty have been seen, uut somehbw the most of them had a great knack of keep- ing out of harm’s way. The hunters of our own town have been particularly unlucky, so far as I can learn, but two deer being shot hereabouts by fellow-residents. Erskine L. Watson and Almon Linscott were the for- tunate parties, though the ‘‘fortunate” admits of a libei al qualification in the case of Mr. Linscott, as he failed to find his deer until the meat was unfit for use, despite the fact that it fell dead within a few yards of the spot where it was shot. Mr. Watson’s prize was a magnificent buck. He had the head mounted, while the meat was generously distributed among his friends. Mr. Watson is a present-day sportsman of the best type. The most of his time is taken up with his business, but by improving the early morning hours and occasional dull days, together with an annual outing, he manages to gratify in part an ardent propensity for sport with the rod and gun. He is a good shot and expert angler, and rarely in his expeditions do the woods and streams fail to yield tribute to his skill. Yet he never kills more than lie needs. Mr. George W. Adams is another of our most, per- sistent deer hunters, and being a gentleman of . leisure, he has ample time to devote to the sport. Plavmg lost a leg in a railroad accident, which renders walking diffi- cult, he adopts the somewhat novel method of hunting with a team. Behind a pure-bred, mettlesome stallion he drives day after day over miles of rough wood and logging roads that would be thought impassable for any- thing but a truck horse by the average individual. Every haunt of the game is known and visited by him. Some- times he takes a companion along to hold the horse when he gets a shot, or to enable him to make short detours on foot; but occasions are not wanting when he has dropped his deer from the wagon, though a sharp strug- gle with his spirited steed invariably follows such act. Mr. Adams was one of the first to bag a deer after then influx into this section, and since that time has rarely failed to secure his quota up to the present season, when he was unable to score. „ Wm Clark, living nine miles further up the valley (Ossipee), is reported to have recently secured two bucks in a morning. He was gone from the house less than two hours to get the first, which he had hardly landed at his home, when a second buck appeared but a short distance from the house, and this he also shot. Clinton Rowe, of Baldwin, was similarly lucky, finding a big buck awaiting him almost in his dooryard when he arose one morning. I hear, too, of kills being made m Parsonfield, Hiram, Denmark, Fryeburg, and m tact nearly all surrounding towns. . . , . XT , Two parties from this town have visited the Worth Woods. One, composed of J. T. Irish, Dr. S. G. Sawyer and Frank Stearns, brought home two deer; the other— Fred Bowie and Bion Bradley — captured a deer and a moose, the latter falling to Bowie’s gun. Both parties saw plenty of game, but encountered the prevailing diffi- cult conditions for trailing, which are urged as account- able for the shortage in the record of shipments of deer in comparison with last year. It is probable, however, that the previous unusually severe winter depleted the deer considerably. W. H. Hatch, a registered guide of twelve years’ experience in the country north of Moose- head informs me that the number of carcasses he found in the woods as the result of death from hunger and cold was far in excess of that of any previous year. Whether deer are increasing or decreasing m the State is a mooted question. We trust that every effort will be made to speedily determine the truth of the matter and proper steps taken to long continue the sport alike to native and visiting sportsmen. J. L. Woodbury. Cornish, Me. Prosecutions in Illinois. State Game Commissioner J. A. Wheeler sends us a gratifying satement of the work of his department m enforcing the game laws, and punishing violators. I he record shows great activity on the part of Commis- sioner Wheeler and the executive force under his di- rection. Since the present act became effective, July 1, 1003, there had been, up to Dec. 17, last, 321 prose- cutions of alleged violation of the game laws of Illinois. Of this number of cases, 84 per cent, resulted in convictions, which have had a salutary effect upon persons who have sought to hunt out of season or with- out a license, or to otherwise ignore the statutes. About $3,000 in fines has been collected on these con- victions. . - The offenses for which the largest number of persons were arrested was shooting without a license; of these 120 were prosecuted, the penalty being a fine of $2o- Among the other offenders, 52 were dose season shooters, 37 killed song birds, 12 hunted with ferrets and 10 were guilty of illicit sale or shipment The record of the seizures of game show the following P°Nov 26, 1904, seized 34 quail in candy pails, marked from S N. C., Whittington, Illinois, to Otto shu- macker, St. Louis, Mo. Shipper not yet arrested. Nov 26 1904, seized 28 quail m candy pails, _ maiked from S N. C., Whittington, Illinois, and consigned to Missouri P. & G. Co., 405 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis. Evidently same shipper as above. , Nov 29, 1904, seized 59 quail, marked buttei, and shipped from West Frankfort, 111.; shipper B. Keeley, to R M. Kieley & Go., St. Louis, Mo. This shipper has left the State. . , , Dec 12, 1904, seized 36 quail in egg case, marked from T T "Plumlee, to P. M. Kieley, St. Louis, billed as eggs." This man is under bond of $500 to the county C°Nov. 23, 1904, seized 3 squirrels, from PI. L. Gersten- schle^er, Pinckneyville, 111., to H. Brenelce, St. Louis, Mo ° Shipped as dressed poultry. Defendant prose- cuted and fined $7S and costs. Nov 30, 1904, seized 2 squirrels from George Kahn, Redbud, 111., to Charles F- Brann, Pittsburg, Pa. De- fendant fined $50 and Dec. 15,, 1904, seized 68 quail from Peckham, shipper No. 7, Irvin, 111., to P. M. Kieley & Co., St. Louis. Shipper arrested and under bond. Dec. 15, 1904, seized 240 quail in telescopes in the hands of Harlan Ray and John Hudson, of Benton, 111., while trying to get them through to St. Louis as baggage. Violators arrested and fined $200 and costs. Dec. 16, 1904, seized 161 quail in candy pails; shipped by William Tyler, Texico, 111., to McLean & Alcorn, St. Louis, Mo. Shipper arrested, now under bond of $500 for trial in January. Nov. 29, 1904, seized one pail and one box containing 87 quail; shipped by No. 135, Jefferson county, 111., to McLean & Alcorn, St. Louis, marked butter. Shipper same as above case, under bond for separate offense. Nov. 26, 1904, seized 124 quail, in three candy pails, marked and billed as butter; shipped by Samuel Daubs, Franklin county, to McLean & Alcorn, St. Louis, Mo. Violator now under bond of $500 to the county court. The Cunning of a Buck* Editor Forest and Stream: I can personally vouch for the following: In the early part of November last I was stopping at Guide Clements’ camp, on the Fourth Debsconeag Lake, northern Maine, twenty-five miles from Norcross, the nearest railroad station, and four miles from the nearest inhabited camp. It was the first good snowstorm of the season, the fall being about five inches. My guide and I started out at 8 A. M. with the intention of killing a buck. We canoed across the fourth lake, and had not gone far into the woods before we struck the track of what appeared to be a good sized buck. The trail was made during the night. We followed it up the Forrest Hill and down to the lake, then back again on the mountain side, occasionally meet- ing with evidence of his pawing and bucking at small trees. We did not permit ourselves to be thrown off by the tracks of other deer which occasionally crossed his. We could see where he had gone under fallen trees which interfered with his progress ; some of these were so low to the ground that it seemed incredible that a fair sized buck could go under them without showing some evidence in the snow that he had crawled. But he did not; he simply bent under these fallen trees, the tracks on either side being perfect, and showing no evi- dence of his having jumped them. It seemed to me, with little experience in hunting deer, that he must needs be a small deer, but my guide insisted, however, that he was a good sized one, judging alone from his tracks. We followed him for over four hours, covering a dis- tance of over seven miles, and during most of this time he was going on a walk or an easy trot over the roughest kind of woodland, rocks and moss-covered boulders. There were evidences of his having lain down only twice during his journey. At noon we sat on a log and ate our simple lunch, quietly chatting. Lunch through, we started out again. The trail took us up a fair sized hill about half a mile, and this brought us to a small opening in the woods, and here we saw our prize, but he did not see us, and instead of being alone, he was with a fine doe. As we had an abundant supply of venison at camp, and only wanted the buck, we waited a second for him to. emerge from among a clump of trees that partially hid him from view, and the moment he came in sight I let him have one shot from my rifle, but instead of seeing him lie down, he disappeared. We again took up the trail, this time of blood, and every time he stepped you could see blood spattered on the snow, showing the wound was rather high. After going about seventy-five rods, he lay down; but hearing us before we could locate him, he went on; you could see the pool of blood where he had rested. We followed him another fifty or sixty rods, when he again lay down, and we saw more marks showing a consider- able loss of blood, but still not as much as before. Scent- ing us before we could get a glimpse of him, he again went on ; but we could see the blood marks get fainter and fainter, and finally disappear. We followed him by his tracks, now through a ravine down to the Third Debsconeag Lake, a distance of about a mile, and here all trace of him stopped. We went up and down the lake a short distance to see if we could find his track; finding none, we went out on a large tree which had fallen into the lake and looked up and down and across the lake, and to our sur- prise we saw an object moving in the water near the opposite shore. We saw this object come out of the water, and could see it was our buck. My guide then shot at him twice, and he apparently fell down near the water’s edge. We subsequently found out that neither shot took effect, owing to a miscalculation of distance. My guide went to get his canoe at the head of the lake, about a mile away, while I remained to keep a weather eye on the spot where the deer fell. Upon reaching the spot with his canoe about an hour after, the guide saw the buck lying near the edge of the lake. He hallooed to me, “He’s a dandy ! I will bring him over in the canoe.” He proved to be a fine specimen; four prongs on each side, with remarkably heavy, thick horns, weighing about 170 pounds. The deer’s long swim in the icy water with his mortal wound not only ex- hausted him, but made him stiff, and he lay there as if dead. My guide approached him cautiously, and stuck him with his knife a couple of times in the neck over the artery, and twisted the blade to make sure work of him. After waiting a couple of minutes he started to drag him to the canoe, which was only a few steps away to bring him over to me. I could just see him in the dim light on the other side of the lake lean down to get a hold on his horns, and then saw him tug away in the act of drag- ging him toward the canoe, when all of a sudden the buck was on his feet. Immediately he lowered his head and charged my guide! He needed just this help to over- come his stiffness and get on his feet. There was a small spruce near the water’s edge, and the guide, realiz- ing his danger, by a dexterous move put the tree between "himself and the deer. The buck charged and hit the tree, and the man grabbed his horns, one in each hand, and’ held him as if in a vise; but the buck, to free him- ?elff iwtmg his body to one side, pressing the guide’s wrist against the tree and forcing him to let go his hold with that hand, but he held on to the other horn for dear life. With this side move and sudden release, the buck slipped on a rock into the lake, and by this time he was so exhausted that he could not pull himself up off his feet, and the guide at an opportune moment plungeci his knife into his neck again. My guide now left thf’ game and came over after me. When we reached the other shore, the buck, hearing us, raised his head as i: gathering strength to get away, but he was too weak, and after a few gasps died. We found the shot had entered from behind rathe) high, breaking no bones, but plowed through the vitals causing a severe internal hemorrhage. We dressed anc hung him up for the night and returned to camp afte; our eventful day’s sport. J. Newton Williams. New York, Jan 20. Foxes and Game Birds* Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream : Anent the question, “Do Foxes Destroy Game Birds? I recently saw some very interesting evidence of a fo:i| having caught a partridge near Boston .Corners, Dutchess county. The tracks in the snow indicate* that a fox had been following a rabbit’s track in a: easterly direction, along the edge of a swamp over grown with tamerack, alders, etc. A partridge, flyin, in a westerly direction, had lit in the snow almost di rectly opposite the fox, taken a few steps and stoo, facing the open. The fox had turned at right angle; to its previous course, and a few feathers on the snov told the rest of the story. On the two preceding day we flushed a partridge within a few hundred yards c the spot where the tragedy occurred. t In Alaska, when the geese are arriving in great flock in the spring, foxes may be seen skulking in the brus i close to their feeding grounds and, no doubt, levy toll on the newly arrived birds. Edward F. Ball. Winchester, N. H., Jan. 13. — Editor Forest an * Stream: I have noticed in your paper a number of arti cles in regard to- scarcity of game birds, and in almos every case the fox has been blamed for it. I would lik to ask my brother hunters a few questions. Who is there that will dispute my statement ths twenty-five years ago there were at least fifteen pap tridges where there is now one? And also at that tint were not the foxes correspondingly as thick or there abouts ? We will all admit that the game birds have been de creasing very fast in the past fifteen or twenty-five year: and those that have watched the decrease will say tin the foxes have very much decreased also ; I am very sur old hunters of the fox will agree with me. We will a: admit that the fox catches some game birds. He ha! always done that; he caught them fifty years ago an does now. But who can say truthfully that the scarcity belongs to him? With the modern gun and the late: improved methods of trapping, the fox has had to d< crease with the other game. Back twenty-five years agj how many schoolboys were there that could shoot on th wing? How is it to-day? The average man with moderj guns and improvements is killing game at a big advan: age over his brother of twenty-five years ago. Who is blamed for what disease, wood-ticks, sevei winters and cats have done? By many it is the fox. One . of the greatest enemies that game birds have 1 contend with is the house cat. How many farmers, ; well as village people, have from two to ten cats? Tl woods are full of them. Instead of hunting aroun buildings, you will find them around the orchards ar. woods. These cats break up whole bunches of gan birds, and there is no end to the slaughter of young son birds that can be justly laid to them. If brother sportsmen of Massachusetts instead of ptl ting a bounty on the fox, as I see they are talking ,t doing, will put it on cats, or pass a law that each c: should be taxed at the same rate as the dog, we cou) get rid of some of these roving cats that destroy eac; season hundreds of thousands of birds of all kinds. I am positive the partridge in the past few years h; been a great sufferer of disease and wood-ticks, as we* as from these other enemies. The severe winters of tl Northern States, the worst of all enemies, play have with the quail. I claim, as before stated, that the fox does catch son birds; but he has gone, to a certain extent, the same w £ all game has. The most able and intelligent of all gan animals, the fox is king of all, and the best sport an most genuine hunting come from the fox chase. Brother sportsmen, give the fox all the blame that due, but do not blame him for what the above mentions enemies to birds are responsible. I claim the fox is nil to blame for the scarcity of our game birds. You caj blame him for the loss of the song birds just as well. M will all admit that the song birds have decreased veil much in the past few years. L. R. Nelson. ’ Arizona Legislation. Phcenix, Arizona, Feb. 3. — Editor Forest and Strean: The Territorial Legislature, which meets biennially, now in session and the officers of the Arizona Sport: men’s Association and the Arizona Fish and Game Cor; missioners have prepared an entirely new game la'-: which has been introduced and will undoubtedly pas There are not many important changes from the la: already in force. The bill, if passed, will prohibit tl| killing of antelope until March 1, 1911; it changes it! male deer and turkey season to the month of NovemNj (at present September 15 to November 1) ; changes t! trout season from June 1 to August 1 (now June 1 ! September 1) ; in addition to present limits places a lin on doves of fifty in one day, and on fish not exceedii twenty pounds or forty fish. The new law also provid a non-resident license of $10 per year on male deer a? turkey. Sale of all game prohibited. It is also quite likely a bill will be introduced providir for an active game and fish commissioner under sala and expenses. Arizona has a large quantity and varie of game and realizes fully the necessity of taking stej to protect it, ... r Feb. 18, 1905.] More About Old Revolvers* Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: As early as 1842 the Colts revolver was known in this territory, as my father, who, at that time came from New York State a boy of 14 carrying chain in the surveying party operating in this territory, makes a note of one of the party owning one which was looked upon as a wonderful weapon but of small caliber. Un- doubtedly, it was one of the early makes, as from what .1 learned from an old gentleman who had lived in the Southwest in the early days, the first Colt revolvers they had came from some party in New York City and were very small, and a few of the Texas Rangers, had them; and during the trouble on the frontier these rangers had larger and heavier revolvers built specially for them. I was unable to learn the exact date, but it was in the early ’40s. Cabia Blanco speaks of the Remington revolver of Civil War time going off on account of the wall of the chambers being thin and often fire-burnt. This brings to my mind an incident of my earliest boyhood days My father had an old Remington cap and ball re- volver, which my uncle had used during the Civil War and had been loaded for a long time, and at length he drew the charges from the old thing and laid it away. Boy-like, I thought it the finest weapon of the land, and longed to shoot it. So finally one day I got hold of the pistol and loaded it, putting in paper wadding and filling it up with shot and capped it. I did not have a chance to use it, until one day when no one was home and the neighbor’s rooster came into our yard and gave our old rooster a great whipping almost killing him. I got the pistol from the house and, getting within a few feet of the victorious rooster, let go. Well-, it was a five-shot- pistol, and the five loads went off at once. Result: dead rooster, and boy with a lame hand and good chance for a thrashing I buried the rooster and put the old pistol back and did not tell the incident until long after, when father laughed about the matter. A. G. Holmes Long Island Ducking* Orient Point, N. Y., Jan. 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: I must state that our gun club of about fifty members, are greatly put out about the spring shooting law.. If it continues as it now is our sportsmen will lose all interest in shooting. We don’t ask for big bags, but small ones and more of them. I have used a gun fifty- five years and I have never had poorer shooting than this «^e were ^old before the present law was passed that “if no shooting was done in the spring, we would have better shooting in the fall.” About all the spring shooting I do is for sheldrakes. We have very few ducks here except trash ducks, and our up-State people, it seems to me, don’t want us to kill even them. Last spring sheldrakes were quite plentiful, but I did not fire my gun nor any one else. Well, this fall I expected sheldrakes galore, but, if you will believe me, I did not kill a single one or have one within range. Altogether I killed just nineteen ducks, one black (or dusky) and balance were coots and old squaws. Our shooters ask, “What’s the use of buying a good gun for the little time we are allowed to shoot? Any old thing will do.” The conditions here are quite different from other portions of the State, and . we are more than willing that our brother sportsmen in other territory should have laws to suit the conditions there; but we feel that they should be just as. willing for us in this little corner of the great world to have our own laws as regards our shooting in this county. We are willing to apply the Golden Rule in the matter and be done by just as we are willing to do FOREST AND STREAM. hrJ?heIi5 Is tHs right- trothei? Just' think of it— oots old squaws and mejfeansers (mostly which we "?aYv ’ comjH red with "canvasbacks, mallards, dusky and redheads which many of you have. We implore you to , ?On\0ct?ber *5 to Aprils 15 with' a small bag 1 mit, and not unlimited numbers as now and a short season- Uncle Dan. Cuteness of a Cat. Editor Forest and Stream: - In this busy life, when our minds are absorbed dur- ing the most of our waking hours with the affairs of the .present, it is well that we can sometimes relax, and read in our good Forest and Stream some of the in- cidents in the lives of the brethren, for it is. nearly sure o remind us of some happening in our own experience, perhaps long forgoten but pleasant to recall. Some yGi?-r 1 a^° ,Pe,ter J°M us of a remarkable shot, which recalled to my mind something which had nearly b5,en i(Yg°tten’ and now he has come forth with one, W*3^11 • urbey an<^ Fox,” which recalls a happening in One evening, about sundown, I was leaving my cabin, and as I was walking along, I heard a fox bark; looking m the direction of. the sound, I saw Old Tom, ' a large yellow cat, belonging to my nearest neighbor, evidently on Ins way over to make a call on me, which he frequently did, and near him was a ’ young red fox, more than half-grown, evidently bent on having ” some fun, which was not relished by Tom. When the cat would stop and turn around facing the fox, it would, stop at a respectful distance, about six or eight feet, sit down and bark, just as a puppy would do, then wnen the cat would start, it would follow as close as it dared, much to the annoyance of the cat. .At last the cat stood and watched it a while, lashing his tail as if angry, then, as if struck .with an idea by which he might get revenge, on his tormentor, he wheeled about quickly, and started “ion in The direction he had been going, on a lively trot, as if he meant to get away from the fox. The fox, of course, started ' alter, cautiously at first, blit as the cat seeuied deter- mined to get away this time and kept going faster, the fox got under good headway and a little reckless, when al at once, without any warning and like a flash, Tom whirled around and jumped right into the face of the before it had time to turn, and oh, how the fur did fly! The poor little fox was fairly paralyze^, and squalled like a. good fellow, and a,s soon as. he got at a good safe distance he sat down and gave vent, to the most’ mournful howls, while Tom went on his .way un- molested. The fox was still sitting in the same spot when I passed out of sight. From where?;I was it just looked as if the cat had deliberately planned his scheme for getting his claws into his tormen.tor. ,ir Emerson Carney. Morgantown, W. Va. Wild Pigeon Flights. Ironton, Ohio .—Editor Forest and Stream: I remem- ber the enormous flight of wild pigeons in 1863. I then lived in Lewis county, Ky. My . father , shot sixty or seventy in three shots with a shotgun, and would kill no more, for he could not use them. He could have killed hundreds as they were feeding on the beech mast and came on like a wave, the birds in the rear flying over and lighting ahead.. That was the last: of the great flight. In 1895 my father-in-law, Mr. George W. Howland, and I were hunting in Carter county, Ky.. on a foggy morn- ing We. were calling turkeys,- and they were answering and coming, so we. could not shoot, anything else. A flock of nine wild pigeons came into "a beech tree within 187 twenty yards of us, and we both distinctly saw and counted them. I was entirely familiar with, or rather knew well what they were, and he was sure that they were the true wild pigeon. He was as good a hunter as one would find in a month, and a close observer. I saw him shoot a drumming grouse the last day of October, 1894* and we often heard them drum during our fall camping trips. He said you could step up On a drum- ming grouse if you were below it on the hill/but could not do so to go down hill ; he invariably got below it if he tried to kill it. James Dupuy. Waterproofing Shoes. Galesburg, N. D., Jan. 31.- — In renewing my subscrip- tion to Forest and Stream, which I have done so many times before, and which I always do with an increased sense of its worth, I beg to send as a sort of “laggniappe” to its readers a wrinkle for waterproofing boots and shoes which I have made use of for years, and which I believe to be simply the best ever. Melt together equal parts of paraffine wax, tallow and harness oil. Apply to the footgear while hot. Have the leather perfectly dry and put on all over liberally with a small brush, blowing it into the crack between the sole and upper. Heat the first two coats before an open fire, then apply the third coat and leave on outside. This dressing does not hurt the leather, is quite durable, and makes the leather about as waterproof as a rubber boot. It is also simple, and the ingredients can be got almost anywhere. When cold it is solid, and can be easily car- ried. In fact, it is hard to beat. J. P. W. The Winter and the Game. Wymore, Neb., Feb. 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: In this part of Nebraska the quail have nearly all starved to death. Just five weeks ago to-day we had our first snow; it fell to a depth of eight to ten inches, and in a day or two, the weather being warm, it settled down to about half that depth, and the colder weather that fol- lowed formed a crust upon it that will almost bear the weight of a. man. Then other snows came, one after another, until we have from fifteen to eighteen inches of snow on the. level. The weather has been unusually cold for this latitude for the past four weeks, the mercury reaching 20 below zero three different times. Farmers that I have talked to tell me that dead quail can be found along all the hedges, and that only now and then a live one can be found near a feed lot or along the railroad, where they can pick up some grain that has fallen from the passing cars. • A._D. McCandless. Cold at Currituck. Currituck, Feb. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: We have just had two weeks of the coldest weather we have had in many years. Our Sound is frozen solid. There are so few open places that all our ducks are suffering severely for want of food and are getting very poor, d he little ruddy ducks must have been warned in a dream to seek sunnier climes, for two days before the storm began they got up high in the air and went south by the thousands. It was a strange sight to see them flying so high, and still stranger that they should know what was coming. I think that every strong, well ruddy duck left Currituck during those two days. There are still many canvasbacks, black ducks, mallards, widgeon, sprigs, and swans and geese left with us. The redheads followed the ruddy soon after the freeze began. I am glad to say the killing has been light. The weather has been so cold that even the natives could not stand it. There, has been little snow, and I think the quail are all right- More Anon. The Old Virginia Chub. During the past summer, while sojourning in the mountains of. southwest Virginia, where one day of the ozone-laden air is a delight, two days a dissipation, and a week an orgie, I began to crave yet further joys. A breath of sea air and a season of sea food came to loom up with aggressive prominence in my list of wish-I-could, and finally led me to seriously consider a run down to the beach. A letter to- my friend the Judge in Norfolk met prompt reply. “Come,” he said, “Come at once. The weather is fine, fishing good, and I am not too busy to enjoy a. little sport with you.” The journey down was without special incident, with the exception of a rather humiliating experience while seeking knowledge from a native, who was a fellow pass- enger from one of the small towns into Norfolk. Having had little opportunity of becoming well acquainted with the goober pea of Georgia, ground pea of Mississippi, and peanut of Virginia, and seeing field after field of what I believed to be that interesting and valuable tuber on each side of the track as we sped over the flat land between Suffolk and Norfolk (which I now know to be given over almost exclusively to that industry), I ac- costed the young, man who had stalked into the sleeper and taken a seat immediately in front of the one I occu- pied, and politely requested that he tell me what was growing in the field we were passing, pointing out to a tract covered with the bright green foliage of the pea- nut. Merely glancing an instant in the direction indi- cated, he then turned and took me in with a deliberate and. comprehensive stare, as though lost in wonder at finding such an ignoramus going about alone, then turn- ing back to the window as we were sweeping by a farm- house garden, and pointing to it, he said : “That is corn, that potatoes, and that (as we passed on to a field like fhq ppe I had inquired about) i§ peanuts.” Anc} while I was debating as to whether I ought to thank him or grab him by the ears and bang -his head against the side of the car, he arose and left. Knowledge is power, whether it is gained from a gilded globe or by the kick of a mule, and I now know peanuts; and I hazard the guess that if my supercilious young teacher had given,, me plenty of time and a sufficient number of guesses that morning, I might possibly have thought up something I knew that he did not.. But this is not fishing, and I further wager that the individual above referred to was no fisherman. Arriving at Norfolk with an accumulated appetite for marine provender, .and in nowise discouraged by my previous experience in seeking knowledge* I asked three benevolent citizens, one after the other, to kindly direct me to the best place.imthe city to get good fish. “W’y, Mistah Jones’) suh,” said the first, a janitor of a building, whom I found at the door. “Dey ain’t no- body here can beat hyn,” followed by directions for find- ing the place. “James Jones, sir, one block up on the other side,” said the next. citizen, a substantial middle-aged man. "Jimmie’s is what: you want, right across the street there. Not much cut. glass, and silver play, but the eat is there all right,” said the third, a young man. With my little'Tnowledge of human nature, I con- cluded that concurrent testimony of so many men of such diversity, of character should be sufficiently con- vincing, so without further imposition on the kindness of benevolent citizens, made straight for Mr. Jones’ much- recommended place. This is not a guide-book article, but justice compels me to say that my three kind inform- ants were men of veracity and good taste. The Judge was at his office to welcome me when I finally left off eating spot and went to look him up, and a right warm welcome he gave me. In a manner that economized time and conserved physical exertion mutually agreeable, he showed me the city. . It was from the top of the new eight-story office building, and something like a birdseye view. The market being well supplied, the first few days were -spent near the base of supplies — i. e., Jas. Jones’ — while I ran about to near-by points of interest. When fortified to an extent that made the idea of one meal without fish endurable, we began to seriously prepare for sport. The sea fishing at Ocean View— as the Judge had pre- dicted did not interest me, being done with hand-lines, and not much, taken except the diminutive, though deli- cate and delicious, spot ; but the marvelous tales of sport to be had in the Reservoir lakes led me to entertain great expectations. These lakes, from which is obtained the city’s water supply, are reached by an excellent suburban trolley line connecting the city and Virginia Beach, and are easy and convenient of access. They are a succession of small reservoirs separated by artificial dams. Deep in what is called the channel and near the dam, but shallow where the water has spread out over the trees and undergrowth of what was formerly the banks of a stream. The one we fished was three or four hundred yards wide at the lower end, and something less than a 'mile in length. The water company charges a small fee for a fishing privilege, and patrols the water, thereby providing at a slight cost an excellent and well stocked fishing preserve accessible to all gentlemen sportsmen. An introduction by a Norfolk citizen, and payment of fee admits yott to membership in this democratic club, and the only by-law Js one quoted to a gentleman in the boat next to ours: “Don’ spit in de watah, if yo’ please, suh.” We arranged one fine morning for our first trip, and called in consultation a specialist in the person of the Judge’s office boy, “Sus-sus-sus-wimp is what you want for bub-bub-bait,” •said the ‘Wf^ 'foid:'ah impediment in his speedy “You let me gug-gug-go early to dinner and I will leak- kak-catch you some and bring them bub-bub-back/' I rather lost confidence in the young man when he had worried himself loose from this information, as fl had always believed that you should follow the cardinal prin- ciple of the Homeopathic school of medicine in selecting bait for fishing — “Similia similibus curanlur ” — and could not subscribe to the heterodox idea of salt-w'ater bait for fresh-water fishing. But even fishing could not be more entertaining than the spectacle of the boy twisting in agony as he gurgled out voluminous extracts from his giteat store of fishing information, while my sympathetic friend, the Judge, wriggled about in a most undignified and futile though praiseworthy effort to aid him in his difficult task; so I not only refrained from exposing the weakness of the boy’s argument, but encouraged and con- tinued it as long as possible. He was a nice boy with good intentions, and we appre- ciated his kindness in catching us the shrimp just as much as though we had fished with them, instead of turn- ing them into the lake as soon as our boatman had pro- vided a bucket of minnows that afternoon. We secured a nice dry boat and the Judge’s favorite boatman, who went out with us despite the fact that he both claimed to be, and certainly looked, ill. “What’s been the matter with you, John?’’ said my benevolent friend, who, though a young man, has all the rough edges and corners rubbed smooth, and is generally beloved. “I’se mos’ly dis weak, suh,” was the response, in the feeble pathos of the suffering African. “I had a fit yis- tiddy, and like to have died.” “Well, I am sorry to hear that, but I’m awfully glad you can go out with us to-day,” said the Judge. I was not. I remembered the Scriptural injunction to rejoice with them that rejoice, but could not apply it in this case. The thought of being out on deep water in a small boat with one hundred and sixty pounds of lusty black man that might at any moment conclude to have another fit, and cause a shipwreck, in nowise inclined me to rejoicing. John and I did not hit it off as well as I like to be the case with all of my sportsmen helpers, and I do not re- gard him as highly as does my good friend; but I am sincerely and deeply grateful to John for the fact that he refrained from having another fit while I was with him. Like all anglers of experience, I was a little in- clined to offer suggestions, and these were not very well received by our boatman, who had decided opinions of his own. “Don’t you think that bit of water over there looks like a good place,” I would say. This suggestion would be received in silence twice out of three times; then John would cease rowing, assume an injured air, and in a querulous tone say: “Well, of co’se I will go there, if you say so, but I talcin’ you now right where / know de fish is.” Then the genial Judge would proceed to act peacemaker, and soon have the . ruffled waters smooth ; but not for long, as but for the fact we were most of the afternoon fully occupied with the sport, it would have taxed the powers of even the gentleman from Virginia to keep the peace between John and me. As we approached the fishing grounds at the upper end of the lake (approved by John), the Judge proceeded to explain the method and the kind of fish we could expect to catch. The fish- ing was best, he said, among the brush and small growth where the water had spread out over what had been undergrowth in the woods, and we would catch “chub, perch, coon perch, pike, and perhaps an eel,” all of which we did. and a little more. The Judge knew before, as well as I did after, seeing these fish that the “chub” was the big-mouth black bass, the “perch” the crappie, and the “coon perch” the yellow perch; but that had been the names given them in the streams that flowed through the red hills of the home of his boyhood in old Chester- field county, and as friends of his youth he could call them by no new names. Talk of the Ethiopian and leopard, transplant or even cremate a Virginian and he is a Virginian still. We finally got down to business, but not until I had left a new leader and three flies hanging to one of the numerous snags which stuck up out of the water, in a vain attempt to fish the water decently and in order as we rowed along. When we finally hove to, in a spot ap- proved by our boatman, the Judge declined politely, but firmly, the offer of my extra rod, and proceeded to attach his line to a tough, springy cane pole he had selected from the rack in the boat house. No reel, no rod, noth- ing scientifically orthodox — just a pole and line. I was shocked, mortified and grieved, but determined to say nothing, trusting to the strength of the object-lesson I would give to convert him. The Judge drew first blood — a lusty crappie, which he deftly lifted out of a nest of snags and dropped into the boat. What a pity, I thought, to waste good sport by dragging such a fish right into the boat, and I hope I may soon have a strike, so that the Judge’s education may begin. My wish was gratified, and the strike vigor- ous. As the submerged forest was much in evidence, I did not give as much line as usual, but struck vigorously and immediately began to reel in. A snag extending out of the water near the end of my line was violently agi- tated for a moment, and then the line came in unresist- ing, and, as later disclosed, minus hook and sinker. ^ “You will have to be a little quicker,” said my friend. “Snap judgment is the best mode of procedure in these waters.” While I repaired damages, the Judge took two more fish, a crappie and a yellow perch. Once more in com- mission, I cast into a bit of clear water and reeled off few yards of line that had become bunched on the reel, intending to rewind it. While so engaged a warning shout from the Judge, followed immediately by a tighten- ing of the line, announced another strike. I tried hard to be quick enough, but got started a little late, and only succeeded in getting good and fast to another bit of sub- merged forest, with the same result as before. Somewhat ruffled in temper, but not discouraged, I repaired damages and prepared to try again. My friend was fish- ing away in a most unscientific, but successful, manner, tearing fish out of the water and slinging them into the boat. Not exceeding thirty seconds was the time he de- moted to a nj fish-front the strike . to boating— though FOREST AND STREAM. some of them were good for half hour of fine sport in open water. Occasionally I- actually believed the Judge struck first, he was so quick; but he surely did catch fish. He was the personification of a man in earnest as he wrestled with the big gamy fellows, sitting with from six to twelve inches of atmosphere between him and the boat seat, as he braced his feet and threw his whole weight aginst the fighting fish, only sinking back on the seat to rest a moment while John rebaited his hook. He was catching quite a variety — crappie, yellow perch and bass — and all running large; the crappie especially averaging larger than any I had ever seen. Made timid by my bad beginning, I fished near the boat for some time without any result, but finally had another strike. This time I was about as much too soon as before I had been late, and missed altogether; but given another chance, I made connection, and that fish must have thought a butcher had him. He was a lusty bass, game from tip to tail, but I can honestly say that he did not gain an inch of line from the time he struck my bait to the time he lit in the boat Instead of the usual methods, I simply jerked, hauled and dragged him aboard. I was tired of pulling snags, and willing to use any method to catch a fish. “That is the way,” said my friend. “You have just got to get these fellows in the boat sans ceremony. They are Indians in their fighting tactics, and will take a tree on you every time. Some of our scientific experts occasion- ally take a fish into open water and kill it decently and in the approved manner; but for the most part we do our fishing here by the old-fashioned method of getting the hook in and the fish out with all possible expedition,” illustrating the fact by snatching a vigorous but helpless 3-pound bass out of a thicket of brush, in a small opening of which he had dropped his bait a moment before. As a disinterested spectator I should have criticised and condemned the methods we used; but as “particeps criminis,” and under spell of my principal's enthusiastic abandon, I fairly reveled in wickedness, and pulled, hauled, dragged and snatched those big game fish into the boat like a small boy catching suckers. I think nothing we caught weighed less than a pound, and the majority of our fish ran from two to four. The climax of the catch was when the Judge, with no more consideration than he had shown the little fellows, tore a six-pound bass out of the water and slammed it into the boat with a thud that all but knocked out the bottom. We kept the bass, crappie and perch, only twenty-three fish, but it took a well man to lift our string. Returning to the landing, we nearly ran down one of the largest moccasin snakes either of us had ever seen. Swimming straight across the lake, it crossed our bow not ten feet in front of the boat, and was first seen by the Judge. The interesting observation which he was indulging remains unfinished to this present time, and one look over the side of the boat in the direction of his fascinated gaze caused me to permanently lose interest in the subject under discussion. The big, ugly reptile was continuing its course with head twisted round to- ward us, and from its mouth was darting the forked tongue, in apparent defiance. “Shall I tackle him, Boss?” was John’s inquiry, as he began to draw in one oar. “No!” almost shouted the Judge. “Don’t you make a motion at him — don’t so much as look cross at him !” “Good thing we didn’t run him down. He would sho’ have come aboard of us if we did,” was the careless ob- servation of our factotum. “He would have found plenty of room,” said my com- panion, with a shudder. “I would have given him my share of the boat if the water had been fifty feet deep and the shore half a mile away,” which remark exactly voiced my sentiments. A strange thing about that snake, noticed by all — and fortunately, as the Judge and I belong to a profession not noted for veracity — was the fact that it rode the water like a duck, its entire body visible from, head to tail. Of the many swimming snakes observed in years of experience on and about the water, they had always swam with the body partially or wholly submerged. With no further narrow escapes we made the landing in time to get our tackle and fish put up for the cool-of- the-evening car to the city. With very pleasant recollections of the trip, fervent gratitude to John for not having a fit; and the snake for not coming aboard, I compare the fishing, as we found it, to a most enjoyable romp. Lewis Hopkins. Lake Champlain Fishing. Of the effort to secure an international agreement re- garding fishing in Lake Champlain, the Burlington Free Press says: “The people of Vermont, and particularly the residents of the Champlain Valley, have a lively interest in the an- nouncement that in the event of the failure of Canada to co-operate in the matter of putting a stop to seine fish- ing in Lake Champlain the Legislature of New York may appeal to President Roosfevelt. The movement against seine fishing began a number of years ago, and, as our readers know, it has been crowned with compara- tively little success. When the committee appointed by Governor Bell recently visited different Canadian authorities in company with a similar body of men from New York it seems that the excuse made by the Canadians was that the policy of the Government of the United States in propagating yellow perch in the lake had been injurious to other fish. A letter was sent to United States Fish Commissioner Bowers, asking if the Federal Commission would stop propagation of yellow perch in the lake. “Commisisoner Bowers, in his reply, says that the yel- low perch were released at Swanton, while the Govern- ment was experimenting with pike perch or wall-eyed pike. It was explained that the National Commission re- ceives requests from many parts of the country for yel- low perch, and that these fish are propagated at the Swanton hatchery to meet these requests. He saw no reason for releasing further fish in Lake Champlain. “With the argument in question disposed of, the Ver- mont and New York Commissioners will renew their efforts to secure the co-operation of the Canadian authorities in suppressing seining in Lake Champlain, r 18, 1905. The Canadians have taken many tons of fish from Mis- sisqtioi Bay every year, and the result is that Vermont sportsmen who try to fish in the lake with hook and line have very little success during the open season for dif- ferent kinds of fish. Residents of the New York shore have a similar interest in the movement. It is announced that some of the authorities are in favor of taking strong measures if the Dominion Government refuses to act, but the commissioners deprecate any strong talk of this character. “The explanation is made that the question in Canada is a political one, and tjiat officials hesitate to take any action which might affect the votes of fishermen living- on Missisquoi Bay, or in that vicinity. People in this vicinity know how some of the residents on the Vermont shore of the lake have sought to influence votes on seine fishing, and it is hardly strange that our Canadian neigh- bors, who have everything to gain and nothing to lose from seining, should seek to make their political influence felt in a similar way.” It is to be hoped that Canada’s public men, despite the political influence brought against it, will see their way clear to entering into such a convention. They cannot but admit the justice of the contention put forth by the States of New York and Vermont. Their sense of fairness will tell them it is not right that the commercial instincts of a few fishermen on Mis- sisquoi Bay should be allowed to interfere with the larger interests of the section in which the great body of the lake is located. At any rate, let us hope that they will look at it in this light. Mr. Chambers on Sea Trout. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of December 24, Mr. Chambers takes The Old Angler to task for making gratuitous assumptions and drawing erroneous conclusions, and strenuously asserts that there is nothing in the context of his letter to lead the reader to conclude that last summer was the only time he had studied the “sea trout.” Let us see about this. That part of his letter dealing with sea trout opens in these words: “During the last summer I was fortunate enough to enjoy opportunities for the study of the sea run trout of the Saguenay and some of its tributaries.” Then follows over a column of matter taken bodily from the writings of the late M. H. Perley, Frank Forrester, Charles Hallock, Thad. Norris and others, with all their errors of description and classification into a distinct species under the various names of Trutta marina, Salmo trutta, or Salmo immaculatus, according to the ignorance of the writers whose matter he appropriated and whose opinions he apparently indorsed ; but not another word throughout the whole letter to indicate that he had made any previous study of the fish. The Old Angler submits that any reader unacquainted with Mr. C.’s later explanations must come to the same conclusion he did without imagining or assuming any- thing, and without the slightest wish to misrepresent. Had Mr. C. been writing of Europe or New Y'ork, and had he adopted bodily, without a hint at quotation, the erroneous descriptions of writers more ignorant than himself, the irresistible inference would be that he had not been there, and that he did not write from his own observations. But the excellence of his matter on sub- jects he fully understands would preclude any possible inference that he had never been to school. Mr. Chambers quotes with admiration from our friend Charles Hallock, who has given up his first contention as to species, and even his subsequent opinion as to variety, and has settled down into what he calls, with Mr. C.’s emphatic approval, “the marine and fluvial types.” To those of your readers who have followed the discussion, this must be very amusing. Mr. Hallock first sought the aid of Mr. Gregory, of Quebec, and Mr. Manuel, of Ottawa, who agreed with him that this “type” was a true sea fish that came into the rivers to feed upon salmon ova ! When the present writer showed the crass ignorance his friends displayed, Mr. Hallock invoked the assistance of Prof. D. Starr Jordan, who, consenting to “arbitrate,” pronounced, ex-cathedra, that the only difference between the brook trout and the sea trout was that the latter was brought up and fed in the sea, and he volunteered the following sapient opinion : “Presumably the young of any brook trout hatched out in the sea and fed in the sea would be the same.” Whether Mr. H. considered that this dictum of the lead- ing ichthyologist in the United States strengthened either of his contentions, The Old Angler is not advised; but the fact disclosed by Mr. Chambers that he has dropped both species and variety and taken his stand on type, would seem to indicate that he was not quite satisfied with the arbitrator’s award, and was not so grateful as, in your opinion, we all ought to be for the condescension. Authorities competent to give an opinion now agree that the species is Salmo fontinalis and the variety brook trout. Where does the “type” come in? How will Mr. Hallock or Mr. Chambers, who considers the term so happy, distinguish between “types” that have no constant characteristics? How far up river does the “marine trout” change into the “fluvial trout,” or how far down river does the fluvial type change into the marine type? Unless there are some permanent characteristics to dis- tinguish one individual from another, how are we to de- cide on the “type?” When all the characteristics that make a marine trout in one part of a river are changed into those that make it a fluvial trout in another part of the same river, what mere logamachy is all this pseudo- science with which these savants are bewildering them- selves ! As the outcome of the discussion in your columns, the writer is gratified to know that both Mr. Hallock and Mr. Chambers are now agreed that when Salmo fontinalis is caught in salt water he is a sea trout; but when taken in fresh water he is a brook trout, which has been all along the contention of The Old Angler. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub . Co., New YorJfj fo receive attention, Wf hw?P no other office. Feb, 18, 1905- 3 " FOREST AND STREAM. , 189 Ault’s Landing. “Let’s go down to Ault’s.” What fond memories the mention of this river landing brings to mind. When I was a youngster and lived in Leesburg I was a member of the gang that used to fre- quent this point on the Potomac. Who of us boys could ever forget the happy days spent down there, the roaring great big fires we used to make in the spring of the year when suckers were running ? How we used to roll the big broad scales (that is, if we were lucky enough to catch them) up in clay and cook them in the ashes— the finest way in the world to cook a fish. In those days_ we kids didn’t know a bass from a sucker ; but I believe since then some of us have found out the difference. Ault's Landing has always been a favorite place for Lees- burg fishermen. It is the closest point on the river, and furnishes excellent bass fishing. I believe I am the only one of the old crowd who now visits the place. Some have lost their fondness for the sport, while others are scattered over the country, probably too far away to come back to the scenes of their early exploits. Last Fourth of July found me wading the riffles below Ault’s again. I could feel the same old familiar rocks under my feet, see the same boulders around which I had cast in former years, and could almost imagine I could feel the tugging of the beauties I used to catch along here. Going on down to Red Rock, I ran across my old fisherman friend, Uncle Ben Adams, who, it would be no exaggeration to say, has fished every foot of water from White’s Ferry to several miles below Red Rock. As usual, he had a nice bunch tied nearby. “Boy,” he said, “I am glad to see you. I look for you every year, for I know you will come. I believe you love the place for the days you spent here when a kid. I can remember the days very distinctly when you kids used to come down here. If I was on the river on Sat- urdays, I’d generally look toward Ault’s, and if it was smoky in the trees I’d know you were there, and if I was near enough would always come by to warm up.” The old man was in reminiscent mood, and talked for some time of the big ones he had caught since he saw me last. I left him sitting there puffing away at his pipe. He is too old now to go it wading, and has to be satisfied with bank and boat fishing; but he has seen the day when he could wade with the best of them. Taking a boat I crossed over to the Maryland side and went up the canal. I remember how I used to hate the sight of the mules along here, for when I saw them coming I knew I had to take all lines up and myself, too, to let the towline pass. The old boats along here never change. They look just the same now as they did fifteen years ago, and the people on them look the same, too. On this particular day I was in search of an old ware- house that used to stand along the canal some distance up, where we used to fish for carp. There was a sort of wharf attached to the house, and in loading the boats some little grain would fall into the water, making a feeding place for the fish. There was always something queer about the fish here. They would bite right along until you had caught several and then stop, and you might as well move on to another place, for the time be- ing, any way, for it seemed as if they missed their com- rades and got wise. I found the place, and, as usual, caught several, when they stopped biting. I had for- gotten about the peculiarities of the fish here, and when they stopped biting I suddenly remembered this fact. Having a right good string of bass and several of those peculiar carp, I took the boat and pulled for the other shore. I had spent a most pleasant day roaming around over places so familiar and which recalled such pleasant recollections. Reaching the Virginia side I tied the boat and sat down awhile to rest. I was soon day-dreaming of past events, and it was not until the setting sun in all its golden splendor was sinking behind the western hills tint I wended my way across the fields home. One of the Kids. Mountain Herring of Fremont Lake. The low water at the outlet of Fremont Lake where it passes into Pine Creek, is now. alive with a little fish commonly known as the mountain herring, which have come up to spawn. The outlet presents a most scenic appearance at this time. The water is open here the yeai around, and the outlet where the fish are spawning is rocky and full of boulders forming a beautiful rapids. The fish seek the many pools and are so thick at times as to force one another high and dry out of the water. The sight is a beautiful one. The fish are never seen ex- cept during the spawning season. The lake has fathom- less depths in places, and it is presumed that the fish only come up out of the deep water to spawn. They are pom six to ten inches long, speckled, and with scales, with a mouth like a herring. . , . , T The traits of the fish were first discovered by the In- dians years ago, and they would face the terrors of any storm in order to get here by January IS and make camp, waiting for the fish to arrive. The outlet of the lake is a very narrow channel, which they would rock up ex- cept for a small opening for the fish to pass through, lhe water below trickled through the rocks, and the only way for passage below was to jump the rapids. Very would escape from the trap, when once it was closed. A line would be formed across the rapids with clubs, and as soon as the outlet had been closed they would advance, driving the fish into the higher water where. the nets had been set. They would sometimes get as high as a ton at one drive. This was their only chance for fish supply, and each catch would be frozen and packed back to the rendezvous. Tn spite of the fact that hundreds of thous- ands of the fish were taken out each year, the supply never seemed fo decrease. . _ . This iake is also well stocked with the finest of trout- three species having been found — but they do not spawn until later.— Pinedale (Wyo.) Roundup, January 19. An Old Man's Device. When a man is growing old and his eyesight begins to fail, his ardor for fishing does not diminish, nor does he -lose interest in the sport because it becomes more difficult for him to indulge in. For several years I have found difficulty in threading the line through the ring, or snake guides on my light rods, and a study of this phase of the trouble, which comes to us from failing eyesight, led me to devise a guide which would enable me to line-up the rod without the use of my glasses. I made a number of rod guides of sheet-metal and of bent wire, all of one general design, which was to enable me to thread the line upon the rod without pushing the elusive end through ring after ring. Last month I took my lightest split-bamboo (a six- ounce special of the late C. F. Murphy’s make) to his son, Joseph, in Newark, and, showing him one of the guides of this design, asked him to make a full set of them as light and stiff as possible and remount the rod. He returned the rod last week fully equipped with the “blind man’s guides” and rewrapped and varnished. I have since tried it on the snow-covered fields and have had no trouble with the guides. It is scarcely necessary to explain that the line is laid into one of these guides crosswise and then pulled straight. The ends of the spiral approach the wrapping so closely that there is just room to snap the line in and out. The spirals are made of hard German silver wire fastened to the plates with medium hard solder. There is no patent on this device, and if any one should ask for one he would probably be told by the intelligent examiners that he could not have it because somebody once made a harness terret or a piece of ship hardware upon the same plan. The smallest guide on my rod will just take a parlor match through it, and the lower spiral on the butt is three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter and made of No. 18 wire. The whole appearence of these mount- ings is neat, and I find the “loop the loop” guides far more convenient than the rings and keepers which Joe Murphy removed. Harrimac. Fly and Cast Box. In England the G. H. H. fly-box is well known and popular. It has recently been improved, however, in a way which makes it still more useful. The new box has ten fly divisions, a cast holder, and a compartment for gut points. The lids of the fly divisions are fitted with ingenious hinges, which spring the lid up on easing the metal clips, which are easily manipulated. This is a decided advantage in cold weather and in many other respects. A special feature of the new springs is their simplicity. The steels may be re- placed at small cost and little trouble by the user. It would be a decided improvement if the box. were made of aluminium in place of tin, as the latter is so heavy in comparison. The box costs ns. od., ana may be obtained from Messrs. Carter & Co., Ltd., 137 St. John- street-road, London, E. C., or any dealer m the United States will order it. The Ohio Fish Laws. granted, for the very obvious reason that they simply form loopholes through which the law may be violated with impunity. JAy Beebe, Toledo, O,, Jan. 17. Game Legislation at Albany. Bills amending the fish and game law not already noted have been introduced as follows: By Senator Prime (Int. No 98) and Assemblyman Plank (Int. No. 158), appropriating $2,140 for continuing the restocking of the Adirondack region with wild moose. By Assemblyman Hanford (Int. No. 168), amending Section 23a so as to provide that woodcock shall not he taken in the. counties of Greene and Tioga from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30, both inclusive. Also amending Section 26 so as to provide that grouse shall not be taken in the counties of Sullivan, Greene and Tioga from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Hanford (Int. 164) amending Section 40 so as to provide that trout less than 7 inches in length shall not be taken or possessed. The present law makes the length 0 inches. By Assemblyman Peeve (Int. No. 161), amending Section 16 so as to fix a penalty of $50 for each black bear taken or possessed in violation of Section 11a, and imposing a fine of $-5 on any person failing to file a report with the State Forest, Fish and and Game Commission of the killing or taking of a wild black bear, under the provisions of Section 11a. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 115), amending Section 39 as regards penalties so as to make the section apply to any person buying or selling any game in violation of the law. ... Assemblyman Foelker (Int. No. 110), making it unlawful for any person not a bona fide resident of this State and actually domiciled therein to hunt, take or kill any deer at any time with- out first having procured a license from the. State r orest, risn and Game Commission, at a cost of $25. A violation of the act is to be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1™* Senator Burr (Int. No. 65) and Assemblyman Hobbs (Int. No. 113), amending Section 113 so as to provide that ducks, geese and swan shall not be taken from April 16 to Sept. 30, both inclusive,, instead of from Jan. 1, and that they shall not be possessed from April 16 to Sept. 30, both inclusive, instead of from April lb. Senator Elsberg (Int. No. 76), amending Section 170 so as to provide that the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission shall appoint a special assistant oyster protector, a resident of the Borough of Manhattan, at an annual salary of $600. His field of operations shall be confined to the Borough of Manhattan. _ By Assemblyman A. P. Smith (Int. No. 139), amending Sec- tion 43b so as to provide that trout shall not be sold, exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of selling, from Sept. X to April 21, in any year. „ _ , By Assemblyman A. P. Smith (Int. No. 137) adding a new sec- tion, to be known as Section 28a. and providing that woodcock and grouse shall not be sold, exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of selling, from Dec. 6 to Sept. 21, in any year. . By Assemblyman A. P. Smith (Int. No. 138), amending Section 28. so as to provide that quail shall not be sold or possessed during the close season, except in the month of December, and possession and sale thereof during December shall be presumptive evidence that they were unlawfully taken by the possessor. By Senator Drescher (Int. No. 82), adding a new section, to be known as Section 180, and providing that three additional game prelectors and one additional assistant chief protector snail be appointed. They shall be assigned to enforce the law for the protection of fish in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. lhe salary of the assistant chief protector shall be $1,200 a year, with $750 for traveling and other necessary incidental expenses, and the salaries of the additional game protectors shall be $1,000 each a year. ,, . . . Albany, Feb. ll.—Fish and game matters were rather quiet in the Legislature the past week. A bill introduced by Senator Armstrong, Int. No. 316, adding Article 5v.IV. to the fish and game law, providing for licensing non-resident sportsmen, at- tracted considerable attention. It requires non-residents who wish to hunt in this State to secure licenses from the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, approved by the Secretary of State, lhe bill further provides that resident sportsmen must obtain licenses frTheCSenafe hTpassed the bill of Assemblyman Cobb (Int. No. 142) amending Section 48 so as to prov.de that muskallonge less than 24 inches in length shall not be possessed, and if taken shall, without inj‘ury, be immediately returned to the water where taken. The Assembly has passed these bills: Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No 278), relative to the close sea- son for squirrels, grouse and woodcock, and quail in Chautauqua C°Assernblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 249) providing for the use of nets with 1%-inch meshes in Brie county. . . Assemblyman Beebe’s (Int. No. 223 , relative to taking geese, ducks, brant and swan in the county of Monroe. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the bill of As semblymfn Reeve. (Int. No. 305), relative to the protection of l?nd turtles and wild black bears. . . , . The following bills have been introduced in the Assembly: By Assemblyman F. C. Wood (Int. No 427k fen-eS in 13 so as to allow the hunting of hares and rabbits with ferrets in FbY Assemblyman F. C. Wood (Int. No. 428), amending Sectjon 172 so as to permit the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission to increase from $2,500 to $3,000 the annual salary of any chief game protector who has served as. ^ch for twelve contmuous years. It also provides for increasing from $1,200 to $1,400 the annual compensation of the assistant chief protectors By Assemblyman West (Int. No.. 469) amending Segon CTw TS tn nrohibit the placing of carp in the waters of Keuka Hake fn the counties of Steuben and Yates, or in any waters inhabited Hi? sms St gter&'sszsi S„Sy“.,CtL’£e #7 Sf .7 Schenec- so as to make the close season for woodcock in Sullivan county “nSSi. Committee °* Editor forest and Stream: . . . A very important case tending to sustain the existing fish laws of this State was decided a few days ago by the Ohio Supreme Court. This was the case of Ohio vs. John T. French, and the decision goes to uphold the constitutionality of a law passed in April, 1898, under which a game warden is given authority to destroy on the spot nets and other fishing apparatus taken in illegal use. Warden David Sutton, of Ottawa county, captured and destroyed certain nets which were being used by John French in violation of the laws, whereupon French brought suit for the nets so destroyed, and obtained a judgment in the lower court. The Supreme Court ruled that the State Warden may destroy nets illegally used without ceremony, and that the State is not liable to the owners for damages. . . . , , , . The present Ohio fish laws forbid the taking of black bass by any other method than hook and line, Rnd make the minimum limit of fish so taken ten inches. I his very wise restriction has been very generally ignored about Toledo till late this fall, when a Lucas county warden arrested two well-known amateur fishermen with the “goods” in their possession. The statutory penalty is $?5 f0l- each offense, but it is understood that the culprits were allowed to plead guilty to a single fish. 'Lhe Hw prohibits the drawing of semes in the Maumee River above the head of the Maumee Bay, but allows seinino- for carp under permits granted bj the fish and game warden of the -county, that official has just an- p cm per cl that hereafter ihoic ihh Ii permits will bo New York Casting Tournament, dison Square Garden, Feb. 21 to March 9, Inclusive .urnament Committee: Harold .G- g^B^Lawrence, Hilton nwright. Chancellor G. Eevison, KODeri smith, Harold De Raasloff. Ha# T AbercroJ* ^ Smlth. -neG meTwIll KaSp«k NlthaJnier S. Smith T Elmer 5. Ur. 1 eteL:> c ... T Amen Weir, L. Bougie. Robert Let- en James D. Sm Ui, L timber, Harrv L. Cadmus, Geo. B. 2s Vd Cloves. Tohn E. Bullwinkel, Theo. A. Knapp. James §w?S$ ««« 1 «*uii ;, silver medal, and third prize, bronze medal. 5ENERAL RULES GOVERNING ALL CONTESTS, ,le 1. — All contests shall be governed by two judges and & Tn case 0f disagreement the referee shall decide. 1 9 Tsin nnp shall be permitted to enter any contest, except lif'^nnen to all” who has ever taught casting for pay; :d lfor aP living, been a guide, or who has been engaged ia m* the manufacture or sale of fishing tackle9 . . m ile 3.— All persons competing shall pay an entrance fee of $1 qgC4 —The"" order in which the contestants shall cast 1 shall I be ‘mined by the judges.. The contestants must be ready to cast tleCll— Th^°leadert^indUflyeSor lure in each contest must be -t at the time of record by the judges, and the length an 32 SAXkSire’„,,,bY.irbrf™d, by .h, M*. «« accurately rmine the point at which the fly or lure falls. ,le 7— Contests shall- be called promptly at o.30 r, M. and ife gY-After the contestant has taken his place on the stand. h is a. platform not more than 18 niches above the surface °t 140 FOREST AND STREAM. [F£b. 18, 1905. the water, his time shall be counted from the moment he says Ready,., and the first cast thereafter shall count. The longest cast during the five minutes succeeding the word “Ready” shall be taken as his record for distance. j 9,’77?'I\e rot? must be held in one hand, and no rod shall exceed 11% feet in length, excepting when otherwise specified. Ihe line must not be weighted. r>U]e }!' JIle Earb and point must be removed from all hooks. iU\ i?'7T .out fl'es °n hooks no smaller than No. 12 (old scale; shall be used unless otherwise specified. Leaders, which must be of single gut, shall not exceed the length of the rod by m°re than 2 feet, unless otherwise specified. Rule 12. -Time will be allowed, in case of accident, to make rePairs at the discretion of the judges. ,. e ^le switch style of casting will not be allowed, except ln the class so devoted to that method. Rule 14. All difficulties or disputes, arising and not provided tor in these rules or the rules governing each contest, shall be relerred to the judges, whose decision shall be final. tvule 15. When . the method of casting to be employed is specified in the rules governing an event, no other style than that , designated will be allowed. Rule 16.— In all events where the weight of the rod is limited, an allowance of three-quarters of an ounce shall be fnade for the solid metal reel seat, and three-quarters of an ounce for an in- dependent handle, providing such handle and butt joint of the r°d> ar6 eac(h made with the usual metal ferrule and the rod, exclusive of the handle, is made in three pieces joined by metal ferrules. Rule 17. Whenever a, contest combines both distance and ac- curacy, the competition for accuracy shall precede that for dis- tance. Rule 18. The standard for hooks is that of Harrison’s sproat, regular size, old scale. Opening Event. TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 8:30 P. M. Grilse or Salmon Fly-Casting for Distance Only.— Open to all. Rods must not exceed 14 feet in length. Fly to be furnished by the committee. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 3:30 P. M. Event 1. Single-Handed Bait-Casting Contest, Distance Only. — Open to all, excepting those who have cast more than 100 feet in any similar contest. Five casts shall be made overhead with half-ounce rubber frog to be furnished by the committee. The longest cast to count. Each contestant may make not more than three trial casts before casting to score. No limit to weight of rod or line, but cast must be made from free running reel. Should the frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank, the cast shall count, but will not be scored. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 5:30 P. M. Event. No. 2. Trout Fly-Casting for Distance Only. — Open to youths not over twenty years of age. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 3. Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — . Open only to those who have never cast more than 60 feet in single-hand, club or tournament contest. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 4. Switch Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — Open to all, excepting those who have cast more than 75 feet in any similar club or tournament contest. An obstacle will be placed 15 feet back of the contestant. Weight of rod and * length of leader unrestricted. . FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 5. Black Bass Fly-Casting Contest; Distance Only to Count. — A fly on No. 4 hook to be used. These will be fur- nished by the committee. Open only to those who have never cast more than 75 feet in any similar contest in either club or open tournament. Weight of rod and length of leaders un- restricted. FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 6. Light Trout Fly-Rod Contest for Distance Only. — Rod must not weigh more than 5 ounces. For allowances see Rule 16. Open only to those who have never cast more than 60 feet in any similar contest in either club or open tournament with a rod of five ounces or less. SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 7. Single-Handed Bait-Casting Contest for Distance and Accuracy. — Open to all, excepting those who have cast more than 100 feet with a quarter-ounce lure in either club or open . tournament. Fiye casts shall be made for distance with a quar- ter-ounce rubber frog, to be furnished by the committee. Ten casts shall be made for accuracy, five at each of two buoys 60 and ■ 70 feet distance from casting point. These casts to be made with quarter-ounce rubber frog, and for each foot or fraction of a foot that the frog fjtlls from the buoy cast at, a demerit of one shall be counted, the sum total of such demerits, divided by 10, shall be considered the demerit . per cent. The demerit per cent, deducted from 100 shall be the accuracy per cent. For distance five casts shall be made, and the average, added to the percentage of accuracy, shall constitute the score. Highest wins. No limit as to rod, line or method of casting, but all casts must be made from a free-running reel. Should frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank, the cast shall count, but will not be scored. Two trial casts for distance and one trial cast at each buoy may be made by each contestant before casting to score. SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 8:30 P. M. n^VentnN°' ^•tch Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance ° iy-'T jpenA to ?1L Weight of rod and length of leader un- restricted. An obstacle will be placed 15 feet back of the con- testant. MONDAY, FEB. 27, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 9. Light Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Uniy.— Rod must not weigh more than 5 ounces. For allowances J Open only to those who have never cast more than . Jee^ in any; similar contest in either club or open tournament with a rod weighing 5 ounces or less. MONDAY, FEB. 27, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 10. Light Rod Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Dis- tance Only.— Rod must not weigh more than 4 ounces. For allowances see Rule -16. Open only to those who have never cast more than 75 feet in any similar club or open tournament contest stricted welghmg 4 ounces or less. Length of leader unre- TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 3:30 P. M. Event No 11. Trout Fly-Casting Contest.— Forward obstacle. Distance only. Open to all. A horizontal bar or tape supported by two upright posts, one on each side of the tank, under which the cast must be made, will be placed in front of the contestant at a distance of 30 feet, and 6 feet above the water level. Dis- tance between Ihe posts within which the casts must be made restricted ^ 1S teet’ Weight of rod and length of leader un- TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 12. Black Bass Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Unly.— Open to all, excepting those who have cast 85 feet in any Slmilac contest m either club or open tournament. A fly on JNo. 4 hook to be used, to be furnished by the committee. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 3:30 P. M. nEve”J No’ 13- Bait-Casting Contest; Distance Only.— Open to all. Greenwood Lake style,” with half ounce rubber frog, to be furnished by the Committee. No limit to rod or line or reel but cast must net be made from the reel. The longest cast for- ward made within the five minutes succeeding the time the con- ann.0.unce “Ready,” to count. Unless the frog falls within the side boundaries of the tank the cast shall not score. Prog must touch the water on the back cast and be raised there- from for each forward cast. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 14. Single-PIanded Bait-Casting Contest; Distance (July. Open to all. Five casts shall be made overhead with half ounce rubber frog to be furnished by the committee. The longest cast, to count. Each contestant may make not more than three tiial casts before casting to score. No limit to weight of rod or hue, but cast must be made from free-running reel. Should the frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank the cast shall count, but will not be scored. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 15. Trout Fly-Casting for Accuracy Only. — Open to all No restrictions as to weight of rod and line. The contest is to be conducted as follows: When the contestant has taken his place on the platform and has said “Ready,” he shall begin to cast at a buoy, and after saying “Count,” or after having made five casts, the subsequent five shall be noted for record. The buoy shall be placed against the side of the tank and 30 feet from contestant under an overhanging bush, which shall extend 3 feet over and be 3 feet above the water. The score shall be kept as follows: The buoy at which the casts are made is a semi-circular disk, b feet in diameter. It is level with the surface of the water and marked by concentric circles 6 inches apart. The fly landing in the cen- ter counts 10; in the next space, 9; in the next space, 8; and so on down to 5. The highest score wins the contest. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 16. Light Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance })n-iy.— Rod must not weigh more than 4 ounces. See Rule 16 U a o!wance-s' Open to all, excepting those who have cast more than 80 feet m any similar club or tournament contest with a rod weighing 4 ounces or less. Length of leader unrestricted. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 17. Single-Handed Bait-Casting Contest for Dis- tance and Accuracy with Quarter-Ounce Rubber Frog.— Open to ah- Five casts shall be made for distance with a quarter-ounce rubber frog to be furnished by the committee. Ten casts shall be made for accuracy— five at each of two buoys 60 and 70 feet distant from casting point. These casts to be made with quarter-ounce rubber frog, and for each foot or fraction of a foot that the frog falls from the buoy cast at, a demerit of 1 shall be counted. The sum total of such demerits divided by 10, shall be considered the demerit per cent. The demerit per cent, deducted from 100 shall be the ac- curacy per cent. For distance five casts shall be made, and the average, added to the percentage of accuracy, shall constitute the score. High- est wins. No restrictions as to rod, line, reel or method of casting, pro- vided that all casts are made from the reel. Should frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank, the cast shall count, but shall not be scored. Two trial casts for distance and one trial cast at each buoy may be made by each contestant before casting to score. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 18. Light Rod Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Dis- tance Only. — Open to all. Rod must not weigh more than 4 ounces. For allowances see Rule 16. Length of leader unre- stricted. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 3:30 P. M. No. 19. Dry Fly-Casting for Accuracy.— Open to all. the flies to be used in this event will be furnished by the com- mittee. At buoys 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 feet. 1 he contestant shall start taking aim at the first buoy, by making a reasonable number of false or preparatory casts in the air, and when the distance is determined, shall allow the fly to iall on the water as near as possible to the center of the first buoy. Ihe fly must be permitted to remain floating on the water for a few seconds, and . then be retrieved as delicately as possible and the next buoy aimed at in a similar manner, and unrtlJi ^ve. casts have been made. One at each buoy. If ny falls within one foot of buoy cast at, accuracy shall be considered perfect. For each foot or fraction of a foot in excess of one foot from such a buoy, a demerit of one shall be counted, and for each time the fly fails to float while on the water, a demerit of one shall also be counted. The sum total of such aements, divided by 5, shall be considered the demerit per cent, the demerit per cent., deducted from 100, shall be the accuracy pei cent. Should the fly be whipped off, time will be allowed to attach a new one. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 20. Trout Fly-Casting Contest.— Right and left-hand event. Distance only. Weight of rod and length of leader un- restricted. Open to all. The contestant is allowed six minutes for two alternate trials °* °ne and a half minutes’ duration to cast with each hand. I he longest cast made during each one and a half minute term shall be counted, and the average of these four casts shall be the score. Highest wins. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 21. Trout Fly-Casting Contest. — For accuracy only. Open to all. Distance at buoys, 40, 45 and 50 feet. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. There shall be five casts at each buoy. If the fly. falls within one foot of the buoy cast at the cast shall be considered perfect; for each foot or fraction of a foot m excess of one foot from such a buoy a demerit of one shall be counted. The sum total of such demerits divided by 15 shall be considered the demerit per cent. The demerit per cent, deducted from 100 shall be the accuracy per cent., and the highest score wins. Should the fly be whipped off, time will be allowed to replace it, and one minute allowed to extend line to buoy then to be cast at MONDAY, MARCH 6,- 8:30 P. M. Event No. 22. Light Trout Fly-Rod Contest. — Distance only. Open to all. Rod must not weigh more than 5 ounces. For allowances see Rule 16. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 23. Single-Handed Bait-Casting Contest for Dis- tance and Accuracy.— Open to all. Five casts shall be made for distance with half-ounce rubber frog to be furnished by the committee. Ten casts shall be made for accuracy — five at each of two buoys, 60 and SO feet distant from casting point. Ihese casts to be made with half-ounce rubber frog, and for each foot or fraction of a foot that the frog falls from the buoy cast at, a demerit of one shall be counted. The sum total of such demerits, divided by 10, shall be considered the demerit per cent. The demerit per cent., deducted from 100, shall be the accuracy per cent. For distance five casts shall be made, and the average, added to the percentage of accuracy, shall constitute the score. High- est wins. No restrictions to rod, line or method of casting, but all casts must be made from a free-running reel. Should frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank, the cast shall count, but will not be scored for distance, but will be scored for accuracy. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 24. Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — VV eight of rod and length of leader unrestricted, excepting those who have cast over 90 feet in any club or tournament events. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 25. Single-Handed Bait-Casting Contest for Dis- tance Only.— Open to all. Five casts shall be made overhead for distance with a quarter-ounce rubber frog to be furnished by the committee. Each contestant may make not more than three trial casts before casting to score. No limit to weight of rod or line, but cast must be made from free-running reel. Should the frog fall outside the side boundaries of the tank, the cast shall count, but will not be scored. Longest cast to count. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 26. Single-Handed Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — Open to all, excepting to those who have cast over 100 feet in any club or tournament event. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 3:30 P. M. Event No. 27. Black Bass Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — Open to all. A fly on a 0.4 hook to be used; these to be furnished by the committee. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 8:30 P. M. Event No. 28. Single-Handed Trout Fly-Casting Contest for Distance Only. — Open to all. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. An “ Escapade.” Log of the Yawl Escape. BY GEORGE MATTHEWS, t Continued from page 121. ) July 19. — Fog in all directions, but clear in our ; particular neighborhood. Spent a lazy, happy day rambling over the islands, digging clams and catching flounders and skates. Cabin boy took some photos. As provisions are running low and this is a wild and townless coast, we economized by having fried soft clams for lunch — a very attractive kind of economy. We shall hate to leave this wild, beautiful place, with its mysterious wooded islands and its quiet, deserted stretches of mist-covered waters. Toward evening we caught a gigantic skate, which must have weighed twenty pounds. Muggins and solitaire after dinner. Discussion on ship’s bells terminated by the old man’s wanting to know what “two bells” at a watering place meant. He said the answer was “trouble,” so his bells must be spelled with an e. July 20. — The sun and fog had a short struggle this morning, but the sun came out victorious, and at 10 o’clock Escape was got under way. The wind was very, light and.from all directions. After a little care- ful navigation, we got safely clear of the cluster of islands and. stood over to Casco Passage. It soon breezed up from . the N. W. and sped us along until we had Bass Head abeam, and there it began to blow bard, so that we had all we could do to carry full sail. Beat up to Southwest Harbor in the teeth of half a gale, lugging sail and lee rail under. Anchored at 4:15 P. M., and sent Emil ashore to get ice and fresh meat. 6:30 P. M. — Dinner served and greatly enjoyed — then solitaire and muggins, followed by music from the phonograph. We are now in the shadow of the mountains of THE OTD MAN AFTER FOUR DAYS OF FOG. Mount Desert, and the most handsome coast on this side of the Atlantic is before us. In anchoring, we have to allow for nearly three fathoms of rise and fall of tide; but the shores are so bold in this part of the world that low water leaves no unsightly bank. July 21. — Southwest Harbor, 8 A. M. First mate on deck for his usual morning dip (out of the bucket) — reports a beautiful day, with the wind S. W. Tackled breakfast in leisurely fashion, and got under way about 11 o’clock. At 11:15, Bear Island Light abeam, and wind freshening rapidly. Hove to and turned in a double reef. Enjoyed a fine sail around to Bar Harbor, where we dropped anchor at 1:30 P. M. The cloud effects and the light and shadow on the mountains were very fine; and the cliffs and surf- trimmed mountain slopes called forth the usual com- parisons with the more peaceful beauties of Long Island Sound. While nearing the harbor, sailing close under the shadow of the mountains, a vicious squall struck us butt end first, and Captain had just time to remark, “this is regular Bar Harbor style,” when snap went the hook at the tack of the jib, and, after a scramble, that sail was stowed (Escape’s jib is set flying). After lunch we admired the fine appearance and capital sailing of several of the Herreshoff one-design 3 1 ft. class, especially Curlew. Went ashore for mail and grub. Immense quantity of the former wait- ing for us, but, alas! a box of fancy cigars (Romeos), which we learned had been mailed to us, could not be found. A grand steak for dinner. So, safely and pleasantly, Feb. 18, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 141 we have reached our “farthest east,” twenty-seven days from New Rochelle. July 22.— Bar Harbor. A beautiful day. Captain, mate, cabin boy off to climb Green Mountain, some 1,500 and odd feet high. We went up by the Gorge path, an artificial stairway built by some enterprising inhabi- tants from the rocks of a mountain brook running through, or rather down, a most beautiful glen or gorge. It was a difficult and laborious climb, but well worth the effort. It took a little over two hours to make the ascent, and we were rewarded with a most magnificent view over all the surrounding maze of land and water. “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink, neither beer. The rapidity of the climb told severely on the wind of the husky but ponderous mate, while the cabin boy never turned a hair. The old man, somewhat used up, was still game. All hands dry and almost famished, so we lost no time in taking the home trail by way of the long and dusty track, called the road, and reached Escape, well tired out by 2 o’clock. July 23.— Bar Harbor. A threatening morning. Put in our time usefully by taking the closet apart and in- serting a washer, making a very creditable plumbing job. Mr. Colson arrived on the steamer from Port- land at 2 P. M., to take the place of mate Struthers, whose vacation is about to expire. Welcomed the new mate with due honors in spite 01 the fact that he brought with him a heavy down- pour of rain and a bank of fog. About 1 P. M., the fleet of the Eastern Y. C. came into the harbor and anchored in the fog. They are The National Motor Boat and Sportsman's Show. Announcement has been made that Rear-Admiral Joseph H. Coghlan, U. S. N., at present in command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, acting as the personal repre- sentative of Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy, will officially open the annual National Motor Boat and Sportsman’s Show at Madison Square Garden, New York, on February 21. The building of power-driven boats is fast taking a place beside the automobile, and as such is receiving recognition from everyone interested in safe and fast navigation. Admiral Coghlan will be accompanied by his staff, and his presence insures a big attendance of yachtsmen, who are coming from all over the country to review the latest products of American and foreign manufacturers. Secre- tary Gambel, of the Motorboat Association, has received acceptances from the commodores of yacht clubs as far west as St. Paul. Other navy and army officers who have accepted invitations to officiate at the opening are Rear-Admiral George W. Melville; Naval Constructors W. J. Baxter and G. J. Nutting; Captain W. Brownson, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and General Fred. Dent Grant. The addition of a representative motorboat exhibit to the Sportsman’s Show, which is always a success, makes this years affair of two weeks one of general interest to all sportsmen. In the big amphitheatre the motorboats will be shown on the largest indoor lagoon ever used. It will contain more than half a million gallons of water. A VISTA OF BAR HARBOR. a particularly fine looking lot of yachts. We were much interested in the troubles of two sloops which got foul of each other while anchoring. 3 P. M. — Weather growing worse and worse. 6 P. M.— A heavy roll coming in from seaward, and mate Colson in the throes of seasickness. Voted him a Jonah, and our sympathy withheld. Steak and onions for dinner, enjoyed by the veterans, but not appreciated by the new mate. Tucked him tenderly into his bunk, where he kept murmuring: “Who the h said I was a sailor?’’ Midnight. — Escape still rolling and pitching, the fog around us like . a blanket; no lights; no stars. The new man groaning dismally in his sleep, the rest slumbering peacefully, and the old man wondering how long it is to last. , , July 24, Sunday. — Thick as mud. Mate Colson Rel- ing a little better, the roll having greatly diminished. Mate Struthers left us on the 1 P. M. steamer with regret on both sides. Nothing to do but read, curse the weather, and listen to the phonograph. July 25. — Still thick as mud, and no signs of clear- ing. Idle all day. . . , , July 26.— Still at Bar Harbor, enveloped in thick fog. Made an attempt to get to South West Harbor about 11 o’clock, but off Schooner Head the fog became so dense that we ran back to anchorage. . july 27.— Still fog bound. Tried again to get to South West Harbor, but failed. . July 28 — Thicker than ever. Tried again. juiy 29.— Still foggy and blowing quite hard from the S. W. About 2 P. M., it cleared up a little, and we hurriedly got under way under double-reefed mainsail, reefed mizzen and No. 2 jib. Made a good run until near North East Harbor, when the wind died out and we shook out the reefs. Soon after this, a heavy squall from the N.W. struck us and, after lugging sail awhile, we took in mainsail' altogether and made South West Harbor under mizzen and jib. We came near to break ing all records to-day, as the phonograph and its music broke from its moorings and all our best tunes went smash. Anchored at 5:3° P- M. [to be concluded.] Knickerbocker One-Design Power Boats.— The New York Kerosene Oil Engine Company, of College Point N. Y., adjacent to the Knickerbocker Y. U has under construction for members of the Knickerbocker VC several 21ft. original one-design class boats to be p - pelled by new 3^4 horsepower gasolene engines, which are likewise manufactured by the New York Kerosene Oil Engine Company. and will be twelve laps to the mile on the inside. In the center will be an island, reached by rustic bridges from the mainland at each end. The exhibits of Canada, Maine and other States, the interesting contests on the lake, the fly-casting, and all sorts of similar contests which have always been popular at the Sportsmen Show, will be promoted on a larger scale than ever before. . , . , r • Not alone will everything from this country_ ot in- terest to sportsmen be shown at the National Motor boat and Sportsman’s Show, which opens at J^asfe. $t it,, 6M Citti) tqiRsiaMsisi V, Wait* burg. Sec ’jfi •Feb. 22. — Utica, f?. X- — Rivefside Gua Club's eighth antlual tout- nament. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. March 1L— -Lakewood, N. J. — All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Sehoverling, Sec’y. March 20-25. — Kansas City, Mo.— Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. March 28-29. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. April 6-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Needham, Sec’y. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y, Wilmington. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club all-day tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Sec’y. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa.— Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Oiean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12.— Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association tournament. May 17-18.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 23-26. — Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30-31.— Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Capt. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-15. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament, une 27-30. — Indianapolis, lnd.— The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Slianer, Sec’y Mgr^ Pittsburg, l’a. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 12-13.— Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md.— Target tournament. H. A. Brehrn, Mgr., Baltimore. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all ama- teurs. Y\ . H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company , 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. Open shoot of the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club, to be held on Saturday of this week. X The New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association has fixed on June 13, 14 and 15 for its next tournament. m Mr. B. D. Nobles, Secretary, announces that the Oiean, N. Y., Gun Club will hold its annual tournament on May 9 and 10. K Hon. Tom A. Marshall, en route from Panama to his home in the West, tarried two or three days in New York, in the latter part of last week. m Mr. W. M. Foord, Secretary, writes us that the third annual spring tournament of Wawaset Gun Club, Wilmington, Del., will be held on May 11 and 12. Owing to Monday of this week being a holiday, and reports arriving late on account of stormy weather, several reports are necessarily left over to next week. X At the holiday shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club on Monday of this week, the holiday cup was won by Mr. H. B. Vandeveer, after shooting off a tie with Mr. L. M. Palmer. & A match, described as being for $2C0 a side, has been arranged between Mr. George Goettler, of Pottsville, Pa., and Mr. William Lloyd, of Morea, to take place at Mahanoy City Park on March 17. SI Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins, Baltimore, writes us: “Brehm’s Ocean City target tournament at Ocean City, Md., July 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Four hundred dollars added money. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore, Md.” 81 Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y-Treas., Moberly, Mo., writes us as fol- lows: “The first tournament of the Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters will be held March 28 and 29, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park, Kansas City, Mo.” 8| The programme of the Mullerite Gun Club shoot, Feb. IS, at Newark, N. J., provides five events, a total of 205 targets, and $16.35 entrance. Event 3, handicap, has several merchandise prizes. Event 6 is at 100 targets, $10, all scratch, high guns, A, A, Sehoverling, Manager, 2 Murray street, New York. FOREST Mind 8 f REAM, br iB, tm> Waterloo, la., dttfi Mt it ilfthHiatt wfitfes ttej “will hold its spring tournament Thursday and Friday, May 4 and 5. One hundred dollars added money will be divided into aver- ages. Leggett trap will be used, and every effort made to make the shoot as successful as former ones. Further information may be had on application to E. M. Storm, Sec’y.” II “Sporting Life’s Trapshooting Review for 1905,” compiled by the well-known authority, Mr. Will K. Park, Philadelphia, contains Id pages, the record of the important doings at the traps in the past year. Besides the valuable records, it contains portraits of all the famous experts. It is sent free to any applicant who will send 5 cents to cover postage. K The Bound Brook, N. J,, Gun Club has arranged one of its popular merchandise programmes, for Saturday of this week. There are six events. The first, at 25 targets, three cups, is for members. The remainder are at 10 targets respectively, 50 cents entrance. Shooting commences at 2 o’clock. A prize is offered for high average. Mr. F. K. Stelle is the secretary. 86 Mr. Chris. Gottlieb journeyed homeward to Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday of this week, after a sojourn of some days in New York and New Haven. He is now a representative of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., for which he is excellently quali- fied by nature and by training. He is famous as an expert with the shotgun, and has many times in competition demonstrated his skill and nerve, particularly in the great intercity team matches of the Kansas City trapshooters against all comers. He has a per- sonal acquaintance with nearly every trapshooter of note in Amer- ica. He possesses an unvarying affability and good fellowship, qualities which will promptly make good friends for himself and the Winchester Company. *6 Mr. E. J. Loughlin, Secretary, writes us that “on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22, the Riverside Gun Club, of Utica, N. Y., will hold its eighth annual midwinter tournament at targets. The sweepstake programme is open to amateurs only, and will have nine events; five at 10, three at 20 and one at 25 targets. Total entrance, $8.75, targets included at V/2 cent each. The club adds $8.50 cash in the programme events. Money divided under Jack Rabbit system. No handicaps. Merchandise prizes to the value of $40 will also be provided, to be shot for under the club’s system of handicapping, with free entrance. Grounds at foot of Washing- ton street, three blocks west of all depots. Programme at 10 A. M. Bernard Waters. Grand Southern Handicap* Houston, Tex., Feb. 7. — The much anticipated Southern shoot opened here this morning, under very unfavorable conditions as to weather. The rain descended and did not stop until the day was well near the end. Still, there were more than twenty-five enthusiasts who came to shoot, and as many of them were far from home, and had come on purpose to shoot, why shoot they did, no matter if the rain did soak them through and through. The management had evidently taken warning by the very stormy weather of the past, and proposed that at least when the shooters present were not shooting they could be dry and warm. So when they arrived on the ground the park had the appearance of a small military encampment. The way the old stagers like Heikes, Gilbert and Crosby stored themselves away and began to unpack their guns was a revelation to the “tenderfoot.” It was soon discovered that they were pro- vided with rain coats and rubber boots, and that there was going to be no delay or postponement. The programme of even 20-target events was shot to a finish, and some very good scores were made, under such discouraging conditions. Ihe management was good, and though some stops were made, the shoot was finished for the day early in the fore- noon, although the opening gun was not fired until 11 A. M. There were good fires in the tent, and about the grounds, and with hot coffee and plenty of good lunch, even Fred Gilbert was happy. It was surmised that he would much prefer being tucked away in a duck blind on such a day. It was Atchison, the good Texas shot who hails from Giddings, who made the highest score for the day, as he scored 202 out of the 220. He started out well, getting the first two events straight. It was a long way out to those targets from the 21yds. line, bu then Gilbert and Crosby did not do so bad, and they finished a tie on 196; Chas. Spencer at the 19yd. post was next with 194, while one “Silent Bill” Heer was two less, and he was at the scratch along with the other leaders. The scarcity of amateurs, both local and otherwise, was com- mented upo l by some, and some one gave out the information that in the future the shoots would not be made open to all. Even the experts present seemed to favor that plan. It would appear that traveling men at 16yds., shooting for averages only, would best serve the interests of all concerned. The scores that follow will show the ups and downs, and how the fall-downs were made in each of the eleven 20-target events: First Day, Feb, 7. Events : Gilbert, 21 123456789 10 11 17 18 20 16 17 17 18 18 20 15 20 ..... 18 IS 19 14 16 16 19 20 20 17 19 16 17 15 18 20 19 20 16 17 17 17 Total. 196 196 192 Heikes, 20 16 14 18 15 17 19 14 10 10 18 19 ... 18 12 17 19 IS 17 19 20 17 19 18 188 194 Money, 18 Waters, 18 Faurote, 18 Hubby, 18 Yeung, 19 Atchison, 17 . 18 15 16 18 14 18 18 18 17 15 20 . . 19 16 19 14 16 18 16 17 17 19 16 16 16 14 13 17 18 17 15 18 18 17 . 16 17 14 15 19 17 18 18 17 20 19 ... 16 18 16 16 IS 15 15 18 19 19 19 .... 20 20 16 15 18 19 20 19 17 18 20 . . 16 16 13 15 17 15 17 19 19 16 17 187 187 179 190 188 202 180 Wade, 17 Fleming, 17 Jackson, 17 Burmister, 16 Tucker, 15 . 17 16 17 12 12 14 17 17 15 15 16 " . ... 17 15 20 16 18 17 17 14 19 16 19 . 17 16 IS 14 18 16 17 19 19 16 17 . 19 18 17 13 18 18 19 19 17 15 17 . 19 14 IS 18 19 16 IS 16 16 16 14 .... 17 14 IS 17 15 16 18 18 16 18 16 168 188 187 190 184 183 Skelly, 13 16 12 17 14 15 18 20 17 18 19 19 12 15 15 17 16 18 14 19 16 19 16 185 177 ATor'k 1 . 17 16 16 14 15 17 15 15 17 17 19 178 14 13 18 17 19 13 17 17 16 17 18 179 . 16 15 19 14 17 16 19 17 20 19 18 190 Appleman, 16 13 11 16 13 20 16 19 17 19 19 17 17 15 IS 14 17 17 15 18 17 18 20 180 186 12 16 14 18 IS 16 12 13 15 11 16 162 Second Day, Feb. 8. It was kind of the Weather Man to be on his good behavior, and the sun shone out and all went to work to make the scores •of their lives. The top rubber coats were laid away; but not so the rubber boots, as the mud was there to stay. The shooting was phenomenal, even for the Texan, who has a general reputation for being handy with the gun. Now, there is Rbp Meikss, tvfali gpifida psit 0 1 gaeii tviiitef doiVti iftsfg, Md as he pays taxes on some of the broad Texas acres he may be styled a native, Vv HI; he was long on the score board to-day, as he finished strong with 210. While he shot very well, there rvere twenty men who made as good a score as Gilbert and Crosby did the day previous. \\ e ask the reader to follow down the total column and note how near these men finished together, and how evenly all were matched. Atchison kept up his good score, and finished well in the lead for the average for the two days, there being a handsome prize to be awarded to the one who wins high average for the three days. The shoot was started at 10 P. M., and was completed at 3 in the afternoon. There was an interest shown by the towns- people, as the day afforded them an outing, and they came to see the big guns shoot, and there were there, as thirteen were known to belong to the class known as professionals. The scores, each event at 20 targets: Events: 123456789 10 11 Total. Heikes, 19 18 19 18 20 19 20 20 20 19 18 19 210 Atchison. IS 18 20 IS 18 19 19 18 20 19 20 19 207 Young, 19 18 18 18 18 19 19 IS 20 19 20 19 205 Spencer, 19 18 19 19 19 19 17 20 19 20 17 18 205 Gilbert, 21 17 18 17 19 18 20 19 20 19 18 19 204 Sens, 17 19 19 17 20 20 19 17 16 17 20 19 203 Skelly, 16 17 20 15 20 15 18 20 20 19 19 19 202 Burmister, 16 19 19 IS 19 20 18 19 15 18 19 17 201 Heer, 21 19 18 17 18 20 19 19 19 16 18 17 . 200 Hubby, 18 16 18 18 20 19 18 19 17 17 18 20 200 Fleming, 17 17 19 20 20 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 200 Tucker, 15 19 19 19 17 18 18 17 16 18 20 19 200 Houston, 16 14 19 19 19 19 19 17 17 20 17 19 199 Heard, 16 18 17 18 17 19 20 16 16 19 20 19 199 Crosby, 21 19 18 16 17 19 16 18 18 19 19 19 198 Cleveland, 15 17 19 17 19 17 18 19 16 17 20 18 197 Barnes, 15 20 18 17 16 20 16 19 18 16 19 18 197 Waters, 18 15 19 18 IS 19 18 17 20 16 18 18 196 Jackson. 17 16 IS 14 18 20 19 19 17 17 18 20 196 Nap, 16 20 19 18 20 18 17 16 15 17 17 19 196 Miller, 16 15 16 15 17 16 18 18 18 19 20 20 192 Wade, 17 20 14 15 19 16 16 15 16 20 19 20 190 Money, 18 16 17 15 18 16 18 17 18 19 18 13 185 Faurote, 18 17 13 17 12 20 16 19 18 16 16 18 182 King, 16 10 15 17 17 18 16 19 18 17 19 15 181 Bancroft, 16 17 14 18 16 14 15 15 15 18 17 19 177 The Interstate Association. A meeting of the stockholders of the Interstate Association, and a meeting also of the Tournament Committee, was held in the offices of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 99 Cedar street, New York city, Friday, Dec. 10, President Irby Bennett in the chair. The roll call showed the following members present, represented either in person or by proxy: Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Mr. Irby Bennett; Parker Brothers, Mr. W. F. Parker; Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Mr. A. C. Barrel!; Laflin & Rand Powder Co., Mr. A. W. Higgins; Peters Cartridge Co., Mr. T. H. Keller; Hoyt Metal Company, Mr. C. N. Markle; E. I. duPont Company (by proxy), Capt. A. W. Money; Remington Arms Company (by proxy) Mr. A. C. Barrcll, and the Lefever Arms Co. (by proxy), Mr. E. E. Shaner. The secretary-manager reported that arrangements had been made and contracts duly signed for the holding of the sixth Grand American Handicap at Targets, at Indianapolis, lnd., on the grounds of the Indianapolis Gun Club, during the week com- mencing with June 25. It was decided to schedule a State team event during the Grand American Handicap tournament, for amateurs only, each team to consist of five men bona fide residents of the same State. Matters of a routine nature in connection with the Grand Ameri- can Handicap were passed upon, and the secretary-manager was then empowered with authority to make all other necessary ar- rangements for the success of this great event. The secretary-manager asked for a ruling from the Association as to whether clerks employed in wholesale and retail hardware and gun stores should be classed as amateurs or manufacturers’ representative at Interstate Association tournaments. The Asso- ciation ruled that all such clerks who were absolute owners of the guns they shoot and pay a legitimate price for the ammunition they use, should be allowed to compete as amateurs. The secretary-manager presented considerable correspondence in connection with the proposed tournaments on the Pacific coast. This matter was discussed at great length, every member present taking part in the discussion. The consensus of opinion was that it would be to the best interests of all concerned to abandon the idea of giving two tournaments on the coast this year, and give one only, that tournament to be known as the Pacific Coast Handicap. The secretary-manager was authorized to arrange, if possible, to give this tournament at San Francisco during the month of September. If satisfactory arrangements can be made to give this tournament, it is the intention to make a feature of it, and conduct it on lines somewhat similar to the Grand Ameri- can Handicap. After transacting other business of a routine nature, the meeting adjourned. Boston Shooting Association. Wellington, Mass., Feb. 11. — The thiid shoot for the five-man team State championship was held on the grounds of the Boston Shooting Association, this afternoon, three teams competing for the cup. Watertown Club team won. This makes their second win. Watertown Team. Gleason 18 20 — 38 Baldwin 23 20 — 43 Roy 23 21 — 44 Bartlett 21 20-41 Barry 15 15 — 30 — 196 Birch Brook. Kirkwood 24 19 — 43 Rowe 13 10—23 Bell 18 19—37 Foster 12 10—22 Frank 22 22-44—169 Lowell Rod and Gun Club. Climax . 21 20 — 41 Dean . 15 19-34 Rule . 21 18-39 211- -12— n si • Edwards . 15 16—31 Other events: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Targets : 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 Frank 8 7 9 12 8 13 7 15 8 13 Kirkwood 4 10 9 10 5 9 6 8 9 15 Straw 4 10 4 11 6 5 7 9 10 9 Rowe 5 4 8 12 4 10 6 10 . . . . Philbrook 4 6 5 9 3 6 4 8 • « . • Jordan 6 10 5 9 3 4 5 10 . 0 .. Peabody 3 5 5 7 3 ... 6 11 8 13 Edwards 6 12 9 9 6 12 7 12 8 9 8 11 5 12 4 8 Nvp 6 8 6 8 2 7 5 5 7 11 7 11 10 14 5 6 6 3 5 4 2 Rule 6 The next shoot, Feb. 25. Eeb. 18, 1905.]!. FOREST AND STREAM 14 7 FOR. EXPERT COMPETITIONS. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY. . , . ( 497-503 Pearl Street, 35-43 Park Street, New York. Agencies: j ,14.116 Market Street, San Francisco. LOWELL, MASS. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass., Feb. 8.— The second weekly shoot of the Boston Gun Club was held on their grounds at Wellington to-day, and the perfect weather conditions were sufficient inducements to bring out a large number of trapshooting enthusiasts. Representatives were present from all the various clubs in this vicinity, E. C. Griffiths, of Pascoag, coming all the way just to show a clean pair of heels in the race for high average on 85 per cent., most of which was when shooting from the 21yd mark, being just about 3 per cent, too much for the regular B. G. C. shooters. Quite a number, however, were placed in the honor class, Frank, Blinn, Burns, Willard and Silsbee all having 80 per cent, or better. Six straight scores were made during the afternoon, Blinn starting in the good work on his first 10, and Frank ending up the straights with Griff, Foster, Burns and Fenton sandwiching one each between times. Willard’s match score of 26 proved to be the real thing, though not without a struggle, as Silsbee and Williams were only 1 target behind with 25, and Griffiths, Foster and Burns with 24 in third position. Others met with varying success, with the hope that at the next shoot it will be their turn to carry the honors. Scores as follow: Events: Targets: 91 123456789 10 10 15 10 15 15 15 10 25 9 7 15 7 10 14 14 9 21 TTr-tanV IQ 8 8 10 6 10 12 14 10 24 9 4.. 10 8 13 9 12 10 11 7 .. 9 9 11 6 9 8 9 6 .. 9 10 8 8 12 12 . . 4 .. T Iff 8 7 12 8 10 10 12 8 .. ............ 7 10 13 6 7 13 12 S 13 8 7 11 8 .. .. 7 13 11 15 6 14 12 . . 8 22 9 6 9 8 13 12 11 . . . . 6 9 6 9 11 11 . . . . QilcViPP Iff •. 6 .. .. 9 13 12 12 9 .. 6 . . . . 8 11 10 10 4 .. 9 11 11 10 5 17 8 7.. 5 10 13 . . 7 10 12 9 7 16 Muldown, 16 Eaton, 16 Frederick, 16 George, 16 .. Andrews, 16 Av. .848 .816 .650 .800 .670 .741 .750 .712 .816 .800 .755 .650 .813 .643 .700 .716 .677 .500 .600 .300 .100 .100 Prize match, 30 unknown, Willard, 16 Silsbee, 16 Williams, 16 Griffiths, 21. Foster, 16 Burns, 16 • Gokey, 16 Frank, 19 Blinh, 16 Lawler, 16 Ford, 16 Harding, 16 Dickey, 21 Lee, 16 Fenton, 16 Owen, 16 Muldown, 16 distance handicap: 101111111111111011111101111101—26 111101111110111011111110011111—25 . . . .111111110101111111101011111110—25 . ...110100111011111111110111111111—24 11111 1011111010011011101111111—24 . .111111111101011111010111011110—24 .110100111111100101111111110111—23 lOllOt 0110011011011111101 01111— 22 111111111101100011011100011111—22 111011011100111101011111101011—22 111010001011111111011101101111—22 100111 011101111010111110100111—21 111101000110011111101101110011—20 011001111011011000011011111111—20 000100101011110110111111110111—20 111011000111010010100100111110-17 110000101000111010111001110010—15 Nineteen shooters opened up the Boston Gun Club’s 1905 series to-day, and proved that cold weather held no fears for the enthusi- ■ astic trapshooting contingent. Ten events filled out the programme, and while as a rule a lack of practice was evident, there were a few who made some excellent scores and averages. =ilsbee’s and Burns’ 26 in the match was just the right score in the right place, and' grasped first place honors for the first shoot. ' Frank was, however, not much outdone, as his 25 was only one target less,’ and his shooting was from the 19yd. line. Roy’s 24 me next’ and was the result of consistent shooting, his 80 per cent, average being high line for the larger number of targets. Other scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 10 15 10 15 15 . 7 5. 9 7 13 12 .8 4 7 5 5 9 . 4-8 7 8 11 11 . 4. 9 8 7 7 10 . 7 8 13 S 11 13 . 8 6 8 8 6 10 . 9 3 8 6 8 7 . 9 8 12 5 8 7 . 5 9 . 6 7 12 7 . 7 8 8 4 10 9 . 7 5 13 6 12 14 . 4 7 .... 10 9 . 1 4 3 . 6 9 6 5 10 8 11 6 7 9 13 9 12 14 . .. ... 9 7 11 10 ( ) >• • t > * 1 ‘ ! * » • 7 8 9 10 10 15 10 15 9 . . . . . . 6 . . 7 . . .. .. 9 9 7 7 .. .. 6 8 . . . . 7 9 8 9 3 8 4.. 4 9 . . 6 9 11 7 10 7 9 . . . . 6 .. Av. .729 .526 .653 .630 .800 .600 .550 .653 .632 .554 .660 .600 .200 .648 .753 .872 .672 .600 m Prize match, 30 unknown, distance handicap: „„ Silsbee 16 ..! llOlOmOHUlllllllOlllllllll— 26 Burns 16 011011111111011111111110111111— 26 Frank 19 010111111111111101111111111100—25 Rov 19 010110111111110111101111101111—24 Dickey 21 111011101011110101110101011111—21 Gokey 16 111011111111000000011111101111—21 Wheeler, 18 111111110111100110001100001011—19 Woodruff, 17 111101011110001011100111010110-19 Willard, 16 001111110010111011101110100011—19 Rogers, 16 111101001101101111100001011100—18 Kirkwood, 20 001101010111000101110011101101—17 Ford 16 011101000100011111101000011101—16 Blinn, 16 011010001000011010011101110111—16 Owen, 16 001110001111100010101110010100—15 Muldown, 16 101101010000111100101011010100—15 Bell, 20 000101001100100011001110101101—14 Bruce, 16 000111000000010010000001000010— 7 A Long Run. Bonesteel, S. D.- — On the grounds of the Bonesteel Gun Club, Feb. 2, in the presence of a few of the more enthusiastic mem- bers, Mr. Le Roy Leach, the champion rifle wing shot of the world, gave an exhibition with the shotgun, and incidentally broke all known world’s records. Starting to shoot 25 targets for exhibition purposes and breaking straight, he was requested to shoot 25 more, which he did, again breaking straight; and he was then requested to shoot until he missed, and the consequence was that he went out with an un- broken unfinished run of 500 straight. The weather conditions were very unfavorable for high scores on account of the intense cold, with about six inches of snow on the ground. There was no break in the shooting except to open new boxes of shells for the shooter and an • occasional pause to restore numbed fingers. Without cleaning the gun, and without a moment’s rest except to thrash his hands to restore circulation, the shooter accomplished the Herculean task of breaking 500 targets straight in two hours and thirty minutes. The expert traps were arranged Sergeant system, and the shooter shot at 16yds. rise from five pegs, unknown angles. Starting from No. 1 peg, 5 targets were shot, then 5 from peg No. 2, and so on down the line. Twice the spring on No. 1 trap broke, throwing the target high in the air, but aside from this, the traps worked smoothly. This performance of Mr. Leach’s stamps him as not only one of the greatest of rifle experts, but as one of the great shotgun artists of the world also. Phenomenal as this performance is, it would be impossible without the wonderful perfection of ammunition and weapon which has been reached in modern times. J. F. Spatz, Field Captain. Chester Gun Club, Chester, N. Y., Feb. 7. — Inclosed find scores of our shoot on Feb. 3. The attendance was very small on account of the ex- treme cold. Messrs. Glover, Fanning, Apgar, Welles and J. G. Heath rep- resented the trade. Mr. Heath deserves much credit for the able manner in which he assisted the Club. Mr. Sim Glover won high professional average, 118 out of 125, and the $5 gold piece which went with it. Mr. James A. Ogden was high amateur, 99 out of 125. He also captured a $5 gold piece. Scores of regular programme, Feb. 3: Events: Targets: N Apgar H Welles J Fanning — S Glover H B Tuthill. . . W H Smith L Hazen H J Woodward J A Ogden O H Brown... D D Steever. . 123456789 10 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 6 8 8 10 6 11 8 11 8 12 7 12 9 12 9 10 6 10 8 10 9 16 10 13 10 12 10 12 9 14 8 15 9 15 9 15 9 14 9 15 7 14 8 13 9 12 9 8 6 11 6 10 78788 12 76 6 10 7 14 6 8 7 13 9 8 8 10 7 12 7 9 7 13 9 11 5 13 10 13 7 11 8 13 8 11 12 9 10 9 8 13 Shot at. Broke. 125 88 125 93 125 114 125 118 125 97 125 79 125 88 125 93 125 99 40 31 40 30 Five extra events were shot, two at 25, three at 10 targets. Apgar shot at 25, broke 16; Welles 25, 19; Fanning 25, 21; Glover 25, 23; Ogden 60, 44; Woodward 60, 43; Tuthill 80, 67; Smith 80, 54; Brown 35, 27; Steever 60, 47; Woodhull 60, 37; H. Smith 10, 6; T. D. Mapes 10, 4; G. Hall 10, 4; L. Hazen 30, 21; Brooks 20, 7; Nichols 20, 7. Mr. F. K. Stelle, Secretary, writes us that “the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club has purchased prizes such as a lamp, cut-glass dish, picture, small silver loving cup, piece of statuary, and many others, which are to be put up in five events of 10 targets each. Each event will have three or more prizes; $2,50 will cover the cost of the programme. The shoot will begin at 2:30 P. M., Sat- urday, Feb. 18. First-class shells for sale at the club house. The club will give a prize to the amateur paaking high average through programme,” ON LONG ISLAND. Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., Feb. 11. — Three men tied for the February cup, namely, Messrs. G. G. Stephenson, Jr., D. C. Bennett and Dr. H. L. O’Brien. The cup scores follow: Stephenson, Tr. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. .2 25 25 Fairchild . . . . Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. ....7 14 21 O’Brien ... .. 4 22 25 Keyes .... 2 18 20 Browen .. 7 IS 25 Stephenson . . .... 1 19 20 Palmer, Tr. .. 0 23 23 Hopkins . . . . . .... 2 18 20 Damron . . . .. 6 17 23 Grinnell, Jr .... 1 19 20 Stake .. 5 17 22 Vanderveer . . .... 4 16 20 Snyder .. 5 17 22 Bennett .... 3 18 21 Bedford, Jr, .. 1 20 21 Marshall .... 5 12 17 Raynor 5 16 There were six two-man 21 teams. The winners were Dr. J- J- Keyes and Dr. S. P. Hopkins, who scored a total of 49. The team scores follow: Stephenson ... Hopkins Bedford, Jr Grinnell, Jr Stephenson, Jr. Stake 1 22 23 Vanderveer .... 4 15 19 2 20 22—45 Lott 2 17 19—38 1 20 21 Bennett 3 18 21 1 23 24—45 Sykes 4 21 25-46 2 22 24 Keyes , 2 22 24 5 16 21—45 Hopkins 5 20 25-49 In the Stake trophy contest, 50 targets, Mr. F. B. Stephenson made the excellent score of 47 actually, which, with his 2 allow- ance, made him an official score of 49, which was highest of all. Scores : Stake trophy, 50 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’: F B Stephenson. 2 47 49 Keyes .... 4 39 43 Bennett 6 42 48 Raynor ....10 32 42 G G Stephenson. 4 43 47 Brou'er . . . .14 28 42 Snyder 10 36 46 Grinnell, Jr.. .... 2 39 41 Vanderveer 8 37 45 Fairchild . . . .14 27 41 Bedford, Jr 2 43 45 Marshall ....10 27 37 Damron 12 32 44 Manton .... 6 20 26 Sykes 8 35 43 Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr 0 14 14 G Stephenson, Jr. 1 13 14 Bedford, Tr 0 15 15 Damron .... 3 7 10 F B Stephenson. 0 11 11 Snyder .... 3 9 12 Bennett 1 10 11 Lott) ' .... 1 4 5 Hopkins 3 10 13 Raynor .... 3 6 9 Marshall 3 8 11 Dr O’Brien . . .... 2 12 14 Vanderveer 2 14 15 Shoot-off, same conditions: F. T. Bedford, Jr., 12, H. B. Van- derveer 15. Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr 0 14 14 Vanderveer . 2 13 15 Bedford, Jr .0 11 11 Piercy 12 12 Stephenson 0 13 13 Lott 9 10 Stephenson, Jr... 1 14 15 Damron 13 15 Bennett 1 11 12 Snyder 12 15 L C Hopkins 1 12 13 Dr O’Brien . 3 11 14 Marshall 3 11 14 3 9 12 S P Hopkins 3 9 12 Shoot-off, same conditions: G. G. Stephenson, Jr., 13, H. B. Vanderveer 9, W. E. Damron 12, E. W. Snyder 15, Dr. O’Brien 14. Trophy shoot, 15 targets: Palmer .. 0 15 15 Bedford ... .. 0 9 9 Grinnell .. 0 15 15 Stephenson .... .. 0 14 14 S P Hopkins... .. 3 10 13 L C Hopkins.. .. 1 10 11 Shoot-off, same conditions: Vanderveer ... ... 2 9 H Dr O’Brien .. 9 11 Damron 6 9 Camp 12 15 Stake 7 10 Palmer 14, Camp 15. Hell Gate Gun Club. The Hell Gate Gun Club finished up the season of 1904 with a 25 live-bird event. There was a snow background, cloudy weather and a fair lot of birds. Scores: ~ ' ~L Pts. Yds. Tot’l. Col T H Voss.. .. 7 30 20 C Van Valk. . . . .. 7 28 - 21 Dr David .. 5y. 26 10 Schorty .. 7 30 23 F Trostel ....... .. 6% 28 20 P Garms .. 6M> 28 20 E A Meckel... .. 7 28 19 T Schlicht .... .. 6 28 22 J Hughes .. 5 26 17 P Woelfel .. 6 28 IS P Brennan .... .. 5 26 18 V G Wilson... .. 6 y2 28 22 J A Belden .. 6 28 20 T T, , Pts. •Y'ds. Tot’l. J Kreeb ......... 5^ 28 13 R Baudendistel... 6^ 28 15 J Selg . 4 26 10 F Guy 4 26 13 J H Doherty 4 26 w G Lang 6y2 28 19 ? 9?fde,la 6% 26 19 L 41rblrt 7 28 23 C Weber 6 28 18 l f, L,annefeIser.. 5y2 28 20 J Wellbrock 7 28 18 J H Ficken 4 26 13 The Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. G. Easdale, 213 Sparks street Ottawa, Can., writes us that the Dominion of Canada Trap- shooting and Game Protective Association claims the dates Aug. 16, 17 and IS for its annual tournament, to be held at Ottawa. The Mullerite Gun Club announces an all-day shoot to be held pn March 11, on the grounds of the TJakewood, N, J., Gvm Cluh,- 148 FOREST AND STREAM. [Fk*. j postpaid FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO, NEW FORK. 1 FOREST AND STREAM 1903 1902 D\jPor\t Smokeless won the Professional Championship Mr. Fred Gilbert, 1903, 1904 D vi Pont Smokeless won the Amateur Championship Mr. L. B. Fleming Mr. John W. Garrett IS IT UNIFORM? A complete manual for Amateurs. 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CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. bREST and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co, Germs, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 8, 1905. < VOL. LX1V.— No. 8. | No. 346 Broadway, New York. on the ice waiting for a change of weather, or resort to ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its Mages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion if current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of • orrespondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single •opies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. A WHALE AT CHAHOOS. This is a story of the New-Netherlands and of the year 647, which was the thirty-fifth after the exploration of She country by the Englishman Hendrik Hudson, sailing vestward in a Dutch bottom to discover a passage to the cingdom of China. The tale is told by that Jonker Adrian 1 ,-an der Donck, who, having purchased from the Indians I in the east bank of the Hudson River, just north of New 4 \msterdam, the colony of Colen Donck gave it the name r if Yonkers from his title, the name which it still bears. I Can der Donck came out to America as schout (sheriff) if the Patroons’ Colony of Rensselaerwyck, where he re- gained until 1647, and so might very well have been a witness of the Cohoes whale incident recorded in his ‘Description of the New Netherlands,” published in i6S5- As all the early Dutchmen who wrote of the natural at- tractions and resources of the new country, our Jonker I was impressed with the beauty of the lands and the plen- titude of the animal life, and he has left many pleasing l and suggestive pictures of the great store of the fish and the game which were justly reckoned to be among the notable riches of the colony. Here our attention is arrested by the beautiful landscape around us,” he writes. “Here the painter can find rare and beautiful subjects for Ithe employment of his pencil, and here also the huntsman is animated when he views the enchanting prospects pre- sented to the eyes ; on the hills, at the brooks and in the valleys, where the game abounds and where the deer are feeding, or gamboling or resting in the shades in full view.” Then, as now, the fall was the hunter’s choice season of the year; and very enticing are the glimpses given in Van der Donck’s pages of the New Netherland autumn, very fine, lovely and agreeable— more delightful cannot be found on the earth.” It was then that the summer pro- > ductions were gathered, the earth yielded its surplusage, I the fat oxen and swine were slaughtered, and the wild 2 geese, turkeys and deer were at their best. The country ilwas filled with game, and immense numbers of deer were : taken by the Indians. “This is also the Indian hunting season, wherein such bigreat numbers of deer are killed that a person who is un- ij informed of the vast extent of the country would imagine I that all these animals would be destroyed in a short time. But the country is so extensive, and their subsistence so abundant, and the hunting being confined mostly to cer- tain districts, therefore no diminution of the deer is observable. The Indians also affirm that before the arrival of the Christians, and before the smallpox broke out amongst them, they were ten times as numerous as they now are, and that their population had been melted down by this disease, whereof nine-tenths of them have died. That then, before the arrival of the Christians, many more deer were killed than there now are, without any perceptible decrease of their numbers. Information about the interior of the country was vague; how far inland it extended was a subject of specu- lation; but Van der Donck was so impressed by the im- mense numbers of beaver and land animals taken by the Indians and brought into the Dutch posts for barter that he conjectured that the country must be very large to pro- duce such multitudes of fur-bearers. Moreover the great numbers of water fowl “which fly two and fro across the country in the spring and fall seasons,” convinced him that the land must extend several hundred miles into the interior. It was known in those days— though in these later times the shooters who demand spring shooting have apparently forgotten it — that the wild ducks seen in the country inland from New Netherland were not all emi- grants; for Van der Donck tells of the great Lake Tra- coysen (afterward called Ontario), which has extensive reed and brook lands of great breadth, wherein great multitudes of water fowl breed in summer.” Bwt to the whale story, which, be it repeated, is of the Hudson as it was in the full generous flow of i647> by no means the shallow stream of the present day. Be- tween the two have intervened centuries of wood cutting and forest depletion, and a shrunken flow. Cohoes is on the west bank of the Hudson River, nine miles above Albany, at the mouth of the Mohawk. This is what hap- pened there in the days of Van der Donck as he tells it. “This river is rich in fishes— sturgeon, dunns, bass, sheepheads, etc. I cannot refrain, although somewhat out of place, to relate a very singular occurrence which hap- pened in the month of March, 1647, at the time of a great freshet caused by the fresh water flowing down from above, by which the water of the river became nearly fresh to the bay, when at ordinary seasons the salt water flows up from twenty to twenty-four miles* from the sea. At this season, two whales, of common size, swam up the river forty miles, from which place one of them returned and stranded about twelve miles from the sea, near which place four others also stranded the same year. The other run farther up the river, and grounded near the great Chahoos falls, about forty-three miles from the sea. This fish was tolerably fat, for although the citizens of Rens- selaerwyck broiled out a great quantity of train oil, still the whole river (the current being still rapid) was oily for three weeks, and covered with grease. As the fish lay rotting, the air was infected with its stench to such a de- gree that the smell was offensive and perceptible for two miles to leeward. For what purpose those whales ascended the river so far, it being at the time full forty miles from all salt or brackish water, it is difficult to say, unless their great desire for fish, which were plenty at this season, led them onward.” *A Dutch mile is about three English miles. THE WEATHER AND THE BIRDS. The winter of 1904-05 will long be memorable for its severity. Along the Atlantic Coast the freezing weather has extended down into Florida, ruining many an orange grove, and through the southern quail country there has been winter worthy of Canada. In many places in North Carolina the thermometer has been below zero, with abundant snow and much ice. On the other hand, this year, as never before, efforts have been made to protect the birds and to provide them with food during the existence of such unusual condi- tions. The game commissions of Massachusetts, Illinois, West Virginia, and no doubt of many other States, have taken active steps to provide food for the birds, and these efforts will not be without their reward. Usually it is not the cold which kills the birds, but starvation. If fuel for the internal fires is provided, the birds will generate heat enough to preserve them through the bitterest winter weather. A number of the States mentioned have gotten out posters and hand-bills urging the farmers to feed the birds, and while sportsmen have readily contributed money, local individuals gave the work to carry food to the fields to preserve the starving quail. At Asheville, N. C., grain was freely distributed to responsible persons for scattering where the birds might find it. The great depth of snow over much of the country calls to mind the inclined feeding trough described and pic- tured in Forest and Stream of October 15, 1904. This inclined trough is provided with partitions to keep the grain from all running down to the bottom, and its in- clined position makes it certain that some portion of the trough will always be above the snow level. Moreover the trough is roofed to keep the snow and rain out of the grain, and a shelter of boughs in the form of a brush house in part protects it. In Massachusetts the device has served to keep quail alive in a time of deep snows and cold, and incidentally many small birds feed here. There is no reason to doubt that the partridges or ruffed grouse might also form the habit of feeding at such a trough, for it is well established that the ruffed grouse will visit regu- larly places where grain has been strewn or spilled by accident and feed on the scattered kernels. The freezing up of the great bays and sounds along the coast has been an evil thing for the wildfowl. While the sea ducks, like broadbills, redheads, canvasbacks and many others, commonly shift from north to south as the water closes or opens, there are tnany marsh ducks whose attachment to localities -seems to be so great that when their usual winter feeding grounds close up they sit about open warm spring holes, where they dabble in the mud, and, instead of migrating, starve to death where they are. Something of this kind took place during the bitter winter of 1874-75, when at a certain point in New England the black ducks lost all their flesh, and no doubt many finally starved to death. One caught in a muskrat trap in a little spring hole, and two shot in ignorance of their con- dition showed the birds to be mere bunches of feathers and bones. From North Carolina come accounts of can- vasbacks and redheads drowned by diving into the air holes and coming up under the ice. If true, these reports show very extraordinary conditions, for the average duck, as we have seen him when he^dives, understands very well where he must come up again. What will be the prospect for birds next summer can- not now be told; but so far as it is possible to judge, it is not a cheering one. DEATH OF PROFESSOR PACKARD. Alpheus Spring Packard died last week aged 65 years. Prof. Packard was an eminent zoologist and a pro- lific writer on biological topics as well as on geology and paleontology. He was born in Brunswick, Me., in 1839, became librarian and custodian of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1865, was curator of the Essex In- stitute the next year, and in 1867 became Curator and afterward Director of the Peabody Academy of Sciences. From 1877 to 1882 he was a member of the United States Entomological Commission. He was one of the founders and for twenty years was editor-in-chief of the American Naturalist. He was a member of many scientific societies. Among his better known books are his “Guide to the Study of Insects,” “Half Hours With Insects,” “Zoology,” and his text book on “Entomology.” Prof. Packard was long a subscriber to the Forest and Stream, and in its earlier years was a frequent contribu- tor to its columns. The Senate has a standing committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, the members of which are Messrs. Burton (chairman), Depew, Perkins, Kearns, Kittridge, Burnham, Ankeny, Morgan, Tillman, Gibson and Overman. There is no such com- mittee of the House of Representatives, where measures relating to game protection are referred to different com- mittees which are made up in part of men of no expe- rience nor special interest in this special field. The growing importance of Federal legislation for game pro- tection makes it highly desirable that there should be a committee of the House specially charged with the con- sideration of measures in this field; and a recognition of this has prompted Mr. Shiras, of Pennsylvania, to submit a resolution providing for a committee. It reads: “Resolved by the House of Representatives, That there be added to the standing committees of the House a Committee for the Protection of Game and Fish, to con- sist of sixteen members, and to which committee there shall be referred all proposed legislation relating to the protection and propagation of game and fish.” As the need of the proposed committee is so well defined, Mr. Shiras’s resolution will without doubt be adopted. V William C. Prime, one of the best known anglers of this country, and author of the book, “I Go A-Fishing,” died at his home in this city last week. Dr. Prime was born in Cambridge, N. Y., in 1825; he graduated from Princeton in 1843; and practiced law in New York until 1861. In that year he became part owner of the Journal of Commerce, to the columns of which he contributed the fishing papers which won for him wide popularity and appreciation, and when collected in book form took their place among the classics of American angling literature. He was a fisherman all his life, and had cast his lure in many of the famous fishing waters of the world, not only in this country, but abroad, in England, Scotland, Pales- tine and Egypt. With the White Mountains and the Adirondacks he was familiar in the old days when fished- out waters were unknown and undreamt of. His writ- ings are characterized by the enthusiasm of- the devoted angler and glowing descriptions of nature; and they are pervaded with a depth and tenderness of sentiment which, jielong to the writings of a past generation. . o Trails of the Pathfinders. — XXIX. Thomas J. Farnham. (Concluded from page 181.) They were now in the country of the Utes, or rather, in the debatable land visited for hunting purposes by Utes, Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Shoshones, Blackfeet and Crees. They therefore traveled with some care, put out their fires at night, looked to their arms, and prepared to meet the foe. No Indians were seen, how- ever; but another misfortune visited them in the loss of one of the guide horses, poisoned by some food that it had eaten. As they journed on, food again became scarce, and the travel was so difficult that they had no time to hunt, and suffered from hunger. On the Little Bear River they met a party of four French Canadians, who a few days before had been attacked by a Sioux war party on Little Snake River (of Colorado). Here again attention is called to the difference in character of the French and the American trappers. The former are mercurial, volatile, and always merry, cheering themselves on their journeys with song; while the American trapper is watchfulness personified, and his concentration in this direction destroys all frivolity. “They seldom smile; the expression of their counte- nances is watchful, solemn and determined. They ride and walk like men whose breasts have so long been exposed to the bullet and arrow, that fear finds within them . no resting place. If a horseman is descried in the distance, they put spurs to their animals and are at his side at once, as the result may be for death or life. No delay, no second thought, no cringing in their stirrups; but erect, firm, and with a strong arm, they seize and overcome every danger ‘or perish,’ say they, ‘as white men should,’ fighting promptly and bravely.” On parting next day — August 5 — with the French and American trappers, two of Farnham’s party left him. Farnham notes the kindness and freehandedness of the trappers. He had given them a little ammunition, and they sought to repay the kindness by presenting him and his party with moccasins, dressed deer and elk skins, and other articles. “Everything, even their hunt- ing shirts upon their backs, were at our service; always kindly remarking when they made an offer of such things, that ‘the country was filled with skins, and they could get a supply when they should need them.’ ” It was this same day that a man, pursuing some bears, found among the brush a prize — an excellent pack mule, feeding quietly, and so tame as to permit him to ap- proach within ten yards of it without even raising its head. The man prepared to catch it, when suddenly the mule “most wonderfully, most cruelly, metamorphosed itself into an elk! — fat as marrow itself, and sufficient in weight to have fed our company for twelve days — - and fled away,” the man who had prepared to catch it being too astonished to shoot at it. This was unlucky, for now they had no food. Game was seen several times, _ but none was killed. The next day, however, a family of bears was seen, and two cubs secured. They weighed about twelve pounds apiece, and made for the party, as the author expresses it, “a filthy supper.” They were trying to reach Brown’s Hole, but progress was slow. For forty-eight hours after the finishing of the cubs they had no food; and then, with great regret, they killed their dog, singed and ate it. At last, after more days of hunger, they found themselves in Brown’s Hole, and at Fort David Crockett. Here there was food and to spare, and white men, traders, especially one Robinson, who traded chiefly with the Snakes.. Was this Robinson “Uncle Jack Robinson” who died, a very old man, at Fort Bridger about 1894? In this “Happy Valley,” which, however, was not free from incursions by the wandering enemy, the travelers spent much time, and here Farnham puts down some, things that he has learned concerning the Snake, Crow, Blackfeet and Arapahoe Indians. He describes especially the pestilence which visited the Blackfeet in 1828, at which time they numbered about 2.500 lodges, or families, which would perhaps mean 12.500 people. This enumeration may perhaps refer to the Piegan Blackfeet alone, or to all three of the tribes of that nation. At that time, as in later visits of this dread disease, the Blackfeet treatment was by the sweat lodge, fol- lowed by a plunge into icy water, from which often the weakened victim was unable to struggle again to the shore. At this time the Blackfoot camp, it is said, was on the banks of the Yellowstone. A glimpse of the estimation in which the Blackfeet were held in those days is afforded by the reflection with which the author concludes his description of this scourge; for he says: “But this infliction has in no wise humanized their blerod-thirsty nature. As ever before, they wage exterminating war upon the traders and trappers, and the Oregon Indians.” At Brown’s Hole, Farnham met an old Snake Indian who had seen Lewis and Clark on the headwaters of the Missouri in 1805. This man was the first of his people who saw the exploring white man. “He ap- pears to have been galloping from place to place in the office of sentinel to the Shoshonie camp, when he suddenly fount] liimself in the very presence of the whites. Astonishment fixed him to the spot. Men with faces pale as ashes had never been seen by himself or his nation. ‘The head rose high and round, the top flat; it jutted over the eyes in a thin rim; their skin was loose and flowing, and of various colors.’ His fears at length overcoming his curiosity, he fled m the direction of the Indian encampment. But being seen by the whites they pursued and brought him to their camp; exhibited to him the effects of their fire- arms, loaded him presents, and let him go. Having arrived among his own people, he told them he had seen men with faces pale as ashes, who were makers of thunder, lightning, etc. This information astounded the whole tribe. They had lived many years, and their ancestors had lived many more, and there were many legends which spoke of many wonderful things; but a tale like this they had never heard. A council was there- fore assembled to consider the matter. The man of strange words was summoned before it; and he re- hearsed, in substance, what he had before told to others, but was not believed. ‘All men were red, and therefore he could not have seen men as pale as ashes.’ ‘The Great Spirit made the thunder and lightning; he therefore could not have seen men of any color that could produce them. He had seen nothing; he had lied to his chief, and should die.’ At this stage of the proceedings, the culprit produced some of the presents which he had received from the pale men. These being quite as new to them as pale faces were, it was de- termined ‘that he should have the privilege of leading his judges to the place where he declared he had seen these strange people; and if such were found there, he should be exculpated; if not, these presents were to be considered as conclusive evidence against him, that he dealt with evil spirits, and that he was worthy of death by the arrows of his kinfolks.’ The pale men — the thunder makers — were found, and were witnesses of the poor fellow’s story. He was released; and has ever since been much honored and loved by his tribe, and every white man in the mountains. He is now about eighty years old, and poor. But as he is always about Fort David Crockett, he is never permitted to want.” At Brown’s Hole arrived Paul Richardson, who was returning from the borders of Oregon to St. Louis. He had guided some missionaries and others, from the Western States to that unknown region, and among them a man whose purpose it was to conquer the territory of Cali- fornia. The missionaries were Messrs. Munger and Griffith, and their wives were with them. Influenced by Richardson’s story, which was very unfavorable to Oregon as a place of residence, two of Farnham’s men determined to return to the Mississippi Valley. This left him only Blair, an old man, and the useless person whose life he had saved, as companions for the long journey before him. The event was disheartening. Farnham, however, was a man of determination, and was not to be turned from his purpose of striving, at least, to reach the mouth of the Colorado River that season. He therefore engaged a Snake Indian to pilot him to Fort Hall, about 200 miles distant; the com- pensation offered for the service being fifty loads of ammunition, and three bunches of beads. One of the melancholy things of continuing the journey was the necessity of parting with Kelly, the trapper who had bravely and effectively guided them from Fort William to Brown’s Hole. When the last farewells were said, they started off, following the Green River, which here is called Sheetskadee; and on a tributary of this stream, a day or two later, Farnham lost his Pueblo mare — a prairie, and not a mountain, horse — which, after es- caping many dangers in climbing the rough mountains to the eastward, at last fell over a cliff about 600 feet high and was killed. When starting out from Fort David Crockett, they had been ill supplied with food, of which a considerable part was dog meat, but Jim, the Indian guide, occas- ionally killed an antelope, which kept the party from suffering. While still traveling up the river, they met a free trapper, named Madison Gordon, who told them the usual story of few beaver, and little game; and he declared that he purposed to move west, and to begin farming in the valley of the Willamette, which he de- clared was the purpose also of a large number of his fellow trappers. One morning, as they were packing, the guide detected in the distance, down the river, people coming. Who these might be they did not know. They had visions of war parties of Crows, Sioux and Blackfeet, and prepared for the attack; put new caps on their rifles, mounted, and took up a favorable position. But before long their guide rode out from behind their brush-wood camp, and hurried his horse toward the stranger. This man proved to be the celebrated bear killer, Meek — perhaps the man whose story is told in a book, entitled, “The River of The West,” which gives much of the history of the early settlements on the Columbia River. A day or two after this food must have become scarce with them again, for the author says, quite incidentally, “at sun- set our camp kettle was bubbling over the bones of a pelican at the ‘Steamboat Spring.’ Think of the joy of eating boiled pelican! What more nauseous dish can be imagined. . Crossing over into the valley of Bear River, they hurried on their way, frequently made un- easy by finding the tracks of people, and even by seeing fires at; night, and at length reached Egrt Hall, and full meals, in which fresh buffalo tongue figured largely. After a short stay at Fort Hall, Farnham and his peo- pie, under (he guidance of an Indian, set out to cross the burnt plains of Snake River. Two or three days out the party was joined by a Swiss trapper who had been eight years in the mountains. He had been a student in a seminary, but had deserted this training-ground for the priesthood, and had come to America and taken to the mountains. The wormwood deserts of the Snake River were hard enough on the travelers, but harder still on their animals, which had little to eat. Digger Indians were sometimes met with ;. and . when they reached the Boisais River they found Indians in considerable numbers engaged in taking salmon for their winter provisions. They were pleasant, j hospitable, and ready to trade provisions, or even horses, and here, they renewed their stock. It was about here that their guide left them, explaining that now that he had come to the country of another people, it would not be good manners to act as guide through their land. Left without guidance in a country cut up with trails, they were obliged to depend on themselves, but at length suc- ceeded in hiring a number of Bonak Indians [Bannock] to guide them to the fort, which they were now approaching. The fort at Boisais was as hospitable as all the others had been. This post was built in 1832 by the Hudson’s 1 Bay Company to counteract the influence of Wyeth’s Fort - Hall, the building of which is described in J. K. Town- shend’s sketches. At this time it was commanded by Mr. Payette. The stay at Boisais was not long, and the travelers moved on over a country sometimes easy to tra- verse, again extremely difficult. In some places all the party walked,. except the worthless Smith, who insisted on making his unfortunate beast carry him over the roughest ground. A few days later they reached the Columbia River, and crossing over found themselves be- j fore the mission, in the presence of Dr. Whitman. Mr. { Munger and Mr. Hall were also there. A pretty picture is painted of the life and work of this mission among the Skyuse . Indians, whom they were endeavoring to teach the ordinary occupations of civilized life. From this on travel was chiefly down the river. Farn- ham speaks of the advancement already of some of the small settlements; of one where there is a saw mill, a grist mill, and other machinery. At the Dalles he speaks of large tracts which may be plentifully irrigated by ditches . from streams coming down from the western mountains. He believes, too, that hogs might be fattened in the summer on the acorns, which are everywhere abundant. At the Dalles Farnham saw some Chinooks, and de- clared that they flattened their heads more and are more stupid than any other tribe on the Columbia. Farnham remained some time at the Dalles, and saw more or less of the Chinook Indians. As he was about to depart on horseback, he discovered that his saddle had been stripped of its stirrups, straps, girths and crupper, and that his bridle was gone. All these things had been stolen by the Chinooks, and he determined to recover them, and started out fully armed to do so. Fie gives an amusing account of a full day spent in frightening the Indians and being frightened by them ; but at last, one by one, the various articles taken were brought to him and thrown at his feet. Both parties to the quarrel continued to threaten each other for a day or more, and at length Farnham departed, in company with Mr. Lee, the mission- ary— by water after all. He tells us that these Indians subsist on the acorns of the white oak and on fish. For winter the fish is dried, and then pounded to powder and mixed with the oil of the leaf fat of the fish, and packed away in flag sacks; thus making a sort of fish pemmican. Although no salt is used in this preparation, it remains good through the winter. The acorns, gathered as soon as they fall to the ground, are buried in sand, which is kept constantly saturated with water, where they remain till spring. This soaking is said to remove their bitter flavor. Passing on down the Columbia, Farnham passed various settlements and farms, one of which belonged to Thomas McKay, son of the McKay who figured with John Jacob Astor in the doings of the Pacific Fur Company. McKay was building a grist mill, and it was well advanced to- ward completion. The mother of McKay was a Cree or Chippewa Indian. This no doubt is the McKay spoken of by Townshend, earlier referred to. It was just at this time that the British, as well as the Americans, were beginning to take possession of Oregon, and what is now Washington. It had long been occupied by the Hudson’s Bay Company; but, on the other hand, many Americans had traded and settled there; and the American settlers were urgent that they should be pro- tected, declaring this to be a portion of their country’s domain. The settlers held a meeting while Farnham was there, and handed him a petition, signed by sixty-seven citizens of the United States, and persons desirous of be- coming such, the substance of which was a description of the country, their unprotected situation, and a prayer that the Federal Government would extend over them the pro- tection and institutions of the Republic. Farnham says: “These people have put fifty or sixty fine farms under cultivation in the Williamette Valley, amid the most dis- couraging circumstances.. They have erected for them- selves comfortable dwellings and outbuildings, and have herds of excellent cattle, which they have from time to tim? up ffoin Califoj-fij!!, at expense gf prop. Feb. 2 5, 1903.] erty and even life. ' And the reader will find it difficult to ; learn any sufficient reasons for their being left by the ■: Government without the institutions of civilized society. ' 1 Their condition is truly deplorable. They are liable to be :ri arrested for debt or crime and conveyed to the jails of ® Canada ! Arrested on American territory by British offi- jcers, tried by British tribunals, imprisoned in British ii prisons, and hung or shot by British executioners! They ri cannot trade with the Indians. For, in that case, the ■business of British subjects is interfered with ; who, _ by rtJway of retaliation, will withhold the supplies of clothing, household goods, etc., which the settlers have no other 'means of obtaining. Nor is this all. The civil condition (of the territory being such as virtually to prohibit the ■ emigration, to any extent, of useful and desirable citizens, ‘they have nothing to anticipate from any sensible increase of their numbers, nor any amelioration of their state to (look for from the accession of female society. In the 3 desperation incident to their lonely lot, they take wives C from the Indian tribes around them. What will be the J ultimate consequence of this unpardonable negligence on | the part of the Government upon the future destinies of n Oregon cannot be clearly predicted. But it is manifest g that it must be disastrous in the highest degree, both as T to its claims to the sovereignty of that territory and the u moral condition of its inhabitants.” Farnham’s original intention was to explore. Oregon 11 during the winter just beginning, and the following sum- ■1 mer to have returned to the States with the American fur r traders. Already the rainy season had begun, however, . and his intended course was impossible; and it was uncer- tain whether the fur traders would return to the States . j next year. That plan had to be given up. Finally he de- termined to take ship from the mouth of The Columbia 'River either for New York or California, as the oppor- tunity might offer. But before, starting for the mouth of the river, he gives a long description of the geography of Oregon and its productions. ; ‘.j At Fort Vancouver he found a number of Hudsons ’ Bay people, with whom the time passed very pleasantly. :)! Then, again taking to his canoe, he passed down to the ■ mouth of the river, where he found the good ship Van- couver, Captain Duncan; and shortly after, passing out to j: sea, Farnham’s travels in the great Anahuac were ended. George Bird Grinnell. Dr. Samuel Parker. j. It was my privilege to know personally Dr. Samuel 6j Parker, referred to in Mr. Grinnell’s “Tales of the Path- | finders,” Forest and Stream, January 28. In the middle ’70s, or nearly forty years after the ex- pedition referred to, Dr. Parker was one of a number I of people who came out from Ithaca on the old Ithaca 1 and Owego turnpike to conduct “revival” meetings in the King schoolhouse. I remember Dr. Parker as a little ■ spare man, with a complexion that never permits its pos- : sessor to look old. His sparse hair and “scraggly” beard 0 conveyed small intimation of advanced age, both being of a peculiar flaxen color that rarely gets gray. Indeed, I ; at that time hardly believed Dr. Parker to be much past 1 middle life. He was not a ready nor in any sense a 1, magnetic speaker, and I greatly fear that he found in the ? King schoolhouse gatherings a large per cent, of hearers :■ less attentive, and in many instances less respectful, than 1 the untutored children of the plains, whose simple life, I but lost religious state, appealed to him so strongly. Dr. Parker was a man of strong convictions, deeply i sincere, and thoroughly in earnest, and in the mixed ! assembly of South Hill farmers he enjoyed a friendship II that grew to respect and appreciate his varied attainments i and kindness of heart. I think that at that time Dr. * Parker practiced medicine to some extent and also con- 1 ducted a patent soliciting business of considerable propor- i tions. He died some years ago esteemed and . widely r known as a man of; broad information whose life was lived in the open and; devoted to doing good. M. Chill. Mississippi River Fishermen* They said it was fifteen miles to the mouth of the i St. Francis, and in the morning, after running a bad : sand-bar, I pulled away, half expecting to make the I mouth by noon. The narrow river, and the gloomy j tales associated with its drainage area, as well as the natural attraction of the big Mississippi, made me , anxious to get out of the cotton land. The river was so deep in its gully-like course, that I could see but little of the country through which I i| was passing, and that little was dreary. People were ! encouraged to clear the lands there by the success of lj lumbering operations which paid the first cost. Re- | maining trees, the worthless ones, had been deadened, ■I and their gaunt features for miles and miles formed 1 the horizon, as seen from the river banks. These j trees rot and fall to the ground, and in four, or five years from the girdling a plow runs freely through the mass of humus, marking the decayed trunks. When the plow can go to the four corners of the plantation, land that was formerly worth $1.25 an acre can be sold for :j $30 per acre as “cotton land.” And this “new land” is woefully needed throughout the Mississippi Valley. Some of the most wonderfully productive of cotton plantations have fallen off more than half. Rotation of crops is scarcely known, and the consequence is , worn-out cotton fields. Nor is. there much hope save from the Mississippi River itself. When the great [ stream decides to hurl itself through the levee and take a new course through the back country, depositing its vast quantities of fertilizing sediment on the hungry ground, a new lease of life will come to the old fields. But the river will have to do it in spite of mankind. Some believe that the most expensive folly ever under- taken by mankind, for peace or war, was the modern levee system. It builds up the bed of the river in- evitably. The levee banks are now higher than ever before, and each decade they must be increased in height to make up for the filled-in bed. Crevasse fol- lows crevasse, and few note the significance of these disasters. A Mississippi River commission surveyor, whom I met at Helena, Ark., said that the river bed was un- questionaDly filling up, how fast, he couldn’t say. FOREST AND STREAM. “You’d have to compare the measurements of many terms of years. All I care about is getting my money.” He added that the “levees must be built higher and higher” to meet the raising bed-level. “How high?” I asked, and the surveyor made an expressive gesture toward the sky with a toss of his hand. “We’re living in a fool’s paradise,” a St. Francis Bottom cotton planter said to me. “We think and hope the levee is going to hold. Once in ten or fifteen years it doesn’t, and we lose all our cattle and horses, a cot- ton crop, our houses — the profits of years. If we knew the flood was coming, we could prepare for it. If the Government has got to spend money for us, and won’t let us spend it ourselves, then have the dirt that is used for levees thrown into mounds, where we can go in highwater times, and save our cattle. There are a good many of us planters would like to have that silt on our lands. It would save the damage of the over- flow many times over. We got along before the St. Francis was leveed off — two-story houses did it. And if they’d only let the river build up the land with sedi- ment, a lot of that low swamp could be worked some- time with effect. I don’t see why they couldn’t let us have some of the sediment, anyhow — put locks in the levee, at places where it would relieve the pressure and fertilize the ground, too.” On the other, hand, a mere question in regard to the wisdom of the levees put to a village druggist brought forth an emphatic approval of the dirt barrier between the town properties and the yellow floods. It was de- nied that the river bed was filling up. “What would we all do if there wasn’t any levees?” he asked. “Only fifteen miles to the Mississippi!” I said, ex- uberantly to myself, as I pulled down the St. Francis. Of late I had paid little attention to the twisting and winding of the stream. It was common to have the sunshine on me from all sides in the course of a day. Had I paused to consider the matter, or asked the simple question of “By land or by the river?” some bitter disappointments might have been- avoided. I started early, in order to make the river by noon, if possible, and Helena by night. I drove the boat along in the still waters as rapidly as possibly, with rare contentment. At 11 o’clock I was looking ahead, almost expecting to see the broad, yellow river before me at each turn, but suddenly I saw a cotton gin on • the left bank. That meant wide cotton plantations be- tween that gin and the Mississippi. It meant miles and miles down the St. Francis to the Mississippi. My logic might possibly have been wrong, but a skiffman crossing confirmed my conjecture. “Hits thirteen miles by water to the mouth,” he said. The negroes, who told me it was fifteen miles, had not lied. They simply indicated the distance as it was by land. It was nearly twice as far by the river. With reason, the news made me dejected. The sky was gray and growing gloomier perceptibly hour by hour. There was no mistaking the signs — rain was at hand. I wondered that it did not fall. I cooked and ate dinner and then away T went and kept the water curling from the bow till I reached the shack-boat of an unsocial hoop maker. He said I had made nine miles. As he said it, the mist took form in the air and began to fall as tiny rain drops. A long winding still-water marked the last four miles of the St. Francis, and I pulled them with the rain dripping from the wool fuzz of my sweater. ' As I neared the mouth I heard a roar that increased in volume. Finally I could see a great sand-bar ahead, and willow trees — the Mississippi, unmistakably. But be- tween me and the big river was a low bank of mud, from which issued the roar. A man hailed me from his skiff: “You’d better not try to go out now;” he said, “water is pretty bad there — liable to get upset, and in that mud ' you’d never get out!” The Mississippi was very low, and the St. Francis . was cutting through the' mud bank across its mouth, making a tumult of rapidg&flt was nearly dark. The rain was falling fast. I would much rather have ap- proached the river in broatT 'daylight. I didn’t know what to do. But after the man' who warned me had passed on, I hailed a cabin bpatman, whom I saw watching me. He asked me to come aboard, and so I made the acquaintance of Uncle Charlie Robertson. Uncle Charlie seemed to be the happiest and best natured man in the Delta Country, and his fifty-five years sat on him like forty. A clear gray eye, a stocky figure of medium size, a snap to his motions, and a fund of anecdote made him equally a companion and a subject for the note-book man. He was living in a little cabin boat, warm, comfortable, with a bottle of whiskey on the table, the cork not too loose. The boat had been sold, for his busy season was at hand. He had to look after logs of a Helena company, which were due to come down on the spring rise. Uncle Charlie had resisted the call of the trapper’s life for some time, but couldn’t tell how long it would be before he would come down the Missouri again in a skiff or cabin boat, trapping and hunting — getting a great deal of sport out of it, as well as profit. The rain, which threatened so much, didn’t last long enough to more than wet the leaves, and Harry Smiley came down to have Uncle Charlie go coon hunting after supper. It was talk this, way and talk that way, and look at the weather and guess at it — nobody pre- tends to really read the weather on the lower Missis- sippi. It looked so threatening that it was almost de- cided not to go, but finally a start was made. They carried shotguns, and had “lamps” on their heads — quarter-moon shaped cans that fitted round the . forehead, and were fastened by canvas buckle and strap. A reflector threw the light from two round torch burners, one in each horn of the moon. Soap caked around the screw tops of the burners prevented leak- ing, more, or less. All through the Delta land these lamps sell for 50 cents. I didn’t have a lamp, but tagged behind Uncle - Charlie, and found things suf- ficiently interesting. We went through a cornfield first, the tall stalks and , flapping leaves in the yellow light making an impres- sion. Then we came to woods and here were further impressions — big trees, some underbrush and creeping vines. The hunter from the north lifts his toes as he 161 lifts his feet ; but the southern hunter walks with a limp ankle in order to . let every twig slip from the foot. I tripped considerably over tiny vines, and then took to watching Uncle Charlie’s feet to see why he didn’t trip, too. When I let my ankles hang limp, I progressed well enough. The light, turning with the hunter’s head, throws the rays here and there. It seemed as though we walked pretty fast, and we made lots of noise — at least I did, for the flare of the torch above the reflector blinded me, and I lunged along, unable to see much. The ground was level, almost, but in the night it was easier to tell the grades than by day. We traveled on for miles and miles, it seemed, instead of the mile and a half we were to go to the fence, beyond which lay the Dark Corner, where a negro became so badly lost that he didn’t know his own sister or home when he came out. We shined no coon, but we found a puddle of water all stirred up. “See this? A coon’s been paddling around here within twenty minutes.” They told me the sloughs ran east and west, and that to get back we would have to- go south. We could see Smiley’s lamp flashing at intervals in the distance, being visible much further off than a man would be in the daytime. Sometimes we saw the lights of other hunters. Once in a while a gun would be fired, sound- ing loud in the stillness of the woods. Smiley saw the eyes of one ’coon up in a tree, and fired. He heard it fall, and began to look for it. He circled round a couple of times, called for us, and we went to him. By that time east was west, and west, north with him. “That coon’s right within twenty yards of us now!” he said. I stood still, while they went circling around; but the coon wasn’t found. Some trees were then marked with a knife in order to make a daylight search, and on we went, but not until matters were straight- ened out by the compass I carried. Curiously enough neither of the hunters had a compass, but depended on stars, and previous acquaintance with the forest. The trees and woods looked different, of course, and when we came to the red, fluted swell-butt cypress trees, the fluting caught the light along the rolls and were beautiful, especially when overhead the vines hung down. It was among these vines that the Adiron- dacx habit of taking hold of twigs and grass blades was completely broken. I got hold of a vine with forty stings to the inch. Some of the hunters wear thick gloves, and the hardest fisted turn their elbows up and double their heads down into the crook when they buck the thickets — usually they go around, however, looking for openings. The hunters mostly had on boots, which were needed in the hollows which the rain during my stay at Windy Jim’s (no relation of Uncle Charlie) had filled more or less. The thirsty got down on their hands and, still on their feet, drank this water, which proved as good as the cistern water which the people of the Bottoms depended on for drinking during the hot summer months; only I saw inch-long beetles skating round, and it took a long time to raise sufficient thirst for drinking. After a while — about midnight, to my reckoning, though only 9 o’clock — we came to a wire fence, beyond which lay the Dark Corner, where there was lots of game, but the canebrake was too dense. Here other hunters joined us, two of whom had coons slung sack- fashion by a string over their shoulders. They were horribly life-like, frothing red at the mouth, eyes star- ing and teeth showing — much like a wounded weasel cornered. Seven or eight of the men sat down in a circle to talk, and most of them put out their lights to save oil. The men who had brought only half a pint of oil in Httle bottles tried to borrow from those who had started with a pint, but, unsuccessfully — very like the parable. It was, “let’s go this way,” and “that way’s best!”. Some tried half-hartedly to get somebody else to go with them beyond the fence, but no oiie would go far that way. Hunting in a land of canebrakes, some with cane twenty feet high is sport for the venturesome and careless; but none wanted to undertake it that night. Uncle Charlie and I, on going through a hay field of cane on our way back, came to a point where the compass pointed exactly wrong, but eventually Smiley yelled that he had found the road, and we walked down it for a couple of miles and, suddenly, I saw a steamer in the distance. It was the Mississippi, but I couldn’t have told how we got there. It was not long before midnight when we turned into our bed: The morning was cold, with a bitter wind blowing, but in spite of that, there was an immeasurable sense of relief in being on the wide river again. I had missed the' deep, strong current, the distant views and the companionship of other travelers. The swamp people were narrow in their horizon — -“We never been thar; the men has,, though.” On the Mississippi many of the cabin-boaters had traveled through more States in a month than most men do in a life time. A little detail of that morning’s trip brings a feeling to my hands, even now. I mislaid one mitten that morning, and rowing was a hand-nipping task. I lost many, strokes in changing my lone mitt from one red hand,, to the other redder one. Six miles down, I spied the little red cabin boat, a wind-worn craft, where a tall man with a flowing light mustache, resting his elbow on the roof of his cabin, answered my questions. . “Yas,” he said, “I ..bees dot fishermans Anderson — vop’t you kom in unt varm?” Anderson came from Sweden thirty odd years ago, with an outfit of home-made blankets, mittens, socks, mufflers made by a sister. He went west till he was in the Michigan wilderness, and there he tried logging .- — quit it — and when he left the camp, sold his blankets of many colors to Indians, who flung them round their shoulders. That night, for the first time in two years, Anderson, found himself in need of the blankets. He tramped till night, crawled, down beside, a log, pulled leaves over himself, and tried to sleep during an autumn frost. Something came through the, brush and made a noise like an exhaust pipe in a sawmill! Anderson climbed a, tree and remained there till long after the sound of something running away ceased. “Yust a deer. Vat a fool I wass in dose days.” He came into Burlington, la., and hit the Mississippi, and had never left it from, that time. He had been a sailor on the Baltic Sea, and knew the flavor of cod. He began to fish, got a cabin boat and this little red one was the last of the many he had owned. Now Anderson was suffering from a cold, the Arkansas appetite (always hungry, and nothing will satisfy it), biliousness, kidney trouble, headaches, joints aching, feet swelling, chills — that is to say, malaria. “Yes, he come down here, and the malaria’s got him,” Uncle Charlie Robertson said. “It’s been working on him for years. It’s going to kill him. Malaria just saps them down; they keep getting weaker and weaker, so slow they don’t notice it — all of a sudden it grips them and they die like a deadening. I’ve seen hun- dreds like him.” “Isn’t it funny,” Anderson said to me, “I used to be so big and strong. By golly, I could lift that skiff with one hand, and now I take both hands to change my oars. I am tired all the while. I guess I will have to get away from the river here. I would like to go to Oregon and fish for salmon. They say it ain’t there like it is here, and that a man can get well there. Perhaps I will have a good spring fishing, and then I can go. I guess I get well this spring anyhow, and be all right again, like I used to be two years ago. I feel better to-day already. I guess maybe I be all right in a day or two. Last spring I was sick all during the good fishing; this arm here I couldn’t lift it, it got small like my fingers used to be. But it’s better now. Yes; I can see it is bigger. I get all right. Do you know how to play casino? I play blind casino while I am here by myself.” He was a mile from his nearest neighbor, and three miles from the man who would look after him when he got down sick. His boat was tied to four stakes, bow to the bluff reef at the head of the big eddy above Helena. “I won’t tie down there — I saw five shanty boats sunk there one day. They been lucky down at the Transfer Dock. For two years there has been no south gale; but it is coming some time. I don’t want to be there then.” For twenty-five years he had watched the river with eyes that gave evil things like river rats and bad land- ings “an awful sharp look,” and he refused to be fooled down to a steep bank near kind people who might some day have all they could do to look after them- selves, let alone him, so he held to the sand-bar, the shallow water and his lonely shelter. It is so with most of the fishermen. They seek out the pockets, chutes and islands where the water in time of gales does little more than rock the chips and eddying sediment. Their business is in the depths of the water, and they know what it can do when wind- driven. They don’t care for floods; they rise and fall with the water on the gauges, as a general thing, and would tie to the topmost branches of a tree fearlessly, so long as the waves and wind had no clear sweep at them. Day by day they look at the sky, not just once in the morning, but almost constantly eyeing each cloud and each shift in the wind. Not till the gale settles down on them and their boat is tied to meet it, not till bow lines, stern lines and anchor lines are out and stage plank set, do they take their pipes from between their teeth with anything like a breath of relief; then it’s “Well, I guess we’re fixed this time — wonder if that anchor is going to get hung under? I got to get a trip line first chance I get.” Ask one of these wise old fishermen about the weather for the next day, and it’s “I don’t know; can’t tell anything about the d — — thing down here.” Let the clouds be hanging ever so low, the wind sweeping in lifting gusts along crested waves and the feel of rain just pouring through one’s pores — not even then will the fisherman say it’s going to rain. “When it gets here, it will rain — that’s all you can tell about it. It makes a man mad sometimes, the way the weather swings round and don’t do like it looks. The weather’s a levee-camp nigger.” Rain is rain, and snow is snow; but it takes wind to make a storm for the fishermen, and the wind that travels along through wide areas of calm, ripping things up, is a cyclone. Anderson remembers winds, tough fellows and dreams. One night he had gone to bed in a big three-room boat tied to the bank just below Burl- ington, la., when a cyclone came. It turned his boat over, broke a lot of jugs full of fish oil on the gunwale, and mixed the grease with the feathers of a great feather-bed and several pillows. It was an awful job cleaning the boat afterward, but the boat was tied good and it didn’t float away. I wanted to know how he got out. “I was in the bed when it hit me, think- ing it was blowing pretty hard. Well, it come and turned the boat over on its side, down come those jugs from the other side all round me. I yomped up— couldn’t find noddings. Dark as the inside a coon tree. I couldn’t get my pants, so I tried to get out. I tell you it boders some to find a door out when the boat is half up side down. I got out and walked in my shirt to where there wass aneinder fisherman in a leetle boat. The wave had set him way up on the bank, high and dry, and when I come in to borrow a pair of pants, he was getting breakfast of potatoes, it bein’ mos’ time for to get op, anyhow. He hadn’t seen any light of my boat, and he thought I was drowned.” Anderson said that he had a sure sign as to the rain, but some might think it less reliable than the cloud colors. “I know when there is a rain coming,” he said, “for I dream of water.” Anderson had lived long and most of the time alone on the river, and dreams and feelings were come to be significant to him more than to most, but for all that, he was a god fisherman. “I dream I have a piece of meat in my fingers, and a great big snake comes and takes the meat away. That kind of scares me, and I wake up — I yumps up and goes out to my line in the middle of the night and there is de big fish, yust ready to get off de hook.” There is not a great variety of ways used in catching fish for market out of the Big River, but they have proved to be so efficient that any old fisherman will say, “Fishing isn’t what it used to be.” That is to say, 4,000 miles of main stream have been fished to death, or are being fished to death, and the Government will be called on to stock the river one of these days. FOREST AND STREAM. ft if n,ot to give any estimate of the number °* from the lower river in any given time. Not °ne , ^s“erman in a thousand keeps any account of his catches, but a few scattered bills will indicate something rr 11 e "s^erman's catches. P. J. McKey, located at Fort I filow, said he made a thousand dollars a year. He said he lived easy on the river, scorned the little hill man who ate only corn bread and pork most of the time, pointed to the chubby cheeks of his two babies, and set out a bottle of whiskey; had potatoes, hot bread, fresh pork for din- ne,r> beef for supper, and smoked his pipe contentedly. The fish buyers are rivals, of course, and do their best to get the fish — do everything, in fact, so I was assured many times, save have honest scales. To the young dealer just starting in business the fishermen go with their catches, while the old buyers in the neighborhood scorn him as green, and hate him for honesty. But after a while the young buyer becomes learned, “gets tricky like all the rest of them,” and scales that require 105 or no pounds to bring up the bar at 100 pounds take the place of the old ones. My own weight varied nearly twenty pounds on various scales in a few days ; the bank stores were not exempt from the variations. “They’d spend it for booze, anyhow,” is the excuse offered. The fisherman says, “He’s a good man — his scales are all right,” or, “I don’t like him much— scales no good for the fisherman.” In the river there is plenty of deep water, and there is always a current; any fish can go deep, and must keep moving on account of the water; its flesh is harder, better and unmistakable to those familiar with fish of the bot- toms. But the lake fish are in stagnant water — water that grows so warm that the meat becomes almost like jelly, and the fish wallow in the mud, not finding deep water, ^ and their flesh tastes of the mud. Probably the best idea of how warm the water gets and what it means to the fish of the rivers and ponds — “Old Rivers” — may be gathered from the fact that buffalo and other clumsy fish of the bottoms have small forked bones throughout their flesh to keep it from melting off their skeleton or sloughing from their sides; — an interesting little scheme of skewering by nature. But it doesn’t make eating fish from the bottoms easier. In some of the deep lakes good fish are found, but in the shallow ones the muddy flavored are taken. It makes some difference to the fisherman in price, but the lakes are usually the “best” fishing, because more fish are taken from them. As a result of the difference between still water and running water, there are two classes of fisher- men— those who follow the running river, and those who go to the lakes. The men who buck the current must use different tackle from those who run the lakes and still waters, and must make allowances for various things not known on the lakes — long trees with roots that reach deep into the water, gouging the set nets and tearing them lengthwise. The danger from river rats who pick up nets and go on down stream with them is less in the water back from the main channel, too. The man who sets his nets along the banks looking for the “runs” of the fish, seeks places where the fish travel from one place to another; he finds them in the river at little points jutting out into the current, causing eddies. The fish run up the eddies close to shore, and then hit the current close in to avoid as much of it as possible. Right where the fish round the point is where the fisherman tries to get his nets fixed. One sees pairs of fishermen, one at the oars, the other poking down into the opaque water feeling for the best place in the bank to lay the mouth of the hoop net — incidentally to find if there are any snags there on which to lose his nets. The hoop net is the mainstay of the river fisherman. He runs from five or ten up to thirty or even forty. And these hoop nets are all of a model, varying only in size. Each fisherman has his own notion as to what constitutes a proper distance between the hoops, and as to the size of the hoops. Raymond S. Spears. Newfoundland Notes. St. Johns, Newfoundland, Feb. 14. — During the last few weeks we have had very variable weather — snow- storms, gales of wind, spurts of keen frost, and an odd “soft snap” complete the cycle as we get it here. Even heavy snowdrifts and keen frosts have their compensa- tions. They bring about a condition of affairs that make it possible for lumbermen and loggers to get through the woods easily and cut and haul their timber to convenient rivers preparatory to getting them down to the mills in the spring, and incidentally making data for some reader of Forest and Stream who the coming summer will be shooting or fishing in the vicinity to burst into poetry. After a hard day’s tramp, when he at last reaches the bank of the rushing river, can’t you imagine him, after apostrophizing the flies, pushing back his hat off his fore- head, taking his corn-cob out of his mouth, mopping his face with his bandana, and bursting out — “At last the blackened timber 1 At last the racing stream! With the raw, right-angled log jam at the bend!” But I must not anticipate. And the ice men are now reaping their harvest. They can get all the ice they want about two feet thick on any of the lakes near the city. As a result, thousands of tons of clear blue ice have been stowed away during the last few weeks, to serve to cool the thirsty lieges during the hot days of the coming summer. Winter Sports. The sports indulged in consist chiefly of skating out- doors or in the rinks, hockey, curling and racing. We have two fine rinks in St. Johns, and they are largely patronized. In the Princes Rink there have been several hockey contests between our local teams. The players and spectators enjoy the game immensely. A selecting committee are now engaged picking out of the various clubs a team to meet a Canadian team that is expected along next week. Sone of “auld Scotia” and their descendants affect the “roarin’ game,” otherwise curling. The Mic-Macs and the Terra Novas played an exciting game yesterday, the former winning by two points. We have had also several skating carnivals, a very en- joyable pastime for participants and spectators. The cos- tumes range from the grand to the grotesque, and the motion, the brilliant electric lighting, the music of the [F®5, 25, igos. band and the gay-colored dresses of the maskers, all con bine to make a very pleasing spectacle. We have had a skating race in which there were abov a dozen contestants. It was won by F. Chislett, the chair pion skater of Newfoundland. Though not hard pressei 're skated 71 miles in 5)4 hours, nearly 12 miles an hou: J hat is not bad traveling, even on ice. Caribou. Hie railway agent at Gaff Topsails reported last wee seeing a herd of deer going north. This railway statio is situated in the interior of the country, and is on th' highest altitude attained by the line. It is most unusur to see caribou going north at this season, and the “older inhabitant” is making it the basis of a prophecy of a: early spring. As an instance of how plentiful they are, train men te that last week, while the train was running full speed ai Grand Falls, two deer suddenly jumped on the trad They kept ahead for a short time, till the train struc them ; one of them had three of its legs broken, and th other was thrown clear of the track. The train hand got off and despatched the wounded deer and took it o board the train. The other one trotted off through th woods and escaped. Trouting. Every lake near the city has its devotees seeking trout J hey fish through the ice, but the sport is not very excit ing. While a small number fish for sport, the greater: number fish for food. Several large catches have bee. reported from Gnidi Vidi Lake, just outside of the towr A man fishing near the electric power house caught j brook trout weighing six pounds. Another, in MundyL Pond, caught a Loch Leven 26 inches long weighing 5JI pounds. Several of these latter have been taken in othe lakes, but as they are generally thin, scraggy fellows, the are not in favor with sportsmen. The Marine and Fisheries Department is making in quiries into a report that the river at Salmonier had beer dynamited last season for salmon. It is to be hoped tha! the matter will be thoroughly sifted, as this is one of th very best salmon rivers in the country. Cabia Blanco’s reminiscences of the ■ Comanches haw interested me very much. I have been reading them wit! a great deal of pleasure. They deal with a very interest ing. epoch in the lives of the aborigines of the plains, anti while they may not be unique, I imagine that the sports'; men who enjoyed such rare experiences must be very few even in America. Besides supplying interesting reading matter to sportsmen of to-day, he is putting in an at tractive form data as to Comanches and buffaloes — knowi to most of us only through Fenimore Cooper et al. — tha will prove of immense value to the historian of the future As a proof how such information not only flows througl the main aqueducts such as Forest and Stream, but fron them trickles through innumerable side channels such a! country and provincial newspapers, I inclose annexei clipping from Cabia Blanco’s excellent article of a coupk of weeks ago. As you will notice, it is cut out of th<| middle of the article, and appropriated without credit tcj either Forest and Stream or our friend Cabia. I recog- nized it immediately I saw it, and cut it out and sene, to you and Cabia as an illustration how these things travel ! Old War Horses. These old horses never forget the calls, no matter how long i| has been since they last heard them. One day some years ago, when I was passing an open lot in the outskirts of Chicago, I found a boy trying to play an old cornet!! While the boy and I were at work on the cornet, an old negre; ash hauler came along driving an animal that had once been q food horse, but was now only a collection of skin and bones! he horse stopped when he heard us, and stuck up his ears, la came to the conclusion that he had once been a cavalry horse, and asked the old negro where he had got him. “From a farmer,” he said. I could not find a “U. S.” on the; horse; he had probably been discharged so long ago chat his! brand had been worn off. But taking the cornet, I sounded the stable call, and the horse immediately began to dance. “Hold fast to your lines, now, uncle,” I warned the old negro.' I am going to make that old horse do some of the fastest running he has ever done since he left the cavalry.” Then, beginning with the call for the gallop, I next sounded the charge, and the old plug went plunging up the road at his fastest gait, dragging his wagon after him. I gave him the recall: next, and he came down to a walk, much to the relief of the old negro. He said that this was the first time he had ever seen the horse' run. He had never been able to get him to go faster than a slow walk before. “You don’t feed him well enough to get him to do much run-1 ning,” I told him. “That horse, when he did have to run, got his twelve pounds of corn and all the hay he could eat every day.”< ' c. I Extermination of Salmon. They say “unknown conditions” have interfered with the work of the salmon hatcheries, so that not one-fifth part of the eggs expected have been obtained. The conditions are not unknown. Contrary to law, the fishing season was extended, or at least was' not closed as required by law. Again, there should be closed, intervals, even in the fishing season, so the fish may have a chance. Artificial propagation will do wonders if the fish are allowed to come in from the ocean. But when the massacre cuts off life in its source, whsa is to be expected? Most of the fish having been caught in the lower river, there are few to produce young for the hatcheries. The greed of to-day often cuts off the gain for to-morrow. A few years more .and there will be no salmon in the Columbia— unless more vigorous enforcement of the law of the closed season can be had, and the law itself requires amendment that the closed season may be longer. Again, there is need of an understanding between the States of Oregon,’ Wash- ington and Idaho, and vigorous enforcement of the joint agree- ment, or of intervention of the United States with a uniform law for the States of the Columbia basin. Under present conditions the salmon are doomed, and will disappear, and money expended1 on hatcheries is wasted.— Portland Oregonian. George Fields, Horace Philhower, Louis Disbrow and Con- stable Frank D. Cranmer, all expert shots of the North Branch1 Gun Club, may have to pay damages for nearly destroying a flock of domesticated geese that they mistook for the wild variety. It appears that John Lore, who lives a few miles from North Branch, owned the flock of geese, and that Thursday night dogs got into the flock and scattered them. Out of the flock of fifteen, ten flew in the North Branch direction, and Friday morning they settled on the meadows near the village. An early riser gave the alarm, and an organized posse, the prin- cipals being those named above, started to gather in on the birds that were feeding on the meadows. They were lucky enough to get seven out of the ten. Before noon, Lore, who had been out searching for his much-prized geese, drove into North Branch, where the birds had been proudly displayed in the country store. When he discovered the dead geese were from hL own flock, he was furious, and threatened to have the sportsmen all arrested, 'but when explanation was made, he became less bellicose, and nego- tiations for a settlement are in progress. The geese were valu- able, as the breed is getting very scarce.— Newark, N. J., Call. fcni'wjJ FOREST AND STREAM. 108 *1 he Wood Buffalo'Past and Present. ifc* The great interest which attaches to the almost extinct buffalo renders anything definite that may be published about it worth noting. Except for a small number of animals now protected in the Yellowstone Park, the only wild buffalo on the conti- nent are the wood buffalo, or bison, which still exist in western Canada. These buffalo — quite different in habit from their brothers of the plains — formerly existed in the timbered country of Canada from the Athabasca north as far as Great Slave Lake. But within the past century their numbers have been extraordinarily reduced, and the area over which they range is so great, that we know and can know little that is definite as to their numbers. Of late years they have been guessed at as numbering any- where from 1,500 to ioo; but since they range over an area of perhaps 15,000 square miles between Peace River and the Great Slave Lake and from Slave River westward to the foothills of the mountains, these estimates are little more than guesswork. Mr. Warburton Pike and* Mr. Caspar Whitney have both written of these animals, but saw little or nothing of them. Much more recently an official of the Hudson’s Bay Company endeavored to secure information from natives along the McKenzie River and the streams which form it, taking care, as far as he could, not to count the same buffalo twice. His conclusions were that the num- ber of buffalo left alive at that time were more than 500. In the London Field last summer appeared an interest- img account of the country in which the buffalo range, •wjfh an estimate of their numbers, which, however, is not mutch more valuable than others which went before it. What is said of the range, present and past of this sub- species is, however, very well worth reading. It will be remembered that a few years ago Mr. S. N. Rhoads described this subspecies under the name of Bison anierican us athabascce. No skulls of this form, so far as we recall, had previously been examined. Mr. Rhoads’ specimen came from the Rocky Mountains west of Great ' Slave Lake. It ^ larger and with more slender horns than the plains form, and perhaps is thus nearer to the European bison, though we know too little of the northern form to draw conclusions about it. The writer says : ) “The whole interior of the country is unmapped and unexplored, and is traversed only in the winter time by a few roving bands of Indians. In the summer-time these Indians collect at the different Hudson’s Bay posts, Forts Chipewyan, Smith and Resolution, getting a little tem- porary employment from the fur traders as boatmen and voyagers, or in making hay, and eking out a miserable existence on what fish they can catch in the rivers. A few of them build log houses and raise some vegetables, but the majority are too lazy even to do this, and live in cot- ton tents and flimsy canvas lodges that have almost en- tirely replaced the more substantial ones of deer skin. Those who trade at Smith and Resolution belong to the great Chipewyan tribe, and are a bad lot, particularly the younger generation. A few Crees find their way into .the country from the south, and on the west is the fast- wanishing tribe of Beavers. To the east, across the Slave iRiver, is the country of the Caribou Eaters, another 'branch of the Chipewyan tribe, speaking a slightly dif- ferent dialect, who get their name from living on the cari- bou of the barren lands. “A few years ago the wood buffalo were found over a very much larger area than at present, for we hear of them having been killed as far west as Fort St. John and Fort Liard, along the foothills of the Rocky Moun- tains, eastward across the Slave and Athabasca rivers, and southward toward the height of land. That they were very rare as far northwest as Fort Liard is shown by the fact that in 1866, when the tracks of one bull were seen by the Indians about twenty miles north of. the post, they did not know what it was, and were afraid to shoot it, until a man from the south came to the place and went out and shot it. There is a general opinion that they never went further north than Great Slave Lake; but among the records of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Simp- son there is an item which apnears in the journal for the year 1835, showing that during the winter six wood buf- falo were killed by the fort hunters on the east side of the Mackenzie River, near Marten Lake, and nearly 100 miles north of the outlet to Great Slave Lake. But this is the only case on record, and it was probably a herd that strayed much further north than usual. Ten or twelve years ago there was a small band of a dozen or twenty to be found south of the Peace River, near Fort McMur- ray; but recently they have not been heard of, and have probably been killed off, and at present the only place that one does find them is in the country north of the Peace River and south of Great Slave Lake, between the Slave River and the Caribou Mountains, and particularly on the Salt Plain near the brine springs. “Several people have attempted to make an estimate of the number of buffalo in this region, and among them Caspar Whitney, who makes their number to be about 400. This is rather a difficult thing to do, as they are not collected together in one large herd, but are scattered over the whole area in small bands, of from ten to twenty in a band. Pike reports seeing eight in one band, while the largest band that we came in contact with contained about twelve. Estimates as to their numbers obtained from the natives who hunt in this country varied all the way from eighty up to 400. The mean of these two extremes is 240, and this, I should "judge, would be the outside limit. It is said, too, that an unusually large proportion of these are old bulls. “Though it is now nearly seven years since the killing of the wood buffalo was prohibited by the Dominion Government, and four years since the last one was known to have been shot, there does not seem to be any marked increase in their numbers. But perhaps it may be too 40cm to notice it. The natives account for this by the number of large timber wolves that frequent the same district, and kill the young ones in the early spring before they are strong enough to take care of themselves. The price paid by the fur traders for their skins is in itself not a sufficient inducement for the Indians to go in largely for trapping wolves, particularly as the country still abounds in many of the more valuable fur-bearing ani- mals, such as beaver and marten, and unless some effort is made to exterminate them, or even keep down their numbers, the wolves will increase at the expense of the buffalo. That the wood buffalo were once very much more numerous than at present may be inferred from the number of old tracks and wallows that are seen on the ridges and some of the more open placds; and if we go back to the time of the discovery of Great Slave Lake, in December, 1771, we see that at that time Samuel Hearne reports the buffalo in hundreds near where Fort Resolu- tion now stands at the mouth of the Slave River, and later explorers confirm the same report. The same indis- criminate slaughter was never practiced among the wood buffalo by the Indians and others as among the buffalo of the prairies, as, because living in a wooded country, they had to be hunted on foot. They are not very difficult to hunt, but the hunter has not the chance of firing more than three or four shots before the band is out of sight. It is said that about forty years ago, some time in the sixties, there came a heavy fall of rain in the middle of the winter, completely saturating the snow. When this again froze a thick icy crust was formed, so that the buffalo were unable to paw it away to get food, and in at- tempting to do so the tendons of their forefeet were cut, As a result, hundreds of them died of starvation. This story is corroborated by the officers of the Hudson’s Bay Companj*, and appears in the journals of some of their posts, so that it must have some foundation, and the fact would account for the disappearance of some, though not all, of the animals. "The question whether they are a distinct species from the prairie buffalo> has often been raised ; but they are un- questionably the same, and, though the wood buffalo stands perhaps four inches higher, and is proportionately heavier, the size of one is merely the result of his environ- ment. They had probably wandered northward into the Peace River Valley from the prairie to the south, and, finding the winters not severe enough to drive them southward again, they remained there. The climate of this country is not any severer than that of the prairies to the south, and, living in a fairly well wooded region, are not exposed to the fierce blizzards that sometimes rage over the open or sparsely timbered districts of Alberta, Assiniboia and Manitoba. This, together with some difference in the nature and quality of their food, has resulted in the production of a larger animal. It does not follow, however, that the same conditions would pro- duce similar results in all the animals found in this coun- try. Moose and bear, which are very numerous, are no larger than those found elsewhere through Canada; but then the cases are not parallel, for neither of these two animals inhabit a prairie country as the buffalo did. A parallel case would be that of the wolves. Wolves living in a wooded country are always larger than the prairie wolves. “The country occupied by the wood buffalo is interest- ing in many respects, though the topography is very simple. Going westward from the Slave River, the land rises in a series of low, flat-topped escarpments composed of limestone, culminating eventually in the Caribou Moun- tains at a height of 2,000 feet at something over 100 miles from the river. Lakes are few, and the few small creeks and streams flowing northward to Great Slave Lake, or south to the Peace River, meander in an exasperatingly crooked manner through their wide shallow valleys, only broken here and there by shallow rapids, or less fre- quently plunging in waterfalls over the face of an escarp- ment. One of the most interesting of these waterfalls is that on the Little Buffalo River. At the time of my visit in August, the volume of water in the river was not great. The drop is only about 50 feet, but the peculiar thing is that one can actually cross to the opposite side of the river by walking underneath the falls ; not, however, with- out getting wet from the spray. The cause of this is that the upper strata of limestone are harder and more re- sistant than the lower, and consequently the upper over- hang. Below the falls is a deep circular basin and a narrow gorge, cut to a depth of 100 feet or more in the solid rock, and having almost vertical walls. The gorge is seven miles in length, and marks the distance the falls have retreated from the face of the escarpment since the genesis of that part of the river. The whole thing is representative of the Niagara Falls and gorge in minia- ture. The Big Buffalo and Hay rivers to the west both flow over this same escarpment, and with exactly similar results of falls with gorges below them. “The greater part of the country is densely wooded, with the usual northern forest of spruce, poplar, tamarac and birch. The small openings which are dignified by the name of prairies are rather scattered, and are usually only 200 or 300 yards in length ; but it is on these that one is very likely to run across the buffalo. The Salt Plain, which covers an area of perhaps seventy-five square miles, and which gets its name from having several brine springs situated on it, is not an unbroken stretch of prairie land, but is dotted here and there with clumps or groves of poplar. Part of it is covered with a luxuriant growth of grasses and different flowering plants, and looks very beautiful when these are in bloom, and part is barren and alkaline. It lies only a few miles west of the Slave River, and a few years ago was the favorite feeding ground of the buffalo, who used to come to lick the salt. Bear and moose still frequent the neighborhood of the brine springs* but the buffalo have gone further inland, and little trace of them is left but a few bleached skulls. “One need have no difficulty at all in getting game any- where, for the country abounds in moose, caribou, bear, and some of the smaller animals. We found in one of the numerous sink holes which occur all through, and which are characteristic of any area underlaid by beds of gypsum, a moose imbedded in the ice at the bottom of the hole, with only his horns protruding. He had probably fallen in, and as the sides were overhanging, he was un- able to get out, and died there.” A Wild Turkey Gross* Morgantown, W. Va. — Editor Forest and Stream Recently a West Virginia paper contained the fol- lowing: “William Warner, of Pendleton county, who is making a specialty of domesticating and marketing wild turkeys, sold fifty on last Saturday, They were the finest lot ever seen in that county, and the aggregate weight was 615 pounds. The experiment of raising wild turkeys has often been tried, with only moderate results, Mr. Warner seems to have mastered the secret. His method is to procure the Vild eggs and hatch them out under tame hens.” Believing as I did that it was unusual to domesticate wild turkeys, even though hatched by domestic fowls, I learned the address of Mr. Warner, and wrote him for- particulars concerning his experiments, and received in reply the following information. He found two wild turkey eggs in the woods, and set them under a hen; both hatched and did well, and proved to be a hen and gobbler. They were allowed to run at large; when they were one year old the hen' got hurt and died. He put the gobbler with his bronze turkey hens and raised seventy-five of the finest young turkeys he had ever seen. When he mar- keted them in the fall, they weighed twenty pounds each. He says the gobbler was the finest bird he ever saw; it would come up and eat out of his hand, but a stranger could not get near it. He declares he would not- have taken ten dollars for it. He had a cornfield some distance from the house where the gobbler would go every day, and some hunter killed it, and that was the end of his wild turkey raising. However, his neighbors have caught young wild turkeys and put them with their tame ones, and they did well, and got much larger than the tame ones, and brought better prices. No bird is so closely associated with the pioneer history of our country, and it would be interesting and no doubt profitable if some of the dwellers in localities where they can yet be found were to secure some of these noble birds and preserve the species before they pass away, as they must sooner or later do in their wild state. Emerson Carney. White Shovellers. Mr. Chas. Hallock, now wintering in Southern Cali- fornia, sends us an extract from a letter which he has received from Mr. W. B. Boardman, of Minneapolis, Minn., son of the late Geo. A. Boardman. The reference to albinos will interest some of our readers. Mr. Board- man writes : “I trust you will have a pleasant winter in California and enjoy yourself with nature, which pleasure we are denied in this cold country during the winter. It was 18 degrees below zero this morning. “I was in Winnipeg last month, and when on my way to the station, noticed a number of mounted natural his- tory specimens in a window, including both birds and animals, on which there was a sign stating that they were for sale. Among the collection were three pure white spoonbill ducks. I tried to ascertain from the man in the store something regarding them, but he knew nothing about them — said the man in that side of the store was out. “Knowing how much my father was interested in albinos, it occurred to me that possibly some of your friends might like to secure one or more of these speci- mens. If so, I think I might possibly secure the name of the owner from some of my acquaintances in Winnipeg.” European Widgeon in California, Los Angers, Cal., Feb. 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: On the 5th inst., on a marsh near this city, I shot a fine specimen of the European widgeon ( Mareca penelope). The bird came in to the decoys with five of the common. American widgeon. It was a male, in full winter plumage, and weighed two pounds and one-half ounce. About a year ago another specimen of this widgeon was brought to bag by a friend of mine, Mr. Joseph Welsh, of Pasadena, shooting on another part of the same marsh. M. penelope is a rare straggler on the western coast, although I believe it is somewhat more common on the Atlantic seaboard. Robert Erskine Ross. [The books say that M. penelope is rather abundant, and breeds in Alaska, and that it is not very uncommon on the northwest coast. It is of rather rare occurrence on the Atlantic Coast. Every occurrence, however, should be noted.] An interesting trial under the Lacey act came off last week before Judge Boarman in Florida. It appears that one jTohn R. Jack, of Punta Gorda, a commercial collector* of bird skins, had long been engaged in collecting the skins of small birds and shipping them out of the State to collectors elsew’here. The National Committee of Audubon Societies learned of this, and after procuring evidence against the man, submitted the facts and the tes^ timony to the Department of Justice at Washington. The case was put in the hands of the U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the accused man was arrested and put under bonds. The defendant, recognizing that he had no case, plead guilty and was duly, fined. He confessed that his shipments had been considerable, and stated that within a comparatively short time, he had shipped out of the State — of course in contra- vention of the law— -not less than forty ivory-billed wood- peckers, a species which is on the verge of extinction. As it Happened in the Canon. “Nobody but a tenderfoot would carry a scatter gun in a big-game country, anyway. Condemn it, you’re worse than a tenderfoot. You’re a pilgrim — a condemned pil- grim, that’s what you are !” and by way of emphasis my partner slapped a few slabs of bacon in the frying-pan, jammed it down on the coals and yanked back the pot of boiling coffee. I made no reply. I could say nothing that would alter the facts. Besides, when I know the other man is right and I am wrong, I let him have his say. What’s the use of your going on? You might go as far as you like, maybe, but if you are wrong, you have to come all the way back; so what’s the use? In silence I watched him spread on the ground the piece of greasy old canvas, throw on it some agateware plates and cups and iron knives and forks. He set the coffee, frying-pan and a pot of frij ole's within reach, then dragged up an aparajo for a seat. “Draw up that cushioned armchair, Mr. Pilgrim,” said he, pointing to another aparajo, “and fall to. We are sort o’ out o’ luck to-day. Our butcher and the ice cream man did not come ; the stove didn’t draw well, and our white cake and lemon meringue pie didn’t come through ; but maybe you can make out with Chicago quail and Arizona strawberries. It’ll be something for your stomach to gnaw on, anyway.” Humph ! As if our stomachs had not been gnawing .on bacon, beans and frying-pan bread, straight, for three months. We were down in the Southwest prospecting for gold and copper; one is about as good as the other, and were then hiking back to the nearest supply point, but were yet nearly ioo miles from a railroad station and about forty-seven miles outside the knowledge of God. I forked out a slab of bacon and said : “I was so close that I might have knocked him down with a rock.” “Why didn’t you do it?” Again I made no reply. I knew my partner. It took him just about so long to get over anything, and generally his troubles disappeared after supper in the smoke of his pipe. To know a man thoroughly, one must be on the trail and in camp with him. My partner might be a little slow in rolling out of his blankets in the morning; but at night when one was stretched out on the ground, all in, it was he that unpacked and hobbled the burros, knocked together a little fire, boiled coffee and fried bacon. He was even cheerful when the tobacco was out and the grub running low ; could smoke tea and say it beat noth- ing. You know — one of those fellows that you are not afraid to have walk behind you on the trail and carry the last canteen of water. Following the squaw rains, three months before, we had packed into a treeless, waterless, rocky country. After a heavy rain the tenejos or holes scooped in the granite in the bed of canons will sometimes carry water for months, and we expected to depend on these tanks. Of course on the trip out we had packed enough water to do us there and back. No one but a tenderfoot will leave one desert waterhole for another without packing enough water to do him there and back; the second one may be dry. If it is and he has failed to obey the rule of the desert, it’s odds on that he does not get back. We had made two dry camps, and all that day had plodded across a cactus and greasewood mesa, shaping our course by a saddle in a dark colored mountain in the canons of which, by the aid of our glass, we saw timber that does not grow where its roots cannot reach water. The sun had dropped over the saddle, and the shadows in the canons were turning to purple at the base when we reached the mountain. We found water and cottonwoods in the canons, and the sides covered with scrub oak and pine, the ridges and hogbacks bare. . T'~5' “This sure looks good to me,” said partner, as We' ’began unpacking. Up the canons quail were calling across to one another, and from the number of calls the mountain seemed fairly alive with them. To rest our tired feet, we had removed our thick-soled, hobnailed brogans and slipped on buckskin moccasins, which we carried tied con- veniently to the cinch ropes. As the quail began calling, my partner looked at me and grinned. I yanked a take- down shotgun out of an aparajo, hurriedly threw it to- gether, and stuffed some shells loaded with fine shot in the pocket of my jumper. “Sure,” said he, “I’ll unpack, start a fire and have the pan hot. You better stick some blue whistler shells in your other pocket ; this country looks good to me for something bigger than quail.” “Quail is good enough for to-night,” I replied. “We have not tasted fresh meat for three months — not even a jack rabbit — and now you are trying to think of some- thing better than quail.” I slipped away up the canon, and in less than two hun- dred yards saw a number of big, plump mountain quail scuttling through the brush ahead of me. Their numbers increased as I went on, and I soon had a big covey on the move. Now, from what I have said, you may realize that I was out after meat. I decided that I would drive until they bunched, and then let go. I figured that I might get ten or a dozen. Yes, a pot-shot; but remember that my con- science had been oiled by bacon grease for three straight months. I slipped along, stepping high and softly in my moccasins, the wind in my face. I have never yet figured out why it is that the wind always blows up a canon in the daytime and down it at night. Another one hundred yards and a long file of quail streamed over the hogback and down into the next canon, with me hot foot and soft after them. The next canon was broad, and along the bench was a cottonwood slash. The quail scurried under the fringe of brush surrounding this slash, and noiselessly I slipped through an opening in the brush. The next instant I was petrified right there in my tracks. Not thirty steps from me stood an elk. Yes, an elk, big as an ox, and I with an old scatter gun loaded with bird shot. He had just risen from his day bed and begun feeding, for leaves were still clinging to his coat and in his mouth was a cottonwood shoot. If I was petri- fied, he was paralyzed, for he only stood and looked, his eyes growing bigger and bigger, till they looked to me as big as small moons. He may never have seen a man before, but anyway he recovered himself first, and decided he wanted no closer acquaintance. He let out a whistle that might have been heard a mile, threw his antlers back on his shoulders, flagged me, and was gone, flushing over a hundred quail in his flight. Then I “came to” and had to sit down. I wish I could remember what I said. Then I took the shotgun by the barrel and was tempted to break it over a log, but I didn’t. It would be nearly dark by the time I got to camp, so I went back and told my part- ner. You know only “some” of the things he said. We finished our supper in silence, and after lighting his pipe he settled down with his back against a boulder, took a few puffs and then looked across at me and grinned. We decided to stay there two or three days and rest ourselves and animals. “And it will give you another chance,” said my partner, as he hung the bean pot out of the reach of crawling things and stuffed a rag in the spout of the coffee pot. I did get my other chance with our rifle, and made good on a fat, three-year-old buck, and we had elk cooked in every style conceivable in a frying-pan, Dutch oven and on the coals, and had jerky enough for a month. Arctic Wolves* The current number of the Dansk Jagttidende con- tains an article upon the above subject from the pen of the zoologist of the second Fram expedition under Sverdrup. Herr E. Bay, in the course of his narrative, says: “As a striking proof of the destructive influence of the wolf on other wild animals, it may be cited that in 1891- 1892 we of the Ryder expedition found Jameson’s Land full of reindeer. When Lieutenant Amdrup’s expedition landed there some years later, the wolves had in the meantime immigrated, and had reduced the number of rein to a minimum. Only the Polar bear and the musk- ox can hold their own against this scourge. “One day Plenriksen, who had dropped his ski stick, was picking it up about 120 yards behind the sledge, from which he had jumped. Suddenly a wolf appeared in front of the sledge, and at once the dogs gave chase; but, of course, they could not make up to it. In the meantime another wolf came up from behind, and went right up to Henriksen, who had no other weapon than his ski stick. It dared not attack, however, and it must have been pleasant to see the two, the man and the wolf, walking each on his side of the sledge track, casting distrustful looks at one another. Finally they reached the sledges, when Schei fired at and missed the animal. Whenever he related the story afterward, he swore to such an extent that the air became quite sulphurous. “Nov. 22 being Foshejm’s birthday, it was kept in the usual festive way. I had the night watch, for the sake of the meteorological observations. By twelve o’clock all had gone to rest, and I came up on deck to observe. With a lantern in my hand, I went forward to the bow, where the thermometer hung, and while ■reading it, I heard down on the ice the heavy, regular tread of a pair of animals, which were evidently neither dons nor bears. Throwing the light upon them, I saw two big, white heads, which were turned toward me; they were those of two wolves, which stood not more than twenty feet from the ship. I ran below quickly, hung the lantern between the decks, and rushed to my cabin for a gun, shouting on my way that there were wolves near the ship. Capt. Sverdrup and Lieu- tenant Banman heard me and at once began to dress. I wished to wait for them, being uncertain of my shoot- ing powers in the darkness; but the captain told me to 'hurry up again if I were ready. * * * When I came on deck again, I saw the two wolves about forty feet from the ship; it was nearly pitch dark, and I could only make out their outlines. They stood quite still, and I hoped that they would remain until the others joined me with their guns. Then a door banged below, and they at once began to move. Although it was too dark to take aim, I dared not wait any longer, and so I fired in the direction of the hindmost. To my great astonishment and joy, it fell. Then Lieutenant Ban- man came up, and we went down onto the ice. The fallen wolf was not dead, and when I came up it snapped at me, its teeth clicking together like those of a steel trap. I could quite well have killed the beast in a proper fashion, but hearing my companion getting his gun ready, and not wishing anybody else to have a hand in the death of the wolf, I fired at it. The first shot missed, but the second struck only too well, for it rendered the animal’s cranium quite useless for scien- tific purposes— an act which was all the more disgrace- ful, as it was the zoologist of the expedition who had committed it! * * * It turned out to be a young wolf, quite white, except as regards a few dark hairs down its back. * * * On Dec. 1, about 9 in the ■evening, the watch observed three wolves close to the ship, he went below, fetched his gun, and fired a couple of shots, but failed to hit them. The wolves did not go far, however, for glimpses were obtained of them every now and again; but although we were all on deck or on the ice, none of our shots were successful. For the next week things were lively on the Fram. During the day we saw nothing of the wolves, but when the dogs were taken in for the night, and it had been quiet for some time on board, they were not long of turning up: There was now bright moonshine, with a clear sky, and every evening shots were fired at the wolves; but, singularly enough, nothing ever came of them. * * After a time the many misses which we executed b? gan to have a demoralizing effect, “But there are other means than shooting of gettirj hold of wild animals, and it was not long before tfi neighborhood of the Fram abounded with traps, son1 of them of wonderful construction. The most remarl able was undoubtedly a shark hook with a piece there were two wolves in the traj We had much difficulty in inducing them to enter the new abode, but at last we succeeded; they reache Norway in good condition, and they are now, as fa as I know, at ‘Skandsen,’ in Stockholm. After th captUi e, the other wolves withdrew from our neighbo1 hood, and peace again reigned.”— London Field. A Try at New Brunswick. , We had bears in our minds this autumn, possibll because we suspected that our hearthstone looked bar, No, we wouldn’t have the head attached to the rur only to be frequently rearranged, then stumbled ovb again and emphatically condemned; the skin would if tossed on the floor and forgotten till some one askef1 tor the story of its acquisition, while the head would gjfi up higher, to mingle on the walls with types of famf liar woodland associates; but we were anticipating Nef Brunswick having become a rather prominent featui on the hunters map since Maine’s license law gave o tense to some of her annual visitors, who hav' written of this newer country. We felt a drawin' m that direction; not, however, because we bore Main a grudge for her legislative enactment, but for tb reason that here was a comparatively new field fc experience and observation. Accordingly, we dispatched an inquiry to a poir some thirty miles beyond the railroad terminus, an the reply, “Bears are more numerous than ever before! persuaded us to engage to arrive at the edge of th' woods on Oct. 15. While journeying thither along tb, bank of the Tobique River, we saw, awaiting shipmen* some exceptionally fine moose heads, which had parte: company with their original owners during the callin season, then just closed, when jealousy had overcom their endowed faculties for self-preservation and the tell an easy prey to the ingenuity of the hunter. J tew days later we were encamped upon a “hardwoo ridge, with the nearest settlement twenty-five miles be. hind us, while before us and on either hand, stretchin out for, one hundred or more miles, was the soleim woods. In our wandering during the succeeding te days we visited some sections of this wooded countr which had probably never been hunted over before, an still we were scarcely within the shadows of this vasi timberland. An inspection of the neighborhood su: lounding our first camp convinced us of the presenc of bear and moose. The former had stripped decaye logs of their bark in search for insects, and turne over the fallen leaves far and near to feed on the plent ful beech nuts, while the latter had left many imprei sions of their sharp hoofs, and the bulls had mutilate and uprooted the young evergreen trees while burnish ing their horns upon them. Hunting conditions wer bad, owing to the leaves and twigs, which lay thief upon the ground, being dry and very noisy; but not withstanding this drawback, we saw on the first morr ing a cow moose, two spike-horn bulls and caught glimpse of a good set of moose horns disappearin' among the trees. When returning to camp in the aftei noon, an animal of some kind vanished over the bro1 of a hill we were ascending, and hastening there w found ourselves almost in the midst of eight caribot One of these had quite a good head, and him we took t supply meat for camp and bait for traps. After the fa of their leader a cow with calf came so near to us th? we attempted to photograph them. The latter ws very becomingly attired in gray coat, black stocking and wore a little pair of chamois-like horns in velve The caribou spend the spring and summer on “tbl barrens,” some distance away, and go into the wood,1 for the winter. This band seems to have been an ad vance guard, as the bulls usually shed their antlers be fore this migration. To see an animal in these wood* Feb. 25, 1905.] eans that it is within short range (excepting around e lakes), by reason of the rise and fall of the ground d the thick timber; but being within short range does )t mean you have a good shot at it, for quick work rough a narrow lane of trees is often necessary. When visiting the bear traps on the second day we w a cow moose, and jumped two more with calves, gain, the next day, we found empty traps, although one instance Bruin had plowed up the leaves all ound it. Evidently meat was not what he wanted ost. On this day’s journey we noticed the black out- le of a moose among the gray tree trunks, and while scovering that his horns were mere spikes, had our itentiori attracted to another bull of about the same ;e, and presently still another with probably five lints. This latter, being broadside toward us, o fi- red a tempting target as he toyed with the under- owth surrounding him. While we watched this trio e crash of opposing horns was heard over a nearby se of ground, and hoping to see a contest, we at- impted a flank movement; but, unluckily, crossed the ind and saw nothing but one vanishing moose. Going » the scene of the set-to, proved to us that there had •en four moose in addition to the three we saw, mak- g up quite a herd. When camp was reached after this teresting experience, we saw convincing evidence that bull moose and family had passed within 25 yards of it nee our departure. At a conference now held across the kettle, which died in the fireplace improvised from the large trunk E a standing tree, it was decided that the bears would }t bait so long as they could get the abundant beech jts, and furthermore, while there were a great many 6oose near at hand, they were young, and probably lose with broad, spreading horns were deeper in the oods. So our thoughts and dreams of the bear orna- ients for our hallway, and the hair-raising story we ished to tell in connection with it, were foresworn, id in the morning we shouldered our packs, deserted le traps, and forced our way through the contentious ndergrowth further into the forest. There were no ails of any kind, and this fact, coupled with the undu- dions of the land, do not admit of a pack-laden trav- er covering much more than two miles an hour. To e told toward the end of a day’s tramp that camp is nly two miles away, is very comforting, but by the me the point is reached a visitor to these woods will robably be willing to wager his hunting outfit that imebody has willfully lied. We headed for a bark amp eighteen miles away, where we would find a CLINGING TO EVERY BOW AND TWIG. anoe in which to eventually float by a circuitous route rom the woods to the settlement, whence we started. Vhen part way to the destination, we concluded to dake camp for a couple of days on the shore, of an at- ractive lake, which was seemingly popular with ducks, nd visit the adjacent ridges. Rain fell freely at night nd promised to improve the hunting by soaking the ;aves and twigs, thereby deadening sound and reveal- he impressions of the animals’ feet. During the three ays of our visit here we saw a number of deer, a spike- iorn bull, two cows and had a gjere glance at a very ine bull. The spike-horn and cgfw wfere in a small FOREST AND STREAM. pond, and another invisible companion was in the bordering bushes. Possibly this was our bull, and we waited his appearance with great expectations, until the treacherous wind, which had pursued and plagued us since the rain of several nights previous, swerved around, and the critters took flight. Continuing our journey on the day following, laden with packs, we came to the right branch of the Tobique, which was so swelled by the fall of rain that we were compelled to bridge it by felling trees. Signs of moose were fresh and plentiful along the banks, and it would seem only necessary to sit down to await their coming; but we preferred carrying war into the enemy’s country. A little later a huge buck deer crossed our course and, when too late, we wished we had risked scaring moose and taken a shot at him. The more hunting one does after any and all kinds of game, the more impressed he becomes by the self-sufficiency of the ever alert deer. The legs and bellies of two moose were also seen as they passed along a wooded rise of ground some dis- tance ahead. When darkness began to close in upon us and rain to fall, we reached camp bedraggled, tired, wet, hungry; but so soon as our clothing began to steam before the cordial fire, and the odor of stew and the music of the boiling kettle filled the shack, we felt the delightful sen- sation of “don’t care” languor which belongs to the woods, where mental fatigue never complicates the situ- ation by interfering with the prompt action of nature’s restoratives. . Our fireplace opened to the sky, and while relieving the pangs of hunger, flakes of snow began substituting themselves for raindrops and floated down into the fire. Here was the fulfillment of our fondest hope, for with a good tracking snow, a big set of horns was a sure thing within the two remaining days of the hunt. In * j THE OMNIPRESENT COW. the morning the landscape was white to an unusual de- gree, for the snow was five inches deep on the ground and clinging to every bough and twig till they bent to the breaking point under the weight. What an . oppor- tunity is here, we thought, to pry into the affairs and movements of all our neighbors, and we set off for the hills across the lake with great expectation. Upon en- tering the woods, we found it a great white lattice, wonderfully beautiful, but curtailing the view to. a dis- tance of from 10 to 20 yards, according to the thickness of the undergrowth, and deluging us with the snow at frequent intervals. Not a creature had stirred from its bed; ours were the only footprints upon the earth’s white covering till the morning was wcli advanced, when a rabbit’s track partly suaged our feeling of lone- liness. The silence, however, was unbroken and ab- solute. Presently the red squirrels began showing signs of activity by nibbling cones in sheltered spots, but were too subdued to make the customary cutting remarks to us; and then the feeling of emptiness im- pelled the fox, marten and fisher to go a-hunting, but the larger animals showed such a pronounced dislike for this new environment that they chose hunger as a lesser discomfort. We disturbed a cow in the. early afternoon, and toward evening, when endeavoring to locate the canoe by aid of the compass, came close upon a spikehorn and a cow, which pair we made a dash toward and sent them careening pell-mell through the forest in spite of their former reluctance. Our last day was at hand, and the same untoward conditions remained as on the preceding day; the boughs dropped the snow upon us, and not a moose track was to be seen. Toward noon we stumbled upon a young bull, and soon afterward a cow with calf. Their beds and surroundings proved that they had not stirred since the fall of snow. We boiled the kettle, dried our clothing, and then started campward, by no means in low spirits, for our happiness was not depend- ent upon a bear or a big moose, and the varied snow effects were a constant source of entertainment, and admiration to an amateur photographer and denizens of a warmer clime. We had jumped a young bull with curiously deformed horns, and soon afterward saw a cow standing on the edge of a declivity not more than fifteen yards away, peering at us through the snow-bedecked undergrowth. Evidently she had just arisen, and had not gotten our scent. We resolved to wait until she began to run and then follow her as rapidly as possible, ' hoping to see an accompanying bull on the slope beyond her. She was deliberate, but presently started., so did Guide Bar- ker, and I followed behind, half-blinded by the flying snow and rebounding branches. There was a bull, sure enough, and a large on’e at that — the very one we IBB UNREASONABLE FRIGHT AND FLIGHT.; wanted. When he attempted to follow the cow, his immense horns caught in a whitewood bush, bringing him to a momentary halt not twenty yards away, and as Barker stopped running and stepped to one side, awaiting the tragedy, my foot caught in a twig and I plunged headforemost, rifle and all, into the snow. Our return to civilization was via the swift-flowing Tobique and its tributaries, and while floating the forty intervening miles over various valuable salmoon pools, Barker,, whose hunter never before failed to bring out a large head, reasoned as follows: “Hunting at this season of the year is a gamble; one walks through the woods and may promptly come face to face with his quarry without much effort, or may wear out his shoe- packs in attempts to be at the right place at the right time. Game is plentiful; but still, the matter of luck must be reckoned with. I have never in my experience worked so hard for a big moose head as on this occa- sion, you having been disappointed about the bear. We have walked throughout each of twelve days, trav- ersed probably 200 hard miles, seen more than twenty moose, in spite of disadvantages, and when we finally •found one which would have been a good substitute for the coveted bear, luck turned her back upon you. Now, on the other hand, a man came to me this autumn who had never been in the woods before, and wanted a moose. Before the settlement was out of sight I saw a standing deer, and suggested that he shoot it. He never touched a hair of it. We almost walked on a partridge, and again I asked him to try his rifle. As the bird flew away I advanced the supposition that he had aimed at the head. ‘No,’ he blandly remarked, ‘I aimed at the whole bird.’ So I decided to keep my rifle near at hand and take another guide along for an emergency. This nimrod was a very stout man, and we two guides gasped for breath when he appeared on the first morning of the hunt clad in a scarlet sweater and yellow trousers. Noting our speechlessness, he said he had read of accidental shooting of hunters, and feared that any stray lead in his vicinity couldn’t pass him, and would be sure to select him as a resting place. Our explanation that there were no rifles within many miles of us made no impression. Well, sir he actually cast a sunset glow over the landscape, and the trees seemed to cast shadows as he passed them. “We took him into the woods and put him in a blind, as we politely termed it, covering him with boughs to keep him in the dark, while we went off to locate the game and confer as to how to deaden the sound of those j THERE ARE NO TRAILS., clothes. We discovered the haunts of some moose, and stopping on our way back to camp, dug him out and toted him along. The next morning we plead for a change of apparel, but without avail, and sauntered forth with a feeling of hopelessness. “Ere long we saw two cow moose, and as you know, these animals cannot depend upon their eyesight; but they saw this red hayrick with yellow props coming their way, all right, and instead of waiting for the scent to reach them, with eyes protruding and jaws dropped, or so it seemed, they fled as though possessed of devils. We stopped right titen and there, explained the useless- 186 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 25, 1905, Hess of going any further in company with an aurora borealis, and took him back to camp. ‘‘On the morrow a compromise was effected, and he agreed to part with the sweater. During the day we saw a large bull and cow arise to their feet within short range. The bull’s head was behind a tree and he didn’t see us. I told my companion guide to draw a bead on his hindlegs and not let him get away, placed the hunter so that he could see the whole of the animal’s side, in- structed him to shoot as soon as possible, and I cov- ered the forequarters. Well, we waited and waited and waited. My rifle barrel began to wobble, when, hearing a shot, I pulled the trigger. The moose was down, and cm looking around I was astonished to find that the hunter had not yet discharged his gun. My assistant explained that his left, eye was getting paralyzed and his arms so tired that he couldn’t keep the moose cov- ered any longer, and had to shoot when he did or not at all. . We led the hunter to the animal, and he then shot him. No doubt this fine head will soon be dis- played as a result of only three days’ hunt in the New Brunswick forest, and men who have failed, maybe more than once, notwithstanding their probable hard work, will look at it and wonder how an apparent green hunter (in reality a red and yellow one) of such a mould could so completely outflank them.” Lippincott, Baltimore, Nov. 21, 1904, Salt Water Limits of Wild Rice** BY CARL S. SCOFIELD, BOTANIST IN CHARGE OF GRAIN GRADE INVESTIGATIONS — IN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT BULLETIN. Wild rice ( Zizania aquatica L.) is naturally a fresh- water plant, and its growth along the Atlantic Coast of the United States is confined for the most part to sluggish streams or to those deep estuaries that are diluted by a large amount of fresh water. There are in many of these streams and estuaries large areas of marsh lands or mud flats that are submerged and exposed alternately by the tide. Wherever the water is sufficiently fresh, such condi- tions are almost ideal for its growth, and in many places large wild rice fields now exist, but there are still other places of similar nature where the plant is not found, and where attempts to establish it have been made without success. These failures have been ascribed usually to the poor quality of the seed used in planting, and probably this has been one of the important causes. An investigation undertaken two years ago,f in co- operation with the Seed Laboratory of this Department, demonstrated the fact that wild rice seed should never be- come dry if its vitality is to be preserved. It was also shown that this seed can be gathered and stored over win- ter, if need be, provided it is kept in water that is very cold, and well aerated or frequently changed, or even frozen. From numerous letters received during the year from various points along the coast, it has become evident that not all previous failures were due to the lack of vitality oi the seed. It has. been a well recognized fact that wild rice will not grow in salt water; that is, in water as salt as that of the ocean; but just what its salt water limits are seems never to have been determined, or at least no definite information on this point is available. It was obvious from the nature of the inquiries received that some such information was needed, and consequently some investigations have been made near Washington, where wild rice grows along streams flowing into Chesa- peake Bay. Three separate regions were examined, and two of these gave excellent opportunities for determining the salt water limits of the plant. As wild rice is a thoroughly aquatic plant — that is, grows on soil entirely submerged for at least a part of the day during its period of growth — the tests for salinity were confined to the water surrounding the plants. The difficulties attendant upon determining the quantity of water involved in cases of soil samples threatened to com- plicate the investigation without adding materially to the results desired. The Method of Testing Salinity. The salt content of the water was determined by means of an electrolytic bridge designed by Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, of the Bureau of Soils of this Department, and such as is now in general use by that Bureau. The principle in- volved in the use of this instrument is that with a given temperature the electrical conductivity of the water in- creases with the amount of salt in solution, or, conversely, the electrical resistance of the water decreases as its salinity increases. The instrument is compact, portable, and simple of operation, and gives results that are ac- curate to a high degree and capable of almost direct read- ing. All the difficulties involved in securing a large number of samples and making numerous laboratory analyses are, therefore, obviated, and a survey of any locality may be made and the salt content of the water determined on the spot, where such information is of the greatest value in interpreting the distribution of the plants studied. The regions surveyed were visited. by boat and the water was examined both where the wild rice grew vigor- ously and where its growth was obviously inhibited by the excessive salt content of the water. A . special form of cell, designed by Doctor Briggs for use in testing irriga- tion water, was found best adapted to this work. This cell consists of two platinum terminals, coated with •Wild rice is one of the favorite foods of wild ducks and other game birds in the eastern United States, and owners of shoot- ing preserves desire to plant it in order to increase the richness of their feeding grounds and thereby attract largn numbers of birds. Plantings heretofore made have often proved failures, particularly in brackish waters along the seacoast. The cause of failure under these circumstances have been two — the -use of seed which had been so dried in the curing process as to destroy its vitality, and an excess of salt in the water, by reason of which either the seeds or the young plants were killed. A method of harvesting and curing which would insure vitality in wild rice seed has already been described in Bulletin No. 50 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. In the present paper are recorded the results of an inquiry into the degree of salinity which the plants will withstand. This information will make it possible to ascertain in advance, by a determination of the salinity of a particular body of water, whether wild rice planting can or cannot succeed. Frederick V. Coville, Botanist. Office of Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Washington, D. €., Nov. 30, 1904. jSee Bulletin No. 60 of the Bureau <0? flant Industry, “Wild Btep- Its Uses and Propagation A platinum black, and. protected by a perforated hard rub- ber bulb. Ihe cell is attached to the bridge by insulated leads and immersed in the water to be tested. The bridge readings are given in ohms and a calibration by measur- mg the resistance of solutions of known concentration suffices to transfer these readings into the scale of per- centages by weight or parts of a normal solution, as desired. ; In the foilswing notes the instrument readings are used largely, while in the accompanying table the relations of those readings to both the percentage scale and parts of a normal solution are given. The Regions Investigated, The first region investigated was that of the Potomac River between the city of Washington and Chesapeake Bay. Wild rice was reported as abundant in the deep in- lets or so-called rivers penetrating both shores of the Potomac near its mouth. It was found, however, that these inlets receive so little fresh water in proportion to their size that the water in them is approximately as salty as that of Chesapeake Bay, and they contained no wild rice. There were, however, many clusters and even small fields of salt reed grass ( Spartina polystachya (Michx.) Ell.), and also of the narrow panicum ( Panicum digi- t an aides Carpenter) that may possibly have been mis- taken for Zizania by casual observation from a distance. There was some wild rice growing along the shores of the Potomac River below Washington as far down as Widewater, Va., near which point the water becomes salty ; but the growth was so scattering and so obviously influenced by factors other than the salinity of the water, that no opportunity was found to test the limiting condi- tions with respect to this factor. The second region investigated was at the head of a deep inlet from Chesapeake Bay, northeast of Baltimore, Md. This inlet is known as the Gunpowder River, it receives fresh water from two small streams known as the Gunpowder Falls and the Little Gunpowder. These streams annually carry out and deposit in the head of the inlet large quantities of mud, through which several nar- row channels are kept open by the current. The mud flats thus formed are submerged to the depth of a foot or more at flood tide and exposed by several inches at low tide. This annual mud deposit is gradually filling up the inlet, and over the land thus made the progress of vegeta- tion is to be seen in well-marked stages. The first plant to appear is pickerel weed ( Pontederia cordata L.). These usually grow on the freshly deposited mud and doubtless aid greatly in holding it in place. These plants are fol- lowed by wild rice in isolated clusters which give seed enough to produce a dense and luxuriant growth the year following. Meanwhile, additional deposits of silt, together with the debris from the large stems of the wild rice plants, have transformed these soft mud flats into firm land, and the wild rice is gradually replaced by cat-tails ( Typha latifolia L.) and various species of sedges and grasses. _ The combined volume of the two streams above men- tioned is sufficient to dilute the otherwise salty water of the Gunpowder River for a considerable distance out over the mud flats, and, so far as could be ascertained by care- ful observation, all other conditions are sufficiently uni- form so that the spread of the wild rice into the river is limited only by the salinity of the water. In other words, conditions at the head of the Gunpowder River appear to be such that the salt water limits of the pajftic.ular variety of wild rice growing there can be definitely measured. There is, of course, the universal complication of tide movement,, with the result that the concentration varies at any point in the. critical zone as the tide alternately rises and falls. While the measurements of salinity were not continued at a given point in this zone throughout a complete cycle of tide movement, they were made for a sufficiently long period to give an approximate idea of the range of concentration. The. conformation of the mud flats and channels at this point is such that there is very little actual inflow of tide water over the rice fields. The incoming tide is little more than sufficient to stop the outflowing fresh water, even in the open channels, so that the concentration at any point within the wild rice field is practically the same at flood tide as when the tide has more than half run out. At the mouths of the two streams mentioned, the Gun- powder Falls and the Little Gunpowder, the water at the beginning of ebb tide gave about 1,400 ohms resistance. Out beyond this point were the large fields of wild rice cut by open channels. Among the most luxuriant growth of wild rice, where the water was practically stagnant, the resistance, was about 300 ohms, varying from 275 to 323 ohms at different points. On the outer edge of the wild rice field and in the chan- nels near this edge at flood tide, the resistance was 150 ohms or less, while the open water outside of the field gave a resistance as low as 125 ohms. This latter reading corresponds to a 0.03 normal solution of sodium chloride, and at this point evidently marked the limits of the resist- ance of wild rice to- salt water. The third region investigated was the Patuxent River in Maryland, from Chesapeake Bay to the head of naviga- tion, which is Leon’s Landing, a point just north of where the Chesapeake Beach Railroad crosses this river. The Patuxent River, for a considerable distance above its mouth, is very wide in proportion to the volume of water it contributes to Chesapeake Bay, so that it does not form the conventional delta. As a result the tide is very pronounced, as the stream narrows to the propor- tions necessary to deliver its water, and the line between • fresh and salt water shifts for a long distance with each tide. This action of the large tide movement considerably complicated the task of measuring the concentration of the water with which the plants along the stream are actually surrounded. It was found, however, that the wild rice plants, especially those along the lower part of the river where the salt content was fairly high, are so situated that they have a minimum of actual water move- ment past them. In other words, where the conditions are such that the salt content of the river water at high tide is considerably greater than that to which the wild rice is accustomed, the plants along this portion of the stream were surrounded by water considerably fresher than that of the stream itself. The maximum concentra- tion in which wild rice plants were found extensively growing in the lower river was about 0.03 of a normal solution of sodium chloride, equivalent to a resistance of 125 ohms. Occasional plants were found, however, where the resistance was as low as 60 ohms, but these were so situated, that they were doubtless surrounded a Targe part of the time by wafer much fresher than this. This latter test was made shortly after high tide, and the plants were found in a little cove of slack water. It is probable this represents nearly the maximum concentration to which the plants were exposed. A careful survey of the river below this point — White’s Landing — failed to show any quantity of wild rice. There were occasional plants further down the river, but always in situations well inland, that were probably fed by springs, so that the water of the overflow was consider- ably diluted. From White’s Landing on up the river the concentration of the water diminished rapidly, and the mud flats on either shore produced an abundance of wild rice. In fact, from Nottingham north to the head of navigation, wild rice is the most conspicuous feature of the vegetation bordering the river. Conclusions. From the surveys thus made in the vicinity of Wash- ington, it seems fair to assume that the salt water limit of wild rice is approximately represented by 0.03 of the normal solution of sodium chloride. This is very con- siderably less than the concentration of the water of Chesapeake Bay, which has a resistance of about 20 ohms, or a concentration equivalent to about 0.28 of a normal solution of sodium chloride. It is also obvious that this represents about the maximum salt water resistance of the species in the regions examined, since the growth along the limiting zone is abundant, and in the nature of the case the whole tendency is toward the selection of plants able to resist higher concentrations. The streams along which these plants grow on the Atlantic Coast usually flow into salt water. Nearly all of them carry down large deposits of mud and form shallow deltas which give- physical conditions best adapted to the plant, and any individuals, able to succeed in saltier water would con- siderably aid the species in its conquest of territory. When therefore, the question of establishing cultures of wild rice along the coast streams is being considered, it is highly important that the concentration of the water covering these areas be determined, for this appears to be the factor of the greatest importance in ascertaining the possibility of establishing such cultures. It may also be added that the salt water limits of wild rice may be determined approximately by the simple test of taste. When water is appreciably salty to the taste, it is too salty for the successful growth of this plant. Table showing the relation between the readings of the testing cell used in the above surveys and the parts of a normal, and the percentage by weight solutions of sodium chiorid; also the relation of these concentrations to the growth of wild rice. Resistance of Parts of a Percentage Notes water in cell normal solu- solution of at 80° F. tion of NaCl. NaCl. 20 0.2800 1.6380 Concentration of Chesa- peake Bay; no wild rice. 00 0.0640 0.3740 Limit of occasional plants ; excessive for successful growth. 125 0.0300 0.1755 Limit of wild rice growth ; slight taste of salt in water 250 0.0140 0.0820 Luxuriant growth of wild rice; no taste of salt in water. 1,400 0.0027 0.0158 Water at the mouth of Gunpowder Falls; abun- ant wild rice. 3,700 0.0010 0.0058 ' Water of the upper Patuxent and Potomac rivers; abundant wild rice. According to this test the water of Chesapeake Bay is con- siderably fresher than that of the Atlantic Ocean. Tanawadeh Outing Club. What proved to be one of the most enjoyable occasions in the history of the Tanawadeh Outing Club, was the dinner given by that organization on the evening of Feb- ruary 9, at the St. Denis Hotel, in this city, in honor of the retiring president, Mr. F. James Reilly, who has just completed two of the most successful terms in office since the club was organized, in 1896. The entire membership S'f the club, with the exception of Cadet John F. Curry, now a student at West Point, were in attendance. A letter of regret was read from Cadet Curry, written from the United States Military Academy. Harry V. Radford, chairman of the presentation com- mittee, presided. At his right sat Ex-President Reilly; at his left, the newly elected president, J. Frank Case. It was a game dinner. The menus were handsome and appropriate. At one side of the list of viands was an oval medallion containing the portrait of the guest of honor, and surrounding this a medley of all the special accoutrements dear to the hearts of sportsmen, such as rifle, paddle, snowshoes, trap, rod, reel, creel, etc. Below the portrait medallion were the words : “Dinner given by the Tanawadeh Outing Club in honor of F. James Reilly, Fourth President, upon his completion of two terms in office, Jan. 1, 1903-Dec. 31, 1904, Hotel St. Denis, New York, Feb. 9, 1905.” The menu was printed in four colors. At the end of the meal, and when cigars had been lighted, Mr. Radford proposed the health of “our well- beloved guest of honor, Ex-President Reilly;” then intro duced Mr. Charles U. Stepath, who, he said, would further express the pleasure of the club in having their former president with them. In a very neat speech Mr Stepath gave expression to the high esteem in which Ex- President Reilly is held by the club, arid told how, during his two years’ administration, he had endeared himself to each member individually, not only by the many self sacrifices he had made in the interests of the club, which had now become one of the most prominent of its kind in the country, but also by the frequent individual kind- nesses he had showered upon all, and his broad spirit of the finest good fellowship which had actuated and sur- rounded his every official act, and made of his administra- tion the distinguished success that it had been. Then, in the name of the club, he presented Mr. Reilly with a splendidly wrought .44 caliber Winchester repeating rifle and sole leather carrying case. The rifle, which is a superb specimen of workmanship, W3S constructed especially for the club by the Winchester 'EB. 25, I90S.] FOREST AND STREAM. 187 peating Arms Company, at their factory in New Haven, is a full magazine, octagon barrel, take-down, with iborately hand-carved, fancy walnut pistol-grip stock i forearm. Into the right-hand side of the stock is set oval plate of silver, bearing the engraved inscription: resented to F. James Reilly, Fourth President, by the nawadeh Outing Club, 1905.” The carrying case is also the finest workmanship, and made to order for the b. The presentation had been kept a complete secret from . Reilly, and it was evident that he was deeply affected the expression of regard which the club had shown i. With becoming modesty he thanked the members their' handsome gift, said he did not feel that he had erved so much honor at the hands of his fellows, and sed by toasting the future success of the organization ! the happiness of its members. dr. Radford then announced that no further speeches 1! been arranged, and that the remainder of the evening jld be devoted to story-telling and other informal en- ainment. In response to a general appeal, Mr. Stepath 1 the story of how he had caught the magnificent 4J2- |ind small-mouth black bass in Lake Mahopac, N. Y., ch he has recently mounted and presented to the club, which has been added to the collection of mounted te specimens taken by the members, which adorn the house at Pelham Bay Park. The struggle between i and fish had been exciting to a degree, and Mr. path’s story was characteristically and thrillingly told. I said when the fish struck he “thought he had hooked American continent.” Although the great bass sue- lied in breaking his fragile rod in three separate pieces, Stepath was able to net and bring his splendid prize jpoat. Jr. Joseph E. Ridder, a son of the distinguished jour- Ist, Herman Ridder, spoke graphically of his trout and non fishing experiences in Norway during the past on, and of the elk, reindeer and other game animals ch are found in that northern country. His accounts je very interesting, and Mr. Ridder promises to further rrtain the club members with discriptions of the fauna flora of Norway at one of the club’s periodic natural ory seances in the near future. lr. Joseph B. Hanf, a charter member of the club, told e amusing incidents of his first squirrel hunt in West- iter county, New York, taken ten or twelve years ago. »he very pleasant gathering was brought to a close by singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Those present were: Bident J. Frank Case, Vice-President F. James Reilly, betary Harry V. Radford, Treasurer Joseph B. Hanf, l/alentine Farrelly, Frank W. Norris, Jr., William F. ly, Joseph E. Ridder, Charles U. Stepath. assachusetts Association Dinner. oston, Feb. 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: The ibers of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective ociation have become accustomed to looking forward W annual dinner as an event of peculiar interest.^ This the members and friends assembled at the Copley are Hotel on Thursday evening, February 16, to the iber of about 150. President Hinman, as is custom- reviewed briefly the good work of the past year, and ared the aim of the association to be not the killing tame, birds and fish, but their protection. He alluded ae distribution of quail last spring for restocking and anecdotes, as also did Mr. E. S. Barker, who proved ry humorous raconteur. Mr. E. T. D. Chambers said e was a general desire in Canada for reciprocity be- n sportsmen of the two countries and especially a de- fer the abolition of seining for pike-perch on the adian shore of Lake Champlain. He suggested, if ssary, that the sale of those fish in this country should irohibited. Mr. Chambers referred to the meeting of North American Fish and Game Association, of which 5 a representative, in Boston next summer, as an event y to bear good fruit in the interest of the fraternity portsmen. ther speakers were Dr. George W. Field, of the State imission, and Dr. F. M. Johnson, t the meeting of the Pittsfield Rod and Gun Club this k, James M. Burns was elected President, Charles W. ght Vice-President, and George C. Hubbell Secre- -Treasurer. The dub, on motion of Mr. J. H. Wood, d “to use all the means at our command to help de- thc hunters’ license bill.” Messrs. H. S. Russell and 1. Stevenson were among those who addressed the ting. forts are making to secure funds for the much-talked- animal park, and already about $14,000 have been ged, the largest contribution being $5,000 from Col. 1 F-. Thayer, of Lancaster and Boston. Several have ged sums ranging from $100 to $2,000, the latter sum by John C. Phillips. The writer can think of nothing more needed to complete the many attractions of the Hub. At the hearing before the Fish and Game Committee last Wednesday, Mr. Wm. C. Hathaway, of New Bedford, urged that there should be no quail shot in the month of October, claiming that the birds were only partially grown, and many small birds are killed every year. The bill (House Bill No. 251) which he had been instrumental in Introducing, provides for making the open season on quail the months of November and December instead of October and November, Mr, Hathaway stated that he expected several witnesses to appear in support of the bill, but they were not in attendance. In opposition ap- peared Lion. Robt. S. Gray, of Walpole, who declared the season at present all right; but, he said, he only knew of two quail in his town. Mr. Gray appeared as a member of the Committee on Legislation of the 'State Association. He was followed by Mr. Abbott S. Mitchell, president of the Middlesex Fish and Game Protective Association, with headquarters in Arlington. He said he represented 225 members who desired the law to remain as at present, and had instructed him to appear for them. His testimony was reinforced by that of Dr. J. W. Bailey, secretary of the club. Herbert E. Tuck, of Haverhill, for the Fish and Game Association and Gun Club of his city, said the change would in effect open the shooting for three months instead of two, as the gunners would be allowed to kill ruffed grouse in October, and many quail would fall by the guns of partridge hunters. Mr. Joseph Sherman, member of the House from Marshfield, spoke strongly against the bill. An up-to-date hunter, Mr. Jessup, of Lowell, made a characteristic argument in opposition, say- ing “not all who hunt are honorable men,” and the Eng- lish language was inadequate to describe some of them. When the birds have gathered “like a little family” and selected some sheltered spot for winter, as they do in late fall, “he is a mean man who would slaughter them.” He had no patience for the class of hunters ambitious to “make a record for killing” more than any of their brother sportsmen. Not one should be allowed to scatter the December coveys to the four winds to freeze and starve. This same Mr. Jessup was the banner witness two years ago when the anti-sale law was made a permanent statute. A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester, declared that every sports- man’s club in his city was opposed to the bill. He said it was against protection, for more birds would be killed in December than in October. No sportsman, he said, shoots the small quail. Ex-President J. R. Reed, a mem- ber of the Executive Committee of the Central Commit- tee, said that committee and the State Association were opposed, and he considered the present law the fairest one possible. He desired that wardens have a right to “search” any man out with a gun without a warrant. Mr. George H. Mackey requested to be recorded as against the bill. Mr. White, of Haverhill, also spoke in opposition. The writer has no doubt the committee — if they have not already done so — will report “leave to withdraw.” Representative Wm. C. Dunham, of Nantucket, a mem- ber of the committee, spoke briefly in behalf of a bill to continue the close season on quail in Nantucket for three years more. The committee reported favorably on this bill, and it passed the House on Thursday. Hearings on House Bill No. 289 for protection of trout in Berkshire county, and on House Bill No. 440, on length of trout allowed to be taken in the western counties, are scheduled for Wednesday, March 1, at 10:30 A. M. Central. In South Florida. Maitland, Florida. — Editor Forest and Stream: In your number of November 26 was an article by W., headed “A Cheap Winter in Florida,” and contradicted in your number dated December 10 by a Mr. C. A. Dean. I have hunted and camped through the southern parts of Florida every winter during the last nineteen years. Your correspondent W. was entirely correct; and as for grow- ing radishes in three weeks, any person at all familiar with truck knows that a radish older than three or four weeks is not fit to eat. I have also passed from Kissimmee to the Gulf, and during the entire trip have encountered but few rattlers, and have several friends who, having made the trip, will bear out my statement. Mr. Dean is entirely wrong when he states that the Disston Canal is a failure, many thousand acres of land having been reclaimed. Also Mr. Dean makes the state- ment that the pine trees of Florida are not disappearing. The statistics of the Port of Jacksonville will disprove that. Concerning the alligators, there are thousands of hunters in this State who will testify that where fifteen years ago they were plentiful, to-day there are compara- tively none. I have heard many hunting men familiar with sport in Florida speak well of Mr. W.’s article. While not per- sonally acquainted with Mr. Dean, I know him by name, we also having mutual friends. He comes south every winter with a yacht, chef, guides, etc., and is about the last person who would know how to spend a cheap win- ter in Florida. W. B, Willett. Butte Rod and Gun Club. Butte, Mont., Feb. 13. — The following letter sent out by the club to the members of the Legislature will show how they stand on the game law question: “Dear Sir — It has come to the knowledge of the Butte Rod and Gun Club that there is an effort being made to repeal the law relating to game, and abolish the office of the Fish and Game Warden. We are authorized to earn- estly protest against any material change in the laws for the protection of game. “Our observation convinces us of the fact that fish and game have greatly increased during the four years past, all of which we attribute to the fact that the State has had a warden. There were few offenders last year, which shows that a game warden who goes after the lawbreakers and not wait for a complaint to be made, as a civil officer does, is the only one who will assist in the preservation of our game. “If the only reasonable objection to the present law is the question of cost, and economy is sought, we suggest the office of warden may easily be made self-sustaining by a small license collected from all fishermen ??nd hunters, said license to be issued by some county officer, as treas- urer or county clerk. "We call to your attention the unwarranted contention that members of rod and gun clubs desire game protection for their own use. The true facts are that many members of these clubs become so enamored of the sport of shoot- ing inanimate targets from traps that they never go out in the field hunting. “They feel that if the fish and game are unprotected that there will be a loss to the State. “Some of our members have spent their money stocking streams with fish and in preserving the game under the impression that our law makers would help to preserve for future generations the splendid game and fish of this our much-beloved State. “We implore you there should be no backward step in this matter. Any assistance rendered along this line will be duly appreciated by the members of the Butte Rod and Gun Club. Respectfully submitted, “E. A. Morlby, President,” The New York Dog Show? The Twenty-Ninth Annual Dog Show of the West- minster Kennel Club passed far away beyond all its prede- cessors in magnitude. The entries in all the different classes numbered 2,712. The actual number was 1,752. Last year the actual number was about i,68o. It was managed by Mr. James Mortimer, assisted by Mr. George W. Gall, both of whom have had the ex- perience of years in connection with this greatest event of America’s canine world. The benching, feeding, and general neatness were ad- mirable. By order of the committee the dogs of the show were benched and fed by Spratts Patent (America) Lim- ited, whose skill and products have contributed so much to make high class dog shows possible. The dogs looked as well fed and contented as a whole as if enjoying the best care of their appreciative owners at home. The generous display of cups, large and small, plain and marvelously wrought in beautiful designs, was not the least of the dog show attractions. Among those con- spicuously noticeable for their beauty and numbers were the Westminster Kennel Club’s, the Ladies’ Kennel Asso- ciation’s, the Russian Wolfhound Club’s, the French Bull- dog Club’s, the Toy Spaniel Club’s, the the Bulldog Club’s and the St. Bernard Club’s. The classes for pointers and setters, as a whole, shaded under last year in respect to numbers. The judges were as follows : St. Bernards, Mr. Dudley E. Waters; Great Danes, Mr. C. A. Mantler; Newfound- lands, English foxhounds, Russian sheep dogs, grey- hounds, retrievers, chow-chows, Schipperkes, griffons, bruxellois bull terriers, Mr. Geo. Raper; deerhounds, Airedale terriers, Scottish terriers, fox-terriers, Welsh terriers, black-and-tan terriers, Dandie Dinmonts, Bed- lingtons, whippets, Pomeranians, Mr. Arthur Maxwell; Russian wolfhounds, Dr. J. E. De Mund; pointers, Mr. A. H. Ball ; English and Gordon setters and Chesapeake Bay dogs, Mr. Wm. Tallman; bulldogs and French bull- dogs, Mr. Wm. Codman; sporting spaniels and collies, Dr. Henry Jarrett; beagles, Mr. A. J. Purinton; Irish setters, Dr. Wm. Jarvis; American foxhounds, Dr. Heffinger; Dalmatians, Mr. E. N. Barker; pugs, English toy spaniels, Japanese spaniels, toy poodles, Yorkshire ter- riers, Maltese terriers, toy terriers, old English sheep dogs and basket hounds, R. F. Mayhew; Irish terriers, Mr. O. W. Donner; dachshunds, Mr. Jos. Graeffle; Boston ter- riers, Mr. H. D. RiSey. the Westminster Kennel Club cups, offered by mem- bers of the club and won outright, were as follows : George De Forest Grant’s cup for the best pointer dog — B. F. Lewis’s champion Mark Rush. Walton Ferguson, Jr.’s, cup for the best pointer bitch — H. A. Waldron’s Norwald Primrose. • W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.’s, cup for the best Old English sheepdog — Frohman and Dillingham’s Stylish Boy. Andrew Miller’s cup for the best Clumber spaniel — Norwood. Kennel’s champion Norwood Shot. R. H. Williams’s cup for the best team of St. Bernards — Alta Kennels. H. K. Knapp’s cup for the best beagle — W. G. Rocke- feller’s Rock Ridge Vixen. William Rauch’s cup for the best Gordon setter — King and Cane’s Downham Victor. Charles M. Chapin’s cup for the best Scottish terrier— Craigdarroch Kennels’ champion The Laird. A member's cup for the best collie — Meadow Kennels’ Clayton Countess (smooth coated). Robert V. McKim’s cup for the best bull terrier — M. Cunningham’s Lady Ruth. Thomas Paton’s cup for the best pointer puppy — M. T. Mason’s Prospector. L. A. Eldridge’s cup for the best English setter bitch — Bloomfield Kennels’ champion Mallwyd Di. Frederic Bull’s cup for the best Boston terrier — E. C. Barnum’s Miss Barnum. Henry W. Bull’s cup for the best Airedale terrier — York Kennels’ champion York Sceptre. Charles S. Guthrie’s cup for the best English setter dog — 'Bloomfield Kennels’ Bracken o’ Leek. Samuel T. Peters’s cup for the best team of Dalmatians —Windy Valley Kennels. Roswell Eldridge’s cup for the best deerhound — Miss Clarisse H. Livingston’s Gelert. A. W. Hoyt’s cup for the best parti-colored cocker spaniel — W. T. Payne’s champion Lorelei. James McGovern’s cup for the best Irish terrier — Rows- ley Kennels’ Historian. B. R. Kittredge’s cup for the best greyhound — B. F. Lewis, Jr.’s, champion Lansdowne Hall Stream. L. S. Thompson’s cup for the best English foxhound — ■ Middlesex Hunt’s Nemesis. W. P. Thompson’s cup for the best Irish setter— Dr. Charles A. Gale’s Shan Law. Harry Payne Whitney’s cup for the best fox-terrier— C. K. Harley’s Wandee Doris. Louis Fitzgerald’s cup for the best bulldog— T. W. Lawson’s champion La Roche. Herman B„ Duryea’s cup for the best English setter in the field trial classes— Bay View Kennels’ champion Mall- wyd Queen. Center Hitchcock’s cup for the best Great Danes — Monticello Kernels’ champion A, Qes&r* 188 PORESTANDSTREA M . [Feb. 25, 1905. The Log of a Sea Angler. SY CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF "ANGLING,” "BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. VI. — Kiiing a Devil Fish — Big Rays— Surrounded by Water Sports. One of the interesting diversions in fishing on the reef was watching the ways and habits of the various fishes. The clear sandy bottom of the reef off Middle Key was the feeding ground of various ra.ys, called stingarees, whiparees and other names derived from the long, slender whip or lash, with which they were armed. They appeared like birds as they moved along the white bottom, their black shapes silhouetted against it, the side wing-like fins moving up and down. _ One spotted like a leopard was famous for its leaps, clearing the water four or more feet, falling prone with a loud resonant crash. Several times I hooked one of these rays with a fairly light line on my rod, and it dragged me up and down the beach and always carried away the line when it made an off-shore run. Then I grained them, and they towed the dinghy about for a long time, proving a gamy fish. I secured the “brush” of one, and just above it were three sharp serrated spines — weapons to be dreaded as I found later when a com- panion was struck by one, the blow nearly severing the tendons of the foot. Especially in the evening, the leaps of the rays could be heard and seen, and I believe they were partly in play and partly to escape from the sharks, as at night the shallow reef was the feeding ground for a vast horde of fishes that came up at this time out of the adjacent channels to feed. Fishes never seen at other times, now disported in the shallows; the waters were churned into vivid phosphorescence by this hungry throng. Even the crayfishes left their nests beneath the coral and ranged over the seaweed-covered flats, in such numbers that I could have filled my boat half an hour before sunrise almost any morning by using the grains. One morning, when the heat was ranging up into high thermometric latitudes, I laid on the sands beneath a sail awning Chief had rigged up, when directly op- posite a ray, which must have been nearly twenty feet across and quite as long, sprang into the air. It was a marvelous spectacle, and suggested the restorations of the giant Pteranodon of early days. When the ray struck the water, it shot away with the tips of its wings out of water, and then we saw half a dozen on the surface, which appeared to be swimming in a circle. Chief said they were playing, and it being an op- portunity that evidently would not occur every day, I decided to try and take one. All the men advised against it, having had various experiences, while John declared that one towed a three-masted schooner out of Garden Key Harbor and so demoralized the crew that they jumped overboard and left her, preferring to risk the sharks in a swim ashore to the devil fish. All this had its natural effect and made me more desirous of taking a ray. There was a very light breeze and we hoisted the mainsail of the sloop, while I rigged up a rest on the bowsprit and made my grains fast to all the available rope, mustering about 500 feet; then all being ready, I took my place in the bow in the fashion of swordfish harpooners, and told Chief to steer for the rays that had moved down the beach a way, and were still swimming in a circle. As we crept up under the gentle sculling movement of Chief’s oar, the wind failing in the lee, we saw, for a moment, unobserved, the great game of the devil fish, as game it must have been. They were swimming one behind the other at intervals of ten or twenty feet; the sloop stopped, drifting near enough to the outer edge of the magic circle for us to see every movement. Their motion was a most graceful lifting of the side or pectoral fins, a virtual flight in the water; but most wonderful was the series of evolutions these sub- marine fishes went through. Suddenly one would turn a complete somersault, showing its pure white under surface like a flash, assuming the original position with- out losing its headway; or another would make a swooping plunge down to the sandy bottom and rise with a rebound that made the water boil like a caldron. Again I saw the devil fish tilt to one side with a peculiar motion, displaying a flash of black and white, again falling into line in this strange swinging around the circle. I could have watched the scene for hours, but we were drifting nearer and nearer, so, selecting a ray that tipped its back invitingly toward me, I hurled the grain into it. None of us were quite prepared for what followed, as the gigantic fish rose from the water as though blown up from below, and appeared like a huge bird flapping its wings and swinging its whip-like tail. But this was only for a second; it fell with a crash that sent a wave seething back over the bow of the Bull Pup, and dashed away, tearing the rope from the coil in an ominous fashion. There was nothing to do but wait until the end came — a few seconds — then the line came taut with a thud and the old sloop plunged her sturdy bow into the sea. The ray towed us over the reef and showed us what would have happened, assuming that we had used the small boat. I believe that it could have been hauled under water; as it was, when the fish reached deeper water it hauled the bow of the blunt-bowed sloop down ominously near the deck line, and its course took us directly across the end of Sand Key and into shallow water. But the devil fish was too demoralized to hunt d'efep witter o‘r to chit §n y particular trail * over which to escape. It swam across country at the top of its speed, and, as it happened to be half low tide, it dashed or slid upon a ragged branch coral patch, a deadly cheveaux de frise, and with back ex- posed, beat and pounded the water like some huge and uncanny dragon, trying to fly, yet unable to rise. The dinghy was towing behind the sloop, so tossing in a lance with which John speared conchs, I jumped aboard and Chief pulled me to the scene of the wreck, as wreck it was, and no more extraordinary spectacle was ever witnessed than this gigantic bat-like creature pounding the sea, beating it with resonant blows and tossing the spray and spume in air, rolling from side to side in its efforts to escape, which only served to push it further on to the sharp branch coral. I hesi- tated to strike so helpless a prey, but evidently it was a question of putting the animal out of its misery; so we ran behind and I sent the lance into it several times. Up in great convulsive folds the animal rose, presenting an appalling spectacle, altogether uncanny and menacing; its extraordinary mouth organs or feelers adding to the horror that it might well inspire in some. For fifteen minutes it struggled and fought against the inevitable after being lanced repeatedly, then gave up, and hung inert in the foot or more of water that covered this natural trap. The tide was falling, and in an hour the great fish was high and dry, and we went ashore and waited until the flood, when we floated it off and hauled it on to the beach, making it fast to the brush by a rope. At the next low tide in the morning the devil fish was spread out for inspection. It has been my good fortune to take nearly all the large sea game of American waters, but this fish was the climax in size, fighting qualities and extreme ugli- ness, and though I later took one in a more sportsman- like manner, following it in a dinghy, the tow we had in the sloop was quite strenuous enough for average nerves. I have seen men rattled by an octopus not three feet in width; but the octopus was not a circumstance to this manta or devil fish, this diabolical creature with its claspers, wings and all-absorbing mouth. It looked more bat-li'ke still when stretched on the white bleached coral sands. It was nearly seventeen feet across (paced) and eigh- teen feet or more long by the same measurement. It had the general shape of a flat ray, but its swimming fins formed wing-shaped organs on the side, which were used as wings to enable it to fly through the water. The upper surface of the animal was black, the lower pure white. Here were the enormous gills. The mouth was large enough to have stored two men, though the quarters would have been snug. Extending from the mouth were two fleshy arms, feelers or claspers, about three feet in length, that are used to toss or waft food into the capacious mouth; and that they can hold or grasp like arms, is well known. Bob told of an instance where one had seized the arm of a sailor and held it like a vise, and various instances could be cited to illustrate the use of the strange “fins.” The tail was five feet in length and had lost its tip, and bore the appearance of a “bull whip.” As to the weight of our capture, I estimated it at a ton. John guessed two tons, and Chief three, which shows the power of pro- gressive imagination. Few fishes have the faculty of conveying fear as this huge sea bat, dreaded and hated by all seafarers; and as specimens thirty feet across have been seen there is good reason for assuming that such a fish is to be dreaded and avoided unless one has a craving for sport of the most strenuous nature. The weather was so trying and the heat so pitiless, I sailed over to Sand Key, the third key to the west from East Key, to find the same conditions — sand, brush, cactus, no gulls, but wrecks of old buildings used in the Civil War, and graves tunneled by crabs. Chief pointed to a spot on the horizon as Northwest Key — the smallest of the group. After noon a wind came up and we started for Middle Key, making a reach out into the main channel. When about in the middle I saw a black squall cloud, about the size of a man’s head, rising over the edge of the world to the north. It came on with remarkable speed, and in twenty minutes the sky was overcast and the sun shut out by a curious copper-hued cloud of ominous appearance and import. We stood ready to lower the sail, but instead of wind, there came a series of waterspouts. First a small pendulous finger appeared, dropping from a lead-colored cloud not far distant. Down it fell, growing larger and larger until halfway to the ocean, when a respond- ing tip was seen reaching up to. meet it. The two soon joined. The spout had begun in the heavens — a whirling column of cloud that extended downward, the wind proceeding the cloud body, reaching the sea and whirling it about with such inconceivable velocity, that it quickly took the shape o fa solid pillar of water that appeared to be a pillar supporting the sky. Almost before it was complete, another and another formed on all sides, and in a short time we were surrounded by five of the tallest waterspouts it was ever my privilege to 1'ook upon, and I have seen many. No more appalling spectacle can be imagined than this. How high they were it was impossible to con- jecture; they appeared a mile in height, at least, that would have been the guess of a cool, disinterested party from a safe position; but they may have been but 500 feet in height. As soon as they were complete, they bent before the breeze, which now came up, and began to move to the east. I do not know what were the sensations of my companions; \ kept my own to my'self, but Chief ex- pressed his opinion that if I had let the devil fish alone we would at this precise time have been eating fried grunt on Middle Key, instead of looking at our own funeral. It was a modern miracle that we escaped all these swaying giants. John and Bob got the dinghy ahead and made fast the line, and stood ready to try and tow the Bull Pup out of range at the psycho- logical moment; but Chief kicked off his heavy shoes and lighted his pipe, and doubtless made other prepara- tions for immediate and violent dissolution. But he was disappointed; the spouts went careening by us, so near that I had to bend my head far back to see the top of the nearest, and passed on, like stalk- ing giants, with ominous roar and a mass of foam at the base, the middle bent like a bow, the top lost in the coppery vault of the heavens. What would have been the result of a collision with one of these giants it was easy to conjecture. The Bull Pup would have been twisted and torn into fragments and her parts tossed high into the air by the whirling waters. I have been within thirty feet of a large water- spout, near enough to be drenched by its spray, deafened by its roar, and feel confident to express an opinion; yet I saw a large schooner struck by one that came out of the collision with little or no damage. I be- lieve, however, that this was an exception, and the vessel was hauled on the reef at the time. With the passing of the waterspouts came the wind, fresh and sparking; the air was clear, the sun shone again on the blue waters, the spouts were a blur on the horizon and had doubtless gone to pieces, while we were bearing away under press of sail for the Middle Key. I had always been skeptical as to the ferocity of sharks as regards human beings, but this afternoon, when the sun was getting low, I was driven in from the reef by a large shark that persistently followed us. I was trying to catch some mullets with a cast-net, and had waded out into water waist-deep when I saw the fin of a large shark. I was partly dragging the net in the water, and had left a trail of mullet on the smooth water which the wandering shark readily picked up; and his peculiar motion in coming on rapidly, beat- ing like a boat in short tacks from side to side, was so suggestive that I turned inshore, then, reaching the shallows, pelted the brutish fish with dead coral rock, but did not succeed in driving it off. It swam in until it grounded, then thrashed the water into foam in. 'its attempts to escape, while I ran alongside. It was over eight feet long, and bulky enough to have played havoc with a swimmer; yet I still had my doubts as to whether it would have attacked me. It is my ex- perience that the average shark is a coward, but I also think there are certain sharks that, like tigers and elephants, are man-killers and eaters. I have known such sharks, and doubtless tropical hot waters aid in debasing their appetites. Fish Chat. BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS. The Jock-Scott Fly. The next two. or three pages are filled with a hetero- geneous collection, which, to any eyes but my own, is a group of that incomparable fly, the beautiful “Jock- Scott.” I have always wondered at the killing qualities of this fly, for it seems to have a strange charm for the salmon, notwithstanding the brilliancy of its colors. I suppose that in the books of anglers, generally, there is as large a proportion of these flies as there is of the other highly successful creation, silver-doctor, which fly. I consider is, for all waters and almost all con- ditions of water, the most seductive lure that ever was cast. Like many other salmon flies, there is a vast dis- similarity in both the Jock-Scott and silver-doctor of different tyers.; the brilliancy of both soon fades if dyed feathers and imitation tinsel are used, and a visit to the tackle stores will show the extent to which the cheaper grade of feathers are used in these, and, in fact, many others of the more expensive flies. Among the feathers which are used in their make- up by the more responsible tyers, are some of those delicate and beautiful plumes in the crest of the Chinese golden pheasant; the lustre of these is always brilliant in the water, and, although I have handled a great variety of feathers which were dyed in the most skill- ful manner possible, I have never yet seen one that began to approach those I have named in brilliancy and every other desirable quality in a salmon fly as it passes through the water. In the silver-doctor and a number of other kinds a considerable tinsel is used, and it is of the utmost importance that only the pure silver tinsel shall be wound. In the ordinary run of store flies a poor imitation is employed, on account of the greater expense of the pure article, just as cheap dyed feathers are used as a substitute for those- of the pheasant; and many anglers find it necessary in ordering flies to stipulate that all the material used shall be of the best quality. My torn and faded Jock-Scotts have, like the others, filled their mission, each having landed at least one salmon, and, as I gaze upon them individually, I re- call to memory all the incidents of the struggle and locate the very pool in which the salmon was taken. Men may smile at one bestowing much sentiment on a lot of old and ruined flies, but when each of them tells a thrilling story of the grand old rivers among the mountains; of the delicious aroma of the forest; of the dark, deep, foam-flecked pools; of the delicate lure upon the water; of the rise of the argent-clad king of game fishes; of the struggle, and of the final victory— I hold that such sentiment is not misplaced. Feb. 25, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 189 Among the other pages of this book are “butchers,” “fairies,” “Montreals” of different shades and texture, a number of those admirable flies for a brighter day and low water, the “black-dose,” the “gray-mouse,” the “royal-coachman,” and many others that are used on salmon streams. Like the others, each has done its duty, each has its history, which I should dearly love to dwell upon; but the story that could be told of them with pen and ink would not, I fear, prove of sufficient interest to warrant my telling it. Another page or two is turned, and my eye falls on a still brilliant wreck of that most gaudy creation, the Prince-Wif iam-of-Orange Fly. I have made many efforts to trace out the origin or originators of the different kinds of flies in common use, and have in many cases been quite successful; but I have never been able to ascertain in whose fertile brain was created this magnificently hued lure. In the books of American anglers it is not often seen, but in those of our British cousins it is very common and tied in large patterns at that. It is used by them chiefly as a trolling fly. I have but three or four, and those were tied by my father, who was an amateur fly-tyer or remarkable ex- perience; in fact, I have seen a number of pieces of his handiwork which, when laid side by side with the well-known Forrest flies, compared more than favor- ably with them. He was a most assiduous seeker for materials, and corresponded with bird collectors in various localities all over the world to obtain skins_ of rare species, whose feathers were to be used in putting together the different lures. Most anglers have but a faint idea of the _ great amount and variety of material that is needed in the manufacture of the varieties of flies in ordinary use, and many would, no doubt, be surprised at the rarity of some of the feathers employed. The Prince-William as it is usually tied is hardly suitable for use on most Canadian rivers; but, I dare say, if it were built on a smaller model, as are our conventional salmon flies, it would, in dark, deep water and on a lowry day, prove as killing as a Jock-Scott, a silver-doctor or Durham-ranger. I have,, however, used two, which were tied on what I consider large patterns, and was successful with both; but the con- ditions in which they were employed were somewhat peculiar. One of them is still in good working con- dition and if everything goes well, I mean to try its merits again in the Port Medway River, N. S., the coming spring. I say “spring” for the reason that in all the streams on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia the salmon arrive very early in the season, it being a not uncommon occurrence to take them with the fly early in March. The other of the flies in question is a perfect wreck, for I killed two good salmon on it in the Indian River, which empties into Margaret’s Bay, twenty or more miles south of Halifax, and subse- quently used it among the large sea trout in the Marga- ree River, Cape Breton, which fish will rise to almost any lure that is put out to them. What a glorious day that was on the Indian River! when, in less than two hours, I landed with an ordinary grilse rod four goodly salmon, two of which were killed on the Prince-William fly. I had with me on that occasion old Tim Mason, one of the best all- round guides I ever had the pleasure of meeting. He and his brother, Loftus, were great favorites among the army and navy officers and other anglers from Halifax, Loftus having had the distinguished honor of having served as guide and canoemanto the then Prince of Wales, now king of England, on an outing on Canadian rivers. Indian River is a small one, none of its pools being more than two good casts in width; but it is rather a difficult stream to fish, on account of its wooded, rocky shores, which tax the patience and ingenuity ot the angler when making his “back-casts” to avoid losing his leader and fly. In fact, in several of the pools anything but a rolling or “Spey” cast is al- most impossible. ' The pools, though not very wide, are deep, and when the water is high in the river, they are black and full of all sorts of twisting eddies and tortuous currents, and their surface is nearly covered with great patches of foam, which have been cast there by the wild rush of the rapids above. The lower or first pool is not more than five rods from the head of tide-water, and it is always good for at least one salmon on any day early in the season. My capture of the four salmon occurred in early May. The season had been a late one, some patches of snow even then remaining in the forest by the side of the river, and, of course, the stream was “banks-full.” The third or fourth pool above salt-water is called the “Horseshoe” from its peculiar shape, and the angler in fishing in it must use his tackle in the most careful manner possible. I had been using “Jock-Scotts,” “butchers” and a variety of other flies, but met with no response. Surface fishing was entirely out of the ques- tion and I used them as sunken flies, and pretty well down in the water at that. At last, thoroughly disgusted at my ill-success, I exclaimed: “It’s no use, Tom, I’ll waste no more time on this pool with such. small flies! I’ve got something here that will suit them. I have no doubt.” And I opened my book and selected a Prince-William-of-Orange, which my guide declared was “as big as a yellow bird,” and, attaching it to my leader, I threw it out and began to give it play. Like others, however, it received no attention when moved near the surface, and it was only after it had become thoroughly saturated and was permitted to sink deep in the water that I felt a tug, and, striking sharply, I found I was fast to a noble fish. “That beats all!” exclaimed the guide, excitedly, “I never expected to see the like of that! the salmon must be of a queer mind that would take a fly of that size and complexion.” The fight I had with that fish in such heavy water and with so light a rod was one never to be forgotten. Luckily for me he was well hooked and the poel was. free of snags and drift stuff; but it took, me a good quarter of an hour to bring my beauty (.0 terms and. give Tom an opportunity to use the gaff. " ' > Lake Champlain Fishing. Following is a copy of the petition to the Hon. Ray- mond Prefontaine., Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries, concerning seine fishing in Lake Champlain, adopted by the North American Fish and Game Protective Association at its recent meeting held at St. John, N. B. : To the Hon. Raymond, Prefontaine, K. C., M. P., Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa: The petition of the undersigned association, known as the North American Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion, respectfully represents — That this association has repeatedly during the last five years called upon the- authorities of New York, Vermont, and the Dominion of Canada to put an end to the disas- trous seining of pike-perch or pickerel ( Stizostedion vitreum ) . That on the 8th day of February, 1902, on the recom- mendation of the Honorable Minister of Marine and Fisheries, an order-in-council was passed by His Excel- lency the Governor-General-in-Council, taking this action desired by this association, so far as Canada was con- cerned, since it prohibited fishing with nets of any kind in the lakes and tributary streams of Missisquoi, etc. That on the strength of the report to council in which the above order-in-council was adopted, a copy of which report-to-ccuncil was furnished at his own request to the Hon. Julius Seymour, representing the Legislature of New York, that Legislature repealed the law permitting the granting of licenses on certain conditions for seining in Lake Champlain. That the Legislature of Vermont has also repealed all permissive legislation of a similar character, so that it is no longer permissive or possible for seining licenses for Lake Champlain to be issued, either by the authorities of the State of New York or by those of the State of Vermont. That it was learned by this association with the deepest regret some time subsequently to the passage of the order-in-council of the 8th day of February, 1902, that the said order-in-council had been rescinded, and that in con- sequence of such repeal, seining licenses were, and in fact still are, being issued to commercial fishermen to net the waters of the Missisquoi Bay of Lake Champlain. That this association, which was established in the city of Montreal at the instance of, and largely through the efforts of, that zealous friend of fish and game protection, the Hon. S. N. Parent, has for some of its main objects the harmonizing of the laws of the different Provinces of Canada and the contiguous States of the American Union ; the preservation, propagation and protection of fish, game and bird life and maintenance and improve- ment of the laws relating thereto, and mutual assistance in enforcing game and fish laws on the borders of the various States and Provinces. That your petitioners have reason to believe, and do firmly believe, that Canadian holders of licenses to seine in Missisquoi Bay in past years have sold or re-let their leasing rights to American fishermen in Vermont, and probably without legal transfer of the same, or permission to so transfer them. That this belief is founded upon the uncontradicted statement of the highest fishery official of that time in the employment of the Government of the Province of Quebec, the late L„ Z. Joncas, as reported on page 86 of the published transactions of this association for the year 1902, a copy of which is forwarded herewith. That Mr. Joncas, the then Superintendent of Fish and Game of the Province of Quebec, said upon that occasion : “I may say here, and I know it as a matter of fact, that out of the eighteen licenses which we give in the Province of Quebec, only three are used by Canadians; all the others are used by Vermonters.” That, as will be seen further on upon the page just quoted from, Mr. Nelson W. Fisk, of Vermont, said: “I want to thank my friend the Commissioner from the Province of Quebec for what he has said here to-day. He has told the truth that out of the eighteen licenses issued by him in Canada, a large number of them are used by Vermonters.' I am glad that he had admitted it. In fact, I am personally acquainted with four or five men who have used these licenses in Vermont from my own town. Now, that being the case1, that Vermont is getting all the benefits of the licenses be- ing issued by Canada, practically all — he tells you all but three — I cannot see the first reason — financially, politically or otherwise — why Canada should issue licenses.” That your petitioners believe that the vast majority of people of the Province of Quebec, including certainly every friend of the cause of fish protection and propaga- tion in which your department is so much interested, are entirely opposed to the continued seining in Missisquoi Bay, while in New York and Vermont the sentiment is unanimous against it, as shown by the votes in the Legis- latures of those States, That your association, which was represented by the vice-president for the Province of Quebec. Doctor Finnie, of Montreal, at the interview granted by you on this mat- ter, together with Honorable Mr. Parent, on the 12th of January last, have learned with pleasure from its repre- sentative on that occasion that you were good enough to say that if the question of yellow perch were eliminated, there would be a probability, in your opinion, of coming to reasonable terms. That your association is now delighted to be in a posi- tion to prove to your entire satisfaction that this perch matter has been entirely eliminated from the question by the reception of a letter from the Hon. George M. Bowers, United States Fish Commissioner, at Washington, which reads as follows :- “Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, Jan. 27, 1905. Hon. H. G. Thomas, Stowe, Vt., Sir — Answering your inquiry addressed to Mr. Carter, you are informed that the bureau during the spring of 1903 propagated some yellow perch on the Mis- sisquoi River at Swanton, Vt., in connection with the regular pike-perch work. The fish had spawned during high water, and the receding of the river left great quanti- ties of the eggs suspended on the grasses and shrubbery, where they were destined to perish. The eggs were col- lected, partly with a view to experimental work, and for the purpose of transferring them to waters where they are in demand. The bureau does not contemplate the propagation of yellow perch on the Missisquoi River with the view of restocking the waters of Lake Champlain until there is a demand for this species in those waters. It has not yet . been decided whether any yellow perch operations will be conducted at Swanton the coming season,, but if so it will be for the purpose of obtaining fish to stock waters other than Lake Champlain and its tributaries. Respectfully, “George M. Bowers, Commissioner.” That there is also annexed to this petition a positive declaration from H. G. Thomas, the sole Fish Commis- sioner of the State of Vermont, which effectually sets at rest all possible doubts on the subject, since it shows that Mr. Thomas will never permit any more yellow perch to be planted in Lake Champlain, and that nobody else — not even the United States Fish Commissioners — can plant such fish in those waters without his permission. Wherefore, for all the reasons which have been thus far related, and also because the prohibition of such seining as herein prayed for is not only in the interest of fish pro- tection, but fair and reasonable on the part of Canada, because of a similar prohibition on the part of the States of New York and Vermont, and because of the enormous number of good food fishes planted by the United States Fish Commission in the w'aters of Lake Champlain ; and further because such action for all these reasons would seem to be called for by the international courtesy recog- nized by the comity of the nations. Therefore your petitioners humbly pray that you will be pleased to recommend to His Excellency the Governor- General the re-passage of the order-in-council of the 8th of February, 1902, at least so far as the waters of the Mis- sisquoi Bay are concerned. And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. (Signed, as instructed by resolution of the association adopted at its annual meeting at St. John, N. B., on the 2d of February, 1905.) President, L. J. Tweedie, Premier at St. John, N. B. Secretary, E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec. Pennsylvania Fisheries Department. In a recent report to the Governor of Pennsylvania, Commissioner of Fisheries W. E. Meehan gave the fol- lowing as among the operations of his department for the year 1904 : Total number of fish hatched and distributed, 78,985,867. Of these, 5>39b,750 were game fish exclusively, including brook trout, black bass, yellow perch and sunfish. The remainder were food fish, including whitefish, lake trout, lake herring, blue pike, and wall-eyed pike; also 38,000 frogs. Of the five hatcheries controlled by the depart- ment, three were in operation so far as hatching fish was concerned, and two were in course of construction. The total cost of operating the five hatcheries was $28,656.21. The total number of arrests made for illegal fishing was 783. The total number of acquittals was 79, and the total number of convictions was 704. The amount of fines col- lected was over $9,600, of which $4,568.51, being the State’s share, was paid into the State Treasury. The total cost of the warden service was $6,122.71. The amount of fines paid into the State Treasury was there- fore nearly as much as the cost of the service, and within $1,122.71 of the amount appropriated by the State. The amount above the appropriation from the State was paid from $1,750 collected from licenses on eel baskets. According to the report, the carp industry in the State is valued at over $325,000 a year; that in Philadelphia alone there were 3,499,000 pounds of this inferior food fish sold, with an aggregate value of $174,000. Within two years the eel industry of the State has been developed from practcially nothing to about $30,000 a year; the fish industry in Lake Erie at the City of Erie was worth to the dealers $300,000, a total catch of 7,280,580 pounds be- ing reported. The shad industry on the Delaware was given at $225,000. The Commissioner announced that he is erecting ponds for lake trout with a capacity of 5,000,000 eggs a year, and is experimenting with Atlantic salmon with a view of domesticating them for the purpose of securing eggs for the stocking of the Delaware River. During the year twelve fishways were built in dams by owners on orders from the department, and four fishways were constructed at the expense of the State. Albany Legislation. Albany, N. Y., Feb. IS. — The Senate Committee on Fisheries and Game has reported favorably the bill of Assemblyman Wade (Int. No. 249) providing that the meshes. of nets used in Lake Erie shall not be less than 1% inches bar. The Assembly Committee on Fisheries and Game has reported favorably the bill of Assemblyman Bisland (Int. No. 476) provid- ing that the close season for hares and rabbits in Sullivan county shall be from Feb. 16 to Sept. 30, both inclusive, and that in Schenectady county it shall be from Feb. 1 to Oct. 31, both in- clusive. Game bills have been introduced as follows: By Assemblyman Santee (Int. No. 566), amending Section 13 so as to provide that the close season for hares and rabbits in Steuben county shall be from Jan. 16 to Sept. 30, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Cunningham (Int. No. 599) amending Section S4 so as to allow the spearing of suckers, bullheads, eels and dog- fish _in Sanddring Creek, Ulster county, from Center street bridge in Ellenville, to Port Nixon dam on the said stream, from April 1 to Sept. 30, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Cox (Int. No. 601), amending Section 176, so as to give special game protectors the same powers as State game protectors, if they are regularly employed on a salary by an incorporated association for the protection of fish and game or are employed by a board of supervisors. By Assemblyman Monroe (Int. No. 640), amending Section 41 by striking out the provision making the close season for trout in Tompkins county from July 16 to April 15, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Gates (Int. No. 651), amending Section 14, so as to prohibit the taking of beaver by any device whatsoever. The Assembly has passed the bill of Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 305) in relation to the protection of land turtles and wild black bear. A bill has been introduced by Assemblyman Fish prohibiting the sale of slaughtered game, animals or poultry unless the car- cases have been divested of the lung tissues and the internal organs within forty-eight hourse after slaughter. Gold’s Gilding Effect. “That fellow is a perfect boor.” “S-s-sh. He’s worth $4,000,000.” “That so! Well, as I was saying, he’s a man of marked individuality,” 100 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 25, 1905. V -- An “Escapade.” Log of the Yawl Escape, BY GEORGE MATTHEWS. ( Continued from page 141.) July 30.— South West Harbor. Under way at 7 A. M., and, with a N.W. breeze, ran along shore to the west- ward. The wind kept shifting from N.W. to S.W., but generally in such a way as to allow Ua to lay our course Went through Casco Passage, Deer Island Thorough- fare, and Fox Island Thoroughfare. . At this point it got very squally and, on coming out into West Penobscot Bay, we found a heavy sea run- ning. Beat out under mizzen and jib, but, finding it slow worm put double-reefed mainsail on her and drove her through it. In attempting to ease off the main- sail a trifle, the sheet got away from Emil, and mate Colson, who was perched on the cockpit rail, had a narrow escape from going overboard, as it was his heels flew up in a most undignified manner. We fought our way to Rockland, and were glad enough when we got under the shelter of Owl’s Head. July 31, Sunday. — Blew very hard during the night and all day. At anchor. August 1.-— Wind still S.W., but more moderate. Under way by 7:35 A. M., and had a nice beat down to Whitehead, where we found a very heavy swell. The good little boat rode this nicely, and we gradually worked past Tennants Harbor, Mosquito Island, and finally old Pamaquid itself, after which we could ease sheets a trifle and run into Booth Bay in fine style, anchoring about 7 oclock. A black yawl, considerably larger than Escape, started out after us from Rock- land, but at Whitehead, we had left her nearly out of sight astern. While rounding Pemaquid to-dav. the phonograph took another tumble, and went permanently out of business along with “Bedelia” and most of the other Wagnerian airs. The survivors, including “San Domingo Maid” and the “Boolah Girl,” were conse- quently done up in cotton wadding and consigned to a padded cell. Next time, we will take less lively music. A phonograph is a great joy on a cruise, but a good strong baritone voice, such as is possessed by mate Struthers is more easily stowed and less liable to fracture or contusions. Colson went ashore for mail, but found that it should have been addressed Booth Bay Harbor, instead of Booth Bay, which is two miles inland. He telegraphed, and it was sent over by buggy. While waiting at the boat-landing for Dodo, who had gone to the post- office the second time for the forwarded mail, the Captain met a yachtsman who was hunting for his dinghy which someone had evidently borrowed. He offered to take the boatless man out to his yacht, and was astonished to find his vessel was Penikese, of New Rochelle, the last boat to finish in the Block Island race. She had followed us all the way to Maine and was now on the way home. All hands tired— early to bed. August 2. — Rained a little in the night, and the morn- ing is dull and cheerless. Light N.E. breeze. Said good-bye to the owner of Penikese, who rcrwed over to us to bid us farewell, he having to wait over for a new gaff to replace one carried away on Sunday. Got water and provisions aboard, and made sail at 10 A. M. Light and variable winds carried us as far as Cape Small, when it died away to nothing. We had hoped to make Portland; but as it was now 4 o'clock, we eased sheets and drifted up to Carrying Place Head and anchored in the bight off the northern end of the head. Beautiful place, but spoiled by a smelly fishing camp. August 3. — It rained again last night, and we are in for another dismal and sprinkly day. Got under way at 7:30 A. M., with a light N. air. Jigger sheet fouled bowsprit of a fishing boat anchored close aboard us, and threw our head around almost on the rocky shore. Got off without touching, however, and stood out by way of White Bull and Bold Dick. Wind continued very light and variable until reaching Chandler’s Cove, then freshened consjde.rably, and we made a quick run to Portland, arriving about 3 P. M. Mate and cabin boy landed for mail and marketing. Captain and sailing master got aboard the spare sails, etc., left at the yacht club on our eastern run, and then to the New York steamer for provisions and soda water sent from New York. August 4. — Under way at 8 A. M.; S. breeze, very light at first, and the tide against us. About noon the wind freshened a little; but a heavy head-sea made progress very slow, and at about 6 o’clock the wind failed altogether, and we rolled and slatted most dis- tressingly, finally working into Cape Neddick Roads in the dark. Got a bad scare while feeling our way in ■with the lead. Emil reported “five fathoms” several times, and then shouted, “No water at all!” and the boat was put in the wind — all hands in a panic. It turned out that in the darkness the lead had caught in the runner tackle. We anchored in three fathoms and found pretty fair protection from the roll; but this is a risky anchorage, being entirely exposed to N., N.E., or E. winds. Mate Colson must leave us to- morrow, and Captain, Dodo and Emil must tackle the Cape alone. August 5. — Early breakfast in order to give mate Colson a fair start on his trip back to New York. The Captain and cabin boy manned the dinghy and landed him on the beach through the surf. A small comber came over the stern as we touched the shore, and the mate got his feet and the seat of his trousers wet, but left regretfully for Portsmouth, Boston and New York. Under way about 8:30 A. M., with brisk S. wind and heavy sea. Soon found it necessary to double reef, and, owing to the rough water, made very slow progress past Portsmouth and down the shore. At about 3:30 P. M., we found ourselves off Newburyport and, as we were tired of threshing so slowly to windward, we put in. Found the harbor a difficult one to enter, and an uncomfortable anchorage, on account of the fierce tide and narrow channel. Dropped our hook rather too near Joppa Flats. August 6. — Up at 5 A. M., hurried breakfast, and, in spite of the threatening look of the weather, started out. At the breakwater were struck by a bad squall, and knowing that if we once got out we could not get back until the turn of the tide, six hours later, we put back and anchored in the old berth. We there reefed the mizzen and put three reefs in the mainsail, and about noon, the weather looking a trifle better, we hoisted No, 2 jib and stood out with the last of the ebb. Wind was from S., just enough to allow us to lay a course for Cape Ann. We were greatly bothered by the breakwater being built off Rockport, as it is very long but does not yet show above water. Finally located the buoys, and stood in- side of it. Going out between the breakwater and Straitsmouth Island, we encountered a tremendous sea and head wind, bucking up against the strong tide. Near Thatcher’s Island it grew light, and we rolled badly. After numerous tacks, we got clear of the island and could lay our course toward Gloucester, which port we made about dark, anchoring behind Ten- Pound Island. The happy days of gliding down the wind, early anchoring and delightful evenings under the awning arc over. Now the programme is early rising, hard work, head winds, late dinner, canned provisions and early to bed. August 7. — Up at 5 A. M. Dodo sent ashore to mail letters; a hasty breakfast, and under way bright and early. A fine day at last, with a nice breeze from S.W. By 3 o’clock we were off the upper end of Cape Cod, and as it looked as though we were in for a spell of nice weather, we decided to run down the cape and anchor as near Monomoy as possible. Toward evening the wind fell light, and at dark we were able to make out Nauset Beacons. After leaving these (7=45) and skirting along shore, we were unable to make out Chatham Light. 9 P. M. — No light in sight and all hands getting nervous, as we have sailed far enough to be almost abreast of it, and it is starlight. Now we know the reason, for a heavy bank of fog from the §outhward has rolled over us, and we can hear fog horns tooting all around us. 9:30 A. M. — We have turned tail and are trying to pick up Nauset Beacons again, so we can locate our- selves and anchor. 10:30 A. M. — The fog thinned as we ran north, and we soon made out the beacons and began to work in- shore, sounding constantly as we went. Now anchored in five fathoms, and all hands decided to stay up all night, as it is most uncanny here so close to the beach, TERN. Owned by John Hyslop, New York Y. C. , on which the surf is dismally roaring and the fog shutting out everything but strange noises. August 8.- — All hands tired and nervous. Fog still thick. At about 7 A. M., were startled by a loud clap of thunder and a downpour of rain on the cabin roof. Luckily the wind, which rose rapidly, came right off shore and did not disturb us. Tied in our third and last _ reef and awaited events. About 11 A. M., it partially cleared off, and the wind came again from the S.W. Got our anchor and eighteen fathoms of chain with great labor and started on our way toward Mono- moy, wishing we were safely back on Long Island Sound. By this time the tide was strong against us, and we made but slow progress. Could not seem to get away from the dismal wreck on Chatham Bar, which had a damaging effect on the old man’s nerves. Off the whistling buoy the fog, which was hanging in a solid bank to southward, seemed to be closing in on us again, and we squared away in a panic and ran for the beach to anchor. Before we got there, how- ever, the mist cleared up a little and the wind freshened, so we grew bold and stood in the direction of Pollock Shoal Lightship again, shaking out our reefs. At last we made out the lightship in the fog, and, standing about a mile to the westward of it to get out of the fairway, anchored in five fathoms, at about 4 P. M. We tied in two reefs, in case of trouble in the night, and left the mizzen set, for, should an easter spring up, it would catch us in a dangerous trap. About dusk we sighted a sloop, remarkably like Penikese, standing out to sea, apparently bound over the shoals by night. Wonder if it can be she? By dark it was quite clear, so we had early dinner and Emil turned in for a rest, while the old man and Dodo PLEASURE. Owned by Theodore C. Zerega, New York Y. C. kept anchor watch until midnight, by which , time it was blowing a fine breeze from N.W. and clear as a bell. A number of coasters now anchored all around us. Emil on the watch until 4 A. M. August 9. — Under way by 5 A. M., Tide against us until 7:3 0, Set storm jib, reefed mainsail and reefed Feb. 25, 1905.] r FOREST AND STREAM, 101 mizzen, and made fine time out to Pollock Rip Light- ship and then to Shovel Full. Wind grew lighter, but with favoring tide. Were soon off Handkerchief Light- ship. At 9:45 A. M., had Cross Rip Lightship abeam, and had a second breakfast at 9:^0. Wind growing lighter, we shook our reef and set balloon jib. A large fleet of vessels and tows of barges crossing the shoals in both directions. Wind very light, but aided by a tremendous tide, we made fast time and soon had Vineyard Haven abeam. Set spinnaker for a while and went through Vineyard Sound and Quicks Hole, where we struck a fierce head-tide. A't 5 o’clock we anchored in Cuttyhunk Harbor, having made 57 nautical miles since morning, and the boat was lowered for the old man and Dodo to go ashore to see if a telegram could be sent home to let our friends know that Escape was safely over the treacherous shoals. Inquiries made of several fishermen and natives on the shore and on various boats brought the information that we might be accommodated at the Cuttyhunk Club, so they walked over to the famous bas« fishing head- quarters only to find that the only communication to be had with the world was through the life-saving station a ways down the beach. Succeeded in getting a message telephoned from there. Made 57 nautical miles _ to-day. Grub running low. Dodo's appetite alarming. August 10. — Up at 6:30 A. M., and found the weather looking gloomy and the wind S.E. Hurried through breakfast and got under way under full mainsail and made fast time before the rising wind and a heavy following sea. Soon made out Brenton’s Reef Light- ship, and by the time that we had Point Judith abeam, 11:30 A. M., the sea had risen tremendously and we were yawing and rolling wildly, but making a good 754 knots all the same. No chance to get a lunch, so munched crackers. It is not the first time that Escape has run before an easter; but it seemed different away out here so far from land, and the old man at the stick could not help looking anxiously over his shoulder at the great gray mountains sweeping after the poor little boat, and at last, after two or three gigantic combers rolled under us and a fiercer shriek than usual went through the rigging, he gave the order to reduce sail. With a wide sweep and a dizzy roll to leeward, the boat came around and faced the sea, and only one wicked swell swept over her weather bow before Emil had the sail half down and she was kept ofi on her course again. Thank Heaven we did not catch this easterly gale when anchored off Cape Cod night before last. We do not like to think of that. No attempt was made to tie in reefs, but the sail was let lie in the lazy jacks, where the belly of it soon collected a barrel or two of rain and spray, which had to be bailed out with the bucket. By this time the rain began to drive past us in such heavy sheets as to shut out all sight of land. The log had been consulted each hour and our position carefully noted on the chart, but we were now nearing the dangerous reefs at the eastern end of Fisher’s Island, and anxious eyes were strained ahead. A good-sized sloop, carrying full sail and topsail, gradually overhauled_ us, and passed close aboard. Two men were working hard at her wheel, and she yawed about frightfully, almost broaching to several times. We were making very much better weather of it than she. We finally gave up the idea of trying for the Watch Hill entrance, as the weather was so thick and squally. We caught sight of it, however, and steered for the Race. Here it was so thick that we could scarcely see one-quarter of a mile, and the wind suddenly changed to N., gybing us in a tremendous sea. The N. wind cleared things up somewhat, luckily for us, as we found we had been carried well over toward Gull Island. Altered our course and went by Race Rock with a fine favoring tide and anchored off the Pequot House at 5:15 P. M., having made 56 nautical miles. August 11. — New London. Overcast and rainy. The harbor full of warships and torpedo boats, with plenty of music and bugle blasts to cheer us up. It is a great relief to be snug in a safe harbor. Emil and Dodo off to town for supplies, while Captain cleared things. up and put everything out to dry as soon as the rain let up. About noon the queer-looking sloop, now owned by Mr. T. E. Zerega, came in, and later on Tern came sailing around under mizzen and jib. Captain and Dodo rowed alongside and found Mr. Hyslop very glad to see us. He is to anchor off the town to-night to pick up a passenger, and made an appointment to start off with us for the westward to-morrow morn- ing at 7:30. Wind being S.W. and the water tanks empty, we will not go out to-day. Afternoon. — The old man paid a visit to Zerega’s new boat, Pleasure. She is a Herreshoff design, but very odd, her spar being stepped very near the middle of her length. Her jib stay comes to the stem head, and her fore stay to the deck away inboard. She is very shoal, wide, and of extremely small displacement, having been designed for use in the Great South Bay. Just before dinner Mr. Zerega and his guest returned the call, and were much interested in our acetylene gas outfit. Got our ice, water and provisions, and are ready for an early start. Our troubles are over; the sound lies before us, and a few days more should see us safely home. August 12.— Under way at 7:15 A. M., with a fine N.W. “breeze, afterward becoming nearly E, Mr. Hyslop, in Tern, started out before we were quite ready, but hove to and waited for us. We could not keep up with him, and he gradually drew away. The tide was tremendously strong in our favor and we ran along rapidly. Were a little careless about picking up buoys, and suddenly saw, right ahead, what appeared to be a rock awash. Put about quickly, and stood further off shore and tried to locate ourselves, but could see no buoys either inside or outside of us. Soon after we made the red nun buoy off Saybrook, and so concluded our reef must have been either Hatchett’s Reef with the buoys drifted away, or, more likely, only a tide rip. It gave us a good scare, and Tern, see"- ing us apparently in trouble, came up in the wind until we stood on our course again. Soon passed Say- bropk; and then gfratford Point, when Hyslop bore away for Black Rock at about 3:30 P. M. The wind being so favorable, we kept right on, and quickly sighted the familiar lights on. Sands Point and Execution. We stood well out to Execution to avoid running on the Hen and Chickens in the dark, and anchored, just before 9 P. M., in New Rochelle. Our long cruise ended without mishap, and the comforts of home await- ing us on the morrow. We have made the distance from Monomoy to New Rochelle in three sailing days — not a bad record. August 13.— Packed our grips and bade good-bye to Emil and the gallant little ship. We met Jimmie Spark- man at the landing, and he was greatly interested in our fine run home. The Motor Boat and Sports- man's Show* Owing to a confliction of dates between our going to press and the opening of the show, we regret that we will be unable to give our readers this week any considerable idea of the features to be observed in this wonderful ex- hibition of such vast interest to the sportsman and yachts- man. Many innovations have been made, and the success of the show was assured from the very first. The attend- ance will undoubtedly be a record breaker for similar events. _ Next week we will devote much of our space to recounting the fly-casting, U. S. Life-Saving Corps, canoe tilting and similar contests, as well as a description of individual exhibits. The scheme of decorations, flags and green drapings, together with the abundance of cedar and fir boughs, is very pleasing, but the large lagoon will prove the piece de resistance. Dayton Electrical Manufacturing Company, of Dayton, Ohio, in their exhibit of their combined ignition and light- ing outfit, show the Apple dynamo, belt, gear or friction- driven, an 8 volt accumulator or storage battery, coil and switchboard. This arrangement will furnish ignition for four cylinders and at the same time light three six-candle power electric lights. Clifton Motor Works, of Cincinnati, Ohio, will show 8; 14 and 28 horsepower four-stroke engines. This year’s model shows many improvements over the engines hereto- fore built by this firm, and will be appreciated by those familiar with gasolene engine needs. Fairbanks Company, of New York, will show five en- gines, all running, built by the Smalley Motor Com- pany, Bay City, Mich., more than any other exhibitor. The marine engines shown will be 4L2, 9 and 20 horse- power, respectively one, two and three cylinder two-stroke type and a small 2 horsepower engine. A 4 horsepower horizontal Fairbanks stationary engine completes their exhibit. The Trenton Malleable Iron Company, Trenton, N. J., will have a full line of castings made by that well-known firm. Stamford Motor Company, Stamford, Conn., will have a full line of two-stroke engines designed by Mr. F. L. Sneckner. Lackawanna Motor Company, Buffalo, N. Y., in their exhibit show their three-ported marine two-stroke engine. This was one of the first manufacturers to realize the importance and worth of this modern construction. Spaulding Gas Engine Company, of St. Joseph, Mich., expect to show three engines, 3/2 and 7 horsepower/ two- stroke, both make-and-break and jump spark ignition. 1 hey make especial claim to their reversing wheel, which is the only one using a solid shaft and no outside sleeve. John Wanamaker, New York, will have a line of canoes manufactured by the Fraser Hollow Spar and Boat Com- pany, Greenport, N. Y., and several launches. Truscott Boat Company, St. Joseph, Mich., occupy a part of the island in the lagoon with their well-known line of launches and engines. Trebert Auto and Marine Motor Company, Rochester, N. Y., makers of automobile motors, will show their auto- marine four cylinder 34 horsepower four-stroke engine. F. L. Crosby Company, Bangor, Me., as usual will show Bugs, game heads and novelties, such as ink-wells, ther- mometers, etc., made from deer and caribou feet. Indian moccasins and slinoers will also be shown. One of the new attractions this season is a line of gun cabinets made by The Yeager Furniture Company, of Allentown, Pa. These cabinets, covering all the require- ments of sportsmen, and at the same time constituting at- tractive pieces of furniture, will no doubt be highly ap- preciated by a large class of those who enjoy the gun and dog. The present demand for Arts and Crafts and Mission furniture, led to the adoption of these styles as being the best and most suitable for cabinets of this kind, and with due care to workmanship and a high quality of quarter sawed oak in “weathered finish,” not neglecting hardware trim of special design in “old brass,” “The Yeager Cabi- net” is aii article worth having, and will be a source of never-ending satisfaction to those who possess one, being a place for everything and everything in its place. At the end of the fishing or shooting season you lay away your outfit in such places as seem most convenient without a thought as to whether they will easily be found when wanted again. No doubt there are a great many sports- men who do not consign their favorite gun and split- bamboo to some out-of-the-way corner, but rig up a special contrivance of their own where these articles can be properly cared for and easily accessible in case of need. This is a good way, so far as it goes ; but consider what a great advantage a cabinet would be, one specially designed to hold a complete outfit, from guns to fish-hooks, all within easy grasp, and an ornament to your den, living room or camp. The exhibit made by the Russian collective exhibitors of the World’s Fair, St. Louis, Mo., at the National Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show will consist of different Russian peasant work, house industry, made by hand, laces, embroideries, hangings, table covers, etc. ; fur skins,’ muffs, rugs, fur carpets, and other Russian goods. The Grand Trunk Railway Svstem has arranged a very comprehensive and artistic collection. This exhibit will consist of large photographic views of a comparatively speaking new fishing and hunting territory in New On- tario, known as the “Temagami” region, which has been made accessible this year by the building of a new rail- way from the northern terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway system, at North .Bay, through the Government forest reserve, located 73 miles from the latter point. addition to these artistic pictures, a collection of mounted fish and game are shown, including specimens of moose* caribou, deer, mink, beaver, partridges, duck, site. The fish of Canada are represented by black bass, speckled trout, maskinonge, wall-eyed pike and other species. There will also be biogen machines, projecting moving pictures, illustrating some of the fishing and hunting scenes from the Canadian rivers and forests. All of which will be shown in an artistic booth, built of red cedar and decorated with green cedar boughs. The exhibit will be in charge of a representative of the railway thoroughly conversant with all the fishing and hunting regions reached by the lines of the Grand Trunk Railway system. He will be assisted by Indian guides from some of the different resorts. This exhibit will be located in the Garden to the right of the rear end. The Anglers’ Company, Hartford, Conn., have on ex- hibition a full line of their metal-whipped rods and service fly-books. The Foster Rubber Company, of Boston, Mass., in ad- dition to the well-known Foster heels, will show a full line of golf, yachting and tennis shoes, all with the Foster heel. Wm. Hjorth & Co., Jamestown, N. Y., in connection with a display of wrenches and pliers, will have a com- bination sportsman’s tool. This consists of a hatchet, hammer, pincers, wire-cutter, punch, screwdriver and nail puller all in one. Klean-Al Manufacturing Company, 36 Vesey street, N,ew York, will have demonstration of their cleaning compound. Their demonstrators will paint their hands with various kinds of dyes, etc., and remove it with Klean-Al, and to show absence of deleterious or harmful ingredients will rub it upon their lips, teeth, etc. The Mianus Motor Works’ exhibit will consist of two, four and six horsepower single cylinder two-stroke en- gines and eight and twelve horsepower double cylinder four-stroke. These engines use make-and-break ignition in preference to jump spark, and are of the heavy low- speed type. Various improvements are shown in the 1905; models in igniters, connecting rods and pumps. Blauvelt Knitting Company, Newark, N. J., makers of fine worsted garments for street and sporting wear, will have an attractive exhibit. Boston Letter. Boston, Feb. 20. — At the annual meeting of the Eastern Y. C., held at the St. Botolnh Club last Tuesday evening, it was unanimously voted to adopt the new uniform rule of measurement with its accompanying conditions and classification. This action is not in the least surprising, for the yacht owners have been generally in favor of such changes as would produce better types of yachts, and Chairman Henry Howard and Secretary Louis M. Clark, of the Regatta Committee, have been the strongest advo- cates of the new rule in Massachusetts Bay. The follow- ing officers and committees were elected for the year: Com., Laurence Minot; Vice-Com., F. S. Eaton; Rear- Corn., W. O. Gay; Sec’y, George Atkinson, Jr.; Treas., Patrick T. Jackson; Meas., Henry Taggard; members of the Council-at-Large — George A. Goddard and Frank B. McQuesten; Regatta Committee — Henry Howard, chair- man; George Atkinson, Jr., A. Appleton Packard, Stephen W. Sleeper and Louis M. Clark, secretary; Committee on Admissions— Theophilus Parsons, J. D. Colt, Robert Sai- tonstall, C. S. Rackemann and the secretary, ex-officio; House Committee — Parkman Dexter, E. W. Bowditch, F. O. North, E. M. Beals and W. B. Revere, secretary. The Regatta Committee, under the leadership of Mr. Henry Howard, which performed such good work last season, will be even more active this year. The committee has not yet laid out its programme, but it can be announced, that it will provide for the usual races for the popular classes of Massachusetts Bay, and will also hold another series of power boat races, probably at the conclusion of the power boat race of the Knickerbocker Y. C from New York to Marblehead. There will probably be other power boat races during the season, as the club has taken a great interest in the development of the type, and has organized a class to further power boat racing. It is quite likely that the committee plans to give another ocean race, probably to the eastward, but the final development of this feature will probably depend upon the response from yacht owners. It is more than probable that there will be an annual cruise to Bar Harbor, and this should be even more successful than the one that was held last season. If, as has been suggested, the fleet of the New York Y. C. joins that of the Eastern Y. C. at Marblehead, the east- ward cruise will be the greatest ever held. The Regatta Committee of the Boston Y. C. has or- ganized and has announced the following fixtures for 22- footers, 18-footers and 15-footers and two handicap classes : June 13, Saturday — Club race, City Point. June 17, Saturday — Y. R. A. open, Hull. July 1, Saturday — Club race, Marblehead. July 29, Saturday — Club race, Marblehead. August 3, Thursday — Midsummer series, Y. R A. open, Hull. August 4, Friday — Midsummer series, Y. R. A, open, Hull. August 5, Saturday — Midsummer series, Y. R. A. open, Hull. August 7, Monday — Y. R. A. open, Marblehead. August 14, Monday — Club race, Marblehead. September 9, Saturday — Club race, Hull. A special series of races will be held at Hull for 18- footers and handicap classes in c.onj unction with the Poinfe Aberton. Associates for cups and prizes, the dates for which will be announced later. At the annual meeting of the Wollaston Y. C., the fol- lowing' officers were elected: Com., S. B. Wiley, Jr.; Vice-Com., W. M. Chase; Sec’y, C. W. Dill; Treas., John B. Given; member of Governing Board for three years, Franklin E. Dawes. The members of the American Y. C., of Newburyport, have been organizing a one-design sailing dory class, to be raced with boats of the Annisquam and Revere Y. C.’s and the Swampscott Dory Club. A meeting of the mem- bers interested in the class was held recently, but definite action was deferred until February 27. At this meeting several designs ranging in cost from $75 to $125, were submitted. One of the members of the club has offered a pup to be competed for by boats of the class. John B. Rillpbn- 162 FOREST AND STREAM. [Feb. 25, 1905. ' British Letter. The failure of our present rating rule to produce an efficient type of boat for class racing, coupled with the persistent neglect of the Yacht Racing Association to provide a table of scantlings under which racing yachts should be built, has resulted in the decline of class racing in this country to a lower point than has ever before been reached. The consequence is that the class racer has been superseded by handicap classes, re- stricted classes, and by one-design classes. The last named have increased in numbers so much of late years that the more ardent supporters of class racing are beginning to point the finger of scorn at owners of one-designers and to twit them with not indulging in the highest form of the sport. To this the one-design contingent have the ready and plausible reply that they cannot afford a new boat every year, especially one which costs so much money as the modern racer, and which is practically useless for any other purpose and is unsalable when her racing days are over. They furthermore take exception to the statement that theirs is an inferior form of yacht racing and contend that, on the contrary, one-design racing does far more to produce sound amateur yachtsmen than any amount of class racing. The fact is, there is much to be said for both sides. Theoretically, of course, class racing is the highest form of the sport. The very latest creations in the way of naval archi- tecture from the board of the most celebrated pro- fessional designers, built and rigged at the best yards, with sails by the most eminent sail makers, and the boats steered by the most skilled skippers that are to be had for love or money, must necessarily -'"neal to a large section of lovers of yacht racing. Moreover, these vessels go the rounds of the coast ana iuuu — - or did form until recent years — the basis of the regatta programmes of all the principal yacht clubs, which bestowed their chief prizes upon the class racers', In practice, however, this high standard of idealism has many flaws. In the first place, the owner is entirely dependent upon the ability of the designer for tire success or failure of his boat. Secondly, the owner of a yacht of 65ft. rating or upward never steers his vessel himself and is merely a passenger on her during a race, and this remark frequently applies to the smaller classes. Then there is the disadvantage of having the same designer represented by more than one boat in a class, for it is obvious that one of them — probably the very latest — must be faster than the others which will have to take a back seat. Then again much depends upon the kind of boat encouraged by the rule of measurement in vogue, for no man is so well off that he can afford to throw away his money over a type of vessel which is needlessly expensive, or which he does not consider a sufficiently good investment for his money. There is no doubt that the present day racing yacht is costly and unsatisfactory in many ways, chiefly by reason of flimsy construction, and owners have realized this so fully, that class racing is almost a dead letter and will remain so until measures are taken to im- prove upon the present rating rule and to insure suf- ficiently strong construction of hull. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the owners of one- designers have the best of the argument. One-design classes have not any of the drawbacks enumerated above, and although they run small as a rule, they are built in accordance with the requirements of owners and to suit the waters to which they belong. Economy and solidity of construction are studied, also comfort in the way of internal accommodation, and if they do not represent the latest development in naval architect- ure, they are for the most part convenient and handy boats which answer the requirements of their owners who have to pay the piper, and have therefore a perfect right to call the tune. The immense popularity of the monotype classes of Belfast Lough, Dublin Bay, and, later, of the Solent and the Clyde, is a sufficient answer to enthusiasts who will not tolerate anything else than class racing, and it is abundantly clear that if class racing is to be re- vived it must be under other conditions than obtain at present. With the places of first class yachts and 65- footers filled as they now are by two handicap classes, and the smaller raters, with the exception of the 52- footers, ousted by restricted and one-design classes, some radical changes will have to be made before yacht racing can be put back on its former footing. For the present one-design classes hold the sway among the smaller boats and they are invaluable as nurseries for the younger class of amateur yachtsmen, as they are nearly always steered by their owners and frequently manned in whole or in part by their friends. They are a boon to men of moderate means and, whatever their drawbacks, there is but little doubt that they have come to stay. The recent decision of the British Admiralty to moor the obsolete men-of-war they propose to get rid of at Spithead, in Southampton Water, and in the Kyles of Bute and Holy Loch, has raised quite an outcry in yachting circles, as all these localities are much frequented by yachtsmen who naturally resent the idea of strings of ungainly hulks being dumped down in such picturesque places. It certainly seems un- fortunate that waters so popular with the pleasure fleet should be disfigured by the presence of so many un- sightly old ships, and it is to be hoped that the re- monstrances forwarded by the yacht clubs to the Admiralty will meet with a satisfactory reply and that some more suitable, if less convenient, places of refuge may be found for these ships until they find their way into the ship breaker’s hands. E. H. Kelly. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with tfie paper, Feb. 25, 1 905.I FOREST AND STREAM 163 CLIPPER DORY SAIL AND DECK PLANS. Designed by Gardner & Cox. Design for a Clipper Dory. The accompanying cuts show a one-design class of clipper dories, recently adopted by the Tappan Zee Y. C. This class will receive special attention in the Hudson River Yacht Racing Association next season. The asso- ciation was recently formed by the more important clubs on the Hudson River. The cost of these boats, delivered and complete in all respects except ballast, is $150. They were designed by Messrs. Gardner & Cox, and are being built .by the Nassau Shipyard, of Bayville, L. I. This boat. is an improvement on the regular Swampscott dory used in large numbers along the Massachusetts coast. . The boat has a much fuller dpck line, giving a long side to sail on. The forward overhang is longer, and the sections are much fuller than the regular dory. The boat has a much harder bilge, and the stern is nearly twice as wide as the regular dory. The keel is much nar- rower and has more rocker with less of a knuckle where the keel joins the stem. This makes a splendid boat at a reasonable cost for afternoon sailing and class racing, the difference in size between these boats and the regular 15ft. knockabout being considerably less than the difference in price. These boats have white cedar plank, spruce-sawn frames with light oak frames between; the keel is of oak and deck of pine, canvas-covered. The centerboard logs are of spruce, and the board is of oak weighted with lead. The sails are cross cut, of 5-ounce canvas, made by Messrs. Wilson & Griffen, and the spinnaker is of light sail cloth. All hardware is of galvanized iron, and the blocks are of bronze. The dimensions follow: Length — Over all 21 ft. iin. Waterline 15 ft. Beam — Extreme 5 ft. ioin. Freeboard — Forward 2 ft. Least 1 ft. 2in. Aft 1 ft. 6in. Draft board up 7in. Draft, with board 3 ft. 4m. Approximate, weight 1,065 lbs. Sail area mainsail 2x4 sq. ft. Jib 36 sq. ft. Total 250 sq. ft. Courteous Offer to Commodore F. G. Bourne, New York Y. C. — Immediately on learning of the burping of the yachts Delaware and Colonia last week, Mr. John J. Amory, president of the Gas Engine & Power Company and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consol., notified Commo- dore Bourne that the entire Morris Heights plant was at his disposal for the. rebuilding and refitting of his yachts, leaving it entirely to Commodore Bourne whether the work would be done under the supervision of the under- writers, his own. men or the Seabury force of engineers. This offer at a time when the company was busiest shows a spirit of accommodation, and in a measure accounts for the popularity which this firm enjoys. Members of the New York and other yacht clubs who have learned of Mr. Amory’s action, express themselves as being im- pressed with the liberality of this concern. A Bill to Prevent Injury to or Destruction of Yacht Moorings* A bill has recently been introduced in the Massachu- setts Legislature which provides — 1. A fine or imprisonment for any person who shall will- fully and without right destroy, cut or injure the moor- ing of a yacht or other vessel. 2. Treble damages to the owner of such mooring for the willful destruction, cutting or injury to such mooring. 3. That the possession of any part of the mooring which has been willfully and without right destroyed, cut or injured shall be prima facie evidence of the possessor’s guilt or liability. All yacht or boat owners of Massachusetts who approve of the legislation outlined above, are earnestly advised to write to William L. Barnard, Esq., 31 State street, Bos- ton, Mass., informing him that they approve of such legis- lation, and also' write and request their local representa- tive to vote for such legislation. It will be noticed that this does not affect accidental destruction of a mooring by another boat, but only where the act is willful. YACHTING NEWS NOTES.® For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Hartford Y. C. Annual Meeting. — The annual meet- ing of the Hartford Y. C. was held at the Hotel Lleublein, Hartford, Conn., on Thursday evening, February 9, a very large proportion of the club membership being- present. The annual reports of the officers showed the affairs of the organization to be in a highly satisfactory condition. The total membership is 275, and 121 vessels are enrolled in the club’s list. The races in the Connecti- cut River and on Long Island Sound last season were exceptionally successful, the entries numbering 95. Espe- cially interesting was the pGwer boat race of July 2, down the Connecticut from Hartford to Fenwick, a distance of 50 . miles, in which fifteen motorboats started, and all finished. The ocean race from Fenwick around Block Island and return, sailed in September, was also a suc- cess. During the year thirty new members were admitted to the club. The following officers were elected : Com., Louis F. Heublein, steam yacht Katrina; Vice-Com., Charles A. Goodwin, yawl Procyon; Rear-Com., Walter S. Schutz, sloop Neeche; Sec’y, Frank W. Theis; Treas., E. Hart Fenn; Meas., Harry D. Olmsted; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. J. Frank Axtelle; Trustees for three years, L. D. Fisk, Joseph Merritt; Race Committee — E. N. Way, chair- man; Joseph Merritt, secretary; Charles H. Symonds, Newton Case Brainard, Charles N. Robinson, Frederick Law; Delegates to Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound — E. N. Way, H. M. Luther, Marcus A. Potter; Delegates to American Power Boat Association — E. N. Way, Frederick Law and Charles D. Holmes; An- nual Dinner Committee — Commodore Heublein, Rear- Commodore Schutz, L. D. Fisk, Joseph Merritt and Charles Noel Flagg. * *, H C. F. Spiitdorf, 17 Vandewater street, New York, will have a full and comprehensive exhibit of spark plugs, jump spark coils, switches, ignition cable, motor cycle and other non-vibrating coils, and a new ignition magneto. Larchmont Y. C. Meeting. — Over one hundred mem- bers attended the annual meeting of the Larchmont Y. C. held at Delmonico’s, Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street, New York, on Wednesday evening, February 15. The following officers were elected : Com., A. C. Bost- wick, auxiliary Vergemere; Vice-Com., Roy A. Rainey, steamer Viola; Rear-Com., R. A. C. Smith, steamer Privateer; Sec’y, A. Bryan Alley; Treas., William Mur- ray; Meas., John Hyslop; Trustees, for one year, John Proctor Clarke; for three years, Francis M. Scott and Edward J. Greacen. Several proposed amendments to the constitution were adopted. These provide for a junior membership, to which persons between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years are eligible. These members have the privilege of the club burgee, the anchorage and the club house, but are not permitted to make purchases at the club house. These junior members must be elected to regular membership when the age limit is reached. The initiation in the future will be $100, and $25 for juniors, while the dues will be $75 and $25 for juniors. The -dues have been advanced 50 per cent., as the club felt that it should have more revenue from its members. It; was thought at first that this increase in the dues would result in many resignations, but there were only five more than the year previous. The New York Y. C. rule of measurement, which has been accepted by nearly all the prominent organizations in the East, was adopted. The report of the Secretary, A. Bryan Alley, was of in- terest. There are now 406 yachts enrolled, and the mem- bership is 740. The club, house is being added to and improved. The new extension, to be known as the Augustin Monroe ex- tension, is well under way, and will be ready for occu- pancy before long. The flag officers of the Royal Victoria Y. - C. were elected honorary members of the club. This was ;done in appreciation of the courtesy and hospitality shown Ex- Commodore Morton F. Plant while he was in British waters with the schooner Ingomar. New Yawl for F. T. Rogers. — The most interesting announcement concerning new boats for Rhode Island waters the coming season is that of a new . yawl with auxiliary power for Dr. F. T. Rogers, commodore of the Rhode Island Y. C. The designers are Small Brothers, of Boston, and the work of building is now under way by Rice Brothers at Boothbay, Me. The new yacht will be some nine feet shorter than Rusalka, the schooner that served as last season’s flagship, but will be equal to her in accommodations, and superior in some respects. The dimensions will be 55ft. over all, 36ft. waterline, 14ft. breadth and 8ft. draft. Aft the cabin contains the owner’s stateroom on the starboard, with chart lockers and toilet on the- port side, and companionway and passage between. Forward of this is the main cabin with a berth on the port and two berths on the starboard. In front of the berths are extension transoms, giving a total sleeping ac- commodation for five. Next is a commodious galley, lavatory and ice-box, the engine being in the center of the galley, and covered when not in use. In the bow is a 70-gallon gasolene tank. The forecastle is fitted with two pipe bunks. The yawl will be completed about . May I, and will be in commission by Memorial Day. H W, * Changes on Privateer. — The steam yacht Privateer, owned by Mr. R. A. C. Smith, of New York, who has re- cently been elected vice-commodore of the Larchmont Y. C., is undergoing extensive alterations at the yards of the James Reilly Repair and Supply Company, Jersey City. When the alterations are completed, Commodore Smith will have a vessel unique in many ways. There will be nine staterooms and saloon aft, communicating by inclosed passage, with large dining saloon forward on main deck; in addition to which there will be another deck saloon for- ward in the mahogany house on upper deck. With the new arrangement, Privateer will have a complete prom- enade deck from stem to stern, and as all the rooms are unusually large, well laid out, ventilated and lighted, she will be most attractive. The work is in charge of Messrs. Gardner & Cox, her designers, and will be finished May 15. SI »t . « Yachts Burned in Yonkers Fire. — A disastrous fire that started in the Waring Hat Manufacturing Co.’s lum- ber shed at Yonkers, destroyed a number of yachts' that were housed for the winter in an adjoining shop owned by Mr. George M. Rae. Most of the boats that were destroyed were owned by members of the . Yonkers Corinthian Y. C. The boats entirely destroyed or very badly damaged were: Chas. H. Fancher’s launch Bessie and catboat Wa Wa; Commodore Reeves’ knockabout and Wave; W. L. Andrus’ launch Helen; A. L. Skinner’s knockabout; A. C. Smith’s Coquette, cabin catboat; A. J. Van Suetendael’s auto boat; M. Dee’s May, launch; Louis Quanchi’s Ermie, launch; Frank Ford’s Thelma, launch; George Daniel’s Cupid, gasolene launch; Mr. Smith’s small launch. * *1 *1 Recent Sales. — The 90ft. twin screw gasolene yacht Siesta, owned by Mr. Frank A. Egan, Atlantic Y. C., has been sold through the agency of Messrs. Macconnell & Cook to Mr. Charles M. Rosenthal, of New York. The same agency has sold the sloop Marion, owned by Mr. Louis H. Strouse, to Dr. Russell Pemberton, New York. The schooner yacht Rosina, owned by Mr. Irving Cox, has also been sold by the same agency to. Mr. Herbert Driggs, of New York. The boat will be taken to Chesa- peake Bay. «i « n Sunbeam Entered for Ocean Race.— Right Honorable Lord Brassey has entered his famous cruising auxiliary Sunbeam in the . ocean race for the German Emperor’s Cup. Sunbeam is a three-masted auxiliary schooner of composite construction. She is an old vessel, having been built in 1874 from designs by Mr. St. Claire Byrne. She is 154ft. waterline, 27.6ft. breadth and 13.9ft. depth. •in*? Foxie Changes Hands. — The auxiliary yawl Foxie has been sold by Mr. Frederick De Funiak. New York Y. C., through the agency of Mr. Thomas A. St. Johnston,' of this city, to Mr. James Godfrey Wilson, L. Y. C, who will change her name to Albion. 104 FOREST AND STREAM [fra a 19ns. Marne Gasolene Engines* !' ' BY A. E, POTTER, (Continued from page 144 ) WHILE the four-stroke engine is, with but one or two ‘exceptions, always used in automobile work, it may at first seem strange that there are comparatively so few in use in boats. If the conditions were alike in both cases and the requirements the same, engines of both types would be made use of in automobiles as well as boats. For general marine use, slow speed engines are prefer- able to high speed. They weigh more, but the slightly increased weight is more than offset by longer wear, and for use in small units up to say 6 horsepower, the two- stroke engine seems better adapted for marine work than the four-stroke. Don’t think for an instant that because it seems better adapted that it really is better than a four-stroke engine; but it is so much simpler and cheaper and takes up so much less room, that it is very popular. As usually constructed, a two-stroke engine can be run in either direction, the spark taking place just prior to the end of each up stroke, no matter in which direction the engine runs, while in the four-stroke the spark is near the end of each alternate up stroke, the exhaust valve being held open during the whole of the other up stroke. If the engine were to be operated in the opposite direction without employing an entirely different set of sparking and exhaust cams, the exhaust valve would open at the be- ginning of a down stroke, draw in gas or air from the ■exhaust piping, close on the lower center, this charge which could not be explosive would be compressed on the ’up strike, and if the valves were tight on the next down stroke, there would be no gas taken in through the inlet waive, for there would be no partial vacuum to induce it. The spark would take place near the end of the down stroke. The whole cycle would be out of adjustment and out of time. In order to run backwards as well as ahead without stopping the engine, or where it cannot be run in the opposite direction, it becomes necessary to use a reversing mechanism, to reverse the direction of the propeller shaft itself, or change the angle of the propeller blades so they will exert power astern instead of ahead, the rotation of the crank shaft always being in one direction. Reversing gears are ex- pensive, take up considerable room, and unless they can be kept from contact with salt water, will rarely give satis- factory results. In building them gearing is almost uni- versally used, although one manufacturer for several years employed bevel frictions for the purpose. In using gearing, either bevels or trains of spur gears have to be used, the latter being usually termed planetary, perfected as it was for automobile use in the older type where hori- zontal engines were used with crank and driving shafts running transversely. There is considerable power lost in using reversing gears and where bevels are employed unless one has a knowledge of the principles of bevel and direct thrust, this form is liable to work injury through thrust on the crank shaft of the engine. Some bevel reverse gears drive the propeller shaft through the teeth of the gears, while others lock the whole together and drive from a double clutch, ■one at each end of the caging. This construction, while much more expensive, gives better satisfaction. The planetary gear, however, seems to be the more popular, and the strong point in its favor seems to be less liability of thrusting upon the engine crank shaft. In itself, simple as it can be constructed, this part of marine equipment is complicated, and frequently a source of much trouble. The small two-stroke engine has no need of any such contrivances. To be sure, in making a landing, ■one cannot ran up to it as he would with a steamboat; ibut with a little judgment he can shut his engine down and make a landing in good shape. If he needs to run the ■boat astern to get away from a float or wharf, or off a bank or shoal he may have inadvertently run aground upon, all he has to do is to start the engine in the op- posite direction, and if he has been taught and has prac- ticed a little, he can usually stop the engine and reverse it by means of the switch. Ordinarily, after “getting the hang of it,” you can do this nine out of ten times ; but you should never depend upon this when in close corners or narrow quarters, for if it was to fail, there would be no time, and results might be disastrous. Two-stroke engines would be used in automobiles more did it not take so much water to keep them cool. In a launch there is an ample supply of water, and no trouble to keep the cylinder cool so long as the circulating pump as sufficiently large for the purpose. Two-stroke engines usually consume more fuel than four-stroke, but in small power it does not amount to much in the aggregate. With engines of 10 to 100 horse- power, the consumption is an important factor to be taken into consideration, and this is one of the reasons why larger two-stroke engines are not oftener met in marine work, A two-stroke engine is a comparatively simple piece of machinery; but to be a good engine it needs much more careful design than a four-stroke. Some makes will last much longer than others, and this can usually be at- tributed to one or a combination of three things — material, machine work and care in operation. Again, some makes at the same speed, and the bore of the cylinder and length of the stroke being the same, develop decidedly more power than others. Design is largely to blame for such differences, although sometimes the method of machining may account for some of the wasted power which is absorbed by the engine itself, or it may not be properly installed or may be out of adjustment. If it is absolutely necessary that a perfectly, or nearly so, exhaust must be had, it practically shuts out the two- stroke engine, as for it to ran that quiet, it would be necessary to muffle to such an extent as to kill nearly the entire efficiency of the engine. The particular parts of the two-stroke engine are the cylinder, piston, wrist pin, connecting rod, crank shaft, piston rings and main bearings. It is taken for granted that the igniter and vaporizing devices are working properly, but if not, they can be readily examined wi;h- out taking the engine to pieces. So I am going to make some particular reference to the design, selection of mate- rial, machining, and assembling the various parts, and the engine as a whole. , , : [fO BS CONTINUES,] Queries on Marine Motors. 1 H. F., Albany, N. Y. — My two cylinder engine with reversing gear would sometimes stop when 1 attempted to run backward last summer. Can you tell me what the probable cause w&6? Ans. — It may be that your engine has a governor, and that the springs are too weak. A marine engine should not be goverened too closely. Fifteen per cent, additional engine speed would not be too much when power is thrown off. If you use early-and-late ignition, always make ignition late when stopping or backing. A good type of governor is one that does not shut off the supply entirely or reduce it to such a point that the engine misses explosions badly. If it will run regularly on slow speed with power thrown out, it ought not stop when throwing in back motion. If engine has no governor, there should be a stop in the throttle, so it will not close off too much. If your engine stops, it may be from too rich or too poor a mixture, too early ignition, or too much friction in the reverse gearing possibly caused by poor alignment. H. R. L., Boston, Mass. — Which do you consider the more satisfactory, a reciprocating- or rotary circulating pump? Ans. — Marine gasolene engines are usually equipped with reciprocating circulating pumps, although auto marine engines are almost always supplied with rotary pumps. In the writer’s opinion, the rotary is the better construction, for one does not have to depend on check valves, and should a valve be closed in the water dis- charge, as frequently occurs, it would not wreck things generally, as the rotary pump will not generate sufficient pressure to burst the water jacket. B. J. G., New Bedford, Mass. — How does a four cylinder engine exhaust four-cycle (four-stroke), numbering the cylinders from the forward 1, 2, 3 and 4? 2 — What would be the result if the walls of a gas engine were very thick? 3 — Are there any marine gas- olene engines built with water circulating through the piston? Ans.- — 1. Four cylinder engines are frequently so built that the two forward cylinders exhaust into one pipe and the after pair into another, which are in turn yoked to- gether, Sometimes the explosions are timed 1-2-4-3, but in double pair construction, as noted above, x-3-2-4 would seem to be better. It would necessitate the two forward crank pins 1 and 2 to be in line, instead of the usual con- struction, 2 and 3 pins in line and 1 and 4 also. 2. If the walls of the cylinder are too thick the heat will not radiate fast enough, they cannot be properly lubricated, and pistons are liable to stick. 3. We do not know of any marine engines built with water-cooled pistons, but nearly all the large stationary engines use this method of cooling. Some marine engines cool their valve poppets with circu- lating water. American vs. English-Built Boats. — Some time ago we took exception to a criticism in the English Yachting World of the planking of the American boats exhibited at the Paris Salon d’Automobile. It appears to us mani- festly unfair to judge the entire American product by what was shown by a single American manufacturer, when we know that for fine outboard finish our crack boat builders cannot be excelled by English or French. We only wish our worthy contemporary could send repre- sentatives here to view the aggregation of masterpieces in this line now being shown in Madison Square Garden. American manufacturers like to sell their engines in Great Britain for one very good and sufficient reason, viz., they get more for them abroad than in their own market. 85 85 85 Power Yacht Gregory. — Mr. Lewis R. Nixon’s power yacht Gregory, which left Greenport, N. Y., 9 A. M., 14th inst., arrived at Bermuda less than 48 hours after en route to Europe, where she will be entered in the races the com- ing season 85 85 85 Two and Four- Stroke Engines. — We have taken the initiative to hereafter designate what in America has been termed the two and four-cycle engine, as the two and four-stroke, because we consider it more descriptive and better all around. * « ft Handicap Power Boat Races. — A letter to an English contemporary, the Yaching World, suggests that their principal yacht clubs should inaugurate handicap races for power boats. The rules and regulations in force gov- erning time allowances are such that it is well-nigh im- possible to make them equitable. Several American yacht clubs have extended this winter the one-design class scheme to include power boats. This sport will be much more exciting than handicap competition; there could be no claim made of unfairness; there would be no fear of the trophy being carried off by a freak boat built to get around some technical point or rale, and last, but not least, one cause of internal dissension or disruption would be removed from the average yacht club fostering handi- cap races. The one-design class is especially to be en- couraged, as it means good sport at a cost sufficiently low to make it popular. 85 $5 ft Power Boat for J. Insley Blair, New York Y. C— The Electric Launch Co., Bayonne, N. J., are building a 70ft. power boat for Mr. J. Insley Blair, New York Y. C. The power will be a six cylinder Standard gasolene en- gine of 100 horsepower. The general lines follow those of the well-known Standard. This is one of the first boats of a new type having comfort in accommodations as well as high speed. 8? 85 Venetia Saves Schooner. — Venetia, owned by Mr. Morton F. Plant, New York Y. C., towed into Algiers on February 15 the wrecked schooner Saint Antoine de Padone, which vessel was picked up in the Bay of Bougie. Venetia was slightly damaged. 85 81 *5 Death of George W. Weld.— George W. Weld died at his home in Boston on February 14 in his sixty-fifth year. He was an ardent yachtsman, having owned many yachts. At the time of his death Mr. Weld owned the schooner Chanticleer. He was one of the syndicate that built the America’s Cup defender Puritan. Mr. Weld had been an invalid all his life. Hjfanpshaotmg, ■ «■ Fixtures. Feb. 22.— Harrisbut’g, Fa., Shooting Association seventeenth annual live-bird tournament. A. H. Roberts, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Atglen, Pa. — Christiana-Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot. Lloyd R. Lewis, Cor. Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Batavia, 111., Gun Club tournament. Ilenry Hendrick- son, Mgr. Feb. 22. — Concord, S. I. — All-day shoot of the Richmond Gua Club. A. A. Schoverling. Sec'y- Feb. 22.— Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. V. Wall- burg, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s eighth annual tour- nament. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. Feb. 22. — New Paltz, N. Y. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of the Awosting Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. March 6-7. — Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club two-day amateur shoot. Jas. W. Bell, Sec’y. March 11. — Lakewood, N, J. — All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. March 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. March 20-25. — Kansas City, Mo, — Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. March 28. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds ot Bouna Brook, N. J., Gun Club. March 28-29.— Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C, Needham, Sec’y. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. T. Stidroan, Sec’y, Wilmington. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa. Gun Club shoot. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec’y. May 2-6.— Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 9-10.— Olean, N. Y., Glib Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12.— Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmeifs Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. May 16-1S. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association tournament. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (incorporated). Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 23-25. — Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30-31.— W ashington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31- June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Capt. June 9. — Shamokin, I’a., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 14-16. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y- Mgr^ Pittsburg, Pa. July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4.— South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $60 in cash. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md.— Target tournament. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec'y. Aug. 22-25. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all ama- teurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club will give a two-day amateur shoot on March 6 and 7. *1 Mr. J. A. R. Elliott was a visitor at the shoot of the Clearview Gun Club, on Saturday of last week. 85 Mr. P. Laurent was high with 48 out of 60 in the monthly handi- cap shoot of the Hillside Gun Club Feb. 18, at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. m The Mullerite Gun Club announces an all-day shoot, to take place on the grounds of the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club, March 25, commencing at 10 o’clock. 85 At the Point Breeze shoot, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, two, Messrs. Killian and Ferguson tied in the club handicap, a 10-bird event, with a straight score. Murphy was second with 9. IS “No bang, no bird” encourages the use of rickety guns, shells- worn out with reloading, and shooters who can shoot best at one angle only; and, until they get that one angle, there is no bang.. m Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager, writes that "the' Interstate Association has made arrangements to give a tourna- ment at Owensboro, Ky., May 17 and 18, under the auspices of* the Daviess County Gun Club." Fw.. 25, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM, i H&{. In an eighteen-man team contest between the Florists' Gun Club and the Lansdale, Pa., Gun Club, at Wissirtoming, Pa,, on Saturday of last week, the Florists won by a score of 366 to 348, A return match is contemplated on March 4, *S Dr. J. H. V. Baphe writes us that “the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club is makirtg •elaborate preparations for an all-day shoot, which will be held on Decoration Day, Tuesday, May 30. Further particulars will be announced later. Watch the papers.” * Mr. Frank Pragoff, Secretary, writes us that the third Annual target tournament of the Kentucky Trapshooters’ League will be held May 29, 30 and 31, and that programmes will be ready in April. This tournament will be held under the auspices of the Jefferson County Gun Club. K At the Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club shoot on Tuesday of last week, the trade was represented by Messrs. Frank Lawrence, J. S. Fanning, Frank E. Butler and A. A. Schoverling. At the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club shoot last week sociability and good fellowship reigned. Mr. Frank Lawrence was the trade representative present. 8? The birds at the shoot of the Keystone Shooting League, Holmesburg Junction, Feb. 18, were an exceptionally good lot, yet the scores were remarkably good. The scores in the cup event were as follows: Harrison 20, Frank 19, Brodie 18, Williams 17, Muns 18, Albert 17, Stoddard 16, Jones 16, Edwards 16, Watkins 15. St On Thursday of last week at the first live-bird shoot of the Miami, Fla., Gun Club, “Red Wing” won the cup presented by the Seminole Club. He killed 14 out of 15. Wyeth was second with 13. Messrs. W. Gould Brokaw and L. Q. Jones tied for - third with 11. After the main event was finished Mr, Brokaw defeated Red Wing with a score of 13 to 12, in a 15-bird contest. «t Mr. R. R. Bennett, of the Herron Hill Gun Club, was the win- ner of the Gillman & Barnes international live-bird championship trophy at Detroit last week. He killed 24 out of the possible 25. Three tied for second place on 23, namely, Messrs. W. R. Crosby, of O’Fallon, 111.; H. Scane, of Ridgeton, Ont., and I. Chapman,’ of Fulton, N. Y. The conditions were $25 entrance, $100 added to the purse. 96 A tournament is announced to be held at Traverse City, Mich., on July 6 and 7. Ten events are on the programme each day. The events are at 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Added money, $5, $10 and $15 to the different events. Rose system. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. High amateur, $5; high professional, $5 each day. Ship guns and shells to S. F. Saxon Hardware Co. »S At the shoot of the Florida Gun Club, held at Palm Beach on beb. 16, Mr. Albert Tilt, of New York, won the large silver pitcher donated by Mr. W. A. H. Stafford. The scores were as follows: Tilt (27) 14, J. S. S. Remsen (32) 13, Dr. Daniel Karsner (29) 13, I. E. Emerson, Baltimore (29) 12; J. J. Van Nostrand, New York (27) 10; J. J. Kelly, New York (29) 8; A. D. Proctor Smith, New York (27) 8; Joseph Leiter, Chicago (30) 5; W. A. H. Stafford (29) 5, J. M. Studebaker, Jr. (29) 5. 9t At a meeting of the Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association, held in Utica, N. Y., recently, the matter of the State shoot, to be held under the auspices of the O. C. S. A., was thoroughly discussed. It was decided that the famous expert, Mr. John Parker, of Detroit, would be manager of the tournament. The president appointed committees to attend to the different branches, and they tyill begin active effort at once. Regular weekly meet- ings will be held at which the committee will report. 8? The programme of the Chicago Trapshooters’ Association’s winter tournament for amateurs, Feb. 25 and 26, at Watson’s Park, provides a like programme for both days, namely, twelve events, each at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance, a total of 180 targets, $18 entrance. An extra event, at 50 targets, entrance $5, will be a feature of the second day. All shoot at 16yds. Shooting begins at 9:30. Targets, 2 cents. Average money, $50. Mr. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y, Room 940, First National Bank Building, Chicago « The Cleveland, O., Gun Club have issued the programme of their Washington Birthday shoot. It contains five 15-target events, $1 entrance, $2 added, and a team race between the Akron Gun Club and the Cleveland Gun Club, for the northern Ohio 10-man team championship trophy, presented by the Akron, O., Gun Club. In the team race, each man will shoot at 50 targets. The cup goes to the team first winning three matches. The cup is subject to challenge by any club of northern Ohio. For pro- grammes, apply to Cleveland Gun Club Co., 15 Craw avenue Cleveland. ’ Bernard Waters. Great Southern Handicap. (.Continued from page 144.) The weather was good on Feb. 9, the last day, which makes two good days to the one bad one for the Houston crowd. Look- ing over the scores and noting the high averages for the last two days it will be seen that if the first day had been pleasant the totals of the scores for the three days would never have been equaled. Meantime you must not overlook the fact that this was a handicap shoot, and that three of these men shot from 21yds. two from 20, one at 19, and several at 18. Weather always cuts a figure at a target shoot. Still, there are •other features that cut down scores, a notable one being fast targets. The other two previous shoots at Brenham and Taylor were productive of low scores, caused by targets having fast flight So in this case, to please the shooters, the traps were set to throw about 45 to 50yds. Then there was rivalry among the trap- pers and the managers of the traps. ^ The Dickey Bird had one of their traps in the pits and they was being used alternately. The Dickey worked smoothly under the care of Harry Sherman. M. E. Atchison, the Giddings man with the steady nerve held up well the third day, as he had the first two days, and landed the fine watch charm by 6 targets to the good over Wm R. Crosby. It was frisky Fritz Gilbert who started out with a 15 and during the day made two 16s, and his long-time friend T Bill, nosed him out by 2 targets for the high averages. Talk about your shooting machines. Note how evenly they finished- Crosby 598, Gilbert 596, Spencer 596, Heikes 595. If Otto Sens had not been so much worried the first day and having lost sleep over the tournament, his showing the last two days would have put him into either the first or second place. J. W. Barnes, the Bay Cityite, surprised them all on the last day, and lGyd. line will not find him again. He came to the front as high man on the last day, and besides, finished second ai an amateur for the whole tournament. Capt. J, W. Spait was very busy with his solicitations for patronage when Waco shall hold the State tournament, April 17, 18 and 19. If there are not one hundred shooters there it will not be the captain’s fault. One of the very necessary things that makes a shoot a success is that of good, impartial refereeing. In this case, there is little to find fault with. Lou Stockbridge and Seth Williams proved the right men for the place. Their decisions were prompt and cor- rect, or as near so as mortal man can see things as they happen. 1. E. Hubby was using a new pump gun, and yet he was close up near the top of the experts. Turner, a well-known Texas shot, has a habit of winning averages in this State. During the last day of the shoot a letter was received from Brenham, stating that a gun club had been organized, to be known as the Juvenile, having twenty members. This was the out- come of the recent handicap tournament held there. The shooters here subscribed a liberal amount to assist the boys in building up a club house. When the shoot had closed, there was a 100-target race between some of the local State shooters that attracted attention. Sens made 90, Saunders 92, Miller 93 and Leader 87. The following scores were made by way of preliminary that were not previously reported. Shooting at 100 targets, Spencer broke 94, Heer 92, Gilbert 92, King 89, Burmister 88, Crosby 86, Young 92, Barnes 83, Waters 83, Schofield 82, Nop 82, Schofield SO, Parker 78, Wade 78, Raper 80. Scores last day: Events : 123456789 10 11 Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Broke. Barnes, 15 20 20 16 17 17 20 20 20 19 19 18 206 Atchison, 18 19 19 18 20 19 18 18 18 19 19 18 205 £ens, 17 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 17 19 19 17 206 Crosby, 21 20 17 20 19 18 19 17 19 18 19 18 204 Jackson, 17 16 20 19 19 18 17 19 19 18 18 19 202 Hubby, 18 16 19 18 20 18 19 17 19 17 19 19 201 Tucker, 16 16 17 17 17 19 17 20 20 17 19 19 200 Wade, 17 18 18 19 20 17 17 18 20 18 17 17 199 Heikes, 20 17 17 18 19 18 19 17 19 17 18 18 197 Spencer, 20 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 19 19 18 17 197 Gilbert, 21 15 19 20 18 17 19 16 16 18 18 20 196 Cleveland, 15 19 19 18 18 19 17 18 14 19 18 17 196 Heer, 21 20 17 18 16 16 19 16 18 19 19 17 195 Faurote, 18 16 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 18 195 Nap, 16 20 19 20 17 18 18 16 18 15 17 17 195 Shelly, 16 19 19 17 16 20 19 18 19 12 17 18 193 Young, 19 17 18 18 18 19 19 17 19 13 19 14 191 Bancroft, 16 15 18 16 18 17 19 17 19 17 17 18 191 Waters, 18 17 16 17 18 16 18 16 18 16 20 17 189 Miller, 16 15 13 18 17 19 17 19 16 19 19 16 188 Heard, 16 17 13 20 17 17 18 18 16 15 17 17 186 Money, 18 18 19 16 15 17 16 18 16 18 16 15 184 Spoight, 16 16 17 20 17 18 16 16 14 20 16 17 180 King, 16 17 14 17 13 16 16 16 17 15 18 16 175 Lockett, 16 17 12 20 13 17 16 19 17 16 Leader, 16 16 13 18 14 15 16 18 16 18 ... . ^ Averages for three days at 600 targets: * , . First Day. Second Day. Third Day. Total. Atchison 202 207 205 614 Kppsby 196 198 205 598 Spencer 194 205 197 596 Heikes 188 210 197 595 Hubby 190 200 201 591 §arnes 186 197 206 689 Sens ISO 203 205 688 Keer 192 200 195 587 Jackson 187 196 202 585 188 205 191 584 Jucker .....184 200 200 584 Skelly 185 202 193 580 Waters 187 196 189 572 Cleveland 177 197 196 570 Nap 178 196 195 669 Wade 168 190 199 557 Faurote 179 182 195 556 Money 187 185 184 556 Bancroft 179 178 191 54g King 183 181 175 539 Grand Prix Du Casino. The thirty-fourth contest for the Grand Prix du Casino began on Monday, and was finished late Feb. 8. The contest was one of the most exciting ever witnessed at Monte Carlo. It did not seem last week as if there would be so many competitors as previously, for there had been a falling off in the earlier events of the season; but it would appear that many shooters were reserving themselves for the Grand Prix, as the total of shooters went up to 152, this being only one less than last year. With so many competitors it was not at all sure that the con- test would be got through in the three days allotted to it, and the doubts became all the greater after the first day, for only two of the twelve rounds were completed, and there was so little wind to help the birds that the proportion of birds to misses was greater than usual. The progress made on Tuesday was, however, greater than it had been on the first day, and at the end of the shooting only fourteen competitors had killed five birds, while forty-eight had killed four out of five, seventy-four had missed two, and sixteen were out of the contest altogether. The weather, is should be added, was very fine on the first two days, but the sky was clouded this morning, and for an hour or two rain threatened. However, the sun came out toward noon, and the weather was brilliant for the finish of the com- petition. The most notable feature in the 6th and 7th rounds was the failure of Signor Schiannini (the winner last year) and of Mr. Mackintosh, who, as usual, had the worst of the luck, and by the time that the 10th round was reached it became apparent that the issue would be left to two Englishmen (Mr. R. Beresford and Mr. Hayes) and to two Italians, Signor II. Grasselli (the winner in 1902) and Signor Marconcini, the latter of whom has been very successful at Monte Carlo for many seasons. The 11th round, however, disposed of both the English- men, as Mr. Hayes missed a fast bird from the second trap, while Mr. Beresford unfortunately stumbled just as the trap was pulled, and his bird got clean away. Signor H. Grasselli, on the contrary, had an easy bird from the fourth trap, while Signor Marconcini was able to stop a fast one from the first, and Mr. Mackintosh, who had only one miss, killed smartly in the 11th round. There was some very good shooting in this round, and the situation became extremely interesting, as the two Italians were the only competitors who had killed all their birds, and it followed as a matter of course that if either of them killed in the 12th and final round the contest was at an end, so far as place went. The 12th round was, therefore, watched keenly, and it began with the defeat of Mr. Mackintosh, whose bird fell dead in the sea, and after Mr. Hayes had shot a good bird from the center trap, Signor Grasselli made it certain that he would be either first or second by killing with his first barrel from the center trap. Mr. Beresford brought down his bird in good style as did the others who only had one miss in the preceding rounds. Signor Marconcini had now only to kill to be on a level with Signor Grasselli, and to insure being second if not first. He certainly had luck on his side, for he got a very easy bird from the middle trap, which took very little killing. This brought the contest to a conclusion so fat: as concerned the first two pmes, for the two Italians agreed to divide the money (£1,440) for first and second and shoot off for the handsome trophy. The duel between these crack shots was a prolonged one, both of them being in their best form and they brought down six birds each. It was not Until the 19th round that a miss was made, as after Signor Grasselli had scored a good kill from the center trap,' Signor Marconcini’s bird from the second trap got away hard hit and dropped in the sea. This contest over, there still remained the chance of the English winning a share of the money, jit the third and fourth prizes, the six who had only one miss being eligible. Mr. Hayes was the first to go, as he missed in the opening round, and there being left only Mr. Beresford, who had been decidedly unlucky in accepting his 11th bird, but who was shooting remarkably well. He, like the Marquis de la Villaviciosa and Signor Petrosini, killed four birds in suc- cession, but in the 5th round of the ties the two former missed, while the Italian killed and secured third prize, this being the first time that the Italians have secured the three leading places. I he two others then divided the fourth prize, which amounted to £215, and so the contest came to a close. The Italians, it should not be omitted to say, were nearly seventy strong, and eight previous winners of the prize were in the field,- Scores: Grand Prix du Casino of £800, added to a sweepstakes of £8 each; second, £160 and 25 per cent; third, £80 and 20 per cent.; fourth, £40 and 15 per cent.; three pigeons at 26 metres, 9 at 27 metres; last year’s winner to stand back a metre; 152 subs.: Signor H. Grasselli (divided first and second of £1440 and wins objet d’art) 111111111111-1^ Signor Marconcini (divided first and second of * ■ 144S .111111111111—12 Marquis de la Villaviciosa 111101111111—11 ,1 „ 111111111101-11 lllllOmm— 11 -11 M de Warrelles. __ de. Valdelgrana ! ! " ! i 1 ‘ ! ! ! ! .' ! 1 ! i i ! ! ! !nmnnoii M Thonier . 111111110111 — 11 ?]g^°r Beres° z.'.'.'.z. mnomm— u M 110111111111-11 Mr Mackintosh .111111101110-10 M0rp „Fa!coner ! 111011111110— 10 M Pellerm ...111101111111—10 M. Mayeur 9, Signor R. Gallardo 9, Count de Meran 9, Baron de Dorlodot 9, Count Rodacanachi 9, M. Geynet 9, M. Faure 8, M„ Journu 8, M. de Lesse 8, Signor Queirolo 8, Prince de Cara- man-Chima 8, M. G. Nagy 8, Signor Carrara 8, Signor Scolaro 8, Signor Moro 8, Signor Soldi 7, Signor Schiannini 7, Signor Miola 7, M. de Gillies 7, M. Von Eicke 6, Mr. McAlister 6, Marquis de Vvanrey 6, Signor Pienovi 6, Lord Savile 2, Lord Roslyn 5 Capt. F. Leighton 6, M. Langhendonck 5, Signor Pellini 5, Signor Bonora 5, Baron de Coppin 5, Mr. W. Watson 5, Baron Gour- gaud 5, Mr. Brace 5, M. Dufier 5, Sir Thomas Freake 5, Baron Leonino 5, Marquis de Gresy 4, M. Asplen 4, Baron A. de Mont- pellier 4, M. Chaveriat 4, Mr. Collier 4, Mr. Harrison 4, Mr. H. Roberts 4, M. Le Pape 4, Signor Fumagalli 4, Signor de Quirini 4, Signor Cavasoli 4, Signor Giougo 4, M. Moncorge 3, M. Paccard °> Signor Malfetaini Guido 3, M. R. Gourgaud 3, Mr. Carroll 3 M. de Plagino 3, Signor Rapuzzi 3, M. Castadere 3, Marquis Impenale 3, M. van der Hayden 3, Mr. Greville Ryan 3, Signor Redaelh 3, Hon. F. Theilusson 3, Signor Montana 3, Signor A. Marietti 3, Count F„ d’Oultremont 3, Signor Setti 3, Lord West- bury 3. Missed two out of four: Mr. Hannam, Mr. Forden, M. R Huet, Signor Ghirlanda, Count Filippi, Signor G. Bela, Signor Fort1, Lord Newton Butler, Mr. Hall, Mr. Crelluden Robinson, Signor Durio, Signor Ponti, Mr. Wootton, Marquis Ridolphi, M. Brasseur, Signor Cavagnera, Mr. L. Henry, M. D. Dolfin, Signor Bordoni, Signor Lainati, M. de Lossonczy, Count Ginanni. Missed two out of three: Signor Monti, Count A. de Lazzaro M. Dianin, M. Plevius, Signor Rossi, Mr. Spalding, Baron a! de Tavernost, Mr. Scott, Baron de la Monaco, Signor Belloni Mr. Suthery, Mr. Blake, Signor Girardi, Herr Hans Marsch Capt. Morrow, Hon. F. Erskine, M. Pellier Johnson, Signor Castoldi, Mr. Stratford, Signor Gierleri, M. Tunnell, Signor Fortumo, Signor O. Galetti, M. Boutet, Signor Fadini, Signor JVlugni, Signor Lavarello, Signor Mosca, Mr. J. Roche- Missed two birds: M. Doyen, Mr. C. James, Signor" Grasselli- Larin, M. Dements, Mr. L. Davies, Count H. d’Oultremont, Signor Guidicini, Baron de Waldner, Signor Sani, Count GajoB, M. L. Bivort, Col. Boswall-Preston, Mr. Carter, Signor Marchesi, M. P. Nouvelles, Count A. Zichy, Signor Montecuculli, Signor Catenacci, Signor Piccaluga (retired, after having killed two birds, owing to a family bereavement), Mr. Ker. Ties for third and fourth prizes: Signor Petrosini (third of £314) 11111 <; Mr. R. Beresford (divided fourth of £215) 'llllO— 4 Marquis de la Villaviciosa (ditto) rtimZ 2 M. de Warelles irri t Count de Valdelagrana. in ? Mr. Hayes f i I . . I . "q Zq The winners of the Grand Prix since its foundation in 1872 have been as under: tL' Lorillard, United States. 1873 Mr. J. Jee V. C., C. B., England 1874— Sir William Call, England. 1875 — Capt. Aubrey Patton, England. 1876 — Capt. Aubrey Patton, England. 1877 — Mr. W. Arundel Yeo, England. H. Cholmondeley Pennell, England. •1879 — Mr. E. R. G. Hopwood, England. 1880 — Count M. Esterhazy, Hungarv. 1881 — M. G. Camaner, Belgium. 1882— Count de St. Quintin, France. 1883 — Mr. H. Roberts, England. 1884 — Count de Caserta, Italy. 1885 — M. L. de Dorlodot, Belgium. ' • : 1886 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. ' , 1887 — Count Salina, Italy. 1888 — Mr. C. Seaton, England. ' . ' 1889 — Mr. Valentine Dicks, England. 1890 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. 1891 — Count L. Gajoli, Italy. 1892 — Count Trauttmansdorff, Austria. 1893 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. 1894— Count C. Zichy, Austria. 1895 — Signor Benvenuti, Italy. 1896 — M. H. Journu, France. 1S97 — Signor G. Grasselli, Italy. 1898 — Mr. Curling, England. . . 1899 — M. R. Moncorge, France. 1 ! 1900 — Count O’Brien, Spain. ’ - I 1901 — M. Guyot, France. ; 1902 — Signor Grasselli, Italy. 1903 — Mr. Pellier-Johnson, England. 1904 — Signor Schiannini, Italy. 1905 — Signor H. Grasselli, Italy. The prize has now been won twelve times by an Englishman eleven times by an Italian, four times by a Frenchman, three times by an Austria-Hungarian, twice by a Belgian and once ea^h by a Spaniard and an American. The Italian victories have nearly all been gained in the last twenty years, tor, as will be seen from the above, the English-speaking competitors were to the front in the first eight years, but since then the Italians have had more than their share of the spoils. 16© [Feb. a$, igog. FOREST AND STREAM. WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. The first shoot in the new prize series, for the Peters trophy was held on Friday, Feb. 10. The day was pleasant. On Satur- day, Feb. 11, there was quite a large attendance, and many more members shot their first score in this contest. The day was clear. For the Peters trophy there will be fifteen contests, one each week at 50 targets each, and members must take part in at least ten contests to qualify; added targets for a handicap. The contestant having best average with his handicap in the total number in which he takes part wins the trophy. All ties shot off. Pfieffer had the honor of making the best score of actual breaks in the first shoot, 48, and making a run of 45 straight. Supt. Gambell had the misfortune to fall on the ice the first of the week and severely injured his knee. He was confined to his bed until to-day, when he hobbled around on crutches. The injury is a painful one, but we hope to see Mr. Gambell about as well as ever soon. Peters trophy, 50 targets: Pfieffer (7) 50, Boeh (8) 50, Williams (2) 48; Falk (8) 48, Peters (1) 47, Medico (1) 47, Bullerdick (4) 47, H. Kirby 46, Harig 46, Don Minto (1) 46, Faran (1) 46, Hesser (2) 46, Pohlar . (2) 45, Barker 45, Osterfelt (2) 45, Herman (3) 45, Roll (2) 44, Maynard (2) 43, R. H. Kirby 32. New Berlin (O.) Gun Club. The New Berlin Gun Club was organized Feb. 1, 1904 with a good membership and the following officers: Jas. Smith, Presi- dent; J. L. Schlitz, Secretary; W. J. Mathie, Treasurer; C. J. Schlitz, Captain. At the annual meeting, held Jan. 10, 1905, a new board was elected as follows: O. J. Evans, President; Jas. Smith, Secretary; W. J. Mathie, Treasurer; Ed. Willaman, Captain. The club shoots are held every Saturday, and visiting sportsmen will receive a cordial welcome. At the Jan. 28 shoot, the captain and president chose sides and shot a match at 25 targets, the losing side to pay for the supper — sweethearts and wives. On Feb. 4 only three members were on hand. The scores follow: Team match, 25 targets: Evans team — R. Winnell 22, T. Schlitz 21, J. S. Schlitz 19, W. C. Schlick 19, O. J. Evans 18, A. Willaman 17, Jas. Smith 16, R. B. Evans; total, 148. Willaman team — C. F. Schlitz 21, Ed. Willaman 20, Chas. Schlitz 20, Ed. Ream 19, • Fred Smith 19, Wm. Mathie 18, J. Suffecoal 15, H. Lehr 15; total, 147. Notes. The Springfield Gun Club proposes to send a team to Urbana to contest for the new trophies presented by the Peters Car- tridge Co. The club will also make an effort to capture the Phellis 6-man team cup recently won by the Newark Gun Club from the Dayton Gun Club. The Bing Club, of Dayton, O., composed of hunters and anglers, held their annual meeting and elected the following officers: John F. Roehm, President; Mr. J. Schwind, Vice-Presi- dent; John A. Wessalosky, Sec’y; Chas. Miller, Treasurer. Bonasa. Crescent Gun Club. Mankato, Minn., Feb. 14. — The Crescent Gun Club held its monthly meeting last night. There was a large attendance. The subject of trapping quail was the all-absorbing topic. Resolutions were adopted which condemn it in strong terms. The officers of the club are: President, Nick Kleinschmidt; Vice-President, Frank L. Bennett; Secretary, F. P. -Huettle; Cap- tary, . C. K. Hanna. It was decided to build a new club house, one large enough for storage and club purposes during bad weather. A committee was appointed for the purpose of placing fish fry in the adjoining lakes. The club has now eighteen members, viz.: Nick Kleinschmidt, Frank L. Bennett, F. P. Huettle, C. K. Hanna, Oscar Beirenbauer, C. L, Benedict, F. L. McLauren, Ed Enfield, James McMurtrie, John Brown, John G. Hoerr, Geo. Pond, J. P. Dineen, Geo. Wie- deman, George Albert and W. H. Anderson. North Side Gun Club. . Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14. — It must be said that the members of the North Side Gun Club are enthusiastic in their pastime of smashing up a few clay birds, as yesterday the snbw was almost blinding. • This was the third live-bird shoot held this winter, and they are quite popular, and they are not expensive the, way they are furnished by the club. The first event was clay targets, 25 each: O. Imse 22, A. Krause 18, W. Birnsheim 20, E. Koehm 18, J. Oechsle 19, J. Klinehert 18, A. Schroeder 14, J. Trester 13, S. Schneider 8, J. Maunch 18, P. Lode 8, F. Sander 12, G. Lade 14, and P. Peters 14. Six live birds each: J. Oechsle 6, A. Krause 3,.P. Peters 4, J. Manch 6, Wm. Birnsheim 5, G. Lade 4, F. Minxer 6, J. Trister 5, S. Schneider 4, J. Hornberger 4, J. Kleinert 3, E. Koehm 4, O. Imse 4, P. Lade 4, F. Sander 5, A. Schroeder 5, A. Klomann 2. Permutations. Mansfield, O., Feb. 12. — A match between Chief of Police Jacob Wiel and P. W. Pettitt, having more than $100 up on the result, was partly shot to-day. Much interest was taken by the local sportsmen, and the “kidders” who helped it along. The shoot was brought about through bantering. The condi- tions were as follows: The first bet was by Pettitt, $10 even money that he could break the most clay targets, both to shoot at 25. The second bet was that Pettitt could break more targets with a rifle than Wiel with a shotgun, and $5 to $10 was put on this bet. The third bet was that the Chief could not break 4 out of 25 targets with a shotgun. The next was that Pettitt wagered $90 that Wiel would lose two out of the three bets. Wiel borrowed a 12-gauge hammerless shotgun and also 150 shells from the Mayor. The match started off similar to many other competitive events, and there was a promise of some fair shooting. There were many shooters and would-be fun-makers present. Each side had a long following and masters of ceremony, as it was expected that some shells without shot might be furnished. The Chief was first to the trap, and he was “going some.” He broke the first 4 straight, and then the crowd got busy and started the “fun poking,” with a result that said Jake only broke one more out of the following six. Pettitt now took his turn, and he made 7 from his 10, which put him 2 in the lead. Jake came up, but was the worse for the “joshing,” and only got a small piece out of two of his 10. Pettit won. with 13 out of 20, and the first bet was passed to Pettitt. The second .bet was not shot- to a finish, as Pettitt came out with an automatic rifle, intending to shoot at each target as long as it staid in- the air. Now, Wiel very strongly objected, stating that one shot alone, should be allowed at each target. This ulti- mately broke up the match, and the money was returned by the stakeholder. There was fun in plenty all the following day, and will not end for some time yet. The policemen were busy at the station. Some one procured an old water pitcher, and an artist painted thereon these words: “Presented to J. W. Wiel, champion trap shot of Mansfield.” As soon as the spokesman can prepare an appropriate speech the same will be presented at police headquarters. In Other Places. Let all other shooters take heed. And now comes J. F. Spatz, of Bonesteel, S. D., and lays claim to the great feat that he states over his signature was made at his town. The feat was in the breaking of 500 clay targets with a shotgun, without a miss, some having been thrown the regulation Sergeant system, 16yds. and a walk around. Now a strange feature is, why did he stop at the end of the 500? The story reads that the am- munition was perfect, and it was a pity it ran out, and then, as he only went out to shoot at 25, how did he happen to have 500 out there in the cold with him? The intended programme for the Warm Springs, Ga., June tournament has the correct idea — that of contests between State teams and club teams. Nothing can be better to draw a crowd of shooters and to hold them together than a team shoot. The idea as to teams seems to ..be that of five men to each club team, and . these shall be residents of the town where the club is located. All. the other State associations who follow the ideas here advanced by Georgia- will in th-e end find it a success. The Chicago Gun Club will surely flourish this year, as a wagon load of prizes will be awarded its faithful and best shooting members. The. secretary is .now ready to enlist new members. There will be many big tournaments during this year, one of them being that of the Los Angeles Gun Club. Reports have it that. $500 cash will be added to the shoot as added money, open. to amateurs only with. no handicap. What has started the Indians on the war path so soon? It is a long time until August; yet there seems to be an unusual haste in claiming dates for their next shoot. Anyhow, one of the tallest of the tribe has given it out that Lake Okoboji or Spirit Lake will pull off the next shoot, and that August 22 to 24 will ^ee the warriors with their “war paint” on, while the squaws and papooses will look on and wonder. Denver will this year pass the grand western handicap shoot around, and so Trinidad, Colo., will try it. September 5 to 8 will be the dates, and there will be a hot shooting time then sure. The reports that come in show that one Mr. Frank Butler is surely getting very young and frisky. It has come to our knowledge that R. S. McMillan, of Tilden, 111., will be the manager for a shooting tournament to be held at Coultersville, 111., on Feb. 21 and 22. He will provide a few live birds, providing the Legislature does not get their bill through ere that time. As mentioned heretofore in the columns of this journal, that there was a probability of a gun club being formed in Houston, Texas, the one man necessary to lead the shooting tribe out of the wilderness has been found. He is Mr. Ben. Schwartz, who is reported to be a sportsman for sport’s sake, and a man who can command the respect of all the trap men or would-be “target busters” of the great city of Houston. When the great bunch of traveling men, some twelve in number, put in their appearance it was the signal for a unity of effort. Mr. Schwartz . will take the initiative, and the organization will be strictly amateur. The trouble heretofore experienced as to grounds will be overcome. A good and permanent ground will be established, and there will be a salaried keeper present at all times, where all the members can practice either singly or collectively and practice all that they may desire. The best shots will be handicapped, and in a few days the organization will be perfected. Thus will the town of Houston be in the front rank, so far as a gun club is concerned. Success to you Mr. Schwartz, as well as to all your associates. What is needed in very many other cities is just such a broad-gauge manager and organizer as Houston has in Mr. Schwartz. James L. Davis, of Riverside, Cal., won the silver cup. offered as a prize for September, October and November, with a score of 93 1-3 per cent. , An Ohio cartridge company has offered a fine loving cup, which will be contested for by shooters in the following Ohio counties, viz., Miana, Champaign, Clark, Shelby, 'llnion, Madison and Logan. The first shoot will be held in Urbana April 1. “Cad,” H. W. Caldwallader, is doing some fine shooting in his territory of Illinois. He is handy with- both rifle and shot- gun. He is billed for Centralia, 111. Some of the Dixon, Illinois, boys are shooting at the home of W. J. Massholder, one mile south of the city. The Council Bluff, la., shooters are getting in practice for the March tournament by shooting at 100 targets at. each meeting. The Minneska Gun Club, Winona, Minn., elected their officers, viz., President, R. R. Young; Treasurer, Ed. Fitzgerald; Secretary, F. E. Hartman. A club, to be known as the Newport Gun Club, has been formed by the shooters at New Bloomfield, Pa. The Newton, 111., Gun Club held their shoot Monday last. Loto Hardcastle was the high, man, 20 out of 25 targets; Frank Albright and W. H. Pipin tied for second, and Paul Williams and George Roebuck were third. The Castle Gun Club, of Belvidere, 111., met last Saturday ' and elected Frank Sewell as a member. Thomas Cornish was their choice for re-appointment as deputy game warden. The Kinsley, Kan., Gun Club have sent in a protest against the bill which has been introduced prohibiting quail shooting. Al. Blunt, H. H. Watkins, F. R. Moore, and M. F. Thomas, members of the Florence, Colo., Gun Club, held a practice shoot last week. Col. W. W. Woodward has presented the Sandusky Gun Club with a very handsome loving cup. A proposition is on foot to abolish Sunday hunting in Illinois. A gun club is being organized at Rapid City, South Dakota. A new gun club, to be known as the Toyah Lake Club, will be formed shortly at El Paso, Texas. Out at Le Mars, la., the enthusiasm that was so strong last year will not be dormant during 1905. After the notice of the election of officers now comes- the. news of their annual tournament being set for. May. The handicap beef shoot of. the Nichols Park Gun Club was finished on last Tuesday. There was snow and cold to contend with; yet there was some hot competition. Frank Riehl made high score, 92 out of the ICO, while Ed. Scott C£me next -with 90. Once upon a time, Paola, Kans., could boast of a flourishing gun club, and some big matches were shot there, viz., the Irwin- Elwell match, in which the pot was $500, being by far the largest ever shot for on Kansas soil. It will be pleasant news to many of the Western boys to know that at this same town of Paola, there is a new club with the new name of the New Lancaster Gun Club, and also, that a shoot was held- Saturday last. The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club members are considerably worked up over the effort to prevent R. M. Edwards from win- ning the president’s cup. Trapshooters in the “short grass” country are keeping the ball rolling during these very stormy days. Last week the Larned, Kans., club patd a visit to Kinsley, and with eight men on a side and 20 targets to the man, Larned was winner, with a score of 95 to 71. Holzapfel, of Larned, with 17, was high; Phil Moletor, with 13 out of 15, made top score for the Kinsley crowd. Annual meeting of the Cumberland Valley Gun Club, Carlisle, Pa., was held recently, and the newly elected officers are: Presi- dent, H. E. Dawson; Vice-President, Thos. E. Vale; Secretary, W. G. Hughes; Treasurer, Chas. Chandler; Field Captain, Wm. G. Minnich. After the election was settled, a shoot was held. H. E. Dawson won the medal just to show that he was the boss presi- dent; W. A. Fairlor won the silver medal and Philip Six the bronze. The Penn Gun Club, Norristown, Pa., are contemplating a change of the shooting grounds. As there are several places under consideration, the best one will no doubt be selected. It appears that the Cumberland Gun Club of Davenport, la., did not get the new club house free as originally promised, as ll.e information has been furnished us that at a late meeting of the club it was decided to spend several hundred dollars on the club house upon the Grand Isle grounds. Even at Galveston, Tex., there come times when even Gilbert and Crosby do not care to shoot under existing weather condi- tions, as their shoot billed for that town was postponed. A letter from El Paso recited that of course Mr. Will Rand carried off some of the prizes at the big shoot held at Houston. There will be twenty-two average prizes at the Budd and Whitney shoot. Besides, there will be a total of some $500 in cash prizes. Won’t there be a huge battle when all these Iowa men get to- gether and try for supremacy with the scatter gun. The Springfield, O., Gun Club will take part in the trophy shoot, the same being donated by H. W. Kirby, of Urbana. Only four members of the South Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, faced the traps on Sunday last, and they were not making their usual scores, owing to the cold and snow. The local sportsmen of Mt. Vernon, S. D., have organized a gun club. The officers are: President, Charles Daniels; Vice- President, Charles Lawrence; Secretary, G. H. Smith; Treasurer, R. T. Hedden; Captain, Wm. Wagner. The Rice Lake, 111., Gun Club, with headquarters at Canton, will make some additions to their hunting shack. Some fine new boats will replace the old ones that were destroyed by fire. At least, one of the boats will be something handsome and con- venient. The John F. Weller Gun Club held its shoot last Wednesday. The weather was a great handicap. There were some notables present, among them Frank Butler, D. D. O’Connell and John K. Jones, of New York, and H. C. Longnecker, of Philadelphia. The Rensselaer, Pa., Rod and Gun Club held their annual election. Result: President, Frank Wilson; Vice-President, Frank Shibley; Secretary, . Fred Kopp; Treasurer, John Otto; Trustee, Herman Sibley; Captain, Thomas Kirby. The experts and traveling men are doing some tall hustling in Illinois. Last week at Centralia, H. W. Cadwallader interested the Centralia, 111., crowd with some fancy shooting with the rifle and shotgun. , Well, the weather during the past few weeks has caused the shotguns to lay in their racks. Most of the shooters, even as far south as Jacksonville, Fla., have found it pleasant to roast their shins around a hot stove and peruse the sporting papers, and spec- ulate on what they will do when the snow is gone and the birdies come again. The first shoot of the Green River Gun Club was held at Law- son’s, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. A fair attendance was the result of the gathering, and there were four events of 10 targets each. At Butte, Mont., Feb. 13, several of the members of the Butte Rod and ‘Gun Club were out for practice. The scores were good, considering the weather. Mr. Carmichael led the bunch with 82 out of 100. -b , Independent Gun Club. Easton,' Pa., Feb. 13. — At the last meeting of the Independent Gun Club the following officers were elected: J. Heil, President; F. Genther, Vice-President; W. Ivey, Sec’y; W. Maurer, Treas- urer; J. Pleiss, Corresponding Sec’y and Captain. This club held their ninth anniversary on Saturday evening, Feb. 11, at which nineteen members of the Alert Gun Club, of Phillipsburg, and Mr. Neaf Apgar and Mr. S. S. Adams attended. Lunch and refreshments were served, also speeches from quite a few who were present. Mr. Forest Colb, a member of the club, kindly donated a stuffed hawk and a year’s subscription to the Forest and Stream. The club now has a membership of forty- six members, of which thirty-nine are shooters. Jacob Pleiss. Fulford Memorial Fund. Nezu York, Feb. 14. — Editor Forest and Stream: The committee having charge of the Fulford Memorial Fund have contracted with Jenny & Nelbach, of Utica, N. Y., to erect a monument at a cost of $600 to the memory of the late Elijah D. Fulford. This monument will be erected on the family plot in New Forrest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N. Y., and will be dedicated on 'the first day of the tournament of the New York State Sportsmen’s Associ- ation, which takes place in June. Mr. G. L. Biederman, of Utica, N. Y., has kindly consented to deliver the memorial address. The Committee, JT. H. Keller, Chairman. Bergen Beach Gun Club. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18. — The cold, stiff wind was no deter- rent to the small band of shooters who alternately shot a while and warmed themselves at the stove a while. The stiff wind made erratic targets. The club house was heated comfortably. The star performance of the day was that of Mr. Kelly, who made high score in every event, one of his most excellent per- formances being five pairs straight. The scores: , Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 25 25 30 * 30 10 Kelly 22 23 24 28 10 27 10 Dryer 16 14 17 13 4 20 6 Rider ...... 21 17 16 . . . . 24 . . *Five pairs. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 25 26 30 * 30 10 Anderson ....13 14 7 16 Waters 20 4 19 5 Jones 10 12 10 3 .. .. Feb. 25, 1905.]' 167 FOREST AND STREAM. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y. — The team of the Ossining Gun Club was again victorious in their match with the Poughkeepsie Gun Club team at Ossining on the 13th inst. The teams are evenly matched, for each club has two wins to its credit. The third match at Poughkeepsie, on Jan. 2, was a 10-man team affair, and was won by Ossining with the small lead of three targets. The weather was threatening and cold, but thirty shooters braved it all and shot through, there being 4,100 targets thrown. There were but two trade representatives present, Sim Glover and Harry Welles, who were hustling their respective powders. Sim Glover was high professional with 142 out of 160. J. B. Sanders, of Albany, won first high amateur average, with 134; I. Tallman of South Milbrook, won second high average; A. Bedell won prize for high score on the Ossining team. In the evening the Ossining Gun Club gave a banquet at the Weskora Hotel in honor of the visiting team. The dining room was finely decorated with sportsman’s trophies and firearms, col- lected from the members by E. McDonald, proprietor of the hotel. This dinner was a pleasant sequel to a fine day’s fun. Mr. J. G. Heath kindly helped in scoring and squad hustling. Events : Targets H Welles E A Staples . . . C G Blandford C W Floyd.... A Bedell J Q Adams J B Sanders .. S Glover I Tallman J Rhoades .... A Traver J Hyland L R McDonald A L Burns T Rhoades D McFarland . W Scott R Whyte G B Hubbell . T Hasbrouck .. A L Harris Dr. Shaw W Coleman . . . D Brandreth . . H L Stratton.. E J Snyder R Hendricks . E F Ball 123456789 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 10 12 12 9 14 12 20 11 13 8 13 13 14 13 11 9 17 11 13 8 13 12 13 12 12 11 18 11 11 10 14 10 12 14 12 9 17 13 13 9 9 12 11 11 10 11 22 11 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 18 13 10 10 13 12 10 14 13 13 22 12 11 14 14 15 11 12 10 14 22 14 15 15 13 14 11 13 12 11 18 12 13 12 10 10 13 9 13 11 20 7 10 8 7 9 13 9 8 8 17 11 8 11 8 8 4 4 5 5 17 12 9 10 6 11 9 6 9 10 . . 10 10 11 88534 19 13 898 6 10 10 7 9 5 17 7 10 .. 5 6 4 . . 5 7 875.... 5 6 10 8 8 8 12 .. 8 9 5 10 10 12 12 .... 20 13 9 . . 8 7 7 17 11 9 8 17 10 7 11 16 8 7 12 19 9 12 8 12 9 8 6 17 .. 12 12 21 .. 11 .. 11 .. .. 7 Broke. 121 122 123 123 123 124 134 142 129 111 101 82 ‘76 Ossining Gun Club. 22 A Bedell 22 20 R Hendricks 21 18 G B Hubbell 20 18 D Brandreth 19 17 C G Blandford 18 17 E A Staples 17 17—129 C W Floyd 17—134 Team match: Poughkeepsie Gun Club. T B Sanders T Rhoades I Tallman 18 J Q Adams 18 A Traver JJ E J Snyder T Rhoades Extra targets: C. W. Floyd shot at 30, broke 26; A. Travel, 65, 49; C. G. Blandford, 75, 57; E. A. Staples, 60, 48; J. Hyland, 35, 20; J. Q. Adams, 45, 37; G. B. Hubbell, 30, 23; D. Brandreth, 15, 11; H. Stratton, 15, 5; W. Coleman, 15, 10; D. McFarland, 45, 17; E. J. Snyder, 15, 6; R. White, 45, 15; A. L. Harris, 15, 11; R. Hendricks, 15, 8; E. Ball, 30, 23; W. Scott, 80, 37; L. Lyon, 40, 27; S. Glover, 15, 14; I. Tallman, 15, 10; J. Rhoades, 30, 17; T. Rhoades, 30, 16: A. L. Barnes, 15, 9; L. R. McDonald, 30, 19; H. Welles, 30, 23; J. Sanders, 30, 24. C. G. B. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass., Feb. 15.— Eighteen shooters, with handicaps from 16 to 21yds., congregated on the Boston Gun Club platform to-day, and with conditions just right proceeded to do or die, though how well they succeeded is better told by the scores. Griffiths, Frank, Dickey and Sadler had a merry time of it in the match, 26 breaks being recorded for each, two targets too good for Gleason and Burns, who were tied on second with 24. Owen with 23 occupied third place all alone. Capt. Woodruff, just back from a Southern trip, held fourth place, together with Roy, but says that first place is more to his liking, and intends to have his share of the honors before long. Hollis had a decidedly bad half hour, and seemingly could not extricate himself, and being a usual 85 per cent., it was clear that he was away off form. Other scores : Events: Targets: 123456789 10 10 15 10 10 15 15 10 15 10 10 9 11 9 8 12 14 9 13 9 10 Av. .866 rvufitVic 9.1 7 10 7 9 14 12 10 11 10 9 .825 9 11 s 7 13 13 10 15 9 10 .875 1/lCKCj y .... * 8 6 11 9 7 14 10 9 .783 TT f~»11 i c IQ 6 12 6 9 10 6 6 12 . . . . .670 5 5 12 11 6 8 8.. .645 9 13 7 7 11 13 7 9 6 10 .766 7 10 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 8 .641 17 ..... 6 8 9 13 9 13 ,, .. ,760 Sadler, 16 7 13 7 10 13 13 8 14 9 Gleason, 19 8 13 9 8 11 13 Roy, 19 9 13 8 8 10 12 Kirkwood, 20 9 13 10 9 12 9 8 12 . . Worthing, 17 7 11 8 4 10 10 10 13 . . Paul, 16 6 10 8 7 10 . . Willard, 16 8 10 10 7 5 . . Bruce, 16 3 5 6 3 3 .. Baker, 16 8 Merchandise match, 30 unknown, distance handicap: .854 .826 .800 .820 .730 .630 .615 .307 .800 Griffiths, 21 111111111110111111101011111011— 26 Dickey, 21 101111111111011101111011111111—26 Frank, 19 110111111110101111111111111110—26 Sadler, 16 111111111110011011111111110111—26 Gleason, 19 00011111 1111101011111110111111— 24 Burns, 16 1 01 0111 1 1 0011 11 111 111 1.11110011—24 Owen, 16 011111011101111001111011111110-23 Roy, 19 011011101101110111101110111011—22 Woodruff, 17 011101101101010101011111111111—22 Kirkwoocf, 20 111001011111111110110101011100—21 Bell, 20 001010111111111111010010010111—20 Worthing, 17 110101100101111001111101101101—20 Willard, 16 1010H1010U01H00111110101011— 20 Paul, 16 011111011011100011001010011110—18 Hollis, 19 1110100101101 11110010001100001 — 16 Fenton, 16' 01101 0000001111111110010100001— 15 Bruce, 16 010011010000010100001110100100—11 Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., Feb. 18. — The main contest was the team race between teams of Yale and the Crescent Athletic Club. Victory was with the home club by the exceedingly safe margin of 248 to 232. There were six men on each team and each shot at 50 targets. The February cup shoot went to the credit of Dr. Henry L. O’Brien and Mr. L. M. Palmer, each scoring 24. Messrs. F. B. and G. Stephenson were next with 22. In the team event, six teams contesting, Messrs. C. A. Sykes and D. C. Bennett were high with 48. The Stake trophy contest resulted in a tie of three, Messrs. Stephensons and Palmer, each scoring 47 out of a possible 50. Mr. H. B. Vanderveer was a winner in another event. Scores: Monthly cup, 25 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Palmer, Jr 0 24 24 Brower 1 14 21 O’Brien 4 20 24 Southworth . . .... 0 20 20 G Stephenson, Jr. 2 20 22 Damron 13 19 F B Stephenson. 1 21 22 Fairchild 7 12 19 Benford, Jr 1 20 21 Snyder 5 9 14 Team shoot, 25 targets: F Stephenson.. 1 23 24 Southworth . , ... 0 18 18 Hopkins 2 19 21—45 Marshall ... 5 9 14—32 Palmer, Jr 0 23 23 Lott ... 2 17 19 Brigham 0 21 21-44 Vanderveer .. ... 4 21 25-44 Bedford, Tr 1 19 20 Sykes ... 4 18 22 Grinnell, Jr 1 20 21 — 41 Bennett ...3 21 24—46 Stake Irophy, 50 targets: G G Stephenson. 4 43 47 Vanderveer . . 6 38 44 Palmer 0 47 47 Bennett 30 42 F B Stephenson.. 2 45 47 Damron 12 20 42 Grinnell 2 42 44 Brower 10 26 36 Lott .' 4 38 42 Fairchild .... 14 21 35 Match, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr . i.... 0 12 12 Stephenson . . .... 0 11 11 Southworth 0 9 9 Foster 13 16 Damron 3 9 12 Grinnell, Jr... ..... 0 11 11 Match, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr 0 12 12 Vanderveer .. .... 2 14 15 Grinnell, Jr 0 13 13 Brigham 14 14 Stephenson 0 11 11 O’Brien .... 2 12 14 Damron 3 6 9 Foster 12 14 Snyder 3 9 12 Bennett .... 1 11 12 Lott 1 12 13 Brower 6 10 Marshall 4 7 11 Bedford 14 14 Raynor 3 9 12 Fairchild .... 7 11 Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer 0 10 10 Marshall 8 11 Brigham 0 12 12 Grinnell 9 9 Southworth 0 12 12 Foster 11 13 O’Brien 2 13 15 Hopkins .... 1 7 3 Stephenson ...... 1 11 12 Damron .... 3 9 12 Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer 0 14 14 Stephenson . . .... 1 11 12 Brigham 0 12 12 Damron .... 6 5 11 Southworth 0 12 12 Match, 50 targets: 25 25 Total. 25 25 Total. A Mertz 23 21 44 H M Brigham 23 23 46 T Clark 21 19 40 L M Palmer, Jr. ..22 23 45 E Rugsley 20 20 40 F B Stephenson. .20 20 40 R Thompson. . . 20 20 40 G Ste phenson, Jr. .20 19 39 C King 18 18 36 A G Southworth. . .18 21 39 J Borden 17 15 32 O C Grinnell, Jr. .22 17 39 119 113 232 125 123 248 A fly and a flea in a flue Were imprisoned. Now, what could they do? “Let us fly,” said the flea — Said the fly, “Let us flee,” So they flew through 3 flaw in the flue, "-Pud?? Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. Utica, N. Y., Feb. 13. — The Lincoln Birthday shoot of the Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association was held under ex- ceedingly wintry weather conditions. Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott, J. S. Fanning and F. E. Butler, distinguished experts, were visitors. They are members of the Fulford memorial committee. The committee visited the establishment of Jenny & Nelbach, monument builders in this city, yesterday morning and selected a, monument, which will be of Barre, Vt., granite of an attrac- tive design. It will be 6 feet 4 inches high, double base, the lower one 5 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 3 inches by 4 feet. The lower base will be in undressed stone, while the second will be highly polished and bear the name “Fulford.” The die will be dark and polished and the cap will be of dressed granite. The con- tractors will have the monument in position for dedication during the week of the State shoot in this city, when a programme will be arranged under the direction of the O. C. S. A. Gun Club, of which Mr. Fulford was a member. The scores: Events: 1 23456789 10 11 12 -n.,v]:Fts: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 15 Eliott 8 10 9 7 8 10 9 9 8 9 .. .. banning 8 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 gutler 8 9 8 8 8 leesdale 7 q 7 g Jenny 7 6 7 8 Wmdheim 8 7 6 8 Brunner 7 g e w s ;; 8 6 Manine 7 7 J Wagner 7 Bilberbeck ' 0 Biederman Walling Morey ] _ ’ [ 7 C Brown ' _ 0 Wm Wagner ” " " 9 Tuttle ) ” __ g Klausner ] ” ' " ” C Windheim, Jr * “ 5 J Brown ” ” “ " 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 5 8 .. .. 11 7 6 7 5 .. ..14 8 7 8 7 9 21 14 9 7 7 8 8 7 10 8 9 .. .. 8 8 9 8 7 18 12 6 7 7 7 6 .. .. 8 7 7 6 7 .. .. 7 8 7 8 7 .. .. 7 7 6 7 7 .. .. 6 7 6 7 ,. ... 9 7 7 8 .. .. 8 9 8 .. 13 8 7 .. .. 5 6 . . .. 7 6 .. .. And Other Things. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 18.-— Editor Forest and Stream : Bonesteel, South Dakota, and J. F. Spatz, field captain of the Bonesteel Gun Club, can both of them swell out their respective chests by reason^ of Mr. Leroy Leach’s wonderful record of “500 straight” made “recently” on the grounds of the club and under the direct supervision of Mr. J. F. Spatz. Why does Mr. Spatz, field captain, not give us the exact date on which such a truly record-breaking feat was performed? We must know it. Even children know that the Appomattox affair took place on April 9, 1865; that the Chicago cow kicked over the oil lamp on Oct. 8, 1871; and that Teddy Roosevelt will be inaugurated on March 4 next. Give the date, please, Mr. Spatz. Also tell us kindly, why in the world Mr. Leroy Leach did not go out and break at least one more target, so as to make it “501 straight” or even better? Did he only have 500 shells at th« grounds? _ Seriously speaking, if one considers that “the weather .condi- tions were very unfavorable for high scores,” and that the shooter was occasionally troubled by having to stop “to restore numbed fingers, and last but not least, that “the shooter accomplished the Herculean task” in such a short time and “without cleaning the gun. I maintain that we trapshooters, interested parties, ought at least to have some details about this wonderful feat. Will not Mr. Spatz please accommodate us? 48grs. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, Can., Feb. 14. — The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club had clear and cold weather. Mr. McGill carried off the honors with a score of 24 out of 25. The Stanleys will be the guests of the Balmy Beach Club when they shoot off their league series. Scores: Events: Targets : Thompson McGill . . Rock ..... Ingham . . Morgan . Hirons . . Buck Hooey . . Hulme . . Townson Lucas Martin . . Charles . . , Fritz Dey McGraw . , ^ilson ... 1 23456789 10 1112 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 10 10 10 10 10 9 7 5 5 20 9 10 24 10 9 19 7 7 18 .. 8 20 .. 21 .. 18 S 17 .. 22 7 19 9 15 19- 13 7 10 9 10 8 6 7 10 6 8 J. Mapsifgiiam,* sW’y. 168 FOREST AND STREAM [Fra- 25* i desired to have a young fowl left. They would go one by one. The crows often took chickens around the ' coops, but were afraid of the hen running with them. > There was a sort of large gray rat that used to annoy us, but the hens could drive it away. One season a fox used to dig for grubs in the po- tato hills in a secluded ravine every day. We could see him at work, but he never once thought of visiting ; the chicken yard or the farm. There was no dog to bother him either. We never caught foxes in traps around the coops, nor did we see their tracks or sign about. From all this, I am led to believe that Reynard is not fiercely inclined during the spring, summer and fall, at least, to annoy the grouse. They are used to him and promptly fly into a tree and watch until he cleaves. In fact, he can no more catch a grouse by dav than a dog can. I know that foxes are crazy for 1 mice. The squeak of one will always bring the fox. Peter Flint. Spider-Spun Silk. Consul Wm. H. Hunt writes from Tamatave Mada- gascar: A good deal of interest has been raised for some time by the Official Quarterly Economic Review as to the practical uses to which the webs of a large Mada- gascar spider might be applied to replace silk for woven fabrics. I know, from visits to the interior, that the webs, spun many feet across the walks or shady avenues of gardens, are sufficiently strong to hang thereon a light bamboo walking cane. At the Paris Exposition of 1900 a whole piece of fabric, eighteen yards long and eighteen inches wide was exhibited 'which was woven out of this web, for which it was necessary to provide 100,000 yards of spun thread of twenty-four strands. For its manufacture 25,000 spiders had to be brought into requisition, and these were pro- cured by offering the natives so much a hundred; but not knowing or ignoring the purpose for which the insects were required, and having a get-rich-quick desire, they brought them in by basketsful, mostly dead. So it was found necessary for the winding-off ma- chines to go to the spiders, instead of calling' in the spiders to the filatories. However, the piece of cloth was completed, and was of a shimmering golden-yellow color. The idea of obtaining silk of the spider is an old one, as distinguished men discoursed on the subject as long ago as 1710 in France, but the first study of this Madagascar spider ( halabe , big spider) ’came up some seven years ago, and the spinning of its web was then undertaken. It is only the female that spins. The first difficulty in securing the thread direct from the insect consisted in contriving how to secure the living spider, so as to wind off by some mechanical process from the insect. This was originally per- formed by confining the spiders in empty match boxes with the abdomen protruding, which could be com- pared to so many reels from which the filatory winds them off. The extraction of the web does not ap- parently inconvenience the insects, although care has to be taken not to injure them. From that stage was derived a frame of twenty-four small guillotines, in each of which a spider is secured in such a manner that on one side protrudes the abdomen, while on the other the head, thorax, and legs are free. This precaution of keeping the legs out of the way is necessary, be- cause the spiders, when their secretions are spun off in this fashion, are liable to break off the web with their legs. It appears, in the opinion of many, to be an estab- lished fact that the Madagascar spider’s web is capable of being woven into cloth which might warrant its cultivation for purposes of textile industry. The idea of using cobwebs as a hemostatic was known to the Greeks and Romans, and before the present antiseptics were brought into use by medical science it was in uni- versal use for stopping the flow of blood from wounds and cuts. From an industrial point of view, the silk of the spinning spider ( Epeira ) has been known for cen- turies, even by the savages of Paraguay, and in the seventeenth century one Alcide d’Orbigny in South America ordered a pair of trousers of the material. Consul Plumacher, in his report of December 26, 1899, , refers to the existence of a spinning spider in Venezuela, which is apparently the same insect,* The Madagascar spider in question is the Nephila madagascariensis, and combines all the characteristics ot Arachnida in general. Its bite is not dangerous, al- though the irritation caused by its legs is annoying. The egg which produces this spider is laid by the female in a silky cocoon, one inch in diameter, of a yellow color at first, but turning white after an exposure of two or three months to the air, at the end of which time several hundred insects, the size of a pin-head, burst the shell and come out. Three months later the female is 2l/2 inches long, while the male remains only one-sixth of that size. The female is generally black, ♦Silk-Spinning' Spiders in Venezuela.— Consul Plumacher, of Maracaibo, under date of Dec. 26, 1899, reports that large silk- spinning spiders are found in the palm trees of Venezuela. Some produce white and others yellow silk. The consul understands that the silk has been made into handkerchiefs. A copy of the report, together with a specimen of silk which accompanied it, was referred to the Department of Agriculture. Under date of Tan. 27, 1900, the entomologist says that silk produced in this way cannot be made valuable commercially because of the trouble- some necessity of keeping the spiders separated to prevent their devouring each other. To keep them supplied with food— insects— involves considerable labor. Attemps to utilize the silk of a Madagascar spider of the same species some years ago resulted in the discovery that the product was more expensive than ordi- nary silk.— Republished from Consular Reports for March, 1900, lives in solitude, and only tolerates the presence of the male at the moment of procreation. The spiders are carnivorous and by preference frequent the foresto. In some of the wooded gardens in the suburbs of the capital, especially the old royal parks, they may be seen in millions, and would give the impression of be- ing gregarious, but this is not so, it being the abundance of food which brings them together in seeming peace and amity; but so soon as the supply- fails, they fight and devour each other. In the early attempts to rear them, 200 were placed in a wire-cloth case; they spun their webs over the walls of their prison until it was so completely covered that no mosquitoes or other insects could get in. Thus deprived of food, on the principle of the survival of the fittest, the stronger went to devouring the weaker until only a few were taken out alive, but these had attained an enormous size. This spider is little disposed to migrate from its abode, and submits, without resistance, to the manipu- lation of the filatory. The first experiments in Madagascar were due to a Catholic missionary, and his experience proved that after the laying period, or formation of the web, it can be reeled off five or six times in the course of a month, after which the spider dies, having yielded about 4,000 yards. Native girls do the work. Each one has a straw basket at her side every morning filled with live spiders, and another basket to receive them after they have been wound off. One dozen are locked in at a time, the ends of their webs are drawn out, collected into one thread, which is passed over a metal hook, and the reel is set in motion by a pedal. So soon as an insect gives out no more web it is replaced without stopping the wheel, and later on carried back to the park, where it requires nine or ten days before being ready for a second operation. The cost of this silk web is high; 55,000 yards of nineteen strands in thick- ness weigh only twenty-five grams (386 grains), which, calculating the time and labor of nrocuring and pre- paring it, brings it up to $40 a pound. More Loon Talk. Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 9. — Editor Forest and Stream: The loon differs from other birds in a number of ways. I have reason to think that many people are unaware of some, at least, of these peculiarities. The loon has a hide as tough as an ox, and their feathers cannot be plucked without first scalding the bird as you would a hog. This incident will give some idea of the toughness of the hide. About thirty-five years ago, when I was living in Michigan, a loon was shot at with a shotgun industriously all summer, without apparently do- ing him any harm. In the fall I killed him with a rifle, just to convince the people that a loon could be shot and killed. He had many times been shot at with a rifle by the same people who had used the shotgun, and they had become convinced that he dove so quickly that he dodged the shot in that way. I had seen them shoot at him a number of times, and I could see the splash of bullet or shot in the water before the loon dove. I ridiculed the idea of the dodging, and that led to my shooting him to support my contention. When I skinned the bird, I found, and counted, over a hundred No. 6 shot, and all of them stuck to the inside of the hide, and so doing him no per- manent harm. It is remarkable that he was never hit in the eye, nor sustained a broken wing. Another thing peculiar to the loon, is that after the chicks are hatched, if the mother wishes to move far, she will make a shallow dive and come up under her babies, and swim off with them on her back. The person that succeeds in photographing her under such conditions may well claim the pennant. Only once have I seen a loon shoulder her young, although for over twenty years I lived in the part of Michigan where then there was the best chance imaginable to watch loons. Now the timber has been cut off around most of the lakes, and such favor- able conditions for observation no longer exist. Although I have only once seen a loon shoulder her babies, I have seen her swimming with them on her back many times. Once one swam within twenty feet of me and never suspected my presence. One of their calls when sitting on the water, for volume beats that of any other bird or beast that I know of. I have heard them in the night, when they were more than five miles distant, for they only make that kind of call from the water, and there was no lake in that direction short of that distance. To say that the loon is a very interesting bird is as mild as I can express it. W. A. Linkletter. Wild Geese Headed South, San Diego, Cal., Feb. 16. — Several flocks of wild geese in V’s and strings passed over here this morning bound south, headed for the Mexican boundary, and bawling “Tee-a-wah-na ! Tee-a-wah-na !” (spelled Tia Juana), which is a custom house, and the nearest point over the line. The dazed fowls have been having, a tough expe- rience up in Oregon and Washington, with a continued temperature much below all degrees of comfort. Usually they begin to fly north at this date, but now it’s all the other way; same as the weather we have. I have never yet happened to strike a spot on earth where they have had so much rain as this district has had since Christmas. It has rained more or less nearly every day this month. Every stream and reservoir is bank full, and we are not likely to hear much about irrigation for two years at least. The main point now is to keep the fruit and vegetables from freezing. Such a universal ice-cold visitation the whole continent has not had since the second glacial period. When are we to have a third? I send by evening mail a photograph of my two-room bungalow (16 by 12) which I have had built as a study and retreat from the maddening mob. You may like to hang it up in the office, if there is any wall space left. I also inclose some interesting natural history notes from this and other sections— all good midwinter matter, and ordered a copy of the Northampton (Mass.) Gazette of the coming week mailed to you, as it will contain an extended descriptive sketch of this particular part of Southern California, with some pertinent suggestions as to climate and local attractions, as well as the business outlook for the immediate future. It may serve to assist migrants coming this way. I am very well and hearty. Have sawed a year’s supply of firewood for the house during intervals of pleasant weather. When it rains I prefer to hole in, as it is almost impossible to walk or wade through this slippery doby (adobe) slush, which at once becomes so hard as soon as it dries that it is a job to remove it from one’s shoes. The easiest way is to wear cheap gums and throw them away after a trudge. Charles Hallock. mid Turkey Weights. Editor Forest and Stream: A correspondent writes to ask how much I thought that big turkey weighed — the one I killed when the mule left me to walk home. I had to estimate his weight, of course; we carried m> scales with us, but I could guess pretty close, and I guessed his weight to be 35 pounds; it was that or more. My mule stood 15 hands (5 feet) high. I tied the tur- key to the side cloak strap, passing the strap around the turkey’s legs as high up as possible, then had to cut off the head and part of the neck to prevent it striking the mule’s feet and starting him to kicking. I had intended to ride him home. Had I known that he did not intend to wait for me, he might have kicked and be blessed to him. This camp of ours was a first rate place for turkey. Hardly a day passed but what more or less of them would be brought in. The boys got the most of them. I needed my shotgun badly, but did not have it. I had a good one at the post — a Fox .gun that I could take down and carry on the pack-mule; but I had no shells loaded and had no time to load any, and could not buy any there or at the agency. That was not a shotgun country; few men there except army officers ever had a shotgun. We got another turkey here nearly as large as this one was only a day or two afterward. It had been drizzling and raining all night, and at daylight the chief sent the negro boy out to the herd to round up the ponies and see if any were missing. When he came back to report, he said that he had seen a big turkey up in a tree between camp and the herding ground, half a mile away, and gave it as his opinion that the turkey meant to stop there for the day; it would be too wet for him to leave; I might go and get him. “I might,” I told him, “but it is as wet for me as it is for the turkey, and I don’t need turkeys bad enough just now to hunt them in a rainstorm. I’ll send Antelope after him.” Calling the boy in I gave him my carbine, and then sent the negro boy, who had not had his break- fast yet, to point out that turkey. They came back in less than an hour with three turkeys, the big one and two smaller ones. The negro had to carry all three. There would be no danger of Antelope carry- ing any if I were not there to tell him to do' it. He brought up the rear, carrying the gun and a broad smile. Making a pack-mule of the negro boy just suited him. Cabia Blanco. The Starling;. Walking in Prospect Park the other day I saw a whole flock of English starlings, some eighteen or twenty in number. They were perched in the woods, pluming themselves and whistling as blithely as though the ground were not bur.ied deep in snow and the lakes frozen half way to the bottom. It is evident that this bird has come to stay. But how he is managing to survive our winters, especially the last two, is certainly a cause for speculative wonders. In England, where the winters are usually mild and open, he has no difficulty in picking up a living in the fields, grubs and worms being his favorite diet. But what does he live upon here? Since last November the ground has been under snow, so that his favorite diet has not been procurable. We can only surmise, then, that he has taken to eating seeds and berries, for he does not forage about human dwellings like his compatriot, the sparrow; at least, the writer has never seen him so engaged. However, he appears to be making out the consequences and withal keeping a cheerful mind. If only for the beautiful sheen of his plumage (which completely outdoes that of the purple grackle),. the starling would be an acquisition, but when to this is added his sweet note, we may very properly regard him as a prize. A singer in the true sense he is not, but his whistlings and twitterings and warblings are per- haps better than the sustained efforts of many a singer; for there is a sweetness and purity about them which simply ravishes the ear. Then he is pre-emi- nently a sociable bird and in a double sense — that is to say, he loves his kind and human kind, too. At least he trusts us, for he builds his nest almost in- variably in the vicinity of our homes. Hence his music, like so much other bird music, is not lost, but. is offered, as it were, to man instead of the deity of solitude. Francis Moonan. New York, Feb. 24. Birds of Southern Michigan. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: For many years I have been engaged in compiling an authentic list of the birds of Southeastern Michigan. I am very anxious to secure the co-operation of the numer- ous sportsmen on Lakes Huron and Erie and Detroit and St. Clair rivers with regard to the water fowl and waders that come to their attention. I will be especially thankful for any information on the time of arrival, time of de- parture in spring and fall with exact dates, if possible; any notes on the rarer birds, occurrence in winter, etc. Notes on these birds are hard to obtain, and many valuable records are lost because the knowledge fails to reach an ornithologist. Notes on the scoters, ruddy duck, swan, Bartramian sandpiper, any of the plovers or phalaropes I especially wish. I will be pleased to hear from any so interested, and will be much in their debt. Bradshaw H. Swales, 46 Larned street, West, Detroit, Mich, FOREST AND STREAM- 17 4 I [MARCH 4) 1905. I The North Carolina Season. Rai.exgh, N. C., Feb. 24. — The winter has been the most severe ever known in North Carolina. There was some bad weather before Christmas, but the real winter began Jan. 2, and the ground has been frozen ever since, last week there having been three sleets in seven days, covering all the middle and western part of the State and causing the death, by starva- tion and freezing, of a great many partridges. No in- jury was done to the birds in the east, it seems, though the culd was very great. State Secretary Gilbert Pearson, of the North Carolina Audubon Society, has had thirty game wardens at work distributing food to the birds and enlisting the aid of thousands of farmers in the same good cause. Sportsmen also contributed freely and went into the fields and carried food. In this way many birds were saved. Some of the pheasants of the mountains have been killed by the intense cold, temperature there in some places going as low as 12 below zero. Here at Raleigh the lowest temperature was 7 degrees above zero. At Asheville, arrangements were made at nine produce stores for the giving away of cracked corn, grits and other bird foods to respon- sible persons, and this was carried in all directions. The intense cold froze the great sounds on the coasts and also the rivers, with the exception of air holes, in which thousands upon thousands of ducks and geese gathered to get in clear water. A great many birds were drowned by diving in these air holes and coming up under the ice. One man, in a day, picked up 250 ducks, a number of them canvasbacks and redheads, which had lost their lives in this way. The sounds are now clear, and the pirates — the fire- lighters— are again after the ducks. Secretary Pearson found that, while last winter the wardens on Currituck Sound and also in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds did their duty very well and kept down fire-lighting, they gave way this season, and so he determined to take a new course. Sportsmen in the North gave several thousand dollars for the purpose of driving out fire- lighters, who need men of nerve to make them stop their nefarious business. So a fast naphtha is being built for the Audubon Society at Ocracoke, and Herbert Brimley, the curator of the State Museum here, who is a member of the society and an enthus- iastic sportsman, has gone to Ocracoke to inspect the boat which in a day or so will be put in the water. On her will be put two special game wardens, brought from another State, well armed, and who will stand no trifling at the hands of the fire-lighters, who have always made threats that they would kill any persons who dared to interfere with them. The fire-lighters carry bullets, they say, ready to go in their guns in case any one comes up; but they are up against a tough proposition now, as they will find to their cost, for if they shoot they will be killed certainly, by men who will be prepared for business. The society is de- termined to break up this fire-lighting, which actually threatens to drive the ducks from North Carolina. This game is a source of great revenue, and the well disposed people are, of course, against the fire-lighters, though most of them are afraid of the latter, or else wink at them. The writer found two years ago that at certain times the word would be passed along the sounds that fire-lighting could begin, and then, after a period of rest, these nighthawks would get to work and murder the ducks. As we came through the sound we heard the guns of these sneaks, way off in the darkness, and we picked up a couple of brant which some of them had shot. They failed to get as many birds as they bill. One of them boasted that he had shot in a raft of ducks and had killed fifty-two, with the two barrels of his gun. He was shooting a ten-gauge, using five drams of powder and an ounce and three-quarters of shot. The regular wardens could easily, have sup- pressed these people if they had done their .duty. . The Audubon Society has done wonders in saving game in the State, and so far every bill introduced in the Legislature to amend the Audubon law has been defeated. One bill provided that a club, after paying a license, should have just as many persons as it pleased to come to the State and hunt on its lands. Another one provided that any landowner could invite persons from another State to come and shoot, on his own property. These people forget that the birds do not belong to them. They have no ownership to the birds, except about what may be called courtesy. It is very noticeable that the farmers this year are pro- tecting the birds better than ever before, and that they are getting more careful in giving permits to hunt on their lands. Bills are passing the Legislature now, including several counties in the list in which hunting is not permitted on the lands of another except by written permission. The Audubon Society, is well pleased to see all these safeguards, as there is a des- perate effort to kill and get to market all the North Carolina birds. Pot-hunters want everything they can get for the big clubs and hotels north, and then an- other class of them, away from the larger towns, want to kill birds for market Some shoot, them on the ground and others trap and net them, inducing their neighbors to wink at these offenses against the law. There has been less hunting in the State (except in the southeastern part, which was particularly favored by very light snow falls) than ever before in the recol- lections of the writer, who has been hunting every season for thirty years, and he has not fired a gun since a few days before Christmas. Only a few men have been able to do any hunting of any kind Gov- ernor Glenn, the new chief executive of North Caro- lina, and the writer have made plans ever since January 10 to have a hunt as soon as the weather permitted, but the time has not yet arrived. We had a fine one with Governor Aycock two days before Thanksgiving, this hunt having been described in Forest and Stream in the next issue after that date. This inability to get out and kill the partridges has saved a great many, as the season will end March 15 in most counties. In a few it lasts until April 1. In some it ends March 1, and in two or three hunting is only permitted during December and January. There is some sentiment in favor of having the birds protected from three to five years. It is very significant that game protection laws have been enacted at this session of the Legislature for such counties as Craven and Jones, which have never had them and in which there is yet much game left. The writer is going down to Florida for a little jaunt, and will see how things look in that part of the world and tell Forest and Stream about it, and will later go to Pinehurst and see the conditions there. Pinehurst now has a game preserve of about 52,000 acres, and has had more luck than most of the States, the snow being rather light there and the soil very sandy, so that it was soon absorbed. George Vanderbilt is the largest landholder in the State, and of course has the biggest game preserve, in all something like 150,000 acres. George Gould has a very large one near High Point, and Brokaw, of New York, and others have very considerable pre- serves; but Leonard Tufts, the owner of Pinehurst, comes next after Vanderbilt. Some of the clubs, mainly composed of local people, have large preserves, one of these being around Linville Falls, another near Fayetteville. High Point, however, continues to be the center of attraction for people from the north as a place for dog training and shooting. There are a dozen kennels within a radius of say twenty miles of that point. A very large number of deer have been killed during the season and many bear. A man from Cherokee, who was chatting with Governor Glenn the other day, the writer being present, said he had killed, up to Christ- mas, ten bear, big fellows all of them. This man ex- pressed a very fine contempt for the bear down on the coast, saying the mountain ones ate chestnus and the finest kind of mast, and were as fat as butter and, to his mind, the most delightful food in the world. He thinks nothing on earth is so healthful as bear’s grease, and appears to think it will cure insomnia, provided enough of it be eaten. In this, perhaps, he is some- what like the late Chief Justice of this State, who pre- scribed as a cure for insomnia a pint of well roasted peanuts and a quart of fresh milk just before going to bed. A good many tried this, some it killed, while others recovered, and a few were able to pull through without getting sick at all. Fred A. Olds. State Reservations* The State reservations of Massachusetts provide a safe harbor of refuge for all the wild children of her woods, fields and waters. They soon learn that they are safe from the gun and snare of the fowler. The ponds of the Middlesex Fells are the favorite resorts of wildfowls of many kinds — wild geese, black ducks, teal, wood ducks, mallard, sheldrake, sprigtail, coot and gulls. Spot Pond, the largest of quite a number in this reser- vation, being about a mile and a half long and from a quarter to a half mile wide, is the most frequented by the wildfowl, which come in the fall months by thousands, staying as long as ice will permit, and returning in the spring in increased numbers as soon as the ice disappears. They would doubtless breed here but for these reasons : the lack of suitable covers on the shore for nesting and the thousands of visitors — it being only ten miles from Boston — that come here during their nesting season, when the birds must have seclusion. Some years ago — before spring shooting was abolished — I found in an old apple tree near a large pond a wood duck’s nest, where they raised a brood of young every year until someone took the eggs or young, and they never returned. On the shore of the same pond, by the side of a brook that runs into it, a pair of black ducks reared their young every year. But this was before the summer cottages were built beside all the large ponds as they are to-day, which prevents their nesting where these conditions obtain. But there are thousands of acres of marsh lands and ponds where the above conditions could be eliminated, and with State control they could breed undisturbed. I have no doubt that some time in the future this plan will be adopted. This State already has fourteen reservations, besides seven parkways. The area of the reservations run from ten acres up to more than four thousand. The three largest, Blue Hill, 4,855 acres; Middlesex Fells, 1,883 acres; Wachusett Mountain, 1,300 acres; others not as large also afford protection to all their wild inhabitants, an added protection to our song bfrds as well as to the game birds, as no guns are allowed there. The time is at hand when all the States should have preserves where the game and song birds can multiply undisturbed. The Audubon Society, started in a small way nearly a score of years ago by Forest and Stream, has grown to be a great power in the land for the pro- tection of our insectivorous birds that are of so much value to the agriculturist and the horticulturist. If the Shiras Bill becomes a law, it will be a long step toward saving our migratory game and song birds. George L. Brown. [“American Big Game in Its Haunts,” the last volume of the Boone and Crockett Club’s books, con- tains a complete list of the National, State and timber reservations of the United States and Canada, which may profitabiy be studied by all who are interested in this subject.] A Captured Burnside. Palo Alto, Cal., Feb. 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: Apropos of the question of the use of breechloading rifles during the Civil War, I am reminded of how I came into possession of my first rifle. In the fall of 1863, I, a lad of twelve years, crossed the Tennessee River from my father’s farm to visit a cousin. Late in the afternoon on the day of my visit a small squad of Confederate cavalry rode up to my cousin’s resi- dence. The leader proved to be a neighbor and former schoolmate. “Howdy, Joe,” said I, “what are you after?” “Yanks,” said he. “Any around here?” “Yes,” I answered, “there is a picket guard just across the river.” At this particular time the Con- federates had possession of the south bank of the river, and the Federals of the north one. “I’ll point the Yanks out to you, Joe, if you want to take a crack at them.” “All right,” he answered, and ordered his men to> dismount. I led them through a field of tall corn until we reached a point just opposite the Federal pickets, who numbered about a dozen men. Joe told his men in a whisper that he would emerge on the open river bank alone and try to decoy a couple of the enemy over to the south bank. Handing his rifle to one of the men. he rushed down the sloping bank, hallooing to the Federal guards. Presently one of them asked him what he wanted. "I am an escaped prisoner and the Johnnies are right at my heels. Bring a skiff over quick and rescue me.” The Yanks seemed in no hurry to do anything, and Joe redoubled his pleadings. I saw the bluecoats bunch up for a moment, and then a half dozen of them leveled their rifles at Joe and sent their messages per Minie balls. Joe rushed up the bank yelling to his men to give ’em hell! After exchanging a hundred or so shots, Joe withdrew his men and, while walking back to the house, he showed me his rifle, which was bulged and fissured a couple of inches from the muzzle. “Got a wad of mud in it, and it’s done for.” “Sure,” said I; “give it to me.” “Take it and I’ll draw another,” said he. I greedily seized the piece and hid it in a fence cor- ner, where it lay for many days until the Federals left our immediate neighborhood. I found it to be a Burn- side rifle, and it was a great curiosity to myself and chums, as we had never seen a breechloader before. Doubtless the weapon had been captured from the Federals; and alas! for me, they soon had it again, for, as no civilian was allowed to have weapons of any kind in his possession, my father made me hand it over to the first command that passed by. Roeel. Success in Feeding Quail. New York, Feb. 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: Ira i reference to feeding quail during the heavy snows, I want to tell yon, and others interested, how our warden has taken care of the quail on 6,000 acres on Long Island. On Jan. 8, we shipped him ten dozen northern Mis- souri quail, which he put in five coops in a warm barn. All went well for eight or ten days, until the ' morning of the nth, when he found two dead. On the 12th there were three dead; on the 13th there were ■ five dead. All the dead had the top of their heads mutilated. He notified us to that effect, and our advice was, as the weather was then quite nice, to set themi out. It appears that they only killed one another ini four of the crates; in the fifth they appeared to be alii right. The. following morning lie set eighty-four birds;, at liberty, six to eight in each place, choosing the south side of the brush next the field. In each place he first strewed lots of food and cut down the brush into1 a sort of house, building it next a small tree. Ont | the tree he bound a sheaf of wheat, about two feet: from the ground, tying it with rope around the middle;: i then bent down the wheat mushroom-fashion, so that: if snow came they could always find food. The quaili took to their brush houses at once. He went out: every other day and always found them there. Them when the snow came and covered up the loose foodl they fed on the sheaf of wheat, sometimes for three or four days; he could not get near some of the outlying birds, but after roads were broken and the birds could! be looked after again, he always found them in the 1 same place in good condition. As we knew of twenty-one coveys of birds left over from last year, and counting the new birds that wer^e put out, there were thirty coveys in all. This worked well during all the cold and snow, and he assures us that he knows of not one bird killed by either snow or cold. But the foxes and hawks have done all the mischief. They have killed off fully 15 per cent, of the game. It was a simple story that could be read after each snow — the tracks of the fox toward the roost, the bunch of feathers on the ground, and here and there a dead quail which had flown against a tree in the dark and killed itself when the fox rushed. As our warden explains it, he thinks he could have saved al- most all the birds if it had not been for foxes and hawks. FOREST AND STREAM* 178 March 4, 1905.] I read with iritertest the account in Forest and Stream a few weeks ago, of how to kill of? the foxes, i but we do not care to use poison. I would thank any of your readers who would tell me of some other way to do it, as I am sure a large percentage of game birds are killed of? during the snow by them. The partridge seems to be better able to take care of themselves. Our warden reports that, in one day’s feeding quail, he put up fifteen, always near the food that was strewn for the quail; and there is no doubt that they, as well as other birds, have found it a good feeding place. The other crate of twenty-eight birds are doing well hi the barn, and we will not liberate them until next I month. They will come in handy to fill the gaps the j foxes have made, I always thought the rabbits could take care of them- , selves; but as early as the last week in December last, after a thaw, he found here and there a dead pile, which had been snowed under and never moved. That was after the deep snow of December, 18, 1904. G. E. I. Long Island Duck Shooting. Editor Forest and Stream: For shine weeks past 1 have been scanning the pages of your valued paper for ah announcement of youf “plat- form” or “plafik” against the Long island hotel keepers and market shooters, who dre making d nfost strehiioils j effort to have the present law prohibiting the spring l shooting of duck, geese, brant and swan, repealed or ^amended for their special benefit as against the interest of the sportsmen and people of all the rest of the State. Con- Isidering the rapid decrease in the number of these birds, why should these people, or the people of any particular [locality where these birds assemble on their way to their breeding grounds, be permitted to make merchandise of ; them. Their commercial value is but little in the spring. [They have been hunted and shot at at every opportunity for nearly or quite font months. Their fitness as food {is said td be questionable at this season. Again, it is but a matter of d ffew Weeks of, days befofe these birds will be on their nests producing their kind, so that, killing them ip the spring season is about next to killing them on their bests. They have run the gauntlet of shot and shell for •four months, and should they not be now permitted to produce their kind in comparative quiet? ! We have no game of any kind to-day that can be con- sidered as amounting to a commercial or marketable factor, so why should some short-sighted or selfish people .be permitted to make use of this remnant of a former 'abundance by killing for the market, or be used in any ,way to procure guests for hotels ? Every sportsman knows full well that our game is be- coming less and less each year. Shall we exterminate what remains, or shall we preserve and protect it for in- crease that we, and those who are to follow us may see an occasional one of some of the species. It is frequently said by those Who have lived to see tile carrier pigeon atid buffalo practically exterminated, that the same fate awaits our migratory game birds. Why not shorten the season and limit the bag? The latter is not easily enforced, but (sportsmen would heed it. Let us hope that the Shiras Bill becomes a law, and (that we shall find therein something effectual. A As I am informed, New York State has more shooting days than either Maryland or North Carolina. Do w® need any more? I think not. A State License Law for Non-Residents. Residents and Unnaturalized Persons. Our State has a reciprocal license law, passed, I think, in 1902, and it has proved almost an absolute failure. I am informed that but one license has been issued under it. We are at present furnishing free hunting and fishing for the people of all the world. Thirty-one of our States and Territories and the Provinces of Canada all require a license of non-residenta, and many of residents. Massachusetts and some States which as yet have none are agitating the subject, and have bills already introduced in their Legislatures; and so, sportsmen of New York State, is it not a matter of self-protection that we have one? Our sportsmen should see to it that the bill providing therefor, and introduced in the Senate by Senator Arm- strong, becomes a law. This measure was approved by the New York State Fish, Game and Forest League at its annual meeting held at Syracuse, N. Y., December, 1904. It is important that sportsmen from all parts of the State should inform their respective Senators and Assemblymen as to their wishes, and if they will do so, the outcome is certain. J, R. F. Rochester, N, Y., Feb. 21. Increase in the Price of Steel Gun Barrels. Consul James C. McNally writes from Liege, Belgium : “The price of steel gun barrels has gone- up almost ioo per cent, in the last few weeks, and manufac- turers refuse to quote prices for future delivery. This rise is attributed to the advance in the price of steel. All the gun barrel manufacturers are running full time and are taxed to the limit of their capacity. A manufac- turer of note here, having one of the largest plants in the world, informs me that he has already booked orders for the United States for over 100,000 gun barrels, and that orders are coming in more rapidly than ever before. This condition with regard to gun barrels reflects similar conditions in the manufacture of guns. The trade is at present booming, and 1903 promises to be a record year in the industry for which Liege is noted.” Keeper (to children who were playing in a field) — “Now, then, what business have you to be in here? Don't you see the notice at the gate?” Little Girl — “Oh, yes, please, sir, we saw a notice, but it had ‘Private’ on it, so we didn’t like to look.” — Glasgow Evening Times. “Sometimes I wish,” said the very lazy man, “that I liked to work, so it wouldn’t be so disagreeable to me when I am compelled to do so. And then I get to think- ing that maybe if I liked it I would he at it all the time, and I can’t bear the thought.” — Baltimore American. Customer — “Is there any way I can have the durability of this suit tested before leaving the store?” Clerk — “Oh, yes, sir. We have a former Pullman car porter engaged just to brush our patrons down with a whisk broom.” — Chicago News. Test for Foreign Firearms Returned to Liege for Repair. James C. McNally, Consul at Liege, Belgium, writes: A recent decision of the tribunal in Liege, requiring tests of all foreign firearms introduced into Liege for repair, established a regulation which may be of in- terest to American dealers importing from this city. A manufacturer here received from Germany for re- pair firearms which had been taken apart, whether to facilitate shipping or with attempt to deceive is not stated. They were duly repaired, put in order, and returned to Germany without having undergone the usual and required test given to new firearms. The manufacturer having been called to account contended that the requirement did not apply, the firearms not being new. The court, however, held that the matter was one for proper investigation and appointed an ex- pert to pass upon the arms. The expert declared that they were practically new, and therefore came within the provisions of the law requiring firearms to pass the official test. The report was approved, and the manufacturer was fined 300 francs ($57-90), and censured by the. court. This has been a mooted question for some time, and the decision is declared to be one of importance, Albany Legislation. Albany, Feb, 27.— Senator Drescher has introduced, by request (Int. No, 4629, a bill amending Section 67 of the game law, so as to provide that waters which have been stocked by the State with fish since April 17, 1896, shall be open to the public to fish in, and it shall be the duty of the State Fish and Game Commission to keep such waters open to the public. The Commission shall post and maintain notices or sign boards at conspicuous places at or near such waters, to the effect that the water has been stocked by the State with fish, and that it is open to the public to fish, and shall warn all persons from molesting or interfering with any one wading or fishing therein. Senator Drescher has also introduced, by request (Tnt. No. 451), a bill amending Section 202 of the game law, forbidding owners of private land, not parks, from maintaining notices of trespass, if pond or stream on such land has been stocked with fish by the State since April 17, 1896. Assemblyman Santee has introduced a bill (Int. No. 737) amend- ing Section 170 of the game law so as to increase from fiity to sixty the number of game protectors to be appointed by the State Commission. ' One of the new' appointees shall reside in each of the following counties: Albany, Niagara, Orleans, Ontario, Broome, Chemung, Genesee, and Steuben. Other Assembly bills introduced were: By Assemblyman Whitney (Int. No. 7S4), adding a new section, to be known as 73a, so as to provide that nets may be used from July 15 to Dec. 1, both inclusive, in the waters of Lake Ontario in the towns of Sandy Creek and Richland, Oswego county, ex- cept the waters within one-half mile either way from the mouth of the Salmon River and the mouth of the outlet of Big Sandy Pond. By Assemblyman Wade (Int. No. 771), providing that the close season for trout in Putnam county shall be from April 15 to Nov. 1, both inclusive. Senator Cobb has had reconsidered and laid on the table the vote by which the Senate passed his bill (Int. 142), amending Section 4S, so as to provide that maskinonge less than twenty-four inches in length shall not be possessed, and if taken, shall, with- out injury, be immediately returned to the water where taken. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the bill of Assem- blyman Monroe (Int. No. 640) relative to the close season of trout in Tompkins county. The Senate has advanced to third reading Assemblyman Wade’s bill (Int. No. 249) providing that meshes of nets in Lake Erie shall not be less than 1%-inch bar. A joint session of the fish and game committees of the Senate and the Assembly was held the past week to listen to arguments for and against the Burr-Reeve bill to repeal the Brown law pro? hibiting duck shooting in the spring, so far as it affects Suffolk county. The speakers against the proposition to repeal the law were mostly from central New York, while those favoring the Burr-Reeve bill were in the main Long Islanders. The com- mittees took no action on the measure. The Log of a Sea Angler* SY CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING,” “BIG GAME FISHES,” ETC. VII. — A Regular Sea Serpent. The conventional idea of a coral reef and the reef itself are two different things. Not one person in ten thousand has seen a living coral reef, and the white bleached coral [■of the shops that dot the landscape in every northern 'town pass as coral; but this is dead, is the skeleton. .Again, the coral is supposed to be made by an “insect.” ■ Montgomery the poet long ago described the “coral in- •::seciT as working “ceaselessly,” and all the labors of '(zoologists and text-book writers will doubtless be unable jtc overcome this. The coral animal is a polyp, a sea anemone-like creature (that takes lime from the water, secretes it in and about itself, building up a little cell upon which others appear, fas the branch in corals, or the polyps lie in grooves, and |jthe community takes the form of a gigantic coral head, as in brain coral, or star coral (Astraa), or there is one ilarge polyp a foot long, as in Fungia. ■![ Nearly all reef corals alive are olive. colored; Astrangia, rrla northern coral, being the only white variety, and the ' [great masses here covered miles of reef. The common ( variety is the branch coral, which covers the reef in great plantations, and is cut in streets and pathways in 'every direction. This coral rises from two to three feet u'in shallow water, but on the edges of the canon-like chan- ■nel, a turquoise-tinted artery winding in and out. The ■branches extend a foot or more and resemble the antlers |of the elk. The food conditions are doubtless better in ■this locality. The delights in drifting over this garden of the sea can- i not be adequately described. The wealth of color, appeal- ing to even a stagnant sense of the beautiful, the mauve of the lagoon floor, the deep olive of the coral trees and groves; the greens or algse patches, the yellow and black if whips of crayfishes which waved under every branch, the •Ifsplendid masses of vivid blue, yellows and greens front hordes of resplendent fishes that pose against the coral, 'the labrodorite hue of the channel, the splendor of the vermilion clouds into which the sun rises and sets, the splashes of pearl and royal purple on the surface in Ianthian and others, and over all the mysterious verti- ginous haze of the heat rays distorting, melting, confus- ing all objects near and far. The great lagoons and forests of coral are the homes of myriads of creatures, and a diversion that never wearied was drifting over the surface, grains in hand, or wading along in search of shells or rare corals. Each coral branch was the home of thousands of animals, par- ticularly the beautiful micramock, a spotted Cyprsea, the comman shell seen on mantel and table in the country from Maine to Alaska. These shells live in the branch coral, where 1 often had to break the points to secure them, and here the secret of how they preserve their wonderful polish is seen. The shell appears when seen like a black egg-shaped mass, and when picked up is found to be the beautiful shell, the animal or owner of which has thrown out a delicate covering entirely concealing and protecting it from the slightest scratch. I spent a portion of each day with Chief, John or Bob wading and towing the dinghy, stop- ping to lift a twenty of thirty-pound mass of coral and place it on the little deck, from which scores of strange animals would drop and scurry to be caught. Among the corals the so-called brain corals were the most attractive from their size. Some on the edge of the channel I esti- mated were four feet high and six or seven feet across, like old oaks blasted and riven. They were hollowed out, forming enormous vases in which were posed gorgeous angel fishes, parrot fishes and many more. One hot morning I was poling along when I came upon a plantation of heads scattered for one hundred feet along the edge of the channel. From beneath each came a fringe of crayfish whips, big fellows weighing possibly ten or fifteen pounds, while the interiors were veritable aquariums. In one I noticed a peculiar black pointed head, and having a hazy, indefinite notion as to what it was. put the grains into it, to have them as promptly jerked out of my hands. Grasping the cord I found I had struck a moray that, so far as strength was con- cerned, was a young sea serpent ; but I finally got it to the surface, and stepping on to the rail, slid it in, partly by its own volition. I believe I never was more surprised, as this fish proved to be a giant, with a mouth and fangs like a boa con- strictor, which it opened as it dashed at Bob, who was sculling. He struck a mighty blow at it, but missing, turned and sprang overboard into water about up to his waist. I jerked the monster back by the cord, when it turned on me, and being unarmed I did the next best thing, took to the woods, and sprang up the mast of the dinghy, to which was lashed a spritsail. I succeeded in getting my legs out of range of this sea serpent, when the dinghy promptly capsized, my weight hauling her over, where she filled, and the moray wriggled overboard. Fortunately I had kept the end of the grains cord, and we made it fast to the painter and hauled dinghy and sea serpent ashore. The latter was over eight feet in length, its body as large around as my thigh, as near a sea ser- pent as one could imagine. No fish in the sea presents so ferocious and ugly an appearance as _ this, and while its bite is not strictly poisonous, it is dangerous. A moray’s teeth are sharp fangs which cut and lacerate, tear and bite like those of a dog. I had no apologies to make for my retreat, Bob hav- ing set the example, and I found all the men held the moray as a dangerous fish. We hauled the ugly creature upon the sands, and John skinned it, and I must say that broiled moray is an ex- cellent dish; then there was a barbaric satisfaction in eating an enemy. In some localities it was impossible to fish on account of the number of morays which came up ready to attack anything or anybody, and when we felt something coming up like a rock we generally looked over, and if it was a seeming coil of snakes cut it away. I had decided to make a collection of corals, so a sur- vey was made of the reef, and we selected the most sym- metrical pieces we could find. Many I dived for, and some few leaf corals on the edge of the channel it was neces- sary to pry off with a bar. These we placed on the beach in the sun until they were dead, then when de= 176 composition had taken place they were rinsed in water until the dead animal matter was all removed, this opera- tion being repeated several times for a week; then the specimens were placed in the hot sun and soon bleached a pure white. Some of the “heads” I found must have weighed several tons, and these it was impossible to remove. Each coral had a habit and environment peculiarly its own. One which we called rose coral, a Caryophyllia, I found only in deep water and got it by diving. Others grew among weeds in the shallows, some on the side of the channel. But the most remarkable growth was found in the hull of an old ship. How long ago this vessel had been wrecked no one knew. She was built like a frigate of the old class, and evidently had been driven in by a southeast hurricane, carried far over into the lagoon and dropped in the branch coral plantation. At very low tide I could just wade around her. Her hull was a mass of teredo shells, nearly all the wood- work having disappeared; but where the hold had been was the most luxuriant growth of branch coral I had ever seen, calling to mind weeds or plants that grow always rank and tall in the shade. The entire hull had doubtless been filled with coral, so the old ship’s cargo was now alive. About an eighth of a mile from here, in poling over the reef I noted in about ten feet of water a long, narrow outline, and diving down found it was a cannon. By suc- cessive dives I scraped the sand and mud away and dis- closed its entire length, later getting it up. This was ac- complished by continuous diving. We remained down as long as possible and dug out the sand beneath it, finally passing a rope under the gun. A flat scow was then brought out, a derrick rigged, and we took ashore an old Spanish gun of the seventeenth century bearing the arms of Spain still plainly to be seen. How so large a gun had gotten into such shallow water was something, of a mystery, but it was possibly a gun of the old. ship which the crew may have tried to take ashore and failed. To lie on the sloping deck of the old vessel and look, unsuspected, into this living cargo was one of the delights of the reef, as here could be found nearly every fish of the region. Near here the floor of the lagoon in five feet of water abounded in conchs, and long worm-like trepan.gs, the holothuria of the Chinese, that are caught and dried off the Malay peninsula and shipped to China, where they are eaten. To impale one on the grains meant an hour’s work to take it off, so tough were these creatures, and I often wondered what portion the Chinese eat, and how much beating and boiling is required. The “tenderfoot” wonders how the so-called Conchs eat conch, the animal being as tough as rubber ; but the secret is to pound them with a club or rock and break the tissue, then conch is possible. This is the secret of cooking abalone. I knew an epicure who delighted with abalone chowder, attempted to boil the shellfish, and at the end of two days gave it up. To cook abalone it should be placed in a bag and pounded with a stone until it is per- fectly soft, then it is a delicacy indeed. These are “gulfs enchanted,” yet life is not always a dream. Yesterday Bob and I went out into deep water after kingfish, and we had the sport of kings, trolling up and down the long fringing reef that made music in its roar. There had been a storm to the eastward somewhere for several days, reaching us as a heavy swell that piled in upon the long line of dead coral rock, making this a cheveaux de frise for its full length. We went out through the main channel, kept on to the south, and had made a good catch when Bob pointed out a black spot to the east. It did not look larger than a closed hand, but grew under my gaze like a living thing, growing wider and higher. It was a black squall and had already killed the wind, our sail hanging motionless. Bob looked around a moment, then expressed the opinion that we were in a hole. It was impossible to reach the channel to get into the lagoon, and to cross the line of surf looked like the worst hurdle I had ever faced on sea or land. Bob quickly decided it; he took down the sprit and made a leg-o’ -mutton out of our big sail, made everything fast in the dinghy, then kicked off his shoes — a suggestive move which I followed. “There’s a chance of our getting over, boss,” he said, “but I reckon in the wind that’s coming we’re liable to miss it; but if she misses and goes over, ies’ keep right through the surf. There’s so many doggon sharks here that’s it’s onpleasant.” Briefly, Bob was going to try to jump the mass of foam —take the ocean hurdle— and I learned afterward there was a small “five-foot channel” pilots used in calm weather through which a dinghy could, by a special dis- pensation, pass. By this time the air looked as though the end of the world had come. The sky was copper colored, a deep red, the water a disk of steel, the whole heavens presenting a weird and gruesome appearance. I have never seen a change come on so rapidly. It was appalling, and I pulled off my coat, tied the sleeves around the seat, and as Bob took the oar to steer, I grasped the sheet in very light swimming costume. Out from the red cloud came a long, attenuated finger of pearly cloud, apparently not two hundred feet from the water, and beneath it the glassy sea was now cut in every direction by currents of wind" like gashes of a knife, and far behind I could see a wall of white. A strange sound, weird, moaning, became apparent, and then, as though a gun had been fired, a blast of wind struck the rag of a sail and almost lifted the dinghy out of the water, and I saw Bob’s scheme. He was going to take the one chance of riding over the reef before the squall. The furies were behind us, and we certainly raced with them. I never sailed quite so fast as I did lying on my back holding to the slack of the sheet that had a turn about the seat. We fairly flew and quickly hit the outer swell annd were in the heart of the breakers where the full force of the black squall struck us. I thought the mast would go, but Bob shouted, /‘Hang on!” I can see him now crouching, red-faced, his gray hair flying, his bloodshot eyes gazing at the maelstrom ahead, his hairy chest exposed to the storm, his big fists gripping the oar, weighing the chances. Every moment a great sea came rolling in, and we rose with it ; and if being shot out of a gun is any more excit- ing, I shall hone to be spared. But as fast as we went, the’ sea slipped away from us and broke. For a moment % saw the bare, jagged refefcs on all sides, heard the grind- FOREST AND STREAM. ing wall of rocks sawing one upon another, then a great mass of foam struck us and in darkness that could be ocmpared only to night, and in a pandemonium of sounds, we seemed to be crushed out of existence. Exactly what happened I never knew, but I found my- self standing in the water about waist-deep in the lagoon, with the wind tearing the water out of its basin and liter- ally hurling it into the air, and not far away the dinghy full and Bob trying to hold the painter. We towed her further in, wading before the squall, and when it had passed, as it did very rapidly, I saw that we had accom- plished the impossible — had "by sheer good luck taken the hurdle of the reef before a virtual hurricane. Bob never explained it, but I believe I was never quite so near that shipmate Davy Jones before or since. There really is something in fisherman’s luck, as our. string of kingfish was still in the boat where they had been lashed. If the kingfish was a fresh-water fish and could be taken along some lake or stream, the ouananiche or sal- mon would be retired, as no more splendid fighter or better general can be found when played with a rod; in- deed, half the tropical fishes are known only from report, and these are taken on the hand-line, which, being “a dead sure thing,” does not develop their true game qualities. On one side of the key the water shoaled very gradually, and six hundred feet from shore it was not six feet deep. This was the home of the mullet and sardine, and here lurked the barracuda — to my mind one of the most gamy and intelligent of all fishes. To wade along the shallow edge of this lagoon and cast in front of this fish was one of the angling joys of the reef. Here the sand, made up of ground shell and the limy secretions of a certain sea weed, was a very light gray, and the three-foot barracuda assumed the tint so exactly that for a long time I dis- tinguished them with great difficulty. Poising, almost in- visible, they crept like cats upon the stupid mullet, and half the pleasure of the fishing was to watch this con- tinued warfare and its success. Crouching close to the bottom, head on, the fish moved by the most delicate and almost imperceptible motion of its fins. A mere auto- maton it appeared, only the fierce black eyes telling the story. I would wade out and often stand for half an hour motionless trying to fool one of these barracudas, casting my small sardine bait beyond and endeavoring to simulate life in it so that the fish would strike. Twenty times I would bring the sharp-nosed game to the very point. Twenty times I have known it to break, back off, after contemptuously nosing it, and then when I was in despair at my luck, skill, or whatever you may call it, the fish would dash ahead and seize it like a tiger. It had the taste and smell of blood ; everything looked red to it, and it rose determinedly to the surface and bolted the big bait, all the time eyeing me with defiant look. Here indeed was a game that was game, and how he fought ! How he drew me on and on, reaching for the channel, and had I not been in need of barracuda, having passed my word to a certain red-faced ex-topgallant mast that I would provide just such a barracuda for supper, why, he would have escaped in some miraculous manner. As it was, I fought him along the shining sands just as the sun sank into vermilion clouds and great rays went streaming upward; fought him so far that I could almost imagine I heard the syncopated melodies of some yellow friends far down the reef on the next key. After all, angling is not the killing alone, but what you see, feel and hear while you are endeavoring to land the game, and this came home every day in and about this camp on the reef in what some people would doubtless consider the most God-forsaken spot on the globe. Sand and water everywhere. The island was directly in the line of bird migration, and after every gale hundreds of birds would be seen driven in, rails and gallinules so tame that I frequently caught them — beautiful, radiant-eyed creatures, eyes of innocence if expression goes for anything. The bush at these times would be filled with warblers, flocks of coccoos, bluebirds, and others, and before long they would start, having before them a flight of at least three hun- dred miles over water. Later in going from here to the Pass Christian, two hundred and fifty or three hundred miles, many birds joined us in mid-gulf, and a wood- pecker (flicker) did me the honor to share my stateroom one night. Early the next morning I smelt land, and imparting this information to my guest, opened the door, when, without even a “Gracias, senor,” it darted away in the direction of that land smell, and followed up the trail out of sight. An hour later I saw smoke and then land. Many birds are blown off the Texan coast at night and make the ocean flight from the Guineas to Louisiana, rest- ing at Cuba, the Florida islands, from there making the flight across the Gulf. This is to some extent true of the tarpon, whose migrations take it from all along the Cen- tral American coast up to Florida, Texas, and even to Long Island at times — as marked a migration as that of the birds. Chief said Bob was not much to look at, but he was great on broiled barracuda, and when John blew the conch, that has a tone like nothing on earth or under it, there was my barracuda broiled whole with a hard-boiled gull’s egg in its mouth in default of lemon that was one hundred varas away. John was a wag in his way, and the morning after he had been struck on the head by a gull’s egg he turned to Bob and said, “Bob, if you see any eggs fall, jest catch ’em on the fly, will you? I want one to settle this yer coffee.” At this moment the air was filled with terns, altogether the most remarkable sight in the way of birds I had ever seen, while the noise was an in- describable roar, caused by the fact that Chief was some- where crossing the island from the north beach loaded with the best parts of a green turtle. One of the late Prof. Huxley’s best stories is of an Irish painter who was observed covering the side of a house with a fresh coat of green, applied at a furious rate of speed. A passerby, noticing the workman’s evi- dent haste, inquired the cause of his hurry. “Sure,” replied the Irishman, glancing uneasily at his half-empty bucket, “Oi’m trying to finish me worrk on this wall before the paint runs out.”— Harper’s Weekly. [[March 4,1905. Striped Bass of the Pacific Coast. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 20. — If striped bass increase in the same ratio on the California coast during the ensuing ten years as they have within the past nine, these waters will be so overrun that there will be no room for other game fishes. The bass was brought from the east and placed in these waters about half a score of years ago. Prof. David Starr Jordan predicted that he would obey the Biblical inj unction to “be fruitful and multiply,” and Prof. Jordan is not a false prophet; neither does he wear the beard of a false prophet; neither is he without honor save in his own country. To-day there is scarcely a north Pacific coast river or estuary that does not teem with thousands of this gamy fighter and most toothsome deli- cacy. Already he has penetrated far beyond tidewater up the Sacramento and other rivers, and residents of this pretty little city are already polishing up their tackle for the time when the Sacramento recedes to normal and the waters clarify. Taking striped bass with light tackle is truly exhilarat- ing sport, and I hope to see the time when no Pacific coast angler will go forth with an outfit which affords this graceful fighter no chance whatever once he is hooked. Superficially it looks to the writer as though the average troller was bent on making the sport a “sure thing” — as though he were reducing it to the same “sys- tem” with which he relentlessly pursues “business” in order to insure success. For some take away that ele- ment of uncertainty which ought to characterize the play- , ing of a gamy antagonist, and all zest is gone. Anchor a stout hook in the maw of a poor bass, attach an un- breakable line to a sufficiently capable derrick, and there is no doubt about the result. Substitute for these condi- , tions a light rod whose factor of safety is limited save in careful hands, and other similar conditions, and a lover of the sport has something to whet his zest. A dozen or more years ago it was my almost weekly pleasure, in company with Mr. George Moulton, Mr. Timothy Flynn, Mr. Jonathan Steele, or other of that coterie of rare sportsmen, to hie us to the roaring waters of Hell Gate and put in a day of unexcelled pleasure in pursuit of the gamy striped bass who eked his living, and something more, from these churning waters, luring him to battle from off Hog’s Back, where currents leap and crash like a millrace, or from the silent and great depths of The Willows, or athwart the upper end of for- j bidding old Blackwell. Such excursions were sure- enough all-day affairs, beginning at 4 A. M. and extending far into the night, for our bass is a night feeder, and 1 often can be taken only with the aid of moonlight. Rare, i indeed, was the sport one sometimes enjoyed when gamy j old silversides was out after the juicy white worm. On 1 one such occasion Mr. Moulton (with my assistance) captured upward of 100 pounds of bass, ranging from three to twelve pounds weight. And on many another occasion we trolled, and trolled, and trolled again, till both varieties of bait — canned and bottled — were ex- j hausted, and the cusps of the new moon — clean and bright j as a hound’s “tushes”— shone high in the starry zenith, yet we fared home without so much as a single scale. 1 Thanks to Mr. Rockefeller’s “business enterprise,” so much Standard oil came to mingle with the waters of this i channel that the bass finally betook themselves to other feeding grounds, and the anglers of New York lost one of | their best outing places. Later someone discovered fine \ bass fishing on the Susquehanna, where the Baltimore 1, and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads cross, and we \ turned to that far-away region for sport. For the “real thing” in bass fishing, however, one must ; try these western waters. I have no particular place to recommend ; almost any place will do. The average size of the California striped bass is seven pounds — so I am informed on good authority — and I can readily believe the j statement from the specimens I have landed myself and seen in such profusion in the market places. Some have been taken as large as forty pounds. The law limits the size to three pounds; it is open season the year round, i Formerly it was legal to take one-pounders, and June was the only close season. In eastern waters trolling js the . really killing method. Trolling is the favorite method here, also, though still-fishing is pursued with consider- . able success. The details of the eastern and western • methods differ materially. The striped bass seems to have become a much less dainty feeder since his transplanta- j tion to these waters. Perhaps as he grows wiser and warier he will require more tempting bait, to take him. Imagine, if you can, taking a right-minded bass in Hell Gate with a big “gob” of clam stuck on a hook so obviously that it would not fool a cross-eyed crab. Understand, I do not mean to say it could not have been done ; perhaps it has been done, but I never knew of it. , A fair type of the tackle used by the eastern bass fisher of my acquaintance consisted of a four or six-ounce *, trout rod, a Leonard or other reliable make, preferably , 8 or 8V2 feet long, a double action reel carrying 150 feet of light line, and the best twisted gut leader to ’fend against the serrated rocks encountered so frequently, j Two three-foot leaders were preferable. Leader No. 1 we attached to the line with a brass swivel. The second leader was attached in like manner to the first, and to the end of this by means of swivel was attached a small spin- ner of the propeller-screw type. The blades of this spin- • ner were kept brightly polished in order to attract from a distance. To the swiveled end of this spinner was at- tached the hook, preferably a 4/0 or 5/0 of some of the popular hand-forged patterns. We used the longest snell j obtainable — three or four strands twisted and made specially to order, though this was perhaps, unnecessary. [ White worms were the bait par excellence ; it was a mat- ; ter of utmost importance to secure in advance an abundance of big juicy fellows, 12 to 15 inches long, de- livered in sea moss fresh from the sands the day before. Two or three worms were required for a single bait; : they were threaded right through the body from head to tail, then shoved up the hook to the loop of the snell. 1 Rather expensive bait this, for if a bass struck he gen- erally “skinned the hook good and plenty.” The hook 1 was covered clean down to the very point, not a particle of the snell showed— only the silver spinner and the dangly, squirmy mouthful of bait. A few shavings of thin lead rolled round the end of the line served to hold the battery bqneatjt the swift current. Thus equipped, Dafi, March 4, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 177 the boatman, gory of lock and freckled as to visage, sought the likeliest currents of the turbulent waters with a confidence and precision born of long experience, and soon one or both— generally both, for those bass seemed to run in twos — of us would have an engagement of fif- teen or twenty minutes with a doughty fighter. But mark the difference between east and west. Here it is clam, or shiner, or sardine, or Golcher, or Wilson or Stewart spoon. For tackle a rod of great heft is required, a most capacious reel and a hank of line. Altogether the generally prescribed tackle seems formidable, but a number of reputable anglers assert that it is necessary, and opine that lighter tackle would not survive the first strike. However, I am going to “take a hack” at ’em with trout tackle ere long. While heavy tackle is the rule, yet there are some few who have adopted lighter rods and niodester looking reels. Mr. John A. Fatjo, sportsman, club man and good fellow, of Oakland, gives the follow- ing directions for rigging out as many do who angle in Hake Merritt, which is in the heart of Oakland : /‘The best method, in my opinion, is to hook a shiner or sardine inside the mouth so the hook penetrates out- wardly through the neck, using a 000 Wilson hook. There should be two swivels on the leader, one at top and one at bottom. At the junction of line with leader place a' ;sphere of lead about the size of two buckshot with a hole in it large enough for the line to run through easily. This is to prevent the line from raveling. When trolling on the flats pay out about 75 feet. In deeper water shbrten the line to about 40 feet. The most popular line in use on the lake is 15 and 18 strand Cuttyhunk. Some few use trout rods and even Milam reels, but they are in th$ minority. However, I look for lighter tackle to soon displace the kind now generally used. The lighter the tackle the better one’s catch can play, the greater the sport and the more skill required to make a kill. Per- sonally I prefer light tackle. “So rapid has been the growth of striped bass, and so plentiful have they become within the past few years, that now we of Oakland do not have to leave home for, a day’s spfirt. Lake Merritt is tidewater, and the gates of the lalce are SO’ arranged that it fills with the flood tide, but does not empty with the ebb. The flood waters are led through the city in another direction, being used for flushing the sewers. The bass comes gaily swimming in on the flood, but seldom seeks to go out the way he came in. As he. can go no further, he remains, and is indeed lucky if he is not later stuffed with chestnuts and used to fill 'several yearning voids in one of the pretty homes for which Oakland is justly famed.” Some idea of the popularity of this sport may be gained from the statement of Mr. Fatjo, who owns up- ward of thirty yawls arid skiffs, easily accommodating sixty men; these boats, he says, are more than demanded each Sunday, and on secular days many are in use. Other resorts on the lake have a like number, yet on Sunday morning the sign “No boats to let” is up and about with the early birds. Dozens of the late comers content them- selves with casting from the solid masonry banks; they seem to have pretty nearly as good luck as the boatmen. The. lake is about a mile square; a large portion is flats, about two feet deep. These flats are excellent fishing ground at night only; great are the killings some times made there. The average depth of the lake is five feet. Edward Snider, a local angler, is high line, having landed 18 bass in one afternoon, the smallest 4 pounds, the largest 15. James Watts has also made a number of very fine catches. Arthur Sherman has taken the largest bass from the lake — 28 24 pounds. The bass here, as in eastern waters, is as coy and fitful as an unwooed maiden; sometimes he rises to bait or spoon and swallows every- thing1; greedily ; at others the prettiest compliments fail to interest him. But almost any day, if one exercise patience, he may take home enough sizeable fish to “make the frying-pan stink.” That’s one consolation of the sport; here — bass are so plentiful that patience seldom goes unrequited. Another feature is that even on the coldest winter day one may be quite “comfy” in a light- top coat. San Francisco Bay affords good sport in the fall of the year. ' Raccoon Straits is the favorite grounds. Here one would better employ a launch — the cost of which may be made; reasonable by dividing the hire — if economy be an object. The troll consists almost invariably of a Golcher, Wilson or Stewart spoon, No. 6 or 7; it is here especially that the heavy tackle already referred to is considered proper. Once in a while the angler encounters a quinnat salmon; then he has need of stout tackle. Fishing in the straits the past season proved rather poor. San Leandro Bay and Bay Farm Island in the same district, thirty minutes’ ride by electric car from Oakland, also afford good sport. There are other near-by resorts, as Oakland estuary, from the mouth a considerable distance up. George Tyler scored the following kill at the mouth on one tide: 19 pounds, 19 pounds, 20 pounds. 21^2 pounds. The sport at the latter point is good only during Novem- ber and December. Casting off South Rock Wall, Oak- land, also affords good sport, but hundred-pound sting- rays, dogfish and leopard sharks are such a nuisance that many anglers avoid this point. Some fine catches have been made off San Quentin Point, and some at Green Brae; at the former point a 38-pounder was brought to gaff- San Antonio Slough seems to be the stamping ground, the “wallow” of the big striped bass. This is a branch of Petaluma Creek, thirty miles from San Francisco by water. All riparian rights are owned by the Petaluma Sportsman’s Club, but the stream is crossed by the North Shore Railroad, and- as many anglers as can chain their boats to' the railroad bridge piling. Boats are literally stacked up against one another from bank to bank, pon- toon-like. A short time ago ten men made a killing in this slough of 1,200 pounds. Of this party were Mr. Sam Wells,- Mr. Bliss. Mr. McFarland and Mr. Chris. John- son. They fished just one tide. Wait a bit, kind reader, before yelling “game hog!” It seemed that way to me (filled with eastern notions of the proper fishing spirit) when I first heard of it, but acording to local standards it is all right ethically and legally. Certainly the men named are classed as fair-minded sportsmen. On a different occasion Mr. McFarland and a companion made a catch of ten weighing 130 pounds. A week later I was one of a party on a ten-day trip to the same spot in two yawls, ffcg other piembprs \yere as folloy/s : The Pilgrim, Capt, J. Altendorf, Prof. A. F. Twite, F. Pratt and Bert Adams; the Mabel A., Capt. J. Fatjo, Ed. Snider and Edwin Moore. It was not a question of how many we could take, but how many we should take. Mr. Pratt landed the largest, a i7k2-pounder after a spirited tussle of fifteen minutes. The party was absent ten days, and the boats came home laden to the limit with finest specimens of bass for Oakland friends who had bespoken them. Here is what Mr. Fatjo, an experienced angler, and knowing California waters like a book, said to a friend on his return from the trip : “I never saw the like ; they fill the water like a drove of sheep. It is dangerous to drive them inshore in shallow water with small boats. We unintentionally drove a large school of them into a narrow and shallow arm of the slough, and their backs stuck out till we could not count them. Driven to the limit they turned to seek deeper water, and in their attempts to escape many jumped upon the banks and some into the boats. And that was no fun for us, I assure you. Indeed it was dangerous, for they jump and come sailing through the air like a catapult had released them. One big old lunker — he must have weighed at least 30 pounds — lit on his head in the soft earth and stuck up straight like a flag-pole. He stood thus for some moments, but finally wriggled and twisted till he fell over and fluttered back to the water. Mr. Pratt tried to turn their frightened flight with an oar— a bootless effort. We had to finally seek deep water for safety — put to ignominious flight by a horde of striped bass. They were all big fish, and the sight was one I will not soon forget.” J. D. C. The Marking of Artificially Hatched Salmon. Fxshculturists the world over will be interested in the outcome of experiments which the United States Bureau of Fisheries has recently begun with the Pacific salmon. The experiments are in continuation of those first undertaken on the Columbia River in 1896, and consist of the marking of a large number of artificially hatched salmon and their release in the river. The re- sults of the early experiments were so striking — that is, such a large percentage of the fish returned as full- grown salmon, and were captured and reported — that a very strong argument as to the value of salmon cul- ture was afforded; and the present writer has shown* that if the hatching of salmon on the Pacific Coast was, on an average, only one-tenth as successful as indi- cated by the experiments, the work of the Govern- ment was yielding an annual money return of 1,000 per cent, of the cost of salmon cultivation. Recent experi- ments on the same lines, conducted on the Columbia by the Fish Commissioner of Washington, have been attended by noteworthy results! With a view to repeating the experiments on a much larger scale, and under conditions that would insure information of the most reliable and varied character, the present season’s trials were inaugurated with both Chinook and blue-back salmon. Experience has shown that the fins are the parts most readily marked, and that they may be mutilated without essential injury. In the fish recently operated on, the precaution was taken to mark two fins, so that the probability of overlooking the mutilations in the adult would be minimized, and at the same time the chance of mistaking accidental marks would be practi- cally eliminated. Five different lots of salmon, aggre- *“Economie Aspects of National Fishculture and Acclimatiza- tion.” By Hugh M. Smith. (Report of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1903, pp. 14-18.) t“Salmon Marking Experiments on the Pacific Coast.” By Hugh M. Smith,' (Tb§ American Fish Culturist, March, 1904, pp. 9, IQ.) gating over 51,000, were used in the experiments — a number large enough to furnish a sound basis for de- ductions. The fish were retained for several weeks after marking, and then planted in good condition near the hatcheries. They were of “fingerling” size, averag- ing 3 inches long; and the number, history and marks of the various lots were as follows: (1) Eleven thousand three hundred and sixty-five Chinook salmon from eggs taken at the Clackamas (Oregon) hatchery, Oct. 16 to 20, 1903; planted in Clackamas River May 18 to June 15, 1904. Marked by removal of the adipose fin and anterior half of dorsal fin. (2) Ten thousand eight hundred and thirty Chinook salmon eggs taken at Rogue River (Oregon) station Oct. 30, 1903; planted in Clackamas River June 20 to 25, 1904. Marked by removal of adipose fin and posterior half of anal fin. (3) Nine thousand one hundred and ninety Chinook salmon from eggs taken at Mill Creek (California) sta- tion, on Sacramento River, Dec. 15, 1903; planted in Clackamas River July 12 and 13, 1904. Marked by re- moval of adipose fin and anterior half of anal fin. (4) Nine thousand eight hundred Chinook salmon from eggs taken at Little White Salmon (Washington) station, in the fall of 1903; planted in Columbia River, July 25, 1904. Marked by removal of adipose fin and posterior half of dorsal fin. (5) Ten thousand blueback salmon from eggs taken at Baker Lake, Washington, November, 1903; planted in lower Baker River Nov. 11, 1904. Marked by re- moval of adipose fin and one ventral fin. The Bureau of Fisheries has addressed to the salmon interests of the Pacific coast a circular in which the nature and purposes of the Columbia River experi- ments are described, and fishermen, canners, anglers and citizens generally are urged to co-operate with the Bureau, so that whenever a marked fish is caught* the date and place of capture and the weight shall be noted, and a strip of skin including the two marked fins for- warded to the Bureau. The circular requests those en- gaged in the propagation of salmon to mark no fish in a similar way for at least three years, in order that the results anticipated from the present experiments may not be obscured. It is expected that the marked fish which survive the down-stream journey and their long ocean sojourn, will return to the rivers to spawn in 1906-8, and that large numbers will be caught and reported. The following points in the life of the species ought to be conclusively established: (a) The percentage of artificially hatched salmon that return to the rivers as adult fish; or, in other words, the influence of artificial propagation on the salmon supply. (b) The duration of the ocean life of the salmon, and the average annual increase in weight resulting from prolonging the ocean residence beyond the second year. (c) The tenabilitv of the “parent stream” theory; and the extent to which young salmon planted in par- ticular parts of the Columbia basin return when ma- ture to other parts of that basin and to other rivers. (d) Whether the salmon hatched from eggs deposited by the early or the late runs of fish always return to the streams at the same season that their parents did; or whether the particular month when salmon enter the rivers is quite independent of the time when their parents came in from salt water. (e) Whether salmon whose parents frequentd other streams behave any differently from native fish when planted in the Columbia. Hugh M. Smith. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. Fish and Fishing. Canada Declines to Stop Seining. No announcement that it has fallen to my lot to make for a long time past is more regretfully published than the statement that the Government of Canada, represented by the Honorable Raymond Prefontaine, has refused the prayer of the petition addressed to the latter as Minister of Marine and Fisheries, by the North American Fish and Game Protective Association, ask- ing that the Government would put an end to the sein- ing of pike-perch upon their spawning grounds in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain. This petition, which appeared in Forest and Stream of Feb. 25, while sup- porting the applications to a similar effect made by authority of the Legislatures of New York and Ver- mont, was entirely a Canadian production, the drafting of it having been left by the Association to a com- mittee consisting of Dr. John T. Finnief of Montreal, and the undersigned, though the Association adopted it, unanimously, as its own, and instructed its president and secretary to sign and to forward it to the Minister. I mention this fact to show that Canadian sportsmen, and especially the Canadian membership of our inter- national protective association, feel quite as keenly upon this matter as any citizen of Vermont or of New York State can do. I will even go so far as to say that I believe that the Minister of Fisheries himself, notwithstanding the reasoning by which he supports his recent decision, feels somewhat as we do in this affair, for it will be remembered by ex-Governor Nelson Fisk, of Vermont, and the other members of the depu- tation which presented the petition of the Association to him in Montreal, on the 6th of February, that Mr. Prefontaine distinctly said that his personal sympathy was with the movement in which we had interested ourselves. Politics versus Protection. For the cause of the present condition of affairs in this matter we must, unfortunately, turn to politics. The article from the Burlington Free Press, published in Forest and Stream of Feb. 18, touched the root of the whole trouble. Deplorable as it may be, I have not the slightest hesitation in declaring that for so small a mess of pottage as the votes of the fishermen living on Missisquoi Bay or in that vicinity, the Gov- ernment of Canada is prepared to sacrifice the whole fish Jifp of Champlain, The Minister at the head 178 FOREST AND STREAM. |March 4, 1905. of a department of the Canadian government seems in- capable of doing what he conceives and knows to be right, without consulting his colleague in the cabinet who may happen to represent, for the time being, the particular district of territory affected by his action. There is still another proposition to be placed before the people of New York and Vermont wbo are en- gaged in fighting this iniquitous seining matter; but 1 hesitate to suggest it in print, knowing as I do, how money and influence will be immediately employed by the commercial fishing interests, in order to defeat any and every move which they may make. And failing every other means of remedying the evil, I sincerely hope and trust, as I had the honor of saying the other day at the annual banquet of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, in Boston, that an appeal will be made to Washington to entirely pro- hibit the importation of pike-perch from Canada into the United States. Deprived of the American market, the privilege of seining this fish would be next to valueless. And there are any number of Canadians who are ready to join in such an appeal; for truly loyal as they are to their country and its commercial and other interests, and for that reason strongly opposed to the acceptance of the New England demands for reci- procity in trade, they are too neighborly and too much devoted to the cause of the honest protection of fish and game, to stand for one moment for such rascally rapacity as the wholesale netting of fish upon their spawning beds. E. T. D. Chambers. Mr. Prefontaine’s letter is as follows: “Office of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada, Ottawa, Feb. 17, 1905 — E. T. D. Chambers, Secretary-Treasuret N. A. F. & G. P. Assn., Quebec, Dear Sir: I have again considered the question of spring seine fishing in Missisquoi Bay, and, after reviewing the various representations for and against the pro- posed prohibition. I have come to the conclusion that the case of the Canadian fishermen is a strong one, and it is not justifiable to deprive them of the privileges which they have exercised for so many years. “You may recall the fact that when the Canadian prohibition was enforced about ten years ago, under a mutual arrangement with the adjoining States, it came to the knowledge of the department that in spite of our action, and the understanding arrived at, Vermont State issued a considerable number of licenses, and thus strengthened Canadian fishermens’ opposition to the restriction ever sinc.e. “Yours faithfully, (Signed) “R. Prefontaine.” The Anglers' Casting Tournament* Held in Madison Square Garden, New York Cify, in Connection with th- Motorboat and Sportsmen's Show, February 21 to March 9, Inclusive, The tournament for 1905 opened with the Sports- men’s Show the night before Washington’s Birthday, ana the events have been cast every afternoon and evening, with the exception of Sundays, since theh, the attendance, as well as the active interest displayed, showing that our anglers have not ceased to appreciate the full value of such affairs; hence it is safe to predict that the tournament now running will be remembered by all as one of the most successful held so far in the garden. Looked at through the eyes of the visitor, the tourna- ment seems to be but slimly attended and watched, but there is a very good reason for this. In order to make the lake as large as possible for the accom- modation of the large motor boats it was necessary to cncrouch on floor space heretofore given to ex- hibits or to the casters, and it must at one time have been a serious problem where to put the casting tank. This was solved easily, however, by building a plat- form over the exhibits on the island and placing the casting tank on this platform some fifteen feet above the water in the lake. The building department there- upon placed certain restrictions on the management, it allowing only a given number of persons on the plat- form during any event; hence it became necessary to restrict the attendance to casters only, although the committee very generously permitted press representa- tives to be present. Not a few old anglers who came to the Garden complained that they would like to ob- tain a better view of the casting than could be obtained from the galleries, but there was no help for conditions. On the other hand, the casters had their affair all to themselves, the light during the day being excellent, and at night the tank was nearer the immense central electric light chandelier than during other shows, when it was held on an arm of the lake; in short, the tank was better lighted than ever before, and this was ap- preciated by men whose eyesight is not so strong as it was in former years. It seemed, therefore, less of an exhibition for the benefit of the general public and more of a tournament in which only those at the tank- side were interested, and those who have at past tourna- ments suffered slightly from stage fright forgot all about this in a few minutes and did their best work with fly or rubber frog. Good nature ruled through- out and the sentiment was invariably that the best caster should win. Our record for this week is closed with the event cast the night of Monday, Feb. 27. .Other scores will be given in next week’s issue. Opening Event, Feb. 21, Evening. The Initial event was grilse or salmon fly-casting for distance only, open to all. rods not to exceed 14 feet in length, casts to be made with fly furnished by the committee. The judges were H. B. Leckler and M. H. S inith, with Chancellor G. Levison as referee. W. T. Morrison was the first contestant to cast, and came away with 76 feet 3 inches to his credit, followed by D. T. Abercrombie with 80 feet 8 inches; but the gold medal went to E. J. Mills, who scored go feet 10 inches. Feet, inches. Feet. Inches. B, J. Mills......... 90 10 W. T. Morrison... 76 3 P. T. Abercrombie. 80 8 J. H. Wainwright. .Withdrew Event J, the Afternoon of Washington^ Birthday, The increase in interest in bait-casting with short rods and free reels, throughout tire country, but es- pecially in the west and northwest, had something to do with the lively competition witnessed in the first event open to this style of casting, but the fact that the day was a holiday helped, and the event passed off very pleasantly, to the satisfaction of the committee and the contestants who won. This was for single-hand bait- casting, distance alone to count and open to all who had never cast more than 100 feet in any similar con- test. Any rod, reel or line could be employed, but casts were all made overhead and from the reel, which was free running. Half-ounce rubber frogs were used and distance alone was scored. Three trial. casts were permitted, then the next five casts coufited, with the longest one to score. For the benefit of our English readers, who do not understand perfectly the conditions governing events of this kind, but who take no little interest in them, it may be as well to state that rods used in such events are generally five to six feet long, sometimes six and a half. They weigh five to seven ounces and are often fitted with three or four narrow agate guides of large diameter and an agate top placed at an oblique angle to the plane of the tip, with the first guide above the reel some 30 to 36 inches distant; in short, a rod through whose guides the line will run with little resistance. A very fine line, little more than a thread, of braided silk but not dressed or enameled, is the favorite. This is wound on the spool of the reel over a dummy line, so that the diameter of the surface of the line on the spool will be as large as the pillars will accommodate. The frog is attached directly to the line, on which no leader is used. By this means the line may be wound in until the frog touches the top of the rod, and it is cast just exactly as one would throw an apple attached to the end of a willow switch. No brake check is used to prevent the reel running away with the line, all control of this being given by the right thumb, which is pressed on the spool hard or light, according to the speed of the bait in the air, the reel being stopped the moment the bait touches the water. The cast having been recorded by the judges, the line is reeled in, the left thumb guiding it evenly on the spool, so that in the next cast it will run out smoothly and without snarling. The judges were Lody and Milton H. Smith, with C. G. Levison as referee. G. M. L. LaBranche scored 104 feet and won the gold medal, seconded by W. D. Cloves, with 101 feet 6 inches, while C. R. Rnckwood was third. The score: Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. G. M. L. LaBranchel04 H. DeRaasloff 82 W. D. Cloyes.... ..101 6 C. Stepath ......... 71 C. R. Rockwood.. .. 97 H. G. Henderson.. 71 L. S. Darling...., 94 6 D. T. Abercrombie. 70 E. B. Rice Event 2, the Night of Feb. 22, It was too bad that this event did not attract mute boys, as it was given for their benefit, it being open to youths of 20 years or less who could erriploy any rod or leader they chose, while the committee very kindly offered to supply rods for ally intending con- testants who would enter. The casting was with trout flies, for distance only. H. DeRaasloff and W. D. Cloyes were the judges, R. H. Klotz referee. The score : Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. W. H, Cruickshank. 78 Albert Bafends ... 51 7 H. G. Henderson, Jr. 52 Event 4> Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 23. This was a trout fly-casting contest for distance only, without restrictions on weight of rod or length of leader, and open to all who had never cast more than 60 feet in single-hand club or tournament contests. Lody Smith won the gold medal. The judges were H. G. Henderson and C. G. Levison, with E. J. Mills as referee. The score: Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. Lody Smith ........ 61 R. H. Klotz 56 10 C. Stepath .......... 59 9 G. M. LaBranche.. 52 Event 5, Thursday Nigh1, Feb. 23. This event was for switch trout fly-casting for distance only, without restrictions on weight of rod or length of leader, but only those who had never cast further than 73 feet in a similar dub or toufPament contest were ad- mitted. All casts had to be made with an obstacle 15 feet behind the platform. The judges were H. B. Leckler attd J. S. Farlee, M. H. Smith refereeing. The score: Feet. Inches. Feet Inches. L. S. Darling 76 8 D. T. Abercrombie. 55 L. B. Rice......... 61 • R. J. Held......... 52 4 Event 5, Friday Afbrnoon, Feb. 24* Another contest in which any rod of leader could be used, the only restrictions being that a fly on a No. 4 hook furnished by the committee must be used, and only such contestants as had never cast further than 75 feet in any similar contest were admitted. It was for black bass fly- rods, distance alone to count. W. T. Morrison, who was second to cast, scored 66 feet 3 inches and was high man until the last one to cast, Mr. Henderson, had finished with 67 feet 6 inches and stepped to first place, while third was tied and cast off. Will K. Park, of Philadelphia, winning. Robert B. Lawrence and Perry D. Frazer were the j udges, and R. H. Klotz was referee. The score : Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. H. G. Henderson. . 67 6 H. DeRaasloff.... ...56 W. T. Morrison..,, . 66 3 R. J. Held....... ...51 Will K. Park...., . 66 The cast-off: Park ............... . 58 2 DeRaasloff Event 6, Friday Evening, Ft fa. 24. Light trout fly-rods were used in this event, which was cast off with trout flies, distance alone to count, and open to those who had never cast further than 60 feet in any similar contest. Rods were limited to five ounces, but under Rule 16 (see Forest and Stream of February r8, page 139), three-quarters of an ounce was allowed rods with solid metal reel seats, and a further allowance of three- fourths of an ounce if the handle was separate and made with the usual butt ferrule. Will K. Park used a AlA and Charles Stepath a 4413-ounce rod, while those of King Smith and H.. G. Henderson, Jr., weighed §l/z ounces, and Harold DeRaasloff’s rod weighed ounces, the three last named having solid metal reel seats. The judges were Milton H. Smith and W. D. Cloyes, with J. H. Cruickshank as referee. The score: Feet. Inches. Feet, Inches. King Smith ........ 77 H. G. Hendersoiljf. 65 H. DeRaasloff ..... 61 4 C. Stepath ......... 50 Will K. Park 67 6 Event 7, Saturday Afternoon* Fib. 25. This event attracted more attention from contestants and spectators than any other one so far held. There were ten contestaPts, while so many anglers came to the platfofm to see the fun that many had to be turned away for safety’s sake. As it was tile event lasted until long after the lights were turned on, and tide attendants barely had time to clear away the targets in time fot the next event to be started. The conditions called for single hand bait-casting with quarter-ounce rubber frogs, from free running reels, for both distance and accuracy. Only those who had cast further than 100 feet in any similar contest were barred, and any rod, reel or line could be used, but every cast must be from the reel. Each con- testant was allowed one trial cast, then was required to make five casts for accuracy at a buoy 60 feet distant from the casting platform, aftef which he was allowed one trial cast at the 70-foot buoy, followed by five casts for accuracy at that buoy. After all had finished tile distance half of the event was called, and each man made two preliminary and five casts for distance alone. There were a good many withdrawals before this half was started, as it was then long after the dinner hour, and some of those who withdrew had small chance of pulling up their low scores in the accuracy trial, and were loth to prolong the affair. For accuracy the scores were recorded in this manner: For each foot or fraction of a foot the frog fell from the buoy cast at a demerit of 1 was scored, the sum total of these demerits, divided by 10, coup ting as the demerit pet cent. Thi s, deducted from too. constituted the accuracy per cent. The average of the ten distance casts, added to the accuracy per cent, counted as the score. The rods used were various in all but length. In this they varied only front 5 to $l/2 feet, with one split cane rod longer than 6 feet. One steel rod, two wood rods, one split cane, and the balance were six- si rip split bamboo. The use of agate or narrow ring guides front one-half to five-eighths of an inch in diameter was the rule, while most of the fods carried two or three guides and a top instead of more. In the short rods those of one piece, with possibly a separate hand-gfa&p, were in the majority. Only two reels were alike, these being of the all-metal take-apart variety, with automatic click. There were two aluminum reels, one all rubber, and three of the smallest size used in such work, carrying about forty yards of F silk line. The lines used were all of the smallest size made for such use, with none larger in diameter than the No. 53 Natchaug line and most of them smaller, in fact, mere threads of the finest braided silk, not enameled. It is Pot ati easy thing to cast a quarter-ounce frog at a target 60 or 70 feet dis’ant with a free-runniPg reel, and lack of practice puts the expert oil an equal footing with the tyro, as was evidenced in this event, when some of the old-time casters failed to make a much better showing thaP those who were on the platform for the first time, and merely over-zealous or suffering from mild attacks of stage fright, or “buck ague,” as a visitof laughingly asserted. He added that to him the^ distance from the platform to the 6o-foot buoy had at first seemed trifling, but after Watchi'pg the efforts to place the frogs on the targets he came to the conclu- sion that the distance increased steadily until it seemed about 400 yards to the tyros. The judges were Lody Smith and H. G. Henderson, with H. B. Leckler as referee. The score, percentage to count : Distance Accuracy Total Average. Average. Average. L. S. Darling 80 1-5 92.40 172.60 C. R. Woodward 68 3-5 91.00 169.60 C. Stepath 44 4-5 95.70 140,10 C. M. Lucky 129.40 D. T. Abercrombie 112.80 C. C. Ingraham 100.00 Chancellor G. Levison, Milton H. Smith, Harold DeRassloff and Perry D. Frazer withdrew. Event 8, Saturday Nigh*, Feb. 25, An open eveilt in which weight of rod and length of leader were not restricted, distance alone counting. All casts had to be made with an obstacle 15 feet to the rear of the casting platform, which was about one foot above the water ievei. Judges, H, G. Henderson and Lody Smith; referee* R. H. Klotz. The score: Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. R. Leonard 88 H. Hawes 83 L. S. Darling....... 83 9 E. J. Mills.., 76 6 Event 9, Morday Afternoon, Feb. 7, A light fly rod contest, distance only to count, and open to those who had never cast further than 75 feet in a similar contest. Rods were limited to five ounces with allowances mentioned above (event 6). The judges were Chancellor G. Levison and Edw. Boote; referee, R. H, Klotz. The score : Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. R. F. Cruickshank. 81 6 W. H, Hammett.... 67 H. G, Henderson. Jr. 67 6 H. DeRaasloff ..... 57 All used 5t4-ounce rods. Event JO, Morday Night. Same as event 9, but rods limited to four ounces, with’ allowances as per rule 16, and open only to those who had never cast further than 75 feet in any club or open contest with rod weighing four ounces or less. The length of leader was not restricted. The judges were C. G. Levi- son and M. H. Smith ; referee, R. F. Klotz. The score : Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. W. H. Cruickshank. 77 H. G. Henderson.. 65 C W. H. Hammett.... 71 H. DeRaasloff ..... 64 __Rods: Hammett, 4%-ounce; Cruickshank, i%; DeRaasloff, 4%, Henderson, 4%. All had metal reel seats. All communications {or Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New Ygrli, fg receive attention f. W* no other oMcf. March 4, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 179 A Mid-Winter Fish Story. This is a true story. It concerns fishes and those who catch them; and it teaches the moral that he who believes that a fish is dead simply because it is frozen is sometimes mistaken as to the facts. The Lakeview club had a gathering at North Hadley one afternoon this week, and one of those who went out to enjoy the fun and partake of the fish dinner, which was served at the club house, was Howard C. French. He had a good time along with the rest of the guests and ex- perienced nothing unusual. As the afternoon wore on he bethought himself of the children at home and concluded that they would derive instruction and amuse- ment from the examination of a real fish. So he went out to the pile of fish, which had been caught by the clubmen and selected a fine frozen specimen, weighing about six pounds. This he wrapped in a piece of paper and placed in the pocket of his overcoat. He returned to his home in the- evening, bearing with him the fish, entered the house and hung ur> the coat in a warm corner. He did not think of the fish until later’ in the evening , and then went to the coat to take out his frozen creature. In place of a frozen fish he drew forth a live one. It was the same one which was frozen as .stiff as a board earlier in the day. It was now in so fair a way toward complete resuscitation that it was thrown into a basin and the water was turned on it. The next morning the fish was swimming about ad libitum. A live fish is very much to He preferred to a frozen one. — Northampton Gazette (Mass.). Early Salmon Fishing* Editor Forest and Stream: Salmon fishing in the rivers of the eastern coast of Nova Scotia is now well under way, a number of fine fish already having been taken. The first day of February ushered in the sport when a beauty, fresh run from the sea, was taken with the fly in Port Medway River; the fish weighed 18 pounds, and the Indian who captured it was offered a dollar a pound for it on the spot. Although there is still much ice and snow, the salmon return to the stream as early as they did of yore when the winters were much milder than they have been in recent years. Edward A. Samuels. IPtu fennel — <$> — Pointer Club of America* The annual meeting of the Pointer Club of America was held on February 13 at Madison Square Garden, New York. There was a large attendance of members. In the absence of the president and vice-president, Mr. G. Muss Arnolt was chosen to preside. The minutes of the meet- ings held at Barber, N. C., during the field trials were read and accepted. It was resolved that competition hereafter for the medals of the club at dog shows which may be donated shall be open to all ; when two medals are offered for the best pointer dog and best pointer bitch, also when a field trial class is open, a medal shall be donated to the dog that has been placed. The Rochester and Buffalo Kennel Clubs and the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, were each donated two medals, viz., one for the best pointer dog and one for the best pointer bitch. It was resolved that the thirty days’ probationary clause of arti- cles 6 and 7 of the by-laws relating to candidates for membership, shall be annulled, and that those nominated for membership at any regular meeting when properly vouched for shall be eligible for election. The following were elpcted to membership: Messrs. Walter H. Hanley, G, L. Chapman, Joseph M. Cooper, F. S. Battershall. The election ot othcers for the ensuing year resulted as fol- lows: President, R. A. Fairbairn; Vice-President, Dr. James S. Howe; Secretary-Treasurer. C. F. Lewis; Board of Governors — George S. Mott, George S. Raynor, G„ Muss Arnolt, C. P. Wilcox, W. C. Root. Dr. A. Y. Ter- rell, E. W. Throckmorton, L. Victor Fromont ; Delegate to A. K. C., A. H. Ball. C. F. Lewis, Secretary. Hunt Clubs* Following is a list of the registered hunt clubs and the masters: Blue Ridge, Millwood, Va.. Edward G. Butler. Berkshire, Lenox, Mass.. Clinton G. Gilmore. pi-'>nrtvwir>» Wc^r Ch^mr. Pa.. OinrUs F„ Mather. Cameron Run, Alexandria, Va., Courtlandt H. Smith, Chester Valley. Berwyn. Pa.. R. Penn Smith. Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase, Md., Clarence Moore. Deep Run. Richmond, Va.. H. C. Beattie. Elkridge. Woodbrook, Md., Edward A. Jackson. Es^ex Hunt, Gladstone N. J., Charles Pfizer. Grafton Hunt, Grafton. Mass., Harry W. Smith. Green Spring Valley, Garrison, Md„ Redmond C. Stewart. Harkaway, McDonald. Pa.. F. M. Lowrey. Keswick. Keswick, Va Julian Morris. Lima. Lima. Pa.. Charles A. Dohnn. Loudoun, Leesburg. V d . . D. B. Tennant. Meadow Brook, West! tiry. N. Y., P. F. Collier. Middlesex. South Lincoln, Mass., A. Henry Higginson. Mr. Hitchcock’s Hounds, Aiken, S. C, T. Hitchcock. Jr. Mr. Maddux’s Hounds. Leeton Hill. Va., J. K. Maddux. Myopia, Wenham Depot, Mass., George S. Mandell. Norfolk, Medfield. Mass., Henry G. Vaughn. Orange County. Goshen, N. Y., and Farquier county, Va., John R. Townsend. Patap^co, Elkridge. Md.. Dorsey M. Williams. Piedmont. Upperville, Va., R. Hunter Dulany. Pine Hill. Front Royal. Va.. James D. Hall, Jr. Radnor. Bryn Mawr., Pa.. John R. Valentine. Rose Tree. Media. Pa.. Edward Morrell. Unland. Upland. Pa.. Edward Crozer. W^rrenton, Warrenton. Va.. W. D. Benner. West Chester West Chester. Pa.. John Jav Gheen. Wf“=f cheater. White Plains. N. Y.. Eugene S. Revnal. White Marsh, Erdenheim, Pa., Welsh Strawbridge. Points and Flushes* The Waterloo Cnp. England’s greatest coursing event, was won hy W. H. PawsoiTs Pistol IT. at the Altcar course. February T7 The runner-up was Mr. L. Pilking- ton’s Prince Plausible. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Strc-im Pub. Co., New York , to receive attention. We hazt m other office. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. (.Continued from page 161.) Gasolene engine cylinders must be carefully designed in order to get anything like highest efficiency, to say naught of long life to the engine. There is an intimate relation between the cylinder, piston, connecting rod, crank shaft and rings that makes each separate pail responsible, as a defect in any one is a defect in the en- gine as a whole. Two-stroke cylinders, differing as they do from four-stroke construction, will be treated first, and such additional points as have not been mentioned will receive attention later. To design a two-stroke engine cylinder, having decided on the diameter and length of the stroke, the amount of compression desired should next be decided. In two- stroke engines this is usually less than in four-stroke, and if this is the first engine to be designed, an excellent plan is to start with a compression of say 45 pounds gauge. It is rarely that a higher pressure than this is available in two-stroke engines. This first cylinder should be designed with a removable head, for should it be de- sirable to change the compression by increasing or de- creasing the clearance, it is much more economical to make new heads than new pistons. If the upper part of the cylinder, the combustion cylinder, is of a cylindrical section, it is much more easily figured than if the upper part is spherical or a section of a sphere. The rule for figuring the clearance and resulting theoretical compres- sion is a simple mechanical one, and while in actual prac- tice it may vary somewhat from the results, these varia- tions will be explained later. The piston displacement, which is often mentioned in gasolene engine articles, is the amount of space displaced in the cylinder while the piston is traveling from the lower to the upper center. For instance, if an engine is 5in. diameter and sin. stroke, the displacement would be the area of the top of the piston multiplied by the stroke, or more properly, the area of a 5in. circle, which is found by multiplying the square of the diameter by 7854 and that by the length in inches, 5 x 5 x .7854 x s — 98.175 cu. in. The displacement now being 98.175 cu. in., if the clear- ance or the number of cubic inches between the top of the piston and the cylinder head when on the pis. on is on the upper center is equal to the displacement, theoretically the compression would be two atmospheres, approximately 14.7 pounds per square inch, above the atmosphere, as registered by a pressure gauge, or 29.4 pounds absolute, which is known as two atmospheres, properly the volume of two atmospheres compressed into the space of one. If the clearance is one-half the displacement or but 49.8 -r cu. in., the compression would be four atmospheres instead of two, 44.1 pounds gauge, or 58.8 absolute. _ If it is desired to increase the compression, it can readily be accomplished by reducing the clearance, and, vice-versa, reduce the clearance to increase the compres- sion. If you desire at any time to find the theoretical clearance in your engine, a very simple means may be employed, provided the surface is irregular. Put the pis- ton on the upper center; take a 16-ounce graduate of kerosene pr other thin mineral oil, and fill the cylinder up through the place where the insulated electrode or relief' cock screws into the head, and carefully measure the amount of oil it takes. A gallon contains 231 cu. in. ; sixteen ounces is one pint, or 1-16 of 231 cu. in. Then, knowing the displacement of the piston from the diameter and stroke, you can easily figure the compression. There is one allowance, however, which should be made in figur- ing the displacement of a two-stroke engine. As the pis- ton has to ascend some distance before compression be- gins, or until the exhaust port in the cylinder is closed, the corrected displacement is found by mul.iplying the area of the circle by the corrected stroke, found by de- ducting the distance from the top of the piston when ort the lower center to the top of the exhaust port, from the stroke of the engine. By using this corrected displace- ment the fractional or true compression can be found in the same manner as the theoretical compression. Clearance having been decided upon, the next and most important step is in the location of the inlet and exhaust ports. No empirical rules can be made or followed in their location, length or width, as these all depend on the amount of back pressure in the exhaust passages and muffler, the speed of the engine, amount of compression in the crank space, and several other important points. 'l oo early opening exhaust ports may cause large loss of power and inordinate consumption of fuel, while insuffi- cient size or too late opening may cause loss of power by not allowing the products of combustion or the burned gases to escape. If there is but little pressure on the gas in the crank case, there will be insufficient power, and the ports must be opened earlier. In the length of the ports there can be no mistake made, provided they are made as long as possible and not permit ends of the rings to catch in the ports. Bars or partitions in the port open- ings will effectually prevent this. In some cases they are set diagonally and in others perpendicularly to the axis of the shaft. If the engine is one that takes its gas through the head instead of a port just below the ex- haust port, there should be a series of exhaust ports ex- tending the entire circumference of the cylinder, if best results are to be obtained. An excellent object obtained by this construction is heating the cylinder by the passing out of tile exhaust gases on all sides of the cylinder, with less liability of warping. or destroying its inner surface. The fast running engine needs an earlier opening ex- haust port than a medium or slow speed. If you are sure that your exhaust port is sufficiently wide, when you come to test it for power and consumption of fuel, it can readily be determined whether the ports are opened too early or too late by finding at what speed the engine de- velops the most power. This will be treated fully when we reach the subject of testing. The point of exhaust opening is a very fine one, and depends also upon the length of the connecting rod. The longer ihe rod. in proportion to the stroke, the earlier the port should open, and the shorter the proportional length the later, if you will lay out out on a draughting board a 5in. circle, loin, connecting rod and note the various posi- tions of the lower end or the center of the crank pin when the piston 'has traveled down 4 inches and each ^ in. up to its full stroke, you W ill note that a difference of i-i6m, ot’ k&in. in the- time of opening the exhaust port will make a arrpqt difference ip the proportions of the time in the half circle described by the piston on the down or power stroke. If the length of the piston rod is in- creased to uin., 2 1-5 times the stroke, you will notice quite a change in conditions. [to be continued.] American Power Boat Association. — At the annual meeting of the A. P. B. A., held Monday night. Feb. 27, the following officers were elected: President, J. Howard Wainwright, American Y. C. ; Sec’y, Anson B. Cole, Manhasset Y. C. ; Treas., F. A. Hill, Norwalk Y. C. ; Meas., H. J. Gielow, Atlantic Y. C. The Executive Com- mittee consists of Harold Brown, Swampscott Y. C. ; J. H. McIntosh, Columbia Y. C. ; Alfred Costello, Frontenae Y. C. ; Geo. P. Cranberry. New Rochelle, Y. C. President J. Howard Wainwright appointed a commit- tee to arrange for a cruise for power boats to the St. Lawrence to attend the gold challenge cup races. Start will be from Albany, August 19. to Oswego, and crossing Lake Ontario the route will lead to Chippewa Bay. On the return the itinerary is St. Lawrence, Ritchelieu River, Lake Champlain, Champlain Canal to the Hudson River. The cruise will probably occupy in the neighborhood of two weeks. A week’s power boat racing will follow the challenge cup contests, under the auspices of the Frontenae Y. C. Memorial Day, May 30, was decided upon for Man- hasset Bay Y. C. power boat races. The only proposed change in the rules was in that in determining the horsepower of twe-stroke engines, substi- tuting 850 as a constant instead of 750. The matter was left to the executive committee for later consideration and decision. The Association consists of thirty-nine clubs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nominating Com- mittee was L. F. Jackson, C. P. Tower and Edw. J. Mac- Lellan. n & Boston Automobile and Power Boat Show.— This show will be held in Mechanics’ Hall, Boston. March 11 to 18. inclusive. Of the 83.000 square feet of exhibition space, 35,000 square feet was reserved for power boats and engines. The automobile space was all taken several weeks ago, and but less than 500 feet remain of that re- served for power boats. Nearly all the exhibitors at the New York show will be represented. Geo. Lawley & Son. the noted shipbuilders, will have a 64ft. mahogany cabin launch on exhibition. Everything points to a lar^e attendance. & n n — J i-’J. I . 1 ty steam yacht designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris for Captain A. B. Benjamin, is now nearing completion at Bayles’ yard. Port Jefferson. She is 90ft. lono- 17ft 7in. breadth and 5ft. draft. *? »f. Sayona Changed tnto an Auxiliary.— The yawl Sayona, ex-Iztaccihuatl. owned by Mr.. Frank C. Swan is being fitted with a 15 horsepower Craig engine “ The propeller will be a two-bladed one of the feathering type The work on Sayona is being done under the direction of Messrs, A, Cary Smith & Ferris, Q "0n 0t 180 FOREST AND STREAM. '[March 4, 1905, The Motorboat and Sports- man's Show. The Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show has been run- ning for a week as we go to press. The attend- ance has been phenomenal, and hardly one who has been there but has repeated his visit or vowed that he would before the second week is over. It is well worth seeing. The large lagoon proves a very attractive feature, as we predicted last week. Its fleet of boats, ranging from the small runabout launch to the high speed yacht tender and autoboat, is wonderful. To see one of these fast boats race up and down the lake first at lightning speed ahead, then stop almost instantly and run backwards, always under perfect control, turning sharp corners, is amazing. The arranging of such a vast exhibition has been fraught with more or less apprehension on the part of the man- agement, but not a thing has yet occurred to even sug- gest that the 1905 Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show is anything that it ought not be. It was feared at one time that the sportman’s end would be slighted, but the ex- tensive exhibits of camping and outdoor goods, fishing rods, game birds and animals, canoes and general sport- ing goods, proves that the fears of the doubters were groundless. The Intercolonial, Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway and the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company’s exhibits take up the entire eastern end of the promenade floor. These exhibits are a part of those shown at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and are more extensive than they ever were before. Among the Exhibitors. The Gas Engine & Power Company and Chas. L. Sea- bury & Co., Consol., have as showy an exhibit as any one at the Garden. The high speed launch tender in the water is a particularly able looking craft, commodious and com- fortable. The mahogany launch in their space is a marvel of beauty in lines, finish and appointment, and has been sold as a tender to Com. F. G. Bowne’s flagship Delaware, N. Y. Y. C. The six cylinder engine with oval brass water jackets is probably one that gets more attention than any other at the Show. It runs with no rattle, vibration or noise, and makes an excellent appearance. They report several sales, more than they ever recorded at any pre- vious exhibitions, the effect of such showing usually re- sulting in the placing of orders with them at the works following the shows, rather than during the time of their exhibit. Panhard & Levassor show the 40ft. high speed boat built for them by the Electric Launch Company, and described recently in these columns. She is a modern up-to-date two-man boat, but is arranged so that the engine operator may also act as steersman if desired, an auxiliary steering apparatus being placed just abaft the engine on the port side. The engine is a 60 horsepower Panhard four cylinder auto-marine type. The rudder, placed ahead of a two-bladed reversible propeller, is of the balanced type. The object of this location is to re- duce strain from the race of water, and to enable the boat to turn more quickly and steer easily. The shaft is inclosed in a brass protecting sleeve. She has not been thoroughly tested out yet, but fully 28 miles is expected of her when thoroughly “tuned up,” a speed greater than any boat of her length has ever attained. They also show a 24 horsepower four-cylinder engine of the same make, and an assortment of power boat accessories made by them or imported. Abercrombie & Fitch Company have more space than any other exhibitor — 72 feet — on the main promenade, and space for their canoes, etc., on the island. They have a miscellaneous collection of everything necessary or convenient pertaining to outdoor life, prospecting, hunt- ing, fishing, boating, canoeing, etc. Their Touradif rods and Talbot reels have taken many prizes in fly-casting tournaments. Something new in flies is their Pennell-eyed flies snelled. A very complete and light rod repair kit is shown for the first time. To even the veteran angler their exhibit of flies is a revelation. In outing shoes and boots their line is complete. Lightness and wet-proof features are the two essentials they insist upon. Silk tents, guaranteed waterproof, and an entirely new alu- minum cooking outfit will be appreciated by those forced to make portages. Sheet steel stoves, folding chairs, cots, and shelves are shown. An especial pack- saddle is shown on a full model mule equipped with alforjas and pack-sheet with diamond hitch thrown. Prospectors’ picks, miners’ wash-pans, linen mountain climbing ropes, skis, snowshoes, traps, etc., are but a few of the multitude of articles shown. Winchester rifles fill a rack and a full line of Colt’s revolvers is to be seen. A most complete line of English hunting, boating and surveying compasses needs special mention. Four models of canoes are shown, each for a particular purpose, in- cluding the famous Caughnawana model, canvas-covered, weighing but 45 pounds. The novelty of the show is a power canoe, equipped with a 2 horsepower two-stroke gasolene engine. This canoe has air sponsons, and is absolutely non-capsizable and non-sinkable. John Wanamaker, New York, has two exhibits, one on the promenade, where he shows a full line of canoes made by the Fraser Hollow Spar & Boat Company, Greenport, L. I., formerly the Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Com- pany, Whitestone. A 16ft. special canoe is shown weigh- ing 46 pounds. It is finished in medium brown, a neutral tint, the ideal boat for trout fishing. Their B grade is better adapted for salt-water use, being a little heavier. Mention must be made of the superior filling and finish of the canvas with which these canoes are covered. The filling is applied and carefully smoothed off, after which two cases of enamel are applied, color to suit the pur- chaser. On the island in the lagoon they show a full line of Pierce launches and engines. A 21ft. compromise stern launch, being neither torpedo round nor square, has a 5 horsepower two-stroke Truscott engine in the center, with the after part of the cockpit partitioned. An 18ft. similar boat has a 3 horsepower engine for power equipment This boat is on the lagoon. Two launches of an entirely new type, equipped with four-stroke en- gines, are shown. Their sterns have something the ap- pearance of beaver tails ; they are of light draft and espe- cially designed for fishing and hunting. The 21ft. launch has 8-12 horsepower engine and the 25ft. a 16-24 horse- power. TIlS £$jibition of motorboats apcl iqotors sftown by The Lozier Motor Company has attracted manifold in- terest of visitors at the Garden. This, no doubt, is due to the fact that the name “Lozier” was so long associated with the manufacture of Cleveland bicycles, and latterly with the power boat and marine engine industry. A hand- some 31ft. semi-racer with a 25 horsepower four cylinder four-stroke motor of the latest type is exhibited in the lake, and demonstrations of the working of the motor are made at the request of anyone interested. In the booth is shown a 21ft. torpedo stern launch of standard make, one of several hundred which this company has built on the same lines. Among the features that may attract most attention is the silent and odorless under-water ex- haust with which all Lozier power boats are provided ; and the fact that these boats are absolutely safe, it being im- possible for any gasolene to gain admittance to the cock- pit proper, as the copper gasolene tank is located in a water-tight compartment under the forward deck, and the gasolene conducted from the tank to the vaporizer by means of a seamless brass pipe attached to the outside of hull. The motor exhibit consists of three different types of motors known as A, B and C. A sample 3 horsepower type C motor is set up with shaft attached, the wheel re- volving in a tank of water. This type of engine pos- sesses many new and novel features, and those who have a knowledge of marine engines are surprised to see a two- stroke engine having the same speed control as one of the four-stroke type. A 40 horsepower four cylinder four- stroke marine engine of conservative weight is shown, and a close inspection of the same by those who are compe- tent to judge first-class machine work will demonstrate that only the highest class of work is put upon these engines. I he Williams-Whittelsey Company show three espe- cially fine built boats. The 30ft. boat in the booth is a handsome yacht tender or runabout of fine lines and good model. She has a raking stem and double transom stern. Engine, as in all three boats, is installed forward under cover. Planking is of specially selected Spanish cedar with African mahogany trimmings. The log from which this mahogany was cut sold in London for over $16,000. This is _ the best finished and most expensive 30-footer ever built. The figure in the wood is exceedingly hand- some. In the water they have a 35ft. runabout autoboat, single-planked in Spanish cedar, trimmed with quartered oak. Boat has rear transom and a combination of side seats and wicker chairs. A 20ft. Spanish cedar yacht tender with mahogany trim is also afloat, equipped with an 18 horsepower engine ; estimated speed 12 miles at 800 revolutions per minute. The new patented Whittelsey double frame construction is shown in contrast with double planking. Enough is said of this new departure in hull construction when one learns that the well-known Standard, after three years hard service, is still in first- class condition, owing to this system, which was first tried on Standard. This concern is strictly a boat designing and building one. They have no connection with any gaso- lene engine builders, and are prepared to install any en- gine selected, with absolutely no preferences. Bird, Jones & Kenyon, Utica, N. Y., are giving a won- derfully impressive demonstration of Duxback clothing. A dummy fitted with hat, coat and trousers is placed in a tank and a sprinkler directly over the shoulders, where the liability of wetting through is the greatest, discharges some fifty gallons of water per hour. After seven hours the outer surface is but slightly dampened, and the under surface is absolutely dry. Sulphur matches in the pocket can be readily lighted after this test. This clothing is not high priced, is within the reach of the amateur as well as professional sportsman. The fisherman or yachtsman could use Duxback to much better advantage than oiled clothing, and in case of accidentally falling into the water, would be no more impeded than with his usual habili- ments. These goods will never heat when rolled up, are moth proof, and will be serviceable until worn out. The coat weighs less than three pounds, is soft and pliable, and of a neutral tint that will not reflect or radiate the heat of the sun. The texture of the goods is sufficiently open for ventilation, and permits of the evaporation of bodily exhalations, something impossible with rubber- filled fabrics. Porosity is not sufficient to allow cold air and wind in winter to chill the wearer. A suit complete consists of double-lined coat, reinforced trousers and ven- tilated hat. For ladies’ wear the suit would consist of hat, coat with half-fitted back, and five-gored unlined skirt provided with necessary pockets. The same gar- ments are also made in corduroy lined with Duxback. These are all reversible, so that the corduroy can be shown in town and Duxback worn when it rains. Dux- back is now a standard article of manufacture, and each garment is sold with a rain-proof guarantee. The Anglers’ Company, Hartford, Conn., were unfor- tunate in having the greater part of their exhibit delayed in transit until the latter part of the week. Their “Dia- mond” metal-whipped rods are a revelation to the fisher- men who have never before seen them. They are light, strong, sensitive and extremely flexible. Solid cork grip, Oriental opal bitt and tip guards and aluminum end caps and mountings make them exceedingly handsome and durable. They show light fly, bait and Adirondack troll- ing rods in various weights, made from bamboo, dagama and other woods. Their “Service” fly-books, combining soak box and fly-book is an entirely new and practical book. The lines, tackle cases and other specialties, to- gether with their rods, makes an attractive and popular exhibit. Newbury & Dunham, of the Western Launch Yard, Williamsbridge, N. Y., representing the Western Launch & Engine Company, of Michigan City, Mich., and the Globe Iron Works Company, Menominee, Wis., have a 20 horsepower high speed four-stroke engine of four cylin- ders, weighing approximately 400 pounds; also a four cylinder 12 horsepower four-stroke heavy service engine. These two engines are made by the latter firm under the name of the “White.” The Western engines are all of the two-stroke type, and are shown as follows : 21ft. launch, 3 horsepower single cylinder; 22}4ft., 6 horsepower double, and 25ft. 7 horsepower single.. A 14 horsepower double cylinder engine completes their exhibit, with the exception of the Tige, which is the first passenger vessel gasolene-propelled to ever ply on Sport Lake. Smith & Mabley, Inc., 513 Seventh avenue, New York, have on the lagoon a 30ft. yacht tender, single- planked with mahogany, and 30 horsepower Simplex en- gine, The forward copkpit contains steering and operat- ing apparatus, while the engine and passenger space is in an after cockpit. This latter is divided by a glass parti- tion which can be lowered in good weather. A removable and collapsible spray, rain and sun hood is provided on brass framework. A rear transom and removable side seats are provided with red carpet and plush hair-filled cushions. Chairs can be used if desired by removing the side seats. Mr. C. K. G. Billings, New York Y. C, will use her as tender to Surf. No brass railings are necessary to correct any imperfections in shear lines. In- stallation is in every respect the very safest possible. Duplicates of the engines in the Vingt-et-Un II. and Challenger are shown; also the numerous cups and tro- phies won by these two craft. John V. Rice, Jr., & Co., Bordentown, N. J., show several modern two-stroke engines, a 10 horsepower double cylinder and single cylinder 1% and 4 horsepower. These engines are of the high speed piston intake type; one of the engines shown the builders claim to have run 3,200 revolutions per minute, with a crank case compres- sion of 15 pounds at moderate speed. Ignition is by jump spark with Splitdorf coil and their own timer. Engines will run in either direction. They also show a 4 horse- power single cylinder four-stroke engine of good appearance. G. W. Cole Company, 141 Broadway, New York, have as an object-lesson a hatchet and gun barrel, both smeared with “3-in-One” immersed in a tank of water. Neither shows the least effect of the action of the water on the bright surfaces of the metal. It does prevent rusting, for if it will prevent it for six days, there is no reason why it should not for six weeks. Hand rails and bright work around yachts and boats, after polishing, could be pro- tected from the action of salt water if it were used occasionally. Douglas Manufacturing Company, 96 Church street. New York, are giving demonstrations of “New-Skin,” patching up for all who apply, cuts, scratches and barks, absolutely gratis, and are glad to have people meet with minor casualties for the purpose of alleviating their slight discomfort and furnishing them with “New-Skin.” For the fisherman, sportsman and gas engine operator to be without a supply of “New-Skin is hardly excusable. The Standard Motor Construction Company, of Jersey City, N. J., has on exhibition at the Garden an autoboat yacht tender of a very stable design, maintaining the lines of a high speed boat. One of their motors in a boat similar to this has been sold for a tender to the President’s yacht, Sylph. They exhibit an excellent photograph of the motorboat Gregory, which is now on its way across the ocean, having stopped at Bermuda. Their small ice machine and direct-connected electric light plant for yacht lighting, and a 12, 18 and 25 horsepower engine of slow speed type ; also a 100 horsepower motor of the six cylin- der reversible type are also shown to advantage. Small Power Gasolene Engines. — We are pleased to note that some of our well-known engine builders are catering to the sportsmen’s wants, and are placing on the market motors of from ^4 to 1 horsepower, designed espe- cially for rowboat launches. They are prepared to furnish outfit with gasolene engine installed or will sell engine and all accessories necessary for installing at a reason- able price. Some have the gasolene tank in the base, so that no tank in the bow of the boat is necessary, and all are designed for ordinary pleasure and fishing boats. Some men already possess their own boats, and realize fully what a convenience it would be to have installed therein a small and compact motor capable of driving a boat from 5^4 to 6j4 miles an hour, the speed, of course, depending almost wholly upon the lines of the boat. _ To avoid excessive wear in these high speed little engines, it is necessary that many of the wearing parts should be of hard bronze or steel case-hardened ; the engine must be correctly designed, and in fitting the rings and assembling, painstaking care must be taken — even greater than in the larger sizes, for while an ill-fitting piston ring will only lessen the power of a large engine, it would be quite apt to prevent one of these small engines from running at all. Hence exceptional care must be taken in their manufac- ture in order that the engine may prove efficient and give satisfaction to the owner or user. There is no question but that these small motors are here to stay, one firm we know of having sold over 1,200 last season, and the de- mand for them is constantly increasing. In the past, igni- tion troubles have been the principal drawback to the succesful operation of the baby engine, due to high speed and the consequent rapid deterioration of dry batteries. But now compact magnetos and dynamos, specially de- signed, can be procured, thus eliminating to a large ex- tent the annoyance of weak and worn-out batteries. Not only are these little motors being sought after by sports- men, but, installed in a boat of proper dimensions, one can have an ideal family launch for a comparatively small outlay of money. « Thistle and Atlantic Entered in Ocean Race. — Commander Hebbinghaus, naval attache of the German Embassy at Washington, has received two more entries for the ocean race for the Kaiser’s Cup. The two boats entered are Atlantic, owned by Mr. Wilson Marshall, and Thistle, owned by Mr. Robert E. Tod. Thistle is a two- masted steel schooner 150ft. over all, 110ft. waterline, 28ft. breadth and 14ft. draft. She was designed by Mr. Henry C. Winteringham and built at Shooters’ Island, S. I., by the Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Company in 1901. Atlantic was designed by Messrs. Gardner & Cox, and built at Shooters’ Island by the same firm that constructed Thistle in 1903. She is of steel and is rigged as a three-masted schooner. Atlantic is 185ft. over all, 135ft. waterline, 29.3ft. breadth and 15ft. draft. The committee in charge of the race have decided that all vessels will have to handle their sails by hand, and that the engines cannot be used for that purpose. This is a fair and just provision, and should attract more entries from men who own sailing yachts. •6. *S ft Huguenot Y. C. Meeting.; — At the annual meeting of the Huguenot Y. C., held on February 18, the following officers were elected : Com., L. C. Ketchum ; Vice-Corn., G. G. Bell; Rear-Corn., H. A. Woodward; Treas., J, Riggs ; Sec’y, Reune Martin. FOREST AND STREAM 181 March 4, 1905.J Cruising Schooner Blacfchawfc* The requirements of the owner of this yacht called for a vessel in which seaworthy qualities should be the pre- dominating feature. She is of a fine, easy model, with clipper bow and liberal deadrise. For the sake of easy motion at sea, a large portion of the ballast is to be car- ried inside. Her scantlings are excessively heavy, in- suring great strength and durability. The rig is a snug one with a liberal portion of sail in the foresail. A common defect in schooner yachts is getting too much area in the mainsail, thus sacrificing the advantage of that rig. The cabin plan shows accommodations for quite a large number of people. In the main saloon there are two berths, and the transoms extend, making berths for two more. Forward of the saloon there are two' state- rooms with two berths in each, the upper folding up like a Pullman berth. The toilet room, galley and forecastle are very roomy, with full head room throughout. There is a liberal amount of locker space in the boat, and she should make a very comfortable cruiser. There are tanks for fresh water beneath cabin floor, with capacity for 120 gallons. The toilet room is sup- plied with hot and cold running water, and the boat is lighted with acetylene gas. The joiner work in saloon and staterooms is mahogany. A power tender and sail- ing tender are to be carried. The sails for the boat are furnished by Messrs. Wilson & Silsby, and the blocks by Merriman Bros. Blackhawk was designed by Mr. Norman L. Skene, and is now being built for Mr. Charles E. Gibson, of Boston, by C. F. Brown at Pulpit Harbor, Maine. The dimensions are as follows: Length — Over all ..61 ft. L.W.L .42ft Overhang — Forward 8ft Aft ..lift. Breadth — Extreme 14ft. 3m. Draft — Extreme 8ft. 3in. Freeboard — Least, to rail 3ft. 8in. Area, lower sails 1,95° sq. ft. Ballast, iron — ■ Outside 10, 000 lbs. Inside 17,000 lbs. The cabin plans and details of rigging and iron work will be published next week. 182 FOREST AND STREAM {March 4. 190& Boston Letter, Boston, Feb. 27. — Five new 22-footers. By far the greatest development in racing classes for the coming season will be among the 22-footers, in which class live new boats are now under way. This class will be raced, •as usual, under the rules of the association wrhich governs it; and it may be said that, no matter what favorable action might generally be taken toward the adoption of the new uniform rating rule, the owners of yachts in this class would undoubtedly insist upon racing as a special class. It looks as though the class would be well (represented at all races throughout the season, for the in- terest which was aroused last year through close competi- tion has in no way abated. Owners of the older boats are just as enthusiastic as ever, and each believes that he has an equal chance with any of the boats which may come f'rCSn from the builders at the opening cf the season of 1^05. In addition to the new boats building, there •are at least four of the older ones that will be out for blue pennants, and it is quite possible that there may be more. It is likely that the boats will stick together in all of the circuit racing throughout the bay, for the disposi- tion among the racing owners has been to keep at it, no matter where they finished. One of the most enthusiastic among the owners of the new boats is Mr. H. H. White, who is having one built by Mesrs. Hodgdon Bros, at East Boothbay. Mr. White’s boat was designed by Messrs. Small Bros. She is now all planked, and is said by those who have looked her over to be a beauty ; that is, so far as a Massachusetts Bay 22-footer can be said to be beautiful. Mr. White is quite confident that she will prove a wonder in her class; but so is each of the other four owners of new boats. Another boat building at the Hodgdon shop is for Mr. W. H. Joyce, for whom Tayac was built two years ago. This boat was designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield. She lias also passed the planking stage. Another boat from the board of Messrs. Small Bros, is building at Graves’ yard, Marblehead, for Mr. H. L. Bowden, the famous autompbilist, whose Hayseed, sailed by Mr. John F. Small, won the championship in the 18ft. knockabout class last season. The new boat will be sailed by Mr. Ernest Hendrie. Boston Y. C., who sailed Mr. F. L. Boroden’s 18-fooier Arbeka II. last season. This is the only one of the five that is not an out-and-out keel boat. She is a compromise keel, with a draft of a little more than 5ft., carrying a small centerboard. It is expected that this may give her the advantage of being able to get into shoaler places than the other boats when all hands are hunting for dukes in the breeze. Mr. C. C. Hanley has been at work on a 22-footer for Mr. A. C. Jones, which should now be in the finishing state. It is -somewhat of a departure from Mr. Hanley’s rule to turn out a keel boat 'of his own design for racing purposes, but he feels con- fident that he can produce the speed and Lhere are many who share his confidence. Those wrho have been familiar with Hanley creations in the past, know that he is likely to prove a dangerous competitor with any type of small boat. The last new 22-footer to be heard from will be designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley, and will be built at the Lawley shops at Ci.y Point. The owner’s name cannot be announced with certainty yet. Mr. Fred. Lawley did not admit knowing anything about the boat last Friday, but the contract was signed on that day, and she is to be finished by May 1. CHANGES IN OLD BOATS. Some of the 22-footers that raced last season and in 1903 are to receive alterations calculated to improve their speed, and they will be out with the new ones when the time comes. Commodore B. P. Cheney and Mr. Charles D. Lanning, Boston Y. C., have felt that Clotho, last season’s champion, is still fast enough to make them all hustle another year. It is said, however, that some altera- tions will be made on Clotho before the season opens. Clotho is now at Lawley’s. Peri II., which was purchased from Mr. George Lee by Dr. Morton Prince, is being re- built under the supervision of Mr. E. A. Boardman. who designed her. She is now at Graves’ yard, Marblehead. Peri II. will be sailed by Mr. Boardman during the coming season, and will be raced for all she is worth. Medric. formerly owned by Mr. H. H. White, and now the property of Mr. George Lee, is also at the Graves’ yard. She will be altered to suit her new owner, and is sure to be raced hard. Opitsah V., owned by Messrs. Sumner H. and Herbert I. Foster, will be out again this season, but with few if any alterations. She will be sailed part of the time by Mr. Sumner H. Foster, but as he is greatly interested in the welfare of Mr. Joyce’s new 22-footer, it is likely that his brother, Mr. PI. I. Foster, will do most of the stick work in Opitsah. It is expected that Mr. John Greenough’s Urchin will also be out, but whether or not there will be any changes made in her is not known. - ’ NINETY-FOOT SCHOONER FOR MR. ROY A. RAINEY. A 90ft.: .steel centerboard schooner is to be built at Lawley’s for Mr. Roy A. Rainey, of Cleveland, a member of the New York Y. C., from designs by Mr. A. S. Chese- brough. Mr. Fred. D. Lawley has been assisting Mr. Chesebrough in working out the lines. The new schooner is a full-bodied craft of wholesome type, with a fair amount of deadrise. While it is quite likely that she may be raced, there has been no omission of detail in the layout below decks. She will be elaborately fitted up and will be a most comfortable cruiser. She will be 130ft. over all. 90ft. waterline, 25ft. beam and 13ft. gin. draft. The work of laying down will be commenced immediately. NINETY-FOOT SCHOONER ELMINA II. The 90ft. steel schooner Elmina II., designed by Messrs. A. Carey Smith & Ferris for Mr. F. F. Brewster, has been plated at Lawley’s, and now the deck and cabin work is going in. Last week the plate seams were covered with a specially prepared white cement, which leaves a glassy surface when dry and this week the priming coat will probably go on. The schooner is a large and improved Elmina I. She should be fast and comfortable, and a good actor in a seaway. Canada’s cup defender. The lead keel has been run at Lawley’s for the Canada Cup defender designed by Mr. Charles F. He’^e^hoff for :< member of the Rochester Y. C. This boat will be about 48ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, 10ft. 9m. beam and 7ft, 4in, draft, She will have 9,600 pounds of ballast. NEW 21-FOOTER FOR LIPTON CUP. Mr. Fred. D, Lawley is at work on the lines of a 21- footer for a syndicate of members of the Columbia Y. C., of Chicago, whose names are for the present withheld This boat will compete for the Lipton Cup for 21-footers presented to the Columbia Y. C. by Sir Thomas Lipton. NEW BOAT FOR SOUTHERN WATERS. Messrs. Burgess & Packard have designed and are building at their Salem shop a 40-footer for Mr. J. A. Rawlins, of New Orleans, vice-president of the Bay Waveland Y. C. She is 50ft. over all, the limit of the class in which she will race. She will compete with Calypso, Chewink III., Cadillac and others which have recently been purchased in southern waters. She will carry 1,700 sq. ft. of sail, the limit of the class being 2,000 sq. ft. She will resemble the sktmming-dish type of some years ago, with flat body and short overhangs. It is ex- pected that she will be completed by April t, when she will be tried out in Massachusetts Bay. She will then be sailed to New York, whence she will be shipped south on the deck of a steamer. John B. Killeen. YACHTING NEWS NOTES.] For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Chicago Y. C.’s i8ft. Class. — There is no doubt that the Chicago Y. C. will have good racing next summer as a result of the meeting on February 23 of the Yacht Owners’ Association to boom the 18ft. class. As a result of this meeting, four boats, at least, will be started at once, being built by Dr. C. P. Pinckard, Mr. Sidney Mitchell, and Mr. R. V. Price, the fourth boat being built by a syndicate headed by Messrs. Keogh, Atkin and Hacker. It is expected that other syndicates will be quickly formed, as the cost of these boats does not exceed $1,000 each, and they are seaworthy and particularly adapted for afternoon sailing, having a large cockpit and a small cabin. The boats will be named after Indian tribes, the names having been selected for the present boats being Pequod, Keowa, Miami and Apache. It is reasonable to assume that they will be known next summer as “the Indians.” The members are subscribing for a handsome cup which will cost about $750, which will be a perpetual trophy to be raced for by boats belonging to any yacht club on the Great Lakes, and the first regatta for this cup will be held September 2, 4 and 5 of this year. Considerable inter- est has been shown in this class by other clubs outside of the Chicago Y. C., namely, at Milwaukee, Detroit and the Corinthian Y. C., of Chicago, who promise to have at least one boat in the race. * « « Sloop Building at Atlantic City. — A cruising sloop 55ft. over all is being built at the Vansant Shipyard, At- lantic City, N. J., from designs by Mr. Thomas D. Bowes for Mr. William Somers. * * * C. H. Crane Appointed Fleet Captain S. C. Y. C.— - Commodore William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., has appointed Mr. Clinton H. Crane fleet captain for the coming year. *, *»„ * Canada Cup Boat by Gardner & Cox. — The Canada Cup boat designed by Messrs. Gardner & Cox for a syndi- cate of Rochester Y. C. yachtsmen, headed by Mr. Thomas B. Pritchard, will be built by Mr. William M. Miller, of Charlotte, N. Y. The design shows a boat of extreme type. The rules under which the craft was de- signed do not produce as wholesome a boat in the small as they do in the larger classes. New Racing- Catboat.— Mr. A. C. Middleton, of Cam- den, N. J., has secured plans from Mr. A. Cary Smith for a racing catboat. The boat will be an improved Bouquet, which craft has raced for the past five years with such success on Barnegat Bay. * H « New Herreshoff 40-F00TER. — There is building at Bristol a 40ft. waterline cruising sloop. The design of the hull is identical in every particular with the monotype 30-footers turned out. by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. for members of the New York Y. C. In fact the same set of lines was used, the scale alone being changed in order to make the waterline work out to 40ft. St K K Atlantic Y. C. Meeting. — Some fifty members at- tended the annual meeting of the Atlantic Y. C., held at the Hotel Astor on Monday evening, February 20. The following officers and committees were elected : Com., Daniel G. Reid; Vice-Corn., F. D. Underwood; Rear- Tom., Er-TU. Havens ; Sec’y, E. H. ,M. Roehr; Treas., Bartow S. Weeks ;::WIea-s,,-..H...J- 'Gielow Trustees (to serve three years) —J. R. Maxwell, Hendon Chubb ; Re- gatta Committee-— Theodore D. Wells, Fred. Vilmar, Harold Lee ; Membership Committee — G. D. Provost, F„ J. Havens, W. L. Pettibone ; Library Committee—C. E, Robertson, Hendon Chubb, W. H. Nelson; Entertainment Committee — J. L, Golden, Charles Baker, PCD. Bernard; Nominating Committee — W. H. Nelson, H. B. Chamber- lain, J. S. Negus, J. B. O’Donohue, S. E. Vernon, A. W. Booth. Rear-Commodore E. B. Havens presided. The club now has 559 members, and 267 boats are enrolled in the club fleet. The club will probably have an annual cruise this year. The details will be arranged for by the Regatta Commit- tee and flag officers. An automobile garage will probably be erected on the club grounds. If constructed, the building wiil.be located at the southwest coiner of the property, arid will cost $3,000. _ The initiation and life membership fees will go toward a sinking fund for the purpose of meeting $25,000 of bonds due in nine years. The new racing rules for rating measurement adopted at the recent conference of yacht clubs was passed. K it it John McGilvray Dies. — John McGilvray died at his home in Brooklyn from heart failure on February 23. He was born in 1820 at Bailey’s Brook; Nova Scotia. He was an expert in the building of marine docks arid raiL _ ways. Aboiit tWenty-four years ago lie WdS dppoihted dockmaster of the graving docks at Erie Basin, and dur- ing that time he has had charge of the docking of all the America’s Cup challengers and defenders. His acquaint- ance among yachtsmen was a wide one, and he was loved and respected by all who knew him. * S? »» Auxiliary Yawl Sold. — The auxliary yawl Yonondio has been sold by Mr. Chas. Morgan to Mr. A. A. Spadone, through the agency of Stanley M. Seaman, New York. She is 46ft. over all, 31ft. waterline, 14ft. beam, 4ft, draft; designed by Mr. Chas. G. Davis, built 1899 by Detroit Boat Works for Mr. C. J. Bousfield, Bay City, Miehigam ^moqing Atlantic Division Dinner* The annual dinner of the Atlantic Division of the American Canoe Association was held at the Sterling Hotel in Trenton, N. J., on Saturday evening, February 18, 1905. The dinner was a great success in many ways, and, in fact marked a new epoch in the history of the Association in that all previous records were broken in the number of guests present. There were one hundred and one mem- bers and their friends present by actual count, and every Division was represented. The arrangements were per- fect, and great credit is due Commodore Furman and his committee for their untiring zeal in looking after every- body’s comfort and seeing that sufficient accommodations were obtainable for all who wished to remain in Trenton over night. The banquet hall was very prettily decorated with flags from the different clubs in the Division. Among those noticed were the burgees of the Trenton, Red Dragon, Knickerbocker, and others. Of course “Old Glory” was there in profusion and headed the list. The dinner was served at 7 P. M., and the menu was excellent, again reflecting great credit upon the committee and the caterer alike. A very pretty feature of the evening was the presenta- tion to every guest of a souvenir in the form of a stein appropriately marked with the date, etc., stating the event it commemorated. About ten o’clock the speaking was commenced by Com- modore Furman, who, amid great applause, stated in out- line the programme for the Decoration Day cruise, and who was later assisted by H. C. Allen, who gave further details of this Division camp, and upon the request of a member present, described the difference between a stop- ping place and a hotel. Judge R. J. Wilkin, president of the Board oi Governors, also made an address which wis lustily applauded. Mr. Fred. G. Mather, treasurer of the Association, was the next speaker who told some pleasant experiences of- his canoe life, and incidentally,. I noticed, he received quite a number of applications for life mem- bership in the Association. Ex-Commodore Lawson and Thorne also spoke, and the festivities were brought to a close by the reading of letters and telegrams by Mr. C. W. Stark from the absent ones. There was one incident of this dinner which cannot be forgotten. It was the silent toast drank to the memory of Commodore MacLismr of the Red Draeon Can^e Cl”b who died so suddenly this winter. Mr. M. D. Wilt read a letter from the members- of this club offering a cup to be raced for atjhe Division meets, to be known as the M aq Lister t'r dpKy. Undoubtedly the Executive Commit- Wee: will accept the offer. March 4, foeg-I FOREST AND STREAM, As above Indicated, -a number of the members stayed m Trenton over night, and were entertained the following day by the Trenton Canoe Club members, who, in the course of the morning, escorted their guests to Park Island, and a most enjoyable time was had walking home on the ice. A meeting of the Executive Committee was held before the dinner, and the plans decided upon for the spring camp, notice of which will be sent in time to each member. A. C A. Membership. NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. . Atlantic Division— W. Chapin Thompson, West Phila- delphia; Wm. G. Jones, Jr., New York city; George E. Taylor, New York city; James E. Taylor, New York city. Atlantic Division — Irwin N. M. Cubberly, Trenton, N. J. Central Division — Geo. Douglas Miller, Albany, N. Y. Central Division — Edward J. Fonda, Rochester, N. Y. Eastern Division — Ratcliffe G. E. Hicks, Providence, R. I. NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. Atlantic Division — 4876. Frederick Gilkyson, Trenton, N. J. ; 4877. Frederic R. Brace, Jr., Trenton, N. J. ; 4878. Hudson C. Burr, Plainfield, N. J. ; 4879. Paul L. Cort, Trenton, N, J. ; 4880. Alfred L. Belfield, Philadel- phia, Pa. Atlantic Division — 4884. W. Chapin Thompson, W. Philadelphia, Pa.; 4886. William G. Jones, Jr., New York city; 4887. George E. Taylor, New York city; 4888. James E. Taylor, New York city. Central Division — 4873. Evans S. Kellogg, Schenectady, N. Y. Central Division — 4881. Howard Baetjer, Pittsburg, Pa. ; 4882. Henry M. Laithe, Pittsburg, Pa.; 4883. David Y. Swaty, Pittsburg, Pa.; 4885. George Douglas Miller, Albany, N. Y. Eastern Division — 4872. Ralph F. Reynolds. Somerville, Mass.; 4874. Benjamin C. Lane, Boston, Mass.; 4875. Frank J. Wilson, Boston, Mass. NEW LIFE MEMBERS. 2896. William W. Crosby, Woburn, Mass. ; Life Mem- bership No. 34. 947. William R. Huntington, Rome, N. Y. ; Life Mem- bership No. 35. February 18, 2987. Frank S. Thorn, of Central Divi- sion, Life Membership No. 36 ;_ February 18, 1089. Walter U. Lawson, of Eastern Division, Life Membership No. 37; February 18, 1945. Henry C. Allen, of Atlantic Divi- sion, Life Membership No. 38; February 23, 982. Henry C. Ward, of Atlantic Division, Life Membership No. 39. *ijle § mid 0 nlhr y. Fixtures. March 1-9.— New York.— Zettler annual gallery tournament. Ashevi'Ie Rifle Club. Asheville, N. C., Feb. 18. — Our club was organized in Septem- ber, 1904. At present we have a membership of thirty-two. So far this winter, we have not missed having a shoot each week. Our range is 200yds. Standard American target, 8in. hullseye; 8. 9 and 10 count as bullseyes; 3 to 7 are outer rings. Offhand shooting, any sights and any make of rifle. Double shoot of Feb. 14, 1905, ten rounds: First shoot: T M McCanless 7 10 10 10 7 8 3 7 7 9—78 \V H Wright ...5 8 5 8 7 9 6 10 10 6—74 Chas. I Bard ....10 94476 10 66 3-65 Dr. S W Battle 487474776 8—62 Chas. X Badger 9.. 5655967 4 — 56 Dr. D E Sevier 33485874 4 10—56 J A Perry 634467636 4—45 Dr. J T Sevier 634457635 4—45 J E Stevens 55333.. 479 3 — 42 G H Lambert 3 6 5 4 4 5 6 3 3 3 — 42 Second shoot: J M McCanless 87659584 10 4—66 Chas. I Bard 3 9 6 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 — 61 Dr. S W Battle 674845767 6—60 Dr. D E Sevier. .5 8 6 6 7 10 7.. 6 4—59 J E Stevens 465755593 6 — 55 Chas. L Badger 346545845 7—51 Dr. J T Sevier. 34633446 10 7—50 W H Wright 543555674 4—48 J A Perry 355643583 4 — 46 The officers are as follows: President, Hon. J. C. Pritchard; Vice-President, Dr. C. P. Ambler; Captain, J. M. McCanless. Chas. L. Badger, Sec’y. West Sonora (O.) Rifle Club. The following scores were made on Feb. 18 in the twenty-shot match of the club; shot in strings of four shots, 100yds., off-hand, open sights, 4in. center, value 12, possible 240. T. Garreth, of Euphemia, O., was high man with 217. C. W. Matthews second with 210. The five county rifle match will be held at Eaton, O., on March 3, and there promises to be a large attendance of riflemen. T Garreth 43 47 43 42 42—217 C W Matthews 41 44 44 38 43—210 1, I-Iinnea 40 42 39 42 43—206 S lloffman 34 39 44 - 40 47—204 P Rinehart 39 39 44 43 38 — 203 Chalmer Tice 42 40 38 41 41—202 Clarence Tice -.. 33 44 42 37 45 — 201 L Bruner ..38 36 36 44 45—199 1 Pyles 37 36 37 37 40-187 j -Gephart 30 37 36 43 38-184 C Pitman ....31 36 36 39 36-178 Englewood O. Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The medal shoot of the Englewood Rifle Association was held on Feb. 22, and was won by H. Kerr, of Butler Township, with 27 out of a possible 40. Joe Hoover, the winner of the previous contest, fell off in an unaccountable manner. Several special matches for money prizes were shot. Medal contest, 100yds. offhand, and rifle, four shots, 40 possible, Standard American target, l%in. center: Kerr 27, Liber 20, Iddings 16, Mast 15, Fetters 15, Heck 4, Hoover 0, Mayer 0. Specials, ICOyds, offhand, three shots, possible 30, money prizes: No. 1 — Liber 22, Fetters 19, Mast 15, Hoover 12, Heck 10, Iddings 9. No. 2— Iddings 23, Liber 20, Kerr 16, Fetters 11, Mast 11, Heck 11, Hoover 6. No. 3— Fetters 24, Kerr 19, Mast 13, Liber 11, Iddings 11, Hoover 5. No. 4 — Kerr 19, Iddings 19, Fetters 16, Liber 15, Mast 14, Hoovar 7. No. 6 — Iddings 22, Mast 17, Liber 14, Kerr 9. Italian Rifle Club. The scores follow for the weekly practice shoot at headquarters, 159 W. 23d street, New York City, all shooting on the regular twenty-five !4in. ring target: Selvaggi 242, Alferi 240,.Reali 237, De Felice 237, Borroni 235, Muzio 234, Rosotti 228, Cassetti 221, De Stefaao 217. Zettler Rifle Club. The weekly practice shoot brought twelve members in com- petition for high scores Tuesday, I;eb. 21. All shooting offhand on the regular twenty-five Min. ring target: L C Buss . 7. 242 247 245 243 248 L P Hansen 242 244 243 248 242 A Hubolek 246 246 242 243 240 C Zettler, Jr,. 244 246 243 239 243 O Smith 241 241 237 244 244 G Schlicht 240 240 242 242 242 H C Zettler 238 243 240 242 240 H Fenwirth 237 235 240 235 237 C G Zettler 237 241 240 236 228 B Zettler 236 232 236 233 235 A Begerow 230 236 232 240 238 G J Bernius 233 236 223 223 229 Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four Mile House, Reading road, Feb. 12. Conditions, 200yds. offhand at the 25-ring target. Payne won the championship for the day with a score of 225. Odell was high on the honor target, with 67 points. The scores: Payne 225 218 217 211 209 Hasenzahl 223 221 217 212 211 Nestler 216 215 213 213 211 Odell 215 215 215 212 210 Hofer 214 207 204 200 194 Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. The following scores were recorded at headquarters, 159 W. 23d street, Feb. 23. All shooting on the regular twenty-five Min. ring target. R. Gute was leading man, with the exceptionally fine total of 493 out of a possible 500 for his twenty shots.: R. Gute, 246, 247; Gus Zimmermann, 244, 245; G. Ludwig. 243, 243; A. Begerow, 238, 243; L. C. Hamerstein, 239, 239; T. A. Young, 238, 239; F. Liegibel, 236, 237; J. Facklamm, 234, 236; H. J. Behrens, 225, 221; F. C. Halbe, 218, 221; A. Rodler, 193, 208; B. Eusner, 194, 206; J. Bittscher, 195, 204. Lady Zettler Rifle Club. Saturday evening, Feb. 18, was ladies night at the Zettler Clug. Miss M. Zimmermann, daughter of the famous marksman, Gus Zimmerman, secured a full score of 250 for ten shots on the regular twenty-five Min. ring target. All shooting from muzzle rest on regular target at 75ft. : Miss M. Zimmermann, 247, 250; Miss K. Zimmermann, 244, 246; Miss Ludwig, 245, 246; Mrs. H. Fenwirth, 242, 247; Mrs. F. Liegibel, 248, 240; Miss B. Ludwig, 240. 245; Miss H. Schen, 237, 238; Mrs, B. Zettler, 236, 230. Fixtures* March 6-7. — Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club two-day amateur shoot. Jas. W. Bell, Sec’y. March 7. — Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club target shoot. W. H. Myers, Sec’y. March 11. — Lakewood, N. J. — All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec’y. March 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. March 20-25. — Kansas City, Mo. — Dickey Bird Gun Club six-day tournament. March 28.— Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club. March 28-29. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. April 4. — Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. Howard F. Koch. Sec’y. April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas, C. Need- ham, Sec’y. April 8. — Richmond Valley, S. I. — Ninth all-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y, Wilmington. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27.— Scottdale Pa., Gun Club shoot. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Glean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12.— Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18.— Herrington, Kans.— Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-1S. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. _ D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31.-June 1.— Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s • Association tournament. June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament, une 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament, Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 14-16. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association's. Grand American Handicap target tournament; $l,ti0U aaatu m^ney. Elmer E. Shaner. Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum. Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen’ Sec’y. July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md. “-Tar get toimiaraei-it JL A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. •_ Aug. 2-4.— Albert Lea, Minn.—1 The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the A.bert Lea Gun Club, N, E. Paterson, Sec’y. _ - Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-1S. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K, Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Stc’y. Aug. 22-25. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand W estern Handicap. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS- Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company , 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Crescent Athletic Club, of New York, and the Boston, Mass., Athletic Association have arranged to hold a team contest. It will probably be held on March 11. * » Mr. Howard F. Koch, Secretary, informs us that the Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club has fixed on April 4 as the date for an all-day target shoot. Programmes will be issued later. X The team of the Cleveland, O., Gun Club Company defeated the Akron team and thus established a permanent ownership of the ttophy. This was the Cleveland team’s fourth consecutive win. X According to daily press accounts, the attempt to repeal the New Jersey law prohibiting shooting live birds at the traps, has been abandoned owing to the strong public hostility to such attempt. It Mr. A. A. Schoverling, Manager, writes us that the ninth all- day shoot of. the Mullerite Gun Club will be held on the grounds of the Aquehonga Gun Club, of Richmond Valley, S. I., on Sat- urday, April 8, at 11 A. M. It The five-man team contest for the State championship, held at Wellington, Mass., was won by the Birch Brook team by a score of 215 to 204. Birch Brook and Watertown are now tied on . two wins each. The next shoot will be held on March 11. At the shoot held on the Point Breeze Track, Philadel- phia, Feb. 25, in a 10-bird event, the weekly prize shoot, Messrs. Brown and Richards tied on a full score. In the 15-bird event Murphv scored 14 alone. X The Philadelphia Record recounts briefly the following tragedy: “Mt. Carmel, Pa., Feb. 22.— In a live-bird shooting match here to-day Dick Lovell killed 3 out of 7 birds, while Charles Keihl killed ibut I. The match was for $50 a side.” ,j X At the shoot of the Florida Gun Club, at Palm Beach, Feb.:25, in the contest for the Mortimer cup, Mr. J. S. S. Remsen, of New York, was high, with a straight score. He shot from The 32-yard mark. There were fourteen contestants. X F. W. M., the shooting name used by F. W. Mathews, was associated with several wins at the poultry shoot of the Allan Magowan Shooting Association, Feb. 18. He won seven of the nine chickens which were offered as prizes. X In the contest of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League, Feb. 25, the following named clubs contested: The Florists’ defeated the Hillside, 188 to 141; Meadow Springs defeated the S. S- White, 178 to 16S; Media defeated Narberth, 211 to 179; North CamdetFde- feated Highland, 166 to 159. • - X The programme of the Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club spring tournament for amateurs, March 6 and 7, provides like events") for each day, namely: Ten events, each at 20 targets; $2 entrance. Four moneys, each equal. Orffy manufacturers’ agents may shoot for targets only. Ship shells to Indianapolis Gun Club, 121 West Washington St. X The target shoot of the Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club, M”arch 7, has thirteen events on the programme, of which one is at 10, two are at 20 and the remainder at 15. Entrance 50 cents, $1 and $1.20. Totals, 200 targets, $12.60 entrance. Tower shooting, if time per- mits. Added money, two high guns, $3 and $2. Low gun, $1. Mr. W. H. Myers is the secretary. m In a four-man team contest, Feb. 25, at Travers Island, between teams of the New Yorth Athletic Club and the Larchmont Yacht Club, the former won. Each man shot at 25 targets. The scores were; N. Y. A. C. : D. J. Bradley 20, T. J. McCahlll 20, C. E. T. Foster 16, F. W. Perkins 16; total 72. L. Y. C.: W. D. Rose 16, J. A. Pisani 18, J. R. Collins 10. David Raib, Jr., 18; total 62. X Mr. E. W. Reynolds, cashier and manager, informs us that a grand winter target tournament of the North River Gun Club will be held at Edgewater, N. J,, Thursday, March 30 at 10 A. M. Programme consists of 150 targets, $11 entrance. A five-man team race, $10 per team, 50 targets per man, $5 for each team en- tered to be divided 50, 30 and 20; Rose system of division in other events. X The twenty-eighth annual tournament of the Iowa State Sports- man Association, to be held at Des Moines, la., March 14-16, has a like programme for each day, twelve events at 15 and 20 targets, $1.50 and $2 entrance. On the second day there also will be the Ottumwa diamond badge handicap event, 50 targets, $5 entrance; 16 to 22yds. Also on third day the Smith cup, event 6, additional entrance $1.50. The championship event for Iowa amateurs, 1.0 targets, $5, money divided into four equal parts, and a cup valued at $50 to the winner. Averages, not high guns. First, second and third, choice of Remington, Parker or Winchester; value $40. Twenty-one prizes in all, in value from $40 to $5, most of which is cash. Shooting will begin at 9 o’clock. Targets, 2 cent's. Ship guns and ammunition prepaid care Hopkins Bros. Co. Practice, March 13. Association meeting on March 15. Messrs. Budd and Whitney, managers, : 184 FOREST AND STREAM. (ft*: RCH 4, igOS, The Bradford, Pa., Gun Club contemplate holding a three-day tournament, and to that end are endeavoring to raise a fund of $500 for expenses. Nearly the whole amount was subscribed, ac- cording to last reports. On Washington’s Birthday, this club held a shoot, but bad weather limited its scope. However, twenty- one shooters were present. Mr. L. E. Mallory, Jr., broke 159 out of 175. m, Mr. Edward Banks, formerly of New York, but now a resi- dent of the serene hamlet of Wilmington, Del., was a visitor in New York on Thursday and Friday of last week. His chief object was to meet a nephew from England who was journeying to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He proved to be a fine young man, properly equipped with excellent shotguns to enjoy the shooting for which the far Northwest is famous. Mr. Banks was the recipi- ent of a present from his good friend, Mr. Wm. Sherer, Jr. It is a dainty, finely wrought purse of ancient, classical design, a product of Australian workmanship. m The recent ruling of the Interstate Association, commended else- where by “Amateur,” in our trap columns, opens the door freely to certain opportunities of professionalism, masked by the position of clerk in a wholesale or retail hardware and gun store. The weak place in the ruling is that an employer can engage an expert shooter and pay him a salary in excess of his real value as a clerk, so that he can thereby pay for his gun and shells, thus complying with the letter of the ruling. Indeed, the clerical posi- tion might be merely nominal, and still comply with the ruling. While the old ruling worked a certain degree of hardship on the small number of clerks mentioned in relation to trapshooting, the present ruling has possibilities of hardship to thousands of ama- teurs. Bernard Waters. Stanley Gan Club® Toronto, Can., Feb. 25. — The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday. The day, being mild with a light southerly wind, was all that could be desired for good shooting. In the spoon contest, which is a 25-bird event, handicap by extra birds to shoot at, there were seventeen entries. It was won by Mr. Wilson with 6 extra, totaling 23. Next Saturday the Stanleys meet the Riverdales on the latter’s grounds in a league match at 25 targets per man. This will be the first time these two clubs will have met this season, and a good match is looked for. The following is a summary of Saturday’s scores: Spoon contest, 25 targets, handicap extra birds: Dunk (scratch) 20, Lewis (5) 13, Rock (scratch) 15, Hogarth (4) 16, Buck (1) 20, Hulme (scratch) 22, XX (5) 21, Herbert (2) 18, Hampton (2) 16, Dey (scratch) 21, Fritz (3) 22, Martin (6) 22, Wilson (6) 23, C. Chapman (4) 21, Green (scratch) 22, D. Chapman (5) 22, Ingham (4) 16. Events: 123456789 10 11 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 Rock 9 . . 5 . . 8 .... 12 .. 9 7 Hulme 8 9 Buck 8 .. Fritz 7 . . Herbert 6 . . Dink 9 Ingham 7 Dey 5 West 3.. 7.. 4.. .. Lewis 3 .. 7 4 .. .. Lewis 8 .. .. 7 .. .. Hampton - 8 .. 7 .. XX 3 .. 8 11 Wilson . 8 Martin .. .. 7 4.. 4 Townson 5 Chapman 14 .. Alex. Dey, Capt. Sheepshead Bay Gun Club. Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Feb. 22.— At the holiday shoot of the Sheepshead Bay Gun Club, four 25-target events and several 10- target events were shot. The scores in the 25-target events were as follows: Orescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, New York, Feb. 22. — There was active competition from 11 o’clock, at the holiday shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club. In the shoot for the holiday cup seventeen members con- tested. It was won by Mr. W. C. Damron in a shoot-off with Mr. C. J. McDermott, they having tied on 24. The scores of the holiday cup event, 25 targets, allowance handicap, follow: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’ McDermott . . ... 6 18 24 Lott . 2 19 21 Vanderveer . . Hopkins ....... . 2 19 21 Hegeman . . . . ... 3 20 23 Grinnell, Jr. .. . 1 19 20 Foster ... 4 19 23 Marshall . 5 15 20 Sykes ..... 4 19 23 Vanderveer .... .. 3 17 20 Raynor ... 6 17 22 Southworth . . . .. 0 19 19 Notman ... 3 19 22 Stephenson, Jr. .. 2 16 18 O’Brien ... 4 17 21 Stake .. 5 13 18 Palmer, Jr. .. ... 0 21 21 Shoot-off, same conditions: W. C. Damron 23, C. J. McDer- mott 17. A team shoot, eight men on a side, 15 targets, was an interesting event, as follows: Consolidated Gun Club, Toledo, O. The club held & shoot on Feb. 22 which was attended by nine- teen shooters. The main event was the match for the cast iron medal, emblematic of the championship of Toledo. J. Graves, of Toledo, was the winner with a score of 45 out of 50. The winner of the medal is subject to challenge from any shooter in the city and must accept and name date and place not later than two weeks from date of challenge. If he fails to. do so, the medal shall be shot for in open competition on the grounds of the Consolidated Gun Club. The holder may choose any club grounds in Toledo for the match. In addition to the match a number of events were shot. Trimble was high gun for the day with 161 out of 175 shot at. He did not compete in the cast iron event. Cast iron medal, 60 targets: Trimble 48, Grove 45, Volk 45, Crabb 44, Markman 41, Allen 40, Miller 11, Taylor 39, Root 39, Niehaus 39, Hoag 34, Matzinger 33 Hill 23. Events: 123456789 Targets: 10 50 50 15 10 15 10 15 15 Sykes 11 Palmer 13 Southworth 9 Hopkins 11 Hegeman 13 Damron 9 Notman ; 10 McDermott 7 — S3 -V anderveer 11 Stephenson ...10 Grinnell 13 Lott 12 Foster 10 Stake 8 Raynor 10 Marshall 6 — 80 8 13 8 15 7 10 11 8 12 6 12 6 .. 8 .. 8 .. 7 13 A number of trophy events were keenly contested, and brought out several different winners, notably Messrs. Foster, Hopkins, Sykes, O’Brien and Southworth. Scores: Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. FosterJ 2 Southworth 0 Grinnell 0 Vanderveer 1 Stephenson 1 14 16 14 14 10 10 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Bedford 0 12 12 Foster 2 McDermott 4 8 12 Sykes 2 Stephenson 0 11 11 Southworth 0 Grinnell 0 11 11 Damron 3 Shoot-off, same conditions: McDermott 14, Bedford 8. Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 9 9 10 6 11 11 10 9 Trimble 7 48 48 13 10 14 Volk 8 45 44 13 10 12 Markman 8 41 38 12 Root 9 39 37 13 Taylor 9 39 40 10 Grove 6 45 38 14 Miller 9 41 40 12 Allen 10 40 39 11 McCarthy .. .. 40 14 Crabb .. 44 35 .. Grasser .. .. 39 9 Hoag 8 34 32 .. Matzinger 33 31 .. Niehaus 39 29 .. .. .. .. .. Hill 4 23 20 .. 4 7 6 .. Messen .. 2 7 3 8 Fox 4 16 3 7 Curzon 7 11 Ball 9 5 .. .. .. 8 11 8 13 7 9 9 14 9 13 7 11 8 11 6 .. 1 15 10 14 12 Hopkins ... 1 14 15 Grinnell .... 0 12 12 Foster 12 14 Sykes ... 2 10 12 Stephensorf . . . ... 1 12 13 Stake ......... 8 11 Southworth . . ... 0 13 13 Vanderveer . . . ... 1 6 7 Damron ... 3 10 13 Boston Shooting Association. Wellington, Mass., Feb. 25. — The fourth shoot i team State championship was held on the grounds ( Shooting Association this afternoon. The Birch Brook team won, this giving them two wins, tying them with the Watertown team. The next shoot will be Saturday, March 11. Shot at. Broke. 175 161 175 155 190 146 175 139 175 132 160 132 160 132 160 126 115 93 110 85 130 100 110 74 110 73 100 68 145 64 60 20 50 20 25 18 25 14 Bo NASA. r the 5-men the Boston Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Sykes 13 15 Marshall ... 3 8 11 Foster ... 2 12 14 Stake ... 3 8 11 Damron ... 3 11 14 Vanderveer ... ... 1 10 11 Stephenson . . ... 1 12 13 Grinnell ... 0 10 10 Lott ... 1 12 13 Hopkins ... 1 9 10 Southworth . . . ... 0 12 12 Notman ... 1 7 8 McDermott „ . . 8 12 Raynor ... 3 5 8 O’Brien 10 12 Birch Brook Team. K U 25 25 Bell 23 23—46 Everett .23 20—43 Foster 21 16—37 Kirkwood 23 22 — 45 Frank .21 23-^4- -215 Targets: Frank 7 14 Straw 6 14 Watertown Team. K U 25 25 Gleason 24 24 — 48 Baldwin .......... .22 24-46 Roy 15 22—37 Burns 15 18 — 33 Bartlett 20 20-^0—204 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 25 25 25 9 14 8 11 10 13 8 17 ... . 8 14 8 13 8 10 5 18 ... . Irophy shoot, £5 targets, handicap: 9 io 9 16 9 7 9 6 8 9 .. 9 .. 6 .. 11 . . 9 .. .. 14 Foster 4 22 25 O’Brien ......... 4 22 25 Southworth 0 24 24 Hegeman 2 21 23 Stake 5 19 24 Damron 6 16 22 Lott 2 19 21 Marshall 6 Vanderveer 3 Stephenson 2 Palmer 0 Raynor 5 Notman 3 Grinnell 0 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 13 9 Sykes 1 14 15 Grinnell 0 14 14 Palmer- 0 14 14 Stake 3 11 14 Lott 1 12 13 Foster 1 11 12 O’Brien 2 10 12 .Southworth 0 Stephenson 0 Marshall 3 Hopkins 1 Damron 4 Vanderveer 1 Notman 1 16 17 17 16 11 8 10 11 11 8 10 6 8 . 3 21 20 19 16 16 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 4 Foster Roy 11 7 Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: . . . . 9 14 9 13 10 13 9 13 9 23 .. .. .... 8 9 3 4 5 12 8 8 6 .. .. .. ....10 13 8 15 7 13 8 12 8 .... 8 13 10 12 7 13 10 11 9 24 21 18 .... 6 9 9 9 9 11 7 11 6 .... 10 14 10 14 6 14 8 .. 8 .... 2 5 6 9 2 9 7 8 7 . . . . 8 13 7 9 7 .. 9 .. 7 . . . . 7 15 10 14 8 .. 10 .. 9 8 11 8 .. 9 .. .. .. . . . . 9 12 8 11 7 10 .. 10 . . . . 7 8 9 13 7 14 it ir ■ ■ . . . . 10 13 10 12 6 13 . . . . 8 12 8 10 6 11 .... 7 9 6 7 8 10 . . . . 9 11 8 12 8 9 . . 16 12 19 12 9 .. .. 16 15 .. 11 .. Southworth 0 15 15 Grinnell .... 0 9 9 .. 8 McConville ...... 2 Vanderveer ...... 1 10 10 12 11 Bedford . . . . 0 9 9 Clerks and Professionals. 14 .. Shoot for February cup: -■> •; - - Easton, Pa., Feb. 27. — Editor Forest and Stream: I see T B Stephenson.. 0 T M Palmer, Jr.. 0 Dr. O’Brien 3 23 21 18 Brk. Tot’l. 23 A G Southworth. .0 19 19 21 21 G G Stephenson,Jr2 15 17 50 targets: 47 J B Stephenson.. 2 44 46 Events: 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 26 25 Schorty 19 19 23 19 Mqntanus 13 15 20 20 Schoverling 15 18 23 . . A Cottrell 12 16 8 18 B Thier 4 13 .. .. F Thier 10 .. 11 .. Williamson .......... 8 10 12 9 Dr Parker 3 4 6.. F A Gass.... 12 12 8 14 McKane 9 15 . . Voorhies ............14 19 17.. Feb. 16. — The Remsen cup event, 50 targets, allowance handicap, resulted as follows: E. Voorhies (10) 46, I. McKane (12) 31, H. Williamson (16) 40, H. Montanus (16) 46, Capt. Dreyer (20) 46, R. Genert (26) 48, C. Cooper (18) 51, D. Dede (20) 30. Events: 1 2 Targets: 25 25 Koch , 10 13 Kelly 19 21 Bergen 10 16 Counterover McGlinn .. ,. Patterson Remsen Bishop Gtervert 11 Carolan Griffen 3 4 25 25 21 i9 12 17 .. 13 .. 19 .. 7 .. 12 12 13 14 .. 15 Independent Gun Club. Easton, Pa., Feb. 27. — The following scores were made on Feb. 22 shooting over a magautrap, which threw the targets 60 yds. A strong east wind made the targets buck like a broncho and were just as hard to get onto. Mr. Maurra, one of our heavy-weight cracks, shot in his old-time form. Mr. Isaac Cohen, champion one-barrel shot of Easton, acted as referee and trap puller. Mr. Pleiss shot 50 shots at 50yds., scoring 442 out of a possible 600 points, he used a Gould model pistol: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Shot Broke. Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 at. J Pleiss ................. 21 22 23 19 . 100 85 G Elliott .............. ........ 15 17 16 16 11 125 75 H Brunner ............. ........ 15 12 13 17 » • 100 57 G Richard .............. ........ 16 18 19 19 „ 0 100 73 W H Mourer........... 22 20 18 23 21 125 104 H G Miller 14 15 18 75 47 J E Genther. 15 12 50 27 G G Stephenson, Jr4 43 Team shoot, 26 targets: W. W. Marshall 25, A. G. Southworth 23; total 48. H. M. Brigham 21, D. M. Palmer, Jr., withdrew; total 21. J. B. Stephenson 24, L. C. Hopkins 22; total 46. E. T. Shott 18, H. B. Vanderveer 18; total 36. Trophy, 25 targets: L. M. Palmer, Jr., 25, J. B. Stephenson 25, A. G. Southworth 22, O. C. Grinnell, Jr., 24, N. W. Marshall 25, W. C. Damron 24, H. M. Brigham 20, L. C. Hopkins 20, H. B. Vanderveer 16, Dr. Raynor 25, C. A. Sykes, 22, D. H. Lott 18, Dr. Keyes 16. Shpot-off, same conditions: Palmer, Jr., 24, J. B. Stephenson 24, Marshall 24, Raynor 21. Shot-off, same conditions: Palmer 21, J. B. Stephenson 24, Marshall 25. Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer 15, Southworth 11, Grinnell, Jr., 13, Brigham 13, Marshall 13, Hopkins 12, Notman 10, Lott 9, Hendrickson 8, Damron 15, O’Brien 11, Horn 9, Sykes 13, Varf- dervger 13. Trophy, 15 targets: Brigham 12, Marshall 14, Hopkins 12, Grin- nell 13, Palmer 13, Damron 15, O’Brien 9, Southworth 9, Hen- drickson 10, Horn 12, Sykes 13. Trophy, 15 targets: J. B. Stephenson 13, G. G. Stephenson, Jr., 13, J. M. Palmer, Jr., 14, W. C. Damron 12, A. G. Southworth 12, O. C. Grinnell, Jr., 13, H. B. Vanderveer 13, W. W. Marshall 14, J. C. Hopkins 8, A. E. Hendrickson 8. Shoot-off, same conditions: Palmer 13, Marshall 14. Trophy shoot, 25 targets: Palmer, Jr., 22, J. B. Stephenson 23, Southworth 19, Grinnell 22, Marshall 19, Damron 18, Hendrickson 16, Vanderveer 22, O’Brien 20. Shoot-off, same conditions: J. B. Stephenson, 24, Southworth 23. Trophy, 15 targets: Palmer, Jr., 13, J. B. Stephenson 13, G. G. Stephenson, Jr., 11, Southworth 12, Grinnell 8, Marshall 11, Dam- ron 9, Hendrickson 6, Notman 11, Vanderveer 14, O’Brien 14, Raynor 15, Sykes 13. Lott 14. issue of Forest and Stream that the Interstate Association has decided that a clerk in a wholesale house, who gets his shells free, is considered now a professional. This is a very good thing, as there are entirely too many of these sharks all over the country who are saying they are out to create an interest in trapshooting, when the truth really is that they want to get together a lot of poor shots and then simply take first would-be amateur average and a nice pot of money, which the true amateur furnishes. Just these kind of people are killing the sport. They should be satisfied to have their expenses and shells paid for and not have a lot of poor shots furnish them with spending money. I predict it will be only a matter of a few years when no one will attend shoots where some of these sharks are known to be. There is one who poses _as an amateur here, who really has been a professional for at least a year or more, and from what I under- stand, will hereafter be considered a professional, and will be allowed to shoot for targets only. We are paying enough for our cartridges, and do not want to see these would-be amateurs win our money besides. A man who works hard all week, and who pays full price for his shells, does not care to shoot against a man who shoots all week and who gets his shells and expense paid for. I hope others will take this up and have something to say, as it is of vital interest to all who love to meet a true amateur at the traps. Amateur. Christiana — Atglen Club. Atglen, Pa., Feb. 22. — The target and live-bird shoot of the Cliristiana^Atglen Club had scores as subjoined. In the live-bird events Coleman killed straight. Mount Kisco Gun Club. Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Feb. 24.— The following scores were made by a few members of Mt. Kisco Gun Club on Washington’s Birthday. The weather was very unpleasant for outdoor sport. Only thre visitors were with us, Messrs. Sherman, Hutchison and Flewelling: H Smith 7 8 12 17 12 21 14 16 9 C Sherman 8 7 11 16 11 21 13 17 8 R Gorham 9 8 13 18 13 20 13 18 8 L Carson 7 7 11 16 H 18 12 15 6 F E Wood ® 7 10 1513 19 1112 8 H P Dielh .. 6 5101011181116 6 A Betti 8 10 14 18 14 24 1319 9 F Hutchison • • • • • 0 J f IS I A Burnham — . . . . . . . . 12 11 16 10 14 6 F W Baily. •••••• 0 6 14 12 11 8 *{ 9 R. W. Gowam, Sec’y. Castleton Gun Club. Castleton Corners, Staten Island, Feb. 22. — Ten shooters faced the traps at the regular holiday shoot to-day. A cold wind from the southeast made the shooting quite difficult. The following scores were made: Events : 123466789 Targets: 25 15 15 25 20 15 16 10 10 L A Scofield..... 15 9 13 17 14 12 10 8 6 J A Howard....... 19 8 13 21 18 11 14 6 8 R Barnes, Jr 18 10 10 .. 8 5 R Barnes, Sr. 11 6 5 .. 4 .. .. .. 6 G Seawood 16 7 8 17 12 6 12 . . 6 W Curry 21 12 12 20 14 7 10 4 10 H Seawood 13 11 12 14 11 8 11 .. 5 J Houseman 17 13 14 17 15 12 14 9 7 E Houseman 15 H .. 17 14 9 7 7 .. C Smith 18 .. 21 18 8 . • . . • « J. A, Rqwa*©. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets : 25 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 at. Broke. Av. Fielis ... 20 .. 9 1114 14 85 68 .80 Coleman ....... ... 23 12 12 12 14 13 12 12 .. .. 130 110 .84 Sanford ... 19 15 12 15 12 85 73 .85 Townsley ... 14 .. .. .. .. 11 10 8 . . . . 70 43 .61 Radcliffe ...19 9 6 4 9.. 85 47 .55 Krueger 135 111 .82 Benner 13 14 13 13 14 13 11 13 11 135 115 .85 Wilson ... . . 15 13 11 12 8 10 14 11 10 135 104 .TO Jebb 11 14 11 14 14 75 63 .84 Cassidy .. .. 13 .. .. 15 13 .86 I Williams 11 .. 13 14 11 60 49 .81 Baldwin 7 .. 10 .. .. 30 17 .57 Mowery 9 .. .. .. .. 15 9 .60 T Williams 13 11 14 13 12 75 63 .84 Shively . 12 9 7 .. .. 30 19 .63 Mattson 10 8 13 12 13 75 56 .76 The last five live-bird events were miss-and-outs : Birds: 5 7 10 Fielis 7 4 0 2 1 3 iownsley ...... 9 1 3 0 0 6 Coleman Radcliff 3 Williams 3 Tebb 3 6 7 Mattson 4 6 Shively • •• 3 7 Wilson " •• Sanford 7 Cassidy 0 Helm Mowery 10 3 0 0 3 0 4 4 0 1 ItMMMtMMK* Liorc R, Lawn Mgr, March 4, 1905.il FOREST AND StREAM. 186 IN NEW JERSEY. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., Feb. IS. — Nine events were run off .to-day, some eleven men participating. Weather conditions were favor- able to good scores. Events 3, 4, 5 and 6, 25 targets each, handicap, prize a box of shells, were won by Messrs. Cockefair, Wallace, Wheeler and Harrison. Messrs. Harrison and Wallace showed the greatest improvement over past performances, while Mr. Moffett made the highest per- centage of breaks, .877. Mr. Moffett also made the longest con- sucutive run, 22, thus winning a box of shells. Some 1,500 targets were thrown during the afternoon — a goodly number when one considers that it was the regular weekly shoot and only members in attendance. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 Geo Howard W T Wallace, 5..... 15 16 22 23 20 20 24 - . . . C W Kendall 17 18 20 20 16 20 22 22 23 C L Bush 19 21 17 19 20 18 Geo Batten, 2 18 21 18 19 19 C V V Gunther 21 21 19 18 P H Cockefair 23 21 19 19 20 20 21 F W Robinson, 5 21 - „ 23 F W Moffett 21 22 21 23 21 23 S C Wheeler 23 22 19 17 14 P Harrison, 2 . . , . . . 25 19 13 16 Handicaps apply only in events 3, 4, 5 and 6. Feb. 22. — The tournament scheduled for to-day brought out some twenty marksmen, some 2,000 targets being thrown during the morning. Event 1, 25 targets, unknown angles, handicaps added targets, the first prize, a set of silver oyster forks, was won by Mr. Thos. Doremus; the second prize, a set of after-dinner coffee spoons, going to Mr. P. H. Cockefair. Mr. Moffett won third prize, a leather wallet, Mr. Bush taking fourth, a box of shells. Event 2, 15 targets, all left-quartering, was won by Mr. I. S. Crane, who took home a set of tea spoons. Mr. Moffett won sec- ond place and a set of after-dinner coffee spoons. Mr. Cockefair, in third place, captured a silver cream ladle, and Mr. Winslow, in fourth place, won a box of shells. Event No. 3, miss-and-out, was provocative of a good deal of fun and excitement. Messrs. Cockefair, Moffett, Batten, Crane and Robinson all stayed in till the sixth round, and then all fell down together; but on the final shoot the four prizes, a set of dessert forks, a berry spoon, a cream ladle and a box of shells, went to Messrs. Moffett, Batten, Cockefair and Crane respectively. Event No. 4, 25 targets, added handicaps, was won by Messrs. Babbage, Budd, Bush and Holloway, the first, second, third and fourth prizes being a set of dessert forks, set of oyster forks, a cream ladle and a box ef shells. Event No. 5, same conditions as No. 4, with prizes of a set of dessert forks, berry spoon, cigar case and a box of shells, went to Messrs. Crane, Moffett, Bush and Doremus in the order named. Mr. Bush was also the winner of the silver prizes for the longest consecutive run, and high gun, he making a run of 18, and breaking 77 per cent — very fair, considering weather conditions, which were not favorable to high scores, a strong gale blowing across the range all the morning. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 15 * 25 25 P H Cockefair, 2. 22 13 8 19 20 F W Moffett, 2.. 21 13 11 19 23 G Batten, 2. 16 8 10 19 14 C L Bush, 1...... 21 10 3 21 23 W I Soverel, 3... 14 9 I S Crane, 2 20 14 E Winslow, 4. .... 19 12 H F Holloway, 6. 21 7 C W Kendall, 0. . 17 11 T Doremus, 7.... 23 11 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 15 * 25 25 C Hartshorn, 6... 18 6 0 21 18 F Allen, 5 12 4 1 9 0 G Hawkey, 7 15 1 0 15 15 P Harrison, 2 14 7 0 16 16 F H Robinson, 2. .. 10 6 .. .. W T Wallace, 0.. .. 7 3 18 0 12 18 6 17 25 0 18 IS 0 21 18 2 20 21 2 20 21 Handicaps, as indicated, apply only in events 1, 4 and 5. half these handicaps apply in event 2. All ties to be shot succeeding event. Feb. 25. — A goodly number of members of the gun club in attendance to-day, it being the last Saturday of the month and H Babbage, 2 4 22 16 Budd, 1 .. .. 0 23 IS' B T Bush, 7...... .. .. .. 15 .. One- off in were the regular cup shoot for the members’ trophy of 1905, as well as the last chance to qualify in the gold medal event. The first four events were for practice only. Messrs. Moffett, Kendall, Wallace and Howard each did some very good shooting. In the members’ trophy for 1905, event No. 5, 60 birds, un- known angles, handicaps added birds, Mr. Winslow broke 43, plus 7 handicap, giving him a perfect score of 50, and puts his name on the cup for the month of February. Mr. Howard qualified in the gold medal event. During the month of March the finals will be shot in this last event. Weather conditions were all that could have been desired. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 25 25 25 50 Targets: 25 25 25 25 50 C W Kendall, 0.. 19 23 21 20 39 CL Bush, 2 20 14 .. 43 C Babcock, 2 20 11 .. 36 G Howard, 4..... .. .. ..24 43 W T Wallace, 5. . . 17 14 23 . . 44 P Harrison, 4. . . . . . . .. 15 15 29 G Boxall, 8 15 19 .. 20 49 H Bettinson, 14 ..43 P H Cockefair, 4. .. 22 19 19 42 C V Gunther, 2 19 .. 19 39 E Winslow, 7. 16 50 H F Holloway, 12 17 46 G Batten, 4 13 16 . . ..34 F Robinson, 6.... .. .. ..17 43 F W Moffett, 4... 19 20 21 23 45 Df Foster, 14..... .. .. .. .. 34 Handicaps apply only in event No. 5. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Hudson Gun Club, Jersey City, N. J-, Feb. 19. — The Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey City, N. J., held its first shoot for February on this date. The day was rather favorable for shooting, as the weather had mod- erated somewhat, the only handicap being the snow. There was a fair number of the members present, which seems to prove that the sport has a fascination that weather conditions cannot control. The club has reduced the price of targets to 1 cent for mem- bers and 1% cent to non-members. This was the old price, but as the club needed money to make repairs to the house, the price was raised to lVs cent for all shooters. The club is on its feet again, and as the main object is to give shooters a good time, not to make money, the members at the last shoot arrived at the above conclusion. The next shoot will be held on March 5, rain or shine. Scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 12 3 4 5 Staples ...... 20 21 17 21 18 Hughes Gille ........ 18 20 . . 14 . . Halley . . . . Pearsall ..... 22 21 22 20 . . Heritage . . . ........ 12 16 12 20 Jenkins O’Brien ... Banta 21 21 22 20 20 Schield . . . . Kurzel ....... 17 .. .. 10 .. Whitley . . . 15 14 .. 16 Cocklin 18 16 14 17 14 Doran ....... 12 12 16 .. Boldt Cottrell ..... 20 22 21 20 19 Brewer . . . . 13 16 14 .. • • Jim Hughes, Sec’y, North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., Feb. 22. — Event 6, handicap trophy shoot for g014 watch charm, presented by Mr. L. Schortemeier; second prize case of shells, presented by Mr, . A. Schoverling . Greatest num- ber of wins until June 30, 1905, takes the prizes. To be shot for every Saturday: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets: 10 10 15 15 20 50 15 15 10 H Cathcart, 12 5 3 18 J Buchanan, 20 .... ... 4 7 ’8 7 32 8 6 7 A Walters, 18 7 6 5 5 27 7 8 J Morrison, 8 8 12 6 16 28 17 8 C Eickhoff, 8 5 14 10 12 25 9 10 7 Dr. Richter, 8... 5 11 10 13 42 14 H Terrell, 20 5 4 4 13 17 E Vosselman, 10 5 6 9 13 37 C Truesdale, 0 5 4 J Merrill, 15 6 6 6 5 12 5 8 2 I Truax, 4 10 14 14 41 R Townsend, 0 7 W Reynolds, 6 6 14 35 10 Dr Boldt, 16 3 6 5 7 20 6 5 E Finley, 0 4 12 29 11 Dr Fanoni, 0.... 2 5 13 5 4 H Cocklin, 14 10 14 33 A McMillan, 16 5 8 15 II Schramm, 10 17 38 O D Thees, 14........ 9 20 G Allison, 8 43 Dr Paterno, 20 27 11 6 D Renner, 0 1 Geo Harland, 10 6 9 28 8 Warner 7 Feb. 25.— Event 5, contest for Mullerite medal, won by Mr. F. Vosselman, with a handicap of 6 targets. Event 6, 60 targets, handicap event, for a solid gold watch charm. Messrs. Truax and Reynolds tied. Events: Targets: C E Eickhoff, 8. Dr Richter, 8 ... F Truax, 4 E Reynolds, 6...., F Schoverling, 0. H R Williams, 0 Tuttle, 0 H B Williams, 0. F Vosselman, 10 Craighead, 0 Dr Paterno, 0 ... J D Thees, 0 McClare, 0 Brann, 0 Buchanan Townsend, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 10 15 15 25 50 15 25 8 8 12 13 17 35 11 9 12 13 20 36 12 8 15 13 20 47 13 7 12 13 18 47 6 4 12 10 18 41 1 8 9 15 6 8 10 21 38 5 13 11 22 44 6 11 18 39 2 8 4 12 6 9 9 14 32 13 3 6 13 5 5 13 0 1 10 6 20 16 19 7 8 7 Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’y. Pleasure Gun Glub. Englewood, N. J., Feb. 25. — Several shooters from the West- wood Gun Club attended our shoot on Washington’s Birthday and added greatly to the sport of the day. Valuable and use- ful prizes were given to first and second in each event. Every- thing ran smoothly, and every one pronounced the day well spent. The score follows: Events Targets Gruman Lewis F Westervelt Miloy Post Colligan C Westervelt J Westervelt E A Haring . C Townsend . Grahm Van Buskirk . C Ruel J Baldwin ... . W Westervelt Decker Bennett ....... Van Houten . Maxwell 123456789 10 11 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 15 15 10 15 10 9 11 15 13 12 9 6 8 7 . . 8 7 5 7 3 10 7 7 8 7 7 16 . . 7 6 . . 12 . . 12 8 12 6 . . 4 12 12 10 17 11 11 12 12 9 . . . . 1 8 . . . . 7 10 8 .. 12 12 7 . . .. 13 .... 9 14 ........ .. 5 ., 3 5 . . . . 3 . . . . 2 10 9 20 13 11 9 . . 9 . . . . .. 10 8 5 ,. .. 46 ... 3 5 10 1 4 3 .. . .. .. .. 9 • C. J. Westervelt, Sec’y. Plainfield Gun Club. Plainfield, N. J., Feb. 22— At the silver shoot to-day shooting began at 10:45. During the day 4,730 targets were thrown. Only local shooters were permitted to shoot for prizes in events 6 and 10. The weather was cloudy, raw, with a strong east wind blow- ing. High professional average was made by J. S. Fleming. He broke 130 out of 145. High amateur average by Mr. Staples, 132 out of 145; second amateur average, Mr. Markley, 130 out of 145. The trade representatives were Messrs. J. S. Fleming, R. G. Schneider, H. P. Vosseller and J. Terry. Mr. Vosseller was manager. Sandwiches and coffee were fur- nished free of charge. Prize winners were as follows: Event No. 1, first, Staples; sec- ond, Pardoe; third Hendricks; Event 2: First Staples, second Williams; third Piercy. Event 3: First Staples; second, Williams; thjrd, Hendricks. Event 4: First, Staples; second, Hendricks; third, Markley. Event 5: First, Markley; second, Mathews; third, Hendricks. Event 6: First, Brantingham; second Piercy; third, S. Terry; fourth, McCarthy; fifth, Sebring. Event 7: First, Hendricks; second, Piercy; third, Gavin. Event 8: First, Gavin; second, Markley; third, Pardoe. Event 9: First, Gavin; second, Pardoe; third, Staples. Event 10: First, Brantingham; second, S. Terry; third. Van Nest. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Targets: 10 15 20 25 20 15 10 10 10 10 Staples 13 17 25 18 13 9 9 8 10 Jap 11 15 21 17 12 8 9 9 7 Piercy 11 17 24 15 11 9 9 9 8 Hendricks 12 16 24 18 15 10 9 9 5 Fanning 14 19 24 17 13 7 10 9 8 Dunn 6 14 14 12 10 7 7 5 6 Brown 11 15 21 11 8 7 8 6 6 Akers 10 16 15 10 12 6 7 7 7 Daughty 3 Gorman 12 15 19 18 13 6 Brantingham 12* 12 19 15 13 8 7 9 9 Williams 12 18 17 18 7 7 6 2 Batch 6 16 19 13 Pardoe 13 15 20 17 9 7 9 10 Painter 10 Cassidv 7 9 10 2 5 1 Mathews 12 16 18 19 6 Muldoon 8 14 20 17 10 I.uckey 10 11 18 13 8 6 8 ■ 7 McCarthy 15 13 10 9 7 6 Markley 13 17 23 20 11 9 5 9 10 Hobbs 10 12 20 11 14 9 7 8 6 Goodman 10 Applejack 12 14 17 18 9 6 Emmons 8 8 6 Johnstone 7 Adams 11 17 20 18 13 8 6 9 8 Van 11 14 19 6 Pope . 7 12 P Terry . 5 10 12 7 4 Van Nest . 6 7 Sabacher . 6 7 15 15 15 7 9 6 8 7 J Terry 13 8 4 Mahnken . 2 4 8 14 12 2 6 7 R Phillips . 5 7 8 , , a . 9 4 6 3 Hance . 9 8 15 16 14 10 8 7 Schneider 4 13 17 16 12 io 5 9 9 Walker 7 . „ 12 7 Scribner ....................... 6 8 Tuttle 17 SB 14 * e 8 9 7 « q ^,altby J.3 Ihorn ■ . . ? Giles R Phillips .r S Terry ^ " F Terry G Kaeding Vosseller \\ ” \\ Dreier ” ” Sebring . ’ ‘ ’ Jahn ]] ” 13 6 Thayer Singer Gille .. Howes .. Mumford Bound Brook Gun Club. 2 1 9 6 .. 8 13 4 8 4 13 11 7 10 14 .. 6 . . 8 10 5 < m 9 7 « . ® . 7 6 7 8 9 12 11 6 7 6 14 10 8 8 .. 13 13 12 8 9 10 7 8 •_» 8 7 6 . . . . 8 Bound Brook, N. J., Feb. 22.— Shooters displayed their en- thusiasm by coming to the shoot of the Bound Brook Gun Club and taking part in the programme when the wind and cold were both very severe. The wind, blowing across the trap, made the left-quartering target soar skyward, while the right-quarterer ducked and dodged, which made shooting everything but easy. The scores were not high, and some of the shooters were sur- prised when they found they had won a prize on the score of 4 or 5. Mr. Hooey did the best shooting ond secured a prize in each event. Dr. J. B. Pardoe, Mumford and Cowdry also did good work, and each secured several merchandise prizes. The club cups for this month were won by Mr. Prugh first, A. Crater second and Mr. Hooey third. Mr. Hooey made high average, and secured the cake. Mr. F. Lawrence, a trade missionary, was present looking after the interests of his company. Shot at. Broke, Dr J B Pardoe. 130 52 Pfister 38 Hooey .... 90 54 Hobbs .... 60 21 Mumford 75 29 Slater 19 Jahn 24 Dryer ....80 36 Twenty-five target handicap: (11) 21, Dr. Pardoe (4) 19, St (14) 18. Shot at. Broke. Du Four .... 5 Gillam 18 Goodman ... 50 21 Cowdry 26 Crater 17 Stelle ....... 21 Bache 29 Prugh 11 che (8) 19, Prugh (12) 23, Crater (10) 19, Hooey (7) 20, Du Four Chicago Trapshooters* Association. Chicago.— At the tournament of the Chicago Trapshooters’ As- sociation, held Feb. 25 and 26, at Burnside, 111., fair weather prevailed, but the shooting was difficult. Gilbert was high in the special handicap with 48. Feb. 25, Shot at. Broke. Gilbert 180 172 Weinberg ... 180 147 Slimmer 180 151 Gibson 180 157 Bolton 180 156 Lord 180 158 Tosetti 180 159 Willard ...... 180 162 Shepardson .. 180 152 Graham 180 168 Hirschy . .... .180 168 Steinberg .... ......180 141 Shogren .180 151 Myrick 180 137 J Graham ......180 164 Riehl 180 151 Young ......180 149 Dunneli 180 146 First Day. Shot at. Broke. Morehouse 105 82 Kneussel 140 Vietmeyer 180 149 Cadwallader . 180 154 Tweeth ...... 126 Roll 130 Steck 137 Weber 145 Lawrence . . . . 122 Jackson 33 Smith 63 Einfeldt ...... 58 Getter 31 Wenona 46 Kinney 63 Engestrom . . . 26 Kmg 47 Wagner 32 Feb. 26, Second Day. Shot at. Broke. Gilbert ...... 180 170 Slimmer 180 144 Gibson . . . . . .180 146 Weinberg .... 180 161 Bolton .... ......180 154 Lord ......180 146 Tosetti 180 151 Willard 180 160 Shepardson . . ......180 162 Dunneli . . . . . .180 171 Hirschy ......180 168 Steinberg . . . . ......180 141 Shogren 180 140 Eick 180 156 Roll . . . . . .180 145 Riehl .......... .180 163 Young ....... ......180 131 Kinney ......180 147 Knuessel ...... ......180 140 Vietmeyer ......180 153 Cadwallader . . ......180 141 General averages, 360 targets: J Graham 323, L. Willard 322, E. Burnham Shot at. Broke. 156 Vance 153 Jackson 142 King 97 Hanagan 128 Gragg ........ 148 Weber 142 J Graham ... 159 E Graham... 180 151 Sheldon ...... 62 T Graham . . . 147 Johnson 78 Lovell 71 Sharp 47 Bingham ..... 47 Chott 78 Hook 78 Myrick ....... 47 Rupel 64 Hess ....... 24 F Gilbert 342, H. C Hirschy 336, Graham 319. Aetca Park Club. Herewith are scores made at the z£tna Park Club’s monthly medal shoot, St. Louis, on Feb. 19. Weather was heavy and snowing, but good crowd and high scores notwithstanding. Pete Baggerman and Joe Lenharth won the amateur honors, landing away up in the 94 class. Riehl, who was the only representative present, broke the ground record, with a run of 114 straight, and total of 146 out of 150. The scores : Earl McCIaughan . Leathers Clay W Baggerman P Baggerman Lenharth Huff Stoseberg . . . . Schall Sparrow ...... Child Ford Allen Riehl Daggs Shot at. Scored. Average. 84 84 92 92 129 86 HI 89 134 89 142 94 94 94 83 83 39 78 84 84 24 48 76 76 111 89 62 62 146 97 18 72 Long Lake Shoot. Long Lake, 111., Feb. 24.— Appended are the results of Graham’s live-bird shoot, held here to-day. The birds were trapped by John Watson and were very good. The weather was fair and the sport was fine. No. 3 was a miss-and-out: Events: Targets : J R Graham, 31 T P Hicks, 29... F Gilbert, 33 S Palmer, 29..., F H Lord, 29., F C RiehL 30... H Dunneli, 30.. 12 3 Events: 15 25 Targets: 13 22 13 B Stilling, 28 13 20 7 T E Graham, 29.,... „ 15 24 13 J H Amberg, 30........ 12 2111 E S Graham, 30........ 15 16 11 Church, 28 14 22 4 Vietmeyer, 29........... 14 23 12 Slimmer, 27...... 12 3 15 25 .. 19 .. 16 23 .. 13 19 7 13 24 4 12 20 .. 12 19 .. - * 18© FOREST AND STREAM. WESTERN TRAP. Cindiinatl Gua Club. Cincinnati, Feb. 25.— As me days get longer, the boys turn out in larger numbers. The day was cloudy, rainy and dis- agreeable, with a strung wind blowing. Some of the scores made would be a credit to any of the experts. In the third contest in the I’etcrs trophy series, lion Minto and Darker tied for high gun in actual breaks with 48 each. Cambell was close up with 47, and Pfieffer was third with 46. Nineteen men shot in this event, and all but live broke 41 or better. Several team matches were shot, and a couple of 25-target matches ended the day’s sport. Falk has been absent for some time, but showed up to-day, a little out of practice, but the same old John as before. Cambell did good work, missing in the trophy, team and match races— - only 20 targets out of 275. Lutie Cambell had just recovered from a sprained ankle, and to-day carries his left arm in a sling, having sprained the wrist. He says he don’t do it for fun, but it almost looks that way. Peters trophy, 50 targets, handicap allowance: Don Minto, 5, 50; Pfieffer, 4, 50; Pohlar, 5, 50; Boeh, 18, 50; Barker, 4S; Cambell, 1, 4S; tlesser, 7, 48; W illiams, 4, 47; Peters, 2, 47; Faran, 2, 4G; Bullerdick, 1, 45; Osterfeld, 2, 45; Roll, 2, 44; Herman, 3, 44; Falk, 5, 44; Harig, 2, 44; Maynard, 39; Block, 2, 39; Ahlers, 1, 36. Team race, 50 targets: Gambell 47 Pohlar ..... Pfieffer 46—93 Osterfeld . . Team race: Targets 50 25 Targets: 50 25 Barker 48 20 Cambell ... ......... 47 23 Osterfeld 45 24 Peters 45 21 Hesser 19 Bu lerdick . 39 23 Pfieffer ....... ...... 40 19 Pohlar ..... 40 21 Totals ...... 82 Totals .... 88 Targets: 50 25 Targets: 50 25 Gamoeil ...... 20 Ahlers ..........42 19 Harig 43 23 Faran 22 1 lesser 38 18 Peters ...... 41 23 illiams ...... 21 Bullerdick . 39 19 Herman 20 Roll ..........36 15 Totals 102 Totals .... 98 Sweepstakes, 50 targets, 50 cents entrance, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: Faran 49, Barker 47, Bleh 46, Don Minto 45, Ahlers 45, Roll 45, llesser 45, Maynard 44, Bullerdick 44, W illiams 44, Pfieffer 43, Cambell 41, Peters 40, Pohlar 38, Herman 37, Jack 36, Sunderbruch 48. Sweepstakes, 20 targets each, 60 cents entrance and three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, in each. Total, 100 targets. Totals follow: A. Sunderbruch 97, Barker 94, Peters 90, Faran 89, Williams 91, Bleh 93, Don Minto 89, Iiesser 88. Cambell 88, Ahlers 85, Bullerdick 84, Maynard 84, Pohlar 79, Pfieffer 79, Roll 33. On Feb. 18 the second contest in the Peters trophy series was shot, and the seventeen members who took part made a re- markably good showing, only one man breaking -less than 40, or 80 per cent. Maynard headed the list with a straight score, including his handicap. R. Trimble was high in actual breaks, accounting for 48. Pfieffer’s good score of last week put hint in scratch class, and he finished with 82 per cent. Next week he’ll have a few added targets. Supt. Gambell is still unable to get around without the aid of his crutches, but says he’ll shoot on the 22d anyway. The old regulars are beginning to come back, and it seems good to see Roanoke, Faran, Medico and Don Minto once more on the firing line. In the practice events some good shooting was done, Williams making a better showing than in the trophy event, breaking over 91 per cent.; Roll 90 per cent. E. Trimble broke 48 out of 50, making a straight in one 25-target event, and shooting better than a 94 gait. Bullerdick also made a straight 25, and broke 85 out of 100 at practice. Altogether the scores to-day were better than for some time past. The day was pleasant and not cold enough to interfere with outdoor sport, and the boys kept things going until dark. Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Maynard, 4, 50; R. Trimble, 48; Block, 4, 47; Roll, 3, 46; E. Trimble, 2, 46; Roanoke, 8, 46; Barker, 46; Bullerdick, 2, 46; Herman, 3, 45; Peters, 43; Medico, 43; Faran, 43; Pohlar, 2, 42; Pfieffer, 41; Williams, 41; Don Minto, 40; llesser, 1, 39. The final contest in the series of nine shoots for the silver cup, presented by the Bowler & Burdick Co., was held on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 11, and proved to be one of the most enjoyable of the series. The contests in this series have all been hotly contested, and 7,500 targets were thrown in the nine events. The cup was won to-day by Geo. Sanford, who broke 49 out of 50, being the best score made on the club grounds in the past year. On April 22 the annual smoker and field-day con- test, at 50 targets, will be held, beginning at 2 P. M. Feb. 22. — On Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 2ts, there was a good attendance of members and guests, and the day’s sport was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The weather was cloudy and the light very trying. Still some fine scores were recorded. Lou Ahlers, having returned from his extended trip to Cali- fornia, was present. The long controversy between the pump and double-barreled gun advocates was definitely settled in a 6-men team match, at 100 targets per man. It was a closely contested race, the “Pumps” having the best of the argument until the last round, when the “Doubles” braced up and won with a lead of 3 targets, 448 to 445. In the team match, A. Sunderbruch was high gun, with 97. Gambell was able to get out to the firing line once more, and accounted for 88 out of 100, a good showing, considering the fact that he has by no means fully recovered from his fall. Match, Pump vs. Doubles, 100 targets: Double guns — A. Sunderbruch, 97, Peters 90, Don Minto 89, Hesser 88, Bullerdick 84; total, 448. Pumps — Barker 94, Bleh 93, Faran 89, Ahlers 85, Maynard 84; total, 445. Notes. The Recreation Gun Club, of Cleveland, will make extensive improvements at the shooting grounds at Corlett Station, and when completed, the club will have one of the finest ranges in the country. The Broadway cars, which run direct to the grounds every six minutes, make access easy. A popular change will be the reduction of the price of targets to one' cent each. Shoots are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. At the annual meeting Charles Ducommun was elected president for the third consecutive time. Other officers elected were Geo. Burns, Vice-President; W. Carter, Captain; R. C. Osborne, Treasurer; Carl Bingell, Secretary. Directors — F. Burns, Chas. McMeans, A. Fuhrmeyer. In Other Places. The managers of the Detroit tournament thought they could not have chosen a better tlae far their tournament, as the dog and the automobile show were both on, and many shooters came also. But the weatherl Just imagine Gilbert, Spencer and Crosby coming from Texas direct to the frozen north — and it Was frozen, tool T he Elizabethtown, Ind., Gun Club holds a matinee shoot every Friday afternoon. The club boasts of some fifteen good members, and all shoot clay targets— no live birds. Alexander Tolsma, of Detroit, Mich., was high gun on Feb. 15 at the shoot held at his home town, thus with 176 out of 200 lie broke ahead of all the big guns present, pould Wood came next, and thus it would seem that their fingers were more used to answering pull! in cold weather. 1 lle final contest for the Bowler & Burdick cup, for which the members of the Cleveland, O., Club have shot nine times, was decided on Saturday last. It was the most satisfactory of the whole number, Mr. George Burns won the cup the greater number of times and became the permanent owner. George Sanford, on this occasion, made the highest score of the whole season. Scores, each 60 targets: Sanford 49, Toby 46, Jack 44, Hogan 44, King 44, Snow 44, Burns 42, Eadie 41, Hull 39, Tug 25. There is prospect of some new clubs being organized around about central Illinois. There were something like one hundred persons gathered at Kittaning, Pa., at the residence of James Claypool in North Buffalo on last Friday to witness the pigeon shoot. There was plenty of sport, but for business reasons there was a request made to keep scores from the public. Another Illinois duck preserve has been leased. This time it is the Rushville, 111., Gun Club who have leased 453 acres of the best of the far-famed breeding grounds, which are located near the mouth of the Sangamon. Out at Morrison, Y\ is., the shooting will not be a thing of the past for this year, as the new officers will keep ft going. They are C. Rohrschneider, President; H. Schwensow, Treasurer; H. Rohloff N. Bellock and L. Plageman, Directors. The Follansbee; O., Rod and Gun Club have started out with a capital of $5, COO, the purpose being hunting and fishing and general sport for pleasure. V hat a pity, that the best grounds in the West for holding the Grand American Handicap should be abandoned. The following news will be sad to many trapshooters: “At a meeting of the Illinois Gun Club, held last week, it was decided that the lease on the grounds, where the Illinois State shoot was held and where the most wonderful records ever known were made on live birds, will be abandoned, even the club house will be sold.” Such a large number of gun clubs are held together by one man’s influence. How will the Indian shooters know that, when Col. Yon Cleve let go the shooting game at the town of Spring- field the great club began to wane. It is still good news to know that, though the club will not have a house, the club organization will not disband. It is to be hoped that it will participate in the State shoot as a club and shoot at targets, as there are no more live-bird races on the programme of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association. The enthusiasm of Charley Budd’s crew, out at Des Moines, was frozen up during the last two weeks, as with the 26 below, it was too bad for even lowans. But now there will be some big smashing of targets during the next two weeks. Just think of it, only about ten days from date of this issue until the first State shoot for 1905 is to be pulled off! Fowlerton, lnd., Gun Club, in their last shoot with Sims, was victorious, with a score of 3 to 1. The spring tournament of the Indianapolis Gun Club comes early in the spring, as the dates are set for Monday and Tues- day, March 6 and 7. In the far-off G. Hopper country, the report comes that a gun club with fifteen active members has been organized at Cowitland, Kan., and that practice has begun. The Boon, la., Gun club held a shoot on Feb. 23. It has been some years since Hoisington, Kan., held a shooting tournament, and it is surely a holiday attraction, as what else could stop the duck hunters from getting busy in the marshes? This is the way that seems good to run a shoot. There is no longer any use for a shooter to cart shells to a tournament as there he can find his favorite load on sale. The Amelia O., Gun Club last week gave a shoot, and advertised that not only shells, but guns would be on the grounds for any and all present. Best Shots will always prefer their own gun. This writes an Arkansas friend: “But did you ever think how few people take part in these shooting contests? The depletion of the game of the State has had the effect of abating interest in such affairs. There are thousands of people who never handle a gun and manifest no interest in sporting events. There is no promise of a revival of these pleasures, as the incentive is lack- ing. Those who belong to the gun clubs of the State and who are credited with being fine shots are born sportsmen, and their natural inclination has led them to acquire the necessary skill in handling a gun.” So here we have the Janssen Club from the Swedish portion of the Great Sunflower State. On last Tuesday, the Janssens and a few others made the following scores at 25 targets: A. Matoush 22, John Janssen, H. D. Janssen 17, J. H. Janssen 18, Geo. Tarn 20, If. Janssen 10, Lew Janssen 15, John Ouches 13. Herington, Kan., Feb. 25. — The sixteenth annual shooting tour- nament of the Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association will be held at Plerington, Kan , May 16, 17, 18 and 19. The first three days will be target shooting, and the fourth day has been assigned to live birds. The interest will center in the amateur champion- ship, the trophy now being held by Fatty Arnold, of Larned. It is thought that our own town will have a fair show to land same, as George W. Lewis will be among the top-notchers. There will, no doubt, be some seventy-five of Kansas and western trap shots present, and then the professional cracks will be here in all their glory. The local gun club has but a few members, and yet they are enthusiastic and will do their part, it is most too big a task for them to raise all the money necessary to conduct the shoot. It is an honor to have Herington selected as the place for this event, and, no doubt, the citizens will assist with a proper donation to see the boys through, so that there will be no lacking in the prizes. Wm. Clayton and William Veach shot for the Elliott cup one day recently at Falls City, Neb. In their first contest, held at Kansas City, Mr. Veach was an easy victor. The regular shoots of the Infallibe Gun Club, Buffalo, N. Y., will hereafter be held on the second and the fourth Sundays of the mon h. Shells will be kept constantly on hand and be for sale on the grounds. The Winona, Minn., Gun Club, on Memorial Day, will hold a tournament, to which all the shooters are invited. There are many shooters in the vicinity of Winona, and when La Crosse, Wis., and other towns join with them, there is always a large crowd. Word comes from Duluth, Minn., that the Central Gun Club IMasoh 4, tu acca. rot u lot the Coming year, as the owner of their present location con- templates improving the property. Some of the visiting shooters would be pleased if a ground, not having the lake for a back- ground, should be chosen. There are very many who cannot shoot well over the water. A reorganization of the old Franklin Gun Club was effected recently at Columbus, O. Some dozen or more of the o,d mem- bers met and selected a committee, which was authorized to canvass the old members and get them to join in and place the old club on its former footing. Prominent quarters will be selected, where weekly practice shoots and contests will be held. The temporary officers selected were C. A. Graham, President; Christian Siebert, Vice-President; John Click, Secretary and Treasurer; Edward Corodi, Warden; Earl Burkert, Harry Holly and Ephraim Harris, Trustees. The gas belt cities of Indiana will prepare for a big tournament during the coming summer. The members of the gun clubs of the city of Muncie are especially alive. It is stated that when the spring opens up, that there will be several clubs in action. Some of the disciples of Izaak Walton, who experience each year with the coming of spring that irresistible habit to locate alongside a lake or stream and drop a struggling worm in the cooling waters, are about to identify themselves with the Valotia Rod and Gun Club of Chatham, N. Y. The membership of this club is reported to be steadily increasing, and it has already accomplished much from the standpoint of the true sportsman. The Sportsmen’s Club of Winona, Minn., have lately held a meeting to arrange for a big tournament on May 30, and to make it a big one. There will not be the interstate tournament this year to stimulate effort in the shooting line, so that this shoot, as in the past, will be the shoot of the year. This city has a good territory to draw from, and shooters from the four great States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa I can reach this town readily. West Virginia Sprtsm?n’s Association, Sistersville, W. Va., Feb. 20. — A few weeks since, when we called the attention of the sportsmen and trapshooters to the fact that the ninth annual meeting and target tournament of the \yest ' Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association would be held on the grounds of the Ohio Valley Shooting Association, Parkersburg, W. Va., May 16, 17 and 18, 1905, we recall that we promised to have something more to -say about the event later. Well, we pro- , pose to keep our word, and the following will doubtless be of interest to the trapshooters throughout the country: It will not be necessary, however, fer us to say anything more about the grounds and club house of the above Association, as it is a well-known fact that they are not only by far the finest in the State, but in this part of the country, costing over $6,000 to equip. They are reached by one of the best trolley lines in the United States, and cars pass within a hundred yards of the club house every fifteen minutes. The club house, a three-story, $5,000 struc- ture, is simply a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The second story is occupied by the superintendent of the grounds, who will, during the above tournament, turn the entire building into an up-to-date hotel, and besides serving meals to all present, will do everything in his power to provide for every comfort and con- venience of our visitors. The regular programme each day will consist of twelve events at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance and $15 in cash added to each one. In other words, there will be $600 added during the three days, $60 of which will be reserved for averages; $15 for high amateur average, $10 for second, and $5 for third; $15 for lowest average, $10 for next, and $5 for next. Immediately after dinner on the first day the first State event will take place. This will be for teams of two for the Peters trophy, emblematic of the two-man team championship of the State; entrance $3 per team; each contestant to shoot at 50 tar- gets. Of this entrance, $1 from each team will be reserved to be thrown into a purse to be divided between the second and third high guns, 60 and 40 per cent. A full explanation in reference to this race will appear in programme. On the second day, after dinner, the most interesting race of the entire tournament will take place. It will be a friendly five- man team race between the Mallory team, composed cf F. E. Mal- lory, S. T. Mallory, John F. Mallory, L. E. Mallory and L. E. Mallory, Jr., of the Ohio Valley Shooting Association, and the famous Du Pont team of Wilmington, Del. While there will be no money consideration in this event, the winners will be pro- i vided with a suitable trophy, and the race will prove interesting. It will be recalled that the first race between these two teams a few weeks since resulted in a victory for the Mallorys by a small margin. On the third day, after dinner, the individual State champion- 1 ship event at 50 targets per man, will be pulled off. The con- ditions governing this event will be the same as heretofore, and will be explained fully in programme. One of the most hand- some programmes ever sent out for a shoot in the country will tell all about what we propose to do during the above three 1 days, and can be secured for the asking. They will be ready for the mail by April 20. Put your name on a postal and address to F. E. Mallory, Parkersburg, W. Va., and you will not be over- looked. E. O. Bower. Sec’y-Treas. Wi'mington Gao Club, Wilmington, Del., Feb. 23. — The Wilmington Gun Club is. mak- ing energetic preparations for the first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League, which is to be held under its auspices on April 12-13 next. The programme for their shoot will be ready for issue about the middle of March,’ and in the meanwhile the club is getting together a long list of valuable merchandise prizes for the benefit of its guests on that occasion. The plan is to have the first day’s programme open to all, with good added money inducements for amateurs. The main feature of the first day’s programme will be, however, a merchandise event, for which some thirty prizes have already been either donated by friends or purchased by the club out of its funds. The merchandise event will be open to all amateurs, whether resi- dents of Delaware or not. Among the prizes are two guns, either of which is well worth winning. The second day will have several open sweeps, and also the two State events, the individual championship, and the five-man team race. In connection with these events optional sweepstakes will be de- cided, and these, like the merchandise event on the first day, will be “open to amateurs, whether residents of the State or not.” Anybody wishing a programme should send their name and ad- dress to H. J. Stidhan, 1H East Fourth street, Wilmington Del., and one will be mailed as soon as they are out of the printer’3 hands. Iaech 4, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 187 Arkansas Championship. he open contest for the live-bird championship and the Peters tridge Co. trophy emblematic thereof, was held at Little Rock, 17, and, considering the adverse weather conditions, drew a good field of entries, and, as is usually the case, resulted in >attle royal between Pemberton, Sonny Dickinson, -Powell, yd and Miller. It was finally won by Pemberton by the close 1 gin of one bird. Pemberton shot a splendid race and won ctly on his merits, as he lost two birds out of his first 6 and 1 I finished out with an unbroken string. The best shooting of day was really done by little Sonny Dickinson, the thirteen- r-old son of J. W. Dickinson, Jr., who proved to be one of the S ners up in the contest. This little fellow was not only handi- ped by youth and inexperience, but owing to his size, was corn- ed to shoot a 16-gauge gun; but with his little gun loaded h 2% drams of powder and an ounce of shot, he cut down all ds of birds in slashing style, and finished within one of the ner, and beat his father two birds, who last year won the phy at the open contest. 'urner Hubby and Hood Waters, two trade representatives sent shot along in the contest for the birds, as none but resi- sts of the State can compete for the trophy. Both made a very ditable showing. The birds were a good lot. In addition, it 3 raw and cold, with a good wind at times which chilled one ough so that quick, snappy shooting on the fast bird was d to acquire. .fter the main event was decided, a miss-and-out was shot. In Miller scooped the pot, $22, on 6 kills, shooting out all the cks, including the experts. The conditions of the match were live pigeons, 30yds. rise, Interstate rules. This is the first ie Pemberton has ever won the trophy. Peters Trophy, Pemberton 2022202222222222222222221—23 C-Tubhv 0212222122222120112112222—23 \ Dickinson' 2222222012021222012122212—22 Lovd “ ’ 2002221222222212222022222-22 od Waters 2222020222222222222220221—22 B Powell 2220222222222220202222221—22 B Miller .....2120202222121012222121011—21 Dickinson "Tr 112222*1*0220122102112222—20 T arkan 2222222200222020222212200—19 P Bird 0020202121002221020222221—17 T H Lenow 0112202110121021020220202—12 Brown "" 002220222001220w L Litzke " " ,2022202202200w in Younts '!!!.’ 0222202001010w Lloyd Chal'enge Trophy. I Ir J. T. Lloyd, the well-known sporting goods dealer, in order stimulate interest in pigeon shooting, offered for competition /ery handsome medal, the open contest for which was held 22. With ideal weather conditions, this brought out sixteen ries, and while the scores are not very high, it was a stub- nly contested race, and ultimately resulted in Pemberton’s win- g with 22 out of 25. It was nip-and-tuck between Pemberton, jgzke, Cromwell and Powell, with several others just a bird be- id. Pemberton showed the best staying qualities, and went j| route, while the others fell by the wayside. This makes nberton’s second win within a week, and until some one ■;sts one of the trophies from him, he must be recognized champion. 'he weather conditions were superb, and the birds, taken col- ively, were the finest lot ever trapped in the State, with no lid to aid them, as was the case on this occasion, ittly Sonny Dickinson was again present, and while his score not as good as that of the previous Friday, he beat out a mber of the other competitors, and displayed his ability to i[ good fast birds by the manner in which he cut down some the fast ones with his second barrel. The little fellow is com- , fast and within another year he will be carrying off the !'he conditions governing this new trophy are that all contests st be at 25 live birds, 30yds. rise, Interstate rules. Holder is ject to challenge and must defend the trophy every thirty rs if called upon to do so. Challenger must post $101 forfeit nnst the medal, which the holder must cover with a like sum; iner takes money and medal, while each contestant pays for his ds. Mr. Lloyd will redeem the trophy once annually, paying p. : holder $25. -'he trade representatives present were Turner Hubby, Roy nnett, Hood Waters, Wm. Frenz and Paul R. Litzke. Che following are the scores: L’oyd Trophy. IL Pprnherton 2222220*22222222022222222—22 VpwI • 2220220*222222222*2222222 — 21 I J? 22022*222222*222222220222—21 r p j ‘ ‘ " 222222202222022220220122*— 20 1 Cromwell' ' ‘ 7 • • • • .2022221220222221220101013-20 J T Lloyd Geo W. Clements Hood Waters .... J P Wright C D Conrey J A Dickinson Dr Breathitt W B Miller...... A L Morgan Dr J H Lenow... W W Brown Calvin J E Mons . 2222022202*22222012222022—20 , 2220202210222222222*****2—19 , 022202222022202120*222122—19 . 01022111110*0212011101212—18 , 2202220*02022222202121020—18 , 00222122022220*0122022*22—17 , 1222010**02202012121*2221—17 2022022200221222020*20022—16 . 10*22120022021*1212220001—16 . 2021022122222*02202000200—15 . 200012000202000120220*022—12 .22*220200020002220220200—12 . 202202*02*20*2*2*020*11**— 11 Target Trophies. All the emblems representing the various championships were held by the Pine Bluff Club, and as Camden sent a delegation to the shoot, they decided to try for all of them. J. P. Wright challenged J. E. Well for the individual flying target trophy, but owing to the latter’s illness, this contest could not take place. Mr. Wright states he will not find time to return before the State shoot, and has withdrawn his challenge. The two-man cham- pionship was held by Geo. Clements and E. C. Arnold; A. L. Morgan and J. P. Wright challenged for this. The result was an easy win for Camden by the following scores: Morgan 20, Wright 17; total 37. Arnold 18, Clements 17; total 35. Camden also won the three-man team trophy, the scores being as follows: Morgan, 21, Wright 20, Brown 19; total 60. Pine Bluff — Clements 22, Howell 14, Arnold 13; total 40. This practically started the ball a-rolling, and the indications are that considerable shooting will be done in the State during the spring and summer. Centerville Tournament. The two days’ shoot given by R. S. McMillan, at Coulterville, 111., Feb. 21-22, had thirty shooters in all. Targets: Riehl high with 94.4 per cent. Amateur average for the two days was won by J. D. Smith. Mermod and T. Robbins were second and C. Heiligenstein (West) third. Good weather and good shoot. Twenty birds, $10, birds extra; handicaps 27 to 32yds.: H. Spencer (32) 17, Mermod (32) 18, Cabanne (31) 18, Jacobs (28) 19, Riehl (32) 16, J. Robbins (28) 15, McKinley (28) 17, Armstrong (27) 8, McMillan (28) 15, Craig (28) 18, West (30) 19, Reickert (31) 18. • — First Day Second Day — Total Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Smith ....165 143 105 98 270 241 West . . . .165 138 105 92 270 230 Reickert . . . .165 141 105 85 270 236 Pfiffer . . . .165 144 ... . • . . . Davis ....145 111 . . . . . Watson ....165 117 35 28 . . a G Crosby . . . .145 126 105 92 . . . Werre . . . .165 133 .99 . . . . • McClintock . . . .165 125 ... J McKinley Mermod . . . .165 . . . .165 143 144 105 105 83 96 270 270 225 240 Ford 146 ... . • . . . • . . P Baggerman. . . . . . ....165 146 ... . . . . . 255 Riehl ....165 157 105 98 270 McMillan ....165 128 105 74 270 202 Higgins ............ ....165 108 . . . 95 . . . • . . G Robbins . . . .165 147 105 270 240 Armstrong . . . .165 118 105 71 270 189 Craig . . . .165 130 105 89 270 219 J Robbins ....165 136 105 93 270 229 Temple 120 25 15 Hayes 35 . . • 32 S McKinley .... 55 40 50 Fitzgerald 46 '50 43 R Edmonston .... 60 45 Chas Edmonston . . .... 55 38 ... « . ... W Edmonston . . . . 6 ... . . T Edmonston ...... .... 10 5 . . . , . Cabanne • . . 105 92 H Spencer . • 105 92 Childs ... 105 72 Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Please call the attention of the members of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club and the shooters at large, that the management of the club has discontinued the weekly Thursday shoots, and has inaugurated instead monthly tournaments, to be held the first Saturday of each month, beginning with Saturday, March 4, the date of the first tournament. All the club events, club cups, individual cups, etc., will be shot for on these tournament days. A programme has been arranged consisting mostly of 15-target events, and targets will be trapped to the public at the same price as to club mem- bers, 1 cent each. Shooting begins promptly at 1 P. M., and will continue throughout the afternoon. The club house and grounds will be thrown open to the public the same as on other tcurnament days and any one is welcome to come and shoot either for the targets or for the purses. Ammunition for sale on the grounds, __ Alered Traver, Capt, Cleveland Gun Club Company. Cleveland, O. — At the shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club Com- pany, the Cleveland team defeated the Akron team, thereby es- tablishing a permanent ownership of the championship trophy presented by the Akron Club four years ago. This was the fourth consecutive win. The shoot was a success. In the 50-target event, Mr. J. K. Williams, of the Akron Gun Club, scored 47, and was high. Galt of Akron, and Sheldon, of Cleveland, tied for second with 45. After his first half dozen targets, Allyn, of the Cleveland Gun Club, broke 30 targets in succession. The scores in the championship team match were as follows: Cleveland. Akron. Sheldon 45 Bradley .........44 Hull 40 Metzler .........38 Allyn 44 Galt ...45 Goss Dunn 36 Krammer 44 J K W Sanford 43 Tracy 38 Snow Wagoner ......... Jack C A W Doolittle W W W ..37 Tryon ..44 432 Keppler 37—401 In the five events open to all, Tryon and Doolittle, both of the Cleveland Gun Club, were high for the day, having 67 a piece. Sheldon and Snow were one point behind. The scores: Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 Latham 12 14 13 13 13—65 Hull ........... 11 11 13 13 12—60 Saffold 12 10 10 11 13—56 Hogen 11 9 13 13 13—59 G Burns 12 10 11 12 13—58 Sheldon 12 14 13 14 13—66 Ducommum ...10 13 11 8 10 — 52 J I C 8 13 10 9 9—49 Frank 13 7 10 12 14—56 Snow 13 12 13 14 14 — 66 Wagoner 13 11 13 12 12—61 Bradley 10 13 14 14 12—63 Val 13 8 11 13 ..— 4b Leggett 13 8 13 15 12—61 Goss 13 12 10 13 13—61 Brock 14 10 12 12 13—61 Sanford 14 10 12 13 10—59 Cathan 8 9 15 14 . . — 46 Kramer 12 13 13 13 12—63 Hopkins 12 8 11 10 12—53 Tobey 11 9 14 10 11—55 Blakeslee 13 14 13 13 12—65 Tryon 14 13 13 13 14—67 King 12 12 13 10 11—59 Doolittle ..... .13 14 13 13 14—67 Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 Bailey 12 13 14 12 12—63 W W W .... I 10 12 12 11 . .—45 Metzler 14 14 12 12 12—64 Dunn 12 12 13 8 10—55 J K Williams.. 11 13 10 11 10—55 C A Williams. 10 14 12 11 .. — 47 Hastings 11 9 9 12 11—52 C T Schiltz. . . 9 8 12 13 13—55 Leisk 11 10 9 9 13—52 Renner 5 6 7 7 11—36 Deibel 8 8 9 8 12—45 Keppler 1112 9 15 10—57 Ong (Judge).. 8 11 8 6 11—44 Bader 3 5 2 6 10 — 26 North 11 10 13 11 ..—45 J L Schiltz.... 7 9 8 11 11 — 46 Sherman 13 10 12 12 12—59 Payne 8 10 14 1111—54 Allyn 12 13 12 14 14—65 James 11 11 11 10 10—53 Cannon 3 8 12 10 12—45 Galt 9 13 11 11 10—54 Tracy 11 13 8 14 12—58 Haak 9 8 .. — 17 Jefferson 12 ..—12 Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 25. — A very interesting club shoot was held on the grounds of the Ossining Gun Club, Feb. 22. The prizes, two handsome silver berry dishes, presented by Col. Frank- lin Brandreth, were hotly contested for in two 25-target misses- as-breaks handicap events. The first in event four was won by J. Hyland ; second, No. 5, was won by G. B. Hubbell after a shoot- off with A. Bedell. Event 6 was for a meerschaum pipe, and was marked by best score of the day, in which W. Coleman made 24 out of 25. No. 8 was from 23yds.: Events: 12 3 4 AT£r?e1i?: „ 10 10 10 2E A Bedell, 3 8 9 7 22 H L Stratton, 6 6 7 5 9f C G Blandford, 3 6 5 7 17 G B Hubbell, 5 7 6 5 2C D Brandreth, 4 7 5 6 2C A L Harris, 5 7 1 0 21 R Hendricks, 2 10 5 10 21 A L Burns, 4 5 3 2 w F Brandreth, 4 .. 8 0 20 W Coleman, 4 s fi 91 F Hahn, 5 4 10 E Ball, 4 ;. 7 ‘g 18 J T Hyland, 7..... 8 6 24 E McDonald, 7 . . 4 49 Dr. Tompkins, 7 ** 2 W S Smith h ' 2(1 W Fisher, 5. 5 6 7 8 25 25 10 10 25 18 J 15 17 5 18 17 6 8 25 22 9 21 19 5 20 20 6 20 w • • 6 24 21 25 19 22 21 22 . , 12 14 .. 19 O O 21 its 19 4 4 C. G. B. Sherbrooke Gao Club. Sherbrooke, Can., Feb. 24.— The annual meeting of the Sher- brooke Gun Club was held on Feb. 18, and the following officers elected for the year: President, J. B. Goodhue; Vice-President, C. H. Clark; Captain, G. M. Howard; Directors, N. G. Bray” C. G. Thompson, T. M. Craig; Secretary, C. H. Foss. The date of the annual tournament was set for July 1. It is expected that the shooting will commence by the first Saturday in March, and a successful season is anticipated. The spoon competitions which proved so interesting last year will be continued, and in addition a club trophy is to be arranged C. H. Foss, Sec’y. 188 FOREST AND STREAM '[Marc h 4, 190& Detroit Tournament. Detroit, Mich. — It is said by old-timers such as Gilbert, Crosby and Budd that there was never a three days’ tournament pulled off with more success than this of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Association, under such bad weather con- ditions. The wind blew a forty-mile clip across the traps for three days, and clouds of snow made it impossible at times to see the traps, with the thermometer registering from zero to 18 below for the entire three days. We had thirty-three shooters through the entire programme and twenty-six entries for the Gillman and Barnes international live- bird trophy, four more entries than ever before. It was won by Mr. R. R. Bennett, of Pittsburg, with 24 out of 25 at 30yds. The work of Tolsma, Crosby, Spencer, Gilbert and others was phe- nomenal under the conditions and handicap. A number of Canadian boys were with us, and we enjoyed them very much, as they are all true sportsmen and good fellows. It is said the boys all enjoyed the entertainment furnished them by Manager Foster, through the courtesy of the Tri-State Auto- mobile and Sporting Goods Association at the smoker, but a number of them were heard to sing, “Go way and let me sleep” as their bell rang for breakfast the following morning. Tom Marshall came over, as did E. PI. Tripp, from Indianapolis. Tom brought along a monkey, but refused to tell any one where he got it. Feb. 15, First Day. The weather conditions were unfavorable. There was a sharp north wind, a bright sun and a glare from the snow. The tar- gets did not revolve, and therefore were difficult to break. Gilbert, Crosby and Spencer came from Brenham, Tex., and the veteran Budd from Des Moines, la.; H. W. Vietmeier, Chi- cago; C. W. Phellis, Mechanicsburg, O., and L. H. Schortemeier, New York. Alex. Tolsma, of Detroit, holder of the Gilman and Barnes trophy for 1904, was high gun for the day, breaking 176 out of a possible 200. Gilbert and Wood were tied for second at 173, and Spencer and Fisher for third at 172. Tolsma wins the diamond badge offered by Messrs. Foster and Parker, the promoters of the shoot.. Scores: Events: 1 9, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Targets: 20 26 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Broke. Tolsma, 18 18 19 16 19 19 18 15 19 17 16 176 Gilbert, £1 19 18 17 17 15 20 14 19 16 18 173 Wood, 18 ........ 0 0 16 19 16 18 13 17 16 18 173 Spencer, 20 17 18 16 19 18 17 16 20 12 9 172 Fisher, 18 20 19 18 18 10 17 15 19 16 20 172 Schortemeier, 17 IS 17 17 16 16 18 18 18 18 14 170 Crosby, 21 18 17 15 18 17 19 15 16 16 17 168 Schuman, 16 18 16 16 18 14 18 15 18 15 18 166 Tripp 17 15 16 16 16 17 17 16 17 15 19 164 Scane, 18 18 20 11 18 14 19 13 20 13 17 163 Cox, 18 16 17 13 15 15 17 14 20 15 19 161 McMacken, 16 16 15 19 14 18 17 18 14 17 161 Phellis, 18 14 19 15 17 13 18 14 19 17 13 159 McKall, 16 16 17 14 16 14 15 16 16 18 16 158 Conover, 18 16 18 17 13 15 10 17 15 18 157 Stanley, 17 16 17 11 19 14 14 11 16 10 18 149 Taylor, 19 14 15 17 17 18 16 17 17 16 148 Budd, 19 14 17 is 17 13 13 14 16 15 15 148 Clark, 19 15 11 16 9 19 8 14 14 17 138 Vietmeyer, 18 12 15 15 11 12 13 14 15 15 10 132 J E Reed, 19 14 15 9 13 10 12 7 14 13 16 123 L A Reed, 19 10 10 13 13 8 11 10 16 10 14 115 Gaylord, 17 15 16 10 13 10 64 Chapman, 17 18 10 il 41 Dalton, 17 10 . . 10 36 Albion, 17 12 14 26 Jarvis, 16 17 10 18 lb 16 17 19 16 17 Sparks, 16 11 16 12 18 14 13 13 18 . . 13 Gill, 16 12 15 8 4 8 . . 8 9 . , Lamerand, 16 15 16 15 15 N acker, 16 17 15 11 9 Tohnson, 16 16 8 15 14 12 ohnson, 16 16 lenick, 16 18 14 Feb. 16, Second Day. A strong west wind helped the birds materially. There were four events on the programme, but the last, a miss-and-out event, was omitted owing to the lateness of the hour. In the 6 bird event there were sixteen shooters who scored straight; in the 9-bird shoot five scored straight, and nine scored 10 in the third event. C G Spencer, of St Louis, Mo., was high man; Charles Budd, of Des Moines, la.; A. H. King, of Pittsburg, Pa., who at one time was holder of the Gilman and Barnes trophy; I. Chapman, of Fulton, N. Y., and Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., were tied for second with 24 each. W. R. Crosby, of O’Fallon, 111.; R. Coffee, Mort Mayhew, of Marcy, N. Y. ; H. Scane, of Ridgetown, Ont. ; H. G. Taylor, of Mecklin, S. D., and Spring Smith of Detroit, were in for third money with 23 apiece. The scores: Events: 1 2 3 Events: Targets: 6 9 10 Targets: Scane, 30 .... 5 8 10—23 Gilbert, 33 R Coffee, 30 .... 4 9 10—23 Smith, 28 Chapman, 29 .... 5 9 10—24 Cantelon, 30 Tolsma, 31 ...» 4 .. 9—13 T E Reid, 29 Jarvis, 28 ....... 5 7 9—21 Clark, 28 Gies, 26 .... 2 8 8—18 L H Reid, 28 Alban, 30 ... .... 5 5 ..—10 A N King, 30 Galton, 26 ..... 1 .. ..— 1 R R Bennett, $0.... Gaylor, 26 2 7 ..— 9 Hawthorne, 29 Doods, 30 ....... 6 7 8—21 Marshall, 31 McCall, 29 6 8 8—22 Budd, 31 Mayhew, 30 .... 6 8 9—23 Youngblood, 29 Taylor, 28 6 7 10—23 Vietmeyer, 28 ...... Fischer, 28 . . . . . 5 6 ..—11 Armstrong, 27 Scott, 29 5 8 9—22 Phellis, 29 Cox, 28 5 .. ..— 5 Spencer, 31 Crosby, 33 ..... 6 9 8—23 McMackin, 26 2 3 9 10 7 9—22 8 ..—13 6 8—20 9 9—24 6 10—21 .. ..— 5 5 7—17 8 10—24 .. ..— 6 8 ..—14 .. ..— 6 The conditions were: Event 1, 6 live birds, entrance $5; $10 added. Event 2, 9 live birds, entrance $7; $15 added. Event 3, 10 live birds, entrance $10; $25 added. Feb. 17, Third Day. The contest of the day was the international live-bird event for Gilman and Barnes International live-bird championship trophy, 25 live birds, $25; $100 added; high gun division of moneys. A strong wind from the west favored the birds. Mr. R. R. Bennett, of Pittsburg, won the trophy. He is the fifteenth winner. It was presented to Jack Parker in 1890 by Gilman & Barnes, proprietors of the Hotel Des-Chree-Shos-Ka, and was first shot for on Fighting Island that year. Those who have won the medal since then are: L. T. Duryea, Glencove, L. I., 1890; H. L. King, Cincinnati, 1891; Rolla Heikes, Dayton, O., 1892; A. H. King, Pittsburg, 1893; Richard Merrill, Mil- waukee, 1894; J. H. Bortel, River Rouge, 1895; T. W. Lathem, Cleveland, 1896; Jake Klein, Detroit, 1897; R. D. Emslie, St. Thomas, Ont., 1898; R. Bates, Ridgetown, Ont., 1899 and 1901; William Ellison, Nashville, Tenn., 1902; Frank Weatherhead, 1903; Alex. Tolsma, Detroit, 1904 and R. R. Bennett, Pittsburg, 1905. The scores for the trophy shoot follow: King (30) 22, Bennett (29) 24, Crosby (33) 23, Gilbert (33) 22, Spencer (32) 21, Gill (26) 21, Phellis (29) 22, Marshall (31) 21, Tolsma (31) 22, Mayhew (30) 22! Scane (30) 23, Smith (27) 22, Taylor (29) 21, J. Marks (29) 21, Chapman (30) 23, Coffey (29) 22, J. E. Reid (28) 22, L. H. Reid (29) 18, Sparkins (27) 16, Clark (28) 21, James (27) 2L Riverside Gun Club. Utica, N. Y., Feb. 22.— The Riverside Gun Club’s midwinter tournament had about fifty participants. The target championship was won by Mr. John Watts, of Deerfield Corners, a well-known and popular sportsman of central New York. In the merchandise event No. 6, the winners were Messrs. Clifford M. Teller, Kretzer, Bert Biddlecome, G. Walling, D. Loughlin, S. Walling, Walter L. Race, John Watts, A. E. Conley, W. A. Lewis, Walter Milgate, Wilson. Shooters came from Cohocton, Norwich, Albion, Little Falls, Marcy, Herkimer, Richfield, Springs, Waterville and Sherburne, J. H. Briggs was the trade representative present. Messrs. John McElwaine, George L. Waters and D. and E. J. Loughlin had the tournament in charge. About 5,000 targets were thrown: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Targets: 10 20 10 20 10 25 10 20 Conley 9 16 10 16 10 24 9 , , E Loughlin 7 14 6 13 9 18 5 12 C Teller 10 15 9 19 8 17 7 14 W Lewis 8 19 8 20 9 22 10 18 Carney 7 12 6 14 5 17 8 13 Race 9 14 6 14 10 15 7 , . D Loughlin 10 15 10 20 8 14 8 15 9 20 10 18 8 M Teller 6 12 6 14 7 12 5 Visscher 6 14 10 5 9 Lawrence 6 16 7 12 10 18 8 Ballistite , 7 11 9 14 6 0 • 9 Gangloff 7 13 6 12 8 16 5 16 Pierce 9 13 10 16 8 16 7 12 Mayhew 8 17 8 16 7 20 9 16 Fleck 8 11 10 14 9 15 7 14 Biddlecome 8 20 8 15 6 12 6 14 Johnson 9 12 6 13 5 16 8 Deck 6 15 8 12 8 15 6 is Schultz 1 8 12 7 19 5 Jones 9 13 5 11 4 . . 8 G Walling ..: 7 17 10 15 7 Graham 8 14 6 11 9 • . 10 S Walling 8 16 10 20 6 Cann 11 10 15 8 lb 7 12 A Walling 17 10 7 9 Wheeler 13 7 17 9 20 7 13 Clarke 16 8 11 8 15 . Palmiter 18 6 12 5 Miller 10 6 11 5 Morgan 15 7 13 8 19 7 14 W eber 12 4 11 6 . . 9 10 5 14 7 Wilson 16 5 11 9 , , 10 6 13 9 12 8 13 8 16 6 * 10 17 9 24 10 12 6 8 14 9 8 Milgate 14 9 16 9 is 15 9 15 n 5 7 12 13 7 7 12 6 7 7 6 i2 8 6 16 5 11 At Harrisburg. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 24.— The scores of this shoot, held on the grounds of the Harrisburg Shooting Association, Feb. 22, are appended. The birds were a fine lot. Weather very raw and cold. The following day the tie was shot off at 10 o’clock, Welling- ton winning the shoot-off, with Hoffmer second. Both of these men are from our city. Mr. Stephens is from Oxford, Pa. There were two miss-and-outs after the ties, of which Wellington suc- ceeded in winning both of the miss-and-out races, killing 29 birds straight. We had a very successful shoot throughout. Keystone Trap Shot Wad -Co.’s trophy, 20 birds, entrance $10, birds included; four moneys: Oliver, 29 L C Smith, 29.. D H Herrold, SO Stanley, 29 Hawley, 29 Fritz, 28 Sylmar, 29 Stephens, 30 .... Gcdcharles, 29 ... McKelvey, 29.... Walls, 29 Curtis, 28 Derk 30 Woods, 29 Roy, 29 Boyd, 27 Wellington, 30... Hoffman, 29 .... Patrick, 27 Parker, 28 Albert, 28 ....... Steward, 27 , 22222222222022202220—17 21000201120102122002—12 00001220020222220220—11 , 2220022222 1122212220—17 .02200222200222222200—13 ,00222222202212222222—17 . 02012121212111011222—17 . 12021222212122111202—18 . 12120121122202121201—17 , 20222001220222020200—12 . 12122002120112112220—16 . 02222011220012112220—15 . 00122202122212222201—16 . 02222222222222002220—16 .121200010021001 .22202122012102200010—13 . 22222222022220222222—18 . 01220222122222221121—18 .12122211001102220022—15 .11120221011101101010—14 . 01022020111201122212—15 . 12012012100102120210—13 Ties for trophy shot off at 10 birds: Stephens, 30 2110221002— 7 Hoffman, 29. Wellington, 30 2222222222 — 10 .0222211110— 8 Dickey Bird Tournament. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21.— We wish to withdraw our dates of March 20 to 25, for a tournament, and in doing so make the following explanation, which we hope you will publish in your columns : It was our intention to give an indoor tournament in Kansas City’s celebrated Convention Hall. We intended to make it« a very elaborate affair, and in addition to a tournament, have a small-sized sportsman’s show, confining the displays to lines closely allied to trapshooting. We expected to make backstops of iron, on which would be painted signs of the firms interested. We found that we could arrange the hall so that the targets would have a flight of 30yds. right and left, and 45yds. straightaway before striking the back- stops. We proposed to add $100 per day to the regular pro- gramme, and further, to purchase a return ticket (no matter how far) for' every man shooting 1,000 targets during the week. Ar- rangements were made for continuing the programme through the evening and including a number of special features, sure to at- tract a large crowd. We have received considerable encouragement from the firms interested in promoting the shooting game. They all recognize the novelty of the tournament and the fact that it will attract universal attention. A number of them write us, however, that they will be unable to get together a suitable exhibit in so short a time. We have therefore decided to postpone the shoot until just before or just after Jan. 1, 1906. We intend to make this tournament and exhibition the biggest thing of its kind ever held in this country. As we will not hold the shoot in the hall, we will postpone our outdoor tournament until later in the season, giving way to the Omaha and St. Joseph gun clubs who have taken dates for the same week. Our dates were published Jan. 5, 1905. W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. Schenectady Gan Club. Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 22. — First high average was won by Warnick, 93.5 per cent. ; second high average. Sanders, 92.1 per cent.; third, Adams, 82,1 per cent. Money was divided Rose sys- tem. Scores: Events : 123456789 Shot Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 at. Broke. Av. Keller 13 13 13 13 14 14 16 14 12 140 122 .871 Wallburg ............. 12 13 15 13 12 14 18 13 14 140 124 . 885 Adams 12 12 13 14 14 14 18 15 14 140 126 .900 Jones ...12 13 11 11 13 14 16 12 13 140 115 .821 Ferguson 14 13 13 11 14 . . 75 65 .866 Sanders 14 14 15 15 13 12 17 14 15 140 129 . 921 H E Greene. . ......... 13 15 11 12 13 12 16 14 10 140 116 .828 Warnick .............. 14 15 14 13 15 14 18 14 14 140 131 .935 Livingston ........... 13 12 13 12 14 14 17 15 12 140 122 .871 Valentine ....14 13 14 14 13 14 15 12 14 140 123 .878 Huyck 11 15 15 12 14 12 18 13 12 140 122 . 871 Hancox ...............15 13 14 13 13 14 15 14 14 140 125 .892 Holloway ............ 11 9 9 12 8 11 16 10.. 125 86 . 688 Price 7 8 ............. . 30 15 .500 Bryan . 10 10 9 .. 8 13 19.... 95 69 . 726 Harvey ............... 12 11 12 .. 11 13 15 13 10 125 97 .775 Underhill 12 13 13 10 10 14 15 .... 110 87 .790 Steves 7 6 10 45 23 .611 Lovejoy 11 13 11 . . . . 45 35 .777 Miller 18 14 14 5 0 46 . 920 Fitzjohn 9 15 9 . 600 Welling 8 15 8 .533 Knight .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 15 6 . 400 V. Wallburg, Sec’y. Target Velocities. Dayton, O., Feb. 22. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will you kindly find space in your columns for the following target prob- lem? If at 10yds. from the trap the target is thrown 12ft. high, what height will it have to attain to keep it in the air long enough to go 40yds.? At what distance from the trap will its highest rise be? And what will the velocity per second be to carry it the 40yds.? I would be pleased if some ballistic expert — reader of your, I won’t say valuable paper, for that goes without saying— would give a solution to the above. I have tried to work it out, but am not satisfied that I have got the solution to it. Trap. [The problem cannot be solved definitely because it has no con- stants. The wind, gentle or strong, from any direction; the vari- able power of the springs of different traps, and of the same trap at different times; the targets flying edgewise or sidewise offer- ing variable resisting surfaces; their spinning fast or slow, or not at all are all variants. However, in a general way, they follow the law of all projectiles, describing approximately a parabola; and their highest point of flight is a trifle less than two thirds of the distance thrown.] Springfield Shooting Association. Springfield, Mass.— This club celebrated Washington’s Birth- day by holding a shoot on our grounds at Red House Crossing on the afternoon of Feb. 22. The day was very unfavorable for trapshooting, being cold and windy. However, some good scores were made, all things considered. Only six shooters turned out, many staying away on account of the weather. Scores follow: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shot Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 at. Broke. 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Special net price $325.00 W. W. Greener special presentation quality Imperial Ejector, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. Shown at the World’s Fair at St. Louis and greatly admired for its splendid balance. Has a dark Italian walnut full pistol grip stock, with Silver’s anti-recoil pad. Carved shell fence. Action and guard completely cov- ered with the most elaborate relief engraving. Both barrels full choke. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30- in. barrels, 7 lbs. 8 oz. weight, 2%-in. drop, 14%- in. stock. This magnificent gun has never been shot and is like new. Special net price. . .$400.00 W. W. Greener special Imperial quality Ejector with Sir . Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. One of the most beautiful specimens of a Greener pigeon gun in the United States. Cost $550.00 and is like new. Has a straight grip stock of curly Italian walnut, carved shell fence, elaborate game engraving. Both barrels extreme full choke. Perfect balance. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30- in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, 2%-in. drop, 14%-in. stock. Special net price $350.00 W. W. Greener royal quality Crown Ejector. Very few Crown Greeners ever come into the market second-hand, and are always snapped up as soon as they appear. This one is a very de- sirable example of this gradfc, and with a fine shooting record. It has Greener’s special Damas- cus barrels, fine half-pistol grip stock and is full choke in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 9 oz. weight, 2 3-16-in. drop, 14%-in. stock. Cost, $425.00, and is in perfect condition. Special net price $250.00 Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Gun, $350 grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engrav- ing. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. 7% lbs,. 2%-in. drop, 14%-in. stock. An extremely fine gun, Price $225 . 00 net, Greener double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450.00. It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels without pit or flaw, 40-in. long, stock, 14 in., heavy Silver’s recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3- in drop, and it is one of the most powerful guns we have ever seen. Price. ...... .$200.00 net. W. & C. Scott & Son Duck Gun, with ham- mers. Damascus barrels, straight walnut stock, under-grip action. With this gun is a leather trunk shape case, implements and loading tools. For shooting at long distances and for flock shooting, this is an ideal gun. Dimensions: 4- ga., 38-in. barrels, 15 lbs. weight. Cost new, $250.00. Price $125.00 net Greener “Far-Killing Duck” hammer gun, $200 grade, fine English laminated barrels, low ham- mers, handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke. 10-ga., 32-in. barrels, 8% lbs. weight, 14% in. stock. Price .$100.00 net. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock, Sie- man steel barrels, half pistol grip. Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost New, $120.00. Price...,. .$45.00 Knockabout hammerless, with Krupp steel bar- rels, 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 6 oz. Cost new, $60.00. In perfect condition. Price $35.00 net. Francotte hammerless, handsomely engraved, in perfect condition. Cost new, $150.00. 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. Price .$75.00 net. W. & C. Scott & Son hammer gun, 16-ga., 2s. in. barrels, 6% lbs. weight. In good condition. Damascus barrels, half pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price $38.50 net. W. & C. Scott & Son single hammer 4-bore gun, with 36-in barrel, 10% lbs. weight. In ex- cellent condition. Under grip action. Cost new, $125.00. Price .$45.00 net. Lefever duck gun, 8-ga., 32-in. barrels, 11% lbs. weight. _ Shows some wear, but good for years of service. In leather case, and is offered at one-third original cost. Price ..$37.60 net. WE BUY AND TRADE SECOND-HAND GUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting- equipment for something different. For many years we have made a specialty of buying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you contemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part pay-,- ment, we can make you more favorab'e terms now than we could at the beginning of next season, We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration, and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. J H LAU & CO 76 CHAMBERS STREET^NEW YORK CITY. A postal brings catalogue and “Shooting Facts.” HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, No. 20 Cortlandt St., New York. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. CHARLES DALY GUNS Highest Grade, Hand Made. Prices, $125.00 to $500.00 SPECIALTY CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, WALSRODE POWDER AGENTS, 302-304 Broadway, NEW YORK. For all game laws see 44 Game Laws in Brief/* sold by all dealers VOL. LXIV. — No. JO. SATURDAY, MARCH JJ, *905. JS,,I UKiuosq^iuig \'i’A\Snty aor ght 1004, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 Great Britain, $5.50. f FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. * I A LMOST every healthy boy wants a rifle. Almost every discriminating boy prefers U. M. C. Cartridge!" for his shooting. Almost every up-to-date boy insists on 17. M. C. ungreased cartridges, for they have no lubricant to soil the hands or pockets, and they will not lead the rifle. .*. .’. r Loaded with smokeless powder — C. B., .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 Winchester Automatic Rifle. Insist on 1/. M. C. mctRje — “the 1/ Kind.” They are guaranteed. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Sir- n 7 •* -s* . ■■•V • A', .. wrrririrMYriirrtr^^ *mri r vn-rf** *i~Trg»r*MMfcTf»rrTrnrnnrrT^rrmTnrrifTTi^^ The International Championship at Live Birds WON WITH WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED “LEADER” SHELLS This highly important event, which is annually sought by the best shots of America, was the principal match of the Second Grand Sportsman's Handicap, which was held at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 15-16-17, there being in all 26 entries. Mr. R. R. Bennett, of Pittsburg, Pa., won with the score of 24 out of 25 birds, from the 30-yard mark, receiving the Gilman & Barnes Trophy, which is the emblem of this championship. The weather conditions under which this match was shot were severe enough to test the eye and nerve of the greatest expert — and the experts were there. This, of course, reflects great credit upon Mr. Bennett’s skill, but — suppose he had used unreliable cr inferior shells? Skill in shooting is of littte avail if faulty ammunition is used. Mr. Bennett looked out for that part of it, and supplied himself with the best shells he could buy so as not to take any chances; in other words, he used Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, which are unequalled for reliability, pattern, penetration and killing qualities under any conditions. Winchester Factory Loaded Shells were also used by Alec Tolsma, who won high average the first day; and by Chas. Spencer, who won high average the second day with a straight score of 25 birds, which was remarkable under the circum. stances. If you are not satisfied with your shooting, the trouble may be with your “ load.” Next time you shoot, change to Winchester Factory Loaded Shells and you will never change again; for they are THE SHELLS THAT WIN THE TROPHIES AND THE AVERAGES TOO i-s FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch* Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc* aWEIS SimrUJIHJII IYACHT BOILER. „c_ SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York, Nearly 1600 in use. 360 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue freer WORKS s RED BANK, N. J. *• Yachting: Goods, LOOK "W YACHl YACHT and SHIP BROKERS. 42 Broadway, New York. 131 State St., Boston. Telephones. Cable addresses, “Pirate.’ LORILLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City The Ball-bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the row- boat what the ball-bearing- did for the bicycle. Every ounce of energy ilized. utilized. No clanking or squeak- ing; in fact, absolutely noiseless and frictionless. The ideal oar loch for hunting and fishing. Furnished for either tight or loose oars. If your dealer does not handle, write for descriptive cir- cular and prices. T. H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N.Y, ALERT. This spirited engraving of the noblest game animal of Eastern North America was drawn for the Forest and Stream by Carl Rungius, and has been reproduced as an artotype by E. Bier- stadt in the full size of the original drawing. The plate is 12% x 19 inches, on paper 22 x 28 inches. It is the most faithful and effective pic- ture of the moose we have ever seen and makes a magnificent adornment when framed for hang- ing on the wall. Price (mailed in a tube, post- paid), $3.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. . f ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binnky. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Mason Building, Kilby Street, BOSTOIf, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. Mullins Stamped Steel Boats Can’t Sir&K B. B. CROWNINSH1ELD. J. E. FELLOWS R. C. 8IMPSON. NAVAL ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS, Hunting: nn d Fishing Boats, Auto Boats, Motor Boat* Bow Boat*. tv JtUU ilUIllN, of/[roniv ,r!»!d ste-1 p'ates, with air chambers in each end like a life boat. Strong-safe- U/ IT p «i«rSio^y„ailrleAdt2.?,Spo^tsm?n,- “Get There” Duck Boats as illustrated $20. Motor Boats 16 ft., fni. iQAKr’i. i ’’ 3 i v f2Y# Special quotations on Auto Boats. Every Boatman should send tiT l^atalogrue which shows all our new models and many innovations in boat building-. The W. H. Mullins Co., (The Steel Boat Builders) 126 Franklin Street, Salem, Ohio. Member National Association of Engine and Boat Builders AUTO-BOATS — Fastest in the world — also Cruisers. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. WILLIAMS-WHiTTELSEY COMPANY, DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF Manual of the Canvas Canoe, By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”). Many illustrations of designs and plans of can- vas canoes and their parts. Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ- ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. FOREST AND STREAM PUB, CO. Three Splendid Books for Boys. Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN. JACK AMONC THE INDIANS. JACK IN THE ROCKIES. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING. A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. and Thcf mhera Pra?.tical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, a „l?ifr.a^r;uls,n^ cutt«r °f22 ft- wyterlme. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted uli instructions, even to the minutest H#»tall am o-ivAn f /-»*• ♦v,** be*1' to American remiirementc t , V- aesigns snow hne little boats which are fully adapted the^ boats TheTnformaHnn ^ f fvel?to the nunutest detail, are given for the building of 60th mese poats. i ne miormation is not confined to these yachts alone • thev are merelv taken ns eva m riles . what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the sL’t i’ J > bUt Whapart I^reats of th f h T"?den yacht building according to the best and most' approved methods. Bart I. treats of the building of the boats, and Part II covers the rigging. In A " - 3 nr! thpn o ^ 1 ^ . _ • 1 r ” T TI’ — V1A l'Vv' U1C w*™, ana rart 11. covers the rigg-iner. In Part I,. Mr Hooe first g*oes dons M^vra°for^Sit^m^teSathhapt^toth5best materials to use- In Chapter III. Full instfuc- . ^en tor laying: off, making the molds and setting- up the frames. Chapter IV discusses the anltt^xTchafter' Chapte/vAs given ovel t5lSteiS'«SdffiiS devoted to thfmak^ Of eeiteeh a Plac? the ?oors’ shelf and deck beams- The other eight chapters being stopping and nainHnf trunks dlnd rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking . PmnUng, lead keels, and centerboards. mdHers snare Hprt finino.. ,mn n.n.1. ana ..ki« : and equipment. The matter of r and equipment. The matter .jrr.4 T , luuuer cases, laying aecKS ana placing coamings, caulking, eels, and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fittings, of rigging and sails is thoroughly deklt with in pkrt II. mungs, Forest a. rid Stream Publishing Co., New York. How To Build a Launch From Plans. With general instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. Price, postpaid, $1.50 e This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may successfully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of such an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, REGISTER and we think th( you will agree wi us in saying thej ALMY BOILE is the FAVORITE BOILI with yachtsmen. ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO Prevldenea, R. I. DAN KIDNEY i SON, WEST DE FERE, Will Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boat j Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boatil Send for Catalogue. HIGH SPEED AND CRUISING YACHTS AND MOTOR BOATS, Steiivway, Long Island City. N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers'. I CANOES AND ROWBOATS. Canvas-covered, built of cedar — light, staunch, graci ful. Made of best materials by skilful workmef Styles for all purposes; wide range of sizes and price Send now for free illustrated catalogue. OLD TOWN CANOE CO., 9 Middle St., Old Town, Mi AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CC Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats, Our Special! Knock Dow Craft* of any de- scription, I D.Row Boat; Clinker Built, $1.00 per running foot net cash. Sen or catalogue. 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, flO. “OUR. BABY.” THE ECLIPSE % h. p. motor is designed fo 16 and 18 ft. rowboat launches. Can be in stalled in your own rowboat. Motor de- velops one full horse power and should not b- confounded with the cheap propositions on th market. Makes an ideal power for the sports men’s boat. Price of engine with all accessories $75._ Price of 16-ft. boat, with power installed $125 to $175, according to style and finish. Send for descriptive circular. THE ECLIPSE MOTOR CO. MANCELONA, - . MICHIGAN ROWLAND E. ROBINSON’S Danvis Books. These books have taken their place as classic- in the literature of New England village and woods life. Mr. Robinson’s characters are peculiar, quaint and lovable; one reads of them' now with smiles and now with tears (and need not be ashamed to own to the tears). Mr. Rob- inson writes of nature with marvelous insight; his is the ready word, the phrase, to make a bit of landscape, a scene of outdoors, stand out clear and vivid, like a startling flashing out from the reader’s own memory. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars a ironwork exposed to excessive changes weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH d COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway, 59 Market Stre< Now York. Chloago, 111. Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ERMS, l a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1905. j VOL. LXIV.— No. 10, j No. 346 Broadway, New York. I ,The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- lent, instruction and information between American sportsmen, he editors invite communications on the subjects to which its : iages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- arded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion f current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of orrespondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single { opies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full < articulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. LAKE CHAMPLAIN FISH. The big fish eat the little ones. Basing his argument n this familiar axiom, Mr. Bainbridge Bishop, in an reticle printed in our angling columns, argues that the jaresent system of fish protection on Lake Champlain is reong in principle. The fishing in the lake is not what it sed to be; and while New York and Vermont and fanadian anglers have been working on the theory that le depletion is due to netting, Mr. Bishop strongly intends that it is the result of unwise protection of edaceous species. In the pickerel, garpike and mas- inonge he finds the agencies of destruction with which it ! purposeless to' endeavor to cope by restocking. It may recalled that a similar argument has been employed > account for the poor fishing of the St. Lawrence River, he remedy proposed is simple. Outlaw the pickerel and le garpike; permit gunning and spearing, and allow letting under restrictions. In other words, reverse the resent system of protection. It would be profitable to ;arn the views of others familiar with the Lake Cham- lain fishing situation. WYOMING BIG-GAME REFUGE. The State of Wyoming has recently taken a long step rward in the direction of big-game protection, and the tw published in another column shows just what has een done. The Yellowstone National Park is an inviolable sanc- ,iary for big game, but a great part of the Park ontains merely summer range. While the flats of the ellowstone and Gardiner River furnish good winter graz- ig grounds, most of the southern portion of the Park is ninhabitable for game in the winter on account of deep ows and insufficient food. Thus, at the coming of the •inter snows, most of the large game that summers in le National Park is obliged to leave the high mountains here it is safe, and go down into the lower and more ind-swept country. When it leaves the Park it is likely > become — in that sparsely settled country — a prey to retty much whoever may wish to kill it. Unless they are reflected while in this winter range, the numbers of the k that summer in the southern portion of the Park must instantly grow smaller, and the final outcome would be lat ini the Park there will be left only that herd which inters along the Yellowstone River. The. greatest number of elk now existing in America is >und in and immediately about the Yellowstone Park, id it is here that the greatest effort should be made to otect them. For several years unwearying efforts have :en made to induce Congress to authorize the President set aside game refuges within the forest reserves, and Congress had given such authority no doubt we should Tore this have had a great refuge adjacent to the ational Park. Congress did not do this, however, and was left to the State of Wyoming to take this wise ition, and to set aside a great State game refuge — a act of about i,ioo square miles — equal to one-third of e Yellowstone Park, in which hunting is absolutely pro- bited at all seasons of the year. This State refuge is many respects well adapted to a winter range, for it is wide valleys and many high, bald hills, which the inter winds sweep free from snow. The idea of having the State of Wyoming establish ich a game refuge originated, we believe, with Mr. A. A. nderson, the artist, who also bears the title Special jperintendent Yellowstone Forest Reserve. Mr. Ander- n has spent much time in the region south and south- st of the Park, and knows it very thoroughly. The ork of protecting it is with him a labor of love, and ithin a year or two he has done a great deal of good keeping the foreign, sheep off this forest reserve. Not ng ago he went to Wyoming and urged upon the Legis- lature, then in session, the action which was soon after taken. That this action was wise no one who has studied the subject can doubt. Looking at the matter purely from the most cold-blooded viewpoint of dollars and cents, it is evident that the protection of game here during the whole year will very greatly increase the supply of game which each year comes down into the hunting country of Wyoming, and will thus bring into the State a constantly greater number of hunters, whose good money will benefit the State of Wyoming and its residents. All sportsmen and all persons interested in game legislation will con- gratulate the Wyoming Legislature on its wise and far- seeing action. THE SENSE OF DIRECTION. No class of dog stories is more common than is that of the dog which, taken a long way from home, finds its way back over an unknown road by the exercise of observation or sense of direction. In a recent letter, Alfred R. Wallace, the distinguished scientist, points out that though such printed stories are innumerable, they do not contain all the data essential to drawing conclu- sive deductions; and he suggests that the mystery of the dog’s performance is to be solved only by experiments several times repeated, for the purpose of ascertaining exactly what a dog does when left in a strange place many miles from home, to which it has been brought by a cir- cuitous route and so confined as to be quite unable to use its sight. For such an experiment to be conclusive, Mr. Wallace points out it is essential “(i) that the dog’s history is known, so that it can never possibly have been in the district it is taken to; (2) that a person quite un- known to the dog is present when it is turned loose, and keeps it in sight during the whole day, making careful notes of all its actions. If this were done with, say, half a dozen carefully chosen dogs, two or three times with each, a great deal of real knowledge would be obtained which would probably settle the question as to the posses- sion of a sense of direction. In these first experiments the distance need not be great, ten to twenty miles being sufficient if it were quite certain that the intervening country was unknown to the dog.” Here is an inviting field of experiment which many persons are in a position to undertake ; and properly conducted the tests would re- sult in the securing of valuable data. WATER POLLUTION AND FISH. To put an end to the mill waste pollution of fish- inhabited or inhabitable waters, is one of the most per- plexing problems we have to do with in the whole field of fish protection. As a rule, the laws are everywhere inade- quate; if they are sufficient in the letter of their provi- sions, they are weak in the execution. Everywhere the country over, streams once yielding a bounteous supply have long since been utterly and permanently ruined by having been converted into sewers for refuse which destroys all life. To deprecate this, to denounce it, to demand a remedy, to enact laws, to call for their enforce- ment— all this is the natural and conventional course of procedure. But it usually ends just there. The mill in- terests are so enormous and so powerful that, as expe- rience amply shows, it is practically impossible to cope with them. They defeat effective legislation. They defy the execution of laws which actually interfere with their interests. They are so powerful that they have been able and are now able to carry on their water polluting opera- tions with practical immunity. No more important thing remains to be done to-day in the field of fish protection and restoration, and main- tenance than the clearing of the waterways of these pol- lutions and the keeping of them clear in the future, to the end that fish may live in them. We have accomplished wonders in the development of the art of producing fish. Given the waters to mature and maintain the stock, our National and State commissioners could provide the fish in illimitable supply. The cleansing of brook and river and lake would add millions of dollars’ worth of food to the people of this country annually. And the solution of the water pollution problem ought not to be beyond the wisdom of the time to discover and apply. The United States Geological Survey has just pub- lished a preliminary report of the investigations madp by Marshall O. Leighton, Chief of the Survey’s Division of Hydro-Economics, of the waters of Lake Champlain with reference to their pollution by wood pulp mills. It may be recalled that the investigation was undertaken at the request of Governor McCullough, of Vermont, some time ago, who represented that as Lake Champlain was an interstate body of water, such an investigation should ap- propriately be conducted under national authority. As to the Bouquet River, which flows into Lake Champlain from the Adirondacks, Mr. Leighton finds that the waters of the river below the Champlain mills of the New York and Pennsylvania Company, at Willsboro, are “preferable to many waters which are used daily for domestic p.u- poses and concerning which no complaint is cui 111 « j - . ' An extensive series of analyses of the waur of the lake itself at this point demonstrated that it was not affected by the waste from the Willsboro. pulp mill beyond the maximum distance of 2,000 feet, and usually not beyond 1,000 feet from the mouth of the Bouquet River, provided that the sedimentation bed installed at the Willsboro mill is used. In the Ausable River Mr. Leighton found a much more serious condition of things. -Here the sulphide p.flp w from the pulp and paper mills of the J. & J. ltogu , ' , . pany is seen in a black or very dark purple disc. 1 1 1 of the water. At certain points of slack waur il.c 1 . b t the stream is covered with this waste pulp, ami cciim ! r- able putrefaction takes place, the whole mass flows along the twenty miles intervening between Ausable Forks and the lake, “inky black in color, and generally unattractive in appearance. Analysis shows that there is no doubt whatever concerning the damaging effect of the waste upon the river. This sulphide waste is carried for con- siderable distances into the lake, and undoubtedly a cer- tain amount of damage is done to the water. The waste pulp itself can, however, exert no harmful effects.” Again, Mr. Leighton claims that practically the entire shore from Colchester Point to Shelburne Bay, including the intake of the Burlington city water supply, is con- taminated by sewage from the city of Burlington and from Winooski River. STILL MARCHING ON. The Forest and Stream Platform Plank — Forbid the sale of game at all seasons — has just won a new indorse- ment. Missouri has incorporated it in the game law prepared by the Audubon Society. The anti-sale principle has in these later years come into general recognition as the basis of an effective system of protection. It is of almost universal adoption. In the States where it has not yet. been incorporated in the law, the game dealers are. making strenuous efforts to prevent its application, as they did in Missouri. When one remembers that the St. Louis game market has in times past been the collecting and distributing point for vast quantities of game, the tremendous import of the anti-sale law may be appre- ciated. The anti-sale system is now of almost uinveusal application. It has come to stay, because it strikes at the root of a great evil. By another section of the new game law, Missouri has come back into the Union. 1 hat is to say, it has retreated from the position so long held of forbidding hunting by non-residents, and henceforth will permit shooting by citizens of other States under a $15 license. The imported pheasants which have been put out in the neighborhood of Canandaigua, Fairport and other towns of central New York, are reported to have done well, multiplying and appearing to be healthy and well fed. With all other game, they have suffered severely this winter. If they survive the season of 1904-5 it may be accepted that they can stand the climate, and the stock- ing enterprise may be regarded as a demonstrated success. Just how valuable an acquisition as a new game bird the pheasant will prove, is still a subject of conjecture. . It is said that the farmers in the localities where the birds have been put out are by no means friendly to them, for they assert that the pheasant is a destroyer of grain. * That was a wonderful performance by Mr. R. C. Leonard in the rubber irog casting competition in Madi- son Square Garden last week, when he made the score of 143 feet 7 inches. It is the record to date, and a cast which is not likely soon to he surpassed unless by Mr. R, G Leonard, 190 FOREST AND STREAM After Caribou with the Crees. Phillip Ward and John Sampson were the two full- blooded Crees that the Hudson’s Bay Company had pro- cured for me for a winter’s hunt into the caribou country of northern Quebec, and from previous arrangements with them they had erected somewhere in the woods a little cabin of logs and bark. This, of course, they did slowly on: their journeys to and from the post and their own country further to the north, where their tribe borders on the Esquimaux. Phillip was talkative — very much so for an Indian — and this exceptional trait helped a long ways to pass some of those cold, cold days and nights that we found in the frozen land of Canada. Sampson, poor fellow, who, just a few days before we arrived had lost his son by drown- ing, was reticent, but reliable. They were good hunters, and up to within a few years lived on Hudson Bay where cold and hunger pinches even the Indians. They related their experiences, which were very interesting, when we once had them launched in story-telling. It was the wish of my wife and me to try the woods in midwinter, and as moose were out of season, caribou with some trapping was to take its place. It did not take long to reach Quebec, where we procured our heavy woolen undergarments, much, better and cheaper than can be bought in this country; soft moccasins, socks, duffle, snowshoes, mitts, caps and blankets were awaiting us at the post, and everything was reasonable and of the best. The four-point blankets I consider far superior to any sleeping bag; they are large enough to fold in three parts, then held by large safety pins in this position made nine thicknesses of blanket to be used as the temperature war- ranted. I found that it took almost as much covering under one’s body as over to keep warm, but we had enough. With a rubber air bed one thickness is suffi- cient under you, but they cannot be carried in cold weather without great risk of breaking; the rubber seems very brittle and one small break or crack would make them useless. That is why we had to endure the “com- hardest place to fill satisfactorily was that of the leader. A dog that pulled a good stroke was a loafer when in the van, and vice-versa. The most satisfactory way we eventually found was to put the largest and most unruly one next to the toboggan. The leader that showed the most intelligence was a small spaniel-like dog, and he would follow a trail very well, even when the Indian who was breaking the trail was out of sight. We all had gotten on so far in fairly good shape; the loaded tobog- gan had capsized a number of times, and we had lost a little food, broken a piece out of the spare snowshoes, and had a shaking up generally. Already the fatigue of snowshoe walking was commencing to tell on us tender- feet, for we had had frequent falls, and how those bushes would smart when they stung our cold faces ! A couple of hot cups of tea with a few pieces of toasted bread that we had brought from the post, together with a Can of emergency ration made into a nice mush, gave us a good lunch, and we were off again. Along toward dusk, and when we were getting a wee bit uneasy, we came to a lake, and the teams — with which we could not keep up during those last few miles — had not waited at the lake; the tracks were very plain, however, but the approaching darkness made one feel sort of queer, besides the Indians had showed us any amount of wolf tracks on the way in. This had been a discouraging sign as far as game was concerned, for the chances were that they would drive the deer away. Anyhow, we kept on over the lake, and just as we rounded a point at the far end, our little shack loomed up. Every dog was tied to a separate tree, the men were busy cutting wood. We soon got some of the “stuff” unloaded, the fire started, water on and supper under way, then retired. I am sorry I could not say, as did Mr. Stewart White, “Instantly it was morning,” but the morning eventually came, and the greater part of it was spent in improving that bed and fixing up things. The roof leaked a little from the heat of the stove; but by sweeping all the snow off and keeping it so, we had no more trouble. It seems strange the amount of annoyance; a trifle will cause one sometimes. The cold, hard work and our plans were mapped out for the day. Our fir day was to be spent in setting traps, of which we had fit teen; about one-half were set that day and the rest o: the following day. The weather was very poor for trap ping, as invariably it would snow a few inches ever; night, Completely covering up the bait or trap, although they were set in the usual way with a brush covering The wind helped to do this, and then we usually found rabbit (or more properly speaking a hare) for our pain: After spending a feW days in resetting the tfaps We founl it took so much time that it was impossible to hunt, a: was neCessafy to find caribou, so we gave it up; but late a mink and a lynx Were added to our collection. To fill the larder, snares were set, around the lake, and ever ', morning while Phillip and I were out looking for track; my wife and Sampson Were gathering in the white one;. NoW and then a live rabbit would be found with th noose around the poor thing’s neck, but he was alway let go. They were so plentiful and so easy to catch tha a few days enough had been bagged to keep us fo in some time, and that branch was stopped. But the par tridges, although not plentiful, were in sufficient number, that we could generally get two or three in a morning’! hunt, and that sport now occupied the time of the “stay at-homes.” My wife had a Parker 28-gauge, and for that purpos it couldn’t be beaten; it was so light for her to lu through the woods, and when snow is on the ground th, walking is much harder; at least that was our experienc The weight of five and three-quarters of a pound is fine especially for a woman, and the load strong enough foj grouse and rabbits ; besides, for the same weight, one ca carry almost twice as many shells as you can with a 12! gauge. A little .22 was along, but the .28 was the favorite The little noise the gun makes is a great factor while in big-game country, j The late spring was the reason given for there bein I so few birds, but there were enough for a good stew noV I and then both of birch and spruce partridges, mostly th latter. _j| THE PARTY — THREE BUCKS AND A SQUAW. LUNCH AT 30 BELOW ZERO. fort” (I can’t see it) of a browse bed. Each day the Indians added more spruce, but with a few hours’ use the bed would be flat and hard as ever, it seemed. Anyhow, we slept and shivered. After everything had been bought and packed, and after the dogs (two teams of four each) were beaten a few times, we were off. Experience came fast and furious to us on this novel and exhilarating hunt, and one of the first things found out was to not use anything that has or had a drop of oil in it. The amount of flour, rice, etc., distributed along the trail due to the oiled canvas bags cracking open with the least jar or rub, taught us this. Another thing was to wear loose clothing, keep away from the fire no matter how cold you were, -and “go lighter next time.” Our course was almost due north, and by the time we “boiled the kettle” for our noonday meal we had put, I suppose, ten miles to the dogs’ credit. I say to their credit and my disgrace, because I rode on the toboggan over the lakes ; going through the woods on the snowshoes was most laborious work, mostly be- cause I- was not used to snowshoes, and secondly, be- cause the fall was light and very soft, this causing a sink- ing of about nine inches and lifting a good deal of snow at every step. How my wife stood it I don’t know ; any- how she said nothing, but trudged along. I will admit that she rode a little more than I did and had nothing to carry. This was the dogs’ first trip this year, and they were very wild and green, constantly fighting or tangling themselves up. I believe the dogs and their antics caused more inward swearing and outward laughter than any- thing else. Each animal had its characteristic, and I en- joyed watching and trying to study them. Some were husky, some straight dog and the rest a mixture. About every mile or so Phillip — who was the possessor of this five stock— wo»W change their relative positions, The and bad luck at the traps were nothing compared to the bother a miserable little mouse made for this camp. No sooner were we in bed and the candles out than he com- menced, first in the woodpile, scratching and gnawing, then among the tins, and many an hour of sleep was lost on account of this little creature. Into traps he would not go, nor did we have any poison, but by great patience he was finally shot, only to find that on the next night the racket continued, and then we gave it up, as there was no telling how many there were. To return to the arrangement for our hunting and trap- ping; that was to commence with as little loss of time as possible. We spent the balance of the first day in getting everything in first class shape ; there were the provisions to put in individual bags and suspended from the roof where the rodents couldn’t get them ; the blankets shaken and made into bag form, wood cut and stowed; camera, gun, field glasses, and all such fittings placed that they could be easily found, and lastly a small store house made outside for meats and supplies that had to be kept cold. The camp had a couple of tables, so the only fixing necessary to do in that line was to- cut a couple of extra seats. That night was better, and we dispensed with getting up every few hours to build the fire, although ice formed in the camp every night. Before daylight one of the Indians would come in and build the fire, recut the hole in the ice, fetch water and depart to his tent to await the first and only call to breakfast. My wife did all of the cooking, preferring to do- the work herself than let either of the men do it. In less than an hour from the time the fire was started a good meal was ready, generally consisting of biscuits, ham (until we got caribou), boiled rice or potatoes and tea; sometimes we had stewed fruit, onions, chocolate, beans and preserves. After breakfast, gpd when tfie dishes were washed, daylight would come. Many miles with rifle, ax and lunch pail did Phillip an I travel before we found tracks, and then, after followin them until it was time to go home, did we get the firs sight of the barren’s own child. The wolf tracks werm everywhere, and some nights the dogs would keep u I. such an infernal barking that sleep was out of the quest tion. They either heard or smelled them, as we ran acros'p their fresh tracks often on the lake we were camped 01 L They were never seen, and I only heard them once, an j, that in the late afternoon. A few deer were seen, bn { not shot at, besides they were especially shy. The wolve !>; were hot on the trail, and many times did the telltalk tracks show where they were in full pursuit. Jumps csL fifteen feet were found made by these brutes, and th - foot-prints larger than any dog’s I ever saw. Abotafe the second week, within a few miles and after a ligl snow had fallen, we found fresh caribou tracks; ther. had been a number and we lost no time in following They were going right against the wind, and up to noo were still going. A short rest with a cold lunch and j thermometer that) registered 29 degrees below zero whp we left in the morning, caused us to tarry but a shot while, and within an hour we saw them lying down in fairly open spot in some burnt woods. Look as we couh no large heads were to be seen, but as we needed the me: picked out apparently the largest and let the .405 do th: rest. It did, and the animal only went about fifty fee There must have been a dozen that jumped up, but nor had heads any larger than the one down. He was dea ■ when we got to him, and the bullet had gone complete) through, but a little too high considering we had gotte:k so close to him — not over fifty yards. After getting tbk head and a small piece of meat off, we completely cover ok; him with snow to keep him from freezing, and the t| flurried to camp, which W3$ fully six fpiles, and it w?j March ii, 1905.ll forest And Stream i§i I 11 into the afternoon then. The days are so short at it time of the year, and we were so far north, that I sit better when about dusk we came out on our own lake. :e Indians are wonders in finding their way in those bods. There were no hills or other landmarks, and ■jhough they had not been in this particular locality for jtrs, they could go straight through the brush and strike I: lake just about where they wanted to, nor did they ; a compass. That night we fairly gorged on meat, >: 1 consequently I had a good dose of nightmare; but I ct time was more careful, and had no second attack. , king our lunches and our dog team, we went straight t ' our caribou and got it out with little trouble ; nothing i 1 disturbed it, and there was enough meat to last for a j g time — in fact, a shoulder was brought home. Ye were entitled to another head, and as I wanted a ter one and the Indians could use the meat, we con- med to hunt. Caribou hunting in that country was the 'dest work I ever had, and at night I would be entirely nausted. We always carried the snowshoes, but only ijd them about half the time on account of the density vltrees. The snow was light enough to do without i m in places; besides, the heavy underbrush made walk- j '■ with them almost impossible. The wrenches, strains ; l falls we got (I in particular) made it very laborious irk, but that was part of the hunting, and had to* be- lured. From the way caribou are hunted and shot in I Iw Foundland, one is apt to lose respect for the sport, dfriend just returning from that country tells me that . saw and counted over two hundred caribou in a couple t weeks, he simply having to sit behind a blind and use his head. The New Foundland caribou are mag- • icent animals, and it seems a shame that they can be so ily slaughtered. They are there by the thousands, - y sav, but so were the buffalo, by the millions, but now ijhing remains. 'he hunting as I found it on this trip was the nearest qroach to true hunting and stalking that I have ever V, and the only pity is that the Quebec caribou are so Ibrior to those of New Foundland. No moose tracks e seen at all, and the few deer we ran across we let b My limited experience has made me think moose are > easiest animal of the deer tribe to get; and why is it It so large and valuable an animal appears so stupid? rave seen them and caribou stand and look at you for i longest time, and in the case of the caribou even after Its had been fired. Where would the Virginia deer e been by that time? Ve had been on these long tramps every day now for r a week in quest of the second head, and had visited Ithe likely marshes and bogs, but without success. If ►i had been after deer or moose we would have known tfe were none about and moved; but caribou are here day and somewhere else to-morrow, and so we hunted i and one day (the coldest we had, 30 below with a game was not “incompatible with or restrained by the rights conveyed to the Federal Govern- ment by the Constitution.” The migratory woodcock was one of the birds in ques- tion in that case, although no distinction was claimed or made on that account. The only definite suggestion of Federal constitutional power over migratory game thus far coming to my notice is, that under that clause of the Constitution giving Congress power to “provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States,” it may legislate on migratory game, and if I understand Mr. Shiras’ position, it is his sole contention that the migratory character of the game must be the test of Federal juris- diction. It seems to me that the difficulties in the appli- cation of this doctrine are insurmountable. In Western Colorado the summer range of the deer is in the high mountains. Every fall the majority of them migrate to regions of less altitude, one hundred miles or more to tbe west, large numbers going into Utah, returning in the spring, to their summer homes. The same is true as to Wyoming, and in fact all of the . Rocky Mountain States, the migration being between varying altitudes, east and west, as the case may be, and the nearer the State lines are to the high ranges the greater the number that pass from one State into another. Thousands of ducks stay their northern flight in Colo- rado and other inland States and breed there, while others go on to British Columbia and elsewhere. Most of our song and insectivorous birds are also migratory. The trout of the States which embrace the Continental Divide move down the streams to the deep water to win- ter, often in adjoining States. In the sea, the tarpon, tuna . and other big coast fishes winter at Tampico, Mexico and the Gulf of California, but summer on the Atlantic Coast, in Aransas Pass. Texas, and on the Pacific Coast ; and the salmon go back and forth from the sea to the headwaters of the rivers in several different States. So that the question of migration is, in most cases, one of degree merely, and a permanent State habitat de- pends much on the size of the State, or the proximity of a State line to the summer home and breeding ground 193 food or environment for its propagation in any State east of the Mississippi. A Boston Sportsman. Mid-Winter Hwnmingbirds* Editor Forest and Stream: Do hummingbirds nest in February? The affirmative is made obvious by an instance within arm’s reach ; for close by in a garden there is a diminutive hummingbirds’ nest with three little eggs, in it, which were there on Feb- ruary 10. The parent birds are sitting, and the female comes many times a day to our yard to feed on the blooms of the (?), which I inclose. Strange to say, I havei not seen a male feeding yet. Does he occupy the female’s place while she is absent, or does he sit and fast while she gathers honey all the day? The inclosed is a tree s.hrub which is generally trained against the side of a building and grows some 15 feet high. I find no one to tell me the name of it, although it is not uncommon. Charles Hallock. [ The blossom inclosed for determination is that of Tecoma capensis, a member of the Bignonia family.] of the animal in question, and if it is to be the test of Federal jurisdiction, the limit or dividing line between State and Federal jurisdiction will be so indefinite that the personal habits of each animal will have to be in- vestigated to determine whether it is entitled to fly the Stars and Stripes or the less imposing standard of a State. It is not the distance traveled by an animal after cross- ing a State line that is the test of migration, but the fact of crossing. I' can see also that many of the inland States might get the worst of it in case shooting was prohibited during the migratory period, as they would get little shooting except at the birds which stopped in those States to breed, although I believe the proposition is to prohibit spring shooting only, which would protect only on the north- ward flight. This would, in many places, however, pre- vent their getting any canvasbacks or redheads, as they breed far north and do not usually stop on their south- ward flight, except at night, and not always then. I imagine that some opposition would come from repre- sentatives of such States, and that they might plausibly contend that such a law did not promote the “general welfare.” of all the States. The idea of the proprietorship of a State in the game within its boundaries has, on account of the transitory character of its stay, given many people a great deal of trouble, but it is really no more difficult to apply than that of the. citizenship of people or the taxation of per- sonalty, both of which are quite as transitory as the game.. I think this proprietorship has become so firmly established by such a multitude of decisions — indeed, I believe it has never been judicially denied — that even the “general welfare” clause of the Constitution cannot be used to overthrow it, for, if it can, it would seem that no sovereign right of a State can stand against it. If and when aerial navigation shall come, a murder be committed on an air ship bound from New York to San Francisco, and four miles high, can there be any ques- tion of the jurisdiction to try and punish the offender in the courts of the State over which the vessel was at the time, notwithstanding he may never have set foot on its soil? . Some enthusiastic patriot has suggested in the discus- sion of this bill that State sovereignty did not survive the Civil War; but that is too radical a view. I will go to any reasonable . limit in favor of Federal protection of game, but it will not do to assume that an unconstitu- tional game law will stand, as the dealers in game are strong and will not give up until they are beaten in the courts. . As I stated in a former article, there can be no doubt of the power of the Federal Government to control the occupancy and use of the public domain, wherever situ- ated. hence no doubt of the power of Congress to pro- hibit or regulate by law the entrance upon the public domain for the purpose of hunting. The same principle is thus involved as is involved in the. unquestionable right of any owner of land to pro- hibit others from coming at any time on his land to hunt or hunting thereon, while permitting them to enter it for other purposes; and notwithstanding the State laws may give the right to every one to hunt at particular seasons, such right to hunt confers no right to trespass on an- other’s land for that purpose. The distinction between such a prohibition and one based on the protection of game alone is obvious. Mr. Shiras and I agree perfectly on the desirability of Federal game protection to the utmost extent that it can lawfully go ; our only difference being as to the basis of procedure and the extent; he basing the right on the migratory character of the animals and limiting the ex- tent to such animals, while I base the right on the owner- ship and right of control of the land and water on or in which the animals for the time being are, and extend it tc all game quadrupeds, birds and fish. 1 have endeavored to treat the question not captiously, but fairly, and to point out what seem to me to be objec- tions and difficulties in the way of his plan. The proposed establishment of forest reserves as game preserves is too narrow even to protect the big game of the West, except in its summer range. In winter it ranges far below the altitudes of the forest reserves, yet nearly always within the public lands. I suggest a Federal law regulating the entrance for hunting or fishing upon the public domain so compre- hensive that it will cover all the public lands, forest and Indian reservations, coast lands, navigable streams and inland waters, and the waters of bays, inlets and coasts; 194 FOREST AND STREAM. {March t x, 1905. in short, covering all lands and water over which the Government has jurisdiction and control Such a law will cover a large proportion of the habitat of the big game, water fowl, shore birds and fish in the United States, migratory and non-migratory, and greatly deter the market and lawless hunter and fisherman, who would have little definite knowledge as to just what regions such a law did, in fact, cover; and between the fear of Federal officers on one hand and State officers on the other, would be pretty well restricted. I believe that within the next two years spring shoot- ing will be pretty generally abolished by State action, and the bag limit generally applied, and that these, with such a Federal law as I suggest, will accomplish the end which we so much desire, in so far as it is practicable to accom- plish it. D. C. Beaman. Denver, Colorado, Feb. 25, 1905. Massachusetts Doings. Boston, March 4. — Editor Forest and Stream: On Friday, the Legislative Committee on Probate and Chancery gave a hearing upon a bill to prohibit the sale of the automatic gun. Representative Evans, of Everett, who put in the bill, opened the case, urging that the use of an automatic shotgun would prove a weapon too destructive to birds, especially the quail. Ete said, with such a weapon the hunter would be able on flushing a covey to kill nearly all the birds, while with a double- barreled gun used now he is not likely to get more than a couple of them at the first flushing, however expert he may be. So far as the destruction of game birds and animals was concerned, he said there was no objection to the automatic pistol, and in Massachusetts not much to be feared from the automatic rifle, as large game is not hunted in this State at the present time, although deer may be in a few years if their increase in numbers con- tinues. Mr. J. M. Van Huyck, of Lee, secretary of the Berkshire County Fish and Game Protective Association, appeared in behalf of his club in support of the bill, and Mr. Ernest Russell, in behalf of Worcester sportsmen. He expressed the opinion that the general use of this gun would prove the beginning of the end of quail in Massa- chusetts covers. ' Mr. E. Howe Forbush, State ornitholo- gist, said there were several species of ducks and shore birds that are already nearing the vanishing point in this State, and the use of such a gun in the hands of reckless boys and foreigners would tend greatly to the destruction of bird life. Representative Nowell, of Wakefield, sup- ported the bill in behalf of the Game Protective Associa- tion of Eastern Massachusetts, of which he is president, and the secretary of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association and the Central Committee testified that both those bodies were in favor of the bill. The House chairman of the committee before which the bill was heard is George M. Poland, Esq., of Wake- field, who is at present the chairman of the Central Com- mittee for Protection of Fish and Game. Unless there is some constitutional obstacle to be feared, there is no doubt the committee will make a favorable report, but the question of constitutionality may stand in the way. Should this prove to be the case, I believe some way will be found to prevent the use of such a weapon in the shooting of quail. As the result of a hearing on Wednesday before the Fish and Game Committee, there is reasonable expecta- tion that the length of trout that may be legally caught in Berkshire county will be made the same as in the rest of the State. Mr. Van Huyck represented his association at that hearing. The advocates of a hunters’ license have not slackened their efforts, and a correspondent sends me information from Hartford that on March 2, in the Senate, the Com- mittee on Fisheries and Game reported favorably a bill to license hunters. The bill establishes a fee of $1 for a. per- son hunting on land of another, but if the hunter is an alien the fee is to be $10. Half the money derived. from sale of licenses is to be expended by the commissioners in payment of salaries of game wardens, and half for the purchase and liberation of quail. Under the bill no man is prohibited from hunting on his own land. It is said the bill has the approval of the commissioners and the sports- men of the State. The bill before the Massachusetts Legislature on which there is a hearing appointed for Wednesday next, is similar, but excepts not only the owner of land, but the occupant under lease and members of the family of owner or lessee “acting under his authority or consent.” To my mind, this exemption of the owner or occupant is on a par with what has always been regarded as a bad feature in our game laws, the ex- emption of the owner from application of the law against snaring birds. If wild animals and birds belong to the people in their sovereign capacity, what more right has the owner of land to them than any other citizen? All exemptions of whatever sort increase the difficulty of en- forcing the laws. Another feature of the license bill (House bill No. 336) contained in section 6 is the limit- ing of the bag of ruffed grouse to five in one day. No one will claim that this is not a reasonable limitation, but how can it be enforced without wardens are given authority to make personal search of the man with the gun without a warrant ? That the wardens would be able to do much more effective work with the aid of such a law is very evident, and so much importance was attached to it by the late Captain Collins that he several times stated to the writer that he would never cease his efforts to secure it so long as he held his position. Your readers will be interested to learn that the 12 carcasses of venison and 167 partridges shipped a few weeks ago to Clara Wilson, Boston, as household goods, from Calais, Me., have been declared forfeited by Judge Fessenden, on the ground that the game was illegally in the State. . Three young men who were instrumental m causing the death of a doe in the outskirts of Lynn recently have been convicted and fined $100 each. Evidence that the doe would have given birth to offspring had her life been spared is to be seen in the contents of a glass jar in the Commissioners’ office at the State House. The Clearwater Club is composed of old anglers and amateur fishermen of Boston and vicinity, and is accus- tomed to gather for an annual reunion and dinner about this season just before overhauling fishing tackle, etc., for the spring campaign. This year they took a fancy to go to Keene, N. H., where they have had the satisfaction of dining in a prohibition State (a la clear water). Some of the members are Hon. Wm. A. Morse, Dr. Bishop, D. J. Flanders, of the Boston & Maine Railroad ; Conrad Gerlach, W. G. Rose, of Boston, and E. Sterne Wheeler, of Saugatuck, Conn. The menu, as planned, included brook trout, caribou, quail and moose. Deputy Thomas Stackhouse, of Marshfield Hills, has secured the conviction of C. H. Leonard, of the same place, for trapping wild ducks. Mr. Leonard was fined $20 for one duck, also $20 additional for trapping. Mr. Stackhouse had as counsel Representative Davis, of Ply- mouth, where the case was tried. Central. “As it Happened in the Canyon/5 Editor Forest cmd Stream: An account is given in the number of February 25, under the caption of “As It Happened in the Canon,” of how the writer of it, when only armed with a shotgun, met an elk. I once had an adventure very much like this one, only it was a black bear that I met. A party of about twenty of us under a lieutenant were out on a scout west of the Wichita River in what is now Oklahoma. We camped one afternoon in a small valley, and about an hour after going into camp a man who had been up this canon, as they called it, came in and told me that the canon up above us was full of quail. These were what we called the mountain quail; they were the California quail — the kind that roost at night in trees. I have told our northern quail hunters here of this habit of these quail roosting in trees, and have been laughed at for telling it; they had never seen them in trees. They might have seen it had they been here, though. The quail roost in trees, I suppose, to keep out of reach of the coyote. I had my shotgun ; it was carried on a pack-mule with me. With some officers a gun would not have been allowed in the pack, we generally having more stuff to put in the packs than we had mules to carry it ; but this lieutenant wanted my gun himself part of the time. This is not a shotgun country, and I should have taken my pistols also, but did not. I had two- of them, and on ac- count of their weight I carried them in a narrow belt drawn in close around my waist, while the Mills field belt full of carbine cartridges was buckled on higher up. In camp I threw it off, then, if necessary, left the pistols on. I seldom left camp without them, but did it to-day, and it was the last day I ever did it in this part of the country. When I had got up to where the quail had been seen, I saw them myself, but they were all leaving, going over a low bank to the right. They would no doubt stop to feed on getting across this bank, then I could get close to them and flush them. I need not pot them on the ground ; we were not so badly off for grub as was your corre- spondent who went after quail and found an elk; we had plenty of both bacon and buffalo in camp; it was before we or some one else had killed all the buffalo. The wind, what there was of it, blew straight toward me down the canon. I would sooner have had more of it, for the after- noon was hot. When I had got on top of the bank, over which the quail had disappeared, I saw them again, but they had not stopped here, but had kept on across an open, running all the way across it, and were now just going in through some bushes that grew along the bank of a small creek emptying into the one we were camped on, as I found out afterward. I kept on after them, but went in through the bushes fifty yards below where they had entered, and forcing my- self through the bushes was just ready to step clear of them when I almost stepped on top of the bear. He was not exactly as big as an ox; I had killed larger ones, but not with a shotgun. The bear was about twenty feet from me when we first saw each other, and was over dose to some bushes that grew next to the creek; and above and below this open spot that he and I were now in were other bushes. The bear had not known I was in the country, it seemed, before I stepped on top of him. I had a poor opinion of his sense of smell, but then the wind blew straight from him to me; I should have done the smelling. I stopped the moment I saw him, and my first thought naturally would be to “draw pistol,” but I must have been worse rattled than the bear was now. I forgot for the moment that I had no pistol to draw just at present. The bear got on his hindlegs. I had him covered, or he would not have wanted to ask any questions ; and I knew enough about bears now not to waste any bird shot on this one. They won’t fight unless you have them cornered, or they think you have; and a bear in the posi- tion that this one was now in can be killed with a knife— at least the books say he can — but I had no knife, and would not have used one had I had it ; I would be afraid of his claws. While crowding my way through the bushes I had been carrying my gun under my right arm, in order to avoid just what now happened. I drew it forward quickly, meaning to pass it into my left hand, then draw that pistol that I still forgot that I did not have with me, when a twig must have caught the right hammer, draw- ing it back to nearly full cock, then releasing it; for the right barrel now let go with the muzzle pointed at the bear’s head. I had seen bears make some very quick movements when in a hurry, but this one made a quicker one. He seemed to roll to one side in one time and one motion, then getting on his legs made a dive in among the bushes at his back, just as I sent my remaining charge of No. 8 shot after him, and I next heard him go plunging into the small creek. I lost no time in getting back to camp, letting the quail go for to-day. I wanted to get a carbine and pistols, then hunt that bear some more; but just as I had got to camp the trumpeter sounded his stable call. I would have to groom my horse now, if I could not get the lieutenant’s permission to let someone else do it for me; and going to him I gave him a history of the bear and asked leave to go and hunt him. “Oh, let him go to He men- tioned where the bear might go to; it is not necessary to mention the locality here. “This is no doubt that bear’s reservation that we are camped on, and he will be here to-morrow, and so will we. I am going to remain here a dav; you can hunt him then. Attend to your horse no yr” ..UUtLdiuy I started out early next morning, taking the carbine and pistols this time, leaving the shotgun for the lieu- tenant to hunt quail with. He got the quail. Then going to where I had parted with the bear last night, I took up the trail, crossing the creek where he did, and found where he had climbed up the bank leaving it. I did not stop to look for any blood spots here ; if my charge of No. 8 had hit him — and it could not very well miss him — it had hit him in the neighborhood of where he wears his tail ; there would not be any blood to find. Off to the southwest, and at least ten miles away, was a range of low hills, and his trail led toward them. After 1 had followed, it nearly half way to them, the trail turned back again. He was going back to the creek now to hunt either me or the doctor, or a place to sleep last night more likely. I kept on after him, and had got back to the creek, but a mile above where he had been before, when I found his trail leading into the bushes on the creek ; he had had to pass , through some tall grass to get into the bushes. I was tired, and having the bear where I wanted him, I sat down to . rest before exploring the bushes. I did not want to be in too much of a hurry doing it — that bear might not be in a good humor to-day; he would not be if he had to sit down on top of that charge of shot he very likely was carrying. While I sat here out on the prairie watching the bushes, I saw them move, and had just time to throw myself flat on the ground when the bear came crawling out of the long grass not fifty yards from me, and getting on my knees now I sent him the first shot out of the carbine. He got it, and turning to his right now ran up along the creek, keeping in among the tall grass. I did not stop to reload. I had a Spring- field carbine, but threw the gun down, and drawing a pistol ran after him, shooting as fast as I could raise the hammer, until I had sent him six shots; then he fell. Going to him I found that I need not have used the pistol at all ; I. had only hit him twice with it anyhow ; it was the carbine ball that had killed him. I got his skin off, leaving his carcass here to be taken to camp if anyone wanted it. I lugged the skin into camp, getting there just as dinner was over. The lieu- tenant claimed the skin, but paid me for it, as he always paid for all of my shells he used, five cents for each of them, though they only cost me about a cent each. All I paid for was the shot and wads. I used the Government powder and primers that they, sent us to load the Spring- field shotguns that we were given to do our hunting with. I had no business using these for my private gun, but the Government is often plundered for more than that. They wanted the bear’s meat, so I told them to take up a pack-mule and get it; they would be welcome to* my share of it. I would rather 'have bacon for mine. Cabia Blanco. A Wyoming Game Reserve. The new Wyoming law creating a State game reserve reads as follows: An act creating a game preserve and prescribing the boundaries thereof, and the penalty of violations of the provisions of this act. Be it enacted by the Legislature ' of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. For the better protection of birds and game animals, and for the establishment of a breeding place therefor, the following described area within the State of Wyoming is hereby set aside and designated as a game preserve : All that portion of the State of Wyoming em- braced within the following area: Beginning at a point where the southern boundary line of the Yellowstone National Park intersects the western boundary line of the State of Wyoming, thence south along said boundary line to a point where Badger Creek intersects said State boundary line, thence easterly along said Badger Creek across the summit of the Teton range to the head of Moran Creek, thence easterly along said Moran Creek to Jackson Lake, thence easterly along the southern shore of said Jackson Lake to the outlet thereof, thence easterly along said outlet to the mouth of the Buffalo Fork of Snake River, thence easterly along said Buffalo Fork and the south branch thereof across the Continental Divide to the head of the west fork of the Yellowstone River, thence northwesterly along said fork and Yellowstone River to a point where said Yellowstone River intersects the south boundary line of the Yellow- stone Park, thence west along said boundary line to the point of beginning. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, at any time, to hunt, trap, kill, capture or chase any birds or game animals of any kind or description whatever within the limits of the said boundary, and any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined the sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than three months nor more than one year, or both, such fine and imprisonment in the dis- cretion of the court; provided that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the killing or destruction of preda- tory wild animals, as. the same are defined in the laws of the State of Wyoming, and providing for a payment of bounty thereon, . under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the State Game Warden of the State of Wyoming. Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the pro- visions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1905. New Missouri Game Law. Both Houses of the Legislature have passed the Audu- bon bird and game bill, which was one of the most care- fully drafted and considered bills ever presented to any Legislature. Under the masterful management of Repre- sentative H. R. Walmsley, of Kansas City, a member of the Audubon Society, the bill was pushed through both Houses in spite of the great opposition of the market- hunters and game dealers of this State. The new law provides for a State game warden at a salary of $2,000, and also, provides for a deputy game warden for each Congressional district, to be paid only March ii, 1905.]! FOREST AND STREAM. 196 for actual services. A license of $1 is required for all hunters who hunt outside of their own counties, and a non-resident license of $15 is also provided for. The sale of game is absolutely prohibited. The wardens will have power to arrest without warrant, and also have authority to search for illegal game. Netting for fish in the. interior' waters of the State is prohibited, and a size limit is placed upon fish which may be taken or sold. Missouri now takes her proper place among her sister States in the protection of the wild life of her fields, forests and streams. In the State Senate the bill was ably handled by Senator Ely, and to Representative Walmsley and Senator Ely the thanks of the Audubon Society of this. State are due, as well as members of Audubon Societies throughout the United States. I think it is safe to assert that Missouri now has the most com- plete game law of any State in the Union. P. H. Felker, Vice-President Audubon Society of Missouri. St. Louis, Mareh 4. All communications for Forest and Stream, must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other ofhce. Hawk and Quail. New York, March 4. — Editor Forest and Stream : Since writing you last week about foxes killing quail, we have found another enemy which is as bad as the fox, if not. worse. That is the hawk. We had put out six quail in the scrub oaks next to an old corn lot near the house, where we knew the foxes seldom came, as our kennel is near and there are always a few dogs about. Some of the corn still stood in the shock. We had given these birds very little attention, as we knew they had plenty of food, and so gave our attention more to the care of the quail further away. Last week we thought we would look them up. What was our sur- prise to find only two birds left. We hunted high and low for the other four, but could not trace them, until our friend Will got near the shock of corn nearest the feeding place of the quail; there he found a few feathers. In searching further we traced the feathers to the top of the shock of corn, then we found bunches of them, and saw where a hawk or some bird had eaten them. We at once sent the boy home for an ax and small steel trap, and cut a pole about ten feet long and four inches wide on top. We then drove the pole down through the center of the corn shock, and fastened and set the trap on top. The next morning we went back to the lot to "see what was doing, and found a large hawk in the trap with both feet. A charge of shot soon put him where he would harm no more quail. We now intend to erect poles and traps all over our preserves, and I am confident we will save a good percentage of our birds, as we are sure this hawk killed four out of that covey in a few weeks. This all goes to show how many enemies this little game bird has to contend with. But I consider our club quite fortunate in this, that with all the hard winter and everything combined we have saved 80 per cent, of our birds. We must give great thanks to the farmers from whom we lease the grounds. Every one of them has been feeding and doing their best for the quail. It seems they all want quail on their fields, although most of them never shoot a gun. They claim they are a great help to their crops, as they kill off the bugs and other insects, and most of them say they are lonesome unless they hear Bob White whistle during the summer. A few farmers would not let out their fields to us unless we promised to stock them with quail. It is hard for one or two men to take care of many birds during winter, and unless they can get help from the farmers they cannot make much of a success of it. As . I said before, we owe them great thanks, as they used their own time and food, never asking anything in return, just for love of the dear little gamy quail. G. E J. The Anglers' Casting Tournament. Held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, in Connection with the Motorboat and Sportsmen's Show, Febuary 21 to March 9, Inclusive. {Continued from page 178.) The tournament still holds the attention of a large number of fly and bait-casters and anglers, and promises to be one long to be remembered, as there is a daily increase , in interest. This is particularly true of the bait-casting events, which have been hotly contested and closely watched. The most notable performance so far was that of R. C. Leonard, on Wednesday night, when he cast a half-ounce rubber frog 143 feet 7 inches and won event No. 44, breaking the Garden record. The results up to and including Monday night of this week follow, the figures having been taken from the official records: Event II, Tuesday Afternoon, Feb. 28. An open contest without limit on weight of rod or length of leader, but cast with fly rods and trout flies. Thirty feet down the tank from the platform a bar was placed 6 feet above the water level, on posts 10 feet apart, and all casts, had to be made under this obstacle to count. E. J. Mills won the gold medal with a cast 6 inches longer than his nearest competitor, L. S. Darling, while W. H. Hammett got the bronze medal for third place. . The judges were H. B. Leckler and C. G. Levison, while R. H. Klotz was the referee. Dis- tance alone counting, the scores made were as follows: Ft. In. E. J. Mills 65 06 L. S. Darling 65 00 W. H. Hammett 59 10 H. G. Henderson, Sr 52 00 Harold De Raasloff 49 00 Event 12, Tuesday Night. Black bass fly-casting, distance only, open to all save those who had records of 85 feet or further in similar events. No. 4 hooks were used, but there were no re- strictions on weight of rod or length of leader. J. D. Smith and Arthur C. Mills were the judges, while Milton H. Smith was referee. The scores: Ft. In. Ft. In. King Smith 82 00 W. H. Hammett 76 06 D. T. Abercrombie 77 00 Harold De Raasloff.. 58 00 Event 13, Wednesday Afternoon, March I. An open contest with half-ounce rubber frog, dis- tance only to count, with no limit on method of casting save that casts could not be made from the reel, and that the frog must touch the water on the back cast and must be raised therefrom for each forward cast; in other words, Greenwood Lake style. After the con- testant announced his readiness to begin, he was allowed five, minutes to score. For the benefit of readers un- familiar with this style of casting a frog it should be explained that it is totally unlike any other style of bait- casting, for heavy bass or salmon fly rods were used, and only one contestant had a reel on his rod, the rest using large wood salt-water reels placed at one side of the platform after some 40 yards of line had first been coiled at their feet. These lines were all heavy enameled ones, and the rods were quite stiff and very powerful in lifting them from the water at the rear before the. forward cast was made. Instead of casting the bait in the same manner as with bass flies, in which the fly (or spinner) is permitted to strike the water as far to the rear as possible, in order to gain force in shooting the line forward after it is raised from the water at the rear, .the line was pulled in with the left hand, leaving only 10 or 12 yards off the rod. The frog was then dropped some 30 feet to the rear, in the tank, then shot forward with a powerful swing of the rod, and so on throughout each inning. Mr. Marsh, who was first to cast, lost several feet on one cast by his line snarling. It being a heavy enameled one and having been on a reel a long time, it was almost as un- wieldy as so many feet of copper wire off the spool, and the frog, which was high up and moving fast, stopped in mid-air and dropped to the water some 40 feet away, whereas it seemed good for 100 feet until the unfortunate accident that stopped it short. Mr. Brandreth, using a two-piece 12-foot split bamboo salmon fly-rod, faced half-round to the left and swung his frog overhead with beautiful accuracy, the frog striking squarely in the center of the tank at the far end on his longest cast, which would have been good for 2 or 3 feet further had it not landed on the end of the tank and fell back an inch, giving him first place with 99 feet 9 inches. Mr. Darling won the silver medal with 96 feet 6 inches, while Mr. Marsh was third. G. M. L. LaBranche and W. D. Cloyes were the judges, R. H. Klotz, referee. The score: t, , , Ft In- Ft. In. D. Brandreth .99 09 A. J. Marsh 69 06 L. S. Darling 96 06 D. T. Abercrombie 60 06 Event 14, Wednesday Night, March I. During the afternoon Reuben Leonard, the famous split bamboo rodmaker, of Central Valley, N. Y., to- gether with his fellow-townsman, Hiram Hawes, was watching the game and practicing bait-casting now and then in company with a number of others who stood in need of practice at this uncertain game. He was using a rod which, in view of the seeming faith in abnormally large ring guides placed 2 to 3 feet apart, and equally large agate tops, seemed wofully old-fashioned. The writer, who had listened to so many theories relative to immense and few guides that he had begun to feel uncertain about the position he was in on the subject, asked Mr. Leonard what his theories were on the sub- ject, and got some information which, in the light of subsequent events, had without doubt been arrived at only after long experience with rods, guides and lines of every sort. This rod is a six-strip split bamboo bait-casting rod, weighing about 5x/2 or 6 ounces, in three joints, with a solid metal reel-seat about 5^-inch in diameter. It is 5 feet 6 inches in length, and almost as stiff as a. whole cane walking stick. The most re- markable thing is that it has six agate guides and an agate top placed at an angle to the plane of the tip. The first three of these guides have openings almost, if not quite, %- inch in diameter, but the three near the top have openings not more than 1-16 inch, or barely large enough for the thin line to run through them. All the guide centers are at least J^-inch above the rod. Mr. Leonard asserted that a wet line would stick less to the six agate guides and agate top than it would in draffging across the windings on the tip of the rod, and that the numerous guides were therefore an advantage, as they held the line out of contact with the rod but guided it straight through the guides, which were amply large for the purpose. One thing more. Mr. Leonard is unusually tall and very powerful, with a wrist which, through constant practice, is as hard as iron. He casts the bait with high velocity and an unusually flat tra- jectory, and in .this differs from many other casters, who depend on a high curve and a comparatively slow-mov- mg_ frog to attain distance. In this, two casters sent their frogs over the decorations far up in the dome of the garden, a thing which seemed utterly impossible until one saw the frog hanging from the wires; and another one knocked a light out of the great chandelier. As a matter of fact, it was not possible for one to locate his frog after some 50 feet of line was out, and back- lashing was not uncommon in consequence during the evening. Mr. Leonard used a very small reel and a fine line. The event was open, distance only to count, with half-ounce rubber frogs, which must be cast from the reel. Each man was allowed three preliminary and five record casts, the longest one to count. The judges were H. G. Henderson, Sr., and Robert Lefferts, while the referee was Milton H. Smith. Several ladies were present, and among others noticed were Robert B Lawrence, Harold Henderson, Jr., Charles Stepath! Lody Smith, Thomas B. and Arthur C. Mills, and numerous other anglers. If some of the other events had been rather tame, this one- furnished enough excite- ment to make up for them, for Garden records went kiting when Reuben Leonard extended his long right arm and longer silk line. C: G. Levison led off with 103 feet. He used the rod mentioned heretofore and a fine special Kingfisher line. He was followed by G. M L. LaBranche with a 6-foot bethabara rod made by Perry D, Frazer. This rod has an agate and two two- ring German silver guides and an agate top, all with )4~inch openings. The reel was a metal take-apart, one of 60-yard capacity. His line was a No. 53 Natcliaug, very fine. His best cast was 90 feet 6 inches, followed with 83 feet 4 inches. Hiram W. Hawes was third to cast. His best was 114 feet 3 inches, and another cast measured in feet 6 inches. Eddie Mills, using a, Leonard rod with large agate guides, cast 114 and 124 feet 3 inches. L. S. Darling followed with 90 feet 4 inches, 98 feet 4 inches, and 99 feet 9 inches. Then Mr. Leonard took the platform and limbered up with 1 14 feet 2 inches, and as that would only tie third man, tried again and was given 131 feet 9 inches. Sensation. The Garden record was something like 125 feet, made by Mr. Levison another year. Everybody was growing excited, but the next cast was made before the loca- tion of the frog could be determined, and by that time Mr. Leonard had taken up some three or four feet of line. The measurement gave him 138 feet for the cast. Then followed his fifth and last trial, the frog going far over the end of the tank, which is 130 feet long, and on to the stairs of the bridge over the lake at that end of the Garden. The first measurement gave him 152 feet 6 inches, but this was amended by the committee, which finally announced that the figures should be 143 feet 7 inches, and this is the Garden record — not with a weight, but with a soft rubber frog weighing one-half ounce, and a much more difficult thing to cast than is so much solid rubber. But if the successful contestant was elated over his wonderful work, it did not show in his face or speech, and no one was more serene than Reuben Leonard. The other contestants were almost forgotten, although C. M. Lucky made a good showing and C. R. Woodward, using a steel rod and a rubber reel, gave promise of greater things in the future, he being somewhat new at the game. The score: R. C. Leonard. .143 07 E. J. Mills ..........124 03 Hiram W. Hawes 114 02 C. M. Luckey 106 06 C. R. Woodward 106 00 C. G. Levison 103 00 L. S. Darling 99 09 G. M. L. La Branche.. 90 06 D. T. Abercrombie. . .Withdrew Event 15, Thursday Afternoon, March 2. This event was open to all without any restrictions, but was for trout fly-casting for accuracy only. Thirty feet from the casting platform and at the side of the tank there was a target with marks counting 10, 9, 8, etc., out to 5. Over it hung a bush, and the contestant had to. use nice judgment in order to score on the tar- get without fouling the obstacle. A contestant was allowed five trial casts unless he signified his readiness to score, after which his next five casts were scored, 10 being perfect, and so on. There were ties for both first and third place, and these were afterward cast off, D Brandreth taking the gold medal; L. S. Darling, the ®,rver oae> ar*d G. M. L. LaBranche, the bronze medal. W. H Cruickshank and R. H. Klotz judged the event, with F. L. Metcalfe as referee. The score: D. Brandreth 6 8 3 6 Total. L. S. Darling G. M. La Branche 7 9 3 7 8 zy 29 J. D. Smith 3 E. T. Mills . 5 £t F. M. Spiegle D. T, Abercrombie.. 3 7 3 3 2 3 2 7 zu 19 H. G. Henderson, Sr. 3 2 Cast-off, first: Brandreth f? O 33 23 Darling 7 O Second : La Branche ............. 8 3 A 0 Smith .................. 3 0 3 25 12 a u-uiiucty nigm, marcn 2. An open event to all who had never cast further than 80 feet under like conditions, with four-ounce fly-rod There were no restrictions on length of leaders and distance alone counted. Rods with solid reel-seats were given the allowance named in rule 16, as mentioned before. L. S. Darling won with 84 feet. The iuds-es were Milton H. and J. D. Smith, R. H. KloV aglin acting as referee. The score: Ft. la, L. S, Darling ....,,.,...84 00 W. B„ Cloyes, ©8 & Sf.5th .......76 os' ,, _ r- Abercrombie.....,, 72 ©& Messrs. Darling and Abercrombie used 4%, and the others rods, with solid metal reel-seats, o-ners Kin; D. 196 FOREST AND STREAM. IMarch ii, 1905. Event 17, Friday Afternoon, March 3. Another quarter-ounce frog contest off the reel for accuracy and distance, and a hotly contested one, with averages for accuracy only a few points under perfec- tion for three of the men. The conditions were exactly like those ruling event No. 7, mentioned in last week’s issue, but a slight change was made wherein the judges instructed the contestants to follow their accuracy casts with those for distance, thus saving time and completing each score before another contestaii twas called up. In this way one trial and five casts were made at the 6o-foot target, then an equal number at the ■ 70-foot target, after which the score was completed by five dis- tance casts. The total of the accuracy casts was divided by 10 and the result deducted from 100, counting as the accuracy per cent. The average of the five distance casts added to this constituted the score. The judges' were H. G. Henderson, Sr., and Lody, Smith, . with R. H. Klotz as referee. C. M. Lucky was first to cast, and his score for accuracy was unusually high, his furthest cast being less than 6 feet from the center at both distances. Backing this up with four casts of 100 feet or further, he left those to follow with a heart- breaker to excel or equal. L. S. Darling almost equaled his accuracy average, but had two unfortunate backlashes, which pulled down his distance average. Reuben Leonard, with a short rod fitted with large agate guides, fell slightly below both men on accuracy, but averaged well for distance, while Hiram Hawes made a remarkable showing after he had made only 87.3 average accuracy, by rolling up a distance average of 81 3-5 with one cast outside the tank. Eddie Mills started off well, but got three distance casts outside, evidently through trying too hard to exceed Dr. Luckey’s high average for distance. The score, per- centage to count: Unwise Fish Protection on Lake! Champlain, Editor Forest and Stream: I wish to call the attenion of your readers,- and es- pecially of the game legislators, to the results of mis- taken game legislation as applied to Lake Champlain. The kernel in the nut-shell is this.: Prohibitory laws have protected big fish until they have grown and in- creased to the extent that they have become able to completely devour and exterminate each year’s fish crop; very few small fish are allowed to mature. By big fish I mean all varieties of Esox: Esox lucius, common pike, called pickerel; also Esox nobilior, channel pickerel or maskinonge; also gar pike, the bill fish of the natives. They are of the largest fresh-water fishes, and are known to be the most voracious and destructive, of all fresh-water fish. What the sharks are to the ocean, these fish are to fresh waters. I have fished in Lake Champlain for the last fifty years, and in that time have visited nearly all parts of this lake; it has always been one of. my greatest pleasures to watch the actions and to investigate the varieties and numbers of fishes, whenever I had the opportunity. Now I am on deck to tell the truth, and will give you my testimony. Fifty years ago, and for about twenty years after, the lake was splendidly stocked with fish everywhere. Large pickerel were not plenty or much in evidence. During the above time I could count, on any rocky shore, on a sunny day, from twenty to fifty black bass of all sizes from fingerlings to large-sized fish. Also, on rocky reefs I could often see schools of large bass lying on the surface with their fins out of water, sunning themselves. It was a common thing to see the whole outline of a reef in- c. M. Luckey 100.0 110.0 108.0 110.1 ' Distance Average, Feet. 1C4.5 3 5 2 1 1 4 2 4 5 1 Accuracy Average, Per Cent. 97.1 Total Average, Per Cent. 201.60 R. C. Leonard.. ...... 91.3 97.9 104.1 105.9 96.6 99.4 1,4 5 1 .4 2 2 3 9 1 96.8 195.90 H. W. Hawes 101.0 111.6 113.0 81.6 4 28 27 5 30 3 16 5 6 3 87.6 169.25 * 146.40 ^ | L. S. Darling 15.0 58.6 84.0 70.0 59.6 13 7 2 1 3 0 1 2 11 96.9 E. J. Mills ...... 90.0 57.0 «... 11 6 5 6 10 1 4 4 8 6 93.9 1 D. T. Abercrombie 28.0 11.0 47.0 51.0 — 10 10 19 10 22 10 36 10 40 43 79.7 Event 18, Friday Night, March 3, This was open to all, distance only to count, with four-ounce rods and any leader, with the usual allow- ance for solid reel-seats. R. C. Leonard, using a five- ounce rod, with separate hand grasps and solid reel- seat, scored 96 feet 8 inches and won first place. H. G. Henderson, Sr., and M. IT. Smith were the judges. The referee was Robert B. Lawrence. The score: Ft. In. Ft. In. R. C. Leonard 96 OS L. S. Darling S2 00 H. W. Hawes S5 08 E. J. Mills 78 06 Event 19, Saturday Afternoon, March 4. An open event restricted to dry fly-casting for ac- curacy only, at buoys 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 feet from the casting platform. Each contestant, when ready to score, was required to make one cast at the 30-foot buoy and allow the fly to float on the water a few seconds. It was then retrieved as delicately as possible and the next buoy cast at, and so on until the five casts had been made. When the fly fell within a foot of the proper buoy, the accuracy was scored as perfect; but if the fly failed to float, or fell more than a foot from the buoy, a demerit of 1 for each fault was scored. Robert B. Lawrence and H. B. Leckler were the judges; referee, R. C. Leonard. The score: J. H. Cruickshank G. M. La Branche, D. Brandreth ... L. S. Darling... Accuracy. Average. Per Cent. 1 1 2. 0 2 6 98.80 1 1 1 4 4 11 97.80 4 2 1 7 20 34 92.20 1 2 3 6 30 42 91.60 Event 20, Saturday Night, March 4, This was an open event, in which each contestant was required to cast for V/2 minutes with each hand alter- nately until 6 minutes’ time had been consumed, the largest cast with each hand to count, while the average for the four casts constituted the score. R. C. Leonard scored 99 feet and averaged 88 feet 9 inches, winning first prize. The judges were C. G. Levison and M. H. Smith; referee, R. H. Klotz. The score: Average, Right hand. Left hand. Ft. In. R. C. Leonard 99 84 81 81 88 9 H. C. Hawes 85 93 80 '84 86 6 L. S. Darling.. 92.6 90 71.6 75 82 3 King Smith 80 88 67 68 75 9 Event 21, Monday, Afternoon March 6. Trout fly-casting for accuracy only, open to all, with- out restriction on weight of rod or length of leader. Five casts were required at each of three buoys placed at 40, 45 and 50 feet, with time to extend line between each distance. A fly alighting within a foot of the buoy was scored a perfect cast, with a demerit of 1 for each foot or fraction the fly fell from the buoy. The demerit per cent, divided by 15 and the total de- ducted from 100 was scored as the average per cent. L. S. Darling won, although N. S. Smith tied this score on his 14th cast. The judges were G. M. L. LaBranche and Perry D. Frazer; referee, R. H. Klotz. The score. S. L. Darling. N. S. Smith........,, J. H. Cruickshank, D. T. Abercrombie. Total. Per Cent. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0— 8 99.47 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2= 9 99.47 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1—19 98.40 3 4 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 1' 3—35 • 97.66 In practice this afternoon Miss E. J. Cruickshank cast a trout fly with a light rod with accuracy in every way creditable to this family of fly-fishermen, dicated by the leaping bass and pike-perch chasing small fish. At this time a person with a box of worms and a sapling rod or pole could go down to the shore almost anywhere, throw out, and catch a fine mess of fish of a number of varieties. This I Used to do myself. The fish could be seen close up ashore. Perch could be seen in schools acres in extent, out in the lake. I used to see around the rocks fine schools of fall fish, or silver chubs, sometimes called the trout’s cousins, because they take a fly and fight precisely like the trout when hooked. They are fine fish on the table. Years ago it was common to catch in Lake Champlain the whitefish of the western lakes. The . local fishermen called them lake shad—they used to catch them with a worm or a small minnow. Rock bass and pond-fish were numerous everywhere, and were a nuisance if one was fishing with live bait for bass , and pike-perch. Smelt and herring could be caught in quantities everywhere through the ice in winter. I used to spend days fishing for bass with good success; it would be useless to do so now. Mark you, the time above spoken of was the time, and many years before, when free netting, spearing, shooting fish with guns, . and no close season, was the rule. One thing I know, the great bulk of fish taken by spearing were pickerel, because the}' lie close up ashore in the night, and in the spring they lie close up ashore with their backs out of water, when they can be shot with guns. I think the above goes to show plainly that seining, spearing and shooting with guns kept the big fish in check, allow- ing each year’s fish crop to mature, thereby keeping the lake finely stocked. Let us take a look at the condition of the lake now. For the past few years I have looked in vain for bass on sunny days around rocky shores; they are not there. I have not seen nor caught any silver chubs, the trout’s cousin, in a number of years. The rock bass and pond-fish have practically disappeared from the lake; I have caught only four or five of them in the last three years. I find it useless to fish for black bass alone, and only once in a while get one, then seemingly acci- dentally, and find him poor in flesh and lanky for want of food. Years ago they were fleshy and plump like well-fed porkers. By the best of my judgment, pike-perch and yellow-perch, also smelt and herring, have decreased in numbers fully 50 to 80 per cent, from what they were twenty years ago. Besides this, the pike-perch are thinner and more snaky than they used to be. Furthermore, I do not see schools of bass or pike-perch jumping on the reefs as I did years ago. For the last ten years I have fished on the Vermont side of the lake, where the fish were . much more plenty than they were on the New York" side, thanks to the seining allowed by Vermont. But I do find "enormous pickerel on nearly every reef. I manage to save some of them, but the largest break loose. I got one thirty- eight and one-half inches in length. One I managed to get to the surface, and had a good view of, he appeared to be fully five feet long; he broke away. I think he was a maskinonge. Next season I will rig up with shark hooks and cod lines; then we will see if there is a God in Israel. I will here copy an article in regard to Esox lucius, from the Encyclopedia Britannica, which is of the highest authority: “Pikes are proverbially voracious; there seems indeed to be no bounds to their gluttony, for they devour indiscriminately whatever edible sub- stances they fall in with, and almost every animal they are able to subdue. ‘It is,’ says M. de Lacepede, ‘the shark of the fresh' waters; it reigns there a devastating tyrant, like a shark in the midst of the ocean; insatiable in its appetite it ravages with fearful rapidity the streams, lakes, and fish ponds where it inhabits. Blindly ferocious, it doe? not spare its species and even devours its own young; gluttonous without choice it tears and swallows with a sort of fury the remains even of putre- ! fied carcasses.’” I have caught pickerel that I had to throw overboard, on account of the foul stench they emitted. “This blood-thirsty animal is also one of those to which nature accords the longest duration of years; for ages it terrifies, agitates, pursues, destroys, and consumes the feeble inhabitants of the waters which it ! infests; and as if, in spite of its insatiable cruelty, it 1 was meant that it should receive every advantage, it has not only been gifted with strength, with size, with numerous weapons, but it has also been adorned with elegance of form, symmetry of proportions, and variety ' and richness in color.” A singular instance of its •voracity is related by Johnson, who asserts that he saw , one killed which contained in its belly another pike of large size, and the latter, on being opened, was found to have swallowed a water rat! I have seen a statement of an experiment tried with some pickerel, Esox lucius, that were' kept in confine- ment. Live fish were fed to them to see how much the gluttons would devour. It was found that on the average they would eat their own weight of fish in about every three and one-half days. Think of it! A pike of twenty pounds would eat nearly one ton of j fish each year; one of ten pounds weight would devour nearly 1,000 pounds in a year; a six-pound pickerel would destroy more fish in one year than a summer sportsman would catch in one season. Now, a channel pickerel, maskinonge, grows to weigh from forty to ' sixty pounds. Give them a fair chance and they would get away with fish by the ton. In my younger days j there was a shallow lake near my home, three miles long, and three-fourths of a mile wide. It was full of j suckers and dace, and there were more frogs to the : square rod than I ever saw in any water. We thought it would be fine to introduce pickerel. Sixteen were placed in the lake; in three years’ time all the suckers, dace and frogs had disappeared. The garpike is a fiendish invention of the evil one. * Imagine a thin clipper-built fish, two to four feet in length, armed with a bill of hard bone three to ten inches long, opening like a pair of shears, whose edges are armed with sharp-cutting teeth locking together like two carpenter-saws placed edge to edge. Give this fish an. impenetrable armor that will turn the edge of a knife, and you have the garpike. This fish will dart like an arrow and js the swiftest fish in the lake. Like its cousin, Esox, it delights to lurk among the lily- pads and weeds, ever ready to dart out and kill any unfortunate fish that happens along. It is almost im- possible to take. this fish by angling, as it generally cuts a fish in pieces before devouring it. On sunny days they can be seen in some parts of the lake in large schools, basking on the surface. As the game laws of New York entirely prohibit, by heavy penalties, spearing, netting and shooting of fish, these garpike have it all their own way. They are left entirely alone; ; none are destroyed by man. Years ago, in the time of seining, when the seine was drawn the fishermen 1 could detect the presence of bill-fish before they saw 1 them, by the bloody water and the condition of the poor fish enclosed. Some of these would have their tails cut off, others would be horridly cut and wounded. In the days of wooden plows farmers living near Lake Champlain used to nail to the mold-boards of their plows the skins of the garpike to* preserve them from wear. It seems to be the mission of the garpike and pickerel family to devastate, ravage and destroy. In this work they have been practically protected by the game laws of the past years. The supply of fish in Lake Cham- plain at the present time is in a bad way, but worse is to ! come. Maskinonge, or channel pickerel, have been in- j troduced. These grow to forty or fifty pounds in weight; they will increase like common pickerel, and what minnows and speckled trout are to common pickerel as a prey, will be the pike-perch and black bass_, and all other fish under six pounds weight. I am afraid the sudden depletion of fish in the lake for the last few years comes from this cause. I understand < that New York has been propagating channel pickerel for distribution. This goes to make good the words of . one of Shakespeare’s characters, Puck, when he ex- 5 claims, “What fools these mortals be !” Some people think the use of explosives has much to j do with the scarcity of fish. It is true the explosion of dynamite on a reef makes barren grund of that particular reef for a number of years. It destroys all insect life on which the small fish feed, thereby causing them to desert that particular localitv— the small' fish hav- ing left, the larger fish leave also. When the reef is in the region of strong currents, these results are not so bad. Of course this causes only local damage, but it is bad enough, and should be prohibited by heavy fines or imprisonment. Now, I do not wish to dictate or to say to the game legislator what laws should be enacted, but I suppose every person has a right to express his opinion. There- fore I would like to suggest what changes might be made to meet the adverse conditions that confront us. First — I would suggest that Esox lucius and garpike should be outlawed. All persons should be authorized to take them at all times, and by any means, excepting the use of explosives placed in the water, which should be prohibited by heavy penalties. .Second — Allow spearing and gunning for fish, both ! night and day, at all times of the year, for the reason j that the bulk . of the fish taken by these means are pickerel. (This I know to be true.) If some other fish are taken the benefit of killing the pickerel heavily overbalances the harm done. ' Third — Give licenses for seining and netting, but under supervision as to localities, size of the meshes of nets, etc. Exceptions: No seines or nets to be used on or in the immediate vicinity of rocky reefs or places where the pike-perch and. bass frequent and inhab't plentifully. No seines' or nets to be used that "will take fish of one-half pound weight or under. No close season for seining and nets, except where pike-perch and bass resort for spawning purposes. The last clause, regarding netting, to be kept in force at least until the ! pickerel and garpike are thinned out of the lake. Fourth — All licence? to be issued with the understand ' 197 March ii, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. ing that the owners of all nets and seines shall destroy all garpikes taken. Fifth— Fish protectors to be well paid only for actual time arid service put iti. It is an outrage on the people to appoint M incompetent fish protector and pay him a good salary for sirriply bearing the rtartte. Perhaps the above changes in the game laws I sug- gest may seem too radical, but in Lake Champlain we are confronted by desperate conditions, which only radical measures can meet. Stocking Lake Champlain with young fish is useless, under the present conditions, so is the eight-inch law for bass. In fact, there are scarcely any small bass remaining to protect. Bainbridge Bishop. New Russia, N V. Fish and Fishing* I had hoped to have remained silent as regards the re- cent attempts of The Old Angler to entice me ffoiri my modest retirement to re-enter the field of personal debate, more especially as the work of satisfactorily replying to his mistaken attacks upon certain of my statements was beirig so admirably dope by others, notably by Mr. Jasper J. Daly; .managing director of Pleasant Lake Cluly to whom I kefe express my thanks for his public proof of the correctness of my refereiice td. the salmon of that body of water, and of the errors into which Fhe. Old Angler had fallen in connection therewith. But the latter is too old and too experienced a fly-tier and fly-caster not to be able to discover some gay deceit that will suc- ceed in raising an obstinate fish; and the pertinacity with which he returns to the attempt to convict me of scientific error in my writings upon the sea trout, seems at last to classification of fishes — and I assert without fear of suc- cessful contradiction that no more competent ones exist than Gunther, Garman, the late Dr. G. Brown Goode, and Doctors Jordan and Evermann — that the species is Salve- linus fontinolis , or the brook trout ; of which, as stated by Jordan and Evermann, “many local varieties occur, dis- tinguished by shades of color.” Personally, I prefer the use of the word “type” to “variety” in speaking of these diftereflc'es of coloring, though this is all a matter of per- sonal preference, for “variety” has come to be regarded by many scientists as inapplicable to a form differing from the typical individuals of a spec'ies that are not capable of being perpetuated through two or more generations, while “type” is equally applicable to an individual, a species, a genus, a sub-family or a family. It was in illustration of this idea of the word “type,” as standing for the picture or representation of distinct individuality that I referred in Forest and Stream of the 24th of December last, to the fflatiy distinct types of fish to be found in the same trout stream o t pond, adding “I know more than one spot in a small trout stream, and have no doubt that almost every one of my readers can think of just such another vantage ground, Where it is quite possible to stand and catch two distinct types of $ dive Units fontinolis. On the one side is a rapid, running ovef bright golden sands, where the fish are as brilliant as coin fresh from the mint. Oil the other is deep, still water, under the shadow of an over- hanging tree, containing fish so much darker in their markings and tints that the uninitiated would be apt to de- clare them a distinct variety from the first. When the differences are so marked as this in the external appear- ances of fish inhabiting the same water, it is surely not to be wondered at that, as Mr. Hallock points out, the marine and fluvial trout, though identical in both species and variety, should constitute two distinct types.” THE sportsman's SHOW, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. Showing the elevated tank for the fly-casting Competition. ■ Call for a repetition of what I have already said upon the subject, lest frequent iteration on his part should lead to misapprehension upon that of others. The closing paragraph of his letter in your issue of the -I8th of February is nothing at all if not an attempt to • make it appear that as a result of the recent discussion in -.Forest and Stream I have been led to renounce certain ichthyological errors which he would insinuate that I : had previously advanced in this column. As well might I have expressed gratification that both Mr. Hallock and . The Old Angler ‘ ‘are now agreed that when Salmo fon- -‘ Unalis is caught in salt water he is a sea trout, but when taken, in fresh water he is a brook trout, which has been . ail. along the contention of” the undersigned ; for The . /Qid . Angler knows that many years ago I wrote to this '■ effe-cVof the fish in a book of which I sent him a copy at -the. request of a mutual friend. Furthermore, no intelli- gent reader of my contribution to this paper of the 24th • of 'December last could fail to understand that'the marine and fluvial trout, as Mr. Hallock describes them, and with quite as much justification as The Old Angler calls them sea and brook trout, are “identical in both species and variety.” And I added, further, “Differences in coloring, as we all know, cannot constitute distinct varieties, and the sea and river trout are identical, not only in bone structure, but also in fin rays, in the number of pyloric appendages and in the arrangement of teeth upon the vomer, which are all taken into consideration by scientists in their study of what is known as comparative zoology.” All this had been written before any discussion of my original contribution on the subject had come to my notice at all. And nearly a month earlier I had made it clear that the so-called sea trout was simply a sea-run trout, since I showed that it was born in fresh water and returned there to- spawn. The article in which this was . plainly ■ stated apepared in this column on the 19th of .November last. While his letter is before me, I must take exception to the statement of The Old Angler that “Authorities com- petent to give an opinion now agree that the species is Salmo fontinolis, and the variety brook trout.” As a matter of fact they do nothing of the kind, though in former times there were those who undoubtedly did so. Nowadavs it is agreed bv the very best authorities on the The Old Angler, or anyone else, is welcome to all the comfort he can extract out of his ridicule of this conten- tion. It suits my purpose to retain the form of expres- sion I have already employed, and I shall continue to do so, though I have no more inclination to force _ it upon others than I have to permit others to force their forms upon me. There is, of course, neither argument nor proof in the allegation of the “crass ignorance” of such keen and observant sportsmen as J. U. Gregory, of Quebec, and John Manuel, of Ottawa, and of the “errors of description and classification,” the “ignorance,” etc., of such widely recognized authorities as the late M. H. Perley, Frank Forrester, Charles Hallock, Thad. Norris and others; and wide, indeed, is the gulf that separates such garrulousness ' from the calm, dignified, scientific and judicial spirit „ which enabled Darwin, in his “Origin of Species,” to say of this question of varietal and individual differences, “Certainly no clear line of demarkation has as yet been drawn t between species and subspecies-; that is,. the forms which, in the opinions of some naturalists, come very near to, but do not quite arrive at, the rank of species; or, again, between subspecies and well-marked varieties, or between lesser varieties and individual differences. These differences blend into each other by an insensible series ; and a series impresses the mind with the idea of an actual passage.” It is unfortunate for those of us who only desire a calm and dispassionate discussion of the differences to which Darwin refers, that The Old Angler should so facetiously demand, “how far up river does the marine trout change into the fluvial trout, or how far down river does the fluvial type change into the marine type?” Premising cnee for all, since I have already many times repeated the statement, that the marine and fluvial trout are one and the "same fish — varietaliy and structurally-differing only in coloring and the other conditions resulting from the anadromy of the one and the non-anadromy of the other, which differences Mr. Hallock and myself have elected to describe, for reasons of convenience and per- spicuity, as individual types, my questioner is informed that these two types are frequently found together, as any angler who has taken them in the estuaries of the rivers on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as T have- done for so many years past, will readily testify. The residents of that coast, as almost every salmon fisherman visiting those streams well knows, give the name truite- de-mer or sea trout, to the river type, when found in the estuaries with the silver-armored prodigal from the sea, which latter they nickname truite saumonee, or salmon trout, because of its resemblance in color to the salmon. If The Old Angler were familiar with the habits of the trout of these northern streams, he would know that while the typical river fish are frequently found with the others as far down stream as the estuaries, the marine type ascends the river to spawn, often above the spawning grounds of the salmon, of which it is one of the most ravenous despoilers. My friendly disputant’s assurance that it was without the least wish to misrepresent that he jumped to the con- clusion, from my original contribution on the subject, that I was, previous to last summer, a stranger to the sea trout, is gladly accepted, though I entirely fail to follow the process of reasoning by which he was led up to that conclusion. However, this is purely a personal matter, after all, to which I only now refer for the purpose of mentioning my acceptance of his explanation, and possi- bly I was not quite as explicit as I might have been when I made the statement which caused his misapprehension, E. T. D. Chambers. In California Waters. Sacramento, Cal., March 1. — Striped bass are now be- ing caught in the San Francisco Bay off the Tiburon shore by anglers. The salmon recently put in an ap- pearance, and for some weeks to come the fishermen who take pleasure in trolling from boats look forward to the enjoyment which comes from the hooking and playing of large game fish. The striped bass have not as yet shown themselves in anything like satisfac- tory numbers, but the few that are in evidence go to prove that the big run is not far off, and that fishing in the straits will afford anglers a fine measure of sport during the present month. “Pop” Carroll, who is fond of salt-water angling for big fish, succeeded in landing two large salmon and one striped bass last Tuesday. The largest of the salmon taken put up a game fight, and proved to be a beautiful prize. Not until the capture of striped bass by a system of trolling from boats was attempted, had anglers the remotest idea, that the salmon, while on its journey from salt water to fresh water, would pay at- tention to a spoon trolled in any part of the bay. Several fine salmon were taken last year during March and April, which is evidence that local anglers could have enjoyed many days of grand sport in past years, if only aware that salmon could be taken by means of spoon-spinning. Several boats were engaged for last Sunday, and many of the occupants who trolled along Tiburon’s shores enjoyed the pleasure of hooking some of the large fish that were waiting to be caught in the straits. Now that the water in San Antonio Slcugh is in goqd condition for fishing, some members of the California Anglers’ Club will prospect for bass with spoon and clam. Fishing in Lake Merritt remains poor, and the out- look for anything like favorable sport on the placid sheet of water will not be good, as long as the pile- drivers are at work on the logs anchored near, the old fishing grounds. Fish spearing on the Paper Mill and Lagunitas creeks continues without interruption from game wardens and fish officials. J- L). C. §fhe fennel * A True rDog Story. John Chase, a stage driver. On the mail line from Saratoga- to Dillon, is the owner of a remarkably bright shepherd dog, which money would not buy, for he helped his master out of a very difficult matter and probably saved the lives of four horses. Mr. Chase was on the road to Dillon, with a four- horse sled-load of mail, last week, and reaching a point near what is known as “Snow-slide hill,” when his horses got off the road and all four of them got down in the snow. Chase worked for hours, trying to get them on their feet again, but in vain. After most heroic efforts, all four of the horses remained “helly-up.” It was growing toward night and the weather was sharp. Chase was desperate. He saw that all his efforts to get the horses up were in vain. Joseph Farrell and two or three other men occupied a cabin about a mile back on the road. Having this in - mind he Turned to the dog, who was an interested,- but helpless spectator, and- said: “Go down to the cabin and fell those men to come up and help me.” He had no thought that the dog would understand, but it seems that the dog did, for he at once started down the trail on a run. Chase has often said that the dog knew all he said to it, but all his stories of the dog’s in- telligence were taken with a grain of allowance, his hearers knowing how much Chase valued the canine. It was not very long, however, before the men, armed with shovels made their appearance, accompanied by the dog, which seemed to be leading the way. They said the dog had come and scratched at the door, and had shown so much anxiety for them to follow him, running off up the road, barking and whining, that they felt that its master must be in trouble. So they bundled themselves, procured shovels and determined to find out. if possible just what was the matter. With the help of the men the horses were gotten on to their feet once more. There was hay in the sled, but as it was still on the trail, it was too high for the horses to reach it. So the snow was shoveled away to let it down to a point where the horses could feed with com- fort, and the outfit left for the night, Chase and the men returning to the cabin for the night. The next morning Chase was able to get the team on to the road once more and finished his journey without further mishap. Chase says that money could not buy that dog, and he never makes a trip over that road without the dog along.— Saratoga (Wyo.) Sun. 198 FOREST AND STREAM. '[March is, 1905. FOREST AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETI- TION NO. IV. We publish in another column the prize winners in the competition given by this journal for a 60ft. waterline cruising launch, together with the judge’s criticisms of the designs submitted. The name of the winner of the cabin plan prize will be given next week. Mr. Henry J. Gielow went over the drawings with great care, and besides giving all the points and features due consideration, checked all weights and calculations. This was a great undertaking, and we congratulate the competitors upon having so conscientious, painstaking and thorough a judge pass upon their work. In criticising the designs, Mr. Gielow has adopted a rather different policy from the one pursued before. As he states in his report, he assumes that the good points in the designs speak for themselves, and in order to make the competition of especial benefit and value to the participants as; well as others interested in the study (of the subject, he calls particular attention to such weak features as the designs may contain. In giving these designing competitions, our sole pur- pose has been to increase the interest in this absorbing study, and add in some way to the science of the subject. In this regard we believe we have been successful, and that in the future these competitions will continue to act as educators and add to the interest of the yachting department. The conditions governing the competition produced in almost every case the type of boat which we believe to be best adapted for cruising along our coast. This in itself was gratifying, and, coupled with the high grade of the designs, brought about a condition eminently satisfactory. Competitors in all our competitions have had the ad- vantage of a criticism by one of our most prominent naval architects, something which they would not have been able to secure in any other way, and in addition their work has been given a most desirable and beneficial pub- licity. Competitions are apt to be a source of ill feeling, but so far we have yet to hear of a disgruntled com- petitor. Men who take up so serious a work as yacht designing, are usually above petty disputes and controver- sies that too frequently arise in purely sporting contests. It is our idea to make friends by these competitions and add to our prestige as well as to afford valuable instruc- tion to all yachting men. If we cannot accomplish this, we shall feel that we have labored in vain. A number of men have written us regarding future competitions. Their letters have proved, without excep- tion, suggestive and helpful. We urge all those interested to let us have their views, for we wish to make our next competition, which is to be open to amateurs only, the most popular and successful of them all. 44 Forest and Stream” Designing Competition* — IV. Design for a 60ft Waterline Cruising Launch. judge’s awards and criticisms. In considering the merits of the different designs sub- mitted, due consideration has been given to the condi- tions outlined in the Forest and Stream, and in award- ing the prizes it was assumed that each boat was built strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications, and the boats so built selected in accordance with their desirability, in accordance with the general conditions named, and as practical boats. It is assumed that the good points in the various de- signs speak for themselves, and need no especial com- mendation. The criticisms are for the purpose of pointing out the weak points of the designs, so they may be over- come and prove profitable and useful to the competitors. The first prize, $100.00, is awarded to Moccasin. Harold Lee, Mariners’ Harbor, S. I. The second prize, $60.00, to Bilgewater. Albert W. Crouch, New York city. The third prize, $40.00, to Navahoe. A. C. Mair, Attleboro, Mass. MOCCASIN, FIRST PRIZE. The best planned boat of all submitted. The details substantially correct. Liberal displacement and construc- tion verging on heavy. Lines fair. BILGEWATER, SECOND PRIZE. A nice arrangement with few minor defects. The com- panionway slide will have to be widened so as to give headroom over the lower part of companion stairs. Upper berths in forecastle have rather limited head room. Dis- placement and scantling generally about right. A nice looking boat. Estimated speed is correct. NAVAHOE, THIRD PRIZE. lines indicate fair form and good seagoing qualities. Ar- rangement of accommodations is good, except that floor space in stateroom is rather contracted ; the toilet rooms are too small, and the stairs from cockpit into engine room are too steep. Ventilation hoods should be provided over engine room for use when too stormy to keep companion- ways open. Companionway in forward end of engine room is objectionable. The maximum speed of this boat would be about 13 statute miles per hpur. WINDSOR. A unique design, but having limited accommodations. Displacement liberal, verging on heavy. Insufficient head room over stairs. Seats in main saloon and berth in owner’s stateroom rather narrow. Insufficient light and ventilation in forecastle and engine room. LONG ISLAND. Too much displacement, too heavy construction, and unusual lines. Transoms in saloon and dining room too narrow ; passages to port aft and forward of owner’s stateroom only 17m. in width; they should not be less than 24m ; in fact, 26m. would be preferable. Stairs in cockpit leading to top of cabin extend too far aft. Not enough room above owner’s bed for his feet. The boat will not. hold galley as laid out, and engines as shown on drawing go through the vessel’s skin. Engine room and crew’s quarters in one is not very attractive in warm weather. no. 13. Scantling dimensions a trifle heavy, except frame spac- ing, which would be better with 12m. centers. Ample dis- placement. Lines not enough sheer, too flat aft, too hard bilges. General arrangement good, but details faulty. In- sufficient head room over companion stairs. Steps should not exceed 8in. in height, drawing shows 12m. Rudder is too small and improperly placed. BARLEY. • If the interior arrangements were reversed, the owner’s quarter’s placed aft, etc., it would make a more satisfac- tory arrangement. Lines fair, general construction good, but just a trifle heavy. Too much power; 40 horsepower would be ample, as the lines are not suitable for a speed greater than this power would give. There should be a skylight over engine room, or the one over galley might be lengthened and moved back one frame space. Com- panionway entrance from side is objectionable. In order to drain leakage from gasolene tanks outboard, the bot- toms of these compartments should not be 6in. below the load waterline, but should be several inches above it; this will allow proper drainage and in rough weather will permit the sea water to flow in and keep it sweet and fresh, while with floor 6in. below, the space would simply fill with sea water with gasolene floating on top. Henry J. Gielow. The Cruise of Whitecap* BY L. S. TIEMANN. Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 1903. liberal displacement and substantial scantling. The It was a typical midsummer afternoon when at 3 o’clock on August 15 we started the engine and headed out of Echo Bay for our long-looked-forward-to cruise. The real start should perhaps be said to have been made the previous evening, when the Doctor and I ran the boat over from Glenwood, Long Island, to New Rochelle in order to purchase necessary stores and fill the tank, but Saturday saw us actually under way with three weeks of holiday before us. Our plan was to sail east to Newport, around Rhode Island, and then go as far toward Cape Cod and Nan- tucket as time permitted, returning home by way of Cuttyhunk, Block Island and Montauk. The boat, a good old-fashioned South Bay model built by "Gil” Smith at Patchogue, measures 23ft. 6in. on the waterline and draws 3ft. 6in. This draft may seem rather excessive for a South Bay boat, but is explained by the fact that a fin of oak and iron 7ft. long by i8in. deep has been bolted to the keel, and the centerboard is below the cabin floor. Two years ago when this change was made, a 3 horsepower Palmer gasolene engine was installed, which, under all ordinary conditions, can be depended upon for about 454 miles an hour, and has many times proved a great comfort. Our crew was strictly amateur, consisting of Dr. W., my brother and myself, who, as owner, was supposed to act as captain and engineer. After clearing Premium Point, we drifted eastward under sail for an hour, with barely steerageway, and when this became monotonous, started the engine again. About this time we sighted the. warships sailing up the Sound bound for Oyster Bay, where they were to be re- viewed by the President on Monday. They made a splea» BARNACLE. The cost of this boat would exceed the $9,000 limit by 20 to 25 per cent. ESTMAUMAR. Too heavy construction and too much displacement. The use of 5, 000 pounds of ballast is unjustifiable, as a boat of this type properly designed needs no^ ballast. Passage to owner’s stateroom shows only i8in. in width, which is too narrow. Companionway hood over circular stairs is too narrow to afford proper headroom over the bottom step. Companionways with entrance in forward end or on side are objectionable, and ought to' be avoided. The arrangement of galley and engine room is unsatisfactory and too contracted. The top berths. in forecastle are practically useless by reason of insufficient head room. The portion of propeller shaft strut extend- ing below shaft is useless. Rudder is too small. The maximum speed will not exceed 10*4 miles. did show, coming on in a double column, the battleships first, followed by the cruisers and then the destroyers and torpedo boats. When opposite Centre Island, they turned and headed for the entrance to Oyster Bay, but instead of going inside, as we expected to see them do, swung to the east and anchored in Huntington Harbor. We were now abreast of Stamford Light, and as it was almost six o’clock, decided to run in and anchor off the Stamford Y. C. for the night. It being the first night, our en- thusiasm was sufficient to have dinner on board, a prac- tice we had decided in advance to avoid, and which we gave up as soon as possible. Cooking and eating meals on a small boat may theoretically be great fun, but after a more or less extended experience I have decided that it pays to arrange to go ashore to the best hotel available for dinner. The actual preparation of a really very satis- factory meal in these days of improved blue-flame oil stoves is easy, but the aftermath of “washing up1 eventually takes the keen edge off the enjoyment. Our first dinner on board convinced us that we had no reason to change our views on this subject, and confirmed us in our intention to have dinner ashore whenever possible. The next day, being Sunday, we were in no hurry to start, particularly as there was no wind, so- the Doctor went ashore for milk and I started the stoves to have water boiling by the time he returned. This gradually became the regular morning routine, and with plenty of boiling water it was a very simple matter to boil the milk in one of the double saucepans, and twenty minutes after the Doctor’s return our breakfast of cocoa, cereal and eggs would be ready. While at breakfast a number of launches passed us, all crowded and all headed across the Sound to see the warships. We were rather tempted to run over for a look ourselves, but finally decided to continue eastward. When we hauled up the anchor at ten o’clock, there was not a ripple in sight, with not even a cloud to hold out a hope of a breeze later in the day. Curiosity and a desire to relieve the monotony of launch sailing, decided us to run inside the Norwalk Islands, the channel, according to the chart, being well buoyed and quite easy. Had we followed this we should doubtless have gotten through without difficulty, but when half way through we discovered what appeared to be a short-cut, and reference to the chart seemed to confirm this, showing only one shoal spot in our vicinity. This seemed so easy to avoid that we at once changed our course to suit the new route, and five minutes later brought up with a thump at what proved to be a ledge < j ust near enough to the surface to catch our fin. A rising : tide and fifteen minutes of pushing set us afloat once more, satisfied for the future to let the Government do the sounding and stick to the results given in the chart. Free from the perils of inland navigation, it was time for lunch, which came together with a good beam wind from the north. Once more making good progress under sail, we began to talk of Black Rock for the night, but reach- ing Penfield Light by four o’clock, this was changed to Stratford. With the breeze we then had it seemed pos- sible to reach Stratford in time for dinner, but on the water conditions change so quickly that it is well to be prepared for disappointments, and our dinner that night was one of them. Arrived at the entrance to the river at six o’clock, with only two miles to go to reach the town, it still seemed possible to get ashore by seven, but we began the attempt half an hour too late, and caught the full strength of the ebb tide. For two long hours the engine did its best before we were, able to drop anchor opposite the town, our only consolation being the knowledge that the current would be going our way in the morning. Monday another calm, but a bank of clouds to the south gave promise of better things. The run outside the break- water was as easy as coming up had been difficult, and soon after reaching open water the promised breeze came up from the southwest and held steady until sunset. En- couraged by the improved conditions, my brother, impro- vised a spinnaker and club topsail from our awning and two tents. As two of these were striped blue and red, our appearance was no doubt ludicrous, but the added sail pulled well and helped us finely. Saybrook came to be re- garded as our natural destination for the day, but our experience with the current at Stratford made us finally decide to push on to Niantic. This was again changed to New London, when we found that a fair tide, which we had neglected to calculate on, had carried us past Niantic in the dark. Our first realization of this was picking up the red sector of New London light, which we held until we had the white clear, and then ran in, anchoring off the Pequot House at ten o’clock. The Doctor, being a family man, had felt compelled to give a few addresses where mail might reach him, and the Pequot House was one of them, making a trip ashore necessary as soon as the anchor was on bottom. One letter was our only re- ward, but that reported the children still alive and promised more news later, necessitating another caU at the hotel in the morning before leaving. The next day was scheduled for one of the eventful days of the trip. Friends were expecting us at Stoning- ton, and pleasant anticipations of at least one square meal with no dishes to wash hurried our departure in the morning. This time we had wind to start with, but it was too good to last, and from Groton Long Point into Ston- ington the engine had to be called on. The interval be- fore reaching Stonington was busily employed by all hands in removing the traces of previous neglect from ourselves and the boat, and we were able to present a very creditable appearance on arrival. That evening was a very happy one, delightful company and lots to eat, and even the discovery later on that our dinghy was not where we had left it, with visions of having to swim out to the boat, which, fortunately, was not necessary, could not destroy our serenity. Mabch ii, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 199 To small boat sailors cruising between New London and Cape Cod, tides and current become of the utmost importance, and from here on we made a nightly study of Eldridge’s current tables which became our Vade Mecum. For the morrow’s run to Newport we found, to our satisfaction, that things were going our way. The ebb, with a strength of about 1 knots, began running to the eastward at seven o’clock, which gave us until one to round Point Judith when the flood would begin setting in to Narragansett Bay. Being anxious to have the benefit of all the favoring current possible, we reluctantly decided to start next morning at six o’clock, but no wind and a badly flooded engine changed this to seven. As it turned out, the delay was of no consequence, for we picked up a fine southwest breeze off Watch Hill that gave us all we could take care of by eleven o’clock, when we rounded the Point, reaching Newport at one in spite of the strong tide running out of the Bay. This was our first taste of the “real thing,” and we enjoyed it immensely. Newport claimed our attention for two days, spent in driving or walking about town and along the cliffs, with dinner each night at New Cliffs. Here we said a regretful good-by to my brother, who had to return to New York, and the regret was very genuine, for being the youngest member of the party, all the dish-washing, hauling up anchor, etc., had fallen to his lot, and would now have to be done by one or the other of the survivors. We chose Bristol as our next port, and on the morning of the 21st started out with a fair wind and tide, but had hardly cleared Fort Adams when the engine became necessary. Two hours of this, with a red hot sun over- head, brought us to Prudence Island, where we anchored for a swim. Once more luck came our way in the form of a good southwest breeze, which gave us a capital chance to sail to the upper end of Prudence Island, and at four we ran into Bristol for the night. Bristol naturally suggests the Herreshoffs, and this was partly our reason for choosing it rather than Warren for our port; but we found that an inspection of the famous shops was out of the question, and had to content ourselves with dining at the new hotel, owned by the Herreshoffs and largely built by their workmen during the quiet season. That night it blew hard from the southwest, and the harbor having no protection from that direction we pitched about most uncomfortably. As a result, we had a tug of war when it came to breaking out the anchor next morning. With the cable up and down and made fast, and all sails set, it refused to budge until a particularly strong puff did the trick. According to programme this was to be a peaceful day’s sail around Rhode Island by way of the Sakonnet River to the Breakwater, but the delightfully unexpected that always happens on cruises came to our rescue and saved us from monotony. Leaving Bristol at six o’clock, we planned to carry the last of the flood tide to the north end of Rhode Island, and the first of the ebb through the Bridges, anchoring below the last Bridge for breakfast. This all came true up to the passage through the first Bridge, but from there on things happened faster than expected. The southern of the two Bridges is really a stone causeway with only one opening in the middle with a draw, giving a passage for small boats. In effect, this is practically a dam, causing the water to rush through the single opening with great velocity. Having a chance to study this for a few minutes while we waited for the bridge turner to open the draw, we saw that the water on the south side was at least a foot below the level of that on the side we were on, and the strong southwest wind blowing against the water rushing through, put a curl on it that looked decidedly unpleasant. We had not bargained on shooting rapids with a boat the size of ours, so prepared for trouble by making fast the jib and starting the engine at half speed. By this time the draw was wide open and it took us very little time when the current caught us to drop through into a nasty chop that knocked us about without regard to the sail or engine. The wind had now increased to half a gale and made it necessary to reef as soon as possible, so we worked over under the western shore to get a lee, and af nine o’clock anchored for breakfast. To put in a couple of reefs and go on after breakfast seemed, while at anchor, to be the simplest sort of a proposition, but this was on the supposition that the Sakonnet resembled in a meas- ure other rivers, and although blowing hard the water could not get rough enough to be troublesome. This was a mistake, the Sakonnet being built on the plan of a fun- nel with the large opening facing the ocean; in a south- west blow the seas run into this opening and follow up the river for several miles. We had hardly started again when we found all this out, but not wishing to go back, decided to keep on and take advantage of the next shelter to anchor and wait for better weather. The wind had increased to a gale, with so much sea that going to wind- ward in a small boat was almost impossible. We made fast the jib and started the engine, using the mainsail to steady her, but even then it was decidedly unpleasant go- ing, the shores on both sides being lined with nets, only leaving about a half mile channel in the middle, which obliged us to keep in rough water or take the chance of fouling a net. Not caring to risk this, we held on down the middle, tacking back and forth until _ we were half a mile from Black Point, which we had picked out as the best shelter. We found then that we either had to keep on for a mile further down the channel in order to weather two big nets or take the chance of going over some small ones inside. We chose the latter and went over all right, running in close to the land before anchor- ing. A trip to shore confirmed our fears that there was no hotel nearer than Newport, so we resigned ourselves to the inevitable and dined aboard. Midnight found me on deck wrestling with the dinghy, which was acting like the veriest goat, dragging back the length of the painter and then charging at us, bringing up with a smash. The wind had gone down and the swell running past us was reflected by the shore, causing the antics of the small boat. Sunday was one of our red letter days. We turned out fairly early and with a light wind started for Sakon- net Breakwater, where we anchored for breakfast. On shore we learned that the sea the day before had run completely over to Breakwater, making.it impossible for the regular steamer to land, which reconciled us in having 16st half the day flying behind Black Point. Under way after breakfast, a splendid southwest wind met us just as we were starting, which gave us a fair wind after we had rounded the light and headed for New Bedford. A bright sun, plenty of wind from the right direction, and a big- swell left from the previous day’s glow made ideal sailing for anyone not troubled with emotion. We ran off the distance to’ Dumpling Rock Light in short order, and should have reached our intended anchorage off Pope’s Island early in the afternoon, but a squall, met just as we were entering the harbor, made it necessary to take in the mainsail. To add a touch of local color, a whaling schooner passed us on the way up the harbor, evidently just arrived from a long cruise, and later when we passed her at anchor below the city a small schooner crowded with people from the shore was sailing around her, one man holding up a boy, no doubt to break the happy news to some father aboard. Some engines are equipped with a bilge pump which serves the purpose of saving the crew the necessity of do- ing any pumping ; but ours was not, and for several days we had noticed that when the engine was running it was necessary to pump about every hour to keep the water below the flywheel and avoid a wetting down. Evidently the stuffing-box on the stern bearing was leaking badly, and we became anxious to have the boat hauled out and the bearing tightened. New Bedford seemed a likely place to accomplish this, and we learned of two railways below the city owned by a Portuguese. Immediately after break- fast, which we had ashore for a change, we ran the boat over to his place, but much to our disappointment there was not water enough to put her on the cradle until the evening tide, and this meaning the loss of a whole day, we put off the repairs for a more favorable opportunity. Going on board again to get under way, I started the engine, which, much to my disgust, refused to run, and obliged us to anchor again to avoid fouling other boats. Ten minutes of hot and rather profane work accom- plished nothing, when suddenly the Doctor remembered that while I was ashore he had shut off the gasolene at the tank and forgot to mention it when we were ready to start. This little mystery cleared up, we headed down the harbor, drifting under sail around the Mosher Ledge Buoy in the general direction of Buzzard’s Bay (town), which, as the home of an ex-President, was thought to be worth a visit. No wind and little progress discouraged us from this, and when the breeze did come it found us ready to go to Woods Holl, if we could get through' the passage before dark. The breeze lasted just long enough to get us to the passage and the engine did the rest, en- abling 11s to reach the anchorage beyond the Fish Com- mission Dock at six o’clock. Tuesday was disappointing. We had planned to go to Nantucket on the morning tide, but one look at the weather on. running out put an end to our hope of being able to start. It was blowing hard with every indication of more to come. To counteract the depression this caused, we breakfasted ashore. Returning on board it came on to squall with heavy rain, and we watched a boat that had started earlier in the day come back, and another large schooner yacht ran in and anchored near us. Evidently no improvement could be expected for several hours, so we settled down to finish some odd jobs and sleep. By one o’clock it had stopped raining, and at two we thought well enough of the weather to Start ‘for Cottage City. In leaving the harbor we made the mistake of following the buoys through the main channel into Vineyard Sound instead of keeping along the shore to Nobska. This cost us an hour, the lesson being pointed out very forcibly by a boat which started after we did and followed the course we should have taken. The cur- rent between Nobska and Martha’s Vineyard is something easily remembered by anyone who has “bucked” it, as we did for three hours, and we made several mental notes about timing our future movements to go with instead of against it. [to be continued.] British Letter. Ocean Race for Kaiser’s Cup.— From the latest report received with regard to the entries for the German Em- peror’s ocean race from Sandy Hook to the Lizard, six vessels are down to start. Three of these are American, two British, and one German. The report states that all the yachts are auxiliaries except the German yacht and the yawl Ailsa. If that is the case, it seems as if Ingo- mar is not among the list, but perhaps she will be entered later; or very probably the news on this side is incorrect, and she has been entered all along, as was supposed to be the case. The British yachts are the Earl of Crawford’s fine ship-rigged Valhalla and Lord Brassey’s well known Sunbeam. The first named is a very handsome vessel of close on fifteen hundred tons. She was built by Rarnage & Ferguson, of Leith, for Mr. Laycock in 1892, and although fitted with engines capable of driving her at a speed of 11 miles per hour, she has a full sail plan, in- cluding studding sails and presents a fine spectacle when under canvas. She was built after the style of the old privateers — a fancy of Mr. Laycock — and had a crew all told of a hundred men. Her original owner did not make much use of her, however, and she was laid up for some years. She has been considerably altered of late, but many of the old features have been preserved. Valhalla is an ideal ship for the ocean race, and will probably be the most comfortable vessel in the contest. Sunbeam is too well known to need any description. Suffice it to say she has been the ocean home of Lord Brassy for thirty-one years, and has been all over the world. Two years ago these two vessels sailed a race with Mr. Armour’s beauti- ful Utowana, which was then in British waters, the course being from Cowes, round Cherbourg breakwater, thence round the Eddystone Lighthouse and back to Cowes. Only sail power was used, and the race, which took place in light, baffling airs, resulted in a runaway victory for the American yacht, whose fore and aft can- vas gave her a great advantage in the windward work. The German schooner is of course the Watson-designed Rainbow, which was built in 1898 for the late Mr. C. L. Orr-Ewing. .She was bought two years ago by a syndi- cate of German yachtsmen, and is now known- as Ham- burg. Rainbow was the last of Watson’s schooners, and is a fast vessel, but is not handled as smartly as could be wished, and her German skipper and crew do not get as much out of her as they might, especially by the wifld. All these yachts named are fine vessels and fit to go any- where, but they are very different in point of speed, and if there is to be no time allowance the race, as a race, must be devoid of interest, although as a voyage across the Atlantic it ought to be a most delightful trip. How- ever, one thing seems to be assured, and that is the Ger- man Emperor’s object, which is to swell the already large fleet of yachts in the Dover-FIeligoland'race and later on at the Kiel regattas. Support Given to Foreign Regattas. — The undoubted success of the Baltic regattas during the last six or seven years has been due in a very great measure to the presence of British yachts which have found their way to Kiel in ever-increasing numbers since the first race from Dover to Heligoland. So great has become the exodus of racing yachts from British to' German waters, that some of our principal fixtures have suffered severely, and the once famous Clyde Fortnight is now only the shadow of what it used to be. Yachtsmen are beginning to wake up to this fact, and the Royal London Y. C. has taken the mat- ter of reviving the glories of the Clyde by offering valu- able prizes for a race for yachts exceeding 95 tons from Cowes to the Clyde on June 22, and the Royal Clyde and Royal Northern Y. C.’s will offer prizes for a return race to Cowes after the Fortnight. It is hoped that British yacht owners will support this movement, for the German regattas have cut so badly into our own that it is quite time British yachtsmen realized the fact and did not con- tinue to support foreign racing at the expense of their own clubs. It is hoped that there will be a great improve- ment in the quality of the Clyde Fortnight this year. E. H. Kelly. New Owners for Yachts. — The schooner yacht Har- binger has been sold by the estate of Henry G. Russell to Mr. George FI. Clark and J. R. White, jointly, of Rochester, N. Y., through the agency of Messrs. Gardner & Cox. This boat is 80ft. over all, built by the George Lawley & Son Corp. in 1884, from designs of Mr. A. Cary Smith. The boat will shortly be fitted out and taken to the lakes via the St. Lawrence. The schooner yacht Ivanhce has been sold hy Mr. E. D. Thayer, of Worces- ter, Mass., to Messrs. Pierce & Mount, of Belmar, New Jersey, through the same agency. This same firm has also arranged the sale of the sloop yacht Electra, be- longing to Mr. George H. Frazier, of Philadelphia, to Mr. Joseph E. Brown, of Brooklyn, and the houseboat Rudder Grange to Mr. F. C. Moore, of the New York Canoe Club, Brooklvn. * * >1 Derivation of a Japanese Name. — Hummono, 23 tons, Mr. Miall Green, is expected at Monaco shortly. Her tender, Takumono, is entered in the 6.5m. class for the Monaco races. The route taken is via Paris, the Seine, the Canal de Bourgogne, and the Rivers Saone and Rhone. The derivation of the name Hummono is perhaps not without interest. It is derived from Mono, Japanese for “thing,” and Hum, A.S., “to smell;” therefore, “smell- thing.” Such a compound of Neo- Aryan and Turanian elements might make a philologist shudder, but she is a good boat and belies her name. — The Yachtsman. ««{ >? Hildegarde and Ariadne for the Ocean Race. — It is quite possible that the auxiliary schooner Ariadne, owned by Mr. H. W. Putnam. Jr., and the schooner Hildegarde, owned by Mr. E. R. Coleman, will start in the German Emperor’s ocean race. There is also- a rumor that Mr. W. Gould Brokaw will enter the yawl Sybarita. She is generally looked upon as a likely boat, and many men feel that should she start her chances of winning would be of the best. Mr. Brokaw seldom loses an opportunity to participate in any sporting event, and it is to hoped that he will not miss this one. * ** * Calypso Sold. — The 25ft. waterline cabin sloop Calypso, designed and built by Hanley, and champion of the Y. R. A. of M. for the years 1901 and 1902, has been sold by Commodore S. F. Heaslip to Vice-Commodore A. M. Cooke, of the Southern Y. C., through the agency of Mr. L. D. Sampsell. Calypso won the “cock o’ the walk flag” in her class in the Southern Gulf Coast Y. A. for the past season. Commodore Heaslip, president of the S. G. C. A., recently purchased Cadillac, champion 30-footer of the Great Lakes. *, m *, Peggy, Nike and Regina to Race Around Long Island. — The ketch Peggy, owned by Rear-Commodore Hastings, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. ; the sloop Nike, owned by Mr. Victor I. Cumnock, and the sloop Regina, owned by Mr. Francis G. Stewart, are to race around Long Island during the coming season. The start will be made off the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. anchorage, and the finish will be off the Atlantic Y. C. at Sea Gate, All three of the participants are enrolled in the Seawan- haka Corinthian Y. C. mm,*, A Third Canada Cup Challenger. — The third boat to be built for the trial races for the Canada Cup comes from the board of Mr. William Johnson, who has turned out a number of successful small boats. The Canada Cup boat is for a syndicate headed by Mr. J. M. Fearnside, and she will be known as Hamilton II. The boat will be built at Hamilton, Ont. m m. m Crack Skipper Engaged for Atlantic. — Captain Charles Barr has been engaged by Mr. Wilson Marshall to command his yacht Atlantic. Captain Barr will be in charge of Atlantic in the ocean race for the Kaiser’s Cup, and will retain the position until another challenge for the America’s Cup is forthcoming. m m m Brooklyn Y. C. Dinner. — The annual dinner of the Brooklyn Y. C. will be held at 7 P. M. on Saturday, March 25, at the Underwriters’ _Club, No. 16 Liberty street, Manhattan. The secretary is F. W, Bradford, 123 Bay 19th street, Brooklyn, N. Y. H m m CdUNTRY Club Cup Races. — The Detroit Country Club has named the dates September 5, 6, 7 for the Country Club Competithite/ Cup Races for 1905. 200 FOREST AND STREAM. 1C The Motorboat and Sports- man's Show. N,ever before in the history of the present or old Madison Square Garden structure has there been an ex- hibition so popular, instructive, and on the whole, profit- able to exhibitors, the associations interested, and the public generally, as the present show. One can visit 1 the show several days in succession, and each day find something to interest, amuse or of use to one. As a rule, it is not a listless sight-seeing crowd, but one of animation and expectancy. Sales that have beeri booked : are in some cases beyond the most sanguine expecta- tions, in general good and the exception where the amount of sales, saying nothing of the moral after- effect, has not fully paid the exhibitor. It would be hard to let the incident pass without just one or two criticisms, however. The principal one heard is that the fifteen days’ exhibit is too long, in that it becomes tedious to the demonstrators, but more parT ticularly it takes the attention of those in charge from the duties of supervision in the various manufacturing establishments. The only other noticed, and it is hardly of sufficient importance to be mentioned, is that while ' nearly all the boats in the lake were provided with right-hand propellers, they were compelled to make the turns to the right instead of the left, against the wheel. Capt. Dressel certainly has managed his department well; Mr. D. T. Abercrombie has been an indefatigable •worker, and Mr. Alfred Reeves, who has had charge of the press arrangements, has shown uniform courtesy, and proven himself, as ever, the right man for this extremely important position. The collection of birds and animals, shown in the tipper north gallery, by Dr. Cecil French, of Washing- ton, is one of the most unique yet shown. His, collec- tion of albinos, including the coyote, opossum, wood- chuck, squirrel, raccoon, deer, etc., is worthy of especial mention. The Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show is over, but its memory will remain until new wonders, • already planned, are unfolded in 1906. Among the Exhibitors. In addition to the exhibit of the Gas Engine & Power ■ Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consol., mentioned last - week, they have a 3 horsepower two-stroke engine, also 7 horsepower two cylinder, 10 horsepower three, and 28 horsepower four, all of the four-stroke type. Models are shown of such well-known yachts as Niagara IV., built in 1903, Claymore 1893, Adroit, ex-Vixen, 1901, Helenita 1902, Margaret 1902, Vixen 1905. Models are . also showui of Japansky and Comanche power boats that •• did creditable work last summer. The propeller wheel in Commodore F. G. Bourne’s yacht tender shows much more blade surface than usual in high speed construction. It is beautifully formed and exceedingly well located. The engine is a 14 horsepower type B of four cylinders, and has both make-and-break and jump spark ignition. The Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury . Co., Consol., have made the following sales at the Garden : A Speedway launch to Mr. F. B. Chesbrough, of Emer- son, Mich. This is the sixth boat purchased by Mr. Chesbrough from this corporation. A 40-footer similar to Speedway to a member of the New York Y. C- ; a.,45ft. ■ high power launch to Mr. E. T. Schroeder, of. Jersey City. N. J., with a guaranteed speed of 26 miles; a 63ft. ' cruising launch with two 28 horsepower motors to a. New York yachtsman; a 25ft. naphtha launch to Mr. J. Heuber, of the Yonkers Corinthian Y. C., and a 33ft. high speed . launch with a 25 horsepower engine to Mr. Nathan Strauss. James Craig, Jr., 556 W. 34th street, New York, has on exhibition the engine built for Com. Harrison B. Moore’s Onontio. It is of eight cylinders, and rated at 250 horsepower at 800 to 850 revolutions per minute. Cylinders are 73A'\n. bore and 91'n. stroke. It is a beautiful piece of work, and the master hand is shown ." ■ in design and detail throughout. The valves and , igniters are all operated by a single cam shaft driven from the crank shaft by spiral gears and a vertical shaft. The valves are all double, one opening slightly in advance of the other, and closing a little later. This construction allows of smaller diameter, less danger of distortion, and not over one-half the work to be done by valve actuating parts. Magneto ignition is provided through two series, one for each four cylinders. . Heads and valves are thoroughly water-jacketed, and the water connections are outside instead of ports con- necting the cylinder and head jackets. Bed plate is of manganese bronze in two parts. The crank shaft and ■ columns supporting the cylinders are of nickel .steel. The brass piping of the inlet and exhaust is a marvel of >■ symmetry, and reflects great credit on author, and builder. Regular models were shown of 16 horsepower two cylinder and 25 horsepower three cylinder engines. A framed picture of Onontio doing 28r/2 miles on New- ark Bay was also displayed. In course of manufacture - at present is a duplicate of Onontio’s engine for Mr. . Alex. Stein, Indian Harbor Y. C.. for a 56ft. boat, build- ing at Montells’ yard, Greenwich, Conn., w.ith 30 miles as the goal. Clifton Motor Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, report several sales. This firm is closely identified with Carlisle & Finch, who manufacture gasolene engine ignition dyna- mos and magnetos as well as other similar goods. Their exhibit of three engines is a good one. In double cylinder there are both 8 and 14 horsepower and 28 horsepower in quadruple cylinder. Jump spark is used in all. These are the only engines sold, so far as we know, for marine work where the center of the cylinder is offset with the connecting rod. This gives much less side thrust and consequent wear on the walls of the cylinder, as well as less angularity of the connecting rod during the power stroke. Pistons can be removed without removing the cylinders, which are cast integral with the head; Cam relief of compression is used, also positive inlet valves. Governor is wholly within the flywheel, and the engine is throttle-controlled. The cups and trophies exhibited by the Standard Motor Construction Co., of Jersey City, N. J., won by the cele- brated Standard in two seasons are as follows : Atlantic y r too4. Columbia Y C. 1004, Knickerbocker Y. C View of the north side of Madison Square Garden during the Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show — —Lozier, Gas Engine & Lower Co, Standard, Electric Launch, James Craig, Jr., and Siegel-Cooper booths. General view of the Madison Square Garden looking down the Lagcon from the west. The De Dietrich, Williams-Whittelsey, and Palais de L’Automobile are on the right, with Smith & Mabley and Truscott on the Island. View of Madison Square Garden from northeast corner of promenade, shnvvine the decorations at the westerly end and the elevated : mm m March ii, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 201 1903, -American Y. C. 1903 (2-), Atlantic Y. C. I903; Mention should have been made last week in describing the very compact reversing gear with which the Standard yacht tender was equipped. The bevel gears are all cut from solid steel case-hardened and run in a bath of oil, giving the tail shaft three-fourths speed, compensating for loss of power due to extra friction when going astern. The way she was handled shows this device to be highly effective. " Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, N. J., have two launches on Sport Lake. The Buster Brown is a lap- streak or clinker-built yacht tender with 20 exide cells of battery and a horsepower General Electric motor. She carries passengers almost constantly around Garden ..Island.. The large pleasure launch Rest-a-While is art 1 especially comfortable looking creation. Her equipment j / of power is a 10 horsepower General Electric motor and 48 .cells of exide battery. -She is also supplied with a mercury rectifier such as is shown in their booth, by means of which any alternating current.. becomes available for charging accumulators, a very- valuable feature, as heretofore it has been necessary to use the direct current only for the purpose.- The 26ft . autoboat equipped with a new four cylinder French engine and a Carlyle Johnson reverse gear, is a beautiful boat. The circular perforated aluminum back seats is a novelty and makes the boat an exceedingly easy and comfortable conveyance. The in- stallation of the gasolene tank with copper drip pan is especially safe and commendable. Buffalo Gasolene Motor Company, Buffalo, N. Y., have a showy exhibit. A decided novelty is their 2 horsepower jtw;o cylinder-four-stroke engine,the’offlf one of the kind manufactured here or abroad for marine or any other purpose. They show in addition- to this size double cylin- der 5 and 7L2 horsepower and. four cylinder 10, 15 and 30 "horsepower. Planetary reverse, throttle, and spark con- {rol,. jump spark or make-and-break, ring oiling crank pins, multiple .feedTo^ every 'journal, oil drip pan and brags cover over the reverse gear, are noticeable features. Their new carburetor shows an auxiliary; heated air conduit. All engines of : four, cylinders have whistle, air pump and tahkv-. Tire Bisonrex-Hard Boiled Egg, is shown in the tank. She has been so often mentioned that a description at this time would be superfluous. A. C. Neubauer, the Palais de L’ Automobile, 500 Fifth avenue, shows 30ft. yacht- fender 6ft. breadth, finished in natural mahogany. ■■ Planking is double mahogany with oiled silk fabric between. She was built by Wood, of C.ity Island, and is an exceptionally fine looking, boat. The design was by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. A 20-30 horsepower Renault engine is used for power, and with 75^ gallons tankage -sheds guaranteed to do 450 miles at a full -speed of, 15 miles per hour. The engine is controlled forward, but a tiller is placed aft for use if desired. In this exhibit is. the autoboat La Manola, 35ft. long, which ■* %s a 24 horsepower Panhard engine. In a run last sum- mer from New Rochelle to Newport, less than nine hours was the running time. She was built by L. D. Hunting- ton, Jr., and Tams, Lemoine & Crane were responsible for her design. They show 24, 35 and 60 horsepower Panhard engines, also a 25 horse-power Barriquan & Marre engine which weighs complete but 500 pounds, built specially by, the only French concern making auto-marine engines exclusively. The American De Dietrich Company, 7 West 34th street, New York, ..have in the lagoon the launch built in , 1902 for Mr. Du Bonnet, now the property of the ex- ■ 1 hibitors. 1 She is. called the Pi-ouit, which translated means “Hey there.” She developed a speed of better than 18 miles,. and was exhibited at St. Louis. The power is a 30 horsepower De Dietrich engine. A Sims-Brosch low tension make-and-break magneto furnishes current for ignition. In the booth 30, 50 and 60 horsepower engines are shown, all four cylinder. New models show mechan- ' ically operated inlet valves directly over the exhaust, actuated by rocker arms from the same shaft that . operates the exhaust valves, while a cam shaft on the “opposite side is for the. igniters only. Their own. make carburetor is used, a rotary- gear-driven pump, cylinders cast in pairs with heads are also features.; Material and design, is practically the. same as in their automobile en- gines, but parts are somewhat- heavier. On account of . 45 - per cent, import duty they will hereafter build their ; boats here. * : / -* — ~ Hubbard Motor Company, Middletown, Conn., at .the . “ extreme easterly end, show, son® six engines all told, In ’actual operation they have1 a 3Y horsepower two-stroke single cylinder engine, with make-and-break ignition and water-jacketed head. Throttle control is used without early and late changing devices, exceedingly economical on batteries. The 1 Y horsepower has the head and cylin- der cast together, while the 2^4 ’ and 3 JY have removable heads’. The 7 horsepower double cylinder has heads and cylinders likewise inseparable. The pistons, bore of the cylinders and general machine work show a thorough knowledge of engine requirements. A four cylinder high speed four-stroke engine 16-25 horsepower is also shown. Every bearing is positively lubricated by a gravity feed multiple lubricator. The ignition is always in sight of the operator, and accessibility is well in evidence. August Mietz,i28 Mott street, New York, shows the Mietz & Weiss engine, for the first time seen by the public, adapted to marine work. He shows all told three engines, two in actual operation. One is the standard 2 horsepower, direct-connected to an electric light generator which lights the exhibit, and the other is a double cylin- der 10 horsepower marine vertical engine. This is of the three-ported two-stroke type, and in this respect alone is an entirely modern construction. Air is taken into the crank case and forced into the cylinder while the kerosene is injected under high pressure into the heated domes on the engine, where it mixes with the air until an explosive mixture is produced, when it is ignited by the incandescent condition of the heated dome. Bevel gear reverse is shown with ball-bearing- thrust. Engine is of exceedingly good appearance, and shows up well, although running light.. The International Power Vehicle Company, of Stam- ford, show three two-stroke kerosene oil-engines, single cylinder il/2, 5 and 6 horsepower. A i/2 horsepower is also shown in section, with the method of timing the ex- plosion and adjustment of fuel supply shown. The kero- sene is atomized by the air passing from the crank case to the combustion chamber, never under any more pres- sure than necessary to give it gravity feed. A new torch is supplied with the 1905 model. No demonstration of its good points was made, but it was claimed that without preliminary heating of the torch the engine could be started indoors in 35 seconds. Planetary reverse was shown with thrust adjustable both longitudinally and vertically. All clutch adjustments are on the outside, easily accessible. Ring oilers are used on the main bearings. Many engines at the show were equipped with Monarch vaporizing valves, manufactured by John A. Murray, 112 Front street, Brooklyn. The Monarch valve is standard equipment with Hubbard, Mianus, Wood- haven, Smalley, Palmer and many other engines. Siegel-Cooper Company, New York, in their space at the left of the main entrance show an 18ft. canopy top launch with 2 horsepower engine, and 23ft. standing top with 6 horsepower. In the water they have a commodious 22ft. open launch with folding chairs and aftside and transverse transoms. Power is a. 4 horsepower engine. Siegel-Cooper Company are the eastern agents for the well known Pierce launches' and engines manufactured in Racine, Wis. These engines are all provided with under- water exhaust and jump spark. They are all of the two- stroke type single cylinder. The lower part of the cylin-. der is air-jacketed, something not noticed elsewhere in the Garden. Heads are not water-jacketed. Reversing gears are of the bevel type, and as the engines will run in either direction, they may be dispensed with if desired. In mentioning John -Wanamaker’s exhibit last week, we inadvertently “erred in saying that they sold the Pierce launches, when we should have said Truscott. The Mianus Motor Works, Mianus, Conn., is one of the busiest, exhibits. Their demonstrations are selling ones. Mr. Allen, of the firm, says: they are there to do business. They show 2, 4 and 6 horsepower single cylin- der and 8 and 12 horsepower double, all two-stroke en- gines. Exhaust is water-jacketed when using an expan- sion muffler and odorless under- water exhaust, but regu- lar type of muffler is supplied when exhausting above the waterline. Monarch vaporizers are standard equipment, and Kingston float feed carburetors special. An excep- tional selling feature is their new drop.-forged I section steel connecting rod with bushings which can be removed and replaced without removing the piston. They have two finishes, one in baked enamel and nickeled parts, and the other air-drying enamel and polished brass. Reversing wheel or planetary reversing gears at the option of the buyer, or direct-connected solid wheels are furnished. Palmer Bros., Cos Cob, Conn., have several engines "shown, a four cylinder 15-18 horsepower and a two cylin-, der 8 to 10 horsepower four-stroke. A two cylinder 10 horsepower modern three-ported two-stroke engine espe- cially attracts attention, it being in very good proportions, and of the high speed popular type. Engines are equipped with either jump spark or make-and-break ignition. The 1904 model 3 horsepower is a favorite with buyers at the show. The representative in charge of the exhibit made a very apt remark when he said that “Palmer Bros, made the first successful two-stroke marine gasolene engine in New England, and they or their successors may make the last. It seems incredible, but their books show that over 15,000 Palmer engines have been sold up to date.” Float feed carburetors are used: or Monarch vaporizers, as may be selected by purchaser. The balance "of the: exhibitors will be mentioned next- week. Marine Gasolene Engines* BY A. E. POTTER. ( Continued from page 179 ) In order to decide as to the best width for the ex- haust port, it is a good plan with the first engine to make the length as long as possible with good strong par- titions therein and make the width of the port ap- proximately Ys in. for every iin. stroke. By this rule an engine of 5in. stroke would have- exhaust port 5J$in. wide, and 6in. stroke would be Y'm- wide. It is com- paratively easy to widen the exhaust port on the side of the cylinder by filing or chipping the upper edge, so that the exhaust will occur earlier. The correct width, or that which gives the best results all around, can be determined when later you come to test the engine, which will be carefully treated later under that head. The inlet port should open slightly later than the exhaust port, and shop Id be fully as long as the ex- haust port, although not so wide by one-third. If the exhaust is J^in. wide, the inlet could be well but Yin- Some designers advocate a wider exhaust, making a ¥&in. wide inlet with a 34 in. wide exhaust. If there is ample length there is but little to be gained by making the inlet open so early, and there may be more danger of pre-ignition. As a general thing exhaust ports open too early, wasting power thereby, because they are not sufficiently wide. Please note that the length of the ports is measured around the circle of the cylinder inside, while the width is in line with the bore, or vertically. Some engines are so designed that the exhaust is on one side and the inlet on the other, while some have the inlet on the front and the exhaust at the rear. For various reasons the former is preferable if the cylinders are to be doubled, but in single cylinder construction I consider the latter the better, as it makes rather easier to connect the exhaust piping; there is less danger of getting burned by accidentally coming in contact with it, and, in case the firing chamber gets too much oil or gasolene, it is all driven out into the exhaust piping at the first opening of the ports. There is another reason for this construction that I have never seen advanced. In case there is too much cylinder oil in the crank case, it will not be so liable to be splashed up into the pass port connecting the crank case with the combus- tion chamber and be carried therein with the inrushing gas, resulting in a smoky, ill-smelling exhaust. The thickness of the cylinder walls should be as uni- form as possible. It is better' to have them a little thicker than necessary, although if too thick, they will be cumbersome -and will not radiate the heat as they ought. Occasionally they are made of steel castings, and in that case j he v can be considerably thinner than when made from cast iron. From 1-12 to 1-10 the diameter would be a fair allowance for thickness. If the very best results are to be obtained, a careful watch of the temperature of the cooling water is es- sential, as the water can leave the cylinder very much hotter with a thin than a thick cylinder wall, remem- bering that the inside wall is bound to be hotter than the wall against which the water is circulating, and whose mision it is to take the heat from the cylinder. The thickness- of the water jacket does not matter par- ticularly, so long as it can be molded with no danger of breaking down when the hot metal reaches it. It is a good plan to have the thickness equal to, or slightly thicker than the cylinder wall. The; outer part of the cylinder enclosing the water jacket should be as thin as it is possible to make it, and get a good casting free from “cold shucks,” and needs to be no heavier than one-half the thickness of the cylinder walls. By using special metal with carefully made patterns and improved methods which have followed the con- struction of automobile engine cylinders, it has been found that those who have made a careful study of the art of molding gasolene engine cylinders have been able to cast some remarkably thin, well-cored cylinders; but before going to the extreme in lightness, you had better consult with the foundry people, and be in a measure guided by their advice. You- will find that medium heavy castings will cost you much less, and there will be less danger of lost castings, either before machining, during the process or when completed, perhaps when testing. People who are experienced in this line, who have per- haps sunk a considerable amount of money before they were able to get the “knack of it,” may try to get back some of their money, but you will usually save money by patronizing- them. In the two cycle engine several methods of con- struction are employed. In some the engine and base is cast together and the crank shaft bearings are put on the ends over each end of the crank shaft. While this construction may seem cheaper to you, it may, and probably will be found necessary to make more special tools than some other way, and if ever it becomes necessary to remove the forward bushing, the first one to wear, you will have quite a job to remove the fly- wheel as perhaps you may have found by experience. Another method often employed is to part the crank - case in line with the center of the shaft and put in the forward crank shaft bushing in halves. This is a little more expensive, but it saves removing the flywheel when renewing. Still another method is being employed, and it has become quite popular of late. It is to have the1 crank case parted in the middle, as in the previous method, and the cylinder bolted to the upper half of the crank case. It will cost more to machine, but it can be done with rather less tools, and has these advantages: The jacketed cylinder will cost less, as there will be less danger of losing in the operation of casting, and the crank case, if they can be cast without baked cores, using “green” sand for the purpose, will not cost one- half. as much per pound. There is one especial advan- tage that may. be lost sight of, and that is, there is much more liability of getting the crank shaft at right angles to the collecting rod and axis of the cylinder, otherwise in line. Again, lathes or planers might be able to machine the three pieces, when it would be absolutely impossible if in one piece or even parted in line with the crank shaft. I have seen one engine that was a combination of the first two methods. One crank shaft bearing in that case was parted in the center, while the other was in a round plate bolted to the after side. This is very unusual. One manufacturer at least has the forward plate cast with the crank case and cylinder and the after one only removable. In this case it is of course necessary to remove the flywheel the very first thing when ready to dissemble. There are some models that have hand-hole plates on one or both sides, through which the crank pin connections can be reached, others reach the lower con- nections by removing the lower half of the crank case; but in the. three part construction, or where the base separates in line with the crank shaft the hand-hole plates are not absolutely necessary, still they are very handy if you desire to get access to the crank case to make examination or w^ash out dirty oil or grease. 'While possibly unnecessary, it is often convenient, and its extra cost is not very much. If the engine is to be of the older type, taking its gas through a check valve, there is but little more to be explained, except the clearance - in the crank case and the lugs for fastening it to the engine bed; but if it is of the more- modern type, known as the tree-ported, or, as one manufacturer has termed it, the piston intake, the third port will have to be explained, but as its re- lation is more particularly to the crank case, it will be treated in that connection. ; [to be continued.] . Wassersljort/’s Illustrated Supplement. — Wasser- sport, our German contemporary, now issues each week in connection with the paper an illustrated supplement which is known as Von Fluss und See. The supplement is about half the size of Wassersport. and is profusely illustrated by handsome half-tones and numerous designs. It is splendidly printed on coated paper, and adds much to the interest and value of Wassersport. Holyoke Y. C. Officers— At the annual meeting of the Holyoke \ . C., held recently, the following officers were elected: Com., E. S. Towne ; Vice-Com. F. H Metcalf ; Rear-Corn., C. R. Dunbar ; Purser, E. B. Cooley : Regatta Committee— J. B. Newton, Harry Gault and Russell Magna. « fi? m , Recent Transfers.— The following sales have been made through Manning’s Yacht Agency : The steam yacht Sentinel, by Col. W. E. Haskell to Mr. William Garner- the yawl Hoodoo, by Mr. E. W. Searles to Mr. Justice Street, of Toronto; the knockabout Smoke, by Mr. L. H. Dyer to Mr. J D. Flower, of Cuba; and the ‘launch Bunco, by Mr. J. H. Wainwnght to Mr W D Salter 202 YACHTING NEWS NOTES.] For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. » Insurance Company to Repair Delaware.— Commo- dore F. G. Bourne, New York Y. C., will have his small steam yacht Coloma repaired and refitted at once, so that Us? “er as a Asgship next season. Delaware was so badly damaged by the fire that much time will be con- sumed in putting the vessel in shape to turn over to her owner. The work will be done by the insurance company. *. #, * Unwarranted Criticism.— Our esteemed English con- temporary, The Yachting World, mistakes when he observes that we appear to confuse the matter some- what between the high, speed motor vessel and the one merely fitted with a high speed automobile type engine — *W° , . n?s by no« means synonomous.” We cannot see anything in the article in question to lead one to suppose anything of the sort. American high speed autoboats are usually built v^ry light, and their engines are frequently of the automobile type. .No one could suppose that such a craft would long, survive hard usage, but a high speed heavier engine, with any ordinary care, would not be short-lived. We have no quarrel against the autoboat, nor are we 1 unthinking.” FOREST AND STREAM. Cruising Schooner Blacfchawfc. Last week we published the lines, construction and sail plans of the cruising schooner Blackhawk. This week we reproduce the cabin plans and details of iron work and rigging. The accompanying plans have been very carefully worked out, and the unusual amount of detail drawing will appeal to those who have had experience in yacht building. Many times there is too much left to the discre- tion of the builder, and the results are apt to be disap- pointing. New York, Feb. 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Frazer’s article on “Camp Medicine” in February 18 issue puts me in mind of an experience I had last August, during the A. C. A. meet on Sugar Island. It was the second day of our arrival on the island, when I was taken sick right after supper, and if it wasn’t for that little bottle of Sun cholera drops friend Ixiuie hap- pened to have, I believe I would have died. Never in all my experience have I suffered as I did that night, and it was more than four days after before I felt like myself again. To this day I don’t know what to blame for that attack of cholera — whether it was the grub at the mess or the water of the St. Lawrence. But anyway I will never again leave the cholera drops out of my kit. I would also suggest Friar’s Balsam in place of shellac or varnish for cuts, it being an antiseptic and very healing. And never travel without a small pair of tweezers — the kind jewelers use. For extracting thorns and deep-seated splinters it can’t be beat; and after a blackberrying trip they will prove themselves to be a Godsend sure. - . 4663. CANOEING NEWS NOTES. The officers of the Hiawatha C. C. for 1905 are as fol- lows: Com., George Gorman; Vice-Com., George R. Stark; Sec’y, Arthur C. Brandt; Treas.,H. F. Donaldson; Meas., W. A. Roos, Jr. The club now numbers 32 mem- bers, with boat house at Hiawatha Bay, Kingsbridge, and club house with bowling alley on Johnson avenue. Marble Hill. 'ifie Jjf mge and <§alUrg. Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I.— Second annual of New York Rifle Association. The Indoor Championship Match. One of the most important matches to be shot annually by the riflemen of New York City and vicinity is the championship 100-shot gallery match, now in progress at the headquarters of the Zettler Rifle Club, 159 West Twenty-third street, this city. Although the 100-shot championship at 200yds., shot every year on Election Day, is regarded as the true test of a marksman’s ability, so much interest is taken in indoor shooting — and this interest is increasing year by year— that the annual tournament held by the old Zettler Club during the Sportsman’s Show is watched closely by riflemen everywhere, and those who cannot attend consider themselves unfortunate indeed, while those who do attend revel in powder smoke and rifle talk every day for almost a fortnight, and are happy. This indoor shoot differs from the Election Day affair in that it is really a tournament in which the 100-shot championship is the principal event of several in which cash and valuable merchandise prizes may be won by those who try hard enough. That all do make strenuous efforts is evident after the affair has warmed up, for scores are close and the interest at fever heat. This year’s tournament began at 10 o’clock on the morning of March 1, and will continue until 11 o’clock Saturday night, March 11. It is being shot with all sorts of rifles, but there is a limit on the kind of cartridges that may be used, so that all must shoot the .22 caliber short cartridge. Heretofore telescope sights have been barred, too, but these are admitted this year, and numerous marksmen who have become accustomed to using these sights on other ranges are happy. But if this record shows (it is too early now to say anything further) that the glasses did not make as good a showing as their advocates predicted they would, it must be remembered that a number of the marksmen have not had much practice with them, and some did not have sufficient time to learn the peculiarities of their new telescopes, did not feel absolutely certain they could do as well with them as with their old peep sights, and stuck to the latter pending more thorough practice. But now that the glass is to be used. FOREST AND STREAM 20S bt*1 Ini) s sae is - ■l'B_ U ‘-T •9 MlSJ'&lf Oct^iv. h CAfra i l««4 Or«*v ftf« Cenjp*J.T;«rj DantSecKel* l««4 Drug Pifi r»otcc l Pair Oavlt Brace a»pd Socket ft fracg»» *A« rlaijh lWK— RIGGING AND IRON WORK DETAILS. Norman L. Skene for Charles G. Gibson. there will be much practice with it during the coming outdoor and iiekt winter’s indoor season, and it is safe to predict that the next indoor championship will find numbers of them in use by the best marksmen. Their advocates stoutly assert that rifle telescopes have come to stay, and certainly the large numbers sold by makers and dealers bear this out, for one seldom hears of a good telescope being discarded in favor of the old non- magnifying sights. The distance shot is 75ft., and no restrictions whatever are placed on rifles or attachments, but every shot must be fired in the offhand position. In the 100-shot match contestants are permitted to finish their scores as they see fit, provided they complete each string on the day it is begun. This prolongs the interest, sometimes up to the very last hour of the tournament, for the best shots try their holding ability in some of the pool matches, and if they feel in good form, start in on their 100-shot string, often firing not more than 10 or 20 shots when they believe they are not in the best of form, and wait until another day to resume. In this way the interest increases until all the top-notchers have finished their scores, making the last few days of the tournament busy ones for all hands. Merchandise prizes always attract attention in a match, and the list of tnese that will go to winners in the 100-shot match is long, so that any really good score will entitle the holder to a prize that is worth while. In this match there are twenty cash prizes that range from $15 down to $2, and the following merchandise prizes: A Stevens Schuetzen rifle, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle, a gold trophy (by the Peters Cartridge Co.), a fine Colt target revolver, a silver cup (by the Zettler Rifle Club), a Davenport shotgun, a set of Lyman target sights, a Bristol steel fishing rod, a sel of Ideal reloading tools, a Marble pocket ax and cleaning rod, and a. Barning hammerless rifle action, given by their respective makers; while the man who does not win a prize will be consoled by the Zettler trophy. The ring target match is open to all, three shots to each score,, re-entries unlimited, the best three targets to count for the first five prizes, the best two targets for the next five prizes, and one target for the rest. The highest prize is $30, while the- nineteen others range from $25 down to $2, and there are three premiums: $5 for the best five targets; $4 for the second-best five targets, and $3 for the third-best. On the special target for the Zimmermann trophy, three shots,, best two tickets to count, the prizes are $10 and $5. Re-entries are unlimited in the bullseye match, in which the best single shot by measurement counts. There are twenty-five prizes, ranging from $25 down to $2, and three premiums, as follows: Most bullseyes during the tournament, $5; secondl largest number, $4; third, $3. The complete scores cannot be given in this issue, but those so far finished in each match follow, our record closing for the week at 6 o’clock the night of March 6. Just as the clock was. striking the hour, R. Gute finished his 100-shot score, with a total of 2466 out of the possible 2500 points, breaking all previous records for the distance. He used a short telescope sight on his rifle. For the purpose of comparison, the records of other years are given as follows: 1904... .L C Buss ..2456 1900... .F C Ross ....2429 1904. . . .L P Ittel.... . .2455 1899... .F C Ross ....2425 1903... .L P Ittel ..2457 1898... .H M Spencer.... . . . .2424 1903... .Dr W G Hudson.. ..2455 1897... .M Dorrler ....2421 This year’s scores follow: 100-Shot Championship Match: R. Gute 2466, H. M. Thomas 2423, E. H. Van Zandt 2422, A. F. Laudensack 2418, A. Hubalek 2411, F. Gabriel 2405, Gustav Worm 2404, George Schlicht 2402, IT. C. Young 2396, G. T. Conti 2386, Windsor Morris 2383, Felix Kast 2368, O. Schwanemann 2355, T. H. Keller, Jr., 2312, G. J„ Bernius 2307. Ring Target: R. Gute, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75; H. M. Thomas, 75*. 75, 74, 74, 73; G. L. Clock, 75, 74, 74, 73, 72; M. D. Kittles, 72, 72, 71, 71, 71; A. F. Laudensack, 74, 74, 73, 72; M. Dorrler, 75, 75, 73; G. T. Conti, 75, 71, 69; H. C. Young, 72, 72, 71; George Schlicht, 73, 72, 70; L. C. Buss, 74, 73, 73; E. Minervini, 73, 71, 68, C. Meyer, 72, 71, 70; A. Hubalek, 74, 73; G. Bernius, 63, 63;. H. Rosenthal, 56, 48; Gustav Worm, 72; Windsor Morris, 70. Zimmermann Target: G. Ludwig, 30, 30; C. Meyer, 34, 30, 34; R. Bender, 35, 33, 35; R. Gute, 39, 38, 36, 36, 36; A. F. Lauden- sack, 28; H. Fenwirth, 36, 34; H. C. Young, 34, 32. Best Bullseye: R. Bendler 18 degrees, R. Gute 19, Gus Zimmer- mann 21%, H. D. Muller 22%, A. Hubalek 22%, A. F. Laudensack 24, Michael Dorrler 24%, F. A. Young 25, H. C. Young 26, C. Meyer 25%, Felix Kast 27, O. Schwanemann 27, Gustav Ludwig 29%, H. L. Seckel 30, G. T. Conti 35, T. H. Keller, Jr., 36, F. L. Smith 37, George Schlicht 39%, H. M. Thomas 39%, T. H. Keller 43, H. Fenwirth 44, William Rosenbaum 46%, J. H. Blumenberg 56, H. Rosenthal 58. Most Bullseyes: Felix Kast 60, G. Ludwig 51, O. Schwanemann 51, M. Dorrler 45, H. D. Muller 45, R. Bender 42, R. Gute 36, Gus Zimmermann 36, T. H. Keller, Jr., 33, T. H. Keller 27, H. C. Young 24, H. Fenwirth 15, F. A. Young 15, F. L. Smith 9, H. M. Thomas 9, H. L. Seckel 9. Asheville Rifle Club. Asheville, N. C., Feb. 23. — The result or the weekly shoot of the Asheville Rifle Club follows. Conditions: 200yds., Standard American target. Wind, 14 miles per hour: First shoot: Badger 9 7 0 6 7 7 10 9 9 7-62 McCanless 5 6 10 6 0 3 9 6 6-66 Lambert 3 6 3 4 4 6 9 4 6 6-50 Bunum 5 4 8 0 3 4 7 5 0 6-41 B E Sevier , 3 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 3-41 J T Sevier. 7 4 6 0 5 4 6 3 7-40 Stevens 0 0 9 4 6 8 0 0 7—39 C Sawyer 6 0 4 * 0 0 s 5 4—27 Garrison 0 3 6 3 © 0 6 4 0—21 Second shoot: J T Sevier 7 5 10 4 5 4 8 6 5 0-64 McCanless 6 7 5 4 9 5 5 4 3-64 Lambert 4 0 3 10 0 10 5 5 6-50 Stevens ........... 4 4 7 7 4 3 0 6 8 7-60 C Sawyer 3 10 0 5 4 5 10 3 4 — 49 B E Sevier 4 5 3 0 5 9 5 4 3-44 Badger 4 6 5 6 3 5 5 5 6-43 Garrison 3 0 0 3 6 6 0 8 0 — 27 New York City Schuetzen Corps. The following scores were recorded on the Zettler ranges Thurs- day, March 2: R. Busse 234, 246; C. G. Zettler 236, 235; R. Bendler 229, 236; Jos. Keller 214, 212; A. Wiltz 200, 200; O. Schwanemann 237, 235; C. Wagner 237, 231; H. Radloff 229, 229; J. Metzger 188, 218. Bullseye target: R. Busse 33, R. Bendler 80%, C. G. Zettler, 100%, O. Schwanemann 107, C. Stover 136, A. Kronsberg 142, H. Radloff 162, W. Heil 180. Italian Rifle Club. Scores follow for the practice shoot held Monday evening, Feb. 27: Minervini 244, Selvaggi 244, Bianchi 243, Reali 240, Gallina 239, Borroni 237, Raimondi 236, Alfeiri 236, Muzio 230, De Stefauo 232, Rcuetti 22 7, Mattropoli 222, Caisetti 176. _ FOREST AND STREAM [March it, sgo§. 20-4 Providence Revolver Club* Providence, IL L~We had a very pleasant and Interesting visit from the Messrs. Morris, of the Electric City Rifle Club (Scranton, fa,.), Thursday evening, and their description of their organization’s plans, matches and system gave us several valuable points. Whenever any members of other clubs are in town we hope they will look us up for a personal chat. A few of the rifle shooters worked out good scores, as follows: Sterry K Luther 237 239 239 ... C L Beach......................................... 235 234 240 233 W B Gardiner 230 230 230 231 L A Jordan 221 229 223 230 Revolver and pistol scores: Arno Argus (revolver), 78; Wm. F. Eddy (military revolver), 76; D. P. Craig (military revolver, Creedmoor count), 40, 43; Fred Liebrich (pistol), 68. Rapid fire, five shots, 20 seconds; Hurlburt, 40, 42; Argus, 30. Messrs. Jordan and Gardiner are preparing a range in the Saylesville Hall, which we can use on Saturday evenings, and we believe it will be better adapted to match shooting than our present facilities. We want to patch out the remainder of the indoor season in some way, as our scheme for an outdoor range is well under way. Detailed scores: Almy vs. Goggeshall, Feb. 13: F A Coggeshall 10 6 5 6 7 10 9 9 9 7—78 7898999 7 10 5—82 8489998 10 10 6—80 8 9 10 8 8 7 6 10 10 9—85 77 9 6 9 9 9 10 8 10—84—409 William Almy 8 10 9 8 9 7 10 9 10 9—89 8 10 7788678 9—78 68 10 686989 7—77 88 10 10 88797 10—85 798669777 6—72—401 Feb. 18: William Almy 6 5 7 9 9 9 10 9 6 10—79 6 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 9 6—84 9899906 10 10 10—80 6787667 10 5 6—69 6 9 6 10 9 10 10 9 9 9—86—398 F A Coggeshall.. 667998889 9-78 77 10 659 10 99 10—82 10 10 7 7 8 7 10 8 9 8—84 9785 10 9750 4—64 99 8 6 6 5 9 9 9 6—75—383 The foregoing completes a series of six matches, calling for 400 shots, the men tying for number of matches, but Almy leading in number of points, as follows: William Almy, 3185; F. A. Coggeshall, ' 3167 F eb. 20, the two men tried 20 shots each with the following re- sult: William Almy ................. 98 10 6 10 9698 8—83 10 8 8 7 10 9 10 10 9 9—90—173 F A Coggeshall 779 10 88788 10-82 9899 10 7974 8—80—162 In this last match Mr. Almy tied the range score of 90 points out of a possible 100, standard American target, with .22 rifle at 60yds. March 2. — Our Thursday evening practice shoot was well at- tended, and a variety of weapons tried, ranging from the regular •22s to a .41 Deringer, and finally a Luger automatic. Four of the revolver squad are hanging to trie 10yd. practice and still find the little bull difficult to catch and 4s remark- ably easy to slip into the score. In the Louisville plan of rapid fire the four men are doing well and enjoy the novelty, but are wondering how long it will take them to settle down at the regu- lar deliberate fire shooting at 20yds. after the match with their Kentucky friends. The team is up against a dark horse in this match, as the Louisville Club publishes no scores, while ours go down for the amusement of the fraternity. We greatly miss our genial president, Mr. Coulters, who is confined to the house with a severe attack of quinsy; hence Mr. Luther is having it all his own way in the 240 class. Some of the lovers of trapshooting have suggested that we add that department to our summer range, and the idea seems to meet with favor. If there are any trapshooters who want a good place to practice, we would like to hear from them, and would be glad to plan that attraction for the Cranston shooting house. Capt. Bowen, one of our regular pistol team, spent the evening with us, and tried several arms. He has done no shooting this winter, and is of course out of form, but a little warming up would get him into line in short order. Business prevents his regular attendance at our shoots, but we hope to get him in trim so that our annual match with the Portland team can be brought about. We certainly need him. The following scores were recorded: Rifle, 25yds., German ring target: S. K. Luther, 239, 243, 240, 238, 243; L. A. Jordan, 228, 234, 239; W. Bert Gardiner, 232, 228, 231; C. L. Beach, 229, 229, 232; Collins 228, 227, 225. Pistol, 20yds., Standard target: Wm. Boswortn, 87, 76. Revolver, 10yds., Standard target, 5-shot strings: A. C. Hurl- burt, 40, 41; Maj. Eddy, 32, 35, 41, 40; Arno Argus, 29, 20, 34; D. P. Craig, 20, 23, 30. Rapid-fire, 20yds., Standard target, 5 shots, 20 seconds: Argus, 44, 39, 45, 39, 45, 40, 44; Craig, 43. 34, 45, 43, 42, 41, 44, 39; Hurl- burt, 42, 42. Cincinnati Rifle Association* Cincinnati, O.— The following scores were made in regular competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, Feb. 26. Conditions: 200yds.. offhand, at the 25-ring target. Nestler was champion for the day with the fine score of 233. This creates a new record for him, his former being 231. It also ties the former range record held by Gindele, and which was recently e< 235. He was also high on the honor t is now the range record, and it will t beat it. The scores: Payne Bruns :t with 74 points. This a peach of a score to . 233 222 220 215 213 . . 226 226 223 216 211 . 223 223 211 210 206 . 221 218 217 215 211 . 218 217 209 208 208 . 218 215 211 210 210 . 210 203 201 201 200 . 207 198 194 192 187 : Club. Rifle Club on Feb. 25 'West Sonora (O.) Rifle Club, At the shoot of the West Sonora O., Rifle Club on Feb. 25 the weather conditions were not good. A strong wind blowing across the range caused a number of the men to shoot below their average. C. W. Matthews was high man with 213 out of a possible 240.- The scores: Twenty shots, in strings of four, 100yds., offhand, open sights, 4in. center, value 12, possible 240: .... 39 44 43 43 44—213 .... 42 43 41 41 42—209 ■R TiW . . 41 41 43 44—206 .... 36 28 41 37 37—199 .... 35 44 41 40 38—198 .... 38 34 39 46 35—192 .... 31 35 42 40 43—191 33 34 34 46 36—183 33 35 39 28—179 Bonasa. United States Revolver Association? The indoor championship contests of the United States Re- volver Association will be conducted under the supervision of official representatives of the association on March 20 to 25, in- clusive, in New York City, Boston, Springfield, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and such other places as may be arranged for later. In New York City arrangements have been made with the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association to hold these con- tests at their gallery at No. 2628 Broadway (near 100th street) on the nights of March 22, 23 and 24. The gallery will be open for practice and match shooting from 8 until 12 o’clock. The conditions of the matches are as follows: Indoor Revolver Championship. — Open to everybody; distance 20yds.; 50 shots on the Standard American target reduced, so that the 8 ring in 2.72 inches in diameter. Arm, any revolver. Am- munition, any suitable smokeless gallery charge approved by the executive committee. The score must be completed in one hour or less from the time of firing the first shot. Entrance, $5; no re- entries. Prizes: First, a silver cup to be held until the next annual competition, the cup to become the property of the competitor winning it three times; second, a silver medal; third, a bronze medal. . A bronze medal will also be awarded to any competitor, not a prize winner, making a score of 425 or better. Indoor Pistol Championship. — Open to everybody; distance, 20yds., 50 shots on the Standard American targe reduced, so the 8 ring is 2.72 inches in diameter. Arm, any pistol. Ammunition, any suitable smokeless gallery charge approved by the executive committee. The score must be completed in one hour or less from the time of firing the first shot. Entrance fee, $5; no re-entries. Prizes: First, a silver cup to be held until the next annual competition, the cup to become the property of the competitor winning it three times; second, a silver medal; third, a bronze medal. A bronze medal will also be awarded to any competitor, not a prize winner, making a score of 435 or better. New York SchueUen Corps. The following scores were recorded on the Zettler ranges Feb. 24: N. C. L. Beverstein, 202, 197; H. Beckmann, 2il, 233; W. J. Behrens, 204, 194; C. J. Brinkama, 221, 226; J. C. Brink- mann, 211, 215; A. Beckmann, 215, 195; G. N. Bohlken, 212, 172; C. Boesch, 185, 201; J. C. Bonn, 238, 233; F. W. Dierks, 217, 225; H. Decker, 203, 205; W. Dahl, 222, 225; M. V. Dwingelo, 212, 217; D. Dede, 207, 200; F. Facompre, 234, 234; D. Ficken, 199, 220; J. Facklamm, 227, 232; G. H. Fixsen, 224, 206; L. L. Goldstein, 167, 207; F. Gobber, 168, 196; H. Gobber, 227, 227; Dr. C. Grosch, 228, 229; R. Gute, 243, 246; Capt. J. H. Hainhorst, 216, 204; H. C. Hainhorst, 212, 230; H. Haase, 219, 226; H. Hoenisch, 204, 212; H. Hesse, 211, 195; P. Heidelberger, 232, 228; N. W. Haaren, 157, 190; L. C. Hagenah, 215, 216; J. N. Herrmann, 217, 230; J. Jantzen, 218, 211; N. Jantzen, 204, 177; H. Kahrs, 209, 211; C Konig, 222, 214; J. H. Kroeger, 209, 206; B. Kumm, 201, 205; F. Lankenau, 205, 211; A. Lederhaus, 164, 204; H. Leopold, 216, 223; A. W. Lemcke, 217, 233; G. Ludwig, Ml, 244; Von der Leith, 198, 202; C. Mann, 217, 211; J. H. Meyer, 210, 221; H. D. Meyer, 229, 237; C. Meyer, 228, 234; PI. W. Mesloh, 228, 218; H. Martens, 188, 212; H. M'eyn, 196, 217; H. B. Michaelsen, 227, 226; H. Nord- bruch, 214, 227; N. Offermann, 213, 216; G. W. Offermann, 223, 227, C. Plump, 224, 226; P. Prange, 192, 211; J. Paradies, 219, 214; D. Peper, 231, 230; F. von Ronn, 227, 233; H. Quaal, 204, 218; W. Schults, 221, 222; W. Schaefer, 194, 192; C. Schmitz, 214, 217; O. Schwanemann, 234, 235; J. N. F. Seibs, 238, 238; C. Seivers, 230, 232; Capt. J. G. Tholke, 211, 226; G. Thomas, 213, 201; M. J. Then, 214, 214; G. J. Voss, 202, 216; G. H. YVehren- berg, 203, 224; J. Willenbrock, 221, 219; B. Zettler, 234, 228; A. Sibberns, 216, 223; W. Ulrich, 188, 166. Bullseye target: O. Schwanemann, 61%; H. R. Michaelsen, 65%, M. J. Then, 77%; H. Mesloh, 78; P. Prange, 85%; J. Facklamm, 85%,; C. Mann, 97%; D. von der Leith, 98; H. Leopold 47%; C. Meyer, 46%; J. H. Hainhorst, 33%; J. N. F. Seibs, 32; H. Nordbruch, 27%. Seneca Rifle Glob. New York. — The Seneca Rifle Club was organized on Feb. 11, 1905, the membership being exclusively from the West Side Young Men’s Christian Association. It held its first meeting on that date. Charter members and officers are as follows: President, Fred Ryan; Secretary and Treasurer, Stilwell Nevins; Shooting Master, Warren Alabaugh; Official Scorer, Clarence Simms. Members: Frank Call, J. G. Schroeder, YV. Henderson, J. Armstrong, Allen Dick, E. Alabaugh, C. A. Norton, W. Kruger, C. G. Keller, C. Winne, P. Cushing, T. Smith, S. Adler. At a meting of the club, held on Feb. 25, it was decided that membership would be limited to members of the West Side Y. M. C. A. The objects of the club are to teach shooting and to promote good fellowship. Prize contests, and contests with other organizations will be instituted. The scores at the first shoot were as follows: Frank Call, 115, and high average, 105%. S. Nevins was a close second, with an individual score of 110, and an average of 105%. Chas. G. Keller was 107, with an average of 104. The next shoot will be held on March 18, at Zettler’ s. Seneca Gun Club. Under date of Feb. 11, the above club was organized by mem- bers of the West Side Young Men’s Christian Association to further the promotion of rifle practice among its members. The Zettler ranges, 159 West Twenty-third street, will be used for their practice shoots, the next shoot taking place March 18. When things are running smoothly, it is the intention to arrange competitive matches between other organizations. The following were elected officers for the present year: F. Ryan, President; S. Nevins, Secretary and Treasurer; YV. Allabaugh, Shooting Master; C. Simms, Official Scorer, Harlem Independent Corps. Friday, March 3, the above society occupied the Zettler ranges. Scores follow, all shooting on the. regular 25-ring (%in.) target: A. Fegert 229, 231; Dr. Alfonse Muller 229, 229; F. Koch 228, 221; A. Muller 218, £23; H. J. Behrmann 222, 213; G. Thomas 210, 223; F. Monatsberger 213, 219; B. Eusner 207, 230; C. Wolf 206, 225; J. H. Blumenberg 207, 217; C. Thiebaut 203, 217; L. Levinson 211, 208; E. Modersohn 206, 21); F. Fenninger 198, 214; W. Mensch 205, 204; C. HopP 210, 197; A. Olsen 189, 207; P. Zugner 188, 193; J, Hollrieth 158, 183; J. Fey 125, 174; J. Lanzer 104, 133. (fottage Rife and Revolver Association? On Feb. 22, at Armbruster’s range, Greenville, N. J., seventeen riflemen contested in the American record match, conditions, 100 shots, Standard American target, 200yds. A strong, variable wind, shifting from 11 to 2 o’clock, and a raw temperature were the weather conditions. The contestants and their scores were as follows: Dr YV G Hudson, New York 79 89 88 95 87 92 93 84 88 90—885 YV A Tewes, Jersey City.... 90 86 89 89 $6 88 82 83 93 92—878 W H French, Newark 79 84 90 92 87 90 81 87 87 77—854 A Hubalek, Brooklyn 82 84 87 90 83 81 85 85 89 80—846 M Dorrler, Jersey City... 79 83 76 78 87 90 86 82 84 84—829 J ICaufmann, Brooklyii 85 78 85 78 76 81 85 84 83 82—817 YV A Barker, Jersey City 80 88 73 SI 78 85 86 77 86 82—816 I. P Hansen, Jersey City 79 79 87 73 78 84 76 89 80 73—798 Owen Smith, Hobdken 84 80 77 76 76 90 78 82 82 70—195 P T O’ Flare, Newark 77 73 84 76 S3 83 76 80 83 77—792 W C Gannon, Jersey City 77 78 79 86 80 73 73 76 76 81—779 C. Bischoff, Hoboken 17 76 77 81 75 72 85 79 83 71—770 R Goldthwaite, Hoboken 79 78 71 74 79 77 80 75 75 78—766 H F Barning, Jersey City 71 73 66 67 79 83 69 79 76 67—730 T Gabriel, Newark. 69 82 74 72 70 64 69 66 76 80—722 J YVilkins, Bridgeport, Conn 63 43 71 71 71 64 63 64 66 62— 63S Jos. Kerrigan, Brooklyn 54 58 49 68 58 63 76 64 64 59—613 Zettler Rifle Club. L. P. Hansen was high man in the weekly contest, Feb. 18, with the good total of 1218. Scores follow: All shooting on the regular 25-ring (%in.) target: L P Hansen.. 244 243 244 246 241 B Zettler ....236 233 238 236 235 O Smith 242 244 240 246 241 A Begerow ...234 240 239 231 234 C Zettler, Tr. .244 239 242 242 244 L Maurer ....225 239 239 237 237 A Hubalek... 247 240 241 242 240 T T Herpers. .232 229 232 228 231 FI C Zettler.. 239 239 238 237 242 TH Keller. . .234 230 232 231 231 G Schlicht ...240 242 238 241 244 C T Bernius. .231 230 232 232 227 C G Zettler, ..243 243 241 233 234 trapshooting, — — If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixtures. March 11. — Lakewood, N. J. — All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club. A. A. Scboverling, Sec’y. March 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament. March 21-22. — Omaha, Neb., Gun Club spring tournament. March 25. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot;' on grounds of Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club. March 28-29. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park. Dr. C- B. Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. April 3-5. — Atchison, Kans. — Forest Park Gun Club second annual tournament. Lou Erhardt, Mgr. April 4. — Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. Howard F. Koch, Sec’y. April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- ham, Sec’y. April 8. — Richmond Valley, S. I. — Ninth all-day shoot of the Mullerite . Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y. Wilmington. April 15. — Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. ~ April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, Sec’y, April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Glean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12.— Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour-., nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. . May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31.- — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. YV. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H, V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. YV. May 31.-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 5-6.— New Paris, O. — Cedar Springs Gun 'Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8.- — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. ' June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y.— New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, =. Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. j uly 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 12-13. — Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club, W. W. McQueen’ Sec’y. March h. 1905-]!, FOREST AND STREAM, 10H July 24-28, — Brehm’a Ocean City, Md. — Target tq^nameflt. H A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. . Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn, — The Interstate Association s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. , Aug. 1G-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 10-18. — Kansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C, C. Herman, Sec’y. ..Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29:31.— The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Sept. 12-14.— Sau Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited, to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they ■may care to have published. Mail all suck matter to barest and Stream bubtishmg Company, 346 Broadway, blew York. Forest and Stream goes to press oh Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Cedar Springs Gun Club, of New Paris, O., are actively at work in promoting all the preliminaries of their tournament to be held on June 5 and 6. at Mr. A. A. Schoverling, Secretary, announces that the Mullerite Gun Club will hold an all-day shoot on the grounds of the Free- port, L, 1., Gun Club on April 27. * Owing to the conflict of dates with those of the New York State shoot, the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association has changed its dates to June 5, 7 and 8, instead of June 13-16, as at first claimed. a? Mr. F. Truax won the Mullerite medal for the third and final time at the shoot of the North River Gun Club, Edgewater, N. J., March 4. Mr. C. Richter was victor in the 50-target handicap, the prize being a solid gold watch charm. In a match at 100 targets between Messrs. H. Landis and A. Armstrong, of Sewell, N. J., the latter won. The scores were: Armstrong 89, Landis 87. A strong wind and a glare from the snow were not favorable conditions tor the highest scores. * The Wilmington, Del., Gun Club has changed to larger grounds, with an up-to-date club house, all of which, if possible, are com- pletely m readiness lor the annual spring tournament of the Dela- ware State Trapshooters’ League, as more fully set forth by a correspondent elsewhere in our trap columns. at Four events are provided for the live-bird shoot to be held at Easton, Pa., on March 15. The iirst and second are at 4 birds, $5 entrance; the third is at 20 birds, $15, and the fourth is a $3 miss-and-out. A $20 gold piece will be given to high gun in the 20-bird event. Shooting begins at 10 o’clock. Sr A St. Paul, Ind., correspondent writes us as follows: “Mr. Geo. M. Kano use, President of the St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club, bioke 98 out of 100 targets. E. G. Bless, secretary, broke 50 straight. We will have a big shoot Thursday, March 30. All trapshooters and ammunition men invited. For particulars, ad- dress E. G. Bless, Sec’y.” K Mr. D. V. B. Hegeman scored the first win of the series for the March cup at the shoot of the Crescent Athletic Ctub, Bay Ridge, on Saturday of last week, Messrs. T. VV. Stake, A. VV. Higgins, F. P. Vvncox and VV. C. Waldron have donated valuable special prizes, which, in addition to the regular trophy events, will insure that the March competition will be of sustained interest. ac Mr. Geo. W. Mains, McKeesport, Pa., writes us that at a meeting of the Enterprise Gun Ctub, held March 3, the following officers were elected for the year: M. W. Good, President; Wesley Hale, \ ice-President; Geo. W. Mains, Secretary; J. F. Calhoun, Treasurer; Harvey McFarland, Captain. Executive Board: M. W. Good, Harvey McFarland, Fred Gross, John Hall. « With the energy and precision which are characteristics of Mr. Elmer E. Shaner’s business management, he has the whole trap- shooting circuit of the Interstate Association now well in hand. The circuit now extends to the Pacific Coast, where the Pacific Ccast Handicap will be held Sept. 12, 13 and 14. This event gives promise of being a close second, if not an equal of the Grand American Handicap. St Mr. W. M. Foord, Secretary, writes us that, beginning at 1:30 on March 14, the Wilmington, Del., Gun Club will give a com- plimentary shoot to Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and J. Mowell Hawkins. The programme consists of ten events, alternately 10 and 15 targets, 75 cents and $1 entrance. There will be a contest at 100 targets for' the individual State championship cup between Mr. Edw.' Banks, holder, and Mr. W. M. Foord, challenger. Purses open to amateurs only. The first tournament of the Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connec- ticut series, will be held at Rockville, April 4. There are twelve programme events, 10, 15 and 20 targets; entrance 65 cents, $1.22. and $2.30. Totals, 190 targets, $17.82 entrance. No 6, at 20 targets, is the five-man team event, and the clubs entered are New Bri- tain, Waterbury, New Haven, Bristol, Willimantic, Norwich, Hartford, Bridgeport and Rockville. Rose system will govern. Ratios 5, 3, 2, 1. Targets, iy3 cent. Shooting commences at 9:30. Dr. D. C. Y. Moore, Secretary, South Manchester. Bernard Waters. Edward the Confessor, during his lunch hour, was tempted to patronize a shilling fish ordinary at Billingsgate, consisting of three courses, with potatoes and bread. For the first course, a small and somewhat dubious fish was placed before the Monarch, who regarded it for some moments in a fit of gloomy abstraction. Presently calling the waiter, he asked, “Sirrah, what eallest thou this fish?” “Smelt, sir,” replied he of the grimy shirt front. “It is well named,” replied the King, standing up and taking his crown from the hat rack, “for it hath smelt so loud that I cannot hear myself talk. I must seek some other plaice.”— Loudon Fish- ing Gazette. Toronto Tournament. Toronto, Can. — The annual tournament of the D. Pike Com- pany, Limited, was held at the Woodbine race track, Toronto, on Feb. 22 and 23. There was, considering the weather, a fairly good attendance. The trade was represented by Messrs. E. G. White, Ottawa; and Forest H. Conover, Leamington, Both are very popular with the shooters, and are always welcome. Mr.- Conover wasp- through an error in the dates, unfortunately absent the1 first day, but “Injun” was much in evidence 'after he “hit th'e trail.” Mr. White was professional high average for each day and also for the tournament. The high amateur for both days and for the tournament was Mr. Thomas A. Duff, Toronto. A feature of the second day’s shooting was the marvelous work done by Mr. G. W. McGill, Toronto. For several years the record has stood at 97 broken targets out of 100, but Mr. McGill suc- ceeded in breaking 98 — a mark which will no doubt stand for a long time. He then shot at 15 more and went straight, making H3 broken out of 115 shot at — truly good work. Mr. Philip Wakefield, Toronto, also shot well, and was close up. Two miss-and-out pigeon events were shot and the money divided by Messrs. Wakefield, Kingdon and Duff. On the first day a squad composed of Messrs. Duff, White, Downs and Rasberry made 56 out of 60, and on the second day Messrs. Duff, Conover, White, Downs and McGill made 120 out of 125, all of which was fairly good work for the middle of win- etr. The scores follow: Events : Targets : Duff White Downs .... Rasberry . . Williams .. Wakefield . Fletcher ... McGill Granger . . . Roberts ... Patterson . Coulter Hicks Best ... Jennings .. Crew Callendar . Lewis Davies Chapman . . Upton Rose Vivian Matthews . Thompson Kchn Pike Miller McDowall . Sheard Almack . . . D Chapman Lavender . Events: Targets : Duff Conover ... Downs White Williams .. McGaw . . . Kohn Moore Turp Thompson . McGill .... Tcmkins .. McDowall Beatty .... V ivian Wakefield . Roberts ... Hicks Rose Kingdon . . C Chapman Granger . . . Feb. 22, First Day. 12345678 10 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 8 14 18 13 13 15 19 10 10 14 18 15 16 15 19 14 8 12 14 14 .. 13 13 11 10 11 15 14 18 13 16 . . 9 10 ...... 13 .. 11 14 16 15 17 14 13 15 13 16 . . 14 H . . 12 18 14 16 15 19 15 11 .. .. 10 .. .. 12 .. .. 11 18 .. 15 .. 9 . . . . 8 .. 11 .. .. 7 16 8 12 13 12 10 11 9 12 14 12 16 . . 15 16 11 16 . . ..12 6 . . . . 15 10 . . 11 19 12 17 . . 16 8 .. .. 16 13 . . . . 12 8 13 . . 10 .. .. .. .. .. ..14 4 7 11 8 9 11 9 Shot at. Broke. 130 110 130 121 110 85 115 97 55 43 120 104 100 66 105 97 35 21 55 41 30 24 30 19 85 56 30 22 30 20 70 54 20 15 55 43 35 18 50 36 55 48 35 24 35, 29 20 12 35 21 15 10 35 15 15 7 15 11 15 8 15 9 15 11 15 9 Feb. 23, Second Day. 12 3 4 10 15 20 9 13 16 14 9 13 16 13 6 13 14 9 10 13 19 14 6 11 17 9 3 6 . . . . 9 10 15 8 6 .. .. .. . . 15 16 15 . . . . 19 13 15 9 12 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 15 20 25 15 20 15 15 23 15 18 13 19 24 15 19 14 15 23 9 12 13 19 25 14 19 15 15 . . 12 16 11 10 18 22 11 17 13 20 22 13 . . 14 19 25 15 19 15 17 22 17 .. 14 15 8 18 23 15 20 16 . . 14 16 12 10 18 10 15 9 .. .. 14 .. .. .. .. 10 .. .. 10 10 Shot at. Broke. 155 136 155 155 155 130 25 75 10 145 110 115 15 15 60 85 80 70 95 15 15 15 15 142 108 148 97 9 52 6 127 101 113 9 12 51 67 76 58 62 14 10 10 10 B. P. Rock, Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., March 4.— At the regular practice shoot of the Ossining Gun Club, Saturday, March 4, there were three hand- some prizes offered by Mr. E. F. Ball. These were put in one 50- bird handicap (events 4 and 5), as first, second and third prizes. Birds were thrown hard, and a brisk wind made good scores impossible. J. Curry Barlow was the bright particular star, making a string of 22 out of 25, tying W. S. Smith for first and second, a traveler's toilet case and gun metal match safe., Barlow win- ning on the shoot-off. Coleman got third prize, a pair of gold sleeve links, without a tie. The next shoot will be on Saturday, March 25, when a 100-bird match will be run, misses-as-kills handicap, entrance price of birds, at 1V2 cent each. The prizes will be four in number, and fine ones are promised. The donor will be Col. Franklin Brand- reth. Figures after Events: Targets : E F Ball, 8 ... W H Coleman. J Hyland, 8... C G Blandford J C Barlow, 10 A Bedell Mrs E F Ball. W S Smith, 18 D Connors. ... S Mullen names denote misses-as-kills allowance in 50: 123456789 10 10 10 25 25 10 10 10 10 8 8 6 16 16 .. .. 8 6 V 9 7 .. 17 20 7 6 7 10 7 7 6 14 14 7 6 .. 8 7 7 5 16 14 8 6 6 8 5 4 4 19 22 7 .. .. .. 4 .. .. 6 .. .. .. 6 19 17 .. 6 .. .. .. .. 9 .. .. 5 6 C. G. B. One of the main objects of the promoters of the League was to help the younger shooter along, as, no matter how well he may shoot on his own grounds, will often be found to take a streak of nervousness when shooting in strange company or on the grounds of a sister club. Plow admirably the promoters of the League have succeeded will be seen in the percentages of the first matches, shot on Jan. 7. Nationals vs. Balmy Beach, sixteen men a side: Nationals 45.50 per Cent. ; Balmy 44.25 per cent., and the percentage of the leams on Saturdaw last, which are hovering around 70 per cent. The following matches took place in the League on Saturday: Balmy Beach vs. Parkdale, Balmy Beach grounds. Stanleys vs. Riverdales, Riverdale grounds. The day was clear and cold, with a bright sun on the glistening snow, made a very bad light, especially on the Riverdale’s grounds, which face the west, and toward the end of the match the shooters were shooting into the setting sun, which accounts for the lowness of the scores at the bottom of the Stanley and Riverdale list. The following is the result of Saturday’s score, also the standing of the League to date: . Balmy Beach Gun Club— J. G. Shaw 25, Adams 22, J. A. Shaw 20, Ross 20, Booth 20, Pearce 19, Pearsall 19, Casci 16, Smith 16, Segar 15, Ten Eyck 13, Radcliffe 11, Spencer 10, Hunter 10, Draper 9; total 245; percentage, 65.30. Parkdale Gun Club— Reed 19, Bongard 19, Maywood 19, Thomas 19, Sanderson 17, Kent 16, Wolf 15, Dailey 16, Carlyle 15, Fegan 14, Birch 9; total 179; percentage, 65.09. Stanley Gun Club— McGill 24, Thompson 25, Rock 21, Hampton 21, Buck 22, Dunk 20, Logan 21, Hulme 21, Thomas 16, Day 18, Fritz 21, Herbert 20, Morshead 17, Hogarth 12, Green 10; total 289; percentage, 77.06. Riverdale Gun Club— Jennings 16, Hirows 17, Hare 18, Best 21, Edkins 18, Hooey 16, Mollon 34, Powell 18, Ware 17, Johnston 13; total 13; percentage, 67.20. Won. Lost. Stanleys 4 0 Riverdales 2 2 Nationals 2 2 Won. Lost. Parkdale 1 3 Balmy Beach 1 3 Alex. Day, Sec’y of League. Death of John C, Morrison. Parkersburg, W. Va., Feb. 27.— You will please find subjoined clipping from our daily papers regarding the passing of a grand old man. Fie, in his early days, was in full sympathy with live- bird shooting, and while at Lockport, where he conducted a hotel, he took part and was closely identified with the events of those times. He was a great lover of good dogs, and always had a biace of the best. His interest has never ceased for field sports. Though vigorous and well, his sight for years has prevented his taking part either in field or trap work, but he has kept in touch with the boys. On Jan. 1 he went with me to our club and witnessed our shoot, although he was compelled to go into the trap house in order to see the flight of bluerocks. Kindly make mention of the incident. Many old friends who read the Forest and Stream will remember Uncle John. The clipping follows: The funeral of the late John C. Morrison will take place from the residence of James A. Wetherell, 622 Juliana street, at 3 o’clock this afternoon, under - the auspices of the Masonic fra- ternity. Parkersburg Lodge 198, B. P. O. Elks, of which Mr. Morrison was a member, will also attend the funeral in a body. At the home the services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Frances, assisted by Rev. Dr. S. S. Moore. Following are the pallbearers: E. R. Patton, Judge L. N. Tavenner, T. R. Cowell, J. L. Cramer, James W. Dils and S. Reitzenberger. C. L. Slayton. Florists Gun Club. Wissinoming, Pa., March 4. — Two well-bred pointer puppies were the chief prizes in the main event of the Florists’ Gun Club shoot. The programme consisted of 50 targets, divided into three 10s and one 20 target event. It was a sliding handicap contest, open to all. Mr. L. P. Huber, of the Clearview Gun Club, won first with 44 out of 50. Huber had two chances, and also shot for Peachin. On his first attempt he broke 37. He shot for Peachin and scored 43, thus Peachin tied Tansey for second prize. They tossed for the dog, and Tansey won. Huber then shot his third string out and won first trophy by breaking 44 targets. St. Clair scored Scores : 42 on his first attempt and 37 on his second. Targets : 10 10 10 20 Targets: 10 10 10 20 Huber 9 9 9 17—44 Medicus - .. ? 7 7 13—34 Peachim ..... 9 9 9 16—43 Thorpe .. 6 6 8 14—34 Tansey 10 7 7 19—43 Graham ........ , , 6 5 7 16—34 St. Clair 9 8 8 17—42 Tomlinson .. 5 8 5 15-33 Stevenson 7 9 5 19—40 Griffith ......... ,. 9 10 4 14—38 Griffith .......... 10 7 9 12—38 Reid .. 7 6 9 11—33 Huber . 8 7 8 14—37 Nelson .. 10 5 6 11—32 Garter 8 6 8 15—37 Worthington . . . 7 7 6 13—32 Parry 9 4 8 16—37 Nelson .......... .. 7 8 7 9—31 St. Clair 8 5 9 15—37 Fontain .. 8 6 6 11—31 Brenner 7 8 7 14—36 Ringgold 9 5 7 10—31 Pratt 7 7 7 13—36 George .. 8 4 8 12—32 Sheeler 8 7 8 13—36 Reid .. 8 5 6 11—30 Firth 8 8 5 15—35 Cotting 8 8 3 10—29 Cantrell 9 6 8 12—35 White . 4 7 3 13—27 Graham 9 6 8 11—35 Rice . 7 3 1 10—27 Schilling ........ 9 8 7 10—34 Heite . 5 5 3 11—24 Poughkeepsie Gun Club. PouGHKEEf sie, N. Y., March 6. — The first monthly shoot of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club, since the change has been made from weekly shoots to an open tournament held the first Saturday of each month, was held on the afternoon of March 4. The weather conditions could not be worse for holding a tournament, snowing throughout the forenoon, and the wind, well, it kept one guessing to stay on the platform, not to mention trying to find dodging targets. Ten men shot through the programme. The next tour- nament will' be held Saturday, April 1. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, March 5.— During the latter part of 1904 a number of gentlemen who take a great interest in trapshooting met for the purpose of forming a league among the many gun clubs situated in Toronto. Notices to that effect were sent to the secretaries of the different clubs, with the result that five clubs, namely, Balmy Beach, National, Parkdale, Riverdale, and Stanley gun clubs, en- tered into and formed what is known as the City Trapshooters’ League, under the following conditions: Clubs to shoot home and home matches, making eight in all. Season to commence Jan. 7 and end April S. Shooting every alternate Saturday during March and April until finished. Balmy Beach, National and Stanley gun elubs to shoot not less than fifteen men on a side, 25 targets per man. Parkdale and Riverdale, owing to so many of their members whose occupation requires them to be at their place of business on Saturday afternoon, were allowed to produce not less than ten men. The matches to be shot on a percentage basis. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 6 6 Targets: 15 15 15 25 25 25 Targets: 15 15 15 25 25 25 Hans 6 8 .... 18 16 Donaldson 10 9 .. 14 19 18 Traver 6 .. 10 14 18 18 Even .. 8 .. 8 12 19 T Rhodes ..... 10 .. 13 16 19 .. Perkins .. 9 19 16 .. Du Bois ....... 13 ., 11 20 15 12 Oetrander 13 .. .. Wicker ........ 3 4 .. 11 11 . . Event No. 4 was for the Bissing cup and was won by Du Bois with 20. Trayer, Bissing and Perkins shot from 18yds. , Event No. 5 was for the Captain’s cup, and was won by T, Rhodes with 19, all shooting from 19yds. Dub. “There’s a man whom I envy,” “Why; is he rich?” “No not very; but he has acquired an ability to look interested, and at the same time not hear a word, while other people are telling him about their achievements.”— Chicago Times-Herald. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co,, New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. FOREST AND STREAM f Marcbc tt, »#$. 20© Guii Room Topics. Live Pigeon Shooting. The advent of February gives a truce to the pheasant and the partridge, and signifies the beginning in earnest of the sea- son of the trapshooter, which may be said to open with the decision of the Grand Prix competition at Monte Carlo. The spring and summer months, when the game birds are breeding in peace and quietness, are the time of travail for the blue- rock pigeons that have to bear the brunt of the long campaign against them at the various gun clubs in London and through- out the provinces. Unlike game shooting, the shooting of trapped pigeons has many opponents, who have made many determined attacks upon the pastime, but without success. Threatened lives live long, and it cannot be denied that live pigeon shooting at the clubs still lives, if it can scarcely be said to thrive as it did, say, fifty years ago, when the cream of English sportsmen took pleasure in competing with each other at the Old Hats or the Red House, or even at Hornsey Rise. We have lately been reading some of the records of these old competitions and matches in the fifties, and sixties, and they are very instructive and interesting even to present-day gunners. They prove, for one thing, the immense strides we have made in the accessories of sport with the gun; they also show very conclusively what splendid shots were many of the predecessors of present-day trapshooters. The most interesting historian of pigeon shooting in England is Lord William Lennox, who writes with all the enthusiasm of a keen gunner who was in the thick of it about fifty years ago. Writing, as he did, be- fore the adoption of driving of winged game to any extent, he was right in describing a morning’s live pigeon shooting at Hornsey Wood, the Rosemary, or elsewhere, as “furnishing ex- cellent practice to all classes of gunners from the youth fresh from school to the more experienced marksman, who can re- member” what he calls “the good old days of flint and steel.” He maintains that to make a man a quick shot at that time there were few better plans than to let him practice at six traps, two of which should contain a pigeon or a sparrow each, the uncertainty as to which trap would be pulled making “the gunner keep his eyes open.” Further, he held that shooting at pigeons improved men for general game shooting as then pursued, giving coolness, decision, and, above all, quickness, which, in his lordship’s opinion, are the first characteristics of a really good shot, by which we see that he means a man who gets his gun off at everything within thirty yards, and kills two out of three fired at. Handicapping. Sweepstakes and matches were the fashion fifty years ago in pigeon shooting, handicapping by distance from the traps being at that time unknown. Any bore of gun was permitted ap- parently, and any loading. At the Red House, 10-bores, 8-bores and even 6-bores were to be seen in use, which led, though, to the sport dying away at that spot, the whole shooting being left in the hands of a few crack shots with whom no new man had any chance. It was in consequence of a match shot be- tween Mr. Dudley Ward with a 10-bore and Mr. Gilbert Heathcote with a 14-bore that the idea occurred to Mr. Frank Heathcote, as an old racing man, to get up a handicap by distance, stipu- lating for 12-bores and an ounce and an eighth of shot. He had forty-four subscribers, of whom twenty-nine came to the post, and the handicap was won by Mr. Stirling Crawfurd, who was handicapped at 31%yds., Mr. R. Bateson coming in second, and Mr. C. Molynaux third. There were more gunners shooting to- gether in this first handicap than had ever been known before, and Heathcote was complimented all round. The second handi- cap had fifty-four subscribers, and was won by Colonel Annesley at 29%yds., Mr. F. Craven being second, and Mr. D. Damer third. The champion of all pigeon shots in these days was Lord Huntingfield, handicapped at 321/£yds. from the traps, but in the first and second handicaps shot he was easily beaten, owing to his distance. Lord William Lennox describes his style as perfect. “Legs level, and wide apart — a cigar in his mouth — he stands at his post like a falcon looking at his prey. He clinks his trigger two or three times, raises the gun once or twice to the shoulder to see all is right, looks straight at the center, coolly takes his ‘weed’ out of his mouth, places it be- tween the little finger and next of his left hand, says, ‘Pull,’ and is on the bird in a second. When he kills, which is pretty often, the bird has all the shot— no winging— no rising again, dead he falls, spreads his wings, and dies.” In the third handicap there were sixty subscribers, and the winner was Captain Wynd- ham, 28%yds. ; the Hon. G. Craven, 26%yds., second, and the Earl of Bective, 271/£yds., third. A breechloader was used by a Mr. Robinson for the first time at this shoot, and dice were first thrown to decide the traps to be pulled, also the suggestion of Mr. Frank Heathcote. The result was that thereafter handi- caps increased up to an average of nearly one hundred sub- scribers, though it .was regarded as impossible to do justice to more than sixty starters. This was in I860, at Hornsey Wood, which by that time had succeeded the Old Hats at Ealing, and the Red House at Battersea. The Best Shots Then. The best pigeon shots forty-five years ago, placed as nearly as possible in their order of merit by Lord William Lennox, were Lord Huntingfield, quick and perfect; Mr. Stirling Crawfurd, steady; Hon. Dudley Ward, a steady, cool shot; Mr. R. Bateson, quick, gun too much up; Hon. G. Heathcote, quick, excellent with his second barrel; Hon. Captain Wyndham, perfect master of his gun; Mr. S. Lucy, quick and nervous; Hon. F. Craven, quiet, but quick; Lord Stormont, good; Mr. A. Walsh, steady; Colonel Annesley, very quick, too quick; Sir T. Moncrieff, quick; Captain Berkeley, quick; Lord Bective, good; Mr. E. Batson, quiet and quick; Mr. A. Wigram, quiet and steady; Mr. E. Coke, very quick and brilliant; Mr. F. Milbanke, steady and sure; Colonel Jenyns, quiet; Hon. A. Fraser, quiet; Mr. D. Damer, good, but holds his gun a little too low; and so on for another score of names, all of them crack pigeons shots, Lord Hartington being described as “better at game than at blue- rocks,” and Lord Sefton as quick, but requiring to take a little more care in taking aim. The most curious thing about pigeon shooting before a crowd of spectators, even though most of the crowd may be personal friends of the shooters, is the extra- ordinary manner in which the desire to excel renders men un- steady. Men who shoot well in small- sweepstakes get so excited in a match that they cannot win; the eyes are straight, but the hands will not answer them. Other excitable men get still more excited in a match, but shoot none the worse for it, fighting, we presume, successfully against it. Men are differently consti- tuted; some men perform better the closer the competition and the heavier the prize money. In matches, it must be remem- bered, the birds are the very best that can be selected, whereas in a large handicap it is impossible to get the quantity Required of the very best birds. This makes the winning more of a chance, a fast bird after a slow one puzzling the shooter, however cool and experienced he may be. So it is that some men excel in sweepstakes and some in matches, though the best shots, in spite of all obstacles, usually come to the front at the finish, forty years ago at Hornsey Wood very much as they do now at Hurlingham and the Gun Club, where the sport is still carried on in the same good old-fashioned manner, notwithstanding the fact that the shooting of winged game has gone far ahead of it, both in skill and results, through the universal popularity of the modern method of driving. Could it not be possible to imitate driving at clubs for live pigeon shooting, just as driving now is so faithfully reproduced at the various schools and parks by means of inanimate birds? Modern Gun Clubs. Though a hundred crack shots or more may meet each other next week on the grounds of the Monte Carlo Gun Club, it must be admitted even by its best friends that live pigeon shooting has greatly declined in popularity since the days we have been describing at Hornsey Wood. Even during the International week at Hurlingham and the Gun Club, when competitors are gathered at the traps from all parts of the earth, there are now- adays seldom more than fifty or sixty entrants for each compe- tition, a number that forty years ago was often daubled at an ordinary meeting. That shooting should have increased so much in popularity, while live pigeon shooting has undoubtedly de- creased, is mainly due, it is thought, to the fact that the latter has not kept up to date in its methods so as to afford .some- thing coming as near as possible to driven winged game. The pigeons are sprung from the traps just as they were fifty years ago, or nearly so, when game-driving was unknown, and all winged game of every kind were shot over dogs. Then the in- animate pigeon of clay can be sent over the guns in imitation as closely as may be of driving; but experts in live pigeon shoot- ing one and all set their faces against any attempt to send the trapped live pigeon over the guns. It would, of course, be difficulty to drive live pigeons, but difficulties only exist to be surmounted where we are in earnest. If a wild duck can be driven with accuracy over the gunner, what can there be in a wild bluerock pigeon that would prevent its being similarly treated with some care and skill on the part of the trappers, and an improvement, if necessary, in the apparatus for trapping? There would be much greater variety at any rate, in the present- ment of live pigeons sent over the guns than in the present very primitive mode of opening the door of a trap, and simply letting the birds fly out as best they may under a shower of leaden pellets. Monotonous to many gunners is such shooting. Apart from all humanitarian scriples, they do not care to cultivate skill in achieving success at it. But if their birds were sent to them from behind a wooden erection, say, six feet in height or more, so that they could get fully on the wing before they were seen, and from there be induced to fly over the guns, as would winged game, there could be little question of the greater interest imported into the shooting. Perhaps we may some day see some such desirable variation on the monotony inseparable from live pigeon shooting as conducted even at Monte Carlo. American Gun Clubs. While the term “gun club” with us invariably conveys the idea of trapshooting, it has a very different signification on the other side of the Atlantic. There it means an association of game shooters, joined together to preserve large tracts of good shooting ground, on which a club house is built for the ac- commodation of the members shooting. The quarry is not the bluerock pigeon trapped, but the wild duck and the quail free to come and "go only to be found and flushed by the use of pointers or setters. In Baily’s for February is an excellent des- cription of these American shooting clubs written over the well- known initials “G. T. T. B.” The writer of it evidently looks to such institutions, which are rapidly increasing every year in the United States, for the future preservation of American small game, which for some years past has been threatened with almost absolute extinction in all accessible regions. In fact, winged game has already been almost entirely exterminated in large tracts of country, where State laws restricting the slaughter of it have been passed too late to save it. “Those who profess to admire the freedom of American shooting,” writes “G. T. T. B.,” “are not very practical, for the freedom only exists, first, where there is no game, and second, at such distances from habita- tions as to make expeditions after game both very troublesome and very expensive. For a New Yorker to get free shooting at quail (partridges^ he must make a journey of nearly a thousand miles. Even when this is done there is always this difficulty in America: where free game abounds there is no hotel accommo- dation, and where the latter exists there is no game.” It is here very evidently that the club and the club-house come in so conveniently for the American sportsman who combines with his fellow-sportsmen to form a club for the preserving and shoot- ing game. It has often been suggested that our English gun clubs might very well extend their programmes beyond trap- shooting to the renting and preserving of good game shootings, letting their members take part in the shooting of game in rotation or by other arrangement, leaving trapshooting entirely for the close game season. Such clubs, it is believed, would be even more successful on this side than in the wilds of America, where they seem to have recently so greatly caught on.— County Gentleman. Union Gun Club. The programme of the Union Gun Club of San Francisco, Cal., for April 30, provides a live-bird and picnic shoot. The club shoot for members only, entrance fee, 60 cents, 25 targets, 16yds., has $400 to be divided every shoot, Rose system. Four classes, as fellows: Champion, first, second, third; $10 in each class, divided on the basis of 5, 3, 2. Second event, medal event, for members; entrance BO cents; four gold medals, value $50. Four classes, as follows: Champion, first, second, and third. All contestants to begin at 16yd. mark; winners of medals will shoot from 18yds.; if winning medal a second time, winner will shoot from 29yd. mark. Winners to wear medal during the month. Medals to become permanent prop- erty of members winning same the greatest number of times dur- ing the season. Mr. A. M. Shields donates $40 to be divided into four classes to the second high gun in each class, to be decided at the final shoot. Third event, Secret Handicap for Tuckey & Kline trophy — silver cup, valued at $60. Limit, 25 targets; entrance 60 cents, for members only. Trophy to become permanent property at final shoot of season. In case of ties at final shoot, contestants shoot at the original handicap for that day. Every score counts. One back score can be made up in this event as specified heretofore. Fourth event— Open to all; entrance, 76 cents; 6 pair doubles from 14yds., 15 singles from 16yds. Class shooting, three moneys. Club adds money at each shoot. Special Event — Open to all; entrance $1; 26 targets. All con- testants shoot the first 10 targets from 16yd. mark and handicapped as follows. Contestants breaking 9 and 10 shoot remainder from 20yds. Contestants breaking 7 and 8, shoot remainder from 18yds. Contestants breaking 6 and 6, shoot remainder from 16yds. Ties in this event to be shot at 25 targets at the original handicap. Entrance fee, 50 cents. The officers of the club are: C. A. Muller, President; Dr. W. A. Hansen, Vice-President; H. P. Jacobsen, Captain; T. L. Lewis, Secretary, 86-88 First street, San Francisco. IN NEW JERSEY, Hudson Gun Club. Jersey City, N. 6, at Hudson Gun Events: Schorty Piercy Staples Schoverling Scheubell Gille C V L Jenkins Cottrell Bolat J. — Find scores herewith of shoot held March Club. Each event was at 25 targets: 1 2 3 4 6 19 23 21 21 22 17 23 23 21 21 25 22 24 24 23 20 22 20 18 20 13 15 17 19 19 20 17 .. 16 .. 18 17 .. 16 .. 15 12 . . 18 . . 21 15 20 21 20 12 13 15 11 16^ Events : 1 2 Cocklin 15 19 3 4 16 Finley 11 18 17 14 17 Akers 1617 .. 20 ., H Pearsall 13 13 W Pearsall 24 21 . . 19 . , Kurzell 11 12 Ferger 9 .. .. 13 .. Evans 20 22 21 19 21 Wright 18 20 .. .. .. Jas Hughes, Sec’y. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., March 4. — Nine events were run off this after- noon, over 1,800 targets being thrown and seventeen men partici- pating. Mr. J. S. Fanning, trade representative, was present and shot through five events. Events Nos. 2 and 3, 25 targets each, unknown angles, were won by Messrs. C. L. Bush and F. W. Moffett, who each took a box of fine cigars as a reward for their skill. In event No. 4, Mr. J. S. Fanning broke 15 straight, making the only perfect score of the afternoon. Mr. Fanning was also high man in event 6, 12 pairs of doubles, breaking 17 out of a possible 24. Mr. G. L. Bush did particularly well. breaking 154 out of a possible 175, or 80 per cent. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets: 25 25 25 15 10 24 25 25 25 C L Bush 24 22 14 6 22 23 23 F W Moffett 22 23 12 8 li 19 21 B H Cockefair 16 21 13 8 14 22 19 W T Wallace 12 15 10 8 10 J S Fanning 22 24 15 9 17 C W Kendall 18 18 11 8 16 23 23 20 G Batten 14 21 10 9 10 J Batten 15 13 12 6 C Babcock 18 20 7 7 1 Doremus 18 15 10 6 G Boxali 18 20 10 •9 19 I S Crane 20 9 7 E Winslow 20 16 9 6 F H Robinson 16 11 7 16 B T Bush 5 6 16 W Rohn 4 T Badgley 6 1 Event No. 6 was at 12 pairs of doubles. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., March 4.— Event No. 3, final shoot for Muller- ite medal, won by Mr. F. Truax for the third time. Events 4 and 5, 50 target, handicap event for solid gold watch charm, won by Mr. C. Richter. Targets: Jap, 0 Dr Richter, 8 C E Eickhoft, 8... F Truax, 4 E Reynolds, 6 .... F Vosselman, 10 . Bingmann, 0 H B Williams, 0 . McCIane, 0 lJr Paterno, 20 ... S Allison, 8 H Schramm, 10 .. Dr R E Paterno, 0 R E Bingman, 0... 10 15 25 25 25 25 9 15 22 21 23 22 8 10 20 21 21 7 12 19 16 14 21 7 12 23 21 24 22 7 10 19 19 19 5 13 14 18 16 8 12 19 20 18 25 7 13 16 20 17 5 9 13 12 15 4 8 12 11 17 ii 20 19 14 19 14 18 13 18 22 20 15 10 8 Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’v New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association, ac ~ When this Association claimed dates of June 14 to 16 for its annual tournament, no definite announcement had been made for the New York State shoot, which is now advertised for June 13 to 16, the dates conflicting. In deference, iherefore, to the wishes of the older organization, the executive committee of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association has decided to change its dates to the week before, June 6, 7 and 8, and will, if possible, arrange an extra date for a team, match between the New York and New Jersey amateur shooters, the same as was done at the last tournament. Secretary. Wilmington Gun Club. Wilmington, Del., March. 6.—. Editor Forest and Stream: You know that the first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League is to be held under the auspices of the Wilmington Gun Club on April 12-13 next. The present grounds of the club are altogether too small for any large tourna- ments, and the club house is too limited for the accommodation of anything like the number of members that ought to be present at any practice shoot. The club has ninety-nine members on its list now, and of course needs more spacious grounds than it did when they had only ten members. It has been decided to move to larger grounds, which have been secured along the line of the Brandywine Springs trolley, about twenty minutes at the outside from Market street, and it is fully expected that an up-to-date club house and all the neces- sary appurtenances will be in position before the date of the shoot. x. Bonesteel Gun Club. BoNesteel, S. D., March 1.— The club assembled at 1 o’clock this afternoon, and the following gentlemen took part in the shooting. Le Roy Leach, R. B. Forbes, E. L. Forbes, M. Wood- ring, Wm. Bonekemper, W. A. Leach. Following are the scores: Le Roy Leach shot at 38, broke 36; W. A. Leach 25, 24; Wood- ring 37, 23; Bonekemper 25, 12; R. B. Forbes 25, 10; E. L. Forbes 15, 7. The Messrs. Forbes and Mr. Bonekemper are all beginners at trapshooting, and show an earnestness which will probably make them run much better scores as the season gets fairly well opened. It is the intention of the club to hold their regular weekly shoot Thursday afternoons hereafter. W. A. Leach, Sec’y, March ii, 1905-! FOREST AND STREAM [SO? FOR. EXPERT COMPETITIONS.1 UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE . , . ( 497-505 Pearl Street, 55-45 Park Street, New Vofk. Agencies : j 1 1 Market Street* San Francisco. COMPANY. LOWELL. MASS. WESTERN TRAP. r _ _. I- Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O.— Over fifty men gathered at the grounds on March 1 for the purpose of welcoming a delegation of members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, witnessing a team match between the two1 clubs and taking part in sweepstake and other events. The visitors arrived about 10 o’clock, eleven in all, and were given as cordial a reception as they extend when acting as hosts. It must be that the Cincinnati boys were successful in their efforts to entertain, as the visitors, one and all, united in saying,. “Let’s come back to-morrow.” There was a little prelim- inary practice shooting and a team match before the dinner call was sounded, the boys being summoned to enjoy a Gambell spread” at 10 o’clock, and all trapshooters in this section know that this part of the day’s programme was thoroughly enjoyed. The day was partly cloudy, with a strong wind blowing across the traps. Thirty shooters took part in the practice and sweep- stake events, and some good scores were made, although many of them shot below their average. The home team did very good work, taking the lead in the first round by 26 and increasing this in the second round by 34, finish- ing with 386 to 326, the team average being 85.7 per cent. The visitors did not shoot their usual gait, finishing with 72.3 per cent, as a team, when, ordinarily, they would have made at least 90 per cent. Mr. Schwind was high gun for the match with 46. Will E. Kette and John Holm, two of . the Rohrer’s Island Club, were unable to be present on account of illness. In addition to the team race, sweeps and a 25-target match were shot, besides a num- ber of practice events: Some of the shooters did better than in the main event. The scores: Match, 25 targets: Trimble 24, Williams 17, Whitacre 23, Lockwood 21, Oldt 20, Smith 17, Schwind 24; total 146. Peters 22, Miller 18, Gambell 19, Bullerdick 17, Oswald 15, Hodaff 22, Muhle 20; total 133. Team race, 50 targets, for price Cincinnati G. Peters Don Minto Sweeney Faran Williams Gambell Hesser Bullerdick C. 23 21—44 22 22—44 21 23—44 22 22-44 21 22 — 43 20 23—43 22 19—41 19 22—41 191 195 386 of targets: Rohrer’s Island G. C. Schwind 22 24 — 46 Miller 24 20 — 44 Smith 23 18 — 41 Oldt 18 19 — 37 Whitacre 18 18 — 36 Schaerf 16 15 — 31 Lockwood 18 16 — 34 Oswald 14 15 — 29 Plodapp 12 16 — 28 165 161 326 The following scores were made in the third contest for the Peters trophy by members who could not attend on Feb. 25: Fredericks (8) 50, Altheer (15) 47, A. Sunderbruch (0) 45, Medico (2) 44, Davies (5) 43, Bleh (0) 40. The fourth shoot for the Peters trophy was held on March 4. The day was cloudy and chilly, with some wind. Ahlers led with a straight score, including his handicap. Trimble, who has been doing some fine shooting lately, tied for second with Maynard on a total of 49. He was high man in actual breaks, scoring 48. Several team races were shot, and a number of practice events. In the last, R. Trimble accounted for 54 out of 55 shot at, and he and Maynard were the only ones to break straight in a 25- target event. The match between Gambell’s and Barker’s teams was closely contested. The first round resulted in a tie on 51. In the second round Gambell’s men scored 54 — 2 more than Barker s team. In the last round the latter team were 1 ahead, with 72 to 71, losing the match to the Gambellites by 1 target— 176 to 175. The second 50-target match was won by Gambell’s team, 183 to 163. In the last match, at 25 targets, Gambell’s boys scored 93 out of 100, Faran making a straight and Hesser 24. On Barker’s team Harig and Williams did the same, 25 and 24 respectively, but the team lost, 93 to 88. Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Ahlers (10) 50, E. Trimble (1) 49, Maynard (6) 49, Roll (3) 48, Harig (3) 48, Herman (4) 48, R. Trimble (0) 47, Bullerdick (1) 47, Hesser (4) 47, Black (8) 47, Gambell (0) 46, Falk (6) 45, Williams (2) 46, Boeh (7) 45, Peters (0) 44, Faran (1) 44, Don Minto (0) 43, Pohlar (0) 43, Pfieffer (0) 42, Barker (0) 41, Phillips (0) 34. Faran . Jlesser 8 13 18— 39 15 14 19— 49 13 13 17— 43 15 14 17— 46 Barker Harig Peters Williams 12 13 16— 41 14 12 19— 45 12 13 19— 45 13 13 IS— 44 51 54 71—176 51 52 72—175 l, 50 targets: . . 24 21 — - 45 Baker 18 21—39 . . 25 23— 48 Williams .... 22 19— 41 . . 23 22— 45 Peters 20 10—39 . . 22 23— 45 Harig 21 23— 44 94 §9—183 u 82-ii Match, 25 targets: Gambell 22 Faran 25 Hesser -24 Don Minto 22 — 93 Barker 20 Williams 24 Peters 19 Harig 25 — 88 Notes. The Springfield, O., Gun Club held a largely attended and enthusiastic annual meeting at which plans for the coming season were discussed, and the old board of officers, with the exception of the directors, re-elected. The annual handicap tournament of the club will be held on May 3 and 4, and every effort will be put forth by the officers and members to make it a success. The officers elected were: Wm. Poole, President; Dan Snyder, Vice- President; Chas. A. Young, Corresponding Secretary; Geo. W. Morgan, Recording Secretary; Chas. Stout, Treasurer; Ben Downs, Field Captain; Chas. Rice, Ground Manager. Directors: John D. Foley, John R. Strong, Chas. Henderson, John Reid, Ben Downs. Seattle After Big 1 Tournament. Seattle, Wash.— At a meeting of the Seattle Gun Club it was de- cided to make an effort to secure the big Interstate tournament to be held on the coast. Portland is very anxious to secure the shoot, but it is said that Seattle has the first chance and claim on it. The gunners here are very desirous of drawing all the best shots of America to the coast for a grand gathering. It was decided to improve the grounds at Interbay, where a set of Sergeant system electric traps has been installed. Portland will hold their big shoot in June, and as $5,000 will be hung up, there will be trouble in sending a full delegation from this city to enter the competition, and surely there will be some of that pot carried away by the shooters of this club. When the State shoot is held at Wenatchie, this club will be represented. The medal shoots are scheduled to begin April 19, and shoots will be held every two weeks during the summer. There will be three classes and four prizes for each class, so that all will get a show. There are some fifty members, and each one appears interested in the club having a prosperous season. The new officers for this year are: Dr. P. A. Purdy, President; Fred Cluvley, Vice-President; B. J. Hall, Secretary and Treas- urer; Capt. Swift, Director, and E. E. Ellis, Captain. At Anaconda. Anaconda, Mont., Feb. 27. — The day was a fine one, and there was much popping of guns down by the traps. Anaconda and Livingston had her best shots here, and the contests were hot, and the winner had no walkover. In the Twohy medal, at 25 singles, there were two who tied on 25, and then Nalbach broke 24 to Goddard’s 23, thus making a great score. In the Klepetco medal, which was at 20 pairs, Con- farr won with 29, and Walker was but one behind. Walker went him one better, and captured the Confarr medal. Anaconda won the team contest with 215 to Butte’s 206. Scores: Anaconda— Mathewson 19, Nell 21, Peckover 22, Drumgoold 24, McMillin 21, Confarr 24, Mayo 14, Hagan 15, O’Brien 19, Allen 21, Beel 15; total 215. Butte— Walker 21, Goddard 23, Young 22, Morley 17, Nalbach 24, Carmichael 20, Wilson 17, Sandahl 16, Nickey 16, Doty 16, Smith 14; total 206. Sooth Side Gon Club. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 26.— When the club gathered for its last shoot it was found that Mr. Hirschy was present, and that he was in good form, his score will show, as he lost only 5 out of seven events of 15. Homan was making a trip across the State with Monroe as his objective point. It. is a pleasure to shoot with the G. A. H. winner. The scores follow: Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Gropper 13 13 10 10 12 12 .. Moll* 12 10 12 14 12 . . . . Hirschy 15 14 13 15 14 15 14 Weter 15 -• . Dreyfus . 10 13 13 io ii . • Williver 11 10 8 8 .. J T Drought 9 13 12 . . T M Drought 11 13 9 ii •> 13 11 10 . . Hammersmith 13 11 12 13 i3 In Other Places. Now, who will tell the readers of this journal what is meant by snap shooting. The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club states that “snap shooting” will figure in the year’s contest for the club medal. At the first meeting held by the Gainesville, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club, the following officers were chosen: President, Chas. E. Bristol; Vice-President, J. M. Eastman; Treasurer, W. C. Wiseman; Secretary, John M. Skiff; Committee: John Hickney, F. M, Grupe, Chas. Hickey, A. J. Edwards, JL E. Hardy, B- J. McColl, E. K. Lucas, W. W. Streater, Irving Charles; Georgfe Grasby, A W. Heath, C. Smith. The shoot held last week at Falls City, Neb., was only par- tially a success. The weather was very bad, and Mr. Clayton asked a postponement of his challenge match for the Post trophy, as he was sick and unable to attend. The home contingent and those who came from a distance, put in two days, and though scores were not good, the three highest were fair, viz. : Out of 200 Veach 181, Timberlake 170, Townsend 167. Some of the well-known shooters of Norristown, Pa., held a live-bird shoot Tuesday of last week on the grounds of the Jefferson Gun Club. With a very strong wind, the birds were so lively that scores were low. There was, however a $25 a side match, in which McFarland made 16 and Anderson 11, total 27, as against Jackson 19 and Beaver 7, total 26. In the 5-bird event it was Riehl 5, Kipe 4, Geist 4, Anders 4, Beaver 3, McFarland 3. In the miss-and-out sweeps the scores were: Riehl 7, Gfeist 6, Xnipe 5, Anderson 5, Farmer 5. The Penn Gun Club, of Norristown, will change the shooting grounds after April 1, as the Oak View Park will not be used after that date. The Montana sportsmen usually do not hesitate at spending money if there is some showing for it. But then when they were asked $10 per dozen for quail for stocking purposes, there was a hesitation and a final backdown. The writers for daily papers do not get away from the old stereotyped word “kill.” Thus we read in an Anaconda, Mont., paper that the gunners went out to kill (?) bluerocks. When the gocdy-gocdy people read of the great slaughter of bluerocks, it is little wonder then that laws are passed to stop live-bird shoot- ing. How long will it take to educate the daily press up to the word “broke” instead of “kill”? The Nicholas Park Gun Club, of Jacksonville, 111., held its shcot on Tuesday last. James Graves made highest score, 90 per cent. A letter from Springfield, O., gives the new offiers for 1905 of the gun club, viz.: President, William Poole; Vice-President, William Schnyder; Recording Secretary, Chas. A. Young; Treas- urer, Chas. Stout; Directors, John D. Foley, John Strong, Ben Downs, John A. Reid and Chas. Henderson. There is a rumor that the Red Lion Gun Club, of York, Pa., has raised $30 to be used in securing quail for restocking pur- poses. If the little “bobber” cost the same as asked, the Mon- tana boys, that will be just three dozen. But then three dozen would help amazingly. News come to us from Aberdeen, S. D.. that the DeadwoocT Gun Club, assisted by sportsmen, have drafted a bill to present to the Legislature, which looks to the protection of game and animals. It is proposed to have a game warden at a salary of $1,200, and one for each county at $75 per month. No deer to be killed under one year old, and to be unlawful to bait upland birds or kill them from ambush, and to prohibit the selling of game birds at any time of the year. The central Ohio shooters will do well to remember that on May 3 and 4 there wili be a team shoot together with a tourna- ment at Springfield, O. Teams from all over the State will be eligible. I do not recall any State having as many good shooting teams as may be found in Ohio. Nothing gets up as much enthusiasm as does ai learn shoot, and it is to be hoped that other States will speedily fall into line. The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club report that the last Tuesday’s shoot was a great success, as there were sixteen members present who were after the Edwards cup. The Blue Mound, 111., Gun Club holds a shoot every two weeks. It has a fine silver cup, which is awarded to the highest sccre. It changes hands regularly at each meeting. The last winner was T. L. Bankson, with 14 out of 15. Last Wednesday there was an all-day shoot held by the Brad- ford, Pa., Gun Club. The weather was bad, and yet there were twenty present with guns. The initial shoot of the Larksville, Pa., Gun Club was held last Wednesday. The unfavorable weather was not what it should have been to draw a crowd, yet those present report having spent the time to advantage. Dr. Gerhart went straight on doubles, and Jones caused some enthusiasm by his target smashing. The O. C. S. A. Gun Club, of Utica, N. Y., has announced a shoot which last year proved the most popular of all shooting events, that of giving merchandise prizes with only one cent charged for targets; no other entrance. This will draw and hold the crowd. Secretary Townsend, of the Omaha, Neb., Gun Club, feels that the responses he has received to his invitation for the spring tournament, March 20, 21, 22, to follow the Iowa State shoot, warrants a big crowd. The five-man team contest will be the drawing card. So far there has been assurance of a team each from South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, apd at least thre? S08 FOREST AND STREAM [March ii, 1905. Sj«wj Nebraska. A gold watch will go to the one making the largest score in this team shoot. Paducah, JCy., is now out with an announcement of a live-bird shoot for March 7, and this is to be the opening of the 1905 cam- paign at the traps. The Secretary of the Luverne, Minn., Gun Club, has announced that a tournament will be held April 26 and 27. The shoot to be held by Omaha and then St. Joseph, followed by the Missouri-Kansas League at Kansas City, will compete the circuit, and keep all the shooters busy from the 14th to the last days of March. W. W. Winniford, secretary of the Abilene, Tex., Rod and Gun Club, will hold a tournament at this northern Texas city on May 24 and 25. It will be a handicap shoot, and traveling men to shoot for the targets only. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass., March 1. — Twenty-eight shooters presented them- selves on Wednesday, March 1, to do battle with 2,500 bluerocks, and in most cases than is ordinary turned the trick in the best of shape, which gave encouragement to every one, and now that all are in good form, good scores must follow. As usual, Griffiths and Dickey, our 21yd. markers, fought it out tooth and nail, Grif’s bad half hour in the second event giving Dick a 2-target lead, which the old reliable took great care of, and never permitted those two bases to be retrieved. Almost 90 per cent, broken, with two-thirds of the targets from the 21yd. line, is certainly shooting. More later, both Griff and Dick say, so we are waiting patiently for the next move. G. M. Wheeler was evidently bent on being in the swim, and tied for first average on the complete programme. Gil is always up to funny tricks anyway, and has a habit of sneaking in some- where, but surely he did paste them, and now Freddie Sawyer mourns the loss of two New England boiled dinners, which the aforesaid Gil pinched from him at an .896 per cent, gait, Fred’s .826 per cent, being just a little wanting. The Whitinsville boys were not much outdone, however, as Johnson’s match score of 28 was good enough for second, and his percentage high enough for second average, with Burbank and Searles, his team mates, not so far behind. Dr. Gleason’s match score was a pretty piece of work, but the Doctor did not like to see the nineteenth target escape, and vowed vengeance on the remainder, a good resolve which he kept by. Other scores: Events: 123456789 10 Targets: 10 10 15 10 15 15 10 15 10 15 Av. Griffiths, 21 9 6 12 9 14 13 9 15 9 14 . 880 Dickey, 21 9 8 12 9 14 13 0 15 9 14 .896 Frank, 19 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 740 Bell, 20 10 8 11 6 10 14 9 11 8.. .790 Kirkwood, 20 9 9 13 10 14 13 10 15 930 Roy, 19 8 13 14 875 Burbank, 18 9 7 13 7 13 13 10 1 4 860 Johnson, 18 7 10 13 9 15 13 S 13 10 12 .888 Searles, 18 7 8 9 6 14 12 7 13 10 12 .784 Adams, 18 8 7 11 7 12 11 7 14 9 .. .781 Wheeler, 18 7 9 12 10 14 15 10 12 10 13 . 896 Blinn, 16 7 9 10 8 11 15 8 14 820 Owen, 16 9 9 8 7 10 11 9 11 740 Michaels, 16 8 5 9 5 10 11 6 635 Fisher, 16 9 5 11 7 8 8 8 4 600 Sawyer, 16 9 8 13 8 12 12 8 14 . . 11 .826 Burns, 16 8 7 13 9 11 11 7 10 7 .. .754 Foster, 16 9 7 14 8 13 12 8 13 9 11 .832 Woodruff, 17 10 7 10 8 8 12 10 12 770 Willard, 16 15 7 11 12 6 784 Sadler, 16 7 13 12 5 13 4 .. .720 Ford, 16 8 11 15 7 12 7 .. .800 Bruce, 16 4 4 6 5 380 Gleason, 19 9 15 14 9 13 923 Muldown, 16 5 14 11 750 Massure, 16 6 7 9 5 540 Baker, 16 11 733 George, 16 5 500 Merchandise match, distance handicap, 30 targets: Gleason, 19 111111111111111111011111111111—29 Wheeler, 18 111111111011111111111111111111—29 Johnson, 18 111111111111111101111111111101—28 Griffiths, 21 111101111111111111100111111111—27 Dickey, 21 110111111111111111011111011111—27 Roy, 19 110101111111111111111111101111—27 Kirkwood, 20 111111111111110111111111101110—27 Burbank, 18 011110111111111111011111111101—26 Searles, 16 limillllllOlllllllllOllLlOOl— 26 Blinn, 16 110111110101011111111111111111—26 Ford, 16 010101111111011111111111111111—26 Muldown, 16 101111111111111110010111011111—25 Sadler, 16 011111110111111010111111111101—25 Foster, 16 101111101111111011111111011101—25 Bell, 20 011111110001110111111110111111—24 Sawyer, 16 111111100011111111001111101111—24 Adams, 18 111111111101100111010101111011—23 Willard, 16 111110011101011011111111101011—23 Burns, 16 011111111011001100101011111111—22 Owen, 16 111011110101010110011011011111—21 Michaels, 16 110110011011011111011110010111—21 Woodruff, 17 000111001110110111100111101111—20 Frank, 19 001011111000111100111111001101—19 Fisher, 16 101110010110001011011010011001—16 Massure, 16 101110010011000101100001011111—16 Bruce, 16 000010010100100101010100000110—10 “George,” she said, “before we were married, you were always bringing me rings_ and breastpins, and things like that. Why don’t you ever bring me anything now?” “My dear,” replied George, “did you ever hear of a fisherman feeding bait to a fish he had caught?” — London Fishing Gazette. Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, March 4. — There was the usually good attendance ot members and high class competition. The first win on the March cup was scored by Mr. D. V. B. Hegeman with a full score of 25. The month has special inducements in the way of extra prizes. Mr. T. W. Stake has donated a Winchester re- peating shotgun, to be shot for each Saturday of the month; and other donations are a silver mounted cut glass loving cup by Mr. F. P. Wilcox; a fine traveling bag by W. C. Waldron, and a case of shells by Mr. A. W. Higgins. The scores follow: March cup, 25 targets, handicap : Hep. Brk. Tot’l. Hep. Brk. Tot’i Hegeman ..3 22 25 Dr O’Brien .. ....3 18 21 E W Snyder 5 19 24 Palmer, Jr ... ....0 21 21 W W Marshall ..5 IS 23 Southworth . . ....0 21 21 C E T Foster.. ..3 20 23 Grinnell, Tr. ., ....1 18 19 G Notman ..3 20 23 Stephenson, Jr...l 18 19 IT B Vanderveer.3 20 23 Dr Raynor . . . ....5 14 19 D C Bennett... , ,3 19 22 Damron ....5 13 18 Dr Keyes ..2 20 22 L C Hopkins., ....3 15 18 Bedford, Jr ..1 20 21 Trophy shoot, 15 targets Stephenson ..0 11 11 O’Brien 9 10 12 Grinnell ..0 12 12 Marshall ,...3 11 14 Stephenson, Jr.. ..1 14 15 Vanderveer ....1 11 12 Palmer ..0 13 13 Foster ....1 12 13 Bennett ..1 14 15 Bedford ....0 14 14 Snyder ..3 12 15 Flopkins ....1 11 12 Damron ..3 7 10 Shoot-off, same conditions: Bennett 14, G. G. Stephenson, Jr- Io. Snyder J3. Trophy shoot, 15 targets : Stephenson, Jr. ..0 12 12 F Stephenson . ,...0 14 14 Grinnell ..0 12 12 Foster ...1 8 9 Palmer ..0 13 13 Hopkins ,...1 7 8 Bennett ..1 13 14 Notman ,...1 12 13 Snyder ..3 10 13 Keyes ,...1 13 14 Damron ..3 5 8 Hendrickson . . ...3 9 12 O’Brien ..2 13 15 Raynor ...3 7 10 Marshall 11 14 . 2 9 11 Bedford ..0 13 13 Trophy shoot, 15 targets : E Stephenson . . ..0 12 12 Marshall ...3 13 15 Grinnell ..0 11 11 Bedford ...0 9 9 Stephenson, Jr.. ..1 11 12 Foster ...1 13 14 Palmer ..0 12 12 1 12 13 Bennett ..1 15 15 Vanderveer ...1 ii 12 Snvder ..3 11 14 Raynor ...3 9 12 Damron ..3 6 9 Lott ...1 7 8 O’Brien ..2 8 10 Shoot-off, same conditions: Bennett 13, Marshall 10. Team shoot, 25 targets: Stephenson .1 21 22 Vanderveer .3 17 20 Hopkins .3 21 24—46 Lott .2 18 20—40 Bennett .3 22 25 Stephenson, Jr. 19 21 Sykes .4 18 22-47 Stake .5 17 22—43 Grinnell .1 22 23 Notman .3 17 20 Bedford .1 18 19-42 Hegeman q 18 21—41 Marshall .5 14 19 Southworth . . . .0 18 18-37 Special prize shoot, 50 targets: Stephenson ...2 36 38 Foster ...6 38 44 Palmer ...0 47 47 Hopkins ...6 32 38 Stephenson, Tr. ...4 35 39 O’Brien ...6 33 39 Grinnell 9 42 44 Keves ...4 35 39 Southworth . . . ...0 39 39 Notman ...6 31 37 Hegeman ...6 42 48 Vanderveer ...6 39 45 Damron ..10 32 42 Ravnor ..10 29 39 Marshall ..10 35 45 Hendrickson .. ..10 28 38 Bedford ...2 33 35 Lott 42 46 Snyder ..10 36 46 Sykes ...4 38 42 Trophy shoot. 15 targets : Palmer ...0 13 13 Foster ...1 14 15 Grinnell ...0 10 10 Stake ...3 8 11 Bennett ...1 11 12 O’Brien ...2 11 13 Keyes 1 12 13 Notman ...1 7 8 Damron ...3 5 8 Hendrickson .. ...3 7 10 Marshall ...3 11 14 Sykes ...2 11 13 Chicago Trapshooters' Association Tournament. Chicago, Feb. 27. — The Chicago Trapshooters’ Association win- ter tournament, held in Chicago on Feb. 25 and 26, was another crowning success. With perfect weather conditions, the sun shining brightly and warm both days, made it ideal for target shooting. Chicago has come to the front in the past year as a successful tournament town. Forty-five shooters competed the first day, and over fifty on the second day. This shows well for the efforts of the management in conducting the tournament on strictly fair and up-to-date principles. With two sets of traps in perfect working condition, and everything working in perfect harmony, made it a pleasure for those that attended this shoot. We feel highly complimented when Fred Gilbert will say that it was one of the best managed tournaments he has had the pleasure of attending for some time. Seven trade representatives were in attendance during the two days, of whom were Fred Gilbert, Fred Lord, H. C. Hirschy, Frank Riehl, Cadwallader, Sternberg and H. W. Vietmeyer. Mr. E. B. Shogren and Fred Lord had the management of the tournament. Mr. Fred Teeple, compiler of scores, proved a val- uable man in the right place. The programme called for 180 targets each day. On the first day Fred Gilbert topped the list by breaking 172, Hirschy was second for the professionals with 168. Fred Lord, third, 158; Frank Riehl, fourth, 151. E. S. Graham, of Long Lake, 111., made the best score for the amateurs with 168. J. R. Graham, second, 164; Lem Willard, third, 162; Fred Gibson, fourth, 157. On the second day Harry Dunnell, of Fox Lake, beat Fred Gilbert out for the day, breaking 17. For the professionals, Gilbert again led with 170; Hirschy, second, 168; Riehl third, 163; Lord fourth, 146. For the amateurs, Harry Dunnell, 171; Kit Shepardson second, 162; Winesberg third, 161; Lem Willard fourth, 160. For the two days general average, professionals, Gilbert was first with 342; Hirschy second, 336; Riehl third, 314; Lord fourth, 304. For the amateurs, J. R. Graham was first with 323; Lem Willard second, 322; E. S. Graham, third, 319; Kit Shepardson fourth, 314. At the close of the programme on the second day a 50-bird special was shot off, with handicaps ranging from 16 to 19yds. Fred Gilbert led in this race, although not competing for the purse, from a distance of 19yds., breaking 48. Winesberg, J. R. Graham and Rupel divided first money, 45 each. Close to 18,000 targets were thrown in the two days. The programme began at 10 A. M. each day, and the last event was finished each day by 3 o’clock. Without a hitch of any kind, everything moved in clock-like precision. The Chicago division of moneys proved entirely satisfactory to the contestants. Nearly all indorsed it as the fairest and most equitable system. Shotgun. [The scores of the above-mentioned tournament were published in our last issue.] Fulford Memorial Fund. Wilmington, Del., March 2. — Editor Forest and Stream: I have been advised that the committee in charge of the Fulford Memorial has selected a monument and made arrangements to have it ready by the time of the New York State shoot, which will be held at the late E. D. Fulford’s former home, Utica, N. Y., in May next. I am also advised that this committee has contracted for an ex- penditure of $600. When the last report of the amount of money on hand was sent to you, it amounted to $400.50; since then $143.50 has been received, and to date there is on hand $544. With the subscriptions, that are coming in slowly, by the first of April this should be brought up to the amount necessary to meet the indebtedness. At first it was the intention to close the subscriptions on Feb. I, but since this extra amount is essential, of course the fund will have to be kept open until all the money necessary to defray expenses is secured. I hope it will come to hand by April 1, as on that date it is my desire to hand to the committee in charge all of the cash that is in my possession. Since the last list showing the donors was sent you, contribu- tions have been received from the following: B. D. Nobles, J. F. Bailey, F. F. Mason, F. A. Ross, F. N. Osborne, Otto Mil- ler, H. J. Varlev, J. M. Chapman, C. J. Miles, H. B. Bozard, all of the Olean Gun Club; G. T. Little, W. A. Long, C. M. Powers, West Branch Rod and Gun Club, W. M. Foord, S. S. Johnston, August A. Glade, Carl Moore, F. C. Bissett, Chas. F. Kneil, John Watson, H. C. Watson, Baltimore Shooting Association, Max. E. Hensler, J. E. Avery, E. E. Neal, J. FI. Chapin, J. T. Atkinson, Paul North, Chris. Gotlieb, John FI. Brinley, H. W. Greenhagan, Tom Cassetty, W. Tramp Irwin, P. B. Plummer, Ossining Gun Club, Ed. O’Brien, E. L. Kipple, J. R. Hull, Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association, Rider Walker, W. E. Scott, T. E. Hubby, Fred Schmidt. J. T. Skelly. Interstate Association Matters. Pittsburg, Pa., March 4 —Editor Forest and Stream: Please an- nounce io the readers of Forest and Stream that the Interstate Association has made arrangements to give a tournament at Hopkinsville, Ky., April 26 and 27, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. The Interstate Association has made arrangements to give the Pacific Coast Handicap target tournament at San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 12, 13 and 14, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trap- shooting Association. This tournament will be conducted on the same equitable lines as have characterized the Grand American Handicap, and while the Interstate Association looks upon the Pacific Coast Handicap more in the nature of an experiment than anything else, it feels confident that the tournament will meet with the approval and support of the trapshooting fraternity on the Pacific Coast. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec-’y-Mgr. PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. Concerning Proctor's. Many European novelties have been booked to make their Amer- ican debut at the Proctor houses; among the most important of them is Dida, which is described as the creation of a woman out of nothing, and which is really one of the most wonderful illusions of the present day. Another act of much interest is Co-Co, the mimetic monkey, one of the cleverest and best trained simians ever shown in public. Baron lato, one of the richest Japanese in the world, who is now touring America, occupied a box at Mr. Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre a few weeks ago, and was much pleased with the performance of “The Silver King” that was given that week. He particularly applauded Mr. Edwin Arden, Miss Isabelle Evesson and Mr. James E. Wilson, who played the leading roles. The “Little Brown Men of Japan” are a really_ wonderful people, and are trying steadily to become familiar with American cus- toms and manners. " " » " Employing no experts to demonstrate our powder, we offer CASH PRIZES for AMATEUR AVERAGES n one, two and three-day tournaments and for wins during coming Grand American Handicap to those shooting and winning with Mulleritit THE PERFECTED BULK SMOKELESS POWDER. Which is loaded by the following: Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Peters Cartridge Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Austin Cartridge Co., and in a Special Mullerite Shell by the Robin Hood Powder Co., of Swanton, Vt. 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I FEDERAL CONTROL OF PUBLIC WATERS. I I In his discussion the other day of the question of ibderal control of migratory game, Mr. Shiras suggested 9 at the regulation of fishing also, in so far as it affected uadromous species and fish planted in public waters by •e Bureau of Fisheries, might properly be exercised by je National Government. The subject has been con- iered further by Mr. Shiras in a speech on the River Rid Harbor Appropriation Bill, in which he urges that lie scope of Federal jurisdiction over public and naviga- te waters should be enlarged to prevent their pollution, |,d thereby secure the protection of public health and valuable food fishes indigenous to them. The naviga- ’n interests are important, but the prevention of disease incalculably more so. We venture to say that few per- ns who have not given the subject special study have *!y conception of the mortality caused by the pollution j| waters. As a deduction from the results of an investi- ition undertaken by Surgeon-General Wyman some ,ars ago, it was estimated that there are every year “no ver than 45,000 deaths caused by typhoid fever alone oughout the United States, not to speak of diarrhceal leases, which latter will augment the, number by half, d based upon an estimated mortality of 10 per cent., it within reason to assume a yearly prevalence of 450,000 es of this disease.” Not all of this, of course, is due polluted water supplies; but “the carrying of the dis- se from one city or town to another by means of water- urses has been definitely proved both abroad and in the fited States, and the presumption is strong that in the lio River, taken as an example, which is the sewer and the same time the source of water supply for nearly the cities located upon its banks, this and other dis- es are annually disseminated thereby.” That Congress possesses the constitutional power to otect public health under the regulatory rights the ivernment has over public waters, Mr. Shiras thinks ast be unquestioned when the matter is given due con- ieration, “for it is manifestly impossible for the States rdering upon the same waters to enact either efficient uniform legislation or make the same enforcible laiiist an offending State which may with impunity so mtaminate the public waters passing beyond its borders |l to utterly destroy the purity and usefulness of the ’me.” .With the increase of population and the growth of the ies on the rivers of the continent, this question of pure ”.ter supply is one of ever-increasing magnitude. If, as 2r. Shiras argues, the remedy of waterway pollution may 1 found in Federal control, Congress should act and act jpmptly. Mr. Shiras would also have the Government assume itrol of the fish in public and interstate waters. The 5 'ersity and conflict of State legislation governing the eat Lakes, the Columbia River and other waters, and ; unsatisfactory conditions which have resulted from is, are matters of common repute. Were Federal super- ion of the fisheries -substituted, it is estimated that marketable value of the product might be increased >('1,000,000 a year. With such results in view, Mr. Shiras intends, the nation should assume its rightful control l.r the public waters and assure the preservation and Ipwth of the great commercial fisheries. To this end it introduced two measures in Congress in the closing J[rs of the session. H. R. 19164 provides, since ex- jience has demonstrated the inefficiency of laws passed the States to protect fish which are migratory in their fits, and which for the greater part of each year remain the high seas, beyond the jurisdiction of the United tes or of any State : at all migratory fish of commercial value which frequent the s, sounds, estuaries, rivers and lakes of the United States 1 during the spawning period, shall, during such periods, be er the control and protection of the United States, and shall be taken or destroyed in the manner and at the time specified er the regulations established by the Commissioner of the lleau of Fisheries of the United States, and any person or ions convicted of violating any of the said regulations shall each offense be liable to a fine not exceeding $290, or im- onment, or both. ;c. 2. That the spawning period referred to in Section 1 shall {understood and construed to mean that period commencing Hi the migration of said fish from the ocean into said bays, 1 ads, estuaries, rivers and lakes of the United States and jhinating upon the completion of the act of spawning. ’ ’he second bill, designed to protect food fishes in pub- lic waters, provides that all varieties of fish which either pass through or do not remain permanently each year within the waters of any one State, shall be declared to be the property of the United States for the benefit and use of the people, and shall not be taken at any time or in any manner prohibited by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries. The Commissioner is empowered to provide fishways when necessary in public waters, and to investigate the pollution of public waters, when such pollution injures fish, and to provide regulations there- for. By the adjournment of Congress these measures lapse; if any legislation of this character shall be adopted it must be introduced anew at another session. The pur- pose of Mr. Shiras in presenting the bills as he has done was to bring the subject to public attention for considera- tion and discussion of the principles involved. In our issue of next week we shall print the full text of the speech to which allusion has been made. The subject is one which demands and should have careful study, and concerning which there may well be a public awakening. FRESH AIR AND FUMES. The conflict between civilization and nature' is irre- pressible. We destroy nature by our civilization, and then as we become more civilized we try to restore it, with the result usually that we have an artificial nature ; a poor one, indeed, but perhaps better than none at all. We exterminate the buffalo and other large game for their hides and fur, great auks for the oil they yield, passenger pigeons for their flesh or for sport at traps. We pour into our streams waste from the factories, mineral oils, acids and other vile things, and so kill the fish that used to crowd their waters. We build factories for the manufacture of things that civilized man needs, and the smoke and fumes belched from their chimneys destroy the vegetation for miles around. What is to be the end of all this? Probably many of these things that are so destructive to natural life are actually necessary to our civilization, but the destruction which follows these necessary opera- tions is not necessary. It is simply the result of doing things heedlessly in the easiest way — the neglect of the rights of others — in order that we ourselves may add a few dollars to those that we have already earned. The last thing the thoroughly right-minded man ought to do is to inflict injury on his fellowmen for the purpose of benefiting himself, and the many right-minded men who do inflict such injury, unquestionably inflict it without evil intent. Yet after they have been doing this thing for some time, it comes to seem the natural thing to do, and they cling to it in the face of every effort to make them change their ways. On the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River, op- posite New York, are great factories for the manufacture of chemicals of one sort and another, and when the wind is right the fumes from the great chimneys drift over New York city, and are said to- have killed or injured the trees along the Riverside Drive. The great mining city of Butte, Montana, lies in the midst of a desert. It is an arid country, but before mines were discovered and smelters were built, there were a few green things there, and for a month or two in spring, verdure and beautiful mountain flowers clothed the hillsides. They are all gone now — killed off by the poisonous fumes from the smelters. Near Redding, in Shasta county. California/there is a large copper smelling plant, and over a considerable area surrounding it plant vegetation has been killed or very seriously injured. The injury done by this smelting plant is especially serious because it is situated in the farming country where many fruit trees are grown, and it is found that these fruit trees, in particular the peaches, are especially susceptible to these fumes. The ore used in these smelters contains much sulphur, which is burned off in a number of operations, with the result that practically all that was originally in the ore is given off to the air as sulphur dioxid. This chemical is present in the limbs and leaves of many trees, but in ex- tremely small proportion. Increased in amount it destroys the foliage, and after a little the life of the tree. A suit was recently brought by the United States against the copper smelting company whose plant is at Redding, and the Department of Justice aslced the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture to- inves- tigate the injury done by the fumes coming from the smelters. A careful study of the subject by Mr. J. K. Haywood shows that an area about twelve miles from north to south by eight miles from east to west has been greatly injured by these fumes, and that the water of the Sacramento River is polluted by the waste material from the smelter. Thus in the neighborhood of this factory vegetable life and fish life alike are wiped out. Mr. Heywood’s conclusions are that sulphur dioxid, when present in very small quantities in the air. kills vegeta- tion, and that this injury to vegetation is likely to con- tinue and even to increase its limits unless the fumes are condensed. The fumes can be condensed to form sul- phuric acid, for which a market could be found. THE AUDUBON WORK. The changes in public opinion which take place from time to time in the direction of better things are very encouraging, and in few matters has there been more progress than in subjects to which Forest and Stream has long been devoted. A newspaper may keep hammer- ing away for years, striving to manufacture public senti- ment in behalf of some good object, and may be able to detect absolutely no sign of response from the public to which it appeals. But suddenly, and apparently without any reason, a change will come, converts will begin to be made, and before long the desired good is attained. One of the matters which has shown such a gratifying response to effort is the Audubon movement, which was practically set on foot by Forest and Stream as far back as the year 1883. The matter is brought vividly to mind by the report of the recently organized association of Audubon Societies, together with the history of the Audubon movement by Mr. Wm. Dutcher, whose con- tinued energy in this excellent work is so well known and so wholly praiseworthy. The Audubon movement was started in 1883 by Forest and Stream. A year later the American Ornithologists’ Union took up the matter, while soon after the first Audubon Society was founded. A few years later the tide of public interest in bird protection seemed to lessen, but in 1896 it revived again, and became, and still is, of very great interest to many people. At present more than two-thirds of the States have Audubon Societies, most of which are very active. The bird protective law modeled by the American Ornithologists’ Union is in force in twenty-eight States, while the general Government, through many of its branches,, is aiding the work in a number of ways. The work of bird protection is being well carried on in Mexico, while the Federal Government has extended its protective influence to the islands of the far Pacific. Meantime, President Roosevelt has set aside a number of islands to be used under the Agricultural Department as preserves and breeding grounds for birds. It is a well recognized fact that most people desire to do and to support what they believe to be right, but on many subjects they are quite ignorant of what is right, and must be taught. This is the mission of the Audubon Societies — to educate the public, which as yet is ignorant of the economic value of our birds. To do this money is required, and not a little money. There are few objects to which persons interested in bird protection could bet- ter contribute than to the work of the Audubon Society. Direct contributions in money are not asked, but it is earnestly desired that the list of members shall be en- larged. Of these there are several classes; the sustaining member pays an annual fee of $5, while the life member pays $100, which frees him from subsequent dues. The contribution of $1,000 constitutes a patron, and $5,000 a founder. The National Committee of Audubon Societies wishes to raise an endowment fund of $1,000,000. and of this $100,000 has already been promised. Yet we may imagine that just at the beginning a number of persons, each will- ing to contribute a small sum, would be more welcome than a single person who would contribute a large amount. We heartily recommend all persons interested in our birds or interested in the progress of the country, whether they are interested in birds or not, to apply to Mr. Wm. Dutcher, 525 Manhattan avenue, New York city, for copies of the application blanks for membership to the Audubon Society, 210 FOREST AND STREAM [March iS, 1905. The Fall of a Cliff Climber ♦ The early summer of 1888 found me cruising, alone in a small open Indian canoe, among the islands off the coast of British Columbia. I was collecting specimens for museums of natural history in the East, and was armed with a double shotgun and equipped with in- struments for skinning birds, preserving eggs and de- taching fossil shells from the seaward faces of the cliffs. A large water-tight zinc case contained the perishable objects and a change of clothing. A few cooking utensils, some provisions, a small opera glass, note- book and pencil, and a diminutive shelter tent with blankets, completed the outfit. Thus armed and equipped, I cruised from island to island and from one rock or ledge to another, dug shells from the cliffs, shot sea birds, or gathered their eggs from the shelves of the rocks or the isolated sea- washed “hog-back” ledges, and camped wherever night overtook me. My food was largely game and fish', which were so plentiful that there was no danger of starvation. There was nothing to fear from man or beast, as the sea birds always gave warning of the ap- proach of Indians, and there were no large land ani- mals on the islands. The only dangers encountered were those incident to boating and cliff climbing. The tides on the northwest coast are strong, with danger- ous tide rips, and in some places, whirlpools which might engulf a small canoe. It was impossible to make headway by paddling or rowing against the full strength of the tide, and high winds occasionally sprang up with- out warning; but by taking advantage of favorable winds and tides, I was able to get safely from one island to another. Thus the long days were filled with work and adventure, and the short nights were passed in dream- less sleep beside the camp-fire — sleep broken only by the hoarse growling of the seals or the wild cries of sea birds. The formation of these islands was such that each offered, at both its north and south ends, a little harbor which was protected from the sea by flanking walls. Within each harbor the rocks shelved to a natural land- ing place and made access .easy to the top of the island; but the sides descended precipitously into the sea and could be reached only from above. Most of the islands were topped with scattering trees, ?n ideal hunting ground that has long proved a sports- man's Mecca. ; As some of the most memorable and successful hunts lcluded in my limited experiences, have been enacted ere, it is naturally entitled to first place among the many pleasant reminiscences of the North Woods and pursuit . f the Virginian deer. Moreover, I hold toward it a feel- ■ og deeper seated than affection, not merely for the sport : : has afforded, but for the beauty of its environment ; lie. serene sunsets, twilights and mystic moonlit nights witnessed there, when the sublime creations of nature 9/ere made manifest no matter which way the eyes turned, nd filled one with joy and inspiration. Before relating, lowever, any of The episodes that occurred within its units, I shall endeavor to describe a few incidents, suc- cessful and otherwise, which chanced to happen elsewhere. ; Passing through the clearing above spoken of, and coll- ecting a woodland lake with the outside world, ran a kell-built wagon road, bounded on all sides by the forest, 'or seven miles or more it led over hills and through j alleys, skirted mountain ridges clothed with smooth, tately birch, beech and maple trees; spanned clear, amber treams, whose purity was unsullied save for the brightly jlappled trout that lurked in their swift, cold waters, or '.gain brought one to the summit of a steep hill, from whence the outlook was serene and expansive. The . npreme art wrought by nature’s hand, the virgin solitude nd grandeur of the woods on every side throughout its ntire length made the beauties of this road manifold,, for no matter how often one traversed it some new delight (waited the open eye and ear. t During favorable seasons a number of deer frequented ts vicinity, there being any quantity of tender young ; egetation growing on both sides where the trees had been j reviously cut away, while runways crossed it in various /arts and intersected the low, swampy ground with high noils or mountains so congenial to the cunning habits of urg;e bucks. As the road was composed of sand and what is known as “hard pan,” it could - be still-hunted with little difficulty on wet or windy days, one making •ractically no sound in walking, provided ordinary cau- |it>n was used; but then this method, although always ull of keen pleasure and excitement, entailed one draw- back— the tall undergrowth bordering the roadside often fbscured a deer when one was hunting on foot that would "iave been visible from a higher level; so we therefore ■dopted the plan of hunting from a wagon or a light : ubber-tire buggy, as then a far better outlook was ob- iained ahead and into the woods. Moreover, the deer, leld by curiosity at the sight of a horse, would fre- Uently stand longer, and sometimes give one the oppor- unity to get out of the wagon and take a shot from the (round ; for let it not be imagined that shooting in the ormer was by any manner an easy task, as the slight motion caused by the horse’s breathing would often diverge a bullet just at the moment of firing unless the deer happened to be within short range. However, we Practiced both ways, enjoying them equally; but after all, he latter brought the most game to bag, and was the i ause of a successful morning, afternoon or evening hunt 1 n more than one occasion. / Although late afternoon and the twilight hours no doubt increased the chance of seeing deer along the road, and fyere therefore about the best times to hunt, especially during dry weather, many favorable opportunities pre- sented themselves after a sharp shower or prolonged iainfall, when even in the middle of the day game was .very liable to be on foot. Generally speaking, they might Ite /come upon at the most unexpected moments from dawn till darkness. However, if it rained steadily all hrough the night, and then ceased or abated as the gray- rss of approaching day crept up into the sky, then to be abroad early was in almost every case a surety of at least seeing and perhaps obtaining a shot at a deer. The early morning hours are most alluring, with the prospect of hunting ahead, and more than once have I yielded to their fascination and started out at daybreak, but, except on one occasion, returned empty-handed. However, I can boast of many pleasant experiences and rewards for turning out in the gray darkness that pre- cedes dawn under the dim light of a candle — rewards which I trust will not desert me in the years to come. For what are sweeter than the sweet fruits of memory? A drizzling rain had set in one overcast September evening, and the wind springing up toward nightfall brought with it a steady downpour, which aroused our hopes for an early hunt the following morning. After a consultation with Wallace as to' what time we would slart if the rain abated, I was about to' leave the room where he and several others were enjoying the genial companionship of a cook-stove, when I chanced to' observe an expression on Al’s face as he sat with his chair tipped back in the corner, that I had little trouble to comprehend. “Would you like to go with us, Al?” I asked. “Oh, yes, do come along,” chimed in Wallace. “You bet I’d like to' go, if there’s room in the wagon,” he responded, with considerable animation. “What time will you start?” “About four, I guess,” said Wallace, innocently “Oh, pshaw ! it doesn’t get light till nearly six, and you can’t hunt in the dark. Perhaps I’d better not- — ” “Now look here, Al,” I put in, “you’ve accepted our invitation, so don’t back out; and at any rate we may need your help if I happen to get a deer.” “All right, I’ll go if that’s the case. But say, I wouldn’t get up too awfully early, and you won’t go, I suppose, if it rains?” This remark, however, failed to bring any re- lief as to- the question of arising early, for I had closed the door and was. out of hearing. The dropping patter of rain drops on the roof was the second sound that greeted mv ears after being aroused by a loud rapping knock, which, although it seemed to proceed from the depths of night, told me well enough the rising hour was at hand. After dressing and expe- riencing one or two' teeth-chattering spasms, for the warmth radiated from a candle on a chilly September morning is hardly sufficient to give much comfort, I crept softly downstairs and around to the kitchen. Here was a sight that banished sleep in good earnest and brought cheer and enthusiasm to the front. A coffee-pot purred and bubbled on the glowing stove, while Wallace, with the aid of a lantern, was in the act of frying several veni- son sfeaks that sent forth a welcome, appetizing fragrance. “Where’s Al?” I asked. “Asleep, I presume, for he didn’t seem anxious to get up when I pounded on the floor a while ago,” answered he. “No, I’m not asleep, either,” came a voice from the doorway, and we beheld the person in discussion, with hair unbrushed and a slumberous glisten in his eyes, standing before us. “My gracious! You’re not going out when it’s raining like this? Just hear it come down now, and we’ll get soaked, sure,” he continued, with a distressed expression, as the patter on the roof increased for a minute or so. “Don’t be discouraged; we can put the big umbrella up and manage to keep dry all right,” I assured him, and presently as the acknowledgment of dawn was signaled by the clarion voice of a cock in the neighboring old log barn, the rain abated, mist clouds lifted from the lake, while the earth fairly teemed with moisture. Breakfast finished and encouragement offered as to the weather ultimately clearing, we were not long in hitching up a powerful, sagacious mare to the long-bodied buck- board, in which room was made for Al by placing a box behind the seat, where, after some laborious efforts, he duly ensconced himself. Usually on starting out, Flora— namely, the mare above mentioned — was endowed with a vitality and spirit which failed to' display themselves on the return journey, or even after a half a mile of the road had been traversed ; and this morning, with the rain drops tickling her broad back, she evidently felt more than equal to the occasion. At any rate, just as we drove off she gave a half bounding kick and jump, sending the mud flying in a most uncomfortable manner. “Hey I” cried Al, making a snatch at the back of the seat in an effort to recover the balance he had nearly lost, “don’t let her do that again or I’ll be jerked off backwards. By gracious, that old umbrella came near putting my eye out !” he muttered, in tones indicative of some wrath, but the shelter of the latter, however, which caused him so much discomfort was now no longer needed, for a short time later the rain entirely ceased. Pools of water standing in the road sent up a steaming fog, while the aspect of the woods on either side was strangely mystic anhd beautiful, a vapor hanging between the moist tree trunks that seemed to absorb and breathe forth the most fragrant essence of the forest. Moreover, I was especially struck by the appearance of those trees nearest the road, their individual symmetry and grace being intensified by the misty background. Smooth mot- tled beeches, gold-tinted silky birches, and huge slab- barked conifers stood out in clear-cut relief against the vistas of dim interior; here and there a twining maple glowed with subdued brilliancy, while the more sober hue of the frostetj witchhopple might be seen nestling in the undergrowth. Crossing the clearing, we saw a large, sleek doe stand- ing in the edge of the woods some distance away, but as I was in quest of horns that morning, we simply halted and enjoyed the picture she presented, until, with a whisk of her long, conspicuous tail, she bounded from sight. The mud on the road being heavy, we moved along at a slow speed, which gave one ample opportunity to carefully scrutinize the wooded depths on either hand, and also keep a sharp look out ahead. After traversing about five miles without seeing anything else in the game line, we came to a spring, whose crystal waters garnered with fallen autumn leaves invited refreshment, and one im- agined the former imparted a sweeter flavor to the pure liquid which flowed in a perennial stream from some- where on the mountain side. Just beyond here was a precipitous hill, and on the summit of this, framed by a noble maple that bent across the road, one obtained a transcending view over rolling undulations of forest-robed mountains, the latter in some places bearing the sad scars of fire, while nearer at hand the waters of a wilderness lake glimmered palely amid the first autumnal tints of the turning foliage. Plodding along a level stretch leading on for two or three miles after the foot of the hill was reached, Al suddenly bent forward and seized Wallace by the shoulder, whispering in a voice husky with excite- ment^ “Whoa, hey, stop ! Let’s have the gun. Can’t you see him standing down there looking up this way?” _ “Where?” I said, breathlessly, imbued with a like emo- tion, pulling the horse up abruptly and taking my .40-65 Wincheslel' from Wallace, who, backing the wagon, pointed down through a swampy piece of ground on the right hand side of the road. But, alas ! the elements of good luck were against me that day, for just as I per- ceived the indistinct outlines of a very large deer stand- ing some hundred yards away, and partly obscured by the underbrush, he wheeled in his tracks and melted from view like a blue-gray shadow. “Oh, if I’d only had the gun I could have bored him through two or three times,” bemoaned Al, his voice plaintive with disappointment. “Hush, don’t talk so loud,” returned Wallace, in a whisper, and silently we both dismounted from the wagon and entered the swamp, making for the spot where the buck had previously stood. As the ground was soaking, we were able to go very quietly, and in a few moments reached the spot, which proved to be an old log road. Ad- vancing with the greatest caution, we found the hoof marks deeply printed on a muddy causeway, and display- ing evidence of the animal’s size and weight. For fifty yards or so we followed the course he had taken, and then the trail was lost in a maze of dead underbrush. No doubt this wild old chap, if he has not succumbed to the miserable fate so many deer have been subjected to dur- ing the bitter winters of recent years, still wanders in the freedom and seclusion of his forest home. Lucky the day for him when discovered by human eyes that Al did not chance to have a rifle in his hands. Then at least he would have suffered a severe fright, but probably nothing worse. To start out at the late hour of ten o’clock in the morn- ing and return before eleven with a buck is an occurrence that does not very often happen; but once such a short, sweet hunt fell to my lot, and in contrast to the former episode may illustrate the vicissitudes of good and bad luck which are invariably attached to deer shooting. It was more our intention to enjoy a drive one golden autumnal forenoon than to go out for the sake of a hunt on the road, but nevertheless I was not loth in accepting the “Veteran’s” suggestion to take along the big Win- chester, whose companionship, by the way, I treasure most highly, as on many occasions it has done good service, for if we chanced to see a deer that was worth a shot, remorseful, indeed, would have been the sensations when it was realized there were no firearms in the wagon. “Please do the shooting if we happen to come on a good deer, for I have already had more than my share of sport this season,” I said to the “Veteran” as we trotted along in the rubber-tire buggy, making little or no sound. “Very well,” he assented, “but how do you expect me to shoot that cannon ?” which insinuation at the weight and caliber of this favorite, however, failed to awaken the desired effect, as I knew he considered it a first-class all-around weapon, and had used it with success on many occasions himself. Thus we traversed the mile or more between the lake and dealing, chatting together and not keeping a very sharp lookout, as in reality neither of us expected to see a deer, the morning was so dry and trans- parently clear.. As yet the snowy everlasting and golden- rod bloomed in a maze of delicate color over the broad slopes of the clearing, and as we drove through here the soothing murmur of insect voices and chirruping crickets fell pleasantly on our ears, while the surrounding hills were only to- be compared with jewels, as the morning sunlight and clarified atmosphere brought forth the deep, brilliant, hues of the deciduous trees which clothed them. Entering the woods on the west side where the road was thickly carpeted with crisp, golden foliage, and was bounded by a sloping ravine, we had just turned a sharp bend when I perceived the form of a deer standing at the farther end of this valley, some fifty yards or so ahead. It was in the blue coat and appeared like a fairly large sized animal. Forgetting completely about the agreement I had previously made with the .“Veteran,” I pulled the horse up short, pushed the reins into his hands, and seiz- ing the rifle, half fell and jumped out of the buggy. So much for the demoralizing excitement of deer shooting! Every thought except to get a shot in as quick as possible forsook my mind. The buck presented a broadside position, and stepping a few feet ahead of the horse, I knelt down in the road with the idea of obtaining a knee rest; but instead of helping matters by making me steadier, the effect was exactly opposite, and the sights seemed to dance all over the gray form, until, made desperate, I stood up again, determined to shoot offhand without any further hesita- tion. The clearly outlined bead of the front sight was now more steady, and I pressed trigger just as it reached a center mark on the deer’s shoulder. The woods resounded with a truly cannon-like roar as the 65 grains of black powder went off, and a cloud of blue fog hid everything from our vision for a second or two; but as it drifted away, we perceived the buck running wildly to- ward a knoll which arose on the opposite side of the shaU 214 low glen before mentioned, and the “Veteran,” standing up in the buggy to obtain a better view, called out, “He’s down, and I’ve marked just about the place where he fell.” By this time Jill, a faithful old setter who seldom failed to accompany us, and whose ambition went beyond her years, was filling the air with barks and yells of uncon- trollable excitement, so the “Veteran,” putting a rope to her collar, walked up the road and struck the trail, while I remained behind to watch the horse. _ Away they went, crashing through the underbrush, jumping logs and_ avoid- ing trees, for once started after a deer, Jill was imbued with the strength of ten, and it was no easy matter to hold her in. Presently they disappeared from sight, but after several minutes had elapsed I saw them coming back again, and then the former proved that scent is sometimes better than sight, for turning off sharply to one side, she brought the “Veteran” to the exact spot where the deer lay. He proved to be a two or three-year-old buck in prime condition, with a pretty pair of slim horns which were just about ready to peel, as the velvet on the prongs was quite torn and ragged. Although not what might be termed a forest king, he was nevertheless a very good specimen of an average sized Virginian deer buck, weigh- ing a hundred and fifty pounds or more, and with an almost perfect coat of soft blue-gray hair. Everything connected with the episode, besides the unexpected pleasure of bagging him and the ideal environment at- tached to the scene of action, makes it a memory which very often returns during moments of hunting rumination. Paulina Brandreth. [to be concluded.] The Shiras Bill* Editor Forest and Stream: Naturally I read with interest, in to-day’s issue of your paper, Judge Beaman’s reply to my article of February 18, in which he reiterates his conviction that Federal control of migratory game birds is unconstitutional, being in derogation of State rights in such game; and further, that the difficulties in the application of this doctrine are “insurmountable.” In support of the first position, he cites the case of Geer vs. Connecticut, in the United States Supreme Court, as not only “the leading game case in the coun- try,” but one that settles the question of Congressional legislation over migratory birds. The Geer case is not new to me; in fact, it is a rather near relative of the migratory game bill. My father was one of the members of the court delivering this decision, and being one of the few sportsmen on the bench, as then, constituted, he had something to do with the preparation of the opinion, although handed down in the name of Justice. White. If this case is my undoing, well might I exclaim, “the sins of the father are visited upon the son.” But, in my judgment, the case has no bearing whatso- ever upon the real question at issue here, for it simply upheld a State game statute without, as Judge Beaman candidly admits, passing upon the. right of Congress to legislate in behalf of migratory birds and fish. Had a Federal statute existed at that time, and the court held it void, then might this matter be considered settled. So far as I am aware, the classification of game birds into local qnd migrants has never been, made the basis for separate State and National jurisdiction. Being a new legal proposition, it is probably useless to enter into a prolonged discussion thereon, although I fully recog- nize Judge Beaman’s right to differ with me. It may be proper for me to say that the bill has been submitted lately to some of the best constitutional lawyers in the country, and, after careful consideration, received their entire approval; so that I am content to await its test in the courts, if it is ever enacted. The other objection, viz., the difficulty of defining migratory game birds, gives me little concern, for it seems a comparatively easy matter. These birds are prac- tically all defined in the bill by species, with the addi- tional descriptive qualification, “and all other migratory game birds which in their northern and southern migra- tions pass through, or do not remain permanently the en- tire year within the borders of any State or Territory/’ Among our migratory game birds, which variety fails to fall easily within this description? Again, when we realize that the question is settled by the ease with which local game birds are classified — grouse, quail, turkeys— it is hard to conceive where any special trouble will arise. The fact that Judge Beaman illustrates the alleged difficulties by describing the erratic movements of wild animals, is wholly begging the ques- tion. Migrations, so-called, of most large game animals is altitudinal and not a distinct northern and southern seasonal migration, as in the case of wildfowl. Since the bill does not cover game animals, it seems to me it is a rather far-fetched objection. The word “migratory” has a well defined scientific and popular meaning. . „ , What is a “navigable.” stream, what is a public or pri- vate” nuisance, what is a “reasonable” rate, what is a “contagious” disease? Here we have several qualifying terms where the border line is often hard to define.; yet it in no wise affects the validity of State and National statutes regulating the same. The plain difference in the migratory and non-migra- tory habits of the wild goose and the quail, the curlew and the wild turkey, the canvasback duck and the ruffed grouse, is so patent that the classification is a reasonable one, to say the least. Judge Beaman’s suggestion that we have instead National laws protecting all game on all the public lands and public waters of the United States, is a sound legal proposition, and has been given considerable . study the past two years. My migratory game bill mentions in the preamble “public waters of the United States outside the limits and jurisdiction of the several States and Terri- tories,” while in the fish bills, mentioned later, the public waters of the United States are especially included. The trouble arises in the case of game animals and birds on the public domain. Our Committee on the Public Lands has attempted to have legislation passed giving the President authority to designate certain Forest Reserves as game refuges, but we have failed to get such legislation through the House of Representatives except in the case of one Forest FOREST AND STREAM. Reserve.. Such reserves are easily defined and protected. The objection to Judge Beaman’s suggestion to include all game on all public lands is twofold : . First — The opposition of the local Congressmen to put- ting the greater part of the wild game animals and local birds under Federal control., as they believe the State laws are fairly effective; which objection is some- what easier to meet in the case of wildfowl, where State laws are notoriously ineffective. The second objection — and a serious one in my mind — arises from the difficulty the average hunter would have in determining whether he was on private or public property. In many Western States there are millions of acres of unfenced prairie and forest lands where quite often alternate sections belong to the Government, and the remainder has been taken up under railroad and school grants, mining, timber, stone and homestead en- tries, with, of course, here and there large holdings acquired and held by purchase. Federal game laws on Government lands and State laws as to the rest would make a checker board of many States, and the ordinary hunter would often be unable to tell one kind of land from the other, unless he had the title examined, and then the absence of fences and section posts would make it hopeless, even if he had the county surveyor at his heels. Such a situation rather seems to please Judge Beaman, for he says it would deter “the lawless hunter” from taking any chances through “fear of Federal officers on the one hand and State officers on the other.” In my opinion the law-abiding sportsman would be in worse shape, for the market-hunter would willingly take chances where he could, with entire justice, plead ignorance of “where he was at.” Under the migratory game bill the law would be the same not only in each State but throughout a tier of States in the same zone of temperature, so uniformity would be attained in the highest degree. The two fish bills, inclosed herewith, may prove of in- terest to some of your readers. One is based upon the same principle underlying the game bill, and the other on lines upon which Judge Beaman and myself are in entire accord. After these proposed acts have been thoroughly considered, the question of taking up legislation of this character at the next session of Congress will be in order. Geo. Shiras 3D. Washington, D C , March 11. A Tiger Hunt in China. Tiger shooting is, I believe, generally regarded as serious work, and not a picnic to be lightly entered on; but from the moment P. came round to my compound to say that four of the brutes had been located in the Yikma jungle, some four miles from the settlement, to the 'morning of the last disastrous beat the gods ap- peared to do their best to make fun of the whole ex- pedition, and to rob us of that feeling of dignity due to those engaged in big-game shooting. Perhaps I should not include P. in this. P. was dif- ferent. He spoke knowingly of shikars, machans, and all the paraphernalia of a big shoot; he mused pensively in the heat of the day, when he should have been asleep, over Badminton on Big-Game Shooting and guide- books with blood-curdling pictures that made me nervous. Between whiles in a desultory manner he ran the camp mess, or sat in state receiving deputations of villagers bringing the latest reports of the movements of the enemy. There was no doubt about the tigers, it must be understood. The recollection of journeys of several days’ length to the reported habitat of some man-eater, only to find at each village that it was so many “li” further on, was still fresh in my recollection, and it seemed too good to be true that a whole family had taken up quarters so near to the settlement; but in the soft paddy and sweet potato fields bordering the cover one could hardly walk ten yards without crossing their spoor. Had we had the proper arms, it may be that our hunt had ended differently. P. had a Martini Henry of the old .451 bore and a Mauser pistol, and I a .44 Winchester repeating carbine. We camped in the old, tumble-down building, half temple, half rest-house, that is common to most Chinese villages. P, insisted on cooking the dinner; also there was trouble about the bait, so that it was half-past nine and pitch dark when we sallied forth to the tree we had chosen for our watch. We had decided on a pig for bait, as he was likely to make the most noise. The grateful villagers, whom we had come out to rid of the blood-thirsty animals that were devouring their cattle, required some three times its value before they would part with it. Too late we discovered the deceit- fulness of that pig. In the temple it had protested so loudly as to drown all negotiations, but when at last tied up on the field of action it was the most contented pig I have ever known, and frantic pulls at the string at- tached to his leg were utterly useless to stir him to a sense of what was expected of him. At length, bitten all over by mosquitoes, and covered with ants, tree frogs, and that delightful bettle known to the Chinese as the “water buffalo,” I climbed down and charged out on the wretched animal, and by the light of the rising moon chased him round and round his tether till his squeals and the shouts of laughter from my companion in the tree might have been heard for miles. Hardly had I regained the foot of the tree when P. gave a shout m warning, and commenced firing rapidly over my head. An instant later one short wail from piggy announced that his duty was done, and I turned in time to see the tiger — a dark, formless mass — disappear into the cover with six dollars’ worth of pork belonging to us. It was against all rules and precedent. P. had struck a match and was lighting his pipe in calm disregard of my request that he would cover my sortie. I was on the ground within a few yards of the bait, while, I repeat, the noise of laughing and talking should have been, according to all our instruction books, sufficient to scare every tiger out of the province. However, fairly or not, the tiger had scored the first point, and there was nothing to do but to return to the temple. [March 18, 1905. Early next morning the headman of the village w; summoned, and, after much argument, some twen men were produced to beat the cover for us. \A started across the paddy like thq chorus of a com opera, with hoes, pitchforks, executioners’ swords, ar halberds. One man preceded the . party with a hu§ gong, which he smote lustily, to the great delight.'.: scores of children, who were enjoying holiday by re son of our occupying the village schoolroom, and tl rear was brought up by half a dozen kerosene tins at the village flautist. It was as impossible to keep the quiet till we should reach the ground and take 1 positions as it was to get them to stay there when vii had done so. Gradually and imperceptibly the beate: —who commenced by prodding gingerly at the extren edges of the jungle — melted away, and P. and I cot: eluded that, since beating was impossible, we must wato, over bait again. This time we were ensconced in our tree long befoii sunset, with a goat for bait. Hardly had the moo risen than out stalked, at about 100 yards’ range, a enormous tiger, who strolled nonchalantly across tl glade and disappeared into the opposite cover. Agai we pulled furiously at the bait. Not a sound follower and, after some hours’ wait, we descended, to find poc nanny — whether of pure fright or because she was poj sibly in extremis when purchased — was dead! After a long whispered conversation as to whethr, tigers took carrion or not, we again trudged sadl home. Personally, I incline to the opinion that we di not talk and laugh enough, also that a cigar woul have much improved our chances. Be that as it ma\: our- third attempt was made from a machan. P. an I built it next morning, and an interested audience c some fifty old women and children sat round and. cord mented. We. hollowed out a large bush, and built tb platform up inside; on the top we put a cunning roc. of plaited leaves. Derisive acquaintances, who ha never even seen a tiger running wild, rode out from th settlement and asked if it was a race meeting or 1 Punch and Judy show? But we were satisfied; i least it was better than roosting in trees with all mar ner of nocturnal insects, and we made it very com fortable with a mattress and cushions. Here w1 watched over Piggy II. for three nights without resul On the fourth we tried to tempt the tiger with a dog which, however, apparently gnawed through its rop and escaped, the most serious part of the incident be, ing that neither my companion nor I were awake: a: the time. Alas! that such a trivial incident should cause eve temporary estrangement between two fast friends. Eve if it was my watch, there were plenty more dogs to b had; besides, the dog had been sleeping comfortabl when I last remember. However, P. gathered up hi text-books and his punkah coolie — whom he now calle: a shikari — and pegged out a claim at the other end 0 the jungle; while I decided, since our quarry woul not follow the rules as laid down in books, to try p deceive him with a simple plan of my own. At sunset then, with several natives, I proceeded to a tree som; 100 yards from the one I intended to occupy. Here w; tied up a lean, scraggy pony and made the most nois’; , and shameless preparations for snaring the tiger. Sooi after dark settled down I crept quietly out of the tree stole back to the camp, and enjoyed the first night’ rest I had had for a week. At three I was called, am went down to my own tree. Now, I will not guarante- this plan as infallible, and it may be that the result hat nothing to do with what I still regard as rather ai^s original idea; but about half an hour after the fir si streak of dawn, and in a light by which a .44 carbim' is my only excuse for not dropping him there am then, a magnificent tiger emerged from the dense cove and passed within fifty yards of my tree. At my firs; shot the brute bounded into the air and made a dash ii my direction, approaching to within twenty yards o; the tree, where I gave him a second through the righ shoulder. With a snarl like that of a dog, the animal disappeared into the cover again, and I determined, i: spite of our last fiasco, to try a beat again. Within an hour I had collected thirty men, and senj cut coolies to find P. The animal’s trail was easy t(| follow, for the bushes were splashed with blood, but th< undergrowth was so thick that in some places it wa necessary to crawl on hands and knees. In this positioi'ti I suddenly heard a roar from the right of the line— ) of which I was the center — and a howl from one of tlvJ men. Pushing through as fast as I could. I found aif unfortunate beater had literally stumbled on the tige L and got badly mauled, his heel and the sole of the fool being half torn off. I directed two men to carry hini out, and was just about to follow when I saw througjj the foliage the yellow and black stripes of the tige; standing a few yards off and perfectly motionless, evi dently listening to the banging and the howling of tin beaters, who were closing round. I took a steady sho at what I imagine to have been his ribs, and the brute went down with a roar, at which all the men near m< fled. There were many trees around me, and I hurriedb selected one, for trees under certain circumstance": were meant for climbing. Before, however, I had go as high as I wished a branch broke, and I came dowr some fifteen feet on to the ground. There was, how ever, no sign of the tiger, and I returned to the open,' where I found P. had arrived. Between us we bourn up the mauled beater— who had actually been dropper by his carriers, and had crawled out alone— and sen1 him into the settlement. Guided by the beaters, whe were now all up trees, and gave one the impression o sailors clinging to the masts of sunken ships. P. and l: made another assault on the cover. The tiger wa:1 snarling and tearing up the grass within a few yard:, of the edge. It was impossible to aim at a vital spot owing to the foliage, so we each gave him a bullet, ant again the brute went down with a roar, evidently (ffi the subsequent gasping and “thundering”) shot througl the lungs. Here we left him to stiffen or die, whik we poured buckets of water over each other and cooler down. Within an hour the panting sounds had ceased and soon the treed beaters called out that the brute wa dead, but not a man would accompany us even thosi 218 -March 18, 1905.J ( w yards to find the carcass. It was now getting late, id, as it was imperative that we should secure our ig, and induce the frightened villagers to come down rom their trees before it grew dark, I started into the l iver alone. As I crawled cautiously in a man called Sit something I could not catch, but which was a warn- g that there were two tigers. r An instant later the brushes to my front were shaken colently, and, with a terrifying roar, a smaller tiger, obably the female, sprang out at me, knocking me' iwn backward. With the brute standing right over I je, I doubled myself up, covering my body with my *ms anl legs, and, after biting me several times below >Je knees, the animal sheered ofif, and I crawled back it the open. The tiger had won the second point and lie rubber, for this ended our amateur tiger hunt. For me days after bringing me back P. was laid up with mstroke, while the villagers refused to go near the river. For all I know, the mouldering skeletons of ;enty-nine beaters may yet hang in the trees of the iikma jungle. At least, somewhere hidden in the jdergrowth lies a tiger, whose skin is destined never . f grace the hearth of his enemies. Some day, when I jve recovered from the effects of big-game shooting, lam going to take possession of what is left. — F. Kyley Bell in London Field. License in Massachusetts* Phis bill (House Bill No. 336), sometimes called the pringfield bill,” has been the subject of much dis- iision by the sportsmen and farmers of Massachusetts • several weeks, and on Wednesday the most largely ended hearing of the season was held upon this asure before the Fish and Game Committee. Dn Tuesday evening the Board of Management of r Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- n met to consider what should be the attitude of the :te Association at the hearing. At this meeting all ipeed that the section exempting the landowner and limbers of his family from the necessity of obtaining icense to shoot on his own land, was open to serious ections. The section limiting the bag to five ruffed )use in one day was declared to be one of those asures so difficult to enforce, that it would prove of ■ le value as a protective measure. At the same time, I general opinion of most of those who participated :he discussion was that the bill had some merit, but /as finally decided that the Association should take a ition as against the bill, and Mr. C. W. Dimick was uested to appear in behalf of the Association, at the ring. Former Commissioner Edward H. Lathrop, Esq., of (iringfield, opened the case in favor of the bill. He Id thirty-five States require a license of some sort, I he thought it time for the old Bay Stat to fall into e with the others. He believed such a law would ve to protect song and insectivorous birds, as well game — a matter of much importance, as there had m more prosecutions for the killing of such birds n for killing game birds in his section of the State. t said more money is needed to carry on the work 1 stocking with quail and the strict enforcement of ne laws. Legislators are reluctant to impose heavier rjdens by increasing the appropriation for the work 9the commission, and sportsmen should be willing to iitribute at least one dollar a year for the enjoyment itheir favorite recreation. He urged that many States ce a limit upon the bag, and every hunter should satisfied with five birds for a day’s shooting. Birds are imated more by natural causes than by the gun, which thought responsible for not more than 10 per cent, of killing. To keep up the supply of quail, which, about :e in five or six years, are destroyed by a severe iter, it is necessary to procure them from other tes, and the bill provides for doing this — one-half income from license fees to be used for this purpose, the bill shall become a law, funds will also be pro- ed for the enforcement of protective laws. Repre- tative George M. Poland, of Wakefield, representing Game Association of Eastern Massachusetts, said mbers of that society were a unit in support of the , and many of them are farmers. t FOREST AND STREAM. Hon. Charles A. Gleason, of Springfield, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Agricultural Col- lege, said he was greatly interested in song birds, which had been decimated in the neighborhood of cities. “The biu does not go far enough,” he said, and the objec- tions raised against it he declared to be “petty,” Mr. S. D. Sherwood, of Springfield, claimed that the bill would be of great value to fishermen by “bracing up” the enforcement of fish laws. Support of the bill, he said, is based on the principle that any business or following subject to abuses should be regulated by licenses. The men who favor the bill belong to a class that is always considerate toward the “farmers’ rights,” and not to be regarded as in the same class as pot-hunters. The committee took up in connection with this House Bill No. 288, which provides for a license fee of $10 for unnaturalized foreigners, and Representative Woodhead, of North Adams, spoke in its favor. J. M. Van Huyck said the Protective Association of Berkshire County, of which he is secretary, approved both bills, but especially No. 288. He said there are no quail in his county, and there are many Syrians, Greeks and Italians living in the towns who . slaughter everything. The quail planted by W. C. Whitney on October Mountain a few years ago have disappeared and their only game bird is the ruffed grouse. ^ Dr. J. W. Bailey, of Arlington, said the Middlesex Sportsman’s Club was heartily in favor of the Springfield bill. Prof. W. L. Underwood, for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, upheld the bill. Mr. Ellerton James, of Nahant, was specially desirous the bill to license un- naturalized foreigners should be passed. In opposition to the bill, Hon. Ledyard Bill, of Paxton, made a rather lengthy argument, apparently omitting no valid (?) objection he could think of. From his stand- point his position was impregnable. “No new arguments have been presented since the Legislature of last year kicked it out,” he said, and the Worcester Fox Hunting Club could see no merit in the bill. “Cut the open season for shooting in halves,” is what he prescribes as a remedy for a scarcity of game birds. Representative Gleason, of Pittsfield, presented a lengthy petition against the measure from his constituents in the Pittsfield Gun Club. The testimony of Representative Ward, of Buckland, House chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, was _ very emphatic, and was important as voicing the sentiment of the farmers of his- section. He spoke “as a man from the farm,” he said. “All the freedom of farm life is to be taken away by this measure, the smallness of the fee having nothing to do with the question. Pass the bill and every farmer will post his land.” He said it would inaugurate a radical departure from the established usage of the Commonwealth in the disposal of funds, tak- ing from the Legislature “all control over appropria- tions.” Appropriations for specific purposes and a direct accounting are the rule in Massachusetts, he declared. Senator Gerrett, of Greenfield, Chairman of the Commit- tee on Agriculture, gave the movers for the bill credit for an “honest purpose,” but did not think it would ac- complish the desired result. Mr. C. W. Dimick entered the objections of the State Association. Senator Burns expressed the opinion that such a law would be a hard- ship on the common people for the benefit of city hunters. Mr. George L. Ladd, Master of the State Grange, entered a protest in behalf of thousands of farmers in the State. Other remonstrants were ex-Senator Wm. A. Morse, of Boston ; Representatives Bodurtha, of Blandford, and Chapin, of Bernardstown. The writer draws two conclusions from the testimony presented: First, the sentiment in favor of a license has gained much since last year. Second, the feeling in the western part of the State among farmers toward city sportsmen is not as cordial as in some sections. Central. Henry Norcross Munn. Henry N. Munn, for many years one of the publishers and proprietors of the Scientific American, died on Friday, March 10, at his home, 281 Lexington avenue, this city. He was nearly 54 years old. Although for the last ten years a great sufferer from the painful disease which finally caused his death, Mr. Munn was for a long time a keen sportsman. He was a good cross-country rider, having been master of the Essex County Hunt, and was an enthusiastic hunter, and years ago spent every hunting season in the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of big game. He owned a large preserve in New Jersey which was admirably kept up and very fully stocked with native and foreign birds. Before ill health compelled his retirement, he was a member of the South Side Club and the Blooming Grove Park Association. He was also a member of the New York Association for the Protection of Game and of the Boone and Crockett Club, as well as of social clubs such as the Union, Riding and Merchants clubs, and of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Mr. Munn was a more or less frequent correspondent of the Forest and Stream, and an account of an old pow- der horn descended to him from a prerevolutionary an- cestor will be remembered as having appeared in our columns a few years ago. He was devoted to sport, and when the time came when he could no longer enjoy the recreations which had meant so much to him, he took his pleasure largely in the recollections of the good times he had had out of doors, and in reading about the good times of others. Death of William W. King* Mr. Wm. W. King, General Superintendent of Norfolk & Southern Railway and a keen field sportsman, died last Wednesday in Norfolk, Va., at the home of his brother Morris K. King. Mr. King was born in Geneva, N. Y., and early undertook railway work. He assisted in build- ing the Manhattan Elevated Railway in New York city, and later in Virginia was occupied in the construction of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Mr. King was in- terested not only in quail shooting and duck shooting, but was also a big-game hunter and had made more than one trip to the moose country of the Northeast. Per- sonally he was a man of great charm. He was 51 years old. Albany Legislation* Albany, March 14. — The Hubbs spring duck shooting bill has been amended in the Assembiy out of all semblance of its former self. As it now stands it permits the shooting of ducks in the spring, not only oti Long Island, but in a dozen or fourteen counties up State. It is to be reprinted for further consideration. Governor Higgins has signed Assemblyman Wade’s bill (Int. No. 249), amending Section 03 of the game law so as to provide that the meshes of nets used in Lake Erie shall not be less than 1% inch bar. The Assembly has passed the following bills: Assemblyman West’s (Int. No. 469), in relation to the placing of carp in certain waters. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 265), in relation to taking fish through the ice in the town of North East, Dutchess county. Assemblyman Yale’s (Int. No. 771), relative to the close season for lake trout in Putnam county. Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 476), relative to the close sea- son for hares and rabbits in Sullivan and Schenectady counties. Assemblyman Gates’ (Int. No. 651), relative to the protection of beaver. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the following bills: Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 266), in relation to the close season for grouse, woodcock and quail in certain counties. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 264), in relation to the close season for trout in Dutchess county. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263), relative to the close season for squirrels in certain counties. Assemblyman Gates’ (Int. No. 651), for the protection of beaver. Assemblyman F. C. Wood’s, in relation to the compensation of game protectors. Additional bills have been introduced as follows: By Assemblyman Miller, by request (Int. No. 970), amending Section 101 so as to allow the hunting of deer in Nassau county with fox or staghounds, where deer are owned by residents of the ccunty and are marked so as to indicate their ownership, from Oct. 1 to April 31, both inclusive; but if the dogs kill any deer the offense shall be punishable in each case by a fine of $100. By Assemblyman Plank (Int. No. 95S), amending Section 6 so as to provide that pickerel, pike and muskallonge shall not be taken in the St. Lawrence River below the city of Ogdensburg from Jan. 1 to April 30, both inclusive; nor "elsewhere in the river from Jan. 1 to June 9, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Stevens (Int. No. 1206), amending Section 47 so as to provide that the close season for trout in Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties shall be from Sept. 1 to April 30, both inclusive. By Assemblyman Miller (Int. No. 994), amending Section 52 so as to forbid the pollution of streams inhabited by fish in Oueens, Suffolk and Nassau counties. By Assemblyman Whitney (Int. No. 1019), amending Section 59a so as to permit the use of tip-ups and set-lines in fishing through the ice in Big Sandy Pond, Oswego county. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always^ be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. ie Anglers* Casting Tournament. eld In Madison Square Garden, New York City, in Connection with the Motorboat and Sportsmen's Show, Febuary 21 to March 9, Inc.usive. (Concluded from page 196.) ‘his interesting event came to an end with the casting of Event 28 on the last night of the show, and our res are completed in this issue. Taken altogether, the rnament was a success, and in view of what is said :her on, it must be inferred that while tournament ing and fishing are two somewhat different proposi- t?, the one is of immense help in the other, provided angler gains all the information he can through ex- ence on the casting platform and the friendly advice criticism of tournament casters and anglers of the school, to whom these affairs are like water to a k — almost a necessity to their complete happiness >ughout the year. In all thirty-six persons took part :he different events, and of this number thirty won dsotue medals which they can wear as watch fobs or g up in their rod cabinets as pleasant reminders of an ir in which only good will and friendly rivalry ruled, objections were made W the management ef the events, and the decisions of the judges were accepted in the same spirit of fairness in which they were given out. In the fly-casting events the rods and reels and lines were about the same as are generally found in tourna- ments of the kind, and while it must be admitted that the extremely large and heavy enameled lines used in some events were not adapted to fly-fishing, still they were employed as such things generally are in tests of skill in which there are no restrictions against them. The featherweight rods for which the United States rod makers are becoming famous everywhere were used with success in this tournament, as they have been in others in recent years, and the criticism of English writers for some of the fishing papers — that they are mere toys, and therefore impractical for fishing — was certainly not borne out in these severe tests. It is an easy matter to make a four-ounce split bamboo rod that will prove worthless, but our rod makers do not stake their reputations on stuff they cannot warrant to be as near perfect in workman- ship as it is possible for human beings to make it. Most of the rods used had solid metal reel seats, but as the rules admitted 4^-ounce rods so fitted as four-ounce, an allowance of M-ounce being given for such reel seats, those which weighed four ounces, but had tiny reel bands instead of German silver reel seats, were in no wise handicapped, The bait-casting contests attracted no little attention, due to many causes too well understood by readers of Forest and Stream to be mentioned further ; but it was noticeable that freak rods and fittings were conspicuous by their absence, and the conditions were almost identical in the more important respects to those found in actual fishing. It is true that finer lines were used than in fish- ing, but lively old bronze-backers would have their work cut out for them should they attempt to break such lines as were employed. If their use served no other purpose, it proved that the bait-casters are getting in line with the procession which favors finer weapons and greater skill on the part of the man who shoots or fishes. The rods were 5^ to 7 feet in length, fitted with sensible guides in which agate was largely used. In fact, the implements used were all equal to service conditions. A few Garden records were broken. R. C. Leonard made three new_ ones. The first was when he cast 143 feet 7 inches with a half-ounce rubber frog; the second when he cast a quarter-ounce rubber frog 115 feet 7 inches, although credit must be given for a longer cast that was not inside the tank and made on a very dark afternoon; and third, for his cast of 96 feet 8 inches with a four-ounce fly-rod. H. W. Hawes deserves mention in connection with this quarter-ounce frog event, for he made a cast that was almost, if not fully, 125 feet in length, but 216 FOREST AND STREAM. j[MABCH I& X905. unfortunately for him, the frog fell on the edge of the tank, it being impossible to see clearly to cast so light a weight. Dr. C. M. Lucky is entitled to the plaudits of all casters for his wonderful skill in Event 17, which he won easily. His casts for accuracy were within 3, 5, 2, 1 and 1 feet of the center of the 6o-foot target; within 4, 2, .4, 5 and 1 feet of the 70-foot buoy, and he followed this up with casts of 94, 100, no, 108 and _iio feet x inch respectively, his average for accuracy being 97.1 per cent., and his average distance 104 feet 5 inches. . ... L. S. Darling also made a fine. showing in his average casting, and in the dry fly-casting for accuracy J. H. Cruickshank in five casts made one perfect score, two casts within a foot of the center, two within 2 feet and one of 6 feet. G. M. L. LaBranche, who followed him, scored x, 1, 1, 4 and 4, but just at this time, when he was in fine form to cast at the furthest target, his fly came off, and in his next attempt the best he could do was 11 feet. The exhibition was thoroughly enj oyed by all, however. The events cast off since our last issue went to press follow in proper order: Event 22, Monday Night, March 6. This event was not filled until long past the hour set, and then only three contestants entered, Mr. Darling win- ning the gold medal. It was for five-ounce trout fly-rods, distance alone to count, with the usual allowances for solid reel seats. Harold DeRaasloff and J. D. Smiti were the judges; referee, H. G. Henderson Robert B. Law- rence tried for the first time to cast a fly without a reel, but while he has often made long casts m practice and in these tournaments, said he could not get accustomed to the change. A great many of the fly-casters use a laige wood salt-water reel for their lines, the reel being placed near the platform and 100 feet or more of line uncoiled from it before they begin to cast. From the reel the line runs through the first guide, as usual, and is more easily controlled after one becomes accustomed to the change m the balance of the rod. The heavy enameled lines used m tournament fly-casting do not become set in small spirals if kept on the big wood reels, and run more freely through the guides in consequence. The score : Ft In Ft. In. L. S. Darling 89' 07* Robert B. Lawrence 65 06 D. T. Abercrombie 69 00 Event 23, Tuesday Afternoon, March 7. While similar to Event 17, the distances in this one were 60 and 80 feet instead of 60 and 70 feet, but m other respects the conditions were alike. It was open to all, casting from the reel with quarter-ounce rubber frogs Each contestant made one trial cast and five record casts at the 6o-foot buoy, then a trial cast and five record casts at 80 feet, followed by two preliminary and five record casts for distance. The conditions were much more diffi- cult than in the 60 and 70-foot accuracy casting, as more line was in the water between casts,. and numerous back- lashes resulted in consequence, the lines becoming soaked after the preliminary practice and the twenty casts at the buoys Mr. Lucky, whose casting on Friday afternoon was much discussed by the old-timers, who repeatedly congratulated him on his phenomenal performance and splendid average, spoiled his second distance cast by the line sticking and overrunning, while the next attempt netted him only 56 feet, and the same thing caused him to lese several points on his second cast at the 8o-foot buoy. Mr Darling again had trouble with his reel, which would overrun at times despite his skill in manipulating it, while Mr. Frazer, a novice on the tournament platform, had entirely too much line on his reel, and could not control it after it had become soaked. . There were comparatively few persons in the Garden during the afternoon, and on y a handful on the casting platform, evidently as a result oi the difficulty of getting about town because of the strike on Eleveated and Subway trams. F L. Metcalf and G. M. L. LaBranche were the judges; referee, Chancellor U Levison. The score, per cent. : Distance Accuracy Total Average. Average. Average. s~, nr t 1 ju fi 50 160.60 C. M. Lucky ™ on L. S. Darling 61.8 <9 i&j-Jg Perry D. Frazer 38.4 320 lUb.W Event 24, Tuesday Night, March 7. Only those who had records of 90 feet or more in similar events were barred from this one, which was. tor trout fly-rods, distance alone to count, and no restrictions on weight of rod or length of leader. The conditions referred to above were responsible for a very small at- tendance of visitors to the Garden during the evening, and those who were present evidently remained down town and went to the Garden in preference to trying to get home on the Elevated and Subway trams, which were almost out of commission after the rush hours. The judges were J. D. Smith and R. G. Thomas, referee, Milton H. Smith. The score : Ft. In. Ft. In* R. F. Cruickshank 85 00 W. F. Cruickshank 75 00 D. T. Abercrombie 78 06 Event 25, Wednesday Afternoon, March 8. Single-hand bait-casting from free running reels, with quarter-ounce rubber frog, distance alone to count, and open to all. Any rod could be used. Each contestant was allowed three trial casts, after which he was required to make five record casts, the longest one to count as his score. He must lose the count for every time the frog went outside of the tank, and every man lost one or more casts in this event by the frog going outside, because of the lack of light necessary in judging direction. The event was started about 4 o’clock. The sky was heavily overcast and rain was falling lightly. In the Garden the light was so faint that it was absolutely impossible to see the frog until it reached a point on a level with the caster’s eyes, when it was too far away and too low down for him to control it, and this was the cause of missing the tank or casting short Mr. Leonard, who was last to cast, had more light than the others, for when he was midway of his score some of the overhead lights were turned on, making conditions slightly better than they were at first; but this was after he had scored .115 feet 7 inches and made a new Garden record for this style of bait-casting. His other east measured xo6 feet 2 inches, and he had three outside the tank, one of them far beyond his record cast. He used a 514-foot split bamboo rod fitted with three large agate narrow ring guides and an agate top. His reel was a small multiplier and his line soJhin that it seemed like a bit of spider web floating in the air; but it reached out for distance in a manner com- pelling the admiration of all. The frog used was in fact a soft rubber frog, and not a weight such as has been used in some tournaments elsewhere and called frog- casting. As a matter of fact, the half-ounce frogs used in this tournament were much more difficult to cast than a solid rubber weight or a bit of wood weighted in order that it might be projected through the air like a bullet, heavy end first, and the quarter-ounce frogs, while offer- ing much less resistance to the air, were not easy to cast. Hiram Hawes was first on the platform. The light was very bad, indeed. His preliminary cast was the best one so far made in the Garden with quarter-ounce frog, and his longest cast was almost, if not quite, 125 feet, but it went outside the tank and therefore did not count, much to everybody’s regret. Altogether he got three casts out- side, and had to be content with 63 feet 5 inches, much to his own amusement, so well satisfied was he with the good showing he had made at the start-off. He used a rod and line very similar to those employed by Mr. Leonard, and after he had finished loaned his outfit to Mr. LaBranche, who had brought no rod with him, but went in on the chance of mastering a strange rod in three trial casts. And that he did this amused everybody, par- ticularly Mr. Hawes, for no man ever yet objected to being beaten with his own outfit. The judges were H. G. Flenderson and L. S. Darling; referee, R. H. Klotz. The score : Ft. In. Ft. In. R. C. Leonard 115 07 H. W. Hawes 63 05 G. M. L. La Branclie... 79 09 A good deal of fun was had after this event had been finished over a reel one of the visitors was trying but could do nothing with, as it overran so badly at every cast that it was next to impossible to cast further than 50 feet with it even when the click was on and acting as a drag. The owner was tendered all sorts of advice, and finally an old-time angler tried the outfit himself, and fail- ing to cast further than about 15 feet, was challenged to a test by a friend. This was accepted, and the challenger lost, he scoring 14 feet to 15 feet for his friend, where- upon a third man tried his skill and scored almost 20 feet. The writer loves the fresh air and life too well to mention names ; but the owner of the reel extracted some comfort from the fun, as he was at once acquitted of blame for the eccentricities of the reel, which seemed to start hard, then run backward instead of forward, as it should. 1 iilji Event 26, Wednesday Night, March 8. Only those who had records of 100 feet or more were barred from this event, which called for single-hand trout fly-casting for distance only with any rod and leader. The judges were H. G. Henderson and Robert B. Lawrence; referee, R. H. Klotz. The score : Ft. In. Ft. In. L. S. Darling 93 00 N. S. Smith 77 06 King Smith 81 00 D. T. Abercrombie 70 08 Event 27, Thursday Afternoon, March 9. The rain, which had been falling intermittently during the past two days, and the rapid transit difficulties, kept many visitors and anglers away from the Garden. Still the faithful ones were on deck for the afternoon event, which was for black bass fly-casting, distance only, and open to all without restrictions on rods or leaders. Mr. Darling won the gold medal easily with a score of 95 feet. Messrs. Lawrence and Henderson again acted as judges, and J. D. Smith as referee. The score : Ft. In. Ft. In. L. S. Darling 95 00 Dr. J. G. Knowlton 73 00 N. S. Smith 75 07 D. T. Abercrombie 71 00 Event 28, Thursday Night, March 9. The concluding event was not started until late because of the dearth of anglers present, the rain continuing to keep the visitors away. It was open tO' all without any restrictions, single-hand trout fly-casting. .Mr. Darling was short of the century mark but a few inches on his longest cast and won first place again. The judges were C. G. Levison and Robert B. Lawrence, with R. H. Klotz as referee. The score. Ft. In. Ft. In. L. S. Darling 98 04 D. T. Abercrombie 72 00 N. S. Smith 77 06 Milton H. Smith 50 00 A summary of those who contested in the twenty-eight events, and the number of first, second or third places won by them, follow, first winning a gold medal,, second a silver medal, and third a bronze medal, respectively : Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. L. S. Darling 8 5 2 R. C. Leonard 6 10 King Smith 2 1 1 E. T. Mills 2 10 W. H. Cruickshank..... 2 0 1 D. Brandreth 2 0 C. M. Lucky 2 0 0 R. F. Cruickshank 2 0 0 G. M. L. La Branche 12 1 H. G. Henderson 10 3 J. H. Cruickshank 10 1 D. T. Abercrombie 0 4 2 N. S. Smith 0 3 1 H. W. Hawes 0 2 4 W. D. Cloyes 0 2 0 H. G. Henderson, Jr.... 0 2 W. H. Hammett 0 1 3 C. R. Woodward 0 1 1 W. T. Morrison.. 0 1 1 Charles Stepath 0 1 1 Will K. Park 0 0 2 Lody Smith 1 0 0 Harold De Raaslof? 0 1 0 E. B. Rice 0 10 A. J. Marsh 0 0 1 R. B. Lawrence 0 0 1 J. G. Knowlton 0 0 1 Albert Barends 0 0 1 R. H. Klotz 0 0 1 Perry D. Frazer..... 0 0 1 The Log of a Sea BY CHARLES F. HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING," “TO: ADVENTURES OF TORQUA, ETC, All communications for Forest and Stream- must be directed to. Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other oMce. On the Trail of the Cobia — Wading and Casting— A Gan: Fish — The Ocean Maskinonge — Diving for Fan Shells — The Beating of the Ckvally — Insatiate Jacks — A Menacing Wreck. I never wearied drifting over the clear waters of th mosaic-like reef. There was always some new fish, sonr rare bit of marine scenery, some fresh delight given t catch the eye. I had left the outer keys, the Bull Pu was anchored at Harden Key, and the meix were playin seven-up in the long rangy quarters. There was a abundance of Pain Killer, and peace reigned on the out< reef. Every day I took the dinghy and sculled out ov< the lagoon formed by Long and Bush keys and the lop barrier roof that stretched to' the south, and poled ov< the glass-like surface with my grain pole, picking t crawfishes, diving over for large conchs and watchir the constant and varying throng of fishes. Here were tl true pastures of the sea, the groves where fishes roame and what at night was a vast fishes’ rialto, all sorts ar kinds of creatures climbing up the side of this lofi mountain to graze and feed on its summit. At the head of .the shallow lagoon stood four or fit mangrove trees. At high tide they were in the wate but at the ebb Bush Key appeared like an island, and h; it not been for a particularly heavy hurricane, which understand visited the islands a few years ago, wou still have been above water. Now Bush Key was makii a hard battle, and out in the lagoon and all about we numerous old mangrove trunks and roots which had su cumbed to gales long ago, and were now the homes countless birds of the sea. Each root was the dwellii place of radiant angelfishes, crabs that vied with sapphir in beauty, and worms whose breathing organs were lil flowers of dazzling hue. One day when skirting Bush Key I saw out from t shore a bunch of old mangrove roots, and in the shade of one, lying in fairly deep water, a graceful fish at lea; five feet in length. I do not know that I ever came near having buck fever, as I tried to stop the dinghy at* back her off without alarming the game, which I took f a very large barracuda. But fortune favored me, and pushed the dinghy inshore and exchanged the grain pc for the rod — a bamboo affair about the size used f striped bass or yellowtail on the Santa Catalina grounc My line was a 21-thread, and the hook a 7/0 O’Shaug nessy, which I baited with a small mullet, then cautious waded out in the direction of the stump, having slipp on an old pair of brogans kept in the dinghy for the pi pose and known as “coral skates.” The water was cle as crystal, and seemed to have a magnifying effect, i tensifying the size and color of everything. Wh twenty feet from the mangrove stump I could distinc see it, and far into the blue water beyond, as the r< dropped away here into unknown deeps — a toboggan sli down the coral mountain. . ; 1 Presently I could see about half of my fish’s tail, whi was moving gently, like the tail of a cat, though not w the same purpose; then I saw a stripe, black and p: nounced. No barracuda this. I moved carefully to 1 left a few steps on the dead coral rock that I might 1 alarm this vision, and suddenly had a glimpse of the dc under jaw of the fish. The truth broke upon me — it v the cobia that Bob had promised me time and again, 1 always failed to produce ! Here it was, the king of 1 tribe, and in the best of locations. I stood a moment eyeing it, and if water transrr sounds, the fish might have heard my heart heat. I s it move ahead a few inches, the splendid eye came ii view, then it backed in again and I fancied that on opposite side of the mangrove root there was a proj ectf a sort of roof beneath which the fish was lying in a wi open-eyed siesta. How long I stood in this garden of the sea I know n but I took in all its beauties — the turquoise sea beyo the wealth of sea fans in purple and lavender, and pc ing over them the fish which might be called the m kinonge of the sea. It was a fascinating situation, s the sun had killed the wind. The bait was reeled well to the tip, and stepping back so the fish could not see 1 I made an overhand half cast, tossing the mullet into water a few feet beyond the cobia, then reeling somew rapidly, so that the bait appeared to. be swimming ale before it, not ten feet away. I have watched many fishes strike, hut it seemed to somewhat exhilarated senses that this was the most markable one I had ever witnessed. There was a fls] a streak or blaze of black and white, and the cobia 1 my bait. It jerked several feet from the taut line b; savage swing of its big head to the right, and witl swirl on the surface that tossed the water nearly to wh I stood, was away. I fancied that it attempted to ret to the root, but saw me as I slipped at the sudden str: and lunged outward; then it made for the turquoise i swimming down the side of the reef into deep water, animated whirlwind. My rod and reel had hysterics. The former bowed : bent in the savage manner that a large amberjack yellowtail ( Seriola ) can accomplish, and the reel s; the weird barcarole of the line stealers of the sea. long and continued a wail I have rarely heard, am was continually edged out until I stood in water wa deep on the very borders of the deep, down into, whic could see deep and deeper blues. How long this splendid rush continued I have no re, lection, but at least two hundred and -fifty feet of melted away before I stopped the game, and then it b mered on the rod with a viciousness that made it cr and all but buckle. Pounding, shaking its head, it seer to stop a moment, then shot around in a half- circle, t at me like an arrow. I reeled as rapidly as fingers c< move, the powerful multiplier eating up the line gallar but the cobia swept in like a flash of light, towing a g bend of line after it; then turning, it made an offsf rush demoralizing in its intensity. For fifteen minutes this splendid fish amused itsel my expense, forcing me to prance up and down- the 1 where more than once I tripped and sat down in water, head and heels. For fifteen minutes it rushed plunged, fought and hammered, until I was filled with March 18, 1905.] miration at its gaminess and began to develop an amiable weakness which I confess to — wishing so game a creature might escape; but the cobia was hooked, and, fighting to the last, it came slowly in, always hunting for some coral head or some old root on which to cut the line. But I led it up the reef, and having no gaff, hauled it on to the sands of Long Key. There in the shallows I took base advantage, and as the fish doubled and thrashed, grasped it by the throat and dragged it up the sandy slope, as fine a game fish as one could wish in a thousand years. It was nearly five feet in length, must have weighed be- tween 20 and 30 pounds, and when fresh had two remark- ably distinct stripes from head to tail, one passing through the eye. The head was flat, the back a rich dark green, a reflection of the Zostera that grew in its meadows. Over its neck was a dark collar-like mark; but the most striking feature was the tail, which was twice as large as that of a pike or maskinonge of that size, which served to detract from the general size of the fish, and explained its fighting quality. One good whisk of that organ, and el carte conada would shoot ahead like a cannon ball. Its dorsal and ventral fins were large and sail-like, the highest point being amidships. The head was sharp, but flat, the lower jaw protruding, expressing determination, the eye bright. In a word, this cosmopolite, this fish that is found in many seas under many names, this game crea- ture with few kinsmen, and rarely taken with the rod, was a game fish in every sense, and that night, when it was baked and served on a pine plank with a Havana lemon in its mouth, I found compensation for the crime of taking its life. Later I caught a number of cobias, which made splendid battle for liberty, while several caught me unawares. The fish has all the fierceness of the maskinonge, which it resembles in a general way, and I invariably found it lying in the lee of some old wreck or mangrove root, ready to dart out at prey of various kinds. I lured it with live bait, spirit crabs — in fact, the latter were irre- sistible— and live sardines were fatal to its peace of mind. One of the charms of this great reef was the variety of its game. Something new was always turning up. In drifting along the edge of the reef one morning I found a remarkable forest of sea fans. They were at least three feet.in height. I dived down to see if I could not wrench some of them off. When reaching the grove I saw upon them a number of fan shells that are in a sense parasitic on gorgonias ; at least I never found them elsewhere ; about, an inch or a little longer in length, of a rich yellow hue, in shape like sleeve links, and sometimes used as such. They are among the most beautiful of shells, and on the yellow gorgonia, from one of which I took five, it was almost impossible to distinguish them, so well did the colors assimilate with that of this living fan of the sea. While diving for these shells and enjoying the clear water that changed its temperature so quickly ten feet below the surface, I heard as I came up a peculiar roaring sound. It came rapidly, like the rustle of dried leaves on an autumn day, then increased until it became a roar. As I climbed, into the dinghy I saw on the adjacent Long Key a region of foam on the otherwise clear water reach- ing from the end of the island alongshore for some dis- tance and fifty feet out into the lagoon. In a few minutes the dinghy shot into the center of the disturbance, and I found myself in a school of large cavally or jacks (Caranx hippos ), a fine fish of indomitable spirit. They had surrounded a school of sardines, and the noise was occasioned by their rushes along the surface in search of their prey. Having a rod at hand I cast on the edge, the game striking on the second, nearly jerking the rod from me. It made a splendid rush out and around, taking several hundred feet of line and making the reel hum. As a demonstration of power it was magnificent, and before I could stop the rush the big jack turned of its own voli- tion and came in like a race horse, passing under the dinghy. I think the line must have been cut by the hun- dreds of jacks dashing to and fro; in any event, we parted company. The demonstrations became so extraor- dinary that I poled the dinghy through the throng of fishes, hauled her on the beach, and literally waded out into the school, rod in hand. It was an absurd position for an angler, as all I had to do was to stoop down and pick up the jacks, which I shortly did, grasping them by the tail. I fancied that some of them gave me an electric shock as I held them, the fish wriggling violently. Perhaps it was fancy, but anyone who has attempted to hold a freshly-caught bonito by the tail will recall the peculiar sensation. The beach was lined with a mass of sardines three feet wide. Utterly terrorized, they were packed in a solid mass, so that I stepped on them and could pick them up by hundreds, as they paid no attention to me. Into this and the outer masses of apparent millions the jacks were plunging. The desire for carnage had seized them, and long since satiated with food,. they were now killing for the mere lust of it, and rapidly the water became painted encar- nadine, while a ribbon of blood marked the long and sinuous shore line. As I waded out into the throng, the jacks completely ignored me; they repeatedly struck my legs, and I easily caugbt big fellows by the tail and lifted them where they were massed. In a few moments they apparently had driven the sardines inshore, where they formed an almost solid line about two or three feet thick, which they now charged with great fury, with the result that they threw themselves high and dry upon the sands. I saw as many as fifty cavallies, weighing from seven to twelve and some fifteen pounds, bounding up and down on the white sand,; so reaching the water again, their silvery sides, the dark 'green of their backs and the flashes of vivid gold of their fins presenting an animated spectacle. I had heard Bob speak of “jack beats.” the noise of which could be heard a mile distant, and had considered it a reef fish story,' but here was the reality to confound the skeptic, and I soon saw my men coming across the channel. They had heard the deafening roar from the other key, and in a short time were in the thickest of it. They pulled up the boat and rushed into the “beat,” catching the jacks by the tail, tossed them out upon the sands by the dozen, jacks being in demand at any and all - times. Other spectators began to appear — every gull, peli- can and man-o’-war bird on the reef within a radius of FOREST AND STREAM. three miles seemed to scent the prey, and the water was soon covered with them, creating a scene difficult to describe and beyond the bounds of imagination. For twenty minutes the roar continued, then the jacks, apparently worn out or satiated, drew off like cavalry and finally disappeared ; but for a long time the sardines hugged the shore and permitted the birds to gorge them- selves upon them. The jacks had demoralized them so utterly that they ignored other foes. I recall Isaac McLellan’s verse: “Swift speed crevalle over that watery plain, Swift over Indian River’s broad expanse. Swift where the ripples boil with finny hosts, Bright glittering they glance; And when the angler’s spoon is o’er them cast, How fierce, how vigorous the fight for life! Now in the deeps they plunge, now leap in air, Till ends the unequal strife.” The poet of the rod must have seen a jack beat in the happy land of fishes, where butter is a drink and milk grows on trees. Nearly every day in May and June the roar of a “jack beat” could be heard on the reef, and I can compare the peculiar fascination it exerted only to that of a fire to some people, who rise at any hour of the night to indulge in the gratification of seeing the flames lick up house or forest. I rarely missed a jack beat, and often lying off a school had sport that would have charmed the most critical angler, as the jack is the in- carnate spirit of war. The word defeat is not in his vocabulary. He may be outfought, but he is never de- feated ; he may have been whipped, but he has never dis- covered it. There are several varieties of jacks. One, the jurel, which Chief called the Cajinua, was a splendid game, and with a io-ounce rod I found the smaller ones delight makers. I had a strange experience a few nights ago. The nights have been clear and beautiful, with a full moon, and Bob proposed that we run down to* Marquesas Keys, some forty miles to the eastward. We started in the afternoon, running before the wind. The water was smooth, and when the moon came up every wave seemed to catch its effulgence and change to silver, while the Gulf itself, that silent, mysterious stream flowing along so quietly, was ablaze with phosphorescent light. We ap- peared to be sailing down a river of silver, when suddenly a deep black mass caught my eye dead ahead, a black hole in the river of moonlight it appeared; yet around the lower line the phosphorescence blazed. Bob hauled the sloop into the wind, and a few minutes later we rounded ' up alongside the hulk of a large schooner, a total wreck, drifting along in the great river or stream that poured through the Straits of Florida to sweep up the coast. She was half full of water and the waves were sloshing over the deck. Bob ran alongside and I went aboard. The vessel had evidently been struck by a hurricane somewhere, as the masts were broken off flush with the deck, and her rigging had gone with the masts. She was deserted, and was the picture of desolation; yet appar- ently her hull was sound. The cabin was half full of water, and chairs and clothing were washing about, noth- ing being disturbed. She had the appearance of a ship that had suddenly been deserted, every man leaving her without going below. There was not a living thing to be seen except a tarantula, which, when I placed it in a saucer, could touch the edges all around with its furry legs. The crew were either drowned, or supposing that the vessel was sinking, they had taken to the boats, leav- ing her a wreck and a menace to navigation. She hailed from the island of Trinidad, and was loaded with a cargo of jelly and brandied fruit. We stood by her some time, then sailed east, where we reported the wreck, and a few days later she was towed into port. The sale of that wreckage ruined the Key West and Havana markets for guava jelly for many a day. The keys of this reef have been the scene of many tragedies. There is little doubt that freebooters and pirates frequented them in the early days, the harbor of Garden Key being eminently fitted for a refuge in days when there were no long range guns or steamers. There are several entrances to the first harbor, so that a fleet of schooners could easily elude the crew of a large vessel. In the period up to i860 the reef was dotted with wrecks after a hurricane, and many wreckers made their head- quarters at Key West. Their skippers seemed to have developed a sixth sense, which enabled them to scent a wreck. Wrecks in the early days were often prearranged. A ship was heavily insured and deliberately wrecked. In 1903 I passed the reef to the west of Loggerhead. The sea was making a clear breach over it, and the teeth of the coral was plainly visible, though the Gulf was perfectly smooth. In a word, no one could fail to recognize the spot as deadly m the best of weather ; yet in 1862, during my first trip to the reef, I saw a big ship under full sail crash into this coral reef on a bright day. Twelve hours later she was surrounded by a fleet of wreckers that came steaming down from Key West like birds of prey. [to be continued.] The Fly-Casting; Tournament. While the fly-casting competition in connection with the New York Sportsman’s Show attracted much interest and resulted in the making of notable records, much dis- satisfaction has been expressed, both by participants and spectators, with the facilities provided for the contests. The casting was done over an elevated tank, which was sadly deficient in length for the skilled work of the long distance casters; and by reason of its elevation above the floor was beyond the view of spectators except from the galleries. The fly-casting, it is pointed out, is always a drawing card, and it deserves the most perfect arrange- ment practicable to be secured. All who are interested in the sport will hope that another year the provision made for the competitions will be more adequate. As an outgrowth of the competitions, a fly-casting club is form- ing, of which particulars will be given in our next issue. 217 Economic Aspects of National Fish Culture and Acclimatization.* BY HUGH M. SMITH. The question is often asked, “Does government fish- culture pay?” or, “Are the economic results of national fishculture commensurate with the cost?” The people who entertain doubts on this point are mostly those who have not taken the time or had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with what has been attempted and what has been accomplished by the national and State fish commissions. Much evidence can be adduced to show that the fish- cultural operations of the general government are of direct financial benefit to the country at large. The results, in the case of some species, have been so striking and so widespread that it would be almost as supererogatory to refer to them as to discuss the utility of agriculture; in the case of other species there can be no doubt of the value of the work, although it may be only occasionally possible to distinguish the effects of human intervention on the fish supply from those due to natural causes. Some of the important results of the Commission’s efforts, which have previously been cited in the reports, may appropriately be again referred to, if only to draw attention to the continuance of the results. The leading river fish of the eastern seaboard is the shad. No other anadromous species has been more ex- tensively cultivated, and none is now so dependent on artificial measures for its perpetuation. Inasmuch as the principal fisheries are in interstate or coastal waters and the movements of the fish from the high seas to our rivers and back to the high seas place it beyond the claim to ownership which might be urged by the various States were the shad a permanent resident within their jurisdic- tion, it has seemed especially desirable and necessary that this species should be fostered bv the general Government for the benefit of the entire country. The shad was one of the first species whose artificial propagation was taken up by the Fish Commission, and its cultivation is to day a leading factor in fishery work. Almost every large shad stream has been the site of hatching operations, and dur- ing the ten years ending in 1903 the number of artificially hatched shad returned to public waters by the Govern- ment was over one and a half billion. An important point is that these eggs are taken from fish that have been caught for market, and hence would be totally lost if the Commission did not collect them from the fishermen. The great multiplication of all kinds of fishing ap- pliances on the coast, in the bays, in the estuaries, and along the courses of the rivers results in the capture of a very large part of the run each season before the shad reach the spawning grounds, and hence the natural in- crease is seriously curtailed, and, in some streams, almost entirely prevented. The steady increase in the shad catch in the face of conditions more unfavorable than confront any other fish of our eastern rivers is conclusive evidence of the beneficial effects of artificial propagation. In 1880, prior to which year shad cultivation had been on a com- paratively small basis, the total yield of this species from Maine to Florida was 18,000,000 pounds ; during the four succeeding years the supply in many of the streams de- creased to such an extent that the abandonment of the fishery, as a commercial enterprise, was imminent. From 1885, when the largely increased plants of fry began to produce results, until the present time, the trend of the fishery has been steadily upward in every stream. Against a product of 18,000,000 pounds, worth $995,000, in 1880, is to be placed an. annual catch of over 50,000,000 pounds, valued at $1,700,000, at the present time. As a result of the increased abundance of shad, the cost of this toothsome food has been materially reduced, but even at the price actually received the value of the increase in the annual catch at this time is upward of a million dollars, or more than three times the amount expended by the Government in the propagation of shad in twenty years. Evidence is not lacking to show that the long-continued and increasingly extensive fishcultural operations on the Great Lakes have prevented the depletion of those waters in the face of the most exhausting lake fisheries in the world. The luscious whitefish, the splendid lake trout, the excellent pike-perch or wall-eyed pike, are hatched in such numbers as to assure their preservation without further curtailing the fisheries. The magnitude of the salmon fisheries of the Pacific States has required very extensive artificial measures to keep up. the supply. Hatcheries have been established on tributaries of the Sacramento and Columbia, in the Puget Sound region, and on some of the short coast rivers ; here are taken the eggs of the royal chinook, of the scarcely less royal blue-back, and of other species, and here each year millions of young salmon are started on their way to salt water. Having grown and waxed fat on the rich pasturage of the ocean, these fish return to the rivers to spawn in from two to four years. Some seasons as many as 75,000,000 salmon eggs have been collected, a quantity representing nearly 21,000 quarts, or 650 bushels. A remarkable fact in the history of the Pacific salmons — of which there are five species — is that without exception all fish which enter any stream on. the entire coast, from the Golden Gate to the Arctic Ocean, die after once spawning, none surviving to return to the sea. This wise provision of nature to prevent the overstocking of streams has been made foolish by the appearance of man on the scene ; he not only catches the salmon in the coast waters and the lower courses of the rivers with gill nets, seines, and pound nets, in the upper waters with the same ap- pliances supplemented by the fish wheels, and on the spawning grounds with all sorts of contrivances, but. in certain sections even carries his foolhardy greed to -the extent of barricading the streams so that no fish can reach the waters where their eggs must be deposited. Natural ieproduction, thus so seriously curtailed, is not sufficient to keep up the supply in many of the streams where fishing is most active, for many of the eggs escape fertilization, many more are eaten by the swarms of predaceous fishes that haunt the spawning beds, and many are lost in various other ways during the long hatching /Extract from a lecture by Hugh M. Smith, deputy commis- sioner, entitled “How the Government Maintains the Fish Sup- ply,” delivered before the Geographical Society of Baltimore January 1903, and printed in the Report of the Commission of Fish and Fisheries. 218 FOREST AND STREAM. pte,*w period; while the helpless fry and alevin fall a ready prey to the same fishes in the upper waters and the young sal- mon have to run the long gauntlet of the rivers only to meet new foes in the estuaries, on the coast, and in the open sea. It is, therefore, no wonder :that artificial propagation on a large scale is imperatively demanded in the western salmon streams, and is actively urged and highly com- mended by fishermen, canners, business men, and the public at large. The beneficial influence of the work of the Government, supplemented by that of the three coast States, has been unmistakable in some sections, and can- not be doubted in general; but it has. not often been pos- sible to distinguish definitely the increase due to natural from that due to artificial propagation ; recently, however, some striking evidence of the benefits arising from the hatchery operations has come from the experimental marking of young salmon before liberation. Thus, a lot of 5,000 fingerlings incubated at the Clackamas (Oregon) station in 1896 were released after being marked in such a way that they could be recognized if again caught. In 1898 375 of these marked fish, averaging 27 pounds, were caught in the Columbia and 5 in the Sacramento, and in the two following seasons probably 70 more were taken, the aggregate weight of the salmon known to have been recaptured being not less than 10,000 pounds. The outcome of this experiment is of extraordinary significance. It means that for every thousand fingerling salmon hatched and liberated by the Fish Commission on the Columbia, 2,000 pounds of adult fish were caught for market two, three and four years later. Let us reduce this to a financial basis and see what a striking exhibit is made : The total expense to the Government of hatch- ing and planting salmon is under $1 per thousand fish of the size in question; the value of the resulting salmon caught by the fisherman is, at a very reasonable estimate, 5 cents per pound, or $100 for the 2,000 pounds actually taken. It is not claimed or expected that such extraordinary results are regularly attained, but, if the average outcome is only one-tenth as large as shown by these figures, then the salmon work of the Commission is yielding an actual money return of 1.000 per cent, per annum. Man’s possible influence on the fishes of the onen sea is problematical, but there is no doubt of the effects of human intervention on the abundance of fishes and other animals which regularly frequent the bays and coastal waters, more especially the bottom-living species like the cod, the flounders, and the lobster, which are hatched in large numbers at the marine establishments of the Com- mission. The utility of fishculture as applied to the cod is scouted by some people in the United States and abroad; singularly enough, however, some of these same people are willing to admit *Ve injury done by overfishing or indiscriminate fishing. In taking up the culture of the cod many years ago, and in continuing it to the present time, the Fish Commission has proceeded on the principle that the effects of man’s improvidence may be counteracted by the application of man’s ingenuity and power in aiding nature. The ultimate success of cod culture on the Atlantic coast was therefore confidently expected, and the expectations have been more than realized. Practical results of an unmistakable char- acter were first manifested in 1889, since which time a very lucrative shore cod fishery has been kept up on grounds that were entirely depleted or that had never contained cod in noteworthy numbers in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. There is much unsolicited testi- mony on this point from many people who have profited from the past twelve or fifteen years’ operations gt Gloucester and Woods Hole stations. The benefits have not been confined to the immediate vicinity of the hatcheries, but have extended westward and southward along the Middle Atlantic coast and eastward along the whole coast of Maine. A very important line of practical work conducted by the Commission is the transplanting of aquatic food ani- mals into waters to which they were not indigenous. This work is addressed not only to lake, pond and stream fishes like the basses and trouts, but also to the sea-going species like the salmon, shad and striped bass. Examples of the results of such efforts have been published in the annual reports from year to year, and some further data will appear elsewhere in the current report ; but attention is particularly drawn to two of the most successful in- stances of acclimatization of native fishes. About thirty years ago the shad and the striped bass of the Atlantic Coast were introduced on the Pacific Coast; the slender colonies became established, flourished, extended them- selves widely, and multiplied to such an extent that these two species now rank among the leading food fishes of the Pacific States, and in certain localities exist perhaps in greater abundance than in any waters on the Atlantic Coast. The economic results of what was at first only an experiment may be thus stated: Total cost of planting shad and striped bass on Pacific Coast, under $5, 000 Average annual catch of these fish at present time, pounds 2,500,000 Yearly market value of the catch.. $100,000 Aggregate catch to end of 1902, pounds.... 18,900,000 Total value of the catch to end of 1902. ....... $670,000 The figures to 1905 follow : Total cost of planting shad and striped bass on Pacific Coast, under $5, 000 Average annual catch of these fish at present time, pounds 4,000,000 Yearly market value of the catch $165,000 Aggregate catch to end of 1904, pounds 26.400,000 Total value of the catch to the end of 1904. .... $955,000 Striped Bass on the Pacific Slope. Editor Forest and Stream: _ In the exceedingly interesting and valuable contribu- tion to the 4th of March number of Forest and Stream. entitled “Striped Bass of the Pacific Coast,” the writer (J. D. C.) who is entitled to the thanks of the angling community, for his article has made a little slip of the pen in stating that striped bass were “brought from the East and placed in these waters half a score of years ago.” In point of fact, striped bass were brought from the East and placed in the waters of the Pacific in T879. In the summer of that year Mr. Livingston Stone left New England with several Atlantic varieties of fish for the Pacific Coast, among which were some striped bass, num- bering, as nearly as I can remember, 135 small bass (probably two-year-olds) and 35 large ones. These were deposited in good order in brackish inlets of the lower Sacramento. Some years after a later shipment of striped bass was made to the Pacific, but by that time the bass that were planted in 1879 had become firmly established on the Pacific Slope and were spreading rapidly. Myron Green. The [Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show* In our last three issues we have mentioned many of the exhibitors at the Motorboat and Sportsman’s Show, held at Madison Square _ Garden. The following firms in- clude all those exhibitors who have not been commented on before. The Brown-Cochran Co., Lorain, Ohio, exhibited the Lacey engines in both two and four-stroke. The 3 horsepower was running for demonstration with pro- peller connected in a tank of water, while the 20-30 horsepower was running with no load. The width of the bed was unusual and, together with the counter- balanced flywheel, tended very much to reduce exces- sive vibration. It was not even necessary to fasten the engines to the floor. The assembling of the valve complete, including the seat itself, makes it extremely easy and convenient for removal in case of necessity. All parts being under the eye of the operator makes it an accessible engine. The exhibit of the Lamb Boat and Engine Co., Clinton, la., showed a better assortment of sizes to suit the customer than any other. In two cylinders they had 10 and 18 horsepower; in three cylinders, 15 and 27, and in four cylinders, 30 and 36. Seamless brass water jackets were an innovation. Water jacket- ing of all valves was noted. Multiple feed pressure lubricator and especially large reversing mechanism, five piston rings to each piston, and modern jump spark were other features. The thrust bearing is of the familiar regulation steam type. Fairbanks Company, of New York, exhibited more engines of their own make and those of the Smalley Gas Engine Company, Bay City, Mich., than any other exhibitor. The number of inquiries and the interest shown in this exhibit was remarkable, it being not an unusual thing for several hundred inquiries or requests for catalogues to be recorded during a day and evening. They showed several sizes in one, two, three and four cylinders. The engines up to 12 horsepower use either feathering blade wheels or solid connected propeller, while engines of 12 horsepower and over use the Smalley reverse as standard equipment. In stationary engines they showed a 4 horsepower stationary, demonstrating a new type of ignition, which operated very regularly and with excellent results. The ij-j horsepower pump- ing engine made a very compact outfit and especially adapted for country places or in the city, as it can be operated on either gas or gasolene. The 70-80 horsepower model B giant engine of E. H. Godshalk & Co., was of extreme interest, it being the only eight cylinder engine ever built of the two-stroke type. Nada was exhibited with the trophies she won the past season in various compe- titions. She was undoubtedly the fastest boat of her rating last season. A 15 horsepower giant motor was installed in a 20ft. mahogany yacht tender on the lagoon and was of especial interest. It was built by the Williams-Whittelsey Co., of Astoria, L. I., and shows some very fine lines, and a particularly fine arrangement of the interior, convenient and of more than usual care in design. Carlson Motor Vehicle Ocv of Hartford, Conn, ex- hibited the only double opposed four-stroke en- gines in this show. The crank case was of aluminum with brass plates covering the tops and bottoms of water jackets. Cam adjustments were decidedly novel and of especial utility, in order to correct usual un- certainty in key-seating, which has been so often men- tioned in gasolene engines and automobile journals. Trebert Auto & Marine Engine Co., Rochester, N. Y., exhibited their 34 horsepower 340-pound four clyinder, four-stroke, high-speed engine, with planetary reverse, jump-spark and mechanically-operated valve engine. A rectangular brass water-jacket, similar to but one other shown at the Garden, was noticed. Brass is used in fresh water, but on account of electro- lytical action it is never used in salt water, nickel steel being substituted. The Spaulding Gas Engine Works, of St. Joseph, Mich., are represented by Maltby & Harding, who are located on Gravesend Bay at the Marine Basin adjoin- ing Ulmer Park. They showed 2S/2 horsepower single and 7 horsepower double cylinder engines, with both make and break and jump spark. An especially new and valuable feature connected with the new Spaulding reversing wheel was that the thrust from the propeller can never be upon the crank shaft, as it is taken up on the outside of the boat against the stern bearing. The Maltby Cooking Muffler allows making of coffee or cooking while the engine is running, utilizing the heat of the exhaust for the purpose. By using the Maltby vaporizer, the engine can be operated either by gas or gasolene, simply by shutting off one or the other and making adjustments. Carlyle-Johnson Machine Co., Hartford, Conn., had a demonstration of a reversing mechanism for power boats, which has been used extensively by the Electric Launch Co., of Bayonne, N. J., and several other im- portant builders, which is composed entirely of cut gears with jack shafts, the whole equipped with John- son clutches. The expanding all-metal type is used. American and French engines are in this country being generally supplied with his clutch on account of its light weight and small diameter. The Smith & Mabley boat for Mr. Billings and several others in the show were equipped with this gear. The Victor Non-Corrosive Silvei', exhibited by the Victor Metals Co., 29 Broadway, N. Y., and mhnu- factured in East Braintre, Mass., attracted a great deal of attention from yachtsmen and power boat men. The tensile strength is very high, and the metal itself is non-corrosive. Many yachts have been fitted with this metal, which is giving good satisfaction. E. Louvet & Son, Woodhaven, N. Y., had a small exhibit of iRj, 4 and 8 horsepower, two-stroke engines. The head and cylinder is in all cases cast together, and head is not water-jacketed, in order to get maximum ex- pansion at the time of explosion. What others seemed to have ignored in this respect this firm has attempted to> compass. The brass cap on the top of the cylinder pro- tects the operator from getting burned. Monarch generator valves are also shown in all styles. The Dayton Electrical Mfg. Co. show the Apple igniter belt, gear and friction driven with its adaptation for light and ignition. The Lackawanna Valveless Motor Co., of Buffalo, N. Y gave a good demonstration stopping, starting and reversing their engine without touching the fly- wheel. Double cylinder 10 horsepower was the only size shown. The reversing propellei-, shown by the Fairbanks- Grant Co., of Ithaca, N. Y., was of especial interest. There are but few three-blade reversing wheels on the market. On the exti'eme ahead position, the wheel is approximately a true screw. The two-stroke, 2 horse- power engine, with a diaphragm pump attracted a great deal of attention. This pump is of an entirely new con- struction and for the first time noted in connection with the gas engine. Snecker engines of several sizes were shown. These are manufactured by the Stamford Motor Co., of Stam- ford, Conn. Spherical combustion chambers, and the engines being started without any danger of back kick, as long as admission is delayed, makes them es- pecially attractive to those who have suffered injury from dangerous back kicks. Chas. D. Durkee & Co., 2 and 3 South street, head- quarters for yachting goods of various description, had one of the most elaborate displays in this line in the whole show. Durkee’s catalogue includes almost every- thing that is needed on a yacht or power boat. Imported carburetors, spark coils and the superior line of gods manufactured by themselves, were shown by Herz & Co., 187 Elm street, N. Y. These goods are strictly high grade, and while perhaps expensive, are well worth the money. C. F. Splitdorf, 17 Vandewater street, N. Y., had a full line of the celebrated Splitdorf coils. In the igni- tion line for gasolene engines, any articles, if not made by this enterprising house, will be made on short notice. The quality of the goods manufactured is strictly of the best. The Ever-Ready Batteries, as exhibited by the American Electrical Novelty & Mfg. Co., Hudson and Vandewater streets, N. Y., were shown to excellent advantage. These batteries have been so long on the mai'ket that their good qualities are fully appreciated by the power boat men. Charles Miller, 97 Reade street, N. Y., exhibited the Michigan Motor Co.’s feathering propeller wheel, Michigan reversing gear, an 8 horsepower Barber en- gine, Miller marine spark plugs, Hirschell-Spillman four cylinder four-stroke 20 horsepower engine. Pitts- field coils, pumps, Perdersen oilers, Splitdorf timers, searchlights, and so many power boat accessories that it would be hard to enumerate them. Miller’s trade is not alone to the consumer, but to the manufacturer as well. The perfection reversing gear of W. H. Brodie Co.. 45 Vesey street, N. Y., was of the mitre gear type, all parts running in oil. The clutches are all of the expanding all-metal type, and on the forward motion a direct connection is made with two inch interlocking slots, which is an especial novelty. The section of a launch cabin, exhibited by the Richardson Engineering Co., showed a 3^2 horsepower De Dion gasolene engine, single cylinder direct con- nected with a Ip2 K. W. generator switchboard, volt- meter and ammeter, automatic circuit breaker and switch for charging batteries. Electric arc and in- candescent searchlights were also shown. The full ~et of ■ cbooer-plated instruments cn z marble switch- March 18, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM £19 board was complete in every detail. This outfit is sufficient for use on any yacht or float. The engine built by James Craig, Jr., 554 West Thirty- fourth street, N. Y., which was installed in Commo- dore Moore’s Onontio last summer, late in the season, had many admirers. This engine has eight cylinders 724 in. diameter with a stroke of 9m., and develops more than 250 horsepower. The new point of the double inlet and exhaust valves was a pleasing feature. A single cam shaft operates all the valves, as well as the igniters. Regular 7 horsepower single, 18 horse- power three cylinder, and four cylinder 25 horsepower engines were also shows. The Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co., Torrington, Conn., had two engines, one two and the other four-stroke. The experience that this concern has had in finishing Eagle bicycles is made use of in the baked enamel finish of their product. The 'engines are compact, simple, easily started and as economical as the general run of gas- olene engines. The Abercrombie & Fitch power canoe was equipped with a 2 horsepower Eagle, and an order for 100 24 horsepower engines has been placed with them by Abercrombie & Fitch for power canoe in- stallation. The Remy Electric Co., of Anderson, Ind., exhibited high-tension magnetos, which have been adopted by automobile manufacturers in several instances, taking the place of the jump spark. This is a very strong argument in their favor and a step in a new direction. These people were among the first to pay any particular attention to high-tension magnetos, the supply of which has been furnished for the past two or three years by French manufacturers. C. L. Altemus & Co., of Philadelphia, were among the first to bring out a secondary distributor. They make also protected commutators for distributing the primary current. Something entirely new in jump- spark coils is the ventilated coil with switch connected. McCanna force lubricators. Breeze automatic carbu- retors and Muro accumulators are carried in stock by these people. Grant-Ferris Co., Troy, N. Y., for several years in- terested in the building of gasolene engines, are out with some new types. Of all, the four-strpke 12 horse- power engines, with rectangular brass water-jacket, causes the most attention. Bevel reversing gear and Altemus high-tension distributors are used. In this ’ engine the rotary circulating pump takes the place of : the usual reciprocating. Working models of various lubricating devices, single and multiple, generator valves of several patterns are shown, as well as standard and special fittings for gas- olene engines, all manufactured by the Luckenheimer Co., Cincinnati, O., and unsurpassed for their excel- lence. The amount of business done by this concern in such goods, as exhibited, is something enormous. “ Forest and Stream ” Designing Competition No. IV. Design for a 60ft. Waterline Cruising Launch. AWARD OF CABIN PLAN PRIZE ANI) CRITICISMS. Of the numerous designs submitted there were only two boats whose interior arrangements were well worked out in all details. Most of the cabin plans needed more study and knowledge of the requirements of such craft. Some designs embodied good qualities but were lacking in important features. The cabin plan prize of $25 is awarded to Moccasin, submitted by Mr. Harold Lee. This design received the first prize of $100, as announced last week. MOCCASIN. General arrangement excellent, particularly layout of owner’s rooms and main cabin. Passageways and com- panionways liberal, and the quarters are not cramped. Drawer room in stateroom generous, locker space limited. Set berths would greatly improve the stateroom. Good ventilation and light throughout the boat. Bathroom util- ized space that might have otherwise been lost. It is well arranged, convenient and accessible either from state- room, main saloon or pilot house. Lockers in passage afford good storage space for luggage, oilers, etc. Main saloon roomy and well arranged. Sideboard would be morb accessible if placed on after bulkhead, desk would prove, convenient and is a necessary feature on a boat of this size. The plan of dividing main cabin by curtains is good. Pantry might be eliminated and could better be used as a place for the steward to sleep, as it has been found from experience that it is better to keep the steward away from the crew. A door in the after end of house opening to ice-box would afford easy access when filling, and would avoid carrying the ice through the boat. Engine room sufficiently large, but engine is not accessible, being too close to partition. The placing of berths for crew in engine room is bad practice. This should be avoided whenever possible. Crew’s lavatory is of good size; water and gasolene tanks are of liberal capacity and are well placed. BARLEY. The author of this design has adopted the old style trunk cabin, which is hardly suitable for an offshore cruis- ing boat. Arrangement generally good. Boat would have been improved by dropping the floor and reducing free- board. Companionway with side entrance is unusual and undesirable. Toilet room is accessible, but occupies valuable space, and could be arranged to better advantage elsewhere. Stateroom would be improved by stationary berths, and if this . were done the room would be cramped. It is also lacking in. locker and drawer space. Space not well utilized in main cabin, lockers being necessary and sideboard should be nearer galley. Galley is roomy and well arranged. Engine room of good size and all parts of motor could be easily reached. Pipe berths in engine room unnecessary, as there is ample room for four men in the crew’s quarters aft. Crew quarters being separated from engine room and galley excellent. no. 13. Sheer too straight and freeboard too high amidships. Pilot house too far forward, and as shown spoils much of the room below. Engine room, galley, passageway and forecastle occupy the better part of the boat. The low head room in passageway is undesirable. The placing of the pilot house above galley is objectionable. The tub is crowded into the bathroom at the expense of other fittings. Irregular cabin house aft very objectionable, and would look anything but shipshape in practice. BILGEWATER. A very good and simple arrangement spoiled by irregu- lar cabin house aft. Boat well ventilated and lighted, and would make a livable cruiser. WINDSOR. Drawings superbly rendered. By far the best submitted, and plainly the work of a very capable draughtsman. Arrangement excellent. Owner’s quarters not quite so roomy as those of the first prize design. Layout aft un- usually good. A few minor changes would make this boat’s interior ideal. NAVA HOE. Narrow breadth restricts cabin accommodations. State- room entirely too cramped. The floor room is insufficient and the berths too narrow. Toilet room very small. Main cabin cramped, berths too narrow to sleep on, and if ex- tended would greatly reduce floor space. Head room lacking over forward part of engine, which would be a great inconvenience for both engineer and steward. Tanks occupy valuable space amidships. Galley small and incom- pletely fitted. Crew’s toilet room impossible as shown. , BARNACLE. Old-fashioned cabin house and excessive breadth enable designer to secure large accommodations. ESTMANMAR. Arrangement poor. Lacks care in working out details. Objectionable irregular cabin house. Criticism was made of this design last week. LONG ISLAND. This design was also criticised last week. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. ( Continued from page 201.) The crank case of a two-stroke engine is an extremely important part. It is here that the charge of air and gasolene vapor is drawn in by the partial vacuum formed each time the piston ascends. If there are leaks any- where, this vacuum will be insufficient to aspirate a charge of gas and air sufficiently rich in gasolene vapor to stand the admixture of the air which leaks in through some defect in design or machining, or possibly resulting from wear of the bushings on the main bearings. If these leaks allow air to take up a part of the space in the crank case by reason of leaks, the same cause in turn will allow a leakage of the gas, a reduction in the amount of com- pression, there will not be sufficient pressure to force cut the burned gases and get a full charge of gas into the cylinder following each explosion, and the result is a loss of power that is frequently misunderstood. In this con- nection we are supposing that there are no leaks by the piston and rings. I he cubical contents of the space below the piston, when it is on the lower or inner center, should be as little as it is possible to make it. By the rule explained in a previous installment of this article, when the clearance is equal to the piston displacement, which in this case, in the crank chamber, is always a little more than in the combus- tion chamber. In correcting the piston displacement in the combustion chamber, we deducted from the length of the stroke the distance between the top of the exhaust port and the point reached by the piston on the lowTer center; but in correcting for this displacement, the dis- tance from the top of the inlet port to that point which the piston reaches, as there can be no compression after the inlet port in the cylinder opens, should be deducted instead. Frequently a two-stroke engine is designed so that the charge enters through a valve in the top, which opens as soon as the pressure in the cylinder is lower than that in the crank case. On the very largest two-stroke engines made this construction is followed, and in this case the correction of the clearance in the crank case would be the same as in the combustion chamber. There is still another modification of construction, the result being the same as above, only a part enters through a valve into the top of the cylinder, followed by the greater part of the charge through a port. In the large engine mentioned above, the charge of air and gas is compressed in the proper proportions by two outside separate pumps, and the exhaust ports extend the whole circumference of the cylinder at intervals, while smaller sizes rarely have any such widely extended ex- haust ports. In this large engine the charge enters the firing or combustion chamber at a pressure of 9 pounds approximately, and there being no compression in the crank chamber, it is left open or partly so. . % having the compression controlled by outside pumps, it is possible to increase or decrease the pressure by in- creasing or decreasing the clearances, but where crank case compression is used, it cannot be well increased above a certain pressure, rarely above 5 pounds, and allow suffi- cient room for the crank and connecting rod to revolve. When you hear of a two-stroke engine with a crank case compression of 15 pounds, as I have frequently heard claimed, it might be well to investigate before taking it for granted. In order to prove the highest crank case compression possible, not knowing the clearance, it will be necessary to employ the same means as for finding the compression in the combustion chamber, by filling the crank case with oil through the draw-off cock, with the piston on the inner center ; that is, as near the crank shaft as it can be put, and carefully measuring it. If then the number of cubic inches is known, and the corrected piston displacement as well, the compression can be figured, pro- vided you will bear in mind that clearance equal to the displacement will give two atmospheres, about 29.4 pounds absolute, or 14.7 gauge. If clearance once the displace- ment gives 14 7 pounds, twice the clearance would give ore-half of 1x7 or 7.85 pounds, while four times the clearance would give 3.925 pounds. The proportion would therefore be the amount of clearance : the amount of dis- placement : : 14.7 : x. As an instance, with a piston displacement of 64 cu. in. and a clearance of 144, the pro- portion would be 144 : 64 : : 14.7 : x =6.6 -j- lbs. per sq. in. Having found the theoretical crank case compression, to prove it you would connect a piece of pipe to the crank case with a check valve to prevent the pressure from returning to the crank case, and a piece of larger pipe or other receptacle surmounted by a pressure gauge. The engine should be belted up and the pressure shown on various speeds should be noted. This would be a good object-lesson to many of our two-stroke engine manufac- turers, five per cent, of which I think I can safely say have no definite idea of the amount of crank case com- pression they have. The higher this compression the more gas the engine will lose from slight leaks, amount- ing to more or less loss of power and increased gasolene consumption as well. If now instead of a passage into the crank case at a point which is never covered by the piston, and the egress of the air so- taken in is prevented by a check valve or seat feed vaporizer, there is an additional port in the cylinder which is not opened until the piston is near the upper or outer center, it becomes the modern three-ported engine. It will readily be observed that this construction has greater need of close fitting bushings, for if the crank case were to fill, or partly fill, with air, there would be little or no gas enter, particularly on slow speed; and if it happened that the carburetor was one with no great velocity to the air on aspiration, if leaks were to develop, there would be insufficient gasolene vapor to support com- bustion, and the result would be crank case explosions or the engine would not even start without “priming” with a few drops of gasolene in the combustion chamber, the engine would run intermittently for a few revolutions and then stop. Occasionally is met a two-stroke engine with a stuffing box on one or both ends of the crank shaft, but this construction for various reasons is unsatis- factory in the long run, and is expensive as well. Some manufacturers use adjustable bushings, and these, if properly made, give fair satisfaction; but no device has yet been designed and put into practical operation that will effectually prevent the loss of a certain amount of your crank case compression. In order to reduce the clearance, I have ben told that one authority advises that a quantity of vaseline be put into the crank case. My advice to such as contemplate any such senseless a trick is— do not, for the vaseline would be dissolved by any gasolene that might come into contact with it, and it might be found hardly practical to run your engine on vaseline. I can only advise that your clearance be made as little as possible, and that extra care be taken to get good fits on the main crank shaft bearings. [to be continued.] Work at City Island. — Mr. Robert Jacob has had more new work in his yard this winter than at any other time since he acquired the property from Mr. Henry Piepgrass some years ago. Mr. Jacob has had six orders tor new boats, and one of these, a launch for Mr. Charles W. Lee, is entirely completed. Four of the new boats were from designs by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, one by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris, and one from his own designs. I he largest of the boats building is an auxiliary schooner for Mr. W. T. Colbron, New York' Y. C. She is 60ft. waterline, 84ft. over all, 19ft. breadth and 8ft. draft. Her auxiliary power will consist of a 45ft. horse- power Craig engine. She is a centerboard boat, and will be known as Witoco. This boat was designed by Mr. Gielow, who also planned the 51ft. over all auxiliary sloop building there. The latter boat is for an old client of Mr. Gielow s and is a shoal draft boat intended principally for cruising. The other two boats building from Mr. Gie- low’s designs are power craft. The larger of the two is the boat for Mr. Lee. She is a beautiful boat, and the work on her is of the highest order throughout. This boat is called Dreamer, and will be given a trial trip as soon as the weather gets warmer. The smaller of the two power boats is for Mr. Charles M. Gould. This boat, which is now 111 frame, is 46ft. 6in. over all, 42ft water- line, 10ft. breadth and 3ft. draft. She will be fitted with a 15 horsepower motor and will be lighted by electricity. Venona is the name selected by Mr. Robert Olyphant for Ins cruising schooner building from Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris’ design. She is 65ft. 6in. over all, 45ft. waterline, 1 6ft. breadth and 9ft. draft. She is a powerful vessel of substantial construction, and has a good deal of room below under a flush deck. Her keel was laid on December 31, and she was ready for launching on Febru- ary 22. The interior woodwork is now completed. The high speed power boat building from Mr. Jacob’s design is for a member of the New York Y. C., and is 40ft. long. Ailsa is being put in readiness for the ocean race, and considerable work is being done on the boat. Her copper has been stripped off and a good many of her planks have been removed and replaced. Her frames and fastenings have been examined and all necessary work to make the boat thoroughly seaworthy will be done. The repairs are being carried out under the direction of Messrs. Tams, Lemoine &l Crane. Mr. Grenville Kane will act as Mr. Redmond s representative on Ailsa, and he may be accom- panied by Mr. Paul Eve Stevenson, well known to yachts- men as the author of several books on sea life. The 70- footer \ irginia is also receiving extensive re- pairs. Her planking has been ripped off as far aft as the mast, and steel plates have been placed outside the frames under the stringers which extend forward to the stem. She will be replanked with two thicknesses of yellow pine, and when the work is completed she will be stiff and rigid and in good shape for a season’s racing Virginia was the only one of the four “seventies” that was not strengthened before. The yard is filled with many interesting and famous boats, principal among them being Reliance. Close by are the three largest and best known yawls in the world— Sybarita, Ailsa and Vigilant. With these three fine ves- sels lying so close together, one has an excellent oppor- tunity to compare the work of three of the wm-jd'g famous designers—' Watson, Fife and. Herree-hoff- 220 FOREST AND STREAM. Boston Letter. vvc: :: *&■ ' '.V: - Annual Meeting of Y. K AvhfhM.— The annual meeting of the Yacht Racing- Association of Massa- chusetts will be held at Young’s Hotel on Thursday evening, March 16. Several important amendments will dome up for the consideration of delegates at this meeting. One of these provides that the judges must hail a yacht which has crossed the line before the gun, but that failure to recall shall not relieve the yacht from recrossing. Such an amendment, in view of the fact that the rules at present put the obligation on the judges of recalling a yacht which has crossed the line. It being assumed that the judges have the intention of enforcing the rules governing starts, it may be in- ferred that failure on the part of judges to recall a yacht that has actually crossed the line too soon is be- cause those judges did not actually see the transgres,- sipn. This. being the case, a protest by another yacht will result in a question of veracity between two skip- pers, or if the transgressor did not really believe his yacht to have crossed before gunfire, a question of fact; and consequently a hard one for any board of judges to decide. It is proposed' to adopt a new class to be known as Class H, to conform to the limits of the Catboat Association. The association was -formed to preserve the interest in the Cape cat by providing classification for this type of boat in the- general racing throughout the bay. Another amendment proposes to strike out Classes D, 25-footers; S, 21-footers, and X, 15-footers. From what has been shown in the racing of the past two or three years-the elimination of these classes from the lists of the Association is in keeping with the practical conditions that- are now known to exist. Class D, 25-footers, was intended, as were all of the former restricted classes of the Y. R. A., to provide for a wholesome type of - cruising boat. The manner in which loose places in the restrictions were taken advantage of was evidenced in the boats that were built to race in this class during the. season of I9°3- The warning for this class, given by the tenden- cies in it and in other classes in previous years, were deliberately set aside, and boats that were nothing more or less than freak racers were built. While it is, per- haps, unfortunate that these productions of 1903 were not given opportunities of racing as Y. R. A. 25-footers last season, such an ending to the class appeared in- evitable to all lovers of good form in boats who looked upon the matter in an impartial light. So far as any future development of 25-footers under the rules by which these last boats were built, is simply impossible, for sane yachtsmen will not build new boats. One of the boats now in existence is so far superior to the others in point of speed, that no sport can be obtained from racing the others with her. So, for all practical purposes the class has died a natural death, and may as well be stricken from the lists of the Association now as any other time. The Little Haste gave all the warn- ing that was necessary in Class S, 21-footers, during the season of 1902, and since that time the class has not been raced. Those owners in the class, who were fortunate enough to have boats that were not so ex- treme, sold them, and these boats are now scattered along the coast and inland. No yachtsman will build under the rules that then governed the class, and so . the proposed amendment to strike it from the lists comes in natural sequence. Class X, of 15-footers, was an unrestricted class, for which no boats have been built for several years, and has been practically forgotten as a factor in Massa- chusetts Bay yachting. There is at present a restricted class limited to 15ft. waterline for which a few boats were built last season, and still fewer new ones during the present winter. The class, a new one, has not de- veloped with any great furor, but it is better than the old one, which it was intended to succeed, and so the old one must go. The new uniform rule of measure- ment for rating is to be considered at this meeting, and is likely to be discussed at length. With the passing of the before-mentioned classes, the Y. R. A. of Massa- chusetts is somewhat bare of classes under its direct con- trol, although it does have jurisdiction over classes that are directly controlled by associations of their own. So the Association is in the best position it could be to adopt the new universal rule. If this is done, it is likely that it will only be after considerable discussion, for there are many yachtsmen who are opposed to the rule, whether or not they have studied what types are possible under it. Boston Y. C. Smoker. — A smoker will be held at the town house of the Boston Y. C., Rowe’s Wharf, on Friday evening, March 17. Mr. Louis M. Clark will be the speaker of the evening. He will give a talk on the New Uniform Measurement Rule, illustrating his remarks by blackboard sketches. Mr. Clark is one of the best men who could advocate the new rule for the club, as he has made, a deep study of it and is familiar with all of its possibilities. He was one of the com- mittee to represent the Eastern Y. C. at the con- ferences, which resulted in a more or less general adoption of the rule, and he has been a most ardent advocate of its adoption throughout Massachusetts Bay. The adoption of the rule was discussed at the last meeting of the Boston Y. C, and. .a compromise was made by the vote to race the handicap classes of the club under the rule during, the coming season. Mr. Clark desired an opportunity t_d present the benefits of the rule at greater length , than. was. possible at the meeting, so that the members might understand it more fully, and he suggested .the smoker . for the purpose, which suggestion met with the approval of the majority. Changes in Plans of. Mr. R. A. Rainey’s Schooner. •—It has been decided to . change the. measurements of Mr. Roy A. Rainey’s new schooner, which is to be built at Lawley’s from designs by Mr. A. S. Chese- brough, assisted by Mr. Fred; D. Lawley. It was originally intended to have the '.waterline .length of this "schooner 90ft., but it has, been decided Ito change that measurement to 95ft. This is said "not to be because of any possibility in classification, but:' rather to ob- tain more room, cruising accommodations being the main feature of the yacht. On '"account of 'the change ‘ -h waterline length, the over dll' length' has been in- creased to 136ft. 3in. The breadth of 25ft. 6in. and the draft of 14ft. will not be changed. The schooner’s dis- placement is about 170 tons, and her sail area is 9,400 sq. ft., which is comparatively small. Elmina II. to be Launched Soon. — The 90ft. schooner Elmina II. designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith and Ferris, is nearing completion at Lawley’s, and it is expected that she will be launched in about ten days. There will still be considerable finishing up to do about the deck and in the cabins, but this can be done1 while she is afloat at the dock. Over the plating there was placed a complete covering of specially pre- pared cement, ..which served as a priming coat, and the work of paintiing is now going on. Elmina II. is 125ft. over all, 87ft. waterline, 25ft. breadth and 15ft. 6in draft. She will carry about 10,000 sq. ft. of sail.' Motorboat Show Opened.— The Motorboat Show, which is being held in connection with the automobile show in Mechanics’ Building, was successfully opened Saturday evening. It is estimated that there were in the neighborhood of 15,000 people present. The show is quite an extensive one, and will undoutedly furnish lots of information to power boat men of the present, as well as of the future. The exhibits take up an im- mense amount of space and include showings from some of the most prominent builders of hulls, engines and equipment in the country. John B. Killeen. Boston, March 18. The Boston Power Boat Show* Mechanics’ Hall was crowded to suffocation last Saturday, nth inst, at the opening night of the Automo- bile and Power Boat Show. At 7 :30 there was a large gathering of people on Huntington avenue awaiting the opening of the doors. There were no season card tickets issued, and everyone, exhibitors and press representatives as well, had to give up a ticket or coupon. When these were counted up on Sunday the number was found to be in excess of 47,000. The power boat end of the show was in unexpected proportions. The large number of engines and boats of all descriptions was something wonderful. There were fully twice as many engines and fully six to eight times as many boats as were exhibited at New York. On the main floor there were but two boats exhibited, the greater part being on the lower or basement floor. Un- like the New York show, owing to insurance regulations, no engines were run except those operated by gas or kerosene. This made easier work for demonstrators, and harder for those who had to explain the engines in detail. Geo. Lawley & Son Corporation, South Boston, had a 64ft. boat on the floor, designed by Arthur Binney, 70 Kilby street, Boston, for Mr. C. H. Clark, Jr., of Phila- delphia. Boat will be named Hupa, and power is the six cylinder Standard engine, which was exhibited at the New York show. Hupa is a high speed autoboat of ex- ceptionally fine lines, and shows to excellent advantage. On the whole, the boats exhibited were very creditable. The power dories and cruising launches attracted rather more attention than the more radical type of high speed craft. Very many manufacturers of engines did not show at New York, while several exhibited at both places. Next week we will give our readers a description of the exhibits and exhibitors directly associated with yacht- ing and power boating. The total number of exhibitors being approximately 250, makes the undertaking some- what arduous ; but luckily there are a good many auto- mobile exhibitors, which will reduce the number to be reported. YACHTING NEWS NOTES.; For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Eagle and Cyrilla Sold. — The following sales have been made through Mr. Stanley M. Seaman’s agency : The knockabout Eagle, by Mr. J. W. Nelson, of Brooklyn, to Mr. Parker Vanamee, of Newburgh, N. Y. ; and the cruising yawl Cyrilla, by Mr. W. D. Turner, of Boston, Mass., to Mr. E. B. Newell, of New York. She was de- signed by Mr. Isaac B. Mills and built by W. B. Smith, at Quincy, Mass., in 1901. Cyrilla is 40ft. over all, 25ft. waterline, 10ft. breadth and 5ft. draft. Mr. Newell will bring the boat around the Cape himself some time during the spring. Schooner Fleetwing Now a Houseboat. — The old schooner Fleetwing was purchased some time ago by Mr. Charles D. Vail, and under his direction was converted into a houseboat. The boat’s spars, masts and interior fittings were all removed and sold. In the future she will be used on the Shrewsbury River by her new owner. Fleetwing was a keel boat 126ft. 4m. over all, 104ft. gin. waterline, 23ft. ioin. breadth and 12ft. draft. She was built at Van Dusen’s yard, New York, in 1865, for Mr. Frank Osgood. Schooner Fortuna Now a Fisherman. — The well- known schooner Fortuna was sold a short time ago by Mr. Henry R. Walcott, New York Y. C., to a southern concern who have made some changes on the boat in order to make her more suitable for fishing, for she is to be used for that purpose in the future. The vessel was examined when the transfer was made and her hull was found to be perfectly sound, and the only work of im-. portance done on her was to reduce her rig. Fortuna was built in 1883 by C. & R. Poillon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., from plans by Mr. A'. Cary Smith. Boat for Harmsworth Cup Race. — Mr. E. R. Thomas will have a 40ft. power boat built from designs by Messrs. .Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and she will probably start in the races for the Harmsworth Cup next season. The boat will be equipped with an eight cylinder 150 horsepower Smith & Mabley Simplex engine. Messrs. Smith & Mabley guar- antee that the boat will make 30 miles an hour ; otherwise Mr. Thomas will not be asked to accept the boat. '[March 18, 1905, Racing Boat for Commodore Price, Chicago Y. C. — Last year there was built at Wood’s Yard, City Island, a rafing 21-footer for some Detroit yachtsmen. She was known-; Ss-Ste. Claire, and was designed by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Ste. Claire was the Detroit; Country Chib’s entry in the races at Chicago for the Lipton Cup last season, and she won the series handily. The Chicago .yachtsmen are making every effort to win back the trophy next season, and Commodore Price, of the Chicago Y. C., -has ordered a 21-footer from Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, the designers of Ste. Claire. The new boat will be built by . the Electric Launch Company, of Bayonne, IN. J., and is 31ft. iij^in. over all, 21ft. waterline, 10ft. -breadth. 6ft. draft, and will carry 850 sq. ft. of sail in the -mainsail and jib. The boat will be double planked, and ‘.she will be fitted with hollow spars. *?, * * Race from Miami to Nassau. : — Considerable interest is being taken by the racing enthusiasts in the plans for an ocean race of 150 miles across the Gulf Stream that has been projected for next winter. The idea is to start the race from Miami, Fla., and run to Nassau, New Provi- dence, in the Bahamas. On this trip the boats would practically enter harbor immediately after crossing the .forty-two- miles of the Gulf Stream, and as that current of warm water would be crossed at right angles, the race would be a much less strenuous one than would be a race to Cuba, in which the boats would have to race against the current of the Gulf Stream. Race from Southampton to Calais. — Advices from Calais state that a motorboat race from Southampton to Calais will take. place on July 14, and that on the follow- ing day there will be a similar race from Calais to Rams- gate, the races being under the auspices of the British and French Automobile Clubs. »? »* H Express II. Sold to W. R. Proctor. — Mr. Morton F. Plant has sold his steam yacht Express II. to Mr. Wil- ! liam Ross Proctor through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones. Express II. is 90ft. over all, 10ft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. 6in. draft. She is similar in appearance to Scout, Mirage and Tramp, and can do better than 20 miles. The boat is now at Bristol, but will soon come to the westward. She will be overhauled at the Jacob yard, j City Island. Express II. will be used as a tender to Mr. Ross’ 70-footer Mineola, and her name will be changed. * Christensen to Command Mineola. — Chris Christen- sen, Captain Charles Barr’s right-hand man, will com- mand Mineola while Captain Barr is away on Atlantic in the ocean race. When Captain Barr returns, he will take charge of Mineola and Christensen will act as mate. * *, Springfield Y. C. Incorporated. — The Springfield Y.C., of Brooklyn, has secured articles of incorporation and the paper has been filed with the county clerk. The incor- porators are Henry Kahl, 206 Woodbine street; Jacob Port, 249 Montrose avenue; Paul C. Schmidt, 470 Ham- burg avenue; Charles Ougheltree, 315 Nostrand avenue, ; and Henry Liebst, 196 Ralph street. The club burgee will be red, white and blue, the latter color forming the field of the pennant, with a broad red stripe running length- wise through the center and with three white stars in a line. The new organization expects to acquire property suitable for a club house. It It Annual Meeting Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. — The an- nual meeting of the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. was held at the Assembly, Brooklyn, on the evening of March 8. Seven delegates from the various clubs belonging to the Association were present. The new measurement rule was adopted, so that all the racing at Gravesend will be under one rule. * * »e New York Y. C. Racing Schedule. — The Regatta Com- mittee of the New York Y. C., composed of Messrs. ' Oliver E. Cromwell, H. de B. Parsons and Ernest E. Lorillard, have laid out the following schedule : Tuesday, May 30. — The spring cups, off New York Y. C; station No. 10, Glen Cove; open to all regular and special classes. Saturday, June 17 — Annual regattas; open to all regular classes. Saturday, July 8 — The Glen Cove cups, off New York Y. C. station No. 10, Glen Cove ; open to all regular and special classes and classes too small for enrollment. Saturday, September 9 — The autumn cups, off New York Y. C. station No. 10, Glen Cove, open to all regular and special classes and classes too small for enrollment. The annual cruise will start early in August, and the fleet will probably go around the Cape to Marblehead, where they will join the Eastern Y. C. boats, and the combined fleets will proceed eastward to Bar Harbor. * Bristol Y. C. Ocean Race. — The Race Committee of the Bristol Y. C. have arranged for an ocean race for small craft during the coming season. The start will be off the club house Saturday afternoon, July 1, at 5 o’clock, the course to be down the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, out to sea, past Block Island, to and around the black buoy on Great Eastern Rock, about 1J2 miles east of Montauk Point; thence back to the Bristol Y. C. house, a distance of about 95 miles. The sailing lights along the course, Beaver Tail, Point Judith, Block Island and Montauk, near the turn,' are ' of the first order, and will materially assist the navigators. The race is to.be sailed under the racing rules of the Bristol Y. C., with certain restrictions or requirements as to cruising outfit to be carried. Yachts will be measured for racing length according to the rules of the Bristol Y. C., and: time allowance fixed by the Herreshoff table. In addition to the time allowance as thus determined, yachts will receive an arbitrary handicap, which will be intended to put boats of a cruising or old-fashioned type on an equal foot- ing with boats of a more pronounced racing type. Ac- : ' -■ 221 March jS, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. cording to these conditions sloops, yawls and catboats would race in one class, each being allowed to carry the sails allowed by the Bristol Y. C.’* racing rules, for which the boat had been measured. The race will be open, without entrance fee, to any yacht under 31ft. l.w.l., measured without crew aboard, and belonging to any recognized yacht club. The first prize is to be a specially designed solid silver cup, to be known as the Bristol-Montauk Cup, to go to the winner of the race to be held permanently. Second, third and special prizes will be offered if the number of starters warrants. In addition, suitable pennants will be awarded to every yacht that completes the course. The other regular open races of the Bristol Y. C. will be held Saturday, June 24, one during the week of the Narragansett Bay Y. R. A., and Saturday, Sept. 9. Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Race. — Provided the 40ft. sloop Lively of the Capital Y. C., Washington, D. C., meets with the requirements, she will be entered for the Brooklyn Y. C.’s ocean challenge cup race to Hamp- ton Roads, Va., June 29, 1905. Great interest is taken in this race all along the east coast. Several of the New England yacht clubs have signified their inten- tion of joining in the Brooklyn Y. C.’s annual cruise, which starts shortly after the racers for the same des- tination. The Hampton Roads Y. C. is arranging for a gala week beginning July 3. Regattas for the visiting yachtsmen and various other entertainments are being planned. •S *5 « The 52-Footer at Bristol. — The most important work of contraction at the Herreshoff shops at Bristol is the fine 52-rater, designed and built for Mrs. Turner Farley, of London. The new sloop^ is nearly ready for launching, and will probably go into the water in about a fortnight. She is something over 70ft. over all, and is of deep draft. The interior accommodations are ample for a craft of her size, including two saloons and commodious quarters for the officers and crew. She will be commanded by Cant. Fred Stokes, of Tolles- bury, Eng., who arrived in Bristol about a week ago. Capt. Stokes is a young man, but he has had a lot of racing experience, both in the smaller classes on the Solent and the Thames, and in more important events in German waters. Last year he was skipper of the 20-rater Nebula, which boat captured a number of prizes in England and Germany. After the trials the new sloop will be sailed from Bristol to New York and there transferred to the deck of an Atlantic liner for London, about the largest boat ever to be transported in this manner. « »e * New Home for Rhode Island Y. C.— At the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Y. C., held recently, the directors were authorized to proceed with the con- struction of the proposed club house at Prudence Island. The land necessary for the purpose was purchased the latter part of February and comprises a tract 300ft. deep and with a water frontage of 360ft. The new club house is to replace the former Potter’s Cove house, which was about a half mile north of the new site and was lost to the club through a transfer of that entire section of the island. The new rendezvous will be called the “Prudence Island Station.” Dr. F. T. Rogers was re-elected Commodore for the ensuing year. _ and the other officers elected were as follows: Vice-Com., William Halkyard; Rear-Com., W. O. Todd; Sec’y, and Treas., George E. Darling; Measrs., S. C. Burlingame and F. S. Nock; Directors-at-Large, F. P. Eddy, H. E. Barlow and G. H. Huddv, Jr.; Regatta Committee, F. A. Barnes, G. W. Evans, F. S. Nock, C. L. Dunbar and Samuel Gee; Committee on Admissions, E. L. Fuller, F. L. Davenport. E. M. Clark, W. B. Wood, G. R. Alexan- der; House Committee. W. W. Bloomer, A. L. Young, H. B. Wright; Potter’s Cove Committee, G. E. Darling, B. W. Comstock, B. L. Barnes; Social Committee, C. G. Easton, S. C. Burlingame, A. G. Pearce, J. B. Sweet, Jr., and E. L. Clark; delegates to represent club in the Narragansett Bay Y. R. A., F. A. Barnes, G. W. Evans and F. S. Nock. The following' named people have written us asking for cata- logues of engines exhibited at the Motor Boat and Sportsman’s Show, as described in our columns. Manufacturers should see that their requests are complied with: B. P. Woodford, Dixon, 111., and Frank P. McFarland, P. O. Drawer 672, New Orleans, La. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore— J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee— C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors— T. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board— E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, O. . Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National i.aiavette Bank, Cincinnati, O. Purser— George Q. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce. Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. How to Join the A. C. A. From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. A.: “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.” A. C A. Amendments. Editor Forest and Stream: Kindly publish the proposed amendments to the “Rac- ing Regulations of the American Canoe Association” as per Rule XIII of the Racing Regulations. The Racing Board would be pleased to receive from the members, their objections and comments on same. H. Lansing Quick, Chairman Racing Board. Amend Rule XIII to read as follows: The paddle shall not be used in sailing races, except for steering, when no rudder is used, or when rudder is disabled, for back strokes to leeward, in tacking, or for shoving off when aground, afoul of anything or in extreme dangers, as from a passing steamer or from a squall. . Note.- — The above wording is the same as the rule was until 1890, when it was amended to read as it now does. Amend Rule III— Third paragraph to read as follows: The crew of each canoe shall consist’ of one man only, unless the programme of the regatta states to the contrary. Add new Rule XXIII. — Tilting Tournament: In the tilting tournament, when more than two crews are entered, they shall be paired off in heats by drawing lots'. The contestants must use open canoes. In selecting Canoes for the contest, the Regatta Committee must select the two most unstable boats obtainable within the A. C. A. classification and place the spearsman as far forward as possible, the object being to make it a test of skill in spearing and balancing, rather than one of strength. The tilting poles to be not less than 7, nor more than 9ft. long. The Regatta Committee will furnish tilting poles-. - The canoes to pass each other to starboard in en- gaging, no back thrusts allowed, spearmen to stand when within sparring distance. Only the padded end of spear to be used, and this for pushing or thrusting only. If a canoe is pushed or pulled with the spear, it will be counted a foul. Voluntary or forced squatting, kneeling, sitting down or taking hold of opponent’s spear will be called a foul. A crew getting five fouls, called by the judges, for- felts its heat Change number of Rule XXIII to XXIV. Change number of Rule XXIV to XXV. Change number of Rule XXV to XXVI. A. C. A. Membership. The following have been proposed for membership: Western Division — George O. Groll, of Cleveland, O. Atlantic Division — Carleton N. Bonfils, of New York city; Frank Fell, of Trenton, N. J. Eastern Division — Emil Roth, of Providence, R. I.; H. W. Brown, of Newport, N. H. Frederic G. Mather, Treas. It is essential that all members of the A. C. A. pay their dues before April 1, as the lists will then be made out for the Year Book, and the names of members who have not paid will be dropped. Frederic G. Mather, Treasurer. ifle md — • — Officers of A. C. A., 1905. Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H. M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. .Purser — C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. . % CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 526 Srtiithfield St., Pittsburg. Purser— J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive' Committee— F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. . Beard of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y, Racing Board— Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice- Commodore— D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, - Mass. Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. • Purser — William E. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. .Executive Committee— Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Gl£n Road, Winchester, i - - Mass. ; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Bostonf Mass. ; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; H. D. Murphy, alternate. Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. The Indoor Championship Match. A number of years ago the management of the Sportsmen’s Show, held annually in Madison Square Garden, New York city, decided to include a rifle tournament as one of the attractions of the affair. The management of this tournament was placed in the hands of a number of well-known shooters, who carried it through with credit to themselves and to the Association. Other tourna- ments . were held at these shows, but finally the feature was dropped, and the show management declined to support it another year.. This decision was received with genuine regret by the riflemen of this city and vicinity, and of other States as well, for they had come to take a great deal of interest in the 100-shot in- door championship matches, and wanted to take part in other ones like them. For a while no steps were taken to provide for a continuance of the affair; but finally the Zettler Rifle Club, one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the United. States, and one which is honored everywhere by riflemen, stepped forward and declared that if the show management would not promote the tourna- ment,. it would, provided the riflemen would support it and see that the club, would not be compelled to take on its shoulders not only all. of. the hard work, but all of the expense as well. This was a nice thing, and a bold one, for a club to do, and had it been a younger organization, or composed of less influential men in the business and professional walks of life, its decision might have been ''.’-voted with ridicule ffs tournaments been poorly attended, and the result a v/orse ccndikir ' oi affairs 0'»n before. But riflemen knew that the Zettler Rifle Club usual i knew what it was talking about when it made a proposition, and the first tournament it held was successful; not as much so as it deserved, for some regarded it as an experiment, and others said that, whereas the Garden tournaments had been shot at 100 feet, more or less, this one must be shot at 75, the full length of the Zettler range, and that comparisons of total scores would amount to nothing. But the second affair drew a large attendance, and each year has witnessed a steady gain in the number of contest- ants, until the one of which we are writing, with its showing of upward of one hundred contestants and its fifty men who finished scores of 100 shots each. In one respect these tournaments are slightly different from those held at different times elsewhere. Until the present year telescope sights were barred, and nothing but ,22cal. short cartridges could be used. This year any rifle and any form of sights were allowed, but still there was the restriction to short cartridges only. This is necessary, as the ranges are in a thickly populated part of the city, where noise is objected to at night. Allowing all .22cal. cartridges to be shot might increase the list of contestants slightly, but it is not regarded as good policy to do this. The short cartridges to be bought in the open market ten years ago were much less accurate than those obtainable to-day, however. It seems to be conceded that, while the ammunition is almost perfect, or capable of keeping on or within the 25-ring at 75 feet, in 100 consecutive shots, the limit of the shooter’s holding ability is being crowded year by year until future tournaments may see few changes in the total scores. Certainly it will be difficult for any man to hold better than did Mr. Ittel, and many persons seem to think that 2475 is the limit. Time will tell. Meanwhile, a goodly measure of credit is due the ammunition makers, and the men who perfect rifles that will place 100 con- secutive shots in so small a group if held properly. And, finally, the telescope makers whose glasses surely aid the marksman in seeing clearly where he is holding, although no glass will make a good shot out of a man who cannot hold well, albeit with practice he may come to do better shooting than with non-mag- nifying sights. At any rate, this match has created an increased demand for rifle telescopes, already being adopted very rapidly of late years by squirrel and woodchuck hunters and by many marksmen. Mr. Ittel corroborates the statements of other rifle- men, who have always claimed that using telescope sights helped them to shoot better, but he says — and we wish to emphasize the truism — that not all forms of diphragms will suit every shooter, and he must learn by experiment whether he can do his best work with crosshairs, an aperture, or a pinhead. Mr. Ittel in- formed the writer that he could not hold the simple crosshairs well in target shooting, he preferring the double crosshairs— that is, two horizontal and two vertical wires. Other shooters do their best work with a simple stem, and still others with a true aperture diaphragm, For a long time mountings did not keep pace with the telescopes, but these have improved until it is possible to have these in a variety of forms, some of them per- mitting the owner to remove the tube entirely and attach it again at will without in the least disturbing the perfect alignment of the sights. i ; ,i I ‘ jal llM We cannot give too much credit for the success of this, one of the greatest tournaments ever held in the United States, to the famous old Zettler Rifle Club, its president and its hard-working officers. Taking on their shoulders the responsibility, for an affair of this sort is more or less of a thankless task for any shooting committee, but it must be said that there was nothing during the fortnight this tournament lasted to mar its success. Good nature and the keenest rivalry went hand in hand; but al- ways Charles and Barney Zettler were here, there and everywhere, looking after the comfort of the shooters, answering a thousand and one questions and keeping the shooting in progress without the least friction of any kind. Secretary Hecking had his hands full, but -proved the right man for the place, while the other of- ficers and members did all in their power to make the shoot the record-breaker it proved to be. Last week we gave the standing of contestants up to Monday night, March 6. Mention of happenings from day to day there- after until the close of the tournament follows: Daily Standings, Friday night, March 3, the best scores so far finished were as follows: Best bullseyes, in degrees, Gus Zimmefmann, 21%, and H. D. Muller, 22%. Felix Kost had the most bullseyes, 60; second man was C. Ludwig, with 51. Mr. Ludwig was also high on the Zimmermann trophy target, with 30, 30. R. Gute then had five perfect scores of 75 points on the ring target, H. M. Thomas being second with two 75s and two 74s. E. H. Van Zandt was high on the 100-shot championship target, with a total of 2402. On Monday, March 6, considerable shooting was done, the ranges being occupied all of the time until 6 o’clock, at which time R. Gute finished his 100-shot score which broke the record made by L. P. Ittel in 1903, 2457 out of the possible 2500 points. Mr. Gute kept up his high average throughout his shooting, and finished with 2466, leaving the other contestants with a hard nut to crack. But the advocates of the telescope sights were pleased, for Mr. Gute used a telescope in all his shooting. Other high men and their scores this day were: Ring target, R. Gute, with five possibles; Zimmermann target, G. Ludwig, 30, 30. Best bulls- eye, R. Bendler, 18 degrees, and most bullseyes, Felix Yost, 60. On Tuesday, L. P. Ittel came over from Pittsburg, and Harry M. Pope from Springfield, Mass. Those using telescope sights so far were L. C. Buss, R. Gute, H. M. Pope, L. P. Ittel, F. L. Smith, J. T, Humphrey and Michael Dorrler. The latter afterward removed his glass. George Schlicht, the veteran of countless matches, finished his 100-shot score, using two different rifles, with a total of 2402. Messrs. Thomas, Hubalek, Lauden- sack, Gabriel, _ Worn, Young, Ludwig, Meyer, Morris, Muller, Keller, Jr., Schwanemann and Kittler also finished their long scores. Mr. Ludwig was still high on the Zimmermann target, Gute remained top man in the championship and ring matches, Bendler had not been beaten for best bullseye, and -Ludwig had rolled up a few more bullseyes and had 90, the highest number so far, to his credit. From this time on things warmed up rapidly. Wednesday morning the bulletin showed that F. Helpers hgd completed his championship score with a total of 2322, while Haze Keller had 2312. H- F. Barning, L. C. Buss, L. P. Ittel, W. A. Tewes, H. M. Pope, P. J. O’Hare and Charles Zettler, Jr., fin- ished two or more seores on the ring target, on which Gute was still high man. G, Ludwig was still high on the ' Zimmermann target, Bendler had the best bullseye, Ludwig had the most bullseyes so far, and the newcomers had very much of an uphill game before them, Fred C. Ross, the old champion, came over from Springfield, Mass., during the day, and W. H. French, FOREST AND STtrisAM. [March 18, 1905. one time an active member of the Leadvill®, Colo., Rifle Club, and Dr. W. G. Hudson, of the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver As- sociation, were among those who tried their skill during the day. Outside, the rain and dull skies served to make the attendance good, and the ranges were crowded during shooting hours. The bulletin Thursday morning showed that P. J. Donovan had completed his championship score with a total of 2374, while H. C. Zettler finished with 2368. A. F. Laudensack had the most bulls- cyes, 11/ ; while L. P. Ittel had 45 so far, and two scores of 74 and three of 73 on the ring target. H. F. Barning, W. A. Tewes, H. M. Pope, Charles Zettler, Jr., P. J. O’Hare had also added scores to the ring target list, with Gute still high man on the 100-shot, second for best bullseye, third on the Zimmermann target, and well along on the bullseye target. This was a short day, as the ranges were closed at 7 o’clock, while the rain did not serve to raise the spirits of the contestants. Toward the close Stephen Van Allen, who had been giving exhibitions of fancy shooting in Madison Square Garden, came over aid tried his skill with the target rifle, and Michael Dorrler, the old champion, shot along with the rest and helped to keep shooting lively. Friday was a beautiful day, bright and warm, and, while there was but one more day to shoot, nearly all of the contestants rested during the afternoon, most of them going to some of the theatres, so that by 4 o’clock the ranges were almost deserted. Shooting during the evening was lively, however, but nearly all had finished their 100-shot strings by this time, and more time was devoted to visiting among these friends from many States, who meet but seldom, and generally at matches of this kind. Mr. Ludwig was still hign mar. on the Zimmermann target, Mr. Gute’s score was still good for first place on the 100-shot match, but Dr. Hudson made a splendid showing against the heavy odds by rolling up 2458 point -s, or one point higher than the previous record. William A. MR. R. GUTE, MIDDLE VILLAGE, N. Y. Second in Championship Match— 2466 out of a possible 2500 points. Tewes, of Jersey City, quit with 2450 to his credit, while Harry Pope had to be content with 2447. Dr. A. A. Stillman, of Syra- cuse, partly finished his score, and several others had by this time fired fifty or more shots. So far forty contestants had finished their. 100-shot scores, .and out of this number, twenty-three scored 2400 points or better, which speaks well for the rifles and ammunition, as well as for the men themselves. It was useless to ask the question often heard at tournaments like this: “How is the ammunition running?” for while all makes of short car- tridges were being used, they all seemed to be equally accurate. Stephen Van Allen made a fine showing in view of the fact that he had been doing snap shooting almost every hour from noon to 11 at night in Madison Square Garden, and while he is a splendid all-round rifle shot, it was not to be expected that he could do his best work with a heavy target rifle and peep sights after shooting with a half dozen light rifles and open sights for so many days. He shot much more rapidly than most of the contestants, and was in seventh place at. the end of the day. Mr. IftePs Great Score. The only topic during Saturday was Mr. Ittel’s great perform- ance. Coming to New York city after it Was known to him that Mr. Gute had completed a score higher than any so far made in these annual affairs, and not being in the best of form after an all- night journey on the train, it was considered little short of mar- velous that he should start in as he did, with one purpose in view, that of making a better score than 2466 points — and not only accomplish that purpose, but lower all of his own and everybody else’s records, with a total of 2468, an average of 246.8 for each ten shots, and with but two shots all told further than three points from the tiny center of the bullseye. And while the rifle- men had said all along that Mr. Gute richly deserved to win the contest, in view of the hard preparatory work he had done, Mr. Ittel’s victory was popular with ali,- as any one could see, so often was he congratulated. Indeed, the fact that thirty-one of the fifty contestants had finished their championship scores with totals of 2400 points or better, and that Mr. Gute and Dr. Hudson had exceeded, while Fred Ross, had equalled the records of other years, was almost forgotten in the face of what Ittel had done under such heavy odds- But what he said, when asked by some one what was the highest score he had ever made in practice, was characteristic of the man. He replied that he had never made but one 100-shot score in practice, so far as he could remember, and that he could not seem to shoot well while practicing, as there was no incentive for him to do his best. Another- thing, just to show how hard he tries to make perfect scores: In Pittsburg one day another shooter challenged him to a match, - in which Mr. Ittel scored 247 points to his opponent’s 246, whereupon the latter said, with some show of annoyance, “I suppose, now, if I should make 249, you would make 2'50.” Mr. -Ittel merely re- plied, “I certainly will try to do so.” Again they fired ten shots each, and Mr. Ittel got his perfect score of 250, to 249 for his opponent. Fred Ross at one time had the reputation of never being beaten until he had fired his fast shot, and many times tbs writer has seen him start in almost at the eleventh hour, with fearful odds against- him, and win handsomely; but the tempera- ment of these two men differs widely, Mr. Ittel seemingly tak- ing matters very coolly, but hanging on with bulldog tenacity until he wing or loses. Of late years he has not lost many matches, and as he is still a younger man than many of the old champions, one wonders what he will have up his sleeve the next time. After dinner Saturday night, one of his Pittsburg friends, in sending him congratulations by wire, asked what he had done with the other 32 points, and if he uses a few more to swell the total of his next championship string, it will hardly surprise his friends. Louis P. Ittel scored 2451 points in the championship match of 1900, which Fred C. Ross won. In 1901 Mr. Ittel scored 2458 MR. LOUIS P. ITTEL, PITTSBURG. Ihe Champion — 2468 out of a possible 2500 points. points, and was the winner. Again he won in 1902, with 2457 points. Louis C. Buss tied his score in 1903 and won, Ittel scor- ing 2455. Last year his total was 2459, and 2468 this year. His average for the six championship matches is 2458, a truly wonder- ful showing. Dr. Walter G. Hudson, whose strong point is outdoor shooting, but still a hard man to beat at any shooting game, won third place with a total of 2458 points, with Fred C. Ross in fourth place, with 2455, and genial William A. Tewes fifth, while Harry Pope and Dr. Stillman were tied with 2447. J. E. Kelley, one of the best shots of the old Massachusetts Rifle Association, of Boston, and winner of one of the National Schuetzen Bund tour- naments at Glendale, L. I., came over to take a hand in the game, and acquitted himself with great credit, his total being 2444. Michael Dorrler, the veteran from Greenville, and Louis P. Hansen, his opponent in hundreds of matches, scored 2443 and 2423 respectively. Theodore R. Geisel, of Springfield, pulled his score up a great many points after starting in bad with four tar- gets, counting less than 120, and he was one of the last to shoot on other targets, after the sale of tickets had closed on Satur- day night. After the Tournament Had C osed. No shooting tickets were sold after 9 o’clock Saturday night, and at 10 shooting stopped. Thereupon H. D. Muller, chairman; F. Kecking, secretary; Barney Zettler, shooting master, and E. H. Van Zandt, corresponding secretary, got together and arranged the winners’ scores and the prizes. The tables in the club room were cleared, the prizes placed on them in most tempting fashion, chairs were drawn up, and Bullseye Muller, the chairman, and always master of ceremonies at events of this kind, rapped for order. In the interest of the sport of rifle shooting, and in the name of the old Zettler Rifle Club and its president and mem- MR. R. GUTE^S ZIMMERMANN TROPHY TARGET. bers, he thanked the gentlemen assembled there for the remark- abl interest they had takn in this year’s tournament; for the good fellowship that had always existed among them, and for their support of the sport, which made it possible for clubs to hold such affairs. He then announced that the first prize to be given out was the Zimmermann trophy, presented by Gus Zimmer- mann, the club’s president, called for Richard Gute, the winner, and invited Mr. Zimmermann to make the presentation. This was done, the president remarking incidentally that he was sorry more interest had not been taken in this match; that shooters seemed to regard the target as too difficult. He said he Wanted to make it as difficult as possible, but he wanted to see more interest taken in it, adding that he was willing to give three or four times as much in prizes, but if he did this, shooters must show their appreciation. The second and third prizes were then handed Messrs. Geisel and Ittel. The chairman announced that Messrs. Gute, Dearborn, Pope, Ittel and Geisel would divide the first five cash prizes on the ring target. Messrs. Thomas, Clock and Dorrler divided second, third going to Dr. Stillman and Mr. Tewes, fourth to Messrs. Kronsbcrg and Conti, while, fifth was divided between Messrs. Laudensack, Minervini, Hubalek, Buss, Muth, Owen Smith, Glenn, Ross and Hansen. The premiums on this target were then given out, Mr. Gute taking first, while Messrs. Dearborn, Geisel, Ittel and Pope divided the rest. The prizes on the bullseye target were distributed as follows: First, R. Bendler; second, L. P. Ittel; third, fourth and fifth, Messrs. Muth, Gute and Stillman divided; sixth went to J. W. Dearborn, and seventh to H. D. Miller; eighth and ninth were divided by Messrs. Kittler and Zimmermann; tenth was handed Mr. Hubalek; eleventh to Mr. Clock; Messrs. Laudensack, Ross and Schlicht divided twelfth to fifteenth inclusive; Messrs. Pope and Dorrler divided the next two prizes; eighteenth to twenty-first inclusive went to Messrs. Vogel, F. A. and II. C. Young and Kronsberg; C. Meyer took twenty-second prize and R. Busse the next one, while the last two went to Messrs. Kost, F. L. Smith and Schwanemann. The premiums came next, they being taken by Messrs. Laudensack, Ludwig and Zimmermann respectively. Although not a little cash had changed hands up to this time, the table still contained more, and what seemed to prove al- most equE'.Hy tempting, a number of fine merchandise prizes, worth several hundred dollars all told. Mr. Muller called for order and threw a few bouquets at Louis P. Ittel, complimenting him roundly on his spunk in telling his Pittsburg friends— as he as- sumed—that he was coming over to try to win the championship again; in going in with the determination of beating Mr. Gute’s score, and in finally winning against the heavy odds. He took great pleasure, he said, in pinning on the champion’s breast the club’s gold championship medal, but in calling for three cheers MR. RICHARD BENDLER, NEW YORK. First in Bullseye Target Match. for the winner, and in hearty fashion in which they' were given the chairman forgot all about the appendage that rightfully went with the trophy. His attention was called to this, however, and Mr. Ittel chose the Peters trophy, which consisted of $25 in gold in a plush case. After his response it was doubtful if Mr. Ittel could have made any kind of a score at all, so flustered was he; but he thanked everybody for their good will, and said that he could not explain how he had made his big' score; that he simply went in and won. Richard Gute got a lot of cheers as he was called up again, and selected as his prize in the championship match a beautiful Schuetzen rifle given by the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- pany. Dr. Hudson chose as his reward an order for a Stevens Schuetzen rifle, No. 52, to be made to his ' specifications. Fred Ross took $15 in cash. W. A. Tewes selected the Colt’s Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.’s prize, an officer’s model revolver. Mr. Pope took $12 in cash, Dr. Stillman $10 in' cash, Mr. Kelley $9, Mr. Dorrler $8. Theodore Geisel selected the silver cup given by the Zettler Rifle Club. The $7 prize went to Mr. Van Allen; $6 to Mr. Thomas; $5 each to Hansen and O’Hare; Mr. French took a Barning rifle action, to be made to his order; Kronsberg, $4; Laudensack, a Bristol steel fly-rod, given by the Horton Manufacturing Company; Dearborn, Buss, Owen Smith and Barker took $3 each; Hubalek a set of target sights, given by the Lyman Gunsight Corporation; Barning $3, and Glenn $2; F. L. Smith took a Marble axe and cleaning rod, somebody remarking that he needed the axe more than anything else in his business; Gabriel, Schlicht and Worn took $2 each; Minervini took a set of tools, given by the Ideal Manufacturing Company; McCartney got an order on Schoverling & Welles for 200 loaded shells; H. C. Young chose an order for a case of mineral water. Mr. Muller then called for G. L. Clock, stating that the Zettler Bros, had offered a handsome trophy for the man who failed to win a prize in this match, but whose score was next below that of Mr. Mc- Cartney. As Mr. Clock had this score, he offered him the trophy, and three very hearty cheers went along with it. This wound up the meeting, but all who did not have to catch trains for their distant homes went to the Medallion Hotel as the guests of Gus Zimmermann, who had prepared a substantial lunch for them. The scores made in the several matches follow: The Championship Match* Open to all, 100 shots at 75ft., offhand, with any rifle taking .22 short cartridges, any sights, palm rests, etc., on the regular 25-ring target, with %in. rings. Entrance fee, $5. Scores to be shot in strings of five shots each, at any time during the tourna- ment. The possible for each five-shot score was 125; for ten shots 250, and for 100 shots, 2500 points. The prizes were a gold badge, twenty cash prizes and upward of a dozen merchandise prizes. The scores of those who made 2400 points or more are given in detail, and the totals for the rest, as follow: Louis P. Ittel, 122 121 122 124 124 122 124 123 125 194 Pittsburg, Pa.. 121 124 124 123 124 124 124 124 125 124 - - 243 245 246 217 24-5 246 24S 247 250 248—2469 March 18, fjJO§.| FOREST AND STREAM. 228 11. — Showing the full target. Score of 2465 out of possible 2500, made by R. Gute, of Middle Village, L. I., at the 100-shot Championship Gallery Match of the Settler Rifle Club, March 1 to 11, 1905, with Stevens-Pooc rifla gtevens short telescope sight and Winchester .22 short cartridges, _____ s 2 ® 4 FOREST AND STREAM [[March 1$, 190$. , — — LOUIS P. ITTEL’S RECORD 100-SHOT TARGET. Record score of 2468 out of possible 2500, made by Louis P. Ittel, Pittsburg, at the 100-shot Championship Gallery Match of the Zettler Rifle Club, March 1 to 11, 1905, with Stevens-Pope rifle, StevensB j short telescope sight, and Winchester .22 short cartridges. _ R Gute, Middle 123 123 122 123 124 125 123 Village, L. I... 122 124 124 123 124 122 123 123 123 124 125 122 124 245 247 246 246 248 247 246 247 248 246—2466 Dr W G Hudson 124 123 122 119 123 122 121 123 124 124 N. Y. City.... 124 122 124 124 124 123 124 124 123 123 . ~248 ~245 246 243 247 245 245 247 245 247—2458 F C Ross, 120 121 124 124 122 120 125 124 122 123 Springfield, Mass. 121 124 123 123 122 124 124 125 120 124 241 245 247 247 244 244 249 249 242 247—2455 Wm "A Tewes, Jersey City .. 124 123 .119 122 123 122 123 121 123 121 122 124 124 123 124 128 122 122 123 122 243 245 246 243 247 246 246 246 245 245—2460 H M Pope, 123 123 123 121 122 122 122 {Springfield, Mass.121 122 125 124 122 118 124 120 124 123 122 J E Kelley, M Dorrler, T R Geisel, mm rnmmmmwm wwm. t, 122 123 121 121 122 124 123 120 121 122 C Zettler, Jr, 122 123 122 125 121 121 122 120 119 119 A122 123 124 125 124 123 122 119 123 123 N Y City...... .121 123 122 120 124 122 122 118 118 120 244 246 245 246 246 247 245 239 244 245—2447 243 246 244 245 245 243 244 238 237 239—2424 120 122 125 120 123 124 121 120 124 123 H W Thomas, 124 120 119 120 122 121 122 121 122 120 . .118 122 125 121 124 122 123 121 123 123 New Haven, Ct.123 122 119 120 124 120 120 122 120 122 233 244 250 241 247 246 244 241 247 246—2444 247 242 238 240 246 241 242 243 242 242-2423 118 122 123 122 123 124 123 124 122 122 P J O’Hare, 121 121 117 121 123 120 122 120 120 121 . .120 123 123 122 124 121 121 122 121 123 Jersey City.... .123 120 122 124 121 121 123 121 123 119 ; 238 245 246 244 247 245 244 246 243 245—2443 1 - •> L * 244 241 239 245 244 241 245 241 243 240-2423 118 119 121 12$ 123 121 121 121 123 121 I. P Hansen, 121 120 122 120 123 121 121 121 119 123 ;s.ll9 119 m 124 123 122 124 123 123 124 Jersey City...-. ,121 116 119 124 121 121 124 120 121 123 . , 237 238 243 247 246 243 245 244 246 245—2434 242 238 241 244 244 242 245 241 240 246-2423 i, 122 122 122 120 120 121 123 120 121 124 E H Van Zandt, 129 120 120 125 119 123 124 119 121 120 I. .118 122 120 120 122 123 124 122 121 117 N, Y. City.... 125 116 120 123 123 119 119 123 124 li 344 347 '242 241-2427 238 m 236 245 m m m m MAacH.sUso5.il FOREST AND STREAM. 228 L C Buss, 121 123 122 122 122 123 122 124 117 121 N Y City 121 124 . 122 118 119 124 116 120 113 122 242 247 244 240 241 247 238 244 230 243—2416 Owen Smith, 121 122 122 120 123 118 117 124 125 123 N Y City. .... .119 124 123 120 118 123 114 118 121 119 240 246 245 240 241 241 231 242 246 242—2414 W A Barker .117 121 121 117 123 119 122 120 119 124 121 119 120 121 122 120 124 124 119 119 238 240 241 238 245 239 / 246 244 238 243—2412 A Hubalek 119 .118 .122 122 119 120 ,124 122 ' 122 122 120 121 120 118 122 123 118 118 119 122 : 239 239 242 240 241 243 242 240 241 244—2411 W E Glenn, 116 117 125 121 119 119 119 119 121 122 Bridgeport, Ct.124 121 121 123 119 121 120 120 119 123 240 238 246 244 238 240 239 239 .240 245—2409. H F Barning, 120 120 122 119 119 121 115 120 119 120 Jersey City.... 123 124 123 123 122 120 123 117 118 118 246 244 245 242 241 241 238 237 237 238—2409 F L Smith, 120 121 121 117 119 120 123 118 123 118 Springfield, Mass.116 120 122 122 123 120 124 121 121 119 236 241 243 239 242 240 247 239 244 237—2408' T Gabriel, - 118 . 118. 121 119 121 122 . 121 121 121 123 Newark, N. J.123 120 124 121 123 119 118 122 120 110 , . .241 238 245 240 244 241 239 243 241 233—2405 G Worn, 115 123' 119 US 121 122 ll6 122 120 119 Brooklyn 121 123 119. 122 118 123. 123 118 121 121 236 246 238 240 239 245 239 240 241 240—2404 G Schlicht, 117 121 122 110 122 120 117 122 122 120. Guttenberg, NJ..121 119 121 119 122 122 121 122 123 119 238 240 243 229 244 242 238 244 245 239—2402 E Minervini, • 122 120 117 120 124 119 117 120 123 120 N Y City 119 120 118 123 119 121 122 121 116 119 241 240 235 243 243 240 239 241 239 239—2400 H J McCartney, Jersey City 2398 H C Young, New Haven, Conn 3396' G L Clock, New Haven, Conn 2394 P Selvaggi, New York city 2394 G. Ludwig, New York City 2389 Philip Muth, Brooklyn ....2389- C Meyer, Brooklyn 2388' G T Conti, New York city 2386 W Morris, Staten Island i .2383 P J Donovan, Staten Island .... 2374 Felix Kost, New York city 2368 H C Zettler, New York city 2368 M D Kittler, New Haven ....... 2358' II D Muller, New York city. . ...2356 O Schwaneman, New York city 2355 A E Perkins, New York city 2329 F Herpers, Newark, N. J 2322- T H Keller, Jr., New York 2312 Cr J Bernius, New York city 2307- Ring Target. Ring Target. — This was a re-entry match, open to all, and shot on a 2in. target, having twenty-five %in. rings. Three shots con- as often as they chose. There were twenty-five cash prizes, as follows: $25, $20, $15, $10, $8, $7, $6, two of $5, two of $4, three of $3, ahd eleven of $2. In addition, there were three premiums for the greatest number of bullseyes made during the tournament. The scores of the winners follow : 1 R. Bendler 18 degrees; L. ,P. It: cl 18%, Dr. Stillman 19, Philip Muth 19, R. Gute 19, J. W.; .Dearborn 20%, II. 1). Muller 21, M. D. Kittler 21%, Gus Ztmmefmanh 21%, A. Hubalek 22%, G. L. Clodk 23, George Schlicht 24, A. F. Laudensack 24, Fred C. Ross 24, Harry iM. Pope 24%, Michael Dorrler 24%, L. Vogel 26, II. C. Young . 25, F. A. Young 25, August Kronsberg 26,' C. Meyer 25, Ri Busse 26, F. L. Smith 27, Felix Kost 27, O. Schwane- mann 271' '• , j - • ; , ; • ; ) Other scoreS were: T. Cassidy 28% degrees, G. Ludwig 29%, ft.' LI Seckel’ 30, H. F. Barning 30%, W. A. Tewes 31%, H. Fen- FIVE SHOTS BY A. LAUDENSACK. v/irth 33, G. 1. Conti 35, T. H. Keller, Jr., 36, H. M. Thomas 39%, T. H. Keller 43, August Begerow 43%. Premiums for most bullseyes: A. F. Laudensack 138, G. Ludwig 90, Gus Zimmermann 71. Zimmermann Trophy Match.— Open to all, re-entries unlimited, three-shot scores on a special target, the . best two tickets to count. The prize's were a handsome framed trophy, $10 and $5. The scores of the winners: Richard Gute 39, 38; T. R. Gcisel 38, 3S; Louis P. Ittel 37, 37. Other scores follow: G. Ludwig 30, 30; C. Meyer 34, 30; R. Bendler 35, 33; A. F. Laudensack 28; II. Fenwirth 36, 34; H. C. Wing 34, '33; W. A. Tewes 32, 32; II. M. Pope 37, 35; Philip Muth "30, ' 33 /August Begerow 32; O. Smyth 34, 34. The Rifles and Ammunition. 'This is always an important matter to rifle shooters, and partic- ularly now, that telescopes are being adopted so generally for tar- get as well as field shooting. Those used follow: H. E. Barning, a Barning-Winchester rifle, lens sights and Winchester cartridges. T. Gabriel, a Ballard-Winchester rifle and Peters cartridges. G. Worn, a Ballard-Zettler rifle and Peters cartridges. DUPLICATE OF uKhWEYE . SHOT, ' 1.1 stituted a score, the possible being 75 points. The best three tar- gets made during the tournament counted for the first five prizes, the best two targets for the next five prizes, and the best single target for the rest. The prizes were $30, $25, $20, $15, $12, $10, $9, three of $8, two of $7, two of $6, two of $5, two of $4, $3 and $2 respectively. There were also three premiums: $5 for the best five targets, $4 for the next five best, and $3 for the third best five targets. The winners’ scores follow: Ittel 75 75 75 H J McCartney 73 .. .. J W Dearborn 75 75 75 J E Kelley. .......... .73 .. .. T R Geisel ..75 75 75 C Meyer 73 .. .. Richard Gute .........75 75 75 M D Kittler... 73 .. .. Harry M Pope 75 75 75 George Schlicht 73 .. .. H M Thomas 75 75 .. A F Laudensack 74 .. .. G L Clock ....75 75 .. E Minervini ..........74 .. Michael Dorrler .75 75 .. A Hubalek ........... .74 .. .. Dr A A Stillman 75 74 .. Louis C Buss.. 74 .. W A Tewes 75 74 Philip Muth .........74 .. .. August Kronsberg ...75 73 .. Owen Smith 74 .. .. G T Conti..... 75 71 .. WE Glenn.. ........ .74 .. .. W A Barker 73 .. .. Fred C. Ross 74 .. .. Dr Hudson 73 .. .. Louis P Hansen 74 .. .. Premiums : R Gute 75 75 75 75 75 Louis P Ittel 75 75 75 74 74 W Dearborn.... 75 75 75 74 74 H M Pope 75 75 76 74 74 R Geisel. ...75 75 75 74 74 Bullseye, Bullseye target— Open to all, three shots on a 4in. bullseye, the best single shot, by measurement, to count. Shooters could enter IC F.Y '-MB RICHARD BENDLER. 'George Schlicht, a Stevens-Ballard rifle and Peters cartridges. E. Minervini, a Winchester rifle and Peters cartridges. Louis C. Buss, Peters cartridges in a Ballard-Remington rifle; Stevens telescope sights. A. Hubalek, a Ballard-Stevens rifle and Winchester cartridges. Charles Zettler, Jr., a Ballard-Zettler rifle and Peters cartridges. H. M. Thomas, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester cartridges. P. J. O’Hare, Peters cartridges in a Stevens-Pope rifle. E. H. Van Zandt, a Ballard-Remington rifle and Winchester cartridges. W. H. French, a Ballard-Pope rifle, Peters and U. M. C. car- tridges. A. F. Laudensack, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester cartridges. R. Gute, a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Stevens short telescope sight, and Winchester ammunition. Dr. Hudson, a Ballard-Pope rifle and Peters and U. M. C. cartridges. W. A. Tewes, Peters cartridges in a Stevens-Pope rifle. H. M. Pope, a Stevens-Pope rifle, Stevens telescope and Peters cartridges. - ; - M. Dorrler, a Pope-Ballard rifle and Peters ammunition. S. M. Van Allen, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester cartridges. W. A. Barker, a Barning-Winchester rifle and Winchester cartridges. MR. R. GUTE’s RING TARGETS. W H French, 121 Leadville, Colo. 119 119 117 122 122 123 119 122 120 122 120 123 118 122 122 121 122 124 121 240 236 244 242 242 242 241 244 243 245-2419 A Laudensack, 120 120 121 125 121 120 124 123 119 118 New Haven, Ct.121 124 120 117 119 122 120 123 121 120 241 244 241 242 240 242 244 .246 240 238-2418 A Kronsberg, 121 120 124 117 119 122 119 121 120 123 N Y City....... 120 121 122 121 119 122 121 122 120 124 241 241 246 238 238 244 240 243 240 247—2418 J W Dearborn, 123 120 121 123 120 121 120 121 121 118 New Haven ...121 119 122 124 120 118 123 122 119 121 244 239 243 247 240 239 243 243 340 239-2419 226 FOREST AND STREAM T. R. Geisel, a Stevens-Pope rifle and a Stevem teleseope. H. J. McCartney, a Barning- Winchester rifle and Winchester cartridges. M. D. Kittler, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester ammunition, C. Meyer, Peters cartridges. H. D. Muller, Peters cartridges in a Winchester rifle, G. J. P.ernius, a Ballard-Zettler rifle and 1‘eters cartridges. Felix Kost, a Ballard rifle and Peters cartridges. G. T. Conti, a Zetter rifle and Peters cartridges. G. Ludwig, a Stevens rifle and Peters ammunition. T. H. Keller, Jr., a Zischang rifle and Peters cartridges. O. Schwanemann, a Zettler rifle and Peters cartridges. H. C. Young, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester am- munition. 11. C. Zettler, a Ballard-Zettler rifle and Peters cartridges, F. lierpers, a Ballard rifle and Peters ammunition, Philip Muth, a Ballard rifle and Peters cartridges. F. L. Smith, a Stevens-Pope rifle and a Stevens telescope. G. L. Clock, Winchester rifle and ammunition. Dr. A. A. Stillman, a Zischang rifle, a Malcolm telescope and Peters ammunition. Owen Smith, a Barning-Pope rifle and Peters ammunition. Louis P. ltte), a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Stevens aperture tele- scope and Peters cartridges. f Fred C. Ross, a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Stevens crosshair tele- scope and Peters ammunition. August Kronsberg, Peters cartridges. J. E. Kelley, a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Sabin four-power crosshair telescope, and Peters ammunition. P. Seivaggi, Peters cartridges in a Ballard-Winchester rifle. Louis P. Hansen, a Ballard-Pope rifle and Peters cartridges. All targets shown are exact size of the original. Providence Revolver Club. At our regular Thursday evening practice shoot we made up a team of four men to shoot at 10yds. under the conditions as laid down by the Louisville club, and with few exceptions, there will be noted a marked falling off in scores as compared with go-as- you-please practice. Even in minor events there is found the usual tendency toward buck fever or stage fright, and that little 10yd. Standard, instead of looming up like the ogre audience before the stage novice, shrinks and fades into the backstop. Major Eddy was holding his military .38 in fine shape in practice. Arno Argus, disgusted at what he called poor work at 10yds., drew himself together after the “match,” went back to the regu- lation 20yds., and planked out a nice 80 and went home better satisfied. William Almy’s first trial at the 10yd. line netted him a 45. You can put Billy anywhere, give him any gun, and he’s right in the game. We have set the date for the Louisville-Providence match for Saturday, the 18th, and have arranged for the use of the hall at Saylesviile, which we can hire for that evening. The change from gas to electricity may bother the men somewhat, as well as new surroundings, but we hope some of the fluid may be assim- ilated in the four-men system and give us good scores. Scores shot March 9, 10yd. revolver practice under Louisville match conditions, 30 shots per man. Strings of five shots, 15 shots deliberate and 15 shots rapid; time allowance 20 seconds per string. Standard American target, .38 Colt’s revolver used: Deliberate. Rapid. Total. Arno Argus .37 41 34—112 40 41 44—125 237 A C Huriburt 40 32 31—103 40 41 41—122 226 iVm F Eddy. 46 34 37—117 32 34 39—105 222 D P Craig.... .......29 23 26— 78 28 28 42— 98 176 410 450 860 Wm. Almy 45, Wm. F. Eddy 44, 43, 33, 39, 32, 34. Twenty yards practice, Standard target: Arno Argus 86, D. P. Craig 69, 69; Fred Liebricli 65. Rifle, 26yds., German ring target: W. B. Gardiner 229, 234, 236, 239. A Sensation in the Deacons' Pew* “Some curious stories are told in connection with old Puritan church customs,” said Mr. Hezekiah Butter- worth to a Boston Journal reporter. “Some of the old customs seem very funny as we see them now. It was little less than a crime not to attend church in those old days, unless detained by sickness. In fact, a person was thought very little of who even came late to Sunday worship. “One Sunday morning in early autumn a Puritan woman, whose reputation for housekeeping, spinning and church attendance was excellent, was belated in her morning work. She took her long-necked pitcher and went to the pasture where her cow was waiting to be milked. This duty done, she found — for she could see people on the road — that she hadn’t time even to carry her milk back to the house and get to church in sea- son. So she took her long-necked pitcher along with her, and sat in the gallery right near where the singers and bass viols were displayed. After the singing was over and the long sermon had begun — sermons were an hour or two long in those days — she grew sleepy. Her long-necked pitcher sat on the floor nearby, and near the front of the gallery. She was soon oblivious of either milk, sermon or a dog that came pit-pattering up the gallery stairs. The milk soon attracted the dog. He smelled and wagged his tail, then smelled and wagged again, then looked inquiringly at the uncon- scious milkmaid. He made up his mind very soon, and into the long neck went the dog’s head, and neck, too. He couldn’t get much milk, and wanted to pull back and try again. “But he couldn’t. His head was wedged fast in. He pulled and used his paws and tried to back away. Blinded of course by the pitcher, his steps were erratic, and suddenly, to the astonished people below, there appeared a sudden parting of the balcony curtain, an almost blood-curdling yell was heard, and there was a flash and down-pouring straight in among the four unconscious deacons in the deacons’ pew beneath, of snow-white milk, long-necked pitcher and a milk-soaked frightened dog. “For once, there was a great awakening in that church, but the poor woman was frightened nearly out of her wits, and the superstitious deacons were greatly scandalized/’ ^rupshootinq. If yoo want your shoot to be announced here send' a notice like the following ; Fixtures. March 21-22.— Omaha, Neb., Gun Club spring tournament. March 25. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club. March 28-31. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmeizer’s Shooting Park; |500 in cash and trophies added. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. March 30. — Edgewater, N. J. — Grand spring target tournament of North River Gun Club. James R. Merrill, Sec’y. March 30. — St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club tournament. E. G. Bless, Sec’y. April 3-5. — Atchison, Kans. — Forest Park Gun Club second annual tournament. Lou Erhardt, Mgr. April 4. — Rockville, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut first tournament of series. Dr. D. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Manchester, Conn. April 4.— Rittersville, Pa. — All-day shoot of Lehigh Rod and Gun Club. H. F. Koch, Sec’y. April 4.— Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. Howard F. Koch, Sec’y. April 6-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- ham, Sec’y. April 8.— Richmond Valley, S. I. — Ninth all-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y. Wilmington. April 15.— Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y April 19. — Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots’ Day tournament. S. G. Miller, Sec’y. April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, Sec’y. April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I. , Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis I.autenslager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Glean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12.— Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third " annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31.-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 5-6.— New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 6-8.-rSioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament, une 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y* July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. , July 4.— South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. July 124?. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W W Mr< tueen’ ’■ter’v July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md.— Target tournament. H A. Brehm. Mgr., Baltimore. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’y. t Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Sept 12-14. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. „ ' Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. While hauling logs in the Sinnemahoning logging district, Clin- ton county, Pa., Winslow Eastlake needed a lever, and secured what appeared to be a piece of springy wood. He made up his load and used the lever for a twister, fastening it with chains. When he arrived at the sawmill he took it off and flung it into the yard. As he was about to return home he noticed a peculiar bulge on the stick and decided to saw it in two on the shingle saw. It was then discovered that the supposed stick was a black snake seven feet four inches long, frozen stiff and so covered with mud as to disguise its real nature. The bulge proved to be East- lake’s pocketbook, containing $11, lost near where he loaded the logs last fall. The money was in good condition.— Springfield Re- publican. [March i8? 1905. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for * publication in these columns, also any news notes they ' may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. This year the- tournament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. , will be held on Sept. 18 to 21. w Mr. Lou Erhardt, manager, writes us that the Florist Park Gun . Club, Atchison, Kans., claims the dates April 3, 4 and 5 for its second annual tournament. 8? Mr. S. G. Miller, Secretary, writes us that the Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club’s ninth Patriots’ Day tournament will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 1905, and that he will mail programme soon as printed. m We are informed that the tournament of the Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters, to be held at Schmeizer’s Shoot- ing Park, Kansas City, March 28-31, promises to be a great success. Trophies and cash to the amount of $500 will be added. 8? At Lakewood, N. J., March 11, a team of the Freehold Gun Club was defeated by a margin of 9 targets. Each man shot at 50 targets. The totals were 264 to 255, Mr. Geo. Fisher, of the Lakewood team, made high individual score, 48 out of 50, a 96 per cent, performance. ■6 The Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, of Rittersville, Pa., announce an all-day tournament, to be held on April 4. The programme consists of twelve events, each at 15 targets, $1 entrance. Shooting will begin at 10 o’clock. High average, $5; amateur high average, first and second, $3 and $2. H. F, Koch, Sec’y. W Mr. J. A. Howard writes us as follows: “The regular monthly shoot of the Castleton Gun Club will be held on the grounds at Castleton Corners, Staten Island, on Saturday, March 18, at 2:30 P. M. Visitors are always welcome. Targets will be thrown at 1 cent each. Take Silver Lake trolley to Castleton Corners.” « At the Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, there were three pro- gramme events on March 11. The weather was pleasant. The first event, 5 birds, $3 entrance, high guns, resulted in a tie be- tween Brown and Aiman on 4. Second event, 10 birds, sweepstake, Brown was the only one of the twelve contestants to kill straight. The third event was a miss-and-out in which three tied on 5. 81 The successful Florist Gun Club team won its tenth straight victory by defeating a team of the Hill Top Gun Club in the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League series, on Saturday of last week. The scores were 198 to 166. North Camden defeated Narberth by a score of 199 to 197. Meadow Springs defeated Hillside, 173 to 154. S. S. White defeated Clearview, 190 to 183. The Mullerite Gun Club, Mr. A. A. Schoverling, manager, 2 Murray street, announces a shoot on April 15, to be held on the grounds of the Forester Gun Club, Newark, N. J. The programme of the Mullerite Club, provided for the shoot at Lakewood, N. J., on Saturday of this week, contains eight events: 10, 15, 20 targets, and one a handicap at 50 targets, $3 entrance, for merchandise prizes. Shooting begins at 11 o’clock. Targets, 2 cents. as Following is a copy of the invitations sent out, which are self- explanatory: “Chartered June 23, 1888. The Herron Hill Gun Club, of Pittsburg, Pa., requests the honor of your presence at the fifteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Sports- men’s Association, May 2 to 5, inclusive, 1905, Pittsburg and Allegheny Driving Park, Brunots Island.” An inclosed card con- veys the following information: “Programmes ready April 1; $2,000 added. Not guaranteed. Three, days at targets; one day at live birds. Manufacturers’ representatives shoot for targets only. A 100-target distance handicap event with $1,000 added. Commit- tee in charge: Louis Lautenslager, Chairman; Charles G. Grubb, Elmer E. Shaner.” »? The programme of the Interstate Association trapshooting tour- nament, given for the Augusta, Ga., Gun Club, April 5 and 6, provides ten events each day, each at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $10 added. Other information as follows: Lunch will hh served on the grounds each day. Targets (2 cents each) included in all entrances. Grounds will be open for practice the afternoon of April 4. All contestants will shoot from the 16yd. rtiark. All standard target loads will be for sale on the grounds. Rose system, four moneys, ratios 7, 5, 3, 2. Guns and ammunition, prepaid and marked in owner’s name, care of Messrs. Bowen Bros., 954 Broad street, Augusta, Ga., will be delivered to the shooting grounds free of charge. The Southeastern Passenger Association has granted a one and one-third rate on the certificate plan for this tournament, provided there are fifty or more in at- tendance holding certificates. This rate is good on all railroads south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi rivers. When purchasing tickets, be sure to ask for certificate. Bernard Waters. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y.— Though our shoots are supposed to be bi- monthly, and last Saturday, the 4th inst., was the regular club day, several of the boys couldn’t wait for the big prize handicap schedule for the 25th inst., therefore the scores herewith appended. In the last event, a match between Hyland and Blandford, the latter got back in his old form, breaking his last 22 straight Events: Targets: G B Hubbell.. J T Hyland... C G Blandford 1) Conors .... W S Smith ... D Brandreth . H L Stratton. 1 2 10 10 8 7 7 7 3 456789 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 365896 10 8 19 68778767 23 .. 7 6 8 6 6 ...... .. 8 4 7 6 7...... 7 7 9 8 10 7 .. .... 6 7 4 5 6 .. .. C. G. B. March 18, 1905.J FOREST AND STREAM. 227 UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. LOWELL. MASS. Agencies : 497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. WESTERN TRAP. At Boone. Boone, la., March 5. — The shoot held here Thursday, while not largely attended, was much enjoyed by all present. this being the first of the season, found many of the boys ready to shoot the rust out of their guns. The medal shoot was the center of attraction, as James Tilly was due to win the medal as his personal property. He became a trifle anxious and lost out, there being two who beat him. He had 41 to Mr. Backwaldt’s and Mr. Hartman’s 43. The latter two must shoot off the tie. At Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., March 7.— The last month’s shoot, held by the Kansas City Gun Club, was well attended when you consider that 25 live birds is the match that holds this old club together. The day was fine, and the birds were fine, and though only 22 were scored, that was not a poor score by any means. There are three prizes that go to the best scores at each monthly shoot. Scott took first prize, Reno won the tie for second and Dr. Millett took third. The scores: W. Keyes 19, Geo. Stock- well 18, A. H. Glassner 21, W. L. Moore 19, S, S. Miller 20, F. Scott 22, P. J. Smith 18, A. Reno 21, C. B. Leavel 18. An annual meeting was held, and the election of officers re- sulted as follows: Frank J. Smith, President; Dr. Shirley Millett, Vice-President; R. S. Elliott, Secretary; F. Wickey and W. L. Moore were placed on the executive board. Several new mem- bers were admitted, and thus does one of the oldest live-bird clubs in the State prosper. It has the distinction of being one of the oldest in the United States, and is likely the most prosperous one that shoot live birds in this country to-day. All the old-time shooters will recognize in Frank Smith, the presi- dent, the man who has never missed a meeting of the State Sportsman’s Association. And as it will be held in Kansas City this year, there will be one more opportunity for Frank, even should he go to the shooting park and stand on crutches. In Other Places. The social gathering of the Tobasco Gun Club, of Yuba City, Cal., held last Sunday was much enjoyed by the twenty-five mem- bers present. There was a duck broil at noon and a duck stew in the evening. These were washed down with numerous corked side dishes, while wit and humor flowed freely. Mayor Eckart, of Maryville, was toastmaster. He called on all the members, and most of them made speeches, all of which weie enjoyed and applauded. The Pastime Gun Club, of Scranton, Pa., is now in a position to hold shoots, as the new officers are George Fenne, President; Paul Shorten, Vice-President; Herbert Cliatfield, Secretary; William Mott, Captain; George Phillips, Shooting Master. The cold winter and late spring has delayed the duck shooting in Michigan. It could be hoped that it be delayed altogether, and give the ducks a chance to breed on the lakes of that State. O. Isme was high man in the North Side Gun Club, Milwaukee, Wis., Sunday last. He scored 24 out of 25, and in the second event E. Koehn was high with 21 out of 25. 1 M. Feser was the only man to make a clean score in any event at the shoot held at the Milwaukee, Wis., South Side Gun Club on Sunday last. It is claimed that a bill for the prevention of pigeon shooting passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday last without a dissenting voice. Now that the Iowa State shoot has been held, we await but to hear how the weather favored the promoters. It is something very unusual to hold a State shoot in the middle of March, the usually treacherous month as to weather. The announcement comes from Crawfordsville, Ind., that the state league shoot will be held there on May 17 and 18. Craw- fordsville has one of the best clubs and grounds in the West, and did you note the big scores usually made- there? All the shooters go there to make records. All the conditions are well on to perfection. Ed. Vories is now the Mayor of the city, and he will get you out of trouble. The St. Joseph, Mich., Gun Club will this year contest for a loving cup that will be presented to them by a shell firm. The local dealers secured same, and it will go to the one making the highest score. Bloomington, 111., Gun Club made money last year, and it takes money to build club houses and run shoots; but this club will soon announce another tournament. The Shell Rock, la., Gun Club has leased the hunting on the Jfind owfied by Jim Amick, The dub propose to pent othep land adjoining, and will then have some good duck shooting during the season’s flights. Duffy outshot a field of fifteen on last Thursday at Pottsville, Pa., where a shoot was held by the Game and Fish Protective Association. A party of Denver, Colo., shooters left last week for the lakes near Barr. They were Dave Lees, Jack Cullerton, Frank S. Kinner, Iiarvey Shemmill, George Braid, J. S. Smith, Howard Sterling and B. Dolan. The Grinnell, la., Gun Club. is composed of the prominent pro- fessional and business men of the city. Two factions have arisen, but they are friendly ones. J. II. McMurray, Jr., will captain a team composed of C. C. Phelps, F. M. Card, E. II. Spaulding, J. E. Anderson and R. M. Haines. While R. R. Rust will have A. C. Rimefort, Shepard Marvin, F. E. Spaulding and E. D. Gates. The shooting will be singles and doubles. R. M. Haines, with 84 out of 100, was high at last shoot. II. C. Colburn won the Gentry trophy at the last shoot held by the Colorado Springs Gun Club. J. W. Garrett made a run of 120 targets. Few shooters keep in as good practice as this John W. The Rt. Rev. John L. Spaulding, bishop of Peoria, 111., is out with the following: “Trapshooting is a brutal and brutalizing practice. It may not be called sport, and no one who has the true spirit of the sportsman would engage in it. I sincerely hope that earnest efforts will be made to induce the Legislature of Illinois to pass a law which will make what, in itself, is cruel and degrading, also criminal.” As the Illinois weather grows warmer, the enthusiasm of the shooters increases, and in a very few weeks the shooters of Mc- Lean county will all be in line. The Boone, la., Gun Club will go ahead for another year with the following officers and directors: President, W. R. Mott; Vice- President, John Ives; Secretary, Fred Crary; Treasurer, Andrew Hildberg; Directors, Jack Randall, Charles Otis, Fred Cordts. The Grinnell Gun Club, of Iowa, is-this year going to the front. Already a team shoot has been arranged, and that will develop an interest that will strengthen the club. Adolph Cropper, of Milwaukee, Wis., states that a proposition is on, whereby all the clubs of that city will fall in line with that of Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, and other cities and have only one large club. It is proposed to organize and in- corporate a company having at least $15,000 stock to purchase about twelve acres of ground and put up a club house costing $4,000 to ~$5,000, to fit up all the traps necessary to conduct large shoots, to employ a man to keep the grounds open the year round. The members of the Bradford Shooting Club, in the great State of Pennsylvania, are contemplating holding a shoot in June that will be a. winner. The prizes to be offered will be something like $1,000 in cash. And this will draw the best of all the eastern gunners, for rich purs.es will be worth going after. It is to be hoped that the western circuit of shoots, held this month at Des Moines, la., Omaha, Neb., St. Joseph, Mo., and Kansas City, will not be interfered with ; but past experiences have proven that April and May are rather early in the year. An enthusiastic meeting of the shooters of Lancaster, Pa., was held Saturday, and a club, to be known as the Bob White Gun Club, was organized. The protection of game will be the object sought, and for a pastime there will be weekly shoots held with clay targets. The officers of the club are Edward Glenn, Presi- dent; Chas. Mott. Len Weaner, Vice-President; Nat. Kessler, Secretary; Walter Gruel, Treasurer, and I. Greibfield, Captain. A rifle club will shortly be organized at the city of Columbus, O. All the Dayton, O., trapshooters were invited to a shoot held at Lebanon. It was no doubt a good shoot, as the events were all 10 targets, so that all had a show to get in on the money. Mr. Cicero Winne, keeper of Toussaint Shooting Club at Port Clinton, O., was in Cleveland last Wednesday, where he was re- employed for another season as game keeper for the club. The McLean County Gun Club, of Bloomington, bids fair to have another prosperous season this year, as shoots are scheduled to be held regularly whenever the weather will permit. Word has been received that the Langston Gun Stock factory, Peoria, 111., was broken into one night, and many valuable tools were stolen. Paul Swift won the Edwards cup at the last meeting of the Houghton, Mich., Gun Club meeting. The club medal was won by J. H. Rice. The Kaukana Gun Club, of Wisconsin, held their annual election at their grounds on last Sunday, after which a practice shoot was held. The new offiers are, viz., President, L. C. Wolf; Vice- President and Secretary, Jos. Dietzler; Treasurer, Fred Ott; Captain, A. Luedtke Assistant Captain, D. Robideau. At Uewis, Kansas, on Saturday last, the Wendell Gun Clvib was deterred from holding their shoot on account of bad weather. The grounds being near to the school building, there is n° other day, save Saturday for the meeting. Some Columbus, O., pencil pusher is out with the statement that the Columbus trapshots, assisted by those of nearby towns, are endeavoring to get the State shoot, that was last year as- signed to Canton. There are no reasons, nor intimations that Canton wishes to give up the shoot. There are other shoots to be given, and the best way is for Columbus to put in a bid for the 1906 shoot, when the whole State will join in assisting the Columbus shooters in their efforts to pull off a great tournament. The boom in the Boone, la., Gun Club is still booming. The shoots are held regularly. The Avoca, la., Gun Club has been reorganized with some twenty-five members, and there will be trapshooting galore during 1905. A gun club for bluerock shooting is now being organized by “Tom” McCreary, the ex-outfielder of the Pittsburg League ball team. The purchase of traps and clay targets has already been made, and arrangements are under way for leasing grounds on the Ohio River front. This will give to Beaver, Pa., a much- desired source of amusement in so far as the gunners are concerned. The weekly live-bird shoot of the Troppe, Pa., Gun Club was held Saturday last. There were many pf the Schuylkill Valley wing shots present, and the scores were good, considering the class of the birds. In the first race at 10 birds, Gust 10, Knipe 9, Smith 9, Scatcher 8, Gregor 8. Second event, Knipe 10, Gust 9, Gregor 9, Smith 8, Scatcher 8. The Alert Gun Club, of Phillipsburg, Pa., defeated the Moun- tain View Gun Club by a score of 181 to 174. Several sweepstakes were shot, in which E. Markley made high score. Get your eye on the Elks, as some of them are shooters, and they know what it is to enjoy sport. The gun club connected with the Wilmington Elks shot a match last week at Oakview Park with the Norristown Elks. Wilmington won with 202 to 193, there being five men to the team with 50 targets the man. There is a town in Illinois not far from Kankakee that is little known, but if the gun club there keeps up shooting and sends the scores out to all the sporting papers, it will soon be known the world over. We refer now to Irwin, where a target match was held Saturday last. In the town of Enterprise, la., near where Chas. W. Budd has his headquarters, there has been organized another Iowa gun club. This new club will start with twenty members, some of whom expect to take in the great Iowa State shoot. It is reported that Frank Parmelee, the only Frank, will return to Omaha in time to take in the spring tournament. This is not the first time that rumor has connected Frank with the shooting game as a “prodigal son.” Many years ago., the name of Lou Erhardt was often seen con- nected with western shoots; then there came a time when Lou was indisposed and his health was impaired. Hence all the old- time shots will rejoice to see that Lou — the same old airy Lou— will manage the big Atchinson, Kan., shoot, . which comes off in April, same being held under the Auspices of the Forest Park Gun Club. As the spring opens up there will be many of the Indiana gun clubs come forth from their winter quarters. The Converse Club met last week and got things in shape by electing officers, viz., Morton Garrison, President, and Al. McDaniels, Secretary. Ralph and Ed. Trimble state that there will be a gun club organized in Covington, Ky., this spring. These boys are a “good pair to draw to.” The old gun club at Krouse, Wis., which disbanded some years ago, has been reorganized. It was found necessary to buy new traps, and when they arrive, there will be shooting each week at the old tournament grounds. The following are the new officers: Joseph Gohres, President; Henry Gohres, Vice-President; Albert Roberge, Secretary, and Ray Hiscox, Field Captain. E. M. Hyzer, of Milwaukee, Wis., is out with a challenge. He proposes to shoot a match at 100 live birds for $500 a side, with loser to pay all the expenses. On last Saturday he scored 85 out of a possible 100 and won the Wisconsin-Minnesota championship. He should find plenty of men who would “call him.” Keller won the honors at the Riverside Gun Club, Detroit, Mich., Sunday last. It was a handicap from 16 to 21yds. The St. Joseph, Mich., Gun Club will hold their opening shoot March 19. There will be much rivalry as to who captures the trophy this season, which is a beautiful silver loving cup. The members of the, Ishpeming, Mich., Rod and Gun Club propose to conduct a shooting tournament during the summer. There will be a gathering of all the upper peninsula sportsmen of the State of Michigan. There are now about eighty members, not all of whom reside in this city, and Dr. Headman is presijen^, 228 FOREST AND STREAM [Marcs i8» igo& The secretary is of the opinion that the more the members be- come interested in target practice, the greater will be the success of the club. Many new members were taken in during the winter. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O. — There was something doing at the grounds on March 11. The day was a good one for outdoor sport. In the Peters trophy contest, twenty-four shooters took part. Don Minto and Farran tied for high gun on straight scores of 50 including their handicaps. Harig tied them for high gun in actual breaks on 48. Peters and Roll were second with 47 actual breaks. Several visiting shooters were present and participated in the sport, among them Messrs. Chaudet and Shaw, of New Orleans, both of whom shot a 90 per cent, gait; H. N. Kirby also went a 90 per cent, clip in the medal contest, and Stan Rhoads showed that Columbus still has a few good shots. A challenge was sent the Newark Gun Club to shoot for the Phellis trophy, now held by them, on March 22. In a letter re ceived this week the secretary acknowledges receipt, and states that his club will consider the matter later. He states that they are looking for grounds in a new location, their present grounds having been practically spoiled by a line of poles which has been erected by the Electric Railway Company. Two of these poles interfere badly with the flight of the targets. The club is anxious to .give the Cincinnati boys a show to win the trophy, but wish to postpone the match for the reasons stated. In reply to this, Mr. Gambell writes as follows: "Dear Sir — The rules for the Phellis trophy in regard to chal- lenges are that they must be accepted in ten days or cup for- feited. A club having no grounds to shoot on is hardly a de- sirable one to hold a trophy which is in competition, as much as this one, and it is not our club’s intention to give any other holding it a chance to do so very long without a challenge. Now as your grounds are not acceptable to you, we. will offer you ours, pay your team’s railroad fare and show you a good time, if you will come here on the 22d. If that is not satisfactory, we hope you can manage to accommodate us at your place on that dale. Telephone poles will not annoy us any, I assure you, as our team uses guns that shoot around them, and loads that shoot through them. Hoping to have a favorable reply at an early date, I am yours truly, Arthur Gambell.” A number of team shoots and matches were shot, and twenty- eight men took part in the various practice events. Willie was on hand to-day for the first time in many weeks. He accounted for 42 in the trophy event and made good scores at practice. Peters medal contest, 50 targets: Don Minto (2) 50, Faran (2) 50, Harig (0) 48, Peters (0) 48, Roll (0) 47, Sunderbruch (0) 46, Rhoads (0) 46, Maynard (2) 46, Osterfeld (2) 46, Ahlers (2) 46, Shaw (0) 45, Block (6) 45, Gambell (0) 44, Herman (1) 44, Pfieffer (4) 44, Barker (4) 44, Falk (6) 44, Chaudet (0) 43, Hesser (2) 43, Willie (7) 49, Williams (1) 42, Boeh (7) 42, Bullerdick (0) 41, Kirby (0) 45. Team match, two men on team, 50 targets: Harig 47, Gambell 46: total 93. Faran 46, Don Minto 47 ; total 93. Kirby 41, Rhoads 42; total 83. Peters 45, Bullerdick 41; total 86. Sunderbruch 46, Ahlers 44; total 90. Chaudet 43, Hesser 41; total 84. Team race, 25 targets: Peters 24, Harig 23, Gambell 22, Herman 22; total 91. Faran 23, Barker 22, Pfieffer 20, Boll 16; total 81. Gambell 23, Hesser 21; total 44. Peters 22, Rhoads 24; total 46. Match, 25 targets, two high men out: Faran 25, Hesser 23, Peters 23, Rhoads 23, Gambell 21. Team match, 50 targets: Gambell 44, Hesser 43, Faran 48, Rhoads 46; total 180. Peters 47, Bullerdick 44, Sunderbruch 45, Harig 44; total 180. Shoot-off, 25 targets: Gambell 25, Hesser 24, Faran 23, Rhoads 23; total 95. Peters 23, Bullerdick 21, Sunderbruch 23, Harig 24; total 91. Notes. The Greenville, 0-, Gun Club will hold a series of twenty handicap club shoots this season. The first of the series was held on March 6. The club is making great preparations for its spring tournament on May 9 and 10, and expects to entertain a large crowd. At the shoot at New Lebanon, O., March 3, the weather was a trifle chilly, but nevertheless a pleasant little contest was held on the grounds of the Junior New Lebanon Gun Club. The pro- gramme consisted of fifteen 10-target events, 50 cents entrance and two moneys in each. Isaac Brandenberg was high gun with 120. The New Berlin, O., Gun Club will hold an all-day tourna- ment at Canton on March 17, and a number of the club members will attend. The St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club will hold its annual tournament on March 30, shooting to begin at 8:30. A good crowd is expected, and a number of Indianapolis shooters have expressed their in- tention to be present. Indianapolis (Ind.) Gun Club. Commencing March 1, 1905, and every three months thereafter, the club will donate a trophy to be shot for by the members of the club, and to be known as the club trophy. This will be a handicap contest, and will represent a weekly event of 50 targets to each shooter. A shooter must com- pete eight times to be eligible, and the party making the six highest scores, including handicap allowance, shall be declared the winner and owner of said trophy. Also commencing March 1, we will commence a contest for a badge emblematic of the championship of 1905. This badge was donated by the Peters Cartridge Company, through Mr, Gus Habich. This will be a weekly shoot, and the party winning the badge the greatest number of times during the year 1905 shall become the owner thereof. This will also be a handicap event, and shall consist of 25 targets each Saturday. This shall be known as the medal contest. The winner of each shoot shall hold the badge in hit possession until the following Saturday, and shall then return same to the secretary for that week’s contest. Handicaps changed each month. Monday was clear and cold. On Tuesday it rained all day, which accounts for the poor scores and small attendance. J. W. Bell, Sec’y. All communications intended for Forest an® Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, m& not to any individual connected wltfe the papff, ON LONG ISLAND. Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., March 11. — The fine spring weather added to the pleasure of the Crescent Athletic Club shoot, held to-day on the grounds at the country house. In the contest for the February cup, Messrs. W. W. Marshall and C. E. T. Foster scored a win with full scores. Other events were equally well contested. Messrs. Brigham and Palmer, scratch men, scored 45 in the 2-man team race, but were tied by Messrs. Lott and Vanderveer, and Messrs. Grinnell, Jr., and Bedford, Jr. The scores follow: Marshall 5 20 25 Bedford, Jr. 2 20 22 Foster 3 23 25 Dr Keyes .... 2 20 22 Brigham 6 24 24 Bennett .... .... 3 18 21 Vanderveer 3 20 23 O’Brien .... .... 3 17 20 Palmer, Jr 0 23 23 ITopkins . . . .... 2 18 20 Capt. Horn ..... S 15 23 Raynor ..... .... 5 15 20 Hendrickson .... 5 18 23 McConville .... 4 15 19 Snyder 5 18 23 Stephenson, Jr.. 2' 17 19 Hegeman 3 20 23 Damron .... 5 12 17 Stephenson 1 21 22 Notman .... 3 14 17 Grinnell, Jr 2 20 22 Southworth ..... 0 16 16 Prize shoot, 50 targets: Stephenson 2 48 50 Dr Keyes . . 4 37 41 Southworth ..... 0 41 41 Foster ..... 6 42 48 Stephenson, Jr. . 4 45 49 Snyder .... 10 38 48 Grinnell, Tr...... 4 46 50 VIcConville .... 8 36 44 Bedford, Ir 4 39 43 Raynor .... ..... 10 34 44 Damron 10 32 42 Hendrickson ... 10 36 46 O’Brien ......... 6 42 48 Capt. Horn .... 16 24 40 Hopkins ........ 4 31 35 Vanderveer 6 35 41 Marshall ........ 10 29 39 McDermott 12 26 38 Hegeman 6 39 45 Sykes .... 8 37 45 Palmer, Jr ... 0 43 43 Bennett .... 6 40 46 Brigham 0 46 46 Wood .... 14 36 50 Notman 6 27 33 Lott 4 43 47 Team shoot, 25 targets: Hdc. Brk. T’tl. Hdc. Brk. T’tl. Stephenson .. 1 22 23 Bennett ... 3 23 25 Hopkins Grinnell, Jr.. Bedford, Jr.. Southworth . Marshall Lott V anderveer . 16 22 19 23 13 20 20 19-42 Sykes 4 24 Hegeman 3 21 — 45 Notman 3 23 Brigham 18 — 41 Palmer, Jr. Stephenson, Jr. 2 23 — 45 GM^Conville ... 4 15 19 14 22 ■ 23 20 15 19—44 22 17—39 22 23—45 22 22—44 Shoot-off, same conditions: L. M. Palmer 21, PI. M. Brigham 20; total, 41. O. C. Grinnell, Jr., 25, F. T. Bedford, Jr., 22 total, 47. E. IT. Lott 23, LI. B. Vanderveer 19; total, 42. Match, 15 targets: LIcp. Brk. T’tl. Hep. Brk. T’tl. Marshall 3 11 14 Vanderveer . . ... 1 11 12 O’Brien 2 • 10 12 Bennett ... 1 14 15 Damron 3 11 14 Bedford ... 0 11 11 Hopkins 1 8 9 Match, 15 targets: Marshall 3 11 14 F Stephenson ... 0 13 13 O’Brien 2 13 15 Raynor ... 3 13 15 Damron 3 9 12 Southworth . . ... 0 9 9 Hopkins 1 12 13 Sykes ... 2 9 11 Vanderveer 1 10 11 Lott ... 1 11 12 Foster 1 14 15 Snyder ... 3 11 14 Bennett 1 10 11 McConville .. ... 2 12 14 Bedford 0 11 11 Horn ... 5 8 13 G. Stephenson. . . 1 13 14 McDermott . . ... 4 10 14 Shoot-off, same conditions: O’Brien 14, Fostei .- 13, Raynor 12. Trophy, 15 targets: Marshall 3 7 10 F B Stephenson. 0 11 11 O’Brien 2 13 15 Raynor ... 3 7 10 Damron 3 8 11 Southworth . . ... 0 14 14 Horn 5 6 11 Hegeman ... 1 12 13 Grinnell 1 12 13 ... 1 12 13 Foster 1 13 14 Snyder ... 3 8 ii Bennett 1 6 7 McConville .. ... 2 10 12 Bedford 0 S 8 McDermott, . ... 4 8 12 G Stephenson... 1 13 14 . Notman ... 1 4 5 Match, 25 targets: O’Brien 3 21 24 ... 4 17 21 Damron 5 12 17 Southworth . . ... 0 22 «)•) A- Keyes 2 19 21 G Stephenson ... 2 24 25 Hendrickson ... 5 16 21 Palmer ... 0 22 22 Marshall 5 16 21 Wood ... 7 13 20 Foster 3 16 19 Notman ... 3 14 17 Sheepshead Bay Gun Club. Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., March 9. — There was rain and a poor light. G. Morris won first prize, an oil painting given by B. Thier. Gewest took second, donated by an unknown. Schorty and Montanus withdrew from prize event. Schoverling, Cottrell, B. Thier, Charles and Spinner were guests. Events: 1234567S9 Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 15 25 McKane 4 6 8 8 4 8 6 13 .. Montanus, Sr 4 9 Montanus, Jr 9 .. 9 .. 10 .. 12 12 .. Morris .. 6 7 6 7 10 8 .. Williamson 5 16 F Thier .. .. .. 6 .. 5 7 ,. B Thier 4 ... 5 12 .. Schorty 15 22 F Schoverling. 10 20 Buckwurst 12 19 Charles 10 .. Gewest . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . Spinner 3 .. Fransiola 5 .. Allen 4 .. Cottrell 8 20 Prize event, 50 targets: McKane, 12, 53; Montanus, Sr., 39; Morris, 16, 60; Williamson, 16, 38; Gewest, 26, 56; Spinner, 8; Fransiola, 38, 46; Allen, 38, 52; Cottrell, 34; Freyler, 17, 47. Shoot-off: McKane, 3, 15; Morris, 4, 25; Gewest, 7, 25; Allen, 10, 19. Shoot-off: Morris, 2, 23; Gewest, 4, 21. IN NEW JERSEY. South Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J.— The shooting at the grounds of this club, at the foot of Broad street, on Saturday, March 11, was participated in by ten men and was for practice only. Geo. H. Piercy, of Jersey City, made high average, while R. A. Parker, of Nutley, was second high man. Messrs. Pearsall, Whittlesey, Gaskill and Henry are all capable of better work, but on this occasion were handicapped by shooting borrowed gun. Mr. Gaskill, who is a member of the Rahway Gun Club, was ac- companied to the grounds by J. Frank Way, another member of that progressive shooting organization. Among those present, be- sides Mr. Way, who did not come prepared to shoot, were Messrs. Toffey and Wilson, of Jersey City; Melchoir, of Newark, and M. Herrington, of Arlington. Among those who were greatly missed was Asa Whitehead, a charter member of the club, who is. con- fined to his home by illness. Two barrels of targets and two cases of shells were disposed of during the afternoon. The scores: Events: 123456789 Targets- 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Geo H Piercy..................... 21 19 19 20 23 22 21 21 21 M Jenkins 17 14 12 .. 12 .. 14 .. .. Geo Gaskill .. 15 18 I? A Nott .. .. 13 19 10 14 14 11 .. C Henry C E Talbot . . . . . R A Parke ..... W Pearsall ...... I H Terrill ..... H D Whittlesey 16 .. 10 .. 16 .. 11 10 12 14 .. .. 15 17 13 16 16 20 .. .. .. 12 .. 20 .. .. .. .. .. 16 .. .. .. 11 .. 18 North River Gun Club, Edgewater, N. J., March 11. — Event No. 5, handicap trophy shoot for Schortemeier watch charm, resulted in a tie, Morrison winning the shoot-off. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 15 10 15 10 50 25 25 G E Eickhoff, S 3 10 7 30 17 14 A Schoverling, 6....... 9 10 8 42 16 .. Hans 5 s 7 21 16 14 Brugman 8 ii 4 37 20 .. J Morrison, 8 7 u 7 40 18 .. F Vosselman, 10........ 6 8 6 28 F Truax, 3 8 12 9 42 Dr Richter, 6 6 11 7 39 IT B Williams 7 10 9 38 Dr Paterno, 20 5 6 5 23 11 15 C McClane 9 7 33 13 IT H Schramm... 36 Buchanan, 20 6 8 6 24 ii is J Merrill, 16 22 ii .. Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’y. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., March 11. — To-day marked the opening of what will be known as the Charles Daly gun contest. The club has of- fered a $185 Daly gun to be shot for by members of the club, under the following conditions: Fifty targets, unknown angles, automatic handicaps, $5 entrance, Walsrode powder to be used exclusively. To be shot for on the second Saturday for twelve months, the winner of the greatest number of contests to be the Owner of the gun. Mr. Wallace was high man in this event (No. 3) to-day, break- ing 43. This, with his handicap of 5, gave him a score of 48. In the gold medal event Mr. Howard broke 85 out of a possible 4 00 targets, and up to date is high man. The club expects to send a team to the Freehold shoot on the 18th. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 50 25 25 25 F W Moffett, 4. 18 19 46 18 23 22 C L Bush, 2.... 23 15 42 .. .. .. G F Lloward... 21 21 43 W T Wallace, 5. 19 16 48 17 . . .. E Winslow, 8.. 11 12 41 G Hawkey, 14. 12 14 32 P Cockefair, 4. 20 19 43 21 17 21 C W Kendall, 0. 15 14 29 21 22 21 G Batten, 4:... 18 .. 43 17 .. .. Handicaps apply only in event Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 50 25 25 25 C Babcock, 2... 13 18 38 21 19 19 C V Gunther... 21 21 34 I S Crane, 4... .. 20 37 16 .. .. G W Boxall, 8. . . 18 47 18 . . B T Bush, 14.. .. 18 37 Dr Gardiner ... . . 21 . . 20 19 21 E Milliken 22 .. 13 18 20 I Milliken 12 . , 13 7 11 3. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Club Handicaps. Washington, D. C., March 2. — Editor Forest and Stream: The Analostan Gun Club is now considering the best system of handicapping, for a series of prize shoots lasting the season. Last year we used the class system and distance handicap. A few shooters developed very rapidly, and could shoot better from 20 yards than the rest of the class could from 16 yards, and the poorer shots stopped shooting, and stopped quick. From the reports in your paper, the best clubs in the country (Cincinnati, Crescent, Florists’, etc., etc.,) are using the added- birds system, which, personally, I consider fair, as you can then change the handicap to fit the shooter. I would thank you for your personal views on the subject, as you have had experience, and are in a position to know what is being done. More than half our shooters are beginners, many shooting below 50 per cent. M. D. Hogan. [The distance handicap is for thoroughly trained shooters, and is properly best for tournament use. It is not at all good for use in the average club, where there is a wide variation in the skill of the different contestants, or the same contestant one time compared to another. Where a contestant cannot shoot well from the 16-yard mark, no distance handicap, within reason, applied to a contestant who can shoot well, will counterbalance the lack of skill of the 16-yard man. The most equitable system for use when novices, poor shots and semi-experts or experts compete together, is the handicap allow- ance. Give the poorer shots an extra number of targets as breaks to be added to their scores, not an extra allowance to shoot at. It should be considered that no shooter scores more than the maximum ; that is to say, if in a 25-target event a shooter scores more than 25 with his allowance added, all over the 25 is cancelled, and he scores 25. It is self-evident, that in a 25-target event, it should not be possible to score more than 25. To determine the handicaps, it is best to take the most expert shot as the basis. Make him scratch man; or, if there are several equally good, make them all scratch men. Let us assume that the best men are 90 per cent, performers. Then the 80 per cent, men should have 10 targets added in 100, or . about 3 in 25. Other handicaps in a ratio to establish equity. The handicaps should be changed at least once a month. The best that any handicappers can do is to make an approximation. It is not desirable to have too many ties, nor is it desirable to have one man win all.] PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. The cut in his advertisement shows one of the attractive fishing baits made by John J. Hildebrandt, who long ago, because dis- satisfied with the baits on the market, devised one for his own use, which later suggested others. The fame of these spoons spread, and dealers wanted them, so Mr. Hildebrandt began to manufacture them. These baits are all hand made, and of the very best material. They are in ten different styles, and a circular describing them will be sent on application. It is unnecessary to speak to the sportsman of the comfort to be had out of a pipe, but unless one’s tobacco is good, a pipe is only a disappointment. Many tobaccos burn the tongue, and so give discomfort where only pleasure should be had. The Castle Dome Cut Plug, manufactured by Jasper L. 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The rubber boot is the only thing that will keep the feet dry, but ihe rubber boot, besides being water-tight, is air-tight, and so in many respects uncomfortable. The National Waterproof Boot Co., in their advertisement in another column state that they have a leather boot that is waterproof, soft, pliable and most comfortable. For such a boot one vyould think there should be a great sale among sportsmen.- mSWiSiSa FOREST AND STREAM. Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition, etc. Put on any L. C. SMITH GUN, New or Old. Send for Catalogue. HUNTER. ARMS CO., Fulton, N. Y. SMITH GUNS SHOOT WELL. THE HUNTER ONE-TRIGGER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. CASHMORE GUNS PRICE LIST POST FREE GRAND PRIX DU CASINO, MONTE CARLO, - - 1903 AUSTRALIAN GRAND HANDICAP. - - . 1992 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, - 1899 CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA, - 1899 CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES, - . iS98 1st, 2d and 3d GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, - - 1897 Address WILLIAM CASHMORE, Gun Maker. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream Q Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject, and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert (Moose), .... Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag (Deer), - - Carl Rungius 8. “ Listen ! ” (Mule Deer), - - Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights (Mountain Sheep), Carl Rungius 5. “What’s That? ” (Antelope). - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. 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WALSRODE POWDER AGENTS, 302-304 Broadway, - RECORD-BREAKING, PRIZE-WINNING SCORES MADE WITH WINCHESTER .22 CALIBER CARTRIDGES At the Open Tournament held by the Zettler Rifle Club in New York City, March i-ii, three of the four first prizes were won by shooters who shot Winchester Cartridges. Not only were the prizes won by Winchester Cartridges, but the scores made were so phenomenally high that they surprised even the experts, all of which is proof that Winchester Cartridges are unequalled for accuracy, reliability and results. The events, winners and scores were as follows: RING TARGET: R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, five 75’s (75 being the best possible). J. W. Dearborn, shooting Winchester Cartridges; score, three 75’s and five 74’s. ZIMMERMAN TARGET: Won by R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 39 (39 being the best possible), 38. BULLSEYE TARGET: Won by Richard Bendler, with Winchester Cartridges, his bullseye measuring 18 degrees. 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The conditions of life at the Consulate were most favorable for a study of the people, and with the instinct of a journalist Mrs. Churchill im- proved the opportunity to the full. As a woman she won confidences which would have been denied to a man, and acquired a vast fund of interesting lore which would have been withheld from one less sympathetic and less fully trusted. Thus she learned and has here described the real Samoa, that is the Samoans as they are. The successive chapters give an admirably complete picture of a people in whom, as we read of them in these vivacious pages, Mrs. Churchill compels us to feel an unflagging interest. The book is well balanced; there is just enough of the history of Samoa to give an understanding of the events which have brought a portion of the islands under the flag of the United States; and just enough of description to make an appropriate and effective stage setting. But the chief characteristic of this brightly written book is action of incident and story. It is writing of the sort that has movement, and leads one on from page to page. “Samoa ‘Uma” is not exclusively about the Samoans; there is a chapter on Papalangi life, from which it appears that living in Samoa is so different; and some of the best things in the book are the personal experiences and adventures of this particular Papalangi woman, whose love of outdoor life led her on fre- quent excursions amid the coral reefs and into the dark jungles. All in all, it is a book that will be read through, and read more than once. Here is the list of chapters: CONTENTS: I -The Real Samoa. II. — The Samoan Family. III. — The Samoan Housewife. IV. — Courtesy and Ceremonies. V. — Kava — The Ceremonial Drink. VI. — Music and the Siva Dance. VII. — Handicraft and Art. VIII. -— Fishers and Sailors. IX. — Shooting the Apolima Passage. X. — The Weed that Catches Fish. XI. — Torches on the Reef. XII. — The Palolo Anniversary. XIII. — The Chase of Rats. XIV. — Things that Creep and Crawl. XV. — The Wreck of the Schooner Lupe. XVI. — Samoan Fickle Brides. XVII. — The Vampires of the Tuasivi. XVIII. — Beachcomber and Missionary. XIX. — Copra and Trade. XX. — Papalangi Life. XXI — The Story of Laulu’s Hunt. XXII. — The Great Vaiala Steeplechase. XXIII. — Some South Sea Hoodoos. ILLUSTRATIONS: Portrait of the Author. His Pronunciamento — the Orator. The Land-Locked Waters of Pago- Pago. Samoan Child. Baked Pig Becomes a Triumph. The Village Taupou and Her Attend- ants. A Taupou and Her Tuinga. Manaia with Heading-Knife. Everything that Makes the Kava. The Taupou’s Duty is to Prepare the Kava. The Siva, is Danced Sitting. The Brush is a Pandanus Nutlet. Painted Siapos, Far the More Strik- ing. Apia, the Little Town Strung Along the Beach. Village Boats with Many Oars. Samoan House. Every Man is Tattooed. Ailolo, a Luali'i Belle. They Live Amidst a Wealth of Vege- tation. 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LXIV.— No. 12. No. 346 Broadway, New York.' /The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium ofentertain- nent, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time._ Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. ADIRONDACK TIMBER THIEVES. The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks has made public certain, charges which it has preferred with Governor Higgins implicating Commissioner Middle- ton and Chief Protector Pond, and it has given out letters written by its president, Judge Henry E. Howland, urging the Governor not to reappoint these officials. The letters are printed on another page. It is alleged that Adirondack timber thieves have stolen large amounts of timber from the State lands, and have then informed upon themselves and paid small penalties /and have been permitted to remove the stolen timber. Evidences of. the criminal operations of this character as contained in the records of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Game Protectors and the Justices of the Peace show, the Association asserts, that the depredations of timber thieves have been extensive, and the penalties exacted from them ridiculously small in comparison with the value of the plunder. In one case, as cited by the Association, a North Elba thief who stole i, 600,000 feet of lumber, settled for it by paying a penalty of $440, or at the rate of twenty-one cents a cord, and kept the wood. In another instance a thief who stole 5,677 green trees paid a- fine of $2,000, or less than forty cents a 'tree, the penalty prescribed in the statute being $10 for each tree. The fines thus paid were in amount so far below the actual value of the timber taken that the ; transaction was equivalent to the buying of the wood for a song. The aggregate of the fines in the several opera- tions specified was $30,111.93, which represented stolen timber worth many times that sum. The Association charges that systematic robbery of this character was conducted openly, that mills were set up on the State lands and lumber operations were carried on for months, the timber stacked up along streams or hauled into the streams awaiting the spring floods to float it to market. The thing was done so openly, it is declared, that the authorities must have known of it and .■ should have suppressed it. In the letter sent to the Governor by the secretary, Henry S. Harper, the Com- missioner and the Chief Protector are charged with ■acquiescence in this criminal violation of law. This •amounts to saying that Commissioner Middleton and .Chief Protector Pond have been in collusion with the .Adirondack timber thieves. The membership list of the Association for the Protec- tion of the Adirondacks includes many well-known names. Among the trustees, in whose behalf and by whose authority the letters embodying the charges have been written, are William G. Rockefeller, William G. De Witt, Archer M. Huntington, Edwin A. McAlpin, James MacNaughton, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Phipps, the Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Whitelaw Reid, William H. Boardman, William F. King, William J. Schieffelin, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, W. G. Ver Plank, Alfred L. White and Harry Payne Whitney. The body is one, we may reasonably assume, which would not prefer charges of this nature against public officials unless well convinced of their truthfulness, and confident in the possession of evi- dence to sustain them. Such grave accusations, however, are not to be accepted without question until they shall have been proved to be true; and it is well to remember that at this time they are accusations only. The reply to them, if there be one, has not been heard. There are two sides to every case. The public has heard only one side of this one. The other side may not be wholly to the credit of the authorities; it may not show that they have been so diligent or alert or efficient as they should have been; but it is incredible that a full ascertainment of the facts would show any such com- plicity with evil-doers as the letters of the Association charge. Pending the rigid official investigation which should be insisted upon by all concerned, the public may wisely suspend judgment, That the statutes on the subject are imperfect and in- adequate is to be assumed from one of the recommenda- tions contained in the forestry message which has been sent to the Senate by Governor Higgins. It reads as if written with a knowledge of the condition of affairs com- plained of in the Association’s letters, and a recognition of the necessity of new legislation to apply to them. The Governor recommends : “That the forest laws be so amended as to insure the prevention of trespasses, to compel the prosecution of malicious trespassers, both civilly and criminally, to the full extent of the law, and the seizure by the State of all timber cut or removed by trespassers from State lands, and to prevent the condonation of trespasses.” The Association urges a modification of the law to the effect that the care of the forests and their protection from depredation shall be taken from the game protectors and vested in the forest wardens. This suggestion has already been acted upon; a measure was introduced in the Senate last week assigning to the superintendent of the forests the duty of enforcing the laws for their pro- tection, and the prosecution of trespassers and timber thieves. HUNTING THE CARTED STAG. The members of a Long Island fox hunting club re- cently attempted to revive in New Jersey the old British sport of chasing a liberated tame deer with horse and hounds; but the authorities promptly suppressed the en- terprise. The same individuals have gone to the New York Legislature with a proposition to legalize such hunting in this State. They explain that they have no intention of killing the deer, nor even of injuring it; and their bill provides that if by any untoward mischance the dogs should do the game1 to death, the owner of the hounds would be liable to* a penalty of $100. In short, the Long Island deer hunting as practiced under the nar- row restrictions of this measure would Be as merciful and harmless to the hunted deer as would be consistent with getting any fun out of the chase for the huntsmen; and the promoters of the scheme may not justly be accused of abnormal bloodthirstiness. Their hunting of the carted stag would be strictly in an up-to-date twentieth century style. Nevertheless the cold truth is that no hunting of liberated deer can be in consonance with the sentiment of the day. We have passed beyond sport of that charac- ter. Public feeling will no longer tolerate it, and those who want it and endeavor to gratify their taste, for it are out of their place in history. Had they been born long ago they might have ridden to hounds after deer to their hearts’ content. They may not do it now, but if they are philosophical they will try to make the best of the situation, and find some solace for the “demnition grind” of life in such sports as are lawfully open to them, being always careful never to do anything which is really use- ful or really worth doing. QUAIL RESTOCKING. The New Jersey State Game Commission had laid out a plan of extensive stocking with quail this spring, the entire number of birds to be put out, exceeding a thous- and dozens ; and they had received and distributed' 4 several hundred dozens, when the supply was suddenly cut off, the express companies having been notified -by the authorities that they would be permitted to handle no more birds. The New Jersey Commissioners are not the only ones whose plans have thus been balked. The extreme hardship of the past winter with its destruction of birds has left the covers sadly depleted, and the de- mand for new stock is very general in the North and East. Clubs and individuals are anxiously inquiring where they may procure the birds; some of them, as the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, have laid out extensive plans of restocking, and have given orders for extensive deliveries of birds. Under ex- isting complications all such enterprises will be thwarted. The winter-killed game may not be replaced. Man may not come to the aid of nature in renewing the supply. The stock destroyed, the covers must remain barren. This is a condition which should not exist, provided a better way may be found. It is well worth while con- sidering the possibility of effecting changed conditions more favorable to the, replenishing of the game supply. This is the situation ; There are expensive regions of the United States the quail, yrh§t with the severity of certain winters and the increased tax upon the stock by its pursuit for sport, cannot maintain itself in anything like abundance. There are other and more extensive regions where the birds, by reason of favorable climatic and food conditions and immunity from pursuit by the gunner, breed with such fecundity as to maintain in all years a superabundant stock. In the regions where the species has a precarious foot- hold, it may be maintained in goodly supply only by restocking. In the regions bountifully adapted by nature to the multiplication of the species, it may be drawn upon for restocking purposes without in any appreciable de- gree impairing the native supply. The desirable thing then to be achieved is the provision of some way in which the surplus of one section may be transferred to supplement the paucity of the other. To accomplish this end there might well be provided a sys- tem of transfer of the game by official agencies or under official direction between the States or between Terri- tories and States. There is no good reason why this might not be done as successfully, extensively and ad- vantageously with game as it is now done with fish. In regions like the Indian Territory, breeding grounds should be set apart and maintained and used, expressly for the supply of birds for stocking purposes-. This is an enterprise which might well be undertaken by the Depart- ment of Agriculture. NORTH CAROLINA QUAIL IN NEW JERSEY. \ The fight of the game protectors:: against the cold stor- age people, their most bitter enemies, still goes on, and the last attack was made in the.. State of .New Jersey, where the statutes — as interpreted by the laymen — would seem to be all on the side of the' game- protectors. The lawful time to kill or "have in possession ruffed grouse, quail, English pheasants. and various other birds, ends the 31st day of December.' Section 19 of the last issue of the Game Laws, '1904, provides that dealers may sell game not killed in the State for the period of fifteen days after the close of. the season. Section 38 declares that whenever the possession of fish or game is pro- hibited, reference is had equally to* fish or game coming from without the State as to that taken within the State.. A few days ago the' game wardens made a raid on a cold storage warehouse in Newark, N. J., and are said to have found there' ’three cases of southern quail marked squabs, and tagged with the name of Mr. Jos. S. Mundy, a Newark manufacturer who shoots much in the South. The quail numbered one hundred and ninety-two, and the legal penalty for that number is $20 each, or $3,840. The same day wardens searched a cold storage ware- house in Jersey City, and there found a large number of birds, the penalties aggregating, it is said, about $55,000. In each, case the boxes or packages were labeled with the owner’s name, and the cold storage people disclaim any responsibility in the matter, declaring that they are ignorant of the contents of the packages. Action will be taken,, it is said,, against the owners of the birds in each instance. The quail were seized by the authorities and carried off to be distributed among the hospitals. •-Mr. Mundy’s quail, however, are said to have been shot in North Carolina, whence the law permits a single indi- vidual to send out fifty quail and no more in a season ; so that if one hundred and ninety-two were brought out by one person the North Carolina law has been violated. If, then, the laws both of North Carolina and New Jersey were violated, and no remedy is found in the statute of either State, an interesting situation arises in which the Federal authorities might take a hand. Incidentally it may be mentioned that Mr. Mundy has retained a firm of Newark lawyers to contest any suit which may be brought by the State. He has so far de- clined to speak of the matter. T. E. BATTEN. Continued ill health has made it necessary for Mr. T. E. Batten to relinquish his position as advertising solicitor for the Forest and Stream and to withdraw entirely from his connection with the paper. Mr. Batten’s many friends, both those with whom he has been asso- ciated in business circles and those who- have shared his contagious enthusiasm in the sports of the field, will learn with extreme regret that he has been obliged to take this step, and will indulge a hope for his speedy Qpcj complete restoration fp health. 230 FOREST AND STREAM [March 25, 1905. Mike* There were mountains ahead of us, huge and brown under the noonday sun; mountains powdered here and there with snow, reviving in our memories dreams of chocolate blanc mange well sugared, such as had pleased our pampered appetites even in those days of desserts and similar flesh-pots, and which now made our mouths water in soulful recollection. And those mountains had tri be surmounted or circumvented, willy-nilly; the ground we had painfully traversed in these last few weeks held known dangers, while before us lay at least uncertainty ; traveling might be worse, but there was the chance of its being better, and neither of us felt like re- tracing our steps through that ingenious imitation (if it was not the real article) of Hades, the desert. That Mike, the mule, agreed with us, we had not a moment’s doubt. He was a Missouri product, and you can’t say much better of a mule than that. You would have guessed it, anyway, by the cynical, “show-me” ex- pression of his eye, and his affection for a roll in a mud hole. We had grown in these last three months since we had owned him — or, to be more accurate, since he had owned us — to have a deep respect for him, for he was a mule of parts — -teeth and heels — and when we displeased him, which happened daily, we saw both, and sometimes a few stars. But that did not subtract from our dependence on his knowledge of the whereabouts of a waterhole, and when he decided to camp for the night we learned, after several attempts to' change his mind, that his de- cision of character was to be revered. When Blondine, Carr’s buckskin pony, departed this life some vague, mirage-tortured weeks back, Mike had literally taken the work of two upon his back, and with his usual cheer- ful cynicism, led us safely across the indefinite, sky- bound desert. To-day he wore an air of relaxation; he would loiter over green spears of gramma grass that had found life in a few drops of moisture filtered from those cool, glisten- ing snows, for by now we were well in the foothills. Or he would make friendly advances to Carr or me, ad- vances which we met with caution, for in addition to his other traits, Mike was a practical joker, his humorous moods sometimes resulting in misfortune to the object of his attentions. I have occasionally thought we may have misjudged Mike; perhaps he was one of those un- fortunates with affections which, like desert pears, grow prickly side out, but are sweet and wholesome within — though I always do say eating those cactus pears isn’t worth the trouble of rubbing off such a pesky lot of stickers. Anyway, with Mike, the rubbing off process held too many fears for us, so he went through life a mule misunderstood, perhaps. Carr and I noted these signs of a mind at ease with satisfaction, for always the rank and file reflect the mood of the officer commanding, and we permitted ourselves the luxury of an occasional rest on the shady side of a boulder. You can’t be preoccupied on a desert; every step you take, every halt you make must be the result of calculation and experience, and though this caution be- comes habiual after a time, still it helps to account for the peculiarly jaded expression of men just in from such an expedition as we were now on. Every rock may shelter some venomous lizard or snake; a Gila monster may be taking an airing in the neighborhood, or, of less danger but considerable discomfort, each particle of vege- tation is at apparent war with the world and stands armed at every point ; you live in an atmosphere of every man for himself, which has something of the effect on the nerves of a flyer in Wall Street, where everyone’s motto' is sauve qui peut. So it was a relief to be out of the worst of it, for now our progress carried us from the desert lands behind into the beginnings of a normal vegetation. A stream — small, .but promising better things nearer its source — trickled along, its way enlivened by bushes and low trees. Deeper we went into the heart of the hills, those towering moun- tains seeming to go up and up into the sky, and as the sun dipped behind them, Mike concluded it was time to camp, though two hours of the day still lay ahead of us. Knowing (he uselessness of disputing the point, we un- packed our stuff and prepared for the night, making camp by the stream among the cottonwoods. Chaparral lined the gulch which we had been following, for we kept the course of the stream to make traveling easier. Carr was preparing supper. I had attended to the needs of Mike, whom we allowed to wander at will, as we had found that if any losing was done it would be his losing us, not we him. He was deliberating over his meal as he always did ; we called it saying grace, for he put on an air of sanctified displeasure which reminded Carr of a pious old chap he had once known who always made disparaging remarks about the food, after thanking the Lord for it in an extended and minute blessing. We were comfortably settled to our supper, restfully watching the golden light climb the hill, drawing after it the amethyst shadows from gulch and canon, thankful that the fates had seen fit to release us from the clutch of the desert devils, and though this lacked much of being the promised land, still by comparison with that strip of outside country which lay bare and glaring to every throbbing ray of sun, it was a paradise to°our jaded minds and bodies. Gradually into our consciousness broke the fact that there was an occasional noise in the brush behind us, a sound increasing in volume and persistency till even Mike stopped munching and looked expectantly in the direction whence it came. Not suspecting anything more formidable than a stray coyote, we did not disturb our- selves till into the open tumbled the huge bulk of a bear, which projected itself toward us with a speed that sent us to our feet and toward a rock near-by, in too much of a hurry to pick up our guns, our one idea being to get out of the way of this unexpected guest. As we scrambled up the friendly rock which some thoughtful glacier had deposited there in ages past, the bear rolled at a sort of lope to where we had left the remnants of our meal, evidently with the idea of helping himself; but he had not reckoned on Mike — Mike the only really plucky one of the trio. At the institution of 'learning where Mike had received his education bears evidently were not included in the curriculum, for he was plainly of a nonplussed and dis- gruntled mind. He stood and watched the visitor snuffing about till it seemed to occur to him that it was up io him to add to his various other duties that of watch- dog. So he advanced with a rather tentative air, as one would say to an unexpected visitor, “Please give me your name and I will tell the boss you are here.” At his ap- proach the bear, without retreating a step, slowly sat back on his haunches, and rearing his great bulk onto his hindlegs, waved a facetious forepaw in the face of the now paralyzed mule. Mike’s whole frame stiffened; his (ail stood straight out, his legs grew rigid, and his chin gradually projected itself in apparent voiceless amaze; till, of a sudden, his lips parted, jaw dropped and the most soul-rending hee-haw, hee-haw woke the echoes in the hills. The very essence of the creature seemed to be poured forth in torrents of sound, ever with a louder and more joyous lilt to the final “haw,” while the bear stood, in his turn, petrified by this tumult of hideous noise. We clung to our precarious position on the rock, con- vulsed with helpless laughter, almost rolling off at each renewal of the cachinnations of mockery from Mike and the increasing amazement of the bear, who seemed to be striving to collect his wits to meet this change of front in his opponent. Slowly he dropped to all fours and began to shuffle backward, ever keeping a wary eye on the mule, who relaxed his attitude at the retreat of his erst- while presumptuous enemy. The bear must have had an instinctive understanding of the ways of a mule, for he refused to present to Mike that part of his anatomy best suited, to Mike’s idea, for assault, but beat a crab-like and deliberate retreat toward the brush. With head low- ered and teeth still displayed, Mike paced after him, ever keeping just within stretch of the bear’s nose. Finally, when the shelter of the brush was within two lengths of him, the bear turned in his tracks for a final rush to safety. At the same instant Mike showed one more in- stance of his many-sided genius. Whirling like a flash, his heels met the. bear’s flank with an impact that drew a howl from Bruin, who was pitched head first into the chaparral, and the last we saw of him he was frantically crashing his way through bush and brier, making all speed to his lair in the hills. Mike turned and regarded for a few moments the wav- ing bushes which marked the bear’s retreat, and if he did not grin — well, then a mule never did. Shaking himself as if to be sure he was still intact, he strolled back to the fire and stood over the remains of his interrupted meal, evidently ruminating over his encounter. His old reserve gradually folded about him like a mantle, the youthful, joyous glimmer died from his eye, and he fell to eating once more, while Carr and I, assured that peace again reigned, slid from our perch and followed suit. B. M. Waddell. Grizzly Adams* BY ALLEN KELLY. Several books about bears have been written and pub- lished in the last ten years, and all of them together do not contain so many stories of what Theodore Roosevelt would call “bully bear fights” as are told in a volume entitled, “The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Moun- taineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California,” written bv Theodore H. Hittell, and published in Boston in 1861. Probably most of the old boys who love bear stories have read the book; but the younger men only know that there was once such a man as “Grizzly Adams,” and the boys of to-day never heard of him at all. It was a curious thing that the editor of Forest and Stream should ask me if I could write for him some- thing about Grizzly Adams. Curious because of the peculiar interest I had taken in the old hunter’s history from childhood. I read the story of his adventures when I was a small boy, and a somewhat taciturn uncle — a Massachusetts farmer, and a cousin of James Capen Adams — had told me some things about the hunter’s early career at a time when “Grizzly Adams” was my hero, and of course what he said stuck in my memory. It was reading the adventures of Adams and the descriptions of California given in his book that first fired my boyish soul with desire to see that land, and eventually made a Californian of me. I doubt that the lure of California is so strong on any native son of the Golden West as it has been, and is yet, on me. From the moment when I first looked from the western slope of the Sierra Nevada down across the green foothills and upon the broad valley ablaze with the golden orange poppy, I was a Californian. When I close my eyes, shut- ting out the bricks and mortar and skyscrapers of Bed- lam, there come before them visions of mountain and forest, of canon and of plain, of foothill and ravine bathed in purple haze ; I hear the slumber song of the wind through the pines ; I smell the faint aroma of manzanita blossoms, the resinous breath of the forest, the sweet perfume of the laurel, and the old lure is strong upon me — the lure of California, the land of heart’s desire. Strong as was the general impression made upon me by the book, of course the details passed from memory long ago. I came to know in California the man who wrote it, Theodore Hittell, and the artist who illustrated it, Charles Nahl. A few of the incidents remained clear, and I could recall distinctly at least two of the pictures ; perhaps Nahl showed me the originals. When I got hold of the book again, however, the oddness of the coinci- dence that I should be asked to write of Grizzly Adams became more striking, for I found that in the course of my wanderings in California I had followed, unknow- ingly, Adams’s trail, hunted bears where he had killed them, camped where he camped, even built a bear trap in the same canon of the Tejon in which he once built a trap. Reading his story was like going back over the old trails, sitting by the old camp-fires. The headwaters of the Merced, the Stanislaus, the Tuolumne, Kern River, Tejon Pass, the long trail to Oregon and Washington — • all familiar ground. Even the trip from above Sonora through the Sierra to Yosemite, where there was no trail, which Adams made in 1853 I had made on horse- back more than thirty years later, looking for grizzlies, but not finding so many as he found. Having circled about and cut the main trail at last, I will stick to it from this on, craving pardon for not hit- ting it sooner. The adventures of James Capen Adams, although told in the first person, were written by another, for Adams was illiterate and could barely write his name, and the writer was more concerned with literary style than with facts with the bark on. The result, regretably, is a stilted narrative, larded with moralizing reflections, class- ical and historical allusions, pious preachings and pedan- try, all foreign to the character of a rugged mountaineer, and therefore false in tone and unconvincing. The author evidently was influenced by “Robinson Crusoe,” and he had to give Adams an Indian man Friday, and make him deliver solemn harangues to the poor devil, for the good of his soul and the improvement of his mind, between shots at raging grizzlies. Therefore we get little or noth- ing of old Grizzly Adams in the telling of his adven- tures, more’s the pity. Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1807, and grew up as a somewhat “shiftless” country boy. He learned the trade of shoemaking, but did not stick to' his last very well, and those who knew him in his youth said he did not like to work. At the age when country boys go to school, he went fishing and shooting. He failed to acquire the rudiments of what is commonly held to be education, but undoubtedly he learned in the fields and woods much that was more useful to him in the vocation that he finally adopted. According to his cousin’s account, not his literary biographer’s, young Adams got into trouble over some missing lumber, and found it advisable to leave his native village and join a traveling show. He became a trainer of animals, having the peculiar gift of control over them, and he spent some time in trapping animals for the show in the New England forests. A tiger finally did him up, and he went out of the show business. In 1849 Adams went overland to California with the gold hunters. He had various luck in mining, trading and ranching until 1852, when he went broke altogether, became discouraged and took to the woods. He located his camp in a valley on a branch of the Merced, about 50 miles northwest of Yosemite, and supported himself by killing game for a year. Adams frequently saw griz- zlies, but during the first winter he was careful to keep out of their way, and they showed no inclination to molest him. He says: “Not by any means that the griz- zly feared me; but he did not invite the combat, and I did not venture it.” In 1853 Adams’s brother William visited his mountain camp and proposed a business partnership, he to advance the capital and James Capen to collect wild animals for menageries. The contract was made, and in May Adams set out for Oregon, accompanied by one white assistant and two Indians. The party traveled along the western foot of the Sierra to Oregon, through the Klamath region and the wilderness between the Cascade range and Blue Mountains, turned the great bend of the Columbia, crossed the Snake River and established headquarters camp in eastern Washington. Here Adams had his first bear fight. He discovered the den of a grizzly dam and two cubs, waylaid and shot the old bear, and attempted to lasso the young ones. He chased the cubs for a long time, and they finally turned upon him and put him up a tree. They were only about a year old, but had formidable teeth and claws, and he had to pound their paws to keep them from trying to climb after him. In the course of half an hour the cubs went away to their dead dam, and Adams returned to camp. A few days later he succeeded, with the assist- ance of several mounted Indians, in roping and capturing FOREST AND STREAM 28t 1 March 25, 1905.J (earing grasp, ripped through his breast and drew out the heart, liver, stomach and intestines — presenting to my gaze one of the most awful sights that ever my eyes beheld. "The bear pawed and snuffed at the poor man’s en- trails, and in a few minutes was joined by her cubs, which no sooner smelt the blood than they became fran- tic, with fury. I was much agitated, but ran to a tree, and taking as deliberate an aim as was possible under the circumstances, pierced the old bear behind the shoulder. She fell, but in a few minutes got up and tried to rush toward me, when a second shot at the butt of the ear penetrated her brain : and ended her existence.” - Adams relates an incident to show the astonishing ONE OF AT.I.EN KEI.T.y’s BEAR TRAPS, "MONARCH” STYLE. vitality of the grizzly. He and his companions fired a volley at a bear, and then followed the fleeing animal’s trail for seven or eight hundred yards. They found her dead, with bullets through her head, heart and bowels, and several in the fat of her sides. Adams’s armament consisted of a Kentucky rifle, carrying a 30-to-the-pound ball; a Tennessee rifle, 6o-to- the-pound ; a Colt’s revolver, and a Bowie knife. When hunting bears he appears to have carried both rifles, and evidently he needed both usually. As a result of the season’s work in Washington, Adams took to Portland a remarkable collection of live animals, furs and skins. His caravan consisted of thirty-eight horses and mules, packed with, skins, meat and small animals in boxes, and this strange herd of driven captives : six bears, four wolves, four deer, four ante- lopes, two elk, and an Indian dog. He reached Port- land after a hard journey down the Columbia; and shipped the entire collection, except Lady Washington, to Boston, where his brother sold the animals to museums. Adams returned to his old camp at the headwaters of the Merced, and spent the winter in hunting _fo,r. meat and peraparing for a trip to the Rocky Mountains. In 1854, Adams, accompanied by a man named Gray and several Indians; besides two pet beaM, crossed the Sierra Nevada through the snow, hunted cougars in the Humboldt range, traversed Nevada and the Great Basin of Utah, and established his hunting camp in. the Rockies. He returned in August with two bears, two panthers, two deer, two wolves, various skins, and a thousand dollars in coin. He found the Rocky Mountain silver-tip more inclined than the Californian grizzly to quarrel with man, but neither so large nor so formidable a foe. Of the varieties of the species he was acquainted with, Adams said: "the grizzly of the Rocky Mountains seldom, if ever, reaches the weight of a thousand pounds; the color of his hair is almost white; he is more disposed to attack man than the same species in any other regions, and has often been known to follow upon the human track for several hours at a time. It was this bear which first became known to the enlightened world; and from him the species was appropriately named grizzly. Among hunters he is known as the Rocky Mountain white bear, to distinguish him from other varieties. “The Californian grizzly sometimes weighs as much as two thousand pounds. He is of a brown color, sprinkled with grayish hairs. When aroused, he is, as has been said before, the mo^t terrible of all animals in the world to encounter ; but ordinarily will not attack man, except under peculiar circumstances. It is of this animal that the most extraordinary feats of strength are recorded. It is said, with truth, that he can carry off a full-grown horse or buffalo, and that, with one blow of his paw, he can stop a mad bull in full career. When roused, and particularly when wounded, there is no end to his cour- age; he fights till the last spark of life expires, fearing no odds, and never deigning to turn his heel upon the combat. It is to him that the appellations of science, Ursus ferox and Ursus. horribilis, are peculiarly ap- plicable. “The grizzly of Washington and Oregon Territories resembles the bear of California, with the exception that he rarely attains so large a size, and has a browner coat. His hair is more disposed to curl and is thicker, owing to the greater coldness of the climate. He is not so savage, and can be hunted with greater safety than either the Californian or Rocky Mountain bear. In New Mexico, the grizzly loses much of his strength and power, and upon the whole is rather a timid and spiritless animal.” In the fall of 1854 Adams captured in the Sierra Nevada an immense grizzly whose weight was over 1,500 pounds. He named this bear Samson. The manner of capture, the incidents of moving the bear from trap to the cubs, and eventually he tamed them, and made one I of them, Lady Washington, his constant companion in Joamp and on the trail. He says he frequently snuggled up to the furry back of the bear at night to keep warm, land that she was as docile and companionable as a clog. :He even taught her to- carry a pack and draw a sledge, and frequently she assisted him in combats with wild : bears. _ / Adams found a great variety of animals in eastern Washington, and spent the summer hunting and trapping jthere. He had many hand-to-hand encounters with bears, iwolves, elk and buffalo-, and caught a great number of (animals in traps. The traps were solid log cabins about lten feet long, five wide and five high, the parts firmly tpinned, with sliding doors at the ends, usually built be- itween two trees for greater strength. From his descrip- tion of . the construction, setting and baiting of traps, I Mind that I followed precisely his methods, and a picture lof- orie of ray bear traps would do very well to illustrate •his plan, of operations. Here is a passage front the book which, I think, must be credited to the author rather than to old Grizzly ■Adams. A coyote assailed him in the dark, bounding at ■hint furiously from a clump of brush. He says : “I clis- Idained to notice him, and passed on ; but the whelp, im- lagining probably that my contempt was fear, followed, '.barking and howling, keeping just far enough behind ■that a kick would not reach him. Such conduct, even in la brute, provoked me, and, drawing my revolver, I cried : i‘Die, base beast, unworthy the boon of life; take the . reward of your audacity !’ A shot felled hint ; when, plac- ing my foot upon his neck and plunging my knife through , his heart, I exclaimed : ‘Die, coward of the wilderness !’ land kicked the body front me.” Imagine old Grizzly Adams going through such a far- .rago of theatric mock-heroics over a coyote ! Again the author of “The Adventures” makes old lAdams say of the African lion and the cougar: “They flboth belong to a genus which I cannot better describe [than by calling them sneaks.” A cougar— Adams calls Ithe animal a panther — had sprung upon one of his mules, ([trussed his stroke and run away, whereupon he makes ■ this comment : “We found where this sneak had been dying in wait for prey, and whence it had doubtless leaped. It wyas. not far from a fountain where animals congre- gated], thus affording a fine field for treachery and assas- sination.” Fine sentiment to put into the mouth of one who, like Ithe cougar, was making his living by lying in wait where lanimals congregated and killing them with guns, or ADAMS AND LADY WASHINGTON. treacherously luring them into traps and assassinating them when they were helpless prisoners. ^ While in Washington, Adams joined forces with three Texan hunters, and the party made great slaughter of bears, deer, elk, buffalo, wolves, antelope, foxes and fur- ubearing small animals, and had many thrilling adven- ttures. One day they came upon a large grizzly and two 'cubs, and Foster, one of the Texans, thinking he could kill a bear as easily as a buck, attacked them prematurely. He wounded the old bear and then ran for a tree when she charged, but before he could climb out of reach the bear seized his feet and dragged him to the ground. “Time and again,” says Adams, “had I cautioned Fos- "ter, as also the others of my comrades, if ever they fell in the power of a grizzly bear to lie perfectly still and lshow no signs of life, however severely scratched and ■bitten they might be. I myself have tried the efficacy of ((feigning death, and there have been cases where a bear 8 would leave a pretended dead man perfectly unharmed, but return and exhibit the greatest fury upon his attempt it 0 move. It is therefore no more than prudence, in such cases, to remain perfectly passive and quiet until the animal is beyond sight and hearing. ■ “But poor Foster, in his extremity, forgot these in- ■' junctions, and not only shrieked for help, but struggled to get away. I immediately drew my knife and rushed toward him, with the object of attracting the brute’s at- tention; but before I could approach, the bear, with one cage, the animal’s size and exhibitions of prodigious strength, as told in the Adams book, are substantially like the true story of Monarch — not the amazing fiction of Bre’r Seton’s concoction. Adams hunted during the rest of the season on Kern River, and made a trip to the Tejon region, where he built traps and tried in vain to capture a large spotted animal, presumably a jaguar. The jaguar is not believed to be a native of California, but it is probable that speci- mens sometimes wander up north of their usual range. The description given by Adams of the animal he saw fits the jaguar perfectly, and when I was hunting in the same region in 1889, mountaineers told me that they had seen a great spotted cat, larger than a cougar, in the roughest part of the mountains south of the San Joaquin Valley. I never saw the animal, although I did see tracks considerably larger than those of any ordinary cougar. Hittell’s account of the. adventures of Grizzly Adams ends with the establishment of a menagerie in San Fran- cisco, where Adams gave exhibitions with his trained animals. The closing words of the book, Adams sup- posed to be speaking, are : “If I could choose, I would wish, since it was my destiny to become a mountaineer and grizzly bear hunter of California, to finish my career in the Sierra Nevada. There would I fain lay (sic) down with the Lady, Ben and Rambler at my side; there surely I could find rest through the long future, among the eternal rocks and evergreen pines.” Grizzly Adams did not end his life as he wished. Lie brought his animals to New York by way of Panama and exhibited them to the wondering people of the East. But he was not a good business man, and did not make a financial success of the enterprise. When he got into difficulties, P. T. Barnum bought his outfit and hired him to exhibit the animals in Barnum’s Museum. Sam- son was the star attraction, and was advertised by Barnum as weighing considerably more than a long ton. There was excitement on Broadway now and then when Samson was reported to be on the rampage and about to break out of his cage, and once, when workmen were moving the cage, the bear really did come very near to an escape; but James Conlin, later well known as a shooting master, punched him back with a crowbar, and prevented a panic. One of ,the captive bears was a vicious, dangerous creature, and* one , day she reached through the bars and raked Adams’s scalp half :, off his head. The old man went to a hospital’ for repairs, and while he was away there was nobody to put the trained animals through their daily performance, whereat Barnum became peevish, and insisted that Adams return to duty. The old man did return before he was sentirely fit, and the cinnamon SAMPSON. reached him again and raked his half-healed scalp down over his face. Erysipelas or blood-poisoning ensued, and Grizzly Adams died in the hospital. When Barnum’s Museum was destroyed by fire, the last of Grizzly Adams’s animals perished in the flames. Another 100 Sportsmen’s finds. Sandwich, Mass., March 12. — Selectman E. W. Haines, who is also a dory fisherman, made an unprecedented catch in the bay here yesterday afternoon, pulling from the bottom of the bay, where the water is 66 feet deep by actual measurement, an old gray loon, hard and fast to a baited hook that had been set for codfish. It has always been supposed that loons made their feeding grounds in shallow places until Mr. Haines found the one caught in his codfish trawl yesterday, which would seem to prove that deep water is no hindrance to them when they are in search of food. Mr. Haines says the hook caught the loon through the breast, and it was so firmly imbedded that it had to be cut out. Since the find- ing of the loon on the cod hook some of the fishermen believe that, these fowl have been in the habit of robbing the well baited hooks in the past. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper- 2S2 FOREST AND STREAM. [March 25, 1905. Gapers of the Crow. A correspondent of Land and Water regards it as an extraordinary circumstance that a raven should swallow a four-bladed jackknife; and still more singular that he should disgorge it again. He thinks the feat may “defy imitation by the most accomplished of Oriental or European jugglers,” and he expects everybody to be astonished. Nay, more, he declares “the incident to be so extraordinary as to be hardly credible,” and he concludes his observations with the comment that “the raven was none the worse for its performance.” We should remark: Did he expect the bird to die? Now, it so happens that all the Corvidae and their con- geners have this same faculty of swallowing all sorts of substances and ejecting them at will. Having had the pleasure of intimacy with tame crows for a number of years, during a residence in the Hampshire Hills of northwestern Massachusetts, the writer is most familiar wdth their tricks and their manners. One of their com- monest was to feign hunger, and, when fed, fill their craws with food to their utmost capacity, and then fly off and eject it. The cheekiest of these pets was named Tom, and by the fuss and bawling he made at the kitchen porch, one would think he was at the point of starvation. But it wouldn’t be ten minutes after he had flown off two, and once in a while, by way of indulgence, the men would give him a nest of mice when they found one, doling out to him the pink, naked bantlings one at a time, and hearing them squeak for a minute after he had en- gulfed them in his insatiate maw ! It was fun for the men and the crow, but death to the mice. Tom’s black relatives were not friendly. They were -even hostile, and their antipathy extended to their chasing him home whenever they happened to discover him off on a forag- ing expedition. At such times the strange crows were often tempted to make a swoop on the bafnyard and snatch up a stray egg or a fledgling, carrying the chicks off to their eyries in the neighboring woods ; and many a heart pang the children suffered when they heard the ominous gurgles of satisfaction with which the young crows in the tree-tops gulped down their callow pets. But Tom was never known to do murder himself. In- deed, his presence among the fowls was so unobtrusive, and his cute ways so interesting to the Polands and Ply- mouth Rocks, that they became unsuspicious of his tribe, so that he unwittingly became an accessory and decoy in helping the black pirates to make their reprisals. Nevertheless, he seemed to have a great dread of the wild crows, and whenever they pressed him sore in the meadows, he would fly to the mowers for refuge, and alight on their heads, persistently maintaining his perch s A Park for Beatrice, Beatrice, Neb., March 15.- — Editor Forest and Stream: In looking through pour paper of Feb. 4, I find a most interesting letter from the pen of A, D. Mc- Candless, Wymore, Neb. Since Wymore is our neighbor town, and Mr. Mc- Candless a frequent and welcome visitor to our city, as well as a contributor to your pages, it seems quite the thing to give to Forest and Stream a little ac- count of a park meeting, held here (Beatrice), on the afternoon of March 10. The meeting was arranged' by the Civics and Forestry Department of the Woman’s Club, and Mr. McCandless was the invited speaker. The weather was fine and all things propitious, and not in many months has so large a crowd greeted a Beatrice platform speaker as upon this occasion. Mr. McCandless not only knows a great deal about parks and nature in general, but he has a most de-. lightful and interesting way of telling it to others. He not only knows and appreciates the advantages and enjoyment of parks and beautiful grounds, but he also has the faculty of bringing them into existence. Some one has said that “One who ennobles the world, is second only to Him who made it.” Surely, the world, or at least one corner of it, is ennobled ORCA OR WHALE KILLER. A SNAPSHOT OFF THE PORT QUARTER. Photos by Mr. R. J. Christman. satisfied before he would be back again, crying for more. Oliver Twist wasn’t a circumstance. It was a long time before the family “tumbled to his racket,” as. the saying is; but after many attempts to follow him, which he dex- terously evaded by flying into the woods and dodging pursuit in other ways, he was at last detected in the very act of disgorging his plunder. He had a cache under a boulder behind a stone wall, which would hold a bushel, and when it was discovered it was two-thirds full of bread and miscellaneous benavlins which any flotsam-fed goat would have burst with envy to behold. After sitting a moment on the wall and casting about him to see that he was not observed, he would plump down by the boul- der, and, getting a purchase with the point of his lower mandible against the surface of the stone, open his beak wide, and the natural result followed. At first there was a disposition to give the black imp credit for being provident, and a charitable deacon in the neighborhood admired the wonderful forecast with which he hedged himself against possible scarcity and want; and pointed out this praiseworthy trait to all the Sunday school children as worthy of emulation. And some of the susceptible ones actually began to have a shade of reverence for the bird, until some missing sleeve buttons, a mustard spoon, innumerable iron wedges, screw bolts, and other articles of that ilk were accidentally discovered in his collection of edible bric-a-brac S Thenceforward he was branded for an impostor and a thief! It was a favorite occupation for him to hang around the men who were grinding their scythes under the shed, and to prig the iron wedges which lay near the snaths on the ground. He would pick them up and hold them in his beak and hobble about the place, but, if a persistent effort was made to take them from him, he would finally fly off to a fence, and, if closely pressed, swallow them. He would not always deposit them in his museum, either. Often he would fly to the roof of the barn and stow the wedge away under a cleat, where it would be recovered after- ward if time and patience were allowed. But more than once he detected the men clambering up the roof, and would at once recoup the wedge before they could reach it. He was a sagacious rascal, that Tom ! Tom would swallow anything; but there were some tid-bits which he was not so ready to disgorge as iron wedges and j ackknives. He would hunt for himself in the fields, following the mowers and picking up grass- hoppers, frogs, beetles, and sometimes a small snake or until they drew off and disappeared. Alas! it was this intimacy with the men that caused his death; for one day, while gleaning after the scythe in the field, he was struck by the blade and disabled — a judgment, it was said, for monkeying with the wedges. I tempted a fate almost as tragic for myself when I gathered that crow from its nest in its infancy. The nest was built in the topmost branches of a sixty-foot hemlock UNITED STATES SHIP PATTERSON. which grew close to a granite ledge. A stout dead limb projected about ten feet above the rock, but the rest of the trunk was bare up to the frond, say a distance of thirty feet in all. Of course I slipped and fell at the moment when the prize was within reach. Boys always do. And that limb, which I happened to strike in my descent, clutching it desperately, was all that prevented my testing the hardness of the rock. But for the inter- position of that dead branch I should never have got my crow. As it was, I made sure of a footing at the next trial, and the nest was mine. In it there were three of a kind. Charles Hallock. National Citv, California. and uplifted by the speaker who, upon a mid-March day can so talk about trees and streams and flowers, that his listeners can hear the purring of brooks — the swish of leaves and the breath of flowers; and, at the I close of his talk, are ready to do the things necessary to make the imaginary a reality. Such was the case at this March park meeting. A commission was organized, which is now at work, and the probabilities are that ere many months shall come 1 and go, a large square of ground, containing many beautiful trees, may be converted into a public park, which shall be not only a “comfort place” to the city, but a monument as well to the cleverness and earnest- ness of Mr. McCandless. Mrs. A. Hardy. A Soda! Whale* On the morning of September 24, 1904, the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey steamship Patterson sailed from Kiska, Aleutian Islands, for Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, by way of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. About 10 A. M., when between the North Head of Kiska Island and Chugal Island, a large Orca, or “killer” whale, measuring about 25 feet in length, came alongside the vessel and kept her company for about an hour. During all this time the cetacean kept close to the ship and was plainly visible, even when beneath the surface, owing to the clearness of the water of that portion of Bering Sea. But as the monster came frequently to the surface to spout, rolling 1 over somewhat after the manner of the Delphini, and ex- posing above the surface its entire length, special oppor- tunity was afforded not only to observe it with the eye, but to photograph it as well. Many exposures were !■ made, though, as might be expected, quite a number of them failed to connect with the object at the proper moment. The accompanying photographs are among the best secured. The whale seemed not only to appreciate our society, but also to take a certain interest in the stern portion of the vessel. Perhaps the revolving propeller was a factor of attraction. For quite a while it maintained about the same place in relation to the ship — abreast the quarterdeck on the port side— but after a time it amused itself with frequently diving from side to side under the keel of the vessel. After keeping us company for quite an hour, the monster “sounded” and was seen no more. Dr. J. Hobart Egbert, Honolulu, h. R, jan. go. Surgeon U. S. S. Patterson, MaRcH 2g, 196S-1 E6REST AND STREAM ^38 This Loon Dodged Twenty Loads of Shot* The article in this week’s paper, about the loon that was killed by a bullet after being hit by. over a hundred No. 6 shot and was apparently none the worse of the shot, reminds me of one glorious June day some thirty years ago. on which the writer and a friend went fish- ing in White River below Indianapolis. As we drove several miles through forest-covered hills, the shotgun was taken along to take care of squirrels which might offer convenient shots. There was a loon on the river, the first one we had ever seen, and, of course, we just had to have him. The loon seemed to be about as curious about us as we were about him, and swam back and forth in front of us at a distance of twenty-five to forty yards. As head, neck, shoulders and back were exposed, he looked an easy shot, but he wasn’t. Instead of being killed at the first shot, he was just gone. He soon came to the top of the water, but after the first shot showed nothing above the water but his head and about six inches of neck. We shot at him twenty-two times at a distance of thirty to forty yards, and when my friend did the shooting, I could plainly see that the head and neck were gone before the shot struck the water. Had not some strategy been used, it is not likely he would have been killed at all. While the loon was under water my friend hid behind a pile of drift wood, and I, provided with a stick about the length of a gun, kept in sight, acting as though trying to get a shot. The loon presently swam within range of the gun behind the drift pile, and that time enough shot hit his head and neck to instantly kill him. The above does not agree with what Mr. Linkletter tells us about the loon he killed, but it is not intended to cast any doubt on his statement. It is doubtless a fact that his loon could not dodge shot, but mine could. O. H. Hampton. Bitds ih Migration. Coming from Philadelphia yesterday, I observed avast flight of birds migrating. The hour was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, with a clear air and no wind. At first 1 thought the sky was becoming overcast, but on looking intently,. discovered my mistake. The birds were at a great height, and I could not tell what species they were, but supposed they were robins. Formed in a dense column they stretched toward the south far as the eye could see. The train on which I was, was moving at the rate of about forty miles an hour, but the birds kept well up with it for a time ; then suddenly they wheeled, dived, and ascended again. As a result of this evolution the column lost much of its compactness, and I observed several of the broken groups separating themselves com- pletely, and taking flight in a different direction. I sup- pose this is how the birds scatter themselves over the country. It was a most interesting sight and a novel one — at least for the writer. Is it not very unusual for birds to migrate thus during the daytime? F. M. New York, March 16. Foxes and Game. Editor Forest and Stream: A short time ago I sent you pretty positive proof that foxes do not harm poultry in certain mountain regions at ficonderoga. New York, during the summer, even when the fowls are. allowed to range at will and to roost in trees at night. I now have to offer the testimony of a trapper and hunter of that town who has lived in the vicinity all his life, and has killed and caught hundreds of raccoons, skunks and foxes during the fall and winter months. He says that it is his belief that very few, if any, ruffed grouse, or partridges, as they are called in his locality, are killed by Reynard, summer or winter. He has occasionally found a few feathers lying on the snow as though a partridge had been pounced upon by some enemy, but he does not think the foxes did it, be- cause there were no tracks of foxes about such places. There are many hawks in that country, containing, as it does, vast tracts of forest and heavily wooded mountain lands, and there are some owls. In addition to the gos- hawk, which visits that region in the fall, there is the horned owl, the great eagle owl, and the many varieties of the hawk family, from the sparrow hawk to the hand- some red-tailed bird. A friend personally saw two large hawks make repeated attempts to capture some young partridges in that locality which were dodging them in a field of heavy clover and timothy where they had been surprised. The woods are full of small deer mice, which may serve as fox food. Peter Flint. The Loon's Flight. Hoquiam, Wash., March i. — Editor Forest and Stream: I think from reading Mr. Dixmont’s descrip- tion^ his experience with a loon in Minnesota that he received from my letter the impression that I thought that a loon always flew in a circle in rising from the water, but they only do so when they have no room to do otherwise. With a lake not more than a hundred yards across and land fifty yards high all around it, and tall timber on that, they would have no chance to rise, flying straight away. There are a great many small lakes in Michigan; if . they were in New York they would be called ponds if they were ten times as large. The loon that I refer to is the great northern diver, for I am not acquainted with any of the other varieties. W. A. Linkletter. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. The Shiras Bill. Editor Forest and Stream: The correspondence which has been published in your paper recently in relation to the proposed law of Con- gress, known as the Shiras Bill, has interested me deeply, as it no' doubt has done all those who are concerned in the protection of game. I am free to say that I favor any and every means whereby the game of the country will be effectively pro- tected; and while at times in recent years the slow pro- gress of the sentiment in favor of such protection among the several States has been cause for occasional discour- agement, on the whole, and taking a comprehensive view of the subject, it would seem that there is good cause for congratulation. Everywhere the feeling is daily growing stronger in favor of adequate protection of the game and fish of the country. Personally I would be glad to' see the entire matter of this protection placed with the Federal Government if laws to that end could be effectively administered; but I fear that without a very elaborate and costly equipment any laws that Congress may pass, assuming them to be valid, would be incapable of proper enforcement within the States ; at least from an economic standpoint. It would require such elaborate machinery and the employ- ment of so1 many persons, that no Congress would assume the responsibility of appropriating the money necessary to carry on such work. The expense of suc- cessfully executing such plans as are outlined in the bills introduced by Mr. Shiras for the protection of game and fish, would be impossible from a merely economic stand- point. If such laws were enacted by Congress, and if they were valid, their existence upon the statute books would serve to make the State authorities lax and in- different in the matter of game and fish protection; and thus the whole subject would receive a setback which years of effort would scarcely remedy. My impression is that the laws proposed by Mr. Shiras would be unconstitutional. It is an old-fashioned notion, but one which has been repeatedly declared by such respectable legal authorities as Chief Justice Marshall, Justice Story, and other eminent expounders of the Federal Constitution, that that instrument is one of dele- gated powers; and that all powers not expressly given or necessarily inferred from those given, are reserved to the people of the several States. Among these powers so reserved are the powers to regulate personal and property rights among their people; the right to pass and enforce what are called police regulations, among the latter being the right to enact and enforce laws for the protection of game and fish. It has been already clearly stated, it seems to me, under the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States as well as by the decisions of the highest courts of the various States, that the game of a State belongs to the people of the States in their collective capacity. This seems to me to be of common knowledge; and it is the foundation upon which the validity of all game laws rests. In addition to this I will quote the language of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Law- ton vs. Steele, 152 U. S., page 133, as to laws for the pro- tection of fish : “It is within the power of a State to preserve from extinction fisheries, in waters within its jurisdiction by prohibiting exhaustive methods of fishing, or the use of such destructive instruments as are likely to result in the extermination of the young as well as the old fish.” The case referred to arose in Jefferson county, New York, on the Black Bay River; and in the case of Smith vs. Maryland, 18 How. (U. S.), page 71, the same court said, “that the State had a right to protect its fisheries in Chesapeake Bay by making it unlawful to take or capture oysters 'by '■ certain means determined by the Legislature to be harmful.” The same court said in regard to this police power, in the case of^L. & N. R. R. Co. vs. Kentucky, 161 U. S., page 677 : “What is contrary to public policy or inimical to the public interest is subject to the police power of the State, and is within legislative control.” Cases might be cited without end, almost, illustrative of this subject; but to go further in this direction seems wholly unnecessary. There are, however, certain branches of legislation, certain attributes of government, wherein the Federal authority is supreme whenever it desires to assume the authority ; and there are still others the authority to enact laws as to which is concurrent in the Federal and State governments. Are the subjects of the proposed legislation within either of these? I cannot be satisfied from what has been said by Mr. Shiras that they are so. Under what head can it be assumed or asserted that Congress has power to enact and enforce laws for the protection of migratory game birds? Not under the •general welfare” clause of the Federal Constitution, be- cause that has only to do with revenue. Not under the power to regulate commerce among the several States, large and comprehensive as such power is, for the protec- tion of game can scarcely be deemed a regulation of commerce among the several States. Not merely because the birds are migratory, for all game is such to "some ex- tent; and from its very nature and because of its wild state is incapable of individual ownership, and is thus owned, as has been repeatedly declared, by all the people ot the States in their collective capacity. Indeed, as your editor knows, I have always contended that wild animals dead or alive cannot be the subject of commerce at all. As to fish in navigable waters, there is no more reason to assume authority of Congress than in the case of game. Everyone knows that the civil and criminal juris- diction of the several States extends— indeed, for the peace and good order of society, it must ever extend— to all the lands and waters within the limits of the several States ; and it is immaterial that the waters are navigable. This does not, of course, apply to lands owned by the federal Government within the borders of the States, such as. post-office and custom house sites and military reservations. Upon these the Federal laws are supreme Assuming, however, that a valid law might be enac by Congress on either or both: of these subjects, I t that the law as embodied in the Shiras Bill is invaj' the reason that it does not declare or define any c?; its punishment, but undertakes to leave these to’ ecutive branch of the Government. Congress, has1 under the Constitution or otherwise to delegate to make laws to any branch of the Government it is true, as had been done in several instances, to a department of the Government the autfr adopt and enforce regulation to carry into effe enacted , by Congress, where these do not invof. declaration of what shall be deemed crimes or rr meanors or fix their punishment. The latter Con' alone can do. IfiMr. Shiras will read the cases of Merritt vs. Jo 106 U. S., 446; and U. S. vs. Eaton, 144 U. S., 677 will see clearly, I think, that if these laws, are to be ’up held at all they must be so framed as to expressly de- clare what shall be deemed crimes or misdemeanors and fix the punishment for violations thereof. There are no common law offenses against the United States ; nor can there be any crime unless Congress so declares in ex- press terms; and Congress alone can regulate the pun- ishment for violations of laws passed by that body tie* York. Joseph B. Thompson Death of CoL Enos M. Sto' Boston, March 18 .—Editor Forest and Strea death of Col. Enos M. Stoddard, of MarshfieJ Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective As' lost one of its most faithful and devoted n Saturday morning, March xi, he was sud with apoplexy. He was unable to speak ■ passed away at 5 P. M. the following day. was born m Ledyard, Conn., in 1824. Boston, as a young man, he engaged in m which he amassed a handsome fortur twenty years he has lived on his fa several hundred acres and managed by his disposition and temperament Mr accomplished entertainer, and he off string is always’ out for all my friends ’ what might almost be called “a craze' Hie writer has heard him talk by th< with all the charm and enthusiasm ™ani; trips he .made to Nova Sc (Maine),. Currituck and other Among his companions on these Nathan Holbrook, Noah Curtis ? of Somerville. Mr. Holbrook d Curtis a few months since, ar mg. For years Mr. Stoddard mg of . the Association. He nual dinner in February, ar never enjoyed an evening I heart the cause for which was always an active wor. of protection. His naturan bmed with his devotion to outc kept him in a state of perennial last. His two most promine > and generosity. I believe 1 rived from aiding pe- and this he wac tious way. O a private <■ to pay ’ who; sr ' >een finished. Then the jobbers, either personally or NNKpTough mutual acquaintances, complained of themselves, -sheared before the most convenient Justice of the Peace b the local game protector and confessed judgment violation of the Forest, Fish and Game Law. The ties, when compared with the market price of the • stolen, were such as to make the transactions Je for the offenders, provided they eventually get 'er. P operating individually, the contractors them- d the penalties. In other cases the penalties by the pulp or lumber company which hired dons of which we speak could not have been intinued without having become notorious we believe, could have been promptly pre- vigorous action of the officials legally freemen t of the law. respectfully request you to take such lay deem best: ~e any present unlawful operations on ?>\there be. removal or secure the recovery of jjp <°\ State land, whether penalties for opposed or not, thus converting the ' ^ £ virtual sale of timber into a ~ ..have not already been m- r ffiose who have cut or caused to be cut her or wood ’ State ' icy, that it is the opinion of this Association that the interests of the people will be best served by the reappointment of neither the present Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner nor the present Chief Game Protector under the Com- mission, for the following reasons: First- — Because of their acquiescence in criminal viola- tions of the law. Second— Because of their neglect or refusal to- insist upon the imposition of an adequate penalty for these criminal violations. Third — Because of their neglect to- prevent the removal of the timber, which is the property of the State, from the State lands. It was also resolved -that this resolution be communi- cated to you with the earnest and respectful request that 3rou do not reappoint the incumbent Commissioner and that you take such steps as may be proper to relieve the State of the services of the present Chief Game Protector. In behalf of the Board of Trustees, I remain, Very truly yours, Henry S. Harper, Secretary. An Ohio Ducking C ub* Editor Forest and Stream: I am in receipt of a copy of the Buffalo- Sunday Illus- trated Express containing an illustrated duck hunting drawing by W. P. Davison, a son of the J. L. Davison who is a frequent contributor to your columns. It is a realistic sketch which awakened recollections of a visit made many years ago to the oldest and most prosperous sportsman’s club in Ohio, on the invitation of one of its founders. The members were not allowed to introduce visitors during the open shooting season, but an excep- tion had been made in my case, inasmuch as I was mak- ing investigations with regard to the cultivation by an Adirondack club of which my host and myself were both members, of wild celery, the favorite food of the canvas- back duck, so called on account of the color of its back plumage, and most highly esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. In passing, let me say for the benefit of others de- siring to transplant this esculent, that it does not thrive in the vegetable mold of the Adirondack lakes, probably by reason of the absence of lime in the soil. I had the unexpected pleasure of riding from the rail- road station to- the headquarters of the club with the late Felix R. Brunot, noted for his devotion to philan- thropic measures, who went to the seat of the Civil War at its commencement in charge of a corps of volunteer physicians with medicines and comforts for the sick and wounded. President Grant appointed him one of the commission to investigate Indian grievances, and he was chosen president of the board, and spent . five summers in visting the different tribes. I have never found elsewhere anything comparable to the extent and richness of the possessions of this club, or to the wealth of the members in duck shooting para- phernalia. The association owns ten thousand acres of water, islands and marshes, accurately mapped from sur- veys upon the ice at an expense of $1,500. Few, if any, feeding grounds of the great duck tribe in the United States are more frequented than their waters. There is almost no species known to sportsttien that does not at one season or another halt there Jin migratory flight. Canvasbacks, redheads and mallards" are the most numer- ous and most sought for. Wild geese are found in numbers. Each member as he comes in froth Ms hunting trip re- ports to the secretary the number of 'each species killed ; and my examination of the record showed the annual average number of ducks shot by the members during the open season to be over 8,000. AbouLa quarter of a mile across the water from the club house is a long island, and when I came down next morning after my arrival to the piazza, a large flock of ducks was feeding on the celery beds near the shore. My host, whose ex- perience made his estimate quite probably correct, said there were at least 2,000 of them, and that they were mostly canvasbacks and redheads. The latter rank next to the canvasback in value and table excellence, and are so similar in appearance that a novice can scarcely dis- tinguish them. But the redhead is an arrogant thief who does not dive and pluck the celery roots for himself, but relies upon what he can filch after the celery, pulled by his enforced partner has floated to the surface. I had a very pleasant interview with this duck one evening. My host took me out with him one day and gave me a taste that lingers in my mouth yet of the royal sport en- joyed by the club members. On our way in at sunset, we opened up a small bay into which the wind might favor a flight of redheads at dusk, and my friend rowed into it, put out his decoys and prepared his ambush. Be- fore darkness interrupted we brought thirty of them to grief. My host had the most complete contrivance of his own invention I ever hid behind. It was a screen made of rushes about five feet long woven together with cords, leaving narrow interstices, and attached at each rid to a stake sharpened at lower end so as to be forced J,-n into the ground. One of these cute fences is staked Yh side of the boat’s bow and extended along the be for about two-thirds of the way to the stern, rptc , - 1 in a boat placed among high 'or . ■ cell-nigh invisible to the most k - : -ad. e writer has seen all sorts of i: !; - rst artistic and successful one perdu :n. j. . .. dub my attention was called to •a; a lounge in the office and said A , .' ough he did not to my knowl- ,-se the quest for ducks. Did the ./prevision: __ -a- brown study extend to any of ^bsequent events of a life already of world-wide ;tion and not unlikely to culminate on a still higher J Was not the club in its unconscious role of “en- aning angels unawares” making political history of Y utmost consequence? The listless day-dreamer was >hn Hay. H. H. Thompson. Passaic, N, J. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other 06 lee. Days with the Deer. (Concluded from page 214.) From sometimes four but generally five o'clock until late twilight I have sat behind the shelter of several fallen balsam saplings and watched a field in the old clearing, where, on favorable- occasions, a buck in his wanderings or in search of an evening meal, might chance to show himself before dark. There were two- such fields on the south side of the former, and one in the northeast corner, all of which were favorite hunting grounds with both the “Veteran” and myself. Numerous have been the after- noon and evening hunts enjoyed there, and many the splendid trophies they have yielded to the rifle. To sit quietly and watch a field for two hours or perhaps longer is far from a monotonous occupation. Every moment is taken up with the pleasant and exciting anticipation of seeing a deer walk out into view from the surrounding line of. woods ; and moreover the glimpses one obtains of wild life are most entertaining and amusing, although they occasionally verge on the tragic. The sun no. longer sent its warming rays across a small field hedged in by woods on every side, and the frosty breath of a late September afternoon made our mackinaws feel decidedly comfortable, as we sat behind a screen of spruce boughs and silently watched the open space before us. As soon as the shadows of evening had fallen and the atmosphere grown colder, the mosquitoes and “punkies” discontinued their feast and retired, much to my relief. The silence was absolute, and so magnified the noise made by a capricious red squirrel who scuttled over the leaves a short distance away from our position, that I immediately had visions of a buck, and looked hastily around to discover it was only one of these lively wood denizens. Presently the stillness was again broken by the sweet, plaintive whistle of a white-throated sparrow, and then in the woods to the left of the blind, and quite close by, came the low purring clucks of partridges. We could hear them distinctly, and every now and then there would be a loud rush of wings as one flew up to a roosting place. No doubt chis was the same flock that a few nights pre- vious had flown by one at a time directly in front of the blind where we-were how concealed, and I heartily wished they would repeat the maneuver again, for to see eleven of these ma-gnjfieent -birds cross an open space of ground is a beautiful sight, although a trying occurrence when one is deer shooting, as the temptation is indeed great. These peaceful and contented preparations for the night, however, were destined to be rudely disturbed, and all at once there was a roar of beating pinions, accompanied by startled “quits” of terror from the birds that were evi- dently suffering a decided nervous shock. Reuben, who had maintained .his ..usual reticent, and. silent demeanor until now, after scraping his throat and dusting a few re- maining “punkies” from his long, patriarchal beard, leaned forward and whispered, “Guess a fox must have run into ’em.” A second later this supposition was made apparent, for with a supple, almost snake-like motion, a red form glided out from the woods and halted when about half-way. across the field. So he had not obtained his supper after all, and I was glad to think the scheme had failed, as it is. -a hard fate for such a noble game bird to replenish a crafty reynard’s appetite. When the latter stopped, he crouched flat, made a sudden bound forward, and again assumed a cat-like position; repeating these actions, until we realized that he was having a rather strenuous hunt for field mice; it afforded a most amusing spectacle, as all his frantic rushes and bounds seemed to avail but little in carrying out his purpose. No doubf.-it _was some slight movement on my part which caused him to suddenly cease these maneuvers and turn- ing around look in our direction. Then without ap- parently the slightest hesitation he trotted toward the blind, and when about eight or ten yards distant, sat down in the grass and gazed intently at what he must have supposed was an animated brush pile. At least he had divined the fact that some hidden mystery lurked be- hind it, and he would first cock his head on one side and then on the other, exactly like an inquisitive dog. Presently, after having made a close survey, his courage was aroused to- further investigation, and once more he started toward us, coming up to within a few feet of the blind, when he suddenly whirled about and trotted off like a red streak. Another time I was watching this same field, and although we had been there nearly an hour, no sight or sound indicative of game in the vicinity had encouraged the prospect of obtaining a shot that evening. Having, fallen into- meditation, I was suddenly aroused by hearing a loud crash of twigs and undergrowth in the woods on the opposite side of the field. The noise continued, as if some heavy animal was running back and forth along the edge of the open, just out of sight, and cocking the rifle I nerved myself in the expectation of seeing a big buck or perchance a bear at any moment burst into view. To make matters more puzzling, a strange sound, something like a cat mewing, fell upon our ears amid the racket of smashing undergrowth, but after a minute’s thought Wal- lace rightly divined that it was a fawn blatting. Then all at once, as we intently watched the place from which the noises seemed to- come, a small red doe bounded into sight with a fawn running beside her, and followed by another big mule-eared doe. The three advanced to the middle of the field and commenced to feed, presenting a pleasant and interesting picture as they moved about, the lithe grace of every motion being a delight to witness. I am relating this incident in order to illustrate the gentle nature of the deer family, and especially with regard to the soft-eyed does, which are supposed by some never to display any traits of character except those which are beneficent and timid. While wandering aimlessly about the fawn happened to draw near the blue doe, and must have confidently come within too close proximity, for quick as a flash the other reared on her hindlegs and struck viciously at the inoffensive little creature, which luckily escaped a blow from the knife-like hoofs, and fled hastily back to its mother. Such behavior was too much of a good thing, and feeling thoroughly enraged, I pushed the rifle through an opening left for this purpose in the blind and put the sight on the big doe’s shoulder ; but she proved quicker to suspect the hidden danger than I had anticipated, and before I could shoot wheeled, and, accom- panied by the others, disappeared with long bounding 235 March 25, 1 905 >] FOREST AND STREAM. jumps. I have, since entertained the idea tliat the ttotsSs we heard before the three made their appearance might have come from the fact that this doe was chasing the others back and forth through the woods ; but whether it was the result of a playful or ugly mood is questionable. As we came out from the field the same evening and reached the main clearing, I remember how perfect and serene was the aspect of the latter, _ while some bird — it might have been a tree sparrow— trilled sweetly once or tWibe ill the gathering gloom. The full glory of the sun- set’s afterglow lingered in the west, where several rdsfe- tinted clouds and the deep crimson glafe Of thfe sky re- flected their light on far distant clouds drifting ill tile north and east. The foreground appeared gray arid in- distinct, while along the horizon the woods were darkly outlined, and northward from the glow banks of purple clouds were piled in billowy folds like low mountain ranges, giving a new awe-inspiring beauty to the scene. A passage of Thoreau’s came to my mind where he says in his journal: “A man is blessed who every day is per- mitted to behold anything so pure and serene as the western sky at sunset, while revolutions vex the world.” At one end of the clearing was a small pond which had originally been an old beaver meadow, and now in the darkening twilight a faint, bluish fog might be seen curl- ing off its mirrored waters, or hanging in a vaporous veil OVet the .field sloping down to the shore. It appeared almost akin to Some phantom creation with a single spark lighting its misty surface, where , the rising orb of Jupiter was translucently reflected, while the sun’s pale satyr, visible in the western zenith, suspended its glistening sickle against the fading glory of the sky. The voice of an owl, uncanny in its human-like intonation, broke upon the silence and startled the listener’s ear, for even if one is accustomed to hear the hooting of this sombre night : wanderer, it nevertheless seldom fails to impress with its weird nature. The air, I remember, as we walked down the dusky road was as cold and sweet as a draught of spring water, and seemed to permeate the mind with some of its own clarity; but what else can one say of Adirondack ozone, except that it is an ambrosial oxygen, stimulating to both mental and physical resources. Probably no hunting incident connected with this old woodland clearing retains a more pleasant recollection than one which occurred there in September of last year. Although I had bagged a six-point buck two seasons pre- vious, yet this one was, however, the only large deer I j could claim as a trophy up to the time above mentioned ; but before the sun had sunk to its golden bed on that memorable autumnal evening, aspirations and ambitions were indeed gratified. However, for all the pleasure en- tailed ill this hunt, I can alone give thanks to the “Veteran,” as it was he who, in spite of some dissension oil my part, ordered me off to watch the northeast corner of the clearing that afternoon ; which place, by the way, constituted one of his own favorite hunting grounds, and therefore I have more than good reason to be appreciative. Shortly after four o’clock, with plenty of lap-robes, -blankets, a lantern and the faithful old “cannon.” we rattled off in the buckboard — C., Wallace and myself. Al- ready there seemed to be a tone of brisk October mellow- ness in the breeze that turned the color of the lake to an unusually deep sapphire, as we left it behind and entered the woods, while not even the smallest island of a cloud floated on the serene, azure dome above. When we at last teached our destination, Flora, the renowned steed of so many hunting episodes, was fastened to a rough hitch- ing post, warmly blanketed and left to her own con- templations, which, however, were not destined to pro- longed duration. It was quite a little distance from the road over the held we intended watching, while the trail which led there wandered through tangles of blueberry bushes and across knolls thickly grown with wild fronds, as well as sloping stretches of upland covered with wiry grasses and interspersed with groups of young poplars, pin cherries, birches and other trees. The pond pre- viously referred to emptied its amber waters over a log daril near-by, and flowed on in a foaming brook through the Sunny open until It melted into the shadows of the forest. As we walked quietly along, several flickers flew up from the grass in advance and an invisible cock of the woods mewed and clattered loudly close by, Nearing the field, I went ahead and moving cautiously made a good survey of it, in case anything might chance to be out, be- fore we prepared to watch from the blind. The latter, by the way, did not deserve this name, as in reality a thin growth of fronds was the only shelter it afforded, and when seated on a low cracker-box they failed to conceal my head or shoulders. But as the field was below and our position on a knoll overlooking it, this fact was not as detrimental as it would otherwise have been, although some minutes later I tremblingly wished there was more to hide me. C. and Wallace ensconced themselves com- fortably in a little depression just behind where I sat, and after throwing a cartridge (not a soft-nosed or explo- sive one, I would add with some feeling) into the barrel, I laid the rifle across my knees and the vigil commenced. A steady murmur from the not far distant stream fell on one’s ears with a soothing influence, and every splash- ing intonation might be distinctly heard until the listener was reminded of some dreaming, restful lullaby, or low talking musical voices and the sunlight striking on the rich crimson yellow orange and russet foliage of the trees in the woods opposite, intensified their wonderful color- ing, broken by the bluish spires of the balsams in the fore- ground. The shadows of the trees behind us were clearly and sharply outlined on those across the way, while the small field or clearing below was thrown into quiet shade. There were numerous dark openings along the edge of the woods on the lower side of the latter, and knowing several of these were entrances to runways, I frequently scru- tinized them closely. My eye happened to be on one of these openings when, as far in as was possible to see, I perceived the branches of a spruce swayed suddenly back and forth. The occurrence gave me a strange sensation at the time, but I thought no doubt an eddying breeze or perhaps some bird in the act of alighting, had caused the branches to- move thus violently. In thinking it over, how- ever. I could scarcely credit such surmises, and then, as I still watched the place intently, I caught a momentary glimpse of widespread, polished antlers, as a form moved across the open and disappeared. Instantly my heart commenced to pound unmercifully, and I watched the opening until my eyes watered from being fixed so long on one place. Several minutes passed without a sign of anything, and then from behind a stunted spruce along the edge of the woods a head came into view and was drawn back out of sight again. This time, however, I had located where he stood, just behind the small tree, which effectually concealed all but part of his shoulder, and when every now and then he would peer cautiously out, the head displayed nearly upset my equilibrium. Finally, after more than five minutes of this nerve-straining busi- ness, the buck walked slowly with majestic tread out into full view, and never will I forget the picture he presented, nor the shivers of excitement that coursed through me as I sat waiting for him to turn partly broadside before firing. It was at this time that I wished the blind was a foot thick and two or three feet high, as he seemed to be looking everywhere, and I immediately recognized the fact that he was no “fool deer,” but a wild, wary monarch of the forest. Presently he changed his position and stood with head turned in the direction of the stream, partly broadside and partly quartering. The right moment was at hand ! Cocking the rifle, and taking an elbow rest on my knee, I put the sight as nearly as I could on the point of the shoulder and fired. At the report he wheeled and ran hard up the hill, diagonally with our position, giving long bounds with his white flag waving. While C. and I remained in the blind, Wallace took the rifle and started out with the idea of making a cut across the fields, and thus if the buck happened to- be wounded head him off or catch him unawares looking toward his back-track. “Say, you pulled your gloves off with your teeth and threw them on the ground when you told us that buck was coming out,” whispered my young brother, grinning at the thought of my excitement, although he, too, was suffering from a like malady. “Did I really?” I asked, somewhat astounded, and just as he was about to reply, Wallace came back with the de- pressing information that he had not seen a sign of our quarry. Then we all walked carefully down to the field and took up the trail right from the spot where the deer had stood as I fired, following the tracks across the bare ground until they reached the undergrowth covering the knoll. Here we discovered the signs we had been search- ing for, and a plain trail led up the hill which we followed with ease. Nearing the top, Wallace, who was a little in advance, cried out suddenly, “There he lies!” just as we both saw the buck stretched out on a little level patch of ground within a few feet of where we stood, and quite dead. On closer examination I found that he more than fulfilled my expectations, having an unusually large and heavy set of horns for a Virginian deer, and when weighed the next morning touched the scales at two hun- dred and twenty pounds. Altogether he was a noble speci- men of his kind, and I fear as we looked him over, noting his various handsome points, silence was not very strictly preserved, and no doubt if any other deer chanced to be lurking in the vicinity, he fled hastily to a more quiet or secluded refuge. The bullet had struck on the point of the shoulder, and proof of the buck’s size and strength was the fact that he had run more than fifty yards straight up hill before succumbing to the shot. Under the silver radiance of a full moon we rode into camp that evening, and the generous praise which was bestowed on the trophy filled the cup of satisfied elation to overflowing ’ “Yes,” said old Jerry, regarding the buck with hands in his pockets, “thet’s one o’ them ole fellers,” and em- phasized the last two words heartily. Paulina Brandreth. Tarpon Fishing at Tamos, Mexico. Monterey, Mex., Feb. 20.— -Editor Forest and Stream: Owing to iiiy having missed a connection for the north, 1 ant stranded here to-day with nothing to do, conse- quently T take thfe 'opportunity to Send you a statement Concerning fehmfe tarpon fishing that 1 hate been doing lately in the Panuco RiFli. .... As some of your readers know, for the last five of six years I have spent about two weeks per Winter at Tam- pico fishing for tarpon and other game fishes. I first went thfefe in December, 1899, with my friend, Dr. Howe, of Mexico City; and Ifl Adgu-st, 19O0, you published a record of our sport. Since then I have written other articles on tarpon fishing at Tampico and elsfeWhere’ for your paper. These articles and the fact that during the' last three of four years I have induced a number of my friends in Mexico and the United States to gO1 to Tam- pico for the fishing, have been the means of making that place quite a resort for tarpon fishermen during the win- ter months. Each year the number of sportsmen there has increased, and this winter it is not uncommon to find a dozen boats on the river, each containing one or two persons angling for the silver king. At present there is anchored in front of the city the steam yacht Saphire, with a party of sportsmen who have come from England especially for the tarpon fishing, and for beginners they have been fairly successful, although their methods of angling are by no means the best, as far as success is concerned. From numerous inquiries that I have been making lately from both natives and Americans residing along the Panuco River, I conclude that the good tarpon fishing begins about November 1 and lasts. until April or perhaps even May. The best months, however, for visiting sports- men are' December, January, February .and March, be- cause it is liable to be hot in all the other months of the year, and when there is yellow fever at Tampico if is liable to continue until November and appear again 111 April. For two years, though, this locality has been en- tirely free from that much-dreaded plague. As a rule the climate during the winter months there •is delightful ; but this reason it has at times been uncom- fortably cool, the thermometer once registering as low as up decrees. Last year during the first half of heliruary the climate could hardly have been imptoyccl, for although at times it was quite hot in the sun, there was nearly always a pleasant breeze, thus rendering the con- ditions for fishing ideal. For several years I had been hearing rumors to the effect that for one tarpon in the neighborhood of Tam- pico, there were ten near Tamos, some eight miles further up stream, and these rumors were traceable to the cap- tains of river steamers, consequently it was my intention for several seasons to go up stream and test the truth of these reports ; but twice I was prevented, the first time because the sport at Tampico was good enough to satisfy the most exacting fisherman, and the second time because I was Called away suddenly by business affairs. Last year, though, I succeeded in reaching Tamos, and was followed immediately by two friends, and the next day by others also. Up to that time no tarpon fisherman had ever wet a line above the mouth of the Tamesi River, which joins the Panuco about three and a half miles above the Government wharf at Tampico. The date, if 1 remember rightly, was the sixth of February, and my companions were Messrs. F. S. Eaton and H. G. Picket- ing, of Boston. The latter gentleman, afterward sent vou for your columns a statement of our catch ; but, as it was hi's first experience with the silver king, he did not recognize what exceptionally fine sport we got; conse- quently he did not enthuse much about it m his article. By the way. I must tell you my experience in intro- ducing these gentlemen to the greatest of all angling sports. Mr. Eaton had been a friend of mine. for five years, and I had often talked to and written him about tarpon fishing, and finally, in November, 1903, when I met him and his cousin, Mr. Pickering, in Boston, I in- duced them to join me in Mexico on February 1, 1904, by guaranteeing not only that they would catch tarpon, hut would get as many as they wanted. I arrived at Tampico on the night of February 1, and found awaiting me a telegram from them stating that they were at Monterey and would remain there until they heard from me, consequently they did not. reach Tampico till 'the night of the third. This gave me a good chance to test the waters ; therefore I started out early on the morning of the second, trying first at the mouth of the river that enters the Panuco a mile below the railroad depot, then working up stream to The Palms (where I had had great luck in times past), and finally reaching the mouth of the Tamesi. After fishing faithfully all day, I returned at night with two jackfish, and did not have a single tarpon strike, although I had seen some twenty-five or thirty fish during the day. Next day I worked down toward La Barra and out to the end of the jetties, and even on to the Gulf without seeing a single tarpon. However, I landed seven fine jackfish and chased a devilfish on the Gulf for fully a quarter of a mile trying to' get a shot at it .with a re- volver, but failed, owing to the cowardice of my boatman, who refused to back me up near enough to shoot. Re- turning to La Barra for lunch, I hooked and landed an exceedingly small tarpon; and in the afternoon, although 1 went back to the outer end of the jetties and fished up river to Tampico, I did not get another rise. By this time I was feeling pretty blue, not on my own account, but because of my friends ; and when I met them that night and confessed to my hard luck, I had to ask them what kind of a fish liar they deemed me. They very kindly, though, told me that they still had confidence in my promises, and slated that they would not be ready to' do any fishing till the next afternoon. This gave me still another opportunity to locate the fishing. Conse- quently. early next morning, in company with my friend, Mr. A. B. Ross, the resident engineer on the Government wharf, I started up river, but neither of 11s had a strike, and we saw only two or three fish. The same luck at- tended us on the return to our starting point, but when we reached there we saw some tarpon jumping a mile or more down stream. We went there for them and tried faithfully with no success, but just as we had turned up stream in despair, Mr. Ross had a strike and landed a 6-foot or. I reached Tampico, however, without having had a single strike. You may imagine how downcast I was when I met my friends; and, to make matters worse, when we left the boat house at two o'clock, we found that there were only five mullet apiece provided. For such fishing conditions, however, this number was ample. We started up stream once more for The Palms, but before reaching that place found the tarpon striking well. During the afternoon each of us had fully half a dozen strikes^ I landing three and my companions one apiece, all large fish. Next day, on the same fishing ground, the luck was still better,' for I landed seven and my companions five between them, Mr. Pickering taking a 6j^-footer weigh- ing about 150 pounds, the heaviest catch of the season. 230 IMakch 25, 1905. FOREST AND STREAM. Either that day or later on, Mr. Eaton landed a male fish 6 feet 8 inches long weighing only 125 pounds. But to return to the narrative of the fishing at Tamos. On the way up, after leaving the mouth of The Tamesi a mile or two behind, I landed two large fish and donated them to residents on the river bank; and a mile or two below Tamos I struck a big school of tarpon covering the entire width of the river for a length of nearly a mile. On previous occasions I had seen what I considered large schools of tarpon, but never anything to compare with this. They were there in countless thousands, not jump- ing, but rolling over on their sides and splashing the water. I hung several and landed two, besides several jackfish before my friends joined me, then we proceeded to Tamos, where we wasted two hours or more on lunch and in resting, then went at it again late in the after- noon. That day I had eighteen tarpon strikes and landed six, besides several jackfish. My friends took two or three tarpon each, besides a number of jackfish and two or three other fish that we could not name, and which proved to be very fine for the table. We left the boats and most of our paraphernalia at Tamos and took the evening train to the city, in order to make an early start the next day, the morning train arriving at 6:20. We fished at and below Tamos the next forenoon and found the tarpon as plentiful as ever, but not taking hold quite so freely; however, I found that by rowing swiftly through them they could be induced to strike. Before noon I had taken five or six besides some jackfish, the number of tarpon strikes being eighteen, the most that I had ever had in one day. My two friends and some other people who had come up the river had fair luck. In the afternoon there arose suddenly a stiff norther that put a stop to all fishing for the day. A passing tug took us all aboard and towed our boats to the city. We did not return to Tamos until the 15th, the last day that I spent on the river, and I put in three hours before lunch and three hours in the evening, getting fourteen tarpon strikes and landing eleven, besides two jackfish, the total estimated weight being over one thousand pounds. My friends did about as usual; in fact, they caught all they wanted and quit early. There were eight boats in the fleet that day, and all scored, one lady landing four, and the total catch being twenty-eight, _ exclusive of jackfish. In my opinion, such fishing as this is not to be had in any tarpon waters yet discovered. Previous to the present trip all my fishing trips. in Mexico were incidental to my work, but this last time I made a special trip alone from Kansas City for the fishing, arriving on the evening of February 1, exactly a year from the time of my last arrival. I found quite a number of fishermen at the Hotel Hidalgo, besides those on the yacht before mentioned, but nobody had as yet fished above the mouth of the Tamesi. The fishing had been fair, but no great catches had been made, the most successful fisherman haying been my old friend. Dr. Louis Hough, a Missourian, who has spent many years practicing medicine in various portions of the Mexican Republic, especially where yellow fever has been rife, for he has been making a special study of that disease, and has been eminently successful in its treatment. He is working upon a theory of his own, and when he has carried" his investigations a little further, the medical world is going to hear from him concerning the proper treatment of yellow fever. It is to be hoped, though, that he will have to leave Tampico temporarily in order to continue his investigations. There is always an oppor- tunity to study the disease at Vera Cruz, as it exists there continuously; consequently he is figuring upon going to that city next summer. The doctor did not take the tarpon fever till last Octo- ber, his sole previous experience with the silver king being half a day spent in my boat during the preceding February. He has a bad attack of it, though, and the case bids fair to be incurable, as he spends all his spare time on the river with rod and reel, and, mirabile' dictu! in a narrow 16-foot Canadian canoe. When I saw him starting out in the little coffin for fish as heavy as him- sef, I remarked: “Doc, after running the Horsefly in British Columbia last summer from Harper’s Camp to the mouth (an almost continuous rapid for over twenty miles), I thought I had earned the distinction of being the greatest blooming idiot in North America, but I take off my hat to you.” (It is t< be hoped the doctor will not see this letter, for he told me not to mention his canoe when writing it, but I cannot resist the temptation.) Notwithstanding its crankiness, the doctor has landed with it (and sometimes in it) a number of large tarpon, and has not yet come to grief. The canoe is all right for legitimate purposes, as I have proved by using it for duck shooting ; but it takes more nerve than I possess to tackle from it any large fish in waters that are shark-infested. By the way, I hear a great deal about sharks in the Panuco River, but I had never seen any on the surface except near the outer ends of the jetties, and have never seen any caught from the bottom any further up stream than La Barra. There are far more sharks at Aransas Pass than there are in the neighborhood of Tampico. On February 2, Dr. Hough in his canoe, I in my boat, and two others in another boat started up river at ten o’clock. The doctor killed one near the mouth of the Tamesi, but I did not see any till I reached the old fish- ing ground, some two or two and a half miles below Tamos. My first strike was from a small jackfish, which I landed, then when letting out line a 6-footer took hold and rather to my surprise I managed to get the hook set into it, for one is at a great disadvantage when a tarpon strikes while the line is being put out. Its first struggle resulted in the cracking of my butt piece, which con- tinued to bend more and more until it finally snapped off, leaving me to finish the fight with reel and tip. This I succeeded in doing by tiring the fish, running the boat ashore, and having the boatman wade out in the mud and hand it up on the bank. Its girth proved to be a. lit- tle over thirty-six inches, which would make its weight about 125 pounds. Fortunately, as usual, I had in the boat another rod fully rigged; hence my sport was not spoiled; but the occurrence for quite a while made me distrustful of my other rods. This fish was hooked a little after one o’clock, and be- tween then and 6:20, when I stopped fishing, I landed ten more tarpon, making for five hours’ sport (half an hour being lost at Tamos for lunch) eleven tar- pon and one j ackfish, tying, as far as tarpon were con- cerned, my previous feft feeof#, I did my level fesf PQ break it, and nearly succeeded, for I held a 6-footer for ten minutes, then lost it just before dark. In all I had that afternoon nineteen strikes, my record number to date for one day. After lunch the doctor fished from my boat, catching one while I took in three or four. Had I been above I might have taken one or two more; but, as there was quite a stiff breeze on, I was averse to the doctor’s going out in the canoe, hence persuaded him to join me. The other boat, being overloaded with two men and badly handled by a lazy and incompetent oarsman, did not reach the fishing ground at all, therefore took nothing but a jackfish. Leaving the boat and canoe at Tamos, the doctor and I returned to Tampico by train, he very kindly putting the canoe at my disposal for duck shooting, and I being only too willing to deprive him of its use, for, as I told him, his charming young wife has not yet been married long enough to desire to become a widow. Next day I went up river in a naphtha launch as a guest of Col. T. A. St. Quintin, a retired veteran of the British Army, and an all-around sportsman and good fel- low. He had yet to catch his first tarpon, but his travel- ing companion and relative, a Mrs. Wallace, who has been all over the world and who is an enthusiastic fisher- woman, had already taken one, although she claimed it was more by good luck than by good management, be- cause neither of them knew anything at all about the science of tarpon fishing. It was arranged en route that when the fishing grounds were reached I should get into Mrs. Wallace’s boat, stand behind her chair, and instruct her how to handle properly the first fish. This I did, and she landed it successfully without any aid from me other than advice — much to her delight. Meanwhile the Colonel had a strike or two, but failed to hold the fish. Then I took the launch for Tamos, fitted out my boat, and tried the fishing on my own account. In two hours I had eight strikes and landed three, one very heavy 6-footer; and at three o’clock I quit, stowed away the tackle, got on rubber boots, took out gun and cartridges, and went to a neighboring laguna for ducks. I had visited the place the year before for jacksnipe, and knew the locality. It con- sisted really of two shallow lakes connected by a short thoroughfare a gunshot wide, the ground being only a few inches higher than the water. At the narrowest part close to the edge there was some comparatively dry ground with a small clump of weeds or brush about fif- teen inches high. By lying on the left side with my head behind the brush, I was sufficiently concealed. Then I sent the boatman, who had accompanied me to carry shells and game, around one end of the laguna to stir up the ducks. As anticipated, they almost all followed the thoroughfare to the other half of the laguna, flying low and within good range. Shooting about as usual, I made a number of good shots, but, of course, scored many misses. On several occasions I bagged a pair with one barrel, and once I made the most successful duck shot of my life. Four teal came along about three feet above the water. in a perfect horizontal line at right-angles to the direction of the thoroughfare. After they had passed me only a few feet so that one duck would not protect an- other, I fired one barrel, using No. 8 shot, and all four birds fell everyone dead — not a cripple among them. Years ago I bagged five ducks with two barrels, four of them falling to the right and one to the left out of a flock of eight rising from the water; but this was the first time that I ever killed a whole flock of ducks with one barrel. While lying in the blind — if such it could be called — a roseate spoonbill sailed over me pretty high up, but came down to the call of a load of No. 6’s. This was the first bird of the kind that I had ever shot, but later I bagged four others. It is a wader with a spoon bill, standing a little less than three feet high, and is most magnificently colored, the general shade being a light pink running into scarlet toward the tail. Mrs. Wallace had it dressed for mounting. After my boatman had made the round of one half of the laguna, he collected the dead birds and went around the other half, driving the ducks to me as before. In less than two hours I had bagged thirty-seven ducks and the spoonbill, and had fired seventy-three shells. It was then getting dark and time to return to the station, where I met the Colonel and Mrs. Wallace, also some other fisheimen who had come up river later. All had had good luck except Mrs. Wallace, who had sprained her right thumb in handling a tarpon, and who in conse- quence had to stop fishing. The Colonel had had a most exciting experience. He had hooked a fish that did not jump; consequently, think- ing it a jackfish, he had reeled it close to the boat by keeping a steady strain on the line. Suddenly the fish, a 6-foot tarpon, jumped from close alongside the boat and landed between the Colonel and the boatman, making a turn of the line around the leg of the latter, and raising Cain generally. The excited Colonel grabbed the gaff hook and began to pound the fish with the handle, to which treatment the tarpon objected, and jumped over- board. Fortunately the boatman had by this time released his leg, consequently the fish ran clear of all obstructions except the hook, which still held. The Colonel seized the rod again and fought the fish to a finish, landing it in good style after a long, hard struggle. Dr. Perkins, of Des Moines. Iowa, who witnessed the entire proceeding from his boat, states that the tarpon was in the. Colonel’s boat for three or four minutes before it jumped out. Both the Colonel and his boatman were very lucky to escape being hurt; because an uninjured tarpon in a boat is liable to do considerable damage to the other occupants. Next day we all took the six o’clock train for Tamos, and started fishing about seven, but there was nothing doing at that hour, therefore I went again for the ducks, and in two hours bagged twenty-five, returning to the river at eleven o’clock. In the afternoon I had eight strikes and landed three. The Colonel landed two besides some jackfish. His last fish was a big one, and gave him considerable trouble. Fearing that he would not land it before train time, I told him that if he would tire it out so as to bring it bellv-up to the surface. I would shoot it for him with my revolver, an offer which he was very glad to accept, notwithstanding the fact that he had pre- viously expressed the opinion that shooting a fish was not legitimate. He confessed next day to Mrs. Wallace that he could not have landed it in any reasonable time without shooting, and that for very large tarpon shoot- ing h§ perfectly proper before taking thepi into % boat The Colonel was very proud of this fish, and in spite of the lateness of the hour, had it carried to the train, and took it to Tampico, so as to have it skinned and the skin sent to England for mounting. This was the Colonel’s last day on the river, and he left Tampico more than satisfied with the sport, promising to return next year. Next day I went alone to Tamos, bagged twenty ducks in the forenoon, and landed five tarpon out of seven strikes in the afternoon. The next day I bagged nineteen birds in the forenoon and landed five tarpon out of six strikes in the afternoon. This brought my total catch to twenty-seven out of forty- eight strikes. As I am always striving to do better than 50 per cent., I was well satisfied with the record, which would have been better yet had I not broken three or four snells and one line and bent one hook so that it would no longer hold. Being pretty well tired out, I spent the next day in Tampico, not resting as I had in- tended, but in writing a reply to an attack in the Mon- terey News on my methods of tarpon fishing. It seems ---that after my first af ternoon’s catch of eleven tarpon, a number of fishermen in the hotel who had hitherto been contented with averaging one a day, got to- gether and scored me, although they were all tyros at the sport. A reporter, for the Monterey News took it all in and wrote it up, giving me a most undeserved roast- ing that necessitated a reply. After meeting me and learning the true, state of affairs, he was very sorry for his action, and did what he could in a later issue to re- move the false impression concerning me which he had caused. I shall send you three copies of the News re- lating to the matter, so that you may draw your own conclusions. Next day I took the canoe across the river, had it portaged to a large laguna full of vilely smelling weeds and filth, shot twenty-seven ducks and a roseate spoon- bill, and returned to the river at noon, as I could stand the stench no longer, fearing malaria by inhalation. In the afternoon I had eleven strikes and landed four tarpon. Next day I killed a few ducks and one roseate spoon- bill at the old stand, then walked some two miles further to another chain of shallow lakes. Ducks were fairly plentiful, but wild, and although I killed several the boy could not find them. A short distance out in the lake I saw a pass opening into a larger lake, and waded to it, thinking it would be good for a duck flight, but it was not. However, I had not been there long before the cocos began to fly by, and I dropped half a dozen of them into the big lake. . The boy coming along then refused to go for them, saying that it was deep and he could not swim. In consequence, after that, I let a number of fine chances go by so that I could drop the cocos in the swamp after passing in front of me, thus making the shooting much more difficult. However, I kept knocking them down and the boy brought them in from the swamp. Finally, without saying a word to me, he took off most of his clothes and waded into the lake for some birds that had fallen near the shore. The water, after all, was not deep, consequently I sent him for some of the first birds that had not floated too far away. . In about an hour and a half the flight stopped, and we tied the birds together preparatory to departing. There were twenty-four of the cocos, and I must have killed half a dozen more that were not retrieved. Had I known that the boy could wade the lake, I could readily have doubled the bag, as the birds flew comparatively close to my blind. Later on I discovered that it was fear of alli- gators and not inability to swim that made the boy balk the wading at first. I did not see any of the big lizards, but have no doubt that there were plenty of them in the lake. The coco is a white bird of the curlew type, but larger, weighing about two and a half pounds, and standing about two feet high. . It has a curved yellow bill and black tips to its largest wing feathers. It is a very choice bird for the table, and is preferred by many to ducks. By the way, most of the ducks that I shot were green- winged teal, blue-winged teal, and spoonbills of two varieties, but there were also a few pintails, bluebills and widgeon. Occasionally I bagged a jacksnipe, but there were only a few in the marsh, and none of them got away. I. shot also a few green ibis. These are not very good eating, but were acceptable to the residents of Tamos. In the afternoon I. had eight strikes and landed three tarpon. About (his time there arrived a special car from Canada containing some ladies and gentlemen who de- sired to try the tarpon fishing, consequently I devoted two or three days to them generally without attempting to fish, although I still shot in the forenoon, with less success, however, as the laguna was becoming burned out. One afternoon I went with one of the ladies in my boat and showed her how to handle tarpon. She had two strikes and landed both fish, the last one measuring five feet ten inches and weighing about eighty pounds. Another afternoon, after catching four big tarpon in two hours, I took into my boat one of the Canadian party and instructed him how to fish. He had three tarpon strikes and landed one big fish besides a jackfish. About this time my percentage began to reduce, and after fishing ten afternoons I recorded ninety-five strikes and forty-seven tarpon, besides one jackfish. One day, owing to carelessness, I let a little jackfish snap one of my rods into three pieces, then the boatman muffed the fish with the gaff and lost it. Toward the last of my stay the weather became so bad as at times to be unfit for fishing, consequently my personal sport was really confined to about ten days. I did not keep an exact record of the game killed, but the total must have amounted top 250 birds. On the 17th I made a trip on horseback with two other sportsmen to some marshes north of Dona Cecelia, a station half-way between Tam- pico and La Barra ; but the birds were scarce, the walk- ing was vile, and the guides did not know the country, consequently the expedition was a failure, although we managed to shoot and retrieve a few birds. This fin- ished my outing, and early on the morning of the 19th I started for home. Judging by my own experience and the information ob- tained by questioning both natives and foreigners, 1. have come to the conclusion- that the best fishing early in the season is at La Barra and out near the ends of the jetties, for X fed good sport there early in December, 1899, and March 25, 1905.] Dr. Hough commenced fishing there in November of last year with fair success, although he did not land many: then it moves up stream till it reaches Tamos. _ Of course, there is fishing at various places along the river for many miles during the entire season, but the main body of the fish is concentrated at certain points. At the mouth of the Tuxpan Canal, some two miles above La Barra, Dr. Hough found many large tarpon early in the season, and in December, 1899, I found them at the mouth of the river flowing into the Panuco a mile below the railroad depot at Tampico, but since then I have caught but few there, although it is the first plaqe I always try. In March, 1900, I caught only five in five days near Tampico, hence I conclude that they must then have been at Tamos. In February, 1901, I had fair luck at La Barra, but better near Tampico and at The Palms a mile or two up stream. In February, 1902, I had excel- lent sport for five days from Tampico up stream to the mouth of the Tamesi, and especially near The Palms, r In February, 1904, 1 had good sport at The Palms, but far better at Tamos, and this year I caught no tarpon except in the neighborhood of Tamos, although on two occasions I fished all the way. up from the city. They tell me at Tamos that there are never many tar- Ipon above the village, but that from December till April there are great numbers just opposite and directly below. On the other hand, I have heard it stated that the tarpon are numerous far above Tamos, and that some of them go as high up as two hundred miles from the Gulf. During a stiff norther the fishing is not good anywhere, but it was during a nortecito (light north wind) that I made my best catch this year on February 2; and since then I have had fine luck when the wind was from the north, but light. When the fish do not show themselves on the surface they are often below, and can be induced to strike by using a sinker, which, however, must shake off very easily; if one wants to land tarpon and not merely get strikes. Tarpon will strike when it is raining, and a ripple on the water is a better condition than a glassy surface. Even a fairly strong breeze is not bad, but a stiff wind is generally unfavorable. At times the fish will show themselves by thousands, and few, if any, will strike ; and at other times, but few will appear on the surface, yet the fishing 'will be ex- cellent. On the next to last day of his stay at Tampico this year, Mr. James, general manager of the Canadian Northern Railway Company, had his best luck when very few fish appeared on the surface, and, according to his own statement, he got that afternoon all the sport he v wanted. Hot weather is not bad, provided there is a slight breeze. If one desires other fishing than that for tarpon, he can obtain it in the Panuco River ; but, as a rule, few care to leave the greater sport for the lesser. Excellent jack fishing can nearly always be had near the ends of the jetties whenever the weather is sufficiently fine to go there, and sometimes it is better still on the Gulf itself. In four hours one day in December, 1899, I took at these places thirty-five jackfish averaging twenty pounds in weight, the large ones running as high as twenty-five pounds and the small ones no- lower than fifteen pounds. Near La Barra, and sometimes as far up as Tampico is occasionally caught the par go mulato, or black snapper, a fish of the grouper class, and one of the best fish for eating that the Gulf furnishes. It varies in weight from a few pounds up to seventy-five or possibly even more, but a forty-pounder is considered a good sized fish. They are not abundant enough to warrant one in fishing specially for them, but they are occasionally taken on tarpon tackle and sometimes on shark lines. The jewfish is found from the mouth of the river up ! to some distance above Tamos, generally close to- the jetties or to the wharf at Tampico or at the mouths of rivers. They can be taken with tarpon tackle by trolling slowly near the bottom. They do not afford much sport, but are valuable for food. Large ones are often caught when fishing for sharks. The robalo, or salt-water pike, is taken occasionally on tarpon tackle, but small hocks would be more effective and lighter tackle would afford more sport. It is quite a gamy fish, jumping clear of the water generally two or three times before it is captured. On account of its mouth being tender, it has to be handled with care. As the fish is one of the most abundant in the Tampico market, there must be places, either in the river or in the lagunas, where they exist in sufficient numbers to warrant one in going specially for them. No one that I know of has ever done so at or near Tampico. A variety of small fish can be obtained by angling close to the jetties, preferably with a long cane pole. I have seen Dr. Howe catch a string of them as long as one’s arm in a few hours while watching his shark lines. This sport is specially adapted to children who are not capable of handling the larger game fishes. These small fry con- sist mainly of sheepshead, young par go s mulato s and jew- fish, small jackfish, and several other species, all excellent for the table. When one goes fishing for sharks, he is liable to catch also jewffish, sawfish, stingrays, and large pargos mulatos. This sport is not of a very high order; but an occasional day spent on it when the weather is warm and the water calm, affords an agreeable change from the more strenu- ous sport of tarpon fishing. There are quite a few gar in the Panuco, but they sel- dom take ;he hook, although I have caught two or three on my tarpon tackle. As for the shooting near the river, I believe that if the grounds were studied with the idea of locating duck passes and the flights, of cocos, roseate spoonbills and a few other birds, sufficient sport could be obtained to war- rant one in trying it occasionally. How healthy a recrea- tion it would prove, I would not like to say. Thus far it has not hurt me, but I once nearly lost my second son near Lake Chapula from a malarial fever due probably to mosquito bites that he received when shooting ducks in the swamps; and, in my opinion,, the Chapula district is far healthier than Tampico and vicinity, on account of its greater altitude. It might be found necessary in some cases to obtain permission to shoot in some of the lagunas and marsh adjacent to the Panuco River. By going inland a few miles fine shooting can be obtained on deer, turkeys, peccaries or javalines, cats (called tigres ), quail and other game; but ticks are so numerous and tjieir bites are so irritating as to take awayalj pleasure FOREST AND STREAM. from the sport. Possibly, though, by washing himself all . over every morning and evening with certain medi- cines— such, for instance, as a concentrated solution of California, insect powder, in aguardiente , cr highly diluted carbolic acid — one might avoid most of the discomfort. I have heard statements to this effect made on several occasions. While on a hunt in the woods up country some two weeks , ago, Mr. W. A. Jones, a well-known sportsman of Chicago, got badly bitten by the ticks or pinolias, and he is suffering yet, or was when I saw him last three days ago. His body looks as if he was suffer- ing from a severe attack of smallpox. I managed to pick up a few pinolias myself lately, consequently can vouch for how severely the bites hurt. The conveniences for tarpon fishermen at Tampico are only fair, but will probably be improved materially by next season. The Hotel Hidalgo, where the sportsmen congregate, is fairly comfortable, but it is impracticable to purchase a really first-class meal in the city. One can put up with inferior food, though, because of the excellence of the sport. Everyone should bring his own tackle if he has it or knows how and what and where to buy in the United States. Tackle of an inferior grade can be rented at reasonable rates from the proprietor of the hotel, but it is very unsatisfactory to anyone who has ever used a first rate tarpon outfit. Boats without chairs can be rented from the said pro- prietor, but a few better ones with chairs and cushions can be obtained from Ansuncio Ruiz, a former boatman of mine, whom I trained well in all matters relating to tarpon fishing, notwithstanding which he has still to be watched so as to make sure that he provides a suitable chair and fixes it firmly in the proper place. With the exception of the two that I possess, butt- sockets are unknown in Tampico, and the gaff hooks used there are none of the best. Spare oars and rowlocks in each boat should be insisted on, especially if one is going to the jetties. Without such a provision one is liable to be carried out to sea and drowned. The boatmen are always ready to avoid the trouble of taking this precau- tion, hence it behooves the sportsman to look out for himself in these particulars. In fishing at or near Tamos one has either to waste four or five hours per day in going and coming or else has to take the 6 A. M. train there and return at 7 : 30 P. M. by the passenger train from Aguas Calientes. Sometimes this is two or three hours late, but generally it is sharp on time. Making the trip to and from Tamos by rail daily cuts down one’s hours of sleep to a minimum, and renders the sport rather strenuous for ordinary mortals. I can stand it for five consecutive days, after which it appears to me advisable to take a day’s rest. It is true that one can rent a naphtha launch to tow his boat or several boats to the fishing grounds, but it requires the pocket- book of a millionaire to pay for it; besides, the infernal things are continually breaking down and leaving their passengers in the lurch. The solution of this difficulty is the building of a hotel, or better still, a club house, about two miles below Tamos so as to be opposite the center of the best fishing ground. Such a club house could be. built and outfitted for $10,000, gold. Fifty members by putting in $200 each, paying $25 per annum as dues, and taxing non-members heavily for the privileges of the club, could build and operate it. Everybody, though, who uses the club, whether he be member or guest, should be required to pay certain fixed rates for meals, boat hire, boatmen, use of club tackle, etc. A good, reliable manager would be needed to see that the club is properly managed in every par- ticular, and he should be somewhat experienced in tar- pon fishing in order to know the needs of the sportsmen and how to provide for them. A good taxidermist would be an essential accessory for the club, and he undoubtedly could secure enough business from the guests and other fishermen at Tampico to pay him well. Mr. Robert Farley, of Tarpon, Texas, who, in my opinion, is the best tarpon taxidermist in America, could be induced to spend his winters at Tamos, for he has already passed one at Tampico for the purpose of mounting tarpon. If fifty of your readers would care to form such a club, I can put them in touch with certain reliable parties at Tampico who would see to the construction of the buildings and outfitting of the club so as to have everything ready by next November. The buildings should consist of one large house containing a sitting room and a room for meals with a detached kitchen near-by; and the residences should be small, one-room houses, constructed solely for sleeping in. There should also be a good bath house and several small, cheap wharves. The club should also- own a number of skiffs, and it might be necessary to provide shacks for the boatmen to live in on a remote portion of the grounds. Later on it might be deemed advisable to build a good boat house and keep a naphtha launch; but these are luxuries that would not be required at first. The general sitting room should certainly have a large open fire-place, and should be provided with cheap tables to be used by the sportsmen in repairing tackle and manufac- turing snells. Such an organization, if properly managed, would be a very jolly and satisfactory affair, and everybody enjoying its privileges would be more than satisfied, because the tarpon fishing at Tamos is by far the best yet discovered, and the winter climate of the district is generally ideal. The $10,000, gold, that I mentioned is the least sum for -which the club could be organized and put in satisfac- tory shape for operation. If anything more elaborate than that which I have described be decided upon, a larger sum would be required. I would not only be pleased to join such an organiza- tion, but also would be glad to aid in every possible way, short of going to the site, the formation of the club and its installation and equipment. To this end I am prepared to correspond with tarpon fishermen; and if enough of them decide to join, to block out rules for the club’s man- agement and operation, and to arrange for plans, specifi- cations, supervision of construction, and management. My address is New Nelson Building, Kansas City, Mo. I believe it would be practicable for the club to secure exclusive shooting privileges from the owners of all swamp lands that are within easy reach from the club house, but the privilege of shooting on these grounds should be confined strictly to club members, and should be charged for pretty highly in order to cover rent and salarje? of 237 There are now in Tampico a number of fairly well trained boatmen for tarpon fishing, besides others who have had more or less experience. The number of such trained boatmen would naturally increase with the de- mand. Strange to say, I find that boys of eighteen or twenty years of age make the best boatmen and hunting mo sos. The best way to get to Tampico by rail is probably by way of San Luis Potosi over the Gould system. The route via Laredo and Monterey figures shorter in time, but the said figures cannot always be relied on; besides, the ride down the mountain on the Mexican Central from San Luis Potosi to Tampico is something worth journey- ing far to take. Those living in the West would of course go via El Paso, but those from the East should travel via Eagle Pass. The Laredo route, as far as I am concerned, has proved very unsatisfactory, requiring an extra twenty- four hours each way above the computed necessary time. Ihose who pass through San Antonio and change there from one depot to another, should not check their hag- gage through or intrust it to any transfer company, as such companies are unreliable; but they should hire an independent express wagon and drive over in it with their baggage to the other depot. By failing to do this I lost twenty-four hours going down, although there was a full hour at San Antonio for transferring baggage and although several of the M. K. & T. R. R. officials assured me that my baggage would certainly be delivered in good time — which it was not. I found afterward that such out- rages are of almost daily occurrence, hence this word of warning to_ those who contemplate going to' Tampico for tarpon fishing. By the way, there is still ample time this season for a good outing there, and I feel sure that fine fishing can be had until well on into April. Since sending to your paper my last communication concerning tarpon fishing, I have had two outings on that sport, and have in consequence learned something more about tackle and outfit. This information I hope to give your readers soon in another letter that I purpose writing for the pages of Forest and Stream. J. A. L. Waddell. Mr. Chambers and Sea Trout. Editor Forest and Stream: Overlooking the violence done to Lindley Murray’s syntax in the opening sentence, and apart from the per- sonalities which make up three-fourths of Mr. Chambers’ letter in your issue of March 11, which the Old Angler has no- ambition to emulate, he is, on the whole, well pleased. Your readers who have taken an intelligent interest in the identity of the so-called sea trout will also be pleased to see that, with some difference in nomencla- ture, Mr. Hallock, Mr. Chambers and the present writer are in substantial agreement, and that “such widely-recognized authorities” as Hamilton Smith, Dr. Storer, M. H. Perley, Frank Forester and Thad Norris, and “such keen and observant sportsmen as J. U. Gregory, of Quebec, and John Mannel, of Ottawa,” were all wrong and showed crass ignorance and made great errors of description and classification’ when they described and classed this fish as a distinct species greatly differing from the brook trout. Mr. Chambers now decides that “the marine and fluvial trout are one and the same fish — varietally and structurally — differing only in coloring, and the other conditions resulting from the anadromy of the one and the non-anadromy of the other.” The only error here is that the fish is not “anadromous,” as a reference to Webster or Worcester will show. If Mr. Hallock and Mr. Chambers prefer to use the terms, “marine and fluvial types” when both mean the brook trout, The Old Angler has only this objection to urge — that the use of these terms, in a manner so unscientific, leaves the general reader in doubt as to the real identity of either type. A careful consideration of the extract from the “Origin of Species,” which Mr. C. contrasts with the “garrulousness” of the present writer, will convince all thoughtful readers that Darwin is “dead against” any such use of the word “type,” as Mr. C. prefers to retain. The great naturalist is argu- ing against the error of classifying into species and varieties from slight differences in which the line of demarkation is not clear; but -Mr. C. has no hesita- tion in making distinct types of two fishes, which he says are “identical in both species and variety,” and interchangeable in coloring according to habitat. A timely reference to what Webster’s Dictionary says about the word type, as used in natural history, would have warned Mr. C. of his dangerous ground and saved your readers from the pseudo-science so prominent in his last letter. While not questioning the nomenclature adopted by the recent authorities named, The Old Angler prefers to use the old name Salmo fontinalis, because it is best understood by general readers and leaves no doubt as to the species meant. But he strenuously objects to the dictum of Jordan and Evermann that “many local varieties [of the brook trout] occur, distinguished by shades of color;” because, as Darwin shows, mere shades of color, which change with habitat and are never constant, cannot make a variety or subspecies. I may have something to say next summer about the Pleasant Lake fish story; since, by other members of the club, the salmon are now said to be togue; but, until something new is offered, mere personalities will not interest The Old Angler. Moms Canal Bass. The Morris Canal in New Jersey is to be abandoned, and the State Fish and Game Commission will re- move the black bass and other fish and use them for stocking purposes. All communications for Forest and Stream must he directed to Forest and Strftmn Pub. Co., New York-, fO receive fYf jfovr w fthef 238 FOREST AND STREAM. [PulAXCH 25, 1905- Federal Protection of Fish* In a speech in the House of Representatives, on the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill, Hon. George Shiras 3d, of Pennsylvania, discussed the right of the National Government to control public waters with respect to their pollution, and to the fish in them. Mr. Shiras said : In connection with a brief review of the manner in which the National Government expends such large sums of money upon our national waterways, it seems an ap- propriate time to call the attention of the House and the country to the peculiar and, to my mind, unfortunate lim- itations placed upon such disbursements. Our seaboard end inland waters were from the begining one of the great elements of our commercial prosperity, and their gradual development, through the liberality of the Gov- ernment, has made our water transportation! unsurpassed by any other country. The original theory on which the constitutional right to expend public money for the improvement of navigation was based on rather narrow grounds, viz., in the aid of interstate and international commerce on such public waters as were not only “navigable” in the ordinary sense of the word, but were of such magnitude as warranted governmental expendi- tures. The seeming legality of these early appropriations, therefore, depended upon a pre-existing navigability of the rivers, lakes and harbors. Gradually this has been changed, until now the test frequently is, Can the water- way be made navigable ; and if so, will it be of sufficient commercial value to warrant the Government making the improvement? Streams that were navigable but one month in the year, and then only during .freshets, when transportation was most hazardous, are now, by our sys- tem of slack-water dams and locks, made great highways of trade; other watercourses that were wide and so shal- low as to be practically unnavigable, had deep channels excavated therein and thus adapted to the movement of our largest steamships ; and, finally, not to be confined to the watercourses provided by nature, in our efforts to aid navigation we have from time to time (as in the present bill) expended considerable sums in building canals and artificial channels through solid ground for miles, so as to connect streams with lakes and lakes with tidal waters. We have even gone so far in some of our river and harbor bills as to grant franchises to private corpora- tions to construct locks and dams on certain rivers and collect toll thereon — a practice that should be abandoned. Thus it must be apparent at the present day that we exercise the most complete and exclusive dominion over our public waters in so far as navigation is concerned, and, further, that this right is wholly based upon the principle that the public waters belong to the nation and should be so protected and improved as to be a source of common benefit to all. It must therefore be plain that our Government has assumed the right to so control our public waters as will best conserve the needs of commerce, quite irrespective of the original navigability of the waterway or route to be improved. At this point it seems proper to ask, Why is it, with such complete and exclusive control of our Government over the public waters, in so far as naviga- tion is concerned, that no practical steps have been taken to extend national supervision over the same waters for the benefit of the country in two essential particulars, vizi, the protection of public health and the valuable food fishes that are indigenous to such waters? While the improvement of navigation is essentially and fundamentally right, the protection of public health is equally essential, whether it be gauged by morals or in a purely commercial sense. Though this bill carries the sum of $32,000,000, not one cent is to be expended in the investigation or control of the many sources of contam- ination and pollution which are gradually converting our great rivers and harbors into open sewers, killing thous- ands of citizens each year, and imperiling the health of millions. If the time has now come when the mere driv- ing of a stake in some petty creek renders the offender subject to fine and imprisonment, as an alleged inter- ference with navigation, it would seem as though our Government should be given authority in the present bill or by other statutes to prevent all such injurious pollu- tion of public waters as must inevitably render unfit for domestic use many streams and lakes owned by the pub- lic at large and needed for other vital purposes than the transportation of freight or passengers. Were the sick- ness and death arising from the corruption of our water- courses valued according to the “tables of expectancy” employed in such cases, and were we to add to this the untold millions expended by municipalities in the con- struction and maintenance of filtration plants, reservoirs, and distant conduit connections with uncontaminated waters, the sum total would be appalling. If, in the future, some of the money carried by the river and harbor bills, can be appropriated for the preservation of public health, it would do very much in furthering the popularity of such measures. That we possess the constitutional power to protect public health under the regulatory rights the Government has over public waters must be unquestioned when the matter is given due consideration, for it is manifestly im- possible for the States bordering upon the same waters to enact either efficient or uniform legislation or make the same enforcible against an offending State which majr with impunity so contaminate the public waters passing beyond its borders as to utterly destroy the purity and usefulness of the same. While not of equal importance with the question of public health, the failure of our Government to properly protect our valuable food fishes, which at one time fairly swarmed in the bays, rivers and lakes of our country, is of ^sufficient magnitude to justify some reference to the same in connection with the discussion bearing upon the intrinsic value of our public waters to the nation over and above the question of navigation. It is the opinion of well-qualified persons that Federal supervision over the fish within our public waters would advance the marketable product $15,000,000 or more a year. As show- ing the interest of Government experts in the question of protecting our food fishes by national legislation, I sub- mit a letter addressed to the United States Commissioner of Fisheries and his reply thereto : House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1905. Hon. George M. Bowers, Commissioner, Bureau of Fisheries, City. Dear Sir: The Federal Government in exercising control over the. public waters of the United States has heretofore practically limited its action to the protection and promotion of navigation thereon. After considerable investigation of the subject I have reached the conclusion that the National Government should so extend its supervision over the public waters as to prevent the unnecessary pollution of the same, not only for the purpose of * conserving the public health, but with the view of preserving from injury or destruction the valuable food fishes that are in- digenous to our navigable streams. It likewise seems important that the Government in spending millions of dollars annually on such streams and public Waters — whether for navigation or irrigation purposes — should so construct its dams and canals as to provide not only proper fishways for the free movement of the fish in their annual migrations to and from the spawning beds, but should so construct said improvements as to avoid the un- necessary accumulation of sewage and other deleterious sub- stances in the slack-water pools (so menacing to the public health) by providing means for flushing the same. While some of these subjects are not within your province to pass upon, I am anxious to obtain your views on the possible advantages that would acrue to your Bureau were additional Federal legislation enacted giving the Government authority to regulate fishing in those public waters where the fish are either of migratory character or belong to waters which are not wholly within the control of any one State. Under the acts of Congress providing therefor the President of the United States appoints a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, whose duty it is to investigate the subject with a view to ascertain what diminution, if any, in the number of food fishes of the coast and lakes of the United States has taken place and from what cause the same is due, and whether any pro- tective, prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premises, and report upon the same to Congress. It is also provided that the heads of the several Executive Departments shall cause to be rendered all necessary and prac- tical aid to the Commissioner in the prosecution of his in- vestigations and inquiries, and Section 4398 of the Revised Statutes provides that “the Commissioner may take or cause to be taken at all times in the waters of the seacoast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fisli or specimens thereof as may, in his judgment, from time to time be needful or proper for the con- duct of his duties, any law, custom, or usage of any State not- withstanding.” From the above last recited act it is clear that Congress has asserted its authority over fish in certain public waters and has, besides, invited such additional legislation as might be hereafter suggested for the proper protection of the food fishes of the United States. I understand that by the placing of nets, weirs, and similar devices in or at the entrance of streams many valuable migratory fishes, such as the salmon and shad, are in many localities en- tirely prevented from reaching the fresh-water spawning beds, and in other localities such limited numbers succeed in passing such barriers that were it not for artificial propagation carried on by the Government the supply of these valuable fish would soon be exhausted. It would seem, also, that some provision should be made for 'regulating the season and the manner in which such migratory fish should be taken, in view of the fact that our Government spends annually large amounts of the public money for the pro- tection and propagation of the fish. I would be pleased, therefore, if you would indicate in a general way “what protective, prohibitory, or precautionary meas- ures should be adopted ’ for fostering our fishing interests in the public waters _ of the United States, and, further, that you detail such special instances of the insufficiency of existing legislation as will best illustrate the urgency and propriety of Congressional action. In Alaska I understand that your Bureau possesses ample authority to insure the permanency of the salmon industry in such_ waters, both tidal and inland. If this is correct, may I ask if the passage of similar laws, so far as applicable to the United .States, would be sufficient; and if so, to what extent in your judgment would the commercial fisheries of the country be benefited? Yours, very truly. Geo. Shiras, 3d. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries, TT „ _ . Washington, March 1, 1905. Hon. George Shiras, 3d, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Sir: In response to your request for an expression of opinion as to the advantages that would acrue to this Bureau were the Government in position to regulate the fishing for migratory fishes m public waters or the fishing waters not wholly within the control of any one State, I have the honor to make the following statements: The operations of this Bureau so far as they relate to legal matters affecting the States, are in general quite satisfactory; and, in its own interests, the Bureau would not care to see existing conditions changed or disturbed. . The State officials ap- preciate the beneficent and unselfish efforts of the Bureau to preserve and increase the supply of food fishes, and ate willing to co-operate to the fullest possible extent. But from the stanrf- point.of the fisheries I Can see that iri many, perhaps all cases affecting migratory fishes aild interstate waters great advantage would accrue from the ability of the General Government to pre- scribe uniform regulations and to impose necessary restrictions in the interest of the entire country. The States would doubtless be greatly adverse to relinquishing their control over such matters, and this Bureau would be equally adverse to assuming jurisdiction; but if the welfare of certain industries and the preservation of certain fishes are the vital considerations, there is no doubt that these would be best secured through governmental control. Attention may be drawn to the case of the fisheries of the Great Lakes. For fifteen years the States bordering thereon have been striving to. secure uniform legislation, and many joint conferences have been held; but the desired end is not yet attained, and the fisheries have suffered in consequence, Other international waters in which the condition of affairs is most unsatisfactory are Puget Sound and Lake of the Woods With regard to the Columbia River, the States of Washington Oregon and Idaho have never been able to agree on uniform legislation and regulations for the best interests of the salmon fisheries, and during the past season two of those States went so far as to ignore the law providing for a close season, with the result that the run of fish . on which the Government hatch- eries chiefly depended, for their supply of egjgs was practically annihilated and the season at the hatcheries was a failure Various other instances might be cited in which the States fail- to give to the migratory fishes that protection which is clearly indicated, or in which protection is one-sided or inadequate be- cause of the lack of uniformity in the regulations. In all such cases governmental jurisdiction would easily accomplish the desired end. Other directions in which governmental supervision of nubile waters would be beneficial to the fisheries and helpful to the operation of this Bureau are in the prevention of the pollution of public or interstate waters by mill, factory and city refuse and in the prohibition of the construction or maintenance o{ dams, dikes, or other obstructions to the movements of fish unless such obstructions are provided with duly approved fish ladders. Very respectfully. Geo. W. Bowers, i Commissioner. I herewith submit an extract from a communication of mine addressed to a publication devoted to the interest of sportsmen ; In Albemarle Sound the national shad fisheries, owing to’ the almost entire catch of the shad before they reach the fresh-water spawning beds by the intervening nets further down the sound, had obtained spawn amounting only to 10,000,000, while the hatcheries had the capacity for 100,000,000. If a fair proportion of the shad could reach the spawning beds, perhaps one’ thous- and million additional spawn would be deposited and the shad industry oerwhelmingly benefited. As it ’is, I have been in- formed that the shad industry of the Atlantic coast is almost wholly dependent upon the artificial propagation conducted by the Government; and yet while our nation spends the people’s money for this worthy purpose, it has no power to protect this migratory fish from practical annihilation by certain States ex- cept through its persistent efforts in obtaining annually enough spawn to provide for a limited catch each season. Can it be doubted that the shad and salmon, living far out at sea and migrating annually to our waters for the purpose of reproduction, , do not belong to any State, and yet a State, by reason of the , public waters passing through its domain, may so net the streams and inlets as to exterminate a fish which surely belongs j to the people at large, and for which so much of the public [ money is expended? All ornithologists and fish culturists recognize a wonderful similarity in the migratory habits of certain fish and birds, each coming annually to the same locality, over the same general: course, for the purpose of reproduction, and then returning to some distant locality on water or land, respectiely. Destroy certain shore birds of the Atlantic coast and they are gone forever, so completely are some varieties Confined to this narrow avenue of migration; destroy all the salmon which are accustomed to spawn in a particular stream or estuary and these waters arc forever barren, so wonderful is the predilection of this fish for the same spawning bed. The State of Maine improvidently ■ wiped out the vast salmon schools which once visited its streams; the State of Connecticut has largely lost its shad, and at present the great Pacific Coast States of Washington and Oregon are ’ temporarily filling the pockets of their commercial fishermen, who are unrestrained by a Federal law so regulating the catch as to correspond with the maintenance of a permanent supply, and soon the Columbia River will be like those of Maine. Therefore, in conclusion, let me ask if the time has not arrived when this nation, in the protection of general health and in the preservation of its great commercial fisheries, should assume its rightful control over those public waters not wholly within the dominion of one Slate now but partially exercised in the promotion or navigation? Let us have Federal statutes expressly recog- nizing public ownership in public waters, and the out- come will be the saving of countless lives and the protec- tion of our material interests without a single substantial objection to negative such beneficial results. Galveston's Fish Lottery* Galveston, March 17. — Lest your readers forget what manner of fishing we have, I want to again remind ’ them that they who have never fished from our jetties have missed an experience. Ten miles from our docks, five miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, you can stand on granite rocks of the jetties and cast in water thirty feet deep with the charming uncertainty of “most any old fish” taking your hook. The range of possibilities is ! from a pigfish (hogfish, grant, sailor’s choice, as variously called), the salt-water perch, to a shark or a ray or devil- fish, that skin your knuckles with handle of your reels and carry off your line as a joke on the fisherman. Tarpon are abundant with us, as many as anywhere on l the Gulf coast, but we land but few tarpon on the rocks, and it is so difficult to do and there are so many other fish that will give you all tile exercise you want, and test twenty-five strand Cuttyhunk, hand-forged ^ hooks and 300-foot reels, that we rarely fish fGr tarpoll— -in fact, generally reel in. when we see one loafing around. Ter land a tarpon in shallow water and from a boat, where all the fisherman has to- do is to- keep twenty pounds 1 strain on line with his brake and let the tarpon do the rest in pulling the boat until he is worn out playing tug- ! boat, is one thing; to stand on a rock where Bro’ Tarpon can go down thirty feet and come up with slack of your line in three shakes of a lamb’s tail, wink the other eye j at you and throw the hook twenty feet out of the hole he made in his jaw in going down with the strain of the : brake on the hook, is -another thing. Well, yes, that is : another story. Spanish mackerel, the greyhounds of the sea, of father the blue-greyhounds of the sea, give us the best of sport, Liang a mackerel, see your float go- out sight as if shot from a rifle, and for a while you do not know whether it is a three-pound mackerel, a hundred-pound tarpon, or 1 a five-foot shark or a jackfish (the first cousin of the tutta). Redfisll, sea trout, kingfish, sheepshead, salt- water bass, Junefish that are Called sea bass on the Pacific > Coast, pompano, several kinds of fays and sharks, are all caught at times; so we fish with 20 to 25-Strand, best : linen, big reels and hand-forged hooks, ready for what the fish lottery may bring us. The kingfish is rare with us, but if you ever caught one of those big cousins to the Spanish mackerel, you will know ever after when it is a kingfish that is making your reel hum and smoke and taking the skin off the ball of your thumb if the brake breaks. The moment the kingfish feels the hook, he recollects that there is a fish i doctor in the Havana harbor, and he strikes a bee-line for the doctor. Fortunately for the fisherman, twenty , pounds on the drag will so worry him that by the time lie I has gone a hundred yards he concludes that he will try the old anti-hook remedy of circling, and in fifteen or 1 twenty minutes he just as lief be gaffed as not. There is no fish that swims that, for its heft, ten to thirty pounds, is a better rod, reel and line prize than the jack. It is almost identical in appearance with the tuna of the Pacific, and for twenty minutes to half an hour is better sport than any tuna, as the size and weight of the tuna requires you to simply let him pull the 1 boat about, when with the jack you can stand up on the , rocks and fight it out to a finish — skill and strength of . tackle against his strength, fair fight and no favors asked, and equal chance as to outcome. We have as great a range in variety as in any fishing , grounds in. the world. Fish here have their fast days, when they will be excommunicated if they touch bait, and as a calendar of these days has not yet been pub- lished m the mermen’s journal, we sometimes have to fall back on pigfish or gaff-topsail cat, as not considered game fish, for dinner aboard the boat on our way home in the evening. But the beauty of fishing is the uncer- tainty of the catching, and, as President Cleveland says, it is a squaw fisherman who only wants to fish when he ! is certain the fish will bite. There is a charm in the : wealth of life in the waters of the Gulf five miles at sea. i Then the sail or boat ride to and from the fishing j grounds, the yarns and explanations as to what was caught and what was not, and why the reel was broken, or how the shark took the tmut off the hook and forgot ; to leave the line — an old, old story that never stales and. the age of the fisherman never withers. There is a witchery that is as fresh to the man of seventy as to the barefoot boy of ten that calls us again and again to the 1 rocks when judgment says wind and tide make chances 1 of catching fish slim indeed. The time to go fishing is when you feel like going. _ We have excellent facilities for the stranger to fish, i| and at small expense; there is what is called the Better- son pavilion, about two miles and a half from the land I FOREST AND STREAM March 25, 1905.] on the North Jetty, where a comfortable cot and a good cook are furnished at reasonable rates; there is a boat to. the Pavilion twice or oftener a day. Then there are numerous combination power and sail boats with good sailors which can be had at very reasonable rates. The Tarpon Club sends out a boat for its members twice a day at 5 A. M. and 1 P. M. to- the fishing ground, and a sober set of fishermen — most of whom have fished •over -.thirty years — compose the club and are ready to swap yarns, share bait and compare tackle with the fisherman stranger in our waters. G. E. Mann, One of the Club. The Striped Bass. . Newport, R. I., March 9. — Editor Forest and Stream: Since writing you in December last concerning Dr. Heber Bishop’s article on the striped bass (see Forest and Stream December 24, 1904), in “Forest, Lake and River; the Fishes of New England and Eastern Canada,” by Frank M. Johnson. Boston, 1902, I have discovered the following facts : Gunther in his “Introduction to the Study of Fishes,” Edinburgh, 1880, says : “The best known European species is Lab rax lupus, common on the British coasts. It is a voracious fish, with a remarkably large stomach, and received from the ancient Romans the appropriate name of lupus. By the Greeks it was so highly esteemed that Archestratus termed this, or one of the two other closely allied species taken near Milet, ‘offspring of the Gods.’ ” (Gunther evidently looked up his authority before quoting.) G. Brown Goode (“American Fishes,” Boston. N. D.— The. prologue is dated 1886), writing on Roccus Uneatus, quotes Gunther as above. It is undoubtedly by a printer’s error that he calls the poet Archetratus instead of Arches- tratus. But having made the quotation, he distinctly says : “So writes Gunther, concerning the bass of Europe, the Xa/?pa( and the Lupus of classical literature.” .Dr. Bishop in his article applies this to the striped bass, misspelling the poet’s name and showing clearly that he had not taken the trouble to verify the quotation. Further on he states that “they [striped bass] run up the Mississippi as far as St. Louis.” Goode makes the same statement, giving Charles Hallock as his authority. But he qualifies this as follows : “It seems probable that Mr. Hallock was mistaken by the resemblance of this species to the ‘brassy bass’ — Roccus interruptus — which abounds throughout the Mississippi Valley.” Since Goode made this, statement in 1886. it has been pretty conclusively proved by the U. S. Fish Commission that Roccus lineatus is not “found as far up the Mississippi as St. Louis.” Then again he states that “the largest on record was taken at Orleans. Massachusetts, weighing a hundred and twelve pounds,” This statement is also made without any attempt to verify it. As a matter of fact, the 112-pound fish taken at Orleans weighed 120 pounds, and was caught in shoal water between the Town Cove and Nausett Harbor, having been stranded by the falling tide. This fish was taken by Mr. Geo. T.. Smith, of Eastham, Mass., some forty odd years ago. This information was written me by both the town clerk and the postmaster of Orleans, Mass. There lies before me as I write this a letter from the U. S. Fish Commissioner, in which he states: “An assistant of this' Commission has seen several specimens of bass in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, which weighed 125 pounds, which seems to be about the maximum.” The article is full of similar errors. Where are we to look for facts, if not in books of the character of “Forest, Lake and River” ? Daniel B. Fearing. Salmon River Possibilities. Editor Forest and Stream: In Forest and Stream for March 11, I find in the editorial article on the subject of “Water Pollution and Fish,” the statement that mill interests are so enormous and SO' powerful that it is practically impossible to cope with them. There is one place in which the matter can be dealt with to the advantage of salmon fisher- men at present, and in just one way. The first six rivers to the west of the St. Croix River in Maine are all natural salmon streams, and a few salmon ascend as far as to the dams every year still, in spite of saw- dust and slabs. The country has been lumbered so thoroughly that the mill properties can now be bought at rates which would allow salmon fishermen to take charge of the mills and of the streams. The mills could be managed in such a way as to make some re-' turn upon the investment, and the sawdust and slabs could be burned. None of the dams are high enough to make the placing of fishways expensive. All of the streams contain fine trout, and in the spring there is a run of herrings. I have been told by residents, that with the exception of Denny’s River, no salmon fishermen ever visit these waters. Now that salmon fishing is being sought so eagerly by men who have the means to buy up mill properties and restore streams to their original beauty and value, it may be well to keep these Maine rivers in mind. I had the offer of one mill property, to- gether with control of all of the salmon water, and several thousand acres of culled timber land ■ that will become valuable again, for about $20,000, and would have taken it, excepting for the fact that I have so many other interests that it would have been impossible to give the time to the development of this stream. These streams are all so near, and so naturally at- tractive, that they ought to be in the hands of men who would do for them what would be done with the same waters in Europe; and I will give details to any one who cares to call and discuss the matter. Robert T. Morris. New York, March 15. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. 239 Legislation at Albany. Albany, March 19.— Bills amending the game laws have just been introduced in the Senate as follows: Senator Armstrong (Int. No. 684), amending Section 17S so as tr. direct the game protector to destroy nets or other devices un- lawfully used; also^ provided that the Forest, Fish and Game Commission may direct a game protector to retain certain nets and seines for the use of the State fish hatcheries. Senator Goodsell (Int. No. 710), amending Section 29a so as to provide that no person shall take in the county of Orange more than twelve each of woodcock, grouse and quail at any one time or on any one day, nor shall any one person take in that county in any one calendar year more than six of either variety of such birds. The Senate has advanced to third reading the following bills: Senator Prime’s (Int. No. 98), providing for restocking the Adirondack region with wild moose. Senator Alld’s (Int. No. 486), providing for the publication of tlie forest, fish and game law, as amended by the Legislature of 1905. The Senate has passed the bill of Assemblyman Foster (Int. No. 262) amending Section 48 so as to provide that muskallonge less than twenty inches in length shall not be possessed or taken, and if taken, shall, without injury, be immediately returned to the water where taken. Bills just introduced in the Assembly are the following: Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1076), amending Section 112 so as to forbid the use of nets which have meshes less than six-inch bar in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1079) amending Section 113 so as, to provide that there shall be in Coney Island Creek at low tide a passage not obstructed by nets not less than ten feet wide. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1075), amending Section 139 so as to provide that for a violation of Section 127 a penalty of $60 shall be imposed, and to an additional penalty of $10 for each lobster taken or possessed in violation thereof, for every other violation of said article of a penalty of $100. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1077), amending Section 23 so as .to provide that no person shall take more than thirty-six wood- cock in an open season. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1078), amending Section 173 so as to give game protectors power to execute commitments issued for the violation of the forest, fish and game law, and allowing them, without a search warrant, to examine the contents of any building other than a private dwelling house. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 1074), amending Section 27 so as. to forbid the offering for sale of grouse or woodcock taken without the State, except as provided now by law. Assemblyman Bedell (Inf. No. 1087), amending Section 29a so as to provide that woodcock, grouse and quail shall not be taken in Orange county for the purpose of selling or offering for sale the same. Assemblyman F. G. Wood (Int. No. 1181) amending Section 29b so as to forbid the taking, in Orange county, of more than twelve woodcock, grouse and quail each, at any one time or any one day, or more than thirty-six of either variety of such birds in a calendar year. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the following bills : Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 1019), allowing the use of tip-ups and set-lines in fishing through the ice in Big Sandy Pond, Oswego county. Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 784), allowing the use of nets from July 15 to Sept. 1 in Lake Ontario, in the towns of Sandy Creek and Richland, Oswego county, with certain re- strictions. Assemblyman Stevens’ (Int. No. 1006), making the close season for trout in Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties from Sept. 1 to April 30, both inclusive. Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 866), relative to the close season for deer in certain counties. Assemblyman Hubbs’ (Int. No. 113) relating to wildfowl on Long Island and in certain counties (spring shooting bill). Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 115) , relative to penalties. The Assembly has passed the following bills: Assemblyman F. C. Woods’, (Int. No. 428), relative to the compensation of game protectors. Assemolyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263), relative to the close season for squirrels in certain counties. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 264), relative to the close season for trout in Dutchess county. The Cruise of Whltecap. BY L. S. TIEMANN. Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 1903. ( Concluded from page 19S ) Cottage City is the ideal harbor for small boats. It is artificial, being a small lake, with a passage cut through the beach and protected by jetties. The Gov- ernment has thoughtfully put down barrel moorings for cruising yachtsmen, a custom that might be fol- lowed to advantage elsewhere. The next day we again planned to make the run to Nantucket, but were once more disappointed. The high wind and frequent squalls through the night was still much too vigorous in the morning to make the thought of 25 miles of rough water agreeable. Knowing that these delays would have to be made up later on, if we persisted in carry- ing out our intention of going to Nantucket and Cape Cod, it seemed the part of wisdom to cut these out and hea_d toward home. This gave us two extra days which came in useful later on, and we had no occasion to re- gret our decision. Our revised plan made Cuttylumk the next stop, and reference to the invaluable current table showed that a start after lunch would enable us to reach there easily before dark. Starting with double- reefed mainsail, we soon had both reefs out and were making fine time, with a quartering breeze and the full strength of the flood tide, for Quicks Hole. We choose this for its size and because it looked easier than the Other passages; but experience is a great teacher, and wet should now be better satisfied to try one of the smaller openings. When fairly in the passage, we be- gan to get the full strength of the wind, from which we had been sheltered before by the islands, and abreast of ' the Can Buoy had to stand by the main sheet to ease her in the puffs, there being no chance to luff. On the Buzzard's Bay side we had to take a very uncomfortable shaking up, as the strong northeast wind, blowing against the strength of the flood tide, kicked up a nasty chop, and with the sail we were carrying, gave us a very wet quarter of an hour. Once the sea scame on board both fore and aft at the same time, wetting 11s down pretty thoroughly. As soon as possible, we worked to the. west out of the rip and lowered the mainsail. Having only a short distance to go to reach Cuttyhunk, we made it fast to save the trouble of reefing, using the jib to run into the harbor, where we made that fast also and started the engine. A good-sized sea, caused by the northeast wind, was running into the harbor, and, not wishing to repeat our Bristol experience of lying all night in rough water, we determined to get into the inner harbor or “Pond” it we could manage it, but were not very confident of success, both the Government Chart (No. 112) and Eldridge's Harbor Chart (No. 12) showing only one foot of water at the entrance, while we were drawing about 3ft. 6in. We ran the engine slow and kept work- ing the lead, until we had less than 6ft., and then an- chored. I took the dinghy and rowed in, following as nearly as I could the course I had seen a fishing boat take, that went in just before we anchored. Inside I found a fisherman who said he did not think we could get over the bar until high water at about 10 o’clock; and I was about to row out again, when a launch, lying close by, hailed me, and a man, who afterward turned out to. be a New Bedford pilot, told me he had just come in drawing 3ft. 6in., and thought if we followed the channel, which was marked by some floats I had seen outside, we could get in without trouble. I at once rowed out, sounding every few yards with an oar, and found that the bar was only about soyrds. wide and seemed to have enough water over it for us to get across, so we hauled up the anchor and set the engine going at half speed, We touched twice, but were able to push off, and in twenty minutes were at anchor in 12ft. of water, so clear that we could see the anchor on bottom. Cuttyhunk is exceedingly quaint. A dozen or so fishermen’s cottages scattered about on a steep hill- side in no particular order, and with no apparent way of reaching them, except through neighbors’ gardens; not a horse on the island, and only one primitive little church with a bell rung by the first parishoner at the meeting. The settlement, as we scrambled up the ir- regular paths, gave very little promise of gratifying our appetites which grew while we climbed toward the house pointed out as the only one serving meals: but Mrs. Allen had prepared dinner for some fishermen, who had not returned from the day’s sport. We arrived, and, with true New England thrift, Mrs. A — - said it would be too bad to let the dinner get cold— we kept it warm. The island is well worth a visit, but I should not recommend calling there in a small boat, unless of sufficiently shoal draft to get inside, the anchorage being wide open to the north and east, and even froiij the south there is no protection from the wind, only a strip of beach separating the harbor, so-called, from Vineyard Sound. There is no other shelter near, and any one caught there in a blow would simply have to take whatever came. The 27th was to be a banner day, with 45 miles of outside sailing to Block Island. We naturally wished to start as early as possible and avoid any chance of being caught between ports after dark; but 7 o’clock was the earliest we could hope to have water enough to get over the bar. Under these circumstances, patience became a necessity and we killed time until we could, start, in vain hopes that the breeze, which showed signs of giving out, would hold after we were under way. Promptly at 7 o’clock we bumped over the bar, and once more in deen water lost no time in hoisting sa:l. .The wind was evidently failing, but gave us -about 4 miles an hour until 9 o’clock, when it be- came a case of engine or drife, and we chose the former. The compass course from Cuttyhunk to Block Island is W. by S., but we decided to steer W. by N., calculating that the flood tide in the morning would set us toward Sajconnet and we would there catch the ebb out of the river, and later out of Narragansett Bay, carrying us in a circle, never more than 5 or 6 miles from land. It was deadly monotonous with nothing to do but listen to the noise of the engine, and about 2 o clock, when we saw a little breeze coming out of Narragansett Bay, we had great hopes that we should have a fair wind for the remainder of the day, but it only lasted an hour and at no time blew hard enough to encourage us to stop the engine. Our course of W. by N. carried us around a circle just as we had figured it would, and at 2:30, when about 5 miles east of Point Judith, rve picked up Block Island, shifting our course to W. S. W. to carry 11s around the bell buoy on the north end. Rounding the buoy, we made the mistake of trying to cut it too fine, and were al- most swept back over the bar. The tide, which had begun to flood, was running so strong that we were barely able to work away, and it took us fully an hour to get far enough out of the current to head for the harbor, which we reached at 6 o’clock. We had ac- complished the run undertaken; but it was certainly not the pleasantest day of our trip. An engine is all right, for getting in and out of harbor, but no launches in mine. After our experience, of the strength of the current on the ivay in, we had no desire to be caught between Block Island and Montauk Point on the ebb 240 FOREST AND STREAM. [March 25, xgo$, tide, As the flood next morning would begin running at 8:25 o’clock, we decided to start at 8 o’clock, run as u so}lt^ as possible, while the slack water lasted, and then head W. S. W., letting the current sweep us in- side the point. Tired from our long run of the previous day, we did not wake up until almost 8, which gave us no time for breakfast before starting. We ran down the harbor with the wind aft and outside, found the weather look- ing pretty threatening, rain commencing soon after we cleared the Breakwater. The wind was blowing strong from the southeast, with plenty of weight in the puffs, but we held on until we were off the southwest end of the island, and then slacked our sheets and headed across. Being too thick to see Montauk, we were obliged to depend on the compass, holding our course W.S.W. until we sighted the lighthouse, and then bear- ing off to the west, which, with a strong current run- ning diagonally across our course, brought us well in- side the port. This was undoubtedly the finest day’s sailing we had. A strong wind over the quarter, grad- ually worked up a big sea, which had not yet begun to break enough to be dangerous, but still had a lot of push to it as it ran under our stern and swung us along. Going the other way, we should have had in at least two reefs, and been buried even then, while well off the wind ; as we were, it was simply exhilarat- ing. By 10 we had the lighthouse abeam, and at i I dropped anchor at the upper end of Fort Posd Bay, haying covered twenty-six miles in exactly three hofflfi, which, allowing six miles for current, gave tts ft speed through the water of about seven miles, not at aH bad for a boat like ours. The rain was coming down in torrents and the wind increasing every hour. We made everything snug for the gale, which was undoubtedly just beginning, and went up to the Montauk Inn for lunch, which was also breakfast, there having been too much motion on the way across to start the stoves. The afternoon was worse than the morning, and by 4 we had fully decided to take rooms at _the inn and sleep ashore, for the first time since leaving home, two weeks before. During the. night the gale increased, and in the morning was blowing harder than ever, but we went on board thinking we might run down to Sag Harbor by keeping under the lee of the land, which would give us some shelter most of the way. The weight of the wind in the squalls, coupled with im- perative orders by telephone from the Doctor’s wife at West Hampton, not to venture out under pain of severe displeasure, convinced us that it was not good enough, and we dropped our second anchor. With all the comforts of home waiting for us at the Doctor’s house at West Hampton, it seemed foolish to waste time sitting about in the wet at Montauk waiting for better weather, and it took us very little time to decide to catch the afternoon train if we could find some way of leaving the boat with a fair assurance of finding her again on our return. A trip ashore and full ex- planation of the situation, obtained for us the sympathy of one of the large fish dealers and his promise to look out for the boat in our absence, provided we would make it fast to a vacant mooring in front of his place. This was half a mile from where we were anchored, and somewhat to windward, with a fleet of fishing boats between — a rather difficult proposition in the wind then blowing. Apparently there was no alternative if we wanted to leave the boat, and we concluded to tackle it. Knowing that an extra man would be welcome, a fisherman offered to come on board and give us a hand, and we accepted gladly. A trial of the engine showed us that we could not hope for much from it, for in the squalls it would not even run the boat up to her anchors. Our fisherman friend thought it was blowing too hard to put any sail on, and we had better make a try with the engine alone, so started it up again, ran up to the anchors and began edging oyer toward the mooring. For a few minutes we did fairly well, when another squall struck us and we began to fall off. In trying to speed up the engine, I pushed it too far, and it stopped, compelling us to let go the large anchor, which fortunately brought us up. I had made up my mind that the only way was to hoist the mainsail, close- reefed, easing it with the engine, which we did; and in ten minutes were fast to the buoy. Our fisherman was a wonderfully handy man, and made a very neat job of running out one of our cables, and serving it to prevent chafing. Now that the boat was safe, we hurried through our preparations for leaving, stowing every- thing likely to damage out of reach of water in case it came above the cabin floor, and with a dinghy load of duds the Doctor thought would be more useful at home than on the boat, we rowed ashore. That night we had a real dinner, and next day there was no excuse to go out, as the gale still continued. We spent a most lux- urious time congratulating ourselv«s upon having es- caped from Block Island before the storm prevented us. Monday the gale had blown itself out, and we re- turned to Montauk, finding the boat just as we had left her with no water inside — actually in better condition than though we had lived aboard through two days of wet We squared our friends for their trouble, hoisted sail and headed for Shelter Island; but the breeze soon began to fail and the engine became necessary, bind- ing that we could not reach Shelter Island by dark, we changed our course for Sag Harbor, where we an- chored behind the steamboat dock at 6. We went ashore for dinner and telephoned to West Hampton to ask the Doctor’s wife to join us in a sail through the Peconics, which she agreed to do. °n ,THe£day, we( were out at 5. The previous evening we had heard of a small marine railway near the town, and determined to make another effort , to have the boat hauled out, but were again unsuccessful, owing to lack of water. Returning to our anchorage, we spent a busy morning cleaning ship and preparing for our guest. Mrs W. on board, we at once got under way, with a truly lady- like breeze that drifted us gently out of the harbor and then gradually picked up until we were moving nicely. Tessup’s Neck, with a picnic ashore, had been the original plan, but lack of wind at the start caused us to modify this to Little Hog Neck, where we, anchored and hid lunch, slightly marred m the writer s case by spilling a can of boiling soup over one hand. The after- . yjqon -was perfect— a £004 breeze, bright sunshine an4 just enough motion to the water to be agreeable. We stood across Noyack Bay to Jessup’s Neck, and then through Little Peconic to Robin’s Island, anchoring at New Suffolk for the night just at sunset, which gave us some wonderful cloud effects. To give Mrs. W. a correct idea of the delights of cruising, I resigned my place on board, and, dinner over, the Doctor and his wife returned to the boat, while I remained on shore for the night. Mrs. W. expressed herself in the morning as altogether in favor of cruising, even on a small boat, but remarks dropped from time to time since have somewhat encouraged the belief that there is to be a good deal desired in the line of woven wire springs and other luxuries, notwithstand- ing the very superior hair mattresses on the boat. A leisurely run next day brought us to Greenport in time for Mrs. W. to catch the afternoon train for home. Having seen her safely started, we at once turned our attention to finding somewhere to have the boat hauled out, knowing that this would be our last chance be- fore reaching home. Our first attempt met with dis- appointment, but the second was more successful. Tut- tle & Higbie agreed if we would bring the boat in at once, to haul it out and put it overboard again as soon as whatever repairs found necessary were com- pleted. We lost no time in getting on board, and in fifteen minutes were being placed on the cradle astern of a large fishing boat. A very clever man in a flat- bottomed skiff, with one oar, took charge, pushed and pulled us about in the most wonderful way, considering what he had to work with, and giving a few final pokes with the oar to see that the fin rested fairly on two cross beams, had the cradle hauled up. An examina- tion showed that the lag screws holding the stern bearing had worked loose, and the stuffing box also needed repacking. While a machinist, sent from the shops, attended to these repairs, we scrubbed the slime off the bottom, and when that was finished, gave the whole topsides a thorough cleaning with fresh water from a hose Jkindly offered by the engineer. The machinist reported as ready to go off, so we paid up and the cradle began to move. The entire job of hauling out, making repairs, and putting us in the water again had occupied just an hour and fifteen minutes, which I consider remarkably quick work. When fairly afloat, I tried to start the engine, but found it flooded, and while trying to coax it into running we drifted down with the tide against a lighter. Here the first casualty of the cruise occurred, when in trying to push off with a long sweep, the end, which was against a greasy pile, slipped, and overboard I went. The Doctor thoughtfully refrained from comment until later, and with a suspicion of the rather feverish energy generally following an unexpected wetting, the sails were hoisted and we drifted over to Shelter Island, anchoring in Deering Harbor, near the Shelter Island Y. C. Thursday the weather was fine, with a nice S.W. breeze. Our destination was to be Saybrook, and upon studying up the tides, we found that we should have the current with us to Plum Gut until noon, which suited us exactly. As a preliminary, we went over to Greenport and filled up with gasolene. From there we beat through the channel, passed Bug Light and headed for Orient Point. We reached the Gut just at the turn of the tide, and went through that oftimes rough passage in perfectly smooth water. Once more on Long Island Sound, with a good breeze almost aft, we traveled steadily toward the Connecticut shore, passing between the jetties into Saybrook about 4- We chose an anchorage near the Hartford Y. C. and rowed ashore for dinner at Fenwick Hall. The night was magnificent, the nearly full moon making it almost as light as day, and one look at the Sound decided us to go on board and run outside the Breakwater for the night. We accordingly went on board, and at 10 were under way, running around the western breakwater into smooth water near shore, where we anchored. This was not only a much pleasanter anchorage, but saved us a tedious struggle with the tide next morn- ing, when we were ready to start. _ In the morning we were out at 5 with the idea of get- ting the benefit of the flood tide until 9- The day was dull and cold, with a moderate wind from S.W., which was not encouraging for the good day’s run we hoped to make. To save time we started the engine until we could finish dressing and get up sail. By this time we had run out to the buoy on the western end of Dorid Sand shoal, and came about for a long leg parallel with the shore. As the day wore on the breeze became lighter, and we occasionally ran the engine for a while to keep moving, until about 4 we ran into a strong S W. wind and began beating around Stratford Point Evidently the wind had been blowing here all day, and there was plenty of sea, as is so often the case m this part of the Sound. Heavy banks of clouds began to roll up, and we were soon glad to run into Bridgeport for the night instead of going on to Black Rock, as we had intended. Bridgeport has never impressed me as a particularly hospitable place, and that night, the last of home week,” we had just given up all hope of finding any place to eat, when we discovered a likely looking res- taurant, and at 9 sat down to dinner. Saturday was no improvement on the preceding day. We turned out at 6, once more hoping for a good breeze from the eastward, and found, to our disgust, thick fog with a light west wind. Having only three days left, we wished to accomplish as much as possible, so hoisted sail and started. S.S.W. was the best we could do; even then our progress was slow, until finally the wind gave out altogether. The middle of the Sound in a heavy fog is not the ideal of pleasure, and the engine was started We calculated our position as best we could and headed W.S.W. as likely to bring us some- where within a few miles of. Eaton s Neck. Much to our delight, we sighted the lighthouse at 2, and about the same time a good breeze from the south cleared away the fog and gave us a fair wind to Lloyds Neck, which we rounded and then beat into Oyster Bay, anchoring just in time to escape one of the good old- fashioned squalls the place is noted for. I at once went ashore to telephone to my brother and get him to join m for the last two days. To my satisfaction, I was able to reach him, and he promised to meet us that evening. This disposed of, we had dinner and spent -the time until his arrival purchasing needed supplies. By the time we were ready to go on board it had cleared and gave promise of fine weather next day. In the morning the weather was all it had promised to be the night before, with a splendid northeast breeze, which held steady all day, and went a long way toward making up for the two days previous of calms and fogs. To', celebrate the occasion my brother gave us for breakfast what he called a pan-broiled steak, which really did him great credit, considering that he con- fessed, when it had been generously applauded, that it was his first offense. The wind being fair, we made a quick run up the Sound, passed Execution Light and Stepping Stones, anchoring early in the afternoon in the cove to the west of Willet’s Point to wait for the morning tide through Hell Gate. A walk through the fort and dinner at Garrison’s, which was made a sort of farewell affair, finished the day. Labor Day we turned out at 7 and ran down to College Point, where we anchored for breakfast. The tide began to run west through the Gate at 10:12, and 10 o’clock found us under way for the last lap. When we started there was no wind, but before reaching Lawrence Point a breeze came up, which, however, was too nearly ahead to do us muck good. The engine worked v/ell and made no objection to doing all the pushing, so we felt fairly confident that it would see us through. Down the river it blew hard in puffs, with calm spots between, so that we could not depend upon the sail to help us much, but we made fairly good time and had little trouble until near Catherine Ferry. Here on the Brooklyn side we ran into a bunch of ferry boats, excursion steamers and a couple of car . floats which gave us plenty to think about for a few minutes, but we finally got out and were soon past Governors Island, feeling that our troubles were about over. The rest was easy, and with a fair wind and tide we reached Gravesend Bay at 1:15 and made fast to our mooring with a total of 561 miles to our credit. With the exception of Nantucket and Osterville, we had accomplished all that we intended to, and although we went through none .of the startling adventures that seem to occur so frequently in some cruises, we had a thoroughly good time. For the benefit of others in- tending to go over this same route, I append a synop- sis of the daily distances run: Miles. Aug. 14. — Glenwood to New Rochelle 9 Aug. 15.— New Rochelle to Stamford 16 Aug. 16. — Stamford to Stratford 35 Aug. 17.— Stratford to New London 65 Aug. 18.— New London to Stonington 13 Aug. 19.— Stonington to Newport 37 Aug. 21. — Newport to Bristol 17 Aug. 22.— Bristol to Black Point (Sakonnet River) 15 Aug. 23.— Black Point to New Bedford 33 Aug. 24. — New Bedford to Woods Holl 19 Aug. 25.— Woods Holl to Cottage City 10 Aug. 26.— Cottage City to Cuttyhunk 23 Aug. 27.— Cuttyhunk to Block Island 45 Aug. 28.— Block Island to Fort Pond (Montauk) 26 Aug. 31.— Fort Pond to Sag Harbor 21 Sept. 1.— Sag Harbor to Suffolk 15 Sept. 2.— New Suffolk to Shelter Island 15 Sept. 3.— Shelter Island to Saybrook 22 Sept. 4.— Saybrook to Bridgeport 46 Sept. 5.— Bridgeport to Oyster Bay 35 Sept. 6.— Oyster Bay to Willet’s Point 30 gept. 7.— Willet’s Point to Gravesend Bay 25 Total 561 Designing Competition Suggestions. Editor Forest and Stream: Are the sailboats going to be given another chance in the competitions? I would suggest that a desirable boat for the next competition would be a 28ft. or 30ft. water- line cruising sloop or yawl. J. G. Alden. Boston, Mass., March 18. Editor Forest and Stream : I notice you propose to institute a designing competi- tion for amateurs, and am much interested. If I can find the time, I shall have a try at it, especially if you can find a judge who will give the competitors helpful criticism. As you ask for suggestions, I will add one or two ; if they do not fit in with your plans, no harm will be done. 1. Let us try a genuine cruiser; that is, let the element of speed be quite secondary, and seaworthiness and com- fort be the main points. 2. If possible, make economy in first cost an item in the judgment of the designs. The men who want to make their own designs and perhaps build their own boats generally have to consider this point. 3. Be as specific as is possible in regard to the weight to be given to different points, so much for the design, so much for the sail plan, so much for draughtsmanship, and so on. 4. Would it not be well to call for a construction plan as well as specifications? 5. The object of amateur designers is, I suppose, in- struction rather than prizes. I would suggest, therefore, that you make the prizes small and the criticisms large, going into detail and explaining errors and faults. The boat I want myself is a keel boat of about 30ft., yawl-rigged, with small sail plan, and with a good ladies’ cabin. But other people will of course have other ideas. In any case allow me to express my interest in your plan, and count me in as a competitor. E. P. Morris. New Haven, March 18. Manhasset Bay Y. C.’s New Flagship.— Mr. Frederick Grinnell has sold the steam yacht Quickstep through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones to Com- modore A. H. Alker, commodore of the Manhasset Bay - Y. C. The boat’s name will be changed to Florence. She was designed and built in 1902 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, and is 124ft. over all, 102ft. 6in. waterline, 18ft. 3m. breadth, and 5ft. draft. Florence will replace the smaller steam yacht of the same name that. Commodore Alker has used for several year? march 25, 1905.! FOREST AND STREAM, 24t “Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No. IV. For a 60-Foot Waterline Cruising Launch. FIRST PRIZE DESIGN. We publish this week the design that won tfae first prize of $100, and also the $25 prize for the best interior arrangement, in the Forest and Stream competition for a 60ft. waterline cruising launch. The design wa§ sub- mitted under the pseudonym of Moccasin by Mr. Harojfi Lee, of Mariners’ Harbor, S. I. The main deck is raised 2oin. above the sheer line for a distance of 38ft. amidships to allow plenty of head room for accommodations below. The frames and plank- ing are carried up to the raised deck, forming the sides of the house. Entrance to the owner’s quarters and main saloon is through a pilot house, which is 8ft. 9m. long, 7ft. 6in. wide, and stands 3ft. 6in. above deck. The floor of this house is dropped below the level of the deck, giving ample head room ; the pilot house is intended for use as shelter for the steersman during stormy weather, and arrangement is made so that the boat can be steered from this point or outside. There are three windows at the forward end of house, with drop sash, on each side there are two windows with sash to slide fore and aft. Cushion seats are provided on both sides of the house, and there is sufficient head room for a person to sit erect. There is one locker on the port side and chart racks on the star- board side. A stairway leads down from the pilot house to a passageway, and the entrance to the main saloon is op- posite the foot of the stairs. The passage leads for- ward on the starboard side to the owner’s room, which is forward of the pilot house; the bathroom is located back of the stairway on the port side, and opens into both the passageway and the owner’s room. By this arrange- ment the main saloon, owner’s room or bathroom can be entered directly from the passageway. The owner’s room extends the full width of the boat, and has wide transom berths on each side; two lockers and bureau with a mirror and clothes drawers are built under the transom and under the pilot house floor. There are six port lights, two on each side and two at the for- ward end of the cabin, allowing the occupants an ex- tended view outside without going on deck, and excellent ventilation. The bathroom has a 4ft. tub, basin and water closet. The fresh water for lavatory purposes is pumped from a tink under the pilot house floor. There are two hinged port lights. The main saloon extends the full width of the boat, with wide transom berths on each side to accommodate two people. There is also in this saloon a sideboard, writing desk, cushion seat, folding table, two large lockers, bookcases, with glass, fronts, over the transoms on either side, and clothes drawers under the transom berths. The room can be partitioned off by curtains on the starboard side of the skylight to allow the steward to pass forward and aft without disturbing the occupants. Light and ventilation are supplied by four port lights and "a skylight. Ample locker room is provided for oilers, wet clothes, etc., under the stairs and pilot house floor, and on the, starboard side of the passageway leading to owner’s room are lockers for guns, rods, etc. On the starboard side, aft of the main saloon and opening into the latter, is the pantry, which can also be used to accommodate a maid if desired. There is a tran- som berth which can be used as a linen locker, and over, it are lockers and shelves for dishes and a dresser. Aft of the pantry is the galley with ice-box, three- burner oil stove, sink and pump, and shelves and locker, for cooking utensils under the sink and stove. There is a locker for provisions, etc., under the after deck, and accessible to the galley. A sliding door opens into the engine room, where accommodation is provided for three men. On the port side of the transom is a berth, with swinging pipe berth above, and at the forward end i$ z 242 locker with another swinging pine berth above extending athwartships. The engine room is entered from the after deck through a companionway with sliding hatch; on the port side at the foot of the steps is the crew’s lavatory, with basin and water-closet. The companion ladder is arranged to hinge, for access to the locker under the after deck, which is used for stores and outfit. Under the after deck next to the galley and engine room, and under the provision locker, are fresh water tanks, with a capacity -of 250 gallons ; these tanks are used for cooking and drinking. Forward under the pilot house floor is a water tank of 150 gallons capacity for lavatory purposes. Aft of the water tanks under the after deck is the lazarette, with i8in. bronze manhole for access. Under the forward deck, next to the owner’s room, is located the gasolene tank of 500 gallons capacity, and forward of that the fore peak with chain locker, with space for rope, anchors, etc. There is a railing 27m. high made of gal- vanized pipe and fittings, to go around raised deck and after deck. Two boats, one 14ft. gig and one 10ft. dinghy, are carried on davits and to house inboard on chocks on the raised deck. There is a signal mast with yard arranged so that it can be lowered if necessary in passing- under a bridge or other obstruction. There are two hinged skylights with glass lights, one over the main saloon and one over the engine room. The boat is propelled by one 55 horsepower four cylin- der four-stroke Lozier engine, which will drive the boat at an estimated maximum speed of 11%. miles. The gaso- lene tank has a capacity of 500 gallons, which provides fuel enough for a cruising radius of about 1,000 miles at a speed- of <8 miles per hour. The dimensions are as follows : Length — Over all 65ft gin." LWL Overhang- — Sin. Forward Aft 1 in. Breadth — Extreme 6in. L.W.L 6in. Draft — Extreme To rabbet 6in. Freeboard— 5ft- Forward 3m. Aft 7in. Least 3111. Specifications, 'Construction. — Keel, white oak, 6in. x 8in. Stem, stern and dead- woods, of white oak. Keelsons, yellow pine 3in. x 6in. Bilge and ■side stringers, yellow pine, Sin. x 5in. Clamps, yellow pine, 2in. x Sin. Shelf, yellow pine, 2ir.. x 4in. Frames, white oak, steam bent, sided 2in. and moulded 2in. at head and 2%in. at heel; spaced 12m. from center to center. Floor timbers, sided 2in. and moulded 2%in. Planking to be long-leaf yellow pine in long lengths and finished l%in. thick. Deck beams to be white oak, steam bent, l^in. x 3in. Raised deck to be planked with white pine or cedar, l%in. thick, and covered with canvas. The floor and after deck to be covered with white pine l%in. x l%in., and seams to be caulked and puttied. There are to be three water- tight bulkheads; one aft of fresh-water tank, one between owner’s room and gasolene tank, and third forward of gasolene tank; bulkheads to be built of two thicknesses of cedar laid diagonally, with canvas between. Joiner and Interial Work.--Siae of house from guard up to raised deck, and round at front to be of mahogany. Skylights to ibe of mahogany; also outside of pilot house. Inside of pilot 'house and the rest of the joiner work in owner’s quarters to be finished in butternut, tongue and grooved and beaded, except in main saloon, which is to be paneled. All doors, lockers and fur- niture to be paneled. Ceiling in owner’s room, and main saloon to be paneled and finished in white enamel. Galley, pantry and crew’s quarters to be finished in yellow pine and painted. Ice box to be built of compressed cork between two thicknesses of wood and paper. Bath room to have four-foot roll trim, enameled tub, porcelain basin, pump water closet and necessary pumps and fittings, and beveled plate glass mirror. Port lights to be of composition, hinged and lOin. in diameter clear. All hardware, locks, knobs, skylights lights, etc., to be of bronze. Deck Fittings and Outfit. — Steering standard to be of bronze, with brass binnacle for four-inch liquid compass. Wheel to be of mahogany. There are also the following: Galvanized iron crank capstain, side and riding lights, two pairs of galvanized boat davits, anchor davit, one 1501b. and one 751b. folding anchor, two 50-fathom 3-in cables and necessary mooring lines, bronze horn, chock with flag staff socket, all necessary cleats and chocks of bronze, two Gin. copper ventilators, for en- gine room, with deck plates, two 18in. diameter manhole plates lor the fore and after holds, landing ladder of mahogany, _ 4 life .rings and required life belts. There is to be one 14ft. gig and one 10ft. dinghy, clinker built, of cedar, and mahogany trimmed. Rail to be of galvanized pipe and fittings, 27in. high awning stanchions, to be supplied for raised and after deck. Machinery to consist of one 55 h.p. four-cylinder, four-cycle Lozier engine, with bronze shafting, propeller stuffing boxes, power whistle. Gasolene tank to be of copper, 500 gallons capacity. Engine indicator, telegraph bells and speaking tubes to be con- nected with pilot house and steering platform on deck. Rudder to be of bronze plate. Stock and rudder stock to be of bronze. Tiller ropes to be of flexible wire and lead to steering wheel cn deck and pilot house, and arranged with a disengaging gear, so that boat may be steered from either place. Exterior of hull to be painted with white lead above water- line and anti-fouling copper paint below load waterline, carved scroll on bow and stern. All bright work on deck and interior joiner work to be rubbed down, shellacked and varnished. SUMMARY OF WEIGHTS. Tons. Hull 8.9 Joiner 4 Deck fittings, boats, davits, anchors, ropes, railing, steering gear, port lights, etc _ 1-1 Fresh water tanks and plumbing 1.7 Engine, shafting, propeller and bearings 1.5 Gasolene and tank . 1-5 Allowance for ice, provisions and interior outfit 3. Total 21.7 Police to Patrol Yacht Anchorages.- — As the result of petitions from the Knickerbocker and New York Y. C.’s, which have anchorages in the Sound off College Point and Whitestone, Commissioner McAdoo stated he had decided to add a platoon of harbor police to the College Point station. There will be half a dozen men and a launch. The yachtsmen urged this action because during the summer months when the yachts are at these anchorages the depredations of river pirates are numerous. », « * Launch for D. S. Loughlin. — The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, of Greenport, L. I., has nearly completed a launch for Mr. Daniel S. Loughlin, who has a summer home at Southampton, L. I. The boat is 40ft, long, lift, breadth, and of shallow draft. FOREST AND ST^tsAM. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. ( Continued from page 219.) A two-stroke engine has of necessity to use compres- sion on its charge of gas in order to drive the burned gases from out the cylinder. The usual method has been to use the crank case for this compression, which could rightly be called the primary compression. Designers and inventors for many years have tried^ to find some other method, cheap in construction, effective, and of practical use. Among some of the devices which have given more or less fairly good results, there has been the engine with the differential piston, the cylinder having different bores and the compression taking place between the lower part of the smaller bore of the cylinder and the larger diameter of the piston. As there are no engines of this type at present extant or in the market, it is a mute testi- monial of failures in this line.. Better results and more success has been attained by using the lower end of the cylinder for this primary compression, inclosing it with a head, using piston rod, slides, pitman, stuffing box, cross-head, etc.,' as in the usual double acting steam engine, This necessitates among other things a very long cylin- der, a long piston, extreme height, multiplicity of parts, lower piston speed available, on account of excessive weight of moving parts, and the construction is hardly what might be Called popular. While an engine with 6in. stroke of the four-stroke type can be run easily in - the heaviest commercial type at 375 to 400 revolutions per minute, this cross-head construction would never _ allow of such piston speed, for it would tear the engine to pieces in a short time. There is another construction that, so far as I know, has never been attempted in marine work. This is using an auxiliary pumping cylinder on another crank hiiij similar to that employed in the I, Odd and £,§§§ horse- power units of the Kortjng engine, riot d'ouble acting like the Korting, but single aGthig with trunked pistons. The two pistons and connecting rods would balance each other if the cranks were set at 180 degrees, and the power would be exerted at each revolution in the upper or outer end of but one cylinder. There would be lid itibre vibra- tion than in the usual Counter- weighted two-stroke single cylinder engine, but th® extra weight, cost of machining, double throw crank, shaft, etc., would make it pro- hibitive. But again, the eminently satisfactory large size Rotting engine does not have its cranks set at 180 de- grees. The crank that operates the two pumps, one far air and the other for gas, is set approximately J35 dfe- - grees ahead or 2tg degrees after the power Crank. The reason for this is that the Combined charge qf air and gas is not at its highest Pressure until lust befoto tile exhaust port closes. But for this there Would be a great deal of loss of gas in scavenging the cylinder by means of fresh gas, and tests of this engine for economy show conclusively that there is but slight loss in efficiency, Comparing very favorably with the best designed engines of the four-stroke type. It is the loss or low efficiency which confronts the two- stroke marine engine designer, unnoticed in engines of low power, but of vital importance in engines of even 20 horse:power. In the ordinary crank case Compressing engine, the compression rarely exceeds five pounds, while the Korting is said to Utilize nine pounds, and a marine type of two-stroke engine how manufactured, using the lower end of the cylinder for compression, Claims to use seven pounds. It is a -question with me whether or not an engine can- not be constructed that will be able to- utilize a com- pression of at least two atmospheres, or 14.7 pounds gauge. A careful location of the ports would be neces- sary, and possibly a positively operated inlet valve or series of valves, but I consider that the possibilities of the two-stroke engine are hardly more than dreamed of. I do- not believe that (lie two-stroke engine will supersede the four-stroke for high speed louring automobiles, but I confidently believe that within the next two or three years there will be sufficient improvements in two-stroke engines to adapt them to use for commercial vehicles used for transportation, and that for marine work, par- ticularly in larger sizes, that have heretofore given the most trouble, the two-stroke engine will be the ranking construction. . . Two cylinders instead of four to get a perfectly balanced engine, is certainly attractive. Absence of valves would be hailed with delight were it possible to dispense with them ; only two spark plugs to look out for instead of four, no camshafts, no gears, etc. Is it any wonder that the little two-stroke launch engine has be- come so popular? Having now treated quite generally, although not com- pletely, of the various parts of the two-stroke engine, where its particular construction is at variance with four- stroke design, I shall endeavor to treat of those parts and characteristics which are applicable to both types, and later take up subjects in which the four-stroke engine is alone involved. One especially important thing in gasolene engine con- struction, no matter whether the engine is single cylinder, two or four-stroke, or two cylinder four-stroke, is bal- ancing of the cranks by counterweighting there or else- where. It is recognized as a mechanical impossibility to per- fectly balance a single throw crank, piston, connecting- rod, etc., but a comparatively* easy matter to balance a two-stroke engine of more than one cylinder or a four-’ stroke engine -of more than two- cylinders. If a four- stroke engine is built in two cylinders, and the cranks are set at 180 degrees, it would be an easy matter if an explosion would take place in each cylinder at every alternate revolution. But a four-stroke engine with cranks set at 180 degrees and the cylinder lying parallel and in the same plane, cannot get an explosion at each revolution, but does get, if running properly, two explo- sions at every alternate revolution, with one complete revolution during which there is no power exerted.' On the other hand, if- both cranks are the same way, it will be necessary to. get the engine in anything like perfect balance by adding counterweights, either on the crank shaft or flywheel. On the othqr haqd. with three icylin- [March 25, 1905. ders, the, first being set 120 degrees ahead of the second and the second 120 degrees ahead of the third, the valves and igniters would have to be set so that the explosions would take place in the following relation: First, third, second, for if they were to take place first, second, third, there would be one complete revolution with no power. In setting the cranks of a four cylinder two-stroke en- gine, they should each be set at 90 degrees, while if the engine is a four-stroke, two of the cranks should be set at 180 degrees from tile others, or the engine wo-iild be out of balance. While, on the subject of balancing, there has recently come under my observation a Case that may be used to advantage in this connection. A Certain propeller has been designed and the three blades are ail of different length. This is a peculiar construction, to say the least, and just what the designer’s object -was I cannot under- stand. Another case in point was a two cylinder two- stroke engine, where cranks were set at 180 degrees with a counterweight on each crank. Occasionally is met an authority who says never by any chance would he allow an engine to be balanced by counterweights in the fly- wheel. At the New York Motorboat Show there was one par- ticular engine which the designer claimed had no vibra- tion, nor was. it counterweighted, yet was of single Cylin- der construction. Mysteriously he told me it was a trick they had learned and did not care to have it explained or generally known how it wds accomplished. [to BE continued.] Automobile and Power Boat Show Mechanics* Hall* Boston, March 11 to ThE Bbstoii show closed iaSt Saturday night; after a moSt prosperous run. Management, exhibitors arid visi- tors as well all expressed themselves thoroughly pleased. In the matter of attendance alone, which aggregated nearly 200,000, although open but six days and seven evenings, it was beyond the most sanguine eXpefctatiohS. As promised last Week, we give a list of the exhibitors and exhibits, reported by one of our staff. Fairbanks-Grant Mfg. Co., Ithaca, N. Y.— Same goods exhibited as in New York. Victor Metals Company, East Braintree, Mass. — Had virtually the same exhibit as shown at New York, with few slight additions-, ^ G, A; B&ehm&ri Motof ConijJ&ny, Baltintorc, Md. — -Two double opposed 8 hor§e-power engines, the marine type by Means of glaring reduced the speed of the propeller shaft to oiie-half tMt of tile crank Shaft. t . Uliftph Motor WoIkS; Cindiniidti, Ohio.- — Tile sanie liile of engines as exhibited at New York, and in addition a 45 to 60 horse-power three cylinder, heavy, slow speed engine, and a new four cylinder 16-20 horsepower of 1905 model. Carlisle & Finch Company. Cincinnati, Ohio. — Nine- inch lens yacht arc search light, U. S. N. type, 2,000 candle-power. A general line of magnetos, coils and ignition goods., Fairbanks-Smtilley, New York-Bay City, Mich.— -Same engines as shown in NeW York: Lackawanna ValvelfeSs Motor Company, Buffalo-; N-. Y: — The same engines aS exhibited at New York, with two or three difflrffiit sizeS. Palmer Bros., Coscob, Conn. — Showed fifteen engines all told, their new three-ported engines, also the original first engine built by them ten years ago, which attracted much attention. J. V. Rice, Jr., & Co., Bordentown, N. J. — The same engines as exhibited at New York. Mr. Chester I. Camp- bell, of 5 Park Square, Boston, has taken the agency for these engines. Chats. A, Cdrl son; 623 Befgeii Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. — The double opposed four cylinder engine described in these columns as exhibited at the New York Show. Hubbard Motor Company, Middleton, Conn. — Practi- cally the same exhibit as at New York, and two- launches, one 22ft. long with 3l/2 horsepower engine, for which a speed of 11 miles is claimed; also a toft, dory model nicely finished with mahogany decks. Arthur Binney, 70 Kilby street, Boston; Mas§.— A sik cylinder 100 horsepoW&r Standard engine built by the Standard Motor Construction Company, Jersey City. Mr. Binney designed the 64ft. power speed launch Hupa for Mr. C. H. Clark, Jr., Philadelphia, exhibited by Lawley. Swasey, Raymond & Page, Boston, Mas#.— Showed the Gay Cup presented by Rear -Commodore W. O. Gay, Eastern Y. C, for power boat races j they ais© showed blue prints of several well-known vessels built and flow in process of completion. Murray & Tregurtha Company, South Boston, Mass.- Several engines of 1904 and 1905 models made a very showy booth; they had the only cabin boats exhibited. One was 42ft- long, beautifully finished with mahogany, truly an able boat ; power was a three cylinder 20 horse- power engine of their 1905 design. A 25ft. hunting cabin latmch was also shown with all extremely large cock-pit and 4 horsepower 1905 engine. -D, M. Tuttle Company, Canastota, N. Y.— Several en- gines in single and double cylinders; two semi-torpedo stern launches, one iSft. and the other 25ft. long. They also showed a one-fourth size model of their 20ft. Stand- ard launch, including engine. 1 homas Stone Boat Building Company, Swampscott, Mass. — Two 18ft. dories equipped with Sagamore en- gines. The exhaust was led through the deck, covered with a brass hinge cap when engine is not in use. W. J. Young Machine Company, Lynn, Mass.— Showed five Essex engines of unusually good design, and while not of extremely high speed, could hardly be called slow speed engines. Belcher Motor Company, Fall River, Mass. — Two medium speed single: cylinder and one double cylinder high speed engine of remarkably good appearance. Baker Yacht Basin Company, Quincy Point, Mass. Models of yachts and other vessels which they have built or are under process of construction, or designed on orders. Lawrence Machine Company, Lawrence, Mass,— En- March 25, 1905.]! FOREST AND STREAM. 243 gines in several sizes, both two and four-stroke, also a three horsepower kerosene oil engine of excellent design. Their four cylinder four-stroke 12 horsepower marine engine showed some features of excellent merit. I he design and construction of these engines showed careful attention to detail. Being able to remove piston and con- necting rods without disturbing cylinders was of especial worth. Chase Yacht & Engine Company, Providence, R. I. — Although this is comparatively a new concern in the gas engine field, they showed remarkably modem up-to-date construction and a get-at-able engine. In their four- stroke double cylinder engines the cranks are both the same way, counterweighted, instead of the usual con- struction, 180 degrees apart. August Mietz, New York. — Showed the kerosene en- gines exhibited at the New York show. F. W. Ofeldt & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y. — A demonstra- tion of. their new kerosene automobile and marine en- gines, also their new Ofeldt boiler. •• Peter Gray & Sons, 90 Union street, Boston.-- Lan- terns and acetylene searchlights for . yachts ati'd" power boats. Mianus Motor Works, Miantis, Conn. — Several engines exhibited at New York, and in addition a. launch built ' by W. H. Chamberlain, of Marblehead, Mass. The -.con- struction of this boat follows general dory lines; a serviceable, seaworthy boat. E. B. Blecher, 20 Green street, Boston, Mass. — An 8 horsepower two cylinder four-stroke engine with a spherical crank case ; the governor, by throwing out so that the exhaust valves are not operated, was a noticeable feature. The carburetor, mounted on top of the engine, was an innovation. Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Company, Rock- land, Me. — Showed a 16ft. fishermen’s pea-pod, a boat of exceptional model, with flat floor and extremely sea- worthy. The power was a il/2 horsepower Knox engine built by themselves. The flywheel was counterbalanced, and a pear-shaped muffler was shown. Several sizes of the Knox engines were also exhibited. V. J. Emery, Wollaston, Mass. — Several Ideal marine engines of four-stroke type. In design these engines showed good attention to detail. Valves are easily re- movable, and are all interchangeable. One of the few, en- gines shown using a seat feed vaporizer in the four- stroke class. Chas. E. Harris, Lowell, Mass. — A six cylinder 60 horsepower four-stroke engine, partly completed, from the works of the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company. Cylinders were carefully polished, and the in- let, if desired, could be placed on either side, making it either a right or left-hand engine. The water-jackets, were of copper tubing, held by clamps top and bottom. The crank-shaft was cut from a solid nickel steel forg- ing, not twisted, as is usually the case. Consolidated Box Machine Company, Lynn, Mass. — - Sagamore engines, two-stroke, in several sizes ; one run- ning on city gas with propeller connected. The ignition mechanism was protected and a friction-driven bilge pump were noticeable features. The circulating pump outfit was especially neat. Toquet Motor Company, Metropolitan Building, New York. — One single and several double cylinder Toquet engines. Their double cylinder engines were among the first successful multi-cylinder engines of this type built in New England. An independent bilge-pump is used. Western Launch & Engine Works, Michigan City, Ind. —A duplicate of the 18ft. launch at the New York show, several engines also shown there, and the 22j4ft. Sports- man’s Special Launch with a 6 horsepower Western engine. , G. A. Gulliford, Swampscott, Mass. — An 18ft. power dpry of excellent model with a 2 horsepower Tuttle en- gine ; one of the best looking dories exhibited. Adams Company, Brockton, Mass.— -A three ahead and ope reverse speed reversing gear which, with certain modification, can be made available for launch work, all gears are in mesh and each speed is obtained by means of a sliding key and gauging a dog within each gear mounted on the jack shafts. Gray & Prior Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. — ■ Six of their celebrated two-stroke Hartford engines. Separate cylinders cast with head, make-and-break igni- tion, early and late and throttle control were noticeable features. The ignition mechanism is readily removable for inspection or adjustment. Oscar Lawson, Brockton, Mass.- — An ingenious revers- ing propeller with cut-off coupling, each blade can be set independently. Jeffries Point Yacht Yard & Boat Building Company, East Boston. — A 25ft. double-ended launch, particularly designed for rough weather. She was equipped with a 6 horsepower two cylinder Hartford engine. Perkins Launch & Motor Company. — Showed two boats which need to be especially mentioned. One was a high speed launch 30ft. in length, 3ft. Sin. width, in which will be installed a 40 horsepower special two- stroke three ported engine to run at 850 revolutions per minute. The expected speed is 23 miles. Another boat was shown 22ft. long with the engine set in the bow directly opposite to the usual installation. The propeller shaft will connect with the crank shaft ahead of the wheel, and the exhaust will be out of the bow on each side. Buffalo Gasolene . Motor Company, Buffalo, N. Y. — Showed all the engines exhibited in New York. Toppan Boat Manufacturing Company. 9 Haverhill street, Boston, Mass; — An 18ft. whaleboat launch with a 3 horsepower Toppan Simplicity engine. A 25ft. boat with 7 horsepower engine was also shown, a duplicate of one of their boats which last summer made ii^ miles official time on Lake Winnepasaukee, winning the first prize. This boat being clench carvel while the other was clinker, she is expected to do even better time. An 18ft. dory launch, decked fore and aft, was shown with a Termaat and Monahan engine. E. Gerry Emmons Corporation, Swampscott, Mass. — An extensive exhibit of launches, yacht tenders and dories. The finish was especially fine. One dory was on the line of the dory made famous by the Swampscott Club, fitted with centerboard. One launch was equipped with a 5 horsepower Lozier engine, others with Fair- field engines, and some with their own make. Carlisle Machine Company, Hartford,— The same clutches and reverse gear as shown at New York. Parker Lock Switch Company, Newburgh, N. Y. — A switch, that can. be locked so that a boat cannot be used except by making new wire connections. La Point Machine Tool Company, 32 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. — Broaching and key-seating machines, adjustable reamers, both hand and power. More Power Company, Lowell, Mass. — Pocket amme- ters, detachable blade electric switches, Witherbee igni- ters and Packard cables. Atlantic Electrical Company, Amesbury, Mass. — A wonderful demonstration of a waterproof marine jump- spark plug with which all the Atlantic Company engines were equipped. In the demonstration, a stream of water through, a quarter-inch pipe running continuously over the cable and plug did not affect the spark. Gabriel Horn Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, O. — This was an exhaust operated horn. Llardly suffi- ciently deep to carry well for marine work, although pos- sibly a higher pitch would make it available. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, Boston, Mass. —A very tastefully arranged booth on the main floor near the- entrance showing marine accessories, Johnson bilge pumps, etc. They exhibited the only small open launch bfkthe main. floor; it was a 21ft. canopy top Racine with a 4 horsepower engine built by the Racine Boat Manu- facturing Company, Racine, Wis. Engine was three ported float with feed carburetor, jump spark with a waterproof wood casing mounted on top of the engine directly over the spark plug. The muffler was water- jacketed. De Dietrich Company, American Branch, Boston Agency, Tremont Garage, Boston, Mass. — The two en- gines shown at New York, 30 and 60 horsepower respectively. The larger engine was exhibited in the De Dietrich second at St. Louis, and was used in the car in the. Paris-Madrid race, with which Gabriel won 19 prizes. Lunt-Morse & Co., Boston, Mass. — Three single cylin- der four-stroke Regal engines, built by the Regal Gaso- lene Engine Company, Cold Water, Mich. Their color attracted very much attention next to the last day of the show. These engines were remarkably compact, and especially adapted for light powered boats. Panhard & Levassor, New York — The 60ft. launch ex- hibited at New York, built for them by the Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, N. J. Chester I. Campbell, 5 Park Square, Boston. — The manager of the show has taken the agency for the Rice engine, built by J. V. Rice Company, Bordentown, N. J. Atlantic Company, Amesbury, Mass. — The largest col- lection of boats shown by any single exhibitor. Salisbury Point and Cape Ann dories,.? a racing Midget, the Speedy Messenger, and several other boats; in particular one de- signed by L. M. Hewins, and . tested in the 400ft. tank at the Washington Navy Yard. They; also showed some two-stroke engines of modern design. Truscott .vPBoat Manufacturing Company, Boston Agency, 9 Haverhill street, Boston. — The 21ft. beaver- tail boat shown at New York, 1.6ft. standard open launch with a 3 horsepower engine ; a 28ft. speed boat with a 25 horsepower four cylinder four-stroke engine with mechanical inlet valve -and •reversing gear ; they showed also several engines exhibited at. New York. A. J. Wilkinson & Co., 184 Washington street, Boston, Mass. — A full line of marine hardware, searchlights, side lights, compasses, clocks and launch supplies. Napier Motor Company, of America, 743 Boylstgn street, Boston, Mass. — Showed a marine outfit self-con- tained, never before exhibited. The engine is of a high speed type, 20 horsepower, weighing less than 900 pounds. This engine was built at the Boston factory from the original English designs. Light Manufacturing & Foundry Company, Pottstown, Pa. — A - full line of aluminum and automobile brand phosphor-bronze castings. Post & l.cster Company, Hartford, Conn. — Yacht clocks,, ammeters, volt meters, coils, plugs. Regal search- lights, Holly and Kingston carburetors, and general yachting and launch supplies. American Coil Company, West Somerville, Mass.— American Coils, little wonder dynamos, indestructible spark plugs and marine ignition supplies. E. J. Willis & Co., 8 Park Place, New York. — Yankee specialties, including Yankee switch, Yankee clock, Yankee plug, Yankee oil gun, Yankee funnel and Yankee horn.- American Electrical and Manufacturing Company, New England Agency, 116 Bedford street, -Boston, Mass. — Practically the same exhibit as at New York. They exhibited for the first time the hunter’s horn; their Plato clocks, which told only the hours and minutes, proved quite a novelty. Boston Gear Works, 152 Purchase street, Boston, Mass. —Sprockets, chains, gears, pinion wire, etc., universal joints, ball bearings, etc. Page-Storm Drop Forge Company, Springfield, Mass. —Connecting rods, crank shafts, gear blanks, etc., all drop forged. Chas. E. Miller, New York. — Same line of supplies as exhibited at New York, but no engines. Dow Portable Electric Co., Braintree, Mass.— Dow coils, switches, plugs, ammeters, both for automobile and marine use. Chandler & Farquhar Company, 36 Federal street, Bos- ton, Mass. — General machinery for gasolene engine man- ufacturers,' Witherbee igniters, marine supplies, tools, etc Constant Spark Plug Company, 135 Oliver street. Bos- ton,_ Mass. — New England agent for Witherbee igniters. Their new type flange covers and vents are especially worthy of attention. They exhibited also the mica insu- lated double-ended spark plug.' Pittsfield Spark Coil Company, Pittsfield, Mass.— Jewell mica spark plugs and coils. A. S. Morss Company, 210 Commercial street, Boston. — Full assortment of everything needed or used in yachts or power boats in brass, iron or other materials; a most complete list of outfitting goods. They showed the Calu- met ventilator and flue top, which absolutely prevents back drafts on board of yachts. Anything in the yacht- ing line that these people do not handle they can get .on extremely short notice. Chestnut HI ill Automobile Station, Marine Dept., Bos- ton, Mass. — A new amine 16-24 horsepower, four cylin- ders four-stroke 900-1,200 revolutions per minute, with aluminum, cast iron or bronze crank case. The engine is readily accessible and cams and cam shafts are all contained in a rectangular sectional casing. The water- jackets were made from electro-deposited copper, sur- rounding valve stem guides and all other parts liable to heat. Massachusetts . Steel Casting Company, West Everitt, Mass. — A fine collection of nickel, manganese and car- bon steel castings; also their new metal which they call ingar, which is claimed does not expand or contract under different temperatures. Kumberger & Vreeland, New York. — Exhibited the Uncle Sam Marine Engine; this ermine showed some ex- tremely modern features, one of which was the taper fit- ting bonnet in which the sparking mechanism was placed. This is easily removed by loosening; two screws. Crank shaft and all parts liable to wear are case-hardened and carefully ground to gauge. Newton Crane Gas Engine Company, 112 Water street, Boston. — An entirely new type balanced four-stroke four cylinder quadruple opposed engine. Each cylinder has two- separate pistons traveling in opposite directions, ex- plosions.taking place between them. The power is trans- mitted through rocker shafts to a double throw crank shaft, with cranks set at no degrees; the engine, although expensive to machine, showed some good points, and will probably, with certain slight modifications, be of value, provided the manufacturer and designer are able to in- crease efficiency 10 per cent., as they claim. Chas. J. Jager Company, 1 66 Hierh street, Boston, Mass. — One of the best looking four-stroke engines ex- hibited at the show; there is a novel protecting device to prevent water from snort-circuiting the secondary cur- rent; plugs are easily removable through plug-closed holes in the head. One of these engines of 6 cylinders, approximately 40 horsepower, has been sold for a 37ft. boat designed by Small Bros., Boston, and being built by Loring, of East Braintree, Mass. Geo. Lawley & Son Corporation, East Boston, Mass.; — The 64ft. Hupa, designed by Arthur Binney, of Boston, for C. H. Clark, Jr., of Philadelphia, attracted more at- tention than any other production exhibited. Her lines are similar in many respects to the famous Standard, and she is about the same size. The 100 horsepower engine exhibited by Arthur Binney is the power to be used for her propulsion; compressed air will be used in starting, as is used, in Standard. Cooley Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Vt. — Seven engines, of both the ordinary and three-ported de- sign; the three-ported engine is designed for high, while the others are of more moderate speed. Jump spark is used with a timer of the roller contact type; the speed control of this engine is excellent, giving great flexibility in the matter of speed. Long bearings and good lubrica- tion should make this a dependable and durable engine. YACHTING NEWS NOTES, For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Motorboats in Flanders. — Writing from Ghent, Bel- gium, Frank R. Mowrer, United States Consul, says : .1 he network of canals in Flanders, which terminates a! the seaports of Neuzen, in the Netherlands, and Ostend and Zeebrugge, in Belgium, offers an opportunity to use motorboats, and the demand is increasing from year to year. Several firms in this city manufacture motors for boats, but preference is given to the American motor. A few American motorboats and motors for boats have been imported into this district during the past year, and all have given entire satisfaction. No regular agencies have yet been established, but in order that these motors may prove satisfactory, it is advisable that they be introduced by reliable parties competent to properly install them. Firms in Ghent selling motors for launches are A, Van Rycheghem, Rue de Courtrai 12, and E. Eggermont, Petit Dock 9. » #» tPD New Bedford^ Y. C. Officers.— -At a meeting of the New Bedford Y. C, the following officers were elected • Com., W. F. Williams; Vice-Corn., C. R. Allen; Rear- Com. F. B. Sistare ; Sec’y, S. I. Besse ; Treas., Horace Wood; Directors — Thomas B. Aiken, F. R. Fish, E B Hammond, A. S. James, C. A. Morrison, J. I. Paulding! A. R. Pierce, F. W. Reynolds, Richard B. Snow, Tireti Swift, Tr., R. A. Terry. « H Death of M. Hubbe. — M. Hubbe died at his home in Bayonne, N. J., on March 3. He was 65 years old and was well known as a naval architect and yacht broker. His practice had been confined to the designing of power vessels of large size for commercial and pleasure purposes. Fall River Y. C. — Although not in Rhode Island, the Fall River Y. C. is in the Narragansett Bay Y. R. A., and its doings are of interest to Rhode Island yachtsmen! Entries in Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cup, Name. Valhalla ... Type. Ship L.W.L. . 240ft Owner. Club. Year Built. Apache Ailsa Hamburg . . Utowana ... Sunbeam ... Thistle . . .Auxiliary . . Yawl . . . . . Schooner . . Auxiliary . . Auxiliary Barque . . . . .16Sft .. 89ft ..Edmund Randolph ..Henry S. Redmond . New York Y. C New York Y. C ••••• 1890 Schooner. Barque. . . . ,116ft ..iRRft. ■154.7ft ■110ft ..German syndicate ..Allison V. Armour ..Lord Brassey .Kaiserlicher Y. C New York Y. C Royal Yacht Squadron... 1898 1891 ...1874 Atlantic . . . . Hildegarde . » > • • • t . . .Auxiliary Schooner Schooner. •185ft ; .103.4ft .Wilson Marshall . Edward R. Coleman .New York Y. C... New York Y. C. &44 It is worthy of note, therefore, that the club is prosper- ing, as indicated by the announcement that a station is to be established at Tiverton, R. I. The club house will' be about 50ft. square, two stories in height, with broad verandas. The upper floor will be arranged for- a dance hall, with ladies’ retiring rooms,, and the lower fjoor will have locktr rooms, baths, kitchen and. billiard rporn. The plans have been copipleted, and work will be begun as soon as the weather is suitable. « « Hildegarde Entered in Ocean Race. — The schooner Hildegarde, owned by Mr. Edward R. Coleman, has been formally entered in the ocean race for the German Em- peror’s Cup. This makes the ninth entry. Hildegarde was designed by Mr. A. S. Chesebrough and built at Wilmington, Del., in 1897. She is 135ft. over all, 103ft. 4in. waterline, 26ft. breadth and 16ft. 9111. draft. Hilde- garde is an iron vessel and was built originally for the late George W. Weld, of Boston. *5 * * Catboat for F. J. Havens. — The catboat building at Montell’s yard, Greenwich, is for Mr. F. J. Havens, of the Atlantic Y. C. The boat was designed by Mr, Henry J. Gielow, and is 20ft. 6in. over all, 13ft. waterline, 7ft. breadth, and ift. 9in. draft. The boat is fitted with a water-tight cockpit, and has 700 pounds of lead on the keel. m *, Townsend & Downey Plant Sold. — The Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Company was sold at public auc- tion on March 14. The Colonial Trust Company, holder of the concern’s bonds, bid in the plant for $516,000. * « »? Monotype Power Boats. — Fourteen one-design power boats are being built by the New York Kerosene Oil En- gine Company, at College Point, for members of the Knickerbocker Y. C. The boats are 21ft. over all, 4ft. 8in. breadth and ift. 6in. draft. The top sides are finished bright. The following gentlemen will draw lots for the boats when they are all completed : Gustave Diem, Louis Bernin, Fred Kreamer, William Sulzbach, J. N. Norris, Arthur Kerker, Charles Caughtry, G. J. Stelz, William Ward, John Schmelzel, Ernest Sands, W. H. Gassatt, F. E. Brown, A. A. Low and Joseph Cassidy. The boats are equipped with 5 horsepower motor, and frequent races will take place between them during the coming season. m m * Racing Skipper for Ailsa. — Captain “Lem” Miller, the well-known racing skipper, will command the yawl Ailsa in the ocean race for the Kaiser’s Cup. The yacht will be fitted out under his direction. 8* *1 Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. Racing Schedule. — The Race Committee of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. have arranged the following races: Saturday, May 27 — In commission. Tuesday, May 30 — Open race, 15 and 30-footers. June 22-24 — Three days’ open racing. Saturday, July 8 — First race for 15 and 30-footers. Monday, July 10 — Race around Long Island, start off Atlantic Y. C. a? « «? Schooner Felstedquin Damaged. — Major L. S. Bent’s auxiliary schooner Felstedquin was badly damaged by fire and water in the Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C. basin at Essington. The fire was probably caused by the ex- plosion of a lamp in the main cabin. The vessel was saved from being a total loss by scuttling, but a great deal of damage was done before she sank. 52-Rater Sonya Launched. — Sonya, the racing sloop built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. for Mrs. G. Turner Farley, was launched at Bristol on .March 14. The mast was stepped and she was rigged with despatch, so that she was given a trial on March 16. The breeze was very light in the morning, and not much could be learned of the boat’s qualities. In the afternoon the wind was fresher and she was given another trial. This spin was most satisfactory to both Captain Nathaniel Herreshoff and Captain Fred. Stokes, the boat’s English skipper. After the trial the work of dismantling Sonya com- menced preparatory to shipping her to England by steamer from New York on March 25. H »t « New Boat for S. Reid Anthony. — There is being built at Bristol by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. a 55ft. waterline sloop for Mr. S. Reid Anthony, of Boston. « «t te Class Q Boat for Hendon Chubb. — Mr. Hendon Chubb, of the Atlantic Y. C., is having a racing sloop built at the Marine Construction Co., Mariners’ Harbor, S. I., from designs by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. The boat was designed to race in class Q of the Graves- end Bay circuit, and is 34ft. 6in. over all, 23ft. ij^in. waterline, 7ft. 2j^in. breadth and 5ft. 4m. draft. She is single planked of cedar and carries 675 sq. ft. of sail. $ifle Jj Imge and (§alkrg. — Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Harlem Independent Corps. This corps shoots every fortnight on the Zettler ranges in this city, under the leadership of Capt. Lawrence Zeller, with ,22cal. cartridge at 75ft., offhand. Dr. A. Muller was high man on the bullseye target with 65% degrees, while A. Fegert was high on the ring target with a total of 447 for the 20 shots. The scores: Ring target: A. Fegert 231, 232 — 463; G. Thomas 225, 222—447; J. H. Blumenberg 220, 226 — 446; A. Muller 217, 217 — 434; F. §17, 210-427; L. Rokohi 210, 216-426; Dr. A. Muller 216, fOREsf AND STREAM. !£March 25, 1965. 209—425; F. Fenninger 213, 211-424; A. Olsen 213, 210-423; S. Baumann 211, 211 — 422; F. Monatsberger 219, 203—422; Ph. Zungner 203, 218-421; H. Behrman 201, 205—406; E. Hilker 210, 193-403; F, Koph 206, 191— 397; C„ Hopf 201, 194-^395; C. Wolf 204, 188-392; J.” Hailreith: 173, 193—366; J. Fey 157, 161—318. Best bullseyes: Dr, A. Muller 65%, L. Rokohi 69, F. Monats- berger 76%, C. Wolf 80, E. Hilker 100, G. Thomas 109%, A. Fegert 125, F. Horn 136%, A. Olsen 150, H. Behrmann 150; F. Fenninger 160, J„ , Hailreith 185%, F. Koch 190, J. H. Blumenberg 191, P. Zugner 210, I. Fly 212%, S., Baumann 213, C. Hopf 224. New York City Schuetzen Corps. The fortnightly indoor shoot of the New York City Schuetzen Corps was held the night of March 16, on the Zettler Bros.’ ranges, 159 West Twenty-third street, when the following scores were made at 75ft. offhand, .22cal. short cartridges. R. Busse was high man on the bullseye target with 80 degrees. August KrpnsBerg headed the list on the regular ring target, which calls for two 10-shot scores, his total being 491. In the last shoot before this one, John Facklamm was high man on the bullseye target, with 25% degrees, but his name was unintentionally omitted. The scores follow: Ring target: August Kronsberg 246, 245 — 491; R. Busse 236, 242 — 478; R. Bendler 236, 231 — 467; R. Schwanemann 233, 234—467; C. G. Zettler 233, 233—466; G. Schroeter 229, 229—458; H. Radloff 227. 227—454; Joseph Keller 228, 208-436; W. Heil 215, 221—436 ; Ad. Wiltz 207, 216—423; J. Metzger 215, 205-420. Bullseye target: R. Busse 80 degrees, August Kronsberg 88, J. Metzger 90, R. Schwanemann 90, Joseph Keller 102, C. G. Zettler 104, Ad. Wiltz 105, R. Bendler 127, G. Schroeter 160, J. Metzger 170, W. Heil 190. Ittel Used Peters Ammunition. In the report of the Zettler Rifle Club’s Championship gallery match, in our issue of last week, the schedule of shooters, arms and ammunition correctly recorded that Mr. L. P. Ittel used Peters ammunition. By one of those vexatious errors which occur much to the chagrin of those who fall into them, it was stated in the caption of ONE OF ITTEL’s IOO-SHOT RECORD TARGETS. the target illustration that Mr. Ittel’s Cartridges were> of another manufacture. The schedule already referred to was correct. Mr. Ittel made his wonderful score with Peters .22 short cartridges, and the title under the target illustration should have read as follows: LOUIS P. ITTEL’S RECORD 100-SHOT TARGET: Record score of 2468 out of possible 2500, made by Louis Pi Ittel, Pittsburg, at the 100-shot Championship Gallery Match of the Zettler Rifle Club, March 1 to 11, 1905, with Stevens-Pope rifle, Stevens short telescope sight, and Peters .22 short cartridges. Providence Revolver Club. Saturday evening, March 11, several of the members took ad- vantage of the invitation of the Saylesville men to try the range which they have fitted up there for practice, and the following scores were secured for recording: At 20yds. on Standard American target— Walter H. Freeman (pistol), 87, 75, 80; Arno Argus (revolver), 80, 72, 76; A. C. Hurlburt (revolver), 74, 78, 77. At 10yds. on 10yd. Standard, 5-shot strings— Argus, 41, 31, 28; Hurlburt, 38, 38, 31. At 25yds., rifle, German ring target — W. B. Gardiner, 234; Brown, 222. The change from gas to electric light and echo of the .38’s through the empty hall gave the visitors an unsteadiness, which did not produce good scores. Freeman has been doing no shooting for several months, and was not surprised at his falling off. Argus and Hurlburt have been devoting their time to the 10yd. “rapid fire” scheme of our Louisville friends, and feel flinchy back at the 20yd. line and much inclined to snap a floating sight and trust to luck to land in the black — with disastrous results.. Variety is a good thing, but it is not favorable to regular work. March 16.— The following scores were shot by the revolver team in practice for the Louisville match: A C Hurlburt Arno Argus . Wm F Eddy D P Craig ... Deliberate. Rapid. Total. 34 39 37— 110 44 45 40— 129 239 39 32 33— 104 42 43 44— 129 233 34 29 43— 106 40 37 36— 113 219 27 23 33— 83 35 32 37— 104 187 403 475 878 At 20yds., Standard target— Wm. Bosworth, 72, 84, 78; Arno Argus, 78; Wm. F. Eddy, 76; Fred Liebrich, 74, 73, 75. At 25yds., rifle, German ring— W. Bert Gardiner, 230, 236. March 18. — Scores of Revolver team of Providence Revolver Club in match with Louisville (Ky.) Revolver Club, March 18, 1905. Distance, 10yds; reduced Standard American targets; 5-shot strings; possible 50 points per string; 15 shots deliberate fire on 10yd. target; 15 shots rapid fire on 20yd. target; time allowance, 20 seconds per string for each man: Deliberate. Rapid. Total. A C Hurlburt ........... 36 39 27— 102 47 44 46- 137 239 William Almy 34 32 Id- 105 41 44 44— 129 234 Wm F Eddy 23'23 41— 87 32 40 36— 108 195 Arno Argus 28 27 33— 88 29 31 39— 99 187 Providence team total..... 382 473 855 Louisville team total ........... 418 ‘ 499 917 •• O 0 0 0 0 • •« 26 6? New York Central Schuetzen Corps. Because the annual indoor championship match was being held on the Zettler Rifle Club ranges on the first of March, the regular shooting date of the Centrals, their last shoot was held the night of March 15, when the annexed scores were made at 75ft. offhand with .22 caliber rifles and ammunition. High man on the ring target was Richard Gute, with a total of 490 out of the possible 500 points in twenty shots. On the bullseye target A. Ritterhoff was first, with 47% degrees. R,ing target: Richard Gute 245 246—490 H D Muller ........ 237 244—481 R Busse 234 244—478 J N F Siebs.. ....... 239 237—476 G Viemeister 236 238 — 474 J Hess 238 236—474 C Gerken 240 231 — 471 D Scharninghaus.... 234 232 — 466 W Schillingmann .. 227 229 — 456 C Ottmann 225 230 — 455 J Von de Lieth ...... 226 228—454 F Rolfes ............ 217 231—448 H Roffmann 226 222 — 448 B Eusner 226 220—446 A Ritterhoff 213 232—445 H A Ficke, Jr...... 230 214—444 H von der Leith. .. .209 230 — 439 W Wessel ......... 228 209—437 H Brummer 219 203—422 G Rhode 195 219—414 Capt Ch. Tietjen. . .198 216 — 414 J Eisinger 209 195 — 404 D Wuehrmann ..... 179 197—376 G Dettloff 181 198-374 Best Bullseyes— Degrees— A. Ritterhoff, 47%, R. Gute 48, G. Viemeister 50%, R. Busse 52, B. Eusner 56%, H. D. Muller 64%, F. Rolfes 82, H. Roffmann 92%, C. Ottmann 119, H. Von der Lieth 123, H. Brummer 132, J. Eisinger 137, C. Gerken 168%, D. Wuehrmann 173%, W. Schillingmann 181, H. Gravemann 184%, D. Scharninghaus 185, Capt. Tietjen 194, J. Von der Lieth 201, W. Wessel 201%, J. Hess 218%, G. Rohde 255. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular competition by members of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, March 12. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the 251 ring target. Payne was declared champion for the day with a score of 227. Roberts was high on the honor target with 68 points. A strong, unsteady 8 to 10 o’clock wind blew all day: Payne Hasenzahl . Nestler Burns Roberts .... *Odell Hcfer Coleman ... Freitag “"Telescope. .227 224 219 218 215 .225 224 221 221 214 .220 220 214 213 212 .219 203 200 189 188 .218 218 211 209 205 .217 214 208 207 206 216 215 207 206 206 208 195 192 188 185 204 199 195 186 183 Competition being the life of trade, it is likewise the life of target shooting, and hoping to create more interest in this line of sport, this club suggests that each club set forth from three to ten members to shoot 25 to 50 shots in competition with each other from time to time in friendly matches. To start the ball rolling, the members of this club are open to a match at any time from any club in the United States or elsewhere. Who will be our first antagonist? Address E. D. Payne, 4010 Glenway avenue, Cincinnati, O. Zettler Rifle Club. The regular shoot was held Tuesday night, March 14, on the club ranges in West Twenty-third street, and was not so Well attended as usual, coming as it did, so soon after the big cham- pionship match, in which so many of the members had taken part. High man was O. Smith, with a grand total of 2444 for his 100 shots, closely followed by A. Hubalek with 2441. Several members shot up back scores, to complete those neglected by being absent from previous shoots. The scores at 75ft., on the 25-ring target, with ,22cal. rifles, follow, the possible for the 100 shots being 2500 points: O Smith 243 246 246 245 245 247 241 246 246 244 —2444 A Hubalek 243 245 246 236 245 244 247 246 246 243—2441 R Gute 242 243 236 246 247 247 242 244 247 244—2438 L P Hansen 234 245 245 246 245 242 241 245 245 242—2430 C G Zettler, Jr 246 239 242 243 246 245 239 240 245 243—2428 A Begerow 239 240 232 229 228 241 231 230 238 236—2354 B Zettler 229 225 238 234 241 238 237 240 230 240—2352 H Fenwirth 235 222 235 235 238 231 229 241 236 230—2332 H Keller 233 237 229 227 236 233 225 232 224 230—2302 F J Herpers..... 233 244 236 237 239 229 236 238 234 239—2166 Back scores were shot as follows: Louis Maurer 237 241 232 241 237—1189 H C Zettler 241 229 240 239 238—1187 C G Zettler 228 232 243 237 238—1178 H Keller 219 231 239 230 228—1147 Seneca Gun Club. New York. — This young club was organized in February in the West Side Branch of the Y. M. C. A. and held its second shoot on the Zettler Bros, ranges the night of March 18, when eighteen members contested for two prizes presented by William M. Kingsley. These were won by S. Nevin and F. H. Ryan. Each member present fired 20 shots in two scores of 10 shots each at 75ft. offhand. Not all of the members have as yet procured rifles, and some who are ordering them are talking telescope sights enthusiastically. The results follow: S. Nevins 437, F. H. Ryan 433, J. G. Schroeder 426, J. Armstrong 423, A. Brown 410, F. A. Hall 405, W. Allabaugh 402, A. Dick 393, Wm. M. Kingsley 391, C. Keller 381, W. Kreiger 370, C. Sherwood 368, C. A. Simms 359, S. Adler 357, E. Allabaugh 354, C. Winne 239. Coming Events, The outdoor shooting season of the rifle clubs in New York City will begin with the first shoot of the Independent Schuetzen Corps, on April 7. On the 26th, the New York City Schuetzen Corps will hold its first outdoor shoot, while the New York Central Schuetzen Corps will hold its first outdoor meeting on the 27th, and on the 28th the New York Schuetzen Corps’ rifles will be heard. All will shoot at 200yds. offhand on the ranges at Union Hill, N. J., reached via trolleys from the Forty-second, Twenty-third and Barclay street ferries. Jackson O, Rifle Club. The Jackson Township Rifle Club held its regular monthly medal contest on March 1L G. W. Izor won the event with 46 out of 48, beating J. W. Lesher, winner in February, by 1 point? Eleven center shots were made, and the contest was a close one At the conclusion of the medal event several matches for money prizes were shot, Izor, Lesher, Johnson and Pence making per- fect scores of 48. Rifle Notes. The indoor championship contests of the United States Re- volver Association have dates from March 20 to 25, inclusive," and are held in New York city, Boston, Springfield, Chicago, St, Louis* San Francisco, and other places. March 25, I905.J FbfiEst ANb StkEARi 246 trapshooting. — Fixtures. March 26. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club. March 28-31. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters’ first tournament, at Schmelzer’s Shooting Park; 1600 in cash and trophies added. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y> Moberly, Mo. March 30. — Edgewater, N. J. — Grand spring target tournament of North River Gun Club. James R, Merrill, Sec’y. March 30. — St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club tournament. E. G. Bless, Sec’y. April 1. — Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Gun Club open monthly shoot. Albert Traver, Capt April 3-6. — Atchison, Kans. — Forest Park Gun Club second annual tournament. Lou Erhardt, Mgr. April 4. — Rockville, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut first tournament of series. Dr. D. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Manchester, Conn. April 4. — Rittersville, Pa. — All-day shoot of Lehigh Rod and Gun Club. H. F. Koch, Sec’y. April 4. — Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. Howard F. Koch, Sec’y. April 6-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- ham, Sec’y. April 8. — Richmond Valley, S. I.— Ninth all-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y. Wilmington. April 15. — Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. April 19. — Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots’ Day tournament. S. G. Miller, Sec’y. April 22. — Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, .Sec’y. April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club will hold their spring handi- cap on Saturday of this week. * The Aquidneck Gun Club, of Newport, R. I., announces May 30 as the date of their fourth annual tournament. •I The Consolidated Sportsmen’s Association has fixed upon Aug. 29-31 for its annual tournament, at Grand Rapids, Mich. K The Highland Gun Club team defeated the Merchantville, N. J., Gun Club team, eight men on a side, by a score of 137 to 131. n Mr. E. C. Charlton, Secretary, informs us that the Bradford, Pa., Gun Club has claimed the dates June 21 and 22 for its tournament., m , ■ On the Olney Field Club’s grounds the S. S. Whites were defeated by the Olneys in an eight-man team match by a score of 137 to 136. V •1 May 24 and 25 have been fixed upon as the dates of the Catch- pole Gun Club tournament, at Wolcott, N. Y. Mr. E. A. Wads- worth is the secretary. * What was the last State tournament in New York or elsewhere at which wild pigeons were used for trapshooting? We would be obliged for the information. K The Riverside Gun Club, of Utica, N. Y., Mr. E. J. Loughlin, secretary, announces an all-day target tournament to be held on May 30. Merchandise prizes will be a feature. In a sixteen-man team contest, March 18, at Lansdale, Pa., the Florists’ team was defeated by the Lansdale team. The scores were 312 to 294. Each man shot at 25 targets. n The open shoot of the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Gun Club, April 1, has six programme events, a total of 100 targets, $7 entrance. Shooting will commence at 1 o’clock. Rose system will govern. n At the monthly club handicap shoot of the Clearview Gun Club, Philadelphia, Messrs. A. J. Billhartz and F. L. Ludwig tied on 25. In the shoot-off Billhartz scored 23 to 22 and won. m, The Mullerite Gun Club announces two shoots, one on May 30, on the grounds of the Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club, the other on May 6, on the grounds of the Brooklyn, L. I., Gun Club. Mr. A. A. Schoverling, 2 Murray street, New York, is the man- ager. •I At the shoot of the Country Club, Lakewood, N. J., March 18, Mr. P. S. P. Randolph won the handsome cup, a prize in the 50- target event. He scored 43 out of 50. Other scores in the event were as follows: H. Suydam 41, C. Murphy 40, F. A. Potts 39, P. K. Thomas 37, R. A. Rainey 35, W. W. Willock 34, J.Lynch 31. 9t At the Point Breeze Race Track, Philadelphia, March 18, the scores in the two events follow: First event, miss-and-out: Kil- lian 2, Brown 3, Aiman 2, Felix 3, Murphy 3, Brandt 2, Smith 3, Gilligan 2. Second event, 10 birds: Brown 9, Aiman 9, Body 1, Murphy 4, Killian 6, Felix 8, Williams 6, George 4, Smith 6. at At the shoot of the Baltimore, Md., Shooting Association, March 18, in the club event at 10 white flyers, the scores were as fol- lows: Class A — Malone (30yds.) 10, Dunn (29) 10, Gent (29> 10, Chew (29) 9, C. Malone (28)4 out of 6, withdrew; Dupont (29> 9, Daily (29) 8. In the shoot-off of tie of 10 in a miss-and-out style, Malone won with 5. Class B — Franklin (27) 8, Robinson (£6) 8, Kendall (27) 5, Streett (26) 6, Bowen (27) 5, Stevenson (26) 9, Sampson (27) 9. Sampson won in shoot-off, Stevenson miss- ing first shot. * A ten-man team of the Rising Sun, Md., Gun Club, of Cecil county, defeated a ten-man team of the Perryman Gun Club, of Harford county, in the second contest of a series at Rising Sun,. March 18. Each club is the best of its county. Scores: Rising Sun — Worthington 23, Gifford 21, Foster 22, McCush 25, Clayton. 20, England 19, Westcott 18, Alexander 22, Keen 21, Armour 13;. total 204. Perryman — Towner 20, Sutton 18, Turner 22, Cord 23,. Mitchell 22, Chapman 23, McCommens 22, Simpson 10, Ross 18r forty-two 22; total 200. z _ . ^ , j The Jackson Park Gun Club, of Paterson, N. J., contemplate activfe competition as soon as their club house is moved to its new -foundations on new and better grounds. A house-warming shoot will be arranged in due time to which all good shooters should respond in their proper persons. Bad weathef has effused a delay in perfecting the new arrangements. ■6 The Crescent Athletic Club’s trapshooting team, March 18, at Bay Ridge, L. I., defeated the Boston Athletic Association team by a score of 855 to 831. There were ten men to each team, and each man shot at 100 targets. A return match will be shot at Bos- ton on April 8. After the match was over, Dr. E. F. Gleason, one of the B. A. A. team, made a run of 110. * At Pinehurst, N. C., the remaining trapshooting programme for this month is as follows: March 27, 28 and 29, annual Pine- hurst Gun Club championship, gold medal tournament, scratch, open to those who have contested in one or more previous tour- naments, 50 targets, expert traps; 50 targets, magautrap; 10 targets right; 10 left, 10 unknown, 10 overhead, tower traps. There will also be a shoot for the annual Pinehurst championship cup (ster- ling silver), open to all those who enter the same; one contestant cannot take both prizes. The programme of the first annual tournament of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League, April 12 and 13, under the auspices of the Wilmington, Del., Gun Club, is now ready for distribution. On the first day there are twelve events, each at 15 targets, $1.56 entrance, excepting 9 and 10, which comprise the merchandise race for amateurs only, and excepting in this race any one can enter for targets only. There are ten events on the second day; four at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance. Events 6 to 8, each at 25 tar- gets, total 100, $2 entrance, constitute the individual championship of Delaware. Events 9 and 10, each 25 targets, constitute the State five-man team championship. Hot and cold meals will be served on the grounds. Targets, 2 cents; in State team race 1 Yz cent. Practice shooting April 11. Ship guns and shells prepaid care of Mr. W. H. Hartlove, Third and French streets, Wil- mington, and they will be delivered on grounds gratis. The slid- ing handicap will govern, except in State event. The Rose system will govern. In 15-target events, four moneys, 5, 3, 2, 1. Optional sweepstakes of $1 entrance will be shot in connection with each string of 25 targets in the State team and individual champion- ship races on the second day. The sweepstakes will be open to all amateurs, whether residents of the State or not. The purses in these events will be divided on the percentage system, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Mr. Ed. Melchoir, Jr., is the secretary. Bernard Waters. West Virginia State . Sportsmen's Association. Sistersville, W. Va., March 20.— I have just returned from Parkersburg, W. Va., where I. went in the. interests of our State Association’s ninth annual tournament, and am glad to be able to report to the shooters throughout the' ■ country that I found everything progressing nicely, with glowing, prospects for easily the banner tournament ever held in West Virginia, The programme, which goes to the printers to-day, will tell about it, and will be yours for the asking about April 15. On the first day, May 16, there will be twelve events, all at 15 targets, entrance $1.50, with $15 added to each. On the second day, 17th, in addition to the same number of events and same amount of added money, there will be one State event at 50 targets for the individual State championship, entrance $1.50. In addition to the Olin V. Neal trophy, emblematical of the State championship, the winner will be presented with a handsome silver cup. This cup, now on exhibition, is certainly a thing of beauty, and the lucky winner will be excused if he should feel just a little “swelled up.” On the third day, 18th, there will be the twelve events with $180 added, together with one State event, two-man team race at 50 targets per man, for the Peters Cartridge Co. trophy. The en- trance to this event will be $3 per team. Of this amount, $1 from each team entered will be thrown into a purse to be divided between the second and third high teams, 60 and 40 per cent. The programme will contain a full explanation in reference to this particular event. A very commendable feature in connection with the above tournament, is the adding of $160 in cash for the fourteen low guns, it having been taken for granted that the high guns will take care of themselves. The writer found the three famous In- dians, E. E., John F., and S. T. Mallory, with their sleeves rolled up, covered with war paint and feathers, and if our next annual is not a success, it will not be their fault. They are going to see to it that nothing is overlooked that would assist in bringing about this end. Arrangements are being perfected for the serv- ing of meals on the grounds, and it is hardly necessary for me to say that everything the market affords will be p-ovided. A very unique feature in connection with this part of the programme, is the fact that the club furnishes all vegetables fresh from their grounds near club house, and in fact, raise all their own chickens which furnish supply of fresh eggs at all times. The grounds of the Ohio Valley Shooting Association contain about fifteen acres of very fine garden land, and the superin- tendent, who with his family lives in the second story of club house, being an expert gardener, puts in his whole time in his vegetable gardens, poultry yard, and in beautifying the grounds around the club house. I had the pleasure of visiting these grounds Saturday afternoon, and suggested to the management that, while everything seemed almost perfect, a half dozen thor- oughbred Jersey cows might prove a paying investment. I looked around for the club’s livery stable, but was informed that they used automobiles. While I have no desire to tell tales out of school, I might add that there will in all probability be a few things on tap for one of the ihree evening not mentioned in programme, that will assist very materially in making all visitors feel that it’s the best place on earth, and the best tournament they have ever attended. We will have more to say about what we propose to do at this red-letter shoot a little later on, but are not allowed any more space just now. Send in your name to Mr. F. E. Mallory, secretary, Parkers- burg, W. Va., with “P. S.— Send me programme as soon as ready for mailing.” Ed. O. Bower, Sec’y-Treas. Olney — S. S. White. Philadelphia, March 18. — The Olney Field Club’s 8-man team defeated a like team of the S. S. White Gun Club, on the grounds of the former to-day. The scores follow: S. S. White. Olney. Cotting . 16 Tansey Hinkson . 12 Griffith Brenizer . 19 George ...13 . 22 Woll ...10 Heite . 10 Puff Fontain ................ . 14 Slaughter Pratt ................... . 17 Firth Newcomb .............. . 22-136 Bryan ■ : j Stanley Gun Club* Toronto, March 18. — The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club ^ took place on their grounds on Saturday. The day, though mild, was disagreeable, raining quite hard at intervals throughout the afternoon, which put somewhat of a damper on the sport. Some of the practice events were shot off the club house platform, a distance of 26yds., which accounts for the low- ness of some of the scores. In addition to the regular practice, a team match in the City Blue Rock League was shot between the Stanleys and the Park- dale gun clubs. The Stanleys shot fifteen men to the Parkdale’s ten men, on a percentage basis, and was won by the Stanleys by 79.20 to 68 per cent. The following is the result of Saturday’s scores: Team shoot: Stanleys — McGill 21, Hulme .21, XX 19, Ingham 20, Herbert 16, Morshead 19, Green 23, Buck 19, Fritz 14, Rock 18, Thompson 20, Lucas 18, Dunk 23, Charles 24, Thomas 22; total 297 — 79.20 per cent. Parkdale — G. Thomas 22, Maywood 15, Reid 19, Sanderson 14, Kent 13, Wolfe 20, Fegan 15, Marsh 17, Carlisle 18, Daily 17; total 170—68 per cent. 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Special net price $400.00 good condition. Damascus barrels, half \y. w. Greener special Imperial quality pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price, $38.50 Ejector; with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid net- steel barrels. One of the most beautiful W. & C. Scott & Son single hammer, 4- specimens of a Greener pigeon gun in the bore gun, with 36-in. barrel, 10% lbs. United States. Cost $550.00, and is like weight. in excellent condition. Under new. Has a straight grip stock of curly grip action. Cost new, $125. Price, $45 net. Italian walnut, carved shell fence, elabo- , . . , „ or, ■ r , rate game engraving. Both barrels ex- Lefever duck gun, 8-ga., 3^-m. barrels, treme full choke. Perfect balance. Dimen- 1114 lbs. weight. Shows some wear, but si0ns: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, good for years of service. In leather case, 2y4-in. drop, 14%-in. stock. Special net and is offered at one-third original cost. ^ 1.... $350.00 W. W. Greener royal quality Ejector, W. W. Greener royal quality Crown Ejec- with finest English Damascus barrels, full tor. Very few Crown Greeners ever come choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elhbo- into the market second-hand, and are al- rate engraving, fine Italian walnut half ways snapped up as soon as they appear, pistol grip stock. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30- This one is a very desirable example of in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, 2%-in. drop, this grade, and with a fine shooting record. 1414-in. length of stock. Cost new, $426, It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, and is as good as new. Price $250.00 fine half-pistol grip stock, and is full choke Colt hammer duck gun, 10-ga., 32-in. in both barrels Dimensions : 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, Damascus, 9% lbs. A good, sound, barrels, 7 lbs. 9 oz. weight 2 3-16-m. drop, strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, 14 /z-m. stock. Cost $4-5.00, and is in per- and now in good second-hand condition. feet condition. Special net price. .. .$250.00 Price $27.50 Greener double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., W. & C. Scott premier quality hammer and cost new $450.00. It has a fine pair duck gun. Cost new, $350.00. Has fine of Damascus barrels, without pit or flaw, English Damascus barrels, under-grip 40-in. long, stock 14 in., heavy Silver’s re- action. Fine condition. Elaborate en- coil pad, half pistol grip, 3-in. drop, and it graving. Price $90.00 is one of the most powerful guns we have Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Gun, $350 'ever seen. Price $200.00 net grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid W- & c Scott & Son Duck Gun> with steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, hammers. Damascus barrels, straight wal- elaborate engraving. Dimensions: lZ-ga., nut under-grip action. With this 30-in., 7 V2 lbs., 2%-m. drop, 14 ^-m. stock. gUn -s a ieather trunk-shape case, imple- An extremely fine gun. Price $L-5.0U net ments and loading tools. For shooting at Greener Regent hammerless, with Sie- long distances and for flock shooting, this man Martin steel barrels, 12-ga., 27-in. bar- is an ideal gun. Dimensions: 4-ga., 38-in. rels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new, $65, barrels, 15 lbs. weight Cost new, $250.00. and in perfect condition. Price $39.50 Price $125.00 net HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR\DE SECOND-HAND GUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different. For many years we have made a specialty of buying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you c mtemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good ’second-hand gun to trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction 'Cl Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. The Greatest Event in 1904, THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, was won with INFALLIBLE During this meeting “Infallible” also won HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE, while “SCHULTZE” ft won the PRELIMINARY HANDICAPS and “E. C.” THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. Elterich Rifle Bullet Shell. “WILL MAKE A RIFLE OUT OF EVERY SHOTGUN.” Owing to the large demand we can now send these to any part of the U. S., prepaid, on receipt of $1.65 for 12 or 16-gauge .32 S. & W. Rifle Bullet Shell. S'EJVT) FOK~ CI'RCX/LAB^,. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - - - NEW YORK. Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 190S. VOL. LXIV.— No. 18. No. 346 Broadway, New York. /The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. SPRING IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. The persons who advocate the abolition of spring shooting on the ground that birds undisturbed in the spring, and attracted by a locality, act as decoys which will call down other birds, which are likely to remain with them and to breed there instead of going further north, should visit the Zoological Park in the Bronx dur- ing these days of the spring migration. There they would see — as others have seen lately — facts which would give them ammunition for their campaign. The large ponds in the Zoological Park are occupied by many wild geese and ducks of various species. It will be recalled that one spring a few years ago a flock of geese came down out of the sky, and alighting with the tame wild geese were finally captured, and became a part of the society’s collec- tion. It is not uncommon now to sec wild ducks flying about over the ponds in the park, on the one hand anxious to alight with their brethren floating on the water below, on the other hand alarmed and suspicious of the people who are moving about, and of the buildings and fences which stand near the water. The other day a pair of mallards, male and female, were seen flying over the large pond, and it was twenty minutes or half an hour before they could make up their minds that it would be safe to join the throng below. Finally, however, they did so, and dropped down from a height of fifteen or twenty yards to mingle with the bustling birds on the water. Even after they had alighted, they were for a little time suspicious, and occasionally swam out away from the flock, and looked about them with heads held high and an air of much alertness. The inattention of the domesticated birds to their surroundings, however, soon lulled their fears, and after a time they became as much a part of the flock as any wing-clipped bird in it. An extraordinary number of nature’s pleasant and interesting sights may be seen by the visitor to the Zoological Park. Within a short time the collections of the Zoological Society have been increased by several rare and interest- ing American specimens. Among these are two white goats and a mountain, sheep from British Columbia, a California vulture and a white gyrfalcon. The society already had two white goats, and the arrival of this other pair brings together the largest number of these curious animals ever exhibited at one time. The sheep is also- a valuable addition to the collection, which already contains a number of old world sheep, but none from our own West. The California vulture — sometimes called the con- dor of the north — is one of the largest birds in the world, almost equalling its cousin of South America, concerning which so many fabulous tales have been told. This speci- men is young, and has not yet attained its full size. When it shall be full grown it will be interesting to compare it with the South American condor which has long lived ir. the Park. The California vulture is one of the birds that is well on the way toward extinction. Never very numerous, it has several times been reported extinct, yet a few still live in the high Sierras, though much pur- sued and growing fewer every year. The white gyrfalcon is seldom seen in captivity, for it is a bird of the farthest north. The present specimen alighted on an ocean steamer 8oo miles off the coast of Newfoundland, and was captured there. It is said that but one other specimen is known in captivity, which is at the Zoological Gardens in Philadelphia. Take it all in all. spring is a good time to visit the Zoological Park, where the work of enlargement and improvement is constantly going on. About now the little buffalo calves are beginning to make their appear- ance, the birds are mating, animals are shedding their ■\yinter coats, and there is much to be seen, THE FUR BEARERS. Some months ago- we called attention to the extraor- dinary manner in which the fur-bearing animals of the world persist, notwithstanding their continual pursuit by man and the vast multitudes annually destroyed. All over the Nearctic and Palearctic worlds man is con- tinually shooting or trapping or snaring the wild animals native to the section to which he belongs, and vet as re- gards all except the largest of these animals, the supply seems to keep up from year to year/without anything like the marked changes that this continued destruction and pursuit would seem to call for. Attention is again drawn to the matter by the receipt of the list of skins to- be sold at auction by one of the largest London fur dealers during the March just past. These people offered for sale i, 000,000 muskrat skins, 310.000 skunk skins, 170,000 raccoon, 110,000 opossum, 75.000 mink, more than 92,000 foxes, of which 38,000 are red, 3,500 blue, 1,800 cross, 500 silver, 10,000 white, 21,000 gray, and 18,000 Japanese. There are 20,000 wolf skins, 8.000 beaver, 2,500 otter, 320 of the rare sea otter. All these, besides many thousands of the skins of other and less well known animals, have by this time been sold in the London market. So it would seem that the race of the small creatures of the world is not soon to die out, and indeed those of our readers who have the luck to be country dwellers, know very well that the woods and swamps and mountains and fields which surround their homes- are the homes of a great multitude of these small folk, which, though seldom seen, are always there and always known to be there. Sometimes the farmer loses patience with fox or weasel because a few of his fowls are destroyed ; sometimes the damage done by the muskrats’ chisel-like teeth provoke the landowner and lead him to set a few traps. Usually, however, the town or section or district con- tains a single man who makes more or less of a business of trapping, and it is he who gathers up the fur taken in a district and who finally ships it to the towns, whence in turn it goes to the big city, and then perhaps crosses the sea, and at last brings up in London, one of the greatest fur marts of the world. THE FLORIDA LICENSE. Florida's game attractions are among those which al- lure winter visitors to the State and induce them to pro- long their sojourn. The deer, the wild turkey and the quail are not so plentiful in many districts as they were in the earlier days of Florida sportsman-tourist travel, but the climatic conditions and the generous food supply of all seasons will always assure a replenished stock, pro- vided reasonable protection shall be afforded by the laws and their enforcement. The State has shared in the gen- eral awakening to the necessity of talcing care of its game, and has adopted certain of what may be called the ad- vanced principles of protection. The number of deer one person may take in a season is limited to five; only four wild turkeys may be taken by one person in a day, or six by a party of shooters; and of quail the individual limit, for the day is twenty-five or fifty for a party. The shipment of game beyond the county where it is killed is forbidden, except that sportsmen may take their game home with them, but not for sale. Such regulations are reasonable and effective. There is another feature of the Florida law, however, which is open to criticism. This is the non-resident shoot- ing license provision. In these days of non-resident dis- criminations and taxes, Florida is only keeping step with other States in exacting a fee from the visiting shooter; but the law is peculiarly vexatious, because, not content with one tax good for the State at large, the statute re- quirement is of a saparate payment for each individual county. The section reads : That all non-residents of the State, before hunting for the pur- pose of killing any wild game in this State, shall apply to the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county the said non-resident pro- poses to hunt in, and upon the payment of $10 to the said clerk by the applicant, the clerk shall issue a permit to hunt in said county, and the same shall not be transferable, and it shall be unlawful for any non-resident of this State without first obtaining said permit, which permit shall expire on the 1st day of March next following the date of its issue, to hunt in this State. Pro- vided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to counties having special game laws. Such a regulation is no special hardship for those who go to one place and remain there. But the East Coast and the West Coast are so adapted to cruising, and the several districts are so- inviting that many winter visitors make extended cruises, going from the Halifax down the Indian River and through connecting waters to Biscayne Bay. In like manner extended excursions of this charac- ter are made on the West Coast. On the East Coast the sportsman going south from St. Augustine to Biscayne Bay, who cares to look for game on the way, at St. Augustine must take out a license for St. John county; when he reaches Ormond or Daytona or New Smyrna, he must procure another license for Volusia county; then if he extends his course on the Indian River to Titus- ville, another license is required for Brevard county, which holds good so Tar as Palm Beach; and if he goes on to- Miami and Cocoanut Grove or any of the points on Biscayne Bay, be must have another license for Dade county. Each new license means a payment of $10, to- gether with the time and trouble of procuring the docu- ment. Such a license system, it goes without saying, has been a constant annoyance to sportsmen visiting Florida, and there have been loud complaints concerning it. The law is unreasonable and should be changed. The Legisla- ture of Florida will convene next week, and those who are interested should take steps to secure an amendment. THE CURTIS INDIAN PICTURES. While these lines are being written, there is on exhibi- tion at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city, a collec- tion of photographs of Indians and Indian life which is worthy the attention of all our readers. These pic- tures have been taken by Mr. Edward S. Curtis, of Seat- tle, Wash., and cover a number of Western - tribes, and while there are a thousand of them here on view, these constitute only a beginning of the work to which Mr. Curtis has devoted his life. President Roosevelt saw some of the pictures some time ago, and wrote of them : “Not only are Mr. Curtis’ photographs genuine works of art, but they deal with some of the most picturesque phases of the old-time American life that is now passing away. I esteem it a matter of great moment that for our good fortune Mr. Curtis should have the will and the power to preserve, as he has preserved in his pictures, this strange, beautiful and now vanishing life.” These pictures are photographs, and so are necessarily true to- life; but they are much more than photographs, in that the artist who took them has been able to put into them the feeling which he himself experienced when taking them, and in such a way that one who looks at the pictures shares that feeling. Those who have seen them, including artists, ethnologists and persons familiar with wild life, agree that no such pictures of Indians have ever been made before. It is Mr. Curtis’ purpose to carry on his work of illus- trating the Indian by photography until he shall have covered all the tribes and fragments of tribes still found in North America; and it cannot be doubted that if he shall have the means and the health and the strength to carry out this proposed task, he will have performed a most valuable work for history, for art and for science. One who wrote recently of these pictures said : “To-day they are of high scientific and artistic value, what will thev be a hundred years from now when the Indian has utterly vanished from the face of the earth? The pictures will show to the man of that day who and what were his pre- decessors in the land. They will tell how the Indian lived, what were his beliefs, how he carried himself in the various operations of life, and they will tell it as no word picture could ever tell it.” The opportunity to see these pictures should not be lost by one who- is interested in outdoor life. The exhibition began on Monday, March 27, and will last through the week. O11 Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday afternoon and evening Mr. Curtis purposes to give an ex- hibition of his lantern slides and to talk about certain of the tribes which he has met. We shall print next week an illustrated paper on some of the more familiar wild flowers of the woods and trout streams of. this latitude. This is only one of many valu- able papers to come which will make the Forest and Stream, as always, the angler’s indispensable companiQir 280 FOREST AND STREAM [April 1, iffch;. Pete, the Canuck. It is strange, I don’t understand it even now. 1 have thought it over time and time again and still it remains a mystery. This is the way the “mystery” occurred. Jim and I were camping on little Kittawa Lake, about ten miles from where old “Bill” Thompson had a lumber camp — number five I think it was. We had a little shack in there made of logs and cedar splits. We had car- ried tar paper in on the first snows to cover it with and the cracks were chinked up with moss and oakum. A large bunk with a generous supply of fur boughs, a shelf, bench, and one box completed the interior. The camp was open on top facing an immense fire rock, the walls from the camp proper to the rock were sup- plied with upright posts about six feet in height, and the door opened from the south side. It was “tight” and seemed real homelike with our blankets, guns, traps, and all the rest of a trapper’s “lay out.” Three or four sable lines kept us very busy and with our traps were more than one man could really handle. Jim and I agreed to take turns at the traps of a week at a time— the week we were not in the woods being spent in work at the village. Every other week Jim came into the woods, and I went out, generally pas- sing each other on the trail, where we exchanged the news and accounts of the week’s trapping. There was a light fall of snow, but the air was cold and snappy. Our camp was placed in a bunch of thick spruce and was thus sheltered from the lake above which it stood. Directly back of us lay swell after swell of high ridges, flanked east and west by mountains which had been partly lumbered three or four years previous. Northward the country was low and in some places even marshy, rising again into long stretches of the finest timberland. In summer deer paths crossed and re-crossed the swale and marsh grass which grew shoulder high, and mud wallows where bears had rolled and lain were very frequent. Each spring the wild turftips were rooted up and eaten, each autumn the beech trees bore fresh claw marks of some animal with a craving for nuts; but never a sight did we catch of bruin. The partridges and rabbits grew very friendly, and aside from the deer we rarely saw any other beasts. “Bill” Thompson was doing his best with the aid of a good lumbering winter to get out between four and six million feet that year, and he was working his crew of forty men and teams for the best there was in them. Many of the crew were men from our village; the rest were Canucks, “P-eyes,” Swedes, Yanks, Irishmen, in fact almost every nation- ality but Chinamen. As the camp stood about half way between our shack and the “town,” we made a point of stopping there at noon to “grub up,” and as we knew the cook we had the best the camp contained. We had been trapping about two months, and it seemed as though this season would be a good one. I was on my way to the lake, and after plodding along all morning with a ninety pound pack of sup- plies, reached the camp as the men filed in for dinner. There was always a plate and a mug at hand, so I just “bunched” in with the rest. Beans, coffee, and sour biscuits were disappearing at. a reckless rate as we laughed and talked. At the opposite end of the table sat a wicked faced Canuck, who stared at me constantly during the meal and took the greatest in- terest in everything I said and did. As I was finish- ing he rose and stalked out. After the men had gone back to work and I was getting ready to leave, the cook told me that the Canuck had noticed me the last time I came through and had asked a number of questions concerning me that went to show that he thought I was laying for him. I do not know what made me suspicious, unless it was his uneasy manner and evil face, for I never seen him before and felt sure that he had never seen me. The incident passed and I thought no more of it. I flung my pack into place, grabbed my rifle and started. The trail twisted round and out of the underbrush and I was lost from sight. I could hear the men at work, and the crack and snap of the limbs and boughs as the “swamping- gang” cleared away the brush for a new road and the heavier crash as some old monarch fell to the ground. Presently I saw ahead a figure partly concealed be- hind a tree. I thought immediately that the foreman of one of the crews was looking the ground over pre- paratory to the cutting of a new road and started to call out to him, when I saw the Canuck, for it was he, step out into the trail and stand waiting for me. I was naturally surprised, and something in his menac- ing attitude warned me to look for nothing but trouble. I shifted my rifle to the hollow of my right arm. Motionless he awaited my approach, while I tramped on as though I would knock him from the path. He wore the heavy moose shanks of the northern lumber- man into which his trousers were tucked, around his waist was a red scarf, and on his head a fur cap. His left hand was cased in a fur glove, but in his right, which he held behind him, I suspected something else. As I came up close to him he said — “I watch, I see you come,” then drawing an ugly looking knife from behind him he continued. “Yoy no cateh, look out,” and was gone, __ . , ; Well, I spent the week at the traps with varying suc- cess, and turning the Canuck’s action over in my mind, I reached this conclusion, that he had acted the part of a first-class criminal, and taking me for a sheriff had warned me that if I attempted to take him that it might be a warm job. It may have been that he had shot moose or caribou out of season, a serious offense in that part of the country, or that he had come out best in a drunken spree — at all events, he would bear watching. When I reached the lumber camp on my way out, the cook told me a strange tale. Pete, as they called him, had acted very queerly ever since I had been through the week before. He never took his boots off, and slept with his belt and hat on, his srtOWshoes and knife were constantly near him and he seemed more nervous than ever. He was the butt of the entire camp and the men abused and tormented him coritiriualiy, and he lived as though in constant fear of some danger. The foreman had cursed and threatened to discharge him in vain, and as he was an experienced teamster and they were short handed, he was allowed to re- main. That very morning he was up arid off before the rest of the crew, and had not yet returned for diijrie.r. I racked my brain for a plan by Which to get a little light on the case if only to satisfy my owri curiosity. Next day bv good fortune I met the district ganie warden, who held a higher position in the opinions of the trappers and “lumber-jacks” than even the sheriff, and gave him a description of the teamster with an account Of all his actions. The following week I started into the woods one day earlier to spend the night at our camp with him. I reached our stopping place at noon, and throwing my pack into the corner, sat down to eat with the boys. Without a word of warning and with a jump that nearly upset the table, the Canuck vanished out of the rear door, followed by a shower, of oaths and curses from the crew. We finished dinner and the conversation was on “that blasted Canuck.” “Curse the son of a gun,” growled “Spike” Loughlin, foreman of the crew, whose beans had suddenly appeared in his lap and his coffee on the floor, “I’ll break his d head.” I beckoned to the cook and we walked out back of the hovel and had a long talk concerning Pete. He told me all he knew, which was not much, and all the rumors that were then afloat. His name, friends, home, or former history could not be learned, as he grew more and more sullen each day. They had ac- quired a general dislike for him and made living worse than ever. It was Friday instead of Saturday that I reached our camp, and Kittawa and the country was dressed in a garb of deep snow. Monday I had a visit from Jackson, the game warden, who had decided to ar- rest Pete on suspicion. We agreed upon a plan by which we could arrest him without a fight, for we realized we were booked for trouble. I arranged to meet Jim at the village Wednesday and Jackson left. I left the woods the next day, but did not catch a glimpse of Pete at the camp. While eating dinner I told our plans to the cook, to get his co-operation, and it afterward turned out that the cookee, who was a Canadian, overheard us and told the entire conversa- tion to the Canuck. Wednesday found Jackson, Jim, and the third mem- ber of the party armed with a warrant, and anticipat- ing no trouble in serving it. We came within sight of the camp at noon, when we knew the men would be at dinner, and approached from three sides. We entered, but found Pete was gone. Early that morn- ing he had slipped out, and taking nothing but his snowshoes, had disappeared. We took up the trail and found it headed directly for the Canadian border and in line for our camp. We set out in single file; the snow flew over our snowshoes in a fine white spray, the air was cold and held our breath like a puff of smoke till it slowly faded out of its clutches. We kept to the trail, which was good and strong, and hurried along on a mission that seemed more like a deer hunt than a man hunt. The fact that he was always traveling north and di- rectly in line for our camp made us suspicious and kept us moving fast. Never before had the distance seemed so long, and I knew by the length of Jim’s sturdy stride that he was as impatient as I. Finally we reached a place where we saw what was once a trapper’s shack. The tar-paper was ripped and torn from top to bottom, the cedar splits were hastily hacked with our own ax, which was missing, and the cooking utensils were scattered everywhere. In the middle of the charred floor was a smouldering fire with which an attempt had been made to burn the camp. In the fire and all about the floor were scat- tered flour, tea, sugar, and all our “grub,” in fact, except that which had been carried away. A half side of bacon lay in the ashes, and our traps were scattered over the snow, some bent, others broken and sprung. We looked at each other, not a word was spoken. We took the trail. Straight for the north it headed, and we knew we must catch him before he reached the border, I was glad I was not the Canuck, if we caught up with him. He had but a few hours’ start, as his trail showed, and was traveling fast, but we were traveling faster. We plodded along till the sun slowly vanished and the air grew steadily colder. The first excitement of the chase had died away and we felt the sift, sift, sift, of our snowshoes as we plugged along. As it grew dark we halted, built a fire and ate supper, such as it was, and smoked while we waited for the mopil to rise. We were too tired to talk and each sat quietly meditating ort the issue. Early in the evening, some- where in the neighborhood of ten, the moon was up and it Was as light as day, so that we could see. the trail without much trouble. Shouldering Our light packs and dofiriirig pur snowshoes we pushed oil. It was a sthrri chase arid therefore a iorig pile. The rriopri rose higher and the reflections frofn the trees sileritly lengthened. Shadows flitted arid crossed pur path, noises and mysterious sbundfe , came from the under- brush. , Have yOu ever .traveled iff the wopds at night in the deep dead silence? If y'du have yOu know some- thing of how we. felt. We listened to the night sounds, and the littl'e noises that almost seemed muffled in j:he white snow; many and varied were the, thoughts that they threw into, our already overworked imaginations. We were traveling, over low ridges and swells, the trail held true to the North, Star, and Canada came nearer every weary step. The stars dropped out of sight one by one, the shadows grew blacker, and that light wind which foretells the approach of dawn sprang up. We halted, built a fire, and scraping a hole in the snow were soon lost in slumber. I had slept about three hours when Jackson pulled at my blankets and threw a handful of snow in my face. I rolled out stiffly; sleeping in my sweaty clothes had stiffened every joint and muscle. Each movement seemed like a knife stab. We had a good pull of hot tea, and pushed on. It took dogged grit for the first mile, but gradually we got limbered up and the pain became so natural that we grew accustomed to it. We “hit the trail” at a fast clip and maintained a steady increase in every mile. We knew that our steady speed would tell more than erratic bursts that we could see from his trail he was putting forth, so we felt- sure that any open space of fairly good distance would give us a sight of the fugitive. We knew the lay of the land from three winters’ trapping, arid gained quite a con- siderable distance, we thought, by taking short routes and avoiding difficult paths. Finally, at the top of a high rise, We made out In- distinctly in the moonlight the figure of a man tramp- ing slowly along. Perhaps it was the moonlight that was fast disappearing, or our eyesight that from the lack of sleep was growing uricertain, or possibly it was the shadow ori the sriow, but we thought he either limped or walked as though his snowshoes chafed his ankles. We tumbled rather than walked down the mountain side, determined to catch him there. We knew and he did not, that the Litteneau River ran swift and deep not more than five miles ahead. Jim mumbled something about “my first shot,” Tut Jackson without making reply plowed grimly on ahead. No one had ever seen the Litteneau River frozen over in this portion of its course, and it seemed like a natural barrier indeed. We thought we had Pete cornered. I began to wonder if he would fight. How my ankles ached and my shin-bones from lift- ing the toe of my snowshoe; my breath came in gasps as though each were weighted with a pound of lead. 'The perspiration ran down our foreheads and froze in icicles on our beards and chin, we melted within and froze without. I longed to lie down in the snow and stretch out each weary limb in the cold. Jim’s step was growing uncertain and he wabbled con- tinually. I' tripped often and once I fell. Each step had to be thought about, nothing voluntary was done; each step seemed counted as with bent heads and throbbing muscles we dragged ourselves along. Now we could hear the river roar, and felt that a few more rods would bring us to the finish. We separated, Jackson kept to the trail and Jim and I followed parallel to him about fifty yards apart on either side. I heard the crank of Jackson’s rifle click, and Jim and I followed his example by pumping a cartridge into the barrel of our rifles. Cautiously we crept along, our eyes glued on the opening ahead for a glimpse of the fugitive. The river’s roar grew steadily louder and the sun came out and made our eyes smart in no small measure. Quickly Jackson emerged from the bushes and walked to a point where the thin ice always trying to form at the river’s edge, was trampled and broken. The river was narrow and exceedingly swift; no liv- ing man could have swum it in the dead of winter. We stood panting on the bank. Not a path of any kind on the other side that we could see, not a piece of broken ice On the bank, not even the snow brushed from the bushes— not a trail of any kind. The river rushed past us with a mighty swirl, the trees stood motionless, heavily clothed in sparkling ice and snow, the bushes were silent and brightly sparkling in the sun that shone from a clear sky. They all held fast the great secret — the fate of the Canuck. Charles B. Floyd, Brookline, Mas^. April i, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 231 El Morro. inscription Rock. Far away in the Southwest, not very far from the Pueblo of Zuini, rises from the ground a quadrangular mass of white sandstone a mile long, more than 200 feet in height, “and strikingly peculiar on account of its massive character and the Egyptian style of its natural buttresses and domes.” Long, long ago, before the Dutch had made their first permanent settlement on the Island of Manhattan, before the Pilgrims had landed in Massa - chusetts or the French had established Quebec; even be fore the English had settled in Virginia, a European traveler had inscribed on this rock his name, and even some notes of his business in the country. He was soon followed by others, and some of the ancient records may be read there to-day. They are in many cases beautifully engraved, and are chiefly in Spanish, with not a few In- dian hieroglyphics, often undecipherable. This is Inscrip- tion Rock, called by the Spanish explorers El Morro — the castle — and on its summit are the remains of two very- ancient Pueblo towns. It is hard to realize that two hundred and fifty years before the opening of those “Trails of the Pathfinders,” concerning which we have been reading the story, Europeans were journeying back and forth in the distant A little later he might be killed by the Indians, and his ashes borne away on the wind of heaven. Of all the writings found there by Lieutenant Simpson, only one — the initials O. R., March 19, 1836 — appears to have been written by a man acquainted with the English language, but since then many a passerby has carved his name, and in the process has defaced ancient records of value and interest. The earliest date on Inscription Rock is 1606, written by Don Juan de Onate, “that brave soldier and wise first Governor in the United States.” The record, as given by Lummis in his graphic description of the rock, reads : “Passed by here the Lieutenant don Juan de Onate to the discovery of the sea of the south on the 16th of April, year 1605.” But the date is 1606, not 1605, and Lummis gives the date of Onate’s discovery of the Sea of the South as 1604; hence he could not have discovered it. in 1605 or 1606. A conjectural reading made by supplying the word hecho for the word al supplied by Lummis, would make the writing read, “The adelantado Don Juan de Onate passed here after making an exploring expedi- tion to the sea of the south, on the 16th of April, 1606,” a reading which would accord better with the known facts. A long inscription which mentions the Governor Nieto is much obscured by the obliteration of almost the whole first line, and the last line also offers a difficulty by the use of the first person in the words pase and lleve. If Medicine in Camp* Editor Forest and Stream: I would like to occupy a little space in your valued journal for the purpose of replying to the article on “Medicine in Camp” by Dr. Chas. S. Moody which appeared in your issue of Feb. 4. It seems a pity that such articles are not of more frequent occurrence in the sporting papers, as the aver- age layman goes into the woods almost entirely un- prepared for any emergency greater than a cut finger or a bruised knee. There are three points in Dr. Moody’s article on which I wish to comment: — first as to the use of morphine by the mouth rather than by the hypodermic syringe. There is, in my opinion, no more danger of a man becoming a “fiend” from the use of morphine when it is necessary to use it than there is of his becoming a drunkard from the administration of a drink of whiskey when he is exhausted and cold. Starting then with the proposition that it is necessary to give the drug, I maintain that the proper method is by the hypodermic. First, because there is no re- sultant nausea ; second, because the absorption of the drug into the circulation is so prompt that the desired effect is more quickly obtained; and third, the injec- tion being given in the neighborhood of the injury, the pain is relieved by less of the drug than would be re- quired if given by the mouth. RECORDS ON SOUTH FACE OF INSCRIPTION ROCK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1 849. Southwest, exploring, laying out roads, and fighting with and subduing the natives. It was in 1540 that Coronado made his famous expedition to the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, and penetrated far beyond that on to the plains, reaching at last the land of Quivira, which for many years has been puzzle, stumbling block and theater of wordy warfare to students of history. For uncounted generations before the coming of the Spaniards, people had been living in that far Southwest, and to-day the inhabited towns of their descendants and the ruins of those of their ancestors dot the plain, or stand perched in the inaccessible niches of the tall cliffs. The Southwest is a land of wonders, much of it abso- lute desert, inhabited only by living things which long adaptation to their environment has fitted to survive in the terrible struggle for life in the waterless land. Of the extraordinary features of the country, none are more imposing than those which are the effects of the erosive action of the air. Much of the rock is a soft sandstone, which the wind, carrying fine particles of sand and blowr ing it against the rock, has carved into a thousand fan- tastic shapes. There are tall buttes, natural walls sur- mounted by towers which look like old ruins and natural bridges of massive arch and wide span. Here and there trap dykes or lava overflows interrupt the more usual sandstone with curious shapes. Everywhere the dryness, the ruins and the fantastic rock carvings give to the scene an appearance of antiquity hardly to be met with anywhere else in the world. The first account of the writings on Inscription Rock was given by Lieut. J. H. Simpson, of the Corps of Topo- graphical Engineers, who in September, 1849, visited the place with Kern, an artist, and made fac-similes of the inscriptions. The names here written are those of early Spanish ex- plorers. men who under the orders of their king, or his representative, were striving to learn what they could about a country new and unknown. Here they were meet- ing perils of which they had no experience; savage men. wild beasts, torrential floods or parching thirst were among the dangers to which they were exposed. They did not write their names on this sandstone for the glory of having it known that they had passed by; rather they desired to leave here a record for those who should come after them, so that if they perished in obeying their orders, their fellows who might follow them to carry on the work should know how far their predecessors had safely come. And indeed, in more than one case, as Mr. Lummis has suggested, the record engraved on this rock by some simple soldier is the only monument that he had. we suppose the inscription written by some missionary in the train of the Governor, the last line might read "Que solo ya a Zuni pase y la Fe lleve,’1 That is, “I alone had previously been in Zuni on a missionary trip.” 1 he second word in this line is rendered solo because the writer, working hastily, might have left out the first “o” and then made a mark of erasure to denote the mistake, as appears. The first line might be, for instance, “Aqui pase yo P. F. Juan Felis con el governador,” and the rendering, “Here I, Father Juan Feliz, passed with the Governor Don Fran- cisco Manuel Silva Nieto, since his unquestioned, strength and valor has overcome the impossible, with the wagons of the king our master, a result which he alone attained August. 9, 1629.. I alone had previously been in Zuni on a missionary trip.” Here is another inscription, more brief: “We passed by this place, Major and Captain Juan Arachutela, and the Lieutenant Diego Martin Barba and Second Lieutenant Juan Agostyn De Ynojos in the year 1636.” Another reads: ' “Here was General Don Diego de Vargas, who con- quered for our Holy Faith and for the royal crown, all New Mexico at his own cost, in the year 1692.” An interesting question comes up incidentally; when was the town of Zuni known by that name? At Coronado’s arrival, 1540, the Indian name was Ha-wi-kuh. Coronado, leaving the name Cibola for the whole district, christened the town itself Granada. Bancroft (note 19. page 86, of his “History of Arizona and New Mexico”) in a document about Espejo’s expedi- tion, 1582, mentions the name Zuni, which the writer of the document thought was the Indian name then. This great rock, El Morro, is the oldest monument engraved by white hands in North America, and one would imagine that its antiquity would have protected it from defacement. Nevertheless, within the last few years, some visitor to the rock has chopped away in cruel and wanton fashion a number of the inscriptions. Recently, through the efforts of persons interested in archaeology, the Secretary of the Interior has handed over El Morro to the care of certain local officials, who. it is hoped, may jealously guard it. Protection for these records of the past is greatly needed in the Southwest, and as travel to that country increases, more and more people visit it who desire to make merchandise of these wonderful and beautiful things that can never be replaced if once destroyed. It is the duty of every thoughtful person to do everything in his power to hold up the hands of the historians and the ethnologists who are now striv- ing to protect these wonders. H. G. Dulog. The hypodermic is an instrument so easily under- stood by a person of average intelligence, and so de- void of danger when properly used, that I always ad- vise inquirers to learn how to use one and add it to the kit. In addition to its usefulness in administering morphine, the syringe is invaluable in case it is neces- sary to use cocaine as a local anaesthetic so as to make a small surgical operation painless, like cutting out a fish hook and the like. The Doctor’s experience has been in a different climate from that in which 1 have camped for the past twenty years, but here we never take any remedies for a “cold” — such a thing being absolutely unknown to our people, even though we have had to sleep in wet clothes for a week at a time. However, if you do have a cold, I agree with Dr. Moody regarding the treatment of it. His suggestions as to the medicine kit are unusually good; complete, and not excessive. To his advice regarding rattlesnake bite and his conclusions, however, I must take exception. The U. S. Government reports, those of Stejneger of the Smithsonian Institution, those of Drs. S. Weir Mit- chell of Philadelphia, and Mueller of India, and last, “Rattlesnake Pete” Gruber of Syracuse, all agree that a rattlesnake bite is an injury not to be trifled with. A healthy man, in the absence of all treatment, would stand an even chance for his life, but his suffering would make him regret to the end of his days that he did not add a hypodermic to his kit. Strychnia is the physiological antidote. Miller says in the .Medical Record: “While snake poison turns off the motor batteries, strychnine, when following it as an antidote, turns them on again, acting with the unerring certainty of a chemical test if administered in sufficient quantities.” Whiskey is worse than use- less and ammonia almost as bad. Potass, permanganate hypodermically, if administered immediately after the bite, is of much avail. The varieties of rattler in this vicinity are the Crotalus horridus, the C. adamantcus, and the copper- head, Agkistrodon coutortrix, and they are all venom- ous enough to make a bite an extremely serious mis- adventure. I heartily indorse the Doctor’s statement that the sooner people lose their fear of snakes the better, but if bitten by a Pennsylvania diamond back do not try to laugh it off under the idea that it is no worse than a hornet sting, or your family may live to regret your carelessness. Now, Mr. Editor, having taken up quite a lot of you space, I must apologize for trespassing on your 262 FOREST AND STREAM. good nature. But this is the time of the year when the camping microbe begins to make its presence felt and preparations are making for the summer sport. The medicine kit is usually left to the outfitter to supply, and not till necessity demands does the aver- age camper paw over his stock of drugs to discover what is good for a colic or a burned hand. Let us have some more articles like that of Dr. Moody’s and we shall all profit by them H. Plympton, M.D. Brooklyn, N. Y. Shanty Boatmen and the Mississippi Mr. Raymond S. Spears’ description of the shanty boatmen and their manner of living, is interesting and quite accurate, appealing particularly to me, who spent some years in camp on the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi, and had shanty boatmen as neighbors for months at a time. There are, as Mr. Spears states, all manner of characters ensconced in these 10x30 float- ing palaces — honest and dishonest ones, including fish- ermen, tradesmen, raftsmen, trappers, gunsmiths, photographers, dentists, quack doctors and whiskey dealers. There are others who have no apparent means of livelihood, and either sell whiskey or steal. The entire fraternity is nomadic. Tiring of one locality, the shanty boatman “casts off” and glides down-stream with the current, four miles an hour, until he finds new surroundings to his liking. A student of ornithology and taxidermy, from a northern university, was once met on a neat shanty boat. He was pursuing his temporary avocation of collecting specimens as he drifted southward by easy stages. Two desperadoes had wounded and robbed a citizen in a small river town, and were overhauled where they had tied up near our camp. The pursuing posse, in a gasolene launch, and the rivermen on the wooded shore, exchanged many shots, to which the campers were ear-witnesses. One desperado was killed, the other escaping to the interior White River swamps and leaving a blood trail, which was finally lost. Eye-witnesses and participants have described to me desperate encounters between whiskey boatmen and officers, the former being usually shrewd and deter- mined in evading and resisting arrest. The State authorities have no jurisdiction over them unless their boats are tied up to the shore, and many of them carry United States revenue license, which costs little as compared with State and county license. This puts them right with the Federal officers, and they risk arrest by the State officers rather than pay the high State license. An old rheumatic woman lives on a shanty boat at “Natches-Under-the-Hill.” She is moored nearly under the place where the garbage from “Natchez-on- the-Hill” is dumped. Whenever a cart-load comes tumbling down from the dizzy heights above, a re- markable scene is enacted. The old woman (stick in hand), several dogs, a drove of hogs and some buz- zards swoop down upon the prize. It is “nip and tuck” for victory. She sells the gleanings to shrimp fisher- men for bait, receiving a pittance therefor. Mr. Spears touches upon levees. It is a source of regret that he should have been led to give credence to that thread-bare myth about the bed of the river being continuously raised. The writer was, for a num- ber of years, a “Mississippi River Commission Sur- veyor,” and contends misinformation or an attempt at romance on the part of the gentleman of that order interviewed by Mr. Spears, tie is probably only a “junior surveyor,” who doesn’t read the official reports, and merely repeats what he hears among uninformed persons. The question of whether or not the Mississippi levees tend toward the silting up of the bed of the river is of fundamental importance to river engineers, and one which has been closely studied by the Mississippi River Commission, as well as other able engineers, for the past twenty-five years. There is a concurrence among all the engineers who have thus studied the subject in the conclusion that such tendency does not exist; but, on the contrary, the lowering of the low-water plane, observed at many places in recent years, without a diminished volume of water flowing in the river, seems to indicate a lowering of the bed. . . The above conclusion is sustained both by a priori reasoning and observed facts. As Forest and Stream is not an engineering journal, this subject will not be further elaborated here. Tripod. John Doyle Lee. While looking over some book notices in a daily paper to-day, I ran across a notice of what purports to be the confession of John D. Lee, who commanded the Mormon Danites, or Destroying Angels, at the Mountain Meadow Massacre in 1857. I had almost forgotten both Lee and the massacre, when this so-called confession of his (I don’t believe that he ever made it ; he certainly never wrote it, as he could hardly write at all) brought him to my mind again. I first met Lee about four years before he was tried and shot. He was living then at Lee’s Ferry on the Colorado River in Arizona. I was anxious to meet him, as I wanted to get his version of the massacre. Every story has two sides to it, and I wanted his side of this one; I already had the other side. I had been told that he would not talk about this affair to anyone except a Mormon; but he talked freely about jt to me. There may have been several reasons why he did so. When I met ^ him I was^ wearing a pin, the mark of a society. He noticed it, and’ told me that his father had been one of us, but that he was not. I knew that already. Had he been one of us, it might not have prevented him from being tried and shot for murder, but they would have seen to it that he was given a square deal. Then again I spent a night at his ranch, and we put in whole hours talking about the Mormons and their tenets, I telling him that I took no stock in their tenets, but had no objection to their having half a dozen wives each, if they could support them, as long as there were so many women lying around loose that nobody seemed to wanti Lee had several wives then ; one of them was here now, and she thought she could convert me to the Mormon religion. “No,” I told her, “it cannot be done. I know all about your religion now, and have read the Book of Mormon (the Mormon Bible) ; it was written by Sidney Rigdon in the city that I come from ; I even know the house he occupied while he wrote it.” Lee was the most confirmed fanatic that I have ever met. He actually believed that if he were shot at any time for the part he had taken in this massacre, he would go straight to heaven. Brigham Young and the Church, after using him to carry out their orders, had disowned him, and he expected to be shot sooner or later. Although he did not say so, I came to the conclusion that he ex- pected his former friends, the Danites, to do the shooting whenever Young gave the order. The Mormons are not fools, and in some respects are to be commended. They have made a garden out of what was a desert when they first took hold of it, and all through that southwestern country, wherever they go, they turn the most arid land into a garden in time; so 1 thought that there must have been some cause for the massacre. Lee said that from the time these emigrants first struck the country, they plundered the Mormons right and left, killing or driving off their stock and taking by force anything they wanted. “They were going to California,” he said, “not going to stop in Utah, and had they acted half decent we would not have given them any trouble.” The emigrants camped at the Mountain Meadows, and Lee was ordered by Brigham Young to take his Danites and destroy all except the very young children. He took some Indians in the party, and it was these Indians that did most of the killing. He could not control them, he said, and their chief refused to spare the small children whom he was anxious to save. They killed about 125 men, women and children. I had seen it stated that the spring at which these people had been camped when they were killed had dried up since; the paper gave it as a mark of God’s displeasure. I had never been there, and asked Lee about this. “It dries up when other springs in the country do, and flows when they do. God had no displeasure to show us. He commanded me through our Church to destroy those people; they had plundered his saints.” Lee was arrested, tried and shot. He had the option of being either hanged or shot, and he elected to be shot, of course. This was just twenty years after the massacre in 1877. I was agreeably surprised when I first met him at his appearance. A stranger knowing his history might ex- pect to meet a monster in human form. He did not look as if he were capable of hurting a fly. When I met him I was out with a party of Government surveyors from Washington who had been sent to report on this country and find out whether it could be irrigated or not. Some of the sites we examined then have since been used to build dams that furnish water to irrigate many square miles of the country; that dam in the Salt River is one of them. Griad the Sabres. I notice that President Roosevelt has given permission to the army officers and the men in the cavalry to grind up their sabres if they prefer them sharp. This is sensible; the cavalry sabre in the shape it is now in is neither ornamental nor useful. About the only use that we ever could find for it would be to use it to clear off cactus plants when making a camp ground. In making a right or left point the sabre could be made to hurt; but the edge of it would hardly cut hot butter. I at one time took a notion to grind my sabre, and got quite an edge on it, but it only remained there until the next Sunday; then at inspection I was told to file that edge off again. The only time that I ever knew those sabres to be ground was in the spring of 1873. We were then at Fort Clark, Texas. It is down near the Mexican line, and we were looking for a war with Mexico. What it was about I do not remember now; anyhow it did not come off. I put in two- whale days in grinding up all the sabres in our troop, about 70 of them. I was told to only grind them about two-thirds of the way up from the point; I ground the others that way, but ground my own clear up to the hilt ; then finished it off on an oil-stone, and got it nearly as sharp as a razor. Had I ever been given a chance to execute a “right cut” on a Greaser, he never would have needed to “go to the rear and find the doc- tor ;” but the war failed to come off, and in a short time the edges of those sabres all came off; they were worn off by drawing them out against the steel scabbards. The last two years that I was in the cavalry we never carried the sabres at all, but kept them hanging up on the wall to look at. Cabia Blanco. The Penobscot Man. “The Penobscot Man,” by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, is the title of a book of ten tales whose themes concern the every-day life of the toilers in the Maine woods, stalwart men who labor in the logging camps, actively enduring the rigors and labors incident to their voca- tion, and round out the season by engaging in the fatigues and desperate perils of the river-drive, as things of moment only as they are a part of the day’s work. The portrayal of the life and deeds of “The Pen- obscot Man” are true to human nature. Throughout the book, there is manifested a fidelity which could have its' source only in a personal knowledge of the subject. Indeed, in her preface, Mrs. Eckstorm touches on this phase: “Here are stories of men, the kind. we have yet a-plenty, who die unknown and unnoticed; and every tale is a true one — not the chance report of strangers, the gleanings of recent acquaintance, the aftermath of hearsay, the enlargements of a fading tradition; but the tales of men who tended me in baby- hood, who crooned to me old slumber-songs, who brought me gifts from the woods, who wrought me little keepsakes, or amused my childish hours — stories JAprIl i, 1905. j which, having gathered them from this one and that one who saw the deed, I have bound into a garland to lay upon their graves.” * * * “The events are actual occurrences; the names, real names; the places any one may see at any time. Yet each story is not merely personal and solitary, but illustrates typically ■' some trait of the whole class. Their virtues are not magnified, their faults are not denied; in black and white, for good or evil, they stand here as they lived— as they themselves would prefer to stand on record. So they acted, thus they felt, these were their thoughts upon grave subjects; and it may be that the Pen- obscot man is a better, wiser, more serious man than even his contemporaries have judged him to be.” ten tales are: Lugging Boat on Sowadnehunk, Ihe Grim Tale of Larry Conners, Hymns Before Battle, The Death of Thoreau’s Guide, The Gray Rock of Abol, A Clump of Posies, Working Nights, The Naughty Pride of Black Sebat and Others, Rescue, and Joyfully. The first story recounts the deeds at the falls of So- wadnehunk, of Penobscot men, who refuse to be out- done in daring. The portage was laborious and the falls dangerous. A few excerpts, while far from doing justice to the tale as a whole, will nevertheless give a hint of the style of the author and the thrill of the incidents: Be that as it may, when Sebattis and his bowman came down, the last of the three boats, and held their batteau at the taking-out place a moment before they dragged her out and stripped her ready to lug, what Sebattis, as he sat in the stern with his paddle across his knees, said in Indian to his bowman was simply revolutionary. ‘Huh?’ grunted his dark-faced partner, turning in great surprise; ‘you Bought you wanted run it does e’er falls. Blenty rabbidge water does e’er falls!’ “Thus at the upper end of the carry Sebattis and his bowman talked over at their leisure the chances of dying within five minutes. “At the other end the two boat’s crews lay among the blueberry bushes in the shade of shivering birch saplings and waited for Sebattis. " ‘Holy hell! — Look a-comin’!’ gasped the Yankee. “Man! but that was a sight to see; they got up and devoured it with their eyes! “On the verge of the falls hovered the batteau about to leap. Big Sebat and his bowman crouched to help her, like a rider lifting his horse to a leap. And their eyes were set with fierce excitement, their hands cleaved to their paddle handles, they felt the thrill that ran through the boat as they shot her clear, and, flying out beyond the curtain of the fall, they landed her in the yeasty rapids below. “Both on their feet then! And how they bent their paddles and whipped them from side to side, as it was ‘In!’— ‘Out!’— ‘Right!’— ‘Left!’ * * * “Then the men all looked again at the boat that had been over Sowadnehunk, and they all trooped back to the carry-end without saying much; two full batteau crews and Sebattis and his bowman. They did not talk. No man would have gained anything new by ex- changing thoughts with his neighbor. “And when they came to the two boats drying in the sun, they looked one another in the eyes again. It was a foregone conclusion. Without a word they put their galled shoulders under the gunwales, lifted the heavy batteaus to their places, and started back across that carry forty rods to the end they had just come from. “What for? It was that in his own esteem a Penobscot man will not stand second to any other man. They would not have it said that Sebattis Mitchell was the only man of them who had tried to run Sowad- nehunk Falls.” * * * “And they pushed out with their two boats and ran the falls. But the luck that bore Sebattis safely through was not theirs. Both boats were swamped, battered on the rocks into kindling wood. Twelve men were thrown into the water, and pounded and swashed about among logs and rocks. Some by swimming, some by the aid of Sebattis and his boat, eleven of them got ashore, ‘a little damp,’ as no doubt' the least exaggera- tive of them were willing to admit. The unlucky twelfth man they picked up later, quite undeniably drownefd. And the boats were irretrievably smashed. Indeed, that was the part of the tale that rankled with Sebattis when he used to tell it.” Thus the Penobscot man, though far removed from the world’s limelight, performed deeds of desperate risk, whose counterparts in the more spectacular set- ting of war by land or sea, are the credentials of the world’s greatest heroes. "The Grim Tale of Larry Connors” has the breaking of a log jam as its chief incident. It abounds in thrilling incident. A single log, the key to the whole obstruction, was so dangerously situated that the boss decided he would not risk any man’s life in dislodging it. Instead he decided to use a tackle. Two rivals demurred, each anxious to demonstrate that he dared to go further into danger than his fellow. It was de- cided that they alternate in chopping in two the key log. To Larry fell the honor of cutting the second half. “And the logs they started, jumping and squealing and thrashing and grinding, like seventeen sawmills runnin’ full blast of a Sunday. You never hearn any- thing in your life like a big jam of logs let loose. You ain’t no idee of the noise and hubbub one of them will make when she hauls.” * * * “He was quicker than three cats, Larry was, but he wa’n’t up to the gait them logs set him, just flyin’ through the air and up- endin’ every which woy. And o’ course he had the wust chance; that’s what he bid for. They tell the story different about Larry. Some say that he made a laidge all right, and a big log squirled and caught him, and they see a red streak just like you’d hit a mosquito there. But what I see was that he was on the jam a runnin’, and a big pine lept an’ struck him in the back. Head and heels met in the air as it flung him clean. And he fell amongts the logs and they rid over him. But we never see no more of Larry Connors. He said he was going to break that jam if he went to hell for it, and he broke it all right enough.” “The Penobscot Man” is published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Boston and New York. Price, $1.50. _ FOREST AND STREAM £83 April i, X905.I Spring Notes from Prospect Park* Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., March 19. — The most conspicuous arrivals are the purple grackles, who have taken up their old quarters on the pine bluff beneath the gardens. They were a little late this year, wherein they showed their good sense, for certes the weather hereabout has not been of a kind to make southern sojourners feel comfortable or happy. Late as they were, it is easy to imagine them wishing they had been later, for conditions have not improved much since their arrival. However, they do not show any disposition to despond ; on the con- trary, they are as full of life, as garrulous and light- hearted as ever. Hidden among the dense branches of the pines they keep up an unceasing interchange of re- marks in their peculiar tongue. If I mistake not, it is all about the momentous question of mating. Occasionally when some coy female finds herself the object of too much attention or remark, she will take wing, and a group of gallant males will flock after her. What mag- nificent tails they display (cut “bias,” as the ladies say), and one cannot help wondering that birds with such long tails migrate at all. Second in conspicuousness among the arrivals are the robins. Though far more numerous in the aggregate than the grackles, not being gregarious, they are not so notice- able. Here and there you see them by ones or twos hop- ping about upon the sere and sodden turf in search of the guileless worm. They are all looking plump and well, and must have wintered prosperously. Truly he is a wise bird that knows enough to emigrate. Had those robins chosen to remain here last fall, where, O, where would they be to-day ! Apropos, it makes one tremble to think of the skylarks of Rugby. What has become of them? Unless they had sense enough to work away from that flat, unsheltered region by Canarsie Bay, it is hardly supposable that they are alive. Yet there is the case of the starlings noted in Forest and Stream a few weeks ago. If they managed to survive the winter, why should not the skylarks? But heaven only knows what they fed on, or where they slept o’ nights. It seems really cruel introducing those poor tenderfeet from abroad and casting them loose amid the savage blasts and inhospitableness of our winters. But to return. The robin tunes his lyre betimes, and there is no more pretty or spiritual effect than to hear him sing- ing in the rain. His note seems charged with a sweet- ness and tenderness unrecognized later on, and it is so fresh and unfamiliar withal that we stand charmed to listen to it. And albeit the woods are still leafless and the general. aspect of things gray and cheerless, we feel that spring is come, and a silent orison rises from our hearts. So far but one bluebird has been seen, crouching in a thicket with half-closed eyes, as if tired out after his long journey. But a week or two more will bring him many companions, for Prospect Park is a favorite haunt, oi Sialia sialis. Especially is the Vale Cashmere, with its thick laurels and flowering shrubs, a favorite. Last year the writer knew of at least half a dozen nests on which he could put his hand without leaving the walk; and how the air used to resound with lute music at eventide ! Though the. song sparrow we have always with us, we do not appreciate it, perhaps, except in these early spring days, when his bursts of joyous melody, even more than the song of the robin, cheer us after the dreary winter. See him jump up from the general ruin of the earth and proclaim the faith that is in him : Resurrection ! His, pre-eminently, is the title of prophet of the spring. The chickadees, who were in evidence all winter, have disappeared. They will probably keep going north as long as there is a chance of running into a snowstorm. In general, the season is very backward. Migration has been light and vegetation is in abeyance. The lakes are still full of ice, and the eye lights upon not a sign of new greenery. But presto! what a few warm days will do:. F. M. International Ornithological Congress The fourth international ornithological congress will be held at London, June 12 to 17, 1905. The Prince of Wales is the Patron of the congress, Iwhile the honorary presidents are Prince Ferdinand of [Bulgaria, and Alfred Russel Wallace, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. The president-elect is R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., Natural History Museum, London; the treas- urer, Mr. C. E. Fagan, of the Natural History Museum, and the secretaries, Dr. Ernst J. O. Hartert, Tring, Herts, England, and Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote, Ditton Hall, Fen Ditton, Cambs, England. The organizing committee and the general committee include the most eminent ornithologists of the world, and its members from the United States are Dr. Joel Asaph Allen, F. M. ! Chapman, Dr. D. G. Elliot, Chas. W. Richmond, Robert Ridgway, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger. The congress will be held from the 12th to 17th of June, inclusive, and arrangements are being made for excursions during the following week. IThe price of subscriptions for membership has been fixed at £1 (=20 mks. = 25 frs.), and all members will receive a copy of the published proceedings of the congress. Ladies may be admitted as members on the same terms, or they may participate in all privileges of ; membership, but without receiving the printed report, an payment of 10s. (= 10 mks. = 12 frs. 50 cents.), i ' Subscriptions should be sent to the treasurer (Mr. C. E. Fagan, British Museum, Natural History, KCromwell Road, London, S.W.), or they may be paid lit the commencement of the congress, but in the latter jpase it is requested that notice of an intention to be present be sent to one of the secretaries. Members intending to read papers are requested to :ommunicate particulars of the same as soon as possible ;o one of the secretaries. The meetings will be divided into general meetings and meetings of sections. The sections will be as follows: I. Systematic Ornithology, Geographical Distribu- tion, Anatomy and Palaeontology; II. Migration; III. Biology, Nidification, Oology; IV. Economic Orni- thology and Bird Protection; V. Aviculture. It is expected that many interesting papers will be presented on these various subjects. The preliminary programme, which, however, is subject to al- teration, is thus announced: Unless otherwise stated, the meetings of the Congress will take place at the Imperial Institute. South Kensington. The office of the Congress at the Imperial Institute will be open daily during the week from 10 till 4. Monday, June 12. — 9 P. M., informal reception at the Imperial Institute. Tuesday, June 13. — 10 A. M., general meeting. 3 P. M., meetings of the sections. Evening, social gathering at some place of enter- tainment. Wednesday, June 14. — 10 A. M. and 3 P. M., meetings of the sections. Evening, conversazione at the Natural History Museum. Thursday, June 15. — Excursion to Tring. There will be lectures, and the members of the Congress will be the guests of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. Friday, June 16. — 10 A. M., general meeting. Afternoon, re- ception by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London, at the Mansion House. Evening, dinner given by the British Ornitholo- gists’ Union. Saturday, June 17. — 10 A. M., meetings of the sections; 2:30 P. M., general meeting. Conclusion of the Congress. Sunday, June 18. — The Natural History Museum, the Zoological Gardens and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew will be open to members of the Congress. Monday, June 19. — Excursion to the Duke of Bedford’s ' park at Woburn. Tuesday, June 20. — Excursion to Cambridge. Professor New- ton will welcome the members of the Congress and luncheon will be served at Magdalene College. Wednesday, June 21. — Excursion to Flamborough Head in Yorkshire (breeding place of many sea birds). The Zoological Gardens at Regent’s Park and the Library of the Zoological Society at 3 Hanover Square, will be open free to all members of the Congress throughout the week. A Bear and a Moose. “We cut the top of a dead cedar that hangs over the water at the end of the lake and blazed both sides of the stump so that you could find the spot.” And immediately six excited disbelievers jumped into their canoes to prove that we were lying. And well they might, for they were to view the scene of a conflict that, according to all authorities, has never been duplicated in the State of Maine. But I am anticipating. "Well, there’s no use in talking, they’re not on the ridges,” observed As (and I have often wondered if this should not be spelled Ace, from his known weakness for the game American), as we were nearing the end of a day’s tramp over the very roughest kind of trail. “These other fellows may be right, and they ought to know, for they’ve had a chance to size things up ; but you can’t make me believe but what game is still cornin’ to the water.” And so when we were gathered before the cheering blaze that evening at Spider Lake camp I harkened to the game oracle. The next morning bright and early we paddled away from the boat landing, thoroughly agreed on a day’s campaign that we felt would be a winner. Paddling the length of the lake and carrying over the dam we ran down the stream to its entrance into Grassy Pond. Our arrival here started a very large buck on the bank, but he vamoosed in plenty of time, and no harm resulted to him. Here we lay in the grass on the bank all day in true Micawber style, and by dark, in reply to- the birch bark, we got a fine answer, and our moose came right into the lake. However, by the time we could paddle close up to him, shooting was guesswork, and while my nine shots must have been “keeping company” with him, he managed to get off into the black woods. How often must the enthusiast’s vision of himself seated on the body of the “fallen monarch” crumble into a silent home- coming charged with the feeling that a fellow’s hindsight is better than his foresight, and both are better than his gun sight by a great sight. On the morrow we were up and off again betimes, vow- ing as we drew near -the dam to track that moose till a very warm place was suitable for skating, when we met the erratic yet fascinating maiden “Chance,” this time disguised in the form of five successive shots down the lake by the camps. “What do you suppose those blessed idiots are wasting lead on?” I said to As, as we stopped paddling to listen, while the rain drops began to break the leaden calm of the lake. “Firing at a target, I guess,” he re- plied, “but that sounded mighty like an ‘answer’ from the ridge.” Just as the silence was becoming “audible,” a loud grunt from the lake shore, not one hundred yards away, nearly startled me out of the canoe; and turning I looked at As and he “blinked” at me. When the remarks suit- able to such a condition had passed and we had partially recovered our composure, we started to paddle in the direction of the call. Twice en route we were startled and surprised by the intensity of repeated grunts, until finally our canoe hung in deathly silence close to shore, and directly in line with the “big head” (as we sup- posed). After listening intently for some time, As, much to my surprise, quietly shoved the nose of the canoe on to the shore and motioned to me to get out. I did so, and cautiously climbing up the bank, was just on the point of advancing into the woods in obedience to another signal from As, when I was so startled by another loud “blat” (apparently right beside me) that I almost fell over back- ward, and decided that retreat as well as advance has at times its good points. By this time As, rifle in hand, was on the bank beside me, and we began to creep sidewis# in opposite directions to try and find an opening to pierc* the thick growth hiding the “area of disturbance” from ourselves. We soon did, and I think neither of u« will ever forget the sight presented. At first there was only a sense of a large black object about thirty yards off, swaying wildly to and fro, but closer inspection revealed a large cow moose squatting on her haunches, while planted on her back was a good sized black bear, his teeth firmly set in her back, worrying her much as a terrier would a rat. Local color — decided mixture of flying fur and claws, accompanied, whenever an unusually heavy blow struck her ribs, by a pitiable blat. When we were finally able to take in the situation. As and I and the slaughter house formed practically an equilateral triangle, and simultaneously from our respect- ive positions we opened a converging fire. At the first shot that bear came off the moose like a cat off a fence, and after hesitating a moment on landing, apparently puz- zled which direction to take, he came in a bee-line for me. Meantime we kept our Winchesters busy, and when he had reached a point about half-way between the moose and myself, he rose on his hindlegs to his full height, tot- tered for a second, and then slowly, half backward and sidewise, a collapsed bear. “Got him,” from As. We now inspected the arena and victim. Each time we approached the moose, which was steadily regarding us, she would make frantic and piteous attempts to get on her feet, only to fall again in a more helpless heap. We judged that the bear had injured the backbone, thus prac- tically paralyzing the hindfeet. The space surrounding the moose, in a diameter of say twenty-five feet, was all trampled up and littered with tufts of hair and stained with pools of blood, testifying to the desperate nature of the struggle that had been going on. From the height at which a fallen tree was broken, we judged that the moose had tried to reach the lake as a possible chance to drown the bear off her back. The animal herself was covered with blood, her skin shredded to ribbons, one eye gone and hair torn out in “clawfuls,” while later we dis- covered that the bear had driven in most of her ribs. I wanted to put her out of her misery, but As dissuaded me, as he said she might recover if left alone; but really he was thinking about that statute in regard to lady moose, I guess. I now went to the assistance of As, who had hold of one of the bear’s hindpaws and was making valiant but rather uncertain efforts to reach the lake, towing the bear. After some little difficulty we got him comfortably into the canoe and went off to trail up the moose we had shot the night before. Passing the dam on our return a couple of hours later, we decided to have a second look at the battle ground, and found that the cow had died in the interval. That is about all of this unheard-of tragedy of the forest, except that that afternoon six excited “sports” and guides from camp viewed the remains and finally believed. Two days later As was cursing roundly while packing the head and hide over a rocky trail. To-day I am sending the taxidermist final instructions in regard to mounting. Henry Dunnell. Spring's Ever Inspiring Advance. Sayre, Pa., March 24. — The sure manifestations of spring are on every hand. The pussy willows are smiling fresh and green under the touch of the south wind, and wild geese are honking their way northward in a steady drift. The Susquehanna is harboring great companies of wildfowl wading along its still reaches of water. Robins and bluebirds are in evidence everywhere, and out in the big meadows the sweet song of the little ground sparrow falls, softly upon the air. There is something wonderfully inspiring about the simple little ditties which this early migrant sings with all the charm and ardor of, a more pretentious musician. Bluebirds are reported more plentiful than for several years past, a fact which will cause bird lovers to feel a new measure of hope for a return of the old conditions, when the blue coats were swirling in force throngh every northern orchard. It is. too early to estimate accurately the effect of the past winter upon the grouse and quail supply. In con- versation with a few parties who have been recently afield, information indicates that the grouse have cared for themselves in good shape, as usual; but the quail have fared ill in many localities. It is hoped, however, that later observations will bring more encouraging reports. M. Chill. Spring on Staten Island. Prince’s Bay, N. Y., March 17.— Editor Forest and Stream: I have read lately of the signs of an early spring. It has been recorded that the skunk cabbage is out, and certain buds, when cut with the knife, have shown an unusually early start, and that song sparrows were here; but the true harbinger of spring I saw to-day —the tree swallow. This is the first time in my expe- rience that I have seen a swallow in this part of the coun- try on the 17th of March. I watched him for a long time making graceful circles in the air, and when the sun caught the fine plumage on his back, the steel-greenish color was most beautiful. It outclassed all shades of green so prominent to-day; it was a rest for my eyes to notice that beautiful green. I have had song sparrows around my place all winter. I fed them, and they paid as good as cash on every sunny day with their song. Robins and bluebirds have been here all winter, but have been scarce, and one would have to travel some to find them, unless acquainted with their winter habits. *** A ** Loony ” Question. That California correspondent, J. D. C, writes inter- estingly of the striped bass. But will he have the kind- ness to tell us when he ever saw “the cusps of the new moon high in the starry zenith” ? I can’t figure the thing out, especially as he intimates that it was late at night. Aztec. 254 FOREST AND STREAM. [April i, 1905 National Park Game* G. E. Farrow, superintendent of Yellowstone Park hotels, said the other day, while on a trip in the East : “The buffalo herd in Yellowstone Park, started by the United States Government, and during the past few years very carefully watched to prevent the death of the young, is increasing rapidly, and will this year number between twenty and twenty-five more animals than a year ago at this time. The herd is in excellent condition. It has wintered well, and the calves are growing fast and appear to be sound and strong. It has been the wish of the Government officers to increase the herd until it resem- bles the old-time herds which covered the Western prai- ries. The experiment of propagating the animals is definitely a success, and the army officers, upon whom the work has largely devolved, are correspondingly pleased. Major Pitcher, of the United States Army, represents the Government in the Park, and is practi- cally and officially the custodian of the herd. “There is every promise that the natural increase of the herd will add twenty more animals this summer. The buffalo calves of last year survived remarkably well, and there is no reason why the calves this year should not meet equal success. The buffalo don’t need to struggle for a living. Feed is good, the valleys give them splendid shelter, and they have the pick of grazing lands over which to roam. “The other wild animals in the Yellowstone are in- creasing in number. Elk and deer came down to the Mammoth Hot Springs this winter in large numbers and roamed around within plain sight. The deep snows on the mountains forced them to lower altitudes. They didn’t seem to mind the snow or cold and appeared to be in the very best of shape. The bears increase yearly, and are one of the first attractions to the tourists, since they do not hesitate to come into the open where they may be seen. They are mild mannered and inoffensive, bothered more with designs on the hotel garbage piles than with hostile operations against mere men and women. The garbage piles attract them every night, and they fight and quarrel and talk bear politics over the empty canned goods tins to the amusement of thousands of people who annually witness the banquets ‘down at the dump.’ “Magnificent trout fishing is promised for the coming season, which opens June 1. The Government prohibited trout fishing during the winter, and not a line has been dropped into the dozens of beautiful streams since last fall. More to the point, the trout are watched, and where they seem to be thinning out, steps are taken to give them a chance to multiply again. There will be royal sport for the summer visitors this year; better even than in previous seasons, and that is saying a good deal. There is no better protection of fish and game than that of the Federal Government in the Yellowstone Park.” Connecticut's License Bill. live, a valuable cow was killed two falls ago by a mob of this sort. The owner never received any compensation whatever. Much has been written on the subject of “What is a sportsman?” While there may be a vast difference of opinion on this subject in some respects, let us hope that all agree on one point — that in whatever branch one may seek sportsmanship, he may at least be willing to main- tain his favorite pastime at his own expense. A man can neither possess good sportsmanship nor good citizen- ship if he fails to concede that his rights end where an- other man’s rights begin. It cannot fairly be expected that the man whose hobby may be horse-racing should be compelled to bear the expense of supplying game for sportsmen who shoot, any more than it would be fair for the latter to supply horses for those who like to race them. All new movements for bettering old conditions have a greater or lesser amount of opposition. This bill is no exception to that rule. Last year the “bone of conten- tion” was the new trespass law. There were legions of those who considered that law an imposition on personal freedom, never for a moment conceding the right of the landowner to enjoy his own property and to protect the same, and thereby insure his own personal freedom as guaranteed by the Constitution of our land. To-day, how- ever, many of those who talked the loudest at that time are talking just as loud the other way. They have found that very few requests to hunt on the farmers’ land have been refused. That it is more satisfactory to hunt on land with the owner’s permission to do so than to hunt with the expectation of being ordered off every minute. Personally I firmly believe that as it has been with the trespass law just so will it be with this bill when it has become law and had a fair test. They who condemn it now will be loudest in its praise in a year or so from now. William H. Avis. Higha'ood, Conn., March 8. Maine Game Interests. Editor Forest and Stream: The bill now before the Connecticut Legislature which places a tax of one dollar upon residents of the State and ten dollars upon aliens for the privilege of hunting within the State, is creating considerable discussion among sportsmen. In fact, the majority of sportsmen appear to regard such a law as an infringement on what they con- sider to be their rights. For one, I fail to see the justice of such a claim. It seems to me that the very purpose for which this bill was created should appeal favorably to all sportsmen who honestly believe in the propagation of game and the impartial enforcement of the game laws. The money col- lected through this tax is to be used for replenishing the quail supply, and, as I understand, for other stocking pur- poses, besides the payment of warden expenses for stricter enforcement of the game laws. It seems incomprehensible that men who go afield with dog and gun are yet unwilling to contribute so small a sum as one dollar a year toward perpetuating _ their favorite pastime. If our game is to be preserved, it can only be through the channels of strenuous work, and some sacrifice on the part of those who find recreation and pleasure in seeking it afield. And they who find diver- sion in this manner from the monotonous hum-drum of “getting a living” should be the last to cry oyer the ex- penditure of one dollar a year for the continuation of hunting. If persons who indulge in such sport are averse to footing the expense, who do they expect will come forward and volunteer to pay for their pleasure? Among some sportsmen (so-called) there exists an inconsistent sentiment of what they are pleased to style “principle” in this matter. They contend that such a law will inter- fere with their rights as free American citizens. Now, if shooting and fishing are to be perpetuated, and that portion of the community who care nothing for such pursuits should be compelled to foot the entire expense for the same, then where do their rights as free American citizens come in? Personally, I am proud to call myself a sportsman, and earnestly hope the day will never come when I will expect someone else to bear the burdens which may necessarily attach to my pleasure. < There is another strong point to be considered in this bill. Its passage, which seems assured, will tend to eliminate a large percentage of the destructive element from our fields and woods. The farmer’s fowl and cattle will be more secure, and his fences and other property. The foreigner who cannot speak our language and knows nothing of our laws will be held in restraint until he has had time at least to learn a little of both. And it can be truthfully said that sportsmen who live jn the city know nothing of the trouble which this foreign element causes the farmer. Just a few miles north of where I Bangor, Me., March 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: If non-resident Maine sportsmen have seen the reports current in the daily press for the last month or two, relative to the proposed changes in the Maine hunt- ing and fishing laws, they must be wondering if a non- resident is to be welcomed in this State at all another season. Your correspondent is very glad to be able to say that much of the threatened legislation has failed to prove acceptable to the legislative committee before whom fish and game hearings are held, and while a general fish and game bill has been reported by that committee to the Legislature now in session, it is greatly modified from the original draft, and is in fact shorn of some of its most dangerous features. The original draft, as presented by Senator Stetson of Penobscot, was sportsmanlike in one thing, although to carry out the provision would, it seemed to old hunters, be practically impossible and result in the leav- ing of great numbers of carcasses to spoil. It pro- vided that but one doe deer might be shot by a hunter, while still permitting him two, one of which must be a buck. It was also proposed to so change the moose law that the season should more nearly compare with that of the neighboring Canadian provinces, permitting the killing of moose for the first fifteen days of October and maintaining the same length of season by cutting off the last half of November. This change was not indorsed by the chafVman of the fish and game com- mission, but he yielded to the desires of those resort proprietors who had seen the fall business materially reduced by the operation of the hunter’s license, and felt that inducements should be held out to bring back the sportsmen who had wandered beyond their reach. Mr. Carleton is evidently sane enough to realize that this would be killing the goose, for he took pains to tell the committee that he had inserted the measure against his better judgment. * Another proposed change was to cut off the fifteen days in December, now allowed for deer killing, and many hoped and expected, almost, that this would mean an opening of the season for the last half of September. The first provision of the bill in its new draft is to continue the protection of caribou another six years, so that they cannot be legally killed before October 15, 1911. As there are practically no caribou in the State to protect, and the protection hitherto accorded that migratory animal has scarcely resulted in any noticeable increase, the status of this branch of big game hunting will hardly be benefited, either way. Should the conditions which drove these animals from Maine be removed or overcome, it may be that there will be a great increase in the number of caribou in the State before another six years have passed into history. Thefnext provision would seemwrongto thosewhowish to see the moose protected, and violators of the moose law punished so severely that they will not wish to again transgress, since it reduces the fine, which has been “not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand” dollars, and substitutes a fine “not exceed- ing five hundred” dollars. Thus the fine for killing a moose illegally may be any sum the court and the commissioners may agree upon, or if another clause of the same section passes, the whole matter of settle- ment is between the commissioner, whose judgment may be final, and the offender, with any sum from one cent to five hundred dollars as the price to pass from the offender to the commissioner. The clause referred to is an innocent appearing one, and extends to the com- missioners of inland fisheries and game certain “powers of the commissioners of the sea and sho fisheries.” Examination into the provisions of sectic 61 of chapter 41 of R. S. shows this power to be most vital one, and in the hands of an unprincipl commissioner might be made the legalizing of almo any sort of extortion from those who should prefe having violated the law or having been accused of doing, to pay any price and avoid the ignominy inconvenience of a public trial. The law allows t sea and shore fisheries commissioner to make sett ments according to his judgment with violators, wit out recourse to the law, and it is claimed by those w pretend to know, to be in the interest of the offendir1 hunter who may be caught red-handed far from civiliz tion, and who would like to settle on the spot if could, and avoid a long trip to the settlements, with trial there, adding greatly to the costs. This soun well, but for several years the wardens have clairm to have a system that has practically permitted sett ments along this line, when there was no chance escape for the accused by a trial. Of course, t' present commissioners would never be guilty of a: lowing graft to enter into their department, but wit no public record of a trial, and a returning of moneys received in penalties direct into the hands the State treasurer, as now provided for by law, it wou not be difficult to receive and apply to the personal e richment of commissioner, warden or even depu warden, a considerable sum now and then from son non-resident who might be more wealthy than wis and who should prefer to “settle” for almost any su if thereby he might continue his outing and avo public humiliation. Who would be the wiser if t case should never be reported to the commissioner, to the Governor and Council? It would forever r main a secret between the accused man and him w should collect the fine. With a State department th. does not publish a record in its reports of the cas< and how settled, no one is in a position to kno whether his particular case ever got beyond the wooc where he first met the warden, and where he was ri lieved of -his spare cash, for his violation of the law Lawbreaking should be made so obnoxious that r sportsman visiting the Maine woods will indulge it, and if a man is caught he should be taken before court, tried, and if convicted, made to pay the penalty- barring, of course, those occasional cases where thei are mitigating circumstances. To evade this princip of Americanism is to endanger the whole system game protection, and put into the hands of unscrupu ous men a weapon that they won’t need to learn use, and use effectively, too. This very clause, if n other, is likely to be the rock on which the bill no before the Legislature will founder. Although t legislative committee has reported favorably on it the new draft, there has been all through the sessio a sentiment against any meddling with the game law as they are, and the leading papers of the State hav expressed it as wise to let well enough alone, at lea for a couple of years more, to give people a chanc to become acquainted with what law there now And the indications are that there will be one of t most interesting fights of the present session when t bill comes up for passage. A special section, to appease the farmers, has bee put into the bill, allowing in so many words t cultivator of crops to kill any deer “doing actua substantial damage to any growing cultivated crop provided he does not “pursue the deer beyond t limits of his cultivated land in which the damage being done.” He may consume the deer in his ow family, but must send a full account of the killing the commissioners. All persons are forbidden to plac any salt as an attraction to deer. The next section is of special interest to nor residents, since it adds to the license law already force, one to compel bird hunters from out of t State to pay $5.00 for the privilege of hunting bin this five dollars to be deducted from the cost of big game license if the hunter remain to hunt larg game. Thus bird hunters must pay five dollars, an hunters of “bull moose or deer, or ducks, partridge woodcock or other birds or wild animals” must pa fifteen dollars therefor. If this law is interpreted liter, ally, it looks as if the man who wants to hunt bear, foxes, wildcats or hedgehogs will be obliged to ta out a license at least to hunt birds, if he would avoi arrest, although there is no license price mentione for the other wild animals than moose and deei Other wild animals do not call for a license, but t commissioners have had so much difficulty in makin;,; every man who carried a gun in the Maine wooc procure a license before he went into the woods, an were helpless when the man was merely hunting bird or bear, that they are trying to make it easy to ap prehend every evader of the principles of the licens law. The moose hunting law is to be amended so tha the points or tines on the horns of the bull moos that has passed the calf age, must be at least thre inches long on each of their horns. This will preserv the freaks with well developed antlers on one side am none on the other, if the hunter sees the undevelope: side first. Another provision will ease a part of the limitation under which the taxidermists are now working, sine it permits those having a license to buy and tan dee, skins, to buy the heads also, if not detached from th skin. And marketmen, having purchased deer, ma sell the heads of same to taxidermists. Under the head of fish the new bill provides tha; one persona may take but 25 pounds of togue, in stead of forty as allowed for the last two years. Th clause allowing trollers for bass to keep white perc April i, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM, * 2BB so caught during the close season for . that fish, and which has covered a multitude of _ piscatorial, sins against the big white perch of Maine lakes, is re- pealed. . ... , In addition to the wild birds that may be killed, are mentioned “mudhens” kingfishers and blue herons, so called.” Perpetual close time is placed on eagles and vultures. I These are the provisions of the bill now before |the Legislature, and at this writing it is impossible |:o write whether the bill will pass, or not. In general, ■bills favorably reported by committees, have been ac- cepted, but a disposition is apparent this year to have jhomething to say on matters on the floor of the House, 1 ana some measures have been passed against the ma- il ority of the committee. Herbert W. Rowe. ( North Carolina Bird Protection. ij The Audubon Society of North Carolina, which has in charge the work of bird and game protection in ;hat State, has just issued its Third Annual Report, a pamphlet which contains much of interest, and vhich carries the work through the winter of 1904-5. Hhe society is carrying forward in a systematic I nanner the work of more fully acquainting the people « jf the State with the importance of protecting the ' rirds, and preserving the game, and is also employing his strong a force of wardens as possible to enforce itie State and county bird and game laws. In the work of education, it is sending out much terature which has to do with the State, or which is f more general interest, such as the educational leaflets •sued by the National Association of Audubon iocieties or by the United States Government for free istribution. Within the past year, nearly 137,000 free ublications have been scattered through, the State, ggregating nearly 24,000,000 of printed information. Moreover, it has established certain loan libraries of lature books, which are circulated among the young, and besides this the secretary has given illustrated ectures at many places in the State. This year the game wardens numbered 45, against ;g last year. They have done a great deal of good, -hough of course not all are equally efficient. One iBjf the most interesting works that the society has to lo is in protecting the sea birds, of which vast multi- udes formerly bred along the North Carolina coast. “Seven barren islands were used by the birds in the summer of 1904 for their breeding grounds. These .vere Bird Lump, Davis Lump, Legget Lump, Royal shoal, Whalebone Beach, Ocracoke Beach, and Swan Island Marsh. These islands are located in the ;ounties of Dare, Hyde, and Carteret. Five men were employed to guard them, and as a result the birds were unmolested with possibly one exception, l.he rookeries were visited by the wardens almost daily, and about 2,700 young are believed to have been reared, an increase of 1,000 over last year’s brood. The increase of the sea birds is very noticeable in Pamlico Sound, where the fishermen are much pleased in consequence, the fact being often pointed out that the birds aid materially in locating schools of fish, and are thus of a most pronounced value. In August, the secretary counted 341 young royal terns on Royal Shoal Island, and repeatedly photographed them as they ran along the beach. Sixty least tern, eggs are known to have hatched in one of the colonies. Only to or 12 eggs of this bird were laid on our coast in the summer of 1903; while 15 years ago probably 500,- i)00 birds frequented our sounds. The millinery feather- hunters are responsible for this great depletion in their numbers.” The report shows, briefly but pointedly, the money value of game protection. It is shown that in Guilford County alone, the hunting privileges leased by non-residents are over 153,000 acres of agricultural land, the farmers receiving in return for these exclusive hunting privileges about $7,500, or sufficient money to pay the taxes on the land. The system works well and the birds are not unduly shot. The north- ern gunners shoot but few birds and leave much money in the State. With the wildfowl shooting along the Sound the case is much the same. The secretary re- cently examined the record book of a gunning club itt eastern North Carolina which showed that about 4,000 ducks and geese had been killed during the winter by the 21 members of the dub, and the money spent by these members in North Carolina during the shooting season showed that each duck killed had cost between $n and $12. In Currituck County the past season the native gunners received about $100,000 cash for the ducks and geese which they killed and sold to local buyers, to be shipped to the Northern markets. When game is properly cared for, the natural in- crease is greater than is necessary in order that nature may keep up the species; therefore, the land owner with more game on his estate than is necessary for the propagation of the species, may well look seriously into the subject of how he may secure the most for the surplus birds. There is at the present time a very great demand for the live quail for purposes of pro- pagation. Men wish to liberate them on large tracts of land, where they will be abundantly cared for, and, in days to come, furnish good shooting. Quail for breeding purposes are now worth from $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen, and yet we have all seen the time when live birds sold in our city markets for 4c. or. 5c. each. These are but examples of many points which might be cited, illustrative of the facts that it is of tremend- ous importance to North Carolina that reasonable game laws be rigidly enforced; and the study of the subject of how the birds can be of most value to the people of North Carolina is, of course, one of the duties of the Audubon Society, and it is a matter to which its officers are giving most careful considera- tion. A list of members of the society closes the pamphlet, •which L capitally illustrated by a number of half- tones. Persons who are interested in the work of game and bird preservation would do well to see this peport. The Fox a Game Destroyer* Delaware Water Gap, Pa., March 2$.— Editor Forest and Stream: I am sorry to learn that so many . of your valued contributors seem to think that the fox is not a game destroyer. I wish that some ©f them could have gone with me in times past and seen what I have seen of' this greatest of all game destroyers. I have roamed these old forests of my native State from my early boy- hood days, and when alone among these wild mountains with none but myself, and occasionally my setter dog, have had ample opportunity of observing what this old night prowler makes many favorite mentis upon — the ruffed grouse. I have seen in numbers of instances where he has bounded upon the birds. My mind runs back to- night as I write of an old sly drummer grouse. Time and again he had eluded me in his cover of a large, clump of rhododendrons by whirring from the opposite side before I could approach anywhere near him. I had endeavored to match my skill against his that 1 might approach the clump, but he was ever upon the alert for me. He had an old log right by the clump upon which he would sound forth his favorite tattoo. I had gone there expecting him to whirr out long before I could approach within range of him. There was a light flurry of snow upon the ground, and as I approached nearer and nearer to the coveted spot he did not as usual rise. I finally paused a moment when within twenty or twenty-five yards, and as he did not then rise, I walked to the clump, intending to see if he had spent the night there. As I came within a few yards of it, I saw upon the snow the footprints of a sly old Reynard. He had approached the bush in a curving course ; here evidently his trail ended. . I paused a moment wondering what had become of him. As I glanced ahead, I should imagine eight feet, he had made this bound, and landed upon the old drummer, -who was taking his night’s repose, not looking for this his dead- liest enemy. He carried his prey a few . feet from the spot and there devoured all there was of him, leaving the snow covered with his crimson blood and beautiful brown plumage. This is just one of the many instances I might cite. I am sorry that so many of my fellow sportsmen are so little aware of what an awful game destroyer the fox is. We fellow sportsmen are so like-minded in our tastes and opinions, that I am longing for the the day to come when we shall be all like-minded and stand for the ex- termination of this our worst game bird enemy. J. M. Kistler. Bakersfield, Vt. — The winter up here has been a severe one, though we believe that the ruffed grouse win- tered well, as they are often seen by those who are out in the woods. We nave many times seen where a fox has tried to catch a grouse that was under the snow,, but have never seen where it has succeeded in so doing. The “thundering boom” that a grouse gives when it comes up out from the snow is undoubtedly its protection, as it must be very demoralizing to such a highly strung and nervous animal as a fox, as the long jumps that it gives away from the locality plainly show that it was consider- ably rattled, and that fright and fear had overcome its desire for a grouse dinner. We once saw one afternoon an old gentleman walk up several birds that were buried under the snow, and though he knew what to expect, every time that a bird got up it so rattled him that they were out of range before he could “gather his wits” enough to shoot. Stanstead. The Michigan Deer. These are a few of the charges Ed. H. Gillman makes against pot-hunters, some settlers and others up in Alpena and Montmorency counties, showing that the game laws do not protect and will not as long as this custom exists. Mr. Gillman’s views were ex- pressed to a reporter of the Detroit Evening News: “I have probably talked more and been to Lansmg at my own expense oftener than any man in Michigan. Men acquainted with the situation in the deer country know that I am right and know that unless, there is a sudden stop to practices which have been in vogue up there, we will have no deer in a few years. “This talk of prohibiting the shooting of deer is all foolishness. The deer were wont to yard in the cedar swamps after the timber was cut away, but now there are camps of men depleting the swamps of their cedar for ties, telegraph poles and other uses, and the deer have no place for shelter. In December and January, after the close of the season, any amount of . deer are killed for consumption in these camps. Partridges are slaughtered as well. They are budding in the trees, and one can get within five yards of them before they move. “Men have come to me and said that they have seen the lawless element in Alpena and Montmorency counties trade venison for pork in the. summer. Why, they have come in on our land and killed deer in the red coat and left the legs on logs, so that we discovered them at the opening of the hunt. One party boasted of killing nineteen deer on the Turtle Lake preserve out of season. “We are going to take steps to stop this if possible, and at a meeting of the board we have decided to offer a reward of $25 for the conviction of anybody killing game or catching trout out of season or setting fire to the forests. “Now the license law, what is it? Nothing, that’s all. Let them limit the deer killed to two for each man. The license should be taken out in the county where the man is going to shoot and by the man him- self, not by proxy. The license law with its three tags has nothing to do with the preservation of deer. Some have killed eighteen or twenty and boasted of it A man should put his tag on the deer when killed and if it isn’t there the warden should confiscate the carcass and make arrests. The non-resident license should also allow a man to take one deer to his home, when properly tagged. “Some parties will get tags for, say, five men, that means fifteen deer, and then one man will shoot them nil. as the others do not know how. • They never tag the venfsfcm they eat in camp, ant? sortie shipp'en deer to friends and bad them send the tags back by return mail so they could be used again. “The license ought to affect everybody, whether with rifle or shotgun. To avoid paying the 75 cents some of the people up there cut the cartridges almost in two and fire them from shotguns. This charge is like a solid slug and will kill a great distance. “The deer season starts now where it should end if one wants to kill deer to eat. It should be from Oct. 15 to Nov. 5, because after that is the mating season and the bucks are unfit for food. In the last part of October we find the woods in all the glory of the Indian summer. Men can hunt in comfort and enjoy the sport as well as to kill stuff fit for the table. “They kick on the preserves, but 1 say that the big clubs are the only ones that protect game and only on their territory will deer be found five years from now. We will have to fence the preserve in, or there won’t be either deer or timber left. The country papers kick on preserves, but the club owners are the only ones who have ever paid taxes since the timber was cut off, and we are trying to preserve what nature en- dowed as much as possible. We are taking care of the second growth forests and protecting them from fires, and residents of the counties in this district will appreciate our efforts in the future if they do not now. “As to small game I say that the partridge and quail seasons should be separated. Partridge should be shot from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 and quail from Nov. 1 to Dec. I. There should be a limit of twelve a day on partridges and twenty on quail, and no man should be allowed to have over fifty of each in his possession. The quail have two broods and the second one is not large enough to shoot until November. “My views on ducks are well enough known. We should have a longer season, say from Sept. 1, so we can shoot teal to Feb. 1, which will enable us to get canvasback. Spring shooting is a curse, and should not be tolerated. It is driving away the mallard, teal and wood duck which raised their young in our State. “When the season ends it should end for all field shooting. A man caught in the woods with a gun should be convicted on that evidence alone. Rabbit shooting to-day kills more quail and partridges than all of us put together.” English Partridges in British Columbia* Vancouver, B. C., March 4. — Editor Forest . and Stream: The following report of the first importation of English partridges into British Columbia is rendered from the Land Registry Office, Vancouver: “Having had charge of the collecting of moneys^ and the shipment afterward of a consignment of partridges from Mr. Cross, Zoological Emporium, Liverpool, we beg to present herewith a financial statement showing how the money has been expended, and also a report covering the whole matter as far as possible. The financial state- ment is attached hereto, but needs some explanation. “The birds were shipped from Liverpool on February 17, 1904. There arrived in Halifax 63 birds aliv.e, and in Vancouver on March 7, 1904, 58 birds alive. These birds were distributed as follows: March 13, 1904, at Mr. McMynn’s farm, 16 birds ; March 14, 1904, at ^Mr- Bowker’s farm, 14 birds; March 20, 1904. at Sea IsBWld, 13 birds; March 20, 1904, at Mr. McKee’s farm, 14 birds. Total 57 birds. “As one bird died on March 15, after arriving in Van- couver, it will be seen that the total number of birds was distributed. “Some 18 to 20 birds were seen on Sea Island during November, 1904, and various other reports have reached us that several coveys have hatched out ; but it has been difficult to obtain reliable infonration as to the Sea Island birds. Two coveys of from 8 to 10 each have been seen on Mr. Thompson’s farm at the Delta. “At Langley the birds did exceedingly well, four coveys were hatched out, consisting of from ro to 14 birds each, three remaining on Mr. Bowker’s farm and one finding its way to Mr. Jolly’s farm, some four miles away. These birds have been seen frequently, and while it is believed that two of the coveys have been shot at, the other two coveys are still intact, and there are some birds left of the two coveys that were broken up. “From the information we have, we believe that at least 70 young birds have been seen, and that it would be safe to estimate that there are at least 120 European par- tridges in the Province to-day.” Tne above report will show that the birds have thrived in the country, and there appears no doubt that they will do well if only given an opportunity. It is proposed to order some more this year. It is to be hoped that all those interested will contribute toward this end. J. L. G. Abbott, E. M. Chaldecott. What About the Porcupine ? London, Eng., March 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will you kindly aid me in determining the ethics of shoot- ing porcupines’? I am going for a trip to the woods of Nova Scotia after trout, and have in times past always shot those inoffensive animals, because the guides are all agreed that they destroy many trees. I understand that in Maine a bounty of twenty-five cents a head is given for them. Perhaps a discussion in your columns would not be uninteresting, and would make for clearness on this much disputed point. Whether “porky” makes a good roast or stew is also an interesting question. In Nova Scotia the Indians all eat him with gusto, but the whites fight shy. Edward Breck. A Song of Spring. Oh, I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the South, Settled among the alder holts and twittering by the stream; I would put my tiny tail down, and put up my tiny mouth. And sing my tiny life away in one melodius dream, I would sing about the blossoms, and the sunshine and the sky. And the tiny wife I mean to have in such a cosy nest; And if someone came and shot me dead, why then I could but die, With my tiny life and tiny song, just ended at their best. - CSA&LES KlNGSLEX. 208 Non-Resident Laws and the Constitution. Prescott, Arizona, March 12. — Editor Forest m£ Stream: Ini the various discussions on the subject of non-resident license laws that have appeared from time to time in your columns, the question of their constitu- tionality seems never to have been raised. Article 4, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States states : “The citizens of each State shall be en- titled to all privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States.” Article 14 states : “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” In an old decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, under the former article the following language was used: “It was undoubtedly the object of the clause in question to place the citizens of each State upon the same footing with citizens of other States, so far as the advantages resulting from citizenship in those States are concerned. It relieves them from the disabilities of alien- age in other States ; it inhibits discriminating legislation against them by other States ; it gives thenp the right of free ingress into other States and egress from them; it insures to them in other States the same freedom pos- sessed by the citizens of those States in the acquisition and enjoyment of property and in the pursuit of happi- ness.” In a later decision the court held, “The clause plainly includes the right to be exempt from any higher taxes and excises than are imposed by the State on its ozun citizens All State license laws that have been brought to my notice provide for a special tax in the form of a license discriminating against non-residents in direct violation of the articles of the Constitution above quoted. There is apparently no objection to a State law discriminating against aliens, but there is a strong probability that such a law leveled against citizens of another State would be declared unconstitutional in case the matter could be brought before the Supreme Court of the United States. A discussion of the legal aspects of this question in your columns might be of great interest to those who are in doubt as to the legality of the various discriminating State license laws. . Prescott. FOREST AND STREAM. Policemen and Pistols. Mdittr Forest and- Stream: A circumstance that goes to illustrate what the editor had to say about how some policemen handle their pistols occurred in the street in Philadelphia only a few days ago. A policeman, who was pursuing a 14-year-old boy who had been charged with robbing another boy, was running after him in what would be one of the most crowded streets in town at that time in the evening, when he drew his pistol and fired a shot at the boy, but sent the ball through the breast of a young woman who was directly between him and the boy he was firing at. Then, not noting that he had hit the woman, he ran on past her and caught the boy. A policeman who could not arrest a 14-year-old boy without shooting at him, is as much out of place on the force with a pistol as he would be without it, though he probably is now no longer on that police force. An officer on the Pittsburg police force was shot and killed a few weeks ago by one of his men while they were at target practice. It was an accident, of course, but it would never have occurred if the man had known how to handle his pistol. It was discharged while he was in the act of drawing it. Cabia Blanco. Mild Weather in the Northwest. Keller, Wash., March 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: Thus far we have had the most delightful weather I have ever experienced in this country in March. That is, so far as my recollection goes. The winter has been free from severe storms, and there was but little snow com- pared with past winters. We had two cold spells, but they were of short duration. The early snow in January crusted, which made it hard on the deer, yet it was not deep. Lots of horses wintered here in the mountains, and while I have been around quite a lot, I have not so far seen a single carcass. One of our miners, hunting horses a short time ago, while going up the San-Poil, saw a cougar, and his dog treed it. The miner had a .22 rifle and he shot the cougar in the head, killing it dead. Grouse seem to be very plentiful this spring, and they came down from the [April i, 1905. - -- 1 mountains the first of March this year, when usually it is the middle. Robins wintered with us this winter for the first time to my recollection. Larks often do. Wild geese wintered along the Columbia, and are often seen going north now. Lew Wilmot. Legislation at Albany. Albany, March 25.— Fish and game matters were dull in the Legislature the past week. The only , development of interest in this connection was the attempt to pass through the Assembly the i bill of Assemblyman Hubbs (Int. No. 113) to allow the spring shooting of ducks in Suffolk county. The bill has been greatly amended so as to take in other sections of the State. It got but fifty-four votes, which is twelve short of a constitutional majority. Assemblyman Hubbs hopes to bring it up again and pass it. The Senate has passed the bill of Senator Prime (Int. No. 98), making an appropriation for restocking the Adirondack region with . wild moose. The Assembly has passed the following bills: Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 866) relative to the close season 1 for deer in certain counties. Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 1019) relative to fishing through the ice in Big Sandy Pond, Oswego county. Assemblyman Steven’s (Int. No. 1006), relative to the close season for trout in certain counties. Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 784), relative to fishing in Lake Ontario in Oswego county. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 115), amending the game law in relation to penalties. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 266), in relation to the close ' season for grouse, woodcock and quail in certain counties. Assemblyman Plank’s (Int. No. 958), relative to the close .season ; for muskallonge in the St. Lawrence River. Bills have been introduced as follows: Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 1205), amending Section 82,so as to provide that muskallonge, black bass and yellow bass shall not be fished for, taken or possessed in Chautauqua county from Nov. 16 to June 15, both inclusive, unless by the State for the purpose of propagation, nor shall they be fished for or taken , from any of the waters of the county on any day after dusk and before daylight. Bullheads may be fished for and taken through the ice with hook and line, baited with angle worms, in any of the lakes of the county. Assemblyman Standard’s, by request (Int. No. 1214), amending Section 30, so as to provide that plover, ringneck or killdeer, 1 dowitcher, willett or sandpiper shall not be taken or possessed ' from Jan. 1 to Aug. 15, both inclusive. Section 108 is amended so as to make the close season for Wilson snipe, commonly called English snipe, from May 1 to Aug. 31. Assemblyman Coutant’s (Int. No. 1295), amending Section 75, providing that herring may be taken in the Delaware River, and that part of the Hudson River below the dam at Troy, with nets operated by hand only, from March 15 to June 30, both inclusive. i The Assembly Committee has reported Assemblyman Hapman’s bill (Int. No. 1105), relative to fishing through the ice in Cross Lake, Cayuga county. Among the Florida Keys. From Miami to Key West and beyond extends a shal- low sea dotted with small and large islets. Toward the north and west these are little but mud, mangroves and mosquitoes, but toward the West and south they often show white beaches of coral sand and sometimes a little soil capable of cultivation, while cocoanut palms are not infrequent. The belt of islets is from ten to forty miles in width, and around the inner ones stretch wide sounds of shallow water and broad flats of sand or mud barely covered by the tide. Between the outer keys are fre- quent channels called creeks, through which the tide ebbs and flows, and beyond the outer line on the east coast is a belt of shoal water from three to five miles wide ex- tending to the Florida Reef, from which the bottom plunges downward rapidly to the channel of the great Gulf Stream. On the west coast the water is shoal all through the Bay of Florida, deepening gradually toward the Gulf of Mexico. The whole region naturally divides itself into two districts, the “east coast” and “west coast,” as they are commonly distinguished, the territory be- tween the keys being rather similar to and generally in- cluded with the latter. These two districts differ con- siderably in the character of their waters and the in- habitants thereof, the east coast being washed by water of crystal clearness, peopled by the Spanish mackerel, kingfish, barracuda, amber jack, and others that rarely appear on the western shore, while the waters of the west coast are more cloudy, and inhabited by the great rays, the sawfish, the sheepshead and the. drums, gray and red. The tarpon frequents both' coasts, but appears earlier and is, I think, more numerous on the west side, while sharks are common everywhere. The eastern fish and fishing have been most fully and carefully described by Mr. W. H. Gregg in his admirable work, “When, Where and How to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida,” and Mr. Chas. F. Holder, in his fascinating volume, “The Big Game Fishes of the United States,” has written most exhaustively and lovingly of the principal tenants of both districts. Anyone contemplating a fishing trip to Florida will find these two books give abundant information as well as the keenest pleasure. My own experience is limited to a little fishing near Miami a year or two ago, and a month’s cruise of very recent date; in which last I saw and fished, most of the country, but at an unfavorable season and with unusually bad weather. Still we succeeded in taking forty species in all, including most of the principal fishes of both coasts, with the unfortunate exception of the tarpon, for which we were far too early, having started our cruise in the middle of January and ended it half way through the following month. To get the best results the northern fisherman might leave Miami about the middle of February, spend two weeks on the east coast, and reach Marc© or Punta Rassa about March i, by which time he aught t» lad plenty of tarpon. Doing this he is not likely t® «*et with many northers,” which put an end to all ishin# while they blow, and still will be early enough to escape any great heat and the worst of the flies, which l#st are present in places favorable for them at all seasons, but are not v®ry bad until spring, when the west coast is said to be almost intolerable, and even the more favored east tr not free 'from the scourge In part from my own limited experience, but mainly from the evidence of my guides, I think there is really nothing especially desirable in the way of rod-fishing in the west except for the tarpon ; but, should the fisherman succumb to the attractions of the chase with the spear, as he is likely to do after the first trial, this district is the better for it. In the excessively clear waters of the. east, fish have every opportunity to see the angler and his line, and they do not fail to make the most of them. As a consequence nearly all are extremely shy and madden one by the calmest indifference to the most seductive baits. To ob- tain success one must get his bait to the fish whil$ himself at a considerable distance, and this must be done either by trolling or by making a long cast or letting the sinker run down with the tide, and the bait lie on the bottom until a fish strikes. Of course a running sinker must be used, so that the lightest nibble can be felt. If these fish were surface feeders, one could have ideal sport with the fly, and I understand that this has been successfully tried by one or two anglers when fishing in shallow waters.' There seem to be few large flies in the country, and the fish live on minnows or crustaceans, so the fly is not offered to them as a fly, but as a strange moving, and therefore living, object, which is presented and snatched away until a rush is made at it and the unwise investigator is hooked in censequence. Mr. Dimmock, whom I met at Marco, and who has done wonders with the camera and with the spear, tells me that he has had excellent sport with channel bass and small tarpon by using the fly in this manner. In the channels between the keys fishing is greatly de- pendent on the state of the tide, as fish seem to travel back and forth with the currents while feeding, and when the tide is running strongly it is very difficult to . feel the delicate nibble which is usually all that is given. Slack water and the hour or so preceding and following it is the favorable period, and if fish are not taken then you had better try some other place. On the outer reef this is not so much the case, and one can often find suc- cess at any stage of the tide. Florida fish are, however, very freaky and uncertain, like most other fish, and often choose their time for biting and for refusing to do so without apparent reason; but patience and diligence will bring success in the South as in the North. As most of these fish are bottom feeders, a pretty heavy sinker is usually necessary for still-fishing, and this dead weight is of course a nuisance in fishing and a great hindrance and disadvantage in playing a fish when hooked. In the channels and shoal water one can gen- erally use moderately light tackle, though it is always possible that you may hook something large enough to endanger your rig. On the reef to use light tackle is to court disaster, as you are practically certain to strike a monster that even the heaviest rig will barely save. At Alligator Reef my companion had his line broken twice, and twice had the full two hundred yards carried away by some irresistible power. Having never before used a tarpon red or a twenty-one thread line, I grew to think them equal t© any strain that could be exerted, so twice had the line broken at the leader knot through holding big amber] acks too tight, and, having hooked two big sharks while trolling for kingfish, succeeded in both eases in breaking the line without losing much, more by - good luck than by any skill. /. Some months ago Mr. L. F. Brown asked me to join in a discussion as to whether fresh or salt-water fish were >; the stronger. Having then had but little salt-water expe- rience, I did not feel qualified to> express an opinion. Now, however, my conviction is fixed beyond shaking ; that the salt-water fish, weight for weight, is greatly the ? more powerful. No one who has seen the rushes and leaps of a barracuda, felt the mighty surges of an amber- j jack or the wild dashes of a kingfish, can for a moment doubt that to any of these the heaviest salmon tackle would be as a thread of gossamer. Using a 24-ounce 6- , foot tarpon rod and a multiplier holding 200 yards of 21-thread line (tested to a dead pull of 42 pounds), and equipped with a pad brake, I have repeatedly had more than a hundred yards torn from the reel, in spite of the greatest pressure that my thumb on the brake and my gloved left hand clasped around line and rod, could pos- sibly exert, by fish that proved when gaffed to weigh only twenty pounds or thereabout. After playing and landing my largest amberfish — four feet long and weighing forty- five pounds — my left arm at the elbow ached very sharply, and I actually had to rest for ten minutes before daring to risk it in another such struggle. Our fishing was done j from the big launch and was difficult in- consequence; it would have been much easier if done from small boats which the fish could tow. The play of the great pelagic fishes caught on or out- side the reef is interestingly different. The barracuda, , sabre-toothed and pike-like, makes fierce and long side runs, and often leaps repeatedly clear from the water; the kingfish, splendid in blue and silver and iridescent with pink and purple, takes the bait with a rush that often carries him ten feet clear of the waves, the squid in his jaws, and then dashes wildly from side to side, away, down, up and everywhere. The amberjack does not leap, but marches away with a force that nothing seems able to check, utterly refuses to yield to pressure, never seems to tire, and is of all fish I have met, the one that fights longest and steadiest, with a fund of reserve power that it seems impossible to exhaust. The huge grouper, battleship of fishes, resists heavily and immovably, and is only too apt to get into a rock hole and leave you trying to lift the State of Florida. Since returning, many have asked me, “Will not your experience with these great and powerful fish make your beloved trout seem small and uninteresting?” To which I answer, “A thousand times no ! It has been wonderful fishing, a very interesting experience, and one to be re- membered with great pleasure ; but I don’t care much to repeat it. The tackle is too heavy, the work too hard, and the fish too many and too big. Far preferable to any of these splendid fish is fontinalis, with his personal beauty, wiliness and wariness, lovely surroundings, and the delicate tackle which must be used to ensnare him. As gossamer gut is to piano wire, as the finest silk line is to heavy linen, as a No. 12 hook is to a 10/0, as a tiny artificial fly is to a five-inch block tin squid, so is the pursuit of fontinalis a finer, more delicate and more at- tractive sport than any that Florida has shown me. The southern fish are magnificent. .superb, in all ways admir- able; but the heavy tackle which must be used in taking them robs the sport, of much of its charm. If Florida ever sees me again, it will be that I may once more use tlie spear, not the rod.” A. St. J. Newberry. Cleveland, Feb SO. April 1, 1905.31 FOREST AND STREAM. 287 The Garfish. BY BARTON WARREN EVERMANN. Through the intellingent interest of Mr. Robert S. Meyer, keeper of the Light Station at Anclote Keys, Florida, the Bureau of Fisheries has received an ac- count of the capture at that place of a specimen of a remarkable fish not previously known from any point on the Atlantic coast of America. Mr. Meyer says: “I inclose a rough sketch of a part of a fish which was killed by a shark Sunday the 12th of February, and which drifted upon the beach on west side of the light. The part which came on shore was 7 feet long, about 9 inches wide, and 4 inches thick. The skin was like bright silver, with no scales, with black marks, as shown in the sketch. Eight blood-red plumes which come out at the top of the head were each about 28 inches long. One long plume 36 inches long came out of the under jaw. All the plumes or fins were blood-red. The plumes could open at the ends and look like small fans as shown in the sketch. Could you kindly tell me the name of the fish described? This description, together with the very good sketch accompanying it, leaves no room for doubt that the strange fish was a specimen of the oarfish, Regctlecus glesn'e,' described originally in 1788 by Ascanius from a specimen which came ashore at Glesvaer, Norway. These fishes are very remarkable, not only on ac- count of their peculiar appearance and structure, but because of their enormous size. They have been known to attain a length of 20 feet, and it is not at all im- probable that they reach even a much greater length. Many of the creatures popularly identified as “sea serpents” were doubtless large individuals of this fish. Indeed, as Goode and Bean remark, it is quite safe to assign to this group all the so-called “sea serpents,” which have been described as swimming rapidly at or THE OARFISH. near the surface, with a horse-like head raised above the water, surmounted by a mane-like crest of red or brown. An example came ashore at Hungry Bay, Bermuda, in i860. It was 17 feet long, and was described by the people who saw it before it was captured as being very much longer and as having a head like that of a horse and with, a flaming red mane. Dr. Gunther (in the Challenger Report), has brought together a list of the examples of this species, so far as known to science. His record gives 14 from the Scandinavian coasts from 1740 to 1852; 19 on the British coasts from 1759 to 1884; one in the Mediterranean; 3 at the Cape of Good Hope; one in the Indian Ocean; 5 on the coast of New Zealand; and one at Bermuda. Those on the Scandinavian and British coasts were observed: 4 in January, 5 in Feb- ruary, 8 in March, 2 in April, 1 in May, 1 in June, 1 in July, 2 in August, 1 in September and 1 in October. Gunther also states that by far the greatest propor- tion of captures, in the Northern Hemisphere, at least, was in the stormy season. These fishes are true deep-sea fishes likely to be met with in any or all parts of the oceans. They are generally found when floating dead on the surface or thrown ashore by the waves. Their body is like a band/specimens 15 to 20 feet long, being only 10 to 12 inches deep, and 1 or 2 inches broad in their thickest part. The eye is large, the mouth small, the teeth feeble, and the head deep and short. A high dorsal fin runs the whole length of the back and is supported by exceedingly numerous rays. Its forward portion is on the head, is detached from the rest of the fin, and is composed of very long flexible spines expanded at the ends, and bright red in color. The general color of the body is silvery. When these fishes reach the surface of the water the expansion of the gases within their bodies has so loosened all the parts of their muscular and bony system that they can be lifted out of the water only with great difficulty, and nearly always portions of the body are broken or lost. The bones contain very little bony matter and are very porous, thin and light. At what depth these fishes live is unknown. No speci- men has ever been obtained in the deep-sea dredge, but that they are not rare in the ocean depths is evidenced by the frequency with which dead fish or fragments are found. "Young individuals of this or related species are not rarely met with near the "surface. They possess the most extraordinary development of fin-rays observed in the whole class of fishes, some of them being several times longer than the body, and provided with lappet- like dilatations. There can be no doubt that fishes with such delicate appendages are bred and live in depths where the water is absolutely quiet, as life in the disturbed waters of the surface would deprive them at once of these delicate organs, " Striped Bass Fishing in 1 829. Editor Forest and Stream: My dear Sir — The following' account of rock fishing in the Susquehanna is taken from No. 3 Vol. I. of the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine for November, 1829. I recently came across it and send it to you, thinking it may be of interest to your many angling readers. I am yours faithfully, Daniel B. Fearing. “Perry Point, Sept. 25, 1829.— Mr. Editor: Seeing in the first number of your sporting magazine an in- vitation for gentlemen to send y6u such articles on sporting subjects, as their observation enables them to write, I have sent you an article on the subject of trolling for rock fish in the Susquehanna. It is all taken from actual observations of my own. I have frequently caught fish in the manner I have attempted to describe, and nothing, that I am sensible of, is stated as a fact, which is not so. When it is stated that the boat is rowed up a current running down at an angle of 45 degrees, I am not convinced that it is an exag- geration. Every thing else I know is true, ‘all of which I saw and felt.’ A sporting work should be a depository of truth; for any one may make himself a sportsman by exaggeration.” “H. S.” Trolling for Rock Fish in the Susquehanna. The season for trolling begins in the latter part of May, and commonly ends about thq middle of July; but some years lasts during August. In the month of June, the rock fish generally bite best. To make good fishing, the river should not be very high nor low, muddy nor clear, but betwixt extremes, in these re- spects. If the water be clear, the fish dart off at sight of the line; and, it is thought, they leave the rapids, when the river is rising, or muddy, to feed upon the flats in the Chesapeake. Trolling is very much practiced from Port Deposit, to almost any given distance up the river, but not below. The grass that the ducks feed upon grows too thick on the flats in tide water for trolling, and the channel is uniformly too deep. The rapids above, where the water is in many parts shoal, and the rocky bottom clear of grass, is the proper place for trolling. As I have never seen this method of fishing noticed in any sporting work, I propose giving such an account of it as, I hope, a reader who has never witnessed it will understand. The troller provides himself with a convenient sized, light, well-caulked skiff; it should be large enough to carry four per- sons without sinking deep in the water. He must also take care to get two good oarsmen, accus- tomed to row among the rapids. The lines generally used are made of flax (sometimes of cotton), and twisted very hard, from 90 to 130 feet long. On each line are two brass or steel swivels, one about a foot from the hook, the other some twenty or more, according to the length of the line. The lines must be very strong, but not so thick as to be clumsy, and the steel hooks sharp, with large barbs. The figures of the hooks are made to vary according to the notions of their different owners, who frequently have them made to order, by smiths in the neighborhood. The long shanked hook is gen- erally esteemed best. Old trollers are as particular about the shapes, of their hooks, as cockers are about their gaffles. One end of the line is made fast to a cork or buoy as large as a common seine cork. This cork is thrown overboard, when the hook catches against a stone or limb of a tree; for the boat is under such headway, and the line being nearly all out, if the fisherman holds on to his line, he will break it. He, therefore, in such case throws the buoy overboard, by which he can find his line, and goes back at his leisure to take it up, and disengage his hook. The bait consists of small fish, such as anchovies, minnows, chubs, etc., etc. If the troller intends starting at day- break (the usual hour), he angles for his bait the afternoon previous, and buries them in the wet sand by the edge of some convenient stream, or keeps them in spring water. If they are exposed to the atmos- phere during a warm summer night, they become tender, and tear from the hook. Two persons generally fish from the same boat; one of them steers with one hand, and fishes with the other. Each fisherman lets his line out over the side of the boat nearest to him, and close to the stern (where they sit), holding it in his hand, a few inches from the water, and leaves the end attached to the cork in the bottom of the boat. He pays out nearly all his line, and keeps constantly pulling it, by short jerks, to feel if it is running over a rock or tree top. The boat is rowed as fast as possible across the river, from shore to shore, above, and as near to the falls as they can go, to avoid being swept down them. The rock fish lie below the falls and ripples, waiting for the small fish that are carried over by the current. Here then the bait falls over, with a constant rotary motion, like a live fish whirled over, side foremost, and struggles in vain against the falls. The swivels turn every time the bait turns, and prevent the line from twisting up into knots; and as there are no sinkers, the rapid headway of the boat drags them along so fast that the lines have no time to sink. At sight of the bait tumbling over the falls, the rock fish darts upward from his cavern in the rocks and swallows hook and all. The bite of the rock is quick as lightning, and gives a strong sudden jerk to the arm of the fisherman. When he first discovers he is snared, he rises to the top of the water, and begins to lash it furiously with his forked tail, like “a spirit conjured from the vasty deep,” then plunges down a§: am to the bottom. He is dragged from thence by the fisherman, who hauls in his long line, hand over Itand, ujitil he brings hi§ fish alongside of the h?at If he is of tolerable size, weighing only seven or ten pounds, the troller lifts him into the boat by the line, but if the fish is large, he runs his arm down into the water and lifts him in by his gills. The excitement that this scene produces in all those in the boat, is not to be described. One instant you see the fish making the water foam with his tail, the next you lose sight of him; one instant the troller feels him jerking des- perately backward, the next he darts ahead toward the boat, carrying the line with him, and the fisherman who ceases to feel him, is distressed for fear he has broken loose from the hook. The black oarsmen ease up rowing to laugh and shout with great glee. The troller’ s anxiety to secure his fish is so great, that he alone, of all the company, is silent and full of un- easiness, until he gets him into the boat. In this man- ner, it is not unusual to catch, with two lines, tenor twenty fish, varying in weight from five to twenty pounds each, in an hour- — sometimes they are caught much larger. When the fish do not bite fast, the troller does not become wearied soon; his line is always out, and he is in constant expectation of feeling a bite, as the boat glides backward and forward across the river, in search of luck; he is not confined to one rock, like the sleepy angler. This would be very dangerous sport to persons un- accustomed to it; let no presumptuous cits, venture upon it by themselves. The flat-bottomed boat must be rowed through the most dangerous falls and whirl- pools in the river. Sometimes she is forced, at an im- perceptible progress, against a current, running down at an angle of 45 degrees. If one of the oarsmen hap- pen to fail in strength, or to dip his oar with a false stroke, the current will snatch it upward out of his hands, and the frail skiff will be dashed to pieces among the rocks. Often they are obliged to get out of the boat on some rock above water, and haul her oyer. A person unaccustomed to it cannot rely upon his senses of hearing or seeing. He is first deafened by the stunning roar of the incessant flood, then sickened by the tossing of the skiff among the waves and eddies. The huge rocks that rear themselves thick to oppose the rushing waters, covered with eagles and cormorants, and the little islands all seem to be swimming back- ward. And now she flies across a shoal — at first glimpse the little skiff seems to rest securely on the bottom; at the next, the solid bottom appears deceitfully to recede from beneath her, and leave her to founder in the dark. waters of a bottomless swirl. And again, be- fore he is aware of it, she seems to have approached so . near the falls that nothing can prevent her from going over side foremost. All these false appearances rushing in succession, quick as thought, upon the mind of the troubled cockney, turn his brain with dizziness. It is not often you can procure white men to row, for the fatigue is excessive. If brother Jonathan is not to make something considerably more than the price of a day’s labor by it, or to partake of the sport of fishing, he will have nothing to do with it. If you want an oarsmen you must look up the free blacks. These descendants of the wild men of Africa (some of them, no doubt, descendants of kings), hate the dull labors of civilized life, and love fishing, by instinct, as all their fathers did before them. You may find the smoke of their cabins among the treetops, half- way up the craggy sides of the river hills, or in the foggy bottoms just below. Wake him up at peep of day — drag him out from the warm side of his grumbling spouse, and good-natured Sambo, stretching his big limbs like the figure of waking Hercules, opens his eyes on the fishing lines and whiskey jug, and begins to brag: “Oh, master, if it’s fishing you’r ater, I’m your man. Who you got kin row ginst Samboo — Sambo never tire.” He takes the bounty at once (a drink of whiskey), and without stopping to ask what more you will give him, shoulders his oar, and longs to be off in the first boat. Selfishness or Sentiment — Which ? Of selfishness it may be truly said that it is the synthe- sis of all that is mean and low in human nature. It is as clearly in evidence to-day as in the earlier time when it was more frankly avowed and warmly defended, when, as now, might made right, and poets sang, “That they should take who have the power. And they should keep who can.” The hypocrisy of the present time may demand that the tiger claws of selfishness be concealed in a velvet covering, but the painful injuries inflicted upon the body politic prove their repulsive presence and power to harm as in the past. Just now the pernicious consequences of seining fish upon their spawning beds in Missisquoi Bay — that por- tion of Lake Champlain that extends into the Province of Quebec — are heralded forth, and condemnation by an outraged public invited. Some of the people who are more directly affected and aggrieved throw up their hands in holy horror and proclaim their denunciation of the people who resort to this method of taking fish to the world. And they go further, and allege that because these people owe allegiance to a different flag they are prompted to do this out of spite in a turbulent spirit of opposition to the interest and desires of another people; and that because they1 have votes their representatives in the Provincial Parliament will do nothing antagonistic to their interests, or to promote legislation that will be effectual to stop this nefarious practice. Such sweeping charges and insinuations deserve more than a passing notice; and while I do not pose as the apologist for, or the defender of, seining fish upon their spawning grounds, I make bold to say that there is noth- ing inconsistent in the practice or out of harmony with the ethics of sportsmanship — not as proclaimed from the housetops, but as very generally practiced— and that it is not good form or becoming in those living in glass houses to hurl such unhandsome stones against those no more sinning than themselves. Having spent all the years of my youth and early man- hood in the vicinity of Missisquoi Bay, and being con- versant with the facts in the case, as well as the extent of the depredation wrought, I may without presumption claim to be familiar with the question at issue, and I unhesitatingly pronounce the motive that prompts the 2B8 FOREST AND STREAM. [Apeil i, 1905. practice and withholds the remedy to be the same that actuates the generality of sportsmen the world over- selfishness — pure, unadulterated selfishness. It may be true that the tiger’s claw is more easily discerned in sein- ing fish than in some other things, but at bottom the velvet covering will be found the only difference. The shelving and gravelly shore of Missisquoi Bay is the great spawning bed of Lake Champlain. Here in early springtime gather myriads of fish from the deeper waters of the lake to spawn — a season of the year when they refuse all the legitimate overtures of the most skillful disciples of the piscatorial art — when it is capture them with nets or get no fish, as they quit the domains of His Majesty, Edward VII., as soon as they spawn. With tons of fish coming to their doors for a time only to disappear a little later, is it not asking a good deal of human nature to demand and expect them to desist? And to expect their representatives at the seat of govern- ment to take action against the interests of their con- stituents? Paraphrasing the old school book story of the boys and frogs, we may say that it is fun and money for the fishermen of Missisquoi Bay, but death to the fish; but while this is to be regretted, who will say that it is not in accord with the \ery general practice of self-styled and so-called “true sportsmen?” Scores of instances tc prove that this is literally true— - that it is selfishness and not sentiment that prompts— readily suggest themselves, but their enunciation would extend these notes to undue length. I must crave suffi- cient space, however, to touch upon a few of the more prominent. The time was when the Connecticut. River so teemed with salmon that it was common practice when servants and apprentices were indentured to stipulate in the con- tract that they should not be fed upon salmon more than the stated number of times during the week. With the increase of population in the Connecticut Valley, the sal- mon naturally decreased in number, but when the dam at Holyoke was completed and they could not ascend the river to their spawning grounds, their days were num- bered. For many years agitation was continued in the Legislatures of the States of Connecticut and Massa- chusetts on the subject of providing a suitable fishway in the dam, but selfishness triumphed, no fishway was constructed, the salmon were exterminated, and the waters that formerly knew them in abundance now know them no longer. We may pass over in silence the clouds of wild pigeons that darkened the sun in their flight in the not long ago, and that now are gone forever ; the unnumbered thousands of buffalo that swarmed on the western plains; the fear- ful slaughter of song and insectivorous birds for their plumage; the unceasing warfare made upon the sea fowl in their winter home and during their spring and fall migrations ; the untold millions of woodcock, quail, grouse and other birds that fall before the insatiated and insa- tiable gun of the “true sportsman” and that of his twin brother the pot-hunter; and all. or nearly all, actuated by that most potent impelling motive — selfishness. Turning from the individual to the game organizations —the much heralded and oft-proclaimed “protective” or- ganizations, local, State and national — and it is very ap- parent that the machinery thereof is geared to the same dynamo. The local society is not infrequently dominated by someone who has an ax to grind — possibly by some ambitious individual who runs the gun and ammunition store — when it is no infrequent sight to see him attempt to “run with the hare and howl with the hounds,” trying to appear to be in favor with the better sentiment of the community in behalf of game protection and propagation, while very careful to oppose restrictive measures looking to a shorter open season, a license on guns, or other measures that would limit the sale of guns and ammunition ! Not long since in one of the most progressive States in the Union it was proposed, in the interest of greater pro- tection to game birds, to enact legislation looking toward a diminution of their natural enemy, the fox; when lo and behold ! down rolled an avalanche of oratory that swept all before it on the ground that the fox is the natural friend and protector of the innocent and defense- less game birds ! And it was even proclaimed that par- tridges (ruffed grouse) sought the burrow of sly Rey- nard and made their nests near-by — presumably to culti- vate his friendship and establish greater comity between fur and feathered life! And this by men of mature years, who, while confessing themselves fox hunters, proclaimed their interest in, and anxiety for, the propagation and protection of game birds ! Advancing a step from the individual to the machinery of the State, and the power of selfishness may be easily discerned. We need cite but a couple of instances, which may be accepted as a type of the many. We have but to recall the attitude of the great State of New York on the question of spring shooting of waterfowl, and the power of the Long Island gunners to prevent remedial legislation ; and again the case of the millionaire who legitimately buys and incloses for his own use — selfishly, if you will — territory in the Adirondacks, only to invite the" opposition and torch of the incendiary who refuses to yield up privileges hitherto enjoyed but never paid for. The State of Maine furnishes another striking example. To meet and mend “a condition and not a theory,” “that our children and children’s children may see and enjoy the large game of the woods,” a hunter’s license is im- posed upon visiting sportsmen. Was the professed the real motive? How much .more quickly and effectually would the destruction of big game be prevented by mak- ing a close season for a number of years or perpetual. But then would be gathered the harvest of dollars? Were such measures proposed instead of the money- getting license, there would , have gone up such a howl from transportation companies, hotel and camp owners and guides as would make a thunderstorm in summer seem like the echo of a toy pistol. Selfishness? Turn we next to the National Government, and we see practically nothing accomplished of national importance — inertia, indifference, selfishness. Measured by the ethical standard generally prevailing, who will cast the first stone at she fishermen of Missis- quoi Bay? And who will demand of them higher stand- ards, more healthy and advanced sentiment, and more yphitmisru .than exists elstewbere 7 Geo. McA-lee®, Sea Fishing at Palm Beach* From the Palm Beach News, March 18. The annual ocean fishing tournament which has bees going on for the past eight weeks came to a close yester- day. The most valued trophy of the contest, the Royal Poinciana Cup for the largest amberjack, was won by Mr. John B. Cauldwell, of New York, who also caught the 92-pound record fish some weeks before the tourna- ment opened. Mr. Thomas D. Whistler, of Baltimore, was awarded the Breakers’ Cup for the largest number of amberjacks taken in one day; Mr. Grier Hersh, of York, Pa., the Bingham Cup for the largest amberjack caught from the pier, and Mr. C. K. Bispham, of Philadelphia, the kingfish cup for the largest kingfish of the season. None of the competitors having qualified for the Tan- dem Cup, the committee decided to rechristen it the Gulf Stream Cup, and unanimously awarded it to Mr. Rich- mond Talbot, of Tuxedo Park, as a fitting recognition of his daring exploit in capturing the now famous sail- fish, the first specimen of this dangerous denizen of the Gulf Stream ever taken with rod and reel at Palm Beach. Most of the scores appended below were exceptionally poor as compared with other years, which is partially ac- counted for by the severe cold spell, but more generally attributed to the continued practice of netting close to the ocean pier. In other respects the tournament was a very great success, the rivalry having been keen among the large number of competitors entered from various sections of the United States. The colored crews which man the surf fishing boats took an active interest in the sport, while Mr. Winters, in charge of the pier, gave universal satisfaction by his untiring efforts to aid the amateur fishermen as well as his clever use of the plungers and gaffs in landing the large fish. Owing to the indefatigable labors of Jimmy Rainbowlegs, unlimited supplies of bait were always pro- curable, even on the most active fishing days. The detail record is given below : ROYAL POINCIANA CUP. First — John B. Cauldwell, 62 pounds. Second — Grier Hersh, 60 pounds. BINGHAM CUP. First — Grier Hersh, 60 pounds. Second — John B. Cauldwell, 52 pounds. KINGFISH CUP. First — C. K. Bispham, 36 pounds. Second — John B. Cauldwell, 33 pounds. Grier Hersh, 33 pounds. breakers’ cup. First — Thos. D. Whistler, two fish. GULF STREAM CUP. First — Richmond Talbot, seven feet long. Casting Tournaments. C. G. Levison, who was a member of the National Rod and Reel Association, writes to the London Fish- ing Gazette: Having served on the committee of this as- sociation for all but one of its tournaments dur- ing its active life, and also on the committee for every indoor tournament held in New York City by the Sportsman’s Show, there has been every op- portunity for me to become familiar with the require- ments necessary for each of the several contests that long experience has involved. Experience has taught that no contest where the result may be determined by the individual opinion of the judges will ever be de- cided to the satisfaction of all concerned, and in con- sequence such events were long ago eliminated here. The argument that casting tournaments do not represent actual fishing conditions may forever, as far as I can see, be discussed, without any prospect of a nearer settlement than at present exists; but for the sake of argument, even if admitted, it does not seem to me to constitute a valid reason why they should not continue to be held with such events for competi- tion as may be reproduced somewhat near to such con- ditions. The long distance fly casting events for light or heavy or single or double hand rods will, if ex- amined from most any viewpoint, be found to be better fitted to these conditions, and also to test the tackle, than any others that may be devised. This for the reason that there is one, and only one object sought, and this a definite one. This subject is so plain and simple that it appeals to the caster and spectators as well, and the distances cast may be seen and compared by anyone with fair eyesight, and con- sequently the final result is always satisfactory be- cause it is beyond dispute. Now, what are the conditions in nature that call for similar casting? As far as I may judge they occur only when an angler is on the shore of a lake or bank of a wide river, and his endeavor is to reach a fish that may be rising away beyond. To accomplish the distance, should lie be blamed if in so doing he performs some ungrace- ful contortions, raises his forearm above the head, allows his fly or line to come in contact with the earth or grass or some obstruction in his rear, but at last by a supreme effort his line shoots out the required distance and the fish is reached and caught? Is not he a better angler than another who for the sake of good form would not resort to such heroic measures, and would therefore fail to catch the fish? The following incident will better illustrate the point. The late Harry Prichard, a famous old Scotch angler, who for many years kept a small fishing tackle busi- ness in New York City, once went with my friend Mr. M. and myself to try for trout on a well-known Long Island private pond that was strictly preserved and very little fished. Prichard, having a great reputa- tion as a distance caster, went along to show us what value there was in such work, as there was no boat on the pond and the fish kept in the main channel, which ran a long distance from and parallel to the dam before it turned to the outlet. Prichard seldom cast over head even from a boat, but usually made use of the switch cast. Having arranged our tackle and viewed the situation, we concluded that only Prichard could cover the distant^ necessary to cast, so we stood aside aad gave tef him the ptunt df v&nfcage. At once there occured a commotion at his feet equal to that made by a small side wheel steamboat. This was caused by his line sloshing round in the water. We watched the operation some minutes with wonder, but at last to our great relief the loop of the line rose upward, uncoiled outward nearly to its extremity, when the leader and fly at its end turned over, straightened out flat on the water, there was a rush of a big trout, which was struck and finally landed. This was repeated again and again until several trout of from lb. to iF> lb. were placed in the creel. Prichard caught that day all the fish that were taken, and Mr. M. and I were two very interested spectators, as though we were at a tournament for all the world. Had I hitherto been the most doubtful of the benefits of distance casting I would have been a convert from that moment to its great advantages, even though at- tained at the sacrifice of good form. These are some of the reasons why the distance events should not be hedged around with petty re- strictions to handicap the performer. If the time ever comes when a set of standardized rules acceptable to Great Britain and America can be agreed upon, there will be no one better pleased than yours very truly, C. G. Levison. A South Carolina Fish Case. MC DONALD & JOHNSON ET AL. VS. SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO. (Circuit Court, D. South Carolina. Dec. 30, 1904.) K. Bryan, for complainants. ordecai & Gadsden and U. X. Gunter, Jr., Attorney-General South Carolina, for defendant. Brawley, District Judge. An act of the General Asembly of South Carolina approved February 16, 1904 (24 St. at Large, p. 385), declares, in section 1, “that on and after the 20th day of February, 1904. it shall be un- lawful to ship or transport any shad fish beyond the limits of this State”; and in section 2, that “any person * * * who violates the provisions of section 1 of this act shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days”; and in section 3, that “any common carrier receiving any shad fish for transportation or shipment to any points beyond the limits of this State, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each offense be fined not exceeding $100.” Immediately after the passage of this act the defendant company, a corporation engaged in the business of transportation as an interstate common carrier, and therefore carrying shad fish to places outside the limits of the State, gave notice that it would not, after February 20, 1904. receive for shipment or transport to points beyond the limits of the State any shad fish, whereupon complainants, six or seven in number, filed their bill of complaint, alleging, among other things, that they were dealers and shippers of shad fish caught within and without the limits of the State of South Carolina to places situated outside the limits of said State; that said shad fish was a recognized article of interstate commerce ; that they had expended large sums of money in the equip- ment of their business, and had entered into contracts for daily shipments during the shad season; that the Congress of the United States had, by several statutes, provided for the propagation of shad fishes, and had ex- pended large sums of money, and deposited many millions of shad fishes or shad fry in the coast waters of the United States for the benefit of the citizens' of the United States, and that the act above mentioned was in contra- vention of Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States. An interlocutory injunction was granted, and it was referred to the master to take testimony, and the case is now before me upon his report, and upon a motion for a permanent injunction; counsel for complain- ants appearing in behalf of said motion, and the Attorney- General of the State in opposition. The master reports that he held a reference October 7, 1904, at which were present the solicitor for the com- plainants, the solicitor for the defendant, Southern Ex- press Company, associated with whom as counsel was the Attorney-General of the State of South Carolina, and that the complainants and their witnesses being present and ready to give their testimony in the cause, it was agreed by the counsel for the complainants and the coun- sel for the defendant that the facts as alleged in the bill of complaint were admitted as true; counsel for the de- fendant stating that the issue was one of law, arising upon the face of the pleading. The facts, as alleged being admitted, it was further agreed that during the pendency of the act set forth in the bill of complaint in the Legis- lature of the State of South Carolina an amendment was offered striking out the words “any shad fish,” in section 1 of the act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “any shad fish caught in the waters of the State of South Carolina,” but the said amendment was rejected. It was stated by the counsel for the complainants in the argu- ment before me, and not controverted, that he was pre- pared to prove by his witnesses that the greater part of the shad fish shipped by complainants was caught beyond the limits of the State of South Carolina. In Geer vs. Connecticut, 161 U. S. 519, 16 Sup. Ct. 600, 40 L. Ed. 793, the Supreme Court of the United States considers the" nature of the property in game, and the authority which the State had a right to lawfully exer- cise in relation thereto, and, after reviewing the authori- ties from the time of Solon, holds that, from the earliest traditions, the right to reduce animals feres natures to possession has been subject to the control of the law- giving power. The principle upon which this decision rests is that such animals , belong to the collective body of people of the State, and are held by the State in trust for the people, and the person who takes the game can only acquire a qualified property in it; that such game not being the subject of private ownership, except in so far as the people may elect to make it so, the State may, if it sees fit, absolutely prohibit the taking of it, or traffic and commerce in it, if it is deemed necessary for the pro- tection or preservation of the public good; that such common ownership imports the right to keep the property, if the sovereign so chooses, always within its. jurisdic- tion for every purpose. The dissenting opinions of Justices Field and Harlan, while not questioning the right eff thfe Sthte,- by jtS legislation, to tfrtM'de for the p'ro.- April x, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 269 tection of wild game, hold that such game, when beyond Idle reach or control of man, is not the property of the State, or of anyone, in a proper sense, and that when man, by his labor or skill, brings any such animals under his control and subject to his use, he acquires, to that extent, his right of property in them ; that, having thus, by labor or skill, added to the uses of man an article pro- moting his comfort, which without that labor would have been lost to him, he has an absolute right to it, and the State cannot interfere with his disposition of it; that such game thus reduced to his possession becomes an tide of commerce; and that it does not lie within the province game thus reduced to his possession becomes an article of food within its borders to its own fortunate inhabitants, to the exclusion of others. Two other Justices took no part in the decision, but the opinion of the court settles the law that a State has the power to prohibit the ex- portation of game killed within the limits of the State. The statute of Connecticut which was under the review of the court forbade the transportation of “any such birds killed within this State,” and the opinion of the Supreme Court uses the same words of limitation. The case under review related to woodcock and other birds, but there is no doubt that fish come within the general classification of game. Blackstone and Kent class them with animals ferce natures, and in this State it was so decided in State vs. Higgins, 51 S. C. 53, 28 S. E. 15, 38 L. R. A. 561. Whether the shad fish, owing to its peculiar nature, and to the circumstance that its presence within the waters of the State is due largely to the methods of propagation, and to the expenditure of moneys by the general Government for the benefit of all the people of the United S'ates, should be differentiated from this clasisfication, is an interesting question raised by the pleadings, and may be considered hereafter. Assuming that it is to be classed with other game as animals feree nature v, the property in which rests in the Slate, and that, under the principle settled by Geer vs. Connecticut, the State has the right to prohibit the exportation beyond its limits of any such fish caught within its' borders, does such right exist as to any fish caught without its borders and brought within it? The source of title in such fish is not the State. There is no ownership by the State, or by the people in their collective capacity, in game or fish taken or killed outside the borders of the State, for it is not a food simply which belongs in common to all the people of the State, and which can only become the sub- ject of ownership in a qualified way, as declared in that case. Therefore it seems to me clear that shad fish caught without the borders of the State are not subject to the limitations and restrictions that the State may im- pose on the ownership of fish caught within its borders. I11 the case of Davenport (C. C.) 102 Fed. 540. the peti- tioner. who keot a restaurant in the city of Spokane, in the State of Washington, was arrested and imprisoned for having in his possession and offering for sale quail which he bad purchased in the State of Missouri. The statute upon which the prosecution ivas founded declared it to be a misdemeanor to offer for sale quail or other game therein described. The petitioner was discharged in habeas corpus procedings, the court saying: “T fully assent to the doctrine of these decisions holding that it. is competent for State legislatures to enact laws for the protec- tion of game: and I do not question the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Geer v. Connecticut, holding that the Legislature of the State has the constitutional power to en- tirely prohibit the killing of game within the State for the pur- pose of conveying the same beyond the limits of the State, for it is true, and it is an elementary principle, that the wild game within the State belongs to the people in their collective, sovereign capacity. Game is not the subject of private ownership, except in so far as the people may elect to make it so; and they may, if they see fit, absolutely prohibit the taking of it for traffic or commerce in it; but the power of the Legislature in this regard only applies to game within the State, which is the property of the people of the State, and no such power to interfere -with the private affairs of individuals can affect the right of a citizen to sell or dispose of. as he pleases, game which has become a sub- ject of private ownership by a lawful purchase in another Stale. This decision of the Supreme Court does not directly or indirectly support the proposition that the Legislature of one State has the constitutional cower to prohibit traffic in game imported from another State.” In People vs. A. Booth & Co., 86 N. Y. Supp. 2 72, de- cided November, 1903, in the Supreme Court of New York, an action was brought to recover penalties under the fish and game laws of New York for having posses- sion of, selling, and transporting brook trout out of season, imported from Canada and stored in cold storage, and cases in the State of New York are reviewed. Among them is the case of People vs. Buffalo Fish Company, 164 N. Y. 100, 58 N. E. 36, 52 L. R. A. 803, 79 Am. St. Rep. 622, where the court says : “The question, and the only question, is whether a State statute can be 'awfully enacted to prohibit a citizen of this State from buying fish in Canada, importing it into this State, and exposing it for sale here. There is no question at all about the com- petency of the State, in the exercise of the police power, to enact game laws. The question is wl»ether such laws can be so framed as to. prohibit or restrict by penal provisions the importation of an article of food in universal use. That the purchase of, fish for food in a foreign country, and its importation here for sale as such is a branch of foreign commerce, is too clear for discussion. * * * That the statute operates as a restriction upon the defend- ant’s business as an importer and dealer in fish, no one can doubt. That a statute so operating is in conflict with the exclusive power of .Congress to regulate foreign commerce, is not questioned; and yet the contention is made, with great earnestness, that this statute is. perfectly valid. The reasoning upon which this conclusion is based, if I understand it, is that the State has the power to pass game laws, which no one denies; that the object of this statute was to protect game in this State, and not to interfere in any way whatever with foreign commerce, and, since the purpose that the Legislature had in view was lawful and laud- able, the statute is good, although in fact it does prohibit or re- strict the importation of fresh fish as an article of food. If the Legislature did not intend to restrict foreign commerce, as as- serted, then it is obvious that the, statute should be read and interpreted according to that intention, in which event it would have no application to the facts , of this case; but, strangely enough, it is given a meaning which imputes to the lawmakers just the contrary, since it is said that the possession of imported fish is, in terms, inhibited. The good intentions of a Legislature will not save a State statute from condemnation when it in fact conflicts with the supreme law of the land. If it restricts the ap- plication of commerce, as it certainly does, then it is void, no matter what name may have been given to it, or what good pur- pqae jt was intended to promote.” The court held in the Booth case that, if it was neces- sary to protect trout streams, they should be more effectively policed, or the use of the implements for then- invasion regulated, and that provisions of that law were not a reasonable exercise of police power, but deprived a citizen of his property in fish as an article of com- merce, and says : "Bit ?3 a broader reason for the invalidity of this law, and one nearer home. It is not only void under the commerce laws of the United States Constitution, but it is in conflict with the State Constitution, as depriving the owner of his property and liberty.' Much confusion and uncertainty is found in the Session Law's and the decisions in relation to game and game fishes, which comes, in a great part, from not considering the quality of the title which the possessor has in such property.” There are two kinds or qualities of such title, depend- ing upon the place of capture and possession, and, citing Geer vs. Connecticut and other cases holding that, game being the property of the whole people, the law might im- pose such terms and conditions as it chose, not only as to its capture, but as to the disposition and use of the Same, and that, such privileges being granted by legislation, the conditions upon which it was granted followed the game, * the court also says : “But when game is obtained outside the State, and brought into it as private property, the owner does not get his right to it from the State. He holds it independent of the State, the same as he owns his house, his cattle, or securities. Lie is the absolute, un- qualified owner of property, protected by the Constitution, and just as sacred from encroachment from the State as from others.” In considering similar legislation in the State of Penn- sylvania, the court says in Commonwealth vs. Wilkinson, 139 Pa. 298, 21 Atl. 14: “The manifest object of this act was the preservation of game within this commonwealth. We cannot assume that it was in- tended to preserve game elsewhere, and it would be a forced con- struction to hold that it was intended to exclude from our mar- kets quail and other game killed in other States, where by the laws of those States the killing of it was lawful. * * * The law was not intended to have any extraterritorial effect, and if it was, it would be nugatory.” The same doctrine is announced in Maryland (Dick- haut vs. State, 85 Md. 451, 37 Atl. 21, 36 L. R. A. 765, 60 Am. St. Rep. 332), in Massachusetts (Commonwealth vs. Hall, 128 Mass. 410, 35 Am. Rep. 387), in Kansas (State vs. Saunders, 19 Kan. 127, 27 Am. Rep. g8), and in other States. There are decisions to the contrary in a number of States, the most notable of which is ex parte Maier, 103 Cal. 476, 37 Pac. 402, 42 Am. St. Rep. 129, where the Supreme Court of California held that, in the exercise of the police power of the State, it may prohibit the taking of wild game, and any traffic or commerce in it, if deemed necessary for its protection or preservation of the public good, and, to this end, may make it criminal for any person to sell or offer for sale any of such game, whether killed within the State or without the State. These cases rest upon the principle stated by Lord Chief Justice Cole- ridge in Whitehead vs. Smithers, 2 C. P. D. 553, where, under an English statute making it unlawful to have in possession plover during the close season, it was held that a party who imported the dead birds from Holland, and sold them in the British market, came within the pro- hibition of the statute, and the court said: “It is said that it would be a strong thing for the Legislature of the United Kingdom to interfere with the rights of foreigners to kill foreign birds, but it may well be that the true and only mode of protecting British wildfowl from indiscriminate slaughter, as well as of protecting other British interests, is bv interfering indirectly with the proceedings of foreign persons. The object is to prevent British wildfowl from being improperly killed and sold under pretense of their being imported from abroad.” It is hardly necessary to say that, the power of the British Parliament relating to questions of this kind be- ing supreme, this case furnishes no rule of guidance in construing a statute of a State whose power in respect to all matters of interstate and foreign commerce is limited by the Federal^ Constitution. The argument in favor of the validity of this statute is precisely that which was controlling in the English case just referred to; that is, that it would be impossible for the police officers of the State to determine whether the shad come from within or from without the State, and that it would be easier to enforce local protective and inspection laws if they were made applicable as well to fish caught without the State as to those caught within its borders. As a mere rule of convenience, this argument has weight, but the Supreme Court of the United States has definitely pro- nounced unconstitutional such local laws as are in restraint of interstate commerce. Thus, in the oleomar- garine case, the State of Pennsylvania having passed an act making it a misdemeanor for any person to sell or have in his possession, with intent to sell, any imitation or adulterated butter or cheese, which the Supreme Court of that State sustained, in Schollenberger vs. Pennsyl- vania, 171 U. S. 1, 18 Sup. Ct. 757, 43 L. Ed. 49, it was held by the Supreme Court of the United Slates that, in- asmuch as oleomargarine was a recognized and proper subject of commerce, it could not be totally excluded from any particular State simply because the State may choose to decide that, for the purpose of preventing an impure and adulterated article, it will not permit the introduc- tion of a pure and unadulterated article within its hol- ders upon any terms whatever. The argument in favor of the statute was that it was enacted in good faith for the protection of the health of the citizens and for the prevention of deception, and that while it might be ad- mitted that there was actually pure oleomargarine, not dangerous to the public health, its purity could not be ascertained by any superficial examination, and that, any certain and effective supervision of its manufacture being impossible, therefore all oleomargarine should be ex- cluded; but the court held that it was beyond the power of the State to interfere with interstate commerce, and it could not, for the purpose of preventing the introduc- tion of an impure or adulterated article, absolutely pro- hibit the introduction of that which was pure and whole- some. This case is on the line of many others where statutes passed under the cover of the exercise of police powers were held unconstitutional, as being a burden upon interstate or foreign commerce. Henderson vs. Wickham, 92 U. S. 259, 23 L. Ed. 543; Chy Lung vs. Freeman, 92 U. S. 275, 23 L. Ed. 550; Railroad Company vs. Husen, 95 U. S. 465, 24 L. Ed. 527. It being so clear upon principle and upon the most ap- proved authorities that the State has no power to pro- hibit the exportation of game brought into the State from another State, or outside its borders, it was suggested by the learned Attorney-General at the hearing that the act be so construed as to confine its operation to' shad caught within the limits of the State. Such interpretation would limit the words of the act, and be manifestly against the intent of the Legislature which enacted it, for it appears from the agreed statement of facts' that an amendment was proposed, while the act was on its passage, striking out the words “'any shad fish,” in section 1, and maertiirg in Ueu thereof the words “any shad fish caught in the waters of the State of South Carolina,” hut the said amendment was rejected, and the court cannot do now by construction what the Legislature refused to do by enact- ment. In the Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U. S. 82, 25 L. Ed. 530, the court had under consideration certain criminal prose- cutions for violations of what is known as the “trade- mark legislation.” The Congress had passed an act of the broadest character to punish counterfeiting of trade- marks, which was claimed to be valid as a regulation of commerce. Property in trade-marks had long been recog- nized and protected by the common law and by the statutes of the several States, and it was held in this case that if the power of Congress could in any case be ex- tended to . trade-marks, as a regulation of commerce, it must be limited to their use in “commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States and with the In- dian tribes,” and that this legislation was not, in its terms or essential character, a regulation that is limited ; but, in its language, embraced, and was intended to embrace, all commerce, including that between citizens of the same State. It was held that such legislation was void for want of constitutional authority; and, in reply to the sug-, gestion that Congress had power to regulate trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the legislation should be held valid in that class of cases, if no further, the court says : “While it may be true that when one part of a statute is valid and constitutional, and another part is unconstitutional and void, the court may enforce the valid part, where they are distinctly separable, so that each can stand alone, it is not within the judicial province to give to the words used by Congress a nar- rower meaning than they are manifestly intended to bear, in order that crimes may be punished which are not described in language that brings them within the constitutional power of that body.” This precise point was decided in United States vs. Reese, 92 U. S. 214, 23 L. Ed. 563, where the Chief Justice says: “We are not able to reject the part which is unconstitutional and retain the remainder, because it is not possible to separate that which is constitutional, if there be any such, from that which is not. The proposed effect is not to be attained by striking out or disregarding words that are in the section, but by inserting those that are not there now. Each of the sections must stand as a whole, or fall together. The language is plain. There is no room for construction, unless it be as to the effect of the Consti- tution. The question then to be determined is whether we can introduce wc.ds of limitation into a penal statute so as to. make it specific, when, as expressed, it is general only. * * * To limit the statute in the manner now asked for would be to make a new law, not to enforce an old one. This is no part of our duty.” In view of the fact that the Legislature of South Caro- lina refused to limit the operation of this act by rejecting the amendment above deferred to, some of the concluding words in the case cited are apposite : “If we should, in the case before us, undertake to make by judicial construction a law which Congress did not make, it is quite probable we should do what, if the matter were now before that body, it would be unwilling to do, namely, make a trade- mark law which is partial in its operation, and which would com- plicate the rights which parties would hold in some instances under the act of Congress, and in others under State law.” Having reached the conclusion that it is the duty of this court to declare the statute invalid under the com- merce clause of the Constitution (Article 1, section 8, cl. 3), as an interference with interstate commerce, it is un- necessary to consider the question raised by the com- plaint, and upon which an interesting argument has been presented. The complaint charges, in paragraph 6, subd. “c,” that the complainants are engaged in catching and dealing in, and shipping to points ouiside of the State of South Carolina, the shad fish deposited and propagated by the United States as food fishes, and in the master’s report it appears that this allegation is admitted to be true. It is well known that the rivers of this State had been well-nigh depleted of shad, and the Congress of the United States has undertaken by its legislation to provide for the propaeation of food fishes. In sections 4395, 4396, 4397, and 4398 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 3001, 3002], a fish commission was appointed; and by the act of February 14, 1903, c. 552. section 4. 32 Stat._ 826 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1903, p. 43], this com- mission was put in the Department of Commerce, and by its fixed policy and annual appropriations the United States Government has undertaken to replenish the coastal waters with food fishes. By section 4398 the com- missioner is authorized to take from the waters of the seacoast. where the tide ebbs and flows,, such fish as may be needful and proper for the conduct of his duties, “any law, custom or usage of any State to the contrary not- withstanding” ; and it appears from the reports of the fish commission that over thirty millions of shad fry have been deposited in the rivers of this State. It seems to be now pretty well agreed among those learned in the sub- ject that the young shad hatched out in any particular river remain within a moderate distance of the mouth of that stream until the period occurs for their inland migra- tion. It was formerly believed that shad during the win ter moved toward the equator, and. wintering in the warmer waters of the south, started northward in a vast school at the beginning of the year, advancing along the coast in almost military array, sending a detachment up each sucessive stream, which, by a singular method of selection, sought the river in which they first saw the light ; and the argument is that shad artificially propa- gated in rivers and in coast waters of the United States by the money of the people of the United States belong to all the people of the United States, and therefore a State has no power to impose any restriction upon such property which the United States, in furtherance of its policy of furnishing to the people food fishes, has not im- posed. The argument is ingenious, and the question in- teresting, but the exigencies of this case do not require me to decide it, and I express no opinion upon that point. Let a decree be prepared in accordance with this opinion. The Tarpon Record Broken, Yacht Nerita, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., March 16— Edi- tor Forest and Stream: I think I have broken the tarpon record. March 9, while fishing for snappers near Key Sargo, with crawfish bait and io-ounce rod. I killed the bearer of the inclosed scale. Length. 18 inches; Weight, 2 pounds. If this is not a “breaker” of one end of the record, I am much mistaken. W. G. J. McCormick. [The little scale Mr, McCormick sends measures an inch in diern'etsr,] 200 FOREST AND STREAM [April i, 1905. In Pacific Waters* Sacramento/ Cal. — Striped bass are becoming more plentiful in San Francisco Bay, judging from the catches made during the past week in the Straits between Tiburon and San Quentin Point. The largest catches of last year were made during March and April, and according to present weather con- ditions the sport should be of the highest order from now until the game fishes leave for the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers. Deputy fish commissioners who returned recently from a trip through Santa Clara and Monterey counties, re- port that they were unable to capture offenders of the fish laws with game fish in their possession, although they en- countered men in several of the trout streams they visited with spears. These were thrown away by the spearsmen when the deputies arrived. With few exceptions people who live within proximity of rivers and creeks have no respect for the fish laws, and will kill the large steelheads which should be protected during breeding season, which runs from December to April. John Butler, of the California Anglers’ Association, was invited by a man who evidently had no- respect for the fish laws, to a day’s fishing on Paper Mill Creek. Mr. Butler cautioned the man who was intent on breaking the law to have a care, but his good advice had little effect, as the game vandal went fishing (?) Sunday last. The Lagunitas and Paper Mill creeks, in Marin county, and Sonoma Creek in Sonoma county, are trout waters seldom visited by deputy fish commissioners or game wardens during the closed season. As a consequence anglers who observe the law find few fish to catch of good size when the season opens. The San Francisco Fly-Casting Club held its first con- test of the season Sunday a week ago at Stow Lake. The day was perfect for the switching of lines, and good scores were made. In long distance casting, J. Marsden got out 103 feet of line, a very creditable performance. H. B. Sperry, who has shown remarkable improvement in long distance casting, reeled off 102 (4 feet. C. G. Young’s performance, in accuracy and delicacy and lure-casting, was highly creditable; in fact, Mr. Young’s lure-casting was almost perfect. Among the devotees who participated in the contest were: J. Marsden, C. G. Young, F. M. Haight, A. Sperry, Chas. Huyck, C. H. Kewell, J. R. Duglass, H. B. Sperry, H. Golcher, W. E. Brooks, G. W. Lane, T. C. Kurulff, W. H. McNaughton, F. H. Reed, H. H. Kirk, E. Everett, W. L. Gerstle. The present officers of the California Anglers’ Associa- tion, who will serve for the ensuing year, are : President, John H. Sammi; First Vice-President, James Watt; Second Vice-President, Adolph Lorsbach; Secretary- Treasurer, W. E. Stevens; Directors — R. Hass, C. Ashlin, J. Swan, Bert Spring, S. Wells, James P. Sweeney, John Butler, G. Wentworth, William Halsted and J. Flynn. A meeting of the officers and directors was held in San Francisco last week to amend the constitution and by- laws in some particulars, and to' decide upon a permanent location for club rooms, etc. The Association is growing fast, and now has a membership of 140 staunch sup- porters of angling, and of the laws which are made for the protection of game fish. J. D. C. Ringed Flies. Chicago, III. — Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of February 15, you published an article on a fly and cast box, showing a drawing of the latest box, which I think an improvement on the old. I regret to say that more than 50 per cent, of trout fishermen do not know its use and what it is intended for. We are much behind the English fly-caster in the art of fly-casting, and more so in the manufacturing of flies. I have carried boxes of the kind you describe for fif- teen years. An English concern induced me to buy a supply of two-winged flies which are unmounted. The mounting is very simple. I carry a package of silk gut with me and mount my flies as I go along. I can change flies more quickly than by having looped mounted flies, and can save the fly I am discarding as useless at the time. I have fished nearly every stream in the Northwest, and have found the two-winged fly far superior to any manu- factured. The ringed unmounted fly is the fly of the future, and if fellow sportsmen will try them they never will use any other, as they are truer to life, last longer, and if properly mounted are safer, as mounted flies are unreliable after the gut is two years old. A package of gut can be kept in condition for years by putting it in a chamois skin saturated with oil. Strange as it may seem, when I first began using ringed flies, every dealer in this city found objections, such as that a small end of gut projecting by not. being cut dose enough would form an air-bubble, or it was too much trouble, etc. It is only in the last two years that a couple of our best dealers have taken them up, one of them — Von Lengerke & Antoine — being enthusiastic on the ultimate outcome. Other dealers still remain be- hind the age. In conclusion, I advise all fly-fishermen to* try the ringed two-winged fly and carry the little box you advo- cate. It will prove a revelation. E. Lipkau. Big Fish Exterminate the Bass. Isleta, Ohio. — Editor Forest and Stre'am: I wish to write a few lines in corroboration of Mr. Bainbridge Bishop’s ideas of fish and their protection at the present day. I have fished in our stream, the Tuscarawas River, for thirty-five years, and I note a decrease in our swift water fish, especially the bass family. Each year shows a gradual shortage, and I fear very much that in the imme- diate 'future they, along with the pike-perch, will almost become exterminated. Now, I want to give you an actual experience, for I am on deck to tell the truth. It was in the early days of last November, when the waters were just beginning to get chilly, which causes a little dor- mancy in the movements of the bass and pike-perch, while in the maskinonge, or pike, as some call it, this chilly sen- sation simply instills new life, and he comes from his fueling with the swiftness of an arrow, singles out his prey, and with one dextrous move picks it up. The first day of November, in company with two friends from the city of Coshocton, we spent the entire day — and a beauti- ful one it was, too — with but very little success, only catch- ing three fish the entire day. During the entire day there was quite a commotion among the bass in a large basin that we fished in most of the day. Now comes the cause of the disturbance of the swift-water fish in this pool at that time. The second day one of the bass which had been caught the day before was tied to the boat with a string, possibly four feet in length. The commotion among the bass continued the second day, and about 2 o’clock in the afternoon something struck the boat, and there lay a maskinonge, with the bass that was tied to the boat in his huge mouth. He had killed it with the first grab. The maskinonge, or pike, as some call it, was fully six feet in length. I noted at that particular time that the trouble was seemingly with the bass family. This proves clearly that those monsters feed principally on bass and our jack salmon, and I feel almost sure that in a few more years bass in our stream will be a thing of the past. Just what measures should be introduced to correct this I am not able to say. One thing is sure, these big fellows cannot be taken out of our streams with common hook and line. What shall be done in this case? S. A. Stowe. Michigan's Proposed Angler's License. An Open Letter. To the Honorable, the Governor of Michigan , Lansing: Respected Sir — I am informed that a bill is before the Legislature of your State to exclude every angler from outside States to catch brook trout or grayling in your State, unless a special license of $25 is paid by all non- residents, with a 75-cent license to residents. Being a citizen of Illinois who has whipped a large share of the streams of your State for the past twenty years, and who has always complied with the conditions of the1 statutes of your State as regards your law, I beg to enter a protest against the passage of a law that pro- hibits an outside citizen from such sport in your State. Why not, under the same conditions, prohibit an out- sider from buying the lands of your State, or becoming a temporary citizen by buying pine lands; or still further, of taxing every person who spends a summer in your State during the months that suggest rest and recreation? This is as reasonable as the proposition to- prohibit angling by anyone who does not happen to reside in your State. Every trout that is caught by non-residents brings dol- lars into the State. By the inauguration of such a law as is now proposed, your State will exclude many thousands who annually visit your State for rest and pleasure. The streams of Michigan are naturally the home of the speckled trout. Some streams of Wisconsin are also the natural grounds of the fontinalis, which are also frequented by sports- men, and where no such laws will be enforced. Being a member of one of the most prominent clubs of scientific fishermen in the West, I sincerely hope that this prohibitive bill will not become a law — not only in j ustice to sportsmen, but also in j ustice to the freedom of visitors, who would, under the above conditions, leave your summer resorts empty during the fishing season. Should such a bill pass your Legislature, I trust that your Excellency will veto such an act. I am assured that the real sportsmen of your State are against such a law, and only those who wish the whole State to themselves are in favor of it. Very sincerely yours, B. W. Goodsell, of Chicago, 111. The Arizona Seasons. Phcenix, Arizona, March 17. — The Territorial Legis- lature finished its 60-day session last night. An entirely new game law has been passed this session. The law in brief is as follows : Male deer and turkey, open season September 15 to December 1. Antelope killing prohibited to March 1, 1911. Quail, Bobwhite, partridge, grouse, pheasant, snipe or rail, open season October 15 to March 1. Ducks, geese, brant, doves, open ali the year. Trout (not less than seven inches long), June 1 to September 1, open. Black bass, strawberry bass, crappie, September 1 to December 1, open. Introduced pheasants, killing pro- hibited to March 1, 1911. Limits — Three male deer in one season, 25 quail in one day, 20 pounds or 40 individual fish in one day of trout, bass, crappie or catfish. Fishing with hook and line only permitted. Sale of all above game and fish prohibited at all times. Non-resident license tax to hunt deer, $10. Killing prohibited of lark, thrush, sparrow, swallow, grosbeak or tanager, camel, elk, mountain goat, mountain sheep, female deer or spotted fawn. Governor Kibbey re-appointed the old board of Fish and Game Commissioners: T. S. Bunch, Safford; W. L. Pinney, of Phoenix, and Jean Allison, of Jerome, for two years. W. L. Pinney is secretary and business agent of the board. Florida Black Bass Destruction. A New Rochelle, N. Y., correspondent of the Florida Times-Union writes : “Although I reside in the State of New York, I feel that I am almost a Floridian, inasmuch as I have spent my winters in Florida since 1883, not for my health, but prefer to take my vacation from business during the; winter months and fish, hunt and amuse my- self under the tropic sun, with charming surrounding scenery, nowhere to be found in the United States, in the world, all within a few hours of New York city. Black bass fishing has been the great sport and amusement. All of the fresh waters of the State, especially on the west side , until this winter, were filled with these game fish. I have seen ladies catch with #od and line in streams I have been accustomed to fish eight and ten-pound bass. This winter I have fished in the accustomed streams as heretofore without a Strike, when in the past any fisherman/could with ease capture from twenty to forty in an afternoon. Upon examination I found numerous wire fish traps set along said streams that have been de- populated of black bass. Upon inquiry I learned that tons of "black bass have been caught in that way from streams in Levy county and sold to mill hands and negroes making turpentine in the vicinity for two cents a pound, one man at the little settlement where I am stop- ping, I was told, sold twenty dollars’ worth of black bass caught in traps, in less than two weeks. This shows that one thousand pounds of black bass was slaughtered for a Ywenty-dollar bill. A Government official at the same place, whom I have no reason to doubt, informed me that tons of black bass had been caught in traps in Levy county during the past year. At this rate, it will not be Ipng before the black bass of Florida will be a thing of the past, and the State of Florida will, in the near future, be trying to restock its streams with bass so cruelly butchered. If there is a State law that prohibits trap- ping of black bass, enforce it quickly or the finish of the black bass in 'the Land of Flowers’ is in sight. If there is no law that protects, in God’s name and sake of humanity, place one upon the statute book for the State of Florida that will prevent the game fresh-water fish from extermination.” — C. G. B. The Missisqwoi Complication. Editor Forest and Stream: The Mississippi River has where it enters the Missis- quoi Bay three mouths or outlets; the bulk of the water now flows out of the middle branch, and the current of water goes directly across the Canada line, which is only about two hundred yards away, then swings through Canadian waters to the Alburgh shore and south back into Vermont. The pike-perch follow up this current, which takes them up through Canadian waters. About a half mile west of the middle branch is the west branch of the river, and the water that flows out from this chan- nel does not enter Canadian territory, and if the sand-bar at the mouth of this west branch was dredged out and a wing were built up* at the head of Metcalf Island at the fork of the river and the flow of water turned into the west branch, this would deepen the channel and cause the fish in following up the current to keep wholly in Ver- mont or United States waters, and it would help naviga- tion, and be a Godsend to the numerous owners of small craft that reside at Swanton, and who now can only cross the bar into’ the river at high water flood. The channel along the Alburgh shore can be easily blocked up. A rocky point projects out from the Can- adian shore into the Vermont waters, called Province Point. The channel is quite narrow at the end of that point, as there is a long reef but a short distance out from the point. This point is covered with large boul- ders, which, with the gravel dredged from the sand-bar at the mouth of the west branch, would be quite suffi- cient to completely block the channel. This would force the migrating fish to either go up the channel of the west branch or to swing out so far from the shore as to be out of the reach of the fishermen’s seines. Though simply dredging out the west branch with the wing dam at the forks of the river would quite likely remedy the evil, it is usually the better way to do a thing up thoroughly. Stanstead. The Adirondack Depredations. Governor Higgins has ordered an investigation of the Adirondack forest depredations, and has directed that legal proceedings be instituted to recover for the timber removed from the State lands. Ex-Senator Elon R. Brown has made public his. letter of resignation from the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, in which he says : I hereby resign my membership in your Association. The im- mediate occasion of my doing so is the attack you are making on Commissioner Middleton. Mr. Middleton has been the sole Commissioner since April, 1901, and if he has been suffering trespassers to denude the Adirondacks during his term of office you have performed your duty very badly in keeping silent on the subject until just before the expiration of his term of office. It is less than sixty days since you entertained him as a guest of honor at a dinner at the University Club in New York, when the policy of the State as to the Adirondacks was the matter under consideration, and no mention was made of any criticism of this sort or opportunity given to consider the facts that do exist. You knew then, as you know now, that never during the history of the Forest Commission, has there been a period of four years when so little live timber on State land has been destroyed as during his term; that every such trespass has been checked at the earliest practicable moment, and that all such trespasses during his term of office have been inconsiderable and even trifling in amount. If the Commissioner has asserted the law by compelling pay- ment into the State’s forest fund of compensation for burnt timber removed rather than by a seizure of the timber itself without further compensation, and has done this to eke out the scanty appropriations for this great interest, it ill becomes you to at- tack his policy on the basis of a technical violation of law rather than inquire whether harm has been done the forests. But the course you are pursuing now is only the occasion and not the reason of my withdrawal. I have for several years during my service in the Senate felt that your influence on the whole was detrimental to the Adirondacks. Acting on the assumption that no one but yourself has honor- able intentions toward these forests, you have opposed every attempt to build them up by scientific forestry, while the great majority of the leading men in your organization are themselves engaged in denuding large tracts of Adirondack forest lands. Recognizing as you have often professed to do, the great necessity of introducing a system of forestry, you have opposed every step suggested, on the cowardly plea that no one can be trusted to carry it out, while the national service is filled with competent men doing efficient forestry work, drawn to a consider- able extent from New York State and even from the Forestry Department of New York State. If your present charges against Commissioner Middleton have any basis in fact, it will have to be conceded that you could not be relied upon to point out dere- liction of administration that was undertaken oftener than once in four years. . . A favorite means of assault on your part is a condemnation of political methods and of politicians, while I know of no other organization in the State more given over to a self-perpetuating clique. You are collecting dues from several thousand members who never have and who cannot get an opportunity to share in directing your policy, and who have thus far had only the privilege of subscribing to a sentiment without regard for the wisdom or folly of your way of expressing it. . ' I" have, on at least a half a dozen occasions, during my service in the Senate, suggested to your officers the propriety of having a meeting of your Association for the purpose of taking up and discussing forestry problems, with a view to agreeing on a policy, but I have never been able to discover that there was likely to be any such opportunity. “--With the funds of your society you employ one or two men to carry out the views or the whims of managers who really never Submit themselves to the judgment of your members, by publish- ing lampoons from time to time on the Governor of-the State, or other public officers, and by organizing a paid bureau at times .reaching most of the public press of the city of New York. As K do not approve of the policies which you have supported, and do not believe in the methods employed, you will see that my membership in your Association will no longer be either a mat; ter of pleasure or profit to me. Yours truly, Eppif R. Beowm. 201 April i, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. New York Y; C. Meeting. The second annual meeting of the New York Y. C. was held at the club house, West Forty-fourth street, on Thursday evening, March 23. There was a good attend- ance, and Commodore Frederick G. Bourne presided. Ex-Commodore S. Nicholson Kane was presented with a handsome loving cup, which was accompanied by suit- able resolutions. The following inscription was engraved on the cup: “Presented by the New York Yacht Club to Commodore S. Nicholson Kane, in token of its highest regard and in grateful recognition of thirty years of faith- ful service, March 23, 1905.” Messrs. Irving Grinnell, Philip Schuyler and Archibald Rogers composed the com- mittee on resolutions. The Model Committee reported that they placed models in wall sections B. C. D and E, completing the hanging of half models down to and including 1884. In addition to the Cup defenders and challengers previously reported, Robert Goelet has presented full rigged models of Magic and Cambria. Mrs. Samuel Colt has presented a full rigged model of Dauntless, and Arthur Curtis James a full rigged model of Coronet. These two models will be rigged as they appeared in the great ocean race of 1887. The full rigged model of America as she raced for the Cup in 1851, complete in every detail, has been installed, and is on view for the first time. Twenty-nine half models have been received since the last meeting, including models of U. S. S. Mayflower and U. S. S. Maine. Col. Stevens, of Hoboken, presented original models of Maria, 1846 and 1850, also models of Trouble, 1816; Wave, 1832; Onkahye, 1840, and Betty Bliss. A very handsome full rigged model of the flag- ship Delaware was presented to the club by Commodore Bourne. The report of the Committee on Yacht Routine and Signal Code was adopted. The committee in charge of the new one-design 30- footers reported eighteen boats built, and that the class was closed. The committee in charge of the removal of the Bay Ridge station to Staten Island, stated that a float and suitable quarters would be provided at the new location by the time the season opened. Commodore Bourne was thanked for securing the first club house of the organization, and for placing it on the ground at Glen Cove presented for the purpose by the Ladew family. The members’ attention was called to the fact that a club station was maintained at Nantucket by Mr. P. G. Thebaud. The following schedule has been laid out for the an- nual cruise : Thursday, August 10 — Rendezvous Cups races, Glen Cove. Friday, August 11 — Squadron run to Morris Cove. Saturday, August 12 — Squadron run to New London. Sunday, August 13 — At New London. Mondajq August 14 — Squadron run to Newport. Tuesday, August 15 — Astor Cup races. Wednesday, August 16 — Squadron run to Vineyard Haven. Thursday, August 17 — Squadron run to Marblehead. Friday, August 18 — At anchor. Saturday, August 19 — Open regatta for Eastern and New York Y. C. On the following Monday the Eastern Y. C. fleet will begin its cruise, which will end at Bar Harbor. It will rest with the owners of the New York Y. C. boats whether they will accompany the fleet to the eastward. The amendments to the new measurement rule passed at the last meeting were finally adopted. CUP PRESENTED TO EX-COMMODORE S. NICHOLSON KANE BY THE NEW YORK Y. C. Fleur de Lys Entered in Ocean Race. — Dr. Lewis A. Stimson has formally entered his schooner Fleur de Lys in the ocean race for the Kaiser’s Cup. This makes the tenth entry. Fleur de Lys was designed by the late Edward Burgess and built by J. McDonald at Bath, Me., in 1890. She is a wooden vessel 86ft. waterline, 105ft. over all, 21.9ft. breadth and 13ft. draft. Dr. Stimson has engaged Captain Bohlin, one of the best known of the Gloucester fishing captains, to take Fleur de Lys across, and it is said that she will have a crew of fishermen. Cap- tain Bohlin is known as a great driver,' and he holds the record for the fastest time from the Grand Banks to Gloucester, CUP OFFERED BY HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, THE GERMAN EMPEROR, FOR THE TRANS-ATLANTIC OCEAN RACE. Conditions Governing Ocean Race for Kaiser's Cop. Race for the ocean cup presented by His Imperial Majesty, the German Emperor: For cruising yachts of any nation enrolled in a recog- nized yacht club. Yacht must be more than eighty tons net Custom House measurement to be eligible. The race to be started on May 16, at two P. M., at Sandy Hook Lightship, and to finish at the Lizard, England. Three yachts to start or no race. International rules of the road at sea to govern the race. An owner or his representative, who must also> be a member of a recognized yacht club, must be on board. Entries to^ close at midnight April 1, 1905. Entries may be addressed to the Naval Attache, Im- perial German Embassy, Washington, D. C. No handicap or time allowance. The cup will be presented personally by His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor to the owner of the win- ning yacht at the beginning of Kiel regatta week. Additional prizes will be given by His Majesty on the basis of one for each three starters. Auxiliaries entering must sail the race with the pro- peller removed from, the shaft. The propeller may be carried on board yacht during the race. The sub-committee will arrange for day, night and fog signals to be used in the race. Further information can be obtained by addressing the chairman of the American Sub-Committee of the Imperial Yacht Club, the Naval Attache, Imperial German Em- bassy, Washington, D. C. H. G. Hebbingfiaus, I. G. N., Chairman. Allison V. Armour, C. L. F. Robinson, American Sub-Committee of Imperial Y. C. of Germany. Boston Letter. Y. R. A. of M. — The annual meeting of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts was held at Young’s Hotel on Thursday evening, March 16, at which several important amend- ments were disposed of. Other business . which did not get into the call for the meeting will be considered at a special meeting to be held at the Boston Y. C. on Wednes- day evening, March 29. One of the amendments adopted, concerning starts, was as follows: “If, after the prepara- tory signal, a yacht crosses the starting line, she shall be considered to have started. If any part of her hull or spars is on or over the line when the starting signal is given, she must return and recross the line. It shall be the duty of the judges to hail a yacht which is on or over the line at the start, but failure on the part of the judges to hail a yacht shall not relieve the yacht from recrossing the line.” An amendment to this adopted amendment is proposed in the call for the special meeting to be held by striking out “If after the preparatory signal a yacht crosses the line, she shall be considered to have started.” The remainder of the amendment is retained with the ex- ception that judges are to hail yachts crossing too soon, if possible. Another amendment adopted provides for an official judge for all Y. R. A. races, his duties being defined as follows: It shall be the duty of the official judge to at- tend all association races, and he shall serve as a judge ' and shall see that the rules are properly enforced and that a report of the race is promptly forwarded to the secre- tary of the Association.” The passage of this measure will undoubtedly have a very good result in the racing throughout Massachusetts Bay. While it is true that our regatta committees are, as a rule, very efficient, it is also true that some of them. do> not have opportunities of be- coming acquainted with the different boats. With the official judge present, mistakes in identity, which often lead to more serious ones, may be avoided, and the results of all races returned to the secretary of the Association more quickly and in better shape than they might be otherwise. A new class was adopted, to be known as class H, yachts conforming to the limitations of the Cape Catboat Association. The Association governing this class was organized to keep up the interest in catboats, which were at one time the most popular rig in Massachusetts Bay. A proposal to accept a class for dories, governed by the rules of the Massachusetts Racing Dory Association, was turned down, only because notice of the proposed meas- ure was not instituted in the call for the meeting. The proposal will be acted upon at the special meeting, the class, if accepted, to be known as class X. At the special meeting a proposed new section of the rule governing percentages will "be acted upon. The pro- posed amendment is as follows : “After a decision of the judges has been rendered on a protest, the judges may rule that a yacht shall not be counted a starter for per- centage which has been wrongfully fouled, disabled or in any way spoiled of her chance of winning a race by an- other yacht and through no fault of her own; provided, however, that such yacht did withdraw immediately from the race, and did lodge a protest to that effect in writing with the judges, as soon thereafter as was possible.” This measure appeals to many racing men, especially those who compete in classes in which there are many entries for every race. It often happens that a yacht’s chances are entirely spoiled by being fouled by another yacht, and it is considered that one yacht should not suffer because of the fault or the mistake of another. Another amendment proposed for the special meeting is to the effect that it shall be part of the duty of the official measurer to act as a judge and he shall receive all pro- tests on measurement, it being provided elsewhere in the rules that the measurer shall attend all Association races. From this it looks as though it is the intention to make the official measurer also the official judge. On account of the absence of several delegates at the annual meeting, and also because many clubs were not ready to announce their races, there were few requests for open dates, and the matter of giving these out was left to. the Executive Committee. Since the meeting the following fixtures, have been announced, which were given out with a view to harmonize with the dates of the Eastern and Corinthian Y. C.’s : Tuesday, May 30 — South Boston, off Marine Park. Saturday, June 17, A. M.— Boston, Hull Bay. Saturday, June 17, P. M.— -Corinthian, ocean race. Saturday, June 24 — Squantum, Quincy Bay. Monday, July 3— -Eastern, Marblehead. Tuesday, July 4, A. M.— Corinthian, Marblehead. Tuesday, July 4, P. M — Eastern, Marblehead. Entries in Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cap. Name. Type. L.W.L. Valhalla .Aux. Ship . 240ft. . Apache .Aux. Barque.. .168ft. .. Ailsa • Yawl . S8ft. . Hamburg • Schooner ..... .116ft. . Utowana •Aux. Schooner. .156ft. . Sunbeam •Aux. Barque... .154.7ft. Thistle • Schooner .110ft. .. Atlantic ....... • Aux. Schooner. • 135ft. . Hildegarde .Schooner • 103.4ft. Fleur de Lys... •Schooner ...... .TOlft.... Endymion ..... •Schooner ...... • 86.6ft..., Owner. ... Earl of Crawford.. ...Edmund Randolph. ....Henry S. Redmond. ....German syndicate . ....Allison V. Arrpour . ...Lcrd Brassey "..... . ....Robert E. Tod...... ....Wilson Marshall ... . . . Edward R. Coleman ....Lewis A. Stimson... ....George Lander, Jr.. Club. ....Royal Yacht Squadron..... .... New York Y. C .... New York Y. C.. ......... . .... Kaiserlicher Y. C ...•New York Y. C.. ......... . .... Royal Yacht Squadron..... ■ • • • Atlantic Y. C. .... New York Y. C... .......... .....New York Y. C New York Y. C. ...••Indian Harbor Y. C... ....... Designer. ■ W. C. Storey • J. Reid & Co......... , William Fife, Jr • George L. Watson... . J Beavor-Webb. . . .... ■ St. Claire Byrne . Henry Winteringham , Gardner & Cox • A. S. Chesebrough, . . Edward Burgess Tams, Lemome & Crane Year Buii . . .18; ...18 262 FOREST AND STREAM [Apbil i, 1905. Saturday, July 8— Quincy, Hull Bay. Saturday, July 22 — Winthrop. Winthrop. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 3, 4 and 5— Boston, Hull Bay. Monday, August 7— Boston, Marblehead. Tuesday, August 8— Eastern, Marblehead. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 9, 10, 11. 12— Corinthian, Marblehead. Monday, August 14 — Manchester, W. Manchester. Tuesday, August 15 — Manchester (Crowhurst Cup), W. Manchester. Wednesday and Thursday, August 16 and 17 — East Gloucester, Gloucester. Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19 — Annisquam, Annisquam. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 24, 25 and 26- Cape Cod, Provincetown. Monday and Tuesday, August 28 and 29 — Wellfleet, Wellfleet. Thursday. August 31 — Plymouth, Plymouth. Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2 — Duxbury, Duxbury. Monday, September 4 — Lynn, off Nahant. Sunday, September 10 — Association rendezvous, Hull Bay. In the above list the races of the Eastern and Corin- thian Y. C.’s do not count for Association percentage.. Autoboat for Mr. Lewis R. Speare. — There is being built at the yard of Stearns & Mackay, Marblehead, an automobile boat, which may prove to be one. of the great speed makers of thfe season. This boat, which has been mentioned before, is for Mr. Lewis R. Speare, of Newton, Mass., a very enthusiastic automobilisL She is 40ft. long and about 4ft. beam and of very light draft. She will be driven by a Winton 12 cylinder 150 horsepower motor. Marine engines of such power are something new with the Winton people, but they are confident that this one will turn out well. What speed is expected has not been vouchsafed, but it is known that both the owner and the builders are quite confident that it will be some- thing big, in spite of their conservatism. The boat is in the finishing stages now, and as soon as she is completed she will be shipped to Cleveland, where her motor will be installed. She will then be tried out on fresh water, after which she will be sent to Marblehead, where Mr. Speare will use her. John B. Killeen. Inter- Atlantic Regatta at Hampton Roads.— The Hampton Roads Y. C., in conjunction with the Brooklyn Y. C., will hold a regatta on July 4 open to yachts of all clubs. The course will be laid off the club house of the Hampton Roads Y. C., on Willoughby Spit, opposite Fortress Monroe, Va. There will be five classes for sail- ing yachts and one for power boats. CLASSES. (Sloops, Yawls, Schooners, Cats, Bugeyes, etc.) Class A — Over 45ft. racing length. Class B— Over 35ft. racing length. Class C — Over 25ft. racing length. Class D — Under 25ft. racing length. Class E — Boats that have participated in ocean race. Class F — Cruising power boats. PRIZES. Prizes will be cups or other trophies of the below values: First Prize. Second Prize. Third Prize. Class Class Class Class Class Class A......... 150.00 $25.00 B 30.00 20.00 $10.00 C 25.00 15.00 10.00 D 20.00 10.00 5.00 E 30.00 20.00 10.00 F 50.00 25.00 Also a prize of $20 to the crew of the Class D boat making the best actual time over the course, offered by the editor of the Rudder. MEASUREMENT FOR RACING LENGTH. The measurement will be the L.W.L. plus one-half the over- hang. Class E will sail under their ocean race rating. Class F will be rated under rules of American Power Boat Asso- ciation. CREWS. Boats in Classes A, B and C will be ollowed to carry their pro- fessional crews, but must be steered by an amateur. Boats in Class E, one paid hand. Boats in Class D, all amateur crews limited to one man for each 5ft. of over all length. Boats in Classes A, B, C and E, no crew limit. No paid pilot allowed on any yacht entered in the race. DEFINITION OF AN AMATEUR. An amateur is one who does not gain his livelihood by following the sea, and who has never accepted pay for serving upon a yacht, fisherman, oysterman or coaster. ALLOWANCE. Allowance calculated from the common tables, with the usual allowance for rig. SAILS. No restrictions on sails. TIME. There will be no time limit; races will be sailed out. For entry blanks and further information address F. W. McCullough, Norfolk, Va., or Thomas Fleming Day, 9 Murray street, New York. W. A. Ferguson, F. O. Smith, T. A. Jones, John G. Wallace, Jr., H. C. Dodson. M. C. Ferebee, F. W. Mc- Cullough, chairman, Reception Committee The Hampton Roads Y. C. ; W. J. C. Stockley, secretary. ft ft ft New York Y. C. One-Design Boats.— The eighteen one-design boats designed and built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co., of Bristol, will be ready for delivery by the first week in April. The owners of the boats are as fol- lows: Newbury D. Lawton, W. Butler Duncan, Oliver Harriman, Howard Willets, August Belmont, W. D. Guthrie, G. M. Pynchon, H. L. Maxwell, Stuyvesant Wainwright, A. H. Alker, Cord Meyer, A. T. French, Addison G. Hanan, J. Murray Mitchell. G. A. Adee, H. F. Lippitt, Lyman Delano and Lewis Iselin. The follow- ing dimensions of the boats are approximately correct: 43ft. 6in. over all, 30ft. waterline, 8ft. ioin. breadth and 6ft. sin. draft. ft ft ft Steam Yacht Delaware to be Refitted.— The insur- ance underwriters have taken over Commodore Bourne’s steam yacht Delaware and the yacht will again be put in first-class shape. The work will be done under direction of Messrs; Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Commodore Bourne has been allowed to retain the name Delaware, so in the fbfuVe 3hfe Will b'e known by a different narrf'e. ^Forest and Stream'* Designing Competition No. IV. For a 60-Foot Waterline Cruising Launch. second prize design, and winner of cabin plan prize. The following description is an outline of the principal features embodied in a vessel designed to conform to the rules laid down in the Forest and Stream competition. To obtain a seaworthy type, ample freeboard, sheer and displacement were naturally of prime importance; as for speed, it lias been considered of minor importance. The whaleboat type of stem and stern have been retained, and to prevent the boat from being too lively, the gasolene is kept well toward the ends, which also means that the position of the gasolene is as remote as possible. With the large displacement, easy form to drive (for the speed chosen), that boat should keep its speed fairly well in rough water ; the ample skeg insuring good steering and docking qualities and protection for the screws. The arrangement of houses and cockpit as per plans was adopted for the following reasons: In the first place, a good location for helmsman was necessary; therefore the houses were divided, as in this manner the helmsman can be kept much lower than if the usual bridge was used ; and again, the man, if placed so high, makes a small boat rather unsightly. The distance of wheel from bow permits of a good range being obtained, and natu- rally a course can be held better. The space between the houses was made great enough to accommodate a large observation seat, from which ^ectiootlpra^b ^ioferoo ir LcoScioi? A/D vantage point a good view over the helmsman’s head is obtained. Recognizing that there are times when guests and owner prefer to be out of earshot of crew, the after cock- pit was provided, a more sheltered position than the ob- servation seat on a windy day. An awning is carried from well forward, right back over house and cockpit ; this also insures a cooler house than if the sunbeams were allowed to fall upon it. The forward house con- tains crew’s quarters, galley and engine room, while the after house is given up entirely to owner and guests. The plan of the after house is somewhat out of the or- dinary, in the fact that it is not symmetrical in plan, a portion on the starboard side being removed, forming a deck level passage from cockpit to the companionway that enters owner’s quarters. The idea of this is to minimize the length of passage fore and aft, below, thereby allow- ing more space for accommodation. Entering this companionway and descending a wind- ing stairway, we arrive in the vestibule, which has con- venient lockers for oilers, guns and steward’s supplies. Three doors open from the vestibule, those to owner’s stateroom, the toilet and main saloon. The vestibule is floored with linoleum of good quality, and is expected to be a convenient place for the removal of wet coats, etc. Entering the owner’s stateroom, we find the same to extend the entire width of vessel, to contain a double bed on the starboard side, a portion of bed being under the deck at side of house, but not stinted as regards head room. On the port side there is a good size transom or sofa, that could be used for sleeping purposes on a pinch, wardrobe, locker and folding lavatory ; a large bureau and mirror are located at the after end. Skylight and large windows in sides of trunk insure good light and ventilation. Proceeding to the toilet next, which contains the usual w. c. and basin, gravity feed, and in addition the toilet was made long enough to permit one end being slightly sunk (for drainage), and a rose spray and rubber tube fitted together with a rubber curtain as shower, thus mak- ing a practical shower. The head room was not suffi- cient for the usual overhead shower, nor was it thought advisable to fit a tube, the latter taking up so much room, beside the expense. Medicine and linen locker located as shown ; a portion of the vestibule skylight helps to venti- late this room. The next room is the main saloon, in which are placed two wide sofas, to be used for sleeping purposes, one of which is carried partly across at forward end, forming a sort of cosy corner. In this angle a swing table is placed; at the after end buffet or sideboard and wine locker are located, good stowage being obtained inside of sofas and at sides of boat; in fact, stowage room has been made a feature of the design. Skylight oVst saibtm, and wfetfows on three shies. The finish of saloon would he in white with appropriate and inexpensive hangings and brass cabin lamps. The toilet room would also be finished in white, while cabin, vestibule and stairs would beffinished in varnish. From the saloon, going forward, just under the break of houses, the head room has been reduced slightly for a distance of about 4k2ft. ; this is part of the passage that gives complete communication fore and aft as per requirements. Proceeding to galley, this room contains a. range, large ice-box, dresser, shelves, and a reserve ice-box under the floor. A skylight as shown and ports should keep this place cool and sweet. It will be noted that forward house is fitted with ports instead of windows; this was done as the windows might easily be smashed by a head sea in offshore cruising. Forward of galley the forecastle is located, containing transoms port and starboard and pipe berths for four men. If preferred, one of the berths could easily be in- stalled in engine room. At after end of forecastle the forward end of house is utilized to give light and ventila- tion through ports and extra large head room so as to make the cubic air space as great as possible. The open- ing of the forward companionway would induce a natural circulation of air. The toilet at aft end is entirely separated from forecastle. There is ample hanging space and dunnage space in transoms; at forward end there are shelves fitted for lamps, stores, etc. Engine room — The twin-screw type was adopted to in- sure reliability and immunity from being totally disabled. Small powers were used to keep cost as low as possi- ble. The motors used are four cylinder four-stroke Buf- falo or equal make, the rated power of each being 25 B.H.P., which is actually not less than 10 B.H.P. less than actual output, which is about the power that would be expected from the cylinder volume and piston speed. Two small pumps are to be fitted, one a centrifugal for pumping the bilges, and the other a gear or rotary pump for forcing water from main tank to gravity tank. For ignition, a magneto or dynamo is to be used with batteries for starting. The gasolene tanks forward and aft are separated from balance of boat by water-tight bulkheads ; holes are bored through skin of vessel, and the entering water is ex- pected to carry off the gasolene in case of tank leakage; all gasolene pipes are led outside of hull to engine space. See specifications. In order to keep the price to the predetermined figure, the boat is to be built as cheaply as is consistent with good work and material ; scarcely any effort has been made to cut weights, which usually means more labor and therefore greater cost. The approximate costs are dis- tributed as follows : Hull, complete, including rudder, awning, struts, tanks, etc $5,200 Two motors and appurtenances (net) i. e., cata- logued discount (including propellers) 2,600 Allow for equipment, bedding, napery, boat, etc... 1,200 $9,000 The dimensions are as follows : Length — Over all 67ft. 9m. W.L 59ft- Beam — Extreme lift. gin. W.L 9ft. 6in. Overhang- Forward 3ft. gin. Aft 5ft- Freeboard — Forward 6 ft. Least 3ft. ioin. Aft 4ft. 1 in. Draft- Extreme 3ft. 9k2in. Corresponding displacement (lbs.) exclusive of skeg 33449 Speed (at rated H. P.), miles n)4 Rated H. P. (low figure), total 50 Wetted surface, total 553 sq. ft. FI. P. for 8 miles per hour 20 Cruising radius, full speed, miles 850 Cruising radius, 8 miles per hour, miles 920 Fresh water 300 gals. Gasolene, forward 300 gals., aft 166 gals 4 66 gals. Propellers, 29m. diameter, 23m. pitch 600 revs. Note. — At high speed engine and screw efficency are maximum, and allow gal- gasolene per horsepower hour. At 8 miles’ speed, lower efficiency, allow 1/5 gal. per horsepower hour. These motors would probably brake 70 horsepower total,, which would give speed of about 12% miles. How- ever, this speed and horsepower is not claimed for design. Wcighls. Pounds. Hull, motor foundations, paint, etc., main shrouds, etc., etc.. 12, 000 Joiner woik, partitions 2,500 Cabin house 1,400 Miscellaneous joiner work, stairs, deck seat, etc 300 Skylights 240 Furniture, transoms, berths, etc 550 Napery, upholstery, bedding 400 Ice box and reserve ice box 900 Rudder and gear 350 Deck fittings, davits, etc 250 Windlass 100 Plumbing 250 Fresh water piping 70 Fresh water tanks 510 Gasolene tanks 350 Awning, stanchions and rails 240 Galley stove and fixtures 300 Crew’s berths 100 Dinghy ; 150 Anchor and cables 300 Motors, complete . 3,500 Shafts, bearings, struts, etc 550 Propellers 90 Stores : Fngineer’s 200 Ice - 300 Ice 300 Coal 200 Fresh water, 225 gallons 2,250 Gasolene, 460 gallons 3,000 Steward’s 5,00 Passengers, crew and effects .... .1,600 *>»«■ 1905.T FOREST AND STREAM. 208 64 FOREST AND STREAM. [April i, 190S. , British Letter. Solent Class Racing. — Class racing on the Solent does not give promise of great vitality this year. Indeed, from the views expressed at the recent meeting of the Solent Classes Racing Association, the only class which is likely to be in a flourishing condition is the 24ft. class. The 36-footers and 30-footers are extinct, and the bulk of the racing falls to the South Coast and Solent one- design classes, the small handicap classes and the 24ft. and iSft. linear raters. Truly the glories of the Solent as the home of the small rater classes appears to have departed, and there does not seem to be any special reasons for this, because in the days when the linear raters were at the height of their popularity in these waters, they were much more extreme in type than they are under the present rule, and therefore more difficult to dispose of when their owners had done with them. The chief factor in the destruction of the rating classes has been undoubtedly the rapid increase in the number and popularity of one-design classes, but this does not apply to the Solent as much as to other places, and certainly not with sufficient force to account for the almost total disapeparance of the linear raters which flourished there in such abundance and provided such good sport. With the exception of the Redwings, which are tiny boats and cannot be said to cut into class racing to any great ex- tent, the only one-design classes on the Solent are the Solent one-design class and the South Coast class. Of these the former was started in 1897 and attained great popularity, as many as fourteen or sixteen coming to the starting line a few years back, and causing clubs to split them into two divisions. However, even in this class the numbers have diminished greatly the last two or three years, and not much more than half a dozen ever started last season. The South Coast class came into existence in 1903, and displaced the 36ft. linear raters. In the fol- lowing year the 30ft. rating class dropped out, thus leav- ing nothing but the small fry to represent the Y. R. A. classes. On February 25 the Solent Classes Racing Asso- ciation passed a resolution to form a handicap class for ex-36-fcoters and 30-footers, and ex-5-raters and 2.5 raters, as there are many such boats in and about the Solent, and it is hoped thus to fill up in some measure the gap caused b}r the defection of the leading Y. R. A. classes. The idea is more or less of an experiment, and will be discontinued after a season’s trial if unsatisfac- tory. Of course it is what may be called a retrograde step, but if owners will not build to the present Y. R. A. classes, it seems to be the best way to supply the defi- ciency in the small classes, as there are plenty of old raters going cheap, and a good deal of fun can thus be had at a small initial outlay. East Coast Racing.— On the East Coast the London Sailing Club is fortunate with its 18-footer classes, of which it has two — the Y. R. A. class and the restricted class — and this season three new boats are to be added to the number, all by different designers. For many years the sway in the Y. R. A. 18ft. class has been held by My Lady Dainty, and although boat after boat has tried to lower her colors, she has remained champion of her class from the year she was built down to the present time, or seven seasons in all. This is a truly wonderful record, considering that My Lady Dainty has been but little altered since she was built, and that com- petition in the class is very keen. In all she has won nearly two hundred prizes, of which the great majority are firsts. However, it is likely that her colors will be lowered this year, as one of the new boats is designed by Mr. G. W. Laws, who' was responsible for My Lady Dainty’s lines, and another by the famous young Scottish designer, Mylne. Last season My Lady Dainty had the wonderful record (for a boat in her seventh season) of twenty-one prizes — seventeen firsts and four seconds — out of twenty-eight starts. Thirty-six-foot Class on the Clyde.— Once more the 36ft. class on the Clyde is threatened with extinction, for Mr. Maclver has determined not to fit out Barabel, which is in the sale list. This brings Falcon as the only representative of the class, unless a purchaser is found for Barabel. It would be a great pity if this class fell through, for the pair had many close fights throughout a well contested season, and honors were pretty equally divided, Barabel just having a shade the better of mat- ters. The new 30ft. restricted class is increasing in popu- larity, but the 19ft. length class on the Clyde seems to be losing its hold, although it may only be a temporary slackness on the part of its supporters. The idea of the handicap match from Cowes to the Clyde organized by the Royal London Y. C., in June, in conjunction with the Clyde clubs, has caused the greatest possible satisfaction in Scotland. The race is open to all yachts exceeding 95 tons Thames measurement. It is the very thing that is wanted to revive the ancient glories of the Clyde Fort- night, and it is hoped that British owners give efficient support to this race, instead of hurrying off to foreign regattas. Three cups are offered, value one hundred, forty and twenty guineas. These will be provided by the Royal London Y. C., and the Clyde clubs will give cups of similar values for a return race to Cowes. That the yachts which take part in the first race will be well catered for during the Clyde Fortnight, goes without saying, and preparations are already being made to in- clude them in the prize list. E. H. Kelly. Motorboat Cruise to Thousand Islands. — Messrs. J. H. McIntosh, Columbia Y. C., Norris Oliphant, Thous- and Islands Y. C., and R. C. Fisher, New York A. C., have been appointed as a committee to arrange a motor- boat cruise from New York to the home of the Thousand Islands Y. C. on the St. Lawrence. The boats will leave New York about August 18 and proceed through the canals and lakes to the St. Lawrence. The races for the American Power Boat Association Cup will take place August 24, 25 and 26 off the Thousand Island Y. C. house. m «? Plymouth Y. C. Officers. — At the annual meeting of the Plymouth Y. C., held recently, the following officers were elected: Com., Hon. E. B. Atwood; Vice-Corn., W. C. Gurney; Treas., W. T. Eldridge; Sec’y, F. H. Carver; Fleet Captain, Alfred Holmes; Treas., C. W. Finney; Executive Committee — M. S. Weston, Jr., B. Loring Thomas, C. W. Finney. A. L. Bailey; Regatta Committee— H. M. Jones, Alfred Holmes, E. B. Atwood. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. {Continued from page 242 ) The higher the piston speed in a single cylinder two- stroke or double cylinder four-stroke engine with cranks both the same way (not at 180 degrees), the more the vibration. If counterweights are used the balancing must be very careful for high speeds. Figure as carefully as you can, the exact weight and position of the counter weights cannot be exactly determined. If this is to be done practically the crank shaft, fly- wheel connecting rod and piston must be assembled with the piston hanging downward and the crank shaft mounted on centers. Then the amount and position of the weights can be determined, and in no other way. This is an expensive method, and one rarely followed by the usual manufacturer, for the selling price will hardly allow of any such what is usually termed useless waste of time, and increased cost of production. In the manufacture of high-priced counter-weighted automobile engines, a method like this is usually followed, and in all future engines the weight of the piston, connecting rod and connection is weighed, and if over weight the excess of metal is removed. Pistons and connections in four cylinder French, German and Italian engines are usually care- fully weighed separately and if, in four cylinder con- struction the parts are not remachined, the two heavier reciprocating parts are arranged on opposite crank pins to better preserve the balance. A two-stroke single cylinder engine for marine pur- poses can be balanced in another way, which will sometimes remedy excessive vibration, particularly when the hull is weak in the wake of the engine. Set the crank shaft with the engine at half stroke. Open the relief cock in the head, remove the head or igniter. Pass a cord around the flywheel, so it will lead over the top of it and attach the end to a spring scale. Fasten a cord to the eye of the balance and lead the other end through a screw eye directly in line with the lead of the cord in the side of the boat’s ceiling or elsewhere. Gradually tighten the cord, carefully watching the hand on the scales, until the flywheel moves, and note the pull necessary to start it. Now reverse the cord, placing the crank in the same position and note how much pull it takes to start the piston down. Turn the flywheel now until the piston is in the same position with the crank pin on the other side, and repeat the first two operations. The results should be the same. Now by adding counter weights to the flywheel web, it will be possible to decrease vibrations to a marked degree. Always test the pull both ways after fastening the weights to see whether or not you have too much or insufficient weight. The further the weight is from the shaft the more effect it will have. It may be better to put it a little to one side of directly opposite the starting. pin, in which case the results of the tests would indicate which side, but for all practical purposes it would hardly be necessary, unless the flywheel itself was badly out of balance. A double cylinder four-stroke engine with cranks the same way is hardly ever met, and if so, usually has counterweights on both crank shaft and flywheel. To test for balancing you would use the same method as for a single cylinder two or four-stroke engine. A single cylinder four-stroke engine, or a double cylinder as well with cranks set. at 180 degrees, no matter how carefully balanced, will have more vibra- tion than a two-stroke, as the impulses are in the former case given every other revolution and in the latter twice at every alternate revolution, with no im- pulses during the following revolution. Multiple cylinder engines are more easily balanced than single two-stroke and double four-stroke, and it is for this reason that multi-cylinder construction has had so much attention from gasolene engine designers. In four-stroke engines this has been comparatively easy, but in the two-stroke, of the older two-port type, it has usually been found almost absolutely necessary to use separate vaporizers for each cylinder, adjust- ments have been not easy to make, and rarely would each cylinder give its maximum power. The more modern three-ported type seems to have solved the question satisfactorily, and the multiple-cylinder two- stroke engine will this summer be the popular con- struction. There are many manufacturers, who,, two years ago, would not guarantee their double cylinder engine, and, for all the. cost would be more, would prefer to make twin screw installation, are now advertising and guaranteeing their double cylinder productions, with float feed carburetors and either make and break or jump spark ignition. These engines will run at a higher speed, are just as reliable as the older single cylinder construction, and last, but by no means least, they will last longer, and are easier on the hull, be- cause they are more nearly perfectly balanced. [to be continued.] Queries on Marine Motors. B E B , Clayton, N. Y.— Can vou tell me why certain engines are 'rated or classed as high-speed', while others are called low or medium-speed? Ans. — In the two-stroke engine there is a limit to the speed if of the older two-port construction, single cylinder* especially if poorly or not at all counterbalanced, which has been passed in the modern three-ported engine. This allows of much higher speed without losing efficiency for reasons already explained in these columns. Again, as engines of the latter type are usually built in pairs, they are better balanced and can be run at a higher speed without undue vibration. In the four-stroke construction an engine is rarely classed as high speed unless it has three or four cylinders, for it is well-nigh impossible to balance it sufficiently accurate in two cylinder con- struction with cranks both the same way, and even harder in single cylinder or with cranks at 180 degrees, as in double cylinder. Any three or four cylinder engine can be made high speed by reducing the weight of the re- ciprocating parts, pistons, connecting rods, wrist-pins, valves valve stems, etc.; but this reducing of weight so materi’allv reduces the life of the engine that it is worth more with heavier construction for slow or medium speed. The Brooklyn Y. G. Dinner. ThE annual dinner of the Brooklyn Y. C. was given on the evening of March 25 at the Underwriters’ Club, New York city. Commodore S. S. Fontaine presided, and about 100 members and guests were present. Com- modore Fontaine, in signaling the taking of “obser- vations,” spoke of the flourishing condition o,f the club and the widespread interest manifested in the forthcom- ing ocean race from New York to Hampton Roads, and the accompanying annual cruise of the club, to be started on June 29. The Hampton Roads Y. C. has arranged for a grand regatta in welcome of the visit ; the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Y. C.’s have arranged to cruise concurrently to Hampton Roads. Yachtsmen throughout the South have expressed much interest in the event, and various railroad and steamship lines have arranged to offer special rates and accommodations. Al- though provision was made in the first instance only for the ocean race of the restricted class, it has been, on further consideration, decided to offer prizes for the schooners and other yachts participating in the accom- panying cruise. Col. David E. Austen said that he felt much interest in the race and cruise, and had made some personal effort toward getting up races between the schooners, sloops and yawls that will accompany the restricted racers, and was pleased to be able to report gratifying progress. He felt sure that the interest of the event would be much en- hanced by having races between the accompanying cruisers as well as the restricted class. He nurposed go- ing on the cruise in his 75ft. schooner Wayward, and would be glad to race her against anything of her class, in or out of the club. Narragansett Bay Y. R. A. Meeting. — At the annual meeting of the Narragansett Bay Y. R. A., plans were aranged for the coming season, and dates fixed for the Association week of open racing. Delegates were present from the Rhode Island, Edgewood, Fall River and Bristol clubs, and from an informal discussion of the prospects it was apparent that the season of 1905 in Narragansett Bay is to be one of the most active in some years. It was voted that the regatta committees of 'the four clubs comprising the membership be communicated with and requested to make the ruling that the Association pennant be displayed by all the boats participating in club regattas. The Association racing will be during the week of July 10, the schedule being as follows : Monday, July 10 — Edgewood Y. C. Tuesday, July 11 — Association race at Potter’s Cove. Wednesday, July 12 — R. I. Y. C. at Potter’s Cove. Thursday, July 13 — Special race around Beaver Tail by the representatives of the Rhode Island and Sachem’s Head Y. C.’s. Friday, July 14 — Fall River Y. C. Saturday, July 15 — Bristol Y. C. The dates selected are especially fortunate, as it is ex- pected that the Sachem’s Head Y. C. fleet will be in the Bay during that week, and possibly the Shelter Island fleet, and the boats of both visiting clubs will be able to participate in the racing of Wednesday and Thursday. The following officers of the N. B. Y. R. A. were elected for the ensuing year: President, Frederick A. Barnes, Rhode Island Y. C. ; Vice-President, Harvey J. Flint, Edgewood Y. C. ; Secretary, Thomas F. Bartlett, Fall River Y. C. ; Treasurer, Walter S. Almy, Bristol Y. C. « « * The Power Boat News. — Last week there appeared for the first time a new publication, dealing exclusively with the power boat. It was published by the Rudder Publishing Company, 9 Murray street, this city, and is called Power Boat News. It will be issued weekly, and, as Mr. Thomas Fleming Day in his introduction states, it is to be a weekly newspaper devoted to the power boat. Correspondents will be had in every port possible, whose duty it will be to collect good straight news. Mr. A. E. Potter, who was with Forest and Stream for but a few months, and who so ably filled the post of power boat editor, will have direct charge of the editorial work, assisted by Mr. C. D. Mower, who has done such good work on The Rudder. They are both practical men. * it Work at Morris Heights. — Mr. J. E. Martin, Jr., New York, who owned the autoboat Catch Me, built by Robert Jacob, City Island, with a 70 horsepower Speedway engine, has ordered a new cruising launch from the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consol., 63ft. 6in, length, 10ft. 8in. breadth. Power will be two 40 horsepower Speedway Model C engines. Mr. Walter Jennings, New York Y. C., has ordered a new naphtha tender for Tuscarora. Col. C. E. Burke, Cleveland, O., living this winter at Hotel Majestic, New York, has placed an order for a high speed launch also with the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consol., 31ft. long with 24 horsepower Speedway engine. The boat will be used on the St. Lawrence. * Cruising Launch for G. C. Sutton. — The power boat fleet of the Bergen Beach Y. C. will receive an addition this season in the shape of a new cruising launch. Mr. George C. Sutton, treasurer of the Bergen Beach Y. C., is having a new cruising launch built 31ft. over all, 8ft. 6in. breadth and 2ft. 2in. draft. The boat is very sub- stantially put together, and will have good accommoda- tions under the low cabin house. The boat will be fitted with a 4 cylinder 16 horsepower gasolene engine, and her tanks are of sufficient capacity to enable her running 100 miles without refilling. The 12ft. watertight cockpit is to be entirely covered with an awning. •t 15 I? Repairs on Colonia.— Commodore F. G. Bourne[s Colonia, New York Y. C., which will be his flagship this season, owing to the fire which so badly damaged Dela- ware that she cannot be repaired in time, was towed to Morris Heights on the 24th ult. for rush repairs. The Gas Engine & Power Company and Chas. L. Seabupr & Co., Consol., will have charge of all exterior repairs — new decks, new houses where burned, and general over- hauling of both hull and engine. Pottier & Stymus have charge of the interior work. This work must be com- pleted by June 15. _ _ April l, ±£K>s.j FOREST AND STREAM §ifle §ange and §atierg. * ~ Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26- Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. New York Schuetzen Corps. The last indoor shoot of this corps for the winter season was held the night of March 24 on the Zettler ranges in West Twenty- third street, at 75ft., offhand, two scores each man, possible 500 for the 20 shots. The attendance was very large, eighty-one mem- bers in all being present, and all but two taking an active part. R. Gute was high man with 490. The scores follow: R. Gute 245, 245-490; G. Ludwig 245, 237-482; C. Meyer 238, 240-478; J. N. F. Seibs 233, 237—470; J. C. Bonn 236, 234—470; O. Schwane- mann 232, 235—467; A. Sibberns 227, 235-462; H. D. Meyer 234, 228-462; H. Haase 231, 229—460; B. Zettler 228, 230—458; J. Fack- lamm 228, 230—458; F Von Ronn 227, 230—457; C. Konig 238, 217— 455; P. Heidelberger 229, 225—454; L. C. Hagenah 229, 223—452; H. W. Mesloh 220, 231— 451; Dr. C. Grosch 230, 220—450; H. C. Hainhorst 230, 220—450; G. W. Offermann 226, 223—449; J. H. Meyer 222, 227—449; F. Facompre 229, 220—449; N. C. L. Bevesten 216, 233—449; C. Schmitz 218, 231—449; C. Plump 220, 228-448; C. J. Brinkama 221, 226—447; W. Dahl 223, 224—447; H. Gobber 223, 224—447; J. H. Wehrenberg 227, 220 — 447; A. W. Lemcke 228, 219— ■ 447; Capt. J. H. Hainhorst 218, 228—446; G. Thomas 217, 228—445; W. Schults 221, 223—444; C. Siegers 219, 224—443; J. Willenbrock 216, 227—443; H. Beckmann 221, 222-443; Capt. J. G. Thoelke 215, 226-441; H. Nordbruch 216, 223-439; C. Roffman 219, 220- 439; H. B. Michaelsen 228, 210—438; C. Mann 216, 222—438; H. Kahris 228, 210—438; C. Boesch 217, 221—438; W. F. Grell 215, 222— 437; J. Paradies 218, 218—436; J. Jantzen 213, 220 — 433 ; Von der Lieth 214, 219—433; M. J. Then 218, 214 — 432 ; H. Leopold 213, 219—432; M. V. Dwingelo 213, 213—426; H. Martens 207, 215-422; W. Schaefer 203, 219—422; C. J. Voss 200, 222-M22; H. Koster 212, 209—421; August Beckman 206, 215—421; H. Lankbau 209, 210—419; H. Deckers 211, 205-416, G. H. Fixsen 197, 218—415; G. H. Behrens 219, 195—414; H. Hoenisch 206, 206—412; H. Hesse 206, 206 — 412; H. Quaal 209, 203—412; H. Meyn 199, 212-411; J. H. Kroeger 193, 216 — 409 ; F. Gobber 193, 215—408; D. Ficken 203, 205-408; N. W. Haaren 197, 210—407; D. Dede 189, 214 — 403; J. Bradley 205, 196 — 401; J. C. Brinkmann 198, 202 — 400; G. N. Bohlken 183, 216—399; W. Uhrich 198, 199—397; F. Schulz 206, 190-396; R. Ohms 178, 212—390; J. N. Herrmann 194, 195-389; A. Giebelhaus 196, 192—388; N. Jantzen 201, 180—381; J. F. R. Ernst 188, 190— 378; L. L. Goldstein 178, 198—376; H. Offermann 155, 155-310. Opening Shoot at Union Hill. The formal opening of Union Hill Shooting Park, Union Hill, N. J., will be held on May 4. John Moje, the proprietor, has issued invitations to the following corps in and about New York city to be present and enter teams: New York Schuetzen Corps; New York Central Schuetzen Corps; New York City Schuetzen Corps; New York Independent Schuetzen Corps; Deutscher-American Schuetzenbund, of Hudson County; Hoboken Schuetzen Corps; Hoboken Independent Schuetzen Corps; Hoboken City Schuetzen Corps; Union Hill Schuetzen Corps; Schweizer Schuetzengesell- schaft of Hudson County; New Jersey Schuetzengesellschaft; Ger- mania Schuetzenbund of Hoboken; Harlem Independent Schuetzen Corps; Concordia Schuetzen of Hoboken, and the Dufour Schuetzen Company. Shooting will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning and stop at 7 P. M., with an hour for lunch. The morning will be devoted to individual and the afternoon to team shooting. Teams will consist of fifteen men each, entrance fee, $5 per team. Ten shots per man will constitute a score. On the point and bullseye targets scores will consist of five shots, possible 16 points per score. There will be fifteen bullseye prizes, ranging from $20 down to $2, and twelve premiums for the highest number of points made. These range from $15 down to $2. In addition $2 will go to the man who gets the first red flag in the morning, a similar prize to the maker of the last red flag at night, and three prizes— $5 for the greatest number of red flags, $4 for second and $3 for third, while a gold medal will be given for the best three bullseyes on the point target, and a gold medal to the high score man of each team. For the wives and sweethearts of the riflemen there will be prize bowling, and all prizes will be dis- tributed at 7:30 P. M. Asheville Rifle Club. Asheville, N. C., March 22— The shoots of the Asheville Rifle Club have been remarkably good of late. On the event of March 14, the club individual record was broken, when J. H. Brown scored 80 out of a possible 100. It is the best score made this season, and is the best individual score of a member so far as reported in this country. The scores for the past three shoots were these: Shoot of March 14, distance 200yds., Standard American target: First shoot: J. H. Brown SO, J. M. McCanless 65, D. E. Sevier 45, Stevens 31, Bard 30, Perry 30. Second shoot: J. H. Brown 80, D. E. Sevier 60, Perry 56, J. M. McCanless 56, Stevens 44, Bard 41. Shoot of March 16: First shoot: Brown 78, Wright 61, D. E. Sevier 57, S. A. Mc- Canless 56, Perry 56. Fairchilds 59, Stevens 49, Garrison 48, Lam- bert 44, J. T. Sevier 28. Second shoot: Brown 65, S. A. McCanless 64, Lambert 59, Wright 58, D. E. Sevier 56, J. M. McCanless 55, Perry 55, Garri- son 52, J. T. Sevier 50, Fairchilds 50, Stevens 45. Shoot of March 21: First shoot: J. M. McCanless 65, Stevens 52, Perry 43, D. E. Sevier 41, Williams 20. Second shoot: J. M. McCanless 69, D. E. Sevier 68, Stevens 61, Perry 40. Lady Zettler Rifle Club. The regular shoot of this club was held the night of March 25 on the Zettler ranges in West Twenty-third street with a good attendance of members and their friends. Twelve of the ladies finished 20-shot scores on the ring target, using .22cal. rifles. Miss M. Zimmermann was high with a total of 493 out of the possible 500 points, while three other ladies scored 490. The club will hold two more indoor shoots before the season closes. The scores follow: Miss M. Zimmermann 246, 247—493; Miss Katie Zimmermann 247, 243—490; Miss Ludwig 244, 246—490; Mrs. H. Fenwirth 244, 246—490; Miss B. Ludwig 247, 242—489; Miss Eusner 248, 239-487; Mrs. F. Liegibel 242, 244—486; Miss Miller 243, 240-483; Miss M. Stoltz 242, 241-483; Miss A. Scheu 241, 236—477; Mrs. F. Watson 230, 241-471; Mrs. B. Zettler 234. 230—464. Providence Revolver Club. Providence, R. I. — One lone rifleman turned out at our regular practice shoot on March 23, and spent the evening sighting in his .25-21, with good results. This gentleman, Mr. Fred Collins, is our latest addition, and it looks as though he would soon enter the 240 class and give us another team member. Denver shooters, take warning; Mr. Collins expects to be in that city within a month, and if he can find a congenial spirit, will talk rifle to the satisfaction of any crank. The revolver men have gone back to the 20yd. line, and were a little disappointed in their holding ability. Wm. Bosworth, one of our top pistol men, came in and shot a few strings, but shows his lack of practice. Abbott turned out with a Lord model Stevens pistol, which will no doubt give a good account in the near future. Scores: At 25yds., rifle, on German ring target: Fred Collins 230, 236, 234. Twenty yards, revolver and pistol, Standard American target: A. C. Hurlburt 79, 81; Wm. Bosworth 80, 78, 79; Arno Argus 75, 78, 78, 74, 76; Wm. F. Eddy 78; Fred Liebrich 63, 71; Chas. H. Abbott, 30. Englewood O. Rifle Club. Only five members took part in the medal shoot on March 21, Leo Liber winning with a score of 29. The match is at 100yds., offhand, any rifle, Standard American target, 4 shots, possible 40. Rifle Notes. At the shoot of the Cumberland Valley Rifle Association, Car- lisle, Pa., March 25, the regular monthly medal shoot resulted as follows: Thomas E. Vale 39, William Rathgeb 51, W. A. Failor 38, Philip Six 58, Charles Dinkle 40, W. G. Hughes 45, E. J. Kennedy 38, H. E. Donson 73, Ira Christman 44, Reuben Myers 46, John Sennett 54. Donson won the gold medal, Sennett the silver, and Hughes the bronze. trapshooting. # If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixtures. March 30. — Edgewater, N. J. — Grand spring target tournament of North River Gun Club. James R. Merrill, Sec’y. March 30. — St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club tournament. E. G. Bless, Sec y. •April 1. — Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Gun Club open monthly shoot. Albert Travel', Capt April 3-5. — Atchison, Kans. — Forest Park Gun Club second annual tournament. Lou Erhardt, Mgr. April 4. — Rockville, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut first tournament of series. Dr. D. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Manchester, Conn. April 4. — Rittersville, Pa.— All-day shoot of Lehigh Rod and Gun Club. H. F. Koch, Sec’y. April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- ham, Sec’y. April 8. — Richmond Valley, S. I. — Ninth all-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. ~ ' A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13.— Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y. Wilmington. April 15.— Long Island City, L. I.— Queens County Gun Club ppen tournament. R. H. Gosman, Sec’y. April 15. Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. — Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club announces that their next regular annual tournament will be held on June 15. The Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club has fixed upon June 20 and 21 for their their annual tournament. •e In view of the fact that trapshooters in recent months have many times shot all day, without a miss, from the 16yd. mark, a proper act would seem to be the adoption of a greater distance than 16yds. as the standard. Shooters, guns and ammunition have long since equalled all the possibilities of 16yds, so that at present it is the distance in the primary school of shooting. K Mr. John S. Wright, manager of the Brooklyn, N. Y. Gun Club, informs us that he will open his club’s trapshooting season with a shoot on Saturday of this week, on the club grounds. Old Mill road, Brooklyn. Take Kings County L. to Crescent street, thence by bus to grounds. In the near future Mr. Wright contemplates holding a tournament, the programme of which will be specially interesting. * Mr. Carl von Lengerke, well known as an expert in the sport- ing goods trade, has accepted a position with the Polk Miller Drug Co., of Richmond, Va. From April 1, he will conduct an office for them at 1263 Broadway, New York. His chief in- terest will be to further the success of Sergeant Dog Remedies. Mr. von Lengerke has had much practical experience with dogs, hence starts well equipped with the necessary knowledge. « The Secretary of the B. G. C., writes us as follows: “The Boston Gun Club’s annual invitation team shoot will be held on May 17. We shall on that day attempt to run as successful a shoot as has been held in the East for some time; and, as in all probability there will be quite a number of experts present, we would be pleased to have any shooter visit us on that day. Pro- grammes will be ready later, somewhere about April 15, and can be had upon application to my address, 23 Elm St., Boston.’’ SS A correspondent writes us that “The tournament committee of the Wilmington, Del., Gun Club in issuing its programme for the first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trap- shooters’ League, to be held under its auspices April 12-13 next, omitted to mention in that programme that the added money would be given as average money to amateurs only, and that there would be three such prizes each day, viz., $5, $5 and $2.50 to the three high amateurs on each day, making a total of $25 altogether.” R The gold medal presented as an object of competition to the Montclair, N. J., Gun Club, by Mr. C. W. Kendall, ended its mission as an object of competition on Saturday of last week, and now begins its new mission as an emblem of victory. Mr. Geo. Howard’s score of 85 out of a possible 100 was sufficient warrant to declare him the winner of it. Mr. H. F. Holloway, by virtue of a score of 47 out of 50, made on March 25, will have his name inscribed on the sterling silver loving cup, in the place reserved for the March winner. Bernard Waters. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., March 25.— To-day was the last time that members could compete for the gold medal presented by Mr. C. W. Kendall. No records were broken and the scores made by Mr. Howaid on March 11, of 85 out of a possible 100 (the 100 targets being designated before shooting), stands, and Mr. Geo. Howard was declared the winner of this event. It was also the regular monthly shoot for the club trophy of 1905, a large sterling silver loving cup. This is a handicap event at 50 targets, unknown angles. Mr. H. F. Holloway broke 35, and this, with 12 targets added, gave him a score of 47, and put his name on the cup for uie month of Match. The other events were for practice only. Events : Targets: C Babcock, 2 G Batten, 4 W I Soverel, 6 C W Kendall, 6 F W Moffett, 4 H F Holloway, 12. . P H Cockefair, 4 C L Bush, 2 S C Wheeler, 4 12 3 4 25 25 50 25 18 19 38 22 17 . . 16 .. .. 30 .. 20 19 30 23 23 21 45 18 12 17 47 .. . . 18 44 . . 20 20 43 22 . . . . 44 22 Events: 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 50 25 I S Crane, 4 38 15 W T Wallace, 2 17 13 36 .. E Winslow, 4 14 17 26 17 G Howard, 4 23 22 45 22 F H Robinson, 6 13 .. .. 19 G Boxall, 8 43 18 J Lewis 16 .. E W Kendall, 10 46 ” Handicaps apply in event 3 only The Rawlings first ■semi-annual tournament will be held at St. Louis, Mo., May 8, 9 and 10, two days targets and one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street, St. Louis. R The Secretary-Manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, writes us as follows: “The dates of our Pacific Coast handicap, at San Francisco, Cal., have been changed to Sept. 15, 16 and 17, in place of Sept. 12, 13 and 14.” R The Queens County Gun Club, recently organized in Long Island City, L. I., announces an open tournament to be held on April 15. Mr. John H. Hendrickson, famous as an expert ama- teur, is one of the active leaders in this new organization. r Dr. W. L. Gardiner, of Orange, N. J., informs us that he is holding the funds of the Wanderers’ treasury subject to the dis- posal of the members, and that he will be pleased to have them make known their wishes concerning same. Dr. Gardiner is the treasurer. R At the Omaha, Neb., Gun Club spring tournament, high aver- ages were as follows for the three days, March 20, 21 and 22, shooting at 200 targets: Professionals, F. Gilbert, 580; W. R. Crosby, 579; W. Heer, 578. Amateurs, H. Taylor, 561; C. Powers 558; Adolph Oleson, 657. at In the series of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League, shot last Saturday, the Florists defeated the S. S. Whites, at Wis- sinoming, by a score of 218 to 205. At Media, the Clearview team defeated Media by a score of 198 to 189. Hill Rod and Gun Club, at Chester, defeated North Camden by a score of 150 to 149. At Gorgas Station, Highlands defeated Hillsides by a score of 155 to 151. Meadow Springs defeated Narberth, 182 to 168. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Mulferife Gun Club. ^Bound Brook, N. J., March 25,-The Mullerite Gun Club of New T ork, held a shoot on our grounds to-day. Mr. Bissette won high amateur average; Mr. Adams, second. Mr. Welles, second high professional average. Mr. Welles kindly donated a solid gold medal, which was shot for in a 100-target event handicap, which was won by Dr. Pardoe. The day was rainy and windy, which kept the attendance down. Scores, 100 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Bissett 12 93 100 Adams 20 84 100 Pardoe 20 81 100 Shoot-off, 25 targets: Bissett 3 24 25 Pardoe 5 22 25 Shoot-off, 10 targets: Bissett 1 8 10 Pardoe 2 8 10 M H R 3 8 10 Shoot-off, 10 targets: Pardoe M H R.... Fanning .. Welles .... M H R..., Adams . . . . , Bissett .... Adams 11, M. H. R. F. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l 22 79 100 0 96 96 0 91 91 6 21 25 5 24 25 8 9 2 6 8 K. Stelle, Sec’y. South Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J., March 25.— Each event was at 25 targets- Kynts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J-11?1.6 21 21 14 23 .. 24 21 Brugmann 21 22 21 21 22 18 18 £i wiison 21 20 23 % 23 22 23 17 Herrington ! " " " - « ^ ™ Herrington 22 .. 22 20 Doubles: Brugman shot at 25 doubles, broke 20; Engle 26, 11- Wilson 10, 5; Whittelsey 14, 6. I. H. Terrill, Sec’y. ’ R The first championship contest of the Crescent Athletic Club was shot at Bay Ridge, L. I., on Saturday of last week. The conditions were 16yds., 200 targets per man. The famous amateur, Mr. J. S. Schenck Remsen, was victor, with a score of 184 out of 200, an exceedingly high class performance. R There are a few secretaries of trapshooting clubs who send out tournament programmes for review in the same week of their tournament, and betimes after the sportsmen’s journals of said week have gone to press. Such energy is much better than none at all, for it may be the nucleus of proper energy in good time. Queens County Gun Club. Long Island City, L. I., March 27.— The Queens County Gun Club recently organized, wishes it announced that their new grounds, located on Hunters Point Avenue, Long Island City will be ready for shooters on Saturday, April 8, 1905, and that they W1>> ran an open tournament on Saturday, April 15, 1905 lhese grounds are located within half a mile of Thirty- Fourth Street Ferry, and are reached by taking the Calvary Cemetery tr°lley>. running straight out Borden avenue from the ferry Get lro£ bridge across small creek and club house is then in sight on the left. The grounds are equipped in up-to-date manner with two sets of traps— No. 1, the new blackbird trap, and No 2 a set of three experts. Traps face the northeast and have practi- April % Sky background- Practice shooting every afternoon^ after Richard H. Gosman, Sec’y. J°HN H' Hendri<^gn, P«3, 200 FOREST AND STREAM fA.MIL I, 1905- Omaha Tournament* Omaha, Neb.— The spring tournament of the Omaha Gun Club at Townsend Park, was well attended. The dates were March 20, 21 and 22. Fifty contestants participated in the day’s pro- gramme. Crosby broke 192 out of the possible 200 of the pro- gramme on the first day, and Heer and Gilbert tied for second high average of the day on 191. About 45,000 targets were trapped in the three days. Mr. Charles North had charge of the traps. Mr. Harry Taylor, of Mechling, S. D., was high amateur of the tournament, with 661 out of a possible 6000, Mr. Fred Gilbert was high professional wiifi 560 out of 600. Mr. Fred Whitney acted as cashier, and gave most expert and satisfactory service. Adolph Olsen, 657. March 20, First Day. Events : 1 Targets: 15 Veitmeyer 10 Borden 14 Clayton. H Budd 13 Thorpe 9 Townsend 11 Bray 1-1 Schroeder 13 Feed 12 Bills 14 Tamm 10 V each 15 Lindemau 12 Rogers U Miller 12 Hardy 10 W ilkins H Burke 9 Joe D 14 B 27 10 McDowell 13 H ecr ...................... 14 Marshall 12 Adams 13 Tayior 14 Crosby .................... 15 Powers lo Burmeister 13 Kline 13 Gilbert 15 Cunningham 14 Sli nt 13 1‘lank 13 Gottlieb 13 D Elliott 13 Fisher 14 Olsen 14 Mann * 13 Maxwell 14 Anderson lj \\ oodwortlt 9 Dvorak •• Terryberry Ganer Morrill Lewis Hughes Arro Boyd W arren No. 2 Suits Hopkins Edmunds IT Lewis Fritz 5 6 20 20 16 16 16 13 17 20 18 16 19 17 16 17 18 19 17 19 18 19 20 20 18 18 15 19 14 14 19 19 16 14 18 IS 17 16 17 19 16 17 15 13 2u IS 20 IS 16 19 18 19 IS 19 IS 20 19 17 17 15 18 20 19 19 19 17 15 14 19 16 15 16 13 13 19 19 19 20 19 18 19 19 18 17 16 16 17 19 15 18 11 15 16 14 7 8 9 15 15 15 6 11 10 15 13 16 13 14 13 12 13 11 14 11 12 13 12 15 16 13 15 10 8 11 13 14 12 15 15 14 10 11 12 15 15 14 11 14 12 15 14 12 13 10 11 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 12 15 15 13 14 10 13 13 9 10 14 13 14 15 14 14 15 14 14 15 13 12 13 14 12 14 13 14 13 15 13 15 15 13 11 11 13 13 15 11 8 12 10 14 13 14 14 13 13 14 13 12 12 13 12 15 13 14 13 16 12 .. 19 18 17 12 16 15 16 12 15 15 11 10 .. 13 12 11 12 13 11 13 14 14 13 12 .. ..13 . . . . 15 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 14 11 8 11 12 13 12 11 11 5 .. 11 ii 10 6 9 12 7 8 12 10 owers, 658; 12 20 Broke. 17 150 18 171 17 175 17 170 18 164 17 167 18 183 20 165 19 181 18 187 16 157 20 187 16 153 18 179 19 165 16 166 17 167 18 173 • • • •• • . • • A 18 181 20 191 18 171 12 160 18 182 19 192 20 187 14 157 16 176 20 191 16 169 15 166 18 173 14 160 13 137 19 188 19 186 15 165 16 174 17 171 18 ... . . • • • 17 15 . *■ * 17 « . o 13 „ „ „ 15 ... 16 17 16 16 .. • • m . March 21, Second Day. The high average of the day was captured by the crackajack Mr. \V. If. Heer, with a total of 195 out of 200. Crosby and Gil- bert were second with 192 each. The programme consisted of twelve events, eight 15s and four 20s. Sixty-one shooters par- ticipated in the day’s programme. Capt. A. H. Hardy, of Hyannis, gave an interesting exhibition of fancy rifle shooting with a .22 rifle, breaking lead pencils and marbles thrown in the air, and shooting a portrait of an Indian on cardboard, without any assistance from outline marks. Iowa Stale team No. 1 won the Interstate team shoot, the prize of which was the Coombs trophy. I be Nebraska State team won second, and the Omaha team won third. Mr. Frank Weatherhead, of Red Oak, la., was the winner of the gold watcli donated by the Townsend Gun Co., for the best in- dividual score in the team match. He tied on 49 out of 60 with W. Hoon, of Jewell, la., and W. Veach, of Falls City, Neb. In the shoot-off the scores were: Weatherhead 24, Hoon 23, Veach 22. The scores follow: Events: Targets: McDowell Heer Marshall ... Adams tayior Crosby ..... Towers Burmeister . Kline Gilbert ..... Cunningham Slim Plank Gottlieb .... Loomis Fisher ..... Olsen ...... Mann Maxwell .... Anderson .. Clayton ... Borden .... lllian Veitmeyer Budd Burke Townsend Bray Steege Reed ...... Bills ....... Tamm ..... \ each Linderman Carter Spatz D Elliott .. Miller ..... Hardy . . . . ■ Thorpe Schroeder . Arno Rogers .... Warren . . . . No. 2 Sinclair .... Gutchell . . . Holtsinger . 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ISO 195 181 167 186 192 182 168 183 192 168 184 182 181 188 186 154 176 172 175 171 182 145 166 176 176 176 163 187 184 153 185 166 174 174 135 167 168 154 171 177 176 157 157 164 144 Banning ....10 9 6 10 .. .. A Olsen 11 12 13 13 .. .. .. .. .. Q Olsen .................. 12 11 13 Adams ......................... 11 13 18 13 10 11 9 12 13 Hughes .. 8 16 13 1113 10 13 15 18 VV ilkins . . , . . . . , . . 13 12 12 10 17 15 VV Lewis ,, „ .. 10 10 „ ... Moore „ , , , , , . . 9 7 . . C Lewis .. .. .. .. ..13 15 12 9 15 15 McDonald .. .. .. .. .. 15 13 13 15 17 17 Morrell .. 11 13 15 14 19 15 Pickel 11 10 13 11 17 17 March 22, Third Day. The weather was spring-like, with a stiff wind blowing across the traps. Gilbert broke 197 out of 200; Taylor 193, Heer 192. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets: 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 15 15 20 20 Broke. McDowell 14 14 13 12 18 17 13 13 13 15 20 18 180 Heer ... 13 13 14 14 20 20 14 15 15 15 20 19 192 Marshall 14 15 12 12 19 19 14 13 15 16 13 16 177 Adams 13 12 13 9 16 16 9 14 14 15 18 14 163 Taylor 14 15 15 15 19 19 15 13 14 15 19 20 193 Crosby 13 14 12 14 19 19 15 14 14 15 18 18 135 Powers 14 14 15 14 20 19 12 15 13 14 20 19 189 Burmeister ............... 12 14 9131318121312121815 171 Kline 13 13 7 13 17 19 14 14 15 15 18 19 177 Gilbert 15 15 14 15 19 20 14 15 16 15 20 20 197 Bills 13 11 12 14 18 18 14 12 14 15 18 16 175 Severson 1114 13 15 19 17 15 14 14 14 18 19 183 Plank 15 14 14 14 19 17 12 13 14 13 19 17 181 Gottlieb 12 13 12 14 17 19 11 14 13 14 17 18 174 Elliott 10 11 8 6 11 13 9 12 10 10 15 16 131 Veach 10 14 13 14 19 19 12 15 15 15 18 19 183 Olsen 15 15 15 13 16 19 13 15 14 14 16 19 185 Rogers 15 14 12 14 16 17 14 14 12 13 16 19 176 Fisher 12 14 12 14 18 18 13 13 15 13 18 20 180 Anderson 14 12 11 14 16 18 12 14 12 15 17 16 171 Clayton 14 12 14 13 16 15 ... Borden 14 15 14 15 17 17 13 15 13 13 17 19 182 lllian 13 13 14 13 18 15 13 12 11 10 18 18 168 \ ietmeyer 13 12 9 12 13 17 12 111112 13 16 151 Budd 12 13 15 13 18 18 12 15 13 13 20 20 182 Burke 14 15 15 9 20 15 13 13 13 14 17 18 176 Townsend 14 14 11 11 19 19 13 13 12 14 18 16 174 Bray 15 13 15 14 18 18 14 15 14 13 19 16 184 Schroeder 13 14 13 10 17 18 14 14 14 15 15 13 170 Reed 14 12 14 13 20 IS 13 13 13 13 19 19 181 Arno 15 14 14 15 17 18 11 13 14 14 16 18 178 Hoon 14 15 14 15 17 16 14 15 15 12 17 19 183 Thorpe .. 13 14 13 14 16 15 11 12 13 11 14 19 166 Linderman 15 14 11 12 17 13 13 12 13 14 17 17 171 No. 2 13 13 12 12 20 18 13 13 14 14 .. 16 Carter 13 13 13 13 16 15 13 13 13 14 12 14 162 B 27 12 11 13 12 12 18 11 12 13 12 13 16 155 Bell 14 12 11 12 17 19 13 14 13 12 15 17 169 \ each 12 12 II 13 Mann 11 12 10 14 16 16 10 12 12 8 16 10 147 Pickel 15 13 13 12 18 19 12 14 15 12 19 19 181 Gutchell 11 12 11 13 13 15 Auto 9 11 9 11 11 .. Miller 15 14 12 11 16 16 13 15 14 15 17 19 177 Hardy 15 12 13 13 15 18 13 12 13 14 17 19 174 Spatz 11 13 13 12 14 16 13 11 13 14 15 15 160 McGee 11 14 16 14 13 12 12 15 15 18 Scott 12 8 17 16 13 13 12 10 .. Hughes .. •• 8 11 17 18 12 11 11 15 17 15 Morrell - .. 13 13 10 13 15 19 C Lewis 14 10 17 18 Smith 9 11 Trap Around Reading. Reading, Pa., March' 25.— The team shoot between the South. End Gun Club and the Berkshire Country Club’s Schuylkill team, both of this city, shot to-day on the grounds of the former club, located at the Lancaster bridge, at the southern end of the city, resulted in a victory for the Sounth End team, who broke' 114 targets to the Schuylkill’s 111. Six men shot on a team, 25 targets each, Jones, of the visitors, being high gun for the event with 21 to his score. Pottsville, Pa., March 18.— James Flannery, of St. Clair, de- feated George Thomas, of Cumbola, in a close live-pigeon shoot- ing match this afternoon. T he stake was $100 a side. Flannery killed 11 out of 13 birds and Thomas 10 out of 13. Several weeks ago Thomas defeated Flannery by a close margin. Trappe, Pa., March 21. — A large field of shooters faced the traps to contest for the prize in the live-bird handicap shoot held by the Trappe Gun Club, on their grounds here this afternoon. Although the birds were an exceptionally strong lot, good scores were recorded. Harry Trumbower, of Royersford, shot high gun of the day. The best scores include: Seven bird handicap: Geist 7, Summers 6, Zeigler 6, Mack 6, Knipe 6, Jamison 5, Sommeriield 5, Hartzall 5. Seven bird sweepstake — Trumbower 7, Zeigler 6, Geist 6, Mack 6, Knipe 6, Summers 5, Heimtr 5, Buckley 5. Miss-and-out: Trumbower 12, Zeigler 12, Knipe 11, Mack 9, Geist 9, Sommerfields 9, Webb 8, Buckley 7, Heimer 7. Pinegrove, Pa., March IS.— One of the most exciting live pigeon shooting matches ever held in Schuylkill county took place near here to-day, between Edward Kimmel, of Donaldson, and James Dempsey, of Coal Castle. It resulted in a tie, each man killing 10 birds. The match was for $150 a side. In a previous match ICimmel defeated Dempsey, by a good margin. Shamokin, Pa., March 17.— Members of the Shamokin Gun Club took part to-day in a shoot at Bunker Hill. Two events of 25 targets each were shot, with the following scores: Events: 1 2 Total. Events: 1 2 Total. . 23 19 42 Oram ........ 18 17 35 Jones . 20 20 40 Keiser ..... 20 15 35 Longshore . 21 19 40 Roush .... ........ 11 11 22 Walters . 22 15 37 Lyn-1 Fulton . 18 19 37 Kane ...... Frackville, Pa., A'larch 17.— In a live-bird shoot at Frackville between John Shadle, of Frackville, and James Horan, of Girard- ville, for $150 a side, at 13 birds each, Shadle won by killing 10 to his opponent’s 8. Mahanoy City, March 18.— Five hundred sports saw Thomas Goettler, of Pottsville, defeat William Lloyd in an exciting live- bird shoot for $150 a side here to-day. Each man shot at 17 birds, Goettler grassing 12 to Lloyd’s 11. Councilman George Stitzer, of this town, and Edward O’Donnell, champion wing shot of Carbon county, have been matched to shoot at 13 live birds for $200 a side. Matches are also pending be- tween Goettler, of Pottsville, and Lloyd, of Morea, and Benner, of town, with Haverty,. or Patton, of Pottsville, for $500. Schwenksville, Pa., March 23.— The Schwenksville Gun Club con- ducted a team contest for a purse of $75, and the prize fell to Messrs. Ludwig, Smith, and Kelts, who won by a grand total of 39 to 32 for Messrs. Miller, Bromer and Hendricks, the opposing team. The scores: First event, team shoot, live birds: Ludwig 4, Smith 4, Kehs 5; total 13. Miller 4, Bromer 2, Hendricks 2; total 8. Second event, team shoot, live birds: Ludwig 4, Smith 4, Kehs • 2: total 10. Miller 3, Bromer 4, Hendricks 3; total 10. Third event, team shoot, targets: Ludwig 8, Smith 3, Kehs 5; total 16. Miller 3, Bromer 8, Hendricks 3; total 14. Pottsville, Pa., March 20.— At a largely attended live-bird shoot- ing match here, George Rehnert defeated George Snyder. . The former grassed 4 out of 7 to his opponent’s 2 out of 6. The stake was $50 a side. 1 DustEi. Wilmington Gtta Club. Wilmington,. Del,, March 25, — The members of the Wilmington Gun Club held, this afternoon, their first regular badge shoot op the new grounds, which have just been secured. Although at this rime last week the club house, location of Leggett trap, plat- form for shooters, etc,, had" not even been staked out, by 1 P. M, this afternoon, everything, with the exception of the platform, was in readiness for the crowd of shooters expected to take part. Owing lo the heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday of this week, the club house could not be commenced until Wednesday morning, so that it may be considered as only right that the Wilmington Gun Club pat themselves on the back and point to what their hustling qualities can do when once started in the right direction. J he high wind from behind the trap caused the targets to take erratic courses, in addition to which the targets themselves were thrown rather too far, the trap not having been properly adjusted. Among those present and taking part were Waiter Huff, of Macon, Ga., and Ed. G. White, of Ottawa, Ont., Can. The ever youthful and pleasing expert Air. Frank E. Butler, of Newark, N. J., was also present, and shot up to his usual high standard for the first part of the programme at least. Some thirty shooters in all shot through the programme of 110 targets, 10 targets for practice and a 100-target race; Mr. Huff showed the way by breaking 49 out of his first 50 and 46 out of the second half, making a total of 95, which, under the same con- ditions, will take a lot of beating on these grounds. W. M. loord, with 91, and J. A. McKelvey, with 90, were second and third respectively. These three gentlemen were the only ones to score 25 straight in any one of their strings. Somehow or another the score sheets got away, and the totals for the other contestants cannot therefore be given. Some may regret this fact, but the majority will thank the party who held on to the sheets long enough to prevent their appearing in print in your columns. This won't happen again, we promise you. Frank Butler was jubilant over the fact that he was the first to display any advertising matter on the walls of the club house. Luther J. Squier and Ed G. White both shot borrowed guns, and their scores showed the result. Air. Squier’s gun is in the hospital at New Haven, getting fixed up for a strenuous summer campaign in Pennsylvania, while Air. White had left his behind in Ottawa, Canada, not having expected to get a chance to shoot during his brief visit to the States. All those who come to our shoot on April 12-13 next, the first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League, are now assured of being comfortably housed, no matter what the weather may be, as, in addition to our club house, 32 by 24, we will have a large tent, 45 by 25, under which our guests can take shelter if the clerk of the weather bureau is unkind. If you want a programme, write to the undersigned, H. J. Stidham, Sec’y. Ill East Fourth St., Wilmington, Del. 4, Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., March 25. — The appended scores were made- in the spring handicap, which was shot to-day on the club grounds at Sherwood Ridge. The prizes, four in number, for the handi- cap, were presented to the club by the president, Col. Franklin .Ijyandreth. First was a silver tea set, won by J. T. Hyland with a possible, including his handicap; second, a silver-lined chafing dish, was won by W. S. Smith, with 98 alone; third prize, a silver water set, was hotly contested for in a tie between Barlow, Hub- bell, Coleman and Dyckman. In the second shoot-off Dyckman won. I. T. Washburn won fourth with a total score of 89. A consolation- prize was then offered for those who had not gotten in a tie. This was won by A. Traver after a shoot-off with Fisher. Targets were thrown 55yds. Handicap, misses as breaks: - Events : 12 3 4 Handi . Targets: 25 25 25 25 Broke, cap. Total. J C Barlow 71 20 91 J T Hyland ... 19 21 19 21 80 20 100 D Brandreth ...18 18 18 13 67 16 83 1 T Washburn 73 16 89 A Traver 72 12 84 H W Bissing . . . 13 18 17 13 61 16 77 F Hahn ... 12 16 9 10 47 36 83 G B Hubbell . . . 17 24 15 19 75 16 91 C G Biandford ... 17 17 15 14 63 12 75 F Brandreth . . . 16 16 19 12 63 16 79 W H Coleman ....20 20 17 22 79 12 91 W S Smith . . . 11 18 17 20 66 32 98 J English ... 9 w . . . . M H Dyckman . . . 18 16 20 19 73 18 91 No. 5, Consolation shoot, 25 targets: A. Traver 21, H. W. Bissing 17, F. Hahn 13, C. G. Biandford 18, M. H. Dyckman 18. C. G. B. Monongahela Valley Sportsman's League. Morgantown, W. Va., March 21.— Wc would be pleased to have you publish in your trap department the following notices of shoots to be held under the auspices of the Alonongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia: Our schedule has not been completed for the season, but will cover seven regular monthly shoots on the grounds of the several clubs which are members of the League, and as soon as dates are claimed by them I will forward notices of same to you. April 21. — Recreation Rod and Gun Club, Morgantown, W. V., will hold the first regular monthly shoot of the Alonongahela Val- ley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia, and in addition to the money events the individual championship and five-man team races for the Infallible and Peters silver cups will be shot off, and to these two events members of the League only are eligible. Alay 9-10. — Fairmont Gun Club, Fairmont, W. Va., will hold the second regular monthly shoot of the Alonongahela Valley Sports- man’s League of West Virginia, and in addition to the money events the individual championship and five-man team races for the Infallible and Peters silver cups will be shot off. Members of the League only are eligible to compete for the cups. The, first day is League day, the second being an open tournament. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Independent Gan Club. Easton, Pa., March 25. — The scores made at the last shoot of the Independent Gun Club are appended. The wind made the shooting pretty hard. We have an apple tree target on our grounds, which is an extreme target thrown to the right into an apple tree standing a distance of 70yds. from the trap, and when one connects with this targets and breaks it — well, you sometimes think you had an awful slow load. Air. Pleiss made a straight run of 55 targets. Each event was at 25 targets: Events : Eliott Joey 1 2 3 4 Shot at. Broke. 23 25 25 22 100 95 16 14 15 e o 75 45 14 20 15 a e 75 49 16 19 17 6 © 75 62 14 14 , t - , , 60 28 11 19 • e . , 50 30 AEril i, 1905.]' FOREST AND STREAM 267 PWS* ■ ■■ THE F-RO/JT. STATES CART LOWELL, MASS UNITED Agencies: 497-503 Pearl Street, 35-43 Park Street, New York. 114-116 Market Street, Se^rv Francisco. - K • • - r. Boston Gttn Club* Boston, Mass., March 22. — Twenty-six trapshooting enthusiasts cleaned up a bunch of them at the regular weekly shoot of thfe Boston Gun Club to-day, arid from all appearances, wfere soriie- what reluctarit to let go, even after time was called at 5 o’clock, wagering that the next time they got the ehariee; which would bfe next Wednesday, they would come with all the necfessary pafa- phernalia to stick it out, and attempt to do sortie of these 307 straight stunts that seem to be hanging on some of the Westerii plum trees. Dr. Weld’s 97 per cent, certainly showed that something was brewing, and Adams’ ground record of two weeks back is now a thing of the past, and it was thought to be up high enough now that it would hold for a while, though from the looks of the quality of shooting during the present series, no one can see the final result. Dr. Gleason all by himself figured it out this way, that way and the other way, and whacked away a nice 96, coming one short of the coveted mark, though topping the straight run held over a year by Rule, and putting that at 53, which was satis- factory to all present. Just nine long-distancers presented themselves for the fray, with Dickey and Climax having the 21yd. mark all to themselves, and while not quite up to the usual standard, made some very credit- able averages, “Jimmie’s” last 15 enabling an honor mark in averages to be chalked up against him. Burns, Dickey and Frank completed their seven scores to-day and now have the chance to cut out old low ones and put in new and better ones. Burns at present has a clear lead of 13 targets over Dickey, who in turn leads Frank by a similar number. Burns says he is going to holl that lead till the last gun is fired, and as he is shooting some at present, it certainly looks as though he meant it. There are, however, a few others who have some trap- shooting thinks moving, and simply won’t be relegated to the tall timber without a struggle. Dr. Gleason thinks that his gun will chop out just a few from now on, and with three 29s as a starter, a good score is assured. E. C. Griffiths, with his old corrugated butted “pump,” also in- tends pushing just a little, and that means that the credit side of the ledger will be close to all one figure, and not of the round variety. John Bell, too, has been attempting to regain old-time form, and with a new single-trigger ejector and the old confidence will make the leaders hustle before many moons have passed by. The second appearance of one of the club’s lady members brought forth very gratifying results, 60 per cent, of targets fall- ing victims to the little 2^4—1— 16-ga load, and in the majority of cases the trick was done in real expert fashion, and proved con- clusively that the modern heavy load was not wholly essential to the breaking of targets. Ford and Massure’s friendly set-to in the match proved to be a fun-maker, and the latter with his 5-target handicap proved too much for the dense powderite, and now wears the smile that won’t come off. Other scores: Events: 12 3 Targets: 10 10 15 Dickey, 21 10 10 13 Climax. 21 7 9 11 Frank, 19 8 9 9 Rule, 18 9 10 13 Bell, 20 9 7 11 Blinn, 16 10 8 14 Owen, 16 6 9 14 Weld, 16 10 10 15 Silsbee, 16 Fenno, 16 Lee, 16 Nowells, 16 McPhee, 16 Burns, 16 Woodruff, 17 10 15 9 12 8 14 5 7 7 12 8 10 14 8 7 11 4 5 10 15 6 9 7 11 7 10 8 13 6 13 6 11 10 11 10 14 9 12 9 6 7 15 10 11 8 8 9 10 15 15 15 14 11 13 8 15 15 9 13 13 13 12 13 15 12 9 13 8 14 9 12 8 9 6 8 8 13 10 14 14 12 7 13 8 9 8 13 13 12 6 11 13 11 13 12 13 11 Field, 16 Stewart, Ford, 16 Massure, Gleason, 7 9 15 6 10 . . . . .723 16 8 12 11 6 .740 9 11 14 8 11 12 . . .812 5 13 9 6 .660 l8 16 9 10 13 5 14 12 9 11 13 11 11 11 7 12 . . . . .823 .745 19 8 10 15 10 14 15 10 13 14 . . .946 14 . . 8 10 . . .600 1, 20 7 9 10 10 11 14 . . .762 Frederick, 16 Av. .788 .800 .720 .890 .770 .784 .838 .970 .882 .823 .840 .560 .666 .838 .817 .600 Merchandise match, distance handicap: Gleason, 19. Weld, 16 .... Woodruff, 17 Rule, 18 ... Adams, 18 . Fenno, 16 . Burns, 16 . . Bell, 20 ... Lee, 16 .... Ford, 16 ... Owen, 16 . Silsbee, 16 . Lawler, 16 . Field, 16 ... Climax, 21 .111111111111011111111111111111—29 . 110111111111111011111111111111—28 .110111111111111111110011111111—27 .111110111111011111011111011111—26 .111111111111011111110111101101—26 .111111111110111101110111111101—26 . 110101111111111111111 111100111—26 .111110111111110101111101111110—25 .111111011011111111101111111010—25 .011011111011110111111111101111—25 . . 1111111000111001 111 111111111 0—24 .111110111111100110111111101101—24 .101111110111101111111010110111—24 .101110110001110111111111111111—24 .ioioioiiirtoiimmouiiioiio-23 Bhrin, 16 . iii Stewart, 16 . Massufe, 10 . Muldowri, 16 Dickey, 21 . Frank, 1§ Nowells, 16 . Kirkwood, 20 Retwood, 14 . McPhee, 16 . . 110111001111011111111111100110-23 .,101011111111101101011101111011—23 ..111101101111111101001110100111—22 .,111101111011010111101010110111-22 . . 100110010011111111111010100111—20 . . 1001101001 11111110000011011111—19 .,100110101110001111111010110011—19 . . n lioioiiiooooioiiiiiioomoio— 19 . .101100001011110111101111100010—18 . . 01010101001 1111010011110101010— 17 Crescent Athletic Cldb. Bay Ridge, L. I., March 25.— The first annual championship contest was an event of special interest to the shooting contingent of the Crescent Athletic Club and their friends. It was won by the renowned expert Mr. J. S. Schenck Remsen, with a score of 184 out of 200. It was a severe test of marksmanship and endur- ance, being at 200 targets, all the contestants standing at scratch. It was at first contemplated to hold the championship contest in two shoots, but owing to the team match with the Boston Athletic Association last Saturday, it was decided to make it one contest. Mr. Remsen had recently returned from Palm Beach, Fla., where he distinguished himself as being of the first class in skill with the shotgun. Eight contested for the championship, 200 targets, as follows: J S S Remsen PI M Brigha L M Palmer, Jr C E T Foster G G Stephenson, Jr A G Southworth — F B Stephenson O C Grinnell, Jr... .22 22 23 24 23 24 23 23—184 22 24 19 23 21 22T 23 23—177 ,21 23 21 22 23 23 23 21—177 .20 21 21 20 21 20 21 24—168 ,21 21 22 24 18 21 18 21—166 .19 20 22 23 16 21 21 17—159 ,17 21 18 22 20 21 19 20—157 ,19 23 17 19 18 21 19 18—154 In the March cup event, there were thirteen contestants, of whom two, Messrs. Lowell M. Palmer and E. W. Snyder tied on a full score, the former from scratch, the latter with an allowance of 5. Messrs. Foster, Hegeman, Brigham and Southworth tied on 23. Scores of March cup follow: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Palmer, Jr .... 0* 25 25 Snyder 20 25 Foster .... 1 22 23 Hegeman .... .... 3 20 23 Brigham .... 0 23 23 Southworth . . .... 0 23 23 Marshall .... 5 17 22 O’Brien Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. ....3 18 21 Raynor .... 5 15 20 Vanderveer .. .... 3 16 19 Fairchild .... 7 11 18 Hendrickson .... 5 12 17 L Hopkins . . .... 3 14 17 Messrs. L. M. Palmer and H. M. Brigham, both from scratch, made a straight score of 25 each, a team score of 50 straight, as follows : Hdcp. Brk. Total. Southworth 0 23 23 Marshall 5 13 18 — 41 Brigham 0 25 25 Palmer 0 25 25 — 50 Stephenson Hopkins . . Sykes Bennett ... Hdcp. Brk. Total. ,. 1 20 21 .3 20 23—44 .4 10 14 . .3 22 25—39 Trophy event, 15 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Damron 11 14 Bennett .... 1 10 11 Hendrickson . . .. 3 6 9 O’Brien .... 1 12 13 Marshall .. 3 9 12 Raynor .... 3 11 14 L Hopkins .. 1 14 15 Snyder .... 3 11 14 S Hopkins . . . . .. 3 6 9 Special prize, 50 targets; Southworth . . . . .. 0 42 42 Hendrickson , ....10 30 40 Palmer .. 0 47 47 Damron ,...10 33 43 Brigham .. 0 46 46 Snvder ...10 40 50 Stephenson ...2 46 48 Vanderveer ... .... 6 38 44 Grinnell .. 2 44 46 Hopkins .... 6 34 40 Marshall ..10 34 44 Fairchild ....14 24 38 O’Brien .. 6 41 47 Wood ,...10 30 40 Foster .. 2 44 46 Stephenson . . , .... 4 40 44 Raynor 32 42 Trophy event, 15 targets: Hopkins .. 1 11 12 Wood .... 3 9 12 O’Brien .. 1 11 12 Grinnell, Jr .... 1 12 13 Damron 15 15 Marshall .... 3 11 14 Hendrickson .. .. 3 8 11 Foster .... 0 14 14 Horn .. 5 11 15 Sykes .... 2 13 15 Chapman .. 4 7 11 Vanderveer .. .... 1 11 12 Shoot-off, same conditions: .. 2 9 11 Damron .... 3 12 15 Horn .. 5 6 11 Trophy event, 15 targets: Hopkins 11 14 Sykes 12 14 Grinnell, Jr .. 0 13 13 Horn .... 5 9 14 Hendrickson . . ...3 9 12 Damron 13 15 O’Brien .. 1 12 13 Foster 12 12 Hopkins 6 7 Trophy event, 15 targets: Snyder .. 3 13 15 Brigham .... 0 12 12 Hegeman 13 14 Foster 12 12 Stephenson .... . .0 14 14 Damron 9 12 V anderveer . . . . .. 1 12 13 Hopkins 11 12 Raynor 10 13 Marshall 8 11 Hopkins 10 13 Bennett 10 11 O’Brien .. 1 12 13 Remsen 11 i; goptbworth • • • 0 13 13 Iowa State Tournament. The twenty-eighth annual shoot of the Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association was notable for marvelous exhibitions of skill. The date was March 14-16, and it was held at Des Moines, la. Mr. Fred Whitney was cashier. On the first day, W. Heer made a run of 115 straight, and broke 197 out of the 200 constituting the programme. • Next came Mulford (amateur) 194, Crosby and H. G. Taylor (amateur) 193, Gilbert, Hoon and Waddington 192. Second day, high averages: First, Gilbert and Crosby, 198; Heer 197, Taylor 194. Long runs: Gilbert 157, Crosby 115. In the Ottumwa diamond handicap, 50 targets, twenty-seven con- testants, Messrs. Fred Gilbert and N. Layman, of Des Moines, tied on 48, and in the shoot-off Layman won by a score of 23 to 22. Gilbert, 22yds., Layman 18yds. On the third day, Mr. W. Heer broke 200 straight, which, added to a run of 84 on the previous day and 23 straight in the amateur championship event at 100 targets, made a straight of 307. Mr. W. R. Crosby’s record of 345 at Interstate Park was a continuous run, under tournament conditions also. Mr. Fred Gilbert was busy also. He broke all the 200 programme targets; Crosby broke 197 and made a run of 108; H. J. Borden broke 194 and made a run of 110. Two squads made 75 each, the possible. In the Smith contest, A. W. Weatherhead (Arno) won. He and R. Klein tied on 20, and in the shoot-off Weatherhead won at the fortieth target. The amateur championship was won by Mr. A. P. McDowell, score 98 out of 100. Professional cup: Crosby 49, Heer 49, Gilbert 48, Borden 48, Stannard 50. Second class shoot-off: C. B. Adams 47, H. W. Cadwallader 43, lowest division, Lord won shoot-off, breaking 42. Next year’s shoot will be held at Des Moines. Officers: President, Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake; Vice- Adair; Secretary, C. W. Budd, Whitney, of Des Moines. Scores for the three days, 200 days, follow: March : 14 Heer 197 Gilbert 192 Crosby 193 Taylor 193 Stannard 187 Hoon 192 Mulford 194 Powers 190 Graham 189 Veach 184 Kline 190 Wallace 186 Olson 187 Borden 185 Fisher 187 Waddington 192 Maxell 184 Reed 187 Adams 186 Petty 177 Cadwallader 188 F Campbell 188 Cunningham 188 Hyman 186 M Thompson 185 Patterson 185 Rand 175 McDowell 1S4 Smith 175 Mackie 172 Townsend 181 Morrell .179 Anderson 173 Lord ...182 Vermilye 180 Slimmer 170 Bird 176 J Peterson 178 R Thompson 172 E C Peterson 171 Patch 169 Loomis 177 Burmeister 168 Huglin 169 Veitmeyer 169 D Elliott 158 Talbot ...152 Thorp ....161 President, A. P.‘ McDowell, of of Des Moines; Treasurer, Fred targets per day, 600 for the three 15 16 Total. Per Cent. 197 200 594 99 198 200 590 92.2 198 197 588 98 194 194 581 96.5 194 191 572 95.2 188 192 572 95.2 190 187 571 95.1 186 193 560 94.5 186 193 568 94.4 191 193 568 94.4 192 185 567 94.3 189 191 566 94.2 189 190 566 94.2 187 ' 194 566 94.2 186 192 565 94.1 184 187 563 93.5 190 189 563 93.5 189 187 563 93.5 190 184 560 93.2 190 192 559 93.1 185 185 . 558 93 180 189 557 92.5 185 183 556 92.4 186 183 555 92.3 184 185 554 92.2 182 185 552 92 190 181 185 184 550 549 91.4 91.3 188 185 548 91.2 183 186 541 90.1 179 182 541 90.1 180 180 539 89.5 182 183 538 89.4 174 174 182 181 182 182 537 536 534 89.3 89.2 89 178 179 533 88.5 176 178 532 88.4 170 189 531 88.3 174 175 520 86.4 179 171 519 86.3 176 165 518 86 2 176 169 513 85.3 170 172 511 85.1 170 170 509 84.5 170 176 504 84 170 178 500 83.2 167 172 500 83.2 Magic City Gan Clab. Muncie, Ind., March 22.— The Magic City Gun Club, of Muncie, Ind., met on March 19 and elected the following officers: J W* Farrell, President; G. G. Williamson, Vice-President; F. L° Wachtel, Secretary and Treasurer. The Magic City Gun Club is a member of the Indiana State League, and has been granted May 3 for their spring tournament. Programmes will be ready to mail about April 10. If you do not receive a programme by the 15th, write F. L. Wachtel secretary, and he will mail you one promptly. F, L, Wachtel, Sec’y, 288 FOREST AND STREAM [April i, ipog. C WESTERN TRAP. At Chattanooga. Chattanooga. — After a journey through some of the southern States, Col. J. T. Anthony turned up in Chattanooga the middle of the stormy month of March. His object was a tour of the towns and cities of eastern Tennessee, wherever there was any interest taken in trapshooting. Although Tennessee is a fine game country, there is not as much interest in trapshooting as would naturally be expected, considering that there are so many shotguns owned and used by hunters. However, these are of the “scatter gun” variety for sure, most o£ them being short barrels, having had the choke cut off to make them scatter for brush shooting. It is hoped that at the end of the season there will be a demand for better guns and the choked kind. The middle of March is rather early for the greatest of all the gun cranks who live in the South, but with Tony O’Connell at the helm there was. a good turn out of the Mountaineer Gun Club to welcome the veteran Colonel. They were W. O. Burks, A. L. O’Connell, Chas. Martin, Kuth Webb, George Pauls, C. W. Woodlake, W. L. Lorrell, C. P. Morrison, Robert Prichards, John K. Caphart, B. T. Burt, P. D. Plummer, J. C. Roberts, J. H. Roberts and M. M. Vaughan. We boarded a suburban trolley car, not as the name of the club would indicate, for the top of Lookout Mountain, where some of the famous tournaments have been held, but for that other historical place which is so familiar to all who participated in that famous Chicamauga battle, viz., Rossville, Ga. It is here that the club now’ holds its meets. The grounds are easy of access and w’ell laid out on a level tract of ground facing north. Everything was found in “apple pie” order, and soon the choke bores were in action, for be it easily understood that there are a few clubs in the State which are well equipped with the full “chokes.” The first man on the list, Mr. W. O. Burks, deserves, especial mention. When the Southern Squad made their tour last spring this gentleman was an interested spectator, having previously never shot at a clay target. He was so much pleased with the greatest of all of the gentlemanly sports that he joined the club and started in to learn the art of . wing shooting. How well he has succeeded the scores will show. It is enough to state that he made 45 out of his first 50, and his total score was greater than that of Mr. O’Connel, one of the best shots in the South. The day was raw and a stiff wind blew dead against the targets, making the shooting quite hard. The Chattanooga boys are alive and doing. It is their in- tention to hold another tournament this year on top of the mountain, where the summer hotel and all the surroundings are so novel. They desire that all those who were present when the targets floated in clouds like a drove of swallows should take notice. Col. Anthony says that last shoot was the greatest experience if his long and eventful life. The scores made on the above occasion were: Targets: 25 25 25 25 Tot’l Targets : 25 25 25 25 Tot’l Burks . . 22 23 18 20 S3 Goodlake . . . . 15 19 21 18 73 Anthony . . . . 22 24 22 23 91 Sorrell .... . . 12 14 O’Connell . . . 22 20 19 18 79 V aughan . . .. 4 10 Webb ..... . . 17 19 15 20 71 Morrison . . 10 12 17 . . Martin . . 18 17 19 18 72 Webb 22 .. Paul . . 15 12 IS IS 63 Crum 22 . . At Maryville. At, Maryville, Tenn., the county seat of Blount county, shoot- ing was something new and novel, never having had a club organization. In fact, only two of the gunners had enough en- thusiasm to try and get the shooting started. However, owing to a visit of the old-time shooter, “Tramp” Irwin, during the past winter, and the presence of Col. Anthony, there was a good turn out of both shooters and spectators. The weather was warm and lovely for March, and a nice Bit of ground west of the city was selected for the placing of the trap. When the ground was reached it was learned that there were just 400 targets and the same number of shells, so that there was a limit to the number of shots which each could fire. Then again the setting up of the traps, the pulling and loading had all been intrusted to one man, and that was the old “Tramp,” so well-known to many of your readers. How well he succeeded can best be told by a mention that only one target broke in the trap, and that was one of the “pick-ups.” Many of the towns people came out to see how a target shoot was conducted and they were well pleased with the way that Col. Anthony smashed out his allotted 40 straight. There being but one trap, the shooters were put up in squads of three, and here the Colonel got in his good work by offering suggestions as how best to stand, hold the gun, get the lead and all such little details as only a shooter of his long experience can give. All of the shooters averaged over half of their targets as broke, which was a very creditable showing for a beginning, the out- come of this visit being that a club was organized, and when the boys get a little practice there will be team shoots with Knoxville and possibly other clubs which this same couple of old shooters expect to organize during this month. The scores, each shooting at 40 targets: Col. J. T. Anthony 40 straight, W. P. Seaton 35, W. Smixson 32, E. Wooterman 29, B. Walker 22, Dr. D. McCullough 20, J. Hannah 19, A. C. Montgomery 24, and J. Kiney 12. At Kingston. At Kingston, Tenn., Mr. J. G. Crumblis, who is the leading man of the town in the shooting line, had everything in readiness for getting out to the fair grounds and setting the guns to popping. Kingston being a county seat and situated six miles from a railroad, will find in the gun club, which was organized on this occasion, a source of amusement that will take a place equal with baseball and kindred other outdoor sports. The fair grounds is a splendid place to hold a shoot, though the background is not the best, being uneven. The boys were much interested in the shooting of their guest, Col. Anthony. He missed but one, and there the small boys had the laugh on him. There were many out to see the shoot- ing who did not take part, including several ladies. All passed off smoothly save the many targets that broke in the trap, which was a “bother” that was serious. Phellis Trophy Contest. A team from the Cincinnati Gun Club visited Newark on March 22 to contest with the Newark Gun Club’s team for possession of the cup donated by C. P. Phellis, and emblematic of the six-men team championship. What they really did was to oppose three teams, two from Newark and one from Columbia. A pleasant feature of their trip was that they were victorious. Supt. Gambell has it chained in the club house and it will take a hot bunch of shooters to carry it off, The match was shot over a magautrap, and the targets were thrown a strong 70yds., quite a little further than is generally accepted as the proper distance. The holders of the cup had arranged to have each team shoot by itself, but against this Capt. Gambell entered a vigorous and successful protest. Every trapshooter will recognize the chance for unfairness in such an arrangement. The scores made were low, none of the team shooting his usual gait. Still they shot just a little better than their op- ponents. Orr, of Newark No. 1, made high individual score, 46; Rhoades, of Columbus, second, with 44; Peters, of Cincinnati, and Keefe, of Newark No. 2, tied for third on 40. If the Newark boys will send, a team to Cincinnati to try and recapture the trophy, we can guarantee them a good time, fair targets, and the best of treatment, as these three things are al- ways dealt out liberally to visitors. Ask those who have been there. The scores: Cincinnati. Targets : 15 15 20 T’t’l Peters 14 12 14— 40 Barker 13 9 16— 38 Gambell 12 12 14— 38 Aiders 10 12 14— 36 Hesser 11 7 18— 36 Don Minto 11 13 12 — 36 Newark No. 1. Targets: 15 15 20 T’t’l Orr 14 13 19— 46 Burrell 14 13 13— 40 King 14 11 12— 37 F Hall 9 11 13— 33 Goodrich 9 10 15— 34 Alshizer 8 9 15 — 32 Totals 71 65 88 224 Newark No. 2. Targets : 15 15 20 T’t’l Keefe 12 13 15— 40 Murphy 12 11 16 — 39 Worth 13 11 13— 37 Hall 9 10 16— 35 Bericker 9 9 12 — 30 Chervy 9 10 10— 29 Totals 64 64 82—210 Totals 68 67 87 222 Columbus. Targets: 15 15 20 T’t’l Rhoads 14 11 19— 44 Cumberland 13 10 14 — 37 Buchanan 10 11 13 — 34 Webster 8 11 14— 33 II Smith 11 10 10— 31 J Smith 5 8 15— 28 Totals 61 61 85 207 Turkey Shoot, Dayton, O. Good fellows took part in a shoot at stop 7 on the D. & W. Traction line on March 21. It was gotten up by Ed. Oldt. Turkeys, ducks and chickens were offered as prizes. The sport started with a 10-target sweep, 65 cents entrance, two moneys. Oswald won first with 8; Lockwood, second, with 6; Ike, 6; Oldt, 4. Then followed the prize events, seven at 10 targets each. Oswald won three turkeys and a duck; Handy and West a turkey each; Ike, a turkey and a duck, and Lockwood a rooster. After the prize events three sweeps were shot, two moneys in each. The scores look small, but a large per cent, of the targets were perforated by shot and would have been scored as broken if they had been properly brittle. Rohrer’s Isfand Gun Club. The Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, O., opened their medal season on March 22, and had a very enjoyable afternoon. The club house has been renovated, new trap pit, with set of ex- pert traps put in, electric pull, and pull house. The im- mense tree which spoiled the background for right quartering targets has been cut down and this leaves the sky background unobstructed. The club is in a good condition financially, and the members take an active interest in the sport. E. W. Keller and John Strickline were elected to membership. In the medal shoot six men tied for first on scores of 25 or better. After a long shoot-off, the winner was decided. Oswald and Miller fought on until the tenth shoot-off, when Miller won by 5 to 2. The medal is the prize each week, as last year. And for the series of 32 contests four prizes are offered as follows : $15 in gold to the one winning the medal the greatest number of times during the season; $10 to second high; $5 to third, and to fourth a leather medal suitably inscribed. The afternoon’s sport was concluded with four 25-target sweeps, and in these Lockwood did some excellent work, breaking 96 out of 100, and making two straight scores. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in the Peters trophy contest by members unable to compete on March 18: Hesser, handicap 4, total, 49; Maynard, 1, 46; Tuttle, 1, 45; Ahlers, 1, 44; Bleli, 43; Dick, 1, 43; French, 7, 38. March 25 was what we call in this section a pretty day, the first real spring day we have had. Ackley made his first appearance since his illness, and was received with honors, the flag being hoisted and a salute of twenty-one guns fired. The Judge is looking better than for months before he was taken sick. Jay Bee, another absentee, was out to-day and received a warm welcome. He shot in the trophy contest and made the full score, including his. handicap. Falk did great work, tying with Barker and Faran for high gun in actual breaks, on 46. A number of team races were shot. This feature of the weekly shoots is getting to be quite prominent, and is a good one, giving the boys practice in team work, and creating con- siderable interest. Practice events were shot as long as a tar- get could be seen. The scores: Peters Medal Shoot, 50 targets — Falk, handicap, 7, total, 50; Pohlar, 5, 50; Roll, 7, 50; Jay Bee, 12, 50; Andrews, 10, 47; Barker, 46; Faran, 46; A. Sunderbruch, 45; Don Minto, 1, 45; Peters, 1, 45; Pfeiffer, 4, 44; Harig, 42; Williams, 6, 42; Herman, 2, 40; Block, 4, 40; Bullerdick, 1, 39. Team matches, 50 targets each: Don Minto, 41, Barker 46, total, 87; Harig 42, Gambell 41, total 83; A. Sunderbruch 44, Hesser 40, total 84; Peters 44, Ahlers 41, total 85; O. Sunder- bruch 48, Roll 44, total 92; Gambell 47, Faran, 42, total 89; Peters 44, Ahlers 42, total 86. Match, 50 targets: Pohlar 46, Pfeiffer 38, Bullerdick 44. Notes. The Gi-eenville, O., Gun Club held its second medal shoot of the season on March 20. H. A. McCaughey won with a score of 33, shooting from 18yds. Mr. Westerfield made the highest score of the day, 75 out of 100. The members are manifesting a great deal of interest in the shoots. The system of handicapping is giving general satisfaction, axxd seems to place all on an equal footing. Twenty-three members of the Cleveland Gun Club took part in the semi-monthly contest of the club on March 18. The conditions were 50 targets per man, known traps, unknown angles. F. G. Rogen, Snow and Sanford, all Class B men, headed the list with 48 each. Tryon, Class A, was second with 47. Jack, Class A, and Brugge, of Class B, were third, with 46 each. Deadwood Gun Club. Deadwood, S. D., March 19. — The first practice shoot for the season took place to-day. The weather was very cold, and not many of the shooters turned out. The following scores were made at 50 targets: Walker 41, Hirsch 42, Vanhorn 32, Rogers 42, Flanders 43, Poweh 39, Waugh 42, Bick 40, Jepson 43, Per- kins 39. BuR? Rogers. Bradford Gun Club. Bradford, Pa., March 20. — Following are the scores of the shoot held by the Bradford Gun Club on Saturday last, on their grounds at Foster Bx-ook: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. White 100 64 Conneeley . 60 54 Russell 135 100 Eygabroxxt . 75 38 Mallory, ]r. 125 112 Tones 75 42 Mallory, Sr 100 72 McCann . . . 60 31 Hoey 100 71 Scott’ ...... 75 34 Willis 75 42 Kelleher . . . 60 25 Pringle .... 75 57 Brown 75 52 Holley 75 43 Wagner 45 32 We have arranged for a tournament to be held for two days, June 21 and 22, $400 added money. We have a club of over sixty members now, and expect to in- crease the number to 100 by June 1, and there will be quite a large attendance. New grounds have been procured, with a sky line. Exti'a traps will be constructed, with canvas canopies, and the present club house will be enlarged. At the present time arrange- ments are being made to run the city line of street cars to the club house. There are great expectations of a very “large” time. Max-ch 23. — The following is a total of the events held at the traps of the above club on March 22: Shot at. Broke. Sizer 130 122 Brown 130 112 Brooder 75 48 Conneeley 145 117 Pringle 111 Shot at. Broke. Russell . . . . 145 102 White 90 57 Bodine SO 57 Brown 75 54 Wagner ... 75 52 E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. Indianapolis (Ind.) Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., March 10. — The Peters trophy was won by Mr. Hice. Each event was at 25 targets: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shot at. Broke. 1 tickman 24 21 23 20 20 19 18 20 200 165 Carter 16 16 12 13 15 13 15 13 200 113 Parry 22 22 23 21 23 24 20 175 155 Moore 14 20 21 21 21 20 16 io 200 143 B'inlev 23 21 21 22 22 24 . . 150 133 Moller 12 15 8 15 9 11 21 175 91 ITice 20 15 IS 18 8 13 .. 150 92 Smith 8 10 50 18 Iiintel 15 12 50 27 Denny Beck 15 18 50 33 17 11 50 28 Cory 15 12 50 27 Tanner 7 1 50 8 Clark 14 15 50 29 llabich 6 11 11 75 28 'lies for club trophy: Moore, Dickman, Finley and Hice. SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. The Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y., have issued a new cat- alogue, which contains full descriptions of all the guns which they manufacture, _ and which will be sent gratis to those who apply for it. Special pains have been taken to complete it in every detail. The new Blunter one-trigger is specially described. Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., have issued their calendar for 1905, in the artistic and complete manner for which that firm is distinguished. Besides the calendai-, it contains twenty-six excellent portraits of famous shooters, with brief mention of some of their most phenomenal scores with Parker guns. Those shoot- ers are S. A. Tucker, A. W. du Bray, Fred Gilbert, Andy Mead- ers, John Parker, R. S. Skinner, J. A. Flick, C. W. Phellis, F. D. Alkire, C. B. Adams, Maurice Kaufmann, J. E. Vaughan, L. P. Chaudet, Arthur Gambell, B. W. Worthen, PI. E. Buckwalter, Walter Bluff, C M. Powers, O. R. Dickey, W. B. Dartorx, W. E. Barnard, F. G. Simpson, .Fred Coleman, Lem Willard, W. D. Townsend, Guy Lovelace. $nmver§ to (^orrezpondqnts. — $ — No notice taken ol anonymous communicatioi a. Fish Glue. — Tavistock, Jan. 28. — Is there anything that, if added to white or fish glue, will keep it liquid in a bottle and yet evaporate when exposed, so as to allow it to harden and become firm. I have tried alcohol, but without success. I have been told that there is something that would answer the purpose, but what is it? — J. O. 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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1908. VOL. LXIV.— No. 14. No. 346 Broadway, New York. ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. THE DOOM OF NIAGARA. In the April number of the Popular Science Monthly, Dr. John M. Clarke, New York State Geologist, Director of Science and the State Museum, has a paper demon- strating the ruin of the American Falls in the immediate future, so soon as the power plants now in course of con- struction shall have been completed and put into opera- tion. The American Falls will be destroyed before those on the Canadian side, but unless some way shall be found to stay the progressive drain upon the water supply for industrial purposes, the entire cataract will share the i same fate. The situation briefly is this : Various power com- j panies in New York and in Ontario have been given char- ! ters permitting them to draw off the waters of Niagara River above the Falls and to carry them around the cliff by some other way or to discharge them by tunnels into the face of the Falls near the base. The two American companies which are now active are the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, which is permitted to consume 7.700 cubic feet per second, and the Niagara Falls Power Company, whose legal limit is 8,600 cubic feet per second, a total of 16,300. There are three Canadian companies with statutory limits of 8,900, 12.000 and 11,200, or a total of 32,100 cubic feet per second. The aggregate of all the companies now operat- ing is thus 48,400 cubic feet per second, which represents the amount of water which may be diverted by them from the river before it reaches the cataract. Besides these concerns actually in operation, is another one, the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company, which was chartered in 1894, a condition of its franchise being that it must begin operations within ten years. No work was begun by it prior to 1904. In that year it appeared in Albany seeking from the Legislature a new charter with enlarged powers and extended time. The Legislature granted this, but Governor Odell, be it said to his credit, vetoed the bill. The veto was signed May 21, 1904. Six days later the charter term expired. In those six days the company dug a slender ditch, in order to prevent a lapse of charter. Whether the digging of this ditch at the time and in the manner it was done would hold in the courts as work begun in good faith within the intent of the charter, is a matter of doubt. The same company is before the Legislature again this year seeking renewed privileges. It is said to be backed by powerful interests, and it is making a strong fight for what it wants. By the terms of the old charter no restric- tion was placed upon the amount of water it might abstract from the Niagara River. Should it succeed in constructing and operating its projected works, the water used by it, Dr. Clarke estimates, will not be less than 10.000 cubic feet per second. This addition to the con- sumption permitted by the other concerns already noted will mean a total drain of 58,400 cubic feet per second. The water flow over the Falls was measured by United States engineers in 1868 and by Sir Casimir Gzowski in 1873, with results varying from 246,000 cubic feet per second (the latter) to a maximum of 280,000 cubic feet per second (the former). The figure generally accepted by engineers is 224,000 cubic feet per second. The river flows over a rock bottom on which the strata dip to the west; so that the sill or edge of the Falls is ten feet higher on the American than on the Canadian side; and the waters at the crest of the American Falls are ten feet shallower. It is the calculation of a compe- tent hydraulic engineer, taking the accepted volume of the flow, the length of the entire crest of the Falls (4,070 feet), and the difference in elevation of the sill of the Falls, that when the flow shall be reduced to 184,000 cubic feet per second, or by 40,000 cubic feet, the water will be down to the level of present rock bottom at the edge of the American shore. In other words, when the power companies already chartered and in operation shall de- velop their full legal privileges, the American Falls will be but a weakly, thin, white apron. When to the water consumption of these five companies shall be added that of the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company- provided this concern shall succeed in getting what it asks of the Legislature — the American Falls will have be- come a thing of the past. APRIL. The return of spring brings with it a pleasure to all mankind. But it is specially delightful to the angler who, in the weeks of anticipation, has overhauled his fishing tackle betimes, has made sundry purchases of more by way of careful preparation, and carefully noted the merg- ing of the . wintry days into the balmy ones of spring. The delightful warmth of the sunshine, the fullness of the streams from rains, thawed snow and ice; the green tinges of the landscape denoting the reawakening of vegetable life ; the earlier sunrise and later sunset, are signs of special significance laden with gladness to the angler ; for do not they denote that the season of trout fishing approaches? That they may also denote the active renewal of successful business activity, the angler accepts with gratification ; but the theme of business is devoid of the vivacity and keen enthusiasm displayed on the theme of the trout stream. The anticipations con- cerning work and fishing are things apart, are things for- eign, are things not to be reconciled. They are as op- posed to each other as are pain and pleasure. April brings with it a just recognition of the trout’s ascendancy in the accepted list of gamy goody things. The trout now is in season for taking, in law and in fact. It possesses many qualities deserving of the sports- man’s admiration and pursuit. Beautiful and erratic, it may lurk sullenly, perdue perversely apathetic to all ex- ternals that would allure; it may coquette with the arti- ficial fly teasingly yet safely; or it may strike with fierce aggressiveness — a miniature demon of the waters. Probably the beauty and moods of the capricious trout constitute the charm which impels the true angler to meander ever hopefully along the streams, casting his fly with patience unceasing; or, if he be of a practical and secretive cast of mind, then betimes suspending a worm gently in the water where the trout, with little effort, may help itself to worm and trouble. And yet, on the negative side of trout fishing, there is much to regret ; chief of which is that the trout fishing of the present is not what it was in the days of years ago when there were trout in the small streams every- where, free to those who would fish them. The necessi- ties of a denser population and a consequent more assert- ive claims to valuable property rights have restricted- to the person what was once so free to all. There are many hundreds of good anglers to-day who enjoy trout fishing only in its reminiscences, because there is no more trout fishing in which they can participate actually. Distance or proprietorship excludes them. And yet they manifest an enthusiasm in the recountal of the old fishing days which they experienced. They hold a high place in the mind’s happiest pictures of fields and streams, and even as mental pictures they mean much in the way of recurring happy moments. THE WILDFOWL SUPPLY. For a year or two past a more or less marked increase has been noted in some localities in the number of water fowl seen in the migration flights or on the great wintering grounds of the United States, and this apparent increase has furnished the spring shooters with an argument in support of their cause. They say, in substance, birds are more numerous now than they were a few years ago, shooting has no* effect on their numbers one way or -the other, why then interfere with our sport or our means of making a livelihood? As matter of fact, the greater number of birds has been noticed by observers who would appear to be competent. Two journals devoted to ornithology have recently called attention to the very unusual number of good ducks found in certain waters in Maine and in Great South Bay in the autumn of 1904, while at the opening of the season just passed gunners reported ducks much more abundant than usual in Currituck Sound. Meantime, the spring shooters continue to declare that since the ducks are increasing, it is u§ejes§ to give them any more protection, but they say nothing about the cause of the increase. This cause seems to be found in the fact that a number of the Northern States and of the Provinces of Canada have forbidden spring shooting. When, on their northward migration, the ducks reach the temperate zones where in old times many of them bred, their tendency is to loiter there, and perhaps to nest and rear their broods. This is something that they cannot do if spring shooting is allowed, for pursuit with a gun causes them at once to leave the country and to hurry on to some more distant spot where they will be free from prosecution. They know that such spots exist, though they may be obliged to go as far as Labrador or James Bay to reach them. On the other hand, breeding grounds suited to the fowl exist in many places in the northern tier of States and all through southern Canada, and will be occupied by them if they are left undisturbed. Full broods will be raised, the local ducks in autumn will call down other birds passing on their southward migration, and the shooting in the fall will be more than twice as good as it would be either in the spring or fall if the birds did not breed there. In the past there has been no such thing as the pro- tection of wildfowl within our borders. The earliest ducks came to us the last of August or the first of September, while the latest to go took their departure for the north in May or June. Here, then, were eight or nine months of each year during which the fowl were shot; and whatever the laws which appeared on the statute books, the fact was that a duck was in season whenever it was within sight. With the growth of the game protective idea and with the constantly increasing feeling that men must practice some moderation if those who come after them are to have .any shooting, has come that change of sentiment which shows itself in the practical abolition of spring shooting in a dozen States and most of the Provinces of Canada. It has been well pointed out that it is absurd to cut the shooting season down to two or three months on certain birds and yet to afford no protection whatever to the wildfowl. It may be confi- dently predicted that a judicious reduction in the open months for wildfowl shooting all over the country would result in a great increase in the number of fowl ; and in this, together with the anti-sale law now prevalent in so many States, lies the hope that some day we may once more see the old-time hordes of the wildfowl. Ever since Governor Hill dismissed Fish Commissioner Eugene G. Blackford because Mr. Blackford had attended a Brooklyn reception to a Republican President, the New York Fish and Game Commission has been in varying degree demoralized by politics. Certain commissioners — as notoriously in the case of Davis — have been given their places for no earthly reason other than that they were recognized political bosses. The State’s interests in fish and game and forests have been sacrificed without compunction in order to strengthen partisan forces. Game protectors have been put in places and kept there out of political considerations, and like influences have permitted in some localities continued violations of the fish and game laws with immunity. These conditions have long existed ; perhaps thej? will exist always. But if, as now seems probable, Governor Higgins is not to reappoint Commissioner Middleton, but will name another in his place, might it not prove an interesting experiment if we could have a head of the commission named for capacity and fitness to do the work, and without the slightest re- gard to political affiliations or partisan service ability? We speak of such a course as an experiment. It would be an experiment; and an experiment well worth trying. If the experiment should result in improved fish and game and forest protection, the public interests would be served, even if party interests suffered. If it failed, the failure would put an end to the harping of those theorists who argue that politics and game and fish and forest pro- tection should be divorced. K It happened in New Jersey last Sunday afternoon in this way : A sixteen-year-old boy and a fourteen-year-old girl were visiting at the house of a friend ; the boy picked up a rifle and playfully aimed it at the girl and pulled the trigger. The rifle was loaded. The girl died. The coroner said it was a case of pure accident, no one was to blame. What about the owner of the loaded rifle who left it where foolish visitors could get at it? 270 FOREST AND STREAM '{Afrit.. 8, 1905. “Denmark.” ______ 'I ’I ’ H ’ A Story of Ambition, Pluck and Well Deserved Success. For many years the writer has known the subject of this article as one of the most reputable and effi- cient guides in the Adirondacks. But not until last summer was the interesting story of his life secured. As told by himself, it is as follows: A native of Den- mark and wishing to improve his condition, he came to America in 1883 when twenty-seven years old. He landed with sixtv-four cents in his pocket and only three English words on his tongue: “Yes,” “no,” and “potatoes.” He soon hired out to a farmer in Rox- bury, Vt., where he worked one month. But he “did not like it” and left. Then a man loaned him money to go and seek work at Port Henry, N. Y. He promised, “Me pay when work.” He went to the Cedar Iron Works at Port Henry and looked around. Mr. Foote, an official, saw him and asked, “What do you want — work?” “Yes me work.” Taking in the situa- tion at a glance, Foote took the Dane to his mother’s house and fed him on bread and milk. “It was the sweetest meal I ever ate,” he said in describing it. Then Foote pointed to six o’clock on a watchdial, then to the smoke stack at the iron works, and said, “boo-o-o-o-h,” and Denmark knew he was to go to work when the whistle blew at six o’clock the next morning. He worked four days at $1.40 per day and then was promoted to receive $2 per day. But he did not know it, as he drew no pay till the end of the month. On pay day he received two envelopes. One contained pay for the first four days’ work — the second a $20 bill. He said, “No, too much!” but was satisfied with the explanation. The next step was to settle for his board. His landlady charged him $18 a month. He thought it too much for what was furnished, and changed to a boarding-house at $20 a month. “The Dane,” as everyone called him, was on the road to fortune. But in about two months the iron works closed, and seven hundred men were thrown out of employment. “The Dane” had paid back the money borrowed at Roxbury, had sent his father $25, and now had $72 in his pocket. He could live until work came. But his money was stolen. Now he must move quickly. Two offers of work came. One on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, the other in the lumber woods of Essex Co., N. Y. He went there. Eighteen men were on the job. A month passed, the foreman drew the pay for all, and ran away. The men were angry and wanted to kill the stock, a cow, a pig, and a horse. But “The Dane” seized an old gun, presented it at the men, and said, “No, no, me bang!” His sense of honor and prompt courage saved the stock. All the other men left, but he stayed and fed the stock. After several days a man came into the woods with a load of supplies. Seeing the Dane he asked, “What are you doing?” Denmark could not name the ani- mals and so replied, “Me feed ugh”— giving a grunt as nearly like a pig’s as he could. The man said, “If you will work for me, I will see that you are paid.” The bargain was closed on the spot. In the spring he had earned and received over $300. Then came the usual “river-driving” and “The Dane,” wishing to be a full-fledged lumberman, engaged. But “a jam” of logs was his undoing. Caught between logs as the “jam” suddenly gave way, some of his ribs were broken, he was otherwise severely injured, and was taken out of the water seemingly more dead than alive. He was carried out of the woods to a country tavern. Between the tavernkeeper and the doctor his money was soon gone by charges akin to robbery. Then he was put out, but a “good Samaritan” living near took him in and cared for him until recovery was complete. Then he went into the lumber woods again. Gradually acquiring forest lore, he at length went to Long Lake. Standing near the water one day, he was seen by a party of newly arrived sportsmen, and one of them asked him, “Can you take a trunk to my camp?” “Yes, me take two trunks.” Reaching camp with the bag- gage he watched the newcomers preparing supper. They had used saleratus instead of baking powder for flapjacks, and the result set the Dane to laughing. “Can you do better?” was demanded of him. “Yes,” he said, and did it. He was promptly engaged as cook for the party, and when fortune did not smile upon the hunters, was asked if he could take a dog and run a deer' into the lake for them. In that region he had not been twenty rods from the road, but he was “woodwise” and immediately told the hunters he could do it. His first effort brought them a big buck; this was followed by other successful efforts, and so began his “guiding.” Then he served Rev. Dr. Duryea and party as guide, and at the end of the season he bought a boat for $32 which he rented for $60 the next season. This put him on a new track. He bought other boats and rented them at good profit. Saving his money, he soon owned all the boats in service at one of the Long Lake hotels. Suddenly the hotel was burned and all his boats with it. Again he had lost everything but his magnificent strength and courage. He resumed “guiding” and served in that capacity for some years on the private preserve at Brandreth’s Lake. As always he saved his money, and at length felt warranted in seeking a Jlefqrp the marriage took place, his fiance died. Grief prostrated the Dane in serious illness, and again nearly all his earnings were swept away. Recovery was followed by renewed effort and accustomed success in his calling as guide. He finally bought a farm about three miles from Blue Mt. Lake, where he lives, comfortable and re- spected, dividing his time between the farm, guiding, and the duties of public office to which his townsmen elected him. He is trusted everywhere, and has guided some of the most wealthy and prominent Adirondack sportsmen. “In season” he is usually busy with old patroiis^-often engaged months in advance — and last year refused an offer of $600 and expenses for a six months’ trip to Newfoundland, in order that he might keep faith in a previous engagement for only six weeks. Such honor is above commercialism. He is thoroughly Americanized, having no desire to re- turn to his native country, though proudly wearing among his ^friends and . correspondents the cognomen, Denmark.’ His manliness, energy and perseverance, have earned success and appreciation. Such men are welcome from any country, and make good citizens anywhere. His career presents the same fundamentals of character as have made other Norsemen with better opportunities conspicious before the world as its servants and benefactors. All honor to Nansen and Finsen and other heroes of achievement against great odds. But likewise honor to all those of every nation who in the humbler walks of life, without the en- couragement of public knowledge and approval, but with relatively great odds and equal heroism, achieve success. Juvenal. The Last of the Eagles. He lay dying on a cliff of the great canon. His wintr was broken and his breast torn by a pitiless rifle ball It happened miles away, but he had reached his old cliff home, a thousand feet above the river and as many below the top of the cliff. How many hours in his long life he had sat on this perch watching the dashing water below, the blue sky above. How many changes he had witnessed. He was more than a hundred years old— a hundred and fifty, perhaps — and he remembered when the forests were primeval and the buffaloes in great herds grazed in the valleys and wild horses dashed over the plains; he re- membered the mountain goat, leaping from cliff to cliff in wild joy. A thousand other things he remembered; among them, many years ago, seeing a man who hunted not with the bow and arrow, but with a terrible instru- ment like the thunder bolt that killed a long way off. One of his friends went too near, thinking it a bow and arrow, and was killed. He had seen many killed since in the same way, and he had learned to keep at a long distance. He had been fired at a good many times, but had laughed at the hunter and scorned his lightning. At first all this was play to him— the play of a daring spirit— watching the ball as it sped toward him, but slowed down, and at the last went underneath his perch. Underneath this old perch were a. thousand marks of bullets fired at him as he sat upon it; and how he had been amused by it all ! But these bullets gradually came nearer, and one day a ball struck the perch on which he sat. This man’s light- ning was getting stronger. Many more of his comrades had gone too near and were dead. He, wise old fellow, cautiously held aloof, lengthened his distance between himself and the man with' the strange thunderbolt, and lived on; but it was getting lonely now, all those who started out with him — and these cliffs were alive with them— were gone, fallen before this ruthless piece of thunder wielded by. a man. And so many of those born later had fallen, too; and now for several years as he sailed up and down the Canon or soared above the moun- tain peaks, he had had no companion. He was alone. Who had killed all his companions? That man who somehow had control of the lightning. What did he want to kill all his friends for? Why, now, was he trying to kill him? Was it just because he could? A new power had come to him, and he could kill at long range, and so he killed. What was he getting out of all this killing? The simple satisfaction of killing; and if he only knew more, if he only would lay aside that instrument of death and come nearer, as somehow he might, and instead of studying a dead eagle, listen to the secrets of a live one, he might one day hear a story that would be worth more to him than all the thunderbolts of all the clouds; he might receive . a secret that he would give a thousand times as much for as he had given for his lightning. With this instrument, cunning as it was, he could only kill; with the secret in the heart of the old, dying eagle, he would be the master of life. He remembered also that in a far off land in the distant past he had seen these men killing one another with this same instrument. These men could only kill. He,, the eagle, could tell them how to make alive, or how to live long. Once he sat on a tree top and talked a few minutes with his old friend the buffalo, wounded and dying. He was the last of his race, he said — and the eagle had seen none since- — and the buf- falo- had told him that he knew some things that men did not, but that they wanted to know terribly; and there had been times, he said, when he had hoped to show men this marvelous secret of strength and virility, but man nqve|- ajlgryed him to come near. The minute he ap- proached their camp, out came those thunderbolts, and then a run for life. Now this buffalo was dying, the last of his. race, because he had ventured too near a man’s camp in the desperate hope that he might be allowed to tell him the great secret he longed for, and held now only by the buffalo- himself. But the shot came instead of the communion, and the animal Must garry his secret out of the world with hint. The bald eagle held the secret, of long life, and all ids days he had sought an opportunity to communicate it to this man. He had lived 150 years; there was rto- feaSoti why he should not have lived as many more, but for this pitiless rifle ball. And in that time who knows but that he might have told his secret to men? Even now, could he only do- so, he would make it known. But between him and man there was a great, an awful gulf. He had no way to cross it. Now he lay down on his old perch with broken wing and tern breast, dying. The secret ot long life that should have been man’s, but that could be his only as the eagle communicated it to him, must die with him. The solace, the comfort it would have brought, the pain it would have relieved, the heartache it might have swept away— all these now lost to- man, and lost forever. And the eagle was sad ; not to die, for it was too lonely now to live any longer; but that he could not make known his great secret. Had he lived for naught? The shadows had long since crept into the canon, and, save a gleam of light here and there from the moon, the old eagle was in darkness; and for the first time in his life he was cold, and he knew that the end was near. With great pain, for it hurt him to move, he turned on his perch, where, the instant he rose above the eastern peaks he could see the rising sun, and composed himself to die. Then, in a flash the light shot athwart the eanoii, and opening his eyes he gazed long and tenderly oh the old sun; then his head drooped and his spirit, on the morning sunbeams, with its untold secret, went out into the light, and his tribe passed on. Joseph Woodbury Strout. A Midnight Mystery* In the summer of ’81, two- other men and I bought a sloop of five tons capacity, stocked her with provisions and tools, and started to hunt sea otter on the Alaskan coast. After about two weeks we got up as high as Queen Charlotte Island, and I began to find the sloop rather small, with far too little elbow room for three men of our size, so I parted with my interest in the venture and took the steamer Otter back to Victoria — the mate to the steamer, by the way, which now lies rotting on the beach in Burrard Inlet Narrows, the old Beaver, the first steamer that ever plied along the coast. After I got to Victoria I loaded a canoe with tools and supplies and started for Jonhnson’s Straits to spend the rest of the summer hand logging. This industry was at one time quite profitable, but a man needed nearly five hundred dollars’ worth of tools and as much worth of provisions for an outfit, and be- sides he needed to know the trade, for if a man started in and cut off the timber near the water first, he could never shoot the back timber down through the old tops. The way to do was to get two jack screws of the three- legged kind made on purpose for this use, axes, barking irons, saws and chopping boards with steel plates on the end to notch into the body of the tree and stand on while you cut the tree down rather high to keep above the butt, where the wood is wind-shaken and pitchy; then you needed a square. to tell how your tree was to fall. This square is made like a T, and when you begin the “scurf,” or notch, you cut- to- fell the tree, you put the crosspiece in and sight along the stem to see where the stick will drop. Of course our hand logging was done on steep ground near the water, where the logs could be floated and rafted down to mill. After you select your claim, you go back to the farthest point that it will pay to cut to begin work. Then for getting out logs, the first thing to be done is to fell your bedding; that is, to cut a lot of small trees, say from a foot to two- feet through, so as to lie crosswise on the spot where your timber will fall; then you cut a notch for the chopping board and begin the front scurf on the tree, using the square to find exactly where it will fall. After that you put a chopping board in for the back cut, cutting the trees (which are for the most part Douglas firs from four to eight feet -through) at a height of from ten to twelve feet from the ground. Then when the tree is felled you bark it. When the sap is running in spring and summer you can easily do this with a barking iron, which is a steel bar about 40 inches long, of or inch steel, ro-unded and flattened at the end. This you jam through the bark and can then pry it off, using the tool something like a crowbar. If the sap has finished running, you must chop the bark all off with the ax, and it is a long, slow job. You now top off the timber; that is, chop off the top at the first limbs, say from 80 to 100 feet from the ground, so as to leave all clear lumber. Then the log is sniped; that is, the point is tapered off, slightly rounding like an egg. Now the log lies on its bedding, free from bark ex- cept on the under side. The jackscrew is then set on one of the skids of the bedding and the log is notched to take the head of the screw. If the log be on pretty steep ground, you must put in a “Sampson,” of which there are April $, 1905.! FOREST AND STREAM. 271 f — — — ; 7“ jtwo kinds. This kind is a stout stick, one end of which gis set against a stump or rock, while the other end slants up to a notch in the log. The log is then raised slightly, 1 rolled up against the “Sampson” by the jackscrew, and ithe barking completed. You now cut the “Sampson,” ilwhich bends with the weight of the log, and the log starts /down. One must be careful in cutting the “Sampson” to get on the hollow side of its curve, or there may be [some danger. This process of rolling also' lifts the log 1 to one side of the top chopped off and gives a free way. 'If the log is not on steep ground, it is barked below by rsimply rolling it with the screw; then you set a “Samp- son” of the other kind — that is, a block of wood a foot ;i ong and four inches through — on a skid on the side op- posite the jackscrew. The log is now raised by a rolling notion on to the short “Sampson” placed rather near the ■putt, and the log will start, provided the point be raised litrom the ground on a skid. However, the “Sampson” ■ought not to be placed too near the butt for this, which -„s called pushing a log, as it does not work well, because he log does not get far enough to jump forward. 1 The log now starts on its journey to water, a distance jiometimes of six or eight hundred yards, and usually it r.:Iears the ground at high speed. If the start, however, is tad, the point may stick in some knoll and have to be I'ackscrewed and skidded out, but with a good send-off, he. log will plow through knolls, split big cedars from ground to top, if it hits them fair, glance from the rrunks of the stronger firs, and only be brought up by a >ig rock or occasionally by a large mass of down timber, vi order to miss big obstacles of this kind, a long /‘Sampson” is sometimes set before starting the log in ine side near the point and used as a fulcrum while ihe iackscrew is used to swing the butt till the trunk has the tight direction. j When your log strikes deep water, it goes clear out of tight; then it comes back on the same slant and shoots two-thirds of its length out of water. All you have to do then is to clamp on to the log and tow it to your boom, where you saw off the “snipe” on the point square and ie the log up with the others. But if the water is_ shal- low near the edge, and the log sticks with its point in the bottom and its butt on the bank, then you have to put a jurop in the middle, cut a deep notch on the top of the log ;elow and near the prop, undercut the log just above the |nrop with a saw, and knock the prop out. The log then breaks in two of its own weight, and each end can be • hoved into the water. ; Two good men hand logging can get out two sticks four feet through and a hundred feet long every day in i;ood ground if they work hard and all goes well. I must also explain the use of “fore and afters.” These re two parallel skids laid close together, notched and held in place by a crosspiece below, barked and sometimes V, Teased. They are used to slide up the point of a long og when a big windfall bars the way at the start. This s cheaper and quicker than cutting the windfall away. Well, two other men and I were hand logging in John- on’s Straits, and we had brought with us two barrels if corn beef. Before we knew it the beef had spoiled, nd we had to throw it out on the beach. The exact :lace where we were was on Vancouver Island, at Small- ox Bay, so named because some 300 Haida Indians had [tied there of smallpox. We saw the piles of unburied I kulls and bones of the Indians still lying about, and dcnew that the place had earned its name. Wolves were r/ery plentiful around there, and came in crowds to eat he beef we had thrown away. ( Outside the door of our cabin stood a five-gallon can |if dogfish oil tried out from dogfish livers, which we used for greasing our jackscrews. ( One night after we had all gone to sleep, I woke up l.nd heard a noise of licking. The others woke up and neard it, too. We talked in whispers about what it was. We all thought of wolves at once, for these animals like grease, and the bears will even lick the grease off the Skids. Lick, lick, lick went the noise, just as if a hungry longue were lapping around our can of fish oil. My gun nung above my bed. I took it down without making any iioise, and crept on tip-toe to the door. I got my gun good and ready, threw open the door quickly, and peered ■hrough the darkness, with my finger on the trigger, but 1 could not see a thing. Then I began to feel a little queer. It may be I was a rifle scared. But just then the noise began again, and I saw it came from the water bucket. There was nothing 1 round the water bucket, either; but I had pulled myself ogether by that time, and stepped up to the bucket and ooked in, and there was a big toad in the water trying to et out, and scraping the sides of the bucket with his feet t every jump. R. V. Griffin. : Okanagan, Washington. 1 In one of my nests was an ant, which had come into the world ji’ithout antennae. Never having previously met with such a case, s' watched her with great interest, but she never appeared to leave He nest. At length, one day, I found her wanderings about in an ,'imless sort of manner, apparently not knowing her way at all. ifter a while she fell in with some ants of another species, who irectly attacked her. I at once set myself to separate them, but, hether owing to the wounds she had received from her enemies, 1 r to my rough, though well meant handling, or both, she was vidently much wounded, and lay helplessly on the ground. After dome time another ant from the same nest came by. She ex- mined the poor sufferer carefully, then picked her up and car- led her away into the nest. It would have been difficult for any ne who had witnessed the scene to have denied to this ant the ossession of humane feelings. In face of such facts as these, it (1 impossible to regard ants as mere exquisite automatons. When ■e see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabi- ints, excavating chambers, forming tunnels, making roads, guard- lg their home, gathering their domestic animals— each one fulfill- ig their home, gathering food, feeding the young, tending their 1 omestic animals— each one fulfilling its duties industriously and •ithout confusion— it is difficult altogether to deny them the gift f reason; and the preceding observations tend to confirm the Opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men not so ; iuch in kind as in degree.— Lord Avebury. Ilhamp Clark, of Missouri, was addressing the House of Rep- entatives on one occasion, when a rash member interrupted him :h some frivolous comment. Mr. Clark fairly shriveled up the n who had “butted in,” winding up his scorification in this y: “Mr. Chairman, there was once a tenderfoot who struck the zzly region looking for bear. He was all gotten up in the est hunting garb and his weapons were the newest that could be talned. He had come to show the West how to kill grizzlies. : went forth one morning and never came back; and over his re- ins they raised a stone which bore this epitaph, ‘He whistled the grizzly and the grizzly came.’ ’’—Brooklyn Eagle. “What makes your little boy swear so?” “Bad associations— ic works in a parrot store.”— Cleveland Leader. Father De Smet, Black Robe. For more than four hundred years the Roman Catholic Church has been striving to convert the heathen of North America, and for about three hun- dred the members of the Society of Jesus have taken an important part in this work. The devotion to duty shown by these priests has excited the admiration of all students of American history, and furnished a fruitful theme for many a writer. Chief among such historians was Parkman, who, though recognizing that the Jesuits were men subject to the same infirmities which weaken us all, yet declared “that the Society of Jesus has numbered among its members men whose fervent and exalted natures have been intensified with- out being abased by the pressure to which they have been subjected.” The labors of the Jesuits are not yet ended, and to-day in many a region of the farther West, as elsewhere, noble men are devoting their lives to this work of instructing and christianizing the savage. Of the Jesuits who have given their lives to this work none — among modern missionaries — is more famous than Father P. J. De Smet, whose labors among the western tribes lasted over thirty years, from 1838 until about 1870. During all these years he was traveling backward and forward between the Missouri River and the Pacific Coast constantly among Indians, whose temper was always uncertain, who were ever at war with each other, or with the white man; and in this wide region he was better known than any priest who has ever been through it. His energy was indefatigable, and his brave spirit carried him through every danger, difficulty and hardship. Of him it might be said, as was written of others: “The blazing sun of summer poured down upon them its withering heat; they did not blench. The frosts and snows of winter chilled them; they pushed on. The sky-reaching moun- tains barred their progress; they surmounted them. Floods stood in their way; they crossed them. Pain- fully, slowly, on foot through an unknown country, in perils of waters, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the wilderness, in weariness and painfulness, in watch- ings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness, they held their steadfast way. No danger daunted them, no difficulty turned them back. Death did not stop their march. If one faltered, and stumbled and fell, another stepped calmly forward and took his place.” In four handsome volumes, which have recently been published by Francis P. Harper, of New York, Major Hiram Martin Chittenden and Mr. Alfred T. Richard- son have told the story of Father De Smet’s life, his travels, his missionary labors and adventures among the Indians and a vast amount of interesting information drawn from his observations during all his years of travel through the western country. Father De Smet was a prolific writer, and sent in to his superiors in the Church frequent accounts of where he had been and what he had seen and done. All this material, to- gether with his unpublished journals and letter books, have been at the command of the editors, who have added to them many historical, geographical, ethno- logical and other notes. The four volumes constitute a great work of over 1,600 pages with many illustrations. It is perhaps not too much to say that no man, who has left behind him any written record, ever traveled so much or so long through western America, or saw so many Indians. And of these travels. Father De Smet has given a full record, which abounds in in- formation about the natives of the region. The con- tribution to knowledge of the old habits, and especially of the ways of thought of the primitive Indians, is most interesting and valuable, and the whole work is one which must be read by every one who is interested in the early West. For two years Father De Smet labored with . the Pottawatomies, near Council Bluffs, but in the early part of the spring of the year 1840, he was sent by the Bishop of Missouri on an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in order to ascertain the dispositions of the Indians, and the prospect of success if the Jesuits were to establish a mission among them. With the annual expedition of the American Fur Company, under Captain Dripps, Father De Smet left West- port, Mo., on the 30th of April for the rendezvous ap- pointed for that summer on Green River. As they traveled westward, a number of tribes of Indians were met with — Cheyennes, Flatheads, Pends d’Oreilles and Crows— and at length, after a long round, Father De Smet brought up at Fort Union, at the mouth of the Yellowstone, where James Kipp was then in charge. In the light of subsequent events it is interesting to read the observations and predictions of the good priest about this region now so populous and fertile. “Along the banks of the river,” he says, “vast plains extend, where we saw, from time to time, innumerable herds of wild antelopes. Further on we met with a quantity of buffaloes’ skulls and bones, regularly ar- ranged'in a semi-circular form, and painted in different colors. It was a monument raised by superstition, for the Pawnees never undertake an expedition against the savages who may be hostile to their tribe, or against the wild beasts of the forest, without commencing the chase, or war, by some religious ceremony, performed amid these heaps of bones. At the sight of them our huntsmen raised a cry of joy; they well knew that the plain of the buffaloes was not far off, and they ex- pressed by these shouts the anticipated pleasure of spreading havoc among the peaceful herds. “Wishing to command a view of the hunt, I got up early in the morning and quitted the camp alone, in order to ascend a hillock near our tents, from which I might fully view the widely extended pasturages. After crossing some ravines, I reached an eminence, whence I descried a plain, whose radius was about twelve miles, entirely covered with wild oxen. You could not form, from anything in your European mar- kets, an idea of their movement and multitude. Just as I was beginning to view them, I heard shouts near me; it was our huntsmen, who rapidly rushed down upon the affrighted herd — the buffaloes fell in great numbers beneath their weapons. When they were tired with killing them, each cut up his prey, put behind him hi$ favorite part, and retired, leaving the rest for the voracity of the wolves, which are exceedingly numer- ous in these places, and they did not fail to enjoy the repast. “On the 28th, we forded the southern arm of the river Platte. All the land lying between this river and the great mountains is only a heath, almost universally covered with lava and other volcanic substances. This sterile country, says a modern traveler, resembles, in nakedness and the monotonous undulations of its soil, the sandy deserts of Asia. Here no permanent dwelling has ever been erected, and even the huntsman seldom appears in the best seasons of the year. At all other times the grass is withered, the streams dried up; the buffalo, the stag, and the antelope, desert these dreary plains, and retire with the expiring verdure, leaving behind them a vast solitude completely uninhabited. Deep ravines, formerly the beds of impetuous torrents, intersect it in every direction, but nowadays the sight of them only adds to the painful thirst which tortures the traveler. Here and there are heaps of stones, piled confusedly like ruins; ridges of rock, which rise up before you like impassable barriers, and which interrupt, without embellishing, the wearisome sameness of these solitudes. Such are the Black Hills; beyond these rise the Rocky Mountains, the imposing landmarks of the Atlantic world. The passes and valleys of this vast chain of mountains afford an asylum to a great number of savage tribes, many of whom are only the miserable remnants of different people, who were formerly in the peaceable possession of the land, but are now driven back by war into almost inacces- sible defiles, where spoliation can pursue them no further. “This desert of the West, such as I have just described it, seems to defy the industry of civilized man. Some lands, more advantageously situated upon the banks of rivers, might, perhaps, be successfully reduced to culti- vation; others might be turned into pastures as fertile as those of the East- — but it is to be feared that this immense region forms a limit between civilization and barbarism, and that bands of malefactors, organized like the caravans of the Arabs, may here practice their depredations with impunity. This country will, perhaps, one day, be the cradle of a new people, composed of the ancient savage races, and of that class of adven- turers, fugitives and exiles, that society has cast forth from its bosom — a heterogeneous and dangerous popu- lation, which the American Union has collected like a portentous cloud upon its frontiers, and whose force and irritation it is constantly increasing, by transport- ing entire tribes of Indians from the banks of the Mississippi, where they were born, into the solitudes of the West, which are assigned as their place of exile-. These savages carry with them an implacable hatred toward the whites, for having, they say, un- justly. driven them from their country, far from the tombs of their fathers, in order to take possession of their inheritance. Should some of these tribes here- after form themselves into hordes, similar to the wandering people, partly shepherds and partly war- riors, who traverse with their flocks the plains of Upper Asia, is there not reason to fear, that in process of time, they, with others, may organize themselves into bands of pillagers and assassins, having the fleet horses of the prairies to carry them; with the desert as the scene of their outrages, and inaccessible rocks to secure their lives and plunder? “On the 4th of June we crossed the Ramee (Larimie), a tributary river of the Platte. About forty tents erected on its banks served as dwellings for a part of the tribe of the Sheyennes. These Indians are dis- tinguishable for their civility, their cleanly and decent habits. The men, in general, are of good stature, and of great strength; their nose is aquiline, and their chin strongly developed. The neighboring nations con- sider them the most courageous warriors of the prairies. Their history is the same as that of all the savages who have been driven back into the West — they are only the shadow of the once powerful nation of the Shaways, who formerly lived ujjon the banks of the Red River. The Scioux, their irreconcilable enemies, forced them, after a dreadful war, to pass over the Missouri, and take refuge on a little river called the Warrikane, where they fortified themselves; but the con- querors again attacked them, and drove them from post to post, into the midst of the Black Coasts, situate upon the waters of the Great Sheyenne River. In conse- quence of these reverses, their tribe, reduced to two thousand souls, has lost even its name, being now called Sheyennes, from the name of the river that protects the remnant of the tribe. The Sheyennes have not since sought to form any fixed establishment, lest the Scioux should come again to dispute with them the lands which they might have chosen for their country. They live by hunting, and follow the buffalo- in his various migrations. “The principal warriors of the nation invited me to a solemn banquet, in which three of the great chief’s best dogs were served up to do me honor. I had half a one for my share. You may judge of my embarrass- ment, when I tell you that I attended one of those feasts at which every one is to eat all that is offered to him. Fortunately, one may call to his aid another guest, provided that, the requests to perform the kind of office be accompanied by a present of tobacco.” From here on different tribes were met, Shoshones, Youts, Flatheads and Pends d’Oreilles. Father De Smet’s admiration for the Flatheads was great. He says: “As I before mentioned, the only prevailing vice that I found among the Flatheads was a passion for games of chance — it has since been unanimously abolished. On the other hand, they are scrupulously honest in buying and selling. They have never been accused of stealing. Whenever any lost article is found it is immediately given to the chief, who informs the tribe of the fact, and restores it to the lawful owner. Detraction is a vice unknown even among the women; and falsehood is particularly odious to them. A forked- tongue (a liar), they say, is the scourge of a people. Quarrels and violent anger are severely punished. Whenever any one happens to fall into trouble, his neighbors hasten to his aid. The gaiety of their dis- 272 positions adds a charm to their union. Even the stranger is received as a friend; every tent is open to him, and that which he prefers is considered the most honored. In the Rocky Mountains they know not the use of locks or bolts.” It was in September, while the Father, with an escort of Flatheads, and his only white companion, a Fleming, named John Baptist De Velder, one of Napoleon’s grenadiers, whom he had taken upon the prairie, were journeying toward the Crows when this • picture is drawn of travel on the prairie in those early days: “On the 5th of September we crossed a- defile, which had been passed shortly before by a numerous troop of horsemen. Whether they were allies or enemies, we had no means to discover. I will here observe, that in these immense solitudes, although the howling of wolves, the hissing of venomous serpents, the roaring of the tiger and the bear be calculated to affright, yet this terror is nothing in comparison with, the dread excited in the traveler’s soul upon seeing the fresh tracks of men and horses, or columns of smoke rising in the neighborhood. At such a sight, the escort at once assembles and deliberates; each one examines his firearms, sharpens his knife and the point of his arrow, and makes, in a word, every preparation for a resistance, even to death; for, to surrender in such circumstances, would be to expose one’s self to perish in the most frightful torments.” From the fort, Father De Smet set out alone, save for his white companion, to travel down the Yellow- stone River to Fort Union. The country through which he passed abounded in game; vast herds of buffalo, groups of majestic elk, clouds of antelope, ap- peared before them. The big:horn, or mountain sheep, “alone appeared not to be disturbed at our presence, we saw them in groups, reposing on the edges of the precipices* or sporting on the points of the steep rocks/5 Deer, bears, panthers and smaller animals, with birds of many sorts, were everywhere visible. The Arikaras, the Gros Ventres of the village, and the Mandans were passed, and much was said of their ways of life. An example of the conjuring practices of the Arikaras may be given. The Indian sorcerer “had his hands, arms, legs and feet tied with well- knotted cords; he was then inclosed 111 a net, and again in a buffalo’s skin. The person who tied him had promised him a horse if he extricated himself from his bonds. In a minute after, the savage, to the amaze- ment of the spectators, stood before him perfectly free. The commandant of the neighboring fort offered him another horse if he would reveal to him his secret. The sorcerer consented, saying. Have thyself tied, i have at my command ten invisible spirits; I will de- tach three of them and put them at thy service; fear them not, they will accompany thee everywhere, and be thy tutelary genii.’ The commandant was discon- certed, or unwilling to make the trial, and thus the matter terminated.” The Father’s travels continued down the Missouri, to Council Bluffs, thence to West port and St. Louis. The next year he set out again from Westport toward the farther West, with two other Jesuit priests and three lay brothers. They passed through the village of the Kansas Indians, whom they found living m dirt houses thatched with grass. They had recently gained a signal victory over the Pawnees, whose women and children they had attacked and slam, to the number, Father De Smet says, of ninety. He gives some account of the Pawnees and their ways, and mentions a religious rite practiced by that tribe— really only by the Skid —the sacrifice of the captive to the Morning Star, as follow . “On the most solemn occasions, the Pawnees add a bloody sacrifice to the oblation of the calmut; and according to what they pretend to have learned f 10m the birdSand the Star, the sacrifice most ^reeable to the Great Spirit is that of an enemy immolated m the most cruel manner. It is impossible to listen without horror to the recital of the circumstances that attended the sacrifice of a young female of the Scioux tnbe in the course of the year 1837- .It was about i seed time, and they thus sought to obtain a plentiful harvest, i shall here give the substance of the detalled acc°uut which I have given of it in a former letter. this young girl was only aged fifteen; after having been well treated and fed for six months, under pretence that a feast would be prepared for her at the opening of* tte summer season' .[she] felt rejoiced when she saw the last days of winter roll by. The day nxe upon for the feast having dawned, shePas®ed all the preparatory ceremonies, and was then arr?Te in her finest attire, after which she was Placed ^ a circle of warriors, who seemed to escort her ouroose of showing her deference. Besides their wonted arms, each one of these warriors had two pieces of wood, which he had received at the hands of the maiden. The latter had on the preceding day, earned three posts, which she had helped to fell m the netgn borino- forest- but supposing that she was walking to a feh lnd 'herUd'bemg filled with the mo^ pleas- ino- ideas the victim advanced toward the place or nei sacrifice with those mingled feelings of joy and timidity, Siich under similar circumstances, are naturally ex- cited in the bosom of a girl of her, age. « “During1 their march, which was rather long, . 1 as soon as she had reached the place of sacrifice, where of torture, the af™b\u th°t awaited her. How great si mmmim cries, nor t e P hearts of these monsters. She be Pr?sent, softened the ^art^ ^ branches of two FOREST AND STREAM, [April S, 1505 with her own hands distributed to the warriors. When he sufferings lasted long enough to weary the fanatical fury of her ferocious tormentors, the great chief shot an arrow into her heart; and in an instant this arrow was followed by a thousand others, which, after having been violently turned and twisted in the wounds, were torn from them in such a manner that her whole body presented but one shapeless mass of mangled flesh, from which the blood streamed from all sides. When the blood had ceased to flow, the greater sacrificator approached the expiring victim, and to crown so many atrocious acts, tore out her heart with his own hands, and after uttering the most frightful imprecations against the Scioux nation, devoured the bleeding flesh, amid the acclamations of his whole tribe. The mangled remains were then left to be preyed upon by wild beasts, and when the blood had been sprinkled on the seed, to render it fertile, all retired to their cabins, cheered with the hope of, obtaining a copious harvest.” Th.e letters of the good Father are largely devoted to religious matters, the influence which his preaching seemed to have on the Indians, and his hopes for the evangelization, and the ultimate salvation, of the tribes with which he came in contact. In almost all of them he finds much good, yet in writing of those of whom he had only heard he gives such reports as came to him. For example, in one place he says: “The Black- feet, are the only Indians of whose salvation we would have reason to despair, if the ways of God were the same as those of man, for they are murderers, thieves, traitors, and all that is wicked.” Such was, in fact, the reputation that the Blackfeet had among other tribes, and among the American fur traders of those days, though we know now, and Father De Smet learned a little later, that the Blackfeet are as simple and kindly natured as are most other Indians. Although no naturalist, the Father yet has somewhat to say of the animals that lived upon the prairie, and some of the curious natural history found in his re- port is worth quoting: “The beaver seems to have chosen this country for his own. Every one knows how they work, and what use they make of their teeth and tail. What we were told by the trappers is probably unknown to many. When they are about constructing a dam, they ex- amine all the trees on the bank, and choose the one that is most bent over the water on the side where they want to erect their fort. If they find no tree of this kind they repair to another place, or patiently wait till a violent wind gives the requisite inclination to some of the trees. Some of the Indian tribes be- lieve that the beavers are a degraded race of human beings, whose vices and crimes have induced the Great Spirit to punish them by changing them into their present form; and they think, after the lapse of a num- ber of years, their punishment will cease, and they will be restored to their original shape. They even believe that these animals use a kind of language to communi- cate their thought to each other, to consult, deliberate, pass sentence on delinquents, etc. The Trappers as- sured us that such beavers as are unwilling to work, are unanimously proscribed, and exiled from the Re- public, and that they are obliged to seek some abandoned hole, at a distance from the rest, where they spend the winter in a state of starvation. These are easily caught, but their skin is far inferior to that of the more industrious neighbors, whose foresight and perseverance have procured them abundant provisions, and a shelter against the severity of the winter season. The flesh of the beaver is fat and savory. The feet are deemed the most dainty parts. The tail affords a substitute for butter. The skin is sold for nine or ten dollars’ worth of provisions or merchandise, the value of which does not amount to a single silver dollar.” Father De Smet describes the stillhunt of the buffalo — the approach — declaring that the hunter must be skillful and cautious, “He must approach them against the wind, for fear of starting the game, for so acute is the scent of the buffalo that he smells bis enemy at a very considerable distance. Next, he must approach them as much as possible without being seen or sus- pected. If he cannot avoid being seen, he draws a skin over his head, or a kind of hood, surmounted by a pair of horns, and thus deceives the herd. When within gunshot he must hide himself behind a bank or any other object. There he waits till he can take sure aim. The report of the gwn, and the noise made by the fall of the wounded buffalo, astound, but do not drive away, the rest. In the meantime, the hunter re- loads his gun, and shoots again, repeating the ma- neuver, till five or six, and sometimes more buffalos have fallen, before he finds it necessary to abandon his place of concealment. “The Indians say that the buffalos live together as the bees, under the direction of a queen, and that when the queen is wounded, all the others surround and de- plore her.” He gives not a few accounts of Indian conflicts, and this is one in which Blackfeet and Flatheads took part: “A Blackfoot warrior was taken and wounded while in the act of stealing a horse. The night was dark, and the wound had rendered him furious. He held his loaded gun, and threatened death to any mery” beast that would turn a deaf ear to the appeal, “wake up and pay for your bedding.” Speeches in true cowboy style, with plenty of rhetorical flourishes, were delivered al- most without intermission, when the traveling was par- ticularly difficult. After leaving the timber, we had a tedious journey through long stretches of sage brush. The land where the sage brush abounds seems desolate and forsaken, and would impress the casual observer as perfectly worthless. While reflecting upon the for- bidding aspect of the country, I wondered if this land could be rendered productive upon the arrival of that era “when the desert would blossom as the rose.” I discovered an answer to my question ere long, when my sight was gladdened by a neat little ranch located near a stream with about two acres of ground irrigated and under cultivation. If it had been an oasis in a desert, the contrast could not have been more strik- ing. A great stack of alfafa grass stood near the ranch, exposing a cut in its side which revealed the interior perfectly green. At first I thought that the grass had not been properly cured, but I learned afterward that the alfafa contains so much nutriment that it remains green a long time after it has been cured and stacked. There were quite a number of fruit trees of small size so laden with fruit that the branches had to be propped. All that is needed to make the soil productive, is to clear off the sage brush and irrigate. We camped that night by a stream in a clump of aspen trees, many of which, although dead, were still standing. The aspen when dead becomes exceedingly dry and light, and makes a very hot and bright fire, but quickly burns out, leaving a small quantity of ashes to the amount of wood consumed. After the evening meal, we piled the dead aspen wood upon the fire until it formed a heap nearly as high as our heads. The flames shot well into the air and lighted up the landscape for a considerable distance. Listening to the guide spinning his yarns as we lay by the cheerful blaze, the time slipped by rapidly. It may not be out of place to relate one of the stories my guide told me, as a sample of the kind of intellectual treat they furnished. He numbered among his acquaintances a telegraph operator at a place called Red Wing on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The operator had taught him just a smattering of telegraphy, and the sequel will prove the truth of the saying, “that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” The operator was on very friendly terms with a young lady in the same employment at a station not many miles away, and when business was slack they freely corresponded in complimentary and sometimes sentimental messages, until at length their feelings toward each other had deepened into something more than friendship. One day the guide dropped into the office, and while he was there,, the operator had to leave for a short space on other business. During his absence a message came over the wire of the usual sentimental kind. The “charge d’affaires” did not recognize the sender nor understand the .message, but being possessed of ready wit and unlimited assurance, he immediately sent back a reply characterized by brevity, force and spiciness. When the regular operator returned and endeavored to resume the tete-a-tete he could get no response, nor was further communication continued, except in the ordinary course of business. An effort to obtain an explanation received no notice, as he was supposed to be the guilty party and naturally would understand the cause of the trouble well enough without it. While the operator was pouring out the burden of his troubled soul to the guide a few days after, a suspicion flashed across the mind of the latter that perhaps the fragrant message he had sent at random might have been the cause of the misunderstanding. He so in- formed the operator and matters were finally satis- factorily explained and the former friendly relations restored. When California Park was at length reached, we found the country very hilly but open. There were quite a number of antelope in that locality, but it was almost impossible to get a good shot at one. The atmosphere is so deceptive that it is very difficult to gauge the distance. I made a good many line shots which were quite accurate but were frequently too high or too low. It was some time before I could form a correct idea of the distance. I believe it is best for any one shooting in a strange country where distances are deceptive, to ask information of the guide so that he may be able to sight his rifle at the right elevations. In an open country, where the atmosphere is rarefied and objects are seen very distinctly, it is easy to under- estimate the range of your mark; while in the timber, particularly if it is fairly dense, the tendency is to over-estimate and consequently shoot too high. After a couple of days, I at last succeeded in bagging an antelope and tried to run down on horseback another one that I had creased, but it managed to escape. . It would frequently stop and look back while being pursued. Once I checked my horse and waited. The antelope stood still and watched me at a safe distance. I observed that it grew no weaker from the loss of blood, and when I resumed the chase I became con- vinced that it was probably more than a match in speed for my jaded horse. I did not seem to gain on it, and the horse was showing great distress under the strain. I had not the heart to apply the stimulus to make him quicken his pace as the guide did to his horse, fairly raking his sides from the shoulders down with the great Mexican spurs until they were red with blood. My experience in hunting antelope convinces me that a sportsman earns about every trophy he gets. No man can be a sluggard and succeed in hunting, this kind of game. With senses as acute as any wild animals possess, they live in an open country where every object is visible except for the slight concealment offered by the sage brush, or some depression of the ground. The antelope have one stupid habit — very remarkable on account of its keenness in other respects. They will almost always follow their leader strung out in single file, notwithstanding that in doing so the end of the line may come close to a hunter in pursuit who is cutting across their course. When the line is strung out a considerable length and the mounted hunter is not more than a few hundred yards away and is riding at right angles to the course that the antelope are pursuing, it can readily be seen that the last of the herd will have allowed the pursuer to gain consider- able distance, There has been a good deal of diseuf* §76 FOREST AND STREAM. JApril 8, 1905. sion in regard to the possibility o! running antelope down by mounted sportsmen. The stratagem usually employed is to surround a bunch of antelope by making a wide circle sufficiently large to avoid giving im- mediate alarm to the herd. Several men begin the chase by riding toward them from several widely sepa- rated points and driving the herd in the direction of another group of hunters, who are concealed from sight in some depression of the ground. When the herd reach the point where the other hunters are con- cealed,_ they are pursued by men on fresh mounts. Sometimes the herd is scattered and some stray con- fused^ animal will try to rejoin the others, and in doing so will run straight in the direction of his comrades, quite regardless of the closeness of his pursuers. I saw one lone distracted animal trying to rejoin the herd come within sixty yards of a dismounted hunter, who tried to get a shot at it but was prevented by his horse straying in front of him and moving in such a way that his aim was cut off until the antelope had considerably increased the distance, and then escaped the shots fired at it. I was then treated to one of those scenes when a cowboy at his very best is giving ex- pression to the state of his feelings. My time being limited, I was compelled to cut my antelope hunt short without having secured a suitable trophy, although I had plenty of hard riding and ex- citement. On the return trip, as the guide and myself sat by the camp-fire, a cowboy joined us who became quite companionable and gave us all the news after his mind had been sufficiently stimulated by several generous pulls at the flask. It appeared that a couple of days previously an attempt had been made one night to rob the bank at Meeker. Before the robbers could accomplish their purpose the citizens “got on” to what was taking place and quietly surrounded the building. When the men came out they were shot down and killed; the ends of justice were thereby satisfied with- out the proverbial “law’s delay.” The cowboy then told me of another bank in which he was a depositor, which had been robbed not long before by one of its officers, who had gotten off with a considerable sum. I asked him what the liabilities were. The word staggered him. Although I recognized that he was a man of resources, yet I felt sure that I had “stumped him” and felt sorry for it. He stared vacantly at the fire a few moments and slowly shifted a quid from one side of his mouth to the other and sent a long, yellow stream into the center of the blaze, which I thought for a moment would extinguish it; at length he replied in a leisurely way: “Wal, pardner, the liabilities are — if they catch him they will hang him.” Two days afterward I took leave of my guide; I felt as I clasped his great strong hand that the com- pression came as much from the heart as the muscles. I soon found myself again in civilized surroundings. A barber’s skill, a warm bath and conventional attire, had already wrought a wonderful transformation. As I sat in a comfortable seat and looked out of the car window, observing the strange and beautiful scenery, so continually changing with the rapid movement of the train, every hour covering a greater distance than I could travel with a pack outfit in a day, I felt how much easier it was to take it all in this way; no fractious horse to control; free from the burning sun, which would often shoot down its rays upon one like the heat waves from a furnace, and while in the midst of this ordeal, the climate would sometimes suddenly change with the clouds gathering in the sky and a cold Wave, perhaps accompanied by a snow storm, would fol- low. When I reflect upon my experience in after years, the scenery I observed so rapidly, and with no effort re- appears to my mind like a blurred photograph as com- pared to what I saw while traveling with the pack out- fit. The charm of natural scenery grows upon one by degrees; whoever thinks that the charm wanes when the novelty has worn off is not a true admirer of nature. Whatever opinion one may entertain of the fore- going statement, it is very certain that the sportsman cannot gratify his favorite desire and consult his ease in all respects. A royal sportsman may afford the luxury of having a force of game keepers drive wild beasts within range of his rifle; and imagine that he is enjoying the real thing. The average man has no such opportunity, and I believe has no reason to regret it. The best hunting sections of the country are re- mote from settlements, and are generally somewhat difficult of access. Game is by no means so plentiful now as it was when the country was being opened to civilizing influence by the introduction of railroads. It is no longer possible for a wealthy man, who likes sport without inconvenience and hardship, to have his parlor car side-tracked, and to make it a headquarters while enjoying the pastime. One is compelled to rough it to some extent to obtain success in hunting big game at the present time. But after all is that an objection? _ Does it not put a keen edge on the sports- man’s desire? Those hunting incidents which have given me the greatest trouble and exercised my skill the most are the ones I recall with greatest pleasure. E. F. R. Sport in New Sooth Wales. New York, March 29.— Mr. H. E. Brock, Mr. I. Brock, of Lawrenny, Hamilton, Tasmania, and Mr. Edward C. Officer, of Kallara, New South Wales, were callers at the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 312 Broadway, this week, and were shown over the various lines of sporting rifles made by them, with which they were very familiar, as they have used the guns made by the com- pany in their own hunting for many years. They are largely interested in sheep raising, Mr. Officer partly controlling a sheep run of over 1,000,000 acres in New South Wales. They are now on their return to Australia, after a trip around the world lasting over a year, and say they are more than delighted with what they have seen thus far in the United States, and will visit Niagara Falls, the Grand Canon of the Colorado in Arizona, Los Angeles and other points in California, and sail for Sydney on the 27th of April. They are very enthusiastic sportsmen, and the Messrs. Brock told , of the stocking of the streams of Tasmania with the rainbow trout of the far West, and reported that the fish are doing well there and bid fair to outrival the American fish in their new habitat. They have multiplied beyond expectations, and will furnish the finest sport for the present and future generations of Tasmanian devotees of fishing of any species they have had the pelasure of playing up to. the present time. In sport with a shotgun the sportsmen of New South Wales will sometimes make a very mixed bag. Parrots are plentiful and difficult t© shoot, as they fly high and swift, and it is very hard to stalk them, and the best way is to remain under the. trees where they have been, as sooner or later they will return. After bagging a few parrots, one can try for a wallaby, and may get a shot while looking for one at a dingo or wild dog, and then may run across a bear. Hares abound and are a pest in many places. The kangaroo-rat, wombat, opossum, flying fox, platy-pus and wild horses are also1 found in the mountain districts. In bird land the . bronze wing pigeon, wonga-wonga, lowry, plover, magpie, cockatoo, kingfisher, gill bird and laughing jackass are seen and heard on every hand amid a scenic picture that once seen will never be forgotten. Legislation at Albany. Albany, April 1.— The following game bills have just been intro- duced : Senator Raines’ (Int. No. 796), relative to the marine fisheries °* IS °tate. It takes their supervision from the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, and places it in the hands of the super- intendent of marine fisheries, who for the next four years shall be the present superintendent of shell fisheries. This official shall have his office in Manhattan or Brooklyn, and may appoint various assistants and protectors. His term of office is to be four years, and his compensation $5,000 a year and expenses. The proposed act contains extensive provisions for the protection of fish and shell fish. Assemblyman Knapp’s (Int. No. 1365), providing a new section to be known as 47a, to provide that no transportation company or person shall transport into this State any fish caught in that part of Lake Champlain known as Missisquoi Bay, lying in the 1 rovince of Quebec, on the Richelieu River, which is the outlet of the lake, at any time. A violation of the act is made a mis- demeanor. T I j , ' . ' ’ * ''*«-*«-* * >- cu uuv.n. OllUU Llilg UU LiUflt' Island, so as to permit the shooting of wildfowl on Long Island on 1 hursdavs,. Fridays and Saturdays, from March 1 to April lo, both inclusive. The Assembly Committee on Fish and Game has reported the lolJowmg bills: Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), relative to fishing in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. . Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079), relative to the use of nets m Coney Island Creek. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1078), relative to the powers of game protectors. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), relative to grouse and woodcock not being sold. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1075), relative to penalties. J he Assembly has advanced to third reading these bills - Assemblyman Coutant’s (Int. No. 1295), in relation to herring nets m the Hudson and Delaware rivers Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1077), relative to the close season on woodcock. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1074), relative to grouse and woodcock not being sold. . Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No. 599), relative to spear- mg fish in Ulster county. Assemblyman Allen’s (Int. No. 12C6), relative to the close sea- son for trout m Cayuga county. The Assembly has passed these bills: Assemblyman Hapman’s (Int. No. 1103), relative to fishing through the ice m Cross Lake, Cayuga county Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1181), limiting the number of woodcock grouse and quail that may be taken in Orange county Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1087), relative to selling wood- cock, grouse and quail in Orange county. Assemblyman Plank’s (Int. No. 958), prohibiting the taking of pickerel, pike and muskallonge in the St. Lawrence River below the city of Ogdensburg from Jan. 1 to April 30. both inclusive and elsewhere in the river from Jan. 1 to June 9, both inclusive In California Waters. Sacramento, Cal., March 23. — Farmers and fishermen in this great valley are much rejoiced at the charming invoice of spring weather being daily received from the fresh stores of Dame Nature. Already the fruit trees have cast; their blossoms and started upon the serious business, of growing berries, cherries, peaches, pears, figs and such; the busy bees are laying in stores of saccharine; the little birds are busily engaged “totin’ ” straws, strings and fleece to out-of-the-way places ; flowers are pushing their gladsome faces forward from myriad lurking places ; the click-clack-clatter of the frolicsome lawn-mower is heard early and late; our small boy neighbor next door is nursing a sore thumb as the result of indulgence in early baseball ; and we — well we are putting in our spare time furbishing up our fly-rod, overhauling our reels and other light tackle in expectancy of a great time on April 1. There are hundreds of “ns” in this State, and “we” are promising “ourselves” the time of “our” lives. But many doubt if the waters will be in fit condition by the first, for this Pacific Coast has been visited by mighty rains during the past ten days. These rains have pre- vailed from as far north as Shasta Range to the southern- most limits of the State, inflicting no little damage on the roadbeds of the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe rail- roads. But this damage is more than offset by the promise of the great crops which these generous showers doubly guarantee. It was just the kind of a downpour the “man with the hoe” was praying for— a steady, misty, “drizzle-drozzle” that the hungry soil sucked up and is holding in trust for the grains and fruits that will later need it. The husbandmen and horticulturist having been served first and to his great liking, we anglers can afford to accept second service. But there is a “mighty heap” of preparation going on, and all sorts of excuses for ab- sence from business on the first are now being knocked together. The headwaters of the Sacramento — a turgid, roily river — afford some of the best trout fishing in the State. There are scores of little streams making from the Sierra toward this great valley; they will present an ani- mated scene if the word comes down,. “The water is j ust right.” There is no dearth of fishing grounds if the waters are right and one can afford the time, for some- times it means a day’s ride on the cars to arrive at one’s destination. Up Shasta way— a matter of some 275 miles or better — I have valiant accounts of the great sport awaiting me.’ A friend — and he knows the game, too — passed along Williams River in Siskiyou county last week; he reports plenty of big ones already in evidence. ‘‘The stream is so full of trout that we saw them break dozens of times right in the public fords as we would drive into the water. Big ones, too ; bigger than one can hope to land with light tackle.” Then a little further over is Lake Klamath, two score miles from the railroad, and a half score of other lakes just as fine, the river Klamath, and still further away, but in the same general direction, the famous River McCloud. He who decides on this “neck of the woods” will have his choice — mayhap — of salmon, salmon trout, Shasta trout, rainbows, Dolly Vardens and natives. The wonder to a new comer is that there should be any fishing in these waters at all, for although California game and fish laws are liberal to a fault, yet they are ruthlessly and flagrantly disregarded. Spearing is the favorite method of illicit capture here. “If I won’t drink, make me drink,” said a “convive” who had sworn off and was now willing to accept any old excuse to embrace the pranksome Manhattan. So the big fish that won’t take the barb are made to take it at the hands of the unerring spearsman. “Why, the people along all these streams pay little re- gard to the law. When they want a salmon or a trout, they don’t wait till he is ready to bite; no, sir. They get a line on him as he floats along the narrow and ofttimes shallow stream, poise their spear, take good aim, and — there’s fish for dinner in season or out of season,” said my above-mentioned friend. “Why, on this trip I saw a number of railroad section hands at their work with their spears lying alongside the tracks. Once in a while a man would walk to the water’s edge, make a lunge, shake off a big fish, and a minute later return to work. Better still, they spear with torches at night. Just flash a torch over the surface of some big pool and the big fellows, full of curiosity, come up to see what all the commotion is about. Of course there is no sport about this sort 9f thing, but it fills the larder. “While I have seen this go on for years, yet there seem to be quite as many fish now as formerly.’ However, I asked a fisherman on the McCloud who had stopped ’to swap yarns with me, how the fishing was. ““Taint ’s good ’s it useter be,’ he replied. Hows that? I asked. ‘You seem to be pretty com- fortably loaded.’ “ ‘Oh, I ’spect I got a couple o’ hundred, first and last.’ “‘What! and you say the fishing is not as good as it used to be?’ “ ‘No, it ain’t, mister. Why, a few years back I could ’a caught 300 or 400 in less time than it took me to take these.’ ” And the conversation took place almost three weeks be- fore the opening of the season. The wonder is that such vandal practices have not long since depleted the streams; but such is not the case, and those who abide the law later in the season will have all the fine sport they want. At the present session of the Legislature the following bill was passed, and it is hoped and believed that before he lays his pen down to-night Governor Pardee will approve it. There are several other important measures before His Excellency, and those who have the interest of true sport at heart hope he will give them his indorse- ment. Section 633 of the Penal Code, which is the most important measure to anglers, reads : “Every person who between the first day of November in any year and the first day of April of the year follow- ing buys, sells, takes, catches, kills or has in his posses- sion any variety of trout, except steelhead trout, or who between the first day of February and the first day of April, or between the tenth day of September and the six- teenth day of October of each year, buys, sells, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession any steelhead trout,' or who between the first day of NovemDer and the first day of April of the year following takes, kills, or catches any steelhead trout above tide water; or who at any time takes, catches or kills any trout except with hook and line; or who at any time buys, sells, or offers for sale any trout of less than one pound in weight, or who at any time takes, catches, kills or has in his possession during any one calendar day more than fifty trout; or who at any time takes, catches, kills or has in his possession dur- ing any one calendar day trout other than steelhead trout. 277 April 8, 1905.] the total weight of which exceeds twenty-five pounds, is guilty of a misdemeanor.” The penalty is $20 fine for violation of any of the pro- visions mentioned, or imprisonment in the county jail in the county in which the conviction is had for not less than ten days. The amendment fails to say if the trout of “one pound in weight for sale” shall be dressed or undressed. While the amendment is not all it might have been, yet it is a long step in the right direction. In my next I shall attempt to note all changes in the fish and game laws of the State. The California Anglers’ Association, whose name betokens its mission, now has a membership of nearly fifty, and recently enjoyed a pleasant house warming at its new home in the Callaghan building, San Francisco. J. D. C. In New England. Boston, April 1. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. I. O. Converse, the well-known Fitchburg sportsman, writes that the Rifle and Gun Club of that city has voted to make its president, Dr. Wilbur, a member of the State organization. The plan of making the presiding officer of the club a member of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association was adopted several years ago, at the time Mr. H. A. Estabrook was its president, and has been continued. As the result of observations made on an extended trip north, Mr. Converse says he found the snow so deep that no fences were visible, and there are “lots of par- tridges all through southern New Hampshire and Ver- mont, and deer everywhere.” Two woodcock, he says, were seen near the city on March 12. From another -source l hear that near Pownal, Vt., a herd of 32 deer has been seen by several persons. A party of Massachusetts sportsmen has recently re- turned from a trip which combined pickerel fishing and rabbit hunting in southern New Hampshire. They were entertained by Mr. C. M. Merrill, of Boston, at his lum- ber camp at Highland Lake. The lake is ten miles long and is 1,700 feet above sea level. Many stockholders in the company have cottages on the lake, and they are look- ing forward to the opening of the deer season for two weeks next fall, as they will be exempt from the license tax, although non-residents, by reason of owning prop- erty to the value of $500 or more within the State. Hav- ing for several years been protected in the counties where the lumber preserve is located, deer have multiplied rapidly, and on the northwest side of the lake 27 have been yarded all winter, and their paths cross many acres of the company’s land. On the opposite side of the lake six were seen together one day by the rabbit hunters. The party secured plenty of pickerel and several rabbits. Two members of the party were Mr. Newell D. Atwood, of Boston, and Mr. J. C. Todd, of Ncwburyport. The region is a good partridge country, and during the flight season there is good woodcock shooting. Several Boston trout fishermen departed on Friday for their favorite streams on or toward the Cape. J. R. Reed, Esq., took the train for Sandwich, and there is hardly a doubt that he had trout for his evening meal to-day. The season on the Cape is several days earlier than in the suburbs of Boston, and some weeks earlier than in towns on our northern border and in the western counties of the State. Unfortunately there are now very few of the Cape streams open to the public. Several individual lessees and owners and some of the clubs that have fishing privileges manifest an unselfish disposition and frequently extend invitations to the dwellers in the towns as well as to their personal friends to fish their brooks. The earliest of the Maine lakes where landlocked sal- mon are to be had is Sebago, and it is reported that while the ice is about two feet thick there now, it is quite “spongy,” and is liable to be out within a few days. It is said that the hatching and planting of fish in Maine waters carried on by the U. S. Commission will be on a larger scale this year than ever before, especially in the output of sea salmon for the Penobscot River, investi- gation having shown that no spawning salmon worth mentioning are now found in the headwaters of that stream. 1 i Much interest is taken by sportsmen, hotel proprietors, and in fact by the people generally, in the proposal to allow the taking and sale of lobsters between 9 and 11 inches long, on which action is expected in the Senate next Tuesday. The dealers predict, if such a law is passed, that it will prove very destructive to the lobster industry. They say there are no 11-inch lobsters left to save now and none to speak of 10J2 inches long. Be- lieving the present limited supply and consequent high prices are due wholly to over-fishing, many of the dealers and the State Association are endeavoring to prevent any change of the law in the direction proposed. Central. How Large Do Striped Bass Grow ? Newport, R. I., March 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: In collecting data for a monograph on the striped bass, I have endeavored to ascertain correctly the facts in answer to the above question. Prof. G. Brown Goode, in his “American Fishes,” copyrighted in 1887, states explicitly, “The largest on record was one weighing 112 pounds, taken at Orleans, Mass., in the Town Cove.” Writing to the United States Fish Commission to ascertain Professor Goode’s authority for this assertion, I was told in reply, “The Commission can give no additional information in re- gard .to the large fish mentioned by Professor Goode, but 'thinks that his statement may be accepted without question.” I •' then wrote for further information to the post- master and town clerk of Orleans. They both of them replied that after diligent inquiry they had been unable to find. any one in Orleans who had ever heard of a striped bass • “weighing 112 pounds being taken in the Town .Cove.” They both of them, however, sent me conclusive proofs of the capture by Mr. George T. Smith, of Eastham, Mass., in the Town Cove, some forty, years ago (their notes were written in 1903), of a striped bass weighing 120 pounds. This fish was caught napping by the ebb tide on the FOREST AND STREAM. < flats in the Town Cove, and was unable to get into deep enough water to escape. This was undoubtedly the fish mentioned by Professor Goode, but why did he give only 112 pounds? At the date of writing this was doubtless the largest known striped bass. Since then specimens weighing up to 125 pounds have been taken in the seines in Albemarle Sound. This last weight, I think, we may assume to be the maximum. Mr. Smith, the postmaster of Orleans, also sent me notes of a striped bass weighing 104 pounds, which was taken on the back side of Cape Cod, in 1876. He did not state the manner of its capture. Many very large striped bass have been taken with a hand-line, and larger fish have been caught in that manner than with a rod and reel. De Voe, in his “Market Assistant,” New York, 1867, speaks of “An enormous striped bass which was caught with a hand-line at Cuttyhonk (sic), near New Bed- ford, in the year i860, which weighed 104 pounds.” Probably the largest striped bass ever taken on rod and reel, was the one taken by Mr. W. M. Hughes, of South Portsmouth, R. I., on July 11, 1882, at Sachuest Point, R. I. Mr. Hughes cleaned his fish on the rocks and brought it into Newport, to be weighed in that condition. It weighed then 67J6 pounds, Its original weight undoubtedly was over 75 pounds, but it has to stand as a 67 or 68 pound fish. The record fish weighed 70 pounds, and was taken by the late Mr. William Post, of New York, on July 5, 1873, at Graves Point, Newport, R. I. Mr. Post himself, in speaking of this fish, often told me “he was the poorest, thinnest bass he had ever seen (the photograph I inclose clearly shows this) ; if he had been in good condition he would have gone con- STRIPED BASS WEIGHING IO POUNDS. Caught by Mr. Wm. Post, at Graves Pond, R. I., July 5, 1873. The record bass taken on rod and reel. siderably over 100 pounds.” This fish, like Mr. Hughes’ capture, in all probability weighed, when taken from the water, some pounds more than the recorded weight. Mrs. Post, writing me in regard to her husband’s big bass, says, “I remember that it was too large to be weighed at Graves Point, and had to be taken to town for the purpose. The verdict then was that it ‘lost weight,’ as it was also photographed before being weighed. After that lapse of time it weighed 70 pounds. It was caught about 6 A. M.” The original photograph was taken by the “Original Williams,” so-called, of Newport. His gallery has not been in existence for many years, but I was informed by Mrs. Sharp, who was his assistant, that she remem- bered the occurrence perfectly, and that the photograph was taken about 12 o’clock. A fish lying on the rocks for some four or five hours on a July morning, and then being carried some three miles into town, would surely lose some weight. The question is, how much? This bass, as far as I have been able to ascertain, is the record striped bass taken on a rod and reel. There have been several celebrated catches of striped bass made in these waters. Mr. Seth B. French, of Newport, fishing with the late Mr. John Whipple, of New York, at Graves Point, on Aug. 27, 1881, took ten fish between 6 and 11 A. M., fishing in a heavy sea on a rising tide. The fish weighed 58, 56, 54, 53, 51, 50, 49, 46, 42, 36 pounds respectively. Total weight, 495 pounds; average weight, 49^2 pounds. This is the best fishing I can find any record of. For a single rod I do not think the record of Mr. Isaac Town- send, of New York, has ever been excelled. Fishing at the Newport Fishing Club, Southwest Point, in 1880, he made the following scores. Oti Aug. 5, 1880, he took seven before breakfast, weighing 51, 49/ 47, 46, 39, 38, 37 pounds; total weight, 307 pounds; average, 43 6-7 pounds. On Aug 29, 1880, he caught twelve bass, weighing 50, 50, 47, 46, 45, 43, 41, 33, 32, 31, 30, IS pounds; total weight, 463 pounds; average, 38 y2 pounds. The largest bass ever taken at the West Island Club weighed 64 pounds, and was caught in 1877. The Cut- tyhunk Club record fish weighed the same, and was caught in 1882. Pasque Island Club record was 62 pounds, caught in 1869. The Beaver Tail Club, on Conanticut Island, has a record bass weighing 68 pounds, caught in 1895. The Newport Fishing Club’s largest fish weighed 63 pounds, and was caught in 1880. A bass weighing 68 pounds, taken in 1881, is the record fish of the Graves Point Club. Many large fish were taken off Mr. Winan’s stands at Brenton Reef Point, Newport, by him and his family and friends, but no record of them seems to have been kept. I have seen a photograph of a 64-pound fish taken by Mr. Winans. I am quite sure that in the early days, when there was a hotel on West Island, before the club was started, the days that Genio C. Scott loved to write about to Wilkes’ and Porter’s Spirit of the Times, striped bass of a greater weight than any mentioned, were, taken. I have been unable to ascertain any facts in regard to the catches made at the Squibnocket Club on Martha’s Vineyard. I would be greatly obliged if any reader would put me in possession of any facts regarding the records of that club. Daniel B. Fearing. Federal Control of Fish. Editor Forest and Stream: On two previous occasions I have felt called upon to answer certain objections made by Judge Beaman to the bill for the Federal protection of migratory game birds, and in to-day’s issue of your paper I note Mr. J. B. Thompson’s analysis of the game and fish bills, and his opposition to the vital parts of the same. Insomuch as it may be my duty to meet fair and well-meant criticism, and any failure to do so might be construed as an admission of the soundness of such ob- jections, I feel disposed to review Mr. Thompson’s rather sweeping denial of the plenary. power of the Government to preserve from destruction the migra- tory game and migratory fish of the country, with the hope that whatever may be said hereafter by any critic, my position will have been made plain to those who care to keep in mind what I have said heretofore and in this, I trust, final letter. While Mr. Thompson says, “Personally I would be glad to see the entire matter of protection placed with the Federal Government, if laws to that end could be effectively administered,” he nevertheless proceeds to dilate upon the utter inability of our Government to en- force such legislation because “the expense of success- fully executing such plans as outlined in the bills intro- duced by Mr. Shiras for the protection of game and fish would be impossible from a merely economic stand- point;” and in addition to this, he says the State author- ity would grow lax and “the whole subject would re- ceive a setback which years of effort would scarcely remedy.” This is a very gloomy picture, and rather dis- couraging to one whose whole desire is to strengthen and not demolish the legal barriers between man and his prey. Cost and Eff icier. cy of National Game Protection. Where is there the slightest proof of the unbearable expense, and where does Mr. Thompson cite any tan- gible reason for the “setback” that would follow the Federal prohibition of spring shooting of wildfowl, or restrictions placed upon the merciless destruction of salmon and shad entering our coastal waters for the purpose of reproduction? Now I can well understand how a good lawyer, like Mr. Thompson, not in sym- pathy perhaps with the recent growth of centralized power in our National Government, may cite many cases and put up an apparently strong argument against governmental control of migratory game and fish; but I am surprised at the above statements, indicating, as they do, a lack of confidence both in tbe efficiency of our Government and in the liberality of Congress in the proper enforcement of its own statutes. However, not a dollar need be spent to enforce these laws if Mr. Thompson thinks we are too poor to spend money for such a purpose, for the simple reason that we have already a most efficient and well organized National Bureau of Biology, created for the protection and prop- agation of game, which, with a supplemental act simi- lar to the one passed for Alaska authorizing “all U. S. marshals, deputy marshals, collectors and deputy col- lectors of customs and all officers of the revenue cut- ters to assist in the enforcement of the act,” would give us a most elaborate and capable body of game protectors; and if to these were added Government forest rangers, superintendents of life-saving stations, lighthouse keepers and inspectors, Audubon Society wardens, backed (if we can be permitted to spend a little money) by an energetic, salaried National warden appointed for each State, the system of Federal super- vision would be fairly complete, without entailing very much of an expenditure, considering the attendant benefits. In the protection of migratory fish alone millions of dollars would be gained anually, so the question of expense from an “economic standpoint” can, it seems to me, be dismissed. As to the efficiency of such legislation, the fact is that it would almost enforce itself, so ready is the aver- age individual to respect a national penal statute. Counterfeiting, smuggling, illicit distilling, unlicensed sales of tobacco and intoxicants, although offering great inducements for easy acquisition of wealth, are kept at a minimum by "a very limited force of secret service men. The daily, hourly, infraction of State liquor laws in large municipalities are comparable to the lax enforcement of the local game laws in many of our States. Local politics, local selfishness and local ignorance of real conditions are the great ele- ments in the destruction of valuable (money-producing) game and fish. Last year I visited Core and Pamlico sounds, and was dumbfounded at the flagrant killing of wildfowl, especially that accomplished by the night 278 FOREST AND STREAM. [April 8, 1905. hunters. In ten days ten thousand redhead ducks wer« transported by one small steam launch to a distributing point, and many of these were killed by fire hunters in direct violation of a most important provision of the State laws, yet so great are the sums realized along the bays, where our best Eastern ducks are concen- trated the entire winter, that the market hunters actu- ally threaten death to any local warden who interferes, and naturally these officials, lacking in local support and dependent upon such communities for their posi- tions, don’t care to jeopardize their lives or calling by a too keen discharge of their duties. Just imagine a revenue cutter or Government launch speeding through these bays bearing the message that Congress had passed an act protecting wildfowl, im- posing heavy penalties, including imprisonment, for the violation of its provisions, and that the. night hunter or spring shooter would be arrested on sight, and if re- sisting arrest, would be put in irons and subjected to additional severe penalties, how long would it take for the repression of such law-breakers? About twenty- four hours. Migratory Game and Fish. I have heretofore taken the position that if our Government can assert jurisdiction over migratory wild- fowl, that, by a parity of reasoning, it can also assume control of the migratory fish, like the salmon and shad. Judge Beaman seems willing to stand for the constitu- tionality of my second fish bill, which provides for Federal control of the food fishes in the public waters of the United States, but objects to the one restricted to those fish where the jurisdiction depends upon their migratory habits. Mr. Thompson believes that all these measures are fundamentally unconstitutional, and he cites, with great positiveness, several court cases showing the upholding of State ownership in game and fish. It would seem that his letter must have been written before my second one was published, wherein I stated that all those cases arose before any classification was suggested, making possible separate jurisdiction for local and for interstate game and fish, and hence these decisions are worthless, for an act of Congress, if valid, will render void pro tanto any State. law, heretofore up- held, asserting ownership in that kind of game or fish which properly belongs to the country at large, and which can be made the subject of national legislation. For this, I will cite a recent authority, but before so doing will quote Mr. Thompson, so there can be no misunderstanding: “As to fish in navigable waters, there is no more reason to assume authority of Con- gress than in the case of game. Everyone knows that civil and criminal jurisdiction of the several States ex- tend— indeed, for the peace and good order of society, it must extend— to all the lands and waters within the limits of the several States; and it is immaterial that the waters are navigable.” Setting aside my own opinion, it is well to remember that Judge Beaman takes the position that Federal laws can be passed to protect all game on all the public lands of the United States which heretofore have been exclu- sively covered by State game laws, so that I can quote my first opponent with some effect against the last one. But to revert to the quotation of Mr. Thompson’s. Here he says in express terms, that all game and fish are in the same class, and that fish therefore are not subject to the “authority of Congress,” whether in navigable waters or not. Unfortunately for Mr. Thomp- son’s position, the question is not in the realm of spec- ulation, but is refuted by a recent emphatic act of Con- gress which has not only been sustained by a very able Federal Judge, but, further than that, the State statute asserting primary ownership in such fish declared void because it conflicted with this act of Congress granting certain exclusive rights over fish in public waters here- tofore under State jurisdiction. The act of Congress is as follows: “The Commissioner may take or cause to be taken at all times in the waters of the sea coast of the United States, where the tide ebbs or flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens there- of as may in his judgment from time to time be needful or proper for the conduct of his duties, any law, cus- tom or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstand- ing.” — Sec. 4398 U. S. Revised Statutes. Under this act the Government authorities have the right to take at any time, whether the season be open or closed under the State laws, all the fish required for the conduct of its fishery enterprises, and this jurisdiction extends throughout the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the bays, estuaries, sounds and tidal rivers, practically cov- ering all State waters where the shad and salmon are to be found, while on the Great Lakes the Government has equal power, all State laws “to the contrary notwith- standing.” The State of Michigan objected to the U. S. Gov- ernment’s representatives catching whitefish and lake trout during the closed season and selling the fish to defray expenses after the spawn had been removed, citing an act of the State Legislature putting the fish- ing operations of the U. S. Government under the supervision of the State game warden. . On this branch of the case, U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries Geo. M. Bowers said in his annual report for 1904, “In its ef- forts to maintain the supply of commercial fishes, the Bureau has nowhere labored more assiduously and ex- pended more money than in Michigan, which State has most valuable fishery interests at stake in all of the Great Lakes, except one. For many years the fish- cultural work of the Government on the Great Lakes has been on an immense scale, far exceeding, that in any other section of the country, and of the unmistakable benefits resulting therefrom the Michigan fishermen have reaped the largest share. Notwithstanding these facts, however, the fish wardens of Michigan have for a num- ber of years made determined efforts to interfere with and curtail the work of the Bureau’s representatives, raising petty objections to the methods pursued m the collection of spawn. Their short-sighted and unwar- ranted actions have caused great annoyance, and at times have threatened completely to stop fishcultural work in the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. Friction continued to develop between the State and National authorities until the former finally caused the Surest of the employee of the Bureau of fisheries for fishing out of season, and also selling the fish without accounting for the proceeds to the State authorities. The Federal agents, acting under legal instructions from Washington, concluded to assert the rights of the Na- tional Government to take fish in those public waters over which Congress had declared itself supreme, and thereupon applied for an injunction in the U. S. Circuit Court. Decision Sustaining Act of Congress, and Invalidating State Fish Law. The proceedings came before Judge Wanty in the Circuit Court of the United States for the western dis- trict of Michigan, and I quote the material parts thereof (the italics being mine) : United States of America, Complainant, vs. Chapman and Brewster, Defendants. Opinion of Judge Wanty. “Under the act of Congress providing therefor, the President of the United States appoints a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, whose duty it is to investigate the subject with a view of ascertaining what diminution, if any, in the number of food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States has taken place, and from what cause the same is due, and whether any protective, prohibitory or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premises, and report upon the same to Congress. It is also provided that the heads of the several executive departments shall cause to be rend- ered all necessary and practical aid to the Commis- sioner in the prosecution of his investigationvand in- quiries, and Section 4398 of the Revised Statutes pro- vides that ‘the Commissioner may take or cause to be taken at all times in the waters of the sea coast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens there- of as may in his judgment from time to time be need- ful or proper for the conduct of his duties, any law, custom or usage of any State to the contrary notwith- standing.’ “A deputy of the State game and fish warden de- manded the right to superintend the fishing operations of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fish- eries, which demand was refused, and he then seized and confiscated the fish in the possession of the Com- missioner’s agents, and caused the arrest of Wires and the persons found assisting him. “If the United States has the right, which Congress evidently intended to confer by the legislation above quoted, and a deputy game warden can legally interfere with the exercise of that right, in the manner admitted in the answer filed in this case, then the Government is entitled to the contempt which the deputy game war- den exhibited toward it. The United States cannot undertake any work where it is not supreme, and a Government officer could not, in any legitimate function of the Government, be under the direction and control of a State officer. If the Federal statute, by which it was intended to confer on the Commissioner the right to take or cause to be taken in the waters of the lakes such fish as in his judgment is needful for the proper conduct of his duties, is constitutional, the legislation is exclusive, and any act of any State, so far as it conflicts with that legislation, is void. The Attorney-General, in his brief, says: ‘The defendants contend that the right of complainant to so take fish can be exercised only pursuant to the authority granted to the United States Fish Commission by the laws of the State of Michigan; that the power of complainant is limited and defined by those laws, and that any enactment of Congress contra- vening the statutes of this State in relation to such fish- ing is unconstitutional and void.’ “The act of Congress, if invalid, is so because it con- flicts with the Federal Constitution, and not because it contravenes the statutes of the State of Michigan. If it is decided that the United States has no right to take fish, under the act of Congress, its propagation of food fishes must cease, because it would be intolerable for it to exercise any of its functions under the direction and control of persons over whom it has no authority. “If the acts of Congress creating this department are void, the Government must of necessity suspend - it, and such suspension would mean an immense loss to the State of Michigan, and probably a much greater loss to the States bordering on tidewater, where shell fish are propagated. The constitutionality of this legislation has not before been questioned in the courts, and if the laws of the United States seeking to confer upon the Com- missioner of Fish and Fisheries the right at all times to take fish needful for the conduct of his duty, notwith- standing contrary legislation by the State, is unconsti- tutional, such grave consequences must flow from a judgment announcing it that it seems to me not proper to pass upon that question on a preliminary hearing where the preparation must of necessity be inadequate.” This decision settled the controversy, and from that time the local and National authorities have gotten along amicably. The right here exercised to take any kind of fish, in any quantities, at any time of year, in practically all of the public waters where the Government was inter- ested in its operations, is too clear an exercise of supreme authority over waters' admittedly covered by a State law for Mr. Thompson or any one else to gain- say, and it must necessarily follow that if the above act and the law as laid down by the Federal court is sound, there can be no doubt of Congress having the power to pass other “protective, prohibitory, or pre- cautionary measures” as expressly contemplated, by the original act creating the Commission of Fisheries — and as within the scope of such legislation, I respectfully submit my two fish bills. A Recent Federal Decision on Migratory Fish. On March 9 of the present year there appeared in the advance sheets of the Federal Reporter (No. 2, Vol. 134, page 282) the case of McDonald & Johnston et al., vs. Southern Express Co. U. S. Circuit Court, District, of South Carolina, which should be of interest to all those interested in game cases, and as it touches upon -the very argument used by me in behalf of the hill giving the Government control of the migratory sea fish, I will quote therefrom, after stating briefly the facts. The State of South Carolina on Feb. 16, 1904, passed an act prohibiting the shipment of any shad fish be- yond the limits of the State, and made it a misdemeanor for any common carrier to transport such fish beyond the State. Upon the Southern Express Co. refusing to) receive and carry such fish the complainants filed a bill alleging that, “They were dealers and shippers of shad fish caught within and without the State; that said shad fish was a recognized article of interstate commerce; that the Congress of the United States had by several statutes provided for the propagation of shad fishes and had expended large sums of money and deposited many millions of shad fishes or shad fry in the coast waters of the United States, for the benefit of the citizens of the United States, and that the act above mentioned was in contravention of Article I, Section 8, of the Consti- ! tution of the United States.” The case came for final hearing before Judge Brawley, who decided that the act was broad enough to cover shad taken without the State, and that therefore the interdiction upon shipment was in violation of Article I, Section 8 of the U. S. Constitution, as an interference with interstate commerce, and held the act to be void. His opinion is a long and interesting one, in which, with apparent reluctance, he adopts as an authority Geer vs. Connecticut, relied upon by Judge Beaman in support of his contention that all game on State lands belongs to the people of the State in their collective capacity ; but in so deciding he significantly says, f “whether the shad fish, owing to its peculiar nature and to the circumstance that its presence within the waters of the State, is due largely to the methods of propagation and to the expenditure of moneys by the general Government for the benefit of all the people of the United States, should be differentiated from this classification is an interesting question raised by the pleadings, and may be considered hereafter.” . But, hav- ’ ing come, to the conclusion that the law was invalid, he found it unnecessary to “differentiate” fish that were largely propagated by the Government, and that spent, their non-spawning period in the high seas, from those purely local fish permanently remaining within the waters of the State. Can there be any doubt that Judge Brawley would have sustained an act of Congress ex- 1 pressly regulating the catching of this migratory fish (just as Judge Wanty did in the Michigan case), when we consider that he struck down the State law, on a narrow technical point, while indicating so clearly, that, this class of migratory fish ought not be selfishly re- tained within a State which neither aided in its propaga- tion or spent money for its protection, to the denial of all other citizens whose money had made possible the! continued existence of this valuable fish. If this is doubted, let me quote the final words of Judge Braw- ley’s opinion: “It appears from the reports of the Fish: Commission that over thirty millions of shad fry have' been deposited in the rivers of this State. It seeps to- be now pretty well agreed among those learned in the; subject that the young shad hatched out in any particu-j lar river remain within a moderate distance of the mouth of that stream until the period occurs for their inland migration. It was formerly believed that shad,: during the winter, moved toward the equator, and, win-: tering in the warmer waters of the South, started along- the coast in almost military array, sending a detach-; ment up each successive stream, which, by a singular1 method of selection, sought the river in which they first saw the light; and the argument is that shad arti-, ficially propagated in rivers and in coast waters of the- United States belong to all the people of the United States, and therefore a State has no power to impose any restriction upon such property which the United States, in furtherance of its policy of furnishing to the people food fishes, has not imposed. The argument is. ingenious, and the question interesting, but_ the ex- igencies of this case do not require me. to decide it. Suppose, however, that South Carolina, in order, to meet this decision, were to pass a new act prohibiting the shipment of shad “caught within the State, and' the other shad States did likewise, where would the people of this country be? Such acts are equitable,; just, and based upon sound ethical principles when ap- plied to local fish, fostered and protected by local legis- lation, in the local waters of each State, but utterly wrong when applied to valuable food fishes belonging to the country at large and practically dependent upon: the Government for their permanency. Should this view not be correct, then we run the great danger of the Federal courts, in order to meet a situation like this, holding that game is an article of jnterstale commerce, and with such a decision down will go the, greatest bulwark of game protection— the prohibition of the sale of game”— unless still another view be taken, viz., that shad now being admittedly dependent upon artificial propagation by the National Government, no longer belongs to the ciass ferae naturae, and can there- fore be brought under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution without disturbing that all-impor- tant element by which wild game, through legislation, can have its manner of taking, possession, sale or ship- ment qualified by statute. Therefore, in view of these several acts of Congress and the opinions of Federal Judges deciding unconsti- tutional State laws which, expressly sought to control and retain for the use of its citizens alone fish that, in one instance, migrated from the high seas, and, m the other, fish that permanently occupied public navigable waters over which the Government, in behalf of the people of the whole nation, had supreme authority, have I not shown the legality of future legislation placing under efficient Federal control those fish and those birds which from their habits and environments belong to the people of the whole country, and not to a single State, which, in disregard of the rights of the many, would acquire exclusive title , to, with the attendant power to wholly exterminate, if it saw fit? State laws for local fish and game, Federal laws fo.r national and international fish and game, are proposi- tions, it seems to me, worthy of consideration by the sportsmen of this country. Geo. Shiras 30. Washington, D. C., March 26. p S— In your issue reaching me to-day I see you [mve printed in full Judge Brawle/s opinion on the April 8, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM ff 279 non-shipment of shad in South Carolina. While classi- fying this fish as ferce natures, his bringing it within the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution is a new and seemingly dangerous principle, as pointed out above. The Bangor Salmon Pool. Bangor, Me., March 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: In the closing days of the session the game law bill as outlined in my last letter became a law, and now those non-residents who wish to shoot squirrels, rabbits, foxes, bears, deer, moose and feathered game, or other wild birds or animals cannot think of undertaking it until provided with a license to “fit the crime.” This will rejoice non- residents in the main, as they will thus be permitted to carry home a handsome bunch of birds, a total of thirty being permitted if they can find the birds. Probably there will be no difficulty about locating the grouse as long as the supply lasts, but the average big-game hunter will find it less easy to secure his complement of woodcock, unless he shall devote his whole attention to that branch of field sport. Of ducks it is but necessary to get on the right feeding grounds, and an abundant supply is assured. To-day at 11 o’clock in the forenoon a man crossed on the ice bridge less than a quarter of a mile below the highway bridge across the Penobscot, when, as far as the eye could see, there was an unbroken field of ice stretch- ing up river to1 the salmon pool two miles away, and down as far as High Head and beyond. Less than an hour later the whole field broke up, and in another hour there was clear water flowing between Bangor and Brewer, with the grinding, crunching, heaving ice cakes just passing out of sight around the distant bend at High Head, two miles below. The going out of the ice is not of itself of much interest to the average sportsman, were it not for the fact that this means the opening of the Bangor salmon pool on time, with the legal opening of the sea salmon fishing — a season which in Maine lasts until the fifteenth of September, the latest date at which salmon may be caught with hook and line. There is general joy among the early enthusiasts at this promise of freedom from ice in the very first of the fish- ing, and alreadv one of the most skillful as well as one of the most enthusiastic of the local salmon anglers — an amateur in the best sense of the word, although by no means a novice— has his boat on the shore, ready for the first chance to cast after the early fish. Indeed, his was the first boat to arrive at the pool, although before morn- ing— the season opens legally April 1 — the several boats of the market-fishermen will doubtless be there to prevent any lonesomeness on the part of the first arrival. • A general impression of great hopefulness prevails among the salmon-casters this spring, possibly from the fact that the season of 1904 was unusually unfruitful, and it is confidently expected that this coming season will de- velop a greater list of successful strikes than the records showed for last year. The wee small hours will find the fishermen tumbling out of warm beds and growling at the mud as they make their way to the pool, there to sit, wrapped in heavy clothing as circumstances will permit, while they angle for one of these mighty fish- that fre- quent the Penobscot River. Though they may spend days— yes, and even weeks — on the watch for a strike, when they do. land a specimen of the king of game fish they are abundantly repaid for all the discomfort and many disappointments that have bestrewed the way. If some fish are taken in the early days of April, as is not uncommonly the case, they are likely to be fish that came up the river on an early run, perhaps in March, and perhaps as early as January, and have simply been wait- ing for clear water to allow them to get up and over the dam. The high tides incidental to the full of the moon are argued by many of the older anglers to best serve the salmon in leaping the dam (they are said to almost never pass through the Bangor fishway), and as the highest of April tides do not serve until the 19th, then may the first effective run of salmon be anticipated. By that time the pool is sure to be well covered with boats, and if the same beautiful, warm and delightful weather hold that has prevailed for the past fortnight, there will be a good many fishermen on hand very early in the month. Last year the first fish was not taken the first day, although as a usual thing it is that way. One of the recent interesting events in Bangor was the arrival of the famous Canadian poacher, Pete La Fon- taine, whom the Maine authorities have long wanted. , It may be remembered by readers of Forest and Stream that this man was among the most notorious of the vio- lators of the game laws, and that no warden had ever been able to catch him in his camp, or if so catching him, to make an arrest on account of his swiftness in the use of his rifle. He had threatened to shoot on sight any warden sent after him, according to local reports, and so a certain warden, one of two sent after him, walked into his hut with a revolver loaded and aimed, to make sure of his quarry. Excitement, fear of the other’s quickness, or some other emotion, led him to fire as soon as he en- tered the door, and La Fontaine fell back wounded, it was thought mortally. As the Canadian settlements were nearer and he begged to be taken there for treatment, the wounded man was hauled out on a hand-sled to where better means of travel were available. His won- derful physique stood him in good stead, and he didn’t die, but lived to go back into Maine and gather up his traps, and, he claims, forsake forever the Maine woods for hunting and trapping. Hearing that he was again at his old tricks, the authorities sent two wardens up to patrol the border and look particularly for this man, who was finally caught in the middle of the St. John River, where he had come to get a pail of water. Unarmed he was at their mercy, and quietly submitted to arrest and the trip to Bangor, where he faced the local court for trial for a long list of violations of the laws of the State. It is claimed that he produced an alleged accurate record of all his violations in Maine, showing where and when he had taken or shot each of his trophies in a long career. Compromising on a fine of $200 and costs, on condition that he should be sentenced on the remaining counts against him if the authorities find him again trapping or hunting on this side of the invisible boundary, he was set free. Although he says that he is entirely recovered from the wound that before made him a prisoner and per- mitted him to regain as a dying man the shelter of the Canadian side, yet he is by no means the rugged, endur- ing woodsman who defied the Maine authorities in years gone by. Herbert W. Rowe. A Voyage to the Golden Cape. July 19 to Sept. 13, 1904. BY BROOKS H. WELLS. Istar was designed and built by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company. She was described and pic- tured in the Forest and Stream for March 21, 1903. She is designed to be 41ft. 3m. over all, 29ft. on the waterline, has an extreme breadth of 10ft., and draws 6ft. with 8,000 pounds of lead on her keel. She is rigged as a yawl with double headsail, and carries a topsail on a pole mast. Her construction is unusually strong. She is framed in oak and planked with cedar. There is 6ft. head room in her main cabin, where there are two berths. Forward of the cabin is a roomy galley and toilet room, and in the bow a berth for a man. Aft in the steerage is a berth on the starboard, and closets to port. She has proved herself a very comfortable, able cruiser. On the present trip the skipper carried a man, John Johnson, and two friends, Dr. M. and Vincent J. After these two left* the ship at Bar Harbor, their places were taken by two of the skipper’s daughters, who- sailed down the coast, around the Cape, and home. The total distance sailed on this cruise was 1,562 nautical miles. Istar had slid across the sea from Greenport to Hyan- nis, around the Cape and up the coast to Boothbay, by Whitehead, over the West Penobscot Bay to the whistle off Fox Island Thoroughfare, and down through Lead- better’s Narrows and Hurricane Sound by devious rocky ways to the isolated fishing village of Carver’s Harbor. Here, at the outermost edge of the Penobscot group of islands, the waves of a cold, gray ocean roll in and break sullenly upon the cold, gray granite rocks that thrust themselves menacingly above its fog-swept surface. Where the rock slopes face the south, and wherever there is some protection, cling gray, yellow-green patches of discouraged looking grass. Little, twisted, scrubby cedars, with gnarled roots like gripping fingers, hold fast to the rock crevices. An arm of a larger islet curves about a tiny bay, making a landlocked basin, and at its edge the few forlorn houses nestle as if crouching to avoid the ocean gales and fearful of the desolate isolation. At no other spot along this coast is the feeling and pic- ture of desolation so marked. W e lay snugly in the little harbor all night, our feeling of security and comfort be- ing. curiously intensified by the constant growling of the surf outside, and the shrill piping of the wind through our rigging. In the morning (July 31) we found a clear day and fine fresh south wind. At 8 130, under four lowers and a working topsail, we went out by Diamond Rock, south of Isle au Haut, and inside of Long Island by Cranberry Passage to Winter Harbor. The wind was fresh, and at times almost a gale, blowing the spray in little white clouds from the wave crests, but running free we man- aged to hang on to everything, and with backstays taut as harp strings, rushed along on our course, making the forty-nine sea miles to Winter Harbor in a little less than seven hours. The sailing was a bit strenuous, but glorious. From Winter Harbor we ran up the next day over a big round swell, and with a moderate south wind and light fog to the cove at Jonesport. Jonesport is a forlorn little outpost on Moosabec Reach, which is a useful water- yfafi but piptwesque pnly jit name, August 2 was calm and foggy, and as a matter of prudence it would have been wiser to have remained at anchor, but| the spirit of unrest pushed us on. Drifting with the last of the morning ebb and a scarcely felt light air, we went out south of Mark Island, hoping to get far enough seaward to catch the three-knot flood through Grand Manan channel. -v f A few miles beyond Mark Island the wind failed com- pletely, and the huge swells from the stiff southerly winds of the previous week set us so rapidly and dangerously near the black, foam-covered teeth of the eastern ledges that we actually wished we had an engine. The skipper and John got out the dinghy at the end of a tow-line, and with muscle in place of gasolene managed to turn Isfar’s head so that her stern was toward the seas, and to guide her through a narrow way between the breaking of the ledges and so along and into Roque Harbor. Englishman Bay is an indentation somewhat similar in extent to Frenchman’s Bay. In its center is a cluster of rocky, bold, densely wooded islands, which form the nearly complete circle of Roque Harbor, a basin three- fourths of a mile in diameter and rock-bound, except along its northwestern side, where the woods run down to a smooth beach of yellow sand. About it there is no sign of human presence other than a solitary fish-trap jutting out from its western shore. Its woods are fra- grant with balsam and birch. Needle-carpeted, broad paths lead through the tangled depths of the forest. Here we spent the day wandering in the wood or on the shore basking in the sunshine and watching the fog clouds float over the outer islands, while in the thickness to seaward the Libby Island fog signal shrieked its hoarse warning. For those who appreciate the beauties of solitude, this is an ideal anchorage. The next morning, after the usual icy plunge, a leisurely ISTAR, breakfast and an hour’s basking in the still sunshine watching the fog wreaths drift over the harbor mouth and thin and vanish in its warmer air, a little zephyr blew in from W.S.W. At 10:30 A. M. Istar slowly made her way by Lakeman’s Island to the eastward. The zephyr failed, and then the wind came in light from ahead. There was a blue, rippling sea, and bracing, cool air, but for all that the wind failed again at the point by Cutler’s, sc that a tow-line and a vigorous use of white ash was necessary to get into harbor before the swift ebb begin- ning to pour out from Fundy through the Grand Manan Channel should sweep us seaward. Again the day came with calm and fog. At 9 A. M. started eastward with the first of the flood. Outside a little air helped the three-knot current, and at noon, when a mile past Quoddy whistle, and well into Canadian waters, we ran sharply out of the grayness into a lovely clear summer day, and across a shining, silvery water by the Green Wolf to Beaver Harbor. Again at the turn of the tide the fickle wind deserted us, and the white ash carried us the half mile up to the anchorage. We found a berth close in on the western side among a bunch of fishermen, by whom Istar was much admired. The harbor is a mildly picturesque, oval basin bounded by low, fir-covered rocky hills from the southeastern side to where a little cluster of square, weather-beaten houses with pointed roofs, a couple of wharves and a field of fish flakes nestle under the shadow of a tall cliff, a rocky buttress from whose summit is a wide view over the land and across to the Nova Scotia shore. Many delicate wild flowers, fragile bluebells and oxalis cling to the crevices of the cliff face, and the landward side is brilliant with the scarlet of the bunchberry. To- ward the village, close in under the cliff, a small craft gets projection from all winds. There are no stores and no provisions can be bought. During the next four days the fog and calm continued, but by taking advantage of the tides we had groped our way to St. John, and now had been drifting from morn- ing until nearly midnight on a glassy, leaden, melancholy expanse some eight miles to seaward of Partridge Island, off the mouth of St. John River. At midnight, when the skipper came on deck for his watch, he found that the exasperating calms and teasing, fickle airs of the seven previous days had gone, for Istar was driving along before a fresh W.S.W. wind. There was the promise of a good blow, the barometer was fall- ing rapidly, the night was dark and cloudy, with scat- tered banks of fog. As we rushed along through the darkness over the growing sea, there was the usual little sparkle of phosphorescence from our wake. At 1 130 A M. the horizon ahead became clearly defined by a line of light, and soon we had sailed into a marvelous and weirdly beautiful sea of fire— the most impressive incident of the whole cruise. The entire extent of the horizon was clearly defined as a circle of liqrht. There was everywhere a ghostly, pale, greenish luminosity. The crests of the breaking seas, the lesser ripples and our pathway were shivering lines of white fire. Our faces looked round- eyed and pallid in the unearthly radiance, and every spar and hue. sail, seam and reef point stood clearly revealed against the inky blackness above. It was a most won- derful display. The watch below were waked and called on deck. John, who had sailed since boyhood from the tropics to the polar oceans, had never seen anything ts compare with it, and admitted, with the rest of us that it made hint feel a bit creepy, ? ; tv 280 FOREST AND STREAM. /[April 8, 1905. The day before we had sailed, or rathe.- drifted, through several little milky patches where the Ct&naphorce were clustered in such myriads that the sea looked as if it might have been thin boiled starch, and it is probable that to an unusually large collection of these beautiful little phosphorescent organisms our display was due. The illumination lasted nearly an hour, and then was gone. Shortly afterward the darkness was intensified by a dense fog. At 3 145 A. M., according to our reckoning, W were close in to- the land, and keeping a sharp look- out, when we ran out of the fog. There, scarcely a quar- ter of a mile away, and dead ahead, were the lights of Port Marshall. Changed course two points more to the northward, and with the first of the flood made rapid progress. The barometer was now rising rapidly, and we expected a shift of wind to the north. A little after sun- rise the shift came, and the sky cleared, showing us in the splendor of the morning sun the great 300-foot cliffs of Ise Haut off our port bow and beyond the highlands and sheer cliffs of Cape Chignecto, towering up 850 feet. On the starboard hand stretched the rugged Nova Scotia coast for over sixty miles, a nearly straight line of lesser cliffs and bluffs from 50 to 150 feet high; at high water rising straight from the waves, at low tide showing at times a strip of rocky beach, and having in its whole ex- tent no harbor. At long intervals are little piers or break- waters, along whose eastern sides small vessels may run in and anchor at high water and be left high and dry as the tide falls. With a rapidly freshening wind we ran through the famous Cape D’Or rip, by beautiful Cape Spencer, and up with a six to eight knot current to’ between Cape Sharp and the majestic front of Blomidon. Long before this we had taken in the staysail and reefed mainsail. The tide turned to run out, and we were driven back a dozen miles to the roadstead near Glooscap’s Kettle, arriving there under close reefed mainsail, severely hammered by the steep sea, wet to the skin, but happy. That was a glorious sail. Because of the forty-five foot drop of the tide, we anchored far enough away from the beach to have 10 fathoms under us, and found a stiff clay bottom, so that with a long cable there was no fear of dragging. There was now a fresh gale. We were soon joined by a three-master loaded with gypsum, and a tug with a string of barges with coal from Parrsboro. Then a big barkentine went flying by under topsails and a staysail or two, but gave it up off Cape Spencer, and struggled back to join the growing fleet in the roads. There was now a terrific sea off Cape D’Or, and some of the cold rolls were served to us at our anchorage. We had no breakfast until we anchored, as we had our hands and minds full in the excitement of the swift passage. Everything here is on such a grand scale that you do not at -first realize the magnitude. The 350- foot cliffs of Cape Split and the gigantic bit of rock broken off the end look small at first, but the greatness of the scene grows with your knowledge of it. The strangeness, the grandeur and the beauty of the spot attract in spite of the dangers. The rushing tides, the tearing rips, the fierce winds, the few and exposed anchorages, the fre- quent and dense fogs, the solitude, make it a place of fascination, and yet to be shunned by the small boat, unless she be more than ordinarily staunch and true. We had snugged up and were getting a bite to eat when a dory put off from shore and came rapidly out to us, impelled by a pair of muscular arms. Her occupant was evidently prepared to be chatty and friendly, and intro- duced himself as Mr. Baxter McClellan. Istar was the only small boat he had seen for a number of years. He warned us to get further off shore should the wind come out anything to the east of south, and asked about the length and strength of our cables. These were in- spected, and it was finally concluded we could ride out about anything in the shape of a blow ; for, as he said, an anchor once on that bottom never let go, and our cables were long and strong enough for a frigate. The next day was August 10. Istar should have had her prow turned homeward several days before, so we felt we must leave the expected exploration of the Basin of Mines for another summer. The weather was too threatening and unsettled for a run either to Annapolis Basin or to St. John. Istar was left in charge of John, and the Doctor, Vincent and the skipper went ashore to gam with McClellan. Bronzed, bearded and pleasant- faced. he is apparently the whole town of Spencer’s Island. He is keeper of the red light that marks the road- stead, constable, game warden, harbor master, road over- seer, pilot, and always ready to go out of his way to do one a favor. He apparently knows all about the country and every man in it, and is stuffed full of good, clean stories. Successful, honest, happy, hearty, with a charm- ing wife and a family of nine fine children, a home of his own, something laid away, and able to earn more- than he needs to spend, he is wealthy in the truest sense of the word. In brilliant sunshine, with McClellan as guide and companion, with camera and gun, we started about nine in the "morning for a tramp around Spencer and Cape D’Or to Advocate Going down the beach by Glooscap’s Kettle, stopping here to examine the spoor of a gigantic lizard imprinted on the level mud at ebb tide and fixed in the rock for untold centuries, and leaning there to- see the ripple marks of the same forgotten time; watching the red cliffs of glacial debris, and wading gulleys breast- deep with ice cold water, we came to the beautiful eastern face of Cape Spencer, where the densely wooded moun- tain side ends at a curving beach of yellow pebbles, the low-hanging branches almost touching the water at the highest tides. Here we left the beach and entering the forest went along an old half obliterated trail slanting up the hillside to the Cape D’Or copper mines. Tall, dark spruce domi- nated-the forest, with a sprinkling of silver birch and an occasional rock maple or a moosewood. Under foot was a carpet of soft moss sprinkled with wild flowers, blue- bells, oxalis, celandine and asters, and little white clus- tered stars. Blueberries, raspberries, a few belated wood strawberries, the rock cranberry, bunchberries, grew wherever a patch of sunlight reached the ground. The noon whistle blew just as we entered the clearing where the yellow houses of the mining company clustered about the shaft. We were in time for dinner with the ‘ boys” 'from underground, and we did enjoy their boiled potatoes and fried ham. WRECK OF THE CITY OF ROCKLAND, PENOBSCOT BAY. The copper found here, from which the Cape probably gets its name D’Or, is native in little sheets and irregu- lar masses, and is apparently thinly — possibly too thinly for profit — distributed over almost the entire Cape. The company, capitalized at $5,000,000, is said to have invested about a million, and is sinking shafts, doing con- siderable development work, and taking out some low grade ore. They have a concentrator in operation, but any questions as to results and prospects found only eva- sive answers. There is a primitive narrow-gauge railroad running from the shaft to the concentrator near Horseshoe Cove. After looking about for a time, we rode down on the en- gine tender and went over the hill to the fog whistle perched on a jagged pinnacle at the extreme southern point of the Cape. A heavy wire rope, the shroud from an unfortunate schooner that had driven against the sheer cliff during a westerly gale, hung from an iron bar driven into a crevice and dropped over the edge of rock toward the beach below. When the tide is up the seas raised by westerly gales break high against the cliff itself, but now the water was low. Clambering down we stood on a wide, sloping beach of great rounded green and red cob- bles. Northward stretched the front of the Cape, a line of perpendicular and overhanging reddish yellow cliffs, in places streaked with green copper oxide, and rising 300 to 400 feet sheer above us. Picking our way over the cobbles, stopping to admire new beauties at each turn of the way, and gathering pocketsful of copper in leaves and shreds from the crevices of the beach rocks, we came to Advocate Bay, the northern boundary of the Cape of Gold. Here the cliffs ended, the mountain again stretched away as a wooded slope of vivid green, and before us lay an empty basin, a crescentic rolling field of sand — Advo- cate Harbor. At high tide it is wide and deep enough for a schooner to beat to windward in, and is protected from the winds by a remarkable natural breakwater of sand, cobbles and driftwood. Between Cape Chignecto and Cape D’Or stretches a deep bay, wide open to the west and northwest gales of the winter. These, aided by the swift current of the flood tide, have heaped a remarkable level, curved line of cobbles for three and a half miles across the shallow bottom of the bay. Behind this natural breakwater lies Advocate Harbor. An entrance through this barrier is guarded by a red light at night, and at all times by dangerous and ever-shifting bars of sand. No stranger, except in direst need and at high water, should ever attempt to enter. A pilot can usually be gotten by signalling to the light. [to be concluded.] Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. J (Continued from page 26 1 ) Four-stroke engines are built with either open or closed crank cases. The open construction just at present is receiving more attention from marine designers than ever before. Even at the New York automobile show an automobile was exhibited with an open crank case engine. While not espousing the cause of either type of construction, both of which seem to have good points and advantageous features, it seems to be possible to decrease the weight per horsepower by using open skeleton construction, similar to the usual marine steam engine. This in a measure pre- cludes the use of “splash” lubrication for pistons, as well as cam shaft, crank pin and crank shaft bearings, and necessitates the more practical method of positive feed to each one separately, from a main reservoir. Splash plates on the other hand do not so effectually protect the boat and occupants from grease and oil, but there is one strong point in favor of open con- struction, frequently lost sight of, which should be mentioned. In case of leaks of hot gases past the rings, there is a certain amount of heat continually entering the crank case. If this is inclosed there is a tendency to overheat the bearings, burn the oil, and, by preventing proper lubrication, there results a rapid wear of the bushings, and the life of the engine is materially lessened. If the crank case were open, such a condition would be noticed, the connections and bearings could be readily inspected and any wear could be taken up1 before any great amount of damage was done. Personally I like the open construction, but the inclosed crank case is a much cleaner one, and if employed should have large easily removable plates or panels that the parts inclosed may be readily inspected. Crank shafts are expensive to machine, more so with multiple than single cylinder engines. Material should be selected for its toughness as well as strength, and for this purpose in the higher grade en- gines nickel steel is frequently used, although a good quality of open hearth process machine steel gives good results. Drop forgings are used to a large ex- tent on cheaper engines, and in some cases even steel castings. If the last two are employed, there is no excuse for using shafts of such small diameter as could safely be employed when using nickel or machine steel forgings. The extra expense incidental to case harden- ing and grinding crank shafts, seems hardly necessary, although some manufacturers advertise it extensively.. In the crank shaft design, there are several important things frequently lost sight of, that are of essential value if the best results are to be obtained. Absence of good round “fillits” is inexcusable, for it means in all cases a weakening of the crank shaft itself fully 50 per cent. The weakest part of a crank shaft is the crank pin, and steam engine practice, both here and abroad, decrees that the diameter of the crank pin should be larger than the main bearings. There is no disputing this point, and when a crank shaft is found with the crank pin the sanm size or smaller, the natural inference is that either the crank pin is too small "diameter or the crank shaft itself is too large. The flywheel of a gasolene engine frequently gets loose with a disagreeable “pound” as a result. In some engines the flywheel is bored straight with a key, and in others a taper fit, key and nut is the method em- ployed. No matter which is decided upon, the machin- ing and fitting should be absolutely perfect. The key should fit top and bottom as well as at the sides. The taper is rather more expensive than the straight fit, . but when properly made is a good job. Connecting rods in marine gasolene engines usually vary in design with every individual make. The mate- rials from which they are made are bronze, cast steel, or machine steel drop forged or machined from a solid block. In proportions it is customary to make them twice the length of the stroke, but occasionally they are found longer than this and more frequently shorter. In four-stroke engines a longer rod will give better effi- ciency and reduce the wear on the side of the cylinder from the thrust during the power stroke. In two-stroke en- gines, lengthening the connecting rod increases the clear- ance in the crank case at the expense of the crank case compression, with a tendency to loss of efficiency. If the engine is designed with the cylinder bore the same as the stroke, the connecting rod is twice the stroke and the wrist pin is located well toward the upper end of the piston, the engine can be constructed to take up a minimum height, but if the stroke and bore are in the proportion say five to four, with a connecting rod even but twice the stroke, the engine becomes pretty tall and there is more vibration than would occur if the stroke were shorter. [to be continued.] Queries on Marine Motors. B. J. G., Milwaukee, Wis.— What rule do you use in figuring horsepower? PLAN Ans. — In four-stroke engines the formula may 33,000 be used, provided the engine is fairly well designed and machined. Let P = mean effective pressure. L = length of stroke in feet. A = area of piston. N = total number of explosions each minute. P can usually be figured at 67 pounds. A two-stroke engine of the same number of cylinders, bore and stroke should show 33 1/3 per cent, more horse- power than a four-stroke. The rule for figuring horsepower as adopted by the . American Power Boat Association gives slightly lower results than the above rule. They multiply the area of the cylinder by the number of cylinders, that by the length of stroke in feet, that by the number of revolu- tions. dividing the product by 1,000 for four-stroke and 750 for two-stroke. THE GOLDEN CAPE, April 8, 1905.] Boston Letter. Y,, R. A; of ,M. Matters. — At a special meeting of the-* Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, held at the Boston Y. C. last Wednesday evening, several matters of importance were discussed. Probably the most discussion was. on the question of whether or not the races in Dux- bury Bay should count for Association percentage for the 22-footers. At the annual meeting of the Association it was voted that such races should not count for percentage in the 22ft. class, and at the special meeting it was pro- posed to rescind the vote taken at the annual meeting. The new 22-footers for this year are all keel boats, with the possible exception of one, which is practically a keel boat,' but has a very small centerboard housing inside the keel. Not only are the boats of the keel type, but they also draw more water than any of the keel 22- footers that have heretofore been built. It has been stated that some of the 22- footers found bottom in Duxbury Bay last year, and so the proposal to exclude such races from the percentage tables was made to give all an equal chance in the season’s percentages. Naturally the keel boat men were not in favor of the proposal to rescind the original measure regarding Duxbury Bay races, while Duxbury Bay men did not think it quite just to single out Duxbury when there are other places where shoal water may be found and where Y. R. A. races are scheduled. Commodore C. C. Clapp, of the Duxbury Y. C., replying to a statement of Mr. H. H. White that Medric ran aground in the Bay, stated that Medric was in a channel with 20ft. of water under her, and that she was simply caught in a tide swirl. Mr. White answered this assertion by stating that Medric might have been caught in a tide swirl, and that there might have been 20 ft. of water under her, but she was pushed off with a 7ft. oar. That there are times when Duxbury Bay is par- ticularly noted for absence of water is well known, but there are ways of getting around this difficulty. Several seasons ago, when the 25-footers made the same objection to racing in Duxbury Bay, the members of the Duxbury Y. C. stated that if they wanted water they would be given a race outside of the Gurnets, where they could have the whole of Massachusetts Bay to race in, and there is no doubt that some such arrangement can be made for the deep draft 22-footers. The matter of shoal water was settled at the meeting by voting that the Ex- ecutive Committee may throw out any race for percentage in which it is considered that there was not sufficient depth of water. It was. also proposed to cut out that part of a rule made at the annual meeting which stated that “Any yacht that has crossed, the starting line after the preparatory gun is fired shall be considered to have started.” The proposal to throw., this out was not accepted, and so the rule 'will pro- vide as quoted above. The rule was brought up originally on account of misunderstandings between yacht owners and regatta committees, where owners declared that they had never started in a race and the committees main- tained that they did. The rule will be of benefit in keep- ing yachts away from the starting line after the prepara- tory signal has been given and interfering with other yachts when they do not intend to compete themselves. . A new class was adopted, to be known as class X, yachts conforming to the limitations of the Massachusetts Racing Dory Association. There are a number of boats that conform to the limits of this class, especially in the North Shore clubs, and very good racing is enjoyed among them. With the addition of this class and also the new class formed to preserve the Cape cat type, there will be plenty of extra work for regatta committees dur- ing the coming season. Steam Yacht for Mr. W. H. Ames. — Messrs. Swasey, Raymond and Page have received an order for a steam yacht for Mr. William H. Ames, of Boston. This boat will be built at Lawley’s. She will be of steel construc- tion, having twin screws and will closely resemble in out- line the steam yacht Visitor, which was designed by the same firm last season. She will be 121ft. 9m. over all, 117ft. waterline. 14ft. 6in. breadth and 4ft. 6in. draft. She will have engines of 800 horsepower estimated to give a speed of about 20 miles an hour. The same de- signers also have an order for a high speed launch for Edwin Brown, of Boston. This boat will be 47ft. over all, 40ft. waterline, and 7ft. breadth. She will have a special automobile engine of 100 horsepower. The 60ft. cruising launch designed for Mr. Alanson Bigelow, Jr., and build- ing at the yard of the O. Sheldon Company, Neponset, is ready for her engine. Elmina II. to be Launched April 18. — The schooner Elmina II., designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris, and building -at the Lawley yard, will be launched on April 18 in the morning. The hull has been painted out- side, but there is considerable deck and inside work to be finished yet. Much of this will be done after she has taken the water. Two 50 horsepower Standard motors have arrived for the Hanson 87ft. gasolene yacht Elk- horn,, and will be. installed at once. This yacht will be ready for her trial trip when she is launched. The Canada’s Cup defender designed by Mr. C. F. Herreshoff for a Rochester syndicate is in the finishing stages. A 22-footer designed by Mr. Fred. D. Lawley for Mr. Charles D. Lanning, is planked. She is a slick looking craft, and is thought. well of by those who have seen her. The frames are being gotten out for the 95ft. schooner for Mr. Roy A. Rainey. Launching of Prosit. — Mr. John B. Schoeffel, of the Tremont Theater, has issued invitations for the launching of his 90ft. twin screw gasolene yacht Prosit at the yard of the O. Sheldon Company, at Neponset, on Tuesday, May 23, at noon. Prosit is a cruising boat of consider- able body and. having good accommodations. She will be propelled 'bv two 35 horsepower Globe engines. '■ John B. Killeen. Woman Designs Large Yacht. — It is not often we find the fair sex joining in the ranks of yacht architects, and their number can be counted on the fingers of one hand. ! The latest recruit, is Miss Windsor, of Lynstead, Teignmouth, who has prepared throughout the design of a yawl of 85 tons, builders’ measurement. The yacht is being: "built at Galmpton by the Galmpton Shipbuilding. Company. She will be classed Ai at Lloyd’s, and is to be ready for the coming- season.— Yachting World. ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. 281 British Letter. Efforts to Encourage Racing at Home.— The matches . arranged by the Royal London Y. C. and the Clyde clubs, from Cowes to the Clyde and from the Clyde back to Cowes, as an encouragement for British yachts to visit the Clyde during the “Fortnight,” have aroused a good deal of comment in Germany. This was indeed inevitable, seeing that the races were gat up expressly as a counter attraction to the Dover-PIeligoland races and the Kiel week, which have been the means of drawing away so many of our biggest and best yachts to the Baltic as to seriously interfere with our home regattas. It is, how- ever, surely too much to expect that British yachtsmen are to continue indefinitely to swell the fleet in German waters while the home races are in a state of semi- collapse owing to1 their absence. Plealthy rivalry is a good thing, and much sport has been derived from the racing at Kiel and the consequent intermingling of Brit- ish -and foreign yachts, nor is it at all likely that Eng- lishmen will cease to enter their vessels for German re- gattas. All that is desired here is to put the curb on the wholesale exodus which takes place from Dover every year of our largest and best handicap boats with the start of the German Emperor’s Cup race to Heligoland. As the big handicap class has for some years been the back- bone of our racing consequent upon the disappearance of the first class raters and 65-footers, it may easily be understood what a gap: their withdrawal to foreign ports makes in the racing programmes of the Scottish and Irish clubs, whose regattas have been for many years fixed for the same period, and it was high time that something was’ done to save these important fixtures from absolute insignificance. There is nothing unfriendly to Germany in such a move; it is only the rivalry that springs from foreign competition, and there is nothing compulsory about it. British yachtsmen are perfectly free to attend which ever regattas they may prefer, but it is hoped for their own sakes that the spirit of patriotism will induce some of them, at any rate, to forego the pleasures of Kiel, where the racing will not be seriously affected by their absence, and give that support to their own regattas, the lack of which of late years has been only too glaringly apparent. Reviving the 52FT. Class. — There is also some talk of getting up a race for the ex-52ft. class from the Solent to the Clyde at the same time, and to this end Mr. G. Moir, owner of the ex-52ft. Dragon, has been in communication with the Royal London Y. C., with a view to finding out whether the owners of the ex-52-footers would be willing to race during the Clyde Fortnight if matches were ar- ranged for them. The matter has not been decided yet, but there is little doubt that it will fall through, and a race from the Solent to the Clyde ought to prove at- tractive enough to make it a certainty. The 36FT. Class on the Solent. — There is some ques- tion of reviving the 36ft. class on the Solent this season. Mr. Leckie, owner of the Fairlie-built Falcon, which had such a tough series of matches w.ith the Mylne cutter Barabel on the Clyde last season, has offered to bring Falcon round to the Solent and race her there if he can be sure of open races. Nyama is for sale, and the new Payne boat, Edie II., will be out. Should Nyama find a purchaser, the nucleus of a class would be formed, and if Barabel were to come south as well as Falcon, there would be some first-class sport.- The 36ft. class, which was one of the leading features on the Solent for many years, was ousted by the South Coast one-design class, but there is plenty of room for the raters which would be welcomed back again and well catered for by the clubs in the district. The Racing at Plymouth. — The regattas at Plymouth have this year been fixed for the end of July. For some years past the regular racing season wound up at Ply- mouth the first week in September, but so little success has attended the week’s racing, owing to- the lateness of the season, that it has been decided to try the effect of a shift of date. Whether the change will be beneficial is at least open to doubt, as it is too close to Cowes week for one thing, while for another the yachts visiting the Clyde will have races back from Scotland to the Solent which will prevent them calling at Plymouth. It is a great pity for Plymouth Sound, and the vicinity is a fine place for yacht racing, but for many years past the West of England has been somewhat under a cloud as regards the regular racing fleet, which seems to fight shy of going- further west than Weymouth: The Largest Vessel of the Year. — Messrs. Camper 6 Nicholson have just launched a schooner of 103 tons for Mr. F. Milburn. Norlanda, which is the vessel’s name, is the only yacht of over 100 tons .built this year, and is from designs by Mr. C. E. Nicholson. Two fine boats will be absent from the big handicap class this season. Bona is not fitting out, nor is Mr. Hardcastle’s cutter Merrymaid. But there is still a goodly class left if all the others turn out. E. H. Kelly. , Fast Run from Boston, Mass., to Whitestone, L. I.j w Sailing Yacht. — Captain Edward Norton has. sent the following brief account of the run of Valhalla II. from Boston, Mass., to Whitestone, L. I., last fall: “August 29, 1 P. M. — Left South Boston flats with very light northerly breeze. At 6 430 Minot’s Light bore south. Strong freeze sprang up from N.N.E., and at 11:30 P. M. Highland Light bore west. August 30— At 4:15 A. M. passed Pollock Rips, and at 6 A. M. Cross Rip Lightvessel was right abeam. Wind due east and heavy, mainsail double reefed. Abreast of Holmes’ Hole at 8 :30 A. M., and at noon Vineyard Sound Lightship was just abeam. Off Point- Judith at 6 P. M., wind light and all sail set. August 31 — Abreast of Saybrook, Conn., at- 8 A. -M., and at 6 P. M. becalmed off Black Rock. A light breeze from the S:S.E. sprang up at- 6 P. M. September 1— At 4 A. M. off Sand’s Point, and anchored off Whitestone at 7 A. M. Time from Minot’s Light to Whitestone, 61 hours.” Valhalla II. was designed by Mr. Jefferson Bor- den and built by Messrs. Read Brothers at Fall River in 1892. She was 53.6ft. over all, 37ft. waterline, 13.5ft. breadth, and 5:5ft. .draft. When launched she was called Mabel F. Swift,, and afterward renamed Sistae 11. She was a centerboard boat when sold last year, but was con- verted into an auxiliary before.she was taken south, where sljc was destroyed -by fife. -• YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Rules Governing Monotype 30-Footers, — When racing as one-design boats, the monotype 30-footers of the New York Y. C. will sail under special rules gotten up by the committee having this class in charge. The committee is composed of Messrs. Newberry D. Lawton, Addison G. Hanan and W. Butler Duncan, Jr. The rules follow: Outfit. — Everything delivered with the boat, as per specifications, shall be on board in every race, except one anchor and cable, which need not be carried; articles lost shall be replaced. Crew. — The crew shall not exceed five men, two of whom may be paid hands; the helmsman shall be an amateur. Hauling Out. — Boats shall not be hauled out or put on the beach more than once in two weeks, and when hauled out shall not remain out more than forty-eight hours. In case of an accident the committee may waive this rule. Sails.— Not more than two suits of sails shall be used when racing in any one season on any boat. In case of an accident to a sail the committee may waive this rule. A black band shall be painted around the mast at a point whose distance above the deck shall be determined by the designer, above which the jaws of the gaff shall not be hoisted. The sail plan, ballast or spars shall not be altered in any way. Pot-leading shall not be allowed. Only solid spars shall be carried. Each boat shall carry a special number above the reef points. Spinnaker sheets shall not be carried forward of or around the forestay. Questions arising under these rules shall be decided by the com- mittee elected for the season by the owner, whose decision shall be final. The several^ owners of the new one-design boats met at the New York Y. C. on Monday afternoon, April 3, and drew lots for them. Most of the boats will be sailed from Bristol to New York before May 1. It is said that a number of the owners will race their boats from Bristol to Larchmont. The names of the boats and their owners are as follows : Minx. ; Pintail Maid of Mendon Neola II Phryne Cara- Mia Alera Atair Linnet Nautilus Adelaide II Anemone Tobasco Banzai Ibis Dahinda Oricle Carlita Howard VVillets August Belmont W. D. Guthrie G. M. Pynchon H. L. Maxwell Stuyvesant Wainwright A. H. and J. W. Alker Cord Meyer A. T. French A. G. Hanan G. A. and Philip H. Adee J. Murray Mitchell, Jr. H. F. Lippitt N. D. Lawton O’Donnel Iselin W. Butler Duncan, Jr. Lyman Delano Oliver- Harriman m 8* m Annual Meeting of the Y. R. A. of L. I. S.— The annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound was held at the Flotel Astor, New York city, on Friday evening, March 31. The following dele- gates were present: E. M. MacLellan, Manhasset Bay Y. C. ; Duncan Curry, Bayside Y. C. ; H. H. Gordon, Huntington Y. C ; Charles F. Kirby, Frank Bowne Jones and Charles E. Simms, Indian Harbor Y. C. ; Charles P. Tower and Charles T. Pierce, Riverside Y. C. ; Ward Dickson, Hempstead Plarbor Y. C. ; Frederick A. Hill, Norwalk Y. C. ; O. FI. Chellborg and Harry Stephenson, Knickerbocker Y. C. ; E. T. Birdsall, J. D. Sparkman, G. P. Granberry, New Rochelle Y. C. ; H. A. Jackson, New York A. C. ; R. C. Mitchell, Sachem’s Head Y. C. ; R. Myrick, Huguenot Y. C. ; H. de B. Parsons, Clifford Bucknam, American Y. C. ; F. G. Stewart, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. A number of amendments to the racing rules were passed, and the officers for the coming year were elected. They are as follows : President, Oliver E. Cromwell, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. ; Secretary, Charles P. Tower, Riverside Y. C. ; Treasurer, Edward M. MacLellan, Manhasset Bay Y. C. Executive Committee — H. de B. Parsons, American Y. C. ; PI. W. Hanan, Indian Plarbor Y. C. ; G. P. Gran- berry, New Rochelle Y. C., and Frederick A. Hill, Nor- walk Y. C. The racing will commence on May 27 this year and wind up on September 23. The complete racing schedule is as follows : May 27, Saturday. — New Rochelle spring. May 30, Tuesday. — Harlem annual, Bridgeport spring and Indian Harbor special. June 3, Saturday. — Knickerbocker annual. June 10, Saturday. — Manhasset Bay annual. June 17. — Larchmont spring and New York Athletic Club cruis- ing race to Block Island. June 24. — Seawanhaka annual. July 1, Saturday. — New Rochelle annual. July 3, Monday. — American annual. July 4, Tuesday. — .Hartford annual and Larchmont annual. July 8, Saturday. — Riverside annual. July 15, Saturday. — Larchmont race week. July 22, Saturday. — Hartford special. July 29, Saturday. — Indian Harbor annual. Aug. 5, Saturday.— Huntington annual, Shelter Island annual and American midsummer. Aug. 12, Saturday.— Horseshoe Plarbor annual and Bridgeport annual. Aug. 19, Saturday.— Hugenot annual, Nortliport annual and Plartford special. Aug. 28. — Hempstead Harbor annual. Sept. 2, Saturday.— Indian Harbor fall, Larchmont special and Plartford special. Sept. 4, Monday.— Norwalk annual, Sachem’s Head annual and Larchmont fall. Sept. 9, Saturday.— Larchmont fall and Manhasset Bay fall Sept. 18, Saturday. — Seawanhaka Corinthian fall. Sept. 23, Saturday. — Anvuican fall. 6? 8? S> Death of Ernest V. Pardessus.— Ernest V. Pardessus, yachting editor of the Brooklyn Times, died at Ormond] Florida, on March 28. He was fifty-four vears old, and is survived by a wife. Mr. Pardessus was well known as a writer of yachting matters, and was very familiar w.ith boating on Gravesend and Jamaica Bays, having sailed in those waters for many years past. He was the secretary of the Jamaica Bay Yacht Racing Association, and a member of the Bergen Beach and Belle Harbor Y. C.’s. * ' Belle Harbor Y. C. Buys Land.— The Belle Harbor Y. C. has purchased a piece of property having water front on Jamaica Bay. The lot covers the entire block between Pelham and .Oriental avenues and fronts 220ft. on the water and runs back 300ft. A club house wili soon be erected 'ail'd a bulkhead will be built along the shore. 282 FOREST AND STREAM [April 8, 190s “Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No. IV. DESIGN WINNING THIRD PRIZE SUBMITTED BY A. C. MAIR. For a 60-Foot Cruising Launch. In this launch the author has endeavored to produce a design combining as many good qualities as possible. She would be an excellent sea boat, and could be driven as long as one could stay on her decks. The weights are all low, and she would roll but little, and would make as high as fourteen miles under power. The cabin accommodations are ample for four people, the engine room for a crew of three having gas pipe berths on each side of engine, and though we realize the disad- vantage of the break in the head room, caused by the bridge deck, still we think its advantages offset them. It makes it possible for the helmsman to stay on the bridge in all weathers, where he has a clear view of the entire horizon — an act almost impossible on the average boat of this size, where the bridge is elevated above the main deck, and the boat rolling to any extent. Besides, the deck beams amidships add greatly to the structural strength. The head room beneath is nearly 5ft., and the door in the after end of main cabin making a clear passage fore and aft, with the advantage of keeping the main saloon entirely separate from the machinery space, ex- cludes all odors of burnt gases, engine oil, etc. — an ad- vantage not to be despised if one has ever cruised in stormy weather shut up with a gasolene engine. The engine room has excellent ventilation, having a companionway fore and aft, making a perfect circula- tion of air at all times. As drawn, there is an enclosed cockpit, though the deck could be carried out with brass rail, if desired; but a cockpit gives a feeling of security in the unsteady motion of a power boat. The cabin arrangement gives excellent accommoda- tion for four people for any length of time. The state room, if called for, to the exclusive use of the ladies. The toilet is between and accessible from both rooms. There are plenty of lockers and drawers for all needs. The head room is ample, being 6ft. din. The drawers under berths in state room are hung on a pivot on forward outside corner, swinging out at an angle. In the design we have installed a 40 horsepower Standard engine, though any other make could be used to suit individual tastes. The tanks are under the bridge deck on each side, keeping all weights as near amidships as possible. Davits can be carried on each side of either the for- ward or after trunks; also a brass rail fore and aft. The following are her dimensions: Length — Over all 60ft. i^in. Waterline 52ft- 6in. Overhang — Forward 3ft- 6in. Aft 3^. ij4in. Breadth — Extreme ...10ft. 6 in. Waterline 9ft- 2 i°- Freeboard — Bow 4ft. 9 in. Stern 3ft. 3 in- Least 3ft. Draft— To rabbet 2ft. 4 in. Extreme 3ft. 10 in. Displacement 34>4°° lbs. Weights. Pounds. Keel 898 Stem J4 7 Sternpost *30 Deadwood and shaft log 739 Frames •> 2,152 Floors 652 Keelson 32o Engine keelson 951 Clamps 480 Bilge stringers I57 Breast hooks and knees 77 Deck beams 7*° Planking 2,065 Deck planking 729 Cockpit floor, sides, etc 332 Forward cabin house 084 After cabin house ; 039 Two gasolene tanks filled and. fittings • 4T°6 Water tanks filled and fittings 1,800 Engine, shaft and propeller - 3,822 Rudder and shoe .- 197 Air tank, muffler, pump, piping & engine fittings 510 Deck fittings, brass rail around entire deck, awnings, steering wheel, side steps, capstan, etc. 913 Boat and davits, etc.. 320 Interior floor and ceiling 991 Two w. c. basins and pump 198 Interior cabinet work, doors, partitions, bulk- heads, etc 1,000 Furnishings, fittings and stores 1,000 Anchors and chains.... 1,400 Stores 4^ Fastenings (copper), except for deck houses and interior cabinet work 525 Paint, putty, varnish and caulking 167 Ballast 4,ooo Crew and guests I,o°o Total weight 34,459 Calculated displacement . 34,400 Detroit C. C.’s Long Distance Race— The Country Club of Detroit has decided to hold a long distance yacht race from Pt. Huron to Mackinac, leaving Pt. Huron Saturday, July 29* This should bring the finish at Mackinac about the same time as the finish of the Chicago-Mackinae races, and a lively reunion is an- ticipated, 1 J ' - — i — - Lake Michigan Y. A.— Early in March the Committee on Joint Regatta of the Chicago Y. C.’s met at the Chi- cago Athletic Association. President Soule, of the Lake Michigan Y. A., presided, and the others present were : Commodore Price, of Columbia Y. C. ; Commodore Wil- bur, Chicago Y. C. ; Commodore Bliss, Jackson Park Y. C. ; Messrs. Brunnick, Bassett and Scates, of L. M. Y. A. Executive Committee. It was decided that a joint regatta of the Chicago Y. C.’s would be held on July 4, 1905, morning and after- noon, under the rules of the Lake Michigan Yachting Association; all other clubs on Lake Michigan to be in- vited to participate; races for special classes are to be arranged. Commodore Wilbur and President Soule were ap- pointed a committee on guest and judges’ boats. Each commodore to select one judge; the three judges to have control of the races from the time preparatory gun is fired. The three commodores were appointed a committee on prizes. The morning races to be for all the regular classes under L. M. Y. A. rules; all special class boats to be barred from racing in regular classes. Also a special race to include all boats that are now, or ever have been, eligible to race in the 21ft. cabin class of the L. M. Y. A., under present or any previous rules ; this race to be sailed under regular L. M. Y. A. measurement and time allowance, and to be counted as a race for the Webb Cup of the Columbia Y. C. The afternoon races to be for the special 21ft. cabin and 18ft. classes of the L. M. Y. A., the special 18ft. class of the Chicago Y. C., and any other special class that may be arranged for; eligibility of a boat for other than L. M. Y. A. classes to be determined under the rules governing its class ; in all other respects special races to be sailed under L. M. Y. A. rules. «E Yale Corinthian Racing Schedule. — Arrangements have been completed by the Race Committee of the Yale Corinthian Y. C. for the coming season’s racing. The schedule is as follows : April 8 — First race for Officers’ Cup. April 12— First race for Special Cup. April 15 — Second race for the Officers’ Cup. April 29 — Third race for the Officers’ Cup. May 3 — Second race for Special Cup. May 6 — Fourth race for the Officers’ Cup. May 10 — Third race for Special Cup. May 13 — First race for the Graduates’ Cup. May 17 — Fourth race for Special Cup. May 20— Second race for the Graduates’ Cup. May 24 — -Fifth race for Special Cup. May 27 — Third race for the Graduates’ Cup. May 30 — Decoration Day regatta. May 31— Sixth race for Special Cup. June 7- — Seventh race for Special Cup. June 10 — Fourth race for the Graduates’ Cup. June 14 — Eighth race for Special Cup. June 17— Special race for Commodore’s Cup. June 27— Dual regatta with Harvard Y. G, at New London, Conn. Steam Yacht Orienta Sold. — The steam yacht Orienta has been sold by Mr. Geo. R. Sheldon, receiver of the U. S. Shipbuilding Company, to the Abe Stein Company, of this city, acting for South American inter- ests, through the office of Stanley M. Seaman. Orienta was designed and built in 1901 by Lewis Nixon’s Ship- yard, Elizabethport, N. J., for Mr. E. R. Ladew, New York Y. G, but was not accepted by reason of failing in speed requirement. She is of the torpedo boat type, 105ft. over all, 12ft. breadth, 5ft. draft, flush deck, steel construc- tion throughout. Owner’s quarters aft consist of three staterooms, saloon and two bathrooms. She is fitted with a “Moshier” water-tube boiler, triple expansion, three cylinder engine, 700 horsepower, built entirely of nickle steel, hollow forgings from Government specifications, similar to those used in the U. S. torpedo boats. The en- gine room is supplied with the latest pumps, ash ejector, dynamo and storage batteries of -the most approved type, also has a 2,000 candle-power searchlight. She is now fitting out at the Crescent Yard, Elizabethport, N. J., and will be ready for a trial trip within a few days prepara- tory to leaving for South America. The new owners ex- pect a speed approaching 20 miles. u n H William Fife Jr.’s New Orders. — Mr. Fife’s more recent orders include the designing of a schooner of no tons which is to be built in India, the designing and building of a racing cutter for Spain, and the designing and building of a 22ft. cruising sloop for Mr. Robert Brown, of Warriston, Largs. The schooner is for Mr. Scovell, who took the cutter Godwit out to India. The boat is to be whollv built of teak, and, in this respect, she will be almost, if not altogether, unique. As to type, she is to be a fine seagoing cruiser, with great sheer and high freeboard. She will be nicely fitted internally, and as her cruising, to begin with, at any rate, is to be largely confined to warm climates, the greatest care has been taken in the designing of her to have her ventilating system as perfect as possible. In addition to having quite a goodly sized sail plan for a cruiser, she will be fitted with two powerful motors. — The Yachtsman. It It K Recent^ Sales. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have made the following sales : Messrs. Ellison & Carstairs, of Philadelphia, have sold the steam yacht Albatross to a western yachtsman, and the vessel is to be delivered at Montreal- as soon as possible. Messrs. George and Ed- ward Yette-r have sold the yawl Comet to- Mr. Hampton Cutter, of Woodbridge, N. J. * Invincible Purchased by C. T. Barney.— The schooner Invincible, ex-intrepid, owned by Mr. Henry R. Wolcott, to Mr. Charles T. Barney. The transfer was made by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Invincible was de- signed by Mr. J. Beavor Webb and built in 1893. She is a three-masted auxiliary schooner 162.5ft- over a!l> 132ft. lyaterjine, 27ft. breadth and 13.5ft, draft, Greta and Arrow Chartered. — Mr. C. L. F. Robinson, New York Y. C., has chartered the English steam yacht Greta from Sir William Agnew, of London, Mr. Robin- son will join the yacht with his family on June 15 at Southampton, and she will then proceed to Kiel. Greta is 154ft. waterline and 22.8ft. breadth. Mr. Edward F. Whitney has chartered the high speed steam yacht Arrow from Mr. Charles R, Flint. .Greta and Arrow were chartered through Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. « « « Improving the Welland Canal.— Under date of Jan- uary 12, 1905, United States Consul-General Holloway, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, reports that a ouarter of a mil- lion dollars will be spent for improvements on the Welland Canal this winter. Several bridges are to be rebuilt, and the canal is to be lighted by electricity, lights being placed every 200 feet. > *?***? Indian Harbor Y. C.’s Fleet Captain. — Commodore George Lauder, Jr., of the Indian Harbor Y. C., has ap- pointed Mr. Frank Bowne Jones fleet captain. Mr. Jones has retired from the Regatta Committee after having served on that body as chairman for many years. *» *, ¥> Death of Col. Frederick de Funiak. — Col. Frederick de Funiak, owner of the auxiliary yawl Foxie, died at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 29, at the age of sixty-five years. He was a member of the New York, Southern and Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C.’s. $/xrwqing — $ — A. C. A. Membership. New Life Members — No. 40. Frederic G. Mather, Al- bany,, N. Y. ; 41. Matthias Ohlmeyer,, New York city. New Member Elected — 4889. Ratcliffe G. E. Hicks, Providence, R. I., Eastern Division. New members pro- posed, Atlantic Division — Ldward K. Merrill, Philadel- phia ; Clifton Sparks, Bensonhurst, N. Y. ; B. V. R. Speidel, New York city; J. A. Edgar, Julius Schmitz and Frank T. Wilson, all of Philadelphia. Central Division — E.. T. Berry, Irving, N. Y. ; Walter Blount, Evansville, Ind. ; Wickham C. Taylor, Norfolk, Va., ;. H. A. Can- field, New York city. Eastern Division — Herman J. Bruns, Jr., Providence, R. I. About May 1 the treasurer will remove to 164 Fairfield avenue, Stamford, Conn., which will be his future resi- dence. He will transact no A. C. A. business between April 15 and June 1. Frederic G. Mather, Treas. Applications for membership, Atlantic Division — G. H. Knowlson, New York city; Howard M. Landes, Phila- delphia; Harry M. Lee, Trenton, N. J. ; F. Raymond Pid- cock, Trenton, N. J. ; Thomas B. Latham, New York city; Fred. V. McCabe, New York city; Raymond E. Rouse, New York city; Frank P. Jones, Jr., Delanco, N. J. Eastern Division — Ralph P. Plaisted, Bangor, Me. ; Ernest L. Arnold, Providence, R. I.; Charles' L. Weaver, Providence, R. I.; Homer A. Canfield, New York city; Chester G. Babcock, William M. Coon, William H. Crosby, Lester W. Elias, Charles O. L’Hommedieu, Wil- liam Riehl, Walter C. Mullett, William J. P. Seipp, Henry B. Selkirk, W. Morse Wilson, Richard L. Ball (for Life Member), Buffalo, N. Y. ; Guy W. Ellis, Rochester, N. Y. Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I.— Second annual of New York Rifle Association. United States Revolver Association. Springfield, Mass., March 30.— The United States Revolver Association has awarded the following medals during the past month : To H. B. McCallum, Wilmington, Del., a bronze medal on the scores of 81, 81, 84, 81, 84, 81, 81, 85, 85, 85. A bronze and silver medal on the scores of 86, 89, 86, 86, 85, 88, 89, 85, 86, 91. To E. N. Neal, Springfield, Mass., a bronze and silver medal on the scores of 85, 85, 85, 85, 85, 85, 86, 87, 88, 88. To Miles Standish, Portland, Me., a bronze medal on the scores of 80, 80, 80, 80, 81, 81, 82, 83, 84, 82. To G. L. Sanford, Springfield, Mass., a bronze medal on the scores of 80, 80, 81, 82, 82, 83, 83, 84, 84, 84. A bronze and silver . medal on the scores of 85, 85, 86, 86, 87, 88, 89, 89, 94, 89. To W. Milton Farrow, Washington, D. C., a bronze medal on the scores of 82, 82, 82, 83, 83, 83, 83, 85, 85, 85. A bronze and silver medal on the scores of 85, 86, 86, 87, 87, 87, 89, 86, 86, 89. To Morris D. Stepp, M.D., Cleveland, O., a bronze medal on -the scores of 80, 81, 81, 81, 81, 82, 83, 85, 84, 84. To A. P. Proctor, New York city, a bronze and gold medal on the scores of 90, 90, 91, 91, 92, 92, 92, 92, 93, 93. A silver and gold medal on the scores of 93, 93, 93, 93, 93, 93, 93, 94, 94, 94. J. B. Crabtree. Seneca Gun Club. This organization, composed of members of the West Side Y. M. C. A., of New York City, held its regular weekly shoot on the Zettler ranges the night of April 1, and each member present fired two ten-shot scores at 75ft. offhand on the 25-ring target. Two prizes were offered by S. Adler, and these were won by J. N. Wunz and F. A. Fall, first and second men re- spectively. The scores, out of the possible 500 points, were as follows: J N Wunz F A Fall S Nevins ... “Buster” Brown J Armstrong ... F Field W Kreiger § Adler ......... 466 ,461 .449 ,443 .432 .432 .420 .412 A Dick 407 F H Ryan 406 C G Keller 404 W Allabough 387 Wm. M. Kingsley 381 C Sherwood 340 C A Simms 324 C E Winne §8§ April 8, 1905.} FOREST AND STREAM. t 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 9 10 U 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ENGINE ROOM SECTION 6 AFTER £ NO OF MAIN CABIN SECTION 11 FORWARD END OF MAIN CABIN SECTION 14? -f— 1 F 284 FOREST AND STREAM. Providence Revolver Club* Providence, R. I.— Shooting matters are quiet here this Week, ami very few members recorded scores. Following is the week s record: Revolver, 60yds., Standard American target: Win Alrny 9 8 6 6 8 7 10 9 9 10— S2 9896 10 89 10 9 8—86 Revolver, 20yds., Standard: Arno Argus 79, 81; A. C. Hurl- hurt 77. Rifle, 25 yds., German ring: Fred Collins, 219, 229, 227, 220. Twenty-two caliber rifles, 50yds., Standard, 50 shots: F. A. Coggeshall 406, H. Powell 391, B. Norman 390. The only excitement at the Thursday evening meeting was a team match among those present. A few members of the United Train of Artillery rifle team were at the armory loading am- munition, and the revolver men being indisposed to practice, it was suggested that sides be picked for a try with the .45 Spring- field. This arm is used by the Train men in their series of in- door matches against the Bristol team. The load used was the was held to-day, and Nestler carried off the honors by his steady .'-Hooting with a total of 2155 points, l’ayne was high on”th-e honor with G9 points. The scores: Nestlcr ....231 220 219 218 217 213 212 211 210 204— 2155 231 230 223 217 215 213 209 207 205 194—2142 Roberts * 231 224 213 211 211 209 208 206 204 200—2117 li°ter 225 216 207 206 202 201 199 196 196 181—2029 Hasenzahl 219 216 214 212 205 204 £offman ■ 219 212 206 205 202 Bruns 207 195 190 187 Preitag 200 197 194 194 194 190 179 175 fUjmps'hootmg. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following t t April 8, 1905. n . , , "'•“I *T*****i. 0.liLVJl3tclLC n53ULldtlUH 3 IUUP nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. R. L. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Came Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club C C Herman, Sec’y. ■^ug’ — Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31.— The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. ^ePr> -^."U-trSan Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sepk 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Cambell, Mgr. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League on grounds of Dover Gun Club. ’ old 210-grain bullet and antiquated black powder charge of 7 grains. The results, as follows, were rather an agreeable surprise to the revolver shooters, and shows that old-fashioned methods are still good, even in the hands of out-of-practice shooters: Four-man team match, .45 Springfield rifle. Standard target, 5 shots per man, 25yds. range: No. 1 Team— Sergt. Bullard 32, Capt. Machon .32, Sergt. Mc- Avoy 30, M. A. Brown 22; total 116. No. 2 Team— Lieut. Keyes 39, Arno Argus 44, A. C. Hurlburt 44, Maj. Eddy 37 ; total 164. Team No. 2 led by 48 points. Rifle practice, 25yds., on German Ring target: W B Gardiner 224 230 231 231 238—1154 L A Jordan 236 236 225 222 219—1138 About the Remington Revolver. Hoquiam, Wash., March 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: About the old-fashioned powder and cap revolvers discharging several loads at once, which has been written of, I think Lean shed some light on the cause, and I will also state what 1 did to remedy it. The fact that what I did provided a complete cure for such con- duct proved to me that my theory was correct. I concluded that the other chambers were discharged by taking fire past the bullet, or else from the use of a poorly fitting cap, for caps are made in several different sizes, and it is all important in case of the re- volver that the cap should fit just right, and that the bullet should fit just right; and the just right for the bullet is to have it a hundredth part of an inch larger than the bore of the chamber in the cylinder, so that in seating the bullet it would be resized; and with the leverage that there is on the ramrod, they can be seated without any trouble; and that left the bullet in shape, so it had a great deal better bearing on the rifling, and so would admit of a heavier charge of powder being used without the bullet jumping the rifling. After I had the mould - enlarged for the one that I was experimenting with, and also got a different size of cap from what the person had been using that I got the revolver from, I used to load 40grs. coarse powder. The reason for using coarse powder was to prevent it from filling the tube, and that practice was best with all muzzleloading arms, for it greatly reduced the chance of a misfire from powder in the tube becoming damp. I probably fired the revolver a thousand times after 1 made these changes, and it never went wrong. The person that sold it to me did so because it was good for nothing as he was using it. After I had the cylinder loaded, I would pour melted tallow in the chamber until the bullet was covered, and it sometimes was left loaded for three months, but I never got a misfire from it. W. A. Linkxetter. Zettler Rifle Club. The regular club shoot was held the night of March 28 at headquarters in West Twenty-third street with a fair attendance of members. Interest is being awakened among the members _ by the near approach of the outdoor club shooting, and but a few more gallery shoots will be held, this series closing in a short time. Richard Gute was high man for the best five-score total, 1230, but high man for the evening was Louis Buss, whose total for 100 shots was 2443. The scores at 75ft., offhand, with .22 caliber rifles, follow: Louis C. Buss . . . Geo Schlicht O Smeith August Begerow . T H Keller, Jr.... H Fenwirth F J Herpers Five shot score: Richard Cute L P Hansen Chas Zettler, Jr C G Zettler Louis Maurer H C Zettler Barney Zettler G J Bernius Back score: L C Buss .. 241 247 241 244 245 242 243 240 244 243 238 242 244 247 244 236 230 242 238 238 233 227 236 237 233 236 227 216 233 232 231 230 224 222 227 242 240:247 245 245—2443 243 239 244 239 239—2416 241 243 240 240 245—2414 240 231 240 229 237—2361 235 234 235 238 238—2346 226 z-iu 233 225 234—2302 233 229 238 233 228—2295 243 248 245 246 248—1230 247 246 241 243 236—1213 240 238 241 240 243—1202 235 242 244 237 244—1202 243 237 238 230 233—1181 237 234 227 232 245—1175 232 236 233 237 236—1174 229 223 221 231 233—1137 240 247 245 243 241—1216 Italian Rifle Club. Nearly 100 members and their friends were in attendance at the regular shoot of this club, held on the Zettler ranges, the night of March 30. The competition, which was for merchandise prizes, was holly contested by twenty-four of the members, and Mr. Bianchi won with the narrow margin of one point over Minervini and Selvaggi, who tied on totals. The distance shot was 75ft., with .22 caliber rifles, and the scores were three shots each, the best two shot during the evening to count. The results follow, the possible being 150 points: Bianchi 74 75- -149 Minervini 74 74— 14S Muzio 73 74- -147 Selvaggi 74 74—148 Reali 74 73- -147 Mandello 73 73- -146 DeFelice ........ 72 73- -145 Mastropaolo 74 70- -144 Alfrero .......... ..... 72 71- -143 Avignone 72 71- -143 Rossotti 71 71- -142 G T Conti . . . . . 72 70—142 DeStefano 6S 73 — 141 Ciancimono 69 69 — 138 Marzorat 70 67 — 137 Gatto 69 67 — 136 Brancorotto 69 66 — 135 Martin 69 66 — 135 D’Agostino .......... 67 67 — 134 Lampagnano 69 63 — 132 Canfori 67 63-130 Personini 59 69—128 Magliore 66 41 — 107 Longo .67 40 — 107 Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular competition by members of this Association, at Four-Mile House, Reading Road, March 26. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the 25-ring target. Roberts was declared champion for the day with the good score of 231. This creates a new record for him, his former being 224. Our semi-annual 100-shot championship match Fixtures. April 5-6. Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under tne auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- ham, Sec y. ■^Pri|r ?; Richmond Valley, S. I. — Ninth all-day shoot of the IVLullente Gun Club, ..on grounds of Aquehonga - Gun Club.- A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 12-13. Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League;' °1?.&r?unds of Wilmington Cun Club. PI. J. Stidman, Sec’y." Wilmington. April 15. Long Island City, L. I. — Queens County Gun Club open tournament. R. II. Gosman, Sec’y. April 15. Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Cun Club shoot, on grounds ?f ?i)Ies*:er Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. April 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec y. April 19- Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots’ Day tournament, s. C. Miller, Sec y. Aprj! 20.— Atglen, Pa. Christiana- Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot; live birds and targets. Wm. R. Fieles, Sec’y April 21.— Morgantown,- W. Va.— Recreation Rod and Gun Chib"" first regular monthly, shoot of the Monongahela -Valley Sports- man s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. April 22. Easton, Pa. — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor: Sec’y. April 26-27.— Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, SecV. April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling,- Mgr. Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Gjuh ’ $-l>900 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec’y. May 2-6.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 3.— Muncie, Ind, — Magic City Gun Club spring tournament— Indiana State League series. F. L. Wachtel, Sec’y. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 6.— Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Brooklyn, N. Y. Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 8-9.— Vicksburg, Miss,— Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ , League , first tournament. May 9-19. — Fairmont,' -W. Va., Gun Club second monthly -shoot~6f — Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. - May 9-10. — Clean, N. Y., Gun Club annual- tournament. B. Br Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Mo:ne3, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18.— Herrington, Kans.— Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va— West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18.- — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18.— Owensboro, Ky.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr C20 Locust street. May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24-25.— Wolcott, N. Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25-27.— Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. _ D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30.— Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30. — Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Cun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C.— Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y. 222 F street, N. W. May 31,-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 5-6. — New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June. 6-8. — Sioux City, la.— Soo Cun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4. — Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem. Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot, James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 15. — Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 20-21. — Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22. — New London, la.. Gun Club tournament. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C; Charlton, Sec’y. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. HT Foss, Sec’y. July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum* 1 Sec’y. July 4.— South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team ' shout;? $50 in cash, v. -» Si, July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. uly 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W W McOtieen’ Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. EL A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Saturday of this week is one of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club’s regular practice days. .... . ». The dates of the Rawlings shoot at St. Louis, Mo., has been changed to May 19-21. *? The Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League announces that its first tournament will be held on May 8-9 under the auspices of the Vicksburg, Miss., Gun Club. ** The Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association, Ottawa, Can., is preparing the programme for their fifth annual tournament, Aug. 16-18. S? The . Shakopee Gun Club, of Shakopee, Minn., will hold their annual tournament on May 29 and 21. Each day average prizes. For programmes, inquire of the Secretary, Mathias A. Deutsch. *. The Warwick, N. Y., Gun Club will hold their annual meeting on the evening of April 13. Several new names are proposed for membership. The activities and importance of the club are bright for the coming season. Mr. J. W. Brown, Secretary, writes us that the programme of the New York State shoot, to be held under the auspices of the Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association, Utica, N. Y., June 13-16, wi'd he relidy for distribution at an early date. w At Gorgas Station, Pa., April 1, in the Philadelphia League of Trapshooters’ Contests, Highland defeated Merchantville by a score of 162 to 150. Of the two 10-man teams, Mr. A. Ballantine, of the Highlands, was high man with a score of 21 out of 25. % The last shoot of the season of 1904-5, held by the Crescent Athletic Club, was most pleasantly terminated by a clambake, the conclusion of an unusually successful season of competition and good fellowship. Mr. Lowell M. Palmer won the March cup after a shoot-off with Mr. E. W. Snyder. 8»» At the shoot of the Red Dragon Canoe Club, held at Wissino- ming, Pa., on Saturday of last week, Mrs. Will K. Park, who a few years ago shot with expert skill under the shooting name of “Miskay,” won the silver trophy, the prize in a 50 target handi- cap, unknown angles, under rather difficult conditions consequent to a strong wind. She scored 49. S? Reports from Wilmington indicate that the spring tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, to he held on the grounds of the Wilmington Gun Club, is to be a success in every particular. The shooters are rallying. Accordingly every pro- vision by the local talent is made for sport and good fellowship. Lovely spring weather. “Johnnie, get your gun.” April 12-13. The Christiana- Atglen Gun Club, of Atglen, Pa., have issued the programme of their all-day shoot, to be held on April 26. The target events number twelve— four at 10, four at 15 and two at 25 targets; entrance 75 cents, $1 and $1.75 respectively. There are three live-bird events, at 5, 7 and 10 birds, entrance $2.50, $3 and $4. Birds, 20 cents. All moneys divided on the percent- age system. «! The annual three-day championship closed the trapshooting season at Pinehurst, N. C., last week. Wednesday was the last day. Mr. Allan Lard, of Washington, D. C., was the winner. He scored 109 out of 140, of which 50 were from a magautrap, 50 expert and 40 from the tower. Mr. L. E. Wardwell, of Camden, Me., scored 104 and won second; Mr. M. IP. Waters, Lakewood, third, 97; Mr. C. A. Lockwood, New York, fourth, 95. • The Fast Day shoot of the Portland, Me., Gun Club, April 27, has ten events, each at 15 targets. Handicaps 16 to 20yds. High guns, $7, $5 and $3. Lowest, $1; second and third lowest, $2 each. Shooting commences at 9:30 o’clock. Dinner served on grounds. Gun and shells shipped two days in advance to T. B. Davis Arms Co., express prepaid, will be delivered on grounds free of charge. Mr. Silas B. Adams is the Secretary. * Ten events of 20 targets each day constitute the programme of the Interstate Association’s trapshooting tournament, given for the Hopkinsville, Ky., Gun Club, April 26 and 27. April 25 is practice day. Free lunch served on the grounds. Targets, 2 cents. First day, Rose system, 5, 4, 3, 2; second day, class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10. Gold medal valued at $25 to the amateur who makes highest average; $5 to second amateur, and same to amateur making lowest average. Mr. A. S. Gant is the Secretary. >5 The Queens County Gup: Club has issued the programme of its opening shoot, to be held at Long Island City, L. I., April 15. Ten events are provided, at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance 60 cents, 70 cents, $1.05, $1.40. The two 25-target and two 15- target events are for merchandise. Totals, 175 targets,. $9.85 en- trance. To amateur high average, a silver cup; professional high average, $5 in gold; amateur low average, $27 Targets, 2 cents. Shooting 'begins at 10 o’clock. The grounds are situated on Hunters Point avenue, within a half-mile of Thirty-fourth Street Ferry. At Long Island City take Calvary Cemetery trolley, on Borden avenue. From Brooklyn, take Crosstowri or Greenpoirrt ^trolley to end of line, cross over Oakland Street Bridge to Borden avenue, turn to right, and grounds are then but a short distance. April 8, 1905.] forest and stream. The programme of the fifteenth annual tournament of th® Penn* sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association is a model, and in every detail displays the work of a master hand. It, is to be specially admired for its freedom from the collateral branch of mendi- cancy commonly known as passing around the hat; that is, asking for donations. Trapshooting has passed well by its infantile stages, and should be manfully independent _and self-supporting. Any one member of any trapshooting club would have too much manly pride and independence to ask for a donation for himself. The aggregate manly pride and independence of all the club mem- bers should be quite as punctiliously exact as those of each member in his private capacity. To such shooters as desire com- petition, it will present many attractions; to the secretaries of many clubs who are not thoroughly proficient in programme details, it will be an admirable text book. « The Wawaset Gun Club, of Wilmington, Del., has issued the programmes of their opening shoot, to be held April 6, and their annual spring tournament. Merchandise prizes and handi- caps are specially for amateurs. Everybody invited. Seven merchandise events, 20 and 25 targets, 40 and 50 cents entrance, high guns, are the inducements. This programme further con- tains an invitation to the club’s annual spring tournament, May 11 and 12, at which the programme will consist of twelve events, each at 15 targets. A special purse will be arranged for amateurs, as follows: The entrance in each event will be $1.30; total, $15.60, targets included. For each target thrown during the two days, the club will set aside Hi cent, to be divided among those who shoot through the programme and do not win their entrance. It is anticipated that the purse will amount to $250. It is thought to be the best proposition ever offered to the amateur. For programme, address the Secretary, Mr. W. M. Foord, 213 West Sixth street, Wilmington. Bernard Waters. Enterprise Gun Club. McKeesport, Pa., March 27. — The first contest for the Mc- Keesport Daily News bluerock championship cup was pulled on on March 25, the weather being all that could be desired, and some very fine scores were the result. Atty J. F. Calhoun won in both contests, but was hard chased in the cup race at 50 targets. Calhoun, W. Hale and Irwin tied on 46, and in the shoot-off at 15 targets Calhoun made a straight, Hale and Irwin breaking 14. The gold badge contest was at 20 singles, use of both barrels, and 10 pairs. Calhoun was high man, with 36 from 20yds. Mr. Garland was with us and shot through the programme. There were about 200 spectators present, and they were well paid for their visit. There are to be five contests for the cup, the dates being March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, open to all sportsmen living within the circulation of the Daily News and bounded by and including, Glenwood, Monessen, West Newton, Pitcarn and Gill Hall. The winner in each contest to designate where the next contest is to be shot. Mr. Calhoun having won the first contest designates the next contest to be shot on the grounds of the Enterprise Gun Club, April 1, at 3 P. M., sharp. The score is as follows: Daily News silver cup: Calhoun 46, W. Hale 46, Irwin 46, Schorr 45, Cochran 44, Knight 44, L. D. Davis 41, McFarland 41, J. Hale 36, Pickle 33, Garland 33. Shoot-off: Calhoun 15, W. Hale 14, Irwin 14. Hunter Arms Co. medal, 20 single targets, use of both barrels, and 10 doubles, handicap 14 to 20yds. : Hdcp. 20 20 T’l Hdcp. 20 20 T’l Calhoun ...20 20 16—36 Pickle 16 15 9—24 Schorr ...20 19 15—34 G. Hale ... 20 10 14—24 W Hale ...20 20 13—33 Knight . . . 19 15 5—20 Noel ...16 19 13—32 Keely 14 15 7—22 Garland ...17 18 10—28 Plowell . . . 16 11 7—18 McFarland . . . . ...17 15 11—26 Targets : 15 20 10 Targets: 15 20 10 Calhoun 15 . . . . Schorr 15 .. 8 Stein 10 14 .. Hurley . . . W Hale 14 17 10 Howell . . . .. 14 .. Irwin 14 .. 8 Geo. W. Mains , Sec’y. Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 1.— The second monthly shoot of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club was held to-day, but the attendance was not as large as expected. Trapshooting throughout the Hudson Valley is about in the last ditch, there being only two clubs, Ossining and Poughkeepsie, that do any shooting. Poughkeepsie is trying to stimulate the sport in this locality by holding a tournament every month and only charging one cent for targets, but it is the old story— five or six of the “regulars” always turn out and the other members stay at home. Who can explain it? We have a club of over fifty members, who claim to be sportsmen and pay their dues, but they are only good to the sport for $1 a year. We have one of the finest shooting grounds in the State, but no interest, no shooting. At one time every hamlet along the river had its shooting club; we had a Hudson River Trapshooting League; the rivalry be- tween the sportsmen was keen; the sport was in a prosperous condition, but Oh! what a change from those good old days! What caused the decline in interest? At to-day’s tournament, Mr. E. J. Snyder, one of the regulars from New Paltz, carried away all the honors, winning the Captain’s cup by 24 out of a possible 25, and also the Bissing cup with 23 out of a possible 25, actual breaks in each event. This is grand work, as the shooting was done in a strong wind and under difficulties. In the Captain’s cup, J. Rhodes and Snyder tied, Snyder winning by one bird in the shoot-off. The trade was represented by Messrs. Fanning and Heath. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 J S Fanning 12 _ _ 14 15 14 23 14 15 K J Snyder 8 . _ . . 15 13 12 23 14 14 12 A A Traver 13 15 12 11 13 12 23 13 14 10 J Rhodes 11 13 12 23 14 12 12 A J DuBois 13 11 13 13 9 18 10 12 12 W j Perkins 11 9 13 11 10 20 12 7 14 T L Donaldson 14 12 10 14 11 5 17 7 10 Ostrander 9 6 11 T Rhodes 14 10 12 19 13 13 Hasbrouck 12 . . 13 11 14 11 11 Even 8 6 10 Dr, Snow 14 11 * * Catchpofe Gun Club. Wolcott, N. Y., April 2.— The two days’ tournament of the Catchpole Gun Club, to be given in Wolcott, N. Y., May 24 and 25, bids’ fair to be a very successful shoot. No pains will be spared to make this the most successful shoot we have ever given. An' attractive programme will be sent out about May 1, and will consist of 160 targets each day, with added money in each event and a merchandise event each day of valuable merchandise, the main prize being a fine hammerless gun, We invite all to make plans to attend this tournament and get in shape for the State shoot to be held later, in Utica, N. Y. Uncle Ben Catchpole, our veteran president, will be on hand each day to grasp the hand of all the boys. Uncle Ben has for many years attended shoots throughout New York State, and is still as jolly and enthusiastic as ever over the sport. We trust and believe this will be our banner shoot. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, L. I., April 1. — The Crescent Athletic Club’s last shoot of the 1904-05 season was held on the club grounds at Bay Ridge to-day. A clambake rounded out the season in pleasant climax. On the scores of the March cup, Mr. E. W. Snyder was in the lead when the contest for it began to-day. Mr. Lowell M. Palmer tied Mr. Snyder in the last contest, and in the shoot-off he won. The winners in the 50-target contest were Mr. E. W. Snyder, first; Dr. H. L. O’Brien, second; Mr. Geo. G. Stevenson, Jr., third. In the trophy events, Mr. L. M. Palmer, from scratch, was victor with a straight score of 25 In a 15-target event, Mr. H. B. Vanderveer won from Mr. W. W. Marshall in the shoot-off. The “Japs” and the “Russians” had another team contest, in which the Russians won— something in the way of novel news to the Czar. A modus vivendi was established when the clambake was formally opened in the shooting house. Scores: March cup, 25 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’ Palmer, Tr .. 0 24 24 Marshall . . . . 5 18 23 Hageman . . . 3 18 21 w o o 6 25 targets Palmer 0 24 24 Trophy, 25 targets: Palmer, Jr.. 0 25 25 Brigham 0 23 23 Trophy, 15 targets : Damron 3 12 15 Palmer, Tr. . 0 14 14 Brigham .... 0 14 14 Grinnell, Tr. 0 14 14 Stephenson 0 12 12 Iiallock 2 12 14 Trophy, 15 targets : Marshall 3 13 15 Vanderveer . 1 14 15 Damron 3 11 14 Stephenson . 0 14 14 Grinnell, Tr. 0 14 14 McConville . 2 11 13 Shoot-off, same conditions: Vanderveer 1 Trophy, 15 targets: 14 15 Palmer . 0 11 11 Brigham . 0 14 14 F Stephenson... . 0 12 12 Southworth . 0 11 11 Grinnell . 0 13 13 L C Hopkins . 1 10 11 G Stephenson... . 1 12 13 Bedford . 1 11 12 S P Hopkins . 3 4 7 Hallock . 2 8 10 Snyder . 2 11 13 McConville . 2 6 8 Shoot-off, same conditions: Camp ... 3 8 11 Vanderveer ... ... 1 12 13 Special prize, 50 targets: Grinnell ... 2 44 46 Snyder ... 8 38 46 Hegeman ... 6 38 44 G Stephenson. ... 4 40 44 F Stephenson. ... 2 41 43 Team shoot, 15 targets: Palmecoke 12 Gummeloyamo 10 Hopkinsko 7 Lottoliko 14 Southworthio 13 McConvillio 10 Hollocklogo 9 Campologo 8 Werlemannoki 11 Wilburrio 11—105 Team shoot, 25 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Brigham . . . . O' 20 20 Synder 4 16 20 Snyder 8 12 McConville .. 4 16 20 Damron .. 5 15 20 Marshall .. 3 11 14 Vanderveer .. 1 12 13 S P Hopkins .. 3 9 12 L C Hopkins.. .. 1 7 8 McConville .. 2 5 7 Brigham .. 0 13 13 Palmer 13 13 S P Hopkins.. .. 3 9 12 L C Hopkins.. .. 1 10 11 Hallock .. 2 9 11 Marshall . 3 8 11 Marshall . 3 9 12 Haff 12 15 Hendrickson . . . ..3 6 9 Damron . 3 11 14 Brower . 4 10 14 Lott 9 10 Camp 14 15 Werlemann . 4 8 12 Kryn . 1 12 13 Hegeman . 1 12 13 Vanderveer . 1 14 15 Raynor . 3 12 15 Haff . 3 9 12 Raynor . 3 11 14 Southworth ..0 42 42 Palmer . 0 42 42 Brigham .... . 0 40 40 Marshall .10 30 40 Brighamwhiskers r B Stephensonskv. . 11 G G Stephensonsky. . 13 .bedforskinsky Damrisky Hopkinsky Snyderwitch Marshallitch Vanderbeersky .. Haftwhisky Southworth Marshall . . Hopkins . . Stephenson Shoot-off : Southworth Marshall . . , Palmer Brigham . . . Shoot-off: Southworth Marshall . . , Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. 23 23 Bedford 2 18 20 18 23—46 Grinnell . . . 1 23 24—44 11 14 24 25—39 23 23 Bedford .... 2 18 20 20 21 25—48 21 Grinnell . . . 1 22 23—43 25 25—46 25 25 Palmer .... 0 21 21 19 24—49 Brigham . . . .... 0 18 18—39 Enterprise Gun Club. McKeesport, Pa., April 2.— The second contest for the Daily News cup was shot off on April 1 and was one of the best yet shot on these grounds. Wesley Hale won the contest, but had a hard run for it. Hale, Cochran and Straub tied on 47, and it re- quired two 15-target events to decide it. All three tied in the first, and Hale went straight in the second. Mr. Hale, having the right to name where the next shoot is to take place, named this club, and date Saturday, April 8, at 3 P. M. H. H. Stevens was with us and shot through the programme. Mr. Stevens is a good, jovial fellow, always ready to assist in everything. The scores follow: W. Hale 47, Cochran 47, Straub 47, Calhoun' 46, Knight 46, McFarland 46, Stevens 44, Davis 43, Irwin 42, J. Hale 39, Reely 35, Noel 34, S. McCombs 27, Merritt 27. Shoot-off, on 15 targets: W. Hale 14, Cochran 14, Straub 14. Second shoot-off, 15 targets: W. Hale 15, Cochran 14, Straub 14. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., April 1. — The inclosed scores were made at a little practice shoot to-day. The targets cut up a lot of April fool capers, helped by a strong northwest wind. Next Saturday, the 8th, will be the regular practice day. Events: 1 2 3 4 6 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 C G Blandford. . . . 21 15 17 20 12 H L Stratton 8 .. 13 15 12 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 26 26 25 25 D Brandreth 17 14 21 16 17 Practice scores made Wednesday, March 29, 25 targets: D. Brandreth 22, 21, 20, 17; C. G. Blandford^ 21, 18, 17, 17. C. G. B. £83 WESTERN TRAP. A Country Trap and Trigger Club. Chanute, Kan., March 30. — There is a well-defined movement on foot t« organize a Neosho county gun club circuit. The home club will meet soon and effect a reorganization. Mr. I. D. Boschert, one of the leaders, said to-day, that the organiza- tion would be thorough, and that spring shooting would open at once. A. W. Butler will take an active part, as will his wife. These, with I. D. Boschert, E. W. Simmons, G. H. Miller and Thad Grady, will be the prime movers. The club has a good outfit of traps, and the reputation of its members is O. K. ; but then there will first have to be a selection of new grounds. This being done, then a rivalry will spring up between the clubs of this part of the State, and it is hoped that a southeastern circuit can be organized. The organization of a county circuit is sure to be effected. The Erie club has started to practice. With Pearl Kyle at the head and G. E. Pendarvis and L. R. Stanley as backing, there will be something doing. St. Paul has a club that has often landed a winner, and now it remains for Thayer to fall in line and the county clubs can hold successful team contests. Mrs. A. W. Butler has often appeared with her husband at tournaments, and won with good scores. They are now getting the line of the target flights with the intention of taking in the State shoot at Herrington. The news reaches here that the “spring fever has struck the Coffeyville boys, as the club record was broken on Friday by Chas. Kloehr.” Well, it must be remembered that Coffeyville is a shooting town. It was Kloehr who annihilated the Dalton boys at the time of the bank robbery. At Barbertowr, Ohio. Barberton, O., March 26.— The most remarkable score ever made in this part of the State or, no doubt, in any part of this State, by a resident was witnessed at Barberton on last Saturday afternoon at the grounds of the Columbia Gun Club. H. A. Galt, who for the past eight months has held the club championship, broke 119 consecutive “Rocks,” and altogether during the afternoon lost but three out of 133. This score has never been equalled by any shooter in the State, as vouched for by the Akron shoters. In the first string of 50 targets, Mr. Galt lost three, and these in the first 25. After that he did not score a miss. Of course he won all the events scheduled. Mr. Galt is now inclined to challenge the winner of the last winter tri-county championship, held by the Canton man. Should he do so, there is everything in his favor, for he has led the club here for these many “moons” with consistent scores. The day’s scores were, 50 targets: Burtner 32, Tray 38, Galt 47, Smith 44, Beck 38, Work 33, Taylor 42, I. Kepler 34, Hummed 34, Breezie 33, Metzler 43, Comey 41, C. Kepler 40, Gam-meter 36, R. Griffiths 42, Daserf 39, Williams 37, Clause 22. In the cup event there were only two entries, Galt and Smith. Though Smith made the excellent score of 24, he was outdone by Galt with a straight 25. There were two other 25 events, in which Galt walked away with a perfect score. A Northwest Circuit. Duluth, Minn. — The local shooters are exerting their best efforts to establish a circuit of gun clubs with Duluth as the hub. It is now proposed to have a nine-club league, consisting of Central and Highland Gun Clubs, of Duluth, and the clubs of similar organizations at Superior, Ely, Eveleth, Proctor, Virginia, Hibbing and Two Harbors. It is the intention to hold one or two days’ shoot at each of the club’s grounds, continuing from one to two days. The plan is attributed to W. J. Webb, secretary of the Highland Glub. And many of the local shooters heartily approve of it. It is now up to the members of the Central club, and it is hoped that they will definitely decide favorably on the matter. In case that it is so decided then the officers here will com- municate with the other clubs at the towns above mentioned. Some of the members have decided that the circuit would be an excellent one. Each club knows the respective ability of its members by the records, and there would be no trouble in classifying the members. This would obviate the strong men of the clubs competing against the weak ones. At Wiiliamsb rg. At the town of Williamsburg, which, by the way, is eleven miles north of the Tennessee line in Kentucky, the Sunday law is rather rigidly enforced. Though the town is located on the banks of the Cumberland River, there was not a line wet on Sunday, so the two old sports, Anthony and Tramp, were con- tent to wander along its banks, accompanied by some of the shooting and fishing men of the town, and listening to their stories about the likely holes where the bass do bite. Monday opened up gloomy, and before noon a heavy rain set in, which continued until well into the afternoon. Ten of the not-to-be-daunted turned out. Four shot 50 shots, and the re- mainder shot 25. The scores of Anthony and Albert Lyman were good. Some of the others are capable of making much better scores, but their persistency in using some reloaded ammunition put at least one 90 per cent, man down to less than 50 per cent. Williamsburg has some fine sportsmen, who are shooters, hunters and fishermen, and own some of the best Llewellin setters in the country; Nick Daniels and Dr. Watkins being especially interested, and Daniels is a walking dictionary on dogs of the pure strain. Col. J. T. Anthony shot at 25, broke 25; Albert Lyman, 25, 21. Jellico Gan Club. Tuesday afternoon was warm and fair, and though only ten men of the faithful turned out, they shot 50 targets each and made a good start for the season. Jellico is the coal town of the State, and there are thousands of coal cars passing through here weekly. Many of the managers and owners of these mines are interested in maintaining the club, prominent among them being Dr. J. W. Finley and A. J. Lyman. The day was fine, but the grounds used are not of the best, being on a hillside. This accounts for a number of the misses! This club shot throughout last year, and will, no doubt, get into line this summer when the days get longer and hotter. ' Fountain City Gun Club. Wednesday being a delightful day for the month of March, there was a good turn out at the club’s grounds in the suburban and summer town of Fountain City. This club sprung up last year and has done well, considering that one of the conditions FOREST AND STREAM It April 1905. imposed was that all the members should be new, not having previously shot at the traps. This brought together a lot of in- experienced shooters. When the dummy train stopped and the crowd from Knoxville arrived, the first to greet Col. Anthony was his old shooting partner, John Connor. Now it turns out that the one-time good shot has not mixed up with the shotgun and clay targets for five years, and he was disposed to refuse to accept the invitation to shoot with the boys. But when at the grounds he was seen to get busy picking out a gun and getting some shells, he started in to try his old trick of “lining ’em out.” Mr. Connor lost but nine out of 100, and most of these were balks in the pulling, which was done by the boys in the pits. He not only broke his targets, but broke them well. This should satisfy shooters, that for club practice and business men who shoot for pleasure, that l%oz. of shot is more satisfactory than lJ4oz. It kills, and what is more it does not blacken the shoulder nor does it make the head ache. Mr. Connor lost only three out of the first 60, and thereby hangs a tale. He beat out Col. Anthony who was shooting more powder and more shot. Several of the boys shot at 60, others at 100. This club will endeavor to cater to all the shooters this year, and take in as member the more experienced shooter, having in view holding some team shoots with other clubs and possibly a tournament. There is ample hotel accommodations at the picnic grounds, and of course the town of Knoxville has two good ones. You may expect to hear of a league of shooters being formed with nearby towns interested. Col. J. T. Anthony shot at 100, broke 90; John Connor 100, 91; L. Hall 80, 55. Morristown Gan Club. Morristown is the junction of the Southern R. R., the point where the line connects with Asheville and the south. It has manufacturers, and wholesale houses and is surrounded by a fine farming country. The boys were here met by Joe Hill, who is head of the hunters and shooters of the town. The traps were set twenty feet apart and the shoot was the old style walk around with known traps and known angles. Quite early in the afternoon, there was a gathering at the field where the fun was to commence. It was found that the targets were to be thrown up hill, a very deceptive background. A canvass of those present with shooting irons, or prepared to borrow same, showed Al. Legg, M. D. Bushong, J. B. Hill, W. C. Carriger, W. A. Thomason, Bert Wheeler, Chas. Murphy, Skyler Murphy, B. Niel, Tip Mayes, Jose L. McGee, Chas. Hol- singer, Bill Whittaker, Frank Donaldson, D. P. Turner, J. O. Rice, John Carriger, Wm. Emmerson, Chas. Wiley, Jas. Mathes, John E. Holmes, B. J. Donaldson and Squire Birchell. It has been several years since this town had an organized gun club, but the visit will result in a club being formed, the pros- pective officers having been selected. Bristol Gun Club. The old and well established gun club at the town of Bristol, has long been known as the top-notcher of the State. Bristol is as much a Virginia town as it is of Tennessee, the State line being the middle of the main street, so that when the State of Virginia picked a team for the contest at the State meet out of ten, six were from Bristol. On Friday, the rain fell hard until about 4 P. M., by eastern time. When the sun began to pierce the clouds, Crumbey got the boys together best he could, though only four of them were ready on such short notice. J. A. R. Elliott was in town and was found to be in fine shooting trim. He made the high score. The targets at Bristol are extremely hard, sharp angles and very fast. On this occasion the black sky background was the cause of many lost targets. The scores, at 100 targets: Elliott 92, Smith 90, Kelber 82, Anthony 82, Hatcher 69. In Other Places. Thirty of the faithful gunners of the city of Milwaukee, Wis., members of the North Side Gun Club, met on Sunday last, and much interest was centered in the club contest. On May 1 the prizes will be awarded that have run through the winter contests. On last Friday the Massillon, O., Gun Club held its practice shoot on the Yingling Mill range. The attendance was not large, but those present accomplished what is to be desired, good sport. Lawyer-landlord D. W. Shipman, of Shamokin, Pa., opened his hotel last week. He will at once lay out one of the very finest of shooting grounds, and expects to poll of some of the most noted of the eastern trapshooting events. The Delphos, O., Gun Club has started the erection of a club house which will be finished as speedily as the weather will permit. Reports from Indiana state that the Crawfordsville Gun Club will hold a Trapshooters’ League tournament at the fair grounds. I think this must be an error, as the club grounds at that city are the best in the land. There the records have been made. The Cleveland, O., Rifle and Revolver Club is to be incorpo- rated, and then there will be some vigorous small arm practice. A grand time was had at the shooting match held last Satur- day at Hamilton, O. The highest score was made by Wm. Liming. Homestead, Pa., has taken steps to organize a gun club, for the purpose of offering pleasant recreation to all who are at all inclined to favor the scatter gun. The reorganization of the Avoca, la., Gun Club with much larger membership is now being agitated. The Fergus Falls, Minn., Gun Club held its annual election with following results: President, Byron Duvey; Vice-President, Thomas Agren; Secretary and Treasurer, E. H. Stark; Field Captain, John Duvey. This is the home of the Duvey family, who have challenged the world to produce seven members to shoot against them. The Pottsville, Pa., Gun Club asked the county members of the Legislature to vote against the amended pigeon shooting bill which was before the house. Several new members have lately joined the Geneva, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club. The secretary, Mr. Loomis, is reported as stating that all will be in readiness for a shoot on March 30. Frank Parmelee was back in Omaha previous to the late shoot held there. The Superior, Wis., Gun Club hope to flourish this year, as there will probably be from twenty-five to fifty new members added to the roll early this spring. Mr. L. R. Fulton, the presi- dent, is a fine shot. At a regular meeting, the Parker Gun Club, Milwaukee, Wis., appointed a committee to arrange for a tournament to be held May 21. The Watertown, Wis... Gun Club fixed dates for the two semi- annual Jefferson county gold medal tournaments; the first, May 14; the last, Aug. 20. The sportsmen of Wexford, Mich., and the nearby vicinity have become interested in the matter of a rod and gun club. A charter from the State will be applied for. Mr. Russell Kline was the first to capture the Iowa Ottumwa State diamond badge, but this year he was beaten out by that good shot, Neil Layman, of Des Moines, a heretofore unknown. Mr. Kline is one of the best of the Western amateurs. Duck shooting has been good along the Illinois River during the past month. Danforth, 111., will try for the establishment of a gun club. A new club has been organized at Brookly, la. Capt. Phillips was elected President; J. A. Lane, Secretary; J. A. Barnes, Treas- urer. Money has been put up and a committee appointed on grounds and material. There are already enough members to in- sure success. There are sixteen members in the newly organized gun club at Princeville. Chas. Holmes is President; Charles Cornish, Sec- retary; John C. Jackson, Treasurer. The Iola, Kans., Gun Club was organized last week, at which time, Paul Klein was selected President; Mark Hillis, Vice- President; H. C. Williamson, Secretary; Jesse Welles, Field Captain. All the necessary preparations are being made to carry on target shooting for the coming season. The club recently entertained Mr. Plank, a trade representative. Shooters of Faribault, Minn., are reported as taking steps to form a gun club. The best shots of Lebanon, S. D., are willing to organize a gun club. The Park Avenue Gun Club is a new organization of Des Moines, la. Mrs. Nellie Bennett is now touring the gun clubs in Oklahoma and doing some very good shooting. A meeting has been called at Eagle River, Wis., for the purpose of organizing a rod and gun club. There will be something in the line of propagating fish and the protection of game. A letter from Centralia, 111., states that the gun club held a meeting and got in: line for the season. Fred Pullen was re- elected President, and Dr. T. W. Rice, Secretary. A tourna- ment will be held between April 25 and May 15. The Le Mars, la., Gun Club, through the resignation of Mr. Edgington, will be compelled to elect another secretary. Invitations are out for the Cedar Springs, O., Gun Club tour- nament, to be held July 5 and 6. William R. Clark is President, and John F. Freeman, Secretary. Lou Fisher, of Ohio, made the high amateur score at the Omaha shoot, March 21. The first regular shoot by the St. Joseph, Mich., Gun Club for the Peters trophy was held last week. The third annual shooting tournament of the Pittson, Pa., Trap- shooting Society will be held April 19. It is reported that Charles Watkins, the crack clay . pigeon shooter, is willing to shoot a match with Wm. Hall, and that he will shoot a rifle and give Mr. Hall the privilege of using a shotgun of any gauge, and to use any load he desires. April 10, tournament under the management of the Rapid City, S. D., Gun Club. Members of the Hopkinsville, Ky., Gun Club are busy, with their preparations for the interesting target tournament, which will be held April 26 and 27, at which time Elmer Shaner will manage, under the Interstate Trapshooters’ Association. Practice began on the grounds Tuesday last, and will continue throughout the year. A number of applicants for new membership have been received. The prospects for a large and enthusiastic membership is better than at any time since the organization of the club. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O. — April 1 was a very good imitation of a mid- summer day — a trifle more freshness in the air perhaps, but hot nevertheless. The attendance was good, twenty-four taking part in the Peters trophy event, and quite a number occupying chairs on the veranda watching the sport. Among these latter was Ackley, who shows much improvement. In the trophy shoot Pfeiffer and Bullerdick tied for first on 50, including their handi- caps. Quite a little practice shooting was done. In a match, Sunderbruch tied with Rolla Heikes on 49. At practice Heikes broke 96 out of 100, going straight in two 25-target events. Hesser broke 94 out of 100. Williams accounted for 87. Supt. Gamble has received a letter from Mr. Kelte, of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, in which he says: “I assure you nothing under the sun would please our boys more than to have a chance to reciprocate to you and your club, for all the kindness and favors you have bestowed upon us. We would be pleased to have you come on April 19 with as many of your members as possible (the more the merrier) and spend the day with THE club of Dayton.” Arthur Gambell will take up a good bunch on that date, and they will surely have a good time. The scores: Peters trophy, 50 targets, handicap added targets: Pfeiffer, handicap, 5, total, 50; Bullerdick, 7, 50; Williams, 9, 49; Barker, 48 ; Faran, 47 ; Peters, 1, 48 ; R. Heikes, 47 ; Pohlar, 47 ; Ahlers, 2, 47; Rike, 45; Hesser, 45; Don Minto, 1, 45; A. Sunderbruch, 43; Block, 2, 43; Roll, 2, 43; French, 42; Randall, 2, 42; Maynard, 3, 42; Herman, 7, 41; Andrews, 15, 41; Falk, 40; Tuttle, 38; Gambell, 37 ; H. Heikes, 37. Team match, 50 targets: Peters 46 Barker 48 Faran 48 Gambell 47 JK.OII Bullerdick . . 44—180 Pfeiffer 39—173 Team race, 25 Gambell ........ targets : ........ 25 Pohlar 21 Pfeiffer . . 19— 44 Bullerdick 23 —44 Shoot-off, 25 targets Gambell .......... .'. 25 Pohlar 20 Pfeiffer ....19— 44 Bullerdick 22— 42 Team race, 50 Don Minto ..... targets, 2-men ..15 14 19-48 teams: Gambell . 11 11 17-39 Ahlers .. 14 13 18—45 Faran . 14 13 19—46 Totals .. 29 27 37-93 Totals . 25 24 36—85 Peters .......... .. 13 14 19—46 A Sunderbruch.. . 13 14 17-43 Hesser .. 12 14 19—45 Randall . 10 12 18—40 Totals .. 25 28 38—91 Totals 25 35—83 Rike ............ .. 14 13 18-45 Williams . 11 13 16—40 Heikes 14 20—47 Tuttle ........... 8 16—38 Totals .. 27 27 38—92 Totals . 25 21 32—78 Team race, 50 targets, 6-men teams: Heikes’ Team. Gambell’s Team. R Heikes 25 24 — 49 Gambell 24 24 — 48 Sunderbruch ....... 24 25 — 49 Randall 24 22 — 46 Faran 24 23 — 47 Don Minto ......... 24 21 — 45 Hesser 24 22— 46 Rike 21 19—40 Williams 21 21—42 Peters 22 18 — 40 French 19 18 — 37 Herman 21 19 — 40 Totals .............137 133—270 Totals 136 123-25# Team race, 25 targets: Faran 23 Hesser 20 Peters 22 — 45 A Sunderbruch 23 — 43 Notes. The Dayton Gun Club has an eye on the Phellis trophy, and President Theobald will come after it soon. There will be a special all-day mid-summer handicap sweepstake with $50 added money and a similar event at the close of the season. Exact dates will be announced later. In the contest for the gold badge, given by the Hunter Arms Co., Jack Blakeslee and Tryon tied on straight scores of 20. The first shoot-off resulted in another tie on 20; the second, a tie on 19. The continuation of the shoot-off was postponed. In the match and ties, Tryon broke 50 straight and Jack 45. Both men broke 59 out of 60. At the shoot of the Toledo Consolidated Gun Club on March 26, J. Grove successfully defended the cast-iron medal against Chas. Remley, and won it for the third time. Grove was challenged by Geo. Crabb, of Toledo. D. M. Lefever, known to the shooters as “Uncle Dan,” was a visitor, and did some very good work. March 29 was an ideal day for trapshooting, the only drawback being occasional puffs of wind, which bothered the shooters a little. Thirty members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, Dayton, Ohio, assembled at the grounds to take part in the second medal shoot of the season. Among the members of the club are Rolla O. Heikes, Ed. Rike and Ed. Cain. Ten men tied in the medal event, and in the first shoot-off at 10 targets, with handicap of extra targets to shoot at, Miller, Hodapp and H. Heikes dropped out on 9. The subsequent shoot-offs were all at 5 targets with handicap. In the thirteenth, Heikes and Rike shot at 5 each, the latter missing his 2d target and the former going straight and winning the medal. When the shoot was decided Heikes stated, that in view of the fact that Cain had just been released from the hospital and had done such wonderful work, he would give him the medal to wear. Cain protested in vain and finally accepted the demonstration of friendship from the “Daddy of them all.” Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass., March 29.- — With twenty-six shooters in the points, the Boston Gun Club’s regular weekly shoot was well attended, and the trap crew were kept busy from 2 till 5 handing out the 2,700 rights, lefts and straightaways, which they were called upon to do during the ten events. That they did it goes without saying, as Capt. Baker has his men well in hand, and results were more than satisfactory to the shooters. Nothing pleases the average shooter more than good working traps, as it has considerable to do with averages, etc., and surely the so- called automatic expert was throwing them in great shape, and proved that the installing of this system was one of the best moves the club had made in its efforts to foster and improve trap- shooting as a sport. Many new faces were in evidence, W. C. Goss, of Herkimer, N. H., essaying his first shoot on the grounds, and tucking first honors in the prize match away in his grip for future reference and 28 out of 30, showing a clean pair of heels to the other twenty- four participants. Melvin, of Whitinsville, made his initial bow on the platform this season, and proceeded to show his team mates, Searles and Johnson, a thing or two in the trapshooting line, though not quite up to the usual averages. However, the trio have considerable left up their sleeves and promise to show it in company with one or two more of the celebrities from their town at the annual team shoot to be held at Wellington May 17. P. H. Powell, of Newport, dropped in for the afternoon, and wants all trapshooters, whether old or new, to journey there on May 30, as they hold their annual on that date, and promise big things this year. D. W. Hallams, of Dover, N. H., was also a welcome visitor, and as secretary of one of the most active gun clubs in that State, thinks that trapshooting will be strenuous this season unless plans now laid out do not come to pass. Weld’s 93 per cent, average of to-day proved to be just what the handicapper was waiting for, so now the Doctor’s high av- erages will have to be made from the 19yd. mark; and if not enough, then, the house will have to be moved to accommodate and give the club a chance in its efforts to make as near an equality as possible. As it stands at present, the seven leaders are of all handicaps, with a 16-liner in the lead, and a good lead at that, though Dickey’s 27 of to-day boosted his score up 7 points, and a few others of this kind would prove of good benefit to total score. One of the latest acquisitions to trapshooting in this section, Owen, of the B. A. A., proved just on edge, and a 91 per cent, average held second place in good style, and is only a criterion of what1 has got to come, and the club should feel highly com- plimented, as its future team events will need 90 per cent, aver- ages to help out. Altogether the shoot was a most enjoyable affair, and was just the right kind of a weekly vacation for the business man chained to his office. Other scores: Targets: 10 15 10 15 15 15 10 10 15 10 Av0 Griffiths, 21 12 9 14 12 13 : 10 8 .860 Dickey, 21 14 8 12 14 13 8 : 10 8 .854 Bell, 20 11 7 7 12 11 8 .700 1 rank, 19 10 7 14 13 11 7 9 9 .800 Kirkwood, 20 13 9 14 13 13 : 10 7 ii .852 Bon, 18 10 6 12 12 9 9 5 .710 Wheeler, 18 14 9 15 12 12 9 9 ii 8 .872 Searles, 18 13 6 11 11 11 3 8 13 8 .736 Johnson, 18 12 9 11 14 11 8 7 10 7 .776 Melvin, 18 11 9 12 11 n 8 6 14 9 .800 Bliss, 16 9 6 10 9 12 6 8 12 9 .720 Owen, 16 ........ 8 15 9 14 13 13 10 9 .910 Weld, 16 10 14 10 14 14 12 10 9 .930 Burns, 16 10 13 8 13 13 12 10 8 i2 8 .856 Hallam, 16 3 9 7 10 7 5 .512 Smith, 16 5 12 7 9 12 11 9 7 9 7 .704 Tozier, 16 8 13 10 8 12 10 7 10 9 9 .768 Goss, 16 7 12 9 15 14 14 .887 Woodruff, 17 6 12 8 13 13 11 9 8 8 .765 Powell, 16 7 11 8 11 10 10 6 7 10 6 .680 Lee, 16 Ford, 16 8 10 8 10 .720 8 12 11 14 6 8 .786 Muldown, 16 ....... 8 12 13 13 .836 Massure, 16 .... 6 9 8 10 .600 Sadler, 16 9 12 10 13 7 8 13 7 .790 Retwood, 14 8 4 6 4 .440 Baker, 16 7 .446 Merchandise match, distance handicap: Goss (16) 28, Dickey (21) 27, Kirkwood (20) 26, Owen (16) 26, Weld (16) 26, Muldowa (16) 26, Griffiths (21) 25, Johnson (18) 25, Burns (16) 26, Ford (16) 25, Frank (19) 24, Wheeler (18) 24, Woodruff (17) 24, Bell (20) 23, Smith (16) 23, Sadler (16) 23, Searles (18) 22, Melvin (18) 22, Tozier (16) 22, Bon (18) 21, Bliss (16) 21, Powell (16) 20, Massure (16) 18, Hallam (16) 12, Retwood (14) 12. April 8, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 287 v:;V-': SW” ■'■"'A.' , .^v.- ls ■: ': Him ■ ■ s ■ -**%* f-n/H! A-A'i A:$0KpHH TO THE F'ROJ^T. STATES CARTRIDGE CO LOWELL, MASS. UNITED Agencies: 497-503 Pearl Street, 35-43 Park Street, New York. 114-116 Ma.rket Street, Sa.rv Francisco. Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association. Pittsburg, Pa., March 30. — I send you by this mail, under another cover, copy of the programme of the fifteenth annual (j tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, *■ to be held at Pittsburg, May 2 to 5, under the auspices of the 1 Herron Hill Gun Club. SThe added money for this tournament was all contributed by members of the Herron Hill Gun Club, and the merchandise I prizes were purchased from our local dealers. We did not solicit, . nor would we accept, a merchandise prize or cash donation from a manufacturer or dealer. You will find the programme free of paid advertisements. We did not solicit, nor would we accept an advertisement, although < several were voluntarily offered us. We hope to give a strictly first-dass, up-to-date tournament, : I free of all money-making features. ElmEr E. Shaner, Member of Committee ill Charge. The irogrammt above mentioned is ail elegarit production, typograhically. The prize list is a generous one, amounting to $2,041.75 cash . donations for prizes and additions to purses. The programme of the first day has ten events — seven at 15 and three at 20 targets, entrance $1.50 and $2; open to all amateurs; < no handicaps. Paid agents, targets only. Six events — four at 15 and two at 20 targets, and five trophy r events, constitute the second day’s programme. The Wolsten- 3 croft trophy event is for the individual championship of Penn- I sylvania, 50 targets, $1 entrance; optional sweep, $2; $50 added; i class shooting, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. The Milt Lindsley trophy, two-man teams, 25 singles and 5 pairs, entrance $4 per . team, $25 added, class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Har- risburg trophy, three-man teams, 25 targets, $6 entrance, $25 added, class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Reading trophy, four-man teams, 25 targets, $S entrance, $25 added, class shooting, 50, 30, and 20 per cent. Denny trophy, 50 targets, $3 entrance, handicap allowance, high guns; prize, $80 Smith gun. Moneys divided 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8, 5, 4 and 3 per cent, to other than . winner of first. These trophy events are open to State shooters only. j On the third day there are five 20-target events; $25 added, $2 ! entrance, and the Herron Hill Gun Club handicap, open to all amateurs, 100 targets; $5 entrance; handicaps 14 to 20yds.; high guns; ties, if shot off, are miss-and-outs. The prizes are as follows: The first twelve are guns— L. C. Smith, Parker, Rem- ington, Baker, Fox, Ithaca, Young gun and case, Stevens ham- merless, Winchester, Marlin and Baltimore, ranging in value from $80 list to $20. From the thirteenth up to the twenty- sixth prize, inclusive, the prizes are $20 gold pieces. The twenty- seventh is a Smith & Wesson revolver; twenty-eighth, Colt au- tomatic; twenty-ninth, Smith & Wesson hammerless; twenty- ninth to thirty-fifth, inclusive, 500 shells; thirty-sixth, Colt re- ' volver; thirty-seventh to fiftieth, inclusive, $10 gold pieces. In the 15-target events, $20 are added to each. In the 20- target events, $25. Fourth day’s programme is devoted to live birds. The first : event, open to all, is the Driving Park Handicap, 25 birds, $25; •handicaps, 25 to 32yds.; high guns; $100 silver cup and first i money to the winner; one money for each five entries or frac- tion thereof. Williamsport trophy, open to State shooters, is tor the individual championship of Pennsylvania, 15 birds, $10 en- I trance, birds extra, $50 added; moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.; class shooting. Trophy and 40 per cent, to first. L. C. Smith trophy, open to State shooters, three-man team .championship of Pennsylvania, 15 birds per man, $25 per team; $50 added, class shooting, 40, 35, and 25; trophy and 40 per cent. ito first. Wilson trophy, open to State shooters, 15 birds, $10; ■high guns, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.; trophy and 50 per cent, to I first high gun. f First, second and third high guns among the manufacturers’ agents ' shooting in all regular target events will receive respec- tively $25, $15 and $10. The ten low guns among the amateurs shooting in all regular events will receive $15 each. Special and | trophy events do not count in averages. ’ Targets, 2 cents. Live birds, 25 cents. Admission free. Three sets of live-bird traps. A club may enter as many teams as rt -lects. Members of a team must reside in the same county. : Rose system in regular events, 8, 5, 3, 2. Shooting will com- : tnence at 9 o’clock. Grounds open for practice on May I. Lunch and shells on the grounds. Tournament will be held on .he grounds of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Driving Park, Brunot’s Island. “Guns and ammunition, etc., forwarded by express, must be irepaid and sent to the Sportsmen’s Supply Co., 623 Smithfield Ihreet, Pittsburg, Pa. Mark your own name on the box, that Roods' are shipped in, and the box will be delivered at the shoot- ing grounds free of charge. Please note that shipments on which the charges have not been paid will positively not be received.” The tournament will be held under the auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club, May 2, 3, 4, and 5. Patriots' Day Tournament. Springfield, Mass. — The Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club will hold their annual spring tournament at targets on Patriots’ Day, April 19. Shoot will be held on the club grounds at Red House Crossing. The management have spared no time and ex- pense to make this tournament a grand success, and any shooter attending may be assured of a good time and all the shooting he wants. Targets thrown from expert traps, arranged Sergeant system. Programme calls for 190 bluerock targets, $16.50 entrance in sweeps. Principal event of the programme is the sixth, start- ing as near 1 o’clock as possible. This is known as the Na- tional Sportsman’s contest, and is open to all amateurs, and will be handicapped from 16 to 22yds. Entrance in this event $1, targets extra, which gives each shooter a year’s subscription to National Sportsman and a chance at winning one of the several merchandise prizes offered by the publishers of the magazine. The more entries received, the more and better prizes offered. All purses divided by Rose system into four moneys. Targets included in all regular events at 1% cent each. Professionals and paid experts allowed to shoot for targets only. Shooting will commence at 9 o’clock sharp, rain or shine. Take Indian Orchard or Palmer cars to Red House Crossing, leaving the city every fifteen minutes. Loaded shells for sale on the grounds. Lunch served in the club house. Guns and ammunition shipped to the Secretary, C. L. Kites, 416 Main street, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Interstate rules will govern all events. Gold badge to amateur making highest average shooting the entire programme, not including the sixth event. Programmes are now ready and may be procured by addressing the secretary, Come and see what a good time we can give you, and you will surely come again. __ Fulford Memorial Fund. Wilmington, Del., March 30.— Since my last advice of March 2, relating to the contributions to the Fulford Memorial Fund, at which time there was on hand $544, subsequent donations have brought the amount up to $561, and the donors have been as follows: John W. Hoffman, S. M. Van Allen, Baldwinsville Gun Club— Windsor Morris and C. J. Dailey— William Torpey, R. M. Crumley. The committee in charge of this fund has advised that the contractors who will furnish the monument have made conces- sions which will enable the committee to expend the above amount and at the same time probably have some money on hand, and any part of this fund that remains on hand at the date of dedication will be used toward furnishing floral offer- ings that would be most appropriate for the services. It will therefore be unnecessary .for interested friends to make further donations unless they wish their contributions to apply toward the flowers. I wish to thank every one for the interest which has been evinced by the sportsmen friends throughout the country. The next report covering this will be a final one, showing dis- position of the money, when it is placed in the hands of Messrs. Keller, Elliott, Butler and Fanning. J. T. Skelly. Christiana— Atglen Gun Club. Atglen, Pa., March 23.— The Christiana-Atglen Gun Club held an all-day shoot to-day. We had a good lot of strong birds, and some good shooting was done. Bad roads prevented a large at- tendance: Events : Targets: Jebb Kersey Jones ....... Ludwig .... Fielis Lawrence . . Krueger Benner Wilson Baldwin . . • • Clark Williams Mattson Bonner ITeisler Live birds: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 Broke. 8 9 7 9 13 12 14 13 7 10 9 7 4 122 8 9 6 8 12 13 13 12 8 9 98 10 ■ 10 6 8 7 9 12 12 8 12 9 9 6 8 8 1U 8886 10 85687668 94 3 0 3 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 9 8 8 9 6 10 122 7 8 9 7 14 15 13 12 9 6 9 10 9 128 6 9 7 9 15 14 12 9 10 7 10 7 7 122 4 5 3 3 15 .. 8 7 7 8 9 11 11 6 8 7 ... . 82 .. 8 8 9 15 12 11 12 10 9 8 7 5 114 .... 9 8 10 13 13 9 8 8 8 6 7 99 1 1 7 5 . . . . 12 No. 1 was 5 birds; No. 2, 7 birds; No. 3, 10 birds: Events : Jebb Kersey .. Jones .... Fielis .... Lawrence 12 3 Events: 5 4 9 Krueger 4 6 10 Clark . . . 2 6 5 Williams 4 6 8 Mattson 4 6 6 12 3 5 5 10 2 3 6 4 6 9 6 4 7 Chicago Trapshoofers' Association. Chicago, 111., March 27.— Kindly announce in your columns that the Chicago Trapshooters’ Association will give an amateur tournament on June 3 and 4. Our last tournament in February proved such a success, and we feel that this coming tournament will prove even a greater one. The programme each day will be composed, of ten 15-target events and two 20-target events; a total of 190 targets. The entrance is $19. The division of moneys will the Chicago system, which has given such general satisfaction. There will be $75 average money given away for the two days; $35 for the first day and $40 for the second day. Mr. F. H. Lord and E. B. Shogren will have the management of this tournament. The full particulars as to programmes or any other informa- tion can be had of the secretary, Mr. E. B. Shogren, 940 First National Bank Building. E. B. Shogren. Stanley Gun Club, Toronto, March 25. — The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday, the event of the day being a team match in the City Blue Rock League be- tween the Stanley and Riverdale gun clubs. The day being fine, there was a good turnout of the members and friends of both clubs. The match was shot on a percentage basis, the Stanley’s fifteen men to the Riverdale’s ten, and was won by the Stanleys, 74.93 per cent, to 70.80 per cent. Several of the younger members of the League are fast devel- oping into good shots, and will before long be showing the way to those who were instrumental in teaching them the art of handling a shotgun. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 10 15 10 15 15 10 Hooey 6 8 6 11 .. 8 XX 9 12 10 13 11 4 Ingham 7 11 8 15 12 10 Hirons 8 12 Dunk 9 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hampton 9 12 Martin, Sr. ... 8 . . Mullen 8 11 Morshead 8 14 Murray 4 McGraw 6 Hulme 9 13 Hogarth !!"!” 1! 12 Edwards 8 12 12 9 Crewe Green Jones Edkins 6 7 .. 9 8 Argue 4 .. 5 Wilson Best $ Thomas Thompson 9 12 9 13 12 Fritz 5 14 .... .. Buck 8 10 Rock 9 13 T Hare 2 9 Dey 8 11 Cashmore 3 4 Powell Herbert 7 11 5 McGill 8 12 10 15 15 10 10 13 9 11 Edgar Longmore F Martin, 3 Sinclair Flint Jr. .. 9 .. 7 .. .. 8 8 .. .. 4 2 9.. 7 .. 10 .. . . .. 9 7 .. 9 .. •• 6 9 .. 14 16., . „ S 6 Team match, 25 targets: Alex. Dey. Stanleys— Hulme 24, Buck 12, Hampton 16, McGill 22, Dunk 21, XX 19, Fritz 20, Herbert 16, Ingham 19, Morshead 17, Rock 20,’ Thomas 38, Green 20, Lucas 17; total 21; 74.93 per cent. ^Riverdales— Hirons 18, Mullen 19, Crewe 20, Edkins 18, Hooey 17, Best 20, Rowell 16, J. Hare 15, Jennings 20, Argue 14; total 177; 70.89 per cent. Indianapolis (led.) Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., March 25.— Dickman won the and he, with Leib, Hice and Steffen, tied for club Events : Targets: Dickman Morris Moore Parry Kirby ! 1 " 19 22 23 22 18 . . Fmley 19 19 18 17 15 . . Smith 11 5 £frter 15 8 9 13 9 16 11 i2 Leib 20 16 16 15 . . ” ” Britton 19 19 15 19 17 19 21 ” Moller 18 16 18 21 17 . . Hice 15 15 14 12 14 .. Clark 10 .. .. 12345678 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 22 21 20 23 21 20 22 20 15 16 8 18 15 16 18 17 19 .. .. 22 20 19 18 22 20 15 Peters trophy, trophy: Shot at. 200 75 150 175 125 125 50 200 50 100 175 125 125 25 Broke. 169 39 103 136 104 92 16 93 27 67 129 90 ■ 70 10 At New Hope. New Hope, Pa., March 25.— Under the auspices of the New Hope Gun Club a live-bird shoot was held to-day. The Hardinp- brothers made an excellent showing. ® Fifteen-bird event, scores: F S Harding 222202222222222—14 R E Harding 221122211022212-14 Touderlong .211011112211202—13 I?en,[y • • • .023111111111201-13 1 IS bird’ ««n.; ' SKS 1 200010010000100— 4 Handy .0111010112- 7 . Magill ......... 010111 001 n ? Tuburg liuoum— 9 weFSs SilSooZ | 238 FOREST AND STREAM [April t, 1903, ESC NEW JERSEY. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., March 25.- — Event No. 6, handicap event for solid gold watch charm, was won by Dr. Paterno with handicap: Events : 12345678 Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 50 25 25 C E Eickhoff, S 9 13 8 12 11 36 14 .. A Schoverling, 6 5 10 10 12 13 39 .. .. T Morrison, 7 6 10 14 10 .. 39 23 .. Akers, 0 9 11 11 9 .. 42 .. .. G Harland, 10 7 9 7 9 .. 27 14 20 C L McClare, 0 6 7 9 4 .... 13 .. Dr C Richter, 6.... 10 10 13 .. 38 .. .. F Truax, 3 13 9 12 .. 40 .. .. Vance, 0 7 6 6 3 22 9 7 De Mawby, 0 .... 6 7 .. 21 .. 11 Dr Boldt, 16 3 10 2 6 7 20 .. 14 Forsythe, 0 2 10 1 4 Dr Paterno, 20 9 9 4 36 .. .. J Merrill, 16 6 .. .. .. 9 15 .. 12 A Schoverling, R. E., 0 12 11 .. .. .. .. Edgewater, N. J., March 30. — The grand spring tournament of the North River Gun Club was held to-day and was a complete success in every way. Visitors from .Ossining, Warwick, Chester and Poughkeepsie, and many other points in New York State and New Jersey shot through the programme. Thirty-two shooters were on the ground, twenty-four of whom shot through the entire programme. Not a straight score was made in any of the 25-target races, and only two 10 straights and one 15 straight were made, the lat- ter by J. S. Fanning. First prize in the merchandise event, a case of shells, was divided by Carl Richter, of the North River Gun Club; D. Brandreth, of Ossining, and Capt. L. Traver, of Poughkeepsie. The second prize, a Bristol steel fishing rod, was won by Mr. L. Goetter. The third prize, a Blauvelt knit shooting jacket, went to Mr. H. Brugmann, the two latter of New York. The fourth prize, an Upthegrove shooting coat, was won by Mr. George Piercy, of Jersey City. Schorty and Jap tied for high average on the score of 133 out of 150, and divided. Our versatile Capt. C. Ernst Eickhoff won the lew' amateur average. The professional high average was won by J. S. Fanning, who- excelled the score of Mr. W. G. Hearne by the narrow margin of one target. Over 5,000 targets were trapped, and everything ran along very smoothly. Johnny Jones acted as scorer and Mr. F. C. Schneider was a very efficient referee. The trade was represented by Mr. A. A. Schoverling, PI. Keller, Sim Glover, J. S. Fanning, W. G. Hearne and G. R. Schneider. The weather was all that could be desired, barring a rather changeable light, until about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when a show'er of short duration passed over. Handicap figures in event 5 only. Half original handicaps added to scores of those who shot off ties in events 7 and 8. Totals in event 5 are with handicaps added. Events: Targets: C E Eickhoff, 12 G Piercy, 5 L H Schorty, 5 D Brandreth, 10 Chas. Jap, 4 C Richter, 9 A Harland A Bedell H Brugman, 8 McClave, 15 F Vosselman, 12 S Glover B Plans A A Schoverling p' Truax, 8 PI Keller PI B Tuthill, 10 P' Muldoon, 7 W K Matthews, 8 J Ogden, 7 T S Fanning J R Merrill G R Schneider W G Hearne Morrison, 9 L Traver, 9 L Goetter, 15... J H Hendrickson, 6 F R White, 15 Van Buskirk, 10 Buchanan, 15 Babcock v E. W. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 10 15 15 50 25 25 Total. 6 5 13 10 46 15 12 95 7 8 9 12 47 22 24 124 8 9 14 13 50 19 24 132 9 7 12 12 50 24 20 129 9 7 14 14 47 23 22 132 8 7 11 12 50 22 22 125 7 7 10 11 33 18 18 104 10 8 11 13 21 22 9 9 13 14 48 23 21 1.29 5 4 11 8 44 15 . . . 6 8 9 10 45 IS ii , . . 9 S 10 12 41 19 8 7 12 11 41 20 20 7 8 11 13 42 IS 22 hi 8 10 13 10 50 22 20 131 9 9 13 9 39 19 22 120 8 6 9 11 5( 19 7 9 12 11 50 20 . . . 9 8 12 12 50 19 5 7 13 9 47 22 22 iis 8 9 12 15 44 22 19 129 q o 3 6 5 23 11 8 7 8 12 14 44 20 20 125 S S 12 14 45 20 21 128 14 40 22 16 50 22 22 49 20 17 49 24 21 34 5 50 15 i2 36 16 35 . . Reynolds, Mgr. & Cashier Edgewater, N. J., April 1. — Nine contestants participated in the weekly shoot of the North River Gun Club to-day. Event 11 was the handicap for the solid gold w'atch charm. It was won by Mr. Schoverling. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 15 15 10 50 25 A Schoverling, 6 12 6 15 4 11 8 .. 10 .. 8 39 22 C E Eickhoff, 8 S S 8 4 7 8. .11.. 8'33 .. Dr Richter, 6 13 8 13 13 . . 7 38 .. M.ayser, 0 4 3 3 2 Dr Boldt, 12 3 12 7 5 5 5 4 14 12 Dr Paterno, 17 10 6 8 8 9 7 26 14 J Morrison, 7 9 10 7 11 13 . . 8 31 Dr Fanoni,- 20 5 6.. 2 9.. Jas Merrill, 15 4 . . 7 8 6 25 11 Jas. R. Merrtll, Sec’y. South Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J., April 1.— There was a small hut busy attendance at the shoot of the South Side Gun Club to-day. Team races were interesting features of the event. Scores: Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Talbott 14 12 17 17.. Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Runyon 15 14 „ , Gardiner .... 18 19 22 19 18 20 17 Nott 14 15 ... . . 16 Milliken, .... 13 17 15 16 20 20 22 Team race: Gardiner 20, Milliken 17, Terrill 18; total 55. Run- yon 12, Talbott 14, Nott 10, handicap allowance 7; total 43. Team race: Gardiner 23, Milliken 18, Terrill 18; total 59. Run- yon 12, Talbott 17, Nott 18, handicap allowance 10; total 57. Team race: Gardiner 20, Milliken 17, total 37. Runyon 16, Talbot 17, Nott 18; total 51. North Camden Gun Club. Camden, N. J., March 30.— The North Camden Gun Club held a big shoot to-day, thirty-three shooters participating. The pro- gramme consisted of nine events. Competition begun at 10 o’clock, and ended at about 5 o’clock. There was a number of visiting shooters. No. 4 was at targets thrown as incomers from expert traps, 45yds., from the shooters. No. 8 was at targets thrown from a tower in the rear of the shooters, and there were overhead targets. The amateur averages were in the following order: Charles E. Mink 133 out of 150; F. Coleman, 132, Silver 128, McCarty 125. Professional average: Neaf Apgar, 137. Frank Butler broke his gun early in the shoot. Mr. Frank Lawrence acted as referee in several of the events. Scores: Targets: 10 15 20 15 20 15 20 IB 20 Total. Apgar 13 20 15 15 14 20 13 18 137 Mink 9 13 20 14 15 15 18 12 17 133 F Coleman 9 15 19 15 15 15 19 10 15 132 I Sanni 10 14 18 11 18 15 19 11 15 131 Silver 14 19 13 18 12 19 12 15 129 G McCarty 9 14 17 14 18 13 17 8 15 125 Armstrong 12 17 15 14 14 15 10 18 115 T F Pratt 13 16 9 13 11 17 9 15 111 Stevens 8 9 16 14 14 11 13 11 12 108 Butler 5 10 15 13 17 12 14 2 14 102 Ii Coleman 8 14 17 14 19 13 9 94 North 6 10 10 12 15 5 12 11 ii 91 Torpey 13 13 9 16 9 18 88 Aumack 7 11 17 13 15 13 11 87 L Hauser 3 9 11 9 6 9 11 i3 ie 87 Fisher 14 13 11 17 10 17 82 Marcy 18 14 14 13 14 73 White 14 14 16 8 14 73 Dyer 14 16 8 14 7 14 73 Grant 4 11 10 15 16 5 61 Pennington 11 IS 13 16 58 Huber 11 19 12 15 57 Peckman 15 12 8 7 12 54 Hart 15 11 7 15 48 Tomlinson 14 10 12 36 Morgan 12 7 15 34 Sweeney 8 7 5 12 32 Hamlin 9 6 11 26 Bergen 15 9 16 25 Raj' 15 Fleming 13 13 Wicks 11 11 Rigby 12 12 Fairview Gun Qub. Fairview, N. J., April 1. — There was a busy afternoon at the shoot of the Fairview Gun Club, held to-day. The weather was clear, with a gale of wind blowing. Mr. H. Von Lengerke was the leader in the high scores. Events : 1 9 9 o 4 5 6 7 8 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 Con Sedore 14 15 11 9 12 14 Geo Sauer 8 is 17 17 i5 9 10 18 T Maylan 12 13 12 6 5 H Pope 17 13 15 8 13 14 ii IT Von Lengerke 21 19 18 22 . , G Dods 14 32 11 ii 15 8 20 C Sedore . . . . • . . . . . . f .14 Events 3 and 4 were at 12 pairs. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., April 1. — No special events were scheduled for to-day. Event No. 5, 25 targets, handicap, for a box of cigars, was won by Mr. Bush, who was in very good form all through, he breaking 93 per cent, of the birds fired at. Messrs. Babcock and Vanse were both experimenting with new guns. Aside from event 5, the other events were for practice only. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 Targets : . 25 25 25 25 25 25 G Howard, 2 20 .. 20 17 CL Bush, 1 23 23 24 24 W Wallace, 1.. 16 16 .. 17 21 20 T Doremus, 7.. . . 15 . . 18 19 23 C Babcock, 1.. 15 16 18 20 22 13 Vanse, 7 5 12 .. 14 20 18 F Robinson, 2 15 21 . . G Hawkeye, 7.. 7 7 15 10 20 . . P Cockefair, 2.. 15 20 18 22 20 19 E Winslow . 17 G Batten, 2.... 13 .. 18 22 16 .. Plandicaps apply in event 5 only. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Red Dragon Canoe Club. Philadelphia, Pa., April 3. — Three trophy shoots were held by the trapshooters of the Red Dragon Canoe Club on the grounds at Wissinoming, Pa., on Saturday. The weather was pleasant, but a strong north wind cut the targets down in a puzzling way, and as the traps were on the end of the wharf, the full force of the wind was felt. Fenimore shot in fine form in the first two events and cap- tured the prize in each. In the third event for the Fenimore silver trophy, Mrs. Park won by breaking 41 and having an allow- ance of 8, which made a total of 49. Fenimore started with 25 straight, but fell down on the second string. The targets were thrown unknown angles. The scores follow Thompson trophy, 25 targets, added handicap: Brk. Hdp. Tot’l Brk. Hdp. Tot’l Fenimore .... .... 23 3 26 Murray 9 23 Mitchell .... 16 9 25 Francis .. 13 8 21 Mrs Park . . . . 19 4 23 Park .. 17 3 20 Fenimore won. Park trophy , 25 targets, handicap added: Fenimore .... .... 24 3 27 Murray .. 17 9 26 Park .... 24 3 27 Mitchell . 13 9 22 Mrs Park .... 23 4 27 Francis 12 8 20 Fenimore won. Fenimore trophy, 50 tar. gets, handicap added: Mrs Park . . . ...41 8 49 Wolstencroft .. . 43 4 47 Mitchell ...30 18 48 Murray . 27 18 45 Park ...41 7 48 Shallcross . 23 19 42 Fenimore .... ... 42 6 48 Clark 17 40 Francis .... 31 16 47 Mrs. Park won. St. Paul Gun Club. St. Paul, Ind., March 30. — There were twenty-three participants in the tournament of the St. Paul Gun Club, held to-day. The programme consisted of fifteen events, each at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance. Scores: Kanouse . Harcourt . Hardesty . Boa Farrell ... Jefferies .. Harlor ... Steward . . Crawford Hess Thomas . . Jas Lux . . Crane Grindell . . Armstrong Leffler ... Lines .... Seal Doolan . . Howard . Metzler Bean Hudgell . 15 14 14 13 13 15 14 14 11 12 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 13 15 13 14 14 14 13 15 13 10 13 13 7 9 13 12 11 13 13 14 12 10 13 12 14 13 12 10 10 15 15 15 14 13 15 13 14 15 15 14 14 15 13 14 10 12 IS 12 11 15 15 14 15 14 14 13 13 15 12 13 14 13 11 15 12 11 12 13 12 14 13 10 13 10 13 12 11 8 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 12 H 10 11 15 12 13 14 12 10 11 13 10 11 11 10 9 13 12 8 9 .... 12 13 10 9 9 8 11 13 12 10 13 14 15 13 12 10 13 11 10 12 13 13 12 10 9 8 6 7 8 12 13 10 8 11 12 8 7 9 10 8 7 10 10 11 9 12 8 10 14 15 15 14 10 9 8 12 9 10 8 8 9 10 11 8 9 12 13 SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. Hudson Gun Club. Jersey City, N. J., April 2. — The Hudson Gun Club held its first shoot for April on this date, and the members turned out in sufficient numbers to keep things moving at a lively clip. Among those that were present to-day were Carl Von Lengerke, Mr. Craft, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Piercy and Schorty. The severe weather of the winter had kept them away. The day was fine overhead, but the wind blew a gale, making shooting very difficult; but some good scores were made, Mr. Staples and Mr. Piercy being high, with Schorty close up. The club has decided to install new traps as soon as the weather will permit, as the ones in use did not work as well as could be desired. The next shoot will be held on April 16. Events : Targets : Schorty . . Cocklin . . Staples . . . Boldt Ackers . . Moyer . . . Banta Tenkins .. Whitley .. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 25 25 25 25 25 15 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 15 15 18 22 20 22 14 Piercy ... 17 20 21 19 20 13 15 16 17 17 . . ITeadden . . . ... 11 13 7 18 19 19 20 24 . . Cottrell .... ... 14 17 17 15 12 10 9 15 30 12 15 Craft ... 14 13 13 .. 10 16 14 20 . . 17 . . Kurzel ... 10 9 16 . . 10 G 8 G ... 16 10 IS 18 18 18 17 . Gille* ... 12 19 14 13 13 ... . 5 C V L ... 18 21 16 14 13 O’Brien ... 1 L. H.," Sec'y. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, April 1.— The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday. In addition to the regular practice, the return match in the City Blue Rock League was shot between the Stanley and Balmy Beach gun clubs. The day being fine, there was a large turnout of the members and friends of both clubs. The match was shot seven- teen men a side, and was won by the Stanleys by 59 birds. A strong northeast wind, blowing from behind and across the traps, caused the rightquarterer and straightaway to dip sharply, causing the contestants to overshoot their birds, which kept the scores lower than they would otherwise have been. The following is a summary of the shoot: Team match, 25 targets: Stanleys— Thompson 22, XX. 18, McGill 25, Ingham 21, Herbert 15, Dunk 22, Rock 24, Martin 16, Hulme 18, Thomas 17, Green 22, Charles 20, Wilson 19, Fritz 15, Hogarth 18, Morshead 19, Dey 16; Total, 327. Balmy Beach— J. A. Shaw 20, Booth 19, Ross 19, Casci 12, Seager 20, Ten Eyck 22, Smith 15, Adams 15, Hambly 14, Plunter 18, Pearsall 12, Lyonde 15, Draper 11, Pop 11, Pearce 16, J. G. Shaw 20, Davis 9; total, 268. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Thompson . . . 9 12 7 7 •• Casci . • Z *• Fritz 8 . . • • T G Shaw 6 11 W Wilson George 4 7 Buck . • 4 G Dey 10 14 XX. 8 11 7 8 4 Ingham 7 12 4 • • 9 . . 9 Plerbert 5 9 5 5 Draper Rock 8 9 7 b . . J A Shaw .... 7 .. 6 . . McGill 8 15 9 7 9 Davis 3 .. G Morshead — ..... 8 .. 8 . * Seager 6 7 • . 7 • • . . 8 11 Hunter 7 .. • . .« .. Events : Martin . . Hulme . . Plogarth . Dunk Smith . . . Ten Eyck Townson Adams ... Pop Thomas . Green Edgar . . . C Wilson Booth ... Hambly . Pearce . . . 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FRANCOTTE or a KNOCKABOUT VON LEN6ERKE & DETMOLD, DEALERS IN HIGH-QRADE SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES, 318 Broadway, ... NEW YORK. BALLISTITE The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. AWARDED The “Grand Prix” for excellence of manufacture at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. BAIU LISTITE The Best Smokeless Shotgun Powder on Earth. J. H. LAU &CO.,TSCHAMBERSS^E"^NEWYORKC,TY A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” from all directions orders come for the LIBERTY REEL Best Model a.nd Most Improved Fishing Reel Yet Produced. SpeciaJ Features Sheappikd by the handle. Tension of click ad- justed at will, or Free Running if preferred. Easily and quickly taken apart. German Silver and Hard Rub- ber. Three Sizes. Surely see this high-grade reel. After using this reel half a day, all others are thrown aside. Prices, SO-yd. quadruple, $6.00; 100- yd. quadruple, $7.50; and for lake trollicig 250-yd. double, $9.00. Send 10c. stamps for 100-page finely illustrated catalogue of Highest Quality FISHING TACKLE and Camp and Vacation Outfits — GUNS, RIFLES, Etc., Etc. WM. READ & 50NS, Washington st., Boston, Mass. (Established 1826.) Between Seasons Bargains Greener “Far-Killing Duck” hammer W. W. Greener Monarch Ejector, Sieman gun, $200 grade, fine English laminated steel barrels, English walnut half pistol barrels, low hammers, handsome stock, grip stock. Both barrels full choke. 12-ga., half pistol grip, full choke, 10-ga., 32-in. 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. weight, 2%in., 14%in. barrels, 8% lbs. weight, 14%-in. stock. Slightly shopworn. Cost $200. Price. $130.00 ■^r’ce ..$100.00 net Parker Hammerless 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs.. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. Titanic steel barrels. Right modified; left barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13%-in. full choke. Imported walnut straight grip stock, Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. stock. List $100, and only slightly shop- Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand worn. Great bargain at $52.60 condition. Cost new, $120. Price $45.00 Parker 16-ga. Hammerless, 28-in. Damas- W. & C. Scott & Son hammer gun, 16- cus barrels, 6% lbs. weight, full pistol grip; ga., 28-in. barrels, 6% lbs. weight. In $80.00 grade. Only used a month. Great good condition. Damascus barrels, half bargain at $42.50 pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price, $38.50 L. C. Smith Ejector Pigeon gun, 12-ga., net’ _ 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in., 14% in., full choke, W. & C. Scott & Son single hammer, 4- Damascus barrels, straight grip. Very bore gun, with 36-in. barrel, 10% lbs. slightly shopworn. Cost $60.00. Great bar- weight. In excellent condition. Under gain at $35.00 grip action. Cost new, $125. Price, $45 net. Lefever 10-bore Duck Gun, with 30-in. Lefever duck gun, 8-ga., 32-in. barrels, barrels, 9% lbs., 2%in., 14in., with Damas- 11% lbs. weight. Shows some wear, but cus barrels, full pistol grip. List $57.00. good for years of service. In leather case, Slightly shopworn. Price $30.00 net p"? ‘s offered at one-third original cost. Lefever Hammerless, with Damascus bar- rr ce .•............$37.51) net rels, fun pistol grip stock, 16-ga., 28-in. W. W. Greener royal quality Ejector, barrels, 6 lbs. weight, 2 9-16in., 14in. List with finest English Damascus barrels, full $57.00. Slightly shopworn. Price. .$30.00 net choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elabo- W. W. Greener royal quality Crown Ejec- rate engraving, fine Italian walnut half tor. Very few Crown Greeners ever come pistol grip stock. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30- into the market second-hand, and are al- in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, 2%-in. drop, ways snapped up as soon as they appear. 14%-in. length of stock. Cost new, $425, This one is a very desirable example of and is as good as new. Price $250.00 this grade, and with a fine shooting record. Colt hammer duck gun, 10-ga., 32-in. It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, barrels, Damascus, 9% lbs. A good, sound, fine half-pistol grip stock, and is full choke strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. and now in good second-hand condition. barrels, 7 lbs. 9 oz. weight, 2 3-16-in. drop, Price $27.50 14%-in. stock. Cost $425.00, and is in per- Greener Grand Prize Pigeon Gun, $350 fe=* condition. Special net price... $250.00 grade, with Sir Joseph YVhitworth fluid „ Sre““ double 4-bore weighing 22 lbs., steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, new $4o0 .00. It has a fine pair elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12-ga. of Damascus barrels, without pit or flaw, 30-in., 7% lbs., 2%- in. drop, 14y8-in. stock. 4°-.1,n- ,s(tockf 44 «?■> heavy Silver s re- An extremely fine gun. Price. . . .$225.00 net ?oli Pad. half P^tol grip, 3-in. drop, and it „ . , . , is one of the most powerful guns we have Greener . Regent hammerless, with Sie- ,ever seen. Price $200.00 net man Martin steel barrels 12-ga., 27-in. bar- W. & c. Scott & Son Duck Gun, with rels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new, ^65, hammers. Damascus barrels, straight wal- and in per.ect condition. Price $„9.50 nut stock, under-grip action. With this W. W. Greener Monarch Ejector. Sieman gun is a leather trunk-shape case, imple- steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip ments and loading tools. For shooting at stock. Right barrel cylinder; left modified. long distances and for flock shooting, this 12ga., 28in. barrels, 6% lbs., 2%in., 14%in. is an ideal gun. Dimensions: 4-ga., 38-in. Slightly shopworn only. Cost $200.00 barrels, 15 lbs. weight. Cost new, $250.00. Price $125.00 Price $125.00 net HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR'DE SECOND-HAND QUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different For many years we have made a specialty of ouying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you cjntemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. LAFLIN RAND POWDERS Win All Amateur Averages AT OMAHA, NEB., MARCH 20, 21, 22, 1st, H. G. Taylor, Meckling, S. D., 561 ex 600, shooting^E. C. 2d, C. M. Powers, Decatur, 111., 558 ex 600, shooting Schultze. 3d, Albert Olsen, Cedar Bluffs, la. ,557 ex 600, shooting Schultze. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. NEW YORK CITY. GUNS and RIFLES at attractive prices quoted in our March List of Odd and Second=Hand Guns. Mailed on application. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GATES, 302-304 Broadway, ... NEW YORK* TKe Great Ocean Race of VOL. LXTV.— No. 15. Henrietta., Fleetwing a.i\d |Vesta. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1905. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as SecouJ Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 Great Britain, $5.50. f FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. n Amateur to the Front. Unbiased amateurs have always preferred U. M. C. Shot Shells for important and trying events. Mr. Fred Akord, of Fair Play, Mo., added another link to the chain by using U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS when he won the Schmelzer Shoot, Kansas City, Mo., March 30-31. Mr. Akord won out over some of the world’s most prominent experts, by the score of 380-400 — 95 per cent. Shoot the Grand American Handicap Load at Indianapolis. (3%drs. [26 grs.] Smokeless Powder; i^oz, 7^ Chilled Shot, in the U. M. C. Arrow Shell.) 1 THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency. 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Depot, 86 First St., San Francisco RECORD-BREAKING, PRIZE-WINNING SCORES ''W. MADE WITH WINCHESTER .22 CALIBER CARTRIDGES At the Open Tournament held by the Zettler Rifle Club in New York City, March i-ii, three of the four first prizes were won by shooters who shot Winchester Cartridges. Not only were the prizes won by Winchester Cartridges, but the scores made were so phenomenally high that they surprised even the experts, all of which is proof that Winchester Cartridges are unequalled for accuracy, reliability and results The events, winners and scores were as follows: RING TARGET: R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, five 75’s (75 being the best possible). J. W. Dearborn, shooting Winchester Cartridges; score, three 75’s and five 74’s. ZIMMERMAN TARGET: Won by R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 39 (39 being the best possible), 38. BULLSEYE TARGET: Won by Richard Bendler, with Winchester Cartridges, his bullseye measuring 18 degrees. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Second, R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 2466. Mr. Gute’s score beats all previous world’s records. Winchester Cartridges Shoot Where You Hold ii FOREST AND STREAM. f Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe i Builders, etc. f Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. WORKS: RED BANK. N. J. TIE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOIlERl Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone 'address, 599 Cortlandt. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. HIGH SPEED STEAM YACHTS A FEW NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK: Bailey, Torpedo Boat, 30.88 knots; Kanawha, winner Lysistrata Cup; Niagara IV., winner Gould- Vanderbilt Race; Speedway Auto Boat, 24 miles. fgg . . ■ Ne WE BUILD Steel ai\d Wood Vessels, Gasolene, Naphtha, and Alco Vapor Launches, Marine Steam En- gines and Boilers, and The Speedway Motor Car. GAS ENGINE POWER CO. and CHAS. L. SEABURY CO. MORRIS HEIGHTS. NEW YORK CITY. Send 16c. stamp for catalogue. Member of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. CONSOL- IDATED. Down-town Office: 11 Broadway, New York. Chicago Office: 1409 Michigan Avenue. c c a Naval Architects and Brokers, a ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binnky. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Mmou Bonding, Kilby Street, B0ST0U, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. LOR1LLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. M. H. CLARK, Naval Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. Hif 45 Broadway, - New York. E < x D. < V) < i G X !i“ WE BUY and SELL YACHTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Write or call. CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM, YACHT BROKERS, 150 Nassau Street, - New York. O Room 637. > ■0 X > 3 r. t Yachts, Canoes For Sale *» l Jt FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $5,600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles on 1^ tons of coal, Maximum speed 18 miles. Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, New York. SO.BOSTON MARBLEHEAD. MULLINS STAMPED STEEL BOATS. The Prince, 14ft. long. Price, $30 00. Air chambers in each boat Can’t sink. Built of rigid steel plates. Reliable. No repairs. Always ready. MOTOR. BOATS. HUNTING and FISHING BOATS. Complete illustrated catalogue free on request. (The Steel Boat Builders), 126 Franklin St„ SALEM, OHIO- THE W. H. MULLINS CO. (Member National Association Engine and Boat Builders.) AUTO-BOATS — Fastest in the world— also Cruisers. WILLIAMS-WHITTELSEY COMPANY, HIGH SPEED AND CRUISING YACHTS AND MOTOR BOATS, DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF . . Stemway* Long Island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. A History of Yachting 1600=1815 By ARTHUR H. CLARK LOOK TH?r" YACH REGISTER and twe think tl you will agree w us in saying thej ALMY B0ILE is the FAVORITE BOIL with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CC Providence, R. I. DAN KIDNEY fc SON, WEST DE FERE, Wl Octavo. About one hundred illustrations in photogravure. Net,% 5.00. By mail, $5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing this is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in book form. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO.? 346 Broadway, New York. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Bo Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boa Send for Catalogue. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE C Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. Our Specia Knock Do Craft, of any d scription, - »•_ — - — D. Row Bo: Clinker Bunt, $l.uu per running foot net cash. S< or catalog ne. 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, I"IO ‘OUR. BABY. M INSTALL an Eclipse motor in your canoe rowboat. You can buy a cheaper engine tl the Eclipse, but you cannot buy a better o Strictly high grade and high power; simple reliable. Over 1200 Baby Eclipse motors, w sold last year. Engines from $65 up, according! size. A 16-ft. boat with power installed for $Y" Send for descriptive circular. THE ECLIPSE MOTOR CO. Box 536, MANCELONA, MICHIG; CANOES AND ROWBOATS. Built of Maine Cedar, covered with best canvas. M by workmen who know how. Models and sizes for kinds of service. From $28 up. Satisfaction guarant. Sey>d NOW for Free Illustrated outalouue. OLD TOWN CAH0E CO., 9 Middle St., Old Town, . INSIST ON HAVINC Ball-Bearing Oarloc) on your new boat or send f< pair for your old one Nriseless, Easy Kowinj Durable. For next 30 days I will s a sample pair of galvani tight or loose pin locks, prep; upon receipt of $2.25. Send descriptive circulars. T.H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, M When writing say you saw th ad. in “Forest and Stream.” HADE MARK. FOR. THE HIGHES QUALITY IN VARNIS FOR. HOUSE OR YACHT, be sure each can bears the above 1 Mark, which stands for seventy-s years of high grade varnish making. EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway, 59 Market St JS0w York. Chicago, II bREST and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1905. { No. 346 Broadway, New York. |Erms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. REVOLVERS AND HOMICIDES. 1 Elsewhere, in the columns of Forest and Stream this fl/eek, an esteemed correspondent criticises, in gracious ■Spirit, the custom of carrying revolvers on the person, |ind he erroneously assumes that such custom pre- , t ails throughout the United States. To it he imputes 1 he large number of homicides in the United States as i hown by pertinent and reliable statistics of the past I rear. By way of comparison of conditions in New- oundland during the same time, revolvers not being arried as an armament in that country, no homicides lave occurred. From these data he deduces that the arrying of revolvers is the true cause of the homicides n the United States, while the absence of that custom n Newfoundland accounts for the absence of homicides a that country. There is a certain plausibility in these coincidences ,s presented, though as a matter of fact the presenta- ion is fallacious for several reasons, chief of which is lhat the number of homicides is in no wise dependent in the carrying of revolvers. The latter is but one of nany intermedia used for the purpose, and is not in tself an essential. Knives, razors, axes, hammers, Jubs, poisons, anaesthetics, and dozens of other articles n common, legitimate use, hold a conspicuous place n the list of deadly weapons used in committing lomicides. There is no inherent tendency to homicide which can ustly be ascribed to. the revolver. Before it was in- dented, human nature was the same, and homicides Dccurred then, as they occur now in lands in which it s unknown or unused. The true causes of homicide tire to be found in the struggles of life, and where the struggle is keenest, as in the great cities, there the shedding of blood will be greatest. Of course, the criminal proclivities of some men’s nature must be saken into account, as a phase peculiar to mankind in every age and every clime. To compare Newfoundland with the United States in this connection is to compare quantities so irre- concilably unlike in every way that any conclusion is mecessarily forced and erroneous. Newfoundland has an area of about 42,000 square miles, a little larger in area than the State of Ohio. It has a population of over 200,000, a number no greater than pertains to many of the ordinary cities in this country. Compare 200,000 people with upward of 80,000,000, the popula- tion of the United States, and our correspondent’s comparison as to homicides is obviously fallacious. Large areas, in the country regions of the United .States, can be found where homicides are rare or un- known. • Newfoundland is devoid of many of the contributory causes to the large list of statistics in question, and which are peculiar to violent deeds in the United States. Of the more important causes, it may be fairly as- sumed that the chief one has its source in the inces- sant stream of immigration which pours on our shores. The immigrants do not represent American life or ideas at the outset. They, as a matter of course, represent I the life of foreign countries, in language, customs, etc., which persist more or less distinctly to the end of the first generation. Many of them cherish their old world feuds as a part of their treasures, and acquire new ones as a sacred privilege indigenous to a land which is free to all. Thus we have sudden and frenzied brawlings of the hostile “Tongs” with their mysterious homicides; the secret killings imputed to the Mafia; the vendettas and stabbings among the Sicilians, Greeks; and similar doings in a lesser degree among some other' classes of immigrants, all of which generously swell the list of homicides committed in America, though they are not United States in any sense other than having a place within our borders. Within the city of New York, as in other, large cities, there are many, districts which are colonized by foreigners, and are really foreign spots in American institutions. It is quite commonly remarked that a man who carries a pistol is therefore a coward. The remark, without proper qualification, is untrue. A man who carries a pistol when among friends exclusively is not a brave man or a desirable companion. When the criminal classes carry revolvers concealed, and when arrested and tried are punished with a suspended sen- tence or a nominal fine, honest men, whose vocation brings them in dangerous places, must perforce be armed for purpose of defense. But even at the broadest estimate, those who go about armed are relatively a small number of the 80,000,000 people of the United States. As for the existence of revolver clubs and their prac- tice at target shooting affecting the proclivity to homicide because of fostering familiarity with fire- arms, the truth probably is that they have only so much influence in this direction, and no more, than do the existence and practice meets of trapshooting clubs. THE BROOK IN APRIL. Looking up the brook on this mild, still April day, a double view is had of a New England swamp, as it pauses just before bursting into luxuriant bloom. The skunk’s cabbage started long ago, and its widen- ing leaves are high above the ground. On the drier borders of the swamp wind flowers and dog-tooth violets are blooming; on the brook’s edge and in the little pools of water the marsh marigolds show vivid green with cups of gold now opening to the, sun. Yet alder and grapevine and swamp maple look as they did in winter, save for 'the swelling buds at the end of each twig, which are reddening as they prepare to burst into bloom. Within these silent, motionless stems is hidden a life that is running riot in these first mild days. Through the veins; of each plant its pale blood courses swiftly, and ere long the general life, of which we now see only the first signs, will be universal. In this beautiful picture, in the time at which it is taken and in the portents which we see in it, is much that causes us to reflect on that more serious side of life which — without losing any of life’s joy — we may wisely, more or less consider. Scenes such as this come before every man who spends much of his time out of doors; but too often they are lightly passed over, their full beauty not ap- preciated, their significance soon forgotten. AUDUBON’S BIRTHDAY. On May 5 next it is purposed to hold, at the Church of the Intercession in this city, a meeting tO' commemo- rate the birthday of Audubon the naturalist. No one knows precisely when Audubon was born, but, by those best qualified to know, May 5 is regarded as the prob- able date. The Church of the Intercession is situated within a stone’s throw of the beautiful home occupied by the naturalist during the last years of his life, and known for more than half a century as Audubon Park. Long ago the most of it passed into the hands of old, neigh- bors and friends of the family, some of whom still occupy it; but the march of improvement has at length reached the old home, and streets and drives have now been cut through it by the city, so that Audubon Park, as such, no longer exists. Neverthe- less, over the grass now growing green still wave the boughs of many of the ancient trees which were al- ready giants when the naturalist used to wander beneath them as he fed his wild pets; and the great river beside which he used to sit and watch the sailing vessels pushing their slow way up to Albany, still flows steadily by toward the sea. In Trinity Cemetery, just beyond Audubon Park, lies the dust of the great man, his grave marked by a stone erected there by his admirers a few years ago. It is near all this that the Rev. Mr. Gates, of the Church of the Intercession, intends tO' hold his celebration, which many eminent men have consented to attend. Here for- mer President Grover Cleveland, Judge Parker, Mr. John Burroughs, Dr. J. A. Allen, Mr. E. T. Seton, Mr. Frank M. Chapman, and many others interested in natural his- tory and ornithology, will gather to pay a. tribute to^ the greatest artist naturalist that America has known. One by one the material objects which were connected with the life of Audubon are being swept away, and the time is perhaps not distant when blocks of houses will cover beautiful “Minniesland,” a spot made sacred to many people still living by a wealth of tender associa- tions. It is a graceful and timely thought on the part of Mr. Gates to set on foot the commemorative service at the present time. THE SALE OF IMPORTED GAME. A case of much interest arose in Brooklyn on Thurs- day of last week when John Hill, proprietor of the Clarendon Hotel, was arrested for having in his posses- sion twenty-four brace of English plover and Russian grouse. The birds had been delivered to Mr. Plill by August Silz, a game dealer of this city who' conducts a large close season, trade in various game birds, all of which he claims to have imported, and which, being im- ported, he contends, are not within the statutes for- bidding the sale of game in close season; or if the law is intended to apply to them, it is unconstitutional. So sure of his ground does Mr. Silz profess to be that he sends circulars to his customers notifying them that he can supply them with all kinds of imported game, giving them, a guarantee as follows: “I take pleasure in submitting to you herewith a price list on imported game. All the leading hotels are using it, and I will guarantee to be responsible for any legal trouble that you may be subjected to in the sale of the same, provided you can prove that the imported game was bought from A. Silz.” This guarantee of immunity from the consequences of a violation of the law would of course be held void by the courts, but there is no reason to suppose that the assurance is not honestly made by Mr. Silz and with confidence that he would not be called upon to make it good. In other words, he feels perfectly secure in con- ducting the traffic in game. This may be either because he is convinced of his right to deal in the game; or it may be because he is sure of immunity from interfer- ence by the authorities. The latter view is given plausibility by the asserted fact, that the Silz dealings are actually permitted, while transactions of like char- acter are not tolerated on the part of other dealers. Now no account being made of the game which it may be proved “was bought from A. Silz,” it is true that vast quantities of American game birds— grouse and quail, and plover, and woodcock, and other species, are dealt in continuously in this city in the close season, being served at hotels, restaurants, clubs and private houses, and appearing on the menus under various fancy foreign designations, employed as grotesque blinds should occa- sion demand, but not intended to deceive the palate of the consumer. The traffic in foreign game constitutes a cover for the illicit traffic in native game. If the trade in im- ported birds is forbidden within the intent of the law, a demonstration of that fact would be a distinct gain. This Brooklyn case affords a new opportunity to make a desired test of the law. The circumstances are especially favorable to such a test, because Mr. Silz has, at his own request, been made a party with Mr. Hill as defendant. The New York Association for the Protection of Fish and Game has interested itself in the case, and has signified an intention to assist, through its counsel, in the prosecution. With this powerful society to press the suit, we may at last look for a decisive trying out of the points of law involved. FOLLY MADE A CRIME. In the Armstrong anti-docking bill, passed by the Legislature of New York, the problem of putting a stop to the senseless and cruel mutilation of horses appears to be solved. Laws forbidding the act of amputation have been tried, but the necessity of proving the offense directly has made it difficult to enforce them. The Arm- strong bill takes a cue from game laws and makes pos- session of a mutilated animal punishable by fine and imprisonment. It is provided that all docked horses in the State shall be registered by their owners within one year from the passage of the act, and after the expiration of the year no more docked horses may be registered, and it shall be an offense to have in possession, regardless of owner- ship, an unregistered docked horse. Every one whose love for the horse has not been per- verted by devotion to fashion will rejoice at the pros- pect of the ultimate disappearance of the docked tail. The horse is a beautiful creature as nature made him, and man’s attempts to improve his appearance by may- hem only make him unsightly and pitifully absurd. The docked tail is a manifestly useless appendage, and hav- ing no utility, serving no purpose, it is therefore ugly — a mere excrescence. The process of docking is painful, and there can be no excuse for inflicting unnecessary pain upon an animsd, 290 FOREST AND STREAM t April 15, 1905. Among the Siberian Urals. It was Thursday the 17th (29th) of April that, after just one year’s journeying- — to a day, just — the detail passed the historic monument in the central Ural range, on one side of which is inscribed ASIA, and on the other side EUROPA. Of course the wording is in Russian letters, thus : acia— EBOllA. A halt was made for the night near here at the most proximate house, which is precisely the stancia (station) Ypjymka, shown on the same block facing the granite boundary obelisk. That little station, Ypjymka, is the last station in Europe, on the Central Ural railway system. There are, altogether, three railroads crossing the Urals, j fji monument again ! The Asia-Europe monument is seen by many, but visited by few. It is easy of access from the station Ypjymka, but as trains are few and there are no tourist accommodations in the region, travelers don’t care to trou- ble to lose from half to a whole day over the matter. Personally, as I prolonged my stay in the Urals and region from April to July, noting the auriferous formations, I visited the monument twice. It was erected many years ago, and the purity of the atmosphere has not left a stain, on it. Its height would be about a dozen feet — quite modest, you see, for an obelisk that marks the dividing line of two continents. There was not even a single tourist scrawl disfigurement on it. Thank heavens for that ! Its isolation has saved it that much. Only on the Europe-facing side, ebpoiia ; and on the Asiatic, acia; while at the base — unobservable from the line — there are the permanent survey marks in Rus- that’s a lesser evil than ugly bruises or a fractured limb, or something worse. “Of two evils, choose the least.” ■ The young Hikolai Penn got ahead of me — and disap- peared. I called and called — no answer. Mounting higher and higher, the rocks got slippier. The weather was fine, but the rains of centuries had given those rocks a slick surface like the treacherous sidewalk footlights covering here and there Manhattan’s new rapid-transit tunneling. Continuing on, and finding no trace of Hikolai, a dis- heartening sense of anxiety came over me. In his eager- ness he had, I thought, perhaps fallen into one of the crevices, been rendered unconscious — maybe killed out- right; and here was I, a stranger to the family, having to take home the news of the loss. And it was at my sug-i gestion that he had accompanied me ! It meant, of course, (f went on reasoning rapidly), suspicion — the presump- tion that I had contributed to his death; forcible deten-^ YPJYMKA, THE LAST STATION IN EUROPE. Courtesy of the Electrical Review. THE ASIA-EUROPE MONUMENT, THE MID-URAL RANGE. hundreds of miles apart. The route depicted in the illus- trations is the most important, and is the road directly connecting (via ChelabiHck) with the great trans-Siberian — the self-same route over which so many hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers have been massed in Man- churia— myriads of thousands never to return. A few years ago, in Scribner’s Magazine, there was published a series of articles on Russia entitled, “All the Russias.” So far as accuracy went, its author, H. Nor- man, of the rush-tourist type, might more appropriately have named the papers “All the Errors !” Even some of his illustrations were not correct. What he terms “the last station in Europe,” p. 518, vol. 28, is not a station at all, but a road guardian’s house — one of a type of hun- dreds located along Russian lines for the housing of the permanent way employes every three to five versti. It is a house that is possibly not anywhere near the “last sta- sian characters of the trans-Asiatic topographic survey and detail. From the Asia-Europa monument to the first station in Asia, called CipoctaH (pronounced Ciroqtan), is nearly a score versti. It is a beautiful railway journey. The trans-mountain line between these two points reaches its antenna on the mid-Ural range, and is a continued suc- cession of ravishing, enchanting scenery. For grandeur, however, compared to our own great-divide route, it is “not a patch on it.” That station, CipoctaH, made a profound impression on me. It was here I discovered first a branch of the Siberian Penns. One of them was acting as station chief here, and, to- my surprise, addressed me in perfectly in- telligible American. What the discovery of the Scottish regalia must have been to a Scot, the discovery of a Penn branch in Siberia was to me, a Yank deeply interested in tion till the body was found, and so on. I was beginning to curse myself for having departed from my old ideals of the solitary sportsman — “nobody else to trouble about,” etc. Still, I continued mounting the rocky side of the old crater, on the lookout, and shouting. There was the for- lorn hope, I thought, that Hikolai might have found a shorter route to the crater, and was where my voice could not reach him. Suddenly, from a rocky ridge high above, came the shout in triumphant tones, “Lodian! Lodian !” — and I saw the silhouette of Hikolai’s figure against the sky. The young monkey, agile as his years (16), had in- deed tripped to the top like a wilk buck of Sonora. But, although I never mentioned it to him, I shall never forget as long as life lasts that distressing half an hour of anxiety. The view of the interior of that thousands-of-years- Courtesy af Locomotive Engineering. CLINICAL UNIVERSITY, TOMSK. SIBERIAN CHURCH ON WHEELS. tion in Europe” even. Anybody can see it is not a station. But the view of the last station in Europe here pre- sented. is entirely bona-fide, and is reproduced from a well executed Russian postal oicture card issued by Chepep & Habolz, of Mockba, central Pccia. Of course, it is like scores of other country stations in Tolstoidom; and the only reason why it is singled out for perpetuating on a post-card is because of its unique geographical position as the dernier stancia, or station, on the European side of the Urals. From the stancia Ypjymka, looking up-grade to the right, you can almost perceive the modest little white obelisk in the distance. It is atop of a gently rising bluff, and the railroad sides it in a deep cutting about fifty yards below. If passing in daylight, all troops and pas- sengers are on the lookout for it — all eyes are centered on that single line, ebpona, and as the train rumbles past, necks are craned and eyes sharply look out for acia. ‘We’re in Asia,” or like expressions, escape from many a lip, and the people cross themselves seriously; for thousands, tens of thousands, of the soldier-passengers destined to Manchuria will of course never pas§ that the Penn family — an interest which has taken me even to the side of Penn’s grave at Jordan’s, in the shire of Buckingham, state of England, a secluded spot almost as inaccessible and unfindable and as “far from the madding crowd” to-day as it was when Penn was interred there nearly a couple of centuries ago. I have already written the history of the Siberian Penns in other publications. The sport-tourist reaching Asia via the mid-Ural range, ought — once, at least- — to make a stop-over at Ypjymka and visit the most historic boundary monument on earth. Take a few minor comforts with you, and have lunch seated on the base of that Asia-Europe obelisk — one foot in Europe, the other in Asia ! I did this on a couple of occasions, then visited the extinct volcano- a couple of miles to the north, in company with the youthful Hikolai Penn. It is quite a rocky climb, the slippery rocks seem- ingly inviting you to destruction if you persist in wearing ordinary leather-soled boots ; so — lacking the regular coarse worsted worn outside socks of the Alps — you take ,off your ordinary wool socks (no out-camper is fool enough to wear the cotton things) and drag them over -your boots, J krjow they are hole-ruined in an hour; but since extinct crater is the ugliest geological sight I have seen in my life — nothing but a loathsome expanse of bare, weather-seared rocks. Imagine what the hummock ice of the Arctic Ocean ice wastes is like, and you have an idea of what that old Ural volcano is like in rocks. It, is about half a mile across, and apparently impassable, but I believe some enthusiasts have painfully made their way across. How different from the charming old crater of Mount Eden, near Aukland, New Zealand. There I descended its grassy slopes, where a couple of cows were quietly pasturing, and got on to its old clinker bed at the very bottom. By smashing one heavy clinker on another, thus breaking them asunder and clo-sely noting the odor of the innermost fractured parts, I at length established a rather curious fact — just a feeble odor of burnt stone was now and then perceptible, but only of the faintest momentary duration. And to think that that feebly volcanic odor had persisted in the heart of those debris after untold ages ! But it should be noted that the evanescent odor was only obtained with fractures of the hardest and least porous clinkers, L, Lodiaij, April 15, 1903.] FOREST AND STREAM 291 Adventures of Col. J. Smith. BY CLARENCE VANDIVEER. In an article relating to the early pathfinders and trav- elers of the West, printed in the Forest and Stream some months ago, Mr. Orin Belknap makes mention of a book, which he had read in his boyhood days, contain- ing the personal narrative of one Col. James Smith, m which was related the story of his captivity and expe- riences among the Indians of the Ohio Valley, from May 1755 to April 1759. The book referred to was no doubt James W. Taylor’s “History of Ohio,” published at San- dusky in the early fifties, in which the narrative appears under the caption of “A Pilgrim of Ohio One Hundred Years Ago.” The story is one of absorbing interest, being a faithful picture of the wilderness and its savage inhabitants previous to the coming of the first white settlers. For the benefit of those who are fond of read- ing frontier adventures and who may have never heard of James Smith we will herewith present a short sketch of tlie remarkable adventures of this brave man. Jaqies Smith, the hero of this romantic tale, was a native of Western Pennsylvania. At the age of eigh- teen he was captured by a war party of Delaware In- dians near the town of Bedford and was carried by then to old Fort Duquesne (on the present site of Pittsburg) where he was compelled to run the gauntlet. So severe was the punishment inflicted upon him that he fell unconscious and was carried into the fort where he was placed under the care of a French physician. From Duquesne the Indians took Smith up the Alle- ghany to an Indian town, thence overland to another village in the valley of the Muskingum. Here he was compelled to undergo the painful ceremony of adop- tion ijnto the tribe. A number of Indians gathered about him and after dipping their fingers in ashes, began pul- ling out his hair by the roots, until only a small spot about- three or four inches square remained on the crown. This they decked up in the most fantastic manner imaginable, then fell to boring his ears and nose and supplying him with earrings and nose jewels. Then they stripped off his clothes and painted his body in various colors) after which they put bands of wampum on his neck (and silver bracelets on his wrists. All this time the captive was ignorant of the meaning of these pro- ceedings and thought they were preparing him for some cruel torture. His fears were not relieved when several Indian girls lay hold of him and pulled him down the river bank and into the water. They did not drown him, as he expected, but they gave him a terrible scrubbing, after which he was taken to the council house where he was given a shirt, a pair of leggings, a pipe, some tobacco and a flint and steel. Then, after a short smoke, the chief addressed the captive as follows : “My- son, you are now flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. By the ceremony which was performed this day, every drop of white blood was washed out of your veins; you are taken into the Caughnewago nation and initiated into a warlike tribe; you are adopted into a great family, and now received with great seriousness and solemnity in the room and place of a great man. After \vhat has passed this day, you are now one of us, by an old strong law and custom. My son, you have now nothing' to fear — we are now under the same obliga- tion to love, support and defend you, that we are to love and defend one another; therefore you are to consider yourself as one of our people.” Smith says that these obligations were carried out to the letter by the Indians. A grand feast of boiled ven- ison and green corn was now served, one of the chiefs acting as toast master. Soon after the ceremony of adoption, it was decided to begin a war upon the Virginia frontier and Smith now witnessed his first war-dance and thus described it: “At the war-dance they had both vocal and instru- mental music; they had a short, hollow gum, closed at one end, with water in it, and parchment stretched over the open end thereof, which they beat with one stick, and made a sound nearly like that of a muffled drum. All of those who were going on this expedition collected together and formed. An old Indian then began to sing, and timed the music by beating on this drum, as the ancients formerly timed their music by beating the ta- bor. On this the warriors began to advance or move forward in concert, as well disciplined troops would march to the fife and drum. Each warrior had a toma- hawk, spear or war-mallet in his hand and they all moved regularly toward the east, or the way they intended to go to war. At length they all stretched their tomahawks toward the Potomac, and giving a hideous shout or yell, they wheeled quickly about and danced in the same man- ner back. The next was a war-song. In performing this only one sung at a time, in a moving posture, with a tomahawk in his hand, while all the other warriors were engaged in calling aloud ‘He uh, he uh,’ which they constantly repeated while the war-song was going on. When the warrior who was singing had ended his song, he struck a war post with his tomahawk and with a loud voice told what warlike exploits he had done and what he now intended to do, which were answered by the other warriors with loud shouts of applause. _ Some who had not before intended to go to war at this time were so animated by this performance that they took up the tomahawk and sung the war-song, which was answered with shouts of joy, as they were intiated into the present marching company.” The next morning the warriors, set forth on their mis- sion of death, while Smith remained to make his debut into society; in other words he was invited to a court- ing dance that evening, and he was no doubt afraid to decline the invitation, he honored the bronze-faced damsels and their savage suitors . with his presence. He does not mention whether the invitation was by card or merely verbal, but that does not matter. The dance itself was interesting, although to Smith at first appeared “irrrational and insipid.”. Two lines, one composed of young men and one of girls, was formed, about one rod apart, facing each other. Then some one struck up a song, keeping time with a rattle, and the two lines ad- vanced in a stooping position until their heads touched together, when they retreated with loud shouts. Smith says that the young Indians improved the opportunity, when their heads were together in the dance, to whis- per words of love into the ear of the one opposite. If our red brothers were anything like us, what a scramble there must have been for place on the line. Smith mentions the killing of several buffalo while the Indians were engaged in making salt in the Hocking Valley. This is one of the few records of buffalo in Ohio. In company with an adopted brother, named Tonti- leango, the lonely captive now set out for Lake Erie. Proceeding up the Muskingum to its source, they struck overland to the Black River, which stream they followed to its mouth. On this excursion Smith carried with him a few books, which the Indians had brought back from their raids on the settlers as spoils of war, some dried meat and a blanket. Tontileango> carried a rifle and kept them supplied with fresh meat. Deer, bear and raccoons were very plentiful. They saved the skins of the game they procured and were soon laden so heavily with them that it was impossible to march more than ten miles a day. Upon reaching the lake they proceeded along the shore, and on the way saw many large fish, which the waves had thrown high upon the sand, being devoured by hordes of bald and gray eagles. There were no buf- falo in this region and very few elks. A camp of Wyandots was found near the mouth of the Black river and Smith and his companion were well received by them. Here they were given a kind of po- tato', resembling our sweet potato, and some hominy, consisting of dried green corn and beans. After tarrying with the Wyandots for some time, they procured a ca- noe and started up the Black river on a hunt. Their canoe was very strong and was well adapted to carry large loads. It could also be taken ashore and converted into a sort of house in case of necessity. The canoe was finally buried and the hunters started overland to the Cayahaga. When midway between the two rivers they decided to go into winter quarters. A strong, warm hut was built and hunting, trapping and sugar making were the order of the day. The method pursued in sugar making was as follows : The Indian would select a large sugar tree, cut a long notch in it and then drive in a chip to carry the. water out from the tree. To catch the drops from off this chip, a wooden vessel was placed beneath. When the vessels were full they were emptied into a bark vessel, which held about four gallons, and carried to camp, where it was boiled in two fifteen gallon brass kettles. The sugar was put in bear’s fat, and into this mixture the Indians dipped their roasted venison. Raccoons were caught by means of deadfalls placed along the water courses. This seems to explode the theory maintained by some sportsmen as to the impos- sibility of catching raccoons in traps. Deadfalls were also placed at the ends of hollow logs to catch foxes. In winter the squaws were kept busy trying out bear’s fat, which they put into skin vessels and carried with them wherever they went. Smith thus describes the method employed in making these skin vessels : “The vessels were made of deerskins, which were skinned by pulling the skin off the neck without ripping. After they had taken off the hair, they gathered it into small plaits around the neck and with a string drew it to- gether like a purse, in the center a pin was put, below which they tied a string and while it was wet they blew it up like a bladder, and let it remain in this manner until it was dry, when it appeared nearly in the shape of a sugar loaf, but more rounding at the lower end. One of these vessels would hold about four or five gal- lons. In these vessels it was that they carried their bear oil.” Smith, whose name had been changed to Scoouwa by the Indians, now went with Tontileango to> a Wyandot town on the Sandusky, where they disposed of their furs to some French traders. Here also a carnival of feast- ing and rejoicing was held. Mention is here is made of the narrative of a dice game, in which plum stones, one side of which was painted white and the other black, are put into a bowl, shaken and thrown up, and the blacks and whites counted. All the while the game is being played the band, consisting of a drum, a sort of fife and several jews harps, renders its choice selections, dear to the hearts of the Indians but utterly unbeara- ble to the more sensitive ears of the white man, al- though it would no doubt compare favorably with some of our now popular rag time airs. In 1756 great preparations were made to drive the Virginians back across the sea. All the braves, from the old, infirm warriors of the sixties down to the boys of twelve, marched away to perform their bloody work. Everyone, with the exception of a few old men of ex- perience, was confident of victory, and Smith was asked for his opinion. He told them frankly that their at- tempt would be useless as the settlers were brave and determined and would prove more than a match for them. The Indians did not get angry at Smith for so freely expressing his views, for as their tribal govern- ment was one of pure democracy, they probably thought that he had a right to his own opinions. In fact the Indians all the while treated him as one of their own people and many acts of kindness were shown him. The departure of the warriors left the remainder of the tribe in a precarious condition, as the supply of food which had been collected the previous winter had been wasted. An Indian never appears to have a thought of the morrow and no doubt believes in living up to the Scriptural passage which says, “Eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we die.” Accompanied by several old and infirm men, who had not joined the war party, Smith set out to procure some meat for the hungry camp. Fire hunting was practiced, and several deer were procured. Finally the warriors began to arrive from the settle- ments of Virginia, heavily laden with scalps and stolen plunder. They also brought with them some prisoners, with whom Smith held many pleasant interviews. Some of the captives were made to run the gauntlet, but were not otherwise seriously mistreated. Smith participated in some of these barbaric performances and mentions hitting one man with a piece of pumpkin, and says the act “pleased the Indians very much but hurt my feel- ings.” In their domestic life these savages appear to have lived on terms of perfect peace and harmony, putting to shame some “palefaces” who prefer to represent the high- est type of civilization. Even at this early date Chris- tianity had penetrated the wilds and found its way into this wandering band. French missionaries had gained a few converts, but the majority of the Indians con- sidered the teachings of the Bible as foolish and ab- surd and persisted in clinging to the old faith. In company with another adopted brother, Tecaugh- retanego, Smith now visited the Cayahaga, and there hunted with considerable success. While here an in- cident occurred which is well worthy of mention. One day when Tecaughretanego was angry he began using the name of God in a most horrible manner. Smith then asked him if he knew the meaning of the expres- sions he had used. The Indian replied that he supposed the meaning to be similar to a degrading expression common to his tribe. Upon being told that he was mis- taken and having the true meaning explained to him, he was horrified and said that men who would know- ingly use the name of the Great Spirit so abusively were no better than devils. From the Cayahaga the hunters skirted the south shore of Lake Erie to the Maumee and from thence they moved northward to Fort Detroit. A visit was also made to the East Sister, Middle Sister and West Sister islands, afterwards rendered historic by Perry’s famous naval victory. A curious belief existed among the Indians in regard to> the rattlesnakes and raccoons inhabiting these islands. The raccoons lodged in holes in the rocks and during the winter the Indians would catch many of them in traps, but, with the coming of spring the raccoons disappeared and the traps would often be filled with rattlesnakes. This caused the Indians to believe that the snakes became raccoons in winter and the raccoons turned to snakes in the spring. At Cedar Point, at the entrance to Maumee Bay, they held a driving hunt and secured thirty deer. Soon after they proceeded tO' the upper waters of the Scioto, where they spent the winter, but returned to the region of the Sandusky in the following summer. Fishing in the northern streams was good, and a captive Virginian named Thompson surprised the Indians by catch- ing fish with a dip net made of bark. His catch was enormous and far exceeded the needs of the Indians. The fish that were not used lay on the banks in heaps and attracted large numbers of eagles and buzzards. For a number of years Smith continued his travels and spent four months of captivity in Montreal. In 1759, he was restored to his friends, and some time later he was placed in command of a body of riflemen to protect the Pennsylvania frontier. He served with credit in the war of independence. His later years were spent in Kentucky, where he was elected to the Legislature. His death occurred in 1812. Smith’s picture of northern Ohio prior to settlement is interesting and throws much light on the social life, manners and customs of the Indians of the Great Lake region. Boone and Crockett Club Dinner. The Boone and Crockett Club gave a dinner on Wed- nesday, April 5, at the University Club, New York City. President W. Austin Wadsworth presided. Among the members and guests present were the following: Mad- ison Grant, James H. Kidder, Archibald Rogers, Henry L. Stimson, W. B. Devereux, George Bird Grinnell, Dr. John Rogers, Jr., J. K. Mitchell, Lewis R. Morris, Walter B. James, J. E. Roosevelt, John L. Cadwallader, James T. Gardiner, H. Casimir de Rham, Frank Lyman, John J. Pierrepont, Dr. John L. Seward, H. Clay Pierce, Benj. W. Richards, John H. Prentice, Wm. Lord Smith, Charles T. Barney, Robert T. Varnum, Chas. A. Moore, Jr., Robert C. Heaton, Col. J. S. Crosby, James P. Lee, Gerald L. Hoyt, Francis R. Appleton, Cortland Palmer, Dr. J. H. Kenyon, Dr. Fred Kammerer, G. Franklyn Lawrence, Chas G. Peters, Eric B. Dahlgren, Edwin C. Kent, Warren Delano, Robt. L. Pierrepont, John S. De Hart, Jr., Dr. John E. Wilson, Arthur Perry, E. H. Harriman, Jas. A. Stillman, Wm. Woodward, Henry G. Barbey, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr., George D. Pratt, E. N. Potter, A. O. Choate, E. T. Irwin, G. H. Kinnicutt, Henry Whitehouse, Wm. F. Whitehouse. The dinner committee were Messrs. J. H. Prentice, H. L. Stimson and L. S. Thompson. After the dinner was over Mr. Wm. Fitzhugh White- house, the guest of the club, exhibited his large collec- tion of lantern slides made from photographs which he had taken during two trips through East Africa south from the Gulf of Aden, and then returning north, and later going west in the endeavor to reach the Nile; an effort which was not successful owing to the absence of water, which obliged the explorers to turn back. The pictures shown by Mr. Whitehouse were beauti- ful and interesting and dealt with a country and a fauna absolutelv strange to most of his hearers. He showed pictures of Abyssinia, its people and its game, and among these photographs of King Menelik, his people, his horses, cities, temples and fortresses. Perhaps most in- teresting were the pictures of game, many of them from living specimens. Where the photographs were of dead animals, an effort was always made to bring out the characteristic features of the species.. Mr. Whitehouse told his story with singular modesty, and confined himself to describing his pictures. Of the hunting adventures that he had had, and the dangers and sufferings that he had undergone he said nothing, nor was it possible to extract from him any personal details. One of his friends gave in conversation an example of the explorer’s quickness in emergency, telling of an occasion when the hunter had startled a herd of forty elephants in a narrow ravine. The herd ran off up the ravine with the hunter after them. The banks were so high, and steep, however, that the elephants could not climb out of the ravine, and in their fright turned about and charged back toward the hunter. There seemed every prospect that they would run over and trample him to death, but just before they reached him, he selected a large animal in the middle of the herd, killed it by the difficult forehead shot, and when it fell it split the herd, which streamed by on either side of him. Among the interesting photographs shown were those of a number of species of antelopes, two of zebras, ele- phants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and the five-horned giraffe. The dinner was one of the most interesting that the club has had. 292 FOREST AND STREAM, [April is, igos. Pacific Coast Natural History Notes If the floods of the past three months have not swept the coast range entirely clear of rattlesnakes, observers have had occular evidence of great rafts of them being swept seaward by the rushing rivers of San Diego county. It was a strange phenomena to persons standing on a bridge to see the wriggling mass passing under. That was in February. There were scores of them. The five reservoirs in the vicinity of San Diego are now provided for as follows : Reservoir Sweetwater Upper Otay . . . Lower Otay — La Mesa (full). Cuyamaca i Depth of Water- March 18. 50 feet 72 feet 4 inches 78 feet 4 inches .62 feet 2% inches 26 feet V2 inch March 19. 51 feet 4 inches 73 feet 6 inches 79 feet 10 inches 26 feet 2% inches Who says this country is arid? If the pestiferous linnets of this section are not con- genitally related to the English sparrows, they are at least quite as much of a nuisance. Like their eastern prototypes, they are outlawed. They have few friends, and small boys find excellent practice for their air guns and plenty of fresh meat for the cats. In color the birds are olive gray and drab, with two parrallel rufous bars on the poll. They are not quite as large as the English sparrows, and not as plump, but are prettier. But oh, my ! how quickly a flock of them will denude a fresh sown oat or wheat field. They are as bad as the bobolinks and blackbirds in South Carolina rice fields.. Field larks here much resemble their cousins of the Middle South, but they do not flock in such great num- bers as in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and their notes are quite as musical as those of the New England bobolink, which they resemble in part. They do not confine themselves to grass and stubble, but take more to trees and telephone wires,, where they sit and sing for minutes at a time. That is, in the suburbs of National City. Rabbits and coyotes are in continuous evidence on the edge of town ; the latter sometimes invading the hen-roosts, like foxes, or disturbing the small. hours of the night by their latrant barks and howls, causing needless apprehen- sion to nervous newcomers from the East. (Everything the other side of the Rockies is “East” to this country.) Gophers or spermophiles, an omnipresent species of ground squirrel, do far more damage by burrowing into roadways and sidewalks, undermining, the earth, staitmg crevasses and gullies, and opening incipient canons. The other day a two-horse team met disaster by putting their foot in it” on one of our principal streets, and the out- come was employment and repair for several .men for nearly a week. The rodents are worse than prairie dogs. On the adjacent mountain range which adds. so much to the natural beauty and grandeur of our environment, there are mountain lions, wolves, deer and rattlesnakes and other varmints. The other day my nephew, who is a persistent speci- men hunter (he brought in a quart of tadpoles and in- cipient frogs from an ordinarily dry arroyo), captured, a beautiful water hen (poule d’eau, or coot), with, white body, slate colored wings, pink eyes and saffron bill. It looked like a Bonaparte kittiwake at sight, but it had the lobed feet of the Fulica. He cut it out alive from a band of ten, the like of which he says is not common; and an attempt was made to domesticate it in millionaire Granger’s private reservoir ; but it died of incompatibility, shallow water and lack of mud. I learned only to-day of its demise, which took place three weeks ago, else I should have saved the skin for the taxidermist. The plumage of all related bird species seems to be more gaudy here than at the north, saving the Baltimore oriole, scarlet tanager and bluej ay, which are hard to beat for impressionist coloration. All the gulls, terns and shore birds here are as tame as domestic fowls, and feed at all times on the mud flats and water lots along the tide line. Sometimes they try to snatch the bait from the hooks of the smelt fishermen as they cast their gossamer ■tackle outward from the piers. These smelts are quite similar to our eastern smelts, and are caught in February and March at corresponding seasons. There is a differ- ence, however, and I don’t know whether to tack it on to the Pacific oolachan or the North Atlantic capelin.. In the most interesting museum of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce there is the shell of a large green turtle, inscribed with the names of twenty-eight kinds of edible fishes that are caught in San Diego Bay. Shad and striped bass have been added lately to the list, having been introduced some twenty-five years ago or so by Seth Green and Livingston Stone. Shad have been run- ning for three or four weeks, and fine large ones are in the market. Striped bass commenced to show, up about March 1, but the fishing season does not culminate until May. Thenceforward there is sport galore until Christ- mas Striped bass have become the favorite, fish for anglers’ diversion, though, like the salmon, it is caught in the still waters of the bays and estuaries with a com_ monplace trolling spoon; which is quite a different ex- ploit from casting into the sounding surf* at Newport or Cuttyhunk, where every would-be captor must be bap- tized in brine and show contusions on his limbs to prove his valor By the way, is there no one competent to write up a monograph of the striped bass? Surely it is the coming ocean game fish. Tarpon and tuna have had their inCross*ing the bay "in a naphtha launch on a moonlit night when the sky is slightly overcast, is like flailing the Milky Way with the tail of a comet. A meteoric shower is not a circumstance in comparison. Phosphor- escence flies from the prow like sparks from a forge as the craft passes through the water. Billows of sparks heave up in front and stream off astern in brilliant cor- ruscations. Every startled fish that darts from its course leaves a train like a shooting star. Shore pyrotechnics cut no figure in the liquid equation. In fact, no written description will aptly apply, and my pen must halt right now ; but it may move anon. Charles Hallock. National City, Cal., March 25. Early Spring Days. When does the spring begin? On the first day the song sparrow sings. That answer, however, will not satisfy the gentlemen who write funny paragraphs for the papers ; nor, indeed, will it satisfy the average man, who will tell you that he does not care a button when the song sparrow sings : what he wants is some warm weather, and until he gets that he will consider it winter, if you please. . Which, to be sure, is a very practical commonsense view. Nevertheless the first day of spring is that on which the song sparrow sings. Some years it is as early as the second week in February; and others, such as this, as late as the first week in March. It is generally not what you would call a pleasant day. There is snow still on the ground — dirty patches here and there — and a chilly dampness in the air; the sky is gray, and altogether it is what you would call a bleak day. And yet there is a certain something about it which suggests a change — a new departure. If you are a lover of nature you will feel this. Certainly the song sparrow feels it, and that moment he proclaims it aloud with ecstacy. Then come wet days a-plenty, when to venture out of doors is to get your feet covered with mud. But pshaw ! what cares the nature lover for that? With his leggings, his mackintosh and his stick he betakes him through the fields and woods. The grass has commenced to spring up anew, especially in sheltered spots, and how grateful is the sight of it to the winter-jaded eye! Such a vivid, pervading green. From the eye it passes to the brain within and wakes up certain dormant cells — as a bright light might wake up a sleeper — and a new mood is de- veloped— a more hopeful, joyous outlook upon the world. Wonderful is the effect of fresh green grass upon the mind. Hardly less so is that of fresh green leaves, but we are far off from these yet. But the buds have com- menced to swell on the trees, and the wind in the branches seems to sing a different tune from that of winter ; no longer hoarse and sullen, but loud and triumphant. Loud though it be, a sharp metallic “tchick” rises above it, like the high note of the soprano at an opera. Lo ! the first robin. Rising from a tree he flies wildly down the wind. How welcome the sight of him is, like that of an old friend who links us to other days. Now that the migrants have commenced to arrive, we feel that spring is here indeed. And gradually the weather grows softer, more balmy. Even before March is gone we may have a day, or two or three of them, which suggest May. The sky appears of the most beautiful tur- quoise blue, across which a brisk west wind chases fleecy masses of clouds ; or there may be little or no wind and the temperature rises so suddenly that the imprudent man would fain take a siesta if there were any shade — that is to say, under the trees. But to such a day or days as these, there is certain to succeed more tearful ones, for the season is still, young and of capricious mood. Its capriciousness will even take the form of nasty exhibi- tions of temper, as typified by snow squalls and hail- storms ; and the sulks, too, will often supervene, in the form of fogs and mists. Yet there is in these sulks something which is akin to the poetic mood, for to them succeed the flowers, the tulips, the violets, the crocuses and those other early blooms which, like the early songs of the birds, are the sweetest emanation of the spring. At length the leaves begin to burst forth and the marshes to send up their sprouts and tendrils, and the land becomes a vision of tender, gauzy green — such a vision as the painter Corot loved and immortalized so variously on canvas. Gentle showers now alternate with glowing sunshine. You can almost see things growing. All nature is throbbing with vitality. Every day, or rather every night, brings its contingent of migrants, and the air resounds with their chants and cries. The piping of the frogs in the marsh — so resonant, so shrill — adds to the chorus which wakes you up early in the morning. Don’t try to go to sleep again, if you are wise ; but get up and go out and take a full draught of the new wine of the year. “All life is brief: What now is bud Will soon be leaf: What now is leaf Will soon decay. The wind blows East; the wind blows West; The blue eggs in the robin’s nest Will soon have wings and beak and breast And flutter and fly away.” Frank Moonan. The Linnaean Society of New York. Regular meetings of the society will be held at the American Museum of Natural History, Seventy-seventh street and Eighth avenue, on Tuesday evening, April 11 and 25, at 8:15 P. M. April n, C. G. Abbott, “A Bird Lover in the Scottish Highlands.” Illustrated by lantern slides. April 25, C. Wm. Beebe, “A Naturalist’s Camping Trip in Old Mexico.” Illustrated by sketches and photo- graphs. C. G. Abbott, Secretary. The mail steamship Ventura recently sailed from San Fran- cisco for Sydney, N. S. W., via Auckland and Honolulu, with a large number of deer, elk, geese and ducks. They were pur- chased in this country by the New Zealand Government. Quail and Deer on Cape Ann. .During the fall of 1903 eight quail were constant visitors to my cabin dooryard. Six of the number were killed after the law went on. Gunners swarmed every- where in Ward Eight, City of Gloucester, from the irrepressible, small boy to the heedless and reckless alien. Rabbits and squirrels was the game hunted, to 1st the hunters. tell it; but everything wearing fur or feathers was killed, maimed or frightened from the territory. The two quail that escaped the slaughter nested the next spring near my cabin. One morning, while the hen was sitting, I heard a great squealing in the direc- tion of the nest. I knew it was. the rascally crows, so I shouted and discharged my pistol. I had the satisfaction of seeing three crows sneak through the low shrubbery to a pine grove. The crows had succeeded in stealing two eggs, leaving twelve in the nest. I tied a strip of white cloth on a bush near the nest and the crows gave the spot a wide berth. The outcome was twelve young quail, and a second nest produced the same number. During the fall months both families haunted my dooryard for food. The last time that I had a chance to call the roll disclosed eighteen birds, young and old. The six that did not answer to roll call were young birds, and were probably killed by crows and a sharp-shinned hawk. In November wood chopping disturbed the birds, and they left for Bond’s Hill. On this hill there are great patches of cat brier. Underneath the brier patches the quail are secure from dogs and foxes. I provided food during the winter and the birds are now doing well. My last count made the number fourteen, which I con- sider a good showing, as a she fox has made the hill her hunting ground all winter. Last fall gunners were barred. The parlc commis- sioners posted their territory and, with consent of owners’ posted many wood lots besides. This will pro-' tect over one thousand acres of forest and shrub land. It will give the game birds a show. It is no unusual thing to see deer on Cape Ann. Dogs often drive them out of the woods into the very' heart of the city. Three deer yarded this winter just south of my cabin. After the snow settled the dogs got after them and drove them out. One was chased mto Essex, but the other two went back into the yard. Three weeks later the dogs drove these deer out again, and they left for the woods near Magnolia. The fox sparrows returned March 23, which is ten days earlier than usual for my dooryard. An even dozen left last fall, and to-day I counted ten. Whether or not they are the same birds, I cannot say, but I can swear to one bird. He comes to my dooryard in the winter whenever there is a warm spell. After the flock leaves on their way north my bird returns for a day or so, several times. For four years a male white-throated sparrow was selected by the fox sparrow as a chum. The white-throat did not return in mid-winter, but he would return from two to three times after his mates had gone south. For three years these two varieties of the sparrow family failed to visit my cabin in migration, with the exception of' the two chums. Several sparrow hawks, and many shotgun fiends, made the locality too hot for the main flock, but my little friends returned on time as usual. One spring, Rusty, the fox sparrow, returned alone After a day, or two he disappeared, and when he re- turned brought with him his chum. There were no hawks about, so the white-throat went away after his family. When he returned he was accompanied by his wife and two children. I think Rusty was a bachelor until this time, for he had never piloted a fox sparrow to the dooryard. The next fall he brought an old female and two young birds, and. I understood that it was an introduction to his family. The number has increased every year, until last fall there were twelve in the flock, which I thought were Rusty’s descendants. Wabbles, the song sparrow that comes to my cabin spring and fall, did a peculiar thing last week. As usual, he comes to the woods every day. Sometime he. has with him one or two of his children. The 29th of March I heard him calling while I was on my way from the city. Soon he appeared, flitting from bush to bush, and in his wake came a flock of song sparrows I found by count, while they were in the dooryard just twelve. Naturally I thought that Wabbles had brought me his descendants to feed. That night Wab- bles flew away with the entire flock. The next day he returned alone, and every day since he has been alone until to day, April 3, when he has with him two young birds. It would seem as if Wabbles had given his child- ren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren a picnic in the woods, like we humans do. Hermit Train Kills a Beaver. A. Middletown, N.Y., despatch to the New York Times April 6, says: “The last known beaver in this section of the country gave up its life to-day while racing with a train on the Susquehanna and Western Railroad near Two Bridges. The beaver had been hunted for years but could not be trapped. He was well known to all railroad men. He jumped on the track in 'front of the train of Engineer Gould this morning. Though- the en- gineer brought his engine almost to a stop, the beaver was instantly killed. Engineer Gould, who lives at- Qg- densburg, took the . carcass home, and will have if. mounted. It weighed seventy pounds, and had a fine coat.” . " r April is, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 293 Havier Deer. slitor Forest and Stream: rl have been reading with the greatest interest the very od article in your issue of March n, by Dr. Morris J. liwis, of Philadelphia, on the havier moose, ^for unques- limably that is what the animal really was. To my mind !e accompanying photograph shows every appearance d indication of this condition. To make this article quite clear, I may say that haviers ,:e castrated deer, and undoubtedly the operation would Ive the same effect on the systems of all varieties of the er tribe. It would be a thing impossible for a healthy .hire buck or stag to retain the velvet much after the [ual time of shedding it; and, on the other hand, it Ould be quite as impossible for haviers to clean their ! tiers of the velvet. I have spent a whole life with game and deer, as did ;o my father before me; and within the past forty years ■have killed and dressed some thousands of deer, and I ve also castrated many red, fallow and Japanese deer. ' d I have never yet seen a havier make the slightest u:empt to shed the velvet or clean his antlers of it. We ve a herd of Japanese deer in this park, and in the Immer months they are uniform in color, but as winter : proaches, the haviers become much paler ; so much so -at one would hardly know that they_ were of the same lecies as the entire deer. In my opinion, it is a mistake I castrate deer during the fall of the year; for if the deration is cleanly performed, which it should be, the tiers will be shed within about twenty-one days after- ard. I have known them to drop off in seventeen days ler the operation, but they never retain them longer an twenty-one or twenty-two days, and the deer begins r; once to grow a fresh head. The horns are thus in full ogress during an' unseasonable time of year, and the tender growths are forced to encounter all the cold of winter, Which must be exceedingly trying to the deer and injurious to it. Certainly it must require an extreme effort on the part of nature to perfect a head of horns in so limited a period of about sixteen weeks; and it must be a still greater strain on the system if she is forced to carry it out during an unsuitable season of the year. I have always found the month of March the best time of year to make haviers, as their horns then drop at the usual time, and the new heads mature toward the end of summer, as nature intended they should -do. A buck grows one more head after the operation of castration, and that head is permanent, so long as the animal lives, and the process of shedding the horns annually ceases. Fawn haviers — called by some keepers spotted haviers — should be operated on within three weeks from birth, and when castrated at this age, horns never develop in any way whatever. They always have the appearance of a doe, but of course are much larger, and when fully grown they bear a feminine appearance generally. To those of your readers who fail to comprehend why deer need to be castrated, I may explain that the opera- tion is necessary if eatable buck venison is to be provided throughout the winter months. In this country entire deer at the longest are only in season from May to Sep- tember, after which time buck venison becomes strong and unfit for the table. I have seen stripes of white on the horns of haviers, but it is not usual ; they are generally uniform in color. I am quite convinced your correspondent’s New Bruns- wick moose was a havier, and the operation had been cleanly performed, although in all probability by an acci- dent. The dense, leather-like skin described by your cor- respondent as covering the antlers of the moose, is noth- ing more or less than the velvet, long retained, possibly for years after the ordinary time of shedding. The velvet on the horns of a havier is not quite like that of afl entire deer. It seems to lose the velvet-like appearance, and in time looks more like a kind of leather than velvet. Your correspondent does not say if his moose was in extra good condition for that season of the year. Haviers generally carry more fat through the winter months than entire deer, and their hair is longer and softer. H. Hickmott, Head keeper to C. J. H. Tower, Esq., Weald Park, Brentwood, Essex, Eng. The Widgeon is the Thief. Buffalo, N. Y. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. H. H. Thompson, in his article in Forest and Stream, March 25, on “An Ohio Ducking Club,” is in error when he says, “The redhead is an arrogant thief who does not dive and pluck the celery roots for himself, but relies upon what he can filch after the celery pulled by his enforced partner has floated to the surface.” The redhead dives for the roots of the celery as well as the canvasback, which is the partner referred to above, and it seems that Mr. Thompson has the widgeon confused with the redhead. The widgeon profits from both the canvasback and the redhead to the extent of eating the celery brought to the surface by them. Dixmont. [But is it the widgeon? The old books say so, but a friend, who has spent much time watching with a glass canvas and widgeon feeding together, declared that he has never seen -a widgeon steal from a canvas- back, but that the widgeon seems to feed on the grass stems which the canvasback rejects after eating the root of the vallisneria. Who knozvs anything about this?] Getting Half. iitor Forest and Stream: What in the world has become of the Blunt Old Man. e disappeared so suddenly. Yet there has been no nice of his demise in Forest and Stream. Can it that he has fallen asleep somewhere and been watted” on the sly by some evildoer? He was going to tell us a great deal more, but, I .ppose, if we get half of what we expect in this world, e should be grateful. Cabia Blanco has told us about hunting the wild iffalo in company with the wild Indian. The Spec- tor came on earth too late to see the wild buffalo, t has seen the wild Indian — a child one moment and wild animal the next. By all accounts, buffalo hunt- g resembles the rounding up of cattle, except that te cattle are not shot; and The Spectator believes that, aving romance out of the consideration, the hunting F the one would be about as exciting as hunting the ther. A correspondent of Forest and Stream asked some f its readers for information about filling the eleven pttles of an emergency medical case, which he pos- •ssed. A discussion by medical experts followed, pur7 orting to determine the fewest remedies a trained ex- ert could use to advantage in the woods, but the ques- on, how a non-medical man could fill his eleven bottles ith useful remedies he could use, was not answered, robably the two most useful remedies are whiskey and pium, but, could the layman use them to advantage? Is it not true that if we get half of what we expect, e should be grateful? The Spectator recalls the case f a woman in the mountainous parts of North Caro- na, whose daughter had been ill a long while. "She fin’t got no linin’,” she said, and then added: “The Id man ain’t got no linin’, either, and’ I ain’t got no nin’, and we ain’t none of us got no linin’.” Meaning, f course, constitution. Poor old woman! She never xpected much, never got much, and I assure you, is appy- Some of your correspondents seem to consider a ;medy for snake bites essential. Although The Spec- utor has ridden many miles on the prairies of New dexico and Western Texas, he has never seen a wild httlesnake, and has been forced to conclude that to the :.gn, “Come in and try our new whiskey,” may be at- •ibuted a large part of the snake scares one hears about, he Spectator was once told in all seriousness by a owboy that a rattlesnake’s head attracts a pistol ball, nd that, whereas he often missed other objects, he ould count on removing a snake’s head with certainty. Receiving less than one expects, reminds The Spec- tator of an incident that took place in New Mexico Airing the latter half of the ’90’s. The small bore mokeless rifle had proved a success for military pur- oses, and a special type— -the .30-30 Winchester— was !eing introduced for sporting purposes. Its lightness, Cheapness and novelty, together with the catchword, hirty-thirty, made it rapidly popular — so much so, that every tenderfoot in the Territory hastened to procure J,ne. The Spectator was witnessing the trial of one of rhese rifles one day by its enthusiastic owner, . who iroudly showed him how it could punch holes in an iron plate. “But you don’t use soft-nosed bullets, do you?” was sked. “Sure!” he replied, producing a cartridge, which, ike all others, proved to contain metal-patched bullets, tyhen he was shown this a look of disappointment ame over his face, and he said, “Well! I asked my irother to send me soft-nosed bullets.” But brother uadn’t done so; and if this enthusiast had been a cor- espondent of Forest and Stream, what startling •tories he would have had about the wonderful striking towers of the new .30-30, using soft-nosed bullets! The Spectator is reminded of another case of re- ceiving less than half of what one expected; but in this case the receiver cannot be said to have been grateful. In the remote parts of northern New England the black bear is still looked upon with dread by many persons. Its sudden appearance frightens especially school teachers and children. On the sudden appearance of such a creature in a place we need not mention, the ladies and children became greatly alarmed, and our friend X. declared he would have that bear and end all further trouble. Now, it happened also that a certain farmer, Smith, had a blooded black mare, which he thought the world of, and which he was accustomed to turn out to pasture at night. While X. was returning home one evening, all in readiness should he encounter the bear, he sud- denly came upon something black, and, supposing it to be the bear, fired. Of course, the soft-nosed bullet took deadly effect, and the mare was killed. Early next morning X.’s father-in-law called on farmer Smith and introduced the subject in the following manner: “My son-in-law has taken a great fancy to that black mare of yours and would like to know what you would be willing to take for her?” Now farmer Smith belonged to that class of Blunt Old Men one sometimes encounters in the rural dis- tricts of New England. He never resorted to the subtle evasions of the diplomat and never referred to a spade as an agricultural implement. “You nor your son-in-law,” said he, “ain’t got money enough to buy that black mare.” What followed would not interest the reader — the ex- planations of the one, the comments of the other. Com- ments we need not, dare not repeat. If the reader shall have gotten half what he expected, The Spectator will be grateful. The Spectator. Some Queer Experiences of a Foxhunter*— I. I have an uncle who has dwelt for the sixty-odd years of his life in the same spot' among the Sandwich (N. H.) Mountains, and who has doubtless spent as much time in sport with the gun as any man of his age, save the professional hunter. His favorite game was the red fox, which was formerly abundant in that sec- tion. He always kept from two to half a dozen of the best of hounds, and his house was for many years a popular resort of city sportsmen fond of following this game, and who, aided by his good dogs, his thorough acquaintance with the best i unways and of fox nature in general, could safely reckon on finding good sport. The infirmities of increasing years now render it im- possible for him to engage in his favorite pursuit, but lie delights in recounting his numerous exciting experi- ences with Reynard, and the stories he can tell (true stories, too, for his veracity is unquestioned), illustrative of the animal’s shrewdness, cunning and endurance, and the infinite variety of luck under which he has followed him, would fill a large volume, of which I append a few examples: “Toward the close of a hard day’s chase” — to use as nearly as may be my uncle’s own words — -“I had sta- tioned myself at a runway toward which the fox seemed making. The dogs were only about a mile distant, and as the running was of the best, I ex- pected the game would soon come in sight, but was surprised to have their steady, confident roar sud- denly change to the broken, uncertain yelps that meant trouble. They had hung up at a point near where this same fox, as I believed . it to be, had slipped them several times before earlier in the sea- son. Now that there was snow on the ground I thought they would soon be able to straighten out the kinks by which he had deceived them, so I kept to my post and listened. But it was no use. It seemed that, as hitherto, they had tracked the fox into a certain field, but were unable to find where he left it. I wel- comed the chance to solve a mystery over which I had pondered not a little; for with six inches of fresh snow on the ground to record the fox’s movements it would be impossible, I believed, for him to play any trick that would fool me long. Always before he had had the bare ground on his side, and rack my brains as I might, his method of eluding the dogs at this particular point was as much of a puzzle to me as to them. “When I got within sight of the dogs, I found them as I had expected, circling about the open field with low yelps, almost pitiful in their expression of per- plexity. The track was so fresh that every now and then they would start up with a rush and roars of con- fidence, but only to slacken the next minute as they found themselves turning in the same old circle again. “ ‘We’ll soon settle this thing,’ I said to myself, as I started around the field a little distance outside the well-beaten path made by the hounds. But when I got round to my starting point I had only added to my bewilderment. I had easily found where fox and dogs had come out of the woods into the field, but not the slightest sign of a trail could I discover leading out of it. “I glanced searchingly over the field. It presented to my view simply a smooth, white surface, broken only at intervals by a rock or tree. Not a place so far as I could see where a fox could hide away from a man, to say nothing of such strong noses as my dogs had on more ‘than one occasion shown themselves to possess. Night was fast coming on and it looked as if I was to be baffled again. “Simply because I could think of nothing better to do, I set off around the field again, calling to my dogs in the hope of getting them to range over the ground a little beyond me. They were circling around a large boulder on the further side of the field, and seemed loath to leave. It occurred to me that one of them had hung about this same spot almost constantly since my ap- pearance. Thinking there might be some sort of cleft in the rock in which the fox had taken refuge, I made my way toward it, but paused within about thirty yards, as I saw that it was evidently as sound as an acorn. ‘Come on, good dogs,’ I called, ‘there’s nothing for you here.’ But they seemed to realize that I was equally puzzled with them, and did not heed me. Just beyond the boulder was a group of some half dozen trees. One of these, a big oak, had been broken off near the butt by the wind, and had lodged in one of the others at a sharp angle. For the reason that I was scanning every- thing within reach I glanced into this, and almost in- stantly my eye caught a patch of familiar red among the bent and mangled branches. The next moment my gun spoke, and at the report I witnessed the novel spectacle of a fox falling from a tree. The sly fellow’s secret was solved at last. Investigation showed that his scheme had been to circle the field several times after entering it, then by a long bound to spring upon the boulder, which was swept bare of snow by the wind, and thence to the leaning tree-trunk, ascending it to his snug hiding place among the branches. From this point of vantage he had doubtless often watched me and the dogs in our hitherto fruitless efforts to fathom his trickery.” Templar. Cornish, Maine. Grover Cleveland, of Princeton, and his friend, Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, of New York, are fishing at Stuart, Fla. 294 FOREST AND STREAM [April is, I90S. Are the Choicer Varieties of Ducks Increasing in Maine Waters? BY FRANK T. NOBLE, AUGUSTA, ME. From the Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society. For many years the writer has taken more than an ordinary interest in the water fowl of New England, both as an ornithologist and a sportsman, particularly those Anatidse whose delicacy of flesh and fine flavor cause them to rank high in the list of desirable game birds. Various traditions and unauthentic stories, handed down from generation to generation, would have us un- derstand that big bags of these choice birds were, years ago, of common occurrence; indeed, that in those days they were almost as numerous as the sands upon the sea- shore. As for myself I am decidedly skeptical that such conditions ever existed hereabouts, and certainly during recent years such species as- the mallard ( Anas boschas ), widgeon (A. americana), gadwall {A. streperus), pintail (Dafila acuta) and redhead ( Aythya americana ), have been taken by the average gunner only at rare intervals. Probably the most attractive feeding_ ground for the river ducks in our State is Merrymeeting Bay, a shal- low body of water formed by the junction of four rivers, the Kennebec, Androscoggin, Cathance and Abbaka- dassett. This great fresh-water bay, with its rank growth of grass and rushes, its numerous creeks_ and inlying pond holes, forms an ideal resting and feeding place for the various kinds of water fowl. It is in these waters that I have noticed recently a decided _ increase in the numbers of certain ducks formerly considered rare, and this fact has prompted the question at the head of this article, with the hope that others may be able to add to our knowledge concerning their abundance or otherwise in other localities. Some twenty years ago, so I am told, a few gunners living near the bay shore procured some, wild rice ( Zizania aquatica ), from the West, sowing it about . the bay as an experiment. This, or rice brought by the birds themselves, has gradually resown itself and spread, until in the fall of 1904 there was a crop of rice never before equalled, affording a sumptuous repast for all the ducks who cared to come and partake of it. Query — Has this harvest of a favorite food recently discovered caused, cer- tain species to deviate from their usual course, of migra- tion and tarry here to rest and feed? In partial answer, allow me briefly to refer to the varieties and numbers of the infrequently met species that came to my notice in and about the bay during the past fall. Early in September the ducks principally in evidence were the dusky, which had been -gathering since August. With them were a few scattered bunches of bluewing and greenwing teal and an occasional pintail. As the season advanced these flocks were augmented by new arrivals, and the rarer varieties would occasionally be seen. By September 15 those graceful birds, the pintails, increased, and bunches of five to eight were not unusual. They usually keep by themselves, and are unsuspicious of danger as a rule. Blue-winged Teal.— The blue-winged teal were . now flocking in what seemed incredible numbers for this lo- cality. Flocks of fifty, one hundred and even two hun- dred birds were frequently seen in the air, quartering hither and thither in their swift, nervous flight, which is characteristic of these birds. . Suddenly they would with one accord pitch headlong into the grass as if to feed and rest, only the next moment to rise with a great whirr and fly to some other part of the bay. On Sep- tember 16, j ust at dusk, a flock came suddenly out of the sky and flew past my float that must have numbered at least three hundred birds. I had never seen such a bunch of teal in Maine waters, though I once witnessed a similar sight in the Grand Lake region in New Brunswick. From September 15 to the 25th, blue-winged teal were everywhere in evidence in flocks of five to twenty-five. A few of those charming little bantam ducks, the green- wing teal, would be found from day to day, but only a few — no large flocks — and their path of migration was evidently not across Merrymeeting Bay. Black Ducks. — Pintails were still more common about the 25th, and the black duck, that grand old standby, was seemingly everywhere — scarcely a moment but what pairs or flocks of ten to fifty could be seen in the air in some quarter. It must be borne in mind that the vision, aided by good glasses, covered a feeding and flying territory of some five miles north and south by nearly two miles east and west, a large expanse of country. The Mallard.- — From October 1 to 10, the diving fowl or sea ducks began to appear in greater numbers, and with the advent of cold nights a few of those grand birds, the mallards, were seen, usually alone, but sometimes try- ing to be social with the black ducks. A little later, and good sized flocks appeared upon the scene, and the num- bers observed was one of the greatest surprises expe- rienced by the writer. At first flocks of five or ten would unexpectedly be found hidden away in the thick grass or wild rice. These would gradually unite, I pre- sume, and with fresh arrivals from some unknown quar- ter form .flocks of as many as twenty-five or thirty birds. In some instances it would seem as if the beautiful green- headed drakes constituted almost the entire flock, and a pretty picture they made when on the wing in the bright sunlight. With their delicately marked under parts, daz- zling green heads and neck, with white collars, they ap- peared as if in full dress, the aristocrats of the Anatidae, as they surely are. These choice birds, from this time to November I, were seen every day in numerous bunches, and even per- sistent gunning could not drive them from the bay, mere- ly causing them to seek the more open water. Surely if this is what we may expect in the future, the mallard can now be classed among our common ducks. Redhead. — About October 15 came the advance guard of those justly celebrated ducks, the redhead, close cousin to that rara arms the canvasback, a record of whose cap- ture in Maine waters I hope to establish before long. The redhead is far from scarce hereabouts now. He is a late arrival and remains after most of the other ducks have moved southward. My first experience with them in any numbers was in the fall of 1903. On November 5 of that year, late in the afternoon, I skulled a flock of nearly forty birds in the open water, and was within eighty yards before they became suspicious. As the sun- light fell upon the animated group, showing off their rich bronze heads, the sight was one never to be for- gotten. From October 20 to November 1, 1904, they were seen frequently, usually in sizeable flocks. They appear clan- nish and inhabit the more open water during the day, and consequently are not easily taken. That they are partial to wild rice, upon which they feed at night, is proven by examination of their crops and the delicious flavor this food imparts to their flesh. Gadwall.- — The heretofore rare gadwall or gray duck ( Anas strep era), put in an appearance rather late. It was October 27 when I observed and took the first one, a female, which was with a pair of mallards. On the 28th and 29th they came in fairly good-sized flocks, fif- teen or more being repeatedly seen together, but the weather was boisterous now, and we could rarely get within gunshot of them. Widgeon. — The American widgeon ( Anas americana), was also seen about the same time — beautiful birds, swift flyers like the teal. They cannot be mistaken once recog- nized, their immaculate under parts making them very conspicuous when on the wing. They seem to gather in rather larger flocks than the gadwall, twenty-five or thirty together not being uncommon. Both these latter species were quite numerous for a short time, and I am inclined to class them as commGn migrants in these1 waters from late in October to about November 5. I fully expect to see the European widgeon ( Anas pene lope) taken here at no distant day. The gadwall and widgeon are very closely related, and from an epicurean standpoint, in my humble opinion, no web-focted fowl can surpass them in excellency as a table bird, when properly served, and their appearance in Maine waters ought to be hailed with the greatest satis faction. Two Thousand Ducks. — I wish the readers of the Journal could have been with me on the Kennebec River October 27 last, that they might have enjoyed an object lesson upon the subject of water fowl in Maine. On that day there was “bedded” in the river between Brown’s Point and- the lower end of Swan Island not less than two thousand ducks, and probably more, the aggregate- being made up of easily defined flocks of black ducks, redheads, . American scaup, lesser scaup, mallards, widgeon, gadwalls and ruddy ducks, and probably other varieties. These birds had been harassed for weeks gradually becoming shy of gunning floats, and had taken: refuge in 'the deep open water. Here they rested during- the day, secure from molestation, for, long before a float could approach within gunshot, those nearest would take wing, and then, after a moment’s hesitation, the entire flock would rise with a roar like a mighty cataract or a swiftly moving railroad train, and, flying up the river quarter of a mile, would settle upon the water again. In closing, permit me to make mention of the onlj duck that is now met with more rarely than formerly, anc . they stand alone as the one species evidently decreasing I refer to; that beautiful bridal duck, the wood duck (Aix sponsa), they of the unsurpassed plumage, clothed as the} are in a veritable Joseph’s coat of many colors. I feai these birds are nearing extinction, as during the past twc years I have failed to observe a single specimen in the bay or elsewhere. Verily “ ’Tis pity, and pity ’tis ’ti true.” But we have an evident increase of the several exceeding!}' desirable species referred to above to com- pensate in a measure for the loss of this one, and possi- bly with a rigid enforcement of that wise statute pro- hibiting spring shooting, the few surviving ones may b< spared to multiply and replenish the earth, a consumma tion devoutly to be wished. Narrows Island Club Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Narrows Island Club wa held on the evening of April 10, at the Hoffman House New York City. The president, Mr. J. Burling Law rence, occupied the chair. After reading the reports of the secretary and treas urer and various committees, officers were elected fo: the ensuing year as follows : President, J. B. Lawrence ; Vice-President, Henr Sampson; Secretary and Treasurer, William H. Whee lock; Executive Committee, R. H. Robertson, T. S Young, Jr., George Bird Grinnell and the officers ex' officio. The President made an interesting address, going ove the history of the club for the past year and emphasiz ing its most noteworthy events. So far as the shooting goes, the past season was one of the most successful that the club had had. On the other hand, more thai half the birds killed were taken during the very earh part of the season. During the winter there were thra freezes, one of which lasted for several weeks, and during this time absolutely no birds were about; all, it is be lieved, having gone far to the south of their usual win tering grounds. The financial condition of the club is excellent and al; its prospects are bright. Opening of the Trout Season in Pennsylvania. The trout season in Pennsylvania begins the middle of April and ends the last of July. The style of fishing done in the streams of the Alleghany Mountains of Pennsyl- vania depends on three things : The advance of the season, the size of the stream, and the skill of the fisher- man. At the opening of the season, while there is still some snow water in the streams, the angler is forced to use bait. An occasional warm afternoon will bring out the flies, and he may use his fly-rod for two or three hours, but if he expects to make a creditable catch for the day, he must descend to bait. Of this he may use three kinds. He may spin a minnow in the riffles and through the pools, he may fish from a rock or a raft in the deep pools with a sawyer or grub, or he may load his hook with angleworms and catch trout or catch nothing, as he is skillful or unskillful with this kind of bait. Of the three kinds, the minnow fisherman displays the most skill and has undoubtedly the best time of it. He must know how to put on his minnow so as to make it spin in a lively manner ; he sees his trout when it strikes, and he catches the largest trout in the stream. _ It is no mean sport, and the skillful minnow fisherman is a much rarer man than the successful fly-fisherman. To fish a large stream in such a way as to cover it thoroughly, to know the best point to cross a stiff riffle without being washed down into the pool ; to keep himself in fresh bait ; to know instantly when the trout has struck; to keep his line taut until it has swallowed the bait ; to hook his trout with a quick jerk, and to land it with the least risk of losing it, require good judgment and much experience. I heard an old angler once tell a young enthusiast that of course he could teach him how to- fish with a minnow. He had once taught a man who caught “a trout the first day he went out.” One the first day would be a fair num- ber for the beginner. I once fished with an expert angler who had never before fished with a minnow, and in spite of all help, instruction, and favors in good positions at the pool, he made a complete failure of it, and spent the day between fits, of temper and chagrin. He was a big, strong man, but had to be helped across all bad places; he fished at the wrong points on the stream; he could not tell a trout bite from a stone bite ; and when he did get a bite he allowed so much slack that the trout wound the line around stone on the bottom, and when he jerked he hooked a stone while the trout disgorged the bait. In a day’s fishing he caught three trout when he should have caught ten times that number. Unless it has been an unusually early spring, the trout at the opening of the season are still in the pools, and the experienced angler pulls his minnow through these pools near the bottom with short jerks. He does not see his minnow, and he must be able to stop jerking the instant a trout takes the bait. He must wait until the trout has started away from him with the bait before attempting to hook it. The tip of his rod must be elevated and the line kept taut, and when ready he must strike upward and not sidewise. A large trout will usually tug at the bait and work with it before swallowing it and moving off, and every motion of the fish can be felt. The tyro will strike too soon and snag his fish, only to miss it entirely, for it will not bite again. A fisherman once told me that after feeling a large trout take hold, he had taken time to light his pipe and get it well started before striking the fish. He wanted to be sure of it, and he was, for he showed it to me in his basket, and it was a beauty. O' course there are exceptions to the rule that the trout will not bite again after being pricked. I was once fishing ahead of my father, who was crowding me a little toe1 close for comfort, and in my hurry I jerked too soon ancok my minnow with a rush that nearly gave me a ervous chill. The trout love a riffle that is long and lallow and not too swift, more like a mill-race than lything else. How well I remember such a riffle, seventy- ve yards long, that I could fish through, catching a half- ,ozen trout and then walk back to the head and fish trough again, getting nearly as many- the second time as te first. The trout must have just moved out of my way ; I fished down and then taken their old places again flow the big stones. But when the trout have gone up trough the riffles and are found at the foot of the next aol above, the minnow fisherman must get out his fly- id or give up for the season. It must be understood that have been talking of a large stream, where the angler ses a long cane rod, a good reel, a well enameled line, three-foot leader with a swivel at each end, and a No. Sproat or a No. 22 Cincinnati bass hook. _ I know every tck in , such a stream that is fifty miles in length, that is pools a half mile long, fifty yards wide, and of un- aown depth. I have known a minnow fisherman to itch in one day in this stream three trout whose aggre- ite length was fifty-four inches, and on another day to itch twenty-two trout, none of which was under thirteen iches in length. The fisherman who uses a grub or a sawyer must be a ill-fisherman, and must be content to sit and wait until le fish swim around his way. He catches the very rgest trout, and when he has caught half a dozen such is ell content. Who knows that he doesn’t get his reward it of sitting quietly on a rock smoking his pipe, watch- g his line for the long-delayed bite, and occasionally king a glance at the brown mountain across the stream om him? He begins his fishing in March, ostensibly for mb, but if you could examine his coattail pockets as he ends his way homeward in the evening, you would prob- dy find a big trout or two stowed away there. But he is lived on salt pork all winter, and why not lei him yve his trout in peace? He will not catch any great num- :r, and he disdains the basket of little fellows that the ide fisherman says he likes best because he cannot catch :e other kind. To the red-worm fisherman all streams and seasons are lod. In March he, too, will carry home a trout in his lattail pocket and a string of suckers in his hand. Some- mes he is not a still-fisherman, but will fish a stream for veral miles, playing his red-worm in. a way to entice a jod many fine trout. I used to meet in the early season ich a fisherman on a rocky mountain stream who would ive more trout than any other fisherman that I would ;eet. He always carried them in a tin bucket with a i on that had a round hole cut in the middle through hich he stuck his trout. I was always surprised to find s trout so cool and firm, but I suppose he set his bucket - the cold water while fishing a pool. . But generally your ‘d-worm fisherman wants a. mountain brook, where he leaks along behind the bushes and logs and drops his lit into the little pools without exposing any more than ,e tip of his rod. Watch him and you will find that he iways jerks toward the bank, and if the little trout flies ff the hook, he is sure to land somewhere on the bank, once went fishing with a man from the city who fished nly with red-worms. In the morning he started up one t these little mountain brooks, and was gone until dark, /hen he came in he was a sight. The gnats had just lasted on him, and his hands and neck were puffed up ntil he appeared to be deformed. He had not cleaned trout all day, and when I, to relieve him, offered to 'ean them, I found I should need a darning needle to do j- ; no knife blade was fine enough. I cleaned a few of re largest and allowed the rest to float away on the .ream. . , £ £ The fly-fisherman gets out his rod about the first ot lay, and from, that time until the close of the season e is cock of the walk. He loves the swift riffles m the irge open stream, where he has room for his back cast, nd where the swift current helps him to hook and drown is trout. He will begin the season with a gray fly, lade up to imitate the fly that crawls out on the stones long the edge of the stream and curls its tail up over its ack — the stone fly ; and if he strikes a day when the rout are feeding on this fly, he will not care to trade laces with a king. I have seen a long pool in which for s entire length large trout could be seen breaking the rater for these flies, and to cast when a trout broke leant to get a rise and to hook a trout. To fish a good mg riffle when the trout are greedily feeding on this fly ; to have an experience that will make up for many a oor dav. . , , Late in the season when the water m the large streams as a temperature above sixty-five degrees, the trout ather at the cold springs along the bank or at the mouth f cold mountain brooks. Here the fly-fisherman catches iem in the morning, at noon and again in the evening , t noon, because then his rod makes no shadow on the rater. I knew an old tail-race that emptied some cold /ater into the head of a large dam and that was rein- arced at its mouth by several very cold springs. Here he trout would gather in a vast school, the smallest rout nearest the shore and the large trout farthest out in ne stream. I reached this place one dark afternoon when strong wind was sending little waves across the cove /here I knew the trout lay. At nearly every cast a trout ose to each fly, and they were big ones, too. Occasionally landed two, but usually one was enough to fight with, "hey took the fly, as large trout will in such a place, by ust rolling over in the water. I can see yet, in my mind’s ye, those big red sides turning over on the surface. .1 iad an hour of such sport as one does not often have in his commonplace world, and then I had enough trout to atisfy any decent angler. With an experience with the fly I must close this arti- le. I had left home with a companion one afternoon to rive across the mountains to a little hotel on the banks ,f a stream that I have fished for many years. We cached the hotel about eight o’clock, and I hurried down 0 the mouth of a little cold brook that emptied into a arge, deep, dark pool in the main stream. There was a eiy ’light rain, making it such an evening as the fly- isherman loves. My tail-fly was a brown hackle, and my iropper a white miller on a poor gut. I do not now ecollect what the third fly was. It was nearly dark, and fter casting two or three times just at the point where he brook emptied, I heard a splash, and for an instant thought I had missed my fish. Then I felt such a rush IS one seldom feels on a trout rod. I was sure I must have hooked something bigger than a fish. I thought of a- water animal and of a water bird that might have been swimming along under the bank. Six times the thing crossed the entire stream, and six times I reeled it back to me. By this time I had decided that it was a fish, and I asked rny companion to get in behind it when I should pull it into a little gutter made by hauling a saw log through the. bar. When I pulled the fish into, this place, he stepped in behind it and threw it out on the stones. It was a trout, i8*4 inches long, the largest trout I have ever caught, hqoked under the adipose fin near the tail. It had struck at the white miller, tore it off, and then hooked itself on the brown hackle. It was fisherman’s luck. Charles Lose. The Song of the Spear. I have a new song to sing — A song of shallow seas, turquoise and purple, gleaming and clear as glass; Of quiet bays shadowed by dark overhanging man- groves, with roots like spiders; Of jagged and water-worn rock and ripples breaking around great heads of coral; Of wide flats, brown and yellow over the sands and seamed with winding blue channels; Of the solemn figures and hoarse voices of the herons white and blue; Of blazing sun, pale blue sky and soft and balmy breaths of air; Of emerald cays, ringed with white beaches sparkling like diamonds and set in saphire, turquoise and amethyst. There the great ray, the devilfish, powerful, swift, mighty, tons in weight, spreads his huge black wings; The sawfish, broad and strong, brandishes his ser- rated blade; The shark, stealthy, fierce and ravenous, lies in wait for his prey; The sea turtle, longer than a man, sleeps floating on the quiet waters; The tarpon, gleaming in silver mail, leaps into the sun and crashes back into the sea; The porpoise rolls over the waves, appearing and van- ishing again and again; The stingray lurks in the shallows, ready to wield his barbed and poisoned lance. See the light boat steal along, driven by a noiseless paddle; Lj| ij#| The standing figure poised in the bow, alert, silent and watchful; The heavy shaft, barbed with steel, grasped in the right hand, the coil of line in the left. Look!- the keen eye catches the faint shadow that tells of a great fish. A whispered word, a cautious retreat, a circuit to avoid the watchful eyes; A stealthy approach, a wave of the hand, the paddle stops, the boat glides on without sound. The long shaft rises slowly and is poised for the cast. Suddenly the spear flashes through the air and vanishes in the depths; There is a wild rush through the water, a fierce strain on the line; The prey darts madly away, the barbs sunk deep in its side; The boat swerves fiercely and races along, driving surges and spray from its bow; Then come minutes and hours of fierce struggle, of hope and fear, confidence and doubt, until at length the quarry, exhausted, yields, And the trophies of victory are taken, honorable, wit- nesses of skill and endurance. Worthy the object, the slaughter of the fierce and rav- enous beasts of the sea. Great is the sport, demanding patience, caution, skill, strength and courage. The ignorant may scoff at it and speak of it as coarse, bloody and brutal. Even I, the fly-fisherman, in the days of my darkness and folly, have so believed; But now I have learned to know better, and so will the others also; And sportsmen in years to come will rejoice in a new pleasure and praise and extol it; And some may thank me, and say, “He pointed the way and I followed.” So, with full heart and voice, I sing the first notes of my new song. The devilfish, the shark, the sawfish, the stingray, the porpoise, the turtle of the sea; The light boat, the silent paddle, the watchful eye, the cautious stalk; The steady poise, the quick and mighty effort, the arrow flight of the barbed lance; The wild rush of the quarry, the sudden and fierce strain on the line; The surges, the flying spray, the boat half full of water; The long struggle, the hope and fear, the joy of vic- tory, the pang of defeat; The sport of sports, the pleasure of pleasures, the joy of joys, the rapture of raptures; The point, the barb, the socket and the shaft, the har- poon, the lily iron, the turtle peg, the grains; I sing the song of the spear. A. S. J. Newberry. Trout Fishing in the Sapphire Country* Lake Toxaway, N. C., April 6.— Trout, both speckled mountain and rainbows, have begun to rise to flies in earnest. Mr. O. M. Cleveland, of Newburgh, N. Y., had fine fishing on the Horse Pasture River on two successive days, taking limit of handsome fish. He pronounced the Horse Pasture River the finest stream he had ever fished, from both standpoints of scenery and number and quality of fish. Mr. B. M. Caldwell, of Wheeling, W. Va., has also been fishing on the Horse Pasture and White Water Rivers, and pro- nounces them excellent. J. C. B. A Fish Which Eats Cattle. The pirantha ( Serrasalmo piraya ) is a very abundant fish over the whole of equatorial America. It is about 8 inches long and 4 inches deep, with a thickness of 2 inches or less. Its jaws are furnished with very sharp triangular teeth, placed irregularly. The back shows bluish reflections, while the sides of the belly are red; the body is covered with little scales. This little fish is a fierce and extremely voracious flesh eater, and what seems very curious is that in the Island of Marajo, situated at the mouth of the Amazon, it has become an actual pest to cattle raisers. The piranha lives in shoals in the rivers and brooks of the delta, going up with the tide as far as the mead- ows, whence often it is not able to descend, having allowed itself to be surprised by the ebb. In such cases it i§ often found in such great quantities that the natives have no trouble in killing it by hundreds by the most rudimentary processes, and often merely with their machetas. At the beginning of the rainy season — that is to say, toward January — these fish ascend the watercourses and spread over the meadows submerged by the rains and which remain under the water until July, and often until the end of August. During all this time the piranha lives in the meadows, feeding upon whatever falls to his teeth. Cattle are then exposed to incessant attacks. It is above all cows and mares that have the most to suffer from its voracity. On the farm, Dunas, Island of Marajo, my father lost, during the rainy season from January to July, 1899, about four hundred cows and mares, whose teats had been wholly or partly cut off by the piranha. Some of them had even had the ud- ders partly eaten. During the rainy season the cattle '‘pass practically the whole day in the water, which often, on a clay soil, reaches a depth of 24 inches. They browse on the grass, which always reaches the surface, and it is not until toward evening that they leave the water to go and spend the night on the woody islands. The piranha even attacks alligators, when, for ex- ample, the wound of a bullet in the muscles of the tail has weakened the giant. The blows of the tail and the irregular movements of the wounded creature lead the spectator to understand that these terrible little fish have commenced their work of dissection. The abundance of these infernal fish is such that if one plunges into the water the skin of a freshly. killed capybara to take it out again in two or three minutes, a resistance is felt and the skin is heavy with the im- mense quantity of piranhas that have attached them- selves to it. Their triangular teeth anchored in the prey do not let go their hold, and the fishes may be drawn up out of the water rather than abandon their feeding ground. No animal falling into the water escapes this creature, which well deserves the pictur- esque name given him by the natives, scissor fish. No matter what part is scratched, a drop of blood, a lit- tle wound, will attract the first bite, and only a few minutes will suffice to transform man, beef, or horse into a skeleton with will lack even some of the small bones and all of the cartilages. My father was obliged to consider the destruction of the piranha on his property, and this is how he takes it: Before the meadows become dry, we construct light barricades on the little watercourses by means of bam- boos split in two or four. We leave them there until the water has almost all run off from the brook. The piranhas, finding themselves stopped by these barriers, we have every facility for killing enormous quantities, after which we raise our improvised barrier and let the other fishes go down to the river in peace. When the piranha is little, he is good to eat. In fish- ing, the small hooks are attached to iron or copper wire, but this last if often cut by the teeth. With a hand-line, fifty or sixty may be taken in an hour, and even many more, if one is in a good place. However, one must be careful while fishing not to allow his legs and feet to be bitten. The leather of shoes is. not a sufficient protection against the bite of the piranha, which is very painful, and unhappily very easily be- c' mes poisoned. — Abstracted from Bulletin de la S iciete Centrale d’Agriculture et de Peche. A Very Wise Old Trout; We had been in camp a week or more enjoying the long June days, the cool nights and the solitude of the great forest. There had been no rain for sometime, and the streams were low and as transparent as air. Except an hour each morning and evening, we found it next to imposible to catch trout; in vain I recon- noitered the pools, changed flies and kept myself as far as possible in the background. One day while following the windings of a beautiful stream, which led on through the deep silent forest, I came in sight 'of an unusually promising pool, and de- termined, if possible, to see if it really contained any trout. Taking to the woods and making a wide half circle, I came alongside of the pool. Halting about twenty yards from the bank, I sat me down upon a log, and drew from the back of my hunting coat a sand- wich. How small it looked! — dried to a crisp about the edges with here and there clinging a bit of down from a last year’s bird — a morsel, which, if offered to me by my wife, would have been sufficient grounds for a divorce. But circumstances alter cases, and I do not recall ever eating a sandwich with more relish. If I removed the feathers, the act has escaped my memory. Leaving my rod and reel on the log, I got down on all fours and made my way toward a big beech standing close to the pool and bending to a 45 degree angle over the water. When half the distance had been covered, I went flat to the ground and crawled slowly to the roots of the beech. Arriving there, I began a sort of snake process, which finally brought me to a standing position, close against the tree. All this was done in a slow and deliberate way. I firmly believe that fifteen minutes was consumed in rising from the ground to a position flat against the tree. Having attained this position, I began to move my head slowly to one side, until at last I came in full view of the pool, and this is what I saw: The clear. Lr296 FOREST AND STREAM. cold water lay directly beneath me, not more than eight or nine feet from my head. An immense pine had, years before, fallen across the stream, obstructing the water and causing an overflow, which had, in time, hol- lowed out the bed below, forming a pool thirty feet wide by sixty feet in length, the deepest part being just below the log and growing more shallow toward the lower end. At the present low stage the stream found its way under the log. Undisturbed by the overflow the pool lay as quiet as a spring under a hill. Never was patience more liberally rewarded. So gradual had been my movements that not a single in- habitant of that pool had noted the change in the scenery, I could scarcely believe my eyes. There, al- most within reach, lay a hundred trout from four to fourteen inches in length. Think of it! — upward of twenty pounds of trout, all heads up stream, the largest lying in the deepest water, near the log, their mottled backs, black heads and protruding lower jaw as plainly seen as though not covered with four feet of water. Retreating in the same cautious manner to the log, I rigged up two joints of the rod with about four feet of line and No. 5 trout hook, on which I looped an angle worm, secured with some difficulty, then back again to the tree, where I found all as before. Very slowly I lowered the tip of my short rod until the bait dangled within an inch of the water, and waited. Nothing happened. After a time, by a slight motion of the rod, I caused the worm to perform all sorts of antics, just on the surface. Failing to arouse any curiosity, I allowed the worm to sink slowly to the bottom, landing not an inch from the head of a monster trout. Now, a trout has but four senses; they see, smell, taste and feel; they do not hear. (Talk as much and as loud as you like on a trout stream, but never jar the bank.) This trout both saw and smelled the worm, but, for various reasons, would not touch it. He was hungry, very hungry — and it was aggravating in the extreme to have a beautiful red worm, scented with the fresh woods earth, placed just within reach. Although he showed not the slightest interest, I well knew what was going on in his mind.. It would be un- troutly to take this unresisting worm in full Anew of the whole family. It was not feeding time. If only the water would become roily! or a sudden rain come up! But there was no excuse. However, it was not necessary for him to submit to further temptation; so he allowed himself to drift down stream, backwards, until three or four feet from the worm. Here he remained, looking wise and trying hard to make himself believe he had done his duty. The fact was, he had acted wisely, as far as he had gone, but he had not gone far enough. The current still filled his nostrils with that delicious smell. The worm took on a new lease of life which intensified the tantalizing odor. I had just time to note a sort of kink along the trout’s spine, then came the flash. He stooped so suddenly that, for a moment, the dirt he kicked up completely hid both trout and worm. The cloud soon passed, and I beheld the trout still swallowing in a satisfied manner. I struck. The whole band shot forward and disappeared under the log. With much difficulty I landed my fish, killed him. and repaired to the log to think it over. To my surprise I found the day far spent, and started on my return journey to camp, through the evening shadows, with the feeling that I had outwitted a very wise old trout and stolen a peep into his everyday life. German Angling Songs.* From the London Fishing Gazette. Dr. Beehm, the greatly respected president of the Ger- man Anglers’ Union, sent me recently a copy of a little volume of songs for anglers published by the union, with this charming letter in English, which I have pasted into my copy of the book. R. B. M. “R. B. Marston, Esq., London: Dear Sir — We have pleasure in presenting you a copy of a little publica- tion of ours, titled, ‘Anglerlieder,’ containing over 150 songs, grave and gay, in praise of angling. Although not all of the songs come up with our Schiller, Goethe or Heine, yet there is true poetry in many of them and an abundance of jollity in most of them. The book has been faArorably commented on by our press, and — what means more — has found a large circulation among the German anglers, who sing from it in .the unofficial part of their meetings — 'the fidulitas’ — and when starting for or returning from their fishing expeditions. Supposing that our songs may be welcome also to those of our English angling friends who are familiar with our language, and may afford them pleasant hours of read- ing or singing, we shall be glad if you will have the kindness to bring a little note on the ‘Anglerlieder’ in your esteemed journal. “The little book is sold at the price of mark 2.40 (say, 2s. 6d.), cloth bound, post free, by Mitscher and Rostell, Jager Strasse, 61a, Berlin. We remain, sir, with the German anglers’ greeting, Tetri Heil,’ yours re- spectfully, (Signed) Dr. Brehm, President Deutscher Angler Bund.” “Berlin, Jan. 27, 1905.” . I have much pleasure in making this extremely in- teresting volume known to our readers, and can warmly commend it to all anglers who can read German, as wen as to all German anglers in England and America. These German anglers are a jolly lot. “Wer liebt die schonste Deutsche Maid” is the burden of many of these songs, and, of course, the answer is “Der junge Anglersmann.” “Seh ich ein hiibsches Magdelein, Regt sich das Blut in mir, Ich habe einen Angelschein Und darf auch angeln hier.” Which verse from “My Favurite Sport” may be freely translated: “If I should meet a pretty maid Why should 1 act the hermit f Need I of fishing be afraid When I’ve a fishing permit!” And so, like Piscator and Viator and Corydon, these *“ Anglerlieder. Ein Liederbuch fur Deutsche Angler und Anglerinnen.” “Angling Songs: A Song-book for German Anglers and Angleresses,” jolly German anglers go singing through the meads, and the “angleresses,”1 too, for some of the lady mem- bers of the union contribute verses in praise of the sport. Frau Anni Killian, of Kdnigsberg, won a prize offered by the society for angling verse with her “Das Angeln ist Philosophic”-— “Angling is Philosophy,” Good! Another sings of how she guessed her lover was an angler by the way he Avooed her. “She could ‘tell it from his eye’ And the way he ‘cast his fly.’” But lest it should be supposed that these angling songs are all of an amatory character, which is not quite the case, I have attempted to give a translation — - a very free one— of a poem, entitled, “A Contribution to the History of the Art of Angling.” I got to the tAvelfth stanza before I discovered that this German angler-poet sings — “Wir lieben England sonst nicht sehr.” ( England we love not over much.) But this jeu d’esprit was written in 1901, Avhen the minds of good German anglers had been poisoned by the fabrications of the gutter press as to our treatment of the Boers, and especially of the supposed cruelty of our soldiers to Boer women and children. The official German history of that war has, let us hope, effectually cleared us of such baseless accusations in the eyes of all Germans whose opinion we need care for.2 If “H. B. M.” in a future edition of these “Songs” will modify his version, I will gladly alter my translation, if such it may be called. I asked “Dragnet,” who is a musician, if it would go to music; he said “Beautifully —to the tune of ‘The Cork Leg’!” I hope he is not pulling my leg, but I “hae ma doots,” for I never heard that song. If it limps, no wonder. R. B. Marston. ZUR HISTORIA VON DER ANGELKUNST. Contribution to the History of the Art of Angling. Melodic: Als Noah aus deni Kasten war. To the tune of “The Cork Leg.” Translated from the German of “H. B. M.” by R. B. M. 1. Als Noah in der Arche war. Da fiihlt er eines Tages klar: “Die Fleischkost bringt Dich nachstens um, Ein Fischgeriqht war garnicht dumm, Doch ach, wie fangst du Fische ein — Das diirfte halt so leicht nicht sein!” When Noah was sitting in the Ark He said one day, “My words now mark, This meaty diet makes me zvish That I could taste a bit of fish. But how to catch ’em, there’s the rub — We’ve got no gentles in this tub." Chorus : From north to south and from east to west, Oh, the angler’s sport is still the best! 2. Drauf dachte angestrengt er nach. Bis dass der Herrgott zu ihm sprach : “Nimm dort die Strange, alter Mann, Und binde eine Strippe dran, Auch einen krummen Haken noch, Und — Regenwiirmer hast du doch!” Now Noah, he bothered his old head So much, the Lord unto him said: “Take up that pole, you hungry man, And fix a line to’t if you can. Of worms, of course, you brought a pair, A hook tie on, and there you are.” Chorus. 3- Der Noah stippte gleich voll’lust Und Avard sich schmunzelnd bald bewusst : “Das ist ein Sport, der mir gefallt, Der passt wahrhaftig in die Welt !” Er angelte bis an sein Grab Und schrammte hoch-befriedigt ab. Into the Flood Noah dropped his bait. And soon caught fish at such a rate. Cried he: “This angling is divine! No more for fishes need we pine.” And so he angled with content Until his days on earth were spent. Chorus. 4- Als nachster Fischer wohlbekannt Sei Petrus riihmend nun genannt, Doch ist von .ihm es nicht ganz klar, Ob er ein Reiner Sportsmann war, Dieweil er lieber Seelen fing, Statt dass er auf Forellen ging. The next great Fisher known to fame Had “Simon Peter ” for his name, But of the ways of sportsmen true ’Twas mighty little that he knew; For he would rather souls pull out When he should have been landing Rainbow trout. Chorus. 5. Auf Pfahlen baute sich im See Der Kelt’sche Urmensch sein Palais, Und tief in Schlamm dort dann und wann Trifft man noch Bronce-spinner an, Auch Haken grob aus Horn und Stein — Das muss ein Sport gewesen sein! On piles in lakes the Original Celt Sat, and angled for salmon and smelt. And from deep in the mud we now and then Fish out his ancient tackle again l“ Anglerinnen,” our German friends call them. 3 This writer and all other German anglers freely acknowledge how much they owe to English angler writers from Walton on- ward. It would be a good thing for England and Germany if the anglers of both countries did all they could to help create a better feeling between the two nations.— R, B. M. [April 15, 1905, Bronze “Cholmondeley”! spinner and “Pennell” hook, Don’t zve know ’em again from the “Modern” boo {From horn and stone his hooks he made. And there were no water bailiffs to make h afraid). Chorus. 6. Aus spat’rer Zeit man nennen mass Den Romer Herrn Ansonius, Der einst in der “Mosella” sang Von manches guten Fisches Fang; Doch war er wen’ger Anglersmann, Es kam ihm mehr aufs Essen an. In later times now let us linger And listen to that Roman singer Ansonius, whose tuneful lays, Crowned salmon, of Moselle, with bays; ’Tis true he much preferred to bite ’em. Than with his Hardy Rod to fight ’em. Chorus. 7- ' Im Mittelalter fischten gern Des Klosters wohlbeliebte Herrn; Sie banden Fliegen schon geschickt, Und mancher Wurf ist da gegliickt, Auch brachten sie in Fluss und See Die Fischbrut kunstlich in die Hoh ! Monks in the Middle Ages fine Grew fat, loved fishing, and good wine. Invented flies, and, chucked ’em, when right , Much further,1 even, than John Enright! They also stocked the lakes and streams With artificial Trouts and Breams. Chorus. 8. Doch fehlte noch der echte Sport Bis ihn mit meisterhaftem Wort Ein Angelsachse dargestellt, Noch jetzt beriihmt in aller Welt — Dem Vater Walton drum ein Hoch! Was er gesagt, gilt heute noch! Though men caught fish, by crook or hook, They sadly needed a good book, To teach the art with rod and line To fish “ far off,” and to “fish fine.” Then Isaak Walton’s “Angler” came And won for him eternal fame. Chorus. 9- Herr Nelson — Ach, dass Gott erbarm ! Verlor ein Auge und ’nen Arm. Doch iibte er die linke Hand Bis er im Wurf sie sicher fand, Und fing alsdann mit Hochgenuss Noch manchen Salmo salmulus! Lord Nelson, fighting for his Land, Lost eye and arm, and his right hand. But though of members thus bereft. He learned to fly-fish with his left. For he loved catching Trout and Tench,6 As much as fighting with the French. Chorus. 10. Herr Davy, welcher, wie bekannt, Zuerst das Bogenlicht erfand, Stand gern am Bach als Angler da, Und schrieb tins die “Salmonia,” “Und Horrocks,7 wie Ihr alle wisst, Der beste Fliegenfischer ist. Sir Humphrey Davy, whose famed lamp Saves miners from th’ effects of “damp,” Loved by the river’s bank to stray, And catch, or write, “ S almon-i-a.” {You’ll see that it my rhyme will mar If I call his book “Salmonia-r.”) Chorus. 11. Wir lieben England sonst nicht sehr, Doch diesen Mannern Ruh und Ehr ! Die weil von ihnen jedermann Noch heutzutage lernen kann, Und weil der hoh’re Angelsport Sein bestes Vorbild findet dort. Although he does not “love” us “much,” Says this chdeky German, in double Dutch , He’s obliged to admit, like an honest man, That with us the “love” of the sport began. Though you search the zvorld from east to zees He admits our anglers “are the best.” Chorus. Of verses still there are some more. But I fear this “German” a bit of a “Boer.” (He tells how anglers on every hand Are spreading all over the Vaterland.) Well, if we don’t “much” love, we don’t m hate ’em, So I need not bother to translate ’em. Chorus : From north to south and from east to west, Oh, the angler’s sport is still the best! R. B. Marstoi 3Pronounced "‘Chumley.” 4See “The Modern Practical Angler.” •>The champion fly-caster of modern times. — R. B. M. 6Nelson was not only a fly-fisher, as his letter clearly pro’ R. B. M. ’Horrocks was an English angler who settled at Weimar, translated Ronald’s “Fly Fisher’s Entomology.” Haitian Fishing Rights* The Government has granted to four of its citizens a fish concession in the waters to the west and south of the Rep:; for nine years, renewable at the end of this period. It cc all classes of fishing— coral, sponge, pearl, oyster, and til Heretofore the industry was free to all, but those princi; engaged in it were Greek. Under the concession, these pe as" well as others, will be prohibited from fishing in these w,i unless they rent the privilege from the concessionaires,— \V Powell. Minister, Port au Prince, Haiti. April 15, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 297 The Log of a Sea Angler* BY CHARLES F. .HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “ANGLING,” "THE ADVENTURES OF TORQUA,” ETC. VII.— The Amber Jack— A Hard Fighter— Shooting Jacks — jrai-iit.g a H .wkbtli — Peggi.g Tor ies— Big Sharks Eating Turtks — A bea Battle. We had not turned a turtle for ten days, and John ex- pressed the opinion that the laying was over, or that the turtles had been frightened off; so we decided to try Mid- dle Key, and in the meantime “peg” a turtle on our reef. A good turtle peg can be made out of a file by using about half an inch of the end, the object being to use a sharp three-sided plug that will enter the shell of a turtle but not injure it, the peg, so far as its cap is concerned, being made like that of the grains, fitting on to any grain pole. Bob sculled the dinghy slowly along, while I looked for turtles that fed on the soft green weed and often slept there, occasionally rising to breathe. It was not Jong be- fore I saw one and tossed the peg into it just as it moved away; a moment later we were being towed up the reef by the big game that whipped the water with powerful flippers. But it was no match for the dinghy, and _we soon tired the animal, and, hauling the boat alongside, forced it to swim inshore, towing us, and landed it on the sands near camp. Chief borrowed my rifle near here and began shooting at some large fishes which were swimming along shore with their dorsal fins out of water. They proved to be jacks, and Chief killed two in this way, putting a bullet through the vertebrae. Middle Key was much smaller than East Key, and ap- peared to be two miles to the west. John sailed the “Bull Pup” over with Bob, while Chief and I rowed the dinghy, it being calm and smooth, that I might see the reef and the coral. On the way I pegged a hawkbill turtle — the kind combs, etc., are made of — the animal differing from the others of the family in having its shell in great over- lapping scales. A small remora was fast upon its under- side. We circled the reef, viewing great heads of coral — the vases of the sea — examining the sponges and fans that were suggestive of a good fishing ground, and were slowly drifting along when a commotion in the channel, water tossed into foam, attracted our attention. Pushing in that direction, we succeeded in running near a huge logger- head turtle, the largest I had ever seen, that was engaged in a deadly struggle with a large shark. The turtle had a bulldog grip on the shark, which occasionally plunged down, taking it out of sight; but up it would come again, the shark bending and snapping at its grim armored ad- versary, that undoubtedly would have ultimately killed the shark had we not interfered. They evidently saw us, and the turtle made an effort to escape, while the shark wrenched itself away. The turtle I found to be com- pletely helpless. The shark had bitten off all its flippers, leaving mere fringes of flesh, and had attempted to crush the- side- of the shell. The turtle must have weighed six or seven hundred, pounds — a giant and an antediluvian. jtrs huge mouth \yas cut and worn into leathery teeth ; its lips perforated with parasitic worms ; its eyes were enor- mous and dull, and altogether it was a picture of great age and decrepitude. We towed the helpless reptile into shallow water away from the sharks, and gave it a chance for its life. Middle Key was a small duplicate of East Key and one of a line of keys which seemed to extend to the west- ward, terminating in Loggerhead, five or six miles dis- tant. The boat was anchored in the lee, and the smoke of our camp-fire rose on the beach as we went in. A few birds were swinging around overhead, and later many young were found in the bush. As in the other keys, a platform or reef surrounded it, gradually deepening to the blue channel, on the edge of which the coral flourished and formed a splendid fishing ground. Acting on the suggestion of Chief, I determined to try it. He said it was the only place that he had ever taken the amberjack around the keys, and when he told me the sizes of the fish he had taken with a large cotton hand-line I lost no time in making the attempt. I fished this channel in all fashions for three days, but never saw the fish I desired, though I took several large barracudas. One day Chief was rowing me in the dinghy, I having rigged up a box seat in the stern in which I could sit facing it. I was using a fairly stout Greenheart rod eight feet long, weighing ten or twelve ounces, with a No. 21 linen line and live mullet bait. I had tried on the surface and had exhausted about all the points that Chief could think of or suggest, and had allowed my line to sink about ten feet, when it suddenly straightened out. I thought it a shark, as this vermin of the reef was always on hand ; but this was different game, my reel singing high and low in a long wail that meant many yards of line. The rush of the fish was so sudden — so electric, for a better word— that I fancied it a jack or a bonito, two fishes famous for quick action. It soon had the dinghy moving as I stopped its rush, and made a splendid swing half around the boat with its belly turned upward, so that it appeared a silvery flash of light against the deep blue of the channel, at which Chief shouted, “Amber- jack!” Here was luck of a specious quality, and I played the gamy creature with all possible caution, mentally classing it with the “delight makers.” Several times it came in on the line with a splendid burst of speed, turning quickly, as though to break away and gain sufficient force to out- wit the unknown enemy which held it. Now it would plunge into the channel, as though sounding, and threw us into despair, lest the line should touch a coral point, and doubtless this was what the gamy creature had in view; but by sheer good luck I held it and continued to gain. The amberjack never gave up; it fought the good fight every second, and did everything but jump, lashing the surface into foam at times in sheer madness, or perhaps in the hope of cutting the line or discovering some weak spot in it. Chief succeeded in keeping the dinghy stern to the game, despite its rushes, and at the end of twenty minutes I had it well in hand, and saw it swimming around in a circle ; then I gained ten or fifteen feet and brought the splendid gleaming creature across the quarter, always bearing off, and then Chief gaffed it, and held it while it tossed the spray over us in a last effort. This fish was three and a half feet long,' thick-set, but well proportioned, and must have' weighed thirty or more pounds, one of the most attractive and gamiest of all the fishes of the reef. I found it a common fish, but not a common catch, at least here. In playing the fish I could not but wonder what would become of a typical salmon rod designed for forty-pound salmon. It was my opinion that the amberjack of forty pounds would make kindling wood of it, so much does the fish exceed the salmon in agility and fighting qualities. Nearly all authorities under- estimate the size of this fish, which, like others of the Seriola tribe, are among the very large fishes, running up to eighty or even one hundred pounds in individuals. We carried the amberfish in and feasted on him in royal fashion. John dug a pit in the sand, lined it with shells, then building a rousing fire in it and piling sea- weed on the coals. On this pyre was deposited the amber- jack, whole, which when baked was served on an oar- blade; and I am prepared to assert that planked amber- jack is food for the gods. On this prolific reef the large fishes are so common that the angler often neglects the small fry; but I had light tackle, small hooks and lines, and experimented on all the lesser game that came my way, and can add parrot fishes, angel fishes, the doctor fish, and many more to the list of good fishes. Of all this throng the doctor fish (Teuthis) was the strangest; a high, big-eyed, long- finned fish somewhat resembling the porgy. I had often seen the “doctor” when watching the fishes in a large coral head with a water glass, and had observed singular movements — a peculiar whisking of the tail, well under- stood after an examination of the “doctor.” I caught it readily by using a small flv-hook with crayfish bait. But its mouth was very small and armed with a peculiar array of teeth that easily crushed a delicate hook. My first catch was about eight inches in length, and when netted and brought in, it gave a vivid demonstration of the ap- propriateness of its name, as on each side of the tail was an opening from which protruded, as from a scabbard, a sharp bony lance, suggestive of the sting of a bee on a large scale. With this weapon the doctor of the sea lanced its companions, and later, when I kept one in a tank, I found that it made war against all comers, cutting and slashing them and easily killing small fishes, as sar- dines, herring and others. I placed a cowfish, which is encased in armor and provided with horns, and a doctor fish in a tank together; the doctor immediately attacked the other, but to no purpose;' the cowfish was a knight in armor. In hunting for amberfish I fell in with a mass of algre or sargassum that to the east is caught in the great tidal vortex and constitutes the Sargasso Sea. This was a floating island an acre in extent and a world in itself. In the center were lanes and openings in which swam the flying gurnard, a dazzling creature that I tried to capture from the dinghy; but they would none of it. This is the fish that has astonished anglers by seizing the bait and dashing into the air and soaring away. Such an expe- rience was vouchsafed to Dr. Moseley, of the Challenger. I finally gave up the attempt, and alarming the fishes, saw them shoot away over the surface, catching all that landed on the surface of the sargassum. A more attractive fish it would be difficult to imagine. Its head encased in armor, makes it a dangerous projectile to encounter. This floating island had a life peculiarly its own. Crabs, Photo by E, C. Grinnell THE BROOK IN APRIL. 298 FOREST AND STREAM [April is, 1905. shells and fishes were in the main colored the exact tint of the weed, so they were perfectly safe from the laugh- ing gulls soaring around with eager glance. The most interesting fish was a curious creature that even in shape resembled the weed; its foot-like fins, its head being colored, and some parts even shaped like the fringed sargassum. This fish, called the walker, from the fact that it could walk on the bottom, laid prone on the weed, and near it I found the nest, a ball of sargassum about the size of a Dutch cheese, wound and- interwound into a globular shape and held together by threads of a glutinous secretion resembling starch which the fish takes from a pore in its belly. The eggs, about the size of small shot, are attached to the nest, and when hatched the young find protection in the mass of weed. There were dozens of these fishes in floating islands drifting along up the Gulf Stream to be thrown off somewhere and sent into the great eddy of this floating sea. As I drifted with the island I looked down and saw at least a dozen amberjacks of about fifteen pounds swim- ming in the perfect turquoise water. My dinghy was twenty feet from the edge of the floating island, and over this I cast, watching the actions of the fishes through the blue window. The moment the mullet struck the water, they charged it, evidently thinking it a jumping fish, and one seized it, as I hoped, making directly away , and float- ing on the verde antique matting, I played my second amberjack, Chief breaking the dinghy out of the thick mass so that I could play and bring the gamy creature to gaff, which I did in about fifteen minutes Middle Key was a famous place for shells, the beach at times being made up of the smaller varieties, and quan- tities were occupied by hermit crabs. I filled my pocket one day with the latter and discovered that they crawled out almost as fast as I put them in, my back soon being covered with them. In the coral here were quantities of Cypraeas, which the men called micramoks ; a beautifully polished creature protected by a fleshy covering which made life in the branches possible. From a survey of this great reef it was evident that the coral polyps, or their ego-s are swept around from the tropics, and have estab- lished a reef here which in time may extend, out and con- nect Florida with Mexico or Yucatan. This is conceiv- able if we allow the correct number of millions of years Middle Key is arid, a patch of sand covered here and there with bay cedar and prickly pear, with now and then a patch of tussock. The sand is ground coral, shell an the limy secretion of a seaweed, white as snow, its only available production is the fruit of the prickly pear or tuna, and eggs of the tern and noddy. But off from this key stretches a garden of the sea of marvelous beauty- groves of sea fans, sponges and plumes in glowing tints and colors of yellow, lavender, pink and black High sponges dot the bottom like seats and scattered about are vast coral mounds — the hills of this landscape beneath the ^Gazing into this attractive region, I caught a glimpse of one of the largest man-eater sharks it was ever my for- tune to see. It came swimming along beneath me with dignified mien, moving slowly and evenly. It had a num- ber of remoras clinging to it at least a foot long, black against its tawny hide, and swinging like banderillos on a maddened bull. About its head was a swarm of pilots, one or two of which swam in my direction ; but the mon- ster which to my excited imagination appeared nearly twenty feet in length, paid no attention to the boat and was soon swallowed up in the deep blue of the ocean. Fisheries of the Interior Lakes and Rivers of New York and Vermont BY JOHN N. COBB, AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. The first statistical investigation of the, ^ork fisheries of the interior lakes and rivers qf ^New Yo and Vermont was made by the writer m i896- In the fall of 1903 a second canvass was made, when data were gathered showing the condition of the fisheries during the calendar year 1902. With the exception o Great Lakes and the Hudson, Delaware and Susque- hanna rivers in New York, and the Connecticut River in Vermont, all lakes and rivers in the two States were visited in which it was thought commercial fishing might be carried on. The writer is under great obligations to the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York, especially to its secretary,. Mr.. John D Whish, and to the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game ot Vermont, for many courtesies extended to him. New York, New York is dotted with numerous lakes, many of them— such as Oneida, Champlain and Cayuga— of great extent, while there is a veritable network of rivers, creeks and canals throughout the State. The principal aim of the authorities has been, as far as possible, to confine the fishing in the interior lakes and streams to sportsmen, who are attracted, not only from all parts of New York, but from other States and even from foreign lands by the excellent fishing afforded m these waters. Such pleasure seekers are usually liberal, and the sums expended by them net larger profit to the community than would be obtained by the unrestricted use of fishing apparatus on the part of local fishermen It has been estimated that the sportsmen leave behind them in the hands of. the railroads, hotels, guides, boatmen, etc., several million dollars each year. Whenever possible without injury to the sport fish- ing the State has permitted the use of nets to some ex- tent, principally for the purpose of reducing the abund- ance of the commoner species of fishes, which, when in excessive numbers, do serious damage to the game fish by devouring spawn and fry. It has been an ex- ceedingly difficult matter to guard waters so extensive, however, and as a result there is much illegal fishing. During 1901 the authorities seized 803 fyke nets, 443 trap nets, 416 gill nets, 76 squat nets, 20 seines, 335 set lines, 7 spears, 16 eel weirs, 8 wire nets and 2,637 tip-ups ’The total number of illegal devices destroyed was 4 761, representing a total money value of $25,820, a sum greater than the whole investment in the legal commercial fisheries of the entire region. The greatest drawback to the fisheries of many of the lakes and streams is the presence of undesirable species. The alewife in Seneca Lake, the gar in Lake Chau- tauqua, and the ling in most of the lakes and rivers, are very unpopular residents, and unless their numbers are reduced shortly they will do considerable harm. These fishes appear to be useless, althougli the ling has been prepared as cod in Buffalo. The German carp is also regarded with some disfavor, but if taken in the winter time and sent alive to New York City would net the shipper a fair price, since it is a very hardy fish and would stand transportation in ice. Below is a summary of the general conditions and principal features in the fisheries of each lake and river in which commercial fishing was carried on in 1902. A number of other lakes and streams were visited, but as they had no commercial fisheries they are not con- sidered. Bear and Cassadaga Lakes. These are small bodies of water close together in Chautauqua county, not far from Lake Chautauqua. During 1902 spearing for maskinonge was permitted in these lakes on Monday and Thursday of each week for five consecutive weeks, beginning on the first Monday in February. The fishing is carried on in almost identi- cally the same manner as in Lake Chautauqua. Hand- line fishing through the ice for bullheads is also prac- ticed on these lakes. Canandaigua Lake. This lake is situated in the counties of Ontario and Yates, a portion forming a part of the boundary line between the two counties. It runs almost due north and south, and is about fifteen miles long, while its greatest width is about two miles. The lake occupies an eroded valley, and has quite high banks. Its waters discharge through Canandaigua Outlet into Clyde River and thence into Seneca River. The principal fishing town on this lake is Canan- daigua. The only apparatus in use in 1902 consisted of pound nets and set lines, the former owned and operated by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State for the purpose of taking whitefish, which were stripped for fishculture purposes and then sold as food. The set-lines, which were each about 600 feet long, were operated by the fishermen, and the catch consisted of bullheads, pickerel, suckers and whitefish, quite a number of the latter being taken in this way. Early in 1903 the Legislature passed a law permitting ice fishing with hand lines and tip-ups, except during the months of March and April, and spearing for all fish but lake trout, black bass, and pike perch, except during April, May and June. The use of tip-ups and set lines is restricted to a certain section near the head of the lake. As a result of this more liberal law the commercial fisheries will doubtless soon show a considerable expansion. Cayuga Lake. This is one of the prettiest lakes in the State, lying in a deep eroded valley, the banks for the most part being perpendicular cliffs from ten to sixty feet high. It extends almost due north and south for about thirty- eight miles, with an average width of two miles. Its greatest width is about three miles, and its greatest ascertained depth is 390 feet. The outlet from this lake meets Clyde River about six miles from the lake, and together these streams form Seneca River. Commercial fishing in Cayuga Lake is restricted to fyke nets, which are operated from Oct. 1 to March 31, “in that part of the lake which lies north of Canoga Point and within 1,800 feet from the west shore thereof, and in that part of said lake which lies north of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad bridge across such lake, and within four miles of such lake in the waters of all streams and rivers which have an outlet or inlet in such lake north of such bridge.” Nearly all of these nets have four hoops, and the mesh is limited by law to not less than ij4~mch bar. Only common fish, such as bullheads, dogfish, eels, German carp, suckers and sunfish, can legally be sold, the fishermen being required to return to the water all game fish taken in the nets. The waters swarm with dogfish and German carp, and thousands of pounds of both species are taken, nearly all of which are thrown upon the shores to rot or else are used as fertilizer. As the fyke-net fishing is confined to the foot of the lake, most of the fishermen come from Seneca Falls, Cayuga, Auburn and Canoga, by far the larger num- ber being from the first-named place. Lake Champlain. A considerable portion of the boundary line between New York and Vermont is formed by Lake Champlain, the northern end of which extends for a short distance into Canada. The greater part of the lake, however, is in Vermont, the dividing line in the northern portion lying midway between a chain of islands running down the center and the New York shore. From its head at Whitehall to the border, the lake is about 100 miles long. In the southern part it is less than a mile wide in places; the northern part incloses several large islands, and is nearly fourteen miles wide. The greatest ascertained depth is 600 feet. By means of the Richelieu River it discharges into the St. Lawrence. If both shores are considered, the lake supports more important commercial fisheries than any lake in the United States, the Great Lakes excepted. On the Vermont side seines and gill nets are operated, but New York does not permit the use of nets of any kind, and fishing on that shore is consequently restricted to hand lines; set lines, tip-ups and spears. An interesting fishery is that for smelt, locally called “ice fish.” This fishery is carried on between Crown Point and Essex, the most important points being Westport and Port Henry. As soon as sufficient ice forms the fishermen carry small huts out of favorable positions on the lake, each hut provided with a small stove and a bench or chair, and having about a third of the bottom floored. The fish are caught with hook and line through a hole cut in the ice. For a tim® the “ice-fish” caught in this part of the lake, which are exceptionally large (examples 15 to 18 inches long having been captured), were thought by the fishermen to be a different species from the smelt, as the fish taken in other parts of the lake and known as smelts average but about seven inches in length. _ At times the catch of “ice-fish” is quite heavy, but in 1902 it was small, there being but few fishermen engaged. Nearly all who participate do so because they have no regular occupation, and as last year was a busy and prosperous one in nearly every town along the lake shore there were but few persons out of employment, consequently but few fishermen. In the fishing season at certain hours in the day the buyers visit the huts, gather up the fish caught and bring them to the towns, where they are boxed or barreled for shipment. Near the foot of the lake considerable fishing for black bass, bullheads, yellow perch, pickerel and wall- eyed pike is done by means of rod and line, a few set lines are operated for bullheads, and a few spears are used in catching eels. Lake Champlain is a favorite resort for anglers, and it is the aim of the New York authorities to keep it so. The dumping of refuse from pulp and chemical works into the lake and its tributaries has seriously injured the fisheries during the last few years, but strenuous efforts are now being made to put an end to this practice. Chautauqua Lake. This lake is in Chautauqua county in the extreme western part of the State, and is long and narrow, like most of the lakes in this region. It is twenty-two miles long and from one-fourth of a mile in its nar- rowest part to three miles in width in its widest part, with an average depth of about twenty feet. The head of the lake is about eight miles distant from Lake Erie, but, unlike all the other lakes of the State, except the small ones, Cassadaga and Bear, which belong to the same system, Chautauqua empties into the Ohio River, through Conewango Creek and Allegheny River. From a commercial standpoint this lake is one of the most important in the. State, and principally on account of one fish, the maskinonge. This species is distinct from the maskinonge inhabiting the Great Lakes, but is identical with that occasionally found in the Ohio River basin. Its real home is in this lake, only oc- casional specimens being found in other waters. _ New York was the first State to propagate the maskinonge artificially. A hatchery was built in 1890 and the work has continued each year since with considerable suc- cess. The State fish commission has introduced the species in other lakes of the State, but in none has it yet attained importance. As a game fish it is held in very high esteem. In summer it is usually taken by trolling with a specially made spoon or a good-sized minnow; a rather short line is used and the boat rowed only fast enough to keep the tackle taut, the spoon be- ing a short distance under water. Up to and including 1902 fishermen were permitted to spear maskinonge through the ice on Monday and Thursday of each week for five consecutive weeks, be- ginning on the first Monday in February. During this season the lake presented a busy appearance, as fisher- men came from not only the immediate vicinity, but from Pennsylvania and Ohio. For this method of fishing each man is supplied with a Offish coop” and a spear. The “coops” are huts about 4 feet square, and from 3E2 to i,/ feet in height, with a pair of wide run- ners underneath, and built perfectly tight in order to exclude every ray of light. Within is a small sheet- iron stove, burning wood or charcoal, to furnish warmth for the fisherman. Opposite the stove is a seat, with only a narrow margin of floor around the inside of the hut for the feet to rest upon. The hole in the bottom of the “coop” is about three feet across and, when the “coop” is in place, is immediately above a some- what larger hole which has been cut in the ice. The spear used in taking the fish has five or seven tines and a short handle, to which is attached a stout cord, and hangs half its length down into the water, secured by a catch- on the floor of the “coop.” The fisherman sits with one foot on either side of the house and plays a weighted wooden minnow about six or eight feet below the ice. Sometimes he does not have long to wait for a maskinonge to appear, but again there may be no sign of one during the whole day. When a fish does appear it generally approaches the decoy slowly and carefully. The fisherman grasps the spear and quietly poises it directly over the fish, which, as there is no light in the hut, is unable to see its danger. It is his endeavor to plant the spear a little back of the head, thus breaking the backbone and killing the fish almost instantly. He then carefully brings it to the surface, secures it on the spear by means of a gaff hook, lifts it from the water, and throws it through the door of the “coop” upon the ice outside. As soon as the day’s fishing is done the “coop” must be removed to the shore to remain until the next legal day for spearing. Owing to the strenuous objections to this manner of fishing made by sportsmen and others, the Legislature of 1903 amended the law so that the practice is now permitted only on Thursday of each week during the month of February. The gar-pike is an unmitigated nuisance in this lake. Strenuous efforts were made in 1896 and 1897, by se- curing appropriations of the Legislature and through the efforts of private individuals to get rid of this pest, and the numbers were materially reduced. The fisher- men are allowed to spear gar-pike when spearing maskinonge, but as the gar cannot be used as food not many are destroyed in this way, although some of the less experienced spearers practice on it first. Bullheads are also quite abundant. They are taken by means of hand lines fished through the ice, and with set lines during the rest of the year. Chautauqua Lake leads all other bodies of fresh water in the country in the catch of maskinonge, and, with the exception of the Great Lakes, in the catch of bullheads. Conesus Lake. This is a medium-sized lake situated wholly in Living- ston county, in the western part of the State. The commercial fishing in 1902 was by means of hand lines through the ice, and yellow perch was the species taken. April 15, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 299 Lake George. This beautiful sheet of water, about thirty-six miles in length, is situated in the eastern part of the State. Like the greater part of Lake Champlain it has high banks, and it discharges into Champlain by means of a short and narrow outlet. The only commercial fishing permitted is with hand lines, the purpose being to restrict the fishing as much as possible to sportsmen. The species taken in the commercial fishery are black bass, bullheads, lake trout, yellow perch, and pickerel. Large quantities of game fish are unnecessarily destroyed each year by summer residents along the lake shore. Lake Keuka. Just west of Seneca Lake, into which it empties through a short tributary, is Lake Keuka, sometimes called Crooked Lake, because of its shape. It is about twenty miles long, two miles wide, and has an ascer- tained depth of about 200 feet. Fishing through the ice with tip-ups and hand lines is allowed, except dur- ing the months of March and April. Pickerel is the only species taken with the tip-ups. During the summer large quantities of game fish, particularly black bass, lake trout and pickerel, are caught by means of hook and line, and sold. From a commercial standpoint this lake is the second most important in the State, being exceeded only by Oneida Lake. So far as game fish alone are concerned, it leads all the other lakes of the State, and, according to the statements of fishermen and others, there are no present indications of decrease in the supply. Penn Yan, at the foot of the lake, and Hammondsport, at the head, are the principal fishing towns. [to be concluded.] A Trip to the Fishing: Banks. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 7.— Have you ever been to the “fishing banks?” If you have not you have missed a great treat. The name fishing banks is applied to the water off the New Jersey coast, about ten to twelve miles westward, where very large excursion boats take people to fish. The trip lasts all day. These large boats are “three-deckers,” and comfortably carry from 200 to 300 people for the most part of the year. The fare is 75 cents, but it seems well worth it. Rising at 6, we breakfast and hastily get our luncheon ready, and our fishing tackle. By the time we are in New York it is 8 o’clock; the boat starts at 8:15, so we quickly get on board. Our boat is the Taurus; there are two others— the Angler and Edmund Butler. We are now well out of the harbor, and people are getting their tackle ready, while some are fixing bait. After sitting down and talking for about two hours, someone yells, “We’ve reached the grounds !” and the boat is turning around, and presently the anchor drops. All is hustle and bustle now, for everyone tries to get a good place to fish from. “Low bridge!” is hollowed by someone, and every- one near the spot “ducks.” We duck, too, but we know not what for. Then we see what it is all about, for the person who yelled has thrown his fishing tackle into the water, and we are glad we ducked, for we might have had a hook sticking some place in us. We now have our lines out; and down, down they go, and yet no bottom; but now the sinker has struck bottom. One hundred and fifty feet are measured out on the line. “Low bridge !” is yelled again, and we all are glad to duck, for the one who gave the command might be a reckless fellow. “I have a bite,” the same fellow hollows excitedly. He reels and reels, and presently up comes a nice big codfish. “Get a gaff, get a gaff !” and then the fish is gaffed and safely landed. When on the scales it weighs. 23 pounds, and is a dandy. Plaving thought he has enough for the day, he quits, and “gets busy” cleaning his fish. Soon all have a mess, but not as big as the cod. But now the whistle toots, and that is the sign for all to draw up their lines, and homeward bound we go. The three boats race home all the way to New York, a dis- tance of twenty to thirty miles, and it is exciting. At last “dear little old New York” comes in sight, and we dock and take ferry to Brooklyn, a distance of one mile, having had a day of real sport. Walter Moblard. A Palm Beach Sailfish. We find in the Palm Beach News this account of a time with a sailfish : “The habitues of the ocean pier experienced a most unusual and thrilling sensation on Tuesday morning, when Mr. Richmond Talbot, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., threw down the gauntlet to a huge sailfish, which he con- quered after a desperate struggle that lasted an hour and forty minutes. The monster specimen was hooked while Messrs. Talbot and Thos. D. Whistler were trolling for kingfish off the pier, and the two colored fishermen row- ing the surf boat were thrown into convulsions of excite- ment when confronted with this novel and dangerous situation. Knowing well the traditional habits of these terrors of the deep, their complexions fairly bleached with fear when they realized the close proximity of this dangerous variety of the swordfish family. The fish was thoroughly angered with pain, and momentarily threat- ened to drive its powerful spear through the side of their frail craft. “Mr. Talbot’s rare skill and good judgment enabled him to handle the great fish with comparatively small personal danger, as in his first rush the fish was allowed to take out over 450 feet of line. The sailfish made a dozen or more of his characteristic leaps, clearing the waves by at least ten feet, something like the tarpon, and instantly re- gaining his native element with a tremendous splash. When partially exhausted from these tactics, he com- menced to set his enormous sail, a peculiar development of the dorsal fin, which in this instance measured nearly fourteen square feet of sail area. This remarkable fish is also. equipped with a belly fin which acts as a center- board, and so rigged he took advantage of the prevailing trade wind and set sail for Nassau, towing the gallant little crew well out toward the Gulf Stream, where the leopard sharks abound. “Although worn to the point of sheer exhaustion, Mr. Talbot pluckily held on and tactfully used the automatic adjustable friction drag of' his large VomHofe reel until the fish was drawn close to the boat in a nearly drowjsed condition. When brought into a position to gaff, he sud- denly mustered sufficient strength, and making a desperate effort, nearly drove his formidable spear into the side of the boat. This catastrophe was averted by the dexterous use of an oar that was splintered to pieces at the blade. At this critical moment, Mr. Whistler seized the pneu- matic gaff, and, securely planting it in a vital part, the , great specimen was quickly hauled into the surf bogt, / where for a few seconds pandemonium reigned supreme: The superb fish is now safely housed in Heim’s pisca- torial embalming parlors prior to departing for his final resting place at Tuxedo Park. This record specimen of the sailfish measured something under eight feet, and while not officially ; laced on the scales, was estimated by competent judges to have weighed between 120 and 130 pounds.” New Jersey Fishing. Asbury Park, N. J., April 8. — Trout streams through- out this county are in fine condition for fishing. While we have not many streams which can be classed as good, still by those who know and are willing to put forth honest endeavor, some good results are to be obtained. Dr.. H. S. Kinneth, in company with Game Warden Ackerman, visited the Hockhocksen on the opening day, April 1, and secured twenty beautiful fish. The Doctor terms it the finest catch ever made in Monmouth County, several of them weighing over 1 pound each, hnd two weighing full iRj pounds. He deserves the success, as he has for years used both time and money in having many of the local streams stocked and is zealous in their care. White perch are now plentiful in our lakes and are taking the hook quite freely; but this fishing will be greatly improved within the next two weeks, provided we get some warm rains. Perch fishing is exceedingly popular hereabouts as the streams are of easy access, and under proper conditions success is quite certain. Winter flounders are plentiful in the rivers and bays. I have taken some very fine ones the past week, they are in fine condition and are taking the hook well. Law has at last reached the pound net industry. Fol- lowing the 21 indictments secured last season by the Government, came an order prohibiting the placing of any new poles without Government permit as to when and where, and complaints long and loud have been welling up in the past month as nothing definite could be heard from Washington. They, however, came to light yesterday, but are said to be stringent as to loca- tion and character. One of the conditions is said to be that all the old poles now in place must be pulled up and put on the beach. This is a wise provision if true, as they are not only very unsightly but a positive menace to' light craft. - It js a case of the mills grinding slowly, but it is to be hoped that the grist will in the near future be ex- ceedingly fine. Leonard Hulit. Waiting for the Frogs. Waterloo, Wis., April 1. — What a terrible winter we have had here. I shall be indeed glad when the frogs begin to peep. There are few or no trout in this neigh- bourhood, but bass and pickerel in season very fine. Pickerel (not pike nor maskinonge) of 12 pounds are not ' uncommon, they tell me. I shall go for them when the time comes. Jacobstaff. Legislation at Albany. Albany, April 8. — The following additional bills amending the forest, fish and game law have been introduced in the Legisla- ture: Senator Prime’s (Int. No. 856), ordered to third reading, with reference to forbidding the transportation of fish caught in Mis- sisquoi Bay and its tributaries in the Province of Quebec and the Richelieu River. Senator Malby’s (Int. No. 899), amending Section 224a so as to- authorize the chief fire warden, under the authority of the State Commission of Forest, Fish and Game, to commence prose- cutions for trespasses on the forest preserve. The Commission may appoint five inspectors instead of assistant fire wardens to serve during the season when forest fires occur along the lines of steam railraods in the forest preserve counties. They are to be'allowed an annual salary of $900, with $600 a year for expenses. They shall perform such other duties in protecting the forest and fn_- reforestation as the Superintendent of Forests or the Com- mission shall direct. The Senate has passed the bill of the Senate Committee on For- est, Fish and Game (Int. No. 677) relative to the duties of the Superintendent of the fire wardens and game protectors. The Senate has advanced the following bills to third reading: Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 684) relative to the destruction cf nets. Senator Coggeshall’s (Int. No. 496), relative to the expenses of seizure of nets. Senator Raines’ (Int. No. 247), in relation to the sale of trout. Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 866), relative to the close sea- son for deer in Rockland and Westchester counties. Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 1175), relative to the close season for trout. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 265), relative to taking fish through the ice in the town of North East, Dutchess county. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263.), relative to the close se- scn for squirrels in certain counties. Assemblyman Plammond’s (Int. No. 534), relative to taking wall- eyed and yellow pike in the counties of Oneida, Madison, Oswego and Onondaga, except in Lake Ontario. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 305), relative to the protection of land turtles and wild black bears. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 105), in relation to penalties. Assemblyman Stevens’ (Int. No. 1006), relative to the close sea- son on trout in Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties. Assemblyman West’s (Int. No. 469), in relation to placing carp in certain waters. The. Assembly has passed the following bills: Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079), relative to the use of netj In Coney Island Creek. Assemblyman Allen’s (Int. No. 1206), in relation to the close season for trout in Fall Brook Creek, Cayuga county. Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No. 599), in relation to spearing fish in Ulster county. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int, No. 1075), relative to grouse and woqdcock ndt being sold. Assei&blyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1077), relative to the close season on woodcock. Asseriiblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), relative to fishing in . Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. Assemblyman Coutant’s (Int. No. 1295), allowing the taking of herr-ing -in the Delaware River and that part of the Hudson River below the dam at Troy, with nets operated by hand only, from March 15 to June 30, both inclusive. ASsemblyman Knapp’s (Int. _ No. 1305), relative to the trans- portation of fish caught in Missisquoi Bay, Province of Quebec. Assemblyman Phillips’ (Int. No. 466), relative to trout fishing in Allegany : county. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the following bills : Assemblyman Santee’s (Int. No. 737), relative to the appoointing of additional protectors. Assemblyman Miller’s (Int. No. 994), in relation to the pol- lution of streams. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1078), relative to the powers of game; protectors. Jpte H mml ■ - ■<& — The Handlers' Association, The National Field Trial Handlers’ Association is the title assumed by a few field trial handlers, mostly of the Middle West. They are organized ostensibly for purposes beneficial to field trials in general, but in practice have adopted some modifications of the trades union methods. This association seems to act from two erroneous assumptions, one being its own importance and power in the field trial world; the other its capability to improve and manage field trials in general, though leaving all the expenses and labor to the field trial clubs as a matter of course. There are many little troubles flowing from this Handlers’ Association as a source, but the chief and most serious one seems to be the assumption that they have -a right to make a list of judges which the field trial clubs should recognize and use. It requires no proof to estab- lish the fact that a field trial club, paying the expense of its field trials, that of its judges included, has a perfect right to conduct its affairs in its own way without any impertinent interposition or intermeddling from rank out- siders. If the handlers do not like the judges or anything else, they are privileged to participate or not, as they may elect. They, however, are not privileged to- arrogate to themselves any power to take charge of the club’s affairs. There is one unpleasant feature contingent on refrain- ing to participate : if the handlers do so a few times their patrons will engage men who will attend the trials, and then some of the more turbulent Association members might really have to engage in actual work. As a rule, a handler is accepted by his patrons as a sportsman, and treated as an equal accordingly. Then what is the need of an association? The association handlers will soon find that, if they draw the lines much further offensively, they will be placed in the position of mere labor employes, in which situation unconsciously their constitution and acts portray them. It is also an easy matter for the field trial clubs to organize and do with an obstreperous handler what the racing clubs do' with an offensive jockey. The wise handler is he who stands on his individual merits. The Chase City Meet. Raleigh, N. C., April 8. — The most notable “meet” of fox hounds was held at the Hotel Mecklenburg, Chase City, Va.,_the last week in March. No less than 12 packs, J3S dogs in all, were in the hunts which lasted five days. Nearly all the chases were spectacular. Deer, which fre- quently jumped up, gave the dogs no little trouble and tested the patience of the hunters, who on one occasion numbered 85, including a round dozen of ladies. Col. W. T. Hughes, of the hotel, was the master of the hounds. Of the dogs a number were from North Caro- lina. Work began daily at 5 o’clock in the morning. Never were less than 50 in the saddle. Col. Hughes was ably assisted by Sydney P. Cooper, of Henderson, N. C. ; Mr. Baptist, of Buffalo Lithia Springs; Mr. Hunt, of Townsville, N. C. ; Mr. Jackson, of Norfolk, Va. ; Mr. Overly, of Boydton, Va., and Judge Aiken, of Dan- ville, Va. Among the most zealous of the ladies were Miss Norris and Miss Moring, both of Raleigh, N. C., and Mrs. Moody, of Chesterfield, Va. Two of the negro huntsmen devoted to the chase and to the dogs of their packs, were like leaves from old-time picture books or sporting prints, these being Sam. Browne, the hunts- man of Mr. Sneed, of Boydton, and Jim Bartell, the huntsman of Col. Hughes,' the former wearing a blue broadcloth hunting coat with tails of the pattern of 1825 ; the latter in a cap of raccoon skin, with a horn a cen- tury old and a pink vest. Old Mr. Sneed was a prince among the eager huntsmen. Once when his associates were lamenting a failure to get a fox he assured them that this very uncertainty gave all the more zest to the sport. He keeps his pack and hunts it in the fashion of his great-grandfather. The hunters all wore service- able clothes, nothing of the fancy style, no hunting boots or gay garments, having no club colors. Instead of these accessories, which the bogus hunters often to be seen to the northward regard as the prime object, they have good horses, the best dogs, practical dogs, and a spirit of the chase and a zeal which never flags. The packs of hounds in the hunts were from Buffalo Lithia Springs, Boydton, Townsville, Chase City, Hen- derson, Finneywood, Wake Forest, N. C., Danville, and Lynchburg. The largest pack was from Boydton-Towns- ville, 53 dogs, owned by Messrs. Sneed, Overly, Lewis and Hunt. In one hunt two foxes, a grey and a red, were taken in the same clan, after a run of twenty-five miles. Some- times the hunt crossed the border into North Carolina. The country people turned out, full of interest in this notably great meet. In one hunt the fox was killed near the hotel, and a series of photographs of the finishing scene were taken, showing the party of riders and the immense pack. The dogs hunted well together. Deer, so very abundant in that section, gave the most trouble. Dr. Arthur Fleming, of Lewisburg, N. C., was in great luck. Twice he got the brush. The very hilly country, well timbered, yet with fine open stretches, gave the best of opportunities to see the dogs. A good result is that the owners of the twelve packs have decided to form a Virginia-North Carolina organi- zation to improve hounds and to promote foxhunting in both States. There are about twenty packs in this State. The owners will be asked to join the organization. A committee is in charge of the matter and will prepare a constitution and by-laws. Points and Flushes. George De Forest Grant, well known in the dog world during a number of years past as one of the chief officers of the Westminster Kennel Club, died of heart disease at St. Augustine, Fla., April 5, in his fifty-second year. He was a member of the Union Club, the Racquet Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Metropolitan Club, and the Coney Island Jockey Club. soo FOREST AND STREAM. * [April 15, 1905. The Great Ocean Race of 1866, Between Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta. After discussing at length the merits of their respective yachts, Fleetwing and Vesta, Messrs. George and Frank- lin Osgood and Mr. Pierre Lorillard decided the way to settle the matter definitely was for the two boats to race across the Western ocean from Sandy Hook to the Needles. These gentlemen believed that such a contest would prove conclusively which of the two vessels was the faster; and to give their seagoing qualities a thorough test it was decided that the race should take place in December. The race was sailed in accordance with the following agreement: Agreement. George and Franklin Osgood bet Pierre Lorillard, Jr., and others $30,000 that the Fleetwing can beat the Vesta to the Needles, on the coast of England, yachts to start from Sandy Hook on the second Tuesday in December, 1866, to sail according to the rules of the New York Yacht Club, waiving allowance of time. The sails to be carried are mainsail, foresail, jib, flying jib, jibtopsail, fore and main gaff topsail, storm staysail and trysail. (Squaresails added.) No sooner wras this bold venture known, than a third party, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., requested to be ad- mitted to the match and the following was added to the agreement : The yacht Henrietta enters the above race by paying $30,000 subscription by members of the New York Yacht Club; any minor points not embraced in the above, that cannot be settled by Messrs. Osgood, Lorillard and Bennett, shall be decided as fol- lows: Each shall choose an umpire; the umpires chosen in case of a disagreement to choose two others. Twenty per cent, of the money to- be deposited with Mr. Leonard W. Jerome, on the 3d of November, the balance to be deposited on the first Tuesday in December — play or pay. (Signed) J. G. Bennett, Jr. Franklin Osgood, George A. Osgood, Pierre Lorillard, Jr. December 5, 1866. Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta started on the race from Sandy Hook to the Needles December n, 1866, at i o’clock P. M. On Christmas Eve at 6:55 the Scilly Lights were sighted by Vesta, and just fifty minutes later they were picked up by Henrietta. Sailing the whole course without a tack, the latter was but eleven miles out from the straight line from start to finish ; she passed the Lizards at 3 o’clock on Christmas morning, picked up a Cowes pilot at noon, and at 3:45 P. M. the two judges on board timed her as she passed the Needles. Vesta was less fortunate, her landfall bringing her a few miles to leeward of Henrietta at the Scilly Islands, and when she finally picked up a pilot late on Christmas evening he went astray in a light fog, so that she did not finish until forty minutes after midnight. Fleetwing made a better course up Channel, and finished at midnight. The brief record of the race is as follows : , Time , Distance Average Days. Hours. Minutes. Sailed. Per Hour. Henrietta 13 21 55 3106 9.39 Fleetwing 14 6 10 3135 9.16 Vesta 14 6 50 3144 9.14 D. H.M.S. Henrietta started December 11 1 00 00 P. M. Henrietta finished December 25 3 45 00 P. M. Dif. long. 14 2 45 00 5 00 00 Hours. 9 15 21 21 20 Minutes. 45 13 21 45 00 from buoy off the Hook (Passed Sandy Hook Lightship 1:39 P.M.) Days. Henrietta’s time to Lizards .■••13 Yampa’s time from Montauk Point 15 Henrietta’s time to the Needles (1866) 13 Henrietta’s time from Sandy Hook L.S. to the Needles (1866) 13 Endyrhion’s time to the Needles (1900).. 13 Sappho’s time to Cowes (1868) 14 Sappho’s time from Sandy Hook L.V. to Queenstown (1869) 12 The distance was 2,875 miles, and Sappho’s best run was 315 miles, averaging 13.10 knots, or an hourly average for the whole distance of 9.664 knots. 6 36 36 In 1887 Coronet was 14 days 19 hours 23 minutes 4 seconds going from Bay Ridge to Queenstown m her race with the Dauntless. . In 1894 the sloop Vigilant made the trip from bandy Hook to Tory Island, Ireland, in 14 days 8 hours, and to Gourock, Scotland in 15 days 9 hours. Lasca covered the same course to Gourock, Scotland, in 17 days 6 hours, and Valkyrie II. also made a 17-day trip. Henrietta, 1866, hourly average for whole distance, 9.36 knots Fleetwing, 1866, “ “ „ 9'16 Vesta, 1866, “ Sappho, 1869, Yampa, 1897, Endymion, 1900, Ingomar, 1904, „ Vigilant, 1894, Coronet, 1887, Dauntless, 1887, 9.14 9.66 8.00 9.66 8.25 8.52 8.08 7.67 The Story of the Race. The London Times of Thursday, December 27, 1866, published the following report of the ocean race between Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta: . The ocean race is ended. The Henrietta passed the Needles at 3:46 P. M. yesterday, winning the race and the amount of £18,000 stakes. The Fleetwing arrived at 1 A. M. to-day, the Vesta at 4 The three yachts are now-lying at anchor in this harbor [Cowes], and crowds of people are visiting them and ad- miring their sharp lines and natty rig. _ The citizens of this town vie with each oilier in courtesies to the Ameri- can yachtsmen, ' and the hospitality of the Royal Yacht Club has been tendered by the secretary, Captain Brown, Royal Navy. . The Vesta reports no special incident during her long voyage. The Fleetwing had rather a rouuh passage, and six of her seamen were unfortunately washed overboard from the cockpit. Of the trip of the Henrietta, with which yacht my for- tunes were linked during the race, I am able to give more detailed account. The logs of the other boats will be sent to you for publication as soon as possible. We left New York city on Tuesday, the nth inst. The excitement about the race, which had been gradually in- creasing during the fortnight before the start, seemed most intense when vhe day of departure arrived. All the vessels in the harbor and boats upon the river were gaily decked with flags. Numerous excursion steamers were chartered to escort the contestants to Sandy Hook. At the docks, where lay the tugs which were to convey the yachtsmen on board their crafts, great crowds had col- lected, and cheered heartily as the tugs steamed off. The day was clear, cool and bright, and the westerly wind was just what was desired. The yachts were anchored off Staten Island, and there the scene was even more animated than in the harbor; steamers full of cheering spectators sailed around the little vessels ; the music from the hand upon the River Queen, chartered by the New York Yacht Club, was echoed by the bands upon the ex- cursion steamers ; the United States revenue cutter fired a salute, the hills of Staten Island were dotted with observers, and flags flew from every villa; a fleet of pilot boats clustered off West Bank to accompany the yachts to sea ; the forts which line the entrance to the harbor dipped their colors. As the New York Yacht Club steamer passed the Henrietta, the distinguished officers and gentlemen on board gave three hearty cheers for “the only man who goes in his own boat.” The enthusiasm was as marked as the good wishes loudly expressed by every lip were hearty and sincere. It required an ex- perienced eye to detect any important difference between the three yachts as they lay at anchor. All are of nearly the same build and burden — the Henrietta registering 205 tons, the Vesta 201, and the Fleetwing 212, American measurement. The Henrietta and Fleetwing are keel boats. The Vesta has what is termed a “centerboard,” or false keel, like the celebrated yacht America. Of course the three yachts had been carefully equipped, carrying spare sails and spars, wire rigging and extra tillers. In the Henrietta sailed Mr, Bennett, the owner; Messrs. Jerome, Knapp and Fisk, judges and guests; Captain Samuels, Sailing Master Lyons, and a crew of twenty-four men, including Mr. Jones, first officer, Mr. Corels, second mate, a carpenter, sailmaker and two stewards. The Fleetwing, owned by Mr. George Osgood, was commanded by Captain Thomas, with a crew of twenty- two men; and Messrs. Centre and Staples, of the New York Yacht Club, went in her as judges. The Vesta, owned by Mr. Pierre Lorillard, carried Messrs. George Lorillard and Taylor as judges, Captain Dayton, and a crew of twenty-three, petty officers and j udges. Each of the yachts had previously won several closely contested matches, and only the popular prejudice against the “centerboard” vessels in rough weather gave the other boats an advantage over the Vesta in the heavy wagers staked upon the race. At 11 o’clock the racing signal of the Henrietta was displayed, and the yachts were taken in tow by the tugs for the starting point off Sandy Flook, accompanied by innumerable steamers, propellers, yachts and pilot boats, and, amid renewed cheering and excitement, they were hauled down through the Narrows and assigned their respective stations. Precisely at one o’clock Mr. Fearing, the starter, gave the signal for the race to begin. In a moment the tugs were cast off and sails hoisted, the Fleetwing occupying the most northerly position ; first fresh breeze, and danced away before the wind, the Vesta following closely. The Henrietta, lying nearer the shore, had decidedly the worst of the start, hut regained her position as she dropped away from the land. The tugs and steamers sailed in line after the yachts, and presented a most pic- turesque sight. The wreck of the Scotland was in full view; grimly reminding the yachtsmen of the dangers they were about to brave; the strains of “Auld Lang Syne” from the steamer recalled to the adventurers the friendships they were leaving. Then a cloud obscured the sun, the wind gradually rose, the yachts increased their speed, the good-bys to each were faintly heard, the lightship off Sandy Flook was passed, the open sea was before us, and the voyage had commenced in earnest. At 2 :45 P. M. the “Neversink Highlands” sunk out of sight. The yachts were then abeam of each other. The Hen- rietta having caught the ten-knot breeze, all canvas was set, and the Vesta sailed wing and wing. Daylight now rapidly faded, and the sun disappeared in a glory of crimson and gold. The tug Philip, which had been char- tered by Mr. Lorillard to accompany the Vesta until nightfall, turned homeward with a farewell hurrah, and the crews of the yachts bade good-by to the United States with answering cheers. Each captain now chose his own course, the Fleetwing keeping to the northward, the Henrietta holding the European steamer track, and the Vesta evidently making for the northern passage. At six P. M. wind blowing steadily from the W.N.W., we lost sight of the Fleetwing in the darkness; but the Vesta was still abreast, looking like a phantom in the dim starlight. The Henrietta now increased her speed, rocking over the waves as gently as a cradle, and at eight o’clock the Vesta had disappeared; we saw neither of our rivals again until they came to Cowes. Songs and stories in the cabin and heavy \snow squalls on deck marked our first night at sea. The next day was bright and cold; we carried all sail, making eleven knots an hour until noon, when the Hen- rietta was struck by a heavy snow squall, and the top- sails had to be taken in. During the twenty-three hours we had made 235 knots by observation and 237 by log, and found ourselves in lat. 40.70, and long. 68.52; the wind was northerly, and came in strong gusts; at ten minutes to four we passed the steamer Cuba and an- other steamer, to both of which we showed our racing signals, receiving prompt replies. Several sailing vessels were sighted, but they all kept away from us as soon as we showed our dark blue flag, as if believing the canard that the yachts were Fenian privateers. The weather grew more stormy toward night, and our little boat was at times half under water, but behaving most admirably. The mainsails were reefed before midnight, but as the weather moderated the reefs were shaken out, and both jibs set. Messrs. Lipus and Jones who headed the two watches into which the crew was divided, vied with each other in handling the yacht carefully, and through this storm, as throughout the entire voyage, the Henrietta had all the canvas she could safely carry, but not an inch more. Consequently her speed was steadily maintained, but nothing was strained and nothing carried away. At noon on the second nautical day, we scored two hundred and ten miles by observation and two hundred and thirty by log, the discrepancy being accounted for by a current which had drifted the yacht over twenty miles to the southwest. Clear, sunshiny weather during the day, and bright moonlight, with occasional snow squalls at night, closed the record for the 13th of December. The next morning the weather was cloudy and warm, and the sea had fallen; some of the guests enjoyed their siesta on deck ; the servants unexpectedly appearing in white trousers, seemed like ghosts from the long departed summer. Nothing was in sight upon the ocean except flocks of gulls and Mother Cary’s chickens. At noon we had made two hundred and four miles. By a fine observa- tion in the evening the placid moon showed silvery upon a sea as smooth as the Thames. Reclining in the com- fortable cabin, the Chateau Margaux and cigars within easy reach, the guests listened to the Captain’s stories of haunted ships and suicides at sea and dismal wrecks of the Southern Ocean. Toward midnight, however, the scene changed and repeated squalls with rain and hail struck the tiny craft, and bowled her along at the rate of eleven, twelve and thirteen knots an hour. At sunrise the next morning a snowstorm began; the sea and sky seemed one, and both were a deep slate color ; the men, half white with new snow, moved slowly at their work; the dark horizon was noticeably narrowed ; as the snow drifted down the Henrietta passed through the water that foamed upon the deck; to leeward a spar from some wreck lifted itself to the, view like a great skeleton finger indicative of ruin ; all our surroundings were mournful and depressing. No observations could be taken but by dead reckoning. We had gained two hundred and twenty- five miles during the past twenty-four hours. As night i fell the yacht sailed faster and faster, until as we looked over the side where the waves came cascading over the diminutive bulwarks, we seemed to be fairly living along. The sky cleared, but the wind freshened at sunset, and ’ the light sails were hauled down and the mainsail reefed. ' The yacht quivered like a racehorse over-driven, and the ] pumps, which were tested every hour, sounded dismally, j but showed no leakage. Sea after sea boarded the stag- 1 gering craft. A wave came bursting through the sky- j light into the cabin. All night long this heavy weather \ continued : but the yacht ran so easily before the free j wind that everybody slept as quietly as if the Henrietta j was the Great Eastern. In the gray of the following morning, Sunday, Decem- ber 16, we passed a brig bound to Newfoundland, and her ! crew, who had evidently heard nothing of the yacht race, j climbed up the rigging to stare at us as we dashed swiftly 1 and silently by like the Flying Dutchman. We were now < crossing the Grand Banks, and at noon we had sailed 246 miles; for the day, and over one-third the distance to Cowes. The wind still remained northerly, and the yacht kept her course without variation. Ai 2 o’clock the captain, officers and yachtsmen assembled in the cabin for divine worship, while the winds whistled shrilly without, and the waves splashed across the deck lights overhead. The prayers for the day were repeated, and a chapter from the Bible and one of Jay’s brief sermons were read. At 10 P. M. we were off the Grand Banks ' and off soundings, going at the rate of twelve knots an hour. Heavy seas still boarded the vessel, washing over- board one of the crew; the wind still held from the northward, and all hands were not too sensible to credit the captain’s superstitious stories and refrain from changing their attire, lest they should bring a change of wind. The night passed quietly, and the ship averaged eleven knots, in spite of the seas that constantly ham- mered her like marine Vulcans. The next day found us in “the roaring forties,” which we had been taught to dread the character of. The ocean had entirely changed; instead of dancing over short, chopping waves like those of the English Channel, we appeared to be passing between ranges of water hills. Running thus in the trough of the sea, there seemed to be no horizon. The water, glazed by the snow that fell ' almost constantly, had the consistency of oil ; the sky was filled with dull leaden clouds; but the barometer rose steadily ; the wind, which had been rather doubtful dur- ing the morning, blew from the north once more. A fine ' observation gave us two hundred and eighty miles for the yacht’s progress during the preceding twenty-four hours. In six days and fourteen hours we had sailed half way across the Atlantic. In the afternoon a beauti- ful rainbow brightened the horizon ; but this “bow of promise” proved most deceitful, and brought us renewed; hail and snow squalls instead of pleasant weather. Dur- ing the night the wind shifted to W.S.W. We gybed ship, and hoisted the squaresail, Jmt were forced to lower it again in a few hours, as 'the signs of’ dirty weather April 15, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 801 ominously increased. The effect of gybing, we may ex- plain to the uninitiated, is to change the cant of a vessel from one side to the other. Naturally, then, the guests, who had gone to rest when the yacht had an inclination of 45 degrees in one direction, suddenly awoke, cross and sullen, when they were rolled over in their berths by the careening of the yacht to 45 degrees the other way. The weather was now exceedingly threatening. The mainsail was double reefed for the first time and the vessel put in order for a storm. At noon we had run two hundred and fifty miles. The southwest wind freshened after noon, and at 4 P. M. it blew a regular gale. 'The mainsail was furled and three. reefs taken in the foresail and the jibs taken in. Even with this small spread of canvas the yacht was driven nine miles an hour. On deck the rain and spray shut in the vessel like a watery curtain. Below the pitching and tossing rendered it impossible to sleep. A bucket of water was placed near the stove to ex- tinguish the fire should the necessity arise. The dead lights leaked unexpectedly and uncomfortably. Holes were bored in the stateroom floors to let out water should the skylight be broken in. The servants were dashed about the cabins as if shot from invincible cata- pults. The guests had enough to do to hold themselves inside their berths. Under these circumstances, which would have delighted Mark Tapley, everybody became again good humored. Just at midnight the struggling yacht was struck by a tremendous sea that burst over the quarter, struck full upon the foresail, and then fell heavily upon the deck, staving in the yacht’s boat. Simul- taneously the carpenter rushed wildly into the cabin, pale with alarm, and shouted, “Mr. Bennett, we must heave hereto; she is opening forward, sir!” With great good sense nobody stirred save Mr. Bennett, who quietly in- formed Captain Samuels of the carpenter’s report. As quietly the Captain came down from the deck and exam- ined the supposed leak, which turned out to- be nothing but the bilge water oozing through the line-planking near the cook’s berth. The gale strengthened, however, and at last the Captain decided that the Henrietta could be driven no longer. Preparations were made to heave to, which is simply laying the ship head to the wind under close canvas, so that she rides as if at anchor. The storm trysails happened to be stored in the cabin, and as the sailors came silently down, oiled the tackle and carried the sail upon the deck, the scene reminded one of the bringing forth of the pall for a funeral. A pause in a race like this seemed the burial of all our hopes. Never- theless it was some consolation to be informed by Cap- tain Samuels that in his thirty years’ experience he had never seen a vessel that could face such a gale so long, and it was charitable to hope that our rivals were having better weather than ourselves. Once hove to, the yacht rocked lazily and pleasantly; the waves rushed and the winds howled past, but did not disturb her. Before noon the next day (December 19) the wind had lulled, and the ship again started off briskly, as if rested and refreshed. Everybody now changed his attire, and for once an old superstition proved true, for the wind shifted to the north and west again. The sun shone pleasantly, but the sea was still running high ; the waves, blown about like the sandhills of a desert, disclosing strange mirages of tents and sails, as they revealed strips of the horizon here and there. We made our shortest distance on this stormy day, gaining only 153 miles. At 3 P. M. we were going fifteen knots, and kept up this, pace for several hours. In the evening we sailed calmly in the mellow moonlight that marked our track before us with its sheen; the cabin fire was allowed to die out and overcoats were discarded. The seas rose on either side like walls, and the yacht ran swiftly between them at the rate of thirteen knots an hour. There could have been no stronger contrast to the incidents of the previous night. Sailing at the same pace next morning, we scored 260 miles by noon. The clouds moving in a grand pro- cession from east to west, and forming in solid masses be- hind us, promised a continuance of the fair wind. At 3 P. M. we passed the steamer Louisiana, bound west, making out her name from Maryatt’s signal flags. That night everything was cheering, the yachtsmen sang lustily in the -cabin, and the sailors answered as lustily from the forecastle; the captain turned in for the first time since our start; but nothing is so variable as the weather. By 1 o’clock the next morning there was a dead calm, and we came on deck after breakfast to find a warm summer day. The yacht was scarcely moving through the water, the sails hung drooping from the yards, the ocean was perfectly smooth ; the stillness was re- markable ; there was no ripple of the waves, no rustling of the sails. Of course another superstitious change of the toilette ensued. One of the servants was discovered to be a profesional barber, and a shaving shop was im- provised, everybody contributing oils, pomatum and per- fumery. There was general “rejuvenation.” Those who Lad not shaven for ten days came out from the barber's hands as from a disguise. Bits of unsuspected finer}’, such as neckties and scarf-pins, were displayed. One would have thought it was a gala day; but, in truth, nothing could have been worse for us than this calm ; welcome even another gale, so that it came from the west. Ail this mummery was again effectual; about 11 A. M. a fine breeze sprung up from the south, and under full canvas, all the sails drawing well, the Henrietta cut her wray through the calm ocean. The cabin was too warm for comfort, and the yachtsmen reclined Gn deck like turtles in Ihc sun. A school of porpoises passed the ship, and the second mate started a legend which I cannot but believe that the yacht was going so fast as to strike one of the fish and cut it in two. Better evidence of her speed is to be found in her log, which records that she sailed one hundred and fifty-seven miles that day, despite the time lost by the calm. By night we were making eleven knots, with everything as snug and trim as on the first day out. A soft balmy morning succeeded, and we were roused up at sunrise to salute a Bremen steamer that dipped her colors as she passed. The yacht now ran easily, like a machine, rolling up two hundred and fifty-two miles by noonday; at 3 P. M. we fell in with a Scotch mist, in the midst of it we spoke the packet ship Philadelphia, eleven days out from Liverpool. The captain of the Philadelphia doubly encouraged us by reporting that he had heard nothing of the other yachts, and that the winds were westerly. The next day, Sunday, December 23, we logged one hundred and ninety-six miles. There was a brief calm at daybreak, followed by light southeast winds. At noon divine service was held in the cabin. The wind gradually rose during the afternoon, and, as usual, in the evening the good yacht rallied splendidly, increasing her progress rapidly from seven knots up to twelve, at which rate she was dashing along as the moon rose, blood red, in the hazy English sky. The excitement in regard to the race now reached fever heat. All jokes and stories became stale, and noth- ing was talked of but yachts and time and wind, and the probabilities and possibilities of the contest. In every distant vessel we saw a Fleetwing; every star near the horizon was transformed into the Vesta’s signal light. At 8 P. M. we were on soundings ; at 12, midnight, off Cape Clear. Thus the next morning, December 24, found us in the chops of the Channel, hoping to eat our Christ- mas dinner at Cowes. It was a murky, foggy, dark, damp, disagreeable morning, and even at noon it was impossible to take a solar observation; but by dead reckoning we had made one hundred and seventy-two miles. The carpenter who had given us one sensation by discovering a spurious leak, now treated us to another by announcing that the Fleetwing was in sight. Every- body clambered on deck. Binocular glasses, eye-glasses, spectacles and telescopes were brought to bear upon the imaginary yacht, which was soon made out to be an Eng- lish topsail schooner bound the other way. Indignation followed excitement, and both quickly merged into a hearty laugh. Nearing the land of Christmas carols and Dickens upon Chistmas Eve, it was impossible to go to rest. After a very late dinner we had our Christmas songs and stories ; among the former was a ditty com- posed in honor of the Henrietta, and sung to the familiar air of “Sweet Evelina.” While these festivities were in progress we had made the Scilly Island lights at 7 :4s P. M. The current drifting 11s to leeward, we steered S.S.E. for an offing, and passed the islands handsomely, having made no tack since we left New York, and having varied only eleven miles from the straight line between the two points. So admirable a landfall reflected great credit upon Captain Samuels. At 3 o’clock A. M. we passed Lizard light, going thirteen knots an hour steadily, the Henrietta, like a well jockeyed racehorse, reserving her best pace for the finish. Running close in to the bold coast, we sighted the Eddystone, Start Point and Port- land Hill, and at 12 140 P. M. on Christmas Day took on board a Cowes pilot. A heartier cheer never rent the air than that which greeted the pilot’s announcement that no other American yacht had passed up the channel. The race seemed won, and a sudden blaze of sunshine lit up the chalk cliffs of Old England in silvery glory. It was like an illumination of welcome. Under every stitch of canvas, with even her staysail set, and with her racing flag and yacht club ensign proudly floating on the stiff breeze, the Henrietta dashed by the Needles, and Messrs. Jerome and Knapp, the judges for the Fleetwing and Vesta, deciding that all the conditions of the race had been strictly complied with, down went the racing flag and the private signal of Mr. Bennett took its place. As the yacht turned up the channel to Cowes and land shut out the wind, and like one who had finished a long and toilsome task, the brave little yacht slackened her speed and floated leisurely along. Her blue lights and rockets announced her arrival here, after having crossed the At- lantic to the Isle of Wight in the unprecedented time of 13 days, 2 hours and 6 minutes mean time, and that with- out having carried away any of her light sails or spars, or even so much as a shred of canvas or strand of rope. As she dropped her anchor she was cheered from the Royal Yacht Club house and by the people of Cowes. Captain Luard, of Her Majesty’s ship Hector, by direc- tion of the Admiralty, at once sent a midshipman on board to offer Mr. Bennett the facilities of Her Majesty’s dock yard at Portsmouth for repairing any damages the yacht might have sustained. But this offer was gratefully declined, since no repairs were needed. And thus the winners of the blue ribbon of the ocean Derby enjoyed their Christmas dinner in Merrie England, and toasted the Queen, the President and the Henrietta. Captain Simuels’ Log of Henrietta. From the New York Herald, Jan. 12, 1867. Wednesday, Dec. 12. — We here begin our sea account at 1 P. M., Wednesday (or civil time 1 P. M., Tuesday), at which time we squared away at a signal given from yacht club boat, in company with Fleetwing and Vesta, from the buoy off the bar. Twenty steamer tugs es- corted us to lightship, which we were the first yacht to pass, at 1:30, the Fleetwing bearing N.N.E., the Vesta N.N.E by JJE. At 2:30 P. M., all canvas set; at 2:45, lost the Highlands of Navesink; at 2:45, parted with the tug Philip, the Fleetwing bearing the same, and the Vesta about half a mile ahead. At 6 P. M., came alongside and passed Vesta; were compelled to shift our course several times to shake her off, she annoying us very much by keeping so close to us. Wind strong and heavy. Lost Vesta at 8 P. M., in the dark. Midnight, wind hauled to the W. with heavy squalls; gybed ship at 4 A. M., very heavy squalls with sleet and snow; all canvas, set; day breaks dark and lowering with appearances of northerly wind; wind freshening, and in the squalls blowing hard; at noon ship running under mainsail, foresail, jib and flying jib, light as a bottle and buoyant as a cork. Dark clouds on horizon from N. to W., with every prospect of a gale. Distance run, 225 miles by observation, 237 miles by log. Thursday, Dec. 13. — Strong breezes and squally weather. At 4:15 passed steamer bound west, supposed to be the Cuba; hoisted racing flag and steamer showed her colors. This steamer will probably' carry first news of the yachts to New York. At 9:30 P. M., passed another steamer bound west; showed our rockets and blue lights, to which she replied. At 10 P. M., wind increasing; took in topsails and flying jib. At 12, double reefed mainsail. At 4 A. M., set flying jib; heavy snow squalls. At 6 A. JVL, weather more settled; let reefs out of mainsail yards and stowed it to windward. Noon,' set gaff topsails; wind hauling to eastward; barometer steady at 30; experienced a current to W.S.W. of 22 miles; everything easy and comfortable; distance run 210 miles by observation, 232 by log. Friday, Dec. 14. — Moderate breeze from N. and E. At 2 P. M., set topsails and main topmast staysail. At 8 P. M., hauled them again; squally. From 8 to 4 took in and set light sails several times. Midnight, strong breeze and squally with snow. At 3 A. M., blowing hard, furled flying jib. At 5 A. ,.M„ moderating, set flying jib. At 6 A. M., set alt light sails, weather dark and heavy in S. W. Noon, cloudy weather; moderate; lat., by indifferent obs., 4.56, long. 60.32; distance run, 203; barometer, 29.50. Saturday, Dec. 15. — First part of day moderate breeze and cloudy weather. At 7 P. M., wind freshening; took in fore topsail and main topmast staysail. During the night very squally- — up and down with topsails and staysails as weather required. At 6 A. M., blowing hard, handed all light sails. Day breaks dark and cloudy, with heavy hail and snow squalls. Ship fairly dancing over the water often at the rate of 13 knots. At 12 A. M., weather moderate, fine clear sky, passing clouds, wind N.N.E., as usual; sea pretty smooth; everything as trim and comfortable as on shore. Sunday, Dec. 16. — These twenty-four hours we have had strong northerly winds, with violent squalls and spits of snow. At 4 P. M., took in topsails, staysails and flying jib. At 8 P. M., blowing heavy, double reefed foresail and mainsail, and took bonnet off the jib. Ship running across the seas and behaving well. At 6 P. M., passed close under stern of a brig steering to southward under double reefed topsails and reefed foresail. Noon, sky overcast; no observation; very high sea from northward; weather a little more mod- erate, let reef out of foresail, barometer 29.70. Every- body on board well and hearty. Distance run, 246 miles — over one-third of the distance across in fifth day out. Monday, Dec. 17. — Strong northerly breezes, with heavy squalls. At 2 P. M. (Sunday), Divine service in the cabin, reading of prayers and lesson for the day, and one of Jay’s sermons. Midnight, blowing hard, ship running in the trough of the sea and fairly burying herself. This is yachting in earnest. Double reefed foresails; passing snow squalls throughout the night. 4 A. M., let reefs out of foresail. Noon, let reef out of mainsail; weather more moderate; set the flying jib; barometer 30.10’ distance run, by observa- tion, 280, the best run yet; off the Grand Banks and off soundings; everything trim and snug. Tuesday, Dec. 18. — One week out. At 6 A. M., we were half way to Cowes. This is at the rate of a thirteen days’, four hours’ trip across, being six days, fourteen hours mean time. Day began with strong breeze and heavy cross sea. At 4 P. M., wind moder- ating, let reef out of foresail. At midnight, wind in- creasing, set squaresail with bonnet off; high seas and heavy wind; weather very dark and cloudy. At 5 o’clock wind lulled, and hauled to the southward and eastward; gybed ship, and set whole squaresail and let out all reefs. Noon, dark, with very threatening ap- pearances to S.W.; reefed mainsail and furled square- sail and flying jib; no observation; distance, by log, 250 miles; ship in perfect- order, and all hands in best of spirits and Condition. Wednesday, Dec. 19.— First part of the day fresh gales. At. 3 P. M., double reefed sails and took bonnet off jib. At 6 P. M., gale increasing, close reefed sails and furled mainsail. Second part, blowing very heavily, with high toppling seas. At 8:40 boarded by very heavy seas, completely burying us, filling the foresail and staving the boat; the little craft fairly staggered and strained. Pleaved to under storm trysail. Plow hard to lay to in such a race; but few ships in my thirty years’ experience could run in the trough of the sea so long as the little plaything did. Well may her owner feel proud of her. At n P. M., the sky cleared; the moon shone out beautifully the rest of the night. Third part, moderating. At 5 A. M., nearly calm; sky became overcast from S. W., with dull lightning from S. to W. At 6 A. M., set single reef foresail and jibs. At 9 A. M., freshening wind, ship beginning to step off again, set squaresail. Sea still running very high. During the blow, barometer fell from 30.10 to 29.30, at which it stands at noon. Wind is hauling westward, with fair prospect of second edition of last night’s performance, but from the westward. Thursday, Dec. 20. — Throughout these twenty-four hours strong westerly winds and squally weather. At 2 P. M„. put bonnet on squaresail; 4 P. M., let reef out of foresail. From 6 to 8, very squally; ship going as fast as 14 knots during the squalls. At 1 A. M., wind canted to N. and W. Gybed ship. Day ends with alternate showers and sunshine; wind and sea moderat- ing; barometer rising— 30.05. Distance, by log, 267 miles, by observation 260. Friday, Dec. 21. — Commences with a stiff breeze and heavy swell from N.W. At 8 P. M., set mainsail; at 3:30, signalled steamship Louisiana bound west. At 9, set ^topsail and main topmast staysail from 4 to 5 A. M. At 6, took a light breeze from southward; weather clear, waun and pleasant. Noon, day ends with fine summer weather; passed immense shoals of porpoises. Dis- tance run 163 by log, 157 by observation; barometer 30.45. Everybody on deck, like turtles in the sun. Saturday, Dec. 22. — Throughout these twenty-four hours northerly wind dark and cloudy weather; with sharp flaws warm and pleasant, At 7 A. M., signalled Bremen steamer bound westward; all light sails set, and everything working beautifully. As we near the end of the race the excitement becomes more and more intense; but the wind and weather are all that could be desired. Distance run 252 miles; no good observation. Barometer 30.40. Sunday, Dec. 23, began with steady wind and smooth sea, light southerly wind, followed by occasional passing fog bank. At 3 P. M., spoke the Philadelphia, from Liverpool, bound west; reported light westerly winds- pleasant sunshiny Sunday; everybody on deck with camp stools. Barometer 30.40. Monday, Dec. 24. — First part of day clear and pleas- and— service at 1 o’clock in the cabin, reading of ser- mon, prayers and lesson for the day. Middle part beautifully moonlight night. Latter part, dark cloudy and squally weather. Hauled the yacht southward of her course to forestay this wind; 9 A. M., took in top sails and flying jib; yacht pitching heavily in high head 302 FOREST AND STREAM. [April 15, 1905. sea. Noon, sun observed; weather threatening; baro- meter at 30.35; distance run, 172 miles; on soundings, passed three ships bound west. Tuesday, Dec. 25. — Throughout these twenty-four hours brisk southwest wind, dark and hazy weather. At 8 P. M., sighted the Scillys. At 10 P. M., Scillys N., 12 miles. At 2:30 A. M., Lizard N., 8 miles. At 8:30 A. M., Start N., 6 miles. At noon, Bill, of Port- land N., 5 miles. Ends with fresh southwest winds, everything set and yacht going her best. This closes the sequa day. At 1 P. M., took pilot off Portland Hill. At 3:45 passed the Needles, and at 5:32 anchored in Cowes Roads. LOG OF THE HENRIETTA. From Sandy Hook to Needles. Start, Dec. 11, 1866. December. Latitude. Longitude. Distance. 12 40.07 68.52 225 13 41.33 64.37 210 14 42.56 60.32 203 16 44.17 55.38 225 16 45.48 50.50 246 17 47.31 44.18 280 18 49.16 38.33 250 19 113 20 49.50 30.44 260 21 50.13 24.51 159 22 50.18 18.22 252 23 49.59 13.15 191 24 49.37 8.51 172 25 50.20 2.20 271 To Needles 49 Total 3,106 Log of Ffeetwing. From the New York Herald, Jan. 12, 1867. Wednesday, Dec. 12. — Lat. 40.22, long. 68.50. At 1 P. M., made all sail, Sandy Hook bearing W.S.W., distance two miles, moderate gale, in company with Henrietta and Vesta. At 10:30 P. M., wind N.W. by W., distance run, 239 miles. Thursday, Dec. 13. — During this day pleasant breeze from N. W. At 8 P. M., Vesta bearing N.byW. At 6:30 A. M., wind N.N.E., carried away jibboom. At 7 A. M., in squaresail and light sails; lat., by observa- tion, 41.27, long. 63.26; distance run 249 miles; wind N.W. Friday, Dec. 14. — Commences with pleasant gale from N.N.E. At 3:30 P. M., squally with snow; two reefs in the mainsail. At 8 P. M., more moderate; out all reefs; set light sails; lat. 42.0, long. 58.37; distance run 220 miles; wind N.N.E. Saturday, Dec. 15. — This day commences with an in- creasing gale; in light sails; two reefs in the mainsail, bonnet off jib. This day ends with a strong gale and cross sea; lat. 42.30, long. 54.41; distance run, 186 miles; wind N.E. Sunday, Dec. 16. — This day begins with a moderate gale. At 4 P. M.,_ set all sail; lat. 43.35, long. 49-58; distance run 218 miles; wind S.W. Monday, Dec. 17. — During this day pleasant gale from N.W. All sails set; lat. 44.30, long. 44.50; distance run 240 miles; Wind N.W. Tuesday, Dec. 18. — First part, pleasant breeze from N.N.E.; noon, calm, latter part, light from S.W.; lat. 45.50, long. 41.13; distance run 160 miles. Wednesday, Dec. 19. — This day commences with a light breeze from S.S.W. At 2 P. M., in all light sails, gale increasing, with heavy sea. At seven P. M., blow- ing a gale, running under two-reef foresail and fore- staysail. At 9 P. M., shipped a sea, which washed six of the crew out of the cockpit; hove to for five hours under two-reef foresail. At 2 P. M., kept off; latter part moderate, wind hauling to west, set squaresail; lat. 47.20, long. 37.27; distance run 188 miles. Thursday, Dec. 20. — Moderate gale from the west; all sails set; lat. 48.2, long. 31.0; distance, 260 miles; winds W. Friday, Dec. 21. — During this day moderate gale from the S; lat. 48.14, long. 25,12; distance run, 136 miles; Wind S. _ ■ Saturday, Dec. 22. — During this day fresh gale from the S.; passed a ship and a bark bound east; lat. 48.33, long. 21.43; distance run, 232 miles. Sunday, Dec. 23.- — -Moderate breeze from the S., with a cross sea; lat. 48.57, long. 16.19; distance run, 215 miles. Monday, Dec. 24. — During this day strong breeze from the S. At 2 P. M., passed a steamship bound west; lat. 49.16, long. 11.22; distance run, 194 miles; wind S. Tuesday, Dec. 25. — This day commences with strong gale from the S.; in light sails, one reef in all sails. At 4:40, Bishop’s Rock bore N., distance, eight miles. At 5 A. M., St. Agnes bore N. by E. Lat. 49.52, long. 4.36; distance run, 270 miles. At 3 P. M., Start Point bore N. W., distance 10 miles. Midnight, passed the Needles. At 1:30 anchored in Cowes Roads. LOG OF THE FLEETWING. From Sandy Hook to Needles. Start, Dec. 11, 1866. December. Latitude. Longitude. Distance. 12 40.22 68.05 239 13 41.27 63.26 247 14 42.00 58.37 220 15 42.30 54.41 188 16 43.35 49.58 218 17 44.30 44.50 240 18 45.50 41.13 160 19 47.20 37.27 188 20 48.02 31.00 260 21 48.14 25.12 136 22 48.33 21.43 232 23 4S.57 16.19 215 24 49.16 11.22 194 25 49.52 4.36 270 To Needles 130 Total 3,135 Log of Vesta. From the New York Herald, January 12, 1867. Wednesday, Dec. 12. — Fine N.W. wind, and cloudy; distance run, 240 miles; lat. 40.27, long. 68.46. Thursday, Dec. 13. — Wind N.W., moderate breeze, cloudy weather; distance run, 205 miles; lat. 41.50, long. 64.6. Friday, Dec. 14.— N. wind, fine weather; distance run, 205 miles; lat. 43.11, longi 59.52. Saturday, Dec. 15.— Commences with strong N. W. wind and very heavy sea; distance run, 227 miles; lat. 44-3L long. 55.6. Sunday, Dec. 16. — Wind W.N.W., strong and rough sea; distance run, 234 miles; lat. 45.40, long. 49.53. Monday, Dec. 17.— Strong westerly wind and rough sea; distance run, 236 miles; lat. 46.42, long. 44.21. Tu'esday, Dec. 18. — Fresh N.W. breeze and fine weather; distance run, 207 miles; lat. 47.40, long. 39.35. Wednesday, Dec. 19. — Heavy gale of wind from S.S.W., vessel scudding for eight hours; distance run, 222 miles; lat. 50.56, long. 36.4. Thursday, Dec. 20. — Fresh W. wind, sea going down; distance run, 277 miles; lat. 50.36, long. 28.54. Friday, Dec. 21. — Wind N. W., light and fine weather; distance run, 165 miles; lat. 50.36, long. 24.38. Saturday, Dec. 22.— Fine S. breeze, smooth sea; dis- tance run, 253 miles; lat. 50.36, long. 17.54. Sunday, Dec. 23. — Fine S.W. breeze and smooth sea; distance run, 201 miles; lat. 50.11, long. 12.49. Monday, Dec. 24. — Light S. breeze, fine weather; dis- tance run, 165 miles; lat. 49.55, long. 8.33. Tuesday, Dec. 25. — Fine breezes from S.E. to S.S.W. Start Point, W.N.W., distance 10 miles. At 8:40, took pilot 10 miles W.S.W. of Needles light. Pilot er- roneously laid his course for St. Catherines, instead of Needles, and nearly run the vessel ashore on the point. Wore ship and hauled up for Needles light, which brought abeam at 0:40 A. M., Wednesday. Came to anchor in Cowes Roads at 3:30 A. M.; distance run since last, 209 miles. LOG OF THE VESTA. From Sandy Hook to Needles. Start, Dec. 11, 1866. December. Latitude. Longitude. Distance. 12 40.27 68.46 240 13 41.50 64.06 205 14 43.11 59.52 205 15 44.31 55.06 227 16 45.40 49.53 234 17 46.42 44.21 234 18 47.40 39.35 207 19 50.56 36.04 222 20 50.36 28.54 277 21 50.36 24.38 165 22 50.36 17.54 253 23 50.11 12.49 201 24 49.55 8.33 165 25 50.10 3.40 209 To Needles 98 Total 3,144 Rhode Island Notes. Providence, R. I., April 8. — The annual meeting of the Edgewood Y. C. was held this week, and the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, C. Fred Vennerbeck; Com., George R. Babbitt; Vice-Com., William Gibbs; Rear-Com., Walter D. Wood; Sec’y and Treas., Harry Fulford; Fleet Surg., Dr. J. FI. Prior; Measurers, Albert C. Davis and Fred M. Gammell; Directors, the flag officers and George H. Flint, William P. Stone, Henry E. Smith and Herman G. Posner; Regatta Committee, Albert C. Davis, D. C. Stranger, Robert L. Ward, Cutler Laflin and Fred M. Gammell. A silver loving cup, 2oin. in height, was presented to ex-Com. H. G. Possner, and a handsome stick-pin' was presented to the retiring President, Charles I. Brown. The total membership is now 520, and the growing activity has necessitated the building of another ad- diton to the club house, the work now being in pro- gress. The club house was substantially enlarged at the beginning of last season. At the quarterly meeting of the Washington Park Boating Association, held this week, it was unani- mously voted that the name of the organization _ be changed to the Washington Park Y. C. The question of a summer cruise was left to the decision of Com. Patt and a committee. The total membership of the club now is 249. The commodore appointed Elgin H. Kerr Fleet Captain, and Dr. W. Louis Chapman Fleet Surgeon. The boat owners elected the following: Re- gatta Committee : Edward Lassone, Arthur L. Almy, T. Joseph Pearce, Charles Guy and Roland Shaw; Measurers, Albert C. Davis and Charles Guy. The Rhode Island Y. C. has issued the first number of the R. I. Y. C. Bulletin, a four-page publication that will be put out from time to time, with general orders, schedules of fixtures and items of general interest to yachtsmen. Matinee cruising races will be a feature this season, the course being from the home club house at Pawtuxet to the Prudence Island station. They will be sailed an Saturday afternoons and are for cruising boats. The series of the N. B. Y. R. A. open races has been placed one week later than the dates pre- viously given. The schedule of Narragansett Bay fixtures, with the exception of the Edgewood Y. C. and Washington Park Y. C. regattas, which have not yet been decided, is as follows: Tuesday, May 30.— Fall River Y. C., open regatta. Saturday, June 17.— Rhode Island Y. C., ladies’ day. Saturday, June 24.— Bristol Y. C., open regatta. Saturday, June 24.— R. I. Y. C., first cruising race. Saturday, July 1.— Bristol Y. C., ocean race. Saturday, July 8.— R. I. Y. C. second cruising race. Monday, July 17.— Edgewood Y. C., open regatta, N. B. Y. R. A. Tuesday, July 18. — Open regatta at Prudence Island, N. B. Y. R. A. Wednesday, July 19. — Rhode Island Y. C., open re- gatta at Prudence Island, N. B. Y. R. A. Thursday, July 20. — Team race between R. I. Y. C. and Sachem’s Head Y. C., off Prudence Island, N. B. Y. R. A. Friday, July 21. — Fall River Y. C., open regatta, N. B. Y. R. A. Saturday, July 22. — Bristol Y. C., open regatta, N. B. Y. R. A. Saturday, July 22.— R. I. Y. C., third cruising race. Saturday, July 29. — R. I. Y. C., fourth cruising race. Saturday, Aug. 5.— R. I. Y. C., fifth cruising race. Saturday, Aug. 12 to Aug. 19.— R. I. Y. C., cruise. Saturday, Aug. 19. — R. I. Y. C., Rhode Island day. Saturday, Aug. 26.— Rhode Island Y. C., annual race. Saturday, Sept. 2.— R. I. Y. C., sixth cruising race. Saturday, Sept. 9.— Bristol Y. C., open regatta. F. H. Young. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. ( Continued from page 280.) An engine 4 inches diameter and 5 inches stroke, other conditions being the same, should develop but two-thirds of what an engine 5 inches diameter and the same stroke would. An engine 5 inches diameter and 4 inches stroke should develop 20 per cent, less than a 5-inch by 5-inch stroke, and some 25 per cent, more than a 4-inch diameter and 5-inch stroke. This can best be illustrated by finding the piston displacement of the different sizes, which can be done by squaring the diameter, multiplying by .7854* and that by the stroke in inches. The connecting rod in length is governed by the stroke of the engine, and by conditions, engine requirements, etc. The form is usually of the I-section, although some are round, larger in the middle, tapering toward either end; others are straight, and occasionally is met one with strengthening ribs crossing like the -j- sign in addition. One manufacturer uses a square rod with a square cored hole the whole length. When made round they are fre- quently lightened in weight by means of round holes either drilled or cored, but when of the I-section it is fre- quently noticed that an outside lubricating conduit is used to conduct oil from a hollow wrist pin to the crank pin. When the connecting rod is hollow there is no- neces- sity for the outside piping, and some manufacturers, de- pending on other means of lubrication, use neither a hole through the rod nor the oil tube. Hard grease is some- times” used through a hole in the end of the crank shaft, but if of any use for the purpose, has to be several times as large as usually at first attempted, to prevent filling with dirt and foreign matter, completely stopping the passage of grease. The upper end of the connecting rod is usually solid, although frequently a bronze bushing is used, with a steel wrist pin. The wrist pin in the more expensive engines is case-hardened and ground, and where this construction is used the bushing is quite likely to be also machine steel, case-hardened and ground. The lower end sometimes has a flat end with halved boxes, or it may be bored round to fit the wrist pin, or a round bronze bushing, in halves, may be fitted, that they may be renewed should occasion require. In two-stroke engines more particularly, some manufacturers hinge one side and hold the other by means of a machine screw with lock nut and. cotter pin. In this construction there needs to be but a single hand- hole plate, and on this account the extra cost of machin- ing is more than balanced in work on other parts of the engine. In one engine at the Boston show the connecting rod was solid with bushings and taper wedge take-up. The connecting rods had to be put on the shaft before the shaft was put in place, and to renew one it would be necessary to remove the shaft. There is still one other construction that could be men- tioned. It is used on but one engine, so far as I know. The bearings at either ends are spherical in shape, fitting into' spherical ends, with taper take-up similar to station- ary steam engine construction. Claim is made that any imperfections in alignment are cared for, but why any such imperfections should occur is rather incompre- hensible. Another claim is made that a scraped fit to the bearings is unnecessary, that the connections can be made with the parts just as they come from lathe, drill press or milling machine. Valves on gasolene engines are perhaps the sub- ject of more different designs and various forms of construction than almost any other important part of its mechanism. In two-stroke engines, even those advertised as “valveless,” there are at least three valves to each cylinder, while the four-stroke engine has at least two. In the two-stroke engine, three-ported type, the port which allows inlet of gasolene vapor and air into the crank chamber is a valve, as also is the port which allows the gas to pass from the crank case to the ex- plosion chamber. The third is the exhaust port.. If the engine is of the older two-ported type there is a check valve attached to the inlet, sometimes called a vaporizing valve, but nevertheless a check valve. If a float feed carburetor is used, there must be a valve as well. It is so seldom that mechanically operated valves are used in two-stroke engines that but little attention will be accorded them. One construction has in reality a three-way cock operated by the crank shaft, that alternately allows the gas to enter the com- pression chamber, and pass into the combustion chamber. Another shows large inverted clack or check valve, operated automatically, in the top of the cylinder head. It was only recently that I noticed an inlet, valve on a two-stroke engine, operated by an eccentric on a jack shaft, running at the same speed as the crank shaft. In order to reverse the direction of the engine, two idler take-up sprockets were changed to lengthen or shorten the chain drive. What especial benefit there was to this- complicated mechanism was not apparent to me. [to be continued.] Queries on Marine Motors. J. B. W., Smyrna, Del. — Which do you consider better, a bored or reamed ’gasolene engine cylinder? Ans. — It is a mechanical impossibility to ream a cast iron cylinder, using a fluted reamer for the purpose, and get it as true as can be done by means of a boring bar and cutter mounted on centers in a lathe, or a good horizontal boring mill with the outer end of the spindle supported in a bushing. A bored cylinder that has to be “trued” with a reamer, is a pretty crude, out- of-date engineering proposition. A. V. R., St. Louis, Mo. — I contemplate buying a two cylinder engine for my boat. Do you consider it . practical to lubricate engine cylinders and connecting rods by mixing cylinder oil with gasolene, as one manufacturer advises? Ans. — To satisfy yourself, whether or not such a plan is feasible, put a few drops of cylinder oil in a clear glass bottle, fill it with gasolene and let it stand an hour or two. Cylinders should, be lubricated by oil which reaches the walls of the cylinders, pistons and rings, rather than mixed with the gasolene if such a thing were possible. April 15, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 808 A Voyage to the Golden Cape. July 19 to Sept. 13, 1904. BY BROOKS H. WELLS. (Concluded from page 280 ) Shortly before our visit, a small fishing boat with two men from the town of Advocate attempted to enter at night before the tide was high enough, and missing the shifting channel was overwhelmed by the surf. Next morning the boat, broken and battered, and one body, cut and bruised, were found on the sand in the harbor. The other body never was found.. There are now at Advo- cate only one or two little boats for use about the harbor. Throughout this whole region the small sailing craft is conspicuous by its entire absence. On the strip of level meadow back of Advocate, Mr. McClellan’s father, hale and hearty at eighty, was hurry- ing in the last of his crop of hay. Four eager pairs of hands turned to and helped for a time, and were cor- dially invited to stay to supper. Were we hungry? Never was there a more enjoyable meal. Several kinds of bread and biscuit, butter fresh from a cool spring, tea, and delicious wild strawberry preserve, disappeared in a manner that must have made our hosts fear a famine. About 7 :30 we said good-by, and started at a four-mile clip over the neck of land between us and Spencer’s Island anchorage. As we finally came over the last rise in the road and looked down at the riding lights of the three vessels at anchor, there was no red glow from the light tower. The keeper had impressively told the oldest of the children not to forget to light the lamp at sunset, but in the excitement of driving a couple of young bears away from the sheep and then poking out a porcupine from under a neighbor’s porch, the light did not shine out before about 9 :30. The bears had wisely retired, but the poor porcupine was caught and killed while we were there. Quite a number of moose are found about here, and a few deer. Bears and bobcats are quite common, and kill a number of sheep and lambs every season. Hares are plentiful, and they tell some remarkable tales 'of their resourcefulness and fighting capacity. McClellan and Dr. Fillmore some years ago undertook to stock Glooscap’s Kettle (Spencer’s Island) with rab- bits. They caught a large number on the mainland and kept them in wooden cages until a convenient time should come to visit the island. In one cage nearly every day a dead and more or less mutilated buck rabit would be found. Finally only one big buck was left, and it be- came evident that he had in some way killed the others. He was placed in a cage by himself. One day a small McClellan boy put in his cage a half-grown tomcat and waited to see the fun. The rabbit sat motionless, his back to the cat, apparently not at all concerned, but in reality keenly watching his antagonist with big, widely-spaced eyes that could see perfectly well over his back. The cat pretty soon woke up to the possibilities of the situa- tion and prepared for a rabbit supper. With gleaming eyes and slightly twitching tail, it crouched and slowly crawled toward Br’er Rabbit. Br’er Rabbit sat as if carved in ice. The cat’s muscles tightened, there was a lightning-like spring, and — slam went Tom against the side of the cage ! Br’er Rabbit’s powerful hindlegs had lashed out and caught the cat under the point of his chin as he leaped, and had broken its neck. This remarkable instance of fighting ability was told by McClellan the next evening after the walk around Cape D’Or, when all of Istar’s crew and the Yankee skipper of the wind-bound barkentine in the roads were sitting about the stove in his office. We all expressed our deep interest in the incident, so McClellan went on to say that j fiq.a jly the island was stocked, and for a time the rabbits increased rapidly and ate up nearly every green thing in isieSt. Then they began to disappear, and suspecting poachers, he hid one evening in the bushes and watched. For a long time everything was quiet and still, but by and by the big buck rabbit that had killed the cat (he knew him because of a white spot on his port hind- quarter) came out on the beach, cocked his ears care- fully so as to feel the direction of the wind, looked about for a while, went back into' the woods, and soon reap- peared with his whole family. He j umped into the water, arranged his right ear carefully so as to catch the wind like a mainsail, and when he got steerage way on put up the other ear for a balloon jib, and sailed straight for the main shore, followed by all the others. At this point the solemn-faced Yankee skipper stopped whittling, took his feet off the table, brushed the chips carefully from his lap, and, as he was putting his knife in his pocket, said: “You are the d- — — est liar that I have ever listened to.” August 12, homeward bound. Got under way at 2 145 A. M. ; night dark and cloudy, no wind. Drifted from Spencer’s Island anchorage nearly to Isle Haut, going sometimes bow first and sometimes sideways or stern on, as we were twisted about by the fierce, eddying seven- knot current of the ebb. Off Cape Spencer a sudden swirl drove us in rapidly toward an isolated pinnacle rock. We dropped over the anchor some ten fathoms, but it hung straight down. We were in the grip of the current, and absolutely helpless. Just as we expected to strike the rock, the water boiled up about us' and another swirl swept us back into the fairway. In ten minutes we were nearly a mile off shore, and once more felt able to breathe. At 5 A. M. a light air struck in from north. At 7 130 this freshened to a good breeze, and with all sail set we went along at a ripping pace, but now against the in- coming flood, to nearly opposite Quaco' Head. As usual, the north wind failed, and we drifted back five miles be- fore the southwest breeze came in. At 12 :4o Quaco Head was again close off our starboard beam, and the tide slack. Wind light, west; clear, beautiful day. Aided by the tide, we beat rapidly down the coast. At 5 P. M. passed Black Point whistle, off St. John, and later drifted in with the last of the breeze to Musquash. August 13. — With a light air from southeast, pushed our way slowly along against the flood, overhauling and passing a fishing boat on our way. At 2 P. M., when be- tween Cape Lepreau and Beaver Harbor, the fisherman, a half mile behind us, got a wind that carried him by and out of sight over the horizon, while until u P. M. we were wallowing in the sea kicked up by the breeze, but still in an absolute calm. A little after 11 a bit of a squall with rain brought down the topsail, and carried Istar into Beaver Harbor, where midnight found us just tucking in the blankets. There was constant fog and calm until noon of August 15. A little after noon the barometer, which had fallen to 29.56, began to rise, and expecting a shift of wind we sailed at 2 P. M. in dense fog and a moderate southeast breeze. At 3 :30 the fog cleared during a sharp squall from northwest. Later we ran into Head Harbor, a little picturesque slit with deep water and good anchorage in the extreme north end of Campobello Island. The next day we worked down via Lubee to Cutler’s, and the fol- lowing afternoon smelled our way through fog of ex- treme density by Libby Island and into Machias Bay to an anchorage between Stone’s and Starboard islands. We had expected to make Starboard Cove, and would have done so had our nerve held out, but getting into a strange rocky harbor through black darkness, impenetrable fog, and with a tidal current of unknown velocity against you, is not exactly pleasure. With the lead going constantly, we crept over the last mile until, finding smooth water and good holding ground in four fathoms, we dropped the anchor, knowing that at least we were out of the path of any stray steamer. When the fog cleared in the morn- ing, found Istar’s stern not more than two' hundred feet from the beach. Had a glorious sail from here to Winter Harbor. When we said good-by to Doctor M. and Vincent at Bar Harbor on August 19, it was a beautiful clear after- noon, and as Istar raced over to Sorrento, John and the skipper planned to paint and varnish the next day, so as to be in fine order when the skipper’s two1 daughters should come aboard from the Bar Harbor train. But alas ! for varnish, the day opened wet and cold. The barometer at noon was 30.28, and beginning to fall. At 4, when we dropped our snug mooring in Sor- rento, and ran around under staysail into' Sullivan Har- bor to an anchorage behind Ingall’s Island, so as to be sure not to miss the girls on the morning train, it was down to 30.12. At 7 P. M. it was 29.85, and it was blow- ing a heavjr gale. Our first anchor got a good bite, but soon began to drag, and the second barely held her with cables out 30 fathoms in a depth of 20 feet. We had dragged somewhat out from the island and rolled badly in the swell that came in around its edge. At 8 P. M. the barometer was 29.72. With 45 fathoms to the first anchor and 40 fathoms to the second the cables stood like steel bars. ■ Our small boat, towing close astern, had long ago been swamped. At 9 P. M., barometer 29.59 and still falling, with furious wind and rain. Wind shifting by 5. to S.W. Every sea broke clear over us, and it was im- possible to stand on deck without holding on to keep from being blown away. 10 P. M., barometer 29.48, wind west and furious; heavy rain; anchors holding well; chafing gear in good condition. If the cables do not part we will ride it out safely. If they do — -well, we can do nothing more. So John and the skipper each took a drink — a good stiff one — of spiritus frumenti, the first horn that either one had had on that cruise, and turned in. August 21, 4:30 A. M. — Turned out after a rather rest- less sleep. Barometer 29.72; wind fresh, north, clearing. 11 A. M., clear; barometer 30.06, wind fresh, north. The two girls came safely on the 7 A. M. train from Boston, and after breakfast we had a glorious sail over the great swells raised by the storm. Near Crabtree light was an impressive witness of the stonn’s fury. Driven high on the shingle a fine schooner yacht lay on her beam ends, her masts almost hidden by the dark branches of the beach cedars. When Istar was safely anchored in Winter Harbor, the girls took the skipper in the dinghy to Turtle Island and walked to its outermost point to see the magnificent surf which lifted itself a full twelve feet as it came crashing in on the rock. From this time until Istar went into the basin at Green- port, three weeks later, the weather was almost ideal for sailing. Clear skies and brisk winds prevailed, with only a few hours of calm and no fog. As we jogged along down the coast by easy stages, exploring rivers, bays and 804 FOREST AND STREAM [April ig, 1905. quaint old towns like Wiscasset, seldom seen by the casual tourist, every minute was a pleasure. The girls became enthusiastic sailorwomen, and so expert as almost to deserve the title of '‘able seamen.” Finally one fair night and day carried us around the Cape from Provincetown to the Vineyard, and from there the way was all too short to the anchorage at Black Rock, where the dinghy carried them ashore and their cruise was ended. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Yawl Cherokee Sold. — The auxiliary yawl Cherokee has been sold by Mr. Bancroft C. Davis, of Boston, Mass., to Mr. Arthur G. Thompson, of New York city, through the agency of Stanley M.. Seaman. She was designed and built in 1902 by the George Lawley & Son Corp., Boston, Mass., and is 48ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, 12ft. beam, 5ft. draft. A 14 horsepower Buffalo engine gives a speed of 7 miles an hour. The yacht leaves Boston, where she now is, about the 10th of April for home waters. *1 H K Steel Yacht Shipped to Mexico. — The Racine Boat Manufacturing Company have shipped by steamer to Frontera, Mexico, a 75ft. shallow draft, steel steam yacht, the purchase price of which was $40,000. This boat was erected at their works at Muskegon, Mich., then taken down and shipped in sections on four 50ft. cars to New York, where they were transferred to the steamer. H #1 H Dories for Shelter Island and Hartford Y. Cs. — A class of one-design dories are now being built for members of the Shelter Island Y. C. They are 18ft. over all and 5ft. breadth. The members of the Hart- ford Y. C. are also going to have a class of one-design dories. These boats are 21ft. iin. over all, 15ft. water- line, 5ft. loin, beam, 7m. draft (with board down, 3ft 4111.); sail area, mainsail, 214 sq, ft.; jib, 36 sq. ft. Vi H *? Bay View Y. C. Election. — The Bay View Y. C. has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Com., Edward R. Karutz; Vice-Corn., Edward Effinger; Rear-Com., George C. Miller; Fleet Capt., Harry Groth; Sec’y, VV. A. De Whitridge; Fin. bec’y, Paul Rosa; Treas., John Fraas. The Regatta Committee comprises Paul Rosa, W. A. De Whitridge and Rudolph Fuehrer. The club house is on Jamaica Bay, off Hollands Station. The club will go into commission on Decoration Day. * >5 as Work by the Huntington Mfg. Co. — The Hunting- ton Mig. Co., of New Rochelle, are to turn out two boats for the Brooklyn Y. C.’s ocean race. One of the boats Mr. Huntington built for himself, and she will sail under the flag of the Brooklyn Y. C. The boat is known as Gauntlet, and is 28ft. over all, 22ft. 2in. waterline, 10ft. 2in. breadth and 5ft. 6in. draft. She will have 5ft. headroom below, and there are two tons of iron on her keel. The second boat is for Mr. Frank Maier, owner of the yawl Fanshaw, which boat Mr. Huntington built last year for the race to Marblehead. She is 38ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, 12ft. breadth and 6ft. draft. The fol- lowing boats that were built at this yard this spring have been compleied : Class Q boat for Mr. W. H. Childs : Class Q boat for Mr. George Reiners; 18ft. raceabout for Mr. Edwin Outwater; a 25ft. and a 23ft. launch for Mr. Henry Darlington; an i8tt. catboat for Mr. James D. Sparkman, and a 14ft. launch tor Mr. E. T. Birdsall. K *t «t J. Montgomery Sears Purchases Sultana. — Messrs. Gardner & Cox have sold the three-masted auxiliary schooner Sultana for Mr. John R. Drexel to Mr. J. Montgomery Sears, of Boston. Sultana was designed by Mr. J. Beavor Webb and built at Brooklyn in 1890 for Mr. Trenor L. Park, who made extended cruises in her. She is 187ft. over all, 155ft. waterline, 27ft. bin. breadth and 15ft. draft. Captain Peter Derby will command the vessel. Vi It at Houseboat for W. J. La Roche. — The Morse Dry Dock & Repairing Company, of South Brooklyn, are building a houseboat 75ft. long and 23ft. wide, for Mr. W. J. La Roche, of Brooklyn. k k at The Royal Arcanum Y. C. — The Royal Arcanum Y. C., formerly the Royal Arcanum Shore Club, has de- cided to move from its present quarters, Remsen lane and Gravesend Beach, Bensonhurst, and locate on the newly made ground at Ulmer Park, foot of Twenty- fifth avenue, Bensonhurst. The club has leased a plot of ground sufficiently large for the errection of a handsome club house and for the storage of, during the winter months, at least fifty yachts. Contracts for the work have been let, and the work of building the club house will commence this week. The building committee expects that the house will be ready for use by May 15. It * Death of N. Y. Y. C’s Oldest Member.— Joseph Pea- body, of Boston, died at Augusta, Ga., on Thursday, April 6. Mr. Peabody stood No. 1 on the club’s mem- bership list, having been elected a member on July 14, 1846, two years after the club had been organized. No member ever took a more active interest in the club than did Mr. Peabody, and he saw the organiza- tion develop from its small beginning in Hoboken to the largest and most powerful yachting club in the world. Mr. Peabody had been personally acquainted with eighteen commodores, and had seen all the races for the defense of the America Cup. Mr. William Butler Duncan, elected on Jan. 29, 1852, now becomes No. 1 on the membership list. *5 S? V> Houseboat Idlewild Burned. — The houseboat Idle- wild, owned by Miss Carrie Smith, of New York, was destroyed by fire while in winter quarters on the easterly shore of Sheepshead Bay near the Oriental Hotel. The houseboat Bessing, owned by Mr. George Bessing, of New York, which was nearby, was also damaged. It ** St Schooner Verona Launched. — The schooner Verona, designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris, for Mr. Robert Olyphant, was launched from the yard of the builder, Mr. Robert Jacob, on Saturday afternoon, April 8. The yacht was named by Miss Sophie V. Olyphant, a daughter of the owner, and she will be enrolled in the fleet of the New York Y. C. She is 65ft. 6in. over all, 45ft. waterline, 15ft. breadth, 9ft. 6in. draft and 3ft. 2in. least freeboard. The boat has a large amount of accommodation under a flush deck. The companionway leads to a steerage, which is used as a chart room. On the starboard side is a toilet room, while aft there is a ladies’ cabin running the full width of the boat. The main cabin is reached from the steer- aee. Forward of the main cabin on the starboard side is the owner’s room, while opposite is a small cabin for the sailing master. Forward of these rooms come the galley and forecastle. Two boats will be carried on davits, a market boat 10ft. long and a 13ft. sailing tender. Messrs. Lathorne & Ratsey furnish the sails. The boat is beautifully built, and the construction throughout reflects great credit upon the builder. Vi *1 Permanent Racing Marks on Long Island Sound.— The Lighthouse Board, a branch of the Department of Commerce and Labor, has agreed to set out buoys, which will serve not only as marks for navigation but racing buoys as well for all clubs that race on the western end of Long Island Sound. This is a very courteous thing for the department to do, and will prove not only of great convenience, but a saving of great ex- pense for the Sound clubs. Explosion on the Schooner Grilse. — A bad explosion occured on the auxiliary schooner Grilse, on Thurs- day, April 6, while in winter quarters at Tebo’s Basin, South Brooklyn, and four of the sixteen men on board were injured. The boat’s deck aft was ripped off and the entire stern will have to be replaced. Several men were working in the lazarette with a lighted lamp, in- stalling some new gasolene tanks. Leakage from the old tanks or drip pans allowed enough gas to generate to cause the explosion. New gasolene engines will probably have to be installed and considerable work will have to be done on the boat’s hull and interior in order to put her in shape again. After the explosion the boat caught on fire and the flames spread to the dock and the steam yacht Mindora, which boat was moored close by. Mindora, owned by Mr. Albert Rich- ards, received considerable damage. Grilse was built in Yarmouth, N. S., and is owned by Mr. John T. Pratt, of Brooklyn. « « « S. C. Y. C’s Assistant Measurer. — Mr. J. Clinton Work has been appointed assistant measurer of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. by the Board of Trustees. *1 *1 *t Four Entries in Race Around Long Island. — The race around Long Island, to be sailed under the auspices of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C., will start off the Atlantic Y. C. at Sea Gate on Monday, Aug, 10. The four boats already entered in the race are' as follows: Tito, owned by Mr. Colgate Hoyt; Nike, owned by Mr. Victor I. Cumnock; Regina, owned bv Mr. F. G. Stewart, and Peggy, owned by Mr. Frank S. Hastings. Vi It H First Entry in K. Y. C’s Power Boat Race. — The first launch to be entered in the Knickerbocker Y. C;’s powerboat race to Marblehead is Coyote, owned by Mr. Harold Wesson, of Camden, N. J. Coyote was designed by E. H. Godshalk & Co., of Philadelphia, and built by the Excelsior Launch Co. She is 32ft- 6in. over all, 32ft. waterline, 4ft. ioin. beam and ift. 3m. draft. This race will start on July 22 off the Knicker- bocker Y. C. club house at College Point. it Vt Gregory at Ponta Delgada. — The motor boat Gregory arrived at Ponta Delgada on Tuesday, April 5, from Bermuda. A heavy N.N.E. gale, which lasted from March 24 to 26, made it necessary to heave the boat to. The boat was in no danger, as she lay to a sea anchor without difficulty. Vi Vi B» Boats Building at Patchogue. — Three auxiliary cruis- in g sloops are being built in George H. Miller’s yard at Patchogue, L. I. The largest of the trio is for Mr. Joseph Physioc, the well-known scenic artist of New York. This boat is 50ft. over all, and will be fitted with a 10 horsepower gasolene engine. She will be enrolled in the Manhasset Bay Y. C. The second boat in point Entries in Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cap. Name. Yalballa .. Apache . . . Ailsa Hamburg . Utcwana . Sunbeam . 'Hustle ... Atlantic . . H 1 Idegarde Fleur de Lys Endymion .. Type and Rig. ...Aux. Ship ...Aux. Barque ...Yawl ...Schooner ...Aux. Schooner. ...Aux. Barque... ...Schooner ...Aux. Schooner. ...Schooner ...Schooner ...Schooner L.W.L. 240ft. . . . 168ft 88ft. . . . 116ft. ... 165ft. ... 154.7ft. .. lloft. .... 135ft. ... 103.4ft. .. ,101ft...... ,86.6ft Owner. .Earl of Crawford... . Edmund Randolph. . ..Henry S. Redmond.. ..German syndicate .. ..Allison V. Armour . ..Lcrd Brussey ....... ..Robert E. Tod....... ..Wilson Marshall Edward R. Coleman. ..Rewis A. Stimson..., ..George Lauder, Jr.. Club. , Royal Yacht Squadron . New York Y. C . New York Y. C , imperial Y. C... . New York Y. C . Royal Yacht Squadron . Atlantic Y. C. .New York Y. C ..Philadelphia Cor. Y. C ..New York Y. C ..Indian Harbor Y. C.... Designer. ...W. C. Storey ...J. Reid & Co ...William Fife, Jr.. ...George L. Watson ...J. Beavor-Webb. . . ...St. Claire Byrne. ...Henry Winteringham ...Gardner & Cox Net Year Built. Ton. 1892...... 648 ......1890 307 1895 116 1898 185 1891 267 1874...... 227 1901 235 1903 ...... 206 .A. S. Chesebrough 1897.. ....146 .Edward Burgess 1890 86 .Taras, Lemoine & Crane... 1899.,,*,, 116 of size is for Mr. W. B. Henry, of Philadelphia. She is 36ft. over all, and will have a 6 horsepower engine. Mr. Henry will use the boat in the waters near Atlantic City. The third boat is for Mr. L. A. Fuller, of the Bergen Beach Y. C. She is 33ft. over all, and is equipped with a 5 horsepower motor. Vi St It Belle Harbor Y. C. — The newly organized Belle Har- bor Y. C. is making great progress. A site for a club house has been purchased to the westward of the Rockaway Park property, and a $15,000 club house will be erected at once. The building will be 60 by 85ft. in size and will be three stories high. A 12ft. piazza extends along the front and sides. The first floor will include a reception room, parlor, dining and grill room and buffet, while the kitchen is in an L. On the second and third floors are forty-eight sleeping rooms and lavatories. The attic contains several sleeping rooms, although mainly given up for lockers and storage pur- poses. The members expect to be at home to friends Decoration Day, although the new building will not be entirely finished by that date. The membership roll now numbers 132, the limit having been fixed at 150. The officers for the coming year are: Com., H. F. Hewlett; Vice-Corn., Louis Bossert; Rear-Com., A. W. Courtland; Fleet Capt., L. M. Pearsall; Treas., R. J. James; Fin. Sec’y, E. J. Christopher; Sec’y, George W. Fash; Chairman House Committee, C. C. Pearsall; Chairman Regatta Committee, Walter Smith; Chair- man Entertainment Committee, P. M. Schaffner. Board of Directors — William Scheer, H. F. Hewlett, W. W. Butcher, Frank G. Bush, L. M. Pearsall, George W. Fash, William G. Gallagher, P. M. Schaffner, William A. Courtland and R. J. James. The club pen- nant is triangular in shape, the colors being red, white and blue. A, C. A. Membership. new life members. No. 42, Harry M. Stewart, Rochester, N. Y. ; No. 43, Edward F. Wyer, Woburn, Mass.; No. 44, Frederick W. Donnelly, New York city. NEW MEMBERS. No. 4890, Edward J. Fonda, Rochester, N. Y., Central Division; No. 4891, Irwin N. M. Cubberly, Trenton, N. J., Atlantic Division; No. 4892, George O. Groli, Cleveland. O., Western Division; No. 4893, Carleton N. Bonfils, New York city, Atlantic Division; No. 4894; Frank Fell, Trenton, N. J., Atlantic Division. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. Eastern Division.— Daniel R. James and H. S. McCormack, of Providence, R. I.; Harry L. Peabody, Wellesley Hills, Mass. ifle md — # — Fixtures. July 24-29.— Newark, O.— Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26- Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Should the Use of Revolvers be Prohibited? Editor Forest and Stream: In reading the criminal statistics of the United States for last year I was. struck by the wonderful increase in the crimes of murder and homicide. This suggested to me an inquiry as to why a people who boast the very highest civilization of any in the whole world, after twenty centuries of Christianity, exceed all others in the com- mission of homicidal crimes. I have resolved, with your permission, to submit a few queries for the consideration of the readers of Forest and Stream. I do so because these ought include a fair representation of the sanest and most intelligent people of the United States — a class that ought to typify the highest and most robust phase of our twentieth century civilization. The answers to these queries will be illuminating, and will shed such light on the “point of view” as will enable the most casual observer to draw correct conclusions. The queries are to the following effect: Are the Americans .more bloodthirsty than any other civilized nation? If not, do they lack some necessary elements in their composi- tion that all other thoroughly sane and civilized men possess — something that would make them exercise their reason, their Christianity, a regard for the rights and life of others, that would restrain them from resorting to the extreme limit of taking fife when resenting wrongs, real or imaginary? . I do not here refer to crimes of lynching, which result from extraordinary excitement and from extraordinary causes. If they are not more bloodthirsty, less sane and less Christian' than other people, how is it they are so “quick on the trigger”? Regardless of the foregoing, I think the answer to the follow- ing will touch the crux of the whole matter. Are the Americans, for their own welfare and for the fair fame of the nation, too familiar with the use of revolvers and other small firearms? s Should ordinary citizens (especially in view of certain national tragedies, as Presidential assassinations) be permitted under any' conditions in cities and other populous places, to have or carry about their persons, revolvers or other firearms? Should the Government prohibit the total use of small arms, except to the military and police? Should revolver practice at targets be confined to the military and police? Should the leading journals and moulders of public opinion dis- courage by every means the use of revolvers and small arms, by sportsmen, sporting clubs and reputable citizens generally? Are not the possession of small firearms, familiarity with their use, and the undue importance given in leading journals to scores made by revolver experts, all contributory causes of a large num- ber of homicides? Are there not many ordinary good (if hasty) men to-day suffer- ing untold remorse for murder or homicide, that never would have been committed, if at the psychological moment a revolver was not at hand? Is it, then, not the natural depravity or degeneration of the American people, but their familiarity with small arms that is responsible for this grave stain on the fair fame of the whole nation? . ,, , . If it were possible and permissible to compare small things with great, in order to get a result for comparison, I would instance this community of nearly a quarter of a million of people. For years we have not had a single murder here; not that we are less violent or less prone to anger than other Anglo-Celtic people, but nobody thinks of carrying a 1 cvolver for every-day use. The only crime of that kind we have had of late years was the killing of a seaman in our waters by an American captain, who is now in penal servitude. His crew were noisy and disagreeable, as they had been dozens of times before, but one evil day he put a re- volver in his pocket, with the result that where he had quieted his crew often befare by fair means, he shot one of them who attempted to go ashore. _ . .. _ The captain has since expressed himself to the effect that any legal punishment he would get as a consequence would not begin to compare with the tortures of ’-emorse that he has since suffered, and that the few minutes he was unfortunate enough to have the revolver in his hands not only affected his victim and those de- pending on him, but also ruined his own life and affected seriously the welfare of his family of grown-up sons and daughters. I submit the foregoing to the readers of Forest and Stream as to a high court of appeal. The facts submitted are of particu- lar interest to the representative sportsmen of the continent. April 15, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM SOB Being familiar with the use and abuse of arms, they are in a better position to give the matter a fair judicial consideration than any other group of men available. Nothing but good could result from a fair discussion of the matter. I append a summary of American criminal statistics for 1904 for consideration. I have no means of verifying the conclusions, but rely on some reader to give the necessary corrections, if those submitted be inaccurate. “One of the most remarkable papers that has appeared of late in the American periodicals is that from the pen of Mr. S. S. Mc- Clure in the Christmas number of McClure’s Magazine. “Mr. McClure opens with five pages of quotations, from. Ameri- can journals, lamenting the rapid increase of criminality and anarchy which is everywhere observed. He then proceeds to ex- amine statistics. In 1881, with a population of 51,000,000, there were 1,266 murders and homicides in the United States. In 1902, with 79,000,000 population, there were no less than 8,834. The normal number, allowing for increase of population, would , have, been only 1,952. In 1881, there was one murder per 40,534 inhabitants; in 1902, one per 8,955. “How lightly murder is regarded is shown by another column. In 1881, with 1,266 murders, there were 90 executions; in 1903, with 8,976 murders, there were 124 executions. About half the murders result from quarrels and brawls. The increase of self- murder is even more astonishing. In 1881 there were only .605 suicides in the country; in 1903 suicides had risen to the astonish- ing number of 8,597.” St. Johns, Newfoundland. Beothic. United States Revolver Association. The full results of the United States Revolver Association championship contest, held simultaneously at New York, Chicago, Pinehurst, St. Louis, Pine Bluff and San Francisco, are ap- pended. Mr. S. G. Sears, of St. Louis, also winner last year, won the revolver championship with a score of 461. Dr. R. H. Sayre, of New York, was second, with 446; Dr. W. H. Luckett, third, 434. Dr. Sayre, New York, won the pistol championship with 451. John A. Dietz, Jr., New York, won second with 438. William G. Kreig, Chicago, third, 431. The silver cup presented in 1901 has been won by Dr. Sayre three times, and is now his property. Conditions, 20yds., 50 shots, Standard American target. Spring- field did not compete. Scores: Match A, revolver championship: S E Sears, St. Louis, Mo.. 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 7 9 9 10 10 9 9 10 7 Dr R H Sayre, New York — Dr W II Luckett, New York.. 7 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 Dr R M Moore, St. Louis J A Dietz, New York E L Harpham, Chicago...: ALA Himmelwright, New York Albert Sorensen, Chicago, Hi 74 Frank M. Garden, Chicago, 111 85 75 S M Tyrell, Chicago, 111 £7 William G. Kreig, Chicago, 111 C C Crossman, St. Louis, Mo Dr J A Close, St. Louis, Mo S Acott, New York, and F. Y. Kingtoi withdrew. Match B, pistol championship: Dr R H Sayre, New York 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 1010 9 8 10 9 9 9 G Kreig, Chicago 7 8 10 7 10 8 7 8 10 9 10 9 8 7 10 9 8 9 7 10 10 9 8 8 9 7 10 8 8- -91 1 10 10 10 9 10- -94 10 10 10 10 10- -95 9 10 7 10 9-87 10 : 10 9 8 10-94—461 10 9 9 7 6—89 10 9 7 7 7- -84 10 : 10 9 9 8- -91 10 9 9 9 9- -91 10 : 10 9 9 8- -91—446 9 8 8 8 5—79 io : 10 10 9 7- -92 10 9 9 8 8—88 10 ' 10 9 9 8- -86 10 : 10 10 8 6- -89—434 .85 84 87 89 89—434 85 89 86 82—428 .87 87 88 83 83— 42S .82 85 82 89 85—423 .74 83 84 84 88—413 .85 75 79 87 84—410 .77 85 77 81 86—406 .85 93 83 72 69—402 .89 82 f S3 69 78—401 .68 76 68 78 53-343 San Francisco, Cal., 10 8 8 8 7- -86 10 9 9 9 8- -93 io : 10 9 9 7- -91 10 9 9 8 7- -89 J A Dietz, Jr., New York.. W 8 10 9 7 7 10 7 10 9 7 10 10 10 7 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 88 87 85 81 81 84 77 68 70 73 62 70 53 38 9 9 9^-92— 451 9 9 9—88 8 7 7—83 9 6—90 7 7—86 9 7—91—438 9 10—84 8 10 10 6—84 9 10 8 10—88 9 9 9 8—86 -s 9 10 8-89-431 91 87 80-431 86 88 78 86 74 66 80 80 62 60 67 44 40 83 81 86 78 75 74 74 66 66 64 44 62 55 89— 43Q 84—426 75—406 77—401 77—385 63—360 74— 353 75— 352 72—341 56—305 63—296 52—272 46—216 ALA Himmelwright, New York H Klotz, New York E L Harpham, Chicago, 111 Dr Dudley Smith, Oakland, Cal R P Prentys, Chicago, 111 R Swartz, Pine Bluff, Ark M Eisencramer, Pine Bluff, Ark A L Smith, Pine Bluff, Ark •• •• Miss M. Waterhouse, Pinehurst, N. C... C R Fitzhugh, Pine Bluff, Ark Mrs Leonara Tufts, Pinehurst, N. C D II Hostetter, Pinehurst, N. C. T V Hall, Pinehurst, N. C • •••• Dr George S. Hill, Pinehurst, N. C By the rules of the Association, in the case of any State entering a given number of competitors in either match, the Association awards to the contestant making the highest score, provided that score does not win first place in the national contest, a stiver medal, representing the State championship, and a bronze medal as second price to the contestant making the next highest score in the State. The State championship honors follow: Arkansas.— Pistol championship r Silver medal, R. Swartz oi Fine Bluff, Ark.; bronze medal, M. Eisencramer, of Pine Bluff, Ark Illinois.— Revolver championship: Silver medal, Edwin L. Harpham, of Chicago, 111.; bronze medal, Albert Sorensen, of C PEtcd’ championship : Silver medal, William G. Kreig, of Chi- cago, 111 ■ bronze medal, Edwin L. Harpham, of Chicago, 111. • Missouri— Revolver championship: Mr. Sears winning the national championship, the bronze medal for second place in the State shoot gees to Dr. M. R. Moore. New York. — Revolver championship: Silver medal, Dr. K. ±1. Sayre; bronze medal, Dr. W. H. Luckett. Pistol championship.— The position of New York in this is a little peculiar, as Dr. Sayre and Mr. Dietz, who. win first and second place in the State contest, also win first and second place in the national contest, and the greater honor includes the less. North Carolina.— Pistol championship: Silver medal, Miss M. Waterhouse, of Pinehurst, N. C. ; bronze medal, Mrs. Leonard Tufts, of Pinehurst, N. C. Providence Revolver Club. - Providence, R. I., April 6.— We had a nice sociable practice this week and much interest was shown. Two new members started in at’ 10yds. with pocket revolvers and did excellent work. They have “shoot” in them and handled the .32s in a way which will graduate them to the target class in the near future. W.e hope' to have our 10 x 18 shooting house at Cranston open on Decora- tion Day and from then on the 50yd. targets will be kept busy. The plucky Pinehurst, N. C.,. pistol team shoots a match with us on the 15th. They have been defeated in their initial trials at match shooting, and as our team has not yet recovered from the licking administered bv Louisville, there is considerable specula- tion as to the probable winner . _ c We had a very pleasant visit from Chief Yeoman F. S. Mayo, of the Navy, who is at present stationed here on recruiting ser- vice and we hope he will remain in Providence, for he will be a most agreeable and valuable addition to our membership list. Mr Mayo was a member of the Navy team at the Fort Riley competition, and although badly out of practice at present, will soon keep our best men tuned up. President Coulters was present after an absence of several weeks, having been confined to the house with a severe illness, and found the 240s beyond reach. The following scores were recorded this week: Rifle, 25yds., German ring target, 10-shot strings, possible 260: Fred Collins 235; W. Bert Gardiner 224, 233; A. B. Coulters 218 226. Pocket revolver, 10yds., Standard American 20yd. target, 10-shot strings, possible 100: Fred S. Cowdin 73, Milton B. Brown 68, 66. Revolver and pistol, 20yds., Standard target: A, Q. Hurlburt $5; Arno Argus 79, 82; Wm. Bosworth 79, 82; Fred Liebrich 79; D. P. Craig. 74. , Revolver, 50yds., Standard target: Wm. Almy 84, 89. Rifle match, 50yds., .22 rifles, on German ring target: H. Powell 225, F. A. Coggeshall 218, B. Norman 216, W. Almy 212. Rifle match, Gardiner vs. Harmon, 30 shots per man, in 5-shp_t strings, ,22cal. rifles, German ring target, 25yds., possible 750: W B Gardiner 120 123 123 123 122 122—733 Bert Harmon 119 122 120 120 122 122—725 Gratis (O.) Rifle Clab. The following scores were made at the regular medal shoot of the Gratis Township Rifle Club, on April 1. The contest was at 100yds., offhand, 4 shots, 48 possible, and was won by G. O. Chrismer, with a score of 45. The club will hold a special shoot on May 6, to which all rifle- men are invited. On that day a special prize will be offered in the free-for-all, 100yds., offhand, 4 shots, 48 possible. The prize is a .32-20 rifle, and the maker of high scores takes. A large entry is expected. The day’s scores follow: Medal contest, 100yds., offhand, 4 shots, 48 possible: G O Chrismer 12 10 12 U— 45 G W Izor 9 9 11 10—39 Mose Pence 10 12 10 12—44 Walter Stump ....12 8 7 9—36 Chas Chrismer 11 12 10 10 — 43 Chas Glaze 7 8 12 8 — 35 J W Lesher 10 9 10 12 — 41 , , Winners of the medal so far are as follows: Chas. Glaze (Jan. 7) 11 12 12 10—45 Mose Pence, (Feb. 4) 12 11 12 11—46 J W Lesher (March 4) 11 12 12 11—46 G O Chrismer (April 1) 12 10 12 11 — 45 Special matches, 4 shots in each, 100yds., offhand, possible 48, or total of 420 for 20 shots: G O Chrismer. 38 46 44 47 45—220 M Pence 38 37 44 45 41—205 G W Izor..... 42 43 44 48 43—220 W Stump 45 34 43 40 38—200 C Glaze 42 40 43 43 43—211 C Chrismer. . .36 44 40 38 41—190 J W Lesher... 42 37 46 42 41 — 208 Bonasa. New York Central SchueUen Corps. The last regular shoot, held the night of March 29 on the Zet- tler ranges, at 75ft., offhand, was well attended, and twenty-five members competed on the ring and bullseye targets. Reinhold Busse made the best score on the ring target, with a total of 484, and J. N. Siebs had the best bullseye. I he results follow, two 10-shot scores, counting on the ring and the best single shot on the bullseye target: R Busse .......... -.238 246—484 G Viemeister ..242 246—482 1 Hess 238 236—474 W J Daniel ..234 238—472 H D Muller ..234 235—469 C Ottmann ..237 232—469 D Scharninghaus. ..234 231—465 T N Siebs ..233 230—463 c Gerken ..231 226—457 T von der Lieth.. ..222 230—452 B Eusner ..220 228 — 448 Wm Wessel ..219 230—449 F Rolfes 223 224—447 W Schillingman ...225 220 — 445 A Ritterhoff 214 229—443 H von der Lieth....219 219—438 H A Incite 214 '217—431 II Roffmann ..226 207— 433 H Graveman 113 117 — 230 C Tietjen 201 217—418 G Rohde 2l6 200—416 J Eisinger 203 208—411 H Brummer 189 214—403 G Dettloff 189 200—389 . The scores on the bullseye target were as follows: R. Busse 71, G. Viemeister 106, J. Hess 199, W. J. Daniel 140, II. D. Muller 76, C. Ottmann 109%, D. Scharninghaus 109, J. N. Siebs 49%, C. Gerken 91%, J. von der Lieth 114, B. Eusner 151, G. Dettloff 125, F. Rolfes 102, W. Schillingman 74, A. Ritterhoff 116, H. von der Lieth 191, H. A. Ficke 90, H. Roffman 162, H. Graveman 99, C. Tietjen 145%, G. Rohde 206%, J. Eisinger 134, H. Brummer 54. Zettler Rifle Club. Twelve members finished five or more scores the night of April 4, shooting .22cal. rifles on the 25yd ranges, at headquarters, in West Twenty-third street. Richard Gute, who made such a good showing , in the recent 100-shot championship match, was again high man, this time with a total of 2444 out of the possible 2500 points. A. Hubalek, who is also improving rapidly, was second with 2442, while Louis P. Hansen made 248, the highest individual score. The results follow, 10-shot scores, at 75ft., offhand: R Gute 240 247 243 247 243 245 245 246 243 245—2444 A Hubalek 245 245 243 243 247 246 241 244 246 242—2442 I. C : Buss 242 245 243 241 246 238 246 242 242 241—2426 C Zettler, Jr 244 247 243 244 -242—122!) L P Hansen 243 248 245 241, 541—1218 R Busse 242 244 244 244 241—1215 ’ - I Smeith 245 238 243 238 236—1200 B Zettler 240 232 234 '241 240—1187 C G Zettler 225 244 238 235 242—1184 H C Zettler 227 233 243 246 232—1170 G J Bernius 225 232 231 226 240—1154 H Fenwirth 228 230 231 238 236 — 1153 Harlem Independent -Schjetzen Corps, A goodly number of members and their guests gathered at the Zettler ranges the night of April 7, when the regujar club shoot! was held, at 75ft., otlhand, on the 25 ring target, with .22cal. rifles, s High man was C. Thiebauth with a total of 460 for . 20 shots,, hut B. Eusner was but one point below with 459. The scores follow, members firing two 10-sliot strings, the possible 500 points: C Thiebauth ..227 233 — 460 A Fenninger ... . . . .195 218—413 B Eusner ..232 227—459 F Koch ....206 206—412 J H Blumenberg.. ,.232 224—456 A L ilsen ....203 200—403 A Fegert 323 217—449 Ph Z ugner . . . .196 203—399 G Thomas .. ..222 223—445 L Rohkohl ....219 188—397 A Aluller ..215 217 — 432 C P Rupp ....206 192—398 L Lewinson . 202, 224—426 F Horn ....183 200—383 E Modersohn ,.212 213—425 J Fey . . . .167 177—344 H Behrman .212 123 — 425 Jos Holler . . . .151 172—323 St. Baumann 2,05 215—420 J Lanzer ....... ....119 97—216 E Hiker .215 199—414 Next Year's Icdjor Championship Match, At the last business meeting of the Zettler Rifle Club, held at its headquarters in ihis city, it was decided to fix the dates for the indoor lUU-shot championship match at that time, in order that all intending competitors wouid have plenty of time to prepare for this important annual affair. I he dates selected were March 10-17, inclusive, 1906. Shooting will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning and close at 11 o’clock at night on each of these days. The place will as usual be the club ranges and headquarters, at 159 VVest Twenty-third street, New York city. The distance will be 75it., position, otthand, but there will be no restrictions on palm rests, etc., and any kind of sights will be allowed. As usual, however, only ,22cal. short cartridges can be used. The prize list will be as large as the hustling members of this club can make it, and there should be a goodly array of merchandise prizes, which are always attractive to shooters. Nothing definite was decided regarding a prize shoot at 200yds., hut we are informed reliably that one will probably be held at Union Hill in September. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular competition by members of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading Road, April 9. Conditions: 200yds., offhand, at the 25- ring target. Payne was declared champion for the day with a score of 228. Hasenzahl was high on the honor with 64 points. A variable wind from 3 to 6 o’clock quarter blew all day. Mr. Topf appeared among us" again to-day, after a sojourn in Florida during the past winter, and we were well pleased to see his genial form once more. The scores: Payne 228 221 219 217 216 Freltag 208 207 207 202 190 Hasenzahl 225 222 221 221 216 Nestler 199 188 Bruns 220 213 210 207 201 Odell 19U 188 Roberts 216 199 198 193 181 Drube 176 172 163 ... ... Rifle Notes. The National Rifle Association announced that the annual tournament will be held at Sea Girt, N. J., commencing Aug. 24, instead of Aug. 22. The National revolver match wifi be held on Aug. 26. The tournament will continue to Sept. 9, If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixtures, April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec’y. )\ dmington. April 15. Long Island City, L. I. — Queens County Gun Club ppen tournament. R. 11. Gosman, Sec’y. April 15. Newark, N. J. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 18-20. Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. y *?,• Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots’ Day tournament. S. G. Miller, Sec’y. Apr-fl 20— Atglen, Pa.— Christiana-Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot; live birds and targets. Wm. R. Fieles, Sec’y. April 21.— Morgantown, W. Va.— Recreation Rod and Gun Club first regular monthly shoot of the Monongahela Valley Sports. a League of 'Vest Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. ■™Pr! ^LTlKewark, N' J’ — South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. April 22. Laston,' Pa, — Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27.— Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27.— Hopkinsville, Ky.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, Sec’y, April 27. Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. L, (iun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 29.— Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entray match for $100 gold watch. May 2-5. Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill ,, °“n, $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec’y. May 2-b.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 2. New Britain, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecti- cut second tournament. Dr. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Man- Chester, Conn. May 3.— Muiicie, Ind. Magic City Gun Club spring tournament — • Indiana State League series. F. L. Wachtel, Sec’y. May 4-o. Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec y. May 6VT™ew1r,k’ N’, J- — South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. Mayv6VMul£ri!e (Vun Club shoot, on grounds of Brooklyn, N. Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 8-9.— Vicksburg, Miss.— Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League first tournament. Fairmont, W. \ a., Gun Club second monthly shoot of Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia. L. F. Jacobs, Sec y. May , 9-10. Olean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Secy. May 9-12.— Hastings, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter Sec’v Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12.— Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18.— Herrington, Kans.-ICansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W.. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $000 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May i?.— Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. G. Kirkwood, Sec y. ■^ay£>^y^‘ Aubmri* N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street Toronto. ’ May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament- two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod Mgr’ 620 Locust street. ’ MaY 20-21. Shako pee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec y. May 23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. 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There is not any- excercise more pleasing or more agreeable to a truly sober and ingenious man, than this of Angling; a moderate, innocent, and salubrious and delightful excercise: It wear- ieth not a man overmuch, unless the waters lie remote from home: It injureth no man, so that it be in an open large water; he being esteemed a Beast rather than a Man that will oppose this excercise; neither doth it in any way debauch him that useth it: The delight also of it rouzes up the Ingenious early in the Spring mornings, that they have the benefit of the sveet and pleasant Morning-Air, which many through sluggishness enjoy not; so that Health (the greatest Treasure that Mortals enjoy) and Pleasure go hand in hand in this excercise. What can be more said of it, than that thejnost Ingenious most use it? John Worlidge Gent., 1675. THE SILZ GAME CASE. A case of very great importance has come up in the Supreme Court of New York city. It is that of the People against August Silz, in which suit has been brought for the possession of imported game during the close season. The evidence upon which the suit was based was obtained April 29, 1904, and the case having been pushed as rapidly as possible, it was on the calendar for last week and again for this week, but at the time of our going to press (Tuesday) it had not yet been reached. The importance of the suit lies in the opportunity it affords to make a test of the constitutionality of that provision of the law which forbids the possession in close time of game imported into the State from abroad. Mr. Silz is a game dealer of this city who imports large quantities of game from Europe, comprising woodcock, partridges, pheasants, golden plover, Egyptian quail (the migratory quail of Europe), and other species. The claim is made in his behalf that he deals exclusively in imported birds and does not handle native game. Whether this be true or not is beside the mark in so far as the present case is concerned, for the question here to be tried out is as to the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the possession in close time of what is conceded to be game of foreign origin. The traffic in game in New York city is continuous in season and out. It may be found listed on the menus of practically every important hotel and restaurant in town. To such of these concerns as buy their stock from Mr. Silz he gives a guarantee that they shall not get into trouble with the authorities for the possession of any game which they can prove they obtained from him. In a circular offering game for sale, he says : “The game warden has visited most of my customers, such as Louis Sherry, Hotel Astor, Delmonico’s, Hotel Manhattan, Cafe Martin, Imperial Hotel, Victoria Hotel, etc., etc., and is so well satisfied that all the game I sell is the real imported game, and I am ready to give you a guarantee to that effect, which would give you the right to sell and put on your bill of fare all the im- ported game that you wish without interference from any game warden or association for the protection of game, provided you can prove that you purchased your game from A. Silz.” We question most emphatically, however — and just here lies the objection to the traffic to imported game — that it is possible for the game warden who visits the hotels and restaurants and inspects the game he finds there to satisfy himself that it is “the real imported game.” As a matter of fact, many of the varieties of game now upon the mar- ket said to be imported, the game warden is totally un- able to distinguish from the domestic birds, either with or without their plumage. Notably is this true of phea- ants and ducks; nor, indeed, upon these varieties in par- ticular is an expert naturalist able in every case to pass judgment. With some such species as the golden plover it is extremely difficult for one though a naturalist to say where they came from ; and if they are plucked, as is customary, it would be impossible to tell this. We have then this condition, that there is a vast traffic in game birds in the close season, and it is beyond the range of practicability for the authorities on the spot to determine by such inspection as is open to them, whether the game comes from abroad or from the United States. Granted that all the birds supplied by Mr. Silz are imported, the door still remains open for the consumption of vast amounts of other game which is not imported. It is a truism that an open game market means the provision of a supply to meet the market demands. If New York can consume American woodcock and grouse and plover and ducks, American woodcock and grouse and plover and ducks will flow into the metropolis. Every device that cunning and cupidity can invent to bring it into the market will be made use of. This is not a fanciful theory; it is a plain statement of what we all of us know to have been going on for years. The Silz prosecution is one of many now in the hands of the Attorney-General. The utility or futility of these prosecutions will depend in a large measure upon the result of the present suit. Game Protector Overton, the local protector upon whose detective work the suits are based, has expressed the opinion, “Should the courts sus- tain the contention of this dealer that imported game can be sold at any time, there will be practically no closed season in this State, because after the feathers are re- moved, the condition in which it is found in the hotels, foreign birds can’t be told from domestic birds.’ The Audubon Society is interested in the case because the principles involved in it apply also to the various prosecutions undertaken by the Society to suppress the traffic in plumage of foreign origin; and it is understood that the Audubon legal talent will be at the service of the prosecution in the Silz case in carrying the suit up to the higher courts ; and if it shall be feasible, to the Supreme Court of the United States. COL. NICHOLAS PIKE. The death last week of Col. Nicholas Pike at the ad- vanced age of eighty, removes another of the men, who in their time played a prominent part in matters of sport and of nature study. Col. Pike was author, mathemati- cian and naturalist, besides being a very keen sportsman. He was the friend of Agassiz and many other scientific men, and was deeply interested in everything connected with nature. He was one of the first people in this coun- try to advocate the importation into the United States of European small birds, and perhaps the first to bring over and set free any considerable number. The enthusi- asm which he felt for this proj ect was at that time shared by everyone who wrote or spoke on the subject. It was not until twenty-five or thirty years later that the action came to be regarded as a mistake. Colonel Pike was one of the last men who had killed the extinct Labrador duck. His account of this, printed in Forest and Stream of Dec. 5> 1903, was as follows : “I have in my life shot a number of these beautiful birds, though I have never met more than two or three at a time, and mostly single birds. The whole number I ever shot would not exceed a dozen, for they were never plentiful. I rarely met with them. The males in full plumage were exceedingly rare ; I think I never met with more than three or four of these; the rest were young males and females. They were shy and hard to approach, taking flight from the water at the least alarm, flying very rapidly. Their familiar haunts were the sandbars, where the water was shoal enough for them to pursue their favorite food, small shellfish. I have only once met this duck south of Massachusetts Bay. In 1858 one soli- tary male came to my battery, in Great South Bay, L. L, near Quogue, and settled among my stools. I had a fair chance to hit him, but in my excitement to procure it, I missed it. The bird seems to have disappeared, for an old comrade,' who has hunted in the same bay for over sixty years, tells me he has not met with one for a long time. I am under the impression the males do not get their full plumage in the second year. I would here re- mark, this duck has never been esteemed for the table, from its strong, unsavory flesh.” For many years Colonel Pike was a contributor to the Forest and Stream and a frequent visitor at its offices. His earnestness, enthusiasm and simple heartedness lent a great attraction to a strong personality. Colonel Pike had lived in Brooklyn for much of his life. TEXAS DUCKS. On Monday last good news for game protectors reached New York city. It is remembered that in 1903 the Texas Legislature passed a law forbidding the ship- ment out of the State of ducks and other game. This action was an entire surprise to the market men and market shooters, who were greatly outraged by it, and declared that it should be at once repealed. Texas, the winter home of vast multitudes of wildfowl, has. been also the winter working ground of the market shooter, who, killing wildfowl by the tens of thousands, put them in barrels and shipped them to northern markets, St. Louis, Chicago, and even New York. Last autumn, when the Legislature met, it was well understood by those interested in game protection and by the market hunters, that a bitter fight was on, and both sides were prepared for it. The leader of the forces for game protection, the man who was going to fight tooth and nail to prevent the law’s repeal, was Capt. M. B. Davis, Secretary of the Texas Audubon Society. He did not stand alone, but was ably supported by Mr. T. J. Anderson, G. P. A. of ihe G., H. & S. A. R. R. Co., who; has printed a number of letters on this subject, and by many others. The fight was long and strenuous; the market interests did their best, but now the Legislature has adjourned, and on Monday Mr. William Dutcher, the President of the National Association of Audubon" Societies, received from Captain Davis a telegram declar- ing that a complete victorv had been won. In other words, the law forbidding the shipment of wildfowl and game out of the State of Texas still stands, and one of the greatest causes of the destruction of our wildfowl is removed. The Texans who have carried on this splendid fight are to be congratulated. They have done a great thing for their own State; but they are entitled to the thanks of the whole country as well, and every duck shooter , throughout the land should feel a sense of gratitude for them, because they have done something for him as well as for the Lone Star State. , NIAGARA. The situation at Albany with respect to Niagara Falls' is this: The Niagara and Lockport water jobbers arej reputed to have bought enough votes to insure the suc- cess of their bill ; but confidence is widely expressed that : Governor Higgins will veto the measure. All then will have been saved except legislative honor. That being a. merchantable commodity is of trifling account in com-: parison with the priceless work of nature which will have been preserved to- us by an upright Executive. A story of woodcock shooting in the spring when the birds are mating, may sound strange to American ears ; and yet in Norway, where, as a correspondent relates/it is the custom of the country, the spring woodcock shooter might retort that the practice differs in no essential prin- ciple from the killing of mated wildfowl on their way north, a sport which has been followed and sanctioned in the United States from a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Nor if the story as here told be of a typical shoot, may the sport be said to be particularly destructive. These bits of experience in the fields and covers of distant countries are extremely in- teresting, not only because they describe novel methods of pursuit, but as well because they demonstrate that the sportsman is the same creature in all lands and under all skies. The meeting of representatives from the States bor- dering the Great Lakes, notice of which is given on an- other page, promises to lead to a substantial reform in legislation relating to those waters. There is nothing but folly in diversity and disagreement of protective laws for adjacent States. The interests represented at Chicago are of such weight that we may with confidence expect the attainment of the purpose of the meeting. S10 FOREST AND STREAM '[April 2 2, 1905. Almost an Adventure; Editor Forest and Stream: I have been reading some of Capt. Mayne Reid’s tales of late, and having been over the ground covered by most of them, and hunted the same kinds of game, have fell to speculating on why it was that each hunting exploit of his ended in such desperate adventure, while mine have so singularly failed in that line. Of course, Mr. Reid had the advantage of perform- ing in a new land, far removed from human knowl- edge, and of an audience far removed from the scene of his activities. In those earlier days buffalo and bears charged the hunters on sight. Coming on the stage in later years I found it difficult to get within long rifle shot of the buffalo that drove Mr. Reid to tree on sight, or the bears that charged boldly into his camp and engaged the hunter in hand-to-hand, or hand-to-paw combat. In my time the vast herds of the western plains had got wise by reason of most of their members carrying from one to a dozen rifle or pistol balls in their bodies, planted there by hunters of the Reid type. This may account for the wide disparity, or it may be that such adventures, like history, can only be properly told when far removed by time or distance from the events narrated, which only means that then the historian can say what suits his purpose, as there is no one at hand to dispute him. In any case, after thirty years of exploiting over the same ground, in much the same manner and for the same purpose, I have utterly failed of any thing like such desperate encounters as were everyday occurrences with Mr. Reid. To be sure, I have had my canoe upset in quick water on various canoe trips, but being a good swimmer and having prepared for just such emergencies, they have only been vexations. I once lassoed a wildcat or prairie lynx, which I thought fast in a trap, but which came loose at the critical moment and left me at one end of a. rope with a raging wildcat at the other; yet an animal that would weigh no more than twenty-five pounds could not be wrung into a hair-raising ad- venture with good effect. Besides, I had only to loose the rope and the cat would have taken it and gone, well satisfied with his bargains. But hold! there is one event that dawns upon my memory, which, looked at from a certain viewpoint, might be regarded as a des- perate affair. I will relate it. We were jumping ducks on a western river. Alter- nate wild rice swamp and forest margined the stream. It was a straight down-stream run of a hundred miles. We had teams with heavy camp outfit, cooks and so forth, paralleling the river overland, with instructions to go into camp at a certain point halfway down. We were crossing an Indian reservation, and few people passed that way. Game was plenty, and the forenoon had been a busy one. At noon we had stopped to lunch on the river bank, and to make our coffee had built a small fire. I had noticed before starting it that the grass was very dry and combustible under the noonday sun, and had thought our fire was likely to get away in the heavy fitful south wind that was blowing; but as the Indians had already burned over most of the country, all the grass left being inside the small bend of the river, an acre or so, that surrounded our camp,; it made no difference if fire did get out. While we were eating Inch, I noticed the fire eating away at the short grass, having spread a couple of feet. Thinking to put it out, I took a broken bush to whip it out with. One blow, and the burning grass clinging to branch, and twig was scattered for ten feet round. Had I taken a paddle, or something with a flat surface, that one blow would have ended the blaze. As it was, the labor of putting it out after it was scattered was too great, considering that it could do no possible damage, and I made no further effort in that line. Busying myself in packing up the lunch kit ready for the start, I paid no attention to what my com- panion, or rather employer, was doing. Looking up later I noted that Capt. B. had taken up where I left off and was fighting the fire. I noted, too, that he was in the tall grass in front of the fire striking back at it. Indeed, he was standing in a dense mass of swamp grass higher than his head. He was a very large . man, whose combined flesh and age were the only just excuse any man ever had for going hunting for the healthy exercise it entailed (not for the mere slaughter of game), and then taking some one along on whom he could shunt the exercise. The fire was working its way leisurely through the short grass and only about a foot from the dense mass. The wind, which was gusty, had lulled for a moment. The very next gust would shoot a sea of flame through Capt. B. s gray hair and whiskers. I saw the situation at a glance; knew the danger, and shouted to him to get out quick. He did make a quick move backward (the wrong direction) as. if to escape, and then the ground gave way beneath him and he dropped into a muskrat burrow up to his hips. He was wedged in tightly and could not possibly have gotten out by his own ex- ertions. I rushed in and pulled that 200-pound man, out of theie like pulling a goose quill out of an ink bottle and hustled him back across the line of fire, just as the next gust of wind came and swept the in- nocent blaze into ^ geething’ tna§s of fire that covered a hundred feet of ground in half a minute. So fierce was the heat, that we were compelled to turn our faces away at a distance of forty yards. We watched that acre of tall swamp grass wither before it, and then got into our canoe and started on down the river. Not a word was said about the matter, nor has there been from that day to this, though many long years have passed and many hundred miles have been trav- ersed in that same canoe. I have often thought that the Captain could not have understood the real ex- tent of his peril, and must have been under the im- pression that a few blisters would have been all he would have had to contend with at the very worst; then again he might have taken a more cold-blooded view of the matter and concluded that he at least would have soon been out of trouble, while on me would have fallen the onus of presenting to the wife and widow at camp that night the few charred remnants as all that remained of the vigorous sportsman I had started out with in the early morning. Yes, it is hard to penetrate its disguise, but I believe it was a real adventure after all. E. P. J. Aitkiu, Minn. Nessmuk. My angler is something of a hero-worshipper. One of the most valued of his heroes is the man whose writings, over the signature of Nessmuk, charmed the readers of Forest and Stream years ago. Nessmuk’s home was in Wellsboro, Pa. During a re- cent visit to that place, my angler went to the old home- stead, where still lives Nessmuk’s wife and son, and also to the graveyard where stands the granite stone erected by Forest and Stream over Nessmuk’s grave. At that time he made and brought home with him a drawing of this stone; the medallion containing Ness- muk’s profile in bas relief; the wreath, and the in- scription, “George W. Sears, born Dec. 2, 1821, died May 1, 1890,” the ax carved on the base of the stone, with the word “Nessmuk” cut on the handle, being faithfully reproduced. This stone stands, as you know, at the edge of the cemetery, near the pines whose soughing in the wind Nessmuk loved. Once, years ago, my angler was fishing in the river, and had just landed a bass, when Nessmuk came slip- ping along in his canoe, just in time to see the capture, and to stop and chat a few minutes about fishing. The fisherman had little difficulty in identifying the stranger, for it was known that Nessmuk was in the neighbor- hood. This incident has figured in the fireside stories of the man who caught the bass, as might the visit of an inhabitant of another sphere, and is a highly valued recollection. The canoe, too, has come to be described as the same as that exhibited by Forest and Stream at the World’s Fair at Chicago, and my angler took a personal interest in the number of lovers of the woods who visited it. As to Nessmuk’s writings in Forest and Stream, and his two volumes, “Woodcraft” and Forest Runes,” my angler reads them over and over, especially in the late winter, when he is low in his mind, and spring is still a long way off. He asserts, though none dispute, that Nessmuk had an exceptionally good command of clear and vigorous English, and a style so direct and clear, that there was never a doubt as to his meaning; that, though he lacked the training, he had the heart of a poet, and that “Forest Runes” contains some real poetry.. Again he maintains, and proves, that “Wood- craft” is as much a source book for writers on camp- ing as Parkman’s “Oregon Trail” is for writers about the Indians. Sometimes he finds in more recent books on this subject whole paragraphs that apparently should be credited to Nessmuk, reading aloud to me descrip- tions of camp-fires and camps, from books whose authors are widely read, afterward turning to “Wood- craft” to show how the ideas, and occasionally even the words, have been borrowed. For my own part, I have never appreciated Nessmuk’s poetry, though I am willing to admit that some of his poems have a flavor and smell of the woods that would endear them to the heart of the nature lover. My angler is a camper, and here again he is under the influence of Nessmuk’s spell.-' For many years he pitched his camp in a maple grove beside a trout stream that flows down through the Alleghanies into the west branch of the Susquehanna. This camp was named Camp Nessmuk, and the campers were known as Nessmukers. Near by was an unnamed stream that ever since has been known as Nessmuk Run. The camp-fire and the camp range before the tent were made after Nessmuk’s directions, and the bed of picked hemlock browse was laid according to Nessmuk’s rule. Many a time have I heard visitors to this camp relate how they sat at this camp-fire and heard for the first time the name of Nessmuk, and how they listened through an evening to accounts of Nessmuk and his woodcraft, his ten-day trip across the trackless forests of Michigan, his hunting and fishing camps and his canoe trips. My angler is, of course, first of all, a fisherman, and while he will not admit freely that Nessmuk was a jfini§hed angler, he appears to feel that his favorite added something to the literature of angling that the pro- fession could not well afforc} t9 lose, As ft happens, Nessmuk’s description of “Catching Trout on the June Rise” is a faithful account of what happened to him- self once upon a lucky time. Probably a similarity of experience in this and other ways has led to this deep appreciation, for the streams fished by the two men must be alike in many ways. In fact, the mouth of the Loyalsock, whose “banks and braes” are more familiar to my angler at certain seasons of the year than are the paths of our village streets, is but fourteen miles from the mouth of Pine Creek, the stream that Nessmuk loved so well. Then again once upon a time, my angler invented a fly, a trout fly, which, according to his story, the trout adore, and, with which he has taken many a basketful of trout, when said trout disdained any other inducement to rise. It is, I understand, similar to the stone fly, with various additions that catch the fancy of the Loyalsock trout. This invincible and most alluring fly was at once given the name of Nessmuk. The maker of the fly corroborates this story, and relates how many hundred gross he sells each year, seeming also to re- gard its success largely due to the name. Now — if naming a well-beloved summer camp, a new stream and a most remarkable trout fly after a man; if poring over his books, and recommending them in- discriminately to everybody; if to sing his hero’s praise in season and out of season, does not brand a man as a hero-worshipper, my first proposition must remain unproved. _ Justina Johnson. Sporting in China. Among those who come to China on the steam- ships which ply between her principal ports and western countries there occasionally appears a passenger with a gun case among his other baggage. This is a sports- man, and he regards as next in essential to the in- struments of his toilet the instrument that contributes to the chief pleasure of his outdoor sport. Some- times he is seen leading a beautiful pointer or setter dog, and then it may generally be understood that he comes to China to make it his business home. For more than fifty years sportsmen have been coming to China until they now constitute quite a numerous proportion of the foreign population of the Empire, and as a consequence the game that formerly abounded in such great quantities about the open ports has been shot or driven into the interior. The sports- man can leave, as heretofore, on a Saturday afternoon for an “up-country shoot,” but he does not return, as in the old days, early Monday morning with fifty or more pheasants. The thoughtless slaughter he in- dulged in when game was plentiful now impresses the fact, that had he been more thoughtful of the future he might have indefinitely prolonged the pleasure of his sport. Now one has to travel far into the interior to make a bag of a half dozen pheasants a day,' and as there are no roads in China, as in the sense of roads in western countries, the journey to the interior has to be made by means of a boat, and the pleasure and comfort of such a journey greatly depends upon the sportsman being fortunate in obtaining a suitable boat. If, however, the sportsman succeeds in getting a suitable boat he will have but little if any difficulty in finding his way to the “happy hunting ground” of the interior, for it appears that no country in the world can have better water facilities for transportation than China. Nearly the whole Empire, from every point of the compass, is interlaced by creeks and canals, and there are excellent maps, among others, Wade’s, by the aid. of which the traveler or sportsman can easily trace his. way to. the objective point of his choice. What is a suitable boat must be answered by the taste and desire for comfort of the sportsman. At the port of Shanghai the boat in general use by sports- men is known as a houseboat, and some of these are palatial in their fitting up. But the houseboat that will prove more convenient, and which will be found sufficiently comfortable, will answer to the following description, and would cost about four hundred gold dollars. It should be about forty feet in length and with a full width beam, to insure its steadiness. Such a boat can be divided into every proper compartment for convenience, which would mean a cabin large enough for sleeping and eating purposes, a toilet room, kitchen, and a small kennel for a dog. The quarters for the crew are generally under deck, and as Chinese compose the crew they, as a rule, prefer such quarters. As many of the creeks are shallow, especially during the latter part of the shooting season, it would be ad- visable for the houseboat to be built of as light timber as possible consistent with the necessary strength. The finer and more costly class of boats have the hull constructed of wood very similar in fibre to oak, and which the Chinese call teakwood. This wood is very strong, and has a beautiful grain, but a hull built of Chinese pine and oiled with Chinese oil is lighter and perhaps as durable. The sportsman will find it greatly to his convenience to have his boat of as light a draft as may be without sacrificing strength, and the top or covering should therefore be of light boards closely put together and covered with a good quality of canvas, and that well painted. The top should be just enough oval in shape to shed water easily, and it can be strong by hoops spanning the inside from A® m, ?po|.J FOREST AND STREAM. SEgp&£ side 'to side atid fastened to the top boards with Palis or screws. If the boat described is fitted with a sail, and nearly every such boat is, it greatly facilitates the going from place to place, for otherwise the principal means of progression is by sculling, or what the Chinese say is yu-loing, which is done with an oar about 22 feet long and fitted on an iron pivot and worked by two or more men. The head of the oar is shaped to resemble the tail of a fish, and the pivot on which it moves is an iron rod, somewhat the size of a man’s thumb and not more than a few inches long. The rod is driven into the piece of timber which holds together the upper part of the extreme aft of the boat, and the oar is held in its place on the pivot by means of a hole in the handle at a proper distance between the ends. To attain the greatest propelling power, there is a small rope attached near the end of the handle where it is grasped, whil$ the other end of the rope is securely fastened to the side of the boat nearest to which the iron pivot is fitted, it never being fitted in the center of the aft of a boat. The oarsman who to bi‘osi Would perplex the tilost expert navigator. By no compass could he take his reckoning when following their meanderings. Under the present treaties foreigners can travel in the interior of China, and when one preseives his temperament there has seldom been a wanton attack made by the natives. The Chinese are more inclined to share the sportsman’s enjoyment than to attempt or wish to molest him. Frequently the inhabitants of an entire village will follow him to see him shoot, and if he throws away the empty shells the boys, and often the grown men, will keep him company to pick them up. If he is diplomatic he may learn from some of them the places mostly frequented by game in that neighborhood. There is rarely any reason for a sports- man to get into trouble with the natives. If he will put a Mexican dollar or so in his pocket there is scarcely a wound that he may accidentally inflict with a No. 6 shot which will not heal at the sight of that coin. However loud the bewailing when inflicted, he has only to put into the hand of the sufferer a Mexican dollar, and there is quiet and peace. But when a shot CHRISTMAS SHOOT— 1904. Shooters, boy, cartridge and game carriers, dog and game. The houseboat lies in the inner moat of the wall around Soochow, China. The front of the wall is perpendicular and has a brick face. The wall is twelve miles in circumference, and its founda- tion was laid 500 B. C. grasps the handle of the oar steadies it while the one who pulls the rope back and forth generates the power {that propels the boat. By such a unique arrangement large boats, as long as a hundred feet and heavily laden, are swiftly driven through the water without any very apparent great exertion on the part of the oarsmen. To navigate such a boat as indicated, the number of the crew should not be less than five, and one of these the captain, or, in Chinese phrase, “the lao-dah.” And if the sportsman is fortunate in getting a crew that is willing and obedient it will add very much to his suc- cess and pleasure. The lao-dah is one of the noted characters of Shang- hai. As nearly every sportsman has his own house- boat, there are quite a number of such characters at Shanghai. They are very annoying when so disposed, for when one is not in a willing mood he can easily ground the boat in a narrow creek, or find water too shallow for it to float in, and with the most assuring countenance declare how sorry he is that the boat can- dot proceed. The sportsman will find it very much to iris advantage to have a lao-dah who has some knowl- edge of the geography of the territory in which he oroposes to shoot, for in order to save time he must io his traveling mostly at night, and unless his lao- lah is somewhat familiar with the “lay of the land,” he nay wake up in the morning to find himself a long distance from the place he wished to reach. Great care should, therefore, be taken to engage a reason- iblv intelligent lao-dah who will command the services if the crew when needed, or else the success of the shooting trip will be constantly interfered with and Is pleasure destroyed. After arriving at the place where it is desired to dioot, the boat is made fast at some convenient land- ng on the banks of the creek or canal, and, as a ^reparation, the sportsman will select his boy to carry [iis cartridges and one or more of the boat’s crew to carry his bird bag and to beat the places where the criers or other obstructions may be too thick for his log to enter. If he expects to remain away from the coat during the entire day he will have lunch prepared hnd another one of the crew may be selected to carry it. Being ready, and before entering the field for his shoot, the sportsman will do well if he takes his cearing and fixes in his mind one or two conspicuous andmarks of the surrounding country as a guide to -he location of his boat. However familiar he may be A'ith the country, there are times when such landmarks •vill guide him to shorter paths and save him much unnecessary walking. If he be a true sportsman, he •vill not think or care about the points of the compass n the intensity of his pleasure and excitement, and the nnumerable ditches and small streams he will have has gone astray and entered the leg of a Chinaman, it is advisable, if the boat be near a village or town, to have it moved at once to some other place, or other- wise the majority of the population will pay him a visit with the view of also being compensated to “finish any trouble.” 1 No reference has been made to the furniture of the boat, because the sportsman will select that and ar- range it according to his preference. Most of the boats are fitted with bunks, one on each side, for sleeping, and in connection with a bunk there are at least two drawers for clothes, towels, napkins, boots: and such like. It would be preferable, I think, not to have bunks, but instead, a small folding bed, which could be put aside during the day, and thus give more room, or cohverted into a lounge, as one could be made to answer either purpose. The bunks are constructed so as to be immovable, and during the warm weather, become the home for bugs, while a movable sleeping arrangement could be taken out of the boat when not in use. If the sportsman should fear malaria, or if his thirst should run in a special direction, he will take with him a bottle of quinine and, what may prove more palatable, a few bottles of whiskey and soda. J. Trails of the Pathfinders.— XXX* Fremont. — I. The inequality which which fame distributes her favors has always been a fertile subject for moralist and philosopher. One man may do great things, and yet through innate modesty, or ill fortune of some sort, may make no impression on the popular imagination; so that his deeds are soon forgotten. Another, by a series of fortunately narrated adventures of relatively much less difficulty and danger, may acquire the name of having accomplished great things. Zebulon M. Pike, the ex- plorer, was a man of the first kind. John C. Fremont, commonly spoken of as the Pathfinder, and by many people believed to have been the discoverer of the Rocky Mountains, belonged to the second class. The work that Fremont did, w.as good work, but it was not great. He was an army officer, sent out to survey routes across the continent; and he did his duty, and did it well; but he did not discover the Rocky Mountains, nor did he dis- cover gold in California, as often supposed. He passed over routes already, well known to the-men of the plains and the mountains, and discovered little that was new, except the approximate location: of many points. Never- theless, in his two expeditions, which cover the years 1842 and 1843 and ’44, he traversed 10,000 miles of wil- 811 defiiess, belwedi the 'Missouri ftlvef &hd tlw shoteS of the Pacific; and he connected the surveys of the State of Missouri with those made by the Wilkes expedition, at the mouth of the Columbia. This involved much labor and hardship, arid was of high value at the time, but it is not to be compared witii the work done by Lewis and Clark, and Pike; and the fact that Fremont gained great fame while his predecessors seemed until recently to be almost forgotten, seems unjust. Fremont’s first expedition went only as far as the Rocky Mountains, terminating at the South Park and Fremont's Peak. The second, which reached those mountains by another route, crossed them at the South Pass, and proceeded west to the Oregon River (the Co- lumbia), and northern California. The story of these two journeys is embodied in a re- port addressed to the Chief of the Corps of Topo- graphical Engineers, and published In Washington in 1845. Although a formal report, made by an army officer, and written in the ordinary style of an itinerary of the daily march, yet Fremont’s ac~ount of his travels is told with much vividness; and quite apart from the in- terest which attaches to it as a description of the still unexplored West, it attracts by its graphic style. The accoums of the hunting, encounters with Indians, and mountain climbing, are spirited ; and the descriptions of wild scenery show r^al feeling. Fremont’s party consisted of Charles Preuss, his as- sistant in topography; L. Maxwell, a hunter, with Kit Carson as guide. Besides these, he had engaged more than twenty Frenchmen, Creoles, and Canadian voy- ageurs, old prairie men, who had been servants of the fur companies. Among these men are such names as Lambert, L’Esperance, Lefevre, Lajeunesse, Cadotte, Clement, Simonds, Latulippe, Badeau, Chardonnais, and Janisse. The children and grandchildren of some, per- haps of many of these men, are still living, at various points in the West, and still bear the names of their ancestors. Joseph Clement, for example, probably a son of old man Clement, lives to-day on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, in South Dakota. Nicholas and Antoine Jeunesse, or Janisse, a few years ago were still alive, one at Pine Ridge, the other at Whetstone Agency, in South Dakota. The expedition started on Friday, June 10, from Cyprian Chouteau’s trading post, near the mouth of the Kansas River, and marched up that stream. Their bag- gage, instruments and provisions were carried in mule carts, of which they had eight; and the men, except the drivers of these carts, were mounted; and some of them drove loose horses, and a few oxen taken along as food. They marched up the Kansas River, and from time to time purchased milk, butter, and vegetables at Indian farms, a condition of things which indicates that the In- dians at that time were further advanced toward civiliza- tion and self-support than many of them seem to be at the present day. It was the practice to encamp an hour or two before sunset, when the carts were arranged so as to form a sort of barricade, or at least to mark the boundaries of a circle about the camp, eighty yards in diameter. “The tents were pitched, and the horses hobbled and turned loose to graze ; and but a few minutes elapsed before the cooks of the messes, of which there were four, were busily engaged in preparing the evening meal. * * * When we had reached a part of the country where such a precaution became necessary, the carts being regularly arranged for defending the camp, guard was mounted at 8 o’clock, consisting of three men, who were relieved every two hours; the morning watch being horse guard for the day. At daybreak, the camp was roused, the animals turned loose to graze, and breakfast generally over between 6 and 7 o’clock, when we re- sumed our march, making regularly a halt at noon for one or two hours. Such was usually the order of the day, except when accident of country forced a variation; which, however, happened but rarely.” The party had the usual vicissitudes of prairie travel in old times. Horses were lost, and time spent in recov- ering them ; rain-swollen rivers must be crossed, the ani- mals driven in to swim, and the carts transported on an india rubber boat. Such river crossings were especially subject to accident; and on one of his first, Fremont, through carelessness, lost overboard some of his carts, and a large quantity of his baggage; though everything except part of the provisions was recovered. During a halt of a couple of days, on the Kansas River, on account of bad weather, the men were busy drying things that had been wetted, and preparing for the continuation of the march. Here it was noticed that “in the steep bank of the river were nests of innumerable swallows, into one of which a large prairie snake had got about half his body, and was occupied in eating the young birds. The old ones were flying about in great distress, darting at him, and vainly endeavoring to drive him off. A shot wounded him, and being killed, he was cut open, and eighteen young swallows were found in his body.” During his march up the Kansas River, Fremont no- ticed the rich appearance of the soil of the bottom ; and speaks of passing a large but deserted Kansas village, “scattered in an open wood along the margin of the stream, on a spot chosen with the customary Indian fond- ness for beauty of scenery. The Pawnees had attacked it in the early spring. Some of the houses were burnt, and others blackened with smoke, and weeds were al- ready getting possession of the cleared places.” June 17 they crossed the Big Vermillion, and Big Blue; and saw their first antelope; while Carson brought in a fine deer. They were now on the trail of a party of emigrants to Oregon, and found many articles that they had thrown away. Game began to be abundant ; there were flocks of turkeys in the bottom of the Little Blue; elk were seen on the hills, and antelope and deer abounded. When they reached the Pawnee country, many were the tales told of the craft and daring of these independent people. One morning they had a genuine Indian alarm ; a man who was somewhat behind the party, rode up in haste, shouting, “Indians! Indians!” He stated that he had seen them, and had counted twenty-seven. The com- mand was at once halted, and the usual precautions made for defense, while Carson, mounting one of the hunting horses, set out to learn the cause of the alarm. “Mount- ed on a fine horse, without a saddle, and scouring bare- 812 FOREST AND STREAM, headed over the prairie, Kit was one of the finest pic- tures of a horseman I have ever seen. A short time enabled him to discover that the Indian war party of twenty-seven, consisted of six elk, who had been gazing curiously at our caravan as it passed, and were now scampering off at full speed. This was our first alarm, and its excitement troke agreeably on the monotony of the day.” ■ The party now crossed over to the Platte River — which Fremont calls- the Nebraska — and encamped on its banks. Two days later, while they were halted for noon, there came the startling cry, “Du monde!” — people. In a moment, all were prepared for defense. Horses were driven in, hobbled and picketed, and the horsemen were galloping at full speed in the direction of the new comers, screaming and yelling with the wildest excite- ment. The travelers proved to be a small party, under the charge of a man named John Lee, which had left Fort Laramie two months before, endeavoring to trans- port the furs of the American Fur Company down the Platte by boat; they had started with the annual flood, but before they had traveled 150 miles, found that their waterway had become too shoal for their boats; they had therefore cached their possessions, and had started east on foot, carrying on their backs their provisions, cloth- ing, and a few light furs. It was from among this party that Fremont engaged Latulippe, who, though on his way to St. Louis, really had no special desire to go there, and was quite willing to turn about and face the west again The same day three Cheyennes were met, returning from an unsuccessful horse-stealing expedition against the Pawnee village. They joined the party, and for some days afterward traveled in its company. On the 29th, the first buffalo were seen, and on the following day, these animals swarmed “in immense numbers over the plain, where they had left scarcely a blade of grass standing.” “We had heard from a distance a dull and confused murmuring, and when v e came in view of their dark masses there was not one among us who did not feel his heart beat quicker. It was the early part of the day, when the herds are feeding, and everywhere they were in motion. Here and there a huge old bull was rolling in the grass, and clouds of dust rose in the air from various parts of the bands, each the scene of some obstinate fight. Indians and buffalo make the poetry and life of the prairie, and our camp was full of their exhilaration.” Here first they feasted on buffalo meat. Fremont says : “At any 1 ime of the night might be seen pieces of the most delicate and choicest meat, roasting en appolas, on sticks around the fire, and the guard were never without company. With pleasant weather and no enemy to fear, an abundance of the most excellent meat, and no scarcity of bread or tobacco, they were enjoying the oasis of a voyageur’s life. Three cows were killed to-day. Kit Carson had shot one, and was continuing the chase in the midst of another herd, when his horse fell headlong, but sprang up and joined the flying band. Though considerably hurt, he had the good fortune to break no bones; and Maxwell, who was mounted on a fleet hunter, captured the runaway after a hard chase. He was on the point of shooting him, to avoid the loss of his bridle (a handsomely mounted Spanish one), when he found that his horse was able to come up with him.” The next day Fremont himself made a chase for buf- falo. He says, under date of July 1 : “As we were riding quietly along the bank, a grand herd of buffalo, some seven or eight hundred in number, came. crowding up from the river, where they had been to drink, and com- menced crossing the plain slowly, eating as they went. The wind was favorable ; the coolness of the morning invited to exercise ; the ground was apparently good, and the distance across the prairie (two or three miles) gave us a fine opportunity to charge them before they could get among the river hills. It was too fine a prospect for the chase to be lost; and, halting for a few moments, the hunters were brought up and saddled, and Kit Car- son, Maxwell, and I, started together. They were now somewhat less than half a mile distant, and we rode easily along until within about three hundred yards, when a sudden agitation, a wavering in the band, and a galloping to and fro of some which were scattered along the skirts, gave us the intimation that we were discov- ered. We started together at a grand gallop, riding steadily abreast of each other, and here the interest of the chase became so engrossingly intense, that _we were sensible to nothing else. We were now closing upon them rapidly, and the front of the mass was already in rapid motion for the hills, and in a few seconds the movement had communicated itself to the whole herd. “A crowd of bulls, as usual, brought up the rear, and every now and then some of them faced about, and then dashed on after the band a short distance, and turned and looked again, as if more than half inclined to stand and fight. In a few moments, however, during which we had been quickening cur oace, the rout was universal, and we were going over the ground like a hurricane. When at about thirty yards, we gave the usual shout (the hunter’s pas de charge), and broke into the herd. We entered on the side, the mass giving way in every direction in their heedless course. Many of the bulls, less active and less fleet than the cows, paying no atten- tion to the ground, and occupied solely with the hunter, were precipitated to the earth with great force, rolling over and over with the violence of the shock, and hardly distinguishable in the dust. We separated on entering, each singling out his game. “My horse, was a trained hunter, famous in the West under the name of Proveau, and, with his eyes flashing, and the foam flying from his mouth, sprang on after the cow like a tiger. In a few moments he brought me alongside of her, and, rising in the stirrups, I fired at the distance of a yard, the ball entering at the termination of the long hair, and passing near the heart. She fell headling at the report of the gun, and, checking my horse, I looked around for my companions. At a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow which he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands, at some distance below, I caught a glimpse of Maxwell; and while I was looking, a light wreath of white smoke curled away from his gun, from which I was too far to hear the report. JJearer, and between me and the hills, towards which they were directing their course, was the body of the herd, and, giving my horse the rein, we dashed after them. A thick cloud of dust hung upon their rear, which filled my mouth and eyes, and nearly smothered me. In the midst of this I could see nothing, and the buffalo were not distinguishable until within thirty feet. They crowded together more densely still as I came upon them, and rushed along in such a compact body, that I could not obtain an entrance — the horse almost leaping upon them. In a few moments the mass divided to the right and left, the horns clattering with a noise heard above everything else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along- the line, but were left far behind; and, singling out a cow, I gave her my fire, but struck too high. She gave a tremendous leap, and scoured on swifter than before. I reined up my horse, and the band swept on like a torrent, and left the place quiet and clear. Our chase had led us into dangerous ground. A prairie-dog village, so thickly settled that there were three oj four holes in every twenty yards square, occupied the whole bottom for nearly two miles in length. Looking around, I saw only one of the hunters, nearly out of sight, and the long dark line of our caravan crawling along, three or four miles distant.” Continuing up the Platte River, describing the coun- try, the stream, the plants and animals seen, and the daily incidents of the journey, Fremont reached the junc- tion of the North and South Platte, and camped there on the 2d of July. On the 4th, there was a little cele- bration; liquor was served to the men; and at night, the day was celebrated by a feast; which led the Cheyenne Indians, who were with the camp, to ask if such “medi- cine days come often.” Incidentally, the Indian boy got drunk. This day was marked also by another excitement in camp : “While we were at breakfast, a buffalo calf broke through the camp, followed by a couple of wolves. In its fright, it had probably mistaken us for a band of buffalo. The wolves were obliged to make a circuit around the camp, so that the calf got a little the start, and strained every nerve to reach a large herd at the foot of the hills, about two miles distant; but, first one, and then another, and another wolf joined in the chase, until his pursuers amounted to twenty or thirty, and they ran him down before he could reach his friends. The buffalo here were enormously abundant, and dur- ing the afternoon, clouds of dust, rising from different points, announced the approach of the different herds to the water. They came down, column after column, gal- loping directly to the river. “By the time the leading herds had reached the water, the prairie was darkened with the dense masses. Immediately before us, when the bands first came down into the valley, stretched an un- broken line, the head of which was lost among the river hills on the opposite side; and still they poured down from the ridge on our right. From hill to hill, the prairie bottom was certainly not less than two miles wide; and, allowing the animals to be ten feet apart, and only ten in a line, there were already eleven thousand in view. Some idea may thus be formed of their number when they had occupied the whole plain. In a short time they surrounded us on every side ; extending for several miles in the rear, and forward as far as the eye could reach; leaving around us, as we advanced, an open space of only two or thrpe hundred yards.” Fremont now decided to divide his forces, sending one party up the North Platte, to Fort Laramie, and another up the South Platte, to St. Vrain’s fort, and thence across country to a meeting point at Fort Laramie. This last party he determined to take charge of himself, taking Mr. Preuss, and four of his best men. The Cheyennes, whose village was supposed to be on the South Platte, also decided to accompany him. The party for the North Fork was to be in charge of Clement Lambert. The separation took place July 5. The party following up the South Platte took one lead horse, and a pack mule, and traveled very light. The cook had been ordered to prepare provisions for this outfit, and they started. When they stopped for noon, however, they discovered that the provisions they supposed they were carrying, had been left behind, and they had nothing to eat except the meat of a poor bull that they had killed during the day. As the trip promised to be a hard one, Fremont sent two of his men, Preuss and Bernier, across the country to rejoin those who were traveling up the north branch of the river. Buffalo were still extraordinarily abundant, and one of the incidents of the march was a bull fight on a large scale, which the travelers intercepted : “In the course of the afternoon, dust rising among the hills at a particular place, attracted our attention ; and riding up, we found a band of eighteen or twenty buffalo bulls en- gaged in a desperate fight. Though butting and goring were bestowed liberally, and without distinction, yet their efforts were evidently directed against one — a huge gaunt old bull, very lean, while his adversaries were all fat and in good order. He appeared very weak and had already received some wounds, and, while we were looking on, was several times knocked down and badly hurt, and a very few moments would have put an end to him. Of course we took the side of the weaker party, and attacked the herd; but they were so blind with rage, that they fought on, utterly regardless of our presence, although on foot and on horseback we were firing in open view within twenty yards of them. But this did not last long. In a very few seconds, we created a commotion among them. One or two, which were knocked over by the balls, jumped up and ran off into the hills; and they began to retreat slowly along a broad ravine to the river, fighting furiously as they went. By the time they had reached the bottom, we had pretty well dispersed them, and the old bull hobbled off, to lie down somewhere. One of his enemies remained on the ground where we had first fired upon them, and we stopped there for a short time to cut from him some meat for our supper.” The next day, quite unexpectedly, they were charged by about three hundred Indians, Arapahoes, who were well known to Maxweil, who had been a trader with them a year or two before. The mistake was recognized before hostili- ties actually commenced, and friendly relations were es- tablished. These Arapahoes were about to make a sur- round on the north side of the river; and though, from a distance Fremont watched the whole operation, he did not see a single buffalo emerge from the cloud of dust which hung over the herd, and their relentless pursuers. (April 22, 1905. A day or two- later, while still at some distance from St. Vrain’s fort, two white men and the, even then, no- torious Jim Beckworth, were met; and a little beyond that a camp of four or five white men, who had accom- panied Captain Wyeth to the Columbia River. Next, Fremont came to Chabonard’s camp, on an island in the Platte. Chabonard had started down the river with furs, belonging to Bent and St. Vrain, and had been finally stranded, and forced to give up his trip, at this island. The next day they came to the post, and were cordially received by Mr. St. Vrain. At the post no provisions could be had, except a little coffee; but the way from here to1 Fort Laramie was 1 through a country supposed to abound in buffalo ; so that ! there was no danger of starvation. Here Fremont ob- tained a couple of horses and three mules ; and he also ; hired a Spaniard for his trip ; and took with him two others who were going to obtain service on the Laramie River. Crossing various streams they passed through a pleasant buffalo country, and crossed Lodgepole Creek, and Horse Creek, coming to Goshen’s Hole. The curious , bad-lands there, reminded the traveler of other points on the North Platte — Court-house Rock and Chimney Rock; and he compares the pass into Goshen’s Hole to a massive fortified place. “Along the whole line of the parapets appear domes and slender minarets, forty or fifty feet high, giving it every appearance of an old for- tified town. On the waters of the White River, where this formation exists in great extent, it presents appear-' ances which excite the admiration of the solitary voy- ageur, and forms a frequent theme of their conversation when speaking of the wonders of the country. Some- times it. offers the perfectly illusive appearance of a large ' city, with numerous streets and magnificent buildings, among which the Canadians never fail to see their cabaret-, and sometimes it takes the form of a solitary] house, with many large chambers, into which they drive their horses at night, and sleep in these natural de- fences perfectly secure from any attack of prowling > savages.” The party struck the North Platte thirteen miles below Fort Laramie, and continuing up the stream, they first carne in view of Fort Platte, a post belonging to Messrs. Sybille, Adams & Co. ; and from there kept on up to Fort 1 John, or Fort Laramie. Mr. Preuss and his party had already reached there, but had been much alarmed by the accounts of Indian hostilities, received from James Bridger and a large party of traders and trappers that he was guiding eastward. George Bird Grinnell. [to be continued.] Woodcock in Norway, It is in the middle of April. A warm south wind has; been blowing for the last few days, and out in the fields the moist black earth is commencing to show through ! its covering of snow. The sparrows and magpies have! been chattering and fighting all day, and everything: seems to have waked up to a new life after the long and hard winter. To-day the maaltrost’s* warblings have been' heard in the woods, and we know the woodcock has' arrived. About sundown the gun is taken from its peg, a hand- ful of shells together with pipe and tobacco is shoved in! the pocket, and, as the snow is still deep in the woods, a pair of skis is taken along. A ten minutes’ walk brings us to a clearing, where we are pretty certain of seeing, birds, and after we find a convenient stump to sit on, the: pipe is filled and got agoing and we are ready for them., Phis way of hunting the woodcock is very comfortable.! You don’t have to run around looking for them, as they come right to you. Every evening in spring, when mating, yd till the latter part of June, the birds fly around in the woods, mostly along and over clearings and marshes, making a sound resembling a sharp “pisst,” followed by a sort of a “croak.” The flight starts a little after sundown and continues' till dark, when they keep quite close to the ground, and’ fly a good deal like an owl. . It is a way of hunting the game-butcher does not appre-' ciate, as the bag is light — one or two birds for an even- ing, and very often none at all; but to the genuine lover i of nature it has a charm of its own with which no other sport can compare. How quiet and peaceful in the pine woods at the ebb- ing of day. The wind whispers gently in the fir trees, and from a nearby tree-top the clear liquid warblings of i a maaltrost is heard. The glorious coloring of the western sky is com- mencing to disappear when a faint “pisst” is heard in the distance, and with the gun “at ready,” we wait for the ! bird to appear. The call comes nearer and nearer, and at last the bird is seen silhouetted against the western sky, flying slowly along with his bill turned toward the' ground, singing his love-song. At the report of the gun he tumbles to the ground, where we find him in all his' fluffy beauty; his big reproachful eyes making us feel like a murderer. The pipe is filled again and we take our seat on the old stump. Dusk is now fast settling over the woods. The maaltrost has ended his song, and all is quiet save the distant hoot of an owl, and the rippling and tinkling of a little brook. The color has now disappeared from, the western sky, and the tall pines stand dark and silent. Night is dropping its curtain. A “pisst” close at hand wakes us from our meditations. A shadowy form is seen flitting among the pines. The! last of the birds for to-night. cHE S. *A thrush. Mosquitoes and Malaria of Old. Under date of February. 8, 1905, United States Con- sul Marshal Halstead, Birmingham, England, reports, that in the London Times of the same date there was a cablegram from Colombo, Ceylon, dated February 7,1 in which the statement is made that Sir A. J. Blake had announced, at a meeting of the Asiatic Society, that Singhalese medical books of the sixth century recorded. 67 varieties of mosquitoes and 424 kinds of malarial fever caused by mosquitoes. April 22, 190$.] FOREST AND STREAM. SIS Albino Brook Trout. Notes of an Experiment at the Adirondack Hatchery. BY G. E. WINCHESTER, FOREMAN. During the hatching period of 1902 there were pro- duced at this hatchery out of one million brook trout eggs about forty pure albinos, and about ten others which were of a bluish silvery gray tint. These fish were at once placed in a separate compaitment, and given the best possible attention. They proved to be unusually weak fry, and died from time to time until only two of the albinos and two of the others weie lett on Aug. 30, 1903. . ... At this time the albinos had attained a creamy white color, dotted with crimson spots, and had pink eyes. The. others had the natural eye, and showed only taint crimson spots with markings on the back and sides that were more of a barred appearance than mottled. All four of the fish had the natural form, and showed the instincts of the parent fish. In September, 1903- the four fish were exhibited in a small tank at the State Fair at Syracuse, where they attracted consider- able attention* As the two albinos were male and female, it was de- cided to use them for experimental purposes, and the eggs were taken on Nov. 10, I903\ The fish were then at the age of 20 months, they weighed about one-halt pound, and the female was the larger of the two. A total of 630 eggs were produced by the albino female, which were treated as follows: 5 27 of the eggs were fertilized with milt from the albino male, and 103 of the eggs were crossed with milt from the natural male trout. Also 424 eggs of the natural female trout were crossed with the milt of the albino male. On Feb. IS, of the first lot but 65 eggs remained; of the second lot but 55, and of the third lot 418- It was then evident that few ii any of the pure albino eggs would hatch, and but few of the eggs crossed to the natural male, while it was expected that a lai ge percentage of the eggs taken from the natural fish and crossed with the albino male would live. _ The pure albinos and the crosses began hatching about the same time, March 1, and finished hatching on March 13. Of the pure albinos (627 eggs) 32 fish hatched and lived, or about 6 per cent. Several of these were imperfect, but it was hoped to raise most of the perfect ones. They resembled the parent albino fish, but were unmistakably weak and delicate. Out of the 103 eggs taken from the cross of the female albino with the natural male, 43 fish hatched, or about 42 per cent. Of these several were imperfect, but the others were notably stronger than the pure albinos, and re- sembled the parent male more than they did the female fish. Of the opposite cross of 424 eggs from the natural female fertilized by the albino male, 416 hatched, or 98 per cent. All these were perfect fish, and as strong apparently as any natural brook trout. They all resembled the female or natural brook trout, and none showed the albino cross. On April 13, or thirty days after the hatching, the record stood as follows: Pure albinos living, 20, or about 62 per cent.; cross bf albino female with natural male, all dead; cross of natural female with albino male, all living. . , The bluish-gray pair did not spawn, and are ap- . parently barren fish. .... , The albino female now measures 9 inches in length, and the male 6p2 inches. . The bluish-gray fish are 7 and 8 inches long re- spectively for the male and female. The male albino died soon after the exhibit at the State Fair at Syracuse, in September, 1904. Some Bird Names. BY ERNEST INGERSOLL. We now come to the geese and ducks. The former name is evidently descended through Teutonic channels from a remote Aryan source, which has given anser to the Latin and gans to modern Ger- man. Gander is a wrongly constructed English mascu- line, by what Scheie de Vere denominates “an abuse _ of language”: and geese is one of those few remaining plurals, like mice, women, etc., which are formed by a change of the radical vowel. In Arctic America all geese are “wavies,” which I take to be a corruption of the Cree or Chippeway (Algonkin) name of these birds, doubly derived from their word for “white” (the plum- age), which also stood in this language for “north” (the place of white snow), whence the geese came. The “brant” is always said to be the “burnt”-goose, and to be so called from the charred or sooty black of its plumage, the word easily suffering this change in popular speech, as might be shown by numerous parallels in mod- ern Scotch and provincial English dialects. In the old English and Scandinavian tongues brant meant steep- ness, as of precipitous cliffs; but there is nothing in the habits of these fowls to attach such a word to them. The name of another species, with which this is closely asso- ciated, the barnacle goose, recalls an old superstition that these birds were hatched from the big barnacles that stud the rocks of northern Europe. The duck is, of course, “the diver,” or creature that ducks. “But drake is an entirely different word; it is contracted from ened-rake or end-rake, a masculine form of the Anglo-Saxon ened, a duck. In Swedish, and is a duck, and anddrake is a drake; in German, ente is a duck, enterich, a drake; the first part of the word being from’ the stem of the Latin anas { anat -) a duck, and the suffix is allied to the Gothic reiks, ruling, mighty, and to ric in ‘bishop-ric’. So that drake means ‘duck-king5.” {Wharton). Two French words are interesting in this connection. Canard, the modern French word for duck, seems to have come from an older word for goose, chang- ing its ornithology more than its form : as for mallart (our mallard), that is merely a male duck, and originally had nothing to do with any one species, as the English and Americans apply it; but it was always, probably, re- stricted to wild ducks. The list of Anatidce holds many old English names. The gadwall or “gadwell” seems to have struck the per- son who called it so as a good “gadder” or goer. The pintail duck is sometimes called “pile-start” in Massa- chusetts, which is. in reality only a _ synonym ; and “wigeon” is often spelled with a d. This is wrong, for, according to Mr. Wharton {Zoologist,. 1882, p. no), it is descended from Pliny’s name vipio, in a manner anal- ogous to pigeon from pipio. The shoveller _ takes its name from its spatulate beak: and “teal” is said to come from the same root as the verb to till, or cultivate. Pro- fessor Skeat says that “the original sense was merely ‘a brood,5 or a ‘flock.5 and its use as a specific form was accidental.” It is a curious fact that from the Latin sound-name of this duck, querquedula, came the modern Mexican name “cerceta,” and also that of an English fal- con, which was trained to fly at teal and hence came to be called a kestrel. A local name in New Flampshire for the redhead or pochard is “quindar,” which may ,be a corruption of French-Canadian canard. “Bell-bird” and “whistler” are heard in New England for the noisy Encephala clangula, while its brother-species {B. albeola ) is usually called “buffle-head” — a shortening for “buffalo- head.” There is no need of adding duck to “eider” in speaking of that famous down-producer. Eider is an ancient Icelandic name, but the early writers speak only of its eggs, as the down did not become an article of value until its introduction into British trade in the fif- teenth century. The scoter is “the scudder” ; and the scaup received its name from its love of shellfish, a bed of which was a “scaup” in old Scotch. In America “sheldrake” is a synonym of the merganser {mergus and anser, diving goose) or “gooseander,” but formerly, in the Old World, this name belonged to Harelda glacialis, the long-tail duck of northern waters; the word is prop- erly shield-drake, and denotes the shield-shaped mark upon the bird’s breast. “The singularity of its_ cry has caused it, in the countries it frequents, to receive some peculiar names, indicative of the sounds emitted; thus in the north of England and in Scotland, it is known by the whimsical appellation ‘Coal-and-candle-light’ ; in the United States, Wilson informs us, it goes by the title of 'South-southerly5 ; in Kamtschatka the natives call it ‘a-au-gitche5 ; and the North American Indians ‘caccawee5 and ‘ha-ha-way.5 55 So writes Selby. “Old Injun” (male) and “old squaw” are common names in New England, reminding us of “lord and lady” given popularly to the odd little “harlequin” {Histrionicus torquatus) in ad- miration of its fine feathers. Birds’ Sense of Smell* From Nature. A study of the habits of flesh-eating birds shows that if they possess the sense of smeli at all, it is not sufficiently acute to enable them 'to use it in finding food. All observers are agreed that when a carcass is hidden, by never so slight a screen, it is safe from the attacks of vultures and other carrion-seekers; but the most remarkable proof of the ineffectiveness of the sense (if it exist at all) is afforded by experiences which Dr. Guillemard was good enough to relate to me. Many times it has happened, he tells me, that, having shot a wild beast or other game which was too heavy to carry home, he has disemboweled it, and has hidden the carcass in the hole of an “ant-bear.” On returning with natives to carry it to camp, he has found a circle of vultures standing round the spot where the offal had been thrown, completely unaware of the carcass within a few yards of their beaks. Of observa- tions proving the possession of the sense I know none, unless we are willing to accept as evidence the belief, which is very general among fanciers, that birds are attached to the smell of anise, and the similar belief of gamekeepers in some parts of the country that they are attracted by valerian. It is said that pigeons may be prevented from deserting the dove-cote by smearing their boxes with oil of anise. Poachers are supposed to lure hen pheasants from a wood by anointing gate- posts with tincture of valerian. With the view of testing the smelling powers of graminivorous birds, I placed a pair of turkeys in a pen which communicated with a large wired-in run. The pen was closed by means of a trapdoor. In the run I placed, each day, two heaps of grain, right and left of the trap-door, but so far in front of it that they made with it an angle of about 50 degrees. Various substances which give out a powerful odor were placed under one of the heaps, alternately the right and the left. The birds were lightly fed in the morning in their pen. At 2 o’clock the trap-door was raised, and they were admitted to the inclosure. It was curious to note that after the first few days the hen almost always came out first (in the last ten experiments this rule was broken but once), and invariably went to the heap on her right; the cock following went to the heap on the left. The cock usually tried the hen’s heap after feed- ing for a short time from his own, but the hen never trespassed upon the preserve of the cock. In the earlier observations I placed beneath one of the heaps a slice of bread soaked with tincture of asafetida, es- sence of anise, oil of lavender, or sprinkled with valeri- anate of zinc or powdered camphor. When the birds, plunging their beaks into the bread, took some of the tincture or essential oil into the mouth, the head was lifted up and shaken, but they immediately recom- menced to peck at the grain. They were completely indifferent to the presence of camphor or valerianate of zinc. In several cases in which these substances were used, they consumed the bread. As a turkey does not steady the thing at which it is pecking, with its foot, but, seizing it in the beak, shakes it violently until a piece is detached, it is probable that most of the powder was shaken from the bread. As these experiments gave absolutely negative re- sults, the birds showing neither preference for nor re- pugnance to any of the odorous substances used, I pro- ceeded to stronger measures. The grain was placed upon a 7-inch cook’s sieve, inverted. The odorous substance was placed beneath the sieve. Each of the following experiments was repeated three times, first with a small quantity of smed, then with a great deal, and lastly with as much as possible. It is only necessary to describe the final tests. Four ounces of carbide was thrown into the saucer of water and placed beneath one of the sieves. There was no reason to think that the birds were aware of the existence of the acetylne which was evolved. The saucer was filled with bisulphide of carbon. The hen turkey finished her meal. When the grain was exhausted she knocked the sieve over with her foot. Both birds then lowered their beaks to with- in half an inch of the colorless liquid, which they ap- peared to examine. It is perhaps unfortunate that they had already satisfied their thirst at the water-trough. A bath sponge soaked in chloroform was placed under the sieve, the wire of which rested upon it. The hen finished her meal without leaving the sieve. Toward the end she pecked very slowly, and frequently raised her head and stretched her wings as if partially nar- cotized. This experiment was repeated on the cock, but I could not detect any indications of narcosis. The saucer was filled with hot dilute sulphuric acid, into which an ounce of powdered cyanide of potassium was thrown. The evolution of prussic acid was so violent that I considered the neighborhood unsafe. My gardener, who was working thirty yards away, spoke to me of the “smell of almonds.” For some minutes the cock turkey fed with his usual eagerness; then, suddenly, he began to stagger round the inclosure, crossing his legs and holding his beak straight up in the air. He made his way back into the pen, where he stood with head down and wings outstretched. After ten minutes he returned to the inclosure, but did not eat any more grain. His comb and wattles were deeply suffused with blood. In all observations on the sense of smell of animals we have an obvious difficulty to face. There is no reason for supposing that an animal enjoys an odor which pleases us or dislikes one which we find disagree- able. My dog appeared to be almost indifferent to bisulfid of carbon. He showed, however, great repug- nance to chloroform and prussic acid. It is difficult to think that an animal which is unable to protect itself from the injurious effects of such drugs as these can possess the sense of smell. English Starlings in Australia. United States Consul-General Bray writes from Mel- bourne, Victoria : “The English starlings, first intro- duced here from Great Britain for the destruction of insects, and protected by law, have completely changed their habits, and have now become a serious pest to orchardists. The few pairs of these birds brought into the State a few years ago have increased to myriads, and have become so destructive to the fruit industry that the regulations framed for their protection by law have been repealed, and energetic steps are advocated for their eradication. The fruit destroyed by them includes peaches, pears, cherries, figs, apricots, plums, grapes, strawberries, and apples. Both vine growing and fruit growing are seriously threatened if the pest is not sup- pressed. “From many districts reports come that fruit growing will have to be given up unless some radical steps are taken. As many as ten cases of apples have been de- stroyed by a flock of these birds in less than half an hour. Valuable insect-eating birds, such as kingfishers, diamond birds, tree swallows, and tree creepers, are being driven out of their nesting places in tree hollows by swarms of starlings, and before long the birds so useful to the farmer and orchardist will be driven out of the State. The starling is said to raise five broods in a year and multiply with amazing rapidity. In one district three years ago not one was to be seen; now there are thou- sands. “The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria and all other similar associations are uniting in a request to the Government to take active steps to eradicate the pest.” The Audubon Society. The annual meeting of the Audubon Society of the State of New York was held on Thursday afternoon of last week at the American Museum of Natural History. William Dutcher, President of the National Association of the Audubon Society, presided. Following the reading of the report of the Secretary, Emma H. Lockwood, officers were elected for next year, including the old Board of Directors. The report of the Secretary says, in part: “The Society has practically won the battle in stopping the slaughter of song and insectivorous birds for milli- nery purposes. This was but an incidental feature of the great work at best. It must be remembered that the best of laws may be repealed. It is now, therefore, in- cumbent upon the Society to build up an impregnable wall of public opinion with which to resist any attacks in the future.” 014 FOREST AND STREAM. (Atm m, is m anmmtnm The Blue Buck* During my residence in South Africa, there was no animal which I met oftener, and which excited my in- terest more, than the diminutive blue buck of the colonists; blau-bok of the Boers, and ipiti of the Zulus. Residing on the outskirts of Durban, Natal, and at the foot of the Berea Hill, which was covered with a densd forest growth, making an ideal haunt for this pretty and interesting little bush-loving antelope, I constantly met it, on unexpected occasions and fre- quently in company with its relative, the duyker-bok (diver buck), so called from its rapid manner of diving and darting through the densest undergrowth when frightened. My first meeting with it happened a few days after taking possession of my shanty, while I was trying to become acquainted with my surroundings. I had wandered through the thick woods, to the upper por- tion of the hill, just back of my abode, on an intensely hot afternoon, and had seated myself at the foot of a huge tree, which afforded a refreshing shelter; I had lolled back against the massive trunk and was lazily puffing a penny clay pipe, when my attention was at- tracted by a series of suppressed snorts, just behind me. I did not dare to make the attempt of slowly turning around the tree, for fear that the action would cause the animal to beat a hasty retreat. Therefore, I re- mained perfectly quiet for a few moments when, hap- pening to cast a look over my right shoulder, I caught a partial view through the intervening foliage of a huge collard fruit bat, which was swinging from a bough not more than ten feet above the ground. In- stantly divining that it was the cause of the sounds emitted by the animal which I could not see, I re- mained perfectly quiet, and awaited developments. My patience was not severely tried, as in a few seconds, by glancing over my shoulder, I detected a portion of the head of a tiny antelope thrust through the leaves, with increased snorts, and vigorously striking the earth with one of its fore feet. The actions of the antelope did not seem to interfere with the slumber of the. bat, which continued motionless and evidently enjoying a deep sleep. The blue buck finally became so excited, that it passed out from under the foliage into an open space, nearly underneath the hanging bat, when it be- gan to spring upward, as if it were endeavoring to pierce it with its diminutive horns. After making several ineffectual attempts, it happened to alight with its head turned in my direction, when it caught a glimpse of me and instantly scrambled out of sight and hearing. I straightened up and made my way down the. hill, much diverted with my first interview with this inter- esting little animal. Henceforth I never wandered in the bush without my Winchester, as the incident taught me to be constantly on the lookout for game of any description, the capture of which thoroughly interested me, besides making a welcome addition to my daily bills of fare. But a short time elapsed before I succeeded in shoot- ing one, under somewhat difficult conditions. I had gone into the bush to select some slender growths of timber, and was in the act of notching several of a group with my knife, when my attention was attracted by hearing a slight sound— very similar to that which I had heard but a short time previously. I cautiously kneeled down and gradually managed to lie flat on the ground, so that I could peer underneath the foliage and past the bodies of the slim trees which surrounded me. My maneuver was a complete success, as I found myself within full view of three blue bucks, two of which were evidently males, preparing to battle for the possession of the third one, which. was a female. My patience was not severely tried, as in a very short time they sprang at one another and interlocked horns. Thenceforth it was merely a test of strength, which was brought to an end by one gradually pressing the other backward, some eight or ten feet, when the weaker one gave up the battle by unlocking his horns and rushing somewhat in my direction. During the fight my rifle had been firmly held against my shoulder, ready to make a shot at any time, and, just as I ex- pected, the vanquished one ran but a short distance, be- fore he stooped, in order to catch his wind, when a bullet dropped him in his tracks, while the conqueror and his prize vanished in the thick undergrowth. I had just crossed the Tonga River, in Ponda Land, when a shortage of fresh meat was reported,, and I started on a ramble down the banks of the river to see if I could replenish the larder. Picking my way along cautiously, and keeping a sharp lookout for game, I had gone but a few hundred feet when I de- tected something moving through the undergrowth just ahead of me. Exercising the greatest vigilance, I slowly moved forward, and was finally rewarded by catching a glimpse of a pair of blue bucks lounging along, and nipping off dainty bits of the foliage. Noticing just ahead of them a thin place in the vege- tation. I trained the rifle for the spot and awaited the appearance of the game. The female was the first to reach it, and I was anxiously looking for the male, to follow suit, as I wished particularly to secure him. Suddenly I was startled by the whiz of an assegai, and the female darted out of sight. Keeping my position and awaiting developments, I soon caught sight of a Kaffir quickly advancing through the thicket; and so intent was he on securing his game, that he did not detect my proximity, until I was alongside of him just as he was lifting it on to his shoulders. I was coolly saluted with the customery “Ugh,” and informed that he knew of my being in the vicinity, and was on his way to my camp, when he fortunately encountered the pair of antelopes. His spear had struck the buck with such force, just behind the foreshoulder, that its head projected on the opposite side. It required but a few moments to bargain for his prize and its delivery at my bivouac, where he was received with a profusion of congratulatory ejaculations, by my Zulu henchmen. In my wanderings in the neighborhood, I once en- countered a device for trapping blue bucks alive, which I ascertained was quite successful. It consisted of a long, rough fence of boughs, reeds, etc., with an opening in the center, which led the animal into a crate-like trap of reeds. I visited it for several days before suc- ceeding in encountering the Zulu who had built it. Finally, one morning I detected a buck in the trap, and had not to wait long before the trapper put in an ap- pearance. It did not require much persuasion to in- duce him to part with his booty, as I supplemented my words with an offer of sufficient coin to purchase at the butcher shop in Durban sufficient meat to last him for some time. This occurrence was the means of my obtaining several other living specimens of this beautiful little animal. I made it my mission to pass along the fence as often as possible, and one morning detected an opening underneath, which seemed to have been made by some small creeping animal. In order to test if it was a regular passageway, I filled the aperture with leaves, and on passing along' the next morning I discovered that some animal had forced its way through during the night. That afternoon I arranged a noose trap, and the next morning found that I had been successful in snaring a small badger-like animal, which was en- tirely new to me. It was the Cape hyrax, a very singular genus of mammalia; and in spite of my utmost endeavors to secure a living specimen, I was never able to do so. Frank J. Thompson. Flanking a Wolf* I started one day in the summer to ride from a saw- mill that the Government had on the North Concho River to Fort Chadbourne. This country was on the frontier then, and away out on it, too. There was no one here except ourselves and the Indians, and the In- dians did not want us here. I had to keep a good look- out or they might be around here and want me. There was a creek that crossed the road I was on just ahead of me, it had steep banks that had been cut away at the ford, and when coming toward them I would not ap- proach them by the road. I could not see if there were anyone down near the water; it would just be into an Indian’s hand, to let me ride down between these banks, then when I could not turn my horse in a moment, shoot me; but I had been out here about long enough to know better than to ride up to where I expected to find In- dians before I found out whether they were there or not. I left the road a couple of hundred yards before I got to the ford, then striking across the prairie, got to the creek above the ford, then rode down along the bank. When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from; the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. The coyotes lit out across the prairie be- hind me; they might just as well have taken their time about it, I would not hurt them; and the big loper left on a slow gallop off in the other direction toward some low hills on the right of the road. He was a hun- dred yards from me now, and was not losing any time about getting still further from me. At first I thought to let him go. I did not care to run my horse , the day was too warm , and I had a long road before me yet; but after the loper had got several hun- dred yards away I took after him. This route was across the grass, and partly up hill. There was a long low hill in front of us , and the wolf was going to it. If he crossed it I would let him go. I knew the country behind the hill, it was a chaparral, a prairie covered with low bushes. I might as well hunt a needle in a haystack as hunt a wolf here when mounted. He ran ahead of me parallel with the hill, but did not seem to be going to cross it soon ; his hind legs were trailing after him as though his back were broken. But I had seen lopers before; I knew that there was nothing the matter with his back now, there might be if I could get close enough to reach him with a pistol, though. . A carbine was of no use here, I would only be wasting ammunition on him if I tried to use it while mounted, and I had none to waste. When these lopers are run they travel with their head turned back and can see what is going on behind them. It takes a good horse to run one of them down; a cart horse would have no business here. I had one under me that could run them down, though, if I let him out ; but I did not want to run him to-day to shoot a wolf. I might need all the speed he had before night to keep from being shot myself. We never could tell out here when we might have to get out before a party of In- dians, who were too many for one man to stand off. I had had to let my horse get up and travel before them more than once, and always took good care to have a horse that could do it when I wanted it done; so I was not fool enough t6 kill a good horse hunting a wolf I did not need. He kept on ahead of me, j ust keeping far enough ahead to be safe; he was not hunting himself; if I had gone faster so would he. At last he turned to the left and climbing the low hill, disappeared over it. I pulled up now to go back, and just then remembered that about a hundred yards ahead of me here this hill was cut through by a dry ravine; an arroyo it is called. ^Loper, corruption o£ Sp. lobo, wolf. _ J , ; „j-. It had been made by the water in the wet season break- ing through to lower ground. That wolf may stop and take a rest behind that hill, I thought, then wait to see if I was coming after him. He has filled himself with water at the creek and don’t care just now to do much more running than he has to do. I had served under McClellan long enough to know how to execute one of his flank movements — he was heavy on the flank movement — and I ought to be able to flank a wolf, but would not have any pickets out on his flank; his front was what he need look after, and he would be doing that himself. I’ll flank him. I rode down to the arroyo, then turned up it, and soon got behind the hill. The wolf was here right enough. He stood just at the foot of the hill watching to see if I would come over it. He had not seen me yet; so pull- ing my horse up here I got ready to let him hear from me. Drawing my carbine out of its case under my leg I sprung the lever, not making any more noise in doing it than was necessary. I meant to fire at him out of the saddle. My horse would stand like a rock while I did it. I had taught him to stand or lie down if I wanted him to. The banks on each side of the gully I was in were as high as my saddle; and the bushes that grew on the bank between me and the wolf screened me from him. He was a little more than a hundred yards away. So I aimed at the lower line of his belly, just behind his fore leg. I wanted to hit him behind the shoulder ; but these Spencer carbines carried high at a hundred yards. I fired and the wolf fell; but I had not killed him, he lay there- clawing around and probably cursing his curi- osity now that had led him to stop here, when his better judgment had told him to keep moving; he had all eastern Texas to keep running in. I had to keep on up the ravine for some distance before I found a place where I could ride out of it, then I rode over toward the wolf. He was still rolling around, and my horse was timid about going up to him, so I let him stop thirty yards away, then sent three pistol balls over to the wolf. Two of them hit him ; the other did not miss him by more than a mile, and the wolf lay still. I got off my horse and led him up and examined the wolf. My car- bine ball had taken him well back in the flank, it was high enough but too far back. One pistol ball caught him in the head, another had broken his back. I mounted now and rode off. I had wasted nearly an hour of the Government's time and about fifteen cents’ worth of its ammunition, shooting a wolf that I had no use for. The time I made up many times after this out of my own time when I ought to have been asleep, but the am- munition was a total loss. I need not have lost it, though I might easily have found it again had 1 not forgotten to report it.. Nothing is ever totally lost in the army, you can al- ways find it on the pay roll if you can’t anywhere else. Had I reported this loss, the next time I came to sign the pay roll, I would have found the legend : “Due the United States for ordnance, fifteen cents,” staring me in the face. While I forgot to report my shortage of am- munition I did not forget to replace it and some more that I had fired at different times, and did not want to bother the first-sergeant about, the first chance I got at his ammunition boxes. Cabia Blanco. Manitoba Protective Association. Winnipeg, Man., April 3. — The Manitoba Game Pro- tective Association was organized last evening when sportsmen representing Winnipeg and many portions of the province met in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, to the number of 75 ; and after some preliminary dis- cussion, officers were elected and steps taken for the completion of an organization of a provincial scope, which, it is expected, will include all classes of people who are interested in the protection and propagation of game birds, animals and fish, song birds and the forests of the province. Provisions were made for the organization of branches of the association in all cities, towns and municipalities of Manitoba, all of which will work for this one general object. The con- stitution and by-laws of the organization are in the hands of a committee, and as soon as drafted will be sent broadcast throughout the province. On the opening of the meeting A. B. Code was selected as chairman and J. P. Turner as secretary. Mr. Code explained briefly the object of the meeting, pointing out the need for a protective association in Manitoba, where the great natural game wealth is be- ing rapidly depleted by careless and illegal shooting. He pointed out the effects of such shooting, illustrat- ing his point with the destruction of the buffalo and the passenger pigeon. The motion for the formation of the Manitoba Game Protective Association was made by Rev. J. W. Mathieson, of Boissevain, who, in moving, said that at a recent meeting of those interested held in that town he had been chosen a delegate to the Winnipeg meeting, and had been instructed to express the hearty accord of the sportsmen of the famous Whitewater Lake district in any movement toward the protection of game birds and animals. Whitewater Lake had suffered from the depredations of game hogs who were merely shooting for records or some similar object. Already the effects were being felt in the decrease in the game supply, and now is the time to work for pro- tction. The motion was seconded by Sheriff Inkster, and carried unanimously. There followed a lengthy discussion on what should be considered as the requisite officers. All of the speakers were unanimous in the idea that all sections of the province should be represented and various schemes were presented to attain this end. Dr. Me- AffilL 22, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM, 815 Inois, M.P.P., Brandon, spoke of the feeling with which he had come in contact in that city. The local gun club was also organized for game protection, and every member was bound to do all in his power for this object. The doctor strongly advocated that the system be adopted throughout the province. He Pointed out that unless the hearty suppor. and co- operation of the farmers was secured the association would have difficulty in carrying out the work. There was not the slightest doubt that if a campaign of edu- cation were instituted the farmers could be. brought to see that game protection was more to their benefit than to the resident of the city, and he suggested that an organizer be secured to start branch associations in the different districts. It was finally decided that in the officers of the central organization one vice- president should be chosen from Winnipeg, and where- ever a branch of the association was formed in the province, the president of that branch would be an ex-officio vice-president of the central organization. The officers, as elected, were as follows : Patrons, Lieutenant-Governor Sir Daniel McMillan and William Whyte; President, Dr. Melnnis. M.P.P., Brandon; Vice-President. Sheriff Inkster: Secretary-Treasurer, J. P. Turner; Executives, A. B. Code, Geo. Bryan; Dr. Gordon Bell, Isaac Pitblado, Eric Hamber and G. W. Britton. At the close of the election of officers a general dis- cussion was in order. Mr. Turner read a number of letters which he had received from various sources on the organization of the association. The presidents of the Game Protective Associations of Ontario, Que- bec and the Kootenays, sent their congratulations to Manitobans for the step they were contemplating, and inclosed considerable useful literature on the constitu- tions and work of these organizations. A number of the members of the local house, including the premier, Mr. Roblin, sent their heartiest commendations of. the move and promised their support of any suggestions toward the protection of the game. The reeves and clerks of a number of rural municipalities also sent their assurances of support and several of the councils sent copies of motions which bad been adopted, in which the circular issued by the organizers of the as- sociation was commended. Mr. Turner, then read a most interesting paper on game protection, in which he explained that the object of the association is to conserve the game of the province for all classes of people. It is not to provide protection for the city sportsman, nor keep it away from the farmer, but to formulate a plan whereby the rich man and poor man, farmer and city sportsman, settler and townsman may each get his share of the game and at the same time protect the game in such a way that the whole of it will not be killed off in the course of a few years, as is threatened at the present time. The Adirondack Park. Editor Forest and Stream : An act to amend the forest, fish and game law in re- lation to the boundaries of the Adirondack Park, in- troduced sometime ago by Assemblyman Steele, of Herkimer county, deserves more attention than it has received. The Adirondack Park boundaries inclose an area within which the State can condemn and pur- chase land for the purpose of making the Adirondack Park. This park is supposed to embrace the head- waters of the streams in the Adirondack region, but as the law now stands, it fails to cover the headwaters of the large and important East Canada Creek, on which many industries depend for motive power. Most important of all, however, is the fact that on one of. the tributaries of the East Canada, Spruce Creek, Little Palls, a city of 11,000 inhabitants, depends for two months for its water supply each year. The primary object of the Adirondack Park was to conserve the water, and why the headwaters of the East Canada were not originally included in the park is past finding out. One reason may be guessed at, however. A steady effort for permission to exchange State lands outside the park boundaries for lands within has been made on the part of those in authority. Lands within the forest reserve are not to be sold or exchanged, ac- cording to law, but if the forest reserve could be re- duced in size to the boundaries of the Adirondack Park, State lands outside of the park line would become graftable. Cheap second growth in the mountain country could then be exchanged for good woodlands outside the line. It appears to be the policy of those in control to keep as much land outside of the park line to pick from as possible. The forest reserve and the Adirondack Park are two propositions, having laws applying to each that do not apply to the other. The reserve is a wide terri- tory, bounded, roughly, on the south by the Mohawk River, on the west by the R. W. & O. railroad, on the north by the railroads, and on the east by Lake Cham- plain. From within this territory flow the Hudson, Mohawk, St. Regis, Black, Indian, Oswegatchie and other important northeastern streams of the State.. Within this area is the Adirondack Park nucleus, which includes a large part of the actual forest lands, and which ought to be all owned by the State, otherwise the forest will be in constant jeopardy on account of the money-making possibilities offered by the forest. It ought to be greatly extended at several sides. Gradually the State was acquiring this land within the park, but recent administrations have had no thought of preserving anything but their own op- portunities. In consequence of this, countless thous- ands of acres which the State could have easilly pur- chased in the past four years, are slipping from the market, and the State can get much of this land now only through the exercise of the right of eminent ■domain. And yet this land is absolutely necessary for the control of the water supply, and must sooner or later be acquired. The park boundaries ought to be extended down the East Canada Creek, for instance, and then all the land within taken by the State as rapidly as possible. Only those who have watched the countless cords of pulp plunging down stream, followed by the countless thous- ands'5 of hemlock logs, and all interspersed with balsam, realize how near and how deadly the danger to the Adirondacks as an adequate watershed is. One of the hardest fights Little Falls ever had was only this winter to prevent the passage of a law which would permit the floating of logs through its very water reservoir, When pulp and lumber companies are willing to jeopardize the health of a city, what can be expected if they have a chance at the wood depths themselves? The Adirondack question is one of the most serious that confronts the State these days. Every city around the region must look to it for water — Utica has gone 25 miles to the West Canada, and. others must soon go in the direction of the mountains. Why Steele’s little bill, to which no one in. particular objects, was forgotten is not known, but it’s a step in the right direction. Raymond S. Spears. Little Falls, N. Y, In Massachusetts , Boston, Mass., April 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: At a meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro- tective Association, held at the office of the Associa- tion to-day, 108 new names were added to the list of annual members, and three to the roll of life members. Ten life members and 100 annual members were elected at the February meeting. Only a small proportion of this increase in membership has resulted from personal solicitation. The importance of the work the Associa- tion has been doing of late in caring for the birds in our covers and its efforts to restock them have awakened a wide-spread interest in the community, and appeals for aid from those interested in this and other lines of work incumbent upon this organization have met with a gratifying response. While this special bird work has been going on, matters of legislation have not been neglected. As soon as it was known that the fish and game committee had reported in favor of making the open season for quail shooting the months of November and December, instead of October and November, as now, protests began to pour in from sportsmen’s clubs and from in- dividuals in nearly every county of the State, earnestly remonstrating against the change. One of the mem- bers of the State Association, who has been buying many quail to liberate in his section the past two years and providing food for all the coveys in his neighbor- hood, says the passage of the bill will be very destruc- tive to partridges, and will undo what we have gained for their increase since the enactment of the anti- sale law in 1900. It will also prevent him from con- tinuing the efforts he has made to increase the number of quail. Last December, he says, he and a friend put out twelve dozen imported quail, and by constant feeding he has been able to bring through at least eighty good strong birds, the shrinkage being largely due to foxes and hawks. If December were allowed the hunters, he would be obliged to put off his winter planting till January, which would be unfavorable to success. “We have found it necessary,” he says, “to look up the birds in the first snows which occur in December.” He says that last year he found and se- cured in special feeding boxes three coveys in Decem- ber, and they stayed at the feeding places they were started in all winter. In January the snow becomes so deep “the percentage of loss will be so great, we will hardly want to venture the outlay.” James H. Bowditch, of the Massachusetts Forestry Association, writes: “As a sportsman and citizen of Massachusetts, interested in the protection of birds in general, I desire to protest strongly against the pro- posed change making December an open month for quail.” The testimony of these two gentlemen will serve as an illustration of the general sentiment of those men in all walks of life who give any thought to questions of this nature. The report of the committee in favor of this bill was a great surprise, as was the indorsement of the bill to allow the sale of imported lobsters nine inches in length during the winter months. An ex-senator who, several years ago, did all he could to secure a 9-inch lobster law tells your correspondent that he does not think such a law can ever be enacted in Massachusetts — that is, a law to legalize the taking and sale of 9-inch lobsters. Senator Kimball’s substitute bill to legalize only those from 9 to 11 inches does not please the short- lobster men, and the impression prevails that final action will result in the defeat of all legislation and the retention of the present length limit of 10L2 inches. The absence of Senator Harding, detained at home by sickness, has prevented any action as yet. Our com- missioners have started a campaign for protection of song and insectivorous birds. A dealer in Boston mar- ket has had snow-buntings in his stall, which were shipped from Montreal, the sale of which is illegal and will be stopped. Dr. Field has sent a notice to the millinery dealers, calling attention to the State laws in reference to the wearing of the body or feathers of wild birds as articles of dress or ornament, whether taken in this common- wealth or elsewhere. Some dealers claim that their particular goods, especially aigrettes, are manufactured, ana therefore are not prohibited. While expressing a desire to secure results with as little hardship as possible to the public and requesting the cooperation of the dealers, the chairman declares that all legitimate means for enforcing the laws will be used and that “all persons having such birds and feathers, whether dealers or wearers, are liable to arrest.” Ex-President J. R. Reed returned the first of the week with a good string of trout taken near his cot- tage in S. Sandwich, and started out yesterday for another trip to the same place. Mr. Luther Little, of Boston, had good luck last week on a club preserve in Wareham. The bill requiring unnaturalized foreigners to pay a license fee of $10 for the privilege of hunting received a favorable report of the committee, and has passed its several readings in both branches of the Legislature, has been engrossed and in all probability will go to the Governor, and, it is thought will receive his signature. This class of people have become a nuisance almost intolerable in the suburbs of all manufacturing centers, and it is devoutly hoped that this law will prove an effective restraint. Centrai* A National Society Proposed. - Indianapolis, Ind., April x?,.-— Editor Forest and Stream: I have read with considerable interest the various articles by correspondents to your paper in re- gard to the protection of fish and game, and in some instances have seen a synopsis of the game and fish laws of the State of the writers, and have also observed reme- dies suggested by such writers, but I realize, that a law, that would cover the subject and be a sufficient remedy in one State would fail in another, so that laws would have to be enacted corresponding with the climate, the game and fish and their habits. For instance, the laws of this State prohibit the taking of game in the closed season, also the having of certain game in one’s possession; and the law also provides fori the taking of fish at certain seasons and how it may be done, and prohibits it at other times, and gives the size and weight of fish that it shall be unlawful to take; it also provides that one shall not have in his possession certain fish at certain seasons and of certain sizes taken from the lakes and streams of this State, but says noth- ing about fish shipped from other States, and I frequently see upon our market in this city a goodly supply of small bass, some of them not over five or six inches long, and bushels of small crappies not to exceed three inches in length, that are said to be shipped here from adjoining States. Now, in my judgment there should be, if not already, a national society to take charge of this matter and see that uniform laws are enacted in the various States prohibit- ing the sale or the having in one’s possession any game in the closed season, and the same as to fish, whether the game is killed or captured or the fish caught in youn own State or not. I regret to expose my ignorance by admitting that .1 know of no national body which could take charge of this matter, but should there be one, I hope they will take hold of the same along these or other lines which will accomplish the desired results. And I hope your paper will take the subject up in a way that will attract the attention of a sufficient number of true sportsmen, that a conference may be held and that body may come to a common understanding, and formulate a uniform statute prior to the assembling two years hence of the various Legislatures and a sufficient organization get behind the same and secure its passage. J. W. B. Destruction of Canadian Game. United States Consul Worman, writes from Three Rivers, Quebec : “Complaints are multiplying against the wholesale destruction of game and fish in the Domin- ion, regardless of legal restrictions. The people of the province of Quebec say that the law for the closed season is not observed, and that in all seasons partridges are shipped to the United States. “A gentleman who spent some time recently in the northern portion of Argenteuil County inspecting timber, says that a few days ago he visited a wooded tract that he had gone over before and found teeming with game. On this last visit, however, he covered eight miles of the tract, but saw no living thing. The partridges have dis- appeared, having been killed by the thousands to meet the needs of the American market, while the deer have been stalked with dogs, battued in droves, and killed, skinned, and buried. The people who destroy this fine game do it simUy for commercial purposes. The deer- skins are all that is wanted, the remainder being buried to prevent prosecution. The settlers are in sympathy with the law, but they dare not express themselves to that effect through fear of the consequences. “The superintendent of fish and game is doing all that he can under the system which now prevails. He is as- sisted, to a large extent, by the fish and game protection societies, but he lacks efficient support. The game ward- ens get only sums ranging from $25 to $50 a year, which is not sufficient salary to secure men who would save forests and streams from being devastated. “The fish in the lakes are also sadly in need of pro^- tection. In some districts where the lakes teemed with trout a few years ago the fish have disappeared almost entirely. Mills have been built on the borders of the lakes, and sawdust is dumped into them, so that the fish are driven away.” A Prayer for the President. Springfield, 111., April 11.— Chaplain Bradford, of the Illinois House of Representatives, offered, at the opening of the Legislature’s daily session on April 11, a prayer for the safety of President Roosevelt, on the latter’s hunting trip through the Southwest and West. He drew a picture of the dangers into which the President was going, and prayed for his safe return. His prayer was, in part, as follows : “We invoke Thy choicest blessings upon our country at large. Bless the Chief Executive of this great nation personally and officially, and as he is soon to reach the ‘happy grounds’ on which he has fixed his far-away gaze, and where the wild beasts abound, whether these mon- sters of the mountains flee from him in fear or fly at him in fury, may he find himself protected by the shield of the Almighty, so that upon his return, to his home in peace and safety, like Thy servant David, of old, he can testify to the people that the Lord delivered him out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, and let all the people praise Thee. Amen and amen.” The reference is to David’s story of his< encounter with the lion and the bear while he was tending his father’s sheep. See I. Samuel, 17; and read the whole chapter. A farmer had a seeder for the sowing, of his seed, ’Twas a seeder made of cedar, and, said I, ’’Pray, is there need Of a seeder made of cedar?” Said the farmer. Yes, indeed, I have never seed a seeder, sir, that I’d concede the speed To exceed- a cedar seeder for the seeding of the seed.” —Life, 316 FOREST AND STREAM [April 22, 1905. The New Yotfc Commissioner. The Return to Nature. [Maine Deer. Editor Forest and Stream: The sportsman of New York State may well feel not a little anxious these days— pending the appointment of the commissioner by the Governor, into whose hands for the next four years the fate of our forests, fish and game goes. If he shall be a man who is not person- ally interested in the matters, in other words, a sports- man (and when I say sportsman, I mean in the best sense of the term), then it will be an evil day indeed. If the appointee is a politician, as many fear he will be, then the money of the taxpayers will be practically thrown away, and this department cannot but go from bad to worse — and much worse. The Governor stated on the 6th inst., that he had fixed upon the person who is to receive this appoint- ment. About the capitol it was surmised that Mr. James S. Whipple, of Cattaraugus, is the man. _ The Governor also stated that he intended to appoint a good man to the place. This we have no reason to doubt, but it is the opinion of many persons that if the appointee is not a practical man, with personal knowledge of the requirements, the people’s money will be simply wasted, as before stated. As to Mr. Whipple’s qualifications, I have been unable to learn anything. The New York State League for the Protection of the Forest, Fish and Game, while doing a good work, should be more thoroughly organized throughout the State, so that when the appointment of a commissioner is to be made it can, and will take an active part in securing a person fully qualified for the place. Now the fact is, the league, as such, has simply done nothing, yet this appointment is of most vital importance as to our forest, fish and game. Unless the appointee has the qualifications border- ing on that of an expert, it would be much to the in- terests of the people, and very great advantage to the department, that Commissioner Middleton be retained, for his experience must be of value, and one without it must of necessity be very costly in many ways. We shall hope for deliverance from one without experience. J. R. F. Rochester, N. Y., April 18. Thoughts That Come Unbidden. A moment for rest and a newspaper are respon- sible for my text. It is wrong to envy our chief ex- ecutive for the privileges accorded him, or am I mis- taken in supposing that this outing of his means as much to him as it would to poor, humble humanity, like myself? From Frederick, Okla., comes this: _ “The camp is nestled in timber fringing the branches of Deep Red Creek in a picturesque spot, and when the Presi- dent awoke at 6:15 this morning and first beheld the vast panorama of virgin soil, without a sign of civiliza- tion except the camp, he said he felt that he was at home.” Ah! that sensation.; that fredom from mental strain; that simple boyish feeling that quickens the pulse and brightens the eye, yet soothes the brain. Who would not go picnicking in the wilds, even under less favor- able conditions? And our President is hunting coyotes and jackrabbits. Can he hit them on the run with a rifle? Will the evenings be spent in spinning yarns? Will he have bean-soup for his noon time meals, and at night potatoes with the jackets on? If he don’t, he will miss something. A hunting trip in April. It calls up my boyhood, when the hunting season was every month in the year. No license, no trespass signs, no close season. Squirrels grew on bushes, wild turkeys hatched their brood in hollow logs, partridge nests were- in the thickets, quail fluttered before the scythe and little rabbits hopped in the stubble — and I am not an old man, either. Jackrabbits, coyotes and mountain lions, with a rifle; fish moresuo. The camp in the wildwood, nemine dis- sentiente. Ah. G. W. Cunningham. They Met by Chance. The Manchester, Vt., Journal told this little story the other day: A pretty incident occurred recently upon M. J. Hapgood’s log job in Mt. Tabor, Vt. Hay had been scattered along the log roads for the benefit of the deer who were pressed for food on account of the deep snows. John McIntyre, one of the workmen, approached a doe in one of the log roads, and came so near that he struck her with a light switch, which he happened to have in his hands. She jumped aside into the deep snow and gave a sharp bleat. Then came a scene fit for the gods to gaze upon. For soon a magnificent buck, evidently in answer to the signal of distress, came leaping down the road, and, unawed at the sight of man, when within about twenty feet of him, stopped, and with the hair bristl- ing upon his back, began to stamp his feet and shake his heavily antlered head. The woodsman, although a stout, strong specimen of his craft, was thoroughly frightened, and after managing, upon the sly, to get hold of a club, began to move backwards upon a retreat. The deer noticed the movement, followed him up, and, by mo- tion of head and glance of eye, commanded a halt. Final- ly the doe got back into the road, between the woodsman and the buck, and, probably from exhaustion, laid down. The buck approached her and lapped her sides, but upon any attempt of the man to retreat, would dart after him until he stopped. This condition of affairs continued for nearly half an hour, the man, meanwhile, as he freely ad- mits, sweating great drops of agony. Finally, the buck prevailed upon the doe to get up, and by degrees induced her to move off the road, and when a goodly distance away both disappeared from the scene. Alaska Big Game. No permits will be issued this year for big-game hunt- ing in Alaska, except _ to authof ized representatives of museums. Similar action was taken last year, because of the knowledge that game in Alaska was rapidly being destroyed, and it was desired to preserve it so far as possible for the benefit of the natives, although they are required To comply with local game laws. The Pacific Coast Forest, Fish and Game Association’s first annual sportsmen’s show, in Mechanic’s Hall, San Francisco, has proved a very successful enterprise. The plan was modeled upon that of the earlier New York shows. In an address at the opening, James D. Phelan said : “With advancing civilization man is weaned away from nature, but the strong hold which nature has upon man constantly draws him back. Here in this exhibition an attempt is made to illustrate animal and vegetable life, forest and stream, but every attempt to reduce nature to a small scale or to imitate it in its beauty and variety must necessarily be inadequate; and yet, the mere sug- gestion of nature, here displayed, leads in the right di- rection. “The men and women who live in cities instinctively feel that they have been despoiled of something; they miss, perhaps, the companionship of birds and, beasts, of flowers and trees ; they have been cut off from the good green earth by the hard paved streets and the cheerless houses ; and hence there is that irrepressible idea, always present, of bringing the country to the town by making small plantations here and there, called parks, like oases in a great desert of brick and mortar. “No matter what -jnay be the allurements of civiliza- tion, exemplified in great cities, no son of the soil, sprung from the earth and destined to return to the earth, can ever be wholly reconciled to the artificial character of his surroundings. Warped ideas, shattered health and luxuri- ous vices are the protests which go out from hospital and jail and lyceum against the perversion of nature’s plan. “Emerson, in his beautiful essay on nature, says that cities do not give the senses room enough : ‘He who knows the forests ; he wo knows what sweets and vir- tues are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man.’ ” Law Enforcement a Joke. La Salle, S. C., April 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: Inclosed please find clipping from Niagara Falls paper which explains itself. What, in the name of common sense, is the use of game protectors doing any work when they receive such support from the magistrates? The game laws and their enforcement are one huge joke in this vicinity. A Reader. The report runs: “Acting Police Judge C. H. Piper and Fish and Game Protector J. W. Buckley are at odds. Several days ago Mr. Buckley applied for warrants in the local police court for the arrest of Arthur Logan and George Casey, both of Ransomville, on the charge of violating the fish and game laws of the State, it being specifically charged that they had fished with spears in Twelve-Mile Creek. The warrants were issued and were served by Protector Buckley, the two men appearing before Judge Piper yes- terday afternoon and pleading guilty to the charge. A fine of $3 each was imposed and paid. The men went their way and Mr. Buckley went into a rage. He claims that the fine was ludicrous and that the section of the fish and game laws under which the case was brought pro- vides that upon conviction a fine of not less than $60 shall be imposed. “Mr. Buckley’s ruffled feelings were by no means smoothed when he applied to Judge Piper for warrants for the arrest of two other men and was refused. Mr. Buckley based his request for warrants for these men on having caught them in the act of making their way to- ward a stream down the county with lanterns in their hands and spears over their shoulders. He did not catch them in the actual process of spearing fish. Judge Piper held that while the men no doubt intended to spear, still they had not been apprehended in the act of doing so. Mr. Buckley contended that the presence of the spears was a sufficient cause for their arrest and exhibited a letter from Chief Fish and Game Protector Pond, of Albany, to support his contention, but Judge Piper said that until he had an opinion from the Attorney General on the matter he should decline to issue warrants.” Nevada Fish and Game Commission. Says the Carson City, Nev., News of April 6: “Yes- terday Governor Sparks appointed the Hon. H. H. Coryell, of Elko county; Hon. P. A. McCarran, of Wa- shoe county, and Hon. G. T. Mills, of Ormsby county, as the three members of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, The appointments meet with universal approbation, as the gentlemen named are greatly inter- ested in the propagation and protection of fish. “Under the old law, which was repealed several years ago, only one Commissioner was allowed ; but the last Legislature re-enacted the measure and provided for the selection of three Commissioners. No salary is attached to the position; on the contrary the Commissioner often expends his own money for the furtherance of some scheme that will be a benefit to the people of the State, but he does not let a little thing like that bother him or prevent him from being just as enthusiastic as ever on the fish question. “Mr. Mills served the State for nine years as Fish Commissioner and is particularly fitted for the position, as fishculture is a fad with him, and he leaves nothing undone that will be for the good of the State in a pisca- torial line. Nevada has led in the propagation pf fish in many respects, particularly in the taking and transplant- ing of what is known among fishculturists as ‘green spawn,’ being the first to take the spawn from the fish and transport it sixteen, miles to a hatchery. The State has also led in the handling .and distribution of fry at long distance with comparatively no loss. It is to be hoped that the people of the State will appreciate the appointments and co-operate with the Commissioners in their work and thus place the fishculture of Nevada on the same plane it occupied before the Commission was Lumbermen coming out of the woods are full of stories of deer dying by the hundred, almost, and some very re- liable lumbermen have told the past week of seeing any- where from three to a half dozen deer a day, lying dead or dying in the logging roads, the teams having to stop nearly every day to lift out some of these emaciated, starved creatures before the team could go on. So ac- customed did the horses become with the sight and smell of deer that in one case, at least, the lumberman drove his horse right up to a big buck lying directly across the road, and the horse stepped unconcernedly over, dragging the sled across the carcass. Earlier in the winter the same horse would have shown fright at so close proxim- ity to wild meat. Most of these reports came from the valley of the Penobscot, west and north branches. A well-known lumberman who' was on the Allagash and tributary waters all winter, gave it as his opinion that the deer wintered there even better than they did a year before; although some died, yet not as many as died in the winter of 1903-4. He said that in several instances he noticed the deer that died were as fat and plump as deer ever are in the winter, and he commented on the fact to one of his firm who was with him on a trip over the. territory. His opinion was that some epidemic was killing those deer, for they were certainly not starved. Herbert W. Rowe. West Virginia Quail. Morgantown, W. Va., April 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: Reports from different localities in this part of the State show great loss among the quail during the past winter. It has not been uncommon to find whole coveys where they have perished with cold and hunger; and it is believed that they are almost exterminated in some localities. The Fairmont Game Association, of our neighboring town of Fairmont, has purchased two hundred southern quail and liberated them to assist in re-stocking their covers, and one of the rod and gun clubs of this place has made a move in the same direction, but no definite action has been taken in the matter. Emerson Carney. Legislation at Albany. Albany, N. Y., April 15.- — Much progress was made in the Legis- lature the past week with bills relating to fish, forest and game. Senator Armstrong introduced a bill (Int. No. 915) amending Section 65 so as to allow the use of dip-nets and scap-nets without a license from the State Game Commission. Assemblyman Hubbs introduced a bill (Int. No. 1443), amending Section 103, relative to wildfowl on Long Island so as to permit them to be taken on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from March 1 to April 15, both inclusive, instead of from March 1. The Senate Committee on Forest, Fish and Game has reported the following bills, which have been restored to their place on the order of third reading: Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1077), relative to the close season on woodcock. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1087), relative to the selling of woodcock, grouse and quail in Orange county. Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No. 599), relative to spearing fish in Ulster county. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1075), relative to penalties. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), relative to fishing in Jamaica Bay. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1074), relative to grouse and -wcodcock not being sold. Assemblyman Knapp’s (Int. No. ), relative to the trans- portation of fish caught in Missisquoi Bay. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1181), relative to woodcock, grouse and quail in Orange county. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079), relative to the use of nets in Coney Island Creek. The Senate has advanced to third reading the following bills: Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 110), relative to the protection of nests of wild birds. Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 1019), relative to fish- ing through the ice in Oswego county. Assemblyman Yale’s (Int. No. 771), relative to the close season for lake trout in Putnam county. The Senate has passed the following bills: Senator Allds’ (Int. No. 486), providing for the publication of the game laws of 1905. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 684), relative to the destruction of nets. Senator Coggeshall’s (Int. No. 496), relative to the destruction or exhibition of illegal devices used in violation of the game law. Senator Raines’ (Int. No. 247), relative to the sale of trout. Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 866), relative to the close season for deer. Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 1175), relative to the close season for trout. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 265), relative to taking fish through the ice in Dutchess county. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 266), relative to the close season for grouse, woodcock and quail. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263), relative to the close season for squirrels. Assemblyman Hammond’s (Int. No. 534), relative to taking pike in the counties of Oneida, Oswego, Madison and Onondaga. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 305), relative to the protection of land turtles and wild black bear. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 115), relative to penalties. Assemblyman Stevens’ (Int. No. 1006), relative to the close sea- son on trout. Assemblyman West’s (Int. No. 469), relative to placing carp in certain waters. Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 476), relative to the close season for hares and rabbits. Assemblyman Gates’ (Int. No. 651), relative to the protection of beaver. The Assembly has advanced to third reading. these bills: Assemblyman Prentice’s (Int. No. 897), relative to the close sea- Assemblyman Plank’s (Int. No. 1307) in relation to fires to clear lands. The Assembly has advanced to third reading and recommitted the bill of Assemblyman F. C. Wood (Int. No. 1194), in relation to the compensation of game protectors and the disposition of .proceeds of actions. The Assembly has passed the following bills: Assemblyman Santee’s (Int. No. 737), relative to appointing additional protectors. Assemblyman Becker’s (Int. No. 778), relative to special game protectors. Senate committee’s bill (Int. No. 677), relative to the duties of superintendent of forests, fire wardens and game protectors. Assemblyman Miller’s (Int. No. 994), relative to the pollution of streams. . Governor Higgins has signed the following bills: Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 1175), amending Section 40 by providing that the close season for trout shall be from Sept. 1 to April 15, both inclusive; but if the 16th day of April shall be Sunday in any year, such close season shall end with the 14th day °f Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 249), providing that the meshes1 of nets used in Lake Erie shall not be less than 1% inch bar. “Paw, would it be ungrammatical to say, ‘I seen you when you hid $10 under the bureau?’ ” “Yes, son, both ungrammatical and dangerous. When you are in doubt on such points always come to me, and never go to your mother.”— Cincinnati Tribune.1 April 22, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. S17 Log of the Mystery. Gasolene cabin launch Mystery, 42ft. long, 11ft. beam, 20-horsepower gasolene engine, sloop rigged, chartered by Trask and Newberry, of Cleveland, Ohio, for a month’s cruise from Miami to Punta Rassa, via the Keys of Florida. Charles R. Meloy, owner, captain and cook, 35 years old, born in New Haven, Conn., tall and strong, has been prize-fighter, railroad man, and now owns the Mystery and charters her to fishermen. Captain John R. Roberts, pilot, 40 years old, born in Wisconsin, a gentleman by birth and training, hand- some, agreeable, with property enough to support him comfortably. Has been in the United States Volunteer Army in the Philippines and got a captain’s commis- sion there at close of war. Traveled over most of the world, now makes his home in Miami and fishes, shoots and guides as part business and part amusement. Walter Jenkins, assistant engineer, deck hand, gen- eral utility, “cracker” by birth and education. Sixteen years old, tall and thin, smokes cigarettes all the time. A well-intentioned boy, but apt to forget things and be picturesquely cursed by the captain in consequence. J. C. Trask, general agent of a big insurance com- pany, short, stout and jolly. A. St. J. Newberry, lawyer and manufacturer, tall, thin, and the keeper of this log. Monday, Jan. 16. — Sailed from Miami 1 P. M. High north wind ; bright sun ; trolled down Biscayne Bay without results. Went aground at mouth Caesar’s Creex, 24 miles south from Miami, about 5 P.M., on a falling tide. Stuck there all night. Tuesday, Jan. 17. — Cold north wind; rainy; got off ground about 6 o’clock with great difficulty; anchored in Caesar’s Creek for breakfast; went after crawfish for bait and the table in a branch creek; got a lot of them with the spear, weighing up to five pounds each. Very good sport and food, tasting like lobster. Found a school of silver moonfish up the creek, and secured seven by casting the spear; the most beautiful fish I have ever seen. One I2in. long and ioin. across, was Jjin. thick, and all shining like mother of pearl and silver. Caught a few grunts in channel late in the afternoon — very good on table. Wednesday, Jan. 18.- — Sunny; northeast wind. Caught a parrot fish and a grunt from the anchorage. ..Moved up creek again. Speared crawfish and moonfish. Tied up to mangroves, where water was about 12ft. deep and perfectly clear. Many blue and yellow angelfish and snappers visible; but they would not bite. A large school of salt-water chub in a cave under the bank. Caught a dozen of them about two pounds each with light rod, small hook and a very small bait; very active and strong fish, and interesting fishing. Thursday, Jan. 19. — Warmer; showers; wind, east. Down channel and outside keys to Angelfish Creek. Caught a few grunts. After lunch ran up through creek and down inside keys to Steamboat Creek. Fished there for snapper; caught one and two little sand perch. At five ran down creek and anchored outside. Fished for snapper at mouth of creek. Mosquitoes fearful. Trask caught three snappers, small, and then hooked a 4ft. stingray, which towed him round awhile and was led out into the bay. We got gaff and grains; Roberts grained him, the hook giving way then. I gaffed him, and we both towed him to the boat. Cap- tain grained him again. Walter broke the barbed lance in his tail with an oar, and we hoisted him on deck. Estimated weight 80 pounds, dark olive back, white below. Slept in bay that night; no flies; fair night. Friday, Jan. 20. — Wind, west, light; bright and warm. Back to Angelfish Creek. Down outside to Indian Key, about 30 miles south of Angelfish. Rigged tarpon rods and wire leaders for expected big barracuda. Trolled down, some strikes from mackerel; no fish. Anchored one-quarter mile north of Indian Key. Caught abundance of runners (or hard tail), snappers, grunts, a yellow tail and fifteen or twenty of the curious “half-beak” — a silvery fish from ioin. to 15m. long, about iin. deep, tail with lower blade the longer, and a long protrusion of the lower jaw making a 3m. or 4m. beak, the upper jaw short. These swim in schools near the surface, and take very gently a small hook with piece of crawfish about y2in. square. Very lively, but too small to give sport. A 4ft. shark made a dash at one of my hooked fish, and nearly got him. Saturday, Jan. 21. — North wind; fresh; cool. Landed on Indian Key, shot two doves and could not find them. Tried to catch groupers in rock holes along shore. Saw some of five to eight pounds, but could’nt get them to bite. Caught some small porgies and grunts off the cay. Moved to our last night’s anchor- age. No fish, but a school of half-beaks. Caught eight with one bait. Later got several good mutton fish, runners, etc. Fish bit for last part of ebb tide only. I fell backward from the after deck into the cockpit, campstool and all. Ought to have broken my neck, but got off with a scare and a few strains. Sunday, Jan. 22. — Wind, north; light, falling to al- most nothing; warm and pleasant. Up at 5:30; break- fast. To Alligator Reef Light, 3 miles southeast. Trolled around light with tarpon rod, reel and line, piano wire leaders, 10-0 hooks and 6in. bait, pork rind or fish. Caught twenty-one barracuda, from 10 to 30 pounds, five amber fish from 25 to 60 pounds, five groupers from 10 to 70 pounds, two Spanish' mackerel 8 pounds each. Lost a good many fish and several hooks and leaders. Perfectly wonderful sport. Very gamy and strong fish, especially the amberjack, which, in sustained' power, excel every fish I have known, weight for weight. Is first cousin to the California “yellow- tail.” The work very hard, and after each big fish was gaffed, one wanted to git down and gasp, gnd rub his aching muscles. I was astonished at the strength of the tackle, and got to think it would hold anything, so lost two big amberjack by holding them too tight and breaking my line at the leader knot. A hammer- head shark, about 10ft. long, swam close around the sloop while we were anchored for lunch. Tried in vain to shoot him; fished for him. with shark hook, but he wouldn’t bite. Our total catch was thirty-three fish, and I estimated total weight over 700 pounds. Trask had two reels fail him and broke his line twice, and so took my spare line and reel to go on with. His click slipped off, the reel overran and snarled the line, and the next rush broke it. Largest grouper was about 4ft. long, 70 pounds; largest amberjack, 4L>ft., 60 pounds; largest barracuda, 5L>ft, 30 pounds. The barracuda plays like a salmon, making long side runs and often leaping re- peatedly. One of my large fish went clear out five times. The amberfish play deeper and do not leap, but are much stronger weight for weight and fight longer. The groupers surge heavily, play deep and get into a hole if they can. Took fish to Indian Key, photographed them, and gave to a “Conch,” as the natives of the keys are_ called, all but four, so none were wasted. Find inside of sole leather brake pad deeply hollowed bv friction against the coil of line on the reel. Had a plunge off the sloop. Very fine. Monday, Jan. 23. — Wind, northeast, light; fair, After breakfast started for Bahia Honda, outside the keys, a run of 40 miles. Passed fleet of spongers about 9 A. M., and of mackerel seiners, each schooner with a big seine boat in tow and a look out on the jibboom end, about eleven. Toward noon saw several mackerel jump, but they would not strike the squids. About 2:30 two struck at the same moment, and were landed, tf/2 pounds each. About 3:30 entered Bahia Honda Harbor, passing near a small rocky islet with a large flock of pelicans on it. Shot at them muchly with small rifles with no results. Landed on Bahia Honda Cay. Low coral reef, with rank grass and bushes on the higher part, and a few cocoanut palms in the dis- tance. Caught a lot of small crabs for bait from under stones, and I speared a nurse shark about 15m. long. Back on boat, and caught a lot of small porgies and grunts before sundown. Going back to boat we saw a large stingray, speckled this time; but he got away too quick for me to spear him. They move through the water by motion of their wide flanges, which is singularly like the flight of a bird. 6 P. M., wind north, light; quite warm. These southern keys have white beaches, and are inclined to be rocky and dry, quite different from the mud and mangrove cays for the first 50 miles south of Miami. Trask snores regularly every night, but not violently, and it don’t seem to bother me any. He is very cheerful and jolly and a very pleasant companion. Tuesday Jan. 24. — Anchored in channel before break- fast; caught large grunts and porgies of about 2 pounds, and one pork fish, silver with yellow and black stripes. Started for Key West about 8 o’clock. One valve stem of engine broke about 10 o’clock; drifted for two hours and repaired it. Trolled with big rods over some reefs for about an hour after . lunch. I caught a 15-pound grouper, and had one more strike. Trask got one strike, but no fish. Started for Key West 2:15 P. M., about 18 miles away. Timed the boat for an hour this morning. She made 7*4 miles towing her rowboat behind, and with two trolling lines out. A perfect day; north wind early in day, and quite brisk. Now, 2:30 P. M., soft S.W. wind; very warm and per- fectly clear; water, turquoise with purple patches of rocky shoal; wind, light, northerly, increasing. Wednesday, Jan. 25. — Wind, northerly fresh; fair weather. Took some photographs, bought supplies, etc. Dropped my glasses into the harbor while trying to photograph a 200-pound jewfish tied to dock. A genial colored gentleman fished them out and seemed grateful for a quarter. Wind rose rapidly, by noon blowing a norther. Shifted boat to south of steamer pier; cold and cloudy; dined at hotel; a very bad dinner. Cold night; wind high. Thursday, Jan. 26.— Norther still blowing very cold. Sun out about 10 A. M.; warmer. Think we are stuck here for a day or two. Storm all day, very cold, extra blankets bought and slept in underclothes and stockings. Friday, Jan. 27. — Fair; cold north wind. Many fish picked up by boys, so numbed with cold as to be help- less. Wind falling and somewhat warmer. Drove with Trask to Martelo Towers, old forts east of town, and took some photographs. We had been told this could not be done without a permit, so drove to the bar- racks, and were told that the commanding officer was at Fort Taylor. Drove to the fort, passing through a gate where a sentry was stationed, who said nothing to us. After some inquiry found a group of officers at one of the batteries, prominent among whom was a stout red-faced, grizzled personage. I lifted my hat, and he said, “Well, sir.” I said, “We are told that permission to inspect the Martelo Towers is necessary, and beg to ask leave to do so.” He thundered, “How the devil did you get in here?” and, without waiting for a reply, began to abuse our driver for bringing citizens into the fort and’ threatened him with the guard house; ordered the officer of the day to arrest the sentry at the gate and have him tried by court martial. Said to me most gruffly, “Am sorry I can give you no permission to see any of the fortifications,” and stalked away. The whole performance was so absurd that it struck me as funny, and I did not begin to realize that our dignity as American citizens had been offended until about next day. The army is amus- ing when it gets on its hind legs and prances, and this particular individual may have, been a very good officer, but seerfii; to have lacked-training as a gentle- man. We found the towers practically ruinous, and nobody objected to our visit to them. The islands where not cleared is a desolate wilder- ness, sand and rock covered by scrubby jungle. Got some more supplies and hope to start in morning for the west coast. This storm appears to have been gen- eral all over the country, with zero or below in north- ern cities and freezing or below far down into Florida, and has doubtless done great damage. Saw a jewfish on dock, _ about 6ft. long and very thick and heavy, would weigh at least 300 pounds, brown, mottled with lighter shade and very ugly. Large turtle crawls on dock next us. Full of green turtles. Some very large ones. Toward' night wind much lighter, and tempera- ture much milder. Night cold, but not nearly so bad as the last one. Saturday, Jan. 28. — Cloudy; light northeast wind. Started at 9:30. On the way passed a small shark and a hawksbill turtle, circled to- try and spear them, but they both got out of the way. Reached Bahia Honda 3:30. Landed on Pelican Key, got two shots at flock of small beach birds with shotgun. Killed several, but only got two, others washed away. Fired four shots at pelican on the water, about 300yds., with .22 rifle; first shot short; second and third nearer, but still short. Fourth caught him through the neck and killed him instantly. Picked him up with launch, full-grown female, very handsome plumage, spread ' of wings 7ft. Much larger bird than I supposed. Anchored inside channel. Quiet night. Sunday, Jan. 29. — Cloudy; heavy black bank to the east. Started for Cape Sable 9 A. M. Skinned the pelican; beastly job. Partly cloudy; light north wind. Are running up inside keys, and shall strike across in an hour or so and get out of sight of land. Bay of Florida. Water shallow, to-day muddy from long storm, so pale turquoise. Cape Sable about 3 P. M. Up along shore to Sawfish Hole. Very shoal water. Anchored off post-office of Flamingo, near some small keys. Few drops of rain in evening. Quite comfortable temperature. The pelican skin kept me busy for four days, hanging it up to the sun to dry, covering it with canvas when it rained and putting it away at night. It got wetter and worse smelling every day, and I finally gave it up as a bad job and threw it overboard. Monday, Jan. 30. — -Fair, light east wind, comfortably warm. Up at sunrise. Went to keys with shotgun and rod. Shot a great white heron and a qua bird, or night heron. Caught a sea trout three pounds. Roberts speared a drum of about same size. Picked up a chilled burrfish. Yellow ground, fine black stripes in pattern, emerald eyes, yellow border, spined pro- lusely on back and head to tail; Sin. long. Afternoon, speared a red drum, shot a Florida cormorant and young white ibis, called “curlew” here. Fired many shots. Shot (No. 8), too small. Warmest night yet. Tuesday, Jan. 31. — Fair, light east wind; warm. Fished for drum around keys, no bites. Shot at a red drum and missed him. Speared a gray drum, 20 pounds, which croaked repeatedly when in the boat. Roberts picked up a 50-pound tarpon, dead, evidently killed by cold; no mark on him. After lunch started for Shark River on west coast. East wind became high about noon. Still quite warm. We were disappointed at not seeing a sawfish, for which this last spot is noted. Had cormorant and curlew stewed for dinner. Both horrid. Tender, but with a dead and gone after- taste that was abominable. The red drum proved an excellent table fish. About 2:30 ran hard aground on bank a mile from shore. Tide went out and boat lay over 20 degrees or more. Engine broke down just after we struck. Tinkered it, tide came in and we got off about 7:30 and anchored in channel. Big lot of porpoises puffing and jumping around us. Wind fallen; warmer. Wednesday, Feb. 1.— Fair; wind east, fresh. Fished off boat. Trask caught four sand perch; I didn’t get a bite. Ran along coast past the triple capes called “Sable,” toward Shark River. Reached same about noon. After lunch went up river in boats. Fished, but caught nothing. Shot two Louisiana herons and a young one of the “little blue heron.” This last was pure white, the ends of the primaries very slightly marked with bluish. In about two years the bird be- comes deep blue all over. Trask shot an adult. Took skin of back and wings of my Louisianas. Two por- poises in river; Trask shot at them with big rifle and missed; Walter chased them with grains, but couldn’t reach ’em. Mosquitoes numerous here. Shall pull out for Marco and Pavilion Key or Punta Rassa in morning. A. St. J. Newberry. [to BE CONCLUDED.] Golden Trout Shown in San Francisco. Golden trout from an icy stream 7,000 feet up the wild sides of Mt. Whitney were one of the attractions of the Forest, Fish and Game Association’s show in San Fran- cisco last week. The fish were caught in Whitney Creek by R. W. Requa, foreman of the Sissons hatchery. With two assistants he started up the towering mountain. One of his companions turned back when a blinding 'snow- storm came on, but the other two proceeded. Requa got about three dozen of the trout, which were brought down in a bucket of water and ice. Plenty of ice was kept in the tank in which the fish were shipped, and a large chunk of it floated in the water in which they lived at the pavilion. The Wag. From the New York Times. He laugheth best who laugheth last, So on the mundane ball The dog, who chuckles with his tail, Mpf-latjght the best pf all 318 FOREST AND STREAM. IAprIL 22, 1905. New York Hatcheries* The following paragraphs are from advance sheets of the report of the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the New York State Hatcheries to Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner D. C. Middleton, as submitted to the Legislature : During the past season the value of the fish distributed for the purpose of stocking the inland waters of the State was, at the lowest market price charged by com- mercial hatcheries, $1x9,684.67, which is a larger value than that of the previous season •and secured without any great additional expense. Some idea of the increase in the demands made on the hatcheries may be had from the fact that during the past year we received 2,320 applications for fish of various kinds, as compared with a total of 1,908 applications re- ceived in 1903, and a total of 1,459 received in 1902. We filled 1,929, as compared with 1.551 during the previous season, and carried over 196, which were filled satisfac- torily during the late fall. Owing to the severity of the previous winter, a consid- erable number of the fish had to be carried over until spring, which is the reason for the large increase in the number of yearlings distributed. As a rule, the fish are planted chiefly as fingerlings. that being the size which gives the most satisfactory results. Should any yearling fish happen to be on hand they are planted only in the larger bodies of water, or in such streams as are closed to all fishing in the manner provided by law. Valuable assistance has been received from local organizations for the protection of fish and game in planting many of the inland lakes, and it is the intention to continue sys- tematically the work of restocking the larger bodies of water on applications made in the name of the Com- mission itself. The Food Fish. For reasons not well understood, there were unusual difficulties last season, attending the highly important work of propagating what are classed in this State as “food fish.” These difficulties, it has been learned, were also experienced in other States. In our own hatcheries the apparently healthy eggs, especially of the pike perch, perished by thousands or hatched out weaklings without any reason that was apparent to the experienced men in charge. I11 the opinion of many fishermen the trouble was due to the unusually prolonged and severe weather of the winter preceding the spawning season. The run of shad in the Hudson River was also much smaller than usual. Several snow squalls which came on during the season, chilled the water at various times sufficiently to check the run, but the fishermen also assert that the pollution of the river is now so great that the fish do not run in any great number far above Catskill. It has also been suggested that the myriads of carp which now infest the river seriously interfere with the spawning of this important species of fish, and a num- ber of suggestions have been made by the fishermen with a view to overcoming these difficulties. One plan which has been urged is that the Commission take steps to raise the shad fry to a more advanced stage of growth before planting them. Another suggestion is that the Commission remove the shad hatchery from its present location on the banks of the river at Catskill to some desirable location on the banks of the Delaware River — either in the town of Hancock, in Delaware county, or lower down in Sullivan county. The water there is prac- tically free from pollution, and the fish run annually in great numbers. It would not be expensive to make this change and, in the judgment of experienced fishermen, a great many more eggs could be taken there and planted to much better advantage. As the failure of the shad fisheries is a serious matter, any reasonable experiment having for its object the improvement of existing condi- tions will recommend itself to the taxpayers. The output of trout exceeded that of 1903 by 584,499, and the grand total output of game fish was 5,045,914. The Commission was able during the year to restock many depleted streams for which applications were made by line fishermen, and also to supply an unusually large number of requests from citizens interested in public waters in many parts of the State. Apparently the sever- ity of the winter did not affect the trout to any extent, and good fishing was reported by those living in the very localities where the streams were said to have been frozen solid and from which doleful predictions came that the waters would be barren of fish in the spring. The wisdom of the Legislature in making timely and encouraging appropriations for the use of the hatchery system rendered it possible for the Commission to so improve several of the hatcheries that their condition is now better than, it has been before in years. It is believed that the extensions made at Margaretville will now render it possible to produce a supply ample for the stocking of the waters in the important Catskill region, and that changes made at the Pleasant Valley, Cold Spring and Fulton Chain hatcheries will result in more and better work at each. The great hatchery at Cale- donia, and the very important trout hatchery at Saranac Inn Station, should have similar attention next season. _ It is also desirable that provision be made for the rearing of black bass, and the Commission has plans for this well in hand and will push ‘them to a successful conclusion just as soon as certain questions involving the water sup- ply can be settled. The demand for this species of fish has grown steadily for several years and is now so great that the importance of this work can no longer be over- looked. A very serious epidemic among the brook trout at the Cold Spring hatchery, a misfortune which was shared by one or more of the great private hatcheries on Long Island, has temnorarily removed this hatchery from ac- tive service. The Commission at the outbreak of this disease, communicated with Hon. George M._ Bowers, the United States Commissioner of Fisheries, who promptly furnished one of his best experts to render all possible' assistance. The matter was given the closest possible attention, but in spite of every effort not a single fish could be saved. With a view to preventing any further occurrence of the kind at this important hatchery, the Commission has replaced all the old rear- ing ponds by cement structures and has thoroughly reno- vated all their connections. An entirely new lot of brood fish — -12,000 in number— were sent to this hatchery from the Adirondacks during the fall, and it is believed that no further trouble will be experienced. In connection with this hatchery it is regretted that the Commission has been forced, temporarily at least, to abandon the valuable work that was being: done there in lobster culture. Excellent progress had been made in this work, and the great need for continuing it will be apparent to anyone familiar with the rapidity with which the lobsfer is disappearing from our waters. Very material assistance has been rendered by the United States Fisheries Commission during the past season, and thanks are due to the Hon. George M. Bowers, Commissioner, for his ready responses to our various requests. In this connection, it may be said that in addition to the fish planted in New York State waters by our Commission, the United States Commissioner has distributed: 1,148,000 brook trout fry, 3,375 brook trout yearlings, 4,470,000 lake trout fry, 10,900 rainbow trout fry, 1,850 black bass yearlings, 350 rock bass yearlings, 100,000 pike perch fry, and 15,235,000 whitefish fry. Recommendations, In view of the preceding statements, and of other mat- ters which have come to my attention during the year, I would make the following recommendations : 1. That an effort be made to have the committees of the Legislature, in their travels through the State, pay visits to the several hatcheries, for the purpose of giving these committees a well-defined idea of the magnitude of our work and its importance to the people, as well as of the requirements of the hatcheries. 2. That the location of the shad hatchery be changed in accordance with the suggestion and for the reasons already given. 3. That in recognition of the work done by the secre- tary in connection with the hatchery system, and more especially because of the interest he has taken in the dis- tribution of the output, the collection of specimens for the various exhibits, and of his knowledge of the waters of the State and their requirements, the honorary title of Assistant Fish Culturist be bestowed upon him, and a suitable record of this action made in the minutes of the Commission. 4. That the State hatcheries be opened in a modified way to scientific workers engaged in the study of fishcul- tural problems, and especially to those studying the dis- eases of fish. J. D. Lawrence, Deputy Commissioner. Secretary John D. Whish has prepared the following comparative statement of what was done by several of the States during the season of 1904. The figures are compiled from official reports, and furnish an interesting comparison for all those concerned in the work of fish- culture. It should be stated before considering the fig- ures that in Maine the game fish distributed are trout and ouananiche; in Minnesota, New York, New Jersey and Vermont they are all trout. In Michigan, Pennsyl- vania and Wisconsin the pike perch is called a game fish, but in making the comparison in the table this species is rated as a food fish in order to place all the States on the same footing. New Jersey buys all its fish from the commercial hatcheries : Total State. Distribution. Food Fish. Game Fish. Cost. Connecticut 7,250.450 7,135,000 115,450 $4,237.11 Maine .... 1,0S4,504 None 1,0S4,504 25,000.00 Massachusetts . . 26,411,337 22,100,000 4,311,337 5,800.00 Michigan .... 48,904,460 39,875,000 9,229,460 32,000.00 Minnesota .... 72,700,000 67,S0O,OOO 4,900,000 8,000.00 IN ew Y ork . . . .111.667,830 106,617,466 5,050,364 52,000.00 New Jersey 27,100 None 27,100 6,045.00 Pennsylvania ... .... 85,000,000 77,293,000 7,707,000 17,000.00 Rhode Island .... 3,040.500 3.000,000 40,500 7.500.00 V ermont '880,000 None 880,000 2,000.00 Wisconsin .... 83,837,850 20,375,000 63,462,850 30,413.06 The History of a Fly. Seattle. — This is the story of a new fly invented by Mrs. Chet Belding, one of the most expert fisherwomeu on the Pacific Coast. Its killing qualities were tested on Cedar Lake last fall and found to be better than any of the other artificial lures in use at that time of the year. It is impossible to give a name to the new fly, be- cause the original, so far as investigation has gone, is not classified. It is found only in the lakes of high altitude, and makes its appearance about the middle of August. For three weeks the water along late in the afternoon is well covered with this species of fly, and the trout feed on them almost exclusively. In general appearance it resembles the devil’s darn- ing needle, but it is a distinct species, even if it should belong to that family. Its body is rather long and yellow; its wings are of good size, gauzy and of a drab color. It rests on the water by means of four legs. One of the most peculiar things about the odd creature is that it does not move about, after once settling for the night, or, at least that is the deduction made from observations by both Mr. and Mrs. Belding. It does, however, twist its body back and forth with a sort of spasmodic action. Its birth takes place in the mud at the bottom of the lake near the shore. About 9 o’clock in the morning it slowly works its way to the top of the water, where it rests perfectly motionless for eight or ten minutes; then it slowly spreads its wings and flies directly into the rays of the sun. Nothing more is seen of it until about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when it returns to the water and remains there for the night, unless some hungry trout ends its existence. The length of the fly is about one inch, and it comes out of a cocoon, wherein it lives during the chrysalis state. The cocoon collapses and appears on the sur- face of the water in the form of a brown scum. Mr. Belding says that from his personal observa- tions in Idaho and California he believes that this fly is not found in either of these States; from inquiries made among sportsmen he is inclined to doubt its ex- istence in Oregon, although he does not feel like mak- ing a decided statement to that effect. Eastern fisher- men of years’ experience in all parts' of ■ the United - States have told Mr. Belding that' Washington is the only place they have ever seen this, fly. The story of how Mrs. Belding happened to com- mence her investigations which resulted in the mak- ing of the artificial Ay is out of the ordinary. A party was camped on the shore of Cedar Lake in August. All of a sudden the trout ceased biting and nothing in the way of bait or flies would tempt them to action. One evening Mr. and Mrs. Belding went out on the lake and commenced casting. Now Mr. Belding is candid enough to admit that his wife can handle a rod better than he. She can stand with her back to a tree and, without apparent effort, place a fly within a six-inch circle four out of five times, at fifty feet. How she makes the line circle gracefully into the air over her head and then commence its journey at right angles to the ground is what stumps Mr. Belding. Mrs. Belding has attempted to initiate her husband into the mystery of the delicate wrist action which produces this result, but he says that it is beyond him — and Chet is a mighty good fly-caster at that. On the evening in question Mr. Belding cast his fly in vain, but every time Mrs. Belding tipped the rod there was a splash and in came a firm-meated mountain trout. “What have you got there?” inquired Mr. Belding; “I don’t see why you should be such a favorite.” “Why,” replied Mrs. Belding, with a laugh, “I have a fly of my own manufacture.” She had taken an ordinary hook, lined the shank with very fine strips of cork, and then covered it with a yellow body. The drab wings had been made of yarn. The cork kept the artificial fly on top of the water in imitation of the original, and in order to prevent the leader from sinking close up to the hook she had taken bits of cork and attached them to it. In reality it was still-fishing that made Mrs. Belding’s success. She aimed to imitate the fly which she had observed on the water, but realized that her aim would be destroyed if she dragged the fly over the surface, because the real fly does not move about. Having the fly stationary and on top of the water and the leader also on the surface, she had an exact imitation of the conditions she sought to imitate. Her creel was filled without trouble and the party humbly acknowledged the wisdom of woman. Portus Baxter. A Night at Headquarters. “Heh, there!” My friend Brown, originator of the Shenandoah Rod and Reel Club, was just turning Bell’s corner when I called to him, and, catching up, we went on up to the quarters of the club. “Give the countersign, Cline.” “Right you say.” I knock on the door, and presently we hear the measured tread of the quartermaster, Dorsey Yeakley. “Don’t light the ‘gas, Dorse; let’s light up the pipes instead.” “Well,” says Brownie, “only three more months.” “Hush, Brownie; don’t mention it, please; I’ll be catching fish all night.” “Hello! somebody at the door. That’s all right, Dorse; let him in; his knock is all right.” The sturdy form of Carson Yeakley stands in the doorway. Bless his old soul. Without old Carse and Brownie the Shenandoah -Rod and Reel Club would be like a ship without a rudder. “Well,” says Dorse, “how long are we going to stay this time?” “A whole month!” spoke up a voice. “Good! an excellent idea, if every one can do the same,” says Carse. Its is none too long, and the time will slip by quick enough.” “I understand,” Carson continued, “that Mr. Van Alstyne, the song-writer, musician and all-round camper and fisherman, is to be with us this year.” “That’s the calculation,” says Brownie, “and we’ll never regret taking him with us, and, by the way, that gentleman desires us to bear in mind that he doesn’t go as a guest, either.” “Say, look here, Mr. Quartermaster Dorsey Yeakley, I want to make a motion that we be allowed to stay up until 10 o’clock this year.” “Well, now,” says Dorse, “we’ll see. If Squire Grant doesn’t get too obstreperous and doesn’t shoot too many buckshot at Cline’s cork we might change the rules a little.” “That’s all right about the Squire,” spoke up a voice, “I’ll fix him all right when I get him out in Van Alstyne’s canvas boat.” “Let him in, Dorse; I’ll bet that’s the Squire now.” “I told you so!” “Hello, Squire; we were just talking about you. Dorse here says if you are right good he’ll let you go out in the canvas boat with me, and then I’ll do the rest.” “Well!” says the Squire, “I’ll be with you at the go- down.” The club will pitch their tents this year on the banks of the Shenandoah, in the valley of Virginia, where our little mascot, Jack Greenwall, can once more hear the distant rumble of the “double hitter” and the “double single.” He says he has almost forgotten the whistle, but is ready to bet with Dorse on the first one that comes along. He caught his first bass last year, and his only regret is, that he landed it “nigger” fashion. He is now the possessor of a rod and reel, and says he will land his next fish like a gentleman. A. T. Cline. Wi mchest.br, Va., April 8. A Hudson Rivet Striped Bass* A thirty-seven-pound striped bass was caught one afternoon last week in the Hudson River off Grant’s Tomb in the nets of A. J. Fertenbach, of West 125th street. This is said to be the largest striped bass ever caught in the Hudson. It measured 48 inches from tip to tail. The fish was exhibited last night at the Clare- mont, and will be stuffed for the Museum of Natural History. To Preserve Minnows. Vancouver, B. C.— For preserving minnows try forma- lin, diluted of course. This will keep even the eyes bright, and the fish will last better on an archer spinner than when fresh from the water. J. C. APRIL 22, 1 90S.] FOREST AND STREAM. 819 The Bangor Salmon Pool. Bangor, Me,, April 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: Contrary to the usual experience at the Bangor salmon pool, the first week of the season passed without the landing of a single salmon, and, indeed, but one Salmon was taken up to the nth of the month anywhere on the rivet, that one being caught in a down-liver weir. How- ever, on the day mentioned the pool redeemed itself from going on record as furnishing no fish whatsoever, for on that day Charles Eugene Tefft, a New York sculptor, who is at the home of his parents in Brewer for a rest, caught the first salmon of the season, and the manner of landing the fish was so unusual that it is deserving of especial mention. Mr. Tefft, in common with a num- ber of other enthusiasts, had been up to the pool for sev- eral days, but the muddy water prevented good fishing. On the afternoon in question he was casting from the shore, and all the other fishermen had left the pool for home, except one, who was landing on the Bangor shore, Mr. Tefft being on the rocks on the Brewer side of the river. As he Cast there was a rise just a little way be- yond his fly. and at the next cast he hooked his fish. Here was a dilemma, for with no person handy to help him land his fish, and without gaff or landing net, there was a good chance for the fish to get away, and a long dash might mean the loss of the fish. At once he began to reel the fish in toward the bank, and as the salmon came within easy distance from where he stood, a bright thought came to him. Incidental to the pleasure of the afternoon he had brought along his small target rifle, and this lay close at hand. The dorsal fin of the salmon was all that showed, and holding the rod with one hand, Mr. Tefft stooped, picked up and cocked the rifle with the other, aimed and fired, the bullet fortunately passing directly through the head of the salmon. It was the work of but a few seconds to tow the dead salmon to the shore, and when the angler from across the river got there, having hurried across to offer his assistance, he found the fish already high and dry on the bank. When he learned that the whole operation of playing and landing the fish had taken but a minute, when he has often been kept at the game for an hour and more, he was incredulous until told how the fish was “gaffed” with the rifle. The fish weighed 22 pounds. The very muddy water of the first half of the month is doubtless responsible for the otherwise lack of results at the pool, for the salmon are there, and as soon as the water clears there should be some sport for those who are patient, for patience is a prominent characteristic of those who catch fish in the famous pool of the Penobscot. The great topic among the anglers now is the probable date of the going of the ice in the lakes and ponds. Se- bago Lake, which usually opens very early, in fact, has an annual race with the Penobscot River to see which shall be clear first, is still locked in the embrace of the ice king, and it is predicted may not open before the 25th of the month. At all events, the probable date of opening is too far ahead to be fixed with any approach to definite- ness, and will depend largely upon what kind of days intervene between now and the opening day. Sebec, which always opens early, perhaps a few days, although less than a week, ahead of the big lakes, is already partly open, having become clear of ice in the narrows this past week. This would indicate an early opening. Reports from Moosehead are that the travel on the lake has been discontinued entirely, and as this usually takes place about three weeks before the final breaking up of the ice, it is safe to look for reports that the lake is free about May 1, barring the approach of a cold snap, which might delay it for several days. The essential conditions to the larger lakes of Maine becoming clear is not only warm suns and soft winds, but unless there is a strong southerly breeze to- rot out and set the ice in motion, it might be a week or ten days longer in so dissolving that it would disappear. The writer has been at Greenville when, on a sharp night, the ice would be strong enough in the cove at the foot of the lake to drive across, and by night it would be entirely clear, the sun being hot and the wind just right. Reports are that the coots have begun to fly on to the coast and that Seguin lighthouse is recording quantities of the fowl passing into the coast inlets. Careful ob- servers say that this is about the average time for the arrival of the fowl. Herbert W. Rowe. Interstate Convention* A convention of representatives of the States border- ing the Great Lakes, Vermont and Canada, was held at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, April 8, at which the following members were present : Illinois Fish Commission— Nat. H. Cohen; S. F, Bart- lett, A. Lenke. Michigan Fish Commission— Chas. D. Josylin, Geo. M. Brown, Game Warden Chapman, ex-Warden C. E. Brewster. Senate Fish Committee — Mills, Wordman, Cook and Moffatt. House Committee — Clark, Knight, Robinson, Scidmore, Whelan and Ward. Minnesota Game and Fish Commission — Sam F. Ful- lerton, Llenry Smith. Ohio Fish and Game Commission — Paul North. Wisconsin — Game Warden H. Overbeak, Superintend- ent of Fisheries James FI. Nevin, Senators Wipperman and Wright, Assemblymen LeRoy, Everett, Ottman and Swineholt. United States Bureau of Fisheries — Frank M. Clark and S. P. Bartlett. Mr. J. N. Whelan, of Michigan, presided, with Mr. E. W. LeRoy, of Wisconsin, secretary. On motion of Nat. H. Cohen it was voted : “Whereas, One of the most serious obstacles to .the. protection of fish and game exists in the absence of uniformity in the pro- visions of the laws in contiguous States, on account of which ab- sence of uniformity the territory and markets of the one fre- quently become a shield and protection for violators of the law in the others; therefore, “Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that general uniformity should be attained in the States herein represented and bordering on the Great Lakes, with a view to arresting the indiscriminate destruction of the valuable food supplies existing in these waters. “Resolved, That a committee be appointed by this . meeting, to formulate a uniform bill by original draft, or by codifying existing laws, for the purposes herein referred to, and to report such bill to the respective legislative bodies of the States and Canadian Provinces interested, with a view to its enactment into law at their next session.” The committee named by the chair included: Sam T. Fullerton and H. G. Smith, Minnesota, W. N. Mills and Walter C. Robinson, Michigan; Nat IT. Cohen and Thomas D.. Bear, Illinois; Paul North, Ohio; FI. Wipperman and James Swineholt, Wisconsin; Frank N. Clark and S. P. Bartlett, United States Fish Commission; S. T. Batredo. The following recommendations were adopted,, for future sub- mission to the legislatures of all States and Provinces concerned: “The closed season for all fish on Lake Erie, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River shall be from Nov. 15 to April 15. “The closed season for wall-eyed pike on Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and all bays and harbors tributary and St. Mary’s Straits shall be from Jan. 1 to May 15. “The closed season on Lakes Huron and Michigan for white- fish and lake trout shall be from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15. “The open season for black bass shall be from the first day of July to the first day of January for rod and line only. “The closed season for sturgeon on the Great Lakes shall be ten years from June 1, 1905. “Prohibit the sale anl export of black bass, maskinonge, brook trout, rainbow trout, German brown trout, Scotch trout, steel- head trout, grayling, landlocked salmon and bass. “All boxes and packages containing fish shall be marked with the name of the consignor and consignee, and the name or names of the species of fish therein contained.” The minimum size of the different .fishes was adopted as fol- low's, the measurement to be from the tip of the snout to the cen- ter of the fork of the tail : Small and large-mouthed black bass, 12 inches; maskinonge, SO inches; all yellow perch caught and offered for sale, 9 inches; wall-eyed pike, 15 inches; blue pike and saugers, 10 inches; whitefish and lake trout 2 pounds dressed, and 2 pounds 4 ounces round; herring in Lake Erie, 10 inches. On motion of Mr. Clark, it was “Resolved, That the propagation and sale of speckled and rainbow trout by private persons or companies in private waters be permitted under such regulations and restrictions as shall be recommended by the fish commissions in the various States.” On motion of Mr. Chapman, of Michigan: “Resolved, That having in possession any green fresh fish three days after the closed season shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of the law.” On motion of Mr. Hoyt it was resolved to recommend to the various States bordering on the Great Lakes a law licensing commercial fishermen; also the licensing of the rod for trout and grayling fishing. On motion of Mr. Fullerton it was “Resolved, That this convention recommend to the Legislatures of the States represented that they memorialize Congress to take jurisdiction of the international and interstate waters for the purpose of propagating and protecting fish in said waters, and that said States express their willingness to cede to the Federal Government all jurisdiction that rests in said States.” Other recommendations were that resident hunters be per- mitted to take home two deer, and non-residents one; that the Lacey Act be enlarged to include all game shipped from any State; that the work of Dr. Palmer be heartily commended; that the sale of game, the cold storage of game and spring shooting be prohibited. Chicago Casting Tournament, An international fly and bait-casting tournament will be held under the auspices of the Chicago Fly- Casting Club on the North Lagoon, Garfield Park, Chicago, 111., Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18 and 19, 1905. Fly and bait-casters throughout the world are earnestly invited to attend this tournament and com- pete, as it is intended to make it of as wide a scope as possible, covering all such forms of casting as may be deemed advisable and found feasible. Contestants from other parts of the world will find every effort made to arrange contests in conformity with those forms of casting with which they are familiar. Among the events scheduled will be long distance fly, delicacy fly, and distance and accuracy fly, together with long distance bait (j/2 oz. weight), distance and accuracy bait i}/z oz. weight), and delicacy and accuracy bait (J4 oz. weight). Team contests and other inter- esting features are contemplated. Diamond trophies will be provided for all leading events, and a large number of attractive, valuable and appropriate prizes will be awarded. Naturally, the rules of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club will prevail, but exceptions will be made where deemed advisable, in behalf of visiting anglers — the desire being to make this tournament as nearly representative as possible of expert angling at large, and suggestions frdm anglers contemplating attendance at the tourna- ment are earnestly requested and will receive careful consideration if received in time. The tournament is open to either representatives of clubs or unattached individuals. A nominal entrance fee will be charged in each event. Handsome souvenir, illustrated, historical programmes will be provided, and no expense will be spared to make this the most suc- cessful tournament in angling annals. Special arrangements will be made for the comfort and enjoyment of ladies, and social features of an en- joyable nature will contribute to the pleasure of guests. All anglers contemplating entering the tournament and all clubs proposing to send representatives, are urged to communicate at the earliest moment with the secretary, who will also furnish anyone with further information, programmes, etc. B. J. Kellenbei^ger, Sec’y. 52 St. Clair St., Chicago, 111. A Sturgeon Hatchery. Washington, April S- — The Fish Commission has es- tablished a hatchery on Winyah Bay at the mouth of the Pedee River, near Georgetown, North Carolina, where sturgeon will be artificially hatched. The scarcity of the sturgeon has resulted in the practical abandonment of the caviar establishments along the Atlantic coast. In past years sturgeon was so abundant in the Potomac, James and Delaware rivers as to be a great annoyance to the fishermen whose nets were badly broken by the monster fish in efforts to escape. Fishing with a broom handle, with nothing but fresh air as bait, is something new in this vicinity, but it is practiced in the River Rouge district, and in the canals running through the Ecorse marshes. The canal was closed up when the shipyard was built on the river front, and thousands of fish had no opportunity to escape. Last winter the canals were frozen from end to end and not an air hole was visible. Men in the neighborhood have discovered the fish need fresh air, and provide breathing places by cutting through the ice. The unsuspecting fish poke their noses about half an inch above the water, and the fisherman’s broom handle strikes them on the snout, knock- ing them unconscious. Several big hauls are made in this way every day. — Detroit Free Press. The beauty of earth, except for some spots that our sordid industries have ravaged, has altered but little since the days of Augustus and Pericles. The sea is infinite still, still inviolate. The forest, the plain, the harvest, the villages, rivers and streams, the mountains, the dawn and the evening, stars and the sky, vary as these all may according to climate and latitude, offer us still the same spectacles of grandeur and tenderness, the same soft, profound harmonies, the same fairy-like scenes of changing complexity, that they gave to the Athenian citizens and the people of Rome. Nature remains more or less as it was; and besides, we have grown more sensitive, and to-day can admire more freely. — Maurice Maeterlinck in the April Critic. REVIVE THE CATBOAT. In a measure fashion regulates styles in boats very much the same as it does in architecture, literature and dress. To those who have watched the development of the different types of yachts during the past decade this fact has been made very plain. After the public at large has had a try at anything and it has become indulged in by the numbers, its popu- larity soon wanes and it is abandoned, not owing to> faults or shortcomings, but because the great majority desire something new or better or more expensive. No matter what the reason is, the desire for a change exists, and it is eventually brought about. In these progressive days changes are usually improvements, and the desire for change is generally a healthy inclination for something better. There are some things, however, which are aban- doned mainly because something new has come into the field, and oftentimes the merit of the thing neglected is seen and appreciated after a short time and the wise ones return to their first love* When the boats that were forerunners of the modern raceabout made their appearance some years ago, the ma- jority of small boat cruising and racing men in the East did their sailing in catboats. These boats had been brought to a reasonably high state of perfection, and the average craft of this type was a very smart and weather- ly vessel. The builders on Cape Cod put their best ener- gies into the modeling of catboats, and their products were highly creditable. The plumb stem and square stern Cape catboat is known the world over, and partic- ularly the creations of that peerless builder, Hanley. Al- though the catboat proved to be a fine craft for ordinary sailing and cruising, the knockabout grew so fast in favor that the catboat was overlooked for the moment and then almost forgotten except by a loyal few who clung to old boats and traditions, and who to-day are more en- thusiastic than they were fifteen years ago. The average catboat was the product of the rule of thumb builder, and while it answered every purpose, we venture to assert that had our best naval architects expended as much time and scientific knowledge in the designing of the catboat as they have in the raceabout and the knockabout, a very perfect type of vessel would have resulted. Cat- boats were popular when yacht designers were not so numerous nor so well versed in their profession as they are to-day, and this is one reason why these craft did not receive all the attention due them. The knockabout and the raceabout not only brought many hew men into the sport, but they thinned out the ranks of the catboat sailors. Each year saw the knockabout improved in various ways and the new craft proved slightly faster than the old ones. This slight in- crease in speed was gained at the cost of some comfort and greatly increased expense. In order to win races new boats were necessary nearly every year, while to-day the raceabout of twenty-one feet waterline length costs upward of $2,000 when turned out by any one of the first- class builders of the East. This excessively high cost greatly restricts the number of boats built, as the price is prohibitive, and few men can afford to indulge them- 820 FOREST AND STREAM [April 22, 1905. selves in such extravagant playthings. We do not wish to be misunderstood in regard to our comparisons between the catboat and the raceabout, for we believe that this type of craft has done much for yachting on the whole, as the boats generally are handy and serviceable craft. It is a question, however, whether these boats with their greatly increased cost afford the owners any more comfort or amusement or speed than the catboat that cost less than half as much. If properly designed, catboats-can be made to balance perfectly, so that they can be steered without discomfort. Even with their big sail plans they can be handled with reasonable ease, as their rigging is very simple and there are no back stays or jib sheets to look after. The catboat is thoroughly seaworthy if constructed by an experienced builder and handled by an efficient sailor, and she is no more easily capsized than any other modern centerboard boat. The men who really know these craft will usually concede that they are as fast, able, safe and comfortable as any boat of their inches afloat. To one who can afford to build a raceabout and enjoy racing it, we say by all means continue. This advice is not intended for those fortunate gentlemen, but for the men of modest incomes who would like to get into the game and cannot afford to do so. For them the cat- boat solves the problem. If they, are recruits they won’t allow old prejudices to prevent them from building, and if they are old hands they need not be urged. They will not be alone, for the catboat is bound to return again. Another year or two will bring out many new and im- proved boats of this type, and if the right men build, it is certain that the racing will be as keen as it ever was even in the catboat’s palmiest days. Some enthusiastic boat sailors on Boston and Narra- gansett Bays have kept up interest in the catboat during the years it has been under the ban, and now some own- ers of catboats who make their headquarters at Quincy, Mass., have formed an organization, the object of which is to encourage the racing and building of catboats. This association is known as the Cape Catboat Associa- tion. These men deserve credit for having taken the initiative, and they should receive the strongest indorse- ment and support for their efforts to revive interest in the catboat. We are confident that the association will be given the support it merits, and' we should like to see a similar asso- ciation at every yachting center along the coast. Another season will find such an association organized at the west end of Long Island Sound, for the project is already under discussion. Cape Catboat Association. Constitution and By-Laws. NAME. The name of this Association shall be the Cape Catboat Associa- cn. OBJECT. The obiect of the Association is to create among the clubs of lassachusetts Bay a class of cabin boats that can race together nder such by-laws and restrictions as will keep boats of this type aether and make interesting and instructive racing. Any cabin atboat that conforms to the rules and restrictions, and is ac- epted by the measurer and voted in by the executive committee, ray belong to this Association. DEFINITION. A Cape catboat belonging to this Association is intended to be seaworthy type of cruising cabin boat, heavily constructed, hav- ng good cabin and moderate sail plan, and also does not m- lude boats having square sides, snub nosed bows, fin-keels, bilge oards, hollow keels or double centerboards or rudders, and con- Drilling- to the following limitations. LENGTH. Over all length of boats shall not be less than 20ft., nor more Iran 30ft. RACING LENGTH. The racing length be L.W.L plus one-third of all overhangs nless the overhangs are more than 20 per cent, of the L.W.L. in hat case the racing length is to be the length of the LW .L. ilus two-thirds of the extreme overhang, no overhangs to be [tore than 25 per cent, of L.W.L. SAILS. Working sails only shall be used. (Jib and mainsail.) BALLAST. All ballast be below .cabin and cockpit floors and transoms. CREW. One man to every 4ft. of waterline measurement. HEADROOM. The minimum head room in cabin shall be 3ft. Sm-for ..every ioat 16ft. on waterline, and that addition of not less than ly2in. be nade for every foot of additional waterline. POSITION OF MAST. The forward side of the mast shall not be more than 1ft. aft of vaterline. RESTRICTIONS ON NEW BOATS. Scantlings as heavy as the average of the boats now belonging •o this Association. Kee! to be of oak. Frames to be of oak. "lamps and bilge stringers of hard yellow pine or oak. Planking ^ be of pine, cedar, cypress or spruce. Deck beams of oak. Side if cabin trunk to be of oak, pine or cypress. MEMBERSHIP. Any boat applying for membership in this Association shall be in- spected by the measurer of this Association, and reported on to .he membership committee. RULES. The Yacht Racing Association rules to govern racing, except as herein stated, and local club rules to govern racing, except m the open races. ALLOWANCES. All allowances to be figured by the Herreshoff table. FIXTURES, FITTINGS AND EQUIPMENT. There shall be a substantial partition at the after end of the cabin, two lockers, two transoms, cushions for transoms, re- ceptacle for two gallons of water, one anchor and suitable cable, one life-preserver, compass, boat-hook and bucket, EXISTING BOATS. Any catboat built prior to the adoption of these restriction? may join the Association, providing that she conforms to the spirit of these restrictions in tne judgment of the measurer and the execu- tive committee. OFFICERS. President — Ira M. Whittemore, of Dorchester. Vice-President — George W. Lane, of Boston. Secretary and Treasurer — Dr. F. C. Dawes, of Neponset. Measurer — Ralph E. Winslow, of Quincy. Executive Committee — Frank Coleman, Frank F. Crane, Chas. O. Whitney, Geo. Sawyer. British Letter. The Fitting Out Season. — The fitting out season is now in full swing, and reports received from the various yachting centers give promise of a very successful year as far as the smaller classes are concerned. Nor will the bigger boats show any falling off as compared with last year, but there will be one or two notable absentees, though their places will probably be filled by others. Bona is not fitting out and her absence will be a cause for general regret, for although she could never be called a cruiser racer, as she was a real thoroughbred, she was always well handled and well kept up and a welcome addition to any fleet. Bona was one of the late Mr. G. L. Watson’s best efforts. She was moreover beautifully built and so kept her shape and speed. In- deed there is no reason to doubt that she was as fast last season as the first year she came out. No doubt Mr. Donaldson will have her out again next year unless he disposes of her. Mr. Hardcastle has decided not to fit out Merrymaid and there is no rumor of Mr. Quentin’s schooner Cicely being under racing colors. Both these boats are bona fide fast cruisers and can ill be spared. This is Cicely’s second year of idleness and it seems a pity that such a fine vessel should be laid up for two seasons running. As regards the Nicholson cutter Merry- maid, she was only built last year, and although she is a fine, handsome looking vessel, she did not appear to do nearly as well as might have been expected. She is the type of boat to be encouraged in the handicap class, fast, dry, of moderate dimensions, and a first rate sea boat. Mr. Kennedy’s yawl, White Heather, has got what she wanted — a good skipper — in the person of Charles Bevis, who did so well last year in the 52-footer May- mon. Bevis had charge of Sybarita in her first two sea- sons and right well he did with her. Had he been in charge of her when she met Kariad in the Mediterran- ean the following year and got beaten nearly every time they started, the result would have been very different. White Heather is sure to prove a very much improved boat with Bevis at the helm, and now that Bona is not to appear she should be the most dangerous boat in the fleet. White Heather was a little tender when she first came out, but that fault was soon rectified by the addi- tion of lead to her keel. She gave evidence of speed on several occasions, yet there is no doubt that she suffered from inferior handling. This year the utmost will be got out of her and she will be a thorn in the side of the biggest boats in the class. The Payne designed Betty, once a cutter and now altered to yawl rig , and the schooner Sunshine will fill the gaps caused by the with- drawal of Bona and Merrymaid, so that the class will not suffer in numbers though it will in quality. For the rest Brynhild, Valdora, Creole, Rosamond, Nebula, Ni- candra, Fiona, etc., will all be under fighting flags. Tutty Sold. — The ex 65-footer Tutty has been bought by Dr. Inglis and will appear in the principal handicap class on the Clyde with Zinita and Carina. This class was threatened with extinction, for Messrs. Connell had almost made up their minds not to fit out Zinita and had some idea of joining the 52ft. class. However, it is fortu- nate that Tutty has come to the rescue and saved the Clyde handicap class from ruin. Tutty is a good boat still, so is Carina, and the three ought to provide good sport. The 52ft. class is flourishing, and among the smaller fry the numbers are greater than ever, especially in the restricted and one design classes. From Dublin, Belfast, the Clyde, the Thames and every other center of small class racing the reports are in favor of a busy season. Some of the clubs on the Upper Thames have already begun their programmes and by Easter most of the estuary clubs will be following suit. The Riviera Regattas.- — The Riviera regattas do not seem to be up to the usual standard this year. Neither Navahoe nor Susanne went out there as was expected, so the biggest class consists of the two British ex-52- footers Magdalen and Caprice. What a change from the glories of ten years ago when Britannia, Satanita, Ailsa and other first class English craft were the back- bone of the racing. Now we have so many fixtures crammed in at home that the French races seem to have been dropped for good, and the German regattas have proved the last straw. Racing in the 52FT. Class. — It does not seem to be decided yet as to- whether the ex-52ft. class will race from Cowes to the Clyde on June 22, but the success of the big race is already assured as several entries have been received, including White Heather, Brynhild, Val- dora and the schooners Adela and Evelyn. E. H. Kelly. Bayside Y. C. Appointments. — Commodore G. Waldo Smith, Bayside Y. C, has made the following appoint- ments-: 'Fleet Capt., John H._ Taylor; Fleet Surg., Dr. Charles B. Story; Legal Adviser, Elmer G. Story; Re- gatta Committee. C. L. Willard, Robert B. Currie and Joseph E. Hill; House Committee, Elmer G. Story, Will- iam Clark Roe and Archibald Nesbett; Entertainment Committee, Wiliam H. Johns, Leo Bugg and Harvey G. Rockwell, and Library Committee, James H. Lee, Her- bert Wigan and Charles H. Roberts. *1 * « Changes in Ownership. — The following yachts have recently been sold by Mr. Frank Bowne Jones: The steam , yacht Endion, for Mr. Le Roy Fales, to Mr. George T. Bishop of Cleveland; the auxiliary yawl Friendship UL, for Mr. H. L. Friend, to Mr. Arthur J. Rosenthal, of New York; the sloop yacht Sigma II., for Mr. L. L. Lorillard, Jr„ to Mr. W. Hamilton Busk, and the raceabout Maryola, for Mr. Charles W. Allen, to Mr. Edwin H. Sayre, of Glen Cove. Boston Letter* First 22-footer Out.— -Medric II. is the first of the new fleet of Y. R. A. 22-footers to take the water, having arrived at Marblehead on Sunday, April 9. Medric II. is owned by Mr. H. H. White, whoi also- was the owner of last season’s Medric. The new boat was designed by Messrs. Small Bros., and was built by Messrs. Hodgdon Bros., at East Boothbay, Me. Since her arrival at Marblehead she has been tried out several times with her owner and Mr. John F. Small taking turns at the tiller, and has proven satisfactory. She does not look unlike Clotho, the champion of the class last year, but she is said to- steer very much easier than Clotho, her balance being well-nigh perfect. Medric II. will not be raced until the opening regatta of the season at South Boston on May 30, and before that race she will be given a thorough tuning up. The other four new boats that have been building for the class during the winter are all nearly ready for the water. Mr. W. H. Joyce’s boat, designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield and also built by Messrs. Hodgdon Bros., will probably arrive at Marble- head soon. Mr. W. H. Bowden’s new 22-footer from the board of Messrs. Small Bros., and building by Graves, of Marblehead, is nearly ready for the water. The new one for Mr. A. C. Jones, building by Hanley, of Quincy, is also about ready for launching. Mr. Charles D. Lanning’s 22-footer, building at Lawley’s east shop, from designs of Mr. Fred D. Lawley, is growing to the fishing stages rapidly. Launching of Elmina II. — Mr. F. F. Brewster’s new steel 90-foot schooner Elmina II., designed by Messrs. A. Carey Smith & Ferris, will be launched at Lawley’s west shop on Tuesday morning, April 18, between the hours of 0 to 10. Workmen are engaged on the joiner work below decks, and some of this will have to be finished after the boat has taken the water. She should be ready for her owner, however, early in the season. Her sails will be by Messrs. Wilson & Silsby. Frames Bent for Invader— About half of the frames of the new 95-foot schooner Invader, designed by Messrs. A. S. ■ Chesebrough and Fred D. Lawley, for Vice-Com- modore Roy A. Rainey, of the Larchmont Yacht Club, have been turned out at the Lawley shops, and these will be set up as soon as Mr. F. F. Brewster’s Elmina II. has been launched from the west shop. Auxiliary Schooner for Mr. S. F. Houston. — There is to be built by Messrs. Oxner & Story, of Essex, Mass., an auxiliary schooner for Mr. S. F. Houston, of Philadelphia, for cruising along the New England and Nova Scotia coasts. This boat was designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield. She has considerable body and the construction will be quite heavy. She will be 109ft. over all, 82ft. waterline, 22ft. 4m. beam and 10ft. 6in. draft. She is of the centerboard type. The ballast will all be inside, consisting of 50 tons of iron and cement. She will have a 40 horsepower kerosene engine that is ex- pected to give her a speed of about 8 knots under power. Mr. W. H. Ames’ Steam Yacht Being Laid Down. — The 1 17- foot fast steam yacht, designed by Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & Page for Mr. W. H. Ames, is being laid down at Lawley’s, and the molds are being made. This boat will be of steel with twin screws and will have engines of 850 horsepower. She is very simi- lar in outline to Visitor, which was built at Lawley’s from designs of Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & Page. Spinster Sold. — Mr. Walter Burgess, Secretary-Treas- urer of the Boston Yacht Club, has purchased the 21-foot knockabout Spinster, originally built for Messrs. L. M. Clark and F. O. North, and has renamed her Pet. Spinster is an open boat, but Mr. Burgess may have a trunk cabin built on her. With the Power Boats. — Interest in power boats in the waters about Boston has been growing each year, and for the coming season there will be a number of new ones of all descriptions. It is not only among the pur- chasers of launches of the smaller measurements that gasolene has become the favorite means of propulsion, but during the winter there have been a number of launches of greater length supplied with gasolene engines. Interest in power craft of great speed has also- been in- creased, and during the winter there have been under construction no less than four racers in the different shops, which will have large powers. Besides these there have been built several fast ones of smaller powers, and it is quite possible that some will be built for the Eastern Yacht Club’s new power boat class. At Lawley’s several fine cruisers have been turned out, the largest of which is Elkhorn, designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley for Mr. C. H. Llanson. This boat is 87ft. long and has twin screw Standard motors aggregating 100 horsepower. Another by the same designer is a 6o-foot cruiser for Mr. John H. Proctor. Both of these boats are ingeni- ously arranged below decks and have the maximum amount of room. A 6o-foot cruiser that has been built from designs of Mr. Arthur Binney is a well-laid out boat, having a large amount of room. She has a deck house forward and another aft and between the two, and over the engine and galley space is a low bridge deck. In all three of these boats the gasolene tanks and acces- sories are placed in the engine rooms, thus giving room forward for housing the crew, with dining saloon for- ward and owner’s sleeping quarters and main saloon aft. At Murray & Tregurtha’s a 45-foot launch has been turned out for Mr. George H. Wightman for afternoon cruising. She has low trunks forward and aft, with steer- ing space between the two on the plane of the main deck. The houses are provided for shelter rather than to supply cruising accommodations. _ A 38-foot hunting cabin launch is nearing completion for Mr. T. H. Webb, of Peoria, 111., a member of the Columbia Y. C. of Chicago, and also of the Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead. An- other hunting cabin launch that is nearly ready to go overboard from the same shop is 35ft. long, with full headroom under the fairly low trunk and good cruising accommodations. She is for Mr. John J. Tobin, of the South Boston Y. C. At Sheldon’s Neponset shops the new twin-screw 90-foot launch, Prosit, for Mr. John B. Schoeffel is ready for the water. She will be launched on April 23. At the same shops a 65-foot cruising launch, designed for Mr. Alanson Bigelow, Jr., by Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & Page, is in the finishing stages. She will have an engine of too horsepower. John B Killeen, April 22, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 321 FOREST AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETITION No. IV. DESIGN SUBMITTED BY MARTIN C. ERISMANN, MARINERS’ HARBOR, STATEN ISLAND. “Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No* IV. For a 60-Foot Cruising Launch. DESIGN SUBMITTED BY MARTIN C. ERISMANN, MARINER’S HARBOR, S. I. In the design for a 60ft. waterline twin-screw launch to conform to the conditions laid down in competition No. IV. of the Forest and Stream, it became at once apparent that freeboard would play an important part; first in respect to accommodation, and secondly the out- board appearance. The maximum amount of freeboard was taken advantage of, and the lines run to produce a sightly vessel ; a heavy fender carries the main line of sheer, and reduces very considerably the apparent height of side. The bow is of a type very common on larger ships, and known as a flared bow; it is very buoyant in a seaway; and, unlike the straight-sided bow of many launches’, is dry, besides having the added advantage of deck room, where it is most needed — in the vicinity of the anchors. Amidships the form rounds very percepti- bly ap4 continues to the stern, where the fore and aft lines are simply cut by V-shaped transom, whose two sur- faces are those of a cylinder. This form of stern is some- what original, and is a development of the sterns used by Mr. Normand on his torpedo boats. It is to the same end as the pink stern, but allowing of easier construction, protection to the screws, increased deck room and the same seaworthiness, and is a logical development of the form of the boat, and conforms well with the idea in a yacht of having some overhang. In brief, the boat’s form was made as easy as was consistent with her arrange- ment and make her safe and not too quick in her motions at sea or at anchor in the swell of a passing steamer. Deck. — On many occasions it is desired to be on deck and yet out of the weather ; such an arrangement cannot he- carried out with the usual companionway, and re- course was had to a sunk house 3ft. 6in. high above deck, but without the disadvantage of wasting room under it. With the exception of the saloon skylight, the upper deck is unbroken. In. way of the boats— two of which are carried, one dinghy 10ft. long and a sailing tender 12ft. long — there is room to swing them on deck; usually they would be swung outboard ; in very bad weather they could be stowed on the after deck, insuring them against being broken by sea boarding the vessel. The steering gear is placed on deck a little aft of amidships, hut close enough to the declc house not to interfere with the navigation of the boat. It was thought that out- side was eminently the place for it, where the helmsman could see and hear, leaving the deck house clear for the owner’s use. Forward is located a windlass and usual gear to handle the ground tackle. The least headroom to permit the boat passing under bridges is 10ft., and in most canals the limit is something over 11ft. The after deck is cut down to the level of the main fender, making a dry and safe place in rough weather. Deck plates (i6in. diameter) give access to fore peak and lazarette, which are both large and roomy, for the ac- commodation of the usual stores. Cabin. — Entering the deck house on starboard side is a platform and sofa commanding a good view of the deck and horizon; under one end of the sofa is located drawers for charts and instruments; on port side of the stairs, raised to the level of the windows, is a toilet room, ventilating trunk. The stairs land on a raised plat- form, really the first step of the stairs, from which, and by a sliding door to port, access is gained to the toilet room. Situated as it is between saloon and owner’s room, it is always accessible without disturbing anyone. It is fitted with a water-closet, wash-basin, also an ample towel locker; light is obtained from a loin, port; ventila- tion above by means of trunk and ports inside of deck house, which, under most conditions of weather, cart be 822 FOREST AND STREAM. tAp&a 22, 1905. w left open. To starboard and down one s+ep from the platform is the steerage, forward of which is located the owner’s room ; a double thickness water-tight bulkhead separates it from the fore peak and oil tank; one fixed berth to starboard and an extension berth to port, 3ft. 6in. wide, with drawers under each; dressing case, mirror, also two large hanging lockers and a seat with locker under, complete the arrangements of this cabin. The head room is 6ft. 4m. under the beams, as it is through- out the boat. Two ports and a skylight give ample ven- tilation and light. Steerage. — The steerage — 6ft. long by 28m. wide — is fitted on starboard side with two large hanging lockers for oilers and boots, and make a convenient place to shed and store them outside of the cabin. The middle section under the port light is built up to the level of the main clamp, and is fitted with drawers for linen, etc. On port side two lockers built up to level of platform make_ a convenient place to stow bags and cases. Under the stairs is located a fresh-water tank of 180 gallons capacity, placed off center to balance the weight of ice-box, etc. Saloon. — The steerage aft opens into the main saloon, 8ft. long by 12ft. wide, where accommodation has been made for one fixed berth to starboard and one to make up on sofa to port. The saloon is provided with a fold- ing swing table, serving table, silver locker and book- case. Four port lights and a small skylight take care of the ventilation and lighting. Galley. — Abaft of saloon is situated the galley, which. is used as a means of deadening the sound of the engine in the owner’s quarters. To port a three-burner oil stove, under a hood to carry off the odor, sink, dish racks and lockers, and on starboard side a large ice-box, built to the level of the main clamp, complete the equip- ment. Next abaft is the engine room, in which are lo- cated two 25 horsepower Standard motors, abreast and far enough apart to give passage room and manipulate the levers, etc.; overhead a ioin. Cowl ventilator supplies air; on starboard side is provided room for batteries and whistle tank, also engineer’s stores. To port is located the crew’s water-closet. Abaft of engine, room is the forecastle, a large room 7ft. long, containing four pipe berths, folding wash-basin, and aft, under the deck, large clothes lockers on either side, aft of which is situated a water-tight bulkhead; a crew’s hatch to deck and ladder complete the accommodations. Lazarette. — The lazarette is reached from deck by a i6in. plate and contains the exhaust pipes and mufflers from the two engines, a 70-gallon water tank against the bulkhead, and room for spare gear that would not find its way to the fore peak. The rudder gear is located aft. The rudder stock is of Tobin bronze 2l/2'm. in diameter, connected to steering stand by a sliding eye on tiller, 7/i6in. wire tiller rope over 8in. blocks and through a ?4in. galvanized iron pipe to a rack and pinion under the roof of the galley, and driven by a bevel gear from hand wheel on upper deck. Joiner Work. — Joiner work has been kept as simple as was consistent with the general idea of the boat. The deck house to be of mahogany, and all woodwork about the stairs to owner’s quarters to the platform to be Hon- duras mahogany. Owner’s room to be in pine, whi't en- ameled ; steerage finished in butternut; in the main saloon the styles to be of mahogany, and all panels >o be of butternut. Galley, engine room and crew’s space to be of T. & G. yellow pine, varnished; but the ceilings of all rooms to be painted white. In owner’s quarters beams to be chamfered and picked out in gold. Engine Room. — A great deal of care was used in the selection of engines. Twin screws were adopted for the reason of safety, so that if one engine should be disabled, head could be kept to the sea with the other until re- pairs were made, insuring one’s chances of getting to an anchorage — a consideration when cruising outside. The Standard engines develop 25 horsepower each at 360 revolutions, which is very good for sea work ; the engine is consistently heavy all over, weighing in the vicinity of 90 pounds per horsepower. In cruising trim the engines will drive the boat at a speed of miles per hour. Tank. — The tank is located in the after end of fore peak, and is inclosed in a water-tight box of i]4in. yellow pine, whose bottom rests on strong beams 6in. above the water-level ; to a height of 24m. above the bottom is fitted and made water-tight a copper pan drained by four scup- pers to above the load waterline, these scuppers carrying- off all vapor that for any reason might accumulate at the bottom, and which they would not do were they led be- neath the water level, thus serving for draining and ven- tilating the tank chamber. The deck above the tank is made portable, so that at any time the tank may be lifted for inspection. From the bottom of the pan near the cen- ter line two lead pipes lead directly through the gar- board, diameter about iin. ; through these pipes a Vs'in. copper pipe runs through outside along the keel and gar- board to the engine, thus keeping all gasolene outside of the boat. In the lead pipe and around the 3fsin. copper gasolene pipe, water is permitted free circulation, thus precluding any leakage of o-asolene accumulating gas and endangering in any way the safety of the boat. About the filling hole a collar of copper is firmly fastened to the tank and fits snugly under the deck plate, preventing the flooding of the compartment by an overflow from the fill- ing pipe. The tank is made of i6oz. copper, fitted with wash-plates and braces, riveted and soldered. Two hand- plates to the shut-off valves complete the tank installa- tion. The capacity of 285 gallons is sufficient for a cruis- ing radius of 700 miles at 8 miles per hour. The dimensions are as follows; Length- Over all, feet. L.W.L., feet . Overhang- Forward ...... Aft •••• Breadth- Extreme, feet L.W.L., feet Draft — To rabbet, feet .„ Extreme, feet Freeboard — ■ Forward, feet Least, to top of fender, feet. . . Least, to upper deck, feet Aft, feet Displacement, tons Volume, cubic feet... Center buoyancy forward No, 0, feet 66.00 60.00 3.00 3.00 13.45 12.20 2.60 3.45 6.30 2.93 4.93 3.35 20.46 716.48 , 1.26 Area- Lateral plane, square feet 150 Rudder (.045 per cent, lateral plane), square feet,...,.. 6.50 Load water plane, square feet ....505.00 Midship section, square feet .19.68 Tons per inch at load waterline..... 1.20 Motors, two 25 horsepower Standard. Revolutions 360 Speed (per hour), miles 11.5 Cruising radius at 8 miles per hour, miles .700.00 Oil capacity, gallons ......285.00 Water, gallons 250.00 Diameter of propeller shaft, inches 1% Diameter of propeller, inches 32 Anchors. — One 1251b. stockless, 5-16in. chain; one 751b. stock- less, for 3%in. manila. Boats.— One 10ft. dinghy and davits, one 12ft. sailing tender and davits. HULL SCANTLING. Stem.' — Oak, 6in., and moulded as required. Keel. — Oak, 6in., and moulded as required. Archboard. — Yellow pine, l^iin. ; connections to be made with knees thoroughly fastened by rivets. Frames. — Oak, 12in., center to center, steam bent, 2in. by 2in. at the head, 2in, by 2%in. at heel. Floors. — Oak, 2%in. by 2!4in., and at least 3ft. long amidships. Center Keelson. — Yellow pine, 4in. by 5in. Four bilge keelsons, yellow pine, 3in. by 5in., two of which are to lay alongside of and be secured to engine bed. Engine Floors. — Oak; fore and afters and head piece at least 4in. thick. Keel Batten. — Yellow pine, intercostal, 2%in. deep and 9in. wide. Planking. — Yellow pine, l%in., finished. Main clamp, 6in. by 2%in., yellow pine. Upper clamp, yellow pine, 4in. by 2%in. Shelf. — Yellow pine, 3in. by 2in. Deck. — White pine, l%in. finished. Deck Beams. — Oak, 2%in. by l%m. Cabin Sole. — Yellow pine, %in. Cabin Sole Beams. — Oak, 2!4in. by 13iin. Bulkheads. — Yellow pine, double, %in. Fender. — Oak, 3 by 3x/£in. . . Fastening. — Copper and galvanized iron, respectively, below and above the waterline. LIST OF WEIGHTS. Hull, complete Joiner and deck work Fittings, inside ....... Water tank and piping Machinery Oil and tank Fittings and outfit, boats, anchors, etc Passengers and effects (crew) Galley stores - Ballast to trim Tons. , 10.00 . 1.82 , .42 , 1.02 2.50 . .92 , 1.10 , .80 1.00 , .88 Displacement to L.W.L. 20.46 Rhode Island Notes* New Fall River Yacht Club House. — A Targe club house is about to be erected by the Fall River Yacht Club at Stone Bridge, R. I., on Seaconnet. River, a tributary of Narragansett Bay. The location is some six miles from the home club house, and . midway between two bridges that form a protected basin about a mile in length, and an ideal rendezvous for yachtsmen. The new club house will be two stories in height and about 50 by 50ft., exclusive of the balconies that will ex- tend around three sides. The first floor will have a large central hallway, extending through the building, a dining room 25 by 15ft., a lounging room 25 by 20ft., a ladies’ room 20 by 20ft., and a locker room 20 by 30ft. A good- sized kitchen will be contained in an ell. On the second floor will be a hall 50 by 50ft., the full size of the build- ing. Since the plans for the new club house were decided upon, there has been a 50 per cent, increase in the mem- bership. Wanderer IV. — In the Davis Brothers shop at Warren the frames for Messrs. Harvey J. and Dutee W. Flint’s new 30- foot cat, Wanderer IV., will be set up. The boat is of the extreme centerboard type, with a bow showing a moderate reverse curve. The sloop yacht Ethelka has had her keel dropped about a foot, and 5i°o° pounds of outside ballast added. F. H. Young. Y. R. A. of L. I. S. Championships. — The Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound, awards a championship pennant ;n all classes under 43^- The championship winners of the various classes for the season of 1904 are as follows : 36ft. sloop Spasm, E, D. King. 30ft. sloop Alert, J. W. Alker. 25ft. sloop Firefly, G. P. Granbery. 21 ft. sloop Jeebi, A. D. R. Brown. 18ft. sloop Plover, Howard Place.. Raceabout, Rascal II., S. C. Hopkins. Larchmont 21ft., O. D., Dorothy, K. G. Spence. Indian Harbor, O. D„ Wa Wa, J. E'. Montells. Manhasset Bay, O. D., Arizona, G. A. Corry. Hempstead Harbor, O. D., Scud, Donald Abbott. In the yawl, catboat or 43ft. sloop class, no yacht qualified. . As officially announced by the Executive Committee Y. R. A. of L. I. S. G. P. Granbery. Recent Sales. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have made the following sales: , . The auxiliary sloop yacht Genevieve, owned by Mr A, Homer Skinner, of Fall River, has been sold to Mr. C. Albert Rickard. The Genevieve is now being put in commission at Larchmont, where Mr. Rickard will use the yacht during the summer. The sloop La Reine, owned by Mr. F. G. Provost, of the New York Y. C„ has been sold to Mr. Frank B. Fox. Mr. Fox will use the sloop about his summer home at Taunton, Mass. The gasolene hunting launch Byron, owned by Mr. G F Newbury, New York City, has been sold to Mr. W E. Patterson, of Norfolk, Va. The launch will be immediately shipped to Norfolk, where it will be used by the owner for hunting expeditions up the James Ingomar’s Foreign Prizes Exhibited.— On Monday, April 17 there was placed on exhibition at the club house of the New York Y. C. prizes won by Ingomar, Mr. Morton F. Plant, owner, in England and Germany, dur- ing the racing season of 1904. Among the Missing. ss Utaplaee : Tell me, confidentially, when you and .Georgia 1 ,.,i a'. tba Al Hin IrPorrriA eppm ^Rowland6 Parke: Well, I can’t say as Jo missing you, but be missed everything else. — Baltimore American,- Marine Gasolene Engines* BY A. E. POTTER. {Continued from page 281) The two valves to the four-stroke engine are, of course, the inlet and exhaust, with occasionally the overrunning exhaust port to relieve the pressure on the exhaust valve. The exhaust valve has to be opened by means of some contrivance near the end of each alternate down stroke. The means usually em- ployed is the two-to-one, cam, or lay shaft, mounted sometimes within the base, occasionally outside the base, on the cylinders, or frequently on the heads. Various construction is used. The valve seat may be in a removable head, may be in the cylinder casting with the valve stem guide, or the exhaust valve chest and guide may be separate from the seated, bolted on. In some engines the valve seat, chest and guide are fastened to the cylinder or head, and in others still the entire valve is assembled outside and held in place by a clamp. Some very ingenious points may be observed in ex- amining the construction and operation of exhaust valves. The seats are usually of cast iron, although where cast steel cylinders are used the seats are of the same material. Nickel steel has latterly become quite popular for exhaust valves, either in one piece or built up with machine steel stems. Claim is made that these valves will never scale from the excessive heat and will not warp. For these same two reasons cast iron valves are often used with steel valve stems. In the valve seats occasionally is found the flat, fre- quently the 45 degree bevel, more likely not quite such a radical departure from the flat to the 45 degree is adopted, usually 30 degree, and rarely, if ever, the spherical seat, which, to my way of thinking, would be the rational construction, it being easier to keep in shape, bound to seat itself, even if the valve stem were a litle loose or slightly warped from heat. Some trouble has been experienced in getting cast iron seats to remain secure on steel stems, but careful machining and brazing seems to overcome this disadvantage. There are several methods of operating these valves, but those most in favor are from cams, while oc- casionally eccentrics are employed. These may operate directly on the valve stems or through bell-cranks, taper levers, etc. The cam offers possibilities that the eccentric does not, while on the other hand, the ec- centric insures a return of the valve actuating mechan- ism that the cam does not. It is evident that an eccen- tric would be better on high than low speed. Some designs show the cam shaft located not directly beneath the center of the valve lifter, but a little beyond. The object of this is to give a quicker opening and closing than if located directly in line of the axis of the lifter. This could be accomplished also by a dif- ferent shape of the cam, but not quite so readily. An adjustment is usually provided, so that the opening of the valve, as well as the closing, may be regulated to best suit conditions of speed, etc. As a high speed engine naturally needs a quicker opening exhaust valve than a slow running engine, this is usually accomplished by advancing the cam shaft gear one tooth and regu- lating the time by the adjustment. Manufacturers are gradually adopting cam relief of compression instead of cylinder cocks, on account of their safety and cleanliness. In order to do this, an- other cam is thrown into position, which allows a part of the charge to escape into the exhaust on the com- pression up-stroke, which is the up-stroke when the ex- haust valve is otherwise closed. This allows of more easily starting, and when running very slowly the engine is less liable to stop if the compression is relieved. Inlet valves on many engines are interchangeable with the exhaust valves. In such construction they are usually operated by the same cam shaft or by another on the opposite side. In this case the valves would be covered by plugs or bonnets held in place by studs and nuts, or by clamps. If the inlet valve is mounted above the exhaust valve, it is usually automatically operated, although a rocker arm actuated through the cam shaft is often employed to operate it positively. At the Boston show one engine was exhibited, the only one I ever saw, in fact, with that arrangement, with the inlet on the side opposite to the exhaust, and inverted at that. There seems to be a diversity of opinion as to the utility of the inverted valve. Hardly any two manu- facturers agree on the amount of tension to inlet valve springs on automatically opened inlet valves. [to be continued.] Queries on Marine Motors. J. E. H., Bayonne, N. J. — 1. Ts it necessary in a four cylinder four-stroke engine using make-and-break ignition to use two or four induction coils? 2. Would there be anything gained by put- ting two into each circuit? Ans. — (1) If the ground wire from the engine base or any other uninsulated part of the engine leads to a single induction coil it will be ample. The principle of the make- and-break system is that a complete metallic circuit is established within but one cylinder at a time, which is the “make,” at which instant the positive and negative currents freely traverse in opposite directions, but in- tensified by the induction coil. It takes an appreciable length of time for the coil to magnetize, for the current to attain its maximum strength, less for a 6-inch than a 10-inch coil. The insulated and uninsulated points in the combustion chamber are separated at the “break,” where the arc is formed, usually termed the spark. It makes no< difference where the induction coil is placed, whether between the engine ground and switch or batteries, or between the insulated electrode and switch or batteries; but if in the latter position it will be necessary to use a separate coil for each cylinder. As a good coil costs from $2 to $3, there is a considerable saving with single coil. In using secondary or jump spark ignition with a single jump spark coil, it is necessary to use a special dis- tributor, which commutates the secondary or high tension- induced current. The usual method is to use a separate coil for each cylinder. (2) Nothing can be gained in using two coils in make-and-break. If bound to use or have two, carefully wrap one up and keep it dry to use in .an emergency. Arm m m§4 FORES Y AND StfrfiAM. las Motor Boats in Sweden. Under date of December 22, 1904, Robert _ S. S. Bergh, U. S. Consul at Gottenborg, Sweden, writes as follows : The motors demanded in Sweden are (1) gasolene (benzine) motors for pleasure launches and boats, (2) kerosene motors for fishing boats, barges, and small tugboats, and (3) small, cheap motors which can be fitted into open rowboats. The persons in Gottenborg with means enough to buy first-class motor launches are comparatively few; still there are enough of them to warrant efforts on the part of American manufacturers to get an extended market here. The motors should be reliable and in good working order when delivered, and not too ex- pensive. The fishermen — that is, those who can afford to do so — will undoubtedly continue to buy kerosene motors for their boats and dories; it is possible that the most of them now purchase Swedish motors, be- cause the Swedish manufacturers provide special facilities for putting their motors in the boats. Some small freight boats or barges have been provided with kerosene motors recently, and others will undoubtedly follow. It has been proposed to build small pas- senger boats with motors for traffic on the coast. If motors for 14 to 16 foot rowboats could be made very cheap, and still reliable, I think the demand would be considerable. There are a great many persons of limited means here who like to take a boat trip on the river, or out to the sea, on leisure hours or on Sundays, but even $50 or $75 would be considered by this class far too much for a small motor, when the boat itself could be bought for $13 to $20. The agent selling the motors should be thoroughly familiar with their mechanism — better still if he could have a small workshop where defects could be corrected. Upon inquiry I find that American marine motors are used here to a considerable extent, with varying results, and it is claimed that many cheap machines of inferior quality have been imported, detrimental to the trade of American manufacturers in general, and causing trouble to the Swedish importers. The chief objection against this class of American motors seem to be that they are difficult to start; that the vaporiz- ers or carburetors are defective, and that the spark shifters (if there are any) are not adjusted so that the time of the spark can be regulated to get the most work out of the motors. The following is from a dealer in motors here, as given to me, and it seems to agree with the general opinion: “My experience with American motors is this, that they are prominent for simplicity of construction, and would be excellent if a little more work was expended on them. It is easy to see that they are products of work en masse; they are usually carelessly put to- gether, and insufficiently tested. Such motors are often useless if delivered directly into the hands of the actual purchaser. A great deal of work must be done here in testing and adjusting the motors and in making new parts for the American machines before they can be delivered to customers. This increases the initial cost considerably, so the apparently low prices quoted by some manufacturers are mostly imaginary. As to solidity and finish the American motors are often in- ferior to those of Swedish manufacture. There are, of course, American manufacturers who turn out motors of better quality, but their prices are usually so high that there would be no profit in importing them. If careful finishing work is spent here on an American motor, it can as a rule be made to work to entire satisfaction.” It will be noticed that the foregoing is not so flat- tering as it might be. Having in mind the competi- tion front the Swedish, Danish, German, and French manufacturers, it seems to me necessary for the Ameri- can manufacturers to do what they can to gain for their motors a reputation for reliability and finished work. How first-class work can be combined with low prices is a problem which I must leave to the manufacturers to solve. The most economical way, under ordinary circum- stances, is to import the motors and build the boats here. The transportation charges for boats or launches would be too high, it is said. There is no import duty on boats or vessels. The import duty on gaso- lene or kerosene motors is 10 per cent, ad valorem, transportation costs, etc., entering into the dutiable value. The duty on electric apparatus is 15 per cent, ad valorem. Gasolene motors may occasionally be imported by other parties, but the two persons in this city (Gotten- borg) who seem to have made their import a specialty are Karl Heineman and G. R. Liljegren. I under- stand that they import and sell motors of different models and prices. Mr. Heineman has a workshop, superintended by an engineer, for the repairs, etc., of motors, and Mr. Liljegren is himself an engineer. I may say that catalogues sent to the consulate are always welcome, and as a rule useful, but would be of much more service if the manufacturer would at the same time write and inform the consul of the net prices, stating approximately, if possible, the freight charges on his goods from the shipping point to the country under consideration. Recent Sales and Charters. — The following sales and charters have been reported by Henry J. Gielow: Steam yacht Wana, owned by the estate of S. R. Van Duzer, has been chartered to Mr. Henry F. Shoemaker, New York Y. C., who will use the boat for making daily rfins between his summer home at Riverside, Conn., and New York city. Wana was built by the Herreshoffs in 1903, and is a flush-deck vessel 131ft. over all, 109ft. waterline, 15.9ft. breadth, and 5.5ft. draft. She has a speed of 19 miles per hour. Auxiliary schooner yacht Planet, owned by Dr. Ambrose L. Ranney, New York Y. C., has been chartered to Mr. Howard Willets, New York Y. C. Planet is 100ft. over all, 79ft. waterline, 24ft. breadth, and draws 7ft. 6in. of water. She is equipped with, a 50 horsepower gasolene engine, lighted by elec- tricity, and has excellent accommodations. Mr. Willets will use the yacht for cruising, principally in Eastern waters. The motor yacht Enaj, Mr, T. G. Bennett, has beett sold to Mr. Henry. Collinge, Efiaj is 60ft. over all, S i ft. 6in. waterline, 10ft. breadth and 3ft. draft. Site was designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith and built by Samuel Ayers, of Nyack-on-Hudson, in 1899, and is fitted with a 35 horsepower Globe engine. Mr. Bennett is now having a new 75ft- power yacht built from Mr. Gielow’s designs which will soon be ready for launching. Hunting cabin launch Maud, John H. Oberlander, has been sold to Mr. W. C. Powers. This boat is 37ft. over all, 8ft. 6in. breadth, and is fitted with two gasolene engines. The sloop yacht Monsoon, Col. J. H. Brown, has been sold to Dr. F. H. Boynton. This boat is 51ft. over all, 34ft. waterline, 13ft. 6in. breadth, and 4ft. draft; built in 1902. It is the intention of Dr. Boynton to make an auxiliary yacht of Monsoon. Yawl Ragnild, Mr. C. H. Weeden, has been sold to Mr. W. L. Guilledeau. This boat is 37ft. over all, 25ft. waterline, 12ft. breadth, 3ft. 6in. draft, and was built in 1901. This boat will be used for Long Island Sound cruising, and will be sailed around from Providence at an early date. Yawl Chenoden, Mr. Herbert L. Bodman, Yale University, has been sold to Commodore W. A. Marble, Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. Chenoden is 45ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, lift, breadth and 6ft. draft; built by Lawley of South Boston, and launched in 1898. The boat is now at New London, and will be put in commission at an early date for Commodore Marble’s use. j^xtwqing, — — . Officers of A. C. A,, t905 ♦ Commodore — C. F. VVolters, 14 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer — F. G. Mather, 1(54 Fairfield Ave., Stamiord, Conn. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 84t» Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. Purser — C. VV. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery st., Irenton, N. J. Executive Committee — L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, iN. Y. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Racing Board— H. L. (Juick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. Rear-Commodore— Frank C. Demmier, 526 Snnthheld St., Pittsburg. Purser — J. C. Milsom, 786 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Bunaio, N. Y. Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk Si., Aluany, N. Y.; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse j. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Beard of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 86 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. Purser— W llliam E. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. Executive Committee — Win. J. Ladd, Is Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. W. Notman, Box Z314, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. I eel & Co., Aiedlord, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; H. D. Murphy, alternate. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore— Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors — J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board— E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, O. Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati, O. Purser — George (J. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 W est Court St., Cincinnati, O. ; Dr. H. L. Frost, 1U Howard St., Cleveland, O. Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. How to Join the A. C. A. From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. AA “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.” A. C. A. Membership. NEW LIFE MEMBERS. No. 45, Raymond L. Watt, Buffalo, N. Y. ; No. 46, Richard L. Ball, Buffalo, N. Y.; No. 47, James K. Hand, Brooklyn, N. Y. NEW MEMBERS. Eastern Division — No. 4895, Earle Roth, Providence, R. I. ; No. 4896, Henry W. Brown, Newport, N. H. ; 4902, Herman J. Eruns, Jr., Providence, R. I. Atlantic Division — No. 4897, Edw. K. Merrill, Philadelphia, Pa.; No. 4898, Clifton Sparks, Bensonhurst, N. Y. ; No. 4899, J. Augustus Edgar, Frankford, Pa.; No. 4900, Julius Schmitz, Frank- ford, Pa.; No. 4901, Frank T. Wilson, Frankford, Pa.; No. 4903, Benj. V. R. Speidel, New York City. Central Division — No. 4904, Edward T. Berry, Irving, N. Y. ; No. 4905, Walter Blount, Evansville, Ind. ; No. 4906, Wickham C. Taylor, Norfolk, Va. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. Edward Polasek, New York city, proposed by A. Kumke; George Willing, New York city, proposed by W. A. Roos, Jr.; A. C. Hagerty and William F. Hagarty, both of 117 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. Y. ffifle ^ange and 0 allerg . — — *— > Fixtures. July 24-29.— Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Zettler Rifle Club. The last shoot of the indoor season was held the night of April 11 at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street, and after it was concluded and the scores for the entire season figured out, the prizes were distributed. In the regular shoot, Richard Gute was high for 100 shots, and O. Smeith for 50 shots. The results at 25yas., with .22 caliber rifles, follow: Richard Gute 247 244 240 245 244 244 244 247 242 245—2442 Louis C Buss 248 244 241 236 244 245 245 247 244 243—2436 George Schlicht ........ 239 243 243 243 241 236 245 241 241 242—2414 August Begerow ........ 235 244 233 241 232 231 224 235 237 228—2350 T H Keller, Jr 234 236 232 233 233 229 236 234 237 238—2342 F, J. Herpes 22S 222 226 231 222 224 240 23? 230 226-22§fl O Smeith ...... ......... 244 245 246 243 239 ... ... ... ... ...—1217 L P Hansen 244 244 236 242 244 ... ... ... ... ...—1210 Charles Zettler, Jr 241 245 243 241 240 ... ... ... — 1210 A Hubalek 247 236 236 238 241 ... ... —1198 C G Zettier ,241 238 237 242 238 ... ... ... ... H96 H Fenwirth 240 238 234 228 241 ... ... ... ... ...—1181 Barney Zettier 234 239 2315 233 235 ... — 1180 G J Bermu •;.... 227 235 229 228 241 ... ... ... — 1152 Back scores : L C Buss 245 245 249 242 243 —1224 George Schlicht 236 238 239 239 241 246 242 242 240 237—2400 T H Keller, Jr 231 236 236 237 240 .. . ...—1180 Louis C. Buss was high man for the entire season with 31,695 out of the possible 50, WO points, closely followed by Richard Gute with 31,6(6. These men took the first two premiums for most rings. 'The results follow: Ring Target. Each member was allowed to shoot five 10-shot scores each shooting night, and in the event of missing a regular shoot, couid tire the scores for that night at the next shoot, but in order to be entitled to a share in the prizes he was required to finish 75 50-shot scores during the season. The total scores out of the possible 50,000 points and the prizes won follow: Points. Prizes. L. C. Buss 31,695 $14.00 R Gute 31,076 13.98 A HuDalelc 31,361 13.98 L P Hansen 3i,oa3 13.92 C G Zeitier, Jr.. 31,463 13.89 O Smith 31,411 13.86 George Schlicht. 31, 134 13.75 C G Zettier 31,615 13.o9 Points. Prizes. B Zettler 30,647 13.53 A Begerow 30,o99 13.50 H Fenwirth .... 30,512 13.48 F J Herpers 30,122 13.29 G J Bernius . . . 24,039 10.63 PI C Zettler 20,1(5 8.92 Louis Maurer . . 17,740 7.86 T H Keiier, Jr.. 17,535 7.76 For the greatest number of rings during the season: L C Buss $10.00 A Huibaiek K Gute 5.00 L P Hansen 3.00 2.00 Bullseye Target. Best single shot by measurement during the season on a 4in. buliseye. The scores and prizes: Degrees. 17 H C Zettler B Zettier T H Jxener, Jr.. L C Buss O Smith C. Zettier, Jr L P Hansen C G Zettler 31 Wz 25 zm 2(t/2 29 301/2 Prizes. Degrees. Prizes. $16.00 A Begerow ... 3iy2 4.00 12.00 R Gute 32 3.00 10.60 Louis Maurer .... 38 3.00 8.00 G J Bernius. ..... 391/2 2.00 7.60 George Schicht . . 41 2.00 6.UU F J Herpers.. 42 2.00 5.66 IT Fenwinh . . ..... 44 2.60 5.60 A Hubalek .. 52 2,00 Providence Revolver Club. Providence, R. I. April 13. — This week’s practice gives us the following scores to record: Revolver and 1'istoi, zuyds., Standard Target: A. C. Hurlburt, So, 39 ; Arno Argus 79, 82, 78, 79; Ll. P. Craig, 73, 63, 62; Yv m. F. Lddy, 72; 1-red Liebnch, 72. Twenty-five yards, rme, Lerman ring target: Sterry K. Luther, 241., 240; A. B. Coulters, 239, 235; U. L. Beach, 233, 225; Fred Collins, 232, 230. 'twenty yards, millitary revolver, Creedmoor target, possible 50: D. P. Uraig, 42, 46, 44, 42. Ten yaras, pocket revolver, Standard 20yd. target: M B Brown, uo, (8; A. (J. Huriourt, 81. Fifty yards, revolver, Standard target: Wm Almy 10 10 9 6 7 7 8 6 8 10—81 7 10 7786 10 98 10—82 79799 10 789 9—84 778989798 8—80 97 10 968 10 98 10—86—413 .Fifty yards, .22 rifles, Standard target : F. A. Coggeshall, 87, 32, /8; 11. Powell, 81, 79, 78, 77, 77. Twenty-two canber rifle shooting at 50yds. is going to be very popuiar here this summer, and we are glad to see some of the other clubs in our class taking it up. Scores of Providence Revolver Club team in match Pine- hurst vs. Providence, April 15, 1905. Five-men teams, 20 shots per man in 5-sliot strings at 20yds. on Siandard American target Team possible, 1,06U points: Walter H Freeman 41 43 39 41_ig4 W m Bosworth 41 41 4tj 34_162 A C Hurlburt 40 39 40 32—151 Arno Argus 37 36 34 37^44 1 L Corey 35 26 33 25—119 Providence team total 749 Pmehurst team total ” !!."!!!" 1 1486 Providence team led by 254 points. In practice freeman shot one 10-shot string of 94, which out the team in good spirits. Mr. Corey was baa.y handicapped in the match work by recent alterations m his revolver, whicn materially increased the trigger holding dld n0t shoot anYwhere near what he is capable of April 15.— Practice scores: Rifle, 25yds., German ring target- B. Gardiner, 235, 234, 240, 237; L. A. Jordan, 235; B. Harmonj Revolver and pistol, 20yds., Standard target: W. H. Freeman, y4; VV. -b . Jiady, 72. * The regular shoot was held the night of April 8, on the Zettler ranges in West Twenty-ihird street, at 25yds on the ling target, two 10-shot scores to count. Miss Millie Zimmermann was high with 492 out of the possible 500 points, and Mrs Scheu second with a total of 488. The scores follow: Miss M Zimmermann 247 245 — 492 Mrs H Scheu 247 241—488 Miss B Ludwig 244 243 — 487 Miss Eusner 238 247 — 485 Miss Muller 242 242 — 484 Mrs. E. Liegibel 243 240 — 483 Miss Stoltz 244 238—482 Mrs. H. Fenwirth.. 240 241 — 481 Miss K Zimmermann 239 240 — 479 Miss C Ludwig 239 239—478 Mrs F. Watson 239 231—475 The last shoot of the Lady Zettler Rifle Club for the winter indoor season will occur on May 6, followed by the distribution of prizes and a reception by the ladies to their friends and re- latives who are members of the Zettler Rifle Club No out- door shoots will be held by the ladies during the summer but the club shoots will be resumed in the autumn. The present season has been a successful one with this Club, and the interest in shooting has been keen throughout the series. National Rifle Association of America. The report of the National Rifle Association of America for 1904, is a book of seventy-seven pages, containing a list of of- ficers for 1905; a list of life members; of affiliated organizations- the report of the Secretary for 1904, and accounts of matches’ The conditions governing the organization of Government rifle clubs throughout the country are presented in circular form Lieut. Albert S. Jones, Passaic, N. J., is the Secretary Rifle Notes, The Princeton, N. J., Gun Club has taken up the rifle, as well as the shotgun, and has become identified with the National Rifle Association of America. The members contemplate active prac- tice and competition in the great rifle tournaments. A Provincetown dispatch reports the discovery that fish can freeze at the depth of twenty fathoms. Fishermen declare that many frozen flounders were drawn from the water of that depth midway between Wood End and the Ledge on a recent date, many boats’ ' crews sharing in the harvest — the first of the kind ever known to have occurred in this latitude. The fish were thor- oughly frozen. Fishermen, astounded at the spectacle, severed specimen after specimen to ascertain if the flounders were frozen throughout, and found none that was not. J. Pierpont Morgan holds a five years’ lease (from October, 1904), of the game shooting on two estates near Newmarket, one of which belonged to the late Duke of Cambridge. Miss Oldblood: Are your family early settlers?” Mrs. New« blood: Yes; paw always pays every bill on the first of the month. —Brooklyn Life. 824 [April 22, 1905. FOREST AND STREAM, — * — - If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice lifce the following: Fixtures* April 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. C. L. Rites, Sec’y. April 19. — Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots’ Day tournament. S. G. Miller, Sec’y. April 20.— Atglen, Pa. — Christiana- Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot; live birds and targets. Wm. R. Fieles, Sec’y. April 21. — Morgantown, W. Va. — Recreation Rod and Gun Club first regular monthly shoot of the Monongahela Valley Sports- man’s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. April 22. — Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. April 22. — Easton, Pa.— Independent Gun Club second annual tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec’y. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, Sec’y. April 27. — Youngstown, O., Gun Club tournament. April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 29. — Lowell, Mass., Rod and Gun Club team and individual prize shoot. E. J. Burns, Sec’y. April 29. — Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entray match for $100 gold watch. May 2-6. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 2. — New Britain, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecti- cut second tournament. Dr. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Man- chester, Conn. May 3.— Muncie, Ind. — Magic City Gun Club spring tournament — Indiana State League series. F. L. Wachtel, Sec’y. May 4-6. — Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 6. — Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. May 6. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Brooklyn, N. Y. Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 8-9.— Vicksburg, Miss. — Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League first tournament. May 9-10. — Fairmont, W. Va., Gun Club second monthly shoot of Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Olean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-24. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club annual tournament. II. Marston, Sec’y. May 23-25. — Lincoln.— Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24-25. — Wolcott, N. Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31.— Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30. — Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30. — Norristown, Pa. — Penn Gun Club annual Decoration Day tournament. A. B. Parker, Sec’y. May 30. — Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C.— Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31. -June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 5-6. — New Paris, O. — Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart, Sec y. June 6-8.— Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4. — Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Sliogren, Sec’y. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem, Pa.— Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 15.— Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 20-21. — Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22.— New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 21-22.— Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4.— South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass.— Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13.— Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen’ Sec’y. July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H A. Brehm. Mgr.. Baltimore. July 28-29.— Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour* nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman. Sec’y Aug. 22-25. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day). — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-S. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. Sept. 15-17. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Youngstown, O., Gun Club announces an all-day tourna- ment, to be held 011 April 27. 8? Mr. E. J. Burns, Secretary, informs us that the Lowell, Mass., Rod and Gun Club will hold a team and individual prize shoot on April 29. at A brief note from Mr. F. C. Peters, manager, informs us that the office of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co. is now at 170 Broadway, New York, instead of 99 Cedar street. K The Secretary of the Aquidneck Gun Club informs us that his club intends giving a two-day tournament on July 28 and 29. A club team shoot will be a feature on the second day. Programmes for the fourth annual tournament on Memorial Day will soon be ready. 8? The New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association Executive Com- mittee, after carefully reviewing the correspondence received from the various clubs on the subject of the 1905 tournament, has selected the Rahway Gun Club to hold that event, dates having been uiaimed for June 6, 7 and 8. The Secretary is Mr. W. R. Hobart, 440 Sumner avenue, Newark, N. J. •S At the shoot of the Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Gun Club, April 13, the Dede prize, a cut-glass bowl, was won by Mr. Montanus, after two closely contested shoot-offs. In the first shoot-off, Mr. Montanus broke 24 out of 25; Williamson and Schortemeier, the latter shooting along, broke 25 straight. In the prize event at 50, Mr. Schortemeier broke 47 from scratch. tt The Montello Gun Club, Brockton, Mass., met recently and elected officers as follows: President, Dr. Allen D. Hammond; First Vice-President, H. S. Wood; Second Vice-President, Wendall Blanchard; Secretary and Treasurer, Harry Windle. The first regular shoot is fixed to take place on Patriot’s Day, and the grounds will be fully prepared for trapshooting. * The Hanover Park Shooting Association announces their third annual all-day tournament to be held at Sans Souci Park, Wilkes- Barre, Pa., April 27. Shooting begins at 10 o’clock. There are ten programme events, 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, the latter being the medal shoot. Entrance, 70 cts., $1, $1.10, $1.30, $2. Totals, 165 targets, $14 entrance. Targets, 2 cents, included in entrance. Moneys divided, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Money purses are for amateurs exclusively. Lunch and shells obtainable on grounds. For programmes, address Mr. Edgar L. Klipple, 71 South Main street, Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Jos. H. Hunter, at the shoot of the Analostan Gun Club, Washington, D. C., April 15, broke 107 targets out of: 115, nearly a 93 per cent, gait. There is nothing remarkable in this, because Mr. Hunter, in the field or at the traps, always was- a good shot, and an enthusiastic sportsman. A few years since, he was the moving spirit ini making field trials pleasant by his presence, and contributing to their success by liberal en- tries. Incidentally, he owned some dogs whose performances in high class competition hold high places in field trial winnings and merit. The Stanley Gun Club Cup. K Mr. Miles Taylor, Secretary, writes us that “The Analostan Gun Club is in a very prosperous condition, and the members are taking a great interest in the preparations for the tournament on May 30 and 31 next. There will be hung up, for those who attend, $200 in added money, which will be shot for under a sliding handi- cap, and the percentage system — 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.” 8? The programme of the St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club, concerning their shoot of May 4, provides ten events, 10, 15 and 20 targets; entrance 50 cents, $1 and $1 r Interstate rules will govern. Moneys .divided 50, 30 and 2r .cr cent. Shooting begins at 8:30, Targets 2 cents. Handicap jmmittee: Messrs Albert Haymond, C. C. Hudgell and J. B. Armstrong. The Secretary is Mr. E. G. Bless. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Member c Committee in Charge, Pitts^ burg, Pa., writes us that “Tudging by the inquiry for programmes,, the coming tournament he Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s. Association, at Pittsburg, May 2 to 5, is going to be well attended, and it will, undoubtedly, be one of the big successes of the year. We have sent out something over 2,500 programmes, and still have a number on hand; it will afford us pleasure to mail a copy to any person who may have been overlooked.” * High general averages were made at the Delaware State Trap- 'shooters’ League,- at Wilmington, April 12 and 13, as follows, out of a possible 325: First, R. O. Heikes, 309; second and third, W. H. Heer and A. B. Richardson, 295; fourth and fifth, J. M. Hawkins and C. E. Mink, 290; sixth, T. A. Marshall, 288; seventh, Lester German, 285; eighth, Neaf Apgar, 283: ninth and tenth, H. H. Stevens and W. M. Foord. 8? Mr. IT. Marston, Secretary, writes us that “The Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club will hold its annual tournament May 23, and 24, at our Intercity Shooting Park. Besides the 200 targets each day per man, the programme will contain the diamond badge, emblematic of the State championship of Minnesota. Also the Hirschy five-man team trophy and a good lot of added money. Programmes will be ready for distribution early in May.” 8? The Elks of the Wawaset Gun Club, Wil- mington, Del., on the home grounds, shot a five-man team match with an Elk team from Norristown, Pa., on Friday of last week. The Wawaset team won by a score of 218 to 201 out of a possible 250. Mr. Wm. M. Foord, ex-champion of Delaware, led all the com- petition by a score of 49 out of 50 in the team race, and a total of 147 out of 150, making a PrSionaThigh ™n of 94. In his present form it is worth average, annual while to challenge for the championship, tournament Stan- w ley Gun Club of Toronto. In the contest for the individual champion- ship of Delaware, at the tournament of the Delaware State Trapshooters’ League last week, Mr. A. B. Rich- ardson, of Dover, was victor, with the excellent score of 93 out of 100. He broke his last 25 straight. In the five-man team race the Wawaset team No. 1 won with 221 out of 250. Bernard Waters. Stanley Gun. Club Programme. The programme of the Stanley Gun Club of Toronto tournament, to be held on May 17-19, is alike for each of the first two days, ten events, each at 20 targets, $2 entrance, and $40 added to each save the first. On the third day there are nine events, eight at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $40 added to each, excepting the first. Event 9, the twenty-ninth of the programme, is for the Stanley cup, value $100; 50 targets, $5 entrance. High averages, first day. High average third day Annual tour- nament Stanley G. C. of Toronto. 7, 5, 3 and 2. Warm lunch served on the grounds. Ammunition, etc may be sent to John Chambers, Esq., Exhibition Park Toronto, but must be prepaid. Shells shipped from the Unitec States will be subject to duty, which may be paid by the con- signee when he arrives in Toronto, but the club’s broker will Second Prize- — High average, tournament Stanley Gun Club of Toronto. first Lefever Arms Co. gun; second, silver cup. Second day, first, Ithaca gun; second, silver cup. Third day, first, silver cup; second, Winchester gun. Professional high average, diamond medal, valued at $100. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. May 16 practice day. Competition open to all amateurs. Targets thrown about 50yds. Targets, 2 cents. Rose system of division, April ±2, igosJ FOREST AND STREAM 326 pass them through the Customs House. Be sure and forward duly certified invoices. Reduced rates to competitors are .granted by a number of railroads, a list of which, with conditions, is given in the programme. For programmes and other information ad- dress the Secretary, Mr. Alex. Dey, 178 Mills street, Toronto; or Mr. Thomas A. Duff, Chairman, 14 Clove avenue, Toronto, lhe cuts of the beautiful diamond medal and three cups are pre- sented in our trap columns in this issue. For the high general averages for the tournament, there is a piano, valued at $o00, for first, a Marlin gun for second. To a resident of Toronto making high average, a silver cigar cabinet, valued at $15. ON LONG ISLAND. Queens County Gun Club. Long Island City, L. I., April 15. — The inaugural shoot of the Queens County Gun Club was a most gratifying success in every particular. The grounds are situated at Hunters Point avenue, about a half-mile from Thirty-fourth Street Ferry. The club house was built on a generous scale. There was ample room within its walls for the shooters to move freely about, and also ample room on the platform for the shooters who were in competition. This was in pleasing contrast to the ordinary club house which is built on plans to accommodate a dozen shooters, and yet, m a tournament is required to accommodate many times that number. Two sets of traps were provided, a set of expert Sergeant sys- tem, and a Blackbird trap. The latter was installed in front of the club house, the former about 40yds. to one side. The club house is situated on a bank, bordering a large marsh. The traps, erected some feet above the level of the marsh, threw the targets nicely, but, being so high above the level of the ground, caused many misses on the part of those who were un- accustomed to such conditions, or who were not_ expert _ enough to be independent of conditions. There was quite a stiff wind blowing, which added to the difficulties of making high scores. The $5 gold piece for professional high average was won by the renowned expert, Mr. J. A. R. Elliott. The silver loving cup for amateur high average was won by Mr. George Piercy, of Jersey City. This was a beautifully designed cup, bearing the following inscription: “President’s Cup, Amateur High Average, Queens County Gun Club, Long Island City, April 15, 1905. Won by . Presented by Joseph Cassidy, President Borough Queens.” The merchandise prizes were all articles of sterling worth. They were artistic in design and excellent in material. Following is a list of the articles and their winners: Event No. 4, 15 targets, scratch.— First, parlor lamp, Piercy; second, gun case, Jap; third, shooting jacket, Hans; fourth, brass letter rack, Call. Event No. 5, 25 targets, handicap. — First Prairie chicken panel, Loebel, second, carving set and case, Brugman; third, manicure set, Hans; fourth, fishing reel, Blamford; fifth, pocket flask, Goetter. Event No. 9, 25 targets, handicap.— First, pair field _ glasses, Smull; second, parlor lamp, Brugman; third, steel fishing rod, Piercy; fourth, solid gold cuff buttons, Goetter; fifth, hunting knife, Guhring. Event No. 10, 15 targets, scratch.— First, carving set and case, Brugman; second, silk umbrella, Guhring; third, cupid clock, Stephenson; fourth, fancy corkscrew, Smull. The cashier’s department was filled by “Johnnie Jones” (J. H. W. Fleming), who has acted in a like capacity at shoots about New York in many years past. He was ably assisted by the secretary of the club, Mr. Richard H. Gosman. The other officers, President John H. Hendrickson and Capt. James H. Cassidy, were active in attending to the details of the shoot, and in extending a welcome and promoting sociability. Messrs. Schneider and Schoverling were valuable assistants as honorary squad hustlers. A substantial lunch was. served free to the shooters. The utmost good fellowship' prevailed. It was a most liberally conducted shoot in every respect. The prizes were valuable, the managers were patient and courteous, the events were run off without any hitches or annoying delay®, and every one had a day of genuine enjoyment. The scores follow: Events: 123456789 10 Targets: H. H. 10 15 20 15 25 15 15 20 25 15 Elliott . . . . 8 14 18 15 24 13 14 20 25 13 Jap 2 1 8 14 18 13 23 13 14 18 19 14 Hopkins 3 Call 5 Brandeth 5 Meeker 9 Young 9 Glover 10 12 18 14.19 12 12 16 20 14 Smull 5 7 3 12 14 11 18 11 10 17 19 12 Bradley 5 7 6 12 14 11 17 11 13 15 23 11 Piercey 2 3 9 13 19 15 22 14 14 18 20 13 Travers 4 4 6 9 17 11 15 11 13 16 15 11 Schneider .. .. 8 13 17 11 21 14 11 18 23 11 Hearne 9 11 16 14 17 14 9 18 21 13 Gales 8 8 5 12 15 11 11 8 11 17 19 13 Schoverling 6 7 15 11 21 11 14 10 19 12 Payntar 4 3 . . Blanford 6 . . 5 9 18 11 17 13 7 Wamters 5 12 15 .. .. 9 4 Goetter 7 9 6 11 13 11 14 12 7 15 13 11 Morrison 6 Hans 8 Bermel 9 Bickmar 6 Hall 9 Grabie 9 8 14 16 13 21 12 12 10 15 11 6 10 12 11 19 12 13 15 19 11 4 10 16 7 9 9 12 10 17 10 7 8 5 12 11 8 5 13 11 8 4 7 10 5 11 10 9 13 14 7 8 12 16 10 19 14 10 14 17 11 7 11 12 15 14 9 14 19 11 5 10 7 11 10 9 9 5 8 . 16 13 16 ... . 8 16 . . ... 7 11 12 . . . . . 11 18 16 . . 6 IN NEW JERSEY. Bound Brook Gun Club. Bound Brook, N. J., April 15. — A few outsiders met at the grounds of the Bound Brook Gun Club, at their monthly club shoot. There was a small programme of five events, all handi- cap. In the first, for two scarfpins, Mr. Rupell and Mr. Maltby won. Mr. Slater, of Westfield, won three firsts in three other events. These events were for loving cups. Mr. Mankin won a second prize cup after tying Mr. Stelle in five shoot-offs. Mr. Hooey won the silver loving cup in event 4. Two of the regular club cups found owners after going the rounds for six months. The first was won by Mr. Hooey, he having two previous wins. I he third was won by Mr. Stelle, who also had two wins. . The second was won by Dr. J. B. Pardoe. This is his first win on any of the three cups. Following are the scores of actual breaks in each event, the handicap being changed according to the previous score made: Club race: Events: Targets : Dr Lucky 9 Maltby Mankin Slater M H R Martin Hooey Stelle Nichol WESTERN TRAP. 1 2 3 4 5 Shot 10 10 10 10 10 at. Broke. 9 5 6 7 4 50 31 7 7 4 7 7 50 32 1 2 6 5 7 50 21 9 7 7 8 9 50 40 8 7 6 7 7 50 35 5 10 5 9 6 6 9 40 30 4 8 8 6 40 26 6 6 10 30 22 5 10 5 Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hooey 6 21 25 Martin 12 10 22 Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Pardoe 5 19 24 Stelle 10 13 23 F. K. Stelle, Sec’y. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., April 15.— But six men were present to-day, as several of the member's had taken the opportunity to’ visit other clubs. Event No. 2, for a box of cigars, was tied for by Messrs. Bush and Doremus, the tie being shot off in the next event, and resulted in a tie again for both men. The prize finally went to Bush, who broke 22 straight, Doremus not shooting. Events : 1 2 3 4 Events : 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 25 Porter, 2 19 21 20 14 Winslow, 2 16 19 17 12 Benson, 4 20 20 19 . . Beek, 1 23 21 20 18 Doremus, 7 12 22 23 . . Bush, 1 22 23 22 Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Peerless Rod and Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., April 15. — The scores made at the shoot of the Feerless Rod and Gun Club to-day were as follows: A. Garra- biant 2, P. Garrabrant 8, J. Garrabrant 1, W. Klee 1, J. Jackson 1. O. Hermann 9, E. Edmonds 7, N. Graham 4, J. Dorrhofer 6. South Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J., April 15. — The scores made at the shoot of the South Side Gun Club to-day, each event at 25 targets, are as fellows : Engel 19 21 18 21 21 19 Wilson 21 17 Colquitt 15 21 21 21 20 21 Nott 18 18 21 19 Trenton Shooting Association. Trenton, N. J., April 15. — The U. M. C. team — Marshall, Heer, Butler, Stevens and Heikes — was the chief attraction, and drew a large crowd of spectators. In a special event at 100 targets, Mr. Heikes broke straight. The scores in this event follow: Marshall 24 25 23 24— 96 Stevens 22 24 24 22— 92 Heer 25 25 24 24— 98 Heikes 25 25 25 25—100 Butler 22 21 21 21— 85 Numerous sweepstakes also were shot. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, April 9.— The return match in the City Blue Rock League between the Stanley and National gun clubs was shot on the grounds of the latter on Saturday; fifteen men a side, 25 targets per man, and was won by the Stanleys by 14 birds. lhe day was fine, with a strong westerly wind, which made shooting under difficulties. The grounds of the Nationals face the West, and what with the strong wind and the sun in the eyes of the shooter, the wonder was any scores were made at all. After the match all retired to the National’s club room, where a most enjoyable time was spent. The following are the scores: Stanleys — McGill 19, Hampton 11, Martin 11, Fritz 18, Rock 18, Ingham 16, Dunk 22, Herbert 15, Morshead 17, Dey 16, Thomp- son 20, Buck 12, Thomas 20, Townson 17, Wilson 15; total 247. Nationals — Vivian 20, Harrison 21, O. Spanner 12, W. Spanner 12, Waterworth 17, Turner 16, Habberly 18, C. Mougenel 11, McDowall 15, Morgan 16, Wallace 16, Ross 13, Patterson 14, G. Mowgenel 14; total 233. Alex. Dey. April 16. — The Stanley Gun Club held their regular weekly shoot on their grounds on Saturday. The day was raw, with a stiff north wind, which made the birds rather shifty. The spoon event, which was a handicap by extra birds to shoot at, proved very interesting. Mr. Dunk, from scratch, and Mr. Edkins, with 4 extra, tied with 24. In the shoot-off, Mr, Dunk won. The follow- ing are the scores: Spoon shoot, 25 targets: Forster Handicap. Total. Cowdrey 9 9 11 16 6 Reynolds 4 4 16 13 12 13 15 14 5 5 .. .. .. .. 19 15 12 15 20 10 Dunk 24 Edwards 5 17 4 4 .. .. .. ..15 10 8 13 .. .. Fritz 4 14 Ely 21 2 2 .. .. .. .. 18 12 14 15 19 13 Philips 17 McGraw 6 20 8 6 .. .. .. .. 19 10 10 11 15 14 Hulme 0 20 Martin 5 15 3 4 .. .. .. .. 21 14 13 17 20 15 Hirons 4 16 Hooey 4 21 9 9 .. .. .. .. 10 7 7 14 12 9 Edkins 4 24 Dey 21 5 6 .. .. .. .. 15 7 8 15 15 9 Wilson 4 17 Green 0 20 Loeble 6 Bergen 8 Gus Ritchie •• 9 Wood •• 9 5 20 12 11 15 21 11 4 20 12 8 . . 18 11 4 13 20 12 8 10 7 16 10 Events : Targets: Dunk Hulme The first two columns above (H. H.) are the handicap allow- ances in the two merchandise events, 5 and 9 respectively. Sheepshead Bay Gun Club. Sheepshead Bay, L. I., April 13. — The Dede prize was a beveled cut-glass bowl with base. The shooting was not difficult, though the flight of the targets varied noticeably. Messrs. Schorty, Jonas and Deck did not compete for prizes. The scores, 50 targets: Montanus (16) 43, 59; Schorty, 47; Jonas, 46; Allen (28) 30, 58; Schoverling, 42; Cooper (18) 37, 55; P. Suss (18), 34, 62; Capt. Dreyer (20) 30, 50. Shoot-off: Montanus (4) 25, Allen (10) 25, Williamson (4) 25, Cooper (5) 25, P. Suss (5) 18, Capt. Dreyer (10) 25. Second shoot-off: Montanus (2) 25, Allen (5) 20, Williamson (2) 23, Cooper (3) 21, C"pt. Dreyer (3) 22. Hirons 8 McGraw 2 Edwards 7 Fritz Martin 2 . . 3 Edkins 7 8 5 15 Dey 7 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 10 10 10 25 10 Targets : 10 10 10 25 10 7 8 . . 20 . . Herbert 5 8 10 7 . . 7 Ely 6 6 8 .. .. Hooey 6 4.. 5 Wilson 8 . . . . 8 Harris 7 6 20 7 8 4 Oliver 6 18 9 . Philips 5 18 4 Green 7 20 7 6 .. 8 Red Dragen Canoe Club. Philadelphia, Pa., April 15.— The final trophy shoot of the season was held by the trapshooters of the Red Dragon C. C. on the grounds at ’ Wissinoming to-day. The weather conditions were all that could be desired, but for some reason most of the members fell below their average. There was very little wind, but the targets were thrown with good speed from unknown angles. Omar Shallcross was the winner _ of the handsome prize by making the best score of his shooting experience. Considering that his knowledge consists of two or three trials each season, his score was very fair. An added handicap gave the weaker shots encouragement, and the contest was an exciting one to the end. Mrs. Park did the best work, but her small handicap, owing to her winning the cup shoot two weeks ago, brought her out one point behind the winner. Her score of 22 out of each 25 was very good for these grounds. Will Wolstencroft showed a sad lack of Dractice, and his second 25 was shot at with duck loads of No. 4' shot, which he was forced to admit were not suited for targets. The shoot was followed by a supper given by the gun club to its members and friends, being paid for our of the profits of the season’s shooting, and the evening was very enjoyably spent. The scores follow: Trophy shoot, 60 targets, added handicap: Park (7) 18, 14—39; Mrs. Park (5) 22, 22—49 ; Fenimore (8) 20, 19 — 47; Francis (18) 13, 12—43; Hamilton (20) 9, 13 — 42; Shallcross (20) 16, 14—50; Murray (20) 13, 9-42; W. H. W. (4) 20, 13-37. Aquidneck Gun Club. Newport, R. I., April 5. — The eleventh shoot for the medal showed the best attendance had for three months, partially ac- counted for by the presence of Mr. G. M. Wheeler, who dropped into town on that day, and the boys turned out in consequence and gave him a good shoot. But fickle April did not dispense her best weather, for the last events were shot in a driving rain- storm from the northeast. Under these conditions the scores were fairly good, Dring, Powel and Bowler tying on 46, with handicaps added. Events : 12 3 4 Handi Targets : 10 15 10 15 Broke, cap. Total, Wheeler ... 9 15 9 14 47 t t 47 Dring ... 5 14 10 11 40 6 46 Powel ... 8 13 8 13 42 4 46 Bowler ... 9 13 8 13 43 3 46 Hughes ... 9 10 9 13 41 4 45 IT A Peckham ... 8 11 8 13 40 5 45 Mason ... 7 10 8 10 35 5 40 E S Peckham 34 5 39 Coggeshall ...4644 18 , . 18 Thomas Wheeler shot at 123, broke '08. ... 9 13 ... . •* •• April 12. — Somewhat higher lores than those of last week ruled at to-day’s shoot, the twelfth f. the medal. Powel was high with 48, the rest being closely bum d, the lowest total, with handi- cap, being 44. Good weather prevailed during the shoot. The * Events: 1 2 3 4 Handi- Targets: 10 15 10 15 Broke. cap. Total. Powel 12 10 13 44 4 48 Dring '. ; 9 12 6 14 41 6 47 Bowler 12 10 13 43 3 46 Mason 9 10 7 14 40 5 46 E S Peckham 8 13 ’8 10 39 5 44 H A Peckham 7 13 7 12 39 5 44 O Howe 6 2 6 1§ • • 18 At Watson's Park. Chicago, April 11.— There is always a good delegation out at W4tson’s Park on Saturday and Sunday, as a different club hold meetings there on these days. Saturday was a bad day. At 12:30 the rain was coming down steadily, then the day was dark and windy. And old shooters know that there is wind at the old park if there should be any going about the city suburbs. The Saturday gathering was notable for the many manufacturers’ agents present. They were Vietmeyer, Stannard, Steenberg, Heer, Marshall, Lord and Fanning. Four of these live here, and that accounts for their presence. Heer and Marshall were on their way to Washington City, and Fanning was out making a western tour. Heer was not equipped with his shooting coat, and yet he made the only 25 straight of the day. Marshall was using a borrowed gun. All the scores were low on account of weather conditions. Sunday found a great change in the weather — warm, sunshine and but little wind. Tosetti and Kinney, local members, were the ones to get straight 25; many others made low scores, as the targets were faster than usually thrown at this park. Frank Riehl came out to the grounds and with him was the old “Tramp,” who was busy shaking hands with all the old shooters as well as the new ones. Max Hinsler was also present. He might be said to be stationary about Chicago. Willard won the Peters trophy; Pooler, the Hunter. Tosetti made high score for his own trophy. Wineberg made high to qualify; then Kinney won the sweep on 25 straight, with Stannard and Fanning on the 24 for second. The scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shot Targets : 25 15 25 15 25 25 at. Broke. Lord 20 13 22 13 21 105 89 Vietmeyer 19 13 22 11 22 ii 130 104 Eck 20 13 22 12 17 105 84 Kinney 20 10 23 13 25 22 130 113 Riehl 22 12 21 12 23 105 90 Shogren 20 12 19 11 16 105 78 Wineberg 19 12 23 14 22 , , 105 90 Porter 19 14 17 11 18 105 79 Kumpfer 16 13 . , 7 . . 55 33 S Eck 15 25 15 Tosetti IS 12 25 11 23 16 130 95 Perry 18 10 18 6 . „ 80 52 Willard 22 11 19 13 23 24 130 112 Wm Stannard 22 . . 19 14 24 . T 90 79 Fanning 20 15 23 13 24 105 95 Manning 5 7 , . 9 65 21 Noah 10 14 is 65 37 Shellenberger . . . 5 8 . . 9 65 22 Smith 12 4 i2 14 90 42 Barothy . . . . . , 9 25 9 Myrick • • •• • • •• is 25 75 In the following, No. 1 was Peters trophy; No. 2 was Hunters trophy; No. 3 was Tosetti Cup; No. 4 was to qualify. Events : i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shot Targets : 15 15 25 25 25 25 25 25 at. Broke. Vietmeyer 19 23 19 21 155 129 Kinney 13 11 21 21 20 19 21 2i 180 147 Hutchinson 9 8 17 14 21 13 13 16 180 111 Stannard 14 14 21 24 23 23 22 155 141 Steenberg 9 12 18 19 21 17 21 22 180 130 Duncan 9 8 15 . 7 90 39 McClure 10 .. 15 10 Wineberg 13 19 22 22 . 24 21 140 121 Heer 10 22 25 23 90 80 Dr Carson 11 21 21 L5 . 90 68 Mrs Carson 5 19 15 11 . 90 51 Marshall 10 14 23 22 90 69 Lord 9 21 13 L8 . . 15 115 76 Fanning 10 21 20 17 . 21 ii 140 106 Porter 11 21 20 19 . 21 17 140 109 Tosetti 2(1 22 21 . 17 23 125 103 Barto 17 18 19 . 22 22 125 98 Kochs . 17 19 12 . 17 14 125 79 Willard 13 14 . 17 12 100 56 Shogren 18 IS . 19 15 100 70 Hoffman 9 . 25 9 At Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Miss. — It is not long before it will be all aboard for Vicksburg. Messrs. Miller, Hayes, Fletcher, Pinkston and Bradfield, the tournament committee, report that a very active interest is being taken this year in trapshooting in their, part of the country, and that the attendance at their shoot, May 8 and 9, will form a gathering, composed of all the best shots of the south. There will be $250 cash, and over $250 in other prizes. The final contest for the elegant trophy, donated by the Postel Milling Company, will take place first day. As no one man has won this beautiful trophy more than once, all stand an equal chance. Both the DuPont and the Laflin & Rand Powder Co. have offered a trophy for the year’s shooting. It is said that the Vicksburg merchants have come to the club’s aid, have donated money and trophies, and that they hope to see the shoot a greater success than any of the former ones. . Only members who belong to clubs which have affiliated with the new organization, the Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League, can share in the prizes. The cash prizes are open to any amateur, and the Postel trophy to amateurs of Mississippi only. In Other Places. The State of Pennsylvania can show up more trapshooters who shoot in the winter months than that of any other State in the Union, and its summer doings will, no doubt, compare favorably with that of Iowa, the great center of the West. A new club has been organized at Allentown, Pa., with a large membership. The North End Gun Club, Conshohocken, Pa., has been re- organized, and the new officers are: President, Andrew J. Morgan; Vice-President, Paul Johnson; Secretary, George J. Dougherty; Treasurer, J. T. Ruth; Captain, Thomas Smith. Good grounds have been secured in the north part of the town. The 21st annual tournament of the Sportsmen’s Association of the Northwest, Portland, is to be held on June 22, 23, 24. This association includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Montana, Utah and California. Owing to the re- duced rates for the Lewis and Clark fair, this meet will be the largest ever held in that part of the great West. M. Abrahams, of Portland, is President; and A J. Winters, same address, Secretary. The Hopkinsville, Ky., Gun Club reports a steady growth, and all are enthusiastic for Mr. Elmer Shaner’s arrival to pull off the interstate shoot. It would ■ seem that the live-bird match shooting had been delegated to the southern States. A match was shot last Mon- day at New Orleans between the well-known Messrs Saucier and O’Trigger. Each shot at 100 pigeons, and. the race was so close that no decision could be made until Saucier had safely landed the last bird, then he was just one to the good. Another match will result, as one would naturally suppose, from the closeness of the score. O’Trigger was more on the classy order on difficult shots. He is well known to the Western shots as being game. The last W ednesday shoot at Bloomington, 111., was not well attended, - owing to bad weather, and the scores made were not reported. It is intended that the next shoot shall see a team in practice for the State shoot to be held at Lincoln, May 23. The Whitaker Gun Club, Homestead, Pa., was organized two . weeks ago. A new trap has been received, and will be' put in position, for the Saturday shoot. The club start out well, as the membership is reported to be large. Seventeen shooters of the North Side Gun Club, Milwaukee, Wis., met last Sunday. S. Meunier and F. Meixer each broke 45 out of 50. Little had been heard of the Minneapolis Gun Club during the very cold winter months, but the warm April sunshine has thawed it out. At a meeting, held Wednesday, there was an awakening. The new officers are: President, J. C. Fanechon; Vice-President, L. F. Kennedy; Secretary, Dr. H. F. Narston. The first shoot will be held Saturday and will be followed by weekly shoots during the season. A big tournament, is on for the latter part of May. Every effort will be made to make this equal to, or better than the one held last year. It is reported that many cups will be put up, together with about $2,000 cash added, and that should draw shooters from all parts of the country. This is part of the country where champions are made. FOREST AND STREAM. |te& ?2, ipp5. AU will WemW Miv&chy find t)on Morrison a§ cliemptonsliip ». A. H. winners. Hirschy has been reported as touring the world, while Morrison, though quiet of late, will soon come forth shining brightly, J. F. Mallory apd his brothers and associates will get their shooting eye lined up, as they are meeting regularly at Parkers- burg, \ a. J. F. has already gone 92.5 in practice. This coming August _ will see the three boys at the famous Indian lake, Okoboji, there trying to scalp some of their fellow braves. Trapshooting at Kalamazoo, Mich., will soon be started for the summer. Weekly shoots and a tournament for the season of 1905 is on the programme already mapped out. A meet to elect officers and perfect plans will be held shortly. There will be very many large tournaments held this year throughout the West and Middle West. Now comes the report that the fourth annual tournament of the Consolidated Sportsmen’s Association of Grand Rapids, Mich., will be held Aug. 29, 30, 31, which will be the week fol- lowing the Indian shoot. So enthusiastic are the members, that it is proclaimed that this will be second only to that of the Grand American handicap. All the best amateurs of the United States will possibly be present. The committee have thus de- cided to make the shoot popular locally. With this in view, the first day will be advertised as manufacturers’ and railway day: the second, merchant and bankers’, and the third, as citizens’ day. Provisions will be made to accommodate large crowds, and admission will be strictly by card or badge. What our country needs, are more clubs with large memberships. Other cities could follow Grand Rapids with a consolidation of all club in- terests. Some good scores were made when the Grove Gun Club, ol Detroit, Mich., met last Saturday at Gratiot avenue. Weather fine, good scores resulted. Wolf won the highest honors, with taking Class A medal, Klatz won B and Bringham C. C. Weise, Jr., won the 5-bird event, and Berlin was top-notclier in the extra 10 event. The Celina, O., Gun Club’s first shoot was held Saturday. Mr. Grass, a manufacturer’s agent, was present and made the club some propositions that will be acceptable. George Kister made 20 out of 25, and Jacob W'ebber, 18. Another shoot, open to all, will be held Tuesday, at which some interesting features will develop. The Mason City, 111., Gun Club held a meeting last Saturday, at which W. H. Cadwallader was a guest. Backwitz, Mulford and “Lead” were the high men. Others, not quite in their class yet, made good scores. At 100 targets Mulford broke 94, Bock- witz 93, Cadwallader 92, Ramsey 89. The Appleton, Minn., Gun Club hold weekly meets. The officers are: President, A. L. Sloss; Secretary, A. E. Close; Captain, Edward Lende. A tournament, to which all will be invited, will be held later in the season. When the Houston, Mich., Gun Club met on Monday evening, Del Stewart was chosen President; Wm. Rollins, Secretary, and Chris. Blexrul as Treasurer. Grounds have been secured for the shoots during the summer. Trapshooting for the City of Fond du Lac, Wis., will boom during 1905. A new club, with over fifty members, has been organized. Grounds have been selected, and as soon as a trap can be set up, the shoots will be started. Your readers will be duly informed as to who the permanent officers are when they meet for first practice. Way out in South Dakota, at the town of Martinsville, there are many hunters, and they have guns that they put to some use for trapshooting in summertime. The Cleveland, O., Gun Club will hold shoots for a gold fob presented by a powder company. The club extends an invita- tion for the public to attend. For the first time in the history of the Texas State shoots the professionals will be disqualified from contesting for the trophy events. The management requests that secretaries forward at once a list of all their members. The railroads have granted one and one-third fare for the trip. The Waco club is well organized and is making every effort to hold the best shoot in the history of the association. Another New York gun club has been organized, and Syracuse claims the honor. The Salvoy is the title, with officers and members, Daymon Whitney, L. P. James, Frank Ingersoll, Myron Brown, John Mehan, and Mathew Windliausen. Uncle Joe Marks was out at the Klein grounds, Detroit, Mich., on Sunday last, and shooting a new single barrel gun, broke 25 straight, and thereby hangs a tale. Tne Danforth, 111., Gun Club has become a permanent organiza- tion by the election of the following officers: President, Ben Cramer; Secretary. E. Eilts; Treasurer, C. J. Walters, and Captain, Fred Gerdes. The initiation fee is $2, and there are twenty-one members to start with, which shows that many “clays” will be busted this season. J. A. R. Elliott is contemplating an invasion of the western field as he is reported to have an eye on the Jacksonville 111., shoot. . Des Moines, la.. Gun Club will hold regular shoots on Friday afternoon of each week. A special event will be put up each week, and the shooters will thus be kept interested during the season. Dan Bray and Gus Schroeder will hold a shoot at Columbus, Neb., April 25 and 26. They have the assurance of a large gathering of the clans Officers of the Oil City Gun Club, Jamestown, N. Y., are: President, A. Smedley; Vice-President, C. H. Lay, Jr.; Secretary, Charles A McLouth; Treasurer, H. C. Dorworth; Trustees, L. L. Crum, William Eaton and F. S. Bates. The Beech Grove Gun Club, Madison, Ind., was fully re- organized on last Monday night. President William P. Schofield; Vice-President, Samuel G. Boyd; Secretary, M. Fred Herbst; Treasurer, Andrew Augustin, Sr.; Executive Committee, C. R. Johnson, Jr., W. H. Miller, James E. Crozier, John Knoeble and M. M. Laidley. A membership fee of $1 will be charged. It has been suggested to the writer, that if the programme given out by the C. A. H. manager this year should specify that targets would not be thrown more that 45yds., the attendance would be much increased. Did you know that the Louisiana courts had decided that pigeon shooting was legal? Maurice Kauffman is shooting in form, as in a match at the Crescent City he killed 25 straight live birds and then made 98 out of ICO targets. The Lafayette Gun Club, Bradford, Pa., have now new 190o officers, .viz., President, Dr. G. E. Benninghoff; Vice;President, Clayton S. Dorn; Secretary and Treasurer, R. T. Lam. The members of the Marion-Prospect, O., Gun Club met Tues- day evening. After the preliminary work had been gone through, the officers were elected, viz., President, W. H. Porterfield; Secretary, Arthur Berry; Assistant Secretary, Harman Haber- man, and Captain, O. Brown. The season’s prize for best aver- age will be a gold-lined silver cup. , Those who belong to the Chestnut Rod and Cun Club, Ana- conda, Mont., have opened up the season. . Recently, 10,000 blue rocks were received by the Missoula, Mont., Gun Club. This club was recently reorganized and now has thirty members. There will be weekly shoots, and the public are invited. President A. W. Woodworth gave notice that the Butte club had invited the club to visit them and take part in the dub shoot. The invitation was acknowledged and accepted. The meeting held by the Davies County Gun Club, Owensboro, Ky., was well attended, and much business transacted. The in- terest taken shows that trapshooting will prove very popular this year. The new ground chosen will be so much nearer to the city, that it will tend to increase attendance. The members have in consideration the making of the grounds attractive to the ladies, and as many of them as possible will be induced to join in the shooting, both with the rifle and the shotgun. # The newly elected officers are: President, John Smith; Vice-President, William Calhoun; Secretary, James Lewis; Treasurer, Weir Grif- fith; Captain, Ab. Newman. The Billings, Okla., Gun Club was at practice last Wednesday, J. A. McKee making the highest score with a possible 10, then D. Huddleston and E. Blank failed on but one each. The regular weekly shoot of the Birmingham, Ala., Gun Club will take place each week. This club contains many members, and some of them are the best shots of the south, and they have given assurance of their good intention of being present at all the shoots. . T i ... ,, There will be something doing when the Jacksonville Cun Club holds their tournament this week, as in the practice shoot held last week out of 200 shots Ed. Scott made a score of 194 and James A. Groves made 193. From April 10 to 25 the hunters of Wisconsin will be busy with the ducks. . „ , , , , The Ogden, Utah, Club, formed for the purpose of duck shoot- ing, have a location that would set an Illinois man to thinking. The grounds are reported to consist of twenty-five square miles, and thereon will be erected a club building that will cost $35,000. This will be among the very best clubs in the United States. News comes from Salt Lake that is gratifying to the trap shots of the West. A new club has been formed with the prospect ahead of it as that of being the strongest in Utah. The ggae3WtMMlia 1 membership Is already hear the B0 mark, with 25 more appli- cants. A new blackbird trap, presumably the club, has been purchased, and 15,000 targets for a starter. The ground to be used has not yet been selected. Some twenty members of the disbanded Detroit, Mich., Gun Club met and organized the Oakland Cun Club, with a purpose of making it among the leading ones of the State. The officials are President, Michael ITeintz; Vice-President, Julius Jedeke; Secretary, Wiliam E. Morris; Treasurer, Chas. F. Kiesnng; Captain, George Staueh; Assist. Captain, James Eaton; Trustees, Theo. Funke, K. Caldwell and Leno Johnson. There will be three trophies for the A, B and C classes. Pleiss and Novontny secured the highest scores in the St. Paul, Minn., Rod and Gun Club at the opening meet. Satur- day the regular events will start and will be held each Saturday and Sunday during the season. The Nardin, O. Ter., Gun Club met Wednesday for the election of officers and held their meeting at the traps. A rod and gun club has lately been organized at Cazenovia, N. Y. A local newspaper report concerning shooters to be present has the following personal notice in type: “Fred Gilbert, ‘Pop’ (?) Crosby, Elliott Hawkins, Fleming and others.” Now what will Heikes say to Crosby’s title? The Jacksonville, 111., Gun Club members challenged any county in the State shoot to a team match five or ten men on a side, the purse to be $10 per man. Keep your shooting eye on that $2,000 to be hung up by the Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club. There will be many guns popping at the shoot of the Great is the case with far too many clubsetaoinhrdiluO, .ggc,sathe24rdiu Bend, Kans., Gun Club, which occurs on April 24 and 25. The Winona, Minn., Sportsmen’s Club yesterday afternoon held the first of the series of weekly shoots at their range. The opening of the 1905 trapshooting season marks the thirty- fifth anniversary of the Minneapolis Gun Club. It has come all down the line through the era of puff balls, glass balls and finally the clay pigeons of to-day. It is claimed that there is now a membership of 300. It is reported that a large gun club will be organized in West Duluth, Minn., but our correspondent does not state whether it is to be a trap club or a social duck hunting one. Ohio Notes, Eight men took part in the trophy shoot of the Hamilton, O., Gun Club, Link winning with the good score of 49 out of 50; Smith, second, with 44, and Jones, third, with 41. The following scores were made at the shoot of the Cleveland, O., Cun Club on April 8. In the 100-target shoot, Tryon was high gun with 93. Gross and Doolittle tied for second on 92, each making a straight 25. Kirby, third, with 89. Bingham had hard luck at his first 50, but recovered himself and broke 48 in the last 50, going straight at the last 25. In the other events of the afternoon Tryon missed but 3 targets, finishing high gun, with 67 out of 70. The club will give a tournament on May 30, to which all sportsmen are invited, and a good time is guaranteed. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O. — April 15 was a cold, disagreeable day, cloudy and with a high wind. Twenty-two took part in the trophy shoot. Block, Strauss and Myers were high with full scores of 50, including their handicaps. Block, Barker and Hesser tied for high gun in actual breaks on 46 each. The Dayton Gun Club has challenged for the Pliellis trophy, and the match will probably be shot on April 26. Supt. Cambell will cross the pond, to visit the Emerald Isle, leaving early next month and will make a stay of abopt six or eight weeks. E. A. Donnally (captain), cashier of the Market National Bank, is once more at his desk, after an absence of six months, during which time he has been in South Carolina, searching for health, and incidentally enjoying field sports to the utmost. He has gained nothing in weight, but says he feels 100 per cent, better. The boys are hoping to see him at the grounds soon. A number of team races were pulled off, as well as a lot of practice events. In the last Peters broke 73 out of 75. The best work of the day was done by Harig in the team race, 49 out of 50. Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets, handicap: Block, 4, 50; Strauss, 8, 50; Myers, 17, 50; Harig, 3, 48; Williams, 4, 48; Lindsley, 10, 48; See, 3, 47; Barker, 46; Hesser, 46; Maynard, 3, 46; Falk, 8 46; Don Minto 45 ; Peters, 45; Cambell, 3, 45; Andrews, 9, 45; Herman, 1, 43; Aiders, 1, 43; Randall, 42; Tuttle, 41; Kirby' 40; Kepplinger, 1, 36; Willie, 2, 86. Team race, 50 targets: Cambell 19 23—42 Harig 24 25—49 Barker 24 22—46 Peters 24 23—47 Totals 43 45—88 Totals 48 48—96 Ahlers 24 22—46 FLesser 23 23—46 Totals 47 45—92 Team race, 50 targets : Faran 46 Don Minto 46 Cambell 46—92 Idesser R brer's Is and Gun Club. Dayton, O. — Twenty members took part tn the medal shoot of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club on April 12. The contest was an interesting one. Four tied for first on scores of 25 or better, and the second shoot-off decided the winner, Hodapp being the^ lucky one. The club entertains a big crowd of the Cincinnati Cun Club on the 19th, and lias everything prepared to give their visitors a hot time. J. Schaerf shot into the tie to-day and only needed one target to keep in, but he dropped out on 9 in the first shoot-off. Mr. Hodapp, the winner of the medal, is also expert with the rifle, being one of the best shots in the Day- ton Sharpshooters. Medal shoot, 25 targets, handicap of extra targets to shoot at: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. C Seigritz .. 35 28 A Keller ...35 22 Hodapp .. 28 27 1 Gerlaugh ...30 19 H Lockwood .. 30 25 Donohue ...32 19 T Schaerf .. 33 25 C Ball man ...35 18 L Whitacre .. 28 25 M Ford ...35 18 E Keller .. 32 24 1 Gemin ...29 16 FI Oswald .. 30 23 T Ballman ... 35 16 P Hanauer .. 29 23 F Morris ... 35 13 Shorty .. 35 23 A Fiorini ...35 12 W Oldt Shoot-off of tie: .. 32 22 M J Colgan No. 1 Shot at. Broke. ...35 7 Shot at. Broke. G Hodapp 11 11 5 5 H Lockwood 12 10 6 4 J Schaerf 13 9 . . , , L Whitacre 11 8 . . . . G Seigritz 14 7 BO NASA. Dayton Gun Club. The second shoot of the Dayton, O., Gun Club was held on April 14. Fifteen members took part in the various events. In the handicap sweep, Liridemuth and Oswald divided first on 23 out of 25; Carr, second. Theobald, Dial and Ike divided third on 20. The other events were at 25 targets, Schwind being high with 132 out of 150; Craig, second, with 107 out of 125. Schwind and Theobald each broke 87 out of 100. Oswald and Rike made a straight each in one of the events. Cord reached the grounds late, and shot in only one event, breaking 24. Oswald. Schwind, Carr and Ike shot at 20 targets each in an event, breaking 19, 19, 15 and IS respectively. The club has challenged Cincinnati for the Phellis trophy and will probably shoot on April 26 on the latter’s grounds. Mr. J. L. Theobald, President of the club, is an exnert with rod and line, as well as with the scatter gun. He caught in the Stillwater, on the 12th, four black bass weighing 10% pounds. Shot Targets Schwind Craig . . . Oswald . Dial .... Carr . . . . Theobald 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 2*2 93 -'0 93 99 99 22 20 24 21 20 .. 18 19 18 .. 25 21 .. 17 16 18 20 .. .. 21 .. 15 16 19 22 . . . . 20 . . 23 22 21 21 .. 25 21 18 22 at. Broke, 150 132 125 107 125 101 125 92 125 91 100 87 100 86 Relief 126 79 Lindemuth . 24 22 24 75 70 Ike 75 61 Arthur 100 71 Kirby ...... 75 68 Heikes ; 18 19 .. 17 75 54 \V hitacre 15 .. 15 .. 50 30 Cord 25 24 Sweepstakes, distance handicap, 25 targets, $1 entrance, divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. Lindemuth (18yds.) 23, Oswald (18) 23, Carr (16) 22, Theobald (17) 20, Dial (16) 20, Ike (17) 20, Craig (18) 19, Rike (18) 19, Schwind (18) 19, Kirby (18) 18. Urbana Gun Club. Urbana, O. — The opening shoot for the two championship cups donated by the Peters Cartridge Co., was held on April 12, on the grounds of the Urbana Gun Club. The attendance was very good, shooters being present from Springfield, Troy, Piqua, New Moore- field, De Graff and West Liberty. The weather was ideal for the sport, and good scores were the rule, Thirty-one shooters took part in the 15-target events, Kirby and Lorimer tying for first on 57. PL Good and Hill, second with 56 each. In the individual champion cup contest, twenty-three en- tered. Holding and Lorrimer tied on 47, and they agreed to de- cide the matter by taking their average for the day. This gave the cup to Holding, of Urbana. A large crowd of spectators watched the team shoot, five teams being entered, one each from Urbana, Troy, New Moorefield, Springfield and De Graff. The home team was the victor, and the club felt good at capturing both trophies on the initial contest. Mr. H. N. Kirby managed the affair, and to his efforts are due the smoothness with which everything passed off. The next con- test will be held within a month ir six weeks. In the team match Holding, of Urbana, and Smith, of Troy, t.ed for high individual score on 42. Ernst, of New Moorefield, was second with 41. Individual championship cup, 50 targets: Targets : 25 25 Targets: 25 25 Holding 24 23 — 47 D Snyder .20 20—40 Lorrimer 24 23—47 Runyon 9? 17—39 Kirby . . 24 22—46 Long ,.24 14—38 Ernst ... 24 22—46 Bruner ,.21 17-38 Cross ... 22 23—45 Poole ,.23 13-36 Dr Good 11—44 R Snyder ,.20 16—36 Karnhem 23 20—43 Nunlist ,.15 19-34 Plaines . 20 22—42 Reardon .21 12—33 Hill . . . . 22 20—42 Lockhart ,.17 15—32 Neer ... 22 20—42 Erwin ,.18 13—31 O Smith 23 19—42 Losh ..16 14—30 Strong . . 19 21—40 Team championship tro pby, fiv e-man teams, 50 targets per man: Urbana G. C. Springfield G. c. Targets : 25 25 Targets : 25 25 Holding .. ...9,2 20— 42 Strong .22 15— 37 Kirby . . . 22 18— 40 Snyder ,20 17— 37 Losh . . . . 20 19— 39 Foley .18 18— 36 Muzzy . . 19 19— 38 Poole 17 17— 34 Karnhem 16 16— 32 Downs .13 15- 2S 99 92 191 90 82 172 Troy G. C. New Moorefield G. C. Smith . . . 92 20— 42 Ernst .20 21— 41 Lorrimer 21 18— 39 lob .17 18— 35 Haines . 21 17— 38 Neer .16 17— 33 Nunlist . 20 15— 35 Snvder .19 14— 33 Dalzell . . 12 16— 28 Shields .12 11— 23 96 86 182 84 81 165 De Graff Gun Club. Lockhart 16 17— 33 Bruner .13 18— 31 Long ... 14 IS— 32 Reardon .13 12— 25 Runyon 15 16— 31 71 81 152 Bonasa. Norwich Shooting Glub. The annual meeting of the Norwich, Conn., Shooting Club was held at the club house on Saturday, April 8, at 2 P. M. 1 he re- port of the secretary-treasurer showed the club to be in good con- dition, with fifty-six members and money in the treasury. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Willis Austin; Vice-President, Arthur C. Wright; Secretary-Treasurer, I. P. Tafft; Captain, W. H. Gates; Board of Managers, John A. Mitchell, Geo. S. Brown, Tbos. B. Leahy; House and Range Com- mittee, A. C. Wright, C. O. Tracy, Geo. W. Dolbeare, H. F. Ulmer, A. E. Grimes. After the business meeting the members adjourned to the traps, making the following scores: Shot Per Shot Per at. Broke. Cent. at. Broke. Cent. W Austin.... ,...106 78 74 G Brown . . . .... 50 27 54 Gates .... 70 51 73 Greene .... 50 24 48 Wells ... 95 61 64 Grimes .... 50 21 42 J Mitchell .. ... 50 32 64 A Mitchell . .... 65 26 40 Moran ... 70 43 61 Ames .... 50 19 38 Sanders .... 50 27 54 I. P. Tafft, Sec’y. New York Athletic Club. Travers Island. April 15. — The contest for the April cup to-day was won by Mr. A. O. Fleishman. Ide scored 42 out of 50. This was event 1 in the following summary. In a special match be- tween Messrs. Fleishman and Barnes, 25 targets, the former won by a score of 21 to 19. Scores : Events : Targets : J N Borland, 8 A D Fleishman, 6 F’ L Barnes, 4 J W Hebbard, 12 T D Calhoun A Tilt J J Kelly W D Judson *Five pairs, 15 singles. 12345 *6 78 50 25 25 25 25 25 25 39 18 13 14 16 42 17 17 24 21 14 19 22 39 15 18 16 18 11 18 19 35 .. 19 17 22 20 19 21 21 .. .. 15 20 19 18 16 20 .. .. 18 15 18 17 19 11 .. .. 0 Enterprise Gun Club. McKeesport, Pa— The fourth contest for the Daily News cup. was shot off on April 15, and Attorney J, P\ Calhoun was high man with 48. The fifth and last contest for the cup this year, will be shot on next Saturday, April 22, at 3 P. M., on these grounds, and also the third contest for the Plunter Arms Co. gold badge. Daily News cup, 50 targets, scores: Calhoun 48, W. Hale 45, Knight 45, McFarland 44, Irwin 43, Schorr 42, Noel 42, Ross 40, Stimer 39, H. Hale 38, Iveeley 38, Stein 37, Good 37, J. Hale 37, Merritt 35, Jennings 34, Watson 34, Harrison 33, Hurly 32, Taylor 31. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. Crescent Gun Club. New Bethlehem, Pa., April 17.— This club will hold its second annual tournament on July 11 and 12, which promises to be the most successful affair at inanimate targets this club ever held. Added money, $100, and a large merchandise event on the second day. W. R. Crosby, J. A. R. Elliott, Luther Squier, J. R. Hull, PI. H. Stevens and Mr. Garland have a’i signified their intention to be present on those dates. Any information will be cheerfully given by writing to the Secretary, O. E. Shoemaker. H. P. Fes- senden was with us at our last regular shoot, decorating the boys with stick pins, and advertising literature, and incidentally talking up the good qualities of his goods. This club holds its regular weekly shoots on Friday afternoons at 3:30. All visiting shooters welcome. The latch string hangs on the outside. R. E. Dinger, M.D., Mgr. & Capt. “Well, Bob Streeter has failed for a million, and the creditors ’ll get about fifty thousand, I suppose.” “Does Bob feel sore?” “Naturally, yes; fifty thousand is a whole lot of money, you know.” — Puck. April 22, 1905.]' FOREST AND STREAM 327 S.AMMUNIIION JSfEVE'R FAILS and ALWAYS ACCl/'RATE United States Cartridge Company, ^Agencies: ] LOWELL, MASS . 497-503 Pearl Street, 35-43 Pa.rk Street, New York. 114-116 Market Street, San Francisco. i Boston Gun Club, Boston, Mass., April 12. — Seventeen shooters took advantage of perfect conditions and journeyed Wellingtonward to-day, the oc- casion of the Boston Gun Club’s eleventh serial shoot, and it proved to be the right kind of a shoot, one of those that was purely for pleasure, and good feeling prevailed during the twelve events. Just ten of the congregation secured averages of 80 or over, which shows the quality of shooting which was being performed. Dr. Gleason held high average with a Gilbert or Crosby per- centage, pegging away as usual with his Daly and shattering birds right and left, with no apparent trouble. His match score of 28 completed the necessary number of scores, and now rests com- fortably in first place with 187, 4 targets to spare over Burns, who occupies second position. Frank’s 29 of to-day gave him a good boost, dropping a previous 19, and a return of the old form will make the leaders hustle from now out. Capt. Woodruff, too, was moving some, an 89 per cent, average and a match score of 28 with his “Krupp barrel fusee” showing that the oldest standby of the club was still in the ring, and could be counted upon for a good score at almost any time. C. A. Allen, of Manchester, could not bear the thoughts of coming to Boston and not shooting, so he picked up a gun that “kicked like a mule,” and gave a good account of himself, time alcne preventing him from making more straight scores. Other scores ’ Events : 123456789 10 11 12 Targets: 10 15 10 10 15 15 10 15 15 10 15 25 Frank, 19 8 13 9 10 14 15 9 13 12 9 . . . . Bell, 20 5 10 10 8 13 11 9 10 12 7 . . . . Burns, 16 9 12 6 9 13 13 10 11 13 9 15 17 Boy, 19 8 12 10 Gleason, 19 10 14 9 10 14 14 8 14 14 9 14 24 Blinn, 16 7 12 9 10 14 13 9 13 12 7 13 . . Sadler, 16 S 12 7 8 10 10 9 14 15 9.. .. Willard, 16 6 15 . . 7 9 12 Ford, 16 13 13 9 12 14 Woodruff, 17 8 14 9 9 13 15 10 12 . . 8 . . . . Bryant, 16 6 9 7 10 9 7 3 11 Muldown, 16 11 11 Massure, 16 8 9 6 4 Allen, 16 11 11 7 15 13 Stewart, 16 8 12 Kirkwood, 20 8 15 9 10 13 15 9 13 14 9 14 24 Retwood, 14 2.. .. 3 7 6 1 3 Av. .896 .760 .830 .750 .933 .850 .816 .754 .871 .890 .620 .733 .490 .811 .800 .927 .293 Merchandise match, distance handicap: Frank (19yds.) 29, Gleason (19) 28, Woodruff (17) 28, Kirkwood (20) 28, Blinn (16) 27, Burns (16) 26. Ford (16) 26, Bell (20) 24, Roy (19) 22, Muldown (16) 22, Allen (16) 22, Willard (16) 21, Sadler (16) 20, Massure (16) 17, Bryant (16) 16, Retwood (14) 13. April 5. — The regular weekly shoot of the Boston Gun Club was well attended to-day, though weather conditions were anything but agreeable for the average trapshooter, it raining hard during the entire afternoon. Between drops some twelve events were run through, and judging from scores made, etc., every one was very well satisfied, even if put to the inconvenience of a ducking. Visitors came from far and near to enjoy the afternoon. Sec- retary Burr, of the Montpelier, Vt., Gun Club, and Mayor Eugene E. Reed, of Manchester, N. H.,. were from the most distant points. The prize match, which is now taking up all the interest, as there are only four more shoots to secure scores in, and the regulars are attempting to drop poor scores, did not bring forth the usual high scores. Reed’s 25 was in a class by itself, 4 targets ahead of the second man, Roy, with 24, who in turn led Gleason and Baxter by one target. Events : Targets: Gleason, 19 Frank, 19 Bell, 20 Lee, 16 Burns, 16 Roy, 19 Woodruff, 17 10 15 14 Bernhardt, 16 10 14 14 Barry, 16 10 14 11 Reed, 16 7 12 12 Bird, 16 4 14 11 Cavicchi, 16 10 10 13 Packard, 16 6 9 6 Williams, 16 4 13 13 Burr, 16 15 14 Willard, 16 123456789 10 11 12 10 15 15 10 15 15 10 10 15 10 25 25 9 14 11 9 8 14 12 10 5 12 11 5 7 11 10 8 11 11 13 10 13 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 13 9 15 11 10 10 8 13 15 8 7 11 11 5 7 11 7 9 io 8 12 7 10 9 9 19 23 9 17 8 4 8 9 8 "4 !! 7 6 10 8 12 . . 19 Muldown, 16 9 11 10 Ford, 16 8 12 9 Massure, 16 6 8 7 Baxter, 16 7 12 11 Merrill, 16 •• 8 Bowman, 16 6 Cavicchi, 16 Frederick, 16 9 Retwood, 14 2 7 13 5 7 2 7 .. 11 7 17 22 7 17 .. 7 13 12 6 .. .. Av. .822 .733 .670 .450 .720 .818 .770 .940 .725 .790 .570 .780 .477 .650 .850 .660 .720 .750 .520 .763 .541 .463 .566 .600 .200 Merchandise match, distance handicap: Reed (16yds.) 28, Roy (19) 24, Gleason (19) 23, Baxter (16) 23, Burns (16) 22, Cavicchi (16) 22, Woodruff, (17) 21, Muldown (16) 21, Ford (16) 21, Willard (16) 19, Lee (16) 18, Barry (16) 18, Williams (16) 18, Frank (19) 17, Bell (20) 17, Bird (16) 16, Massure (16) 15, Packard (16) 12. Remington Gun and Rifle Club, At the annual meeting of the Remington Gun and Rifle Club, held April 11, the following officers were elected: President, T. D. W. Moore; Vice-President, D. G. Baker; Secretary and Treas- urer, W. H. Grimshaw; Captain, R. H. Tomlinson; Collector, J. J.’ Jackson; Range Officer, Jos. Tomlinson. Trustees: L. N. Walker, T. Corbin, Geo. De Lany, Jos. Loy, Frank Russell, J. D. Pederson, H. H. Bassett. Report of the secretary showed the club to be in very good con- dition. Eleven new members joined and a number expect to join at the next meeting, which will be held April 18. It is expected that during the coming season there will be quite a spirited con- test both at the traps and at the rifle range, Inglewood (Ontario) Gun Club's Annual Tournament. The annual tournament of the Inglewood, Ont., Gun Club was held on April 7, with a very good attendance_ of shooters. This is a young club, composed of a few enthusiastic shots, who did all in their power to make their visitors enjoy themselves. The day was fine, and the targets hard on account of the height to which they were thrown. High average was won by Mr. Thomas Upton, Hamilton, Ont. Second went to Dr. Hunt, Hamilton. Third high average to Mr. Thomas A. Duff, Toronto, and fourth to Mr. J. H. Thompson, Toronto. The following were the scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shot Targets : 10 15 25 20 15 15 at. Broke Thomas Upton. Hamilton... 10 14 25 18 13 12 100 92 Dr Hunt, Hamilton 10 14 20 17 14 15 100 90 Thomas A Duff, Toronto . 10 14 24 15 14 12 100 89 J H Thompson, Toronto 9 14 20 18 14 13 100 88 P Wakefield, Toronto 8 13 21 17 13 13 100 85 Dr Wilson, Hamilton 6 12 18 18 12 15 100 81 G B Smith, Ayton 7 12 20 17 12 12 100 80 G Thomas, Toronto 9 13 20 15 12 8 100 77 John McCague, Inglewood... 6 12 20 IS 11 9 100 76 Geo W McGill, Toronto 8 8 22 15 12 10 100 75 A Kidd, Inglewood 9 11 15 16 10 12 100 73 T Kidd, Inglewood 6 9 19 16 13 9 100 72 M Rasberry, Hamilton 4 7 20 14 13 13 100 71 W Roberts, Toronto 7 10 20 9 10 11 100 67 G Kidd, Inglewood 4 9 16 19 12 7 100 67 F Overholt, Hamilton 10 10 19 12 11 85 72 G Vivian, Toronto 7 13 22 11 13 85 66 C Harrison, Toronto 7 12 16 16 12 85 63 W White, Snelgrove 7 11 18 16 11 85 56 A Spanner, Toronto 5 8 17 13 11 85 54 Geo M Dunk, Toronto . 8 10 17 15 12 85 52 T Bennar, Hamilton 6 5 17 10 11 85 49 T Dent, Inglewood 6 8 13 10 9 85 46 W T Campbell, Snelgrove 5 5 14 8 9 85 41 W Smeaton, Inglewood 8 9 15 50 32 Geo H Cashmore, Toronto... 5 8 io 40 23 Mr James, Inglewood W Elliott, Inglewood 5 9 . . ii 40 25 6 10 . . 25 16 C Patterson, Inglewood 3 7 . . 8 40 18 T Nunn, Inglewood 6 8 ii 25 14 Doc Sheppard. Toronto Jn... . . . . 25 14 J Dunham, Hamilton . . . . 13 25 13 C J Peaker, Brampton 4 9 . . 25 13 W Beamish, Inglewood 5 7 . . 25 12 T Patterson, Inglewood 5 6 ii 25 11 W Friend, Hamilton . . . . 25 11 T Duke, Inglewood 4 5 io ii B. 25 9 Thomas Henry, Brampton.... 9 11 i3 9 100 63 P. Rock. “Amateur” is Corrected. Easton, Pa., April 8 .—Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of Forest and Stream of March 4 there appeared a communica- tion under the caption “Clerks and Professionals” and signed “Amateur.” As a committee, commanded by a unanimous vote of the Inde- pendent Gun Club, of Easton, at its first meeting after ;the ap- pearance of “Amateur’s” communication, to voice the club’s senti- ments in the matter, and as it seemed possible that “Amateur’s” cowardly attack was made on one of our own members, to make a public statement in his defense, we ask the courtesy of your columns. As to the sentiments of our club, it ought to suffice to say that we vote as we shoot; that is, according to our best judgment; and that judgment has enabled us to win every match in which we have taken part, and they are not few in number. _ That same judgment, exercised on “Amateur’s” no-name, stab-in-the- back methods, condemns them as the efforts of a jealous rival. On behalf of our brother member, Mr. Ed. F. Markley, who was supposed by some to be the object of “Amateur’s” attack, we take pleasure in stating that he is held in the highest esteem by our club. In “Amateur’s” communication, the only statement truthfully applicable to Markley is that he is a clerk in a whole- sale house. Surely that fact will not bring him under suspicion unless a diseased imagination like “Amateur’s” comes in to bolster it up. . ... We hope we may be pardoned for venturing the opinion that “Amateur,” who talks so glibly of “sharks” and the killing of the sport, might better turn his attention to his own reforma- tion as an “assassin of character,” and that none but mischief- makers write anonymous communications. Forrest W. Kolb, ) W. R. Ivey, V Committee. John Heil, ) Analostan Gun Club. Washington, D. C., April 15. — The Analostan Gun Club held a practice shoot on Thursday, April 13. Several new members, who never shot at the trap, were present. The wind was high, but notwithstanding the breeze, some good scores were made, espe- cially that of Mr. Jos. H. Hunter, who shot a professional gait. The scores: Shot at. Broke. J H Hunter.... ... 115 107 E H Storr...... ... 115 105 Geo Nalley ... 100 66 Wilhite 48 Miles Taylor ... ... 55 48 Bauskett ... 50 43 Dr Taylor ... 50 35 Dr Wolfe ... 55 25 Shot at. Broke, Burridge ... 50 27 Willis 35 25 Rhodes 45 30 Vinson 35 21 Enders 20 10 McKnew ... ........ 15 12 Williams . . . 20 6 E. H. Storr, trade representative, was present, and spent the afternoon, and although shooting a ne\y gun, made a very cred- itable score under the circumstances, Miles Taylor, Sce'y. ^UXVUCV X A. Cl UOUUUlvl o Chicago, April 8. — The Chicago Trapshooters’ Association wish to announce the dates of its big midsummer amateur target shooting tournament on Aug. 18, 19 and 20. These dates will be just preceding the Indians’ annual tournament at Spirit Lake, la., that comes on the 22d to the 25th, inclusive, believing that many of the Indians and friends from the East and South would like to take in our shoot on the direct route and spend three days in the great metropolis of the West. There is probably no city in the country to-day where as much enthusiasm is shown by local trapshooters as here. This Asso- ciation has probably done more than any other organization to promote the sport. The attractions offered a shooter in Chicago, outside of the shooting cannot be excelled by any other Western city. The shooter heie in the evening- can find all manner of amusements, and a three days stay will be a splendid vacation for any one. We are going to give $500 average money for the three days, ihe programme will consist of eight 15-target events, and four 20-target events with entrance of $20. One hundred dollars will be divided between high guns each day, as follows: $20 to first, $18, $16, $14, $12, $10 and $10. 1 wo hundred dollars will be given for the general average for & ,10° *° high «•« 825 to «* The low guns will be given first four $15 each; next four low, $10 each. 9 The moneys will be divided on the Chicago^ system of divi- sion, which provides for three places in 15-target events, and four places in -,0-target events, all shooters getting a place will divide equally the entire purse. This gives a shooter who breaks 13 the same amount as the shooter who breaks 15 straight. While this makes the fairest division for the real amateur, it is also greatly in favor of the more expert shooter, for if he stays in the money only ten times in the twelve events, we can assure him that he will draw out as winnings more than one-half of the entrance money, and then he. almost certain of pulling down one of the good average While it may seem a little early to go into such a detailed description of this shoot, we want our target-shooting friends to study this programme very carefully, and if there is any one that does not clearly understand the Chicago division, I will be pleased to give him any information desired. . Erom present indications we will have one of the largest shoots mnTtteSdaT?c?.,heI<1 in the West this year, outside of the G. A. H. Mr. E. B. Shogren and Fred H. Lord will have the management of this tournament. Any information desired, or requests for programmes should be addressed to E. B. Shogren, Secretary of the Chicago Trap- shooters Association, 940 First National Bank Building, Chicago, d • E. B. Shogren. Anafostan Gttn Club. Washington, D. C., April 11.— The Analostan Gun Club of this city held a very successful shoot yesterday. The occasion of the same was the arrival in the city on Sunday of the famous squad of experts— Messrs. Marshall, Heikes, Heer, Stevens and Butler— Mr. John E. Avery, the general sales agent for the South, and Mr. Heath, of the advertising department, were also along and kept tab on the shooters. A large number of local members were present, and also visitors from the Rockville, Md., Club and the Eastern Branch Club of this city, besides a large number of spectators. The weather was beautiful, but a very high wind made dif- Heikes . Heer . Stevens . Marshall Butler . . Wagner W H Hunter. Wilhite Geo Wise C Wilson Miles Taylor . Jos H Hunter. Dr Taylor Hogan Keys Duvall . . . . Shot at. Broke. Cashell Shot at. ,..100 91 Orrison ..100 89 Mattingly . . . ...100 87 McMichael .. 81 Draper . .110 100 Dr Barr .. 90 81 Haven .. 85 59 Field en .. 80 65 Cummings .. 63 Morris 65 Bailey .. 70 66 Petrola .. 55 44 Pleintz 25 .. 50 44 Kengla 15 .. 50 42 Lowe ........ 39 Wolfe 37 Viers 10 37 Avery 33 - 27 35 32 14 13 25 23 17 22 17 9 15 15 11 10 9 9 9 Indianapolis (Ind.) Gttn Club. Indianapolis, Ind., April 8.— Dickman won Peters badge. Carter, Dickman, Parry, Dark, Armstrong, Hice tied for club L^F^eh has challenged Mr. event was at 25 targets: Events : 1 Parry 22 Dickman 19 Carter 20 PTearsey H Finley 21 Cooper IS Tripp 21 Britton 21 Gregory 21 Comstock 21 Habich 15 Smith 15 Dark 19 Armstrong 11 Hice 16 Trotter 17 Morjison 23456789 21 24 24 23 21 . . 23 22 21 22 23 21 23 20 17 19 20 16 14 20 21 23 22 20 17 21 21 ;; 17 20 18 20 15 24 23 20 17 17 20 16 20 17 21 20 25 20 23 22 17 15 10 13 22 7 12 12 20 17 24 23 17 12 18 16 14 .. 15 15 15 13 18 19 * il 29. Each Shot at. Broke. 150 135 225 194 150 106 125 97 125 100 100 73 225 177 100 74 150 130 100 75 125 67 100 59 125 100 125 71 100 61 50 30 75 4Q ■ 828 FOREST AND STREAM | April 22, tgo$. The Delaware State Shoot. The first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trap- shooters’ League was held in Wilmington, Del., April 12 and 13, on the grounds of the Wilmington Gun Club. This club is a new one, and we think has reason to be proud of its record of ninety-seven shooters on the first day and seventy-four ■ on the second, with a total of over 20,000 targets for the two days. Every e\ent, with the exception of Nos. 5-8 on the second day, were handicaps, the sliding handicap being used, experts and amateurs* handicapping themselves by their work in the several events. The club had calculated that it should have about sixty shooters present, so it was rather hard work for its tournament committee to look after their guests’ comfort as well as to keep things moving. The committee was composed as follows: W. Harry Hartlove, Chairman; Elmer I. Thompson, Frank Kendall, H. J. Stidham, secretary of the club, and Edward Banks. The thanks of the committee are due to the several volunteers who so kindly assisted them in refereeing and squad hustling, the veteran Bob McArdle, looking after No. 1 set of traps and seeing to it that the squads got to the score on time. Elmer Thompson did most of that work at No. 2 set, while Stidham and Hartlove were always in evidence when help was needed. The new club house, 32 x 24 feet, with its piazza, seemed to accommodate the crowd well, the large tent, 45 x 25, not being needed. The lunch tent was patronized well, the oyster counter having particular attraction for some of our Western friends, chiefly Tom Mai shall and Billy Heer, the latter standing at that score and calling “Pull” until the oyster opener’s arm ached. The trade was well represented. A. C. Barrell and F. Heath were on hand with a full U. M. C. squad — T. A. Marshall, W. H. Heer, F. E. Butler, H. H. Stevens and “Pop” Heikes. J. Mowed Hawkins, of the W. R. A. Co., accompanied by Mrs. Hawkins and his young son, was on hand to look after his company’s interests. T. H. Keller and Neaf Apgar saw that Peters Cartridge Co. got all that was coming to it. The Austin Cartridge Co. was repre- sented by Mr. W. P. Sampson, a new man at the traps, and a nephew of Mr. Wm. Baskervill, manager of that company’s Bal- timore branch. Luther J. Squier, of the DuPont Co., of course was on hand, Wilmington being his home at present. With so many shooters to attend to, it is not to be wondered at that (sliding handicap not considered), the scores of some experts suffered. The programme for the first day was twelve events, 15 targets each, but owing to the number of entries, only eleven events were shot, many not being able to shoot their scores in No. 11 on account of darkness. The programme for the day consisted of 165 targets. First Day, April 12. Events : T A Marshall . . . W H Heer F E Butler H H Stevens.... R O Heikes N Apgar L J Squier J M Hawkins P W Sampson... J B McHugh.... A P Conley Chew G Burroughs . . . T erry J R Malone F Emann W M Foord Armstrong , L German W Edmonson ... j A McKelvey.. j E Bowen A B Richardson W H Reed...... G S McCarty C H Newcomb... C E Mink F C Bissett F Williamson .. G Edmonson . . . E Banks Pratt E E duPont P F duPont T I-I Keller W IT Phillips.... W H Hartlove.. Ed Melchior, Jr. Cowan A Chaxelle N Grubb J Ball J W Applejack . J T Silver Theo Rogers W L Duff FI W McNeal.. England A Lobb J E Kirk Evans W Torpey J Graham Springer Cleaver G Godwin J P Groome E Godwin G Simons T W Young V duPont III... Dr Buckmaster J W Algard J Townsend C Simons W T Warren F 1C Kendall.... G F Hamlin H Atkinson R Chase M Chase Chadwick T Lodge E I Thompson., Linton H T Crosby White W K Hahn E Grubb W Ryan H J Stidham... R Wilson J Kite L Koerner .... C North A I duPont J A C C Hahn Harrington J Mooer Steele Hassinger J M Casey J Caldwell ..... R McArdle . ... Hendrix ... I 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 Broke. 14 15 14 13 12 13 13 10 15 14 14 147 14 14 15 13 13 15 13 15 13 14 14 153 13 13 12 14 13 12 13 12 11 15 10 139 II 12 15 14 13 15 14 15 13 13 12 147 14 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 157 13 13 13 12 12 14 14 13 13 13 11 141 14 15 11 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 140 13 13 15 12 14 13 13 14 13 13 11 144 997 11 9 12 97776 93 13 14 12 14 11 14 9 11 14 14 11 137 13 11 11 8 14 9 15 9 13 13 12 128 13 12 11 12 10 12 8 12 13 9 12 123 11 14 11 14 12 15 12 13 11 15 14 142 12 14 10 13 8 14 9 13 14 11 14 132 11 11 12 12 8 12 10 14 12 12 13 127 8 14 14 13 12 14 13 13 14 11 15 141 11 15 12 13 11 14 13 15 9 15 14 142 13 12 11 13 5 12 12 15 9 13 11 126 15 12 15 13 13 13 13 13 11 15 13 146 13 10 11 8 13 13 14 10 14 15 11 132 11 13 13 14 15 14 12 12 15 11 13 143 12 11 11 8 13 12 13 14 9 11 14 128 14 14 13 14 13 11 13 15 13 15 13 148 11 12 11 14 6 13 12 13 11 14 13 130 14 13 13 10 13 10 13 14 15 11 13 139 13 12 13 14 9 15 14 14 12 14 14 146 14 13 14 13 14 12 14 15 14 11 13 147 13 11 13 14 15 10 14 15 12 11 13 141 14 10 14 6 10 13 14 12 14 12 9 127 12 13 15 11 12 11 10 12 12 9 11 128 14 14 12 12 14 13 13 11 13 11 13 9 14 8 10 11 14 8 12 11 11 11 13 9 13 10 11 14 11 14 15 13 9 12 10 14 13 8 9 12 12 8 9 12 12 11 13 . . 9 13 13 11 14 7 13 . . 11 13 12 . . 11 12 . . .. 10 12 12 13 14 13 14 .. 11 10 12 8 9 . . . ... 10 9 . . 9 13 9 11 9 10 . . . J.V ±4 JL£ J-J- . . JLL J-U . . .... 15 10 14 7 . . . . 12 S 12 11 11 . . 10 12 15 11 11 9 13 9 10 12 . . . . 13 11 8 10 11 12 5 11 7 . . 10 12 10 8 15 14 11 11 12 11 . . 12 11 13 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 . . 13 13 11 13 8 13 13 7 6 9 . . . . 14 14 12 15 10 11 13 13 13 9 . . .. 12 14 11 12 12 15 9 12 9 9 . . . . . 11 12 11 13 12 . . . . .. 10 10 13 10 14 14 11 9 10 . . 15 12 .. 14 14 13 15 14 .. 11 11 15 12 13 8 12 14 10 10 13 11 11 12 10 . . 12 14 . . 12 14 . . 14 13 12 . . 12 14 . . ". . 15 13 10 . . 12 10 13 . . 11 12 .. ". 11 12 6 . . . 10 9 . . ; 12 13 .. . . . li 6 12 9 . . 9 .. .. " 14 . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . 12 8 11 5 10 10 ..12 8 10 9 . . ; . . ; 14 9 12 13 4 4 9 7 13 10 7 . . 7 11 .. .. 8 7 . . . . ........ 9 9 2 10 ....... 6 8 11 5 9 7.. 8 9 . . 11 12 . . 14 9 10 8 9 . . ... 5 12 11 10 .. .. 8 .. 8 13 .. 9 11 9 7 .. " ‘ .. .. .. .. 10 4 .. 8 13 . . ■ ■ ; ‘ . . . 13 12 12 11 . . 10 10 12 ;;; 10 10 ■ ; ; io 8 ii . . 11 12 . . 8 10 12 . . ‘ ‘ 6 10 . . .. 12 12 .. 5 8 6 .. ’ . 8 7 . . Nos. 9 and 10 comprised the merchandise event. For this event he club had prepared a list of some 80 odd prizes, but as there vere only 69 entries for the prizes, everybody got something, and he majority got value received for their eidry fee, while many rot decidedly more. W. Edmonson and J. Graham tied for first ind second prizes, and took both the L. C. Smith and Ithaca uns tossing for choice. McHugh and Richardson tied for third mrWourth prizes a large and handsome stem of Austrian raanu- ?acture and a f^’ir of field glasses, They shot, off miss-and-qut, McHugh winning by breaking his target, Richaidson having missed°his. All the other prizes were decided by lot, there being no time for a thoot'off. m , « • In all 9.870 targets were thrown during the day, being an aver- age of almost sixty entries in each event. Second Day, April 13, General Averages. The weather at the opening of the second day was almost as unpromising as the early hours of the first day. As a whole, it was a much more unpleasant day, for the reason that the wind was easterly all the time and blew for the most part quite strongly, making the targets uneven in flight, which, added to the sliding handicap, caused scores to rule low, but naturally enough did not affect the scores made by the more expert among the shooters. The chief interest was taken in events Nos. 5 to 8 inclusive, four 25-target events, which constituted the race for the individual championship of the State. The winner turned up in A. B. Rich- ardson, of Dover, who finished strongly with 25 straight, and won out by 3 targets over his nearest competitors, W. M. Foord, of Wilmington, and Terry, also of Dover, who broke 90. Richardson went to the score for his last 25 with the proposition before him of having to break 23 to win. That he was in the best of form is shown by the fact that he had scarcely a poorly broken target among the whole of the 25 that he put in the game sack. How well Richardson must have shot is shown also by the scores made by the others; “Pop” Heikes with 95 and J. Mowell Hawkins with 94, being the only ones in the shoot who beat his total of 93. “Billy” Foord got off badly, but finished strongly, as he always does. The team race for five-man teams brought out ten teams, and it was 7 :15 when the last man in the last squad had shot his string. Wawaset Team No. 1, of Wilmington, put up an excellent piece of team work, and won out easily, with the good total of 221 out of 250, each of the five men shooting at 50 targets. The Dover Gun Club was second on the list, 23 targets behind, with a total of 198; Wawaset No. 2, Wawaset No. 3 and Blue Ball No. 1 finished third, fourth and fifth respectively, with scores of 187, 186 and 185 to their credit. The home club put in two teams, and the second team put it all over the first team, but neither of them was ever in the hunt. Middletown, Claymont and Blue Ball No. 2 were the other teams. Fleikes again easily led the experts with only 8 lost out of 160 shot at, breaking 152. Hawkins broke 146, Heer and Apgar 142, and Marshall 141. The amateurs did some good work, Richardson, the winner of the State championship, taking first honors in the amateur class and also second honors all round for the day with 147 breaks, one more than Hawkins’ total. Mink, the lanky Philadelphian, again landed well up with 143, while Foord and Terry each had 140 to their credit. The scores . were as below, events 5-8 being at 25 targets, and constituting the individual cham- pionship race at 100 targets: The programme comprised 160 targets. Events: 12 3 4 Targets: 15 15 15 15 T A Marshall 12 15 12 14 W IT Heer 14 14 12 13 F E Butler 12 9 11 12 H H Stevens 15 10 11 12 R O Heikes 14 15 14 14 N Apgar . 11 12 15 14 J M Hawkins 14 14 13 11 L J Squier 13 11 14 12 Bee 9 10 9 13 P W Sampson 8 8 13 8 Theo Rogers H 10 9 14 White 7 13 8 -9 D S Daudt 8 11 10 14 Beauchamp 8 12 10 11 W M Foord 12 15 8 15 I- German 14 13 14 11 E C Bissett 13 11 15 13 S McCarty 10 12 12 15 E Mink .15 12 14 14 Emann 10 13 10 12 B Richardson 15 12 13 14 P Conley 10 9 10 10 A McKelvey 12 12 14 12 G C F A A J 7 11 6 8 7 7 7 13 .. 10 5 6 7 8 25 25 25 25 22 22 22 22 23 21 22 23 18 14 21 23 24 20 23 20 22 25 23 25 23 22 24 21 23 23 24 24 19 22 22 20 17 20 16 20 16 14 17 18 19 18 14 15 16 15 15 14 18 20 13 22 9 13 8 15 20 24 22 24 24 22 20 21 23 20 21 23 22 20 17 21 22 23 24 19 21 23 21 20 22 23 23 25 17 20 17 20 17 24 19 21 17 23 17 23 20 22 16 23 19 24 19 22 6 16 14 18 15 19 15 16 15 19 15 13 22 24 21 23 19 24 20 21 . . . . 14 21 .. .. 11 3 12 15 15 19 19 18 20 J B McHugh 12 15 13 12 Geo Burroughs 12 11 7 11 E Banks 13 14 10 10 Dr W E Barnard 13 12 6 14 IT Poole 9 12 5 12 Duryea 12 9 11 14 Terry 14 12 12 12 W Evans 13 14 .. 11 L Evans 12 14 11 13 M Kuhns 6 10 Dr Buckmaster 14 Bird . 8 C FI Simon 13 Ed Melchior, Jr 12 J K B Malin 9 G Edmonson 10 8 N Grubb - 8 Springer 17 16 17 19 J E Kirk 22 19 18 17 T inton 14 13 15 12 A H Lobb.!. -■ 20 18 21 19 G Simon •• •• 11 E Simon • • • • 13 G Godwin W K Hahn GnMa"sey ' ! 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The very highest grade ($740) of American shotgun and one of the finest specimens of this unique quality we have ever seen. This gun has Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. The finest quality Circassian wal- nut stock, straight grip, with elaborate checkering. This gun is like new in every way, and with it is a fine imported leather case. Dimensions are as follows: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 1% x 1% x 14%. Special price $350.00 W. W. Greener royal quality Crown ejec- tor. Very few Crown Greeners ever come into the market second-hand, and are al- ways snapped up as soon as they appear. This one is a very desirable example of this grade, and with a fine shooting record. It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, fine half pistol grip stock, and is full choke in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7 'lbs. 9oz.', 2 3-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock. Cost $425.00, and is in perfect con- dition. Special net price $250.00 W. W. 'Greener royal quality ejector, with finest English Damascus barrels, full choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elaborate en- graving, -fine Italian walnut half pistol grip stock. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% ib- drop, 14% in. stock. Cost new $425, and is as good as new. Price.... $250.00 W. W. Greener grand prize pigeon gun, $350 grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. An extremely fine gun. Price, net $225.00 W. W. Greener double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450. It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels, without pit or flaw, 40-in long, stock 14 in., heavy Silver’s recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and it is one of the most powerful guns we have ever seen. Price, net $200.00 W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Right barrel cylinder, left modified, 12-ga., 28-in., 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shopworn only. Cost, $200.00. Price $125.00 W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Both barrels full choke. Dimensions, 12-ga., 30-in., 7 lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shop- worn. Cost new, $200.00. Price $130.00 W. W. Greener “Far Killing Duck” hammer gun, $200 grade. Fine English laminated barrels, low hammers, handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke. Dimen- sions, 10-ga., 32-in. barrels, 8% lbs., 14% in. stock. Price, net $100.00 Greener Regent hammerless, with Sie- man-Martin steel barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 27-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new $65, and in perfect condition. Price $39.50 Baker hammerless duck gun, “A” grade, with fine four-blade Damascus barrels, mat- ted rib, nicely engraved. Selected imported walnut stock. in perfect condition; as good as new. Dimensions: 10-ga., 3.0-in., 10% lbs. Cost new, $42.75. Price. .. .$30.00 Parker hammerless, 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., Titanic steel barrels. Right modified, left full choke. Imported walnut straight grip stock. List $100, and only slightly shop- worn. Great bargain at $52.50 Lefever hammerless, with Damascus bar- rels; full pistol grip stock. Slightly shop- worn; 16-ga., 28-in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2 9-16 in. drop, 14-in. stock. List, $57.00. Price, $30. L. C. Smith ejector pigeon gun, 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in., 14% in.; full choke, Damascus barrels, straight grip. Very slightly shopworn. Cost, $60.00. Great bargain at $35.00 W. & C. Scott & Son hammer gun, 16-ga., 28-in. 6% lbs., in good condition. Damascus barrels, half pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Piicc, livA $38.50 VV. & C. Scott & Son single hammer 4- bore gun, with 36-in. barrels, 10% lbs. weight. In good condition. Damascus bar- rels, half pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price, net ; $45.00 Lefever duck gun, 8-ga., 32-in. barrels, 11% lbs. weight. Shows some wear, ljut good for years of service. In leather case, and is offered at one-third the original cost. Price $37.50 W. W. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new, $120.00. Price $45.00 Colt hammer duck gun. 10-ga., 32-in., 9% lbs., with Damascus barrels. A good, sound, strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, and now in good second-hand condi- tion. Price $27.50 HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR*DE SECOND-HAND QUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different. For many years we have made a specialty of buying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you contemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. OANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. Lailin Rand Powders AT OMAHA, NEB., MARCH 20, 21, 22, 1st, H. G. Taylor, Meckling, S. D., 561 ex 600, shooting E. C 2d, C. M. Powers, Decatur, 111., 558 ex 600, shooting Schultze, 3d, Albert Olsen, Cedar Bluffs, la., 557 ex 600, shooting Schultze. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO NEW YORK CITY. CHARLES DALY QUNS No. 50, Daly rifle and shot, 12 gauge, 38-55 and 30-30, - $50.00 No. 105, three-barrel hammer guns, 12 gauge, 30-30 and 38-55, $90.00 Three barrel hammerless guns, - - $150.00 and $200.00 SPECIALTY CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - NEW YORK, For all game laws see “Game Laws in Brief,** sold by all dealers VOL. LXTV— No. 17. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1905. Terms, postpaid. $4. I FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS. Great Britain. $5.50. ) LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. * * Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. RECORD-BREAKING, PRIZE-WINNING SCORES MADE WITH WINCHESTER .22 CALIBER CARTRIDGES At the Open Tournament held by the Zettler Rifle Club in New York City, March i-u, three of the four first prizes were won by shooters who shot Winchester Cartridges. Not only were the prizes won by Winchester Cartridges, but the scores made were so phenomenally high that they surprised even the experts, all of which is proof that Winchester Cartridges are unequalled for accuracy, reliability and results The events, winners and scores were as follows: RING TARGET: R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, five 75’s (75 being the best possible). J, W. Dearborn, shooting Winchester Cartridges; score, three 75’s and five 74’s. ZIMMERMAN TARGET: Won by R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 39 (39 being the best possible), 38. BULLSEYE TARGET: Won by Richard Bendler, with Winchester Cartridges, his bullseye measuring 18 degrees. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Second, R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 2466. Mr. Gute’s score beats all previous world’s records. ‘i Winchester Cartridges Shoot Where You Hold (jfeg'Q U.M.C. ARROW SHELLS WIN practically all the honors where money prizes and valuable trophies are at stake. It is the rule and not the exception for unbiased amateurs to choose U. M. C. Shells. One more name was added to the long list of winners when Mr. E. F. Forsgard, of Waco, Texas, won . , , The Texas State Championship Medal at Live Birds; score 19-20. This important victory took place at the Texas State Shoot, Waco, Texas, April 18-20. Other U. M. C. wins in Texas during 1905 have been The Sunny South Handicap, at Live Birds, the Central Texas Handicap, and the Houston Post Diamond Medal. Shooters kvho shoot the “best” shoot I/. M. C. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Depot, 86-88 First St./San Francisco, Cal. ii f'ORESf AND STREAM. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. WORKS: RED B4NK. N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt. 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binnky. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Muon Bonding, Kilby Street, BOSTOB, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. LOR1LLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. M. H. CLARK, ” Naval Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. H\h|«g1*oA 45 Broadway, - - - New York. f WE BUY and SELL YACHTS ? I OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. D j Write or call. CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM, £ | YACHT BROKERS, J | 150 Nassau Street, - New York. | J Room 637. Yachts, Canoes For Sale. 7 MULLINS STAMPED STEEL BOATS. The Prince, 14tc. long. Price, $30 OO. Air chambers in each boat. Can’t sink. Built of rigid steel plates. Reliable. No repairs. Always ready. MOTOR. BOATS. HUNTING and FISHING BOATS. Complete illustrated catalogue free on request. THE W. H. MULLINS CO. (The Steel Boat Builders), 126 Franklin St., SALEM, OHIO. (Member National Association Engine and Boat Builders.) WILLI AM S-WH ITTELSEY COMPANY, HIGH SPEED AND CRUISING YACHTS AND MOTOR BOATS, Steinway, Long Island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $5 ,600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles on 1 Yz tons of coal, Maximum speed 18 miles. Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, N«w York. WANTED TO PURCHASE new or second-hand, or lease for the season, a staunch, seaworthy gasolene motor launch. General specifications: Length, 22 to 28 ft.; beam, 4% to 5 V2 ft.; freeboard, 18 in.; draft, not to exceed 21 in.; 9 to 10 horsepower. Canopy top and fittings complete, delivered at Syracuse, N. Y. Proposals should state selling price, also a monthly rental price, with the privilege of pur- chase at the end of six months, and the moneys paid for rental to be applied on the purchase price. All proposals must be addressed to the undersigned and received by him on or before 12 o’clock noon, April 29, 1905. HENRY C. ALLEN, Top Floor He Graaf Bldg., Albany.N.Y. Manual of the Canvas Canoe. By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”)- Many illustrations of designs and plans of can- vas canoes and their parts. Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ- ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. F91U8ST AN» STREAM PUB. CO. A History of Yachting 1600=1815 By ARTHUR H. CLARK Octavo. About one hundred illustrations in photogravure. Net, $5. 00. By mail, § 5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in book form. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York Three Splendid Books for Boys. Wild Life in the Rockies Among Cattle, Big Game and Indians. JACK, THE Y0UN6 RANCHMAN. JACK AMONC THE INDIANS. JACK IN THE ROCKIES. THREE wholesome but exciting books, telling of a boy’s adventures on the plains and in the mountains in the old days of game plenty. By George Bird Grinnell, illustrated by E. W. Deming. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of $1.25 for either, or $3.75 for all three. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. | Yachting Goocis. LOOK THROUGH THE YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the ALMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R- I- DAN KIDNEY & SON, WEST DE PERE, WIS. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boats. Send for Catalogue. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CO. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. , , Our Specialty Knock Down Crafts ^5 of any des- scription, K. D.Row Boats, Clinker Built, $1.00 per running foot net cash. Send or catalogue. 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, HO. “OUR. BABY.” TNSTALL an Eclipse motor in your canoe or rowboat. You can buy a cheaper engine than the Eclipse, but you cannot buy a better one. Strictly high grade and high power; simple and reliable. Over 1200 Baby Eclipse motors. were sold last year. Engines from $65 up, according to size. A 16-ft. boat with power installed for $125. Send for descriptive circular. THE ECLIPSE MOTOR CO. Box 536, MANCELONA, MICHIGAN CANOES AND ROWBOATS. Built of Maine Cedar, covered with best canvas. Made by workmen who know how. Models and sizes for all kinds of service. From $28 up. Satisfaction guaranteed. tier essay the peaks. They rode their animals well up on to the mountains, and then turn- ing them loose, again began to climb. Their previous ex- perience stood them in good stead; they climbed slowly, and at last reached the summit of the mountains, presum- ably the peak now known as Fremont’s Peak. From this point , the Three Tetons bore north fifty degrees west, and Fremont’s elevation he gives as 13,570 feet. He says, with reasonable pride, “We had climbed the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains and looked down upon the snow a thousand feet below, and, standing where never human foot had stood before, felt the exultation of first exr plorers.” They returned to th,e camp where they had left their animals, and traveled rapidly eastward, through South Pass, and down on to the Sweetwater and the Platte. An effort was made to run this river with the india- rubber boat, which for daring and hardihood really de- served success. However, although they ran some dis- tance and passed a number of threatening places, they did not get through. “We pushed off again, but after making" a little distance the force of the current became too great for the men on shore, and two of them let go the rope. Lajeunesse, the third man, hung on and was jerked headforemost into the river from a rock about twelve feet high, and down the boat shot like an arrow, Basil following us in the rapid current and exerting all his strength to keep in mid channel — his head only seen occasionally like a black spot in the white foam. How far we went I do not exactly know, but we succeeded in turning the boat into an eddy below. ‘Cre Dieu,’- said Basil Lajeunesse, as he arrived immediately after us. ‘Je crois bien que j’ai wage un demi mile:'* He had owed his life to his skill as a swimmer, and I determined to take him and the two others on board and trust to skill and fortune to reach the other end in safety. We placed ourselves on our knees and with the short paddles in our hands, the most skillful boatman being at the bow, and again we commenced our rapid descent. We cleared rock after rock and shot past fall after fall, our little boat seeming to play with the cataract. We became flushed with success and familiar with the danger, and, yielding to the excitement of the occasion, broke forth together into a Canadian boat song. Singing, or rather shouting. •“Good Lord! I belkve I have swum half a mile.” [April 29, 1905. we dashed along, and were, I believe, in the midst of the chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock imme- diately at the foot of a fall which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not swim and my first: feeling was to assist them and save some of our effects ; but a sharp concussion or two convinced me that I had. not yet saved myself. A few strokes brought me . into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of '-rocks on the left side. Looking around I saw that Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the same side, about twenty yards below,, and a little climbing and swimming soon brought him to my side. On the opposite side, against the wall, lay the boat bottom up, and Lambert was in the act of saving Desco-. teaux, whom he had grasped by the hair, and who could not swim. ‘Lache pas.’ said he, as I afterward- learned,. lache pas, cher frere.’ ‘Crains pas’ was the reply, ‘Je m’en vais mourir avant que de te lachPr.’f Such was the reply of courage and generosity in this danger. For a hundred yards below the current was covered with float- ing hooks and boxes, bales of blankets and scattered ar- ticles of clothing; and so strong and boiling was the stream that even our heavy instruments which were all in cases, kept on the surface, and the sextant, circle and the long black box of the telescope were in view at once. For a moment I felt somewhat disheartened. All our books — almost every record of the journey — our journals and registers of astronomical and barometrical observa- tions— had been lost in a moment. But it was no time to indulge in regrets, and I immediately set about en- deavoring to save something from the wreck. Making ourselves understood as well as possible by signs (for nothing could be heard in the roar of the waters), we commenced our operations. Of everything on board the only article that had been saved was my double barreled gun, which Descoteaux had caught and clung to with drowning tenacity. The men continued down the river on. the left bank. Mr. Preuss and myself descended on the side we were on, and Lajeunesse, with a paddle in his hand, jumped on the boat alone and continued down the canon. She was now light and cleared every bad place with much less difficulty. In a short time he was joined, by Lambert, and the search was continued for about a. mile and a half, which was as far as the boat could pro- ceed in the pass. “Here the walls were about five hundred feet high, and the fragments of rock from above had choked the river into a hollow pass but one or two feet above the surface. Through this and the interstices of the rock the water found its way. Favored beyond our expectations, all of our registers had been recovered with the exceptions of one of my journals, which contained the notes and inci- dents of travel, and topographical descriptions, a number of scattered astronomical observations, principally meri- dian altitudes of the sun, and our barometrical register west of Laramie. Fortunately, our other journals con- tained. duplicates of the most important barometrical ob- servations which had been taken in the mountains. These, with a few scattered notes were all that had been pre- served of our meteorological observations. In addition to these we saved the circle, and these, with a few blank-, ets, constituted everything that had been rescued from the waters.” Having gathered up the things which they left on the shore, the members of the party, half naked, started on foot for the camp below where the other men had been sent. They reached there that night and found the much needed food and clothing. After passing Fort Laramie, Fremont made another effort to navigate the Platte River, trying to descend it' in a bull boat ; but this descent, instead of being a: trip by water, resolved itself into dragging the vessel over the sands and finally abandoning it. On the 22d of Sep- tember, Fremont reached the village of the Grand Pawnees, about thirty miles above the mouth of. the Loup fork, on the Platte River, and on Oct. 1 he found himself at the settlements on the Missouri River. From here the river was descended in a boat and St Louis was reached Oct. 17. t“Don’t let go; don’t let go-, dear brother.” “Don’t fear, I will die before I let you go.” The S1I2 Game Case. In the suit brought by the Attorney-General against August Silz, in the Supreme Court, this city, last week, to recover penalties for the possession of imported game in. the close season, it was determined by the jury that the game involved, English pheasants, English and German partridges, blackcock and Russian (tame) ducks were not of the species indigenous to this State and concerned; in the law. Qn this showing Justice Greenbaum directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. Justice Greenbaum, upon the application of the .At- torney-General, said he would accept briefs on a question of law raised as. to whether . the difference between .for- ■ eign and domestic game having been conceded, penalties could be inflicted under the statute in force in this State, and would hand down his decision after consideration of the authorities. The Attorney-General has published a statement setting forth that the points of law involved in the case are not yet settled, and warning all dealers that they will make themselves liable to prosecution if they deal in foreign game in close season. Bainbridge Bishop. Elizabethtown, N. Y., April 24.— Bainbridge Bishop, a frequent contributor to Forest and Stream, and .a man well versed in woodcraft generally, died • at his New Russia home in this town early Monday morning of pneumonia, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. As a hunter and fisherman he had few equals and no superiors: in this region. It is probable that he was the- best posted man on fish and fishing in Lake Champlain which this region ever produced. He invented the color organ and was the author of a book on the soul of the rainbow and the harmony of light, which was gladly received in the British Museum at London, England. Mr. Bishop was a bachelor and had always resided on the homestead at New Russia, where his grandfather settled in 1793. A man of unusual ability, strict integrity and proverbial kindness of heart, he will be much missed in the com- munity where his active, useful life was passed. George L. Brown. April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM S38 Report on the Natural History of Kiska Island.* BY DR. J. HOBART EGBERT, SURGEON U. S. COAST AND GEO- DETIC SURVEY. Extending westward from the Alaska Peninsula for somewhat more than a thousand miles and dividing the Pacific Ocean from Bering Sea, is the archipelago of the Aleutian Islands — formerly belonging to Russia, but under the stars_ and stripes since its purchase, to- gether with the territory of Alaska, by the United States, May, 1867. This American archipelago, be- ginning in about 163 degrees west longitude, at Isanotski Strait — which separates Unimak Island, from the Alaska Peninsula — and terminating with the island of Attu, in about 172 degrees east longitude, extends quite three-fourths the distance from the Alaska Peninsula to the mainland of Russia. The last link in this chain which quite connects two continents, viz., the Comandorski Islands, is still Russian territory, but between Cape Wrangle (the most westerly point of Attu Island) and South East Cape of Copper Island . (the most easterly point of the Comandorski Islands) is an ocean expanse of 200 miles, with an average depth of nearly 1,900 fathoms, or somewhat more than 2 miles. These islands of the north — situated between the 51st and 55th parallels of latitude — are rough, rocky and treeless, some scarcely more than mountain peaks rising abruptly from the sea, and all evincing the violent action which evidently gave them birth; yet they are far less uninteresting than might at first glance be supposed. Cold and barren as these islands at first appear and wrapped, as they are in winter, in snow, they are, during the summer, verdant with many grasses, mosses and ferns, and perfumed and beauti- fied by myriads of flowers — representatives of .many families, genera and species. Nor are the winters particularly severe, for the Japan current, sweeping northward through Bering Sea, tempers the cold winds of the north. Here is the home of the eider, the teal, the ptarmigan, and, on one island at least, the caribou; here the habitat of the trout, the resort of the. salmon, the cod, the halibut, and the plaice. Here, too, is seen the seal, the sea lion, and, occasionally, the rare and valuable sea otter. The Aleut is the native human soecies, but on some of the eastern islands the Cau- casian is now found. Many of the islands are entirely un- inhabited, while others are frequented by small colonies of Indians during only the hunting and fishing season. Concerning the geological history of this region some difference of opinion exists. Some observers assert that each island, or group of islands, of the Aleutian chain is a- distinct volcanic upheaval, but little changed since the period of emergence from the sea— a conclusion not unnatural, considering the volcanic character of most of the rocks, ancient and recent, of which most of these islands appear to be composed, and by the many extinct or feebly active volcanoes occurring here and there throughout the chain. But it is asserted on equally good authority that, though often blurred and obscured, there are throughout the Aleutian Islands, unmistakable evidences of glacial action — moraines, roches moutonnees, alternating ridges and valleys, erosions, etc. The rather limited obser- vations of the writer in this field have led to no hard and fast conclusions, for, while the evidences of volcanic influence on the modeling of the islands are far too apparent to admit denial, monuments of glaciation are also to be found. On the 52d parallel of north latitude and about 2^2 degrees of longitude west of the 180th meridian- — or, in other words, about 100 statute miles over the line into the Eastern Hemisphere — is Kiska Island, one of the Aleutian chain. This island, which is about twenty- five miles long and with an average width of about five miles, does not differ essentially from the other components of the Aleutian chain. It is a rocky, treeless island of mountain ridges interspersed with valleys and gorges, with an irregular coast line, and an excellent harbor on its eastern side. On the northern end, a conical peak rises rather abruptly from the sea to a height of 4,000 feet (vid. seq.), and is almost separated from the main portion of the island by a large lake, or lagoon, which extends along the base of the mountain quite three-fourths the distance across the island. This mountain at the northern extremity of Kiska Island is, by a wide margin, the highest mountain on the island. It was ascended by the writer on. two sepa- rate occasions. It is a volcano, pure and simple, and still active — -though at present feebly so. The eleva- tion of the highest point on the crest of the crater is, as already mentioned, about 4,000 feet, as determined by barometer. A different barometer was carried on each of the occasions of ascent. On the first oc- casion, the barometer recorded an elevation of 3,900 feet, and on the second, 4,150 feet. The correction to be applid to the first reading, for change in atmos- pheric pressure at sea-level, is not definitely known, as sea-level was not reached until the following day — about twenty hours after the reading at the summit was taken; but on the second occasion of ascent less than twelve hours elapsed between the readings of the barometer at sea-level before and after the ascent of the mountain. On this latter occasion, a subtrac- tive correction of 25 feet (one-half the total change) was determined. The ascent of this volcano is. comparatively easy along either its eastern, northeastern or southeastern •Published by permission of the Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. slopes, though the western and southwestern exposures are steep and abrupt. Although some snow remains on the higher portions throughout the entire sum- mer, it is evidently sufficiently dispersed by the month of August to interfere in no way with the ascent, of the mountain. Arriving at the summit, one finds him- self standing on the crest of a perfect crater, the floor of which is about 300 feet below him. At the rim, the crater has a diameter of about 600 feet (estimated) and its steep and quite regular walls are well preserved on all sides, except to the northwest, where the crest is wanting, and a portion of the side has been thrown down. Through this gap, which does not, however, extend to the floor of the crater, a large amount of rock, lava, sulphur, etc., has escaped — apparently at no remote time — down the side of the mountain, on which a considerable portion of it still remains. On the first ascent of the mountain the writer did not go down into the crater, owing, in part, to the lateness of the hour when the summit was reached, but more particularly to the fact that a dense fog shut in the landscape, making it impossible to see more than a few yards in advance, filling the crater, and render- ing travel along the declivities and among the rocks extremely dangerous. The strong wind that was blowing across the- crater from the westward, was heavily freighted with sulphur fumes, affording the only clue to volcanic activity obtained on this oc- casion. The second ascent of the mountain was made under much more favorable weather conditions, and this time the crater was quite thoroughly explored and photographs made, of different portions of it. Inside the crater and on the western slope of the mountain near it were found numerous sulphur beds — some, apparently, very recent deposits — and all sur- rounding openings into the belly of the mountain, from whence they have apparently been cast up. Much of this sulphur is in the form of pure crystals (brim- stone), and occurs both as separate bright yellow nug- gets and in cakes and masses. One large heap of a finely granular sort, of decidedly greenish color, was observed. There are also within the crater huge clusters of rock that have evidently been subjected, quite re- cently, to intense heat, and a few isolated granite boul- ders that have been cracked by the heat, but which still retain their original shapes and structure. Large patches of congealed snow existed on both the north- eastern and the southwestern walls of the crater, while on the floor under the northeastern slope was a large pool of greenish water. In The western aspect of the floor of the main crater is a sort of secondary crater — a rounded depression with central bonnet of fused rocks. But while the several openings, about which the sulphur deposits occurred, and various general ap- pearances spoke of the quite recent escape of ma- terial from within, it was not irjside the main orifice of the crater that the manifestations of immediate ac- tivity were found, but ; on the northwestern slope of the mountain below the crater, and on the steep, rocky side of the gap in the northwestern aspect of the crater, about midway from floor to crest. In both these places steam was found escaping in considerable quantity from holes among the heated rocks, and, in one locality at least, carrying with it a moderate quantity of fine ashes. Along the mountainous sides of the volcano, and particularly on the northern and western slopes, are collections of lava and rocks which have been baked and burned. But on this mountain are also massive ledges of fine granitic rock, and isolated boulders of the same, exhibiting fine, cleavage and clean edges, and suggesting desirable material for walls, buttresses, and buildings. t At the foot of the mountain, from the point where its Southern slope runs sharply down to the water of the large lake (which, as already noted, extends along the base of its entire southwestern aspect), and stretch- ing from this point to the sea shore at “Kelp Cove,” is a close series of ridges, more or less flattened on top, and composed entirely of huge boulders — mainly granite. Most of the component rocks are massive and are piled well upon each other, in such manner that the exposed portions, or tops of the ridges, are high above accumulated silt, gravel and smaller rocks. A thick layer of “tundra” covers, for the most part, the exposed portions of the rocks and hides caverns dark and deep; and while this layer of vegetation assists one in maintaining a foot-hold when standing on or step- ping to and from the individual rocks, is also frequently forms a treacherous covering or bridge, extending from rock to rock, which is not strong enough to sustain the weight of the body, and demanding that one direct his footsteps with extreme caution. In fact, travel over these boulders is both difficult and dangerous, and the appellation of “The Devil’s Cobblestones” is now commonly applied to the locality by those who have a personal acquaintance with it-— the term having first been employed by the writer, who, on his first trip to ‘ the summit of the mountain, was overtaken by dark- ness while crossing this area and compelled to spend the night there, in the rain and with only the wet “tundra” that covers the boulders for a blanket — al- though within a few hundred feet of the border of the ridge and of safe going when darkness settled doWn and made further, attempt to advance among the boul- ders almost suicidal. What natural forces or con- ditions have heaped together these boulders in this particular place, over such an extensive area, and whence they have come, are not clear to the writer. They do not appear to have been thrown up from be- low, or to be the superficial out-crop of an under- lying stratum. That they have been hurled down from the volcanic peak which towers above them, seems not unlikely, since bold out-crops of massive granite are still to be seen, well up the steep sides of the moun- tain, and detached fragments — many of large dimen- sions— are everywhere strewn about its base; and yet the vast numbers and the segregation of the boulders, the isolation and rather regular arrangement of the ridges, and their uninterrupted extension from the base of the mountain toward the sea for a distance of nearly a mile, are peculiar, and would scarcely result alone from the gravitation of the rocks from former elevated positions on the mountain, or from a down- pour of material hurled into space by volcanic activity. The arrangement of these boulders and the dearth among them, at least in the superior portions, of sand, gravel and small stones, etc., are suggestive of a special segregating and enmassing force, such, for ex- ample, as might be exerted by glaciers. Indeed, were it not for the general absence — or, perhaps, oblitera- tion— of the monuments of glaciation throughout the island, these “Devil’s Cobblestones” might, not un- reasonably, be regarded as moraines. It should be mentioned, en passant, that the term “granite” is here used in its broadest sense — i. e„ as including the holocrystalline igneous rocks of granitic structure generally without special distinction between true granite, eurite, syenite, diorite, etc., all of which doubtless occur. In certain parts of both Kiska and Little Kiska Islands basaltic formations are observed — as on the face of the cliff at the North Head of Little Kiska Island. General out-crops of trap rock occur almost everywhere throughout the island, and evidently contribute mainly to the “flooring” of “shingle” so common on areas which are bare of mosses and grasses. In most places exfoliation appears to have been augmented by the rocks having been subjected to a high degree of heat. Conglomerates — usually appearing as fresh from an oven — are encountered almost everywhere; sometimes as small turrets or buttes, and sometimes in more ex- tensive mounds or layers. Grits and sandstones — often coarse and appearing of recent formation — are con- spicuous in certain parts of the island. The extreme western portion of the ridge that rises abruptly from the head of Kiska Harbor appears to be composed largely of a coarse yellowish sandstone, and a broad flooring of similar material is traversed in crossing from the main ridge to the somewhat disconnected western extremity. The bluff along the northern aspect of Kiska Harbor is composed almost entirely of a brownish sandstone. Scattered fragments of quartz and agate occur on portions of the island, though no ex tensive veins or accumulations were encountered. A few small geodes were found. No fossils were dis- covered. Iron occurs throughout the island — in the rocks, the sand, and even the water of some of the streams. Be- sides magnetite, haematite, and limonite, pyrite occurs in moderate quantity in certain clays and shales. Kiska Island has an abundant supply of fresh water. AH over the island small to moderate size streams course through valleys and gorges to the sea. Even near the summit of the big mountain there is, in summer, no dearth of fresh water, for here accumu- lations of ice and snow continue throughout the warmer weather as fountain-heads of streams that pour down the rocky slopes of the mountain to the valleys below. The water of the streams is soft and sweet and excellent for drinking and culinary purposes. Only where a stream drains a considerable marsh is the water likely to be contaminated to any extent by organic material. In specimens of such water ex- amined by the writer, the microscope revealed the low forms of life— both animal and vegetable — common to pond and ditch water. In addition to the streams, there are, scattered over the island, hundreds of fresh-water ponds — most of them small, yet some of fair magnitude. There are also a number of large lakes, or lagoons, along the seashore which are not elevated above sea-level and which, even though opening by only a narrow stream or brook to the ocean, or even apparently cut off from the sea, are brackish. The large lake at the base of the big mountain belongs to this class. The existence of a hot spring on the north end of the island has been reported, and its occurrence is not unlikely, as the writer has personally inspected a stream which flows down the northeastern slope of the big mountain, the water of which is freighted with sulphur and iron. [TO BE CONCLUDED.] The Audubon Birthday Anniversary. Mention has already been made of the service to be held next week in commemoration of the birthday of Audubon, the naturalist. The meeting will take place at the Church of the Intercession, 157th street and Broad- way, New York, at 8 o’clock of the evening of Thursday, May 4. The exercises will open by a brief address by the Rev. M. H. Gates, the rector of the church, who will introduce the Hon. Alton B. Parker, who will deliver the oration. This will be followed by the singing of an anthem, and then by brief addresses by Mr. F. M. Chap- man, Richard Watson Gilder, Ernest Thompson-Seton, Bishop Greer, and Hon. George F. Parker. While the meeting will not be a very long one, it will be of exceeding interest throughout, and will be largely attended by the scientific people of New York, and many others interested. The Church of the Intercession is most easily reached by taking the Broadway Subway to 157th street. The church is distant only a block from the station. 334 FOREST AND STREAM [Aran 29, 1905. Howard Eaton’s Buffalo* “With the opening of the Flathead Indian reserva- tion in Montana to settlement the coming summer, the last large band of buffaloes in the United States will be scat- tered to the four winds, or else removed to the Blackfeet reservation further north, or into the Milk River country of the Canadian provinces.” This is the statement made by Howard Eaton, of Wyoming, who is interested in the largest herd of buf- faloes in the world, mostly belonging to Michael Pablo, who has a herd of about 350 on the Flathead reservation. “The Pablo herd is the largest in existence,” said Mr. Eaton, “and comprises one-third of all the buffaloes in the world. A few years ago, when ‘Buffalo’ Jones went broke on a big irrigating scheme, he sold his bunch, which were then in Kansas, to Pablo and Allard, making the largest herd of pure bloods now in the world, and carry- ing the strains of the old herds of Texas, Indian Terri- tory, western and northern Montana, North Dakota and Manitoba. Jones built his ditch all right, but he got no water, so that his venture was a disastrous failure. “When I afterward purchased the Allard interests there were 400 in the herd, and I secured four-fifths of the Allard holdings. I have been gradually selling them off, and this year I expect to have disposed of nearly all of these.” . During the last summer Mr. Eaton accompanied Count Ernest Bernstroff and his son, Arthur, on an extended hunting trip through the Flathead country, and as the Count wanted to secure a pair of buffalo heads to take to his home at Ouaden, Schoenfeld, near Wiesbaden, Germany, Mr. Eaon sold him two buffaloes _ from his bunch on the reservation, and the Count and his son had the pleasure of stalking them for a day or two before they got a good chance to shoot them, even at long range. Buffaloes are now worth $1,000 a pair, bull and cow, and in a few years will be hard to get at any price. In speaking of the breeding of these animals, Mr. Eaton says that the bunch on the reservation produced sixty-six calves in 1904 and fifty-five in 1903. He sold the Gov- ernment a herd of twenty in October, 1902, two bulls and eighteen cows, for the Yellowstone Park, and they have now, in two years, increased to forty. Mr. Eaton has sold buffaloes to the cities and private individuals all over the United States. He deals in noth- ing but pure bloods. The mixed breeds, of which Pablo ha's quite a number crossed with polled Angus cattle, are easily distinguished by the lengthened tail, finer hair in the coat, and the hair on the fore legs is shorter. On the full blood, the hair hangs from the knees almost to the ankle, while it is much shorter on the mixed breeds. The buffalo will feed with his head against the wind, being so well protected by the shaggy coat around the shoulders, but the mixed breeds are inclined to turn their tail toward the wind, like common cattle. Pablo, the owner of the great herd, is of mixed blood and a direct descendant of some of the early Hudson Bay trappers. He is about 63 years old, has a family of sev- eral children, and is worth at least $600,000, half of it being in cash. While uneducated, Pablo is, nevertheless, very shrewd, and one of the finest men in the Flathead country. — Helen (Mont.) Independent, April 15. The Rattler and His Stroke. Editor Forest and Stream: Spectator in the number of April 15, says that he has ridden many miles through Texas and New Mexico without having seen a single rattlesnake. He has -arrived on the scene too late ; that is all. Had he been in western Texas thirty-five or forty years ago he might have seen any number of them, but they, like the buffalo, have, no doubt, been pretty well killed off, though I would expect to find a few there yet. In the country where Fort Concho was afterward built, the railroad town of San Angelo occupies the ground now, and there are no rattlesnakes there, of course; but in 1866 I saw half a dozen of them in an hour, and did not have to hunt them, either. Around old Fort Cummings, New Mexico, was another good place to find them; as late as 1882 I hunted them there, using a shotgun to do it, and in one afternoon killed eight. I must have shot at least fifty of them before they began to get scarce. The largest one that I ever killed, or saw killed, I shot in 1867, on the prairie half-way between Canon Pass, near Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River, and the head of the North Concho River. I killed him with the old Colt’s powder-and-ball pistol, cutting his head off as he lay in a coil. I could not have made another shot like that had I tried; it just happened so. That snake measured gT/2 feet in length, with a largest diameter of four inches. There was no guess work about these measurements, I used a foot rule to measure him, but he only had eleven rattles and a button. A correspondent a few weeks ago expressed a doubt about the rattlesnake’s bite being always fatal. If I were bitten by one and used no remedy, I would not expect to live three hours. Still, the rattler is not half as dangerous as is our northern copperhead ; he always tells you where he is in time to get out of his road; he throws himself into his coil, then springs his rattle; and while he is in that coil — and he never strikes before that — he can only strike half the length of his body. I have tested this time and again by having one strike at my gun barrel while I stood just beyond his reach. We have one snake that I never kill myself or let others kill if I can prevent it ; that is the black snake. I ought to qualify this, though. I won’t kill him as long as he remains on the ground where he belongs, but when he climbs a tree after birds’ nests he gets a charge of shot from me. Cabia Blanco. More Loon Lore. Editor Forest and Stream: I see I have got the loon into trouble, and I must see if I cannot extricate him. In writing a short sketch of anything, one is very likely to leave out some things, and so to make it appear very different from the experience of some one else, and further explanation will be needed to clear up the matter. Now, that the loon that Mr. Hampton wrote of dodged twenty loads of shot, is, no doubt, all true; and that then they only succeeded in killing him by a ruse ; but it appears that they were in plain sight of the bird until the last shot, when the gunner was concealed by a pile of drift wood, and the other person was attracting his attention by pointing a stick at him. The loon referred to as having been hit with one hun- dred shot was not shot at continuously or several times in close succession, but was all summer in accumulating those shot, and he was shot at from a natural screen of brush, and the shooter’s idea was that he dodged the shot after hearing the report of the gun. That was what I ridiculed. On several occasions when I saw the bird shot at with the rifle during the course of the summer, I was out in the clearing, and they invariably shot over him. In the fall I shot the loon to demonstrate my knowledge of the game, and to win a bet. What I particularly wished to call attention to in my previous article, was certain peculiarities of the bird. The thick tough hide is one, and that their feathers cannot be plucked without scalding is another., I will further add that I never saw one alight on the water as ducks or geese do; They fold their wings when several feet from the surface of the water, and dive into it head first, and often come to the surface as much as a hundred yards from where they went in. I have only once seen a loon in shallow water, and I think it swam around through the channel from a deep lake that was a short distance away. W. A. Linicletter. Legal Cranks in Game Protection. Editor Forest and Stream: Your editorial on “The Sale of Imported Game” affords a good text on the peculiar lengths to which game pro- tecting legislation will go, lengths to which law does not seem to go on other subjects. On no conceivable ground can the sale of game im- ported from outside this country, be held to interfere with protection of game in this country ; so the only excuse for such an interference with commerce, must be in the confession that we must do wrong tq prevent another wrong. # ... Nor is this an unusual kink for game protection law to take, as witness the United States game protection idea of my old and valued friend George Shiras 3d. He must have forgotten that his honored father joined (prac- tically) with Justice White of the United States Supreme Court, in the lottery ticket case, that there is a Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, oblivious- as that Court seems to be to that fact. Let any layman read that Constitution, and all amendments thereto, and see where he can hatch out any power given the_ United States to meddle in strictly State affairs. And if there is anything but the most finical of dodging, that can make game protection anything but a matter entirely for local legislation, then I don’t see why Congress may not legislate on assault and battery, or picking pockets. Then Mr. Dwight W. Huntington, in his excellent work, “Our Big Game,” page 14, has these statements, “If it were not for the fact that the privilege would be abused, I would strongly favor taking one or two dogs into the woods, to be used only to run down and locate the wounded deer,” and further along, “The most disagree- able thing about shooting is the wounding of an animal which escapes to die.” This is an honest confession, and must come from an honorable man, that “sport” must be beastly. And the confession is, that sport may not be freed from beastliness, because the means for so doing would be abused! In other words, law must do wrong, for the sake of preventing other wrong! Can this be paralleled in other departments of law? I don’t know, not being a little of a lawyer, but some of your lawyer readers might enlighten us on whether law is given to such pranks? , . , Your Raleigh, N. C, correspondent, page 299, points out the nuisance deer were at the fox hunts at Chase City; and no foxhunter ever wants his hounds to “get after a deer” when foxhunting is the job, as that means an absence of some hounds from home for a considerable time, their being badlv worn-out, and the strong prob- ability that some will be shot by some “high-toned sports- man” of a still-hunter. My own opinion, based on a toler- ably long experience in both fox and deer chasing with hounds, is that hounding kills fewer deer than still-hunt- ing, and that the real impulse that moves the still-hunter, is that hounding makes the deer so shy that still-hunting is a much harder job than if they are not run by hounds. Yet your game protection laws make it likely that our hounds may be lawfully shot, because when we are fox- hunting, some fool deer gets in their way. Have we fox- hunters no rights in your eyes? The real truth about game protection seems to be that it takes heed to the individual selfishness of particular classes, who want lots of game and easy shooting of it, for— according to Mr. Huntington — the capture of the wounded deer is a secondary consideration, and when so fair-minded a man as his book shows him to be is driven to such a position, what monstrous absurdity is the aver- age ‘‘sportsman” to take to ? Wm. Wade. Oakmont, Pa., April 19. Do Woodcock Decoy? Editor Forest and Stream: On Dec. 5, 1904, I took a short gunning trip with a friend whom I consider one of the greatest living authori- ties on that fast vanishing game bird, the woodcock, and before the day was over had one of the most novel ex- periences that has ever befallen me afield. Our destination was some hills on Long Island, about an hour’s run from the city. For several days the weather had been very cold, and when we got afield we found the ground frozen so hard that walking was made decidedly unpleasant, and to add to our discomfort it soon began to snow and sleet quite hard. Without going into details of the early part of our hunt, I will get right down to my story. We were ap- proaching some hills where earlier in the season we had had several days of excellent woodcock shooting, when my friend suddenly stopped and, turning to me, said he would show me a woodcock in a few minutes ; and he was so positive in his statement that I simply laughed at him and told him to go ahead, that I would have to see the bird before taking any stock in his statement. Going up a hillside, I went to the right and my friend to. the left ; and on account of the dense growth of saplings and bushes we became separated, and I had almost gained the top when I heard him call for me to come to him; and when I finally worked my way to where he was standing, he showed me some woodcock droppings which were probably a couple of days old. He then related to me the most curious yarn I had ever heard about this, the most mysterious of all our game birds. He said-that the bird he was about to show me (for at no time did he seem to be in doubt as to his ability to show me the bird) was a small light colored cock that had been on this very hillside all summer and fall, as he had found it there every time he had looked for it, and he had even seen it on the ground on several occasions. He said further, that he felt positive that this bird had inhabited this very spot for the past three seasons, and he made me promise if I flushed a bird and it proved to be this small light colored one, not to shoot it, as he said he had refrained from killing it himself, although he had had many opportu- nities to do so, for the' reason that he considered it was the “decoy” that had lured the other woodcock to this hillside, and to kill it would surely spoil our sport in the future. This latter statement made me laugh outright, but my friend, who is quite an old man and has made a study of woodcock for many years, insisted that woodcock will decoy to others, and in support of his theory stated that he had known many birds like the present one that lived in certain spots year after year, and while they were allowed to remain undisturbed, good shooting could always be had close by, but, as soon as they were killed, only an odd bird or so would be found in that partic- ular locality. Casting about, we soon found plenty of sign, some of it apparently only a few hours old ; and ordering on my dogs, two pointers, I saw them suddenly stiffen out side by side, and calling my friend’s attention to them, he said to go in. As I approached the dogs a bird flushed to one side of them and darted thirty feet or more straight in the air, and quicker than it takes to relate, I had cov- ered it and fired. At first I thought I had missed and was glad of it, for I had fired on the impulse of the moment without giving a thought to my promise, but my old dog Bob stiffened out at the foot of the hill, and going to him I saw the woodcock lying on its back dead. Well, when I handed the bird to my friend and he recognized in it the bird he had been watching all sum- mer and fall, at first no apology I could make would be accepted, and he looked as though he had lost an old friend. Then he said we would have to suffer next sea- son for what I had done, as I had destroyed the “decoy” that had made our covert such a good place for birds. That my friend knows the bird and its habits thor- oughly I have had many demonstrations, for he has shown me birds every time I have been with him, and he claims that he can find birds any time from their first appear- ance in the north until they leave again for the south. On a previous trip, in October, 1904, he told me of a bird which had been in a certain hollow in a high woods sea- son after season for about five or six years ; and when I doubted a bird would remain so long as that in any one locality he took me to the place, and going direct to the spot mentioned, flushed a bird. This bird also he would not kill. If my friend is correct in his theory that an individual woodcock will come season after season to a certain locality and will there raise its young if left undisturbed, might not this be one of the principal reasons for the scarcity of this bird in coverts where it was formerly plentiful and an excellent argument against all-summer shooting, for we all know that a good shot with a good dog can, in July or August, clean out a brood of wood- cock in a very short time? J. H. H. West Virginia Wild Turkeys. Morgantown, W. -Va., April 19. — Editor Forest and Stream: A recent report has been . received from the mountains in this vicinity that two wild turkey hens have been seen with broods of young already this spring. This makes us glad. Emerson Carney. April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 888 Federal Game Protection* Editor Forest and Stream: I seem to have failed to make myself understood by Mr. Shiras as to several points under consideration, and it is mainly to clear up, if possible, these differences, that I deem it necessary to go further with the discussion. His migratory bird bill, Sec. 1, provides: “That all wild geese, wild swans, brant, wild ducks, snipe, plover, woodcock, rail, wild pigeons, and all other migratory game birds, which in their northern and south- ern migrations pass through or do not remain permat- ncntly the entire year within the borders of any State or Territory” * * * shall be under Federal protection. My point is, that the italicised words should have been omitted, as they qualify the whole section and limit the protection to such wild geese, _ etc., as do not remain permanently the entire year within the borders of any State or Territory.” It is true as he says that the term migratory has a well understood meaning and comprises an entire class or subdivision of the bird family, hence, as I claim, the lack of necessity, and the danger of putting into a law a definition of the word, especially an inaccurate one. All wild geese and ducks belong to the class of migra- tory birds, but some of them do sometimes “remain per- manently the entire year in a State or Teriitory, and do not, in fact, migrate at all. Under Mr. Shiras’ definition of “migratory _ these indi- vidual birds are not under Federal protection, and in every case under his bill the prosecution would probably be bound to prove that the particular bird in question did, in fact, migrate. , , What the bill is intended to do is to protect the whole class of migratory game birds, and if the section re- ferred to had been, as I have suggested, it would have in- cluded the class as a whole, regardless of the particular habits of any individual bird. _ If this does not make my point clear, then I will have to give it up, . Again he says that I “refer to the migratory habits of many wild animals” and that such reference is far fetched “since the bill does not cover game animals. (By this it is not meant, of course, to assert that a bird is not an animal, except for the purposes of his bill.) But let us see if it is far fetched. The fact of migra- tion is in the bill made the basis of Federal jurisdiction as to birds, and I was discussing whether that could be a sound basis, for if so, it would also determine that_ cer- tain game quadrupeds and fish (those which were migra- tory) would also be under Federal protection while others of the same species would not be. That is, if migration is a test for bird jurisdiction, it must also be for all mi- gratory game, , Now, as to the case of Geer vs, Connecticut, which was decided by the United States Supreme Court when Mr. Shiras’ father was a member of that Court, aild_ which decision, if it is against Mr. Shiras’ present position, he suggests may be a “visitation of the sins of the father upon the son.” He asserts that that decision has no bearing on the present controversy, because no Federal statute then existed as to migratory birds, or was in ques- tion in the case, and therefore the Federal power in that respect was not in issue. I grant the premises, but deny the soundness of his deduction. _ , In that case Geer had game in possession lawfully killed in Connecticut and was undertaking to transport it out of the State, and being prevented by the game wardens, claimed that the law preventing such transpor- tation was an interference with interstate commerce, and therefore invalid. While it is true that the case did not directly involve the power of Congress to legislate on migratory birds because they were migratory, it did involve the police power of a State to legislate as to all its game, migratory and otherwise, notwithstanding such legislation might to a certain extent interfere with interstate commerce; and even, although as to _ interstate commerce, Congress had unquestioned legislative power expressly conferred by the Constitution, and had legislated, the court in the case notwithstanding that fact, affirmed the existence of the power of the State to absolutely control the game within it, and the reasons given for so deciding were of a character which would as effectually forbid Federal control of migratory birds, as if that very question had been involved, and before the court can uphold Mr. Shiras’ migratory bird bill, it must overrule or greatly modify the Geer decision. The fact that Mr. Shiras’ father concurred in the de- cision of the case, which I claim shows his migratory bird bill to be without constitutional authority, does not necessarily lead to the conclusion as he says, “that the sins of the father are visited upon the son.” It might, perhaps, be more accurate to say that the legal wisdom of the father was not visited on the son. Mr. Shiras says that his bill has been submitted to some of the best constitutional lawyers in the country and re- ceived their entire approval, and therefore he is content. If by this he means it to be understood that these law- yers have approved as constitutional the provisions of his bill that a “Department” of the Government can make regulations and prescribe penalties for their violation, then are the decisions of the courts of little use in de- termining such questions. And if this assertion of his is to now settle the contro- versy, without an opinion to that effect, and the reasons therefor, from at least one of these lawyers, it had as well not have been begun. As to my plan of game protection on all public lands, he urges two objections. First: The opposition of Congressmen to placing what he terms “local” game under Federal control. But it seems to me that anyone opposing that would also oppose such control of migratory birds, as the latter furnish the principal shooting all over the country. Second : That it would be so difficult to determine the public lands from the private that the law-abiding sports- man could not tell by which. law he was bound. I take it that the “law-abiding” sportsman would be willing to keep within the provisions of that law which was the . most restrictive, and would therefore _ have no trouble, while the other fellows would hunt, if at all, at their peril in that respect, and the plea of ignorance as to where “they were at” would not save them, The purpose of what he calls my “checkerboard” of laws is to make it troublesome for just such people, and the more the grass is tangled in the path of the trans- gressor, the less likely he is to travel it. Since writing the foregoing, Mr. Shiras has introduced two more bills, copies of which he has sent me, one of them being to protect migratory fish in the public waters of the United States. This bill undertakes to protect these fish only while spawning, and goes at it by declaring the spawning period to begin when the fish enter the bays, rivers, etc., and to end “upon the completion of the act of spawning.” Inasmuch as the end of the spawning period is not the same in all the fish family, nor in all of each species or kind, there being abnormal conditions in many of each kind, spawn being found at all times of the year in some fish, there can be under this bill no simultaneous closing of the season, but each individual fish may have its own ending of the season. Besides this, the male fish, which do not spawn at all, will have no open season. This beats my “checkerboard” out of sight. This bill also provides for imprisonment of the violator, but fixes neither a minimum nor a maximum of imprison- ment. The other bill is much in the same line, and both are, as I think, open to many serious objections; but I do not believe further discussion of the subject will be either profitable or interesting to the public. I have a draft of my proposed law covering game quadrupeds, birds and fish, on public lands, and in pub- lic waters, which when perfected according to my ideas I will submit to public criticism, as I do not agree with Mr. Shiras that a bill which the author confesses to be imperfect should be introduced in Congress and there per- fected, as that usually results in patch-work legislation, which no two persons will understand alike. D. C. Beaman. Denver, Colo., April 20. Massachusetts Notes. Boston, April 22. — Editor Forest' and Stream: I am glad to report the organization of another club for the purpose of fostering fish and game interests in Massa- chusetts. Mr. Edward H. Richards, a member of the State Association, has been active in doing missionary work in Woburn and informs me that the interest awak- ened among the hunters and fishermen of the town has resulted in the forming of the Woburn Fish and Game Association. The president is Mr. Charles W. Ames; vice-president, L. A. White; treasurer, W. J. Hammond; secretary, John H. Sweetser; chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. C. H. Buss. The membership already numbers about one hundred. The formation of many local clubs in the large towns and cities of the State is one of the encouraging signs of the times. The late Captain Collins, in a speech before one of these clubs last fall, declared that without the support of such societies “the work of the Commission would amount to very little.” In the last annual report of the Commissioners (p. 120) this statement appears : “The notable work of the fish and game protective asso- ciations deserves the interest and support of all loyal citizens.” Special emphasis is put upon the activities of these associations in liberating quail, “well-nigh the most beneficial feathered friend of the farmer,” which but for this work might have “long ago: disappeared from within our State.” Such organizations, besides carrying on specific lines of work, are of great value from an educational standpoint. There is no better way to reclaim a pot-hunter or a fish or game hog than to bring him into the fold where he will imbibe the ideas of more enlightened sportsmen. The number of clubs is constantly increasing in our State, but there are yet many communities where they are very much needed ; and it is my belief that within a few years there are likely to be twice the number we now have. George M. Poland, Esq., chairman of the executive corn- tee of the central committee, has recently secured the conviction of a man at Ayer for allowing his dog to chase deer, and the man convicted has brought an action for damages against the warden for shooting the dog. The result is awaited with a good deal of interest on the part of all our wardens. During 1904 the number of arrests for owning or keeping dogs that chased deer was twenty- two, and as the deer are increasing rapidly, the number of such cases in the future is likely to be far in excess of what they have been hitherto. In the town of Lee it is said to be a favorite pastime with the people to watch the movements of deer by the use of field glasses. The pre- dictions of some sportsmen a few years ago that there never could be many deer in the State for lack of the food they require does not appear to have been verified by the facts. Reports of numbers of them being seen are con- stantly coming in from every county in the State. The same conditions exist in New Hampshire and Vermont. Game wardens in Rutland county report that they have wintered “better than in the last five years.” They have come out fat and sleek this spring. In what is known as “Long Yard,” two and one-half miles southeast of the Killir.gton Park House, they say as many as 265 deer were counted within the radius of a mile. Good hunting for both deer and partridges in the Green Mountain State is counted upon for next fall. Col. E. B. Parker is getting his tackle ready for a trip to his preserve in northern Vermont, and will also take along a few cans of trout-fry from the hatchery of Mr. Wood, of Plymouth. He proposes to start the last of next week so as to be on hand for the opening of the season May 1. The streams in Windham county have been liber- ally stocked during the past few years in part by the Ver- mont Fish and Game League, by the Forest1 and Stream Club, of Wilmington, and by large consignments from the United States Bureau of Fisheries — these being se- cured through Congressman Haskins. The effects of generous stocking were apparent last year, resulting in the taking of larger trout than usual, but even better catches are confidently expected the coming season. A party of Boston sportsmen (too modest to allow their names to appear in print) have recently returned from brant shooting off Nantucket, where in less than two weeks they secured more than a hundred birds. There has been a wonderful flight at Monomoy, where in a single day there were killed about two hundred birds. Prof. C. F. Hodge, of Worcester, writes that his cock partridge (reared from the egg) began “drumming like a house on fire” the other day. He has a lot of elegant photos showing the performance in every phase. He has discovered, he says, that he has three hens and two cock birds. There is much interest in our community in the result of th6 fight for short (nine-inch) lobsters. Senators Harding is expected to resume his seat early the coming week, when the subject will receive attention. Courtesy for him as a dissenting member of the committee has caused the matter to be deferred until his return. . Central. The President's Hunting And the little people of the press. When the President of the United States, desiring, and doubtless requiring, some of the balm of outdoor life in the mountains, started for Colorado from Okla- homa, he announced that if he was pursued by the newspaper correspondents he would simply have to give up his trip, and it is safe to presume that the cor- respondents of standing, the kind usually selected to follow in his train, graciously and decently accepted the situation and let him alone. But the opportunity was too tempting for the other kind. Gentlemen had stopped furnishing bulletins of the movements and do- ings of the President of the United States, hence there might be a market for the drivel of other people. And in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat of April 16, under the statement “Special Dispatch to The Globe-Demo- crat. Camp Roosevelt, Penny’s Ranch, Colo, (by courier to Newcastle, Colo.), April 15,” appeared along with about a column of other drivel, the following: The hunt was on in earnest. Fifteen minutes of mountain climbing, and then the leading dog sounded the trail. “We’ve found him,” shouted the President, as he drew back, his eyes glistening and body all trembling at the sport in store for him. “Away they go,” answered Goff, as he unleashed the fifty bounds. They started off in mad pursuit, with the hunters and guides wildly galloping after them. For an hour the chase kept up. Over rocks, across gullies, around trees, down canons, and up mountainsides, the bear led them. President Roosevelt was always in the fore. Side by side with him was Wells. For an hour they raced, and then together they came on the bear, looking angrily and disgustedly at the baying hounds. Goff and Borah were right behind them. “Your shot, Teddy,” Goff called out as he approached, and Teddy took the first shot. He used his own rifle, a sportsman make of the new .30-10 Springfield rifle now being used in the Army. A long and steady rest he took across the horn of the saddle. “Crack,” it sounded, and with it the bear toppled. “He’s a dandy!” shouted the President, as he went forward to view his game. He was a 600-pound bear, in prime condition. Cook Jack Fry will serve bear steaks for breakfast in the morning. The doctrine of hunting is merely the doctrine of rest, which in these times has to be invoked by all hard working men whether presidents or preachers of the Word or humbler of their parishioners, and why should it be thus belittled? I suppose there is nothing to be done about it except to hold it up to the scorn of those of us who know. And yet there are some of the family of the Forest and Stream who have weight with the managers (there are no more editors) of the daily papers — they advertise; and would it not be well for them to mildly protest? Might they not suggest to the manager to employ his little minded folk to ridicule the man who works himself to death at the age of middle life and leaves his work half finished? Or, better still, to employ the little people at little things, pending mature growth? The gospel of hunting, because it is the gospel of rest, should be respected and re- spectable, and its facilities made ample and permissible in perpetuity to the citizens of the Union. The trend of modern medicine is such that any wayfaring man can see the time is coming when the doctor will feel the pulse, perhaps look at the tongue, as of old, but will then say “Prescription, four weeks in the mountains. Fee, $10.” And it will be worth the ten. George Kennedy. Game at Currituck, Currituck, N. C., April 14.-— There has been much less spring shooting than usual, and ducks are still here in large numbers. I saw 3,000 to 4,000 ruddy ducks in one flock on the 10th of April, besides several small bunches of canvasbacks, blackheads and black ducks. Quite a number of the latter lay and rear their young at Currituck now. English snipe are more abundant than I have seen them in five years. Yellowlegs, dowitchers and creakers are late coming. I think I never saw them, so scarce in April as they have been this season. We having had no snow of any consequence our quail have wintered well, and are quite up to their usual numbers. There seems a serious question as to whether we shall be able to shoot ducks at Currituck next season, except from Nov. 20 to Jan. 20, two months. The representative from Anson county, in making laws for his county, seems to have made a duck law for the whole State. Currituck’s representative and senator claim that it was an error; and some of our leading State papers claim that, the Supreme Court will hold that we can - shoot as usual. The opinion of the Forest and Stream would be very acceptable just now. More Anon. Mr, Atkin’s Paintings. During the week ending with the date of this paper there will be held at Clausen’s Galleries, 381 Fifth avenue, an exhibition of paintings well worth seeing. About a year and a half ago Mr. Louis Akin went to the Southwest to paint Indians and the general life of that section. He had not expected to remain very long, but the country got its grip on him and he returned only a short time ago. A number of his paintings made in and near the Desert are on exhibition at the address given above, and all who are interested in Indians, @r who are familiar with the Desert, should see them. “Aren’t you carrying things with a high hand?” “Sometimes it’s a high hand,” answered the South American President, “and then again sometimes it’s only a bluff.”— Washington Star. \ 336 [April 29, 1905. FOREST AND STREAM. Log of the Mystery. ( Concluded from Page 817.) Thursday, Feb. 2.— Partly cloudy; warm; wind very light, southwest. Left Shark River before breakfast. Up coast; stopped Pavilion Key, 20 miles north, for clams. Tide too high. Bay full of big drum fish, show- ing fins above surface. Roberts speared three, 20, 10 and 8 pounds. I shot at two, but did not fetch them. Kept on north. Saw great flocks of pelicans on sand bars and reefs, touched on shoals off Cape Romano, but did not stick. Reached Marco channel about 5 P. M. Stuck on bar outside. Got off and made entrance all right. Grounded again in river, pulled off and dropped anchor off Marco P. O. Half a dozen houses and good sized hotel and store. Mailed letters, and were given New York papers to Jan. 30, and invited to sup- per, but declined; clothes not good enough for ladies’ society. Shot at flock of ducks, but got none. Shall get a few supplies and may stay here for a day if fishing and shooting good. Mailed letters. No mosquitoes. Good night. Friday, Feb. 3. — Fog at sunrise. Light showers once or twice during morning. Caught fiddlers on point; great droves of them there. Went up creek and caught three red drum (channel bass) about 2 pounds each. Struck a great sheepshead hole. Caught a dozen, from 3 pounds to 1, and stopped because I wouldn’t catch more. They are very light biters, and great bait stealers. Trask caught half a dozen and stopped. We gave all we could not use to. hotel. Got some fruit, beans, etc. Roberts grained a whip ray. about 2ft. across. Started for Punta Rassa, noon. Pelicans and porpoises all the way. Many dead fish floating— mostly catfish. Near Sanibel passed a loggerhead turtle close by, 6ft. long. Trask wanted to shoot him and Roberts to grain him, and the turtle woke up and dived while they were discussing. Saw a great devil fish jumping near the light. He went clear out six or seven times. Was eight feet long at least, and much wider than that. Anchored at Punta Rassa at sundown. Got letters and telegrams at hotel. The threatened northwest storm did not materialize. Starry night. Saturday, Feb. 4. — Partly cloudy; east wind, light; cool, but pleasant. After breakfast sailed to Fort Myers for supplies. Sixteen miles up Caloosa River. Shot at many ducks, bluebills; bagged one, and had my glasses kicked off into the river. Got supplies, waited until morning for ice. Nothing doing. Caught two snappers off dock at Punta Rassa, small. B'luebill ducks in Myers Harbor amazingly tame. Shooting is pro- hibited there, and the ducks know it. They are wild, as usual, a mile away. Sunday, Feb. 5. — Foggy; easterly wind; fairly warm. Ice late in coming. Left order to send it to Punta Rassa and sailed 9 A. M. Stopped to fish for trout. Caught none. Shot two bluebill ducks, and picked a bushel of oysters off bar — excellent. Caught a 5-pound sheepshead off dock at Punta Rassa, and Trask caught a 6-pounder. Great sport for our light rods. Monday, Feb. 6. — Fair; light southwest wind; warm. Ice came 9 A. M. Sailed to Sanibel Light, 9:30. Picked up many and large variety of shells on beach, and caught four or five sheepshead, 4 pounds each, off dock. Sailed for Marco. 10:15 A. M. On beach at Sanibel many dead fish, killed by the late freeze. Men at Punta Rassa say that about all fish caught in shallow water were killed. Three dead sharks and a dead porpoise on bar. A beautiful run to Marco; light southeast wind. Long swell from gulf. Got to Marco at 4 P. M. Took in gasolene and caught fiddlers. Tuesday, Feb. 7. — Fair; light southeast wind; warm; a perfect morning. Got up before sunrise, dressed and rowed to shore for fiddler crabs, caught about foui- quarts in a few minutes. They covered the ground so as to make large brown patches on the edge of the mut flats, but scattered in a very lively way when ap- proached. It was a muddy job, but rather good fun. Started at 7:30, following a launch that was to make the run through Big Marco River, a tidal channel through a multitude of islets, hard to distinguish and follow and to find good water, for most of it is quite shallow and the channel swerves perplexingly from side to side. We scraped several times, it being dead low tide, but got through all right in about two hours. Saw many herons, ibis and ducks, and a very few of the rare roseate spoon-bill, called “pink curlew” here. A big bald eagle sat on a mangrove just as we came out into the open. The mangroves grow down to low water mark, their trunks being raised to high tide level on a cluster of spider-like roots. Branches and pen- dant roots hang to the water and are often encrusted with oysters, always small and not eaten where the bigger and better kind, which are always water-covered, can be had. Reached Pavilion Key about noon. I fished for drum with no results; could hear their croak all around us, but they would not bite. Grained a big fish in 5ft. of water. He raced around with the pole for two or three minutes before I got hold of it; then surged mightily against my pull, and finally worked loose and got off. Must have been a 40-pounder, proba- bly a b:g drum. Grained a big stingray and lost him after ten minutes. Trask went out with Roberts, who grained four sharks and lost them all. Was pulled overboard by one of them. In the evening went wading for clams by lantern light on the big flats, left bare, or nearly so, by the tide. A very weird and queer experience. Got a few clams only. Wednesday Feb., 8.— Fair; warm; light easterly breeze. Whole crew went after clams after breakfast, and kept us waiting three hours, which might have b&en much better employed in running south. \ .tramped the beach with shotgun, missed a big hawk, or rather failed to stop him, and saw .nothing else. Tide very low, and a striking difference in the appearance of the island. Got under way about 9:30 for Cape Sable, and beyond if we can get there. Pleasant run to Sandy Cay. .Arrived 4:30 P. M. Anchored one-quarter of a mile south. On shore with gun. No game. Saw thirty or more great white and blue herons perched on one tree, and two bald eagles on a dead stub. Shore swarming with large horseshoe crabs, in clusters of from three to twelve. Trask \ 1 MYSTERY AGROUND. caught one catfish off yacht and stopped fishing. Quiet night; warm. Slept without a blanket for the first time. Thursday, Feb. 9. — One mouth from Cleveland; twenty-four days from Miami. Fair, bright and very warm; wind southeast, light. Started at 8 A. M., for Indian Key. Run is among sand banks, not reaching the surface, the sea being entirely open, except for some small cays to the north, and the deepest water being 7ft. to 8ft. only. Passed fleet of spongers. Went through a narrow channel between sand banks, and anchored off Lignum Vitae Cay at- 2 P. M. Hunted crawfish in the rock holes along shore, speared 119, mostly big ones, and salted them down. Anchored off Indian Cay about 4 P. M. Caught a lot of runners and jacks, nothing else; very strong fighters, but worth- less on the table. Threw them all back. One pound to two. Very hot night. Slept without covering and with all windows open. All very restless. Friday, Feb. 10. — Wind S. E., light; very warm. Fished off boat before breakfast. Caught only run- ners. Saved a few for barracuda -bait. To Alligator Reef after breakfast. I caught three barracuda, 10, 15, 18 pounds, and three Spanish mackerel, 7, 7, 4 pounds. Trask caught two barracuda, two groupers, one mackerel, about the same size, and a 2-pound parrot fish, green and yellow. I fished under the light for SPEARING CRAWFISH. snappers and hooked a good one, who instantly ran under one of the iron braces and broke my line. An impossible place. Saw a lot of them outside, but they wouldn’t look at a hook. Sharks began to appear, so we rigged a shark line, baited with a chunk of bar- racuda, hooked and lost a 6-footer, and caught a 10- footer, whom Trask quieted with his big rifle. Three remoras were attached to it, each about 2ft. 6in. long. We speared them. Roberts dived for a lot of sea fans and a starfish — he is a great swimmer and diver. He hit a gray snapper with the spear, but it failed to hold. Back to Indian Cay about 4 P. M. I fished to-day with my medium-weight rod and a No. 12 line, until a big barracuda made a tremendous rush, and my reel over- ran and snarled the line. He kept quiet just then, and by backing the yacht I managed to reel in a lot of line and save him. In his last rush he again snarled the line, but was too far gone to break it. This trouble was caused by the pad brake on this reel not being clamped tightly enough to the bar, so that it fell back every time I reeled in, and required some time to get into service when the fish made a rush. Very hot all day. The big fish made us work very hard, so we suffered. Fishing to-day was much inferior to that of our former day at the same place, which was evidently exceptionally favorable; we saw great num- bers of fish, but they were not inclined to bite. Half a dozen barracuda often followed our baits for a long distance before one could summon up pluck enough to strike. Clouds banked up in the north this afternoon, which preceded a sharp blow from the north and north- east, rising about 7 P. M., and increasing to quite a gale. Captain rowed out and set the second anchor, and we are riding easily, being protected from any sea by the shoal water on a bank just north of us, bare at low tide. It is much cooler, which is a pleasant change. We fished in channel here after returning from light and caught only hard-tail runners, all of which we threw back. High wind and heavy rain in showers, continued all night. Saturday, Feb. n. — High wind, due east, working to- ward the south during the day. Fair; partly cloudy. Yacht lay at anchor in channel all day. Water grew very cloudy. I tried to fish, but the boat kept swinging about 60 degrees, going nearly across the channel with each swing, so I gave it up after awhile. Nothing doing all day. Sunday, Feb. 12.- — Cloudy; brisk S. E. wind; too high for us outside. Shall try the inside course north. Had a rough sea for a mile, getting round outside to the channel. Ran back of Lignum Vitse Key through nar- row channels of blue water winding through broad flats, brown and yellow, with here and there a young man- grove stem, and saw flocks of white herons, ibis and other waders. Came out into a sound several miles wide, beyond which we got through a crooked pass in a sand bank, just wide enough for the boat, drag- ging her skeg through the mud to do it. Crossed an- other sound several miles wide but, on sending out a small boat and sounding, found we could not cross the bar beyond it. Ran several miles north for another crossing but, owing to the wind and sea having made the water muddy, missed the channel and got hard aground. Couldn’t get off with the engine or poles, so ran an anchor out, put the small boat on the fore deck and filled it with water (to bring the bow down and the stern up). The Captain and Roberts got over- board and hoisted;- Walter worked the engine; Trask and I hauled on the anchor cable, and we got off. Roberts. found channel, and we got through into an- other big sound. Ran seven of eight miles through this, passing three flamingos feeding on a bar, brilliantly scarlet against the green water. There was quite a sea running, which once bumped us very hard on a high place and started a small leak astern, but did no serious damage. Got into Boggy Creek all right, dragging a little, but grounded hard at the other end, and had quite a time getting off, repeating our earlier per- formances in all details. Finally did so, ran through the new sound to the mouth of Jewfish Creek and an- chored outside of it. All hands were pretty tired, and we. served out drinks from our only bottle of whiskey, which were much appreciated. Monday, Feb. 13. — Partly cloudy; wind S. W.. light; warm. Had a fine plunge over the side before break- fast. At that meal Trask sat on the side of the table, where the movable leg is, and, on getting up, knocked the leg out, precipitating half the contents of the table, including my unfinished breakfast, to the floor in a grand smash. Ran through Jewfish Creek, a narrow channel bordered by mangroves, with shoals at en- trance and exit and deep, dark water inside. I trolled with a No. 8 Skinner spoon, and half-way through saw the break of a good fish as he rushed and missed it. Let the rod go back, and he struck heavily. Everybody happened to be forward, so I let the reel run as 'much as necessary, held the fish in the center of the channel and yelled like a wild Indian. They thought I had fallen overboard and all came rushing back, stopped the engine, and I finally landed a 12-pound grouper, a very strong and hard fighting fish, though rather slow in his rushes. We went through another sound. Then through Steamboat Creek, crossed. Barnes’ Sound and down through Angelfish Creek to the sea. Got aground at head of Angelfish, but were off without much trouble. - -an up outside of the keys to Cape Florida, and an- chored in Bear’s Cut at about 4 P. M. Caught several spot, grunts and groupers off the boat with light rod. Hooked something big, but lost him at the first rush Tuesday, Feb. 14.— Wind shifted to north during the night. Partly cloudy and cooler in morning, with N E, wind. Think it will be very rough outside, and the April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 337 Captain seems to hesitate about going out. Fear we may, lose our kingfishing, with which we had hoped to end the trip gloriously. Fished off boat before break- fast, but caught nothing. Captain fussed over a lot of trifles and was evidently afraid to venture out, but about 9 o’clock other boats came along bound for the grounds, and we finally started. Found some swell outside, but nothing to speak of, and could see the white sails of quite a fleet of boats on the grounds several miles to the north. When we got near the southernmost we A SHARK, HOOKED. put out our lines, I using tarpon rod, 21-thread line and a 5m. block tin squid, and Trask trying lighter tackle. Trask gave his rod to Roberts for a moment when the first fish struck his squid, was reeled in pretty close, and then broke the line. I had a number of strikes, the fish leaping 5ft. or 6ft. into the air and knocking the squid high above the water. Presently there came a mighty jerk, and the line ran out 50yds. in spite of my fullest pressure on the brake pad. Then I checked him, reeled in a little, lost it and more in another dash, and finally got the fish near the boat and Roberts hoisted A SHARK, LANDED. him in and swung him into the big fish box, getting one finger badly gashed by the sharp teeth in trying to free the squid; blue and silver, a yard or more long, 15 pounds. Now we were in the middle of the fleet, and the fish were striking every minute or oftener, jumping 10ft. straight up, knocking the squids into the air, and every now and then being hooked. I seemed to generally land them, while Trask’s lighter tackle lost fish after fish. Presently he struck something which, in steady successive surges, ran out his whole 200yds. of line and broke it at the end, doubtless a heavy shark, of which we could see a number about. Twice sharks seized my hooked fish, and were hooked themselves, broke my line at or near the swivel, so I did not lose much. Trask rigged out with heavier tackle, and we both -caught fish, from 10 to 15 pounds: each, until we had a dozen or more. Then I reeled in the line short and held the squid within 20ft. of the stern, and got strike after strike, the fish showing no caution - what- ever, and could not avoid hooking one every now and then. Then we took our cameras, trying to get a snap of a leaping fish, and made several exposures, which may turn out good, though the best leaps were gen- erally' just when we were not ready or the sun was wrong. At noon we had about twenty fisjr and started back for Bear’s Cut,, being fully satisfied. On the way I hooked and landed, after a great fight, much the largest kingfish we took, 4ft. 9m. long, and weighing 35 pounds. His first rush took out nearly my whole line. Came in to Bear’s Cut, had luncheon, shifted into civilized garb ana started for Miami, and the end of our trip. Got aground on the bank near the cut, but got off in half an hour. The kingfish, in combined power, dash, vigor, beauty and grace, surpasses any fish I have ever known. His numbers, on certain very restricted grounds, seem un- limited. There must have been at least forty boats out to-day, and the hand-line fishermen caught an enor- mous number. Even with our rods, which are very much slower than hand lines, we could certainly have taken many times our catch had we been willing to do so. We have had a delightful experience with a most noble fish, have taken discreetly of his bounty, and none of our trophies will be wasted. A. St. J. Newberry. Cleveland, Feb. 21. Canadian Waters. The Spring Fishing Prospects. Quebeckers, with a recent ice jam at their doors which even the new Clyde-built Dominion ice-breakers could not move, know very well that it must be some time yet before they can expect to successfully allure the unsuspecting trout with the counterfeit presentment of a natural fly. At the same time it is not perhaps to be wondered at that American anglers who come tO' Canada for their fishing should be a little impatient at the late opening of the season here, when open water has shown itself for some time past in their own particular bailiwick. Many days before the high tide of the 20th inst. broke up the big ice jam in the St. Lawrence, six miles above Quebec, letters had been received here from many of the New England States, as well as from New York, in- quiring concerning the prospects for the opening of the Canadian fishing season. Having learned from the ex- perience of former years, the uncertainty of the Canadian spring, and taking into consideration the number of the inquiries received, I have promised all my questioners to endeavor to keep them posted in regard to the progress of the season, by the medium of Forest and Stream. While I shall not attempt to make any prophecy at present as to the probability of an early season, which altogether depends upon the weather conditions of the next week or two, there are a few facts respecting the recent winter and the present outlook which will be of interest to fishermen. In the first place, the winter through which we have just passed has been the most severe in the memory of any living Canadians. Storms of any magnitude have been notable by their absence in the Quebec and Lake St. John districts, as also in the Gaspe country and in eastern New Brunswick. In north- ern New Brunswick, in Nova Scotia and in Cape Breton, on the other hand, the' snow blockades have been tre- mendous. .The extreme and continuous cold throughout the province of Quebec caused the accumulation of ice of unusual thickness over the lakes and rivers. Much of this ice is from two to three feet in thickness. It will require considerable warmth or rain to remove this thick covering from our fishing waters, and up to the present writing, with the exception -of a few mild days at the end of March and in the first week of April, the weather has continued quite cold and wintry. The last of the snow- drifts in the vicinity of Quebec had barely disappeared on Easter Sunday. Unless bright sun and warm rains take the place very soon of the present raw winds, it is likely to be well on toward the middle of May before our northern lakes will be clear of their icy fetters. Good Fishing Anticipated. Those local fishermen who enjoy the reputation of knowing how to read the signs of the times, in conse- quence of many long years of experience in comparative study of the seasons, are promising themselves and their angling friends an unusually satisfactory fishing season this year. Not only do they hold that fish are always more plentiful and better risers after a very severe win- ter, but it is also claimed by them, as it is likewise by Mr. D. G. Smith, Fishery Commissioner of New Bruns- wick, that the best fishing seasons repeat themselves only once in four years, and that one of these quadrennial periods of pre-eminent success in angling operations is that upon which we are now entering. There is another side to the story of severe cold and thick _ ice in respect to their influence upon, fish and fish- ing, if any importance is to be attached to a statement which recently appeared in a daily newspaper, to the ef- fect that a considerable loss of fish was feared through the freezing from top to bottom of small streams and shallow lakes inhabited by them. It is more reasonable, however, to believe, that as the winter advances, fishes in the streams and ponds seek the deeper places and live well under the ice, and that if this latter should envelop them, by reason of an excess of cold, they then remain in a frozen, torpid condition, and suffer no harm if gradu- ally and naturally thawed out in the spring. Good News for Nepigon Fishers. It will be good news for all who take an interest in the fishing in Nepigon waters, and, in fact, for all friends of fish protection, that the fishing monopoly accorded some time ago by the Ontario Government for the net- ting of fish for commercial purposes out of Lake Nepigon is about to be cancelled. The granting of this contract or lease was vigorously opposed at the time, arid yet the lease was made for a period of twenty years. Violation of the contract by -non-payment of rent is the reason given for its cancellation by the Government. The Federal Government, on the other hand, is unfortu- nately continuing the leasing of commercial fishery rights in some of the best of its northern waters. How absurdly it is acting in this matter may be seen from the fact that for the sum of ten dollars a year for nine years it has awarded the exclusive franchise to fish in the rich waters of Lesser Slave Lake. The company to which the politi- cal favorite who secured it subleased this valuable privi- lege, is said to have taken four hundred tons of whitefish alone out of the lake during the last winter, and to have made arrangements for taking seven hundred tons next winter. It may easily be seen that at this rate the lake will soon be depleted. A Montreal lawyer has been given another concession for twenty-one years, at the rate of a nominal ten dollars a year, to take fish for commercial purposes in the Nelson and other rivers in the district of Keewatin and Great Slave Lake. Still another individual is said to have secured for a nominal price the exclusive fishing rights in James Bay. E. T. D. Chambers. Trout in Pennsylvania and New York* Sayre, Pa., April 21.- — The trout season opened in this section of country under adverse conditions. Alternate snow, sunshine and rain were the prevailing weather factors to be reckoned with, and only the hardiest anglers were abroad the first few days. Most of the streams were “running above normal water and, all in all, the disadvantages were about as numerous as the early trout fisherman encounters. In this immediate vicinity comparatively few trout have been taken and none of a size worthy of special mention. In the more remote trout-inhabited localities — reached from Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca and Cortland, for instance — -I have heard of some fine creels of trout be- ing taken. Many of the streams about Ithaca are yielding some nice sized California brown trout, a local paper stating that a youth of the University City last Sunday caught a brown trout 22 inches in length. Some years ago nearly all of the most promising trout streams of Tompkins county were stocked with Cali- fornia trout and the fish have evidently thrived. Probably the trout angler is likely to find as good sport along the streams encircling Cortland, as he will find anywhere in the more southern New York counties. And what is particularly pleasing to the angler, these streams are easy ones, for the most part, to fish. To be sure, one will not get a great many trout, as not a few men in these latter days define the term, but he will get enough to satisfy a conservative appetite, be- sides looking upon an exceedingly pretty country and enjoying something that money nor the sordid am- bitions of the city cannot buy. The pleasantest trout fishing experiences, which the writer calls to mind, centered around Cortland, some twelve years ago, and each springtime as the grass comes to its color and the bluebird flits from post to post, “the call of the wild,” as one hears it from the dear old Cortland county streams, arouses the spirit that is sweet to commune with. And because of this I like to tell my angling friends to go to the town of buggies and screen factories and outfit for a thoroughly delightful experience. The prophecy has again and again been repeated in local papers that by reason of prolonged and unusually cold “spells” the past winter the smaller streams would be found devoid of trout, the fish having been frozen in the shallow water. It remains to be determined to what extent, if any, the freezing solid of these streams has had upon the trout supply. It is to be hoped that in this instance, at least, the prophet has erred in his pre- diction, for the little streams across which one may step at a stride really furnish some of the fishing that is best remembered. Many a boy now grown to man- hood, and even to old age, can recall the little silver thread of water singing across the meadow below the red farmhouse, and the orange-splashed trout he yanked in plenty therefrom. Monuments crumble, but these memories live on. M. Chill. Maine Angling Waters* Bangor, Me., April 22. — Editor Forest and Stream: What the anglers at the Bangor salmon pool, or, in fact, at any pool, do not know about the why and wherefore of salmon fishing, its streaks of plenty and streaks of scarcity, lean and fat, but, like the Irishman^ pig, all lean most of the time, would fill a very large volume— and they’re very well informed fishermen, too. Of one thing they are certain, and the knowledge is general, that no salmon are being lured to action by the beautiful flies being cast on the surface of the Penobscot, be they ever so attractive or artistically cast. With the exception of the fish reported in the last letter, not a salmon has been taken at the pool in the twenty-two days of open season. A very few fish have been seen at the pool, and more have been reported as seen at the Veazie dam above, so that they have not en- tirely forsaken the river, but why they won’t get into the down river weirs or take the fly at the pool, is an un- answered question. The high winds prevailing during the week just past have had their effect on the lakes, and several are reported as open and opening. Sebago, usually the first to clear, began to break up on Thursday, and is now practically clear throughout its length, and is furnishing some mag- nificent sport to the early trollers. Lake Auburn has begun to break up, and is probably by this time clear of ice, and the first of the week will see crowds of anxious anglers trolling for some of those big salmon. Clearwater pond is expected to be open for anglers by to-morrow or early in the week, and those ponds and lakes lying nearer the sea coast, like Tunk, Green Lake, Phillips and others, will open one after another during the next week, and perhaps less time than that. Moosehead Lake residents in the city to-day say that there is still a great deal of ice in that lake, .and that it may last until the 5th, although various opinions fix the opening date all the way from the 1st to the 5th of May. Sebec usually opens a day or two, perhaps three days, ahead of Moosehead and the Rangeleys, which are apt to be close together in this regard. The fishing in Sebec, which is one of the original salmon basins, is apt to be at its very best for the first ten days or a fortnight after the leaving of the ice, and sometimes the first day records great luck. In general, however, the angler who waits so as to be on the water a week or ten days after the breaking up of the ice, gets the best results. Reports from the Belgrade lakes say that those lakes will break up by to-morrow, and the fact that Marana- cook and Cobbossecontee are already clear is promis® of early sport in the lakes made famous as bass waters, but where of late years there has been steadily im- 388 FOREST AND STREAM [April 29, 1905. proving sport with the trout, some very large speci- mens being taken there. From now until ike middle, and perhaps the last of May, each day will see one or more of the lakes and ponds in Maine opening to the angler. Although there is a license fee for all who hunt in Maine, there is none as yet on the fisherman, who is simply asked to abide by the protective laws laid down. Herbert W. Rowe. Boston, Me., April 22. — There is good news from Sebago that the ice is out. Already several anglers from Portland and some from. Massachusetts have given their Sines the first wetting of the season and with good results. Several local fishermen who had camped on shore were out with their boats as soon as it was possible to launch them. Mr. Curtis Sanborn got a thirteen-pounder; Frank L. Shaw, of Portland, one weighing nine pounds. W. H. Stevens, C. F. and W. L. Jones, of Portland, have also met with good success. Lake Maranacook is also clear and has yielded up a 2j4-pound trout. So the fishing season in Maine has begun, although it may be several days yet before the sport will commence at the Rangeleys or Moosehead. Below Bangor at Verona, several salmon have been taken, which shows that the fish are running and presages good sport at the Pool before long. It is claimed that more work in stocking has been done the past year than ever before, and for that reason there should be an improvement in the fishing in the Maine waters. One of the changes in fish laws relates to Range- ley waters, including Mooselookmeguntic, Cupsuptic and the Richardson lakes, a law having been passed last win- ter allowing a party in one boat to catch only four fish by “plugging,” as it is called— “still-fishing” — in a day. If there" is but one person in the boat only two fish are permitted. White perch caught while trolling for trout or salmon may not be kept as heretofore but must be returned to the water. Only ten pounds of trout or salmon may be sent out at a time and that but once in thirty days, properly tagged, of course. No person is permitted, to take more than fifteen pounds of trout and salmon in one day while troll- ing in these waters. Dr. W. C. Woodward, of Middleboro, says that several sportsmen of his town have taken good strings of trout in nearby streams since the opening of the season, April I. Mr. Ed. Grant, who has been spending a few weeks in Boston, tells me that deer have come through the win- ter in fine shape, and are very numerous in the country about his camps at Beaver Pond, and that there are lots of partridges. Fie says that there had been no perceptible falling off in the fishing for the last few years. It seems to me “Ed,” as every one calls him, does not look a day older than he did way back in the ’80s. when he acted as one of the guides of our party at Kennebago Lake. One of his sons is associated with him in running the camps. Central. How to Tell a Grilse. New York, April 3. — Editor Forest otid Stream: I wish that some of your readers would tMl me how to distinguish a grilse from a salmon — that is a distinct- ive characteristic which is unmistakable. For instance, I can tell a parr from a smolt, for the parr still retain the dark bars — they are unmistakable. Again, I can tell a smolt from a grilse (or peiliaps bet- ter, I think that I can) for it has not yet been to the sea. But I have no knowledge which enables me to infallibly tell a grilse from a salmon. As an illustration, I read from one authority, “I have never seen a grilse in Canada of above six pounds, while in Britain ten pounds is not a very rare size, aiM one is reputed to have been taken of twenty pound',..” I conclude, therefore, that weight is not a scientific test, for salmon of those weights have been taken. An Eng- lish writer says that grilse have longer fins. than sal- mon ; this is absurd from a scientific standpoint. Rela- tive looseness of scales has been mentioned, but here this distinction is too vague, for it furnishes no standard of looseness.. It has been said, also, that grilse have a forked tail, while salmon have a square tail; but this is not adequate, for no salmon has a tail that would true to a perpendicular line erected at its caudal ex- tremity. It seems not to be sexual maturity, for I read that both male and female grilse have been known to breed. It has also been said that grilse have a thinner root at the tail than a salmon, but this furnishes no clew, for the question at once arises, how thick is the root of a salmon’s tail? The salmon that I have taken have shown various thicknesses in the roots of their tails; so have the grilse. But it would appear that there ought to be some unmistakable difference to justify the differ- ent nomenclature. Have grilse the X marks of the sal- ■* mon? Does a salmon always have them? J. E. Hindon Hyde. Mr. G. A. Boulenger writes in the London Field on the subject: “A grilse is a young salmon on its first return from the sea, and is intermediate in character between the smolt and the salmon proper, the principal differences as com- pared to the latter being a more distinctly emarginate caudal fin when fully spread out (this fin being forked in the smolt and truncate, or very feebly emarginate in the salmon), and a smaller mouth (the upper jaw extend- ing to below the posterior third of the eye in the smolt, to beyond the vertical of the posterior border of the eye in the salmon). In salmonids, as in most other fishes, size does not always coincide with maturity, and the ar- gument which has often been adduced in favor of the grilse and salmon being distinct fishes, viz., that the former may be as large as the latter, is of no importance. According to Frank Buckland, grilse have been captured of the extraordinary weight of fourteen pounds. The male grilse may be sexually mature, but not the female. “The following is the definition of a grilse by a high authority on the life-histories of fishes, the late Prof. Brown Goode : ‘The grilse is the adolescent salmon, it weighs from two to six pounds, and is more slender and graceful than the mature fish, with smaller head, thinner scales, more forked tail, and spots rounder, more numer- ous, and bluish rather than jetty black. The two may easily be distinguishes even though both should be of the same size, as not un frequently happens,’ ” A I Boy and a Bass; I was living in the city of Boonville, Mo. The Missouri River ran close at hand. The water was low. There was a good deal of fishing going on, and I had been .working steady for three weeks trying to get enough money to hire a guide to take me fishing in real style, although I could fish plenty along the bank. I determined to go out and have a try at the big fellow so many had let get away. At last the money was earned, and I waited till a pretty day. The second day I waited was dandy. I hired a boatman and started out as happy as a lark. My rod and reel were heavy and strong, and my reel held 400 feet of line. I fished till noon without much success, ate my luncheon, and continued fishing. I was getting drowsy when my reel gave a loud discordant scream and darted away. “Ah,” said the boatman, “you have a stunner”; and indeed I had. The fish started out in a way which taxed my strength to the utmost. I pressed on the brake as hard as I dared, and I began to think that if he did not stop directly he would take all my line; but, really, I had a good deal of line yet. “Need any help?” said the boatman. “N-n-not yet,” I gasped; but just then the fish turned and started toward the boat and I was kept busy taking in line. He had got nearly to the boat when he sank and I was almost sure he got away, and said: ‘Got away!” “What?” said the boatman, as the fish gave another terrible lurch that nearly jerked the rod out of my hands and the reel crank hitting my fingers almost hard enough to break them. He now began to make for deeper water and the flying line threw spray two feet above the water. I knew if I did not stop him it was all over; so I put all my strength on the rod and reel and succeeded in turning him. All this time the boatman was kept busy with the oars. Long before this my breath began to come in quick, short gasps; my hands were bleeding and my strength was nearly exhausted. But now the fish began to tire and we were succeeding in getting him in shallow water. Once, when I had him in about nine feet of the boat, I cried out : “Quick, mister, with the gaff 1” The boatman raised his gaff and like a shot it descended, but too late. The fish made a leap into the air and then plunged beneath the surface and the battle raged as furious as ever. Now making long runs, now plunging deep beneath the sur- face, now rising and making leaps into the air as if mad, now letting itself be pulled close to the boat. At last it let me pull it nearer than ever; and this was fatal, for the boatman’s gaff was caught securely under the gills and it was dragged into the boat and killed. I was glad the struggle was ended, as it was growing dark ; and we pulled for land. My prize weighed nine pounds; it was a black bass and was found to be the largest caught with the rod for two years. M. ?. Sohlinger. Stoutsville, Mo, Mullets in Fresh Waters. Galveston, Tex., April 20. — Yesterday I saw the com- mon salt water mullet, in a pond where, I feel certain, no salt water has been since September, 1900. On men- tioning it to Col. W. L. Moody, who owns Lake Surprise on the mainland, he tells me that the water is fresh, they drink it ; and that mullet are very abundant in it. This suggests a very interesting question as to whether the mullet could not be accustomed first to brackish and then to fresh water. What a food supply it would make for bass in lakes, and what a supply of bait. It is the favorite food of all large fish of salt water. When I lived in the coast country of Virginia many years ago, it was well known that a few striped bass had been found in mill ponds, the stream or race from which emptied into salt water, but the ponds were fresh, and the race fresh. It was generally thought that the fish had been thrown into the pond by the mill-wheel, or fish hawks had dropped them when small. In carrying to their young the hawks frequently drop fish when the bald eagle gets after them. I wish some of the Fish Commission stations, National or State, would experiment with getting fresh water mullet. G. E. Mann. Bearing on the subject are the following notes from earlier issues of Forest and Stream, the first by William P. Seal and the second by Dr. Tarleton H. Bean. I have found that when fresh water is introduced into a salt-water aquarium it will remain on the surface unless the whole is thoroughly stirred or mingled. It is probable that the fresh water of rivers is not thoroughly mingled with the water of bays, but flows off on the surface, and that at considerable depths it may be very nearly as salt as that near shore outside, say 1.024, or at least 1.020. The sheepshead and tautog are bottom fishes, and ex- tremely local, requiring hard or rocky bottom (ledges). It occurs to me, in view of the extreme changes of salinity encountered by these fishes in this, transition without apparent effect, that it opens an interesting field for experiment. It is probable that the conditions of environment of most animals, and of fishes especially, are accidents rather than necessities of existence. I feel confident that it would be possible to transfer suc- cessfully many salt-water fishes to water wholly fresh, by slow degrees, if conditions were found otherwise similar to their native ones. What a noble fish the sheepshead would be for the Great Lakes. The possibility suggested by Mr. W. P. Seal in Forest and Stream recently, of extensive transfers of marine fishes to fresh water, reminded me of an experiment made by Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Yale College, about ten years ago. As Prof. Verrill’s experience harmonized very well with that of Mr. Seal, I wrote to the Pro- fessor for information about it, and received the fol- lowing in reply: “Dear Doctor Bean — The experiment that you refer to was made some ten years ago. Seeing some very fresh-looking tomcod in the fish market here, but frozen very hard and stiff on a cold winter day, I got permission to put a dozen or more into a large aquarium in the market,, supplied with a constant current of city water; My object was to see if they would revive after being frozen. They all revived perfectly in an hour or less. As they seemed to feel satisfied with their quarters in the aquarium, we allowed them to remain, and there they lived all winter — probably three months or more — till turned out in the spring to make room for other things. Sincerely yours, A. E. Verrill (New Haven, Nov. 24, 1889).” Here we have a marine fish suddenly transferred from salt water to air below a freezing temperature and then into fresh water without loss of health and vigor. This was a remarkable case, and the result could not have been anticipated. There are many anadromous fishes which ascend rivers from the sea far into the interior for the purpose of spawning. Among these the shad, alewife and salmon will be recalled by every one. The alewife will even endure perpetual landlocking and con- tinue to multiply; the same is true of the smelt and white perch. Doubtless numerous other illustrations of a similar nature will occur to some of our readers. Some of the flounders run into the rivers above tidal waters; the bluefish and the silver gar ascend far from the sea. Even the halibut has come up the Potomac to the vicinity of Colonial Beach, where the water is brackish. Examples of marine species domiciled in fresh water can be cited indefinitely, and we should not be surprised by any new developments. T. H. B. Fishing in the Delaware River. (I About this time every season we read somewhere that “The fishing in the Delaware River will be poor this sea- son because of the floods and ice during the winter,” etc. But those of us who go up there find a fish here and there just the same, and learn to love the river and its environments more than ever. Perhaps the chief reason why the Delaware attracts so many people is its nearness to New York City, and the low fares on the railways, yet I hazard the assertion that not one out of every thousand persons who go. to the various resorts at a week-end see and enjoy the river as it should be seen and enjoyed; in short, through the eyes of the angler or canoeist who camps alongshore and sees the grand stream and its moun- tains at their best — at sunrise, sunset, at noon, and when a storm is brewing ; who picks wild strawberries and blackberries when they are ripe, gathers great bunches of laurel in bloom and wishes he might take it home with him, or merely, casts now and then in the eddies and rifts when the spirit moves him, and tries to persuade his camp-mate, who grows lazier day by day, that it was fishing they came for; that they can loaf at home as well. Anyhow, it is not a place for strenuous people, un- less running rapids attracts more than does the fishing and the daily flopping across country in search of ever- elusive eggs that go^ to the boarding houses in spite of the campers’ protests that they are willing to pay more than anyone else, if only the eggs will be kept for them when laid ; but eggs are bought far in advance, and the unlucky camper who is not a steady customer, must be content with the case article from New York unless he can bribe the farmers’ wives to save one or two for him each day out of the lot hoarded for the boarding-house people, who insist that their boarders come to the coun- try for country air and truck, and will be satisfied with nothing that comes from the box if there is any way to prevent it. To me it seems the best way to enjoy the Delaware and the fishing thoroughly is to drift downstream in a canoe. There are many reasons for this, chief of which is that one accustomed to wide expanses of water and broad vistas of lowland soon becomes oppressed with the feeling of being shut in by the hills which border this beautiful stream, and longs for new scenes until nothing short of breaking camp will satisfy him; and the further he drifts the more will the feeling be present with him, particularly as running the myriad rapids and rifts is most exhilarating and the constant search for better fishing waters becomes a sort of will o’ the wisp. I have a friend who, with his wife, drifted down a part of the Delaware one wet summer in a canvas canoe, and who left camp one day for a woods ramble which proved to be longer than expected. On their return these good people found their tent on the ground and all their be- longings trampled into the soil by a drove of cows which grazed up and down the shores every day. Certain ar- ticles left in camp were missing, among them a box of cigars and a whole ham. Now, I have known cows to be accused of many things by canoeists, but to accuse a cow of taking down a ham that had been hung on the limb of a tree and some nine feet from the ground, as well as eating strong black cigars, is pnkind, to say the least. The only lesson one may draw from this is to keep an eye on the camp while away. Personally, I was never bothered by two-footed prowlers, although there are van- dals along the Delaware, no doubt. However, there seems to be a scarcity of Weary Willies who drill along the rail- way tracks. As a rule, I avoid the railway side of the river in making camp, but this is not always convenient. At one place I camped under the railway embankment from necessity for nearly a week, but was never visited by tramps. The visitors were of the right sort with the exception of a few who, on a Saturday night, insisted that I go with them to the nearest ginmill for a night- cap, but who were not offensively persistent, as some are when partially under the influence of the fiery stuff they call tanglefoot or bugjuice, according to the locality, The neighbors have a pleasant way of dropping in at nightfall, bringing wflth them a few choice apples or a half-dozen mealy potatoes, knowing that the little canoe does not carry a cargo of such size as to supply the owner for many days, when his appetite is whetted so keenly by the mountain air and hard exertion in the rifts. Money in return is never expected, and seldom accepted, and I recall one farmer who supplied three persons in our camp with fresh milk for four days, and every time had to be urged persistently before he would accept coin in exchange. “Oh, that is nothing,” he asserted, although it was a fact that he rowed across one of the worst rifts along the river twice daily to deliver milk to one of the boarding houses, and our modest wants were supplied on the ground, his cows grazing all about our camp, much to the discomfort of the Madam, to whom cattle of both sexes look alike, and all are terrifying. . One may read the railway fishing guides and the fish- ing laws relating to the river, and learn a lot that will be of real service to him ; but neither one will bring fish Aprils, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 839 to his creel. Neither will interviewing the farmers en route or the boatmen at the hotels. The best way is to hunt for your fish, just as you would hunt for your game in the autumn. To-day the bass may be at the head of some rift; to-morrow at the tail or in the eddies above or below it. Now and then one will take nice fish from places where none are believed to exist, and so on ad infinitum. There is a certain element in the sport that makes dry-fly casting similar to that of casting with the free reel and long line in the rifts and eddies of the upper Delaware, but the latter is generally more like wet-fly casting in that one is constantly searching for his game instead of waiting for it to make its presence known, then seeking to lure it to the creel. So subject is the river to sudden rises from freshets following heavy downpours of rain perhaps miles_ fur- ther back in the mountains that one will do well to inter- view the railway people the day before starting for a cruise of short duration. Otherwise he may find the stream high and colored, so that until it falls and clears the bass may not feel inclined to take the most tempting lures. But there is a way to avoid this possible annoy- ance. by going to a part of the river near which there are small lakes where other fish can be caught. Then, if the river is discolored, go to one of the lakes until the stream resumes its normal state and the bass are again willing to inspect the new-fangled baits put out for them. This is an easier matter, as a rule, than it at first may seem. There are several railway stations where one may leave the train, obtain the services of a teamster, and go with him to one of the lakes within three or four miles of the village, taking the canoe, or at least the camp duffle, along. Word travels rapidly in these hills, and al- most any passer-by will give the camper exact informa- tion relative to the river’s condition. If it is clearing, he can return to it; if not, wait a few days longer. Tramping over these grand hills will repay one for the visit, and if there are any small streams nearby where a trout may be snaked out now and then, the game will be well worth the candle. As a rule, one may be told that these streams have been denuded of all, or nearly all, fish life by the heavy freshets and severe runs of ice during the previous winter; but here a pinch of salt will do no harm, and a trial of the brooks may convince one that not all testimony on any subject is entirely credible. Anyway, half the fun of fishing is to learn facts from experience, and those who propose to use electricity as a servant in the taking of fish, turning the sport into an exact science — if only the fish may first be lured to the hook — should devote their energies and researches to other subjects. This applies with equal force to many of the weird devices invented by well-meaning persons and called generally artificial baits. The bait for the Delaware, we are told again and again, is either young catfish or lamprey eels of goodly size, say three or four inches; but these are not easily obtained by those whose outfits are small and time limited, hence the growing de- sire to take fish with spinners, spoons and similar lures, or with grasshoppers, etc. But it is worth remembering that the black bass in this stream seem to fancy, the very small single-hook spinners, copper, brass or silver, ac- cording to the light and other conditions. With such lures bait-casting and fly-fishing become somewhat simi- lar. It is true that nearly all small spinners are equipped with treble-feathered hooks instead of . single-feathered ones, but in selecting these I always insist on the feath- ered single hooks, and if one will obtain a supply of bass flies or lake trout flies on eyed hooks, these can be changed on the spinner to suit the conditions and the whims of the fish. I have taken goodly fish on tiny spin- ners and grasshoppers in July and August, but it seems this is something that proves very attractive to the chubs in the river, and while these fish are eaten by some per- sons, I do not care for them, and catching one is very disappointing when one is casting for bass in a very likely spot. These eyed hook flies are most convenient for the bait-caster, and can be used with good success in the small brooks where trout abound as well as for casting alone for bass rvhen they are rising. A few bucktail flies on eyed hooks are handy for dark days and early fishing when the mist hangs low on the mountains, as it often does in summer until after ,9 o’clock, and bright flies seem to attract the fish at times when nothing else will. Crickets, helgramites and doodle-bugs, all good bait at times, can be picked up in goodly numbers along- shore by anyone who devotes a half-hour to such effort now and then. Preserved minnows and crayfish are ad- vocated by some anglers, and it is well to take along a jar or two of the preserved shiners or chubs, as one can never tell just what the bass are thinking of in the way of a meal, and the embalmed minnows may strike their fancy when nothing else will. Preserving one’s own min- nows is much easier than many anglers think, and if an empty jar or two be taken along, and a small bottle of formalin, they may be preserved on the ground. The recipe is an old one, but worth repeating. Put the min- nows in a small wide-mouthed bottle and cover them with clean water, adding a teaspoonful of formalin and sealing the bottle tightly for three days, then pour off the liquid, add fresh water and only half as much for- malin as before, letting them set for a day or two before using. Shaking about in shipment is what makes so many of the preserved minnows look ragged and dis- colored. The less shaking the bottle gets the better. The same method may be followed in preserving specimens to take home, such as lizards, small snakes, etc. A great many anglers go to places visited too often by the week-end crowds for the best fishing. There is much to attract the angler to the West Branch of the Delaware, reached by leaving the train at any station on the Erie Railway between Deposit and Hancock, and not so many fish in this branch as in the main river at Parker’s Glen, Lackawaxen, Pond Eddy or Callicoon Station. It is true that the West Branch is very rocky and not deep enough at all times for comfortable drifting- in a canoe if there are two aboard, but for those who go singly this is a charming bit of water, abounding in beautiful little islands, small brooks and spots no one will be eager to leave in haste; in fact, just the sort of water to attract the lazy angler. Then it is only about fifteen miles from Deposit down to Hancock, and an- other mile to the junction of the East and West branches, and two large islands finely adapted to camping and to short trigs .up. or down stream to the likely pools and eddies. Along there one sees the mountains at their best, and the streams are not fished so much as further down, and more convenient to the city. The farmers are very friendly, and if the wild berries are ripe at the time of your visit, don’t fail to look for them alongshore and in the hills. Fried black bass with wild blackberries for dessert should tempt any angler, and if he is lucky- enough to wheedle some farmer’s wife into supplying him with a few fresh eggs, and the stage of water is fa- vorable to fishing, he need not sigh for better waters nor a more charming place in which to pass his vacation, for it would be difficult to find. But he who hurries should avoid the West Branch and launch his canoe at Hancock or Stockport, where there is a greater depth of water and smoother sailing in consequence. If the vacation is limited to a fortnight, the trip from Hancock to Calli- coon Station is long enough for those who are fond of taking things easy and merely drifting a few miles now and then, to camp for two or three days near every fa- vorable bit of fishing water, which are numerous on the upper river. Still, there is much good water further down that is not fished to death every season, and one can go on to Cochecton or Mast Hope. At the latter place there is the beautiful Ten-Mile River, only a few hundred yards from the village, and several lively rifts at the tail of which it is safe to look for the old bronze- backers. Finally, write to two or three of the railway station agents before starting for the river, asking, them as to the conditions at the time. Generally the river is clear during the summer, but as stated above, it is very sen- sitive to freshets, and it is annoying to be compelled to wait two or three days for the water to clear and the fish to resume biting. From a low and clear stage I have seen the river rise two or three feet in an hour and re- main colored for four days thereafter, during which time not a single strike could be obtained in eddies and rifts famous for their bass, while during heavy rains the river may rise several feet and be in flood for a week. These are extreme cases, of course, but it is well to remember them. Perry D. Frazer. Hudson River Fisheries* Editor Forest and Stream: What the present seaso'n will produce cannot, of course, be foretold, but the fact remains that the valu- able fisheries of the Hudson River are steadily falling away to nothingness. Not many years ago these fisheries were conducted as far up the river as Troy. But each year now the fish run less and less up the river, and very recent letters received from fishermen show that they are discouraged. It is not in the hope of offering anything new that this communication is sent, but rather in the hope that it will lead to an agi- tation which will result in giving the commission means to make an effort to improve existing conditions. After studying carefully the statistics available, I find that each year it has been as if an invisible line was stretched across the river, moving steadily down stream, beyond which the more important fish do not pass. The fishermen attest this in conversation and tell me that, although the greatest falling off is in the shad and herring and sturgeon fisheries, there also is a marked loss in every variety that once was plentiful. The following table, made up from the returns of the licensed net fishermen themselves, shows how serious is the situation: 1903. 1904. 1903. 1904. Pounds of fish caught. Value of fish caught. Bullheads . . . . 54,174 40,825 $4,217.99 $3,206.17 Carp 134,140 99,726 3,931.09 4,849.65 Eels 7,024 - 9,586 711.82 770.20 Frost fish 22,097 40,695 442.02 603.54 Herring 392,110 250,719 6,570.88 3,341.80 Perch 20,032 30,293 1,054.09 1,626.93 5,080 937.79 Shad 723,811 161,751 35,117.24 13,219.27 Sturgeon ......... 16,715 11,805 2,444.59 1,098.09 Sturgeon eggs 2,267 151 1,136.00 128.35 Suckers 36,491 50,324 1,695.60 2,535.46 Sunfish 4,250 6,694 205.51 352.56 Striped bass . 10,301 14,035 1,190.05 1,564.14 Including the miscellaneous fish r eported, the catch for the two seasons thus compared, and the value was as follows : 1903. 1904. Falling off. Pounds of fish caught . 1.441,610 3(9,459 1,132,151 'Value of fish caught .$59,379.65 $33,664.00 $25,715.65 The better informed fishermen, who also have been studying the situation, such men as Mr. Matthew Ken- nedy, for instance, tell me that they think the shad fishery at least can be restored, if the State and Federal Commission, which yearly plant millions of fry in the river, would first raise the fry to the fingerling stage. This plan has been tried by the Connecticut Com- mission, and excellent results as to increasing the run of shad are reported. To try the plan here would re- quire the purchase or lease of grounds, the building of rearing ponds, and the expense of watching and feeding the fish which are very delicate. Several thousands of dollars would be necessary, but this sum ought to be secured rapidly by the Assemblymen from the river counties if united for the purpose. My own idea would be to have first a thorough in- quiry by some such competent authority as Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, for instance, who would discover, if possible, why the fisheries have so greatly fallen off each year, and why the shad and herring no longer run up the Hudson beyond a fairly well-marked locality. It might take a year to do this, but it would furnish something definite to start on. Mere opinion is not of great value when you are dealing with a fisheries problem, and the Hudson River fisheries are worth enough and of sufficient importance to warrant any reasonable ex- penditure, either to save or revive them. Personally I cannot see that, if the mature shad with their strong- spawning instinct will not any longer run up the river above -a certain limit, there is any reason to hope that younger fish would do so. and this is the plain meaning of the plan to plant fingerlings instead of fry. But let the fishermen themselves take a hand and let us see if something cannot be done. If it is not the steadily increasing pollution of the water that is caus- ing the destruction of the river fisheries, let us learn vyhat it is. John D. Wish, Secretary Forest, Fish and Game Commission, The First Account of Fly-Fishing. Probably few fishermen are aware that fly-fishing dates back to classic times. A minute description of the arti- ficial fly as used by Macedonian anglers is given by Ailian, a Greek writer of the third century A. D. : “Be- tween Beraea and Thessalonica there flows a river, Astneus by name, and there are in it fishes of a spotted color; but by what name the people of those parts call them it is better to ask Macedonians. At any rate, these fish live upon the native flies, which fall into the river, and are like no flies of any other part; one would neither call them wasp-like in appearance, nor would one reply to a question that this creature is formed like what we call the bumble bees, nor yet like the honey bees them- selves. It has really the proper fashion of each of the above. I11 audacity it is like a fly, in size it might be called a bumble bee, in color it rivals the wasp, and it buzzes like the honey bees. All common creatures of this sort are called horse tails. These pitch upon the stream to seek the food they affect, but cannot help being seen by the fish, which swim underneath. So whenever one of them sees the fly floating, he comes softly, swim- ming under the water, fearful of disturbing the surface and so scaring away his game. Then he comes near the shady side of the fly, gapes and sucks him in, just like a wolf snatching a sheep from the fold, or an eagle a goose from the yard. This done, he disappears beneath the ripple. The fishermen understand these manoeuvres, but they do not make any use of these flies for a bait for the fish; for if the human hand lays hold of them they lose their natural color, their wings fray, and they become uneatable to the fish. So for this reason they make no use of them, disliking them because their nature forbids their capture. So with angling craft they outwit the fish, devising a sort of lure against them. They lap a lock of reddish wool round the hook, and to the wool two cock’s feathers, which grow under the wattles, and are brought to the proper color with wax. The rod is from six to ten feet long, and the horse hair line has the same length. They lower the lure. The fish is attracted by the color, excited, draws close; and, judging from its beautiful ap- pearance, that it will obtain a marvellous banquet, forth- with opens its mouth, but is caught by the hook, and bitter indeed is the feast it enjoys, inasmuch as it is captured.” The Hudson River fisheries are year by year dwind- ling. A valuable food resource is falling off. The causes should be ascertained, the remedy applied. Mr. John D. Whish’s letter on the subject in another column sets forth the situation, and his estimate of the importance of reme- dial action is not exaggerated. Legislation at Albany. Albany, April 22. — Fish and game matters were dull in the Legislature the past week. /the Senate has advanced to third reading Senator Elsberg’s bill (Int. No. 78) relative to the appointment of a -special assist- ant oyster protector. The Senate has passed the following bills: Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1087), relative to selling wood- cock, grouse and quail in Orange county. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1181), relative to woodcock, grouse and quail in Orange county. Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No. 599), relative to spear- ing fish in Ulster county. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1074), relative to grouse and woodcock not being sold. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. 1075), relative to penalties. Assemblyman 'Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), relative to fishing in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1077), relative to the close sea- son on woodcock. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079), relative to the use of nets in Coney Island Creek. Assemblyman Knapp’s (Int. No. 1365), relative to the transporta- tion of fish caught in Missisquoi Bay. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 110), relative to the protection of the nests of wild birds. Assemblyman F. G. Whitney’s (Int. No. 1019), relative to fishing through the ice in the waters of Big Sand Pond, Oswego county. Assemblyman Yale’s bill (Int. No. 771), relative to the close season for lake trout, in Putnam county. The Assembly has passed the bill of Assemblyman Wilson (Int. No. 911), relative to taking fish with nets in Lake Ontario. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the following bills: Senator Raines’ (Int. No. 247), in relation to the sale of trout. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 684), relative to the destruction of nets. Senator Coggeshall’s (Int. No. 496), relative to the adoption of further regulations for the destruction of nets by Boards of Supervisors. Salmon River For Sale. — Your attention is called to advertise- ment on page x. Jpb fennel — $ — Ladies’ Kennel Association. Judges for the third annual summer dog show to be given by the Ladies’ Kennel Association of America at the Fair Grounds, Mineola, L. I., June 7 and 8, 1905: Mrs. E. Pulsifer, New Rochelle, N.Y.. French bulldogs. G. Muss-Arnolt, Tuckahoe, N. Y., Great Danes, Rus- sian wolfhounds, pointers, setters, Russian sheep dogs, Chesapeake Bay dogs, griffons, Dalmatians, basset hounds, dachshunds and Japanese spaniels. John Keevan, Brooklyn, N. Y., St. Bernards. Winthrop Rutherford, New York, English foxhounds. Herman B. Duryea, Westbury, L. I., American fox- hounds. H. K. Bloodgood, New Marlboro, Mass., sporting spaniels. M. N. Palmer, Stamford, Conn., collies. E. K. Austin, Brooklyn, N. Y., bulldogs. Clair Foster, Douglaston, L. I., bull-terriers. A. D. Cochrane, Hastings, N. Y., Airedale terriers. H. D. Riley, Strafford, Pa., Boston terriers. George F. Reed, Barton, Vt., beagles. Charles W. Keyes, East Peppered, Mass., fox-terriers. G. Gordon Hammill, Stamford, Conn., Irish terriers. W. B. Emery, Boston, Mass., Scottish terriers. Tom Ashton, Leeds, England, all other breeds, variety and miscellaneous classes and unclassified specials. Premium lists can be obtained by addressing James Mortimer, superintendent, Hempstead, L, I, 840 FOREST AND STREAM. [April 29, 1905. a Forest and Stream” Designing Competition No. IV. For a 60-Foot Cruising Launch. SUBMITTED BY VAUGHN D. BACON, BARNSTABLE, MASS. In the plans which accompany this description of a 60ft. power launch the necessary displacement has been taken in breadth rather than depth. Elevent feet beam seems to be the minimum within which the comfortable cabin arrangement selected can be carried out. This, with the consequent light draft of 2ft. 6in. to gar- board, necessitates high freeboard and a straight sheer to obtain full headroom in the engine room and galley under the main deck amidships. The dimensions are as follows: Length — Over all 65ft. Qin. L.W.L 60ft. Oin. Overhang — Forward 2ft. Oin. Aft 2ft. Oin. Freeboard — Bow 5ft. Oin. Stem 4ft. lin. Least 4ft. Oin. Beam— At deck lift. Oin. At L.W.L 10ft. 6in. Draft — To rabbet 2ft. 6in. Greatest 3ft. 6in. Displacement 20.66 short tons Displacement per inch L.W.L 1.19 short tons Center buoyancy aft section 1 .29 . 80ft. Center gravity hull and equipment 29.30ft. Weights. Short Tons. Keel, keelson, etfgine keelsons, stems and floors 1.74 Planking ...2.19 Frames 69 Decks and top of trunks 96 Deck frames and carlines 46 Deck clamps, shelves and bilge clamps 66 Cabin floors, frames and ceiling 1.21 Fastenings, paint, etc 1.10 Interior joiner work, sides of trunks, furniture, etc 2.20 Engines 2.10 Shafts, propellers, etc 50 Gasolene, tanks, etc 2.00 Water, tanks, etc 2.25 Anchors, chains, windlass, etc 40 W. Cs, lavatories and plumbing 20 Hardware and fittings 25 Boat, davits, etc 25 Crew, stores, etc 1.50 Total 20.66 Construction. Keel — Oak, sided Tin. and moulded 9in. at section 5. Keelson — Oak, 7in. by 3in. Stems — Oak, 4in. by 6in. at heads. Frames — Oak, by 2}4in. steamed and bent and spaced 15in., center to center, except along engine keelsons, to be spaced 7%m., center to center. Floors — Oak, Sin. at throats. Planking — Georgia pine, DAin. Deck — Framed oak, 2in. by 3in. at center and 2in. by 2in. at ends. Decks — White pine, l%m. Deck Clamps — Hard pine, 2in. by 6in. Deck Shelves — Hard pine, 3in. by 3in. Bilge Clamps — Hard pine, 2in. by 4in., two each side. Engine Keelsons — Oak, 3in. Cabin Floors — Hard pine, %in. Cabin Floor Frames— Ofik, l%in. by 21/2in. Ceiling — Cypress or pine, %in. Power.- — For power two four-cylinder 6in. by 7m. Craig gasolene engines have been selected, driving twin screws of 28m. diameter and 36m. pitch. Mr. Craig states that these engines, although listed as 20 horse- power, will develop 25 horsepower each at 400 revolu- tions, and 30 horsepower at a maximum speed of 450 revolutions. The speed of the launch has been esti- mated as follows: Ordinary cruising speed, 11 miles per hour at 50 horsepower and 400 revolutions. Maximum speed 12*4 miles at 60 horsepower and 450 revolutions. To ob- tain 8 miles per hour would require about 260 revolu- tions, which should be obtained at 30 horsepower. The capacity of the gasolene tanks is 350 gallons. Figuring the consumption of fuel at 1 pint per horse- power, would give the boat a cruising radius of 700 miles at 8 miles per hour and 616 miles at 11 miles per hour. The mufflers and exhaust from the engine pass up through a dummy smoke stack on the main deck. Should a coal or wood stove be preferred to the Primus oil-stove shown in galley, the stovepipe can also be caried up through this stack. Accommodations.- — Beginning at the bow, first comes the cabin locker; then the forecastle, with the usual transom lockers, and two hammock cots on the port side. These cots are both placed on one side, so that there may be ample floor space and seating room left, when both cots are down. At the forward end is a w. c. for the crew, and the crew lockers are at the after end. Next comes the deck house, which rises to a height of 4ft. 6in. above the main deck. This house con- tains an extension transom, so that it may be used as an extra stateroom at night, if required. Also a steer- ing wheel for use in bad weather, and an extension table for meals, etc. The house is lighted by twelve I2in. bullseyes, six of which open for ventilation. Under this house is a passageway with 4ft. headroom leading to the galley with a 200-gallon water tank on either side, with lockers above, or this space may be utilized for the batteries. The compressed, air tanks for whistle are above the water tanks under the main deck, back of the deck house staving. Next comes the galley with stove and dresser on port side, also ice-box under deck house, opening into |he affer end of the passageway. On the st?irbopird side are sink, food lockers, dish racks, and steps lead- ing _ to deck house. A sliding door opens into the engine room. The galley is in a central position, mak- ing it convenient to serve meals in either the saloon, deck house or forecastle. The engine room is 8ft. long, with transom locker and hammock cot on either side; to port are two lockers; to starboard, small locker under cot, and a wash bowl. The lower half of the saloon buffets are open into the engine room, giving free access to the shaft and couplings. A hatchway and ladder over the reversing gear of the port engine leads to the main deck. Fresh air for the galley and engine room is obtained by three 7m. screw ports on each side and through two sin. ventilators or windsails at the after end of the deck house. The air thus obtained passes up and out through the dummy stack already mentioned. Just aft of and a step above the engine room is the saloon, 7ft. 6in. long, with buffets and lockers at the forward end, and a transom berth with drawers under- neath on each side. On the after bulkhead is an open fireplace with mantle and book shelves above. Next comes a passageway, or steerage, leading to the stateroom and main companion way steps, and a locker for oil skins, etc., also a linen press, with a locker back of it opening into the saloon. On the port side is a bathroom, 4ft. 6in. long, with w. c., oval wash bowl and small bath. Placing the bathroom in this passageway makes it equally accessible to the saloon, stateroom or deck. The owner’s stateroom, 7ft. 9m. in length, is aft, and contains a double bed, with drawers' under, and large clothes locker on starboard side and a wash bowl and transom with drawers underneath to port, and another and smaller locker aft, with a bureau or chest of drawers against the bulkhead between bend and transom. This transom is full length, and can be used for an extra berth if needed. Separating the lazarette from the stateroom, and the rest of the boat is a watertight steel bulkhead. This lazarette is reached by a brass man-hole plate in the after deck and contains two gasolene tanks, with a total capacity of 350 gallpns. These tanks are sup- ported by keelsons or bilge stringers running well forward beyond the sternpost or deadwood. This position for the fuel tanks is not conventional, but has been selected for economy of space, leaving better and more comfortable quarters for the crew forward. The tanks are high enough for the oil to flow to the engines under any condition of trim or settling aft, and the pipes lead outside along the garboards to en- gine room. The waterjacket or casting is high and can be flushed out at any time. This cabin arrangement seems to cover everything called for in the requirements of the competition. With the exception of the deck house, the owner’s quarters are aft and together and away from the crew,, and in- cluding the deck house, give three separate sleeping compartments at night, with a total berthing capacity for the owner and guests at follows: Stateroom 3, saloon 2, deck house 1; or a total of 6 berths. The crew accommodations are two in engine room and two in forecastle. The forward deck is 12ft. gin. long, then comes the deck house, with passage way iff. 6in. wide each side. The main deck over galley and engine room is 10ft. gin. in length, giving ample room for the handling of the boat, use of deck chains, etc. Next comes the cabin trunk i8in. in height, with 2ft. waterways on each side, and an after deck 11ft. 9m. in length. The in- terior finish to be of white enamel with mahogany trim- mings, and dark green upholstery. The construction is strong, , plain and inexpensive. No estimates have been obtained from builders, but the cost of building should be well within the limit of $9,000. Queries on Marine Motors. B. J. G., Edgartown, Mass.— Is a three-bladed propeller more powerful than a two-bladed, and why? 2. Would I get better re- sults to run my propeller slower or faster than my engine, which runs 410 revolutions per minute? Ans. — 1. If the two-bladed propeller has the same blade surface as the three bladed, and the blades are true pitch the whole of the driving surface, it would be equally as powerful. The principal trouble with two- bladed wheels used for heavy work is they are not true. Quite a difficult matter to make true patterns, and not have the castings warp in pouring. 2. It would all depend upon the propeller.- R. J. H., New Bedford, Mass. — Which is the more economical, a high, low or medium speed marine gasolene engine? Ans. — All things being equal, there should be more friction in a high than a low speed engine, which would take power. On the other hand, a high speed engine should get a more even quality of gasolene vapor and air, could be run on a higher explosive mixture if proper adjustment were made. As ordinarily designed a propeller wheel will absorb more power at high than low speed. It is, therefore, an open question depending on conditions. S. J. R., Manteo, N. C. — Which, do you consider the better, “.Splash” or positive feed lubrication? Ans.— A good system, that is sure, no matter whether “splash,” force feed, or gravity, is absolutely necessary. Some “splash” systems are very ooor, others have been used successfully for many years. Gravity feed . is good, provided the pressure leaking past the rings does not blow the oil back into the cups. Force feed is good unless the small pipes get choked with dirt, or there is a leak in the pressure. A splash system may be positive and a force feed may not be, but no matter what system, it should be positive. Marine Gasolene Engines. BY A. E. POTTER. (- Concluded from page 322.) In order to know the developed horsepower and fuel consumption of a marine gasolene engine, the pur- chaser will ordinarily have to make his own test. Many manufacturers guarantee their engines to develop a certain horsepower, and also guarantee the amount of fuel, per horsepower hour, without making any tests whatever. If the price at which the engine is sold will not warrant careful test for efficiency, some engines will de- velop considerable less -horsepower than others, and he who buys one is quite as likely to get a poor engine as a good one. The intelligent manufacturer who tests his engines out can tell whether or not each one turned out is up to the established standard. Such tests should be made thoroughly systematically and knowingly, the results should be carefully studied, and in a two-stroke engine they should show whether the exhaust and in- let ports are properly proportioned and located, two of the most important features of two-stroke engines. Im- perfections of cylinder boring or improperly fitting piston rings can be proven in no other way. The amount of back pressure on the exhaust, the actual compression and vacuum in cylinder and crank -cham- ber, the amount of “wire-drawing” in the exhaust, the timing of the spark in multi-cylinder construction, and several other minor, alffiough important, points may be brought out. But paramount above all these, in no other way or manner can the horsepower of the en- gine be shown and the number of revolutions per min- ute at which the engine develops the most power. Some engines will develop more power per hundred revolutions at low than high speeds, while others will be found to be very uneconomical at low speed and reasonably economical at high speed. In others high speed causes a great waste of gasolene. Several years ago I had occasion to run a small launch for a period of twenty hours. It was rated 2 y2 to 3 horsepower, yet the consumption of fuel, in- credible as it. may seem, averaged but a trifle less than one gallon per hour, at a speed not far from 350 r. p. m. Another engine of the same make in a similar boat, with the same number of revolutions, used less than two quarts per hour. If you are to address a manufacturer of the cheaper grades of two-stroke engines, and ask him at what speed his engine develops the most horsepower, and also at what speed the consumption of fuel per horse- power is the least, he will, either give you an evasive answer, make no reply, or possibly give an answer, figures, etc., that he has no idea is anything like the truth, or he may possibly make reply, truthfully, too, that he does not know; that he never considered the matter of sufficient . importance to make any study of testing. If not of importance to the manufacturer, it ought to be to the purchaser, for if one make of engine 6in. diameter and 6in. stroke delivers 25 per cent, more horsepower at 25 per cent, less fuel, it certainly must be worth more than the less powered more uneco- nomical engine. In four-stroke engines, testing is even more necessary than in two-stroke. It is rare that a two cylinder four- stroke engine will show the same horsepower on each of two or more cylinders. Testing is absolutely neces- sary in order to regulate the tension on automatically operated, inlet valve springs, timing of valves, regularity of ignition, relative timing of ignition in different cylinders, tracing leaks under inlet or exhaust valves or valve seats and a dozen or more different points, all essential if the engine is to be up to the recognized standard of excellence attained in the modern manu- facture of marine gasolene engines. Let the design of the engine be by the ablest gaso- lene engineers, the machine work the most modern and rational, the assembling the most careful, the amount of perfection in developed horsepower depends on care- ful attention to the symptoms as shown on the testing block, by one who knows how to make it, and who can read from his records the story of maladjustments, im- perfect machinery or material, often crude design. In testing marine gasolene engines, the only thor- oughly reliable apparatus is the Prony brake. Once knowing what the result by Prony brake will show on an electric generator in volts and amperes, this becomes the handiest method of testing, but to be absolutely sure, the work should be occasionally proven by the old reliable brake. An exhaust or pressure blower may sometimes be used to good advantage to satisfy the manufacturer that the engine is up to an established standard, but no matter what method of testing is employed, it should be exhaustive, made with the engine connected up with mufflers, etc., about as to be installed in the boat. Nothing will teach the manufacturer so much abbut his own engine, the operation so often neglected, if not entirely omitted, as the object lessons of the marine gasolene engine under test. Gravesend Bay Championship Races. — The five events to count on the championship of Gravesend Bay have been settled upon. The first takes place June 24 at the Atlantic Y. C., the next on July 22 at the Marine and Field Club, the third on Aug. 5, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Y. C, the fourth on Aug. 19 at the Bensonhurst Y. C, and the last on Sept. 9 under the auspices of the Mew York C. C,. . - ' j April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 841 R0RE3T AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETITION No. IV. DESIGN SUBMITTED BY VAUGHN D, BACON, BARNSTABLE, MASS. 842 FOREST AND STREAM [April 29, 1905. Boston Letter. Elmina II. Launched. — Elmina II., designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris for Mr. F. F. Brewster, of the New York Y. C, was launched from Lawley’s west shop on Tuesday morning, April 18. The schooner was christened by Miss Anna H. Fitch, a cousin of the owner. Elmina was started down the ways at 9:55 and took the water gracefully. A snubbing hawser parted when she fetched up on it and Elmina fouled a small schooner in the basin, but no damage was done. Mr. Brewster is in Europe, but several relatives and friends attended the launching, and there was the usual throng of spectators seen at the Lawley shops when a big yacht is sent over- board. Within a short time the designation of succession will be taken from the new schooner, as the old Elmina’s name is to be changed. The new schooner is a handsome craft in the water, and although she is not yet down to her lines, there is sufficient to show the fine form of the hull above water. She is 124ft. over all, 87ft. waterline, 25ft. breadth and 15ft. 6in. draft. While the new Elmina will undoubtedly be raced as often as possible during the coming season, she is also intended to be a most comfort- able cruiser. Below decks she is well laid out, there being comfortable quarters not only for the owner and his guests, but also for the officers and crew. Abaft the main companionway, leading to the owner’s quarters, is an after cabin extending the full beam of the ship. There are berths on each side and transoms. A bath tub is placed below, the floor and the washbowl is under the companionway stairs. Passing forward, there is a bath- room on the port side, which may be reached from the passage or from a stateroom adjoining. There is an- other stateroom forward of these rooms on the same side. On the starboard side, just off the companionway stairs, is a smoking room, which contains a berth and sofas and a good-sized closet. There is a swinging table. Off this room is a toilet room. Forward of the smoking room, on the same side, is the owner’s room, containing berth and sofa, with bath beneath the floor. Next for- ward is the main saloon, which has sofas on each side, bookcase, writing desk and extension table. At the for- ward end of the room is a fire-place, while on each side there are sideboards. Forward of the main saloon is the galley, of good size and having all accommodations for cruising. Off the galley, on the starboard side, are two staterooms, one for the stewards and the other for the cooks. The officers’ messroom is forward of the galley, having berths on the port side, while on the starboard side is the captain’s stateroom. Then comes the crew’s quarters fitted with pipe berths and forward of this are closets for stores and the chain lockers. The lazarette aft is fitted with shelves for stores, light sails, etc. New Yacht Yard at Marblehead. — Messrs. Burgess & Packard are to establish a yacht yard and building plant at Marblehead and will move their building plant there from Salem some time in June. They have acquired about three acres of land on the town side, between the Rockmere Inn and the electric light station, upon which a shed is now being erected. This shed will be 100 by 40ft. In addition they will maintain a store for ship chandlery and engine supplies and will also erect a small machine shop. A marine railway will be built which will have a capacity of ,300 tons, in front of which there will be 14ft. at mean low water. It is rather interesting to note that the mew yard is on the site of the original Marblehead shipyard, in which ships were built in the early part of the nineteenth century. It is known as the Charles W. Parker estate. In addition to the Boston office at 131 State street, an office will be established on Nashua street, Marblehead. This firm has in the finish- ing stages at its Salem shops a 40ft. auto boat for Mr. William Wallace. This boat is 4ft. gin. beam and about 2ft. draft, with a motor of 200 horsepower. She will probably be entered for the big events during the coming season. They are also building a 30ft. power boat, whose model is similar to Mercedes, U. S. A., and which will have a motor of 45 horsepower. A cabin launch, 36ft. long is being built for Mr. S. W. Wilder, which will have a motor of 18 horsepower. This boat will be en- tered in the ocean race of the Knickerbocker Y. C. from New -York to Marblehead. The light draft, 40ft. water- line jib and mainsail Cricket, built for Commodore J. A. Rawlins, of New Orleans, was shipped from New York last Wednesday on the deck of a steamer to Galveston, Tex. She will compete in the South Coast races. Eastern Y. C. Cruise. — Instead of holding its annual cruise after the arrival of the New York Y. C. fleet at Marblehead, the Eastern Y. C. will hold its cruise in July. The month of August, in which the New York fleet will be at Marblehead, is one of fogs along the Maine coast, and it is possible that many yacht owners would not care to take chances on being held up at different ports. Then, too, some of the yacht owners will commence to think of hauling out soon after the end of the New York Y. C. cruise, and this would also be liable to decrease the at- tendance at a late cruise. The itinerary for the Eastern Y. C. cruise has been announced by the regatta commit- tee as follows : July 7, Friday.— Rendezvous at Marblehead. Captains will re- port on board the flagship at 8:30 P. M. July 8, Saturday.— Fleet will sail at 3 for Gloucester. Tuly 9, Sunday. — Gloucester to Isles of Shoals. July 10, Monday. — Isles of Shoals to Boothbay. July 11, Tuesday. — Boothbay to Camden. July 12, Wednesday.— Fleet will proceed at will to Islesboro. July 13, Thursday.— Isle.sborr to Bartlett’s Narrows. July 14, Friday. — Bartlett’s Narrows to Bar Harbor. a July 15, Saturday.— Races at Bar Harbor. Fleet disbands. New Sails by Cousens & Pratt. — Messrs. Cousens & Pratt, at their shops in the Lawley yards, have received orders for sails for the following yachts: Commodore J. O. Shaw’s 90ft. schooner Alert; 43ft. schooner build- ing at Lawley’s for Mr. Bancroft C. Davis; schooner Winnebago, 35ft. sloop building by Lawley for Mr. Myers; 22-footer Medric II.. Mr. H. FI. White; 22-footer- Rube, Mr. H. L. Bowden; 18-footer Hayseed II.. Mr. H. L. Bowden; new 18-footer for Mr. A. R. Train; Mr. E. B. Holmes’ 18-footer Nicnack; 21-footer Iola of the Osterville class; Mr. Longfellow’s 4rft. sloop Wyvern; Mr. W. H. Wheelock’s 25-footer Carina II. ; ten new 17- footers for the Cohasset Y. C., two 21-footers and one 30-footer for Stockholm, Sweden ; a 21-footer for Viborg, p.-r-cia. ; M- C. F. Pnckf'~”1 arm’s new catboat, eight one- design tenders for the Manchester Y. C., 22ft. knock- about Ejako, Cape cat Marvel, Mr. John D. Batehelder’s schooner Marie, Mr. T. H. Bickwell’s 21-footer of the Os- terville one-design class, 22ft. yawl building by Schiverick for a member of the Savin Hill Y. C., Mrs. C. H. Will- iams’ 18-footer Kotik, 22-footer building for Messrs. C. D. Lanning and Commodore B. P. Cheney, 21-footer for Mr. C. F. Beyers, of Erie, Pa.; four Larchmont one-design 21- footers by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and one 22- footer by the same designers ; Mr. E. A. Shuman’s sloop Lamont, Seawanhaka challengers for Mr. J. L. Bremer and Mr. A. Henry Higginson; 30ft. yawl for Mr. R. D. Floyd, of New York; 30-footer Vivian II., Mr. S. E. Vernon, New Y'ork; 17-footer for Mr. George Lee; 21-footer Rooster II., Mr. Henry Whiton, Lakewood 0., seven suits for yachts in Sweden, and awnings, covers, etc., for Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard’s steam yacht Rambler. Boston Y. C. — There will be a regular meeting of the Boston Y. C. at the Rowe’s Wharf clubhouse on Wednes- day evening at which a proposed amendment to change close of the fiscal year to Dec. 31, will be considered. It has been announced that the floats at the Dorchester sta- tion will be put in position on April 29 and the station will be opened May 13. The station at Hull will be opened June 10. The floats at this station will be put in position early in May. New floats will be built to take the place of those destroyed by storm last year. A small machine shop is to be baintained at the Hull station this season at which launch owners may make minor repairs to their motors. Yawl for Ocean Race. — -There has been built at Booth- bay, Me., from designs of Messrs. Small Bros., a 30ft. waterline yawl for Mr. R. D. Floyd, of New York. This yacht was built to compete in the ocean race of the Brook- lyn Y. C. from New York to Hampton Roads, and has been designed essentially as a safe, sane cruiser, at the same time showing a very nicely turned hull. She _ is 40ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, beam 13ft. and 5ft. 5in. draft. The headroom is over 6ft. and there is plenty of elbow room in the cabin. She carries 862 sq. ft. of sail and has 6,550 pounds of iron on her keel. Mr. S. N. Small intended to start from Boothbay to Marblehead yesterday. Auxiliary Schooner with High Power. — Messrs. Burgess & Packard have designed an auxiliary schooner of 103ft. waterline which is now under construction at the yard of A. G. Story, Essex, Mass. The owner’s name is withheld by the designers for the present. The schooner will be 133ft. over all, 103ft. waterline, 25ft. 7in. beam and 15ft. draft. She will have a motor of 300 horse- power, which is expected to give her a speed of about twelve miles an hour without sails. Kerosene Motor Boat of 120 Horsepower. — Last week work was started at Lawley’s on a twin-screw launch, 96ft. in length, 14ft. beam and 5ft. draft. The yacht was designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley for a Boston man whose name is withheld. The yacht will be propelled by two kerosene motors aggregating 120 horsepower. The ac- commodations will consist of three staterooms and a large dining saloon. In one of the staterooms and in the dining saloon there will be a fire-place. Mr. H. L. Bowden’s Boats Tried Out. — The 22-footer Rube, built at Graves’ yard, Marblehead, from designs by Messrs. Small Bros., was launched on Tuesday, April 18. On Wednesday she was given a trial in company with Mr. H. H. White’s 22-footer Medric II., and made a satisfactory showing. Mr. Bowden’s new 18-footer, Hay- seed II., also designed by Messrs. Small Bros., was also given a trial on Wednesday, being put against last year’s champion Hayseed. The new boat is said to have shown up well. John B. Killeen. Revive the Catboat* Editor Forest and Stream: Your editorial “Revive the Catboat” is encouraging, comprehensive and timely. Although it must, of neces- sity, be known to you, that to the Crosbys of Osterville is chiefly due the credit of placing before yachtsmen the fast, able and inexpensive Cape cat ; you have somewhat unjustly, I think, omitted mentioning the fact. You say “if properly designed catboats can be made to balance properly.” To me this seems rather “a consummation devoutly to be wished,” than an accomplished fact. To put it mildly, in a Cape cat equipped with the large sail plan essential to speed it is somewhat difficult to retain ease of steering. Your remarks on the cat and the knock- about are entirely correct and to the point. We believe with you that with the thought, science and skill of modern designers the cat can be made the perfect small yacht. Even now, putting aside the question of hard steering (a thing practically obviated by the wheel gear) I can see no quality in which the cat is inferior. Con- sidering its simplicity, seaworthiness, durability, speed and comfort the Cape cat retains to a much greater degree than the knockabout the old, pre-eminent essential quality of being a “ship.” George M. Sheahan. Quincy, Mass., April 24. Editor Forest and Stream: Permit me to congratulate Forest and Stream on the article which appeared in this week’s issue on the catboat. I feel sure that it will accomplish a great deal toward re- viving interest in this distinctly American type of boat, and the point which you make very clear in regard to the expense of building a modern racing boat, as com- pared with the cat) is certain to appeal to many. At the present time a one-design class of catboats is being con- sidered by members of the New Rochelle Y. C. for next season, and there is every prospect of its being a suc- cess. The Cape Catboat Association is certainly a step in the right direction, and their rules and restrictions are both simple and sensible. J. D. Sparkman. New York, April 21. Editor Forest and Stream: Was delighted to read your article on catboats in last week’s Forest and Stream. No sloop or knockabout compares with the catboat of the same length, in accom- modations, ease of. handling, safety and cheapness,- Your article covers the entire ground and will be appreciated by all who have sailed catboats in all kinds of weather ; keep up the good work, 0, H, Chellborg, New York, April 24, „ The Canada Cup Challengers. Toronto, April 22. — There will be three Canadian can- didates for the honor of challenging for the Canada Cup, and there will be two additional entries in the trial races, so that the final challenger should be a fairly fast boat. The “two additional entries” will be Beaver and In-, vader, both of Canada Cup fame, but while they will make excellent trial boats it is not at all probable that either will be selected for the filial contest, as neither exactly fit the new 30ft. class. Of the three new yachts two are owned by Toronto men and a Hamilton syndicate owns the third. She will be known as Hamilton II., the head of her syndicate being Mr. J. H. Fearnside, who built Hamilton I. for the contest of 1899. Mr. William Johnston, who designed Hamilton I., is the designer and builder of the new boat. His previous Canada Cup effort was a pure fin-keel craft and Hamilton II., while technically a semi-fin, resembles her very closely. Her sides are carried down to the fin with a curve which shows little variation, and while she has hollow garboards her fin is quite a distinct feature. The sternpost rakes at an angle of about 45 degrees, but the forward profile is more nearly perpendicular. Hamilton II. is built of Indiana oak frame, with Michi- gan pine planking below waterline and British Columbia cedar above. Her lead ballast, which amounts to four tons, is in a nearly straight slab, extending all the way along the bottom of her fin. It is 8ft. long. She is 50ft. 6in. over all, 30ft. waterline, and her draft is 7ft., at least it is calculated at 6ft. ii^in. _ There is little possibility of variation in general dimen- sion among the Canada Cup craft owing to the fact that the rules are hard and fast, racing measurements being now secured by specification instead of formula. The 30-footer under the measurements of the Yacht Racing Union is 30ft. on the waterline, must be 9ft. 6in. beam, must not draw more than 7ft., must not spread more than 1,500 sq. ft. of canvas, and must have a cabin-trunk 19m. high. The new boats stick close to the maximum and minimum in every case, and consequently have their principal dimensions in common. Even the relative size of their jibs and mainsails can show little variation, for the proportions are fixed at 25 and 75 per cent, respec- tively— at least the mainsail must not exceed 75 per cent, of the total area, which makes this sail 1,125 sq. ft. with 325ft. for the headsail triangle. The three boats are all rigged alike, as jib and mainsail sloops. It is principally in over all length that individually is shown. One of the Toronto challengers is owned by Mr. Fred. Nicholls and designed by Mr. William Fife, Jr., of Fairlie. She is a graceful boat with long ends, her after overhang being 12ft. and her forward one 11ft., or very near it. Her counter is carried out until it intersects the line of the deck. Forward her profile is by no means abrupt, having no more fullness than that of the original Canada — a Fife boat, by the way. The curve of her stem is carried down to the lead at the bottom without much reverse and her lead is shorter than the Hamilton boats. Her sternpost rakes greatly and she has a pear-shaped rudder. Her sides flare slightly, so that her breadth, which is 9ft. 6in. at the waterline, is nearly 10ft. on deck. Her garboards are quite hollow and there is comparatively little dead- wood in her fin. The other Toronto boat is owned by Mr. James Worts and was designed by Mr. Alfred Mylne. She is much shorter, particularly aft, where her counter is cut off with a neat transom. This reduces her over all length to 48ft. Her garboards are not so- hollow as those of the Fife boat, and were it not for the slight tumblehome of her sides her section would more nearly resemble a V shape. Her sternpost rakes greatly, but not so much as the Fife boat, and her lead ballast is in a shorter and more compact bulb. She carries more of it, too, having 5 tons 1,760 lbs. to the Fife boat’s 5 tons 1,460 lbs. The bulb is flat on the bottom. From the forward end of the lead the profile sweeps up to -the stemhead with little departure from the one curve. The two old-country boats are alike in being very fine forward. ^ The Toronto craft are both the immediate product of Capt. James Andrews’ shop in Oakville, a little lakeport twenty miles west of Toronto. It is here that all the Canadian challengers and defenders of the cup have been built so far, Captain Andrews being the best known builder in Ontario. These two boats are only his in part, however, having been completely framed in England and Scotland by the designers, and then sent out by package freight to be planked. Their frames are of English oak and elm, and their sails and a part of their gear are of English make, although local sailmakers may also be given orders for suits, as was done in the case of Strath- cona. They are planked with Douglas fir, a very hard and durable Canadian wood. The cabin finishing in all three will be quite elaborate, but it will not be completed until after the races are over. The sail plan of the Nicholls yacht, Temeraire, as she will be called, is long on the base and not very high. The Worts boat’s sailplan shows a generous hoist and short mainboom, this latter spar being only 37ft. in length while the mainmast is over 50ft. She has 5ft. more hoist than Invader. The Hamilton boat’s sailplan is more like Temeraire’s. All three have the modern short horn, the bowsprits being 4ft! outboard. The displacement of the two Toronto boats is about equal. They both show a high proportion of wetted sur- face, possibly 30 per cent, more than is necessary. In the two Toronto boats all the running gear leads below. This plan was followed in Beaver and Minota with good results in 1899, but they were flush decked vessels, and when on a wind could send everybody below. The cabin trunks which the new boats have to carry pre- vent any effectual economy of windage, but of course provide full head room, there being 6ft. under carlins. The trial races will begin at Toronto on July 22. Mr. E. K. M. Weed will sail Temeraire and Mr. J. H. Fearn- side Hamilton II. Who the other skippers ' will be is un- certain at this date. It was hoped that Mr. Hfmilius Jarvis, the famous amateur skipper, would sail the chal- lenger, but the latest announcement regarding him is that he will spend the summer in Muskoka on account of hijs health, which was not of the best even at the time of the last Canada Cup contest. It is possible, however, that it will be sufficiently improved in time to permit him to take the stick. lie has sailed every challenger and defender April 29, 1905.! FOREST AND STREAM S4S Entries in Ocean Race for Name. Type and Rig. L.W.L. Owner. Valhalla Aux. Ship 240ft Earl of Crawford... Apache Aux. Barque. .. .168ft Edmund Randolph.. Ailsa Yawl 89ft Henry S. Redmond.. Hamburg Schooner 116ft German syndicate .. Utowana Aux. Schooner.. 166ft Allison V. Armour . Sunbeam Aux. Barque.... 164. 7ft Lcrd Brassey Thistle Schooner llnft Robert E. Tod Atlantic Aux. Schooner.. 135ft Uson Marshall — Hildegarde schooner I its 4ft. ... Rdward R. Coleman. Fleur de Lys.... Schooner 101ft. Lewis A. Stimson... Endymion ......Schooner Sti.hit. George Lauder, Jr.. German Emperor's Cop, /Net Club. Designer. Year Built. Ton. Royal Yacht Squadron.... W. C. Storey 1892. .....648 New York Y. C J. Reid & Co...«. ..1890. ....d07 New York Y. C ...William Fife, Jr.. .1896..... .lib Imperial Y. C George L. Watson .....1898 185 I\e.v York Y. C J. Beavor-Webb 1891 267 Royal Yacht Squadron St. Claire Liyrne .1874. 227 Atlantic Y. C..... Henry Winteringham .1901 235 New York Y. C Gardner & Cox 1903 206 .Philadelphia Cor. Y. C A. S. Cnesebrough 1897 146 New York Y. C Edward Burgess ...1890 86 .Indian Harbor Y. C Tams. Lemoine & Crane. ..1899 116 in the series so far. „ There' is considerable difference in the construction ox the three boats. In Temeraire steel cross ties are large- ly used in the floors, and the workmanship, direct from the Fife shops, is very fine. She has a very sturdy oak mast step with special castings, and an ingenious set of knees to take up the strain at the chain plates. There is less iron work in the Mylne boat, and her construction looks comparatively light, but she has three diagonal steel straps on the inner side of her planking. The two boats are planked in long strakes, and do not show more than a dozen butts to the side. The butts are all long scarfs, lapping over four frames, and are put in on the bench, the whole strake going on in one piece. Hamilton II. does not use much iron work, although she has three steel straps inside the frames at the chain plates, and three more amidships. She is heavily framed and has strong oak floors cross-tied at every frame. C. H. J. Snider. Rhode Island Notes. New Power Boats. — At the shop of the Chase Yacht & Engine Company, in Providence, is building a 40ft. cabin cruising power boat, designed to enter the ocean race for power boats to be run from New York to Marble- head, Mass., under the auspices of the Knickerbocker Y. C., the latter part of July. The boat will be 40ft. over all, 8ft. 6in. beam and about 2ft. draft, and is to- be equipped with a 30 horsepower four-cylinder Chase engine capable of about ten knots an hour. .There will be a turtle deck forward and a water-tight cockpit aft, while a large cabin will afford ample cruising accommodations. The same concern is building a substantial 26ft. open launch for Mr. William F. Aldrich, of Providence. At Frederick S. Nock’s yard at East Greenwich, there is building a 34ft. hunting cabin launch for Mr. Henry R. Williams, of Hartford, Conn., which will have a 12 horsepower Hartford motor and a 33ft. boat of the same type for Mr. William A. Bardell, of New York. Both boats are from Mr. Nock’s designs and are handsomely finished. F. H. Young. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Schooner Sea Fox Sold. — Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, New York Y. C., has sold the schooner yacht Sea Fox through the agency of Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, to Mr. Dallas B. Pratt. * Recent Sales. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have made the following transfers: The auxiliary sloop yacht Phoebe by Mr. H. C. Quinby to Mr. Raymond S. Porter, Manhasset Bay Y. C. The schooner yacht Rosina to a Southern yachtsman. The cabin cat Anemone by Mr. J. E. Dederich, of Bayonne, N. J., to Mr. A. C. Smith, of Yonkers, N. Y., and the sloop yacht Melanie III. by Mr. M. K. Hackett to Mr. William Huger, of Newark, N J. « ft K Bergen Point Y. C. Officers. — At the meeting of the Bergen Point Y. C. the following officers were elected: Com., Julius C. Shailer; Vice-Corn., William T. Barnard; Rear Com., Walter E. W adman; Sec. and Treas., W. R. Wilde; Directors, F. C. Mahnken, F. Dobson and F. K. Lord; Fleet Capt., F. J. Borland; Fleet Surg., Dr. L. F. Donahoe ; Meas., F. K. Lord. It I? Hempstead Harbor Y. C. — The following officers were elected at a recent meeting of the Hempstead Harbor Y. C. : Com., J. S. Appleby; Vice-Com., E. P. Titus; Purser, Ellwood Valentine; Fleet Capt., William L. Hicks; Members of the Governing Board, Edward. T. Payne, Samuel J. Seaman, E. B. Hall, Jr., Isaac R. Downing, Ward Dickson and the flag officers; Member- ship Committee, Isaac R. Coles, W. I. Fancher, Harold Thorne, Herbert S. Bowne and Ellwood Valentine. H »t H Steam Yacht Levanter Launched. — Mr. Alfred Marshall’s new steam yacht Levanter was launched from the yard of the builders, the Gas Engine & Power. Co., and Charles L. Seabury Co., on Saturday noon, April 22. The yacht is of composite construction and was designed by Mr. Charles L. Seabury. She is 131ft. over all, 109ft. waterline. 17ft. breadth and 8ft. 5in. draft. The boat has a flush deck, is schooner rigged and two mahogany deck houses. There is a dining room forward, and the after house will be used as a social hall and music room. Below there are seven staterooms. The owner has a large double room on the starboard side, and forward of this a bathroom. The other six rooms are of good size and have bath and toilet rooms connecting. All the living quarters are finished in mahogany and handsomely up- holstered. The machinery consists of a Seabury I2in. stroke triple-expansion engine and a Seabury water tube Races for O. G. Ricketson Cups.— Mr. Oliver G. Ricketson, of Pittsburg, Pa., a member of the New Bed- ford Y. G, has offered through that club three cups for open contests to be held in Buzzard’s Bay next summer. William F. Williams, commodore of that club, with Mr. Eustis, secretary of the Beverly Y. C., has arranged the series for the Ricketson cups, which are to become the preperty of the owners of the winning craft. The first race will be held off New Bedford on Thursday, Aug. 31, the second at Mattapoisett on the following day, and the third at Marion, Saturday, Sept. 2. The fourth race of the series will be on Sept. 4 off Wing’s Neck, over the Beverly Y. C. course. The classes for which the cups are offered are as follows: First, for boats between 25ft. and 35ft. on the waterline; second, for boats between 20ft. and 25ft. on the waterline, and, third, the one-design 15-fooG ers of each club. The races will be open to members of all clubs along the coast. — New York Herald. H n n Atair Arrives at City Island. — Mr. Cord Meyers’ new one-design 30-footer reached City Island on Friday, April 21. She is the first of the New York Y. C, one-design boats to come west. H I! R Sunbeam’s Voyage to America. — The following letter from Lord Brassey appears in the London Field of April IS : Sir : As a veteran competitor for the German Em- peror’s cup, the Sunbeam’s log may interest your yachting readers. We sailed from Southampton on Monday, March 27, steamed down Channel against westerly winds, gradually freshening. Put into Falmouth Tuesday afternoon. Sailed early Wednesday, March 29. On the evening of Friday, March 31, made Cape Finisterre Light, and on the follow- ing evening the Burlings. Anchored off Funchal April 4. Steamed from Falmouth to lat. 45 degrees N., and from off Vigo to the Burlings. The larger half of the distance was covered under sail, with winds moderate to light abaft the beam. Total distance, Falmouth to Madeira, steam, 525 ; sail, 693 miles. Consumption of coal, twenty tons. Average speed under sail, a fraction under eight knots; under steam, eight to nine knots. March 27. — Sailed from Southampton. March 28. — Put into Falmouth. March 29.— Sailed from Falmouth. March 31.— Rounded Cape Finisterre. April 1. — Passed the Burlings. April 4. — Arrived at Madeira. Weather: In the Channel, fresh westerly winds. Ushant to 45 degrees north, calms and light airs; 45 degrees north to off Vigo, northerly winds; moderate. Finisterre to Burlings, calms and light airs. Burlings to Madeira, northerly winds; sea smooth; all possible sail set. Brassey. R R R The New Class Q Boats. — Six new boats have been built for racing in Class Q on Gravesend Bay. The names of boats, owners and designers of five boats follow : More Trouble, W. H. Childs.-. Charles D. Mower Ojigwan, Geo. E. Reiners John R. Brophy Quest, F. J. Havens Henry J. Gielow Saetta, Geo. H. Church .’...Henry J. Gielow Cockatoo II., Hendon Chubb. Clinton H. Crane The sixth boat is from Mr. B. B. Crowinshield’s design and it is said she is for Mr. Henry J. Roberts. It * * Belle Harbor Y. C. Burgee.— The Belle Harbor Y. C. has settled on a club flag. It is of the usual triangular shape. On the hoist are the bases of two small isosceles triangles of red. They leave the remainder of the flag in the shape of a white diamond, running horizontally. On the center of this is a blue five-pointed star. R R R New Boats at Center Moriches.— Mr. T. A. Howell, of Brooklyn, is having a cruising launch built at Hallock’s yard, Center Moriches, L. I. The boat is 38ft. over all and 8ft breadth, with a hunting cabin of sufficient depth to give head room. The engine is a 20 horsepower Twentieth Century and is expected to give the boat 10 knots for ordinary cruising and 12 knots when driven. The craft is intended primarily for use on Shinnecock and Great South bays, but is adapted for winter cruising in southern waters. Mr. Hallock has also under con- struction four 21 ft. class catboats for members of the Shinnecock Y. C. R R R Recent Sales and Charters. — Mr. Frank Bowne Jones has made the following sales and charters: The auxiliary yawl Vanessa, sold by Mr. J. H. Smedley, of Detroit, to Mr. J. H. Ware, New York Y. C . ; the schooner Grampus, for Mr. S. F. Houston, of Philadel- phia, to Mr. L. D. Armstrong, of New York, and the steam yacht Turbese chartered by the estate of A. Schwarzmann, to Mr. Roswell Eldridge, New York Y. C. R R R Commodore Lauder’s Appointments.— Commodore George Lauder, Jr., of the Indian Harbor Y. C., an- nounces the following appointments: Fleet Capt., Frank Bowne Jones; Fleet Surg., Leander P. Jones, M. D. ; Fleet Chap., Rev. M. George Thompson. ft H Committee to Start Ocean Race. — Messrs. Newbury D. Lawton, Edward H. Wales, Oliver Cromwell, H. de B. Parsons and Admiral Hebbinghaus will act as a commit- tee to start the boats entered in the ocean race for the Kaiser’s cup. This committee is made up of two old members and two new members of the race committee of the New York Y. C. The big tow boat Vigilant, belong- ing to the Harbor Supervisor, will be turned over to the committee for their use on May 16, which is a very cour- teous thing for this official to do. R R R New Boats Building from Morgan Barney’s Designs. —Mr. Charles Henry Davis, New York Y. C., is having an open launch 70ft. over all, 66ft. waterline and 10ft. breadth built from designs by Mr. Morgan Barney. She will be of double plank construction with oak frame. There are two water-tight cockpits, one forward and one aft of the engine compartment. The hull is subdivided by four water-tight bulkheads. The freeboard forward is raised about 14m. above the main sheer line and a turtleback deck is carried from the stem aft for a dis- tance of 21 ft. There is full head room. Under this deck there will be sleeping accommodations and a toilet room. The motive power will consist of a 70 horsepower Twen- tieth Century engine. There are two gasolene tanks of capacity sufficient to give a cruising radius of 800 miles. This launch is being built by H. Manley Crosby, of Oys- terville. Mass., and will be completed on June 1. She will be named the Ildico. Another launch from Mr. Barney’s designs is being built by Mr. B. F. Hallock at Center Moriches for a sum- mer resident of Quogue, L. I. Her dimensions are 38ft. pin. over all, 37ft. waterline, 8ft. breadth arid 2ft. draft. There is a low trunk cabin amidships containing the engine room and galley, toilet room and one double state- room. In order to obtain full head room the freeboard is raised from a point amidships to the bow. There is a Seat and cockpit forward of the cabin trunk and a water- tight cockpit aft. The motor will develop 20 horsepower. The propeller will have a weed cutting attachment. The New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Co. are build- ing a 21-footer from Mr. Barney’s design for a Shelter Island yachtsman. She is 32ft 3m. over all, 21ft. water- line, 8ft. 3111. breadth and 5ft. draft. Her sail area is 620 sq. ft. The lead keel weighs 3,200 pounds. The con- struction is substantial and the finish is all of mahogany. There is 5ft. head room. The accommodations consist of saloon, toilet and galley, with crew space forward. Mr. Barney has also designed a cruising yawl 32ft. loin, over all, 23ft. waterline, 8ft. 9111. breadth and 5ft. draft for Mr. J. Cholditch. of Vancouver. B. C. She will have 4,200 pounds of outside lead and 700 sq. ft. of sail. The cabin is 13ft. long and has a head room of 5ft. 3m. *? H Royal Canadian Y. C. Race Schedule. — The Race Committee of the Royal Canadian Y. C. have arranged for the following regattas: June 3. — Cruising race, fleet in two divisions, 30ft. class. June xo. — 16ft. B Class, 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy, 30ft. class. June 17. — Cruising race, fleet in two divisions, 30ft. class. June 24. — 30ft. class, 16ft. B class, 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy. July 1. — Queen’s Cup race off Hamilton, 16ft. B class. 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy, 30ft. class. July 8. — Handicap cruising race, entire fleet, 30ft. class. July 15. — 30ft. class, 16ft. B class, 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy. July 22 and following days. — Trial races for Canada’s Cup challenger. July 29. — Cruising race, fleet in two divisions, 30ft. class; 16ft. B class, 14ft and 12ft. dinghy. Aug. 5. — 25ft. class and 20ft. class. Aug. 12.- — Canada’s Cup off Charlotte. Aug. 19. — Canada’s Cup off Charlotte. Aug. 26. — -16ft. B class, 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy, 25ft. and 20ft. class. Sept. 2. — Cruising race fleet in two divisions. Sept. 9. — Prince of Wales Cup, entire fleet, 16ft. B class, 14ft. and 12ft. dinghy. Sept. 16. — Handicap cruising race, entire fleet. There will be a race for the 30ft. class every Wednes- day afternoon during June and July. First Division — 35ft. class and over, L. Y. R. A. Second Division — 30ft., 25ft. and 20ft. classes, L. Y. R. A. 30ft. Class. 25ft. Class. 20ft. Class 16ft. ballasted class, L. S. S. A. , 14ft. dinghy, L. S. S. A. 12ft dinghy, L S. S. A. at it at Schooner Coronet Sold. — The schooner yacht Coronet has been sold by Mr. Louis Bossert through McIntosh’s agency to Mr. A. K. Perry, of Shiloh, Me., who has turned her over to the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Shiloh. The Rev. F. W. Sandford will use the yacht to spread their religious teachings among the fishermen and their families on the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia. About two years ago the schooner Wanderer was pur- chased by this society to do missionary work along the Maine coast. Coronet is 125ft. waterline, 133ft. over all, 27ft, beam and 12ft. 6in. draft. She was built in Brooklyn in 1885 by C. & R. Poillon. In 1887, when owned by R. T. Bush, she defeated the schooner Dauntless in a match race from Bay Ridge, L. I., to Queenstown for $10,000 a side. Coronet sailed 2,949 miles in I4d. 19I1. 23m. In December, 1895, when owned by Mr. Arthur Curtiss James, _ Coronet left New York for San Francisco and, being joined there by her owner and a scientific party, proceeded to Japan to observe the total eclipse of the sun in August, 1896. A Durango man was showing to a friend the good points of his dog and threw a half-dollar coin into the river. Obediently the dog dived for the coin and brought up a two-pound catfish and 35 cents in change. — Floresville (Mo.) Chronicle, 844 [April 29, 1905. T Officers of A. C. A,, 1905* Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H M Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer — F. G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. Purser — C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. How to Join the A. C. A. From Chapter I., Section 1, of the By-Laws of the A. C. A.: “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the applicant.” Across Nova Scotia in Canoes, Early in 1904 some one suggested that we select Nova Scotia as the scene for our cruise for that sum- mer. This idea was hailed with enthusiasm by the members of our party — three from Philadelphia, known respectively as Carl, Arthur the Skipper, and H. N. T. the Scribe, and one from Boston, named Charles, alias Chas. O. We had only two weeks vacation apiece, and this meant scarcely ten days for the cruise itself, leaving us very little time to take things easy. So in February active preparations were begun. It has often been said that half the enjoyment of an outing is found in the planning of it, and our experience was no exception to the rule. Sporting catalogues were secured, H. N. T. made a long exhaustive search for a chart or survey of Nova Scotia, Charles looked up the transportation facilities for getting to and from the scene of action and Arthur made deep abstruse calculations as to the amount of food likely to be con- sumed by four ravenous appetites on a ten-day trip. In all our plans, it was necessary to keep a strict watch on the quantities, as it was our ambition to “go- light” and rely largely on our own resources. With this idea we were inclined to think that we could dispense with the services of a guide, since good maps of the country should be sufficient to show us the way — at least, so we thought then. The outline of our route was as follows: From Boston to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, by the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company S. S. Boston; thence via D. A. Railway around the north shore to Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and thence by stage across the water- shed to Milford, about 15 miles inland, where we would put our boats in the water. The start was to be made from Boston on Sunday afternoon; arrive at Yarmouth Monday morning; at Annapolis early Mon- day afternoon, and at Milford about 5 o’clock that evening. From ithere we would cruise down the Liverpool River and through the various lakes, fishing and taking things easy, so we thought, as far as the town of Liverpool, where we would take the steamer early Tuesday morning of the week following, around the south shore of Nova Scotia to Yarmouth, re- turning by the Dominion Atlantic boat to Boston Wednesday or Thursday. This plan was followed com- pletely with only one or two slight changes, as the rest of the narrative will show. Carl and H. N. T. were the fishermen of the party, the others caring nothing for this delightful sport. We carried no fire-arms other than two revolvers, which were intended more for signalling than anything else, but our fishing tackle was very complete. H. N. T, arranged to take two cameras, a No. 3 folding pocket kodak and a large No. 5 cartridge kodak, using films. Both of these cameras were inclosed in waterproof sponge bags, and the packages of films were also carried in a similar waterproof bag. Our duffle was packed in rubber camping bags, and heavy canvas pack bags, the latter proving the best. We carried an A wall tent with just enough room inside for four persons to lie abreast, and we had four sleeping bags (Phelp’s make), with heavy quilted inside bags, expecting cold weather at night. The party was liberally supplied with fly dope, both the pennyroyal and the tar varieties, and H. N. T. carried a small bottle of oil of citronella as an experiment, which proved very efficacious in keeping off what few black flies and mosquitoes we en- countered. We used two canvas-covered canoes, one a 16ft. Carleton make, dark red color, and the other an 18ft. E. M. White, dark green finish. Louis, our half-breed Indian guide, used a small white birch bark. We decided upon the early summer, partly on ac- count of the fishing, and partly because Chas. O. would not take his vacation after July 1. This suited the fishermen of the party first-rate, since the latter part of May and early June is the best time for trout fish- ing in Nova Scotia. We counted on striking the first run of grilse, or young salmon, somewhere below the Indian Gardens, as they are due there about the mid- dle of June. The second Monday in that month saw us en route by boat, train and team for the little settlement of Milford, at the head of the Liverpool chain of lakes. The drive across country from the coast led us through mountainous country, over a series of steep ridges, heavily wooded, with deep gorges and valleys lying between. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon we drew up at Thomas’ place covered with dust; and after a wholesome repast, shacked our entire outfit over to the shore of the lake. We quickly loaded all the duffle aboard, and started the cruise at 7:05 P. M., followed by the farewells of the Thomas family. The lake was simply a maze of islands and bays, with low woods FOREST AND STREAM. along the shores, and the party got lost promptly with- in a quarter of a mile of the start, being unable to find the exit to the main body of the lake. Fortunately, we met a man going across the lake in a birch bark canoe, •who pointed out the way to us. This lake was like nearly all the others we passed on the cruise, very ir- regular and full of islands, with any number of ap- parent exits, which would take probably a day or more to explore, before hitting upon the right one. We ran leisurely into the second lake, and saw several likely spots for a camp, finally deciding upon one, where there was a huge shelving rock sloping up from the water, with a broad flat space at the top, and the woods be- hind. We hauled the canoes out of the water, and got busy pitching camp about sunset. The days seemed much longer here, since our watches were set an hour earlier, but this difference was not an actual difference in time between Nova Scotia, and say, Boston,, so that frequently at 9 o’clock it would be broad daylight. This first night at camp might as well be described as typical of our procedure each evening on making camp. After the canoes were pulled up safeiy on shore, all hands would prospect around for a smooth level spot on which to pitch the tent. After this was settled upon, the tent would be unrolled and put up by two of the party, and in the mean time, the cook would unpack the utensils and get things ready for supper. Then the various pack bags would have to be distributed to the proper places — the four sleeping bags to the tent, and the “tin rubber bag” and the “dope” bags to the camp- fire. One or two of the party would then rustle a supply of fire-wood; the others would go into the woods for hemlock, spruce, or balsam boughs for the beds. By this time the two cooks, generally Chas. O. and Arthur, would be busy with the cooking, and H. N. T. or some- body else would thatch the floor of the tent with the boughs, after smoothing all irregularities in the sur- face as well as possible with an ax. The rubber blanket would be spread over the spruce boughs, and the four bags unrolled side by side on that; after this the per- sonal kit bags would be unpacked and laid out on each sleeping bag. During the few minutes before the meal was ready, there was generally a chance to change into dry shoes and socks, and hang up the wet ones to dry by the fire; after this all hands would pitch in and feed heartily. Promptly after supper, two of the party would take their turn at “pot wrassling,” one man wash- ing the dishes in hot water and pearline in the tin oven, and the other man drying them off. The oven proved a great success, not only for cooking, but for use as a dish pan afterward for cleaning up. The other two would generally fish or amuse themselves in some other way around the camp, and two or three times on the trip, the party gathered around the camp-fire for a few minutes, smoking and talking. As a rule, however, everyone was ready to turn .into bed as soon as the ordinary duties were finished around the camp, and sleep like logs until the following morning. There was barely room inside the tent for Louis, but this made very little difference, as we could not persuade him to sleep under cover. He had a small square of sheep- skin about 4ft. long, and he would stretch out on this close up to the fire, so close that it was a wonder his clothes did not scorch, and roll his head and shoulders up in a blanket. Along toward morning, the fire would naturally die down to nothing but ashes, and he would then be awakened by the cold, and would get up and pile on some more logs, again lying down to sleep until daybreak. We found the sleeping bags a great success, and carried very pleasant memories of each night’s camp, with the springy beds of boughs and the strong fragrance of the balsam. This was practically our procedure each evening of the trip, although of course the first night out we were by ourselves, as Louis did not join us until Tuesday morning. We named our first camp in honor of the commo- dore for the day, and the crew of the big canoe went out about twilight for a paddle around the lake, after taking everything out of the boat. The distant view of the camp-fire, the dark forest behind, and the reflec- tion on the water made a very beautiful scene. A little later before turning in, the Scribe tried a flashlight picture of the party around the camp-fire. This was one of the camps where we did sit around after supper, and smoked beside the fire. All hands turned in early, about half past nine, with great expectations for the morrow. Some little sleep was lost finding the proper thickness of sleeping bags to sleep under, and as the tent was pitched on solid rock, which made it necessary for us to fasten the guy ropes to stones, the party complained somewhat the following morning of the hardness of the beds, since we had gathered scarcely enough balsam to serve as a mattress. The night was clear and cold, and the shelter of the tent was very grateful. Tuesday, June 14. The Scribe awoke early, and turned out about 5 A. M., finding it quite foggy and cool. Following the true instincts of the fisherman, he very quickly had his tackle rigged up, and proceeded to try a few casts off the rock, directly in front of the camp. The water was very still and clear, and after a few feeble rises, he man- aged to hook a small perch about 3m. long. For- tunately, none of the others but Arthur were up yet. After the camp-fire had been replenished with several huge logs, the others were awakened and they turned out with various remarks about the hardness of the ground, and the fogginess of the morning. Chas. O. had an insane idea, which, however, had sounded very attractive the night before, to take a swim in the lake, which he proceeded to do, although the water must have been little above freezing point. The others stood around and looked on silently, somewhat awe-stricken by his energy, and he tried to put on a bluff that he was enjoying it. We noticed, however, that he was very willing to pay close attention to the cooking around the camp-fire for some little time afterward. Breakfast proved a great success. The coffee was made by our special process, which consisted of sus- pending a small cheesecloth bag filled with ground cof- fee in the boiling water until the desired strength was secured. Enough of these bags were prepared and filled before leaving home, and we were always sure of having first rate coffee without grounds, with no trouble whatever. The corn bread baked in the Dut.ch oven was the most popular item on the menu. The morning was cold enough to make the camp-fire i! very popular, and about the time breakfast was ready, the fog commenced to blow off the lake in long streamers, making a very strange effect. By 6:30 it was perfectly clear with the sun up over the horizon. Curious- ly enough, a few minutes later, a cloud of. fog was seen 1 coming through the trees behind us, and very shortly en- veloped everything, so that it was difficult to see more than a few yards in any direction. We were rather anxious about this, as Louis, our guide, was to meet us at 7 o’clock, and we had not set on any definite place, but simply expected him. to look for us, some- where down the lake. Luckily, however, the second fog, which must have come from one of the other lakes in the neighborhood, drifted suddenly off, and the sun came out bright and warm again. After we had cleaned up and taken several pictures, Louis turned up about 7:30 in a small white Indian birch bark canoe, with his duffle bag, and we packed the canoes, rigged up our rods and tackle and paddled off promptly. Before working down through the series of wide 1 stretches and . narrow channels, forming Lake Milford, we stopped for a few minutes a short distance below our camp and tried some casts at the mouth of a small stream, hoping to find some trout, but without success. The exit to Lake Milford was a small creek with scarce- ly any current, and certainly not a spot which one would hit upon as the exit, except by accident; here again we realized the value of having Louis with us. Further on we found the stream quite narrow and small, with steep, rocky rapids, and our canoes were frequently hung up and badly scraped, as they were heavily loaded. The greater part of the going during the first morning was simple, since none of the rapids were too large or deep to wade through easily. Finally we stopped to fish at a steep falls, too rough to get the boats through, and with an old log dam at the head. Here we pulled the boats ashore, and tried the fishing in the 1 rapids below, promptly catching a small string of small lively trout, none over a half pound in weight. This was a very beautiful little stretch of river, very rocky, and almost shut in by trees on either side. It was necessary to carry the canoe about 400 yards through ’ the woods, around the worst of the rapids, and Carl ; and the Scribe spent some time in working down along the shores, fishing with considerable success, while the others cooked lunch at the end of the carry. Here we had broiled trout for the first time, and named the lunch camp, “Portage Camp.” This camp was at the end of the carry, and was shut in by high trees and under- \ brush, making rather cramped quarters. We passed a small log cabin on the carry, which was used in the j winter time by lumbermen, and in the summer by fishermen. After leaving this camp, we ran down through a few small lakes, taking- things easily, except in the numerous rapids between the lakes, where we pounded through, fishing continuously, whenever there was a chance to use the rod. The result was a fine mess of speckled trout by evening. The crew of the big canoe invented a way to shoot these rapids, both parties sitting out on the opposite ends of the boat with their feet in the water, and using both feet and j paddles to keep the boat away from the rocks, and to ease it over the steep shallow ledges. Notwithstanding careful treatment of the new boat, it was pretty well scraped by evening, not a particle of paint remaining , on the wooden keel, which had saved a great many hard bumps from doing damage. The traveling was very interesting through these upper reaches of the river, as the stream was small and winding, with lots of quick work and excitement in the rifts, although, of course, no danger. We were con- tinually impressed with the wildness of the scenery, and the roughness of the country. The trees along the river banks were irregular and gnarled, and the under- brush below thick and almost impenetrable, giving a forbidding aspect to the country. The rocks were covered with heavy, rough moss, and the woods were ; mostly evergreens, with great numbers of dead trees sticking out in every direction. The stream was ob- structed everywhere by rocks of all sizes, and this made ' a very irregular bottom. In one place we would be wading with the boats through a series of shallow , ledges, the water rushing down over them in miniature falls, and directly at the foot we would step off possibly into 10ft. of water. At other places .the stream would wind around many great rocks, some just below the surface, and the canoes were continually being hung up or bumped heavily by these hidden obstructions, which were so numerous it was almost impossible to avoid them. Louis generally kept ahead, striking his paddle on hidden rocks to warn us. All hands voted it great sport, and the first boat to get through a particularly J stiff proposition would wait in the eddy at the foot to watch the others come through, with roars of laughter at any mishaps. The canoes would gain great velocity 1 in a short stretch of even ten yards, where it was im- possible to reach bottom with the paddles, or to back water against the current, and this would generally re- sult after frantic efforts in a tremendous bump on the 1 rocks at the foot of the slope, much to the amusement of the rest of the party, and to the disgust of the victims. Before this day’s work was over, all hands were get- ting pretty expert at picking channels, and snubbing the boats away from danger. About 4 o’clock in the after- noon, we stopped off at a small trail, and went some distance back into the woods to a spring which Louis ■ knew about. This we found was right on the road which ran from Milford to Maitland, and we filled up our canteens, and returned to the boats. The river water was not very good to drink, as the lakes are so large and shallow, and the incoming supply so small, that the water was not very fresh. Along toward evening, we stopped at the head of a rift about 200yds. long, and started to fish, as usual. It was getting rather late, so we decided that we better look around for our second night’s camp. We had some trouble finding a good place, and hunted around in a wood of young birch trees for a likely spot, but without success. H. N. T. then crossed the stream, and April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 34S worked down on the other side, finally discovering an old lumber clearing of about half an acre in extent, on the banks of the stream, which widened out here into a small lake. We proceeded to run the canoes down through the rift, and pulled them ashore in a corner of the lake just below it where we could hear the rush of the water all night long. Just before commencing to pitch camp, Carl caught the largest trout so far, weigh- ing three-quarters of a pound. We found great quanti- ties of old dry hemlock bark left by the lumbermen, which made excellent fuel for the camp-fire, and we got ample spruce boughs for our beds. The party took things comfortably and cooked a delicious meal, after which Chas. O. went out in his canoe alone for half an hour, coming back in ghostly fashion after dark. H. N. T. tried a half hour’s fishing in the rapids along- side the camp, and then all hands turned in, Louis rol- ling himself up in his blanket, with his stocking feet to the fire. The weather all day had been very fine, a little warm at noon, but not uncomfortable, and cool by evening. [to be continued.] mid (^alhrg, — • — Fixtures. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. New York Schuetzen Corps. The prize winners and their scores for the winter indoor season have been determined, and the prizes distributed at a meeting of all the members.- These were both cash and merchandise, some of high value, others useful or ornamental. The list is too long to be given here; but the scores of the winners are appended. The highest prizes went to the ten members who had tile best bullseyes. The next ten prizes went to the members who had the highest totals in ten 20-shot scores, one 20-shot score for each of the ten regular shooting nights at the Zettler ranges, with ,22cal. rifles. The balance of the prizes went to members — other than those in the first twenty — who had the best bullseyes. All shoot- ing was at 25yds. The results follow: Best bullseyes: George Ludwig 25% degrees, H. C. Hainhorst 26%, H. Nordbruck 27y2, G. H. Fixsen 28, J. C. Bonn 30, J. N. F. Siebs 32, Capt. Hainhorst 33 %, L. C. Hagenah 35, H. Meyer 35 %, G, J. Voss 36. Best ring totals, possible 5000 points, ten 20-shot scores t6 count: Richard Gute.. 4876 H Beckmann 4448 Barney Zettler 4669 A VV Lemcke 4443 Charles Sievers 4531 H B Michaelsen 4439 H Haase 4496 j' H Meyer 4420 H D Meyer 4484 George W. Offermann... 4403 Best bullseyes winning other prizes: W. Schuts 38,' N. Jantzen 38y2, Henry Decker 40, J. G. Thoelke 40y2, F. W. Diercks 41%, F. Schulz 41%, Charles Plump 45%, F. Gobber 46%, Charles Meyer 46%, R. Ohms 46%, FI. Kahrs 47%, IT. Leopold 47%, H. Gobber 48%, J. Facklamm 48%, H. Offermann 50, A. Sibbens 50, Dr. Grosch 51%, F. V. Ronn 52%, N. C. L. Beversten 53, J. Para- dies 57, M. J. Then 59, O. Schwanemann 59%, W. J. Behrens 60, I) Dede 62y2, Charles Boesch 62%, -W. Grell 63, G. Thomas 64, J. N. Hermann 65, J. Bradley 66, J. C. Brinchmann 67%, N. W. Haaren 67%, D. Peper 71%, C. Mann 76, F. Facompre 77, Charles Koenig 77%, IT. Mesloh 78, C. Brinkama 79, P. Prange 80, J. Jantzen 86, H. Quaal 87%, C. Schmitz 90, Henry Koster 92%, Adolph Beckman 93%, F. Lankenau 95, D. von der Lieth 98, YV. Ulrich 104, W. Dahl 109, D. Ficken 112, G. Bohlken 114, H. Haase 116, H. Hoenisch 117, L. L. Goldstein 121, G. H. Wehrenberg 122, J. H. Kroeger 123, H. Giebelhaus 123%, J. Willenbrock 131%, J. F. R. Ernst 132%, M. V. Dwingelo 134, August Beckman 140, C. Roff- mann 140%, W. Schaefer 153, P. Heidelberger 163%, A. Liederhaus 165, B. Kumm 165, H. Martins 185. German Rifle Club's Golden Jubilee. The German Rifle Club, of Charleston, S. C., has issued the programmes for its fiftieth annual shooting tournament, to be held on its ranges in Charleston, S. C., May 8-13, inclusive. The ranges will be open for prize shooting from 8 o’clock A. M. until 7 P. M., with an intermission of an hour at noon, every day. The prize list is attractive, and a good deal of money is offered in. prizes. A summary of the conditions and prizes follows: Ring Target.— Entries unlimited. Five-shot scores, at rest, to count, on the regular 25-ring target. Four hundred dollars in cash will be divided among those making the highest single score, the first three prizes being $100, $75, and $50, respectively. Entrance fee, $1. :v:r; Pool Target.— Five-shot scores on the 25-ring target. Entrance fee $1 per ticket. Fifty per cent, of the pool receipts will be di- vided into four prizes, as follows: 20, 15, 10, and 5 per cent. Team Match.— Standard American target, five-man' teams, five- shots per man, entrance $5 per team. First team prize, $50; sec- ond, $20; third, $15; fourth, $10; highest individual score, a gold medal; second, a silver medal. Standard American Target.— Five-shot tickets, 50 cents, unlim- ited. Highest score takes $75; second, $50; third, $25; $250 in all going as twenty-two prizes. Point Target.— Ten-shot tickets, $1, unlimited. Rest shooting. Thirty-five prizes, aggregating $350. A shooter making 600 points will receive a gold medal, while a score of 1,000 points will entitle the holder -to a very fine gold medal. _ Target of Honor. — Rest shooting each day from 1 to 2 P. M., but open only to members who have paraded in uniform. Charleston Target.— Open to all. Prizes to be announced during the tournament. Bullseye Target.— Offhand on the Standard American target, ten tickets for $1. Fifty per cent- of the receipts divided each day. Eagle shooting on May 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Open to members. All shooting will be at 200yds. Rifles of any caliber from .32 to .45 allowed. Telescope sights barred, but simple glasses in the rear sight cup will be permitted. Metal-jacketed bullets will also be barred. Further information can be obtained by addressing William J. D. Heinz, 387 King street, Charleston, S. C. The tournament will be managed by Charles and Barney Zettler, of New York city. Advocating Telescope Sights. There is a movement on foot to secure the sanction of all the large shooting clubs in and about New York city, in the use, without restrictions, of telescope sights in all of the important club shoots and tournaments at 200yds. At the present time most of -the German-American shooting societies are still holding out against magnifying sights, but influence and the force of practical arguments are being brought to bear, and it is likely all bars will be removed before next year’s outdoor shooting season opens, if not during the present season. The younger members see and appreciate the value of telescope sights, and their in- fluence will win the old fellows over in time, they confidently as- sert. Meanwhile, riflemen are ordering and practicing with telescope sights more than ever before. Seneca Gan Clab. Eleven members took part in the regular shoot on the Zettler ranges the night of April 15. Mr; Woernz was high with a total, of 467 out of the possible 500 points, and other scores showed that the members are being benefited by this regular practice. The totals of two ten-shot scores, with ,22cal. rifles, follow: Woernz F Fall J Schroeder . W Allabough Armstrong . , Sherwood .... .467 A Dick 413 ,459 Charles Keller 392 .434 Krieger 385 ,423 Simms 384 .422 C C Winne 305 ,414 New York Central Schuetzen Corps. The first practice shoot of this club for the season was held on the ranges in Union Hill Park, New Jersey, April 20. The weather conditions were fair during the first part of the afternoon, but rain followed,’ and the light was then poor. The results on the various targets, at 200yds., offhand, follow: Ring target, 3 shots, possible 75 points:. F Rolfes 71 W J Daniel 59 H D Muller 68 F Schroeder 59 Emil Berckman 67 J Jordon 56 F Brodt 66 H Bockman 55 T von der Lieth 64 C L A Gerken 57 D Scharninghaus 63 M Teschmaker .........54 A Ritterhoff 62 Man target, possible 60 points: Emil Berckman 59 J Jordan 46 F Schroeder 58 F Brodt 46 H Bockman 57 F Rolfes 42 D Scharninghaus 56 J von der Lieth 41 H D Muller 54 M Teschmaker YV J Daniel 53 Trophy target: FI. D. Muller 3, W. J. Daniel 3, A. D. Ritter- hoff 2, F. Schroeder 2, F. Rolfes 1, C. Gerken 1, D. Scharninghaus 1, E. Berckman 1, W. Schillingman 1, H. Roffman 1, H. von der Lieth 1. Company bullseyes: W. J. Daniel 2, E. Berckman 2, H. D. Mul- ler 1, J. von der Lieth 1, F. Schroeder 1, H. Young 1, F. Brodt 1, IT. Bockman 1, A. D. Ritterhoff 1, F. Rolfes 1, W. Schillingman 1, H. Roffman 1, J. Helmke 1. Cash bullseyes: D. Scharninghaus 3, M. Teschmaker 2, H. Bock- man 2, E. Berckman 2, J. Jordan 1, C. Gerken 1, F. Rolfes 1, A. Ritterhoff 1, F. Brodt 1, F. Schroeder 1. Riflemen Going Sooth. A large delegation of riflemen will leave New York city early in May to take part in the golden jubilee tournament of the Ger- man Rifle Club in Charleston, S. C., May 8-13. The Zettler Rifle Club and nearly all of the big shooting corps will send delegations. Local riflemen are taking no little interest in this event, as these ranges will be the scene of the great festival of the National Schuetzenbund in 1906. trapshooting. # If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixtures. April 26-27. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. A. F. Gant, Sec’y. April 27. — Youngstown, O., Gun Club tournament. April 27. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. I. , Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. April 29. — Lowell, Mass., Rod and Gun Club team and individual prize shoot. E. J. Burns, Sec’y. April 29. — Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entray match for $100 gold watch. May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under auspices of the Herron^ Hill Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec’y. May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association tournament. May 2. — New Britain, Conn. — Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecti- cut second tournament. Dr. Y. C. Moore, Sec’y, South Man- chester, Conn. May 3. — Muncie, Ind. — Magic City Gun Club spring tournament — Indiana State League series. F. L. Wachtel, Sec’y. May 4-5.— Waterloo, la., Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 5. — Rantoul, 111., Gun Club tournament. J. D. Neal, Mgr. May 6. — Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. May 6. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Brooklyn, N. Y. Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. . May 8-9. — Vicksburg, Miss. — Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League first tournament. May 9-10. — Fairmont, W. Va., Gun Club second monthly shoot of Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. May 9-10.— Olean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 13. — Paterson, N. J. — Jackson Park Gun Club all-day shoot. Wm. Dutcher, Mgr. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. ,*• May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans.— Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-24. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club annual tournament. H. Marston, Sec’y. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24. — Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Seth T. Cole, Sec’y. May 24-25. — Wolcott, N. Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25-27.— Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Utica, N. Y.— Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30. — Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30. — Norristown, Pa.— Penn Gun Club annual Decoration Day tournament. T. V. Smith, Sec’y. May 30. — Lawrence, Mass. — Second annual Memorial Day tourna- ment. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. May 30. — Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31.-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 3.— Long Island City, L. I. — Queens County Gun Club open tournament. Rchard H. Glasman, Sec’y. June 6-6. — New Paris, O. — Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart, Sec’y. June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4. — Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Butler, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 14-15. — Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 15. — Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs Mgr. June 20-21. — Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen’ Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. Brehm. Mgr.. Baltimore. July 28-29. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Q. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman. Sec’y Aug. 22-23. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooter. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day). — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., * Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand YVestern Handicap. Sept. 15-17. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 10-11.- — St. Joseph, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club, through their Secretary, Mr. Seth T. Cole, announces that they will hold a tournament on May 24. * Mr. R. B. Parkhurst, Secretary, informs us that on May 30 the Lawrence, Mass., Gun Club will hold their second annual Memorial Day tournament. * The Garfield Gun Club, of Chicago, commenced their summer series on Saturday of last week, with the large attendance for which their shoots are famous. 85 At Avondale, Pa., April 22, the Coatesville Gun Club defeated the Avondale Club in a twelve-man team race, 25 targets per man, by a score of 203 to 193. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Secretary, Moberly, Mo., writes us that the Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters have decided upon dates as follows: June 13-14, Butler, Mo.; Aug. 22-23, Carthage, Mo.; Oct. 10-11, St. Joseph, Mo. 81 Mr. Geo. L. Lyon, President, Durham, N. C., writes us that “YV e have decided to change our dates of the second annual tour- nament of the Notth Carolina Trapshooters’ Association from June 21 and 22 to June 14 and 15.” R The Queens County Gun Club will hold an open tournament on their grounds, Hunters Point avenue, Long Island City, on June 3. The programme will be ready for distribution in the near future. Through the summer months, practice shoots will be held every Thursday and Saturday afternoons. H The Perm Gun Club, Norristown, Pa., have issued the pro- gramme of their Decoration Day tournament, May 30. The pro- gramme consists of eighteen events, at 10, 15 and 20 targets, entrance 50 cents, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50. Sweepstakes begin at 9:30. Targets 1% cent. This tournament will be held on the new grounds at Jeffersonville. Mr. T. V. Smith is the Secretary. K The second contest of the four teams, five men to each, in the Boston, Mass., Gun Club series, was shot at Wellington on Saturday of last week, and resulted in a victory for the Boston team by a score of 228 out of a possible 250, a team performance exceeding 90 per cent. Of all the contestants, Messrs. Woodruff and Kirkwood, of the Boston team were high, each breaking 47 out of the 50 shot at. as Mr. Frank W. Belton, Secretary, sends us a list of the officers of the Concord, N. H., Gun Club,- as follows: Nathaniel E. Martin, President; Dr. John E. Gove, Vice-President; Frank W. Betton, Secretary; Frank YV. Sanborn, Treasurer; Raffaelo Nardini, James H. Morris, Hale Chadwick, E. H. Cheney, Orrin Byron, Executive Committee; M. D. King, Field Captain; An- drew R. Lawson, Steward. _ 346 FOREST AND STREAM [April ag, 1905. The results of the contests in the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League series last Saturday, are as follows: At Wissinoming, the Florists defeated the Highlands by a score of 212 to 193. Meadow Springs defeated Clearview at Clearview, . 202 to 197. S. S. White defeated North Camden at Gorgas Station, 181 to 149. Narberth defeated Hillside at Hillcrest, 167 to 160. At Chester, Media de- feated Hill Rod and Gun Club, 175 to 155. *1 In the first contest of the series inaugurated by the Mononga- hela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia, held by the Recreation Rod and Gun Club, at Morgantown, the five-man team shoot for the Peters cup, emblematic of the team champion- ship of the League, was won by the home club. The Infallible cup, emblematic of the individual championship of the League, was won by Mr. John M. Cobun, of the home club. m, Mr. Wm. Dutcher is working energetically in the promotion of the Jackson Park Gun Club all-day shoot, to be held at Paterson, N. J., on May 13. A large number of professionals have signified their intention to be present, among whom are the renowned shooters, Messrs. R. O. Heikes, W. H. Heer, H. H. Stevens, J. R. Hull, Neaf Apgar and Sim Glover. This is to be the first great shoot in the new location, and the club extends a welcome to every one. K The programme of the Mullerite Gun Club shoot, to be held on the grounds of the Freeport, L. I., Gun Club, April 27, consists of ten events, 15, 20, 25 and 50 targets, a total of 150 targets, $9.50 entrance. No. 5 is a special 25-target handicap, entrance - $2.50, use of both barrels, for the Hunter Arms Co. silver badge. No. 4 is 50 targets, class shooting, for merchandise prizes. Write for conditions to Mr. Albert A. Schovepling, Manager, 2 Murray street, New, York. B£ An Alpena, Mich., dispatch of April 19 says that Martin Chase Benjamin, a famous character of the Thunder Bay region, died at Hubbard Lake, aged eighty-five years. He was a wonderful rifle shot, and served in the Mexican and Civil Wars as a sharpshooter. Until a few years ago he was the best marksman in northern Michigan, and was never defeated. The Chase Benjamin Gun Club was named in his honor. He claimed to have killed 3,000 deer, besides much other big game. His early days were spent in the employment of the Hudson Bay Company. * Many portentous signs indicate that the fifteenth annual tourna- ment of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, May 2-5, will be a great event, possibly a record-breaker. The attractions in added money ($2,041.75) and trophies are worthy of attention and effort. The annual meeting will be held in the Hotel Henry at 8:30 P. M., May 2. The afternoon of May 1 will be devoted to practice on the club grounds at Brunot’s Island. Ship guns and ammunition to yourself, prepaid, care the Sportsmen’s Supply Co., 623 Smithfield street, Pittsburg, Pa. Shipments on which charges are not prepaid will be refused. Competition begins at 9 o’clock sharp each day. Admission to the grounds is free. A correspondent writes us concerning Boston trapshooting mat- ters as follows: “Some ot our sportsmen had a pleasant outing on the 19th, Patriots’ Day, at the traps. Quite accessible to Bos- tonians are fine shooting grounds with modern equipments. The Boston Athletic Association shooters go to Riverside. The mem- bers of the Middlesex Sportsmen’s Club have traps at E. Lexing- ton, the Trapelo Club at Waverley, the Kennel club at Brain- tiee, the Boston Shooting Association at Wellington. Then there is the Watertown Gun Club and one recently starting upon a successful career, the Winchester Gun Club. The grounds of all these are within less than an hour’s trolley ride from the Hub, and all were liberally patronized on Wednesday.” *1 The Magic City Gun Club, Muncie, Ind., have issued the pro- gramme of their seventh annual spring tournament, May 3. It consists of twelve events, at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets; entrance based on 10 cents per target. It announces one event as follows: “Here is where you can’t lose. All contestants are invited to assist in disposing of a fine old-fashioned country chicken dinner, free of charge.” Shooting begins at 9:30. Only trade representa- tives permitted to shoot for targets only. All stand at 16.yds. Loads for sale on the grounds. Shoot, rain or shine. Ship guns and shells to Mr. F. L. Wachtell, Secretary, 110 West Washing- ton street, and they will be delivered free. Moneys divided 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent. The club extends a cordial invitation to all their friends throughout the country. ■e The Interstate Association programme for the trapshooting tour- nament, given for the Daviess County Gun Club, Owensboro, Ky., May 17 and 18, is now ready for distribution. There are twelve like events for each day, of which four are at 20 and eight at 15 targets, entrance $2 and $1.50. To first and second high gun each day, $8 and $5 respectively. For the general average of the two days, $15, $10 and $5, first, second and third high gun respectively. Shooting will commence at 9 o’clock. Luncheon will be served on the grounds. Targets 2 cents. Shells obtainable on the grounds. Practice day, May 16. Rose system, 7, 5, 3, 1. Guns and ammunition, prepaid and marked in owner’s name, care James Lewis Company, Owensboro, will be delivered on the grounds free' of charge. Mr. Elmer Shaner, Manager. Mr. James Lewis is Secretary of the Daviess County Gun Club. Bernard Waters. Professional Doings. The U. M. C Eastern Squad continued their tour last week, shooting in five cities, namely, Boston, Mass.; Auburn, Me.; Springfield, Mass.; New Paltz, N. Y., and Syracuse, N. Y. At each of these points there was a large crowd out to welcome the shooters, both of amateurs and spectators, especially at Syracuse, where great interest was taken, and where at least 500 spectators were present. Below are the scores at each of the places visited; also total number of 'hooters: Boston, Mass., April 17. — The wind blew a gale. Targets, 150: T. A. Marshall 131, W. H. Heer 134, F'. E. Butler 99, H. H. Stevens 120, R O. Heikes 136. Auburn, Me., April 18. — Targets 120. Very windy and cold: T. A. Marshall 99, W. H. Heer 107, F. E. Butler 83, H. H. Stevens ICO, R. O. Heikes 104. Springfield, Mass., April 19. — Targets, 115. Windy, but no so cold as 17th and 18th: T. A. Marshall 96, W. H. Heer 108, F. E. Butler 75, H. H. Stevens 95, R. O. Heikes 108. New Paltz, N Y., April 21. — Targets, 180: R. O. Heikes 169, W. H. Heer 166. Syracuse, N. Y., April 22. — Targets, 150: T. A. Marshall. 137, W. H. Heer 139, F. E. Butler 118, H. H. Stevens 129, R. O. Heikes 140. S. Recreation Rod and Gun Club. Morgantown, W. Va., Aprii 21. — To-day, in the worst and most disagreeable weather of the past month, between thirty-five and forty members of the Monongahela Valley Sportsmen’s League of V'est Virginia, and their friends, inaugurated the League season of 1905 at Recreation Park, Morgantown, the tournament being held by the Recreation Rod and Gun Club under the sanction of the League. But for the weather conditions of the past few days we would have bad at least sixty to seventy sportsmen out. The trade was represented by H, C. Watson, J. C. Garland and L. Z. Lawrence. This tournament is the first of a series of seven monthly tour- naments which will be held under League sanction during the season, the next one being scheduled for May 9 and 10, at the shooting grounds of the Fairmont Gun Club, and programmes for same will be ready for distribution on May 1. At 9 A. .M., when the shooting was scheduled to commence, a driving rain and wind storm swept the grounds, compelling the postponement of shooting until 10:30, when event 1 was started and shot through in the rain; and after this event there was no further rain _ until after the entire programme was shot off; but Ihe gale which blew over the traps during the entire day made good shooting and high scores extremely difficult, and straights were very rare. The prize for expert average for the day was won by Mr. L. Z. Lawrence, with a score of 156 out of 175, or an average of 85*1 per cent. First money for high afateur average was won by Mr. W. A. Wiedebusch, Fairmont Gun Club, with an average of 85.1 per cent. Second money for high amateur average was won by Rice, Wheeling Gun Club, with an average of 8! per cent. Third prize (a Bristol steel bass rod donated by the Horton Mfg. Co.) for amateur average, was won by G. A. Long, Man- nington Gun Club, with an average of 81. 1 per cent. To Mr. J. C. Garland belongs the honor of making the first straight for the day. Owing to ,sickness, several of the League clubs did not have full teams oh the grounds, and the League team race was nar- rowed down to teams representing the Fairmont Gun Club and the Recreation Rod and Gun Club, they being the only clubs eligible to compete. This event, which carries with it the Peters cup, representing the team championship of the League, was won fer the month by the Recreation Rod and Gun Club team with a score of 95 to their opponents’ 94. The Infallible cup, carrying with it the title of champion of the Monongahela Valley Sportsmen’s League of West Virginia, was won by John M. Cobun, of the Recreation Rod and Gun Club. The scores follow: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. J Cobun ...175 136 W B Stuck.... 175 112 T F Leachman... . . .175 98 J Phillips .... 175 128 G Cochran ...155 130 t)r McNeely.. 175 118 L Z Lawrence... . . .175 156 G Lilly 175 121 E Price . . .175 133 A H Donally. 175 129 J C Garland . . .175 137 W C Mawhinney . .175 66 \V J Nichols..... . . .175 119 T G Garden... 175 138 T R Miller . . .175 138 Rice ......175 147 W A Wiedebusch.. 175 149 F Coogle 175 132 L C Jones . . .175 109 Simpson 175 73 B F Colpitts.... ...100 48 W N Dawson. 50 32 E F Jacobs ...175 111 J H Kennedy. 50 24 C R Phillips ...175 108 T C Long 160 110 G A Long . . .175 142 B S White.... 15 11 C L Torrel . . .175 125 H L Moreland 15 2 G F Miller ...15 13 Debrocq 20 7 H M Van Voorhies 15 12 Twenty-five-bird team shoot: Fairmont R. and G. C. Recreation R. and G. C. W A Wiedebusch ..21 T Cobun ...23 T Phillips ..20 E Price ...20 Dr McNeely ..17 E F Jacobs.. ...14 Geo Lilly ..17 W N Dawson ...21 A H Donally.... ..19-94 B S White.... ...17-95 Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Stanley Gan Club. Toronto, April 23. — The annual 50-target event of the Stanley Gun Club for prizes took place on their grounds on Saturday. This event is a handicap, ranging from 1 to 15 extra birds to shoot at. Mr. McGill, with 1 extra, was high man with 48. This event is usually shot on Good Friday, but was postponed on account of the National Gun Club holding an open tourna- ment on that day, to allow as many members to attend as pos- sible. The following are the scores: Events : Targets : Schoffield Ingham .. McGraw . Herbert . . Dunk .... Rock Hulme . . Edkins . . Hirows .. Hcvey . . . Dey McGill . . Thompson Martin .. Mason . . . Hampton Green Fritz Townson Mcrshead Ely Lucas . . . Jennings 12 3 10 10 10 9 . . .. 5 8 8 5 4 . . 8 7 7 10 .. .. 8 8 9 8 8 8 3 6 . . 8 . . . . 6 4.. 8 . . .. ... 10 8 .. .. 9 .. .. 6 .. .. 6 .. .. 8 .. .. 7 8 4 5 6 50 20 20 (6). ..32 • 0 (5 . ..43 . , (12). ,.26 , , (8). .45 , , (1). ..41 18 (1). ,.42 14 (1). .44 6 (8). .47 (8). .36 •• (1). .48 ii (1). .42 . . (12). .35 13 (12). .40 (5). .38 (1). .46 . . . . 13 (8). .42 . , (6). .40 . , GO). .39 , . (8). .38 . . 6 On Tuesday, the 18th, Mr. Fred A. Stone, of the Wizard of Oz Company, was entertained by the members of the Stanley Gun Club to a shoot on their grounds. Mr. Stone is an excellent trap shot, breaking 88 out of 100 shot at. The day, though fine, the wind blew a gale, which makes- the score all the more cred- itable. On Wednesday, Mr. Stone was the guest of the Toronto Junction Gun Club, where he also made an excellent score. Alex. Dey. Dover Sportsmen's Association. Dover, N. H., April 22. — Last Thursday was a day to be desired fer those who like to shoot at targets, and many of our members came to the grounds for practice on this the first shoot of the season. We had with us as visitors four gentlemen from Maine who knew something of shooting, as they fully proved before the day closed. They were quite complimentary of our grounds and traps, and expressed themselves as having had a delightful after- noon’s sport. Their names head the following scores. Mr. Seguin who has not been doing any shooting in past four years, and with a borrowed gun, got 59 out of his first 60 shot at. His average for the day was 92 per cent. : Shot. at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Wheeler 195 160 Corson 170 100 Seguin 195 160 Stevens 120 69 195 158 170 78 Darton 195 160 White 120 70 Erving 135 91 Mitchell 55 34 Hallam 195 95 Waterman ... 65 27 Nat 105 67 Lombard 40 15 D. W. Hallam, Sec’y. Waterloo Gan Club. Waterloo, la., April 20. — At the Waterloo Gun Club’s new grounds on April 19, Capt. Ralph Storm made the highest record for the season, breaking 97 targets out of 100. This eclipses the highest score of last year, which was made by J. C. Hartman, Aug. 17 — 96 out of 100. Both scores were made from the Leggett trap, targets thrown 50yds. The club expects a large attendance at its spring shoot, May 4 and 5, when $100 added money will be donated to participants. Hartman. “Yes,” said Alkali Ike, quietly, “he died very sudden, while playin’ poker.” “Heart disease?” queried the tourist. “Well, now I reckon ye might call it heart, spade, diamond and club disease. He had all four aces up his sleeve.”— Philadelphia Press. TN NEW JERSEY. Montclair Gan Club. Montclair, N. J., April 22. — Eight men were out to-day. Two teams were organized and two matches were shot, team No. 1 winning in each event. Event No. 1 was for a box of cigars, and event No. 2 for box of shells, used in the event. Team No. 1. Team No 2. Events : 1 2 Events : 1 2 Bush .... 24 Floward ..23 21 Porter ... 18 Boxall ..20 22 Crane . . 21 Benson ..12 13 Doremus 16 Hartshorne ..15 13 76 79 70 69 Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Jackson Park Gan Clab. Paterson, N. J., April 23. — The Jackson Park Gun Club have at last got the club house in its new location, where the conveniences are much better both as to shooting and for reaching the grounds, which are located about 300yds. further south of its late position on the Jackson road, which is reached by the Singac trolley road. Cars run every 15 minutes from the City Hall. The Jackson Park Gun Club intends to open the new grounds or. May 13, with an all-day shoot which will be a hummer for at- tendance. I have assurance of at least fifty shooters. All those who took part yesterday at the North Side shoot have promised to be on hand, besides a great many others. Everybody is wel- come. Dutcher. North Side Gan Club. Paterson, N. J., April 22. — The pleasant weather and a good at- tendance made the opening spring shoot a success. It was man- aged by the successful manager, Mr. Wm. Dutcher. Shooters from the Passaic and Bergen County clubs were present. There were about one hundred spectators present. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 10 15 10 25 15 10 Targets: 10 15 10 25 15 10 C Lenone ...... 6 9 5 13 9 .. Spect 5 8 6 .. 12 .. E Morgan 6 13 10 21 11 . . Clayton 1 4 5 .. 8 .. E Van Horn 9 14 10 20 . . . . Breen 10 9 7 .. 9 .. J Doty 10 13 7 20 13 . . Banta 5 8 18 9 .. l Dunkerly ... 9 10 8 18 12 . . Mercer 4 8 C Lewis 9 12 8 21 13 . . Garrabrant 5 9 3 .. H Van Houten 8 10 9 16 12 . . J Kryger 7 F Van Houten. 8 10 9 16 12 . . Veenstra 6 .. 7 .. I Cocker 9 9 6 1 . A Edmond .... 2 10 7 . . 8 .. H Wright 8 19 8 .. N Bogartman.. 3 8 5 11 7 . . C Tackson 0 .. W Wilson 4 6 5 17 7 5 G Irwin 3 .. 4 .. J Dewar 6 6 4 10 10 3 Hamilton 2 0 .. J Polhemus.... 5 8 1 .. .. .. Reeves 7 .. 14 .. O Herman .... 3 0 4 0 .. .. Elmer 5 .. 7 .. A Crooks 4 6 2 5 ^ B Maskell .5 6 H Beckler .... O Buckner ... 4 2 North River Gan Clab. Edgewater, N. J., April 22. — Event 6 was a handicap shoot for solid gold charm. After two ties, it was won by Dr. Paterno, for the second time. Events: 123456789 10 Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 60 25 25 10 15 Williams, 0 9 11 8 14 8 .. 18 .. .. .. C E Eickhoff, 8 8 9 8 13 4 35 .. .. 6 11 Dr C Richter, 4 12 8 14 9 47 22 i A Schoverling, 5 10 12 8 14 8 44 24 19 9 13 ! R Tower, 0 6 .. 5 8 S Glover, 0 12 9 12 8 Dr Boldt, 20 7 4 6 9 31 i H Schramm, 0 12 6 11 .. .. 21 j Dr Lerisene, 0 2 2 3 .. 18 i Dr Paterno, 17 9 37 19 18 8 .. J Morrison, 7 15 9 13 .. 43 23 21 .. J Merrill, 15 5 37 19 13 5 .. j charm, which was won by Mr. Carl Richter for the fourth time: i Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7' Targets: 15 10 15 15 10 50 10 | C E Eickhoff, 8 9 4 7 13 9 28 7 1 Dr Richter, 5 11 8 13 14 8 44 8 J McClare, 15 7 6 7 7 6 23 6 I R Townsend, 0 10 7 11 .. 8 .. .. ' Dr Boldt, 20 6 6 13 7 8 18 6 Dr Paterno, 17 7 7 7 23 8 J Merrill, 15 7 5 24 8 M Schweagel, 0 9 ,. .. 3 Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’y. ON LONG ISLAND. Sheepshead Bay Gan Clab. Sheepshead Bay, L. I., April 20. — At the monthly shoot of the Sheepshead Bay Gun Club to-day, Mr. Montanus won the badge and the Remsen cup, this being his third win. Others who scored i wins are as follows: D. Dede, 2, and one win each by G. Wil- liamson, Judge Voorhies, Capt. Dreyer, G. Morris, Dr. Goubeaud and Ira McKane. . In most of the 'events to-day Mr. Schortemeier used a 20-gauge gun. Column 5 contains the handicaps for the 50-target trophy contest, event 6. Messrs. Schortemeier, Spinner, Jones and Martin shot along for targets. The shoot-off in the badge and Remsen cup resulted as follows: Montanus (4) 24, Cooper (5) 22, Williamson (4) 17, Capt. Dryer (5) 22, Carolan (7) 22. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 25 25 * 50 Schorty 14 23 21 22 . . 44 Montanus 21 21 22 20 8 50 Cooper 14 18 15 19 9 47 Williamson ... 19 13 19 .. 8 43 McKane 20 6 36 Morris 23 3 37 Spinner 12 21 Schorty 21 Martin 21 22 . . . . 44 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 25 25 25 * 50 Voorhies 16 5 38 Jones 17 19 .. ..26 Metz 12 Schneider 24 24 25 .. .. Capt Dryer 12 20 . . 10 41 Carolan 13 14 15 13 40 D Martin 11 13 .. .. 1 Dede 10 33 Bergen Beach Gan Club. Bergen Beach, L. I., April 22.— The pleasant weather contributed to a most enjoyable shoot, though a stiff cross wind with the consequent freakish flights of the targets, made difficult shooting. Schneider’s gun register'’ " u;„i, — -i — — <■ and marred his shootin; scores follow: Events : Targets: Dreyer H D Bergt Guhring ... Charles Schlieman . Schneider . . Waters . . . . *Doubles. a degree far below his average. The i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 25 25 * 25 15 10 15 25 15 10 25 14 8 4 9 8 9 13 15 . • 9 18 15 6 . . 10 9 7 t t 18 - „ 17 18 21 7 14 8 12 . _ 23 0 • 19 16 21 3 16 12 5 , . f # 19 • • .. 21 3 . . 7 15 17 : 17 9 4 12 8 11 19 13 3 8 19 9 31 20 11 7 12 19 , . 8 20 Cumberland Gan Club* Cumberland, B. C.— April 11 — Am inclosing the balance of scores of aggregate shooters for this month. Members are allowed to shoot either the first or second Monday in each month, so that tlie'e are just the ones that did not shoot for the aggregate last ■week. Balance month 15 targets. Interstate rules: T. Hudson 13; F. Fvnp? 1I> C. Gr^nt ir> T. H,'''b>”-v 11, F. Riekard 8. A. McPhee 12, J. Bruce 3, M. Morgan 12, W. F. Ramson 10, R. R. Napier 9, E. Riuue 9. April 29, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 84 7 FOR PEACE OR WAR EVERYWHERE THE STANDARD UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY. LOWELL. MASS. . . . ( 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Street, New York. Agencies . j J 14-1 1 6 Market Street, San Francisco. Springfield Shooting Club. Springfield, Mass. — It was tournament day with us on April 19, Patriots’ Day, and the usual large number of shooters turned out to try their hand at flying targets. The attendance was not i as large as usual, the Worcester shoot drawing the shooters who 1 live that way. Still, we had our share, and have no reason to complain. As usual, we had a pleasant day, with the usual wind blowing, which kept the scores down in the forenoon. Conditions improved during the afternoon, and the referee’s call of “Lost” i was not heard quite as often, though oftener than most of us t wished for. The trade was extra well represented. In addition to the squad^com- posed of Tom A. Marshall, Rolla O. Heikes, W. H. Heer, Frank ]£. Butler and IT. H. Stevens, there were present, J. A. R. Elliott, W. G. Hearne, Sim Glover, and that T. H. Keller, Jr., was present goes without saying. It was the largest gathering of manufac- turers’ agents ever present at our tournaments at one time; and they did some shooting, too, as the scores will show. The principal event of the programme was the sixth, a merchan- dise event, known as the National Sportsman’s contest. The ■ entrance fee was $1, which entitled the shooter to shoot for the several merchandise prizes. This event was handicapped back to the 20yd. mark. Professionals were allowed to shoot for targets only in this event. The prizes, four in number, were won by the following: First, Winchester brush gun, won by Archie Cooley, of Somers, Conn. IT. L. Edgerton, of Willimantic, Conn., and J. B. Sanders, of Albany, N. Y,, tied for second and third prizes, and on the shoot-off Edgerton won second prize, a Colt’s re- volver, and Sanders third prize, a Winchester rifle. Fourth prize, a brass cleaning rod, was won by B. F, Smith, of Boston. Scores, showing handicaps, in this event follow', each shooting at 25 tar- gets i Professionals: Heer 24, Heikes 23, Hearile 22, Marshall 21, Elliott 21, Stevens 20, Glover 20, Keller IS, Butler 17. Amateurs: Cooley (18) 21, Edgerton (18) 20, Sanders (20) 20, Smith (20) 19, Batstow (20) 18, Jordan (18) 18, Metcalf (19) 18, Gay! er (18) 17, Collins (18) 17, Stanley (18) 17, Finch (18) 17, Hackett ( 18) 17, Dr. Moore (20) 17, Anderson (10) 17, Hawes (18) 16, Delaney (17) 16, Harvey (16) 16, Coats (16) 16, Snow (18) 16, Le Noir (20) 16, Chapin (16) 16, W. Keith (16) 15, Dr, Row>e (18), 15, Cheesman (18) 15. McMullen (20) 15, Talmadge (16) 14, Dr. Newton (18) 14, Dr. Keith (18) 14, Rochford (16) 13, Walker (16) 13, Kites (18) 13, Hills (16) 12, Dr. Warren (18) 12, Lawrence 08) 11, Kimball (16) 10, Spencer (16) 9, Walsh (16) 9, Pinney (18) S, Peck (17) 6. Of the seventy-eight entries in this event, thirty-nine shot for the prizes. During the day 6,OCO targets were trapped. H. L. Edgerton, of Willimantic, Conn., won the gold badge put up by the club for high amateur average. Following are the averages of the professionals and amateurs shooting the dise) event: entire Shot at. programme, Broke. Av. not including the sixth Shot at. (merchan- Broke. Av. *GIover ....165 147 .89 Finck 165 128 .77 Edgerton . . ....165 140 .85 Dr.Moote . 165 128 .77 McMullen . ....165 135 .82 *Elliott 165 127 .77 Sanders ....165 133 .81 Jordan 165 122 .74 Le Noir . . . .165 133 .81 Dr Newton ....165 121 .73 Barstow ... ....165 131 .80 Snow 165 118 .71 MCeller ....165 130 .78 Kites 165 110 .67 Smith . . . .165 129 .78 Coats 165 106 .64 *Hearne . . . ....165 128 .77 Anderson . . 165 106 .64 ^Professionals. « Shooting at 115 targets Heer broke 108, 93 per cent. ; Heikes, | 108, 93 per cent. ; Marshall 96, 83 per cent. ; Stevens, 95, 82 per cent. ; Butler, 75, 65 per cent. 1 In an exhibition shoot by the professionals at 35 targets, the fol- lowing, scores were made: Heer 34, Heikes 32, Glover 31, Keller 31,. Marshall 29, Hearne 29, Stevens 28, Elliott 26, Butler 21. The surrounding gun clubs were represented, Albany by J. B. Sanders; Boston by B. F. Smith; Greenfield by Dr. L. A. New- j ton; Pittsfield by H. S. Sidway; Northampton by L. F. Gayler; Northboro by J. M. Stanley; Thompsonville, Conn., by Geo. C. Finch; Somersville, Conn., by Wm. McMullen and Archie Cooley; Palmer by Dr. S. B. Keith; Rockville, Conn., by F. E. Metcalf and H. C. Barstow; Windsor Locks, Conn., by J. H. Spencer; | Hartford by Dr. Rowe; Willimantic, Conn., by H. L. Edger- ; ton, and South Manchester, Conn., by Dr. D. C. Y. Moore. Amateur scores in regular events follow: Events : 12 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shot Targets: 10 15 20 10 20 10 20 25 10 15 10 at. Broke Edgerton 7 11 18 8 16 9 15 23 9 14 10 165 140 McMullen 8 11 17 9 18 8 15 19 7 14 9 165 135 Le Noir 5 14 13 7 14 8 20 23 9 12 8 165 133 Sanders 9 11 14 8 17 8 15 21 8 13 9 165 133 Barstow 5 13 16 6 15 6 19 19 10 13 9 165 131 Smith 5 12 13 6 19 6 16 22 7 9 7 165 129 Finch 7 10 15 5 14 8 18 23 S 14 6 165 128 Dr Moore 7 S IS 7 18 9 14 19 9 12 7 165 128 Jordan 7 13 17 7 17 7 15 17 4 11 7 165 122 Dr Newton 5 10 17 6 16 8 17 19 6 11 6 165 121 Snow 8 7 14 7 18 8 14 17 7 9 9 165 118 Kites 6 10 13 9 15 7 9 18 6 8 9 165 110 Coats 7 7 13 8 9 5 14 12 9 12 10 165 106 Anderson 7 9 12 7 14 5 12 15 8 11 10 165 106 Pmnev 5 7 9 7 11 8 10 14 7 .. . . 140 78 Cooley 8 10 9 7 10 6 12 .. .. 8 . . 120 70 Gayler • .. 12 7 14 17 8 10 7 110 75 Cheesman 7 12 13 8 13 8 10 .. 105 71 Castine 5 11 15 4 11 8 90 54 7 7 17 8 14 75 53 .. 13 7 14 12 75 46 Dr Rowe 7 9 8 . . 15 4 .. . , 75 43 Lawrence 7 12 14 .. 6 .. 60 39 Vosburg .. 14 6 n 50 31 Eernside 6 10 3 6 .. . . 50 25 3 11 7 .. 50 21 Spencer 6 4 7 6 45 23 6 .. 10 7 40 23 Gesner 5 9 .. 6 .. 40 20 Talmadge 4 .. 6 . . 6 .. . . 35 16 Dr Keith 5 10 6 .. .. 40 21 Delaney . . W I Keith Walsh ... Hills Harvey . . . Dr Warren Bradford . . .. 6 .. .. 6 .. 7 30 19 5 .. 7 . . . . 3 . . . . 30 15 3 8 .-. 25 11 . 8 20 8 5 .. .. 10 5 5 10 5 3 . . . . 10 3 Snow and Hawes were on to their job at squad hustling as usual, and kept things moving. The attendance was rather small during the forenoon, but when the professionals arrived, the “lookers on” came with them and stayed the rest of the day. Everything considered, it was the best tournament we ever held. Misfire. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass -Twenty-six shooters were present at Wellington to-day, the occasion of the second leg in the four-cornered team race, and as the weather was all that could be desired, the after- noon proved to be one of the most enjoyable kind. Middlesex turned cut in full force, and evidently intends to keep the advantage they gained in the first contest, though the boys under Capt. Woodruff’s direction proved to be the real things to- day, averaging over 90 per cent, for a team, and shooting through the match with a steadiness that would have spoken well for an expert. During this, however, the Middlesexites were busy, and gathered in a fine total, only losing 5 targets of their previous 32 targets lead, and it surely looks as though nothing short of a clean score would dislodge them. The B. G. C. are saying nothing, but from all indications are getting in trim for April 29, at Lowell, which will see the third corner run off, when they expect to keep up the good work Rob Smith says “all over but the shouting,” and intends to have his men in line for that date, hoping for an increased lead, which will place them on Easy street, as the final shoot is now only a few weeks hence, and a good lead will enable them to rest on their oars till the finishing guns are fired. Lowell presented their strongest team for the fray to-day, and under ordinary conditions their score would have won, but had to be content with a tie for third, with Harvard as a partner. Harvard was somewhat unlucky, not being able to get their best men to-day, but shot steady, and cleaned up a raft of them. Ward, of their team, was high with a Gilbert or Crosby, score, just one target escaping the 25 grains, 1J4 ounces No. 7J4 load, and proved to be right on edge, each target being smashed in a clean, decisive manner. Wait until the next shoot, say all; and as the Lowell boys in- tend to have everything in the best of shape for that day, there may be something doing. Other scores: Events : 1 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Targets 15 ib 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 Griffiths 12 8 13 9 13 9 15 9 14 9 15 Climax 13 8 12 9 15 10 15 9 13 9 14 Rule 14 9 15 9 12 8 14 8 15 8 Frank 12 8 13 10 13 9 15 10 13 10 13 Adams 13 10 14 10 12 8 12 10 14 9 14 Blinn 12 4 11 9 10 6 8 8 14 7 12 10 9 8 Moore 8 9 9 6 10 8 12 9 13 8 11 Straw 15 10 12 9 10 7 15 9 12 9 10 Fletcher 10 7 12 9 10 '8 11 9 10 7 10 Bernhardt 8 7 14 10 13 10 15 10 13 8 Baxter 12 9 8 12 8 15 7 12 9 13 9 13 10 Bell 12 9 13 10 13 9 13 11 6 14 9 13 7 12 8 11 Gleason 14 8 9 13 10 14 8 15 10 15 7 12 io Smith 5 8 12 9 14 9 10 9 15 9 , . W ard 10 7 15 10 14 10 Wickersham 12 10 9 9 12 9 Webster 9 5 12 7 13 8 Marshall 14 5 11 10 14 10 12 Cloud 12 7 11 6 9 9 Edwards 11 3 9 9 11 8 12 Gokey 13 10 12 9 12 10 8 Woodruff 14 10 13 10 15 9 11 6 6 Dean 12 8 12 9 13 9 Muldown 5 11 9 13 8 Kirkwood 14 9 14 10 14 9 14 10 14 8 Team match: Boston Gun Club. Middlesex Gun Club. Frank 15 10 13 10—48 Bell 13 10 13 9—45 Woodruff ... 13 10 15 9—47 Muldown ... 11 9 13 8 — 41 Gleason 14 8 15 10—47 Smith 14 9 10 9—42 Baxter 15 7 12 9 — 43 Bernhardt 15 10 13 8 — 40 Kirkwood . . 14 9 14 10—47—228 Adams 12 10 14 9—45—223 Harvard Shooting Club. Wickersham. 9 9 12 9 — 39 Ward 15 10 14 10—49 Marshall .... 11 10 14 10—45 Webster ....12 7 13 8—40 Cloud 11 6 9 9—35—1 Low-ell Rod and Gun Club. Climax 15 9 13 9—46 Rule 14 8 15 8—45 Dean 12 9 13 9—43 Fletcher ....11 910 7—37 Edwards .... 9 9 11 8—37—208 New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association. The Rahway Gun Club, which is the most enterprising in the State, having taken hold of the State shoot, will leave nothing undone to cover the members with honor on this event. The Association has several trophies which will be offered as cham- pionships; the club itself has contributed more, and various friends have contributed, unasked, among whom may be now announced a trophy from the E. I. duPont Co., through the Shotgun Smokeless Powder Department of that concern. Programmes are in the course of preparation, which will combine features that are sure to enlist the satisfaction of the amateur, be he an expert or a novice, while the professionals whose principals have been so liberal to the clubs, and individual shooters, will be well taken care of. Clubs that are not already members of the Association, and therefore not at present eligible to compete in the State events, may become so by paying $1 initiation fee and $1 annual dues before the meeting on June 6; individual, unattached shooters, $1 per annum, payable the same way. W. R. Hobart, Sec’y. No. 440 Sumner Avenue, Newark, N. J. Haverhill Gtm Club. PIaveri-iill, Mass., April 19. — The Haverhill Gun Club held their ninth annual Patriots’ Day shoot to-day, and we were favored with a large attendance, as usual. The weather conditions were any- thing but favorable for good scores, a high northwest wind play- ing all kinds of pranks with the targets and our expert traps work- ing very badly. After a lot of work by the Kirkwood boys, Straw and Climax, had been put in to no purpose, we worked the Sergeant, system, and “things” were different; but a lot of valu- able time had been wasted. The old traps will find their proper place in the junk pile from now on, and an automatic will be installed. Our old friends have seen us do better, and our new ones know that we can do no worse at our next shoot, so all shall be looking for them. In the prize handicap Climax was first, 44 out of 50; Allison and Watch tied for second and third with 40, Allison winning the shoot-off, and Williams was fourth. All events were at unknown angles. The summary follows: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shot Targets : 10 15 10 15 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 15 15 10 at. Broke. Av. Climax ... 8 13 8 13 12 8 13 10 9 12 8 15 .. 150 130 .006 Edwards . . 7 12 7 12 10 9 11 7 8 11 7 11 .. 150 112 .746 Dean 6 9 9 10 13 9 13 7 7 10 7 14 .. 150 114 .760 George . . . 8 12 9 15 7 7 12 9 6 10 8 15 .. 150 118 .786 Miller 4 8 7 8 9 0 7 7 6 8 7 9.. 150 86 .573 Howe 8 14 10 9 11 16 12 7 8 9 10 11 . . 150 115 .766 Allison . . . 9 7 9 13 12 7 12 8 8 12 6 14 13 165 117 .709 Temple ... 9 13 9 14 12 9 11 6 5 14 9 11 .. 150 123 .820 Tones 5 11 7 7 11 9 7 6 100 63 .630 Straw 7 11 8 12 11 4 11 8 100 72 .720 E Reed 8 12 10 12 12 8 12 7 G 13 6 10 8 9 175 136 .777 Bowen 10 13 8 13 11 9 11 7 8 9 7 10 12 9 175 137 .782 Engine 5 9 7 13 14 7 13 7 7 13 7 12 9 8 175 131 .748 Hatch 6 14 6 9 9 4 11 7 7 14 9 10 8 165 114 .690 Kirkwood. 7 13 9 10 12 8 12 9 5 15 9 10 .. 150 119 .793 Allen 7 11 5 4 13 7 7 8 8 9 8 13 .. 150 100 .666 Childs .... 7 9 8 13 10 7 10 6 5 14 7 10 .. 150 106 .706 Lozier 5 13 7 10 12 8 11 7 8 11 8 12 .. 150 112 .746 Leavitt ... 2 6 5 6 5 5 0 90 35 .388 Hallam . . . 4 3 4 9 7 7 8 1 100 43 .430 Blinn 6 9 6 11 11 7 11 5 6 10 7 7.. 150 96 .640 Owen .... 7 14 7 12 12 7 11 8 5 9 7 13 .. 150 112 .746 Fisher 6 9 8 10 8 5 7 6 5 .. 110 64 .581 William 6 S 5 10 11 6 13 5 4 8 7 8.. 150 91 .606 Bryant . . . 5 10 3 5 10 6 7 6 7 6 8 12 .. 150 85 .566 Hall 7 12 4 11 9 4 6 5 5 .. 110 63 .572 Webster. . 7 6 12 9 5 10 7 6 13 6 10 .. 140 91 .650 Greives . . . 10 8 9 10 6 12 6 6 7 4 .. .. 125 75 .600 F Fisher. . 6 3 6 7 6 8 4 5 .. 100 45 .450 Cole 6 7 11 11 7 9 2 5 31 8 7.. 140 85 .607 11 B Moore 6 13 8 5 13 8 4 12 7 12 .. 125 88 .704 G C Moore 4 7 11 8 11 9 6 10 6 11 .. 125 83 .664 Piper 3 10 .. 25 13 520 Stillings. . 7 10 7 4 10 75 44 .586 ..7 6 4 9 4 65 30 461 Page .. .. 8 5 .. 25 13 520 Lambert. . 0 5 35 5 .142 E M Allen 3 2 25 5 .200 Griggs 7 6 35 19 .542 Atgfen — Christiana Tournament. The Atglen-Christiana Gun Club shoot, held at Atglen, Pa., April 20, was both at bluerocks and live birds. The shoot was well attended, and, considering the high wind, good scores were made. Events: 123456789 10 11 Targets : 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 25 10 10 Plerman 6 8 7 7 11 .. 14 Jebb 10 10 9 10 13 14 13 14 24 10 7 1 Radcliff 5 4 4 6 10 10 12 12 12 6 5 Jones 8 8 8 8 10 10 9 .. 17 .. .. Clark :. 7 9 6 7 14 12 12 14 22 .. .. Benner 9 10 8 9 12 14 12 13 20 8 9 S Radcliff 4 8 6 6 7 9 7 10 15.. .. Andrews 7 8 9 9 11 9 13 12 18 9 8 'Ressler 5 8 5 7 8 .. 12 Lawrence 5 7 6 Alexander 7 8 Mattson 8 9 8 8 12 11 14 14 23 9 8 Wilson 9 9 S 8 12 13 13 14 23 7 8 Townsend 9 Bonner 1 2 .. .. ' Live birds. No. 1 was at 5 birds; No. 2 at 7 birds; Nos. 3, 4 and 5 were miss-and-outs : Events : J Radcliff S Radcliff Jebb Alexander Clark Andrews . Helm Kurtz Mattson . Lawrence 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 0 0 1 Williams 5 6 2 3 4 4 6 1 3 0 Jones 4 6 0 2 3 5 7 2 1 4 McBride 4 6 1.. 4 7 11.. Woods 3 5 0.. .. 4 6 112 Airgood 3 1 2 3 4 6 0 3 1 Nauman 5 1 0 1 2 3.. .. Shively .. 2 1 1 4 5 Ressler 0 5 3 1.. 1 Morrison 3 7 2 4 0 0 0 Lloyd R. Lewis, Mgr. Analostan Gtm Club. Indianapolis, Ind., April 13. — Dickman won Peters badge. Armstrong won high gun trophy. A very cold, raw wind made shooting difficult. Each event was at 25 targets: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Finley 17 16 17 19 18 .. .. Dickman 23 24 19 19 19 22 20 Moller 18 23 18 22 18 . . .. Gregory 18 17 22 19 20 18 .. Armstrong. . . 14 13 8 18 Trout 19 19 23 20 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Morris 11 12 16 12 .. .. .. Morrison 13 Hart 18 16 " ” Wilkinson.... 8 13 " Douglass 15 .. .. Smith 13 15 16 15 !! 1! ” 348 FOREST AND STREAM. [April 29, 190J* WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O.— Nineteen men shot in the Peters Cartridge Company s trophy event on April 22, and good scores were made. 1 he: day was fine. Williams was high man in actual breaks, scor- ing 49, a record for this trophy which has been equalled but once. Herman and Harig, of those competing, tied for second on 48. A number of interesting team matches were shot, and good scores were made, as well as in the numerous practice events. Mr. C. O. Lecompte, a trade representative, was a visitor at the grounds, and made a good showing, breaking 48 in the trophy event. The Dayton team will be here on the 26th to contest for the Phellis trophy, and the club has a date with the Newark Gun Club on the 28th, m case they succeed in keeping the cup here, which they propose to do. Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Williams .... 1 49 50 Herman ... 3 48 50 Jay Bee ...10 40 50 Keplinger ....10 40 60 Harig 48 48 Le Compte . . ... 0 48 48 Ahlers 45 48 Faran .... 2 45 47 Maynard ... 2 45 47 Trimble ....... ... 0 46 46 Le Compte, Gambell and Ni: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. See 45 46 Falk ........ ..... 7 39 46 Andrews . . . ..... 9 37 46 Gambell . . . . . ......5 40 45 Block ..... 0 44 44 Bullerdick .. ..... 2 41 43 Pfeiffer ..... 0 40 40 King ..... 0 39 39 Nixon .....20 16 36 did not compete for the trophy. Team race, 50 targets: Gambell Faran - Team race, 50 targets: Team match, 25 targets: Faran Barker Team race, 25 targets: Le Compte .40 Peters .43—83 Ahlers ,37 Peters .43—80 Le Compte 45 83 ,24 Peters 24 .24-48 Harig .24 Barker 22—46 Harig March_29: Rolla O. Heikes, ten men. April 5: L. Whitacre, five men. April 12: G. Hodapp, five men. April 19: E. Rike, four men. Team match: Cincinnati G. C. R Trimble Faran .. Dick . , . Peters . Hesser . Pohlar . Pfeiffer Barker . Gambell 1 2 25 25 20 22 .. 23 ..23 20 22 23 23 20 21 20 .. events : Events : Targets : Le Compte ..... Gross Oswald Kirby Rike Spangler Peters Hanauer Lindemuth Craig 23 20 McKeon 20 20 Schwind 20 20 Maynard 22 23 Trimble 22 .. E Watkins W H Clarke Faran 1 22 Hesser W Watkins Cain 21 Theobald 20 Gambell .49 Rohrer’s Gain . . . „ Island G. C. .............41 .44 Rike ......... .43 Crai ef .....40 .42 Theobald .... 39 .41 Hanauer .... . ............ 38 .40 Oswald ...... .39 Whitacre .... 35 .39 Lockwood . . . 34 .39 Miller .35 411 Schwind 33 372 is made by the winners in the sweepstake 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 22 20 22 20 22 19 23 23 . . .. 21 17 21 20 21 20 20 23 . . 20 .. .. .. 21 21 18 21 22 23 . . .. 23 21 23 20 20 20 21 . . . . . . 22 24 22 22 22 . . 20 . . 21 .. 17 .. .. 22 .. . . 23 21 20 .. .. 21 .. 20 . . 20 20 23 21 18 .. 20 Shot at. 225 150 150 150 125 125 100 75 75 75 75 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 25 25 Broke. 187 128 127 122 112 107 82 66 66 63 61 57 45 44 44 44 42 41 40 39 20 20 New Moorefield G,n Club. Scottown (O.) Gun Club. The opening shoot of the Scottown Gun Club was held on April 20. Owing to the rain, which fell for the greater part of the day, the programme was materially shortened and the number of shoot- ers lessened. Among the visitors were C. O. Le Compte, D. D. Gross and H. N. Kirby. The latter was high gun for the day with 118 out of 125, Le Compte and Gross finishing second and third with 115 and 113 respectively. Gross and Kirby were the only ones to go straight in any of the events. The scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Shot Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 at. Broke. H N Kirby 25 24 24 23 125 118 C O Le Compte 23 23 22 24 23 125 115 D D Gross 21 22 22 23 25 125 113 Feidner 22 21 22 20 22 125 107 Johnson 21 21 22 75 64 J Mason 20 22 21 75 63 Core 19 18 20 75 57 Holmes 18 20 19 75 57 Winn 18 19 20 75 57 Burnside 17 20 19 75 56 McEloy 20 18 17 . . 75 55 E Mason 17 18 19 75 54 Leeper 18 20 15 75 53 Washburn 15 18 19 75 52 Clements 17 16 19 75 52 Hamilton Gun Club, The regular weekly shoot of the Hamilton, O., Gun Club was held on April 20. A strong wind blowing across the traps made the shooting very difficult, and some of the scores suffered. In the medal shoot Wesley and E. D. C. tied on 43 each. Club medal shoot, 50 targets: Wesley (16) 43, E. D. C. (16) 43, Schumacher (16) 41, Stickles (17) 40, Wesley (21) 39, Schumacher (16) 36, Jones (17) 36, Smith (19) 36, Link (22) 32, Brunner (16) 30, Cummins (16) 29, Breining (16) 25. Practice events :‘ Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shot Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 at. Broke, Jones 9 9 8 9 6 9 60 50 E D C 3 9 8 5 8 7 60 40 Wesley 8 8 6 5 .. 9 50 36 Smith 6 9 .. 10 7 40 32 Cummins 3 4 4 8 5 50 29 Schumacher 9 5 6 30 19 Breining 2 6 6 .. 5 . . 40 19 Link ........ 4 7 7 3G 18 Brunner 5 10 5 Stickles 4 10 4 Rohrer’s Island Gun Club. Dayton, O. — April 19 will long be remembered by members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club as a most enjoyable occasion. On that day, in addition to the regular shoot for the club medal, the club entertained a large delegation from the Cincinnati Gun Club, as well as a number of shooters from others towns in the vicinity. The visitors from Cincinnati were met at the Union Station by the Rohrer’s Reception Committee — Messrs. John Schaerf and H. Lockwood — and escorted to the 10 o’clock train on the Erie Railroad, which, by courtesy of the company, stopped opposite the grounds. Upon arriving, the visitors were given a royal wel- come. The local club members had provided themselves with 200 blank cartridges laoded with black powder and these . were _ fired, making a noise resembling a half dozen gatling guns in action at once. Though taken by surprise, the Cincinnati boys quickly re- covered, and somewhat turned the tables on the Rohrer’s by re- plying with a similar salute. In a large tent, a bountiful hot dinner was served, and the supply of good things lasted all day. The members of the club were on hand early in the day, so as to get their medal shoot out of the way before the arrival, of the guests. Twenty-three took part in this event. Rike, Cain, Os- wald and Schwind qualifying with scores of 25 or better. In the third-shoot-off "Cain broke 4, Rike breaking 5 straight and winning the medal. The big event of the day was the friendly match between ten men teams of the Rohrer’s Islanders and Cincinnatis. This was at 50 targets per man, and was won by the visitors with a score of 411 to 372. The wind during the match affected the flight of the targets badly and few of the shooters on either team shot up to their usual mark, Ralph Trimble was high man with the score of 49. Maynard second with 44 and Faran third with 43. Cain and Rike made high score for the home club, 41 each. Two sweepstakes were shot before dinner, and after the team The sport was kept up until it was too dark to see the targets, eacU, 16yds., $1 entrance, four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. The sport was kept up until it was to odark to see the targets, ■when the boys reluctantly put up their guns and left for the city. Club medal shoot, 50 targets, handicap of extra targets to shoot at: Shot at. Broke. Rike . 30 27 Cain . 27 25 Oswald ... . 30 26 Schwind .. 25 Hohm .... . 32 24 Sirran ..... . 31 24 Barr , 311 23 Whitacre . . 28 23 Hanauer . . 30 22 W entz .... . 30 21 Miller . 30 21 Oldt ...... . 32 21 Shoot-off Rike No. 1: . 12 11 Cain . 10 10 Shoot-off Rike ...... No. 2: .. 5 5 Cain ...... . 5 6 Shoot-off Rike ...... No. 3 : 5 Following is a list of medal wir the shoot-off: March 22; Chas, F. Miller, si: Shot at. Broke. Gemin ........ 21 Hodapp ....... 19 Kette 35 18 H Heikes ..... 35 18 Smyth 30 18 Kunz 32 17 Cook 32 17 Sapp ..... 35 14 Lawrence 35 12 Balsewicz ..... 35 11 Moorey ..... 35 10 Oswald ........ ...... 11 10 Schwind ...... 10 8 Oswald 5 4 Cain 4 to date, with the number in men. The New Moorefield, O., Gun Club held their first monthly shoot on April 19, with an attendance of twenty-five. Jeff was high gun with 301 out of 125. Foley second with 94. A strong wind bothered the shooters. H, N. Kirby was the only one who succeeded in breaking straight in the 25-target event. The club has fine shooting grounds, and will hold regular shoots during the season. Visitors are always welcome and will be well looked after. The scores: Events: 123456789 10 Shot at. Broke. 125 101 125 94 95 86 105 80 95 76 110 70 85 68 85 53 75 48 70 41 60 38 55 31 45 31 40 26 40 26 40 21 30 20 40 17 30 16 20 16 30 13 20 14 20 11 10 3 20 9 Notes, Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 25 Jeff 8 6 9 10 7 8 8 12 13 20 Foley 9 7 9 6 7 7 10 10 8 21 H Kirby 9 9 9 8 . . 14 12 25 Sank 6 8 9 9 7 . . . . 10 13 18 R Neer 8 7 10 9 6 6 6 .. .. 24 Batdorf 3 7 6 6 5 9 6 12 .. 16 Ernst 7 6 8 7 9 9 .. 22 Goings 7 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 McClintock 5 7 8 8 7 5 .. 8 Demory 7 4 6 7 8 3 6 .. P S Neer 5 7 6 6 6 8 K-Sl 3 8 4 .. 16 Hayman 9 6 8 .. 8 Hunter 5 10 6 5 Groves 4 8 5 9 West 5 5 6 5 Tullis 9 7 4 Wright 3 5 5 4 Pccrman 7 3 6 G Ernst 9 7 Arbuckle 4 5 4 Slagle 9 5 Corey 6 5 PIcvey 3 Mclntire 5 4 The Advance Gun Club, of Dayton, O., has completed their club house and trap pits, and will hold regular shoots on Thurs- days this season. The Welfare Gun Club, of Dayton, will open its season on May 6, when the members of the Greenville Gun Club will be enter- tained, and beaten in a team match if possible. The club has joined the Ohio Trapshooters’ League, and will be represented at events under the jurisdiction of the League. The Troy, O., Gun Club has undergone a complete reorganiza- tion, the new officers being: E. E. Thomson, President; F. O. Bcutson, Vice-President; Will Haines, Secretary; Otto Smith, Treasurer; Walter Augsburger, General Manager. There are some good shots among its members, and will be able to put forward a good team in important events. Greenvil’e (O.) Gun Club. The fourth medal shoot of the Greenville Gun Club was held on April 17. The weather was not of the best. A strong wind, which blew all the afternoon, caused the targets to dip badly, and made high scores impossible. In Class A, Boioe Eidson tied with W. Kirby, the previous winner, on 42 each. Harry ILartzell won the medal in Class B, with a score of 40. There was a good turnout of members, all getting in trim for the tournament on May 9-10. The new members are getting the hang of things, and made a good showing to-day. The scores: Club medal shoot, 50 targets: Eidson (17yds.) 42, Kirby (22) 42 McAughey (17) 41, Hartzell (12) 40, Ayers (13) 39, Warner (17) 37, Lockwood (12) 35, Limbert (12) 34, Fouts (12) 32, Huddle (12) 31, Baker (19) 31, Smith (12) 22, Wolf (12) 16. Bonasa. In Other Places. The newly organized Salem, O., Gun Club on Saturday closed the deal with R. B. Heaton, whereby the club will have the use of the grounds near the Ft. Wayne station. The same is already equipped with club house, trap-pits, etc. Sherburn M. Becker, chairman of the committee of the South Side Gun Club, Milwaukee, Wis., on medals and trophies, is planning several prizes that will, when introduced, make a very novel and spirited contest. One of the gold medals now up for competition between mem- bers of the South Side Club, Milwaukee, will be temporarily awarded monthly to the one having the three highest averages during the month. The one having the highest average at end of year to win. We have a line or two from Hopkinsville which states that C. O. Le Compte, Harold Money, John S. Boa, J. A. R. Elliott, H. N. Kirby and Frank Riehl will be present at the Interstate tourna- ment, April 27 and 28. It is stated that Boa is now shooting in the place of Charley Spencer, who is very sick. Most of these men are well known in the Blue Grass State, and all wilt be made welcome. If any of the Illinois shooters happen to be at Freeport on the club practice day they will find a ready right hand awaiting them at the shooting grounds. Freeport is one of the northwest towns of the State, and has long been known as a good shooting center. Dick Linderman is alive and well, and still getting a line on the clay targets now and then. He was lately reported as having attended a meeting held by the Lincoln, Neb., Gun Club. A tournament will be held at Rantoul, 111., May 5, under the management of J. D. Neal. He will be assisted by the old veteran W. Tramp Irwm. This shoot was arranged to catch the trap- shooters before they got too busy planting corn. All Western (especially Illinois) shooters should keep an eye on the announcements concerning the tournament, that will be held at Putnam, 111., June 16 and 17, under the auspices of the Under- cliff Sportsmen’s Association. " The local sportsmen of Breckenridge, Minn., met last Saturday evening and formed a gun club. The officers elected are: Presi- dent, Moyle Edwards; Secretary, Frank Sykora; Treasurer, J. L. Thompaugh. The start is made with twenty members, and there will be weekly shoots held. Programmes will be ready May 1 for the Bradford, Pa., Gun Club shoot, to be held June 21 and 22. This will be just preced- ing the G, A. H., and will be an opportunity to practice. The secretary extends an invitation to all to be present and participate. The Masonic Gun Club, Syracuse, N. Y., will hold a tournament soon. This club was organized last year, and starts out this year with great enthusiasm. The Kingdom Gun Club, of Fulton, Mo., has a big name, but the scores reported show that only three men were at the last shoot. E. M. Bolton broke 8 out of 25; H. R. Brogg 43 out of 66; R. A. Moore, 51 out of 66. West Duluth, Minn., Rod and Gun Club have selected grounds which are thought to be perfect, being surrounded on three sides by water, and containing twelve acres. The Mankato, .Minn., Gun Club have called a meeting for the purpose of electing officers and transacting much other business that will be intended to put the club in good condition for this year. The Sleepy Eye, Minn., Gun Club held a shoot last Wednesday, and there was some good shooting by old and new members. Hodges for an old member, and Dr. Oscar Werring for the new, made good scores. The Darlington, Wis., rifle shooters have opened a range on the old gun club grounds, and will proceed to improve in the manly art of rifle shooting. The membership will be limited to fifteen. The Marino^ Gun Club, of Frost, Minn., held their first meeting last Saturday. All were green, and the secretary writes that no “world’s records were smashed.” After a rest of several years, the Perkins Gun Club, of Sharon, Pa., has come to life. Warren Taylor is President; Thomas Wallis, Vice-President; James W. Carver, Secretary and Treas- urer. The Paducah, Ky., Gun Club has started up the season with a pigeon shoot for $25 a corner. The Valparaiso, Ind., Gun Club will initiate its new ground and new trap Monday. Shooters from neighboring towns will partici- pate. Another club for Iowa. This time it is at Kingsley, and there will be^ some regular tall shooting, as there are now thirty mem- bers. They grow shooters in Iowa about the same as they grow corn and hogs. The Superior, Wis., Gun Club has taken steps to secure trophies.. There will be special inducements offered for the ladies to. participate. Special light-weight guns and proper ammunition will be provided, and the grounds will be so arranged as to best suit their convenience and make it a pleasure for their assistance in maintenance. The members of the new Fond du Lac Gun Club will hold their second shoot on Sunday; then a meeting will be held Wednesday for. the purpose of electing officers. The first State shoot for this year will be held at Mt. Clemens, Mich., May 10, 11 and 12. These dates have been chosen so as not to interfere with the Pittsburg State shoot. Teams from all parts of the State will participate. The officers are alert, and a fine programme will be issued. Sunday was a blustery day when the Anaconda, Mont., Club members met to shoot at the clays. None but the old reliables were out. The Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association, composed of some seventy of the best sportsmen of Illinois, will hold a tournament at their headquarters, Putnam, 111., June 16, 17 and 18. It will be a social gathering, as well as a resting place for the traveling shooter or others who tire of city life. Write to C. W. Grubbs, Putnam, 111., for programme. The Rantoul, 111., Gun Club, under the able management of Jack Neal, will hold a one-day shoot May 5. The club is well provided with fine, level grounds. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, April 22.— The appended scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the first trophy shoot of the season. Dr. Meek, W. A. Jones and Tom Jones tied for Class A trophy on 23; Gould, Class B on 18; Stalnaker, Class C on 19. The day was ideal for trapshooting, and a large crowd of shooters lined up for the occasion, over thirty taking part in the various, events of the day. Paid representatives were out in good force, there being Veit- meyer, Lord, Stannard and Steenberg, the latter being high man for the dajq losing only 9 targets in 110 shot at. Three more appli- cants for membership were taken, making now eighteen on the waiting list. No. 1 was the trophy event. No. 7 was at 5 pairs. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: i 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets: 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 Dr Shaw . . . 21 10 6 9 Richards .... 20 .. 6 6 7 .. Dr Reynolds 20 8 7 9 8 8 , . Hathaway. . . 12 .. 6 7 Dr Meek... 23 9 10 9 10 8 1 McKennon. . . 22 .. 10 9 7 .. Keck 19 10 7 8 1.0 8 6 Dr Huff 18 .. 7 5 9 .. Stannard . . 22 10 9 8 8 10 7 T Rupel 23 .. 8 10 8 8 8 Vietmeyer.. . 20 9 9 9 6 10 7 W A Jones.. 23 .. 10 7 9 9 8 Gould 18 7 6 5 4 8 2 Kissack 16 .. 5 9 .. 9 3 Steenberg 24 10 8 10 10 10 9 T Jones 23 .. 9 6 5 9 Smeedes. 22 8 8 8 9 .. , . W einsberg. . 23 . „ 8 9 8 7 T Ellis 19 7 8 7 9 6 5 Ford 15 6 6 1 "Stalnaker 19 8 4 9 6 7 5 Leete ....... 20 5 5 5 Horns 18 5 4 8 6 7 Stone 18 6 8 7 Lord 20 10 7 7 9 Thomas .. 7 3 9 7 Eaton 22 . . 9 5 8 7 Ostendorp. . . 7 8 4 L Wolff ... 7 8 4 Vanderveer. . 5 .. 15 1 2 Team race 25 targets, Messrs. Stone and Lord, captains Stone 20 Lord .23 Dr Meek . . .15 Keck Gould .15 Stannard . . . .23 Steenberg .20 Vietmeyer .. 21 T Ellis .... .18 Stalnaker . . . .21 Kissack .... .19 Gardener . . . Weinsburg .24 Rupel .21 Ford .12 W A Jones. .17 Ostendorp . 8-151 Leete .15—172 Dr. J. W. MEEk, Sec’y. SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. To Purchasers of Savage Rifles: We find a few Savage rifles are being offered by certain catalogue houses who are not cus- tomers of ours, at prices which at a glance, seem cheaper than our regular schedule, but investigation shows that the rifles they are delivering have been altered since leaving the factory, in- cluding changing or obliterating the serial numbers, which are stamped on every genuine Savage rifle. As it is impossible for us to ascertain to what extent these rifles have been used or altered and probably injured, we take this opportunity of advising the public that we assume no responsibility whatsoever for any rifles on which the serial number has been obliterated or changed in any way. For your own protection, refuse to accept rifles tendered you as above described. Savage Arms Co., Utica, N. Y., U. S. A. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. The angler who is waiting to receive the telegram notifying him that the ice has gone out of the Maine lakes will be eager to see the 1905 edition of the “Sportsman’s Guide Book,” issued by the Bangor & Aroostook R. R., and his brother, who contemplates a summer camping trip or a fall hunt in Maine will welcome its appearance with equal eagerness. Many of the railroad guide books neglect to give the reader that specific information which he desires. The B. & A. R. R. “Guide Book,” however, gives just the information the sportsman wants. Michigan is a Mecca to the sportsmen of a wide country. Here, almost without arm’s length of the second city in America, is a real wilderness. Here is fishing for trout, bass and maskinonge, and shooting and hunting such as is hardly known anywhere else in the country. The Detroit & Mackinac R. 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SAVAGE .22-ca.Iiber “Junior” Single-shot SAVAGE .22-ca.liber “Specia.1” Junior - Similar to regulur “Junior,” only fancier. D * D $5.00 $7.00 If your dealer won’t accommodate you, we will. Either rifle delivered, all charges paid, upon receipt of price. Try your dealer first, but send to-day for catalogue. . SAVAGE ARMS CO., 48 Turner'St.JVTICA, N. Y„ U.S.A. * 81a «ir— n .11— | «lr— 1 «IC3 «1C3 «IPJ «□ «IC3 . «IOI €KZ|| «>— 1 «G1 «I(ZJ «IG «lcl- LIST OF THE PLATES. J. J. Audubon J. J. Audubon J. J. Audubon J. J. Audubon 1. Alert (Moose), .... Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag (Deer), - - Carl Rungius 8. “ Listen ! ” (Mule Deer), - - Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights (Mountain Sheep), Carl Rungius 6. “ What’s That ?” (Antelope). - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. Calling the Buffalo — 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo — 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo — 8 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo— 4 Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 18. Peafl R. (Setter), - - - E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J. J. Audubon “The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16 x n^4 inches. Trice, postpaid, $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. 17. The Redhead Duck, 18. The Canvasback Duck, - 19. The Prairie Chicken, - 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - 21. The American Plover, ... J.J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 23. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge (Elk), - - Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey (Pointer) E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - - W. P. Davison 28. Home of the Bass, - - - W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, - - - W. P. Davison 30. A Country Road (Partridge), W. P. Davison 81. When Food Grows Scarce. (Quail), W. P. Davison 82. In the Fence Corner (Quail), W. P, Davison HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN It would be an interesting thing if we could go back over thirty odd years and reckon up all the people who have written for Forest and Stream and all who have read those writings. Then we should like to know who was the most admired and the best loved of all the writers. It may be that among the old-time readers of Forest and Stream different opinions would prevail on this point. Nevertheless we believe that if the vote could be taken among all the readers that Forest and Stream has ever had, they would agree on one thing, and the decision would be almost unanimous that ROWLAND E. ROBINSON was the most popular, as he was the sweetest, gentlest, ten derest of those writers. He belonged to a school of men which has passed, a school of men who — in the eyes of many people — wrote better stuff than is written now. Mr. Robinson’s new book, “Hunting Without a Gun,’' is just out and will have a large sale. It is full of the spirit of the man we all loved so well. In the sketches of which it is composed many of our old friends appear again, and it warms the heart to see their names and to hear their familiar accents. The present volume is illustrated by the portrait of Mr, Robinson and by many sketches, initial letters, and decorations, drawn by Miss Rachael Robinson, his daughter. 8 vov 381 pages. Price, $2.00* FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY* New York, N* Y, ALWAYS UNIFORM AND RELIABLE At Augusta, Ga., April 5 and 6, 1905: 1st Gen. Average, Mr. Walter Huff, 363 ex 400 2d Gen. Average, Mr. J. M. Hawkins, 358 ex 400 3d Gen. Average, Mr. W. A. Baker, 354 ex 400 1st Am. Average, Mr. W. A. Baker, 354 ex 400 2d Am, Average, Mr. H. D Freeman, 344 ex 400 3d Am. Average, Mr. J. G. Ghafee, 343 ex 400 Every Average was won by D\iPor\t Smokeless FOREST AND STREAM. 8AN0E and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. Our Fishing Tackle department comprises everything in the line of tackle. For reliable Catalogue free on application. FISHING TACKLE GO TO VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 318 Broadway, NEW YORK. DEALERS IN HIGH-GRADE SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES, CAMPING OUTFITS. CANOES, ROW- BOATS. CAMERAS, KODAKS, ETC. VACATION RIFLES A SPECIALTY. BALI -ESTATES The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. AWARDED The “Grand Prix” for excellence of manufacture at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. BALLISTITE The Best Smokeless Shotgun Powder on Earth. j l^j ^ CO 76 CHAMBERS STREET, ^NEW YORKCITY. A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” More Between Seasons Bargains L. C. Smith A-3 pigeon gun. The very- highest grade ($740) of American shotgun and one of the finest specimens of this unique quality we have ever seen. This gun has Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. The finest quality Circassian wal- nut stock, straight grip, with elaborate checkering. This gun is like new in every way, and with it is a fine imported leather case. Dimensions are as follows: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 1% x 1 % x 14%. Special price $350.00 W. W. Greener royal quality Crown ejec- tor. Very few Crown Greeners ever come into the market second-hand, and are al- ways snapped up as soon as they appear. This one is a very desirable example of this grade, and with a fine shooting record. It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, fine half pistol grip stock, and is full choke in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7 lbs. 9oz., 2 3-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock. Cost $425.00, and is in perfect con- dition. Special net price $250.00 W. W. Greener royal quality ejector, with finest English Damascus barrels, full choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elaborate en- graving, fine Italian walnut half pistoj grip stock. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Cost new $425, and is as good as new. Price $250.00 W. W. Greener grand prize pigeon gun, $350 grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. An extremely fine gun. Price, net $225.00 W. W. Greener double 4-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450. It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels, without pit or flaw, 40-in long, stock 14 in., heavy Silver’s recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and it is one of the most powerful guns we have ever seen. Price, net $200.00 W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Right barrel cylinder, left modified, 12-ga., 28-in., 6% lbs., 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shopworn only. Cost, $200.00. Price $125.00 W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Both barrels full choke. Dimensions, 12-ga., 30-in., 7 lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shop- worn. Cost new, $200.00. Price $130.00 W. W. Greener “Far Killing Duck” hammer gun, $200 grade. Fine English laminated barrels, low hammers, handsome stock, half pistol grip, full choke. Dimen- sions, 10-ga., 32-in. barrels, 8% lbs., 14% in. stock. Price, net $100.00 Greener Regent hammerless, with Sie- man-Martin steel barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 27-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new $65, and in perfect condition. Price $39.50 Baker hammerless duck gun, “A” grade, with fine four-blade Damascus barrels, mat- ted rib, nicely engraved. Selected imported walnut stock. In perfect condition; as good as new. Dimensions: 10-ga., 30-in., 10% lbs. Cost new, $42.75. Price. .. .$30.00 Parker hammerless, 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., Titanic steel barrels. Right modified, left full choke. Imported walnut straight grip stock. List $100, and only slightly shop- worn. Great bargain at $52.50 Lefever hammerless, with Damascus bar- rels; full pistol grip stock. Slightly shop- worn; 16-ga., 28-in. barrels, 6 lbs., 2 9-16 in. drop, 14-in. stock. List, $57.00. Price, $30. L. C. Smith ejector pigeon gun, 12-ga., 30-in., 7% lbs., 2% in., 14% in.; full choke, Damascus barrels, straight grip. Very slightly shopworn. Cost, $60.00. Great bargain at $35.00 W. & C. Scott & Son hammer gun, 16-ga., 28-in; 6% lbs., in good condition. Damascus barrels, half pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price, net $38.50 W. & C. Scott & Son single hammer 4- bore gun, with 36-in. barrels, 10% lbs. weight. In good condition. Damascus bar- rels, half pistol grip. Cost new, $125.00. Price, net $45.00 Lefever duck gun, 8-ga., 32-in. barrels, 11% lbs. weight. Shows some wear, but good for years of service. In leather case, and is offered at one-third the original cost. Price $37.50 W. W. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. _ barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz., 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new, $120.00. Price $45.00 Colt hammer duck gun, 10-ga., 32-in., 9% lbs., with Damascus barrels. A good, sound, strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, and now in good second-hand condi- tion. Price $27.50 HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR'DE SECOND-HAND GUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different For many years we have made a specialty of nuying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If.vou c intemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. Blackbird Club Trap Send ten cents in stamps for our new IT' E' • _ and beautifully illustrated catalogue of A- ll\G iC ISfAlOg it ACiCi© Tourists’ Knapsaks and Clothing Bags, Rubber Blank. ts, Tents, Camp Outfits. Very light 16 and 20 bore SCOTT GUNS just received; also light 12. Also fine bronze metal Breech-Loading YACHT CANNON; all sizes. EVERYTHING FOR CAMP AND FIELD. WM. R£AD <& 5UINS, Washington st., Boston, Mass, (Established 1826.) is the latest, simplest and best automatic trap on the market SOLD OUTRIGHT at a price no higher than the first year's rental of other traps that won’t do as good work. The Blackbird Club Trap will throw any standard target, and throw them the way trap shooters like them thrown. Price $30.00 — First Cost— Only Cost. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., 163-165 Washington St., - - Boston, Mass. FINE GUNS, SPORTSMENS OUTFITS. OtKer Gvins TaJken in Tra.de. SCOTT’S MONTE CARLO Automatic Ejector Hammerless. Also GREENER, PURDY, LAN n> 0 3 pa W ^ s 2 O § n a S ' o g crq - g § p. CHARLES DALY GUNS No. 50, Daly rifle and shot, 12 gauge, 38-55 and 30-30, - $50 00 No. 105, three-barrel hammer guns, 12 gauge, 30-30 and 38-55, $90 00 Three barrel hammerless gtms, - - $150.00 and $200.00 SPECIALTY CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 5- ' 302-304 Broadway, - - - NEW YORK, For all game laws see Game Laws in Brief,** sold by all dealers VOL. LXIV. — No-13. SATURDAY, HAY 6, 1905. Terms, postpaid, $4. I FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS. Great Britain, $5.50. 1 LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Breniano’s. ’ " ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Clats Matter. C pyright, 1SC4, by Foiest and Stream Fnbiistirg Co. 75 he U.M.C. EASTERN SQUAD U1ICII*- composed of the well-known experts, Capt. Tom A. Marshall, R. on Heikes, F. E. Butler, W. H. Heer and H. H. Stevens, has been giving a series of shoots in the East during the last four weeks. By attending the Bennsylvania State Shoot at Pittsburg, May 2-5, the Squad FINISHES A WHIRLWIND TOUR covering sixteen cities and four States. Many remarkable scores have been made, such as the following: R. O. Heikes, 307-325 (two days); W. H. Heer, 99-100; R. O. Heikes 100 straight, and several other 97 and 98 per cents. Large and enthusiastic crowds were present to watch the work of the experts. V. M. C. Quality maKes 1/. M. C. Experts ‘Possible. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Depot, 86-88 First St., San Francisco > RECORD-BREAKING, PRIZE-WINNING SCORES WINCHESTER .22 CALIBER CARTRIDGES At the Open Tournament held by the Zettler Rifle Club in New York City, March i-ii, three of the four first prizes were won by shooters who shot Winchester Cartridges. Not only were the prizes won by Winchester Cartiidges, but the scores made were so phenomenally high that they surprised even the experts, all of which is proof that Winchester Cartridges are unequalled for accuracy, reliability and results 1 he events, winners and scores wete as follows: RING TARGET: R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, five 75’s (75 being the best possible). J. W. Dearborn, shooting Winchester Cartridges; score, three 75’s and five 74’s. ZIMMERMAN TARGET: Won by R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 39 (39 being the best possible), 38. BULLSEYE TARGET: Won by Richard Bendler, with Winchester Cartridges, his bullseye measuring 18 degrees. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Second, R. Gute, with Winchester Cartridges; score, 24 66. Mr. Gute’s score beats all previous world’s records. Winchester Cartridges Shoot Where You Hold f! FOREST AND STREAM ass : Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc* Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. WORKS: RBO BANK. N. J. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. C,bleAMreS,,Bruniva,NewYo,k. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. tMNtMMMMMIMISf Speedway Gasolene Launches and Auto Boats THE BEST IN THE MARKET Open and Cabin Launches Carried in Stock Ready for Delivery. Special Designs Promptly Made WE BUILD ALSO Wood aovd Steel Steam Yachts Naphtha and Alco Vapor Launches Marine Steam En- gines and Boilers a.rvd The Speedway Motor Car GAS ENGINE ®. POWER CO. and CHAS. L. SEABURY <& CO. f gfigt MORRIS HEIGHTS. NEW YORK CITY. Send 16c. stamp _for catalogue. Member of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. Down-town Office: 11 Broadway, New York. Chicago Office: 1409 Michigan Avenue. mum *1 Naval Architects and Brokers* ~ ARTHUR BINNEY, (Formerly Stewart & Binney. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Muon Building, Kilby Street, BOSTOH, HASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. LOR1LLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City M. H. CLARK, Naval Architect and Engineer. -r-r. 1 n 3 Yacht Broker. 17 Ba.ttery Pla.ce, High Speed Work a -Specialty* New York, s WE BUY and SELL YACHTS I OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. < SMALL YACHTS A SPECIALTY. o o o commission. $10 our minimum charge Write or call, if it’s only a canoe. < E O T H CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM, 150 Nassau Street, - New York. Room 637. 0 r > TJ 1 > 3 Yachts, Canoes For Sale. U BURGESS and PACKARD NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, YACHT AND SHIP BROKERS, 131 State Street, Boston. NEW YARD. On or about June 1, we will move our building shops from Salem to Marblehead, where we have purchased three acres near the center of the town, on the site of the original Marblehead ship- yard, nearby stores, telegraph, railroad, etc. A shop, 100x40, is being erected and an extensive repair plant will be installed, with a marine railway for vessels up to 300 tons, and a small machine ^hop. We will establish a ship chandlery on the plant, where yacht and engine supplies may be obtained at all times. For the benefit of launch owners we will maintain a steel tank boat, with a capacity of about 200 gallons, from which gasolene may be obtained with the greatest facility. In addition to our Boston office, we will establish an office a*, the works, Nashua St., Ma.rblehead. FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. Length over all, 57. ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $5,600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines, and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles jon 1 x/z. tons of coal, Maximum speed 18 miles,, Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, N«w York. | Yachting Goods. J LOOK THROUGH THE YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the ALMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R- !• m KIDNEY & SON. WEST DE PERE, WIS. I Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boats. Send for Catalogue. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHINE CO. Builders of Launches, Sail Boats, Canoes and Pleasure Boats. „ , , Our Specialty Knock Down Crafts of any des- scription, K. - _ D. Row Boats, Clinker Built, $1.0u per running foot net cash. Send or catalogue. _ 3517 South Second Street, ST. LOUIS, HO. “OUR. BABY. »» INSTALL an Eclipse motor in your canoe or rowboat. You can buy a cheaper engine than the Eclipse, but you cannot buy a better one. Strictly high grade and high power; simple and reliable. Over 1200 Baby Eclipse motors were sold last year. Engines from $65 up, according to size. A 16-ft. boat with power installed for $126. Send for descriptive circular. THE ECLIPSE MOTOR CO. Box 536, MANCELONA, MICHIGAN CANOES AND ROWBOATS. Built of Maine Cedar, covered with best canvas. Made by workmen who know how. Models and sizes for all- kinds of service. From $28 up. Satisfaction guaranteed . Send NOW for Free Illustrated Lutalouue. OLD TOWN CANOE CO., 9 Middle St., Old Town, Me A History of Yachting 1600=1815 By ARTHUR H. CLARK Octavo. About one hundred-illustrations in photogravure. TV?/, $5.00. By mail, $5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in book form. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York, INSIST ON HAVING Ball-Bearing Oarlocks on your new boat or send for a pair for your old one. Noiseless, Easy Rowing, Durable For next 30 days I will send a sample pair of galvanized tight or loose pin locks, prepaid,* upon receipt of $2.25. Send for descriptive circulars. T.H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N.Y When writing say you saw the ad. in “Forest and Stream.” TRADEMARK SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars an* ironwork exposed to excessive changes weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH «S. COMPANY. Varnish Makers and Color . Grinders, 45 Broadway. 59 Market Street New York. Chtoago, ILL Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. | Six Months, $2. f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1908. < VOL. LXIV.— No. IS. | No. 346 Broadway, New York. THE ADIRONDACK TIMBER INVESTIGATION. When the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks preferred its sensational charge against Commissioner Middleton and Chief Protector Pond, last March, accusing them of collusion with Adirondack tim- ber thieves, we said of the affair : “There are two sides to every case. The public has heard only one side of this one. The other side may not be wholly to the credit of the authorities ; it may not show that they have been so diligent or alert or efficient as they should have been ; but it is incredible that a full ascertainment of the facts would show any such complicity with evil-doers as the letters of the Association charge. Pending the rigid official investigation which should be insisted upon by all concerned, the public may wisely suspend judgment.” Attorney-General Mayer was intrusted by Governor Higgins with the task of investigating the charges. The results of the inquiry as reported by the Attorney-General are given on another page. He finds that by a method of indirection fire-killed timber has been sold from the State lands in direct violation of the Constitution, while on the other hand, those who cut green timber have been vigor- ously prosecuted and punished. As to the charge of official corruption, the Attorney-General reports : “Finally, I think it but just to add that after thorough investigation, the examination of many witnesses and documents, there is no evidence that any corrupt con- sideration was received by the State officials or agreed upon between them and any of the trespassers ; but it is unquestioned that the policy which was followed resulted in illegal acts.” _ ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF WILD BIRDS. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has always been earnest in efforts to supply the inroads which excessive shooting and fishing have made on the wild denizens of its woods and waters. It is still working on those prob- lems and is breeding some species of game with good re- sults, though attempts to rear quail have not yet been suc- cessful. Of all this matter of the artificial rearing of wild birds and mammals for stocking purposes, we know as yet little or nothing, and only by experiments carried on over considerable periods can we learn what may be done and how to do it. In Massachusetts the authorities have had the very important assistance of an outside experimenter who has accomplished something never done before. Prof. C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, Worcester, has reared a num- ber of healthy ruffed grouse from the egg, and has also suc- ceeded in taming two captured wild grouse. The wildness of the ruffed grouse has been proverbial among genera- tions of New England farmers, and it has been declared that it was impossible to rear them in captivity. People have said that “a patridge is always a patridge,” and no matter how young it may be caught, it will escape or it will die. On the other hand, of late years accounts have been printed of ruffed grouse which seemed to lose all fear of certain human beings and came to regard them as friends. We recall no authentic account of the breed- ing of this bird in capitivity, be made in breeding all these grouse in captivity, and when success has been attained they may be turned out in the spring in small numbers to take care of themselves. The whole great subject of the artificial rearing of web- footed wildfowl is as yet untouched in this country. It is successfully done in England, and in many parts of the United States the wild geese in stands of decoys com- monly breed in domestication and are reared as easily as tame goslings. Here is a fertile field waiting for the right man. When the time shall come for the Common- wealth of Massachusetts to set apart certain wildfowl refuges, which shall be properly protected and sufficiently secluded we may expect to see wildfowl — free as well as domesticated — breeding in those waters. LONG ISLAND DUCK SHOOTING. While Utah and Wisconsin have just passed laws stopping the shooting of wildfowl in the spring, and while Minnesota closes the season for water fowl Dec. I and limits the bag to fifteen birds in one day, the Legislature of New York has before it a bill to repeal the present law forbidding spring shooting, and to permit such shooting for three days in each week from March 15 to May 1. The bill has already passed the Assembly, a number of members, it is said, having been induced to vote for it on the ground that it made no difference what the As- sembly did, for in any event, the bill would be killed in the Senate. Now, it is hoped by its promoters that during the closing days of the session, the bill may slip through the Senate and become law. In many of the States of the Union the open season for wildfowl is far too long. Several months should be cut off this open season. Three or four months of shooting each year is enough for ducks, as it is for other birds, and the sentiment among sportsmen and game protectors favors the shortening of the season by cutting off the spring months. The trend of sentiment among sports- men and game protectors is in the direction of putting an end to spring shooting, and sooner or later it certainly will be stopped everywhere. It seems a pity that the great State of New York should be one of the last to take this action, and above all a pity that it should take a backward step, which, before long, it will have to retrace. It is said that the sportsmen of New York city are in favor of the epeal of the present law, but we do not be- lieve this to be the case. Certainly the reverse of this sentiment is expressed by the New York papers. Those that have spoken are in favor of the law as it stands. In most sections of the main range of the Rocky Moun- tains the winter has been mild and the snowfall light. This is a good thing for the game but a bad thing for the farmers and the stock raisers, who for their summer water depend in large measure on the winter snows. In the National Park the snow is going fast, and if it is not now practicable to get about over the roads in wagons, it will be so soon. The game is all looking well, and there has been almost no loss this winter. Usually at this season of the year many dead animals are seen. The very aged and the young and weak have already succumbed or are about to do so, and many carcasses of old bulls and weak calves are found on the hillsides and down near the rivers. This year there are none. There are printed on the page which follows two com- munications from California, which chance has brought together as if by the contrast thus afforded to heighten the loveliness of the one scene and the desolation of the other. Mr. Charles Cristadoro writes of the charms of Point Loma, a spot of beauty where the warm southern sun lights up the tinted seas, the air is fragrant and balmy, and the landscape, the birds and The wondrous products of the sea make living in the open air a delight. On the other hand, Mr. Chas. S. Paige writes of a coun- try whose pristine beauty and healthfulness has been de- stroyed, the land denuded of trees, of all vegetation, even of the soil, the air polluted and poisoned, and the human inhabitants ruined and driven from their homes. To read the story is to be filled with indignation at the outrage, to sympathize with the victims of it, and to share their impotent wrath against the heartlessness and injustice of those wha have wrought the devastation, THE COLORADO BUFFALO CASE. The case of Bartlett against O’Mahoney, sheriff, was tried in the Lake county, Colorado, District Court on April 17, resulting in a verdict for the defendant. This case is the most important case ever tried under the game laws of Colorado, and is the finish of a number of suits involving the destruction of the last wild buf- faloes in the State. It has also proved the efficiency of the State game law. of 1899 commonly known here as the Beaman law. The history of the killing of these buffaloes, as shown by the evidence for the State in the previous cases, is that in February, 1897, one of the Bartlett Brothers (taxider- mists in Leadville) with two or three other men, went into Lost Park and killed a large buffalo bull, a cow, a yearling bull and a bull calf. After doing so they sacked up the hides, skulls and bones and took them to a ranchman’s house on the edge of the park where they had the ranchman’s wife cook some of the meat which they told her was buffalo meat; the sacks were left in an outhouse over night, and she said she saw blood on the floor next day; the men also talked between themselves in her hearing as to their kill- ing four buffaloes. Another ranchman living near Lost Park testified that the buffalo cow for some years, and the calf since its birth, had' run with his cattle, and he saw them every week until the Bartlett camp was made, and soon after that he saw the cow dead and her head cut off but never saw the calf again ; that horse tracks led from the dead cow to the Bartlett camp. They also paid the first ranchman $25 for hauling them to their camp and back and for hauling the hides to the railroad, from whence they were shipped to Leadville, where they were stored and nothing more was heard about the affair for nearly four years. In 1901, C. W. Harris, then State Game Commissioner, got on their track, and pretending to be a buyer for a zoological park in New York, undertook to get hold of them. During his operations he wrote letters to one of the men supposed to have been concerned in the killing and received an answer as follows: “Suppose a man had extra fine big male, one big female, one yearling male, and one male baby, about two months old, all skulls and leg bones with them, also accurate measurements of the bodies, and the hides all pickled and dried and put away by a competent workman. All these collected, with the exception of baby, in dead of winter, temperature of 30 degrees below zero, and therefore of very primest quality. Supposing, I say, a man had such an outfit, what would you be prepared to do? I want you to imagine a magnificent family, the knowledge you claim of the business will then assure you that their value must be high, say, $3,000. Are you prepared to talk business at this figure? Don’t come here until you have answered this letter and have heard from me again. This letter was neither dated nor signed. Harris then wrote another letter addressed to the same party, offering $2,500 for the specimens and received the following an- swer, also undated and unsigned : If you want a really first-class article, the proposition we submit- ted presents the chance of your life, as we know the group unsurpassed by any in the U. S. In regard to purchasing live ones at the figure mentioned, you may possibly be able to do so by buying the so-called wild animals, but certainly not the gen- uine wild animals, but those that are crossed and partly domes- ticated- One thing I would ask you to not overlook, and that is “accurate measurements”; you will agree that, no matter how good a workman may be, in a case of this kind, accurate measure- ments are important factors, and certainly worth money. Would like you to see them, however, and if you will write that you are willing to come and will give at least an hour’s notice, I will engage to have them ready for your inspection. Harris finally got next to the Bartletts and got a sight of the specimens, and had the sheriff arrest the Bartletts and two others, and seize the specimens, under the game law. There were two trials of the accused, in both of which they were acquitted by reason of some mismanage- ment on the part of the prosecution, notwithstanding the proof was conclusive. Harris then began a replevin suit on behalf of the State for the specimens, but before it was tried a new game commissioner was appointed. That suit was also mismanaged and dismissed .in August, 1903, and it seemed as though the game law was being made sport of. The judge of the court, however, refused to be a party to the farce and ordered the specimens to remain in the custody of the sheriff until the further order of the court. Thus matters rested until October, 1903, when one of x. if- 8B0 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 6, 1905. the Bartletts having bought whatever other alleged inter- ests there were in the specimens, brought a replevin suit agains-t the sheriff for their possession. This suit for some reason hung fire until April, 1905. In the meantime a new district attorney and sheriff had been elected, and the case was set for trial April 17 and Mr. Beaman, the author of the game law, was employed by them to assist in the defense. On this trial one of the Bartletts testified that he and his brother bought the hides, etc., of one Foster in Feb- ruary, 1897. On cross-examination he admitted that he last had them in possession in August, 1901, and that the sheriff then seized them, and then the attorney for plain- tiff rested his case. The defendant’s counsel then, without offering any evi- dence, moved the court to' direct the jury to return a ver- dict for the defendant. The motion was argued by Mr. Beaman on the game law of 1899 to the effect that in August, 1901, when the sheriff found these specimens in possession of Bartlett, such possession, by that law, was prima facie unlawful, and that there never was a day or a moment since the passage of that law when Bartlett could have lawfully bought or held them in possession, and that Bartlett’s own evidence on cross-examination was fatal to his case. Mr. Beaman also cited, among other authorities, the decision of the Court of Appeals of Colorado last year in the Hornbeke-White case, which involved 300 deer hides purchased by a hide buyer in Rio Blanco county, and which the buyer lost by that decision. This latter case was also argued in the Appellate Court by Mr. Bea- man after the hide buyer had been successful in the lower court. The motion of the defendant in the Bartlett case was sustained and judgment was rendered for the sale of the buffalo hides and skeletons by the sheriff, as provided by the game law. Their value is variously estimated at from $1,500 to $3,000. An appeal was asked by the plaintiff, the bond being fixed at $2,500, but it is probable that the case is ended forever, as it will be impossible for him to show any right of possession. It is a shame that the murderers of this remnant of the buffalo in Colorado, whoever they are, were permitted to escape the penalty of the law ; the only redeeming feature being that no one was permitted to get away with the proceeds. The decision of the Court of Appeals in the deer hide case, and the following of that decision in the buffalo case,«show the strong features of the existing game law of Colorado, which mark a radical departure from the laws of other States. The distinctive features of the Colorado law are : First. It declares that all game and fish in the State are the property of the State, and that no right, title, in- terest or property therein can be acquired, transferred or possession thereof had or maintained, except as therein expressly provided, and that such prohibition extends to every part of such game and fish. Second. That possession at any time of game or fish unaccompanied by a proper and valid license, certificate, permit or invoice, as in the law provided, is prima facia evidence that such game or fish was unlawfully taken and unlawfully held in possession. Third. The law then proceeds to state the open seasons on all kinds of game and fish, and under what circum- stances they can be held in possession for a limited time after the season’s close. The Court of Appeals in the deer hide ease in discuss- ing the law said: “It therefore follows that * * * plaintiff’s right to the possession of the deer hides Could not be established by showing that possession thereof was not prohibited by law, but it was incumbent upon hint to point out some provision of law which permitted him to have possession, and that a failure upon his part to allege and prove facts which would entitle hint to possession under the law would defeat his recovery,” It will therefore be readily seen that when on Cross- examination Bartlett admitted that he had these buffalo specimens in possession in August, 1901, and did not go further and show facts which entitled him under the law of 1899 to have such possession, which he could not do, his case was defeated. Under most other game laws it would have devolved on the sheriff to have made proof that the buffalo were unlawfully killed at some time prior to the date when Bartlett claimed to have bought them, or that some other fact or law' then existed which rendered such purchase unlawful, which it might have been difficult to do, saying nothing about the effect which the statute of limitations might have had. It will be well for the game protectors and lawmakers to note and follow those peculiar features of the Colorado game law, which after possession is shown, places the burden of proof on the accused to establish his right to do what he claims to have done. This kind of procedure renders tile prosecution of gilnie law violators easy, as it is under other methods difficult. ' . ^ m snwmfcE’ wmmt Point Loma. On the Overland Limited, on my way home from Point Loma, Cal, April 27. — The writer and his better half for six weeks have been tenting on the shores of the blue Pacific. Point Loma reaches into' the ocean for nine miles, more or less, standing well out of the water fully 350 feet. When fog prevails elsewhere brilliant sunshine, tem- pered with the ocean breeze, is granted to Point Loma. , Day after day as I gazed out upon the rainbow sur- faced Pacific I could not help imagining myself far out in the sea on a rose-embowered island, where the air was fragrant with the odor of the orange and lemon blossoms blended with the rose and where, out of the nodding palms, the mockingbirds sang a welcome each morning to the' rising sun. Wandering along the slopes I frequently put up quail, little smoky-hued balls of feathers, smaller to my idea than their brown cousins of the Eastern States. I was not impressed with the ground, for the cactus, prickly- pear and Spanish bayonet, wherein the quail sought cover, would have made it interesting for a dog. Strange to say, the California weed is almost altogether a flowering plant and as a result the hillsides, after the rainy season, present almost a solid mass of yellows, pur- ples and greens. Point Loma and vicinity repay the shell hunter with abundant finds. The rainbow never gave more varied or brighter gradations of color than are to- be found in the shell of the abalone. Gazing out upon the surface of the Pacific when but a slight br.eeze stirred its surface I there saw reflected, in brilliant patches, every color of the rain- bow. Upon its gorgeous surface was here a patch of velvety green, there royal ourple, pink some other place, deep red, yellow and delicate grays, the changing breeze shifting and graduating these colors until the surface of the ocean at times seemed’to be one great rainbowed sheet of color. We now and then hear that color photography is an accomplished fact, and after gazing upon the kalei- doscopic-hued surface of the ocean I wondered whether the water, acting as a lens, was not in some way re- sponsible for the fixing of the colors on its surface in the shells of the abalone. The coloring of the abalone shells is one of nature’s mysteries, explainable of course, but yet unexplained. They tell me that the flesh of the abalone per se is be- yond human mastication, but beat it and grind it to a pulp and it is delicious. I heard outside my tent the plaintive peeping of a fledgling linnet a few hours out of its nest. Presently the mother bird flew down to' it and transferred its beak- ful to its hungry chick. The mother flying to a nearby perch gave forth musical notes of encouragement to its little one.. Like a falcon from the sky down swooped a butcher bird. . A grasp of its cruel claws., a stroke or two of its lance-like beak, a flurry of its wings and butcher bird and its prey were ip mjfl air. The brave little mother made one dash for the murderer and $jith a plaintive cry gave up the chase, | presume it sa ltd young one was already .dead ip. the grasp of the; enemy. ’ Qauld I have followed up the pirate bird, I no doubt would have found the fledgling’s body impaled on some thorn or hanging dead by the neck from some crotched branch. This incident reminded me of an engraving, by Audu- bon, I think, of a sortie of eagles upon the nesting grounds of the swan. It was a scene of ferocious, cruelty, but not so much so as that of the butcher bird incident, whose killing was done for the sake of killing and where- in killing for food formed no- part. San Diego Bay is the home of wildfowl. Loons can be seen by the score, diving ducks by the hundred, and gulls and pelicans uncounted. I was amused at the antics of some pelicans. They would leave the water and soaring twenty feet or more above relax their muscles and fall to the water all of a heap, making a great splash. I have seen swallows when killed stone dead fall in just such a heap. Straightening themselves out in the water they would go through this operation of lofty tumbling again and again. I saw the pelicans disporting themselves as I bade goodbye to- San Diego Bay- — on my way to the Golden Gate. Having an hour in Frisco the first thing I did was to hunt up the Pacific News Company and there buy some back numbers of the Forest and Stream, mak- ing up my mind to' catch up in my reading on the train. It was very pleasant to shake hands mentally with the tribe of Forest and Stream once more. I see friend Hallock has been a close neighbor of mine down at National City. The world is pretty small after all. I had but an hour in San Francisco and saw little or nothing of anything but the main street. I regretted that I could not have gone out and visited the real Kelley- Monarch Grizzly. I had read about the fake, doped one and would much have liked to have seen the genuine ar- ticle in propria persona. It would have given me pleasure to have thrown him a box of undoped honey with Allan Kelley’s compliments and best wishes. Could I have un- derstood bear talk no doubt Monarch would have told me that he was trapped fair and square, and would have laughed outright at being fooled on atrophied honey. But to return to Grizzly Adams. I think somewhere years ago' I saw a print in which Adams and a whole tribe of grizzlies were mixed up. Two bears lay dead at Adams’ feet and four or six more giant animals, standing within paws’ reach on hind legs, waited for Adams to place his leaden peas behind their ears where they would do the most good — for Adams. If I am correct in stating that I saw this in Adams’ book then I am afraid, the artist, as well as the preacher who wrote the book, took liber- ties. As a boy I had read of the ferocity of the grizzly, and when I saw this picture of Adams calmly thrusting down a patched bullet in his trusty Kentucky rifle and the grizzlies ranged around like a troop of trained dogs wait- ing for the band tO' start up. I felt concerned and uneasy about Adams. But seemingly he lived through it. And then I too- saw him on Broadway and Ann street under the management of the late lamented P. T. Barnum, where old Samson kept up the traditions of his tribe for ugliness that ended in the death of Adams. And before I close, may I ask if the Comanche chief recently written about by Cabia Blanco as his hunting companion and the Indian Chief Parker, \yliQ recently- met President Roosevelt on his hunting trip, are one and the same Indian? Charles CrIstadorq. A Free Country* Shasta, Cal., April 5.— In Forest and Stream of March 18 editorial comment alludes to the injury done by a smelter plant in Shasta county, California. I feel that this subject comes within my domain as an old corre- spondent from this region, and I do not rest peacefully when I omit an opportunity to condemn the open and widespread destruction of public and private property, as well as the menace to health and life itself, that these smelting operations are responsible for. The smelter operated by the Mountain Copper Com- pany at Keswick, Shasta county, has been at work for seven or eight years. The smelter and town are located in the canyon of the Sacramento River, six miles north- west of Redding. It has destroyed in this time nearly all vegetation within a distance of six to eight miles of its works. It has practically destroyed the homes of a thousand people, for some of which it has paid an arbi- trary valuation fixed by the corporation^ for some it has avoided payment by prolonged legal evasion, and in other cases it has insolently ignored complaints where it deemed its victims could not help themselves. It has been sued by individuals, and by a number of farmers and fruit raisers collectively, with the result that it has been uni- versally victorious in proving that these small farmers and common people have no rights that they can main- tain. Lands and orchards have been condemned by scientific witnesses, brought from abroad by the corpora- tion, who have testified in court that the lands were not adapted to products that have been profitably grown upon them for half a century. In a region where every man, woman and child knows the deathly effect upon, vegeta- tion of the smelter fumes, the corporation finds juries that visit orchards and give verdicts that the fumes do no damage. Over one-half the land affected is Government or pub- lic land, nearly all of which is timbered, or was timbered, with many varieties of deciduous and coniferous trees. Thousands of acres upon which timber grew have been burned over by forest fires after the fumes had deadened the timber until it was as inflammable as kerosene. Thou- sands of acres, thickly covered with valuable trees and mountain shrubbery, that mantled this region protecting natural springs and retaining the soil upon steeps and slopes, now stand incontrovertible evidence of the de- struction that is extending further and further, leaving the summits and slopes of ranges of mountains denuded of everything except rocks. The soil itself, in this region of heavy rainfall, is swept to the water courses, into the Sacramento River, and carried by it to the valley and to the Pacific. That the same poisons that destroy forests are also destructive to human life is unquestionable. In, this area at the present time, fully a dozen miles in diameter, the natural flora and fauna hitherto abundant have been utterly swept from existence. The waste precipi- tations of chemical products upon this area, together with slag and poisonous material from the smelters, all find their way into the principal river of the State, In fact, May 6, 1903.] FOREST AND STREAM SB1 it seems impossible to conceive of any other process of destruction within the power of man that could effect that which has been demonstrated in this region. With the operations of the Keswick corporation as a precedent, half a dozen other smelting plants are under way and projected in this region, some of them have sites near large bodies of as fine timber as is found on the Pacific coast. It would appear from these facts that a large portion of northern California is doomed to abso- lute destruction, for the sole purpose of smelting opera- tions connected with mines that usually prove unstable and temporary. After four or five years of investigation and legal pro- cedure an injunction was issued from the Federal Court in San Francisco last month, enjoining the Keswick cor- poration from further smelting operations in Shasta county. “The Mountain Copper Corhpany has appealed to the United States Supreme Court from the judgment issued out of the United States District Court by Judge Morrow, enjoining the company from operating its smelter at Keswick to the injury of vegetation. * * * “The filing, of the appeal insures the company against interference with the operation of its great smelting plant for a considerable time to come. The most conservative estimate of the time which will elapse before the matter can be heard by the Supreme Court is six months, while other estimates run from one to two years. General Manager Lewis T. Wright is said to have made the state- ment that the injunction came as a great surprise to the company. “The granting of the injunction is of but little effect, as there are many loopholes in the law and more than one way to avoid the consequences of an injunction, even when issued out of a United States court.” In this land of freedom we have been criticised abroad for being too strenuous. It would seem that this view must have been taken somewhat obliquely. It did not include the more deliberate action of courts and protec- tive legislation. The moral, the educational effect of this denudation of northern California, may perhaps some time affect other regions for their good. Here, it has a tendency to make the preservation of forests, the conservation of water sources, the protection of game and fish, the dignity of general government and the fundamental provisions of the Federal Constitution look somewhat kaleidoscopic. Charles L. Paige. About Bob Rodgers* Editor Forest and Stream: I had been sent with a mail from Fort Concho, Tex., to Camp Charlotte, an outpost that we had west of the Concho and half-way between it and the Pecos River. I was allowed to take two days each way on this trip; I would have taken a week, probably, only the officers would not stand for it, and I was on my way back to the Concho when late in the afternoon, while I was thinking , of going into camp on a creek just ahead of me, I noticed a party of cowboys with a wagon in camp there already. My camp -would be with them to-night, so riding down to them I had just time to get my saddle off and my horse staked out before the cook began to hammer on his tin pan with a spoon, a sign that supper was ready. Before we sat down to it, though, the cook going to his mess-chest at the tail end of the wagon, brought out a quart beer bottle half full of the post trader’s “old rye whisky” — six weeks old, remarking that we might as well finish this now, as this was the last we had; we could trust to luck not to get bit by a snake later on. “You have the most of them killed,” he said. I had been shoot- ing them around the post. This cowboy outfit belonged to a man who had his ranch down near Fort Mason, but he had the contract here of supplying Fort Concho with fresh beef, and these men were out here now hunting up the beef. The contracter did not own a single head of cattle in this country then. Neither did anyone else, although there were plenty of cattle here — part of them were mavericks — cattle that had never been branded; and the rest were cows that had become footsore and had been left behind out of the different droves that passed here on the way to California; but this man seemed to think that he owned them all, and would try to prevent us from shooting them when we wanted extra beef. He was not here to-day. One of these men I had known ever since we were small boys; he had gone west when nineteen years old to hunt bears and gold, he said. The bears he had found ; the gold still remained to be hunted for. He had done his hunting for it in a country where there was none ; and to-night while we were seated around the camp fire I got his story for the first time. His name was Bob Rodgers. We had been giving each other an account of how each of us had met our first bear, when Rodgers spoke up addressing me with, “Say, did I ever tell you how I met my first bear?” “No. Let us hear of it now, though I have often won- dered, Bob, since I met you here, what brought you west, anyhow. You were not meant for a cowboy. Your mother meant to make a minister of you, you know.” “Well, it was this way. You remember the time that General Floyd started from Leavenworth to go out and whip the Mormons, don’t you?” “Oh, yes ; I was going out to help him whip them when my_ mother put her veto on it. But he did not have to whip them, he only got as far as Fort Bridger before the winter overtook him and by the following spring Brigham Young had got one of his messages that he was in the habit of getting from God or elsewhere. It told him not to fight.” “Well, I was a kid of nineteen then, and was helping to navigate the old John C. Fremont; you remember her?” “Yes, I knew her; go on.” “Well, we took the old tub up to St. Louis and here the United States marshal tied her up for us for debt. When the marshal took the boat we were paid off and sent adrift in St. Louis. There were two other young men in this crew, cousins of the name of White; they came from Ohio ; and we three formed a plan to go up to Leavenworth, then join Floyd either as teamsters or soldiers. I and one of the Whites thought we would not be taken as soldiers, we were both minors yet.” “Yes, you might both have gone as soldiers; age would not have cut any figure there; your parents would be too far away then to object, and Floyd needed men then. You would be the very fellows I would grab at first, had I been with him and had been sent to hunt recruits.” “Well, the next thing would be to get to Leavenworth without having to walk there; and we thought we saw a way to do it. There was a small stern-wheel boat here that was going to Kansas City, or they thought it was ; it may have got there in time, but did not get there this time. It drew two feet when loaded, and no feet when light. We shipped on it. She stuck on a bar about twenty miles below Independence, Mo., and we left her there and walked into town. There we were told that Floyd did not need any teamsters; that all his hauling would be done by contractors who would use bull teams and fur- nish their own drivers. We held another council, and concluded to let Floyd go to Utah, while we would keep on west and fight Indians, hunt and prospect. Neither of us knew any more about prospecting than we did . about preaching, but I thought that I did, and I’ll bet that I have waded one hundred miles through those creeks up in Kansas with a tin pan washing out sand and hunt- ing for gold. We had to get an outfit next before we did any prospecting and we got it here. The three of us had about $200 between us, but that would not get much of an outfit then. We got three heavy rifles, old ones, and plenty of powder and ball. Then we got two Texas ponies for packing; the man that we got them from was so anxious to get rid of them that he let us have them for $30 each ; then threw in a couple of old pack saddles, his ropes, an ax and spade, and his cooking pots, a whole camp outfit, in fact, all except the tent; that we never had. “We could not afford to get ponies to ride, so we walked, and on the march one of us always went ahead while the other two drove up the pack train. “We made mistakes, of course, but for three tender- feet, two of them only boys, we got along first rate. The Whites had both been farmer’s boys ; they knew how to use a rifle, and so did I. I have you to thank for that; you taught me. So we always had plenty of meat ; in fact, we wasted it. “Before we left Independence we inquired about the dangerous animals we would be likely to meet, and were told that the black bear would be about the only one which would give us trouble. But he would, he was really dangerous, he would charge the whole three of us if our guns did not stop him; and it took a whole lot of lead to kill him, they said. And after night he would be liable to charge our camp. We must keep a good look- out for him. We swallowed this stuff, of course. The only bear I had ever seen was one that was kept chained up in a slaughter house at home. You knew him.” “Yes, and he would be far more dangerous than any you would be likely to meet out in Kansas.” “These fellows told us this stuff to keep us awake at night I suppose. Anyhow, it did not keep me awake one night when I was watching for the bear to come and do that charging. When leaving Independence we first struck out to the southwest. We wanted to strike the Arkansas River, what for I don’t know, unless it was to give the Comanches or Cheyennes a better chance to find us ; and I have often since wondered why they never troubled us. In all the time that we were out I never saw them nor any signs of them, and in the next few months we traveled pretty well all over western Kansas, and at last brought up in the Indian Territory, never once seeing a hostile Indian. They may have seen us often enough but may have thought that we were not worth plundering. We set out to make only twenty miles each day, then camp if we could find water at the end of those twenty miles. We generally could find water almost any- where ; but on the fifth day out we had to go at least thirty miles before we found any, and when we did find it we were about ready to drop. “On account of these bears being ready to charge our camp at night we had up to now always kept a guard on. Each of us would stand one-third of the night, then tramp on foot all next day. “We were camped to-night on a small creek that had a fringe of small cottonwoods growing along it; and after dark I took my rifle, and, going just below camp, went on post to stand my share of the guard. I was dead tired and sat down, then lay down, and must have fallen asleep almost right _ off. I was wakened up some time in the night by feeling something cold scraping across my face, and just got my eyes open in time to see a young bear cub about a year old making off as fast as his legs could carry him. He was down in the bushes and out of sight before I had time to fire at him. “I looked at my watch and found it to be just 3 o’clock. I had been ‘standing guard’ six hours. Then I went and called my relief, telling him what time it was. I had the only watch in the party. This was the last night that any of us ever stood a guard. After thinking the matter over next day, I told the others just how everything had happened and that those men had only been making fools of us ; and this guard was killing us anyhow. I for one would risk the bears killing me. “We had been out nearly two months, and in that time had not seen a dozen of ranches in this whole country; it was all a wilderness yet, and at last we ran across a small log cabin that we afterward found out had been built by a sheep herder. It was vacant now, and we took possession of it, meaning to stop here a month or more. The cabin was only about ten feet by six and had a fiat mud roof. The door, which was next to one corner of it, had been broken off but it lay in the cabin and we put it in place again. We were still more or less afraid of those bears, though none of us except me had ever seen any yet. The cabin had no window, but to the right of the door a log had been cut out leaving a space about two feet long and less than a foot high. We always left this open at night to let fresh air in. To the right of this space I had a small shelf where I kept my cooking uten- sils and anything we did not want lying on the floor. “My partners had taken both the ponies and gone after supplies, expecting to be gone about four days, and on the second night after they had left I was wakened up about midnight by the racket made by my tin pans and cups falling off the shelf down on the floor, and looking to see what was wrong now, I could just see the head and shoulders of a bear shoved in through this narrow open- ing ; but he could not get any more of himself in through — .n— — I I . ■ ■ .. II r>.. ^ wmmmf* ■ — it. I had a wooden water bucket half full of coarse brown sugar back at the far end of the shelf. The beat had it now, he held it between one of his paws and his breast, and was trying to clean the sugar out with his other paw, but was not getting much of it. The sugar was in a hard cake; I had to use a knife to get any out of it myself. In reaching for the sugar he had upset my pans, causing the racket. I was lying on the floor in the far corner of the cabin and the bear had not seen me yet. I had left my gun standing leaning against the wall at my head, and keeping my eyes on the bear I reached to get it, and knocked it down instead ; and the bear letting go of the bucket, it dropped to the floor while he dropped to the ground outside and made off. “I had the door held shut by a prop on the inside, andi picking up my gun I ran to the door and got it open part of the way, then sticking my head out began to look for the bear, but at first I could see nothing of him. There was moonlight, but the cabin stood up on a hillside in among the trees. At last I made him out about fifty yards away. He had stopped now, then turning around he started to come back again. Not after me I suppose, he had not seen me ; he probably wanted more sugar. I took* the best aim I could in the light I had, then fired, then slamming the door shut I put up the prop first, then lit a candle to see to load again, and then got the door open but could not see any more of the bear. Not caring to go out after night looking for him I closed the door, put the tin pans in the opening for him to knock down again should he come back, then went to bed again. Next morning, as soon as it was light enough to see, I started to hunt up the bear, first going to where he had been when I shot at him. There was no blood to be seen here. I had no doubt missed him I thought. But his trail led off toward the creek, then up it, and after following it for 200 yards, I found the bear lying in among the wil- lows dead. My big ball had taken him in the breast, then going nearly the whole length of his body, had passed out through his flank. “It took me half of the forenoon to get that skin off. I was not an expert at skinning bears then, and did not want to spoil the skin, and did not. We afterward traded it for enough supplies to last us nearly three months. As soon as I had the skin off and had it pegged out to dry, I next cut up the bear and had him hung up on trees when my partners got home late that evening. “This was not the last bear we shot in that country, either. We began to hunt for them now, and in the next few weeks got two more. Then we abandoned the cabin and left that country finally, going down to the Indian Territory next. There in the Choctaw Nation we put in the whole of the following winter, then kept on down to Texas and from here both of the Whites went home, I staid in Texas.” “I’ll bet that both of those Whites and I were shooting at you, Bob, a few years after this.” Bob had been in the Confederate Army. “I should not wonder if you were,” he told me. “Do you know that you came very near never getting a chance to shoot at me? When I first saw the flag of your divi- sion, the winter you w.ere at Camp Pierpont, I had half made up my mind to desert the first time I went on picket and go over to you. That time when you charged us out of Drainsville, I saw the flag that you fellows car- ried for the first time and refused to fire on it. My cap- tain was going to shoot me, until I told him that your flag was the flag of the State I had been born in. Then when I found out that you were at Pierpont I had half a mind to desert and join you, only I was afraid of get- ting sent to prison.” “No, you would have been given the oath of allegiance, then sent home to Allegheny.” The flag that Bob would not fire on was the State of Pennsylvania flag. We never carried a United States flag, only the State flag ; it has the State coat of arms in the blue field instead of the stars. The last time that I ever saw Bob, fifteen years after this, was when I defended him tiefore a judge and jury in Silver City, New Mexico, on a charge of horse stealing. He and two other men had a fast trotting horse that they were using as a “ringer,” entering him under a false name in a class that would be too slow for him. It is the worst offense that can be commited on the turf. They had some difference about money and Bob sold his share in the horse for $100 cash, and a judgment note for $600, Then when he tried to collect the note he could not, so he took the horse down the country and sold him and was arrested for it on his return. Then he sent for me to defend him. In a northern court of record, the only one that I would be allowed to defend would be myself, and I at first thought that it would be the same in these Territory courts, but a lawyer to whom I went to get him to defend Bob got the judge to let me do it. I put in part of a forenoon raising objections to everything that the prosecuting attorney said or did, and in badgering his witnesses. Then as I had no witnesses except Bob — and I took good care not to use him as one, though the op- posing counsel was anxious for me to call Bob — I put in the greater part of another hour in trying to talk that jury to death. They acquitted Bob, and I then had this lawyer collect that note for him. The horse had to be sold again to pay it. Then Bob, taking my advice, went home to where he had been born, the first time he had been there in thirty years. Cabia Blanco. For listening to the noise made by fish in the depths of the seas, a Norwegian inventor has devised a telephone to be lowered overboard from fishing boats. With this he claims a fisherman can detect the presence of fish, their numbers, and even their kind. Herrings or srnaller fish, when they come in large numbers, make a piping, whist- ling sound, while cod make a roaring noise. When they come close to the submarine telephone the movements of the individual fish can be distinguished. The pouring of the water through the gills sounds like the labored breathing of a huge beast. The action of the fins gives off a rumble like surf beating on a beach. Crunching of teeth and rustling of scales are also apparent. The in- strument consists of a microphone in a heremetically sealed steel box. It is connected by electric wires with a telephone in the vessel above. Every sound in the water below is intensified by the microphone and conducted by the electric wires to the telephone.-WV’eekly Scotsman. 382 FOREST AND STREAM. {May 6, 1905. t m no m 0 fczDO m ItQMY The May Wild Si Flowers. BY CLARENCE M. WEED. To the lover of wild flowers as to the lover of birds, the first half of May is the season of all others when one would wish to live out of doors. Dr. Van Dyke says the month of May was made to “go a-fishing” — an avo- cation in which the delights both of flowers and birds will appeal to one, but one need not be a fisherman to enjoy the fields and woods in May. During the first half of the month one may hope to find new blossoms every day, and yet will not be embarrassed by the floral riches that the last half of the month brings in almost bewil- dering confusion. One of the most abundant of the New England wild flowers is the curious little plant sometimes called the Spring Everlasting', although often called Indian To- bacco or White Plantain. A better name than any of these is the one given it by the botanists, Antennaria, and it would be fortunate if we could generally call the plant by this name. An examination of the flowers of Antennaria shows at once that it belongs to the great group of composite plants, many small florets being crowded together in one -head. It differs, however, from most members of this family in the fact that the pollen- the most characteristic of the spring wild flowers, while still farther west other species are abundant. The Painted Trillium delights in moist, rich woods where it is often found in great abundance. It is an in- teresting and beautiful blossom with its white petals standing out from the background of green leaves, each petal made more conspicuous by the brilliant crimson V- shaped spot upon its surface. This flower is perhaps more likely to attract attention than any other in the woods, and it is certainly one of the most characteristic of the New England wild flowers, although it does not seem to be so universally distributed as the less attrac- tive Purple Trillium. The shallow blossoms of the latter are generally of a deep maroon color often becoming more purple as they grow older. In some regions a white variety of this species replaces the purple kind. The odor of the Purple Trillium is notoriously disagreeable and is. believed to be for the purpose of attracting blue bottle flies and other insects which feed upon the dull yellow pollen. Near the haunts of the Purple Trillium one can gen- erally find the bizarre blossoms of the Jack-in-the-Pulpit. The outer part — so much like the old-fashioned pulpits that used to be in the churches — is called the spathe, while the vertical club in the middle — which I suppose repre- sents Jack— is called the spadix. By removing the spathe one can readily see the stamens and. pistils on the lower, part of the spadix. There is an interesting variation in the structure of different flowers ; in some stamens only will be found upon the spadix; sometimes pistils YELLOW CLINTONIA. name. The time of blossoming of the species is indicated by Longfellow in this verse: “At Pentecost, which brings The Spring, clothed like a bride, When nestling buds unfold their wings. And bishop’s caps have golden rings, Musing upon many things I sought the woodlands wide.” In much the same situation, especially in cold woods, one is likely to find the white flowers of the Goldthread, which, however, seem to blossom a little later than do the foam flowers. The plant is at once identified by find- ing the yellow rootstock which runs along just beneath the surface of the soil. In their structure these flowers are among the most interesting of all the spring blos- soms. The sepals are white and petal-like, the stamens are small and numerous, but the petals are most extra- ordinary. Each petal arises from in front of and between each pair of sepals, in the form of a miniature column that gradually enlarges from below upwards and filially ends in a cup-like disk, which is yellow with a white BLUE FLAG. only, while occasionally both will be found together. These plants are also called Lords and Ladies, the Lords being the highly colored purple ones, and the ladies the more modest greenish ones. Small flies are generally present in the Jack-in-the-Pulpit flower. These carry the pollen from the stamen-bearers to the pistil-bearers. The former fade away, while the latter develop green berries that become bright red in autumn. In the eastern region we seldom see the curious Green Dragon which is found locally abundant in the Middle West. In this species the spadix is very long, projecting much beyond the spathe, and giving the plant a striking and characteristic appearance. Its general struc- ture is much like that of Jack-in-the-Pulpit. When the small stream along the banks of which the Lords and Ladies besport themselves reaches a level place in the sparse woods, it spreads out into an area that forms the congenial home for a num- ber of beautiful and delicate flowers. These do not grow in the water itself, but upon the numberless tiny hillocks and banks which the presence of the water keeps always damp. The most impressive of these blos- soms is perhaps the Foam-flower. To appreciate its name you have only to see the great white masses growing like a sheet of foam in damp places in the woods. Hundreds of thousands of the tiny white flowers hide the surface of the ground in a most character- istic manner. These flowers are borne in masses on the ends of stalks which average about eight inches in height, while the round or heart-shaped leaves are borne on stems of about the same length. Not far away from these masses of the Foam-Flower you are likely to find the much less conspicuous blossoms of the Mitre-wort or Bishop’s Cap. The tiny flowers which have well been liken- ed to minute white crystals, are strung singly along the main flower-stalk. When the petals drop off the tiny fruit- pods form miniature mitres, from which fact the plant gets its common bearing and the seed-bearing _ flowers are on distinct plants, consequently the species relies upon the many insects that visit the blossoms, for the transfer of the pollen and the fertilization of the seed. . . No group of wild flowers is more characteristic oi the middle spring season than that of the Trilliums, often called the Wakerobins. Throughout the Northern States the May woods are resplendent with some one of the many species of this family. In New England the Painted Trillium and the Purple Trillium are the most abundant. In New York, Michigan and the region of the Middle West the large White Trillium is likely to be center. This cup is covered with a transparent, sticky nectar which is fed upon by the small flies that carry the pollen from blossom to blossom during the bright days of the middle spring season. In the deep woods, a little higher up, where the mois- ture is less in evidence, you are likely to come across the thickly-planted beds of the yellow Clintonia, a member of the lily-of-the-valley family, whose leaves closely re- semble those of the Showy Orchis. Each plant sends up from between the leaves a flower-stalk that bears several of the bell-like blossoms. The flowers are freely visited by such bees as penetrate the shady situations where they grow, and the visitors appear to get both nectar and pollen in exchange for their service in carrying the pollen from flower to flower. The Showy Orchis is likely to be found on the south- ern slopes of rich, open woods where its broad, smooth leaves form a fitting setting for the pink-purple blossoms arranged on the central stem that projects upward from between the bases of the leaves to a height of six or eight inches. In their structure these blossoms have the same interest that is found in most of the members of JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. GOLD THREAD. May 6, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 368 the orchid family. They are freely visited by bumble- bees which bring about pollination by a curious and com- plicated set of devices. The method by which this is ac- complished is well worth the careful study of anyone living in a region where the plant grows. With the possible exception of the May-flower or Trail- ing Arbutus, the Wild Columbine is the most fascinating of the spring flowers. Along the rocky shores of the New England coast its nodding blossoms often color the hillsides in May, the scant soil yielding only suffi- cient nourishment for a growth of a foot or eighteen inches. But in localities where the conditions are more favorable the plants often reach a height of two feet or more. Although the Columbine is found in blossom from April until June, the height of its season in the more Northern States occurs in May. The flower is often called “honeysuckle” on account of the nectar to be sucked through the spurs when the tip is opened, but this name more properly belongs to another group of plants. In some regions the blossoms are also called “red bells.” These flowers are especial favorites of the humming-birds. The blossoms of the Columbine seem to be especially adapted to the visits of queen bumble bees, whose long tongues can reach the nectar secreted in the vertical spurs. Normally the bees alight on the open end of the flower, and as they make the circuit of the five nectar spurs, the under side of their bodies rub against the stamens and pistils. When the flowers first open the pistils only project beyond the petals, so that these are touched by the pollen on the body of the visitor. A little later the stamens curl outward, yielding abundant pollen to be carried by the bees. The Columbine is often found along the borders of ' 'J? - ; f:.. RUFFED '"GROUSE. This specimen, captured Sept. 26, was photographed Nov. 2, 1904. rich woods, and in somewhat similar situations the red and the White Baneberries, are likely to be seen. These are among the most characteristic plants of the middle spring season. In the case of the White Baneberry a smooth, robust, leafless stalk rises from the ground eight or ten inches before it sends out the one large, doubly- compound leaf, with the margins of its many leaflets cut into numerous serrate lobes which are tipped with a pointed tooth. Then the stalk goes on upward to hold the oblong cluster of small white flowers. Later some of these flowers develop into strange white berries with a purplish white tip, which in New England have long been called “doll’s eyes.” These berries are poisonous, however, and of course should never be eaten. The Red Baneberry is very similar to the White, the chief difference being in its bright red berries which are borne on much more slender pedicels than are those of the White Baneberry. A little deeper in the woods one is likely to find the Star-Flower abundant. Few blossoms have been blessed with so appropriate a name as this, for it is a perfect white star that dots here and there the brown carpet of the leaves. It has an extremely delicate odor, and its grace and beauty are beyond praise. The slender, round, straight stem rises vertically a few inches before it sends, out its platform of long, linear, finely-pointed leaves in a whorl, above which the slender pedicels of the one, two- or three flowers continue for about an inch until each is crowned by the star-like flower. A clear-cut plant, it seems always sufficient unto itself, and I fancy one is less tempted to gather it than is the case with many other beauties of the wood. The Wild Iris or Blue Flag is one of th'e'most con- spicuous lowland flowers of May. Thoreau thought it “loose and coarse in habit,” a judgment with which most of us would disagree. For it is a graceful and attractive plant as it grows in its favorite haunts along the borders of slow-running brooks or in the margins of ponds. It has moreover an extraordinary relation to the world of insects, which adds greatly to its interest. It is visited by a host of bees, flies, butterflies and moths that find an abundance of nectar in the lower part of the flower. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office , Rearing Ruffed Grouse. The report of the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game for the State of Massachusetts for the year ending 1904 has just been issued. It contains a great amount of very interesting information from the points of view of both sport or of commerce, and may be read with profit by all gunners and fishermen. The good work of hatching, rearing and distributing fish goes on. For example, 6,100,000 shad fry were planted in rivers of the State, 3,300,000 pike perch fry were hatched and planted and 16,000,000 landlocked smelt eggs were distributed in various ponds stocked with the landlocked salmon. The question of rearing frogs has been considered by the commission, but as yet RUFFED GROUSE — SEVEN DAYS OLD. Photograph from life, by C. F. Hodge. nothing has been dotie about it, it being deemed best to await the publication of the experiments of the Commissioner of Fisheries of Pennsylvania in this line. Trout eggs were collected to the number of 668,000. The demand for fish to stock ponds is greater than can be filled, and many novel questions relating to the rights of the public and of town and village communities are coming up which time can only settle. The commission has bred pheasants in some numbers. Since Massachusetts is about on the limit of the northward range of the quail, this species is likely to be destroyed there at any time by severe winters. In order to protect it as far as possible the commission recommends that the quail be encouraged to live about the farm buildings, where they can be most readily cared for during bad weather; that suitable covers be retained for them, and especially that clumps of bay berries, sumac, black alder, red cedar, and other berry- bearing bushes which retain their fruit over the winter be reserved for them, which will afford them not only shelter, but food. Two severe seasons have practically exterminated the quail in Massachusetts and a close season for a term of years is suggested for both quail and ruffed grouse. Perhaps- the most interesting contribution to the re- port is the account by Prof. C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, Worcester, of his remarkable success in rearing ruffed grouse in captivity. This species has al- ways been esteemed the wildest of birds, but m Prof. Hodge’s hands it has, become absolutely tame. Prof. Hodge’s report -is as follows: Worcester, Mass., Nov. 25, 1904. Mr. Joseph W. Collins, Chairman, Massachusetts Com- missioners on Fisheries and Game, State House, Boston, Mass.: Dear Sir — The permit from the Department of Fish- eries and Game allowed me tb take twelve eggs of the ruffed grouse for purposes -of • experiment. Five eggs were obtained May- 28 and Sdven June 1, from nests not less than sixty miles apart, being taken from two nest's, in order to avoid the possibility of close inter- breeding in case the birds reach maturity. The eggs were carried in the crown of a felt hat, between a thick pad of cotton batting and the head— the first lot from 9 in the morning until nearly 6 in the evening — and all hatched in apparently perfect condition, proving this to be an excellent method of transporting incu- bated eggs. Cochin bantam hens were obtained by the kindness of Mr. Merrill from the Sutton hatcheries, and they brought out the respective broods May 30 and June 6. Food was supplied, but little was taken during the first RUFFED GROUSE STRUTTING. Photograph from life, Oct. 17, 1904, by C. F. Hodges. day, and the chicks were left undisturbed in the nest. At the end of this time they were removed to warm nest boxes, placed within boxed yards covered with netting, which gave the chicks access to grass. The weather was stormy and very cold, and despite every precaution against exposure a number of the chicks were taken sick, apparently with colds or pneu- monia, and five died within the first ten days. One was killed in the nest the first day. Subsequently, two were snagged by cats which reached through the inch-mesh wire of their enclosure, and died in consequence of their wounds. This leaves four of the original stock, and at present writing they are as fine, vigorous birds as one could find in the covers. About the first of October two wild birds which had flown against windows in the city were added to the flock. These, under the influence of the others, rapidly became practically as tame as they, and we thus have a stock of six healthy birds, from probably four dif- ferent broods. My plan of feeding has been to give the birds the greatest possible variety — as much as practicable like the foods they would be likely to find in the woods — and to study and note their preferences. The feeding can probably be simplified when we discover the staples and essentials. At first the chicks were given ripe blow- fly maggots and pheasants’ custard.* They were able to pick up the maggots from the second day on, and these remained the staple diet until well into August. The custard was plastered on rough boards placed on edge in the pens, since the chicks seemed to prefer to reach up for it. After the first three weeks, however, it could be placed in trays on the ground, and they RUFFED GROUSE FOUR MONTHS OLD. Photograph from life, Oct. 3, 1904, by C. F. Hodges. continued to feed upon it as a staple diet until about the middle of September; after that its place was taken by live grasshoppers. Along with the foods above mentioned, I gave, es- pecially during the first weeks, great abundance and variety of small insects: plant lice, thrips and rose slugs, spiders, “ants’ eggs,” mosquitoes and mosquito “wrig- glers,” small earthworms, flies and gnats; also small grasshoppers and moths, obtained by sweeping the grass and bushes with an insect net. The chicks were also given their freedom — the free run of the lawn and garden as much as possible. From the first day I kept the pens supplied with fresh chickweed, and the chicks began eating it on the sec- ond or third day. They also ate dandelion seeds, and were fond of the green heads of June grass. All kinds of fruits were offered them, and none of the native and common garden fruits was declined (with the excep- tion of pears and peaches, which were scarcely more than tasted), from strawberies in June to apples in October. Raspberries, blackberries and mulberries were eargerly eaten, and blueberries and huckleberries formed a staple food during their seasons. Thorn ap- ples, barberries and black alder berries were not re, fused, but were not taken in large quantities. Grapes of all kinds were greatly relished, especially Delawares. Chokecherries and especially black cherries were eaten in great quantities. Although liberally supplied with green cabbage and fresh chickweed and generally lettuce, all of which the young birds ate daily, they also took quantities of all sorts of leaves (except grape, snowball, artichoke and Rosa rugosa) of the trees and other plants which grew in their enclosures: hawthorn, cherry, black cherry, apple, hackberry, chestnut, plantain, rhubarb, yellow dock, oxalis, all kinds of clovers and many others. Early in September they began to develop proclivities for budding, and were often seen nipping and tugging at small twigs. They ate chestnuts and acorns eagerly through October and up to the present. The first moult occurred chiefly in August, and the adult feathers appeared in September, along with “snowshoes” and leggins. Soon after attaining their *1 am again indebted to Mr. Merrill for supplies of maggots, and also for directions in regal d to making pheasants’ custard, viz.: to one pint of fresh milk add four fresh eggs, and beat: then steam or bake until solid. 334 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 6, 1905, fall plumage they began to strut, after the fashion of the turkey gobbler. The tail is spread, the wings are dragged on the ground and the ruff is thrown out around the head, and a great deal of bowing, shaking the ruff and hissing is indulged in. The male and female of the ruffed grouse, are not distinguished by any marked differences in plumage. I suppose at first that strutting was definite indication of male sex, but doubt if this is the case with young birds. With turkeys the young of both sexes strut. At any rate, all the birds that I have reared from the egg have strutted more or less, and still, from their size and other character- istics of head and neck, I am inclined to think that three of them are females. Neither of the wild birds have shown any signs of strutting, although apparently per- fectly at home with the others. As far as domesticability is concerned, our ruffed grouse are tamer than most barnyard fowls. They have not evinced instincts of fear at any time to any remarkable degree. They feed readily from the hand, and will hop upon the knee- — even the wild ones — to do so. They have not drummed as yet, but it is to be hoped they will in the spring. The outlook is good for nests and broods next season, if present health and vigor of the birds can be taken as any indication of future possibilities. C. F. Hodge. The pheasant breeding work of the commission — owing perhaps in part to the extreme cold of the prev- ious winter — was not so successful as might have been hoped, but each year as the work is continued more is learned about breeding these birds. An extraordin- ary incident during the year was the attacking of the pheasants by rats in large numbers. The report closes with a feeling memorial to Capt. J. W. Collins, long the chairman of the Massachusetts Commission. Havier Venison. Editor Forest and Stream: That is a very interesting article of Keeper Hickmott, of England, on havier deer in your issue of April 15- Most of it is new matter to me, and I dare, say it is to most of our sportsmen who have never visited Great Britain for sport. In the course of the gentleman’s re- marks he refers to the period of the year during which natural venison is eatable. In England, he says, the sea- son (that is for buck venison, of course) continues from May to September, and yet we in this country do not per- mit venison to be killed until six weeks later, or just when the rutting season is on, and the meat, of course, strong. I have seen fall venison that was as rank as an old Rocky Mountain goat, and I am free to say that I have never been friendly to a law which compelled me to eat viands only when most unfit and at their worst. . For in classing the two sexes in one under the prohibitory law we do just this very thing. How few of us would know the taste of really good venison if we had never eaten of it clandestinely. Of course does and fawns should be rigidly protected, and for them the present close season is all right enough, but strange to state, at the very time when the bucks .are dis- carded and outlawed by their own kind, our Legislatures place them under safeguard. I have had considerable to do with formulating game laws, and your files of Forest and Stream, will show, as long ago as 1874, how I appealed to Americans to study the game laws of England, Germany and Switzerland and to be governed by their centuries of experience when the natural conditions were found to conform. But we are still eating fall venison when the bucks are so busy rut- ting that they have no time to eat, when their flesh is disgustingly strong in flavor, if not actually lean and stringy. So I urge that you circulate Head Keeper Hick- mott’s letter among the clubs, and let them canvass the legislators in their respective States, so that the laws may be duly amended to except buck deer from their operation at the earliest possible date. Every year in New England, where I rusticate, deer are becoming more and more a nuisance by their numbers and their immunity under the law, so that my suggestion is at least opportune, and, I think, the majority of full-grown sportsmen will approve of it. If we cannot put this in force let us adopt the havier practice. “Gesundheit ist besser als Krankheit.” Charles Hallock. The Rattlesnake's Strike. Editor Forest and Stream: Our always interesting friend, Cabia Blanco, says some things about the rattlesnake which I must object to as generalizations. He says the rattler “throws himself into his coil, then springs his rattle; and while he is in that coil— and he never strikes before that — he can only strike half the length of his body.” I have seen rattlesnakes violate every one of those rules. I have seen them spring their rattles while stretched at full length; I have seen them strike without coiling oftener than from the coil ; I have seen a rattle- snake strike my boot at more than his own length, when he had a favorable tail-brace and a downhill slant. My observation has been that the coil — and by coil I mean the posture similar to a coiled line — is a defensive atti- tude, and that when the rattler is really “on the prod” he strikes from a position like the letter S with an added reverse curve or two. Friend Cabia Blanco has not seen rattlesnakes do such things, but it does not follow that such things “never” are done. The generalization, I think, is too hasty. A. K. Editor Forest and Stream: Cabia Blanco in his article in the April 29 Forest and Stream was right about rattlesnakes in speaking of Spec- tator’s article, as he generally, is. In the part of Texas in which I have lived and worked on a ranch for five years rattlesnakes were common in the summer season. I have killed as many as five in a day’s fence riding, and remember one time when having let the snake get into a dog-hole I walled him in and two days after on taking out the rocks from the mouth of the hole, killed him with my rope. He was blind as a bat and had mashed his nose to a pulp on the rocks in trying to get out. Along some of the creeks near the ranch there are rocky ledges. The snakes (rattle) take a place of this kind with crevasses to winter in. Three years ago this spring a ranchman named Cockerell found a den about | a mile from his outfit on a branch of Deep Creek and | killed over forty-five snakes there (can get affidavits) and I saw a number of the rattles afterward, the largest hav- ing sixteen rattles and a button. Spectator in his travels through Texas evidently did not get into the snake country. Another fact about rattlers which is curious is that if the snake gets into a dog hole before you can get to him you can generally get him out bv standing at a safe dis- tance back of the hole and scratching dirt into it with a long stick. Almost ahvays after a certain amount of dirt has gone down the snake will begin to rattle and eventually come out. The natives there give as an explanation that when a rattler gets into a prairie dog’s hole the dog will try and fill it up to keep him in. The snake being “on,” comes out. However that may be, I have killed a number of rattlers that way. Mark Hopkins, Jr. New Hampshire. Tamed Wild Turkeys. Ardmore, Pa.. — Editor Forest and Stream: I send you an extract from a recent letter received from Mr. Chas. Baker, Orange county, Fla., that is of interest. It deals with taming wild turkeys. He says : Over at Clay Springs, where we go for the bathing, Major Skinner, the lessee, is the game warden, and he has gradually baited in a flock of wild turkeys, and now they are quite tame. He feeds them twice a day. They come stalking in in a long line and feed, no mat- ter how many people are present. There are some forty- ; three in all, and they make a fine sight; and unless you, run at them or make quick gestures or sudden noise they will let you get very close to them— say ten or fifteen yards — and hardly move ; stand as still as posts. They are grand birds, and seem much longer legged than the domestic turkey, with the muscular part of the 1. leg not so large or prominent, necks a little longer and heads smaller. Their plumage is just like metal in ap- pearance. When suddenly alarmed they half unclose their wings and fold them up again before starting to run or move off. It is not often you get so good a look at such a lot. This is the same place the wild scaup ducks used \ to come into and were fed in 1902. I. N. DeH, Domestic Pigeons Nesting in an Elm* Rockland, Me., April 11. — You may remember me as an old-time correspondent. Now I want to call your at- tention to the fact that a pair of common doves have built their nest in an elm tree and are sitting on the eggs. The nest is in a crotch about twenty feet from the ground. The tree is in front of a house in one of the residential 1 streets. There are no dove cotes about nor near this house. I have been quite a close observer of bird life for years but never have heard of a like instance before. James Wright. [It is new to us as well, and we think very unusual, 3 Have any of our readers known of a similar case?] Memories of the Buffalo Range* I.— Trails to the Salt Licks. Many years ago I made a prospecting trip through the great northern range of the buffalo in the Far Northwest, to what was then the limit of the white man s travel by pack horse and horseback, for the great Saskatchewan River is a muskeg country, hardly to be crossed by horses in summer. , , , , , . ,, When I got some 350 miles north of the forty-ninth parallel I found that I had lost sight of the great herd 0, buffalo that roamed over those vast plains, much as 1 a sailor loses sight of the land when he makes the wide ocean We were traveling over that vast stretch of prairie that to-day stands for the last great tract of land in America that is open to the pioneer settler from the older settled States of the Far Northwest and great Middle West. As we were mining prospectors, not hunt- ers our route of travel took us along the eastern flanks of the main range of the Rocky Mountains, and thus we were at most times on the we'stern edge of the great northern herd of buffalo. After we had gone beyond High River we found little or no signs of alkali or ground of that salty nature that the buffalo so eagerly partake of at certain seasons of the year. I noticed now that our horses began to be attracted by the refuse of our camp and to look for food thrown out, such as bacon rmds, and anything else that savored of salt. . ( After that trip I took much notice of the habits of the large game animals, more particularly the buffalo, in their northern range and in the summer or breeding season. When in the early autumn they began their migrations to the southward— toward the Badlands country— on their great march over the Milk River Ridge on through to the Missouri and Yellowstone, Big and Little Horn rivers, thev seemed to seek eagerly for the salt of nature the alkali — which could be found m abundance m all the valleys and on many of the divides. All the herbivor- ous animals— the great herds of buffalo, elk and an elope —that roamed over that vast country ate the alkali dirt. I have seen great herds of antelope much like the herds of domesticated sheep of this day on a protected slope of Flat River valley, when, after some early fall storm at the season of the year, they had begun to bunch together. I noticed that in their migrations in early autumn to their southern feeding grounds the buffalo, when once they got started, covered a long distance in one steady march, if all was quiet on the range. With great shaggy heads lowered they moved along over trails that nature had taught them led to water, but they did not stop when the water was found but moved along, shaking the very earth with their tremendous passage, apparently having but one thought, to get to some certain place. To see them coming from High River or Big Bow River valleys, across the Belly River, up and on over the great Milk River Ridge, across the North Fork of Milk River down into the valley and toward the Bad Lands of the South Fork of the Milk and to the Missouri River was a sight long to be remembered. . _ When they found the finish — as it were the end of their march — with an eager running rush they plunged into the alkali pools and lakes of water, eating and drinking eagerly of the salty mud and water. Then all became quiet for the time being, as the great shaggy animals had now reached their goal— the alkali country they loved so well. But in spring, led by experience or instinct, they drifted northward again and in the breeding season found quiet and repose from the white hunters’ rifles in the great stretch of the Far Northwest, where the salts of nature were to be found in only very limited quantity.. The buffalo was not by habit a timber mountain loving animal, his natural range being the great plains, particu- ularly where the alkali was most abundant. Every day he would seek water, his great lumbering strong strides enabled him to cover long distances from far up on the ridges and divides where he delighted to feed and bed down, with some watchful animals lying apart while the cows and the calves quietly chewed their cuds. Nature had so amply protected him that, with his face always toward the wind, he was ready to face any blizzard that might come to him over the plains from the Far North. It was a delight to the buffalo to find a pool of alkali water to plunge into and wallow, when he would emerge covered with the yellow clay peculiar to such con- ditions, and would then roll about on the dry alkali shale, much as a horse rolls when he is turned loose.. Under such conditions he was a sight to see. I have m mind hunts with Indian youths, taking part in the sport of run- njng some great bull whose hide was so coated over with alkali mud that he could hardly keep up with the balance of the band, owing to the load that he was carrying. The Indian boys chased him in pure fun, calling him all kinds1 of funny names on account of his uncouth appearance.! A buffalo bull in this condition presented a very strange appearance, and after the coating of mud had become 1 thoroughly dry, when running him at close range, bet made a peculiar rattling noise, owing to his hard leggings being matted and to the balls of dried mud which hung1 from his long hair and rattled against one another as he ran. I have had my horse run from such a bull as though afraid that it was some strange animal that had suddenly arisen which he had never seen before. To-day the old buffalo trails are relocated by the great herds of the domesticated cattle which follow them to: Avater. It is to be hoped that the last remnant of that once great game, such as the Pablo-Allard herd that a, gentleman has offered to take over and deliver to the Government, will not be confined to a mountain range' such as obtains in the Yellowstone Park, but rather have, some two or three divisions or bunches made of them, and a range be selected upon the prairie with a Bad Lands range, where they may have a free run to alkali water and licks, a range condition that they love so well, and, which nature has so abundantly supplied for them in 0111- great State. Charles Aubrey. Browning, Mont. Pinehurst Preserves. The work of planting food supply patches on the Pine- hurst, N. C., shooting preserves has proven so generally; satisfactory that this work will be carried out during this; summer even more extensively than in the past. Not! only cow peas, but millet and buckwheat will be planted j to provide a food supply for the birds. Within the past month 150 dozen quail have been liber- ated, which it is confidently expected will breed well and: greatly improve the shooting next fall. Good Roads School at Cornell. The College of Agriculture of Cornell University haF called a good. roads conference for May 16 to 19. This; conference is for the purpose of discussing the educa-l tional phases of the good roads movement, and to give instruction to students and to all others who desire tc come. May 6, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM* 883 The Adirondacks and Lake George. From the report of the Adirondack Committee of the Assembly, transmitted April 11, 1605, Chief among the subjects of which the attention of the committee was directed by the resolution authoriz- ing its appointment was, “Whether the Constitution should be so amended as to allow the cutting and sale, under proper restrictions, of the so-called ripe timber on lands owned by the State within the forest pre- serve,” and to this question the committee devoted con- siderable of its attention. The Legislature of 1904 passed a proposed constitutional amendment permitting the removal of dead or down timber from State lands, and this measure is before the Legislature of 1905 for re-enactment before it can be submitted to the people for their approval. Many reasons have been advanced why such a measure should become a law. Notwith- standing these arguments, the committee believes that to permit the removal of dead timber from State lands, even under State supervision, might have a tendency to bring about further devastations of_ the forests by fire, and that it would be unwise at this time to depart from the State’s policy of permitting not even so much as a stick of timber to be removed from the State’s property which the Constitution now holds shall be forever kept as “wild forest lands.” The majority of forest fires during the year were caused by sparks from railroad locomotives, as has been the record for several years. The railroad com- panies, however, have co-operated with the State authorities, as a result of which the forest fires at- tributable to locomotives have greatly decreased in number. The committee is deeply interested in an experiment recently tried by the New York Central Railroad, in which an electric engine hauled a heavy train success- fully at the usual rate of speed. The application of electricity to trains, both passenger and freight, running through the forest region would certainly result in a great alleviation of the fire nuisance, and eliminate completely this source of woodland destruction. Mf. Blagdetfls Deer Paik, Leaving Wawbeek on the morning of July 30, the Committee made a tour of Upper Saranac Lake, ar- riving at Saranac Inn at noon. Here the Committee was met by Mr. Thomas Blagden of Washington, and invited to inspect his deer park in the vicinity of the Inn. The Committee was conducted to a tract of about thirty acres of wild forest land inclosed by a high wire fence. Here, Mr. Blagden explained, are confined about thirty deer, some taiiie and docile, allowing the visitors to fondle them, others so wild that only a fleeting ' glimpse of them was obtainable as they dashed away into the thick woods. In order not to overcrowd the park, Mr. Blagden told the Committee that he liberates annually about ten or a dozen of his captives, thus adding to the stock of Adirondack game. “What the State ought to do,” suggested Mr. , Blagden, “is to set apart a tract of wild land some- where in the mountains, inclose it, and raise deer, elk, moose , and other game, liberating the young as soon as they are able to care for themselves. The moose and elk that are sent to the mountains from private preserves and liberated are in many cases so tame that one can almost knock them over with a club. Of those sent to the woods only a few -remain.” The Committee was deeply appreciative of Mr. Blagden’s courtesy and greatly enjoyed the “deer hunt” in which they were permitted to participate. Leaving Keene Valley on the morning of Aug. 4, a drive of twenty-four miles took the Committee to Ausable Forks, where a halt was made for the night. While at Ausable Forks the Committee visited the large pulp mills of the J. & J. Rogers Company for the purpose of examining their method of preventing the refuse from their mills from polluting the waters of tbn Ausable River. The subject of the pollution of Adirondack streams by pulp mills refuse has long been One of public interest, aild the Rogers Company claims to have solved the problem to a considerable extent. The company for some time has had in its employ Mr. J. S. Robeson, a chemist, who has been experimenting at Ausable Forks with a new process of evaporating the waste liquor from the digestors. A small plant was erected so that a practical demonstration might be made, and the result is claimed to be very satis- factory. The water is freed from all foreign substances, including the pulp fibre, which is utilized for sizing . paper, etc. It is also, by further treatment, hardened and made into cores for paper rolls. The experimental plant, according to a recent report from the company, has worked continuously since the Committee’s visit and has taken care of 10 per cent of the waste liquor from the sulphite mill. A larger plant designed to take care of the entire output of the mill is nearly com- pleted, and is expected to be in operation before May 1. If such a plan were to be adopted by other sulphite mill owners the Committee believes it would go a long way toward remedying the evils of pollution against which complaint has long been made. Lake George Islands. In examining the lands owned by the State in Lake George, the Committee found that this property com- prises many beautiful islands, which are annually fre- quented by thousands of visitors and are great favorites with occasional camping parties. The campers seem to pay reasonable attention to the law and do little, if any, damage while on the islands. That there are flagrant cases of trespass on several of the islands might well occupy the attention of the Commission. The Committee during its trip noted in particular the building of a large summer camp on Uncas Island, and was informed that the trespasser was a Mr. Edwin Ellis, of Schenectady. This trespass was all the more flagrant for the reason that the build- ing /was being done on an island which lies directly in one of the favorite excursion routes, and which is dist'nctly marked as State land by a large sign on, one of its l-ncst prominent points. During the trip the Committee was informed that other trespasses existed on Burnt Island, on Ranger Island and on Kettle Island, and that there js reason to believe Rom com- mon report that others are in immediate contempla- tion. Every trespasser shuts off just so much of the pleasure ground owned by the people from their oc- cupancy during the vacation season, and unless prompt and vigorous efforts are made to stop all such viola- tions of the law a serious situation may prevail in the near future. Undoubtedly the natives in this locality do not inform the authorities of the trespasses, because certain revenues are derived from the building and boat letting and the furnishing of supplies which naturally comes from this unlawful occupancy. But the fact remains that there is no excuse for such viola- tions. Every such trespass closes to the summer traveler, and especially to the pleasure seeker from our own State, a favorite resort to which he has the first right of occupancy, and which his money has, in part, paid for if he is a. taxpayer. Adirondack Camp Sites. During its journey through the various lakes along , the shores of which the State owns lands adapted for camping purposes, the Committee took up the ques- tion of the advisability of leasing alternate lots as camp sites to reliable persons at an annual compensa- tion. To do this an amendment to the Constitution would be necessary. This action has been recom- mended in the past because of the large income which it is said would acrue to the State from the rents re- ceived, and for the further reason that the cottage owners would become fire wardens to a degree and would aid in protecting the forests from flames. While these arguments hold good in great measure, the Com- mittee does not believe the plan advisable. To place the authority of leasing tracts of land along the shores of the lakes in the hands of the Forest, Fish and Game Com- mission, might lead to charges of favoritism in the leasing of camp sites. It is furthermore pointed out that once leased the lessees of State lands are likely to become autocratic to the extent of forbidding people to trespass upon the tracts of land so leased. Then, too, there is likely to spring up under such a plan, the practice of sub-letting camp sites which might involve the State in much litigation in order to rid the leased property of undesirable tenants. One instance was re- lated to the Committee where a party leased a tract of land from the State under the old law at a ridicu- lously low figure and later sublet it at a handsome profit. The Committee believes that legislation per- mitting the lease by the State of Adirondack camp sites would prove unwise. The Adirondacks are the pride of New York State —a vast forest playground and a sanitarium. Thous- ands of dollars have been spent for preserving the forests and securing to the people the natural beauties of the mountains. Both for those seeking recreation and health the Adirondacks offer a tempting retreat. That New York State should take energetic measures to preserve this empire of natural beauties is merely a recognition of its far-reaching relationship to the well being of the people. The forests that clothe the Adirondacks are not only a refuge for town worn men and women, but they are also a necessary protection for the water supply of the great metropolis and other cities lying to the south. Recommendations, ■:w The Committee would respectfully submit the follow- ing recommendations: * 1. A thorough investigation of the thefts of timber on State lands, and the enactment of more rigid statutes for the punishment of trespassers. 2. The establishment of a system of paid fire patrols for further protection against forest fires. 3. Further appropriations by the State for the pur- chase of forest lands within the Adirondack Park. 4. An amendment to the Constitution authorizing the sale of lands owned by the State within the Forest Preserve in counties outside the limits of the Adiron- dack Park which are undesirable for a forest preserve and the application of the proceeds of such sales to the further purchase of forest lands within the boun- daries of the Adirondack Park. 5. Further appropriations for the continuation of the work of reforestation of denuded State lands within the Adirondack Park and the maintenance of State nurseries where forest tree seedlings can be propagated. 6. The erection of signs indicating the State’s owner- ship of lands along the shores of and on the islands in Lake George and on other State property as the Forest Commission shall direct. The Committee: E. S. Hanford, Chairman; Chas. W. Mead, J. R. Cowan, Wm. J. Ellis. Newfoundland Caribou Herds. The Department of Marine and Fisheries last week received word from Game Warden Kelland, of Burgeo, that caribou were seen in Burgeo and all along the south- ern coast in hundreds of thousands. They come south in the winter in large herds. The severity of the winter drives them as far south as the water’s edge of the island. Other years thousands of them were slaughtered and sent to St. John’s. This practice has been stopped. Many of the residents alongs the coast abused the privilege of kill- ing, and the hunt generally degenerated into a huge slaughter. They came out like herds of cattle and were easily destroyed by hundreds. Some of the meat found its way to St. John’s, where it sold for a few cents per pound; the residents preserved some of it in cans, and a large quantity used to be left to rot where it fell. Can- ning is now forbidden, and the Fisheries Department took extra precautions this season to hinder the slaughter. Last year the enormous number of three thousand caribou were slaughtered in a couple of days. Some of the ring- leaders were punished and the practice stopped. It is evi- dent from Mr. Kelland’s report that the herd has not suf- fered any considerable diminution. Later, the Fisheries Department has had advices from Western Cove. White Bay, stating that the oldest inhabitant never saw or heard of such numbers of deer as have been seen at this section and in the bottom of the bay. Hundreds crossed .on the ice to the north side of White Bay. while the whole of the woods from the bottom of the bay to the railway track appears to teem with caribou. Never before at such an early date were they so far north, and instead of de- creasing they appear to multiply each year. White Bay is away north from Burgeo hundreds of miles, so that it is probable that these are different herds of deer. If so, the contention that the deer in the interior are in herds innumerable, and that they are on the in- crease appears to be well grounded. Now that protec- tion is given them and slaughter prevented, it looks as if Newfoundland were destined to be the deer park of America for the next century. I am sending you under another cover, a copy of book- let issued by the Reid Newfoundland Co, It is edited by Mr. H. A. Morine, Passenger Agent. It contains the game laws of Newfoundland, lists of best fishing rivers, with diagrams and dates of best months for fishing, shooting grounds, guides, hotels, fishery wardens, prices per day of guides and hotels, extracts from Forest and Stream and other leading American journals, from writ- ers who have been shooting and fishing on the island, passenger rates from any American city to Newfound- land, and, in fact, every information that a tourist needs, who is traveling for health or sport. Mr. Morine de- serves the greatest praise for this little brochure. He has made a little book that is not only ..bsolutely necessary to the prospective visitor to Newfoundland, but would make interesting reading for a person who never shot or fished in his life. I wish to advise every reader of Forest and Stream, whether he intends to visit the island or not, to writerio Mr. W. D. Reid, vice-president of Reid New- foundland Co,, or to Mr. H. A. Morine, general passenger agent, for a copy of the booklet. The testimony of many American and other sportsmen contained therein will be a revelation to most American sportsmen. C. Mongolian Pheasants in New York. The report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission reviewing the work of pheasant distribution, says: On April 25, 1904, it was officially announced that no more Mongolian pheasants would be bred for free distribution by the State. The work, which had been undertaken with a view to encouraging the introduction of this species of. game bird, had been both popular and successful from the start, and many fish and game clubs, as well as indi-' viduals have taken it up in recent years. The exsent of their distribution, together with the fact that pheasants may now be procured readily from commercial hatcheries, united to cause the Legislature to decline to make a fur- ther appropriation, and the work was therefore aban- doned. The order to breed pheasants at the Pleasant Valley Hatchery, in Steuben county, was given in 1896, and the work was begun in the following year with a stock of twelve birds, from which about forty were raised there the next season. These were not released until the year following, when the stock had increased to 180 birds, and the public had become thoroughly interested in the ex- periment. In 1899, the first and only appropriation made for rearing pheasants was secured, amounting to $i,ooo, which was chiefly used in constructing the necessary pens. That year over 400 pheasants were successfully reared. The number af applications increased steadily up to the time when the work closed, when they amounted to re- quests for 288 pairs of birds and came from twenty-six counties. The total number of pheasants distributed during the seven years in which the work was carried on was 1,191. This distribution consisted of 612 cocks and 579 hens, and the average cost, taking one year with another, has been about $12.50 per pair. The birds were sent into forty-seven counties in the State. A Rifle Ball on its Travels. Editor Forest and Stream: An old gentleman who says he has a large chicken ranch in Tennessee, started from home a week ago to pay a visit to his son, who lives at Rice’s Landing, Greene county, Pa., and got as far as Pittsburg, where he had to stop over several hours before he could get a train to his destination. He had a Winchester rifle in a canvas cover and taking it into the package room at the Union Station left it there to be taken care of. The rifle must have had a load in the chamber where it had no business to be, for the pack- age room clerk when putting it in a pack let Lhe gun fall to the floor and it was discharged, sending the ball through the clerk’s leg, and then so close to the colored porter’s head that it knocked his cap off. Next the ball passed through the side of the room and across several tracks and then hit Mr. I. J. Rosenway, of East Seven- teenth street, New York, who was about to board a train, and the ball finally struck an iron door that stopped its peculiar progress. An ambulance took the two wounded men to the hos- pital and an officer took the owner of the gun down to the central police station to be held to await the result of these men’s injuries. When the old man was about to be locked up in a cell one of the detectives. Philip Dernell, noticed that he was wearing a Grand Army but- ton. Dernell wears one himself, and he, taking charge of the man, had a supper brought in for both, then found him a bed upstairs in the officers’ room — the button saved him from occupying a cell there. He would most likely be let go in a day or two when it was seen that these men were not badly hurt. He said that he had got the rifle to shoot chicken hawks and had cleared them all out of his part of the country, and was now going to attend to what hawks there were in Greene county. Cabia Blanco. Death of Old Mountain Phelps. Orson Schofield Phelps, for many years familiarly known as “Old Mountain Phelps,” died at his Keene Valley home Friday night, April 14, aged eighty-nine years. He claimed to be the first white man who ever reached the towering summit of Tahawus, the cloud- splitter, from the east. He marked trails to the top of Bartlett Mountain, Hopkins, the Giant, up Johns Brook to Tahawus, and several others, earning the title “Old Mountain Phelps,” which clung to him for half a century. He is survived by three sons and three daughters, also an aged widow. Funeral services were held at Keene VaU ley Sunday afternoon, April 16, at 2 o’clock, G. L, B, 3B8 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 6, 1905. The Gamp Doctor. At the risk of becoming tiresome I am going to dis- cuss for your readers some of the commoner phases of camp ailments and the simpler means of combatting them. I shall not attempt a learned dissertation upon disease, from two reasons : one, that I am not capable of it, and another that the average reader would not com- prehend. It is, however, evident to all that some few simple rules of treatment with the. means at hand may be employed and much relief derived therefrom. I shall only speak of those things that are more likely to occur and which, quite often, produce a lot of misery and effectually annihilate all the pleasure of a trip that you have been, mayhap, planning for months. Diarrhea. — Perhaps of all the simple complaints that the camper has to contend with this is the most preva- lent, especially in the summer months, and that’s the period that folks usually camp. The change of diet, water, air, surroundings, all conspire seemingly to render man a victim. The disease begins with a feeling of lassi- tude and distaste of food. A chilly sensation meanders up and down the victim’s spinal column, and a regular post-graduate headache supervenes. You wake up in the morning feeling not a bit like doing anything. You get up and very likely you vomit. Then in a few minutes you vomit again. By this time you are feeling “nasty.” About now comes the desire to evacuate the bowels. You evacuate, and this continues. The passages are thin and watery and scalding, like lye. The patient becomes pale and distressed with a severe pain in the bowels. Treatment: Clean out the bowels and keep them clean. Strange philosophy to give a man an evacuant when his bowels are already doing double duty, but that’s the remedy. Just plan old-fashioned every-day Epsom salts in heroic doses. Say a heaping tablespoonful every two hours until every bacteria-laden mass in the whole in- testinal tract is swept out as with a broom. Follow with doses of chloranodyne in fifteen drops until the pain and diarrhea are checked. Nothing more. That will effect a cure. In fact, the simple rinsing out of the intestines with the salts will be all that is necessary. The other is simply to relieve the pain. Now, be a little more careful what you eat in the future, and remember that there is always another meal coming, so don’t try to consume it all at this one. Rheumatism. — The man that is the victim of rheuma- tism had better not get out where he is apt to get wet. If you run up against an attack the very best treatment is to get dried out as soon as possible. Simply get up alongside a hot fire and soak in all the caloric your skin will hold. Drink water and sweat until there is not enough water left in the system to drown a flea. Get your bed up off the damp ground and keep it thoroughly dry. You will not be very apt to have anything in your camp medicine outfit that will do much good, except a cathartic. If you know that you are going to have rheu- matism you had better carry along one of two things which amount to the same thing. Colchicine with methyl salycilate, or salycilate of sodium. Either of these is contained in about every recipe for rheumatism that was ever written. The former, being in globule form, is more easily carried. For acute attacks, take heroic doses. Colds. — Everybody is liable to this fashionable com- plaint, and most people allow it to “work itself off.” Sometimes the symptoms are so severe as to demand attention. Then comes in a good chance to try your compound cathartic pills in about a three-to-dose shot. The next day begin to dose the cold with three-grain doses of quinine every two hours until a thirty horse- power sawmill gets busy in your head. Stop then, and get into bed with a big hot lemonade in your skin and allow the cold to leak out through the pores of the skin, as it surely will if you do not throw off the bedclothes and get chilled. Toothache. — “Thou hell of a’ diseases.” There are about twenty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-five remedies that have been advocated. All of them useful and all useless. Cocaine is a valuable application if the tooth is hollow, but useless if not so. I have brought great relief to a solid tooth by splitting a large raisin and filling it with pepper, preferably cayenne, and apply- ing it directly to the offending dental. Laudanum, oil of cloves, hot sandbag, all are useful. To start as if you were going to the dentist to have the thing extracted is a sovereign cure. That last is a joke. I tell you so that you may understand it. Earache. — Another pleasant complication. Usually caused from impacted cerumen. If so, any remedy that will remove the wax will give immediate relief. I gen- erally pour hot water in the ear. I don’t mean by that a few drops of luke-warm water, but lay the patient down on his side and pour about a gallon of water as hot as possible into the ear. Maybe it’s a bug got in there. Use the same remedy. Pour in the water. Wash out bug. Cocaine solution in ear will relieve pain. Hot rock will, tOO'. Malaria. — There is only one. remedy for malaria and that is quinine. Everybody knows that. Yes, there is one more. Do not get bit with that particular mosquito that causes the disease. Of course, you may have some little difficulty in selecting the particular brand of mos- quito that you desire to have lunch on your person, but that’s the sure cure. The best cure for malaria is to get out of a malarial climate. Sunstroke'. — The average woods loafer will hardly exert himself enough to get a sunstroke, but if he does the guiding principle is to keep up the circulation and vitality and keep down the temperature. One may be accomplished by strychnia and digitalis, the other by applying cold to the head, but not to the extremities. Here is a good place for a little old rye, if you brought any along. . jPneumoma.^ This may occur m those doing lymter hunting when the weather is inclement. The symptoms , are these: Usually a decided chill ushers in the disease; at any rate there will be a chilly sensation ; a cough and difficult breathing; pain in some locality in the lung or lungs. The temperature rapidly rises and the patient becomes very ill indeed. Unfortunately medical science has discovered no remedy for pneumonia. The best that we can do is to support the vitality until the crisis. This crisis will occur usually upon the fourteenth day. The medical treatment consists in stimulating the heart with strychnia, relieving the cough with codiene or the senega compound tablets, and applying cold to the chest. Keep the chest well packed in cold towels or even ice packs. The average man who goes into the woods for a hunting season will be able to withstand an attack of pneumonia unless his system is saturated with alcohol. If so, his chances of recovery are not good. It is a notorious fact that alcoholics, senile persons, and children recover from this' disease very badly. Alcohol in my hands has proved of very little avail except in the latter stages, where it became necessary to stimulate the circulation powerfully and at once. I am of the opinion that alcohol does more harm than good in these cases. Typhoid. — The most serious misfortune that could oc- cur to a man in the woods would be an attack of typhoid. Fortunately it is rare. This being an intestinal disease the treament should be directed against the alimentary canal wholly. I use the intestinal antiseptics entirely. The fever will subside in direct proportion to the anti- sepsis of the canal. Calomel to clean out with, followed by salts, then zinc sulphocarbolate. The average case of typhoid will recover in from three weeks to six if left entirely alone. A long time to stay in the hills, you say. This about concludes the list of diseases that you will be apt to contract. If there is anything that I have over- looked, I have forgotten it. That is a misfortune of mine —forgetting things. I forgot to go home the other night, but my wife seemed to remember it, and from my. experience then I conclude that I had better bring this tiresome article to a close and wend my weary way homeward. I will, if this fills the bill, offend again in some future article in which I will take up the subject of camp surgery. Chas. S. Moody. Boston and Maine. Boston, Mass., April 29 .—Editor Forest and Stream: In some sections of Massachusetts the land is being rendered almost destitute of forests by the local and portable sawmills, a condition greatly deplored by our sportsmen, as well as lovers of forests for their beauty and their usefulness as conservators of moisture. The allusion by Governor Douglas in his Arbor Day proclamation to the fact that there are in our State “no less than a million acre^” of comparatively worth- less land, which might be rendered of great value if covered with forest trees of the proper kind, has struck a responsive chord among all classes of our citizens and attracted much favorable comment by the press, even beyond the confines of the Old Bay State. While the planting of shade trees is a work to be com- mended, the larger problem of practical forestry should receive the careful attention of all rural communities. The Massachusetts forestry department has just issued a leaflet saying, among other things, “Trees should be planted systematically and for a definite purpose.” It also calls attention to the service other than shade a tree may render, and recommends the planting of our “native trees” as likely to prove more useful than any others. • One of our evening papers commends the plan- of a suburban club in planting mountain-ash and mulberry trees for the reason that those trees' “invite birds,” and it is very desirable to have with us as many of them as possible. During the last session of the Vermont Legislature, a forestry act was passed providing that all waste or uncultivated lands, which shall be planted with forest trees in accordance with rules prescribed by the State forester, shall be exempt from taxation for a period of ten years, commencing on the first of April of the second year after such lands have been ' planted. All efforts made to increase the acreage of wooded land commends itself to lovers of the birds and animals that the birds and animals that exist there- in in a wild state. On account of the ravages of the. browntail and gypsy moths, our Metropolitan Park Commissioners have caused the cutting of trees from large areas in the Middlesex Fells to the great regret of many people in the neighboring towns, and, in fact, of all who are accustomed to resort thither. There have been many appeals from correspondents that not only the trees, but the undergrowth be allowed to remain, thus pre- senting a natural aspect, as well as good cover , for the ruffed grouse and other birds that exist there in great numbers. These writers prefer the natural to the arti- ficial, however ornate. At a recent conference for town and village- better- ment in the rooms of the Twentieth Century Club, Boston, Prof. N. S. Shaler, of Cambridge, -spoke of the great natural beauty of the State of Massachusetts — the “matchless” outlines of' Cape Cod, he said, could not be duplicated anywhere.” The “drumlings,” or arched hills, left throughout New England by the glacial . period, have a quality rarely met with elsewhere. He declared Gay Head to be the “most instructive bit of shore in the world.” He appealed to the audience to form a society for preserving the natural beauties of the Commonwealth. Prof. Henry T. Bailey made a plea to have the State purchase the salt marshes, as a part of the State reservation. Some of them should be spt apart as preserves for our beach and shore birds, 1 7 Mr. Charles Clark Munn, of Springfield, author of “Uncle Terry,” “The Hermit,” etc., informs your cor- respondent that he has nearly completed another story, the chief characters and events of which are derived from his many visits in Maine. “Into the story,” he says, “he has woven a good deal pertaining to the present system of fish and game protection in Maine, as carried out during the last few years.” Some of the “dramatis personae,” if he carries out his present purpose, will be easily recognizable, and I am inclined to the opinion that there will be enough of spice iq the book to make it decidedly racy. Although the weather has been rather cold of lafe, several of our anglers have started off in various direc- tions— Col. Parker for northern Vermont, where he finds royal sport with trout just big enough for the pan. “Plenty of them,” he says. President Hinman and Mr. H. H. Kelt started Fri- day evening for the west branch of the Penobscot. They will be joined later by several others. C A. York, of the Boston Tavern, has been with Dr. Bishop and Mr. E. S. Wheeler at Clear Water Lake for a week. They report good luck- — the landlocked sal- ‘ mon running large, and, it is said, one of the party got 68 pounds of fish in 61 minutes. (Your readers are aware that this is about the season for fish stories from Maine.) Anglers accustomed to fish at Sebago have had great expectations for this season and if re- ports are true, they have not been disappointed. Mr. Robert Low, of Portland, with five others took 129 pounds of salmon averaging 75^ pounds each, in four days, the largest tipping the scale at iop2 pounds. A fisherman of another party on the west shore is re- ported to ahve taken one weighing ig1/- pounds. In Jordan’s River, Raymond, one was captured , weighing iop2 pounds. By the aid of the new hatchery . at Raymond and the feeding station to be erected at Sebago, it is predicted this lake is destined to yield more and larger fish than ever before in its remarkable history. This expectation has almost been realized during _the past week. At the mouth of the Songo, E J. Noyes took one of 10 pounds and a 14-pounder, and Mr. Ross Snow, of New York, who is at Fern Cot- tage for the summer, has to his credit a salmon weigh- ing igJd pounds. Mr. E. Bartlett, of Lynn, Mass., has taken several fine ones. Mr. J. D. Brigham, of ! .Westbrook, with Robt. Martin, of Rangeley, as guide, j captured one weighing 16 pounds. All this to the stay-at-home may sound like the “Dead March from Saul.” But never mind, their day is coming, perhaps at the Rangeleys or Moosehead, “when the ice goes out.” At all events the Boston & Maine Railroad officials say there is an unprecedented demand for parlor and sleeping car accommodations on trains to the fishing resorts' of Maine, especially in the sleeper which will be attached to the 7:40 train out of Boston beginning ; May 7, for Greenville. This train leaves Bangor next 1 morning at 7. Ice is out of Pushaw, Hermon and small ponds near i Bangor. At last reports no fish had yet been taken at Lake Auburn. By the way, I will give your readers a tip, which former Commissioner Stanley gave, me last summer, viz., that it would pay me well to “try1, the fishing at Lake Auburn.” On Wednesday next the committee on fish and game 1 are to. give a hearing on a bill to prohibit sale of lobster meat (out of shell), also on one to require fishermen to get a permit, without charge, from the commissioners. These measures were recommended by the convention of commissioners two years ago. Central, j Maine Waters Open* Bangor, Me., April 29. — Editor Forest and Stream: The opening of the fishing season in this State, so long * looked forward to by the thousands of devotees of the rod and line in and outside of Maine, is close upon us, and by the time this reaches the readers of Forest and Stream it may be that the great lakes, those most popular with the anglers and other pleasure seekers, will be wide f open and waiting for the army of visitors. Already there has been a material addition to the list1 of lakes reported as open, in previous letters, and now the lover of salmon fishing may pack his grips, bundle his rods together and take a train for the famous home 1 of the landlocked salmon, Grand Lake of the St. Croix system. That lake opened this week, and it is safe to , predict that Moosehead and the Rangeleys will be open within the next seven days, if not in a shorter time. The sport at Sebago has been fast and furious since the breaking up of the ice, and the lakes near Bangor, such as Green, Phillips and Branch, have been open for a week. The results achieved by the early enthusiasts, who wet lines in those lakes last Sunday, were not very encouraging, small strings resulting. Thursday, which was Fast Day and a legal holiday in Maine, saw great crowds at all these three places, but results were not ex- tensive at any but Brand Pond, where three boats took ten' fish, several being salmon, one a brown trout of 6 J/2\ pounds, and some spotted trout. But one salmon was’ landed at 'Phillips during the day, and several togue, with scarcely better results at Green. As yet the lakes have been rather too cold for the best of sport. The Bangor salmon pool has improved on its record of a week ago, having furnished five more salmon in the last seven days. Comparatively few fish have been ob-( served at the pool, and the catch in the weirs along the river has been as unsatisfactory as at the pool, but the smelts have begun to run up the river in great quantities, and the salmon are expected to follow right along after them. One of the astonishing stories told, it is said, by a reli- able sportsman, who had it on the; authority of an eye- 1 Mat 6, 1903.] FOREST AND STREAM 887 witness, was of the taking of a big salmon weighing fif- teen to eighteen pounds, in the Kenduskeag stream a mile from the river, by a small boy who was fishing for suck- ers. The youngster had an extra strong line, and sur- prised the salmon into giving up a fight it might easily have won. The name of the boy could not be learned, but the sportsman who told it was certain of his friend’s veracity. H. W. Rowe. New York Lakes and 8 Rivers. BY JOHN N. COBB, AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. (Concluded from page 299.) Mill Site Lake. This is a small lake in Jefferson county, near the town of Redwood. For a number of years a gill-net fishery for cisco, or lake herring, has been carried on here, but it has never amounted to much. Part of the catch each season is salted; the remainder is sold fresh. Nearly all the fish are disposed of in the immediate vicinity. • ■ -ll* *J Oneida Lake. Oneida is the largest lake wholly within the limits of New York, and is in the central part of the State. It is about twenty miles long, and its greatest width is six miles. As it is completely surrounded by rail- roads, and thus is easily accessible, it is much resorted to by sportsmen. The principal fishing towns on the shore are Brewer- ton, at the outlet, Constantia and Cleveland on the north side, and Cicero Center, Bridgeport and South Bay on the south side of the lake. Trap nets were in use at the time of the statistical canvass made by the United States Fish Commission in 1895, the com- mon fish having become so plentiful as to interfere seriously with the game fishing. The use of these nets was prohibited after the 1896 season had passed, how- ever. In 1902 close to and in the outlet seven seines were operated for black suckers, which come into the lake from Oneida River in countless numbers in the spring, and these operations were considered a great benefit to the other fisheries, as the suckers are said to consume great quantities of the spawn of other species. Set lines, hand lines, and tip-ups were also used. The tip-up fishery is especially interesting. As in other ice fishing in these lakes, the fishermen have port- able huts provided with stoves and benches, and some- times remain on the lake for weeks. The tip-up is con- structed over a hole in the ice, and consists of two sticks about eighteen and twenty-four inches long, one inch wide, and a half inch thick, firmly tied together with twine in the form of a cross. The free end of the line is drawn through a hollow lead sinker by means of a loop of copper wire, the ends of which are bent at right angles for the attachment of the lines, and these, with two hooks on each, are suspended about eighteen inches below the sinker. The bait is usually live minnows, and the line is lowered until close to the bottom. The ends of the short cross stick rest on the ice on either side of the hole, the short end of the long stick being over the center. In order that the weight of the sinker may be just sufficient to make the frame lie flat upon the ice, the line is caught a number of times around the stick. The fish nibbling at the bait causes the end of the cross to tip up, whence the name of the ap- pliance. When the fish seizes the bait the long arm becomes almost perpendicular to the surface of the ice and attracts the attention of the fisherman, who then removes the fish and rebaits the hook. The usual number of tip-ups per hut is about six or eight, rigged in as many holes cut in the ice a short distance from the hut and a few feet apart. When the fish are biting well a fisherman with six holes to attend to is a very busy man. There are a number of slight variations of the tip- up used on the various lakes, but nearly all are built in general as described above. In a few cases a short, supple sapling is stuck into the ice on the side of the hole and the line attached to this. When there is a bite the agitation of the sapling is sufficient to attract the attention of the fisherman. Sometimes a small flag or a sleigh bell is attached to the end of the sapling. The most important frog fishery of the State is carried on in this lake. In the marshes near the outlet, and for a short distance down the Oneida River, are to be' found large quantities of frogs weighing from one-fourth to one and one-half and sometimes three pounds each. They are usually hunted at night. The fisherman, wearing rubber hip-boots, wades in the shallow water, carrying a lighted lantern, a short club, and a bag slung over his shoulder. Making his way in the marsh as noiselessly as possible, he dazzles the frog with the bright light from the lantern, and kills him with a blow of the club. There has been a considerable falling off in the catch of frogs since 1895. In that year 60,000 pounds, valued at $5,400, were obtained, while in 1902 only 13,100 pounds, valued at $1,220, were taken. The season of 1902 was an exceptionally poor one, however, according to the fisherrpen, the water being too high for wading, and in 1903 the catch was somewhat larger. The frogs are dressed at Brewerton and the hind legs shipped to all parts of the country, the demand being much in excess of the' supply. During the spring months short set lines are em- ployed in catching bullheads-, suckers, and eels. Oneida Lake is full of the commoner species of fishes, such as ling, suckers, pumpkinseeds, rock bass, etc., which greatly interfere with the game fishing, and it would benefit the sportsmen, with whom this lake is a favorite resort, could some means be devised for de- creasing the number of objectionable species. The use of trap nets for a season or two would probably ac- complish the purpose. Oneida River. This river, which is the outlet of Oneida Lake and in conjunction with the Seneca River forms the Oswego River, is about twelve miles long. The only commercial fishing on it is at Caughdenhoy, about three miles from the_ lake. Here are located fourteen eel traps, or weirs, which are valued at about $1,400. The manner of build- ing them is as follows : Heavy stakes are driven into the shallow bed of the river until about even with the sur- face of the water at its medium height, and may be so placed as to form the outline of the letter W, extending from shore to shore, the open portion facing up stream. This form permits the construction of two traps. When only one is desired the stakes form a V opening up stream. A wall of planks is built upon the stakes, small openings being left at the two lower tips of the W to be occupied by the traps themselves, which are usually made of latticework and are either rectangular or rounded in shape, the lower end of a larger diameter than the upper. From the inner sides of the mouth long laths run back into the trap until they almost meet in the center, leaving only a narrow opening about four inches in diameter between the ends of the laths. During the fall months the eels migrate from Oneida Lake to Lake Ontario, and it is then that the fishermen set their traps. An eel on its way down stream meeting the side wall of the trap swims slowly along it in search of a passage, which it seems to find on reaching the mouth of the trap. Wrig- gling slowly along the slats to the narrow opening it passes through this and drops down to the bottom of the lattice box, thus securely captured. The traps are visited at certain hours, lifted into a boat, and the eels taken out by means of a small door in the side of the trap. All the eels caught are smoked, none being sold fresh. As soon as landed the body is split from head to vent and the viscera removed. The head and skin are then taken off, after which the body is immersed in a strong brine for twenty-four hours. On removal from the brine it is washed with stiff brushes to remove the slime and surplus salt, then strung on iron or steel rods and hung in a smokehouse. Moisture is removed by means of a hot fire of kindlings, then the cooking is done by a fire of corncobs, great care being exercised at this stage lest the heat become so great as to curl the fish out of shape. After the cooking the fire is partially smothered with sawdust, making a dense smoke, and the fish is soon cured. The total length of time in the smokehouse is about four hours. Smoked eels can be kept a shorter time than almost any fish so prepared, from five to twelve days being about the limit ; hence they must- be marketed as soon as possible after being removed from the smoke- house. The product is sold in Syracuse and vicinity. The smokers are unable to expand their business, as they find it increasingly difficult each year to supply the local demand. The season of 1902 was very poor, and 1903 was even worse, owing to the excessively high water which prevailed most of the time, allowing the eels to escape over the sides of the traps. Several years ago the fishermen came to an agreement among themselves to the effect that the whole business should be carried on in one smokehouse, and with but one selling agent to dispose of the whole product. This has been found much more economical than the former method, with each man curing and selling his own catch. The eel fishery has been prosecuted for many years, and it has been well said that “Caughdenhoy was built on eels,” as that is, and always has been, the principal business of the village. The industry is now in danger of destruction, however, as the farmers living on the river between the village and Oneida Lake and for several miles along the shores of the lake threaten to enter suit for damages to their lands from overflows, which, they claim, are caused by these eel traps. As the traps are rarely more than 15 inches in height, it does not seem probable that they could cause the water to overflow land several miles up stream. Onondaga Lake. In 1894 and 1895 there was a considerable gill-net fishery for whitefish in this lake, but this ceased soon after that time, owing to the almost complete disappear- ance of the fish. The fishermen ascribe this disappear- ance to the pollution of the water by refuse from several large chemical plants on the shores of the lake. The city of Syracuse, which abuts upon the western shore, also runs its sewage into the lake. No commercial fish- ing is now carried on. There are said to be large quanti- ties of German carp and ling in the lake. Otsego Lake. This lake, the source of the Susquehanna River, is in Otsego county, in the eastern part of the State, and has a length of about nine miles and an average width of 1J2 miles. It is quite popular as a summer resort, Coopers- town being the principal town on its shores. For some years seines were used for catching whitefish, locally known as Otsego- bass, but in 1901 the Legislature closed the lake to. all manner of commercial fishing, except with hook and line, until May 1, 1906. As a result the com- mercial fishing is at present of minor importance. Owasco Lake. Lying about midway between Cayuga and Skaneateles lakes, with a length of ten or eleven miles and a width of more than a mile, Owasco Lake empties into the Seneca River through Owasco Outlet. It is wholly within Cayuga county. The only commercial fishing is done by means of tip-ups in the winter time at the upper end of the lake. Bullheads, eels, yellow perch and sun- fish are the species taken. Seneca Lake. Next to Oneida this is the largest lake wholly within the borders of the State. It extends almost directly north and south, is about thirty-six miles long, from one to four miles wide, and with a maximum depth of 500 to 600 feet, occupying an eroded valley flanked by bold hills, and discharging into Cayuga Lake by means of a short outlet. It is unique among New York lakes in that the surface is never entirely frozen. Gill nets, spears, and a few fyke nets and hand-lines are used in the commercial fisheries. The gill-nets, which average in length about no yards each, with bar mesh of not less than two inches, are used principally for lake trout, and are operated between May 1 and • . 1 Y . . - . , October 15 of each year. The use of spears is permitted from April 15 to June 15, inclusive. The principal fishing towns are Himrods , Dundee, Hector, North Hector, Caywood, Starkey, Dresden and Geneva. The sportsmen complain that the lake trout, which are very numerous, will not take the hock. It is possible that this may be owing to the large numbers of alewives ( Pomolobus psendoharengus ) in the lake, upon which the trout feed. The fishermen believe quite generally that this species was introduced into Seneca Lake by Seth Green about 1872 ; but this is not the case, the fish having been known there a number of years previous. It has been a source of great trouble, owing to- the annual mortality to which it is subject here as in Lake Ontario. During the summer large numbers die, and, decaying on the shores, cause much annoyance to- the inhabitants, while doubtless many of the fish sink and pollute the waters. The mortality has not been as heavy as usual during the last two summers. German carp are becoming quite plentiful at the head of the lake, but very little use is made of them. Seneca River. This is the outlet directly or by means of short streams of most of the lakes in central New York. It discharges into Lake Ontaria through the Oswego River, the latter being formed by the junction of Seneca and Oneida rivers. There is an immense amount of illegal fishing practiced in this river, despite the strenuous efforts of the State authorities to suppress it. Owing to- the length and general inaccessibility of the stream, it is a difficult matter to guard it. Almost the only commercial fishing concerning which reliable data could be obtained was that with hand-lines and traps for fishes and with spears for frogs. The principal fishing towns are Weedsport and Savannah. Considerable complaint is made by the fishermen of the large numbers of ling and German carp in the river. Black suckers also are very numerous. Skaneateles Lake. This lake lies almost midway between Oneida and Cayuga, and, like most of the other lakes of the State, is long and narrow, being afceut fifteen, miles in length and Ij4 miles in width at the widest part, with a depth of 320 feet. Through a short outlet it discharges into Seneca River. Its commercial fisheries are insignificant, hand and set-lines being the only apparatus permitted. Lake t» - lit is the principal fish caught with the hand- lines, b ilheads and suckers the only species taken on the set-lines. Statistics of the Interior Fisheries of New York. In 1895 the number of fishermen was 543, in 1902 it was 804, a gain of 261. Seneca Lake shows the greatest increase. The total investment in 1895 amounted to $19,745 ; in 1902 to $25,291, a gain of $5,546. Seneca Lake leads in total investment, with Oneida and Cham- plain lakes second and third respectively. In 1895 the total catch was 754,730 pounds, valued at $60,068, while in 1902 it amounted to- 1,530,918 pounds, valued . at $87,897, a gain of 776,188 pounds and $27,811. Oneida Lake leads in the quantity secured, and the value of the catch is exceeded only in Chautauqua Lake, by a very narrow margin. Keuka Lake is third. The interior waters of New York produce more maskinonge and smelt than the waters of any other State in the Union, and they lead all others, except the Great Lakes, in the catch of bullheads, pickerel, wall-eyed pike (except Min- nesota), yellow perch and suckers. While the seine catch is the greatest in quantity, it is exceeded in value by that with hand-lines. The tip-up catch is third. The only species taken in seines was suckers, while with gill-nets the leading species were lake trout, yellow perch, and lake herring. Fyke nets were in use in but two lakes, and the catch in the aggregate does not amount to much, the bullhead being the principal species captured. With set lines bullheads and suckers, and with tip-ups pickerel, bullheads, wall-eyed pike, and yellow perch were the chief species taken. Maskinonge and yellow perch predominate in the spear catch. Fly-Casters at Banquet. From the San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton, was guest _ of honor at a banquet of the San Francisco- Fly-Casting Club last Wednesday evening. After the disposal of a good dinner President Ed. Everett introduced Judge John Hunt as the toastmaster for the evening. The Judge was in his happiest humor, during the course of his introductory remarks he referred to Dr. Van Dyke as the author of two popular angling classics, “Fishermen’s Luck” and “Little Rivers,” He ex- tolled him as an enthusiastic sportsman and skilled angler, a student of books, a student of nature and a writer of graceful verse. Dr. Van Dyke, when he arose to respond, received a most cordial greeting. The Doctor’s remarks were inter- esting and entertaining and colored at times with a bit of sterling humor given with unction. Among other mat- ters dwelt upon the Doctor proudly said that during a recent visit to- the McCloud River he had occasion to wade a portion of that famous stream. The experience when linked with others he had since met with had con- vinced him that there is nothing colder than California water and nothing warmer than a California welcome. He- complimented the fly-casters on the fact that the world’s record in that department of sport is held here, and he characterized angling as a lofty and ennobling pursuit. It could scarcely be described as a cheap pastime, as he estimated that every pound of trout brought to basket by an angler cost about five dollars. He spoke of fly-fishing as a lofty, ennobling occupation. He said some people looked upon it as a mild form of lunacy, but he had found it dainty, charming and pleas- ant to the finer sensibilities. He instanced that only classic in sporting literature that had to do with fishing, namely: “The Complete Angler” and he described glowingly the beauties of the McCloud River and its surroundings — an ideal stream, the realization of an angler’s dream. Dr, Van Dyke told several stories and preached a dainty 368 FOREST AND STREAM [May 6, 1905. sermon. One of his stories was of the Scotchman, who after an unsuccessful day on the river tossed his fly-book into the stream and said in disgust: “Tak’ yer choice!” He also told of the great trout Nicodemus on the River Neversink and of the man who tried to take him. In the morning he tried a red ibis. The trout got away with this. Later in the day he had him on a white miller and again his troutship disappeared. In the evening he tried- him with a blue jay and after a struggle landed him. The three flies were fastened to the trout, and when the angler saw the national colors he remembered it was the Fourth of July and he knew why the combinations had proved so effective. Governor Pardee sent his regrets for an unavoidable absence from the gathering. In voicing them Judge Hunt combined the introduction of Dr. Jordan, of Stanford University, saying : “The ‘Governor’ is a good fly, but the ‘professor’ is a better one.” Dr. Jordan created a laugh by addressing his auditors as “fellow geologists.” He said: “The trout lie at the bottom of green streams. Let us lie about the trout.” He then spoke entertainingly of the anglers of Samoa, Japan and Honolulu. He took a rise out of Judge Hunt by telling how the latter loaned his trout scales to a lady who found they recorded the weight of her baby as being sixty-eight pounds. He was followed by Charles S. Wheeler, who de- scribed a fishing trip to the McCloud in company with Dr. Van Dyke, during which the gentleman from Prince- ton landed a seven-pound Dolly Varden trout. As show- ing that this was no “fish story” the trout was paraded on a huge platter and there was a general craning to get a glimpse of the noble “speckled beauty.” Mr. Wheeler explained that the trout was killed with a six and one- quarter-ounce Leonard rod and said he never saw a fish handled with more skill and grace. Alex. T. Vogelsang, the next speaker, did full justice, and in a particularly apt and felicitous manner to “The Scientific Angler,” a subject which he spoke upon enter- tainingly and exhaustively, saying among other things that a true fisherman should rejoice more over a few fish well caught than over a full c.eel. He advocated the observ- ance of chivalry toward the denizens of the stream. In- stead of losing temper when a fish gets away the proper thing, according to the Vogelsang code, is to congratu- late him on having made his escape. “Remember you are merely working for your own pleasure, while the fish Is fighting for his life,” was the way the speaker put it. The banquet was one of the most enjoyable of the many given by the club. Massachusetts Lobsters. Boston, Mass., April 29. — Editor Forest and Stream: While the lobster does not furnish sport in the taking, it provides an article of diet so much enjoyed by good- livers that its preservation has been a subject of con- cern, not only to the men who are financially interested in the industry, but to the general public, the con- sumers. The first movement for the passage of. a law for restricting the catch of lobsters originated with the Anglers’ Association (in the ’70s), which later became the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion. At first it was proposed to ask for an 11-inch law, but in the interest of the fishermen, this was changed to a ioj4-inch law. This was followed by legislation in Maine, but the various laws that were tried proved inadequate, until finally that State, after a conference between her commissioners and those of Massachusetts, adopted the ioj4-inch law. The State Association has persistently opposed all attempts to reduce the legal limit of length. In 1891, after a 9-inch bill had been lobbied through both houses of the Legis- lature, the Association secured a hearing from Gov. Wolcott, and the result was a veto. Again in 1896, after a very stubborn fight, by a narrow margin the bill went to the Governor, and was vetoed by Gov. Crane. Again the State Association has come to the rescue this year. The apparently harmless bill introduced on petition of certain dealers to admit to our markets the Nova Scotia 9-inch lobsters from Dec. 15 to April I was merely an “entering wedge” for securing a 9-inch all-the-year-round law. To this proposition to admit Canadian lobsters in winter there was but one dis- senting vote in the committee room. By acting in ac- cordance with his convictions and having the courage to stand alone for a principle, that member paved a thorough sifting of the lobster question in the Senate, where he became the prominent leader in behalf of the present law, and won a victory,, of which he may justly feel proud. This was Senator Herman Andrew Harding, of Chatham, representing the Cape District. In his argu- ment against the substitute bill of the chairman of the committee to legalize the taking of all lobsters “from 9 to 11 inches,” he was able to show that the proposition had not the support of the well-known experts, Prof. Mead, of Rhode Island, and Prof. H. C. Bumpus, of New York; that it had never been favored by the late Captain Collins, and that it was strongly opposed by Commissioner Nickerson in charge of the sea-and-shore fisheries of Maine. He quoted extracts from the reports of the Massachusetts Com- mission in proof of his contention for the ioEHnch law, and from the report of the convention of com- missioners from the lobster-producing States, held in Boston two years ago, which was written by the late chairman of the Massachusetts Commission. Senator Harding was ably supported in his position by Senator Kyle, of Plymouth, and the result was the rejection of the “from 7 to 9 inches” proposition by a unanimous vote, and by a like vote the House nine-inch bill was referred to the “next General Court.” Henry H. Kimball, Sec’y Mass. Fish and Game Protective Ass’n. Fishing in Middletown Reservoirs. A dispatch from Middletown, N. Y., April 28, to the New York Times reports the question whether fishing should be allowed in the city reservoirs, which has great- ly agitated the town for two years, reached a white heat here to-day. The Board of Health forbade fishing in the reservoirs two years ago. The Board of Water Commissioners also prohibited fishing. The fishermen went into politics and elected a majority of the Board of Water Commissioners favorable to fishing. The Board then agreed to permit fishing. Dr. Daniel Lewis, State Commissioner of Health, was called and decided against fishing, his decision reaching here last night. This afternoon John Wilkin, J. E. Barnes, J. Frank Tuthill and Thomas H. Perry, leading business men, went to one of the reservoirs and in two hours caught twenty-two rainbow trout averaging from one to three and one-half pounds each. The fish were displayed in various places and the fishermen boasted of where they had been caught. This created something akin to sensation, and the town is divided into fishing and anti-fishing factions. Hudson Rivet Striped Bass. Newport, R. I., April 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of the 22d instant you speak of a striped bass captured in the Hudson River off Grant’s Tomb and weighing thirty-seven pounds and state, “This is said to be the largest striped bass ever caught in the Hudson.” This assertion, I think, is not correct. I find on looking over my scrap book the following items : Seth Green, in an article over his signature in the American Angler for May 7, 1887, has the following in reply to the editor of the Albany Evening Journal, who wrote asking him the weight of the largest on record caught in the Hudson River. He says: “I wrote Mr J. J. Pindar, a fisherman of many years’ experience on the Hudson River, who very kindly sent me the following reply: ‘Dear Sir — In reply to yours of the 22d instant would say I have seen two striped bass caught within two miles of this place (Cats- kill, N. Y.) one of which weighed ninety-two and the other ninety pounds. It is not an uncommon thing to get them from sixty to eighty pounds,’ signed J. J. Pindar. I find other records of an eighty-four-pounder taken by Richard Ward, of New Hamburg, in June. 1885. Another weighing seventy pounds taken at Peekskifl on May 6, 1889. One of sixty-eight pounds taken at Croton Point in 1885 by C. M. Raymond, of Sing Sing. This fish was exhibited outside of the dining room of S. H. Everett, in Barclay street.” To descend to lower figures, Forest and Stream of April 6, 1901, speaks of three being caught at. Ossining, N. Y., that tipped the scales at thirty-eight, 3954 and forty pounds. The thirty-seven-pounder, therefore, caught off Grant’s Tomb comes very far from being even an extra sized fish to have been taken in the Hudson. I grant you, though, that at the rate Roccus lineatus is being de- stroyed, a thirty-seven pound fish will soon be one to marvel at. Daniel B. Fearing. Big Striped Bass. National City, Cal., April 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: The inquiry about the largest weight of rock fish or striped bass is interesting, and I am able to quote you something from North Carolina which bears on this subject. Dr. W. R. Capehart owns the biggest commer- cial fishery on Albemarle Sound, in North Carolina. He recently wrote me : “The largest rock I ever caught weighed 105 pounds and I caught 37.000 pounds at the same haul ; 365 of them averaged sixty-five pounds.” This is a tremendously large average and 365 fish of that size a heavy lot. Dr. Capehart’s seines are hauled by steam winches. He operates five steam seine boa’s. C. H. Federal Control of Public Waters. The Legislature of Minnesota has adopted the follow- ing resolution bearing on the Federal control of the fish- eries of public waters : To the Congress of the United States : Realizing that a great amount of friction has arisen, and is liable to arise, on the Great Lakes between Canada and the United States, in regard to the fishery regula- tions, also on all waters of a public nature, between the different States; be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota, that the United States Government is here- by requested to take full control of these public waters, so that they may be suitably stocked with fish and a uni- form law passed, governing the fishing industry of these waters; and that the State of Minnesota cede to the Gov- ernment any jurisdiction claimed over these waters in re- gard to the fishing therein. Cases have arisen where the representatives of the United States Government have been arrested by the State authorities for taking spawn in the closed season. Men representing the Game and Fish Commission of this State, have been arrested by the representatives of another State, simply for getting across an imaginary line; and we realize that it is almost impossible to get uniform laws passed by all the States controlling these waters, therefore we would urge that Congress take such action as in their judgment is desirous, so that frictions of this kind would entirely cease, and that the fishing in- dustries of these large bodies of water may be replen- ished and protected as they should be. Early Sebago Fishing. South Boston, Mass., April 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: I have just learned from a friend the result of his fishing trip in Maine last week, and thought perhaps you would be interested to publish a paragraph about it. The party consisted of C. F. Jordan and Henry Lowell, of Portland, Me., and H. J. Littlefield, of Dorchester, Mass. They visited Sebago Lake, and fished for a day and a half. The result was ten landlocked salmon and one brook trout, the eleven weighing 97)4 pounds. The largest was a seventeen-pound salmon caught by Mr. Littlefield, who was over two hours landing the fish. This, I believe, is the second largest salmon that has been caught in Sebago Lake. His guide was Levi Maxfield, who is one of the best and oldest guides of the lake. Captain Oliver also acted as guide for the party. The fishing is reported to be opening up very well, and the catches reported are very large. Thomas Hibbard, The Adirondack Timber Stealing. Attorney-General Mayer having investigated the tres- passes on the Adirondack Forest Preserve by the cutting and removing therefrom of lumber killed by forest fires, has reported to the Governor, in part, as follows : “It appears that a method of indirection was employ- ed whereby in effect the State sold fire-killed timber con- trary to the prohibition of the Constitution, as that pro- hibition has been construed up to the present time; that the State has received revenues therefrom aggregating $25,000 in round numbers, by a method of confession of judgment absolutely void. “I desire to make clear that there is no evidence what- ever that the cutting of green timber was treated in this way. On the contrary, in green timber cases the prosecu- tions were vigorous and the amounts demanded were in some instances three times the stumpage value of the timber; so that the cutting of green timber has been made unprofitable. “The sentiment of the residents of the Adirondack re- gion is strongly against the cutting of green timber on State lands. “I further desire to call your attention to the question of moieties paid to game protectors. For instance, for the period from December, 1904, to April, 1905, the amount of moieties paid to one of the protectors was $! >735-62, and in another case for a period of ten months was $264. “I believe it to be true that there is substantially unani- mous condemnation of the method whereby game pro- tectors, who are State officers in receipt of salaries, re- ceive any moiety for discovering trespasses. I take the liberty of suggesting that the State can well afford to in- crease the fixed compensation of the game protectors and let the moneys recovered for trespass be paid into the State treasury. While I am not to be understood as making any reference to the case of any game protector, the system of moieties can only offer serious temptation and open a door to improper practices.” Legislation at Albany. Albany, N. Y., May 1. — Forest, fish and game interests figured prominently in the Legislature the past 'week. The Senate committee has reported the bill of Senator Allds (Int. No. 1125), relative to penalties, and the duties of the At- torney-General. It has been restored to third reading. The Senate has passed these bills: Senator Drescher’s (Int. No. 82), providing for the appointment of game protectors for Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. Assemblyman Becker’s (Int. No. 778), relative to special game protectors in Monroe county. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 938), relative to the protection of wild birds and their nests. Assemblyman Plank’s (Int. No. 958). relative to the close season for pickerel, pike and maskinongc in the St. Lawrence River. Assemblyman Miller’s (Int. No. 958), relative to the pollution of streams. Assemblyman F. C. Wood’s (Int. No. 428), relative to the com- pensation of game protectors. A bill has been introduced by Senator Allds (Int. No. 998) amending Section 187 so as to provide that the State Commission, instead of the chief game protector shall pay a part of the moneys recovered in actions for penalties, either to the game protector or the fire warden, upon whose information proceedings were brought. The Hubbs spring shooting bill (Int. No. 1443), allowing sports- men to kill ducks oil Long Island on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from March 1, to April 15, passed the Assembly. The Assembly has passed the following additional bills: Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 1205), in relation to fishing in Chautauqua county. Senator Prime’s (Int. No. 98), appropriating $2,119 for continu- ing the restocking of the Adirondacks region with wild moose. Senator Elsberg’s (Int. No. 76), providing for the appointment of a special assistant oyster protector; to reside in the Borough of Manhattan, at a salary of $600 a year, and an annual expense allowance of $450. Senator Raines’ (Int. No. 247), in relation to the sale of trout. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 684), relative to the destruction of nets. Senator Coggeshall’s (Int. No. 496), relative to the destruction of nets and other devices used in fishing. Senator Armstrong’s (Int. No. 110), relative to the protection of the nests of wild birds. The Assembly has advanced to third reading the bill of Senator Allds (Int. No. 486), providing for the publication of the forest, fish and game law, as amended. The Governor has signed the following bills: Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1074), making the offer of sale of grouse and woodcock in this State a violation of the law pro- hibiting the sale of that game. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1075), providing a penalty of $60 for violation of that section of the game law relative to the taking of lobsters, and an additional penalty of $10 for each lobster taken. For every other violation of this section a penalty of $100 is prescribed. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076), providing that the placing of nets in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters shall be presumptive evidence that the person intended to violate the fish and game law. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No.. 1077), correcting a typographical error in the section of the game law relative to the closed season for woodcock so as to provide that not more than thirty-six wood- cock shall be taken in an open season. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079) providing that in the use of nets in Coney Island creek a passage unobstructed not less than 10 feet wide shall be left for the passage of boats and fish. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1087), providing that woodcock, grouse and quail taken in Orange county shall not be sold. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No, 1181), providing that in Orange county, not more than twelve woodcock or quail shall be taken by any one person in one day, and not more than thirty-six of either variety in any one year. Assemblyman Knapp’s (Int. No. 1365). prohibiting transporta- tion companies from bringing into this State any- fish caught in that portion of Lake Champlain known as Missisquoi Bay, Prov- ince of Quebec, Canada. _ Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No'. 5S9), permitting the spearing of suckers, bullheads, eels and dogfish in the Delaware River in Sullivan and Delaware counties, and in Sandsburg Creek, Warwarsing, Ulster county, from April 1 to Sept. 30, both in- clusive. Assemblyman West’s (Int. No. 469), prohibiting the placing of carp in Keuka Lake or in any other waters inhabited by trout. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 265), repealing a provision of the game law permitting fishing through the ice in waters in the town of North East, Dutchess county. Assemblyman Hammond’s (Int. No. 534), prescribing the length of pike which may be taken in Oneida, Madison, Oswego and Onondaga counties. Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 86), adding Rockland and West- chester counties to those in which there is no open season for wild Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263), providing that the close season for black and gray squirrels in Sullivan and Dutchess counties shall be from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30 following, and in Chau- tauqua, from Dec. 1 to Oct. 15 following. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 266), providing that woodcock shall not be taken in Tioga, Sullivan and Dutchess counties from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30 following; that grouse shall not be taken in Tioga and Dutchess counties between tire same dates, and repeal - ing°a provision of the game law which prohibits the taking of grouse in Dutchess county prior to 1907. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 115) making it a misdemeanor to buy or sell game out of season. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 305), providing a penalty oi $50 for each black -bear taken out of season, and prohibiting the taking or killing of land turtles or tortoises. _ The Senate committee’s bill (Int. No. 677). relative to the duties of the superintendent of forest fire wardens, and game pro- tectors. May 6, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 369 The Great Ocean Race of 1887. Between Coronet a rd Dauntless. The following account of the ocean race between Coronet and Dauntless by Mr. W. N. King was taken from the New York Herald: Queenstown. Ireland, Sunday, March 2 7, 1887.— The schooner yacht Coronet crossed the line off Roche’s Point, Cork Harbor, Ireland, at forty minutes past noon, local mean time, to-day, winner of the great ocean race. On March 12, at fourteen minutes and forty-six sec- onds past noon, local mean time, the Coronet passed the mark off Owl’s Head. New York Bay, thus making the run from start to finish in fourteen days, twenty-three hours, thirty-three minutes and forty-six seconds, ap- parent time. A great race, this, and a gallant one. Well done. Coronet; well done everybody, from cabin boy to captain, who helped to gain this victory. With a full press of canvas alow and aloft, and with all racing- sails tugging at their straining gear, the Coro- net left behind her sturdy competitor, the Dauntless, on the afternoon of the start at the rate of about one mile an hour. Captain Samuels is said to have intentionally crossed the line five hundred yards astern of the Coronet on a wager that he would overtake and pass her before reach- ing Sandy Hook. How well his calculations were made was shown by our relative position at sunset, when the Dauntless was hull down and nearly six miles astern of us. The wind freshened considerably about 4 o’clock, and when the Dauntless was last seen by us she was heeling over almost on her beamsends and hanging to her topsails till the last moment. We took our departure at 2h. 49m., New York mean time, when Sandy Hook Lightship bore south southwest, distant three and one-half miles. From that time until midnight we made a fine run under all plain sail, and then the wind having freshened to a moderate gale the mainsail was closely reefed and the bonnet of the fore- sail was taken off. In discussing around our mess table the possible dan- gers of crossing the Atlantic during the stormy month of March, we gathered the cheering information that all the reporters had been requested to write their own obituaries before sailing, and upon further comparing notes found that we had all been refused policies by dif- ferent life insurance companies. Sunday, our second day at sea, opened with a dull, overcast sky, occasional showers of rain and a heavy swell setting from the northward, the wind still blowing fresh from north by west. At 9:30 A. M. duplicate mes- sages were sent to the Herald by carrier pigeons. To- ward mid-day the sea began to pile up, knocking about the crockery, chairs, table and, indeed, everything mov- able in the . cabin. At noon the position was found to be latitude 39deg. 55min. north, longitude 68deg. 41mm. west. A course south 8ideg. east had been run, and the distance made was 246 miles. The actual elapsed time from the start was 22I1. 33m. 37s. At 4 A. M. Monday the wind hauled to the westward and the sea began to go down so the reef was shaken out of the mainsail, the bonnet was put on the foresail and the vessel was placed under light racing canvas, giving her a speed of thirteen knots. The yacht began to roll heavily, straining her beams, and jumping her main boom to such an extent that Captain Crosby was forced to take in the mainsail and set [he main storm trysail. Toward night the wind moderated and the sea went down sufficiently to let all racing canvas be set, so as to take. advantage of the westerly wind, which was soon driving her through the water like a frightened fish, with her lee cathead and rail under water, throwing the sea in clouds of spray as high as the masthead. We sent a dispatch to the Herald by carrier pigeon at 9 A. M. At 10 P. M. we carried away the maintopmast staysail. The position at noon was latitude 4odeg. 4mm. north, longitude 63deg. 23mm. west ; course, north 86deg. 57mm. east and distance 244.3 miles. The actual elapsed time was 23I1. 38m. 31s. . Tuesday . morning opened with damp, disagreeable weather, and passing squalls of rain. At 2 A. M. the wind hauled to the northeast, and began to blow with such increased force as to necessitate close reefing the foresail and mainsail arid stowing the forestaysail. Toward noon the barometer began falling rapidly, and the wind canted to the southward; a half hour later it shifted to the southwest, and in hurricane force gave us a taste of what is known to all sailors as “a smoky sou’wester.” Coronet scudded under fore and main storm trysail, jib and forestaysail, the wind all the time increasing so much that finally the main storm trysail and jib had to be taken in, the schooner during the blow being driven through the water with such velocity that she could scarcely catch herself in time to ride the seas ahead. She plunged into them like a porpoise, often sticking her nose right under, while heavy green seas rolled over her decks to ,the depth of several feet. The captain gave us the consoling information that under ordinary circumstances it would have been safer to heave to, but the vessel that hove to this time would lose the race. At sunset the mate reported that there was a schooner supposed to be the Dauntless off the lee quarter hove to under a fore storm trysail. The position at noon of March 15 was latitude 40deg. Simin. north, longitude 59deg. 28mm. 45sec. west; course north 75deg. i7min. east; distance 185 miles, and actual elapsed time 23h. 44m. 3s. Wednesday morning the weather continued cold, with a sombre, overcast sky and passing squalls of rain, the wind still blowing fresh from the southwest, with a very heavy sea. We ran all day before the gale under jib and close reefed fore and main storm trysails. At 8 P. M. the wind moderating a little, the squaresail was set and helped to lift Coronet’s head from the seas and to give her a more regular motion, .though she still continued to roll her lee cathead and rail under the seas, which had now become long and heavy and were breaking over her weather quarter. At 11 P. M. the squaresail was lowered, in order to put on the bonnet. Although this left us nothing but a close reefed foresail to run under, it was not sufficient canvas to give her a velocity greater than that of the waves, and consequently at 11 :i5 P. M. a heavy sea came over the stern, falling on top of the man at the wheel and nearly washing overboard Mate Whittier and the Herald correspondent. Fortunately, as we were being swept to leeward we managed to get a grip on the main sheet. During the night a nasty cross sea was kicked up, ren- dering the management of a light boat so hazardous that unless skillfully handled there was danger of being tripped. However, Coronet is so heavily ballasted and her meta centric height is so great that in a seaway her recovery is almost instantaneous. To stand aft or on her quarter and watch the roll of the rail, now climbing mountain high to the crest of one wave only to be buried in the hollow of the next, is enough to make one’s hair almost stand on end. A bright lookout for icebergs and field ice had to be kept, as the southwest gales drove us so much fur. her to the northward than was intended that we were compelled to cross the Banks in latitude 42deg. Our position at noon of March 16 was latitude 4ideg. 25mm. north, longitude 54deg. 45mm. west; course, north Sodeg. 42mm, east ; distance, 216 miles. The actual time elapsed was 23I1. 40m. 50s. Cloudy, damp and disagreeable weather ushered in Thursday with a fresh breeze from the southeast, the yacht running free under reefed forestaysails, fore storm trysail and squaresail. By 11 130 A. M. the wind had in- creased to a moderate gale, and the squaresail had been split from head to foot. Though the sky remained overcast and the barometer continued falling rapidly the wind decreased sufficiently to permit us to drive her under a full press of racing canvas before a heavy sea. By 1 P. M., as the wind began to freshen and the barometer continued to fall, all plain sail and main storm trysail were taken in. The veering and hauling of the wind and the barometer’s fluctuations, however, soon left no doubt that we were approaching the center of a re- volving cyclone, so sail was reduced to fore storm trysail and reefed fore staysail. Under these the schooner scudded the waves, which, without any exaggeration, began to run so high that one was almost afraid to look astern and see the mountains of water that seemed at every moment as if they would engulf our tiny craft; at times the ocean seemed to open and the yacht reeled about as if snared in a whirlpool, while the whole surface of the sea looked like an immense snow drift. Under the force of the wind, which was traveling with lightning like velocity, the water would be snapped up from the surface in spoondrifts and be driven in clouds of smoke over the vessel and crew, cutting like a knife everything it came in contact with. We were moving through the water with such velocity that our little ves- sel seemed scarcely to- touch the surface, and it was impossible to form an idea how long the gale would con- tinue; darkness, too, was coming on and we were being driven up into the region of icebergs and field ice. Having run so long before the wind, to round to in a sea as high as that then running is an evolution that has caused many large ships either to be swamped or to have their sides stove in; but as we had the chance either of being driven among the icebergs in the darkness or of heaving to until the blow subsided, the latter alternative was chosen. Preparations were made. Extra sheets were secured to the fore storm trysail, the forestaysail was hauled down and. the main storm trysail bent, so that it might be ready in case the fore was blown away. Perforated canvas bags filled with oil were also put over both bows and quarters. The captain and mate took their places at the helm and the boatswain thundered throughout the length of the vessel: “Look out, everybody; now hang on for your lives!” Liard down went the helm, and as the trembling boat came up we stood with bated breath awaiting the dreadful moment when she must pass through the trough of the sea. It was. an anxious moment, for we did not know whether it would roll completely over us or if we would ride upon the crest. As she came up she paused a mo- ment in the trough, and then with the wind well on the weather bow passed the crisis and rode each wave like a seabird. We lay all night drifting about at the mercy of the wind and waves, everything in the cabin a con- fused mass, the sea pouring through the skylight? fires and lights out. Ever and anon huge seas tjeat against our weather bow with the force of a battering ram. At midnight the wind moderated sufficiently for us to con- tinue on our course. The position at noon on March 17 was latitude qideg. 2/sec. north, longitude sodeg. 31010, west ; course, north 87deg. 34mm. east; distance, 21 1.2 miles, and actual elapsed time 23h. 41m. The sun came out on Friday for the first time, and, the wind being much lighter, Captain Crosby was able to drive her all day under a full press of canvas; toward night the wind freshened and rain squalls were frequent, and when darkness fell the mainsail was reefed and the bonnet taken off the foresail. Under this disposition of canvas the yacht ran all night with the wind fresh from the southwest. The position of Coronet at noon of March 18 was lati- tude 44deg. 56mm. north, longitude 47deg. 4mm. west; the course, north 8ideg. imin. east; the distance, 133.5 miles, and the actual time elapsed, 23h. 47m. 43s. Saturday found us running before the wind under the squaresail, foretopsail, reefed jib and forestaysail. A Spanish merchantman bound to the eastward ran close down upon us and inquired about our passage ; we an- swered and asked him by signals if he had seen the Dauntless and received in reply “No.” Toward night the wind and sea increased, accompanied by passing squalls of rain, and the vessel was, as usual, got under easy canvas for the night. The position at noon of March 19 was latitude 43deg. 47min. -north, longitude 42deg. 35mm. west ; course, north 6odeg. 27mm. ; distance, 225 miles, and the actual time elapsed, 23h. 41m. 58s. Sunday morning opened with a gale still blowing from the southeast before which we ran until the seas began to rise dangerously high and the captain decided to heave to. Suddenly the wind died away to a flat calm and in a few minutes shifted to the northwest and blew with increased fury. As this indicated a cyclone, we continued to run before it under close reefed fore storm trysail and square- sail and the seas breaking nastily over our weather quar- ter. Toward midnight it began to grow thick to wind- ward and several rain squalls passed over. Our position at noon of March 20 was latitude 45deg. 25mm. north, longitude 39deg. 4mm. west ; the course, north 56deg. 30mm. east; the distance, 179.4 miles, and the actual elapsed time 23I1. 45m. 28s. We ran close hauled Monday under a full press of can- vas; the wind was northeast, and we tacked ship at 4 P. M. Toward night the wind increased in force to a heavy gale, and as no headway could be made Coronet was hove to under a close reefed fore storm trysail. The position at noon of March 21 was latitude 46deg. iSmin. north, longitude 34deg. 24mm. west ; the course, north 75deg. east; the dis.ance, 202 miles, and the actual elapsed time 23h. 39m. 2s. Tuesday opened with a heavy northeast gale still blow- ing, and the yacht remained hove to all day. An at- tempt m the afternoon to tack ship to southward and eastward was unsuccessful. The sea was very heavy, lurching the vessel’s head off as she came up and causing her to ship a heavy sea, which nearly washed overboard five or six men. Finally we wore ship to the northward, and getting her on the port tack, she managed to forge ahead about three knots. Toward midnight the wind moderated and we made sail, running under the foresail, close refed mainsail and jib. The position at noon of March 22 was latitude 46deg. 38mm. north, longitude 33deg. 49mm. west ; the course, north 38 deg. I2min. east ; the distance, 38.8 miles, and the actual time elapsed 23h. 57m. 4s. Wednesday we had a fine run under a cloud of canvas, the wind being gentle and abeam. Indeed, it became al- most calm toward night. The position at noon of March 23 was latitude 47deg. 6min. north, longitude 32deg. 47mm. 30s. west ; the course, north 56deg. 31mm. east; the distance, 50.8 miles; and the actual elapsed time 2311. 57m. 17s. The weather was cool and pleasant on Thursday with an overcast sky, the vessel rolling very heavily on top of a strong northwest swell, which forced us to take in the mainsail and to set squaresail. Quite an excitement was caused by the report that a steamer had been sighted to leeward having a schooner in tow. As this rig is not very common in mid-ocean at this time of the year, bets were freely exchanged as to whether it was the Dauntless or not. The position at noon of March 24 was latitude 48deg. 4min. north, longitude 28deg. 12mm. west ; the course, northeast yodeg. east ; the distance, 218.6 miles, and the actual elapsed time 23I1. 41111. 34s. Friday we were able to drive the stanch craft all day under a full press of canvas, the breeze blowing stiff from the south southwest. About noon, however, the yacht was so much pressed that the topsails were spared and the mainsail was close reefed. Toward and throughout the night the wind blew a moderate gale, and in the mid- dle watch a heavy sea was shipped. The position at noon off March 25 was latitude 49deg. 48mm. north, longitude. 22deg. 32mm. west; the course, north 78deg. 45mm. east; the distance, 225.5 miles, and. the actual elapsed time 23I1. 36m. 46s. Cloudy weather and an overcast sky came in with Sat- urday daybreak, the wind still blowing fresh from the southwest. There was a fine run all this day under close reefed mainsail, foresail and jib. Toward midnight the wind freshened, and, drawing aft, the mainsail was taken in and the squaresail set. The position at noon of March 26 was latitude Sodeg. 5imin. north, longitude isdeg. omin. 6sec. west; the course was north 79deg. 31mm. east; the distance, 291.5 miles,' and the actual elapsed time was 23b. 29m. 59s. Sunday morning the sun burst forth in all jts story for the first time in a week as if to welcome our first sight of the Irish coast. At 6h. 27m. Mizzen Point bore north northeast distant twelve miles. At ioh. 8m. the pilot boat Columbine hove to and sent us a pilot, from whom the cheering information reached us that we -had won the race. There was, it is needless to say, great- excitement ;md joy on board. 800 FOREST AND STREAM [May 6, 2905. At 12L 31m. 2s.j Queenstown mean time, Roche’s Point bore east southeast, and the great ocean race was won. LOG OF CORONET, 1887. Start March 12, from Bay Ridge, New York Harbor. Roche’s Point to Queenstown, Ireland. March. Latitude. Longitude. Distance, 13 39.52 68.41 246 14 40.04 63.41 244 15 40.51 59.28 1S5 16 41.25 54.45 216 17 41.34 50.03 211 IS 41.56 47.04 135 19 43.47 42.35 225 20 45.25 39.04 179 21 46.18 34.24 202 22 46.38 33.49 39 23 47.06 32.47 51 24 49.04 28.12 219 25 49.48 22.32 225 26 50.51 15.06 291 27 To Roche’s Point.. 266 Total .. 2,934 LOG OF THE DAUNTLESS, 1887. Start March 12, from Bay Ridge, New York Harbor. Roche’s Point to Queenstown, Ireland. March. Latitude. Longitude. Distance 13 40.03 68.38 232 14 39.57 64.18 200 15 40.58 61.18 130 16 42.03 65.07 260 17 41.28 52.47 140 IS 42.05 49.39 140 19 44.35 43.50 270 20 44.10 40.50 145 21 44.41 38.30 195 22 46.13 37.13 100 23 46.07 36.07 43 24 47.05 31.44 205 25 49.45 24.20 328 26 50.47 17.45 ' 266 27 50.16 13.45 143 28 To Roche’s Point. . 197 Total ' 2,994 Race for the Ocean Cup. Presented by His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor. For cruising yachts of any nation enrolled in a recog- nized yacht club. Yacht must be more than 8o tons net Custom House measurement to be eligible. The race to be started on May 16, at 2 P. M., at Sandy Hook Lightship, and to finish at The Lizard, England. Three yachts to start or no race. International rules of the road at sea to govern the race. An owner, or his representative, who must also be a member of a recognized yacht club, must be on board. No handicap or time allowance. The cup will be presented personally by H. I. M., the German Emperor, to the owner of the winning yacht, at the beginning of the Kiel Regatta week. Additional prizes will be given by His Majesty on the basis of one for each three starters. Auxiliaries entering must sail the race with the pro- peller removed from the shaft. The propeller may be carried on board yacht during the race. The sub-committee will arrange for day, night, and fog signals to be used in the race. By mutual agreement between owners of yachts entered, steam power may not be used to hoist sails on fore and aft auxiliary schooners. The starting line shall be a line between a committee boat, flying burgee of the Imperial Y. C., and the Sandy Hook Lightship. The length and direction of the line to be determined by the committee managing the start. The line is to be crossed leaving the Sandy Hook Lightship to starboard. Starting Signals. A preparatory gun will be fired at 2 P. M., the club burgee lowered and blue peter hoisted. A warning gun will be fired at 2:10 P. M., blue peter lowered and red ball hoisted. The starting gun will be fired at 2:15 P. M., red ball lowered. In case gun misses fire a prolonged blast of the whistle will be given. Should postponement be considered necessary the preparatory gun would be fired, on an even quarter hour, thereafter tonowed by warning and starting guns with intervals as above. Time of yachts crossing the line will not be taken by the com- mittee. No protest will be entertained in connection with violation of the rules at the start of the race. Yachts approaching the line under tow must drop the tow line at the preparatory signal. The International rules of the road at sea shall govern conduct of the yachts, with the addition that— if an overlap exists between two yachts when both of them, without tacking, are about to pass a mark on a required side, then the outside yacht must give inside yacht room to pass clear of the mark. A yacht shall not, however, be justified in attempting to estab- lish an overlap and thus force a passage between another yacht and the mark after the latter yacht has altered her helm for the purpose of rounding. No part of a yacht’s hull or spars may be across the starting line before the starting gun is fired. In case a yacht infringes any of the above rules the committee will signal by short blasts on steam whistle and display official letters of yachts so infringing. Yacht so signalled must return and recross the starting line. Yacht so returning, or one working into position from the wrong side of the line shall keep clear of and give way to all competing yachts. Should a yacht be delayed in starting at the appointed time and the committee boat not be in position, it may start later, taking its departure from Sandy Hook Lightship. No time will be credited on account of the delay. Such yacht may not be towed to any point to the eastward of Sandy Hook Lightship. The finish of the race will be on a line bearing true south from the Lizard Lighthouse on the coast of England and within signalling distance, in the event of there being no mark boat at the finish line. . (Further information regarding the finish line may be supplied to contestants if received by the American sub-committee.) At or near the finish line communication must be established with the signal station at the Lizard lighthouse. By dg.y by displaying official letters; also the ensign. By night by using night signals as assigned in the programme. In fog by discharging special bomb as designated, followed by blasts on fog horn as assigned in programme. These signals should be repeated at intervals until a reply is re- ceived from the signal station, namely, the discharge of a similar bomb. When in foreign waters yachts should identify themselves by the use of official letters rather than by private signal. There is no restriction as to what flags a racing yacht may carry. . . . It is requested that each contestant take time at the finish in Greenwich mean time to corroborate the time taken by the sub- committee at' finish line. A pilot may be taken on board before the finish of the race. After the finish, communication should be established by tele- graph with Capt. Coerper, German Embassy, London, giving first port of entry in Europe. Special bomb for fog signal used by all competing yachts is fired from a mortar — making a report at tht., Irenton, N. J. Executive Committee— L. C. Krctzmer, L. C. schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 252, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton Si., Brooklyn, N.Y. Racing Board— H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore— Lyman T. Coppins, 591 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Deinmier, 52o Smithlield St., Pittsburg. Purser — J. C. Milsom, 735 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Bunaio, N. Y. Executive Committee— F. G. Mather, 30 Elk Si., Aluany, N. Y.; H. W. Breitenstein, 611 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Beard of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Bufialo, N. Y. Racing Board— Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. V ice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. Rear-Commodore— Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., W'obum, Mass. Purser — VV illiam E. Stanwood, V\ ellesley, xVlass. Executive Committee— VV m. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. VV. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. L. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Mediurd, Mass.; Edvv. B. Stearns, Box 53, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; H. U Murphy, alternate NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore— Chas. W. McLean, 3U3 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore — J. VV. Sparrow, loronto, Canada. Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board — E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commudore — Burton D. Munhail, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, O. Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati, O. Purser — George Q. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce. Cleveland, O. Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 U est Court St., Cincinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, lu Howard St., Cleveland, O. . Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. How to Join the A. C. A. “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 364 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non- election of the applicant.” \ange and Fixtures. May 24-25. — Union Hill Park, N. J., Independent New York Scheutzen. Gus Zimmerman, Capt. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26- Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. At San Francisco. From April 1 to 15 was a busy time at the indoor shooting tournament, rifle and pistol, held at the Mechanics’ Pavilion, under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Forest, Fish and Game Associa- tion. Some of the most brilliant indoor shooting ever recorded on this coast was witnessed. George Tammeyer, of San Francisco, captured first honors for rifle shooting, 2,500 out of the possible 2,500. D. W. King, Jr., of Denver, Colo., was close to Tam- meyer with a score of 1,900. With the pistol, J. E. Gorman was first with 479 out of the pos- sible 500, while G. M. Barley, second, scored 477. Both are resi- dents of San Francisco. The following shooters made 100 but of the possible 100: Rifle: George Tammeyer, D. W. King, Jr., M. Blasse, W. F. Blasse, A. PI. Pape, O. A. Bremer, A. Studer, H. A. Klinkner, E. Hammond, Chris. Meyer and W G. Hoff- man. The only 50 out of the possible 50 with the pistol was made by G. M. Barley. The reduced 25-ring target was used for the rifle shooting, and the reduced American target was used for the pistol. Rifle scores: George Tammeyer, 2,500, D. W. King, 1,900, W. P", Blasse 998, M. Blasse 995, A. Studer 992, A. H. Pape 990, VV. G. Ploffman 989, E. Hammond 988, Chris Meyer 986, O. A. Bremer 985, M. O. Feudner 984, W. C. Pritchard 980, A. Gehret 976, J. Boiler 974, E. Bridge 969, A. Strecker 966, H. A. Klinkner 962, B. Blanchard 962, F Ellenberger 960, M. F. Harter 957, G. Risch- muller 955, A. A. Saxe 951, F. P. Schuster 949, T. L. Lewis 832. Pistol scores: J. E. Gorman 479, G. M. Bar’ey 477. A. Bran- nagan 473, Capt. Ord 464, G. E. Frahm 464, A. Pape 457, F. V. Kington 455, W. Proll 464, W. F. Blasse 446, W. C. Pritchard 444, H. A. Harris 442, C. M. Daiss 442, Dr. D. Smith 436, H. E. Witt 421, J. Kullmann 419, J. M. Mann 418, J. Trego 394, F. Mante 391, J. A. Macdonald 384. FOREST AND STREAM. [May 6, 1905. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O.— -The following scores were made in regular com- petition by members of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, April 23. Conditions: 200yds., olfhand, at the Stand- ard target. Hasenzahl was champion for the day with the good score of 92. He was also high on the honor target with 29 points. A stiff head wind, fishtailing from 9 to 2 o’clock, blew all day, and kept the shooters busy guessing all the time. This was the day set for a three-man team match between this Association and the Kansas City, Mo., Rifle and Pistol Club. The result of the match is appended below. The scores: Hasenzahl 92 91 86 83 83 81 80 80 Payne 91 89 86 84 82 81 76 75 Nestler 89 82 81 80 79 76 75 73 Odell 88 84 82 81 78 78 73 71 Freitag 85 81 80 78 76 76 73 71 Drube 78 71 Trounstine 77 75 68 The result of the match with the Kansas City Club proved a victory for the Cincinnati contingent. We scarcely expected to come off victorious, owing to our opponents using telescopes throughout, while our team used only peep and aperture sights; but it seems that they did not shoot up to their average, or the result would have been different. They also had a strong 9 to 10 o’clock wind to contend with. Match scores: New York Schuetzen Corps. The first outdoor shoot of the season of this club, on April 28, in Union Hill Park, was very largely attended, and this proved that the increased interest in rifle shooting, apparent elsewhere, is being fostered by this old club. More than 100 persons were present during the afternoon, which was a pleasant one, and the shooting conditions were fair until about 4 o’clock, when the sky became overcast and a thick haze accompanied the change in the direction of the wind to the east, and a decided drop in the temperature. George Ludwig won first honors on both the man and ring targets. The former is a most difficult one on which to make a high score. It consits of a silhouette of a man, vertical lines taking the place of the customary rings. The middle space counts 20, the next on either side 19, and so on out to the margins. Good line shooting is necessary. The scores at 200yds. offhand follow: Ring target, 10 shots, possible 250: Kansas City Team. A W Peck. Frank Evans E N Williams. 7 8 9 10 10 9 7 10 9 8—87 . 8 10 9 8 7 9 10 8 7 10—86 9 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 6—81 - - 5 7 7 1C 9 10 6 7 10 6—77 3 7 7 10 10 9 9 10 10 6-81—412 8 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 9—71 8 10 8 9 7 8 7 6 7 7—71 - r' 10 8 4 10 10 7 8 7 9 8—81 8 10 8 9 8 10 10 9 7 8—87 9 5 10 8 6 7 7 8 7 7—74—390 6 6 9 7 7 6 7 8 10 6—72 S 9 9 8 8 8 5 7 7 8—77 5 9 7 9 9 8 7 8 10 7—79 6 6 10 5 7 8 10 10 9 7—78 7 10 8 8 10 8 7 7 9 7— 81— 3S7 Cincinnati Team. 1189 Wm Hasenzahl 9 10 10 8 7 10 10 10 9 8—91 S 10 9 9 8 9 10 10 10 9-92 8 9 10 8 8 6 8 7 -8 8—80 10 8 8 10 6 7 8 8 8 10—83 7 8 10 9 8 10 8 10 8 8-86-432 E D Payne 7 8 9 8 8 8 10 9 8 8—84 9 4 9 9 9 8 7 6 7 7—75 6 9 6 9 9 9 9 9 7 S— 81 6 6 8 6 6 10 10 8 9 7—76 8 10 8 10 8 7 8 9 10 8—86—402 Chas Nestler 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 0 6 9—79 8 6 8 9 9 7 7 9 10 7—80 9 8 7 6 8 9 10 7 8 9—81 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 6 7—73 8 6 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 8—89—402 1236 Providence Revolver Club. After a lapse of two weeks our regular weekly practice was resumed on the 29th, and for the remainder of our indoor season we will shoot at the U. T. Armory on Saturday evenings. This will carry us through the month of May, after which our work will be out of doors on the new range. Our 10 by 18 shooting house will be completed by the 15th, and we expect to have a full day on the _30th, Memorial Day. Mr. Almy has already started 50yd. work with both revolver and pistol and set a gait which will be difficult to catch. Our new range at Cranston ought to be very popular this summer. There will be facilities for handling eight men in a squad at 50yds., and three at 20 for revolver work. Considerable small bore rifle shooting will also be done at 50yds., using the Standard reduced target, and the pocket revolver shooters will also have ample opportunity "to get in “practical” work at 10, 12, 15 or 20yds. Visitors will be welcome at our Saturday after- noon shoots, and we expect a materially increased membership. We expect to continue revolver and pistol work at 20yds. on the new range, as we believe this will become a popular line of practice, especially among the men who have been doing regular shooting indoors. Mr. T. H. Keller, the general manager of the Peters Cartridge Company, was in town on the 28th, and our secretary had the pleasure of taking lunch with him and W. D. Griffith, the trap- shooting expert. . Walter Freeman’s score of 460, with target pistol at 20yds., is worthy of special notice. He made a run of fifty consecutive bullseyes, and on his third string tied the club’s best pistol record with 94. Mr. Freeman expects to take up revolver prac- tice this summer, and will make the six-shooter show up some good scores on our new 50yd. outdoor range. Mr. Almy’s 455 at 50yds. shows that he is well' into the game early in the season, and, fortunately for us, he can shoot either the pistol or revolver well into the top-notch class. Scores of members of Providence Revolver Club: Fifty shots, pistol at 20yds., Standard American target, possible 500: 'ob; Walter H Freeman 91 91 94 92 91 — 460 Fifty shots, pistol at 50yds.: William Almy . 10 8 10 9 9 10 8 10 8 1H— 92 7 9 9 8 10 8 10 9 9 10—89 10 9 10 9 9 7 10 10 9 9—92 7 9 9 10 9 8 9 10-9 9—89 10 10 9 10 7 10 9 10 9 9—93—455 Fifty shots, revolver at 50yds.: William Almy, 90, 89, 81, 82, 82 * total 424. Fifty yard's, rifle, Standard target, 10 shots, possible 100: B. orman, 85; H. Powell, 82, 82, 81, 81. Rifle, 25yds., 25-ring target: A. B. Coulters, 231, 241, 233; W. B. Gardiner, 228, 239, 238, 228, 234; D. L. Craig, 173, 224; C. H. ■^Revolver! 20yds., Standard: A. C. Hurlburt, 77, 77, 79; Arno Argus, 73, 77, 76, 71; D. L. Craig, 70, 74; Wm. F. Eddy, 70. Military revolver, 25yds., Creedmoor count: D. L. Craig, 45, 42 44. Pocket revolver, 10yds., on 20yd. Standard: Amo Argus, 85. Lady Zettler Rifle Club. The last shoot of members for the winter indoor season was held the night of April 29 at headquarters, 159 West Twenty- third street, New York City. After the regular scores had been shot and the total added to those of previous shoots, the names of the season’s winners were announced, showing that Miss Millie Zimmermann had the greatest number of rings on the ring tar- get, while Miss Anna Eusner was high on the bullseye target. The season's prizes will be awarded to the winners at a special meeting to be held at headquarters Saturday night, May 6. The season’s scores, at 25yds., follow: Ring target, possible 5,000 points: Miss Millie Zimmermann 4 910 Miss Katie Zimmermann 4,862, Mrs. H. Fenwirth 4,860, Miss’ B. Ludwig 4,856, Miss Muller 4,823, Miss F. Siegibel 4,807, Miss Eusner 4,792, Miss A. Ludwig 4,799, Miss Staltz 4,268, Mrs. F Watson 4,251, Mrs. H. Scheu 4,217, Mrs. Barney Zettler 3,177. Best single bullseye: Miss Eusner, 27% degrees; Mrs. Liegibel, 30; Mrs. Fenwirth, 31; Miss Millie Zimmermann, 33%; Miss B. Ludwig, 49%; Miss Katie Zimmermann, 52; Mrs. H. Scheu, 55; Miss Muller, 61%; Miss A. Ludwig, 75; Mrs. B. Zettler, 100; Miss M. Stoltz, 110; Mrs. Watson, 130. Seneca Gun Club. G Ludwig 203 J C Bonn 196 P Heidelberger 189 Charles Meyer 188 F Von Ronn 188 B Fessler 183 T Facklamm 183 H Hernecke 181 H D Meyer......... 180 W Dahl 179 G Thomas 176 Grosch 175 Cljartes Sower 173 F Busch ". 170 C Schmitz . 169 H Winter 167 F Facompre 167 J H Hainhorst , 166 A W Lemcke 162 N Beckmann 162 O Schwanemann 162 J N Herrmann 162 T G Tholke. .-. 161 H Lohden ... 160 J F W Meyer 159 . F Feldhusen 158 J H Kroger 156 H Meyn 156 J Paradies 154 H Mesloh 154 G W Offerman 151 A Sibberns 149 H Nordbruck 149 G H Fixsen 149 D Von de Leith 149 H C Hainhorst 149 H Gobber 149 H Decker 1.... 148 R Ohms 147 W Wessel 147 H B Michaelsen 146 C Plump 146 F C Boyes 145 J Moje 139 G Wehrenberg 137 N C L Beversten 135 H Haase 132 New York City Schuetzen CoJps, Members held a shoot in Union Hill Park April 26. The at- tendance was good, weather conditions favorable and interest lively. W. Grapentin was first on the ring target and captured the most bullseyes. The scores .at 200yds. offhand follow: Ring target; 10 shots, possible 250: W. Grapentin 219, R. Busse 214, August Kronsberg 209, R. Schwaneman 196, R. Bendler 195, C. G. Zettler 186, O. Schwaneman 179, H. C. Radloff 164, J. Facklamm 161, J. Fueger 157, A. Keller 148, G. Schroeder 144, I. Moje 131, J. Keller, 123. Man target, 3 shots, possible 60: R. Busse 54, W. Grapentin 53, R. Bendler 50, C. G. Zettler 50, H. Radloff 49, O. Schwane- mann 49, A. Keller 48, A. Kronsberg 44. Point target, 5 shots, possible 15: J. Facklamm 12, R. Busse 11,- A. Kronsberg 11, R. Schwanemann 8, O. Schwanemann 7, R. Bendler 7, H. Radloff 7, W. Grapentin 7, A. Keller 6, G. Schroeter 5, C. G. Zettler 4, L. Schulz 3, Capt. Stower 3, E. Deckelman 3, J. Keller 3, J. Moje 2, G. Bach 2, A. Wiltz 1, J. Fueger 1. Red flags: H. C. Radloff 3, W. Grapentin 2, O. Schwanemann 1, A. Kronsberg 1. Bullseyes: W. Grapentin 5, R. Busse 4, A. Kronsberg 4, J. Facklamm 3, O. Schwanemann 3, R. Schwanemann 2, H. Radloff 1, A. Keller 1, J. Keller 1, A. Wiltz 1. Man target, 3 shots, possible 60 points: G. Ludwig 59, John Facklamm 53, G. Thomas 53, J. H. Hainhorst 52, F. Facompre 51, O. Schwaneman 50, Charles Meyer 50, A. _W. Lemcke 46, Charles Plump 45, W. Dahl 45, A. Sibbern 44, H. Lohden 43, . P. Heidelberger 43, H. Haase 43, F. Ronn 43, F. Busch 42, Charles Grosch 41. Bullseyes: George Wehrenberg 3, John Facklamm 2, J. H. Hainhorst 1, G. W. Offerman 1, William Wessel 1, A. W. Lemcke 1, J. C. Bonn 1, Charles Grosch 1, J. H. Klee 1, H. Heinicke 1, R. Ohms 1, H. Lohden 1, M. D. Ayer 1, H. Holterman 1, D. ' Bohling 1, Chris. Plump 1, G. H. Frasen 1, N. C. L. Beversten 1, Fred Busch 1, N. Berkman 1. • West Milton (O ) Outing Club. The regular offhand rifle contest for medals of the West Milton Outing Club was held on April 26, fourteen members taking part. In the 100yd. offhand match Creedmoor targets were used for the first time. W. H. Kerr won the first prize medal on 45 out of a possible 48, and D. W. Macy second on 44. _ . The 200yd. medal contest, muzzle rest was then shot. In this match the Standard American target is used, 5 shots, possible 50. John Spitler made 5 center shots and won the medal on a per- fect score of 50. W. F. Jay, Jr., was a close second with 49. These are both good scores to serve as patterns for neighboring rifle clubs. The club will hold, a rifle tournament on July 4, and all . rifle- men are cordially invited to attend. The programme will be issued in due time. The.rscores : - Match, 4 shots. 100yds., 48 possible: W H Kerr D W Macy....... ...... J C Anderson;. . 45 W F Jay, Jr...., 34 . 44 J W Macy 34 . 42 J IT Cress i . . . . . . . . . 40 C R Chase 31 . 38 A Kessler 29 37 J Spitler 26 . 36 T Lyon 24 A Vore W T Kessler. H R Pearson Medal match, 200yds., Standard American target, muzzle rest, 5 shots, possible 50: 39 35 35 33 34 26 J Spitler 50 II R Pearson. W F Jay, Jr 49 J W Macy ... I A Vore 47 T Lyon D W Jones 44 W T Kessler.. C R Chase 41 W IT Kerr J C Anderson 43 H Kessler J H Cress 39 Independent New Yotk Schuetzen. The opening shoot and summer night’s festival of this club, of which Gus: Zimmerman is captain, will be held in Union Hill Park, New Jersey, Wednesday and Thursday, May 24 and 25. There will be shooting on the first day from 10 o’clock A. M., until 7 P. M., and on the second from 9 A. M., to 6 P. M. The King target is open to members only, one shot each, best center to win. Besides the King medal, there will be several other valuable prizes. The King target calls for three-shot scores, entries unlimited, best two tickets to count for first five prizes and single tickets for the rest. There will be fifteen cash prizes, ranging from $30 to $1, and three cash premiums for best scores. This is open to all. The Bullseye target will also be open to all comers, 10-shot tickets unlimited, the best center shot to count. Seventeen prizes, $20 to $1, and premiums for first and last and most bullseyes each day. On May 25 from 2 to 5 o’clock P. M., the ladies will com- pete for the Queen gold medal, a silver medal and numerous other prizes. “Members will appear in uniform on the last- day. A banquet and ball will follow the distribution of prizes. Zettler Rifle Club. The regular shoot for April 22 was postponed a week, and a club dinner took its place. The shoot held the night of April 29 on the Zettler ranges, was well attended. Members shoot two 10-shot scores for record at 25yds. offhand with .22 caliber rifles. The results follow: T N Wunz 232 230-462 A Dick 210 198—408 S Nevins 220 234—454 C G Kellar. ......... 200 214—414 F A Hall...... 220 223 — 443 C Sherwood 208 198 — 406 A Brown 217 223 — 440 W Krieger 210 192 — 402 F H Ryan 220 218 — 438 C A Simms 161 196 — 357 J G Schroeder 221 217-438 F B Hovey........ 176 171— 347 W AHabough....... 219 208-427 A Hint to Advertisers, In Forest and Stream of March 18, Mr. Jasper L. Rowe, of Richmond, Va., inserted a small advertisement of smoking to- bacco. On March 22, he wrote the following letter: Richmond, Va., 223 E. Broad St. . 3/22, 1905. Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York: Dear Sirs — Kindly insert after “pound” the following: “Large sample package ten cents.” If same is not asking too much, I thank you. When my present adv. runs out will consider a six months’ contract, as my results are fine. Respectfully yours, Jasper L. Rowe. This shows very clearly — and all persons who have a really good thing to sell will do well to consider it— that Forest and Stream goes to . people who" want to buy good things so much that when they hear of them they waste no time in trying to learn more about them.' At the last business meeting, held at headquarters in New York City, a programme for the club’s outdoor season was made up, dates fixed and prizes named. The shooting days will be the afternoon of the second Saturday in each month, May— October inclusive. The exact dates are May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9 and October 14. The ranges in Union Hill Park, New Jersey, will be the place of meeting. On each shoot- ing day members may shoot five 10-shot scores each, and in the event of a member being unable to be present on a certain day, he can shoot up his back scores on the next shooting day. The best 50-shot score of the season takes $5 cash, the first prize; second and third, $4 each; fourth and fifth, $3 each; sixth and seventh, $2.50 each; and eighth prize, $1. At the regular meeting in July each member may fire a 10-shot score for the National Association medal. trapshooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following r Fixtures* May 3.— Muncie, Ind. — Magic City Gun Club spring tournament — Indiana State League series. F. L. Wachtel, Sec’y. May 4-5. — Waterloo, la.. Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. Storm, Sec’y. May 5. — Rantoul, 111., Gun Club tournament. J. D. Neal, Mgr. May 6.— Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club re-entry match for $100 gold watch. May 6. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Brooklyn, N. Y. Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 8-9. — Vicksburg, Miss. — Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League first tournament. May 9-10.— Fairmont, W. Va., Gun Club second monthly shoot of Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s League of West Virginia. E. F. Jacobs, Sec’y. May 9-10. — Olean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. Nobles, Sec’y. May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y, Lincoln, Neb. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 13. — Paterson, N. J. — Jackson Park Gun Club all-day shoot. Wm. Dutcher, Mgr. May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory_, Sec’y. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. May 20. — Castleton Corners, S. I — Mullerite Gun Club thirteenth shoot. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. ' May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-24. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club annual tournament. H. Marston, Sec’y. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24.— Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Seth T. Cole, Sec’y. May 24-25. — Wolcott, N. Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky State League shoot, under auspices of Jefferson County Gun Club. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky.— Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30. — Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30. — Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. i May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day thoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30. — Norristown, Pa. — Penn Gun Club annuaLDecoration Day tournament. T. V. Smith, Sec’y. May 30. — Lawrence, Mass. — Second annual Memorial Day tourna1- ment. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. May 30. — Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y„ Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31: -June 1.— Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 3. — Long Island City, L. L— Queens County Gun Club open tournament. Rchard IT. Glasman, Sec’y. June 5-6. — New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart. Sec’y June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4.— Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem. Pa.— Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Butler, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 14-15. — Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 15. — Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22.— New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 22. — Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4.— South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. july 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July g-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa.— Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. , O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. May 6, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM sBb July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McOnten’ Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament H. A., Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. July 28-29.— Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Kansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman. Sec’v Aug. 22-23.— Carthage, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooter. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club ; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Sept. 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal.— The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur. Gambell, Mgr. , Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, oil grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. June 22 has been fixed upon by the Towanda, Pa., Gun Club for a tournament. The Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club announce a tournament for May 24. Mr. Seth T. Cole is the Secretary. *, Advices on Tuesday were to the effect that the Pennsylvania State shoot is' great in point of numbers and quality. The next prize shoot of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club is fixed to take place on Saturday of this week. The Decoration Day shoot of this club has an attractive programme. K The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned with the anti-pigeon shooting bill in charge of the committee. Thus pigeon shooting is legal in Pennsylvania for an indefinite time. Mr. Emile Pragoff, Secretary of the Jefferson County Gun Club, writes us: “The State League shoot will be held in Louisville, Ky., May 29, 30, 31, under the auspices of the Jefferson County Gun Club, who will add $300 in money and trophies.” The shoot of the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Gun Club, fixed to be held on Saturday of this week, has a programme of six events, one at 25, the remainder at 15 targets; entrance $1.25 and $1.15. Shooting begins at 1 o’clock. Targets, one cent. Mr. Alfred Traver is the Captain. H Mr. A. A. Schoverling informs us that “The thirteenth shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club will be held on the grounds of the Castleton Gun Club, Castleton Corners, S. I., on Saturday, May 20. Shooting begins at 11 A. M. Take ferry foot of Whitehall street, New York, then Port Richmond trolley car to Castleton Corners, S. I.” H Ten events are on the programme of the Boston Gun Club’s sixth annual team shoot, to be held at Wellington, on May 17. The events are at 15 and 20 targets. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Guns and am- munition, forwarded to Kirkwood Brothers, 23 Elm street, Boston, and arriving not later than May 15, will be delivered on the grounds free. Targets 1 Yz cent. Two prizes for amateur averages. The programme of the Mullerite Gun Club’s twelfth shoot, to be held on the grounds of the Brooklyn Gun Club on Saturday of this week, consists of six events, at 15, 20, 25 and 50 targets; entrance $1.05,' $1.40, $1.75 and $2.50. The fourth shoot, 25 targets, for the Hunter Arms Co. silver badge, has 75 cents entrance. Event 4, 50 targets, is the merchandise event. Total of programme, 150 targets, $9.50 entrance. Shooting begins at 11 o’clock. Take Kings County Elevated to Crescent street, thence by stage to the grounds. The remaining shoots of the Montello Gun Club, of Brockton, Mass., are announced by the Secretary as follows: “June 10, 24; July 4, 22; Aug. 5, 19; Sept. 3, 16, 30. Valuable prizes given at every shoot. One prize to every four entries. Price of birds to members % cent each; non-members, 1 cent. Prize shooting, % cent additional to all. One dollar membership fee gives shooter lowest club rate in New England for 1905. Private shoots on other dates can be arranged with the Secretary. Shells and sporting goods on sale at club rates. Excellent grounds. Best of service. All sportsmen welcome. H. Windle, Secretary.” * At the shoot of the Texas State Sportsmen’s Association, April 18-20, at Waco, in the diamond medal event on the first day, 20 live birds, $15 entrance, Fosgard, of Waco, was first with 19, Stith, Ingraham and R. Jackson were second with 18. E. Noble, winner of the medal last year, was third with 17. Fourth event to Gilstrap, Gardner, J. A. Jackson and Woodward. Rain pre- vented shooting after the second event. About one hundred entered in the contest on the second day. For the individual champion- ship, Atchison, Curran and B. Connerly tied with 44 out of 50, and in the shoot-off on the following day, Atchison won. Turner Hubby was high in the professional averages; Dunkerly was high in the amateurs. At the annual meeting officers were elected as follows: President, Frank Sterrett, Abilene; Vice-President and Treasurer, J. A. Jackson, Austin; Secretary, George Tucker, Brenham. A Legislative Committee was appointed to look after the legislative affairs of the gunners as follows: Col. Oscar Gues- saz, of San Antonio; J. A. Jackson, of Austin, and M. B. Davis, of Waco, Austin was selected as the next place of meeting. A correspondent informs us that “A club, known as the Rock- wood Gun Club, of Rockwood, Pa., has been organized through the efforts of F. D. Dunbar and J. C. Garland, of Pittsburg, and several local sportsmen. It has at present twenty-five members, and is steadily increasing. A practice is held nearly every after- noon, and some very good scores have been made for greenhorns. The organization has received encouragement from the leading citizens of this and surrounding towns. The officers for the year are: George Ridenour, President; B. W. Hull, Vice-President; R. E. Donnelly, Secretary, and J. W. Floover, Treasurer.” Mr. Edward B. Weston, President of the National Archery As- sociation, of the United States, has issued a circular letter “to the archers of the United States,” in which is presented much useful information of value to archers. He requests that archers send him their names and addresses, thereby enabling him to prepare a more useful mailing list, and to acquire a more accurate knowledge of the status of archery throughout the United States. A letter will be issued about July 1, giving complete information of the tournament to be held in Chicago, Aug. 15-17. The Presi- dent’s address is 85 Dearborn street, Chicago. Shooters who are experts with the long bow are eligible. * At the Interstate tournament held at Hopkinsville, Ky., April 26-27, general professional averages were as follows: First, Mr. John S. Boa, 381 out of 400; second, Mr. F. C. Riehl, 380; third, Mr. Harold Money, 378. Amateur: Mr. A. Willerding, 365; sec- ond, Mr. F. Legler, 364; third, Mr. E. M. Moss, 362. First day, professional average, Mr. F. C. Riehl 192; second Messrs. C. O. Le Compte, 188; third, Mr. Harold Money, 186. Amateurs: Mr. A. Willerding, 179; second, Mr. F. Legler, 178; third, Mr. E. M. Moss, 174. Second day, professional, first, Mr. J. S. Boa, 193; second, Mr. Harold Money, 192; third, Mr. C. O. Le Compte, 189. Amateur, first, Mr. E. M. Moss, 188; second, Messrs. F. Legler and A. Willerding, 186; third, Mr. A. Meaders, 184. * The programme of the Enterprise Gun Club’s ninth annual tournament, to be held at McKeesport, Pa., May 30, provides ten events, 15, 20 and 25 targets, a total of 180 targets, $12.60 entrance. The one 25-target event is merchandise, and twenty-four special prizes are mentioned, of which the first is a beautiful rocker, $5 in gold to the next three high guns, etc. The Rose system will govern other events. The club will give $2 each to first straight in 15, 20 and 25 target events; same for largest run, and same to the high and low guns respectively. Lunch served on the grounds. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. “Shells and guns, shipped, charges prepaid, via Adams Express, to George W. Mains, 317 Pacific avenue, will be delivered on grounds free of charge.” The programme of the Wawaset Gun Club amateur handicap tournament, to be held at Wilmington, Del., May 11-12, has a like programme for each day, namely, twelve events at 15 targets each, entrance $1.30. Totals, 180 targets, $15.60. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. The entire profits of the shoot will be set aside as a special purse for amateurs who shoot through the programme and do not win their entranoe. After paying such losses, the balance, if any, will be given to the high guns. Sliding handi- cap will govern. Dinner will be served on the grounds each day. Targets, 2 cents, 1^4 cent of which is reserved for the special purse. May 10 will be practice day. Targets will not be thrown over 50yds. Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 1. Guns and ammunition, pre- paid, and marked in owner’s name, care E. Melchior, Jr., 214 King street, Wilmington, Del., will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. For further information address Mr. W. M. Foord, 213 West Sixth street, Wilmington. The programme of the Rawlings semi-annual tournament No. 1, to be held at Dupont Park, St. Louis, May 19-21, Mr. Alec. Mer- mod, Manager, provides competition of both targets and live birds. There are ten target events on the first day, at 15, 20 and 25 targets; entrance $1.50, $2 and $2.50; a total of 200 targets, entrance $20. On the first day, $10 is allowed for high amateur average. On the second day the Monte Carlo Handicap, open to the world, is the event of the day. Conditions: 25 live birds, $25 entrance; handicaps 25 to 32yds. High guns, one money to each four entries. Also on the second day there will be eight events at targets, three of which are for merchandise, $1 entrance. On the third day, eight target events are provided. The seventh has merchandise prizes. Event 8 is the Dupont handicap, 50 tar- gets, $5 entranoe, $10 added. Also on the third day, an event at 20 live birds for the amateur championship is provided. Entrance $10, birds extra. Money divided, 50, 30 and 20; handsome medal to winner. Class shooting in the target events. Shooting each Mullerite Gua Club. Freeport, L. I., April 27. — The eleventh shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club was held on the grounds of the Freeport Gun Club to-day. The attendance was rather light, owing to a pretty steady fall of rain, which continued until about 2 in the afternoon, when it cleared up and made the conditions about ideal for shooting. Some very fair scores were made, notably those of Wm. Hop- kins, who scored two 10 straights and two 15 straights; Fred Gildersleeve, who only lost 8 targets out of 120, making an aver- age of 93 1-3 per cent. Event 7 was a handicap at 50 targets for one of the Mullerite gold medals. It was hotly contested, and required four shoot- offs, -each at 25 targets. The contestants finally agreed to a change of conditions in order to finish. Messrs. George Call and C. A. Lockwood scored 25 straight in a shoot-off on his straight of actual breaks. W. C. Ansell won second prize, a fishing rod. Four shot for targets only in the 50-target event. Handicaps apply to event 7, and column 8 is the total of that event. Events : Targets : H S Welles VV Hopkins Geo Call, 10 F C Willis, 10 E W Reynolds Nash, 8 R S Hendrickson, 10 E P Smith A Smith Bert Lott C. E Ansell, 15 F Gildersleeve Chas Lockwood, 10.. L W Valentine, 15. . 123456789 10 11 12 10 10 10 10 15 15 50 25 25 15 15 7 8 5 8 13 14 39 14 13 8 8 10 10 12 15 42 12 15 8 9 9 4 10 14 40 50 10 9 6 9 11 13 35 45 .... 11 14 10 . . 5 7 14 12 15 14 4 6 7 5 14 14 36 44 21 21 15 14 8 8 8 4 12 11 40 50 .... 12 13 4 . . 8 8 10 7 11 14 7 14 13 8 36 50 .... 14 .. 50 26 41 18 ... . 9 First shoot-off in handicap, 25 targets, half of original allotment. Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. 'all .22 5 25 Hendrickson .21 5 26 Second shoot-off: Call .25 0 25 Hendrickson .... .18 5 23 Third shoot-off Lockwood .22 5 25 Call .22 5 25 Fourth shoot-off: Call .20 0 20 Lockwood .25 0 25 Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. Lockwood . . 21 5 25 Ansell 17 8 25 Lockwood . . . 23 5 25 Ansell 19 8 25 Ansell 19 8 25 Ansell 21 3 24 In final shoot-off, Call and Lockwood at scratch, Ansell allowed 3 targets. E. W. Reynolds. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, April 30.— -The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday. The day, though fine, was against the shooter. A gale blew from the west, causing the targets to take a very uncertain flight. In the spoon event, which is a handicap with extra birds to shoot at, Mr. Dunk and Farmer tied with 22 each. In the shoot-off, Mr. Dunk won. The scores: Events : 1234 5678 Targets: 10 10 10 20 * 25 25 10 20 Rock 9 8 7 16 (0) 15 .. 10 16 Hulme 10 8 9 .. (0) 20 Turner 7 6 8 .. (6) 22 18 .. .. M cGraw 5 . . 5 . . (7) 14 . . 5 . . Dunk 9 9 9 18 (0) 22 19 .. .. McGill 10 8 8 16 (0) 20 18 9 18 Hirons 7 . . 6 . . (4) 15 XX 5 7 8 15 (4) 21 16 8 18 Thompson 6 7 10 16 (0) 18 17 .. Martin 5 . . 7 . . (5) 20 Hooey 4 5 7 .. (4) 18 .. 7 .. Fritz 7 4 .. .. Buck 7 9 .. (1) 20 Dey 7 .. .. (0) 19 .. 7 .. Green (6) 19 15 .. 16 Alex. Dey, Sec’y. New Yo k State Association. Rome, N. Y., May 1. — Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your issue of April 29 an editorial for “The Expansion of Trapshoot- ing.” I also observe that you state that the New York State As- sociation seems to have declined in vigor and importance. I do not think, however, that it has been so much on account of a de- crease of interest throughout the State as on account of the con- dition of the state organization and the little interest taken in it as an organization. To my mind there is no reason why the New York State organ- ization should not be as strong, if not stronger, than any or- ganization in the country, and with that end in view, at the con- vention held in Buffalo in 1904, a committee was appointed to draft a new constitution and outline a plan for reorganization, and that committee will report at the State shoot to be held in Utica next June. The Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association have the State shoot in charge this year, and are doing everything that they can to awake an interest and obtain a large attendance, and we think if every one within the State that is interested in trapshooting will help, there will be no doubt but what at the convention held in June, a new start will be made, and that in future years the New York State Association will take the position that it is en- titled to. M. R. Bingham, Pres. Oneida Co. Sportsmen’s Assn. day commences at 9 o’clock. Pigeons, 25 cents. Targets, 2 cents. Total targets for three days, 550; total target entrance, $50.50. Shells shipped to Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., 620 Locust street, will be delivered at Dupont Park. Bernard Waters. Independent Gun Club. Easton, Pa., April 20. — The second annual target shoot of the Independent Gun Club, of Easton, Pa., was held yesterday (Sat- urday), on the club’s grounds, in Cedarville, and was a success. Neaf Apgar made the highest average. Jacob Pleiss made the first high amateur average, with W. Mawrrer second and A. S. Heil, of Allentown, third. A strong wind made the shooting difficult, and both professionals and amateurs made many unaccountable misses. Champion El- liott started the tournament at 10:30 A. M. with a miss on his first bird. Isaac Hahn, of Bethlehem, broke his last bird of the tournament at 4:50 P. M. The professionals present were J. A. R. Elliott, W. J. Hearne, Neaf Apgar, L. C. Squier. There were thirty-one entries in the programme, from all parts of State, and The following is the day’s score, each man shooting at 200 targets : N Apgar 175 S S Adams 159 Jacob Pleiss ... 168 E F Markley.. 154 W Mawrrer C Armindt 152 A S Heil 159 O Skedo JAR Elliott... 156 J Mawrrer W T Herron . . . T C Miller L C Squier 101 J Hahn Jacob Pleiss, .Sec’y. Aquidneck Gun Club. Newport, R. I., April 29. — The fourteenth serial medal shoot was held on Wednesday last under rather unfavorable weather conditions, a stiff southwest breeze prevailing. Three tied on 43, with handicaps added. The first 25 at unknown angles; second at known. The scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 Handi- Targets: 10 15 10 15 Broke, cap. Total. Dring 6 12 8 11 37 6 43 Hughes 10 11 7 11 39 4 43 Powell 9 6 6 11 32 4 36 E S Peckham. 3 14 9 11 37 6 42 H A $ 1 9 13 38 6 43 New York Athletic Club. Travf.rs Island, N. Y., April 29. — Special cup, re-entry match, 25 targets, handicap allowance, resulted as follows: Hdp. Tot’l. Hdp. Tot’l. Hdp. Tot’l. Hdp. Tot’l. F W' Perkins 2 22 2 24 2 25 A O Fleischman... 2 20 2 25 2 25 2 ii J W Hibbard ...6 25 6 22 6 23 T D Calhoun ...4 25 4 25 4 25 A W Church ....6 22 6 20 L M Borden ....7 25 7 21 M B Smith ...7 7 . . , . . . . . Re-entry match, special cup, 25 targets, handicap allowance: Hdp. Total. Hdp. Total. A O Fleischman 2 23 2 23 J W Hibbard 6 24 6 25 F W Perkins 2 22 2 22 T M Borden ..7 20 7 20 A M Church 7 20 7 19 Special trophy, 25 targets: A. O. Fleischman (0) 18, F. W. Perkins (0) 20, F. Vilmar (10) 22, J. D. Calhoun (0) 24. Trophy match, 25 targets, gun at waist: A. O. Fleischman 15, F. W. Perkins 5. Trophy match, 10 doubles: A. O. Fleischman 6, F. W. Per- kins 7. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., April 29.— The following scores were made at the regular practice day of this club, April 22. In the match for $50 in gold, poor scores have been the rule, Hyland being in the lead with 76.9 per cent, from 18yds. Our prospects for a big shoot on Decoration Day are very promising. The programme will be as follows: Four events at 15 targets, $1.30 entrance; four events, at 20. targets, $1.40 entrance; a 25-target event at $1.50 entranoe, in which two. ten-man teams will participate, and a 25-target merchandise event, handicap, 14 to 20yds. Five dollars, high amateur average; $2 each to the five lowest averages entering throughout for the money. All events to count on average, but the distance handicap. Next prize shoot next Saturday, May 6. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 10 25 25 15 25 25 Targets : 10 25 25 15 25 25 I T Washburn. 6 18 18 10 15 .. W Coleman..,. 8 .. 18 10 18 .. J T Hyland.... 8 13 .. 13 19 21 K R McAlpin. 7 .. 14 .. 15 9 D Brandreth... 7 14 16 R McAlpin.... 4 .. .. 7 .. 11 C. G, B, FOREST AND STREAM [May 6, 1903. 8 66 Awosticg Gun Club* New Paitz, N. Y. — The second annual tournament of the Awosting Gun Club, of Newport, N. Y., April 21, brought out as fine a crowd of shooters as ever pulled a trigger. The ten events with a total of ISO targets, was finished in good season, and every- body was well pleased with the r treatment and day’s sport. The rain of the night before, and the heavy fog of the morning of the shoot, kept at least twenty-five shooters from coming. But rain has no terrors for a dead-game sport, and forty-seven of them appeared on the grounds to take part in the programme, and to wejcume the experts — Marshall, Heer, Butler, Heikes and Stevens — and just put a mark right here, they are socially, as well as “shooterly,” as fine a bunch as ever looked down over a gun. There were shooters present from Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Catskill, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, New York city,' Mid- dletown, Ossining, Hunter, Walden, and several other nearby towns, and all were loud in their praise of the excellent pro- gramme, the unsurpassed firing line, arid the way the managers handled the tournament. V. B. Strong handled the crowd out- side, while Snyder did the stunts in the office, and their scores suffered somewhat, as a natural result. Rolla Heikes was high gun with 169 out of ISO. Heer and Stevens 166 each — remarkable scores on a dark day and a heavy wind blowing. We would not be surprised if Harry Valentine . settled down here. Last year he captured everything in sight here, and this year worked in a repetition, 162 out of 180, first amateur average, $20, and the $100 Ithaca gun, with 25 straight. Charley Floyd second average, $15 and the gold watch. Second arize, Floyd and S’ater shot off a tie, 24 out of ?5. Jap won out, Slater taking th:rd prize, the gun case. Capt. Traver won third average, $10, and also came in on the merchandise. Sanders won fourth average, $5, and the solid gold cuff buttons, first prize in merchandise. Warwick won fourth prize in merchandise, Blauvelt jacket. Scott won fifth prize, shooting coat; Hyland, sixth, car- tridge case; Johnston seventh, Bristol steel fly-rod; J. Rhodes eighth, opera glasses; O. H. Brown ninth, cuff buttons; Greene eleventh, hunting knife. Strong, Tompkins, Shaw and Snyder also won prizes in merchandise. The trade was represented also by Mr. Grimm and Flarry Welles, in addition to the U. M. C. boys. Tom Marshall’s smiling face extended several inches with a group of young ladies around him listening to his fairy tales and handing out the buttons and pins. That 25 straight put a broad smile on Harry Welles. The ladies, under the management of Mrs. Snyder, put up a fine lunch, which everybody enjoyed. There is strong talk of sending a team from here to compete for the Dean Richmond trophy at the State meet at Utica. Following are the scores: Events : 1 2 3456789 10 Shot Targets : 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 15 20 20 at. Broke. Traver 12 15 17 14 13 18 20 13 15 IS 180 155 Floyd 13 13 18 14 13 13 24 14 19 19 180 160 Tompkins 11 12 17 9 14 16 20 12 14 10 180 135 Welles 13 14 16 11 11 14 25 13 20 17 180 154 S’ater 8 12 17 12 12 13 24 13 17 15 180 143 Marshall 15 14 16 13 13 17 21 14 18 16 180 157 Heer ...... 14 14 20 15 15 15 21 13 19 20 180 166 Butler 15 10 10 8 12 9 19 10 16 15 180 124 Stevens . 15 14 19 14 14 18 22 13 17 20 180 166 Heikes 15 14 20 15 14 20 22 13 20 16 180 169 Hyland 13 15 16 12 11 15 22 12 16 17 ISO 149 Dr Shaw 8 9 14 12 12 16 19 .. .. 18 145 108 Snyder 13 13 IS 14 10 16 19 13 15 15 180 145 T Rhodes 14 12 12 9 16 21 12 16 17 180 136 O H Brown 10 11 13 11 13 14 21 125 93 Tims 11 11 30 22 IToppensted 13 6 14 11 7 16 100 77 Strong 9 10 13 9 .... 20 .... 16 110 77 Morrow 9 10 12 7 9 80 46 Cassady 8 10 13 7 12 15 12 8 11 8 180 98 Sanders 13 12 12 12 14 19 20 14 19 15 180 150 Greene 11 in 14 11 11 ’S HI 14 17 19 180 145 Valentine 12 14 16 15 14 18 25 13 20 15 ISO 162 Warnick 13 13 10 11 10 17 22 11 19 17 180 144 Levengston ...... 12 11 14 12 13 15 100 77 Mahoney 12 7 10 70 36 Johnston 8 14 9 10 10 .. 22 9 14 14 160 110 St ever 10 9 11 10 12 10 .. .. .. .. 100 62 6 8 9 10 7 100 45 Hans 13 7 14 11 17 .. 10 16 12 140 100 C H Smith 12 14 15 10 10 12 100 71 7 7 9 .. 55 23 W Hasbrouck 8 14 11 15 18 13 13 16 150 108 Beers .. 10 13 .. 18 11 .. .. 75 52 Lake .. 10 12 .. 16 10 12 .. 90 60 Brown .. 6 10 30 16 Plusch .... 10 10 .. 9 . . . . 55 29 Schoonmaker .... 3 10 12 60 25 Delaney . . . . 12 . . 14 12 . . . . 55 38 Short 10 16 15 70 . 52 S Smith .. .. .. 16 22 .. 18 .. 65 56 Minard 11 20 11 Cook 12 . . 8 13 14 75 47 Week 12 25 12 M Du Bois .. .. .. ..17 25 17 Murphy 35 25 Shooter. Interstate at Hopkinsville. Hopkinsville, Ky., April 29. — The Interstate Association tour- nament at Hopkinsvibe, Ivy., April 26 and 27, while not largely attended, was thoroughly enjoyed by those who were present. The Flopkinsville Gun Club was organized in the spring of 1902 with only a few devotees of the sport, but owing to the rapidly spreading interest taken in its welfare, has grown and can now boast of quite a large number of -enthusiastic members. Located as the club is in the center of quite a number of gun clubs, it has, through the interest of neighboring clubs, enjoyed quite a suc- cess in each of the few tournaments given on its grounds, and no one seemed able to explain just why the attendance was not larger on this particular occasion. A high wind prevailed entirely throughout the first day, and ■when the programme was completed, the scores were much lower than had been expected in most instances. Tak’ng into considera- tion the most unsuitable weather conditions, the scores made are excellent. The highest score of the day was made by Mr. F. C. Rielil, a manufacturers’ agent, who broke 192 out of 200 shot at. Mr. C. O. Le Ccmpte and Mr. John S. Boa tied for second honors with 18S. Mr. Harold Money was third with 186. Mr. Al. Willerding was high amateur, breaking 179 out of 200 Mr. Frank Legler was a close second with 178, and Mr. E. M. Moss third with 174. The weather conditions were much more propitious the second ciay, the wind not being high enough to seriously interfere with the shooting. Mr. John S. Boa was high manufacturers’ agent with 192, and Mr. C. O. Le Compte third with 189. Mr. E. M. Moss was high amateur with 188, with Messrs. Frank Legler and Al. Willerding tied for second place with 186. Mr. Andrew Meaders was third with 184. For general average Mr. John S. Boa was in first place with 381. Mr. F. C. Riehl second with 380, and Harold Money third with 378, this among the manufacturers’ agents. For general average among the amateurs Mr. Al. Willerding was first with 365, Frank Legler second with 364, and Mr. E. M. Moss third with 362. Mr. Willerding was presented with a very handsome watch charm, representing a clay target. After the regular events had been shot the second day a team race was shot, the teams being selected from among those who took part in the tournament. Messrs. Riehl and Boa acted as captains, each team consisting of seven men, 25 targets per man, and the losing team to pay for the targets. Mr. Riehl’s team won by a score of 161 to 158. Including extra events, Mr. John S. Boa made a straight run of 139 breaks, Mr. Harold Money' 105, and Mr. F. C. Riehl 101. The scores of both days follow: April 26, First Day. Events: 123456789 10 Shot Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Broke. James Lewis 18 16 17 16 17 15 16 17 18 18 200 168 Abb Newman 18 18 15 13 15 16 17 18 15 13 200 158 C O Le Compte 20 19 20 19 18 18 19 19 18 18 200 188 E M Moss 16 20 17 18 18 16 17 17 17 18 200 174 John S Boa 19 20 18 19 18 19 19 19 20 17 200 188 F C Riehl..... ..20 19 17 17 19 20 18 20 20 20 200 192 C O Prowse 18 17 17 16 16 16 18 20 13 18 200 169 Andrew Meaders 16 16 12 13 16 15 17 17 17 18 200 157 John Noel .18 16 17 18 16 13 15 16 17 17 200 163 Frank Legler . . . Guy Starling ... Al Willerding . . F Pragoff H Money W W Porter N Beckwith R L Woodard... John McCarley . . E C Cunningham W A Glass A S Gant A C Ivuykendoll. G L Campbell... H Wood Events : Targets : James Lewis Abb Newman ... C O Le Compte. E M Moss John S. Boa F C Riehl W W Porter Andy Meaders . C W Pennington Frank Legler Al Willerding ... Guy Starling C O Prowse . . . Frank Pragoff ... Harold Money .. W A Glass R L Woodard G C Long A S Gant John McCarley . IT Wood 16 1 2 20 20 17 15 19 17 18 18 IS 19 20 18 19 20 19 20 18 18 15 16 18 20 20 19 16 14 15 IS 14 14 20 19 19 16 20 IS 15 19 16 20 200 178 17 13 13 15 12 15 16 15 200 144 20 19 18 18 19 18 15 17 SCO 179 15 15 16 18 18 17 18 15 200 165 19 18 20 14 18 20 20 20 200 1S6 17 18 16 18 17 19 18 16 200 168 15 14 16 13 17 18 15 16 200 159 13 15 11 13 100 68 18 14 12 60 44 8 9 12 60 29 9 7 14 13 13 100 56 6 i 14 12 80 36 i3 20 13 13 20 13 15 15 16 60 46 Second Day, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Broke 19 19 20 19 17 17 18 18 200 179 19 15 18 17 15 15 IS 18 200 171 17 20 20 19 20 18 19 20 200 189 20 19 18 20 17 19 19 19 200 188 17 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 200 193 20 16 18 IS 18 20 19 20 200 188 17 19 18 15 15 18 15 17 200 173 18 18 19 20 18 18 19 18 200 184 16 16 17 17 18 16 17 16 200 164 17 20 18 18 19 20 19 17 200 186 IS IS 19 18 19 18 18 19 200 186 19 17 16 17 18 19 18 17 200 171 18 19 18 17 19 19 19 20 200 182 20 18 19 17 17 15 17 19 200 170 19 18 19 18 19 20 20 20 200 192 15 14 16 15 16 100 76 ' 17 16 40 33 16 15 9 13 .. .. 12 .. 17 80 20 20 53 12 17 Great Bend Toum ament. Great Bend, Kans. — The tournament of the Great Bend Gun Club was conspicuous for good fellowship and good sport. A smoker was given on Monday evening by the club, at which Mr. Chris. Gottlieb, in his gracious way, presided as toastmaster. The_ speakers made mention of Great Bend’s excellent capa- bilities for conducting the State shoot of 1906. Messrs Plank and Huff tied on 192 for the day’s high professional average, while Mr. Gottlieb was close up for second with 191. There was a drizzling rain during the shooting. April 24, First Diy. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Broke. Targets : 10 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 25 15 15 20 Adams, 16 6 15 13 13 14 17 14 15 25 15 14 19 180 Plank, 16 10 14 19 15 15 20 13 15 21 15 15 20 192 Huff, 16... 9 15 19 14 15 18 14 15 25 15 15 18 192 GotMieb, 16 9 14 19 14 13 19 14 15 24 15 15 20 191 Peck, 16 8 12 18 12 15 18 13 14 22 14 13 17 176 Rankin, 16... . . 8 10 17 12 12 17 13 14 21 9 15 19 169 Logan, IS 10 12 20 14 13 17 14 12 21 12 15 19 179 W’olf, 18 7 14 15 9 13 16 13 87 Arnold, 20 10 15 20 13 14 18 14 12 22 13 14 18 183 O’Brien, 20 8 13 19 13 14 18 12 12 24 12 15 19 179 Ainswoth, 16 ..... 7 14 17 13 11 15 13 12 . . 13 14 19 148 McMullen, 13 ..... 10 15 19 12 14 13 13 15 23 10 14 19 1S2 Gruber, 16 9 13 13 13 14 20 13 10 19 13 14 20 176 Lewis, 16 6 15 17 14 13 16 13 13 15 13 13 16 166 Gano, 13 10 12 17 14 13 13 15 11 23 15 13 17 173 Valerius, 16 10 10 Ilugg, 16 9 14 18 13 12 18 8 12 . . 12 12 16 145 H Arnold, 16 10 13 15 9 13 13 14 13 . . 9 7 15 134 Whitney, 16 4 9 8 6 11 38 Prose, 16 7 9 ii 20 Mayhew, 16 Weirauch, 16 8 12 16 36 6 11 14 16 12 . 11 13 83 French, 16 17 12 10 . . 9 40 Wilson, 16 12 15 . 12 12 15 66 Seivert, 16 io . . 11 21 Fry, 16 . _ . . 11 Beard, 16 . 15 10 16 41 Ouinn. 16 10 10 Mr. E. W. Arnold was high amateur with 183. April 25, Second Day, A strong cold wind was an unfavorable weather condition for high scores. In the amateur competition, Plank was high with 183; Huff, second, 179; Adams and Gottlieb, third, with 178. Of the amateurs, Mr. E. W. Arnold was high with 190; Wolf was second with 186; O’Brien, third, 183. The visitors were treated with every consideration for their enjoyment. Scores: Events: 12 3 Targets: 10 15 20 Adams, 16 9 14 17 Plank, 16 10 15 19 Huff 16 10 14 18 Gottlieb, 1C 6 14 16 Peck, 16 .' 8 13 16 Rankin, 16 8 11 17 Logan, 13 9 12 15 Wolf, 13 9 13 19 Arnold. 13 9 15 17 O’Brien, 18 S 12 19 McMullen, 18 7 10 18 Gruber, 16 9 13 14 Lewis, 16 9 11 16 Gano, 18 9 12 15 Ilugg, 16 9 14 14 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Broke. 15 15 20 15 15 25 15 15 20 13 14 17 12 12 23 14 14 19 178 12 13 18 14 15 22 13 13 10 183 14 14 16 14 14 23 11 12 19 197 13 13 18 14 13 23 15 14 19 178 15 12 18 12 13 22 15 12 19 175 10 12 19 12 12 23 11 13 16 164 14 12 14 14 10 14 12 17 143 13 13 19 14 15 24' 15 14 18 186 15 14 19 15 13 25 14 15 19 190 13 13 19 13 12 25 16 14 20 183 14 13 18 14 12 24 15 13 19 177 11 9 17 13 13 23 14 14 18 168 9 11 17 18 91 15 13 19 13 14 24 15 13 20 182 14 14 18 12 14 24 10 14 14 171 13 9 18 14 11 88 4 5 105 38 176 12 101 48 48 IT Arnold, 16 7 14 16 Prose, 16 4 .. .. Mayhew, 16 5 .. .. Weirauch, 16 11 19 14 12 18 11 10 French, 16 6 12 12 .. .. 8 Wilson, 16 6 13 18 13 13 18 14 14 23 13 14 17 Seivert, 16 12 Merritt, 16 6 12 17 10 21 12 9 14 Hulme, 16 8 8 13 10 9 .. Remick, 16 10 9 12 7 10 Boston Gun C ub, Boston, Mass., April 26. — Twenty-six shogters, equipped with the best guns, powders, shells, etc., on the market, wandered toward Wellington marshes to-day to participate in the third and last serial prize shoot of the spring series, and from results ob- tained during the matinee, were convinced that their particular combination was the real thing and were all ready to give reasons for so thinking. A regular Boston Gun Club gathering it was, too, with every one on pleasure bent, with smoke talks between -events on every topic of interest to a shooter, which brought out the sociability of trapshooting to no small degree. The first straight match scores of the season were made to-day, Worthing and Weld securing the honor. The clean way in which they broke their targets proved they were right on edge, and will b-e marks for the liandicapper if scores of this kind are to be steady diet. Gleason and Roy fought it out on the 19yd. line for second place, with the honors even, just one bird escaping for each, making a crackerjack score under any conditions. As this is the Doctor’s fourth 29 in the series, he now has a comfortable lead on the total with the finish only two shoots away. B. F. Smith, of the Watertown Club, made his first bow on the grounds for 1905, and proved that he had lost none of the old ability, with the scatter gun that was much in evidence during the past years at the Buffalo Audubon Club, and gave the regu- lars quite a iolt in the pr;ze match with hi? 28 out of 30. O. R. Dickey had the pleasure of the 21yd. mark all alone (his side partner, Griffiths, not being on hand for this occasion), and with his 92.5 per ctnt., proved that the old guard can still show their heels to the present generation in a great many cases. Regular scores: Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 15 10 15 10 25 25 25 Av. Frank, 19 14 9 13 S 12 13 5 10 7 .. .. .. .791 Dickey, 21 14 10 14 9 13 14 .. .925 Roy, 19 8 15 14 8 .. .. 900 Weld, 19 15 7 15 10 15 15 9 11 Gleason, 19 15 10 12 10 15 14 8 14 9 22 21 22 Burns, 16 12 9 14 8 14 12 10 13 Worthing, 17......... .11 8 13 10 15 15 8 13 ...... .. Woodruff, 17 11 7 9 7 9 14 8 10 8 Smith, IS .11 8 14 10 15 13 7 9 7 20 20 21 McPhee, 16 8 3 7 6 Willard, 16... 10 9 .... 12 12 5 .. Stewart, 16 11 7 Phelps, 16 5 3 5 .. 4 Sears, 16 13 8 11 . . 6 Ford, 16 9 13 13 9 12 10 20 18 23 Massure, 16 2 10 12 5 Prior, 16 7 10 14 6 8 8 . . . . Muldown, 16 11 14 . . 9 5 Bon, 18 .. .. .. .. 18 15 19 Retwood, 14 7 Williams, 16 7 7 12 7 11 11 . . 11 .924 .906 .876 .886 .722 .816 .460 .738 .720 .340 .760 .846 .580 .706 .709 .693 .466 .694 Merchandise match, distance handicap: Weld (19yds.) 30, Worth- ing (17) 30, Roy (19) 29, Gleason (19) 29, Smith (18) 28, Dickey (21) 27, Burns U6) 26, Ford (16) 26, Frank (19) 25, Muldown (16) 25, Willard (16) 24. Prior (16) 24, Woodruff (17) 23, Massure (16) 22, Williams (16) 22. Trap Around Reading. Reading, Pa., April 24. — The members of the South End Gun Club, of this city, held a target shoot on the island ground on Friday last, each man shooting at 75 targets with the following result: Ball 73, Eshelman 69, Capt. Gerhard 68, Yost 67, Miles 63, Melcher 62, Allison 61, Lovinski 43, Adams 71, Shultz 66, George 63, Matz 63, Grill 57. The high wind made targets very irregular. W estchester, Pa., April 22. — The Westchester Gun Club opened its grounds for the season this afternoon by holding a “mer- chandise shoot,” and the scores were most creditable. Each man shot at 50 targets, and prizes were awarded as follows: John, 44, gun case; Lee, 42, shell vest; Howard, 42, fifty shells; Roberts, 42, pair of leggings; Ford, 42, shooting jacket; Harvey, 41, cleaning rod; Grill, 41, shooting jacket; Hariris, 41, hand protector; Williamson, 41, recoil pad; Eachus, 41, safety razor; Cale, 39, shooting jacket; Bennett, 39, pair of leggings; Young, 37, Eclipse watch; Cardwell, 37, pipe; G. Smith, 37, fifty shells; Pechin, 37, cartridge vest; Holland, 36, pocket knife; Dale, 34; Regester, 34; Ferguson, 34; Farr, 33; Broomall, 28, and Mace, 28. Pinegrove, Pa., April 22. — Evan Kimmel, of Donaldson, and Charles Houtz, of Clark’s Valley, shot a live-bird match at the former place this afternoon for $150 a side. Kimmel won by killing 8 birds out- of 16, to his opponent’s 7 out of 17. The first of a series of two shooting matches at live birds between Joseph Hand, of Reiner City, and Jacob Daubert, of Llewellyn, took place this afternoon at the home of the former who killed 12 birds out of 17, to Daubert’s 8 out of 16. The stakes were $200 a side. A large crowd witnessed the match. Lebanon, Pa., April 24. — The Keystone Gun Club to-day held a live-bird and target shoot at East Lebanon. The scores: 9 live birds — Trafford 8, W. Bollman 8, Schmehl 4, Rump 3, J. Bollman 3, Duffy 6, Long 4, Goodman 5, Buck 5, Ehrhorn 5, See 4, Zellers 4. Ashland, Pa., April 24.— Bodman, of Locust Dale, defeated Martz, of Locust Gap, in a live-bird shooting match at the latter place, by a score of 6 to 2. The men were to shoot at 11 birds, but Bodman’s superiority was manifest after the fourth bird was shot at, and Martz agreed to discontinue after 9 birds were shot at. The purse was $100; Schuylkill county rules governing. Mahanoy City, April 25. — In a live-bird shoot for $100 Steve Kurtz defeated Michael Kershon by killing 5 out of 7 to his opponent’s 2. Duster. Scottdale Gun Club. Scottdale, Pa., April 26. — The Scottdale Gun Club was rather unfortunate with the weather at their first two-day tournament this year. On Wednesday morning it was cloudy, and during the day occasional showers fell, which kept a good many shooters away that would have been present. On Thursday it rained nearly all day, and the shoot was called off. The programme shot on Wednesday called for five 15-bird, five 20-bird and one 25-bird event. The moneys were divided Jackrabbit and Rose system. Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins was high gun, breaking 187. Mr. R. S. Deniker, the old war horse of Ruffsdale, Pa., finished second with 182; Mr. A. B. Kelley, of Scottdale, Pa., third, with 179, and L. J. Squier, fourth, with 178. Mr. Kelsey, of Pittsburg, Pa., broke 131 out of 140 shot at, he not having time to finish the programme on account of an en- gagement in Pittsburg. The trade was represented by L. J. Squire, H. C. Watson, Jos. Garland, J. A. R. Eillott, J. Mowell Hawkins and H. P. Fessenden. Scores follow: Events: 123456789 10 11 .Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 25 J M Hawkins 15 19 14 IS 14 17 18 18 15 18 24 R S Deniker 14 19 15 18 13 IS 15 18 14 17 21 A B Kelly 12 19 14 19 14 18 13 18 12 18 22 L J Squier 14 19 13 17 14 16 14 19 13 17 22 J T Atkinson 14 15 12 IS 14 18 15 16 13 20 22 Burgess Hickey 13 17 14 17 14 17 15 18 11 19 22 L B Fleming 12 IS 12 18 13 19 14 18 11 19 22 JAR Elliott 13 19 12 19 12 18 14 17 13 15 22 V W Yahner 13 15 14 18 11 17 14 19 14 18 20 Joe Garland 13 18 14 18 11 19 14 17 15 14 19 T A Stoops 15 14 13 14 12 IS 14 18 12 19 22 W H Chain 10 18 12 14 9 16 14 16 12 15 23 D N Carroll 11 17 10 15 12 16 11 16 10 12 22 G M Lilley 10 12 18 13 4 16 12 17 15 16 23 Kelsey . 13 19 15 19 14 18 13 20 S Low 12 13 11 17 9 19 7 . . 8 20 . . R J West 14 18 14 20 10 17 12 H TCnippel 15 17 13 12 13 8 9 .. 6 .. .. J Kiehl 12 14 . . . . 11 13 . . . . 10 15 J Riley 12 15 8 J Mulhorn 7 11 Broke. 187 183 179 178 177 177 176 174 373 172 169 159 152 146 131 107 105 93 75 35 11 Catskill Gun Club. Catskill, N. Y., April 25. — The Catskill Gun Club held their regular semi-monthly shoot to-day. Weather conditions bad; light rain and cloudy. Some excellent scores were made notwithstand- ing. F. Collier, in preliminary practice, broke 29 out of 30. Bob Mattice, an old-timer, but “just as young as I used to be,” going 25 straight for the challenge cup. Robins won the trophy with 24. E. J. Snyder, of New Paitz, N. Y., was a welcome visitor at the shoot. Mr. Snyder was trying a new load, which proved very satisfactory — 52 cut of 65; last 32 straight. Look out for our tournament, May 24; it’s going to be a good one. Following are scores: Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Hdp. Brk. Tot’l. Mattice .. 0 17 17 Robens 6 18 24 A Post ..5 18 23 Cole 4 9 13 F Collier .. 1 22 23 Wvnkoop 1 Iff 17 C Post .. 0 19 19 Snyder (visitor) . 0 22 22 Ham ..3 17 20 Challenge cup , 25 targets: Mattice 25, C. Post 19. Florists Gun Club. Wissinoming, Pa., April 25. — Honors . for high places were closely contested. In the club shoot at 50 targets three, Messrs. Fred Coleman, Harvey and Westcott, tied on 47. In the 100-target event Fred Coleman broke 90. Club shoot, 50 targets: F. Coleman (C) 47, Harley (A) 47, West- cott (B) 47, E. Coleman (A) 46, Harrison (A) 44. Mrs. W. K. Park (X) 44, Haywood (B) 43, McCarty (A) 45, Frank (A) 42, Depew (B) 42, Park (B) 41, Stevens (B) 40, Chadbourne (B) 40, Ford (X) 40, Bell (A) 39, Bevan (C) £9, Sanford (A) 38, Pratt (X) 38, Thomas (C) 31. One hundred target event: F. Coleman 90, McCarty 87, San- ford 85, Frank 85, Harrison 85, Haywood SI, Chadbourne 79, Depew 78, Bell 75, Ford 73, Stevens 72, Pratt 71, Bevan 69. On the grounds of the Clearwater Gun Club, Philadelphia, April 29, the Princeton Gun Club five-man team defeated the University of Pennsylvania team by a score of 211 to 203. The scores were as follows: Princeton — Stutesman 42, Frick 42, Me- Swain 41, Pardee 44, Unn 42; total 211. Pennsylvania— Long* necker 48, Smith 35, Way 39, Kraus..41, Appleton 40; total 203. May 6, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 867 FOR PEACE OR WAR EVERYWHERE THE STANDARD UNITED] STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY. LOWELL. MASS. 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Street, New York. . . . ( 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Sti Agencies : j 1 14-116 Market Street, San Francisco. WESTERN TRAP. Columbia Gun Club* East Liverpool, O., April 24. — There were sotne fouHeeii meirt- bers of the Columbia Gun Club who took part in the seasori’s opening event. Many spectators were out, and all expressed them- selves as being highly entertained. William M. Fouts was not content with winning all the honors for the day, but he smashed the ground record as well, as none of the “home fans” can call to mind a score equal to 95 out of 100. He made first 59 straight, 24 out of next 25, and 21 out of the last. The handicap committee placed the shooters by the target allowance system, and so nearly even are the individuals at the end of the' event that all concede that excellent judgment was displayed, many going above 90, while few fell below 87. These handicaps were set by Dr. L. C. Jackman, Ollie Wise and Hugh Johnson. J. J. Robinett and C. C. Hamilton were on the committee, but failed to attend the meeting. A fine gold medal will be awarded the contestant who makes the highest score during the summer. Live Birds at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., April 23. — Yesterday was the regular medal shoot of the old Kansas City live-bird club. The man who stood on crutches at the G. A. IT. and who has never missed a Mis- souri State shoot, is still pounding away with the boys. You all know him or have heard of him; he is president of the Missouri State Sportsmen’s Association. His name is Smith, otherwise kiiowri as. Frank. Just to keep company with Frank Cunning- ham, he finished but one behind the winner. Nothing like trap- shooting to keep a mart always yourig. Dr. Shirley Millett , was high on this occasion, being the oiiiy otte to break 23 of Bob Elliott’s drivers artd twisters. Wiokey Reno, Plank, Cunningham and Smith were but ode to the bad. Piank had the very hard luck to let the last bird get over the boundary line. Scores : Anderson 0020222002222202022202222—17 Moore 0200011122111101222010220—17 Feed 1201211222221121111100102—21 Wickey 2012110212121121121102212—22 Millett 1221210212212221212102122—23 Wasson 2111121122210220201000211—19 Vaughen 2222220222202020202112020—18 Reno 2222210120211122012121222—22 N ewton 2112221011222100111222100—20 Planck 2111212111111202112111010—23 Cunningham 2001212221212021212221121—22 F G Smith 2001212221212021212221122—22 Glassner 2121211020012110112122200—19 Pacific Coast Trap. San Francisco, Cal., April 23. — I am pleased to be able to say to the thousands of readers of Forest and Stream that the sport of trapshooting, has developed in a regular boom through- out the great State of California. New gun clubs are springing up daily. Many of the interior towns are catching the fever, and the gunners are getting on to the pleasant pastime of pulverizing clay targets. Besides the several local clubs, there are now gun clubs at Alameda, Hercules, Vallejo, Martinez, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Mount View, Santa Lucia, Pajaro, Watsonville, San Rafael, Mill Valley and others yet to hear from. At Sacramento and that vicinity, as well as the orange belt and ^many points throughout the San Joaquin valley, the shotgun artists are numerous. There have been many tournaments held here in April, and some big ones are due for May, prominent among them being that of the Sacramento, May 12, 13 and 14. This is to be the ninth an- nual of the Kimball and Upson, of northern California. On May 28, 29 and 30 the annual clay target smashing of the Pacific Coast Trapshooting Association will be pulled off at Ingleside. From there the scene will be shifted temporarily to Portland, where the twenty-first annual tournament of the Sportsmen’s Association of the Northwest will be held June 22, 23 and 24. There will be medals and trophies amounting to $2,000. This shoot is open to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Mon- tana, Utah and California. All who' contemplate going will of course remember that all transportation companies will then have reduced rates for the Lewis and Clark fair. There is, then, no reason why this should not be the largest shoot ever held in the West. Eastern shooters will bear in mind that the most important event ever held on the coast will be the Interstate Association shoot, similar to the G. A. H. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, the world’s famous manager, will have charge, and the . Pacific coast handicap will be under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting As- sociation, of which Mr. M. A. Shields is the secretary. Among the local fraternity there are some fine shots; and as they usually shoot at targets thrown 60 to 75yds., they judge that they can make as good a showing as any of the cracks on the 45 to 50yd. targets. The coast shooters are ever ready to welcome the whole body of Eastern trap men, and it is hoped that a majority of them will come out and try conclusions with those of the Golden State. At Florence. Florence, ICans., April 22.—' When Ed. O’Brien is not attending tournaments, he is never happier than when entertaining the many friends he has in the shooting profession. To-day there v/e re present here an aggregation such as he never met before. There were professionals galore, and they hailed from all quarters of the United States, viz.: Chris. Gottlieb, Kansas City; C. D. Planck, Denver; Walter Huff, Maccn, Ga. ; C. B. Adams, Rockwell City, la. . Now, as is well known, these gentlemen carry their fowling pieces,’ and generally have a few shells in their trunks; so Ed. got together many of the best shots and a lot of the amateurs, and there were altogether over 300 people out to see the “clay saucer busting.” If every town had an Ed. O’Brien, shotguns would not rust in the summer time. All that is needed is for some one man to set the ball rolling and say “Come pn, boys,” arid all those who possess shotguns would try their “finger pull” oil clay targets during the summer days. . The weather wds cold arid somewhat on the threatening order, bill foil would riot think So when reading the scores. Of 100 targets Walter bluff broke 66, Chris Gottlieb 94, Charles Planck 94 Pat Adams 91; Ed. O’Brien 01, Witt. Munstreman 93, Phil Strobeckef 89, Ed: Worthington SL Ramsey^s Manito Shoot* Manito, April 27.— Among the many uncertainties there is noth- ing more so than that of holding a shoot in Illinois in April, lhe March weather was so fine that the approach of spring was so sudden that it spoiled the duck shooting, and even started the fish to biting; but April being mostly wet and windy, set thing's back a bit. ... , , . Mr. J. C. Ramsey had all things going his way, as he had sup- posed up to the opening day of his shoot, so that he ordered 4, COO more targets, which arrived only to remain unpacked, as the rain descended during the night and kept up all day, so that none save the traveling men and enthusiasts like Dr. Lawrence, of Lincoln, and A. Mulford, of Mason City, and A. C. Connor, of Pekin, ventured out. Mr. Ramsey was of course quite blue, as he had gone to much trouble and expense in providing and setting up the latest model trap and in placing tents on the grounds. One hundred shots were fired during the day between showers. Cadwallader was present with his shotgun and rifle, but it was too cold for the rifle, and so wet that objects could not be sighted as for a fine exhibition such as shooting pins, etc. E. P. Lawrence came to boost the State tournament, but found that ode day would satisfy him. Connor was quite leary of get- ting his new gun wet, and how the wind did switch some of the targets, Leslie Staridish handled the cash for the management, while Ttarnp Ifwiri staid close to the tent. The second day was some improvement on the first. It was cloudy, arid though not rainy to any extent, there were not enough shooters present, arid as, ori the first day, the programme was entirely abandoned, arid a shoot for targets only was indulged in. The two Biemfohr boys came over from Spring Lake, and they shot less than half of the allotted 200 targets. The Manito shooting grounds are very excellent, level as a table, fine background. The trap worked well, and the targets broke when struck, so that the weather was the only drawback. It can be hoped that Mr. Ramsey will try again, as he is made of the right stuff, and every shooter in the States wishes him well. He will be present at the State shoot with a team. In Other Places. The Hudson, Pa., Gun Club opened the season last Thursday with a contest for a handsome medal. The officers for 1905 are: Joseph Dixon, President; James J. Judge, Secretary, and Robert Carter, Treasurer. Another new club at Muncie, Ind., is that of the Gas City. The trap and trigger folks at Chanute, Kans., have been rather quiet of late, but it is reported that A. W. Butler has returned after a month’s stay at Springfield, 111., his old home. The pres- ence of Mr. Butler will put some shoot into the local club. There will be a shoot at St. Paul this week, and some of the Chanute “trappists” will attend. The Rod and Gun Club of Mauch Chunk, Pa., will place 12,000 fry in the streams in their county. There was a fifteen-man team shoot held at the town of ITave- lock, Neb., which lasted two days. There was much enthusiasm and speculation on the result, yet the shooting was not on the championship order. Nine out of fifteen was high score. The race was for a banquet, and the Graham side, by a score of 92 to 89, will sit down to a banquet provided by those who shot on J. M. Clemmon’s side. Capt. Hardy, the shotgun and rifle artist, was present, and gave one of his interesting exhibitions. Bad news for the shooters in the vicinity of Sidney, Neb., is to the effect that Waubonsie will be drained, and then good-by to the duck shooting at those famous grounds. C. W. Budd will take a trip from Des Moines, la., to Spirit Lake, with the intention of conferring with Fred Gilbert and other Indians as to the tournament to be held by the tribe the last of August. There will be cups and prizes that will amount to $1,000, and the programme will soon be out. The Centralia, Wash., Gun Club has raised all the money neces- sary to conduct the Western Washington Gun Club Association tournament. This is the first time Centralia has attempted to entertain a large body of trapshooters, and local enthusiasm is running high. Freeport, 111., Gun Club practice is now being indulged in weekly. Col. T. Collison was lately heard from at1 Blackford, Idaho, where he was giving an exhibition of fancy shooting with the shotgun and rifle. Out at Reno, Nev., the gun club has chosen the 1905 directors, and there will be ample arrangements for the members who wish to hunt and fish as well as trap shoot. The directors are Sam Armanko, Charles Delaney, Ernest Elliott, Walter Morton, A. G. Fletcher, Dr. J. W. Hennessey, M. G. Magoffin, Wm. Hulett, Dr. E. P. Quinn. There is always sure to be some good scores made each time the Cleveland, O., clubs meet for practice. This time it was Mr. Rice who won the cup at the shoot of the Recreation Club with 28 out of 30. _ • The Lockhart, Tex., Gun Club will go to New Braunfels on May 12, for a shoot to which all the State amateurs are invited to participate. It is reported that the purses will be good. The Mt. Clemens, Mich., Gun Club held a practice shoot last Sunday, with a view to get ready for the State tournament. We note that team shoots are much in vogue among the mem- bers of the Mattoon, 111., Gun Club. Team shoots are very bene- ficial not only when confined to members of the same club, but more so1 when two different clubs try conclusions in a friendly race, say, for price of targets. The Mechanicsville, N. Y., Gun Club is expecting to hold a tournament on Prospect Plill on Decoration Day. The season for 1905 will close Nov. 1 on the Salem, O., Gun Club grounds. The badge of honor will go to the one making the highest num- ber of points. Another gun club for the Northwest, the Dayton’s Bluff, of St. Paul, Minn. There are twenty-twg charter members. Grounds have been selected at Round Lake, and weekly shoots will be held. Officers: President, Edward IT. Paybe; Secretary, E. M. Parish; Treasurer, James C. Schroeder; Captains, Hugh E. White and Albert Jackson. There will be a meeting held this week at Fort Worth, Tex., si which arrangements will be made for holding the West Texa-9 Gun Club League, which meets there in July. Elias Spangler, a member of the York City, Pa., Gun Club' is> now champion of the county as a live-bird shot, as he won same Tuesday at Glen Rock. This trophy was held by D. G. Deardorf, Michael Lauber, and Elias Spangler, of York; Charles S. Kirk, of Hanover; Allen M. Seitz, of Glen Rock. The West Duluth, Minn., Gun Club are going along in good style, The members are workers, and have with their own muscles erected the club house. The traps and targets are on the way, and possibly the next week will bring to pass the first shoot for this club. The shadows of Frank Parmelee still hang over Omaha. A new gun club has been organized at that city, and the title now is Omaha Rod and Gun Club. One hundred and fifty members, and more to hear from. 'the Plattsmouth, Neb., Club has been reorganized, and in it there are at least ten prominent gunners, viz. : H. H. Kuhney, M. IT. Plonk, D. L. Ouinn, Fritz Fricke, H. Likewise, J. Bauer, John Kniser, and Plarvey Guthman. It is reported that duck shooting near Milwaukee this spring was poor. So much the better. There will be more ducks for the fall sportsmen. The Geneva, N. Y., Gun Club has now 100 members. The new club house has been completed, and all shooters may find shelter when needed. The news comes from St. Paul, Minn., that the winners of_ the last meet will be handicapped to 22yds. This is carrying things to extremes, and they are game to try it. The Colorado Springs Gun Club has ordered 100,000 clay targets. Regular shoots will be held each Saturday. Some of the boys are shooting mostly from the 20yd. line, so that they will be ready for the Plandicap in August, when Elmer Shaner starts the traps to working. R. J. Wheeler, M. F. Blair and B. S. Gaylord were selected to represent the Owosso, Mich., Gun Club at the State shoot. They led the others in a contest held Thursday. There seems to be something doing in Herrington, Kans., as the committee on arrangements are going to work with “sleeves rolled up,” and they promise to entertain the Kansas visitors with four days of the best sport ever enjoyed by the “short grass" squad or any other squad at any other time. Arrangements have been made by the Oneida, N. Y., Gun Club for the summer by which the old Cody place at head of Broad street will be their “stamping ground” for 1905. Another Texas man heard from at the New Orleans shoot. E. M. Faurote made 100 straight, winning high average, and the expert cup. Frank Baptiste, Walter Mann, Fred Johnson and IT. C. Cox are busily engaged in organizing the gun club for the coming season at Fort Smith, Ark. It is desired that the membership be increased over that of last season. There will be more traps set up, and the shoots will be held more frequently than last year. These gentlemen prepare some new and novel innova- tions for those who take part this year. Mr. Willett won the cup at the shoot held by the Blackwell, Oklahoma, Gun Club. The targets were reported as of the “tricky” order, as there was a strong northeast wind. Target shooting is now on the boom in the West; that is, ’way west. On the coast, many of tlie cities will hold tourna- ments. “Money” Hageman won the shoot at the Suburban Park grounds, Davenport, la., on last Sunday. Kessler, Welckins, Matthias Bray, Mattox, Better and Schmidt were there also. One of the old “standbys,” T. PI. Parry, of the Limited Gun Club, Indianapolis, was high gun at the last shoot on the historic ‘G. A. H. ground. The old members are now coming out regu- larly, and will be getting in trim for G. A. H. At St. Paul, Ind., May 4, there will be a tournament. There will be ten events, and many shooters from surrounding cities will be present. The committee of the Packer Rod and Gun Club, South Beth- lehem, Pa., have reported that a lease has been made by O. H. Acker, Salisbury, and that after this date regular meets will be held there. Minneapolis, Minn., shooters have started to shoot so. early that overcoats and gloves are still in demand. In the shoot held at Rapid City during the Stockmen’s Asso- ciation meeting, the Deadwood shooters got away with about all the prizes that were awarded. They won the club prize, and then Ray Walker won the gold medal for high averages. Much in- terest was centered in the contest, and the daily audience did not diminish in numbers nor enthusiasm. When Dick Dwyer used to be at Chicago he was often seen at the shooting grounds when live birds were the fashion. He is now in California, and when the opportunity presents, takes his trusty breechloader and shows the Golden Gate men how to shoot. The following bit of information coming from the far-away Pacific Coast should be read and well remembered: “The new traps have been placed in the bulkheads for the coming Pacific Coast tournament, and the Interstate handicap to follow. These traps do not give the speed that the traps heretofore used did, and are believed to be of more practical benefit to the beginner or the moderately fair shot than the traps which send a target 60 to 70yds. The Association is wise in making an innovation in favor of the non-expert devotees of the sport.” While R. M. Edwards, of the IToughton, Mich., Gun Club, is in the East, he will select a medal which will be given to the shooter making the best average during this year, 1905. A cup will also be put up that will go to. the highest score made during the sum- mer. If the plans of the Ideal Gun Club, Wichita, Kans., do not go amiss, there will be a big shoot, with many of the best of the Western shooters present, in the next few weeks. The South End Gun Club, Belleville, 111., has leased Perkins Lake, and will build a club house. The Union Gun Club, San Francisco, Cal., defeated the Em- pires in their second match on the latter’s grounds. Score: Union team 201, Empires 177. A delegation of the Hebron, Neb., Gun Club went to Deshler on Wednesday last and easily beat that burg in a team shoot. 363 FOREST AND STREAM [May 6, 1905, The Deshler gentlemen are not at all satisfied, and have stated that they will be in Hebron soon for a return match. Things are getting spring-like at Hutchinson, Minn., and the Gun Club members have been out for their first warming up. John Huderlee won the medal, same having been carried since last year by Charles Kruester. Just to hand, the information that a new organization has been launched, to be known as the Wapakuta Gun Club, at Brainerd, Minn. C. C. Kyle is President; E. O. Webb, Secretary; Thomas Mooney, Field Captain. The Deer River Gun Club has challenged the Duluth, Minn., Central Club for a team shoot, $100 a side, and all expenses. It is thought that the Central boys will not let the opportunity pass to show what they can do to keep up their reputation, as at least one of the best in the State. The shoot is said to be a go. Yet the time and place have yet to be settled. When it comes off, there will be a stir in the trapshooting circles, for such challenges for team shoots under such conditions are not of frequent occur- rence. Lakeside Park Gun Club, Hebron, O. The tournament of the Lakeside Park Gun Club was held near Buckeye Lake on April 26 and 27. The first day was cloudy and rainy, and the attendance was small. The second day opened with very threatening weather, and this doubtless kept many shoot- ers away. Good sport was enjoyed by those present, and but for the weather the manager, Mr. Lou Fisher, would have had the crowd he expected. High average was won by R. Trimble, with 349 out of 360. Orr second, 340; Fisher third, 318. The match for the Mullerite medal was won by Orr, who broke 25 straight. Twenty-five shooters took part in one or more of the events of the two days, six shooting the entire programme. On the first day Orr gave Trimble a hot race for high average, finishing only one behind with 173 out of 180, Trimble breaking 174. The scores: ,— First Day — . Second Day. i Total 1 Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Trimble 180 174 ISO 175 360 349 Orr 180 173 180 167 360 340 Fisher 180 156 180 162 360 318 Jennings 180 150 180 159 360 309 Bottefield 180 162 180 144 360 306 Keefe ISO 155 180 151 360 306 Rife 125 100 120 99 245 199 Bell 180 108 55 180 163 Bumgardner . . 90 69 90 69 Bright 75 44 75 44 Haver 60 37 60 37 Gill 120 67 120 67 Powell 15 8 15 8 King iso iio 180 170 Campbell 180 166 180 166 Murphy . . . 180 157 180 157 Schaller 180 154 180 154 Burrell 180 153 ISO 153 * * 150 115 150 115 F Burrell 135 96 135 96 Swick 60 46 60 46 Browne 45 29 45 29 Peters 30 20 30 20 Rosbrough . . . 45 13 45 13 House 15 1 15 1 Mullerite medal shoot, 25 targets: Orr 25, Keefe 18, King 24, Jennings 21, Dutch 22, Swick 21, Fisher 17, S. Burrell 16, Mac 20. Cincinnati Gun Club. There was a good attendance at the shoot on April 29, twenty shooting in the Peters trophy event. Ackley headed the list in the Peters trophv event with the only straight score, including handi- cap. Don Minto was- second with 48, wdiich was also high for actual breaks. There are only about three more shoots in this event. Gambell leaves on May 3 for his trip across the pond, and we all wish him the best of luck, a good passage, a good time and a safe return home in time to help the boys celebrate on the Fourth. During his absence, Mr. R. F. Davies will look out for the com- fort of the shooters on club days. Peters trophy, 50 targets, handicap, added targets: Ackley (26) 50, Don Minto (0) 48, Trimble CO) 40, Randall (3) 46, Roll (3) 44, Hesser (0) 43, Falk (6) 43, ' Faran (0) 42, Pohlar (1) 42, Jay Bee (5) 42, Pfeiffer (5) 42, Andrews (8) 42, Williams (0) 41, Herman (0) 41, Block (1) 40. Brllerdick (4) 40, Strauss (0) 37, Bonser (0) 36, Steinman (2) 36, Gambell (2) 33. Preble County Gun Club, Eaton, O. Many of the members of the Preble County Gun Club were unable to leave their work to attend the medal shoot on April 27, but the few who did had a good time. In the medal shoot, 25 targets, 16vds., open to members only, D. M. Swihart won with a score of 23. Cincinnati vs. Newark for Phellis Trophy. The Cincinnati, O., Gun Club has been busy this week— a match on Wednesday with Dayton, and on Friday, April 28, a match for the Phellis trophy with the Newark Gun Club, from which club they won the cup a few weeks ago (April 19). Over one hundred members of the club and its friends were present. The visitors arrived about 10 o’clock, and were wel- comed and informed that they could shoot all the practice events they wished. After dinner, which was furnished by the local team and pre- pared, as on Wednesday, by Mrs. Gambell, a sweepstake was shot and the teams were then made up, the home club entering three, Dayton one, and Newark one. Shooting began at 3:10; at 4:30 everything was over but- the cheering, and that was conspicuous by its absence. The Newark team were once more holders of the cup, which has _ been the occasion of so many interesting shoots. Messrs. Ed. Trimble and A. C. Dick acted as referees. Arthur Gambell and John Penn scored for Cincinnati, and Mr. Browne for Newark. The day was cloudy, and hazy. A little sprinkle of rain fell in the afternoon. A strong wind caused the targets to jump some. Mr Orr, of Newark, made the high individual score, 48. At the end of the first round Cincinnati No. 1 and Newark were tied on 131, but in the last round the unexpected happened, and one of the Cincinnati’s steadiest shots, Mr. Faran, went to pieces. He landed such a score as has not been recorded for him since he first took up the shooting game. He was not well, and was really in no condition to stand the strain of a closely contested minClt’he evening the home team entertained the Newark team at supper, and they returned home pleased With their, visit and with a clear idea of what hospitality means with the Cincinnati shooters. Among the visitors were Messrs. Ed. Browne, Fred King, Jesse Orr. John Keefe, S. Burrell, Earl Murphy, Chas. Schaller, John Keifer F A. Hulshizer, Lou Fisher, John Taylor and Jennings, all of Newark; C. H. Cord, Z. Craig, Lindemuth, Spangler, Rike, Carr and Cain, of Dayton. „ , , x , The Dayton Gun Club challenged the Newark team and a match for the trophy will be shot soon. Phellis trophy, six-man teams, 50 targets per man: Cincinnati No. 1. Targets : Don Minto Sycamore Barker Teddy Bleh Faran >. 1. Dayton G. C. 25 25 Targets: 25 25 . 20 25— 45 Cord . 19 18— 37 , 22 22— 44 Lindemuth . 21 24— 45 25 22— 47 Rike . 22 19— 41 . 22 22— 44 Craig . 18 22— 40 m 24— 46 Spangler ..21 22— 43 . 20 16— 36 Cain . 21 24 — 45 131 131—262 122 129-251 Newark G. C. Cincinnati No. 2. Fisher 21— 43 Hesser 22 23— 45 Orr 23 25- 48 Medico ........ 22— 42 King 22 24— 46 Gambell 19 22— 41 Hulshizer . 22 23— 45 Ahlers 21 21— 42 Murphy . 20 23— 43 Pohlar 22— 42 Keif . 22 21— 43 Williams 20 21— 41 131 137—268 122 131—253 Cincinnati No. 3. Targets: 25 25 Targets: 25 25 Dick . 18 24— 42 Maynard 21 25— 46 Bullerdick . 19 18— 37 Pfeiffer 23— 45 ■Roll IQ 23 42 Osterfeld . 22 23— 45 121 136—257 Phellis Trophy, Cincinnati vs. Dayton. On April 26 a team from the Dayton Gun Club came to Cin- cinnati to contest for the Phellis trophy. The day opened cloudy, with heavy rain in the morning. The remainder of the day was cloudy and hazy, making rather a poor light to shoot in. Supt. Gambell and Faran, of the reception committee, were at the station on the arrival of the train to meet the guests. There was a good attendance of members and spectators. After some practice shooting the guests were shown to the club dining room, where Mrs. Gambell had the tables laid, and one of her best dinners ready. The match began at 3 and finished at 3:40, and the balance of the day was devoted to sweep shooting. Phellis trophy, six-man teams, 50 targets per man: Cincinnati G. C. Targets: 25 25 A Sunderbruch .... 23 20 — - 43 Don Minto . . : 24 23 — 47 Bleh 22 25— 47 Faran 22 20— 42 Barker 24 20- 44 Harig 18 22— 40 Dayton G. C. Targets : 25 25 Rike 20 19—39 E Watkins 25 24— 49 Craig 20 21— 41 Lindemuth 22 23 — 45 W Watkins 20 23— 43 Cord 20 16— 37 133 130—263 129 125—254 Notes. Fifteen shooters attended the shoot given by the Elyria, O., Gun Club on April 26. D. D. Gross was high gun with 50 out of 55; H. N. Kirby second with 48. N. M. Freeland third with 38. The tournament of the Youngstown, O., Gun Club, held on their new grounds, April 27, was a success. Twenty-four men took part, fourteen shooting the entire programme of 150 targets. D. A. Upson (“Tryon”), of Cleveland, was high gun, with the splendid score of 148, or 98.66 per cent. E. Tully, of Hubbard, second with 145, or 96.66 per cent. Ewalt, of this place, third, with 143, 95.33 per cent. D. D. Gross, of the Peters Cartridge Co., fourth, with 141, or 94 per cent. Others who broke over 90 per cent, were Haak, 92.66, and H. N. Kirby, 92 per cent. A delegation from -Canton were present, booming the State shoot in June. The attendance at the medal shoot of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, April 26, was the smallest of the season. A number of the members were in Cincinnati. Eight took part in the medal shoot, and Ed. Cain won with a score of 23. The La Grange, O., Gun Club, held a pleasant little shoot on April 25, in which ten men took part. Three 25-targets were shot, D .D. Gross being high gun with 69; H. N. Kirby second with 63, and H. A. Foster third with 59. The New London, O., Gun Club gave a shoot on April 24, the guests of honor being Messrs. PI. N. Kirby and D. D. Gross. Fifteen shooters took part, and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. D. D. Gross made high per cent., breaking 91.2 per cent. E. R. Stilson broke 91 per cent., smashing 182 out of 200. H. N Kirby came third with 88 per cent. Gross broke 92 out of his first 100. Stilson 90 out of first, and 92 out of his last 100. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, April 29. — The appended scores were made to-day, on the occasion of the second trophy shoot of the first series. Dr. Meek; won Class A trophy on 19. Keck and Dr. Skillman tied for Class B on 15, while Dr. Reynolds won Class C on the good score of 19. The day was about as bad as it could be for target shooting, being extremely windy, and gusty at that. The flight of targets was so erratic as to make good scores simply impossible. The weather conditions were so very unfavorable that only a few shooters cared to take it in, only fifteen taking part in the trophy event. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets: 10 10 25 10 10 10 10 10 15 Thomas 7 13 4 3 7 10 9 13 Keck 15 . . 8 13 Dr Meek 6 7 19 8 9 8 6 6 Kampp 4 4 16 3 8 6 Dr Reynolds 6 6 19 8 9 8 Wakeman 5 7 16 4 8 . . is Eaton 7 5 17 5 7. 6 8 8 George 5 2 10 7 6 7 4 . . .. Ditt 2 1 7 5 6 5 5 Smedes 5 6 10 4 7 . . . . 9 io L Wolff 5 9 Dr Skillman 15 5 6 6 6 Davis 17 . . 6 7 8 9 Lanigan 16 . . 6 7 6 8 Ayers 6 Dr. J. W Meek, Sec y Indianapolis (Ind.) Gun Club, Indianapolis, Ind., April 22. — Hice won Peters badge. Parry, Dickman, Gregory and Habich tied for club trophy. Each event was at 25 targets: Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Nash 20 19 21 19 20 14 17 12 19 19 16 19 Habich 15 8 14 15 11 15 13 18 16 22 .. .. Teiber 6 9 Parry 23 21 24 21 23 17 21 18 Dickman 19 22 22 23 21 22 23 21 .. .. .. .. Moore 16 13 17 11 17 13 14 17 Partington 14 18 17 24 22 19 22 14 22 . . . . . . Gregory 17 21 21 25 21 7 15 .. Finley 18 22 17 20 Anderson 14 16 13 19 Armstrong 17 18 12 8 Paddock 5 6 7 7 '. Fields 13 8 4 Hice 18 17 15 16 M oiler 20 13 23 Hann 7 10 The Indians' Annual Tournament. Alton, 111., April 24.— Announcement is hereby made of the annual tournament of the Indians, which will be held at Spirit Lake, la., Aug. 22, 23, 24 and 25, taking practically the whole of the fourth week in August. The Indians will try to make this tourney even more attractive than any held in the past, wdth at least $1,000 in cash and trophies hung up, in addition to the regular purses. The programme will be open to the world, and a general invitation is extended to every lover of the shotgun and trapshooting to be with us and enjoy the pleasures of the meet. Programmes will be issued about July 1, and these, together with any information regarding the tournament will be gladly fur- nished on application by Chief John Burmister, Spirit Lake, la. Tom A. Marshall, High Chief. Frank C. Riehl, Chief Scribe. Bradford Gun Club. Bradford, Pa., April 24.— The following is a total of the events held at the traps of the above club on April 22: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Mallory, Jr . . .130 123 Durfey 30 6 Nobles ...100 92 Artley 45 30 Mason . . .100 92 Hamaker ... 100 58 Conneelv . . .100 94 Disney 100 61 Russell ...125 96 Pringle 100 91 Ellsworth . . .130 103 Jones 115 94 Mills ...60 28 Willis 100 72 Bodine . . .130 92 White 100 71 Costello ...60 17 Rice 75 57 Dr Vernon ...60 27 E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. The G. W. Cole Company has sent us a letter written to them by their attorneys, wherein is set forth that the United States Circuit Court has granted an injunction against certain companies, restraining them from the use of the trade mark, “3 in 1.” Mr. Geo. A. Mosher, famous in the activities of the gun trade, writes us: “It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I have become associated with the Lefever Arms Company, of Syracuse, N. Y., as traveling salesman. I hope to visit the trade fre- quently, as well as attend many tournaments. I think the many acquaintances I made during my seventeen years in the gun busi- ness will be glad to know I am back in line again.” PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. Last Tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and Washington for the Present Season. Six-day Trip via Pennsylvania Railroad. The last personally-conducted tour to Old Point • Comfort, Rich- mond, and Washington via the Pennsylvania Railroad for the present season will leave New York and Philadelphia on Satur- day, May 6. Tickets, including all necessary expenses for a period of six days, will be sold at rate of $36 from New York, Brooklyn and Newark; $34.50 from Trenton; $33 from Philadelphia, and propor- tionate rates from other stations. Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, covering luncheon going, one and three-fourths days’ board at Chamberlin Hotel, and good to return within six days, will be sold at rate of $17 from New York, Brooklyn and Newark, $15.50 from Trenton; $14.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information apply to ticket agents; C. Studds, E. P. A., 263 Fifth avenue, New York; 342 Fulton street, Brooklyn; 789 Broad street, Newark, N. J. ; or Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. — Adv. Enterprise Gun Club. McKeesport, Pa.— The fifth and last shoot for the Daily News cup was shot on these grounds on April 22, and resulted in a tie between Knight and M. Hale, and in the shoot-off on 15 targets Knight made a straight and Hale 13. In the Hunter Arms Co. gold badge contest, Hale was high on 32. In the five contests for the Daily News cup the result was as follows; J. F. Calhoun won two contests; Mathew Shorr won 1; W. Hale won one; Robert Knight won 1. Mr. Calhoun will receive the cup and be declared champion for the year 1905 within the circulation of the Daily News. There will be no more shoots on these grounds until after the State shoot. Garland was present and shot in both contests. The scores i Hunter gold badge, 20 singles and 10 pairs: W. Hale 32, Knight 31, Noel 31, Calhoun 29, Garland 29, Shorr 27, Irwin 25, Taylor 24, M. McCombe 23, S. McCombe 21. Daily News cup, 50 targets: W. Hale 44, Knight 44, Garland 44, Calhoun 43, Shorr 43, Good 42, Cochran 40, Irwin 40, Black 40 Noel 39, McFarland 39, Taylor 38, Rhoads 37, Douglas 37, Byard 36, Hardy 36, Merritt 35, Jennings 34, M. McCombe 33. Tie on 15 targets: W. Hale 13, Knight 15. Riverside Gun Club. Topsham, Me. — The Riverside Gun Club, of Topsham, Me., one of the oldest clubs in the State, met recently and elected the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing year: President, E. C. Hall; Vice- President, W. S. Cash; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. H. O. Curtis. Executive Committee, E. C. Hall, W. S. Cash, Dr. Curtis, James Vannal, A. E. Hall. The club will hold weekly shoots Saturday afternoons, and the members look forward to a prosperous season at the traps. Dr. H. O. Curtis, Sec’y. In the big cities at the opening of the fishing season a multi- tude of men, chained to business, are yet eager to get off to some nearby place where fishing is to be had, but we all know that near (he big cities anglers are plenty, but fish are scarce. New York is forunately situated in this respect, for within a short dis- tance on the N. Y. Ont. & Western Railroad are the beautiful streams of Sullivan and Delaware counties, where trout and bass — and mighty ones, too — are had by the lucky. The N. Y., O. & W. pamphlet, telling much about the country the road passes' through, will be sent on receipt of 7 cents by Mr. J. C. Anderson, Traffic Manager. The scenery of the Saguenay River, the trout of Lake St. Johns, and the ouananiche of the great discharge are all famous, for people have been traveling back and forth for a long time between Quebec and Lake St. John over the Quebec & Lake St. John R. R. They stop for a while at the great Hotel Roberval, and then very likely go off to camp on some of the beautiful waters in the neighborhood, where the fish are plenty and the guides efficient, and where is found enjoyment as nearly ideal as any of us are likely to see in this world. The season is now opening again, and the advertisement of the railroad in another column tells where information about the country, with its fish, its game and its wonderful scenery may be had. The trap advertised by the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., is offered on such easy terms that it is hard to see how any one should hesitate about making trial of it. The company clearly has the utmost faith in its traps, and proves that faith by its very liberal offer. It certainly does not cost much to write for a catalogue giving full information about these traps, and for 2 cents and a little trouble you can learn what the manufacturers have to say about their traps and their target. IT DON’T COST A CENT UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED. We will ship you a DICKEY BIRD AUTOMATIC TRAP on trial, if satisfactory you send us $25.00. If not satisfactory, return the trap. We know you will be satisfied. Every- body is. Write us for catalogue giving full information. We can make prompt shipment. OWN YOUR TRAP. BE INDEPENDENT. W. s. DICKEY CLAY MANUFACTURING COITPANY, - - - Kansas City, Mo, Von Lengerke & Pet mold, New York City Agents for Dickey Bird Targets FOREST AND STREAM. x! NEW No. 00 Armor Steel L. C. Smith Gun G\in. £25.00, tXCfm Ej HUNTER ARMS COMPANY* Sold through de&Jers only. T'_ . _ 1 Send for ca.t&Jogue. ^ A 1- \IltOn* I REDUCED PRICE. Our Durston Special Grade $25 net $25 ne* The acknowledged leader of medium-priced guns, is now offered for $25 net. It is fitted with our famous Duro Nitro Steel barrels. Guaranteed to shoot any Nitro or black powder and not get loose. Fitted with the same mechanism as our higher grades. Sold through the dealer only. WHITE FOK- 1905 I L LX! ST "RATED CATALOGUE. LEFEVER ARMS CO., - SYRACUSE, N. Y. “C ASHMORE” GUNS PRICE LIST POST FREE 3 GRAND PRIX DU CASINO, MONTE CARLO, - - 1903 AUSTRALIAN GRAND HANDICAP 1902 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, - I899 CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA, - 1899 CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES, - - 1898 1st, 2d and 3d GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, - - 1897 Address WILLIAM CASHMORE, Gun Maker, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert (Moose), .... Carl Rungius 2. The White Flag (Deer), - - Carl Rungius 3. “ Listen ! ” (Mule Deer), - - Carl Rungius 4. On the Heights (Mountain Sheep), Carl Rungius 5. “ What’s That ?” (Antelope), - Carl Rungius 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. Calling the Buffalo — 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo — 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo — 3 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo — i Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 18. Peafl R. (Setter), - - - E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 17. The Redhead Duck, - J. J. Audubon 18. The Canvasback Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 19. The Prairie Chicken, - - - J. J. Audubon 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - - J. J. Audubon 21. The American Plover, - J. J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 23. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge (Elk), - - Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey (Pointer) ... E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - - W. P. Davison 28. Home of the Bass, ... W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, - - - W. P. Davison 30. A Country Road (Partridge), W. P. Davison 81. When Food Grows Scarce, (Quail), W. P. Davison 32. In the Fence Corner (Quail), W. P, Davison “The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16 x ii^4 inches. Price, postpaid, $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. MODERN RIFLE SHOOTING FROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT By W. G. HUDSON* M.D. is a modest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world’s best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls, Equipments, Sights and Sighting, Aiming, Adjustments of Sights, Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Targets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Ap- pliances, etc. Thirty-five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York FLAT LIKE A BOOK IN THE POCKET. The Automatic Colt Pistol, Calibre .32. i1 afe. 'Rapid. Reliable. Nine Shots. Two Safeties. Two Automatic Indicators. You can discharge the first shot more quickly from this pistol than from any arm made. We make four models of Automatic Pistols, Twenty models of Revolvers. Complete Catalogue on "Request. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., HARTFORD, CONN.. U. S. A. London Office . 15 a, "Pall Mall. S. W„ London. W.. England. xll FOREST AND STREAM. The President of a Gun Club near Boston said, “The trap we are using is not satisfactory. It won’t throw doubles, we cannot regulate the he:ght of flight, and we can use only one make of target with it. We have a year’s contract with the makers that we cannot get a release of, but we are going to put in an Expert Club Trap ” That’s only one samj le of what we hear every day. The Expert Club Trap is sold out- right for $30. Any standard target can be thrown with it. It will throw doubles. Height of flight can be adjusted. Write for complete de:.cription. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., 163-165 Washington St., - - Boston, Mass. Our Fishing Tackle department comprises everything in the line of tackle. For reliable FINE GUNS, SPORTSMEN S OUTFITS. OtKer Gvins Ta.ken In Tra.de SCOTT’S MONTE CARLO Automatic Ejector Hammerless. Also GREENER, PURDY LANG, PARKER, L. C. SMITH. Send ten cents in stamps for our new ITirtO FtcKinri Ta r>lrlo and beautifully illustrated catalogue of A; JL A.fl'U Tourists’ Knapsaks and Clothing Bags, Rubber Blankets, Tents, Camp Outfits. Very light 16 and 20 bore SCOTT GUNS just received; also light 12. Also fine bronze metal Breech-Loading YACHT CANNON; all sizes. EVERYTHING FOR CAMP AND FIELD. WM. READ & SONS, Washington st., Boston, Mass (Established 1826.) Catalogue free on application. FISHING TACKLE GO TO VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 318 Broadway, NEW YORK. DEALERS IN HIGH-GRADE SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES, CAMPING OUTFITS. CANOES, ROW= BOATS. CAMERAS, KODAKS, ETC. VACATION RIFLES A SPECIALTY. LISTITE The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. AWARDED The “Grand Prix” for excellence of manufacture at the World’s Fair, St. Louis, 1904. ISTITH The Best Smokeless Shotgun Powder on Earth. J H LAU & GO 76 CHAMBERS SYREET'tNEWYORKC,TY A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” SECOND-HAND AND SHOPWORN. 1591. W. W. Greener automatic ejector, 12- ga., 30-in. barels, 6 lbs. 7 oz. weight, wrought steel barrels, full pistol grip, hand- some Italian walnut stock. In fine second- hand condition. Made to order at $250.00. Price $125.00 3013. W. W. Greener royal quality ejector, with finest English Damascus barrels, full choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elaborate engraving, fine Italian walnut half pistol grip stock, gilt triggers. Dimensions : 12- ga., 30-in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, 2% in- drop, 1414 in. stock. Cost new $425.00, and is as good as new. Price $250.00 1243. W. & C. Scott & Son premier qual- ity patent block safety hammerless, with crystal indicator, handsomely engraved locks, and action. Triplex lever grip action, half pistol grip stock, fine Damascus bar- rels. Cost new $350.00. A great bargain at $125.00 1755. W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Both barrels full choke. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly . shopworn. Cost new $200.00. Price $130.00 1012. W. W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Right barrel cylinder; left modified. 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 6% lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shopworn only. Cost new, $200.00. Price, $125.00 1244. W. W. Greener royal quality Crown ejector. Very few Crown ejectors ever come into the market second-hand, and are always snapped up as soon as they appear. This one is a very desirable example of this grade, and with a fine shooting record. It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, fine half pistol grip stock, and is full choke in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 9 oz., 2 3-16 in. drop, 14% in. stock. Cost $425.00, and is in perfect con- dition. Special net price $250.00 3008. L. C. Smith A-3 pigeon gun. The very highest grade ($740.00) of American shotgun, and one of the finest specimens of this unique quality we have ever seen. This gun has Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. The finest quality Circassian walnut stock, straight grip, with elaborate checkering. This gun is like new in every way, and with it is a fine imported leather case. Dimensions are: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7%lbs. weight, 1% x 1% x 14%. Special price $350.00 HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 2438. W. W. Greener grand prize pigeon gun, $350 grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full cfioke, hall p.stol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12- ga., 30-in. barrels, 7% lbs., 2% in., 14% in. An extremely fine gun. Price, net.. $225.00 1492. W. W. Greener double four-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450.00. It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels, with- out pit or flaw, 40 in. long, stock 14 in. heavy Silver’s recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and it is one of the most pow- erful guns we have ever seen. Price, net $200.00 3014. Knockabout hammerless, with Krupp steel barrels, 12-ga., 26-in. barrels, 6% lbs. weight. Cost new, $60.00. In perfect con- dition. Price $37.50 1480. Francotte hammerless, handsomely engraved, 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. In perfect condition and as good as new. Cost $150.00. Price $75.00 3003. Lefever hammerless, with Damascus barrels, full pistol grip stock. Slightly shopworn. Dimensions: 16-ga., 28-in. bar- rels, 6 lbs. weight, 2 9-16 in. drop, 14 in. stock. List $57.00. Price $30.00 3007. Baker hammerless duck gun, “A” grade, with fine four-blade Damascus bar- rels, matted rib, nicely engraved. Selected imported walnut stock. In perfect condi- tion, as good as new. Dimensions: 10-ga., 30-in. barrels, 10% lbs. Cost new $42,75. Price $28.50 3005. Parker hammerless, 12-ga., 30-in. barrels. 7% lbs. weight. Titanic steel bar- rels. Right modified; left full choke. Im- ported walnut straight grip stock. List, $100, and only slightly shopworn. Great bargain at $52.50 3015. Parker hammerless 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 8% lbs. weight, Damascus barrels, in good condition. Half pistol grip. Fine shooter. The $80.00 grade. Price $38.50 3016. W. W. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz. weight, 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new $120.00. Price, $45.00 1483. Colt hammer duck gun, 10-ga., 32-in. barrels, 9% lbs. weight, with Damascus bar- rels. A good sound, strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, and now in good sec- ond-hand condition. Price $27.50 1836. Greener “Regent” hammerless with Sieman-Martin steel barrels, 12-ga., 27-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new' $65, and in perfect condition. Price $39.50 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR'DE SECOND-HAND GUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different For many years we have made a specialty of buying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you cmtemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to 'trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. All Averages Won by Laflin Rand Powders On April 19 and 20 at Jacksonville, 111., 1st General Average, Mr. W. R. Crosby, 414 ex 450. 2d General Average, Mr. F. C. Riehl, 410 ex 450, Both shot NEW E. C. Improved. 3d General and 1st Amateur, Mr. C. M. Powers, 407 ex 450, using “INFALLIBLE/* LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. NEW YORK CITY. CHARLES DALY GUNS No. 50, Daly rifle and shot, 12 gang e, 38-55 and 30-30, - $50.00 No. 105, three-barrel hammer guns, 12 gauge, 30-30 and 38-55, $90.00 Three barrel hammerless guns, - - $150.00 and $200.00 SPECIALTY CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - NEW YORK, For all game laws see “Game Laws in Brief/* sold by all dealers VOL. LXIV.— No. J9. ' SATURDAY, MAY *3, *905. r rv it, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co.1^ ESTABLISHED 1873. Enteredlat the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS. Great Britain, $5.50 . f LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentnno’s. * The Pennsylvania State Championship at targets, which was by far the most important event in the entire programme of the Penn- sylvania State Shoot, just finished at Pittsburg, Pa., was won by the wclLkrimyn amateur, Mr. Fred Coleman, shooting U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS with a score of 71-75. It seems that history has again repeated itself, for last year Mr. Coleman won the Pennsylvania State Championship at Live Birds, shooting U. M. C. Arrows. Amateurs win repeated victories by remaining loyal to shells that possess the winning quality — U. M. C. Quality. XOhcn ordering your shells for the Grand American Handicap , choose V. M. C. Arro&vs. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. a Depot, 86*88 First St., San Francisco, Cal. A Doxible FLe ason, The last week or two has witnessed some exceptional shooting at different points, the winnings in each instance being due in part to the same two causes. The pheHis Trophy emblematic of the Six-Man Team Championship of Ohio, was won by a team from the Newark Gun Club, on the grounds of the Cincin- nati Gun Club. A significant fact in connection with this contest is that every member of the winning team used WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS WINCHESTER REPEATING SHOTGUNS. The Interstate Tournament which was held at Hopkinsville, Ky., April 26-27, developed some remarkable shooting, John S. Boa, who won high average for the tour- nament, being obliged to make a straight run of 100 to win. This he did in grand style, his total score being 381-400, and his longest run 139. He used, as usual, Winchester Factory Loaded Shells and a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Texas State Sportsmen's Association. Tournament held at Waco, April 18, 19, 20, resulted in a surprise to the experts, inasmuch as Robert Conley, of Austin, an amateur, ran ahead of them for high general average with a score of 317-350. His good work is explained by the fact that he used Winchester Factory Loaded Shells and a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Shooters who go in to win should use Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, as they are known gen- eral,yas “The Winning Loads.” FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc. | Yachting Goods* Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. WORKS: Rt-n B-M'-K. N. i. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. LOOK THROUGH THE YACI REGISTI ARTHUR B I N N E Y, ( Formerly Stewart & Binney. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Mmou Building, Kilhy Street, B0ST0H,MAS8. Cable Address. “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. S0.BO5T0M,; MARBOSHEm and we think! you will agree I us in saying th j ALf^Y BOIL] is the] FAVOR I] BOILEj with yachts 1 ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER Providence, R- I- LOKILLARD & WALKLR, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. M. H. CLARK, Naval Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. " ’ J 17 Battery Pla.ce, High Speed Work a Specialty. New York. MN KIDNEY & SDN. WEST BE FERE, s WE BUY and SELL YACHTS p £ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ^ St SMALL YACHTS A SPECIALTY. 0 5^ commission. $10 our minimum charge, p Write or call, if it’s only a canoe. > 1 CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM, j O 150 Nassau Street, - New York. 3 3 Room 637. BURGESS (& PACKARD NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. NEW YARD. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail 1 4end for Catalogue. ■ C Yachts, Canoes For Sale. a i FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. On or about June 1, we will move our building shops from Salem to Marblehead, where we have purchased two acres of land, with 400 ft. of wharf front, near the center of the town, on the site of the original Marblehead shipyard, close to stores, telegraph, rail- road, etc. A large building shed is being erected and a repa>r plant will be installed, with a marine railway for vessels up to 300 tons, and a machine shop. We will establish a ship chandlery store on the plant, where yacht and engine supplies may be ob- tained at all times. For the benefit of launch owners we will maintain a steel tank boat, from which gasolene will be delivered at any part of the harbor. AMERICAN BOAT AND MACHD Builders of Launches, Saii Boats, Cano I and Pleasure B^ats. ' „ | Our St I Knock] Crel of ar I script i M D Row1] Clinkei Btt.ii, $i. Un per tunning toot net cash, ir catalogue. 3517 South Second Street. ST. I fllHS BOSTON OFFICE: 131 State Street, Telephone 4870 Main. MARBLEHEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Nashua acivd Gregory Streets. Telephone. Ca,ble: “BURGESS,” Boston. MULLINS STAMPED STEEL BOATS. Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of |5,6oo, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles on i/4 tons of coal. Maximum speed 18 miles. Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, New York. “OUR. BABY. »» The Prince, i-*n. long Price, $30 00. Air chambers in each boat Can’t sink. Built of rigid steel plates. Reliable. No repairs. Always ready. MOTOR. BOATS. HUNTING and FISHING BOATS. INSTALL an Eclipse motor in your Cil rowboat. You can buy a cheaper engi] the Eclipse, but you cannot buy a bet] Strictly high grade and high power; simi reliable. Over 1200 Baby Eclipse motoJ sold last year. Engines from $05 up, aecoiJ size. A 16-ft. boat with power installed Send for descriptive circular. Complete illustrated catalogue free on request. THE W. H. MULLINS CO. (The Steel Boat Builders), 126 Frankliiv St., SALEM, OHIO. (Member National Association Engine and Boat Builders ) - THE ECLIPSE MOTOR <| Box 536, MANCELONA, MIC1 AUTO-BO ATS— Fastest in the world- •Ion Cruisers. WANTED TO PURCHASE new or second-hand, or lease for the season, a staunch, seaworthy gasolene motor launch. . General specifications: Length, 22 to 28 it., beam, 4% to 5% ft.; freeboard, 18 in.; draft, not to exceed 21 in. ; 9 to 10 horsepower. Canopy top and fittings complete, delivered at Syracuse, N Y. Proposals should state selling price, also a monthly rental price, with the privilege of pur- chase at the end of six months, and the moneys paid for rental to be applied on the purchase price. All proposals must be addressed to the undersigned and received by him on or before 12 o clock noon, April 29 1905 ^JiNKY L. ALLEN, Top Floor De Graaf Bldg., Albany, N.Y. CANOES AND ROW BOA DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF . . WILLIAMS- WHiTTELSEY COMPANY, HIGH speed and cruising yachts and motor BOATS. Steinway, Long Island City, N. Y. Members of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. Built of Maine Cedar, covered with best canvz by workmen who know how. Models and sir! kinds of service. From $28 up. Satisfaction gi j bei, d NOW for Free Illustrated t • talu OLD TOWH CANOE CO., 9 Middle St., Old T< I A History of Yachting 1600-1815 INSI'fT ON HAi Ball-Bearing Oal on your new boat or si pair for your old one. ,! Noiseless, Easy R.1 Dur-ble For next 30 days I fa sample pair of gj tight or loose pin lock; up in receipt of $2,25 descriptive circulars. T.H. Garrett Jt aul By ARTHUR H. CLARK When writing say you saj ad. in “Forest and Stream.” jl Manual of the Canvas Canoe. By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”). Man) illustrations of designs and plans of can- vas canoes and their parts. Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boj or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. Octavo. Mout one hundred illustrations in photogravure. N et, $5.00. By mail, $5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in book form. \T!V£ For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. TRADE MARK. FOR. THE HIGH QUALITY IN V ART A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. FOR. HOUSE OR. YACi be sure each can bears the abv Mark, which stands for seve years of high grade varnish makir EDWARD SMITH . 6 shot fried in lard. On Wednesday afternoon, as the low, descending sun sank in the west, our steamer sped down a golden highway that was bound on either side by somber pines and hemlocks, and I was re- minded of Longfellow’s lines: “And the evening sun descending, Set the clouds on fire with redness, Left upon the level water One long track and trail of splendor, Down whose stream as down a river, Westward, westward, Hiawatha Sailed into the fiery sunset, Sailed into the dusk of evening.’’ We landed at a deserted lumber camp located at Sandy Island, near the west shore of Lake Nipissing, and after supper that awful quietude of the silent places settled down over all, broken only by the strident notes of numerous chimney swifts that swung in circles around the house. After dark I went in search of these odd little creatures and found them hanging like so many bats to the rough board partitions. When we cast the light from our reflecting lamp thej^ would flit away from place. Several of their oddly constructed nests were glued to the wall. Late an owl visited the rookery and there was a tumult among the swallows. Many times during the night, the swallows indicated their fright by their harsh screams, and it will never be' known how many failed to answer at the morning roll-call. At sun-up, Dayne and the Nipissing went trolling for maskinonge, the king of these north country waters. According to the opinion of our husky guide, this was the only best place to catch the largest fish. “Much feesh dere. Very much beeg muscallonge dere.” Dayne, the medical student, tells us they are still there. While they were gone I saw what John called “musquash” (muskrat) push several tows of green grass through the water to the bank, where there were likely some young. This little creature had no fear of us. Although Dayne caught no maskinonge, he brought home a fine string of pike, One of the largest of these pike contained a whitefish that would weigh two pounds. After breakfast of ham, eggs, bread, butter and coffee, we packed our duffle in our canvas and paddled away, calling “Auf wiedersehen” to Sandy Island. We threaded our way through the many islands and finally emerged upon the placid waters of the historic French River. This stream has been a short cut for travelers who sojourn to the Great Lakes. They' came up the St. Lawrence, turned off and worked up the Ottawa as far as Mattawa, through Mud Lake, Turtle Lake, and Trout Lake to the Long Portage at North Bay; down the Nipissing to the French River, to the Georgian Bay, and thereby saved a journey of 400 or 500 miles. Down this river came Champlain, Brebeuff and very many of the early Catholic missionaries, making this river a popular highway for white tourists when George Washington was a little boy. The river is as wide and stately as the Hudson. The part lying between Lake Nipissing and the Big Chaudiere seems like an arm of Lake Nipissing, and is studded with islands which are nearly all wooded with pine, hemlock, spruce and much jack pine. Being the only one in the party who was not expert in handling a canoe, the Nipissing was assigned to me. In and out, and around these islands we threaded our way until we came to Island No. 125, where we halted. A camp-fire was made and tea boiled. Dayne trolled once around a small island and caught three large bass, which we had for dinner. While we prepared the fish for the frying-pan, Doctor Bragdon, whose eyes see more and whose ears hear more than any other set of eyes and ears I have ever observed, explored the island. He soon returned, bringing a large bunch of the rare and rich Cypripedium spectabilis, one of the, most beautiful of the orchid family. After dinner I found numerous specimens of this fine flower. Five miles further down the river we landed at an Indian settlement for some milk, but were driven off by clouds of black flies. These black flies are interesting bugs. When they bite they make a wound from which the blood flows in a tiny stream, and when many are seek- ing to devour you the sensation is awful. My linen collar was wilted down with blood. In the evening we saw the deer come down to plunge into the river to escape this terrible scourge. We pitched our tent on a bare, rocky island to avoid mosquitoes, and by lining the tent with netting were able to keep most of them away. I saw the Indians milking their cows while the smoke of burning moss enveloped both cow and milkmaid, the smoke keeping the mosquitoes away. Fortunately these pests rarely last after July 1. We made our beds of moose moss, which is soft, but soon packs down solid. It makes a good bed, but the odor, to me, is very offensive. I prefer the jack pine or the spruce or the fragrant bals,am. All around our island was fine bass fishing, and in a few minutes we could catch enough to eat and many were returned to the water. In this cool water fish are full of fight, and I must concur with Henshall when he says, “Pound for pound, inch for inch, the bass is the gamest fish that swims.” I caught three bass here that would weigh twelve pounds and afforded me some of the rarest sport I have ever had. For many years I have made summer pilgrimages to North Bay, Kippewa Lake and Lake Temiscaming, and from the Indians in all these localities I had heard many strange stories of the greatness of William Dokiis, one of the Nipissing Indians. Dokiis has made considerable money by trading in furs and supplies throughout this northern country. He is the chief of a little band of Indians that occupy Okickendawt Island, and is indeed a very remarkable man. He offers $10, coo to the white man who will marry either of his daughters. Now I know many of my bachelor friends in the States who would be interested in this proposition; so Doctor Bragdon and I planned a visit to his home three miles back in the forest. As we paddled into a large bay, called Dokiis Bay, I noticed several bear skulls hanging on the balsam trees. Here the Indians never allow bear skulls to be worried by the dogs or to be kicked about the camp. The lower jaw is care- fully bound to the upper jaw and hung on the balsams; by these solicitous plans do these superstitious red men hope to appease the spirit of the deceased,* and soothe the anger of his friends and relations. The Indians are angered if you disturb these skulls in their resting place. Not only the one who killed the bear, but his friends and relations will resent any impious treatment of Brer Bear’s cranium. When unobserved, I pur- loined a large head. This will adorn my den when I get one. We landed and climbed to the top of a commanding hill, from where we could see miles up the French River. We picked our course through a forest of pine, cedar, balsam, black and white birch. From old birch trees hung loose bark and the trees were bearded with moss. We crossed the swamp on cedar logs that had been laid there during the winter, and entered the woods on the hill beyond. There were many ferns all around and several of strange variety, but all seemed dwarfed in size, presumably on account of the severity *See reference to same superstition in Mr. Brown’s article on “Hunting the Black Sheep.” [May 13, 1905. of the winters, for in Muskoka, ferns grow large and luxuriant. At the top of the hill we came upon a real old-time Indian tepee made of poles, bark and skins of animals. Smoke was coming out at the top and curling up through the trees. I had longed for years to see the primitive abode of the red man, and fearful, lest the vision vanished, I took a snap-shot and then hastened to see how many dusky denizens of the woods resided herein, and was chagrined to find this was not a resi- dence, but a smoke house. Within hung a ton or more of sturgeon drying, higher up hung strips of venison being smoked and dried. While we were examining the contents of the tepee, one of the aforesaid $io,ooo-prize maids came along bear- ing on a wooden shoulder yoke two pails of spring water. Since the dowry was large, the interest in the coy Indian girl was larger. Old Dokiis has two daughters of marriageable age or more. Little Angelina was 64, and Louisa, what you could detect with a pair of opera glasses, younger. The stipulations are that the young Lochinvar must be either Scotch or Irish and Catholic — must have means of his own requirements, and have a reputation for integrity and sobriety, it being the determination of the old chief that no skittewaba (whiskey) shall ruin the happy homes of his girls. Guess they are now safe. A bit further on we came to the house surrounded by the proverbial round-pole fence. The house was an ambitious structure of smoothly hewn logs, neatly joined and spotless in a fresh coat of white-wash. Everything within and without that house was a model of neatness. The chief was down at the Big Chaudiere (pro- nounced, shy-air) spearing sturgeon and presently re- turned and dropped on the wood pile some sturgeon, demonstrating that at 90, his eye was sharp and his aim sure, since both are needed to spear sturgeon. Here indeed- was a wonderful character — simple in manner, taciturn as becomes the Indian, and both truthful and honest. As chief he has power to dispose of some 30,000 acres of pine timber that are a choice tract. Lumber merchants have offered him thousands of dollars in bribes to sell. They have wheedled and brow-beaten him all to no purpose. “No, no, no, no! My people walk under pine tree for long time, very-very long time. Hunt here. Spear sturgeon here. Paddled canoe here. Me no sell! No, no, no, indeed no!” I may say his progeny will have no such high ideals to maintain, for the son said to your correspondent: “Me want to sell very bad for very good price. Pine tree no good to Indian.” These Indians are all very superior people. In a house belonging to a family of a deceased son of Old Dokiis, I observed a piano and other musical instru- ments. This son had married a quarter-breed Indian at Moose Factory on Hudson Bay. Blither this girl had gone from Ottawa as a little girl. Pier sister stayed in Ottawa, and later married, her husband finally becoming the Earl of Strathcoma. Thus the hand of destiny sent one to the solitudes of Canada and her more favored sister to the Court of St. James. Re- cently the Countess died leaving $20,000 to this family of Dokiis. On our way home we flushed a merganser duck that swung in circles over our heads. A silver-crowned eagle spied the duck and came down upon her with wings set, and speeding like an express train. But the duck has some speed herself and dropped, into the water and was saved. A short distance above, on the top of the tall, dead pine, a pair of eagles have nested for over twenty years, and were still there last summer; but some vandal will shoot these birds and this interesting land- mark that is on the river brink will thus vanish. With- in a quarter of a mile below there is another eagle’s nest, and I understood there were young in each nest last season. Saturday afternoon was spent in fishing and cruising; and such fishing! The bait was as much sought after as a city lighting contract./ Long strings of bass, pike, pickerel, maskinonge, and, in streams hardby, trout may be taken. Sunday morning was spent in shaving, bathing, and in a general cleaning up. The writer borrowed a camp ax, and for a couple of miles blazed a trail. I had heard so many say that it is no easy thing to follow a trail unless it is made with care. A mile back in the woods, I came upon what we called in Pennsylvania a “pheasant.” I figured the bird would dash toward a spruce thicket, so I aimed a stone at a black spot on the ground, full three feet from the bird, calculating she would reach this spot in her flight to the thicket. I threw the rock — the pheasant never moved a feather, and, strange to relate, I knocked the bird over and killed it. I hung it on a birch branch and hastened on and soon came to a swamp and was forced to retrace my steps. I soon lost the trail and could not find my bird, but finally struck the river above the canoe. I persuaded our dusky Indian guide to go along to help hunt the dead bird, and in an incredibly short time he found the trail and followed it as easily as I would walk up Broadway. Every stone that had been dis- May 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 871 turbed he saw and, long before we came to it, he spied the partridge. It was a splendid demonstration of the Indian’s power to follow any kind of a trail, through any kind of a country. For dinner we had fried partridge, fried fish, boiled ■eggs, biscuit, and coffee, and had just finished our re- past when we heard the whistle announce the coming of Captain Clark’s steamer to carry us on our return trip to Sturgeon Falls. We had come to pick out islands for camping pur- poses. Doctor Bragdon, Dayne Griffith, and the writer had each picked out his islands. The Doctor- has now a fine six-room cottage on Island No. 126, and is ready for the vacation season when it comes. We quickly sped up the lonely stretches of the French River, every minute bringing us nearer and nearer home; though the poet assures you there is no place like it, the French River has it beat a mile, especially in the “Good Old Summer Time.” Though our hearts were saddened by the arduous toils, business cares and. anxieties at home, yet that most precious part of every vacation is ours forever. It is the fond recollection of bright days joyously spent, and the bright anticipations of other vacation days yet to come — these form the connecting spans of hope, and over this ethereal bridge, high above vexa- tions and cares, march an ever-ending army of those win have tired hands, weary brains, and heavy hearts, marching on to “The island of the home winds. To the island of the blessed, To the Kingdom of Ponomah, To the land of the Hereafter.” James M. Norris. Homestead, Pa. Memories of the Buffalo Range. II,— The Chimney C limbi g of Broken Knife, The spring of 1880 found me engaged in the Indian trade on the Missouri River at Wolf Point on the Yankton Sioux reservation. We were engaged also in trade over at Fort Peck at the mouth of the Milk River, which empties into the Missouri, and at Poplar River. The three posts were under my management. Business was quite large with the company I was with. The large trade in that country was handled by men who were with the Assinaboines, the Yankton Sioux, and Red River people from the north who made Poplar River and Wolf Point the centers in disposing of their furs, and in buying and trading for horses and supplies. The point at which I was trading was a favorite one for the selling of horses and ammunition to hostile Indians, which was very heavy, and I was careful to see that I did not engage in this. North of us was the Sitting Bull band of Indians, who had fled to Canada. While I was trading here, I had an experience which, while funny enough to look back on, was anything but amusing at the time. I had heard of a camp of skin hunters that were situated in a little bunch of timber on a little fork running into Dry Creek about a day’s drive distance, and wishing to get to them ahead of the Miles City buyers, who would be starting out very early in the season, I thought I would visit them. I did not know the precise location of their camp and needed some one to take me to it. There was a wild young Sioux named Broken Knife, whom I had employed at various times as runner to carry messages to distant camps of his people, and as hunter when meat was needed and there was no one to go out and kill. I sent for Broken Knife, and when he came, asked him if he knew where these hide hunters were located, and if he could and would take me to their camp. He replied that he knew where they were and would go with me, and that it would take us all day to get there. We started early one morning. It was late in the winter and bitterly cold. At length it grew dark and became much colder, but we kept on driving as fast as we could, crossing cooleys and going up and down hill, but not finding the roadway bad. About 9 o’clock we reached the camp, but the cabin was dark and there was no sound. I got down, and giving the lines to Broken Knife, knocked at the door without getting a reply; then I pounded, but all was quiet. I walked around the house without seeing signs of life and whistled and called for a dog. I tried to open the door and to find the latch string, but could do neither. The door seemed to be barred. By this time Broken Knife had hitched the team to a tree and joined me, and I said to him that I would get upon the roof and look down the chimney and see if anything could be learned there. It was growing steadily colder, and I wanted to get under cover. Broken Knife gave, me a leg up on to the roof, and I went and looked down the chimney. I could see no fire, but warm air was ascending, so that I knew the house was still occupied or had been recently. The chimney seemed big enough for a man to pass through, and I spoke to Broken Knife, telling him to come up here and bring a lariat, and I would let him down through the chimney, so that he could open the door. He looked a little doubtful at this proposition, but after examining the chimney and measuring it with his hands, he dropped off his blanket and belted his white coat close about him. I put the rope around his body under the arms, he got into the chimney and I began to lower him. His body tided the chimney up, but he got down well enough, but when he reached the fire-place and put his foot down he found that there was a bed of hot coals there covered up by the ashes, and with a grunt he jumped quickly out of the fire-place and landed with both feet on a man lying on the floor. As soon as he felt what was under his feet Broken Knife gave a jump to one side and shouted, “Hoiv cola.” Meantime the man had awakened and started up with a burst of profanity, and when he heard the Indian words, he rushed at Broken Knife, cursing and swearing and yelling, while Broken Knife ran as hard as he could around the cabin to get away. Meantime on the roof I was yelling my name and imploring the man to hold on, telling him that we were friends. Almost at once I heard a shot and a loud yen from the Indian, while the curses of the white man continued, and there were noises of stamp- ing feet, falling benches, grunts and ejaculations. I jumped down from the roof as quickly as I could, picked up a stick of wood and attacked the door, trying to batter it down, and all the time I was calling my name. Presently there was another shot and another yell, and as I pounded the door it suddenly flew open. I went in on my nose and hands on the floor, the Indian jumped over me and out, the white man fell across me and tried to throttle me. I grabbed him, took away the pistol that he still held, and in a few seconds made him understand the situation, and then I started out to look for the Indian. The moon had just come out, and I could see Broken Knife in his white coat streaking down the open bottom as hard as he could. I put after him as hard as I could, but I had on a buffalo coat and buffalo leggins, and did not, I fancy, go very fast. Besides this I was yelling to him all the time, telling him to stop, that it was all right now, to hold on, to wait for me, and so forth. Just before he got to a piece of brush, he slowed down to a long trot and in the brush he stopped, and I over- took him, and, after I had got my wind again, I per- suaded him to come back to the house. It seems that the white man had been to town for mail, had got drunk there, come back to the cabin, gone in and shut the door, and then fallen asleep in front of the fire. When the Indian jumped on him and spoke to him in Sioux, he supposed, of course, that he had been attacked by Indians, and was just putting up the besc fight he could. Luckily he had but two shots in his six-shooter and in the dark missed Broken Knife both times. After the last shot the fire flickered up a little and Broken Knife saw where the door was and threw the bar, when I was trying my best to break in. Broken Knife was a curious sight. FI is white blanket coat was streaked with all sorts of shades of black and gray from his passage down the chimney, and although the night was cold, he had run so hard that the sweat was pouring down his face from his exertions, and mak- ing little trickles through the patterns of his face paint. The drunken skin hunter was full of apologies, but nothing would pacify the Indian, who was absolutely sullen and had nothing to say. An hour or two after things had quieted down the rest of the party of nine men came, and when the story was told to them they simply laid down on the floor and yelled. They made an immense amount of fun of their white companion and of Broken Knife, who sat in a dark corner at the far end of the room. They would take a lantern and go over and look at his face and then yell with laughter and then would look at their companion and yell again. It was more than a year before Broken Knife got over his sense of injury from this mishap and forgave me for having got him into such a scrape. Charles Aubrey. Browning, Montana. An Unsalted Luncheon. There are other things beside doubtful stories which should be taken with a grain of salt — as witness these presents. The oftener a man goes into the woods the fewer things he takes with him. So constant is this ratio that, no doubt, if his days in the woodland, which the Lord gaveth him, were long enough, his outfit on the final trip would be even snugger than that which Kipling described: “The uniform ’e wore Was nothing much before, And rather less than ’arf o’ that be’ind. For a piece o’ twisty rag And a goatskin water bag Was all the field equipment ’e could find.” Most men who, in a spirit of beneficence toward their fellows, give, from the hoarded store of their experi- ence, advice on this subject, feel it their duty to im- press upon the tenderfoot that his pleasures afield will vary inversely as the square of his provision list. Some of these gentlemen, in giving advice, go to extremes which indicate great frugality in the use of common sense. Some of them, I suspect, would oppose the carrying of prunes because of the added weight of the useless stones. How they must have welcomed the advent of smokeless powder! Now, I am not writing an article on “How to be Happy, Though Camping,” nor a treatise on “The Lighter the Pack, the Lighter the Heart”; nor do I presume to give advice as to what ye shall eat or where withal ye shall be clothed. But from a bitter — because tasteless — experience I venture to suggest that if you have at all times a few pinches of salt in your pocket, you will greatly increase your chances of that happiness which the woodland ever holds in such ample store for those who seek it there. You can discard, or forget, many things, and from nature’s warehouse supply their place with something which is either better, or so much worse that it distracts your attention from the loss. But you cannot procure salt, unless, indeed, you distill the tears you shed for having forgotten it; and that, of course, takes time. Hinc illce lacrinuz. We were camped on the south shore of Lake Superior, in the latter part of November, duly ac- credited by the State of Michigan with licenses author- izing— but not always enabling — us to slay a stated num- ber of deer. The other part of the pronoun “we” stands for an eminent counselor at law, of whom it might truly be said “In camp and court he bore The trophies of a conqueror,” — and not in dreams either, like Bozzaris. We had parted in the morning to hunt separately in a belt of woodland, and meet, unless the necessities of the chase prevented, at a small lake, where we designed to eat a frugal sandwich. The day was dark and lowering, the counterpart of many which had preceded it. In fact, it was a week since we had seen the sun, and every day had brought its rainstorm. So often had this been repeated that, if our spirits had not been waterproof, they surely would have been dampened. But some one has said— probably Christopher North in the “Noctes” — that, “There is no such thing as bad weather.” And truly he is right about it, though you have to be out of doors and away from the pavements to appreciate it. Also must you have good foot gear, good legs, and a watertight spirit withal. Having these requisites we had spent an enjoyable week in the woods despite the rain, though daily we had prayed to Diana to send us the snow which was still withheld. Shortly after we parted I heard the counselor’s rifle — he was ever a lucky dog. And soon luck came my way also. I was standing in a little open glade when a big doe, whose footfalls the wet moss had deadened, jumped- the brush and landed in the clearing behind me. I turned at the sound and got in four shots while she was making some of those spectacular leaps with which a frightened deer creates space in the rear. It did not take long to trail and find her, for a .38-55 hollow-pointed ball is a difficult thing to carry, and I soon had my rifle against a tree and my hunting knife out. My appointment with the Counselor was several hours off in time, but only a couple of miles in space, and, having killed my deer, I had nothing to do but to kill time. So I set about doing an artistic piece of woodland butchering. Now, to “gralloch” a deer — the technical word of the old huntsmen is much nicer than any modern equivalent —is a task which has few elements of inherent pleasure; in fact, it will be almost repulsive unless you regard it as a legitimate toil of the chase. If you separate the work of capture from the pleasure of pursuit, and re- gard it only as a matter of blood and entrails, you had better trade your rifle for a shotgun and hunt clay pigeons. To clean a deer you must hang him up. I hasten to qualify this didactic statement by taking it back; it is not necessary to hang him up, if your purpose is merely to separate his “in’ards” from his “out’ards” in the shortest possible time and then go after another one, or get back to camp to tel! about it. You can, in that case, simply rip him open as he lies on the ground, pull out his viscera, and get the blood all over his tawny hide, so that he looks as if he had been killed in a railway accident. But if you regard him as game and not meat, and hold him entitled to respectful treat- ment, you will proceed as if to a sacrificial ceremony, and hang him up. And now note that there are two ends to a deer, and that you are to choose between them in hanging him up. The ordinary method is that of the butcher with the sheep, which consists of running a “gam stick’ through the gambrel joints between the bone and th big tendon and suspending him head down by a rop tied to the stick and flung over a branch. This w 1 suffice, and is indeed the better way, after the deer ha become meat; but while he is still game, - and you game, you should, in the transforming process, han him up by the head. The reasons for this are purel practical, and tend toward that cleanliness which en- ables you to approximate godliness. When he is hunt up stern first the ribs act like a basket, which securely holds — being built for that purpose — all that you desirv to remove. But if you hang him up by the head, tin' rib basket is upside down, and thus gently empties it contents on the ground as soon as your keen-edge< knife gives the necessary assistance. It seems as if hanging up a deer would mean simph throwing a rope over a limb, tying it to his horns — -o around the neck, if a doe — and then hauling on th> rope until he is “chock-a-block.” But you cannot d< it alone unless you are very much stronger than the ordinary sportsman, and it requires a heavier rope that you can conveniently carry, unless you take a smal block. But you can always do it with a tripod oi stout poles about ten feet long. You tie the ends to- gether with the light rope which you carry around your waist, spread the ends of the legs out equally, and lift up the center until the tripod will stand. It ought to do this at a height of between three and four feet, though you may have to get the ends of the legs against something, or “jab” them in the dirt to make them hold while they are at so small an angle with the ground. Then you take a bight of the rope around the deer’s neck, or horns, and shove the legs — the tri- pod’s, not the deer’s — -alternately toward the center until the frame stands at a sufficient height to swing your game clear of the ground. By this method I hung up the doe, cleaned her, and buried the discarded portions in order that they might not offend the woodland air. But I saved the kidneys, for it occurred to me that, instead of our usual cold sandwich, we might as well build a fire and have a hot luncheon. And certainly those kidneys would suggest to anyone the idea of eating and of doing it quickly. Never have I seen a more luscious looking morsel, en- cased as they were in a delicate white tissue — “Sweetly oleaginous, oh, call it not fat!” as Charles Lamb said of the prosaic pig. While wrapping this addition to our luncheon in leaves I heard three quick shots from the Counselor’s rifle, and knew by the sound that he was shooting the small charges in his .30 caliber. When I met him, an hour later, he made the greatest show of reticence I have ever witnessed. When I hailed him with the usual “What luck?” he replied, “Did you hear my three shots? That was at a partridge, and I never touched it.” “Well,” I said, “how about the other shot?” “Oh!” said this wily stoic, “Did you hear that, too?” And then his reticence gave way. “It was a whaling big buck, and I dropped him in his tracks!” Then we foregathered. On our way around the end of the lake to our luncheon place I shot a rabbit with the .22 caliber target pistol which I carry to shoot partridges. (I will kill a partridge with that pistol yet, if I, and the par- tridges, live long enough.) This gave us not only an abundance, but a choice of meat for our noonday meal. Usually we were not very hungry at noon, and limited ourselves to a sandwich and a piece of chocolate. But the doe’s kidneys had aroused all our carnivorous in- stincts, and we were like cavemen. Forest and stream. [May 13 &72 We built a fire, flattened the top of a log for com- bination seat and table, and spread thereon our provender. The table did not groan, even when com- pletely set; for it showed two doe’s kidneys, two rabbit legs, two bacon sandwiches, two sticks of chocolate, two russet apples. This abundant display was flanked by two rubber cups filled with water, cold enough to chill harrow teeth. When the fire had burned down to a good bed of coals we skewered the kidneys and the rabbit’s legs on hardwood switches and set about cooking them. And then there was borne in upon us the full force of the fact that we had no salt. We made an ineffective attempt to supply its savor by fastening the paltry strips of bacon from the sandwiches on the meat as it cooked, but with doubts, which were justified by the event. The abundant fat encircling the kidneys enabled us to keep both them and the rabbit legs nicely basted. The fire was just' right and the cooking beautiful, as a mere visual spectacle. The rabbit legs browned nicely, with little jets of imprisoned steam bursting out in a most appetizing way. The kidneys accepted the ministrations of the fire and transformed themselves from mere organs into a viand worthy of those who know what it is to kill and to cook in the open. When they had reached this point of absolute per- fection we bore them to our log table, and learned the difference between appearance and reality, or rather between appearance and taste. The kidneys were not merely tasteless — better if they had been. I do not know how to describe them; but if there is any word or expression for the opposite of “salty,” it is the one I need. And to sharpen our sorrow we could see that salt alone was needed to give them that per- fection which we had anticipated. The rabbit legs were about as bad, though, being of a coarser texture, the lack of salt did not, as it were, create such an active and persistent absence of taste. Still they were bad enough to cope successfully with anything in their line. And so in the end, after all our exalted anticipations, we dined upon sandwiches bereft of their bacon, chocolate and russet apples, gnarled and weazen by long life and the privations of a remote youth. The Counselor and I now each carry on all occasions a small box containing a teaspoonful of salt, artfully compounded with red pepper. If the fates can catch us in that trap again, they will be entitled to their quarry. H. K. Tenny. Chief Parker of the Comanches* Editor Forest and Stream: I notice that Charles Christadoro asks in the current number, May 6, if my chief and Parker, who went to Washington to attend the inauguration (I do not know if he met the President later on his hunting trip) are the same Indian. No, they were not; my chief was Asa Rabbit, a full Indian'. Parker, whom I used to know well, is head chief of the Comanches, he is really only a half Comanche. His mother was a white woman who was captured by his band when she was a young girl, and Parker’s father, the then chief, married her. A year or two before the Civil War (I forget the exact date now, but the officer who was in command of the troop that recaptured her, went to the Confederate Army afterward) a troop of cavalry raided this band of Parker’s father and took the white woman, Parker’s mother, off with them, returning her to her friends, where she died in a year or two of a broken heart at not being- allowed to return to her tribe again. She had forgotten the English language years before this, and could only speak Comanche. Parker is the most intelligent of all the Comanches, and I always gave his mother the credit for it. He was a young man about twenty-one years of age when his mother was taken from them. Cabia Blanco. Wants Somebody to Start Something. Washington, D. C., — Editor Forest and Stream: It may strike you with a feeling of newness and surprise to see my once more familiar handwriting again; but the surprise need not be as great as that occasioned by the reading of the inclosed slips from a West Virginia newspaper and from the Cincinnati Enquirer, showing that in the region where I used to hunt a good deal years ago, hunters have killed a white black bear. The story is. told by the Montgomery, W. Va., correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and says : “Two hunters, who were driven by rain to take shelter in a cave in the mountains of Nicholas county, roused a perfectly white bee pink eyes, which had quarters in the cave. When from its slumber the bear attacked the men with and severely injured one of them. Mr. Wilson who fired the shot that killed the animal, has tl and will have the same properly prepared and m The hide has the texture and the head the app of the common black bear, except that the skin i white and the eyes pink.” When is the next discussion due to begin in yc umns? — one of those delightful interchanges of by a lot of good fellows, some of whom do 11 whether they know anything about the. subject Can’t you think of a good subject that will run al a month or two? I got such a lot of pleasure out c ing the Kipling criticism of a year or so ago that ! 10 take part in it, which was thoughtless. I wou backed up Kipling all right, however, if I had chij I have seen and heard the things he describes, lo. Indian canoe poles and the rest, and his descriptic ried me in imagination miles away to the numerou: in the “brule” where I sought moose and caribc after year, and to the streams where, in search oj the “raw right ahgled” jam opposed, the shod sounded, and I basked on the sunny bars. It is t some of your correspondents to start something. Cecil (| The Primer of Forestry Completed. As a source of positive information about wh estry really is, and to spread a knowledge of its rr a book has been prepared by Mr. Gifford Pinchc ester of the United States Department of Agr and Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, entitled “A of Forestry.” which is published in two parts, issued in i8qq, deals with the life of a single tre trees as they exist i.i a forest, with the life of a and with the enemies of the forest. Part II. Primer has just been published. It deals with “P Forestry,” the purpose of which is defined as “t< the forest render its best service to man in such as to increase rather than to diminish its useful the future.” In other words, it means “both t and the preservation of the forest.” The Brass-Eyed Duck* BY MARTIN HUNTER. The whistler, whistle-wing, great head, garrot or brass- eyed is one of the few ducks that, to my knowledge, builds its nest in trees. The Indians, who are noted for giving appropriate names, call this duck “arrow duck,” on account of its quick passage through the air. They fly very swiftly, and it is only an expert gunner that can bring them down in succession. I once had the rare opportunity of watching the doings of a female brass-eyed from the building of the nest to the time she placed the young ones on the waters of the lake. To watch the industrious little builder was a most interesting pastime and afforded me much pleasure. The tree selected was not, as one would suppose, immediately on the shore, but a bit back in the thick growth. Prop- erly speaking, the tree was a stump, although a strong- live one grew rubbing sides with it. The stump was on the south side of the green one, and thus protected from the north, and was about twenty feet in height. On examination shortly after the duck began to lay, I found that the concave top had been lined with dead leaves, hay, clay and small sticks. After this one peep in at the architecture and the couple of eggs therein, I re- frained from anproaching the stump again, but continued my observations from a distance. When the duck took to steady setting I could just see her head and bill over the edge of the nest. Regularly each evening during the period of incubation she would fly out on to the lake to feed, drink and plume herself. These absences from her duty lasted from twenty min- utes to half an hour. When the young were hatched I kept a strict and steady watch on her movements, for the thought occurred to me, “How would they get to the ground?” But, like a good many other things, this riddle of the forest was made clear to me one evening near sundown. I sat motionless in my canoe a little to one side of the direction of the stump. The lake was as calm as oil, and in a little while, after taking up my position, out flew the mother in a slanting way to the water, and hanging from her bill was one of the young ducks. This she quickly deposited on the lake and flew back to the nest, and made trips to- and fro, until she had brought the whole of her brood, which numbered seven. A hen is a proud mother even with one chick; well this was a transported one with seven. She swam through the midst of them, around them, away from them and toward them, exhibiting the utmost delight. Finally she led them in toward the shore, the shadows of the woods shutting them out from further observation. While daily visiting my nets about the lake, I often encountered the brood, or saw them at a short distance and they continued to interest me. One day the number of ducklings appeared fewer than ought to be and on counting them I found there were only five. Next day this was reduced to four, and a few days after, when next I saw them, there remained only three. However, the mystery of their disappearance was made clear to me on that same day, for while trolling past the ducks’ feeding grounds a big maskinonge struck the hooks savagely. Being alone in the frail and small canoe I had the ut- most difficulty to successfully play and kill him, but was amply paid, for on cleaning the big fish we found in its maw one of my young ducks. Thus was their mysterious disappearance explained, this, or some other large fish, was accountable for the brood’s diminution. While on the subject of the brass-eye I would wish to set the reader right in regard tO' the whistling noise they make, that is the male. The author of “Wild Fowl and Iheir Habits” asserts that this noise is made by their short sharp wings cutting the air in rapid flight. Were this the case the female would make the same sound, but no one ever heard this whistling from a lone female or a number of females. It is from the male we get this; not from the wings, however, but from a gristly sac attached at the end of the wind-pipe, much the shape of the bag of the bag-pipes. From this he emits several different kinds of sounds, as I have often listened to when approaching a flock on a calm moonlight night in the mating season. Another erroneous assertion by the same author is that the flesh is rank, fishy and hard. The old ones are, more or less so, on their first arrival inland in the spring. At the sea, as a necessity, they live on fish, but a month after reaching inland waters, where they feed on marine plants and roots, the color of the flesh changes. It also becomes juicy and is as good eating as black duck or teal. The young ones, when full fledged, just before migrat- ing to the sea for the winter, are excellent. The French-Canadians call this duck the diver and the half-breeds of Hudson Bay the pork duck. All the tricks of hiding attributed to this duck by Netlje Blanchan, author of the book from which I have taken the several names under which the duck is known to American readers, are quite true, and also other devices not enumerated. For instance, when wounded I have known it to dive and come up within a few yards of my canoe with its head under a water-lily leaf and there re- main, quite motionless, until I noticed the center eleva- tion of this single leaf and fired at a venture with the result that I killed the duck. On another occasion I noticed a wounded brass-eye making toward the shore in very shallow water. The formation of the banks was such that it was impossible for it tO' land and hide. Nevertheless, toward that shore it had dived, and never appeared above water. Pushing the canoe quietly along with my gun ready in the other hand, I scanned every inch as I went. Along the beach there was a solution of mud almost as light as the water. The duck had passed under this and came to the shore in about five inches of water showing nothing but its bill on the beach, the entire body being covered with mud, the exact counterpart of that about it. Although my canoe was within six feet of the bird, it never moved, and it was only by the closest scrutiny that I detected its presence. With a good silent dog playing in front of a blind, these ducks in the early spring will come within short range, as will the black duck and gray goose. They have keen eyesight and will work in from a quarter of a mile to investigate the dog. The dog of best color to attract ducks is yellow or yellow and white. A pure white is better than a dark colored, which latter only appears to scare them away. [This is an interesting contribution, for it brings up a number of points about which there has been more controversy in the past, and one at least which is us. That Mr. Hunter’s duck brought her young water in her bill is interesting and agrees with sta made years ago in Forest and Stream by Mr. Gei Boardman, who quoted a Canadian informant as that the old birds brought their young from the 1 the water, carrying them in their bills, but that tc port the young for a longer distance, the birds can young pressed to the body by the feet, a des< which is not altogether clear. Mr. Hunter declares that the whistling noise n the brass-eye does not come from the wings and t noise is never made by the female, in this his differs from that of many other writers. In his be labyrinth — an enlargement of the wind-pipe found male of most ducks and but seldom in the femj plains the whistling sound so commonly heard win birds fly near us. Food notoriously gives flavor to the flesh of d well as other animals. On the sea coast, where : on fish and perhaps shell fish, the flesh of the bi or golden-wing is notoriously bad, but like Mr. ] other authors have declared that inland the bird cellent eating. The observation of the destruction of the brood maskinonge is worth recording. Pike, pickerel, nonge and snapping turtles are notorious enen young duck.] Ruffed Grouse Propagation Fiditor Forest and Stream: Professor Hodge’s report to the Massachusett! Commission, as reproduced in your current issi the accompanying photographs, takes a keen hold sympathies of all the lovers of this grand bird. ’ port itself, coming down no later than last No- might well have been supplemented with an aco some of the Professor’s more recent experiem though it is to be presumed that these will follow course. My own correspondence with him this follows the birds till some of the hens began 1; few days ago, and he assures me that he previou abundant evidence that the eggs had been duly fe Many of the older readers of the Forest and ; will remember that in my experiments for the p tion of the ruffed grouse in 1884-1887, reported v to the paper at that time, I succeeded in actually ing grouse chicks from eggs laid and incubated parent birds while in confinement. Circumstance it impracticable to continue those experiments time, and it has been a matter of constant regi I have never been quite in a favorable situation tc them. But Professor Hodge’s success along the: has been a matter of much gratification to me, and taken much pleasure in placing at his service sue! mation and suggestions as might seem to be us him. Although all my mature grouse were original] ones, they became very tame, feeding readily fr hand and manifesting no fear of man. In the the males swelled and strutted after the -turkey fashion, but were never heard to drum in- the coop reason for this did not occur to me till after m May 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 378 had gone, but when Professor Hodge complained this spring that he could not induce the males to drum I sug- gested that he separate them from the hens. The de- sired result followed in a very few minutes after such separation ; and now, he says, the process can be induced at any time by the same method. I have now in my possession two very fine photos which Professor Hodge recently sent me, showing the male grouse in the very act of drumming. In these pictures the outlines of the head and body are clear and distinct, while the wings, owing to their rapid vibration, are only a misty blur. (I sincerely hope that Professor Hodge will not think I am trying to steal his thunder.) The ruffed grouse is a wary, but not a timid bird, and soon makes friends with his keeper when he realizes that no harm is intended him. The hens are faithful sitters and devoted mothers, and there would seem to be no valid reason why such experiments as those of Pro- fessor Hodge, in such intelligent and capable hands as his, should not bd pushed to complete success. In speaking of “Artificial Breeding of Wild Birds,” and alluding to the efforts of the Massachusetts Commission, the editor states that its “attempts to rear quail have not yet been successful.” Why not? It seemed to me after rearing one brood of quail from the parent birds in confinement just before taking up the grouse, that it was too easy to afford a problem of any difficulty. It would be interesting to' know why the Massachusetts attempts failed. Possibly, like so many enterprises which have to do with the breeding of feathered fowl of all kinds, it was quite feasible on a small scale and quite imprac- ticable on a large one. Jay Beebe. Scent Glands of the Deer Editor Forest and Stream: Thirty years ago in a hunter’s camp on the western plains one of the boys in “drawing it long” told the rest of us that antelope had ears in their feet the better to hear the approach of an enemy. This was greeted with a “hoot” by the rest of us, and the bold declaimer of truth retired in some confusion. Antelope feet there were in plenty about camp, yet we never thought of ex- amining one to decide the question, but decided it out of hand, as it were. Many times since then the oppor- tunity to examine deer and antelope feet has offered, but I thought the idea so wild and dreamy that I never charged my mind with it and never made any examina- tion. Last autumn we brought a deer into this ranch whole and while it was being dressed the argument of thirty years ago came to my mind. An examination showed a hole in the skin just above the hoof and be- tween the bones at the front. This hole was the end of a hollow tube which passed through the ankle between the bones and then up, ending in a cord running up the leg; the leg having been severed at the knee it could not be traced further. Was this the origin of the telephoney5 [It has long been well known that many, if not all, our American deer have what our correspondent calls “a hole in the skin just above the hoof and between the bones at the front.” These are commonly called by hunters “scent bags” or “scent glands,” and in most species contain a substance which emits a strong musky or other disagree- able odor. The Virginia deer always has the gland on all four feet as does the Columbian blacktail deer and the mule deer. The caribou possesses the gland. Caton de- scribed these glands quite fully about thirty years ago, and they have been long known. On the Virginia deer the glands may be fully one inch and a half in depth, “hairs, though to a limited number, are found in it. On this deer I found this gland more active than on any of the others. It always contains a considerable amount of the secreted matter which is about the consistency of cerumen and a portion of it frequently assumes the form of pellets about the size of a small pea, which, however, are so soft as to be more or less flattened. The substance is of a grayish color and emits an odor which is strong and offensive to most nostrils.” We have examined the feet of deer fre- quently for this gland, and have found the glands com- monly to contain a whitish moist powder, strongly odor- ous. Deer hunters believe that the odor from these glands yields the scent which the hounds follow in pur- suing the deer, but on the other hand many animals not known to possess these glands are followed by the dog with equal success.] A Loon in the City. Lockport, N. Y., May 6. — Last Friday morning as Mr. James Cochrane was on his way to his place of business, which is near the Erie Canal, he saw a bird lying on the Prospect street bridge. Mr. Cochrane supposed the bird was dead, but on picking it up found it alive, although unable to move, on examining the bird he found blood on the breast. Mr. Cochrane took the bird into the factory and placed it in a tank of water where it soon commenced to paddle about, and finally managed to climb out of the tank and drop to the floor, although the water was about eight inches below the top of the tank. The bird was badly hurt, as it could not walk. It propelled itself about the room with its wings. Mr. Cochrane telephoned me on Monday that he had a duck of some kind that he wished me to see. It proved to be a male loon weighing between eight and ten pounds. The bird was probably flying down the canal during the night, attracted by the electric light, and on nearing the bridge tried to pass over it, failed to get high enough and struck one of the iron rods and fell to- the bridge, where Mr. Cochrane found it. I noticed a dish of cornmeal near the bird and was told that it had had nothing else for four days. I offered the information that it would not live long on that food, and advised him to drop the bird into the canal and see how quick he would disappear. I also gave him the ad- dress of a taxidermist at Niagara Falls that would put it up for $5 or $6. Mr. Cochrane offered the bird to me, but as I have two fine specimens in my collection, I did not care for it. My best specimen weighed twelve pounds when taken and is the largest loon I have seen. I have heard of their weighing eighteen pounds. My other specimen weighed only 8$4 pounds, and was about the size of the bird Mr. Cochrane has. A Collection of Wishbones. When my collection of birds were being mounted I saved the wishbones of many species and have a collec- tion of nearly 200 wishbones, from that of a humming bird to> a whistling swan taken in this county (Niagara) and a white pelican taken in Niagara River; the wishbone from my large loon had been broken and grown together and is a good job of surgery. Professor Laicas, of the Smithsonian Institution, came to see my collection about fifteen years ago, and when he saw the wishbones said, “it was the finest collection of them he had ever seen, and that the wishbone was a very important bone.” I picked up the whistling swan bone and asked him of what species it was. He said “that he would give it up.” Professor Lucas also advised me to present my collection of wishbones to the Smithsonian when I wanted to dispose of them. I know of no better place for them, and ultimately they may go there. J. L. Davison. P. S.- — The wishbone of the whistling swan is unlike any other that I have ever seen, although I suppose that this bone is similar in shape in all swans. J. L. D. Audubon Commemoration. The services in commemoration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth birthday of John James Audubon, the naturalist, were held on the evening of Thursday, May 4, at the Church of the Intercession, 157th street and Broadway, New York. The service was conducted by Rev. M. H. Gates, the rector of the church, and the large building was crowded with an interested and attentive audience. The principal address, delivered by Hon. Alton B. Parker, former Chief Justice of the New York Su- preme Court, told in charmingly simple fashion the story of the naturalist’s arduous life, and gave full credit to that great woman, Lucy Bakewell, his wife, to whom, as much as to himself, Audubon’s success was due. The address was simple and without the slightest attempt at oratory, and for that very reason was moving. Of the child Audubon’s artistic bent, the speaker said : “No lesson that we learn from Audubon’s life is of more interest than that every child should have oppor- tunity to develop that talent which God has given him. A father is tempted to plan what work his child shall carry out; and if the child happens to develop artistic talent the father tries to throttle it. Audubon’s father hoped to make his son a follower of Napoleon, but the boy would have none of it. He came to America and hunted birds.” Mr. Edward Doyle contributed an appreciation in verse of Audubon’s character and life work. Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton and Mr. Richard Watson Gilder, who were to have delivered addresses, were not present, the former having been detained by a railroad accident, while Mr. Gilder was confined to his room through illness contracted at the funeral services of Joseph Jefferson. Mr. Frank M. Chapman, by way of expressing the indefatigable energy of the naturalist, gave an Audubon chronology extending over more than thirty years, which showed how constantly he was working and moving about in pursuing the great work finally so well accomplished. Mr. Chapman’s address was very effec- tive. The Hon. George F. Parker spoke more formally of Audubon as a man, and pointed out the various qualities which he possessed which should be possessed by every American ; his perseverance, his democracy, his indepen- dence and yet his humble mindedness. Rev. Dr. D. H. Green, the Bishop of the Diocese, made the closing ad- dress. The occasion was one of no little interest. Among those present were a number of the grandchildren and great grandchildren of the naturalist, together with many people who had long lived about his old home. The Duck’s Smell. Los Angeles, Cal., April 2 "j.— Editor Forest and Stream: Without wishing to revive the threshed-out question, “Can ducks smell?” I take the liberty of quot- ing a paragraph from Mr. William Dinwiddie’s very in- teresting article on “Duck-hunting in Japan,” which ap- pears in Harper’s Weekly of the 22d instant. The para- graph reads as follows : “The best weather for this game is when the stiff cold winds of winter blow and the birds are restless and con- stantly hungry, and a really successful hunting day can only be had when the wind blows toward one off the lake; otherwise the sensitive birds wind you, as they enter the ditch, and beat a hasty retreat.” The article from which the above paragraph is clipped describes the curious and elaborate method of netting wild ducks, as the sport is pursued in Japan. If is illus- trated by photographs, and will prove of interest to duck shooters. Robert Erskine Ross. [See also reference to the scent of ducks in a decoy paper which will be printed in our next issue.] National Park Game. And the Montana License Law. Yellowstone National, Park, April 30 —Editor Forest and Stream I returned from the Pacific slope almost a month ago, leaving there green grass, flowers and blossoms of all kinds. I reach here and find almost everywhere dry ground and dust. There is very little snow in the Park or On the mountains around, but since my return there has been consider- able snow and rain in the valleys. A short time be- fore I came home, a buggy was taken through the Park, so little snow was then along the roads. The game, as a rule, is back almost to the summer range. Even the antelope are as far as Yancey’s and Specimen Ridge. Until very lately there were a few feeding on the alfalfa in front of Gardiner. The alfalfa has just begun to start, and it is just as well the ante- lope are not all aware of it. For several evenings I saw seven mule deer there. They like young alfalfa, too, and, I suppose, will hang around for some time. The ground had been so dry all winter that it was expected that, to make the grass grow, irrigation would have to be resorted to, but the late snow brought it out. Still hardly a shade of green can be seen on the hills. In many sheltered spots wild currants have green leaves, but not the quaking asp or cottonwood, and very little grass shows. I found the whole country west of here on this side of the cascades very dry and with very little snow. I heard of more snow south of the Park, and every one knows that more snow falls there any season than in the northern part of the Park. Jackson’s Hole has very much more snow than the same altitude up here. Still Wyoming has made a State game park south of the Yellowstone Park and claiming it for a winter range. The elk are not from Missouria, but you will have to show them where the winter range comes in north of any part of Buffalo Fork of Snake River. During some winters a very few elk have managed to make a living there, but those that are left in this winter range park are usually un- fortunate enough to die early in the spring. It’s like elk wintering in Hayden Valley, now and then quite a few winter there, one season over 2,000 tried it, and during the late spring Capt. G. S. Anderson saw them dead by the hundreds in a place. It is the same over on Pelican Creek. Since then very few elk have at- tempted to winter in those sections, and it’s the same south of the Park, until you get south of Buffalo Fork. Few elk would attempt to winter in Jackson’s Hole,' or even in the northern part of Yellowstone Park, were it not for the settlers on their old winter ranges. Wyoming Winter Range Park would prove a death trap if any number of elk were compelled to camp there. Their winter range commences just south of Buffalo Fork, on what some call Horse Thief Buttes, and from there on down to the lower end of the Hole more or less elk are found and usually in large bands. If Vvyoming wanted to make a game park where elk could winter they would have to take in about all of Jackson’s Hole, or, better still, make a new park, either in the Big Horn Mountains or on Green River, making it large enough for a winter range. The best of all the winter ranges are taken up by ranches, and the country is supporting families and cattle, and many comfortable homes are found there. I think Wyoming would find it difficult to get their people to give up their locations in order that the elk or any other wild animal might have a winter home. Wyoming and Montana, and for that matter many other States, could do more for th<- preservation of game if they would encourage its domestication, and that of fur-bearing animals, too. At present these States do every thing they can to discourage it. Montana has passed about as obnoxious a game and fish law as it is possible to imagine. I have not seen a copy as passed, but, judging from the papers and the feeling expressed by the people, there is, as a rule, strong objection to it everywhere. There is no use itemizing the faults, the whole law is wrong, except that part limiting the number of animals to be killed and protecting antelope. I advise hunting parties of eastern gentlemen to keep away from both Montana and Wyoming until they pass laws that are not rob- beries. I am in the business, too, of guiding these parties and have been for years, but I don’t believe in robbing them or seeing a State do it. There are other countries in which they can hunt, and I advise them to go there unless they have more money to throw away than usual for licenses for themselves, guides, cooks and packers, and $10 for fishing in Montana! These parties have to pay all these licenses, besides wages for the men and transportation. Montana has gone license mad! Wyoming is getting over the fever and recovering, but has cut off the best of the hunting country, and still requires a non-resident to take out a license for killing game that they are not letting the parties hunt. It is like the item in the license permit- ting the killing of the Rocky Mountain goat, supposed to mean white goat. It would improve the license and make the non-resident think he was getting some- thing for his money by adding one eland, one spring bock, one elephant, one musk-ox, two caribou. They will be as likely to get these animals as the white Rocky Mountain goat in Wyoming. If the Yellowstone National Park could have taken from it 1,000 elk every year to stock other game parks S 74 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 13, I9°5* and preserves, it would be a benefit to this park and to the elk left here, and would help out other States. Washington has passed a law forbidding the killing of elk in that State for a number of years. The Roose- velt elk in the Olympics were fast disappearing, so it’s claimed; a few hundred elk sent there from here would soon restore the band to their usual number, although I doubt if the elk increase as fast in the Olympics as in the Rocky Mountains, owing to the climate and food conditions. The country is so very different winter and summer. I saw the description of the effort made to capture the small band of wild elk ranging on the Sacramento and San Joaquin bottoms, or swamp country, and one paper said they were to be given to the Government for the Yellowstone Park. I believe there are less than fifty elk in this band, and in place of the Government accepting a gift of them, it could better give a train- load for, say the Big Tree Parks to California, and let California keep her little bunch on the San Joaquin. I have seen some of that country, and would not be surprised to learn that these elk had feet like caribou, or were web-footed. It’s said they are smarter than our elk, and I don’t doubt it. We all hope for considerable rain this summer to make up for the lack of snow in the mountains. It is the snow in the big drifts, however, that keeps up the water supply for irrigating the lower country and not that in the timber or lower flats. If the wind last win- ter was strong enough to build those drifts up to their usual size there will be no more scarcity of water than usual. ... I did think I would write you a bit about the game in this park, but have touched on everything but game conditions here. Well, they are all right! Everything did well this winter. Even the scouts and game keep- ers, for they killed many mountain lions and coyotes. T. E. Hofer. Nova Scotia Moose. The American sportsman who has been accustomed to hunt in Nova Scotia, will hear with regret that the past winter has been a most disastrous one for moose. As a rule the snow does not attain a great depth in our woods. In three seasons out of five the lumbermen complain that there is not enough. February and March, 1905, have been the most severe months for many years. Ihe snow attained a depth of six feet on the level in our woods, the railway system of the western part of the province was paralyzed, the town of Yarmouth was tyenty-four days without a train from Halifax, and the small towns were cut off from the country by huge drifts of snow, which took days to shovel out. The moose and deer were help- less ill their ‘‘yards,” and anyone who possessed a pair of snowshoes and a gun could kill as many as he chose. Fortunately for our game, only an infinitesimal number of people availed themselves of the opportunity. Tre great majority of our people are law-abiding, others were “scaled” of the fine imposed on. people who hunt in close season. The minority of possibly two or three-score persons made up for this, however. In nearly every county in the Province several moose were slaughtered, and had the latter end of March been as stormy as it was fine, the moose would have been well-nigh exterminated. The vardens did all they could to prevent, and are now doing all they can to avenge this butchery. Up to date (April 17) the record of convictions is about as follows: Yarmouth county — Four convictions. Other cases pending. _ Digby county — Two convictions. Five or six cases pending. Annapolis county— Not heard from yet. Several cases pending. Kings county — Eight convictions. Gases pending. _ Halifax county — Six convictions. Many cases pending.. Guysboro county — Two convictions. Many cases pend- Colchester county — Three convictions. Cases pending. Queens county — Six convictions. Many cases pending. Lunenburg county — Four convictions. . There have doubtless been other cases not reported in the press, the writer will send further particulars as they come to hand. It must not be supposed that each con- viction means a dead moose. All parties hunting or pursuing with intent to kill in close season are liable to a fine. All persons having meat, hides or horns in their possession in close season are liable to a fine unless they can prove that they were obtained in the open season. For every poacher arrested and fined two or three have gone scot-free uo to the present time. They may have to reckon with the authorities later on, as the poaching fraternity have an awkward way of turning king’s evi- dence against one another. The deer are not indigenous to Nova Scotia. They were captured in New Brunswick, and turned down in our woods. They were increasing very rapidly, but num- bers have been killed, and it is doubtful if the few left will be able to hold their own against the bears and wild- cats which destroy many of the fawns. One most gratifying thing has been the way -the magis- trates upheld the game wardens. In former years it was difficult to find a rural magistrate who considered an offense against the game laws a serious matter. Thanks to the present Government; nearly every district has a stipendiary magistrate now,' who not only knows the law, but enforces it. The weakest spot in our system of game protection is the fact that all measures relating to the protection of game are intrusted to the “game society.” This body consists of Halifax business and professional men and officers of the Imperial army and navy. The society has no funds to enable it to carry on an aggres- sive campaign, it is most unpopular in the rural districts, and its members are not practical sportsmen, from a woodsman’s point of view. _ _ The game wardens are appointed by the society, and belong to all social grades. Some of them are guides, others are lawyers, doctors, druggists, farmers and men of leisure. Curiously enough, the professional men seem to get more convictions than the woodsmen and farmers. There is one old veteran who practically devotes all his time to the preservation of game. He is far past middle age, but he can “do out” many men young enough to be his grandsons. He has just run down the arch-outlaw of eastern Nova Scotia, and has innumerable cases pend- ing in two counties. I allude to Commissioner A. O. Pritchard, of New Glasgow. The early spring has brought the breeding woodcock along somewhat earlier than usual. The ruffed grouse are almost extinct in some localities, they were buried under the snow and the crust formed and shut them in. This was especially the case on the slopes of the North Mountain in Kings county. Kings county has a most able game warden in Mr. Tuffts. He is a barrister by profession and has only been appointed recently. His list of convictions will be a long one at the rate he is piling them up. Game Warden. Federal Control of Game. Washington, D. C., May 4. — Editor Forest and Stream: On my return from the eastern shore of Vir- ginia I found on my desk your issue of April 29 contain- ing Judge Beaman’s reply to my previous letter. The tone is rather controversial and he apparently evinces more concern in discrediting the principle of Federal superivision of migratory birds and fish by applying a magnifying glass to the minor and wholly unimportant provisions of the bills than by a fair and candid criticism of the original and only issue now concerning the sports- men readers of your journal. In so much as Judge Beaman in his earlier correspon- dence admitted the great benefit of Federal protection of certain game, it seems to me he takes an unfortunate way of aiding in such an attainment by a captious and in my mind wholly erroneous attack upon certain minor details of the game bill. The principle advanced by me was new and of far- reaching effect, so that 1 had not the slightest desire to seek Congressional action thereon until the sportsmen of the entire country might have every opportunity of con- sidering such proposed legislation. The game bill was introduced, printed and immediately given out for public consideration. Judge Beaman almost seems to think I was guilty of some transgression in doing this before consulting him and other game law experts. It does not constitute a very grave offense to introduce a bill into the National House, for during the past Congress 20,000 bills were d' mped into the hopper hnd, excepting the pension bills, only a small number were enacted into laws. The two questions uppermost in this legislation were (1) the constitutionality of Federal control, and (2) the desirability of such a law. Considering the practically unanimous support accorded this measure, the legal question alone remains for fair discussion, and it seems to me that in so far as the read- ers of the Forest and Stream are concerned, it is an im- position on their good nature to continue a debate on this single feature, in view of the extended consideration already given it in your columns. My assertion that in addition to the popular support given the bill, some of the best constitutional lawyers in the country upheld this proposition, seems to irritate Judge Beaman, for he asks for “the reasons therefor from at least one of these lawyers,” as though my statement had but a shadowy foundation. As a matter of fact out of more than fifty lawyers and judges consulted, only four or five finally expressed doubts of its legality, and I am now having printed for the use of the House committee resolutions and opinions received by me. Unquestionably at first sight the average lawyer looks askance at the general proposition of governmental con- trol, but after mature consideration has usually come around in its favor, and it is this feature that has greatly encouraeed me. Judge Bearttan says he is preparing a bill for the Fed- eral protection of game and fish that will be bomb proof “when perfected according to my ideas.” I am not so much surprised at his great faith in the wisdom of his product as in the recent progressive evolution of ideas which makes such a result possible; for at the outset of the discussion he expressed the belief “as to Federal pro- tection of birds, migratory or otherwise, it is quite prob- able it can be lawfully extended to all inland navigable waters and public waters along the coast by prohibiting shooting thereon under the guise of enhancing the safety of navigation or something of that kind.” The idea of, the Secretary of War by a “department” regulation declaring a closed season on excursion steam- ers, armored cruisers, naphtha launches and dredge boats, thereby incidentally protecting waterfowl, made some of us think we had appendicitis; and this scheme was then followed by the proposition that all local and migratory game on all public lands of the United States, be put under Federal control (notwithstanding his reiter- ated assertion that the title of all game was in the State) and in the face of the fact that in some States there are probably a hundred thousand instances where contiguous lands are subject to separate State and Federal owner- ship, resulting in the inextricable confusion of the law abiding sportsman. We are then told that the next evo- lution will result in a bill so perfect that Congress will have no chance to amend or mutilate it and thus avoid the “patchwork legislation,” which he seems to think this body is only capable of. Considering that seventy-five per cent, of the members of the Lower House are lawyers, and that the import- ant committees contain the oldest and most experienced law makers in any legislative body, I can imagine their delight in receiving a bill so perfect in legal principle, in form and phraseology that it can be recommended with- out the formaliy of a hearing. This saves work, respon- sibility and inures to the committee’s credit besides. Since serving on the Judiciary General Committee of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, fifteen years ago, I have found few men who could draw a statute on an entirely new phase of legislative action without erring in some of the minor details at least. It may be my game and fish bills are not perfect, but as they were not intro- duced for immediate passage but to test the great under- lying principle in each, I fail to see the recklessness of my course, though I regret not having the Denverian ability to Turn out perfect work at the first jump. My migratory fish bill, which was sent to Judge Beaman at his request, is likewise made a target of re- fined criticism. After squinting along the barrel for three weeks he fires the following shot: “This bill undertakes ' to protect fish while spawning gnd goes at it by declar- t ing the spawning period to begin when the fish enter the bays, rivers, etc., and to end upon the ‘completion of the act of spawning’ — and thereupon remarks, that ‘the male fish, which do not spawn at all, will have no open sea- son.’ ” I had always assumed that the act of spawning, in the sense here used, was the joint act of the two sexes — the female depositing the eggs — ,he male ejecting the milt thereon — but. according to Judge Beaman, the female is the whole thing. However, as this section was pul into the bill at the instance of the most expert fish cul- turist in the ^country, who has spent twenty-five years in ’ the United States Bureau of Fisheries, the blow must fall on him and not on me. Perhaps in Colorado the fish are of a hermaphroditic nature. A State which can have three Governors in one day has a reproductive capacity capable of indefinite limits. Since my advocating of Federal control of food fishes m our interstate public waters, the Minnesota House of Representatives has adopted the following resolution: To the Congress of the United States: Realizing that a great amount of friction has arisen, and is liable to arise, on the Great Lakes between Canada and the United Mates, in regard to the fishery regulations, also on all waters ol a public nature, between the different States; be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota, that the United States Government is hereby requested to take full control of these public waters, so that they may be suitably stocked with fish and a uniform law passed, governing the fishing industry of these waters; and that the State of Min-, nesota cede to the Government any jurisdiction claimed over these waters in regard to the fishing therein. Cases have arisen where the representatives of the United States Government have been arrested by the State authorities for taking spawn in the closed season. Men representing the Game and Fish Commission of this State, have been arre.,ted by the representatives of another State, simpiy for getting across an imaginary' line; and we realize that it is almost impossible to get uniform laws passed by all the States controlling these waters; 1 therefore, we would urge that Congress take such action as m their judgment is desirous, so that frictions of this kind would entirely cease, and that the fishing industries of these large bodies of water may be replenished and protected as they shomd be. The past ten days I have been on the eastern shore of Virginia and succeeded in getting a number of good photographs of shore birds in their northern migration. While there the county supervisors proceeded to suspend the State law prohibiting spring shooting, at the instance : of hotel proprietors, guides and local shooters. Word was immediately sent to the large cities on the Atlantic coast and in a few days there will be a great influx of shooters intent on bagging the birds on their way to the nesting grounds, some of them already covering eggs in that vicinity. While I can recall no authority ior such suspension, the law was not enforced at all last year j under the State statute, and this is a fresh instance of the utter disregard of localities for the welfare of transitory birds. Were these same supervisors to have opened the law on quail, indignation would have known no bounds, yet the principle is precisely the same. In conclusion, let me say that in my humble judg- ment the next five years will see the passage of Federal ! laws protecting migratory birds and fish, and what is of equal importance their constitutionality sustained by the highest Federal courts. If this does not occur, the sportsmen of this country ' will witness the practical extinction of our principal mi- gratory birds on the Atlantic coast and in many other localities where the narrow avenue of flight is through a series of populated States. If we had Sam Fullerton as a Federal game warden, invested with full authority, we wouid find a different condition of affairs. Geo. Shiras 3D. The Mounting of Moose Heads. Bangor, Me. — Editor Forest and Stream: Perhaps no section of country on earth affords at present such an abundance of large game, such as deer, moose and caribou, as does northern Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This year about 500 bull moose were brought out from this territory. In New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where deer are quite scarce and moose and caribou very plentiful, these animals are killed in great numbers by sportsmen from all parts, of the globe, and particularly from Europe, who are gratified to think that they have secured what they may well be pround of, and which, if properly taken care of, may be handed down to their descendants as family heirlooms. There are many taxidermists in this section who ad- vertise as professionals in their line, and charge the owner of a head accordingly. How many of these men really understand their business is a question, and it is a constant wonder to me that so many sportsmen will spend thousands of dollars to secure one of these trophies and then allow themselves to be deceived by fraudulent and inexperienced men and, in the end, have their game heads spoiled. For instance, there is a firm' in a New Brunswick city which advertises to mount a moose head in ten days. I will describe this process, and you will readily see how impossible it will be to get good work done under such a process and in. so short a time. After the head of a moose is se- cured, the scalp is taken off from the head and neck and partly fleshed. The flesh is taken off of the head, leaving the bones bare. The scalp is put in a salt and alum pickle for twelve hours. The next day it- is, mounted; then it goes to the dry room, where it gets its roasting. During the process of mounting, a rub- ber tube is put inside the head. This tube is con- nected with a hot air reservoir, and as soon as the head;' goes into the dry room, hot air is forced through the tube and the head is thus exposed to a strong heat, inside and out. This process is the cause, virtually, of the spoiling of every one of these heads. First, the scalp is not tanned when the mounting is done; on the contrary it is in a raw state, while, as a matter of fact, it takes twelve days to tan a moose scalp, owing to the thickness of the skin. In my past experience I have seen untanned scalps put on heads with the blood running out of them. In this hurry-up process, it is necessary to punch the scalp full of holes to let the hot air out. This perforating ©f the scalp makes it look as if the animal had the mange; every hole that is made u; cuts many hairs of different length and makes it look1 May -13, i905-3 FOREST AND STREAM. 878 irregular. I invite any sportsman who has had work done by this hurry process to examine his trophy and see the hundreds of holes, in the scalp, and also see what a large amount of hair has been lost in punching The next bad feature is the steam which is generated in the head by the heat, caused by the moist clay lying just under the scalp, and the raw, untanned condition of the scalp itself, which promptly begins to sweat as soon as the hot air is turned on. This makes the hair come out during the process, if the head is disturbed after it is dry. The hair and raw skin are baked to- gether, and the sportsman is none the wiser until his trophy falls to pieces. Another swindle. This firm will furnish a record j moose head, and if you will permit me to use a few more i! lines, I’ll tell how it is done. They will take a head -i that was shot early in the season, and the antlers not being very hard immediately after the velvet comes oft, their scheme to defraud is readily carried out. They take a jackscrew and put it between the horns after removing the scalp, and force the antlers apart as far as they can. The head is then thoroughly dried in the dry room, and will remain spread. Then the scalp is replaced and often high prices are received for these artificial spreads, while there is no sign by. which the unsuspecting customer may detect such a high handed fraud. There are many of these taxidermists who advertise, and yet do not understand the business, nor can they do the work as it should be done. Carl A. Garris. Massachusetts* Boston, Mass., May 6. — Editor Forest and S treaty . ) Your many readers in Massachusetts -will be pleased to I learn that the committee on fisheries and game have agreed upon a bill relating to the open season for the shooting of upland birds which make the month of. No- vember only the season for -quail shooting. No- quail are j, to be killed in October. On Tuesday the committee gave I a second hearing on House bill 251, oni which it had re- 1 ported favorably. It will be remembered that this bill I provided for making November and December the open i time for quail, which met with a general remonstrance i from the sportsmen’s clubs on the ground that more birds could be killed in December than in any other month, and for other obvious reasons. The sentiment 1 of the committee has all along been strong for addi- tional protection of quail, in view of the great numbers destroyed by the severe winter of 1904, the constant and rapid increase in the number of gunners, and the diffi- . culty in procuring birds for restocking. It may be a disappointment to some of our sportsmen to be obliged to forego the pleasure of quail hunting in October, but I have no doubt most of them will approve the action of the committee, although it will result in “a split” in the season for upland shooting. Another bill before the committee was one providing that the prohibition of fishing through the ice on Lake Quinsigamond be removed. This was championed by Mr. A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester, who stated that more than 100 prominent men of his city had organized a trout fishing club and built a hatchery on Meadow Brook, a tributary of the lake, where they now have some 25,000 or more fry and young trout with which they propose stocking the lake. For that reason it is desired to have ice fishing allowed, so as to rid the lake of pickerel. Mr. Kinney said one of the men interested was Congressman Hear, a son of the late Senator Hoar. Mr. Kinney’s contention was ably seconded by Representative Jewett, } of Worcester, and no one appeared in remonstrance. The fishing at Sebago continues good and many large fish have been taken. The same is true of Clearwater, where the number of visiting anglers is increasing daily. Quite a number of salmon have been taken, from Lake Alburn, but none of them very large. Moosehead is clear of ice and several Boston sportsmen, among them Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Foster and Mr. James H. Young, will start early in the week for that mecca for those who : are numbered among the disciples of Izaak Walton. Central. Legislation at Albany. Albany, N. lr., May 8. — About the usual number of bills amending the forest, fish and game laws were in- , troduced during the legislative session just ended. A fair proportion of these measures was passed, several, of I them have become laws already. The following bills have been signed thus far by Governor Higgins : Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1074) making the offer of sale of grouse and woodcock in this State a violation j of the law prohibiting the sale of that game. , Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1075) providing a penalty of $60 for violation of the section of the game law relative to the taking of lobsters and an additional f penalty of $10 for each lobster taken. For every other violation of this section a penalty of $100 is prescribed. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1076) providing that the placing of nets in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters shall be presumptive evidence that the person intended to l violate the fish and game law. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1077) correcting a typographical error in the section of the game law rela- tive to the close season for woodcock so as to provide ' that not more than thirty-six woodcock shall be taken in an open season. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 1079) providing that in the use of nets in Coney Island Creek a passage un- obstructed not less than ten feet wide shall be left for the passage of boats and fish. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1087), providing that woodcock, grouse and quail taken in Orange county shall not be sold. Assemblyman Bedell’s (Int. No. 1181), providing that in Orange county not more than twelve woodcock, grouse or quail shall be taken by any one person in one day, and not more than thirty-six of either variety in any one year. Assemblyman Knapp’s (int; No, 1365), prohibiting uansportatipn companies from bringing into this State any fish caught in that portion of Lake Champlain known as Missisquoi Bay, province of Quebec, Canada. Assemblyman Cunningham’s (Int. No. 599) > permit- ting the spearing of suckers, bullheads, eels and dogfish in the Delaware River in Sullivan and Delaware coun- ties and in Sandsburg Creek, Warwarsing, Ulster county, from April 1 to Sept. 30. Assemblyman West’s (Int. No. 469), prohibiting the placing of carp in Keuka Lake or in any other Waters in- habited by trout. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 265), repealing a pro- vision of the game law permitting fishing through the ice in waters in the town of North East, Dutchess county. Assemblyman Hammond’s (Int. No. 534) > prescribing the length of pike which may be taken in Oneida, Madi- son, Oswego and Onondaga counties. Assemblyman Apgar’s (Int. No. 86), adding Rockland and Westchester counties to those in which there is no open season for wild deer. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 263), providing that the close season for black and gray squirrels in Sullivan and Dutchess counties shall be from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30 following, and in Chautauqua county from Dec. 1 to Oct 15 following. Assemblyman Gray’s (Int. No. 266), providing that woodcock shall not be taken in Tioga, Sullivan and Dutchess counties from Dec. 1 to Sept. 30 following; that grouse shall not be taken in Tioga and Dutchess counties between the same dates, and repealing a provision of the game law which prohibits the taking of grouse in Dutchess county prior to 1907. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 115), making it a mis- demeanor to buy or sell game out of season. Assemblyman Reeve’s (Int. No. 305), providing a penalty of $50 for each black bear taken out of season, and prohibiting the taking or killing of land turtles or tortoises. The Senate’s Committee bill (Int. No. 677), relative to the duties of the superintendent of forest fire wardens, and game protectors. Assemblyman Bisland’s (Int. No. 1175), amending section 40 providing that the close season for troup shall be from Sept, 1 to April 15, both inclusive, but if the 16th day of April shall be Sunday in any year, such close season shall end with the 14th day of April. Assemblyman Wade’s (Int. No. 249), providing that the meshes of nets used in Lake Erie shall not be less than one and three-eighths-inch bar. These additional bills were passed and are awaiting the Governor’s action: Senator Armstrong (Int. No. no), removing the pro- hibition against the destruction of the nests of crane, raven, common blackbird or kingfisher. Senator Elsberg (Int. No. 76). amending section 170 so as to provide that the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission shall appoint a special assistant oyster pro- tector. a resident of the Borough of Manhattan, at an annual salary of $600. His field of operation shall be confined to the Borough of Manhattan. Senator Drescher (Int. No. 82), adding a new section to be known as 180, and providing that three additional game protectors and one additional assistant chief pro- tector shall be appointed. They shall be assigned to en- force the law for.the protection of fish in Jamaica Bay and adjacent waters. The salary of the assistant chief protector shall be $1,200 a year, with $750 for traveling and other necessary incidental expenses, and the salaries of the additional game protectors shall be $1,000 each a year. Senator Armstrong (Int. No. 684), amending section 178 so as to direct the game protector to destroy nets or other devices unlawfully used; provided that the Forest, Fish and Game Commission may direct a game protector and to retain certain nets and seines for the use of the State fish hatcheries. Senator Coggeshall (Int. No. 496), amending section 179 so as to allow Oneida county to make regulations as to the destruction of nets or other illegal devices seized for violations of the law. (Same as Assembly bill, Int. No. 794, by Assemblyman Gates.) Senator Alld’s (Int. No. 10x6), allowing the State Commission to purchase from private individuals or cor- porations fish roe' or fish eggs. Senator Raines (Int. No. 147), adding a new section to be known as section 43-b, so as to provide that trout shall not be sold, exposed for sale or possessed for the purpose of selling from Sept. 1 to April 21 in any year. Assemblyman Stevens (Int. No. 1216), amending sec- tion 47 so as to provide that the close season for trout in Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties shall be from Sept, x to April 30, both inclusive. Assemblyman Miller (Int. No. 994), amending section 52 so as to forbid the pollution of streams inhabited by fish in Queens, Suffolk and Nassau counties. Assemblyman Whitney (Int. No. 1019), amending sec- tion 59-a, so as to permit the use of tip-ups and set lines in fishing through the ice in Big Sandy Pond, Oswego county. Assemblyman Plank (Int. No. 958), amending section 6 so as to provide that pickerel, pike and maskinonge shall not be taken in the St. Lawrence River below the city of Ogdensburgh from Jan. 1 to April 30, both in- clusive, nor elsewhere in the river from Jan. 1 to June 9, both inclusive. Assemblyman F. C. Wood (Int. No. 428), amending section 172 so as to increase from $1,200 to $x,400 the annual compensation of assistant chief game protector. The annual salary of the other protectors is increased from $600 to $900, and their annual allowance from $450 to $600. The bill also amends section 187 so as to allow the State Commission to turn into the State treasury all the money received in actions to recover penalties, fines, etc. Assemblyman Foster (Int. No. 262), amending section 48 to provide that maskinonge less than twenty inches in length shall not be possessed or intentionally taken, and if taken, shall without avoidable injury and immediately be returned to the water where taken. Assemblyman Yale (Int. No. 77x). providing that the open season for trout in Putnam county shall be from April 15 to Nov. 1, both inclusive. Assemblyman Reeve (Int. No. 321), providing a new section to be known as 15-a so as to prohibit the taking, killing or exposing for sale of any land turtles ?r tor- toises, including the box turtles ; also amending section 16, so as to provide an additional penalty of $25 for each wild moose or any such wild animal taken or possessed in violation of the law; also a penalty of $100 for each turtle so taken, and a penalty of $xo for each land turtle or tortoise thus taken. Any person failing to file a re- port with the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the killing or taking of the black bear is liable to a penalty of $25. Assemblyman Gates (Int. No. 651), amending section 14, so as to prohibit the taking of beaver by any device whatsoever. Assemblyman Bisland (Int. No. 476), amending section 12 so as to make the close season for hares and rabbits in Sullivan county from Feb. 16 to Sept. 30, both inclu- sive, and in Schenectady county from Feb. 1 to Oct. 31. Assemblyman Becker (Int. No. 778), providing for four special game protectors for Monroe county. License and Gtm Club. Mr. W. B. Anderson, editor of the Cumberland, British Columbia, News, writes of the local gun dub: “The club is capable of encouraging and doing useful work in our midst. The majority of the officers and members of the club are in favor of the $2.00 a year gun license. Every one who carries a gun can afford to pay it, and all who enjoy the sport protected by the government should be willing to pay something toward the cost of that protection. The government has prac- tically protected the game, and the sportsmen have practically slaughtered it. In addition to the numerous benefits accruing from this license, the small boy, also the ‘man who cannot shoot straight’ will be protected. In many cases experienced hunters have been the vic- tims of reckless shooters who shoot at every moving object they see in the woods. By becoming members of the gun club a boy or man is taught to handle his weapon, the various workings of a shotgun and rifle are explained to him, and when he goes out for a day’s sport he feels that he does so without endangering his own or his neighbor’s life by mismanagement. Dealers in game will be taught by the imposition of a license that it is a costly business to offend against the law, destroyers of grouse will be deprived of a market for their contrabrand goods, and in general, sportsmen will receive the benefits of the statutes which were meant to be enforced. The officers of the club receive no other reward than the approving consciousness of laboring in a worthy cause. Therefore we submit the gun club deserves acknowledgment for the good it has done in the past and encouragement in its efforts for the future. There seems to be an idea prevalent that the imposition of a license is for the purpose of preventing a certain class from shooting, whereas the idea is to create a fund to be applied to the preserva- tion of game for the public good. Any person who shoots for the sake of sport should be able to pay the nominal fee suggested.” Lake Senachwine Night Shooters. John Fay, of Toluca, and Charles Spencer, of Henne- pin, his pusher, were arrested last week for shooting at ducks after sundown at Goose Point north of Undercliff Hotel on Lake Senachwine, and were given fines, which with the costs, amounted to $25.60 each. The arrest was made by Deputy Game Warden H. C. Barthleman, of Tiskilwa, assisted by Peter Francen, the watchman of the Princeton Game and Fish Club at Goose Pond. Just before nightfall the flight of ducks oyer the marshes is usually pronounced, for it is at that time that the bulk of the ducks look for a place to roost for the. night. Between sundown and dark the ducks fly low and within easy range. The objection to shooting ducks at that time is that it drives them from the places they might wish to settle over night and that the flashes from the guns frighten them so much that they leave the pond entirely. After sundown and as dusk approaches the bright flashes of fire can be seen coming from the muzzles of the guns every time a charge is fired. These flashes are plainly seen over the entire pond at dusk, being a thing that is not possible in the day time. It is what the hunters call “burning out” the ducks. To stop this practice the Legislature passed a law making it a misdemeanor to shoot at ducks before sunrise in the morning and after sundown in the evening. Medicine in Camp. Editor Forest and Stream: For twenty-five years I have been a constant reader of Forest and Stream. I have read with much interest the many articles on “Medicine in Camp.” I am a veteran camper. Have camped both North and South and always carry a small medicine chest which contains such remedies as were mentioned in the various articles with the exception of the tooth forceps, which I will add this year. Toothache in camp breaks up that cheerfulness which is so characteristic in camps. Is not easily checked with medication at times when a pair of forceps will bring smiles in a few minutes. Of all the articles I have read there is one remdy that has been omitted and of its great importance I can testify. One ounce of mercurial ointment, commonly known as blue ointment, for the destruction of body pests which may be picked up in logging and lumber camps, in Pullman and steamer berths. J. F. Detweiler, M. D. Prairie Chickens Near Davenport, Iowa. Davenport, la., April 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: On March 23 of this year I found four prairie chickens within four miles of this city. I was crossing a small field when a prairie chicken arose about a hundred feet ahead of me, and circling around, sailed past me to my left, at length settling down in a meadow a short dis- tance away. As I went on a few feet, three more chickens arose and passing to the right of me sailed off to a nearby cornfield. On April 15 I searched over the fields about this place but failed to find the birds again. _ One very rarely hears of prairie chickens being seen in this county. Occa- sionally a few are found in the counties surrounding 11s, but they are so scarce as to discourage any extensive hunting of them. Donald B. Davison, 376 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 13, 1905. Some Notes on Tarpon Tackle. On P. R. R. Train West of Pittsburg, April 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: I promised to tell your read- ers a few facts concerning tarpon tackle that I have learned during the last two years, hence this letter. My remarks will be grouped under the following headings: First — Hooks. Second — Chains. Third — Wires. Fourth — Sinkers. Fifth — Lines. Sixth — Reels. Seventh — Rods. Eighth — Butt-Sockets. Ninth — Leg-Pads. After experimenting with various hooks, I have come to the conclusion that the best one up to date is the large Van Vleck hook, sold by Wm. Mills & Son. There are othei; hooks that resemble it somewhat in appearance, but which are not as good. Some of these have the eyes flattened too thin, causing them to cut the wire when the latter is attached * directly to the hook without an intermediate chain. This is a serious fault, and is likely to be the source of intense aggrava- tion. The bronze color of the Van Vleck hook was thought at first by manv fishermen to be objectionable, because of the possibility of its frightening the fish; but experience shows this surmise to be incorrect. Most of the experienced tarpon fishermen with whom I have talked on the subject agree with me in my preference for the Van Vleck hook, although I must confess that the large-size hook of Ed. vom Hofe is nearly as satis- factory. Second — Whether the use of a chain between the hook and the wire increases the number of fish landed is a disputed point. Once in a great while I lose a fish by the breaking of the wire, where it joins the hook, but in such cases it is possible that had a chain been adopted the wire would have broken at its junc- tion with the chain. My opinion is that the chain does give one a very slight advantage, consequently were I fishing where tarpon are scarce, I certainly would adopt it; but where they are plentiful, it hardly appears necessary, for the occasional loss of a fish adds to the uncertainty and therefore to the excitement of tarpon fishing. The real objection, though, to the chain is the increased expense of the snell and the fact that when the attached hook is broken or bent both the chain and hook have to be discarded. Were there some easy method by which sportsmen could attach the hooks to the chains, the adoption of the latter would soon become the rule instead of the exception. Third — Thus far I must have tried faithfully at least a dozen different kinds of wire, and not one has proved to be perfect. The requisites for an ideal tarpon-snell wire are, great strength, toughness, and immunity from rust and deterioration in salt water. The ordinary steel wires rust quickly and become brittle, while wires of soft metals break under stress. My hopes have lately been pinned to phosphor-bronze wire, half-hard, and for my last trip I ordered a supply of it measuring one- sixteenth of an inch in diameter, but I was furnished with some that scaled a trifle less than one-twentieth of an inch. It answered fairly well, but failed me three or four times in ten days. Had the diameter been as great as ordered, I think the wire would not have broken. It is my intention to try this metal again, using a diameter of one-sixteenth of an inch or the next larger size made. At the same time I tested Mr. Ed. vOm Hofe’s new rustless wire, which is said to be of nickel-steel, and found it unequal to its task. It failed me so often that I soon stopped using it. Per- haps if its diameter were double, this kind of wire would be satisfactory. The claim made for its being rustless is well founded, but the metal is rather soft. There seems to be a prejudice against the adoption of wires of large diameter, because of their greater weight, but I find the latter to be an advantage in that it carries the bait deeper in the water. Generally, I am the most fortunate of all the fishermen in the party as for as getting strikes is concerned. This may be due partly to the fact that I study as much as possible the habits of the fish and try to troll where they are likely to be most plentiful, but I think it is mainly owing to my heavy snells, which reach the fish that are well below the surface of the water. The tarpon does not make a practice of remaining many seconds upon or near the surface, but ascends and descends frequently. Fourth — A sinker1 should never be attached firmly to the line or snell, but so loosely that the first struggle of the tarpon will throw it off; for, otherwise, its inertia will be sufficient to jerk the hook out of the fish’s mouth. The best and cheapest kind of sinker is one of the leads used for the peripheries of castnets; and it should be fastened with a short piece of very fine copper or brass wire twisted several times around the line or snell. Such a fastening is so slight that it will detach with a moderate shake. Fifth— There has been lately quite a little controversy about the best line to use. Some over-fastidious sports- men claim that a line stronger than No. 21 or No. 24 is not legitimate, but the experienced ones who go out to catch fish find that No. 36 gives the best satisfac- tion. Vom Hofe’s line of the last mentioned number is the one that I now use exclusively; and I find that it is so strong as to obviate the necessity of doubling back twenty or thirty feet, as was my custom when I employed a lighter line. One objection to it is that a reel of standard size will hold comfortably only 400 feet. Unless one is fishing with the boat at anchor in a swift current and without a buoy attached to the anchor rope, 300 feet of line will almost always suffice, but under the conditions named 400 feet will occasion- ally be found too short. One great advantage of the No. 36 line is its long life — I have still on one of my reels the remainder of a very long No. 36 line that has been used for three seasons, and I expect to try it again, although it has already been turned end for end. It is of smaller diameter than the No. 36 line that Mr. vom Hofe is selling to-day, and, in my opinion, is a better article, for it appears to be wound tighter. Sixth — The most satisfactory reel that I have thus far found is Mr. Ed. vom Hofe’s latest type with all the improvements, viz., the handle with adjustable friction drag and the automatic stopper that prevents it from being turned backward. I have, however, made two improvements to these details, first, the placing of a slide at each end of the handle instead of at one end only, and, second, making all of the metal faces that come in contact plane instead of cylindrical. Mr. vom Hofe has adopted the first improvement, but has changed the abutting faces, so as to make one plane and one cylindrical. This is not enough, for the cylindrical face will certainly very quickly pound down so as to permit of the handle’s slipping back past the stopper, as it did when two cylindrical faces were in contact. Any good reel fitted with a Rabbeth handle and the stopper just described is just as satisfactory as the vom Hofe reel, and, in fact, I prefer the Rab- beth handle on account of its greater size and the better grip to the hand that it affords in consequence. This combination, by the way, effects considerable economy in purchasing a satisfactory tarpon reel. Seventh — I am still using vom Flofe’s greenheart and snakewood rods and find them excellent; but Mr. Mills has split bamboo rods for tarpon and tuna that are beauties, and it is my intention to possess one of them in the near future. They cost, however, nearly twice as much as the greenheart rods. The Mills rods all have one important advantage over all other rods that I have ever seen, viz., a lock or catch for attach- ing the reel in the seat. With other rods it is necessary to bind the reel to the rod substantially with cord. This takes time, and is awkward when one desires to change reels quickly. Eighth — Butt-sockets are not yet employed at all generally, notwithstanding the fact that no tarpon out- fit is complete without one. They afford great com- fort to the sportsman when handling a heavy fish. I prefer to fasten the socket permanently to the chair by means of ordinary screws instead of by thumbscrews beneath, because the latter sometimes work loose and fall off. One objection, though, to the- permanent at- tachment is that the socket may be stolen when the boat is not in use. This objection does not«apply at Aransas Pass, where thieving is unknown, but it does for some places in Mexico, where the peons will steal everything that is detachable and is not too heavy to be carried off. Every tarpon fisherman should provide himself with a good butt-socket of stout leather. Ninth — I still continue to use my leg-pads in spite of their awkwardness, and the. trouble they give in putting on and taking off; but I am thinking of having another pair made of a different type by taking a pair of stout overalls, cutting the legs off at the knees, and attaching the wooden ribs to then on the outside by means of pieces of stout duck. A strap at the bottom of each leg may be advisable to hold the legs from slipping upward. My leg-pads certainly render much more comfortable the handling of large fish. This letter is written in the hope that it will evoke discussion from some of your readers, and thus augment the general knowledge of sportsmen concerning tarpon tackle. J. A. L. Waddell. Fish Chat. BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS. A Lot We Don't Know About Salmon. The work that is now being done by American biolo- gists is, for accuracy and thoroughness, attracting the attention and admiration of scientists everywhere; the fields of investigation that are being explored are wide and dive'dTd, and not a day passes which does not bring f r '1 s :ne valuable discovery. One m s1- he not only a diligent reader but he must have ample .i.ne ?t his disposal to keep in 'touch with all that is going' cn in scientific journals, but if he is able to digest even a moiety of all that is recorded in them he will be astonished, almost overwhelmed, at the evi- dences of the grand work that is being done in all direc- tions. The value of the results which have been obtained is, in many cases, almost inestimable, in fact, it is often quite beyond computation, such as, for example, the dis- coveries that have recently been made by Mr. Charles C. Jocelyn on the diseases of fishes. Although a vast deal has been accomplished, the opportunities for research that still remain are limitless, and some of them will prove of absorbing interest when the work of investigation be- gins. Among these the habits of the Atlantic salmon de- serve immediate attention ; the information concerning them possessed by ichthyologists is astonishingly small, and as the species seem to be almost threatened with extermination, every opportunity for improving our knowledge concerning it should be availed of. Among my correspondents, is a gentleman who, al- though well advanced in years, has lost nothing of his interest in the study of fishes, which, with him, has been the chief occupation of his life. Unfortunately for science he is now, by reason of the infirmities which fall to most men who attain his great age, unable to perform the field work for which, as is shown by all his letters, he constantly yearns; but he is ever on the alert to ac- quire information regarding the habits and characteris- tics of our fishes and often makes inquiries of me, some of which I am unable to answer. Among them are the following : “1. Does the salmon spawn annually, or is the work of procreation occasionally performed in alternate years only ? “2. What, in your opinion, is the cause of and use for the elongated, hooked jaw of the male fish during the mating season? “3. Is the early run of salmon which began in the eastern rivers of Nova Scotia this year in February, a chance occurrence, or do the fish enter those streams thus early every year, and long before the ice goes out?” To these questions I have been unable to give decisive replies, and this, too, although my acquaintance with the fish began nearly a half century ago. Biological investi- gation in the direction indicated by these interrogatories would be attended with no little difficulty, but something should be done, and that, too, without much delay, for opportunities for conducting it may not always offer, and it is for the purpose of calling attention to its necessity that I now pen these lines. Possibly the subject may create some discussion in these columns from which valuable points of information may be obtained. Do Salmon Spawn Every Year? To this question I cannot give a decisive answer, but I have no doubt that a certain proportion of these fish fail to mature ova in some years. I have not handled any1 of them later in the season than the date prescribed by law, which permits their capture by the angler, but I have often noticed that while the ova in some females is so far advanced at the close of the season that the pellets are large, almost one-half the size they attain when ready for expulsion, and have much the appear- ance of mature eggs, in some of the other fish, taken at the same time, the threads of ova are extremely minute, almost microscopic; so undeveloped were they, in fact, it seemed almost impossible they could in the following autumn be matured and ripened sufficiently for cutting, in which case they must, if the fish had lived, have gone over for another year. Reasoning by Analogy. The habits of our salmon and trout are similar in many ways, particularly in the matter of reproduction, and that the trout often fails to cast its spawn at the proper season in the autumn and goes by until the following year I have proved to my entire satisfaction. Late in Decem- ber, 1904, I was so fortunate as to secure by the courtesy of the fishery officers a number of fine specimens, some of which were plump and exceedingly well conditioned; they showed no signs whatever of having cast their spawn, for the spent fish is always in evidence. One or two, however, showed every indication of having spawned, for they were thin and gaunt, were, in fact, “spent salmon” in miniature in many ways. Now, judging by analogy, and we have a right to do that since the two fish belong in the same family, the salmon, like the trout, occasionally passes the spawning season without maturing its ova. A Chance for Hatchery Officials. This matter could be readily determined, however, by tagging the fish that are stripped at the hatcheries each year and noting the proportionate number of tagged fish -which return with mature spawn the following season, for the salmon invariably returns to its native river in which the season of reproduction is passed. As to the Hooked Jaw. To the second inquiry I replied that, until the matter was specially brought to 'my attention, I had not given it much thought, but supposed that the hooking of the lower jaw of the male fish was a provision by nature to enable him to assist the female in preparing the “ridds” or spawning beds by scooping up and carrying to them the pebbles of various sizes, of which they are formed; but on reflection I saw that this was not a correct solu- tion of the problem, for the male salmon takes but little part in forming the “ridd,” leaving that work to be done by his industrious mate. I suggested to my friend that it was possible that the hooking of the jaw was given the fish as a weapon against other males in combats which would be likely to occur; but this supposition also seemed untenable, for the reason that the tip is soft and velvety, which condition would unfit it for an offensive weapon. A Variety of Opinions. My friend asked the opinions of a number of other gen- tlemen, and the replies that came to him were strange and varied; one being to the effect that the elongated hooked jaw of the male in the mating season was given him for the purpose of holding the female somewhat after the manner in which the domestic cock seizes and holds the hen. Another gentleman of wide reputation as a scientist, replied that the “male salmon had his jaw hooked because he could not help it,” and others believed that the curious formation was given the fish to serve as a weapon. My correspondent did not accept any of these replies to his interrogatories as being of very much value, but he has, after much thought and study, worked out a ■ theory which, to me, seems perfectly plausible and which, in my opinion, he ought to elaborate before the scientific world without delay, and I hope when he reads these lines in Forest and Stream he will give in detail the views he has formed and show how and by what methods of observation he has arrived at his conclusions. I un- 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 877 I id them perfectly and believe in them, but it would air for me to “trench upon his manor” by writing n. [Early Runs of Salmon. iis third question I replied that the salmon begin iie into the rivers on the eastern coast of Nova on or before the first of February every year, the and Port Medway being the earliest of all, fish taken with the fly on Feb. i, which marks the ng of the open season for anglers. Why these me into the streams which are at the season I lamed, sealed with ice and the water is very cold, ly be conjectured, but by many it is believed that If Stream, whose western edge sweeps up outside last, has an influence on the movements of the i. As I have already written for Forest and i an account of this departure from the usual of the fish. I will not devote much time to it here, habit is newly acquired and is to remain perma- consider that it will prove fortunate for the fish, jj: presence of ice prevents the use of nets, weirs, [id as the streams are then “bank full” there is If to prevent the ascent of the salmon to the lakes ;h they make their summer homes, and in their; iie secure from poachers, for they will take neither hr fly. and spearing or netting them would be al- jnpossible. je things I wrote to my friend and his reply was liws : “Do these early fish ascend the rivers under $ and if so, for what purpose? It it can be proved ly number of these early fish pass up stream under I then I agree with you that it is a good thing they lie early and escape the nets, which cannot be set lie ice has gone out.' The more I learn of the Is of the salmon the more I am impressed with Jiorance of their life history. But you do not an- Imy question whether you still believe that i enter Nova Scotia rivers in February and re- ntil they spawn in October without eating, from n nine months. Because we have not yet discov- hat they eat in fresh water, is it not unscientific :hat they do not eat at all? An English writer, Mr. in, who is by no means convinced that salmon iring their sojourn in fresh water, thinks they 3 minnow for a wounded fish and dash at it, owing impulse which makes most animals attack a r Do Sea Salmon Feed in Fresh Water? e we never find any food in salmon which have . the river , a considerable length of time, it does ive that they fast continuously'’ during their so- ;here, for even if their maws were well packed .linnows they might, probably would, be ejected he fish was on the line. I have repeatedly exam- e stomachs of these fish but never discovered any them, nothing being present but a yellowish bile- id. But that they do break their long fasts occa- ■ I have proved. ne occasion, as I was playing a fish that had been river a long time, I noticed that it dropped from ith, as it was struggling at my line, a small fish, on being secured proved to be a “parr” that the had pouched. This was the only instance of character that ever passed under my notice. rratic Salmon " lost of the rivers the salmon, after the spawning is passed, descend to the salt water in which they recuperate during the winter months, an abun- of their favorite food being always obtainable but in some streams they remain in the large deep and in the lakes from which they rise, and do not I to the sea until late in the spring; these “kelts” f a scanty subsistence by feeding on such small smelts, etc., as they can obtain ; this is notably the East River, which empties into a small bay mid- itween the Clyde and Port Medway rivers, rat stream trout anglers often capture these kelts lit, and this as late even as the close of April and ng of May. “slinks” are voraciously hungry and come fear- to the line, but they give no play whatever and Isilv landed with ordinary stout trout tackle. Of j they are absolutely unfit for food, and considerate J return them to the water without injury; but in ne pool and at the same time the kelts are abid- re, fresh-run salmon come in and ascend the river lake from which it rises. I believe that none of :elts remain in fresh water later than the middle y, and it would seem that, since they return to ian at the time when the others are leaving it to to their summer homes they do not return for ■pose of spawning the following autumn, and con- fly the function of procreation with them occurs ■lly only. ie is no doubt about these peculiarities of East salmon, and such a thing as a fresh-run fish being • it later than the end of May is unknown. What Becomes of the Fry? since there are bright salmon ascending the i the spring, and black salmon or kelts descending e must be ridds on the stream somewhere, and must have been cast; but nowhere in the whole of the stream can salmon fry, parr or smelts be We cannot for a moment believe that year after ie fish have not mated and the spawn cast has not ertilized, but what has destroyed the young fish [tatter of very great doubt. The East "River is a > trout stream, the spotted beauties being found ihout its whole length, and it is more than possible Ie young salmon in all stages of their existence fall to the rapacity of the trout. 1 river has no other varieties of fish than trout and |i; a few eels being occasionally found in the - pools, and during the early spring the smelts as- jhe river for the purpose of spawning, but they do main long after the spawn is cast, and it is reason- o suppose that the trout in the absence of other jupplies prey upon their young cousins, i: the destruction of young salmon in this river is te is evidenced by the fact that a smelt is never n its waters and a grilse is equally unknown, [ • This condition of things is quite different from those which obtain in other rivers; in the Port Medway, for example, the smelts are exceedingly numerous, and hun- dreds of them are caught by the Indians for food. Of course this is a most wasteful method, but the Indians have for years been permitted to catch these young fish and no one seems to have sufficient courage to take measures which will abrogate this privilege. In the Liverpool River, also, there are many smolts, and grilse are so abundant that thirteen were taken with a single rod last June. The Little Alaskan Blackfish. A returned hunter from Alaska was telling a remark- able story the other day in my presence regarding the little Alaskan blackfish and its habits. What particularly arrested my attention was his reference to the fact that it was no uncommon thing at all for numbers of this fish which had become frozen into a solid mass, to thaw out to life again. He gave me so detailed an account of the fish that I was easily able to recognize it as the Dallia pcctorahs of Bean, which ichthyologically stands alone, somewhere near the pike-like fishes, especially the mud- minnows, and represents a very primitive type. Ihe hunter to whom I have referred, described the Alaskan blackfish as the most abundant of all the fishes in the fresh and brackish waters of the northern part of Alaska, where it is known to the white settlers as “black- fish,” and forms one of the most important food re- sources of the coast region. It is about eight inches long, when fully grown, and in color is dusky brown, with whitish mottlings. Thanks to its sluggish disposition and habit of living in shallow waters in great numbers, it is the chief and constant food supply of thousands of per- sons. It is found in all the small streams of the low grounds, and even in the wet morasses, where at times there does not seem to be sufficient water to more than moisten the skin of the fish. Here there are generally thousands of the little fish. They are to be measured by the yard, the mass being as deep as the nature of their retreat will permit. A pond only partially thawed out by the short Arctic summer will be filled by them. Nearly every family has a trap for catching them, and during the greater part of the year tons and tons of them are captured daily. When taken from the traps the fish are immediately put into grass baskets, in which they soon freeze into a solid mass, so- that when required for food or to be given to the dogs for their subsistence, they have to be chopped out with an axe or beaten with a club to divide them into pieces. Yet it is claimed that these fish have such surprising vitality that after remain- ing frozen in the baskets for weeks, when brought into the house and thawed out, they will become as lively as ever. When bolted by the dogs in frozen chunks, it is claimed that the warmth of the canine stomach occa- sionally wakes up the fish, their movements causing the animal great discomfort, and sometimes producing vomiting. L. M. Turner is quoted by Jordan and Ever- mann as noting one instance in which some of these fish were vomited alive by a dog under these conditions. E. T. D. Chambers. Pennsylvania Pickerel Propagation. Ever since the organization of the Department of Fisheries there has been a strong demand for the propa- gation of pickerel to replenish numerous mountain lakes of northeastern and western Pennsylvania. The superintendent of the Wayne county hatchery, Nathan R. Buller, has reported to the Department entire success in the venture. There are 15,000,000 eggs at this hatchery at the present time hatching and several mil- lions of little fish have already emerged from the shell. Simultaneously the superintendent of the Corry hatchery, William Buller, reports success in hatching grass pike. For several years the New York State Fish Commission has been propagating maskinonge for planting in Lake Chautauqua, but according to the United States Bureau of Fisheries, the work of Pennsylvania in propagating pickerel and grass pike is the first ever undertaken. While all the brook trout fry have not been distributed from the trout hatcheries in Pennsylvania, it is certain that the out- put this year will reach very nearly 8,000,000 of four months’ old trout. From present indications all records made by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Fisheries will be broken this year and the outnut is likely to reach an enormous proportion. During the month of April Pennsylvania wardens made fifty-six arrests and secured fifty-two convictions. The fines imposed aggregated $1,140, making a record break- ing month in the number of arrests. The principal offenses were, selling fish out of season, short trout, and illegal nets. The arrests were made by fifteen wardens. One warden made eighteen arrests. In addition to the fifty-six arrests there were nearly a dozen arrests which were not decided by the magistrates until after May 1. Lake Sunapee Fishing. Springfield, Mass., May 3. — Editor Forest and Stream: The salmon fishing at Lake Sunapee, N. H., has started off well this year. The ice went out of the main part of the lake April 25. I went up to the lake Friday, April 28, with three friends and on Saturday, the 29th, we caught five salmon, one 12 pounds, one 10 pounds, two 6 pounds each, and one 3 pounds. The salmon were all taken with live smelt, fishing from the dock, and four were taken on the dock at Blodgett’s Landing. Plenty of smelt bait can be obtained from Mr. Hun- toon as long as the weather holds cold, and they can be kept in the tank, but as soon as the warm weather comes they die in the tank and the fisherman must catch his own bait. The steamboats began to run this week and will take parties to any part of the lake at reasonable prices ; the hotel at Blodgett’s Landing is open, and sev- eral fishermen are already there. I write this for the benefit of any of your readers who may wish to do a little early fishing at a place that is not far away and not too expensive. Many large native square-tail trout are being taken by trolling, and the favorite bait is the- “silver soldier,” although they ^re using the phantom minnow and spoon baits. Geo. H. Graham. Bomb Fishing in Brazil. In a report on the importation of explosives into Brazil, Mr. H. W. Furniss, United States Consul at Bahia, writes of the bomb fishing. It appears that the dynamiter is as active in Brazil as in many parts of our own country: “Pligh explosives, detonators and fuses are all imported. The sale of high explosives is very limited. Its use, which is confined almost entirely to fishing, nearly trebled in 1903 as compared with 1902, due chiefly to the reduc- tion in price. A case of high explosives containing 500 cartridges, weighing fifty pounds net, is purchased by the retail merchant for $36, fuse at 72 cents for 24 feet, and detonators $2.88 per 100 for No. 6 and $1.68 for No. 3. Fishing bombs, containing a stick of explosive and a detonator, to which is attached from three to five inches of fuse, are prepared from this stock. Such bombs are sold at twenty-four cents each, which gives a large profit to the retailer. The fishing bombs are used all along the coast and even in this harbor. There is a law against their use, but violators are seldom apprehended. The method consists in lighting the fuse and pitching the cartridge into water thought to contain fish, so timing the throwing that the bomb will explode when only a couple of feet below the surface, where the inquisitive fish will have rushed just in time to receive the concussion. I have seen great numbers of fish killed at one time by this method. _ Accidents through the careless use of high ex- plosives in fishing are quite common.” Grilse. Buffalo, N. Y., May 1. — Editor Forest and Stream: I see in the foot note under “How to Tell a Grilse,” April 29, the following statement : “The male grilse may be sexually mature but not the female.” Dean Sage, in the book “Salmon and Trout,” quotes: "Proven Facts in the Flistory of the Salmon,” from Chol- mondeley Pennell; in which he concurs. Following is the statement : “The eggs deposited by the female will not hatch under any circumstances unless vivified after ex- clusion by the milt of the male and, at least up to the period of migration, there is no difference whatever in fry bred between salmon only, between grilse only, be- tween salmon and parr, or between grilse and parr. The female parr cannot spawn, but the male parr possesses and constantly exercises the power of vivifying salmon and grilse eggs.” Dean Uage also says that on the Godbout female grilse are frequently taken with as well developed spawn as salmon at the same time. Dixmont. Tarpon at Tampico. Kansas City, Mo., May 1. — Editor Forest and Stream: A letter from my friend, Mr. ' David Bretzfelder, of Tampico, Mexico, informs me that a new English consul a that place, Mr. H. W. Wilson, broke the Tampico record for large tarpon the first time he went out fishing. The fish measured seven feet two inches long, and weighed 200 pounds and some ounces. Tampico is be- coming quite a famous place. Since I left there quite a few celebrities have been trying the sport. Among others the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Lord Charles Beresford, Bourke Cockran, the Guinnesses and Mr. Charles Gates. J. A. L. Waddell, An Odd Catch. Ossining, N. Y. — Editor Forest and Stream: While a small boy was fishing at Croton-on-Hudson he acci- dentally dropped his hook, baited with a worm, between the large stones used for protecting the roadbed of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. The worm was immediately seized by an enormous rat, which was caught and killed. We cannot hope to equal the exploits of our brethren on the Gunnison, who catch bull-bats on flies, but we are doing as well as circumstances permit. E. F. B. Ringed Flies. Shell, Big Horn Co., Wyoming.— On April 1 you pub- lished an article entitled “Ringed Flies,” which, I sup- pose, meant Pennell turned down eye hooks, in which the writer says it is only in the last two years the American dealers have had them, which is quite a mistake on his part. Charles Plath, of New York, filled an order for me of about four dozen in 1901, and at the present time all the first-class dealers have them. Why they are not used more extensively by anglers I cannot understand, as they are away ahead of the old-fashioned snelled fly, as anyone who has used them can tell you. C. P. Fish in the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal is well stocked in places with fish. There were taken from it last autumn (when the waters were drawn off) and distributed to nearby waters 3,200 black bass, 500 white bass, 500 pike and pike perch, 100 yellow perch, and 100 miscellaneous fish, or 4,450 in all. New York Commissioner. Mr. James S. Whipple, of Salamanca, Cattaraugus county, has been appointed Commissioner of Forest, Fish and Game, in place of Dewitt C. Middleton, whose term of office had expired. Mr. Whipple was at the time of his appointment clerk of the Senate. Quick Work. In Forest and Stream of March 18 appeared for the first time the advertisement of the National Waterproof Boot Co. The paper was printed March 15, and mailed the 16th. On the 17th was written the letter given below, which sufficiently explains itself, and should be a strong hint to all advertisers as to the advantage to be gained by a description of their goods in Forest and Stream: “Jamestown, N. Y., March 17, 1905. “Forest and Stream, New York, N. Y. : “Dear Sirs — Yesterday at 4 P. M. I received your paper with our adv. in, and at the same time got an. inquiry for a catalogue from New York City. To-day we have received fifteen letters asking for catalogues. Now, we think that remarkably good. We of course know that all comes through your paper. Later on when our ad. .appears in other papers we will be unable to tell where they saw it, as only one letter states that they saw it in Forest and Stream. Why would it not be well to add to the advertisement, ‘Please mention Forest and Stream”? Then we would know .which paper to give credit to. “We will receive our catalogues to-morrow, and will mail you some.' Fesp. yours, - “The National Waterproof Boot Cq.’“ 878 FOREST AND STREAM. THE RACE FOR THE OCEAN CUP. As a yachting event pure and simple the race for the Ocean Cup presented by H. I. M. the German Emperor, will be of an epoch-marking character. Ocean racing has enjoyed great popularity within the last few years; its growth has been rapid and steady. This last event is all that could be desired. The German Emperor is particularly fond of yachting, and his interest and enthusiasm have done much to pro- mote the sport in Germany. During recent years the re- gattas held in German waters have been sufficiently at- tractive to induce owners of British yachts to cross the North Sea to participate in them. Yacht racing has not been in a very thriving condition of late years in Eng- land, and the absence of many of the crack boats while racing in German waters was keenly felt in their own regattas. Special inducements have been made to keep the British fleet at home by the various clubs, and the Kaiser doubtless realized that to haVe foreign starters in German events he must look further than England for them. This and a desire to show his friendliness toward Americans were, we assume, the motives which prompted him to offer the cup for the ocean race. The event has been an assured success from the be- ginning. Eleven vessels will start on next Tuesday, May 16, in the long race across the Atlantic, from Sandy Hook to the Lizard. Had the arrangements for the race been in the hands of men more familiar with American clubs and owners, the entry list would have been much larger, for there are many more available boats in this country whose owners would have started had they been ap- proached personally. Of the eleven starters eight are American, two are English, and one is German. It is not surprising that more foreign boats did not enter, since this necessitated making an Atlantic passage rather early in the year in order to be on hand in time for the start. The compet- ing vessels vary greatly in point of size; Valhalla, the largest, is 240 feet on the waterline, while Fleur de Lys, the smallest, is only 86 feet, a difference of 154 feet. Of the yachts, six were built in the United States, and five in England. Atlantic is the only centerboard boat in the fleet. All the boats but Sunbeam, which vessel was launched in 18 77> were built in 1890 or later, so they are all of fairly modern design and construction. Valhalla is rigged as a ship, Apache as a bark. Sunbeam as a topsail schooner, and Ailsa as a yawl. All the other ves- sels are schooner rigged with either two or three masts. It is any boat’s race until the finish line is crossed.- The conditions to be encountered in an ocean race of nearly 3,000 miles are so diverse that it is next to impossible to form any conclusions as to the winner. It will be a test of navigation, judgment and seamanship rather than of the boats speed. All things being equal, however, Atlantic, with her clean hull of modern design and huge sail plan, should win. The owners of all the boats, except of Ailsa, will be aboard their respective ships during the race. Mr. Robert E. Tod, owner of Thistle, and Lord Brassey, owner of Sunbeam, will act as their own navigators ; on the other vessels this most delicate and most important work will be left entirely in the hands of the professionals. Those who will do the navigating in all the vessels have been interviewed and all have frankly declared their belief that the northern route was not only the shortest but the best. All conceded, however, that every slant would be taken advantage of, and their intention of going well north would not stand in the wav should they find it advantageous to pursue another course, should better and more favoring winds be found. It now remains to be seen whether the record of 13 days 20 hours 36 minutes made by that splendid ship, Endymion, in 1900, will be equaled or broken. Sunbeam Arrives. Revive the Catboat. Editor Forest and Stream: I have read your editorial which appeared in the Forest and Stream of April 22, and I consider it a very fine article and am sure you 2re correct in stating that the ^ catboat has been neglected by both yachtsmen and designers, and can and we trust will, receive proper recognition in the near future. What you say in regard to expense, balancing and handling, and, in fact, the entire editorial, expresses my views exactly, and I hope you will continue to give the catboat all the encouragement possible, that she may again be placed in her proper position. I. M. Whittemore, President of Cape Catboat Ass’n. Boston, May 2, well. If the weather is heavy I look to the Valhalla to win, but if not then one^ of the American bu’lt schooners. 7 do not expect to win with the Sunbeam, and, as I said before, to win the race was not the reason I entered the boat, Boston Letter. The British topsail schooner Sunbeam, ovuied by Lord Brassey, arrived at New York on Saturday, May 6. She was the last of the three foreign entries in the race for the Ocean Cup to reach port. Sunbeam is one of the most famous cruising yachts ever built, and a number of the yacht’s voyages were written up and put into book form by Lord Brassey’s first wife. Lord and Lady Brassey were accompanied by Captain and Mrs. A. Park- enham. After passing Quarantine the owner, his wife and guests left Sunbeam and found quarters at a hotel in town and the yacht proceeded to the Morse Iron Works, South Brooklyn, where she was put on the dry dock. Lord Brassey was interviewed at his hotel and he had the following to say to a representative of one of the big New York dailies: “When I first heard of the Emperor’s offer to give a trophy for a race across the ocean I had no idea of en- tering the Sunbeam. My yacht is thirty-four years old and I am more than twice that age, and the Sunbeam was not built for speed. But I knew that few boats in the English fleet would be entered, and to encourage the younger men in yachting who are not so enthusiastic as they should be, I decided to put Sunbeam in the race. I thought, too, that the idea of the Emperor was a good one, and that every one who could should give it sup- port. I am devoted to yachting, and fifty seasons of my life have been spent on the water. “There was a deeper motive though that influences me to enter the race, and that is explained by saying that most of my life has been spent in the public service of my country and for me there is no higher aim for a British statesman than to seize every opportunity to im- prove^ the cordial relations existing between the English speaking people. Such contests as the one to be started in ten days tend to this end. “All my life has been much occupied with maritime concerns. In these days there seems to some to be a decreasing interest in British maritime affairs and a de- cay of interest in shipping. I do not share that view. It is the race, however, that I am most interested in just now, and so I must talk of my boat. In all my fifty years of yachting I never had a finer crew than there is now on the Sunbeam. We had a fine trip across the Atlantic. Every voyage that the Sunbeam has made across the Western Ocean has been by the southern route, and I recommend it as the most expeditious for one who depends on sail power. Lady Brassey, who is in full sympathy with all _ my yachting plans, joined the yacht at Madeira, and with her on board I could not risk the gales of the north Atlantic and so took the southern route. “We left Southampton on March 27 and made Madeira in eight days. It took a day and a half to reach Las Palmas, and from Las Palmas to St. Thomas sixteen and a half days. It took eight and a half days to run from St. Thomas to this port. In all, we made 6 500 miles in thirty- four days. Three-fifths of the journey was made under sail, and the yacht averaged 194 miles a day. She averaged under sail eight knots an hour, but that is not what the Sunbeam can do, as we had light weather all the way and no chance for fast work. “The Sunbeam is a composite vessel built of iron and teak and is coppered. She is rigged as a three masted topsail schooner. Originally she was schooner rigged and under that rig made her first voyage around the world. That was in 1876, but after that she was made a topsail schooner.” “Who is the captain of your yacht?” Lord Brassey was asked. “Well, as far as I know, I am the captain. I am not an A. B. as far as knowing anything about knots and slices are concerned, but I am navigator and plot out the yacht’s course when we are cruising and will do so in the. race. The Sunbeam has sailed more than 300.000 miles in her time.. She is not a fast boat, but is a won- derfully good cruiser and very comfortable. “All is. not easy on the Sunbeam, though, and when she is sailing fast there is plenty of motion. If I were to build another boat I would not copy the Sunbeam. Her rig is not the best for all sorts of weather. This was shown in this last passage. The Sunbeam is square rigged on the foremast, and when we were carrying the northeast trade winds from the Canary Islands we ran along with only the sails on the foremast set. The fore and aft sails were no good.” “Those in the race are much interested in the weather they pfe going to experience this month. What is your opmion of May weather on the Atlantic?” “My experience with it is nil. But a general knowl- edge of the Atlantic. in May leads me to believe that from May to July is the quietest time. The winter storms have passed and the lvest Indian hurricanes have not commenced. As far as the best passage is concerned, I have seen a specially prepared chart, which shows that those vessels that have gone in a beeline have fared as well as those that have taken a northern passage. A few years ago the Sunbeam sailed from the Chesapeake to Plymouth in seventeen days and was under steam only a day and a half, and she made another voyage from Nova Scotia to Dartmouth in thirteen davs and steamed only a day and a half on that voyage. This shows that if the Sunbeam is favored with her weather she can do Eastern Y. C. Ocean Race. — Pursuant to an announce- ment during the annual cruise last season, the Regatta j Committee of the Eastern Y. C. is now making prepara- tions for an ocean race from Marblehead to Halifax, the start, to be made on Monday. Aug. 21. A better time for starting such an event could not have been selected. The fleet of the New York Y. C. coming eastward to be the guests, of the Eastern Y. C, will be in Marblehead at that time, and the yacht owners would be more likely to be desirous of entering such an event in consequence. Yacht owners of the New York Y. C. fleet have been invited to take part in the race. The distance from Marblehead to Halifax is something over 350 miles. It is expected that the Royal Nova Scotia Y. C. will co- operate with the Eastern Y. C. and that races may be arranged at Halifax. The Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. is con- tinuing the great activity evidenced last season, and has now arranged for more power boat races on account of the growing interest in eastern waters. With the power boat, annual, and special open races, the ocean race and the club cruise, this is likely to be the most active year know^n in the history of the Eastern Y. C. The full schedule of power boat races, as so far arranged, is as follows: Tuesday, July a; Thursday, Friday. and Satur- day, July 27. 28 and 29; Saturday. Aug. 26. and Saturday, Sept. 2. All of the power boat races will be held in the forenoon and will be sailed over the triangular course arranged by the Rega’ta Committee lact season. The club house at Marblehead will be opened for the season on May 27. Dorchester Y. C. Officers—' The following officers have been elected by the Dorchester Y. C. : Com., Oliver FI. Davenport; Vice-Corn.. John P. Meade; Rear Com., Chester H. Swift: Sec-. W. S. Mace; Treas.. Hialmar Lundberg; Meas., John H. Burroughs: Directors — H. W. Smith, Franklin H. Codman and Coolidce Barnard; House Committee — William E. Richards, John H. Bur- roughs and Harold P. Earle; Repatta Committee — Loins M. Clark, T W. Kinp. C. H. Swift, A. D. Pratt and H. Lundberg; Membership Committee — Albert F. Foster, Charles L. Carr. Arthur P. Nute and A. E. Rogerson. The opening night of the cUb will be May 20. With the 22-Footers — Four of the new 22-footers are now in the water. The new one for Commodore P P. Cheney and Mr. Charles D. Lannine was launched last Friday, and has been tried under sail Mr. W. H. Joyce’s Tvro, recently completed at Easi Booffibay, will be 014 with the other new ones this week. Mr. Sumner H. Foster went to Boothbay last Saturday to sail her up to Marblehead. Mr. A. C. Jones’ new one, built by Mi-. Hanley, has not made her appearance yet. but is ex- pected to be. out within a few days. Mr. H. H. White’s Mednc II., which was found to be light, can take on the required additional weight without putting her out of the class. It was a closer shave wffh Rube owned by Mr. H. L. Bowden. Rube measured just 22 ft. and was about 300 pounds shy on weight. It is believed that by shaving the planking forward, where it is smd to be greater than the required thickness, she can take on the required weight and measure under 22ft. Medric T.. now owned by Mr. George Lee, was launched at Graves’ Marblehead yard last week. She is now painted white and looks verv trim. Mr. Lee had no alterations made in the boat. She has a new set of sails, but they are cut to the original sail plan. At the Marblehead Yacht Yard. — Messrs. S+earns & McKay have the 24ft. speed Hunch for Mr. W. H. Stuart, Jr., in frame and partly planked. Her construc- tion is very light and is a little out of the ordinary. She is b”ilt on a system of webb framing in whffib Mr. W. ■ B. Stearns has introduced a new wrinkle of his own. In addition to the regular frames, which are of mahogany, sawn annlewood frames are placed at intervals. The longitudinal frames are let into the sawn frames and engage the regular frames, and liners are ns°d over the regular frames. The Planking is nuarter-mch laid over linen and has the effect of double plankino- while the weight that would be necessary from two thicknesses is done awav with. The boat is a very slipperv looking f model and should show a smart clin with a Nanier en- gine of from ?o to horsepower. Mr. Stearns has de- signed a H’mch for the Fastem Y. C., which will be built at. once. She is intended for use by the Reo-atta Com- mittee and will have sufficient power to give fair sneed. Wollaston Y. C. Fixtures. — The following fixtures have been announced by the Wollaston Y. C. : May 30, Tuesday — Opening night and smoker. June 10, Saturday — Quincy interclub race. June 17, Saturday — Wollaston interclub. June 24. Saturday — Ladies’ day. July a. Tuesday — Cb'b championship. July 8. Saturday — Club championship. July 15, Saturday — Moonlight sail. July 22. Saturday — Clambake. Aug. 5, Saturday — Snuantum interclub. Aug. 12. Saturday — Moonlight sail. Aug. 19, Saturday — Club championship. Sept. 2, 3 and 4 — Club cruise. Among the Power Boats. — Mr. John F. AndersoiCef Plyladelnhia. is to have an 88ft. cruisin^ gasolene yicfu b”ilt at Lawlev’s from designs by Mr. Fi-ed. D. La^dey. She will be iMt. beam apd 4ft. .aim draft. She will be driven by two Globe engines aggregating T20 horsenower and is expected to show a sneed of about tc miles an hour. She will have good accommodations below deckv At the same v^i-dc th*> o^H. ke noQfmA_i-\fonpl 1 A in frame. She is 14ft. beam and 4ft. 6in. draft. This boat will have a dining saloon deckhouse fm-ward with a low trunk running aft. The accommodations will con- sist of three staterooms and a main saloon. The keel is May 13, 1905.I FOREST AND STREAM 879 Entries In Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cup. Name. Type and Rig. Valhalla Aux. Snip Apache Aux. Barque... Ailsa Yawl Hamburg Schooner Utowaiia Aux. Schooner. Sunbeam Aux. Barque... Thistle Schooner Atlantic Aux. Schooner. Hildegarde Schooner Fleur de Lys.... Schooner Endymicsn Schooner L.W.L. Owner. .240ft Earl of Crawford... .108ft Edmund Randolph.. . S9ft Henry S. Redmond.. .116ft German syndicate .. . 155ft Allison V. Armour . .164.7ft Lcrd Brassey .llllft Robert E. Tod ,136ft Wilson Marshall .... .103.4ft. ... I.d ward R. Coleman. .101ft.. Lewis A. Stimsun... .Rtt.fift. George Lauder. Jr.. Club. Designer. Year Built. Royal Yacht Squadron.... W. C. Storey 1892.. New York Y. C. J. Reid & Co 1896. New York Y. C William Fife, Jr .1395.. Imperial Y. C George L. Watson.. 1399.. New York Y. C J. Beavor-W ebb. 1691.. Royal Yacht Squadron. ... St. Claire Byrne ls<4.. Atlantic Y. C Henry V\ intcringham 1901.. . New York Y. C Gardner & Cox 1903.. .Philadelphia Cor. Y. C....A. S. Chesebrough 1697.. .New York Y. C Edward Burgess 1890.. .Indian Harbor Y. C dams. Lemoine & Crane... 1899. . Net Ton. ....648 ....307 ,...116 ...186 . . . . 267 ... .327 ....236 , . . .206 ....146 .... 86 ....116 laid for a 35ft. open launch for a Boston yachtsman, to be used on Lake Winnipesatikee. She will have a 34 horsepower Sterling motor, which is expected to give her about 18 miles an hour. At the Murray & Tregurtha shops the 35ft. hunting cabin launch, for Mr. John J. Tobin was launched last Thursday, and her trial proved satisfactory. Mr. T. H. Webb’s 27-footer will be launched about the middle of the month and after a trial here she will be shipped to Chicago. Two 42ft. launches for Buzzard’s Bay are nearly planked. They will have four-cylinder engines of 25 horsepower. Mr. John B. Schoeffel’s 90ft. cruiser is nearly completed at the Sheldon yards, Neponset. Mr. A. S. Bigelow’s 65ft. cruiser, building at the same yards, is about ready for her engine, which will be of 75 horsepower. A 30ft. speed launch for Mr. Eben D. Jordan is almost all planked. ^ W Commodore George W. Gardner, of Cleveland, O., has ordered a 25ft. power dory from the E. Gerry Emmons Co. She is to be used on Lake Erie. Mr. Gardner has been commodore of the Cleveland Y. C. for twenty con- secutive years, and he has recently been elected to that office for life. The Emmons company is to build eleven sailing dories for the Shelter Island Y. C. These boats will be 18ft. over all. The Toppan Boat Co. is building a power dory for Mr. Llewellyn R. Reakirt, of Cincinnati, 0., to be used in Wisconsin. This boat will be one of the most elaborate of the type ever built. She will be finished in mahogany with inside panelings and will have very costly fittings. Her planking will be of the carvel type. Messrs. Burgess & Packard have finished the 40ft. autoboat for Mr. William Wallace and she is now ready for her engine. It is as yet undecided what make will he installed, several being under consideration. They are busy getting the new yard at Marblehead ready. Canada's Cup Boat Ready. — The Canada’s Cup de- fender, which was built at Lawley from designs of Mr. C. F. Herreshoff for a Rochester syndicate, headed by Mr. Frank T. Christie, was hauled out of the shop last Thursday and made ready for shipment by rail. She has been set up at an angle, so that she may pass through the tunnels in safety. She will be shipped via the Boston & Albany and New York Central railroads. She will be tried out at Charlotte against the other two candidates for the defense of the cup. Seawanhaica Cup Boats. — Both of the Seawanhaka cup challengers designed by Mr. E. A. Boardman have been planked at Fenton’s yard, Manchester. The boat for Mr. A. H. Higginson has been decked in. The work of laying the deck on the boat for Mr. J. L. Bremer will probably be started this week. Mr. Higginson’s boat will be sailed by Mr. Reginald Boardman and Mr. Bremer’s boat will be sailed by Mr. E. A. Boardman. John B. Killeen. Rhode Island Notes* Edgewood Racing Schedule. — The schedule of the Edgewood Y. C. has been decided upon by the Regatta Committee, and according to the layout, with the fixtures of the other clubs, the 30ft. cat class will have about thirty races in which to participate this season. Mr. Henry Ford, of Detroit, Mich., has offered a handsome silver cup to be contested for by the 30-footers in a series of three races. - There will also be the Possner cup series in addition to. the regular regatta and the events of other clubs. The Edgewood schedule is as follows : Ladies’ Day and club regatta, Saturday, June 10. Possner cup series for 30ft. cats, June 10, July 4 and July 8. Ford cup series for 30ft. cats, July 15, July 29 and Aug. 5. Open regatta in N. B. Y. R. A. series, July 17. Open regatta, Sept. 2. Wanderer IV. — The new cat Wanderer IV., designed by Mr. C. C. Hanley, of Quincy, Mass., and building at Messrs. Davis Brothers’ shop at Warren for Messrs. H. J. and D. W. Flint, of Edgewood, is about planked in and will be finished in another month. The new boat is a typical centerboard racing cat, with an extreme for- ward overhang and a blunt stern. She is 34ft. 6in. over all, 24ft. waterline, and 12ft. 6in. breadth. The racing measurement under the two per cent rule will be about 27ft, and the boat will have to give a considerable allow- ance, about 12s. per mile to the others of her class. The construction is of the best and she will be stoutly rigged, with a hollow mast and gaff and standing rigging of steel. Notes.— Commodore F. T. Rogers’ new auxiliary yawl Truant, flagship of the Rhode Island Y. C., built from designs by Messrs. Small Brothers, of Boston, was launched this week at Boothbay, Me. The owner, with the designer, and Secretary G. E. Darling and Mr. H. E. Barlow, of the Rhode Island Y. C., will go to Maine next week to bring the craft around to' Narragansett Bay. Mr. Frederick S. Noah is building at East Greenwich from his own design a 34ft. hunting cabin launch for Mr. H. R. Williams, of Hartford, Conn. She is gft. breadth and 2ft. 4in. draft, with the canoe type of stern, will he finished in oak and cypress and equipped with a twelve horsepower Hartford motor. Another boat of similar type, 33ft. over all, is building by Mr. Noah for Mr. W. A. Bardell, of New York. This boat is finished in oak with mahogany trim, and has a fifteen horsepower four- cylinder Buffalo motor. The Chase Yacht & Engine Company, of Providence, has an order for a 35ft. cruising power yacht for a local yachtsman. The boat will be of modern design, the cabin trunk rising flush from the top sides. F. H. Young. Opening for American Motor Boats. — Very few motor boats are in use on this part of the St. Lawrence. There is not a single craft owned in this town of 12,000 inhabitants, with more than 500 well-to-do people, of which one-half could well afford pleasure boats. Ameri- can manufacturers of the latest improved models would do well to send a man into this section. He would doubtless carry off some very good contracts from Three Rivers, as well as from the wealthy towns adjoining. There is no use in sending circulars. Only the indi- vidual soliciting of a first class salesman understanding the French language can make headway here.— James H. Worman, Consul, Three Rivers, Quebec, April 4, 1905. Designing Competition Suggestions* Editor Forest and Stream: Now that the $9,000 men are being satisfied with good things in the way of designs for cruising motor boats, why would it not be a nice idea for you to offer prizes for the best design of the smallest and cheapest motor boat cruiser wherein two congenial souls can cook meals and sleep with comfort? I take it that the word comfort in this case means a water closet, a place for one large or two small pneumatic mattresses, and ample cooking arrangements, for one cannot live by bread alone when on a cruise, and the better the things one has to eat the more successful will be the cruise, let the other condi- tions be what they may. It has always been my idea that a boat 25ft. long could he made to do the trick if carefully designed. I see some of the other yachting papers are taking it up. The Motor Boat 111 a recent issue puts forth a design for a 25ft. cruiser, and the Rudder has one this month. The Rudder boat is evidently intended as a day cruiser only, having no galley or toilet arrangements. The Motor Boat de- sign is the best thing I have seen yet, but doesn’t exactly suit me. The galley seems wofully inadequate, and, as I said before, the flesh pots are extremely appealing on a cruise. The $Q,ooo boats you are showing are the highest types of their class. The only trouble is so few of us can afford to build them. Many, however, could raise $1,000 if they could get for it the regular little floating hotel they are looking for. So get the people at work, make it $1,000 limit, ail complete, and award the prize to the man who turns out the design that will make the best boat for the least money. This is a good time to do it, and we can all be ready to jump in and place our orders early next fall. Damon. Applrton, Wis., May 6. Steamers for the Start of Ocean Race. At the request of members of the New York Y. C., the flag officers of the club will provide the Iron Steam- boat Company’s steamer Cygnus to witness the start of the race for the Ocean Cup on May 16. The steamer will be in charge of the house committee, and tickets for members and guests, $5.00 each, including lunch, may be obtained from the treasurer, Mr. Tarrant Putnam, upon application at the club house. The steamer is licensed to carry 900 persons. The number will be limited to 500, and tickets will be issued according to priority of application. The steamer will" leave pier foot of Twenty-second street, N. R., at 11 A. M., sharp, Tuesday, May 16. The steamer Sirius has been chartered by the Atlantic Y. C. to give its members and those of the Crescent A. C. and the Indian Harbor Y. C. an opportunity of wit- nessing the start of the ocean race. She will leave pier No. 1, Battery place, at n. o’clock the morning of the race and touch at the Crescent A. C.’s dock going out and returning. The Iron Steamboat Cepheus, which has been specially chartered by Captain James C. Summers to afford yachts- men and their families an opportunity to witness, in com- fort, the start of the ocean yacht race, will leave West Twenty-second street pier at 10:45 A. M., and Battery Park pier at 11:15 o’clock on the above date. Recent Sales. — -Mr. Stanley M. Seaman reports the following sales : The motor yacht Pip, by Mr. R. M. Willis to Mr. A. Wineburgh, of Great Neck, N. Y. ; the cruising yawl Adelaide, for’ Mr. E. S. Rowell to Mr. Emerson R. Newell, of New York city, and the Lawley knockabout Scintilla, by Mr. John R. Hoyt, Manhasset Bay Y. C., to Mr. David Kay, Jr., Newark, N. J. more trouble. Designed by Charles D. Mower, and built by the Huntington ML Co., for racing in Class Q on Gravesend Bay. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. Races.— The racing schedule arranged by the regatta committee of the Sea- wanhaka Corinthian Y. C. up to July 8 is as follows: May 27, Saturday.— Gig races (tentative). May 29, Monday. — Motorboat race, selected classes. May 30 (Memorial Day). — Open race, 33ft. class; club race, S. Y. C. 15ft. class, first race, first series. June 3, Saturday — Club race for 33ft. class; club, race for race- abouts; club race for S. Y. C. 15ft. class, second race, first series. June 10, Saturday. — Invitation race, around Lond Island, start- ing from Sea Gate; club race for S. Y. C. 15ft. class, third race, first series. June 17. — Saturday. — Club race for S. Y. C. 15ft. class, fourth race, first series. June 22. — Open races, selected classes. June 23. — Open races, selected classes. June 24. — Annual regatta, open races, all classes. July 1, Saturday. — Club race, 33ft. class; club race raceabouts; club race, S. Y. C. 15ft. class, first race, second series. July 3, Monday. — Club race, S. Y. C. 15ft. class, second race, second series. July 4, Tuesday. — Club race, S. Y. C. 15ft. class, third race, second series. July 8, Saturday.— Ladies’ race for Hastings cups, 33ft. class, and the S. Y. C. 15ft. class. Two series of races are to be arranged for the 15-foot- ers. The first series will be sailed under the rules hereto- fore in force. All other races will be sailed under an addi- tional rule, allowing hauling or laying on shore once in a calendar month, excepting August, during which month a boat may haul out or lay on shore twice. Mawouisi Launched. — Mawquisi, the new cruising launch built by the Gas Engine & Power Company and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Cons., of Morris Heights for Mr. A. G. Cooper, of Brooklyn, was launched last week. She is 47ft. over all, 9ft. breadth and 2ft. gin. draft. Her power consists of two four-cylinder, four-stroke, 4E2 by Sin. Speedway motors. « *S « New Rochelle Y. C. Programme— The New Rochelle Y. C. will go into commission on Saturday, May 13. The following is the club’s programme for the season : May 27, Saturday — Spring regatta. May 27-30 — Spring cruise. June 10, Saturday — Power boat race. June 30, Friday — Annual smoker. July 1, Saturday— Twentieth annual regatta. July 2-4 — Club cruise. July 15, Saturday — Club race. July 29, Saturday— Ladies’ race. Aug. 5-14 — Annua] cruise. Aug. 12 — Long distance race. Aug. 26, Saturday — Club race. Sept. 2-4 — Club cruise. Sept. 16— Annual clambake. « * *e Columbia Y. C. Power Boat Race.— The Columbia Y. C. will hold its annual power boat regatta on the Hudson River on Saturday, June 3. The start will be at 2 o’clock. •*. * at Commodore Reid’s Appointments. — Commodore Dan- iel. G. Reid, Atlantic Y. C., has made the following ap- pointments : B. M. Whitlock, Fleet Captain, and J. H. Irwin, M. D., Fleet Surgeon. u Forest and Stream Designing Competition No* IV. For a 60-Foot Water. toe Launch. SUBMITTED BY HARRY P. FISKE, NEW YORK CITY. In working out this design the object has been to pro- duce a good strong seawor.hy boat, one in which outside cruising could be done at any time of the year, and have ample accommodation for a man and wife, two guests and a crew of three men besides a steward. In _ order to comply with the requirements which specified a low trunk, it was necessary to have rather high freeboard to give full headroom. The deep draft which is within 2in. of the 4ft. limit, should tend to keep the boat from drifting off and the slack bilge would make her easy in a seaway. As it was desired to produce a boat for southern as well as northern cruising, copper sheathing was considered essential. The sides of trunk are set in 24m. from outside of plank sheer and this affords ample room to pass forward and aft. Forward, as shown, is the bridge and from this position the helmsman has an unobstructed view in every direction. A mahogany rail supported by brass stanchions runs the full length of boat. According to requirements, a short signalling mast is shown. As it was considered a necessity a 14ft. dinghy would be carried. The propulsion will be by twin screws, as this possesses a great many advantages over the single- screw, especially in case of break down. The engines will be of the four- cylinder, four-stroke type, the combined horsepower of which will be 100. This should give a speed of fourteen miles, per hour. Four hundred and fifty eallmw 0f u-aso- lene is considered sufficient for a cruising radius of 700 miles at eight miles per hour. As a measure of safety and to avoid the danger of gasolene finding its way into the bilge, the tanks are located between water-tight bulkheads forward and aft, .as shown. The forward tank has a capacity of 365 gal- FOREST AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETITION No. IV. DESIGN SUBMITTED EY HARPY f. FISKE, NEW YORK. May 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM S81 ns and the after one a capacity of eighty-five gallons. ' he bottom of tanks rest on a water-tight floor or foun- ition 6in. below load waterline. A 2in. hole on each de of boat will allow the water to circulate freely ound tanks and carry away any gasolene that might : on outside from leakage or other causes. The supply pes will be run outboard from tanks to engines. This so does away with the possibility of gasolene finding its ay into the bilge. The engines will exhaust under water the after end of engine, instead of having the exhaust pes carried way aft, as is usually the case. This. makes impossible for heat from exhaust pipes coming in con- ct with after tank and also saves weight, j All living quarters have received careful attention in ;:gards to light, ventilation, etc., and are not cramped, ; is usually the case. A companion stairs land in a pas- i ge between the owner’s stateroom and main saloon. On le port side of this passage are two large lockers, and 1 the opposite side is the toilet, fitted with stationary i ashbowl, water closet, towel racks, etc. There is a i cker under stairs opening into toilet which can be used ir clean towels, linen, etc. The toilet, besides being con- miently located between stateroom and main saloon, is 1 xessible from the deck without disturbing those who •e sleeping below. The owner’s stateroom, 9ft. long and extending full idtli of boat, is fitted with extension berths, locker, ressing case, etc. This compartment will be well venti- ted by two air ports on each side of trunk and a dead- »ht overhead. I The main saloon, which is 8ft. long, is fitted with ex- nsion berths, sideboard and table with drop leaves, our air ports and skylight will supply sufficient light id ventilation. This room will be used for sleeping at ght if necessary. The galley, which is large and commodious, is aft of le main saloon. On the port side it has a stove, sink, sh racks, table and locker for pots, pans, etc. On the arboard side is a locker and large icebox. The galley thoroughly lighted and ventilated by two air ports and skylight. A sliding door leads from the galley into the igine room at the forward end and on each side of hich are lockers with hinged covers which can be used >r the stowage of oils, spare parts, etc. There is a atch at the after end of engine room and this, with four r ports, should give good light and ventilation. This nnpartment will also furnish sleeping accommodation jr two of the crew and for this purpose a folding pipe firth 6ft. 6in. long by 24m. wide is shown on each side, here will be ample space between the engines for the eward to pass forward and aft between the galley and rew’s quarters. The crew’s quarters come aft of the engine room and ave two folding pipe berths and mess table with drop 'aves. On each side are seats with hinged covers ; each f these seats are divided up into two parts, which make ery good clothes lockers. The crew’s toilet is aft and has water closet. The port side can be fitted with hooks ir hanging up oil clothes, etc. As it was considered advisable to have as much deck 00m as possible aft, the trunk was not carried over the rew’s toilet. There is 4ft. 8in. headroom in the crew’s ailet. All other quarters have full headroom. The. following are the principal dimensions : .ength — Over all. . , Waterline earn Overhang — Forward Aft •raft to bottom of skag 'reeboard — At bow At stern Least flsplacement . B. aft of forward end of L.W.L — Weights. tanking rames and floors lamps keelsons eel and deadwoods eck lanksheer oof looring ■eck beams loor beams runk sides and port lights asolene and tanks liner work pholstering nchor and chains tores :rindlass hocks, cleats, etc ail stanchions oats and Davits astenings opper sheathing oilets and basins Tuts ropellers hafts udder and stock pars and rigging 'ngine foundations '.ngines and piping 7ater and tanks . llowance for miscellaneous weights and soakage 38,640 - Equal to 17.25 tons displacement. Pounds. ....4,300 ....4,000 . . . .1,102 . . . .1,134 . . . .1,860 .... 900 .... 450 .... 800 .... 500 600 .... 350 .... 537 ....3,600 ....4,000 175 425 . . . .1,000 150 50 300 280 450 ..... 500 250 125 175 250 .... 200 150 300 ....4.500 .....2,200 3,027 66ft. Oin. 60ft. Oin. ,12ft. Oin. 2ft. 6in. 3ft. 6in. 3ft. lOin. 6ft. 3in. 4ft. 3in. 4ft. lin. .17.25 tons 30.20 Waterproofing Canvas* f Gansevoort, N. Y., May 4 —Editor Forest and Stream: fan any of the readers of Forest and Stream tell how 0 make waterproofing for folding canvas canoes? I have purchased two works on canvas canoes and how o build them, but all either has to say on the important Subject of waterproofing is to paint with linseed oil olored to suit the fancy of the builder. Now while his would be all right for a rigid boat, in my judgment t would not answer for a folding canoe, as the canvas rould be liable to crack if folded closely when dry. : Will some one please oblige me by giving the desired nformation? J. W. S. All communications for Forest anp Stream must be 'irected to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to eceive attention. We hssvs no other cMce. — 4— Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. ( Continued from page 868.) Thursday. June 16. We rose early, a little after sunrise, and after the usual hearty breakfast spent a few minutes patching the canoes with pitch and marine glue. This was done by taking glowing embers from the fire— Louis used a roll of birch bark, very inflammable — and dropping the melted pitch on the holes like sealing wax, having previously heated the surface so that the pitch would stick. This patching was quite successful but the boats were so badly scraped and cut that it was difficult to stop the leaks. After this was finished we hastily loaded up and ran down through Kejamkoogic Lake, a beautiful sheet of water full of islands, large and small, through which long views of open water showed from time to time as far as one could see in the bright, misty sunshine of the early morning. We found the water in the lake shallow- in some places with many rocks. The lake shores were densely wooded and numerous gulls and ducks were seen in every direction, some of the former followed us for quite a distance, screaming at us close overhead. Finally we encountered clusters of small islands through which it would have been impossible for us to have found our way without a guide, and picking out a hidden outlet, we ran out of the lake at a point known as the Eeel Weir right of the mouth of the river was a broad bay, possibly half a mile across, and almost directly in front of us was a low wooded point, which ran out some distance into the lake. Beyond that the main body of water was to be seen dotted with whitecaps, as quite a wind was blowing, the weather continuing stormy and threatening. There were no good camping spots in our immediate neighborhood, as the water was high, and nearly all the land was very wet or actually under water, so we decided to cross the arm of the lake to the point ahead of us, which Louis said was Wildcat Point, where we would find a good camping site. We started out and crossed to the Point in a roundabout way to avoid the worst part of the rough water, and finally landed in a little cove sheltered by overhanging trees. We pulled our boats out and found a clearing where other camps had been made by the lum- bermen and proceeded at once to get things into shape for the night. It was then probably a half hour before sunset, and the Scribe managed to get a photograph of the main part of the lake, with the waves dashing over the rocks. The view of the lake was very fine from this point, as a very high sea was running and the waves were spouting high in the air over the numerous rocks scat- tered about in the shallow water as far as one could see. Our camp was in a small open space under a huge shade tree, and- after supper Arthur and FI. N. T. spent some time patching their boat. Later, in the twilight, sitting around the camp fire, Louis found a copy of the Cosmopolitan in our pack con- taining a series of pictures illustrating the Joan of Arc story. He was intensely interested and the Scribe spent some time telling him the history of the unfortunate maid. All hands turned in early, as usual, and slept the sleep HUNG UP AT THE FOOT OF THE RIFT. . -/*• and so down through Loon Lake, and Little Lake Falls. The country was quite open here but very flat ; in fact, we saw very few ridges or hills of any prominence through this day’s journey and the day before. The river was noticeably wider and after passing Little Lake Falls we went through a series of small lakes and easy rapids between. We passed a party of four fishermen, two gentlemen with their guides, having great sport with the trout, at one of these rifts, and they came down with us, or rather behind us, a mile or two, and all of us finally stopped at a fair-sized rapids, Loon Lake Falls, where we pulled the boats ashore and spent a half hour fishing. We had our customary luck at this point with the trout, running about one pound and lighter. In fact, so- good was the sport that even Charles O. was tempted to try his hand and the Scribe took the opportunity to secure photographic evidence of his downfall. Arthur and Louis busied themselves at lashing a broken six-foot paddle, and a ration of chocolate was served all around. We left our friends here and went on down stream ahead of them. The canoeing was notably easier through this part of the journey, as there was plenty of water in the rapids, although the waves were heavy and the current swift. We had lunch on a small spot on the river bank on the right hand side, among a wood of young alders and birches, and the camp was made historically famous by the invention of rice pudding by H. N. T. ; this was simply a mixture of boiled rice, raisins and sugar to suit the taste. Charles O. and Carl packed the extra supplies of chocolate in birch bark, which amused Louis. A quick lunch was necessary at this point as the weather was threatening. We tried the can of ham at this lunch and found it not so bad. A short time after we left the camp it commenced to rain but not very hard, although all hands prepared for it by covering over the duffle in the boats. We. ran on down through fine open scenery, low woods, marsh and good moose country; coming to the vicinity of Lake Rossignol we found the water very high which puzzled Louis considerably until we found out later that it was due to the new dam at the Indian Gard- ens, some fifteen or twenty miles below. We passed Trout Rock and a circular pool where the lumbermen make' up their rafts in the spring time before crossing the lake, and then through a marshy country where the mosquitoes were bad and thousands of night hawks and whippoorwills were circling over the sedges. To the of weariness. This camp was known to the party as Wildcat Point Camp. Friday, June 17. Chas. O. was the first man up, about 5 A. M., as we had to make an early start in order to get across the lake before the wind got up. If a bre'eze had been blowing, there was a strong probability that we would have to spend the day on the point, since the lake becomes quite impassable for canoes under a moderate breeze. The others were thinking reluctantly of drag- ging themselves out of their comfortable quarters, when a trampling was heard in the bushes some distance away, and Louis gave a quick exclamation, and threw a stone in that direction. A moment later he stuck his head in the tent, and asked us excitedly whether we had “heard that moose.” Everyone was immediately agog, and H. N. T. wriggled out of his sleeping bag and dashed for his camera. Louis said that the moose had not gone very far, but was moving about some little distance away in the underbrush. The Scribe all this time was hastily fumbling with the camera, set- tin the stops and the shutter, focusing for the proper distance, etc., and as a view of the animal was evi- dently possible from a short distance down the trail leading to the shore, he hastened down this in his bare feet, and waited for the moose to pass an open space in the trees on the way to the lake for a drink. The crashing in the bushes continued getting nearer and nearer, and H. N. T. had everything prepared to take a snapshot of the noble monarch of the forest, when suddenly the animal emerged into view. The moose had a smooth coat of light brown, with large white patches, and two long gracefully curved horns; in fact, it exactly resembled in appearance a steer, and upon consulting Louis, this is what it turned out to be. The news was hailed by the other campers with great delight, and continued to be a joke on the Scribe for the rest of the trip. Breakfast consisted of the usual bill-of-fare, thoroughly enjoyed by everybody, since we were pretty cold and stiff knocking around getting things ready be- fore breakfast, and it was generally not until we had finished the meal, and smoked our respective pipes, that we commenced to feel like living. We started off shortly after sunrise to cross Tal^e 882 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 13, 1905. Rossignol, which is about 10 miles wide, and pretty well filled with islands. Louis said there were 365 of them, but he was probably counting the stones that stood out above the surface of the water everywhere. As we were still crossing the lake, more than half the distance, a strong breeze sprung up astern, and helped us along, so that we made exceptionally fast time. We kept trolling lines out, about 75yds. astern, with spoons, to try our chances of picking up a fish or two. Out in the middle of the lake we stopped pad- dling for awhile with the boats together and took some photographs, admired the scenery, and had a bite of chocolate all round. We then pushed on to the exit of the lake, which is quite narrow, and under normal water, very swift. The water, however, was about 2 to 3ft. over its usual level, so that it was simply a strong eddying current sweeping through the outlet, and no noticeable fall. A small circular lake, or inclosed bay, formed the exit to Rossignol, and was known to the lumbermen as “The Hopper,” from its use as a storage place for logs in the spring. Here the rafts were col- lected and made ready for the run down the river to the mills below at Milton and Liverpool. A large rock stood directly in the center of the outlet, called “The Screecher,” and the large boat stopped beside this, while H. N. T. tried a few casts over the deep water, without success. Chas. O. and Carl, who had dropped behind to try some fishing a little further back, caught up with us and took photographs of this beauti- ful spot. Chas. O.’s boat went through the Screecher, but our boat went around by a detour' through another exit, where we ran across a proclamation bearing the royal coat of arms, and setting forth certain severe penalties against parties starting forest fires. The point that impressed Louis, as we read this proclama- tion to him, was that no excuse would be accepted. The penalty, we believe, was five years’ imprisonment. Just before we passed out of the lake, Louis pointed out to us an open district, far off in the distance to the west of us, known as “Lord Dunraven’s Bog,” where there were reported to be caribou. After casting our lines across the exit of the Hopper for some time without success, we gave it up, and paddled down easily with the steady current into the head of the Second Lake, a little sheet of water proba- bly 5 miles wide and free from islands. We were puzzled for awhile by two objects some distance out in the lake, which seemed to change their size in a most remarkable manner, until we discovered they were two loons, which would first paddle around with their bodies entirely out of water, and as we drew nearer they would sink themselves until only their heads re- mained above the surface. After a time, these, too, disappeared, and we saw nothing more of them. This part of the country was very familiar to Louis, as he had not only learned it thoroughly in the summer time, but also had followed the lumbermen in their work through the winters and early springs. He had many little anecdotes of experiences he had gone through, which were all the more interesting from our being on the spot as he related them, and seeing the actual points of interest themselves. At one time he would describe how the lumbermen worked their heavy rafts of logs across these lakes by running out a long line of some 500 feet by means of a small rowboat, and then dropping it overboard with an anchor attached to the end, whereupon the men on the raft would wind it in with a windlass, thus hauling the raft that distance. The rope would then be unwound from the windlass and carried out in its full length again, and the opera- tion repeated again and again until the raft was worked across the lake, a very slow and tedious process. Again he would describe how he had seen the Hopper jammed full of logs, so that it was possible to walk clear across it on the tightly packed mass. The rough-looking lumber jacks would be scattered around getting the logs into position, and working like beavers to finish the work in time for the spring freshet. Again we would pass a small island, where Louis had lost a good hunting coat the winter before, and we actually stopped and looked around a bit. to see whether we could find any traces of it, since anything lost in this part of the world is likely to stay just where it was put, without chance of being found, except by the original owner. Louis seemed quite disappointed that the coat was not there, although this was probably some six or eight months afterward. He blamed our failure to find the coat to the excessive high water, caused by the new dam some five miles below. By the time we had crossed the Second Lake we were commencing to feel pretty hungry, and looked around anxiously for a suitable camping spot. The banks of the lakes and the connecting streams were very forbidding, covered with high rocks and tangled underbrush, with no comfortable places to stretch out and make camp properly. We kept on, hoping to find a good site at the foot of First Lake. The breeze was blowing quite strongly astern, and we tried experiments in sailing by hoisting our coats, sweaters, etc., on the paddles, and made quite respectable progress while we were filling our pipes and taking things easy for a few moments. The party kept getting more and more tired and hungry, and there were numerous calls for lunch. Finally, we came to the end of First Lake, everyone ready to get ashore and take a rest from the constant paddling, and we made for a wooded point, which Louis had been heading for. Just before we reached this, he showed us an open stretch extending back some little distance into the woods, and described how he had been unfortunate enough to shoot a moose just at the close of the season the winter before, and was compelled to leave the meat behind, since the date the law allows for killing moose would be past by the time he got it down to civilization. Fie very nearly lost his life crossing from the point we were approach- ing over to the other side of the lake, on account of a weak spot in the ice along the shore, which he finally managed to negotiate after several narrow escapes. When we reached the point we hunted all around, both sides, for a dry spot for our camp, but the ground was wet and swampy from the high water, and obstructed by dense tangles of vines and underbrush. We pushed our canoes in a little way, trying to reach high, ground, but the boats promptly got tangled in the overhanging obstacles, and we could see no prospect of camping there; we then had to push out into the lake again, and headed for a small island that lay possibly a half mile away in the direction we were traveling. We crossed over to this, but it, too, was almost under water, except for a number of rounded boulders that stood out in the center of it, and these were surrounded by small bushes and trees and the usual tangle of thorny vines, so we gave that place up. We were almost consider- ing fixing up a cold lunch in the boats, but this did not seem very inviting, so we took Louis’ suggestion, namely, to push on to the Indian Gardens, about three or four miles below. Carl and Chas. O. stopped be- hind, however, at this island for about a quarter of an hour, and got out some chocolate, and a few odds and ends, to stave off their hunger, which was pretty ex- treme by this time. This gave us a chance to get quite a distance ahead of them, so we arrived at the Indian Gardens when they were barely more than a speck in the distance up the lake. There was quite an extensive clearing here, which covered a small plateau above the dam, and a grassy slope rising up to it from the shore of the lake above the dam. We pulled our boats ashore and piled the duffle on a dry spot, along the water’s edge and then Arthur and the Scribe went out in their empty boat to take a photograph of the place from the lake. This was the first stretch of real grass that we had met with on the trip, and we threw ourselves full length under the huge shade trees, and had a few minutes’ rest. [to be continued.] Atlantic Division News. For the information of those members of the Atlantic Division who would take in the cruise and meet at Park Island, Trenton, N. J., May 27-30 inclusive, the follow- ing is a preliminary notice, the camp circular will appear in about a week: The Transportation Committee are : Joseph O. Rickey, Chairman; H. T. McNiece, Trenton; F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, : New York; M. Ohlmyer, care of F. H. Legget & Co., New York; W. N. Stanley, 66 Broadway, New York; E. M. Underhill, Yonkers; C. T. Mitchell, 415 Girard Bldg., Philadelphia. Members in these different localities and clubs should communicate with the above men to perfect arrange- ments for shipments before the 20th if possible. Many men will think it impossible to go on the cruise, being unable to leave business Monday, but they can make the run to Trenton probably before nightfall, or better still, leave their boats at Lambertville in charge of one of a crew running tandem or ship from there. There will be plen.y doing to interest those who come over Saturday or Sunday to the island, and Tuesday the Regatta Committee, of which M. D. Wilt, 711 North Front street, Philadelphia, is chairman, will have a pro- gramme of eight races to add interest for those who feel strong. Novel prizes will be given to the winners in all events, and the chairman would be pleased to receive contributions from those interested, to defray the ex- penses. Monday evening the annual meeting will be held, after which a camp fire will be given by the Park Island Club. A large attendance is looked for and correspondence and notice of intention to be present is solicited. W. A. Furman, Vice-Com. Officers of A. C. A., J905. Commodore — C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. Secretary — H M Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. Treasurer — F. G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn. ATLANTIC DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore— F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. Purser— C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee — L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New York; E. M. Underhill. Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. CENTRAL DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. Purser — J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. ; II. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. Beard of Governors^~C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. EASTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. Purser— YV illiam E. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; li. D. Murphy, alternate. NORTHERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. Rear-Commodore— J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. Purser— J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry Page, Toronto, Ont. Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. Racing Board — E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. WESTERN DIVISION. Vice-Commodore— Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household Art Co., Cleveland, O. Rear-Commodore— Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati, O. Furser— George Q. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce. Cleveland, O. Executive Committee— Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cincinnati, O. ; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. Bbard of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. How to Join the A, C. A, “Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, F. G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn., and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non- election of the applicant.” All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual cosmectsd with the paper. §ifle §xnge and §atUt%. ■ ♦ Fixtures. May 24-25.— Union Hill Park, N. J., Independent New York Scheutzen. Gus Zimmerman, Capt. July 24-29.— Newark, U. — second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. The Team Match at Union Hill* The formal opening of Union Hill Shooting Park, Union Hill, N. J., took place May 4, and was a thorough success, in spite of the adverse weather conditions. The day opened fine, but before noon a heavy wind storm broke, accompanied by' clouds of dust, there having oeen almost no rain during the month so far. The temperature fell rapidly, and the wind continued strong all day. The most interesting feature was the team match, in which eleven clubs were represented. The New York Central Schuetzen Corps team won, closely followed by the New York City Schuetzen Corps team, with the New York Schuetzen Corps men third. High man in each team won a medal, R. Bendier, ot the Wcw York City Corps having high score. Michael Dorrler was first in the bullseye target, while George Schlicht took first prize for most points. The scores of all the events follow, the shooting being at 200yds., offhand: N. Y. Central Schuetzen Corps. N. Y. City Schuetzen Corps. W J Daniel.. ..191 R Schwaneman .163 H D Muller , ..194 R Bendier .226 Charles Ottmann ..192 W Grapentin .......... .210 Jacob Hess ..213 H C Radloff .169 D Scharninghaus ..182 John Wagner ......... .146 Christ Gerken ..191 C D Rehm....'. .152 F Schroeder .......... .162 A Kronsberg .206 F Rolfes R Busse .182 G Viemeister ..173 A Keller .122 H Bockmann ..141 I Munz .157 F Brodt ..141 Tos Dierkerschmidt ... .175 T Von de Lieth ..149 "Geo Schroter .149 jVI Teschmaker ..129 J Facklamm .184 F Kost ..ISO Two average scores.... .339—2580 Gus Zimmermann .... . .194—2594 New York Schuetzen Corps. Harlem Ind. Schuetzen Corps. B Zettler ..209 C Weber .197 J C Born ..188 E Karl .188 A W Lemcke ..136 H B’umenberg .155 G Ludwig ,.195 A Fenniger .144 C Meyer ..207 A Muller .140 F Facompre ..169 H Behrman ,i°5 1 H Klee ..152 Zacharowski .139 F Busch ,.180 G Thomas .187 F N on Ronn ..171 A Fegert .202 D Pepper ..161 C Mastvogel .147 H D Meyer ..104 T Mauck . 83 O Schwaneman ..176 C Thiebareth .158 P Heidelberger ..168 H Goerke .194 H Lohden ..172 H Koch .167 J Hainhorst . .133—2521 L Rokohl .184—2410 Deutsch-Am. Schuetzenbund. Hoboken Independent S. C. C Meyer ,.173 H Cordes .140 G Dorr .165 E Fisher .199 W m Last , .151 A Peters .201 H Frechen ,.133 H Bahn .189 M Reahm ,.182 A T Volk .159 H Rrunning ..139 J Meyers .140 R Reimer ..141 A F Gerken .143 Emil Roller .158 H Schoeder .128 O Schmidt .130 C Bosse .159 T Lufe ,.165 C Bobbe .114 A Meyer .169 L P Hansen .215 G Schlicht .202 E Berckmann .189 T Andt .157 F Glintz . 84 F A Reimer. .168-2397 C Magnus C Otten . 80 .148— 228S Schweizer Schuetzen Ges. Union Hill Schuetzen Corps. J Strehsler .186 L Hauenstein, Jr H Untereiner .174 A Dietrich ............ .198 H Montlee ........ .159 T F Hotz .159 J Reish .169 F Michel . 75 C Ruengler .135 F Dorner .132 M Si men .184 W Krienzler 122 J Kogi . 84 S Scott .153 C Sobner .161 A Froun .179 J J Gobler .190 T Lane . 72 A Steiner ...... .156 C Hasrich . 87 J Jielnick .113 P Stump . 76 John Simen .171 G A Hoffman .141 J Hufenless . 91 A Mohlieb . 91 R Grubeman .114 I Dietz .159 C Zimmerman .108—2219 F Wahlers .127—1747 Hoboken Schuetzen Corps. N. T. Schuetzen Gesellschaft. H Strappenbuck . 98 A Schutz .189 W Forkel .193 C Klemme .140 F H Brinker .161 P Neuendorfer .136 H Lohman .177 C Nolins .186 C Koeh'er .123 NVm Weber .152 F Hogen .100 T D Nube .159 C Schilling .122 H Behnecke .146 J Gutschow .164 G Teschner . 53 H Heuraan .190 T Burkhard . 78 J Berger .176 W m Kutschinck .144 H Mulschler . 92 P Weisskerch . 85 H Moller . 84 M Busch . 50 G Scliulman . 60-1740 Nelgbert No. 1 No. 2 .122 . 49 . 28—1717 Hoboken City Schuetzen Corps. A Meyers .137 C Trempler .162 P Schmit 58 J Schultz . 93 T Labousen 45 Westpbal .143 T V Dohn........ .......130 G Lehmann .110 H Ertmeyer, Jr ..120 F Hanke .112 Wm Welz .......111 E A Meyer .138 Kerchgessner Driese .169—1597 Individual medals: Barney Zettler, New York Schuetzen Corps, 209; Jacob Hess, New York Centrals, 213; R. Bendier, New York Citys, 226; Wm. Forkel, Hoboken Schuetzen, 193; L. P. Hansen, Hoboken Independents, 215; M. Driese, Hoboken Citys, 169; A, Fegert, Harlem Independents, 202; George Schlicht, D. A. S. G., 202; August Kempf, Union Hill Schuetzen, 179; A. Diettrich, Schweizer Schuetzen 198; A. Schulz, N. Y. S. G., 189. Bullseye target, degrees : M. Dorrler 17, Scharninghaus 29, O. Smith 29 %, Schlicht 44, Kronsberg 45%, Zimmerman 50%, Berckman 57, Facklamm 65%, Hauenstein, Jr., 69, R. Schwaneman 69%, R. Busse 71, Rehm 71, Fischer 76, Ottman 80%, Barning 85%. Most points: G Schlicht ....230 $15 00 C L A Gerken... ... 83 5 00 R Busse ....222 12 00 T Facklamm ...76 5 00 H D Muller ....180 10 00 E Fischer ... ...72 4 00 M Dorrler . . . .175 9 00 R Bendier ...61 3 00 O Smith ....... . . . .139 8 00 G Zimmerman .. ...56 1 00 L P Hansen ....117 7 00 C Meyer ...56 1 00 H F Barning. . . . . . . .105 6 00 Red flags: First, C. G. Zettler, $2. Last, George Schlicht, $1.50. Best three bullseyes: Michael Dorrler 17, 33, 42. Rings: George Schlicht, most 24s; M. Dorrler, most 22s; R. Busse, most 21s. United States Revolver Association. Springfield, Mass., May 2. — The United States Revolver Asso- ciation has awarded the following medals during the past month : To Morris D. Stepp, M.D., Cleveland, O., a bronze and silver medal on scores of 85, 87, 89, 86, 85, 87, 88, 87, 90, 89. To Reginald H. Sayre, M.D., New York, bronze and gold medal on scores of 91, 90, 90, 91, 92, 92, 92, 92, 91, 90. To Chas. J. L. Sundburgh, Jamestown, N. Y., a bronze medal on scores of 82, 84, 82, 84, 84, 81, 86, 86. 88, 88. A bronze and gold medal on scores of 90, 90, 91, 9L 91, 91, 93 93, 93, 90. To Thomas Le Boutillier, New York, a bronze and silver medal on scores of 89, 85, 86, 86, 85, 89, 85, 85, 91, 91, To Edgar B. Hawkes, Wakefield, Mass., a bronze and gold medal on the scores of 90, 92 90. 91, 91, 91, 92, 93, 93, 93. J. B, Crabtree, May 13, 190$,} FOREST AND STREAM trapshooting. « Qet, 1142. —Dover, Del, Gua Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : DRIVERS AND TA^/ISTERS* Fixtures. May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club third annual spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec’y. May 13. — Paterson, N. J. — Jackson Park Gun Club all-day shoot. Wm. Dutcher, Mgr. May 14-16. — Des Moine3, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. May 16-18. — Herrington, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- ciation tournament. May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- men’s Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; $600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec’y. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18.— Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19. — Warwick, N. Y., Gun Club first shoot of monthly series. J. A. Ogden, Capt. May 19-21.— St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. May 20. — Castleton Corners, S. I — Mullerite Gun Club thirteenth shoot. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-24. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club annual tournament. H. Marston, Sec’y. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24.— Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Seth T. Cole, Sec’y. May 24-25.— Wolcott, N. ’ Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 28. — Jersey City, N. J. — Hudson Gun Club all-day tournament. James Hughes, Sec’y. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky State League shoot, under auspices of Jefferson County Gun Club. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. May 29-31.— Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30. — Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May 30. — Utica, N. Y.— Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30.— Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30.— Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggesnal, Sec’y. May 30. — Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. May 30.— Norristown, Pa.— Penn Gun Club annual Decoration Day tournament. T. V. Smith, Sec’y. May 30. — Lawrence, Mass. — Second annual Memorial Day tourna- ment. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. May 30. — Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31. -June 1.— Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 3.— Long Island City, L. I. — Queens County Gun Club open tournament. Rchard H. Glasman, Sec’y. June 6-6.— New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart. Sec’y June 6-8.— Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4.— Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 11-13.— Chef Menteur, La. — Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League shoot, under auspices of the Tally-Ho Club. John Spring, Chairman. June 13-14.— New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Butler, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y.— New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament, une 14-15.— Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15. — Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. Pierstorff, Sec’y. June 15.— Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22.— New London, la., Gun Club tournament, une 21-22.— Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 22.— Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. E. Foss, Sec’y. July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. —South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. July 11-12.— New Bethlehem, Pa.— Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O E. Shoemaker. Sec’y. July 12-13.— Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W W Methieen’ Sec’v July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament H. A Rrehm. Mgr.. Baltimore July 28-29.— Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Kansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. H errnan. Sec’v Aug. 22-23.— Carthage, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooter. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament Aug. 29-31.— The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., ' Shooting Club ; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad. Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Sept. 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal.— The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. , , Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Chib secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Fublislnng Company, 34b Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press 041 Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Harvard Gun Club team defeated the Princeton Gun Club team at Princeton, May 5, by a score of 218 to 200. K The Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club announces a sweepstake shoot for Decoration Day, commencing at 1 o’clock. H Mr. Frank L. Pierstorff, Secretary, writes us that the Middle- ton, Wis., Gun Club will hold a tournament on June 14-15, n Owing to the pressure on our trap columns this week, several reports»of shoots are necessarily held over till next week. *s Mr. John Spring, Chairman, writes us that the Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League will hold a shoot under the auspices of the Tally-Ho Club, at Chef Menteur, La. The address of the club is Box 488, New Orleans. *?, At the second tournament of the Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecticut, held on the grounds of the New Britain, Conn., Gun Club, May 2, nine teams contested in the team event. New Haven was high with a total of 78. K Mr. Ed. Voris, of Mancie, Ind., recent winner of the English Hotel cup from Mr. J. W. Farrell, has been challenged by Mr. A. C. Spencer, Muncie, Ind., to contest for it. The grounds of the Indianapolis Gun Club will be the place of contest. H The Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey City, announce an all-day shoot, to be held on May 28. Competition will begin at 9:30 o’clock. Targets, V/2 cent to visitors. The next regular shoot of the club will be held on May 14. New traps are being installed. Mr. James Hughes is the Secretary. H The Indianapolis, Ind., Gun "Club has set a special day, Wednesday, of each week, for new members who hesitate to shoot on the regular days with the more experienced trapshooters. Mr. Dickman has kindly otiered to take cnarge on that day, and with other members, will be present to help any one who desires help. The Oak Hill Gun Club, Pittsfield, Mass., provides eleven pro- gramme events for their tournament, fixed to be held on May 30, on the club grounds, at Pontoosuc Lake. The events are at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets; a total of 200; total of $13' entrance, and $25 added. Targets, 1% cent. Sweepstakes optional. The two 25-target events are merchandise contests. Mr. John Ransehousen is the Secretary. *? There are fifteen 15-target events, alternately known and un- known angles, on the programme provided by the Auburn, Me., Gun Club for their Decoration Day shoot. Distance handicap, 16 to 20yds. High guns, $10, $6 and $4. Low- guns, $1, $2 and $3.. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. “Guns and ammunition, express prepaid, sent to J. F. Emerton’s store, 94 Main street, will be delivered on grounds.” Mr. J. A. Ogden, Captain, writes us as follows: “The Warwick Gun Club, of Warwick, N. Y., will begin a series of monthly shoots on Friday, May 19, a programme of 125 targets will be completed each day. Shooting begins at 1 o’clock. Conveyance at the Demerest House, 12:45. Shooting dates for subsequent months will be given .'n ample time. Open to all amateurs; the professionals are always welcome.” R The Fish and Game Protective Association, of Little Falls, N. Y., have issued the programme of their shoot to be held on the club grounds, May 30. There are fifteen programme events, alternately class shooting and merchandise. Total entrance, $9.25. High average, sole leather gun case, value $8. Shooting begins at 10 o’clock. Shells sold at cost. Shoot rain or shine. Mr. G. L. Kretser, Secretary of the Committee. R The Analostan Gun Club, of Washington, D. C., for their shoot to be held May 30-31, will each day add $100 in money. High amateur average, first, $10; second, $5. High professional average, gold watch. The programme is alike for each day, namely, ten 20-target events, $10 added; entrance, $1.40. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Mon- day, May 29, practice day. Guns and ammunition, prepaid and marked in owner’s name, sent care of Wm. Wagner, 207 Penn- sylvania avenue S.E., will be delivered on the grounds free. Sliding handicap, 16 to 20yds. Mr. Miles Taylor, 222 F street N.W., is the Secretary. The annual intercollegiate team contest, held on the grounds of the Clearview Gun Club, near Philadelphia, May 6, resulted in a victory for Princeton Gun Club team. Williams, of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, was high in individual scores. He broke 47, a 98 per cent, performance. Scores: Pennsylvania: Long- necker 41, Smith 40, Way 40, Williams 47, Appleton 39; total 207. Yale: Morrison 38, Pugsley 40, Borden 44, Thompson 43, King 45; total 210. Princeton: Stutesman 45, Mellvain 43; Frick 46, Munn 41, Pardee 45; total 2J20. Harvard: Ward 42, Wickersham 44, Marshall 44, Bartlett 42, Foster 43; total 215. Ten events each day, at 15 and 20 targets, $1.60 entrance, $2 added constitute the programme each day of the Catchpole Gun Club tournament, Wolcott, N, Y., May 24 and 25. No. 7 each day is a merchandise handicap event. First prize, Smith gun, first day; Ithaca gun, second day; other prizes also. No. 5, on the second day is the Mullerite event, first prize of which is a gold badge, valued at $10 and 30 per cent, of purse. Second, 25 per cent.; third, 20 per cent., fourth, 15 per cent. Totals each day, 170 targets, $15 entrance; $12 added. Targets, \x/z cent. Class shooting. Guns and ammunition, will be delivered on the grounds if shipped charges prepaid, to Thacker Brothers & Co. Mr. E. A. Wadsworth is the Secretary. The programme of the Nebraska State Sportsman’s Association tournament is now ready for distribution. The dates are May 9-12; the place, Hastings, Neb. The programme consists of thirty-three target events for May 10-12, May 9 being practice day. Of these, ten are at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $10 added. Event 20, for Denver Post trophy, is at 100 targets, $10 entrance, $50 added. Event 21, 25 targets, 50 cents entrance, is for the State championship and a Stevens gun. Even 13 is the Mullerite event, 20 targets, for a gold watch. The remaining events are at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance, $7.50 added. Class shooting. Competition is for amateurs. Ship guns and shells to G. A. Mann, Hastings, Neb. The Secretary is Mr. Geo. L. Carter, Lincoln, Neb. H Mr. Wm Dutcher, the energetic manager of the Jackson Park Gun Club, of Paterson, N. J., writes under date of May 7: “Everything is almost completed for the big shoot May 13 next. Messrs. Morgan and Hopper have been at the grounds every day looking after the arrangement of things. The carpenters have finished. There are platforms, seats, house for magautrap; in fact, everything in up-to-date style. The painters will finish the rest on Tuesday. All will be delighted when they visit the grounds next Saturday. Also I think they will witness the largest gathering of trapshooters seen in Jersey in years — expect from fifty to seventy guns during the whole afternoon. This will be a good day for the trade to be on hand. The shoot will start at 9:30 A. M. Take Singac cars to Jackson Road. Shells at the club. Everybody weicome.” Bernard Waters. Magic City Gun Club. Muncie, Ind., May 5. — The annual spring tournament of the Magic City Gun Club of this place was held May 3. The oc- casion was favored with ideal weather conditions and fair patron- age, twenty-seven shooters in all taking part. W. D. Stannard was high gun among the trade representatives, who were per- mitted to shoot for targets only. An aged dentist from In- dianapolis, who is trooping this season under the nom de plume of “Abe Martin,” was high for the amateurs. Coming back to town in the evening Dr. O. F. Britton was heard to remark that Muncie was “a right nice place to come to a shoot.” Edward Voris acted as pace-maker for the amateurs for the most of the day, but in the last two events he got to thinking of the days when he was bald-headed and he went to the bad, and Britton passed him. Have you seen Eddie this spring? He is superb — hence the Edward. It used to be just Ed. His think-tank is now adorned with the flowing locks and that old barren roof garden of yore is all with the past. He is one of the big chief charioteers in the game of Ben-Hur, the mayor of his city, and recently won from Farrell, of Muncie, the English Hotel Cup. And just when events were crowding with him, he side-steps the Bill Nye bunch and disdains the onyx top. Edward invites all to at- tend the annual meet of the Trapshooters’ League at Crawfords- ville, Ind., and promises Shooting conditions where only straights are made. It’s in May. The new blackbird trap and traget were used, and they gave the very best of satisfaction, the breakage of targets being con- spiciuous by its absence. The scores follow: Tom Parry Shot at. .. 200 Broke. 175 M F Raiser ..... Shot at. . 75 Broke, 61 J W Cooper .. 200 163 A C Spencer . 200 150 W D Stannard . .. 200 188 H A Shumack.... . 120 92 T S Boa .. 200 175 VV A McDaniel . ..155 112 B F McDaniel . . . 165 95 Joe Little ........ . 175 151 Abe Martin . . . . .. 200 177 C H Foust ...... . 50 38 Edward \ oris . . .. 200 175 J I. Williams , 10 5 T VV Farrell ... .. 200 162 E D Foust . 50 44 E C Houser .... .. 200 159 J C Dixon....... 35 H J Borden .... .. 200 172 H Gill . 25 18 H A Comstock . .. 150 117 J R Johnson . 100 72 Joe Smiley .. 200 154 H D 1 hompson .. 55 33 C L Bender .. 140 101 G G Williamson. . 35 S3 W H Davis . . . . .. 125 74 Williamson. Awosting Gun Club. New Paltz, N. Y., April 29. — Regular shoot Awosting Gun Club. Too much shoot on 21st, tournament day. Only four of the regulars showed up to-day, and they shot in the rain. J. L. Cassady carried off the honors, winning the Layton cup, after shooting off tie with Snyder and Strong; he also won the Hunter Arms Co. medal. Scores: Hunter Arms Co. medal, 20 singles: Snyder 18, Strong 18, Cassady 17, Hasbrouck 17. Ten doubles: Snyder 15, Strong 15, Cassady 18, Hasbrouck 15. Layton cup, 25 targets: W Hasbrouck. Hdp. Brlc. Tot’l. ....4 20 24 Snyder ..... Hdp. ...... 2 Brk. Tot’l. 23 25 Strong ... 4 21 25 Cassady . . . . ......10 16 25 Shoot-off : Strong ... 4 19 23 Cassady ..... ......10 16 25 Snyder ... 2 21 23 Nim. New York Athletic Club. Travers T«' *»n. N. Y., May 6. — J. W. Hibbard won the first leg on the Msv cup to-day with a low score. After the first match A. Oi^Fleischmann shot in excellent form, making in the last six scores 133 in 150, an average of 89 per. cent. May cup, 50 targets, handicap allowance: A. O. Fleischmann (4) 37, J. VV. Hibbard (10) 41. Event 2, 25 targets: J. VV. Hibbard (5) 16, Dr. Brown (7) 18, Dr. Williams (6) 17, A. O. Fleischmann (2) 22. Event 3: Dr. Brown (7) 18, Dr. Williams (6) 19, A. O. Fleisch- mann (2) 24, J. VV. Hibbard (5) 19, G. Bechtel (4) 20. Event 4: Dr. W’illiams (6) 19, A. O. Fleischmann (2) 25, G. Bechtel (4) 23, Dr. Brown (7) 15. Event 5: A. O. Fleischman (2) 24, Geo. Bechtel (3) 17, Dr. Brown (7) 17, Dr. Williams (6) 22, E. J. Gieninni (6) 13, Practice: A. O. Fleischmann, 50 targets, 45. 384 FOREST AND STREAM. Pennsylvania's Greatest Shoot. The fifteenth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association has passed into the history of trap- shooting as one of the, if not the greatest mixed trapshooting event ever held. At the G. A. H. held in Kansas City in 1902, it is true, there was a larger number of shooters gathered to- gether, but then that was purely a pigeon tournament. The gatherings at the recent Grand American Handicap tournaments have been growing gradually larger and larger; but none of them can boast a solid three days’ entry list equal to that recorded at the tournament held last week, May 2-5, in Pittsburg, under the auspices of the Herron Hill Gun Club. Many causes contributed to that end. Perhaps the chief one was the attractive invitation sent out to shooters, followed by a programme the like of which had never been given to the public before. For general make-up, the entire absence of advertisements of any sort from its pages, the freedom with which money was added to the events, and particularly to the main target feature, the Herron Hill Handicap, on the third day, the programme fairly took away the breath of the ordinary trapshooting individual. The programme showed the boys that the Herron Hill Gun Club was not after their money, and that counts a good deal with any class of men. Then again, the committee in charge of the tour- nament was bound to have the entire confidence of the public. Louis Lautenslager was chairman; Charlie Grubb and Elmer E. Shaner, his assistants. When a chairman of any committee has two such lieutenants as those, how could any shoot placed in charge of his committee be a failure, or anything else than it appeared to be on paper? The committee looked all right, and it was all right — distinctly so. There were the most perfect arrangements, nothing was for- gotten, and the members of the tournament committee were always in evidence, even at the end, when one (the chairman) was footsore, another (Shaner) sunburned, tired out and hoarse of voice, while the third (Grubb) was only living on the rem- nants of that vitality which he possesses to such a remarkable and fortunate degree. The trio were tired out Friday night, and I can only dimly imagine with a shudder what they must have been after all the ties in the pigeon races were shot off on Satur- day. A Tournament in Tents. The shoot was held in the driving park at Brunot’s Island, and practically no use could be made of the buildings, as the shoot was inside the mile track. Hence it was a tournament held in tents, of which there was no lack. There were three mess tents of the National Guard, each 60 by 24, and gunracks in each tent gave accommodation all told to 320 guns. Then there was a locker tent, 18 by 24, in charge of an employe who saw that everything was in order each day. The members of the committee being Pittsburgers, it was not likely they would forget the neces- sity of ample accommodation for washing; hence there was a wash tent (a canopy tent), 16 by 16, which was presided over by a genial colored gentleman. There was also a dining tent, 65 by 35, in which an excellent dinner was served each day at the price of “50 cents per.” There was an ice cream tent too, 14 by 12, in which lots of business was done. The ammunition trade had two tents also, each about 16 by 14. In one the Peters Car- tridge Company did business, while in the other the Sportsman’s Supply Company, Louis Lautenslager’s company, supplied the needs of the boys who wanted Association shells. of the U. M. C. and W. R. A. brands. The cashier’s and the compiler of scores’ office was a wooden building, temporarily erected for the occasion, about 16 by 12. In it were H. L. Born, of Pittsburg, the cashier; J. K. Starr, of Philadelphia, the compiler of scores, who had as his first assist- ant, Bernard Elsesser, of York, Pa., and as his clerks, Ed. Reed and J. F. Plelm, both of Pittsburg. It will be seen, therefore, that, so far as accommodations for the shooters and the furnish- ing of a competent office force went, the committee left nothing to be desired, provided the weather was fine. And the clerk of the Weather Bureau was mighty good to them, too. The whole week was all that could be desired, although perhaps a trifle sultry for heavy underwear. Five Blackbird Club traps were installed, and were in charge of Mr. W. P. Markle, and one of his company’s experts. Some ninety odd thousand of blackbird targets were thrown into the air by these traps during the first four days of the tournament for the shooters to smash or miss,’ as might happen. The Field Force. The referees were William Kuhn, Frank Good, J. R. Ball, G. B. Meyer and James Hallman, who had charge of traps 1 to 5 in order named. Their scores were respectively David Goudey, John Payton, Wm. Milligan, Lee Hamilton and Fred Campbell. In addition to the above, the field force numbered thirty-seven men, made up as follows: Five pullers, five trappers and five trappers’ assistants; five squad hustlers, nice gentlemanly fellows, who were all drawn from the dental department of the Western University of Pennsylvania; one wash tent man, two utility men, one of whom was Major Bill McCrickart, well known to those who used to attend the G. A. H.s at pigeons in the old days; eight men for opening barrels of targets, and carrying them to the trap pits; three watchmen, one lockerman and two special officers. In addition to this, the judges’ stand was turned into a ladies’ waiting room and was presided over by a lady’s maid. In order to get the shooters to the grounds in comfort, the Herron Hill Gun Club had chartered a steamboat, and she ran as regularly as she could; but it was not until the last day that Uncle Sam saw fit to raise the wickets at the Davis Island dam and thus give them water enough to land at the regular dock. It was unfortunate that it should have happened' so, but the man- agement was not to 'blame, and to some of us it was all in a lifetime to have our boat shove her nose into the muddy bank at the lower end of the island and then clamber up the steep bluff with soft soil under one’s feet. A few heavyweights were with us, but they took their medicine like the rest, although it did require some exertion on the part of others to get them to the top, when their breath gave out. The boat was hired at a cost of $375, so it was hard luck to have such low water to- contend with. I think that from all the foregoing it will be seen that the Plerron Hill Gun Club and its tournament committee had thought of about everything that could be done to add to the comfort of its guests during the week of the shoot. The Handicap Committee. The handicap committee was small, but it was good enough to do its work without my hearing a single kick at its decisions as to a man’s capabilities, and as to where he accordingly ought to stand. That committee was as follows: Will K. Park, chairman; R, R. Bennett and John A. Flick. It is absurd to suppose that any handicap committee could satisfy everybody, so- I suppose there were some who had troubles to relate; but, thank goodness, they did not come to me for comfort. The Annual Convention. Not having expected to be required to know anything about the deliberations of this body, I was only present at the annual convention for a short time, and made no notes as to what was done while I was there. Dr. Kalbfus, the State Game Warden, and a dandy, made, so I am told, a capital address, full of inter- est to the members of this Association. And, by the way, it might be just as well to say that the P. S. S. Association is a game protective association in truth. The work it has done in the past fifteen years is telling now, and would be a credit to any organization. It is to its efforts solely that Pennsylvania is now one of the best small game States in the East, and Dr. Kalbfus is the right man in the right place. At the meeting eleven new clubs applied for membership and were duly admitted. It was decided to hold the sixteenth annual convention at Williamsport. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: H. M. F. Worden, President; Allen M. Seitz, Vice- President; Secretary, J. M. Runk, of Chambersburg; Correspond- ing Secretary, H. A. Dimick, of Williamsport; Treasurer, J. H. Worden; Directors; C. F. Kramlich, F. M. Eames, Hon. Frank Godcharles, R. R. Bennett and J. O’H. Denny. The story of the shoot in detail follows: Preliminary Day, May I. With an entry list in the Preliinary events of 103, the manage- ment had an idea of what they were going to be up against on the first regular day of the shoot. The poor background and other conditions hard to be understood made scores rule low, al- though some did distinguish themselves. Ninety per cent, scores were few and far between, C. M. Powers, Hirschy, Schlicker, Tryon and McMurchy being the only ones to get 90 or better. Much was the questioning that night in the Hotel Henry as to why such poor scores were made, but most people who went to bed that night, did so with the question unsolved, so far as they were concerned. The tale of woe of the ninety-eight, whose names do not appear on the above honor roll, is best rendered by allowing a perusal of the scores as made, all five events being at 20 targets, a total of 100 targets: Broke. Kirby 82 Glover 74 Young 89 Stoop 86 Grass 75 Banks 77 Killen 58 Trafford 86 Hoffman 63 Hull ....79 Vietmeyer 83 Elliott 87 Powers 95 Raven 84 Fry .71 Celler 66 Schlicker 94 Pfleger 79 Haywood 66 Krartilich 76 Straub 69 Hubbs 77 Hersheiser 76 Ferley 73 , W M Hale. 83 McGashen 70 Trego 67 Sparks 71 Underwood 51 W C Bower 82 McCrady 55 H C Hirschy 94 Garland 78 Hart 87 Johnston 54 Hoey 81 Nichols 83 Miller 75 Doolittle 78 Cramer 80 Andrews 68 Jessup 79 A B Kelley 81 E Brown 78 W ampler 68 Befck 75 Zihkham 78 Ltyon 95 Jarvis 89 McMurdhy 90 Wilson 74 Broke. Hawkins 87 Squier 70 German 86 Foord .78 /Apgar 76 C Siger 88 Le Compte 76 Brown 79 Irwin ..79 Lang 64 Atkinson 77 Benner 70 Lewis 59 Beckwell 51 Samson 72 Newcomb 79 McKelvey 71 Nelson ..51 Chew 56 Richardson ...83 T H Hahn 65 C N Miller 57 E J Bruch 65 C F Hankey 65 Heiser 58 Hawley 51 Runk 77 Denney ..24 Kochey 55 Rogers ..62 Howell ? 80 Derk 82 Godcharles 80 Woods 77 Krueger 76 King .75 Kelsey 87 Fleming 77 Henry D 67 Pyle 60 Marshall 89 Lawrence 88 Butler 1 75 Stevens 86 McCarty 70 Sanford 76 Mink 81 Stoops ,...79 Anderson 65 Speer 75 First Day, May 2. The programme for the first day contained ten events, seven 15s and three 20s, a total of 165 targets. As there were no less than 230 entries, the programme was not nearly completed when night fell on Brunot’s Island. It was, in fact, nearly noon on the second day before the arrears on the first day’s programme were wiped off the slate. Some people found the targets to their liking, notably Charlie Young among Ihe professionals, and Alex. H. King among the amateurs. The former went through the day with only 6 lost out of 165, while the latter showed well up to the front with 7 losses, or a total of 158 out of 165, a championship gait, indeed. A curious feature of the shooting was the way in which a good shot would go along nicely for a while, and then blow up all of a sudden and lose a bunch that made havoc of any hopes he might have had of a really high percentage. Figuring from the scores as given below, a total of 36,560 targets had to be thrown to complete the programme. This total, added to the 10,300 thrown in the afternoon of the preliminary day, made 46,850 targets thrown to date. Scores as follows: Events: 123456789 10 Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 Lewis 8 11 14 12 13 10 12 13 9 9 Benner 12 13 18 7 13 18 9 15 16 14 C N Miller 8 9 18 12 13 18 9 9 18 15 J Hahn 10 10 6 8 8 12 9 12 17 7 C F Hankey 8 11 11 11 5 15 7 8 19 10 A H King 15 15 20 12 14 20 13 15 19 15 Kelsey 12 14 10 14 14 19 13 14 16 14 Fleming 13 14 19 15 12 18 10 14 15 15 Henry G 13 9 16 11 14 15 6 12 14 12 C C Irwin 11 13 16 9 11 14 12 13 16 14 Elliott 13 13 14 12 13 17 10 15 18 14 Willard 11 12 20 14 15 17 10 15 18 15 Roll 12 15 17 13 12 16 10 10 15 10 Hirschy 12 15 18 13 15 16 12 15 19 15 Powers 14 15 17 15 14 18 13 13 20 15 D Sanford 11 11 19 12 14 18 13 9 15 15 W R Huttenlock 12 10 18 14 12 18 12 15 18 14 F Coleman- 13 11 20 13 14 17 13 15 20 14 Pfleger 13 12 16 12 14 18 12 13 17 14 Bell 15 12 15 13 12 15 10 9 16 11 F Eames 12 13 17 13 13 15 14 14 17 13 G S McCarty 12 11 17 14 12 19 14 13 16 12 Mink 14 13 18 13 14 15 11 12 18 10 C W Haywood 7 10 14 12 8 14 13 13 16 11 . Sheeler 14 8 11 7 12 17 9 10 14 11 Deardorff 9 8 14 9 13 13 13 13 15 15 Grove 11 11 15 10 11 14 11 13 16 8 Jackson 12 12 16 14 13 14 8 7 9 12 Adams 12 12 16 11 10 15 8 13 12 10 Seitz 3 4 11 7 10 9 9 7 14 8 McMurchy 12 14 18 .12 14 19 13 15 19 14 Keller 11 11 13 13 9 15 12 14 17 11 Banks 11 14 13 11 11 18 11 13 14 12 Le Compte 14 13 20 13 14 16 12 13 18 15 Hull 13 12 17 10 14 16 9 14 17 15 Kirby 13 13 16 10 12 19 9 14 18 14 Glover 12 13 14 11 13 19 13 15 18 14 Young 14 14 20 15 14 20 14 14 19 15 Stoor 11 14 17 13 14 20 15 15 16 14 Gross 12 12 17 13 13 14 10 13 17 13 Hawkins 15 12 19 12 13 20 12 13 20 13 Squiers 10 12 17 11 9 17 11 11 19 13 German 14 13 16 15 14 19 14 15 19 14 Foord 13 15 15 12 9 19 11 13 17 12 Apgar 13 11 19 11 14 19 12 14 19 15 Deniker 12 13 14 12 12 16 13 13 18 12 J L Feeley 11 9 14 10 11 17 10 15 16 11 Hersheiser 9 7 16 11 13 13 6 11 16 11 W C Hubbs 8 9 16 12 15 14 9 11 16 13 A B Kelly 11 10 16 10 12 14 11 13 13 14 A Sizer 13 14 17 12 12 12 14 12 16 12 C Hart 12 13 20 15 12 19 8 13 17 15 H E Brown 13 11 14 12 15 16 13 12 16 14 C J Jessop 13 14 15 14 13 15 13 13 17 13 J A Stoops 12 10 18 13 12 14 11 14 18 13 G S Trafford 10 11 18 12 15 16 11 14 18 13 J H Fry 9 8 15 7 10 11 10 6 13 9 Underwood 10 11 11 9 6 14 8 10 15 8 G Hoffman 12 12 13 11 14 13 12 13 15 11 Sampson 12 10 16 12 10 16 9 11 10 13 T A Marshall 12 12 20 14 12 16 13 14 16 14 L J Lawrence 14 13 18 14 12 20 13 14 15 13 F E Butler... 10 10 19 11 10 15 11 13 16 8 IT H Stevens 14 14 18 12 12 15 13 14 19 14 R O Heikes 13 13 18 14 14 19 14 15 19 14 J A Atkinson.... 14 13 16 13 15 19 13 12 18 13 R H Brown....... 7 10 13 12 8 11 9 11 14 13 P J Trego 9 9 12 6 11 10 6 11 12 9 J C Garland....... 13 13 16 14 12 19 10 10 17 13 P S Pyle >... 10 12 16 13 11 19 10 11 15 13 Newcomb 13 13 19 13 11 18 12 12 19 14 McKelvey 12 13 17 13 13 17 8 13 17 13 Nelson 9 6 14 9 13 10 4 8 13 13 Chew 11 7 13 12 12 9 11 3 14 13 Richardson 12 12 20 13 14 19 11 14 19" 13 E J Bruch 8 10 14 11 13 14 10 E E Heiser 11 U 15 10 12 14 10 12 15 10 Runk 10 11 16 13 12 17 9 14 16 IB D B Anderson 7 9 13 9 8 17 U 12 12 10 J F Speer..,....’. Brey Schlichdr ......... Kramlich ........ Straub Croll ............. Sparks North J L Englert A S Heil ...... C H Oles. How-ell Derk Godcharles Wood Krueger F E Mallory S T Mallory...... J F Mallory J W Stewart D W Buckner. . . Vietmeyer Kockey McCready W C Bower W S Lang .... J O’H Denny..... H W Hoey... Andrews A M Hatcher. G E Greiff . ........ Doolittle Kramer Tryon W B Jarvis C A McLouth.... W M Eaton C H Lay, Jr F S Bates W H Cooper M S Caranhan C B Bennett H Howard J H Hunter Wm Wagner ... . Geo A Moshey... W A Wiedebusch G M Lilley J F Phillips W C Everett R B Johnston. G H Piercy F Muldoon W C Danser R Rahm D K Irwin W M Hale IT McFarland W G Hearne Dursten E S Rike C H Miller... Oliver Benten Sohn Lovett Kinnly J R Miller Nichols Hunter Latham- D A Herrold C B Howley R E Shearer Zeller D E Amosdoefer.. J A Curry E M Casper R Casper C R Anderson E B Garrigues Volk Foltz Henderson Flynn Peters Millen Ginsberg E L Buterbaugh. . . Heilman Brooder Wagoner Snow Raven Schlitz Haak Langdon Traver Stroh Mason O S Steele Swearer F'rost Buck Henshaw i. Low Lutz Hickey Billsmeyer Cochran Cooper H Nye B Crozier Holderbaum See Richmond Nichols Orr L Fisher A W Kirby R L Hibbs Ellsworth IT S West Dr Smith Brinshard F C Bissett Tosetti S T Kinny E P McMurtry. . . . R Burns Wampler Simons A J Hallo well Park Rice Ed Brown D Chambers G B Uzzell C H Watson A E Conley G W McGuigen... K H Pringle E M Cundall J M Prigg Jackson Prigg E J McMahon D W Baker J M Gruver W N Murray N Johnson W E Kiplinger. . . 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With five State events on the programme for the day and big hang-over from the previous day’s programme, it was sma wonder that the management called off the open events after tl three first of the six scheduled for the day had been shot. The^ were 225 entries in these events, and all except six of that nur ber shot the 50 targets called for. The scores show that a tot: of 11,140 targets were thrown in those three events. This cuttir down of the open events caused much heartburning to those st. well in the hunt for high average honors, but it was the on thing for the management to do, as this was a State shoot, al May 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 88B therefore State events naturally had the preference. Charlie Young again shot well to the front, losing his first target and running straight in the remaining 49. Others also shot well,, the list of 48s and 47s being too lengthy to enumerate. Scores follow: Events : 12 3 Events: 12 3 Targets : 15 15 20 Targets: 15 15 20 Lewis . . . 13 7 17 Deardorff ........... , . . . , 9 11 14 Benner .............. . . . 10 11 17 Grove . . . . . 10 11 13 E N Miller . , . 11 10 16 Jackson 13 10 19 J Hahn ............ . . . 8 11 15 Adams 11 14 19 C Knite . . . 10 10 13 Seitz . . . . . 7 7 12 A H King... . . . 13 14 19 McMurchy 12 14 20 Kelsey .............. . . . 12 14 17 Keller . .... .13 8 15 Fleming .... . . , 15 14 18 Banks 13 10 19 Henry G......... . . . 14 12 19 Le Compte . .... 13 14 19 C C Irwin ... 11 12 15 Hull Elliott f . . . 10 11 19 Kirby 18 13 20 Willard ... 15 13 20 Glover 13 12 19 Roll ... 12 10 18 Y oung . . . . . 14 15 20 ... 11 15 18 Storr Powers ............... ... 15 14 19 Stilson . . . . . 12 13 18 Sanford ............. . . . 13 11 19 Hawkins 14 15 20 Huttenlock ... 13 12 19 Squires 8 14 14 F Coleman ... 14 13 20 German 14 14 18 Hallowell ... 13 15 19 Foord 13 11 19 Goebel ... 12 13 15 Apgar 8 13 19 Sheeler ... 13 11 17 Denicker 13 13 17 C Mink ............. T L Felly... 13 14 16 G S McCarty. ...... ... 11 11 18 Hersheiser . . . . . 11 11 16 W Haywood. ......... ... 12 12 13 W C Hubbs ..... 11 15 14 F Ames ... 14 14 17 A B Kelly. . . . . . 14 11 16 Sizer ................. ... 13 11 19 Bruch . . . . . 11 10 14 Hart ... 14 10 15 E Heiser 10 10 18 H E Brown ... 12 12 16 Runk 11 14 15 Jessop ... 12 14 19 Anderson 13 7 16 Stoops ... 13 10 17 Speer 13 9 17 G S Trafford ... 11 12 18 Brey 14 13 20 Pfleger Schlicher 15 12 17 J O’H Denny ... 8 9 12 Kramlich 14 12 17 Sampson ... 13 14 17 W B Jarvis 13 12 16 G Hoffman.... ... 8 11 11 II Howard 14 11 15 T A Marshall ... 13 14 18 Andrews 13 10 14 L J Lawrence ... 14 13 17 G E Greiff 13 13 18 L E Butler ... 13 12 13 T L Englert 11 11 14 H H Stevens ... 13 13 19 A S Heil 12 12 15 R O Heikes... ... 14 13 20 Kiplinger . . . . . 14 13 16 J A Atkinson ... 12 15 20 Howell 15 11 14 A Holderbaum ... 12 10 18 Derk 14 14 17 Moore ......... ... 12 11 15 Godcharles 13 13 14 T C Garland ... 15 11 17 Woods 13 13 17 P S Pyle.............. ... 10 13 18 Krueger Newcomb F E Mallory . . . . . 13 12 15 McKelvey ... 14 10 16 S T Mallory 11 13 17 Nelson ... 9 10 15 E O Bowers 15 14 19 Chew ... 11 12 18 J F Mallory 12 11 18 Richardson ... 13 13 19 T W Stewart 14 12 15 Vietmeyer ... 10 15 20 Wiedebusch 14 12 20 Flinn ................ G M Lilley... . . . . . 14 11 17 McCurdy ... 8 8 17 T F Phillips . . . . . 10 15 16 Bower ............... ... 10 13 17 T R Miller 12 10 14 Lang ................ ... 11 10 14 W T Nicols Rike ................. F C Bissett Kirby ... 15 11 18 G H Piercy 13 12 18 Fisher ............... 12 13 16 Dansers 12 13 14 Hatcher ............. 14 14 19 R Rahm 15 12 17 Orr .............. ... 13 12 17 Muldoon ...... . . . . . 15 11 20 Doolittle ... 13 12 15 F V Nicols ....... 14 12 15 Kramer , ... 13 10 14 Simons 14 7 17 Tryon ........ ... ,... 15 12 20 W G Hearne ..... 14 10 18 Latham Cleve ..... 13 10 16 McLouth W N Murray 12 12 14 Eaton ... 14 13 19 C H Miller . . . . . 13 11 17 Lay ... 10 13 15 Oliver . . . . . 10 11 16 15 12 14 Oles , . . . 14 11 19 Sohn 12 12 16 Bates ................ Lovett 12 10 14 C B Bennett ... 13 10 18 C P Kenny I H Hunter.......... ... 10 11 17 H S West 13 10 13 Wm Wagner.. R L Hibbs Mosher Doc Smith Dursten ... 13 12 16 Curry Law ... 10 12 15 Lutz 15 14 20 D A Herrold......... ... 11 14 16 Hickey 15 11 19 R E Shearer ,... 12 13 16 Bilsing 10 12 17 H W Hoey. ........ .... 13 12 17 Geo Cochran J H Ellsworth , ... 12 10 18 Calhoun Langdon ... 12 9 15 Garrigues Stroh ... 13 13 15 J Frost Cooper ... 13 14 18 Traver 12 12 17 Mason ... 10 14 17 Wampler ..... 10 10 15 Stull ... 11 12 13 L Lint 11 8 13 Volk ................. ... 14 8 18 W A Baker 15 13 18 Foltz ... 11 9 17 Tosetti Henderson .......... S T Kinney ..... 14 13 19 Peters ... 12 14 17 A M Sargent 11 11 14 Brinshard ............ , . . . 12 13 10 A E Conley . . . . . 15 11 16 H W Millin H Nye 11 13 14 Ginsberg ............ Crozier 11 12 16 Buterbaugh ......... . . . . 15 12 17 H C Daly ..... 13 7 .. Dr Heilman .... 10 9 13 See 14 13 18 C R Anderson Richmond 12 13 17 Wagner E H Tripp . . . . . 10 11 13 Snow . . . 14 12 18 McMurchy 11 11 14 Raven ............... , . . . 13 13 19 J T McNary 9 10 14 Schlitz A McKean 8 9 13 Haak Marlowe 8 10 10 W M Hall........... Hawley . . . . . 5 8 12 R Knight J M Glashan 12 9 17 J Hale. ............. .... 10 7 15 T H Thomson ..... 11 7 11 1) K Irwin .... 12 8 12 R B Johnston 12 13 17 D W Baker.... .... 12 14 17 N S Anthony ......13 8 18 S E Roach.. D Chambers ..... 12 7 19 F Dougherty .... 12 .. 18 Geo B Uzzell 14 11 18 Geo Snyder ......... .... 5 817 Toney 13 10 16 C E Myers... , . . . 10 10 12 North 11 9 15 Wm W Campbell.... , . . . 9 6 16 W M Beck 11 11 . . H E Yunger Marcus 6 2 6 Mike Miller C Watson 6 7 9 E J McMahon......... 12 12 ... Pfleger ......... ...... 24 23-47 Irwin ......... 22 21-43 Denney ........ ...... 18 17—35 Mosby 13 16 — 28 20 11—31 19—39 Anderson ... ...... 19 16—35 Benton ........ 19 14—33 .... 24 22—46 25 — 45 Holderman ...... 23 21—44 Hickey ....... ........ 24 23—47 Speer 20 21—41 Belsing 22 23 — 45 Garland ...... 20 21—41 Cochran ...... 23 19—42 Pyle 21 18-39 Runk 20 19—39 Brey 20 21 — 41 Baker 21—41 Schlicher 21 23-44 Park 15 15—30 Howard ......... 21 20—41 Miller ........ 20—40 Englert 18 19—37 Kramlich 21 23—44 Heil 19 23—42 Jessop ........ ........ 21 21—42 Howell. ...... 22 16—38 Curry ........ 16 19—35 Derk 20 21—41 McLouth . . . . . 22 24—46 Godcharles ...... 22 21—43 Bennett 20 19—39 Wood ........... 24 19—43 Rahm 23 20-43 Krueger 17 22—39 Murray ........ 17 14—31 Bower 22 22—44 Milt Lindsley Trophy. Open to State shooters only. Two-man teams, 25 singles and 5 pairs per man; 70 targets to a team; $4 entrance per team, $25 added. Money -divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Class shooting. Sixteen teams entered. In addition to holding the Lindsley trophy, and taking 40 per cent, of the purse, the winners received a trophy donated by the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, which was their absolute property. Of the sixteen teams entered, all but two finished, and the Northside Gun Club carried off first place with the excellent total of 67 out of 70, Hickey scoring 34 and Fleming 38. The Florists’ of Philadelphia, were a good second, Jack Hallowed and Fred Coleman each scoring 32, their team total being 64. The Allentown and Independent gun clubs, of Philadelphia, were next with 59, while the balance came straggling along with scores ranging from 68 down to 42. Scores: Northside Gun Club — Fleming 33, Hickey 34; total 67. Florists’ Gun Club, of Philadelphia — Coleman 32, Hallowell 32; total 64. Allentown Gun Club — Brey 28, Schlicker 31; total 59. Independent Gun Club of Philadelphia — Eames 30, Pfleger 29; total 59. Kane Gun Club — Sizer 29, Brown 29; total 58. Herron Hill Gun Club — A. H. King 28, Kelsey 26; total 54. Oil City Gun Club No. 1 — Eaton 27, Bates 27; total 54. Northumberland Gun Club — Derk 30, Godcharles 24; total 54. Oil City Gun Club No. 2 — Oles 25, Lay 26; total 51. Enterprise Gun Club of McKeesport — Hall'26, Colburn 25; total 51. Herron Hill Gun Club No. 2— Rahm 25, Henry G., 26: total 51. St. Mary’s Gun Club — Anderson 26, Speer 22; total 48. Kittanning Gun Club — Heilman 19, Dr. Jessop 29; total 48. Scranton Gun Club — Stroh 21, Mason 21; total 42. The Newcastle Gun Club (Atkinson and Moore), and the Centre County Gun Club (Chambers and Uzzell) did not finish. Harrisburg Trophy. Open to State shooters only. Three-man teams, 25 targets per man; 75 per team; $6 entrance per team; $25 added. Money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Class shooting. In addition to holding the Harrisburg trophy and getting 40 per cent, of the purse, the winning team received a trophy from the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, which became their property. Ten teams entered. This was a very interesting race, and was not really hardly over until the last man had fired his last shot. Scores did not range so very high, but the Herron Hill Gun Club won out with 68, owing to the good team work of their men. Allentown Rod and Gun Club was second with 66, and the Florists’ No. 1 team was third with 65. Scores were as below: Independent Gun Club, Philadelphia — Eames 18, Pfleger 23, Mink 22; total 63. Herron Hill Gun Club— King 15, Fleming 20, Kelsey 22; total 57. Oil City Gun Club — Eaton 15, Oles 20, Bates 22; total 57. Allentown Gun Club — Schlicher 22, Bray 24, Kramlich 20; total 66. Northumberland Gun Club — Howell 16, Derk 21, Godcharles 20; total 57. Florists’ Gun Club No. 1 — Hallowell 22, Huttenlock 23, Cole- man 20; total 65. Florists’ Gun Club No. 2 — Goebel 19, Sheeler 21, Sanford 21; total 61. Enterprise Gun Club — Hull 21, Calhoun 14, Knight 19; total 54. Keating Gun Club — Brinshard 22, Heilman 11, Jessop 22; total 55. Herron Hill Gun Club No. 2~-Rahm 23, Irwin 23, Henry G. 22; total 68. ’ Reading Trophy. Open to State shooters only. Four-man teams, 25 targets per man; 100 per team; $8 entrance per team; $25 added. Money divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. Class shooting. In addition to holding the Reading trophy, the winners received a trophy donated by the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, which became their absolute property. Seven teams entered. This was a really hot race, with plenty of gpod high scoring, all the more remarkable after what had been dorie in so many events previously. The Allentown Rod and Gun Club won out with 95 out of their 100, while the Florists’. No. 1 t£am cajme within one target of equaling their score, their total being 94. Sanford could not shoot his string on the second day, so on the morning of the third day, had to go up against the stiff proposition of breaking 24 to win and 28 to tie, and oniy failed by one target; but that was enough. Herron Hill Gun Club was third with 92. Scores follow': Oil City ‘Gun Club — Lay 23, Oles 21, Eaton 23, McLouth 21; total 88. Northumberland Gun Club — Howell 20, Derk 24, Godcharles 20, Herrold 24; total 88. Florists’ Gun Club No. 1 — Coleman 24, Huttenlock 24, Hallo- well 24, Sanford 22; total 94. Florists’ Gun Club No. 2— Goebel 20, McCarty 23, Eames 19, Sheeler 21; total 83. Enterprise Gun Club— W. Hale 21, Calhoun 24, Knight 24, J. Hale 20; total 89. Allentow'n Gun Club — Bray 25, Schlicher 23, Kramlich 22, Heil 25; total 95. Herron Hill Gun Club — Kelsey 24, Fleming 22, King 24, Henry G. 22; total 92. y Wolstencroft Trophy. Open to State shooters only. Individual championship of the State at targets, 50 targets per man, entrance $1, optional sweeps, $2 entrance, $50 added. Money in sweep divided 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. Class shooting, ninety-one entries. When the smoke had cleared away, it was found that there were no straights, no 49s nor 48s, but that there were five tied on 47 out of 50 for the State championship. These five were Fred Coleman, Ed Hickey, Charlie Mink, Pfleger and Brinshard. The tie was not shot off until the morning of the third day, when Coleman won out with 24 out of 25, Hickey being second with 23, losing his first and his last target; Mink and Pfleger broke 22 and Brinshard 18. Scores in the Wolstencroft trophy were: Targets : 25 25 Targets : 25 25 King 20—44 Eaton 23 19 — 42 Kelsey 22—45 Lay .... 20 20—40 Sanford 23 20 — 43 Carnahan 18 16—34 Fleming ........ 23 22 — 45 Oles 18-41 Henry G 23 22 — 45 Bates 19—44 Irwin ........... 20 18—38 D A Herold .... 20 21—41 Huttenlock ...... 21 23-44 Shearer 23—43 Coleman 23 24—47 Brinshard 23—47 Hallowell 23—46 Calhoun 19—40 Goebel ......... 18—39 Langdon 15—33 Sheeler ......... 21—41 Stroh 21-46 Mink 25 22-47 Cooper 18—42 McCarty 21 23—44 Mason 17—40 Haywood 19 18—37 Bakewell 18—38 Eames 18—43 Millen 22—43 Deardorff 16 16—32 Ginsberg 20—42 Grove ...... 19 10—29 Butterbaugh .... 22 19-41 Jackson 22-44 Heilman 18—40 Denicker ...... ...... 21 23—44 Dougherty 17—35 Seitz 12—26 Snyder 18—33 Kelley 22 19 — 41 Meyer 20—35 Sizer 23-46 Roach 16—32 H E Brown.... 23 — 45 C R Anderson .... 19 20—39 Stoops 20-41 Knite 20—39 Newcomb 23—45 W Hale 17—41 Trafford 21—46 J Hale 17—36 The Denny Trophy Handicap. Open to State shooters only. Entrance $3; 50 targets per man; handicap allowance of misses as breaks. High guns win, not class shooting. The J. O’H. Denny trophy ($80 grade L. C. Smith gun) to first high gun. Money divided 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8, 5, 4, and 3 per cent, to high guns other than first high gun. Seventy-eight entries. The handicap committee had its work cut out for it, as seventy- eight men put up their $3 to shoot for the Denny trophy. Of that number no less than nineteen, about 25 per cent, of the whole, broke enough to make them a possible with their handicap allow- ance. Then came the shoot-off, which was at 25 targets with half allowances. Thirteen of the nineteen dropped out on the first shoot-off, a remarkable showing indeed. Speer, Heil, Millin, Bowen, Oles and Runk were the fortunate ones to get through. The second round of ties saw Speer and Runk drop out. The third round witnessed the finish of Bowen and Oles, leaving Millin and Heil to try a fourth time. On this occasion Millin lost out by one, his score being 24 to Pleil’s 25, which gave the latter the Smith gun as his reward. With the decision of the Denny trophy handicap the list of competitions in State target events was completed. Scores, 50 targets, handicap allowance: King Handicap. 2 Broke. 45 Handicap. Broke. Kelsey 45 McLouth . . 40 Fleming . . . 46 Bennett ... 49 Henry G... 49 Rahm 49 Irwin ......... 6 49 Eaton 47 Sanford . . . . 49 Lay 48 Huttenlock 6 50 Carnahan . . 46 Coleman ... 48 Oles ...... 50 Hallowell . . 6 44 Bates ...... 44 Sheeler . . . . 8 44 Herrold . . . . 50 Mink 47 Shearer .... 46 McCarty . . 45 Brinshard .. 46 Haywood . . 8 46 Calhoun . . . 45 Eames 6 46 Lowe 50 Newcomb . ......... 5 46 Langdon . . 38 Sizer ...... 6 48 Stroh 49 Brown 47 Cooper .... 44 Stoops .... 48 Masoa » Jessop ......... so Millin ........... .... 6 60 Trafford ...... 46 Ginsberg ....... .... 6 49 Pfleger ....... 50 Butterbaugh . . . .... 7 49 Denny ........ ...... 15 47 Heilman ........ .... 7 44 Nelson ....... 42 Dougherty ..... .... 7 47 Anderson .... 10 45 Snyder .... 8 _ , Atkinson ..... ...... 4 47 Meyer .... 8 46 Lang ..... 7 47 Roach .......... .... 7 50 Speer 50 Sohn .... 7 50 Garland 5 46 Anderson ....... 48 Pyle .......... 48 McCready .... 7 33 Brey 50 Benton .... 9 43 Schlicher 4 50 Curry 34 Howard 7 49 Campbell ... .... 7 35 Englert 8 41 McNary .... 8 30 Heil .......... 8 50 McKean 28 Howell ....... 47 Runk .... 10 50 Derk .......... ...... 7 50 Miller .... 6 50 Godcharles . . . . ....... 6 50 Kramlich .... 6 48 Woods ...... 6 44 Pontefract .... 6 46 Krueger ...... 4 49 George .... 7 49 Third Day, May 4, As the programme for the third day of the shoot, the man- agement had prepared a schedule of five open events, each at 20 targets, with $25 added to each event, or a total of $125 cash. This was jo be followed by the Herron Hill Handicap, for which a long list of merchandise and cash prizes had been secured, the total value being $1,001.75. It was found to be necessary, owing to the large number of entries in the main event, the Herron Hill Handicap, which had 220 entries, to cut out the five open events, more especially as there were certain ties in some of the previous day’s State events to be decided before this day’s programme could be commenced. It will be remembered that on the day before it had been found necessary also to cut out the last three open events, to which $65 was to- have been added. Taking the $125 from the open events on this day, and the $65 from the events not shot on the previous day, the man- agement added the total of the two amounts, namely, $190, to the prizes to be contested for in the Herron Hill Handicap, making nineteen more moneys, each of the value of a $10 gold piece. This made- the total number of prizes sixty-nine, as against the fifty previously announced in the programme, and the total cash value of prizes and cash donated $1,191.75, as against $1,001.75, as previously stated. It will thus be seen that, although there were 220 entries each at $5, making a sum of $1,100 in cash, the actual cash value of the prizes offered by the club was in excess of the total entrance fee, no account at all being taken of the cost of the 2,200 targets thrown in the event. This is a point worth noting, especially when it is remembered that the club positively states in its programme: “The cash for the following prizes was donated by members of the Herron Hill Gun Club, and the merchandise prizes, with the exception of those for the eighth and eleventh high guns, which were also donated by members of the club, were purchased from local dealers.” It must also be borne in mind that in figuring the cash value of the guns and other merchandise prizes, selling prices and not list prices were con- sidered. The general lowness of the scores cannot be attributed to anything other than the extremely hard background; perhaps there were other contributing drawbacks, but the background was the chief offender. When it is seen that out of 220 entries, only six men could score better than 90 out of 100, shooters who were not. present can gather some idea of what the boys were up against. Many may kick themselves for not being on hand to try the game, but it’s dollars to doughnuts, some of them would have miss-ed a few now and then. rThe winner was a young shooter from the smallest State in the Pinion— Delaware, of which State he now holds the target cham- pionship by reason of his win of the same at the tournament recently held in Wilmington under the auspices of the Wilmington Gun Club; his name is A. B. Richardson, and he hails from Dover. Second to him, and only one behind, was that sterling good shot of the Herron Hill Gun Club, Kelsey, a nom de fusil that conceals to many the identity of the gentleman wh* has for a brother one of the best amateur live bird shots in the country. It would be a pleasure to give the shooting public this gentle- man’s real name, but Forest and Stream appreciates the fact that citizens of this country have a right to travel incognito if they want to do so. The scores in this event are given below: Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 Powers, 20 14 17 15 19 16—81 L Willard, 19. 16 18 20 19 16—89 L Fisher, 19. . . 15 17 20 15 19—86 Tryon, 19 12 19 16 16 17—80 A H King, 18.. 18 17 IS 16 18—87 Kelsey, 18 .... 17 19 20 20 19—95 L Fleming, 18. 18 20 16 17 18—89 J Atkinson, 18. 17 17 18 18 19—89 G Piercy, 18. . . 14 18 18 17 18—85 Bissett, 18 19 18 20 19 14—90 E Bower, 18... 16 17 20 18 14—85 J Mallory, 18. 15 17 16 17 16—81 S J Roll, 18... 12 17 15 16 19—79 F Coleman, 18. 19 18 14 19 18 — 88 E D Rike, 18.. 15 15 11 19 17—77 Volk, 18 16 17 20 19 18—90 Henderson, 18. 18 16 16 18 17—85 L German, 18. 19 15 18 17 18—87 Schlicher, 18. . 16 16 20 17 18—87 A Hatcher, 18. 17 17 19 20 16—89 W Baker, 18.. 16 18 20 18 17—89 F Cooper, 18.. 14 13 17 19 18—81 J Calhoun, 18. 15 17 20 17 18—87 Hickey, 18. ... . 17 17 19 20 17—90 R Rahm, 17... 17 18 16 18 15—85 O Flinn, 17. . . . 12 15 17 18 17—79 Richardson, 17. 17 20 20 20 19 — 96 Newcomb, 17.. 17 15 16 18 12 — 78 G Howell, 17.. 15 16 18 17 17—83 E Stilson, 17.. 17 18 16 17 17—85 F Mallory, 17. 13 13 16 16 17—75 S Mallory, 17. 16 13 17 20 19—85 T Stewart, 17.. 16 14 16 17 16—79 S Kinney, 17.. 18 17 16 17 16—84 Tossetti, 17. . . . 15 19 19 16 18—87 Huttenloch, 17. 15 20 16 18 16—85 A Krueger, 17. 15 20 19 18 17—89 Foltz, 17 16 16 IS 17 18—84 Peters, 17 15 17 13 16 13—74 D Sanford, 17. 17 18 15 19 19—88 W Stroh, 17... 16 14 15 16 18—79 J Hunter, 17.. 17 15 16 20 15—83 W Wagner, 17. 15 18 17 16 17—83 Wiedebusch, 17. 13 18 18 19 16—82 N Ford, 17.... 18 19 19 18 16—90 C Kramlich, 17. 17 16 18 17 17—85 M Brey, 17. . . . 15 18 18 18 19—88 A Kirby, 17. . . 18 18 20 19 15—90 F Snow, 17.... 18 18 17 18 19—90 C Mink, 17.... 14 18 18 19 16—85 C Hart, 17. . . . 16 17 16 18 18—85 P Pfleger, 17.. 17 20 19 19 18—93 R Deniker, 17. 18 17 15 18 13—81 G Cochran, 17. 19 19 10 14 13—75 C Miller, 17.. 15 18 17 17 17—84 .Simmons, 17... 16 11 19 17 18—81 Raven, 17 17 19 16 16 18—86 C Irwin, 17. . . 16 14 15 18 16—79 J Lutz, 17 17 20 18 18 19—92 D Bakewell, 16. 16 18 16 14 16—80 W Bower, 16.. 19 17 18 18 20—92 Henry G, 16... 16 16 18 17 16—83 P Pyle, 16..... 16 19 17 19 17—88 J Denny, 16... 11 14 13 11 10—59 J Speer, 16. . . . 12 17 14 18 16—77 L Cannon, 16. 11 16 15 17 16—75 T Brick, 16..... 13 12 15 19 16—75 N Good, 16... 10 15 12 13 16—66 D Hardy, 16.. 12 15 13 13 16—69 E Oles, 16..... 14 15 16 17 16—78 J Curry, 16.... 12 13 18 18 18—79 A Traver, 16.. 14 17 17 18 17—83 N Johnston, 16 13 19 14 13 17—76 C Lay, 16..... 19 19 16 18 17—82 D Baker, 16... 16 17 17 18 20—88 Latham, 16. . . . 14 13 15 18 18—78 T Chew, 16.... 14 18 IS 17 13—80 J McKelvey, 16. 14 16 17 18 14—79 T Nelson, 16.. 9 1116 11 9—56 E Mull, 16..,. 13 16 11 14 14-78 A Conley, 16.. 17 17 18 18 18—8 N Andrews, 16. 15 17 16 15 16—7 Deardorff, 16.. 13 14 16 17 13—7 C Grove, 16... 15 15 16 11 12—6: Jackson, 16.... 17 18 20 17 18—9 S Adams, 16... 16 18 19 19 16—8 Pontefract, 16. 15 19 17 19 15—8! A Kelley, 16.. 18 14 18 15 18—8! S Heilman, 16. 11 9 12 13 16 — 6 F Eames, 16... 17 16 17 18 16—8 J McCarty, 16. 16 16 16 15 17—8: J Sheeler, 16.. 17 17 19 17 13—8! A Sizer, 16. ... . 13 15 18 16 17—7! H Brown, 16.. 15 17 17 18 17—8 Dr Jessop, 16. 17 15 18 17 18—8! J Stoops, 16... 19 14 15 16 15—7! J Orr, 16 17 19 19 18 18—9' H Milton, 16.. 14 17 17 16 17—8: D Anderson, 16. 13 13 12 9 13— 7l C Kockey, 16. . 14 11 10 15 13—6! Vern’ndean, 16. 11 15 10 10 10—51 Abe, 16. ...... . 11 12 15 13 14—6! Nimrod, 16.... 15 11 13 1514—6! W Hale, 16... 19 14 20 16 16—8! W Hubbs, 16.. 18 19 15 15 18—8! J Feeley, 16... 13 14 16 12 17—6! J Hirshey, 16. 15 16 17 17 15—8! Dr Jacques, 16. 13 16 20 16 16 — 8' D Moore, 16. . . 16 15 16 18 15—81 Tack, 16 9 5 8 4 13—3! F Ginsberg, 16. 13 18 18 14 15—7! Butterb’h, 16.. 15 15 17 19 15—8: F Muldoon, 16. 13 12 20 16 15— 7( Chambers, 16.. 15 15 17 16 15—7! G Uzzell, 16... 13 15 16 16 16— 7t C Watson, 16.. 6 .. .. .. J Frost, 16.... 13 18 17 14 12—7' j Englert, 16.. 12 16 18 14 16—71 McMurtry, 16. 15 16 18 15 14—7! Dr Smith, 16.. 15 14 17 16 15—7' McConnell, 16. 10 11 13 15 13—6! D Herrold, 16. 13 15 16 12 15—71 Kingsbury, 16. 14 17 15 14 14—7' C Bennett, 16. 20 18 19 18 12—8! K Knight, 16. 17 14 18 15 17—81 R Johnston, 16. 19 17 17 17 17— 81 A Sargent, 16. 15 17 14 14 14—7' L Lewis, 16... 6 7 10 8 10—41 Tingley, 16.... 17 17 14 17 19—8' J Fry, 16. .... . 15 18 16 14 16—7! R Shearer, 16. 17 15 16 18 18—8' Runk, 16 15 17 16 16 15—7! Brinshard, 16.. 17 17 19 17 19— 8£ Bilsmg, 16..... 17 16 13 14 14— 7-1 H Stewart, 16.. 15 11 19 16 17—7! C Hackett, 16. 14 13 17 16 IS — 7S H Galt, 16 17 13 17 17 18—85 J Allen, 16..... 13 11 13 12 14—65 L Bridwell, 16. 9 13 11 12 13—55 Benton, 15 12 11 17 17 12—6! Sohn, 15 15 17 16 18 18—84 S Hoffman, 15. 13 13 14 7 15—65 Hyp°', 15 14 12 15 16 13—70 Cleve, 15 12 18 17 17 14—82 J Johnston, 15. 8 14 14 13 11 — 6C Thompson, 15. 10 13 13 13 14—63 J Taylor, 15... 8 9 7 8 10—42 E Casper, 15.. 17 11 16 15 13—69 McGashan, 15. 19 16 16 15 17— 7S Burnham, 15... 18 15 17 17 17—84 W Lang, 15.... 13 17 12 14 14^70 McCready, 15.. 15 11 14 12 12—64 Westphal, 15... 10 15 15 17 16—73 Mcjenkin, 15.. 9 16 10 6 7—48 Campbell, 15.. 10 12 14 11 16—63 Yohner, 15 15 14 14 16 20—79 Hawes, 15..... 12 15 9 14 15—65 W Campb’ll, 15. 13 18 16 16 13—76 W Brusley, 15. 16 15 13 18 11—78 North, 15 15 14 17 17 14—77 386 FOREST AND STREAM [May 13, 1905. Davis, 16...,. 14 16 14 12 9-65. atterson, 16.. 9 9 6 8 12 — 44 Godcharles, 16. 17 14 16 13 17—77 Trafford,. 16... 13 15 15 17 15—76 Anderson, 16.. 15 13 18 17 15 — 78 G Wagner, 16. 16 16 19 14 2C— 85 W Eaton, 16.. 18 16 17 19 14-84 McLouth, 16.. 16 18 16 18 17 — 85 C Oles, 16..... 17 17 17 17 15—83 F Bates, 16.... 17 14 18 19 17—85 Garrigues. 16.. 13 17 15 13 13—71 H Hoey, 16.... 15 15 18 18 17—83 Ellsworth, 16. 16 12 14 18 16—76 E Heil, 16..... 14 17 18 14 19—82 H Woods, 16.. 16 16 15 16 18—81 H Oliver, 16... 17 13 14 15 11—70 A Walker, 16.. 14 11 11 15 15—66 Langdon, 16.. 10 11 12 12 9— 5"4 J Mason, 16... 13 17 15 17 12—74 J Miller, 16.... 19 16 IS IS 17—88 W Nicols, 16.. 16 14 14 13 10—67 G Lilley, 16... 14 IS 19 16 16—83 J Phillips, 16.. 17 17 18 18 18—88 H West, 16... 19 17 14 15 14—79 C Kenney, 16.. 14 16 IS 13 16—77 R Hibbs, 16.... 11 15 14 15 17—72 Brabson, 16. 16 14 15 14 11—70 Howard, 16. 19 16 16 17 17-85 Speer, 16....... 13 12 12 15 13—65 C Miller, 16... 14 11 17 15 13—70 MeMillen, 16., 18 17 16 18 16-84 L Link, 15.... 14 18 16 16 12—76 J Watson, 15.. 18 15 15 13 13—74 Hancock, 14.. 17 14 9 15 13—68 R Weaver, 14.. . 5 12 13 14 10—54 Carnahan, 14. . 14 17 11 14 15 — 71 Br’r Bill, 14. . 13 14 17 15 15— 74 Mc'Cork’e, 14.. 13 15 13 15 15—71 R Shaner, 14.. 12 18 17 17 19—83 C Th’mps’n, 14. 10 10 10 11 5-46 Toney, 15...... 16 13 15 18 16—78 M Low, 15..... 11 14 14 14 11—64 Hallowed, 18.. 18 16 19 18 18—89 Derk, 17 17 16 19 13 18—83 J B akeslee, 17. 14 17 15 12 ..—58 J Malone, 17. . 14 13 15 14 12—68 N Tarvis, 16... 16 16 18 20 18—88 N Foutts, 16... 13 16 15 13 14—71 N Anthony, 16. 17 16 18 16 17—84 W Sharp, 16.. 8 13 7 13 10—51 S Roach, 16... 13 14 12 15 17—71 R Snyder, 16.. 11 15 12 15 13—66 A Buck, 16.... 14 IS 14 16 14—76 Pills, 16........ 15 17 18 16 15—81 IV Danser, 15. 13 16 18 15 18—80 C Smith, 15... 15 15 18 17 14—79 H Johnson, 15. 17 16 19 17 20—89 S Bell. 15 IS 15 18 14 19—84 W Hill, 15 12 8 13 13 15—61 Shaw, 16 15 14 17 12 9—67 List of 'Winners in Herron Hill Handicap. With sixty-nine moneys in the' purse to be decided, and with those who broke 84 out of 100 getting at least a $10 gold piece, it took quite a little time to arrive at a correct list of winners in order of merit. Below is given that list, as it is believed same will be of considerable interest: 1. A B Richardson..... 96 21. J J Hallowell 89 2. C E Kelsey 95 22. D D Baker 89 3. Pfleger 93 23. H fohnston 89 4. Lutz 92 24. A E Conley 88 5. N C Bowen 92 25. W B Jarvis 88 6. J Orr 91 26. M S Brey 88 7. Geo Volk .....90 27. F Coleman 88 8. W M Foord..... 90 28. P S Pvle. , 88 9. A W Kirby 90 29. S S Adams 88 10. Jackson 90 30. Sanford . , .......88 11. Hickey 90 31. J R Miller.......... 12. F H Snow 90 32. J F Ph ilipps 88 13. F C Bissett 90 33. J F Ca houn 87 14. L C Willard 89 34. R B Johnston .87 15. L Fleming .....89 35. IT Schlicher ..... 87 16. J T Atkinson... 89 36. C B Bennett .... 17. A M Hatcher 89 37. A H King 87 18. W A Baker 89 38. L German 87 19. A C Kreuger 89 39. Tossetti 87 20. Brinshard 89 The thirty-seventh to the sixty-n:nth prizes were all $10 gold pieces, and therefore the 86s and 85s, of which there were two and eighteen respectively, did not have to shoot off. The 84s, however, were thirteen in number, and as there were only ten prizes be- tween them, three had to go without anything, and McMillan, Anthony and G. O. Be'l were apparently the unlucky ones, ac- cording to record as furnished me. Target Programme CompVed. With the awarding of the prizes in the Herron Hill Handicap the target programme for the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s As- sociation’s fifteenth annual tournament was completed. It had been hard work for all concerned, the management and shooters combined. The long waits were tedious; that is, for the shooters; as for the managenient, they had no waits or rests, long or short, during the entire .week; and perhaps not for days before the open- ing' of the shoot. The magnitude of the task they had to cope with may be gath- ered from the fact that they had State and open events to handle at the same time, and that with 200 and odd shooters on the ground, all wanting to get busy, is anything but a cinch. As an item of interest is now given a list of targets thrown during the tournament, as taken from the scores furnished. W hile the figures may not be actually correct, they are approxi- mately so, and are only given for what they are worth: Preliminary day 10,000 First day 36,560 Second day: Open events 11,140 Wolstencroft trophy and ties 4,675 Lindsley trophy and ties 1,100 Harrisburg trophy and ties 750 Reading trophy and ties.., 700 Denny trophy and ties 4,650 Third day: . Herron Hill Handicap, ties not included 22,000 Total 91,875 Fourth Day, May 5, The management had worked hard over night and early in the morning of this day to transform the target grounds into three sets of live-bird grounds, with 50yd. wire boundaries and high pro- tecting fences between each set of traps, much after the same style as adopted at Interstate Park in the old days. A young cyclone that whirled around Brunot’s Island on the night of the 4th caused some damage to the arrangements, and b.ew down a fence or two, but the shooting commenced as soon as the boat made its landing. The birds were a more than fair lot, but the long grass that surrounded the traps made them often slow to start, in addition to which most of the time there was an incoming wind, which, with the Driving Park buildings in the rear of the shooters, made many of the birds incomers which would probably otherwise made straight cuts for the outer boundary. W ith three State events on the programme, in addition to the main event, the Driving Park Handicap, on their hands, the man- agement had their work set for them to get through the pro- gramme in anything like due order. Most of the ties were shot oil on the morning of May 6, it being impossible to finish them over night. Thus, with the preliminary day on the 1st, there were six days of continued sport on Brunot’s Island before it could be said that the fifteenth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association had been brought to a successful close. The several eve.nts are treated of below, and the scores are given with, the shoot-offs where required. A rough calculation made from the scores apparently shows that a grand total of 2,531 birds were trapped in the four events and in the shoot-offs con- nected with those events, as follows: Williamsport trophy, 976; Driving Park Handicap, 882; John A. Wilson trophy, 358, and L. C. Smith trophy, 315. The Driving Patfc Handicap. Open to all, nobody barred. Twenty birds per man, $20 entrance, birds included; handicaps 25 to 32yds. One money for every five entries or fraction thereof. In addition to first money the winner to receive a $100 sterling silver loving cup presented by the Her- ron Hill Gun Club. High guns, not class shooting. (As there were fifty-seven actual entries, there were twelve moneys.) It was at first intended that this event, as per statement in the programme, should be at 25 birds, $25 entrance; but owing to the large number of entries in the State events, and the fact that therefore only one set of traps could be devoted to this “open to all” event, the number of birds was cut to 20 and the entrance to $20 per man. There were originally sixty-five entries for the event, but when it was seen that even by cutting down the event as above, it was almost certain that the decision as to ownership of the trophy could not be arrived at until Saturday morning, eight were allowed to withdraw, the number of actual contestants being fifty-seven, among them some of the best in the country. At the close of the day, when it was too dark to attempt to shoot off the ties, there were nine men with 20 straight to their credit and eight who had scored 19 out of 20. Among the latter was Lester German, of Aberdeen, Md., a sterling good shot, who had what was generally considered some hard luck in connection with his ninth bird, which, so far as I could tell, was scored lost to him under exceptionally unfortunate (to him) conditions. The happening was thus: He drew a swerving outgoer from No. 1 or 2 trap, which he missed clean with his first, but brought down with a quick and accurate second, drawing generous applause for his work. The rule was to shoot two birds before leaving the score, the first bird not being gathered until both had been shot at unless there was reasonable doubt as to whether the first bird could be gathered or not. There seemed no doubt about German’s bird being dead, and he was permitted by the referee (who had called his first bird “dead,” and had it scored so), to shoot at his second, which he killed in good shape. The discharge of his gun, however, wakened up a bird that gathered itself together and flew heavily to the left quarter boundary. German and several others were positive it was not his b rd, but a pricked one from one of the two other sets of traps, so he made no special efforts to have it retrieved. The boy sent to gather it was unable to get really near it, and it went out, flying strongly, whereupon the “dead bird” in German’s ninth round was changed to a “lost.” The claim made also was that German’s bird was darker in color than the one that got away. Later on a dead bird was found in the long grass, which some said was surely German’s bird, but no further change was made in the score. The long grass in the outfield was a heavy handicap on locating fallen birds accurately, and is solely re- sponsible for any doubt in this case as to whether it really was German’s bird that got away, and which lost him his chance of the cup, or whether it was his bird that was later on discovered dead in the grass. Without attempting or desiring to criticise in the least, it would seem as if a “no bird” was the worst that German should have got in such a case, unless it was positively certain that the dead ifird discovered later was not his ninth bird. Among those with “20 straight” were C. M. Powers, of Decatur 111.; H. C. Hirschy, of Minneapolis, winner of the last G. A. H. at pigeons, in which there were 456 entries; and C. A. Young, of Youngstown, O., all at 31yds., Young shooting a repeating “Young” gun. Three out of the nine were 30yd. men — “Tryon,” a nom de fusil that has lately been adopted by a Cleveland shooter of considerable repute; J. R. Malone, runner-up in the G. A. H. of 1900, and the Pittsburger, Bessemer. The other three were Geo. S. Trafford, of Lebanon, Pa., 29yds.; N. Johnston and Henry Gee, a Pittsburger, both at 28yds. The winner was Powers, who killed 14 straight, Johnston being the runner-up. Young and Bessemer both dropped out in the thirteenth round; Henry Gee in the ninth, Malone in the eigthh, and Trafford in the seventh. Hirschy went out in the fourth, and Tryon in the third. Thus Powers landed the cup which, while described in the programme as a $100 sterling silver loving cup, actually cost the Herron Hill Gun Club practically $130, and was a beauty indeed. The shoot-off of the 19s for the three remaining moneys was quite short, as only six showed up to contest for their portion of the purse. The two missing ones were VV. C. Danser and Frank Muldoon, both of Freehold, N. J., and both 28yd. men. L. C. Willard, of Chicago (31yds.) missed his first bird in the ties; P. S. Pyle (2Syds.) lost his second. The remaining four shot along until the sixth round, when C. O. Le Compte, of Eminence, Ky. (30yds.) lost his bird, leaving Lester German (31), Geo. Roll, of Chicago (31), and C. B. Hawley (28), to whack up the last three moneys in the purse. Scores follow: A H King, 30 120222222212220 —13 Kelsey, 30 2200 — 2 Rahm, 30. 222222202222222220 — ' >« Jessop, 28 22200 — 3 Frank, 30 222212222212122200 —16 Sampson. 27 2222202210 — 8 E P McMurtry, 27 2200 — 2 J S Speer, 28 22220220 — 6 N Johnston, 28 22222222222222222222—20 G Henry, 28 22122222222222222222—20 P S Pyle, 28 22012222122222221222—19 Coon, 28 12202222211222220 —15 Drinkhard, 28 112222100 — 7 Morgan, 28 1200 — 2 H Stevens, 30 0220 — 2 I< O Heikes, 31 2222222222201220 —14 J R Hull, 29 222222021222222220 —16 J R Malone, 30 22221211222111121222—20 I. S German, 31 11221112022221212222—19 Marcus, 27 00 — 0 Iseman, 28 22110220 — 6 Powers, 31 11211211111111221212—20 Tryon, 30 2212222222222 2222222 — 20 I, Willard, 31 22021211122222212222—19 Geo Roll, 31 12222221021111211211—19 Wm Wagner, 28 ..01211201 —6 I-I C Hirschy, 31 12122222221222222222—20 W Williams; 28 2222222202220 —11 F Coleman, 31 22222222222202120 —15 J J Hallowell, -30 11221102222211111110—18 C O Le Compte, 30 11111222220211212222—19 M M Mayhew, 30.. 10220 —3 W A Weidebusch, 29 2211222202121120 —14 G M Lilly, 28 00 — 0 O S Tossetti, 28. ... r 101110 — 4 S T Kinney, 28 1212102222220 —11 Pontefact, 27 2011221222112110 —14 S Roach, 28 2222022222221220 —14 J Atkinson, 29 21112220121111120 —15 J M Hawkins, 31 00 , — 0 G S Trafford, 29 22221222222222222222—20 G H Piercy, 30 112202112212121210 —16 Fen Cooper, 31 121222222200 —10 C B Hawley, 28 .22221212222022122222— 19 R Burns, 29 02222222222220 —12 Wm Jarvis, 29 '. 222222012210 —10 C A Young, 31 22222222222222222222—20 Godcharles, 2-7 2211211110110 —11 Bessemer, 30 22222222222222222222—20 W S Canon, 26 0110 — 2 G S Bolton, 28 1211221010 — 8 Riley, 28 2222021112120 —11 J R' Miller, 28 2122211222101120 —14 W C Danser, 23 21111111210211111111—19 Prank Muldoon, .28 22212112222211222021—19 Robert Shoop, 28 2222222220122220 —14 Shoot-off of ties on 20 straight for cup and nine first moneys, mis°-and-out : H C Hirschy, 31.1120 G S Trafford, 29.. 2222220 C A Young, 31... 2222222222220 Bessemer, 30 22.2222222220 N Johnston, 28. . .22222222222220 Henry G, 28 222222220 T R Malone, 30. . .11112210 C Powers, 31 11211212122112 Tryon, 30 220 Shoot-off of ties on 19 out of 20 for three last moneys in purse: P S Pyle, 28 20 Geo Roll, 31 211122 L S German, 31 221111 C O Le Compte, 30 211220 L Willard, 21 0 C B Hawley, 28 222221 German, Roll and Hawley divided. The Wi Hamsport Tr phy. Open to State shooters only. Individual championship of the State of Pennsylvania at pigeons, 15 birds per man, $10 entrance, birds extra; $50 added. Money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.; class shooting. Williamsport trophy and 40 per cent, to first, 30 per cent, to second, 20 per cent, to third, and 10 per cent, to fourth. All at 28yds. Fifty-three entries. Scores: A H King 222223211222222—15 Kelsey 122222221221222—15 Rahm 222222222202222—14 Frank 212222222212222—15 Marcus ...... .022102011112112—12 N Johnston . . . 222202222220022—12 C Knipe 202012222222222 — 13 Henry G ....022222202222222—13 P H Pyle 222222222022222—14 Coon 200212202222222—12 Drinkhard ....121221021222111—14 Morgan 122120201122111—13 F Coleman ...211222212111122—15 Hallowell 112222211222211—15 J L Englert... 121212121022010— 13 H A Oliver... 222222222222202— 14 V Williams ..222222022222222—14 Jessop .101220010 — 5 Sol Roach . . .122021121112021 — 13 H B Wood... 220222222222122— 14 R E Shearer... 2111 1110021122— 13 Pontefract . . . .112221222222112—15 C. M Howell.. 2201222 22111122 — 14 Godcharles . . . 1121 12221111122—15 J A Mason.... 012021222101112— 12 Pills ...111201012011212—12 Derk ......... 111211212222212—15 Bessemer ....222202222222202—13 T C Garland.. 221222020121212— 13 j Hoffman ...111112111112110—14 Fen Cooper ..201121222211222—14 T T Nelson... 001112222222122— 13 Speer 000120 — 2 Hickey 221111112022022-13 Bowen 02222220222100 —10 A A Felix 222222022120212—13 A P Giest 222222202212102—13 A C Krueger.. 121111012211112— 14 Cotiser 222222022222020—12 R Burns 222020222222222—13 A M Sargent.. 110112002222222— 12 Zeller ...112112211021111—14 G I Trafford.. 222222222222222— 15 R Shoop 221211202122200 — 12 Beamesdorf er .122112: 21211122—15 Steen 222010221022111—12 G S Snvder... 221102121222122— 14 C B Hawley. . ,02221222r>022223 — 13 Pfleger 120122211122022—13 W Langdon . . .011120212001101—10 W H Stroh... 22 1222011220020— 11 T Atkinson. 010 221212221022 — 12 errold ...... 220120111212222—13 Hard Fight for Championship Honors, As will be seen from the above scores, there were ten men tied with straight scores of 15 each; then came twelve with 14 each, sixteen with 13 and ten with 12, so that out of a total of fifty- three entries, forty-eight got into the money; thus the various winnings outside of the honor taking the trophy and the cham- pionship did not amount to much. It was most unfortunate that birds should have run out, as otherwise there would have been a final real disposition of the honor of being champion of Pennsyl- vania. As it was, when the birds did run out, Pontefract, Derk and Coleman had each of them a run of 50 straight in the ties to their credit, and the championship honors were decided by lot, Pontefract being the lucky man, not that he had not fully deserved all that was coming to him, after having scored 65 straight all told in the event. Two years ago Fred Coleman won both the target and the pigeon championships, and he certainly worked hard and deserved both this year, as he had corralled the target championship earlier in the game. Fate, however, was against him, and also Derk; but both nevertheless have the pleas- ant recollection of having “fit some” at Pittsburg, on May 6. From the scores in the shoot-off, which follows, it will be seen that Kelsey and Beamesdorff fell out in the third round; Frank in the fourth, and A. IT. King and John J. Hallowell in the fifth. Hon. Frank Godcharles, of Milton, Pa., one of the best sports- men in the State, lasted only until his seventh round,) but the lusty Geo. Trafford, of Lebanon, Pa., hung on to the end of the seventeenth round, when he had totalled 31 straight in this event. Then came the struggle, which only ended as above, when birds gave out, and Dame Fortune had to be dallied with. Scores in the ties, miss-and-out : A H King ..212220 , 1 Kelsey 220 , Frank 21210 Hallowell ....... .111220 Godcharles ......2122110 Trafford 22222222222222220 Beamesdorf ......210 •' 1 "f> * Pontefract 1^12212111212222222212212122211222222112211221112— 50 Derk 111212212212211122221121121 11111 121121 211 12111 2’ 22—50 Coleman ........ 212111222211212222222111222211221121111221 11121212—50 L. C. Smith Trophy. Open to State shooters only. Team championship of the State of Pennsylvania at pigeons. Three-man teams, 15 birds per man, 45 per team, $25 entrance per team, birds included; $50 added. Money divided 40, 35, and 25 per cent; class shooting. L. C. Smith trophy and 40 per cent, of purse to first, 35 per cent, to second, and 25 per cent, to third. Seven teams entered in this event, the Herron Hill and North- side gun clubs each entering two teams. The winners turned up in the team representing the Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, the members of this team, Fred Coleman, A. A. Felix and Frank, putting up the unbeatable total of 45 straight. Herron Hill No. 1 was second with 43, and Northumberland G. C. third with 42. Then came Herron Hill No. 2 with 41, followed by Northside No. 2 and Hamburg G. C. teams with 39 each, the Northside team No. 1 bringing up the rear with 38. Scores: Keystone Shooting League: Coleman 15, Frank 15, Felix 15; tclal 45. Herron Hill G. C. No. 1: A. H. King 15, Kelsey 15, Burns 13; total 43. Northumberland G. C. : Godcharles 15, Derk 14, Howell 13; total 42. Herron Hill G. C. No. 2: Rahm 15, Henry Gee 14, Pontefract 12; total 41. Northside G. C. No. 2: Barson 15, Smith 13, Steve 11; total 39. Hamburg G. C. : IT. A. Oliver 13, Hoffman 13, H. B. Wood 13 ; total 39. Northside G. C. No. 1: Mullon 15, Keiser 12, Toney 11; tota!238. The John A. Wl son Trophy. Open to State shooters only, 15 birds per man; $10 entrance, birds extra. Money divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. High guns win; not class shooting. The John A. Wilson trophy, absolute, and 50 per cent, of the purse to first high gun; 30 per cent, to second high gun, and 20 per cent, to third high gun. All 28yds. Twenty-six entries: Henry G 22222222222022 —13 Rahm 222222222222122—15 A II King 222 ”2002222 122 —12 Frank 222221122222222—15 Coleman ......121222121221221—15 Hallowell .... .1222011110 — 8 Bessemer .....0 P Knipe 22222222222202 —13 Godcharles . . .21201221111101 —12 A Giest 2222022222220 —11 Johnston 00 J Atkinson. . . .211112122221222—15 C R Anderson. 02101012121212— 11 R Burns 222220222222202—13 Marcus 00110002000102 — 5 Morgan 0111111112101 —11 Derk ......... .1111111111220 —12 Lang 2222100111222 —11 Drinkhard ....122311112221212—15 Pontefract . . . .12220121120 — 9 R A Shaw 0022220 — 4 G M Ho well.. 2112022 —6 A A Felix 212202220 — 7 Pyle 12211221222120 -13 V Williams. . .122222121222212— 15 Cotiser ....... .202222 — 5 This event, the Wilson trophy, was quite a sporty affair, but only twenty-six thought it advisable to put up their $10 and fight it out for the cup and cash consideration offered. Of that number, six men tied with clean scores of 15 each, and shot off, miss-and-out, for position and cup, there being only three- moneys, high guns to win. The fortunate (or perhaps, skillful) three were V. Williams, Jimmie Atkinson and Rahm, the winner of the big pigeon event at Detroit last winter, the Gilman & Barnes trophy, when a blizzard made trouble for many a good man. Drinkhard and Frank fell down in the second round of the ties, and Fred Coleman dropped his sixth bird; Rahm went out in the ninth round, and Atkinson in the seventeenth, after he and Williams had had quite a prolonged struggle for first place and cup. Scores: Rahm 222222220 Atkinson 12112222222122210 Frank 20 Drinkhard 20 Coleman 111210 Williams 22222122222222222 The Blue Hen’s Chicken. IN NEW JERSEY. Hudson Gun Club. Jersey City, N. J., April 29.— The Hudson Gun Club held its regular shoot on this date. There was a good attendance, and some good scores were made, among them being those of' Messrs. Foster, Schorty, Gille and Cocklin. This club will hold an all- day shoot "on May 28. Shooting will begin at 9:30 A. *M., and continue until all are satisfied. The price of targets will be one cent to members and 1% cent to non-members. You are invited. Next shoot, May 14. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 6 6 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 Cocklin 14 20 15 20 . . Gille 12 15 15 17 .. .. Boldt 10 14 12 13 .. .. Schoverling 12 14 16 10 15 .. Schorty 15 20 20 22 21 23 Cottrell 16 12 15 12 15 O’Brien 10 Metz 11 10 . . . . 19 15 Foster 18 22 . . 22 19 Brothers 5.. 5 5.. .. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 Kurzel 12 10 .. 13 10 .. Brewer ......... 10 11 13 Whitley 16 13 .. .. .. Wright .. 14 18 21 .. .. Headden ....... .. 11 10 .. .. .. W Pearsall 20 .. .. .. .. H Pearsall .... .. 14 .. Banta 15 Heritage 14 21 15 .. 24 .. Jas Hughes, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. . Edgewater, N. J., April 29. — Event 5 was the handicap for solid gold watch charm, which was won by Mr. Merrill for the first time. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 10 15 20 10 50 25 25 C E Eickhoff, 8.. 10 9 14 4 36 16 11 Dr Boldt, 20 10 7 13 8 26 j , J 5 Jas Morrison, 7 .............. . 12 15 9 44 23 22 Dr Paterno, 14 10 12 15 . . 39 22 20 A Schoverling, 5 8 10 17 . . 41 • . « • H B Williams, 0 9 11 18 . 0 44 0 0 F Vosselman, 10 10 13 11 , , 41 18 . , J Merrill, 15....... 7 36 19 20 Peei less Rod and Gun Club. Paterson, N. T.. May 6.— The Peerless Gun Club, on their grounds at Hawthorne to-day, had Side Club. l as visitors several of the North Targets: 25 25 20 Targets: 25 26 20 G Garabrandt . . . . . ... 4 12 .. P Garrabrandt 12 0 • 13 O Herman ........ ... 7 1 .. J Pohlhemus 11 e • 0-0 J Dewar 13 7 J Schrier 16 • • 12 J Jackson ... 5 , . . „ P Garrabrandt 12 0 , m J Dorrhoffer ...... ... 6 7 .. W Banta 14 14 T Walker ...14 6 .. J Storms 15 a « G Herman ... 12 .. 12 J Dewar . 13 .. • •„ May 13, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM S 87 Always Reliable and Superior. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY LOWELL, MASS. 497-503 Pearl Street. 35-43 Park Street, New York, 114-116 Market Street, San Francisco. WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. A lot of the boys visited the grounds on May 3 for the pur- pose of giving Arthur Gambell a good send off on his journey across the pond, and 'to express their regards and good wishes in various ways. It was a surprise to him to see so many on a Wednesday, and a still greater surprise when he was invited to be their guest at a farewell banquet served in the club house. . Another surprise was when he was presented with a splendid . diamond pin from many of his club friends. Messrs. D. D. ' Gross and H. N. Kirby presented him with a silk umbrella as a protection against the “Lun’on” fog, and a friend in Columbus i remembered -him with a box of neck wear. Among those who ( sat at table were: Judge Logan (Ackley), Messrs. Faran, Cole- man, Pfeiffer, Pohlar, Osterfield, Dick, Ahlers, Barker, Buller- dick and Ward. The afternoon was spent in team races, matches and a number of events at 20 and 25 targets each. Altogether it was a very enjoyable day, and the boys certainly : gave Arthur a good send-off, and all wished him good luck and a pleasant voyage when they parted. Saturday, May 6, was not a pretty day. It rained heavily most of the forenoon, and continued cloudy and threatening until late in the afternoon. , In consequence few were at the grounds, only eight shooting in the Peters trophy. Faran and Block made full scores with their handicap. Faran shot like himself, and made high score in actual breaks, 49, something like his correct form. There are two more shoots for this trophy, and then the con- test for the handsome gun cabinet, donated by G. W. Schuler, will start. After this is disposed of, Powell & Clements have promised a cup. Interest in the cup race has revived and five scores were shot, but Faran is still supreme. Williams 18yds., 23, 24, 22, 17; Iiesser, 18yds., 19. Try again boys. The scores: Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Block, handicap, 6, total 50; Faran, 3, 50; Williams, 4, 48; Hesser, 2, 46; Maynard, 45; Herman, 4, 44; Ahlers, 43; Andrews, 11, 42. Rohrer's Is and Gun Club. The regular handicap medal contest of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, on May 3, was not attended quite as well as usual, several of the members being at the Springfield tournament. However, fourteen men were on hand and enjoyed a good day’s sport. C. F. Miller and J. W. Gerlaugh qualified on scores of 27, and after three stoot-offs, Miller won, making two wins to his credit so far. At the close of the series, thirty-two contests, four prizes will be awarded; $15 to the one winning the largest number of times; $10 to second; $5 to third; leather medal to fourth. Hamilton Gun Club. The regular weekly shoot of the Hamilton Gun Club was held at Lindenwald on May 4. The weather was ideal, and the scores the best that have yet been made. B. B. was high in the medal event with 48 out of 50; Parker second, with 47, and E. D. C. third, with 45. Club medal shoot, distance handicap, 50 targets: B. B. 20yds., total, 48; Parker, 16, 47; E. D. C., 18, 45; Smith, 16, 43; Stickles, 16, 41; Link, 16, 41; Atherton, 16, 40; Breinig, 16, 31. Greenville (O.) Gun Club. The fifth medal shoot of the Greenville Gun Club was held May 1, and fifteen members participated. A. W. Kirby won Class A medal to-day with 43, and Harry Hartzell Class B medal ' with 37. Kirby and Eidson tied for the medal on April 17, and the tie has not yet been shot off. Hereafter shoots will be held weekly instead of semi-weekly. Springfield (O.) Gun Club. The second annual tournament of the Springfield Gun Club was held on May 3 and 4, and Capt. Ben Downs is to be congratulated on the success which attended the affair. Eleven events at a i total of 180 targets were shot each day, a goodly number of those present shooting through. The weather was good and every one had a good time. Among the visitors present were Messrs. W. R. Crosby, W. A. Watkins, Cain, E. Watkins, Lindemuth, Carr, of Dayton; Anderson and Smith, of Xenia. . . Crosby was high gun for the two days, missing but 7 targets out of 360. High everage money was divided among the follow- ing amateurs in order given: Lindemuth and Hill $10 each; E. Watkins, Cain, W. Watkins, R. Neer, Carr and Poole, $5 each. On the first day the attendance was good, twenty-seven shooters taking part in one or more of the events. Crosby was high gun with 174; W. A. Watkins was high amateur and next to Crosby with 169; Trimble and Good were third, with 165 each. On this day the match for the cup offered by the Peters Cartridge Co. and open to members of clubs in Champaign, Logan Clark, Miami and Shelby counties, was shot and was won by Jeff Karnehm, of St. Paris, O. This cup is to be shot for monthly. The match was not finished until 6:45 P. M., at which time it was storming and very dark, which accounts for some of the low scores: Events: Targets: Guy 11 12 18 12 14 15 Wm Poole 12 12 17 13 14 18 Anderson 12 12 15 13 12 14 Smith 11 12 15 11 13 17 Rife 15 19 Henderson 19 Slagel 11 13 17 . . 14 Ernest 13 15 18 13 11 Bell Wright 4 8 12 5 14 Carr 11 14 18 15 15 18 Shaffer W ard Hibschman Hayman Norbeil I-I Neer 8 15 7 15 12 12 14 19 11 15 14 11 18 12 10 13 12 17 12 9 13 10 . . . . 10 13 13 17 13 11 11 13 20 14 13 11 13 ii ii ii ii ii 5 .. 11 9 12 13 7 .. 12 .. 8 10 13 10 14 17 11 .. .. 15 14 13 .. 15 .. 11 .. ,. 7 .. .. 180 180 180 146 115 100 95 80 80 120 180 45 35 35 50 50 80 163 151 141 112 101 90 79 70 67 59 153 40 . IS 19 31 41 57 Peters cup match, 50 targets per man: Karnehm 45, Gross 42, Batdorf 40, Haines 39, Augspurger 39, Poole 38, Shaffer 38, C. Smith 37, Holding 37, Snyder 36, Downs 36, Strong 34, Muzzy 34, Rankin 32, Foley 29. There was a slight falling off in number of shooters oh the closing day of the tournament. Crosby was high gun with 179, missing only 1 target. Lindemuth was second with 174, and was high amateur, shooting a 93.33 per cent, clip for the two days. The five-man team contest for the silver cup for teams of the counties named above, was shot and was won by Springfield team No. 1, with a score of 219. The cup was won last month by Urbana on whose grounds the contest was scores : Second Day. Events: 123456789 10 11 Targets : 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 Crosby 15 15 20 15 15 19 15 15 20 15 15 Lindemuth 15 14 20 15 14 20 14 13 19 15 15 E Watkins 15 14 19 15 14 IS 15 12 19 13 13 Hill 15 15 17 14 13 20 14 13 18 13 15 Trimble 13 11 18 14 15 18 13 14 19 15 14 Cain 12 14 17 14 15 20 13 12 20 12 13 Gross 14 13 18 12 12 15 15 13 20 12 15 W Watkins 14 13 17 14 14 17 14 10 18 14 13 R Neer 13 14 14 13 14 17 14 13 18 14 14 W Poole . . . . 15 13-18 14 13 15 14 14 17 11 12 J Karnehm 15 17 14 14 IS 14 15 19 15 15 Carr 14 13 17 13 15 18 13 10 14 13 14 A R Filson 14 IS 14 14 18 14 14 14 14 14 Rife 8 7 20 15 14 17 11 11 19 12 12 Snyder 18 13 10 15 12 11 19 14 13 Shaffer 15 14 18 14 12 IS 12 .... 14 . . W H Batdorf ..... . . 10 . . 12 12 . . 11 14 18 13 15 Bell 11 13 16 14 13 .... 12 .... 13 A Carlton 12 17 10 10 14 7 11 Thompson 15 15 18 13 .. Rairdon 12 10 13 10 9 Foley 13 10 20 . . 9 PH Neer 8 12 .. 11 9 .. .. 9 Ryan 13 13 Peters cup contest, 5-man teams, 50 targets pej Springfield No. 1. Jack Poole Snyder 44 Strong 42 Neer 41- Springfiel'd No. 2. Shaffer Foley Jobe Hutehin Dorm 35 — 201 Urbana Gun Club. Holding 45 Paysell Ouk 40 Light . Muzzy 39 General average: started. The Shot at. Broke. 180 179 180 174 180 167 180 167 180 164 180 162 180 ' 159 180 158 180 158 180 156 165 156 180 154 165 148 180 146 150 125 130 117 125 105 110 93 115 84 65 57 SO 54 65 52 75 49 30 26 Gun man: Club. 47 Thompson 46 45 O Smith 45 44 Haines 42 42 Ryan 43 41—219 Angspurger 34—209 Tippecanoe City. 43 Tacobs 43 42 Haaga 43 41 Nunlist 38 40 Carlton 38 35—201 C Smith 36— 19S 89 32—195 Hill E Watkins Trimble .., Cain W Watkins R Neer D Gross . . Carr Poole 151 Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, May 6. — The appended scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the third trophy shoot of the first series. L. Thomas won Class A trophy on the good score of 25 straight. Gould won B on 18, and Horns and Dr. Reynolds tied for Class C on 19. The day turned out to be a rather First Second Day. Day. Total. 174 179 353 161 174 335 164 167 331 163 167 330 165 164 329 166 162 328 169 158 327 163 158 321 159 159 318 153 154 307 151 156 307 Bonasa. W A Watkins Cain II. H. Good A H Hill ... E W atkins . R Neer Lindemuth . Gross pleasant one for target shooting, although very threatening; in First Day. fact, raining all forenoon and up to almost 2 o’clock, as a re- 1 9 34.F»fi78Q1011 suit of which only eleven shooters put in appearance for the 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 at. Broke. event. Those who did come were : well repaid, however, as the . 14 15 20 13 15 20 15 14 18 15 15 180 174 day turned out very good. . 14 15 18 15 14 18 12 15 18 15 15 180 169 Targets: 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 . 15 12 17 14 14 18 14 14 18 15 15 180 166 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 . 15 14 IS 14 14 19 11 14 19 12 15 180 165 Thomas .. 25 4 8 8 8 8 8 14 . 14 15 19 14 14 19 14 14 18 12 12 180 165 Gould .. 18 7 5 7 7 6 6 11 . 12 13 18 14 15 16 15 13 20 14 14 180 164 Dr Meek 8 7 9 8 8 7 15 . 14 14 17 12 13 19 14 13 20 13 14 180 163 Dr Reynolds .. 19 5 8 2 5 8 . 12 12 18 12 14 20 13 14 18 15 13 ISO 163 Eaton .. 24 5 8 8 4 6 8 . 14 13 17 15 13 20 12 14 18 11 13 180 161 Stone . . 6 8 6 9 13 . 14 14 18 14 15 15 14 14 17 12 12 180 159 Horns ..19 8 9 10 , 15 15 16 13 12 17 11 13 19 15 12 180 158 Pitt ........ . - .. 16 • * i. •• 7 5 11 George 18 7 9 14 Davis 20 8 7 12 Keck 17 5 0 Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec’y. In Other Places. lhe Lake Charles, La., Gun Club will start on Wednesday to resume the regular weekly shoots at PIoo-Hoo Park. The Terre Haute, Ind., Gun Club has started in for the season with the handicap shoots. Prizes will be awarded the winners of the series. The Hamilton, O., Gun Club shot their regular practice events on Thursday wi:h a gale of wind across the traps. Link, at the 22yd. line, could not get better than 7; Wesley, at 21, got 8, and the 16yd. men had the advantage. E. D. C. Jones and Smith made 9 each. We note that the Coffeeville, Kan., boys are shooting targets this year, and that most of the towns in southeast Kansas are joining in and holding combined meets. Dave Elliott, the brother of Jim, has been down in that part of the Sunflower State giving exhibitions. It would seem from reports that the old Limited Club at Indianapolis has been revived again this year, team shoots being the leading features. The familiar names of Tripp, Comstock, Beck, Wildhock, Adams, Parry, Cooper and Partington appear as^ participants. lhe Albany, Ga., Gun Club has secured a set of new traps, and practice will begin at once. At the meeting of the Soo City, la., Gun Club the prize for the handicap events, held by the club during the summer, will be a $100 shotgun. There will be sixteen shoots, first one May 2, and then each Wednesday thereafter. The handicaps will be changed monthly, the committee being the well-known W. F. Duncan, H. H. Plaroman and C. E. Ellis. The professionals have made an extensive tour of southern Kansas. At Peabody Walter Huff made 96, Chris Gottlieb and P. Plank 94, while Ed. O. Brem, the Kansas expert, made 90. There is some trouble with the Indianapolis shooting Associa- tion. Injunctions have been filed by parties on the adjoining property. This is a rifle club, and should not be confounded with the Indianapolis Gun Club, where the G. A. H. is to be held. Iola, Kan., Gun Club is holding regular shoots on Thursday of each week. News comes from Okaloosa, la., that there will be shoots held at Plilton, Flacking, Hynes and Fliteman, where clubs are formed. These names seem new and are not familiar to the readers of sportsmen’s journals, but nevertheless they are bound to receive a hearty welcome. John Wilmot, with a score of 15 out of 25, was high man at the Lexington, Mo., Gun Club shoot. J. C. Jensen, Secretary of the Big Rapids, Mich., Gun Club, writes that a special meeting will be held to line up the old shooters for the 1905 season. Kinsley, la., has a bran new gun club. The Excelsior Rod and Gun Club, Columbia, Pa., have new officers, viz., President, Wesley Mitler; Sec’y, William M. Guiles; Treasurer, Henry Curnow. The Salem, O., Gun Club has been reorganized for the season. E. W. Silver is the captain and manager. The Misses Pinkney, Hill, Dollie Jameson, Jalie Yates and Nellie Harrison were in attendance at the shoot given by the Kingdom .Gun Club, of Fulton, Mo., and they were quite in- terested in the shooting. Out at Houston, Texas, the Highland Gun Club have com- pletely overhauled the traps and put on the finishing touches preparatory to a summer campaign with the clay targets. Some remarkable shooting reports come from Waco, Texas, where little “Fuzzy,” a son of F. F. Fosgards, is hitting 48 out of 50 objects thrown in the air with a rifle. Mr. Turner E. Hubby won the money for the highest pro-* fessional average at the Texas State tournament. There is considerable mention about the clubs that are being organized at Peoria and at Pekin 111. At the annual meeting of the Bay City, Mich., Gun Club, F. Hogaman was elected President; J. A. Noe, Vice-President; F Boughner, Secretary; S. A. Allen, Captain; J. B. Flodung and C Russell, Committee. The new gun club at Salt Lake, Utah, has selected good shoot- ing grounds on the land which belongs to Fort Douglas. The traps will soon be in place and then there will be scfme other booming there beside the rifle and the cannon. There was a pleasant time at the grounds of the Paducah, ICy., Gun Club grounds on last Tuesday, there being a shoot com- plimentary to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis. Shooters will remem- ber Mr. Davis, as he was a prominent member of the club, but now residing at Chicago. Urbana, O., Gun Club won the contest at Troy, held last week, wherein teams from Logan, Clark, Union, Madison, Shelby, Miami and Champaign contested. Out of 50 targets, Urbana 191, Troy 182, Springfield 172, West Moreland 165, De Graff 152. Another shoot will be held in Urbana, May 12. Another case of a loaded shotgun and a funeral. Two boys found a gun in a barn and it went off, killing one and causing much sorrow to the parents. And yet there are people who will leave the gun loaded where those who have no knowledge of its destructiveness may lay hands on it. Members of the Winona Sportsmen’s Gun Club held a shoot Wednesday afternoon. The Cone trophy was won by George Stoger, who got 24 out of 25. . He also won the Posz cup by getting 20 in the next event, being the second time that he has won same. Did it ever occur to you that many men now -go out auto- mobiling and play golf where formerly they took part in the art of wing shooting? William McVicor, of Janesville, carried off the hammerless gun offered as first prize at the annual shoot of the Darlington, Wis., Gun Club. Together with his brother Jack they won the team shoot. The target championship of Southern Wisconsin was won by Voss, of South Wayne, who defeated Arton, of Dariington. Fond du Lac, Wis.. has now a regularly organized gun club! E. W. Clark is. President; John P. Hess, Vice-President; M. k" Raidy, Secretary, , and C. E. Atkins, Treasurer. There wili he a shoot confined to local members for Decoration Day, S88 Forest and stream. [May 13, 1905. Allgawr won the Class A trophy in the regular Sunday shoot at St. Paul, Minn. Kinscherbaum won the Class B. There will be regular shoots held during the summer on each Saturday and Sunday. There is a general stir all along the line in and about Duluth, Minn. New clubs are being formed, and there is something going on in the way of challenges that will prove interesting when the matches are shot. New officers for the Springfield, Minn., Gun Club are H. O. Schlueder, President; Dr. E. A. Hintz, Secretary; John Eichman, Captain; W. G. Frank and W. F. Runck were added to the Executice Board. There are twenty old members in the club, and there are prospects for many new ones. Many of the small towns in Northwest Minnesota are getting the fad for target shooting. There is a club at Euclid which promises well. It has a large membership, and though but recently organized, many of its members make good scores. The Waterloo, la., Gun Club were compelled to move their shooting grounds from Cedar River Park to Johnson’s Crossing, this being at a convenient place on the Rapit Transit and will suit all who visit the shooting park. All the blue rock shooters on the Pacific coast will be glad to learn that Maurice Abraham, of Portland, Ore., was appointed to the position of Director of the Pacific Coast Trapshooters’ Association. There will be much enthusiasm on the coast this year, and target shooting will be a great pastime. Messrs. James T. Skelly and Ed. Taylor, of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., are having a good time on the Pacifie coast. Skelly is doing some good shooting among the coastites. They paid a visit to the Union Gun Club only last week. Barney Case won the medal at the Sunday shoot held by Ouray, Colo., Gun Club. The Beech Grove Gun Club at Madison, Ind., have installed a fine new magautrap. At their first meeting there was present John S. Boa, H. Graham, L. K. Niklaus, L. Schuler, R. Johnson, J. S. Hussey, F. Herbst, W. Schofield, A. Schuler, Alex White, James Armstrong, A. Augustin, Sr., J. IT. Waltz, M. Lyons, Jack Thompson, Frank Hill, C. Pruitt, C. Johnson, W. Weyer, . Schofield, C. H. Robinson, G. H. Stopp. In the live-bird match at Mahanoy City, Pa., Monday last, be- tween Steve Kurtz and Mike Kereshoin, of Buck Mountain, for $50 a side, Kurtz won with 5 out of 7, while his opponent got but 2. Illinois shooters are getting ready for the State tournament, to be held at Lincoln, May 23, 24 and 25. The sportsmen of York Haven, Pa., have organized a gun club, the officers being: President, W. McCready; Secretary, F. G. Krout; Treasurer, Irwin Shedrick; Manager, Harry Myers. The club starts with eighteen members, and a club house will be erected on Whistbar Island. Lookout Mountain Gun Club, Chattanooga, Tenn., gave a musical entertainment at Town Hall on the Mountain Tuesday last. The members are mostly young men, and will not neglect the social part of the organization. The Fayette, O., Gun Club hold their shoot at 50 birds. The scores: Stutler 30, Zimmerman 38, Prickett 41. The annual meeting was scheduled for the first Tuesday in May. The Bristol, Tenn., Gun Club has started the 1905 season. The annual meeting resulted in Capt. A. S. McNiell being elected President; Col. S. L. King, Vice-President; Dr. S. W. Rhea, Secretary; E. B. Smith, Captain. The 1904 championship was awarded to A. M. Hotcher. Highland Gun Club, Rock Island, 111., have elected^ officers, viz., Resident, William Walters; Secretary, F. H. Bean; Treasurer, John Linvail; Captain, John Cooper. A. B. Biglow, Ogden, Utah, won the gold medal for high average at Idaho Falls, Ida., two days’ tournament. He tied with E. Confare and then won out on the shoot-off. A tournament was held at Waterloo, la., May 4 and 5. As there was $100 added money, many of the Iowa shooters were present. La Crosse, Wis., has incorporated the La Crosse Sharpshooters Club. It is for the purpose of encouraging fancy shooting and the use of firearms. The incorporators are John Mohr, William Fisch, S. L. Burdick and John Rusche. Some of the shooters at Peeksville, N. Y., are endeavoring to get enough interest taken to organize a gun club for the practice on targets such as other clubs throughout the State now enjoy. The Bridge City, Loganport, Ind., Gun Club has been heard from for the first time this season. The secretary writes that the first shoot shows that this will be the most successful and enjoyable season since the club was organized. All. outsiders may shoot by paying IV2 cent for targets. The president is J. T. Flanagin, Theo Sample is secretary and treasurer. Dickman won the medal at the Indianapolis Gun Club shoot Saturday last. , , . The 'l'arentum, Pa., Gun Club will hold weekly shoots during the summer. Last Saturday Curry shot at 118, broke 105; Lytle, 100, 64; Mitchel, 100, 72; Smith, 75, 50; McCall, 50, 24; Greiner, 100, 72; Long, 25, 12. At a special meeting of the Benson, Minn., Gun Club, May 23 and 24 were chosen for dates for the annual tournament. It will be amateur, and much enthusiasm exists among the mem- bers, so that there are indications for a successful shoot. “If ducks are to be preserved,” said game warden Porterfield, of Ohio, “spring shooting should not be permitted. Every man who is conversant with the conditions will agree to this. The wild ducks in the spring are not fit to eat, yet they are killed by the thousands. If these were permitted to breed, , they would add tens of thousands to the supply for fall shooting.” The Michigan State shoot at Mt. Clemens will start May 10, instead of May 11, as previously announced. The programmes are ready for distribution. A good supply of same may be found at J. A. Marks and Co.’s store, Detroit, Mich.. Opening shoot of the combined Winchester and Fletcher Gun Clubs was a success. Only one clean score made. Whitmore went a straight 25. 1 he shoot was held at Woodward and Davison avenues. Shoots will be held regularly on Saturday. , , _ We hear from Toledo, O., that the Consolidated and the East End Gun Clubs are about to pull off a five-man team race, each man to shoot at 50 targets. . The Mankato. Minn.. Gun Club has started out on their new cup shoot. The location of the shooting grounds has been, changed, and the cup conditions were acceptable to all the members. ... The Rock River Gun Club, Juneau, Wis., held their first shoot of the season last week. This club made some fine scores last year, and later on, when the practice has developed the taiget smashing-, this club will be ready to meet and shoot with any club in this country. „ . . ^ ir Under a new ordinance lately passed at Proctor Knott, Minn., the members of the gun club were arrested for shooting in the city limits. They were released, and the ordinance will be amended to permit the club to shoot on their grounds. The law was passed to stop children from using firearms, and the man first arrested was a city alderman. Secretarv Percy S. Scheule,- of Wenatchee, Wash., announces that there will "be $4,300 in trophies, and $4,600 added money hur.g up to make the meet interesting. Competition open to all, save some of the State events. Now will ye old Eastern States be good? Look at some of the State shoots to be held this year, scarcely any added money! . „ . The professional squad at Hutchinson, Kansas, were well to the front Ed. O’Brein was reported as the manager, and he outshot ’em all. Ed. O’Brein 96, Chris Gottlieb 94, Walter Huff 9? c D. Plank 91. C. B. Adams 88. C. D. Rankin led the locals at the Hutchinson, Kansas, shoot for two days. High score- was made by Jim Lewis in the first held by the Davies County Gun • Club, Owensburg, Ky. The scores: Tames Lewis 47, W. E. Overstreet 43, Ab. Newman 39, John Smith 37, Weir Griffith 37, John Head 29. Shooters in Pennsylvania shoot for hogs, fat steers, and now comes the latest— a contest for a Shetland pony, to take place under the management of Charles Knipe at Norristown, I a. A new club has been organized at.Scrantpn, Pa., the officers being: President, George Fenne; Vice-President, Wm. Fenne; Secretary, Herbert Chatfield; Treasurer George benne; Captain rTh7asta*l-mem' has gone forth that the Hallenbeck Gun Com- panv at Moundsville, W. Va., will soon resume operations, lhis property was recently sold, being bought in by a representative of the largest stockholders. Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut. New Britian, Conn., May 2. — The second tournament of the Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecticut was held to-day on the grounds of the New Britian Gun Club. Eighty-eight shooters took part in the programme. The day was bright and clear, but a strong northeast wind was blowing, which had a slightly frosty tinge and which caused the targets to rise and dip in a manner at times very exasperating to the shooters. The No. 1 set of traps, composed of five expert traps with electric pulls, worked beautiful, but a set of three expert traps with hand pulls, which were set up in Sergeant system, and were used as a No. 2 set, worked rather badly, the pull-ropes being put through one hole in the screen and that frequently caused the springing of two traps when the shooter called pull. There was considerable kicking on the management of the office, but the shooters were not in the least patient, and the fact that so many shooters would want to shoot in one event and drop out of the next one were continually wanting to shift their position in the squads, which request was always turned - down at the office, as it should be, caused some confusion. The members of the club, notably Charles Cadwell, A. J. Reynolds, Al. Langdon, Duncan Ross, Secretary, Mr. Barnes and some others worked hard all day and endeavored to the best of their ability to take care of what was, with some few exceptions, the hardest crowd of shooters to satisfy the writer has ever seen at any shoot. At the suggestion of Dr. Moore, Secretary of the Consolidated Gun Clubs the sixth event, which was the team race, and which is desired shall be shot as near noon as possible, was put on before the fifth event, and as the shooters straggled in from the different points, all during the morning it was impossible to keep the men who were to shoot on the teams together in the squads. After the team race was started an attempt was made to run the fifteenth event on the No. 2 set of traps, and, of course, this brought confusion, owing to the fact that frequently a shooter was in one of the squads shooting in the team race or was about to be called when his squad was called in the fifth event, and this necessarily made delays. 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If you contemplate buying a new gun next season, or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part payment, we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market for all the good second-hand guns we can get. iWMMMMMW* GANOE and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. ALL AVERAGES AGAIN. At Ridgetown, Ontario, April 21 and 22. 1st Amateur Average, Mr. Thos. Upton, 277 ex 315. 2nd Amateur Average, Mr. C. Scane, 272 ex 315. 3rd Amateur Average, Mr. Harry Scane, 262 ex 315. DU PONT SMOKELESS WOLF POWDER. WOLF POWDER Sample can contain- ing 1 20 loads sent by express, prepaid, on receipt of 75 cents. For a pleasant shooting Powder for Sum- mer work, use shells loaded with SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - -* - NEW YORK*- With the Mississippi River Ca^bin-Roaters. VOL* Lxrw-No. 20. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1905. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 Great Britain. S5.50. ) FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. I.ONnON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. MORE NEWS The final scores of the Pennsylvania State Shoot offer positive proof of the wide popularity of U. M. C. Shot Shells. In addition to the fine record of ioo Live Birds without a miss, by Mr. Fred Coleman, all of the honors worth while, including THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at both Clay Birds and Live Birds, were won by shooters shooting U. M. C. The following is a list of U. M. C. winnings: The Pennsylvania State Championship at Targets, won by Mr. Fred Coleman; score, 71-75. The Pennsylvania State Championship at Live Birds, including Williamsport Diamond Badge, tied by Messrs. Derk, Pontefract and Coleman, score 65 straight The Pennsylvania Stake Team Championship, includirg the L. C. Smith Trophy, won by Messrs. Coleman, Ames and Felix; score, 15 straight each. The Highest Amateur Average for All Events, won by Mr. Alex. King. All of the above shooters shot U. M. C. V. M. C. Quality' is the winning Quality . Ha'Ve you ordered your shells jf or the Grand American? THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Bro&dw&y, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. ®epot, 86-88 First St., San Francisco, Cal. Wins T Hat Mea.n Something Wins made at such big shoots as the Pennsylvania State Shoot and the Missouri State Shoot mean something, because the entries are large and the competition keen. They mean extraordinary skill in the shooter and superior merit in the ammunition used. WINCHESTER. FACTORY LOADED SHELLS were used in making the following recent winnings: PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT, held at Pittsburg, May 2-3-4 -5. Reading Trophy — 4-Man Team Championship of Penn. Won by team composed of Al. Heil, C. F. Kramlich, H. Schlicher and M. S. Brey, all using Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Denny Trophy — for State shooters — von by Al. Heil with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Herron Hill Gun Club Handicap — open to all amateurs — won by A. B. Richardson from 17-yard mark, with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, score, 96 — 100. Wilson Live Bird Trophy — for State shooters — won by V. Williams with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. MISSOURI STATE SHOOT, held at Kansas City, May 2-3-4-S, State Championship — Won by Mr. Baggerman with Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. These winnings, made under such hard conditions, serve to emphasize the fact that success attends the user of Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, which, in recognition of this, are known universally as “The Winning Loads.” ii FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc. Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. WORKS: RPD BANK. N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER, L Naval Architects and Brokers* | ARTHUR BINNEY, ( Formerly Stewart & Binney. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Maioh Building, Kilby Street, BOSTOH, MASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. LOR1LLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. M. H. CLARK, Naval Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. Hif l^ty^ 17 Battery Pla.ce, - - New York. s WE BUY and SELL YACHTS p X OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. < SMALL YACHTS A SPECIALTY. P 0 5% commission. $10 our minimum charge, p w Write or call, if it’s only a canoe. j> 1 CLAPHAM & CLAPKAM, j O ISO Nassau Street, - New York, g j. Room 637. HOLLIS BURGESS INSURANCE Fire, Marine, Life, Liability, Accident, Etc. 10 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON. Telephone 1905-1 Main. r § Yachts, Canoes For Sale FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, 11 ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $S, 600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles on 1/2 tons of coal. Maximum speed 18 miles. Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, New York. WANTED TO PURCHASE new or second-hand, or lease for the season, a staunch, seaworthy gasolene motor launch. General specifications: Length, 22 to . 28 ft.; beam, 4y2 to 5% ft.; freeboard, 18 in.; draft, not to exceed 21 in. ; 9 to 10 horsepower. Canopy top and fittings complete, delivered at Syracuse, N. Y. Proposals should state selling price, also a monthly rental price, with the privilege of pur- chase at the end of six months, and the moneys paid for rental to be applied on the purchase price. All proposals must be addressed to the undersigned and received by him on or before 12 o’clock noon, April 29, 1905. HENRY C. ALLEN, Top Floor De Graaf Bldg., Albany, N.Y. By F. R. Webb (“Commodore”)- Many illustrations of designs and plans of can- vas canoes and their parts. Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of hour to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ- ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- pense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. FOREST AN© STREAM PUB. CO. a GAS ENGINE POWER CO. -AND- CHAS. L. SEABURY ® CO. CONSOLIDATED MORRIS HEIGHTS, NEW YORK CITY BUILDERS OF Steam and Sail Yachts Gasolene Engines »nd Launches Naphtha Engines »"<• Launches Also Vapor Launches Marine Engines and Boilers ALSO THE Speedway Motor Car DOWN-TOWN OFFICE CHICAGO OFFICE II Broadway, New York 1409 Michigan Avenue Send 1 6c. stamps for catalogue Member of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers SO.BOSTGN. 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Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY. Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 45 Broadway. 99 Market Street Mew York. Chloaioi IU«J AND A Weekly J OURNAL OF THE Rod Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. AND NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1906. {„„. BACK FROM THE HUNT. President Roosevelt’s hunt is over and he has re- turned to Washington and the daily grind of official duty. The record of the hunt, as printed in the daily papers, is ten bears and four bobcats, an unusually successful expedition, such as a President should have. Just how many bears fell to Mr. Roosevelt’s rifle is not announced and is, in fact, unimportant, for in a hunt like this the killing of the victims is the least interesting part of the work. It is the pursuit that gives joy and excitement to the hunt — the wild rough ride along the mountainside, down one side of a ravine and up the other, dodging rocks and trees the while, the listening for the dogs, and the effort to overtake them, while all the time you watch your horse and try to spare him. It is certain that the President had a good time, and that he worked as hard at his hunting as he always does at his play or at his work. If snow and rain and cold and wind confronted him he met bad weather with a cheerful mind, and made the best of it. He went for a good time and he had it, and with the good time he acquired a store j of health and vigor which will stand him in good stead this summer. It may be hoped that when the time comes the public may have from Mr. Roosevelt’s pen an account of this hunt. Many readers will remember his story of the cougar hunt which he made when Vice-President, and the still more delightful account of his trip to the Yel- lowstone National Park in April, 1903, published in the last volume of the Boone and Crockett Club’s Book. On no subject does Mr. Roosevelt write more simply, more freshly, and with greater charm than on outdoor and especially on natural history subjects, and all sportsmen and all nature lovers eagerly welcome anything from his pen. His chapter on Wilderness Reserves, just referred to, besides being a model outdoor article, is a powerful and useful tract in favor of game and forest preservation and the setting aside of wild tracts of land for pleasure grounds for all the people. MOIETIES FOR PROTECTORS. Under the present New York law the salary of a dis- trict game protector is $600 a year, with $450 allowance for expenses, and he receives also one-half of the fines and penalties, less the expenses of recovering the sum, collected in actions brought upon information furnished by him. A measure passed by the Legislature and now in the Governor’s hands increases the protector’s salary ■ to $900, allows $600 for expenses, and deprives him of the moieties received for recoveries in actions. This change, if we are not misinformed, was prompted at the instigation of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, and the reason given was that there had been collusion between certain protectors on the one hand and Adirondack timber thieves on the other, where- » by the protectors winked at violations of the law in the penalties for which they saw profits to themselves. Whether or not there was any foundation for the sus- picion of collusion in Adirondack forest trespass- cases, there is no' reason to believe that any protector has ever encouraged or acquiesced in violations of the game and fish laws for the purpose of making business for himself. No plausible plan presents itself by which such a scheme could be carried out. It is beyond our ingenuity to im- agine how a protector in New York city, for instance, who should seize an illicit stock of game birds in close season, could have arranged for the dealer’s reception of the birds from the distant shipper, or how the dealer could be duped into thinking that he saw a way to profit . by taking the birds into his possession, having them confiscated, and being fined for them $500, as a Sixth avenue dealer was recently fined for a lot of close-season quail; or $650, as another Sixth avenue dealer was fined for a like offense; or $1,000, a penalty imposed last month upon a down-town commission merchant for out of sea- son quail. The game protector and game dealer collu- sion theory is so fanciful as to be preposterous. The change embodied in the Wood bill is of question- able merit While the increase of salary from $600 to $900 is probably intended to compensate the protector for taking from him the moieties, and while it may therefore fully satisfy him, the new system would be likely to secure less efficient service to the State. Protectors are human. Slid jt is human to work harder when the reward is con-? tingent upon one’s exertions than when the reward is assured whether or no. The protector who, for a salary, may do all that his conscience tells him it is his duty to do, will do still more for an added reward to be won by the increased exertion — that is,- for work which is just a trifle beyond the rigid demand of mere duty. The enforcement of the game laws by the protector de- pends in a peculiar degree for its efficiency upon the ex- ercise of this over-zealousness. It is not enough for a protector who- suspects a violation to make such a more or less perfunctory investigation as may or may not dis- close the facts ; he must persist and persevere and ferret out and stick to the case and follow it up, and in the end stand stoutly for a good round penalty. And as has been said, a protector is human ; he v/ill ferret and stick and stand much more strenuously if he be working for an extra reward than he will if he reflects that his salary is coming to him whether or no. In short, if those who fixed the new compensation at $900 figured out that the average moieties of protectors amounted to $300 — the State is likely to receive better service from the protector who is paid $600 and earns in addition thereto $300 in moieties, than it will receive from a protector who is paid the $900 as a salary. The system of moieties as added rewards has worked well in the past; the actual service rendered to the State would probably be more efficient and valuable wdth a re- tention of the system than under the proposed change. SMELTERS AND THE PUBLIC. Some time ago we called attention to- the damage to adjacent vegetation caused by the fumes of a smelter operated in Shasta county, California, and incidentally mentioned similar damage done by smelters in Butte, Mont. Very promptly upon the publication of this ar- ticle follows an application to Judge Hunt by residents of Silver Bow county in Montana for an injunction against the smelters of Butte, on the ground that their operation is destructive to- the health and property of neighboring residents. It is certainly time that action be taken by executive officers, legislative bodies and courts to put an end to the riding rough shod by manufacturing companies over the rights of the public. It may be assumed that every citi- zen who- owns real estate is entitled to- pure air, pure water and unobstructed light. This principle is suffi- ciently established as regards transportation companies in cities, but in the country where population is sparse the right seems to have been forgotten. Factories run their waste products into streams and pollute them so that they are fit for use neither by man nor beast nor fish. Streams that once furnished a pathway for un- counted multitudes of fish which afforded cheap and wholesome food to the people, are now so tainted by vile stuff sent into them that no fish is ever found in then- waters, and even lower forms of animal life have dis- appeared. There are many signs that the public is slowly awaken- ing to this outrageous state of things, and that the time is not distant when the present license of many manu- facturing companies will be so restrained that they will be obliged to content themselves with a measure of liberty no greater than that possessed by the average citizen. BUFFALO LORE. The disappearance of the buffalo as a wild animal is so recent, and the concern felt in its extermination so keen, as to lend an especial interest to reminiscences of buffalo days, such as have been recently given by Mr. Charles Aubrey. The true story of the foundation of the Pablo-Allard herd, printed in Forest and Stream in the summer of 1902, came, it will be remembered, from Mr. Aubrey’s pen, and was of especial value as being the truth, though a multitude of fictitious stories about that herd have been published. Among the many old timers who reside on the Western plains and among the mountains there yet remains a vast fund of buffalo lore, all of it interesting, and much of it valuable from the point of view of natural history, which ought to be set down. It is only occasionally and bit by bit that fragments of this lore come to light, as in the three contributions from Mr, Aubrey, the last this week. Most interesting from the human standpoint is the wide- spread view among the plains Indians of what had be- come of the buffalo, ]< fom, the days of their earliest tra^ ditions the Indians of the plains had always known buffalo — more than could be counted, often covering the land as far as the eye could reach — and to- the savage mind it was inconceivable that these should have been suddenly swept away. The buffalo had always been their food and it was impossible to imagine a world without buffalo-, which would mean a world without food — ex- termination for their race. Hence, some other explana- tion than extermination must be sought, for extermina- tion was unthinkable. So- the Dakotas believed that the buffalo, wearied by constant pursuit and with their feet worn down and tender from continual running, had re- tired to some distant place to rest; the Blackfeet believed that the malevolent white man had shut up- the buffalo in a cave, whence some time they would escape to re- people the plains. Other tribes cherished similar beliefs. The Blackfoot belief was evidently suggested by an old myth of the tribe which seems to refer to some ancient period of starvation when the buffalo — as sometimes happened — disappeared for a long time, and the people starved. It is greatly to- be desired that persons who remember facts and incidents of the buffalo- days should write out their memories of those times, the details of which are so interesting. FOR A WIDER INFLUENCE. Within the past fifteen years a great change has taken place in public sentiment in the United States as to- the protection of wild creatures, the forest and natural things in general. It is a matter of common belief that a chief factor in bringing about this change has been the Forest and Stream, which has devoted itself in season and out, to showing that such protection is for the public welfare. The good work thus started is still being carried on, but all who are interested in strengthening this sentiment should do everything in their power to assist and hasten forward the movement. This can best be done by putting before the public in- teresting and good literature dealing with the subject. Such literature is Forest and Stream, which is not only interesting in itself but also records the changes in public feeling, the alteration of laws, local and general, the de- cisions of the courts and the views and acts of clubs and associations. The reader is thus kept constantly in touch with the game protective movement in this country, knows what is going on and can judge for himself and act intelligently on any matter that may come up. What the paper is to the outdoor man in relation to the sports which he so greatly enjoys, is too well known to need any extended reference. It is a record of all facts of interest in the nature of competitions, it tells of the shooting, fishing and yachting and other sports that we are enjoying to-day, and of those sports, and scenes of adventure connected with them that were taken part in by people of a generation or more ago. It is a journal that the outdoor man cannot get along without. With a view to extending the circulation of Forest and Stream, and thus forcing forward the movement in favor of the protection of natural things, the publishers are prepared to send out to any present readers coin cards for distribution among his friends interested in outdoor life, which coin cards when returned with a nominal sum of money, will give an opportunity to> take advantage of our short term trial trip subscription. On another page will be found blanks which any reader may fill out and send to us, on receipt of which we will send him without cost coin cards for distribution among his friends. THE NATIONAL PARK ANTELOPE. Early in April, the antelope moved back to- their sum- mer range on the higher ground, after having wintered on the alfalfa flats near the town of Gardiner and just with- in the Park. They have notably increased in number within the past year. In 1904 the average of several counts showed 1,100 antelope ; this year there are between 1,500 and 1. Too, indicating a large increase by births and a small loss from any cause. During the late winter 800 antelope were counted one day on the alfalfa flat near Gardiner, and besides this a number of bands were seen on the hills all about. The usefulness of planting winter food for the antelope . — which was first done by Major Pitcher, the Superin- tendent of the Park, two or three years ago — has thfig keen shown ajgain during the past winter, S90 FOREST AND STREAM [May 20, 1903. Floating Down the Mississippi* With the Cabin Boaters. Dropping around the first bend in the river I was soon out of sight of Helena, and in an hour I was be- yond all sight of things that I had known heretofore, save the yellow torrent. It was a little raw, and rowing was necessary to keep warm; but something of the river indolence had penetrated my bones, so that I could feel the invidious nature of river life. I disliked the idea of a change, and yet I didn’t really care very much. Careless of where I was going, I pulled away with long, slow strokes until about 9 o’clock, when I was startled by a hail close at hand. “Hy there, you!” Forty yards away was a cabin boat drifting with the current, manned by a tall, dark, rather lanky individual with his black hat poised on his head at a most self- confident angle. “Come yere!” he said, and I rowed to his boat, and was invited aboard. “You ain’t the man I thought you was,” he said, “there was a sailor stole a boat from' a friend of mine up to Memphis the other day, an’ I jes’ ’lowed you all was him. Nossir, you ain’t. The feller what stoled the boat was a little feller, dark an’ wiry. You ain’t the man.” Not only had I begun to feel like a river man, but, apparently, I had something of the look of one from the distance of a few yards. “Sit down awhile, hit’s plaguey lonesome floatin’ along with nothing to do. Hit shore is. Who all mout you be?” I told him, and then he said he was John Pierce, and was on his way to Friar’s Point, and that he would be glad of my company for a day or two. I had not floated on a cabin boat previous to this time, and the experience was novel. We sat down inside, with the doors closed, held our hands over the fire, and tried to remember some mutual acquaintances up stream. I thought he was the Pierce whom I heard Mrs. Haney mention as her “husband who used to be,” but I was mistaken, as I learned afterward. I mentioned that I had heard of him up at Memphis, and he ducked his head with a gesture of emphatic glee. It appeared that his glee was due to a' companion he had left at Mem- phis, owing to his incompatibility of temperament with the woman’s ten-year-old boy. Pierce proved a jovial companion. He was sheriff at Carruthersville for a term, and during that time he had occasion to hunt up various characters of local note. One time, he heard that a couple of “good ones” were just above town. There was a reward offered for their capture, which was why they were “good.” With a couple of deputies, Pierce went after them, and found them at home, behind two trees, with repeating rifles against the bark. Pierce had depended on surprise, to effect the capture. His own was painful as he tried to “slab it” behind a tree that was a size too narrow, even for his own thin form. “Picking up hundred dollar rewards ain’t so easy as some might think,” he said. “Some rewards has shoot- ing* irons two-feet long, and they shoot straight. I didn’t depend much on making that sort of easy money after I’d tried hit onct.” A big cowhide was on the roof of the boat, and after we’d eaten a hatful of hickory nuts, Pierce got dinner. From the hold of the boat he took a piece of dark purple beef, and sliced it with a keen butcher knife. He put a spoonful of lard into the frying-pan, and dipped the beef into flour, and then fried it in the lard. I was calloused to lard, so to speak, but I’d much rather have seen the meat broiled, but the odor was delicious. When the meat was cooked, he made condensed milk gravy, which was startling, and finally brought out some of the fluffiest white bread that I’d ever seen. I was ready to eat when the time came, and although each process in getting the meal had been surprising, and a bit distasteful in appearance, that dinner proved a memory that will not soon be forgotten. Mr. Pierce didn’t tell where he got the beef, and one on the river has a feeling of delicacy about asking questions in regard to where things come from, so I can’t say on what the animal fed. But it was un- questionably “out-door beef,” and as cabin boaters are said to sometimes shoot beef that ventures too close to the river bank, this beef may have been acquired by some of Pierce’s friends whom he mentioned having met above Helena a few days before. The cabin boater is a most liberal man when one is on good terms with him. What they get easily, they yield to others almost without a thought of its value, when, such things as meat and game are concerned. As we were dropping down a few miles below Helena, Pierce discovered a flock of wild geese on the east bank, feeding down close to the water. He got out his gun. My double Bi were all in the skiff, and that was on the side toward the birds. However, we loaded up, my gun with No. 4s, and we drifted along ,ten yards from the bank with expectant nerves. The time to shoot came at last, and then we fired four shots. The birds jumped into the air, and away they went to the sana. bar on the opposite side of the stream, where they came down still noisily honking about the affair. Along the bank just above ’Friar’s jPoint y/gre a dead pig and a dead calf, for which Pierce was inclined to hold the target practice of some cabin boater re- sponsible. He said that a favorite way of getting meat on the Arkansas with him was to find some one with hogs running in the cane. He would kill the animals on shares. Once he met a negro up in the swamp country who wanted two big boars killed. Pierce found them and killed both with buckshot. They were big red fellows weighing several hundred pounds apiece. The tusk of one which he gave me measures nearly 8j4in. around the bend. Friar’s Point proved to be a levee town, consisting of a few small buildings, weather beaten and drooping. I remarked that it looked rather sleepy and the response was: “Yas, but you all jes’ orter have seen hit New Years! Lawse! But they was six or seven men gwin’ up an’ down these yere streets, cuttin’ loose with forty-fours, like you couldn’t think. Yassir, hit’s tolable quiet to-day, strangeh, but hit ain’ always so.” Living in a long cabin boat six feet above the ground on post ends was Pierce’s son Tom and Tom’s wife, who is well known on the river as “Kid.” Tom wanted to go down the river with his father, and take a con- tract to build some sbanties at a landing a couple or three days’ floating down stream. This was agreeable to the father, but there was no great hurry. They would drop down if the wind was favorable. I was for starting on, but they said things would be fixed all right, and I’d better stay. As we came to town on Saturday night, we were obliged to remain over Sunday in order to buy some supplies. Just above our mooring place was the ferry, consisting of a gasolene launch that would hold ten or fifteen men. I noted with wonder that the boat was running across with scarcely a wait at the landing, and that as many as twenty or thirty negroes would be waiting for the next trip, when it returned. I watched the boat through my glasses and saw that the passen- gers, when twenty or thirty rods from the bank, would drink from small glasses which the ferryman handed them. That launch was a government-license ferryboat. The passengers paid twenty-five cents for the privilege of crossing in the boat, and they were served with liquor when sixty or more yards from the bank. The ferryman, it was said, cleared fifty to sixty dollars a week, anyhow, and sometimes a hundred dollars. in a day. On Sunday afternoon we carried Tom’s duffle down to Pierce’s boat. It consisted of a couple of trunks, a tintype machine, a box of carpenter tools and nails, a mattress and bedding, a tent and boxes and bottles of chemicals used in the manufacture of “medicine.” Tom and his father are river “hustlers.” They make a large part of their living by selling things on the bank. Pierce said that one could make plenty of money on the river if he had something to sell to the negroes. “I carry electric belts this trip,” he said. “Look here!” With that he brought out a box nine inches long, containing a gorgeous red flannel belt, with two zinc shields the size of a pound baking powder can top at each end of the flannel. The flannel was folded and inside was a copper chain, the links connected by iron wire, and each end hooking into the backs of the zinc. “Look at that!” said Mr. Pierce, “Wouldn’t that jes’ make a nigger bat his eyes? They cost a dollar a dozen — eight and a third cents apiece. Now, I sell them for a dollar each, or trade for something I can sell. I like something I can make ninety per cent, profit on like I do on them belts. But if I can’t sell belts, look a-here!” With that he brought out some lamp mats, the most gorgeous I had ever seen. A mat was just a bit of circular blue or red cloth, with a lot of long yellow, blue, green or white cotton fibers fastened around the edges. “They ain’t so. much profit on these,” Mr. Pierce said, “but I can sell ’em for a couple of hens apiece any day, and hens is worth thirty cents each. I pay ten cents for them. If you can talk you can sell things along this old yellow gut, that’s what you can. I tell you a good line to carry. Bible pictures sells brilliant. You take a big red, yellow and blue picture now, of angels wel- coming a nigger to heaven, and it ’ll sell down here like giving away whiskey. There’s a feller up in Kaintuck what’s copyrighted a picture like that, an’ he’s gettin’ rich like mud on a sandbar. He sells ’em fer about ten cents, an’ we sells ’em down here for four bits — five times as much as we gives. That’s business, ain’t hit? We’re here for business, that’s what we are.” Pierce had something to say on most topics known to the river. Particularly he shone in gun plays that he described. “It’s never been necessary for me to kill anybody,” he remarked casually one day, “but I been where I thought I’d have to some — yes, jes’ about some an’ a half, I should say. One time, before my wife died — that was in ’92 — I was riclin’ along with her in a buggy and we come to a mud hole, one of them wide, deep, slimy alligator mud holes. Met a feller from Texas right thar. He was a bad man, claimed to be, and ’lowed around that he’d killed nine men. He had a wagon, an’ I pulled around tryin’ to keep out of the mud hole, an’ the Texan, he jes said, ‘You alls the fustest man I ever seen what wouldn’t give a wagon the road to a buggy.’ He-e. You know, I had my gun, a .45, right down on the seat beside me whar I ^llug carried hit when I went ridin’ into a buggy. Fore he knowed hit, I had him kivered. Yasseh! Plumb kivered, an’, well, you know, that bad Texan, he jes’ knowed he had to ’pologize, an’ he done hit, he shore did.” On Monday morning we went up-town and bought supplies. Condensed milk, flour, a few potatoes, a large piece of lard, and some baker’s bread, were among the things we purchased. The total came to $2.30. Everything was expensive. Prices are far above normal back country prices, particularly vegetables of all sorts. Having carried these things down to the boat, the lines were cast off and a few strokes of the oars drove us into the current, and by noon we were drop- ping down the river. The boat was crowded. There were four persons on board, with two rooms at their disposal. The craft was 30ft. long, by 9ft. wide. There were five trunks, a bed, a stove, several boxes and chairs, and a table on board. Like all cabin boats, this one was well lighted. Four large windows were in the sides, and the two doors, one at each end, as- sured ample ventilation, for the cabin boater “has to go outdoors every time he wants to turn around,” as they say on the river. It was particularly true of the cabin boat we were on. There was a plenty of talk and singing on board. Mrs. Pierce was a small woman, perhaps twenty-one years of age. She ran away from home when a young girl, and had lived "on the river in preference to a home life that meant drugery in the factories. She was happy with Tom, and he with her. Her songs were not all printable for a variety of reasons, but they were not improper from the river point of view. One runs: “Oh, honey babe, Ah’m out of down. Oh, honey babe, Ah’m out of down, Ah’m gwine to catch the Old Kate when she comes down, Ah’m gwine to catch the Old Kate when she comes down, Oh, honey, when I hear that Old Kate blow, Blow like she never blowed befoh. Ah know she’ll carry me away, ’Way down South, whar de ’gators play. Oh, farewell, honey babe, Ah’m gwine away, Ah’m all adrift, Ah’m doomed to stay Ahway, Ahway, The song was pathetic, under the circumstances. Many of the river songs are exceedingly touching on account of the impression they give of the people who drift through their lives as snags and other flotsam on the river. The analogies between the river debris and the river people are many, and close. One of them is shown in the expression “we hung up in Helena a couple of days.” The drift “hangs up” on the sandbars. Another is: “The tide come and took me down to Vicksburg,” meaning he got work on a boat, or raft. He was like the drift a flood takes down stream, per- haps to some sandbar, or to a drift pile in the overflow. The weather was rather cold, but the little stove, which used 14-inch wood, gave out a great heat. The wood burned was choice drift stuff. Pierce prefered pine for fire-wood. He had an armful of cedar for kind- ling. Toward night, when we were watching the bank for a little harbor, he remarked on the sticks and timber which he could see. “There’s a good one, but they ain’t no landing here. I bet that big timber there’s yellow pine; but that bank ain’t no good. There’s a pile of drift; I guess we could land there, but it looks better down toward the point.” We finally ran into a pocket which was sheltered from the current by a point of hard pan, and from the wind by the bank and a mass of branches, save toward the west. On this side the wind had a clear sweep, but the waves would be broken by the swirl of a long eddy. As much care was taken in choosing the tying in place as in selecting a site for a camp. Much depends on the choice. Later on, just above Vicksburg, I had an experience indicating why care should be taken. We cut wood, and put nearly half a cord on the boat, which seemed already fully laden. It was a pleasant night, dark and cloudy. Pierce wanted to go to a little lake half a mile or so from the river, to which a blazed trail led, and we went. He had a two-torch lamp on his head, and I followed him along the trail. We didn’t find the lake, however, nor did we see any coons, although we did see plenty of trees up which coons had been climbing recently, judging by the claw marks. One frightful thing was seen. It was a hole in the ground about two. feet in diameter, and fifteen feet deep. The overflow of, the river had left a deposit of mud around the tree which died in time. The core of the tree rotted out, but the thin outside shell remained to keep the dirt from i slumping into the cavity. Fancy the fate of a man who happened to fall into, one of these places! It has happened, and very likely some of the mysterious dis- : appearances recorded in the bottom lands were due to plunging head first into a hollow tree, and drowning in the water at the bottom. With a view to traffic, Pierce took a walk through the woods to the levee on the next day, there being too much wind for floating. The levee was nearly half a mile distant, and beyond it was as dense a forest as the one before it. Down a way was a small steam saw- mill, and a boy gave Pierce an idea of what the people would do as regards electric belts, saying some of them had pains. Pierce went back to the boat, and later Tom L visited thp mill anti so|4 ft belt or two, While wa§ May so, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 891 away, the rest of us ate hickory nuts, gathered a few miles from Columbus, Kentucky, on the river bank. They were nearly as large as hen’s eggs, with meats like good walnuts. They were a part of every day’s fare. Breakfast came at about 7 o’clock, hickory nuts at n, dinner at 2 P. M., and supper at dark. “About all a man has to do on the river when he’s tied in is eat, Pierce remarked. Between meals our, pockets were filled with pecan nuts, which were nibbled in the in- tervals of abstraction. Pierce was a good hunter, and he killed half a dozen ducks in the two days the wind held us to the bank at the first stopping. These birds were baked in delicious fashion, and served with biscuits and condensed milk and flour gravy. “The right kind of a river man never gets hungry,” Pierce said. Considerable experience with the river people tended to confirm this. There were three dogs on the boat belonging to the woman. One was a shaggy, scowling little beast, and the other two were pups of small size and playful natures. Fortunately, all three were little ones, else the place had been crowded with dogs. As it was, the strangled yelp of a down-trodden purp was heard at frequent intervals. Pierce remarked in an aside one day: “I ’low there’ll be an accident on this yere boat some day, with them pups figurin’ eminent into hit.” My note book, a 9 by 14 inch store record blank book, was a source of much interest to the river folk.. , Pierce remarked admiringly one day: “Say, Spears, it’d take a Philadelphia lawyer to read them writings, now, wouldn’t it?” I allowed it would, and felt duly thank- ful for the fact. My studies of river life were written “by hand,” while general notes I made on my. type- writer on thin paper, and inserted them, according to the dates. I was reasonably sure that the inexperienced would be unable to read my pen-made observations, and took some long chances in order to preserve my facts. The river winds are fairly regular in their periods. There is likely to be a couple days of dead calm, and then a day of faint, shifting breezes. Then for two or three days the wind grows stronger and stronger all day long, starting at 10 o’clock the first morning, 8 or 9 o’clock the second, and so on for three or four days, when a hard gale winds up in rain or sleet, and cold, followed by delightful sunshiny calm once more. One of Pierce’s stories was of an acquaintance of his. Pierce is an agent for the Blake brothers, medicine manufacturers, who do their business from cabin boats almost exclusively. They have a large number of cus- tomers on the bank, too, the varieties of Chickasaw medicines being sold at many plantation commissaries. There being a good deal of money in the medicine business, it is followed by all kinds of rascals on the river, as well as by legitimate dealers. One of the rascals, the acquaintance mentioned, came to Pierce’s boat one night after dark, when he was tied in just above the mouth of the Red River. Pierce told of him: “He acted kind of nervous and flippy, and there was considerable mud round his pants legs, and he was kind of sweaty when he come aboard, but knowing him as I did, I didn’t think nothing about it for some time, though it wa’n’t jes’ natural to drap down to me in a pointed skift, at 8 o’clock of a night. Fust thing I knowed I hearn some boats a-crossing the river about half a mile up stream. They was jes’ a clickin’ the oars an’ they had a couple dogs on board what yelped con- siderable. Once in a while they’d strike a match an’ some had headlights. The voices I heard were niggers by the sound of ’em. I said to the man, ‘Seems like they’re runnin’ a whiskey ferry up thataway.’ Lawse! he jumped a foot into the air an’ turned a pale yeller-white. I knowed somethin’ wa’n’t right, so I tole him to spit hit out. He done it. He’d been sellin’ medicine up in the plantation quarters, an’ had run out of belly wash, so he mixed up some liniment an’ sold that fur internal use. Well, they, was a woman thar who wa’n’t very strong, an’ the medicine killed her that night, an’ next mornin’ a baby died, an’ toward night quite a number was took bad. He was a durned fool. He’d stayed around two days too long. Well, them niggers was jes’ a-rippin’ an’ they knowed nothing would be said if they took after a medicine peddler, so they was after the man what had come to me. Hum-m, course, when I hearn that, I jest cut loose an’ drapped down stream a ways, with no lights burnin’. I ain’t the kind of a man to sit around while niggers is stringing up a white man, you bet I ain’t.” Stories, songs, remarks and planning as to the future were the rainy-day pastimes on the cabin boat. A Steele’s geology was on board, also some novels and several almanacs, which were consulted, but not be- lieved in. Some local papers of a few weeks’ age were also read, but they were not full of news. One para- graph told of a murder a few miles away, speaking of it as an “unfortunate fatality.” Days of rain were suc- ceeded by “good floating,” and we dropped along down stream. At Allison’s landing half a dozen negroes hailed to know if we had any fish. “Lots of ’em!” answered Pierce. “We’re going to tie in just below!” The negroes came down the bank, following the boat. They were still following when a bend intervened half a mile down stream. “That’s the way we rig the niggers,” Pierce remarked. ” A mile down stream a sharp wind suddenly sprang up and drove the boat into a caving bank, in spite of hard rowing with the sweeps. The current carried us against the head of a raft of logs which a drifter had caught. We shoved around it and dropped into an eddy just below, where we rode a pretty swift little gale of wind that lasted three or four hours. “Did you git scared, Kid?” Tom asked his wife. “Humph!” she exclaimed. “’Twa’n’t the firs’ time I been ketched up into a gale.” By 2 o’clock the wind lay, and we dropped on down, Pierce remarking: “You got to take the wind as she comes, and crawl down stream between storms — hit’s the only way.” A lake a mile back from shore, a few miles further down, of which they knew, tempted Tom to try for some ducks. He went back and the rest of us ate pecans, the woman reading “The Hidden Hand,” a novel. Another storm came on, this one a drizzly rain. Pierce thought it looked as though the winter had set in — Jan. 23 the day was. When Tom returned from his hunt he said it “looked like some business back in the country.” He went back with his grip full of belts and mats and Chickasaw medicines. On his return he remarked: “I did $2 worth of business.’’ He had been gone two hours. Pierce had been to Florida in his time, and said, “I might have made a young fortune right there. They were a man who had a whole orchard full of lemon trees. Told me I could have all I wanted of them — two, three car-loads. But I didn’t know what to do with them.” Three days later, when he reached Evansville, 111., he found lemons selling at $7 a crate of 100 each. Other opportunities had come to Pierce, and lie had gained on some of them. His readiness was indicated by the fact that he and his son were looking for the job of building some quarters for negroes, having as a carpenter outfit one plane, a hammer, a saw, and a square, “I can’t use but one plane to a time!” Pierce said. Finding this landing a good place to sell stuff, the two dressed up in outfits that included new clothes and celluloid collars, and made ready to go trading. I crossed the river to try for a flock of wild geese, at the head of a sandbar. I needed a rifle, for when I was still a hundred yards from the birds, I found a wide, level surface of sand intervening between us. I watched them, in hopes they’d walk my way, but they did not. A shot at a flock of passing ducks started the big birds. When I returned I found the two men taking six dozen eggs out of their grips, while two old hens and a rooster flapped on the floor. “They jes’ had to have them belts!” Pierce remarked with a chuckle, “and we tuck the chicks to accommodate them.” “The way I sells is this,” he continued: “If he’s a pretty wise looking nigger, I tell him I’m handling electrical goods; but if he ain’t, I jes’ say I’ve got electric belts. If he’s feeling the least bit out of order, I’ll sell him one. I got that hunk of pork, too,” he said, pointing to a slab of six pounds weight on the table which I hadn’t noticed. Most remarkable of the goods that Pierce carried was a pill bottle “electric battery.” It consisted of a piece of corn pith through which a bit of copper wire was thrust. A tiny wad of cotton, a cork and a drop of chemical with a scent so strong that a whiff of it brought tears to my eyes, was the “battery.” I don’t know what the drug was, but it’s odor passed for electricity with the negroes, and the bottles were sold at from fifty cents to a dollar each, according to the purse of the purchaser. “The only kind of real rascality I ever did,” Pierce said, “was to pass counterfeits what I’d got stuck on.” We were looking for Burke’s landing, where the con- tract of putting up cabins was supposed to be. We came to an island, No. 63, I believe, on which a saw mill had been erected. Tom and his wife went visiting there, expecting to see some friends who came down the river ahead of them. Pierce and I continued on down the chute and tied in at a landing, where some negroes asked who we were. Pierce explained that he was selling electrical goods, and invited them down. They didn’t come down just then, and Pierce told about how mean the bank people were sometimes, “But they don’t bother me, and I don’t bother them,” he ex- claimed. Then five negroes appeared. Pierce called them “gentlemen,” set out chairs for them, and was as polite as possible. He explained how to make the electricity by holding the copper links of the belt folded in the hand till it was warm. Then put it on. The wife of one of the visitors was subject to pains, and this visitor borrowed a dollar with which to purchase one of the infallible belts. On his departure, Pierce grinned. “Isn’t that the way to talk to them?” Five minutes later a smooth-shaven, deep sunken- eyed young man appeared at the top of the bank forty feet away. “You all move out of yere, don’t you all stay yere to-night !” Pierce invited him to come down, and then said he would go. For fifteen minutes he scanned the chute up stream, and said he wished Tom would come. The negro who had purchased the belt then appeared. “The boss says he all ’lows this yere ain’ no good,” the negro said, “an’ I wants my money back.” Pierce wet his lips, and I wondered what was going to happen. The demand for the return of the money evidently was entirely against Pierce’s principles of doing busi- ness. He looked at the negro to whom he had sold the electric belt, and then he took a look at the top of the bank. A few yards down stream was the head of a darky scrutinizing the cabin boat. Sight of him decided Pierce, and he handed the dollar back. “You all oughtn’t to buy if you don’ intend to keep,” he remarked. The negro returned the belt, and "took the coin. When he was gone, Pierce said: “I’d ought to pulled out right away, an’ I’d done hit if Tom had been here.” He cast anxious glances at the bank from time to time, and studied the current in the chute. “That cur- rent’s so plaguey swift out there I don’t reckon we could cross to the island. I don’t ’low we’d better stay yere much longer, though. Them bank fellers is pretty bad. They’ve got us foul yere an’ if we staid to-night they’d shore fill this boat full of lead, they shore would. I reckon we can make yon island — if we can’t, Tom can find us down below somewheres, if he don’t start too late.” With that he cast the lines from the bank and, giving the boat a shove, he jumped aboard and in a few minutes we were making our way diagonally across the chute. The current was not so bad as Pierce feared, for it eddied near the foot of the island, and did not carry us past. Tied to some willows, we awaited the coming of Tom and his wife. An hour later they came down the chute, and Tom laughed aloud at Pierce’s description of the sale and refund. We dropped down to a place just above Modoc landing, where we tied in again, but Mr. Pierce did not recover his jovial spirits for some time thereafter. He was inclined to take a more cheerful view of the affair on the following day. “He’s ashamed of himself now,” he remarked. “I treated him so nice and polite.” It was his opinion that the reason why so much ob- jection is offered to river medicine and other peddlers by the plantation owners is because the plantation men want all the trade to come to the commissaries* To the remark which the plantation owners make about river goods to the effect that, “they’re no account,” the river man frequently argues, “the stuff the robissaries sell ain’t no better, and why shouldn’t we have a share in the niggers’ money?” While we were talking to some visitors from other cabin boats, a covered gasolene came in. All hands went up on the bank to greet the newcomers. There were several on the gasolene, but only one showed his face — and only half of that from behind the canvas curtain. He wanted to know what landing that was, and if there was any news from up the river. Learning that it was Modoc, and that “nothing doing” was the news item, the gasolene backed out and shot away down stream, while the river men on the bank exchanged significant glances. One class of river pirates travel in small launches, and do a lot of thievery, trusting to the speed of the propeller to take them clear of the local police authorities. Asking Tom what was the usual river law, as regards the cabin boaters, he reached for a big revolver in a trunk nearby and patted it: “This is law!” he said. One curious story was told by the Pierces. They, were tied in at Lake Palmyra, just below- Vicksburg, with another river character called Huffman. Huffman was in a 6 x 10 boat, covered by a combination of rags and planks. With Huffman was his wife and a boy of ten years. Nearby was one Hogan, whose wife, known as Ruby, was with him. This couple were in a boat similar to the one occupied by the Huffmans. Ruby and her husband had a falling out, and she vowed to leave him, upon hearing which, Huffman went to Hogan and a bargain was struck of a sort known to the annals of the river as “wife swapping.” Huffman said he was a poor man, but he could afford to give $2.50 for Ruby. • Hogan said, “She’s going anyhow, so here’s where I get some plunks,” and he accepted the offer. That night, while he was playing the card game of hearts on the Pierce boat, Ruby appeared with the money, and said: “Here, I leave you now.” He took the money, and the woman departed. “Do you know,” Pierce said, “Huffman had two women now, so he comes up and offers me his old one. Humph! He went away with the both of ’em and the boy onto his boat, and he had to tote his old wife mighty nigh to Lake Providence ’fore he could find a husband for her, then Ruby up and left him, and he didn’t have anybody.” Up in Scott county, Mo., a similar transaction was made, only in this instance the consideration was a side of bacon given with his wife in exchange for another woman whose worth was enough more to make up for the other one’s lack of good qualities. I use the word “wife” advisedly. A few years ago Indians engaged in just such transactions as those de- scribed in the same region. One could hardly call some of the river people “immoral,” they are simply with- out the moral sense. One sees wedding certificates in many cabin boats. In some instances, the original names of the contracting parties have both been scratched out, and others substituted, and it takes an ex-sheriff to see the absurdity of the act. Raymond S. Spears. Memories of the Buffalo Range. IIL — The Last of the Plains Buffalo. Year after year the trade went on, the Indians bring- ing in each season a certain number of dressed robes, and from time to time a little other fur. Hostiles fresh from fights with the troops would occasionally come in to trade, sometimes running away to Canada, at others merely joining a camp of people who were supposed to be friendly. I heard of one Indian who had a gold watch reported to havl been Gen. Custer’s, or, at all events, to have been taken on that battlefield, and I tried to get it, but the Indian was afraid to show him- self or the watch to me. As time went on I kept careful account of the action and movements of the buffalo, the skins of which formed the bulk of the trade. A new problem presented itself when the skin hunters began to come into Montana in large numbers from Smoky Hill, Kansas, country with their heavy guns and ammunition as killers of the buffalo. From conversation with the leaders of the bands of hunters, I found that they had been killing the buffalo for his hide in the south, and after ex- terminating the southern herd, they could not give up the northern herd, whose numbers it was apparent to any careful observer were already fast decreasing. Driving about from camp to camp I had noticed with real regret the merciless slaughter of the great game by the hide hunter. I had been on the frontier since my boyhood days, and it always appeared to me that the buffalo was the noblest game that man was ever blessed with. I re- member a time when the pioneer settlers living in Sun River Valley and the northern part of Montana were eaten out by grasshoppers, their crops being entirely destroyed. When there seemed nothing left for them but to starve, they abandoned the ranches, took their tents and went to the buffalo range and lived during the winter upon the buffalo, getting together enough hides by the Indian mode of hunting— running them on horse- back— to enable them to buy seed in the spring and again to plant their crops. In so many ways had I seen that great game so beneficial to the people of the frontier, where they were hunted in a sane manner, that I had always felt as though I would like to do something to assist in their protection. Now, when the army of buffalo hunters from the southern country came into Montana, I concluded that I would call on the military and appeal to them to see if something could not be done to prevent the extermination. For this purpose I made a trip to Fort Buford to consult with the army officers and appeal to them to see if a means could not be found to stop the hide hunter. After I had carefully gone over the matter with the commanding officer there, he very abruptly informed me that the buffalo was the commissary of the Indian, and he believed that the only way that was open to 392 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 20, 1905. the army in which to settle the Indian question, was to kill off the Indian’s commissary. To me this was very disappointing, as I had somewhat relied on him as an old friend to take my view of the matter. It tlnrn first came to my mind like a flash that the Indian’s wild life on the plains was near its end. Heretofore I had not heartily entered into the purchasing of buffalo hides from the skin hunter, but after reviewing the situation as a matter of trade, I felt it my duty to my firm to use every legitimate means at my command to further their interests, and to buy all the hides that I could. As time passed, close observation led me to believe that the limit to the buffalo’s, existence might be reached at any time, and for the benefit of the future I thought that I would invest in some buffalo calves, if I could get any gathered and delivered to me. In the spring of 1883 I entered into a contract with an old Red River hunter by the name of Gabriel D’lsraeli to deliver one hundred head of buffalo calves at any point upon the Missouri River where a steam- boat could land on the down trip, which I would in- struct the captain to take from him and deliver to me at Wolf Point, that being my headquarters. The con- tract price was $6 a head delivered on board the boat. The old man and his boys were good horsemen, and after carefully talking over the matter of the handling of the buffalo calves after they were captured so as to prevent loss and injury, and hearing my conditions, they quickly entered into the contract. The first delivery they made was of seven head to the steamer Helena, commanded by Captain Joe Flecto. Joe being quite a lover of buffalo himself, as are all French Canadians, was greatly pleased to deliver me the first buffalo under my contract. The calves when they reached Wolf Point were still pretty frisky and wild, and one jumped off the gang plank and, hanging over the boat, broke his back against the bank. Taking the rest home, I put them with the milch cows in the corral. They did not greatly like their new comrades and went to hooking and fighting them, and I had to take them out. However, they gradually became used to the cows, and I em- ployed a herder to herd them with the cows. In order to distinguish them from the wild buffalo, I tied a piece of red flannel about the neck of each. The herder remained with them all day, and came back with them in the evening. One day, however, he proved careless in his work, and left the bunch, and some northern Cree Indians coming in from the far north and finding my buffalo calves, killed three of them. Various accidents happened to the rest, by which I lost them all. In the meantime Mr. D’lsraeli came in and informed me that the buffalo were all leaving the country. Upon inquiry I found that instead of making their usual mi- gration to the north, where they would perhaps have received the protection of the Canadian government, in much the same manner as Sitting Bull and his people had received protection from the Canadian of- ficials, they had gone south. This was suicide for the buffalo, for on the west end of that herd of buffalo were some 1,500 families of Red River half-breeds; and along the Missouri River were the Sioux Indians, and on the south there must have been 1,500 white men directly or indirectly engaged in the slaughter of the buffalo. The white buffalo hunter was a picked man among all the game hunters of the West. The manner of hunting the buffalo was not by the usual method of the frontier hunters. _ To the wonder and surprise of all the Indians who inhabited that part of the country and of the Red River half-breeds who were perhaps the best horseback hunters of the frontier, it was now found that the white hunter far excelled them by going out on foot and hunting the buffalo. The cartridges that he used carried each 120 grains of powder, and his gun, weighing as much as the average crowbar, was a very formidable weapon. The expert buffalo hunter taking the lead of his party cautiously approached the buffalo when lying down or feeding, and killed the leader with perhaps the first shot at a range of any- where from 800 to 1,200 yards. If the buffalo were bedded down, the next one that rose and acted as a leader was shot down. The buffalo finally became so confused that they made no attempt to get away, and ultimately the whole bunch, numbering anywhere" from 20 to 80 head, would be wiped out at one killing, pro- vided the buffalo hunters’ cartridges did not give out. As soon as the slaughter was complete, the hunter would signal to his companions to come up and skin them. An expert buffalo hunter was followed by from three to five skinners. The manner of skinning the buffalo was peculiar. They rarely took the head part, but cut off the hide close to the shoulder, making a so-called short-trimmed hide, and skinning up the legs, attached a horse to the hide and pulled it off. It was then, for the present, simply left spread out on the ground to freeze. When the weather was very cold only enough were killed so that the skinners could take the hides off, for when the body was frozen it was very difficult to skin. Nothing escaped the hide hunter’s gun. The old buffalo, the cows, yearlings and the calves were all slaughtered alike. The buffalo being so hard pressed — so completely surrounded by the white men on the south, the Red River half-breeds on the west and the Sioux nation on the north, with a continuous line of Indians along the Missouri River on the northeast side — had no place to rest. They were driven from their usual trails, or road of migration, as it were, to the north end and ap- peared completely lost and bewildered. The pursuit was kept up day. after day, and getting no rest they were crowded and driven and pushed south to the Standing Rock Agency, which at that time was under the charge of Major McLaughlin. He made several seizures of the white hunters and their outfits for trespassing on his reservation in their pursuits of buffalo. Finally on the Cannonball River, on the border land of Dakota, the buffalo, like the Sioux, made their last stand, and the Indian hunters, eager to get meat for their families and thinking that this would be the last of the buffalo, made the most of it. The white hunter was fully im- pressed with the same idea, and did the same. It soon became apparent to every one that the buf- falo was no more; but this idea dawned very slowly on the mind of the Indian. He could not give up the belief that they were merely gone on a visit somewhere and would return again. When I became fully aware of the situation and had made up my mind as to the future welfare of the Indian and those engaged in trade with them, I had a talk with the Sioux, at which council were present among others Skin of the Heart, Long Tree, Stabs in Plenty, Yellow Moon, Big Snake, Running Elk, Red Stone, The Skunk, Red Dog and Two Bellies. I thought it was due to them to explain the condition in which they found themselves and their families; and to try and show to them that their occupation as hunters was now gone, and to impress upon them the necessity of looking out for some other avocation for the future. After a long talk, in which I explained the situation- — for the prairie Indian lived almost wholly upon the buffalo — Skin of the Heart arose and in a very impressive manner asked his people to listen to and consider what I had said. After he had said a few words — for he was not much of a talker— Long Tree, who was quite an orator, arose in his turn to speak. Fie told his people, that while my story looked plausible, it was his firm belief which all. the Indian people shared that the buffalo had merely gone away to a distant land, possibly to the far north, in the country where the Old Man lived and roamed; that at the next Medicine Lodge, which he and his people would hold, they would take offerings of horses and other property of value to the Great Spirit to inter- cede for them and induce the buffalo to come back again; that while many things were possible to the white man, it was not possible that he could have killed all the buffalo; that he didn’t doubt that the buffalo in their anger at being so hotly pursued and continually hunted had gone to the Old Man’s country and dis- appeared in a great hole that he tried to describe to them. “They are tired,” he said, “with much running. They have had no rest. They have been chased and chased over the rocks and grave of the prairie and their feet are sore, worn down, like those of a tender- footed horse. When the buffalo have rested and their feet have grown out again, they will return to us in larger numbers, stronger, with better robes and fatter than they ever were.” As time went on, the older and thinking Indians, such as Red Stone and Skin of the Heart, came to realize the actual conditions, and to see that their offers of gifts to the Old Man were not inducements enough to bring the buffalo back to them. They came to me and again asked me my opinion, and if I still held to what I told them. I could only tell that they had seen that what I said to them had come true, for I had seen them day after day eat their horses and their dogs to keep themselves and their children from starving. If the Old Man and the buffalo loved them, as Long Tree haid said, they would not have left them to suffer as long as this. I now desired to wind up the affairs of the company I was engaged with, for I had considered the matter and could see no reason to remain in the trade with the Indians, for they had nothing to trade. I therefore explained to them that there was now nothing for them to do and so no inducement for me to remain, for their occupation as hunters was forever gone. Then Skin of the Heart begged me to remain with them, telling me that his tribe would give me a selection of any land that I might want to take — embracing land not by the acre, but by the mile in extent — if I would remain and help them to earn a living in their new way. I thanked them cordially for their good will and for their offer, but informed them that my family and myself had come from the mountains, and that we desired to return to them, where I had spent the better part of my life. When they found that I would not recede from my position, Red Stone arose and briefly addressed his people and saying: “When this white man came here I called him the Trader Chief; I have tried to persuade him to stay with us and help us, for he has been a good man for me and my people, but he is going away. When he goes, what shall we do? We will starve.” Chas. Aubrey. Browning, Mont. The May Wild Flowers* — II. BY clarence m. weed. Perhaps no flower is more truly a universal favorite than is the Violet. It is one of the first blossoms of spring and continues in bloom through the golden weeks of that happy season. In its various species it is widely distributed over the surface of the earth, and for a long period it has been cultivated by florists and gardeners. Yet with the exception of the double sorts, it has lost little of its charm through cultivation. Its colors are modest and pleasing, its odor delightful, and its form is charming. So it is not strange that all who care for flowers have a special liking for the Violets. In America we are especially fortunate in the abun- dance and variety of our wild Violets. Scores of species are found throughout the greater part of the United States and Canada, occurring in all sorts of situations and often carpeting the fields with their blossoms. In general the type of flower structure is the same in all and may readily be understood from the accompanying engraving. On the outside, at the base of the flower, are the small green sepals w hich, when spoken of together, are called the calyx. These sepals cover the blossom when it is a bud. The chief showy part of the flower is made up of the five irregular petals, which taken together form the corolla. Within the bases of the petals are the curiously joined stamens which develop the pollen of the flower. Each of the two lower stamens has projecting from its back end a large nectary which produces nectar that drops into the nectar spur formed by the projecting end of the lower petal. In the middle of the united stamens is the seed-producing pistil, which has on the outer end, projecting beyond the stamens, the stigma adapted to receive the pollen that fertilizes the ovules. This whole complicated structure of the Violet serves admirably to bring about the cross-pollination of the flowers by means of many species of small bees that visit the blossoms for nectar and pollen. Many of these bees alight head downward upon the flowers, the curious hairs of the so-called bearded Violets serving to give them a foothold in this somewhat precarious position. In addition to these showy flowers many species of Violets produce at the surface of the ground another set of flowers which never receive the visits of insects but which develop great numbers of seeds. These so-called closed flowers have received a great deal of attention from botanists, one of Darwin’s most interesting books being entitled “Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species.” It is generally believed that the plant derives an advantage from having the closed flowers to produce an abundance of seed and the showy flowers to bring about occasional cross-pollination. The easiest classification of our Violets is by the color of the flowers, although this has little botanical signifi- cance. The next easiest is by the mode of growth — whether it is a stemless or a stemmed species. In the former the leaves and flowers are borne on stalks that seem to rise from the crown of the plant; in the latter the leaves and flower stalks arise from branches that ex- tend upward from the crown. The third point of separa- tion is the presence or absence of a fringe of hairs to- ward the base of the petals; these are present in the so- called bearded Violets and absent in the beardless ones. The Sweet White Violet is one of the most attractive species. It belongs to the group of stemless Violets and is found in moist situations over a wide range of terri- tory. The smooth and shiny leaves and delicate odor are distinctive characteristics of this plant, which is al- most certain to occur along slowly running brooks or the margins of swamps. The Kidney-leaved Violet is a somewhat similar species found in the Northern States. It is distinguished by its hairy leaves and stems. The Lance-leaved Violet is at once recognized by the lance-like leaves that accompany the white flowers. It is found throughout the greater part of the United States. The only other common white sort is the Primrose-leaved Violet which has oval or ovate leaves. There are three Yellow Violets which the amateur flower lover may hope to find. The Round-leaved Yellow Violet is a stemless sort that is very readily distinguished, while the Hairy or Downy Yelloy Violet is a stemmed species which is common over a wide area. The Smooth- ish Yellow Violet, also a stemmed species, is much less abundant. When we pass to the Blue Violet their name is legion. And the botanists have been subdividing species to such an extent lately that one can only keep up with them by subscribing for the botanical magazines. The latest books are far behind the times. Fortunately, however, we can appreciate the flowers in ignorance of the latest dictum of the scientist concerning its specific standing. And we can follow Gray and the more conservative folk in broad distinctions which answer our purpose very well. Among the stemless blue sorts the Bird’s Foot Violet is one of the most interesting and attractive species. The name is derived from the lobes of the divided leaf which are suggestive of a bird’s foot. On rocky hillsides this species is often very abundant. Another violet which has received an appropriate com- mon name is the Arrow-leaved Violet. In many parts of the country this is an abundant species in wet meadows and along the borders of marshes.. It is somewhat simi- lar to the Ovate-leaved Violet which grows in drier situa- tions and has shorter petioles, the flower stalks being as long as the leaf and its petiole. Both of these species belong to the group of stemless bearded Violets of which perhaps the most generally abundant form is the common Blue Violet, often called the Meadow Violet. It is found abundantly in a great variety of situations, especially where there is considerable moisture. In dry woods the Early Blue Violet occurs very generally. The first spring leaves of this form are likely to be heart-shaped resemb- ling those of the Meadow Violet, but the later leaves have their margins divided into many lobes, on this account the species is often called the Palmate-leaved Violet. The flowers of the stemmed Blue Violets are generally smaller and less attractive than those of the stemless spe- cies. The Canada Violet and the American Dog Violet are two of the most abundant forms in this group. The May 20, 1905.3 FOREST AND STREAM 398 Long-spurred Violet is less common but is of especial in- trest on account of the shape of the blossoms, each of which has a remarkably long nectar spur projecting back- ward from the flowers. I know of few families of wild flowers the study of which is more likely to be of fascinating interest than that of the Violets. In every locality many species grow, so that one can find near at hand abundance of material for beginning the study. The plants are easily trans- planted to the wild garden, and most of the species may be purchased of dealers in wild flowering plants, so that one could very easily develop a living collection of many sorts. In addition to the Violets the later weeks in May bring forth a host of beautiful blossoms. Over a wide range the May Apple or Wild Mandrake is known to every one on account of the curious umbrella-like leaves and the good-sized white flower nodding from the fork between them. Apparently no nectar is present and the flower seems to be seldom visited by insects. Another conspicuous flower of the late spring season is the Golden Ragwort, which grows in great abundance in wet meadows and along small streams. It is a com- posite blossom, the ray florets being clear yellow and the central florets orange yellow. The flowers have a distinct and rather pleasing odor. The Wood Betony, Pedicularis lousewort, or Beef- steak plant, as it is variously known, is a low-growing plant, generally found in rather dry fields, with its blos- soms in compact heads. The flowers are bent at the outer ends and so arranged in spirals that when a bum- ble bee alights upon the lowest blossom it can easily and rapidly visit them all. The structure of the flower renders cross-pollination by such visitors almost certain. “Farmers once believed that after their sheep fed on the foliage of this group of plants,” writes Neltje Blanchan, BUNCH-BERRY. “a skin disease, produced by a certain tiny louse ( Pedi - cuius), would attack them — hence our innocent Betony’s repellant name of Lousewort.” Along the banks of your favorite trout streams you are likely to find those beds of Fringed Polygalas which John Burroughs has so aptly said looked like a flock of rose-colored butterflies resting after flight. These are not, however, especially adapted to pollination by butter- flies, being instead especially adapted to bees. By a little watching you can easily see one of the large queen bumble-bees which are abroad during these May days alight upon the mass of fringe at the end of the flower and insert her tongue between the petals to suck up the nectar. In so doing she depresses the keel and uncov- ers the anthers and stigma, thus bringing about the trans- fer of pollen from blossom to blossom. In addition to these large showy flowers this Polygala develops great numbers of inconspicuous whitish blossoms, hidden at the surface of the ground. These are the so-called closed flowers, which nevertheless produce seed in abundance. Every fisherman must have come across the beautiful little blossoms of the Twin .Flower or Linnaea. In their structure these blossoms are of decided interest. If you will look at the inside of the corolla, you will find it filled with hairs projecting horizontally, while on the outside of the flower stalk and the calyx you will find great numbers of grandular hairs with viscid tips. These are evidently devices for preventing nectar robbery by ants and other wingless insects. Not far from the fragrant beds of Linnaea you are like- ly to find great numbers of the curious flowers of the Patridge Vine or Twin-berry. The latter name is due to the strange double fruits which . develop from the pairs of white flowers. The blossoms are tubular with the inside of the flower furnished with a thicket of hairs that prevents the ants from reaching the nectar. The blossoms are freely visited by bees which are certain to bring about cross-pollination because in some flowers the stigma projects and. the stamens are low, while in others this condition is reversed. Along the roadbeds and in dry fields the yellow Cinque- foils dot the turf with numerous bits of bright color. These flowers resemble miniature strawberry blossoms in their structure, although the color of the petals is so different. Like the strawberry, too, the plant_ spreads over the ground by long and slender runners, which often produce a thick carpet of plants in fields and along high- ways, the running stems being smooth and almost wire- like. The Silvery Cinquefoil is at once distinguished by its whitened appearance, especially on the smaller stems and the lower surface of the leaves. The yellow flowers are only about a quarter of an inch in diameter and are borne on short, slender stems. Like the common Cinquefoil the species is widely distributed over the Northern States and Canada. Of all the wild flowers of the late spring season none are more striking in anoearance or interesting in struc- ture than those of the Pitcher Plant or Sarracenia. You are likely to find it in some sphagnum bog surrounded by black spruce and other evergreens. The dull red flowers hang downward from the stems a foot or more high in a way that immediately attracts your interest. The structure of these flowers is unusual, the pistil having a most extraordinary development. They are visited by bumble-bees which gather the abundant pollen. A more abundant blossom, yet one of much interest, is the Bunch-berry or Dwarf Cornell, which may be seen everywhere in cool woods late in spring or early in sum- mer. The white petal-like objects which give the blos- som its chief attraction, are really bracts, the true flow- ers being crowded together inside these white bracts. Report on the Natural History of Kiska Island/ BY DR. J. HOBART EGBERT, SURGEON U. S. COAST AND GEO- DETIC SURVEY. (i Concluded from page 883.) The Fauna of Kiska Island. Fishes. — Fish may be said to be plentiful in the waters on and about Kiska Island. Practically all the small streams that run through the valleys on both sides of the island contain brook trout ( Salvelinus malma ) which, while usually small in size, are numer- ous, and afford excellent sport for the angler and ex- cellent food for the table. Catches of a hundred trout in a few hours are not uncommon. On one occasion, while camping on the island, the writer caught for breakfast, forty-five trout, running from five to eight inches in length, in as many minutes. All were taken with flies, and not infrequently two were hooked at a single cast. These streams contain only trout — except during the salmon run, when many of them also be- come the spawning resorts of these larger fishes. The fresh-water lakes and ponds of the island ap- pear to be devoid of fishes, but in the brackish lakes, or lagoons, along the seashore (already noted) are found trout, “salmon trout,” and various species of salmon. Quite plentiful in these bodies of water, is a so-called “salmon trout,” which is really a speckled trout, or charr, and a close relative of those in the fresh-water streams. This fish here attains a fair size (three to four pounds) arid, as it rises quite readily to the fly, affords capital sport for the angler. This trout also sometimes ascends the fresh-water streams, especially during the season when the salmon are spawning, and young of this species are commonly found in the lower portions of the fresh-water courses. The fact that this trout runs up the brooks with the salmon to feed on the eggs of the latter, rather than to spawn itself, is shown by the readiness with which it takes bait or fly at such times — when wielded by the cautious angler. It is worthy of mention, that while these charr of the lagoons are apparently strong, healthy fishes, not a few of those caught, both with hook and seine, in the earlier part of the summer, contain neumatoid Entozoa in the lower alimentary tract — some having an enormous number. But the fish in the seaboard lakes are most easily taken with the seine. On one occasion, a boatload of fish — esti- mated to number over a thousand, and consisting of the so-called “salmon trout” just mentioned, steelheads ( Salnio gairdneri), and a few blueback salmon ( Oncor - hynchus nerka) — was taken in a single haul of the seine from the brackish pond at the head of Kiska Harbor. When the salmon come into the fresh-water streams they may be readily taken with net, spear, or gig. Al- though no very large runs of salmon were noted on Kiska Island this season, quite a number of humpbacks ( On - corhynchus gorbuscha ) and sock-eyes ( Oncorhynchus nerka) were taken from the fresh-water courses, together with some dog salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta) and a few silver salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch). The salmon did not appear in the fresh-water streams of the island this year until rather late in the season — they being first ob- served Aug. 11. Of the strictly salt water fishes there are many in the waters about Kiska Island. The rocky shores furnish sea bass, kelp fish and rock cod; the bays yield plaice in abundance and also give shelter to injured and sickly cod, which take the hook freely enough to disgust the angler; while the straits and deeper waters yield cod, halibut and salmon in season. A number of halibut were caught from the Patterson while anchored in Kiska Harbor — the largest weighing eighty-five pounds; while a halibut weighing 196 pounds was caught in one of the ap- proaches to the harbor. Birds. — The chief game birds of Kiska Island are the Pacific eider ( Somateria v-nigra), the green-wing teal ( Nettion carolinense) , the goose, the ptarmigan ( Lago - pus rupcstris townsendi) . The northern, phalarope (Pha- laropus lobatus) inhabits the marshes during the sum- mer months, and the Aleutian sandpiper ( Arquatella couesi) is found both along the seashore and on bare, rocky mountain tops. Two additional species of duck were observed, though apparently transient visitors. The “oyster catcher ( Hcematopus bachmani) is also, eaten. Both the eider duck and green-wing teal nest and rear their young cn the island. The former belong more strictly to the sea, and the latter frequent most common- ly the fresh- water marshes along the shore. No large flocks of teal were observed — they usually being found in pairs or, at most, families or broods. By the first of September the young are sufficiently grown to> fly, and afford toothsome food. The eiders are more gregarious, being usually found in groups or flocks — either upon the wing or, more commonly, swimming along the rocky shores or in some secluded bay, or congregated upon a sandy beach. When the young broods are afloat the gregarious tendency is still in evidence, for one will fre- quently see two, three, or more broods, with their re- *Published by permission of the Superintendent U, S. Coast arid Geodetic Survey. spective mothers, swimming about together. These little fellows take early to the water and are skillful swimmers, divers and runners long before the primaries of their wings appear and flying becomes possible. There plainly were a large number of female eiders that were not occupied this season with rearing families, and it was also observed that — during the nesting season, at least — those ducks and the drakes flocked separately. Eiders were found nesting during the month of July. July 9 the writer found two nests with eggs not yet in- cubated, and as late as July 27 a nest with eggs was discovered. Some broods, however, were hatched earlier, for as early as July 20 two broods of young were ob- served afloat. As in the colder more northern regions, the eider here lines her nest and protects her eggs and nestlings with down plucked from her own body. Very few geese were seen on the island until the latter part of August, when the young were marshalled for flight and from which time until the departure of the Patterson from the island large flocks were almost daily observed, either on the wing or stalking about some grassy hillside or mountain top. That the geese nest on the island was evinced by the finding and capture on Aug. 2 of nine three-quarter grown goslings. They evi- dently constituted two broods and were found, together with some older birds, on a high grassy bluff near the northeastern end of the island. They were kept alive aboard the Patterson nearly two months and thrived well in captivity. Ptarmigan, while fairly numerous, can hardly be said to be plentiful on Kiska Island. Nesting birds were ob- served during the month of July, and Aug. 2 a brood of young birds, scarcely larger than nestlings, was found. The young are much like young ruffed grouse, and also resemble in color and “peep” brown leghorn chicks. By September, when the young are quite grown, the gregari- ous broods fall rather easy prey to the hunter. During the second ascent of the big mountain, a ptarmigan was seen within two hundred feet of the summit of the moun- tain. Their propensity to follow the ascent of the snow line, with the advance of summer, is especially noted in certain localities. Three or four species of passerine birds may be said to A ICISKA ISLAND BABY. Photo by Mr. Paul C. Whitney. comprise the song birds of Kiska Island. These birds are small and, with the exception 'of one species — the Pribilof snowflake ( Passerinus nivalis townsendi) , the male of which is notable for white plumage — incon- spicuous. Neither are they remarkable for their song. The Raptores are represented by the eagles — which are quite numerous — and two or three species of hawks. A raven — common throughout the Aleutian Islands and notable for its habit of “tumbling” in the air while utter- ing its rather liquid call — and a pretty little wren that is found among the rocks along the beach, practically com- plete the list of land birds of Kiska Island. The aquatic birds are those of the Aleutians generally. They include, in addition to the ducks and geese, the gulls, several species of divers and loons, sea parrots (puffin), shags (cormorant), and two species of Mother Carey’s chickens (petrel) — Oceanodroma furcata and O. leucorhoa — of the Order Tubinares — birds notable for having a separate tubular nostril surmounting the su- perior mandible, a pronounced musky odor, and for fly- ing almost entirely by night or in dark, stormy weather. To this list might be added the “oyster catcher,” or “beach hen,” which, though not a swimmer, is always found about the salt water. Insects. — The insects of Kiska Island are few and, aside from an occasional swarm of gnats about marshy ground in the warmest weather, inconspicuous. A few small trachelia beetles of the genus melee, a single spe- cies of Rynchophora (weevil), and a few minute uniden- tified forms, among the Colecptera ; a few small homely moths, among the Lepidoptera; a small variety of dip- terous insects — represented by gnats, some vegetable feeding flies, and a few mosquitoes — among the Hemip- tera; and several species of Mallophaga (bird lice), found parasitic on eagles, ducks and other birds, com- prise the writer’s list of the Insecta. Two varieties of Arachnida — forms’ closely allied to the Insecta- — may also be here noted. They are spiders (Araneida) and mites (Acarina). The former are found among the mosses which cover the ground, while num- bers of the latter — small of size and red of color — in- habit the beaches. Crustaceans, Mollusks, etc. — Among the Crustacea the following were observed: Small red hermit crabs (Pa- guridae), inhabiting the shells of certain barnacles of the sessile type (Balanidse), were found in Kiska Harbor; a few sand-hoppers ( Talitrus locusta) were dug from the sand of the shore of the harbor; and large numbers of a species of shrimp-like Amphipoda, resembling Gamma- rus pulex, were found in shallow water on the sandy bot- toms of the lagoons — where they were fed upon by both birds and fishes. Two crustaceans of the order Isopoda were observed — one, presumably Anilocrus, was found parasitic on the cod caught in Kiska Harbor; while a 894 FOREST AND STREAM [May 20, 1905. terrestrial species, not unlike the common wood louse, or “sow bug” ( Oniscus ), was found under stones in damp sand. It is indeed surprising that these terrestrial Isopoda are no more common than they appear to be, considering the fact that the ground of the island ap- parently always affords those conditions of their evident delight, to wit: moisture and decaying vegetation. Of the minute Crustacea, Cyclops vulgaris— that almost uni- versal inhabitant of pond and ditch water — was alone observed, though it is not unlikely that other species of Entomostraca— both fresh water and marine— exist. The Mollusca are represented by limpets (Patellidae), and by marine mussels (Mytilidae) which are found at- tached to rocks and the madreporitic attachments of sea-weeds. The rocky bottoms along the shores are covered with sea urchins (Echinidse) which, as washed ashore, are promptly eaten by ravens and gulls — whence the num- bers of urchin cases found on high ground throughout the island. These animals are also an available source of food for man. A large sea cucumber, or trepang (Holothuria), was hooked up from the bottom of Kiska Harbor. Jelly fishes (Medusae), in considerable variety, are found in the waters about Kiska Island, as also sponges (Porifera) and allied zoophytes. One is apt to associate these creatures with warmer climates, but the sea of every latitude of the globe furnishes various tribes of them. Medusae are found in the icy waters of both the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans, while numerous species inhabit equatorial regions. The geographical distribu- tion of the sponges may, likewise, be said to be almost universal, since every coast, from the Equator to the highest polar regions, furnishes some kinds of sponge. Phosphorescence of the sea, so common in lower lati- tudes, is also a phenomenon of the North — the noctiluca and other minute forms to which it is due being found in the waters of Bering Sea, as well as in those of the Mediterranean. On certain nights during the month of August, the water of Kiska Harbor was highly phos- phorescent. This was particularly noticed _ one stormy night, when returning to the ship in a pulling-boat. A rather strong wind was blowing from the northeast. Each dip of the oar stirred up a swirl of gold, and the course of the boat was marked by a luminous trail. Pass- ing under the poop of the ship, the outlines of rudder, propeller, and stern — from water-line to keel — were plainly seen, aglow with golden light. Mammals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, etc.— No evidence of the existence of a single wild quadruped, reptile, or even batrachian, on Kiska Island was obtained. The ptarmi- gan, ducks, and other birds that nest there — either upon or under the ground, do so without fear of molestation, except from eagles, hawks, or man. Among the Mam- malia, may be mentioned the sea-lions that live along the shores, and certain cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc.) that visit the bays and straits. At one time Kiska Island was a favorite haunt of the now quite rare sea otter. There are at the present time no Indians on Kiska Island, though evidences of not very remote occupation are abundant. At the head of Kiska Harbor is a grave- yard and the remains of a dozen or so Indian huts. On the southwestern shore of the harbor has been a rather extensive Indian village — as evinced by the remaining excavations of about sixty huts — while between this point and South Pass another village has, -as noted on the chart of the harbor, been located. On various other portions cf the shore of the island are similar monuments of former habitation. About thirty ■"■ears ago the Alaska Commercial Company had a trading-post and white agent on this island. The Flora of Kiska Island. Vegetation on Kiska is not unlike that of the Aleutian Islands generally. There are numerous species of flower- ing plants, including grasses ; several varieties of mosses, lichens, and seaweeds, and some ferns; There are no trees, and only a single procumbent species of shrub — the arctic osier, or dwarf willow— which grows almost every- where, especially on higher ground. The mosses and grasses thrive luxuriantly and, except on the higher peaks and ridges and loose, rocky northern slopes, form a car- pet of thick yielding. “tundra” which, together with the substratum of decaying vegetation, holds water like a sponge. This “tundra” is, as the years go on, m many places adding to an already considerable deposit of peat, which has a definite economic value for fuel. An herbarium of the phamogamous, or flowering, plants of the island has been made by the writer. About fifty species — all perennials — were collected and analyzed. Among them are many familiar forms — the violet, the daisy, the dandelion, the buttercup, the marsh mangold, the lupine, the cranesbill, the blue iris, the anemone, chickweed, and Solomon’s seal. A delicate little poppy- found only on the bare summits of the higher ridges is perhaps among the most interesting species. Most of the floral species of the island are well distributed, and grow with a luxuriance hardly to be expected from a consideration of either soil or climate. Mild attempts made, during the season, to cultivate garden vegetables were attended with failure. A limited crop of radishes, turnips, onions and lettuce might be secured, but it is doubtful if results would reward the necessary expenditure of care and effort. Some of the lichens and sea-weeds of the island are edible, and the marsh marigolds (“cowslips”) of the spring runs, fur- nish an abundant supply of excellent “greens” in season. Neither the salmon-berry nor the huckleberry— so com- mon on the eastern islands of the chain, and so esteemed for food — were found on Kiska Island. “Talk about mosquitoes,” said an American, “why, when we were in latitude 30 degrees and longitude 75 degrees, a host of mosquitoes settled on our rigging, and when they left us, there wasn’t a stitch of canvas left on the boat.” “Wal,” said his friend, “that’s strange, because when I was sailing in latitude 29 de- grees and longitude 74 degrees, a swarm of mosquitoes settled on our rigging and every one of them had a pair of canvas breeche-s on. Same mosquitoes, no doubt!” — Hendon Globe. A Rattlesnake's Victim. Los Angeles, April 29. — Edward Rabe, animal keeper at East Lake Park, died at the county hospital last night from the effects of the bite of a rattlesnake. Rabe was bitten Wednesday morning while in a cage where a number of reptiles were confined. The keeper had entered the cage to attend a snake which had been ill sveral days, when a large rattler sprang at him from a shelf and buried its fangs in his cheek. Rabe was taken to the county hospital, where he ar- rived within ten minutes after the snake had struck him. Surgeons began instant treatment, and the unfortunate man had every attention. Although his face was badly swollen within half an hour, it was reported that the case was progressing fairly well Thursday. Friday morning the patient’s condition took a turn for the worse, and the heart action became so weak that the physicians used powerful restoratives. I have had no opportunity to learn what treatment was resorted to in the case. The daily papers give varied and vague accounts of what the surgeons did. Two journals agreed that the wound was “cut out,*’ and that a drain tube was put in to “draw out as much as possible of the affected blood.” An evening paper says: “Physicians say that the one known antidote for poison is a serum, called ‘anti-venene,’ used in India for cobra poison.” Edward Rabe had charge of the city zoo and deserved great credit for his work in establishing a really good exhibit of animals at East Lake Park. He was very successful as a trainer, and was absolutely fearless in handling animals. I had an opportunity of closely ob- serving his methods, when I made several photographs of his charges a few days before the tragedy which cost him his life. Lie seemed to have won the con- fidence of every animal in his collection. His kind and gentle way of approaching them accounted largely for his success. When I first went to the park Mr. Rabe invited me. to step right into the cage with Lobengula, the big African lion. The trainer seemed much disap- pointed when I refused. Lobengula nearly killed his keeper when he was confined at Chutes Park, and the incident was too fresh in my mind. An hour later I wanted to go back and photograph the lion or take a ride on his back if Rabe wanted me to. Rabe entered the cage with a brush and curry comb and groomed the old fellow as a stable boy would a trotter. Then he took a ride astride the great beast. After watching this performance we went to the cage where a monster brown bear is confined. Without hesitation I entered the cage with the trainer and made several excellent photographs of the animal. Rabe talked to the animals and they seemed to have no fear of him. All of the animals at the park knew Rabe’s voice. A few weeks ago four black bear cubs escaped from their cage. Rabe was sick at the time and in bed at his vine-covered cottage, which is within one hundred feet of the semi-circle of cages. The attendants were hav- ing a difficult time trying to get the cubs back to their quarters. Rabe heard the noise and, coming to a window, saw the four bears wallowing on his lawn. Seventy-five feet away their cage door stood open. Rabe leaned out and shouted to them, much as he would to a lot of mischievous boys: “Here! you little rascals, what are you doing on that grass? Get back to your cage, or I’ll — ” But by that time the cubs had fled, tumbling over each other in a wild scramble to get into their home cage. The rattlesnake which bit the trainer was as much a pet as any of the creatures in the collection. Rabe frequently said there was no more danger in handling the snakes than there was in handling an angle worm, provided one went about it quietly. He was unable to account for the snake’s action in suddenly striking him, unless it was that there had been a family quarrel among the reptiles just before he arrived. Edward Rabe was widely known and very popular with all classes. His good work at the park was ap- preciated by the city authorities who will probably find difficulty in filling the place made vacant by his death. Frank E. Wolfe. Size and Power of Owls. Oakland, Cal., April 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: I have on several occasions seen in articles in the Forest and Stream mention made of an owl found in certain sections, notably that formerly known as the southwest, that from the description seemed to be larger than the great horned owl, which was formerly found over nearly the whole of our country and which I had always sup- posed was the largest North American species. One writer speaks of it as the eagle owl. Is the eagle owl found anywhere in the United States? Another writer from the cypress swamps of the South tells of one with a wing spread of six feet that easily picked up a full- grown mallard drake out of the water and flew away with it. Now, I am fairly familiar with the great horned owl, but I never saw one that measured even five feet across the wings, or that could possibly fly away with a full-grown mallard. While it is possible that the great northern snowy owl might be able to do this, that bird, I believe, never gets as far south as the section referred to, and it is quite certain, for other reasons, that it is not the bird referred to. Can the Forest and Stream throw any light upon the subject? Forked Deer. [We fancy that the size and strength of the bird re- ferred to as having a spread of six feet and being able to fly off with a full-grown duck, were overestimated. The eagle owl is a bird of Europe, not found in North America. The three greatest of our owls are the great horned, great gray and white or snowy. These are all about the same size, the last averaging the largest. None of them much, if at all, exceed five feet in their extent. At the same time they are powerful birds. The great horned owl has been known to kill skunks and cats, and the other large owls are said to kill grouse, while the eagle owl of Europe is reported to attack fawns. Of course a much larger bird or animal might be killed than could be raised from the ground and flown away with.] Quail Breeding. Editor Forest and Stream: Jay Beebe, in a contribution on the propagation of ruffed grouse in the number for May 13, quotes the editor of the Massachusetts paper of the Game Commis- sion as saying “that attempts to rear quail have not yet been successful,” but he seems to doubt it and so do I. If a boy of fourteen could rear them, and I did it, why could not men who know all about it do it? Away back in 1853, when western Pennsylvania had still plenty of quail, and they could be found within a mile of town, one of my aunts who lived just beyond Allegheny City had a large flock of chickens, and among them was a small bantam hen not much larger than a prairie chicken. I found the little hen on a nest one day busy trying to hatch out a white door-knob that was used as a nest egg; and a thought struck me. My aunt would not let the hen have eggs to sit on, so I borrowed her. Going out to where I knew I could find plenty of quails’ eggs, I took about one, never more than two, out of each nest I found; and when I had thirteen brought them in and, removing the door-knob, put the eggs under the hen. She broke one of them but hatched out all the rest, and they all lived. When they came off the nest I began feeding them on cornmeal dough mixed very stiff with sweet milk. Then in a few days I gave them bread crumbs, both wheat and cornbread, my aunt making the cornbread on pur- pose for them; she put eggs and milk in it. The little hen took the same care of these quail that she would have taken had they been chickens. I don’t believe she ever knew that they were not chickens. I kept them penned up in the mornings and evenings and in wet weather, but at other times they were let run among the young chickens, and after they were two weeks old they ate just what the chickens ate. I was in hopes that they would remain with me, but was told that they i would leave as soon as they were old enough, and they did, a few of them going at a time until all were gone. I don’t know whether the ruffed grouse could be raised this way or not, but believe they can. Prairie chickens, no doubt, could, and they would probably remain tame ; and stay around the place where they had been hatched out. Cabia Blanco. Birds Along a Country Road. Editor Forest and Stream: I think it may interest you to' know of the birds seen May 10 while driving from the house to the Junction, a distance covered in fifteen or twenty minutes. Here is the list: Four scarlet tanagers, all males, three of them close together on the same small tree ; three orioles, two males and one female ; two indigo birds, male and female; thirty or forty warblers, including magnolia, black throated blue, yellow rump, Maryland yellow throat, summer yellowbird, red start and so forth ; four gold finches, six towhee buntings, males and females ; four cat birds, barn swallows and white-bellied swallow ; chimney swifts, golden-winged woodpeckers, cow buntings, red- winged blackbirds, blue jays, song sparrow, fox sparrow, chip sparrow and field sparrow ; hawk, titmice, brown thrasher, wood thrush, Wilson’ thrush, blue birds. Be- sides, I saw two gray squirrels, one red squirrel and one chipmunk. Life is abundant now in this part of the world. It seems to me that almost all the migratory birds, excepting the hardy ones such as robins, woodpeckers, blue birds and a few others, get here about May 10 each year. The cat- birds and the wood thrushes came three or four days earlier than this. If one could spend a few days cata- loguing the animals and the plants along this one road, he would have material for a volume. M. G. Milford, Conn. Pheasant Rearing. Essex, England. — Editor Forest and Stream: The hand rearing of game birds appears up to the present, time not to have made very rapid progress in the United States, although here in England it is becoming a big in- dustry. It is carried on systematically all over the whole1! country and to such an enormous extent that it is no un- usual thing for pheasants to be sold cheaper than poultry in our London markets. In my way of thinking, it seems a pity that your sporting gentlemen do not turn their attention more extensively to the hand rearing of pheas- ants, although the work, from start to finish, comes rather expensive. It also requires constant attention, both day and night, with judgment and experience. In the first, i place, suitable woods (coverts) of a proper size would, have to be planted, and the situation and location of the1 coverts would have to be considered. The proper kind of food for the young birds for the first five or six weeks after they are hatched, and a suitable kind of soil are two very important items. A sudden change in the weather is pretty sure to affect them if they are under one month old; diseases of several different kinds, and noxious ver- min of all descriptions often causes no end of trouble. All this has to be considered and encountered with the hand rearing of pheasants and other game birds. H. Hickmott. It Will Interest Them, To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions oil interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-doo: life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re turned with ai nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coir cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a posta card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coir Cards to distribute to friends. Name i Address State May 20, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM, 398 Duck Decoys. I.— In England. The art of duck decoying, for art it most surely is, though still carried on in many places throughout the United Kingdom, bids fair in time to be confined only to a few favored localities. Where in years gone by there used to be & dozfcn, iiow th£re is only one, and gradually, owing to the reclamation of waste land, the increase of population and the general use of firearms, the old decoys are slowly but surely falling into disuse. Still, there are places where the decoys still flourish and are a source not only of pleasure and sport to their owners, but of considerable profit also. That well- known sportsman, Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, in his ex- cellent book on duck decoys, says that the art of con- structing and working them was most carefully con- cealed in former times, so as to prevent as much as possible any addition to the number already existing, which otherwise would necessitate a division of the spoil, that spoil being the myriads of wildfowl which formerly haunted the fenlands of England. The decoy- men kept their secret well, and were indeed forced to do so in their own interests, for it stood to reason they knew that the greater the number of decoys in use the less would be each owner’s proportionate share of birds. From father to son all the secrets concerning the same were handed down from generation to genera- tion, and, considering these circumstances, it is not to be wondered at, that so little is now generally known of the ancient decoys and decoying. The first and most reliable description of a decoy in England for catching ducks by enticing them, is said to be one referred to by Evelyn, which Charles IL made in St. James’ Park, and that it was constructed by a Dutchman of the name of “Sydrach Hiicus,” who came over specially from Holland for the purpose. My subject is the decoy belonging to the Duke of Leeds, a well-known sportsman, who lives at Hornby Castle, in the county of Yorkshire. The original decoy here was constructed for the seventh Duke of Leeds in 1854. In 1882 the present Duke moved the material of the pipes from the old decoy to their new position. The new pool is about sixty yards square. On approaching the decoy from the castle, the first thing that one comes across is the fish-tail weather-gauge, set up on a high pole on an eminence in the park, so that the decoyman may know how the wind blows, and accordingly which of the four pipes to work, for ducks are birds of very keen scent, and quick to wind anything unusual. At a famous Lincoln- shire decoy the old squire used always to give orders to the decoyman’ g wife to take a hare, dr anything savory that she happened to be cooking, off the fire if the wind happened to be blowing in the direction of the decoy. The decoy itself is situated in a plantation with high wooded poling all around, so that nothing can get in; it covers about 12 acres, iol/2 acres being wood and iJi acres water. The first procedure before entering the enclosing is fitting on the foxskin coat and brush, with tapes tied round the chest and loins of Rover, the decoy dog, a END OF PIPE, SHOWING DETACHABLE TUNNEL NET AND WIRE INCLOSURE FOR DEAD PUCKS. most sensible, yellow, pricked-eared, long-tailed animal, who wags his tail and shows every appearance of de- light at the performance. This is the only decoy I know of, where a foxskin coat and brush is actually fastened on to the dog. At others dogs are used m their natural state; collies at some, Irish terriers at others, and so on. But though I have known a white dog used, all decoymen seem to have a preference. for something foxy in appearance. Ferrets are occasion- ally used, and there is a story, quite true, I believe, of a monkey escaping from an organ-grinder at one decoy, rushing up the pipes, and being followed by a great drift of ducks. It is well known how most birds will mob a fox, and this is the idea of using something foxy in appearance. But I believe really that it is a question of curiosity that makes the ducks follow the dog up the pipe, and that almost any color will do, provided that the dog arouses the curiosity of the birds .and they follow him, Everything must be as silent as the grave. The dog utters not a sound, but works by signal from the decoy- man, who is hidden behind the screens. These are of wood well tarred, thirteen to each pipe, with little peep- holes in them for the decoyman to look through and a sliding shutter to cover them. The dog jumps over low screens placed between the high ones. Sawdust is laid down on the boards, etc., to prevent the men from slipping in frosty weather, and every twig and branch is carefully swept away, so that there shall be no crackling to frighten the ducks. The way of working the decoy is as follows: The wild ducks, which are swimming about on the pond, are attracted by the dog, who is put in at the end of ducks following decoy dog up THE PIPE, the pipe to be worked, tie keeps jumping round the screens backward and forward, gradually leading the ducks further and further up the pipe. V/hen at the bend of the pipe, the decoyman, who all this time has been behind the screens guiding the dog by signal, shows himself behind the birds, waving a _ red hand- kerchief. When doing this he is quite invisible to any birds that may be left on the pond. The ducks fly and swim further up the pipe till the decoyman pulls the cord, and lets fall the dropnet, and then there is no fear of any of the birds breaking back. The birds hurry forward along the rapidly narrowing pipe, till they reach the detachable tunnel net, right at the end of the pipe. This is then unhooked, the birds taken out, and their necks broken, so as not to injure the skin — a pro- cedure that requires considerable practice — by holding the head in one hand and the neck and body in the other, and giving it a sharp jerk. The birds are then thrown into the little wire enclosure seen at the end of the tunnel net, about i:A feet high,. to prevent them flapping about and scaring the other birds on the pond. Some decoymen use burning peat to take away then- scent from the ducks; but it is never used at this decoy. Mallard and teal form the principal bag, very few widgeon being taken. The full length of each pipe is seventy-five yards, and there are thirteen screens to each. The dog is rewarded every now and then by some little tit-bit, which the decoyman carries in his pocket. An iron rod is attached to the drop-net, so that it shall sink at once to the bottom, when released, and prevent any ducks diving back beneath it. If any do break back before the net falls, it frightens the rest of the ducks on the pond so much that it is almost use- less to try for any more on that day; and if a bird flies up and kills itself against the top of the pipe, and re- mains hanging there in sight of them all, this also has a very bad effect on them. It is at once removed by a long pole with a hook at the end. The biggest “drift,” or catch, of duck ever taken in this decoy was 197, and the most in one day 205 — 145 at one drift, and the rest at another. The water on the decoy pond is quite shallow, being nowhere, more than three feet deep. The decoy birds kept on it to entice their wild brethren to destruction are of the wild breed, the white decoy ducks, so-called, not finding favor with the decoymen. The ducks will not, as a rule, drive either directly up or down wind — a cross wind is the best. Occasionally rarities are got in the drifts, and such stragglers as kingfishers, snipe, woodcock, etc. Ice-breaking, etc., is mostly done at night, when the ducks are generally away feeding, coming back to rest on the quiet water in the day time. But occasionally a good catch has been made at night, and, in fact, with proper management the ducks may be got at all times in a first-rate decoy, such as the one I have just de- scribed. As showing the amount of wildfowl that used to be taken in the decoys, from the account book belonging to the Ashby decoy in Lincolnshire, we find that in thirty-five seasons, namely, from September, 1833, to April, 1868, nearly 100,000 wildfowl were captured. These consisted of mallard or wild duck, 48,664; widgeon, 2,019; pintail, 278; teal, 44,568; shoveller, 285; gadwall, 22; grand total, 95,836. As a finish to my short account of duck decoys, k may quote the following very curious lines, which occur in Davies’ “History of Whittington Castle,” printed about 1800, and which were taken from an epitaph: Andrew Williams, Born, A.D., 1692. Died, April 18, 1776. Aged 84 Years. Of which time he lived under the Aston family (in Shropshire) as Decoyman, 60 years. “Here lies the Decoyman who lived like an otter. Dividing his time betwixt land and water; His hide he oft soaked in the waters of Perry,* Whilst Aston old beer his spirits kept cherry. Amphibious his life, Death was puzzled to say How to dust to reduce such well moistened clay; So Death turned Decoyman and coyed him to land, Where he fixed his abode till quite dried to the hand; He then found him fitting for crumbling to dust, And here he lies mouldering as you and I must.” *The name of the river close by the Decoy. Oxley Grabham. Maine Guides. The Maine law provides as to the employment of guides by non-residents : “Non-residents of the State shall not enter upon the wild lands of the State and camp or kindle fires thereon while engaged in hunting or fishing, without being in charge of a registered guide, during the months of May, June, July, August, September, October and November, and no registered guide shall, at the same time, guide, or be employed by, more than five non-residents in hunting. In explanation of the requirements of the law, Com- missioner L. T. Carleton issues the following : We have many requests from citizens of other StateSi for a guide’s license. Any person who can show that he is fully qualified to act as a guide, and wants to come here to engage in the business of guiding in good faith, can be licensed, but we cannot license one of a party, who simply wants to avoid the law requiring non-residents, when camping and kindling fires on the wild lands of the State, to be in charge of a registered guide. This would simply be an evasion of the law and cannot be tolerated. The following typical questions were received from a New York party, which are given with the answers : . Ques.— “I represent a party of eight who make a regis- tered camp our headquarters. Now when we wish to^ change and visit a new locality, with our own canoes, can we paddle over the lakes or up river to another ^registered camp without a guide and not violate the law ?” Ans. “Yes, if you do not camp and kindle a fire on wild land.” . . , Ques.— “Several of us were stopping at a registered camp, but there was but one sleeping room. It was sug- gested that we pitch our tent nearby and take our meals at the camp ; can we do so without being in charge of a registered guide?” , Ans.— “Certainly, if you do not build fires on wild Ques. — “An article in the New York Sun says, ‘A pro- general view of a pipe, with decoy man and dog. vision of Maine’s game law compels every party that visits the State for the purpose of hunting or fishing to employ at least one guide?’ ” Ans.— “This is all wrong. I repeat again that our law simply provides that from May to November,, both inclu- sive, non-residents, when camping and kindling fires on wild lands, must be in charge of a registered guide; in other words, if they do not camp and kindle fires on wild lands they do not require a guide. This seems to be easily enough understood.” Ques.— “May a person who is stopping at a registered camp paddle off for a day’s fishing without a guide, and, not desiring to return to dinner or other meal, may said person build a fire and cook a meal?” Ans. — “You can paddle your own canoe as much as you choose, or fish or hunt or tramp alone, but you must not camp or build a fire on wild lands unless in charge of a registered guide.” Indians have no more rights in hunting or fishing that! a white man. 396 FOREST AND STREAM [May 20, 1905. There are no game preserves in Maine and cannot be under our laws. Fishing and fowling is free on wild lands. It is trespass to go upon cultivated or inclosed lands to hunt or fish. Hints to Guides. What is it to engage in the business of guiding? These words, “engage,” “business” and “guiding,” must be given their ordinary meaning obviously ; “to engage” in any- thing, means to “procure or secure” for some special purpose, as to engage in business, trade, engage in a business or pursuit. “Business” means a pursuit or occupation that employs or requires energy, time, thought, profession, calling, at- tention, application, accuracy, method, punctuality. Fi- delity and dispatch are the principal qualities required for the efficient conduct of business. “Guide, guided, guiding.” The meaning of the word “guiding” has come to be so well understood that no definition need here be given. A person having a friend visit him, who goes fishing with him, rows a boat, or goes hunting with him, is not engaging in the business of guiding, and does not require a license if he is not paid for this work. A person might guide one day, or on a short single trip, and take pay for it and still not be liable for guid- ing without a license, but if he holds_ himself out as a guide, or makes it a part of his business, he must be licensed. Guides should provide themselves with all necessary equipment usually furnished by our best guides, such as dry, comfortable boats or canoes, cooking utensils, etc., and should look thoroughly after the comfort and pleas- ure of their patrons. They should make every effort to inform themselves about the habits of game and fish and where they can be found in greatest abundance at different periods of the open season. They should also inform themselves, as far as possible, upon, the general subject of sporting interests in order to converse intelli- gently with their employers. They should not lead the conversation but always be ready to answer all ques- tions relating to their profession and take part in gen- eral conversation when solicited. A guide should always be careful not to intrude his presence when not re- quested, or t~' volunteer remarks or advice to visitors, unless directly connected with the business of guiding. Coarse, profane and vulgar language in the presence of sportsmen is very objectionable to them, as a rule, and is liable to affect a guide’s business very materially, and therefore should be guarded against. A popular guide is one whose services are always in demand. What gives him such popularity is because he is always on the alert and studying how he can please his employers and make their visits more pleasant and agreeable. On the other hand, if you try to see how little work you can do without causing your employers to find fault, seldom anticipating the ordinary wants of the tourist, frequently not ready at the appointed time for a start, sometimes almost imposing on the novitiate sportsman, you will soon become an unpopular guide and have employment only a part of the season. Always be careful about speaking in a derogative man- ner of any sportsman or visitor, whether they have em- ployed you or not. Finding fault with sportsmen against whom you think you have some grievance, or whose ways or manners fail to please you, will not assist you in pro- curing engagements. Sportsmen dislike very much to have guides talking about them in an uncomplimentary manner and will use their influence to prevent their making engagements with friends. Good taste and sense of propriety should cause guides to be very careful in this respect. Before retiring at night, be sure and ascertain what the plans are for the next day. If a fishing trip, have everything in readiness, such as live bait or worms if such are to be used, and also have lunch ready if dinner is to be taken away from camp so that there shall be. no delay when your party is ready to start. A delay caused by any negligence on your part sometimes causes great annoyance. If fish are caught the guide should, without being asked to do so, clean them in the neatest possible way on returning from the day’s fishing, or meanwhile if opportunity offers. Fish to be carried or transported any distance should never be “drawn.” Better not be molested at all than “draw”' them. They should be split open, the gills and entrails carefully removed, then thoroughly cleaned, wiped dry and wrapped in paper or hung in the ice house. No better way can be found to pack fish to transport than to thoroughly clean them, wipe dry, then wrap them in paper and pack in cool moss. Never allow them to come in contact with ice. Ice can be used in order to keep the package cool, but it should not come in contact with the fish. Under our statutes any guide convicted of a violation of our Fish and Game Laws shall have his registration certificate cancelled and be deprived of the right to do a guiding business for a year or more at the discretion of the Commissioners. In addition to this, the Commissioners have established the following rulings with reference to guides, which, if violated, is liable to cause their registration to be can- celled unless there are very extenuating circumstances : 1. Failure to extinguish camp-fires, whether damage results or not. 2. Drunkenness when under employment as a guide. 3. Breaking an engagement with a sportsman or visi- tor when made in good faith. 4. Leaving a sportsman or visitor before completing an engagement, unless discharged. 5. Untruthful statements about Commissioners, ward- ens or visitors, or untruthful reports about poaching being done, _ if made for the purpose of annoying either the _ Commissioners or wardens, or to deceive the public. 6. Dishonesty or untruthfulness in dealing with sportsmen or visitors. 7. Failure to report, either to a warden or the Com- missioners, any flagrant vfblations of the fish and game laws coming to their notice, and giving names or viola- tors as far as known. The Laurentides National Park. The object of the Government in erecting this forest reservation and fish and game preserve, was, first, to furnish an example to the rest of the province of the good results obtainable by preserving a natural forest at the headwaters of important rivers, and thus se- curing an even and well-maintained water supply; secondly, to demonstrate that by intelligent cutting of the mature forest, the same can be made to last in perpetuity, and thirdly, to provide a good sized area within our borders where fish, game of all descriptions, and fur-bearing animals, would be allowed to propa- gate and thus insure against extinction, any variety of same indigenous to the country. The park comprises an area of about 2,640 square miles, or 1,689,600 acres, and is situated due north of Quebec city. The whole area is permanently withdrawn from sale, for settlement or other purposes; and as this area has always been noted for its abundance of fish and game, no better allotment in this respect could have been made. The tourist sporting public, and the local anglers and hunters, of course, regard the park from the sports- man’s point of view, and this is practically intended to assist any of the above in deciding upon their trips in the park. A certain percentage of the park is under lease to fish and game clubs, but by far the larger part of the territory is open to the public. Practically speaking there is but one species of fish to be found in the Park, viz., the much prized brook trout, but in Snow Lake there are large numbers of fork-tailed trout. Rumor has it that this fish is to be found in one or two other lakes, but the fact has not as yet been established. It may safely be asserted that the park contains at present a goodly number of moose owing to the pro- tection afforded during the last eight or nine years. Caribou have largely increased in numbers without question, and we have a few red deer — killing prohibited entirely at present. As for feathered game, the ruffed grouse must have largely augmented in numbers, while- the usual quota of migratory wild fowl are to be found in the rivers and lakes in September and October of each year. River Jacq ?es-Cartier. A drive of thirty miles from Quebec, over good country roads, lands the sportsman at Bayard’s. The scenery going up is unusually fine, particularly from the summit where the Jacques Cartier River is first seen. A full equipment of canoes, tents, etc., is kept here, for which a charge of $1 per day is made. Experienced guides, Jos. Isabel, J. Filion, Beaulieu, Minguy, and others at $1.50 per day are obtainable, and the sports- man embarks in the canoes at the River Cache, three miles above Bayard’s. From this point the angler can look for sport all along the river, notably at the foot of all the rapids. Continuing up stream surmounting the Frappant, Remou Rond and Bouleau rapids, one reaches the mouth of the River Santoriski, where the fishing is excellent and opportunities for camping are good. _ Continuing by easy stages the party proceeds up river, and after passing several rapids, camps say just above the falls known as Little Portage, a very beauti- ful waterfall. The scenery all along the river is very fine, and from the Little Portage up may be fairly termed grand. Above Little Portage the river is somewhat rougher than below, but the fishing is better, scenery grander and bolder. By evening the sportsman reaches Grand Portage and makes here his permanent camps. With- in easy reach are half a dozen magnificent pools, in all of which the trout run up to five pounds. The record fish is six pounds. About a mile or so above the camp, and on the west side, there is a trail through level country leading up to the Forks and here ruffed grouse can be found in fair quantities, while there is always a chance of encountering bruin, or having a shot at a caribou or a moose, the bottom land between river and mountains being narrow. In the dead waters be- tween Little Portage and Grand Portage the guides can show the sportsman beaver cabins and otter slides, while above Grand Portage beaver workings in abundance are visible. The River Santoriski, on the way down or up is well worth a visit. A trail leads up the south side for several miles, and many beautiful pools are met with; some remarkable catches of heavy trout having been made here, when the temperature of the main river water is high, the Santoriski being essentially a cold- water stream. There is good caribou and moose hunting opposite and inland fr^m Grand Portage on the west, and the basin of the Riviere-a-la-Chute, tributary of the San- toriski, is also very good. This latter territory will probably be opened up this year, and trails cut leading to the principal hunting grounds' and lakes therein. Graad Lake Jacq res Cartier. The visitor who is not afraid of a little hardship and tramping, caii select another locality, viz: Grand Lake Jacques Cartier and vicinity, about 57 miles from Quebec. The old colonization road leads directly to this point ; branching to the right at Stoneham and following' the basin of the Huron River, one reaches River Cache over a fair road, last part rather rough. Thence a buckboard, without steel springs, and very strongly constructed, is the only vehicle capable of surviving the trip, and the sportsman has to face a 35- mile tramp, passing on the way Lakes Regis, Noel, Grand and Little a l’Epaule and Lake des Roches, in all of which trout from one-quarter of a pound to two and three pounds abound, with good ruffed grouse shooting all along. A few miles beyond latter lake one reaches La Mare, a section of the Montmorency River and a further journey of nine miles brings the angler to the discharge of Grand Lake Jacques Cartier, where from the middle of August to Sept. 30 the Government maintains two large tents for the accommodation of yisitors and a couple of wooden boats. Within a mile of the camping ground are four excellent pools, 3 Jittl# further up two more exist, and a short distance from the Grand Lake is the famous pool, where most of the heavy trout of this region have been taken. The Salvelinus fontinalis in these waters run up to fully ten pounds in weight, and in any of the above pools such fish may be met with. The moose and caribou hunting in the vicinity of the Grand Lake is excellent and the character of the coun- try is favorable for such sport. The valley of the River Montmorency, where the old road lies close to same, is very beautiful. Lake of Seven Islands and Lake Vert furnish heavy trout from one pound up to six or seven pounds. There is also good fishing at the islands in the middle of the lake, and also at the north end, but the Grand Lake being a large sheet of water is a little risky to navigate^ in small boats, being subjected to heavy gusfs of winds which come down unexpectedly from the mountains. Hunting in the “Great Barrets” and Vicinity. This renowned hunting tract is situated wholly with- in the park, in the basin of the River Murray, and can be reached by two routes, firstly, by electric railway from Quebec to St. Joachin, thence by wagon or sleigh via St. Paul Bay and St. Urbain to Lac-a-la-Galette; or, by rail, Quebec to River Ouelle, thence across the St. Lawrence to Murray Bay and by vehicle to same point. Both routes occupy about a day and a half to reach Galette by easy traveling. From Galette one pro- ceeds by trail to the Hunting Lodge, westwardly about eight miles, and on the way in it is not uncommon for sportsmen to bag a caribou. The lodge is 40ft. x 20ft. and supplied with stoves, cooking utensils, spring cots and blankets. Guides cost $1.50 per day. Best time for hunting Nov. 15 to Dec. 31. Large herds of caribou are frequently seen within a radius of seven or eight miles of the lodge, once over a hundred head together being counted. The “barrens” extend from Lake Carre to some seven or eight miles west of the lodge each side of the river, to say nothing of large patches of country north and south of the same character. A day’s journey to the westward brings one to River a Jack, tributary of the Murray, where the chances for moose are excellent. Another good place for moose is on the west side of the River de l’Enfer, just north of the lodge, and very accessible. About ten miles north of Galette by the St. Urbain road is another hunting ground equally as good as the “Great Barrens” for caribou and known as La Cruche, the same character of country prevailing, and dotted here and there with lakes. On either of these tracts one is practically sure of sport, unless extraordinary weather conditions prevail, i. e., from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31. In September and October for moose and caribou, Riviere-a-Jack, west side of Riviere de l’Enfer, and Riviere-a-Mars lying west of La Cruche are all good, and it is the exception to have an empty bag. Good country accommodation is obtainable at St. Paul’s Bay, St. Urbain and Galette. Fires, Fees, Fish and Game Regulations. Sportsmen are particularly requested to observe strictly the regulations relating to extinguishing thor- oughly camp-fires and smudges. No forest fires have as yet occurred in the Park from sportsmen’s camps, and it is highly desirable that this state of affairs shall continue in the future. The license fee for fishing in the park for non-resi- dents, is $10 for the season, and $1 per day in ad- dition, except at Grand Lake Jacques Cartier, where the tariff is $4 per day. The hunting license for the season is $25 for non-residents and a per diem charge of $1, except in the barrens, where the tariff is $2 per day, privileges of the lodge thrown in. The law allows one bull moose, and two caribou, to each sportsman. No limit is placed on feathered game or trout, except at Grand Lake Jacques Cartier as re- gards the latter, each sportsman being allowed five fish of three pounds and upward, but as many more smaller ones as may be necessary for all reasonable camp requirements. Lakes des Neiges and Vicinity. The tract on rivers Montmorency and Snow, leased to the Quebec Railway Light and Power Company, is also open to tourists by arranging with the company. By the month of June this large territory will be thor- oughly in a position to accommodate visitors. Trails have been cut, boats will be placed on all the lakes, and Mr. Baker, the manager, has laid out the route in such a manner that new territory can be traversed every day of the trip practically. Trout abound in all the lakes, the fork-tailed variety in Snow Lake being a remark- able feature, caribou are plentiful and moose fairly abundant. Applications for permits on this tract should be made to J. W. Baker, Kent House, Montmorenci. General Remarks. This coming summer the old road leading to Grand Lake Jacques Cartier will be made practicable, as it is the intention of the Government to have a lot of work performed on same. Sportsmen will then be able to get up in a buckboard the greater part of the way, in- stead of having to tramp the whole distance as at present. That portion of the River Ste. Anne de Beaupre lying within the park would certainly be a desirable one for a good sized club to take up for fishing and hunt- ing, and is accessible via St. Urbain, or in rear of Ste. Anne Station on the O. R. L. & P. Co.’s road. A tramping and canoe trip from Quebec to Lake St. John through the center of the park via Grand Lake Jacques Cartier and the old colonization road, would be most interesting to tourists, and if sufficient inter- est is displayed by inquiring sportsmen regarding same, the Government will probably take the necessary steps to open up that portion of the route lying between Lake Jacques Cartier and the northern boundary of the park. All applications for permits should be made to the Minister of Lands, Mines and Fisheries, Quebec, P. Q. A. Turgeon, Minister of Lands, Mines and Fisheries;, May 20, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 397 Fishing in Maine Waters, Cornish, Me., May 12. — Anglers in this section are in- deed having a feast this season, especially with respect to pond and lake fishing. Not within many years, it is generally asserted, have so many fine red-spots been taken from the ponds of York, Oxford and Cumberland coun- ties, while the salmon fishing has been something phe- nomenal. Hundreds of this gamy species have been cap- tured on Sebago- Lake alone, some of the largest weigh- ing in the neighborhood of eighteen pounds. Twenty-five were known to be taken in a single day. Ponds of this same system in the vicinity of Bridgton, Denmark and Harrison have also yielded record-breaking catches of this fish, the extraordinarily low water being generally assigned as the condition favoring the sport. As examples of the quality of the trout fishing we sub- mit the following catches by local anglers: Melvin Ricker and Percy Douglass, seven ranging in weight from \y2 to three pounds; Dr. W. S. Fogg and Bion Bradley, five from two to 3% pounds ; E. E. Brackett, Will and Pres- ton Parker, four aggregating thirteen pounds; Stephen Rounds and E. L. Watson, three each averaging about the same — all taken on Horn Pond, Leamington, within ten days, and as handsome red-spots as one often sees. W. H. Hatch, registered guide and taxidermist, also took some good trout from this pond, as well as four salmon at Sebago Lake reaching a total of thirty-six pounds. The brook fishing has hardly been on a level with the above, the scantiness of water so conducive (if the theory be correct) to good results in the larger bodies, seemingly having a contrary effect on the smaller streams. A few warm rains are necessary it is believed to favor this branch of the sport. Yet a considerable number of good strings have been made, particularly on Little River, which, all things considered, is perhaps one of the most remarkable trout streams in the State. For a distance of four miles it runs through meadow lands, within sight of the highway for the most part, and is fished almost constantly in season, yet annually yields scores of trout ranging in weight from one-half to 1% pounds. With a tardy recognition of the worth of this stream, the resi- dents of this town in which it is situated, have secured a law from the Fish and Game Commission fixing the be- ginning of close season at June 1 instead of October 1 as heretofore. This move, we think, can safely be taken as indicative of a growing sentiment in our midst in favor of the. better protection of fish and game. Many of our best citizens are manifesting the deepest interest in the subject, which is the case generally, we are confident, throughout the State. Let the good cause flourish and spread until it has secured to the people of the entire country, now and forever, their most pleasurable and healthful form of recreation. Templar New England Waters. One ex-president of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protection Association who has every year an invitation to fish on several private streams, says he derives more satisfaction in taking a few trout from public waters than in getting a . basketful from any brook from which the general public is excluded. He recently returned from the Cape, where he fished an open stream for about two miles, and secured in one day fourteen trout averaging half a pound and fifteen pickerel. He pronounced it one of the most enjoyable days of his long period of angling in Massachusetts waters and elsewhere. On the Tihonet Club brooks Messrs. A. G. Weeks, Dr. M. H. Richardson, the noted surgeon, and Luther Little have taken a good number of trout since the opening of the season (April 1). Messrs. Noble and Wheeler, of Hyde Park, have been well rewarded for their skillful efforts on some brooks within about twelve miles of Bos- ton, in Norfolk county. Several Boston men have secured fair strings from ■ brooks in Burlington, Billerica and other towns to the north of the city. Men engaged in the sale of fishing tackle say they have had more than the usual calls from customers, and just now many are buying preparatory to trips into Maine and New Hampshire, and even the sal- mon fishermen who gO' to New Brunswick are securing their outfits. Messrs. Joseph Gridley, of Washington street, with three companions, recently returned from Dan Hole Pond, N. H., where they landed several salmon from eight to twelve pounds in weight. This party in a few days will leave for Grand Lake Stream, Me. Another party that will leave Boston May 27 for the same place is composed of Dr. Morris, of Charlestown, the celebrated moose hunter, with Mrs. Morris; Dr. E. W. Branigan and Mr. Nathan Tufts. Commissioner Wentworth, of New Hampshire, informe me that they are having “great luck” with lake trout and salmon in the large lakes of the State. He says Judge Aldrich at Penacook Lake landed a salmon that weighed sixteen pounds. Sunapee, too, has yielded several large fish. The same is true of Newfound Lake. Last week Mr. George W. Tenney, of Boston, secured a 22jYpound trout from Lake Winnisquam— the largest of the~season, though it is claimed a larger one has been captured. One Barnet Smith, of Sanbornton, in 1859. with a spear killed one that weighed twenty-eight pounds. In the struggle Smith lost his jack-light overboard. This is believed to be the largest ever taken from the lake. The biggest trout ever secured by hook and line was captured some eight years ago and weighed 21)4 pounds, being about three pounds heavier than any that had been taken by angling prior to that time; so in the opinion of resident sports- men Mr. Tenney’s catch beats all previous records by Jiook-and-line fishing. Commissioner Wentworth says the Commission is now planting half a million brook trout fry for the reason that they have not room to keep them till they reach the fingerling stage. The Colebrook hatchery has 1,000,000 fry, the one at Laconia 1,500,000. They are salmon, lake trout and brook trout. The Commissioners propose to raise all the salmon and about half a million of the brook trout, fry to fingerlings. When it is remembered that the Granite State has a hatchery run by the Federal Govern- ment it would seem that in this department she is doing vastly more toward keeping up the supply of game fish in her streams and lakes than Massachusetts is doing for hers. The same is true of Maine, probably of Vermont. Will the Old Bay State ever catch up? With us there is a loud call for more fingerling trout. In point of size of. the fish taken from their lakes this season, New Hamp- shire and Maine are running a very close race. Both Clear- water and Sebago continue to give up big salmon to the large number of fishermen who are reported as enjoying royal sport. In our State there is need of further educational work before the sportsmen can secure a right-of-search law adequate for the securing of the best results from the labors of game wardens. In the report of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Com- mission for 1904 the following recommendation is made: “That the Commissioners and their deputies be empow- ered to approach any person who appears to be hunting or, fishing or killing or snaring birds or mammals illegal- ly” after making explanations and showing evidence of authority to demand “in the name of the Commonwealth” that said person display all the game, fish, etc., protected by law then in his possession, and in case of refusal the officer should have the right to take the suspected party to the nearest police station or before a j ustice where the search may be made, and that in doing this the officer should not incur personal liability, whatever the search might reveal. A bill embodying this plan was favorably reported by the committee but was voted down in the Senate on Thursday by a substantial majority. The late chairman of the board repeatedly stated to your corre- spondent that he. would never desist from urging this ex- tension of the right-of-search law as enacted in 1904 so long as he held the position of chairman of the board. This measure was deemed by him as of the highest im- portance in order that the deputies should be able to ac- complish the work for which they were employed. He declared that it was a common occurrence for a warden to report finding persons out with every appurtenance for killing game and when he was absolutely sure they had birds in their possession, but because the officer had not witnessed the act of killing he was powerless. The captain had no patience with legislators who made the objection that a search law was “liable to be abused.” His wardens, he. said, “could be trusted” to apply the law judiciously in the interest of protection. He took the ground that the honest hunter or fisherman would not obj ect to showing his fish or game. Central. Tarpon Fishing:. New York, May 1 3.— Editor Forest and Stream : I have read with much interest the letter of your correspon- dent, Mr. J. A. L. Waddell, on tarpon tackle in the cur- rent issue of your paper. Taking the headings in the same order that he does, I give my experiences on a trip from which I have just returned in the hope that these may be of some use to others, for it is certainly only through such experiences that one learns what to avoid. Hooks.- — I have not seen the large Van Vleck hook sold by William Mills & Son, as recommended by Mr. Waddell as the best, those I used were the large Van Vleck hook sold by Mr. E. Vom Hofe. The only large tarpon hooks by Messrs. Mills that I ever saw were lighter, and slightly too- long in the barb for my liking; I think what is needed is a shorter barb with a sharp cutting edge on the inside, as on the Van Vleck hook. I always used to file the points to a three-corner or bayonet point, and I fancy on hitting a bone they are more apt to hold in like a peg. The Vom Hofe Van Vleck hook is galvanized and I think would be better of a darker color, especially for night fishing. I certainly had many more strikes than either of my two friends had, the only difference in our fishing being that I used the dark hook. We fished the same places at the same time and with the same bait. Chains. — There is no doubt -the idea of a chain be- tween the hook and the piano wire is a good one, for it reduces the danger of a snap through the wire kinking. My personal experience with these chains, however, was most unfortunate, as I lost five hooks through the link connecting the chain to the eye of the hook giving way. Examination of some new ones showed that many had not been brazed at all, but were simply pinched together. As the maker happened to be fishing next to me, I took the opportunity to point out this to him and return him a few of . them. This fault is therefore not likely to occur again, though this probability by no means ex- cuses such carelessness in such very expensive tackle. Messrs. Mills I notice use a much larger connecting link and it is well brazed. I should think a small split link could be made for this purpose on the same principle as those used for piecing yachts’ chains, and I will cer- tainly get some made when I return to England next month. Wire.— -Though I purchased mine from Mr. E. Vom Hofe about -two months ago, he never mentioned his new rustless wire to which your correspondent refers, and so I had no opportunity to- try it. Certainly rust is a great drawback to the use of ordinary steel wire. I would think phosphor bronze wire would do, but personally I intend to try having the ordinary steel wire "plated with silver. It should not add much to the cost, and if it answers,, as it certainly should do, it would more than repay this extra expense. Sinkers. — Those at present in use and as at present attached could hardly be improved upon. Lines.— I quite agree with your correspondent that a 36 line is the best all-round line to use. In my opinion, the “sporting” part of it does not come into the question at all. One does not put pressure on a 36 line sufficient to break a 27, or even a 24, and if one did systematically, many fish would be lost, not from the line breaking, but through the hold breaking out. On the other hand, the line lasts much longer and a big jewfish or shark can be brought up by hand-lining it and at least a lot of line saved which otherwise would be taken by these pests. Another reason for good strong all-round tackle is that when one does hook that 300-pound tarpon, the mortify- ing knowledge of having had too light tackle need not be added to the ever-ready reasons for not landing it. “Fish for the very largest” is my motto. In tuna fish- ing at Catalina I understand the heaviest line allowed by the club is a 24, and no reel with a handle stopper or Rabbeth handle is allowed, and yet with the addition of at least one of these, namely, a heavier line, the largest fish ever landed on rod and line would not now be avoid- ing Catalina. After a fight of eleven hours and twenty- three minutes it was lost through the line wearing out from the continuous friction. Now tarpon are scarce and tuna more so, so. why not use the strongest possible tackle, of course within reason, say a 30 line? Reels.- — This question of reels is a difficult one, and so. far I . have not yet come across a reel which, in my opinion, is anywhere near perfect. My objections to the latest E. Vom Hofe reel, which I got for this trip, are several. I think the reel should be larger and while the drag on the left hand side, which prevents over-running, is excellent for this purpose, it soon wears out. More- over, it is not adjustable nor is it mechanically correct, as it pushes on one plate and has a tendency to push the barrel of the reel over to one side. The check on the right or handle, side of the reel is actuated by a slide which must be lifted by the finger to be put in action and depressed by the thumb to be put out of action ; this is exactly the reverse of what it. should be, for it is difficult and dangerous to raise this slide with a fish on, and cer- tainly if this slide must be there then it should come into action by depressing it with the thumb. Next, the stop which comes out to prevent the handle revolving is sure- ly in the wrong place, situated as it is in such a position that should one miss lifting the slide or get one’s fingers in between the handle and the stop, a broken or severely bruised finger would be the result; all this would be avoided by putting this stop on that part of the plate which points toward the top of the rod and actuating it by a similar arrangement to that on the left side. The handle piece also could be made somewhat longer with advantage, so as to allow of two fingers at least being employed in winding. . As for the drag itself, I am by no means in favor of its use for tarpon or any fish that breaks water. I know the makers would say: “Don’t use it till the fish has done jumping,” but when has a tarpon made his last jump? And I lost so many fish with it that I gave up using it altogether. For deep water fighting fish such as jewfish, shark, and I have no doubt tuna, it is excellent, but what is wanted is an adjustable drag which can be worked by the thumb, but not working by rubbing on the line as at present. I have' in my mind a device which should answer this purpose and which I will have fitted to my reels if possible for next season. . Rods. — There are so many good rods made now that it is hard to avoid a good one. I used a greenheart rod made seven years ago in Ireland and found it answered perfectly. Butt Sockets. — -I think a cup or ball of phosphor bronze would be better than the leather now used, as it would allow of more movement. Of leg pads I know nothing, nor for what purpose they are employed, but would like to- hear what they are for. This exhausts the points referred to by Mr. Waddell, and I shall look forward to reading what hints he and others have to give us in the future. While fishing at Boca Grande this season I noticed one old English sportsman had devised an idea for preventing the line coming in as wet as it generally does, by winding some cord or bath towel round the rod between the first and second guides. r 6Jdea seemed to me excellent, but I fear with the use of the leather thumb break it would not work, as plenty of water is necessary to prevent the burning of the leather. Referring back to the question of reels, I would like to see another cog wheel put in, to allow of the reel running in the same direction as the handle, and so get- ting a better lead for the line. I find with the last guide so far from the reel, when the rod bends the line is apt to come below it. By this arrangement the line would come m with a much better lead to the reel. And now as to the question of tarpon fishing gener- ally and the best time and place to fish for big fish. It would seem to me that the surest places for big fish are m those passes which lead to large rivers, such as Boca Grande, Captiva and others. This year the season was very late and but few fish had been caught in these passes when I was there. I say surest, for undoubtedly when the fish are there absolutely certain sport is to be had on each tide. The fish are evidently bound for these rivers to breed,, and once they taste the fresh water and are sure of their breeding ground they hover about in these passes ready at any moment to go up, whereas at Indian Key, Bai.e Hundy and such places, many miles from any rivers] while fish are often to be got there, there is no certainty about it, and I believe they are only fish passing in from the sea on their way to the shore. Such a school came into Indian Key when we were there, and we had a won- derful night’s fishing. Everyone had as much fishing as he could stand. They struck at everything; unfortunately 398 [May 20, 1905. > it was all night fishing, and so lost most of its charm. In fact, in our thirty days’ fishing we did not get any fish in the daylight, excepting perhaps a few small ones at Shark Creek. At this latter place I believe they can be got at any time, but they run small, from fifteen to sev- enty-five pounds, and I should say are fish that have not been to sea very far; in other words, those that have been bred there. The small fish, mosquitoes- and night fishing entirely take away all the charm of this place. We found shrimp the best bait when the fish are striking on the top of the water, and needle fish the best at Indian Key. For the capture of these latter a small mesh cast-net should be taken, otherwise they can only be shot with a bullet. Mullet are scarce at Indian Key but needle fish plentiful. I would like to hear the opinion of sportsmen as to the relative fighting of tarpon caught in the passes and those caught still-fishing. My experience is, that while those I caught many years ago still-fishing fought very hard, sometimes taking some hours to land, that it was due to inexperience and bad tackle. I have. always looked on still-fishing as the capture of a maimed fish, since I caught some which came up with hardly a struggle, being hooked very far down and probably being pricked with the hook in a vital part. Since then I have never cared for this kind of fishing. In Captiva I have had some big fights, but there again the current is in the fish’s favor, and again I had the old reels which were difficult to keep from overrunning. In Indian Ivey, where the current is not very great and equipped with these new reels, I had no difficulty in handling what fish I got, but I have heard it said that a fish hooked by the mouth, as in pass fish- ing, cannot fight so hard in consequence of his mouth being continuously pulled open. All these questions are interesting and the opinions of sportsmen who have caught both on the same tackle would be more so. Lorenzo Henry. Fish^ancT Fishing, Canadian Trout are Now Rising. W. J. Darlington, of Quebec, one of the neatest fly- casters in Canada, drove out to Lake Beauport on May Day, the opening day of the Canadian trout sea- son, and succeeded in creeling a baker’s dozen of the silvery beauties of that exceptionally beautiful sheet of water, employing no other lure than the artificial fly. This was exceptionally good luck, as well as good fishing, for fly-casting seldom succeeds so early in the season as this on the lakes to the north of Quebec. Very few of the lakes along the line of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway were altogether free of ice until the second week of the present month, though the Jacques Cartier River, Lake St. Joseph, and some of the other waters in the neighborhood of these latter were clear some days earlier. From Lake Edward comes the intelligence that the ice broke up about the 8th inst., and that several fine trout were caught by bait a few days later. The best of the spring fishing in this body of water is expected this year after about the 20th inst. At present writing the ice has left all the lakes between Quebec and Lake St. John, though little or nothing has yet been done by fly-fishermen, for the water is still rising in both streams and lakes. Lake Kenogami was about the last of the northern lakes to become clear of ice this season. On Lake St. John, the last of the ice disappeared about the same time as it did from Lake Edward, and navigation was funy opened there on the 10th of May. While bait-fishing in the more northerly lakes is not likely to give way to successful fly-fishing before the third week of the month, it is still more probable that the latter sport will not amount to very much until after the 24th inst. It is likely to be fully as late before the ouananiche fishing in the Roberval bays, and in the mouths of the Metabetchouan and Ouiatchouan rivers at Lake St. John will be worth anything. The water of the ljflce is quite low at present, the lateness of the season, and the cold weather that prevailed well into the present month having delayed the melting of the snow and ice on the northern feeders of the big lake and in the forests drained by them. Though now rising rapidly, it will be some time before the high spring level of the water is reached, and the best of the fishing will only set in when the water has commenced to fall. New Fishing Waters. While there is no doubt whatever that the lease of large fishing and hunting territories to American and other clubs, has had for effect the very efficient pro- tection of fish and game in many of the districts of the Province of Quebec, sportsmen who are not fortunate enough to be lessees of such rights themselves, or to belong to clubs possessing them, have at times found it difficult, without traveling long distances, to find good free fishing waters. The rapidly increasing num- ber of American anglers, who now come to northern Quebec for their fishing, has accentuated this fact. Realizing the increased demands for fishing privileges which must shortly prevail, the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway has taken time by the forelock in con- nection with the new branch line of railway which it is building from a little south of Lake Edward, through the interior of. the province to the falls of La Tuque on the St. Maurice River. This line of railway which branches off from the line of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway, some 78 miles from Quebec, is 40 miles in length and traverses a country very rich in trout waters. Judging that these would be quickly snapped up by private lessees, the railway company has leased most of them itself, in order that free fishing may be at the disposal of the patrons of the road. The new line will be open to traffic next winter. Salmon Fishing. More inquiries than ever for salmon fishing rights have been received here this spring, but it is needless to say that there is nothing of the kind lying around loose, waiting to be picked up, just now. And those that have salmon fishing are taking every means to properly protect it. Mr. J. J. Hill sent two very prom- FOREST AND STREAM. inent lawyers here last week to oppose a bill which was before the Legislature, in the interests of a Canadian lumberman, asking for authority to erect dams, piers, etc., in the St. John River of Labrador, for the salmon fishing of which Mr. Hill pays $3,000 yearly to the government of the Province of Quebec. Because it was shown that the proposed “improve- ments” in the river would injure and perhaps ruin its salmon fisheries, the bill was rejected by the Legisla- ture. Another bill, which is likely to become law, is now before the Legislature, the object of which is to prohibit the running of logs in salmon rivers between the 25th of June and the 15th of August following. It stands to reason that the running of logs , while the salmon are ascending the rivers to their spawning beds is- of a nature to materially interfere with their pro- gress up stream. Salmon in New Brunswick are Not Decreasing. I have just read the last report of Mr. H. E. Harrison, one of the fishery inspectors of New Brunswick, and am convinced that he is much more correct in his con- clusions as to the salmon supply of some at least of the rivers of New Brunswick, than are those who would have us to believe that the increase of fishcultural operations results in a diminished supply of salmon in the rivers in which the fry are planted. The mistake made by these latter is that they base their estimate of the supply of fish upon the returns of the net fishermen as to the number caught by them from year to year. The incorrectness of this reasoning is thus exposed by Mr. Harrison: “A slight falling off in the quantity of this (salmon), the most valuable fish caught in this district, can scarcely be attributed to a smaller run, or to less of them passing up the St. John River; in fact, I think I can disprove any statement to that effect, by evidence which I will submit with this report, from one who is in position to know the facts. I feel safe in saying that the decrease in quantity taken is the result of better protection, made possible by your department giving me an extra guardian the first part of the sea- son, and two during the latter part of it, whereby con- siderable illegal fishing was prevented. The surface fly-fishing on the Tobique River was grand the past season, and those who could afford the pleasure were delighted with the results.” What the Head Warden of the Tobique Salmon Club Says. The evidence adduced by Mr. Harrison is contained in the report of Mr. T. F. Allen, head warden of the Tobique Salmon Club, to the local fishery overseer. Mr. Allen is a citizen of the United States who has for some years looked after the interest of the club. He says among other things: “As to the fishing on the Tobique River during the last season, I am pleased to say that it was the best in the history of the Tobique Salmon Club. This was due principally to the im- provement in the protection of the fish in the non-tidal waters of the St. John. Without such assistance very few salmon would be able to pass the numerous nets such as would be in use, unless compelled to abide by the laws in connection with such protection, by the Dominion government on the St. John River. The salmon are well protected after they enter the Tobique River. Twenty men, residents of the vicinity, are con- stantly on duty as wardens on the Tobique River, from June 1 to Nov. 1. While the season for taking salmon expires Aug. 15, the wardens are retained to protect the fish through the spawning season, and until they leave that stream to return to sea, these guardians are kept at the expense of the club. The fry placed in the Tobique River each season from the Dominion hatchery, at Grand Falls, are undoubtedly a great bene- fit in supplying a stock of salmon for the river. During the present season, there were more salmon in the Tobique River for spawning (after the season closed for taking them), than I ever saw at one time; they could be counted by the thousand. This means a grand supply for the future. A grand feature in connection with the fishing of the past season, was that at no time after the salmon arrived was there a day up to the close of the season, but salmon could be taken with a fly, as far as the condition of the water was concerned. We had some rain but not enough at any time to put the river above a fishing pitch, or to make it so dirty that a fish could not outline a fly distinctly. * * * The members of the Tobique Salmon Club and their guests killed about 325 fish, including salmon and grilse, and in private pools controlled by Lord Strathcona and residents on the river, there were many fish killed, the exact number of which I cannot state.” E^T. D. Chambers. [The Dolphin as a Pilot. “Pelorous Jack” is the name of an old dolphin which is protected by a special act of the New Zealand Legisla- ture. The official proclamation of the Government pro- hibits any interference with Pelorous Jack under a pen- alty of £100. According to an old sailor’s tale, a shoal of dolphins grounded on the shores of Cook Strait forty years ago, and one of them escaped into the sea. That one, which is now acknowledged to be Pelorous Jack, never left the locality where he lost his companions, and “he is now protected by law as he has always been by sentiment.” The most remarkable fact of all is the reason for the passage of the law, which is that Pelorous Jack acts as a most effective pilot, escorting all kinds of vessels in and out of the French Pass, Cook Strait, always keping to deep water. For years he was believed to be a beluga, or white whale, but recent scientific investigation has shown that he is really a dolphin. As he is never absent from his duties, the proclamation has been received with keen sat- isfaction throughout Australasia by sailors who have to use the French Pass. — London Express. As teachers of patience in fishing, black bass stand at the head of the list, and in their intercourse with fisher- men, especially in its early stages, they are the most ag- gravating and profanity-provoking animal that swims in fresh water. — Grover Cleveland. Tarpon at Fort Myers* Of the April and May tarpon fishing at Fort Myers, Fla., the Press of that town says in the current issue: “If the many fishermen who were here in February. and March making strenuous efforts to entice the wily silver king to take their bait had been fishing for the past week, there would have been an old-time tarpon record that would have run into the hundreds. As it is, there were only a half dozen here to enjoy the fine sport, as the river is now alive with tarpon, from Four Mile Island up to the railroad bridge, and any morning they may be seen leaping out of the water by scores. With but a half dozen persons fishing the record for the past week equals that of the entire season previous to this. Two more prominent names of titled foreigners are added to the roll of honor for landing the gamest fish that swims — they are Baron and Baroness Von Tuyll . Von Serooskerken, from Holland, the Baron being the accredited representative of his country at Washington. The Baron and Baroness each landed two fine tarpon, and their success will undoubtedly be the means of sending others of the diplomatic corps at Washington to try their luck here next season. Another couple who have gained fame as tarpon anglers are Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Statler, of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Statler has shown his capacity for operating the largest hotel in the world, and now has shown that he can subdue the greatest piscatorial fighter of the Gulf, and it is a ques- tion between Mrs. Statler and himself as to which is . the better angler. Mrs. Statler has a firm hold on the record for the greatest number of tarpon taken by a ; lady this season, landing six silver beauties, averaging 97 pounds in weight, the largest weighing 130 pounds. • She also accomplished the rare feat for a lady of land- ing two tarpons in one day, which she did on April 28. Mr. Statler has a record of seven tarpon, two of these being landed on last Saturday, weighing 170 and 100 pounds respectively. The well-known tarpon anglers, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashby Jones, have both added | to their scores the past week, Mrs. Jones celebrating May Day by landing two beauties weighing 118 and 120 pounds. Mr. Jones landed six tarpon the past week, two on April 27 and two yesterday. On Tuesday he brought in what was undoubtedly the largest silver king killed this season. He weighed 182 pounds, and the girth measurement would make him go above this weight. Mr. Jones’ record for the season up to yester- dav was eleven tarpon, and he will likely increase this to twenty-five in the next week. More tarpon have been taken at Fort Myers this season than all the catches combined elsewhere in the State.” New York and Pennsylvania Fishing Notes. Sayre, Pa., May 13.— Mr. E. S. Worthington, of Sayre, and a congenial party of angling friends, spent a few days the early part of the week along some of the most likely streams in the vicinity of Satterfield, this State, and brought home 140 trout of nice size and a supply of ang- ling tales rich with the flavor of the outdoor life. Charles Northrup and some friends were on the Shrader, below Towanda, for a part of the week, but caught only eighty-four trout, and advise that not many trout are being taken from the streams in that section this season, although ordinarily fine sport is due the angler working out that section of country. Local streams are not yielding results equal to- those of former years, and all in all, from reports which come to me, it would appear that either the trout supply is less than usual or the conditions for the best fishing have not sufficiently developed. From the streams over along the Auburn Division of the Lehigh Valley, between Owego and Groton, N. Y., reports are far more satisfying. A good many fine creels of trout have been taken from streams about Harford Mills, McLean and from the head waters of Fall Creek, near Groton. In all that country the big green meadows reach away to the horizon line, and the streams, big and little, many of them really diminutive, afford about as easy fishing as one can hope for. The streams in the vicinity of Slaterville and Speeds- ville, probably best reached from Rich ford on the Auburn line above referred to, or from Ithaca, have thus far, it is reported, yielded unsatisfactory results, counting re- sults upon the basis of trout taken, but the fishing is through a picturesque bit of country which in itself affords the angler compensations above the world’s lucre. The largest California trout said to have been taken from any stream around Ithaca within recent years was ■ caught by a Cornell University student one afternoon last week in Buttermilk Creek, below the locally famous But- termilk Falls. The trout when measured reached the tape at. 2214 inches, and weighed 3)4 pounds. Pickerel and pike fishing at the Ithaca end of Cayuga Lake has been of a decidedly pleasing sort for some time past. Last Saturday night John R. Woodford, of Ithaca, caught the largest pike ever taken from the local waters of the lake, so far as the present generation has knowl- edge. the fish weighing: 14H pounds. Thousands of pike fry have been distributed in the lake at Ithaca, and under, the thorough protective measures now enforced, the fish- ing should continue to be satisfactory. At Sherburne, N. Y., May 6, William Friar caught from the Chenango River a brown trout which weighed; seven pounds and two ounces and measured twenty-seven inches long. Through the effort of Assemblyman Carrier this fish was presented to Lewis E. Carr, of Albany. And in this connection it may be worth while to state that ad- vices from the fine old Chenango are to the effect that excellent catches of brown trout have been made this spring from those waters. Coming nearer home I hear that in the Susquehanna’ River, between Sayre and Owego, large distributions of! pike fry have within the week been made, the evident determination being to keep the supply of these fish up1 to normal conditions. Perhaps the very best pike fishing for the entire length of the Susquehanna is to be had May 20, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 890 from the New York and Pennsylvania State line up to within a short distance of Owego. Speaking of the Susquehanna reminds me that among the papers bearing upon property rights, real estate trans- fers, etc., one often gets an illuminating insight into the importance once attaching to the shad fisheries of the river hereabouts. Old deeds and records make conspicu- ous mention of shad fishing rights reserved for individ- uals and bodies of individuals. An old resident of this section told the writer recently that shad were at one time so plentiful that farmers utilized the fish for fertilizer, a big husky shad serving to accelerate the growth of each hill of corn, the rule being, in local terms, “a shad to a hill of corn.” Ah, me, if we could but live over the old days once more. M. Chill. Waterproofing for Lines. Now, I would like to ask a question. It is possible to purchase a braided linen reel line about the same size as an F braided silk line, although some of the linen lines seem to be smaller when they are new. Casting with them frequently proves that they swell to F size or larger, and when thoroughly saturated they expand ■won- derfully. It occurred to me that the paraffin-naphtha treatment might prevent saturation. I tried it, hung the line up to dry and afterward began casting with it — on salt water. Beautiful ! A hundred feet of the line would lie on top the water as if made of cork. The line came in on the reel quite dry. I was greatly pleased— for a time. For the paraffin came off on the guides in dust and presently the line began to soak up water and swell again. It seemed that the center of the line should not be affected, but apparently there is too much friction on a casting line for this treatment. Will some brother angler offer something that will not injure a fine line, but which will prevent it from swelling and at the same time leave it soft and pliable but not sticky? Perry D. Frazer. New York City. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. Let Us Go A-Fishing. The town of Wakefield, Mass., has a fish committee which makes an annual report on the local fishing in- terests. The current document contains this bit of wis- dom which is of wide application : There are multitudes of men who, having nothing else to do, will not even go a-fishing when, by simply and frequently looking at nature they might reap to them- selves knowledge and riches which neither time nor eter- nity can take away nor destroy. If, as has been said, “Charity begins at home,” let us all be charitable to our- selves and go a-fishing as frequently and as heartily as possible. ■ Many who are inclined to go a-fishing are prevented by the mistaken idea that they cannot get away. Now, we believe that fishing “is the 'wisest, virtuousest, discreetest and best sport ever sported,” and that he or she who takes a month off in the open, can do more and better work in eleven months than in twelve. “Let us make the best of the time yet allotted to us and regain and retain what of youth is possible — let us go a-fishing.” A Large Codfish. The biggest thing in the way of a codfish ever seen in Boston was a fish which had' been caught near Half- way Rock, off Marblehead. It was six feet in length and weighed, dressed, eighty-five pounds. The undressed weight was probably 100 pounds. I^he Jf mml — $ — Points and Flashes. Volume 21 of the American Kennel Club Stud Book (1904) contains registrations from 774 i68 to 84,963 inclu- sive. It also contains much other valuable information, including lists of active and associate members, bench shows and judges, cancellations, champions of record, foxhound and beagle trials, kennel names, prefixes and affixes, officers of the club, Pacific Advisory Board, bench show winnings, etc. It is published by the American Kennel Club. A. P. Vredenburgh, Secretary, 55 Liberty street, New York. The Manitoba Field Trials Club, of which Mr.. Eric Hamber, Winnipeg, is the honorary secretary, has issued some important information concerning customs arrange- ments of interest to patrons. In substance, dogs entered in the trials, and an accurate description of them sent to him, with designation of line of railway which will trans- port them, one week previous to date of arrival at port of entry, will be allowed to enter Manitoba and remain ninety days or less free of duty. The club has provided three stakes, namely, a Derby, All-Aged and Champion stakes. Derby entries close July 1. Mr. W. W. Titus, famous as a judge and handler, with a member of the Manitoba Club, will judge. The club is to be congratu- lated for their manly independence in fearlessly conduct- ing their own affairs in their own way, the Handlers’ Association to the contrary notwithstanding. It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name Address State The Race for the Ocean Cup. The past week has been one of great activity on board the eleven yachts entered in the race for the Ocean Cup . presented by H. I. M. the German Emperor. On most of the yachts the work of preparation has been going on since early spring but much had to be done in the last ten days before the start. All the entries, both American and foreign, have been hauled out and their underwater bodies cleaned or painted. New gear has been put in place and sails bent. So much work has been necessary that few of the boats have had time to give to much needed trial spins. As we go to press the boats will be about starting on their long race across the Atlantic. Atlantic, which had been in the dry dock at the Morse Iron Works, was put overboard on Saturday. In the afternoon she went out for a short spin and then returned to Bay Ridge and anchored. On Sunday she proceeded to the Horseshoe, where she remained until the start on Tuesday. Mr. William Gardner, Atlantic’s designer, thought the vessel would be improved if some of her in- side ballant was put outside on the keel, and the werk was carried out under his direction this spring. Some of her heaviest interior fittings have been done away with so the vessel now floats higher than she did last year. This will make her more buoyant and better able to wi.h- stand the bad weather likely to be encountered on an Atlantic passage. Capt. Charles Barr will be in command and his right hand man will be Captain Pagel. Mr. John Barr, who has been in Isolde for the past two seasons, is mate. Counting in the extra hands taken for the race, Atlantic will have nearly fifty men all told. Her owner, Mr. Wilson Marshall, will be on board and he will have as guests Messrs. Ferd M. Hoyt, Morton W. Smith, L. B. Ostrander, C. B. Seeley, H. A. Bergman and Dr. F. B. Downs. Atlantic has been the favorite and it is gener- ally believed that she will win. The second choice has been Endymion, the yacht which holds the record for an Atlantic crossing. Endymion has had more tryout spins than any of the American boats this season, and she is in as good, if not better, shape than any of the other entries. Her copper was removed last week and her bottom smoothed down and painted. She will be recoppered on her arrival at Southampton. Capt. James A. Loesch has been in the yacht since she was built in 1900, and has crossed the Atlantic in her five times. Of all the skippers none is more familiar with his vessel than Captain Loesch. While he has the reputation of being a driver, and a sail carrier, still he is a seaman of rare skill and judgment, and is not liable to make any blunders. Captain Larsen, of the auxiliary Enterprise, will be the navigation officer on Endymion, and he is very familiar with the boat, as he was mate in her for a num- ber of years. Endymion has a complete suit of spare sails and spare topmasts. Her boats have been sent to South- ampton by steamer and she will carry a number of dories “nested” on deck amidships. Besides the men in the steward’s department she carries sixteen men forward. Commodore George Lauder, Jr., will have Mr. J. R. Buchan, Dr. H. C. Rowland. Mr. Jasper Rowland, Mr. Richard Armstrong and Mr. Richard Sheldon. The yawl Ailsa has been almost entirely rebuilt this spring at the Jacob yard at City Island and is now said to be in good condition. In her first trials she leaked somewhat but the boat is now perfectly tight. Mr. Henry S. Redmond, who owns the boat, will not cross in her but he will be represented on board by Mr. Grenville Kane. Mr. Kane will be accompanied by Mr. Paul Eve Stevenson and Mr. Henry Reuterdahl, the famous marine artist. Capt. Lem. Miller, the well-known racing skipper, is in charge and she has a crew of eighteen men. Fleur de Lys is the smallest boat entered. She was, however, built for cruising and has covered many thou- sands of miles of deep water during her career. Dr. Lewis Stimson, her present owner, purchased her a num- ber of years ago and has crossed the Atlantic in her sev- eral times as well as having made a number of southern cruises. Dr. Stimson will have as guests Mr. Elliot Tuck- erman and Mr. James B. Connolly, the writer of so many fisherman’s yarns. A Gloucester skipper of note, Capt. Thomas Bohlin, will be in command, and his crew is mostly made up of Gloucester fishermen. Hildegarde was put in readiness for the race at New London and the skipper, Capt. S. N. Masters, together with his mates, Messrs. Saunders and Miller, have out- done themselves in the fitting out. Next to Endymion this ship has been given more trying-out spins than any of the other American entries. Mr. E. R. Coleman will be on board and his guests are to be Messrs. Frank Platt, A. E. Barker and Dr. Robert Lecomte. Hildegarde has a crew of twenty-four men. Thistle is a vessel particularly adapted for the work she will meet in this contest. She is too powerful a ves- sel for ordinary cruising on the Sound and it is expected she will do well under really trying conditions. Mr. Robert E. Tod, her owner, is in a great measure respon- sible for the race, and he has also done much to promote ocean racing in America. Mr. Tod will act as his own navigator. Mr. Tod’s mate, Captain Ellis, is an old sea- man and a yacht sailor of experience and has the reputa- tion of being as clever and able as any professional on any of the boats in the race. Dr. James A. Ayer, Dr. Paul Onterbridge and Mr. Poultney Bigelow will be Mr. Tod’s guests. Utowana is an auxiliary and in every sense of the word a cruiser. Her owner entered the boat in the race as an act of courtesy toward Lord Crawford, whose ship Val- halla he defeated in a race about a year ago. Utowana is owned by Mr. Allison V. Armour and he will have with him two guests, Messrs. Jordan L. Mott, Jr., and William Williams. Utowana is commanded by an American born and bred skipper, Capt. J. H. Crawford, a Connecticut Yankee. She has a crew of thirty-four men. Apache, ex-White Heather, is one of the largest boats in the race. She is owned by Mr. Edmund Randolph, and the following gentlemen will cross with him : Messrs. Royal Phelps Carroll. Joseph Harriman, Ralph N. Ellis, Stuyvesant LeRoy, R. Burnside Potter, W. Gordon Fel- lowes and Dr. Watson B. Morris. Apache is in charge of Capt. J. H. McDonald, who has under him a crew of forty men. Valhalla. Lord Crawford’s fine ship-rigged yacht, needed little or no work done on her to put her in shape for the race. This vessel is always ready for an ocean crossing, with the exception of putting stores on board. In this instance it was necessary for her to go on a dry dock to remove her screw. Captain Caws is in charge of Valhalla and she has a crew of sixty-six men. Sunbeam, the other British entry, is owned by Lord Brassey. This vessel, like Valhalla, needed little work done to put her in readiness for the contest. Her bottom was cleaned and painted when she was in the dry dock having her propeller taken off. Lord Brassey will act as his own navigator and he will have with him Colonel Harboard and Major Pakenham. Lord Brassey’s captain is E. C. S. Achard and she has a crew of twenty-nine men. Hamburg, ex-Rainbow, is the only German entry in the race. She is owned by a German syndicate whose , representative cn the boat is Mr. Adolph Tietjens. With him are Lieut. John Tietjens and Mr. Piconelli. Captain Peters is in charge and the crew numbers twenty-eight men. The race will start as scheduled unless in the opinion of the committee in charge the start should be deferred. The German cruiser Pfeil will be stationed off the Lizard and will serve to show more clearly the finish line. The cruiser Pfeil is painted a light gray and has two funnels and two pole masts. The German Emperor will present a silver plate, on which will be inscribed a cuitable legend, to each of the owners whose yachts finish in the race. This plate be- longs to the yacht and not to the owner and must be placed in some conspicuous place on board to remain there until the vessel is broken up. Some of the American boats have had trouble with the crews and there have been rumors regarding strikes at the last moment. While it is very doubtful if anything of the sort will happen, still to be able to meet all con- tingencies the owners have discussed the matter and the owners of the foreign entries have agreed not to start if any boats are held up for that reason. The owners of the yachts and the members of the sub- committee had a dinner at Delmonico’s last Saturday night and the following cablegram was read during the affair : Urvili.e, May 13, 1905. Allison V. Armour, New York: Best greetings to yacht owners and Starting Committee, hoping race will be a success and wishing a good and speedy cruise. William I. R. Entries in Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cop. Name. Type and Rig. L.W.L. Valhalla .240ft Apache ..Aux. Barque... .168ft. .. Ailsa . . Y awl . 89ft. . Hamburg ..Schooner .116ft. . Utowana ..Aux. Schooner. ,155ft. . Sunbeam ..Aux. Barque... ,154.7ft. Thistle ....... ..Schooner ,110ft. .. * "1C . . . . . ..Aux. Schooner. .135ft. . Hildegarde ... . .Schooner .... .103 4ft. Fleur de Lys.. ..Schooner ...... .101ft.... Endymion .... ^Schooner ( 86, §ftn?! Owner. . . Earl of Crawford . . . ..Edmund Randolph.. ...Henry S. Redmond.. ...German syndicate .. . . .Allison V. Armour . . ..Lcrd Brassey ...Robert E. Tod ...Wilson Marshall .... ..Edward R. Coleman. ..Lewis A. Stimson... •’George Louder, Jr». Club. ... Royal Yacht Squadron. ... New York Y. C . . New York Y. C .. Imperial Y. C .. New York Y. C .. Royal Yacht Squadron. . . Atlantic Y. C ...New York Y. C ...Philadelphia Cor. Y. C.. ...New York Y. C .(slndian Harbor Y. C „r Designer. Year Built. ..W. C. Storey 1S92.. ..J. Reid & Co 189o! * ..William Fife, Jr 1S95 ..George L, Watson 1898!! ..J. Beavor-Webb 1891.. ..St. Claire Byrne 1874!! ..Henry Winteringham 1901.! ..Gardner & Cox 1903.! ..A. S. C’nesebrough 1897!! ..Edward Burgess 1890!! •jTams, Lemoine & Crane.. !l899.! Net Ton. ... .048 ....307 ....116 ....186 ....267 ....227 ....235 ....206 ....146 . . . . 86 ....U§ 400 FOREST AND STREAM [May 20, 1905. Boston Letter. Y. R. A. Classes. — Another of the 22-footers has been measured and has been found to be under weight. This is Clorinda, designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley for Com- modore B. P. Cheney and Mr. Charles D. Lanning. She was weighed last Friday and was found to be 75 pounds short. As she measured only 21ft. 4pdn- on the water- line, however, there will be no- difficulty in adding the re- quired weight without putting her out of the class. She is a promising looking boat and appears to have some of the general outlines of Sally VII. and Clotho. Rube, owned by Mr. H. L. Bowden, is undergoing changes at Marblehead to bring her into- the class. Her rabbet line is being raised and the reverse curves forward and aft slightly increased, thus shortening up her water- line sufficiently to enable her to take on 300 pounds with- out exceeding 22ft. waterline. Tyro, owned by Mr. W. H. Joyce, arrived at Marble- head from Boothbay on Sunday, May 7. Mr. Sumner H. Foster joined the yacht at Portland and sailed her from there to Marblehead. Strong head winds were experi- enced all the way, but Tyro behaved splendidly and steered very easily. As she passed Thatcher’s Island she carried a three-reefed mainsail and storm jib. Off Cape Ann the wind lightened somewhat and the reefs were shaken out. In a short time it blew harder than ever and she was kept going under full sail until she arrived at Marblehead. No attempt was made to luff her, but she was kept as close to her course as possible by easing and trimming sheets. Mr. A. C. Jones’ Nutmeg, designed and built by Han- ley, will be launched on Monday and then all five new ones will have been put overboard. Nutmeg is quite full forward and is quite flat with generous draft. She will be fitted up very substantially below decks. Capt. Frank James has been engaged to sail her in the races. The first Medric is the only one of the older boats to have been launched yet, and she has had several tryouts with Mr. PI. PI. White’s Medric II. The old boat is said to have shown up very well. There will be four new 18- footers in the field this sea- son and these, with a host of older ones, will make things interesting for the class. A less active market is largely responsible for the fewer number of 18-footers this year, as the owners of old boats would not order new ones until the old ones were sold. Three of the new ones are de- signed by Messrs. Small Brothers and one by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield. The last one to be ordered is for Messrs. F. L. & R. W. Pigeon, the hollow spar-makers of East Boston. Mr. George H. Wightman’s new one, de- signed by Mr. Crowninshield, was launched last week and has been weighed and measured satisfactorily. She has been named Bonitwo, which is not only suggestive of succession, Mr. Wightman’s old 18-footer being named Bonito, but is also appropriate as the new boat is to be sailed by Mr. Wightman’s two sons. Only one new 15-footer has been heard from and there is a general feeling among the racing men that this, class is not panning out as well as might be expected. Since the close of the last season the opinion has been freely expressed that the new 30ft. class, which was or- ganized last year, would prove a yearling. Chewink IV. had so little difficulty in securing the championship that it was felt that the other yachtsmen interested would not want to chase her around another year. Messrs. Burgess & Packard, however, have been building a 30-footer at their Salem shops, which may be intended to race against the last year boats, either in class or in the races of the Eastern Y. C. for yachts of less than 40ft. A hollow mast is being made for this yacht by the Pigeon Hollow Spar Co., which would indicate that she is not for the regular 30ft. class, unless the rules prohibiting hollow spars has been waived. Eastern Y. C. Fixtures. — The Eastern Y. C. will be the most active club in Massachusetts Bay this year, if it is not indeed in the- whole country. Its season’s pro- gramme has been arranged with great care and with ex- cellent judgment as regards the sequence of events. The complete programme, as arranged up to date, is as fol- lows : Monday, July 3. — Sailing races at Marblehead for boats under 40ft. rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. Tuesday, July 4, 10 A. M. — Motorboat races. Tuesday, July 4, 2:30 P. M.— Sailing races for boats under 40ft. rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. Saturday, July 8. — Cruise, Marblehead to Gloucester. Sunday, July 9. — Cruise, Gloucester to Isles of Shoals. Monday, July 10. — Cruise, Isles of Shoals to Boothbay Harbor. Tuesday, July 11. — Cruise, Boothbay Harbor to Camden. Wednesday, July 12. — Cruise; the fleet will proceed at will to Islesboro. Thursday, July 13.— Cruise, Islesboro - (Dark Harbor) to Bartletts Narrows. Friday, July 14 — Cruise, Bartletts Narrows to Bar Harbor. Saturday, July 15. — Cruise: race off Bar Harbor; fleet disbands. Thursday, July 27, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Friday, July 28, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Saturday, July 29, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2:30 P. M. — Sailing races for boats under 30ft. rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. Thursday, Aug. 17. — New York Club due to arrive. Friday, Aug. 18, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 A. M. — Annual regatta. Monday, Aug. 21, 10 A. M. — Start of ocean race to Halifax. Saturday, Aug. 20, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Saturday, Sept. 2, 10 A. M. — Motorboat race. Boston Y. C. — A meeting of the Regatta Committee of the Boston Y. C. was held last Wednesday evening at which races for the coming season were discussed. Dates for the launch races have not yet been decided upon, but it has been announced that Commodore B. P. Cheney will give championship cups for launches as well as for the regular classes for the season’s racing. The launch classes will be divided as follows : Hunting and open launches not over 40ft., cabin launches not over 40ft., and cabin launches over 40ft. The Boston Y. C. will share in the endeavor to pre- serve the Cape cat as a type and will provide classes for the yachts of the Cape Catboat Association in the races of June 17, and Aug. 5 and 7. The association now has twenty boats enrolled in its membership, and yachtsmen are taking a lot of interest in the movement. One of the most, enjoyable features of the season in the Boston Y. C. will be the annual cruise, which will be to Five Islands, Me., again. The squadron will be the guest of Vice Commodore E. P. Boynton at Five Islands, and he will give prizes for races there. Rear Commodore Al- fred Douglass has offered prices for the port to port runs, The Regatta Committee will have a fast launch on the cruise, which will run ahead of the fleet to take finish times, and a tug will stay by the smaller yachts and assist them in making port if it should be necessary. The Ken- nebec Y. C., of Bath, Me., has extended an invitation to the Boston Y. C. to visit Bath while the fleet is in Maine waters. The Boston Y. C. will also be entertained by the Portland Y. C. Beverly Y. C. Fixtures. — The following fixtures have been announced by the Beverly Y. C., which, unless other- wise mentioned, will be held off the club house at Wing’s Neck : Saturday, June 17. — First club and sweepstake race. Saturday, June 24. — First club race. Saturday, July 1. — Second club race. Tuesday, July 4. — First sweepstake. Saturday, July 8. — First Corinthian. Saturday, July 15. — Second Corinthian. Saturday, July 22. — Third Corinthian. Saturday, July 29. — Fourth Corinthian. Saturday, Aug. 5. — Fifth Corinthian. Saturday, Aug. 12. — Third club race. Saturday, Aug. 19. — Sixth Corinthian Saturday, Aug. 26. — Second club and sweepstake. Thursday, Aug. 31. — Open race; Ricketson cups, Dartmouth. Friday, Sept. 1.— Open race at Mattapoisett. Saturday, Sept. 2. — Van Rensselaer cup race at Marion. Monday, Sept. 4. — Second open. Saturday, Sept. 9. — Seventh Corinthian. Cruiser for Mr. S. R. Anthony. — At the Herreshoff shops last Wednesday, the cruising sloop Doris, built for Mr. S. Redd Anthony, of the Eastern Y. C., was launch- ed in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony and a party of friends. Doris is a heavily constructed boat with con- siderable body. She is 77ft. over all, 56ft. 6in. waterline, 15ft. 3in. breadth and 9ft. 3m. draft. She will be delivered about June 1 and will be anchored off Beverly. New Yard at Marblehead. — The shop on the new Burgess & Packard plant at Marblehead is being erected. It is to be 100ft. long, 40ft. wide and 17ft. high. A house for Mr. Burgess is also to be erected. A channel is being dredged for the marine railway. The 38ft. launch Viking, designed by this firm for Mr. S. W. Wilder, has been formally entered for the Knickerbocker Y. C. long dis- tance power boat race from New York to Marblehead. At the Marblehead Yacht Yards.— At Messrs. Stearns & McKay’s Marblehead Yacht Yards the 25ft. speed launch for Mr. W. H. Stewart is about planked. The twin-screw launch for Mr. Herbert Humphrey and the launch for Mr. Miller are about ready for the engines. The 22ft. launch for the Eastern Y. C. is in frame. The auxiliary yawl Umbrina, owned by Mr. J. P. Elton, of Waterbury, Conn., has been launched and will be put in commission at once. The launch Helen, the 22-footers Opitsah V. and Margaret, the steam launch Caprice and several smaller boats have been put overboard. Elaborate Speed Launch. — A very elaborate speed launch has been designed by Mr. Norman L. Skene, for Mrs. George T. Williams, of Hartford, which is now being built at Lawley’s. This boat is 22ft. long and 4ft. 6in. beam, and is expected to develop a speed of about eleven miles an hour with a twelve horsepower motor. She will be built entirely of mahogany, and the metal trimmings and cleats will all be of nickel. The boat will be used as a ferry between the owner’s home and the railroad station. Six or eight people may be carried. Launch for Casco Bay.— Messrs. Murray & Tregurtha have an order for a 25ft. launch of 6ft. 6in. beam, equipped with a six horsepower engine for Mr. L. H. Spaulding, of Lowell, Mass. She will be used in Casco Bay. First Race of the Season. — The first race of the sea- son in Massachusetts Bay will be given by the Quincy Y. C. on Saturday, May 27. This will not be an open event, however, but will be limited to yachts of the club. The formal opening of the racing season will be at the annual Memorial Day race of the South Boston Y. C., as usual. John B. Killeen. British Letter. An International Rating Rule. — The idea of an International rating rule is likely to take definite shape, if the letter sent by the secretary of the Yacht Racing Association to the principal European yacht clubs on April 22 is favorably received. The letter referred to states, that as the outcome of correspondence between the leading yacht clubs, or associations, of various European nations, the council of the Yacht Racing Association propose that a conference on the subject of an international rating rule, to come into force on January 1, 1908, be held in London next winter. The leading club, or association, of each of the following countries has been communicated with, viz., Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Italy, and a copy of the letter has been sent to the New York Y. C. with the intimation that the representation of the United States at the conference will be welcomed. Each country is to send two delegates, who may, if they wish, bring with them any professional naval architects whose services they may consider advisable. The Prince of Wales has accepted the office of presi- dent of the conference, and has appointed vice-presi- dents to act for him in his absence in the persons of the vice-presidents of the Y. R. A. So far all seems well. The time is peculiarly propitious for the planning out of a universal rule of rating. No very great dif- ference exists between the rules already existing in the various countries above named and that of England, and a very little judicious manipulation should result in the evolution of a sound, practical rule, which would draw the sporting communities of the different countries involved still closer together. In fact, if the matter is taken up with energy and singleness of purpose, nothing but good can be the outcome. There is one matter which has not as yet been men- tioned, and that is the question of scantling. A uni- versal rating would be of little practical use without a universal system of scantling restrictions, and a most favorable opportunity to discuss this vital matter would be when the proposed conference meets in London to discuss the question of international rating. The yachts of countries which adopt scantling restrictions would obviously be at a disadvantage with yachts which are not subject to such rules, and, what is more important still, 4 good systenj of scantling rules would }dll all flimsy construction, which has so long been the bane of yacht racing in England and has done so much to put an end to class racing. It is much to be hoped that this burning question will be taken up and settled at the forthcoming conference. A most interesting discussion on the subject of scantling restrictions has been going on in the Yachtsman for some weeks. It .was started by Mr. C. E. Nicholson, the Gosport des gner, and has been carried on by many well-known naval architects and well-known yachtsmen, including Mr. Alfred Benzon, of Copenhagen, a great authority on scantling and rating rules. All are in favor of scantling rules, though there is some divergency of opinion as to how they should be arrived at. If a universal rating rule is adopted, the question of scant- ling rules should be immensely simplified, as there will be practically only one type of vessel to provide for. Then when racing yachts are substantially built, the racer of to-day will become the cruiser of to-morrow and yachting should flourish again. As Mr. Benzon truly says, “Very few men would stick to the opinion that open class racing should be a competition not only in designing and seamanship, but also a compe- tition in the art of constructing the lighest possible hull without regard to durability.” This is exactly what has happened, and it is chiefly owing to the absence of any scantling rules that we are at present deploring the downfall of class racing. The remedy is at hand if the conference will but use it, but without it the adoption of an international rating rule would be of little real benefit. The 52FT. Class. — The latest report in connection with the 52ft. class — practically our only open rater class — is that a second Herreshoff boat is to enter the lists. The pleasure with which the news will be received here will be tempered by the fact that she is to be German owned. Without being uncharitable, this means that if she is to be sailed by a German skipper and crew, the utmost will not be got out of her, and in all probability no true idea of her qualities will ever be gleaned. Enormous strides have been made in yachting in Germany during the last decade, but the increase in the numbers of the racing contingent has not been marked by a proportionate improvement in seamanship, and the handling of German racers manned by native crews is by no means beyond re- proach. The last 52-footer, or rather 20-rater, which came from Germany to race in British waters, was the Herreshoff boat Vineta, belonging to the late Baron von Zedwitz, who lost his life on board of her in the Solent as a result of the little vessel being swept by the main boom of the German Emperor’s cutter Meteor. This was in 1896, the year when Mr. Howard Gould brought his famous Herreshoff Niagara over and did so well with her. Vineta looked a slippery boat, but she never did anything in the way of prize winning, although she was much the same style of boat in appearance as her sister. A racing yacht is always at a slight disadvantage in foreign waters, and unless she has the best crew and skipper that can be ob- tained, the odds are necessarily against her. However, the new boat and her owner will be sure of a warm welcome, and the better she is handled the better we shall be pleased. Of course, it is just possible that she may have a British crew, but of that there is no report. There was quite a bustle of activity at Easter among the small clubs on the Upper Thames and at Burnham- on-Crouch, where several small sailing clubs have their headquarters. All round the coast the small classes are waking up; but it is not until the beginning of June that the season proper commences. In the meantime the big boats are fitting out, and all the more important yards are busy getting the heavyweights into trim for the season. E. H. Kelly. A Busy Yacht Yard.' — In the fitting out time there are few places along the coast where SO' much yacht work is done as at Marblehead. Although it is a small place it is a big yachting center and many of the yachts that are seen in the rock-bound harbor during the summer months are stored there during the winter. The greater number is stored at the Marblehead Yacht Yards, owned by Messrs. Stearns & McKay. They have two yards, each having good capacity with plenty of room for storing under cover. There is a marine railway at each yard and the main yard, situated near the club houses, with deep water up to the dock, has proven a blessing to many a racing man who wanted to haul out on the railway and get away quickly, or who has been forced through acci- dent to have repairs made at short notice. A gasolene supply station is also located at each yard, which is of immense convenience to launch owners. Not only do the yards appeal to yachtsmen on account of their locations, but the owners thereof are in high favor as designers and builders of yachts. A visit to the building shops is all that is necessary to convince one of the quality of the work turned out. From the very lightest to the solid cruising construction the same care is taken with the work, and yachtsmen feel that when a boat leaves the shops she is finished. Mr. W. B. Stearns is a skillful designer of great ability and has produced some clever original ideas in cruising and racing yachts and launches. * r„ Harlem Y. C. Annual Regatta. — The Harlem Y. C.’s twenty-third annual regatta will be sailed on Memorial Day. The race is open to yachts enrolled in clubs belong- ing to the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. Arrange- ments have been made for the following classes : Sloops and Yawls. — Class L, over 40ft. and not over 48ft., racing measurement; class M, over 33ft. and not over 40ft; class N, over 27ft. and not over 33 ft.; class P, over 22ft. and not over 27ft. ; class Q, over 18ft. and not over 22ft.; class R, over 15ft. and not over 18ft., and class S, not over 15ft. Catboats — Class N, over 27ft. and not over 33ft. ; class P, over 22ft. and not over 27ft. ; class Q, over 18ft. and not over 22ft.; class R, over 15ft. and not over 18ft., and class S, not over 15ft. Raceabouts, class T. The courses, on the Sound, will be 15.12 and 9 nautical miles. The Race Committee is composed of Mr. Frank McDermott, chairman; Mr. George McGuinness, secre? tary, and Mr- W. T. Hyde, : START OF THE RACE FOR THE OCEAN CUP OFFERED BY H. I. M. THE GERMAN EMPEROR. Published through the courtesy of the Scientific American. 402 FOREST AND STREAM [May 20, 1905. Power Boat Racing Abroad. The power boat racing that has taken place on the Mediterranean during the past two months has been at- tended with numerous serious accidents. The climax was reached, however, in the last race, a long distance run from Port Mahon to Toulon, when out of seven starters four sank, one was abandoned, another was taken m tow after the crew had been rescued by a cruiser which acted as a convoy. The seventh boat, Quand Meme, with Due Decazes, the owner, a well-known French sportsman, on board, together with M. Chauchard, Lieutenant Des- fosses, M. Baudouin, four engineers and three sailors is still adrift and the gravest fears are felt for those on The competing boats left Port Mahon on Satuiday morning at 4 A. M. It was clear at the time of the stai t and it was not until some hours later that they were overtaken by a furious gale. Fortunately all the starteis had convoys and had this not been the case many lives might have been lost. Due Decazes’ steam yacht Velleda was supposed to convoy his motor yacht Quand Meme, and the reports fail to state why the larger vessel was not on hand to rescue those on the smaller craft when it was found that she was in danger and flying signals of distress. The weather continues stormy but it is hoped that if the Quand Meme is able to live in the sea that is running that she will reach Corsica or the Spanish coast. Due Decazes is one of the best known of the French sportsmen and is vice-president of the Yacht Club of France. Quand Meme was designed by M. Joseph Guedon and built by Abel Lemarchand, Vincent & Co., at Cannes. The boat is nearly yoit. long and has twin screws which are driven by two Baudouin engines developing together 240 horsepower. A late report states that Due Decazes and the rest ol those on board Quand Meme were saved by the torpedo boat destroyer Arbalite. The yacht was abandoned. _ This race, that ended so disastrously, was arranged m two parts. The first half commenced at Algiers on Sun- day, May 7, at 6 A. M. Seven boats were sent away, as follows : Malgre-Tout, attended by the torpedo boat de- stroyer Carabine ; Quand Meme, attended by the de- stroyer Arbalete ; Mercedes-Mercedes, attended by the de- stroyer Pertuisane; Mercedes-C. P., attended by the de- stroyer Hallebarde; Camille, attended by the destroyer Dard; Heracles II., attended by the destroyer Sarbacane, and F. I. A. T. X, attended by the destroyer Arc. _ F. I. A. T. X. took the lead from the start and arrived first at the end of the first stage of the race, Port Mahon, Island of Minorca, at 7 o’clock the same evening, having covered 250 miles in twelve hours. Camille, with her owner, Mme. du Gast, arrived second, at 10:25 P. M. Mercedes-C. P. was third, Mercedes-Mercedes was fourth, Quand Meme was fifth, Malgre-Tout was sixth, and Heracles II. was last. The two last were towed into port. The boats started on the second stage, from Port Mahon, at 4 A. M., May 13, and encountered heavy winds and bad seas. Mercedes-C. P., when about fifty miles from Toulon 111 tow of the Hallebarde, sank. The crew were saved. The gunboat Hire, which, with the cruisers Desaix and Kleber, was escorting the flotilla, hoisted Fiat X and her crew on board. Camille was abandoned after the Dard had saved Mme. Du Gast and her crew. Heracles II. was allowed to go adrift after her crew had been taken on board Sarbacane. Malgre-Tout sank and her crew were taken on board Carabine. Pertuisane saved the crew of the Mercedes-Mercedes, which was in distress and was abandoned. A New Type of Motorboat. side facing inward; the seat underneath is made of red pegamoid, so that the simple turning up of the bed turns the whole into a comfortable couch. Instead of weather boards for the bunks, canvas is arranged and lines are carried up to the deck carlins. The canvas weather boards stow under the cushions in the daytime. Neat netting racks are arranged over the bunks to place small articles in. Forward of the starboard side is a sideboard and hand basin, and above this is the signal- flag locker. A bulkhead partitions off the fore peak in which is placed the water tank, chain lockers, and pantry lockers. She is fitted with a stout 17ft. pole mast and a yard that can either be crossed or a big sail can be bent. Flowever, the sail is only for steadying purposes and she is in no way a sailing craft. She is finished with green underbody of anti-fouling, black topsides with gold band and American elm rubbing rail, teak covering board on which are mounted galvan- ized iron stanchions and wire, yellow pine decks with black seams, 'teak coamings and teak fitted cockpit. The cabin top is cream color, and besides the ordinary kedge and chain cable, an extra heavy anchor and cable is fitted, and a sea anchor or drouge is carried. . The engine room is entirely separated from the main cabin and the engine looked very snug and comfortable in its quarters; moreover, it looked quite at home and gave one the impression that it would carry out its work in a manner that would leave very little to be desired. A good storage battery and dynamo have been installed and electric light is fitted throughout, includ- ing the head and side lights, and a neat switchboard has been arranged so that the cells can be charged or discharged in groups as required. The panelling is in pitch pine and teak, and the re- mainder of the inside is in white enamel, and the whole appearance of the internal arrangements is that of a boat equipped for hard practical service. The deck arrangements are very simple; a 12m. cabin top dropped to about 5in. forward terminates in a good roomy self-draining cockpit and the communication. to the engine room is closed by means of slats which drop down in grooves, which make it impossible for quantities of water to get down into the engine room. In order to prevent the sea breaking through in case of the best boat being badly pooped a portable iron grating has been arranged in the cockpit, which is stowed in ordinary times below the floors. She has bunker capacity for 3,000 miles running at full speed, has three berths, and every accommodation for a cruise if necessary across the Atlantic. New York A. C. Cf wising Race. The New York A. C. will hold its second annual race for small yachts in cruising trim on Saturday, June 17- Open to boats enrolled in any recognized yacht club. First, second and third prizes will be given. The start will be at 10 A. M., and the course from Whortleberry Island to the west harbor of Block Island, distance 101 nautical miles. Yachts to be eligible must be propelled by sails only, of more than 21ft. and less than 31ft- water- line, have stationary cabins and ballast. Fin keels barred. Time allowance of ten seconds per foot per nautical mile, based on the over all length. Yachts will be considered in cruising trim when they carry a boat, two anchors and cables, life preservers, the regulation lights and their cabin furniture, fittings and tanks in their usual places. Crew will be limited to five, of whom one may be a paid hand. No restriction as to sails or rig, and yachts will carry their club colors at the main truck. Entries close June 10, and must be accompanied by club measurer’s certificate of waterline and over all length. Those interested should communicate at once with the Yachting Committee, New York A. C., Pelham Manor, N. Y. SAILING DIRECTIONS. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Actjshla and Theo Sold. — The sloop yacht Acushla II., Mr. Paul Rainey, N. Y. Y. C., has been sold to Mr. Irving R. Todd, Calais, Maine, through the office of Henry J. Gielow. The same agency has also sold the 36ft. yawl Theo, Mr. G. M. Wynkoop, to Prof. S. R. Reeve, Worcester, Mass. R ** **» Hercules and Mic Mac Sold. — Mr. W. C. Coffin, New Rochelle, N. Y., has sold the auxiliary schooner Hercules to Mr. R. Rydberg, of this city, through the agency of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway. The same agency has also sold the knockabout Mic Mac for Howard Palmer, Yale University, to Miss Myrtle Scott, Great Neck, L. I. She was designed by Crownmshield, built 1902 by Jensen, and is 37ft. over all, 21ft. water- line, 9ft. beam and 4ft. draft; the boat is now in com- mission off Great Neck, and Miss Scott expects to enter her in the races this end of the Sound. r r r Commodore W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. — Commodore William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., of the Seawanhaka Corin- thian Y. C., has made the following appointments: Rev. George R. Van de Water, D.D., Fleet Chaplain; John Herndon French, M.D., Fleet Surgeon, and Beverley R. Robinson, Signal Officer. r r R Edmee Launched. — The 60ft. cruising launch Edmee, built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Sea- bury Co., Cons., for Mr. R. J. Schaefer, was launched last week. No expense was spared in the boat’s construction and she is as complete as any cruising boat of her size in this country. Edmee is 60ft. over all, 53/f - waterline, 10ft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. 6in. draft. She is fitted with a six-cylinder Speedway engine. The keel, stem and frames are of oak and the planking is of cedar, copper fastened. The owner’s stateroom, a large double cabin, occupies most of the forward part of the boat. Connect- ing with this cabin is a roomy lavatory. Further aft is the main saloon with extension berth on either side. Aft of the saloon is the engine space, the galley and quarters for the crew. R r r Mr. George Lauder, Jr., Dined.— On Friday evening, May 12, sixty-five members of the Indian Harbor Y. C. gave a dinner at the club house at Greenwich, Conn., to their Commodore, George Lauder, Jr. Endymion, Commo- dore Lauder’s flagship, is entered in the race for the Ocean Cup from the Indian Harbor Y. C. R R R Onontio Sold. — Mr. Harrison B. Moore has sold his high speed launch Onontio to Mr. H. N. Baruch, of New York city. Mr. Moore has purchased a cruising yacht to replace Onontio. The new boat is an auxiliary ketch known as Kamoor, and she was purchased through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones. R R R Recent Sales— The schooner yacht Loyal has been sold by Mr. R. P. Doremus to Mr. Gibson Putzel. The steam yacht Constant has been sold by Messrs. R. P. Hart & H. Burden 2d, to Mh Egbert Moxham, of Wilmington. Constant was built two years ago for a cruise up the Amazon, but the project fell through. She is 125ft. 6in. over all, 110ft. on the waterline, 20ft. beam and 6ft. 9m. draft. She was designed by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. The 35ft. sloop Lida Louise has been sold to Mr. Henry G. Tobey, of the New YorkY. C. Mr. Lucius W. Hitchcock, Jr., has purchased the sloop yacht Sirocco. Mrs. G. F. Dominick has purchased the Bar Harbor 30-footer Joker. The cabin launch Elf has been sold by the estate of Augustin Monroe to Mr. Edward C. Griffith, of Larch- From the Yachting World. A new Napier yacht has just been launched, the name of which is Napier Major. What the old Napier was to the racing craft now so much in evidence all over Europe and America, so Napier Major will be to a fleet of cruising launches, fishing boats, and pleasure yachts, viz., the pioneer of innumerable vessels that will be constructed in the near future of such various designs as will be required to meet the fast growing public demand. Napier Major was launched recently at Lowestoft and christened by Mrs. F. Miller. Her over all length is 45ft., load waterline 40ft., beam 9ft. 6in., depth 5ft. 8in., and her 6ft. of headroom showed her what may be termed a model power fishing boat. Her displacement is 12 tons and her horsepower derived from a four-cylinder 20 m. p. Napier engine, which is sufficient to drive her between eight and nine knots and to keep her going in the teeth of a full gale of wind. Her gross weight is 13-45 tons. She is built of larch, oak frames, American elm timbers, steel floors, and three steel frames with teak fittings. The boat is decked and has raised cabin top 14m. above deck aft, and dropping down forward. The cabin top is fitted with dead lights and ventilation, and also with scuttles on sides of cabin top. A round hatch is fitted forwaid to facilitate handling of sail and forward deck gear in bad weather and to allow the crew to obtain quick access to the cabin. Aft is a cockpit made watertight and self-draining, fitted with portable benches. The companion leading from the cockpit to the engine room is closed with sliding boards which drop into slots, in- stead of folding doors, for the sake of security. In the bulkhead is fitted a scuttle, and the steering compass is placed inside and can be seen through the scuttle. Fuel tanks are placed under the deck in what really is part of the self-draining cockpit. There are other tanks in the engine room, and a pump worked by hand supplies the oil to the feed tank. The engine room is ample for the engine, giving room all round, and it is provided with considerable locker space for stores. The tanks both in the cockpit and engine room are in the wings and are protected by bulkheads in teak. The cabin which leads out of the engine room is fitted with one big berth for two and a single berth on the star- board side. The berths are so arranged that in the day the„bed is placed up against the ship’s side and the Start will be from a line between the black and red horizontally striped buoy on the southerly end of Green s Flats and the Committee boat anchored to the north of Whortleberry Island. Finish will be at the entrance to the west harbor of Block Island. Judge at finish will show the New York A. C. flag by day and a lantern at night. Yachts may go> through Plum Gut, the Race or Fisher’s Island Sound, but all buoys and Government marks must be left on the channel side. Preparatory signal will be a gun from the committee boat at 10 A. M. Starting signal at 10 :o5, when the time of all boats will be taken. High water at Whortleberry Island 10:50 A. M., June 17. Full moon June 17. Steamers leave Block Island for New London or Green- port every day. entries. Five boats are already entered and their particulars are as follows : Flosshilde, owned by Dr. W. D. Hennen and entered from the New York A. C. She is 42ft. ioin. over all and 26ft. 6in. on the waterline. The boat was built by Smith, at Quincy, Mass., in 1901 from Mr. B. B. Crowninshield’s designs. Planley, owned by Mr. C. D. Mallory, is entered from the Indian Harbor Y. C. _ She was designed and built by Mr. C. C. Hanley for racing in the East, and is 41ft. 2in. over all and 29ft. waterline. Saladin is one of the old Burgess “thirties.” She is owned by Mr. R. W. Rathborne and entered from the New York A. C. Saladin was built by Lawley in 1889. Alyce was designed and built by the George Lawley & Son Corp., South Boston, in 1899. She is owned by Mr. H. A. Jackson and entered from the New York A. C. Gauntlet was designed and built last winter by Mr. L. D. Huntington for himself. She is 28ft. long over all and is entered from the New Rochelle Y. C. Vitesse Shows Good Speed. — Vitesse, the new steam yacht built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Cons., for Mr. Brayton Ives, was given her speed trials last week on the Hudson River. On a run of two hours over the nine-mile straightway measured course she attained a speed of 29.75 miles an hour, and an average speed of 27.12 miles an hour fQr the entire distance. mont. Mr. R. S. Morton has sold to Mr. William Ackerman the 40ft. sloop Elfin. R R R Recent Transfers. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have made the following sales and charters : Launch Queen Bess, sold by Mr. R. LI. Stearns, Larch- mont Y. C., to Messrs. D. A. Dodge and E. A. Carley, Columbia Y. C. The auxiliary sloop Sculpin, sold by Mr. F. H. Still- man, Bridgeport, Conn., to Mr. J. W. Wilson, of New York city. The Crosby knockabout Vladivostok, sold to a Western yachtsman. The craft is now being shipped to Port Clin- ton, O. The gasolene boat Duff, to Mr. W. L. Coulter, of Sara- nac Lake, N. Y., and the sloop Urchin to Mr. Howard Greenberg, of New York city. The auxiliary yawl Hussar II., chartered by Commo- dore E. T. Affleck, of the Toledo Y. C., to Mr. H. S. A. Stewart, of Pittsburg, and the sloop Gossoon to Mr. Low- den Jessup. R R R Levanter Sold. — Mr. Clifford V. Brokaw has purchased the high speed steam yacht Levanter and changed her name to Anita. It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin, cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name Address t*v State May 20, 1905.3 FOREST AND STREAM. 408 ^moeing. — Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. 1 Continued from page 882.) Lunch was the first consideration, however, so we quickly set about preparing it, choosing the things that would take the shortest time to cook. The general spirit of the dinner party would have reminded one of a collection of wild animals after possibly a three days’ fast. The meal dispelled all this, however, our spirits quickly revived, and we proceeded to take things easily, rambling about the place and watching a large party of three sportsmen, their families and an army of guides break up a camp which they had used for the past two weeks as headquarters. The Scribe had quite a talk with the head man of the party, and managed to snipe a few onions. They had a great box of cleaned, fresh trout packed in leaves to carry with them over to the Port Medway River, where they were go- ing to try the salmon fishing. They were very pleasant people; and told us they hailed from the neighborhood of Boston. They had used poles for slinging their sleeping bags off the ground, and had a very com- fortable looking camp. The dam at the Indian Gardens was the first one we had encountered, and was quite a substantial affair. It was possibly 15ft. high, and had numerous sluice gates and a center opening through which the entire volume poured. There was no spillway to this dam, and we dis- Scribe had managed to catch one of the large trout which were plainly to be seen swimming around in the clear water below, directly alongside of the rapid cur- rent. We took our leave of the camping party, and were sorry to leave the Indian Gardens behind us, as they were an ideal spot for camping, and we would have liked to spend several days there exploring the surrounding country. This point is used as a head- quarters by the lumbermen during the active season, and Louis told us a number of anecdotes of the place, describing in his slow, disjointed way, the great camps that spread around over the open clearing. A number of the cook boats were even then drawn up high and dry along the shore at the lower end of the lake. Louis was employed on one of these several seasons ago, and told us of the difficulties they had getting these unruly boats up to the head waters, where the lumber- men were working. In some cases they would even have to work them up the rapids, but the most trouble was with the floating ice-floes on the lakes. The two boats started jauntily off from the Indian Gardens and dropped into the quick current commenc- ing a short distance below the wide pool under the dam. They had not gone more than 500 yards, how- ever, before the big boat was suddenly hung up by a hidden obstacle while passing through a fairly swift current, where there seemed to be plenty of water. Louis was in the waist of the boat, and announced that the obstacle was directly under him. We prodded around with our paddles and found plenty of water under the boat, and were a good deal puzzled to know what was holding us. We knew we had struck some- puted sometimes as to the wisdom of carrying the boats over, rather than attempting to shoot the passage. There was a chute of some 10 or 15ft. drop through the central opening, and the waters poured through with such force that it was heaped up and thrown to- gether in the shape of a ridge as it went down, and this ridge broke up at the foot of the drop into a suc- cession of great waves, possibly 3 or 4ft. high. There seemed to be no trouble beyond, after the force of the water had been spent in the eddy below the dam, and we came to the conclusion that we would try it, and if the boats happened to capsize or swamp going through the chute, there would be little danger if the crew hung on to the boat and swam- through to the quiet water. We accordingly carried the duffle around, so as to have the boats empty, and Arthur and Louis were the first to try the passage. Carl and the Scribe took up positions on the dam above the open space, and had the cameras focused ready to catch them as they took the drop. In the mean time, Chas. O. had been getting his boat ready, and one of the camping party — most of whom had come down to see the excitement — asked us if the “other half-breed” was going to shoot the dam alone, meaning, of course, Chas. O. This was one on Chas. as his appearance was rather forbidding, and he was forthwith named the “half-breed,” which ap- pellation stuck to him the rest of the trip. Arthur and Louis knelt in the bottom of the big canoe, with Louis at the stern, and ran quickly down to the chute. H. N. T. was lucky enough to catch them with his camera just as they took the drop, and Carl snapped them a few seconds later as they were shooting through the waves below. They came through with great speed, and Arthur was almost lost to sight in the spray when they struck the first wave at the foot of the chute. They pounded through the lower waves without mishap, throwing the water high on either side and shipping quite a little of it, so that Arthur was pretty well soaked by the time they drove the canoe out of the current, into the back water be- hind the dam. A minute or two later, Charles came through alone, kneeling in the stern of the boat, and made a little better trip, as his canoe was not weighted in the bow and jumped through the waves without shipping much water. The photographers were ready and got two more views as he passed through. Both boats drew around to the other side of the dam, and everything was loaded aboard, not before the thing pretty hard, as we found a little water leaking in, but could not tell where the trouble was, as the bags and duffle covered the bottom of the boat completely there. Finally Arthur managed to work the boat off by getting out into the water and lifting it around, and as we slid clear we found it was a long heavy iron spike, projecting from some lumber in the bed of the stream, a very dangerous obstacle. Our boat was tak- ing in water pretty fast, so we ran ashore at a likely looking camping spot not more than a mile below the Indian Gardens, and we decided to make this our night’s stopping place. This was one of the most comfortable camps we had, on a low, flat stretch of bank, at the foot of a steep slope heavily covered with trees. A short distance above the camp was a stretch of rapids, called the “Ledges,” and the water opposite to us was quite swift. After the camp had been pitched, we tried the fishing just, below the rapids above camp and had very good sport. Here the Scribe caught the first grilse, or young salmon. A little later all hands went in swimming, experiencing some annoyance from black flies, which, fortunately, were not very numerous. We found that our canoe was not very badly damaged, but decided to wait until the next morning for the boat to dry before patching it. After supper we rigged up the large camera, and tried to take a flashlight view of the camp. Louis at- tended to squeezing the bulb, and must have bungled it somehow, as the photograph never came out. The weather was still fine and cool, with no sign of rain all day. This camp was called the “Porcupine Camp” for obvious reasons, and was noted for the excellent fishing we had in the river directly above and in front of it. We tried white flies at dusk, with considerable success, landing several fine trout from the rocks with- in casting distance of the camp-fire. Our tent was well shaded by the trees, and the scenery up and down the river was very wild and beautiful. All hands turned in about half past nine, and after various grunts of satis- faction, quickly dropped off to sleep. [to be continued.] All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We haw no other office. Atlantic Division Meet* As a guide to Atlantic Division members the following informa- tion regarding the meet of the Atlantic Division, to be held at Park Island, Trenton, N. J., May 27-31; and the cruise from Easton, Pa., to Trenton, has been collated by the vice-commo- dore and purser. The camp will open May 27 at Park Island, situated about two miles above Trenton. Members coming from out of town can make connection via Belvidere Division, Penn. R. R. to the Asylum Station, which is opposite the camp, or take trolley to the Trenton Canoe Club at Cadwallader Place and paddle up from there, or walk to ferry opposite island, about one mile. Both clubs have Bell telephone connections. As to- quarters, there are besides the club house, some thirty tents erected on board floors, belonging to members, and we will be well prepared to take care of men from out of town, as a large consignment of cots and blankets have been arranged for. A caterer will furnish the mess at the usual rate of $1.50 per day. Everything possible will be done to lessen the labor usually necessary when preparing for an outing of this kind, and to mem- bers bringing their own outfits excellent sites will be given. Non-members may attend the cruise and meet when accompany- ing members, and upon conditions mentioned in the by-laws of the A. C. A. The vice-commodore expects to remain in camp all of the time, and will prepare some attractive trips and entertainment for those who come to camp for Saturday and Sunday. Monday evening the Park Islanders will give a camp-fire, etc., on the lawn, where all can get together and talk it over. Should the evening prove stormy, the club house is amply large to shelter all, and a hearth-fire can be substituted. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Division for the election of officers and transaction of other business, will be held in the club house Monday evening, May 29. The Cruise. The Delaware River for the 50 miles from Easton to Trenton possesses great advantages to the canoeist in being accessible at various points along the Pennsylvania Railroad, and being a swift stream, running through beautiful country from the foot of the mountains to the low, rolling, farming districts above Trenton. There are ripples and rapids in succession which the amateur even may safely run in an ordinary open 16x'30 paddling canoe, and some of the liveliest water to be desired by the ex- perienced cruiser in decked canoes may be found at Bull’s Island, Well’s and Scudder’s Falls, all of which can be safely passed around in the spring when the water is high. Members wishing to join the cruise should notify Mr. Stark before the 23d and meet at the United States Hotel, Easton, Pa., Saturday evening, May 27. There will, no doubt, be a number on hand early in the afternoon to look after canoes and prepare for the start early Sunday morning. Frenchtown is the place scheduled for dinner. After an hour’s rest we will proceed to Lambertville, where the night will be spent. Monday morning, after taking the side channel around Well’s Falls just below town, there will be plenty of time left to get down to the camp before lunch. Lodging and meals will be arranged for at the hotels en route, and for those preferring to tent out, camp sites may be found adjacent to the stopping places. For members desiring a partner with or without canoe for the cruise we will endeavor to- make up tandem crews on application. If a cruise of one day longer is desired, ship to Delaware Water Gap, Pa. ; in the thirty extra miles there are many ex- citing rapids, of which full details will be furnished on applica- tion to headquarters. Three days, mostly paddling through ordi- nary current, can be had shipping to Port Jervis, N. Y., and so on, up to ten days extra, which would take you to Hancock or Arkville, N. Y., on the headwaters. Outfit. As to outfits: Two men can make the trip in an open paddling canoe, each carrying a waterproof duffle bag with change of clothing and a rubber poncho, which comes in useful many times. Each boat should carry a 30ft. painter and sponge; and it is generally advisable to put a quart of water or so in the canoe before shipping, as it prevents shrinkage while in the cars. Tramp rtation. Members from New York and vicinity desiring to ship canoes for the cruise are advised to consult with the local committee- men and arrange to have canoes and duffle shipped as freight early in the week, via either the Central Railroad of New Jersey, or Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, marked “Care of Charles W. Stark, to be held until called for, Phillipsburg, N. J.” Prepay all charges to save trouble Sunday morning. When a number arrange to ship together agents will be willing to assign a large Car, thus lessening the liability of damage. Pack duffle in separate packages, as it enables the canoes being handled easier and does not strain them if poorly placed in car. Members from points below Trenton will ship via river steamers or Pennsylvania Railroad, market “Jos. O. Rickey, Trenton, N. J. — forward to Phillipsburg, N. J.” Trenton men should also arrange with him for space in car to> leave there the 24th. Canoes and duffle intended for the meet only should be ad- dressed care of Jos. O. Rickey,- Trenton, N. J., and marked “Trenton Canoe Club,” or “Park Island,” as desired. Express matter should be addressed in the same way. Notify Mr. Rickey immediately upon shipment. The Pennsylvania Railroad, under circular letter to agents dated Dec. 18, 1890, will carry canoes as excess baggage when ac- companied by owner, if arranged for beforehand. Regatta Events. The Regatta Committee have prepared a programme of y2- mile races, to be called at 10 A. M., Tuesday. From the list given below it will be seen that there are enough to furnish consider- able sport, and not detain visitors wishing to pack up early in the afternoon: r 1. Maclister trophy; one man, double blades. *2. Tail-end race. 3. Tandem, single blades. *4. Tandem, double blades. *5. One man, single blades. *6. Tandem, single blades, standing. The A. C. A. racing rules are to govern all races, except events marked (*), in which no canoe of less than 601bs., including floor boards, will be allowed; the committee will weigh all canoes In the tail-end race, contestants shall sit or kneel between the end of the canoe and the thwart, or seat nearest the end, and shall use a single-blade paddle. Any canoe may be entered in one or more races by the owner; or by any other member with the owner’s permission. The Atlantic Division sailing trophy will be contested at the general meet. First and second prizes of novel designs, now being prepared, will be awarded in all events. The committee solicit subscriptions to the regatta fund. Conclusion. As Trenton and Park Island are easy of access, we trust that members will take this time to visit us, as no efforts will be spared to make the meet a success. If you cannot come for the entire meet or take in the entire cruise, come with us for a day, as we anticipate meeting a large number of members during the three days. Correspondence and early notice of intention to be present is earnestly solicited. Wm. A. Furman, Vice-Corn. Officers and Committees, Atlantic Division. Vice-Commodore — Wm. A. Furman, 846 Berkley avenue, Trenton, N. J. Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York city. Purser — Charles W. Stark, 23 W. State street., Trenton, N. J. Executive Committee— E. M. Underhill, Yonkers, N. Y.; L. C. Kretzmer, Schepp Building, New York city; M. D. Wilt, 721 N. Front street, Phila, Pa. Camp Site Committee— A. H. Wood, Chairman; H. M. Lee. Chas. F. Plildebreciit, Trenton, N. J. Regatta Committee— M. D. Wilt, Chairman, 721 N. Front street, Phila., Pa.; E. T. ICeyser, New York city; A, F. Lutze Trenton, N. J. ’ Transportation Committee— Jos. O. Rickey, Chairman, Trenton. N. J. ; F. C. Hoyt, M. Ohlmeyer New York city; W N Stanley, Brooklyn; E. M. Underhill, Yonkers; C T. Mitchell Phila.; IT. T. McNiece, Trenton, N. J. ’ Entertainment Committee— Wm. B. Maddock, Chairman, Tren- ton, N. J. ; M. S. West, Frederick Gilkyson, F. W. Donnellv. W. A. Holcomb, G. M. Wallington, Trenton, N. J. r 404 FOREST AND STREAM £MaY 20, X90g. I ifle J fange and (jjjjlalkrg. Fixtures. May 24-25.— Union Hill Park, N. J., Independent New York Scheutzen. Gus Zimmerman, Capt. . June 15-18— Central Sharpshooters’ Union, under auspices of Davenport, la., Shooting Association. F. Berg, Sec’y. July 24-29.— N ewark, U.— Second annual of the Onio State Rifle Association. , ... July 26- Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I.— Second annual of New York Rifle Association. . . Aug. 11-18.— Fort Des Moines, la., Rifle Association annual meeting. Aug 24-28.— Sea Girt, N. J.— National rifle and revolver matches. Aug. 29-Sept. 9.— Sea Girt, N. J.— National Rifle Association and New Jersey State Association. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular com- petition by members of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, May 7. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the 25-ring target. Hasenzahl was champion for the day with the good score of 230. Roberts was high on the honor target with 69 points. This was the dav set for a ten-man team match with the Wausau Schuetzen Verein, of Wausau, Wis. Conditions: ten-man teams, ten shots each man, offhand, at the 25-ring target. It resulted in a victory for the home team. The Wausau team had bad weather conditions, while the Cincinnati team had fair conditions. An- other match is being prepared for June 4, under the same con- ditions. The scores: Hasenzahl ....230 220 220 215 212 Payne 227 227 226 215 213 Nestler ...... .226 226 217 216 215 Odell 223 213 209 208 207 Roberts 222 218 217 213 207 Hofer 215 206 201 199 196 Bruns 211 207 201 193 ... Freitag 206 200 195 192 182 Gindele 203 199 Drube 195 Trounstine . . .186 184 175 Team scores: O Mueller A Lepinski- F Mathie .. W Koppe . H Binzer . . O Mathie . . J Ringle — W Lohmar H Schmidt J Dern Freitag .... Hasenzahl . - Odell Nestler .... Payne Hofer Bruns Roberts . . . , Gindele . . . . Drube Wausau Schuetzen Verein. 22 24 18 22 21 19 20 20 20 15 25 14 17 17 22 20 22 17 21 13 18 22 22 20 23 23 24 16 20 18 22 24 15 22 12 19 18 24 21 20 9 17 17 23 15 8 20 21 20 16 20 23 22 15 21 18 20 22 14 19 25 18 20 16 22 20 18 22 15 24 22 16 12 23 20 22 23 19 23 21 17 24 23 18 20 18 21 20 19 18 Cincinnati Team. 19 21 15 15 17 21 20 16 17 25 21 13 17 16 20 21 19 23 20 19 22 14 17 23 25 21 22 20 19 22 14 17 23 25 21 22 20 19 24 18 22 22 24 22 17 21 25 16 21 20 21 23 24 20 . .22 22 21 20 22 18 21 22 20 ' 20 19 23 19 24 21 24 20 22 16 21 12 24 22 24 24 21 21 21 22 19 17 21 25 21 14 14 17— 203 18— 187 22—208 19— 187 20— 184 20— 185 19—196 23— 198 17—197 17- 198-1943 21— 182 24— 199 19—202 19—205 23— 211 24 — 215 19—207 21—213 18— 203 21—195—2032 Zettler Rifle Club. The first outdoor shoot for the season held by this club oc- curred May 13, on the ranges in Union Hill, N. J. The attend- ance was small, because of the weather conditions, the day being dark and cloudy toward its close. Dow scores were due mostly to the thick haze, which rendered the targets indistinct. Louis P. Hansen was high man. The conditions were 50 shots per man at 200yds., offhand, on the %in. ring target. The results follow: L P Hansen, Jersey City. A Hubalek, Newark. G Schlicht, Weehawken H Fenwirth Barney Zettler, New York.. L Maurer, New York. .19 22 22 24 19 17 23 24 19 20 .19 22 23 22 19 22 22 18 23 24 .22 19 22 19 20 19 21 21 21 23 .17 23 18 22 17 20 21 19 20 21 19 20 25 14 24 19 20 24 17 23 .15 18 24 21 20 18 18 19 20 24 22 19 21 22 23 22 24 22 22 20 21 25 19 20 24 18 22 21 19 20 25 21 25 21 17 22 21 18 22 22 17 16 25 20 22 23 21 18 14 21 16 21 23 24 21 21 0 19 20 19 19 16 22 13 19 24 19 20 22 23 19 23 21 22 22 22 24 21 24 23 23 21 23 25 16 23 24 23 13 24 20 20 20 20 19 21 21 20 22 17 24 8 22 22 15 22 24 21 16 12 20 19 21 21 20 21 21 21 23 21 18 16 20 23 21 18 19 19 21 16 19 21 24 17 24 20 16 24 21 22 19 20 19 15 19 24 17 15 19 17 17 23 17 23 23 19 21 24 18 22 24 18 13 22 16 19 22 21 21 18 20 18 22 16 18 13 20 22 19 21 18 12 23 22 18 21 25 20 16 20 21 23—208 24 21—218 22 24—215 23 19—220 24 20—215—1076 20 22—212 21 20—208 23 19—207 16 20—198 20 23—202—1027 13 15—195 13 15—195 19 18—197 21 20—208 22 22-211- 24 23—194 25 22—211 17 23—194 21 2a — 21.0 15 16—174— 983 25 22—200 12 21—199 18 15—190 15 19—181 23 19 — -205 — ■ 975 21 21—174 25 21—214 16 15—190 21 20-200 11 19—192— 970 -1019 West Milton (O.) Rifle Club. The regular semi-monthly shoot of the West Milton Outing Rifle Club, on May 10, was fairly well attended. The offhand contest at 100yds. was won by P. Bridenbaugh with a score of 44 out of a possible 48. D. W. Jones won the 100yd. offhand 8-shot match with 84 out of a possible 96 on the Creedmoor target. On the Standard American target, 200yds., muzzle rest, W. h. Jay won with 47 out of a possible 50. The club’s regular medal contest has been postponed to May 25, in order that the members may attend the opening shoot of the Dayton Sharpshooters on the 24th. The scores: Match, offhand, 100yds., Creedmoor target, 4 shots, possible 48, and 8 shots, possible 96: D W Jones ... W F Jay P Bridenbaugh J C Anderson H R Pearson... John Spitler ... 10 12 9 12-43 12 8 9 12—41—84 10 12 9 11—42 8 8 10 5—31—73 12 12 8 12—44 8 0 8 11— 27 — 1 71 8 10 12 6—36 8 11 6 6—31—67 8 4 6 5—23 7 10 10 8-35-58 4 10 8 9—31 0 9 8 10—27—58 Muzzle rest, 200yds., 5 shots, possible 50, on Standard American target : W F Jay 10 10 9 8 10—47 J C Anderson. 8 8 10 9 8—43 H R Pearson.. 10 10 10 9 6—45 P Bridenbaugh. 5 10 6 8 4—33 D W Jones ...10 9 9 7 9—44 J Spitler 7 6 -6 5 6—30 BO NASA. Providence Revolver Club. May 13. — Three of our members^ who have had an opportunity to commence 50yd. outdoor practice are apparently, making the most of their advantage. W. H. Freeman has to his credit this week a 50-shot score of 452, and William Almy commenced a 1000-shot task with his .22 pistol, scoring an average of 90 per cent, to date. The combination of shooter, and ammunition seems well matched for fine work. Mr. Almy is also shooting his .38 officer’s model in the 90 class. We think it a great gun in this vicinity. Frank Corey’s 86, “with a four in it,” was a hard luck string, but a particularly pretty group of tens made the target of more than ordinary interest. The big .44 is going to show up some nineties yet. We are still doing a little 20yd. and 25yd. indoor work, and on Saturday evening Mr. Argus succeeded in getting a couple of 86’s with his .38, which we consider good work for our indoor range. Mr. Jefferds, one of our new members secured a 220 with Jris repeating rifle. The following scores were recorded for week ending May 13: Fifty yards : Walter H Freeman, .22 pistol 92 89 94 90 87 —452 Wm Almy, .38 officer’s model. ... 10 10 9 10 7 8 7 10 10 10— 91 Wm Almy, .22 pistol 7 9 9 10 9 7 10 9 10 10— 90 9 10 10 8 10 8 8 10 9 10— 92 8 9 10 9 8 9 10 8 10 8— 89 10 8 8 7 10 9 10 10 8 9— 89 Frank L. Corey, .44 New Service Target, 86, 77, 85. Twenty-five yards, rifle: W. Bert Gardiner, 240, 231, 240, 230, 237; C. H. Jefferds, Jr., .32-20, repeater, 220. Twenty yards: Wm. Almy, .38 officer’s model, 92, 91, 90; Wm. Almy, .22 pistol, 90, 89, 88; Arno Argus, .38 officer’s model, 75, 71, 74, 80, 75, 86, 80, 73, 86; Wm. F. Eddy, .38, military, 75, 71. Twenty yards Creedmoor: D. P. Craig, .38, 41. 45. Seneca Gun Club. Members held their regular shoot on the Zettler ranges in West Twenty-third street. New York city, the night of May 13. Each man fired two 10-shot scores at 25yds., offhand with .22 caliber rifles. J. N. Wernz was high with 462 out of the possible 500 points. The scores of all follow: J N Wernz 462 J T Schroeder 428 S Nevins 451 A A Brown 405 F A Fall 449 F B Hovey 389 S Sadler 437 C L Sherwood 381 F A Ryan 436 If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following : Fixtures. May 17. — Boston, Mass., Gun Club annual invitation team shoot. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y. May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. James Lewis, Sec’y. May 17-19. — Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec’y, 178 Mill street, Toronto. May 19.- — Warwick, N. Y., Gun Club first shoot of monthly series. J. A. Ogden, Capt. May 19-21. — St. Louis, Mo. — Rawlins first semi-annual tournament; two days targets, one day live birds. Alec. D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. May 20. — Castleton Corners, S. I.— Mullerite Gun Club thirteenth shoot. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 20-21. — Shakopee, Minn., Gun Club tournament. Mathias A. Deutsch, Sec’y. May 23-24. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club annual tournament. H. Marston, Sec’y. May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association tour- nament. May 24. — Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Seth T. Cole, Sec’y. May 24-25.— Wolcott, N. Y. — Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25. — Fairview, N. J., Gun Club shoot. May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 28. — Jersey City, N. J. — Hudson Gun Club all-day tournament. James Hughes, Sec’y. May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30.— Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. May. 30. — New Berlin, O., Gun Club Decoration Day shoot. May 30. — Mechanicsville, N. Y., Game Protective Association target tournament. May 30. — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club shoot. A. M. Arnold, . Sec’y. May 30. — Pittsfield, Mass. — Oak Hill Gun Club tournament. J. Ransehousen, Sec’y. May 30.— Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club shoot. May 30. — Auburn, Me., Gun Club shoot. May 30. — Little, Falls, N. Y., Fish - and - Game Protective Asso- - ciation shoot. May 30. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30. — Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30. — Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. J May 30. — Norristown, Pa. — Penn Gun Club annual Decoration Day tournament. T. V. Smith, Sec’y. May 30. — Lawrence, Mass. — Second annual Memorial Day tourna- ment. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. May 30. — Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31.— Washington, D. C.— Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec’y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31.-June 1.— Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. June 1-2.— North Branch, N. J., Gun Club first annual spring target tournament. H. B. Ten Eyck, Sec’y. June 3. — Long Island City, N. Y. — Merchandise shoot of Queens County Gun Club. R. H. Gosman, Sec’y. June 5-6.— Lew Pans, O.— Cedar Springs nun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart, Sec’y. June 6-8.— Sioux City, la.— Soo Gun Club tournament. June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4.— Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, gec’y# June 11-13.— Chef Menteur, La.— Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League shoot, under auspices of the Tally-Ho Club. John Spring, Chairman. June 13-14.— New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Butler, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y.— New York State shoot. Janies Brown, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. June 14-15. — Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15.— Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. Pierstorff, Sec’y. June 15.— Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-22.— New London, la., Gun Club tournament. June 21-22.— Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. _. . , June 22.— Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss Sec’y Tulv 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. julv 4._‘South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $69 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, uly 11-12.— New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen’ Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament H. A Rrehm. Mgr.. Baltimore July 28-29. — Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4.— Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’v Aug. 22 — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Aug. 22-23. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooter. Dr. C. B, Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club ; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sent. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., ‘ Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Sept. 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal.— The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters’ League, on grounds of Dover Gun Club. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Mullerite Gun Club’s thirteenth shoot, at Castleton Corners, S. I., on Saturday of this week. * The South End Gun Club, of Reading, Pa., announces a tournament to be held by them on July 4. V> The Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington, Ky., have adjusted the handicap target allowance on a sliding scale in the competition in the Parker gun series. * Ten events at 10, 15 and 20 targets, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50 entrance, constitute the programme of the Warwick, N. Y., Gun Club monthly shoot, May 19. Shooting begins at 1 o’clock. * The Cumberland Gun Club, of British Columbia, has installed a new American-made trap, and the perfect working of it and the consequent saving of time evoked the opinion that it was a success. * The programme of the North Side Gun Club, Pittsburg, Pa., consists of six events; five at 20 and one at 50 targets; entrance $1.20 and $2. Targets, 1 cent. The 50-target event is for ten merchandise and cash prizes, distance handicap. Rose system in other events. Mr. G. G. Root is the Secretary. Capt. C. G. Blandford, of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club, writes us as follows: “The prospects for a big shoot on the 30th inst. are great. We have about twenty prizes donated so far for the merchandise event on that day. The entrance in that event will be $1.50. All the prizes will be worth more than the entrance, and some several times more.” Vi The hosts of friends of the famous trapshooter, and manager Shotgun Smokeless Bureau of the Dupont Co., Mr. J. T. Skelly, will hasten to extend their hearty congratulations to him, as he is now a benedict. He was married a few days ago in Nashville, Tenn., and is now on his wedding tour. To Mr. Skelly and wife our hearty wishes are extended for their happiness, -long life and prosperity. *, The third tournament of the Consolidated Gun Clubs of Con- necticut is fixed to take place under the auspices of the Willi- mantic Gun Club, May 23. Mr. Wm. P. Jordan is the Secretary. The fourth tournament is fixed to take place on June 13, at Waterbury, Conn., under the auspices of the Mattatuck Gun Club. Willis P. Hall, Secretary. A circular letter announces the consolidation of the Ashland Gun Club and Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington, Ky., under the name of the latter. The resultant membership is now over sixty. Targets will be trapped for one cent to all club members or visit- ing shooters who are not residents of Lexington or Fayette county, Kentucky. Two handsome trophies are objects of com- petition for the season of 1905. Mr. Wm. Van’ Deren is the Secretary. The programme of the Christiana-Atglen Gun Club all-day shoot at Atglen, Pa., May 25, includes both live-bird and target com- petition. Ten target events, at 10, 15 and 25 targets; 75 cents, $1, $1.25 and $1.75 entrance, are provided. Moneys will be divided Rose system. The three live-bird events are respectively at 5, 7 and 10 birds, entrance $2.50, $3 and $4. Class shooting. Live birds 9:30 A. M. Targets 1 P. M. Mr. W. R. Fieles is the Secretary. The programme of the Decoration Day shoot, to be held by the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club, has ten events, at 15, 20 and 25 targets. Totals, 190 targets, $13.80 entrance. Shooting begins at 10:30, rain or shine. Rose system. High amateur average, $5. Five low averages, $2 each. In event 8, merchandise, the handi- caps are from 14 to 20yds. No. 6 will include a ten-man team match between the Ossining and Poughkeepsie clubs. Address Capt. C. G. Blandford for further particulars. »i Mr. A. M. Arnold, Secretary, writes us: “The Somersville Gun Club will hold a shoot Tuesday, May 30. Programme calls for 150 targets. Shoot to commence at 10 A. M. Entrance in sweeps, $12.27. Targets, 1% cent each, included in entrance. Money divided by the Rose system. On Aug. 22 next, the club will hold their second annual State championship tournament, the principal event being a 50-target race for individual State championship. Full particulars will be announced later. May 20, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 408 Mr. Elmer F. Jacobs, Secretary Monongahela Valley League, of West Virginia, Box 746, Morgantown, writes us that the League dates for the third, fourth and fifth regular monthly tournaments are as follows: Third, June 21: Grafton Rod and Gun Club, Grafton, W. Va. ; A. R. Warden, Sec’y, Grafton, W. Va. Fourth, July 4: Mannington Gun Club, Mannington, W. Va. ; W. C. Mawhinney, Sec’y, Mannington, W. Va. Fifth, Aug. 8 and 9: Recreation Rod and Gun Club, of Morgantown, W. Va. ; Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y, Morgantown, W. Va. Mr. Luther J. Squier, famous both as a skillful trapshooter, tournament manager and cashier, writes us that the special purse for amateurs, which was a feature of the Wawaset Club shoot, at Wilmington, Del., on May 11 and 12, resulted in much satisfac- tion. Every man who shot through the programme got his money back. Eighteen men failed to win their entrance, and their total losses thereby amounted to $243.80. The purse was sufficient to cover that amount. This purse was the entire profits of the shoot, consequent to setting aside for it 1% cent for each target thrown. * The programme of the Aquidneck Gun Club, of Newport, R. I„ for their shoot on May 30, consists of nine events; six at 15 and three at 20 targets; entrance $1 and $1.25; totals, 150 targets, $9.75 entrance. Shooting commences at 10 o’clock. Targets, V/2 cent. Rose system. Events 4, 5 and 6 will be combined into a 50-target distance handicap, for merchandise prizes. Guns and shells, shipped, prepaid, to J. S. Coggeshall, Secretary, 9 Ayrault street, will be delivered on the grounds. Of the two-day tourna- ment, to be held on July 28-29, a feature of the second day will be a five-man team shoot. The North Branch, N. J., Gun Club announces their first annual target tournament, to be held on June 1 and 2. The programme consists of ten 15 and two 25 target events ; entrance $1.30 and $1.50. Average money for amateurs, $50, divided into $15 for each day, and $20 for both days. A prize will be given to the pro- fessional making high average. Class shooting. Shoot rain or shine. Targets, 2 cents. Any one may shoot for targets only. Shells and guns, prepaid, sent to Mr. M. H. Rupell, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. North Branch is on the main line of the C. R. R. of N. J. tt The Queens County Gun Club have issued the programme of their shoot, fixed to be held on June 3. Ten events at 10, 15 and 25 targets, are provided. Entrance 70 cents, $1.05 and $1.25. Totals, 175 targets, $10.25 entrance. Events 7, 8, 9 and 10 are merchandise handicaps, 25 targets, five prizes in each, value from $2 to $7. Amateur high average, silver cup; amateur low average, $2. Shoot- ing begins 10:30. Targets, 2 cents. Refreshments free. Ammuni- tion obtainable on grounds. From Thirty-fourth street, Long Island -City, take Calvary Cemetery trolley via Borden avenue to grounds on Hunters’ Point avenue. »s The Mechanicsville, N. Y., Game Protective Association invites all shooters to participate in their Memorial Day shoot. A pro- gramme of ten events, at 15 and 20 targets, is provided. Entrance, $1.30 and $1.40, except in the Mullerite event, No. 8, which is for a gold medal, open to club members only. Event 9 is for an Ithaca gun. Event 2 has merchandise prizes. In event 6, added money $2. All shoot from scratch. Rose system and class shooting. Ship guns and ammunition to M. L. Welling, Hotel Leland, and they will be delivered on the grounds free. Shooting' begins at 9:30, rain or shine. Committee, A. J. Harvey, Edgar Morehouse, J. L. Shorey, Geo. Slingerland, M. L. Welling and W. C. Colbeck. *5 The Consolidated Gun Clubs of Connecticut offer a programme of twelve events for competition at their tournament, to be held under the auspices of the Willimantic Gun Club, May 23. There are provided two events at 10, six at 15, and four at 20 targets, entrance 65 cents, $1.22 and $2.30. Event 6, 20 targets, is the team race. Totals, 190 targets, $17.82 entrance. Rose system, 5, 3, 2 and 1. Targets, 1% cent. All shooters are invited. Loaded shells and refreshments on the grounds. Baltic trolleys pass close by the club house. Shooting commences at 9:30. Mr. W. P. Jordan is the Secretary of the Willimantic Gun Club. Dr. D. C. Y. Moore is the Secretary of the Consolidated Gun Club. *? The Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club has provided a programme of thirteen events for their first target tournament, on June 9. No. 1 is at 10, No. 8 is a merchandise event at 25 targets, and the remaining eleven are at 15 targets; totals, 200 targets, $10 entrance. Targets, 2 cents. The programme for their second tournament, July 4, has fourteen events, two at 10, the remainder at 15 targets. Totals, 200 targets, $10 entrance. Shooting begins at 9:30 o’clock. Class shooting. Guns and ammunition, prepaid and forwarded to S. C. Yocum, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Amateur averages, two high and two low guns, 25 per cent, of target receipts. Committee: Messrs. S. C. Yocum, M. F. Kane and W. T. Wray. K The Fairview, N. J., Gun Club announce an all-day shoot, fixed to be held on May 25. Competition is open to all. Lunch served free to all shooters. Shells, express prepaid, may be sent to Mr. Geo. C. Dods, Fairview. The programme consists of eight events, at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 50 targets, the latter a merchandise handi- cap; $2.50 entrance; seven prizes, value $3.25 to $7.50; total value of prizes, $39.25. The club reserves the right to reduce the list of prizes if the event does not fill. Entrance in other events 70 cents, $1.00, $1.05, $1.10, $1.40 and $2.00. Targets, 2 cents, included in entrance. Ties will be shot off in following event. Class shooting. Handicappers, Messrs. Frank Butler, W. R. Hobart and B. Waters. To reach the grounds, take boat for Hoboken at Twenty-third street; trolley at ferry 'in Hoboken direct to grounds. Or, take Barclay street, Christopher street, Franklin street, or Forty-second street ferries, Union Hill car on Jersey side, and get transfer to Fairview car. Or, take Erie R. R., Northern R. R. of New Jersey Branch, Chambers street or Twenty-third street fer- ries. Train-boats leave Twenty-third street, 9:10 A. M. and 11:25 A. M., and 1:15 P. M., and Chambers street, 5 minutes later. The grounds will be open for practice at 10 o’clock. Shooting begins at 11 o’clock. Bernard Waters. Fayette Gan Club. Lexington, Ky., May 12.— A Vulcan $50 grade Parker gun is being contested for by the members of the Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington, and the first shoot of this contest was held on Thursday last, under a new system of handicaps. It was pleasing to learn that a number of the sixty members were anxious to qualify for the event of the season, and though the scores were not given out for publication, they were good considering the high wind. The shoot emphasized the fact that the club had in its membership the most enthusiastic and best sportsmen of the city, and that the new dub is bound to be a successful one. Monongahela Valley Sportsmen's League of West Virginia. Morgantown. W. Va., May 10. — The Monangahela Valley sportsmen’s League of West Virginia held its second regular m°nntilly tournament on the grounds of the Fairmont Gun Club on May 9, and the club continued the programme to-day, a two- day tournament, during which forty-seven sportsmen faced the traps and about 12,000 blue rocks were trapped. Weather and light conditions were moderately good, and some fair scores were made, especially on the second day. I lie trade was represented by Mr. J. C. Garland, with Chas. G, Grubb, Pittsburg; Mr. E. H. Taylor, Mr. C. A. North and Mr. Davenport, the first two shooting through the entire pro- gramme. High average scores were as follows: League day, May 9 — High expert average, J. C. Garland, Pittsburg, Pa., 144 out of 175. High amateur average, G. A. Long, Mannington, W. Va., 158 out; of 175; second high amateur average, W. A. Wiedebusch, Fairmont, W. Va., 157 out of 175; third high amateur average, Jno. M. Cobun, Morgantown, W. Va., 152 out of 175. Club day, May 10 — High expert average, E. H. Taylor, Pitts- burg, Pa., 182 out of 210. Hight amateur average, W. A. Wiede- busch, Fairmont, W. Va., 194 out of 210; second high amateur average, G. A. Long, Mannington, W. Va., 185 out of 210; third high amateur average, J. F. Phillips, Fairmont, W. Va., 182 out of Z1U. The Peters cup, emblematic of the league team championship, 5-man teams, 25 targets per man, was won for the month by the Recreation Rod and Gun Club, of Morgantown, W. Va., with a score of 107. Fairmont Gun Club was second, with 104. The Lafiin & Rand “Infallible” cup, emblematic of the league individual championship was won by W. A. Wiedebusch, of Fairmont Club, with 20 straight. Taken altogether, the tournament was most successful, and so successful a shoot this early in the season certainly presages a most successful season for the Valley League. WESTERN TRAP. —First Day — Shot at. Broke. W B Stuck 175 116 A R Warden 175 125 J C Darnall 85 47 L J Walker 140 84 J F Leachman 175 111 G A Long 175 158 H Heckman 175 119 R Carahan 175 141 C L Torey 175 121 R Painter 175 119 J M Cobun 175 152 E F Jacobs 175 132 W Evans Price 175 142 W N Dawson 105 87 H M Van Voorhis 140 80 Thos Neil 175 140 J C Garland 175 144 J R Miller 175 151 W T Nichols 175 142 J C Long 175 134 W A Wiedebusch 175 157 C M Lilly 175 138 A L Donally 175 145 D P Fitch 175 124 J F Phillips 175 149 S S Deusenberry 125 91 L D Phillips 175 124 B F Colpitts 120 76 F. C Wiedebusch 175 87 Wm Stroh 175 135 J I Michaels 38 10 C G Badgley 50 26 A R Badgley 50 38 B H Taylor 175 124 Dr McNeely 140 110 B S White 40 39 Frank Coogle 140 112 C A North 90 60 Daugherty 55 44 Merrefield 90 54 Davenport 90 76 J H Morgan 15 12 Frank Amos D Duncan ... Dr Jamison Geo Watson Jno Coll —Second Day — Shot at. Broke. 105 76 210 185 45 34 210 172 Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O. — A steady downpour of rain all the morning on May 13 kept a number away from the grounds. Fifteen shot in the Peters trophy event. Faran was high in actual breaks with 47, Maynard a close second with 46. Six scores were shot in the cup race, and Faran now has a companion at the top, as Harig made a straight 25. Others were: Williams 20, 20; Peters 22; Hesser 19; Bullerdick 19. The club held its annual election on May 12, with the following result: Joe Coyle, G. H. Krehbiel, E. B. Barker, E. A. Donally, Jas. J. Faran, II. Van Ness and W. F. Linn The board will choose its officers at a future meeting. J>e^®rs^j°phy» 50 targets, handicap of added targets: Randall W 50, Pfieffer (8) 50, Andrews (14) 50, Herman (5) 49, Faran (0) 47, Maynard (0) 46, A. Sunderbruch (3) 45, Roll (4) 45, Wil- liams (1) 44, Penn (0) 43, Bullerdick (3) 43, Harig (0) 42, Pohlar (4) 42, Hesser (1) 40, Block (0) 38. Team race, 50 targets: Pohlar 41, Pfieffer 38; total 79. Faran 42, Herman 31; total 73. Roll 42, Maynard 44; total 86. Team race, 25 targets: Pfieffer 20, Pohlar 20; total 40. Herman 17, Faran 17; total 34. Roll 20, Maynard 22; total 42. Team race, 50 targets: Gross 41, Peters 45; total 86. Faran 44, Hesser 47; total 91. Team race, 25 targets: Faran 22, Hesser 25; total 47. Peters 22, Gross 22; total 44. Greenvilfe (O.) Gun Club. Tv^ThenannjaLtournam.ent °* the Greenville Gun Club was held on May 9 and 10, and, in spite of the threatening weather, was a most successful affair. There was a good attendance of shooters. The club officials had provided tents and luncheon. They are to be congratulated on the smoothness with which everything passed off. On the first day thirty entered in the various events, most of ,tLemr-s^lootm8' throu&h. at 200 targets. Crosby was high gun with 190, Folger second with 186 and Trimble third with 185. Among the well-known shooters from out of town were W R Crosby R TrimbR, Messrs. Rike, Carr, Watkins, Cain, Oswald! Theobald, Brandenburg, Lmdemuth and Clark, of Dayton, and Jesse Orr, of Newark. The weather was against any record scores being made, but the events were closely contested and interesting. May 9, First Day. Shot at. Broke. Carr 200 151 Steward 200 137 Lewis 150 131 Pierce 155 106 Fischer 155 92 Clark 100 90 Mertz 100 80 Brooks 90 68 Brown 50 39 Raiser 80 38 Eidson 45 32 Kerr 50 25 Fouts 30 23 Baker 30 19 Warner 15 9 . . . . . . Shot at. Broki 210 175 Crosby 190 210 173 Felger 200 186 120 92 Trimble 200 185 ... ... Flinn 200 179 210 194 Lindemuth . . . 200 173 210 168 Rike 172 210 169 Watkins 200 172 90 69 Kirby . 171 210 182 Orr 170 ... ... Cain 166 a . . ... Oswald 164 o . . . . . Snow 164 . . . ... Lenner 163 210 177 McKeon 156 . . a • . . Brandenberg . 200 154 ... . . . Theobald 200 152 210 182 May 10, 210 160 30 210 iso 45 30 30 90 20 159 ii6 35 19 26 81 League team race, 5-man teams, 25 targets per man: Recreation. Fairmont.’ Cobun 21 Wiedebusch 23 Jacobs 18 Donally 20 Price 24 J F Phillips 20 Dawson 20 McNeely 19 White 24 — 107 Coogle 20 104 1 he second day started in with a strong wind and a heavy downpour of rain. The programme was not begun until about 11 o clock, when the sun came out. The darkness which both- ered the shooters on the first day was superseded bv bright sunlight. The wind caused the targets to cut all sorts of capers. Crosby was again high gun with 192, Orr second with 173 and Borden third with 172. There were twelve events at a total of 200 targets on each day; entrance $20; money divided in each event 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. everything went off^ in good shape, and the shooters were unanimous m their praise of the management of the tournament The scores: Shot at. Broke. Mannington. C A Long 22 Carnahan 20 Sorey 18 Painter 14 Grafton. Stuck 15 Warden 17 Darnall 16 Walker 16 Crosby Orr Borden ... Cain Trimble .. Kirby Watkins . . Snow Lindemuth Carr .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 .200 192 173 172 171 169 168 160 160 159 150 Theobald 200 Flinn 200 Clark 135 Eidson 110 Steward 170 McKeon 85 Baker 35 Dow 15 Warner 15 Shot at. Broke. Neill 22 — 96 Leachman 15 — 79 League championship race, 20 targets per man: Price 19, W. A. Wiedebusch 20, Neill 17, Warden 18. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Crosby . . .190 192 382 Watkins ... . . . .172 Trimble ...185 169 354 Flinn . . . .179 Orr ......... . . .170 173 343 Snow Kirby ... . . .171 168 339 Carr ....151 Cain ........ 171 337 Theobald . . ....152 Lindemuth , ...173 159 332 160 145 160 150 146 146 145 115 106 100 64 23 10 7- 332 324 324 301 298 The Blue Hen's Chicken “Backs Water" YVilmington, Del., May 13. — With your kind permission, I desire to take back something that I wrote in my report of the Pittsburg shoot, which appeared in your issue of this date. I have just received a letter from Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, in which, ma.king sundry pleasant comments on that report, he says: 'I here is just one point on which you will have to slightly ‘back water, and that is where you say, ‘The gatherings at recent G. A. H. tournaments have been growing gradually larger and larger, but none of them can boast a solid three days’ entry equal to that recorded at the tournament held last week.’ You are mis- taken in this. The record of last year’s G. A, H. is as follows: Preliminary day 157 entries. Bjrst day 240 entries. Second day 273 entries. Third day 317 entries. Fourth day i63 entries. Total , 1150 entries. Total number of targets trapped 155,300. The correction is made, and the process of “backing water,” or ' back-watering,” is accompanied bv a feeling of pleasure at bfein? Placed 111 a position to give to your readers the above official information as to the record at last year’s Grand American Handicap, information which I know will be of interest to a goodly number. The Blue Hen’s Chicken. Notes. Stanley Gun Club. Toronto, May 14.— The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday The day was fine and warm, with little wind, an ideal day for good shooting. 0 In the spoon event, which is a handicap with extra birds to shoot at, there was a general surprise all around four making a straight score with their handicaps. In the shoot-off Mr Wilson and Booth again went straight. Mr. Wilson finally won’ The scratch men were right up with good scores. The following is the result: s Events: Targets: X X, 4... Seager . . . Wilson, 6, Spencer . Ely, 5 1 2 *3 4 5 6 10 10 25 25 15 15 11 10 Events: 1 2 *3 Targets : 10 10 26 Hirons, 4 7 .. 25 Williams ..6 4 .. Fritz 6 .. ., Booth, 10 6 25 Dunk 8 22 Hogarth, 8...., .. .. 19 Edwards, 8 19 Edgar ♦Spoon event; handicaps apply only to this event. Ajlex Dsy, 25 21 . .. 17 . 25 25 7 . . .. 10 .. 7 18 .. 12 .. 7 20 22 15 12 4 5 6 25 15 15 24 13 .. .. 7 .. Rock 7 McGill 7 10 23 24 14 12 Thompson 7 8 22 19 13 25 8 .. .. 15 15 .. 11 .. Sec’y. Tbe Welfare Gun Club, of Dayton, held their opening shoot iviay 6. A good crowd of shooters was present, among whom was a number of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club. The Welfare Gun Club will hold regular shoots on each Saturday during the season, and have a number of team shoots arranged with out- side clubs. The regular handicap medal shoot of the Greenville, O., Gun Club was held on May 8. The Class A medal was won by H A. McCaughey, with 43; Brooks a close second with 42. In Class B, Hartzell and W esterfield tied for the medal on 39, and will shoot off the tie later in the season. , rThei P?yton, Gun Club members who visited the grounds on May 12 found rather moist conditions, as the storm of Thursday had flooded the ground. One set of traps, however, could be used, and the boys smashed a few before returning home. At the Board of Trade rooms, in Columbus, O., May 8, the • G,un C1,ub was organized. It will be incorporated with $3,000 capital stock at $5 per share. The members include some oi the most prominent men in the city. It starts with the bright- est prospects. The following officers were elected: J. Y. Bassell President; J. C. Porterfield, Vice-President; Fred Shattuck, Sec- retary; James L. Ward, Treasurer; Executive Committee, Chas. B. Wolfe Chairman; Dr. C. M. Waters, Dr. Sterling Wilcox, Louis Link, R. S. Rhoades. An excellent location has been secured on West Fifth avenue, about ten acres in all. A lease ior five years with privilege of renewal will be taken. A two-story club house will be erected. Work will be begun within a month. In addition to the traps, there will be pistol and rifle ranges. ,AheVhue w,eatTh<;r Reared up a little on May 10, ten members of the Rohi er s Island. Gun Club, Layton, O., competed for the regular handicap medal. It was won by C. F. Miller after shoot- mg off a tie with H. Oswald. F. J. Wolf, of Celina, was a guest of the club. The Central Covington, ICy., Gun Club held a shoot on May 7 fifteen men taking part In the club event Ed Trimble was high gun, with 48 out of 50. Arrangements are being made for a shoot for a medal donated by the Peters Cartridge Co The New Berlin, O., Gun Club has at last succeeded in pro- curing good grounds, and will hold an all-day shoot on May 30 xTereafter regular shoots will be held. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, 111., May 13.— The appended scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the fourth trophy shoot of the first senes. Goetter won Class A trophy on 22. Keck and Gould tied for Class B on 20, and Horns won Class C on 18 No cud shoot was held on account of one of the carriers of the trap beimr missing, and we could not throw doubles. VVe found our boiler iron magautrap house boosted out of the hole by the water pres sure, caused by the exceedingly heavy rains of the last week Attendance was not up to cur standard, owing to the threaten mg weather conditions, only twenty-three shooters showing im Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Targets: 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 i5ey,nolds 13 6 3 6 6 10 8 1 Meek W 9 8 U , 1 POREST AND STREAM. [May 20, ieo|. George Keck Gould Eaton 14 20 20 21 6 7 4 2 Mr, . Tames Gray made the presentation speech, and 1 'A T T-* . i „ „ (.nlrnM 4 1 11 C O' 1 1 P T fl 7 W Einfeldt * • • 12 T3oa 22 McDonald I® Thomas • J" Barnard Horns Smedes IS 20 9 5 13 11 ift.'xaf-. sspis-ww mu yet be expressed thanks, and afterward was busy thanking each member personally. It is hoped that Mr. Boettger will now have an opportunity to put the new gun to some use, such as an St, Paul, Minn., Rod and Gun Club shoot. Schillbach led in Class B. Don Morrison shot at 100 and made 93 The boom of the shotgun was heard at the Salt Lake Gun Club grounds on last Wednesday for the first time m a year It is tne intention of the members of the new club that the sport of target ? 10 * 10 T? wr&fSV <* Lanigan ^ Ostendorp 13 9 W akeman Goetter r" Sias Lathrop Sarel ° Travis Kampp 15 4 6 8 5 8 8 3 7 8 Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec’y. At Streator. Streator 111., May 5.— The shoot held here on May 3 by the Stauber brothers was not well attended; probably it came when the weather was too fine, as the farmers cannot keep from planting corn" when* the thermpfneter registers^SO^ JThe^sun^shone^hot and strong, which made targets hard to gauge. ihe is were first-class. New traps had been provided, the wind was accommodations were - , “tr,hslk"S,r«jGS'",L,‘S.r.£°I^ expert average. T T hePS 1m o ter s 'cam c ' f °o m f 0 1 1 a wa , and were the well-known mem- bers of the Rainmakers Club, Messrs. Kneussel, Sherzer, Gentle- man and Bossenin. They did not arrive ^ntd in the afternoon^ as their automobile gave out on them, and they had to transie to the electee cars. But when they finally reached the grounds, they got busy with the scatter gun. Scores: Event No. 9 was shot at 7 pairs and one single. Fvents- 1 23456789 Targets’ • 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Stauber ' 13 12 15 12 13 14 15 14 11 Kneussel 14 14 14 12 13 11 13 12 8 Sherzer 13 13 14 13 11 12 15 7 12 Gentleman' " 14 10 10 13 12 11 10 12 11 BossenTn " ' 11 13 12 8 10 13 13 13 7 Steenberg ' ! ! ! 8 14 11 10 13 14 14 14 13 In Other Places. The secretary of the Benson, Minn., Gun Club, writes. that all arrangements "have been perfected whereby a tournament will be held May 26 and 27. There will be twelve, events, aggregating^ 200 8 7 9 „ a G»n Clib has taken on Hf^ and will vie ^„ors with | I . the Indianapolis Gun Chib. The late election resulted in brmg- - ing out the cld-timers. H T. Hearsey is President JL. Gasper, Vice-President; H. A. Comstock, Secretary; Bert B. Adams, Treasurer; J Sielken, George J. Marott and John W. Cooper Directors. Several large tournaments are to be held, among them the Grand Hotel cup, emblematic of the championship of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan. A committee will report some changes in the by-laws, to report at a meeting tCThe Duluth, Vlinn., Rod and Gun Club were compelled to put their shoot off a week, owing to the non-arrival of the traps. A number of new members have been added to the Bermidji, Minn., Gun Club, and shoots are regularly held at the fair grounds. There will be a regular tournament held soon, with teams from other towns as participants. News items furnished state that the Appleton, Minn., Gun Club will hold a tournament June 14 and 15. Much preliminary work is being done on the prospectus by the Minneapolis, Minn.. Gun Club, for their May 22 tournament. When the new club lately organized at Morgan Minn., secures grounds, then shooting will be held regularly each Tuesday after- noon. Axtel Hanson is President; Frank Gertsman, Secretary; John Drexler, Treasurer, and August Everet, Field Captain Reports come from Le Mars, la., that the club is active, and that the shotgun will be heard same as during last year. Mr C A. Young, the Ohio expert, has changed his field of labor's from Texas to Iowa. With W. A. Waddmgton he lately visited Audubon, and gave an exhibition of shooting that stamps him as among the best ever. Facing a wind that “used *- missed targets to fall behind the shooter s score, he broke 48 out of 50. c 1a There’ll be something doing at Davenport la., J"ne 15 to 18, as elaborate preparations have been made for the fifth biennial of the Central Sharpshooters’ Union. There is an ideal shooting park at Davenport, and the rifle club has many of the best shots indfiegunntclubs that never shot before, the latest one is the Hubbell Mich., Rod and Gun Club, ihe members are taking much interest, and the clay target smashing was very interesting from start to finish. John B. Hodges won the highest honor^ though the scores will show that all are Beginners, ihus at 20 targets, Hodges broke 13;, Harrington 6, Wise 6, and Armstrong 4. When will the reformers cease their efforts to stop shooting. The Michigan Legislature has members who are 'endeavoring to stop Sunday shooting by passing laws prohibitory. The Chatrman of the Game Committee said: “ r,’“ nuerht to have intention of the members u, ...x ~-r.~ . — -■ x n shooting shall become as popular as it was in days past, au shooters and their friends were asked to attend the openm0 and participate or look on. In connection with the shotgun practice Shot at. Broke. 135 119 135 111 135 110 135 103 135 100 135 111 average not targets Money divided per cent, plan, with $75 divided as ave prifes Many manufacturers’ agents will be present, but will C0TliPeeMcLeatn' County’ Gun Club shoot at Bioomington, last week, was well attended. Gideon won the Class A meaai, ‘The working man ought to have a rigni to go out »uu ~ Su., Sunday.” “Yes, and shoot the farmer’-s stock and tramp down his gram, was the retort of a Radbourn won Class B. shooting out the tie with Smith, iwv.u,™., m-*- - Gun Tuesday afternoon last members of the Manton, tuicn.. Club held their practice shoot, and Reynold Swanson mad highest score. Th7 'South Haven Mich., Gun Club held a business meeting Friday night, mid awarded the contract forjhe targets and shells fnr thp epflenn Shoots will be held every Thursday. . £ And now comes this deponent and sayeth that the sh0™1^® of hooters at Pittsburg would justify Pennsylvania, and in fact, a SttatoWZ S^T&at1T6ar“out all who are not Residents5 in the State from shooting {or any prizes. A l State tournament should be for the. benefit of all the State : clubs and not for outside men to come m and carry away the prizes, mos of which have been donated by home people. Gentlemen, come, ^Good^ners'comer'from Kinsley, la., that members of the Gun club will see to it that the ducks which are nesting are not bTherLosn Angeles, Cal., Gun Club has the following members as directors: R. J. Northam, R. Werrtgk, R. H. Lacey, G. A. PAlbert LetnMCinnC!mGeun Club held their annual election of of- ficers Monday evening. Result: President, Henry Morgan; Vice- President Oscar Subby; Treasurer, Bert Skinner; Secretary, Norman Peterson; Field Captain, Earl Henry. Weekly shoots will be the order for the summer months. -p ,, , m The Eastern experts who are planning a trip to Portland to attend the tournament June 22, 23 and 24, are hereby r°feedTt ;s the shoot will be open only to men on the Pacific Coast. It is not a national tournament. .... Rensselaer, Ind., Club drew well at their last tournament. there will be rifle and pistol shooting, as there are three ranges b Great Bend, Kans., came well to the front, and the citizens tiied their utmost to give the visiting shooters a good time, and wh these shooters who were present at their tournament reach ITer- Hng?on they will not forget that Great Bend will ask for the next Kennedy won the tie after he and Beyer, . -- h - , had killed 23 out of 25 live birds. Mrs. Davis shot at 10 and SC'Uiis spicy information comes from Decatur, Ind.: “Decatur is to have a gun club this summer, and a neat souvenir button is now being worn by the charter members. They expect by a Id tie practice to hit a pmhole.m. Jim ^da^and. to tournament. Tust watch then vote. i i j *.1 • btate tournament. ^ ^ many teaffl shoots being held this As year i|nd Pyet 'there “is" o7e 'feature that is hard to overcome a rule some one of the teams gets over-anxious and falls down. Tt is hard to get experienced match shooters for these events. Niagara Fads Gun Club is being organized. The temporary officers are: President, Dr. Campbell; Secretary, A. Kinsey, Financial Secretary, Frank Butler game at the matches for skill in marksmanship. ^ - and from that time on, look out for red- The Recreation Rod and Gun Club, of Morganstown, W Va., Friday. The large number present report having - ' Cobun won the club medal with 91.4 held a shoot _ . p6r°^c^tu eiE\^^m^ricP sectmd” ^iyith ~ 43 ""and " Elmer F. Jacobs thSeWsLm,°a,°Gun Club starts the season with twenty-five members and will shoot each Thursday afternoon. T well-organized movement is on to form a gun club in Aberdeen S. D., that will be second to n(pne in the Northwest. At the Borea O., Gun Club shoot, which was the twenty-first of shoots for the Hunter Arms Co. gold badge, season is soon to open, ' °lack Parker is to manage the New York State shoot, which takes place :his year at Utica. The programme will be an eighty P2Aenewalrule has been adopted by the Minneapolis, Minn. Gun Club Hereafter shooters will be divided into classes, and all will stand at the 16yd. line. Mrs. Johnson won two of the medals at May 7 was the opening day for the Chicago Gun Club. . A fine programme has been arranged for this season, and the prizes are numerous and the shooting various Secretary Zacher will be found with his shoulder to the wheel. Some of the old familial Trap Around Reading. Reading Pa., May 13. — The South End Gun Club, of this city, held ’an all-day 'target tournament on theclubgroundson Boyer’s Island, located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River at the southern end of the city, and had a fair cro of sportsmen in attendance. The weather was ideal for targ shooting, but around 2 P. M„ a high wind began to pUy havoc with the targets, and continued for the rest of the day, making shooting very difficult. A large crowd of spectators were present Ind seemed to ^ enjoy the sport. The paid experts, representing the trades, present were Sim Glover, Neaf Apgar, Edw. L. 1 Of 'the 'amateur s, shooters were in attendance from Honeybrook, Stony Creek, Hamburg, Tower City and Pottstown. Of the ninteen shooters that faced the score during the day, Neaf Apgar carried off the high average honors with T78 out of a total of 185 targets scored to his credit. Hairy Ball, the well known amateur of this city, finished m second P!.aLe’ amateur for the day with 170, with Sim Glover third wl^h lb7. Frank Gerhart, of Reading, was second high amateur with 164, with M. L. Ludwig, of Honeybrook, third, with 160. .. The South End Gun Club desire to announce to the public that their annual Fourth-of-July target tournament this year will eclipse any shoot ever held by that well-known and popular orgaSion and it is the intention of the club s tournament cofmittee to present a programme, one that will gave : some special attractions not only for the amateur, but also for the faces were absent, and' yet there were new ones in their places. i wen1 y men faced the trapsL and some good scores wp™ m'lHp naidT' representatives" of the 'trade. Keep your eyes open for the South End’s programme, and paste the date, July 4 and the address Reading, in your hat so you don t miss it, as you 11 meet a crowd of sportsmen there thajare ^ ^ wel- in a series Ouayle wo^n, 'and "now' he "is in the lead, with eight points to his k' rrM — ~ r* rnnrp shoots. Claflin is in second. credit. There are only four more shoots. PlSpH^%ajfeyP1«nn., Gun Club give notice that on July 19 and I. 0 • i i 1 J of flue 20 there will be a tournament at this town. The business men are1 being solicited for donations, and some good prizes will be aWTheeHavelock, Neb., Gun Club is now fully reorganized, with officers viz ■ President, W. R. Johnston; Secretary, E. W. Day, Cantam w’ F Mitchell. The prospects are that the Heyers Gun Chib will consolidate with this one. It is possible that one large club would accomplish more than two small ones. Shooters at St. Cloud, Minn., are getting to work, and trap shnntmer will hold them until Sept. 1. _ , , c ■ — - Lookout now for much shooting news from Colorado S; pr ings The run chib has received a shipment of 100,000 targets. in s shows' that when enthusiasts once enthuse on the target game that fhev do not fail to keep enthused. , May 23 and 24 will see $2,000 distributed , at | J^e Journament^of the Minneapolis Gun Club. Shooters {of the Northwest will surely appreciate such liberal prizes. .It is a pity that this shoot i«; for the same dates as the Illinois State shoot. “*?,£ seconlT annual ,.o„r» Gibson, Club about one hundreds shooters were present championship of northern California was won by G. W. °f AW1inea?rom Huntsville, Ala., states that the gun club has been reorganized, with J. M. Kirkpatrick as Secretary, and held their firThehForestf (L^Gun Club was organized, last rMonday^ an d^ the American shooting rules were adopted. ' ” lest ; Vice-Presid irer, I. Van Scoi , Board, "wfiliam Johnson, William Mapletpft The officers are: Pres- ill 1LUCS well- QUU1JLCU. , T :v , FHwird Ernest* Vice-President, Dr. Cook; Secretary, J. ident, Edward. Linesi, vice nf the Executive E 6 Rinkard" Treasurer,’ L Van Scott; ’Members of the Executive william Tohnson. William Mapletoft and J. C. ShuLr. (Jill LI. VV iiiiain j , Bravton and Wm. Bennett are members. Tt will be interesting to all whoever shot at the old gun cub it will be imercsiu 0 )earn that Jefferson County Gun Sub11 has taken new grounds, having a perfect sky background. This popular organization was founded June, 1901, and now has ab°Wh0eneEhdUn6’|drieTgobesrSabout with the expert squad, it will confuse many to know to which class he belongs; yet reports from Great Bend, Kans., tournament puts him most likely where h' The10SnoScSi’al,: Target ctub^of' Kansas City, Mo., lately organized, has started out with the idea of protecting the game The Warn si ey law will be enforced, and the song and the plumage bird's will be protected, and the mdlmery establishments will be W Kahrman of St. Paris, O., won the Peters trophy for the in- Championship of Clark, Logan, Champaign Madison, re made. Fred ^ Gilbert made 74 out of* 75, John Boa 95 out of 100. Bill Stan- dard 91 Steenberg 86, Lord made 38 out of 40. This was a good showing for traveling men. Max Hensler and Tramp Irwin 'VThe0nshoctSheldndkt Elgin, 111., May 7, was advertised as a benefit for the widow of a deceased member. 1 he attendance of heme shooters was good, but the outsiders, save the experts, were slim The weather was good, save for a sharp cross wind, that made left-quartering targets “duckers. ' The scores are very low, and this was caused mostly by throwing targets too hard; this caused many to drop out before finishing half the programme. John Boa made high professional average, 103 out of ■|9n Stannarc second and Steenberg third. Freeman, of Elgin, made lngh imatlin score, 90 out of 120. The Chicago delegation n-esent were accompanied by their wives, and they were enter tained with ice cream and cake by the traveling men present, W Th'1 1siioctedeidraMay 6 at Rantoul, 111., was fairly well at- tended ' The attendance of the traveling men was especially good. The=e were John Boa, Cadwallader, Staimard Ward Burton and Tramp Irwin. Thomasboro sent up the largest delegation, and the farmer boys went home somewhat overjoyed when one of their 'members, JM. Airie, won the high average over all. John Boa was doino- some great shooting, losing but 4 targets for the entire day, 160 Targets in the programme, and this young farmer, hitting ’em in the middle, went him one better. , , The' Three Barrel Gun Company has been organized at Wheel- o- W Va and has been capitalized at $50,000, for the purpose of manufacturing guns at Moundsville. The incorporators are all Pittsburg men. M. N. Cecil, C. A. .House, J°hn B- G?rden> C W Welly and D. O. Smith. This. is the well-known Hollen- beck 'Gun Company plant. It is the intention of the new com- pany’ to push the manufacture of the well-known Hollenbeck shotgun. Members of the Beechwood Rod and Gun Club, Charleston, W Va he’d their first shoot Wednesday. All present report an afternoon well spent. Many shoots will be held this summer The Pekin, 111., Gun Club is now a sporter of the Celestial name and the first shoot was held last Sunday, May 14. A. C. Connor and Henry Leach are the head promoters The North SideY Gun Club, of Milwaukee, Wis has now the limit cf membership, and is in a prosperous condition, The new officers lately chosen, are : President, Kloman ; Vice-President, and they will make you feel at home. _ come The more the merrier. The scores follow. Events * 123456789 10 Targets- 15 15 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 24 a ’ 14 15 15 18 20 15 18 19 20 24 7?,? 13 13 12 18 18 14 18 19 20 25 v 13 14 13 17 17 13 is is 20 24 . ; 15 15 13 17 19 14 18 17 18 20 Perhart 14 15 13 20 18 14 16 17 16 21 Tnrwll 14 13 13 18 18 13 16 18 18 19 Wenrtel 15 12 13 18 17 12 20 fefezel 11 10 16 16 13 16 Maatz :::::::::: 1313141s Confer".:. 13 12 12 .. .. 13 Lewinski -\2 12 • .. .. :: :: i3 a :: :: :: ii ii Broke. 178 170 167 166 164 160 W eidner . Eshelman W eist Hawk . . . Duster. Mullerite Guo Club. Brooklyn, L. I., May 6.— The shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club, the grounds of the Brooklyn Gun Club to-day, had a pro- imme8of thirteen events, of which No. 1 was at 50 targets. f^y the members with a $100 shotgun as a token of their appreciation of his services. He has given much of his time to the work, and his faithfulness has at- tracted the whole of the membership. This token of esteem shows Webber, medal B, and Jack Marcon medal C. There were twenty-two shooters, with a distance handicap of 21 to 16yds. At Milwaukee recently, it is reported, that a Mr. Donald Frazer who never fired a shell from, a shotgun previously, made the fine score of 11 out of 15. This should serve to stimulate others who are looking for an innocent and inexpensive recreation ° The Port Gibson, Miss., Gun Club has been organized, with George T. Walne as Secretary. Trap and targets are .on the grounds. Shoots will be held and the club will probably join the StR.6 Ilflksher won the Class A contest held last Sunday at the J8Jew York Athletic Club* Travers Island, N. Y„ May 13.-May cup, 50 targets handi- cap allowance, resulted as follows: Geo. Bedite 1 (S » tt, m. •piYoc rfi't Gus E Grieff (2) 34, F. White (14) 3b, r. Barnes( (2) 26, G. N. Hug&s (14) 40; A . W. Hibbard (6) 29, E.„P- McM„,.ryJ8).29,A. O. Fl«,,chm,„ W ^ “Special cup, 25 targets handicap: Barnes’-1 (1) fi f N 17," Ar'wT'HibSlrd 'l/) ft, E P. McMurtry (5) 15, T. White (7) 15, Dr. Brown (7) 16, Dr. ^Fletschman trophy, 25 targets: A. O. Fleischman 19, G. Bechtel (1) 15, WnaElias (4) ’ 1?. JF*„L. . Barnes ’(1) H Dr. William (6) 16, E^ White (71 23 A. W. Hibbard (3) 14, Dr. Brown (7) 22, E. !; McMurtry (6) 19, G. E. Grieff (1) 19, Huggins (7) 19. Besides the foregoing trophy events, several others were shoL May 20, 1905;] FOREST AND STREAM 407 Wawaset Gun Club Tournament. Wilmington, Del. — The tournament of the Wawaset Gun Club, held on May 11 and 12, had a large entry — sixty-six participants. The programme was conducted without a hitch, this consequent to the able management. The office work was in charge df Mr. Luther J. Squier, and everything pertaining to it was prompt and accurate. High average of the first day was made by Mr. Lester S. German, an amateur. He broke 155 out of 180. Mr. A. B. Rich- ardson, amateur, of Dover, was second, with 154. Third was made by Mr. J._ Mowell Hawkins, 148. The weather was exceedingly pleasant. Many ladies were in the groups of spectators. May U, First Day. Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Shot Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 at. McKelvey 9 9 14 9 12 11 14 11 11 12 12 12 180 Edmundson 11 10 13 11 13 11 12 12 13 9 14 13 180 Schortemeier 13 15 12 10 12 11 13 12 14 9 14 10 ISO W Ryan 10 10 12 11 12 8 10 12 11 7 10 12 180 J Godwin 7 10 9 9 12 6 11 9 7 9 10 11 180 J George 13 11 13 9 12 9 15 10 13 12 11 11 180 C Knipe 12 10 13 11 10 8 12 10 10 11 14 8 180 W A Lindsay 10 11 13 11 12 8 13 13 8 9 11 12 180 Dyer 13 9 10 6 14 5 14 8 11 9 11 7 180 German 13] 12 12 13 14 12 12 13 13 13 13 15 180 Foord 13 10 15 12 11 10 15 14 13 10 10 10 180 Newcomb 11 11 13 11 12 7 15 13 12 12 14 9 180 Worthington 10 13 12 12 13 13 12 14 13 10 12 11 180 England 10 11 14 6 9 8 8 10 12 9 11 13 180 J Gifford 11 11 15 7 7 7 9 10 11 12 8 6 180 Pennington 10 11 13 8 9 7 13 10 12 10 12 10 180 Pratt 11 7 13 7 12 11 9 9 6 9 7 7 180 Williamson 9 8 9 8 10 9 11 9 11 13 10 12 180 Rumack 11 10 8 13 14 8 10 10 12 12 12 10 180 Mink 12 13 14 12 14 9 14 13 14 8 13 10 180 Joe Hunter 11 11 13 12 11 12 14 12 13 12 14 9 180 McHugh 10 10 14 10 14 11 12 13 12 11 11 12 180 Beady 13 5 10 5 12 7 11 12 10 8 12 11 180 Malone 8 10 13 8 10 14 10 15 14 11 12 11 180 Chew 8 10 9 10 13 9 12 10 12 8 10 8 180 Ghent 14 10 13 13 11 8 14 11 12 11 10 9 180 Lupus 10 10 11 12 15 9 12 10 9 11 14 10 180 Roser 14 13 14 6 10 11 14 10 12 12 10 8 180 Fisher 13 11 12 11 14 11 14 9 14 11 14 11 180 Richardson 11 12 13 10 14 9 15 13 15 14 14 14 180 Reed 13 11 12 11 14 10 12 11 14 10 13 10 ISO Wallace 13 9 11 10 13 11 14 11 12 13 13 11 180 C E Smith 10 10 10 9 10 6 10 11 9 9 5 9 180 Torpey 13 8 12 14 7 10 13 10 12 12 9 10 ISO McCarthy 13 7 9 8 14 10 11 14 11 11 12 12 ISO Cleaver 11 12 13 9 5 11 . . 11 105 Silver 10 11 9 10 9 12 6 11 9 135 G Godin 12 8 9 13 8 . . . . 75 Springer 13 9 12 45 Borroughs 13 9 11 10 60 Steele 10 10 30 Elliott 12 10 13 9 10 11 13 12 12 10 13 10 180 G A Mosher 15 9 11 12 11 10 11 105 Butler 9 15 11 10 12 8 14 11 14 9 12 8 180 Daudt 11 10 13 8 14 11 7 9 10 9 9 11 180 Rigby 10 10 12 9 12 4 9 12 12 10 11 8 180 Stevens 14 10 15 10 13 10 14 9 14 11 14 7 180 Dr Buck 9 8 9 4 10 6 90 Banks 12 14 13 13 12 12 10 14 12 12 13 9 180 Sampson 12 10 13 12 11 11 12 10 8 12 13 12 180 Mel choir 12 8 11 7 13 10 11 9 12 10 11 7 180 J E Kirk 9 13 13 11 13 7 14 11 12 13 ... . 150 J W Evans 9 1111 9 10 9 10 10 11 12 . . . . 150 F Buck 10 9 ' 30 Faithful 4 11 4 7 .. .. 7 .. 8 .. .. 90 Burke 6 8 1 7 7 12 90 Tames 12 .. 11 13 7 11 12 ... . 9 . . 105 t-Iawkins 12 13 14 11 15 10 13 10 14 10 15 11 180 Glover 12 12 11 14 60 Mr Parks 14 6 12 9 11 11 14 13 13 . . 135 Mrs Parks 11 8 11 13 13 7 11 10 11 . . 135 Sweeney 13 5 10 6 12 9 6 3 120 Stidham 12 12 12 10 . . . . 60 Hartlove ; 10 10 11 11 .. .. 60 C Buck 11 12 10 ... . 45 N Grubb 10 15 8 10 . . 8 75 Broke. 136 142 145 125 110 139 129 131 117 155 143 140 145 121 108 119 130 146 144 140 116 133 119 136 133 134 145 154 141 141 108 130 132 72 87 50 34 43 20 135 79 133 122 119 141 46 146 136 121 116 102 19 41 41 75 148 49 103 95 64 46 42 33 51 May t2, Second Day, The weather conditions favored the shooters more than on the previous day, and there was a consequent rise in the averages. Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins was high in the averages for the day with 162 out of a possible ISO. Second average was a tie between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and Neaf Apgar, with 157. Mr. L. S. German, of Aberdeen, Md., was third with 154. For the two days, Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins was high with a total of 310 out of 360. Messrs. L. S. German, 309, and A. B. Richardson, of Dover, Del., were second and third. ■ Thirty-four shot through the two-day programme. The tourna- ment was a success, and much praise is due the hard-working popular committee which contributed so much to the success. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shot Targets: J Godwin W Edmundson . 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 at. Broke. .. 11 13 10 12 10 8 12 12 8 10 12 11 180 129 .. 14 12 9 11 13 12 15 13 14 9 14 11 180 147 Rumack .. 10 8 14 13 12 11 13 11 13 13 11 14 180 143 W Ryan .. 9 7 8 8 10 9 9 10 10 8 8 8 180 104 Mink .. 12 11 13 11 14 13 12 14 11 10 11 13 180 145 McCarthy .. 13 12 14 14 12 11 14 11 11 12 13 11 180 148 Shorty .. 12 14. 12 13 13 13 12 13 13 9 13 12 180 149 Lindsay • * • .. 11 9 12 9 13 10 11 8 10 12 11 11 120 127 German 13 13 14 13 13 14 13 9 14 14 13 11 180 154 Foord ........... 15 8 13 13 12 13 13 12 12 9 12 14 ' 180 146 Richardson ;.. 13 12 15 15 13 10 13 12 15 13 13 S 180 153 Chew ...12 7 10 8 13 7 13 12 14 11 9 15 180 136 McKelvey ....... .. 13 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 12 13 180 148 Lupus ...11 12 15 11 12 14 10 10 12 13 14 13 180 147 Gent .. 12 12 12 9 9 8 11 10 10 10 10 11 180 124 George .. 13 8 15 9 13 7 13 8 13 10 10 11 180 130 TJ unter ...10 10 11 10 11 10 10 13 15 8 12 . . 165 120 McHugh ...14 11 11 14 10 11 13 11 11 11 11 13 180 141 Pratt .. 10 11 6 10 9 11 10 8 11 9 8 8 180 111 Pennington ...10 10 13 8 10 9 11 14 12 9 11 11 ISO 128 Williamson ..13 8 11 7 11 6 12 12 8 12 9 8 180 116 W Philips .. 9 12 13 8 10 9 7 12 6 12 10 7 180 115 Wallace ...15 14 11 11 12 14 9 13 12 14 13 9 180 147 Smith .. 9 10 S 4 13 7 12 12 6 9 11 10 ISO 118 Knipe ..14 9 11 14 8 13 12 13 14 13 13 10 180 144 Roser ..13 11 13 8 11 9 13 10 13 12 11 12 180 136 Beady ■. .. ...14 8 12 10 14 12 10 10 11 13 10 10 180 134 Torpey ...12 11 9 10 12 10 12 7 11 14 11 9 180 128 Armstrong 11 11 12 13 12 9 13 8 13 11 150 113 Kirk 12 8 11 10 11 9 14 105 75 Miller 8 8 12 10 13 9 13 9 , * 120 82 Gill 11 4 30 15 Clarke 12 10 14 12 8 11 90 67 G Edmundson . . .. 7 3 7 4 6 8 90 36 Silver ...10 8 13 13 13 12 12 9 13 11 11 10 180 135 Elliott .. 15 13 14 10 15 13 15 9 15 10 15 13 180 157 Flawkins ...13 14 13 15 13 13 15 14 15 12 14 11 180 162 Stevens ...12 12 13 13 13 14 12 13 13 13 9 10 180 139 Butler ..15 9 12 11 14 9 13 11 12 11 13 9 180 139 Banks ...13 15 11 14 10 13 13 14 13 11 12 14 180 153 Sampson .. 14 12 9 9 12 12 14 9 11 10 12 11 180 135 McColley ...13 6 12 10 11 8 12 12 10 10 12 12 180 128 Bee .. 11 12 12 11 13 12 13 11 11 10 13 11 180 140 Mosher ...13 10 13 11 13 12 12 105 84 North .. 13 14 10 10 14 11 11 105 83 Melchoir ...12 11 14 9 13 12 11 10 15 11 12 13 180 143 Alburger .. 12 11 10 45 43 Faithful ..10 7 10 8 7 5 90 47 Springer ...11 11 9 io 12 ii 90 64 Burke 9 9 30 IS Steele 10 8 30 18 Apgar ...13 13 13 12 14 12 14 15 12 12 15 12 180 157 Richards 10 15 10 Rutter 11 13 11 12 15 7 90 69 C Buck 10 15 14 9 13 14 90 75 Cornog 12 10 12 14 12 75 60 V duPont, Jr 9 13 12 13 14 75 61 T Kirk 8 11 11 12 10 75 52 Dr Buck 12 13 9 13 9 75 56 Hartlove 12 10 12 45 34 McArdle 10 9 30 19 E E duPont .. 10 13 ii 45 34 Mississippi Delta Trapshooters' League. Vicksburg, Miss. — The first tournament of the Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League was held under the auspices of the Vicks- burg, Miss., Gun Club, May 8 and 9. Chief interest wras in the amateur competition for the cup, open to all shooters who were residents of Mississippi. It was won by the popular and efficient secretary of the Vicksburg Gun Club, Mr. John J. Bradfield. Previous winners were Messrs. W. J. Fletcher, of Vicksburg; W. H. Clements, of Rolling Fork; E. H. Wilson, of Natchez; C. H. Walton, of Rolling Fork. The con- ditions governing it were 60 targets, two wins to constitute title to final possession. After Mr. Bradfield’s win on the first day, it was decided to shoot off for ownership between the winners. The contest was at 100 targets. Mr. Bradfield won easily, with a score of 92, his nearest competitor, Mr. Wilson, scoring 89. His victory was the occasion of much rejoicing. The presentation of the club later was elegantly made by Mr. Stanford N. Collier, in a witty ap- propriate speech in behalf of the club, which was responded to in feeling terms by Mr. Bradfield. Mr. George H. Hillman, in recognition of his valuable assistance, was presented with a beautiful diamond studded watch charm. Mr. Hillman responded in an excellent speech. The cup was filled with champagne, and in honor of the event, the cup passed from lip to lip. High professional average for the two days wos won by Mr. Frank Faurote, with 386 out of 400, and he made a run of 101 straight. Mr. Harold Money was second with 376. High amateur average was won by Livingstone, of Birmingham, with 370 out of 400; Brazeale, second, 367; Scannal, Wells and North third, 354; Bradford fourth, 353; Hayes fifth, 348. Scannal, of Shreveport, won the Dupont trophy. Shanahan, of Greenville, won the Peters trophy. The tournament committee, Messrs. Hayes, Fletcher, Miller, Pinkston, Dinkins and Bradfield, deserve credit for their excellent work in promoting the success of the shoot. The other shoots of the Mississippi Delta League series will follow in due order in the near future. The scores of the two days are summarized as follows : Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Faurote ...400 386 Henshaw 400 318 Anthony ...400 356 McCutchen . . . 400 299 Kaufman ...400 328 Shanahan 400 321 Monev ...400 376 Sharkey 400 312 Livingston . . .400 370 North 400 354 Sligo ...400 354 Henderson 400 343 Brvan ...400 343 Wilson 400 333 Brazeale ...400 367 Pinkston 400 315 Caddo ...400 341 Dinkins 400 332 Claudet ...400 331 Hossley 400 320 Cameron ...400 339 Casey 192 Erwin ...400 352 O’Trigger 200 161 Farr ...400 334 Austin 131 Walton ...400 332 Ward 102 Clements ...400 841 Sinai 102 Bradfield ...400 853 Alexander 78 Fletcher ...400 313 Blake 43 Miller . . .400 310 Allen 25 Wells ...400 354 Noland 19 Pbyes ,.,400 348 Boston Gun Club* Boston, Mass., May , 10i — The most successful series evefi held on the Boston Gun Club grounds terminated at Wellington to-day* with nineteen shooters vainly endeavoring to increase their match scores and throw out the poor ones made during some of the past shouts. 1N0 one succeeded, however, and tne final result was the same as a week ago. The scores, as a rule, were all considerably lower than has beetl the case for some time past, but the crowd was there fof the pleasure, and little things' like that did not bother a little bit* Frank started in to beat three of a kind, but relinquished his bold to Dr. Gleason, who finished out for the high average. In the serial prize match, seven scores to count, Dr. Gleason’s high totals eclipsed all other efforts, add certainly shows great shooting, as a 19yd. handicap is no cinch when taking all weather conditions in consideration. From appearances, he was not scared at the look of the official handicapper’s ax, and henceforth hi9 efforts will be from the 21yd. line. The doctor intimates that even that will not hold him, as he is out for business duriftg 1909* and will not rest till he has quite a fair number of trapshooting! scalps hanging from his belt. Burns, the winner of second prize, deserves great credit for the persistent way lie attended all shoots, and was the leader from the first, till the last three shoots, when the B. A. A. representative stepped in with some straight scores which were just too much of a handicap to overcome. Next series, Burns says, may tell another story, but an additional 2yd. handicap is expected, and this may hurt just a little. O. R. Dickey’s win of third was one of the most popular of the eight lucky shooters, as ’“Dick” has a host of well wishers in this section that are more than pleased when the “old reliable” shows his top-notch form. Twenty-one yards looks big to the most of us, but in the majority of cases it was like giving a donkey strawberries to give him a 45yd. target. Just as big as baskets was his idea on one particular occasion, and his 93 per cent, showed that there certainly was something doing. The club’s own representative, Frank, took care of fourth posi- tion, a slightly lower average than usual, caused by a change in guns, which seems to always have a bad effect on a trapshooter. From now on, however, something has got to bust, and it must be the targets and nothing else. Ford, the “Fiz Fiz” man, captured a subscription to a well- known sporting journal, and expects now to keep abreast of the times, even though his own time is pretty well taken up, with the exception of his Wednesday afternoons, which Ford would not miss from a farm down East. Capt. Woodruff, the original Boston Gun Clubite thought that sixth place was just to his liking, as he needed the hunting ax to break some of these modern targets that his 7% was usgless on, but which have to be handled as carefully as eggs. The Watertown representative, “Roy,” had the pleasure of beating his old friend, John Bell, and wears a smile that won’t come off, and is now seen round town, apparently as deaf as an adder; but talk trapshooting to him, and out comes a brand- new pair of ear drum protectors which he claims rightly belong to his trusty gun and load. John Bell, the winner of the eighth and last prize, has for quite a time been complaining of the bunching and leading of his “fusee,” SO' behooved himself to smoke up and win the anti-rust wicks, which are guaranteed to cure his complaint. John’s prayers evidently struck home, as only one target separated him from the object of his search and nothing. Scores of to-day’s shoot as follows: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets : 10 15 10 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 25 Av. Frank, 19 .... 10 14 7 9 11 12 7 8 .. . 780 Bell, 20 8 9 9 10 11 8 687 Dickey, 21 . . . 9 13 7 12 9 8 725 Weld, 19 8 13 6 14 10 13 800 Gleason, 19 . . 9 13 10 14 14 11 8 7 10 10 8 22 877 Lee, 16 8 13 6 9 13 8 9 9 .. . 750 Burns, 16 . . . . 5 10 6 11 13 11 5 5 3 6 10 19 670 Worthing, 17 8 11 8 10 10 10 6 700 Wheeler, 18 . . 5 9 7 13 10 13 4 8 8 8 5 20 729 Woodruff, 17.. 5 8 7 13 10 10 8 9 6 . 690 Prior, 16 S 11 6 11 8 13 8 8 7 . 727 Smith, 18 5 .. 7 7 .. 19 690 Ford, 16 . . 12 12 11 9 9 10 9 9 22 858 Massure, 16 . . . . 10 8 13 688 Muldown, 16 . 6 618 Roy, 19 . . 10 13 7 8 5 9 . .. 15 670 Williams, 16 . 3 4 6 4 8 7 8 6 5 . 463 Retwood, 14 . 4 7 6 2 2 323 Merchandise match, distance handicap : Gleason (19vds.) 25, Burns (16) 24 , Frank (19) 23, Weld (19) 23, Wheeler (18) 23. Ford (16) 23, Lee (16) 21, Prior (16) 21, Smith (18) 21, Massure (16) 21, Muldown (16) 21, Worthing (17) 20, Woodruft (17) 20, Roy (19) 20, Bell (20) 19, Dickey (21) 17, Williams (16) 15, Ret- wood (14) 8. Merchandise match, total scores, best seven out of fourteen to count : Burns Dickey Roy Kirkwood Willard 29 29 29 29 28 25- -199 28 26 26 26 26 26- -186 27 27 27 27 26 22- -184 29 26 25 25 24 24—183 26 26 28 25 25 24—179 27 26 25 25 24 23- -178 27 25 25 24 24 22—176 26 24 24 23 25 23—172 . .37 27 26 25 23 22. 21- -171 27 26 26 24 21 19- -171 26 25 25 23 22 22—170 ..26 24 21 21 23 21 20—160 . .27 26 24 23 21 17 15—153 22 22 16 17 16 21- -136 Game Cfub. Cochran, Pa., May 9. — The scores made to-day follow shootlncr at 25 targets; H. Gibbon 21, W. Hughes 21, W. Lewis’ 23, D. I Phillips 21, D. Krappf 19, L. Kimmell 13, W. Dougherty 16 ’ V' Gallagher 18, G. H. Smith 21. s y to, r-. Event 2, 25 targets: Wm. Hughes 22, H. Gibbon 20. G H Smith 16, D. J. Phillips 22, Neil Mahon li, S, Farrow 14* c" (Jallagher 15, W. Lewis 20, p. (lallagber 14 * ■ " 408 FOREST AND STREAM. '[May 20, igog. ON NEW JERSEY, Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., May 6. — But eight men were out to-day. Event No. 2. was for a box of cigars, two teams competing. Team No. 1, composed of Messrs. .Porter, Boxall, Soverel and Hartshorne, scored 78, to team No. 2, composed of Messrs. Bush, Crane, Doremus and Vause, score of 77. Event No. 4, 5 pairs, unknown angles, was won by Mr. Harts- horne with eight breaks to his credit. Scores; Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 10 10 Targets: 25 25 10 10 Porter 21 21 8 3 Bush 22 22 9 7 Boxall ............ 20 23 8 7 Crane ............. 14 22 1 6 Soverel 19 9 5 Doremus .18 19 6 .. Hartshorne . 16 15 6 8 Vause ....18 14 5 6 Montclair, N. J., May 13. — To-day was the regular monthly shoot for the Daly gun. Some fifteen men were present. Events 1 and 2 were for practice. Event 3, 50 targets, unknown angles, handicap, for a Daly gun, to be shot for every month during the year was tied for by Messrs. Porter and Hartshorne, on 49. The tie was shot off at 25 targets. Mr. Porter broke 20 to Mr. Hartshorne’s 15, but with the handicap, the score stood: Porter 22 to Hartshorne 21. Porter was declared the winner for May. Events : 1 2 3 Events : 1 2 3 Targets: 25 25 50 Targets: 25 25 50 P Cockefair, 4.. . 17 16 42 H Babbage, 8 19 36 H F Holloway, 12... 48 H V anse .. 16 19 37 C Bush, 2. . 22 20 42 G Schneider .. 23 23 46 G Porter, 4.......... 9(1 - . 49 S C Wheeler, 4..,.. 19 43 C Beck . 19 . - C S Hartshorne, 12. .. 14 15 49 E Winslow, 4........ 13 15 44 G Howard, 2 24 47 W T Wallace, 2 .. 15 19 46 E H Babbage 14 G Boxall, 4..... ,. 16 18 44 Handicaps as indicated apply in event 3 only. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., May 6. — Event No. 5 was a handicap shoot for a solid gold watch charm. It was won by Dr. Paterno for the third time. .Scores: Events: 12345678 Targets: 10 15 10 15 50 25 25 25 F Vosselman, 10 6 11 7 .. 37 C Leasenfeldt, 15 9 6 5 . . 35 17 . . 13 Dr Boldt, 20 5 4 5 .. 18 .. 15 .. Dr. Leniseur 3 3 3 4 18 .. 5 .. C E Eickhoff, 8 14 42 .. 16 19 R Schneider .. 10 38 22 20 21 De Mawhy 9 24 .. 12 .. Dr Paterno, 14 43 21 .. 20 J Merrill, 13 33 12 .. 11 J Morrison, 6 10 14 10 .. 34 .. 23 22 G Harland, 10 8 12 6 .. 36 .. 19 .. Williams 7 10 7 .. 46 .. 22 .. Meiser 7 6 7 6 Hans, 5.. 8 11 8 .. 40 .. 19 .. May 13. — Event 7 was the handicap contest for the gold watch chain. It was won by Mr. James Morrison. This is his second win. Scores: Events: 123456789 Targets: 10 10 15 15 15 15 50 25 25 J Morrison, 7 9 8 12 13 10 7 43 23 .. Hans, 5 7 .. 10 11 11 11 40 23 .. Fred, 0 4 4 5 5 Cottrell, C 5 5 11 10 8 10 30 13 .. Metz, 0 8 7 7 5 8 10 .. 14 .. Vosselman, 10 5 13 14 12 .. 40 19 .. A Schoverling, 5 9 11 12 11 .. 40 19 24 C E Eickhoff, 8 8 8 5 9 6 33 11 .. Dr Boldt, 20 8 7 10 8 .. 37 10 7 Dr Leveseur, 20 8 7 3 . . 18 10 . . Dr Paterno, 11. 14 11 .. .. 31 12 .. Dr Fansoni, 20 3 .. .. 8 6 .. J Merrill, 12 .. 6 .. .. 7 .. 29 10 .. Geo Allison, 0 21 .’. Peeiless Rod and Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., May 13. — The scores made in 25-target events follow: P Jacobus 3 .. .. G Herman 16 14 .. T Dewar 5 7 8 J Doorhofer 7 11 .. T Walker 5 10 8 P Garrabrant 14 9 .. C Engel 0 2 6 Jackson Park Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., May 14. — Everything appeared to be in perfect shape for our shoot as late as 6 o’clock Friday night, when Morgan and Hopper left the grounds. When we arrived there Saturday morning, Morgan A. Doty, Hopper, sporting editor of the Morn- ing Call, and Dutcher, a few minutes late, we were pleased to greet the Messrs. Schneider, Burgman and Welles. We were soon ready to start a squad, with the new arrival, Frank Butler, but to our surprise the magautrap failed to work in anything like its old form, as it had done for the last three years. We tried every means to overcome the difficulty, .and at about 1 o’clock, through the efforts of the gentlemen present, and trying to shoot, we got things to rights, thanks to Burgman, Welles, Elliott, and those who assisted in righting things. Much to the discomfort of those who had labored for the success of the shoot, the men engaged to assist Manager Dutcher failed to appear, and he was compelled to take charge of the money department and collect and keep the score sheets in shape, while the captain, Count Lenone, took the shoot in charge and refereed. He was assisted by Mr. Frank Butler. We succeeded in shooting about 3,000 tar- gets. The programme was carried out, except the prize events, which failed to any way near fill, so we withdrew the prizes. The majority of the shooters taking part were mostly beginners, and would not take chances against the more expert shooters. The professionals shot for targets only. Mr. Frank Butler shot in great form in the regular events, which started at event 5. In fact, after the trap got going in proper shape, everybody seemed to improve, and everything wound up pleasantly. The club will, as soon as possible, put in a cashier’s booth, which is or was missing to-day, where all the entries will be received and money paid out. Owing to no programme being gotten out for this shoot, the regulars, or those, who shot through the programme, paid at the finish, and everybody took advantage of this rule, to the discomfort of the man in charge. Appended are the scores of those taking part. Unfavorable weather prevailed during the entire eight hours’ shooting. Despite the gloomy weather and cloudy skies, many people journeyed to Jackson Park, and were royally entertained by the Jackson Park Gun Club, on the occasion of the big tourna- ment, which formally opened their new shooting grounds, situated on Arthur Crooks’ farm, Jackson’s Lane. The club house, re- modelled and repainted, contained a large crowd from the time the first event was shot, at 10:30 A. M., until darkness put an end to the day’s sport. During the day refreshments were served in the club house, and everybody partook of the Jackson’s generous hospitality. Every gun club in Passaic and Bergen counties was represented. Fifteen events in all were decided; seven at 10 targets, five at 15 and three at 25. Aaron Doty, Butler, Schneider, Willis_, Markley and Brugman shot in all the events but one, and their work was close on to perfect in nearly every event. Doty is the amateur champion of Passaic and Bergen counties, and held his own with the visiting cracks. Perfect scores were frequently made in the 10-target events. Butler’s shooting was the most consistent, and on the whole day’s work was the best out of the half hundred who par- ticipated. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 10 15 10 25 25 25 Elliott 9 14 8 12 9 8 12 9 . . 12 7 22 23 19 Butler . . . . . 12 9 13 8 14 9 9 13 7 . . 13 9 22 24 22 Schneider . 13 10 10 6 12 8 8 12 8 . . 13 7 19 20 19 Welles .... 12 8 11 10 12 10 8 13 9 . . 14 8 21 22 22 Markley ... 10 14 10 14 9 9 13 7 . . 14 10 20 22 21 Brugman .. ............... 13 8 15 9 15 8 9 13 9 . . 14 10 20 21 19 A Doty .... ............... 12 7 13 8 12 6 6 10 6 .. 11 7 19 17 20 Lenone . . . . . , 4 12 6 8 7 .. .. .. 6 Hopper . . . , 6 5 .. .. Edwards . . . 5 6 .. .. ftapy M » M f * * M ? f M P! P9. M ep $ & 7 10 6 M 7 Van Horn ................ 11 8 9 14 7 .. 12 9 19 16 16 Johnson .......................... 10.. 8 15 6 .. 13 6 15 18 18 J Doty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 12 7 19 21 22 Banta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10 6 19 20 21 R Wilson ................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 4 7 5 15 9 H Van Houten 4 3 5 .. 15 15 H Wright .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 7 6 7 4 17 11 16 F L Van Houten . . 8 6 .. 10 12 G Nichols .. .. .. ...... 7 6 7 .. 14 17 McGuirk .. 7 10 7 .. .. .. Clickner .. .. 9 .. 22 22 W Wilson 6 .. .. 4 4 13 12 14 Dunkerly 10 7 .. 20 20 A Reeves . . . . 16 . » . . Lewis . . . . 5 10 . . 20 . . . . T Crocker 9 .. . . 16 17 E V an Plouten 6 2 2 4.. .. .. Pullhemus - 6 8 4 Dr Utter .. 6 7 .. .. .. .. A B Van Houten 2 8 6 E Simonton 2 6 7 .. .. .. Henry 4 5 8 6.. .. .. Devine .. .. .. .. 4 4 .. .. .. Stanley Gan Clab. Toronto, May 7. — The regular weekly shoot of the Stanley Gun Club took place on their grounds on Saturday. There was a slim attendance of the members, owing to the inclemency of the weather. The few events were shot in a steady downpour of rain which put a damper on the sport. In the spoon event, some good scores were made. Mr. Buck with three additional, and Fritz, with five aditional birds to shoot at, scored 24 each. Mr. Dunk and Mr. Rock, both scratch men, were right up with 23 each. The following are the scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 25 10 10 25 10 Targets: 25 25 10 10 25 10 Rock ........ , . 18 22 9 23 9 Fritz, 5 . .... 15 7 7 24 . . Dunk .. 22 .. Molton ... .. IS 7 7 .. 8 Dey .......... .. 16 .. Wilson, 4 7 .. 16 6 Hulme ....... .. 20 .. Edgar ... .. ..10.. .. 7 Herbert, 3. . . .. 17 .. 7 7 21 .. Buck, 3...... • Booth, 10...,, .. .. 12 6 5 15 6 Handicaps apply to spoon event (No. 5) only. Alex Dey, Sec’y. St. Paul Gao Clab. Bergen Beach Gan Clab. Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, L. I., May 9. — Thirty-one contestants participated in the monthly shoot of the Bergen Beach Gun Club to-day. High average was made by Mr. Kelly. The manufac- turers’ agents present were Messrs. Frank Butler and H. B. Wil- liams. The weather conditions were a clear light and a high wind, the latter making the shooting difficult. Scores: Events : Targets : Schorty . . . A Schoverling 13 O N T Cottrell 11 Metz 10 F Butler W Keim A Suydam 7 Kelly H B Williams 12 Schorty 10 Eickhoff J Kroeger 13 Hans 11 Castles 7 12 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 13 11 14 12 13 11 . . 13 9 1.2 12 12 10 13 12 12 12 10 12 8 11 12 11 11 8 6 11 11 6 4 4 6 7 7 10 8 3 5 4 9 10 6 10 11 11 10 9 5 13 10 14 12 11 10 11 5 10 7 7 4 7 8 9 7 6 7 7 10 14 12 13 13 14 14 13 15 15 12 7 12 12 11 8 10 8 12 10 10 9 10 8 10 12 10 8 9 7 10 4 9 8 2 6 . . . . 13 13 8 12 10 13 8 11 10 10 11 12 12 9 ii is Pfaender 10 Dreyer 10 12 5 7 13 11 5 7 10 11 were shot. Events : Targets: Boa Hess Scores: Jack Snipe Stuard Bless . Iiudgel Crane . -Eight extra events , each at 10 targets. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 15 10 15 20 13 15 16 17 14 14 S 8 8 9 13 14 14 15 8 8 13 20 13 14 15 20 12 14 9 8 14 16 12 14 13 14 12 12 7 10 15 9 13 11 15 11 14 10 9 11 10 14 8 13 17 11 10 8 8 15 17 14 12 12 17 14 14 10 11 14 13 12 10 17 11 12 9 11 12 9 10 9 15 11 11 9 9 7 18 11 13 7 19 14 15 9 10 11 15 11 9 8 8 11 15 Lines , . 6 4 6 7 Leffler 5 3 7 7 E. G. Bless, Sec’y. Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. Utica, N. Y. — Last Saturday, on the club grounds near Utica Park, the home club defeated the Schenectady Club, in a 9-man team contest, $50 a side, 50 targets per man, by a score of 395 to 373. In a recent contest of these clubs,, at Schenectady, the Oneida County team was beaten by 6 targets. Scores: Gehring 11 J Martin . . . . Utica Team. Schenectady. Montanus Raynor . . Creamer . Slavin ... Malstedt . C Woelfel Schlim Gamis Voorhis .. 12 11 13 13 14 15 9 10 Palmiter .... .... 21 22 43 Walburg ... 18' 21 39 14 13 10 10 13 13 . „ , , Windheim .. .... 23 21 44 Adams ... 19 20 39 12 11 10 8 10 8 9 .. W Wagner . .... 21 23 44 Janders ...18 18 36 12 13 8 11 10 8 .. Christian ... .... 20 22 42 Ferguson ...20 25 45 5 8 9 9 .... 21 22 43 ...19 24 43 7 9 11 12 7 9 .. J Wagner .. .... 21 21 42 H C Green... .... 24 24 48 9 8 5 6 Deck .... 21 23 .44 Miller ...19 17 36 8 8 4 4 7 .. Gates .... 25 23 48 A A Green . . ... 25 19 44 8 8 11 6 8 .. Lewis .... 22 23 45 Livingston ... ... 23 20 43 / 1 6 6 0 4 O 7 4: , . 8 .. Total . . . .195 200 395 Total . . .185 188 373 •• •• 8 ■ 7 7 9 .. Utica won by 22. Eric Rod and Gan' Clab. Indianapolis Gan Club. Indianapolis, Ind., May 6.— The Peters badge was won by Scott. Perry, ’Dixon, Gregory, Anderson, Morgan, Nash, Arm- strong, Dark and Moore tied for the club trophy. The race for the Peters badge, between Scott and Tripp, was very interesting, but Scott being in great form, was the victor. The meet, last Wednesday, for beginners, was a success, and the advice given by Mr. Dickman and other old shooters was much appreciated. . Shells have commenced to arrive for the Grand American Handi- cap. Scores, each event at 25 targets: Events : Purry Scott Morris Dixon Finley Gregory Anderson . . . Steele Bell Rhoades Moller Morgan Nash Armstrong . Abe Martin Tripp Dark Moore Rison Leib Hice C Thompson Jones Medice Dickman Habich M Dinger . . W Dinger .. Stewart 12 3 22 21 23 14 14 18 14 7 15 11 17 22 20 20 20 19 22 20 19 20 19 15 17 13 19 21 19 8 9.. 19 20 21 20 11 19 20 21 24 7 17 16 21 19 15 20 14 21 17 23 19 11 19 14 9 3 7 18 15 20 15 11 20 15 18 21 15 21 13 25 15 21 23 19 23 18 15 11 17 11 15 15 16 17 13 15 15 4 5 6 7 8 9 23 22 23 22 23 22 23 20 21 8 22 14 14 11 .'. 17 21 18 11 .. .. 22 21 21 24 21 21 23 .. .. 18 22 16 17 .. .. 22 22 22 19 .. .. 21 20 19 14 13 .. 20 19 .. .. .. .. 17 9 . . 17 16 18 21 23 24 16 .. .. 19 19 21 .. .. .. 17 16 21 17 22 21 .. .. 16 18 16 14 18 15 12 .. .. 20 16 20 18 .. .. 17 16 17 21 .. .. Springfield Shooting Clab. Springfied, Mass.— This club held their annual meeting and a practice shoot on the afternoon of May 6. Fifteen new mem- bers were admitted to the club. The following officers were elected for the year: H. L. Hawes, President; W. E. Gilbert, Vice-President; C. L. Ketes, Sec’y- Treas. ; Frederick Le Noir, Field Captain. Directors, H. L. Hawes, Frederick Le Noir and N. H. Snow. Forty-five dollars was appropriated for merchandise prizes, to be shot for during the season by club members at the regular practice shoots held every other Saturday afternoon. In addition to the merchandise prizes the Peters Cartridge Co. have donated, through their local agent H. L. Hawes, a beautiful silver loving cup for high average prize during the season. Scores follow: Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 20 10 10 10 Kites 6 10 6 Le Noir 9 .. 9 P Lathrop 7 8 7 E Lathrop 6 . . 5 Snow Bradford 1 Keyes 5 .. 3 .. 4 .. 1 Hawes 5 Forest 3 12 9 13 10 8 19 8 9 . . . . 10 7 . . 7 . . 9 12 13 12 10 Ossining Gan Club. Ossining, N. Y., May 14.— Am inclosing scores 7th and 14th inst. While yesterday, 14th, was not a tice day, a number of the boys came out. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: Targets: 25 25 25 10 Targets: D Brandrethi 24 20 21 8 J Hyland ....... F Brandreth 18 22 20 8 W Coleman .... May 14. — All events from 18yds. : Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 T argets : 10 10 10 10 10 10 C Blandford 5 8 J Hyland 6 7 R McAlpin 6 7 I W ashburn F Hahn W IT Coleman F Brandreth Miss Hyland W H Hyland This is the first shooting Miss Hyland had done State shoot, Shot at. Broke. 130 100 120 97 90 63 65 41 55 36 50 14 40 13 10 3 10 3 Misfire. made on the 1 regular prac- 1 2 3 4 25 25 25 10 .... 10 .. 12 5 15 .. 6 7 8 ; 9 10 10 10 25 25 5 5 9 16 7 4 19 .. . .. 15 3 . . 12 18 2 6 18 .. 1 1 18 .. 6 - 1 14 .. . ..11 since the 1903 & ft & - Brooklyn, May 11.— A good time for all. This was the last shoot until September. The club shoot, 25 targets for June, July and August, is as follows: S Hitchcock 19 20 17—56 D Mohrman 17 18 17—52 F Gref 14 22 16—52 W Roberts 7 15 8-30 C. Detleffsen, 18 out of 27, and 9 out of 21, to be finished at next shoot. Events : 123456789 10 Targets : 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 H S Wells 9 4 8 9 8 8 8 8 10 14 Hitchcock 9 Mohrman 4 -• J Bohn 3 ’..I Targets hard, and some wind. Club dinner after shoot at Tester’s Ulmer Park Cafe. Sidney Gan Clab. Sidney, N. Y., May 9. — The following scores were made by the Sidney Gun Club at Sidney, May 5: Dr FI J Fleming E Borden C Ferguson J Breed M Breed FI M Lane N Ogden G B French H Paterson . N. Ogden is from Oneonta, N. Y., and G. B. French is from Edmunston, N. Y. Shot at. Broke. Ave. 200 168 .84 100 89 .89 150 115 .77 65 45 .69 50 39 .78 175 146 .84 80 64 .80 60 45 .75 85 76 .82 A. M. Lane. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. Philadelphia" Horse Show at Wissahicfcon Heights. Special Excursion Tickets via Pennsylvania Railroad. The fourteenth annual open-air exhibition of the Philadelphia Horse Show Association will be held on St. Martin’s Green, Wissahickon Heights Station, Philadelphia, May 29 to June 3 inclusive. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special excursion tickets, including coupon of admission, from New York, Phila- delphia, Belvidere, Lancaster, Wilmington, West Chester, Phcenix- ville and principal intermediate stations (as well as stations on the Chestnut Hill Branch), to Wissahickon Pleights Station, May 29 to June 3, good to return until June 5, 1905, inclusive. The grounds of the Philadelphia Horse Show Association are located immediately on the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, eleven miles from Broad Street Station. Cammeyer, stamped on a shoe means standard of merit. These words are a trade-mark, but they are also a guarantee. Cammeyer shoes for ordinary wear have been well-known for a very long time, but when Cammeyer long ago added to the goods that he had long been selling, outdoor shoes and boots, then anglers, gunners, horsemen and other outdoor people began to buy their footwear of him, and they are doing it still. His shoes and boots are now known in Oklahoma and the Rocky Mountains, as they are in New York and New England. The Talbot reel received “highest award” at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, where competition was keen, and where the judges were able and acute. It is worth the while of every angler to have the best implements for his sport, and to have these he must keep abreast of the times and know what is on the market. The up-to-date angler will do well to send for the Talbot Com- pany’s treatise on Bait Casting, and for the company’s latest catalogue. Mountain climbers, anglers, hunters and golfers, whose lives have been made burdens to them by slippery shoes will, we believe, find in the Lipscomb Steel Screw Calks something that will “fill a long-felt want.” The inefficiency of the ordinary hob- nail every one knows, and the despair that one feels when his shoes give out at the very moment when he needs them most. We are inclined to regard the North & Pfeiffer Mfg. Co., of New Britain, Conn., as public benefactors. The Bangor & Aroostook R. R. announces that its through sleeping car service between Boston, Mass., and Greenville, Me., was resumed early this month. Sleeping car tickets from Boston may be had at the Pullman ticket office, North Union Station, or at the city ticket office, B. & A. R. R., '322 Washington street, Boston. From Greenville, application should he mftde to J. H* Gerrish, agent, FOREST AND STREAM. a3 NEW PRICE No. 00 Armor Steel L. C. Smith Gun HUNTER ARMS COMPANY Sold through deaJers only. Send for caJaJogue. A Fulton, N. Y REDUCED PRICE. Our Durston Special Grade $25 ne* $25 ne* The acknowledged leader of medium-priced guns, is now offered for $25 net. It is fitted with our famous Duro Nitro Steel barrels. Guaranteed to shoot any Nitro or black powder and not get loose. Fitted with the same mechanism as our higher grades. Sold through the dealer only. WHITE FOR*. 1905 ILL X/STHATED CATALOGUE. LEFEVER ARMS CO., - SYRACUSE, N. Y. “CASHMORE” GUNS PRICE LIST POST FREE 5 GRAND PRIX DU CASINO, MONTE CARLO, AUSTRALIAN GRAND HANDICAP. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, CHAMPIONSHIP OP AUSTRALIA, CHAMPIONSHIP OP NEW SOUTH WALES, 1st, 2d and 3d GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, 1903 1902 1899 1899 1898 1897 Address WILLIAM CASHMORE, Gun Maker. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. MODERN RIFLE SHOOTING FROM THE AMERICAN STANDPOINT By W. G. HUDSON, M.D. is a modest title to a work which contains an epitome of the world's best knowledge on the practical features of the art. In its 160 pages are treated, in popular language but with technical accuracy, all the details of Rifles, Bullets, Triggers and Trigger Pulls, Equipments, Sights and Sighting, Aiming, Adjustments of Sights, Helps in Aiming, Optics of Rifle Shooting, Positions at all Ranges, Targets in General Use, Ammunition, Reloading, Cleaning, Ap- pliances, etc. Thirty-five illustrations. Price, $1.00. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection fc. TV of Pictures from Forest and Stream Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Virginia deer, mule deer and buffalo are shown in scenes which have in them the spirit of the wild creatures and their surroundings. Each picture is an accurate portrait of the subject and has a pleasing landscape setting as well. Of smaller game there are field scenes in which figure the quail, ruffed grouse; and a number of splendid reproductions of Audubon bird pic- tures. The dog pictures by Osthaus and the yachting scenes round out the volume, and make it all in all a very comprehensive volume of American outdoor sports. A Pocket Revolver with A Grip. LIST OF THE PLATES. 1. Alert (Moose), 2. The White Flag (Deer), 8. “ Listen ! ” (Mule Deer), 4. On the Heights (Mountain Sheep), 5. “What’s That?” (Antelope), 6. The Home of the White Goat. Photo by H. T. Folsom 7. Calling the Buffalo — 1 The Lure, E. W. Deming 8. Calling the Buffalo — 2 The Drive, E. W. Deming 9. Calling the Buffalo — 3 The Fall, E. W. Deming 10. Calling the Buffalo — 4 Packing the Meat. E. W. Deming 11. Sail, Sea and Sky, Navahoe on the Solent. Photo by West & Son 12. The Trapper’s Camp. - - E. W. Deming 18. Pearl R. (Setter), - - - E. H. Osthaus 14. The Purple Sandpiper, - - J. J. Audubon 15. The Black Duck, - - - - J. J. Audubon 16. The Shoveller Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 17. The Redhead Duck, - J. J. Audubon 18. The Canvasback Duck, - - J. J. Audubon 19. The Prairie Chicken, - - - J. J. Audubon 20. The Willow Ptarmigan, - - J. J. Audubon 21. The American Plover, - J. J. Audubon 22. Rap Full, Schooner Constellation in a North Easter, - - Photo by N. L. Stebbins 28. First Around Home Mark. The Altair off Larchmont, - - Photo by Jas. Burton 24. The Challenge (Elk), - - Carl Rungius 25. Quail Shooting in Mississippi, - - E. Osthaus 26. Ripsey (Pointer) - E Osthaus 27. Between Casts, - - - W. P. Davison 28. Home of the Bass, - - - W. P. Davison 29. In Boyhood Days, - - - W. P. Davison 80. A Country Road (Partridge), W. P. Davison 81. When Food Grows Scarce (Quail), W. P. Davison 82. In the Fence Corner (Quail), W. P, Davison Carl Rungius Carl Rungius Carl Rungius Carl Rungius Carl Rungius The plates are carefully printed on heavy coated paper and handsomely bound, making a most attractive volume. The size of page is about that of the Forest and Stream or about 16 x inches. Price, postpaid, $2. In response to numerous enquiries from those who desire to frame these engravings, rather than to keep them in a volume, a special price of $1.75 each has been made for sets of unbound sheets. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK, Other “Pocket Revolvers” fail in one of the most important features of an arm. There is no Grip , The handle is too small to afford a firm and at the same time an easy grasp. The COLT NEW POLICE REVOLVER, has ail the features of any other pocket revolver— and THE G'RIT, All Colts Have a Solid Frame. Complete Catalogue on "Request. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., HARTFORD. CONN., U. S. A. London Office, 15a, Pall Mall, J*. W„ London, W., England. 3d! FOREST AND STREAM. Read What the Braintree Gun Club says of the Blackbird Club Trap. Braintree, Mass., April 24, 1905. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Boston, Mass. Gentlemen: We have thoroughly tested the Black, bird Club Trap recently purchased of you, having held five shoots oyer it, and we wish to say that we consider it the bist trap on the market. It is very simp'e and throws “doubles” equally well as singles. We have tried it with several different kind of targets and we cannot see that it makes any difference. Our club members one and all are delighted with it, and you certainly may recommend it in the highest terms to those questioning its efficiency. Yours respectfully, H. W. Macomber, President Braintree Gun Club. Write for Complete Description.. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., 163-165 Washington St.5 - - Boston, Mass. Our Fishing Tackle department comprises everything in the line of tackle. For reliable Catalogue free on application. FISHING TACKLE GO TO VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 318 Broadway, NEW YORK. DEALERS IN HIGH-GRADE SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES, CAMPING OUTFITS. CANOES, ROW' BOATS. CAMERAS, KODAKS, ETC. VACATION RIFLES A SPECIALTY. I.ISTITB The Standard Dense Powder of the World. Highest Velocity, Greatest Penetration and Pressures Lower than Black Powder. AWARDED The “Grand Prix” for excellence of manufacture at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. LISTSTB The Best Smokeless Shotgun Powder on Earth. ■ U I All 76 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK CITY J. H. LAU Ob WL#., Sole Agents. A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” FROM ALL DIRECTIONS ORDERS COME FOR THE LIBERTY KEEL Best Model amd Most Improved Fishing Reel Yet Produced. Special Features is applied by the handle. Tension of click ad- justed at will, or Free Running 11 preferred. Easily and quickly taken apart. German Silver and Hard Rub- ber. Three Sizes. Surely see this high-grade reel. After using this reel half a day, all others are thrown aside. Prices, SO-yd. quadruple, $6.00; 100- yd. quadruple, $7.50; and for lake trolling 250-yd. double, $9.00- Send 10c. stamps for 100-page finely illustrated catalogue of Highest Quality FISHING TACKLE and Camp and Vacation Outfits— GUNS, RIFLES, Etc., Etc. WM. READ & SONS, wa.hin'^on St.. Boston, Mass. (Established 1826.) SECOND-HAND AND SHOPWORN. 1591. W. W. Greener automatic ejector, 12- ga., 30-in. barels, 6 lbs. 7 oz. weight, wrought steel barrels, full pistol grip, hand- some Italian walnut stock. In fine second- hand condition. Made to order at $250.00. prjce $125.00 3013. W. W. Greener royal quality ejector, with finest English Damascus barrels, full choke, flat engine-turned rib, very elaborate engraving, fine Italian walnut half pistol grip stock, gilt triggers. Dimensions: 12- ga., 30-in. barrels, 7% lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 1414 in. stock. Cost new $425.00, and is as good as new. Price $250.00 1243. W. & C. Scott & Son premier qual- ity patent block safety hammerless, with crystal indicator, handsomely engraved locks, and action. Triplex lever grip action, half pistol grip stock, fine Damascus bar- rels. Cost new $350.00. A great bargain at ,$izo.uu 1755. ’W." W." Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Both barrels full choke. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. weight, 27g in. drop, PP/s in stock. Slightly shopworn. Cost new $200.00. Price $130.00 1912. W.' W. Greener Monarch ejector, with Sieman steel barrels, English walnut half pistol grip stock. Right barrel cylinder; left modified. 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 6% lbs. weight, 2% in. drop, 14% in. stock. Slightly shopworn only. Cost new, $200.00. Price, $1^0. uu 1244. W. W. Greener royal quality Crown ejector. Very few Crown ejectors ever come into the market second-hand, and are always snapped up as soon as they appear. This one is a very desirable example of this grade, and with a fine shooting record. It has Greener’s special Damascus barrels, fine half pistol grip stock, and is full choke in both barrels. Dimensions: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 9 oz., 2 3-16 in. drop, 14y2 in. stock. Cost $425.00, and is in perfect con- dition. Special net price $250.00 3008. L. C. Smith A-3 pigeon gun. The very highest grade ($740.00) of American shotgun, and one of the finest specimens of this unique quality we have ever seen. This gun has Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels. The finest quality Circassian walnut stock, straight grip,, with elaborate checkering. This gun is like new in every way, and with it is a fine imported leather case. Dimensions are: 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, 7%lbs. weight, 1% x 1% x 14%. Special price .$350.00 2438. W. W. Greener grand prize pigeon gun, $350 grade, with Sir Joseph Whitworth fluid steel barrels, full choke, half pistol grip, elaborate engraving. Dimensions: 12- ga., 30-in. barrels, 7% lbs., 2% in., 14% in. An extremely fine gun. Price, net.. $225. 00 1492. W. W. Greener double four-bore, weighing 22 lbs., and cost new $450.00. _ It has a fine pair of Damascus barrels, with- out pit or flaw, 40 in. long, stock 14 in. heavy Silver’s recoil pad, half pistol grip, 3 in. drop, and it is one of the most pow- erful guns we have ever seen. Price, .$200.00 3014.’ Knockabout hammerless, with Krupp steel barrels, 12-ga., 26-in. barrels, 614 lbs. weight. Cost new, $60.00. In perfect con- dition. Price • .$37.50 1480. Francotte hammerless, handsomely engraved, 12-ga., 30-in. barrels, -7 lbs. In perfect condition and as good as new. Cost $150.00. Price $”5.00 3003. Lefever hammerless, with Damascus barrels, full pistol_ grip stock. Slightly shopworn. Dimensions: 16-ga., 28-m. bar- rels, 6 lbs. weight, 2 9-16 in. drop, 14 in. stock. List $57.00. Price $30.00 3007. Baker hammerless duck gun, A grade, with fine four-blade Damascus bai> rels, matted rib, nicely engraved. Selected imported walnut stock. In perfect condi- tion, as good as new. Dimensions: 10-ga., 30-in. barrels, 10% lbs. Cost new $42.75. Price $28.50 3005. Parker hammerless, 12-ga., 30-m. barrels, 7% lbs. weight. Titanic steel bar- rels. Right modified; left full choke. Im- ported walnut straight grip stock. List, $100, and only slightly shopworn. Great bargain at $“".50 3015. Parker hammerless 12-ga., 30-m. barrels, 8% lbs. weight, Damascus barrels, in good condition. Half pistol grip. Fine shooter. The $80.00 grade. Price $38.50 3016. W. W. Greener hammer field gun, 12-ga., 28-in. barrels, 7 lbs. 6 oz. weight, 2 5-16 in. drop, 13% in. stock. Sieman steel barrels, half pistol grip. Greener cross-bolt. In good second-hand condition. Cost new $120.00. Price, $45.00 1483. Colt hammer duck gun, 10-ga., 32-in. barrels, 9% lbs. weight, with Damascus bar- rels. A good sound, strong shooting gun, that cost new $65.00, and now in good sec- ond-hand condition. Price $27.50 1836. Greener “Regent” hammerless with Sieman-Martin steel barrels, 12-ga., 27-in. barrels, 6 lbs. 4 oz. weight. Cost new $65, and in perfect condition. Price $39.50 HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. WE BUY AND TR*DE SECOND-HAND GUNS. With the passing of the shooting season, many sportsmen desire to change their shooting equipment for something different. For many vears we have made a specialty of buying and selling second-hand guns, and we usually have the largest stock of fine second-hand guns in the country. If you contemplate buying a new gun next season or having one built to order, now is the time to write about it, and if you have a really good second-hand gun to trade in as part payment we can make you more favorable terms now than we could at the beginning of next season. We have a market -for all the good second-hand guns we can get. 8AN0E and BOAT BUILDING. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. All Averages Won by LaJlin Raaid Powders On April 19 and 20 at Jacksonville, 111., 1st General Average, Mr. W. R. Crosby, 414 ex 450. 2d General Average, Mr. F. C. Riehl, 410 ex 450. Both shot NEW E. C. Improved. 3d General and 1st Amateur, Mr. C. M. Powers, 407 ex 450 using “INFALLIBLE.” LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. NEW YORK CITY. WOLF POWDER. For a pleasant shootirig Powder for Sum mer work, use shells loaded with WOLF POWDER Sample can contain- ing 1 20 loads sent by express, prepaid, on receipt of 75 cents. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, X 302-304 Broadway, NEW YORK. A FIESTA IN MORO LAND. VOL. LXIV.— No. 2 U SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1905. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ESTABLISHED 1873.*S®I% Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 Great Britain, $5.50. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. 307 STRAIGHT is the wonderful score recently made by Mr. W. H. Heer at the Iowa State Shoot. This work proves that Mr. Heer is one of the world’s great marksmen, from the fact that for two days continuous Tournament shooting, over two sets of traps, the score of 307 straight has been recognized as T5he NEW WORLD'S RECORD Mr. Heer then finished the programme with the final score of 594-600 — 99 per cent. — using (as usual) U. M. C. Arrow shells. Everyone knows that perfect ammunition is necessary for perfect scores. The U. M. C. combination of wadding and the U. M. C. 33 primer make the ballistic properties of U. M. C. shells practically perfect. In selecting your Grand American Handicap Load select the shells that win Grand American Handicaps — U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS Wins That Mean Something. Wins made at such big shoots as the Pennsylvania State Shoot and the Missouri State Shoot mean something, because the entries are large and the competition keen. They mean extraordinary skill in the shooter and superior merit in the ammunition used. WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS were used in making the following recent winnings: PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT, held at Pittsburg, May 2-3-4-S. Reading Trophy — 4-Man Team Championship of Penn. Won by team composed of Al. Heil, C. F. Kramlich, H. Schlicher and M. S. Brey, all using Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Denny Trophy — for State shooters — won by Al. Heil with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Herron Hill Gun Club H a. n dicap— open to all amateurs — won by A. B. Richardson from 17-yard mark, with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, score, 96 — 100. Wilson Live Bird Trophy — for State shooters — won by V. Williams with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. MISSOURI STATE SHOOT, held at Kansas City, May 2-3-4-S, State Championship — Won by Mr. Baggerman with Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. 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Box 536, MAN CELON A, MICHIGAN m-feathers for those only half-grown, and the word is seen in old writings as “pinguin” and “pengwin,” and even “pin-wing.” The sailor’s name for the giant of the race ( Alca impennis) once abundant along the rocky islands and coasts of the North Atlantic, but now un- happily extinct, was “gare-fowl,” meaning the birds that stood and stared at one instead of seekiw to escape. This brings us to the end of the bird list, and leaves us where it found us, with the imitation of its voice as the strongest element in the making of birds’ names, and the many derivatives thereform which enrich the vocabu- lary of all languages. Late Wild Geese. New London, Conn., May 19. — Editor Forest and Stream: On the 17th of this month I noticed a flock of twenty-five or thirty wild geese traveling in a north- easterly direction a little to the west of this place. I think this is unusual for this time of the year. If so, it might be of interest to some of the readers of Forest and Stream. J. Roberts Mead. Female Kiftland Warbler in Ohio. Lakewood, O., May 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: I had the good fortune to capture a female Kirtland warbler to-day (May 15), being second specimen in twenty years. About that time a female was taken May 15. This seems to show that the males pass through first, as on May 4 a male was killed by me, which makes five taken in this locality. A. Hall. Capers of the Crow. By this title to an article in a recent issue of Forest and Stream by Charles Hallock I am reminded of many of the doings of tame crows that I have known. I wonder how many of the readers of Forest and Stream know that by getting a young crow, before it is able to fly, and by patience and perseverance for a few days, or perhaps weeks, it can be taught to talk, and after the first few words that it learns to pronounce it learns much faster than any child that I ever knew or heard of. Among wild crows I never have seen one that talked, so I cannot say whether talking would frighten crows or not, but I presume it would. I wish that a pair of talking crows could be mated, and raise a brood see whether they would teach their young to use human speech. I have seen things that astonished me as much as that would. I have seen a pet duck raise a brood of chickens, and before they were two weeks old she had them well versed in duck language, and had taught them to swim. The reason that I have for believing that they under- i stood duck language is this : that if a hawk or crow flew near she would give one harsh quack and every one of the chicks would scud into the weeds, and after the dan- ger was past she would give five or six gentle quacks and out they would come, without the least appearance of fear. 1 But the greatest performance was the way she im- pressed it on their minds that it was time that they learned to swim. One foggy cold morning, early in the spring, when they were about a week old, I heard her using some. of the worst duck language that I ever heard and the chicks were yelling all kinds of bloody murder. I ran out to learn what was the trouble, and there' she was at the edge of the water grabbing the chicks in her mouth and throwing them in the river, and they were scrambling out so fast that she never had more than half , of the brood in the water at one time. I knew that the water and the weather were so cold that she would have them so chilled in a short time that they would all die, so I shut her up in the coop and kept her there for sev- eral days. When I again let her out she took the chickens to the water and gave them another lesson in swimming, and she repeated this several time a day, and in three or four days she had them educated so that when she would go into the water and call to them to come along they did so without any hesitation. She apparently had sense enough not to keep them in the water long at a time, and that I call reasoning, for it certainly was not instinct. One of the talking crows that I have known was owned ! by a man by the name of Lew Labady, that kept a hotel j in Petoskey, Mich., and his wife one day in a fit of anger ' for some misdemeanor that the crow had cut up, grabbed him and took him out in the yard and chopped his head off, the crow shouting “Oh, don’t,” “oh, don’t,” as she carried him to the block. I suppose I should not write this last part, neither do I know as you will publish it, but I was angry at her 1 for killing the crow, for I had taught him to talk several years before, and the offense was small. He had under- 1 taken to fly off with a small bottle of something, ink probably, and had dropped it and the bottle broke and ; made a stain on the carpet. Her husband would have been willing to recarpet the room rather than to lose the crow, and he was as angry about it au I was. May 27, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. __ _ 413 I don’t know that all crows could be taught to talk, for it seems reasonable to me that some of them might be much more intelligent than others. _ I have known three talking crows, and they all spoke in a higher key than people commonly do, but not more so than a few persons that I have known, but their talk is very much plainer than that of any parrot, and a crow does not use a lot of meaningless words and he knows what he is talking about. . . One of these crows was owned by a man that lived in Cena, upper Michigan. I don’t know as he or the crow either is living now or not, for it has been a long time since I was there, but that crow had a knowledge and command of wit and repartee that would beat the best criminal lawyer that ever tried to tangle a witness in his evidence. 1 can’t recall the man’s name that owned him, and the other crow was shot by mistake for a wild crow, and the man’s name that owned him was Tom Cutler, and he lived in Traverse City, Mich., and some of his sons are living there now. W. A. Linkletter. Hoquiam, Wash, California Rough Notes. Editor Forest and Stream: While in these parts it is my experience to be con- stantly meeting up with new forms, some of which are not in the cases of the National Museum. Natives and old residents are apt to select their bathing places along- shore for fear of some of these forms, and picnic parties who take a day off on the mesas and barancas are apt to look where they sit down. To-day I climbed into the loft of an unoccupied barn, and found that the owls had started up aFig colony there. Nevertheless, the outcome from the exuberance of natural surroundings is for the most part charming, and I repeat,, as declared before, that southern California is indeed a winsome spot of earth, as included within its mountainous environment ; only 35,000 square miles, I believe, but it has its lap full, and what- ever is superfluous therein is poured out into the ocean, especially in the rainy season. The amount of rain we have had since Christmas is ! marvellous, and our five great mountain reservoirs are deep enough and spacious enough to float the combined navies of Russia and Hayti, the sounding line reaching , from, fifty-one to seventy-two feet, which is not bad for a t semi-arid coutry requiring irrigation. I send you a cut of the Sweetwater Dam herewith. Such vivid greens I i never saw in New England, nor such rank growths of f cultivated flora anywhere on earth. Geraniums, begonias ! and many hot-house plants which we in New York are ac- customed to grow in pots and tubs, here run up to fifteen feet, and vegetables and fruit trees which eke out a scanty single crop give out three. We can shell green peas from the pod at any season we choose to plant and raise the seed, and as for wild flowers there are enough now out on the mesa to be had for the gathering to stock a botanical garden. Verily this is a charming land. My driven pen is kept continually busy answering the various many questions from interested persons who wish to do the Pacific side. The heft of the inquiry is in the direction of hunting and fishing; and there are twenty-eight kinds of edible fish caught in San Diego Bay, but people wish to learn also about climate, the cost of living and building, and about orange culture and poultry raising, irrigation, choice of residence sites, and whether mosquitoes are bad; and more of like sort. Notwithstanding the volumes_ that have been written in praise of southern California by well known writers, from first to last, there seems at present to be a loud call for assurance, that it is just as Nordhoff, Pixley, Holden, Van Dyke, Lum'mis and others have declared. For illustration, an article. of mine de- scribing National City, which was printed in the North- ampton Gazette in February, and alluded to in Forest and Stream, brought applications from three parties wanting houses. I have called the attention of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce to this thirst for informa- tion, and suggested an output of propaganda. One satisfying comfort of coming to National City more than to any other town is derived. from the fact that it is so largely native American, the percentage of for- eigners being insignificant. Those remaining here now, since the Santa Fe Railroad shops were removed to San Bernardino, are chiefly elderly people who want to. live in peace and quietness, and plant for themselves an ideal environment for a comfortable old age, not caring to put in the whole of their declining years in behalf of posterity. One does not have to wait forty years for a tree to grow large enough to cast a grateful shade. They culminate within one’s life insurance possibilities. You have all heard of our plant and vegetable growths, and our three crops of fruit per year. It is odd to see mature apples in March on trees which blossomed in September. Figs, oranges and lemons all have three crops a year, but all deciduous fruit trees follow closely the habits of their Eastern congeners, such as pears, cherries, quinces, plums, peaches, apricots, etc. As yet we have had no insect pests. A few mosquitoes are in evidence in certain localities, but other localities are exempt. Later on, when the sun warms up the sala- manders and the Gila monsters, I expect to see all man- ner of snakes and reptiles, toads and tarantulas; unless the swollen streams have washed them off the mountain slopes into the sea. Some day the tide may set the other way, and wash the squids, octopods, stingrays and devil- fish up into the barancas. Of one melodious measure I must write: it is of the medley of the California mockingbird. I have often listened to the polyglot of caged mocking- birds, as well as to the song rhapsodies of native North Carolina mockers, which sit on gables and improvise a most extraordinary tangle of melody; but shiver my tim- bers if ever I ran into such a cyclone of versification as the warbler in front of my bungalow discourses daily. And almost every residence has its one especial minstrel. ’Tis a study to listen to. The notes seem almost word sounds. No human articulation could ring so many rapid changes on the vowels, varied by intricate inflections and modulations as this wondrous songster can utter in the course of its rendition. Now, the North Carolina mock- ingbird seems to merely imitate the notes of other birds, like a parrot or mina bird ; but this chief musician is an improvisor as well as mimic, and he will sit on a wind- mill, ridge-pole, chimney or other high perch and reel off solfeggios and grace notes which would astonish the most gifted rag-time composer, and put the best German canary to stumps. Usually as many as fifteen minutes are occu- pied in delivering his repertoire, after which there fol- lows an interval of hush. I have started as many as three mockers at once out of a loquat tree in our garden, but no two of them would attempt to sing at once, or inter- rupt another’s singing. Each songster is permitted to do his own stunt in its own sweet time. Then, after a deferential pause, a second champion is likely to start in something after the following strain, the notes sounding amazingly like words : THE MOCKER’S MEDLEY. Cheap ! cheap ! cheap ! cheap ! Let me try! Let me try! Quick! quick! quick! quick! Thank you ! thank you ! Pick-wick! pick-wick! Whir-r-r-r-r-r ! Chew-chew-chew-chew ! Chew it! chew it! chew it! chew it! Witcher, witcher, witcher! Witchita! witchita! witchita! Mieauw! (cat call) Come here! come here! Birdie! birdie! birdie! Chip-chip-chip-chip ! You’re a wit! you’re a wit! Who? who? who? who? Pee- wee! pee-wee! W ake up ! wake up ! Wee-haw! wee-haw! wee-haw! Haw-wee! haw-wee! haw-wee! Haw ! haw ! What cheer! what cheer! (A pause.) Too-wee! too-wee! twitter twee! Good fellow! good fellow! See me! see me! Jocko! Jocko! Jocko! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Cut it out! cut it out! Chicora! chicora! chikaree! Tut, tut, tut, tut! Quit it! quit it! quit-quit! Saw cut! saw cut! so be it! So be it! ’tis like it! ’tis like it! Peter! Peter! Peter! Gawky-gawky-gawky ! Ivollup, Kollup, Kollup! Chee! chee! chee! meet me! Meet me! meet me! meet me! Better not! better not! not! Sweet! sweet! sweet! sweet! Mieauw! C-r-r-r-r-r-r-r ! Phew! phew! phe-e-e-w! (Another pause.) Esau! Esau! Esau! Up-up-up-up! Go it! go it! go it! Polly up! polly up! polly up! Chew it! chew it! chew it! Butter fat! butter fat! Out strip it! Out strip it! out strip it! Fitchu! fitchu! fitchu! Silly, silly, silly! Cut it! cut it! cut it! Cheerful! cheerful! cheerful! Good cheer! good cheer! Cheep, cheep, cheep! Fichu! fichu! More, too! More, too! Twir-r-r-r! chip, chip, chip! Queer! queer! Mieauw! At the finale the bird usually takes a short flight and plumps down into a bush, where the last cat call is made. This note alone of all the repertoire remains constant throughout the year. One peculiarity is that it sings at night, at all hours; not just a note or two, but continu- ously at intervals. This night song is not so rollicking as the day song, and the matins differ from the vespers. I think that ornithologists have seldom referred to this fact, or to the general fact that the California mocker is a nocturnal singer, though it is palpable enough to list- eners who are out late. Charles Hallock. National City, Cal., March 1935. British Columbia Game Importation. The importation of game birds into British Columbia in 1904, reported in a former issue, has been supplemented this year by further effort in the same line. The birds were shipped by Messrs. Cross & Co. from Liverpool on Feb. 23 last. Thirty-four birds reached Vancouver alive and in good condition. The birds were divided into two lots, eight brace being put down on March 23 on Mr. H. Hulbert’s farm at Chilliwack, and the remainder on Mr. F. B. Pemberton’s place at Port Guichon. Last year’s birds are reported as having al- ready mated. Mr. F. G. Hinde-Bowker, of Langley, re- ports four pairs mated on his place, and several other pairs some miles up the valley. Size and Power of Owls. Editor Forest and Stream: Referring to an article on this subject in Forest and Stream of May 20, I would say that we have no eagle owls in North America, our largest being the great horned and the snowy. I have measured a good many of the great horned, and the largest spread four feet nine inches — four and one-half feet is the usual spread of a full-grown great horned owl. I have shot one having a full-grown rabbit in his claws — not the little cotton-tail, but one of our large northern hares. I have known of several cases where they have carried off house cats. In one instance it was a very large cat. As a large cat will weigh near ten pounds, I should think it a very easy matter for one to carry off a mallard duck. I know that they can and do carry off our dusky ducks — which are about as heavy. I have seen the barred owl, which is much smaller and weaker, fly with a full-grown ruffed grouse with apparently very little exertion. I once had a great horned owl mounted which had just killed a full- grown goose, and it is a very common thing for them to kill skunks. While their size is often greatly overstated, I can testify that they have considerable lifting power, as I once had one jerk my head up suddenly as I lay rolled up in a blanket. My hat had fallen off and he probably seized me by mistake thinking my head was a rabbit. M. Hardy. Tame Pigeons’ Nests in Trees. San Francisco, Cal., May 12. — Editor Forest and Stream: I noted with interest the account of your cor- respondent from Rockland, Me., of tame pigeons nesting in an elm tree, and it brought to mind an occurrence similar to this. When I was a boy in the South, I took several pairs of pigeons from New Orleans to Pass Chris- tian, and built a cote large enough for six pairs of birds and placed it on the branch of a water oak, about fifty feet high. In time the progeny so increased there was no more room in the cote, and they resorted to the branches of these immense oaks, where they constructed nests on the main branches and reared their broods as contentedly as if in a pigeon loft. The pigeon incident calls to mind also a case that oc- curred here within the last few months. Last winter on Lake Merced I caught three wounded male canvasbacks to use as decoys. One of them died, another recovered, and flew away from the pen, but the third, which had a broken wing and a crippled foot, was kept until spring, when the hired man, to make room for some goslings, returned the duck to the lake, which is down below us thirty feet. Several weeks afterward the crippled canvasback was found one morning between the woodshed and his old stamping ground, the chicken yard, having in some man- ner climbed or hobbled up the steep bank to get his ac- customed ration of wheat, which was fed him in his swimming tank. C. B. T. A Crow’s Nest. I hardly believe that the crow is entitled to be called a wise master builder, nor do I suspect that he is even rated as a careful builder ordinarily, but while passing an interesting half hour in the bird department of the Cornell University Museum recently, I saw a fine ex- ample of the nest building ability of the sable corn puller. A card attached to the nest stated that it was taken from a scrub oak at Nantucket, Mass. Oak twigs as large as one’s little finger had been employed in constructing the outer frame-work of the nest, and these had been deftly —one might almost say, scientifically — bound together in a series of locks and twists that would seem strong enough to defy the sturdiest winds or the wildest emo- tions of the weather. Then in order were cast successive layers of smaller twigs and branches, after which came the lining made of twine and oak strippings picked and fussed into a soft and altogether cosy looking habitation. At, the top the nest was wide and almost unnaturally roorhy, then pitching into a deep, rather long, pit-like base, from which it would appear difficult to dislodge the occiipants. To the writer the nest appeared to have been con- structed. with especial reference to the weather conditions at certain seasons prevailiilg in the neighborhood of its location, and it at once stamps the black-winged maraud- ers of picturesque Nantucket , as nest builders of uncom- mon foresight- and skill. M. Chill. We fancy the late Captain Forsyth, the author of the Highlands of Central India, was not far wrong when he wrote that those who persist in following tigers on foot are sure to come to grief eventually. And the same remark applies to the pursuit of lions and panthers, and in particular in the following up of any of these animals when wounded. The sad story in all such cases is generally much the same. The animal is wounded, and the sportsman follows upon its tracks drawn on by the almost irresistible attraction of the chase which lures him on upon the blood-trail of the stricken beast. With due precautions this sport may often be followed with impunity, the wounded animal being found dead or in extremis, or the sportsman hav- ing the opportunity of putting in a fatal shot before he is seen and attacked. But there comes a day when luck or management fail him. The animal, rendered fero- cious by its wounds, charges suddenly from its place of concealment, perhaps from a few yards off, and those who have witnessed or encountered such attacks know how irresistible they generally are. Nothing but a shot in the brain will usually suffice to put a stop to so furious an onslaught. Immediate death, or subse- quent fatality from shock or blood-poisoning generally forms the epilogue of such encounters, or if the sports- man is fortunate he may escape with the loss of a limb, or possibly with no permanent injury. Experienced sportsmen know what should be done in following up wounded and dangerous animals, but, as we have al- ready indicated, they sometimes omit to do it, and suffer in consequence. — The Asian. It Will Interest Them, To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name... Address ,N. 1 State. . . t. , . , 414 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 27, 1005. Pheasant Breeding. A very serious question is confronting our American sportsmen. How to eliminate this question is another perplexing one. In the course of a few years what shall we do in order that we may replace our fast disappear- ing game, such as_ the ruffed grouse or pheasant, the quail, etc. In a short time, a very short time, indeed, we must speak of them as game birds that have been but are now extinct. “Have we any substitutes for our pheasants?” To this I will answer yes. The English pheasant is next nearest in my estimation. This bird is quite well known and hardly needs any special description. It is not so fleet on wing, but in weight the English ringneck far exceeds the ruffed grouse. It takes an exceptionally large grouse to weigh two pounds. An ordinary English bird will weigh 2J/2 to 3J4 pounds. It is a very difficult matter to rear ruffed grouse. I have raised them to maturity and find that they become very tame. The young birds will eat and drink from my hand. The English pheasant is much more easily reared and appears to be better adapted to confinement than the ruffed grouse. In my estimation there appears to be something supplied by nature that has not yet been dis- covered for the ruffed grouse. We can form certain opinions but not absolute facts. We are well aware of the fact that the mother grouse is very persistent in her efforts to scratch a living for herself and brood. She allows nothing to remain undone in the manner of pro- tecting her brood. I have noticed in the rearing of these birds that, in confinement, they always seek animal mat- ter rather than vegetable, such as worms, insects, etc. The pheasant, that multiplies probably faster than any other, is the so-called Mongolian, properly called Chinese ringneck or torquatus. Eighteen torquatus pheasants were turned loose in Oregon in 1884, and there are prob- ably more now in Oregon than in China. Fifty thousand were killed in one day during the year of 1904 in Oregon. Please note that in the short space of twenty years these birds multiplied to such enormous numbers. What is known as our English ringneck is a hybrid between the China ringneck or torquatus and the com- mon English blackneck. There is very little difference in plumage of the Mongolian, English blackneck, Chinese, Japanese and English ringneck. According to Davenport, the Mongolian pheasant has never reached this country alive. Their native home is in the valley of the Syr-Daryr as far east as Lake Saisan, and the valley of the Black Irtish. It is characterized by a broad white ring around the neck. The coverts of the wing white, the mantle, chest and breast bronze orange red. The rump feathers are of a very dark green color. This bird measures thirty-six inches from tip to tip. It is a cold climate bird and suffers more from heat than cold. \j ... This bird is not as handsome as some of the other species, such as the golden Amherst, Reeves, silver, etc. In my estimation, the golden or Reeves is :the most beautiful, especially during the season of laying. The golden male bird will run toward the female bird with head downward to such an extent that an observer would naturally think the bird would fall headlong over a pretty display of feathers colored with a mixture of yel- low and black over the top of his head. At the same time the full expansion of the collar takes place, the bird utters a snake-like hiss which, according to our notions, would not be very fascinating as a love song/ The home of the Reeve’s pheasant is on the mountains of China. Their tail feathers frequently reach the enor- mous length of six feet. While in flight their tail opens like a fan and presents many colors. They are rugged birds, being able to- withstand almost any winter weather or any degree of heat. .They, however, never become quite so tame as some of the other species. The male bird also displays his enormous tail in a circular form around the female bird, the feathers being held straight up. The silver pheasant is not as beatuiful as the golden pheasant, although a more gamy bird. Its home was first definitely ascertained to be on the wooded hills of south- ern China. From the large size, commanding appearance and the beauty of the markings, silver pheasants have long been a favorite of Americans interested in pheasant breeding. These birds could be easily domesticated if it were thought desirable to do so. I have heard of several instances where they have been allowed to run at full liberty and have become sufficiently tame to come and stand before a window, waiting for members of the family to feed them. The hens hatch their own eggs and attend upon their brood with all the care of common fowls. I do not consider them a desirable addition to our limited stock of game birds, because they are continually waging war upon other members of the poultry yard. They do not hesitate to attack dogs and children and even adults during the breeding season. The bird that interests me the most is the English pheasant. I have raised them for a number of years and find them best adapted to the coverts, of die United States. These birds were formerly reared in Europe, and there was but one distinct species known in Europe, namely, Phasianus colchicus. They were first raised along the banks of the River Colchis, in Asia Minor. Their name originated from the name of the river. This species was soon followed by the ringnecked torquatus from China. These two were subsequently followed by the versicolor species from Japan. These were originally regarded by naturalists as perfectly distinct species, but it is now known that they breed freely with one another, and that .the offspring is perfectly fertile, however closely they are interbred. Henry Seebohm, in his account of birds, says that all true pheasants are interbred freely with each other and produce fertile offspring. This may be accepted as ab- solute proof that they are only sub-specifically distinct. The local races appear to be distinct enough, but they only retain a portion of their distinctive character if not separated from each other. I have been informed that the instant the various species of English pheasants are brought in contact with each other they begin to inter- breed, and in a comparatively short time the several spe- cies through interbreeding reduce the various local races, which have been brought into contact to a single and uniform race. Through this interbreeding the two dis- tinct and very different looking races, which were intro- duced into the various parts of the British Isles, namely, Phasianus colchicus, from Asia Minor, and Phasianus torquatus from China have been practically stamped out of existence. The English pheasant of the British Isles is, with a very, rare exception, a mongrel between these two races. I shall now discuss the management of two species, the golden and English. I have spent hours observing their different habits and modes of living, and I have ex- perimented on different aviaries. I feel tnat my time has been well spent and I shall be glad to invite correspon- dence on any part that may not be definitely explained. As stated, I intend to dwell wholly on the management of the English ringneck, or the cross between the Eng- lish blackneck and torquatus. This bird, I think, is the proper one for a temperate climate naturalization, for game preserves and for confinement. In order to obtain the best results in the rearing certain conditions must be taken into consideration. To develop this subject systematically I must begin with the egg, which is the basis of success to a great ex- tent. The egg should never come in contact with saw- dust or excelsior, because a certain amount of oil, which is contained in the wood of the sawdust or excelsior is apt to be absorbed by the shell of the eggs, consequently the pores of the eggs become closed and what eggs are hatched will be weaklings. The proper way to ship eggs is to procure pasteboard sections of a common egg-crate, such as are used in shipping hens’ eggs. Then place in the bottom of the basket some excelsior, covering the top of the excelsior with paper. Put the pasteboard sections in the basket and, after wrapping each egg in cotton, place the egg in one of the sections. After a layer, or rather a section, has been filled with eggs, spread a piece of paper over it. Thus proceed until your basket has been filled. Spread excelsior over the top of the basket and cover with a thin board. Baskets are preferable to boxes because the express companies are more careful in handling them. When eggs are received they should remain undis- turbed for at least twenty-four hours, because the parts of the eggs are apt to become disturbed during shipment, although eggs will resist a vast amount of jarring before the parts will become disturbed and mix with each other. Should this occur the eggs will be defective. I have shipped the eggs of the English ringneck to the extreme part of the Continent with exceedingly good re- sults. This is, not true of golden pheasant eggs ; I find them to be much more sensitive than the English pheas- ant’s eggs, and they will not stand shipment as well as the other breeds. I would therefore not advise a very long j ourney for the shipment of golden pheasant eggs. The late Dr. J. B. Shaw (a personal friend of mine) was an exceptionally successful breeder of both golden and English pheasants. He invariably would receive re- plies from persons to whom, golden pheasant eggs were shipped, stating that the eggs were not fertile or had been molested before shipment. I can truthfully and em- phatically say that the eggs were shipped in excellent condition, but owing to the distance they were shipped, the yolk and germ were destroyed when they reached their destination. Very often, to preserve peace and har- mony, other .eggs were sent gratis to replace them. The egg of an English pheasant blends from a pale to a dark blue in color, while that of the golden is of a whitish semi-transparent color. The egg of an English pheasant is somewhat larger than that of the golden. The golden pheasant will lay from fifteen to twenty-five eggs per season. The English ringneck will lay from forty to fifty-five eggs per season. When the birds begin to lay their eggs, which will be about the middle of April, the eggs should be gathered every day and, if possible, oftener, because eggs that are left lying around in the aviaries become a temptation to the male birds. They will roll them over, pick at them, and finally break them in order to satisfy their curiosity. The final result of this will be the learning of egg-eating. When this habit is once formed it is very difficult to check. About the time the female bird begins to lay I place a few wooden eggs about the size of a pheasant’s egg in the aviaries. I also fill a few eggs with plaster paris and, if they are put at various places in the aviaries the male birds will become tired of picking at this hard sub- stance and finally refrain from the habit of eating eggs. Another remedy with which I have been successful is to fill an egg with a mixture of cayenne pepper, ginger and vinegar mixed to a paste. When the eggs are stuffed with this mixture they should be placed at conspicuous points in the aviaries. One dose is sufficient. When the eggs are gathered they should be placed in cornmeal and bran with end downward and reversed each day. This will prevent the yolk from settling in the ends and adhering to the sides of the shell. I prefer a bantam to hatch the eggs, but before I trust to place pheasant’s eggs underneath her I allow her to sit on ordinary chicken eggs for probably a week, at any rate long enough until I am convinced that she will hatch the pheasant’s eggs that I am about to place under her. I find that a bantam will cover fifteen to eighteen eggs very satisfactorily, and in about twenty-three to twenty- four days the young birds should begin to come out. Do not attempt to feed or disturb the birds for at least twenty-four hours after they are hatched. This is a very critical part of the bird’s life. The first bill of fare should be arranged as follows': Prepare a thick custard with milk and eggs. Feed this three and four times per day. This diet should be continued for at least two weeks. I can especially recommend Spratt’s game meal for young pheasants. The young birds become attached to this meal very readily. In connection with the custard and eggs and meal I feed maggots, which can be pro- cured in the following manner : Secure a sugar barrel, knock out the head, and suspend across the top a sheep’s pluck (viz., lungs, liver, etc.). Cover the top of the bar- rel with burlap or a board with holes bored in it, in order that flies may enter. In the course of a few days the pluck will be full of maggots. They will feed ( n the pluck and soon will become fat and drop down in the barrel. It is advisable to have cornmeal and beef scraps under the barrel so that the maggots will live after they have fallen into the barrel. The young birds will relish this food and soon become strong and healthy. They should be fed twice a day on maggots. Some people engaged in the business do not care to feed them on this food ; others may have no way to se- cure this particular sort of animal matter. To these I would suggest that you can purchase through some poul- try dealer or supply houses dried ant eggs and maggot meats which I have found very beneficial for young birds. The young birds should have but very little water un- less extremely hot Weather prevails. The houses for the birds can be made of a box three feet square. Cover the top with a one inch mesh wire (bottom out). Place this against a triangular shaped coop with slats on the front, so that the young birds can go in and out at random, also be closed up at night. The young birds should not be allowed to go out of the triangular shaped box in the morning until the dew is practically all off the ground. I attribute to a certain degree that this neglect is an instigator of the most de- spised disease that can attack our young birds, namely, the gape-worm. After the birds are about two weeks old they may be allowed to roam at large, but it is ad- visable to' keep the female bird at home until the young- birds will respond to her calling. After the birds have reached this age feed them boiled rice and boiled eggs, chopped fine. Take great care not to allow any of the feed to lie around the aviaries uneaten, as this will soon become sour, the stomach of the bird will become rancid and indigestion will be the result. The birds at this age begin to get their larger feathers. It is very essential that the position of the coops be changed every day, especially when the young birds are still confined. Gapes, the most dangerous of all maladies, you un- doubtedly will discover as your next opponent. This can be avoided to a certain degree by keeping: the birds in a good healthy condition and, as I have before related, keep them off of the grass until the dew is all gone. When the gapes are first noticed, water containing sev- eral drops of turpentine may be given. I find this to be effective in some cases of a mild form. The last resort is to extract the worms or worm with a gape-worm ex- tractor or horse hair dipped in turpentine and olive oil. I have had birds die in my hands while undergoing this operation, which is a critical one. The old saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” is very well applied in this case. Tegetmeier, in his treatise on the “Management of Pheasants,” claims to have a very effective cure for gapes by fumigation with carbolic acid. He places the birds in a box with an opening of four inches in the bottom, and in a saucer places from four to six drops of carbolic acid. By holding a lamp under the saucer the acid becomes evaporated in the box and this is inhaled by the bird. Great care should be taken in order that the bird does not suffer death from suffocation. When symptoms of suffocation appear the bird should be immediately re- moved and the operation repeated the next day, providing the bird does not appear to be relieved. Another disease that is quite prevalent among young birds is diarrhea. I have found that powdered chalk mixed with a mash is a very good diet and proves ef- fective to check the disease. Very little should be fed at one meal. The vent of the bird becomes closed, caused by the passage adhering to the sides of the vent. This should be washed off and vaseline applied on the irritated part. Birds when about half grown will sometimes form the habit of picking their feathers to such an extent that the bird will die from loss of blood. They oftimes continue this habit until they have the rump and vent almost com- pletely picked out of their body. This can be remedied by using tar on the affected part. I have been told by ex- perienced bird fanciers that this is an indication that the 1 bird does not get enough animal matter to eat. I find this statement to be perfectly correct. Feeding ground ; beef cut about the size of peas will assist greatly toward ■ abandoning this fatal habit. As soon as I discover that i a bird is forming this habit I separate it from the rest ; otherwise it invariably proves to be a competent in- structor for the other birds. The hen with her brood should have a place where they may get to dust. It is very amusing to watch them dust themselves. They turn completely over on the back and roll in the dust. This also gives the birds a chance to' rid themselves of lice. I can recommend Lambert’s Death to Lice, and consider it superior to any other preparation. It is quite harmless to birds. Drooping wings and sleep- lessness are indicative of lice. Get rid of them as soon as possible or you will lose all your young birds very quickly. A very good plan is to dust the hen three or May 27, 1505.] FOREST AND STREAM 4 IS four times before the eggs are hatched out. The location of the aviaries for the development of the birds will next demand our attention. As soon as the young birds develop sufficiently large enough so as to fly, a suitable properly drained piece of ground should be selected. If possible it should face toward the south, as the sun will tend to dry the aviaries. Avoid dampness as much as possible. A gravel or shale soil is best. The building should cover a space at least ten by ten feet for every four or five birds, especially during the laying season. Plant the four corner posts, then dig a trench six or eight inches deep between each post. Place a board edge downward in the trench. This will keep the rats from destroying the birds. Extend the boards eighteen or twenty inches above the ground, as this will serve as a protection against the scare of dogs and other animals. Complete the top and sides of the pen with one inch mesh poultry wire. The sides should be about five feet in height. I recommend one inch mesh wire because other- wise in a very short time the small birds such as the sparrow, would carry away enough feed to pay for the excess of this wire over one of two-inch mesh. The one inch mesh wire is rat proof, which will be of considerable value, for without it rats may kill several birds. The aviaries should be large enough to allow partitions to be placed in them. During the laying season the birds should be separated, and by no means allow more than one cock in each pen with the hens. Cocks at this time are very bitter enemies. I have tried this to my sorrow and found that they will fight like Roman gladiators until one of the combatants is dead. After the laying season is over and all the birds are once more ' allowed to mingle with each other, great care should be taken that the birds do not engage in a fight. They will need attention along this line for at least two weeks. I lost some very valuable golden pheasants through allow- ing them to mingle with each other too soon. The entrances to the aviaries should be so arranged that all parts are accessible from one outside door. It is not advisable to have too many outside entrances, as the birds are liable to escape because of forgetfulness on your part to close the door. Every outside door should have a spring to close it. Some protection from winds and storms should be erected on the north and west sides of the aviaries. There should be a part covering over the top of the aviaries so that the birds may seek shelter during a storm of snow or rain. I think it to be unnecessary to construct buildings of which all sides are inclosed in which birds are to roost, as. they seldom sleep in any sort [ of a building. They invariably sleep on the ground or | on a roost in the open air. To arrange a roost in the ■ open air, place two forked sticks in the ground and on these place horizontally a pole about 1V2 inch in diameter. This pole should be about three feet from the ground. During the laying season cedar or pine twigs can be placed across the horizontal bar. This will form a covert for them, when they wish to deposit their eggs. An ex- cellent plan is to construct a triangular shaped box twelve inches wide and four feet long. Place the ridge of the box cn the ground, base upward. The birds will seek . the dark places along the sides of the boxes to deposit their eggs, and will oftimes go under the box as a place c f refuge when frightened. Eggs are not always de- posited in the same place. In searching for the eggs in the aviaries, you should seek for them with great care, as they are very often deposited where least expected. I have riven all kinds of inducements in the manner of nests, but of no avail. They will occasionally lay their eggs in a nest prepared for them, but more frequently will lay them anywhere. After the third year I do not consider it advisable to retain female birds as breeders. Some people engaged in the business will retain their birds and breed from them as long as they will continue to lay eggs. I con- sider this a serious mistake. The first and second years are the most vital part of the bird’s life. The pheasant, .as an object of beauty, is just as valuable at the age of five years as at two years, but it is not so in regard to 1 the profit on the bird. In feeding the older pheasants great care should be taken that the birds are not overfed and become too fat. Supply them with a sufficient amount at meal time but do not allow food to lie around in the aviaries for the pheasants to eat at any time. They are very fond of buckwheat, corn, wheat and barley. I feed corn and barley in the morning and wheat and buckwheat in the 1 evening. I alternate these grains. A supply of fresh : water in clean vessels should be kept in store, especially during warm weather. Green vegetables, such as cabbage, lettuce, spinach, etc., should be supplied. I have found it very beneficial to suspend in the center of the aviaries about two feet from the ground a head of cabbage. This will give the birds a certain amount of exercise in jump- ing to get the cabbage. Grit should also be supplied. I might mention ground bone, oyster shells, etc. I find that limestone in its raw state is very good. It is impossible to feed too much of any kind of grit. I might also recommend a liberal supply of charcoal for the sweetening of the stomach. With the above combination no difficulty should arise in the matter of a diet. I very often notice that the birds will all begin to fly and run the whole length of the aviaries. I often think that they are frightened, but upon investigation I find that such is not the case. The birds simply want exer- cise and use this method to secure it. A very good idea is to place leaves in the aviaries and throw grain that is to be given them in these leaves. They will hunt and scratch for the kernels which will give them exercise. Where birds are reared in larger quanti- ties this would be impossible. I would not advise leaves to be placed in the aviaries during the laying season, as the eggs are apt to be deposited in the leaves and lost. You are also liable to tread on them while searching for them. Before and after the laydng season I consider the use of leaves a good one, because birds as well as man need exercise. While searching for eggs care should be taken that the birds are not frightened. They will fly’’ against the net-work and sometimes be injured to such an extent that l he bird breaks a bene or loses its life. During the laying season it is very essential that sight- seeing visitors should not molest the aviaries. It is advis- able not to allow anything other than the usual daily oc- currences to happen. Because of a violation of this, there may be a falling off in the egg production, where the birds are continually disturbed. I found it advisable to clip the flight feathers from off of one of the wings. By so doing the bird can only rise a few feet from the ground, thus reducing the injury of the birds to a mini- mum. Some breeders have gone to the extent of clipping one wing at the first joint, thereby saving the time and trouble of clipping the flight feathers every year. This is, to my sense of reasoning, cruel and an unnecessary punishment. I think I have demonstrated in a plain and simple way the manner in which pheasants may be reared. I fully realize that there are many questions that may arise, but the most important thing in the rearing of these birds is good judgment and patience, and you will find your efforts crowned with success. You may meet disappointments, but these are prices of success. Command me, whenever I can be of any assistance to you. Suggestions will gladly be accepted from anyone. I feel that with our united efforts we will meet with an unbounded success. R. F. Kistler. Deiawarb Watbr G.»p, Pa. Federal Control of Game* Editor Forest and Stream: Having read Mr. Shiras’ reply to my suggestions as to the constitutionality of his proposed Federal legislation, as well as his other letters upon the general subject, I am free to say that it is impossible to find in the arguments advanced or in any of the decisions referred to any sup- port for these proposed laws. One of the cases cited, and only one, touches on the general subject of Federal rights as to fish ; and that relates solely to the power to take fish out of season for scientific purposes. This is a right which has always appeared to me to be plain enough, and has never been denied by any respectable authority. Most men who have given the matter any thought at all, agree that a law of as nearly uniform application as circumstances will allow is desirable for the protection of fish and game in their migrations to the feeding grounds, and, if the'States shall be unable to frame and enforce such laws as are needed, then there should be some other- way of accomplishing the desired end. But with this question, the necessity for or expediency of such laws has nothing to do. It is wholly a question of power. While I fail to see anything in what has been said in reply to my letter that requires an answer, the main points suggested by me not having been met at all; yet, for the good of the cause, and to give those who may de- sire to set forth their views in favor of the constitution- ality of such laws as are now proposed, ample opportunity to understand clearly my position, I will take the trouble to again, but briefly, state my opinion. The fundamental principle upon which game laws are based, the main, and really the only ground upon which such laws have been sustained, is that the game of a country in its natural state is not property in any sense, but belongs to all the people of the several States in their aggregate capacity; and that the States have authority, in the exercise of what is known in law as the police power, to protect and procure such game as a useful food supply for the people. The police power was not delegated by the constitu- tion of the United States to the Federal Government, but was retained by the States themselves, as a part of the administrative authority in regulating the internal affairs of each State. This is one of the few attributes of sovereignty which, under our system of government, was retained by the States. In a sense, even this is not ex- clusive, for as was said by the United States Supreme Court in the Debs case, “there is a peace of the United States,” to preserve and maintain which the whole police power of the General Government may be exerted when- ever and wherever occasion may require. But this only refers to the administration of those departments of gov- ernment which, under the constitution, are vested in the Federal Government. If it be admitted (and I believe it must be so admitted in view of the practically unanimous decisions of the court on the point) that the game of the country belongs to the people of the States, as has already been stated, then there is no possible argument which can be ad- vanced, as it seems to me, that may even tend to sustain the contention that Congress can legislate at all on the subject, except in so far as game and fish may, when reduced to captivity and killed, become an object of inter- state commerce. But even if it were true that the game and fish of the country belongs, not to the people of the several States but to all the people of the United States, there would still be the same absence of power in the General Government to1 deal with the question. I may say that I think the Lacey Law valid, but it is so because it recognizes the fundamental principle al- ready suggested, and operates, as Congress has a right to do, on game when it becomes an article of interstate or foreign commerce. The courts have held that the power which Congress has to regulate commerce includes also the power to entirely prohibit traffic in a particular ar- ticle. This was the basis of the decisions in the lottery cases. While, strictly speaking, there can be no com- merce in a legal sense in an article the traffic in which our State laws have declared to be unlawful, still the power of Congress to supplement and aid the State laws by prohibiting traffic between the States or abroad in such unlawful articles has been fully sustained. Now, it seems to me that the only plausible argument that can be urged in favor of the Shiras Bill is that it comes within the power of Congress to regulate com- merce. But at the outset we are met by the elementary idea upon which all the decisions of any weight agree, that commerce consists of the transportation of persons and property. It will not be contended probably that pame and fish come within the meaning of the word “persons” ; and, on the other hand, it is declared by the most eminent authority that game and fish in a state of nature are not property; that no one has any right to or claim upon such articles until they are reduced to cap- tivity; and that even then the property in them may be taken away without compensation, whenever the Legis- lature sees fit to do so. A further suggestion as to the error into which some persons have fallen in regard to the control and jurisdic- tion of Congress over the navigable waters of the coun- try. It is entirely true that Congress has paramount au- thority over such waters, but only for the purpose of developing the commerce of the country. As to all else, the control by the States is absolute and exclusive. The title to all lands under our navigable waters within the limits of the several States, as well as the ownership of I he waters over them is vested in the people of the sev- eral States, in their sovereign capacity, in trust for all the people, to be used and controlled by the State authori- ties as shall best serve the interests of the people as a whole. Over such lands and waters the civil and crim- inal jurisdiction of the several States extends and may be exercised just as effectively as upon dry land; and this branch of the police power is not at all or in any sense concurrent, except so far as the administration of the constitutional functions of the State and National Governments may require. You will understand, of course, that what has been said does not relate to the power of Congress to legislate as it thinks best for the Territories and our insular possessions and places within the States owned by the General Government. Permit me to say in conclusion that I hold to the deci- sion in Geer vs. Connecticut as the sheet anchor of game and fish protection, and am confident that the rules laid down there will stand unmodified, because they are right both in principle and from precedent. I hope that in the future those who may desire to dis- cuss this matter will lay aside for the time being all ques- tion of necessity or expediency, and will discuss the fundamental question of the power of Congress to enact such laws. Once it has been decided by competent au- thority that Congress has this power, then all the rest will not be difficult. But should it be determined, as I feel confident it must, that no such power now exists, why not seek to have the constitution amended to meet this and other emergencies in which greater uniformity in laws is desirable? Joseph B. Thompson. Down in Maine. It was at the club one night, and the conversation had turned to fishing and hunting, and Sam and Joe were eagerly seeking for information, as they were planning a month’s hunting trip for the coming season. “Now if Fred B. were only here,” said Jim, “he could give you a lot of pointers. He was off somewhere a few years ago and shot a whole lot of things.” “Talk about the devil and he will always appear,” said Sam. “Here’s Fred now.” Greetings being exchanged and another glass ordered. “Sam and Joe were trying to plan a hunting trip,” said Jim, “and I thought you could tell them where to go. You were up in Maine somewhere, were you not?” “Yes, up in the Moosehead region.” “Tell us about your trip,” said Sam. “Now, look here, you know if I get started on that subject I’ll talk half the night.” “Good ; go ahead ; we are not any of us going any- where to-night. Tell us your experience, perhaps it will help us decide where to go.” “It was in the summer of ’97. I had got heartily tired and out of sorts and the doctor advised me to go to Maine. You know the Governor is quite an old sport, and I know he had been up there somewhere once or twice, so I went to him for advice, and he told me to go to the Moosehead Lake region. Arriving at Kineo in due season I secured the services of a good guide, who in a little time had our camp supplies packed and ready for a start. I had decided to paddle my own canoe, so had got one at the lake. Just before starting Tom, my guide, came to me and said, “We had better take a man with us to help us in with our loads, as the water is pretty low, unless you want to take quite a lot of it in your canoe, and I did not know but what you might wet it.’ Tom did not have a very good opinion of my abilities as a canoeman. I told him to get the man and later was glad I had done so. On the third day out in the afternoon while we were crossing Eagle Lake, suddenly a funnel- shaped white cloud loomed large in the northwest. The three canoes were pretty well bunched, and Dave, the man Tom had got to help us into camp, sajd, ‘There’s a squall coming and we’ve got to get out of this quick. It’s as near to that island ahead as it is to the shore behind us, and that’s the way we are going.’ And he struck out with long powerful strokes that soon left Tom and me far in the rear. Tom,’ with an anxious, look to the north- west, said to me, ‘Get forward of the first thwart, and keep the bow headed pretty well into it when she strikes you. I can’t help you any now.’ The wind with a roar was upon us. Tom steadily drew away from me, both canoes making lots of leeway. I saw I was not gaining any, merely holding my own, but I realized that the guides with their loaded canoes could not help me any. It was a case of ‘each for himself and the devil take the hindmost,’ and I seemed very much behind. But I knew something about a canoe and in keeping her head to the wind I had not had much time to look at anything but the canoe and the waves, but in a momentary lull I looked for the guides but could not see anything of them. Either the waves hid them or they had reached the island, while I was farther off than when the squall first struck us. I knew the canoe would soon fill in the trough of the sea, so kept steadily pulling, pulling, always pulling. It seemed as if my arms would be pulled out, when suddenly there came the guides right in front, coming down upon me with the speed of the wind. They ran down and rounded up on the lee side, and somehow I never could tell how they fastened a long rope to the bow thwart of my canoe, then pushed off and were soon paddling with that long, strong swinging stroke which the Maine guide knows so well. Oh what a relief to lay down my paddle and "rest my weary arms! Soon we were back in the lee of the island and ashore, where they had hastily unloaded one canoe and fastened a small rope to the stern to act as a tow line. Camping there for the night we finished the distance to Churchill Lake, where I had decided to make my home camn and let Dave return to Kineo. Looking out on the still water the next morning one could hardly believe it possible that a small lake could get so rough. ‘Those white squalls are rare with us,’ says Dave, ‘but they are the real thing when they do come, and don’t you forget it.’ I never shall. “Writing a few letters that night to be taken by Dave, the last I should send out of the woods, made me feel that now indeed I was away from everything to remind 410 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 27, 1905. me of the old routine of business and city life. No more dressing for dinner, no more social functions to attend but just my own inclination, a little fishing, good hearty food, and such Johnny-cake and flap-jacks as Tom could make, and long nights of refreshing sleep. Such sleep on these fresh springy beds of fir balsam, until I felt hke a young lion. Of course we broke the monotony of being lazy in camp by short trips down the Allegash, whcre l learned to shoot the three-mile rapids of Chase s Carry and to pole the canoe back most of the way with the iron shod pole. Ah, that was sport indeed; but it took some considerable persuasion before I got Tom to sit in the bow and let me arm him down. As he said, It s a d ffe ent proposition to sit in the bow of a canoe down there with some one in the stern that you do not place much confidence in.’ However, beyond a little ducking one day, which did neither of us any harm, and a small nole : m the bow of mv canoe, no harm resulted from the experi ment This with chasing cow moose round m the lake to take their pictures— and they did not seem to want them taken, either, they would not stand— and an occa- sional try for a loon or great northern diver made up the routine of our life. Soon the hunting season would begin and we knew we should have to get to work. September was drawing to a close when I was tempted to _ kill a moose in spite of the law, but remembering my father s advice and what Tom had said m regard to shooting m close season, I calmly watched a huge bull with eleven points on a side walk away to the woods, Tom saying, ‘Never mind, Fred, there are others.’ _ “One rainy afternoon while lying m our tent where we had been reading and being tired, my eyes were fast- ened on the changing foliage, directly in front of the tent, when suddenly across my line of vision walked a tre- mendous animal of the cat species. With a startled cry I was on my feet. ‘What’s the matter with you? said Tom ‘Look here, Tom,’ I said as quietly as 1 could, i just saw a large gray-brownish colored cat which must have been nearly two feet high and almost four feet long, go right by the tent down toward the lake. Well, take your rifle, I’ll take the ax, and we’ll beat the woods out to the point, and if he went that way we may get a shot, but if he went back the other way we will not stand any show at all.’ We beat the narrow neck of land running out into the lake but saw nothing, and went back to camp disappointed. Soon the rain ceased falling. Tom said, ‘Take your rifle and rod and we will go fishing. We were skirting along in shoal water on the lee shore to he out of the wind, when Tom said, ‘Fred, put down the paddle and take your gun, I believe I can see your cat. He worked the canoe round till it pointed directly at a small gray object at the foot of some large boulders on the shore. Sure enough, it proved to be the cat sitting on the rocks watching us. When we were within seventy-five yards Tom said, ‘You had better try a shot, I think he is getting ready to vamoose.’ As all of you know who have ever tried it, it’s hard shooting from a canoe, but by good luck I succeeded in hitting him the first shot, and with one bound in the air he fell dead. We found on reaching shore that it was a large-sized Canadian lynx weighing, Tom said, about forty pounds. “After preparing the skin so it would keep, we started out on Sept. 29 for a two weeks’ hunting trip to Soaper Pond, which is about seven or eight miles from Churchill Lake. Arriving there we cleaned up the little camp we found on the shore of the pond. It was about nine by ten feet in size, door about 3^2 feet high, and had one small square of glass eight by ten inches for a window. However,, it answered our purpose and was very comfort- able. On the first night of October Tom called in one small bull, but as he said it was a poor specimen we did not bother with it. The first week we saw nine bulls and lots of cows, but none of their heads suited me. “On the 9th day of October wre found a. herd of caribou on Upper Soaper and I succeeded in killing a good bull having seventeen points on a horn. We took the head, hide and a small piece of the loin. Tom took off one hind quarter and hung it up on a. spring pole in case we should get out of meat. The killing of that caribou brought me luck indeed, for going there again on the afternoon of the nth to call moose, we found that a bear had found the carcass, and not satisfied with that he had even stolen the quarter of meat we had hung on the spring pole. There was the mark of his claws on the tree where he had taken hold of it to bend it down. We soon found where he carried the carcass, in under a leaning cedar tree on the edge of the woods. Tom carried the canoe up to within twenty yards of the carcass, set it down on the ground, spread our blankets in the middle, then trimmed out some of the underbrush with his knife and stuck the branches in the ground around the canoe. ‘It’s going to be a fine night to call. If he don’t come down to feed before midnight he won’t come to-night; and we’ll try the moose,’ Tom explained. Just as the sun was sinking behind the trees we heard back on the ridge the unmistakable sound of some heavy animal coming down the steep hill. ‘Quiet now and into the canoe,’ said Tom. I have often thought since that that bear must have been foolish, for he came within a hundred feet of us and stopped and began to snuffle as though he saw there was something wrong. He circled to the right, then to the left, snuffling all the time, trying to smell us, and always just out of sight, then back to where he was at first. ‘Keep quiet,’ whispered Tom, ‘if he don’t smell us, and I don’t believe he can, for there isn’t a breath of air moving, he will come out. Don’t shoot until I tell you, and remember, you have got to shoot low in the night or you’ll overshoot.’ Well, that bear trod around there for more than two hours, never coming in sight, then lay down and went to sleep. Now, boys, you may think I am rubbing it in, but I assure you it’s exactly what hap- pened. That bear lay there within one hundred feet of us and slept for more than three hours, and he actually snored; snored as bad as any man I ever heard. Once I wanted to try and creep up to him and try and get a shot, but Tom said no. There we sat in that canoe shiv- ering with the cold, our backs cramped from leaning against the thwart, until suddenly he awoke and we could almost hear him yawn and stretch himself. Then, as if he had forgotten the danger that threatened him, he walked boldly down to the carcass, and rising on his hind feet stood upright like a man, looking directly at us. I had him covered, and at Tom’s low whispered ‘Now,’ pulled the trigger. The scream he uttered told Tom I had hit him. ‘All out, come on!’, cried Tom, and I after him. Tom sprang upon the leaning cedar and scratched a match and held it in his hands to throw the light for- ward into the bushes where we could hear him groaning,, but he lost his balance and fell almost on top of the bear,, which was trying to drag himself away with both hips- broken. ‘Don’t shoot,’ cried Tom, and in a moment he stood beside me with his coat torn across the left arm where bruin had made one swipe at him as he went down. By a torchlight of birch bark I finished the bear, and found I had got a fine black bear weighing about 200 pounds and having an elegant skin. “Later I secured two very good buck deer heads, and although we saw sixteen bulls I did not secure a head. As. it then was getting late in October and the chances were every day growing less for calling moose, we decided to go back to the home camp at Churchill and break camp and go home. Spending only one night at camp, we were up for breakfast before daylight, and everything was packed for an early start for civilization. Going down to the canoe landing with a load, Tom all at once dropped his bundles and said, ‘There’s a woman coming from somewhere. I heard her voice.’ Sure enough, in a mo- ment a canoe broke through the dense fog, which was rising from the water, and in it were two men and a woman. It proved to be Dr. M. and wife, of Boston,, who, with their guide from some southern part of the State, were making the Allegash trip. The doctor said he had been told one could make the trip and stop at camps and houses each night, so he was without tents, and had but little provisions. Thanking us for our offer to help him as much as we could, he asked us if we could tell him anything of Chase’s Carry, and if we thought he and guide could run the load. The guide had a worried look. Tom said, ‘Well, mister, it’s a pretty nasty place down there as you’ll find, but if your guide knows his business he will get you through all right, barring acci- dents. In low water, in August, one can go down there and pick up whole kits, from knives and forks to rifles and fly rods, where people have swamped.’ Thinking he had roasted the guide enough he said, ‘Sir, if that load belonged to me and I did not want to give her a cold bath I would walk her down the path you’ll find on the right hand side of the river; and then if you don’t think your guide can get down alone you can walk back and help him.’ The doctor’s wife seemed pleased about some- thing at about that time. We watched them off with a few words of advice to the doctor; and for a good- natured fling at the guide, Tom said, ‘Don’t feel so bad, old man, the first three miles is the worst.’ “Three days it took us to get back to Kineo again. Then back to old New York, for which I think we all have an affection, bad as she uses us sometimes. And that, boys, finishes the account of my trip to Maine.” There was silence for a few monents while all seemed to be thinking, until Sam said, “Well, boys, I am going to Maine.” “So am I,” said Joe, “and we’re obliged to you, Fred, for telling us about it.” “Don’t mention it, boys, and I wish you as good luck as I had, and now I must be going. Good night.” J. H. B. “Yes, but after we have sold our hides and have stocked up for the next month, we don’t have many $30 left.” What they did have left would be likely to be divided between firewater and a monte bank. I did not tell him so, though. “You won’t follow uo these wounded buffalo, will you?” “No; what is the use? They will run half a day before they drop.” These men had about 250 hides on hand now. About $200 worth when I ~ot to Fort Elliott, $50 for each man for a hard month’s work. The skin hunters had a hard life of it and often finished it with their boots on at the conclusion of a drunken row. Their greatest fear was of hostile Indians, they had a far more dangerous enemy than the Indian — the post trader’s whiskey. Cabia Blanco. Game Wardens and Collusion. Portland, Ind., May ig.^Editor Forest and Stream: Certain remarks in your editorial under the heading “Moieties for Protectors,” caused me to smile. I have had some experience with game wardens in their native element, and there is more or less inclination to graft, the same as in other lines of business. Those who frequent the game sections are well aware of the temptations and inclinations in that direction. I am inclined to the opin- ion that very little game is smuggled without collusion with some so-called game warden. I have met both the good and the bad, also the indifferent. A big fat deputy sat in our tent on the occasion of one of our last trips to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and told us of taking $25 from a party the year previous and allowing them to ship five deer out. He said “it was only $5 apiece.” But he had an assistant where our train stopped before crossing the State line and we did not bite. He also offered to sell us some venison, which was contrary to law. Last fall, when two deputies came on to us before we had tied our coupons on the four deer we had hung up, placed us under arrest and confiscated our game, then staid to parley, the first thing we thought of was money, and one of our party in response to that thought said “don’t give them a cent.” . While I am pursuaded that there are honorable men acting as game wardens, I would not for a moment think it possible there was no excep- tion to the rule. The tip has led to graft, until a divi- sion of the spoil is found in the woods as well as in the city. . . C. W. Cunningham. [This is based on an apparent misconstruction of what we wrote. We did not say that there are not dishonest wardens, but that under the New York system of sharing in the penalties recovered it was not practicable for war- dens to be in collusion with law breakers for the purpose of making business for themselves and profiting by a division of the recoveries after court proceedings. There are, of course, unfaithful and dishonest wardens ; but then let us not forget that there are others who are uncompromisingly honest and inflexibly straight.] The Skin Hunters of the Plains* Editor Forest and Stream: Reading Charles Aubrey’s account of the buffalo set me to thinking again of the white skin hunters and their wasteful methods. Their manner of killing them gave them about one animal out of every three that they killed, the wolves got the other two. The buffalo guns they used (“as heavy as a crowbar” well describes them), with their bottle-neck 50 caliber shells, would kill a buffalo at 1,500 yards, if it hit him where he could be killed; but often it did not. I was . coming from the antelope hills on my way to Fort Elliott one hot afternoon in June when I overtook four skin hunters mounted on rather poor Texas ponies. They were out after buffalo that could here be seen in small herds grazing in all directions. There were half a dozen hunters in sight. These men had a camp with wagons miles from here on some stream where there was water. Only one of them had a buffalo gun, the rest had Winchesters. They would do the driving, he the shoot- ing, and in a short time after this he did it. The nearest buffalo, about fifty of them, were grazing off to our right and front about a mile away. The drivers went for them while the shooter and I kept on to where the buffalo would be likely to pass ; and getting there he and I staked out our horses, while he took his stand in a buffalo wallow. He wanted me to take a stand here also ; I had a Marlin rifle, but I told him that I only did my shooting from the saddle, his .method was too wasteful ; and lying down behind him I prepared to take in this show.' I had seen others like it before. The buffalo, when started, ran past us about 500 yards away and the hunter opened on them, firing at least a dozen shots before the last of them were out of range. He got three, and I was surprised at him getting so many, the only spot in which they could be hit to kill instantly could be more than covered with the rim of one of our hats, there was small cuance of his killing them there, while they were on the dead run 500 yards away; yet every shot he fired no doubt hit a buffalo somewhere’. These big balls going through too far back would kill the animal in time. “Well, you have three out of a dozen. The other nine are lost to you,” I told him. “Why don’t you men run those buffalo? I could have got six out of that bunch with this horse of mine and might not have fired over six shots to get them, either.” “Oh, we can’t run them on these horses we have. It is well enough for you fellows to talk of running them. If we had some one to buy us $200 horses, then get us an- other like him as soon as we had killed up the first one then we could run them.” “You have a curious idea about us and our horses This horse of mine cost $135. The highest that is paid for any of them is $150, and not many of them cost that much. And as for the killing him up, I take mighty good care not to do it; if I did I would not run many buffalo on the plug that would -be given me the next time. If I were in this business I would have at least two good Indian buffalo ponies ; they can be got for $30 a piece all yoq want of them,” ’ The Canadian Camp Club. The directors of the Canadian Camp Club dined at the Metropolitan Club, this city, on the evening of Thursday,. May 18, and elected officers for the permanent organization. The club was organized largely through the personal efforts of Dr. G. Lenox Curtis, of New York. Dr. Curtis founded and organized the Canadian Camp, of which the club is an off-shoot. The camp is purely a social body, and has a member- ship of over 700 of America’s principal sportsmen and authors of woods life. The camp has proved a pro- nounced social. success. Its dinners, which consist principally of big game, have won a world wide repu- tation.. The officers elected for one year are: President, Dr. Robert T. Morris; First Vice-Presi- dent, Charles Wake; Second Vice-President, Dr. G. Lenox Curtis; Secretary, James A. Cruikshank; Treas- urer,_ Girard N. Whitney. The Executive Committee i consists of Dr. G. Lenox Curtis, Chairman; L. O. Arm- strong, James A. Cruikshank, W. T. McCulloch, Dr. Robert T. Morris, Charles Wake, Girard N. Whitney, ' and the Hon. Julius H. Seymour. The Canadian Camp Club now has some 250 members, ) the limit being 500 members. It has secured a tract of land extending from Hudson Bay to Lake Huron, a distance of 600 miles, most of which is through virgin and unexplored territory, and abounds in large game and fish. This is the largest club of its kind in existence and its members are selected from among the best known sportsmen, naturalists and explorers. The club is erecting camps throughout the entire tract at inter- vals of a day’s journey. Its principal camps are situated on the picturesque Mississaga River near Slate Falls 1 and at the watershed near Winnebago. Cold Storage in Illinois. One would hardly look for anything pertinent to th game supply in a legislative measure entitled “An act t< regulate public warehouses and the warehousing and in spection of grain”; but an Illinois bill to amend a law o that title contains a provision, which if it becomes law will have a direct effect upon the cold storage of game This is a requirement that the warehouse man shall 01 or before Tuesday morning of each week make out am keep posted in a conspicuous place in the office of hi warehouse a statement of the amount of butter, eggs game and poultry in store in his warehouse at the clos of business on the previous Saturday, setting forth par ticulars of when the game was placed in storage and th kind of game. A similar statement must be sworn to b one of the principal owners and the bookkeeper, and fur nished to the warehouse inspector. A further provisio requires that there shall be furnished daily to the in spector a correct statement of the amount of each kin and inspected grade of butter, eggs, game or poultry re ceived on the previous day, also of the amount delivere or shipped by the warehouseman on the previous dai and in addition, there shall be furnished the ‘inspector an further information that may be necessary to enable hir to keep a full and correct record of all butter eees mm or poultry received and delivered, - ' ^ May 27, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 417 British vs. American Casters. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of April 1 last Mr. E. Lipkau contrib- uted a short but timely and interesting note on ringed flies, setting forth their lasting qualities and general superiority over the mounted or snelled flies commonly used by American anglers. I fully indorse what he says. I have all my large flies tied that way now and find them more lasting. I have a considerable number on hand that are as safe as the day they came from the skillful hands of old John Benn some seasons ago. One or two of my western friends in discussing the relative merits of the two methods, have advanced the argument that leaders are quite as subject to- decay as the snells of mounted flies, and while that is true in main, they have, I think, overlooked the effect of the steel shank or snell. Other and less skilled fly casters have objected to the use of ringed flies as being less convenient, but their ob- jection comes from a lack of familiarity with the knots used in fastening the unlooped end of leader to the eye or ring of flies. In most cases this objection has been removed by showing them the simple knots most com- monly used by the English and American experts. I take it that the American dealers aim to supply what their customers demand and consequently they carry their flies mounted as there is so little demand for the other style. True it is, that very few of even the largest dealers in tackle in the United States carry any ringed flies. In Canada, where most local anglers are familiar with “eyed flies” and the stocks are principally obtained from England you will usually find even the smaller shops to be well supplied, even to the gnats and midgets. The angler who needs or wishes to economize in his tackle will find the ringed flies of advantage. I have not found that the ring or eye of fly or the knot used in fastening the leader offers more resistance to the water or other- wise detracts from their use. If the fly be well and prop- erly secured to the leader or temporary snells it offers no more resistance to the water than those that are mounted at the time the fly is laid on. While I fully agree with Mr. Lipkau in what he says of the economy and safety of ringed flies, he makes one statement in his note which, I think, is open to question and which I should like to see discussed in your columns. He says, “We are much behind the English fly caster in the art of fly casting.” Now are we? I cannot write of the English fly caster at home, for I have not fished in Great Britain. My experience in fishing with “our Brit- ish cousins” has been confined to- waters in eastern and western Canada and in California and Oregon. On waters there it has been my very good fortune to fish with a good many English and Scotch fishermen, most of whom were “royal good chaps” and keen sportsmen who were “doing the States and Canada for fish and game,” or who resid- ed in Canada, and I have not found that any of them excelled and that but one or two equalled many of my eastern and western friends in the art of fly casting. In the first place, their rods do not compare with our best. They are heavier and though much longer do not handle the line nearly as well. A few of the most expert English fly casters I have met have used Leonard rods, but even these did not have the command of their cast that our best anglers have. When it comes to distance casting with the back cast unobstructed they get out a good line and place their flies well. Where the back cast is limited by trees or rocks or where a cast must be made to place the flies well under overhanging trees or brush, the Eng- lish casters have not shown up well in comparison with many Americans with whom I have fished. The average English fisherman you meet on American waters uses a very large fly, mostly of the English salmon style. They are too heavy to be placed lightly on the water, they are essentially flies for sinking and cannot be delicately dropped and floated on the surface. In fishing heavy waters like the McCloud in California, the Rogue in Oregon and the Thompson and Kootney in British Columbia, and Nipigon in Ontario, where sunken flies are often resorted to, the American casters use much smaller flies than the Englishmen I have met on these waters. In my experience the former have been more successful, probably because of their superior casting and because by the use of smaller flies they were enabled to cover all the more quiet stretches with their cast and yet sink them in swift water. I should like to hear from others of your readers on this subject, and it would be interesting to learn from Mr. Lipkau why he thinks “we are much behind the English fly caster in the art of fly casting.” Let me tell you of a tribute to the expertness of some of my western fly-casting friends and American fly cast- ers generally which was paid them by the most expert English fly caster and fisherman it has been my pleasure to know. Some seasons ago, in company with a party of Cali- fornia friends, I met at Pelican Bay, in southern Oregon, an Englishman who outwardly was of the Lawrence D’Orsay stamp and who mentally reflected all of the sterling qualities of that most gentlemanly and accom- plished actor. Not having to play a part written by Thomas he was less heavy than the Earl of Pawtucket, we laughed with and not at him, and found him an ex- cellent fly caster and fisherman. Though he was more or less reserved and very deliberate, he was “a royal good chap,” direct and pleasant, and we all liked him from the first. The fishing in the placid waters of Pelican Bay is all done from a boat, and it is usually the custom for two fishermen to go out from the lodge in each boat, taking “turn and turn about” in casting and handling the boat. As our party was odd in number we were only too glad “to split a boat with him.” He proved a welcome sub- stitute for the average boatman one can get there. He did his “trick at the ash” well and proved easily that he was an accomplished fisherman, and he was reckoned one of our party thereafter, A few evenings after our first meeting he was seated on the well screened porch of the very artistic and comfortable rustic cottage which our party occupied at the Lodge, when some one asked him how he, an Englishman, came to be using a Leonard rod, a Mills tapered line and an Edward vom Hofe reel. In reply he told us that some years ago, while the guest of an English friend, at the latter’s salmon lodge in Scot- land, he met Mr. J. R. Moore, of New York, who was one of the same house party. Mr. Moore, he continued, was “the most remarkable fly fisherman he had ever knocked up against. His use of his cast and his method of playing and killing the fish he struck was a revelation to us all. None of us had ever seen so clever a caster. Mr. Moore was at that time using a- light single- handed split cane rod, while the balance were using double handed rods. He was the first fisherman I had ever seen kill a salmon with so light a single handed rod. I afterward accompanied Mr. Moore to Norway and ‘fished salmon’ with him there. Mr. Moore very cleverly coached me and whatever skill I may have I owe to him. After fishing with him I changed my method. On Mr. Moore’s return to New York he sent me one of the rods, lines and reels I am now using, and I have not since used any other makes.” Mr. Moore had told him of the fishing in California, at Pelican Bay and the Williamson River in Oregon, and had asked him to “come out” and fish them with him. Much to his sorrow Mr. Moore died before he could get over, but his stories, especially those of the Williamson, had made so strong an impression that he came over to the States to fish there. As it was the good fortune of myself and one other of our party to have known Mr. Moore well, and to have fished many Pacific coast waters with him, this announcement that this Englishman had known him in the old country kept us all up to a late hour toasting the memory and relating recollections of that much traveled and . interesting fisherman. We afterward had the pleasure of showing our new friend some of Mr. Moore's favorite stretches of the fa- mous Williamson River. Now this Englishman repeated- ly declared that “Moore was and you chaps are much more clever with your rods than the men at home, and you do yourselves a deal better in tackle.” Mr. Moore was my friend for many years, and he taught me many “kinks” that old Thad. Norris had taught him when a boy. Mr. Moore was by all odds the best fly fisherman it has ever been my good fortune to have met. He had fished almost all the waters of the world — and that as our English friend remarked, was “a big order” — yet he often said that the best English casters he had met did not compare favorably with the best of American anglers. Mr. Moore had better com- mand of his flies than any other man I have fished with. Probably he could not have gone on to a platform at a fly casting tournament and equalled Leonard, Mansfield or Golcher, but out on a stream he was a master. I have never fished with Mr. Leonard but I have fished with Messrs. Mansfield and Golcher and many other most skilled fly fishermen, and I think Moore placed his flies better than any. Let us hear what others have to say of Mr. Lipkau’s statement that “We are much behind the English fly cast- ers in the art of fly casting.” Amigo. San Francisco, Cal., May 12. Suspended Animation in Fishes* Editor Forest mid Stream: As an old sportsman in many lands, I take great in- terest in two articles in your issue of May 13. That on salmon by Mr. Edward A. Samuels, and that on the Alas- kan blackfish, by my old fellow sportsman and friend, Mr. E. T. D. Chambers. There are two points in the former, first, with refer- ence to the hooked jaw of the salmon male fish. Mr. Samuels is right in considering that this is used for a weapon for fighting. Many instances have occurred of salmon being picked up with their sidles all scored by these beaks, the wounds having been inflicted by an an- tagonist at spawning time. With reference to Mr. Sam- uels’ objection, that the fleshy tip is soft and velvety, I have frequently noticed that male fish caught in English or Scotch rivers at “the back end,” that is, in September and October, have had the “gib” hard and horny through- out at that season. Mr. Samuels is no doubt aware that this hook-like appendage frequently drops off, or is worn off by the fish rubbing on stones ; but it grows again by the mating time. Second, with reference to salmon feed- ing in fresh water, the weight of evidence is now in favor of their doing so occasionally, but not frequently. Only one instance, other than that of a fish taking a trout fly made to resemble a natural insect, has come un- der my own notice. I was once with a brother and a Scotch “gillie” named Wragge watching some salmon in a clear pool in a stream, when we saw one which had a small eel in its mouth. It took a long time in swallow- ing this appetizing morsel, but the eel gradually disap- peared. An instance was also recorded, about a year ago, of a salmon which was caught with rod and line, inside which was a recently swallowed roach. This was, if I remember correctly, on the River Avon, in the south of England, and the roach 414 inches in length. Mr. Chambers’ remarks concerning the extraordinary vitality of the frozen blackfish are certainly most remark- able. One feels inclined to be sorry for those dogs, whom he mentions as only being made aware of this latent ani- mation by feeling the little creatures kicking about inside them, with the result that they lost their meal ! I have, however, myself frequently witnessed cases of this sus- pended animation in fish, although in a hot climate, like India, not a cold one like Alaska. When at Jubbulpore, in the central province of India, I, in several successive seasons, watched the natives catching enormous quanti= ties of fish in baskets, in a shallow pond formed merely of rain water; the bed of which would be dry and as hard as iron a fortnight later, while in the great succeeding heats the whole surface of what had been the pond was full of cracks and fissures in what had formerly been mud. Upon another occasion, just at the commencement of the cold weather, I was snipe shooting near the Grand Trunk road connecting Delhi with Meerut, over several rushy and reedy “j ’heels,” also in the process of drying up. The shallow water, where there was any left, was full of small fish, while near the edges of the j’heels, where it had already almost dried, were the hoof-prints of many buffaloes. In some of these remained a little water, in others liquid mud, but in each of those hoof- prints were one or two of the little fishes, sometimes half or three-quarters buried in the mud; apparently they were burrowing. Upon the last occasion that I visited those j’heels all the water had gone. There were no snipe to shoot and not a fish to be seen, for everything was dry and hard as iron. Yet in the following year’s rains, as in the case of the pond at Jubbulpore, those j’heels would again be full of fishes, returned from the mud. I could give you a far more remarkable instance of suspended animation in fish life, one which had lasted not for one year only but for untold centuries, but fear that I have already trespassed too much upon your valu- able space. Andrew Haggard, Lieut.-Col. Charles Hallock's Initiation. The charming story of his initiation in the art of fly- fishing is told by Mr. Hallock in his “Fishing Tourist,” a volume which is one of the classics of American angling literature. It is given here by courtesy of the publishers, Messrs. Harper & Bros.: It is now twenty-six years since I cast my first fly among the green hills of Hampshire county, Mass. I was a stripling then, tall and active, with my young blood bounding through every vein, and reveling in the full promise of a hardy manhood. My whole time was passed out of doors. I scorned a bed in the summer months. My home was a tree-embowered shanty apart from the farm-house, and crowning a knoll around whose base wound and tumbled a most delectable trout-brook. Here was the. primary school where I learned the first rudi- ments of a sportsman’s education. In time I came to know every woodchuck hole in the township, and almost every red squirrel and chipmunk by sight; every log where an old cock-partridge drummed ; every crow’s nest, and every hollow tree where a coon hid away. I heard Bob White whistle to his mate in June, and knew where to find his family when the young brood hatched out. I had pets of all kinds : tame squirrels, and crows, hawks, owls and coons. All the live stock on the farm were my friends. I rode the cows from pasture, drove a cosset four-in-hand, jumped the donkey off the bridge to the detriment of both our necks, and even trained a heifer so that I could fire my shotgun at rest between her bud- ding horns. I learned where to gather all the berries, roots, barks and “yarbs” that grew in the woods ; and so unconsciously became a naturalist and an earnest student of botany. As to fishing, it was my passion. There were great lakes that reposed in the solitude of the woods, at whose outlets the hum and buzz of busy sawmills were heard, and whose waters were filled with pickerel: and, most glorious of all, there were mountain streams, foam- ing, purling, eddying and rippling with a life and a dash and a joyousness that made our lives merry, and filled our hearts to> overflowing with pleasure. Fly-fishing was in its infancy then. It was an art scarcely known in America and but little practised in England. The progressive school of old Isaak and Kit North had but few graduates with honor. We boys, my cousin and I, had little conception of the curious devices of feathers and tinsel which we afterwards learned to use; and to the angling fraternity the artifices of Thorn- dyke, Stickler and Bethune were as mysterious as the occult . sciences themselves. We used simply a wattle and a worm, and whipped the trout out by hundreds; for the . streams fairly teemed with them. And it required some little skill to do. it, too — much knowledge of the haunts of the speckled beauties, much caution in creeping up to the more exposed pools, v'here a passing shadow would have dashed our hopes in an instant ; and no little dexter- ity in dropping the bait quietly out of sight under the bank,. where we knew a wary trout was lurking. What a thrill there was when the expected tug came! and when we had him hooked, we pulled him out vi et armis. No time for grace or parley. It was purely a test of strength between tackle and gills. We did not understand “play- ing a trout.” And yet we were the best anglers in the village. No boys could hold a candle to us. We caught bigger fish and more of them.. We knew every good place in the stream. There was the old log just at the edge of the woods, the big hole where we used to bathe, the bridge that crossed the road, the rocky ledge at the pond where there was a little mill, the crossing-log in the ten-acre pasture, the eddy at the lower falls, and so on from point to point, through devious windings and turnings, away down stream three miles or more to the grist-mill — the same which the old “Mountain Miller” used to “tend” in days gone by. Ah! those were halcyon days. No railroads disturbed the quiet seclusion of that mountain nook. The scream of the locomotive was not heard within twenty-four miles of it. Twice a week an old-fashioned coach dragged heavily up the hill into the hamlet and halted in front° of the house which was at once post-office, tavern, and mis- cellaneous store — an “ omnium gatherum,” as our friend Ives had it in our college days at Yale. One day it brought a passenger. A well-knit, wiry frame he had and features stolid and denoting energy and kindred 418 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 2 7, 1905. qualities. He carried a leather hand-bag and a handful of rods in a case. The village quidnuncs said he was a surveyor. He allowed he was from Troy and had “come to go a-fishing.” From that stranger I took my first les- son in fly-fishing. As he stood upon the tavern steps he gazed across the barren waste of ground to the meeting house opposite— the same meeting house where my revered grandfather ministered with grace for forty years — a meeting house quaint and ancient, rooster-crowned, with its horse-block and horse-sheds at hand, and its square pews inside, its lofty galleries and pulpit, its deacon-seats and its sound- ing-board, long since things of the past. He gazed and seemed to meditate, then shook his head and remarked, “'Po-morrow will be Sunday. I shall have to wait till the following day. Sonny, can you tell me if there is any trout-fishing about here?” Trout-fishing! to me there was magic in the sound. Of course my Sunday-school lesson lapsed next day. Appetite deserted me— I even re- fused the golden gingerbread that my aunt supplied at noon from the family lunch-basket. But you should have seen that stranger fish on Monday ! It was not that he took so very many fish, but the way in which he did it. In the first place, his rod was so constructed in different pieces that he could joint it together, and it was nicely varnished, too, and stiffer and more supple than our long hickory poles. I did not see what kind of bait he used • I didn’t see him use any— but he gave a flourish of his arm, and tossed his line every time, far, far beyond the most ambitious attempts of ours; and nearly every time a fish took his hook. Big fellows they were, too, I can tell you. We always knew they were out there in that deep water under the alders, for we had seen them break there, often. We never tried to fish there; we could not reach them from this side, and upon the other the bushes were so thick it was useless to attempt it. All day long, while fishing with him, I employed my nicest art. I took only a few big ones — any dozen of his would have out- weighed my whole string. It aggravated me awfully. He said I was an excellent bait fisher, but thought I would learn to prefer a fly. Before he went away he gave me some instructions and a few flies. Since then I have always used a fly, except in certain contingencies. Canadian Fishing* American Anglers are Flocking to Canada. Almost every train from American points running into New Brunswick and the Province of Quebec carries at this time a greater or less number of sportsmen on their way to enjoy the spring fishing for trout. Under ordi- nary circumstances the visitors would be none too early in arriving. But this is, so far, a very late and backward season, and though the water is lower than usual at this time of the year, owing to the absence of rain during the winter and the very gradual thawing of the snow, it is still, like the atmosphere, exceptionally cold. Fontinalis is not, therefore, rising very freely at surface lures_ as yet, though a couple of days’ warmth would do the trick. Trolling and bait-fishing are reported good, but the best of the spring fly-fishing is yet to come in our northern Canadian waters. A change in the weather may be ex- pected any day now, but so disagreeably cold and back- ward was it in Quebec during the greater part of the third week of May that New England anglers who ar- rived there early in the week preferred remaining several days in their comfortable quarters at the Chateau Fron- tenac to an immediate departure for their respective camps. Quite a number of visitors, besides many members of Canadian fishing clubs are now encamped upon their preserves along the line of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway, while many who have no fishing rights of their own are now fishing Lake Edward and the neighboring waters. Not many reports have so far reached Quebec of the success of the fly-fishers, though at the outlet of Lake Kiskisink there has already been some very fair sport, and the next few days is likely to be productive of any number of fish stories. The different parties of American sportsmen who have passed through Quebec during the last few days for the spring fishing include the following : Samuel Dodd, president of the International Silver Company, Meriden, Conn. ; ex-Governor Chamberlain, of Connecticut ; C. Berry Peets, director of the International Silver Com- pany; Frank Furlong, cashier of the Hartford National Bank; Robert M. Wilcox, the husband of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Judge George M. Gunn, Milford, Conn.; General Phelps, of New Haven, Conn.; John W. Coe, of Meriden, Conn., vice-president of the Meta- betchouan Fish and Game Club; Francis Stevenson Coe and Dr. John W. Coe, of New York. Most of these gen-, tlemen are now at the club house of the Metabetchouan’ Fish and Game Club, which controls the fishing in Lake Kiskisink and neighboring waters, as well as a beautiful stretch of the Metabetchouan River. Before the end of the month it is expected that most of the club houses along the line of the railway will be pretty well crowded with anglers and their friends. To-day (the 20th of May) I have a message from Lake St. John, telling me that the water of the lake is in good condition for ouananiche fishing and that the residents there are taking the gamy fish very freely by means of such coarse bait as salt pork and pieces of ouitouche or chub. My experience has always been that these fish rise very freely to the fly in the bays of the lake and the mouths of the rivers, at least a fortnight earlier than the opening of the season in the Grand Discharge, and I have had excellent sport in the mouth of the Ouiatchouan River as early as the 24th of May. But the season was an earlier one that year than the present spring is. Those who care to try this sport should bring large size flies with them, the best for the purpose being medium-sized salmon flies of any of the more favorite patterns. Another Big Fish and Game Preserve. It will be good news to those who take an interest in the matter of forest, fish and game protection to learn that another very large preserve has just been created by the new Minister of Lands, Mines and Fisheries of the Province of Quebec, the Hon. Adelard Turgeon, who succeeded the Hon. S. N. Parent in that position a few weeks ago. The new preserve is over 2,500 square miles in extent, or in the neighborhood of a million and a half of acres. It is situated in the very heart of the Gaspe Peninsula, an enormous plateau of considerable elevation, crowned by the famous Shick-Shock Mountains, and cov- ered with a luxuriant growth of forest. From a glance at the map of this part of Canada it will quickly be seen how essentia] it is to> the protection of the inland fisheries of the Gaspe country that the forests of the interior should be carefully protected. From a dozen to twenty large rivers take their rise in or near these mountains, and flow therefrom in every direction toward the sea, those run- ning toward the north and east emptying themselves into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and those toward the south mingling their waters with those of the Baie des Chaleurs. With the exception of the Ristigouche and its tributaries, these rivers include almost all the south shore salmon streams of any value in the Province of Quebec, and many important trout waters as well. Among them may be mentioned the Matane, the Cap Chat, the Ste. Anne, the Magdalen, the Dartmouth, the York, the St. John, the Bonaventure, the Little Cascapedia, the Grand and Little Pabos, the Grand River, the Grand Cascapedia, the Nouvelle, the Escumenac and the Caucupscull. Many of us have revisited the scenes of fishing exploits of a number of_ years ago, only to find that since the disap- pearance of forests we were unable to discover the brooks and streams in which we fished in early youth, nothing now being observable but dry, or almost dry, beds, partly grown over with weeds. It is true that there is no imme- diate danger to be apprehended of the disappearance of wood and water from the Gaspe Peninsula, but it is sure- ly the part of prudence to take precautionary measures in time, especially as the territory in question is about to be opened up by a railway. Should the sources of the valuable rivers already mentioned become denuded of forest growth, the natural result would be disastrous floods in the spring, owing to the too rapid thaw of the exposed snow, nearJy dry streams in summer, the carry- ing away of the soil from the declivities in immense quan- tities by the freshets, and finally the transformation of the whole country into a desert waste. All these possibilities are fully dealt with in the report of the special officer of Mr. Turgeon’s department — Mr. Hall — in accordance with which the reserve in question has been created. Mr. Hall supported his recommendation with the following reference to the fish and game of the new preserve : “As. a matter secondary in importance only to the pre- servation of the forests and water supplv, I would re- mark that the said territory furnishes a magnificent op- portunity to create a hunting and fishing reserve, which would be of the greatest possible annual value to the resi- dents. Were this tract properly protected, I venture to say that in a comparatively short time it would become as well patronized by sportsmen as the northern part of the State of Maine is to-day, and we are all familiar with the statistics respecting those interests there, since it re- quires more than six figures to represent the direct and indirect revenue annually derived from this source.” Sportsmen will be glad to know that they are not to be kept out of the new reserve. Neither resident nor non- resident sportsmen will, however, in all probability be under some Government restrictions as to payment of license fees, for hunting or fishing within the limits of the Gaspe National Park. Many of the lakes and streams m the heart of this Gaspe Peninsula afford some of the finest trout fishing in the country, and having been up to the present more or less inaccessible, many of these in- land waters are more or less virgin ones. Much of the country, was recently traversed by the surveyors for the new railway, who report that large game of all kinds is exceedingly plentiful in- the fastnesses of the pictur- esque and rugged interior of the peninsula. All the big rivers, already referred to form so many highways for reaching the interior by canoe, though of course the sal- mon pools which many of them contain can only be fished by their lessees, or those to whom they may have given permission. It is . understood that Mr. Turgeon has decided upon the policy of leasing a limited number of fish and game preserves within the territory of the Gaspe reservation. E. T. D. Chambers. Grilse and Parr* Editor Forest, and Stream: In your issue of May 15. your correspondent “Dixmont,” whose frequent contributions I read with much interest, quotes, from the late Dean Sage’s book, “Salmon and Frout,” what, on the authority of Mr. Cholmondeley Pen- nell, .he calls “Proven Facts in the History of the Sal- mon,” the following statements, in which he concurs : “Up to the period of migration there is no- difference whatever in fry bred between salmon only, between grilse only, between salmon and parr, or between grilse and parr. The female parr cannot spawn, but the male parr possesses and constantly exercises the power of vivifying salmon and grilse eggs.” Mr. Pennell, I understand, writes of salmon in Eng- lish, Scotch and Irish rivers, and Mr. Sage’s concurrence, I infer, is based on his own experience in the rivers of North America, especially in those of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, since he says that “on the Godbout female grilse are frequently taken with as well developed spawn as salmon at the same time.” The scien- tific inquirer cannot but regret that the weight of these grilse was not given. As I know nothing of the salmon of Great Britain, ex- cept from reading, I am not in a position to deny any of the statements made by Mr. Pennell and concurred in by Mr. Sage,* but in an experience of over sixty years on the rivers of. Maine, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Quebec side of the Bay Chaleur, I have been unable to find a grilse with any visible ova, and I had the as- sistance of coast fishermen, fishery officers, managers of hatching houses and a large circle or brother anglers. As for the male parr — a samlet of a year’s growth, weighing three to. four ounces, which has never been to salt water — possessing the power to vivify the ova of adult salmon weighing, from ten to forty pounds, whether in European or American rivers — Credat Judceus Appella—non ego! There must be, among your numerous readers, many anglers who have had as much experience with salmon as the late Mr, Sage, and if there be in North American rivers female grilse of four to six pounds with matured ova, and male parr of three to four ounces with ma- tured milt — some of these sportsmen must have seen them. If any such there be they will do a real service to scientific inquiry by recording their experience in your columns, and stating the waters from which such grilse and parr were taken. The Old Angler. Maine Waters Full of Fish. Boston, May 19. — Editor Forest and Stream: The Belgrade Lakes have long been known as yielding large numbers of black bass, and have furnished a moderate amount of trout fishing. Messalouskie (formerly known as Snow Pond), the last of the chain, bids fair to be a close rival of Clearwater and Sebago for early fish- ing. Ten years ago Hon. Win, T. Haines, of Water- ville, who. has been for years a generous patron of sportsmen’s interests in Maine, planted in the lake several thousand square-tail trout. They had a hard struggle for life against the bass and pickerel for some years, but many of them “won out” and are now furnish- ing good sport. Three years ago a 3-pound square- tail was taken, and two years ago a few were caught weighing five pounds each, furnishing strong evidence that some of Mr. Plaines’ small trout had survived the race war. Last week Mrs. S. L. Preble, of Waterville, while fishing on the west shore netted a square-tail of 7)4 pounds. Mr. Preble at the same time captured a couple of 3-pounders. Mr. Glenn Blake, of Oakland took one weighing 7)4 pounds. Another angler secured two 5-pounders and others were taken from 3 to 4)4 pounds. Another day Mr. Henry Williams, of Portland, took two 5-pounders. Several others caught trout enough to make, a handsome lay-out— all of the genuine square-tail species. Good catches of bass and salmon have been taken from Great Pond, which has hereto- fore out-classed all the others of the Belgrade Chain. Twelve bass taken by Mr. and Mrs. Turner weighed 38 pounds. The largest salmon taken weighed sYa pounds. Some of the other lakes of the series have made a creditable showing. Another comparatively new candidate for public favor is Sweet’s Pond in New Vineyard. Salmon weighing 5 to 6 pounds and lakers weighing from 3 to 8 pounds have been recently taken by several anglers anoi{ing. -*> Across Nova Scotia in Canoes* (Continued from page 403.) Saturday, June 18, After the usual morning ablutions, Arthur and Louis got to work on the big canoe, and patched it up with pitch. We then struck camp and left this attractive little spot very regretfully. We ran down through the rough water, and in the hard work and excitement incident on getting through, did not learn the names of any but one or two of the rapids. One beautiful spot, where the river tumbled over a series of steep, rocky slopes, was known as “Pescawes Ledges.” Another rapid was known as “Lake Falls,” and just a short distance below this point, we came across an old log wing dam, stretching about half way across the stream, diagonally; to turn the current into the main channel around an island. ‘ The river was quite broad at this point, and full of great rocks projecting above the surface everywhere. We had magnificent sport all morning working the boats through these rapids, under constant risk of smashing them on the obstruc- tions. A tremendous wind was blowing, although it was perfectly clear, and fly-casting was strenuous sport. Carl and H. N. T. perched themselves on high rocks and proceeded to cast some hundred feet down stream in the gale. The rapids were a roaring stretch of white water, and the branches of the evergreens tossed and bent with the force of the wind. The fresh, clear air and the bewildering motion and tumult all about made one feel like living, and we were a pretty en- thusiastic crowd, faces tanned by the sun, muscles hardened by the constant work, and nerves braced by the excitement and the wholesome, outdoor sport. We stopped for lunch a little after noon on the left-hand bank of the river, at a spot that had little to commend it in the way of scenery, compared with the magnificent country we were passing through. While the others were preparing lunch, the anglers fished above and below the camp, catching a few trout, and Louis amused the party with anecdotes of his previous employers, some of them lady sportsmen. Charles afforded some merriment by slipping off the edge of the steep bank into the water, and floundering out again up the slip- pery muddy slope. While we were eating lunch, a huge raven serenaded us from a clump of trees a short dis- tance up stream, making very weird, discordant sounds. This camp was named after our faithful guide, as he was particularly talkative here, and kept the party well amused by his droll sayings and stories. Not very long after leaving this camp, we had our first serious accident of the cruise. Charles O. and Carl were traveling in the smaller boat, and Arthur, the writer, and Louis in the large one. We were ahead of the others; and at a rough stretch of rapids, just above Hemlock Point, we. had several close calls getting through, as the stream was badly obstructed by sunken rocks. We managed to get through all right about iooyds. ahead of the others, and as we were pushing ahead down stream, Louis turned around suddenly to see whether they were safely through. We heard him give a quick exclamation, and upon glancing back, we saw that they had jammed on a rock in the current, and were both out of the boat, struggling in the water. We turned immediately for the shore, beached our boat as quickly as possible, and seizing the paddles and poles, dashed up the river bank to the rescue. This was pretty slow work, as we had to clamber over high rocks and underneath overhanging trees, but we made quick time of the short distance, and, arriving upon the scene breathless, we found that the canoe was jammed broadside against a rock in the swiftest part of the current and sunk almost out of sight under the water. Carl was standing waist-deep in the current a short distance out from the bank and Charles was passing the pack bags, tent, etc., to him, to be thrown ashore. We helped them with the last of these, and managed to get Carl’s rod free, although it was bent double and tangled in among the thwarts. Fortunately, the boat was not far from the shore, and the water not more than waist-deep, although the bottom was rocky and irregular, giving a very in- secure foothold. The force of the water was gradually bending the boat around the rock, and we tried our best to swing one' end around so as to get the boat free, which was impossible. We then tried to lift the boat over the rock, but it was wedged too tightly, and the current was too strong. We found that the com- bined efforts of all five of us were not sufficient to get the boat free, and it was slowly being crushed around the rock, so Louis and the Scribe dashed ashore after poles, while the others braced the ends of the boat with their knees to keep it from breaking further. We quickly secured long poles from the woods, and with FOREST AND STREAM. 4f!8 May 27, tposJ WILD POINT CAMP, LAKE ROSSIGNOL. the help of these, managed to pry the boat up over the rock, so that it was swept down stream full of water, and liadly broken. We dragged it ashore a short dis- tance below, and found that some of the ribs were broken and the bottom pushed up level with the gun- wales. The longitudinal planking was also cracked and splintered, but, fortunately, the canvas cover was still intact. We found by Louis’ directions a little clearing some 25yds. from the water’s edge, up a short slope, and decided to pitch camp here, and see what we could do toward repairing the boat. It was then probably about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Arthur and Louis jumped in the large canoe and hastened down stream to recover Carl’s rod case, which had been lost, and were lucky enough to find it floating in an eddy a short distance below. Upon taking an inventory, we found that nothing of value was missing, except a canteen of tea, and a canoe sponge for bailing. This accident bid fair to be a serious matter, since the nature of the country we were passing through made it well-nigh impossible to get out on foot, and we were still quite a distance from our destination. We were pretty completely equipped for just such emergencies, and had a supply of marine glue and pegamoid, a waterproof imitation of leather — tacks, a combination tool containing a gimlet, screw- driver, chisel, etc., and a supply of small brass screws of various sizes. Louis set to work to find out what he could do 'with the broken boat, after the camp was pitched, and everything was hung up to dry on high racks around the fire. He was keenly pleased with the combination tool, and after about an hour’s hard #ork with it and his Indian drawing knife, the boat was al- most as good as new.. The repairs were accomplished by putting in a heavy extra thwart with a vertical sup- port to keep the bottom of the boat down and to strengthen the ribs. A little pitch on the wo®t places in the canvas cover completed the repairs^ahd we had no further trouble with the boat from this accident during the rest of the trip. Emergency Camp was a very picturesque one, being surrounded by forest on all sides, the river showing through gaps in the trees a short distance away. We had plenty of time to make ourselves comfortable, the Scribe cut a number of light poles in the woods nearby and made a support for swinging all the sleeping bags off the ground. This arrangement consisted of two heavy logs supported by crotched sticks driven in the ground, one at the back and the other at the front of the tent; the bags were hung on the light poles, which had their ends resting on these heavy logs at the head and foot, and strapped securely into place. There was just enough room inside the tent for this plan to be carried out successfully, and when completed, the sleeping bags were a good foot off the floor, very springy and luxurious. While we were working around the camp, a rabbit persisted in coming out from the bushes and viewing us until finally somebody suggested that possibly a rabbit pot-pie would not taste badly, so we got the revolvers. Chas. O. and Carl were both members of the National Guard, and had quailfied with honors in revolver shooting, so that the rabbit seemed to have a very slender chance for existence. It gave an exhibition of courage, however, that would have done credit to a Jap, and simply sat up and shook its ears at us when the bullets flew closer than usual. Finally, somebody managed to knock the dust up a little to one side of him, and he scampered off into the bushes, much to the chagrin of the sharpshooters. A few minutes later, Louis flushed a porcupine down near the river bank, and H. N. T. chased him down with a forked stick, close by the camp. The animal was quite leisurely in his movements, and did not seem unusually disturbed or excited, so the Scribe got the idea that he could pick him up carefully by the tail and carry him triumphantly into camp. After one or two spasmodic attempts, H. N. T. allowed the creature to go his way in peace, and retreated back to camp, carefully extracting the quills from his fingers. Louis, to reassure him, proceeded to tell stories of lumber- men who had lost their hands and arms, as the case might be, by attempting to make friends with these tame little beasts. In the meantime, the rabbit made a second appearance, and possibly a dozen cartridges were again wasted by frantic shooting in his direction. About sunset we had dinner, at which Arthur furn- ished an excellent line of fresh biscuits, almost too dainty for the rough environment. We noticed that it looked a little cloudy, so we built Louis a lean-to of the paddles and the rubber blanket, close alongside the fire. We pulled the patched canoe just up behind this, and piled pack bags at either side of the shelter, so that we had a very comfortable and cosy place for the night. We lit up our six-candle power arc light, which consisted of six was candles which had gotten completely melted together in one of the bags, and had a brillian illumination after dark, although at the ex- pense of a great deal of wax, which streamed down in copious quantities, forming graceful stalactites. Just before it was too dark to see objects distinctly, our ■friend, the rabbit, turned up again, and more shooting disturbed the quiet of the twilight. The only result was to make the rabbit more curious as to what all the racket was about anyhow, and he seemed to have gained the impression that it was a celebration in his honor, as he was waiting for us bright and early the next morning outside. That night we had a heavy shower of rain, which came up with a roar, awakening several of us, and we were glad that we were well up from the ground and comfortably under cover; also, that we had made some provision for Louis’ comfort.' We lay snugly in the sleeping bags — the rain pouring down on the tent above us — perfectly dry and contented, knowing that every- thing was shipshape. This is certainly a delightful sensation, to lay comfortably inside a tent out in the woods, with the rain beating down outside, provided, of course, one does not touch the canvas and start a leak. The storm did not last very long, and we quickly dropped off to sleep again, lulled by the absolute com- fort of the beds we had taken the trouble to fix up. [to be continued.] Waterproofing Canvas. In Forest and Stream of May 13, J. W. S., of Ganse- voort, N. Y., asks for information on the waterproofing of canvas for folding canoes. While each builder of canvas-covered or canvas folding canoes employs a preparation the formula for which he keeps secret, it seems to me that for the purpose named by your correspondent, the paraffin and naphtha treat- ment will answer. This consists merely in shaving a quantity of paraffin finely and putting it into a bottle of naphtha for a couple of days, adding a little paraffin until no more will dissolve; then, with a varnish brush, lay the solution evenly on the canvas while the latter is either stretched very tightly or placed on a smooth sur- face. Drying takes place very rapidly, but it is well to give the treated canvas a couple of days to dry thor- oughly, and thus be on the safe side. Benzine can be used instead of naphtha, and I have used turpentine and paraffin with entire success, although more time should be given for the wax to dissolve if turpentine is used. In any event, do the waterproofing outdoors, and put your pipe in. a safe place first of all, lest you forget and attempt to light up while coating the canvas. The re- sult of striking a match near the treated canvas can be imagined better than described. I have been told, how- ever, that things happen very suddenly at such times. This treatment is entirely successful for ’ old tents and awnings, even of common sheeting. Its chief merit is that it adds no appreciable weight, and the material re-* mains soft and pliable, I have never found any evidences of cracking if the goods is folded. Perry D. Frazer. A. C. A. Amendments. Editor Forest and Stream: In accordance with article 12 of the constitution of the American Canoe Association I beg herewith to give no- tice that at the next meeting of the executive committee I shall propose the following amendment to the consti- tution : Article 9, section 3, beginning after treasury in the third line 011 page n of 1904 year book to read as fol- lows : On or before Oct. 1 in each year thev shall make an annual report of finances properly audited with vouchers for all expenditures, the same shall be forwarded to the secretary. At the same time they shall forward all un- expended funds held by them to the Board of Governors. C. F. Wolters, A. C. A, 798. A. C. A. Membership. New Members Proposed. — Atlantic Division: George F. Burch, New York city, by B. Frank Cromwell, Jr.; Charles L. Hancock, Trenton, In. J., by Fred G. Furman; Robert Andruss, New York city, by B. Frank Cromwell, Jr. ; Charles A. Tracy, Bordentown, N. J., by J. A. Brown; Richard Rank, Kingsbridge, New York city, by Albert ICumke; George G. Brower, Bordentown, N,’ I. by Louis W. Wiese. Central Division : Lee Richmond, Rochester, N. Y., by C. F. Wolters; Arthur R. Selden, Rochester, N. Y.[ by C. F. Wolters; IT. H. Cummings, Jr., Rome, N Y bv H. S. Sturdevant. 7 Eastern Division; Arthur W. Blunt, Charles H Northup and Louis W. Boutelle, all of Providence R T ’ and all by H. S. McCormack. ’ * ’ We have no office outside of Netv York. Address all communications to Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pany, 346 Broadway, New York. C SHOOTING THE DAM AT THE TRIDIAR EARDERS — 10 TO I5FT. DROP — l8FT. CANOE. 424 FOREST AND STREAM. (May 2^, igoj,* Imige and (§alhrg. Fixtures. May 24-25.— Union Hill Park, N. J., Independent New York Scheutzen. Gus Zimmerman, Capt. June 15-18. — Central Sharpshooters’ Union, under auspices Of Davenport, Ta., Shooting Association. F. Berg, Sec’y. . . July 24-29.— JN ewark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Aug. 11-18.— Fort Des Moines, la., Rifle Association annual meeting. Aug. 24-28.— Sea Girt, N. J.— National rifle and revolver matches. Aug. 29-Sept. 9.— Sea Girt, N. J.— National Rifle Association and New Jersey State Association. Providence R. I. Revolver Club. We have finished indoor shooting, and open our new 50yd. range for regular practice Decoration Day. Our vice-president, Mr. Win. Almy, has finished the first 100 shots in his 1000-shot test, with an average of a little over 90 per cent., and his second 100 shows an improvement over even this fine showing. Mr. Almy is very much pleased with the accuracy of this new cartridge for 50yd. pistol shooting, and his scores are showing a good combination. Mr. M. B. Brown has been practicing diligently with his re- volver of late, and some of the boys are of the opinion they know the reason. He leaves this week for a five-weeks’ trip through Arizona. The following scores were recorded for week ending May 20: Fifty yards, rifle (Standard): H. Powell 89, 87, 84, 80; B. •Norman 88, 86, 84, 83. Fifty yards, rifle (German ring): H. Powell 216, 216, 21,0. Fifty shots, pistol: Wm. Almy 91, 91, 90, 91, 95,-91. The following scores were recorded at our final indoor shoot, Saturday evening: ’ Twenty yards, Standard: Arno Argus .(38 officers’ , model), 78, 79, 83, 80; Maj. Wm. F. Eddy. (.38 military), 78, 76; Fred Lieblich (.22 pistol), 74. Twenty-five yards, rifle, 25 ring: Fred Collins (.25-25), 234, 233, 221; C. H. Jeffords, Jr., (.32-20 repeater), 199, 205, 207, 209,. 207. Ten yards, pocket revolvers, 20yds., Standard: Milton. B. Brown (.32), 70, 70, 85; Milton B. Brown (.22) 68; Edw. C. Park- hurst (.32), 70, 92, 68, 78; Edw. C. Parkhurst (.22), 68. Dallas Rifle and Revolver Club. Dallas, Tex., May 17.— On May 12, the Dallas- Rifle and Re- volver Club was organized at Dallas, Tex., with fifteen members, and it promises to be an active and progressive club. Heretofore there has been much informal rifle shooting at 200yds., offhand, but no club was organized, and now, since the interest and attendance at these informal shoots has increased so much, this club was organized. The officers are as follows: V. C. Dargan, President; Ed- ward A. Belsterling, Vice-President; Fred T. Moseley, Secretary- Treasurer; R. S. McBean, Executive Officer. The club has a very good 200yd. range, and weekly shoots will be held. Fred T. Moseley. West Side Rifle Club. A prize shoot will be held May 27 and 28 on the club’s range, 523 West Fifty-seventh street, New York city. This range is an open one, 85ft. long. Scores on the ring target will be three shots each, with any ,22cal. rifle, offhand. Entries unlimited, 35 cents each. Fifteen prizes, ranging from $15 to $2, and three cash premiums for the best five targets. The bullseye target, by measurement, is also open to all comers, 35-cent tickets of three shots, best single shot to count. There are fifteen prizes, ranging from $12 to $1, and three premiums for the greatest number of bullseyes. On the first day there will be shooting from 1 to 9 P. M., and on the second day from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following: Fixtures. May 24.— Catskill, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Seth T. Cole, Sec’y. May 24-25.— Wolcott, N. Y.— Catchpole Gun Club tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, Sec’y. May 25. — Fairview, N. J., Gun Club shoot. May 25-27.— Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec’y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. May 28— Jersey City, N. J.— Hudson Gun Club all-day tournament. James Hughes, Sec’y . May 28-30.- — San Franciseo. — Pacific Coast Trapshooting Associa- tion annual tournament. May 29-31.— Louisville, Ky.— Kentucky Trapshooters’ League third annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec’y. May 30.— Westwood, N. J., Gun Club shoot. Mr. V. Van Buskirk, Capt. - May 30.— Buffalo, N. Y.— Infallible Gun Club tournament. E. J. McLeod, Sec’y. May 30.— Columbus, O.— Indianola Gun Club tournament. May 30.— Cleveland, O., Gun Club’s tournament. F. IT. Wallace, Mgr. May 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. _ _ , May 30.— New Berlin, O., Gun Club Decoration Day shoot. John L. Schlitz, Sec’y. .... May 30. — Mechanicsville, N. Y., Game Protective Association target tournament. r . May 30.— Somerville, Conn., Gun Club shoot. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y- May 30.— Pittsfield, Mass.— Gak Hill Gun Club tournament. J. Ransehousen, Sec’y. _ ,, _ , May 30.— Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club shoot. Jas. W. Bell, Sec y. May 30.— Auburn, Me., Gun Club shoot. May 30.— Little, Falls, N. Y., Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation shoot. „ „ , May 30.— Utica, N. Y.— Riverside Gun Club’s all-day target tour- nament; merchandise. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. May 30.— Mullerite Gun Club all-day shoot on grounds of Point Pleasant, N. J., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. May 30.— Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club fourth annual tournament. J. S. Coggeshal, Sec’y. , x _ T TT May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Sec’y. . _ May 30.— Norristown, Pa.— Penn Gun Club annual Decoration Day tournament. T. V. Smith, Sec’y. May 30.— Lawrence, Mass.— Second annual Memorial Day tourna- ment. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. . . May 30 —Fifth annual Decoration Day tournament of the Ossining, N. Y„ Gun Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. May 30-31.— Washington, D. C.— Analostan Gun Club two-day tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec y, 222 F street, N. W. May 31.-June 1.— Vermillion.— South Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association tournament. . June 1-2.— North Branch, N. J., Gun Club first annual spring target tournament. H. B. Ten Eyck, Sec’y. June 3.— Long Island City, N. Y.— Merchandise shoot of Queens County Gun Club. R. H. Gosman, Sec’y. June 5-6.— New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Bun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8.— New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway* N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart. Sec’y. _ June 6-8— Sioux City, la.— Soo Gun Club tournament. W. F. Duncan, Sec’y. June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4.— Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment, E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 9-11. — Bozeman, Mont. — Montana State shoot. June 11-13. — Chef Menteur, La. — Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League shoot, under auspices of the Tally-Ho Club. John Spring, Chairman. June 12-13. Wabash Gun Club tournament; sanction of Iridiaria State League. Austin S. Flinn, Sec’y. June 13-14.— New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Dubuqtiej la., Gun Club amateur tournament. F. M. Jaeger, See’y. June 13-14.— Butler, Mb. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 13-14. — Capron, 111., . Gun Club tournament. A, Vance, Sec’y, June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. C. F. Schlitz, Sec’y. June 14-15, — Durham, N. C.— North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15.— Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. Pierstorff, Sec’y. June 15.— Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16.— Indianapolis, Ind.- — Limited Gun Club championship shoot. June 16-18.— Putnam, 111.— Uhdercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C- G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 17.— Chicago, 111., Gun Club special 100-target contest. C. P. Zacher, Sec’y. June 20.— Dayton, ,0.— Rohrer’s Island Gun Club tournament. Will'E. T-Cette, Sec’y. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-21.— Jackson, Mich. — Michigan State shoot, under auspices of Jackson Gun Club. H. B. Crosier, Sec’y. June 20-22.— New, London, la., Gun Club annual tournament. Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec’y. June 21-22-.— Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 21— Monongahela Valley League, of West Virginia third tournament, under ‘ auspices of Grafton Gun Club. A. R. Warden, Sec’y. June 22. — Towanda, Pa,, Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 22-24.— Portland, Ore.— Sportsmen’s Association of the North- west tournament. J. Winters, Sec’y. June 27-30.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4.— South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4.— Springfield, Mass.— Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 4.— Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fourth tournament, under auspices of Mannington Gun Club. W. C. Mawhfnney, Sec’y. July 4.— Richmond, Va., Gun Club annual tournament. J. A. Anderson, Sec’y. July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. W. A. Murrell, Sec’y. July 11-12.— Eufala, Ala., Gun Club tournament. C. M. Gam- mage, Sec’y. July 11-12.— New Bethlehem, Pa.— Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13.— Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 24-28.— Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. July 28-29.— Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4.— Albert Lea, Minn.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 8-9.— Morgantown, W. Va.— Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of the Recre- ation Rod and Gun Club. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Kansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association s tour nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C Herman, Sec’y. _ Aug. 17-18.— Dalton, O., Gun Club tournament. Ernest F. Scott Sec’y. Aug. 18-20.— Chicago, 111., Trapshooters’ Association fall tourna ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. , „ Aug. 22— Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Aug. 22-23.— Carthage, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. Trank Riehl, Sec’y. , , Aug. 29-31.— Grand Rapids, Mich.— Consolidated Sportsman s Club fourth annual tournament. Aug. 29-31.— The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, -Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. ' A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. . Sect. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., ‘Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeffries, Sec’y. Sept 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal.— The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices- of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields,- Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambellj Mgr. ... . T. T . Dct 10-11 —St Toseph, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Programme of New York State -shoot is now ready. Apply to Mr Jas.-W. Brown, Secretary, 65 Taylor avenue, Utica, N. Y. * The Indianapolis Gun Club announces a programme of six events for their shoot on May 30. Each event is at 20 targets, $2 entrance. Moneys divided into four equal parts, class shooting. Competition begins at 1 o’clock. n , . - .... The Middlesex, Mass., Gun Club was victorious in the series of 50-target five-man team matches, between Middlesex, Lowell, Boston and Harvard. The totals of the scores made in M|gp four shoots were: Middlesex 841, Lowell 792, Boston 788, Harvard 574. Mr. J. A. Howard writes us that “The Castleton Gun Club, of Staten Island, will hold a shoot on May 30, on the grounds at Castleton Corners. Shooting begins at 10:30 A. M. Targets will be thrown at 1 cent each. - Visitors are always welcome. Take St. George ferry from foot of Whitehall street, New York, and Silver Lake trolley car.” In Trenton, Tenn., the other day three men were killed, three injured and considerable damage done to property by the ex- plosion of some powder in a storehouse . in the rear of a hard- ware store. Robert Phelan, owner of the store, was trying a target gun. It is thought a ball penetrated a can of powder in the storehouse and caused the explosion. The Dubuque, la., Gun Club tournament, June 13-14, is limited to strictly amateur competition. Twelve programme events, 15 and 20 targets, entrance $1.50 and $2, $5 added, are provided. Twelve average prizes, $5 each, are for those who shoot best through the two-day programme. Class shooting. Shooting begins at 9 o clock. Ship shells and guns to the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Co, The Consolidated Sportsitiah’s Association has changed the dates of their tournament from Aug. 29-31 to Aug. 8-10. The place the tournament is Grand Rapids, Mich. . m. At the Boston Gun Club’s sixth annual invitation team shoot sixty-six shooters participated. Eight teams contested, namely, Watertown, Boston No. 1 and- No. 2, Mumford, Derryfield, Bos- ton Athletic, Stoughton and South Framingham. Watertown was first with 125. Ten target events, at 15 and 20 targets, aggre- gating 160 targets, were also shot, and a majority of the con- testants competed in the entire programme. •t In our trap columns the full programme of the G. A. H. is presented. There are many important points in it which con- testants should carefully study. An added feature to the pro- gramme is the five-man State team race, the conditions of which are 100 targets, $35 entrance per team, scratch, high guns. Mr. Elmer E. Shanet, the Secretary-Manager, informs us that the pro- grammes will be put in the mails on Saturday, May 27. Mr. H. S. Noxon, of Wellington, Ont., under date of May 15 writes us: “A gun club has been organized at Picton, Ont., called the Picton Gun Club, with the following officers: President, W. V.- Pettitt; Vice-President, H. S. Noxon; Secretary, Keith Hepburn; Treasurer, E. Spencer. Executive Committee: B. Johnson, I. Mastin, A. Hubbs, B. Crandall, L. Crandall. The regular club shoots will be held on the first and third Thurs- days in each month.” The following cable despatch to the Sun is of special in- terest to trapshooters: “London, May 22. The decision of the Hurlingham Club to drop live pigeon shooting from its list of sports, as lending itself to abominable cruelties, is likely to be followed in other quarters, and is not unlikely to prove a death blow to the sport throughout the country. A large body of people, including well-known sportsmen, and beaded by the Queen, has been fighting energetically for its abolition for a long time past.” Eleven events at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, 70 cents, $1.30, $1*40, $1.50 and $2 entrance, constitute the programme of the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club shoot, May 30. No. 11 is the merchandise event, eleven prizes. Amateur averages, first and second, loving cups;' third, $5 in gold. Professional average, 8-inch cut-glass berry bowl. Class shooting. Practice begins at 9 o’clock. Pro- gramme begins at 11 o’clock. Shells and lunch are obtainable on the grounds. Targets thrown not over 50yds. Shells shipped, prepaid, to Dr. J. B. Pardoe will be delivered on the grounds free. The Westwood, N. J., Gun Club announce a programme of twelve events, 10, 15 and 20 targets, 25, 50 and 75 cents entrance, a total of 180 targets, $5.75 entrance. The three 20-target events have merchandise prizes for the winners of first and second. A handsome prize is offered for high average. Shooting will com- mence at 10:30. Refreshments free to contestants. All shooters are welcome. The officers are: I. L. Hasbrouck, President; B. L. Gruman, Vice-President; E. L. Greenm, Secretary; G. M. Holdrum, Financial Secretary; V. Van Buskirk, Treasurer and Captain; I. Collignon, Lieutenant. #1 Mr John M. Draper, 115 Nassau street, New York, has suc- ceeded in arranging a five-man intercity team match, between trapshooters of New York and St. Louis. Five of the best available expert shooters of St. Louis will shoot at Dupont Park, St Louis, and the same number of available New York expert shooters will shoot on the grounds of the Hudson Gun Club, lersey City, on May 28, at 2 o’clock. The conditions are 100 targets per man, Interstate rules to govern. The prospective contestants are: St. Louis-Messrs. Mermod, H. Spencer, Baggerniau, McCloughlan and Ford. New York-Messrs. Schorte- meier, Piercy, Brugman, Staples and “Jap.” At the Interstate tournament given for the Daviess County Gun Club, Owensboro, Ky., May 17-18, the high averages on the first '.day were made as follows: Professional: First F. C. Riehl, 176 out ..of 200; second, F. M. Faurote, 173; third, C. O. Le Compte, 172. Amateurs: First, Al. Willerding, 177; second, W F. Booker, 166; third, T. D. Riley, 161. Second day: First, F M. Faurote, .192; second, C. O. Le Compte, 183; third, F. C Riehl, 182. Amateurs: First, Al. Willerding, 183; seconld, W. F Booker, 169; third, Guy Starling, 159. Two days’ general aver age: First, F. M. Faurote, 365 cut of 400; second, F. C. Riehl 358; third, C. O. Le Compte, 355. Amateurs: First, Al. Wilier ding, 360; second, W. F. Booker, 335; third, T. D. Riley, 319. The second annual tournament of the Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters, to be held at Butler, Mo., June 13 and 14, has a programme of twelve events each day, of which the ninth, at 25 targets on the first day, is for the L. C. Smith badge. The use of both barrels is permitted in this event. All the other events are at 10, 15 and 20 targets, $1, $1.50 and $2 entrance. A total of $100 is added. Shooting will commence at 9. o’clock. Competition open to amateurs. Manufacturers’ agents may shoot for targets. Class shooting and Rose system. The 16yd. mark for all. One rule is specially commendable, as follows: “Refusing of difficult targets will not be tolerated; the referee will attend to your case.” Ship guns and shells to J. A. Cobb, Butler, Mo., and they will be delivered free on the grounds. K Mr. E. J. Loughlin, Secretary, writes us that “Programmes covering the annual Memorial Day target tournament of the Riverside Gun Club, of Utica, N. Y., are being mailed to sports- men throughout central New York, and, from present indications an unusually large attendance is assured. There are ten sweep- stake events scheduled, a total of 130 targets, with an entrance of $9.65, birds included at IV2 cent each. Eight dollars added to the purses, and moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. No handicaps. For those not desiring to shoot in the sweeps there is $40 worth of free merchandise provided, with added handicaps, and targets one cent each. Shooting will commence at 10 A. M., and Blackbird Club trap and blackbirds will be used. The grounds are located at the foot of Washington street, close to depots.” Bernard Waters. Ossining Gun Club. Ossining, N. Y., May 20,-Following are the prizes donated to date for the tournament of the Ossining Gun Club, May 30. Laflin & Rand, silver cup for high amateur average: Remington silver cup for longest amateur continuous run of breaks, copper cup for high professional average (four entries to make com- petition), G. B. Hubbell; copper samovar, Robt. T Dennis, camera, Chas. W. Floyd; box Havana cigars, Geo. W. Anderson, box stood cigars, A. Rohr; $2.50 fountain pen, John T. Hyland; stein 8 H. M.S Carpenter; 100 shells, Barlow & Co.; 100 shells, W. S Smith & Co.; G. B. pin, C. G. Blandford; four prizes by E. F Ball, D. Brandreth, C. McDonald, W. H. Coleman. All prizes are worth more than entrance fee, $1.50. May 27, 1905.] PORESt AND STREAM WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. May 20 was a pretty day, and there was a fair attendance at the grounds. The last of the; series of contests for the Peters trophy took place to-day. Captain, Andrews and Smith made straight scores, including their handicaps. Faran was high gun in actual breaks with 44. Two scores were shot in the cup race, making 110 entries in all. Peters 21, Williams 18. Mr. S. B. Adams, one of the crack shots of the Portland, Me., Gun Club, was at the grounds, a guest of “Williams,” and broke 41 in the trophy race, a fine showing for a stranger to make here, and breaking 81 per cent, at practice. John Falk, Peters and several others will attend the Franklin tournament next week. There will be a good programme of sweepstakes for May 30, Decoration Day, and every one is in- vited to attend and get a piece of money, as well as have a good time. Peters trophy, 50 targets, handicap added targets: Captain (18) 50, Andrews (12) 50, Smith (16) 50, Black (7) 41, Pohlar (4) 46, Faran (0) 44, Williams (2) 44, Pfieffer (3) 42, Adams (0) 41, Maynard (0) 41, Falk (8) 38, Herman (1) 37. Bleh with 92.2 per cent, in this race, is a safe winner, but the decision will not be officially announced until to-day’s scores have been added. Notes. Eleven members attended the shoot of the Dayton Gun Club on May 19. The club has not yet selected a date for its mid- summer shoot, but will make arrangements for a big one. The Central Covington, Ky., Gun Club will hold a shoot every two weeks up to Oct. 27, beginning with May 21. The' contest will be for a trophy donated by the Peters Cartridge Co., and the one having the largest score at the close of the season will be presented with the medal. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, May 20.— The inclosed scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the fifth trophy shoot of the first series. Dr. Meek and Thomas tied for Class A trophy on 20; Keck won Class B on the same score, and Barnard won Class C on No cup shoot to-day. After the trophy shoot Dr. Meek and Stone captained teams formed by choosing sides. Dr. Meek’s team won by a score of 119%, Stone’s team 96%, Ditt’s score being divided and half counted on each side. The shoot was at 15 singles and 5 pairs. The day was a fairly good one for target shooting, but no good scores were made, partly on account of a rear wind, which caused the targets to fly badly at times. Events : Targets: Keck Dr Reynolds Dr Meek.... Dr Shaw Jr. Eaton Thomas .... Smedes Barnard .... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 6 8 .. 20 6354.... 8 9 9 7 10 8 8 20 7 7 8 7 .... 20 6 77 8 5 10 14 2 5 4 5 5 8 20 7 7 7 7 .... 15 7 8 7 5 6 .. 18 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 Gould 5 6 5 7 4 7 11 Eckert 7 8 8 .... 19 Kissack 5 7 6 5 13 McDonald 6 6 ..... 13 George .. 6 6 3 8 14 Ditt 5 4 5 3 14 Stone ...... 5 4 13 Ostendorp 5 8 17 Team shoot, 15 singles, 5 pairs; Dr. Meek and Mr. Stone captains. Scores : S. D. Dr Meek 11 5 Eaton 13 8 Keck 11 4 Smedes 11 5 Eckert 12 7 Barnard 10 3 Kissack 12 2 Ditt 5 4 Score 112% S. D. Stone 9 6 Thomas , 11 8 Dr Reynolds 19 1 Gould 11 6 McDonald 9 4 Ostendorp 10 2 George 10 6 Ditt 6 4 Score 96% Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec’y. At Mason City. Mason City, 111., May 19. — There was an attempt made to hold a tournament here. May 18 was the day set apart, and.it proved a “Jonah,” as the attendance was small. Owing to the boys laying off for the State shoot, which comes off next week, and other shoots in this and surrounding States together with the farmers’ most busy season coming on same clay, the gathering of target smashers was quite limited. This club can muster about 20 shooters when the season suits their convenience, and some rousing county shoots can and have been held, but the members of late were busy with sowing their corn crops. The grounds, club house and trap used are all first- class. In J. D. Wilson, the hardware man, the club has a man who is there with the proper amount of “get up,” and takes the whole responsibility of getting everything _ together and keeping the machinery well oiled and smooth running. Those "who came and were, disappointed at not finding more shooters present were Guy Burnside, Knoxville, 111. ; H. C. Connor, Pekin, 111.; W. “Dod” Gilbert, Philadelphia, 111.; W. Mangold, San Jose, 111.; Henry Gleason, Fairview, 111., and the home boys: A. L. Mulford, Chas. Wandle, J. D. Wilson, A. D. Abbott, George Burkhart, C. A. Stone, et al. The club has a good home in the southern part of town; good club house, good, level grounds facing east, in which is placed one of the “club” traps. Thus all worked well for the shooters except that there was a very poor light, or some kind of a “skum over the eye,” and missing was “catching.” Mr. Mulford was high with 129 out of 160. Mr. Burnside sec- ond, 123; Mr. Connors third, 111. There were no professional shooters present, but the Winches- ter Company had Ward Burton, and the U. M. C. Co. “Tramp,” while not shooting, they are both experienced, and they were giving the younger shooters present some points. In Other Places. The Fort Worth, Texas, Gun Club is now contesting for the Laflin & Rand Infallible trophy. Shoots are held Fridays. All visiting sportsmen made to feel “at home.” Attorney Bootenshone, of Council Idaho, visited Weisner last week for the purpose of taking part in the gun club practice shoot. Edward Dickman had fourteen pupils out at his matinee in- structive shoot at the Indianapolis Gun Club grounds on Wednes- day last. The Kendallville, Ind., Gun Club was organized last November and has fifteen members. Officers are: President, C. P. Bruck; Secretary, W. H. Bowen; Treasurer, P. G. Klinkenberg, While shooting at Chestnut, Man., Thomas Dixon was scared, but not hurt by the bursting of the gun barrel. No explanation of the same can be given, but it is reasonable to suppose that there was some obstruction in the barrel and that the damage to the gun could have been avoided by a look through the barrel previous to the insertion of the shell. The Corner Rod and Gun Club at Fort Wayne, Ind., was opened for 1905 on May 21. There was music, sports and pastimes of various kinds. Chas. W. Budd, accompanied by Earl B. Moore was in Green Bay, Wis., last week, and gave an interesting exhibition of target shooting. Marengo, Iowa, Gun Club have ordered a fine silver cup to be given as a trophy for the highest score made by a member during the season. The effort of the Jonesville, Wis., trapshots to locate the club grounds near to Beloit will be much appreciated by those of the latter town, who delight in the bang of the scatter gun. At the shoot held at Traverse City, Mich., the home team with a score of 95 won the cup. East Jordon was second with 87. Manton third 75. Kinsley fourth. In this shoot Carter, of the Traverse City Club, made 24 out of 25. The next team shoot will be held at Mancelona. The Erie, Kans., Gun Club lately paid a visit to Thayer for the purpose of holding a team shoot. G. N. Ford, who is now a guard at the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., has “blossomed” out champion shotgun, rifle and pistol shot, and will show the boys some tricks at the various meets of the Leavenworth Gun Club. The Hunters Arms Co. trophy will be regularly competed for by the members of the North End Club, of Port Huron, Mich. There is a boom on in the trapshooting line at Buffalo, N. Y. The Country Club have decided to add an automatic trap to their outdoor equipment. Geo. Blustine and Harold G. Meadows are leaders in the movement. When the Illinois State convention of trapshooters meets at Lincoln, 111., May 24, there will be at least two applicants for the meeting for 1906, viz., Bloomington and Chicago. The Canton, Mo., Trapshooting Club are fully wide awake this year, holding regular practice shoots and also tournaments. L. H. Condit is President; M. Goetz, Secretary, and J. F. Cooksey, manager of shoots. The announcement comes from Lincoln, 111., that the State tournament will be managed by W. “Tramp” Irwin, the old-time champion wing shot. ' Mrs. M. F. Sheard, of Tacoma, whose husband is a crack shot, will be one of the competitors at the Portland shoot. The South Bend, Ind., Gun Club will hold the annual meeting Tuesday, and then there will be some trapshooting to announce from that part of Indiana. At the target tournament held at Rantoul, Ill.,_ the master of ceremonies was the well-known W. “Tramp” Irwin, of Chicago, a trade representative. Mr. Marley, of Butte, Mont., has challenged Mr. Drum- goole, of Anaconda for the Brownlee medal, and the contest will likely be held Sunday. This will be the last shoot for this medal. The Crookston, Minn., Gun CluJ> members are quite active. The Peters trophy, is causing them to get out at least weekly to the traps. We have been shown a photo of the Jefferson County Gun Club grounds, otherwise the old Louisville, Ky., Gun Club, and it shows that this club has now a delightful home, being three miles out from the city along the line of the Interurban R. R. Bright skies and very favorable weather conditions were features of the Missoula, Mont., Gun Club meet held last Sunday. There were fifty present, which shows that much interest is taken this year. The next shoot will take place at Rolling Fork, Miss., in June, according to the schedule of the Mississippi Delta Trapshooters’ League. Flow Club, of St. Joseph, Mo., has held its first meeting, using the traps of the Metropolitan Club. “Pop” Heikes was popping away at a lively rate when he won the high average at the Michigan shoot, in the face of a very strong wind. Remember that the championship of Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana will be contested for on June 16, at the Limited Gun Club grounds, Indianapolis. Great Bend, Kans., Gun Club, has a faculty of doing things in a great way, so at a meeting it was decided to send the three best shots to the State shoot at the expense of the club. The Erie, Kans., Gun Club is the proud possessor of an auto- matic trap. The Erie boys are feeling their oats, and will be- come so proficient that soon matches with other teams will be pulled off. Arrangements are well under way by the Menominee, Mich., Gun Club for the publishing of the largest programme ever gotten out in the Upper Peninsula for the Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula, which comes off in July. A Central Texas League has been formed, composed of the following towns: Bremand, Kosse, Groesbeck, Mexia, Corsicana, Ennis, Hubbard City, Coolidge, Waco, Gatesville, Mart, Martin, and Riesel. The opening shoot was held May 16 and 17 at Wooton Welles, for which the Railroads made excursion rates. The men behind the scheme are the well-known trap promoters W. A. Holt, of Waco, and R. J. Jackson, of Mexia. The Troy, O., Gun Club has leased new grounds. It has a boom. Many business men are joining, and there are thirty-five members at the present writing. Pigeon shooting, on the ground that it is not only inhuman, but an out-of-date sport, is likely to be abolished from the Hurling- ham Club. A resolution to this effect was to be brought up at the annual meeting, and the chairman, the Earl of Ancester, and Gen. Sir P. Stewart, were to force its passage. All arrangements are reported as completed by those in charge of the Minneapolis, Minn., tournament, which comes off May 26 and 27. West Duluth, Minn., Gun Club was compelled to postpone the shoot scheduled for last Sunday, as the trap had not arrived. The Fremont, O., Gun Club will hold a tournament June 21 and 22. Valuable prizes will be awarded. The gun club that Tramp Irwin was seeking to organize at Pekin is now duly at work breaking targets. The officers have been duly installed. A certain club has served notice that all not members of the club will be charged 2 cents each for targets, while the members will pay one cent. Some of the best shots in the Territory are members of the Elreno, Oklahoma, Gun Club. There is a large membership, and the club meets every Friday. The Morgan Gun Club was not abandoned, as reported at Ster- ling, 111., as it held a shoot last Thursday, at which W. Mc- Whorter made the highest score for the medal. He held it when the last shoot was held, which closed the 1904 season. The Gas City Gun Club, and the Marion, Ind., Gun Club met on last P'riday and held a friendly shoot. George Davidson and J. T. Hood, of Bisbee, Ariz., being en- thusiasts such as are needed in every town, have organized a gun club, and will soon be ready for practice on the clay target. There has also been a club started among the car shop men. The members have ordered targets, bought new guns, and are getting “swelled up.” Some talk of a team match has sprung up through the bantering of members. . Randolph, O., has a gun club which meets every Saturday, Mr. M. O. Austin says, “He is past three-score and ten, and his eyesight is dim, yet he thinks he can beat any of the scores made by the members so far.” "Dr. W. S. Holloway, of the Bridge City, Gun Club, Logans- port, Ind., secured the highest score, and will wear the cham- pionship badge until some one overtops him. The New York Stale Shoot. The programme of the New York State Sportsmen’s Association tournament, to be held at Utica, N. Y., June 13 to' 16, is now ready for distribution. The programme contains eighty pages, and will be of interest to every trapshooter. Every effort has been put forth to make this shoot a success. . Two different advance notices have already been sent to every trapshooter in the State, which will be followed by another. The tournament will be under the direction and supervision of Mr. John Parker, of Detroit, Mich., who has had a wiespread experience in managing large shoots. Four Leggett traps and a carload of bluerocks have been received, and will have the personal attention of Mr. Chas. North. The meeting of the Association will be held at Bagg’s Hotel, Monday evening, June 12, 8 o’clock. On Tuesday, June 13 at 9 A. M., the shooters will leave in a body to attend the dedication of the monument of the late E. D. Fulford. Programme for the New York State events, consists of 485 tar- gets, being eight 20-target events each day, $2 entrance, $100 being added. The money will be divided percentage system, 30,. 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. There will also be, under the heading State Open Events, each day eight 20-target events, $2 entrance; open to all amateurs. In addition to the above, there will be open1 sweep- stakes each day, open to the world, no one barred, consisting of five 25-target events,' $2.50 entrance, Two Leggett traps will be used for the State events, one for the open amateur, events, and the others for the events open to all. Five per cent, of all the purses in the New York State events will be deducted for daily averages, viz., 20, 17%, 15, 12%, 10, 10, 8 and 7 per cent. In addition to these, there will be two special prizes for the best averages in the State events for the three days; $50 in cash for the first, and one Marlin repeating shotgun, 16-gauge, value $25, for' the second. ’ On Thursday, June 15, will be held the Oneida County Handi- cap event, at 50 targets. Handicaps, 14 to 22yds.; entrance $5, which will be open to all. High guns win. There will be ten valuable prizes, the first of which is a piano, valued at $300. Friday, June 16, the Dead Richmond trophy, valued at $1,500, will be shot for. Open to three teams from State of New York, 25 targets per man. On this day the New York city trophy will also be shot for; open to New York State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion shooters. This trophy is a solid silver loving cup, donated by the shooters of New York city. This event will be at 100 targets, entrance $5, $50 added, the money divided, first, 50 per cent, of purse and trophy; second, 30 per cent, of purse, and third, 20 per cent, of purse. The fourth event on Thursday, June 15, at 25 targets, is the grand merchandise event, $5 entrance, which contains sixty valu- able prizes. The prizes have been arranged for six different classes of ties, each having ten prizes. The committee in charge have fully endeavored to make this shoot the largest and best in the history of the Association, and especially request every one who has not already received a programme to send for one at once. We hope every trapshooter will put forth a strong effort to attend. Jas. W. Brown, Sec’y. No, 65 Taylor Ave., Utica, N. Y, . . JIN NEW JERSEY. Fairview Gun Club. Fairview, N. J., May 20. — Event 3 was for the Mullerite medal. The weather was windy. Scores: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 Con Sedore 12 16 12 18 17 Untereiner 12 7 5 16 17 Matzen 16 13 8 17 . . H Von Lengerke. 21 14 9 17 .. Sooth Side Newark, N. J., May 20. — The Scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets : 25 15 25 25 25 25 25 Engle 20 . . 22 22 . . 24 21 Tobes 15 . . 15 19 17 20 ‘Nott 18 .. 17 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 G Sauer 13 16 12 16 19 Ed Collins 17 19 .. 16 20 Chas Sedore 15 17 13 17 19 Unger 12 14 . . 15 18 Gun Club. weather was exceedingly windy. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Targets: 25 15 25 25 25 25 25 Turton 2 .. 3 .. 15 18 Osgood 6 14 10 . . 14 . . Lewis 21 Carteret Gun Club. Garden City, L. L, May 20. — The five-man team shoot of the Carteret Gun Club had five contestants. The star performer was Mr. J. S. S. Remsen, who broke 49 out of 50. The Yale team won the cup by a score of 204. The Crescent - team was second with a score of 201. The expert Mr. S. M. Van Allen acted as referee. Scores: Yale. Crescent A. C. 1st 25. 2d 25. Tot’l. 1st 25. 2d 25. Tot’ Pugsley ....25 25 32 Lott 18 19 37 Morrison .... ....23 22 45 Lockwood . 19 18 37 White ....19 21 40 Grinnell ... 16 20 36 R S Thompson. .22 19 41 Kryn 22 20 42 — Remsen ... 25 24 49 204 — 201 Westchester Country 1 Club. Nassau Country Club. Benkard .... ....10 18 28 Geddes 22 13 35 T R Hoyt.... ....17 18 35 Whitney . . 22 19 41 Scott . . . .15 18 33 Busch 18 15 33 Caswell ....16 IS 34 Loring 15 18 33 R C Watson, Jr. 18 21 39 Hooper 20 20 40 169 182 Carteret Gun Club. McAlpin . . . . ....19 20 39 Norton ......19 22. 41 Painter ....22 17 39 Pierce ......19 20 39 W S Hoyt ....17 16 33 — 191 Indianapolis Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., May 13.— Moore won Peters badge. Moore, Morris, Gregory, Anderson, Parry, Moller, Dixon and Finley tied for club' trophy. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner paid us a visit on the 14th inst., and we took him out to the grounds. He seemed very well pleased and had but few suggestions to offer. Ask him. He knows what he will get on our grounds. Events : 12 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 Moore 22 22 24 24 21 25 Morris 15 20 19 15 12 14 Gregory 20 20 22 19 18 24 Anderson 20 21 21 19 18 23 Parry 22 23 22 23 21 21 Steele .13 15 17 15 . . Rhodes 6 15 15 15 ... . Clark 17 Moller ......... 22 18 22 22 19 Dixon 22 23 20 19 20 Finley IS 22 21 17 24 Short 22 17 24 18 . . Nash 20 17 i Will 14 14 15 Wise 22 23 24 24 . . . . Bill 1814 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 Wands . . . 17 12 Dickman . . . 25 23 22 24 . . . . Ivery . . . 22 14 Armstrong .. . . . 18 18 18 21 . . . . Ilice . . . 20 21 Douglass ... . . . 14 19 10 . . . . . . Beck ...11 9 Field ... 10 16 Overman . . . . . . 16 12 . . . . . . . . Mack . . . 11 10 13 13 . . . . Mrs O ... 6 1-Ia.nn . . . 12 16 Mand ... 12 Koehne ... 3 Gasper ... 18 .. Sheepshead Bay Gun Club. Sheepshead Bay, L. I., May 18. — Messrs. E. Carolan and Capt. Dreyer tied in the medal event, which is No. 7, and the figures in the column preceding are the handicap allowances in that event. In the medal event, some of the contestants shot twice, merely for the sake of filling squads. The scores: Events : Targets: *Schorty '■Williamson Cooper ;.... M cKane *J onas ^Bergen Montanus *Martin Carolan Spinner- Capt Dreyer *Garms *Voorhies - ..... *F Scho verling *Schorty Voorhies Cooper *Did not compete in medal event. 1 2 3 4 5 6 25 25 25 25 25 Hp. 25 20 21 22 20 22 .. .. 21 16 14 .. .. .. 19 16 16 .. 15 13 9 21 18 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 19 18 .. ..19 .. 17 16 .. .. .. 18 .. 19 .. 20 14 5 19 .. 18 19 .. .. .. 19 .. 9 8 .... 13 23 .. 11 7 12 .. .. 17 14 .. 10 23 .. .. 9 .. .. .. 17 .. .. 5 21 .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 22 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 Ashlacd Gun Club. Lexington, Ky., May 18. — Enclosed herewith find scores of the Fayette Gun Club of this city at a regular club shoot, Thursday afternoon, May 18. This club shoots every Thursday afternoon, and visiting shooters are always welcome. Targets are thrown 55yds., low and swift. The background is perfect, however, and the luxuriant blue grass, half-knee high, preserves every target not broken in the air. The club has a membership of over sixty, and the sport is a very popular one here. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 10 10 25 15 15 J Q Ward 8 10 20 12 11 J W Woolly 8 9 25 15 14 Judge G Kinkead. 7 8 14 8 9 L B Shouse 8 6 15 5 5 W Luxon 3 6 19 7 . . W V Green 6 .. 16 10 9 G Stoll 6 .. 15 6 9 W Dwyer 5 . . 14 9 . . W Drummy 7 . . 22 11 . . L Fieber ......... 6 . . 13 12 . . Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Targets : 10 10 25 15 15 R H Smith 8 7 31 13 11 R R Skinner 8 9 19 14 .. T B Satterwhite. . 7 . . 17 12 . . W Rennick 2 ... 10 8 .. . J Offutt 2 3.. 8 7 J E Pepper 2 3 F C Bell 6 .. 19 .. .. Ed P Perry 7 . . 15 14 . . P Morgan 3 3 .. W B Wilkerson.. 4 Event No. 3 was qualifying handicap for club trophy. Monk. New York Athletic Club. Travers Island, N. Y., May 20. — The May cup, 50 targets, had five contestants. Scores: A. O. Fleischmann (scratch) 33, T. J. McCahill (10) 41, A. W. Hibbard (6) 33, F. R. White (12) 32, W. D. Rose (8) 40. No. 2, 25 targets: T. J. McCahill (4) 23, A. W. Hibbard (3) 14, F. R. White (6) .19, W. D. Rose (4) 25, Dr. Brown (7) 19, Dr. Williams (7) 25, J. D. Calhoun (4) 19, A. O. Fleischmann (0) 21. No. 3: A. W. Hibbard (3) 17, J. D. Calhoun (4) 21, Dr. Williams. (6) 17, Dr. Brown (7) 18, A. 0. Fleischmann (0) 22, F. R. White (6) 13. No. 4, butt below the elbow: Dh. Brown (7) 16, A. O. Fleisch- mann (0) 15, Dr. Williams (6) 14, F. R. White (6) 12, A. W. Hib- bard (3) 16, J. D. Calhoun (4) 24. No'. 5: A. O. Fleischmann (0) 18, J. D. Calhoun (4) 20 Dr. Williams (6) 21, A. W. Hibbard (3) 13, Dr. Brown (7) 21. Special match, 25 targets: J. D. Calhoun (2) 13, A. O. Fleisch- mann (0) 17, .. _ i . .. . 426 FOREST AND STREAM [May 27, 1905. The Interstate Association's Programme. Following is the programme of the Interstate Association’s G. A. H.: The sixth Grand American Handicap target tournament will he held on the grounds of the Indianapolis Gun. Club, Indian- apolis, Ind., June 27 to 30 inclusive. In presenting this programme we feel that we need offer no apology for the choice of grounds as above. The expierence of last year, when the largest number of contestants ever gathered together on any shooting grounds to take part in a target tournament were handled without any trouble, fully warranted the selection of the Indianapolis Gun Club grounds as the scene for the big event of 1905. Our aim has been to make the Grand American Handicap the largest event of its kind, and to make it a tournament that trapshooters liked to come to. Our efforts have always been in this direction, and the increased efforts on our part have not been unnoticed or disapproved by the trapshooting fraternity of this country. To handle a handicap event at targets, and handle it suc- cessfully, is always a difficult matter; sometimes the effort suc- ceeds, more often it fails. It is with a direct knowledge of this condition of affairs, a knowledge born of actual experience, that the system of dividing the total number of contestants into sections was introduced at last year’s Grand American Handicap. The plan as outlined proved all that had been claimed in its favor. It established perfect equity as to weather, light, wait, tifnes of day, etc., and gave such perfect satisfaction to all that it will be used at this year’s tournament. 50 much was written last year about the shooting grounds of the Indianapolis Gun Club, both in the columns of the sportsmen’s journals and of the daily press, that, it seems almost a work of supererogation to go once more into a description of these perfectly-appointed shooting grounds. There are none like them anyw'here else on the face of the earth, and they must be seen to be appreciated and thoroughly understood. More people can shoot at the same time, and more targets can be trapped per hour, than anywhere else that can be named. Last year the enormous number of 155,300 targets were trapped in four and one-half days. So much for the facilities for fast trapping on the Indianapolis Gun Club grounds. While there is always more or less discomfort at other shooting grounds, whether the day be wet or fine, and whether the number of contestants be small or large, at the Indianapolis Gun Club grounds the weather and size of crowd cuts very little figure. The experience gained from each preceding Grand American Handicap has invariably resulted in improved methods for the smooth running of its successors. Last year’s tournament was no exception to the rule, and for that reason we feel confident that each participant in the sixth Grand American Handicap will find every arrangement more perfect than ever. All entries for the Grand American Handicap at targets must be made on application blanks. Ho not wait until the Iasi moment to make your entry. Last year’s Grand American Handi- cap would have been the greater by several entries had some over-deliberate applicants been permitted to enter after entries were closed. No exception was made in favor of any one. The same rule is in force this year. If you don’t make your entry in time, it will not be accepted. Additional application blanks can be secured by addressing Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., 219 Coltart Square, Pittsburg, Pa. Remember, if you take part in the tournament, you must abide by the rules and conditions as announced in this programme. You are earnestly requested to read the programme carefully, as several radical changes have been made from the usual manner of conducting tournaments, and contestants are required to conform. Ignorance of the rules is no excuse for any error or oversight relating to the competition. All contestants are ex- pected to be on the grounds by 9 A. M., each day. Failing therein, each contestant is responsible for his acts of negligence. Division of money in the preliminary handicap, the Grand American Handicap at targets, the consolation handicap and the State team event. High guns win — not class shooting: I to 10 entries, two moneys — 60 and 40 per cent. II to 20 entries, six moneys — 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 21 to 30 entries, six moneys — 30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10 per cent. 31 to 40 entries, eight moneys — 25, 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 5 and 5 per cent. 41 to 50 entries, ten moneys — 22, 18, 14, 11, 10, 8, 5, 5, 4 and 3 per cent. 51 to 60 entries, twelve moneys — 20, 16, 13, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3 and 2 per cent. 61 to 70 entries, fourteen moneys — 18, 15, 12, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, and 2 per cent. 71 to 80 entries, sixteen moneys — 16, 14, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 81 to 90 entries eighteen moneys — 15, 13, 10, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 91 to 100 entries, twenty moneys — 14, 12, 9, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 101 to 110 entries, twenty-two moneys — 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3. 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. III to 120 entries, twenty-four moneys — 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 121 to 130 entries, twenty-six moneys — 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 131 to 140 entries, twenty-eight moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 2 per cent. 141 to 150 entries, thirty moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 and 1 per cent. 151 to 160 entries, thirty-two moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2-, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 161 to 170 entries, thhty-four monevs — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, and 1 per cent. 171 to 180 entries, thirty-six moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 181 to 190 entries, thirty-eight moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 191 to 200 entries, forty moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 201 to 210 entries, forty-two moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 211 to 220 entries, forty-four moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 221 to 230 entries, forty-six moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 231 to 240 entries, forty-eight moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. 241 to 250 entries, and over, fifty moneys — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 per cent. Briefly summarizing the foregoing, it will be noted that two places are created for each ten entries or fractions thereof up to two hundred and fifty. First Day, June 27. Ten events at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $25 added in all events at unknown angles. No handicaps. Manufacturers’ agents, paid representatives, etc., may shoot in the above events for targets only. Second ;c Day, June 28. Preliminary handicap, open to all, 100 targets, unknown angles, $7 entrance — targets included, handicaps 14 to 22yds., high guns —not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. The handicaps contestants receive for the Grand American Handicap at targets will govern in this event. The number of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be determined by the number of entries received. In addition to first money, the winner will receive a trophy, fifty dollars of the net purse being reserved to purchase same. If you want to take part in the preliminary handicap, you must make entry at the cashier’s office on the shooting grounds before 5 P. M., Tuesday, June 27. Penalty entries will not be taken. An entry is not transferable, and entrance money cannot be withdrawn after entry has been made. State team event, open to amateurs only. Each team shall consist of five contestants, who are bona fide residents of the same State. One hundred targets per man — 500 targets per team, P5 entrance per team, targets included, no handicaps, high guns- hot class shooting. The number of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be determined by the number of entries received. In addition to first money, the members of the winning team will each receive a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. Entries must be made at the cashier’s office on the shooting grounds before 5 P. M., Tuesday, June 27. Names of contestants must be announced at time of making entry, and no substitution of names will be permitted after entries are closed. Penalty entries will not be taken. An entry is not transferable, and entrance money cannot be withdrawn after entry has been made. Third Day, June 29. Grand American Handicap at targets, open to all, 100 targets, unknown angles, $10 entrance — targets included — handicaps, 14 to 22yds., high guns — not class shooting, $200 added to the purse. The number of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be determined by the number of entries received. In addition to first money, the winner will receive a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. Regular entries must be made on or before Saturday, June 17, and must be accompanied by $5 forfeit. Penalty entries may be made after June 17, up to 5 P. M., Wednesday, June 28, by pay- ing $15 entrance — targets included. An entry is not transferable, and entrance money cannot be withdrawn after entry has been made. Fourth Day, June 30. Five 20-target events, $2 entrance, $25 added, events at unknown angles. No handicaps. Manufacturers’ agents, paid representatives, ets., may shoot in the above events for targets only. Event No. 6, consolation handicap, open to all, 100 targets, un- known angles, $7 entrance — targets included, handicaps 14 to 22yds., high guns — not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. \\ inners of money in the Grand American Handicap at targets will have lyd. added to their handicaps, and non-winners of money in the Grand American Handicap at targets will go in lyd. The num- ber of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be de- termined by the number of entries received. In addition to first money the winner will receive a trophy, $50 of the net purse being reserved for the same. If you want to take part in the events scheduled for this day, you must make entry at the cashier’s office on the shooting grounds before 5 P. M., Thursday, June 29. Penalty entries will not be taken for these events. An entry is not transferable and entrance money cannot be withdrawn after entry has been made. It is with great pleasure that the Interstate Association an- nounces that it has secured the services of a Handicap Committee composed of five men, each of whom is thoroughly well qualified to judge of the individual merits of the contestants, and to award handicaps accordingly. By accepting the arduous duties that are always attached to the office of handicapper, the committee as a whole, and each member as an individual, is entitled to the warmest thanks of the Interstate Association, and the same are hereby cheerfully and publicly tendered. The committee is constituted as follows: E. H. Tripp, Indian- apolis, Ind., Chairman; Lem Willard, Chicago, 111.; F. E. Mallory, Parkersburg, W. Va. ; P. C. Ward, Walnut Log, Tenn. ; Frank Alkire, Williamsport, O. With the utmost confidence it is predicted that this committee will not fall below the estimate that has been placed upon it. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Interstate Association, will be Secretary to the Committee, but will not have a vote in the handicapping of contestants. The committee will meet at the English Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind., Saturday, June 24, but handicaps will not be announced until the next day. Amateurs. In case a contestant’s amateur standing is questioned by a subscriber, or by the representative of a subscriber, to the Interstate Association, he will be required to sign the following form of certificate before he may take part in the competition as an amateur: CERTIFICATE. Town: — - County:— State:— Date : — - Tournament given by the Interstate Association under the auspices of the of Acting in accordance with a request made to me by Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager of the Interstate Association and of this tournament, I do hereby state that I am not a manufacturers’ representative as defined by the said Association in its special ru;e governing same; that no portion of my expenses in attending this tournament is paid or is to be paid by any manufacturer of guns, shells, or powder, or by any of his agents; that none of the shells which I have been using for the past three months, nor of the shells which I am using and intend to use in this tournament, have been donated to me by any manufacturer of guns, shells or powder, or by any of his agents; that no manu- facturer of guns, shells or powder nor any of his agents has paid me any sum for using his gun, shells or powder, or for any other purpose for trade reasons for the past three months, and that by the above it is clearly understood that I have at all times during the past three months paid not less than regular whole- sale market prices for all such goods used by me. In testimony whereof I hereto affix my full name and place of residence, Name: Residence: Shooting will commence at 9 A. M., sharp each day. The grounds will be open for practice and sweepstakes shooting on the afternoon of Monday, June 26. The Interstate Association trapshooting rules will govern all points not otherwise provided for. Note that Section 1, Rule II, of the target rules, relating to bore of gun, is not in force at this tournament. No guns larger than 10-gauge allowed. Weight of guns unlimited. Black rm’-der barred. Targets will be thrown about 50yds. Five automatic traps will be use-. Price of targets 2 cents each, included in all entrances. The Interstate Association reserves the right to re- fuse any entry. The standard bore of gun is No. 12, and in the handicap events all contestants will be handicapped on that basis. Contestants using guns of smaller bore must stand on the mark allotted to them. The Interstate Association reserves the right to select two cartridges from each contestant — to test the same for proper leading — the selection to be made at any time when a contestant is at the firing point. In case entries are so numerous that darkness or other cause prevents the finish of any events the same day they are commenced, the management reserves the authority to stop the shooting at any time it may deem it nece ;sary. In this case, weather permitting, the shooting will begin, v. here left off, at 9 A. M., sharp the next day. “Shooting names” will not be used at this tournament. Shooting “for targets only” is open to manufacturers’ agents solely. All other contestants must make entry for the purses. There will be no practice shooting allowed, or preliminary events shot, prior to the commencing of the regular events scheduled fer the day. Entries for the second day’s events (the preliminary handicap, and the State team event), and entries for the fourth day’s events (the consolation handicap included) close at 5 P. M., the day before they are scheduled to be shot. All entries for these events must be made by that time, as penalty entries will not be taken for them. Last year a number of shooters who neglected to make their entries each day at the proper time as a conse- quence found that they could not make them at all. No personal plea or any other plea served to change the situation. The same rules are in force this year, and shooters must live up to them or suffer the consequences. A contestant who takes part in the tournament any day must make entry for all events called for by the programme of that day, with the exception of the State team event. Entries will not be taken for less than the total number of events (the handicap events included) scheduled for the day. In case a contestant, after making entry, fails to take part in any event, or events, his entrance will be forfeited for that particular event or events, and the amount so forfeited will be added to the purse the same as if he had contested. This rule is made necessary by the outlook for an exceptionally large entry list, and it will be impossible to keep this large tournament working smoothly unless the squads are kept intact. Under the system in force at this tournament the greater part of the compiler of scores’ work must be accomplished at night; consequently, winners of money in any event cannot se- cure the amounts due them until the next day following that on which the competition takes place. This rule will be in force during the entire tournament, with the exception of the last day, when winners of money can secure the amount due them within one hour after the last event has been completed. Contestants who ask to have their cashier slips or compiler of scores’ cards countersigned, for the purpose of securing any bonus offered as an inducement to use certain goods, will be con- sidered as manufacturers’ agents, and will so be classed at future Interstate Association tournaments. The purses in all events except the three handicaps and the State team event will be divided according to the Rose system into four moneys at the ratio of S-5-3-2. The Interstate Association adds $1,000, of which amount $225 is reserved to purchase trophies — $100 for a trophy for the winner of first money in the Grand American Handicap, and $125 for five trophies, one for each member of the team winning first money in the State team event. The Interstate Association reserves the authority to postpone the Grand American Handicap at targets on account of bad weather or other important cause if, in the judgment of the Management, such postponement is necessary. The manner of shooting the Grand American Handicap at Targets (and, in fact, all events scheduled for the tournament) is as follows: Five automatic traps will be used, and five different events will be commenced at the same time, one respectively at each trap. The total number of qualified contestants will be divided into five sections, as nearly equal in number as possible, and a section will be started at the same time at each trap. After all members of a section have finished competing at their trap, they will pass on to the next trap and compete there, and so on until they have competed at each of the five traps. For example: Say we have 200 entries — 40 squads of five men each. Divide the 40 squads into five sections, and it would make eight squads to each section. Squads 1 to 8 would compose the first section. Squads 9 to 16 would compose the second section. Squads 17 to 24 would compose the third section. Squads 25 to 32 would compose the fourth section, and squads 33 to 40 would compose the fifth section. These sections simul- taneously would be started at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 traps re- spectively. After all squads of a section finished competing at a particular trap, their entire section would pass on to the next trap and compete there, and so on, until they had competed at the entire five traps. The foregoing arrangement will do away with a squad shooting 100 targets “off the reel,” right down the line of five traps. Yet a true equity will be maintained, as each contestant will com- pete alike in each particular event. The manufacturers’ agent making the highest score in the Grand American Flandicap, from his handicap distance, will be presented with a trophy known as the “Scarecrow Cup,” donated by Mr. Fred A. Stone of the “Wizard of Oz” theatrical company. The official score will be kept on a score board in plain view of the contestant. It will be the duty of the contestant to see to it that the right result is recorded. In case of error it will be the duty of the contestant in whose score the mistake has oc- curred to have it corrected before he fires at two more targets, otherwise the score must stand as shown on the score board. In case a contestant’s view of the score board is interfered with through any cause, he may refuse to shoot until the result of his last shot can be seen. In the handicap events ties that are shot off will be at 20 targets per man, and the original distances contestants stand at will govern. Through the courtesy of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- pany, Mr. Fred. C. Whitney, of Des Moines, la., will again have charge of the cashier’s office. Mr. Whitney has few equals, and no superiors, in this position. The office of compiler of scores will be filled by Mr. J. K. Starr, of Philadelphia. His services the last five seasons in a similar capacity is a sufficient guarantee of excellent results. It is requested that entries for the Grand American Handicap at targets be made in ample time to permit the sending of receipt and admission ticket, and for same to reach the maker of entry prior to his departure for Indianapolis. All entries must be accompanied by the maker’s full name and address. When making an entry by mail, remittances covering the amount of forfeit ($5) should be made by bank check, draft, post- office money-order, express money-order, or registered letter. Bank checks, drafts, or bills of exchange, will not be received at the cashier’s office in payment for balance due on entries; nor will any check, draft, or bill of exchange be cashed during the tournament. This rule will be strictly enforced. To reach shooting grounds from hotels in Indianapolis, take the Plainfield Electric Line cars, leaving Terminal station, corner of Illinois and Market streets, direct to the grounds. The fare in 10 cents. An admission fee will not be charged, but in order to keep out any undesirable element, admittance to the shooting grounds will be by card of admission which can be obtained, free of charge, by applying to any of the subscribers to the Interstate Associa- tion, or the Indianapolis Gun Club. The comfort and convenience of contestants, as well as spec- tators, has been looked after carefully. A warm and substantial lunch will be served at the club grounds each day for the sum of 50 cents. There will not be any lockers. The club house will contain a sufficient number of gun racks to meet all requirements. The management of the Indianapolis Gun Club will provide a room for guns, shells and clothing, and it will be in charge of a com- petent watchman; but as contestants will have free access to this room at all times, they must be responsible for their own belongings. The Interstate Association will not be responsible for guns, shells, clothing, etc., under any circumstances. Guns, ammunition, etc., forwarded by express must be prepaid and sent to Indianapolis Gun Club, 121 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. Mark your own name on the box that goods are shipped in, and it will be delivered at the shooting grounds free of charge. Please note that shipments on which charges have not been paid will positively not be received. All standard factory loaded shells of the Union Metallic Car- tridge Company, Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the Peters Cartridge Company will be for sale on the grounds, and any special loads will be furnished and delivered to the grounds by Mr. James W. Bell, Secretary Indianapolis Gun Club, 121 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. Rate of a fare and a third for the round trip, on the certificate plan, has been granted from all points in the territory of the Central Passenger Association, Trunk Line Association, Western Passenger Association, Southeastern Passenger Asociation and of Southwestern Excursion Bureau, conditional on there being an attendance at the tournament of not less than 100 persons who hold proper certificates obtained from ticket agents at starting points, showing payment of first-class fare of not less than 75 cents through to Indianapolis. Tickets for the return journey will be sold by the ticket agent at Indianapolis at one-third the first-class limited fare, only to those holding certificates signed by the ticket agent at points where through ticket to Indianapolis was purchased, counter- signed by signature of F. C. Whitney, cashier, certifying that not less than 100 persons, holding standard certificates are present, and that the holder has been in regular attendance at the tourna- ment, and viseed by the special agent of the lines of the Railway Association. Agents at all important stations and coupon ticket offices are supplied with certificates. If, however, the ticket agent at a local station is not supplied with certificates and through tickets to Indianapolis, he can inform you of the nearest important station where they can be obtained. In such cases purchase a local ticket to such station, and there secure certificate and through ticket to Indianapolis. Ask for certificate to the Interstate Association’s Sixth Grand American Flandicap at Targets. Going tickets and certificates will be issued June 23 to 27. Certificates will be viseed by special agent June 28 and 29, and then honored for return tickets to July 4 inclusive. The special agent at time of validation will collect from the holder of each certificate a fee of 25 cents. Regular entries for the Grand American Handicap at Targets must be made on or before June 17. Entries mailed in en- velopes bearing post-marks dated June 17 will be accepted as regular entries. All entries must be made on application blanks, and they will be received by Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager, 219 Coltart Square, Pittsburg, Pa. Peei less Red and Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., May 20. — The -scores made in the main event to-day follow: Gus Herman 10, Jacob Dorrhofer 10, O. Herman 8, T. Walker 6, P. Garrabrant 12, J. Jackson 5, W. Banta 16, C. Lewis 16, F. Walker 10, G. Hermann 16, P. Garrabrant 11, C. Gugal 7, G. Garrabrant 6, P. Garrabrant 9, C. Gugel 8, P. Garra- brant 16. May 27, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 427 U. S. Government Ammunition Test. Accuracy test of Krag-J orgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. TESTED — Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. CONDITIONS — 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. DISTANCE =1000 yards. O F F^C mL^TRJEPORT: U. S. Cartridges excelled all others MANUFACTURED BY Agencies: UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., LOWELL. MASS., U. S. A. 497*503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass: — May 17, the date of the Bostoil Guii Club s sixth annual invitation team shoot, did not prove to be the ideal weather for the tfapshootef, but honors seemingly being about ■even between Old Ptob and Old Sol. Sixty-six shooters verl- tured Wellingtonwatd, and from morning, till night kept pegging away, with results, iii the majotitv of eases, most gratifying. With this number of shooters on hand, each with a good-sized bee buzzing underneath the hat band, it is sufficient to say that Urn trapper boys were brought to play with a vengeance, and by keeping steadily at their work, threw the necessary ten thousand targets to complete the day’s sport. With two automatic traps in the pink of condition, the club was amply prepared for the onslaught, and barring the one or two delays that never can be forestalled, the traps performed faithfully for the entire day, and the trapping brought forth comments that the trap crews liked to hear, as there was no doubt they were putting forth their best efforts to have their part of the programme performed in the most thorough manner, and were highly pleased to find their work was ^Thfc office was id charge of Mr. F.- P. Miller, who, it can be said, had a decidedly bbsy day, the two sets of traps keeping things ort the hum; but as the winners were made known im- riiediatfely Upoti the last everit being fitiished* it be seeii that the goods were delivered right on time. -t? t? The trade was well represented by J. E. Burns (ClittlaX), r. L- Butler, O. R: Dickey, S. M, Wheeler, If. B. lenlby, Ray Rush, atdson, S, D. Hebbard. J. E. Burns easily captured first expert honor F. E. Butler, second, S. M. Wheeler third. Dickey s 90 per cerit. was the high mark of the day, brit, riot shootirig the entire programme, did rtot count for the average. Rule, of Lowell, and Tozier, of Haverhill, had & neck-and-neck race for high amateur average, Tozier’s second 20 being his un- lucky event, and the captain of Engine 10 was most willing to take advantage of the less, and now sports round with a nice new leather traveling bag, just intended to hold the proper amount of shells, etc., for a day’s trap shoot, Tozier’s win of second average pleased the crowd immensely, and no one was there but was ready with the glad hand, there will be times doing in Haverhill, however, as there is to be no hiding this light under a bushel, as “Ned has quite a chest ex- pansion, which, with the accompanying hailds-m-pocket style* wnl give all a chance to view the sterling silver watch fob offered f°Chartie1 Alfen^'of Manchester, brought his old reliable to an- nihilate everything in sight, and proceeded to do so, with the exception of the third event, which lost him .ground l that he was never quite able to regain. Charlie insinuates he did «?t J the bag anyway, as a previous shooting trip had netted him one, but in an entirely different manner. Charles got it, however, and Derryfield heard of it, if Gene Reed could help a good cause along, and they do say a joke goes a long ways up m their burg. The team shoot, which was the most interesting event of the day, had eight teams entered, and as the results were in doubt till the last squad had shot, the interest never waned one atom. Five teams had a look in for first place, and hung on to each other like leeches, but the Watertown boys, under Roy s guid- ance held on the best of all, and at the end led by two targets. They are now styled the Watertown World Beaters, or the Knights of the Sca?mr. Gun, with Hebbard Chief Knight through being thCapthl: wUotalfP segregation shot a good race, but in one 15 John Bell got off the target breaking wagon, and try as he could never recovered till the next event, and then the old form “ f. proved .O be , be anchor -of the boat (2501bs.), and it was mainly through this ballast that they hung together, but it surely showed good generalship on some one’s part to have the right man in the right- place. The Derryfield boys, minus the services of the Reeds, were, to say the least, considerably handicapped; but for all that, did a few shooting stunts. Corson, tlieir latest acquisition, tying for high individual honors in the team match, and Goss just one target less Lieut. Greer, ordinarily a 24 or 25 man, was some- whit out of form, and, coupled with shooting a strange gun, was indeed sh o o ting a good race to get the scores he did. Another vearand another story will be told, as from looks the Derryfields have got considerable up their sleeves which they intend to let 1C>The 3Stoughton team put up a good fight, but right in the first event their top-notcher, Worthing, strained his gun, and could not use it after the first shot. A trial of three guns proved disastrous but a Watertown winner had a corker of a gun, and Worthing found it just the gun he wanted, as he proceeded t00Sne°^f the most welcome visitors was Dr C, H. Gerrish, of Fxebfr who had the pleasure of talking over old times with H. H. Francis the two being practically pioneers on the Boston Gun Club piatform. The doctor is still one of the staunchest ad- •b holding the gun below the elbow, and regrets very Such that the necessary support is not given him toward reviving muen tnai Luc vogue m the days of the Ligowsky ^v pIgSons The Doctor himfelf still sticks to the old way, and very often gives the present generation a good run for their money, which goes to show that the old ways are just as good as thFowdi Bowler and Mason, the Newport trio, were away off color fn the regular events, but in the few extras showed clean heAll in all6 it1 was^a most successful tournament, every shooter All in an, some doing a good deal of physical labor. Walter ^“Straw” Hay, as second chef, proved the right man in that m-fee though he was a trifle slow with his squad, but will still h-'ve our recommendations. Other scores: f ! ■ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Events - 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 20 f mrS18 ‘ .... 10 13 10 11 19 15 14 13 14 19 £ul?’ 18W 15 35 14 12 1« 12 12 13 15 13 Tozier, 16 13 12 9 15 1? 14 13 12 14 18 Climax, -1 14 15 11 13 17 13 14 12 12 15 Allen, 16 • — 81410 13 17 13 13 13 15 19 Hebbard, 1< 14 12 9 13 17 11 14 12 14 17 ReJl’ey, 1«" ' l • ‘ • • » 10 12 13 18 13 13 11 1? 17 Shot at. Broke. Av. 160 138 .862 160 137 .856 160 137 .856 160 136 .850 160 135 .843 160 134 .837 160 130 .812 Bartlett, 16 .. 12 10 12 11 19 11 13 11 11 19 160 129 .806 Frank, 19 ....... .. 11 13 8 15 16 15 11 11 14 14 160 128 .800 Goss, 17 11 10 12 17 15 12 13 14 16 160 128 .800 Cobb, 16 ........ .. 13 12 9 9 16 10 14 14 13 17 160 127 .793 Sadler, 16 , . . .. 14 13 15 10 14 8 12 12 14 15 160 127 .793 Kirkwood, 20 , . . 9 10 11 12 12 11 11 14 14 19 160 123 .768 Butler, 16 .. 11 11 12 10 19 12 11 11 11 14 160 122 .762 Rogers, 16 .. 11 12 13 11 15 10 14 9 12 15 160 122 .762 Burns, 18 , Lee. 16 .. 8 13 9 13 14 11 13 13 13 14 160 121 .756 .. 13 12 10 10 15 11 14 10 14 11 160 120 .750 Owen, 16 .. 11 6 !) 12 18 11 13 13 11 15 160 119 .743 Ford, 16 .. 8 10 12 8 19 11 12 11 12 16 160 119 .743 Smith, 18- 12 7 13 12 13 10 12 12- 16 160 118 .737 Worthing, 17 ...10 13 12 9 14 13 13 4 13 17 160 118 .737 Bell, 20 .. 11 9 10 11 17 12 12 9 14 11 160 116 .725 Hewins, 16 .. 11 11 14 9 17 11 10 8 12 13 160 116 .725 Coffin, 18 .. 6 8 9 8 18 11 13 10 13 19 160 115 .718 Wheeler, IS .. 6 12 11 13 14 13 12 9 11 14 160 115 .718 Bowler, 18 .. 11 12 10 10 15 11 12 9 11 14 160 115 .718 Fuller, 16 , 7 12 10 10 17 13 10 13 12 10 160 114 .712 Searles, 18 .. 8 11 7 11 18 11 13 10 13 13 160 113 .706 Rice, 16 Straw, 16 .. 11 10 10 14 16 10 10 8 12 11 160 112 .700 .. 9 11 10 11 18 8 11 10 9 14 160 111 .693 Corson, 18 .. 9 9 5 14 15 10 9 13 15 11 160 110 .687 Comer, 16 .. 10 11 7 10 14 10 13 9 11 14 160 109 .681 Woodruff, 17 .. 12 10 11 8 11 10 10 11 12 13 160 108 .675 Powell, 16 Black, 16 .. 8 11 14 12 12 8 12 10 7 13 160 107 .668 .. 12 10 7 10 14 8 10 8 13 10 160 105 .656 Greer, 16 .. 10 12 9 11 14 13 10 9 8 9 160 105 .656 Hallam, 16 .. 8 12 7 6 14 6 8 11 13 16 160 101 .631 Wilber, 16 .. 7 12 10 8 12 7 10 10 9 8 160 93 .581 McArdle, 16 .. 6 9 7 6 12 10 8 6 5 8 160 73 .456 Hassam, 16 .. 9 9 11 11 14 11 14 14 13 145 106 .731 Mason, 16 .. 6 10 10 6 18 7 10 ii 11 145 70 .482 Adams, 16 14 10 14 9 14 14 14 15 130 104 .800 Foster, 16 10 12 16 11 15 9 10 17 130 100 .761 Grey, 16 .. 12 13 13 12 18 8 11 12 130 99 .760 Randall, 20 .. 9 11 11 13 16 8 11 15 130 94 .723 Edwards, 16 13 12 10 10 5 7 5 12 130 74 .561 Hamblin, 16 .. 15 14 14 13 13 11 13 16 125 109 .8 <2 Weld, 16 13 16 12 14 12 12 14 115 93 .808 F Cavicchi, 16 12 16 11 15 11 15 19. 115 99 .S60 E Cavicchi, 16... 12 14 8 13 8 12 16 115 83 .721 Johnson, 18 . . . . 12 10 12 15 13 13 19 110 94 .854 Thomas, 16 11 15 11 14 10 12 12 110 85 .772 Dickey, 16 i9 12 13 15 12 19 100 90 .900 Hawkins, 16 .... 19 13 11 9 11 16 100 79 .790 Bryant, 16 .. 5 4 11 7 15 8 100 50 .500 Burbank, 16 . . . 14 11 14 12 13 19 95 83 .873 Lelian, 16 7 8 11 13 12 80 51 .637 Muldown, 16 12 11 12 16 65 51 .784 Willard, 16 12 13 12 50 37 .740 Gerrish, 16 13 9 14 50 36 .720 Damon, 16 11 10 9 50 30 .600 Wild, 16 9 12 35 21 .600 Stewart, 16 10 13 30 23 .766 Baker, 16 12 11 30 23 .766 Richardson, 16 . . 7 4 30 11 .366 Team match: W atertown G. C. Boston G. C. N.o. 1. Hebbard ... .28 Frank .25 Smith .24 Bell .23 Biutlett . . . .22 Muldown .23 Roy .26 Woodruff .23 Lee .24—124 Kirkwood .28—122 Mumford F. & S. Association. Derryfield G. C. Coffin .23 Greer .17 Searles .23 Allen .24 Tohnson .26 I'erley .24 Hamblin . . . .24 Goss .27 Burbank . . . .25 — 121 Corson .28—120 Boston G .C. No. 2. Boston Athletic Association. Straw .19 Black .21 Tozier .28 Owen .24 Rogers .21 Edwards .12 Ford .23 Weld .24 Cobb .27—113 Adams .28-109 Stoughton G. C. South Framingham G. C. Lehan ...... .24 Wilber .19 F Cavicchi . .26 McArdle .11 E Cavicchi . .20 Hewins .20 Worthing . . . .17 Rice .20 The mas .17—109 Fuller .25— 95 Nebraska State Tournament. Hastings, Neb., May 12. — The Nebraska State Sportsmen’s As- sociation concluded its twenty-ninth annual tournament at Hast- ings to-day, and, notwithstanding miserable weather, it was a success, 38,000 targets being thrown. The office was handled by the only Fred C. Whitney, of Des Moines; the management was assisted on the outside by Marshall Sharp, of Bridgeport, Conn., and Harry Duncan, of Gibbon, Neb., and with two practical shooters, Mr. Oswold, of Falls City, and Mr. Crabill, of Hastings, at the score boards, everything moved on without a murmur of dissatisfaction from any quarter. The Association, was favored with the presence and assistance of A. H. Hardy, of Lincoln; W. A. Waddington, of Beatrice; Hon. Tom A. Marshall, of Keithsbnrg, 111. ; C. B. Adams, of Rockwell City, la.; W. H. Heer, of Concordia, Kans; Marshall Sharp, of Bridgeport, Conn.; Chris. Gottlieb, of Kansas City; Fred C. Whitney, of Des Moines; Walter Huff, of Macon, Ga., and Chas. Plank, of Denver, Colo. On the preliminary day we were greeted with a severe wind and hail storm. But forty shooters faced the traps, and Adolph Olson, of Holdrege, Neb., who shot under the name of Adolph, won the handsome watch charm on a score of 91. The first day of the regular programme opened clear and bright, with seventy shooters on the ground, 61 of which were Nebraskans, which again demonstrates that Nebraska has more shooters within her boundaries than any other State in the Union of a like population. On this day, Mr. W. H. Heer was high professional with 196, and Wm. Veach, of Falls City, Neb., was high amateur with 191. The Mullerite powder event was shot with forty-five entries, and V1 a tie with a straight score of 25 for Bray, of Columbus, pd’,,° oPInVaL,In t!le shoot-off Bray won on a score of f A t , R^cl s, f3- 0° Thursday the second day, rain began fall- ing] by 10 o clock, and at 11 o clock shooting was almost impos- SIt>Jeonn ,account of wind and rain, but was continued at 2:30, and _U0 targets of the regular programme were shot, but the .Denver Post trophy and State championship events were post- poned until Friday, Friday morning was clear, but with a strong wind. Interest was centered m the Denver Post trophy race, and the State cham- pionship. Ihe Denver Post trophy was at 100 targets, handicap, and was won by Geo. Maxwell, of Holstein, Neb., on a score of Jo, trom the 18yd. mark. Let it be remembered that Mr. Maxwell has only one arm. What would he do if he had two. The scores follow : Linderman (18yds.) 89, Williams (18) 84, Sievers (18) 79, ACA°7e,1i (1,8) 87’ n?°£ers (18) 8* Deifenderfer (19) 84, Adolph (19) 84, Reed (19) 90, Carter (19) 80, Bray (19) 90, Veach (19) 91, laylor d9) 92, Maxwell (18) 95, Schroeder (18) 91, Townsend (18) nAi3?! £7? 79’ (17) withdrew, Ball (17) 86, Brooking (U) 90, McElhaney (17) 86 Miller (17) 81, Kennedy (17) 88, Davidson (16) 82 Holtzinger (16) 82, Merritt (16) 87, Morrill (16) 88, Capsey (16) 94 Southard (16) 73, Wright (16) 87, Mockett (16) <9 Mann (16) 93, Varner (16) 83, Wertz (16) 88, Hempel (16) 79, lhorpe (16) 88, Myers (16) 86. The State championship event had thirty-five entries, and was won by that terrible Swede, Adolp Olson, of Holdrege, Neb., after a spirited shoot-off with Townsend, of Omaha; Linderman, of .Lincoln, and Bray, of Columbus. The score in the regular events follow: First Day. Second Day. Third Day. Total. Shot Shot Shot Shot Linderman . at. Broke. at. Broke. at. Broke. at. Broke ..200 187 200 182 100 91 500 460 Veach ..200 192 200 171 100 89 500 452 Bray 186 200 176 100 97 500 459 Hardy ..200 172 200 166 100 87 500 422 Taylor ..200 189 200 183 100 88 500 451 Reid ..200 190 200 181 100 95 500 466 Maxwell ..200 191 200 171 100 95 500 457 Sievers ..200 170 200 157 100 86 500 413 Townsend . . ..200 178 200 170 100 92 500 440 Williams ... ..200 191 200 161 100 81 500 433 Frank ..200 191 200 186 100 97 500 475 Gottlieb ..200 189 200 183 100 90 500 462 Brooking . . . ..200 188 200 173 - 100 98 500 459 Huff ..200 187 200 185 100 98 600 470 McLIhaney . ..200 182 200 171 100 91 500 444 Adolph ..200 187 200 185 100 95 600 467 Mann ..200 171 200 156 100 86 500 413 Heer ..200 196 200 188 100 100 500 484 Pfempel ..200 170 200 157 100 83 500 400 Ball ..200 182 200 173 100 86 500 441 Marshall . . . ..200 171 200 168 100 96 500 435 Deifenderfer ..200 189 200 176 100 86 500 441 Rogers ..300 179 200 178 100 82 500 439 Waddington ..200 181 200 179 100 90 500 450 'lhorpe ..200 176 200 164 100 93 500 433 Carter ..200 178 200 161 100 87 500 426 Schroeder . . ..200 186 200 165 100 96 500 447 McDowell . . ..200 177 200 168 100 87 500 432 Myer ..200 173 200 153 100 88 500 414 F Sack ..200 165 185 152 20 20 405 337 T Sack ..200 175 100 78 300 253 Gayhart ..200 189 60 33 260 222 Murrill ..200 172 60 47 100 a 360 300 Kennedy ... . . . 170 136 100 89 270 227 Cox ..200 186 60 48 260 234 Davidson . . . ..200 168 160 127 360 295 Wertz ..200 168 140 116 340 234 Hulzanger . . . .200 163 200 159 400 322 Copsey ..100 93 170 141 270 234 Daniels ..200 170 200 137 ... 400 307 Warwick Gun Club. Warwick, N. Y., May 20.— The first monthly shoot of the Warwick Gun Club was held on the club grounds on Friday, May 19. The day was delightful, except that a strong wind blew across the grounds, making high scores impossible. Notice of the next shoot will be sent you in due itme. Following are the scores: Targets : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Targets; 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 10 * 10 15 25 Bnchner 8 11 15 5 11 12 8 11 9 1 9 11.. Howell 10 10 11 7 10 . . 7 9 7 2 7 11 Wills 3 7.. 4.... 4.. 3.. 6 7.. Hendrickson 5 7.. 4 8.. 7 12 6.. 4 9 12 Ogden 9 10 15 7 10 17 9 11 10 8 8 10 20 Lines 9 9 15 6 10 13 ‘ ‘ ‘ Edsall 8 14 16 5 9 . . Dunning 11 14 7 11 14 Lowenhart 2 No. 10 was a miss-and-out. J. B, Rogers 9 11 10 8 10 .. 6 11 6 7 8 12 . . 7 12 8 3 6 12 17 Bradford Gun Club. Bradford, Pa., May 14.— The following is a total of the events held at the traps of the above club, on May 13 Shot at. Broke. Russell 125 100 S Mallory 150 88 Pringle 125 109 Kennedy ...... .100 65 W Haymaker 100 64 Brown ... > 70 56 McKeown 45 18 Vantine 75 51 Vernon 60 25 Durfey 30 Disney loo Jones ..100 Eggabrout 75 Bodine 100 White 115 Willis 75 H°ey 100 Scott 75 E. C. Charlton, Sec’y-Treqs" Shot at. Broke. 17 61 78 38 75 79 53 80 35 42 8 FOREST AND STREAM, [May 27, 190& Interstate at Owensboro* Owensboro, Ky., May 20. — The Interstate Association’s trap- shooting tournament given for the Daviess County Gun Club, of Owensboro, Ky., May 17 and 18, was fairly well attended, thirty different contestants taking part the first day and twenty-eight the second day. W eather conditions were against good scores, a high wind prevailing both days. The first day’s programme was put through with such celerity that seven events were completed by noon, and when lunch was announced, every one was in a good humor, the high and low score men joking as they gathered around .the tables. Among the manufacturer’s agents, F. C. Riehl was high man with a score of °UJ of 200 shot at; F. M. Faurote was second with 173, and and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes tfons^re^riven' de^ votes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- m‘lkfln.g’. the, molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the and in the next Chanter antl fa!flng tbe molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, devoted tn . h?w t? Plac® the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, beels, and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fitting*, and equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. ** . » FORfibT AND stream publishing company, new YORK. Forest 5xrvd Stream Publishing Co.* New Yorl SMITH GUNS SHOOT WELL. — Jl. cni. E3* uni* to* GUI. CUI. 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Our Durston Special Grade (he acknowledged leader of medium-priced guns, is now offered for $25 net. It is fitted with >ur famous Duro Nitro Steel barrels. Guaranteed to shoot any Nitro or black powder and not get loose. Fitted with the same mechanism as our hight r grades. Sold through the dealer only. WRITE FOK- 1905 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE . LEFEVER ARMS CO., - SYRACUSE, N. Y. “CASHMORET GUNS PRICE LIST POST FREE GRAND PRIX DU CAS 1X0, MONTE CARLO, AUSTRALIAN GRAND HANDICAP. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA, CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1st, 2d wild 3d GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, 1903 1902 1899 1899 1898 1897 Address WILLIAM CASHMORE. Gun Maker, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THE BIG GAME OF AMERICA is well represented in the collection of Pictures from Forest and Stream Moose, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, THE HUNTER. ONE-TRIGGER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. ^‘REDUCED PRICE $25 ne< til FOREST AND STREAM. Why the Blackbird Club Trap is Best. Any Standard Target can be thrown. It will throw doubles as well as singles. Height of flight can be adjusted. Occupies very little more ground than a single trap. No pit or expensive house or shed is necessary. By mounting the Club Trap on a block and arranging a place for this block to be clamped firmly to the ground you can take up the trap and leave it in the club house between shoots, thus insuring protection from the weather and preventing anyone tampering with it. Sold ovitrigKt, price $30. Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., 103-165 Washington St., - - Boston, Mass. Our Fishing Tackle department comprises everything in the line of tackle. For reliable Catalogue free on application. FISHING TACKLE GO TO VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 318 Broadway, NEW YORK. DEALERS IN HIGH-GRADE SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES, CAMPING OUTFITS. CANOES, ROW. BOATS. CAMERAS, KODAKS, ETC. VACATION RIFLES A SPECIALTY. We Ma3s.e Our Competitor is Tails.. That Shows Our Success Hurts Them. 1ST! Keeps on Winning acd Sales Increasing. Mr. Alex. King, shooting Balll&tlte wins Highest Amateur Average for all Events at the Pennsylvania State Shoot, Pittsburgh. Score, 204 out of 215. Mr. Sim Glover, with BeJlistite, wins High Professional Average at Olean, N. Y. Score, 360 out of 390 « SHOOT BALLISTITE: The best smokeless shotgun powder on earth, and keep among the winners. I I All 1. rn 75 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORKCITY. 4. M . LAU Qfc WU.| Sole Agents. A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” 8AN0E and BOAT BUILDING. FROM ALL DIRECTIONS ORDERS COME FOR THE LIBERTY REEL Best Model a_nd Most Improved Fishing Reel Yet Produced. SpeciaJ Features is applied by the handle. Tension of click ad- justed at will, or Free Running if preferred. Easily and quickly taken apart. German Silver and Hard Rub- ber. Three Sizes. Surely see this high-grade reel. After using this reel half a day, all others are thrown aside. 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The “Simplex” Bait Ca-ster. For bait casting we offer this sea- son the most novel and important invention of the year in the form of a bait caster, with almost abso- lutely no friction. This has been accomplished by balancing the pinions on jewels and throwing the operating gears out of mesh by a marvelously simple device requiring only a slight pressure of a lever under the thumb. This reel is quadruple multiplying and in every bther particular of the same high order of construction as the NINE-MULTIPLIER. It is also offered at a fraction of its worth, and will be sent in either 80 or ioo yard sizes at $9.00 post paid. Every reel covered by the broadest kind of a guarantee, and money cheerfully refunded if not perfectly satisfactory. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. Once More— All Averages. At Michigan State Shoot, May 10th and nth. Mr. O. A. Felger won 1st Amateur Average, 363 ex 400 Mr. A. Tolsma won 2d Amateur Average, 345 ex 400 Mr. Wm. Renick won 3d Amateur Average, 339 ex 400 All Winners, as usual, shot Du Porvt Smokeless WOLF POWDER. For a pleasant shooting Powder for Sum- mer work, use shells loaded with WOLF POWDER Sample can contain- ing 1 20 loads sent by express, prepaid, on receipt of 75 cents. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - NEW YORK* VOL. LXIV.-No. 22. The Big Trees of California... SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905. ;si(j umiiosipiuig AUAvSpi'JJ J Jg^i Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co, Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 GfAftt BrltAln. S5.5Q. f FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. t nwnn w- rwi.s *• fin. PARIS: Rrentano’s. PRICE, 10 CENTS. 307 STRAIGHT is the wonderful score recently made by Mr. W. H. Heer at the Iowa State Shoot. This work proves that Mr. Heer is one of the world’s great marksmen, from the fact that for two days’ continuous Tournament shooting, over two sets of traps, the score of 307 straight has been recognized as me NEW WORLD'S RECORD Mr. Heer then finished the programme with the final score of 594-600—99 per cent.— using (as usual) U. M. C. Arrow shells. Everyone knows that perfect ammunition is necessary for perfect scores. The U. M. C. combination of wadding and the U. M. C. 33 primer make the ballistic properties of U. M. C. shells practically perfect. In selecting your Grand g American Handicap Load select the shells that win Grand American Handicaps— U. M. C. ARROW SHELLS Wins That Mean Something. Wins made at such big shoots as the Pennsylvania State Shoot and the Missouri State Shoot mean something, because the entries are large and the competition keen. They mean extraordinary skill in the shooter and superior merit in the ammunition used. WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS were used in making the following recent winnings: PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT, held at Pittsburg, May 2-3-4 -5. Reading Trophy — 4-Man Team Championship of Penn. Won by team composed of Al. Heil, C. F. Kramlich, H. Schlicher and S. Brey, all using Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Denny Trophy— for State shooters— svon by Al. Heil with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Herron Hill Gun Club Handicap— open to all amateurs — won by A. B. Richardson from 17-yard mark, with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, score, 96 — 100. Wilson Live Bird Trophy — for State shooters— won by V. Williams with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. MISSOURI STATE SHOOT, held at Ke^nscxs City, Ma^y 2-3-4 -5. State Championship— Won by Mr. Baggerman with Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells. These winnings, made under such hard conditions, serve to emphasize the fact that success attends the user of Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, which, in recognition of this, are known universally as “The Winning Loads.” M. II FOREST AND STREAM. »litrri¥lii|-'r-irTi'-|Ti- i Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc* THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER, Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. WORKS THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER Handsome catalogue free. RED BANK. N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt. CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. Architects and Brokers* **?!■ kers* « ARTHUR BINNEY, (Formerly Stewart & Binnky. ) Naval Architect and Yacht Broker Muon Building, Kilty Street, BOSTOH, HASS. Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. BURGESS & PACKARD, NAVAL ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Yacht Brokers, Builders of Auto Boats. Board of Trade Building, - BOSTON, MASS. R. R. Taft, Brokerage and Insurance Department. LORILLARD & WALKER, YACHT BROKERS, Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., New York City. M. H. CLARK, Naval Architect and Engineer Yacht Broker. 17 Ba.ttery PIa.ce, High Speed Work a Specialty. - New York. SPECIAL BARGAIN! Deep sea cruising schooner yacht, nearly new, 108ft. long, fully equipped, very cheap. WE BUY AND SELL YACHTS. 5i commission. $10 our minimum charge. CLAPHAM & CLAPHAM jYacht Brokers 150 Nassau Street, New York. Room 637. HOLLIS BURGESS INSURANCE of All Kinds. Fire, Marine, Life, Liability, Accident, Etc. 10 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON. felephone 1905-1 Main. BAKER YACHT BASIN, INC., Quincy Point, Mass. We Design, Build a.nd Fit Out. Also have the best storage in the country. We build a special line of Power Dories and Tenders. WRITE US FOR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY. INORMAN L. SKENE, Nava.1 Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. Marine Insurance. 15 Exchange St., Boston, Mass. SMALL BROS. NAVAL ARCHITECTS. YACHT BROKERAGE. No. 112 Water Street, BOSTON. MASS. Fast cruisers and racing boats a specialty. Telephone 3556-2 Main. Yachts, Canoes For Sale. FLORENCE. This fine cruising launch to be sold. Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, n ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $5,600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. Will steam 500 miles on 1^ tons of coal, Maximum speed 18 miles. Completely equipped in every re- spect. For full particulars, address H. H. H., Box 515, Forest and Stream, 346 Broadway, New York. WANTED TO PURCHASE new or second-hand, or lease for the season, a staunch, seaworthy gasolene motor launch. General specifications: Length, 22 to 28 ft.; beam, 4% to 5% ft.; freeboard, 18 in.; draft, not to exceed 21 in. ; 9 to 10 horsepower. Canopy top and fittings complete, delivered at Syracuse, M. Y. Proposals should state selling price, also a monthly rental price, with the privilege of pur- chase at the end of six months, and the moneys’ paid for rental to be applied on the purchase price. All proposals must be addressed to the undersigned and received by him on or before 12 o’clock noon, April 29, 1905. HENRY C, ALLEN, Top Floor De Graaf Bldg., Albany, N.Y. so.Bosrim MARBLEHEAD YACHT YARDS. STEARNS & McKAY, Marblehead, Mass. NAVAL ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS. 35FT. Hunting Launch. Send 10c. stamp for catalogue. Two yards fully equipped, with Marine Railways, Machine Shops, large storage sheds, etc., and gasolene supply station. A History of Yachting 1600=1815 By ARTHUR H. CLARK Octavo. About one hundred illustrations in photogravure. Net, $5.00. By mail, % 5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few of them have heretofore been published in book form. For sale by FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 346 Broadway, New York How To Build a Launch From Plans With general instructions for the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. Price, postpaid, $1.50 This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and. understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may success- fully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of such an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. FOR-EST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION and RIGGING. A complete manual of practical Boat and Small Yacht Building. With two complete designs and numerous diagrams and details. By Linton Hope. 177 pages. Cloth. Price, $3.00. Forest a.nd Stream Publishing Co., New York. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO.* NEW YORK. | Yachting Gooels, LOOK THROUGH THE YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the ALMY BOILER is the' FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R- I- m KIDNEY k SON, WEST DE PERE, WIS. Builders of fine Pleasure and Hunting Boats, Canoes, Gasoline Launches, Small Sail Boats. Send for Catalogue. Knock Down Boats Of all Descriptions. The author has taken two designs for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, and the other a cruising cutter of 22 ft. waterline. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted to American requirements. Full instructions, even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both these boats. The information is not confined to these yachts alone ; they are merely taken as examples ; but what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. Part I. treats of the building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes into the matter of tools and then devotes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- Uons fr.e given for laying off, making the molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the difficulties of cutting the rabbet and fairing the molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, and in the next chapter is told how to place the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being devoted to the making of centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, stopping and painting, lead keelss and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron work and cabin fitting*, and equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. » > - — c CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. Launches, row and sail boats. Canoes and Hunting boats Send for Catalogue. American Boat & Machine Co., 3517 S. Second St., St. Louis, Mo. YACHT BOOK BARGAIN. We offer a few copies only of the late Dixon Kemp’s monumental work u Yacht and Boat Sailing, tt published at $12.00, for $9.00, delivery prepaid. This a standard book by a standard author. 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INSIST ON HAVING Ball-Bearing Oarlocks on your new boat or send for a pair for your old one. Noiseless, Easy Rowing, Durable. For next 30 days I will send a sample pair of galvanized tight or loose pin locks, prepaid, upon receipt of $2.25. Send for descriptive circulars. T.H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N.Y. TRiDEJAARK. SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars and ironwork exposed to excessive changes in weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH 6. COMPANY. Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 59 Market Street, CHica.go, 111, 45 Broadway, New York, Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. ) Six Months, $2. f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905. j VOL. LXIV.— No. 22. (No. 846 Broadway, New York. jThe Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. The object of this journal will be to studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor recre- ation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural objects Announcement in first number of Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. chamois, roebuck, eagles, wolves, mountain cocks, heathcocks, elk, bears, lynx and wild boars, together with rich trout fishing, such as may be had in south- eastern Europe to-day. . SHORT LOBSTERS. HUNTING IN FOREIGN PARTS. Year by year the world is growing smaller. There are more people in it, more widely distributed; and means of communication between distant points become con- stantly easier. Fifty years ago, one walked or rode across the 3,000 miles that separate the Atlantic and Pacific. Now it takes days to makes the journey where then months were needed. As population increases, hunting grounds contract; the Rocky Mountains for the most part are bare of game. People have to turn to Canada to find the wild country that we all of us want to enjoy from time to time. But as there are more men who shoot and fish, Canada and the few spots in the United States where game and fish may still be had do not supply the needs of all. Men go to England and Scotland for angling and grouse shooting, or hire deer forests in Scotland on which they kill their quota of stags. The grouse moors and shooting estates frequently adver- tised in the Forest and Stream, show that British owners appreciate that in this country there is a large public to whom they may appeal. Here in America, the game preserve system is abso- lutely in its infancy, and there still persists much of the ancient feeling that the wild game and fish belong to whomever may take them, no matter where they may be found. In Britain and in many cities of the continent of Europe there are firms which make it their business to sell and to rent places where shooting may be had. In the Old World there is no such thing as free shooting. The game goes with the land, and in any renting of shooting rights, the future is carefully looked after by conditions which provide that only a certain number of birds or animals shall be killed. It is commonly believed that only the very wealthy can rent shooting estates in Great Britain, but it ap- pears that at various points on the continent sport with gun and rod may be had at moderate cost. Very con- siderable shootings, including stags, bears and lynx, to say nothing of smaller game, such as chamois, roebuck, grouse of different species and partridges, may be had at prices that seem very moderate. At a certain place in Hungary, only a few hours by rail from Vienna, 2,000 partridges are to be shot over grounds occupying about 12,000 acres, at a price of only 5 cents per shot. Austria-Hungary is a vast country of mountain, forest and plain, where the land is owned in great estates, and has for many years been carefully preserved. Much shooting is to be had there. In Europe a trip is being set on foot to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla by a man who is reported last year to have shot there thirty-five polar bears, and where reindeers, bears, seals, walruses and sea birds are to be had. The cost for one of six persons on this trip, which will last for two and a half to three months, would be about $2,000. Let us hope that this trip will never be made, for the game of Spitzbergen is said to be very rapidly de- creasing. The time may come when we in America shall be able to offer sportsmen such shooting as they appear now to have in Austria-Hungary, and the various Turkish provinces which lie in the Balkan Mountains. But it looks as if that time were a long way off, and it may be questioned if ever we shall be able to offer to the visiting sportsmen bustards, wild geese, stags, deers, Governor Higgins has signed the act which changes the penalty for taking short lobsters from a fine of $100 for the offense to a fine of $60 for the offense and $10 in addition for each lobster unlawfully taken or had in pos- session. The effect is likely to be salutary. The short lobster catcher is among the most improvi- dent of fishermen, and the most persistent in destroying immature stock, which if left to grow would be a valu- able resource. Lobsters do not breed before an age when they have attained a length of nine inches. The State has expended thousands of dollars in lobster breeding, and has put out the products of its enterprise on the pub- lic waters for him to take who will. The only consid- eration imposed, as expressed in the short lobster law, is that the immature lobsters may not be taken; they must be permitted to grow until they shall have reached an age when they may reproduce. To most of us this seems an extremely reasonable regulation, and one which, it might be thought, would commend itself most favorably to the approval and acceptance of the lobster fisherman— the partner, as it were, of the State in the enterprise of lob- ster catching— the State plants the seed, the fisherman reaps the harvest. But, so perverse is human nature, the lobsterman goes on the principle of taking to market everything that gets into his lobster pot, irrespective of size, breeding, present supply and future scarcity. Down in the Narrows of New York Bay, between Forts Ham- ilton and Wadsworth, are the best lobster breeding and growing grounds in this State, and but for the short- sightedness of the fishermen, a very large supply would be going into the New York market, but they seem pos- sessed to take them before they are half legal size, though they get practically nothing for them. Last summer they sold the immature lobsters for three and four cents a pound, while if they had left them until this year the mature lobsters would have brought fourteen cents, and would have spawned thousands for three years hence. The. taking of so many lobsters before they can spawn is really one of the causes for the almost prohibitive prices prevailing to consumers. Protector Overton, of this district, has been active in pursuing the fishermen and dealers in illegal lobsters, and has recently secured judgments of $200 each against two Fulton Market dealers; and like penalties are due from three Brooklyn marketmen. Cases are pending against Staten Island and Gravesend Bay fishermen. It is believed that the new law will prove a decided benefit because of the increased penalties it provides. these were appealed to and their active interest was awakened. A bill providing for the purchase of the Big Trees was introduced in the Senate at Washington and was passed by that body. A corresponding measur/c^was introduced in Congress by Hon. J. N. Gillette, of Cali- fornia, but because of the opposition of Speaker Cannon was not allowed to come up. Thereupon, in January, 1904, a petition bearing more than 1,500,000 signatures, representing every State in the Union, was sent to Presi- dent Roosevelt, and was by him transmitted to the House with the indorsement: “I cordially recommend it to the favorable consideration of Congress. The Calaveras Big Tree Grove is not only a California but a National in- heritance, and all that can be done by the Government to insure its preservation should be done.” Speaker Cannon, however, refused to permit the measure to come before the House; and Congress adjourned without act- ing upon it. The California women who for years have been work- ing for the Federal control of the Calaveras Groves, are discouraged but not so disheartened as to admit defeat. The sentiment of the country as represented through' the clubs and societies which have participated in the move- ment, is beyond question fixed and determined in sup- port of the plan of Federal acquirement and preservation. The campaign to that end will be continued; and in the end, there is confidence to believe, the Big Trees will be in fact a possession of the United States. OLD BOOKS. THE CALAVERAS BIG TREES. Mr. Luther Kelly’s paper on the Big Trees of Cali- fornia draws attention anew to the fact that the Calaveras Groves are now the property of private individuals and are in danger of destruction. They should be in public ownership and under permanent public protection. The Big Trees belong with the Yosemite Valley, the Geysers of the Yellowstone, and Niagara Falls, as objects of natural grandeur and beauty which of right belong neither to individuals nor to any one generation of men ; but to the nation and to posterity, not less than to the American people who are to-day temporarily occupying the land. Mr. Kelly alludes to the work of the women of Cali- fornia in an endeavor to induce Congressional action to acquire ownership of the Calaveras Groves as a national possession. The movement was begun in 1903 by the Outdoor Art League of California, which appointed a Calaveras Big Tree Committee, with Mrs. Lovell White, of San Francisco, as chairman. An active and earnest propaganda was set in motion to awaken public senti- ment throughout the country. The executive heads of the States were communicated with, and thirty-two Gov- ernors replied, many of them giving enthusiastic indorse- ment. The women’s clubs throughout the country, the press, such organizations as the American Park and Outdoor Art Association, forestry associations, scientific bodies, universities, colleges and various societies — all Few of us, no matter how well read, how familiar with the literature of any subject, but are astonished from time to time by the discovery of some old work of whose existence we had been wholly ignorant. Quite aside from the subject matter that these old books contain they have usually a charm of their own which is due to the sim- plicity with which they are written and to a certain quaintness of diction, quite lost in these modern times. Within the past few years there has arisen in this coun- try a greatly increased demand for such old works, espe- cially for such as have to do with this continent — Ameri- cana, The prices of such books have many times in- creased, and besides the many old book dealers to be found in this country, there are many in England, Can- ada and Germany, who make a specialty of picking up and reselling such out-of-print works on American topics. In the fields of hunting, angling, exploration and the West, there are many excellent private libraries in this country. President Roosevelt possesses a remarkably good one on big game hunting. Mr. Russell W. Wood- ward has one on angling, together with a wonderful series of prints and portraits of angling scenes and angling. Mr. Charles Sheldon possesses a well-nigh com- plete library on shooting, and the list might be indefinitely increased. The purchase of these old books is, one would think, a safe method of investing money, provided one is content to receive as income from the investment the satisfaction which comes from the reading and the sense of possession of the books. If a time should ever come for them to be sold — provided the volumes have been well cared for during the period of his ownership — the possessor will receive back his principal much increased. Most of us, to be sure, do not buy books to sell again, yet it is a real satisfaction to own books whose interest, and whose money value as well; is constantly increasing. We have for some months been printing in the Forest and Stream a series of abstracts of old books on early western exploration and travel which have excited great interest, and these Trails of the Pathfinders afford a good example of the delightful reading that the old books on exploration afford. Some inquiries recently made of Forest and Stream about some of these old books and how they may be ob- tained have led us to think that there may be among our readers some who would be glad to enlist our services in securing such old volumes. These cannot, of course, be bought off hand ; they must be picked up when the oppor- tunity occurs. Recently a friend received from a German dealer a catalogue of old books which contained a volume that he had long been looking for. He wanted the book so much that he cabled over to Germany and secured it. If any of our friends desire our assistance in this mat- ter of securing such old volumes, we shall be very happy to be of service to them, 480 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 1905. Floating Down the Mississippi. A Grafting Combine. I decided to pull out on Monday morning, we having arrived at Modoc Saturday afternoon. Monday proved to be a chill, windy day, but not so bad but that I could make way against the waves and wind. With my duffle on board, I dropped down stream, close to the bank where I would be sheltered as much as possible. Five miles down stream I came to a number of cabin boats tied to the bank. Woods were all I could see on the bank, and I regarded the town with some wonder. . I knew that somewhere along there was a pink boat, in which a daughter of Mrs. Haney lived. Charlie Brooks was her husband, and I wanted to see him, especially, for he could tell me about the lower river if anyone could. One after another I passed the sterns of the boats, and finally spied the pink boat which I was seeking well down in the lower end of the fleet. As I leaned to the oars I was hailed, “Hello there, Spears !” On turning my head to see who had hailed, I saw a broad, smiling face which was at first sight familiar but unplaceable. He knew me, and that was enough. I swung in to the large white-and-red boat and clambered aboard. He was the Medicine Man, and his partner was the Gambler. They were a precious pair whom I had met far up the river, and they promptly invited me to stay a while. “We’ve got a bit of graft here,” the Gambler remarked. “We begun to get short of money, so I rigged up a table, and we’re running a poker game at night. You want to stay a while, and you’ll see enough sights to fill that note book you were keeping when we seen you up the river.” Sure enough, it was the gambling boat of a floating population to which I had been invited, and without more ado, I hoisted my duffle on board, and sat down to hear what the boys had been up to since I met them three hundred miles up the river. They’d been selling medicine, buying junk, gathering hickory nuts, running a show boat, and had variously disported themselves. They were so glad to see me that the Gambler took down a violin and the Medicine Man picked up a banjo, and both played in unison — jig, song, waltz, two-step, rag- time and a snatch of an interlude which the Gambler learned when he was first fiddle to an Indian Territory opera company. Each of them had a natural taste for music, and a trace of sweetness was noticeable in the undertone and second thoughts of their “pieces.” Perhaps one could travel a long ways and not hear anything quite like what I heard that afternoon. With the tones of the stringed instruments was the gurgling chuckle of the river water around the boat. There was something in the demeanor of the men which was exceedingly startling at times. The musical impulse carried flashes across the Gambler’s countenance which were chilling to contemplate. .. The Gambler’s chin was two-pointed and narrow. His eyes were alternately either wide open and starting, or they were half closed and sunken. His face was very dark, sun-dried and wind- worn, his mustache was black, his eyes were a dull turtle brown. I compared his cordiality to that of a pet snake. The Medicine Man had one characteristic that was unforgetable. This was his smile. Fie was a short, ro- tund man with a smooth face and dark eyes, hair and complexion. His hair was growing gray over his tem- ples— his lips were a trifle thick, and wide spreading, as though about to break into beaming smiles at any mo- ment. It was by his smile that I recalled the circum- stances of our first meeting. He was on the cabin boat, and welcomed me as a break in the monotony of days tied to a shelving bank not far below Cairo. He had been trading medicine for flour, chickens and eggs, while his partner cooked and cared for the boat. The partner .and he were contented in the life on the river. Peddling medicine was not difficult, there was plenty to eat and they had not been together long enough to be troubled by their various eccentricities. I settled down to live their kind of life, and understand it if I could. My first glimpse of the boat, with its newly rigged poker table, showed that what I had seen on the old fisherman’s boat, and on Mrs. Haney’s were only faint impressions of the whole river life scenes. In the floor of this cabin boat were a couple of bullet holes; the violin, the guitar and the banjo were most sugges- tive, and the two men themselves — I asked one during a pause, due to a string out of tune : “What are you doing now, boys ?” “Grafting — like we always done,” the Medicine Man laughed, starting in a cheerful jig dance tune. Heretofore my river associates had been almost exclu- sively men who worked, at least part of the time. Even Pierce and his son followed “electric goods peddling” merely as a side issue, and would do a job of carpenter work on occasion. Perhaps they had in mind “easy liv- ings,” but they were workers. The Medicine Man and the Gambler avowed themselves to be grafters, and noth- ing more. They said they had been doing everything, and every- body. They laughed with glee over a hickorynut specu- lation into which they had entered. “We picked up about fifteen bushels of them — most broke our backs. When we got to Memphis we carried two sackfuls weigh- ing a hundred a piece all over the bloody city, and got about a dollar an’ §eyen cents for ’em, Hueh ! But we’re .eating the rest,” " 1 ‘ "* “You just ought to been with us, coming down. We had a fellow on board who was a reg’lar bummer. But he could play the violin till it talked — sliding notes and all that sort of thing. He wasn’t good for anything else, but we kept him just to play. We had a couple of shows — singing and playing, and the Gambler gave a Punch and Judy show — it was a corker. The cuss kept us drunk most of the time. But he was plumb amusing for a time. One day we cut loose from New Madrid, aiming to run a whiskey boat. We had ten jugs of whiskey on board and a couple of cans of wine and some sweet cider. First one would drink and then another; when we come to there was some kind soul who had ketched our boat and tied us in at Carruthersville. You never see any- thing like that boat was for three days after that. We’d drank all the whiskey, eat all the grub and there wasn’t a dollar on board. I went up the bank — had an awful headache — carried my grip and some medicine and went to work. I got four or five dollars and bought some flour and meat, but we couldn’t eat. Say! we cussed one an- other, I tell you. I went up the bank after some more money — wanted some seltzer and soda for biscuit. When I come back the boat was gone, and I had to steal a skiff and follow those fellows down stream thirty miles, and that at night. Oh, this trip’s been a time, I tell you.” I went over to Brooks’ boat after a time and found Mr. and Mrs. Brooks there. Mrs. Brooks was a tall, slender woman, whose face was weather-beaten, and her chin the equivalent of a fist. The Medicine Man volunteered the opinion later that Mrs. Brooks would set her hus- band on the bank some day. The boat and other things on board were in her name, it was said. It was a pret- tily furnished craft, not at all in harmony with the atrocious pink exterior. The floor was clean, the living room was carpeted, and lace curtains swung from the windows. The stove, a small one, was neatly blacked, the chairs, including large rockers, were comfortable, and the groceries were well chosen, apparently for trade was steady. Because “everybody” had been on a spree the previous night, the gambling crowd did not appear on the night of the day I arrived. Several of them had been cleaned out, and couldn’t play anyhow, but on Tuesday night, Jan. 26, the bunch appeared. They were workers in a new sawmill half a mile back in the woods from Hughey’s landing, where we were tied. They arrived just before dark, but a man had preceded them — a wiry, broad- brimmed hatted individual, who made a deal with the Gambler. He explained certain card tricks which he knew, and showed that he could read the backs of the cards as a common player could read the faces. Flis pack was carefully marked, and he handed it to the Gambler for use that night. The two agreed to whack up even on the proceeds of the evening game, and agreed upon a system of signals for service in certain contin- gencies. It was as cold-blooded a deal as one could wish, and the Gambler explained afterward that Causey, the visitor, was a good man to do business with — he knew the cards so well. The gang came in in bunches of two or three until twenty odd were on the boat. The gathering was a markedly typical one of the river swamp sawmills. The boss was there, a shrewd, keen-eyed man, who went home without playing. The chief sawyer sat down to the table and kept the backs of his cards buried in his hands. The bookkeeper and secretary sprawled his cards on the table, backs up, and bet without looking at them, “playing his luck.” Two or three log-rollers showed their three or four one-dollar bills as though they were fortunes. One young board-handler, with his hat aslant and a swag- gering gait and loud voice, played for a time. The table at first had what the Gambler called “cheap ones” around it. For an hour the game progressed with the two gam- blers itching to get the foreman down at the table. They “killed off” the young would-be sport in just five hands, so that room could be had at the table for him. But he hesitated, and a teamster took the chair. Then a log- roller was “killed off,” and left the table penniless. His place was taken by the sawyer, who bought his $2 worth of checks with money from a thirty or forty-dollar roll of bills. A shiver passed down Causey’s lank frame and his eyes glinted at sight of that money. The Gambler squinted and, catching my eye, twitched his eyelid. I was sitting on a box facing a home-made barber’s chair — another of the Gambler’s contrivances for making money — writing notes on my typewriter. The Medicine Man was not in the game, but wandered around with his banjo playing snatches of tunes. He sang: “You men must now give up your drinking, Ne’er more can you go on a tear, For tlie ladies of late have been thinking Of closing all the gin mills with prayer.” The Medicine Man appeared a little sour over the pro- ceedings, for which fact I could not account until later I learned that he was not to* share in the profits of the game. He explained afterward, too, that it was a mighty dangerous business cheating those men. “They got guns a foot long on them,” he said. “If they’d seen what those two were doing to them they’d a fell to mussin’ right away — like enough we’d got killed, too. I don’t b’lieve in taking chances with that kind of men — they’re bad when they thinks they are being imposed upon.” It was remarkable that trouble did not ensue from the way the two 'vyere robbing the other playerg, Causey stacked the cards repeatedly and dealt hand after hand to his partner, who won again and again. They baited the man with the roll by handing out pairs and trays, and giving themselves hands a card higher. But his only response to these baits was to pass them by, and wait till he dealt himself, or till one of his friends in the game was dealer. Even then he was at a disadvantage, for Causey knew the cards from the backs as well aS frorti the faces. Once Causey had three nines and the sawyer two- pairs. But Causey, at the draw, saw that the marl got an ace. He couldn’t remember whether one of the two pairs was of aces or not, and he laid down his three of a kind to two kings and two queens and an ace. This made him lose his temper, and during the next half an hour he cursed himself under his breath and blundered in a way that allowed the secretary to win back a couple of dollars already lost. The secretary was a dark, emotional youth of about twenty-five years. He played the game as though his life depended on it, his face changing back and forth from a- sallow to a dark red. His fingers clutched at the cards ravenously. Once, when he won a jack-pot — a bait — he threw his whole body across the table and surrounded the little stack of chips — ten dollars worth — showing most plainly that he was a card victim and that gambling was a habit he would probably never overcome. His money was swept from him, dollar by dollar, and at last he was borrowing. Finally he rose from the table, leav- ing behind his last five cents and debts aggregating a week’s salary at least. The log-rollers were kept in the game by the two gamblers, who feared it would break up before they could “kill” the sawyer. The log-rollers won a dollar and lost fifty cents; then they’d win a dollar and then lose a dollar. They were never allowed to re- tain more than a dollar and a half, and their last cent was in the chips before them on the table. In the meantime the Medicine Man was sent out by the Gambler to get something to eat. He went down to the Brooks store boat to get some canned stuff and apples. He returned with an armful, and some of the players ate as they played, laying their cards face down on the table, where Causey studied them at his leisure. Toward the last the checks, or chips, gravitated stead- ily toward Causey’s pile, and one by one the players were “killed off.” The final scene was a protracted one. The sawyer lost gradually but slowly. Finally his stack got down to two dollars, and then he drew out a wad of bills • — perhaps $30. He stripped a five-dollar note from it and put it under the chips before him. At sight of the roll shivers ran perceptibly through the gamblers, and they stiffened in their chairs and began to play for the money that was before their eyes. Then followed as remarkable a series of plays as was ever seen on the Mississippi. It was two card-stackers against an honest, thoroughbred swamp poker-player. Time and again Causey threw a tempting hand into the sawyer, yet the sawyer refused to bet against the Gambler, who bid him up. But when his own turn came the sawyer dealt and then played the hand he gave him- self in a square deal. Sometimes he lost on the bets he made then, but frequently he won. Every device the gamblers knew was used to get the man to bet on a stacked deal but he refused. Causey bet without looking at his hand, without looking at the card he drew, but the sawyer knew the kind of a gang he was against, and when he finally quit at 3 o’clock in the morning he was only $3 behind — and _ that three he had lost before the other players were killed off, and presumably before he realized what was against him. After the game was over the visitors left the boat. Then came an episode which looked decidedly ominous, for the two rascals couldn’t agree on the amount of money that had been won. The bargain had been to di- vide even, but there was a difference of $7 in their esti- mates of how much they had won. The Gambler, who sold the checks for the game, said that only $25 had been taken in, while Causey was sure that at least $35 had been won. I watched the pair as their voices began to rise and noted with considerable interest that Causey grew sullen and quiet while the Gambler quivered and started. Without knowing more about the two men than has been told, I could see that the Gambler was deter- mined to retain what he called his half of the proceeds of the swindling game. His dark face grew lined and dog-like as he argued the matter, going over the pur- chases of checks made by the visitors. The other flushed and threw his head back with a motion I remembered having seen in a feud-fighter of the Tennessee mountains. But against the Gambler Causey was at odds. The Gambler not only had the money but he had more nerve. He finally contented himself with $12.50 and went home to his cabin boat. He was an able card-stacker, but he saw that if he pressed his claim for more of the money he would have to fight for it. The Gambler had a re- volver on him, for both men had armed carefully before the game began. “I don’t want to beat anyone, but I want my share, and I’m going to have it,” said the Gambler after the man had gone. On the following morning the Gambler and the Medi- cine Man decided that they had better pull out of the landing. “You can’t tell,” the Gambler remarked. “We’ve been here now going on a week. There’s sheriffs down in the country, and them kind always wants a rake-off. I guess we’d better hit the grit.” Jan. 27 was a fine morning, without wind or waves, qnd the water was like glass. Birds sang ajopg the rivef June 3, 1905-] banks, and the decision to travel on was no sooner made than' the ropes were cast off and away we went with the current. Our good-byes to the neighbors consisted of yells and waves of the hands. Judging from what I had seen on the previous night I had reason to congratulate myself for the company I was in. “We ain’t no common river rats,” the Medicine Man said boastfully as he watched the bank, being moved by the scene. “We’re thoroughbreds. We’re grafters, ain’t we old boy?” His partner grinned and nodded acquiescence. As if to clinch the statement he took a small roll of bills from a money-belt and began to count out the money. “Ten- twenty-twenty-five-thirty — ” he counted. At last he straightened up with a smile of conscious pride. “Ninety- four bucks !” he exclaimed, “and when we got to Hughey’s we didn’t have a bloody dollar.” “Yes, an’ we’d a had $150 if you hadn’t went and got drunk Sunday night and lost pretty near a hundred,” the Medicine Man exclaimed, sourly. “Is that any of your business what I do with my money —that’s my money, do you understand that?” “I thought we was pardners,” the Medicine Man ex- claimed. “If you had this money you’d buy whiskey — ” “And you’d drink it !” broke in the Medicine Man. The Gambler opened his mouth to reply angrily, but something ripped against the side of the boat, a shadow darkened the craft. “Hustle!” the Medicine Man yelped, jumping for the sweeps. A moment later we’ were pounding the long oars and working clear of the caving bank and mass of tree trunks and branches into which the current had carried us unnoticed. The little natural excitement toned the tempers down, and we got dinner harmoniously enough. Raymond S. Spears. The Big Trees of California, BY ALLEN KELLY. On the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, at alti- tudes between 5,500 and 7,000 feet above sea level, stand twelve groves or scattered groups of the oldest living things in the world — the Big Trees of California. There are a few thousands of the trees, survivors of the Pacific Coast’s preglacial period, and the giants of the groves probably are more than 4,000 years old. The largest of them are more than 30 feet in diameter and 350 feet in height, and some fallen trees show even greater dimensions. A single tree contains more than half a million feet, board measure, of sound lumber. Because of the enormous quantity of valuable lumber contained in these groves, the finest of them are threatened with destruction, and others have been virtu- ally destroyed by ax and saw. Congress has been urged and pleaded with at every session during the past five years to preserve the largest of the groups of Big Trees, but has failed to take action, and the vandal work of felling the Calaveras Grove may begin at any time. The big tree is the Sequoia gigantca, and is closely related to the California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens , which grows in the coast ranges from Oregon to Monterey Bay. The redwood grows in dense, homo- geneous forests, but the Big Tree exists only in small groups scattered among other conifers. Sequoia belongs to the sub-tribe, Taxodince, in which there is only one other North American genus, Taxodium— the cypress — so that its nearest American relative is the cypress, although there is a genus of Tasmanian trees to which it appears to be more nearly related. Botanical authorities disagree as to the tribe to which the genus belongs, and also as to the proper scientific name. The English have presumed to ap- propriate the Big Trees under the name Wellingtonia, while the United States Forestry Bureau insists on Washingtonia as the only correct name. In California, Sequoia gigantea “goes,” and as that means “Big _ Se- quoia,” and Sequoia is the name of a great American —the Cherokee chief — I do not see why it is not good 'enough as it stands, maugre the hair-splitting of quar- 'xeling botanists. Disputing over the name will not, at any rate, deter the thrifty-minded lumberman from chopping down these living monuments of ages long gone and sawing them into boards for the building of pig-pens. The eye of greed has been fixed upon the Big Tree, and has seen nothing, in its grand proportions but so many feet of merchantable lumber, and down comes the oldest living thing in the world, unless somebody comes to its rescue very soon. The Big Tree is not only of unique interest because of its age, its history and its rarity, but it is magnificent In its beauty. Standing among spruces, pines and firs that would seem gigantic elsewhere, the Big Tree’s columnar trunk dwarfs its neighbors, and its feathery foliage towers far above the tallest of them. In color, the rich terra-cotta column is conspicuous amid the dark brown and gray trunks of the Sierra forest. The big tree is gigantic, but it is also wonderfully sym- metrical and beautiful to look upon. At first view the Big Tree is disappointing in re- spect of size, but that is because one does not instantly comprehend its proportions. For some hours before arriving at a grove, the visitor passes through forests of pines and spruces of great size, trees from eight, ten and twelve feet diameter and more than 200 feet in height being numerous, and becomes accustomed to bigness. Not until one has walked around ' the tre- mendous trunk of a Big Tree, estimated the distance from the ground to the first branch, which may be 150 feet, compared the size with familiar objects, and per- haps ridden through a hollow log and out at a knot- hole, does the impression of magnitude soak into his mind. A remarkable quality of the Sequoia is its vitality — its resistance to disease and its power of recovery from injuries. Wounds made by ax or fire in the trunk of a tree heal and new bark grows over them and hides the scars. One standing tree in the Mariposa Grove .has been burned out from the base to a height of more FOREST AND STREAM. rs**— 481 mi ii - — PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PARTY IN BIG TREE GROVE. Governor Pardee, of California, on the President’s right; and John Muir on his left. than ioo feet, and one may stand inside the trunk at the base and see the sky as through the tube of a telecope, and yet the top is green, the wood is sound and the tree seems vigorously healthy. Cutting an arch in the trunk, through which a Concord coach may be driven, does not fatally injure a tree forty years after the cutting, the wood on the inside of the arch remains perfectly sound. A very large specimen in the Calaveras Grove, that was denuded entirely of bark in 1854, is still standing and apparently sound. John Muir says he never saw a Big Tree that died a natural death — that is, of ola age and decay — and that, barring accidents, they seem to be immortal. He has counted over 4,000 annual rings in the section of a tree that was killed by fire in the King’s River forest. The first white man to see the Big Trees was John Bidwell, who discovered the Calaveras Grove in 1841. When the gold-seekers invaded California eight years later, Bidwell’s discovery seems to have been unknown to the natives, for a hunter who stumbled into the grove on the trail of a bear in 1852 was credited by the forty miners with being the first to see a Big Tree. Letters written home at that time by my uncle, Lyman Sherwin, who was one of the first party guided in from Murphy’s by the hunter Dowd, to be shown proof of his story of finding an enormous tree, indicate plainly that the existence of the grove had not been made known to the Argonauts by Bidwell. There is no question now, however, that Bidwell saw the Calaveras trees eleven years before Dowd. How easy it is for such a discovery to be forgotten was illustrated by the announcement in 1873 of the finding of a small grove of Big Trees near the middle fork of the American River in Placer county, seventy miles north of the Calaveras Grove. This grove, con- sisting of six trees standing and a few fallen — the largest 28 feet in diameter — was discovered by Joe Matlock, a miner, in 1855, and the date “i860” is cut into the bark of an alder nearby. Some of the Big Tree groves are within the lines of forest reserves and national parks, and probably will be protected for all time. Others are private property and have been partly destroyed. The Fresno Grove, not far from the preserved Mariposa Grove, is already ruined, the State of California having refused to pur- chase the tract at a low price from the original lo- cator and allowed it to fall into the hands of lumber- men, who set up a sawmill in the middle of the grove and wasted more timber than they worked up. The Calaveras and Stanislaus Groves were preserved intact by James L. Sperry until 1900. The first oc- cupies a tract 3,200 feet long by 700 wide, and contains 100 trees of large size. The second, about six miles distant, contains 1,380 Sequoias, and is the largest of all the groves. It was not Mr. Sperry’s fault that these groves went into the hands of timber speculators. He held them for forty years or more, and did his best to induce the State of California to relieve him of their care when he foresaw his inability to provide for their preservation as private property. In my official report as State Forester of California, in 1892, I placed all the facts concerning the Calaveras and Stanislaus Groves before the Governor and Legis- lature, stated that Mr. Sperry was willing to sell to the State at a figure far below the commercial value of the property, pointed out that he would be obliged to dis- pose of it to lumbermen very soon, and urged that steps be taken by the State to acquire and preserve the Big Trees. But it was impossible to interest the Philis- tine statesmen in anything so sentimental, and not until the Big Trees passed into the hands of speculators did Californians awaken to realization of what the loss of the two finest groups of these marvelous monuments of past ages would mean to the State and to the world. And then it was the women of California, not the “statesmen,” who bestirred themselves to keep the ax from its vandal, sordid work. The pity of it is that the statesmen in Washington seem to be as stupidly indifferent to everything that isn’t “business” or buncombe as the leather-head legis- lators of California. It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name.. , Address State 482 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 1 90S. Trails of the Pathfinders* — XXXII* Fremont — III. Fremont's second trip was on a scale somewhat more extensive than his first. His party consisted of thirty-two regular engagees, besides a negro, and two Delaware Indians, who were hired to act as hunters. The route was up the Kansas valley, across the divide, to the head of the Arkansas, and then through passes in the moun- tains— if any could be found — at the source of this river. The party left “the little town of Kansas” — now Kansas City— the last of May, and proceeded without special ad- venture until the afternoon of June 6, when a little con- fusion1 was caused by the sudden arrival of Maxwell — one of the hunters of the expedition of 1842 — just in ad- vance of a party of Osage Indians. Maxwell had gone back to look for a lost horse, and the Osages had prompt- ly chased him into camp, a distance of nine miles. The Osages drove off a number of the best horses, but a hard chase of seven or eight miles recovered them all. At this season of the year the streams were up, and some difficulty was met with in crossing them. Game was scarce, for they were traveling through a region fre- quently traversed by trapping and hunting parties of Indians, and much pursuit had made the game watchful and wild. The difficulties were so great, largely owing to rain and mud, that when he. reached Big Timber Fremont determined to divide his party, leaving Fitz- patrick—he of the Broken Hand— with twenty-five men in charge of the provisions and heavier baggage of the camp; while Fremont, more lightly loaded, but taking a wagon and the howitzer which had been furnished by the United States arsenal at St. Louis, should proceed ahead of the main party. On June 19 they crossed the Pawnee road to the Ar- kansas, and suddenly came upon the first buffalo, half a dozen bulls, which formed the vanguard of immense herds, among which they journeyed for many days after- ward. For some days the advance party had been travel- ing over a high level prairie, which afforded an excellent road, because, being back from the main river, they headed many of its affluents, and had little trouble in crossing the streams. On the 26th they came upon the Republican River and entered the drier country, which Fremont says now assumed a desert character. Run- ning water began to be more scarce, but frequent little lakes were found, from which they were often obliged to drive off the buffalo. July 3 they saw a party of Sioux, whose horses had been winter-killed the previous season, and were now on the way to a camp of the Arapahoes, on the Bijou fork, where they intended to beg for horses. The 4th of July found them at St. Vrain’s fort, on the South Platte. Their animals were now much run down, and their stock of provisions fairly exhausted ; but they found the fort little better off than themselves, and quite without surplus animals. Fremont, therefore, authorized Max- well, who was now about to separate from them, and to go on to Taos, to purchase there ten or twelve mules, pack them with provisions, and meet him at the mouth of the “Fontaine qui bouit,” on the Arkansas River. On the 6th of July, ten miles above St. Vrain’s fort, the party passed Fort Lancaster, the trading post of Mr. Lupton. He had already established . a farm on the prairie, certainly one of the very earliest in the Trans- Missouri country. Horses, cattle and hogs ranged on the prairie; and there was poultry, and what was left of a flourishing garden, which had j ust been ruined by high water. The next day a large camp— 160 lodges— of Arapahoes was passed. They had many horses and seemed to be prosperous. Game — which meant food — continued scarce; but on the 8th Lajeunesse killed a deer, and the next day a bull was slaughtered, the eating of which made most of the people sick. On the nth, “as we were riding quietly along, eagerly searching every hollow in search of game, we discovered, at a little distance in the prairie, a large grizzly bear, so busily engaged in digging roots that he did not perceive us until we were gallop- ing down a little hill fifty yards from him, when he charged upon us with such sudden energy, that several of us came near losing our saddles. Being wounded he commenced retreating to a rocky piney ridge nearby, from which we were not able to cut him off, and we entered the timber with him. The way was very much blocked up with fallen timber, and we kept up a running fight for some time, animated by the bear charging among the horses. He did not fall until after he had received six rifle balls. He was miserably poor and added nothing to our stock of provisions.” They were now about 7,500 feet above the sea level and traveling along prairies from which the waters drained into the Arkansas, Platte and Kansas rivers. Pike’s Peak was in sight, and further to the south the Spanish Peaks. •The next day they came upon the wagon road to the settlements on the Arkansas River, and in the afternoon camped on the “Fontaine qui bouit,” which they followed down, passing the camp of a hunter named Maurice, who had been catching buffalo calves, a number of which were seen among the cattle near his lodge. Here, too, were a party of mountaineers, among whom were several Con- necticut men belonging to Wyeth’s party. On the after- noon of July 14 they camped near a pueblo, or town, where were settled a number of mountaineers who had mar- ried Spanish women, and had formed a farming settle- ment here. Fremont hoped that he might have obtained some provisions from these people, but as trade with the Spanish settlements was forbidden he got nothing except milk, of which they had an abundance. Fremont learned here’ that the Spanish Yutes were on the war path and that there had been a popular tumult among the civilized Indians near Taos, and so felt some natural anxiety about the safety of Maxwell. By great good luck, how- ever, he met here Carson, whom he engaged once more, and ’ sent him off to Charles Bent, down the Arkansas River, to buy mules at Bent’s fort— Fort William. Usually there was a large stock of animals here, for the Indians, returning from their raids into Mexico, often traded a part of their plunder for goods. The party now returned to St. Vrain’s fort, which they reached on the 23d. Here Fitzpatrick and his party were found safe and well, and also Carson, who had brought with him ten good mules with the necessary pack ani- mals. The provisions which Fitzpatrick had brought and over which he had watched with great care, were very welcome to the hungry explorers. At this post the Dela- ware Indians determined to return to their home. Fre- mont made up his mind that he would try the pass through which the Cache-a-la-Poudre flowed, and he again divided the party, sending Fitzpatrick across the plains to the mouth of the Laramie River, to follow the usual emigrant trail and to meet him at Fort Hall. Fre- mont with thirteen men was to take the longer road about. He started up the Cache-a-la-Poudre, marched westward through the Medicine Bow Mountains to the North Platte River, which he crossed. The way was not exceptionally difficult except for the fact that it ran through large and tough bushes of sage brush which made the hauling hard. Buffalo were abundant and food was plenty. Indeed, so much was killed that they spent a day or two in camp drying meat as provision for the fu- ture. While they were occupied at this, they were charged by about seventy mounted Indians, but these were seen by the horse guard, the horses driven into camp and the party took up a defensive position in a grove of timber, so that the Indians, just before the howitzer was fired at them halted and explained that they had taken the camp for one of hostile Indians. This war party was one of Arapahoes and Cheyennes, return- ing unsuccessful from a journey against their enemies, the Shoshonis. They had lost several men and were not in a very pleasant frame of mind. From here, turning south, the party struck across to the Sweetwater River and at length reached the trail to the Oregon, being thus on the same ground that they had traversed the previous year. Green River, then called Prairie-hen River, was reached Aug. 16 and something is said of the impressions among the residents in the country about the lower course of the Colorado. Says Fremont: “From many descriptions of trappers it is probable that in its foaming course among its lofty preci- pices it presents many scenes of wild grandeur; and though offering many temptations, and often discussed, no trappers have been found bold enough to undertake a voyage which has so certain a prospect of a fatal termi- nation. The Indians have strange stories of beautiful valleys abounding with beaver shut up among inaccessible walls of rock in the lower course of the river, and to which the neighboring Indians, in their occasional wars with the Spaniards and among themselves, drive their herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, leaving them to> pas- ture in perfect security.” Fremont was ignorant that nearly eighteen years before Ashley had descended the Green River in a boat, and had inscribed his name and a date on the rock which was seen there by Maj. J. W. Powell more than forty years later. But Ashley’s expe- dition did not get much further than the mouth of Ashley River, where it was wrecked, and the trip abandoned. Not long after crossing Green River they passed quite near Bridger’s fort, and then sent Carson on to- Fort Hall to secure provisions, while Fremont with his party went on to Bear River. Following down this stream they met a party of emigrants, saw more or less game in the way of antelope and elk, and, on approaching the Shoshoni village, were charged by the Indians, who sup- posed the white men a party of Sioux, because they car- ried a flag regarded by these people as an emblem of hostility, being usually carried by the Sioux and the neighboring mountain Indians when they came against the Shoshonis to war. The true character of Fremont’s party was recognized by the Indians before they got near them and they were kindly received in the village and ob- tained provisions there. Further down the stream the celebrated Beer Springs, “which, on account of the effer- vescing gas and acid taste, have received their name from the voyageurs and trappers of the country, who, in the midst of their rude and hard lives, are fond of finding some fancied resemblance to the luxuries they rarely have the fortune to enjoy.” The water of some of these springs is hot, and has a pungent and disagreeable metallic taste leaving a burning effect on the tongue. The Beer, or Soda Springs, are of the same character as the boiling springs at the foot of Pike’s Peak, but they are not hot. It was in the neighborhood of Bear River that Fremont and his party first came in contact with the Indians, which he calls Root Diggers, and which in those old times wrere spoken of as Digger Indians. They are various tribes and bands of Piutes, occupying the desert country of the Rocky Mountains, whose subsistence is derived chiefly from roots and seeds and from such small animals as they may be able to capture. The country which Fremont was crossing had formerly abounded in game, but the buffalo had all disappeared. Even as early as this (1843), attention had been called to the disappearance of the buffalo, and Fremont says: “The extraordinary rapidity with which the buffalo is disappearing from our territories will not appear sur- prising when we remember the great scale on which their destruction is yearly carried on. With inconsiderable ex- ceptions, the business of the American trading posts is carried on in their skins ; every year the Indian villages make new lodges for which the skin of the buffalo fur- nishes the material ; and in that portion of the country where they are still found, the Indians derive their en- tire support from them and slaughter them with a thoughtless and abominable extravagance. Like the Indians themselves, they have been a characteristic of the Great West; and as, like them, they are visibly dimin- ishing, it will be interesting to throw a glance backward through the last twenty years and give some account of their former distribution through the country and the limit of their western range. “The information is derived principally from Mr. Fitz- patrick, supported by my own personal knowledge and acquaintance with the country. Our knowledge does not go further back than the spring of 1824, at which time the buffalo were spread in immense numbers over the Green River and Bear River valleys, and through all the country lying between the Colorado, or Green River, of the Gulf of California, and Lewis’ fork of the Columbia River; the meridian of Fort Hall then forming the west- ern limit of their range. The buffalo then remained for many years in that country and frequently moved down the valley of the Columbia on both sides of the river as far as the Fishing Falls. Below this point they never descended in any numbers. About the year 1834 or 1835 they began to diminish very rapidly and continued to de- crease until 1838 or 1840, when, with the country we have just described, they entirely abandoned all the waters of the Pacific north of Lewis’ fork of the Columbia. At that time the Flathead Indians were in the habit of find- ing their buffalo on the heads of' Salmon River, and other streams of the Columbia; but now they never meet with them farther west than the three forks of, the Missouri or the plains of the Yellowstone River. “In the course of our journey it will be remembered that the buffalo have not so entirely abandoned the waters of the Pacific, in the Rocky Mountain region south of the Sweetwater, as in the country north of the Great Pass. This partial distribution can only be accounted for in the great pastoral beauty of that country, which bears marks of having long been one of their favorite haunts, and by the fact that the white hunters have more fre- quented the northern than the southern region — it being north of the South Pass that the hunters, trappers and traders have had their rendezvous for many years past ; and from that section also the greater portion of the beaver and rich furs were taken, although always the most dangerous as well as the most profitable hunting ground. “In that region lying between the Green or Colorado River and the head waters of the Rio del Norte, over the Y amp ah, Kooyah, White rivers — all of which are the waters of the Colorado — the buffalo never extended so far to the westward as they did on the waters of the Columbia; and only in one or two instances have they been known to descend as far west as the mouth of the White River. In traveling through the country west of the. Rocky Mountains observations readily led me to the impression that the buffalo' had, for the first time, crossed that range to the waters of the Pacific only a few years prior to the period we are considering, and in this opinion I am sustained by Mr. Fitzpatrick and the older trappers in. that country. In the region west of the Rocky Moun- tains we never meet with any of the ancient vestiges which throughout all the country lying upon their eastern waters are found in the great highzuays , continuous for hundreds of miles, always several inches and sometimes several feet in depth which the buffalo have made in crossing from one river to another or in traversing the mountain ranges. The Snake Indians, more particularly those low down upon Lewis’ fork, have always been very grateful to the American trappers for the great kindness (as they frequently expressed it) which they did to them in driving the buffalo so low down the Columbia River. “The extraordinary abundance of the buffalo on the east side of the Rocky Mountains and their extraordinary diminution will be made clearly evident from the follow- ing statement : At any time between the years 1824 and 1836 a traveler might start from any given point south or north in the Rocky Mountain range, journeying by the most direct route to the Missouri River, and, during the whole distance, his road would be always among large bands of buffalo, which would never be out of his view until he arrived almost within sight of the abodes of civilization. “At this time the buffalo occupy but a very limited space, principally along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, sometimes extending at their southern ex- tremity to a considerable distance into the plains between the Platte and Arkansas rivers and along the eastern frontier of New Mexico as far south as Texas. “The following statement, which I owe to the kindness of Mr. Sanford, a partner in the American Fur Company, will further illustrate this subject by extensive knowledge acquired during several years of travel through the region inhabited by the buffalo : “ ‘The total amount of robes annually traded by our- selves and others will not be found to differ much from the following statement : Robes. American Fur Company . 70,000 Hudson Bay Company 10,000 All other companies, probably 10,000 Making a total of 90,000 as an average annual return for the last eight or ten years. “ ‘In the Northwest, the Hudson’s Bay Company pur- chased from the Indians but a very small number — their only market being Canada, to which the cost of transpor- tation nearly quals the produce of the furs; and it is only within a very recent period that they have received buf- falo robes in trade; and out of the great number of buf- falo annually killed throughout the extensive regions in- habited by the Comanches and other kindred tribes, no robes whatever are furnished for trade. During only four months of the year (from November until March) the skins are good for dressing; those obtained in the remaining eight months being valueless to traders, and the hides of bulls are never taken off or dressed as robes at any season. Probably not more than one-third of the skins are taken from the animals killed, even when they are in good season, the labor of preparing and dressing the robes being very great, and it is seldom that a lodge trades more than twenty skins in a year. It is during the summer months, and in the early part of autumn that the greatest number of buffalo are killed, and yet at this time a skin is never taken for the purpose of trade.’ 'fc “In 1842 I found the Sioux Indians of the Upper Platte demontes, as their French traders expressed it, with the failure of the buffalo, and in the following year large villages from the Upper Missouri came over to the moun- tains at the heads of the Platte, in search of them. The rapidly progressive failure of their principal and almost their only means of subsistence has created great alarm among them, and at this time there are only two modes presented to them, by which they see a good prospect for escaping starvation ; one of these is to rob the settlements along the frontier of the States ; and the other is to form a league between the various tribes of the Sioux nation, the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and make war against the Crow nation in order to take from them their country, which is now the best buffalo country in the west. This plan they now have in consideration, and it would prob- ably be a war of extermination, as the Crows have long been advised of this state of affairs, and say that they are perfectly prepared. These are the best warriors in the Rocky Mountains and are now allied with the Snake Indians, and it is probable that their combination would extend itself to the Utahs, who have long been engaged in war against the Sioux. It is in this section of country FOREST AND STREAM. 438 June 3, 1905.I That my observation formerly led me to tecommen'd the ^establishment of a military post.” Fremont’s party at this time was on short allowance I of food. Word had been sent to Carson to bring from Fort Hall a pack animal loaded with provisions, for there was no game in the country and it was hard to purchase food of any kind from the Indians. On Sept. 3 Carson rode into camp with provisions suffi- cient for a few days. The party kept on down Bear River, I and on the 6th saw from the top of a hill the Great Salt Lake. Up to this time this lake had been seen by compara- tively few white people; in fact, only by trappers who were wintering through the country in search of beaver I and who cared for geography only so far as it helped them on their way. No white man’s boat had ever floated on its "dense waters, its islands had never been visited, and no one had made a survey of its shores or even passed all around it. Among trappers it was generally believed that while the lake had no. visible outlet there was somewhere in it a tremendous whirlpool through which its waters flowed out by a subterranean channel to the ocean. All these facts and beliefs made Fremont very anxious to visit the lake and survey it; and having with him a rubber boat he had high hopes of what he might ac- complish. However, since the party was on short allow- ance, the provisions which Carson had brought with him being now exhausted, he sent back to Fort Hall seven of his extra men under the charge of Francois Lajeunesse. The party was now reduced to eight, five of whom were to make the first voyage of discovery on the Great Salt Lake, while three should remain on the shore as camp keepers. It was only now discovered that the boat was badly put together, and when put in the water and loaded it leaked air in rather a serious way, so that the constant use of the bellows was needed to keep it afloat. Fortu- nately they had good weather at starting, for the day was very calm, and they reached one of the islands to find the rocks along the water’s edge encrusted with salt, and a windrow from ten to twenty feet in breadth, con- sisting of the larvae of some small insect which inhabited the water, and had been washed up on the shore. These worms, so called, are the common food of certain tribes of Indians living in the neighborhood of these salt or ‘alkaline lakes. There was little on the island to attract explorers, and in view of the frail nature of their craft, and the danger of storms, they did not stay long, but re- embarking, reached the shore at a point quite distant from their camp. Food continued scarce and a day or two later they killed a horse for food. At Fort Hall a few horses and oxen were purchased, the latter for food, and here Fremont sent back eleven of his men, some of whom had shown that they were un- fitted for the labors of so difficult a journey. Among those he was obliged to part with here was Basil Lajeunesse, a good man whom Fremont was sorry to lose. Leaving Fort Flail Sept. 22 the journey continued down Snake River. All along the river Indians were en- camped waiting for the salmon. Under date of Oct. 1 Fremont says: “Our encampment was about one mile below the fishing falls, a series of cataracts with very in- clined planes, which are probably so named because they form a barrier to the ascent of the salmon, and the great fisheries from which the inhabitants of this barren region almost entirely derive a subsistence commence at this place. These appeared to be unusually gay savages, fond of loud laughter, and, in their apparent good nature and merry character, struck me as being entirely different from the Indians we had been accustomed to see. From several who visited our camp in the evening we pur- chased in exchange for goods dried salmon. At this sea- son they are not very fat, but we were easily pleased. The Indians made us comprehend that when the salmon came up the river in the spring they are so abundant that they merely throw in their spears at random, certain of bringing out a fish. “These poor people are but slightly provided with win- ter clothing; there is but little game to. furnish skins for the purpose, and of a little animal which seemed to be the most numerous, it required twenty skins to make a covering to the knees. But they are still a joyous, talka- tive race, who grow fat and become poor with the salmon, which at least never fail them — the dried being used in the absence of the fresh. We were encamped immediately on the river bank, and with the salmon jumping up out of the water, and Indians paddling about in boats made of rushes, or laughing around the fires, the camp to-night has quite a lively appearance.” Geo. Bird Grinnell. [to be continued.] Fishermen's Patron Saint. St. Peter, of course, is the fisherman ; but anglers may find a saint of their own in St. Zeno, who is commemo- rated on April 12. Verona’s patron saint is convention- al lly represented holding a fishing rod, with a fish at the end of the line; the reference being to the tradition that he used to enjoy fishing in the Adige during his episco- pate. He must have commanded good sport if he exer- cised as much control over that river in life as he is said to have done two centuries after his death. In 589 Italy was visited by terrific floods, and the Adige threatened to swamp much of Verona. But the faithful gathered in St. Zeno’s Church by the river, and though the water rose to the windows outside, none of it could pass the doors, and after twenty-four hours of prayer it subsided. This rests on the authority of Gregory the Great. — London Chronicle. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to- the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New' York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. Minnesota Forests. Aitkin, Minn. — Editor Forest and Stream: Among the things that have come to my notice through the current papers of this section is that the Government has given the lumbermen permission to raise Lake Itasca two feet (this is inside the park inclosing the source of the Mis- sissippi River). Thus it will be seen that lumbering is common, even on reserved lands. It was claimed, in giv- ing this permission, that it would do no harm to the park and would enable the lumbermen to float their logs. Later, when the heavy rains of May and June come, this water from Lake Itasca and hundreds of other lakes and reservoirs will be turned into the river along with the natural floods of the season and the settlers will be allowed to float out as best they can. Along the river are deserted houses and fields rendered tenantless by the water route, and at Government expense , in its frantic efforts to assist the infant industry of denuding the forest lands of Minnesota. Another thing 1 learn from the same source is that the lumbermen are allowed to cut 95 per cent, of the timber on the much-lauded forest reserve of northern Minnesota, “the park that would stay put.” Well, what is there to reserve after a lumberman’s 95 per cent, is gone? There will at least be the brush and enough debris to make a splendid forest fire some day. A third item is that the State has made an appropria- tion to lower the outlet of Gun Lake two feet. Now, Gun Lake has no possible wagon road to its borders ; none of the land that would be drained will ever be set- tled. On the east of the lake is high and dry hard-wood hills. It is the home of small and large-mouth bass. It is none too deep at best, as rocks rise above the water in numerous places. Along the west and north shores are marshes where wildfowl breed secure from intrusion in summer. To drain lands is all right in some cases, but it is folly for a State to drain land it don’t own and could not use if it did. To drain a deep-water-lake in any country is a crime against nature if not against law, and I cannot see what there is behind this drain scheme. I have been told that the land to be drained in this case belonged to a land company composed of certain ex-State and county officials ; but even this does not explain, for as far as I can see the benefit to the land would not pay the expense of maintaining a lobby to get the appropria- tion. It may be that there is some State land near to be stripped of its timber, and the State is fixing a path for the thief to get away on, but I have failed to see any- thing in this line that would pay. It looks like a crime without a motive, though scratch most any of the drain- age schemes and you will find a land swindle behind it. If the State wants to encourage settlement in this part of the country let it concentrate on building good roads out from all the centers. Such drainage as is necessary to make the roads is all sufficient, but practical farming is impossible without roads. E. P. Jaques. The Cuckoo and its Victim. Much has been written about the habit of the cuckoo depositing its eggs in other birds’ nests and many have been the opprobrious epithets bestowed upon the parasite. In this connection I should like to point to a habit of the victims which does not appear to have excited much . attention among naturalists and which yet is quite as extraordinary as the other. It is a well known fact that as soon as the young cuckoo is able to do so (and that is within a very short time after he has left the shell), he proceeds to eject his foster brothers cr sisters from the nest. Sometimes these fall quite a distance and sometimes only a few feet from the rim of the nest, and in the latter case are plainly visible to the mother on her return. What does she do? Proceed to carry back and comfort her outraged children? Not a bit of it. She regards them with stony indifference, and so they die miserably from want of food and warmth. Let me quote here an instance of this as recorded by the eminent English naturalist, D. H. Hudson : “The end of the little history — the fate of the ejected nestling and the attitude of the parent robins — remains to be told. When the young cuckoo throws out the nest- lings from nests in trees, hedges, bushes and reeds, the victims, as a rule, fall some distance to the ground, or in the water, and are no more seen by the old birds. Here the young robin, when ejected, fell a distance of but five or six inches, and rested on a broad, bright green leaf, where it was an exceedingly conspicuous object; and when the mother robin was on the nest— and at this stage she was on it a greater part of the time — warming that black-skinned, toad-like, spurious babe of hers, her bright, intelligent eyes were looking full at the other one, just beneath her, which she had grown in her body and had hatched with her warmth, and was her very own. I watched her for hours; watched her when warming the cuckoo, when she left the nest and when she returned with food, and warmed it again, and never once did she pay the least attention to the outcast lying there so close to her. There, on its green leaf, it remained, growing colder by degrees, hour by hour, motionless, except when it lifted its head as if to receive food, then dropped it again, and when, at intervals, it twitched its body as if trying to move. During the evening even these slight motions ceased, though that feeblest flame of life was not yet extinguished; but in the morning it was dead and cold and stiff; and just above it, her bright eyes on.it, the mother robin sat on the nest as before, warming her cuckoo.” But the indictment against the cuckoo’s victim does not end here. In a letter to the London Field a trustworthy authority states that he actually observed the mother aid the young cuckoo to eject her own offspring after it had been previously ejected and restored to the nest. Talk of aberration ! It seems to me that the cuckoo is simply not in it. But should we condemn the mother? I think not Her maternal instinct is limited. Under certain set con- ditions it works automatically, as it were; introduce new or strange conditions and it becomes numb, or even per- verted. The intelligence is not there — that is the whole fact of the matter. So, conversely, I think we ought not to condemn the cuckoo. Can anyone assert positively that her reason for laying her eggs in other birds’ nests is because she is too lazy to build a nest of her own, or too' selfish to be bur- dened with the care of offspring? I am sure he cannot. But it may be asked: What other reason can there be? Well, here is one which has occurred to me and which I do not think I have seen mentioned in any of the nat- ural history books I have read. As we have seen, the young cuckoo is much addicted to his individual ease and comfort and wants, in fact, to' have the whole bed to himself. (Parenthetically, he may possibly have a few prototypes among the genus homo.) That this character- istic has been developed since he began to find himself in strange beds there are no grounds for believing, and it is possible that it is one of his original characteristics. Now, then, if this is so, can we not see the wisdom of the mother bird in electing not to attempt raising a brood of young cuckoos in one nest, but rather to dispose her eggs singly here and there? After all, the parasitic habit may be only an exercise of the instinct of race preserva- tion. F. M. New York, May 24. Size and Power of Owls. Fountain City, Ind., May 20. — Editor Forest and Stream: Forked Deer’s inquiry about the size and power of owls reminds me that once when tracking a rabbit on the snow the tracks ended at a place where the snow told the story of a violent struggle between a rabbit and a brown, or great horned owl, as was plainly shown by feathers from the bird and fur from the rabbit, while the ending of the rabbit’s trail evidenced that the owl flew away with it. About 200 yards further on I came to a place where, the owl had alighted and ate part of the rab- bit, which was a good-sized grown one and which would probably weigh about the same as a mallard duck (about three pounds). These owls were locally known as “Virginia owls,” “big brown owls,” “horned owls” and more commonly as “big hootin’ owls.” When I was “a chunk of a boy” I shot one which father said he thought was the largest he ever examined. The spread of the wings was four aiid one-half feet, and to the surprise of the boy who1 had carried it for several miles, the weight was only four pounds. They were rather numerous at that time in that section of the country, and were troublesome about carry- ing off chickens, which mostly roosted in apple trees about the farm buildings. The belief that they could carry away full-grown hens was a common one. It was also commonly believed that an owl never picked a chicken off the roost, but alighting on the limb, crowded the chicken off and as it flew toward the ground caught it on the wing. O. H. Hampton. An Ancestor of the Mask Ox. At a recent meeting of the Biological Society of Wash- ington, Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood, of the Biological Survey, read a paper in which he described and discussed the characters and relationships of an extinct ruminant found in the Klondike gravels near Dawson, Yukon Territory. The nearly perfect skull represents an animal somewhat similar to the recent musk ox, but of a different genus. It closely resembles an animal described by Liedy as Ovibos cavifrons, but is much more perfect than any spe- cimens which Liedy had. The animal was larger than the musk ox and the gen- eral shape of the head is different The horns are more slender at the base, diverge more widely at the tips, but are downward directed as in the musk ox. The teeth, which are larger than those of the American bison, re- semble teeth of that species more than they do those of the musk ox or of the sheep. The specimen does not present any particularly sheep-like characters, but does appear to have relations with the bison, oxen, etc. It is regarded as altogether probable that this extinct form was an ancestor of the present musk ox, and an interesting point noticed is that some of the characters found in the adult fossil form are seen in the musk ox only before it reaches maturity. Premiums for Killing Sharks. — German papers re- port that the marine board of Trieste, Austria, has issued a circular in which all Austrian marine officers are in- structed to stimulate the killing of sharks. Premiums are offered as follows : For each specimen of shark, of whatvere species (the eatable ones excepted), up to five feet in length, $2.30; for larger ones, $4.60, and for very large specimens of the species Oxyrrhinna spalanzani and Odontaspis ferot, $11.50. For the capture of man-eating sharks premiums of from $9.20 to $230 are offered. Fish- ermen making application for payment are to exhibit the specimens to the nearest harbor officer. — Richard Guenther, Consul-General, Frankfort, Germany. 434 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 1905. Hunting a Coon. We hunted this coon a number of years ago, and from what I saw of the coon then some one else may be still hunting him ; we left him for someone else to hunt after we had got through with him. I started about the first of October, 1885, to visit a friend who lived on a farm a mile from the hamlet of Bakerstown, Allegheny county, Pa., and only a mile from the Butler county line. After stopping with this friend a few days I took a notion to go on foot as far as the town of Butler, then come home to Allegheny by railroad. I had been all over this country, the northern part of Allegheny and north- ern part of Butler county when a boy, and meant to see it again now as I had seen it them, tramping across the country on foot, carrying a shotgun. It was twenty-five years now since I had done that, and in the meantime I had been some twenty-three years in the army, and the rest of the time had most of it been spent in a steam whaler. I had been half-way around the globe in it and was now back to where I had been born. When I left home in 1861 the country a mile or two beyond the city limits was a backwoods that I had roamed through carrying a shotgun and hatchet. The gun was for snakes, rabbits, or anything else that could be shot except song birds — I never shot them nor let any- one else do it if I could prevent it. These song birds are now protected, and it costs $5 to shoot one, as I keep telling boys here when I find them “hunting” with an air gun or a Flobert rifle. I carried the hatchet to cut dogwood out of which I made skewers to sell to butchers at ten cents per hundred, that was one way I had of get- ting money to buy powder, shot and caps. When I again went over this country after twenty-five years, I could hardly recognize a single place that I had ever seen before. Some of the roads were city streets now, the others had been changed around until I did not know them ; and the old farmer who used to chase me around with his dog or shotgun when he found me cut- ting dogwood or shinny sticks, or gathering his apples for him, had left here now for Kansas, his place had been taken by the city man with his suburban residence. This country that I meant to travel over now from Bakerstown to Butler would not be as much changed, though it was still out in the country. The farmer I had been visiting here had a son in Pittsburg who had left a fine shotgun, his shells and a game-bag here at his father’s and had lately written to his father to send them in to him if he had a chance to do it. I proposed to take them to him by way of Butler. Starting early next morn- ing in an hour I had left the United States and was on my way to the soap mines. When we were school boys we had a joke among us that both New Jersey and Butler county were foreign countries, and even to-day if a farmer comes in from anywhere and runs from the police in Pittsburg and Alle- gheny he is supposed to come direct from Butler county, and when he has paid his dollar and costs he is told to wend his way back to the soap mines again. He don’t always come from there, though. There are as clever a set of people to be found out there as can be found any- where. I meant to travel up the country slowly, stopping at farm houses for my meals and at night. I would not be treated by these farmers, though, as they treated Spears in his “Walk Down South” in some of our other coun- ties here; none of these farmers here would refuse to let me stop with them, and I would not be sent out to the barn to sleep, either. I carried pinned to my vest a mark that many of them recognized, some of them could wear it themselves. It was a little blue enamelled Maltese cross. This State had sent out a big division of troops in 1861 that were always kept together; they formed the third division of the Fifth Corps ; they were the Pennsylvania Reserves. This cross was their mark; it is recognized by the native farmers all over the State. I would be, and have been, as well treated by the farmers in Somerset or Bedford counties, where Spears did his traveling, as I would be here. Every hamlet or town in the State had men in it who had either worn this badge themselves or had fathers or brothers who had; and I hardly ever met a native farmer who would not soon notice. it, then ask me home with him for dinner or to stop all night. The route I took in going up to Butler carried me away from railroads. There was one road off some miles to my left and another still farther off on my right; both of them ran from Butler into Allegheny. I meant to take the one on my right when coming home, but kept away from it now. Tramps would be found along it; I would not be taken for one, though ; tramps don’t, as a general thing, carry any sixty-dollar shotguns. There was not much use for this gun now ; the season for most game was not open yet, and I took care not to break any game laws. When a boy I had shot rab- bits right through this country that I was now in without reference as to whether they were in season or not, but I dare not do it now. This country had not changed much in the last twenty- five years, the farmers had larger and better houses now, modern barns, and finer 'horses and cattle, but they them- selves were the same Butler county farmers that I had known when a boy. I used to meet them along the roads here, then ask to be directed to the soap mines and be told, “Go right over that hill, then follow my nose, sonny, and you will git thar.” If I asked for rabbits, though, I would get more explicit directions where to find them. They did not want them, I could have them all. I had been out several days and was getting nearer Butler every day, but was in no hurry to get there, I had the rest of this year to go in. I stopped one afternoon at a farm house to get a drink of water and, as usual, was given milk instead. The young lady who waited on me noticed my pin and after she had spelled out the letters on it — C. 8, P. R. V. C. — she asked if I had belonged to the Reserves? I told her I had; then she took me in and called her mother. The old lady told me that both her husband and her brother had belonged with us, her husband was dead now, her brother had been killed at Mechanicsburgh when Meade had made his charge across the railroad. I told her I had been there. She would not let me go on to-night and wanted me to stay next day also, but I con- cluded to go on. Then she gave me a note to a man ten miles above there, who had been in her brother’s com- pany. I got to his place in time for dinner, and he per- suaded me to stop a day or two there; then he would be going in to Butler himself with a team. The farmers here were nearly all thinking of selling out and going to Kansas, Texas or California. I would tell them that if Butler county was not good enough for them to give Kansas the go-by and keep on either to Texas or California, then tell them why I had no use for Kansas ; half of it was good enough, but that half was thickly settled already, the men who had farms there would want more for them than these men here would get for them, the western part of Kansas I would not take as a gift. Texas was good enough, but I pre- ferred California. I had been oretty well all over this western country, always traveling with my eyes open and I could tell them about it. The women here I noticed did not want to go anywhere very bad, Butler county seemed to suit them. I stopped two days with this man, then had hard work to get away. Fie wanted me to stay longer and hunt. He had his land posted ; most of the farmers here had ; but they only did it to protect themselves and keep men and boys off who would tramp over their winter wheat, shoot sheep and cows, and start fires in dry grass, and make nuisances of themselves. I or any man who con- ducted himself right might hunt over their land and be welcome. The next forenoon, after I had got there, Mr. M. and I were out on the front porch when a barefooted boy about fourteen years old coming up to us, said, “Mr. M., my pap has a coon treed in that big dead chestnut over yonder, and sent me to ask if you will let him cut it down, and lend him an ax?” “Yes, Bill, I’ll do both. Go to the woodshed and get a good ax. Your pap wili need a good one to get that tree down. He can have the coon in it; let him leave me the tree.” I had been taking notes of Bill and set him down as being a mischievous young rascal. I can tell boys pretty well now. That is what Bill was. I got him out of a whipping later on. “What sort of a tree is it?” I asked. “An old dead chestnut about two feet through. That man has a job on hand now before he gets the coon ; but I want that tree down; I need it for firewood, my dead wood is scarce here now and I must cut live wood. I can find a better use for live hickory now than to make fire wood of it.” That man would not cut that tree down and cut it up if I paid him to do it; though he will put in a day hunt- ing a coon worth twenty-five cents when he and his boy might earn two dollars husking corn for me. That would look too much like work, though.” “How does he live?” “He has a little place down on the creek here that he works, or his wife works. She does most of it, I guess.” The boy came back with the ax, a new one of the red jacket brand, they were good ones. “Let us go and see that coon hunt,” Mr. M. said; and we followed the boy across the fields to the tree that the coon was in or on. The man was the exact picture of the boy; I need not ask him if he was the boy’s pap. An old muzzle-loading rifle was leaning against a tree, and a dog lay at the foot of the tree the coon was in. The dog seemed to be fast asleep ; it was of a breed that are nearly as useful when asleep as when awake.. He was part hound, but the hound part of him was so small that the rest of him — the sooner part — spoiled him for hunting anything except a beefsteak. “Your dog must have missed the coon, sir,” I said to the man. “Yes, sir, he can miss anything except his dinner. He never misses that when the old woman throws it out to him. Get out of the way, blast you,”. giving the dog a kick; then taking the ax from his son he spit on his hands, and asked, “I don't suppose you care if I knock this tree down, Mr. M. ?” “No, chop it down. You can have the coon, leave me the tree.” The man knew how to chop if he did not want to work. He was working hard now. Every two chops he gave the tree sent chips the size of a dinner plate fly- ing out of it. He had been at work about five minutes when the coon that had been in the hole up there, if there was a hole, came .out and, climbing down to a lower limb, let go and dropped within ten feet of the dog’s nose. He might as safely have landed on his nose. The dog was too busy just now dodging chips and watch- ing the chopping to have any time to attend to coons. The coon had got several more feet away before the dog had got his ready on. He had no doubt been chopped out of trees before and knew what to do next. The boy, who had been hanging around me ever since we had come, now gave a yell and started. Had the dog kept out of the game, the boy might have got the coon, he had further to go than the dog, but he had caught up and was passing when he either fell over the dog or what was more likely the dog fell over him, and while they were getting things untied, the coon increased his lead and making for a big white oak that stood near the top of the hill, began to climb again. Had I had my shot- gun I could have stopped that coon long ago ; but I don’t know if I should have done it. My sympathies were with the coon at this stage of the game. A man and a boy, an ax, a dog, and a gun, ought to make a combination strong enough to capture one coon, I thought. I prob- ably would have kept out of the game. Pap threw down the ax now and made a break for the new tree the coon had gone up, and where he was out of sight. “Don’t cut that tree,” Mr. M. said. “I don’t need it now, and don’t want a $25 tree destroyed to get a twenty- five-cent coon.” I began to look for the coon and finally saw him about half-way up the tree. He had his hind feet on a limb close to the trunk and was hugging it closely; he seemed to be trying to form part of the tree. I pointed him out to Pap. “Git the gun, Bill,” Pap says, his eyes glued to the place the coon occupied. Bill got the gun and I noticed a half grin on his face as he handed it over. Pap, taking the gun without removing his eyes from the coon, threw the hammer up, then pushing it up to his shoulder sighted, and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. Taking the gun from his shoulder Pap examined it. There was no cap on the nipple. “Bill,” he yelled, “what did you do with this cap? Don’t lie now, I saw you foolin’ around this gun a while ago, dod gast you, can’t you let anything alone? Where’s that cap?” “I got it here,” Bill said, taking it out of his mouth and coming forward with it. Pap gave Bill a withering look that boded no good for the boy later on, then fishing another cap out of his pocket put it on, then carefully aiming at the coon that had not moved since, fired and the ball struck the tree a few inches above the coon’s head, a good line shot but too high. The coon now probably thinking this to be only a sight- ing shot quickly changed his base, moving by the right flank, if he had ever studied Upton, and disappeared around the tree. Pap was mad now clean through. “Dod gast your mis- chievous hide, I’ll skin you alive for this; you have been aching for that thar whippin’ for a hull week now. You will git it.” “Oh, no he won’t, sir. You must not touch him. Re- member that.” “Why the blazes must I not?” “Because I say so. I am the agent of the Humane Society, sir, and I warn you not to whip Bill. If you do I shall arrest and fine you. I don’t want to do that, sir.” “Can’t I thrash my own boy?” “No, sir, nor any other man’s boy if I know it. I won’t allow it.” “How is that, Mr. M. ?” Pap asks. “It is just as he says, if he is the Society’s agent, and he says he is, he can arrest you on sight if he finds yOu abusing Bill.” “But I only want to whip him.” “Yes, of course, but your whipping might seem to him to be abuse, and his word goes. You let Bill alone while he is around here.” “I reckon I’ll have to, I won’t whip you, Bill; but dod gast you, I ought to do it.” This stuff I had given Pap would hardly go with even the average Butler county farmer ; but I had taken Pap’s mental caliber and thought he would swallow it. I had about as much to do with the Humane Society as I had with the Government of Turkey. Bill had been watching me out of the corner of his eye and trying hard to keep from laughing. I had a higher opinion of Bill’s intelli- gence than I had of his father’s. Pap began to load the rifle again. Pouring more pow- der out of an old powder horn into a small loader he had tied to the horn, he next emptied it into the barrel, then rammed a patched ball down on top of it, then capped the gun, shaking his powder horn close to his ear he said, “I hain’t got a dod gasted grain left. If this load don’t git him, we won’t git him at all.” “I’ll insure that coon at one per cent, premium and take his notes for the deferred payments,” I told him. Mr. M. began to laugh, but I don’t think that Pap quite grasped my meaning. We began to look for the coon again, but nobody could see him; he no doubt saw us, though. “Well, ” Mr. M. said, “let us go down here.” Then to Pap: “After you get that coon, or don’t get him, come down and take dinner with us; bring the ax home with you, and don’t cut any green timber, I have none to waste, here.” We went home and in about two hours Pap and Bill came down. They had not got the coon, Pap had seen what he thought was the coon. Had sent his last charge at it only to find out he had been shooting at a coon’s nest. Bill had told him what it was but had deferred telling him until after he had seen how close Pap could come to missing it. “And he knew what it was all the time, too, dod gast him.” They sat on the porch and Mr. M. made a contract with Pap to have him and Bill husk the corn off of a ten-acre field that he said would turn out about 600 bushels. This would be doing very well here; they don’t raise many 150 bushels of corn here to the acre, nor do they often do' it anywhere else but in the agricultural papers. Pap and Bill could make $2 a day at this job; it would pay nearly as well as would coon hunting, I thought. After Bill and Pap had gone, I took my gun and went down through Mr. M.’s orchard to hunt quail. Mr. M. had told me that there were a few quail on his place and j more further out on his neighbor’s lands, and I could keep on after I had covered his land; the next farm was posted, but I only need tell them that I was his guest if they tried to stop me. I found a few quail in the orchard and got more in the meadow below it. The birds were very tame. Mr. M. and his neighbors had been feeding them last winter 1 June 3, 1905-] FOREST AND STREAM. 436 when the snow lay on the ground, and they had not been shot at mu eh sinee. These were young ones which had been hatched since last winter, of course, but I suppose the fact that the old ones did not take the alarm kept them from doing it. At any rate, I had to throw a stone I among them more than once to get them to fly ; I was not shooting quail that were huddled together in a bunch on the ground. An old stubble field lay next to Mr. M.’s pasture and I at last got into it. I was out of Mr. M.’s bounds now. There were plenty of quail here; I was getting one or more for every shot I fired, when a young man came run- ning down here calling on me to 9top. Coming up to me he said, “You will have to get out of this. Did you not m see my warning notices? You must have seen them, I have enough of them up here.” ; “Yes, sir, I climbed the fence alongside of one of them, l but Mr. M. told me that you would not object to my : being here. I ought to have gone up to your house, ' though, and asked permission.” “Oh, if Mr, M, sent you it is all right; you are wel- come here, You Can shoot across my place and the next I one above here; that one is my father’s; if his man tries to stop you tell him I sent you. We have these quail ; here for anyone who acts like a gentleman. I shoot a ■ few now and again. Some of us who feed them in win- j ter do not shoot them at all. But we don’t want our cows shot, ,or our fences burned, so we are obliged to post our places. Some men think we do it to make money by it. I would about as soon think of charging a man for a few quail that don’t belong to me as I would for the water he might drink at my well.” “Boys probably start most of these fires with their old muzzle-loaders, shooting the quail on the ground,” I said. “Boys are not so bad; you can tell a boy to.be careful and he will. It is men who do it. They don’t mean to do it but wdien I have a few panels of fence burned, it don’t help me much to know that they did not mean to I start the Am’* . I bade the young Man , good-bye, then kept on until I had fired my last shell ; I only had about two dozen, tb begin with. I had a nice lot of quail now, and stopping for the same reason that Pap had to stop, when he was hunting that coon, my powder was all gone. I went home now, then cleaned up the young man’s gun ready, to turn it over when I had got to him. Mr. M. was going into : Butler the next morning in a light wagon after groceries and I meant to ride in with him. Bill and Pap were on hand early the next morning; they came j ust as we had sat down to breakfast. Pap did not want any more breakfast, he said; Bill did, though, and put a Second one— he had eaten the first one at home, of Course— out of .sight very quickly, i had an interview with Bill while Pap was Bitching up a teani : at the barn. “Did Pap whip you last night?” “No, sir, he told Mam what you had said and Mam told him he had better keep his hands off me, she said you could put him in jail or fine him. Mam reads the papers, she does, Pap can’t read, and Mam says that the Society you told Pap about could fine him if he whipped me; then Pap said he had no money to pay fines, so I am all right now, ain’t I?” “Yes, but you do just what Pap tells you and don’t try any tricks on him. Play them Oil some one else after this, Can you read yet, Bill?” I asked. “Oh, ves, Mam learned me to read, and I go to sdlobl Sometimes.” I noticed that Pap treated me with a good deal of re- spect ; he had arrived at the conclusion that I must be a Dwyer, arrl Pap, while he probably had but little use for the law, did not want to collide with it. I was not a lawyer, though I had been one for two hours once, when a judge in New Mexico admitted me to his bar long enough to defend a man charged with horse stealing, as has been told in Poorest and Stream. My client had only stolen two-thirds of this horse, he owned the remaining one-third; but I persuaded the jury that he had not Stolen any of llml, and got him off. Then the District Attorney told Me that I would Make a good Tombs lawyer, Pap thought I must be a “dod gasted” One, So I was a lawyer of some kind or other. I rode into town, or I suppose I Should Call it a city now, it has got its railroads and did not look now much like the old town of Butler that I had known twenty-five years ago. Then taking a train in a few hours I was in Pittsburg, and after I had got shells to replace the ones I had shot away, I took the young man his gun. Cabia Blanco. Storage of Featherless Game* Philadelphia, Pa. — Editor Forest and Stream: One of the great, if not the greatest obstacle, to the success- ful prosecution of the cold storage companies which are violators of the game laws by having game birds illegally in possession in the close season, is the extreme difficulty encountered in identifying the cold storage birds as game birds. They are stripped of every feather when in cold storage, thus the distinguishing marks essential to legal identification are destroyed. It occurred to me that by securing proper legislation to preserve the essential markings of birds, the cold stor- age companies would be deprived of the large and pro- fitable business, and the immunity they now have from prosecution in dealing in game birds out of season. If the game laws were so amended that it would be illegal to pick all the feathers off game birds before they were placed in cold storage, identification and consequent con- viction would be a matter of course in cases of illegal possession. The largest game birds average less in weight than the smallest of domestic poultry. By the necessary number of weighings to strike an average, these weights could be accurately determined for business pur- poses. Then it should be illegal to remove the head, in whole or in part, and the feathers of the head, tail, wings and enough should be left on the back, say a bunch the size of a quarter-dollar, so that enough would be left on each bird to render identification easy. In cases where birds were picked clean nevertheless, such clean _ birds should be- considered as prima facie evidence of illegal storage and possession in contravention of the game laws. As° it has been established beyond material question, phat the ownership of the game birds lies in the State, and that the State can impose any restrictions it chooses as to ownership, in my opinion, there could not be any greater restriction tending to the proper protection of game than to destroy the illegal traffic in it, and without the illicit participation of the cold storage warehouses, the traffic in game out of season would be a physical im- possibility. So frame a law that game birds, shorn of all their distinctive markings for purposes of cold storage and in possession in the close season, would be an illegal act in itself, and the problem of game protection would thereby take an immense stride for the public good. L. N. Wolverine Number One. In a young lifetime spent in the Far West it has been my fortune only once to kill a wolverine. It was not that the animals were lacking in abundance; — for there were plenty of them — but that it seems that circumstance never cast one in my path but the one time. That one instance will, perhaps, serve to show some few things about the animal that has furnished it with the suggestive title “glutton,” At the time of which I wrote Idaho, and especially the most northern part of the. State, was an untracked wil- derness. Settlements wefe extremely sparse and cities and towns there were none, an isolated hamlet here and there marked the centers of population. The game con- ditions were all that the heart of the sportsman could wish. Deer fed in the door-yard, and elk and bear were as common as ground squirrels. The annual deer hunt was an event looked forward to with a great deal of in- terest, and was quite an important feature in our frontier life. We spent several weeks every year in killing and preparing the meat for winter use. This meat so killed furnished the Staple of our table fare. At that time we resorted to the very reprehensible practice of chasing the deer with hounds. For that purpose we kept a well train- ed pack of foxhounds, and after the hunting was over used them in the chase of bear and lynx. These animals were midd to yield a Considerable portion of our scanty revenue, their Warm furs selling for a good figure on the Eastern markets. The fall of which I write was a very prolific one as far as bruin was concerned. The snows tarried late and he wandered over the hills quite late be- fore seeking his winter retirement. Some friends visited us from what is now the State of Washington, then a Territory as was Idaho. They brought along a bra.ee of thoroughbred bloodhounds of which they were justly proud. They vaunted these animals as sure bear killers, ar.d I must confess that our mongrel hounds looked very commonplace alongside these specimens of canine aris- tcSraCy, Their every lineament bespoke endurance and Courage, The Comparisons made by the owners of these handsome animals were ilot in the least modest. The morning of the hunt opened with ideal tracking weather. It was dark and cloudy, with a white mist hanging over the mountains, the very day for the scent to lie well. We set out, every nerve atingle, in the direction of where we felt sure there must be bear if any were in the country. A deep gulch that had been worked out for its cedar and whose hillsides had overgrown with roses, the bright red hips of which were still clinging to the bushes, fur- nishing excellent forage for the bears. Then underneath the rotting logs were to be found colonies of red and black ants and their larvae, and woods mice with their ybung. Isooh after leaving the ranch house we separated, each one taking his course through the deep woods. The master of the hunt took the Pack and set out due north toward the head of the gulch in the hope of striking a fresh track. Allow me to narrate what now transpired front a personal standpoint, and I trust the reader will forgive the frequent use of the pronoun. I was armed with the then new 38-55 and was as proud of the weapon as a boy is of a new top — and I was then only a boy. For several miles I held my course through the woods, startling a feeding partridge, a nutting brown squirrel, a foraging white rabbit. The temptation to shoot at these was very strong but the master of the hunt (my father) had forbidden us to shoot at anything this day lest it be a deer or bear. The desire to set at naught the old gentleman’s mandates was at times very strong when I saw a particularly tempting mark, but I reflected that in childhood’s happy days it was a very dangerous undertaking to disobey the worthy pater’s mandates and an undertaking that was only hazarded about once in a year, and somehow the thought occurred to me that it might be so still. At any rate, the denizens of the forest lived unmolested by my murderous bullet. At last away down in the deep woods at the bottom of a cedar gulch where the sun hardly ever shone, I heard the deep-mouthed bay of the hounds. Experience told me that they were “treed” ; that is, that the game was brought to bay. Upon the silence of the autumn air rose the belling of those dogs. Never, until my enfranchised spirit listens to the Divine symphony struck by the im- mortal choir (supposing I am so fortunate as to arrive there) shall I listen to music one-half so stirring as the deep-mouthed tonguing of a pack of trained hounds. . They were not far away when I first heard them, so I hastened in the direction of the sound. In my haste to be the first to “kill” I paid little heed to the route over which I trod. Nearer and clearer came the sound, and now I could distinguish the voice of our old lead hound, Trailer. Poor old Trailer, you are gone to the great be- yond, and if the All-Father has prepared a place for your kind then I know you are there. The hoarse voice of the vaunted bloodhounds now broke upon my ear. At the bottom of a long ridge, in a dense thicket of fir and cedar undergrowth, had once lain an immense cedar blown down by a storm and its body had been worked up into shingles. Beside this stump was where the dogs had brought their quarry to bay. I broke through the timber and saw them circling about a dark brown animal who was crouching against the earth at the foot of the stump. My first impression was that the animal was a bear, and my second that I did not know what it was. The blooded dogs were striving to make their reputation good by endeavoring to get at the animal. Their efforts were somewhat frustrated by the object of their atten- tions, Whenever one of them would rush in and attempt to seize, the besieged would make one sweep of his paw and the overzealous dog would be compelled to retire some dozen or more feet, heels over head. The lightning- like claws cut like a knife, and the beast seemed to well know how to use them. The common dogs, trained in woods lore, were chary of rushing in upon the animal and were contented to bay him at a safe distance. The dogs were circling about the animal so that I found it impossible to secure a safe shot without the risk of in- juring a dog. For some little time I waited until a favorable chance presented itself. The animal discovered me at last, and reared up on his haunches. I called sharply to the leader of our pack and they all paused. Hastily dropping the bead upon the white spot so favorably exposed I pressed the trigger. He sank to the ground with hardly a quiver. I hurried forward to prevent the dogs from destroying the fur, but found only a stubby growth of brown hair. It was not a bear but a large, dark brown animal with an aldermanic stomach and feet armed with four-inch claws, that lay there. I recognized the description as fitting the wolverine, and this the first one I had ever seen. Beneath the fallen log the wolverine had made his home and had evidently been very busy furnishing his winter larder. There was a miscellaneous collection of slain animals and birds there, enough to keep an aver- age restaurant supplied for months. Not one of them eaten, or at most only the heads were gone. The hair of the animal was not fitted for fur, so I left it where it lay, but felt that, while my shot had not found its mark in the body of a bear, I had done well ridding the coun- try of so rapacious an animal as the wolverine. Charles S. Moody. Idaho. Massachusetts Fish and Game* Boston, May 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: Some new legislation and changes in fish and game laws made by the Legislature the past winter are as follows: The close season on pheasants has been extended to the date of the “open season for partridge and quail” in the year 1907. Since this law received the Governor’s signature, the date of the opening on quail has been made Nov. 1, instead of Oct. 1. The intent of the farmers doubtless was to forbid the shooting of pheas- ants prior to Oct. 1, 1907, the date on which partridge shooting opens. Shiners for bait in the Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers and their tributaries may be taken in nets or seines during October and November, all other fish taken in the same to be returned alive to the waters from which they were taken. On the island of Nantucket, quail are not to be killed prior to March 1, 1908, as the law reads; but as the period from March 1 to November 1 is included in the close season for the entire State, it will be illegal to kill quail on Nantucket prior to Nov. 1, 1908. Chapter 190 fixes the minimum length of trout for the entire State (including Berkshire county) at 6in. The law covers taking, having in possession, selling or offering for sale, but does not change the present laws that relate to persons engaged in rearing trout. Chapter 196 provides for the compensation and ex- penses of the commissioners on fisheries and game as follows: Salaries of the three members, $5,630; for traveling, printing, etc., $2,550; clerk hire in office. $975; enforcement, propagation and distribution of fish, birds, etc., and maintenance of hatcheries, $33,210; for stock- ing great ponds, $500; for stocking brooks, $300; for protection of lobsters with eggs attached $4,000; total, $46,665. The yearly expenditures, prior to the appoint- ment of Capt. Collins to the chairmanship of the board, were about $14,000. A comparison of these figures speaks eloquently for the grand services rendered by the late chairman. Moreover, it indicates the great advance in public sentiment in Massachusetts that resulted from the or- ganization of the “Central Committee for protection of fish and game,” and the incorporation of the Forest and Stream “No Sale” platform into Massachusetts laws as relates to woodcock and partridge in 1900. As one thoroughly familiar with all the work done for more than a quarter of a century in our State for the advancement of fish and game interests, I do not hesi- tate to say, that, during all that time, no event has awakened an interest so wide-spread or done so much to strengthen the fish and game department of our State government as the enactment of the non-sale law. In a previous letter I have referred to a state- ment made by the late Capt. Collins before the Greenfield Sportsmen’s Association only a few weeks prior to his death, regarding the great influence of such clubs. Your readers are aware that at the time of his last illness he was engaged in writing the re- port for 1904. In that report he says: “The increased number of sportsmen’s clubs is of advantage to the State; they can do much to mould public sentiment in their neighborhood, and by example and precept make for greater respect for law and the rights of the various classes of the community.” * * * “They inculcate an intelligent interest in the fish and game problems of the State.” In another portion of the report it is declared that the “notable work” of the fish and game protective associations deserves the “interest and support of all loyal citizens,” and it emphasizes the benefits of their efforts in perpetuating the quail, “without which,” he says, “this bird might long ago have disappeared from our State.” In view of the history of the work of propagation and protection accomplished in Massachusetts since the advent of Captain Collins to our commission, and the formation of the Central Committee of clubs in December, 1899, no one conversant with the facts would have the hardihood, to call in question the views ad- vanced in the report as above stated in reference to the grand results that have ensued from the harmonious and united action of the clubs through the Central Committee. The passage of the anti-sale law and the sentiment aroused all over the State in that memorable campaign of 1900 was the opening of the vista of possibilities for the organizing of a plan of warden service so ably developed by the late chairman of the commission. To the clubs belongs the credit of sowing the good seed, and to Capt. Collins we are in-- 438 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 1905. debted for judicious nurture of the plant until it came to maturity in a well-developed system of enforcement involving an annual expenditure of more than $ia,ooo. Had any one predicted six years ago that the Legisla- ture of Massachusetts would ever make such an ap- propriation for promoting a pastime that is considered by some of our matter-of-fact official as “a mere fad,” he would have been pronounced a lunatic. The most ardent devotee of out-of-door sport with rod' and gun would have considered the attempt useless at that time. But, little by little, the plan has been worked out, and the system of a paid warden service has been' built up which, under judicious management, is likely to-be per- manent. This is only one of the new departures, but the one which is perhaps most highly appreciated by sportsmen. It was preceded by an increase in the number of sportsmen’s clubs, an increase in the number of fisher- men and hunters, the sowing broadcast ©f the gospel' seed of protection by enthusiastic sportsmen and by such publications as Forest and Stream, whose in- fluence has been very patent, and, last, but not least,, the pooling of issues on the part of the various local, clubs of the State, and the gathering up of these: scattered forces into one harmonious body, the Central. Committee for protection of fish and game. All these influences combined have been too' powerful, for legislators to ignore. Eliminate any. one of them, and the results achieved by the commission toward the proper enforcement of fish and game laws would have been meagre in comparison with what has been ac- complished. To-day, besides much special and inci- dental effort put forth by about 150 unpaid deputies there is a salaried force of fourteen men on call at all times. If there is any other State in the Union that can show a greater gain for the fish and game department in the past six years, the writer does not know it. The record is creditable to both the captain of the ship : and his crew. What the next six years will reveal, must depend chiefly on the sportsmen themselves. Whenever they , shall all agree upon any measure and will show a united front, success is sure. That the late chairman had other plans for improving existing conditions is known to some of his closest friends and co-workers. One of the recommendations in the report has been in- corporated into the alien-license law this winter, which imposes a license fee of $15 on non-resident foreign- born persons for the privilege of hunting. Some other changes in game laws will receive attention after the adjournment of the Legislature. H. H. Kimball. New England Fishing. Boston, May 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: Last Tuesday I saw six very handsome square-tail brook trout in the window of Dame, Stoddard & Co. These were caught at Belgrade Lake, Me., by a party composed of Messrs. Edward Winchester and Josiah Oakes, of Mal- den and others, and ranged in weight from 2j4 to 5 pounds. Reports from various resorts are very cheering to anglers who are about starting. From Rangeley Lake Bank Examiner Timberlake, of Phillips, took a 6-pound trout, an unusual occurrence, as of late the most of the fish taken from that lake have been salmon. In the Damon party from Fitchburg are Messrs. F. I. Nichols, James H. Prince and W. O. Johnson, all of whom have caught salmon from Rangeley weighing from ZV2 to 61/ 2 pounds. Mr. F. J. Pierce, of Athol, has with him this season a New York friend, Mr. F. D. Peabody. Frank Harris and Reuben Wilbur are their guides. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boothby, of Portland, have taken possession of their camp at Hirobsamcook for the sum- mer. At the Birches are a Mr. and Mrs. M. L. .Wardworth, of New York, on a. bridal tour. The bride is proving a skillful angler, having brought to the net a 3-pound sal- mon. Three Bostonians are at Black Point Camp, above Upper Dam. They are J. H. Parker, Fred Newhall and Mr. Learned. The first to throw the lure at Bemis this season was Mr. H. B. Shaw, of Texas, who is having good success. Mrs. W. C. Stevens, of Rumford Falls, has taken two trout of 5r/2 and 524 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Gree- ley, of Boston, with Charles Turner as guide, are in good luck, Mrs. Greeley taking a trout that weighed 6^4 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Appleton, of Haverhill, have to their credit a 5j4-pound salmon and two trout of more than 4 pounds each. Mr. H. H. Fielding and two com- panions from Brunswick have taken fifty trout and sal- mon. , Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Thayer, of Boston, have visited the Rangeleys every season for twenty-five years, and are now located at the Barker. Here also are to be found Mr. J. F. Greenery, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Manning and Mr. W. E. Lawless, of Boston, and several Portland fishermen, all getting trout and salmon ranging from 3 to 5 pounds. At Upper Dam are several fishermen, among them Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Nelson and Mr. Wm. La Croix, of Lynn — the latter, with Eben Hinckley as guide, has taken an 8 24-pound salmon. Mr. Nelson is an old-timer at Upper Dam. Good sport is reported in waters near Spring Lake Camp, Flagstaff, several 4 to 5-pound trout and salmon having been taken by anglers from Phillips, Lewiston and Portland. Ned Stanley and friends from Dixfield took forty-eight trout and salmon during a stay of six days at Weld. Several Augusta gentlemen have had good success at Cobbosseecontee, one of them, .Mr. Guy Lancey, getting three salmon and two trout weighing col- lectively 14 pounds. Col. E. C. Farrington took a fine bass and salmon. The proprietor of the Augusta House, Mr. H. E. Capen, in one of the Belgrade lakes has taken three 4- pound trout besides a number of smaller ones. In Great Pond Mr. Damon, of Rome, Me., has taken one trout of 8j4 pounds and another 8 pounds 2 ounces. Two other men caught in one day seven trout that weighed 2914 pounds; on the same day there were forty large trout brought in with but few boats out. Mr. Harry Sackett, of New York, took four that tipped the scales at 22 pounds, and his fishing companion took five weighing 28 pounds. Horn Pond, near Cornish, Me., is giving surprises in the number of trout and salmon taken this season, although none of them quite come up to 4 pounds. Sebago salmon recently taken weighed from 8 to io>4 pounds. Reports from Square Lake tell of a salmon that weighed 13V2 pounds, and a laker 17^4. A party of four brought in 60 pounds of salmon and square-tails ; another party of three returned with 40 pounds. At Kineo fishing is approaching its prime, and will continue good till about the end of June. On warm days there is some chance with the fly already, but most of those taken are caught with bait. Mr. George H. Greeley, of Bangor, has been an early visitor at Moosehead for forty years, and was one of the first party to arrive at Kineo this year. Others who are enjoying good sport are the Foster party of Boston, W. G. Brown and three others of Gloucester, Mass., and several from Bangor and Portland; also Henry Lord, of New York, who will remain through the summer. Many tpout exceedjn§ thp record limit of 3 pounds, and togue from 5 to 14 pounds; have been taken. Col. I, K, Stetson, Hon. A. R. Day and. two other- well-known Bangor men recently returned from Sugar- Island, Mloosehead, bringing all the trout the law allows.. Hon. Russell Sears, former mayor of Quincy, Mass., with three others caught thirty-nine good fish one day, and on. the following day they took seventy, including a 12-pound, togue. Mr. F. H. Lathrcp, of Boston, is having the 8-pound', square-tail which he took at Belgrade, mounted in Ban- gor, and Mr. G. F. Singleton has placed his 13-pound, landlocked salmon caught at Belgrade with the same, taxidermist. A party of eight, including Dr. A. J. Rowell, of Port- land, and one of five including Mr. Ackerman, of Boston,, are now at Pleasant Island Camps, on the Cupsuptic. Mr.. E. V. R. Thayer, of Lancaster, Mass., is at his camp,. Millbrook Lodge, at the head of Upper Richardson. Good catches have been the usual thing at Grand Lake Stream — from six to twenty salmon a day are brought in. This is a popular resort for Boston anglers. Dr. George- C. Ainsworth, of Boston ; Mr. H. A. Miner, of Malden,, and Mr. Edward Reed and party are now there, and sev- eral others start to-morrow. Dr. McGann, of Aiken, S. C., passed through Boston this week en route for Moosehead. H. G. Priest, pro- prietor of the Hotel Preston, Smampscott, and Hon.. Harry Russell, of Cambridge, have left for Kineo. From Holderness, N. H., I learn that the Asquarm lakes are coming to the front this season in their trout yield. Recently, Mr. Chase Woodman, with two Ash- land friends, captured four trout that weighed 38 pounds - — the largest was caught by Mr. Woodman and weighed 15 pounds. Mr. Lawrence Ford, of the Boston & Maine R. R., took two large ones from the lake, and with Supt. Cummings and Col. C. H. Cummings, of New York, he has taken some fine strings from the Sandwich ponds in the heart of the Sandwich notch. Mr. Jacob Wirt has as guests in camp at Clearwater Mr. and Mrs. W. H. C. Pillsbury, of Boston, and they are getting fish. Clearwater is well to the front for large salmon and lakers. Mr. Ed. Jackson got what is claimed to be the largest string ever taken last week — four sal- mon that together weighed 32J4 pounds. Central. Are Salmon Decreasing in New! Brunswick ? Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of May 20 your generally well informed contributor, Mr. E. T. D. Chambers, tells us that salmon in New Brunswick rivers are not decreasing, and he quotes from the last report of H. E. Harrison, Fish In- spector for the counties of Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, Carleton and Victoria, through which runs the River St. John and its great tributary, the Tobique. . Inspector Harrison, strange to say, does not consider that a steadily decreasing catch in all these counties since 1874 indicates any decrease in the stock of salmon, but is rather of opinion that a decrease in the annual catch implies a better run of fish in the rivers, while Mr. Chambers expresses his own conviction that the Inspector is much more correct in his conclusions than are those who show from the reports of the Commissioner of Fisheries that, since fishculture has been depended on to keep up the salmon stock, the catch has decreased from 75 to 100 per cent, in all the rivers where hatcheries have been in operation. If Mr. Chambers will consult these reports he will find that in 1874, the year the hatcheries were btfilt, the catch of salmon in the St. John River counties was 539,200 pounds, while in the report for 1903 the catch is given as 334,940 pounds. In the interim between these two reports 59,410,200 young salmon from the hatchery have been planted in the main river and its principal tribu- taries. Mr. Chambers is probably not aware that under date of May 28. 1883, the late Commissioner of Fisheries, W. F. Whitcher, in a letter in your columns, pointed out that Prof. A. J. Malmgren, since dead, but at that time the highest authority in Europe on fishculture, had recom- mended that the artificial hatching of fish be discontinued as a Government work for the reason that in no country in which it had been pursued could any substantial re- turns for the public expenditure be shown. Mr. Whitcher showed, from the official reports of the Department of Fisheries, that no practical results were visible from all the millions of youpg salmop that had been planted in ten years’ operations of the hatcheries. He showed from the Blue Books that, in the year 1874, the year the hatch- eries were started, the catch of salmon in New Bruns- wick was 3,214,182 pounds. When Mr. Wilmot, the late superintendent of fishculture, made his last report in 1894, , after twenty years’ operations, the catch was only 2,280,- 468 pounds, although more men and more nets were em- ° ployed in the fishery, both on the coast and in the rivers. In the eleven years that have since elapsed Prof. Prince, Mr. Wilmot’s successor, has been in charge; more hatcheries have been built and all have been operated on 1 a scale unknown in the history of the science. The Pro- fessor’s report for 1903 gives the catch of salmon in New Brunswick as 1,456,175 pounds, after 129,286,200 young salmon have been planted in her rivers. In the face of these facts and figures from the Departmental reports, it i is difficult to see on what Mr. Chambers’ conviction rests, as it is to ignore the fact that, as artificial culture has : increased in New Brunswick, the catch of salmon "has decreased. If Mr. Chambers will extend his examination of these Departmental reports he will find a similar state of things j in the Provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia, where the catch of salmon has steadily declined ever since artificial- hatching has taken the place of natural propagation. The Old Angler. Sussfx N. B., May. ‘2i. Fishing Waters Near New York* It is seldom that New York anglers have a spring like the present one. Fishing tackle dealers complain that* they have made fewer sales than usual to their local trade- because of the weather condition, although their regular' customers in other parts of the country have ordered': an average quantity of tackle, and the southern trade held on well into the spring months. When the trout fishing season opened in nearby States fewer anglers than usual took advantage of the oppor- tunity to fish, for reports from the small streams were not very encouraging, and those who went out found the streams very low and trout rising less than they expected.' There were some reports of good luck from Pennsyl-; vania ' waters, and from the few open and some of the preserved waters on Long Island, but most of the au- thentic reports had to do with small catches and equally small trout. About the middle of May several reports j came in from the streams that flow into the Delaware River, referring to average catches, but anglers who were, familiar with these waters doubted their accuracy in some1 instances, saying they had not had such luck there in recent years. „ Last week the information to be had in this city1 was to the effect that the trout fishing in the vicinty of Liv- ingston Manor, Sullivan county, New York, was good' This was after the few light rains that fell a few days previously. Similar reports came from Delhi. Evidently some catches were made in the Willowemoc, but most of them were from the Beaverkill. From Esopus, or the Hudson, reports of fair catches were received, but the waters were not mentioned. In the vicinity of Esopu; there are several small streams, notably the Walllcill Black, Swartz, Rondout and Esopus creeks, and severa small lakes. Fair luck was reported at the same tim< from Brewster. Fallsburg, also in Sullivan county, is th< objective point of a number of local anglers early in the season. This is on the Neversink River, and above thi town the fishing is best. There are some native trou in this stream, but it is believed that the brown trou planted there have nearly exterminated the natives. Th< brown trout sometimes run quite large, but above 3 y pounds they can harly be expected to take the fly. The New Jersey end of Greenwood Lake is now oper to anglers for black bass, which will take the fly earl; in the season, and the east shore of the Delaware belovl Port Jervis is also open, but the upper river will not b open until June 15, although there are numerous smal feeders of this river that contain trout, notably the Mon gaup River above Port Jervis; Ten-mile River, at Tuste? Post-office; Beaver Brook and Half-way Brook, nea: Barryville; and the Neversink north of Port Jervis. One of the nearest lakes to this city where bass ma be caught is Lake Mahopac, in Putnam county. Th: season opens June 15. This lake is fished a good dea but there are some good bass still in it. Lake Oscawana, near Peekskill, is another nearby lak in which both bass and pickerel may be caught in seasoi and it is a beautiful place to go. There is a small lake on Verplanck’s Point, on th Hudson just south of Peekskill, where an occasional bas arffi pickerel may be taken, but as there is so much veg< June 3, 1905.] • FOREST AND STREAM 437 tation in the water in summer, weedless hooks will be necessary. This is Lake Meahock. Not far away and accessible from Fort Montgomery by way of a road that follows Popolopen Creek, is Popol- ; open Pond, where a goodly bass can be taken now and then in season, as well as pickerel and small fry. Not far away is Cranberry Pond, Bog Meadow Pond, Suth- erland’s Pond and Long Pond. Rockland Lake, near the town of Rockland, is still nearer this city, and anglers go there frequently. A few bass are taken now and then, and pickerel and smaller fish, but too many persons go there for this to be the good water it was years ago. Orange Lake, near Newburgh, contains black bass, pickerel and yellow perch, and occasionally some large bass are taken. From this city one can take the New- burgh boats, and trolley car from Newburgh to the lake, a distance of about seventy miles in all. Nearer the town is Washington Lake, to fish which a permit must be ob- tained from the water-works commissioner. Twelve miles from town, and also reached by trolley, is the Wall- kill River, containing bass and pickerel. Glenmere Lake, in Orange county, New York, is known as good pickerel water, but it also contains bass. It is three miles from Chester, which is fifty-five miles from this city ; and less than two miles from Florida, the latter village being about sixty-five miles from New York city. The best success is had early in the season and again in the autumn by trolling, and by casting during the sum- mer. Poetry and Prose of Angling* BY CHARLES HALLOCK. [Being another chapter from Mr. Hallock’s “Fishing Tourist,” here reprinted by courtesy of the publishers, Messrs. Harper & Bros.] Some gentlemen, by no means pretentious or opinion- ated, delight to assert that since they became recognized anglers they have never taken a trout or a salmon ex- cept with a fly. I doff my hat in reverence to the senti- ment; it is the honest utterance of a justifiable pride. It is the spirit of the sangre azul, which dignifies the culti- vated sportsman above the mere fisherman; the man of honor above the assassin, the Herod among the small fry, the filler of pots and defier of close seasons. Never- theless, I cannot admit the implication that the man who' habitually uses bait is consequently a creel-stuffer, or deficient in the scientific accomplishments of the craft. Fly-fishing and bait-fishing are co-ordinate branches of the same study, and each must be thoroughly learned to qualify the aspirant to honors for the sublime degree of Master of the Art. Grant that fly-fishing transcendently illustrates the poetry of the gentle calling; is it becoming or wise to despise the sterner prose, the metaphysics of the more practical school? The most dazzling accomplishment, that one which most enhances individual charms, is not necessarily of the greatest practical or substantial worth. Each method of fishing has its advantages ; one may be made available where the other is wholly impracticable. The deftly-tossed fly, taking wing on the nerve of a masterly cast, will drop gracefully far out in the stream where the heavier gear of the bait rod would never aspire to reach. On the other hand, the bait must supersede the fly on densely overgrown streams, and wherever the locality precludes proper casting-room. Moreover, fish do not always prefer the same diet. They have their times to eat and their choice of food, whether red worms, small fry, maggots, or flies. They will take bait when they will not rise to a fly. The red worm is notoriously the most acceptable food of the lordly salmon. The Salmo family do not feed upon insects and flies ; they make no hearty meal of such. These are merely the souffles and whipped syllabub of their table1 d’hote — their superficial dessert, which they gracefully rise to accept. Has it become the law of Piscator that professional anglers shall pander to the pampered epicure alone? that they shall never tempt the trout or salmon except when in his most fastidious mood? I might even strain a point in favor of the bait-fisher, and hold that, inasmuch as fishes, like men, have their five senses, and since in fly- fishing the sense of sight alone is tested, such kind of angling is a mean imposition upon the creatures’ credulity, ■ and not fair play at all. I utter no1 plea for the bait-fisher who angles stolidly from boat or stump ; there is neither sport nor science nor sense in his method. But to the man who can handle his rod properly and with successful result in an im- petuous river or tumbling mountain stream (I care not whether he uses fly or bait), I must in justice concede a claim to high rank in the angling fraternity. A thor- ough knowledge of the habits of the fish is requisite in either case ; and without that knowledge which the prac- ticed bait-fisher must acquire of their haunts and breed- ing-places, their exits and their entrances, their food and times for feeding, and the seasons when they are in con- dition, no man can be regarded a perfect angler, no mat- ter whether he handle his fly with the skill of Arachne herself. (Joke intended.) Exhausted with my attempt to legitimate the habitual bait-fisher into the family of sportsmen (for which he will doubtless thank me), I am fain to1 assert that the acquisition of the artificial fly to the angler’s portfolio has measurably increased the charms of his sport. Fly- fishing gives more varied play and greater exercise to the muscles; it bestows a keener excitement; it intensifies the perceptive faculties; it requires nicer judgment than bait-fishing, quicker and more delicate manipulation, and greater promptness in emergencies ; it is more human- izing in its influences ; it is beautiful in its associations, and poetic in the fancies it begets. Light as a thistle’s down the little waif of a fly flits hither and yon, dancing upon the ripples, coursing over the foam, breasting the impetuous current, leaving its tiny trail where the sur- face is smoothest, but always glancing, gleaming, coquet- ting like the eye of a maiden, and as fatally ensnaring. It woos no groundlings; it is not “of the earth earthy”; it is all ethereal, vitalizing, elevating. There is nothing groveling in fly-fishing — nothing gross or demoralizing. But bait-fishing? Well — it is cruel to impale a min- now or a frog. It is vulgar and revolting to thread a worm. Worms! bah! let them go to the bottom. I drop my line just here. I have gained a temporary vantage for my bait-fishing friend. If he loses the campaign, he deserves to be beaten with his own rod. For myself, I boldly avow an unqualified preference for the fly in all cases where its use is practicable. I have said as much already. Let it be recorded. Upon one other point I shall make issue with these anglers par excellence — this select coterie of soi disant professionals; not because they are not really the ex- perts they assume to be, but because of the very com- placent manner in which they fold their arms upon the tip-top pinnacle of cumulative knowledge, and super- ciliously look dpwn upon their fellow-crafts below. These eminent gentry affect to despise trout-fishing. “Oh !” they say, “we never trouble such small game. We’ve got past that sort of thing. All very well for those who have never had a hack at a salmon — very decent sort of sport, you know ; but as for us, we couldn’t look at a trout when salmon are running.” “But, sir, consider — ” “My dear fellow, it’s no use talking, you never can have an idea of real genuine sport until you get hung of a forty-pound salmon !” Such positive assurances, coming from such high au- thority, ought to be convincing and conclusive. Sir Oracle’s estimate of sport is evidently as between a half- pound trout and a forty-pound salmon, all other condi- tions being equal. Now, in truth, the quality of sport is in the ratio of the delicacy of the tackle to the strength and play of the fish. A four-pound trout on a 8-ounce rod is equal to a sixteen-pound salmon on a 32-ounce rod. “But.” urges the salmon-fisher, “the nobler the game the nobler the sport.” Granted, provided the relative conditions are maintained — not otherwise. If forty-pound salmon are to be hauled in hand over hand on a cod line, or if whit- ling trout are to be whipped out on a twenty-feet salmon rod — if size and weight alone are to determine the qual- ity of the sport, and the value of the captive as a game fish, why, one might as well troll for Mackinaw trout, or drag the East River for dead bodies. I have had more positive, continuous enjoyment with a three-pound trout on a one-handed Andrew Clerke split bamboo (I never drop a fly from any other rod) than I experienced from the biggest salmon I ever took in the Restigouche. It was in the East River, near Chester, Nova Scotia. But especially shall I remember the chase a lively grilse led me on that self-same day. The larger salmon had stopped running for the season, and the chances were so small of taking on my delicate trouting tackle any de- scription of fish other than the trout I angled for, that I felt little risk in casting my line over the waters where salmon would be likely to lie. I had just recuperated from my laborious contest with the big trout; and when the grilse struck the hook smartly, I had reason to believe that I had my trout’s big brother in hand. But I was undeceived “in a jiffy.” The instant the fellow felt him- self hooked, he shot up a rapid with my whole seventy- five feet of line, and when he was snubbed leaped a boulder three feet high, and ran back again to the pool he started from, where he stopped to consider the situa- tion. Doubtless he felt it to be ridiculous. I certainly so regarded my own position. I was standing on a slip- pery shelf, which I had attained with difficulty in order to get a decent cast, with a dense thicket of alders over my head and an inky pool of unknown depth directly below my feet. I had hooked the fellow just at the foot of the pool beside which I stood. The angler will ap- preciate the situation. I had either to break tackle, lose fish, or perchance drown myself. The rapid return of the fish made a frightful sag in my line, and I was “taking in slack” as rapidly as possible, when the extra strain of the line drawing down the current wakened up his ideas ; and, giving a short leap clear of the water, he darted down stream like a rocket. How the hook kept fast in his jaws all this time was a mystery. Zip went the reel with a velocity that almost struck fire ; into the water leaped the rod, following the fish ; and after the rod floun- dered I, still clinging to the butt. I did not say my pray- ers, but I had just time to think how much it would cost to repair my Baguelin watch, when my feet touched gravel at the head of the rapid, and one risk was can- celed. If you had seen me follow that fish down stream, you would have been delighted at my good fortune in circumventing obstacles. The river was full of boulders, and there was great and immediate danger of getting my line fouled. But I presently got control of my game, and gave him the butt handsomely — and after that he didn’t run faster than I wished. The fellow had me at a dis- advantage, and the wonder was how I ever got him at all ; but when I emptied the water out of my long boots, I felt glad that I had bagged that fish. But I have always worn low shoes since, when fishing. Doubtless there is an exultant, pulse-compelling pride in landing a monster salmon of indefinite weight, which does not pertain to ordinary or extraordinary trout-fish- .ing; but as to the comparative merits of the two species, it is a question in my mind which should be voted the nobler game. Their habits, haunts and characteristics are identical in many respects ; and excepting in size, one may be justly regarded the peer of the other. This single difference may be adjusted, as I have shown, by a proper adaptation of the tackle employed to capture them. It is certainly rougher work to kill a salmon, and vastly more fatiguing; and at times the sport is positively dangerous. As respects collateral pleasures derived from natural sur- roundings and associations, it may be remarked that trout streams are generally more romantic than those localities where salmon are caught; because being tributaries of the larger rivers, they are situated higher up among the mountain sources; they are farther from the salt air of the ocean, and in a rarer and purer atmosphere; they are generally more accessible to civilization; and they tra- verse regions more hospitable, where game is found in greater variety and abundance, where the forests are denser and teem with bird and insect life. And finally, as regards those ambidextrous experts who affect to re- gard trout-fishing as the inferior art and beneath their attention, I will simply revenge myself by quoting from Francis Francis, the astute observer, who says : “A good trout-fisher will easily become an expert at salmon-fish- ing; but a very respectable practitioner with the salmon- rod will often have all his schooling to do afresh, should he descend to trout-fishing, before he can tahe rapk as a master of the art.” Fish Chat. BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS. Sea-Going and Landlocked Salmon. It is fortunate that the efforts of the Maine Commis- sioners on Fisheries to stock the lakes of the old “Pine Tree State” with landlocked salmon have met with suc- cess which, in some respects, may be considered almost phenomenal. It is not so very many years ago that many of the anglers and others who witnessed the first attempts of the Commissioner to plant the young salmon, viewed the operation with scepticism and distrust ; scepticism as to the feasibility of the undertaking, and distrust at the out- come should their efforts be crowned with success. Anglers in Maine waters in those days were trout fish- ermen, pure and simple. The spotted beauties, those royal, great fish such as we used to get thirty or more years ago, were to them the greatest attraction those lakes could offer, and the fact that they were to be stocked with salmon seemed a menace to the beautiful fish whose pursuit had been to them a delight which might well be called incomparable. They all believed, or at any rate, most of them did, that a liberal distribution of the salmon in the waters in which the trout had for many years made their home would gradually bring about the extermination of the other fish, for the reason that the salmon because of its greater strength and activity seems able to conquer and replace other species with which it is thrown, in contact. I happened to be present on the occasion when Mr. Stanley put out one of the first lots of fry that were put out in the Rangeley lakes ; it was a great many years ago, but I remember the incident quite distinctly, and the short conversation we had in which I asked him if he did not believe that ultimately the salmon would sup- plant the trout in those waters. If I remember correctly he replied that there was not very much danger of it, but that if by any possibility there should be such an outcome it would only be the ascendancy of a magnificent game fish over one less grand. I had long before that period become acquainted with the gamy qualities of the landlocked, and I was not as averse as some were to- the introduction of those fish in waters in which we had sought and found our old darlings, the spotted trout ; but as I recall my feelings at the time, I confess I had some misgivings, for I knew perfectly well how quickly a given body of water may be depleted of trout by another and more voracious species. As for example, the destruction that was wrought in a very few years in Lake Umbagog, the lower of the Androscoggin system. In the early sixties trout were as abundant in that lake as they were in either of the others, but by some mischance pickerel were introduced in its waters, and so speedy was their work of destruction it was next to impossible ten years later to find a trout either in Umbagog or the Magalloway River as far up as the Aziscohos falls, to which point the pickerel as- cended. The salmon were introduced and the antici- pated Supplanting is Now Going On. In the early seventies the trout fishing in the Rangeley lakes was simply magnificent, and more beautiful fish than those we used to take in those years never came to the fly. Here are a few records of catches that were then made : In 1876 one rod, one day, seven trout that weighed thirty-six pounds ; several rods in one day took trout weighing seven pounds, 7(4 pounds, 8(4 pounds, 8(4' pounds and 9(4 pounds. One angler took in a few days’ fishing eighty-eight pounds of trout, the smallest of which weighed three pounds and the largest 9(4 pounds. In 1877 some of the catches made at the Upper Dam were as follows : Six trout weighing 3(4, 4(4, 5, 424, 724 and 524 pounds. Two anglers killed twenty-seven which weighed 108 pounds, an average of four pounds each. One rod at a single cast took two fish which weighed 5(4 and 7(4 pounds. In 1878 the Commissioners captured for hatching pur- poses 159 trout, the average weight of which was 4(4 pounds. Of these three weighed eight pounds, two weighed nine pounds, one 9(4 pounds and two ten pounds. In 1881 the writer took, in one day, seven trout at the Middle Dam which weighed 36(4 pounds. Another angler took in two hours five trout which weighed 23(4 pounds. Yes, that was grand fishing, but the leviathans are now becoming scarce, and the number of small ones grows appreciably less. In speaking of the change that has been brought about, one of my correspondents in a recent letter, says: “At the Upper_ Dam the giant beauties still congregate, but, alas, not in such numbers as formerly — -the landlocked salmon predominate there now in sizable fish.” Now, of course it will be very many years before the salmon supplant the trout in the Maine lakes, and the present generation of trout anglers need not despair; but when salmon are as abundant in those waters as the trout in old times were, what magnificent sport coming genera- tions of anglers will enjoy. The idea of salmon fishing, grand salmon fishing, obtainable at will ought to send an exultant thrill through every angler. Of late years salmon anglers who were not lessees of Canadian rivers or members of clubs have been obliged to forego their favorite sport, for almost every foot of desirable salmon water is covered by leases, and to be- come a member of one of the clubs means the outlay sometimes of several thousands of dollars, and even such membership has not always furnished the anglers with satisfactory sport, for the Atlantic salmon, by reason of the excessive netting that is now carried on in all waters frequented by the fish, even to the head of tidewater in the rivers, together with the scandalous extent to which poaching is prosecuted, are so rapidly reducing the num- bers of the fish, many anglers and others who are in vari- ous ways interested in our noble game fish regard with anxiety and alarm its extirpation which, to them, seems ominously near. If then salmon anglers are in the near future to be enabled to obtain a fair share of their favorite sport in ^iome waters at a mere trifle of expense compared with 438 FOREST AND STREAM [June 3, 1905. that which would necessarily be incurred in fishing on Canadian rivers, it seems to me that the Maine Commis- sioners have well earned their everlasting gratitude. Salmon and Landlocked Angling Compared. Now, it is sometimes said “landlocked fishing is all very well, but these fish are not like sea salmon either in gaminess, strength, or size.” While this is, in a measure, true, the statement admits of qualification, for a good deal depends on the conditions under which the fish are hooked and played. A fifteen-pound landlocked, if hooked on the troll in deep water, does not make an energetic struggle, neither would a sea salmon of the same size hooked and played in water of equal depth. Both would give a determined resistance to the rod, but both would “sag down” as it wrere deep in the water doggedly and persistently, but they would not make fierce runs nor leap very often above the surface. But make fast to a landlocked in the pool below the Upper Dam and he would, in my opinion, give almost as much play as would a salmon in a pool of equal size on a Canadian stream ; not quite, of course, for the fresh- run fish just up from the sea possesses a vigor, a bril- liant energy and gaminess that is never found in a fish whose life is passed in fresh water. All this with heavy tackle, such as is ordinarily employed. Now, it may be said that the average weight of the landlocked is much below that of the sea salmon, and therefore cannot be expected to furnish as exciting sport. While it is true that the sea-going fish, as a rule, are heavier than the others, there are a great many land- locks taken nowadays which compare more than favor- ably with their cousins, as is shown in the May 6 issue of Forest and Stream, page 356. But the average weight of the landlocks is constantly increasing, while that of the sea salmon is as surely de- creasing, the thirty and forty-pounders which used to come to the gaff now being few and far between. This steady decrease in the size of the salmon has already been treated cf by me in Forest and Stream, Dec. 19, 1903, and I will not further dwell on it here. The de- crease in size of the fish has been accmpanied by a de- crease in numbers, the annual catch falling away steadily, year by year, as is shown by the annual reports of the Department of Marine and Fisheries of Canada ; that for 1904, recently published, showing a very great falling off from that of previous years, the figures being for the Maritime Province in 1903 about 2,850,000 pounds, while that of 1894 amounted to 3,714.955 pounds, a shrinkage of nearly one million pounds in nine years. This steady decline of the Atlantic salmon fisheries points to an inevitable end unless the destruction wrought by the netters shall be greatly curtailed, and it may not be many years before the dependence of salmon anglers must be placed on the so-called landlocks, whose numbers are not decimated by nets, weirs, pounds, dynamite, etc. Another danger to which the Atlantic salmon is ex- posed is that from the poachers, whose dastardly work seems to be increasing. One can hardly find a Canadian river on the shores of which remnants of rolls of birch bark are not visible, those rolls having been lighted and used as torches to guide the netters and spearers in their nefarious work. _ One of my correspondents, in referring to this condi- tion of things, says, that a distinguished gentleman late- ly deceased, owned, “by riparian rights, the very best salmon pools on the Southwest Miramichi, at Rocky Point, Clearwater and Burnt Hill. These he had not visited for a number of years nor had anyone represent- ing him or his associates in the ownership. This has al- ways been a matter of surprise to me, for I considered them the best salmon pools in New Brunswick. When I saw his death announced I advised a friend to get them as. a good investment if the price was not out of reason. His reply was as follows : “ ‘I do not think the investment would be a good one unless one had the money to guard the stream well below the pools you mention. There is a great deal of netting at the mouth of the. river and a great deal of poaching along the river below these pools, and unless one had money enough to put on plenty of guardians and influ- ence to stop this netting, these pools will never be again worth a great deal of money.’ ” To this my friend, in commenting says : “From this you will see how little hope there is for any improve- ment in the future. It shows that nothing but the strict and costly guardianship of the Restigouche, Metapedia, Nepisiquit and Cascapedia rivers save them from the de- pletion that has befallen the Miramichi, where the guar- dianship is a mere farce. Salmo salar has a hard time, and the end is not yet. Now in angling for sea salmon the ordinary salmon rod and tackle are employed, no matter how small the average of fish in the river may be, some of the streams rarely containing fish which much overrun eight pounds in weight, but in the Maine lakes, notably the Rangel eys, light fly-tackle is often success- fully employed, and with large fish at that, one gentleman of my acquaintance having, last year, killed a I29/M pound salmon on a No. 6 hook. He uses on these large fish quite small hooks and light tackle. He sent me a short time ago a specimen of the Tomah-Jo fly which had recently been tied for him, and it was really small for a trout fly even. Salmon anglers would arch their eyebrows if asked to kill a fresh run fish on so small a hook, but my friend will use no larger ones, and kills six to eight-pound fish on Nos. 12 or 10 hooks. , Now, I consider that, bearing in mind the axiom, “The lighter the tackle the keener the sport,” my friend’s sal- mon fishing is far and away ahead of that which falls to most men. The Identity of the Landlocks. u In a recent letter from an old friend is the following: ‘You are an authority on landlocked salmon fishing. I think the first time I met you years ago was on the steamer which you boarded at Eastport, returning from one of your fishing trips. What I want to ask is, how large are these fish taken in Maine? My brother, who fishes on the St. Croix waters, says they rarely are taken there over 4^2 to 6 pounds. I see in Forest and Stream, May 6 issue, that this species has been caught in Sebago Lake in April, this season, weighing as hi^jh as nineteen pounds. Are these true landlocked salmon? Do you know whether as soon as the ice goes out, they are taken on the fly, or by trolling with spoon or bait?” In answering my friend’s inquiries I stated that all the so-called landlocked salmon of Maine and elsewhere are of one species and that species is identical with the At- lantic salmon, but they vary in general appearance just as the sea-going salmon vary. The educated angler can identify a Restigouche fish at a glance, there is almost no chance for a mistake. So with the landlocks, there is something about the Sebago fish which establishes its identity at once ; it is as different from the St. Croix salmon as is the Resti- gouche fish from the others. As to size and condition, these depend entirely upon the abundance of food to which they have access. The landlocks of the St. Croix system, in consequence of the comparatively meager sup- ply of food obtainable, rarely attain a greater weight than four or five pounds, and fish of that size are not very abundant; they are much larger than they were in the sixties, their average weight then being hardly two pounds. But plant the young of these same St. Croix salmon in the Rangeley Lakes, where there is an aston- ishing amount of food, and they will attain a weight of twelve or more pounds in a very few years. So. with the Sebago salmon; their supply of food is prodigious, and as a result fish overrunning twenty pounds have been taken. As to the manner of fishing, I think that all the sal- mon in the Maine lakes are taken with the troll early, or as soon as the ice goes out, and along through the spring, but in the late summer and early autumn they refuse the troll but come to the artificial fly. Lake Bait Fishing for Black Bass. There is no fish, considering its size, that surpasses the black bass for gameness. It is the very embodi- ment of energy and wiliness. Captious to a degree, it is never possible to know just what its appetite calls fop. To-day it is frogs, to-morrow helgramites. now minnows, anon crickets; so as to crawfish, shrimp, worms and other sorts of bait. But when it bites, as a rule it bites viciously, and hooked, makes a fierce fight for freedom. Many manage to escape. All the skill of the most expert fisherman is required to be a successful black bass angler. And, further, no small consideration, the black bass is a most excellent table fish. These remarks apply equally to each variety — the small-mouth and the large. There is nothing surprising, therefore, as its habitat is pretty much all parts of our country, that black bass fishing has become common in America and is at- tracting a constantly increasing number of anglers, and that all first-class fishing tackle establishments devote themselves largely to providing suitable weapons that the fisherman may wage victorious battle with this doughty knight. But in spite of the abundance and ac- cessibility of what the black bass angler requires it is desirable for him to have considerable knowledge of his needs before he enters one of these establishments to procure an outfit, that he may purchase sagaciously and enconomically. This article will have in view what such a fisherman requires in lake bait fishing, and will give some hints as to the modus operandi in angling. First, as to the rod, or, better, rods. The ITenshall bait rod, 8^ ft. in length, weight, in split bamboo, 8oz., is about right for all-round rod. Henshall, and others, think it the ideal rod for casting; but the writer does not, preferring a rod about 6ft. in length, weighing in split bamboo about 7oz. But for still-fishing, especially from a boat, the Henshall rod is perfection. The split bamboo is the best rod made, but only when it is a fine one. Better by far not indulge in it unless it is of the best workmanship. A good lancewood is every way preferable to even a middling split bamboo; and a steel is the thing if the angler is not prepared to put considerable money in a wood rod. Let it not be forgotten that it is a fatal blunder to go a-fishing for black bass with a poor rod. For bait-casting a multiplying reel is indispensable. Here again the best is none too good. It should hold from sixty to eighty yards of line, as the sizes are numbered. There is no difficulty in procuring a fine multiplying reel to suit any angler’s taste, for almost any large fishing tackle establishment takes pride in trying to surpass every other in meeting the demands of the most fastidious. While the multiplying reel is not necessary in still-fishing, it is by no means a dis- advantage, and is not a drawback in fly-fishing. The line should be of hard braided silk, size H or G, for casting; G or F for still-fishing and trolling. A waterproof line is capital for still-fishing and trolling, but is generally not suitable for bait-casting. Fifty yards on the reel is about the right length. As to hooks, the writer prefers Pennell Limerick, turrt-down-eye, bronzed hooks, size 1 or 2. They cost much more than the ordinary hooks, but are well worth the difference. Floats are sometimes necessary, as when one is fish- ing, over snags or grass. They should be rather small, 2k2in. or 3in., and of a make that can be readily put on or taken off the line. For still-fishing the sinker should be only heavy enough to keep the bait down in the water. For bait- casting the weight of the sinker depends upon the weight of the bait. A minnow is often sufficiently heavy without any additional weight. If the swivel sinker is used a swivel can be dispensed with in casting; otherwise it is necessary. One of the smaller sizes should be used, and of brass, not steel. A landing net is required. To attempt to land black bass without it is folly; it would mean a broken rod and line and the escape of the fish in all likelihood. It pays to own a strong, well-made collapsible landing net, such as can be found at any first-class fishing tackle shop. The possession of a floating bait pail is desirable. An oval pail that holds about ten quarts will serve the purpose. The anglers should never forget how de- pendent his minnows are upon fresh water and keep the floating pail as much in the lake as possible, but when he must keep it out, change the water frequently. In trolling and. in casting the bass will often bite freely at a spOon bait. It will sometimes be found that if a piece of pork be attached to the hook of the spoon- lure its attractiveness will be greatly increased. The pork used is a small portion of rind about half an inch long and an eighth of an inch wide bisected almost its entire length, so as to make two frog-like quivering legs when drawn through the water. Several spoons in the kit should be a matter of course. Other artificial lures are as good, but none better. The black bass angler needs a tackle box. The best is made of leather, but a very serviceable one is made of tin. A box of ample dimensions should be had, for many odds and ends accumulate as the seasons conie and go — odds and ends the angler does not feel like discarding. A creel should be owned by every black bass fisher- man. While not very large, it should be ample. Its existence is a sign Of his being a man of hopes and its amplitude of his great expectations. All sorts of bait boxes are easily obtainable, but the writer thinks the angler as a rule will act wisely in making his own, to be thrown away at the end of the season. A small tin pail with numerous holes in the sides and top and filled with fresh leaves is just the thing for helgramites. A frog box can be quickly con- structed out of any wooden box of suitable size, by cut- ting away part and tacking on wire\gauze, and arrang- ing a trap door in the top just large enough for the hand to enter. For worms there can always be found a tin can about the house. Only a little, ingenuity is required to make bait receptacles with scarcely any monetary outlay, if any at all, and but an hour or so of labor. Fishing from a boat is the most successful and the most comfortable. A broad> flat-bottomed boat is preferable. It should have anchors attached to both ends. The cast is very simply rigged. A swivel sinker, if one is needed; otherwise only a swivel is attached to the end of the line; to that the snell of the hook, and the hook is run through the lips of a minnow or a frog. Where a spinner is used, it is attached in place of the snelled hook, a short piece of treble gut being used instead of the snell. Casting is difficult, though ap- parently simple. The would-be caster had better see how an expert does it, and then go off and practice. After two or three days of trial he will do well enough to acquire proficiency by actual fishing. In casting with the minnow or frog, when the bass takes the bait it should be allowed to have it for a few seconds before being struck. Often it will seize it by the tail or legs, and only after Several seconds turn it about so as to take the hook in its mouth. Trolling is best done with artificial bait. The line is trailed behind the boat extending sixty or seventy feefi held by the hand or, preferably, by a rod. The casting rod is well adapted to trolling. When other modes of fishing fail this often proves effective. Still-fishing is greatly enjoyed by many. The boat is anchored at both ends and the line is thrown out into the lake baited with frog or minnow or helgramite or crawfish or cricket, or some other lure of which the bass are fond. The frog or minnow, or whatever the bait, should now be alive under all circumstances. The minnow should be hooked just in front of the dorsal fin, and kept from the bottom. Though it is not to be forgotten that occasionally the fish will preferably eat from the bottom. When a black bass bites at such a bait as a cricket, it is. to be struck immediately by a slight jerk, but when it bites at a frog or minnow or ally other similar bait, it must be given time. Only after it has run off with it and pulls steadily should it be struck. When hooked then comes the contest. The fish will plunge and leap, and, unless the angler is on his guard, will get away. No slack line should be allowed it, and it should always feel the elasticity of the rod. Gradu- ally it should be reeled in, and when close to the boat and exhausted brought over the landing net and lifte’d out of the water. A smart blow with a stick upon its head will kill it almost instantly and make it none the worse for food. Dead it should be laid in the creel ‘ upon fresh grass and kept out of the sun. In every lake black bass have their favorite resorts. Many of these . are discovered only by chance. One who is unfamiliar with a lake does well to learn from those who have fished it the likely spots. Speaking generally, sand bars, rocky places, and where there are stumps and submerged bushes are the favorable grounds. When there is a slight ripple is ordinarily the time to fish, but sometimes in a gale of wind or in a dead calm the biting is all that could be desired. There seems to be no advantage in geting out early in the morning. Seven or eight o’clock is as good an hour as four or five. Generally the fishing is better in the morning and the evening. But whatever the hour when the black bass bite there is rich sport — full com- pensation for all the patience and labor of the an.gler against that moment when the gamy fish leaps into the air and the reel sings merrily. Cornelius W. Morrow, Tennessee. Trout Fishing in the Sapphire Country of North Carolina. Lake Toxaway, N. C., May 22. — Fishing in streams is fine, and that in the lakes is opening up earlier this season. At Lake Sapphire guests have been taking the limit within a couple of hours. One day recently Mr. J. Wilbur Russell, of Philadelphia, took in Lake Toxaway a brook trout weighing a pound and a half. Numerous rainbows of this and a larger size have been taken. The trout season promises to be one of the most successful wre have ever had heree A Boston spinster owns a dog, One of those nigh toned “towsers.” That’s so well bred and nice, ’tis said, He never pants — he “trousers.” I I — Philadelphia Post, June 3, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 439 The Log of a Sea Angler. X. — The Roba’o — A Gamy Fish — Taking a Large One to Lose It— Fight with the Sharks— A Tiger of the Sea — Subd ing a Man-Eate< — Size of Sharks — Danger from Sharks — Tarpon Taken. BY CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, AUTHOR OF "BIG GAME . fishes/' "adventures of torqua,” etc. I first met the robalo in the old market at New Orleans along the jetty, and thought it a pike perch; its trim ap- pearance, its powerful tail, its large and voracious mouth suggesting a game fish; but the market man when ques- tioned as to its habitat waved his hand in the direction of Pensacola and said they came from “down yander” some- where. So when I found myself “down yander,” some five hundred miles to the south, on the reef, 1 be^an to inquire for robalo. Bob and Chief had heard of it, but had never seen it. Long John, when three sheets in the wind, dilated upon his catches of robaio, so firing niy appetite for the fish that I thought of little else. But when morning came, and Long John saw through a single barrel, his pictures of robalo were not so highly colored, and there was a vagueness about it that was suspicious. The certain channel where he had played a robalo for an hour could never be found, though he spent hours at night in the second story of the old slave quarters telling about it, displaying an especial nicety in detail. In a word, Long John shook out all the reefs of his imagina- tion under the influence of the pain killer of Mr. Davis, but furled all sail the following morning. By this it should not be inferred that anything in these records is to be considered as criticising my loyal boat- men. Better men, truer hearts did not exist. My reputa- tion was as safe in their hands as though I had attended to it myself. Every fish I took with the magic rod they weighed mentally in a royal and beneficent fashion. I heard Chief telling a visitor that I had taken gray snap- pers that weighed sixty pounds with my eight-ounce trout rod, while Long John and Bob cheerfully swore to it. All my catches grew after death, and o’ nights, so that I began to think that I really had taken these monsters. This faithful trio may not have been rod fishermen, and they knew very little about fine tackle reels, or the ethics of modern sport, but their imagination filled an eminent domain, it was limitless. No angler could ask more with such historians. What more could anyone wish? But I caught and landed a robalo, an event which proves that everything comes to him who has the patience to wait, and it was many months after I saw the shapely fish on the levee that I felt one on the rod. Surely pa- tience is the essence of angling. Othello must have been an angler. He says, “How poor are they who have 110 patience,” and as the wealth of the angler is the game, be is poor indeed who lacks this essential to success. In Troilus and Cressida we find the suggestive lines, “He that will have a cake of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding” ; and so he who would fish and land his game must sit and sit and sit. 1 have seen Long John when tarpon fishing lie on the sands all the afternoon, one leg crossed over the other, the hand-line between his large and second toe with a half turn about the former. And there he remained, a recumbent drowsy patience that came into its ultimate reward ; time was not a factor in life in those halcyon days on the outer reef. When the days were hot and water clear as glass, we often took the dinghy and sculled down to the south end of the lagoon where an old wreck lay, the last of a great ship that had been blown in here by some terrific hurri- cane, carried far over the outer reef and landed in shallow water. ' She was a monument to the energy of the teredo and limnoria. Her wood-work had nearly disappeared and had been replaced by the tubes of the shell teredo that is possessed with such a sensitive touch that it avoids the tubes of others. So the hull stood, resisting the wind, and where the hold had been was a marine aquarium filled with coral, forming a fascinating seclusion for num- bers of fishes. It was my habit to scull up to the old wreck, carefully climb aboard to lie on the deck and peer over into this home of the fishes. I have spent many hours here, watch- ing them unseen and unsuspected. One morning I reached the wreck at sunrise intending to grain some crawfishes for the day’s fishing. As I came near enough to see the edge of the hull I saw the head of a robalo back to the first fin. The grub staker, or the worker in a diamond mine who after years has made a strike, can appreciate the sudden relation of the angler at the discovery of a game he has long searched for. There was no mistaking it. The long, tsraight under jaw, the sharp muzzle, the big black hypnotic eye, the arched back. Robalo it was, and so closely did it resemble the sand upon which it seemed to rest that I almost fancied it the ghost of a robalo, a “phantom of delight.” It appeared not to notice me, so I backed away and go- ing aboard peered down through the hold hoping to see the entire length of robalo. Ah ! there it was. The long, slender body, the striking sail-like dorsals, the big forked tail emblematic of power, a dark line-like stripe, and what was better than all, it was a giant, the vision that met my eye being three times the size of those I had seen in markets and promising a “Sport that wrinkled care derides.” I had seen almost such a fish in the St. Lawrence when bass fishing, as it appeared to me to be the image of a herculean wall-eyed perch, the resemblance being more than remarkable. As I watched it I could see the grace- ful screw-like motion of the tail, suggestive of the im- perceptible twitching of the tail of a cat, or a great spring, ready at the second to leap into action, and I knew at the slightest alarm the fish would dash from cover and not stop until it reached the deep waters of the lagoon some distance away. So I drew back care- fully,_ got into the dinghy, shoved off, and began a search for live bait. Mullet were omnipresent here, and in a short time I had located a school and secured a dozen with my cast-net, then carefully baiting one through the lips, I returned to the wreck. Robalo was still there, but had backed in under the shelving roof so that only its muzzle coud be seen. I retired thirty feet away and made a successful cast, dropping my silver mullet about twenty feet beyond the robalo, then dragged it slowly and care- fully across its line of vision. The water was so clear that I could see every object with perfect distinctness. I saw the sudden action of the fish forward when it noticed the struggling bait. I saw it move back several inches actuated by a second thought, a suspicion, and then saw the splendid fish settle nearer the ground like a cat about to spring. I had reeled the mullet to a spot exactly in front of the fish and not five feet from it, the Jong wire leader sinking into the sand and becoming invisible, the mujlet, performing its part by struggling fiercely and, being held by the lips, presented a perfect pantomime of a mullet or carp feeding, now turning its silvery sides which caught the sun’s rays, making a most enticing lure. The robalo had its black eyes upon it, and crouching low, moved in and out for several eternities, so it seemed. Then it began to creep out, its big body coming into view like a car or a torpedo coming out of a tube or barn. It almost appeared to be creeping along the bottom, and I fancied I could see it pale, so marvellously did it simulate the sand, It swam slowly up to the mullet, stopped, then seized it so suddenly that I could not follow' tbe motion, and rose upward, dragging the wire leader from the sand. A convulsive movement, and the mullet disappeared. Im- pressed that the psychological moment had arrived I gave the robalo the butt, and the merriest fight that I had in- dulged in for many a day was on. I feared that the fish would take to the wreck, but not he. With a leap to the surface he turned and dashed for open water with only Yucatan before him, and that he would reach it I had little doubt. I had been standing on the bow of the light dinghy, and as the reel whistled and screamed I stepped back and with an oar turned the bow of the light craft to the fish that was flying down the gradual slope of the lagoon over a clear sandy bot- tom, the home of the queen conch, the promenade of the giant ray. It was a splendid burst of speed, and despite my pres- sure upon a leather thumb-pad brake for the right band, and the fact that I broke the line with my left fore finger and thumb above the reel as occasion offered, the robalo took at least three hundred feet of my line in that one leap. Some finny Hamlet must have cried, “Come, give us a taste of your quality,” as I had it served — well and strong. There are few fishes that can contend against a long twenty-one thread line. It is a cobweb in appearance, but deadly after all, and it stopped the robalo, rounded him up, curbed his fancy so that he shot around in a great circle, the line cutting the water, the rod vibrating, and all that virile magnetism, I can call it nothing else, run- ning up the line and rod like a series of electric shocks. I do not believe my robalo weighed over fifteen pounds, yet it hauled the dinghy on over the gray water, and when I forced the fighting it turned and came in to rush away again as we bowled along. I believe I fought this fish fairly. I gave it a full and fair chance for its life ; I did not force it, or endeavor to “snake it in.” I employed what diplomacy the exigencies of rod, line and occasion demanded. I did my best, yet the robalo did not reach the gaff within thirty minutes, and then when I held it on the quarter and looked for the gaff it was not there; so I was forced to grain the fish — ■ a murderous act for which I hope I am forgiven ; then I drew it in, still struggling, lashing the boat and gaping at me with his enormous mouth with supercilious leer. I have given this robalo’s weight as fifteen pounds, I believe it was nearer twenty-five, but cannot prove it. I lifted it out, took in its beauties, its dark green back, its silvery belly, then as it was bleeding badly I ran a line through the gills and dropped it over a-stern, and taking the oars, rowed slowly in. I had the robalo and proposed to demonstrate the fact to my men without waste of time. I had a mile of reef to cross where the coral was so near the surface that I almost grazed it, then a deep but narrow channel. When midway in the latter, I stopped to watch a radiant jelly fish, one of the most interesting of all these dainty animals of the sea. Its myriad pumps were all working. Its mercury-like rod was pointed upward, and the wonderful colors — red, yellow, pink and rose — made it a thing of beauty against the vivid turquoise of the channel. I sat gazing at this charming vision when something jerked the stern of the dinghy down at least six inches. I sprang to my feet, and amid the swirling waters of a mimic maelstrom, saw the tawny striped body of a tiger shark, longer than the dinghy. The robalo and I had parted company. There are occasions when words fail utterly, and this appeared to be one. The shark circled about the boat while I took the grains and prepared for my revenge. I sculled up and down, I tossed over other and luscious bait. I lin- gered until the sun was overhead, and dogged this tiger of the sea up and down in the hope of recovering my robalo and incidentally taking him, as I knew the story of my catching a twenty-five-pound robalo without the fish to show, would be received by my men with certain stolid looks which they assumed only when they con- sidered that virgin truth had been outraged. But the shark, though always in sight, kept too far below the surface, even following me in, and as I landed I saw the monument of my robalo, the dorsal fin of the tiger shark, sailing out the northwest channel. I had the experience and the shark had the fish, but I did not men- tion it, nor did I ever again catch so large a robalo. The audacity of the shark has passed into proverb. I have played a tarpon until I was weary to feel a sudden rush that told of a new enemy, and in a moment seen a man- eater rise and literally shake the fish in my face; doubt- less all tarpon anglers have had the same experience. Sharks were omnipresent on the reef, and I frequently fished for them for the sport and. in a sportsmanlike man- ner. I nearly always used a light boat and handled the shark myself, my man steering; and I found that I could with an abundance of time, line and staying quality out- play a shark up to thirteen or fourteen feet; but I fre- quently hooked monsters that I never saw, that would have carried us out to sea or capsized the boat. Sharks, like hounds, are clever on the scent but slow, and one of the disagreeable sights, at least to my mind, was a so- called man-eater coming up, literally beating, to find a scent or following it. The sharks on the reef wore of clivers kinds There was a real man-eater that I occasionally saw on tb® out«if reef in fairly deep water, a big, even colossal brute, the Carcharias or white shark, which attains a length o» twenty-five or thirty feet. I believe I have seen one ap- proximating this, though it was some distance off. I can perhaps better illustrate its size when I say that it had what might be called a retiring effect on me. I stood not on the order of going. When that grim menacing shape turned and came directly toward me I pulled for the shal- low reef. I recall no more disagreeable vision of the sea than this big shark, its tawny sides, its black attendants, the remoras, either swimming alongside or dangling from it, and the little school of striped pilots at its head. The inner channel of this growing atoll was a famous ground for sharks, and all were colossal or of enormous bulk. I have caught sharks in various seas, some ten feet in length in the Pacific, but they were long and slender, lacking the ponderous bulk of those of the hot waters of the Gulf. I sometimes had my boatman collect the debris from the turtle slaughter house and other rejectamenta and dump it at a certain point five hundred feet from Garden Key. In half an hour the water would be fairly alive with sharks. Anchoring my bo_at to the reef by a coral hook, so that she swung off into blue and deep water, I have often in looking down, seen twenty or more large sharks circling about, tipping upward occasionally to see what it was all about, while twenty feet away others' would be on the surface. On one of these shark conventions I fastened a large dead loggerhead to a float, watching the brutes as they rushed at it and tore it apart As the blood drifted away other sharks would scent it and come beating up, crossing and recrossing the line, with their fins at the surface like miniature sails. The suggestiveness with which these big fellows came on was distinctly unpleasant, but it pro- duced a singlar result. I became so habituated to the presence of sharks in and about the camp that they were disregarded as a possible menace to human life. I think there was hardly a half hour in the day that a large shark of some kind did not swim along in plain view in the channel a few feet from the shore visiting a slaughter house; yet with others I went in swimming, sometimes several times a day, owing to the terrific heat in summer, and even swam across the deep channel to the opposite key with the knowledge that sharks were all about. I had a springboard rigged so that we dived from it directly into deep water from the shore, and it was not uncommon to dive as sharks swam by. At such times I have seen them under water always in retreat, as the moment a diver plunged in the shark would dart away evidently terrified. Commissioner Whipple* Albany, N. Y., May 23. — One of the first acts of James S. Whipple, in assuming office as State Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner, to-day, was to make an appeal to sportsmen for co-operation. The Commissioner said: “A tree should not be unlawfully cut, a fish should not be unlawfully caught, a deer should not be unlawfully killed. If the laws are kept and observed by all, the value of these great interests will rapidly increase, and the pleasures of all our people will be greater, the fish and game will multioly, tbe water supply in our great rivers and streams will be protected and maintained, and the large annual outlay of money by the State for these things will be justified by results obtained. “To this end, I ask every guide, every hunter, every fisherman, every lumberman, every summer visitor to the woods and streams, every poacher — if there are such — and all people generally, to assist this department in maintaining and enforcing the law in relation' to the forests, fish and game, that the best interests of all may be conserved.” Fishing on the Erie* Reports of May 24 chronicled good catches of trout at Middletown, Otisville, Woodbury, Narrowsburg and De- posit, N. Y., and Shohola and Clifton, Pa., all reached by the Erie Railroad. The worm was used in every case. At Lackawaxen Saturday last Charles Frohlich caught thirty fine trout; they were not weighed. Jim Grening (guide) said Lewis Hissam caught 17 pounds on the same day. Tanner sville reports water too low for trout fishing. Dr. S. Demarest, of Suffern, on the Beaver Kill at the Lew Beache place, near Middletown, May 12, caught twelve trout that weighed 9 pounds. On May 15, at same place, he caught eighteen trout, averaging in length 14 inches, weighing from 1 to lj£ pounds each, the total weighing just 18 pounds. Points and Flushes. “The Dog Book,” by James Watson, is to be published in ten parts. Parts I. and II. have been issued. The work treats of the popular history of the dog, with prac- tical information on the care and management of house, kennel and exhibition dogs. All the important breeds are described. Profuse illustrations are a feature of the work. Mr. Watson’s long and varied experience as judge and critic qualify him specially for this admirable work. Each part is $1.00. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. ■Wanderlust. Beyond the east the sunrise, beyond the west the sea, And east and west the wanderlust that will not let me be; It works in me like madness, dear, to bid me say good-by! For the seas call and the stars call, and, oh! the call of the sky! I know not where the white road runs, nor what the blue hills are, But a man can have the sun for friend, and for his guide a star; And there’s no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard, For the river calls and the road calls, and oh! the call of the bird! Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day The old shins draw to home again, the young ships sail away; And come I may, but go I must, and if men ask you why. You may put the blaine on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky I • Gefald Gould In Spurtqtbr, 440 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 190s OCEAN RACE WON BY ATLANTIC . ( As WE write the report reaches us that the schooner Atiiintie has tlot only wen the race, from Sandy Hook to Lizard fbr the Obeafi Cup pfesefited by the German Emperor, hut has made the passage in the tedord time Of twelve days and a half. This is an hourly average Of over ten miles. Under the conditions that have pre- vailed we did not see how the result could have been otherwise. This is a great achievement for Mr. William Gardner, the vessel’s designer, and Captain Charles Barr, her skipper, Our congratulations to Mr. Wilson Marshall, Atlantic’s sporting owner, and to Mr. Frederick M. Hoyt, who acted as navigator, and to whose ability and judg- ment much of the credit of the victory is dug: Forest and Stream’s story of the race has beiri Written by Atlantic’s navigator and will be published as soon as it is received from abroad. This story will be supplemented by copies of the logs of several of the boats. The Royal Thames Y* C* The Royal Thames Y. C., one of. the oldest jfficht racing clubs in existence, hais its headquarters and qlub house at No. 7 Albemarle street, Piccadilly, London, a house designed by Robert Adam, one of the celebrated brothers Adam of Adelphi fame, and in the seventeenth century this house was the residence of the ■ French Ambassador of that period. The Royal Thames Y. C. is a lineal descendant of the old yacht racing club, the Cumberland Fleet, which was founded in the year 1775, under the following circumstances: In 1775 the fist rowing regatta ever held in England took place upon the Thames, and several very respectable gentlemen, proprietors of sailing vessels and pleasure boats, held a meeting, and decided that on the regatta day they Would draw up iil line opposite Ranelagh Gardens and watch the competing rowing boats. Oil July 6 of the game year H.R.H. Hellry Frederick, Duke of Cumber- land (a brother of George III., and an admiral in the British navy), announced his intention of giving a silver Cup to be sailed for on July II, the course being from Westminster Bridge to Putney Bridge and back, and the boats had to be pleasure sailing boats from two to five toils burden, and Constantly lying above London Bridge. This was the commencement of the Cumberland fleet, aiid the first commodore of the club was t Mr. Smith, Who held office until about 1779- The Duke of Cumberland gave a silver cup each year Of the value Of twenty 'guineas, and the Cumberland fleet had the white ensign, but without the St. George’s CrosS in the fly, and their burgee Was a white orte With hil epual arhled red cross Oil it, The White eiiSigrt they Used, ufitil 1842. wheil the Admiralty took it away from the Royal Thames Y. C., its well as from several other clubs. that had the right Of flying it, only allowing the Royal Yacht Squadrbn to Continue its use. In the year i§2j the mfemberS of the Cumberland fleet had a great dispute. Over the prize in connection with a race sailed frOiii Black wall to Coai House Point below GraveSend In hO'nO.r Of the coronation of King George IV., and the upshot Of this dispute Was the formation of the present Royal Thames Y. C. The first match of the Thames Y. C. Was held oil Sept. 9. 1823, for a cup Valued at twenty-five guineas when the members sailed from Biackfriars and finished at Cumberland Gardens. In 1840 the above bridge matches were given up, and since then the Royal Thames Y. C. has gradually been driven, by the river traffic and the changed conditions of yacht racing lower and lower down the river, until it has now reached the extreme limit of the Thames, and holds its races at Southend. It seems strange that such an old and important yachting club as the Royal Thames Y. C. should not possess a club house on the coast. The only home it has is the club house in Albemarle street; convenient enough, no doubt, when the races started from Vauxhall, but Albemarle street is rather too far a cry from the sea. However, with such a large number of members— there are over 800 — ■ and with their hard-working and practical committee, it should not be long before the Royal Thames Y. C. has a club house on the sea front worthy of its dis- tinguished career and position. At present the Royal Thames Y. C. is without a com- modore, Lord Brassey having recently resigned, his numerous engagements preventing him from holding that important position which has been occupied by the King (when Prince of Wales), General Lord Alfred Paget, and other distinguished personages. The vice- commodore is Mr. R. Hewett, the rear-commodore Mr. Theodore Pym, and the secretary (to whom we are greatly indebted for assistance in connection with this present article and illustrations of the club house) is Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. G. Dick, while Colonel Wilkinson fills the post of cup bearer to the Royal Thames Y. C. The club house is full of interest to yachting men, the walls of the smoking room on the ground floor being hung with valuable and quaint old prints of yachts, giving the history of yacht racing practically from the formation of the club until the present day. In this room there is a cap belonging to one of the rowers of the commodore’s barge of the old Cumberland fleet, a most uncomfortable-looking leather head-covering adorned with a large silver “C,” and beside this hat rests one of the old club, buttons, and the chairman’s ivory gavel, bearing the. inscription ‘■‘Cumberland Fleet,” which is still used at every annual meeting, while on one of the tables there is a splendid mull, handsomely mounted in silver, which was pre- sented to the club by one of the members. In the inner hall,- framing the doorwtty Of the smok- ing room, is a large case, containing the rrio'St prized possession of the Royal Thames Y. C., viz., the old white ensigns aild flags belonging to the Cumberland fleet, . which Were presented by Mr. Richard Taylor, grandson of the. then eOrritliddore. A fine staircase as- cends from the inner hall to the dining and card rooms, and on the landing staiids art inlnlertsg specimen of a polar bear, given to the club by Mr. A. Barclay Walker. The dining room is a large and pleasant apartment, containing several paintings of past and present officers of the club, including a large painting of the King, who, as mentioned before, was commodore when Rrinc'C of AVales; one of the present vice-commodores, Mr. R. Hewett; a small portrait of the Duke of Cumberland; Slid a large portrait by Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., of General Lord Alfred Paget. The last-named was elected in 1840, was vice-commodore 1845 to 1846, com- modore 1846 to 1874, and on H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (Our present King), becoming commodore in 1874, became vice-commodore again, and held that position until his death in 1888. There are also two ihoSt interesting old paintings 111 this room. One is a portrait Of Robert Williams, captain of the Cumberland fleef, and treaSurfer Of fhe . Thames Y. C. from 1823 to 1832; the Other facing this picture is o'f Commodore William Harrison, standing beside tbe cup given by British Letter. The Algjers-Toulon Motor B'oa? Race. — The crown- ing point appears at last to have been reached ffi the far- cical attempts to run the useless and eggshell-built facing motor launches of the present day over Courses on tfi$ open sea, In the Algiers-Toulon motor boat face recent- ly organized by a Paris newspaper, seven launches started and, getting caught in a breeze, the whole fleet caffle to grief, some foundering and the others being abandomd or taken in tow in a helpless condition by the convoying cruisers and destroyers. To show what a divergence o'f opinion is possible on the advisability of sending these frail craft over such hazardous courses, the newspaper responsible for the contest called it “the greatest marine enterprise attempted by human genius since Christopher Columbus,” while the commander of the destroyer Pertui'- sane described the abortive race more tersely but with much mofe practical sagacity as “simply madness.^ As far as can be gathered, no lives have been lost, thanks to the fact that there Were plenty of war vessels in attend- ance, but the absolute Uselessness of the flimsy racing motor launch for any practical purpo'se has been proved up to the hilt, and in no Country more than in France, where they are all the rage. It is to be hoped that this lesson will be taken advantage of and that a better class of boat may be the outcome, otherwise some fearful disaster is sure, sooner or latef, to result from the reckless racing of these ephemeral arid costly toys. To show what can be done by this new type of boat wh-ea Winner of the Transatlantic Race for the Ocean Cup. Designed by William Gardner and owned by Wilson Marshall. Photo by James Burton. the Royal Thames Y. C. in honor of the coronation of Queen Victoria, and sailed for on July 3, 1838. The card room is a cosy little room on the same floor as the dining room, and there are some interesting models and a print of the Cambria passing Sandy Hook Light- ship, the winner of the Anglo-American Atlantic yacht race in 1870. This year the Royal Thames Y. C. has had several most successful river matches at Southend, races from Dover to Boulogne and back, and the Nore to Dover, besides matches in Dover Bay. The tonnage belonging to the Royal Thames Y. C. is about 52,000 tons, and some of the finest racing yachts afloat are owned by its members, — From the Ladies’ Field. Catboat Devil Launched. — On Saturday, May 27, there was launched at Montell’s yard, Greenwich, Conn., the racing catboat Devil, built from designs made by Mr. Llenry J. Gielow for Mrs. F. J. Havens. Devil is 20ft. 6in. over all, 13ft. waterline, 7ft. breadth and ift. 9m. draft. She has water-tight compartments fore and aft, a water-tight cockpit and 700 lbs. of outside ballast. The boat will be painted red and her sail will be of the same color. Mrs. Havens will race the boat on Gravesend Bay whenever there is a class for her. Mr. F. J. Havens is well known on Gravesend Bay and is a member of the Atlantic Y. C. and the Marine and Field Club, it is substantially built on sensible seagoing lines, Napier Major, a low power cruising motor boat, has lately made a successful voyage from the Thames to the Shetland Islands. She encountered all sorts of weather, but after she was fitted with a mizzenmast and sail to keep her head to sea in a blow, she appears to have behaved very well and to have given every satisfaction. That is the kind of boat people want, and the type which will be general when the present ridiculous craze for racing high powered launches of extremely weak construction has died out, or been killed by a series of dreadful accidents. Lloyds Yacht Register for 1905. — Lloyds Yacht Reg- ister has appeared this year in a different shape for the first time since its first appearance in 1878. This, how- ever, will not be a surprise to anybody who has traced the steady increase in bulk ef each successive volume, the only regret being that the collection will no longer be of a uniform size. On the other hand, it is satisfactory to note that the number of yachts increases each year, and that Great Britain easily holds leading place among the list of nations as regards both the number and tonnage of her pleasure fleet, though there are more large steam yachts in America than in England. Windward Qualities of Old and New Boats. — Writ- ing a few weeks back in one of our yachting journals, Mr. R. E. Froude, the eminent mathematician and naval architect, made the astounding statement that the olej- June 3, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM fashioned plank-on-edge yachts sailed far closer to the wind than any other type. This statement, coming from so well known an authority, should have attracted atten- tion, and probably would have done so had it not feCCn for the fact that the. main subject of the letter was the one-design classes. However, there Can be ho doutet whatever that Mr. Froude is quite mistaken, and had he watched the performances of the Cutters Vaiiduara — Or Nicandra as she is now Called— -and Ir'ex in the handicap class two years ago, he would have seen for himself that his statement was a fallacy. Both these vessels were highly successful examples of the plankton-edge type, and yet their performance to windward, compared with the modern .yawl-rigged fast Cruiser was simply ludicrous. They simply could not sail the same road, and in any- thing like a sea they were like half-tide rocks. The rea- son is not fat to seek, and indeed is obvious to anybody who has had practical experience of both types of vessel. The old-fashioned, narrow, knife-like hull had to be loaded down with lead to keep it from falling on its side. It was like a ship half full of cargo, and, as the initial stability was very slight, it generally had the appearance of being pressed by the weight of its spars and canvas. Moreover, the flat sides and full quarters were not con- ducive to weatherliness, and a big list seemed to throw the vessel thoroughly out of trim and produce a “dead- uess” in her speed which is not the case with the modern yacht. The present day racer, or fast cruiser, carries more sail on a smaller displacement, she has much more beam and therefore far greater initial stability; her sec- tions are round instead of flat or V-shaped, and she does not, therefore, alter her form so much when she is press- ed, besides which her overhangs lengthen her lines con- siderably when she is heeled and the full transverse Sec- tions of the bow and cleanness of the run aft have a tendency to make her claw to windward in a breeze when (the narrow boats are more than likely to carry lee helm and run off. It is true that boats built under the present Y. R. A. rating are not so close winded as those of five or six years ago^ but that is the girth measurement which has put an undue tax on draft at the expense of stability, and is not due to any inherent defect of model. It is not necessary for a vessel to have great beam to be close winded, but she must at any rate be of moderate propor- tions. One of the hardest nuts to crack even now in the handicap class is the little 40-rater Creole, designed by Mr. G. L. Watson in 1890, when it comes to a close pinch. Sonya's First Race. — The 52-footers are expected to make their debut at the regatta of the Orwell Corinthian Y. C. at Harwich on May 27, when it is hoped that Mr. W. P. Barton’s new boat Britomart will meet Mrs. Tur- ner Farley’s Herreshoff-built Sonya. E. H. Kelly. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. The Yachtsman’s Annual Guide and Nautical Calendar.— The 1905 edition of the Yachtsman’s Annual Guide and Nautical Calendar has just been issued. No work of this description contains so much valuable in- formation for yachtsmen as does this one. This is the twenty-seventh edition of The Yachtsman’s Guide, and copies may be had from the publishers, Messrs. J. K. Water Co., Boston, Mass., for $1.00. m m #1 Commodore Bellows’ Appointments. — Commodore Arthur C. Bellows, of the Bensonhurst Y. C. has appoint- ed Richard W. Rummell fleet captain, Dr. Frank J. Duffy fleet surgeon, and the Rev. J. C. Wei wood fleet chaplain of the club for the ensuing year. *, * * Entries for the Long Distance Power Boat Race. — Three entries have already been filed with the officials of the Knickerbocker Y. C. for the power boat race from College Point, L. I., to Marblehead, Mass., that starts on July 22. The entries close on July 1. The particulars of the boats entered follow : Coyotte, owned by Mr. Harold Wesson, of Camden, N. J. Designed by Messrs. E. H. Godshalk & Co., of Phila- delphia, Pa. Built by Excelsior Launch Co. Length over all, 32ft. 6in. ; waterline, 32ft. ; beam, 4ft. loin. ; draft, 1 ft. 3m. _ „ Highball, owned by Mr. Richard Hutchinson, of Bos- ton, Mass. Built by Mr. George B. Loring, of East Brain- tree, Mass. Length over all, 31ft. 6in. ; waterline, 20ft. 6in. ; beam, 6ft. gin. ; draft, 2ft. 3m. Viking, owned by Mr. S. W. Wilder, of Boston, Mass. Designed by Messrs. Burgess & Packard. Built at Blue Hill Bay, Me. Length over all, 38ft. 6in. ; waterline, 36ft. ; beam, 6ft. *5 H S? Gardner & Cox Dissolve.— The firm of Gardner & Cox, known the world over to all yachting and shipping men, has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Irving Cox has formed a new firm known as Cox & Stevens. The new firm will do a general yacht and vessel broker- age _ business in connection with the architectural and engineering work. The. scope of the new enterprise will be broader than has ever been attempted before, and special attention will be paid to scientific and commercial work. There are- four members in the new firm, and they are as follows : Messrs. Irving Cox, E. A. Stevens, D. H. Cox and Edwin A. Stevens, Jr. Mr. Irv- ing Cox handled most of the brokerage done by the old firm and has a wide acquaintance among yachtsmen. Col. Edwin A. Stevens is a man of great scientific knowledge and is very familiar with the design and construction of both yacht and pleasure vessels. He has given special attention to ferry-boat design and is an authority on the subject. Mr. Daniel IT. Cox was formerly an Assistant Naval Constructor in the U. S. N. He resigned from the Navy in 1902 and associated himself with Gardner & Cox. While with the old firm he acquired a wide knowledge pf the business and acted as one of its managers. The youngest member of the firm is Mr. E. A. Stevens, Jr. For a young man he has had considerable experience as a yachtsman in both sail and steam craft. He is a graduate of Stevens Institute and is a yacht designer of some ability. New Rochelle Y. C. New Rochelle', Lorig Island Soufid — Saturday, May 2T. For several years past thte Huguenot Y. Ci jra§ givteft thfe opfeA- ing event of the season under its atispie'es'. , This jffear, however, the initial event was given by jhfe Netv Rochelle Y. C., and through the efforts of Mir. G\ P. Granberry, Chairman of the Race ! Committee, tlie^e whs a most unusual number of starters. _ The btefeze whs light from the E. all day. Before the start it showered a little, just enough to wet the new sails of some of the debutantes. Nine of the new monotype New York Y. C. boats were on hand, and the greatest amount of interest was centered in this class. Boats in the New York Y. C. one-design and the 27ft. classes sailed twice over the 8% mile course, which is as follows: From starting line to and around Scotch Caps red gas buoy, thence td and around black spar buoy off Prospect Point, thence to and around northeasterly stake boat at starting line, leaving same otl starboard hand; finishing in opposite direction froiii stalL. All the rest of the boats covered the following 4% ftiilfe Cphrse twice: From starting l.iile to alid atouftd ted spat Buoy on tile southwesterly end of Hfert add Chiekeris Rfeef; thfefice to and around the striped sprit blio-y kftowri as Middle Ground buoy, tbeftefe to arid afourid the northeasterly stake boat at starting line, finishing ift opposite direction from start. The preparatory was given at 2 o’clock. _ The Race Committee was on board Vice-Commodore Gill’s cruising launch Helen W. The New York Y. C. boats were sent away at 2:05, and the Hanan boys crossed in the weather berth in the lead almost on the gun. Phryne was next, and she was followed by Dahinda, Alera, Carleta, Minx, Maid of Mendon, Cara-Mia, and Atair. Mr. N. D. Lawton was on hand, but did not start, as his boat had not been hauled since she was launched. Wilmer and Addison Planan sailed their boat for all she was worth, and she dropped the bunch little by little on each leg until at the end of the first round she was leading by lm, 30s. Mr. A. H. Alker appeared at the stick on Alera, and, although he is a new hand at the game, he was sufficiently well Coached by his son “Jimmie” to keep in second place all over the course, The boats were well strung oUt at the finish, afid it Wris' ftlo.fri or less of a surprise. There wele some CraCk trieft at the -sticks of several of the Craf^ afid they will be heard froth whfen their boats and sails are m better shape-. The Hahari boys liavfe started in well, and it is more thafi likely that they Will continue to finish in first place right through the steasorf. In the 27ft. class Rascal beat Snapper, the second boat, by over 3m. Four of the new ofie-design Larchmont class started. These boats were designed by Crane and built by Wood last year. R&na got away in the lead and gave her competitors an astonish- ing beating. Nora was second and Invader third. Rogue had no difficulty in disposing of her competitors lit the 22ft class Houri won in the 18ft. class, and V&quero beat Dorothy out for second place by ISs. The New Rochelle one-designer, Ace, had rio competitor, so Mr. J. D. Sparkman very kindly entered his efriisiflg eatbodt ili order to give a class. The summary follows: New York Y, C. One-Desigfi , S’Oft-. Class — Btaft 2:05 — Course 17% Miles-. Finish. Elapsed. Nautilus, A. G. & H. W. Hanan 5 16 45 3 11 45 RhryUe, H. L. Maxwell 5 24 10 3 19 10 Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan, Jr 5 27 48 3 22 48 Alera, A. El. & J. M. Alker 5 20 46 3 15 46 Carleta, Oliver Harriman 5 28 04 3 23 04 Maid of Mendon, W. D. Guthrie 5 26 47 3 21 47 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 5 23 30 3 17 30 Sloops, 27ft. Class — Start 2:10 — Course 17% Miles. Snapper, F. S. Page 4 11 18 2 02 18 Rascal, J. J. Dwyer 4 08 00 1 58 00 Fl’eron, J. Le Boutilier 4 21 30 2 11 30 Larchmont Y. C. One-Design Raceabout Class — Start 2:16 — Course 8% Miles. Nora; A. Iselin III 4 05 03 1 50 03 Rana, Floward Willetts 3 49 50 1 34 60 Invader, Jr., Roy A. Rainey 4 08 14 1 63 14 Pretty Quick, A. B. Alley 4 03 44 1 48 14 Mystral, A. C. Bostwick 4 03 08 1 48 08 Sloops — 22ft. Class — Start 2:20 — Course 8% Miles. Gazabo, H. Vulte 4 12 59 1 52 59 Skip, C. M. Pinckney 4 14 12 1 54 12 Kanaka, J. A. Mahlstedt 4 14 04 1 54 04 Paremoack, F. P. Currier 4 09 42 1 49 42 Rogue, A. B. Alley 4 06 32 1 46 32 Anawanda, George Goodwin Did not finish. Sloops — 18ft. Class — Start 2:20 — Course 8% Miles. Dcd, T. E. Dealy 4 25 22 2 06 22 Clutha, C. L. Mitchell Withdrew. Dorbthy, L. G. Spence 4 12 32 1 52 32 Houri, J. FI. Esser 4 09 40 1 49 40 Yaquero, P. Stums 4 12 18 1 62 18 Special Class — Start 2:25 — Course 8% Miles. Nimble, J. D. Sparkman Withdrew. Ace,( R. N. Bavier 3 24 04 1 59 04 The winners were Nautilus, Rascal, Rana, Rogue, Houri, and Ace. The Regatta Committee was made up of Messrs. G. P. Gran- berry, H. W. Lloyd, C. G. Rusher and J. C. Connolly. Knickerbocker Y. C. Annual Race. — The annual race of the Knickerbocker Y. C. will be sailed on Saturday, June 3, under the rules of the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. The race is open to yachts enrolled in any recog- nized yacht club. The start will be at noon. Classes. — Sloops : 48ft. class, 40ft. class, 33ft. class, 27ft. class, 22ft. class, 18ft. class, 15ft. class ; yawls in one class; New York Y. C. one-design class; raceabouts; American Y. C. raceabouts ; catboats : 27ft. class, 22ft. class, 18ft. class, 15ft. class. The starting and finishing line will be between a stake boat and the black and red buoy to1 the northward and eastward of Execution Light. Course 1. — For all classes over 22ft. and raceabouts. The course will be 13 knots. Course 2. — For all classes 22ft. and under. Course 10 nautical miles. Prizes. — Prizes will be awarded in all classes in which two or more yachts start, a second prize in classes in which four or more start, and a third prize in classes in which six or more start. Yachts enrolled in the club will compete for the Miladi Cup, under the following conditions: The owner whose yacht makes the fastest elapsed time over course No. 1 in annual regatta will hold cup for one year. The cup must be won twice to be held permanently. Steamer Favorite will accompany the yachts over the course, leaving foot of East Thirty-first street at 8 130 A. M., and College Point at 10 A. M. Entries will close with the chairman of the Regatta Committee, O. H. Chehborg, No. 1 Broadway, New York city, on Thursday, June I. at 12 M. •in* Officers of the Huntington Y. C. — The officers of the, Huntington Y. C., of Huntington, L. I., are : Com., H. H. Gordon; Vice-Corn., George Taylor; Rear Com., John A. Eckert; Sec., H. Edward Ficken; Treas., PI. H. Gordon, Jr. ; Trus., Charles Biglew, W. W. Wood, H. W. Fisher, J. C. Overton, A. S. Heckscher, John A. Kane; House Committee, H. H. Gordon, Jr., John Green, Daniel M. Gerard; Membership Committee, Douglass Camp, H. W. Fisher, Herman F. Rogers; Regatta Committee, H. H. Gordon, G. Morris Heckscher, Jr., Fred Lord; Treas., Fred. Lord. 441 Yachting: Fixtures foi* i9&S. MEkBteRS of Race Committees and Secretaries will confer a favor by sending notice of errors op omissions in the following list, and also changes which may be made in the future: JUNE. I. Sea Side, open. 3. Columbia, annual power boat regatta. 3. Knickerbocker, annual. 11 3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, dub. 3. Atlantic, Havens cup No. 1. , - 3. Royal Canadian, cruising race, 4, Hempstead Bay, dub, 1 1 i 4. Indian Harbor, motor boats, ; 4. Shinnceoek) club, ; 1 5. Bergen Beach, opefL 6. East Glbricegtd;, dtiE §-. Potitjuodue C. C.; biiiD'. 8. Ouahtubk, club; j. .,,1 10. Seawanhaka CoHrithiari, invitation race around Long Island. 10. New York C. C., open. 10. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, dub. 10. New Rochelle, power boat races. 10. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 10. Royal Canadian, dub. 10. Edgewood, dub. - 1 ; 10. Manhasset, annual. i - 10. Wollaston-Quincy, interclub. , I 10. Corinthian, dub. 1 II. Morrisania, spring. ; 1 13. Boston, dub. City Point, 13. Sea Side,, dtib. ' 15. NerV York, Beflflfett crips, Gletl CoVB, 15. West Hampton C. C,, elub, 15. Atlantic, annual'. 17. BeffsonhUfst, oppth ' . 17. Atlaittig, A. ; P. B. A. regatta. 17. Seawanhaka-Coi-iiithiaft, club. 17. Knicktefbockel, ofie-design powet boats. 17. Harnptori Roads, power boat cruise. 17. Boston, M. Y. R. A., FIull. V 1 i 17. Corinthian, ocean race. 17. New York A. C., race to Block Island. 17. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 17. Wollaston-Quincy, interclub, | 1 17. Beverly, club. j ‘ 1 17. Rhode Island, dub, ! i 20, East Gloucester, eljtiB'. 1 > i J 22. Seawafihaka . Cot ltlthiafi, opfeit; 22. MoHchfes; 61UB. 22. Shirinfecqck, chib. 22. Quafttjuck, eltiB; ; : _ . ■ 22- Sea Side,, oppil. . , _ 23. Seawafihaka Cotifithia.fi, opfefi., 24. Sfeawanfiaka Cofirithipfi, annual; 2J. Kfiick'efbockct, one-design power boats. 24. Squantum, M. Y. R. A. 1 24. Bristol, open. : j' ' 1 24. Royal Canadian, dub. ' ! i 24. Rhode Island, cruising race. 24. Rhode Island, open. 24. Beverly, dub. 24. Atlantic, first championship, Y. R. A. G. B. 24. Corinthian, open. ; 28. Sea Side, club. 29. Brooklyn, ocean race to Hampton Roads. 29. West Hampton C. C., cruise. 1 | , 29. Quantuck, cruise. ! . 29. Moriches, cruise. ' JULY. 1. Atlantic, Havens cup No. 2 and Underwood cup. 1. Bristol, ocean race. 1. Beverly, dub. ; 1. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 1. Knickerbocker, cruise. 1. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 1. Seaside Park, ladies’ cup races. > 1. Royal Canadian, Queen’s cup race, j : 1. New Rochelle, annual. 1 1. Boston, club, Marblehead, 1. Corinthian, club, Marblehead. 2. New Rochelle, cruise. 3. American, annual. 3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, dub. 3. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. 3. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy, I 4. Atlantic, open. 1 . 4. Corinthian, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, M. Y. R. A, 4. Eastern, power boat races, 4. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 4. Edgewood, club. . . • 4. Wollaston, dub championship, 4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 4. Seaside Park, club. i 1 i 4. Hampton Roads, cruise. 4. Jamaica Bay Y. R. A, races. 4. Beverly, sweepstake. 4. East Gloucester, club. ; 4. Plartford, annual, , . ; : 4. Larchmont, annual. ' 1 4. Sea Side, dub. 6-12. Atlantic, cruise. , 7. Eastern, cruise, , 8. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats, ' 8. New York, Glen Cove, cups, ; ] , ' 8. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 8. Wollaston, dub championship. ' : 8. Seawanhaka Corinthian, dub. ; 8. Edgewood, dub. 8. Quincy, M. Y. R. A. 8. Rhode Island, cruising race. 8. Seaside Park, dub. 8. Beverly, club 8. Corinthian, club. 5. Riverside, annual. 8. Sea Side, open. , 8. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 9. Canarsie, open. i ' 9. Morrisania power boat race. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, ocean race. 12. Seaside Park, club. 12. Sea Side, open. : ■ . 15. Royal Canadian, dub. 15. New Rochelle, dub. 15. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 15. Seaside Park, club. 15. Country Club, Detroit dub. 15. Edgewood, dub. 15. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 15. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 15. Beverly, club. 15. Boston, cruise. 15. Corinthian, dub. 17. Edgewood, N. B. Y. R. A,t-.Qpen. 18. New Brunswick Y. R. A. regatta. Prudence Island. 18. East Gloucester, dub. . T 19. Seaside Park. dub. 19. Rhode Island, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 20. Rhole Island-Sachem Head, team race. 20. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup. 21. Fall River, N. B. Y. R. A., open. ’ 22. Knickerbocker, power boat race to Marblehead. 22. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 22. Winthrop, M. Y. R. A. • 22. Bristol, N. B. Y. R. A. 22. Rhode Island, cruising race. 22. Seaside Park, dub. 22. Royal Canadian, Canada’s cup trials. 22. Beverly Y. C., club. 22. Marine and Field, second championship, Y. R. A. G. B 22. Corinthian, dub. 26. Seaside Park, dub. 27. Eastern, power boat races. 27. Sea Side, dub. 28. Eastern, power boat races. 28. Seaside Park, Bay Head and Island Heights, cruise. 28. Sea Side, open. 29. Eastern, power boat races. 29. New Rochelle, ladies’ race. 29. Chicago, race to Mackinac. | §9. Copntiw Club of Detroit, race to Mackinac. . I ‘ ' ‘ • •'* w’ J v) -cJv 442 FOREST AND STREAM, [June 3, 1903, Kapolei. This boat was designed by Mr. Vaughan D. Bacon, of Barnstable, Mass., over a year ago, and was built last spring on a sugar plantation about thirty miles from Honolulu under the owner’s supervision, and transported by rail to the coast and put overboard on Aug. 15, 1904- She is a comfortable boat, and is used for afternoon sailing and short cruises about the islands. On account of the heavy seas and strong trade winds of the Pacific, the boat was given more beam and displacement than is customary on the Atlantic coast. She has not been raced as yet; in fact, there are no other boats in her class at Honolulu, so no estimate of her speed can be given. The cabin is comfortable and roomy for a 21-footer, and sleeping accommodations for three are provided for. Before the boat was completed a watercloset was placed under the starboard transom, which is not shown in the plans. The dimensions are as follows: O A .......... 6 in. I W T. ......... Overhang — 5ft Forward 3 A It 6ft. 3 in. Beam — . _ . At deck ......... 8ft. 6 in. T W T • 8ft. 2I/Jin. Freeboard — 9^3m. io in. Stern Draft — To rabbet ....... 3%m. Greatest ........ .................... 5ft- Displacement - S 0 i> 0 9 0 0 000 ooe oo o» 7*3^5^ Db. per inoh UW,L. . « ci « * 9 9 e p t 9_9'*_9.9 Head room under house 5ft- Iron on keel 3,50olbs. Sail area — Mainsail 475s9-ft- Jib 125.sq.ft. Total sail area 6oosq.ft. Recent Sales. — The following sales have been made through the agency of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman: The power yacht Vacuna, sold by Mr. D. N. Arm- strong to Mr. James Hartness, Springfield, Vt. She was designed by Mr. William Gardner, built by Spalding, St. Lawrence Co., Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1899. Equipped with a 25 horsepower Globe engine; speed 12 miles an hour. Power yacht Hannah II., sold by the Isham Co., New London, Conn., to Mr. Ulrich H. McLaws, of Savannah, Ga. Launch was shipped by steamer from New York. The yawl Fanshaw, for the Huntington Mfg. Co. to Mr. Brent Tanner, of New York. The Huntington Co. took her in part payment for a larger boat of similar de- sign they are building for Mr. Frank Maier, New Rochelle Y; C. She finished fourth in the ocean race from New York to Marblehead last July, and was award- ed the Aggassiz special prize for being the best designed, built and equipped yacht of all the contestants for the Dreamer Sold. — The cruising motor boat Dreamer, designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, and built by Mr. Rob- ert Jacob, City Island, N. Y., for Mr. C. W. Lee, New York Y. C., has been sold to Commodore Frederick T. Adams. Dreamer is one of this season’s productions, 59ft. long, 10ft. 6in. beam, and 3ft. gin. draft, equipped with a 25 horsepower four-cylinder Standard motor, and has a speed of nearly j? miles per hour. Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. (Continued from page 423.) Sunday, June 19. We left the “Emergency” Camp with a good deal of regret, as it had proved a very delightful rest in the course of the hard work that we had experienced so far, but we were tied down by our schedule, and had no alter- native but to push on as quickly as possible, in order to reach Liverpool by Tuesday morning. Our friend, the rabbit, again kept us company at break- fast, and afforded some more target practice at which Louis very nearly bagged him with a stone. The Scribe took several photographs and the party then quickly pulled out on the trail again. We promptly encountered more rough water, some of the rapids being veritable problems. The fishing was excellent, and Carl and H. N. T. improved the opportunity while the others were bringing the boats through, by working their way slowly down the banks, and fishing in the likely looking pools and eddies. This was rough work, and very diffi- cult where it was necessary to take short cuts through the woods. A lumbermen’s trail ran along parallel with the river, and it was possible to reach this by striking inward through the woods along the river bank. It was no easy task to push through the underbrush with a landing net, fishing rod, camera and string of fish. The woods were very dense, and the hooks and the meshes of the landing net would be continually catching in branches and twigs, while black flies and mosquitoes added to the exasperation of the unfortunate party. The Custodian of the Log suc- ceeded in getting stalled on a small log spanning a nar- row stream \yith wide marshy shores, and narrowly es- FOREST AND STREAM. 448 June 3, I905-] caped falling into the mire by delicate tight-rope work in disentangling his landing-net and fly hooks from the high weeds about him. Further on Carl missed the trail and was lost for some ten or fifteen minutes in the dense woods, but fortunately found his way out without much difficulty. In the meantime the others were bringing the lightened canoes through the worst places in the river; first, the big canoe with ‘Arthur and Louis, and. then the other one with Charles O. and Louis. In each case Louis acted as the pilot in the bow, and did wonders with a snubbing pole. There was quite a little delay by this method, as it was necessary for Louis to work his way back on foot along- the river bank to bring through the second boat. A very high wind at our backs, which con- tinued all day, made the work easy in the smooth water, but very difficult in the rough, as the water-signs were obscured by the ripples, even in the rapids. One of the worst spots was known as “Lake Falls,” where the river was divided by a large island, and where the boats were so long coming through that Carl and FI. N. T., who had gone fishing along the other side of the island, com- menced to think that they had missed the party, and were left behind. Lake Falls was a very romantic place, as the river banks were quite high and, together with the islands, were covered with a very heavy growth of high trees. The river bed was particularly rocky and irreg- ular. and the fishermen had fine sport jumping around the huge boulders, and fishing in the deep eddies behind them. All fish under a pound in weight were promptly thrown back, and even after doing this, the strings grew to a cumbersome size. The trout seemed especially fond of the bright flies, the old reliable Parmacheenee Belle proving very popular; in fact, long before the trip was over a few flies of this type that we had were so badly chewed to pieces that we were unable to use them. Louis managed to patch up one of Carl’s and was not very much impressed with the original workmanship, claim- ing that he could give points to the man that made that particular one. The worst rapids, encountered so far on the trip were met with at Big River Falls, and we had been warned about these by Louis for several days before, and also by the people at Milford before we left. This is a stretch of very steep, rocky rapids, about two and one-half to three miles long, without any eddies to serve as breath- ing^ spots. We held a consultation at the head of these rapids and carefully looked over the ground as well as we could from the high river banks. As far as we could see was a tumbling stretch of white water, and the effect was very much like looking down a long, irregular chute which disappeared around a bend in the river over a mile below. There was no choice but to run through it, so we adopted the usual tactics, namely, the two fishermen go- ing down on foot along the river banks with their fish- ing tackle and cameras, while the others brought the boats down with Louis as a pilot in each case. Some idea of the difficulty they experienced can be gained from the fact that it took over two hours to bring the boats through. It was inadvisable to allow the boats to get any headway, so that the passage was accomplished by running close by the shore and dropping down by means of snubbing poles, with frequent stops to pick out the safest course. In one or two places it was necessary to snub the boats diagonally completely across the river from one side to the other in the teeth of the current to avoid some par- ticularly steep fall or dangerous ledge, and this was tick- lish work, since to lose control of the boat in that cur- rent would have resulted very seriously. We took pfaoftfc graphs looking up and down stream, from about the mid-’ die of the rapids, but these did not adequately show the steepness of the descent, nor the grandeur of the scenery. Fortunately, both boats were brought through without mishap, due, no doubt, to the excellent work of Louis in the bow, and the party reassembled at the foot, the two fishermen loaded down with their catch. Very shortly more rapids were encountered and also frequent traces of the lumbermen in the shape of stranded logs in the streams from the marks of their hobnailed boots on the rocks along the shores. These marks were very useful to the fishermen in working through the woods where the river bank was impassable, as in some cases the only way a trail could be distinguished was by these scratches on the stones. A very rough “road” ran along parallel with the river bank which Louis told us was used for bringing supplies up past the Falls to the lumbermen’s camp in the winter time, but it seemed al- most incredible that any sort of a vehicle could be taken over this road without being racked to pieces within the first half mile. The trail, for it was not much more than an opening through the bushes, resembled a dried up water course in some places, and in others the mud was a couple of feet deep. There were marks of wheels, how- ever, to prove that the feat had been accomplished, but the motive power was probably oxen, as horses must surely have broken their legs on the obstructions. About noon we came to a very steep fall, which was formed by several ledges and submerged boulders across the river, known by the lumbermen as the “Sweating Place” for obvious reasons, as this is one of the most difficult points encountered by the raftsmen during the spring freshets. It was quite short, not more than fifty yards, but rough enough to be a problem. The Scribe, as official photographer, got out above the Falls and took up a position below with the camera, securing a striking photograph of Carl and Arthur taking the first drop. Both boats came through beautifully, almost disappearing from sight in the burst of spray on striking the wave at the foot of the descent, but shipping only a cupful or so of water. As usual, a number of gamy trout were taken from the eddy below this fall. During the remainder of the morn- ing, the trip was uneveniful except for the usual run of lesser rapids and smooth eddies bordered by magnificent forests and huge rocks. Very few of these places seem to have name, but shortly before stopping for lunch as we passed Great Brook Falls, a fairly easy descent after what we had been through, but at least as rough as any of the rapids we encountered on our Delaware cruise the year before. By this time we were commencing to see signs of civili- zation in the shape of clearings, where the trees had been cut off, the stumps still standing, with no attempt at cul- tivation, simply a rough kind of pasture ground for the steers which were allowed to wander wild at this time of the year and shift for themselves. About noon we came to a short rapids, which Louis called Third Stillwater Falls, and we decided to stop at a little clearing on the left bank of the stream for lunch, all hands being ravenous from the long, hard work of the morning. A strong wind was still blowing, and the air was very fresh and cool, so much so that the shelter of a little clearing among the heavy underbrush was very wel- come, and after driving away a herd of cattle which stub- bornly occupied the shore we stretched ourselves out among the sun-warmed rocks and prepared our meal. We had been at work only a few moments when we discov- ered a small party on the opposite bank engaged in eat- ing their mid-day meal. They looked like negroes at that distance, but Louis, upon being questioned, announced that they were Mic-Mac Indians, who had come up from the settlement below after trout. They had a heavy, clumsy rowboat and they made their way across to us by a detour to keep away from the head of the rapids, greeting us in a very friendly manner as they landed. They were an interesting group; one old. very intelligent Indian, who spoke English perfectly, and two younger men, one of them quite handsome, the other quite repul- sive. We offered them some of our lunch but they took nothing but a little cornbread, and the old man begged a few trout flies from the Scribe. In honor of our guests we named this camp the Mic-Mac Camp, and we look back to it as one of the most enjoyable lunch camps of the trip. The event, however, which immortalized the spot was the naming of the big canoe belonging jointly to _ Arthur and the Scribe. It was formally dubbed the Mic-Mac, after Louis and his tribe, although the name smacked strongly of Irish-Scotch origin. Louis engaged the Indians in conversation in the native tongue, a grotesque jumble of sounds to our ignorant ears, and he found that they were shortly returning to the Indian settlement near Milton, and that they could arrange to take him along with them in their boat, so he decided to take his departure here and go with them. We should mention the fourth companion of the Indians — a curious mongrel dog, which was very friendly with the natives but very wary of us. This dog never made a sound all the time he was frisking around the camp, al- though he was quite playful and we expected every mo- ment to hear him bark. We did some figuring to find out what we owed Louis at the rate of $1.50 per day. This came to about $15, as we all chipped in to buy Louis a new hat; he had lost a good felt headpiece that morning coming through Big Rivei Palls, he had also lost his pipe and felt *‘hese two1 mishaps very keenly. The. Indians decided to go up stream a short distance fishing and pick Louis up on the way back, SO' we took things easily around the camp a little longer and wrote a note to Thomas, at Milford, ex- plaining that we had settled with Louis, and asking’ him to let us know what further charges we owed him.” The Hon Secretary of the Navy in writing the letter dated it at Thirsty Water Falls, which amused the party consid- prshlv J down through the rapids and discovered an ideal site our camp, just below on the right bank of the river. Thi was a little open space among the trees at the head of steep slope up from the river, carpeted thickly with heaw grass with numbers of blue and purple iris growing wili everywhere A little further back from the river was • spring of clear,. fresh water, and as we landed the trou could be seen rising everywhere in the river opposite. W* 444 FOREST AND STREAM f June 3, ipai quickly pitched our tent here, and got things in shape for the night, although it was still fairly early in the after- noon. The party tried the fishing, going out in the empty boats and had only fair luck, as the high winds seemed to interfere with the sport, and, of course, made it diffi- cult to cast in any direction except down stream with the gale. Louis and H. N. T. explored up stream some dis- tance, casting until they both had “glass arms,” and Carl arid Charles also wandered around in their canoe taking things easy and hauling in the trout. Here, as before, the most taking fly was the Parmacheenee Belle, the trout preferring it to any other in our large assortment. So many fish were taken on this kind of fly that our avail- able supply of them was almost exhausted, the wear and tear on them using them up pretty fast. Carl had good success with a Jenny Lind on the drop leader; H. N. T. preferring the Royal Coachman. Toward evening light colored flies were substituted, the Dusty Miller and the Silver Fairy proving great killers. The fish taken in the quick waters were strong and active, and put up great fights, taxing our light tackle to the utmost. So lavish was the supply of fish and so ready were they to take the fly that we were often literally “tired of catching trout,” and the extraordinary spectacle might have been witnessed of two enthusiastic fishing “cranks” reclining luxuriously on the grass near the camp-fire, pipe in mouth, watching listlessly the antics of the fish in the stream within casting distance of where they lay. Two weeks before had anyone told us this were possible we would have scoffed at the idea ! We were now within some ten miles of Milton, where ther visions of moose. Peering cautiously out from be- neath the edge of the canvas, we made out in the dark- ness a number of huge forms surrounding us, blowing loud snorts of alarm, one of them standing close along- side the Scribe’s head and nosing at the ashes of the fire. As usual, they turned out to be a flock of steers, coming down to the spring to drink. We had pre-empted their “swizzle-haus,” and they naturally resented the intrusion. There was risk of their getting mixed up in our guy- ropes and pulling the tent about our ears, so Arthur slipped a couple of bird-shot cartridges into his 22, and blazed away through the rear opening of the tent. The result was a lot of surprised cattle and a realistic repre- sentation of a Texas stampede up the hill back of us. Half an hour later they were with us again and the per- formance was repeated, much to the disgust of the sleep- ers. After the second fusilade they did not disturb us again, but gradually disappeared in the woods, the noise of their movements growing fainter and fainter. No further disturbances occurred during the rest of the night except the snores of the Scribe. [to be continued.] A. C. A. Membership. Editor Forest and Stream: In accordance with article 12 of the constitution, notice is hereby given that the following amendments will be offered at the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the A. C. A.: The club cup event was won by Adolph Schwind with 108 out of a possible 120. The cup is contested for each month, ending in the King shoot in October, and is open to members only. Telescope sights were barred in all events. The spring shoot oii June 15 will be largely attended. The scores: Offhand, 200yds., American target, y2 in. rings, center 25; three shots, posible 75; ten money prizes: J Lessner 23 23 21-67 A N Clemmer 16 18 16-50 F Smith 21 22 23—66 * T C Anderson 16 22 22—50 J C Katzenberger.. 20 21 21 — 62 H Arnett 18 13 11- — 42 C W Matthews 21 20 20 — 61 W Lutz 22 20 0 — 42 J Tohnson 17 24 19-60 W J Kernan 8 16 0-24 I N Stiver 18 18 23—59 B Mescher 8 0 0—8 D W Jones 25 20 8—53 Prizes were wen in order given above. Muzzle rest, first match, 200yds., German ring target, %in. rings, center 24; three shots, possible 72; ten money prizes: M J Schwind 21 24 21—66 G H Sander, Sr.... 16 20 22 — 58 W F Jay 19 23 23—65 J W Spitter 10 20 19—49 Gussie Sander 17 21 22—60 J C Katzenberger. . . 13 11 19—43 C W Matthews 24 14 21 — 60 T C Anderson 17 6 18 — 41 A Schwind 17 23 19-59 F Smith 6 8 15—29 Muzzle rest, second match, 200yds., three shots, possible 72: J Johnson 21 24 24—69 C W Sander 17 21 17—55 W F Jay 22 19 19—60 C W Matthews 19 18 16—53 A N Clemmer...... 19 24 15—58 W Lutz 16 9 16—41 T Rappold 16 21 20—57 Dr Jewett 15 5 7—27 I M Stiver 17 20 18—55 J C Hahne 6 15 0—21 Muzzle rest, third match, 200yds., three shots, possible 72: W F Jay 23 24 23—70 C W Matthews.... 17 18 22—58 G H Sander, Sr 24 22 23—69 A N Clemmer 22 22 24—68 G R Decker 24 22 21—67 J Rappold 23 24 20—67 M J Schwind 24 21 20 — 65 A Schwind 18 24 22 — 64 C W Sander 18 24 22—64 Wm Isenberg 20 20 20 — 60 J Johnson .......... 18 21 20—59 J Johnson 21 23 22—66 J Lessner 24 23 17-65 C W Matthews 19 23 21—63 A N Clemmer 20 20 22-62 H Arnett 18 23 21—62 W S Kessler 18 22 20—60 J C Katzenberger.. 22 23 15—60 H K Schwind 18 17 19—54 T H Eckert 18 20 15—53 E J Bundenthal .... 21 9 20—50 W S Kessler 8 23 17—48 B Mescher 22 6 15 — 43 LI Arnett 14 11 15—40 W A Kerner 4 22 10 — 36 center 25; three shots, D W Jones 14 21 19—54 E Culbertson 12 24 18 — 54 F Smith IS 21 14—53 I M Stiver 17 18 18 — 53 Wm Lutz 17 18 17 — 52 C W Sander 13 22 17-52 Offhand, American target, % in. rings; possible 72; ten moneys: Champion cup, open to members only. Conditions: 200yds., offhand, German target, center 24, %in. rings, five shots, possible 120; cup and first money to best score; five other moneys. The cup is to be contested for each month, ending in the King shoot in October: A Schwind ...20 20 24 23 21—108 M T Schwind.16 16 20 17 19— 88 J F Beaver... 23 22 20 19 23—107 W j Kerner... 19 23 12 6 22— 82 J Rappold 20 21 22 20 20—103 G R Decker.. 17 4 18 22 18— 79 H K Schwind. 17 23 23 22 14— 99 G Sander, Jr.. 21 17 9 13 14— 74 . B Mescher.... 19 18 22 14 22— 95 Dr Jewett 15 10 15 15—46 Bonasa. New York SchueUen Corps. The forty-ninth annual festival of this club, whose captain is J. LI. Hainhorst, will be held in Union Hill Park, New Jersey, June 7 and 8. It will be open to all comers, all shooting at 200yds., offhand. On the first day the' shooting hours will be from 1 o’clock until 7 P. M. ; second day, 9 A. M. until 6:30 P. M. On the ring target, three-shot tickets, unlimited entries, there will be twenty cash prizes, ranging from $25 to $2. On the bullseye target, 10-shot tickets, unlimited, best single shot by measurement to count, the same number of prizes will be hung up, $20 for highest and $2 for low score. Ten dollars will go to the man making the most flags, and other premiums, ranging from $8 to $1, will go to those scoring the greatest number of flags, best five tickets, etc. New York City Scfiuetzen Corps, The thirty-second annual prize shoot of this^ corps will be held in the shooting park at Union Hill, N. J., Wednesday, June 14, from 10 A. M. until 7 P. M. All shooting at 200yds., offhand, entries unlimited. There will be ten cash prizes and three premiums on the ring target, the highest $15, three-shot tickets, < best two to count. On the bullseye target, ten prizes will be given, highest, $12. The best shot by measurement will count. Four premiums will go for greatest number of bullseyes and first and last flags. The King target, open to members only, car- ries the $50 King medal and $35 in cash. There will also be bowling for members and their families, with the distribution of prizes in the evening. CASTING. a large pulp mill was located, and we questioned Louis closely about the difficulties to be encountered on _ the following day when we would be without his services. He told us of two large dams to be passed, possibly three. We decided to leave the river at the pulp mill and load our boats, etc., on the little railway that plies between Milton and Liverpool in connection with the mill. Our boat, the Senlac, of the South Shore Line, was due at Liverpool some time on Tuesday — what hour we did not know, nor could we find out when the train left Milton on Monday afternoon. Our time was growing short, and we aimed -to make the run to the pulp mill the following morning, so as to have ample time for emergencies that might arise. While we were discussing these matters the Indians returned down stream and a few minutes later we were all bidding Louis good-bye with genuine regret. He had proved a first-rate companion and an ex- cellent guide; we could not have asked for a more con- genial addition to the party. They passed quickly out of sight around a bend of the stream and we realized that it was again “up to us” to get out of the country on our own resources. This was our last “night camp,” so we took special care to make it a comfortable one, duly naming it Camp Iris, Arthur fastening a bunch of that graceful flower to the peak of the tent. Ample supplies were gathered of spruce boughs for the beds and hemlock bark for the fire, and after a hearty supper in which broiled trout, bacon, rice and cornbread figured prominently, the cruis- ers stretched themselves around the camp-fire, and light- ing pipes, burst into song. Stories and reminiscences came thick and fast, the loungers moving only to shift the wet shoes and socks hanging by the fire, or to get another light for a pipe. The cool night air made the fire very agreeable, the cosy circle of its warmth lighting up our camp amidst the gloom and darkness of the sur- rounding forest and the rushing river below. Very loath to leave its cheery influence, at last we banked the fire with heavy logs and stretching ourselves, slid into our sleeping bags, the roar of the rapids and the crackle of the camp-fire serving as pleasant reminders of the day’s sport. The night was quite cold and we slept inside both inner sleeping bags, our ears and noses resembling chunks of ice by sunrise. At 10:30 P. M., by Arthur’s watch, we were awakened from deep slumber by heavy trampling and loud snuffling around the edges of the tent. All hands were promptly on the qui vive, “Bears !” being the first thought with each, except H. N. T., who had fur- Article V., Section 2. Strike out the first and sec- ond lines and all of line third, to and including “commit- tee,” and insert in place thereof : “The Commodore, .Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Governors at the A. C. A. Camp, or at some subsequent meeting of the Board.” Article V., Section 2, on page 8 of 1904 Year Book. Strike out the third, fourth and fifth lines and insert the following: “In the event of the office of Commodore becoming vacant by any cause, the same shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the Board of Governors.” Article VI., Section 1. Strike out all after “Camp” in eighth line to and including “Treasurer” in ninth line. Article VI., Section 4. After the word “Commodore” in fourth line add the words: “Secretary and Treasurer.” Robert J. Wilkin. Brooklyn, N. Y. Jj \ifU Jjf mtg* and ^aJUrg. — — Fixtures. June 15-18. — Central Sharpshooters’ Union, under auspices of Davenport, la., Shooting Association. F. Berg, Sec’y. July 24-29.— N ewark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Aug. 11-18.— Fort Des Moines, la., Rifle Association annual meeting. Aug. 24-28.— Sea Girt, N. J.— National rifle and revolver matches. Aug. 29-Sept. 9.— Sea Girt, N. J— National Rifle Association and New Jersey State Association. Dayton Sharpshooters. The Dayton, O., Sharpshooters’ Society gave their opening shoot on their new range on the Dayton Gun Club’s grounds, four miles south of the city, on May 24, and the contests were participated in by the crack shots from all parts of the valley. The society was organized in 1863, and in its early years its custom was to march from the court house carrying their rifles and in uniform, and with music proceed to their range on South Wayne avenue. Changes in location were made, and the society finally established the Oakwood range, then moved half a mile west to the Kramer woods, and are at last permanently settled in their present location. Most of the honors in the offhand contests were captured by the visitors. Each member of the society was a committee to entertain visitors, and they certainly made the occasion a pleas- ant one for the guests. Lunch was served all day. « If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following: Fixtures. June 1-2.— North Branch, N. J., Gun Club first annual spring target tournament. H. B. Ten Eyck, Sec’y. June 3.— Long Island City, N. Y.— Merchandise shoot of Queens County Gun Club. R. H. Gosman, Sec’y. June 6-6. — New Baris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. J. F. Freeman, Sec’y. June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association tournament under auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. W. R. Hobart. Sec’y. June 6-8.— Sioux City, la.— Soo Gun Club tournament. W. F. Duncan, Sec’y. June 8.— West Chester, Pa., Gun Club all-day target shoot. F. H. Eachus, Sec’y. June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 3-4. — Chicago Trapshooters’ Association amateur tourna- ment. E. B Shogren, Sec’y. June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 9-11.— Bozeman, Mont.— Montana State shoot, une 11-13.— Chef Menteur, La.— Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League shoot, under auspices of the Tally-Ho Club. John Spring, Chairman. June 12-13. Wabash Gun Club tournament; sanction of Indiana State League. Austin S. Flinn, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14.— Dubuque, la., Gun Club amateur tournament. F. M. Jaeger, Sec’y. June 13-14.— Butler, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y.— New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y- June 13-14.— Capron, 111., Gun Club tournament. A. Vance, Sec’y. June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters’ League tournament. C. F. Schlitz, Sec’y. ... June 14-15.— Durham, N. C— North Carolina Trapshooters Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15.— Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. Pierstorff, Sec’y. June 15.— Champlain, N. Y„ Gun Club annual tournament. June 16.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Limited Gun Club championship shoot. . , . . June 16-18.— Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 17.— Chicago, 111., Gun Club special 100-target contest. C. P. Zacher, Sec’y. June 20.— Dayton, O.— Rohrer s Island Gun Club tournament. Will E. Kette, Sec’y. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. „ , . June 20-21.— Jackson, Mich.— Michigan State shoot, under auspices of Jackson Gun Club. H. B. Crosier, Sec’y. June 3, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 448 June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club annual tournament. Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec’y. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 21.— Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia third tournament, under auspices of Grafton Gun Club. A. R. Warden, Sec’y. June 22. — Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 22-23. — Atlantic City, N. J. — Seashore Gun Club shooting tournament. E. M. Smith, Sec’y. June 22-24. — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen’s Association of the North- west tournament. J. Winters, Sec’y. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 4. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fourth tournament, under auspices of Mannington Gun Club. W. C. Mawhinney, Sec’y. July 4.— Richmond, Va., Gun Club annual tournament. J. A. Anderson, Sec’y. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. W. A. Murrell, Sec’y. July 11-12.— Eufala, Ala., Gun Club tournament. C. M. Gam- mage, Sec’y. July 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13. — -Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. July 28-29. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 8-9. — Morgantown, W. Va. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of the Recre- ation Rod and Gun Club. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. _ Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’y. Aug. 17-18. — Dalton, O., Gun Club tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Sec’y. Aug. 18-20. — Chicago, 111., Trapshooters’ Association fall tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. Aug. 22 — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. . Aug. 22-23. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. Frank Riehl, Sec’y. Aug. 29-31. — Grand Rapids, Mich.— Consolidated Sportsman’s Club fourth annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day). — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 4-6.— Tynchburg. — Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree, Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeffries, Sec’y. Sept. 15-17. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sspt. 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, Can., will secure new grounds and erect a new club house, pending which they will suspend shooting in a regular manner. * The Seashore Gun Club, of Atlantic City, N. J., has fixed upon June 22-23 for a three days’ tournament. Ten programme events each day. Open sweeps and handicap events for amateurs. Special hotel rates. For programmes, address the Secretary, Mr. E. M. Smith. *> A story with a moral comes from Uganda. A lion, thinking it about time to lunch, seized a white man and bit him. His teeth ' went through a bottle of whisky which the man was carrying in his pocket, and this gave him such a shock that he turned tail. The moral is obvious. Do not be a teetotaler. If the man had been a teetotaler he would have been eaten. It is better to be drunk than eaten. The Westchester, Pa., Gun Club have provided a programme of ten events, at 10, 15 and 20 targets, 50 cents, $1 and $1.50 entrance, for their shoot fixed to be held on June 8. Totals, 155 targets, $10.25 entrance. Competition begins at 10 o’clock and is open to all. Class shooting. Ship guns and shells to Mayer & Eachus. Targets iy2 cent. Lunch and shells obtained on the grounds. Mr. F. H. Eachus is the secretary. •5 The Queens County Gun Club have provided a valuable list of prizes for their shoot, fixed to be held on June 3. For the four events, Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10, each has five prizes, as follows: Event No. 7— Shaving set, razors, etc., silk umbrella, brass clock, tobacco jar, gold scarf pin. Event No. 8— Silver cake basket, cut-glass fruit bowl, silver fern dish, silver cracker jar, cut-glass bon bon dish. Event No. 9 (each one silver)— Water pitcher, bread tray, nut dish, syrup pitcher, napkin ring. No. 10 (each one cut-glass)— fruit dish, sugar and cream set, flower vase, spoon holder, bon bon dish. * The programme of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion tournament, to be held June 6-8, contains three State events, namely, the E. C. and Schultze trophy, emblematic of the individual championship; conditions, 50 targets, $1 entrance, trophy and 50 per cent, of entrance to the winner. The 3-man team championship, 30 targets per man, entrance $3 per team. The Quimby gold medal, representative of the individual cham- pionship, 100 targets, $3 entrance; open to residents, professionals and amateurs. On the first day there are ten programme events, all, save No. 6, at 15 targets, entrance $1.30. No. 6 is the 3-man team contest. On the second day, there are four 15-target events $1.30 entrance, and the individual championship, divided into two 50-target events. On the third day, commencing at 10 o’clock, the programme provides for an amateur 10 or 15-man team contest, between New York 'and New Jersey, 100 targets per man, for the duPont trophy; also, four 15-target events, Rose system of division will govern the moneys. Open shooting June 9-10. Average prizes, highest professionals in 15-target events, $10 and $5. Amateurs, $15, $10, $5, $3 and $2. Highest in State team event, $10. Highest man on New York and New Jersey teams, $5 each. Shooting begins at 7 :30 each day. Targets, 2 cents. Three sets of traps. Shells for sale on the grounds. Afternoon of June 5, practice shooting. Ship guns and shells, prepaid, to J. F. Way, 35 Cherry St., and they will be delivered on grounds free. Annual meeting, June 6. The tournament will be given under the auspices of the Rahway, N. J., Gun Club. The Pennsyl- vania Railroad connects with the line of trolleys at the station in Rahway. The Central Railroad of New Jersey connects with the same line at Westfield, N. J. The Lehigh Valley Railroad at Picton, N. J. The trolley connects at Rahway Junction with other lines from Elizabeth, Westfield, Fanwood, Plainfield and other points. Bernard Waters. Milton Tournament. Milton, Pa., May 26. — The annual spring tournament of the Milton Rod and Cun Club, held on tneir Deautiiul grounds in Rangier’s Crove, proved to be the surprise of the year, it was the most successiul shoot held in Central Pennsylvania for years. The weather was pertect, scores close, and plenty of good marksmen. thirty-two laced the traps the first day and lorty-eight the second ciay. J. iVloweli Hawkins won hign pro- fessional average each day, and Neat Apgar second. Hawkins broke 348 out of 365; Apgar, 343. H. B. Shoop, ot Harrisburg, won high average for tournament with 334; A. C. Krueger, 325; R. C. Derk and J. D. Mason, 32 i; and F. A. Godcharies, 324, were all in a bunch. T. Grove, the author of the best score recvord known per- formed the wondertul feat of shooting through the entire two days’ programme and kept the records. Seven minutes after the last shot was fired the second day he announced he was ready to settle in full with each marksman. Mr. A. W. Burnham, of Somer’s Point, N. J., gave a great exhibition of how to referee 6,275 targets without a single dispute. Over 10,000 targets were thrown in the two days from a magau- trap. The feature of the tournament was the race for the suver loving cup, seven teams entered. It was won by Harrisburg. Over 50u spectators enjoyed the excellent sport, and in every way the shoot proved a success. Harrisburg Sportsmen’s Assn. Milton Rod and Gun Club. Fisher 24 Godcharies .. 22 Gettys 17 H Strine .. 17 Steward 18 Rishel .. 19 Shoop 24 Rangier .. 16 Kruger 21—104 Whitmire . . 18— 92 Northumberland Gun Club. Carlisle Gun Club. Howell 18 Hatfield .. 22 Derk 22 Shearer .. 22 Stamm 20 Tritt . 18 M P Derk 17 Gladfelter .. 21 Hixson 15—92 Porter .. 19—102 Milton Rod & Gun Club, No. 2. Milton Social Gun Club. Fox 17 Renn . 19 Koch Sears ,. 14 Harris 12 Dewire . 21 De Haas 9 Botts . 14 G Strine Gensel . 17— 85 Danville Gun Club. Spicer Haney .. . 19 Deitz Lawrence 18 Rudy . 20— 99 First Day, , May 23. Events : 1 2 3456789 10 11 Targets : 10 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 J M Hawkins 10 15 14 20 15 13 15 13 20 15 15 Neaf Apgar 9 15 15 19 15 15 13 12 19 14 15 J D Mason 7 14 14 18 13 13 14 15 19 15 15 A C Krueger 10 14 14 16 14 14 15 14 17 14 14 R C Derk 10 14 13 16 14 13 14 15 17 15 12 W H Stroh 9 15 15 16 12 13 13 14 17 14 14 PI B Shoop 10 14 15 18 13 12 11 14 20 11 14 F A Godcharies 9 14 15 15 14 13 13 14 16 12 14 M B Stewart 9 13 13 17 14 15 11 12 17 12 13 D R Rishel 10 12 14 15 14 13 13 12 IS 12 11 H A Gettys 3 13 13 16 12 15 14 13 15 13 12 N T Brindle 8 14 13 17 14 10 14 13 19 9 11 W Gladfelter 9 11 10 10 11 13 14 15 13 12 15 Karl Steward 9 11 10 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 13 C W Fisher 8 15 13 17 9 13 12 10 14 13 11 F E Butler 7 7 11 16 12 13 13 12 17 12 11 R E Shearer 8 9 11 14 10 11 14 11 17 12 13 T Grove Tritt 9 10 8 15 13 14 9 11 16 8 11 Geo W Tovey 7 10 )( 17 )( 12 10 12 A W Malick 8 10 10 14 11 14 11 9 C W Hawley 7 6 8 10 6 7 10 8 A W Burnham 6 13 13 15 11 S E Gougler 7 12 12 15 8 M P Derk 5 10 11 7 10 H Strine 5 11 7 12 14 17 ... . Ed Hatfield 15 14 () )8 )5 )5 D N Hoy 7 8 10 W H Harris 10 J S Dougal 11 . . . . G Dal Fox 8 7 F Rangier . . ; 5 10 S H Koch 6 10 7 . . May, 24. Seccrnd Day. Broke. 165 161 157 156 153 152 152 149 146 144 144 142 138 135 135 131 130 125 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets : 10 15 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 25 15 15 Broke J M Hawkins ...10 15 15 19 15 14 14 18 15 24 12 12 183 Neaf Apgar .... 10 14 14 18 15 14 14 16 15 23 15 14 182 H B Shoop ...10 15 14 18 14 13 15 19 13 24 12 12 182 Ed Hatfield .... ...10 15 13 19 14 14 13 IS 12 22 15 15 180 F A Godcharies ... 9 12 14 18 15 13 13 19 11 22 14 15 175 Geo M Howell ...10 14 14 16 15 14 12 18 13 18 12 13 174 R C Derk ... 10 13 14 20 15 12 15 16 9 22 15 13 174 A C Krueger ... 9 13 15 20 14 12 13 16 15 21 12 13 173 M B Stewart ...10 12 10 17 15 11 12 20 14 22 14 14 171 D R Rishel ... 7 13 11 19 14 12 12 17 9 19 9 10 152 T D Mason ... 9 15 15 19 15 13 12 17 11 19 12 13 170 W H Stroh ... 9 14 14 18 15 14 14 16 15 ^3 15 14 166 James Porter ... 9 12 14 18 11 13 8 17 13 19 10 14 165 R E Shearer ... 7 12 12 18 13 14 11 18 10 22 13 13 161 Willis Gladfelter ... ... 9 14 14 16 12 14 13 16 12 21 11 8 160 T Grove Tritt ... 7 13 11 18 12 12 10 16 14 13 11 7 154 C W Fisher ... 9 10 10 15 14 12 8 16 10 24 12 10 150 H A Gettys ... 5 12 11 16 13 14 10 13 11 17 8 8 138 Karl Steward ... 9 11 14 11 13 6 9 15 14 18 7 10 137 F E Butler ... 6 7 11 17 12 9 10 W T Spicer ... 9 14 15 16 11 12 13 17 14 23 L C Deitz ... 8 13 13 17 13 11 12 16 14 19 J B Haney ... 6 13 14 18 13 12 8 11 19 A J Lawrence ... 6 8 8 17 12 .. 11 18 E D Rudy ... 7 14 12 10 11 20 Wm Whitmire ... 6 IS A F Gensel ... 7 17 S H Koch ... 7 19 G Dal Fox ... 6 8 12 9 17 Frank Rangier ... 7 16 W H Harris ... 5 m ( 5 6 16 12 E Dewire ... 6 21 J R Reitz ... 8 11 12 10 Frank Troxell ... 4 10 B F Stamm ... 6 13 9 20 C O Hixon ........ ... 7 . _ 13 13 15 Harry Strine 7 7 7 9 17 . . . , J Hoy D N Hoy ... C Hartig . . Geo Strine M P Derk . Mai Renn .. Bert Sears . W Botts . . . J De Haas 10 2 Feed 7 .1 .. 17 .. .. 8 12 10 17 .. .. .. .. .. 19 .. .. .. .... 14 .. .. 13 .. .. 19 .. .. A. Godcharles, Capt, IN NEW JERSEY. Peei less Rod and Gun Club. Paterson, N. J., May 27. — The scores in the main event to-day follow: G- Garrabrant 3, T. Walker 9, C. Dick 9, T Walker 7, G Dick 9 P. Garrabrant 12, G. Garrabrant 2, C. ICievit 9, P. Gar- rabrant 10, P. garrabrant 13, C. Kievit 19, H. Clayton 7, P. Garrabrant 14, H. Clayton 15, H. Clayton 12. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., May 27.— The Montclair Gun Club paid a visit to the Mountainside Gun Club, of Orange, to-day. The chief event was a team race, nine-man teams, 25 targets per man, unknown tiaps and unknown angles. Montclair came off victor m a very close and hard-fought battle, some very good scores being made by the men on both teams. Scores follow: Mountainside Gun Club— Gardiner 20, Colquitt 23, Canfield 22, 2 ' toUri ]gt ^ ak£ y 20, Baldwin 16, Nott 21, Gillespie 18, Ziegler Montclair’ Gun Club— -Wallace 19, Batten 23, Babcock 24, +W. 17 ’ Crane 23> Boxa11 21> Bush 22> Allen 21, Cockefair 20 total lyu. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Springfield Shooting Club. We had a shoot on the afternoon of May 20, at which quite a few shooters turned out. The wind blew a gale and kept the scores down; however, some good ones were made. In the prize eyeut Cheesman won from Le Noir and Kites, who were tied on ijedi ' fhis was a 15-target event, handicapped by allowing added targets to the shccters’ scores. Cheesman’s score of 12 with 3 targets added was high. Kites and Le Noir were scratch. At each practice shoot we arc to have one of these prize events prize valued at $2.50. " ’ The club have put up three merchandise prizes to be shot for season1 by club members. Handicapped by allowing added targets to shooters’ score. All shooting from 16yd. mark In addition to the prizes, the Peters Cartridge Co. have donated a cup, to be shot for under same handicap conditions. Scores in these two events, each at 25 targets, follow: Event No. 6, cup contest: Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. 23 22 21 20 19 19 '21 21 19 19 Snow 20 Cheesman 19 Chapin 16 Collins 17 Douglass 19 Bradford 14 Event No. 7, club prizes Snow 18 3 Collins 18 3 Cheesman 16 3 Plawes 16 3 Scores in regular events follow:’ Bventf: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 targets: 10 10 10 10 15 25 25 15 10 flte®Tv 8 10 7 8 14 18 18.. 7 6 6 7 .. 14 19 14 13 .. Bradford 6 . . . . 5 5 14 13 8 5 P Lathrop 4 7 13 10 S”. ::::::::::::::::::::: — 1718 8 Minstrelsy 3 Boughton !.!!!! 6 4 7 2 Douglass 10 E Lathrop !! .. ‘(j 9 14 ? Chapin 8 1.6 A Chapin ^ Le Noir 19 Kites 18 E Lathrop 14 P Lathrop 13 Hawes 13 Bradford 13 Kites 18 Le Noir 14 P Lathrop 10 9 13 16 .. .. 11 7 7 9 19 . . 8 2 Frencher . ’ ' ’ 7 Hdp. Tot’l. 0 19 0 18 3 17 3 16 3 16 5 18 0 18 0 14 3 13 Shot at. Broke. 115 ' 90 110 79 110 56 95 68 85 62 75 34 65 43 65 38 60 22 55 26 50 38 50 29 40 24 40 11 25 7 Misfire. Recreation Rod and Gun Club. rkh°Rfc-; Wt- M?y 26--The Recreation Rod and Gun til? p! i h l ty4 he d lts e.1?hth re§ular weekly shoot at Recrea- tion -hark, this afternoon, with seven guns out. With slight wind and pretty fair light, some pretty respectable scores were made, and ahogether a very enjoyable afternoon’s sports was had. the club championship gold medal was won for the week by Jacobs, with an average of 87.3 per cent. The officer’s goblet aPq was won for the week by White, with a score of 17 out of 19 shot at. The scores: Jacobs 14ndSivey 5 C°bun 7’ TayIor 0, Barthlow 1, White 20, i9Cobnn * Tayl» * *•"»-. * 9n°mCeuS’ 19blet ba"dicaP; . Cobun shot at 19, broke 13; Taylor, 20 1.6; Barthlow, 20, 12; White, 19, 17; Jacobs, 19, 16; Sivey 20 13] buschni9 Ve 6Xtra targets: Cobun 14> Jacobs 21, E. C. Wiede- Fouith event club team race, 3-man teams, 20 targets per man: Capt. White 15 Barthlow 10, Cobun 12; total, 37. Jacobs 16, Taylor 15, Wiedebusch 13; total, 44. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y-Treas* North Branch Gun Club* RriTrBlAnH( X May JL-At the shoot of the North Branch Gun Club, Mr. H. B. Ten Eyck scored a win for the scorer d°na‘ed„by, the Hunter Arms Co. J. S. Bun acted as mT o J’ C- Sy^er.ac ed as referee. George Bun was puller. No. 2 was at 20 singles, use of both barrels, and 10 pairs. lSCOaned:i6H-GBWTeFie^C19 Inlu! 19’ d°UbleS ^ M’ H‘ R” Sweepstakes, 10 targets: Events: i H B Ten Eyck 5 G W Field ” q M PI R n R Bun 0 j jones t A Stryker 5 J J Philipps 4 E S Earnest 6 J Samuel ' g 2 9 9 8 7 7 7 9 5 8 3 10 8 9 4 9 9 10 10 7 7 9 9 5 9 7 7 5 8 8 7 5 7 8 6 7 7 5 7 10 10 New York Athletic Club. Travers Island, N. Y May 27.-The scores for the May cup a ^,e as follows> at 50 targets, handicap allowance as breaks • A. O Fleischmann 42, Gus Grieff 44, A. W. Hibbard (6) 39 G I' Scot^feTl (8> 32’ F' R' Wh'te (12) 31’ CaPt’ Bor^a"d A) 42i Event No. 2, 25 targets: Gus Grieff 18, A. W. Hibbard (3) 20 A SxW°odh,?use (4) 20, F. R. White (6) 11, Capt. Borland (4) 22,’ A. (j. hleischmann (0) 20. 3,J®. 9.apF BorJand ® 2i*’ A- O- Fleischman (0) Gus Grietf (0) 22, S. Scott (3) 17, J. S. Woodhouse (4) 18 N0. 4; 2a targets: A. O. Fleischmann (0) 20, Gus Grieff fOl 22 SH?COct W 23, R S’ Woodhouse (4) 21, Capt. Borland (3) 18 ^ ’ =,|: scott'tlfS; A- y m It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one 'short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name. Address l. . State 448 FOREST AND STREAM [June 3, 1905. Illinois State Tournament. Lincoln', TIL, May 23, — The annual meeting of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association was held to-day. The annual tourna- ment was held on the Lincoln, 111., race track. This was the second meeting held in succession on the same grounds. 1 he seventy-five shooters who had gathered from all parts of the Stale, as well as from Iowha, Missouri, and Ohio, found an ideal ground, well provided with tents, houses, and what was most important, three automatic target traps. As the writer has often had occasion to call the attention of the trapshooters, through the medium of the press, to the finest place that can be selected, . viz., the infield of a race track, here we have one of the best ever. The weather here to-day was good, and yet there was a strong wind in the face of the shooters, that caused many red eyes and was responsible for some of the misses. , This was, for the most part, an amateur shoot. There were State and special events, in which all present participated with the strict interpretation of the Interstate Association. Same trap and targets as used at the Grand American Handicap, and they were thrown from 40 to 45yds. There were first 10, and 15 target events, and then a merchan- dise shoot. This was followed with the Lincoln Handicap, 50 targets, open to all, handicap, and then the Smith, cup event, or 250 targets for the day. All the events filled well, and the shooting was fast not only in the continual popping of guns, but in the scores made — for instance, Boa lost 2, Gilbert 3, Crosby 6, Fuller 7, and others close up, as Powers bad 142 out of 150, Conner, Graham and Mulford but 3 to 5 less. The Parker Gun event was where the interest was centered, as there were ties to shoot off, and this catches the crowd at all times. C. S. Magill won the Parker gun. Dr. E. P. Lawrence the Stevens double gun. A. L. Mulford the Mullins boat, and George Eck the Rawlings hunting boots. The next was the Lincoln Handicap, and here the “busy boys” were noted. Shooting at 50 targets there were four tied on 49- Gilbert, Crosby, Powers and Stannard. In the shoot-off, Powers won after a second round with Fritz Gilbert. This was a fine silver water set. The others well up were Barto 48, Riehl, Graves, Marshall and Brinyon 47 ; Eck, Willard, Connor, Graham, J. S. Young, Lord, Winesberg and Davis 46. The Smith cup was a surprise, as it was won on 23; but the conditions were hard, as the scores are not up to the standard of the Illinois shooters. Fred Lord, with a handicap of 17yds., won with 23 without a tie. Marshall, Winesberg, Fuller, Gilbert, Powers and Simonetti 22. The other scores are shown in the last column of the tabulated scores: Shooters present were John Boa, Chicago; J. R. Graham, Ingle- side; H. Snell, Litchfield; F. Stanton, Ingleside; W. R. Crosby, O’Fallon; O. Tosetti, Chicago; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la.; Chan Powers, Decatur; Guy Burnside, Knoxville; Tom Marshall, Keithsburg; H. YV. Cadwallader, Decatur; M. Arie, Thomasboro; J. G. Neal, Rantoul ; E. Van Gundy,' Macon; Tom Stoner, Mt. Zion; G. H. Steenberg, Chicago; II. F. Gibson, Decatur; J. S. Young, Chicago; A. Winesberg, Chicago; G. Eck, Chicago; F. Lord, La Grange; Joe Barto, Chicago; Chet Gere, Urbana; Wm. McKinley, Ogden; Geo. Roll, Chicago; W. H. Haws, Scotland; Geo. Rupert, Decatur; A. Simonetti, Chicago; Frank Riehl, Alton; P. Bagerman, St. Louis; YV. H. Vietmeyer, Chicago; J. Mackie, Scammon; B. Jackson, Ingleside; W. J. Manning, Morristown; W. Stannard, Chicago; M. Winans, E. Alton; R. Crawford, Al- ton; Fred Ellett, Keithsburg; H. Dunnell, Fox Lake; C. Young, Springfield, O. ; W. Curtiss, Chicago; F. Fuller, Chicago; A. C. Connor, Pekin; Claud Binyou, Chicago; A. S. Wyckoff, Morrison- ville; E. D. Rambo, Knoxville; Fred Ragel, Westfield; Al. Mul- ford, Mason City; J. A. Habbitt, YV. T. Craig, C. Magill, A. VV. Jewsberry and J. A. Groves, Jacksonville; I. Herman, Blue Mound; A. Engstrom, Chicago; C. G. Dorkendorf, Lemont; J. C. Ramsey, Mamto; I. Waicot, R. Davis, H. Welles, E. P. Laurence, Lincoln; L. Hogney and Geo. P. Pass, San Jose; T. W. Long and J. P. Speer, Tayiorville; G. A. Riley, Jacksonville; C. Gideon, Bioomington; D. L. Deary, Holden; J. S. Griffith, Ouincy; C. Y anderloon, Quincy; J. Hert, Colfax; Dr. C. A. McDermand, Bloomington;. H. Sherman, Kansas City, Mo.; R. Latham, Lincoln; A. C. Buckles, Lake Fork; R. S. McMillen, Tildenville ; G. C. Fouts, Canton; Dr. H. Austin, Heyworth; John Amberg, Chicago; H. Talcott, Jackson, Mich.; J. D. Wilson and C. H. Beckwith, Mason City; W. A. Boettger, Bloomington; A. R. Kellar, Mason City. Manufacturers’ representatives present, viz. : H. Sherman, Frank Riehl, Tom Marshall, Tramp Irwin, Leslie Standish, John Boa, Fred Lord, Bill Crosby, Fred Gilbert, L. A. Cummings, Ward Burton, W. H. Cadwallader, C. A. Young, G. H. Steenberg, W. H. ' ietmeyer, A. Winans, W. Markly, Fred Quimby, W. D. Stannard. May 23, First Day. Events : Targets: Boa Graham Snell Stanton Tosetti Crosby Gilbert Powers Burnside Marshall Cadwallader . . Arie Neal \ ijQ Gundy . . Sifter Steenberg .... Gibson J S Young Winesbe'rg Eck Lord Barto Willard Roll Simonetti Vietmeyer Gere McKinley Haws Rupert ... Riehl Baggerman ... Mackie Jackson Manning Stannard Vtinans Crawford Ellett Dunnell C Young Curtiss Fuller Connors Binyon Wickoff Rambo Ragle Mulford Miss King . . Habbitt Craig Magill Jewsberry Groves Herman .... Cool Engstrom .... Tracey ....... Dockendorf . Ramsey W alton Davis Welles Dr Lawrence Hubbard .... O’Brien ..... Schrieber ... Hagney I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 50 25 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 22 41 21 14 13 15 13 14 13 14 12 15 14 22 46 18 9 15 13 12 14 14 15 12 12 15 19 . . 14 12 14 14 11 15 14 8 14 12 14 21 . . 21 14 12 13 10 14 14 8 12 13 9 22 42 20 15 14 15 14 14 14 15 14 15 14 22 49 21 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 24 49 22 14 12 14 14 14 15 14 15 14 15 21 49 22 9 9 14 14 13 14 13 11 14 13 22 45 22 12 12 15 12 14 13 12 15 14 12 20 47 22 13 12 14 9 15 14 12 13 9 15 20 41 17 14 14 15 12 15 14 12 12 14 15 18 . . 14 13 14 10 10 14 11 14 14 15 18 . . 10 12 13 13 12 11 12 13 14 12 18 . . 9 9 12 12 12 15 14 12 12 15 21 . . 12 13 15 11 13 14 12 13 12 13 21 25 19 8 12 14 13 9 14 15 12 14 8 14 13 13 14 15 13 14 13 10 13 20 46 17 15 11 13 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 21 46 22 12 11 15 12 12 13 14 15 13 12 21 46 17 14 12 12 11 12 14 14 12 14 12 20 46 23 13 12 15 13 14 14 12 12 15 14 20 48 20 12 15 14 11 14 12 11 13 14 14 21 46 17 15 11 13 14 14 12 14 12 13 13 19 43 20 II 13 12 9 13 10 13 13 13 13 17 40 22 13 13 14 11 11 12 13 13 9 9 17 ... . 11 13 9 12 14 13 9 12 14 12 19 ... . 15 14 12 10 12 12 15 12 12 15 18 . . 10 11 10 9 8 12 12 15 9 12 18 ... . 13 10 11 13 11 14 12 12 11 11 17 . . 11 12 13 15 13 14 11 13 12 13 21 47 15 13 10 14 12 12 15 12 12 13 13 20 41 10 13 13 9 8 10 12 12 11 12 9 12 S 10 11 14 13 9 13 15 17 . . 16 14 12 13 7 14 10 13 11 13 14 19 . . 12 14 11 15 13 14 14 14 14 15 23 49 21 10 12 13 12 11 12 8 7 12 10 20 ... . 10 12 11 9 12 14 11 12 9 13 18 ... . 13 12 14 12 13 12 12 12 15 13 13 11 14 14 15 14 13 15 14 13 20 48 20 12 12 15 15 13 15 13 14 14 15 17 47 IS 11 13 14 10 12 12 12 11 12 10 . . .... 14 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 12 17 44 22 14 14 15 13 14 13 12 14 10 13 18 46 18 13 12 14 14 14 12 10 9 15 13 20 77 17 12 14 15 14 13 14 12 15 14 15 18 42 12 11 9 13 12 10 11 12 12 12 14 12 14 14 13 13 14 . . 13 14 14 15 11 13 13 13 14 13 22 45 21 10 12 13 10 11 13 11 7 14 11 18 ... . 10 10 10 12 10 12 13 12 11 13 20 . . 12 13 14 14 11 13 11 14 14 14 20 43 14 15 14 11 11 10 10 14 11 14 24 42 .. 12 13 13 15 11 14 13 11 14 13 18 . . 15 13 14 12 11 15 13 14 15 14 22 47 19 12 8 7 8 13 7 12 13 9 11 19 ... . , 12 10 11 , 13 11 14 12 10 13 10 9 . 8 10 13 13 10 11 10 10 .. , . 8 9 9 11 10 12 . 12 13 11 15 14 15 11 13 13 14 19 .. .. . 7 10 12 7 9 10 13 13 15 11 20 43 . . . 11 10 12 12 13 12 10 15 12 12 16 46 20 .12 9 12 12 9 9 ...... 10 ..14 14 15 14 12 14 12 14 13 10 23 .. .. 13 12 14 11 11 11 8 . .. 18 .. ., 20 .. .. 13 .. ,, Ross .’. .. .. .'. .. .* .'..17 .. Riley 20 .. Gideon 21 .. Leary : 24 Hert ... 21 .. Griffin .1 20 .. Yanderloom .. ..' . . . : .. .. 10-.. Event No. 11 was the Parker gun event, having four prizes. No. 12 was a 50-target event, the Lincoln Handicap,, and it was a hot race from start to finish. While there were no straights,, there were four with 49. Three of these shot in the same squad. Incidentally these men made a world’s record, so it is claimed, as in the last 25 targets the five men scored 124 from the. 20yd. line. May 24, Second Day. The sun shone out brightly and the wind was not so strong as on the first day, yet nearly facing the shooters. All were on the ground at 9 A. M., and the game was on from that time up to 5 P. M., with the exception of half an hour lay off at noon for lunch. - There were a few new faces seen to-day, both as participants and lookers on, while there were a few who had had enough with one day. It should be noted that, while there are 250 to 290 targets on the programme, that only 150, the regular 16yds. distance, counted on averages. Crosby and Gilbert, always hot competitors, had a lively race, and wound up with 148 each, with John Boa, the leader of the first' day, four behind: W. D. Stannard and H. W. Cadwallader came third with 135 each. The amateurs were just as busy, for Mr. Chauncey Powers was there with 144. A. C." Connor with a new gun, second, 142. He was tied by Plarry Dunnell. Close to these came A. L. Mulford and Joe Barto with 140. Compare these with the experts, and you will note what good amateurs there are in Illinois. Event No. 11, as per tabulated scores will show that there was a large entry in this event, as guns, shells and such have an attraction far superior to cash. W. J. Manning was the only one -who could get the whole 25 in the same bag, and the Ithaca gun was his. Spirited shoot-offs were held for the other places. Dr. Lawrence had to repeat when he shot out Geo. Roll and won the Marlin gun. J. A. Graham won the Smith gun and Lem YVillard a case of shells. Event 12 brought out a 100-target race with handicaps 16 to 20yds. This race was watched with much interest, and shooters were followed from trap to trap, as there were four strings of 25. T. Bill made Gilbert play second fiddle this time, to the tune of 97 to .95. Plarry Dunnel was the hero of the day. He went down the line and shot the 100 targets. Shooting alone, and though the solder was sizzling along the rib of his gun, he made the excellent score of 94. , Mr. Cad was not to be denied, and made 93. Other scores in the table below: Events: 1 Targets: 15 Boa 15 Graham 15 Snell 13 Stanton . .-. 13 Tosetti 11 Crosby 15 Gilbert 15 Powers 15 13; 12 11 13 14 10 15 12 Burnside Marshall .. Cadwallader Arie Neal Van Gundy Stoner Steenberg . Gibson 12 J S Young 10 Winesberg 12 Eck 13 Lord 15 Barto 12 Willard 13 Roll 13 Simonetti 14 C Young 11 Curtiss 11 Fuller 14 Connor 15 Binyou 11 PJobbitt 13 Riehl 13, Dr Lawrence 13 Wikoff 14 Davis 12 V7 ietmeyer 13 Mackie 14 McKinley 12 Haws 12 Rupert 13 Stannard 14 Ellett 14 Dunnell 15 J ackson 14 McMillan 13 Groves 15 Magill 15 Craig 15 Jewsberry 13 Riley 10 Ragle 11 Winans 9 King 12 Baggerman '. 13 Manning 15 Ramsey 15 Mulford 15 Griffin 12 Gere 8 Walton 13 Engstrom 10 Vanderloom 9 McDermod 11 Steele 9 Leary 11 ■Sherman 13 Speer 13 Fcuts 12 Latham 11 Buckles 15 Austin Rambo . . ., Dorkendorf' Welles Tracey Boettger 2 3 4 5 6 15 15 15 15 15 13 14 15 15 13 14 15 12 13 14 13 13 13 12 15 11 12 15 13 14 11 14 10 11 15 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 12 15 14 14 13 15 13 10 12 14 15 13 13 11 15 14 12 15 12 11 14 13 13 10 14 13 10 13 14 14 14 10 13 14 14 12 12 14 9 13 9 8 11 11 12 12 15 14 32 12 13 14 13 14 14 14 13 14 12 15 15 15 12 13 15 13 13 15 14 12 13 12 14 12 12 14 13 14 14 12 12 13 11 13 10 13 14 12 13 14 11 14 11 13 14 13 13 12 13 15 15 14 15 14 13 13 15 15 13 11 11 13 11 13 11 11 13 11 13 13 12 15 11 15 14 15 14 14 14 11 9 10 13 13 12 14 14 13 12 13 12 15 13 14 15 14 13 15 S 12 13 15 10 12 13 14 15 10 15 14 14 14 10 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 14 13 14 15 13 11 13 13 12 11 14 14 10 12 14 15 13 14 12 15 14 12 9 14 15 13 13 15 13 13 11 13 11 7 11 13 10 13 12 13 13 11 12 9 14 14 11 12 13 11 12 12 14 13 12 12 10 13 12 12 13 12 14 15 14 12 13 14 13 15 14 14 14 15 11 10 14 14 14 9 10 15 9 15 14 14 13 14 14 12 13 14 12 8 9 12 12 8 12 15 13 12 10 10 11 9 7 6 14 15 12 14 11 13 13 9 10 9 10 11 14 13 14 12 10 13 11 9 10 13 . . 15 15 13 13 11 7 8 9 10 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 13 14 14 12 9 13 10 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 9 15 15 15 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 13 13 12 13 13 15 14 13 13 15 15 15 12 12 14 13 15 12 14 14 14 13 13 13 14 13 12 14 14 13 15 12 13 8 11 13 12 15 13 13 14 13 12 10 10 15 14 14 13 12 11 13 14 15 14 14 14 14 12 13 14 14 13 14 11 12 13 13 13 10 13 12 12 10 9 10 9 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 13 15 15 13 11 13 15 10 11 i3 15 10 14 13 15 14 12 14 14 11 13 13 14 11 7 13 11 14 12 12 14 13 12 13 14 11 10 13 13 12 12 14 15 14 15 14 12 15 13 14 12 12 14 14 13 14 12 13 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 14 15 10 14 10 13 13 11 15 14 14 14 13 15 12 11 9 9 12 12 10 13 12 8 11 8 13 10 14 12 13 13 15 13 13 12 15 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 12 14 14 11 13 12 10 14 11 10 13 14 12 11 11 12 14 14 10 10 8 11 12 14 10 9 10 6 6 11 Total. 144 137 123 130 132 148 148 144 133 132 135 134 131 120 133 131 101 130 121 138 131 140 131 130 127 120 112 131 142 127 121 121 123 137 120 124 130 132 118 132 135 134 142 130 123 135 128 138 128 105 112 111 125 127 131 136 140 126 110 133 126 97 118 85 11 12 13 25 100 20 23 90 16 24 79 10 20 .. .. 24 90 . . 22 80 13 23 97 12 24 95 17 23 88 5 20 78 20 73 13 21 93 16 13 .. .. 20 .. .. 23 .. .. 22 ..12 19 78 6 17... .. is ; ! " 20 77 i5 21 74 17 22 85 7 23 83 12 99. 20 84 i3 20 .. 11 20 84 15 .. ..14 22 90 13 14 .. .. 14 .. .. 23 ..15 21 .. H 19 !! ” 24 .. .. 23 .. .. 18 .. .. 20 .. .. 23 85 14 .. ..14 21 94 15 12 IS 10 12 123 9 9 9 9 10 11 14 14 100 11 9 14 . . an Iowa man beat out all the Illinois cracks, but he only scored two goose eggs for the day, and made another 148. J ohn Boa was close up with 146, and Crosby with a “bad half hour” (a la Marshall) made 141. J. R. Graham struck his best gait, and came forward smiling with 144. \Y m. Dunnell showed that three days’ pounding from the “butt end” of a shotgun does net affect him, and came second and tied Crosby with 141. Geo. Roll got his name enrolled this day in high averages with 139. Thus you may well understand that the greatest target shoot ever held by the Illinois Association was pulled off at Lincoln. There were no live birds, and the diamond badge and the Smith cup, which are State events, were changed to a handicap targets. Whereas, on all former occasions the entrance of this year all goes to the winner of last, on this occasion, both were shot under the conditions that half the entrance was divided among the contestants, 40, 30, 20, and 10 per cent. This proved popular, and should be a guide for the managers of the next year’s tourna- ment. The shooters owe much to Dr. E. P. Lawrence and Robert Davis and the Lincoln Gun Club for the splendid programme which was ably carried out to the very end by his able assistants, viz.: W. Tramp Irwin, manager; L. A. Cummings and Leslie Standish in the office; Ward Burton and H. W. Cadwallader. There was some kicking on the scores and referees, as they were, for the most part, younger men than should be employed. Scores : Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. 9 10 Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Total. Boa 14 15 15 15 15 13 15 14 15 15 146 Graham 14 15 15 14 14 13 14 15 15 144 Binyou 13 14 11 15 13 13 14 12 15 16 135 Stanton 15 14 13 13 14 14 13 14 13 14 137 Tosetti 13 13 14 13 12 33 10 14 11 15 128 Crosby 15 14 13 15 12 15 15 14 13 15 141 Gilbert 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 148 Powers 13 13 15 13 13 15 15 11 13 14 135 Burnside 11 14 12 13 13 12 13 11 lb 15 129 Marshall 13 13 12 14 11 11 14 12 12 15 127 Cadwallader 14 13 15 15 13 13 14 15 14 14 140 Arie 15 12 12 15 15 13 14 13 15 14 138 Neal 14 12 12 14 10 13 10 13 13 10 121 Van Gundy 14 14 12 14 9 11 14 13 14 15 130 Stoner 14 15 14 14 11 14 14 14 13 14 137 Steenberg 15 11 14 9 13 12 11 12 13 10 120 Winesberg Mackie 11 12 12 10 12 12 8 10 8 9 105 12 14 14 15 14 13 12 14 15 14 137 Ramsey Fuller 15 15 15 11 14 13 13 13 14 14 137 15 14 13 15 11 11 12 12 14 12 124 Lord 13 12 12 14 15 13 13 13 13 11 129 Barto 14 14 13 13 12 13 13 12 14 14 132 Willard 13 13 11 14 11 13 15 11 15 15 134 Roll 14 14 12 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 139 C A Young 12 11 12 12 10 12 10 12 8 , _ « . . Vietmeyer 14 12 13 12 13 11 13 14 14 10 126 McKinley 15 12 15 13 10 13 11 9 9 12 119 Haws 10 12 12 11 11 12 13 10 8 11 120 Griffin 13 14 13 12 11 11 15 12 13 15 129 Yanderboom 9 10 10 11 6 8 7 5 11 10 87 Stannard 13 14 15 12 15 15 15 13 15 15 142 Ellett 12 12 15 11 12 Dunnell 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 141 Connors 14 13 13 12 13 13 14 15 13 13 133 Mulford 15 13 12 12 14 15 14 14 15 14 138 Riehl 14 14 15 13 14 15 13 15 15 14 142 Lawrence 13 15 11 11 12 15 13 14 11 9 124 Wyckoff 12 10 13 12 14 11 12 11 14 15 124 Groves 12 14 10 13 12 13 14 12 14 14 128 Magill 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 12 14 12 120 Winans 14 10 10 13 10 13 10 11 8 9 108 Miss King 10 12 8 13 13 11 12 14 11 11 115 Baggerman 13 12 14 12 11 15 13 12 11 12 125 Manning 13 12 14 15 14 14 12 12 14 14 134 Craig 13 13 13 15 14 13 14 14 14 13 136 Boettger 4 8 3 8 11 9 6 3 7 7 66 Wilson 8 7 5 Steele 9 6 10 McDermand 13 13 11 Gideon 13 . . State team shoot, three-man teams, 50 targets per man: Chicago Team — Roll 46, Barto 43, Willard 49; total 138. Jacksonville Team — Craig 47, Groves 45, Magill 39; total 131. Mason City Team — Ramsey 44, Mulford 44, Beckwitz 43; total 131. Bloomington Team — McDermand 44, Gideon 40, Heer 41; total 125. Board of Trade diamond badge, 100 targets, $7 entrance: Targets: 25 25 25 25 Boa, 20 23 23 24 22—92 Crosby, 20 23 24 24 23—94 Powers, 19 22 24 21 25 — 92 Stannard, 19 21 24 25 24 — 94 Willard, 19 22 21 23 25-91 Riehl, 19 21 24 22 21—89 Dunnell, 19 . 2 22 24 24—92 Graham, 19 19 23 24 20—86 Barto, 18 23 22 25 22—92 Targets: 25 25 25 25 Roll, 18 21 22 24 24—91 Lord, 18 23 19 19 19—70 Steenberg, 18 19 21 23 20 — 83 Binyou, 18 22 23 25 20—90 Fuller, 17 23 19 20 20—82 Stanton, 16 22 22 23 23—90 Tosetti, 16 21 20 21 21—73 Cadwallader, 19. . .23 20 21 24-88 Shoot-off for badge: Crosby 24, Stannard 23. High professional averages at 150 each day: Business Meeting, On Wednesday evening the business meeting was called to order by President E. P. Lawrence. Fie thanked all present for their interest shown and their help in making the shoot a grand success. Minutes were read and approved. An invitation was extended by Dr. McDermand, of Blooming- ton, to the members of tire Association to hold their next meet- ing in his city. The cordial invitation was extended by the businessmen’s association, and by the McClean County Gun Club. The Doctor was profuse in his offerings of good things. A letter from the president of the businessmen’s club was read by the secretary. Mr. Amberg, of Chicago, set forth the claims of Chicago. Bloomington received 31 votes, Chicago 19. Dr. C. A. McDermand was elected President; IT. YV. Cad- wallader, Y ice-President, and W. A. Boettger, Secretary. A vote of thanks was extended to Chauncey Powers for resur- recting the Board of Trade badge. After Mr. McD:rmand had taken his chair, he returned thanks for his selection, and on motion same meeting adjourned. May 25, Third Day. All went along smoothly until the middle of the afternoon, when a heavy rain, accompanied by some wind, came up and put the shooters to shelter before the finish of the team race. Although the team race was set for the last day, in order to hold the crowd there were but four teams entered. There were forty-five who shot in the programme the last day, and the scores were about same as those of previous days. Fred Gilbert was rather boastful, and thought it a good joke to let First Day. Second Day. Third Day. Total. 32 . . 16 Gilbert 147 148 148 443 22 . . 14 Boa 148 . 144 146 438 21 . . 12 Crosby 144 148 141 433 24 . 21 . . . . Amateur averages for three days, 150 each day 21 . Powers 144 135 421 18 . . . Dunnell 136 142 141 419 20 . Graham 137 137 144 418 19 . . i3 Mulford 135 140 138 413 25 . Connors ..125 142 133 410 19 . Barto ; 135 140 132 407 24 . . 17 Craig 131 138 136 405 21 . m . Ramsey 131 136 137 404 Arie 132 134 138 404 21 . . 15 Fuller 143 131 129 403 23 . Groves 136 135 128 399 9 . • . • Wyckoff 138 137 124 399 20 . Roll 129 130 139 398 . 7 Binyou 126 137 135 398 Willard 131 131 134 396 Stanton 128 130 137 395 Lawrence 137 133 124 394 Stoner 133 137 392 Manning 121 131 134 386 16 74 11 Burnside 124 133 129 386 19 . Neal 130 131 121 382 21 . McKinley 129 132 119 380 16 . Mackie 110 130 137 377 19 . Baggerman 125 127 125 377 14 . Van Gundy 122 120 130 372 18 . Tosetti 119 122 128 369 Magill 124 128 115 367 YY'inesberg 124 121 105 350 Haws 103 118 105 326 Fayette Gun Club. Lexington, Ky., May 25. — Scores enclosed were made at the regular weekly shoot to-day of the Fayette Gun Club, of this city. This club will send a team to the Kentucky State shoot at Louisville, Ky., next week to compete for State team champion- ship and other honors, and the individual State championship at targets is “tipped” as coming to a Lexington shooter. Visiting shooters are always welcome at the weekly meetings of this club, which are held every Thursday afternoon. Events: 12 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 10 15 25 10 15 25 Targets: 10 15 25 10 15 L Fisher 4 7 13 5 7.. Judge Kinkhead 6 5 14 .. .. Offutt 4 9 14 8 6.. T C Rush 5 8 11 .. L Shouse 5 6 13 4 5.. W Rennick 2 4 6 . . . . J G Denny 7 13 20 . . 12 22 F E Bell 8 12,21 .. .. W Y'an Deren. 6 9 19 .. ..16 C F Helm . . 10 11 . . 10 S C Stofer 3 10 12 .. 14 .. G J Stoll .. 9 8 .. 8 R W Shinner.. 8 13 16 Wm Drummv.. 5 8 22 .. .. J Q Ward...... 9 13 24 C W Trapp.... .. 9 . . . . 9 R H Smith..,.. 8 12 18 O Williamson.. Woolly 9 15 24 P Morgan W Luxon 6 9 13 F Moon Event No. 3 was Parker gun event. Monk, June 3, 1505.] FOREST AND STREAM 447 U. S. Government Ammunition Test. Accuracy test of K rag- Jorgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. TESTED — Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. CONDITIONS — 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. DISTANCE —1000 yards. OFF^Cm I^rTePORT: U. S. Cartridges excelled all others MANUFACTURED BY UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., LOWELL, MASS., U. S. A. Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St„ 35-43 Park St., New York, 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. Herington Tournament. Herington, Kans., May 18. — The sixteenth annual tournament of the Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association closed in this city to-day after one of the most successful meets the Association has ever held. The programme covered four days, three days devoted to clay birds and the last day to live birds. The arrangements, under direction of the Herington Gun Club, proved most satis- factory to the visiting shooters, and the popularity of the programme is attested by the large number of shooters remaining for the entire programme. . . , The first day’s programme included nine regular events beside t the Peters special race of 100 birds for an $80 gun. A high, gusty wind was productive of deceiving targets, and consequent low scores. Heer was high professional for this day with 11 down out of a possible 150, and Arnold, of Kansas, was high amateur gun with 12 misses. Arnold won the Peters special event. The weather for the second day’s programme was ideal, and the scores were consequently better. Hee_r was high gun among the professionals again with 172 out of 175. Veatch, Nebraska, tied him with the same score. A special by the Marlin Company tor a Marlin gun was won by B. Johnson with a score of 49 out of a possible 50. , Veatch, Nebraska, successfully defended his title to the Elliott cup against Arnold, Kansas, by 94 out of the 100 to 92 for Arnold. . „ .. ... The third day’s programme was specially interesting tor the event of 50 birds that carried the trophy representing the amateur championship of Kansas. Arnold, Earned, and Munsterma.n, Antelope, tied for first place, with 48 each out of 50. In the shoot-off Arnold captured the honors. The Herington Gun Club gave a handsome trophy for this event in the shape of a diamond- mounted charm. ... . , „ , High averages for the third day s shoot were carried off by Heer, professional, 171 out of 175, while O’Brien and Veach tied for first place in the amateur section with 168 each. The Association selected Great Bend as the next tournament town and left the dates and details to the club holding the shoot. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Presi- dent, E. W. Arnold; Vice-President, R. McMullin; Secretary and Treasurer, Ed. L. Chapman. The Herington meet closed with a day of live-bird shooting, but threatening weather and a reduced number of shooters pre- vented this portion of the programme from being as interesting as the first three days. , . ^ . .. The averages for the first three days of the tournament, all clay bird events, were as follows: PROFESSIONALS. W H Heer. Linderman Peck Holmes Through the courtesy of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., the shoot was cashiered by Mr. Fred Whitney, who is so popular among the shooters of the West, and whose work in this line always gives perfect satisfaction to all concerned. In all something over sixty shooters were entered during the tournament, but in the averages here given, however, only the scores of those finishing the entire three days’ programme are given. st Day. Second Day. Third Day. Total. .139 172 171 482 .131 162 171 464 .126 165 170 461 .131 157 163 451 .129 160 161 450 .119 152 158 429 AMATEURS. ,135 172 168 475 ,134 166 168 468 .133 161 171 465 ,138 163 160 461 ,126 160 160 446 .121 162 159 442 .119 158 161 438 .117 162 159 438 .123 154 155 432 ,119 158 153 430 .118 154 156 428 .117 158 150 425 .129 144 149 422 .124 151 144 419 .125 143 144 417 .117 153 143 413 .109 143 153 405 .114 140 142 396 .103 131 143 377 . 97 •153 149 309 The Canadian Indians. The following has been sent to us by a correspondent, and is of special interest to sportsmen: At a pow-wow held at the Queen’s Hotel, Toronto, it was de- cided to institute a Society to be known as “The Canadian In- dians ” For several years the devotees of the gun, resident in the United States, have had a band known as “The Indians” which was composed of the foremost shots of that country. For some time past the formation of a similar organization in Canada has been contemplated, and its success is now an assured fact. The general objects and purposes of the society are: 1 Promoting and fostering legitimate shooting interests. 2 Promoting good fellowship among its members. 3. Giving and promoting shooting tournaments, as may be determined by the Association. 4. Doing all acts necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the Association. , ,, Those present in person at the pow-wow, and those who signified m writing their intention of joining, were as follows: Forest H Conover, Leamington, Ont. ; D. McMackin, Highgate Ont • Geo. W. McGill, Thomas A. Duff, T. D. McGaw, F. W Matthews T. H. Thompson, Geo. L. Vivian, Charles H. Harrison Aid Robert Fleming, Geo. W’olf, Alex. Wolf, and J. W. Sander son’ Toronto; D. J. Kearney and W. H. Ewing, Montreal; C. G. Thompson. T. M. Crgig, and J. H. Goodhue, Sherbrooke, P. Q.; I. A. Honey and E. G. White, Ottawa; PI. Marlatt, Simcoe, Ont.; Dr. Hunt, Walter P. Thompson, Thomas Upton, Dr. J. E. Over- holt and John Hunter, Hamilton; S. M. Screaton, London; Wil- liam Lewis, Owen Sound, Ont.; W. A. Smith, Kingsville, Ont.; P. Wakefield, Toronto Junction, Ont.; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford; J. E. Cantelon, Clinton, Ont.; W. E. Hall, Blenheim, Ont.; Geo. S. McCall, Fingal, Ont.; and IT. A. Mallory, Drayton, Ont. The annual fee was fixed at $5; the membership limited to forty, and each applicant must pass a unanimous ballot. To be eligible to membership in the Canadian Indians it is necessary that one be a true devotee of the art of trapshooting; it is desirable, though not requisite, that he be a good shot; but it is absolutely essential that he be a good fellow and a gentleman throughout. The keynote of the organization is absolute fair- ness in everything, as between one chief and another, and in all relationship of the tribe as a whole with the outside world. Each member of the tribe shall be given an Indian name, with the designation of chief. These names will be chosen by the council of chiefs at the next meeting. The Chief Scribe was also instructed to procure a suitable 'emblem. The following are the first officers: Forest H. Conover, High Chief; D. McMackan, Vice-Chief; Thomas A. Duff, Chief Scribe and Chief of Wampum, while the Council of Chiefs is composed of Messrs. Geo. W. McGill, Ed. C. White, F. A. Heney, Thomas Upton, J. B. Goodhue and S. M. Screaton. The Initiatory Com- mittee will be appointed at the next meeting, which is to be held at Ottawa on Aug. 17, the second day of the annual tournament of the Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. Applications for membership must be in writing, signed by two Indians and accompanied by the fee of $5, which will be returned in case the applicant is rejected. The Chief Scribe will present the names of the tribe in the order in which they are received. The Association starts under most favorable auspices, and is bound to be a success. Derry Gun Glut. Derry, Pa., May 23. — The Derry Gun Club, of Derry, Pa., held a very successful one-day tournament on their grounds on Tues- day, May 23. The programme called for twelve events, all of 15 targets each; a total of 180 for the day. Thirty-six shooters faced the traps, and out of these, twenty- two shot the programme through. Mr.. A. H. King, of Pittsburg, Pa., landed the high average, breaking 164 out of the 180. Mr. J. H. Calhoun, of McKeesport, Pa., and Mr. George Cochran, of Rodfield, Pa., finished second, each breaking 161; Mr. D. W. Baker, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. A. B. Kelly, of Scottdale, Pa., finished third, each breaking 157; Mr. R. J. West, of Brownsville, Pa., finished fourth, break- ing 154. The trade was represented by Mr. Charles Grubb and Mr. H. P. Fessenden. Scores follow: Events: Targets: A H King... J F Calhoun Geo Cochran D W Baker.. A T3 Kelly... R J West.... R Deniker .. Ed Hickey . PI Brenizer . L J Lint A M Sargeant G Thompson C C Hackett. A Kiehl .... W G Dougherty W Andrews . . . M Lowe G B Myers Ed Brown J B Benton J O’H Denny. H Stewart J F C C Moore G A Smith P Cadman W McIntyre . . . C Kuntz H Parlor T Memohe D Fagan A Holly A Oblinger A Sterner L W Lint S Dice , 123456789 10 11 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 14 15 13 14 14 12 15 14 14 13 14 13 14 11 11 15 14 14 15 13 14 13 14 12 13 15 14 13 13 13 14 13 14 13 13 14 10 14 14 11 13 15 12 14 13 13 14 11 14 15 11 14 13 11 14 14 13 13 15 12 14 14 13 13 12 13 10 12 15 12 13 12 12 11 10 13 13 13 13 15 14 11 13 12 11 13 9 14 14 15 15 10 11 12 12 11 14 12 14 12 12 13 14 11 12 13 13 12 12 11 11 14 15 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 14 13 12 9 11 7 11 12 12 12 12 11 15 13 11 13 9 12 12 15 14 11 12 10 11 12 9 11 9 10 13 11 15 13 12 12 9 12 10 11 9 13 10 10 13 13 13 9 12 11 9 9 11 11 11 12 10 11 9 11 10 12 10 10 12 12 12 13 8 8 10 9 12 12 11 10 12 11 11 12 12 9 7 11 11 10 12 9 12 11 13 11 11 10 9 9 8 10 10 10 12 14 6 11 7 11 12 9 10 12 9 13 10 3 11 14 7 12 10 11 8 9 8 9 11 6 9 9 9 10 32 8 13 14 7 . . . . 12 30 10 13 9 9 10 10 12 12 9 11 13 11 7 8 14 12 10 9 12 12 11 12 12 9 8 10 12 9 7 12 10 12 11 8 . . 8 12 13 9 12 .. 14 12 13 15 14 11 13 13 13 10 12 9 9 .... 12 .. 11 15 14' 11 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 6 8 10 8 14 . . 8 10 10 11 9 9 3 5 6 8 4 3 5 3 .. 8 9 9 5 . 8 10 .. .. 3 Total. 164 161 161 157 157 154 152 151 148 148 145 138 138 137 133 129 129 127 124 124 113 97 83 53 131 81 80 79 65 61 54 49 37 31 18 3 H. P. F. Uss tning Cjrttn Club. Ossining, N. Y., May 20.— Only three shooters showed up to day for practice. The wind blew a gale, and the scores accord Vi&y s^ffered. J. Hyland shot three strings of 25, and broke lb, 15, 19. C. Llandtord broke 14, 17, 15 out of a like number W H. Coleman tried it once and got 11 out of 25. May 22.— The following scores were made in practice on oui grounds, Brandreth and Hyland practicing for the Catskill tourna ment, May 24. Blandford shot his new Remington in Nos 4 £ and 6: ’ Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 D Brandreth... 22 21 19 19 17 21 C G Blandford, 15 16 19 18 20 22 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 J T Hyland 20 22 16 C- G. B. Fairview Tournament. Fairview, N. J., May 25. — There was a good attendance at the tournament of the Fairview Gun Club, held to-day. A number of noted experts joined in the competition. Distinguished trade representatives were present as follows: Messrs. Frank Lawrence, P . E. Butler and A. A. Schoverling. The former did pot shoot, the Mr. Lawrence in the competition being a different party. Mr. Butler was out of order, and consequently affected his scores. The merchandise event was the main contest, and as in all similar events, the contestants were difficult to handicap from their irregular performance. The experts, Messrs. Bissett, Piercy, 1 ruax. Brugmann and Dr. Guenther, had the shortest allowances, from 3 to 5 in 50. t he shooting was rather difficult, owing chiefly to a fluky wind, which was strong enough to affect the flight of the targets, and to the bad behavior of the magautrap, which broke targets in a manner to equal the breaks of the ordinary contestant. The tournament was managed by Mr. Herman Von Lengerke. Refreshments were generously served to the shooters as guests of the club. The weather was clear, warm and pleasant. The giounds are but a short distance from the trolley line; therefore, are conveniently accessible. Shooting continued till late in the follow : Events : Targets : Piercy Guenther Truax S auer Gille Chas Sedore . Schortemeier Lewis 5 pairs. Mr. Carl Von Sergeant. The scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 25 30 30 15 20 15 5 20 19 26 14 16 14 7 24 13 27 13 16 15 8 18 13 21 11 16 11 7 21 13 23 9 12 10 8 23 17 28 14 17 13 9 20 17 27 12 17 12 8 25 14 28 15 18 14 4 19 10 21 11 11 12 7 21 13 13 7 8 20 14 26 13 15 13 21 18 26 12 12 12 , , , . 11 25 9 13 12 10 8 26 12 12 12 . . 16 7 14 8 9 23 . . 28 13 14 17 11 ie 9 q 9 11 is 13 16 14 16 9 12 11 18 13 12 .. Pape Waters Collins Cuenin Untereiner Lambrix Fowler Dr Sergeant Thourot Burns g Whitley ’’ ’’ Strobel ^3 Van Buskirk ’ " 10 Smedes ’ ’ 3 The merchandise event, No. 8, had thirty entries. In the matter of skill, there were all degrees, from the expert to the novice. Four tied for first on full scores, namely, Messrs. Piercy, Sauer, Thourot and Van Buskirk. In the shoot-off, Thouro’t won! “Dr. Sergeant” (Carl Von Lengerke) was 49 alone for second. Mr. Con Sedore won the third prize, there being four in the tie for it. Truax won the fourth prize by default in the tie, Matzen being absent. Dr. Guenther won the fifth prize in like ’manner Lewis . being absent. Dods won the sixth prize, Collins the seventh, and Chas. Sedore the eighth. Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. Bissett 40 3 43 Piercy 46 4 50 Butler 42 0 42 Guenther 39 5 44 Schoverling 37 0 37 Truax 41 4 45 Con Sedore 34 12 46 Sauer 41 9 50 Fowler 24 15 39 Brugmainn 42 4 46 Untereiner 23 10 33 Thourot 40 15 50 Van Buskirk 39 12 50 Lewis 34 10 44 Gille 29 11 40 Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. Collins 35 7 42 Matzen 31 14 45 Dr Sergeant 39 10 49 Pope 32 14 46 Strobel 31 10 41 C H Sedore 27 14 41 Dods 29 14 43 Burns 25 15 40 Whitley 35 8 43 Lawrence 19 15 34 Eakin 26 15 41 Lambrix 31 15 46 King 25 15 40 Maglan 22 15 37 Lagai 21 15 36 The ties in this event were shot off at 25 targets, as follows: hirst prize, 25 targets: Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. Piercy Sauer Second prize: Third prize: Con Sedore 19 Brugman .19 .22 2 24 Van Buskirk 18 .14 5 19 Thourot 18 Dr. Sergeant 49. 6 8 24 25 6 25 Pope ...15 7 - 2 21 Lambrix lt> 8 homth prize: Truax, 45, wins by default, Matzen absent. Fifth prize: Dr. Guenther 44, wins by default, Lewis absent Sixth prize, Bissett absent: 22 24 Dods 18 Seventh prize Eighth prize: Strobel 13 Chas Sedore ,18 7 25 Whitley . . . . ......14 Ed. Collms 42. .13 5 18 Eakins .18 7 25 18 8 22 Sidney Gun Club. Sidney, N. Y., May 22.— Our shoot last Friday May 1 s° g°°.d as our previous shoots, owing to a very higl Ihe following are the scores made by the club members: ’ Shot at. Broke. Av. ~ H J Fleming. . ..180 147 82 C Ferguson ..180 136 76 A M Lane... ,.180 m 84 Shot at. Brol A Patterson. .. .135 10 G B French 75 6 I Case 50 4 A. M. L 448 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 3, 190& WESTERN TRAP. Greenville (O.) Gun Club. The eighth shoot of the Greenville Gun Club was held on May 22, with a fair attendance of club members and a number of spectators were also present. Hartzell, of Class B, was high man ■with 46 out of 50. In Class A, Kirby won the medal with a score of 41. The scores: Club medal shoot, handicap: Yds. Class. Broke. Yds. Class. Broke. Hartzell . . . 14 B 46 Fouts ...12 B 36 Ayers 16 B 42 Pluddle . . . . ...12 B 34 Kirby 21 A 41 McCaughey ...19 A 30 McKeon ... ....19 A 39 Waif ...12 B 28 Smith ..... 12 B 38 W esterfield . ...16 B 26 Limbert ... 12 B 37 *Baker ...19 A 64 W arner . . . . 17 A 37 *Shot at 100 targets: Cincinnati Gun Club. May 27 was partly cloudy, with light breeze. The first con- test in the series for the Schuler prize had twenty-three entries. The same system of handicapping as that used in the Peters trophy will be used, except that it will be based on 92 instead of 90 per cent. This, it is thought, will give the poorer shots a better chance and make good shots hustle a little more. The average of the contestant in all the shoots he takes part in will be his final score. Targets in this contest will be thrown from No. 2 set of traps. The prize will be shot for once a week (on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday) for fifteen con- secutive weeks. Eaton headed the list to-day, with a straight 50, including his handicap. Barker was high man in actual breaks 47, with Randall a close second with 46. Maynard and Harig third with 45. At the meeting of the Board, Arthur Gambell was elected Superintendent. Extracts from the secretary’s report shows the club to be in an excellent financial condition with a surplus over liabilities of $2,827.36, and a membership of 314. Schuler trophy shoot, 50 targets, handicap added targets: Eaton, handicap, 7, total 50; Randall, 2, 48; Barker, 47; Maynard, 2, 47; Jack, 10, 47; Straus, 10, 46; Harig, 45; Aiders, 2, 45; F. Altheer, 10, 44; A., 18, 44; Herman, 4, 43; A. Sunderbruch, 42; Pohlar, 3, 42; Roll, 3, 42; Andrews, 10, 42; Peters, 41; Penn, 39; Faran, 40; Williams, 3, 40; Falk, 7, 36; Pfieffer, 3, 35; E. Altheer, 15, 46; Lytle, 20. Franklin O. Gun Club. The tournament of the Franklin, O., Gun Club was held on May 24 and 25, or was scheduled for those days. The weather on the first day was fine, and a nice little bunch of shooters was present and all but one shot the entire programme of 160 targets, Gross being high professional average with 147, and Cain high amateur, as well as high average for the day, with 149. The trade was represented by R. Trimble and D. D. Gross. The second day was stormy, and the programme was called off, a few of the men who were bound to shoot going to Middletown and breaking a few targets between the drops. The bad weather spoiled what promised to be a successful affair. The scores for the day were as follows: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets : 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 15 at. Broke. Cain .... 15 13 14 19 13 13 14 19 15 14 160 149 Gross .... 14 12 15 19 14 13 11 20 14 15 160 147 Trimble .... 14 13 15 17 13 14 15 19 13 13 160 146 Orr 15 15 14 12 14 15 18 13 12 160 142 Kirby .... 14 11 13 17 13 11 15 19 14 14 160 141 Steinman 13 13 12 18 12 15 14 19 12 12 160 140 Lindemuth .... 13 14- 14 17 10 14 13 15 13 14 160 137 Dial 12 11 12 12 12 13 11 16 14 13 160 126 Carr 13 11 14 17 10 10 12 13 9 12 160 121 Evans 10 10 7 10 10 7 10 11 7 10 160 92 Brandenberg 11 16 7 12 65 46 Notes. The first shoot for the prize offered by G. W. Schuler, a hand- some gun cabinet, will be held on May 27, on the Cincinnati Gun Club grounds. The conditions are the same as in the Peters trophy event just closed, viz. : fifteen weekly shoots, 50 targets each, handicap of added targets. Scores may be shot on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays of each week, as the shooter wishes. Ten events at least must be shot in order to qualify. Plighest score takes the prize. Word has been received that Arthur Gambell, superintendent of the Cincinnati Gun Club, arrived safely at Queenstown, Ireland, on May IS. Pie will return in time to engineer things on the grounds July 4. Henry Joyce, of Dayton, has a fine game picture, showing fifteen deer, a black bear and two cubs killed in the Upper Michigan peninsula by three men in six days last winter. It rained hard on May 25, but a squad of the old reliables attended the Preble County Club shoot, Eaton, O., and managed to pull off the medal event and one sweep between the showers. The medal was won by Eli Peters with a score of 22. First money in the sweep went to Peters on a score of 20 straight. The medal was won in January and February by Joseph Asbey on scores of 25 and 24. In March Joseph Dean, 21. April D. W. Swibart 23. At the Dayton, O., Gun Club shoot. May 24, Heikes and Oswald divided first in the sweep on 21 each out of 25; Rike, second, with 19, and Carr, third, with 18. Eleven men took part in the medal shoot of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, O., on May 24. The medal was won by Wm. Kuntz, after shooting off a tie with Schaerf and Miller. In the first shoot-off Miller dropped out, and the third saw Schaerf’s finish. Following the medal shoot was an eight- man team race, C. F. Miller and Wm. Oldt choosing sides. The former’s team won by four targets, 163 to 159. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, May 27. — The appended scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the sixth trophy shoot of the first series. Thomas and Goetter tied for Class A trophy on a score of 22; Keck won Class B on same score, and Horns won Class C on 17. Mr. Doris, a visitor, made the only perfect score in the event, going his 25 straight in fine style. The day was a good one for trapshooting, only for a northeast wind, which rendered it chilly. Owing_ to the counter attraction of the automobile races, and the opening of the fishing season, the attendance was not what it should be and generally is. Events : 12 3 4 Events : 1 2 3 4 Targets: 10 10 10 25 Targets : 10 10 10 25 7 8 7 22 7 7 17 .. 7 21 Keck 8 8 9 22 Eaton Dr Meek 8 8 6 20 Davis .. 7 25 8 9 5 12 Ford . . 7 20 Eckert 7 8 6 17 Geotter .. .. 22 Kampp 7 8 8 21 Team shoot, 10 targets, Keck and Kampp, captains: Keck 10 Kampp .. 9 Thomas 5 Horns .. 4 Dr Meek . . . . 9 Eaton .. 8 Barnard 2 Davis .. 9 Eckert Team shoot, 8—34 10 targets: Ford .. 4—34 Keck 9 Kampp .. 10 Thomas 6 Horns .. 9 9 .. 6 Barnard 5 David .. 8 Eckert 6-35 Ford .. 4 Geotter Dr. J. W. Meek, .. 6—37 Sec’y. In Other Places. The Pasadena, Cal., Gun Club is now formulating plans to hold a championship tournament. There will be a consolidation of the Janesville, Wis., Gun Club with Beloit, as stated last week. This club will remain at its old park and hold shoots monthly. There is, however, another club in same town, and it is to be heard from op the consolidation scheme. The Bloomington, 111., Gun Club did not show up strong at the State shoot, in so- far as shooters were concerned, but when it comes to packing a convention they were the whole thing, taking the wind out of Chicago’s sails before the starting line had been crossed. Gideon won the Class A medal at the Bloomington, 111., shoot after a three-time tie with Radburn. Here is what makes a gun club a success. Secretary Boettger, of the McLean County Gun Club, Bloomington, 111., invited all the members to his house to play euchre on last Wednesday evening. Sociability should be introduced into every gun club. Mexico, Mo., has been heard from. There will be a tournament held there during the summer. The new officers are: G. F. l’.olson, President; A. K. Luckie, Secretary; Fred A. Morris, Treasurer. Max ITensler, of Battle Creek, Mich., was re-elected president of the Michigan Trapshooters’ League, and his brother, A. R. Plensler re-elected secretary. Jackson gets the next meeting, and next year there will be only one shoot held instead of three, as has been the custom in the past. The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club will contest throughout the summer for a cup donated by a cartridge company. Chas. W. Budd when at Menominee, Mich., made the good score of 94 out of 100. Robert Kans, the home good one, made 91. The shooters who have Memphis in view as the proper place to attend a tournament, will be pleased to know that about June 20 there will be held there the best tournament ever held in the Bluff city. Members of the three gun clubs are reported as being now actively training preparatory to taking part in the big tournament. The Memphis, Tenn., Gun Club held a shoot last Saturday with an attendance that would seem more like a tournament than a club affair. At 100 targets, Abe Frank broke 93. W. W. Wilson, Secretary of the Duluth Central Gun Club has secured three gold watches to be put up as prizes at their tournament. The West Duluth, Mich., Rod and Gun Club report that the new target trap is now being set up on the club preserve, and that weekly shooting will be held. The best scores made by the Parker Gun Club, Milwaukee, visitors were those of Messrs. Hirschy, Vietmeyer, Stannard, Budd and Steenberg, At the Recreation Gun Club, Cleveland, O., George Burns won' first prize after a tie with Rice, which called for 35 targets. Burns broke 143 out of 150. The Waterloo, la., Gun Club, in consequence of having to give up their shooting grounds, have held a meeting, and it was then voted to disband the organization and turn in their trap to the manufacturers. This, coming so soon after holding a suc- cessful tournament there, will be a surprise to all. The Aberdeen, S. D., Gun Club is now well under way. It is composed of local hunters, and many of them fine shots. With a little practice, they will be able to make a good showing. The officers are: President, Otto E. Muller; Vice-President, J. K. Hall; Secretary, Frank Suttle. The Cordele, Ga., Gun Club has been reorganized. W. C. Hamilton is President; J. M. Powell is Captain and Secretary. New grounds, readily reached, have been secured, and the large membership shows up well for the future prosperity. The Louisville, Ky., boys are much pleased with their new shooting park. In the contest for the Judge Bazille and Holmes trophy at the St. Paul, Minn., Gun Club grounds, Pleiss and Holmes tied for Class A trophy, and Pleiss won shoot-off, as did Frankie the Class B with McLaren. J. A. Jackson, Sr., made the high score at the Taylor, Tex., shoot held last Saturday with 110 out of 125. J. B. Webb, of San Antonio, was second, 105; W. M. McDowall, of Lockart, third, 103; Rogers, of San Marcos, fourth, with 100. At the regular practice of the Fort Worth, Tex., Gun Club James S. Day made 163 out of 175. Special from Monroe City, Ind., states that Add. Plaldorman met with a frightful accident. He was shooting at crows when the gun burst and injured his arm and face. He may lose at least one eye. This should serve to establish the habit of always looking through the gun before inserting a shell. It should interest all trapshots to learn that Fred Gilbert is now using 2%in. shells, and shooting just as good as he ever did with 2% shells. The next tourney of the Indiana State League will be held at the Limited Gun Club in Indianapolis. The officers elected are: H. Comstock, President; Tom Parry, Vice-President, and Gus Habich, Secretary. W. M. Furgerson will fit up a shooting ground at the Lake, near Crooks£on, Minn., and all visitors will be made welcome. It is the intention to have Crookston, Grand Forks and other clubs participate, and have team competitions. This brings about a competitive spirit that does not find stimulation in individual contests. At Elgin, 111., last week the sportsmen held their annual crow hunt, and slaughtered 1,141 crows. One hundred and fifty men were out on the war path. If all shooters in the United States were to do likewise the game birds would increase 50 per cent. A pigeon shoot was lately held at Carthage, Mo., and was won by McLoughlin, of Webb City. The Montreal Gun Club has challenged the Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club for a trophy cofitest. The Marengo, la., Gun Club has ordered a silver cup that will be given to the one who makes the best showing during the season. Des Moines, la., shooters, while not so active as they were previous to the State shoot, will keep up their regular practice during the summer. The Marion, Ind., shooters, lately had as their guests the Gas City shooters. Lee, Jay and Adamson made best scores. The Marion boys meet every Friday afternoon, and visitors are welcome. East Grand Forks, Minn., Gun Club have new grounds, and will start up for the season’s shoots. The preliminary shoot of the Celestial Gun Club, Pekin, 111., was well attended. Shoots will be held every two weeks at the Cummings ground. The Forest City, la., Gun Club met Monday and elected officers for the year, viz.: H. R. Irish, President; P. Lynch, Vice-Presi- dent; C. H. Macomber, Secretary; P. PI. Vosterberg and M. G. Green Members Executive Committee. Fred Riba is now the treasurer of the Benson, Minn., Gun Club, succeeding Burke Arnesen. State tournament managers should take pattern after the New York people. At their June shoot there will be merchandise prizes that will amount to several thousand dollars. Building lots, pianos, horses, carriages, guns, revolvers, and ammunition. Western trapshooters are now turning their attention to the Sioux City, la./ shoot to be held June 6, 7 and 8. This club have held and will hold many more of the largest and best shoots ever given in the West. Jack Fanning was lately heard from at Colorado Springs, where he gave the boys an artistic exhibition in the trapshooting line. John PI. Look won the medal at the shoots held last year by the Oconto, Wis., Gun Club. The new elected officers are: Pres- ident, Dr. Wm. H. Guenrher; Vice-President Henry Zurheide; Secretary, A. N. Bock; Assistant, Chas. PI. Roenitz; Treasurer, M. Kroos; Captain, Plenry Grucbner; Attorney, A. C. Prescott; Trustees: Adolph Bondman, August' Herrman, John H. Look, Alfred Steffen, A. C. Prescott. Boston Gun Club. Boston, Mass., May 24. — The first shoot of the summer series of the Boston Gun Club was held to-day at Wellington, and while conditions ,were well nigh perfect, only a small number were present. Edwards and IPebbard fought it out for high average, with honors even, though it took some tall hustling on Edwards’ last 15 to land in the running. The goods were delivered, however, and it was lucky for the rest of the contingent that he left on an early train, as he had just begun his consecutive match, and had a good start to his credit. “Buffalo Smith” distanced the whole shooting match in the consecutive match, and started it moving with a run of 31 straight, and might have been going yet if a sneaking left target had not got mixed up in the smoke of a far-away factory, which prevented the usual sky background from being in evidence. Roy and Hebbard, two of Watertown’s finest, captured first honors with good totals, and if they keep this gait up, one or the other will wear the gold watch charm, which is the first prize for this series. Edwards with 26 held second position alone with two of the home club just one target away. Other scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Targets : 15 10 15 10 15 15 15 15 15 Av. Bon, 18 12 7 14 8 12 12 .812 Smith, 18 10 9 8 7 13 10 14 15 10 .768 Hebbard, 17 12 9 13 8 14 14 14 . . .884 Kirkwood, 20 12 10 10 8 14 11 15 14 is .872 8 18 15 •• .. .900 Edwards, 16 12 10 13 • 8 14 12 15 .. .884 Woodruff, 17 12 8 15 8 10 12 14 831 Baker, 16 9 7 .640 Muldown, 16 .. .. 10 10 12 13 .. .. .. .818 Retwood, 14 1 6 2 2 .. 220 Merchandise match: Roy (19yds.) 29, Hebbard (17) 28, Ed- wards (16) 26, Kirkwood (20) 25, Muldown (16) 25, Bon (18) - 24, Smith (IS) 23, Woodruff (17) 22. Consecutive match: Smith 31, Kirkwood 27, Edwards 15, Heb- bard 13, Woodruff 11. Cumberland Gun Club. Bridgeton, N. J., May 22. — Herewith are the scores made at our third amateur tournament, held in this city on May 20; The scores while not high, were excellent considering the high wind that blew directly across the field, making the targets take very irregular flights. The trade was represented by Neaf Apgar and J. Mowell Plawkins. Events : Targets: Apgar Plawkins . . Newcomb Hackett . . Munyon .. Armstrong Aumack . . Silvers ... Tomlinson Compton . C North . Williamson Sheppard . Vanaman . Platts Logen Lore Hunt Cooney ... L Plurff .. Gage W Stellar Esebell ... Elwell .... Brown . . . F Stellar . Gillespie . . I 2 3 4 5 15 15 20 15 15 14.15 16 15 13 13 13 17 12 15 II 14 18 12 12 13 15 18 12 14 13 12 16 12 12 12 12 17 12 13 14 13 14 19 11 12 13 11 11 11 12 10 17 8 10 7 8 14 10 10 7 12 14 9 10 9 12 11 10 9 10 9 . . 9 9 11 11 10 .. 10 .. 14 .. .. 12 11 11 . . 10 5 10 .. .. 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 20 15 15 20 Total. 18 15 13 17 136 18 13 15 17 133 18 13 12 18 12S 17 12 12 14 127 17 9 14 16 121. 15 11 12 17 121 15 12 13 16 117 20 8 13 11 110 11 11 11 16 106 18 13 9 13 102 12 9 8 15 96 11 14 9 14 90 . . 12 11 13 73 11 10 11 . . 54 12 10 7 15 44 . . 9 9 14 42 .. .. 11 .. 35 34 25 . . 10 10 r . 20' 15 15 15 12 12 ...... 9 9 .. .. 9 ... 8 8 6 . . 6 Indianapolis Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., May 20. — Haun won Peters badge. Tripp, Moore, Finley, Gregory and Dixon tied for club trophy. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ' 9 10 11 Targets : 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 W Dinger 13 16 16 16 M Dinger 12 17 16 .20 Tripp 17 20 20 18 16 14 17 14 18 18. 18 Kirby 19 16 18 18 17 19 16 . . Moore 16 18 16 13 18 16 15 17 16 17 Clark 18 16 18 19 19 18 19 Finley 18 17 14 18 16 19 18 19 D Smith 13 8 13 Steele 11 12 16 17 16 m m , . Gregory 23 18 17 19 16 20 18 Anderson 18 16 15 17 15 17 16 • -- . Stewart 11 12 13 10 16- ■ « Armstrong 11 11 6 12 14 . . , , Steffen 11 11 • . . . . Leib 19 , . , . 14 ii 16 __ - T Pfafflen 17 16 • . . 14 13 15 Moller 18 21 19 17 15 18 is ii Cooper 17 18 21 22 13 20 17 «_» Dickman 14 16 . , . t Morrison 12 13 14 12 Dixon 16 16 15 16 16 is Haun 10 13 SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. The Savage Arms Co., 48 Turner street, Utica, N. Y., have devised a Savage watch fob, which they will send to applicants who will send 15 cents in stamps. It is artistically designed, after the well-known excellence of the Savage Arms Company’s products. 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A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” 1W The “Simplex” Nine-Multiplier. .■dPTi **ere is a truly wonderful fishing ree^ /nw 'Si at a most remarkable price. Nothing r° g°°d has.ever been Produced be- ''flfS f°re> even in the most expensive it is a $25.00 reel that will be sent i llm/ postpaid for a fraction of its worth, ' l_i fpi $6.00 net. Your choice of 60, 80 or The steel pinions are micrometer ground and balanced on jewels. The reel multiplies nine times and the patent extension handle gives greatly increased leverage and absolute control of a jumping fish. The reel is of German silver and rubber, with a specially attractive click and drag, and altogether-the best thing yet produced. The “Simplex” Bait Caster. For bait casting we offer this sea- son the most novel and important invention of the year -in the form of a bait caster, with almost abso- lutely no friction. This has been accomplished by balancing the pinions on jewels and throwing the operating gears out of mesh by a marvelously simple device requiring only a slight pressure of a lever under the thumb. This reel is quadruple multiplying and in every other particular of the same high order of construction as the NINE-MULTIPLIER. It is also offered at a fraction of its worth, and will be sent in either 80 or ioo yard sizes at $9.00 post paid. Every reel covered by the broadest kind of a guarantee, and money cheerfully refunded if not perfectly satisfactory. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. VnwiMII A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. An Ervcovnrter on the VOL. LXIV.— No. 23. SATURDAY, JUNE id, *90$. Copyright, 1901, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co ESTABLISHED 1873. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Terms, postpaid. $4. i FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS. Great Britain, $5.50. f LONDON: Davies & Co. PARIS: Brentano’s. * Took 'em. All “Facts are stubborn things”: There’s no denying them; they are the most potent evidence. The facts in regard to the big tournament of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, held at Lincoln, May 23. 24, 25, are that, with the exception of one, every event, including the “ Big State Event ” for the Board of Trade Diamond Badge — value $750 — by W. R. Crosby, and the high averages, both professional and amateur, were won with FACTOR. Y LOADED SHELLS TER 12 HUNDREDS Mr. W. H. Heer has run ioo straight 12 different times this year. A great shot only could make such a record — but he must have perfect ammunition, in which he has perfect confidence. Just as a great skipper shows what a great yacht can do, Mr. Heer displays the supreme quality of the shot shells he uses. U. M. C. SHOT SHELLS have for years set the pace because they have been the “best,” and continually grow better. U. M. C. Shells are preferred because they bring out the best there is in a shooter, and do away with any chance of an, imperfect pattern or a miss-fire. 1/. M. C. Shells are -the only ner*c)e tonic you &uill need at the 1 Grand American Handicap THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. Depot, 86*88 First St., San Francisco These are the facts. What do they evidence ? That Winchester Factory Loaded Shells are used by the best shots, both amateur and profes- sional, because they are reliable and accurate and give good velocity and pattern. As further evidence of this, the Minnesota State Championship, ! which was competed for at the tournament of the Minneapolis Gun Club, May 23, 24, was won with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and also the high amateur average for the shoot, the winners being respectively Mr. Evander and Mr. Moulton. These important winnings, made simul- taneously at different places with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, show plainly their popularity with the best shots and explain why they are called “The Shells the Champions Shoot." II FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe - Builders, etc. t Yachting Goods, jf THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. 250 pounds of steam. Handsome catalogue free. KS : Nearly 1500 in use. WORKS: RED BANK. N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt THE *. ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. 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A History of Yachting 1600-1815 This fine cruising launch to be sold. By ARTHUR H. CLARK YACHT BOOK BARGAIN. We offer a few copies only of the late Dixon Kemp’s monumental work u Yacht and Boat Sailing,” published at $12.00, for $9.00, delivery 1 prepaid. This a standard book by a standard author. Contains a great number of new subjects, and the lines of many boats never before published, the total number of plates exceeding 100, beside more than 350 wood cuts in the text. Contents: Se- lecting a Yacht. Examination of the Yacht. Building a Yacht. Equipment of^the Yacht. DUUUlIlg a. j ,.vm. _ 7 Seamanship. The Management of Open Boats. The General Management of a Yacht. The Length over all, 57 ft. 6 in.; length water-line, 54 ft.; breadth, n ft. 6 in., and draft, 4 ft. 6 in. Has just been rebuilt at a cost of $5,600, and is now in perfect condition. Sixty horsepower compound Her- reshoff Engines and Roberts Coil Boiler. Very economical boat. 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Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. ) Six Months, $2. ) NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE lO, 1908. ( VOL. LXIV.— No. 28. (No. 346 Broadway, New York. ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. THE ZEST OF CAMP LIFE. The object of this journal will be to studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor recre- ation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural nblectS. Announcement in first number of ® ' ' Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. A BUFFALO HUNT IN 1905. Oklahoma and the Indian Territory have long been a home of the fake; particularly as applied to Indians and wild animals. In or about those Territories dwells an individual — or a regiment of him — whose occupation is the invention of hair-raising tales to be sold to the guileless Eastern editor, who serves them up with joy for the benefit of his wondering constituency. Thus over a large part of the East the belief persists that somewhere, in a West that is still wild, Indian out- breaks, scalpings, burnings at the stake, destruction of mothers and children by packs of wolves, killings of men by panthers and coyotes, and the carrying off of infants by eagles are still common. In other words, that there is still a West of danger and daring, a frontier where heroic deeds are still performed, where the beau- tiful maiden is carried off by the painted savage and is later rescued by the hardy plainsman. The fact of fifty years ago is the fiction of to-day; and the myth-makers of the Indian country still repeat old tales in the present tense and earn a modest stipend by imposing on the credulity of Eastern editors who know about the West just as much as their readers, and no more. Occasionally, a better informed news-purveyor who has thrown into the waste basket one of these highly embroidered stories, sees it a few months later in some esteemed contemporary, and feels uncertain whether to be amused at the patience and persistence of the faker, or impatient with the ignorance of the editor who printed it. The latest example of this style of story is an illus- trated account in a New York paper purporting to tell of a buffalo chase in which 2,500 Indians and 250 cow- boys are to take part during the current month. The story reads like an advertisement of a Coney Island show. It states that the largest herd of genuine buffalo in the world will be hunted, and in another place it is stated that these genuine buffalo number 32— one-tenth, according to the veracious account, of all the American buffalo left in the world. In order that the public may have an opportunity to see this great show, a grand stand a mile and a quarter long has been erected, which will seat 60,000 persons. It is a little sad that natural things like the buffalo and the Indians should be so shamelessly used for graft and money getting, but of course shame is an unknown thing to people who mix in matters of this sort. They see nothing but the possible dollars to be had and care only for them. We do not in the least believe that there is any pur- pose to hunt with the intention of killing any number of buffalo. It is possible that two or three old bulls may be butchered, but of bulls there is no dearth in this coun- try. However, the whole disgusting advertisement em- phasizes again what we have so often pointed out — the importance of action by Congress to preserve the few remaining buffalo and to use every effort that this great native beast shall not become extinct. A most excellent beginning has already been made in the Yellowstone National Park, where Major Pitcher’s herd last year numbering 40 has considerably increased this summer. But this is only a beginning. The remaining buffalo ought to be purchased and cared for and bred, and this should be authorized by the next Congress, for the longer the needed work is put off the less hope there is of its being successful, Most of us have at times shared the perplexities ex- pressed by the author of the “Hunter’s Temple’ at the fact that so many of the men we know are content to go through life confining themselves day after day, month after month, and year after year to the rut of their rou- tine, without ever treating themselves to the sight of forest clothed mountainsides and scarped summits, wind- ing rivers or swirling brooks, or the white-tented camp- ground. What one gets from his outing is often a rich reward out of all proportion to the amount of time ex- pended— a reward consisting not only of the present enjoyment, but of memories which follow and in which that enjoyment is repeated and renewed times beyond reckoning. It is the common experience of the sports- man that the days of his vacations stand out clear and vivid and apart from all the other days of his life. One may try in vain to recall the incidents of a day at home, but of the days of his excursions to the woods the scene? are distinctly photographed in memory, and one may live such hours over and over again, and does live them over again with a particularity of detail which would mystify us with its marvel were it not a phenomenon so familiar. The very fact that the experiences of our excursions with rod or gun fix themselves so indelibly is an evidence of the freshness and intensity of the interest they have for us as they occur. Camp life is life with zest in it. It is a life of sim- plicities— but the simplicities are at the same time, and just at the time, the most important things on earth — food, drink, fire, a bed. They are essentials of living, with the provision of which, under home conditions, he does not concern himself. In camp it is different. He must gather the wood and draw the water and cook the meal and make the bed — and in the doing of the novel tasks, if he acquits himself more or less successfully he finds a huge not to say ludicrous degree of satisfaction and pride in his new-found attainments. in California in the northern Sierra Nevada Range. As already reported in our columns, the Dominion Govern- ment has established a new game preserve in the pen- insula of Gaspe, a region absolutely without settlement except on the coasts, and abounding in fish as well as in moose and caribou. All through the land lesser pre- serves and parks are being set on foot from time to time by towns, by counties and by States, and it seems to be the fact that at last the public pleasure ground idea has taken a firm hold on the American people. THE HILL-SILZ CASE. Justice Maddox, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, has handed down a decision in the case against John Hill and August Silz, dismissing the writ of habeas corpus. The decision is encouraging to those who are engaged in the fight against the sale of game in close season in this city. It will be recalled that proprietor John Hill, of the Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn, was arrested for having in possession a number of game birds in the close sea- son. The game had been supplied by August Silz, a Manhattan game dealer, who asserted that the birds had been imported and were therefore not affected by the statute ; and Mr. Silz voluntarily made himself a party to the suit. A writ of habeas corpus was taken out, on the ground that Messrs. Hill and Silz had violated no law; and Justice Maddox reserved decision. It was understood at the time that the disposition of the Hill and Silz case might be governed by the result of an- other action then in the Supreme Court in New York, in which Mr. Silz was a defendant to a charge of like nature. This latter case is as yet undetermined. As the circumstances of the two prosecutions were substantially similar, the dismissal of the habeas corpus in the Brook- lyn case — which means that in that case the State does have cause of action — is in the line of holding the law over dealers in foreign as well as domestic game. Meanwhile, the restaurants of this city are carrying on openly and extensively a traffic in game birds which are served to their guests as having been imported. The good work of setting aside parks and pleasure grounds for the enjoyment of the people, forest reserves which shall serve as protections to the water supply of rivers, and game preserves where settlement shall not be allowed, and timber cutting permitted only under special restrictions is still going on. The game preserve idea, under that name, as yet seems to have taken hold only in Canada, though in practice our national parks per- form the work of game preserves. It has recently been announced that President Roosevelt is about to set aside a new forest reserve of 10,000,000 acres, largely in Idaho, a country where water is greatly needed, and where, when it is put on the land, great crops are grown; and another of about 900,000 acres has just been set aside In various States where the use of dogs is prohibited for hunting deer the law has provided that a dog found chasing deer may be killed by any person, the owner having no recourse for damage. This is an unwise sys- tem, for the reason that it gives opportunity for the kill- ing of dogs by irresponsible parties on a false pretext that the animals were hunting deer. A more reasonable provision is, like that which has just been adopted in Massachusetts, that dogs convicted of alleged deer hunt- ing may be killed by the game officials or other duly con- stituted authorities. This serves the purpose quite as well, and insures justice. There used to be a contention that a deer chasing ,dog should be held immune because it was not a reasoning being and could not know that it was doing wrong and violating the law; but the dog laws have increased in number and in stringency; and a result is much improved protection for the game. *5 The Field Columbian Museum of Chicago is sending an expedition to explore the heart of Africa and secure material for completing its collections of African big game. The time remaining for the purpose is short. Communication with the interior of the Dark Continent will shortly be so1 convenient, and the influx of the white man so rapid and so1 general, that the wild fauna is cer- tain to be destroyed. The museum expedition will be fully equipped, and will proceed under the direction of Messrs. Carl E. Akely, of the institution’s zoological department, and Vernon Shaw Kennedy. •? In camp, the fastidious gourmet becomes the omnivor- ous man. As a rule, the members of the average camp- ing party do their own cooking. That is to say, it is done by the amiable, obliging member who will volun- tarily, or by popular cajolery, act as chef, for which he has the hearty approval and support of his affectionate confreres. The camp cook, thus qualified, is generally a shining star as a sloppy housekeeper. *5 But the urbanite, who thus in camp eats his peck of dirt at one sitting, raises not his voice in protest. Let the dishes be smeary, the potatoes soggy, the coffee muddy, the bread heavy, the fish and game badly dressed and worse served, and our good urbanite, so dainty and critical at home, avidiously crunches his food, and gulps more ashes, twigs, fish scales and feathers at one meal in camp than he possibly could in the course of his whole life at home, yet maintaining a discreet reticence the while. If one protest were uttered, the volunteer camp cook might resign, at the same time pertinently suggesting that his fellows could cook for themselves. And yet the wretched camp cook, in prac- tice, might be the critical connoisseur in his own home, in theory. * A large proportion of the work which has been done in this country to awaken interest in game and fish pro- tection has been accomplished by sportsmen combined for the purpose in clubs and associations. The individual is comparatively powerless; the association is strong. The club movement is one to be encouraged; and every sportsman owes it to himself and to the interests of the craft to ally himself with a protective organization where it exists. In no State are the various local clubs more vigorous and efficient than in Massachusetts. The good results of their efforts are seen not only in the laws they have secured but in the efficient execution of the laws, which is, as the officials have cheerfully testified, due in generous measure to the support rendered by the clubs. If the sportsmen of a State or of a county or township do not get what they want in the way of game protection service, they may, in nine cases out of ten, fjp(j the remedy in organized, ejjopt, 4 BO FOREST AND STREAM - [June io, 1905. The Hunter's Temple* How enticing the name of the forest sounds to the lover of the rifle and rod; what pleasant recollections _ it brings up. He thinks of the glorious forest draped in its rich coloring, of mountain sides and mountain peaks, great canyons and vast plains; he thinks of hills and val- leys, lakes, ponds and rivers, with the glad sunlight over all, and then he thinks of all the wild creatures that he has seen scattered over this vast panorama that his recol- lections have brought out of the past. I have talked with men who say that they cannot un- derstand why men will go away from their comfortable homes and sleep on the ground and live in the rough and primitive way that sportsmen do ; and I have often won- dered if they were born so, or if, never haying tasted of the free life of the forest and plain, they have simply failed to develop a love of nature. The true sportsman ‘cannot tell you just why he loves the forest and why he longs for the time to come again when he will be free to bathe his soul in the sweet joys of solitude. Fall comes, the leaves are golden on the trees, and he feels that he is called away to worship in his temple, the forest, and he must go. He is not gifted with power to explain it, but he loves the forest and all its wild creatures, which he protects from wanton destruction to the best of his abil- ity. No game law is too stringent for him, and he never kills what he cannot use — and very seldom a female. It is not alone his successful pursuit of game that pleases him, but the coming in contact with nature in all its primitive purity, undefiled by man’s defacing hand, and the wild animal life that appealed to him as the most pleasing thing possible. Sometimes I wonder at men whom I know to be pos- sessed of ample means, staying at home year after year, jogging along at some business that they could leave for a time as well as not; others with ample fortunes, not doing any business, but simply existing, occasionally go- ing to some pleasure resort and languidly existing there for a time, then home again — and the same old round of eating and sleeping and existing, which I do not call liv- ing. I often wonder why they do not go to the wilder- ness and hunt, as I believe that the sight of a herd of deer, elk, caribou or a moose running by within shot would certainly set their stagnant blood in circulation; if it did not, then I would say that there was no hope for them. Sometimes I sit and think of the many hunts I have had and the friends I have hunted with, and the game I have killed, I think also of the grand sights I have seen - — the mountains, the canyons, the plains, the beautiful forests and the lakes and streams— and the vastness of the great wilderness where the stillness is so profound that it makes one’s ears ring. I seem to see again the great plains specked with buffalo — great numbers of them pouring across the country, down through a ravine they go ; then out on the other side, and on they go — a great river of grand living animals. I see the antelope and the big gray wolf; in the timber I see the red deer and wild turkey; on the mountainside I see the stately elk and the great lumbering bear. Again I hunt in the Mississippi Valley for deer, turkey and black bear. Then I see the red deer and moose in the forest of northern Maine ; then the caribou, the most beautiful of them all, I hunt on the barrens of Newfoundland; then in the forests of Nova Scotia the lordly moose greets my vision. And I think of the placid river and the canoe with silent paddle not rippling the water, the eager watching with every sense strained to the utmost, hardly daring to draw a long breath; then the rush of the animal, the shot, and the feeling of exultation as he falls. I think of the rapids and the mad rush of whirling waters as our frail craft rushes down — but the hand that guides it is true and strong, and the brain that directs the hand is clear and brave, and we go on in safety. The most enduring friendships that I have ever made were .made around camp-fires. The best place to learn a man is to hunt with him; his good qualities as well as his bad ones are sure to come to the surface. The hunter is a free-hearted man ; even an uneducated hun- ter, wherever you find him, has his better qualities de- veloped. You may find him away in the Rockies, and his latch string always hangs out, and he welcomes you in a way that you know you are welcome. Go up into Brit- ish Columbia or Alaska, and there he is just the same with his big brawnj'- body, warm heart and free hand. Go to Maine, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and he welcomes you there. Go to the great barrens of New- foundland, and there he is. and all he has is at your ser- vice. He will divide his blanket with you — and his last mouthful if you need it. He may not be able to read, but his heart is all right. As you hunt you meet other sportsmen, and tfifcir hand- shake is hearty, and not like the faint pressure that you get in the city ; you know that he is glad to see you ; you exchange names; one is from New England, the other from the South or West — it don’t matter where; each feels that the other is all right, and if either is out of anything that the other has, “Help yourself” is always said. Both are glad to be there, and would go miles to do the other a favor. The contrast is so great when compared with our “marts of trade” that we readily sec that one is the effect of the influence of nature and the pther pf our so-called civilization, Hunter, Living Under Canvas in California. Nowhere else perhaps can tent life be enjoyed as it is lived in California. Every surrounding natural condition tends to make such life ideal. We spent two months in a tent in southern California. We stopped at Tent Village on the crest of Point Loma, a few miles from San Diego, where, from an altitude of 350 feet, we could look down upon the ocean, the bay and city of San Diego and Coronadu Beach. In this village of canvas are an aggregation of tents as symmetrically laid out as a West Point encampment. At one end of the grounds is a large club house or assembly room and at the other end the dining rooms and kitchen. The tents were a combination of wood and canvas. The frame-work and floors were of wood, screened doors and windows being fitted to each tent. The roof was of double canvas, giving ample air space and protecting the occupants of the tent from undue warmth from the sun’s rays. The furnishings of the tents were such as to leave nothing to be desired. Comfortable spring beds, ward- robes, wash-stands, carpeted floors, all went toward mak- ing one comfortable. The tents were daily taken care of with the same neatness as one would expect in a first- class hotel. There was almost always a breeze from the ocean, and with window and door open one kept cool and comfortable under tent cover on the warmest days. At night the air was always cool and blankets were a neces- sity for comfort. Half a mile away the surf, rolling ceaselessly upon the beach, lulled one to sleep. And to awake at night and listen to the pattering of the rain drops upon the canvas roof was far more realistic than the rain upon the shingle roof heard when one roomed, as a boy, in the attic of the old farm house. The swaying of the canvas covering under the pressure of the wind with the pitter-patter of the swiftly descend- ing rain drops in the still hours of the night was some- thing, once experienced, not likely to be forgotten. And when the rain ceased and the wind quieted down again was heard the requiem of the sea as it raised its voice in ever-recurring echoes upon the golden sands. From the tent door, almost, one enjoyed such views as can be hardly equalled anywhere else. For miles the surf- line can be followed in a bended line by the eye, and the breakers seen making one great intermittent line of foam as they break upon the beach. The stretch of land gently sloping toward the sea was ,'fi covered, after the winter rains, with one great sheet of T green, purple and yellow blossoms. Every wild plant had w its blossom and the weeds flowered like a Persian garden. 1 j The breeze from the Pacific carried with it inland the j scent of the blossoming hillsides, so thickly was the , ground covered by the flowering wild growth. One never grew tired of gazing upon the surface of the Pacific. It had its beauties whether at sunrise, sunset or during the sunny hours of the day — under a full moon it was superb. The rays of the sun made a veritable riot of color upon the water’s surface, the shifting breeze making the water fairly scintillate with greens, yellows, grays, purples and blues. A wandering cloud for a mo- ment would throw all in sombre shadow only to pass on and give the sun full play upon the water’s surface. One associates a rainbow with a curved body of color arching the heavens, but when the sun and wind were right the whole surface of the Pacific seemed one waving, shifting, scintillating mass of color as brilliant and variegated as those of a rainbow. We turn around and face the bay of San Diego and there we see the bay and city of Naples, with a little stretch of imagination, and Vesuvius in the background. Those who have seen the Bay of Naples liken this view to it. The placid, crescent-shaped bay, dotted with shipping; the rising town of San Diego upon the sloping shores, and the background of mountains makes a counterpart of the Neapolitan scenes that is certainly remarkable. Point Loma extends for nearly nine miles out into the ocean’s depths and is at places a couple of miles in width.. The peace and quiet of Tent Village, the ocean breeze, unvarying in its constancy, the music of the surf, the glorious, radium sunshine, the singing of the mocking birds and larks which begin with the rising and ending only with the going down of the sun makes a . combina- tion not to be found at the average seaside resort. If one wants quiet and rest it can be had under conditions of the most favorable description at Tent Village, on the heights of Point Loma. One more word before I close. Mr. Hallock’s mocking bird talk carries me back to a sunny morning as I sat with my wife in the court-yard of the Coronado Beach Hotel, at San Diego. We sat embowered amidst roses, orange and lemon trees and palms, and the air was heavy with the perfume of Araby the Blest. The palms nodded to each other in the whispering breeze, and the fragrant roses strewed their leaves upon the warm earth, and filled the air with sweetness. It was not difficult for us to imagine ourselves in the Garden of Eden as we listened to the splashing of the fountain that made music and rainbows for us at one and the same time. The birds bathed in the fountain basin and preened their feathers, when out from the re- cess of a lemon tree trilled a mockingbird. How he sang! We marvelled at his variations as we followed him from note to note. And when he had exhausted his repertoire an echo started up from a further end of the court and we were thrilled with further mockingbird variations. As the sun rose each morning we heard the mockingbirds outside our tent and it became an old story to us. But the roses and tropical growth of palms, orange and lemon trees, and the murmuring fountain with the accompanying mockingbird concert were de- lightful and long to be remembered. Chas. Cristadoro. An Encounter on the Trail. We knew there were bears in the vicinity for we had read about them— not in the papers but by the “sign.” There were marks, man high, on the trees where they had stood on their hind feet, stretched themselves and whetted their claws ; then there were headless stalks of wild barley, rotting logs overturned in the search for grubs, rootings for nuts under the pinon trees and branches of juniper shrubs broken by the reaching for berries. Occasionally we had seen tracks in the sandy bottoms of gulches. We were chloriding on a promising prospect in Barley Flats up beyond the headwaters of Lytle Creek on the north slope of “Old Baldy,” in southern California. There was Paystreak Crawford, Chloride Sam, Hellfire Pete and myself. Our experience had taught us that a grizzly is not always looking for a fight, nine times out of ten he will let you alone if you will do the same by him. Neither will he always run, and if he hears a gun shot in his vicinity he is quite likely to hunt up the shooter to learn if he was shooting at him, therefore we were not reckless in the use of our firearms, besides bear meat was not good at that season and we were not hunting bears anyway, but prospecting for gold. The “Chink” saw one first. Now- — about that Chinese. We had been placer mining down on the Cargo Muchach during the season of winter rains, but when the sun became hot, the water scarce and we had to pack our dirt on burros it was too much like work, so we packed and hiked for the higher mountains toward the coast, where it was cooler. We stopped at a town to out- fit with grub, and camped with our burros in a horse corral in the suburbs. We ate in a restaurant, but drew the line at hotels ; we had read of the danger from fire and besides Hellfire Pete had stayed a week once in the “Pleasant Home,” and the telling of his experience caused each man to prefer his blankets. We had been sleeping in a country of rattlesnakes, centipedes, scorpions and tarantulas, but — ■ A clean, decent looking Chinese had been hanging about our camp in the corral evidently greatly interested in our outfit. While Paystreak was up town at a bank cashing in our winter’s dust, Hellfire borrowed the “makings” of the Chink, and as they rolled their cigarettes together they became quite social. “Where you go?” says the Chink. “We go huntum mine,” says Hellfire. “You ketchum?” “Mebbe so, mebbe so not. What you do?” “Oh — me go loun’; takem look — see.” “Look — see, look see — what you callum, look — see?” “Oh — just go ’loun, takem look, see tlings.” Then followed a pause while both puffed, the Chink eyeing the packs wistfully, then he said : “Me likee go ’long; see ketchum mine; me good clook; clookum good blead.” “Sour dough bread?” “Sowel dough blead? Me don’t know; clookum least blead and pie.” Hellfire stood up: “Hi, fellers; here’s a Chink that can make yeast bread and pie, and he wants to join as cook. Count me in. Think of the wild strawberry pie and mebbe shortcake.” We caucused and engaged the Chink at $25 per month — if Paystreak agreed. “Maybe you all had better go uptown and get you some feather beds and spring mattresses,” said he, but he finally agreed and we took the Chink. After the first day he made such progress that he could stick on a burro and use only one hand in choking the saddlehorn. But what he did not know about cooking would fill a large recipe book; he did not even know how to dry and wash the dishes. All the way to Barley Flats all that blooming high-priced cook did was to stand around and watch us get the meals over the camp-fire and eat after they were ready. He said his name was Ng Quong Hsu. or some- thing like that, but Paystreak named him “Pet,” Hell- fire’s Pet. It was not quite so bad after we reached the Flats and made camp and set up the knocked down sheet- iron stove we had bought especially for the cook. We had no rolling-pin, but Hellfire made him one out of a manzanita limb. Then we discovered that we had no pie-pans, but he baked a pie in a gold pan. It was not bad but we had to take it out with a spoon. It was worth the price we paid him to teach him to be a camp cook, and besides that his coming had taken from us the pleasure of playing seven-up and euchre at night to see who would get breakfast. In the early days of California, some venturesome set- tler had found the Flats, a big, level natural park in the heart of the mountains, and had thought to make a ranch there but had given it up, and the only reminder of a previous occupant was a little box shanty of whipsawed sugar pine which we used for a cook-house and where the Chinese slept. The first settler had either found it impossible to build a wagon road to the Flats, or had failed to see first a band of marauding Mojaves. Our work lay about half r mile from camp where w§ FOREST AND STREAM 481 June ig, 1905.3 had located a five-inch seam of rotten, oxydized hematite of iron crossing a deep granite canyon. This iron was rich in gold, some pockets going as high as a dollar ■ a pound. After breakfast the Chink would bring our lunch and then sit for the greater part of the day watching us run a tunnel in on . the seam or build the little arrastra in which to crush the ore. An arrastra is a Mexican mill, circular, built of hard, flat stone in which a heavy boulder is dragged over the ore by a burro. I may be allowed the space in some other story to tell how they are built by prospectors. One morning after Pet brought our lunch he returned to the cabin. We learned that night at supper that he had been out trying to “ketchum” mine, but “no ketchum ; nrebbe so tomollo.” The next night when we went to camp there was no signs of supper and the Chink was missing. “I reck’n he has gone out an’ got himself snakebit or a bear has stampeded him along with the burros. It’s up to you, Pete, to hit his trail an’ bring in the remains of your pet,” said Sam. “It ain’t bear,” said Paystreak as he pointed across the flat to where our burros were filing out of a canyon and idling along toward camp, stopping to snip at some choice bit of herbage or at one another. As we looked “Nig,” the big black burro, stopped, faced half-way round, threw forward his long ears and the others did the same. We listened intently and were rewarded by hearing a long wail coming from a gulch in a spur of sharp buttes that ran out on the flat. The wailer was evidently in great distress, and catching up our rifles we ran in his direction. As we approached the wails became more distinct. I don’t know what the wail of a soul lost in purgatory sounds like, but if it is anything like that coming from that gulch you can scratch me out of the race for that goal. I have heard our burros coming into camp a few jumps ahead of a mountain lion, and the sounds they made, sometimes in the air and sometimes on the ground, as they tried to tell what, was coming, were calculated to make a nervous man join the procession; but that Chink had them faded. We advanced warily; we knew there were no Indians in that country save a few wandering Mojaves who were entirely harmless, but they might have found Pet and put him through the third degree to learn if he was human. Around the first bend in the gulch we found him. He was sitting on his haunches on a flat, black formation that cut across the bottom of the gulch. All the yellow in him was in his face as he held it upturned and sent his soul- searching cry out among the hills. His voice was over- worked arid hoarse ; a sound that started well as a shriek ended in a hoarse moan, and one that started in a moan would end in a piercing top note that carried, far; he had lost control of it in each register. I have shot more than one coyote as he was in that same position for voicing his misery on the vast, merciless silence. The “impassive stoicism” of the Oriental in that Chink’s case proved but the gauziest veil, and being torn away revealed all the horror, agony and yellow fear underneath. “Tlier’s yo’ pet, Hellfire; ’pears like somebody had been settin’ bird lime ’roun’ yeh,” said Sam as we sat on boul- ders and yelled in laughter. This increased the horror of the Chink, who evidently thought that the “white devils” had invented some new torture. For a time he was speechless, gazing appealingly from one to the other. Finally he asked plaintively: “Whally mally; no moveum feet?” “What’s the matter?” repeated Hellfire. “1 ake off your shoes, you yellow heathen.” ■ A great light broke over Pet’s face as he untied the lace of his brogans and stepped gingerly back on the sand. Pete took hold of the shoes . and with a mighty yank wrenched them loose, leaving some of the nails points up. The Chink had stepped on a ledge of magnetic iron and the big-headed hobnails in the soles of his shoes had clamped him to the metal as in a vise, holding him there for the better part of a scorching hot, dry afternoon. Pet’s “look — see” curiosity was completely satiated two nights after. Near the stove a three by three opening had been sawed in the side of the cook-house. On a nail inside this window the Chink generally kept hanging a slab of bacon, but it was missing the next morning after his experience in the gulch. “Somebody come — stealem bacon,” said he. We circled around the shack and soon picked up the trail of a big grizzly. “To-night he come me ketchum,” said Pet, who slept in the cook-house, our tent being about fifty yards away; he pointed to another piece of bacon that he had hung on the nail. “Better put your pet wise, Pete, to the trouble he is enticin’ by baitin’ himself thataway,” suggested Paystreak. “Let the blankety blank, blank yellow heathen alone,” replied Pete, who had begun to show signs of a cloyed appetite and a longing for home cooking. Bears love pork, and bacon is a choice bit. It was a “cinch” that the big silvertip would return, but we were too tired to wait up for him, as he would not put in an appearance until late. He came and went, but the first we knew of it was a series of Chinese yells and shrieks from the cook-house. “There, Hellfire, it sure sounds like yo’ pet done ‘ket- chum’,” said Sam, as each man jumped from his bunk, at the same time taking his rifle from the forked sticks at his head. In the cook-house we found the Chink busy. With his left hand he was furiously snatching from a box handfuls of bits of red paper which he was throwing about the room regardless, while his shaking right was trying to light a bunch of punk sticks which he kept stuck in a tomato can filled with sand. We tried to get him to say something a white man could understand, but for the time being he was a jibbering, jabbering, blithering, blathering idiot. We saw that the bacon was gone and knew then what the Chink had seen, but at that time he was in no condition to utter words that would indicate to a man and a Christian that he was even trying to talk. The first flash of returning reason was when we turned tc go out. He was across the room, but before we reached the door he was in the center of the file. We made signs and he rolled up his bed and carried it to our tent for the remainder of the night. The next morning he explained. “Velly late night time come; me listen — sniff — sniff — outside; me ketchum big stick an’ go stan’ by bacon. Bimeby devil, big, allee same like house, stickem in head an’ han’ an’ ketchum bacon. Me no stlike, velly big devil.” “But wherefore the red paper full of holes and the punk?” asked Paystreak. “Devil him see papel, see holes ; he stop go thlough holes, give China boy heap time get away. Devil smel- lum punk, make sick. Dlive um ’way.” “Uh-huh,” commented Paystreak; “the punk part is all right; devils are not the only ones they make sick.” “Pete,” said Sam, “I never saw a mo’ fitten opportunity for you to convert a po’ benighted heathen to Christianity. You an’ the Chink take that grizzly’s trail; let the Chink try to stop him with the red paper and punk, and after he’s had his chanst you show him how much quicker yo’ supplication is answered when it is made with the civil- izin’ 30-40 smokeless of Christian.” “Not me,” replied Pete. “Me an’ that Chink hits the trail for the station at Palmdale this morning, an’ when I come back late to-night I will be alone.” And he was. We did not cease trying to console Pete over the loss of his “Pet,” until about two weeks later when we all went down the mountain to the little post-office station of Rio Llano, five miles away on the edge of the desert. We did not bother with our burros, as a ten-mile walk is nothing. It was warm and we did not want to be both- ered with any unnecessary weight, so we left our rifles at camp, but Pete took the shotgun, for the spring crop of quails was about ripe for broiling. We started early one Sunday morning; there had been repeated and ex- tended arguments over the respective merits and fighting qualities of Japs and Russians and we wanted some news. We stayed at the station all day and started back to camp in the cool of the evening. Our way lay up the mountain along a narrow trail made by mountain sheep, deer and other big game and followed by burro punchers. On our right the pine covered mountain towered above us at an angle of at least forty-five degrees, while on the left we could look down on the tops of tall pines far below us. We were in single file, Pete ahead with the shotgun. We swung around a sharp point that jutted into the trail and the next instant we stopped as though meeting a head- end collision. “Holly — ,” ejaculated Pete; not twrenty yards away and coming down the trail was a huge, gaunt, silvertip grizzly. He let out a snarl and reared, standing taller than any of us. The trail was too narrow there for him to turn, but we could and we did. We probably broke the record for time on that trail, each of us keeping our eyes out for a place where we could shin up to the left or down into a tree top on the right, the bear after us full charge. He might have been looking also for a get- away, or he might have been having fun with us, or he might have been real angry to find anyone on his trail ; we did not stop to argue the point ; we realized that it was his trail by right of time and possession and our only desire was to leave it the instant opportunity offered, and were willing to take a long chance on the oppor- tunity. Sam was ahead and found his first, a manzanita shrub on the brink which he seized and let himself down on a narrow ledge about six fget below. Paystreak was next and shinned up a little pine growing alongside a huge granite boulder, ten feet or more high on which he dropped from a limb with me a “one-two” second. We could slide down the rock but it rvas too steep for man or animal to climb. Then we looked for Pete. He car- ried the most weight and had the further handicap of a ten-bore shotgun. Even as we looked we heard the roar of the gun from around the last bend in the trail. We had recovered from the — well, shock or surprise, at the unexpected meeting; the report of the gun told that a partner was in trouble and we hastened to his assist- ance. Paystreak and I slid from the rock, and as we pass- ed Sam we reached down a helping hand by which he climbed back to the trail. We had our hunting knives in our belts, and with these in hand we ran to the assist- ance of Pete. We found him in close contact with the bear — in fact, sitting on the carcass of the brute and try- ing to assume an air of nonchalance as he filled his pipe; there was no doubt as to his manner being assumed, be- sides his face had not regained its right color nor his eyes their normal size ; then his voice did not have its even steadiness as he said : “You fellers put me in mind of Pet; you done just ex- actly what he would have done.” Then he told us how it happened. The bear was hunt- ing him close, there was no chance for him to get away so he turned hoping to blind the big beast with the charges of fine shot. As he turned, the bear, then hardly a length away, reared and opened its great jaws in a snarl of rage and victory. Pete saw his opportunity, and thrusting forward the gun until the end of the muzzle was almost within the gaping red jaws, he fired both barrels. The double charge tore into the brain and the bear dropped. “He ain’t got a tooth in his head, and his claws are worn down to stumps ; he’s so old he couldn’t do nothin’ but run a bluff, but he done that plum proper,” said Pete. Sam pried open the lean, muscular jaws with a stick and said: “Well, I wouldn’t hanker to have him hug and gum me.” E. E. B. It is truly remarkable how greatly the sound of ob- jects becomes absorbed in these extensive woodless plains. No echo answers the voice, and its tones die away in boundless and enfeebled undulations. Even game will sometimes remain undispersed at the report of the gun. Encamping near a small brook, we were favored by the usual music of frogs, and among them heard a species which almost exactly imitated the low- ing of a calf. Just as night commenced, the cheerless howling of a distant wolf accosted our ears amid the tranquil solitude, and the whole night we were serenaded with the vociferations of the two species of whip-poor- will. The dawn of a cloudy day, after to us a wakeful night, was ushered in by the melodious chorus of many thousands of birds, agreeably dispersing the solemnity of the ambiguous twilight. — Nuttall’s Travels into the Arkansas Territory, 1819. We have no office outside of New York. Address all communications to Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pany, 346 Broadway, New York. The Imitation of Animal Sounds. BY LIEUT. COL. ANDREW HA0GA1B, B. S. V. The art of decoying wild animals by imitation of their cries is a very primitive one, practiced by savages in all countries as a means of procuring food. Many white men excel in “calling” animals and birds, notably the moose among the larger animals; but if inquiry could be carried far enough it would probably be found that the most skillful owe their aptitude in this respect to the teachings of untutored savages, whose lives depend upon the exercise of this gift. An exception to this origin of the art of calling may, perhaps, be found in the art of using the “hare pipe,” which imitated the voice of the hare. This was em- ployed largely in England in mediaeval times and was made a penal offense in somewhat more modern days when utilized by poachers in the pursuit of their nefari- ous occupation. A young lad in the wilds of northern Manitoba was one of the most remarkable imitators of animals whom I ever met. My young friend had been instructed from his earliest youth by a Swampy Indian in the art, with the result that, at the age of fifteen, he could call any tame*or wild animal about the backwoods settlement where he lived. His father, he and I used to drive to- gether out into the prairie, to some rushy lagoons in search of ducks and geese, which abounded. The ani- mals harnessed to the buckboard were mares, each of which had a foal, and these foals used, as a rule, to fol- low the buckboard, cantering along behind. Never shall I forget my astonishment one evening when, after having driven a few hundred yards from the Hudson Bay Post, his father suddenly stopped the mares, saying: “Rae, the foals have stopped behind, call them.” Instantly the lad commenced whinning exactly like a mare. He repeated the cry several times, ending up on each occasion with two or three little natural snorts. The imitation was so exact that not only were the foals deceived, and came galloping up to join us, but it was almost impossible to believe that it was not one of the mares that had called them. One evening when out shooting prairie chicken, night fell upon us before we got back to the waggon, to the wheels of which we had failed to attach the mares prop- erly. One of them we found close by_, the other had escaped, and, as it was a wet, misty night, not a sign of her was to be seen anywhere. Then it was that the boy’s accomplishment proved most useful, for while his father and I remained by the buckboard the youth sallied forth into the foggy darkness making a sound to imitate the voice of a foal. He was absent for half an hour, but returned in triumph with the missing mare. The way that boy could also imitate ducks and geese was simply marvellous. Well do I remember a trick he played one evening in the reeds. He had joined me, un- known to his father, who rvas standing about fifty yards away in the tall rushes, waiting for the wildfowl which did not come. Couching down by my side, so that he could watch his parent, the mischievous youth several times imitated the cry of wild geese; at first only the sound of geese at a distance, then he made them seem nearer until apparently overhead. The old sportsman was instantly on the alert, craning his neck and peering in all directions for the fowl. At last, frantic at not being able to see them, the old man shouted out to me, wildly: “Where are the geese? Where are they?” “Here, father!” answered the boy, rising from the reeds and bursting into a roar of laughter. It was lucky for him that there was, upon that occa- sion a deep pool between him and his outraged parent, which enabled him to make tracks for home before the old boy could get around. It was once my lot to come across a native in quite another part of the world who possessed similar accom- plishments. I cannot say that while he was with me he put them to any useful purpose, although he certainly afforded occasional variety and amusement during a try- ing journey. I was traveling through the Abyssinian province of Bogos, with my Egyptian staff officer, an English servant, and a body guard of rapscallions who called themselves Bashi Bazouks. They were a mixed lot — Abyssinians, Beni Amer Arabs, negroes and all sorts; and a merry, undisciplined crew they were, indeed. The native that I refer to was an Abyssinian, and he was the principal wag or buffoon of the crowd. The country I was passing through was of the wildest description, it was, moreover, full of wild beasts of every kind. Apart from the troops of hideous grimacing baboons met with on the cliffs of the rocky passes, there were everywhere traces of lions, hyenas, wolves and jackals, and these animals, some of which we saw daily, used to make night hideous with their horrible howlings. My retainer, the Abyssinian, wag, however, was not con- tent with letting us be disturbed by the real howlings of the actual wild beasts, for he would have his little joke. On several occasions, when we least expected it and were marching along in some narrow jungle-clad ravine, the whole cavalcade would be stopped by a terrible noise in the thorny bushes, which frightened the horses and camels, and, at times, even the men. At one time it would be a wild dog barking furiously, at another a hyena howling or leopard snarling, and upon a third oc- casion a sound would be heard as of two jackals fighting over a carcass. But nothing could be seen. It was not until I had one day discharged both barrels of my rifle into the thick scrub, and nearly killed him, that I learned the cause of these disturbances by my friend, the buffoon, roaring out to me in Arabic: “Don’t shoot any more, Bey,” and then emerging with shouts of laughter, in which he was joined by all my savage following. Hav- ing discovered this man’s wonderful talent for mimick- ing animals, I determined to employ him in a little joke of my own, merely- as an act of retributive justice. .Upon one occasion, when we were lying on the sandy bed of a ravine, a lion had come roaring around my bivouac at night, when the conduct of my Egyptian staff officer, who always talked very big about lions, had not been remarkably courageous. There was not a man among my Bashi Bazouks who did not laugh at Major Mustapha Effendi Ramzie but his boasting was incorrigible. I therefore determined to give him a lesson that night when lying on the sand in the Khor Ansaba, which, as he well knew, was a famous 462 FOREST AND STREAM. [June io, lyo'j. place for lions. In fact, before dark we had seen their tracks, old and new, in all directions. First, however, I warned the Turkish “sanjak” of my rascally bodyguard to see well to the picketing of the animals, for I did not wish to lose a horse or camel as the result of a joke. The sanjak, who hated the Egyp- tian, grinned from ear to ear and gave the necessary orders. After supper, as we were sitting by the camp-fire in the shade of an overhanging bush-covered bank, I led the conversation to the subject of lions. The Egyptian officer was boasting as usual when sud- denly my English servant, who was in the plot, said, as if in alarm, while staring into the thicket : “What’s that sound, Mustapha Effendi ? Don’t you hear something crackling in there? I hope it’s not another lion, for I am not so brave about them as you are.” We all listened intently. The crackling was plainly heard — it was com- ing nearer ; it did sound uncommonly as if a lion might be approaching. We all made ready to rise, but Mustapha Effendi was already upon his feet when, from the distance of only about three yards in the darkness, a terrific and deafen- ing roar burst upon the startled night. The roar was followed by the. horrible gruff cough, several times re- peated, which is still more terrible, as it usually precedes a kill. So lion-like was the sound that, although expecting it, I was momentarily alarmed myself and grasped my re- volver. Others seized their weapons also, for it seemed impossible that such a volume of sound could come from any throat but that of the veritable king of beasts. In the meantime, where was the great lion-slayer, Mus- tapha Effendi Ramzie? The sound of flying feet rattling over the gravelly bed of the Khor was all that was left of him now. * So we sent “the lion” in pursuit, which was. continued with roar after roar, the sound reverberating on the cliffs and dying away into the darkest recesses of the ravine. Meanwhile, every soul in camp was convulsed with laughter, as the men poured their favorite “tedge” down their throats and drank to the courage of the Egyptian staff officer. But now comes the point of my story. This practical joke came very nearly to ending tragically, for either the pursuer or the pursued ; for suddenly, at no great distance up the lion-renowned Khor Ansaba, was heard an answering roar, and then another — nearer at hand. A real lion had taken up the chal- lenge, and it was now our turn to be alarmed. Seizing brands from the fire, and firing off rifles as we went, a party of us rushed up the rocky defile after the two men; the rest, by my order, rushed to guard the picketed ani- mals, for there was no knowing how many of the brutes there might be about, and lions often roar on purpose to make the terrified animals break away and then seize them. The reports of the rifles, the shouts, and above all the roaring of the real lion, had soon had their effect in causing the flying staff officer to halt terror-stricken between, as he imagined, two lionine foes, and the sham lion to come back faster than he went, with all the roar taken out of him. Fortunately, by the time that we reached poor Mus- tapha, to find him petrified with fear, the hub-bub made by the relieving, force had driven the lion, which had been all too successfully “called” back again to the fast- nesses of the hills. From that time forward the crestfallen staff officer never mentioned the word lion, but the Abyssinian wag, whose imitative skill had called something more tangible than “spirits from the vasty deep” from the dark re- cesses of the mountains, became the hero of the expedi- tion. But T allowed no more practical jokes after that night. Friars Point. Editor Forest and Stream: Your prolific and entertaining contributor, Mr. Ray- mond S. Spears, is presumed to give your readers a cor- rect portrayal of the characters of the people and country encountered by him while “floating down the Mississippi.” There is evidence, however, that he has, to some extent, yielded to the inclination to write a picturesque narrative at sotne sacrifice of the varieties, at least in his latest contribution, which deals with localities that are quite familiar to the writer. Mr. Spears landed at Friars Point, an old town situated on the Mississippi River about twelve miles from where I am writing. The expressions recorded as coming from Mr. Spears’ “guide and mentor,” the cabin boat man, would make the impression that Friars Point is located in a “wild and woolly” com- munity, where on “New Year’s Day” reckless men “shoot up the town” with forty-fours in true western style. Noth- ing could be more foreign to the truth. In an intimate acquaintance with Friars Point, for more than twenty years, I can recall only one shooting affair as haying occurred there, which was a fight be- tween an editor and a lawyer some fifteen years ago, in which the editor was killed by the first shot. Friars Point is surrounded by a highly developed coun- try. consisting of large cotton plantations owned by an enlightened class of citizens. The town has suffered some decadence from the influence of its younger rival, Clarksdale, having only seven or eight hundred inhabi- tants. It is one of the county seats of Coahoma county, Clarksdale being the other. Friars Point has one bank, an oil mill and box factory, while Clarksdale with some three thousand people has five banks, two oil mills, a cotton compress, spoke factory, water works, sewers and electrical plant. In a residence here of seventeen years I have never known a street fight to occur in which shoot- ing was done. In fact, this is one of the most progres- sive parts of the so-called “Yazoo Delta,” and is remark- ably free from rowdyism. Mr. Spears’ associations in this region seem to have been confined _ to cabin, boat people, a class of human “flotsam and jetsam” with whom the writer never comes in contact and therefore cannot speak of with knowledge at first hand. But the language used by Mr. Spears’ cabin boat man. is an impossible combination of Yankee- isms and negroisms. It is a common error of northern writers to put Yankeeisms into the mouths of southern negroes and ignorant whites, expressions that are never used by them. Even Mr. Emerson Hough has fallen into this incongruity though he ought to have known better. One more allusion and I am done. Mr. Spears speaks of yellow pine logs afloat in the Mississippi River as if they were familiar objects. There is no pine of any kind growing near the Mississippi River, nor any of its tributaries, north of this locality, as far up as the mouth of the Missouri at least, and probably much farther. The writer has had large opportunity for observing “drift” in the Mississippi, covering a period of many years, and has never yet observed a pine log among the drift above the. mouth of Red River, in Louisiana. It is not an agreeable task to the writer to interrupt the_ even flow of Mr. Spears’ really very entertaining nar- rative, but I cannot see my own country presented in a misleading light without entering a protest. Coahoma. Clarksdale, Miss., May 25. □ n jji Moose Hunting 200 Years Ago. Editor Forest and Stream: I wonder how many of your readers are familiar with the works of Baron Lahonton, a traveler in America 220 years ago. He wrote a perfectly delightful book which we might all of us read with profit and pleasure, as I have lately done. The title of the book is “New Voyages to North America, containing am account of the several nations of that vast continent, their customs, commerce and way of navigation on 'the lakes and rivers, the several attempts of English and French to dispossess one another, with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former and the various adventures between the French and the Iroquese confederates of England,” and so on, running down through a page of small type. Such was the manner of those fine old authors who wanted to make their title pages tables of contents as well. The first edition was published about 1703 and the second in 1735. Way back in 1683 Lahonton, then a lad of sixteen, went to Canada, where he spent about eleven years in the ser- vice of the French king, and he traveled over Canada and northern America as far as beyond the Mississippi. Dur- ing his absence in the new land he was in constant corre- spondence by letter with an old relative, who supplied him each year with money, and in return asked that the youth should tell him of what he saw in the country where he was stationed. These letters, which constitute the book, give an account of the intercourse friendly or hos- tile between the English, the French and the Iroquois and other savages during these eleven years, with frequent accounts of the manners and customs of the Indians, among, which, of course, are descriptions of the hunting customs of these people at a time when white men had been less than a hundred years in the land, and had done very little toward exploring it. On one of his expeditions Lahonton pushed west to beyond the Mississippi. .Voyaging by canoe over the Lake of the Illinese, now known as Lake Michigan, he entered the Baie des Puants — Green Bay, Wis. — pushed up the river, and carrying across to the Ouisconsin River went down that to the Mississippi. He. went up the Long River — Minnesota — and even seems to have de- scended the Mississippi to the Missouri and passed up that to the country of the Missouri and the Akansas Indians. The time of his being there was about that of La Salle and he met Mr. De Tonti and other travelers of celebrity. Lahontan’s travels were thus extensive and his descrip- tions are detailed and interesting. Yet for many years his work and his observations appear to have been but little valued. Lately, however, his name has been given to that great inland sea — as large in area as Lake Erie — which once covered a part of the State of Nevada. This was one of several prehistoric lakes of great size former- ly scattered over the great Basin of the arid West, of which Lake Bonneville was one, represented now only by the Great Salt Lake, whose area is about one-ninth of Lake Bonneville. Two of Lahonton’s accounts are especially interesting to big game hunters and to naturalists, and, as very few people know the book, I have ventured to transcribe them and offer them here. The edition, from which this copy is made verbatim, is illustrated by many quaint old plates, one of which you may like to reproduce. Here is his account of moose hunting in which are used the terms elk and orignal — old names for our moose — and hart, a name for what we to-day call elk or wapiti. “The hunting of Elks is perform’d upon the Snow, with such Rackets as you see design’d in the annex’d Cut. These Rackets are two Foot and a half long, and four- teen Inches broad; their Ledges are made of a very hard Wood, about an Inch thick, that fastens the Net just like a Tennis Racket, from which they differ only in this ; that those for the Tennis are made of Gut-strings, whereas the others are made of little Thongs of the Skins of Harts or Elks. In the Cut, you may perceive two little Spars of Wood, which run across to render the Net firmer and stiffen The Hole that appears by the two Latchets, is the Place in which they put the Toes and forepart of the Foot ; so that ’tis tied fast by the two Latchets, which run twice round about the Heel, and every Step they make upon the Snow, the Fore-part of the Foot sinks into that Hole, as often as they raise their Heel. By the Help of this Contrivance they walk faster ppon the Snow, than one can do with Shoes upon a beaten. Path ; And indeed ’tis so necessary for them, that ’twould be otherwise impossible not only to hunt and range the Woods, but even to' go to Church notwithstand- ing they are so near ; for commonly the Snow is three or four Foot deep in that Country during the Winter. Being oblig’d to march thirty or forty Leagues in the Woods, in Pursuit of the abovementioned Animals, I found that the Fatigue of the Journey equal’d the pleasure of it. “The Orignal is a sort of Elk, not much different from that we find in Muscovy. ’Tis as big as an, Auvergne Moyle, and much of the same Shape, abating for its Muzzle, its Tail, and its great flat Horns, which weigh sometimes 300, and sometimes 400 Weight, if we may credit those who' pretend to have weigh’d ’em. This Animal usually, resorts to planted Countries. Its Hair is long and brown ; and the Skin is strong and hard, but not thick. The Flesh of the Orignal, especially that of the Female sort, eats deliciously; and ’tis said, that the far hind Foot of the Female kind, is a Cure for the Fall- ing-Sickness; it neither runs nor skips, but its trot will almost keep' up with the running of a Hart. The Sav- ages assure us, that in Summer ’twill trot three Days and three Nights without intermission. This sort of Animals commonly gather into a Body towards the latter end of Autumn; and the Herds are largest in the Begin- ning of the Spring, at which time the she ones are in rutting; but after their Heat is over, they all disperse themselves. We hunted ’em in the following Manner: First of all, we went 40 Leagues to the Northward of the River St. Lawrence, where we found a little Lake of * three or four Leagues in Circumference, and upon the Banks of that Lake, we made Hutts for ourselves of the Barks of Trees, having first clear’d the Ground of the Snow that cover’d it. In our Journey thither, we kill’d as many Hares and Wood-hens, as we could eat. When we had fitted up our Hutts, the Savages went out upon the Discovery of the Elks, some to the Northward, and some to the South, to the distance of two or three Leagues from the Hutts. A.s soon as they discover’d any fresh Foot-steps, they detach’d one of their Number to give us notice, to the End, that the whole Company might have the Pleasure of seeing the Chace. We trac’d these Foot-steps sometimes for one, and sometimes for two Leagues, and then fell in with five, ten, fifteen or twenty Elks in a Body; which presently betook them- selves to flight, whether a-part or in a Body, and sunk into the Snow up to their Breast. Where the Snow was hard and condensated, or where the Frost following wet Weather had glaz’d it above, we came up with ’em after the Chace of a Quarter of a League; But when the Snow was soft or just fallen, we were forc’d to pursue ’em three or four Leagues before we could catch ’em, unless the Dogs happen’d tO' stop ’em where the Snow was very deep. When we came up with them, the Savages fired upon ’em with Fusees. If the Elks be much inrag’d, they’ll sometimes turn upon the Savages, who cover themselves with Boughs in order to keep off their Feet with which they would crush ’em to Pieces. As soon as they are kill’d, the Savages make new Hutts upon the Spot, with great Fires in the middle; while the Slaves are imploy’d in Flaying ’em and stretching out the Skins in the open Air. One of the Soldiers that accompany’s me, told me one Day, that to withstand the Violence of the Cold, one ought to have his Blood compos’d of Brandy, his Body of Brass, and his Eyes of Glass; And I must say, he had some ground for what he spoke, for we were forc’d to keep a Fire all round us, all the Night long. As long as the flesh of these Animals lasts, the Savages seldom think of stirring; but when ’tis all con- sumed, they then look out for a new Discovery. Thus they continue to hunt, till the . Snow and the Ice are melted. As soon as the great Thaw commences, ’tis im- possible for ’em to travel far; so that they content them- selves with the killing of Hares and Partridges, which are very numerous in the Woods. -When the Rivers are dear of the Ice, they make Canows of the Elk-skins, which they sew together very easily, covering the Seams with a fat sort of Earth instead of Pitch. This Work is over in four or five Days’ time, after which they return home in the Canows with all their Baggage.” It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name Address State, June 16, 1905-} FOREST AND STREAM 468 The Wild Flowers of June* BY CLARENCE M. WEED. By the first of June the display of wild flowers is likely to be ^reaching its height. Many of the spring blossoms are still abundant though less numerous than in May, and the early summer flowers are attaining their maximum, while here and there one will find an adventurous blossom that properly belongs to the mid-summer season. The most striking display of floral beauty during these early weeks of summer is to be found in the fields and meadows, where the buttercups and daisies are producing an effect which is unrivalled by any other of nature’s decorations. Could a landscape architect produce the beauty which the fields of daisies show in the Eastern United States, he would be famous the world over. The daisies are a pest to the farmers, but they are a delight to those who see their beauty when they first unfold their rays of spotless white. If one wishes to get a knowledge of the elementary structure of a blossom, one cannot do better than to select one of the buttercups which are almost certain to be in- termingled with the daisies. In these flowers sepals, petals, stamens and pistils are all present, and each one in each series is separate and distinct. The protective function of the sepals in covering' the bud is readily seen and this function is emphasized by the fact that they fall away soon after the flower opens. The attracting func- tion of the brilliant yellow petals is also readily shown by comparing a blossom in which the petals are present with one in which they have been removed. The nectar pockets at the base of the petal are easily seen on those separated from the flower. The stamens are numerous, with filaments and anthers distinct and with the yellow pollen easily seen. The pistils are also interesting in form with the stigma readily distinguishable. There are gen- erally several species of buttercups in a given region, but the structure of the flower in all is so similar that any of them having well developed petals will answer for this study. The various species of buttercups belong to the genus Ranunculus, the commonest species being R. acris. They are the typical members of the Crowfoot Family (Rcmunculacece) . The flowers of all these species are freely visited by insects, especially bees and flies. In the same meadows where the buttercups and daisies make such a striking display, one can generally find an interesting though much more modest blossom — the charming little blue-eyed grass which is always a favorite with children as well as with many older people. The flowers are small and in color a violet-blue with a yellow center — a combination which the artitsts call a comple- mentary harmony. The plant is not at all a grass, be- longing rather to the interesting Iris family, so that the one who called this Blue-eyed Grass “the little sister of the stately Blue Flag,” was right. You can easily see the resemblance in the mode of growth, as well as in the structure of the flowers. The blossoming period is very short. In cloudy or rainy weather the blossoms remain closed, opening only in the sunshine. The botanists recognize two species of the blue-eyed grasses in addition to the common one — the Stout Blue-eyed Grass, and the Eastern Blue-eyed Grass. The wild flowers to be found in the shade of the woods PYROLA. are very different from those of the fields and meadows. In general they are more abundant in species and less abundant in specimens. In most woods some of the trilliums or wake robins are quite certain to be found. The kind which predominates varies with the locality. In the Middle West the large flowered white wake robin is the prevailing species, while in New England the beau- tiful painted trillium or else the nodding trillium is most likely to be found. In woods which are drier the various members of the group of Pyrolas are pretty certain to occur. The Shin- leaf or Elliptical-leaved Pyrola is one of the most widely distributed members of this group. Its common name is due to an old custom by which its leaves were applied for healing bruises on the human body. When in flower in mid-summer it is a beautiful plant, being found in rich woods from the Rocky Mountains eastward. The False Wintergreen or Round-leaved Pyrola bears a general re- semblance to the Shin-leaf. Its fragrant white flowers are borne in a spike on a stem varying greatly in height, though averaging perhaps twelve inches. The plants are found in open woods, over an area extending from Nova Scotia and Minnesota on the north to Georgia and Ohio on the south. The one-flowered Pyrola was called by Dr. Gray, Moneses, which means single delight, a name well de- served by the beauty of this little woodland fairy that springs up singly or in groups in the cool pine woods of the Northern States. The wax-like blossoms show its relationship to the other Pyrolas, from which, however, it is easily distinguished by the single flower on each stalk. Along the borders of the woods as well as along road- sides and along the margins of streams, the yellow blos- soms of the evening primrose are likely to be conspicuous. An interesting comparison may be made between the structure of this flower and that of the buttercup— in the latter the sepals, which form the calyx, are separate from each other, while in this primrose they are partly united to form the long calyx-tube. The light yellow blossoms are borne upon plants varying from one to three or four feet in height, and the individual flowers are often two inches long. The bud is protected by the greenish lobes of the calyx, which separate and curl backward as the blossom opens; each lobe is nearly the shape of a long triangle; most of them fall off after the flower is fully open, in which case they are said to be deciduous. There are generally four light yellow petals, delicate in texture, showing the slender veins and having the margin divided into shallow-lobes. Within the petals are eight stamens EVENING PRIMROSE. with long filaments attached to the middle of the rather slender anthers. The pistil has a long and slender style, on the end of which the stigma with its flattened lobes is borne ; the latter is covered in the fresh flower with a viscid liquid, to which the pollen grains readily adhere. The blossoms of this plant generally first open in the evening. The process may be readily seen by a little pa'.ient watching; the tips of the sepal lobes spread apart and soon afterwards the petals expand. At this time the flower is fully open with the petals spread widely out. The next morning, however, the flowers appear to wilt ; if the day is cool arid cloudy they will only partially roll up, but if the day is cloudless and hot they seem com- pletely to collapse. The odor of the Evening Primrose is given off to the greatest extent in the evening when various long-tongued moths are abroad in search of the nectar, which is secreted in the long calyx-tubes of the blossoms. Attracted by the odor the moths easily find the bright yellow flowers. They thrust their tongues beyond the stamens and stigma to reach the nectar. Some of the stringy adhesive pollen is thus dusted upon their mouth-parts, and carried from flower to flower; when it comes in contact with the viscid stigma it adheres to it. Another yellow flower which is very different in its structure from the Evening Primrose is the Yellow Star Grass, a plant of the Amaryllis family, which is widely distributed in the United States. It has grass-like leaves and yellow flowers that expand about three-fourths of an inch. The six divisions of the pereanth are hairy and greenish on the outside and yellow on the inside. Nectar is secreted at the base of the petals and is eagerly sipped by small bees and other insects that visit the blossoms. The plant grows along railroad banks and in other dry open places where its flowers first become conspicuous in May. Some time in June the ponds and water courses become lighted up by the flowers of the aquatic plants which are so distinctive in their beauty and so interesting in their structure. The Sagittarias or arrow leaves form an abun- dant group of these water-side plants. They occur every- where along small brooks and the margins of ponds and lakes. The whole Sagittaria plant is so clear cut and decorative in its structure that one can scarcely fail to admire it. The smooth and shining stems rise from the water at a small angle from each other, bearing on their ends the triangular, sharply-pointed leaves, while in the middle of all the blossom-bearing stalks arise holding the pure white sub-triangular pollen-bearing flowers clustered along their upper ends. The seed-bearing blossoms are less conspicuous, lacking the white petals. More than a dozen species of Sagittaria are found in the United States, though only about half of these have the distinctly arrow- shaped leaf. Most of them remain in blossom from June until September. The Snake Stone or Mad Stone. Currituck, N. C.— Editor Forest and Stream: See- ing the account of death from rattlesnake bite of Ed- ward Rabe reminds me of cases of snake and mad dog bites that have occurred in this county during the past few years which have been speedily cured by what is known as a “snake stone” or mad stone. I know of at least ten cases which have been treated and I never knew a failure. I have witnessed the operation myself and know that it never fails to cure. The stone is owned by about twenty farmers on Knott Island, N. C., and is considered more valuable than diamonds. The rattle- snake bite at Currituck is considered sure death without this treatment, but what is locally known as the cotton- mouth moccasin brings death sure and soon. The last two cases treated were of S. J. Waterfields, Knott’s Island, and Bushrod Waterfields, of Woodleigh. The former was bitten on the foot arid the latter on the hand. They are both well and strong now, and owe their lives to this little porous stone, which is about the size of a silver dollar. The stone is immersed in warm milk or water for a few moments then placed on the bite; it sticks like court-plaster until filled with poison, when it drops off. It is then placed in a pan of clear water which immediately becomes almost like green paint. It is re- placed on the bite in a few moments and again fills with the poison. In the case of Bushrod Waterfields, the stone filled seven times. It then failed to stick to the wound, which proves that there is no more poison to be drawn out and the patient is cured, or at least out of all danger. This same stone saved the life of John Beasley, who was -bitten by a mad dog; the same dog bit several animals, all of which died. This is not a snake story, but fact not to be disputed. More Anon. Report of Philadelphia Zoological Society. The, Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia was read at the. annual meeting of the members and loan holders of the society April 27, 1905. It has just been published. The Philadelphia Zoological Society was incorporated March 21, 1859, and for many years now, ever since Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown became the secretary of the society and later its general manager, it has had a career of much usefulness and of great success. The present report shows admissions for the year of nearly 214,000 and re- ceipts of $30,200. The month of greatest receipts was May, but August, September and July press it quite close- ly. The receipts were smallest for the month of Decem- ber. During the year, there were exhibited in the garden 575 mammals, 929 birds, 1,043 reptiles and 166 batrachi- ans ; a total of 2.715 animals. Fifty- four species not pre- viously exhibited in the collections were shown last year, as follows: 7 mammals, 27 birds, 9 reptiles and 11 ba- trachians. Among the additions by birth during the year were gray wolves, prairie wolf, black bears, a zebra, two bisons and a number of antelope and deer of various species. Reference has previously been made to the studies car- ried on in the Philadelphia Garden in the diseases of captive wild animals. Last year a pathological laboratory and infirmary were completed at the garden, which con- tains a receiving room, an infirmary, an operating room and a laboratory. Animals dying in the garden are studied here and the causes of death determined. Experi- mental work in the direction of preventive treatment of communicable diseases is in progress. So far as known, no such institution with equal facilities for studying the PAINTED TRILLIUM. diseases of wild animals exists in a zoological garden elsewhere. The disease which is most fatal to captive wild animals in zoological gardens is well known to be tuberculosis, and the most dangerous after that is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The examinations made last year at the Philadelphia Gardens by Dr. C. Y. White, of the Pepper Clinical Laboratory, show this to be true here. The establishment of this laboratory cannot fail to yield much information of very great value. I believe in the gun for the normal boy. He may make a man without one, but he has an unequal chance with the boy whose heart has thrilled with the elemental joy that links him to the habits and instincts of 4,000 years of hu- man history. The first man was a hunter, a trapper, and a fisherman. When mankind ceases to care for these things mankind must be either sick or foolish or both. It is not true that it provokes cruelty or selfishness; rather the opposite. The boy draws close to nature, learns her laws, and feels the sweep of elemental life. He kills only what is fit to eat and is needed for food. His character is strengthened proportionately— -for such boys rarely com- mit crime or display mental weakness. They make clean, sane, wholesome men — men who take the world in their hands and find it good — Thomas Dixon, in New York Times, 484 FOREST AND STREAM. [June io, 1905. On the Top of the Wapiti* There are few sports more thoroughly enjoyable and beneficial than hunting the wild creatures of the forest. It furnishes, as does none other, continued exercise and hard work blent with pleasure in the purity of wild mountain air; it begets health and vigor; it draws one close to nature, by far the most beautiful and wonderful study we have; it leads to camping and living as a man should live; it furnishes exquisite excitement; it nur- tures perseverance, keen observation, self-reliance and good fellowship ; it means to the body what study does to the mind. “A huntsman should possess the following qualifications,” says the Encyclopaedia Britannica, “health, memory, decision, temper, patience, a good ear, voice, and sight, courage and spirits, perseverance and activity.” It is one of the oldest of sports, indulged in centuries ago by the old Greeks and Romans, the ancient Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and even by some nations in the older Bible times. Its age proves its honest value as nothing else can; it has been weighed in the balance for hundreds of years, and not yet has it been found wanting. And so, believing in all its many-sided advantages and subtle charms myself, I did not refuse the opportunity last fall of following the trail of the wapiti, or “elk” as they are usually called in America, and accordingly started out with two other friends in early September from Big Timber, Montana, bound for elk and any other big game we might chance to see. Behold us then one fine morning “hitting the trail” along the Boulder Creek over the stage road from Big Timber to Contact — our outfit consisting of our three riding horses and three pack-horses, which carried a tepee tent, our “war-bags,” our blankets and grub for three weeks. We also picked up at Contact a fourth man for cook and horse rustler. We took our way leisurely enough the first day, camp- ing over night at one of the numerous ranches which lay scattered through the Boulder Valley, and on the next day made Contact, distant from Big Timber about thirty- five miles. Contact is situated far up in the mountains, wedged in between gaunt stupendous peaks of rock and forest. The town is principally a miners’ camp, patronized by pros- pectors spending their lonely lives in the wild seclusion of the mountains seeking elusive fortunes, prospecting for float and leads of gold. Contact is composed of one log cabin, a deserted log saloon, a log stable, and a log corral. That is all, absolutely. The most interesting part of the town is its chief inhabitant, Joe Keeney, one of those old-timers who can tell many a good story of the departed frontier days. All evening he entertained us in story-telling and in fiddling the old-time cowboy tunes. I shall never forget how perfectly he played the merry old “Arkansas Traveler.” Thirty miles above Contact lie the old Independence gold mines. The way hither penetrates far up into the Boulder Canyon over a rough wood road, hewn through fragrant forests of pine, originally built to connect Inde- pendence with the outside world. The old Independence mine, nestling in the inmost depths of a mighty canyon, cradled between dark cloud-wreathed mountains and rocky desolate cliffs, lies deserted and forlorn. All that is left is a collection of empty, silent cabins, once the miners’ quarters — little one-room hovels of roughly hewn logs, bare of all comforts except old rat-riddled beds of boards and straw. One or two once possessed the dis- tinction of grimy board floors, but these have rotted away, and the roofs long since have fallen' iff, . “life and thought have gone away,” leaving naught but these empty walls to show where strong men once spent their lives — where long ago they lived and fought and toiled and died. ' • From Independence we zig-zagged up the mountain- side till at last we stood high up on the top of the divide between the Boulder and Slough creeks, mid-way, it seemed, between sky and earth. For far down below us was spread a mighty scene; lofty peaks and towers, gulches and bottomless ravines, buttes and pinnacles, and snow-strewn mountain ranges, pagodas, temples, savage canyons, vast amphitheaters, a thousand different fantastic shapes and jagged forms, all smoiild&ng: in the far distance in hues and intermingled tints of red and blue and purple ; and all around was the endless sky, with here and there a desolate bare peak of rock and cliff and snow, wind-swept, gloomy, chill. Descending to the head of Slough Creek we followed its course southward for nine or ten miles _ till , .\ye reached Lost Creek, one of its small tributaries. All afternoon we spent pushing our way up Lost Creek, through thick, heavy timber. There was no trail— noth- ing but a tangle of gnarled pine trees and branches, fallen timber and steep declivities, apparently inaccessible for horses. But in some miraculous manner we man- aged to squeeze the pack-horses through the thick, heavy ; growth of standing trees and pull them over the riet- work of fallen ones without the packs getting torn to pieces, and by nightfall we found ourselves hemmed in by dense forest near the head of Lost Creek under a scowling dizzy cliff. The only feed we could find for our horses that night lay in a small park on a side hill steep enough to make a horse swear, so there we had to camp. Now, camping on a side hill may or may not be a joke. It depends on the point of view. But to me on that evening it seemed frightful how the dishes and kettles would take to rolling down hill, merrily emptying out one’s supper on the way. The coffee-pot could not be induced to stand up on the coals, but wobbled and tilted with provoking joviality; every now and then a log would suddenly give way with a downward motion, and lower the frying pan full of sputtering grease into the fire ; everything took to rollicking down hill. That night j® was a remarkable one. Every now and then I would t- wake up to find myself rolling downward out of my blankets, and with a sleepy pull I would draw the blank- ets after me. I suppose I would have finally landed in the creek at the bottom had not a tree held me firm until morning. The next two days I spent hunting all through that vicinity, but elk did not seem to be running there. The first day I just caught sight of the rear end of one as he was silently vanishing into the trees ; and on the second day all I saw was one large wolf running over the slide- rock, which I failed to get. The timber and dead trees were so thick that it was almost impossible to get up to any elk without being heard by their wonderful ears. The chances of elk finding in such a country without snow seemed very small, so the next day we moved camp across a high divide down into Paradise Basin at the head of the creek bearing that name. An icy mountain stream bordered on either side by open grassy parks, hemmed in on all sides but one by steep timbered moun- tain sides culminating in rocky mighty cliffs mingling with the birds and the sky — this is Paradise Basin. Here we camped for seven or eight days beside the cold crystal creek, picketing our horses in the parks where they throve on the long yellow prairie grass. I took a short hunt that afternoon and found the country different from that of Lost Creek Basin. The timber was larger and more open, and there was much less down timber affording the hunter more chance to make his way noiselessly through the trees. There was also an abundance of soft green growth carpeting the forest, on whose tender leaflets and tiny red berries, honey-sweet, elk love to feed. Altogether it was a prom- ising looking country, and so, although I saw nothing that afternoon, I set out next morning with a light heart and a hope that I would see some elk before the day was over. As I climbed the mountain side that morn- ing, toward a small basin high up under the cliffs, I came across numerous elk tracks, but none seemed very fresh. I kept climbing upward, however, and soon stood on the brink of the basin in which my hopes for that day were cast. AsT gazed down at the tops of the trees below me, I wondered what the god of chance had hid- den away for me beneath those thick shielding branches; I wondered if there really were any elk down there, and whether the country was as destitute of life as the vast unbroken silence seemed to proclaim. And then arose a strange answer to my thoughts. For on a sudden, out of the dead silence brooding over the woods, broke forth a sound that thrilled through the listening forest — the whistle of an elk. Those that have never heard it cannot conceive of its music, the great ringing whistle cutting clear and wild and joyous through the forest stillness, rising and then falling: till it seems almost like some weird wail, immediately followed by the deep musical fantastic grunt. It seemed almost like some lost spirit wailing out of the tangled depths of the woods from only the wind knew where. I could not move. I could only throw my whole soul into listening, greedily de- vouring every slightest sound. It was a beautiful and wonderful forest call indeed, fraught with the wildness and the spirit of the woods. It thrilled and quivered through me ; it rung in my ears ; it seemed to tingle in my blood; and my mind painted the old bull as he stood there hurling forth his call, his shaggy body poised on three graceful dainty legs, his noble antlered head thrown up toward heaven, his nostrils wide distended, his alert ears ready to catch the slightest sound, his great kingly antlers sparkling in the sun. Statue-still I stood, spell-bound as it were, and list- ened With straining ears. My heart fluttered with a strain of joy in it, for this was the first whistle I had heard this season. The elk cry is uttered only by the bulls in the running, season, which occurs with the waxing and the waning of the moon in September. Soon, however, a squirrel snapped a twig. The spell was broken and I resumed my course over the interwoven mass of fallen timber. Carefully picking a way over the dead crackling sticks, almost noiselessly, I followed up the sound. I soon came to a spring around which the mud and swampy moss had been just recently all tracked up by elk; the water was still muddy where some had riled it up while drinking. Here I sat down and waited for several minutes to see if any more elk would come down for a drink. But nothing could I hear or see except the little pine squirrels and chipmonksr busily - chattering away and nimbly pattering around the branches. Suddenly that wild heart-searching- elk cry broke forth again, clear and ringing. This was, "too much; I could sit still no longer. I jumped up. and silently stole up through the basin in the direction of the sound. Every- where appeared fresh elk sign, djie'n parks were scat- tered here and there through the Timber, and it was on the edge of one of these :that my roving eye suddenly caught a splotch of reddish brown about a hundred yards away, so well blent with its background of trees and rocks as to be almost indistinguishable. A second later a shy head was turned wonderingly toward me; my rifle went mechanically up to my shoulder and I fired. I think I hit the animal, but away he went bounding lightly up a hill, fleet as the wind, with me painfully and awkwardly lumbering up behind. When I reached the top ' of the hill I caught a vanishing glimpse of him through the timber, and although I tried to follow his trail, that was the last I ever saw of him. So I had lost my first elk. The next day — Saturday — I hunted all day long through the forest but nothing could I see of elk except their tracks, which lay all through the country. On Sunday morning I took a much appreciated rest in camp and spent the afternoon in a ride down the creek to view some beaver homes, which proved to be very interesting. It is wonderful what these little people of the forest streams accomplish in their midnight work. Whole trees were chopped down along the water’s edge ; three and four-foot dams were solidly built across the creek at various places; the flow of the water was kept evenly regulated by numerous dams and waterways ; and in the midst of their handicraft was situated their home - — a large mound built on the water’s edge, of willow withes and mud neatly and solidly plastered together, with the single doorway under water opening up to air- chambers and passages above. On the following day — one long after to be remem- bered— after, a hasty meal of fried bacon, “sinkers” and “heifer’s delight,” I started out from camp as usual, and sneaked for several miles through the woods along the side of the mountain under the rim rock. It was hird, tiresome work, climbing up apparently perpendicular hills, clambering over fallen trees as noiselessly as pos- sible, crawling over slide-rock, crossing rocky gulches, making one’s way through dry rustling leaves and dead crackling sticks with the stealth of an Indian— always straining to see the elk that were never there. The vast- ness of the desolate peaks and forests seemed eternal; loneliness cried out to God. And still I walked along; on and ever onward. Not a sound broke the stillness of those mighty woods, save for the stirring of the wee forest folk — the fluttering of little wings now and then, or the angry excited chitter-chatter of the squirrels, or once in a while a sudden mighty whirr as a grouse winged his way to safety. And the wind, rising and fall- ing, now slipping through the tree tops soft and purring, now rushing, roaring headlong through the branches, blended strangely with the utter silence. And so all morning long I walked through the pines, ever gazing into empty vistas; hoping at every turn, yet always the same empty disappointments — no elk to be seen. About 2 o’clock, weary and worn out with vain tramp- ing, I sat down to rest in a small open park which I had happened upon. For half an hour or more I idly sat there, watching the merry squirrels at their play— gaily chasing one another around the tall trees, scuttling over fallen logs, up tree-trunks and through the branches, giving up their whole quivering little beings to their sport, forgetting every care and restraint. Happy little creatures these— but hark! a far off whistle— indistinct yet unmistakable, pierces the stillness, hangs quivering a moment, then dies away into silence. Intently did 1 listen, spell-bound, motionless, for several long minutes of intense silence. My very soul seemed pierced by that ringing note of defiance and fierce wild beauty. Then once again, clear and lovely, it came ringing through the forest. I jumped up electrified, and started swiftly forth m the direction of the sound. Yet the whistle had sounded too far away for me to be positive of its direc- tion; and so, after some time spent in an uncertain hunt, I stopped, hesitating which way to proceed. I was stand- ing in an open coulee strewn with mangled fallen trees, down which some months before a landslide had thun- dered its terrific destruction, leaving an open track of desolation as sharply marked as though God’s own hand had swept down the mountainside a pathway of awful wrath. I started up from the coulee, entered the woods on the other side, walked a short distance, and then stopped, I know not why, hesitated, and finally retraced my steps to the coulee. Oh ! what good angel led me back? For as I stood there wondering which way to go next, suddenly once again that piercing, whistle was lifted up and hurled forth throbbing through the woods • — this time close at hand, clear as a bugle note, defiant, ringing. Oh, the thrill of that wild sound! How it makes the blood leap in the veins, and the heart madly beat, and the sinews draw tense and twitch. Up I sprang quivering in every nerve, anxiously I gazed up the gulch from which the call had seemed to issue. Nothing was in sight, but far up the coulee, near the top of the peak, I could see a steep open park, opening on the left where I thought the elk must be. Excitedly I ran andj walked and crept up the gulch, every nerve tense, trembling, hoping, wondering. Up, up toward the direction of the whistle I hurried, my eyes and ears strained toward the open park ahead. Infinite was tne care bestowed on every step, lest, some false one betray me to the ever- watchful, ever-listening quarry; and yet withal, sore was my haste, lest the elk move off or detect my presence before I get within rifle-shot. So at last, moving like a shadow, I reached a point near the top of the draw. And then suddenly, about two hundred and fifty yards away, I beheld a sight that thrilled me — a great pair of branching ivory-tipped antlers, and a huge dark back slowly moving around, just visible over some low . bushes at the bottom of the gulch. With pounding heart . I carefully and without a sound crept up-wind along the : side of the gulch behind some low fringing bushes, till I was within fifty yards of the spot where I had seen my prize. I cautiously raised myself up and took a hasty glance around. Was there ever such dismay? Nothing was in sight but the steep sides of the gulch, and the sky and cliffs above. Where, where, could he be? But suddenly, just ahead through an opening in the bushes, he stalked — huge and majestic— a lordly picture of grace and strength and forest beauty, crowned with those mighty antlers, so perfect, so wonderful, so faultless, em- bodying and strangely blending the rugged strength of . the cliffs and mountain-peaks with the tenderness and beauty of God’s forest. For a moment he stood there and gazed at me with his great brown eyes; so pure, so innocent he seemed. ’ Ah, what a longed-for moment! My heart gave a ... wild fierce cry of exultation; my raging blood bade me shoot. My rifle went up to my shoulder ; a moment’s “ pause, and it spit out the sharp crack of death; and the great animal came piteously lunging toward me, A sec- ' ond shot rang out, and he stopped, tottering, magnifL ;• cently pitiful. And when next the heartless rifle spoke ■ its insistent summons, he limply fell, and then rolled- June io, 1905.] 468 FOREST AND STREAM. over and over down the hill — one confused, pitching mass of legs, and antlers and body, till a tree mercifully caught and stopped him in his fall, and he lay still for- ever. Where had his wild life flown to? Who knows? 'Oh, you brute! How could you mercilessly, need- lessly kill this poor dumb ranger of the forest, so beau- tiful, so strong, God’s own creature? Why? Who can tell? It was the spirit of the hunt — a fever. The hunter shoots not at a living breathing creature; he sees only the object of a week’s, a month’s, weary quest, he re- joices in the attainment of the long wished for, and he •merely stops the wonderful head in its mad career, as you would pick a berry; then brings his trophy home and mounts it, where its beauty is appreciated, not by a lone hunter once or twice in a life-time, but by many who see and rejoice in the beauty of God’s wild creatures. So I had my prize and rejoiced; but as I looked up the hill in the grassy park above, lo, there stood a whole herd of elk- — cows with dainty heads tilted to one side, ears pricked up on the alert, and soft wide-open eyes gazing wonderingiy down at me, little startled calves at their sides, and quite near at hand another wondrous bull, the lord of the herd, still larger, still mightier than the first, with magnificent, massive, many-pronged antlers branching and reaching heavenward. Again I raised my rifle; again that sharp crack and cruel spit of fire; and the bull sorely wounded, started painfully, heavily up the hill. A little way and he stopped, unable to go farther. Silent as a statue he stood, wondering, waiting, with a pathos in his sad, dumb eyes, and a piteous drip, drip, drip writing death in red upon the ground beneath him. Poor wild creature — how could he, who had never tasted sorrow, know of the tragedy of Life and Death? But the cruel fever was in me. Stealthily I crept up the hill till I was only eighty, sev- enty yards away; then, a sudden report, and the great head fell and lay still, never to move again. The great inevitable end had come at last. I turned around ; the other elk had all vanished. I looked across the sky to another ridge far off, and there they went, one bounding lightly after another, seeking new and better feeding grounds. Away they went in a long string; away, far away, till I Could see them no more. And I was left alone in the forest. Francis B. Sayre. A New Zealand paper relates that a settler in the Upper Plain noticed a hawk flying about in a peculiar manner and crying out as if in pain. The settler obtained a gun and shot the bird, and investigation showed the cause of its distress was a weasel, which was perched on the hawk’s back, with its teeth buried" in the bird’s neck. Apparently the animal had pounced upon the hawk when it was on the ground, and was carried skyward. Concerning the Heroic Pose. Editor Forest and Stream: An official attempt to suppress in Washington the cir-* culation of a periodical in which President Roosevelt is criticised severely for killing wild animals, has aroused discussion of the ethics of hunting, and the newspapers are taking sides according to their politics. It is not worth while to make a row over the President’s hunting, even if one disapproves such amusement, and it does not seem to me. much of an argument to call him “an edu- cated bulldog,” as does the president of the Massachu- setts S. P. C. A. But it does seem worth while to dis- cuss candidly the question of our treatment of the wild things that share with us the occupancy of the earth. Now, I never was accused of being a sentimentalist, and I do not think I am a crank. I have hunted quite a lot in my time, and I have destroyed animal life for no better reason than the excitement of “sport” or the ex- ercise of a certain skill with weapons. “Game hog” I never have been, yet I admit freely that I have killed creatures that I could not use for food. So, if anyone sees fit to take issue with what I have to say, he may as well omit the personal note and not trouble himself to suggest that the pleasures of the chase, and the “strenu- ous life” are out of my ken. I have been through it all, and have enjoyed as keenly, perhaps, as does Mr. Roose- velt the excitement of the bear hunt, even alone and without dogs. But one’s point of view changes, and now I question seriously the moral right of man to kill without neces- sity any other living creature. Without dipping into the shoreless and bottomless sea of metaphysical abstrac- tions, I presume it will be admitted that cruelty is evil; that is, morally wrong. Thoughtless cruelty, lacking evil intent, is less wrong than deliberate infliction of needless pain. So I do not condemn the man who hunts and kills for sport, if he has not given thought to the matter and cannot look at it from my point of view. I deem his act evil, but not himself. If I should do the same thing, knowing or at least believing it to be wrong, I should be bound m reason to consider myself an evil person. Is it not fantastic hypocrisy to demand the enactment of Stringent laws for the preservation of game in order that we may have always something to kill? The sports- man professes deep and abiding love for all nature, ani- mate and inanimate. He talks about the birds and ani- mals as if he regarded them with the tenderest affection. He writes bookfuls of beautiful gush about them and himself — usually giving more space to himself and his fine feelings and noble nature than to them — and really seems to take seriously his pose of superiority to other men because of his soulful appreciation of the wonders of nature. If the animals do think, I wonder what they think of that noble creature, the true sportsman. If they don’t regard him as he regards the rattlesnake and the man- eating tiger as a malignant destroyer, a pest — it is be- cause a merciful Providence has spared them the agony, of understanding. As a matter of fact, man is the only wanton, malicious, cold-blooded murdering animal on earth. The rattle- snake is not vicious, and the man-eating tiger kills only to satisfy his appetite — even if it be a perverted taste for human meat. To attempt to exalt sheer ferocity into a manly virtue is monstrously absurd. The primitive man, who fought the cave bear with a club or a stone ax, was a brave fel- low. When the spear and the sword were man’s most deadly weapons, it required courage to hunt the fighting animals, and strength of arm and steadiness of nerve to slay them. Even with the muzzle-loading firearm, the hunter took a “sporting chance” when he tackled the grizzly bear, the lion, the tiger, the rhinoceros and some other big game. But to pretend that there is great and inevitable dan- ger in hunting any wild beast on earth with modem lethal weapons is arrant humbug. Of what avail are the strength and courage of the king of beasts against a stream of bullets poured into him from a high-power repeater? The big game hunter of to-day exaggerates the perils of his sport and assumes the heroic pose to cover up the essential brutality and cowardice of the butchery. A welcome symptom of the change that is working in the attitude of man toward the animals is the gradual disappearance from the pages of sporting journals of detailed accounts of the killing of game. There was a time when the sportsman felt it incumbent on him to write to his favorite journal a precise description of the wounds inflicted by him upon his quarry. He told just where the bullet struck, how big a hole it made, what organs it tore and what bones it smashed, and he de- scribed minutely the death agonies and convulsions of the tortured animal. The pages of sporting papers were filled with reports of autopsies and post-mortems on assassinated dumb creatures. They reeked with the lit- erature of blood and entrails. Thank heaven, that repul- sive stuff is disappearing, even if it has given place to a lot of sentimental twaddle and ridiculously false “natural history” of talking jack rabbits, metaphysical coyotes, pedagogical crows and emotional catfish. The twaddlers will twaddle themselves out in time, and the good there is in their work will remain. And then we shall understand the good poet who said : •‘He prayeth best who loveth best, All things, both great and small; For the good God, who loveth us, He made and loveth all.” Flint Locke. The Log of a Sea Angler. X. — The Roba’o — A Gamy Fish — Taking a Large One to L-'se It — Fight with the Sharks — A Tiger of the Sea— Subd ing a Man-Eatef — Size of Sharks — Danger from Sharks — Tarpon Taken. RY CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “BIG GAME FISHES,” “ADVENTURES OF TORQUA,” ETC. The shark as a menace to life was scorned, and no at- tention was paid to them in the inner channel; but I was extremely careful not to capsize or fall overboard where I fed and fished for them in the outer channel. It may be said that these sharks were well fed ; still large fel- lows which were hungry doubtless often came in from the outer gulf, yet though gross carelessness was dis- played by myself, the negroes and fishermen, I never heard of an attack in the five or six years spent on this portion of the reef, winter and summer. What the result Would have been if essayed in the open gulf a mile dis- tant 1 do not know — I drew the line there. Surrounded by twenty or more large sharks of several kinds thoroughly aroused by the scent of blood, one finds an excellent opportunity for observation. Nearly every shark had two varieties of attendants, first remoras, a fish a foot or so in length, black, peculiar in appearance and adapted by nature to its peculiar life, and always at- tached to either a turtle or shark, a large grouper or jew- fish, and never seen alone or far from a protector, at least in my somewhat extended experience. The remora has a flat head upon which is a large sucker which calls to mind the slats of a Venetian blind, and the fish has but to swim up to a shark, turn itself over, press its sucker Upon the tawny hide to become thoroughly and com- pletely attached. So firm is the hold that I invariably had difficulty in wrenching them from the shark after landing one. The remoras habitually cling to their huge companion, and all the sharks in this conclave had from two to five or six dangling from their sides, presenting a strange contrast, being black or a gun-metal hue. When hungry they would cast off and swim rapidly about, feed- ing on the small bits dropped from their master’s table; and I never Saw a shark attempt to seize one, although I have observed them darting about with a wriggling mo- tion directly in front of the shark’s mouth. . There are a number of species of remoras, all of pe- culiar , appearance. One I. found fastened to the oper- culum of a spearfish : and two were caught on a pegged (turtle. ,/This little fish was jet black, with two white stripes' from head to tail, making it a most conspicuous objects I recall seeing them attached to a large fifty- pound -drumfish which came sailing along with two or thfee remoras trailing from its sides like pennants, The common remora of the sharks was dark or brown, and had a darker stripe with light edges. I killed a black grouper that proudly bore four of these dusky big- mouthed attendants which often take a crawfish bait. I caught two one morning, the companions of a large shark that was hovering about. One I hooked not three feet in front of the shark’s nose where it coiled like an eel for a few seconds, doubling and struggling; yet, appar- ently, the shark did not notice it. Bob told me that he had seen them on the porpoise, the big amberjacks and dolphins at sea, but this, doubtless, was another, kind. T he largest remoras I saw were at least sixteen inches long, and were wrenched from the side of one of the largest man-eaters I took- — a monster that could have dined upon a horse. I performed a post mortem upon him with this result, or contents of his stomach : three tin cans of beef; they had been merely punctured, con- demned by the quartermaster and tossed overboard; one piece of frayed rope, one horn of a steer, sawed off or blunted, with a large piece of the skull attached, three hoofs of steer, turtle’s head and flippers, and a quantity of other matter that must have weighed one hundred pounds. This was extraordinary, yet it was a bagatelle to the meal of a certain thirty-five-foot man-eater taken on the high seas off Australia, that had dined that day upon a complete horse that had been thrown overboard by the troop ship. In all my experience of swimming in and about the reef, I never heard of but one instance of an attack. This was up the reef near Cape Florida, a tiger shark having killed a man. Personally, I dreaded the big barracudas more than sharks. The second band of associates of the sharks were the pilot fishes, striped fishes resembling the young of a Seriola, near kinsmen of the amberjack and the splendid yellowtail of the Pacific, and others. These little fishes, to the number of a dozen or more, attached themselves to every shark, and I have seen them about other large fishes, as the drum. The association is, doubtless, as- sumed for protection. The pilots in no sense pilot the shark, at least those observed by me rarely advanced far from their big consort; but they were continually darting out several feet and rushing back to cover, the sharks paying not the slightest attention to them. Shark fishing was legitimate sport here. The men used ■the oil for some remedy (I trust not cod liver oil) which they sold to an agent in Key West. The jaws were sold to travelers, while the backbone was manufactured into canes-; hence the shark had a decided economic value and there was an excuse for its capture, a contest always of a strenuous nature. I fished for sharks from the beach often single handed, and succeeded in wearing out fifteen- foot fellows which ten or a dozen men found difficult to drag up the beach. A strong man is a match for a very large shark providing he understands the method-of play-' mg it, The secret is to have a very long line and to fight the game vigorously from start to finish, and if possible keep it headed in. I had a line about the size of a clothes line, a three-foot chain, and a swivel hook a foot long, barbed, and used for bait a twelve or fifteen-pound grouper. The bait would be tossed out into the channel, the line coiled on the beach, one end fastened to a heavy timber, _ and where it led into the water, held by a stick thrust into the sand as a tell tale, while near at hand was the dinghy hauled up and ready to follow the game should it carry everything away. Lying on the sand in the terrific but never dangerofts heat, I watched the stick that invariably fell within a few moments. The line would slowly run out. Foot by foot it would glide into the channel, and when ten or twenty feet had slipped away it was supposed that the shark had the bait well in its capacious maw. Then I seized it, waited until it came taut, and gave the shark a theoretical butt, a jerk that often resulted in my being jerked forward on my face. It seemed impossible sometimes to let go quick enough. The first rush of the shark was irresistible, but it was always possible to take the line when one hundred feet or so had gone, and then began the fight. By holding with all my strength, bracing back with feet in the soft sand, I could turn a large shark up the beach and run with it, pulling and hauling, and finally make a stand, turn it and lead it back. This was strenuous work, and more than once I was dragged into the water and forced to give up, and swim ashore amid the laughter of my com- panions who never ceased to wonder why I could see pleasure in what they considered the hardest kind of work. Here we see a peculiarity of sport. If you call it sport and -believe that it is, you enjoy it, but dub this same pastime labor, and set a price of six bits a day upon its head, and it assumes another phase, it is something to be avoided by the average man. This sport had its peculiar excitements, and many were the big sharks I laid along the sands and many a one laid me low, or took my line. One mighty gamester that no one ever saw, took the rope with such a rush that it nearly jerked me overboard, carried it all away, overturned a heavy sentry box in which stood a negro, who leaped overboard to save himself, dragged this into the channel with a plank that five men could not lift, towed them away; and when we reached the wreck in the dinghy, and fastened a new rope to a - stake buoy the monster broke the line. Let the imagination soar to picture his dimen- sions. I often took sharks from the boat, the big steeds tow- ing her up and down, often escaping, and on more than one occasion nearly capsizing the boat. I had a small light boat rigged for this sporf. She had an air-tight .com- partment in the bow covered tty a deck, and on the cut- water a grooyp like a rowlock to receive the line; and! 4B0 FOREST AND STREAM. [June io„ 1905. when a shark was towing the boat with the rope in this groove, I amidships holding the line, a man at the oar to steer, the sport was exciting, as it was always a race at full speed. ... . , T In such a run I once stood holding the line m place. I had hooked the shark from a school, enticing him by the baiting-up process, and knew that it was of large size. As we rushed -away I saw on either side a number or large tiger sharks of the band that were racing along not five feet below the surface, sides tipped up, eyeing the b°Such an escort was not particularly pleasing, even to anglers callous on the subject of danger from sharks, and in a few minutes the game made a sudden rush to port, careening the boat so violently that it dragged her down, and despite my utmost endeavor, the rope slipped from the notch and went over the side and the boat began to fllI had a sheath knife at hand, and more than once touched the rope, but my companion succeeded in hauling the boat around, head to the game, and I got the line back with the boat a third full of water. Several times I had this experience, but it was never successful, we were never capsized. This shark towed us out the ship channel and headed out to sea. It literally subdued all .the vanity I had accumulated as a master ot sharks; it “walked away” with us, and to haul the boat oyer it was apparently impossible. Iwo miles out I met a barge coming in and hailed her. She caught my line, and the ten or more men caught the water with their oars and for a second held the unseen giant, and then— tell it not in Gath— the rope broke. , , , ^ , I determined to see if a large shark could be tamed, and hooking one at the same place, after a long struggle brought it to the boat, where it seized the keel and crunched it, leaving several of its ivory serrated teeth clinging to the wood. We towed it in, and by. the aid of a number of negroes hauled it. over the tide and wooden breakwater of the moat, using a large plank for the purpose of an incline. When on the summit the men held its tail while I sat astride of its body and “neck” and performed the dental operation of removing the hook— a most . difficult per- formance, as the shark persisted in clinching it, and I was forced to pry its mouth open and place a block of wood between its jaws. Little wonder that a shark can bite so cleverly, lhe jaw of this individual, which later I had cleaned and dried, slipped over my shoulders easily, contained thir- teen rows of teeth, the first one erect, the others lying flat and all perfect saw-knives, their edges being serrated. When the jaws gripped anything all the rows stood erect, a guillotine of tremendous power. Removing the hook I knocked out the. block, and as 1 sprang away and the men cast off the tail guy, the man- eater rolled into the water of the large inclosure, making a savage rush which brought its muzzle in violent con- tact with the brick sea wall. This appeared to be suffi- cient, as apparently the shark came to the conclusion that it was caught and swam contentedly along the side of the wall with an eye cast upward. I kept it here several months hoping to tame it, and while I could fasten to it by canvas loops and it would tow a skiff and likewise capsize it, it cannot be said to have exhibited any special domestication. From the first it refused to eat though tempted with various kinds of food ; doubtless it did take some of the fish thrown to it daily, but I never observed the act, and most of the food was afloat the following day and taken out. I believe that the spirit of this gallant fighter was broken, and in a few months it died. It must have weighed nearly two thousand pounds, being of enormous bulk. This experi- ment was attempted a number of times with various large sharks, always with the same success. New England Waters. Boston, Mass., June 2. — The Grafton Country Club gave its third annual horse and hound exhibition on Decoration Day. It is estimated that no less than 8,000 people gathered to witness what proved to be some very exciting races. Mr. Harry W. Smith, of Worcester, the chief promoter of the show, won the steeplechase but fainted just as his mount crossed the line. Otherwise than this rather startling occurrence and some harmless spills in the high jumps, the day passed without mis- haps and the great throng declared it the biggest day for horses and dogs that Worcester county had ever witnessed. In the high jump Mrs. Pierce, on Robert Bruce, cleared 5ft. pin. Of late, horses and hounds are well to the front with many Bay State sportsmen.. The hotels and camps in the Rangeleys are filling up rapidly. Senator Frye and daughter are at the Frye camp on Mooseluckmeguntic, and the Senator still holds the record of taking the largest trout on a fly ever caught in that lake, 10 pounds and some ounces. Capt. R. A. Tuttle, of Boston, is entertaining several friends from New York in his cottage at Lake Point. Their guides are Charles and Eben Harnden, Joe Lamb and Isaac Tibbetts. At the Gilman cottage, Mrs. Gilman, of Haverhill, is making a short stay prior to its occupancy by Colonel Hilton and family, of New York. The Colonel has leased the place for five years and will have a steamer of his own, an automobile and quite a retinue of servants.. He is making extensive , changes and improvements with a view to the purchasing of the establishment later on. Mr. Benjamin Peason, of South Byfield, Mass., has purchased Deer Park Lodge of Mr. Parkhur.st, and with his family and several New York friends is passing a portion of the season there. A party from Putnam, Conn., has taken one of the Mountain View cottages. In the party are Dr. and Mrs. John J. Russell and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dady. Mr. H. W. Clarke, the veteran Boston fisherman (eighty-nine years old), who has been a regular visitor for some forty years, is again enjoying his favorite sport pn Rangeley Lake with Nick Ogilvie as guide until Dave Haines, his old guide, closes his present engagement. Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Judkins, of Lynn, have been at Upper Dam, and Mrs. Judkins took a 6-pound salmon and a 5 (4-pound trout. In Half an hour’s fishing the Doctor took two trout that weighed 5' pounds mch. Their record for seven days was eighty-one trout and ten salmon. Mr. John B. Watkins, of New York, has in his party at Upper Dam the author, Richard Ingalese, and wife, and Mrs. Charles Gibson, Another old-timer at the Rangeleys, Mr. Loring Coes, of Worcester, is enjoying the forty-seventh yearly visit at the age of ninety-three. Two visitors from Boston that seldom fail to put in an early appearance on the fishing waters are Messrs. Frederick Skinner and Alexander Jackson. I he Rangeley Lake House has sometimes been called “The Paul Smith’s of the. Rangeleys.” It was the scene of the wedding of proprietor Marble’s daughter, Miss Lucy Leona Marble, to Mr. Ralph Talbot Kendall, which took place on June 1. Many prominent persons from Maine, Massachusetts and New York were present. The couple will visit several southern resorts on their honey- moon trip. Mr. Fred R. Carney, one of the managers of the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra, is building a cottage at Moun- tain View. When completed it will be one of the finest on the Oquossoc, with ample rooms, open fire-places, etc. Messrs. J. Ackerman and F. Vorenberg, of Boston, with two New York friends, have been domiciled at Bald Mountain camps and found the fishing good. Dr. D. E. Adams, of Boston, who visited Bemis four times last season, is now there with Col. J. J. Chaffee, of Willimantic, Conn. Several parties from Portland, Waltham and Hartford are meeting with good success at Dead River ponds. Among those making a tour through the Rangeley and Dead River regions are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ames, of New Bedford. Of the long list of pleasure seekers at the various camps on the lakes the names of a few others will be recognized by some of your readers as old friends; for instance, J. R. Marble, of Worcester; W. N. Marble and W. H. Inman, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. James G. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tedcastle, of Boston; H. A. Dill, of Newton Centre, and H. B. Reed, of South Weymouth. Dr. W. C. Halleck and wife, of New York, have taken several good salmon. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Chandler, of Boston, accompany Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, and are taking a good number of fish. Quite a large party of physicians went over the Rum- ford Falls Railway to Bald Mountain, Saturday, includ- ing Dr. J. F. Rowell, Dr. George Wells, Dr. F. C. Lowell and others, together with Gen. Merriam, of the United States Army. Dr. H. E. Emmons got the largest trout of the season, 7 pounds. Ex-Governor Frank W. Rollins and Mr. H. H. Dudley and son, of Concord, N. H., are at the Birches for a stay of two or three weeks. Their guides are C. Turner and Russ Spinney. Dr. and Mrs. George A. Craigin, of Boston, are occupying Camp Mischief, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hutchinson are in Sunset Cabin. Among the newcomers at Clearwater are H. F. Par- sons, of: Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Vinal, of Boston; Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Souther, of Milton, and R. C. Lawrence, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Andrews, of Swampscott, have arrived at their cottage for the season. They and many others are taking good catches of salmon and lakers ranging from 3 to 12 pounds. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. French, of Webster, S. D., are finding good sport at Square Lake, where last year Mrs. French took a record break- ing square-tail weighing 9(4 pounds. Hon. Joseph Coult and party from Newark, N. J., all experts with rod and reel, are sure to capture good creels. Moosehead is making a record fully abreast with former years. Frank X. Fitzpatrick, of Cambridge, an annual visitor for fourteen years, with Fred S. Lufkin, of Gloucester, and two others, one day at Spencer Bay took fifty-four brook trout that weighed, collectively, 96 pounds, ranging from 1 to 3(4 pounds each. On the next day, in another portion of the lake, they landed forty trout that weighed 83 pounds. It is needless to say that while out they attended strictly to business. Another party of eight, the Tisdale party from Leominister, in a little over two hours got thirteen trout and fourteen togue whose combined weight was 75 pounds. Mrs. F. C. Ayres, of Boston, took an 11 (4-pound togue. A. D. Thayer, of Franklin, and J. E. Tweedy, of North Attle- boro, members of the State Association, are accompanied by their wives, and secured thirty-two fish on their first day out. N. C. Nash, of Boston, has taken a 14-pound togue, and his companion, Air. F. A. Seamans, of Salem, took one a half pound heavier. C. M. Harriman, of Bos- ton, with other members of the Whale Club of New Bedford, is having good success. Mr. Charles A. Jones and family have taken possession of their cottage for the summer. Among those who . have just arrived at the lake are: Messrs. F. E. and H. C. Eaton, of Waltham, and Mrs. M. A. Barron and Miss Sweetser, of the West- minster Hotel, Boston. Gen. E. C. Farrington, of Augusta, had in his party last week Air. H. J. Phillips, of Boston, who landed sev- eral trout and a togue weighing 10 pounds. Judge S. C. Strout, of Portland, has missed but one season in thirty- three years and is an expert fly-caster. Think of throwing over an 8-pounder! But this is what Mr. C. S. Messervey, of Bangor, was obliged to do after taking nineteen trout, in order to keep within the law. Members of a down east fishing club got a big string of eighty fish that weighed 146 pounds. Messrs. Charles Stetson and Theodore Hoague, of Boston, fished chiefly with the artificial fly and in six days took 250 trout and togue. Mr. J. G. Wildman, of the Foster party, says he thinks the fishing as good as it was ten years ago. But the weather this year while the party was at the lake, he says, did not average as good for fishing as he has experienced some years. This may account for the fact that the total catch this year was not quite equal that of the party in 1899, when four rods in eight days got 458 pounds ; this year five rods in thir- teen days took 497 pounds of fish. This season they had only two days when the weather conditions were abso- lutely perfect. * Hon. Charles G. Washburn and his brother, Rev. H. B. Washburn, of Worcester, took upwards of 50 pounds in three days. Mr. A. W. Chesterton and two compan- ions from Boston, captured 100 good fish during three days’ fishing. The Mayoon Watson party, of Gloucester, as usual, is at Sebebraodk, Mr, Heard Colby and brother with G. P. Herrick, all of New York, and George F. Brown, Jr., of Boston, have gone into the wilderness to Mr. Colby’s private camp at Mud Pond. Official business took Com- missioners Carleton and Brackett to Grand Lake Stream the other day, and, although the rain was pouring down, the chairman could not resist the temptation to try the fishing, and he was well rewarded by the capture of a couple of togue of 8(4 and io(4 pounds. There are sev- eral parties of Massachusetts anglers now at that resort, among them Dr. M. A. Morris, of Charlestown, and three others, D. G. Wing and wife, of West Newton; N. H. White and wife and Miss Mary Lewis, of Brook- line; Dr. Edward D. Hartwell and several others of Bos- ton. A Fish Commission car has just been dispatched from the Orland hatchery with 125,000 Oregon salmon to be planted in the Saco and Piscataqua waters. Streams and lakes near the hatchery will receive 50,000. From the Upper Penobscot hatchery no less than 700,000 sal- mon have been shipped to waters in different parts of the State. Bangor and Ellsworth fishermen have taken many sal- mon from Greene Lake the past week. Shinn Pond, reached from Patten, is receiving attention from Mr. B. F. Fuller and party of Boston. Mr. B. J. Green, of Bos- ton, has gone to his camp at Rockabema. Mr. C. K. Fuller, of West Upton, who has recently purchased the Wrenn camps at the pond, has gone in with three com- panions for an outing of a few weeks. Reports from Newport, N. H., indicate that visitors to Sunapee Lake are reaping a good harvest from the waters. Many of the cottages are already occupied. Mrs.. Carl Faelton, of Boston, has been superintending repairs on her summer place for several days. George M. Poland, Esq., who is the chairman of the Massachusetts Central Committee for protection of fish and game, and a member of the State Legislature, tells me he expects to make a trip to some of the streams he has fished in New Hampshire or elsewhere very soon. Central. Fish and Fishing, Trout and Ouananiche are Rising in Canada. The trout and ouananiche waters of northern Quebec are down to their fly-fishing level and their temperature has reached the point at which the gamy salmonidae in- habiting them permit themselves to be coaxed by the fly- fisherman to come in out of the wet. In the pretty pool at the mouth of the Ouiatchouan River, the leaping ouananiche which are always so plenti- ful there at this season of the year, are now rising freely to surface lures, after having been satisfied for ten days or more previously with bottom feeding. In the shallower parts of the smaller lakes along the line of the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway and in the neighborhood of the St. Maurice, as well as in their discharges, frisky fontin- alis is just now “jumping crazy at the fly.” The big fish stories are not yet coming in, but there will doubtless be plenty of them when the large parties of anglers now in camp begin to return from their spring outing. Gen. W. W. Henry, United States Consul at Quebec, is one of the first returning fishermen from the north this season. The General finds it difficult to get away for more than a day or two at a time, and his first outing was to Lake Ed- ward, where trout weighing from three to four pounds each fell victims to both his own rod and that of Mrs. Henry as well. Present appearances indicate that all the camps at Lake Edward will be occupied during the first part of June this year. A large number of members , of the St. Bernard Fish and Game Club, from both New York and Boston, are expected at the club house for the June fishing and for the annual meeting to be held on the first Monday of the month. Early Salmon Fishing Expected. Unless heavy rains set in within the next few days, it is probable that the salmon season will be early this year. The water in the rivers is lower than usual at this time of the year, though not so low as to make it necessary for the fish to await flood water to enable them to run up stream. I believe that the time at which they make their appearance in the neighborhood of the rivers does not vary much from year to year, though they do not usually approach either the estuaries or the neighboring headlands until near the time that the condition of the water is favorable for the ascent of the streams, and con- sequently are rarely caught in the nets very long before their entry of the rivers. The average opening of the fishing- in the majority of Canadian rivers is from the 8th to the 15th of June. It will not be surprising, if present conditions remain unchanged, to hear of salmon rising in the rivers this year in the first week of June. Death of Mr. Richard Nettle. In the death of Mr. Richard Nettle, of Ottawa, in his ninety-third year, which occurred on the 23d of May last, Canada loses the father of her fishcultural operations, if not the pioneer mover in the practical work of fish pro- tection. Every collector of angling literature knows Mr. Nettle’s “Salmon Fisheries of the St. Lawrence,” pub- lished in 1857. Dr. Henry, Frederick Tolfrey, Charles Lanman apd Frank Forrester had published their sport- ing experiences upon certain salmon rivers during the two. decades preceding the issue of Mr. Nettle’s book, and their writings are still much prized, by sportsmen and librarians alike. It did not occur to any of these angling authors, however, to direct public attention, as Mr. Nettle did, to the agencies which were then at work for the de- struction of the salmon in the rivers visited by them. The Rev. Dr. Adamson had read a paper in December, 1856, before the Canadian Institute on “The decrease, restora- tion and preservation of salmon in Canada,” which was quoted by Mr. Nettle in his book, and afterwards em- bodied in Colonel Alexander’s “Salmon Fishing ifi Can- ada.” Air. M. H. Perley, perhaps one of the most en- lightened authorities on matters pertaining to fish arid fishing which New Brunswick has produced, had pub- lished, it is true, several years previous to the appearance of Mr. Nettle’s work, almost equally strong appeajs for the protection and restoration of the salmon fisheries in his very valuable reports on the Fisheries of New 'Bruns- June io, 1905,] wick;- but his work had no reference to the salmon rivers tributary to the St. Lawrence. Mr. Nettle, however, did more than merely write about the protection and restora- tion 01 Canadian salmon fisheries. In- the same year in which his book, which was dedicated by permission to the then Governor-General of Canada, Sir Edmund Head, was published, he was appointed Superintendent of Fish- eries, in recognition of the interest which he had mani- fested in them. It was in this year, too, that he estab- lished and successfully operated the first Canadian fish hatchery. It was at first a small affair. One who saw it writes me that it was not more than twice as large as a billiard table. It' was situated in a house near the corner of St. Ursule and St. John streets, in the city of Quebec. From this small beginning dates the history of fishculture in the Dominion of Canada. Seven or eight years after Mr. Nettle’s first successful experiments, others were made by Mr. Samuel Wilmot, who subsequently became also an officer of the Fisheries Department, and in 1876 was made superintendent of fish-breeding. Mr. Nettle planted several different lots of fry in the lakes and streams in the vicinity of Quebec, in 1857 and following years, his first successful experiments having been made within four years of those of Dr. Theodotus Garlick, the first successful hatcher of fish fry in the United States. The first edition of Dr. Garlick’s book on fishculture, containing an account of his experiments, which is before me as I write, was issued in 1857, the same year as Mr. Nettle’s, and from the paper, reprinted in it, which Dr. Garlick read before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Science, Feb. 17, 1854, I learn that some 'of the first eggs with which he experimented were obtained by him in 1853 from Port Stanley, in Canada. Nettle, like Garlick, was an extremely modest man, and were it not for the protests of his friends, who were ac- quainted with the facts of his fishc.ultural work, the fame which is justly his would have gone to others.. Wilmot developed and did much to further the work of fishculture in the Dominion, but Nettle and not Wilmot was the father of Canadian fishculture. Mr. Livingston Stone is authority for the statement that Seth Green was the father of American fishculture, and undoubtedly he was the first to succeed, in 1867 with the hatching of shad. But his earliest fishcultural operations, which were con- ducted at Caledonia, N. Y., dated only from the early sixties, and were consequently subsequent to those of both Garlick and Nettle. Nettle, in his younger days, was quite a famous angler. As a devotee of Izaak Walton, the waters were few around, above or below Quebec which knew him not. It may sound strange nowadays to hear that the River St. Charles, which joins the St. Lawrence at Quebec, was one of his favorite haunts, and that many a lordly salmon fell a victim to his rod between Scott’s bridge and the Lorette falls, though the former is only a mile from the city limits and the falls not more than seven. But this was half a century and more ago. Paul,* a Lorette Indian, told Mr. Nettle that his grand- father generally killed about 150 to 200 salmon , during the season in the St. Charles, with the fly, while an old resident on the river told him that his average catch was about seventy during the season. Since that time the salmon had apparently deserted the river, but had evi- dently not been completely exterminated, for about the year 1850 they again appeared, though not by any means in their former abundance, and the greatest number Mr. Nettle killed during a summer, fishing some three even- ings in a week for a month .or less, was from fifteen to eighteen. I have never been able to ascertain that the artificial propagation of salmon in this river, which he recommended so strongly, was ever seriously undertaken. Saved by a Fish Hook. Eric Williams, the six-year-old son of Mr. H. Williams, merchant of Fort Francis, Ont., was fishing at the lower clock at that place last week, accompanied by his sister, Agnes, aged five years, when the latter fell into the water. With rare presence of mind Eric dragged his line along till he hooked the little girl’s dress, and so pulled her along in the water to the edge of the wharf, whence he reached down and assisted her to safety. E. T. D. Chambers. River Pleasures. Hannibal, Mo. — -Those who live in inland towns dis- tant from water courses or lakes miss many enjoyments of life as well as beautiful scenery that we have here on the great Mississippi, not counting the sport of angling, duck shooting and bathing and skating for the boys. The writer, who has spent his whole life in Quincy and Hannibal, was in his younger days what might be called a “river rat,” and never so happy as when rowing, sailing or gaffing big green bull-frogs thirteen inches in length, along the muddy shallow shores of Bear Creek, about forty-five years ago. But these days have long gone by, although the grand old river is still here, our youth and vigor are lacking for handling oars and trimming sails, so we turn to the motor launch that runs without manual labor. I have recently taken a number of very pleasant rides on the Red Cross autoboat, one of the most beautiful and speedy of its kind in Hannibal, . It belongs to a hunting and fishing club of the same name organized about a year ago by A. A. Brown, president; J. W. Daw- son, vice-president, and Tom O’Donell, secretary, and a few friends who are all very genial gentlemen fond of river sports. They are always ready to entertain their friends with plenty of Red Cross cigars and no charges for extras. They have an excellent four horsepower motor that runs as steady as a clock. The chig, chig, chig of the propeller and the quick, get, get, get of the escape pipe are the personification of untiring energy that causes the craft to tremble like a- race horse. The Red Cross is well officered by Captain Dawson, Pilot McNeal, with Engineer Ledford at the throttle. Being built on fine lines she cuts the water like a knife, but is followed by heavy swells. We have timed her down stream at the rate of over nine miles per hour, nearly the speed of our packets. Good luck to her genial owners, who operate her solely for pleasure. I have also enjoyed a ride in the new launch Grace, a smaller craft owned by Commodore Peter Lange, pro- FOREST AND STREAM. 467 prietor of the fleet of row boats at the foot of Bird street, who must be an expert in this line, as he con- structed the finely modeled hull, only importing the gaso- lene motor which is a little giant. Although it is but a little larger than the iron part of a sewing machine it develops two and one-quarter horsepower and is a very handsome little engine. This boat, which is for hire, is carpeted with brussels and as safe and clean as a parlor. But after all, for real exciting sport give me a good sail- boat with plenty of canvas that dashes over the waves like a bird, throwing spray over the crew and occasion- ally dipping a barrel or so of water. During the past three years game fishing in this vicin- ity has been nearly ruined by the vast numbers of Ger- man carp in our waters, but early this spring the anglers were made happy by the appearance of considerable small crappie, our favorite pan fish, the best catch being 12 1 by two men in seven hours. President Kelly, of our Commercial College, and wife, very enthusiastic anglers, hold this season’s record in sizes, he having secured a 7-pound black bass and she a 2-pound crappie, the latter being one of the largest ever caught here. At last our Missouri Legislature has recognized the necessity of protecting our fish, and last winter passed an excellent game law, which takes effect the 15th of this month, June, allowing the appointment of wardens in each county who will hustle the “hogs” and seiners. S. E. Worrell. June Roses and Striped Bass. Asbury Paric, June 4.- — June roses and striped bass are synonymous terms on the New Jersey coast. With- out fail the early days of the month produce specimens of the latter from some point of the angler’s kingdom. Avon this year, for the first in many, has led Manasquan, nothing to the present date having been taken at the lat- ter point, while at the former four fish have been landed, the heaviest 14% pounds. Although there is a report that one of 20 pounds was taken there this afternoon, I have not been able to verify it. The surf is in fine con- dition for bass fishing and this should be a banner month for devotees of the rod. There is no report from the kingfish, which should now be quite plentiful, al- though it is easy to conjecture their absence as the water is severely cold and they will not trade in a cold current so early in the season. Plaice are fairly plentiful, and our rivers are daily dotted with boats in quest of the favorite flat fish of the coast, which are taken here by a method I have never seen practiced elsewhere, viz., a float sustaining the bait (which is always a live minnow) about 6ft. from the surface and allowed to drift away with the tide. When plaice are feeding they will run from the bottom and take the bait, no- matter what the depth may be. The pounds were set much later this season than ever before owing to the Government putting them all under restric- tions as to distance from the shore at which they shall be placed, and also limiting their extension s'eaward, also providing that permanent lights shall be maintained on them and prescribing their proximity to inlets, life saving stations, etc. This, to them, is an unpalatable morsel, as their motto has always been, “no law shall touch us.” Mackerel are quite abundant and are being taken pretty freely by the pounds. I saw the past week a ship- ment of fifty-eight barrels, mostly mackerel, from one pound lower down the coast. At present prices such a catch is highly profitable. Five years ago I received a consignment of black bass from the State and distributed them among three lakes; to-day a friend who lives near one of the lakes told me that they have multiplied wonderfully, and some 4-pound specimens have been taken. The lake was closed for three years, not a line being allowed in the water. I shall, if all is well, try their mettle within the next few days, as to me he is the king of fresh water fishes. Leonard Hulit. P. S. — Since writing the above three specimens of beauty have been landed. The largest ever caught with rod and reel on our coast, to the credit of Daniel B. DeKeim, 51 pounds, at Deal Beach; one of 31 pounds, Elmer Hunt, Deal Beach, and one 19L2 pounds, Low Johnson, of New York, at Avon. This starts the season in full rush, and from now on things will be an earnest of endeavor. L. H. New Hampshire Trout* Nashua, N. H., May 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: Thursday, the 25th of May, I left the city at 6 130 and at 10 o’clock I had twelve trout, three of which weighed orie-half pound each, one 14 ounces, and the largest one tipped the scales at 2)4 pounds. It was 17% inches in length and was pronounced by one of Nashua’s ardent fishermen the larges one he had ever seen caught in a brook around this vicinity. Previous to this I had taken six other large trout from the same stream, three of them i)4-pound trout, and the other 3-pound fish. Aside from these I caught quite a number of seven and eight- inch ones. It is a stream that is fished quite a little, and it seems, phenomenal to catch so many large fish. It has been a good season thus far, but the water is getting to be very low ; we have to look for deep holes, the same as in July. May 15 I visited Sunapee Lake, N. H. The weather was strenuous, wind blew a gale, frost every morning, and I had to fish from the boat landing. I caught twelve trout. Some had to be returned to the water, being less than ten inches. I brought home five, the largest a 3- pound square-tailed trout. One was caught weighing 6)4 pounds, also a 14-pound salmon. All these were taken from the wharf. There are five species of trout in this lake — native, or regular 'brook trout; rainbow trout, Rangeley Lake, or brown trout; white trout, and Loch Leven. Have caught lots of them at Dublin; they run quite small, but are Ai as a table fish. They are very peculiar, being bronze-silvery with a bluish tinge 011 the back, and glisten like a piece of tin when they break water Then there are salmon, black bass, perch, trout and pickerel, quite an assortment. Only a short time in the early fishing can they be taken from the shore; after that we have to go out into deep water. The lake was stocked with 150,000 white trout this spring. H. F. Mears. Weakfish at Prince's Bay, Staten Island. Prince’s Bay, N. Y., June 3. — Beginning with May 29 and up to the present date good catches of weakfish have been made in Prince’s Bay. What I mean by a good catch is one of two to four fish. These fish we get here now are the large tide runners and will average over 3 pounds in weight. One party caught, on June 1, eleven fish running from 2)4 to 4)4 pounds each. The fish are caught on the “flats” and in the shoal water, about half way between the Red Bank Light and the long dock above. Of course all the old fishermen know the spots, but a stranger would do well to ask a few questions when he hires his boat. Shrimp at present seem to be the most successful bait. If anyone should get nicely settled just in the right spot, pipe lit and everything quiet save the ripple of the water against the boat, let him not get discouraged if someone comes along and makes two or three circles around him in a gasolene launch and yells out “any luck?” Just keep quiet and in a few mo- ments they will settle down to business, probably right where the tide has carried your baited hook. These things are found everywhere, they are called “contrary on ice,” and in some places where they run wild are called “razor-backs.” *** Texas Tarpon. Tarpon, Tex., May 25. — Editor Forest and Stream: Following is the tarpon catch for this date (one day) by guests of the Tarpon Inn: J. M. George, San Antonio 2 E. B. Sutton, Oklahoma City 4 F. LI. Reed, Oklahoma City 3 S. W. Moore, Kansas City 6 H. L. Moore, Kansas City..... 2 Mrs. LI. L. Moore, Kansas City 2 J. T. Phillips, Kansas City , 2 Mrs. C. E. Esterly, Kansas City 1 Mrs. S. W. Moore, Kansas City 1 W. B. Richards, Kansas City 2 LI. D. Wise, Colorado 4 H. E. Smith, New York 5 E. Wilcox, Denver, Col 4 H. Wilcox, Denver, Col 5 J. R. Wainwright, San Antonio 11 J. E. Cotter. Atlantic Salmon in British Columbian Waters. It is stated here that the Department of Marine and Fish- eries at Ottawa has shipped 250,000 eggs of the Atlantic salmon to be planted in Vancouver Island waters. The experts think that Atlantic salmon will do well in these waters. Lleretofore there has been strong objection to the introduction of the Atlantic salmon, because its meat is so light m color, the canners preferring the dark-red fish for their purposes. I apprehend, however, that these salmon will be planted in the inland waters on Vancouver Island and will become “landlocked” salmon, such as we find in several of the lakes in Maine, and that the stock- ing of these waters with Atlantic salmon is primarily for the benefit of sportsmen. I think the Atlantic salmon superior as a table fish to the “dark-red fish,” and sports- men accustomed to the use of rod and reel find no better sport than is afforded by it. — L. Edwin Dudley, Consul, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 6, 1905. Politeness of the Irish Pesantry. A friend sends me the following delightful bit cut from some paper : “It is well known that the Irish peas- ant (no doubt from a sense of politeness) will seldom disagree with a tourist, but likes to give an answer which he thinks will be agreeable to the questioner. Last summer a gentleman from Liverpool, while out for a sail on Carlingford Lough, was caught in a gale. Knowing the danger, Pat made for the shore. ‘Why are you go- ing in,’ said the visitor; ‘there’s not much wind?’ ‘No,’ replied the boatman, ‘but, sure, . what there is av it is mighty powerful.’ An angler tells how, when in quest of fish, he asked a small bare-legged boy if there were any fish in a certain river. ‘There is, yer honor.’ ‘What sort of fish?’ ‘There do be trouts and eels, yer honor.’ ‘Any salmon?’ ‘There do be an odd one.’ ‘Any ther- mometers?’ ‘Them does be there, too, yer honor; but they comes up lather in the season.’ R. B. Marston, in Fishing Gazette. J %he gmml ^ Field and Fancy, 14 Church street, New York, has made an enterprising and praiseworthy departure from the. ordinary of kennel journalism, in its issue of June 3. It is a special triple number of 100 pages, entitled “The American Kennel Club and Specialty Number,” but it comes near to being a compendium of bench show knowledge. Excellent portraits of A. K. C. officers, and others who are conspicuous as judges, fanciers, club officers, etc., in the important affairs of the American kennel world, are an interesting feature. It is rather gratifying that Field and Fancy should thus so graci- ously bring the A. K. C. to public notice, and testify to the immeasurable good that excellent body has done for the best upbuilding of the fancy in America, instead of bestowing the carpings and growlings sanctioned by the long usage in other quarters. ft ft ft ft ft ft Take inventory of the good things in this issue of Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given last week. Count on what is to come next week. IV as there ever in all the world a more abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading? ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 4B8 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 10,1905. Yachting Fixtures for 1905. Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will confer a favor by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list, and also changes which may be made in the future: JUNE. 8. Ponquoque C. C., club. 8. Quantuck, club. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, invitation race around Long Island. 10. New York C, C., open. 10. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 10. New Rochelle, power boat races. 10. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 10. Royal Canadian, club. , 10. Edgewood, club. ' • ; 10. Manliasset, annual. 10. Wollaston-Quincy, interclub. 10. Corinthian, club. ! 11. Morrisania, spring. 11. Lakewood, series race. , ] , 13. Boston, club City Point. 13. Sea Side, club. 15. New York, Bennett cups, Glen Cove. 15. West Hampton C. C., club. 15. Atlantic, annual. 17. Bensonhurst, open. 17. Atlantic, A. P. B. A. regatta. 17. Seawanhaka-Corinthian, club. 17. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 17. Hampton Roads, power boat cruise. 17. Boston, M. Y. R. A., Hull. 17. Corinthian, ocean race. 17. Keystone, club. 17. New York A. C., race to Block Island. 17. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 17. Wollaston-Quincy, interclub. , 17. Beverly, club. . | 17. Rhode Island, club. 20. East Gloucester, club. , 22. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. ! 22. Moriches, club. 22. Shinnecock, club. ; I 22. Quantuck, club. 22. Sea Side, open. 23. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. 24. Seawanhaka Corinthian, annual. 24. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 24. Squantum, M. Y. R. A. 24. Bristol, open. 24. Lakewood, series race. 24. Unqua Corinthian, club. 24. Royal Canadian, club. i 24. Rhode Island, cruising race. 24. Rhode Island, open. 24. Beverly, club. 24. Atlantic, first championship, Y. R. A. G. B. 24. Corinthian, open. 28. Sea Side, club. 29. Brooklyn, ocean race to Hampton Roads. 29. West Hampton C. C., cruise. 29. Quantuck, cruise. 29. Moriches, cruise. JULY. 1. Atlantic, Havens cup No. 2 and Underwood cup. 1. Bristol, ocean race. 1. Beverly, club. 1. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 1. Knickerbocker, cruise 1. Knickerbocker, one-design power boat*. 1. Seaside Park, ladies’ cup races. 1. Royal Canadian, Queen’s cup race. 1. New Rochelle, annual. ; , ' 1. Boston, club, Marblehead. ' I. Corinthian, club, Marblehead. , 1 2. New Rochelle, cruise. 3. American, annual. , 3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. i 3. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. , 3. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy. 4. Lakewood, Gardner cup. j I 4. Atlantic, open. 4. Corinthian, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. . 1 ; 1 ' 4. Eastern, power boat races. 4. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 4. Edgewood, club. 4. Wollaston, club championship. 4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 4. Seaside Park, club. 4. Hampton Roads, cruise. 4. Jamaica Bay Y. R. A. races. 4. Beverly, sweepstake. 4. East Gloucester, club. 4. Hartford, annual. 4. Larchmont, annual. 4. Sea Side, club. 5-12. Atlantic, cruise. , ! ; 7. Eastern, cruise. , ; : 1 8. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 8. New York, Glen Cove, cups. , 1 : 8. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 1 8. Wollaston, club championship. , i 8. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 8. Edgewood, club. 8. Quincy, M. Y. R. A. 8. Rhode Island, cruising race. 8. Seaside Park, club. 8. Beverly, club 8. Corinthian, club. 8. Unqua Corinthian, Williams cups. 8. Riverside, annual. 'i 8. Sea Side, open. 8. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 9. Canarsie, open. 9. Morrisania power boat race. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, ocean race. 11. Lakewood, series race. 12. Seaside Park, club. 12. Sea Side, open. 15. Royal Canadian, club. 15. New Rochelle, club. 15. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 15. Seaside Park, club. 15. Country Club, Detroit club. 15. Edgewood, club. 15. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 15. Keystone, club. 15. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 15. Beverly, club. 15. Boston, cruise. 15. Corinthian, club. 17. Edgewood, N. B. Y. R. A.,— open. 18. New Brunswick Y. R. A. regatta, Prudence Island. 18. East Gloucester, club. 19. Seaside Park. club. 19. Rhode Island, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 20. Rhole Island-Sachem Head, team race. 20. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup. 21. Fall River, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 22. Knickerbocker, power boat race to Marbl*head. 22. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 22. Winthrop, M. Y. R. A. 22. Bristol, N. B. Y. R. A. 22. Rhode Island, cruising race. 22. Seaside Park, club. 22. Royal Canadian, Canada’s cup trials. 22. Beverly Y. C, club. 22. Marine and Field, second championship, Y. R. A.- G. * Bj ENDYMION. The schooner that took fourth, place in the transatlantic race for the Ocean Cup. Owned by Commodore George Lauder, Jr. Harbor Y. C. Designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Built by the Geo. Lawley & Son Corp., South Boston, Photo by James Burton. 22. Unqua Corinthian, Molineux cups. 22. Corinthian, club. 26. Seaside Park, club. 27. Eastern, power boat races. 27. Sea Side, club. 28. Eastern, power boat races. 28. Seaside Park, Bay Head and Island Heights, cruise. 28. Sea Side, open. 29. Eastern, power boat races. 29. New Rochelle, ladies’ race. 29. Chicago, race to Mackinac. 29. Country Club of Detroit, race to Mackinac. 29. Seaside Park, open. 29. Edgewood, club. 29. Knickerbocker, cne-design power boats. 29. Hampton Roads, cruise. 29. Rhode Island, cruising race: i 29. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 29. Beverly, club. 29. Corinthian, club. 29. Boston, club, Marblehead. 29. Indian Harbor, annual. 29. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy. The Race for the Ocean Cup* As we announced in our last issue, Atlantic, Mr. Wilson Marshall’s three-masted schooner, won the trans- Atlantic race for the Ocean Cup presented by H. I. M. the German Emperor. Atlantic not only beat out her ten competitors but made the passage in the record time of 12 days 4 hours 1 minute, lowering the sailing record for the course. Had the wind not failed at the last she would have made the run in 12 days or even less. An- other record is also hers. Up to this time the best day’s run from noon to noon ever made by a yacht was held by the schooner Dauntless. She made a run of 328 miles in the ocean race against Coronet. Atlantic’s run was better by 13 miles, as she made 341 miles between noon of May 23 and noon of May 24. Second honors go to the German entry, Hamburg, which vessel finished over 22 hours behind Atlantic. Hamburg required 13 days 2 hours 6 minutes to make the passage. Valhalla finished third, nearly two full days behind Atlantic. This fine ship made a wonderful showing, and it was a surprise to many to find she was among the first three, particularly as the weather was too light all the way to be entirely to hey liking. The record holder, Endymion, finished fourth, two days after Atlantic and some hours behind her own record. 'the other boats finished in the order named: Hilde- garde, Sunbeam, Fleur de Lys, Ailsa, Utowana and Thistle. Apache is the only laggard, and, as we write, she is still at sea. Although she has been out nearly three weeks now, no fears are felt for her safety, and it is believed her lack of speed accounts for her long passage, ■ The race was most successful in almost every respect. There was a good list of entries, all the boats entered started, and all those that started had fairly good weather and. no very trying experiences. ' America, Germany and England were represented by yachts in the race, and it is rather interesting that one of the three prizes went to each of those countries. All Americans are justly proud that Atlantic won the race. Except for her crew and skipper, who is a natural- zed American, she is a home production throughout. Captain Barr and Mr. Fred M. Hoyt, who acted as navigator, decided to sail a southerly course, and in the light of subsequent events the decision was a very wise one. By taking this route she encountered favoring winds of the strength she wanted and avoided the fog and gales that were found further north. The first day out Atlantic and Hamburg had it nip and tuck. Captain Barr knew the German boat’s speed as he had tested it in foreign waters only last year with Ingomar. After the first day Atlantic passed Hamburg and finally shook her off altogether. From that time on she was in the lead throughout the entire race. Fair winds of sufficient strength to enable her to average ten and one-half knots was what she encountered. The only bad night she had on the trip she was kept going. It was risky business to run at night under such conditions, but her skipper hung on and gained materially thereby. On her record day’s run she averaged over 14^2 nautical miles an hour, a truly remarkable performance. Atlantic was not seen by steamers at all, and as a boat said to be Atlantic was reported from time to time it was apparent some other vessel was mistaken for her, prob- ably Utowana. When a message was received from the signal station on the Scilly Island that Atlantic had been sighted there was great activity on board the German cruiser Pfeil, which vessel was anchored at Falmouth. As soon as she could get under way she proceeded out to the finish line. Had the breeze not been very light Atlantic might have crossed before the cruiser arrived. After finishing Atlantic continued on to Southampton, hoping to make another record to the Needles. The wind was too light, however, to accomplish this and she went into Southampton to refit. Atlantic finished on May 29 at 9:16 P. M. She averaged 10.6 for the 3,090 covered. Hamburg crossed the finish line at 7.22 P. M. on May 30. Hamburg was the vessel most feared by Captain Barr, and the passage she made showed his fears to be well grounded. She is about 20ft. shorter on the water- line but she is not an auxiliary and was not hampered by inside weight of engines, etc., in SO' undesirable a place. It was said by Mr. William Gardner that At- lantic would beat tier about a knot an hour, and that was what she did. Adolf Tietjens, the syndicate’s representative on board, was visibly disappointed when he learned that Atlantic had won. Hamburg experienced good weather and had leading winds. She did not encounter many of her adversaries. On May 19 and 20 she was in com- pany with Endymion, but on the day following she was not to be seen. Hamburg made a very fast run even though she was beaten, and she lowered Endymion’s record lay over 18 hours. Her best day’s run was 312 nautical miles. Ham- burg covered a course 100 knots longer than Atlantic’s. The most remarkable feature of the race was that four yachts should finish within as many hours of one an- other on May 31 after sailing 3,000 miles. June io, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 489 . Of the four Valhalla, the British ship-rigged yacht, owned by the Earl of Crawford, was the first to arrive. . She crossed at 8.08 P. M., and she has consumed 14 -days 2 hours 53 minutes in making the trip. Had Val- halla not been becalmed for 70 hours she would have done even better. No bad weather was experienced and -her voyage was free from incident or mishaps. After finishing she proceeded on to Cowes. ■Endymion, the second of the quartette to finish, crossed over an hour behind Valhalla. The light winds ' that prevailed during the latter part of the contest en- abled Endymion to run up on Valhalla. A freshening breeze brought Endymion up to the finish line in record ■time, and the cruiser Pfeil was several minutes late in getting out from her anchorage in Church Cove. After Endymion finished the Pfeil again returned to her anchorage as the night was dirty, there being a nasty sea on and a heavy breeze blowing. The absence of the stakeboat greatly confused Hil degarde, Sunbeam and Fleur de Lys, the next three boats to finish. The skip- pers of these vessels fired signals frequently and wal- lowed around apparently at a loss to- understand the ab- sence of the stake boat. The responsibility of timing the boats devolved upon the Lloyds representative, who had been very watchful and vigilant. Hildegarde arrived a few minutes too late to be among the prize winners. She took the northerly route and en- countered some ice and heavy winds, and on one occa- sion was driven well off her course by a gale. Her best day’s run was 298 knots. The veteran Sunbeam was the sixth boat to finish. She was built over thirty years ago and has been used con- stantly ever since. Considering her age and type and form, her showing is extraordinary. Atlantic beat her only 2 days 2 hours 24 minutes. The littlest boat in the race was the seventh to- finish. This was Fleur de Lys, owned by Dr. Stimson, who was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Candace Stim- son. This vessel, only 86ft. on the waterline, Captained by the redoubtable Tommy Bohlin and a crew of Glou- cester fishermen, encountered the worst weather than any of the other boats did. Captain Bohlin took Fleur de Lys way north and they had more than their share of wind, ice and fog. One gale in particular was unusually vicious and the owner and his daughter were kept below for several days. The crew were washed about the deck and the helmsmen were lashed to the wheel-box. Such were the conditions that this fine little ship met and successfully negotiated. Fleur de Lys’ time was 14 days 9 hours 33 minutes. Fleur de Lys’ best day’s run was 304 knots. Next to Fleur de Lys the yawl Ailsa was the smallest boat in the race, and she finished a couple of hours be- hind, her. Ailsa was partially rebuilt this spring and was put in good shape for the trip. She is a good sea boat. Ailsa was 14 days 11 hours 10 minutes in making the voyage. Utowana was the ninth boat to arrive and seven hours and a half later Thistle crossed. This latter boat took the northern passage and probable encountered as stren- uous weather as Fleur de Lys did. The times of the finish of the yachts and their- elapsed times are shown in the following: Finish, Greenwich time. Elapsed. Atlantic May 29, 9:16 P. M. 12 04 01 Hamburg May 30, 7:22 P.M. 13 02 06 Valhalla May 31, 8:08 P. M. 14 02 53 Endymion May 31, 9:34 P. M. 14 04 19 Hildegarde May 31, 10:08 P. M. 14 04 53 Sunbeam May 31, 11:40 P. M. 14 06 25 Fleur de Lys June 1, 2:48 A. M. 14 09 33 Ailsa June 1, 4:25 A. M. 14 11 10 Utowana June 1, 5:06 A. M. 14 11 51 Thistle June 1, 12:44 P. M. 14 19 29 Apache June 5, 10:20 A. M. 18 17 05 Atlantic beat the Hamburg 22h. 5m., Valhalla id. 22h. 52m. ; Endymion 2d. 18m., Hildegarde 2d. 52m., Sunbeam 2d. 2h. 24m., Fleur de Lys 2d. 5I1. 32m., Ailsa 2d. 7h. 9111., Utowana 2d. 7I1. 50m., Thistle 2d. 15I1. 28m., Apache 6d. I3h. 4m. As we go to press, a report reaches us that the belated Apache crossed the finish line off the Lizard at 1020 A. M. on June 5. Some uneasiness had been felt for her safety. She experienced some gales, but her slowness accounts for most of the time consumed in making the passage. Boston Letter. Boston Y. C. — A station of the Boston Y. C. is to be established at Five Islands, Me., in Sheepscot Bay, on property owned by Vice-Commodore E. P. Boynton. A small structure is now being erected which will be ready for the members when the fleet reaches Five Islands on its annual cruise in July. It is expected that the station will be much used by members of the club who may be cruising to the eastward. The Regatta Committee has announced that for the regular championships, five classes have been provided ; 22-footers, 18-footers, 15-footers, yachts over 27ft. rating and yachts under 27ft. rating. The records of club yachts in these classes in the regular open and club races will count for percentage, championship cups having been of- fered by Commodore B. P. Cheney. In figuring per- centages it will be considered that each yacht has sailed in six of the eight races. On June 17 and Aug. 5 and 7 classes will be provided for 'power boats, yachts conforming to the restrictions of the Cape Catboat Assn, and dories conforming to the restrictions of the Mass. Racing Dory Assn. A cup has been offered for the three classes of power boats provided and in figuring percentages for these classes it will be considered that each boat has started in all three races. In addition to the regular club championship races there will be a series of twelve special races, to be sailed in Hull Bay between yachts of the first and second rating classes, and 18-footers. Championship cups for this series have been offered by Rear Commodore Alfred Douglass. Y'achts competing will be considered to have started in at least eight of the twelve events. The committee has announced that arrangements have been made between the Eastern Corinthian and Boston Y. C.’s, whereby all three clubs will 'use the same courses and turning marks at Marblehead. Mr. S, N. Small, of the firm of Messrs. Small Bros., has been appointed official measurer of the Bostop Y. C AILSA. Mr. Henry S. Redmond’s yawl that finished eighth in the transatlantic race for the Ocean Cup. Launching of Prosit. — The 90ft. twin-screw power yacht Prosit, owned by Mr. John B. Schoeffel, was launched at the yard of the O. Sheldon Corporation on Tuesday afternoon, May 23. She was christened by Mrs. John B. Schoeffel in the presence of a large number of friends of the owner. Among those present were : Mr. Raymond Hitchcock, Mr. Arthur J. Clark, Judge J. Al- bert Brackett, Mr. and Mrs. George Tarbell, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Clark, Miss Gladys Clark, Mr. William Grant, Mr. William Danforth, Dr. Frank Mara, Mr. Thomas J. Barry, Mr. James Murphy, Mr. D. J. Sulli- van, Mr. M. Thomas Murphy, Mr. Edward Downing, Dr. J. S. Shaw, Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Ingraham, Mr. W. T. Defriest, Capt. C. R. Hitchcock, Mr. L. S. Bird, Mr. A. S. Hanson, Mr. W. H. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Staples Potter, Mr and Mrs. Caleb Chase, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Currier, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Worcester, Miss Josephine Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Aborn and Mr. and Mrs. McQuesten. After the launch- ing luncheon was served on board. Cape Catboat Association. — Dr. F. E. Dawes, of Ne- ponset, announces that the following boats have been entered in the Cape Catboat Assn. : Nancy Hanks, G. W. Lane, Boston. Clara Lee, Edgar Emery, Quincy. Josephine, Morton Smith, Quincy. Thegia, L. W. Croscup, Boston. Dorothy III., F. F. Crane, Quincy. Hustler, H. W. Robbins, Quincy. ’ ] Marvel, I. M. Whittemore, Quincy. Stranger, Dr. F. C. Dawes, Neponset. Neptune, Hallett Brothers, Atlantic. Argestes, G. H. Wilkins, Brocton. Moondyne, W. H. Shaw, Braintree. ! Saltair, C. C. Collins, Wollaston. J 1 Goblin, R. A. Lothrop, Quincy. ! Surprise, G. W. Newcomb, Quincy. Ariel, G. M. Sheehan, Quincy. •Mildred, F. A. Coleman. Idler, W. H. Nichols, Wollaston. Barbara, S. T. Willis, Ashmont. !' Ocean Eagle, T. Lane, Neponset. i ! Notorus, C. O. Whitney, Winthrop, The officers of tfie Associatfop are as follows: Pres. I. M. Whittemore, Quincy; Vice-Pres., George W. Lane, South Boston; Sec.-Treas., Dr. F. E. Dawes, Neponset; Meas., Ralph E. Winslow, Quincy; Executive Commit- tee— Frank Coleman, Boston; F. F. Crane, Quincy; Geo. M. Sawyer, Squantum, and Charles O. Whitney, Win- throp. Power Yacht for Buenos Ayres. — Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & Page have received an order for a 110ft. twin-screw power yacht for Signor Ernesto Tornquist, of Buenos Ayres. This yacht will have special engines of 175 horsepower each, and will use grain alcohol. She is to have a guaranteed speed of 20 miles an hour at 400 revolutions. When built she will proceed to Buenos Ayres under her own power. Among the 22-footers. — It has been announced that the purchaser of last year’s champion 22-footer, Clotho, is Mr. Frank G. Macomber, Jr., owner of four Chewinks, the last of which captured the championship in the 30ft. class last year. Alterations are being made in her which are intended to improve her speed, and Mr. S. N. Small, of Messrs. Small Brothers, her designers, is of the opin- ion^ that she will give the new boats all they can attend to if she does not. beat them. Clorinda and Medric II. have both been weighed and measured, and both are well within the restrictions. All of the new ones, with the exception of Clorinda and the unfinished Nutmeg, have been having daily scraps off Marblehead. Rivalry in this class is warmer than in any other class in recent years Wagers have already been laid on the work of Clorinda and Tyro as compared with Medric II. and Rube durin°- the season. It is said that Mir. Lawrence Percival will sail Opitsah V. in the races this season. It is quite cer- tain that none of the older boats will lose anythin^ through want of good handling. With the 22-footers.— While the 22-footers have al- ready met twice m class racing, there has not been enough shown to give one any definite idea of what their future work may be. Last Tuesday they met at the opening race given by the South Boston Y C The dav was far from being ideal for racing. The wind was un- steady both in force and in direction, light at all times and the drifters had full sway. The old Medric, now owned by Mr. George Lee, came in ahead, which per- formance caused much comment It should be consid- , f ... \ 400 FOREST AND STREAM. [June io, 1905. ered, however, that Medric always had the faculty of winning in extremely light and fluky airs, so that noth- ing really new was shown in this. On Saturday, at the race of the Boston Y. C., light, shifting breezes also pre- vailed. Tyro, owned by Mr. W. H. Joyce, and sailed by Mr. Sumner H. Foster, was the winner, and as she was designed to win in light airs, those on board of her were satisfied. After the race at the South Boston Y. C. it was found that Medric was 23ft. on the waterline. She can be altered so that she can fit the class, but she will lose her percentage for the first race. Upon Tyro’s first measurement she was found to be 54 of an inch short on beam, which has been remedied by increasing the thickness of the planking. Nutmeg’s lead keel was run last Thursday, the mold being built around the wooden keel. Her cabin work is being finished and it is expected that she will be in the racing shortly. New Yard At Marblehead.— At the new plant of Messrs; Burgess & Packard, at Marblehead, the main shop is almost finished. The ways will be in this week. Fhe big ways for the marine railway will be built very shortly. This Work was somewhat delayed because of the presence of a ledge. At the Salem shops the 23ft. launch for Mr. James Lee will be launched this week, She has an engine of 15 horsepower. The new 40ft. autoboat for Mr. William Wallace is still awaiting her engine, the make of which has not yet been decided. Fastest in Canada.- — The 37ft. launch, designed by Messrs. Small Brothers for Mr. Hutchison, 'of Douglas- town, Canada, father ©f Mr. Richard Hutchisen, whose Highball has been entered for the long distance race, was tried out last week and over a measured course made 1754 miles an hour. It is claimed that she is the. fastest launch in Canada. Chanticleer Sold. — The steel schooner Chanticleer, owned by the late George W. Weld, has been sold by Mr. Arthur Binney to Mr. John F, Harris, of Chicago. She will be used in eastern waters. Chanticleer was designed by Mr. Charles L. Seabury and was built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Cfias. L. Seaboury & Co., Cons., at Morris Heights, in 1902. She is 118ft. over all, 79ft. waterline, 22ft. iin. beam and 12ft. 5in. draft. Corinthian Ocean Race. — It has been announced by the Regatta Committee of the Corinthian Y. C. that the ocean race, to be sailed from, Marblehead to the Isles of Shoals and return, starting on June 17, will be open to yachts of any recognized yacht club. The classes will be as follows : A Class A, handicap, for boats over 30 and not over Soft, waterline — First prize offered. by Mr. Hairy H. Walker; second, $15; third, $10; fourth, $5. Class B, handicap, for boats under 30ft. waterline and over 40ft. over all — First prize offered by Vice-Commo- dore Morss; second, $10; third, $7; fourth, $5. Class C, no time allowance, conforming to the rules of the Twenty-two-Foot Cabin Yacht Association — First prize offered by Mr. Lawrence F. Percival; sec- ond, $10; third, $7; fourth, $5. rGss D, handicap, for: boats under 30ft, waterline and under 40ft. over all, . except -yachts conforming to the rules of the Twenty-two-Foot Cabin Yacht Associa- tion-First prize offered by Mr. Henry A. Hildreth; second, $10; third, $7; fourth, $5. Manchester Y. C. — The Regatta Committee of the Manchester Y. C. has announced the following fixtures: July 5, Wednesday— First championship. July 18, Tuesday— Second championship. Aug. 1, Tuesday — -Third championship. Aug. 14, Monday— Y. R. A. open. Aug. 15, Tuesday — Crowhurst cup. Aug. 22, Tuesday— Fourth championship Sept. 5, Tuesday— Fifth championship. East Gloucester Y. C.— The Regatta Committee of the East Gloucester Y. C. has announced club races, to be sailed on the following dates: June 6, June 11, June 20,, June 25, July 4, July 9, July 18, July 23, Aug. I, Aug. 6, Aug. 20 and Aug. 29. Special races will be sailed Labor Day. Winthrop Y. C. — The Regatta Committee of the Winthrop Y. C. has announced the following fixtures : June 17, Saturday — Class handicap. June 24, Saturday — Class handicap. July 1, Saturday — Class handicap. July 8, Saturday — Special race at Columbia Y. C. July. 15, Saturday — Class handicap. July 16, Sunday- — Club run. July 22, Saturday — Y. R. A. open. July 29, Saturday — Class handicap. Aug. s, Saturday — Special race at South Boston Y. C. Aug. 12, Saturday — Class handicap. Aug. 13, Sunday — Club run -to Nahant. Aug. 19, Saturday — Class handicap. Aug. 26, Saturday — Class handicap. Sept. 2, Saturday — Class handicap. Sept. 10, Sunday — Y. R. 'A. rendezvous. Columbia Y. C. — The Regatta Committee of the Co- lumbia Y. C. has announced the following fixtures : June 10, Saturday — Interclub with Winthrop Y. C. June 17, Saturday- — Cruise to Marblehead.. June 23, Friday — Ladies’ day cruise to Grape Island. July 8, Saturday — Interclub race. Aug. 5, Saturday — Interclub with South Boston Y, C. Aug. 27, Sunday — Ladies’ . day cruise to Peddock’s Island. New Schooner for Mr. H. A. Morss.— Mr. Henry A. Morss, owner of the 35-footer Cossack, is to have a new schooner designed under the new uniform rule for next season. The schooner, which will be 55ft. waterline, will be designed by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Autoboat for Mr. H. L. Bowden.— A report was cur- rent about town last week that Mr. H. L. Bowden, owner of the autoboat Mercedes U. S. A., the 22-footer Rube and the 18- footer Hayseed II., is to have a new autoboat for the 40ft. class, which will be built in New York. This boat, it is said, will have an engine of 150 horsepower, probably a Mercedes. At Stearns & McKay’s.— At the Marblehead Yacht Yards, Messrs. Stearns & McKay, the 35-footer Golden Rod, owned by Mr. George E. Bruce; the yawl Kath- erine II., owned by Hon. Frank W. Rollins, and the cut- ter Wyvern, 'owned by Mr. R. K. Longfellow, are being fitted out. They are about ready for launching. The new 25ft. speed launch for Mr. W. H. Stewart, Jr., is nearly finished. Helen Sold. — The 25-footer Helen, owned by the late J. Montgomery Sears, has been sold through the agency of Mr. B. B. Crowninshield to Messrs. T. W. Souther and J. W. Holt, of the Boston Y. C. Helen is one of the Bar Harbor 25-footers, and was built in 1901 by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Cons., at Morris Heights. Mourned by Yachtsmen. — Through the death of Mr. J. Montgomery Sears, yachting has lost one of its most devoted patrons, and yachtsmen a sincere and beloved friend. Mr. Sears was one of the Puritan syndicate, and during his yachting career he owned many yachts which he raced in Massachusetts, at Newport and at Bar Plar- bor. He had recently purchased the steam yacht . Sul- tana from. Mr. John R. Drexel and intended to use her for a summer home. He was for some years a member of the New York and the Eastern yacht clubs, and only a short time previous to his death had been elected a member of the Boston Y. C. Cruising. Schooner.— Mr. Norman L. Skene is pre- paring the preliminary plans' for a ^.seagoing cruising schooner for Mr. G. T. Williams,' of Hartford, Conn. She will be 81 ft. over all, 56ft. waterline, 17ft. 2in. beam and loft, draft. She will be used for general cruising along the coast and possibly for ocean cruising. John B. Killeen. Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, 1905. With the opening of the yachting season comes the new volume of the American Yacht Register for 1905, published by Lloyd’s, Register of Shipping. Though only in its third season, this book is already well 'known in all parts of the United States and Canada as the standard work of reference for yachtsmen. The past yepr has wrought more than the usual num- ber of changes in yachting history; severe storms in sev- eral localities have wrecked many yachts, and the grow- ing popularity of the gasolene .motor has led to- the con- version of many sailing craft to auxiliaries. Notable among these are the cup defender Mayflower. -and her predecessor by a year, Priscilla,, with many smaller yachts designed by Burgess' and Carey Smith. With the change to auxiliary power there comes very fre- quently a change from cutter to yawl rig, and while a few old sailors are found- like, the owners of Pappoose and Minerva, who. deride the allurements of power, most of the old fighting 40- footers and 40-footers are now to be found cruising as auxiliary^ .yawls. , A still greater ghange is due to the fact that the early Burgess boats and their contemporaries have just about reached their majority, and though still seaworthy and serviceable, they are; rapidly finding their way into trade. The 40-footer Cliispa and the 46-footer Mineola have been sold for pilot service in southern and West Indian waters, the 30-footer Kathleen has been broken up, and others have been sold or are on the sale list at prices which will take them into trade. All of these changes are recorded in the Register, a book of 542 pages with fifty-nine colored plates of club burgees, national ensigns and owners’ private signals, the latter to the number of 1,440. The total number of yachts' listed is 3,389, of which' 2,130 are .sailing craft and 1,259 are propelled by steam or some other power. The tendency of the times is shown by- the fact that while but a year ago the sailing yachts made 67 per cent, of the total, this year they make but 62 per cent. Among the power yachts, the new" gasolene cruisers in all sizes from 30 to Soft, figure- conspicuously, this type of craft being deservedly popular from its great utility, its adaptability to all waters, and the compara- * tively low cost of running. In addition to the main list of yachts, giving, the most complete particulars of hulls and engines, there are lists of signal letters, of former names . of yachts, of builders and designers of the United States and Canada, and a very complete list of over 3,100 yacht owners, with ad- dresses and clubs, as well as the yachts owned by each. • The Lloyds cannot continue to publish this admirable work if yachtsmen do. not. give them proper support, and as this is the only complete record of American yachts this country has ever had, owners owe it to them- selves to give the publishers every help and all assist- ance that they can. Every yachtsman should buy a copy. The Register is published from the New York office of. Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 15 Whitehall street, New York, the price being $7.50. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Auxiliary Schooner Witoco Launched. — The auxil- iary schooner Witoco was launched at City Island from the yard of the builder, Mr. Robert Jacob, on Saturday, June 3, about noon. She was designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow for Mr. W. T. Colbron and will replace a smaller vessel of the same name. She is 84ft. over all, 60ft. waterline, 19ft. breadth and 8ft. 3m. draft. The boat is of wooden construction, copper fastened and her ballast is of lead, all outside. The deck is flush except for a small mahogany house aft of the mainmast, which gives head room and ventila- tion to the quarters in that part of the vessel. The com- panionway is in the starboard side of this house, and it leads to a steerage. On the starboard side of the com- panionway is a stateroom with sofa, bed, bureau, sta- tionary washstand, wardrobe and lockers. Aft of this cabin is a toilet room with tub, folding basin, closet and lockers. On the opposite side of the passage on the port side are two more staterooms, each with berth with drawers under, folding wash basin and clothes presses. The saloon, 10ft. in length, is forward of these state- rooms, and extends the full width of the vessel, with a sofa. On the port side is a buffet and on the starboard side a desk with a bookcase above. Forward of the sa- loon on the port side is another stateroom with toilet room connecting, wardrobe, wash basin. The engine room is located on the center line of the boat just for- ward of the saloon with a passageway to starboard, and still further to starboard is the sailing master’s state- room. Forward of these staterooms and engine room is the galley, extending the full width of the yacht. A refri- gerator and ice-box are located on the port side, and on the starboard side are dressers, sink, lockers, etc. The forecastle is 14ft. long and will accommodate six men. At the forward end is a water-tight bulkhead, and for- ward of this is a metal lined compartment arranged- to receive gasolene tanks. Witqeo is equipped with a 40 horsepower Graige en- gine which will drive her at about nine miles an hour. The yacht has a complement of three boats, a launch, a gig and a dinghy. She will be placed in commission at once. e? « « Entries in N. Y. A. C.’s Block Island Race. — There will be at least nine starters in the New York Athletic Club’s race to Block Island. The entries already filed, together with the particulars of the boats, follow : Boat, Owner and Club. Length. Allowance. Flosshilde, W. D. Hennen, New York A. C. 42ft. lOin. Allows. Hanley, C. D. Mallory, Indian Harbor 42ft. 6in. 0 05 37 Alert, J. W. Alker, Manhasset Bay 42ft. 3in. 0 09 49 Saladin, R. W. Rathborne, New York A. C. 41ft. 2in. 0 28 03 Alyce, H. A. Jackson, Jr., New York A. C... 39ft. 1 04 32 Heron. J. LeBoutellier, Stamford 32ft. 6in. 2 53 57 Rita, W. Durant, New York A. C 30ft. 3 30 02 Penekeese PI. Baldwin, Huguenot 29ft.. llin. 3 37 26 Gauntlet, L. D. Huntington, New Rochelle.. 28ft. 4 09 42 The race starts on Saturday, Tune 17. It X II Entries in Race Around Long Island. — Eight own- ers have already entered their boats in the race to be sailed around Long Island under the auspices of the Sea- wanhaka Corinthian Y. C. The race will start off the Atlantic Y. C. at Sea Gate on Saturday, June 17, and the boats will finish off the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. at Oyster Bay. The following boats have already entered : Peggy > ketch, Frank S. Hastings. Fearless, sloop, William Greenough. Gossoon, yawl. Jessup. Tito, sloop, C. Sherman Hoyt. Nike, sloop, v ictor I. Cumnock. Nephawin, yawl, Jonathan Thompson, Jr. Nephawin, yawl, Johnathan Thompson, Jr. Regina, sloop, Francis G. Stewart. H H K A Fine Yacht Basin. — One who might observe the apparently insignificant proportions of that little body of water in Quincy, Mass., known as the Town River, would never imagine that near its mouth is one of the finest yacht basins in the country. It is a fact nevertheless that the Baker Yacht Basin is one that appeals to owners, of large and small craft. That part of the river on which the basin is located is completely landlocked, and in the basin proper there is a depth of from 10 to 20ft. It is especially clean for fitting out and, as there is a direct fresh water shed, it is free from worms. There are four steam marine railways with a capacity up to 800 tons, and there is a complete and extensive building and repair plant, with full equipments in the different departments. Some of the largest steam and sailing yachts are to be found in, the basin every winter. R K K Unqua-Corinthian Y. C. Schedule. — The Regatta Committee of the Unqua-Corinthian Y. C., of Amity- ville, L. I., has prepared the following programme : June 24 — First club regatta. July 8 — Regatta for cups presented by Commodore Francis A. Williams. July 22 — Regatta for cups presented by Vice-Commo- dore Charles P. Molineux. Aug.5— Regatta for cup? presented by Rear Commo- dore Edward Bleecker. Aug. 7 to 12 — Annual cruise to Patchogue and other points east of Babylon. Aug. 26 — Ladies’ day. Sept. 4 — Open regatta. Rim Halifax Race Attracts English Entries.— The yachts of the New York Y. C. that are expected to join the Eastern Y. C. in its race from Marblehead to Hali- fax, starting Aug. 21, will have several yachts of British register and English build as competitors. Members of the Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. have been in Halifax the past week conferring with the officers of the Royal Nova Scotia Y. S. regarding the race, and they have been assured by the Halifax yachtsmen that several entries from the Halifax fleet might be expected in the race. As the Halifax fleet includes a number of yachts built m England, these entries will give the race a strictly in- ternational character. Halifax is enthusiastic over the proposed visit of the American yachtsmen, who will practically be given the freedom of the city. A series of races will be sailed while the American boats are in port for challenge cups in possession of the Royal Nova Scotia Y. S. and for special prizes, consist- ing of a silver tankard for first boat in each class, bear- ing in enamel the colors of the local club. Racing runs have been proposed from Halifax to Shelburne, with stops at night at Chester and Liverpool. At Shelburne races will be given by the Shelburne Y. C. for special trophies. « at « Keystone Y. C. Schedule. — The Regatta Committee of the Keystone Y. C. has arranged for the following schedule : June 17, all classes, lower course, start 2 P. M. July 15, all classes, lower course, start 2 P. M. Aug. 5 and 12, annual cruise, start 10 A. M. Sept. 9, consolation race, lower course, start 2 P. M. ' 9i *1 * Ail communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. June io, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 461 Harlem Y. C. City Island, Long Islahd Sound — Tuesday, May 30. There were twenty starters in the twenty-third annual regatta of the Harlem Y. C., held on Decoration Day. The start was made off Belderi’s Point, and the Regatta Committee were on board Fleet Captain Thum’s launch* Spartan. . The boats in the 33ft. and 27ft. classes covered a 15-mile triangular course, going first to. Matifiico'ck Point, thence to Delaney Point and back to the finish off Belden’s Point. The other boats, with the exception of the 18ft. sloop Olass-, covered a .12-mile course. . , The . preparatory was given at 12 :16, and at 12:20 the 33ft-. yawls started with Afina ahead and to windward of Memory. The wind was fresh from the E., lfiakihg the fifst leg a bhat. Memory soon drew out ahead and from that time on dropped Anna steadily, _ , In the 33ft, sloop class Alert led over the line and ran away from hfer Competitors. Bedouin, a starter in this class won the Williams cup for the fastest time over the long course made by a club boat. , .... .. , In the 27ft. class three of the eight starters did hot finish. Firefly beat out the other boats on corrected timfe. , . . Wahneta won in the 22ft. class, While .Lonetta wofi the Muhlfeld cup for the fastest time made by a Harlem Y. C. boat in the 22ft. class. . _ Va'quero wofi in the Larchmont Y. C. ofie-design class. Ace finished first in the 18ft. sloop class. The summary: Yawls, 83Ft. Class — Start, 12:20 — Course, 15 Miles. Memory, H. M. Raborg 4 13 30 3 53 30 Anna, W. Strauss 5 04 40 4 44 40 Sloops, 33Ft. Class— Start, 12 :25— Course, 15 Miles. Alert, J. W. Alker 4 10 00 3 45 00 Bedouin, W. .J. Fowler 4 58 55 4 33 55 Kathryn, J. F, Proctor et al 5 13 00 4 48 00 Sloops, 27Ft. Class — Start, 12:30 — Course 15 Miles. Widgeon, N&wtofi Brothers Did not finish. Snapper, F. C. Page 4 35 28 4 05 28 Rogue, A. B. Alley,, 4 39 37 4 09 37 Thelema, A, E. Black 4 32 34 4 02 34 Firefly, G. P. Graribery 4 32 55 4 02 55 Mopsh, Snllivafi Brothers 5 03 20 4 33 20 Wave, W, J. Smith Did not finish. Sparrow, C. Christensen Did not finish. Sloops, 22Ft. Class — Start, 12:35 — Course, 12 Miles. Nomad, J. Mooring 4 36 05 4 01 05 Wahneta, J. Delaney 4 26 25 3 51 25 Kanaka, J. Mahlstedt 4 24 15 3 49 15 Gazabo, H. Vulte Did not finish. Uncas, G. F. Mangels 4 37 30 4 02 39 Lonetta, Scherer & McKenna 4 34 20 3 59 20 Skip, C. M. Pinckney 4 39 45 4 04 45 Larchmont Y. C., One-Design Class — Start, 12:35 — Course 12 Miles. Dorothy, L. G. Spence 4 12 00 S 37 00 • Vaquero, W. Stump 4 11 45 3 36 45 Sloops, 18Ft. Class — Start, 12:40 — Course, 9 Miles. Ace, R. N. Bavier 3 50 00 3 10 00 Tammany, F. J. Muhlfield 4 09 03 3 29 30 Viking, L. F. Seifert 4 28 05 3 48 05 Manhasset Bay Y. C. Port Washington, Long Island Sound — Tuesday, May 30. The first powerboat race of the season to be held near New New York was given under the auspices of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. on Tuesday, May 30. Nineteen boats started in four classes, and all but one finished. Shooting Star and Panhard covered a 15-mile course. Panhard allowed Shooting Star 4m. 16s., but she was not only able to save her time, but won by 2m. 24s. The water was smooth, and it was a good day for racing. In class H, Simplex won by lm. 6s. Colonia allowed Simplex 6m. 31s., and although she overcame the handicap materially, she was not able to save her time. Tike defeated San Toy in Class I, although corrected time cannot be figured until Tike has been measured. The start of the twelve Knickerbocker Y. C. one-design boats was most exciting, as they all crossed in a bunch. This is the first race these boats have been in. They were built by the New York Kerosene Oil Engine Company, of College Point, N- Y., from the designs of Mr. Charles Coughtry, one of the club members. They are 21ft. over all, 4ft. Sin. beam, and 18in. draft. They are equipped with two-stroke Fulton engines. No. 7 won in the Knickerbocker class, but was protested. The summary follows : Class G — Course, 15 Miles^_ Shooting Star, H. A. Lozier, Jr Panhard II., A. Massanet Class H — Course, 15 Miles. Simplex, C. R. Mabley 1 10 43 Beldame, H. A. Lozier, Jr 1 18 21 Colonia, Fred G. Bourne 1 05 18 Class I— Course, 10 Miles. San Toy II., W. H. Barrion 4 44 13 Pike, Samuel Stimson, Jr 4 41 31 Knickerbocker One-Design Class — Course, 9 Miles. No. 7 J. Cassidy 4 51 49 No. 2 Chas. Coughtry 4 53 05 No. IF. L. Creamer 4 53 30 No. 13 Emil Reiss 4 55 02 No. 11 Daniel Noble 4 55 06 No. 6 F. F. Brown 4 55 30 No. 12 M. E. Connelly 4 57 56 No. 3 L. C. Berrian 4 58 41 No. 10 W. H. Gaffert 5 00 53 No. 9 J. Sulzbach 5 02 00 No. 8 R. Sands 5 04 16 No. 4 J. B. Schmelzel Did not finish. Messrs. Anson B. Cole and Fred H. Hill managed the race. Finish. Elapsed. 0 57 38 0 53 22 0 50 58 0 50 58 s. 1 10 43 1 04 12 1 18 21 1 15 29 1 05 18 1 05 18 >-4 44 13 0 54 13 4 41 31 0 51 32 4 51 49 0 56 49 4 53 05 0 58 05 4 53 30 0 58 30 4 55 02 1 00 02 4 55 06 1 00 06 4 55 30 1 00 30 4 57 56 1 02 56 4 58 41 1 03 41 5 00 53 1 05 53 5 02 00 1 07 00 5 04 16 1 09 16 Did not finish. Bay Side Y. C. Bay Side, Long Island Sound — Tuesday, May 30. A feature of the opening day’s exercises at the Bay Side Y. C., on Memorial Day, was the race in the afternoon for the new one-design boats built by Mr. Thomas Clapham. The boats have a torpedo stern, but otherwise are much like Jeebi, a craft with some record for Sound racing. Five boats started and J. E. Hill defeated H. Wegans by only one second. A. Andrews had an easy win in the dory class. The summaries: One-Design Dories— Start, 3:25. Finish. Elapsed. A. Andrews 4 55 00 1 29 00 J. H. Lee 5 01 30 1 36 30 G A Harvey ; 5 02 30 1 37 30 E G Story 5 04 30 1 39 30 Maxwell Long 5 05 00 1 40 00 P. B. Nash 5 14 30 1 49 30 Torpedo Special Class — Start, 3:35. J. E. Hill '... 5 37 52 2 02 52 H. Wegans 5 37 53 2 02 53 Leo Bugg 5 43 45 2 08 45 C. H. Roberts 5 40 00 2 11 00 A. Nesmith ,5 55 30 2 20 30 New York Y. C. Glen Cove, Long Island Sound — May 30. The New York Y. C. held the races for Spring cup off Station No. 10, Glen Cove on Decoration Day. This was a marked departure from the usual custom, as the club has up to this -year held its opening regatta on the lower bay courses about the middle of June. This innovation was a step in the right direction, as was evidenced by the number of starters and ■the new Regatta Committee composed Of Messrs. Oliver E. (Cromwell, chairman; H. de B. Parsons and Ernest E. Lorillard, have scored at the outset. Three classes filled, and there were .twenty starters. The Regatta Committee were on board Commodore Bourne’s launch Artemis and the warning signal was given at 11 o’clock. At 11:15 the two 70-footers, Mineola and Yankee were sent away. 'Mineola got the better of the start, and led all over the course. The boats covered a triangular course of 19% miles. The wind •was from the N.E. and moderate. The seventies had a reach on the first leg, a beat on the and a broad reach back to the finish. The starters in classes M and N covered an 19% nautical mile . 2 15 06 2 55 06 . 2 28 23 3 08 23 . 2 29 49 3 09 49 . 2 35 05 3 15 05 Miles — Start, 11:25. . 2 45 57 3 20 59 . 2 46 06 3 21 06 . 2 46 19 3 21 19 . 2 46 34 3 21 34 ..2 46 43 3 21 43 . 2 47 00 3 22 00 . 2 47 04 3 22 04 . 2 47 17 3 22 17 . 2 47 33 3 22 33 . 2 47 33 3 22 33 . 2 47 49 3 22 49 . 2 47 56 3 22 56 ..2 48 20 3 23 20 . 2 51 02 3 26 02 bourse, the first leg of which was a .reach, the second a reach and a shift in the wind made the third a. run. _ , _ , Captain Christiansen, who has sailed with Captain Charlie Barr for so many years as mate had Mineola’s drew in good shape, and that vessel was handled livelier than her adversary arid orit- maneuvered her at every turn. Mineola won by lm. 47s. The four starters ih classes M and N were _started at 11:20; Mira had an easy time with her three competitors arid. had .a good lead at the finish. On corrected time Mira not cmly won m her class, butd bfeat the seventies. Joker is orie of the Bat Harbor 30-footers; arid, this was the first of thesfe boats to race on Lorig Island Sound. The owners . of the new one-design 30-footers turned out m good shape with their boats and fourteen of them were .on hand at the start. A shift in the wind carried. Dahirida, which boat had beeri far behind, into first place and she. won. This change in the, wind benefited all the boats that had been . Jeft fat behind. Dahirida finished a winner over Atari* by 9s., making net second win out of three starts so far this season. Sloops, Class H, 70-Footers — Course, 19% Miles— Start, 11:15. Finish. Elapsed. Mirieola, W. Ross Proctor 1 20 16 2 05 16 Yankee, J. Rogers Maxwell 1 22 03 2 07 03 Sloops, Classes M and N, 33-Footers — Course 19% Miles — Start, 11:20. Mira, Charles Lane Poor . Spasm, E. B. King 2 Mimosa III., Trenor L. Park Joker, Wainwright Sloops, Special 30Ft. Class— Course, 1 Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan, Jr 2 45 57 Atair, Cord Meyer 2 46 06 Carlita, Oliver Harriman 2 46 19 Maid of Mendon, VV. D. Guthrie 2 46 34 Iris, C. O’D. Iselin 2 46 43 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 2 47 00 Adelaide II., George E. Adee 2 47 04 Nautilus, A. G. & H. W. Hanan 2 47 17 Alera, A. H. & J. W. Alker 2 47 33 Minx, Howard Willetts 2 47 33 Phryne, H. L. Maxwell 2 47 49 Neola II., George M. Pynchon 2 47 56 Banzai, Newbury D. Lawton 2 48 20 Linnet, Amos F. French 2 51 02 Atlantic Y. C. S.ea Gate, New York Bay — Tuesday, May 30. The Gravesend Bay racing season of 1905 was opened on Memorial Day with a regatta for classes L and under, given by the Atlantic Y. C. There were nineteen starters in the event, the winners being Vivian II., Lizana, Ojigwan and Delta. Four of the Class Q boats, built this year under the new rule of rating, made their debut and from the close work done through- out showed that excellent sport may be expected in- the class this year. Ojigwan, designed by Mr. John R. Brophy for Mr. George E. Reiners, of the Brooklyn Y. C., was the winner in the class, defeating Mr. Hendon Chubb’s Cockatoo II., from the board of Mr. Clinton H. Crane, by 42s. The latter just beat out the Mower-designed creation, More Trouble, owned by Mr. W. H. Childs, at the very finish of the event, by 2s. Quest, the craft designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow for Mr. F. J. Havens, was not handled to advantage and ended the race 4m. and 27s. behind Ojigwan. The latter and More Trouble were in better racing trim than the others. From what could be gleaned from the first meeting of the new boats the closest competition seems probable. More Trouble appeared to be more than a match for the others in reaching, but not quite so good at windward work. A most significant and interesting outcome of the race was the fact that Ojigwan defeated Mary, a smart Class Q creation built under the old rule, by- 11m. 26s. for a course of between, 7 and 8 miles. Mary was the first of the old boats to finish. Classes N and P went out around West Bank Light and re- turned, having a reach both ways. The other boats twice covered the regular Association course, with marks at Ulmer Park, Marine and Field Club, Fort Flamilton and the start off the club dock. The first leg was a reach, the second a run, the third another reach and the last a fine windward board home. The summaries : Sloops, Class N — Start, 3:05. Vivian II., S. E. Vernon 3 59 31 Redwing, B. J. O’Donohue Sloops, Class P — Start, 3:05. Lizana, D. S. Wylie 4 06 57 Huntress, L. H. Dyer 4 11 20 Adeline, Menton Bros 4 12 03 Bonito, Haviland Bros Disabled Sloops, Class Q — Start, 3:10. Ojigwan, George E. Reiners 4 27 25 Cockatoo II., Hendon Chubb More Trouble, W. IT. Childs 4 28 09 Quest, F. J. Havens 4 31 52 Mary, Max Grundner Ogeemah, Alfred Mackay 4 39 07 Karma, J. C. Erskine.. 4 40 25 Careless, Richard Rummell 4 41 48 Wraith, Calvin Tompkins Trouble, W. A. Barstow Withdrew. Sloops, Class RR — Start, 3:15. Delta, J. J. Mahoney 4 49 56 Beta, Snedeker & Camp 4 52 32 Gamma, A. H. Platt 4 54 09 Finish. Elapsed. ..3 59 31 . 0 54 31 ..4 02 11 0 57 11 05. ..4 06 57 1 01 57 ..4 11 20 1 06 20 . .4 12 03 1 07 03 , . Disabled :10. ..4 27 25 1 17 25 ..4 28 07 1 18 07 ..4 28 09 1 18 09 ..4 31 52 1 21 52 ..4 38 51 1 28 51 ..4 39 07 1 29 07 ..4 40 25 1 30 25 ..4 41 48 1 31 4S ..4 48 07 1 38 07 . Withdrew. :15. ..4 49 56 1 34 56 . .4 52 32 1 37 32 ..4 54 09 1 39 09 Havens Cup. Sea Gate, New York Bay — Saturday, June 3. Owners could hardly wait for the struggle of Saturday to come so anxious were they to try old and new creations. This race was the sixth for the Havens cup for classes M and under, all starting in one division on time allowance. Five events for the same trophy were held in 1904, Bobtail getting two victories and Redwing, Era and Lizana, one each. The cup must be won three times by the same owner for permanent possession. Saetta, the second Gielow creation for Class Q, won the event of Saturday, defeating More Trouble on time allowance by 47s. In regular class competition the two would race boat for boat, and More Trouble would have b'een the victor, having finished 23s. before Saetta. The course selected for the Havens cup event took the ten starters out across the channel down the Lower Bay as far as the bell buoy about % of a mile to the northward of West Bank Light, thence to the bell buoy off Craven Shoal and home. An opportunity to test the new creations on more open water than encountered in the bay on Memorial was given, and they showed to even better advantage than in the initial regatta. The course was covered twice, aggregating 11% miles. With a fine northerly breeze blowing good progress' was made, the first leg to West Bank being a reach, the second to windward and the third a short reach home. As Havens Cup races are open to Atlantic Y. C. boats only, Ojigwan was not eligible. The contest again demonstrated how unusually well matched the new class is for an open one. Only seconds separated Cockatoo II., More Trouble and Saetta on the first time around, and it was the same story at the finish, when More Trouble led over the line followed by Lizana, last year’s Association champion in Class P, Saetta and Cockatoo 11, in the order named. The Class N boat, Vivian II., first to end the race, sailed well throughout, but was too heavily handicapped to win from the speedy newcomers. A noticable feature of the struggle was the poor work of the C. F. Herreshoff 25-footer Huntress, formerly Lively. The boat is now owned by L. H. Dyer, of the Atlantic Y. C., an enthusiastic racing man, and was purchased with the hope that a change in rig and ballast would improve her. The position, usually occupied in competition down the Sound was the best Huritress could maintain. The summaries: Sloops, Classes M and Under — Start, 3:05. Finish. Vivian II., S. E. Vernon 5 13 36 Redwing, J. B. O’Donohue .5 17 46 Bobtail, E. F. Luckenbach 5 27 05 More Trouble, W. H. Childs 5 29 16 Lizana, D. S. Wylie 5 29 28 -Saetta, Geo. H. Church .,...5 29 39 Cockatoo II., Hendon Chubb. .....5 30 43 Huntress, L. H. "Dyer 5 32 05 Quest, F. J. Havens 5 33 36 Wraith, . Calvin Tompkins. , ,.v«6 07 3.0 Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. ...5 13 36 2 08 36 2 06 53 2 12 46 2 12 46 , . .5 27 05 2 .22 05 , . .5 29 16 2 24 16 2 06 33 ,..5 29 28 2 24 28 2 10 01 ..5 29 39 2 24 39 2 05 46 ..5 30 43 . 2 25 43 ...5 32 05 2 27 05 2 i5 01 ,.5 33 2£> 2 28 25 v;6 07 30 3 02 30 South Boston Y* C. South Boston, Mass; — Tuesday, May 30. The opening race of the season was sailed off the South Boston Y. C. at City Point, on Tuesday, _ May 30. The breeze was all around the cofnpass, streaky and fluky, arid the yachts received only, a poor test. The old Medric won in the 22-footers, Bonitwo m the 18-footei-s and Vera II. took a sailover in the 15ft. class. There was a good fleet of sailing dories, and also Cape cats, the summary: Class E, 22-Footefs. Medric, George Lee. ; Rube, H. L. Bowderi jg «Jl 57 Clorinda, Cheney and Lanning '.. '.'. '. '. .2 22 5t) Medric II., Herbert FI; White ;.... ! !2 23 10 -r, .. " „ Class I, 18-Footers. Bonitwo, George IT. Wightrriari .2 20 57 Mirage II., J; W. 01ni,stead ...; ; . . ; . ;2 23 57 1 ankee,. F. W. Atwood ; . ; ....... .2 24 11 Hayseted II., FI. L. Bowderi 2 30 07 Nicknack, ,E. B. Holmes.;.......; 2 33 45 Dorcheri, A. W. Finlay 2 34 12 TT - ■ , Class T, 15-Footefs. Vera II., IT. Lundberg... 2 C>7 25 , - - Class X, Dories. Elizabeth F., H. W. Dudley 2 0117 Barbara, Blaney & Wardwell 9 ni 4.0 Bugaboo II., A. B. Ingalls ’2 05 47 Frolic II., W. G. Torrey %S 32 Zaza II., Gordon Foster.. , 9 in 47 Spray, H. T. Wing [2 12 40 Question, Guy Gardner 15 38 Bessie A., J. S. Hodge ....2 15 32 Class D, Cape Cats. Hustler, H. W. Robbins Marvel, I. W. Whittemore..... Stranger, Dr. F. E. Dawes Josephine, F. H. Smith Ocean Eagle, T. Lang Saltair, C. C. Collins Elapsed. Corrected. 1 51 56 1 53 23 2 00 54 2 01 54 2 02 38 2 10 20 2 10 40 2 12 15 2 18 56 •0 M l» Dorothy III., F. F. Crane.... Nancy Flanks, G. W. Lane... Thelga, L. E. Crosscup Moondyne, Shaw Bros B. B. Y. R. A. Wawenock Classes— First Class. Sentinel JL Harnett Kit J. til Varuna Pocahontas Lobster S. B. Y. Colson C. Tenders. McKee Stickney Hyde J. VI ou 1 12 36 The judges were Messis. Arthur Fuller, Thomas F. Bruen Maurice J. Lee, W. H. Godfrey, R. E. Bartlett, ' T. J. Cole Herbert P. Cook and Newton B. Stone. J ’ Boston Y. C. A club race of the Boston Y. C. was sailed off the South Boston station on Saturday, June 3, in light breezes, N. to E. the four 22-footers were less than a minute apart. Tyro winning. Dorchen won m the 18-footers, and Vera II. had a walkover in the 15-footers. _ The feature of the day was the defeat of the 30-footer Chewmk IV. by the 25-footers L’Aiglon and Jingo. 1 he summary : _ , . Class E, 22-Footers. Tyro, William H. Joyce 1 44 59 Medric II., Herbert IT. White !l 45 24 Rube, Flerbert L. Bowden 1 45 35 Clorinda, B. P. Cheney and C. D. Laming '. !!!l 45 40 Class I, 18-Footers. Dorchen, A. W. Finlay 1 49 ig Bonitwo, George H. Wightman ” !l 50 00 Hayseed II., Flerbert L. Bowden 1 56 51 Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead 1 57 56 Class T, 15-Footers. Vera II., H. Lundberg 1 39 00 First Rating Class, Over 27Ft. . T , . . , „ ,,, TT , , Elapsed. Corrected. L Aiglon, E. W. Hodgdon 1 43 52 Jingo, George B. Doane 1 44‘ 52 1 6i 33 Chewink, F. G. Macomber... 1 44 55 1 07 56 Second Rating Class, Under 27Ft. Anne, C. B. Pratt 1 46 38 0 49 58 Opah, Walter C. Lewis 1 31 35 0 54 19 *Ruth, FI. C. Hartshorn 1 45 08 *Gadfly, C. W. Chapin 1 39 40 ’ ” ” Pet, Walter Burgess Withdrew. Idella, B. D. Amsden Went aground. *Not measured. Indian Harbor Y. C. Greenwich, Long Island Sound — Tuesday, May 30. The Indian Harbor Y. C. held its first club race on Decoration. Day. The club went into commission in the morning and the races were held in the afternoon. The preparatory was given at 2:30 and the raceabouts were sent away five minutes later. The wind was light from the E. at the start, and later hauled to S.W. Tartan, last year’s champion raceabout, beat her competitors to a standstill, the second boat being nearly 10m. behind. In the handicap class Robin Hood won, beating Heron by over 4m. The boats covered a 5 nautical mile course twice. The summary follows: Raceabouts — Start, 2 :35 — Course, 10 Miles. Tartan, A. H. Pirie “ " Pretty Quick, A. B. Alley Nora, Adrian Iselin III 6.18 53 Mistral, A. C. Bostwick 6 21 00 Invader, Jr., R. A. Rainey Handicap Race — Course 10 Miles. Kenoshi, Clifford Mallory 2 40 00 Robin Flood, G. E. Gartland 2 50 00 FJeron, J. Le Boutillier 2 50 00 Acushla, E. C. Ray 3 05 00 The Regatta Committee -is composed of Messrs. Hanan, Chairman; Charles E. Simms, Thomas J. McCahill, Jr., Charles F. Kirby, Charles P. Geddes. .. 6:08 05 3 33 05 . . Did not finish. ...6 .18 53 3 43 58 . . 6 21 00 3 46 00 . . 6 29 00 3 54 00 Miles. . . 2 40 00 7 04 12 . . 2 50 00 6 56 35 ...2 50 OO 7 00 45 Withdrew. t Messrs. H. ' Wilmer Qurr cy Y. C. Quincy, Mass. — Saturday, June 3. A club race of the Quincy Y. C. was sailed Saturday, June 3, in light easterly breezes. Two classes failed to fill, and no cor- rected times could be given in Class C, because the yachts were not measured. The summary: Class C. Harriet, A. A. Lincoln 1 44 31 Enigma, W. Sargent Class D. Josephine, F. H. Smith 1 41 50 Hustler, H. W. Robbins 1 43 45 Marvel, I. W. Whittemore 1 44 12 Dorothy III., F. F. Crane 1 46 31 Moondyne, W. IT. Shaw 1 54 55 Clara Lee, Edgar Emery 1 57 11 Stranger, Dr. F. E. ^ Dawes 1 58 38 Argestes, G. H. Wilkins 1 56 05 Motorboats. Aleppo, G. E. Rand 0 54 55 Eleanor, G. L. Hamlet 0 56 “03 Van, W. H. Shaw ..... 14 23 Argestes was not measured. Elapsed. Corrected. . .1 44 31 ..2 08 50 ..1 41 50 1 18 52 ..1 43 45 1 19 52 . .1 44 12 1 20 54 ..1 46 31 1 23 21 . .1 54 55 1 32 28 . .1 57 11 1 33- 07 ..1 58 38 1 35 03 ..1 56 05 • .. 432 FOREST AND STREAM tJUNE 10, TOO?. ' Knickerbocker Y. C. College Point, Long Island Sound — Saturday, June 3. The annual race of the Knickerbocker Y. C. was sailed on Saturday, June 3, in a fresh N.W. breeze. Out of thirty-two starters, all but one boat finished. The boats in the 27ft. class and above covered a 12-mile triangle, while the starters in the three smaller classes sailed over a 10-mile triangle. The Regatta Committete were on board the steamer Favorite, which vessel anchored off the read and black buoy to the north- ward of Execution Light.- The 40ft. sloops were sent away at 12:10. Paiute II., the only modern boat in the trio, ran away from her adversaries and won by a big margin. The sloop Leda had no competitor and sailed in the 35ft. yawl class against Escape and Memory. Leda won in her class, and also takes the Miladi cup, which she won last year on the same occasion. The cup she now owns outright, having won it two consecutive seasons. Memory proved too much for Escape, an out and out cruising boat, and she was beaten by some minutes. Twelve starters in the New York Y. C. one-design class made the racing lively and interesting. Harry Maxwell captured his first winning flag with Phryne. Cara Mia and Nautilus got away together, followed in the order named by Alera, Maid of Mendon, Dahinda, Neola II., Phryne, Carlita, Altair, Ibis, Adelaide and Banzai. All the boats crossed within 30s. of one another. It was a beat to the first mark off Parsonage Point and the fleet were well strung out soon after the start. It was a spinnaker run across to the second mark off Matinicock Point, and Phryne was leading then by over half a minute. Phryne won by 37s., and Cara Mia was second. The 27ft. sloops crossed as follows: Snapper, Rascal, Firefly and Thelema, but the last boat drew into the lead and beat Rascal by over a minute. Invader, Jr., got the start in the Raceabout class over the line and Mystral, Pretty Quick and Tartar followed. The old champion Tartan proved too smart for her rivals, and finished nearly 4m. ahead of Mystral, the second boat. Houri won in the Larchmont one-design class and Rogue took a first in the 22ft. class. The Regatta Committee was composed of Oscar H. Chellborg, Harry Stevenson, F. L. Kramer, I. O. Sinkinson and W. B. Goddard, Jr. The summary follows: Sloop, 40Ft. Class — Course, 12 Miles— Start, 12:10. Paiute II., W. Beam Gurnard, Louis H. Zocher Nautilus, J. J. McCue 3 Yawls, 33Ft, Class — Course, 12 1\ Escape, George Mathews Memory, M. Raborg 2 Leda, S. H. Mason Elapsed. Corrected. . .2 10 59 2 00 59 ..2 30 21 2 20 21 ..3 04 32 2 54 32 > — Start, 12:15. ..2 25 35 2 10 35 ..2 17 02 2 02 02 ..2 07 37 1 52 37 One-Design Class, United States Y. C.— Course, 12 Miles — Start, 12:20. Alera, A. H. and J. W. Alker 2 20 23 2 00 23 Iris, C. O’D. Iselin 2 20 19 2 00 10 Atair, Cord Meyer 2 20 50 2 00 50 Maid of Mendon, W. D. Guthrie 2 20 19 2 00 19 Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan, Jr 2 21 40 2 01 40 Carlita, Oliver Harriman 2 19 35 1 59 35 Adelaide II., P. H. and C. A. Adee 2 18 44 1 58 44 Neola II., George N. Pynchon 2 20 03 2 00 03 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 2 15 42 1 55 42 Banzai, Newbury D. Lawton 2 18 41 1 58 41 Nautilus, A. F. and W. H. Hanan 2 18 23 1 58 23 Phryne, Henry L. Maxwell 2 15 05 1 55 05 Sloops, 27Ft. Class— Course, 12 Rascal, John J. Dwyer Thelema, A. E. Black Snapper, F. S. Page Firefly, G. P. Granberry Miles — Start, 2 41 18 2 40 16 2 43 14 2 42 31 12 :25. 2 16 18 2 15 16 2 18 14 2 17 31 Raceabouts — Course, 12 Pretty Quick, A. B. Alley Invader J., Roy A. Rainey Mystral, A. C. Bostwick Tartan, G. L. Pirie Miles — Start, 12:30. 2 40 27 2 42 16 2 40 08 2 36 44 2 10 27 2 12 16 2 10 08 2 06 44 Larchmont, 21Ft. Class — Course, 10 Miles — Start, 12:35. Houri, J. H. Esser 2 30 40 1 55 40 Dorothy, L. G. Spence 2 33 33 1 58 33 Vaquero, W. Stump 2 38 10 2 03 10 Sloops, 22Ft. Class — Course, 10 Miles — Start, 12:35. Kanaba, J. H. Mahlsted 2 44 30 2 09 30 Rogue, A. B. Alley 2 32 35 1 57 35 Sea Cliff Y. C., One-Design Class — Course, 10 Miles — Start, 12:45. Dod, S. E. Dealey Did not finish. Columbia Y, C* Hudson River — Saturday, June 3. Eighteen power craft of more or less prominence raced over triangular courses off the Columbia Y. C. on the Hudson River on Saturday, June 3. The two larger classes went three times over a 6-mile triangular course. The first mark was off Fort Lee and the second off Sixty-sixth street. The starting line was directly off the club house. Challenger allowed Panhard II. 12m. 37s. under the A. P. B. Assn, rules. She was unable to save her time and was beaten by 5m. Is. Challenger’s performance was a very creditable one and she went over the course on an average of 2m. 38.7s. per mile, which is at the rate of 22.6 knots an hour. In classes T and S, Colonia, the smallest of the trio, made a good showing and defeated Shooting Star and Mercury on cor- rected time. Argonaut won in the class for cabin craft by lm. 56s. Beldame, which boat had to allow Argonaut 10m. 14s., was second. Queen Bess won by over 4m. in classes G and H. Simplex was first in her class, and Charmary was second. Reliance defeated Gesmah easily in class J. The summary follows: Classes R and Q — Course, 18 Miles. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Challenger 3 42 37 4 30 14 0 47 37 0 47 37 Panhard II 3 30 00 4 24 13 9 55 13 0 42 36 Classes T and S — Course, 18 Miles. Colonia 3 15 00 4 21 45 1 06 45 0 53 03 Shooting Star 3 25 18 4 33 57 1 07 39 1 04 15 Mercury 3 28 42 4 29 33 1 01 09 1 01 09 Classes B and A — Course, 12 Miles. My Lady 2 58 00 4 41 53 1 43 55 1 27 51 Lucania, Jr 3 00 12 4 33 34 1 33 22 1 19 30 Argonaut 3 03 48 4 18 24 1 14 36 1 04 22 Green Dragon 3 09 56 4 22 44 1 12 48 1 08 42 Beldame 3 14 02 4 20 20 1 06 18 1 06 18 Classes G and H — Course, 12 Miles. Alisbe 2 53 00 4 27 51 1 34 51 1 31 54 Queen Bess 2 55 57 4 23 47 1 27 50 1 27 50 Classes H and I — Course, 12 Miles. Skibo 2 37 00 Not timed San Toy II 2 47 08 3 55 40 1 08 32 1 05 00 Charmary 2 47 38 3 50 50 1 03 12 1 00 10 Simplex 2 50 40 3 42 27 0 51 47 0 51 47 Class J — Course, 12 Miles. Gesmah 2 35 00 4 18 56 1 43 04 1 42 10 Reliance 2 35 54 3 54 12 1 18 2 i 1 18 27 The following table gives the name and together with her engine power, rating and Classes A and B. Beldame, H. A. Lozier, Jr., owner of each boat, allowance : Alisbe, C. R. Class C. Branson, Globe Charmary, , Standard Simplex, C. R. Mabley, Simplex Class J. Gesmah, A. McDougall Reliance, A ■ Ci Stratford, Hasbroueb Power. Rating. Allowance. 15.89 42.96 13.50 55.28 45.28 10.14 . 55.28 49.95 4.06 43.40 53.62 Allows. 15.48 41.67 16.02 33.50 2.57 [ 27.14 I. 34.65 Allows. 15.70 41.57 13.14 ' 24. 48.07 3.32 18.41 48.46 3.02 50.95 Allows. 39.46 0.54 , 12.06 39,68 Allows, Classes R and S. Colonia, F. G, Bourne, Speedway Shooting Star, H. A. Lozier, Jr., Lozier 22.68 Mercury, H. J. Ottman, Speedway... 55.2 Class T. Panhard II., A Massenat, Panhard... 47.43 Challenger, W. G. Brokaw, Simplex. .119.448 65.09 13.42 64.12 3.24 67.44 Allows. 70.76 12.37 88.35 Allows. Buffalo Y. C. Point Abino, Lake Erie — Tuesday, May 30. Twelve boats started in a club race held by the Buffalo Y. C. on Decoration Day, and all but two finished. It was a handicap event, and all boats sailed in one class over a 12-mile course. The wind was moderate from the N.E. The race was sailed off the club’s Point Abino Station. Banshee II. won and Magia was second. The summary follows: Start, 4:00 P. M. Finish. Corrected. Banshee II., Hall 5 57 53 5 38 53 Magia, Patterson 6 01 45 5 42 45 Lorna, Chamberlain 5 50 20 5 43 20 Ida, Heussler 6 04 40 5 45 40 Beppo, Shamp 6 09 25 6 02 39 Nerena, Rice 6 13 45 6 02 05 Tomahoc, Buckpitt 6 12 22 6 05 22 Breeze, Loosen 6 19 33 6 06 53 Virginia, Olshei 6 21 23 6 09 43 Cricket, Robertson 6 17 40 6 17 40 Dorothy, Rockwell Time not taken. Paragon, Petrie, Time not taken. Seawanhafca Corinthian Y. C. Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound— Saturday, June 3. Morning and afternoon races were held off the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. on Saturday, June 3.' In the morning four boats in the 27-33ft. class raced, and Mimosa III. won by a large margin. The breeze was fresh from the N. E. Five of the 15-footers were on hand for the afternoon event. The wind lost its strength as the day progressed, and some of the boats had difficulty in finishing. Sabrina won, and Bairn was second. The summary follows: 33-Footers — Start, Mimosa III., Regina, F. G. Stewart Nike, V. I. Cumnock Tito, Colgate Hoyt 15-Footers — Start, Sabrina, C. W. Wetmore Bairn, W. J. Matheson Fly, W. E. Roosevelt Nip, F. B. Pazey Imp, F. L. Landon 11 :30. 3:05. Finish. Elapsed, .1 30 34 2 00 34 .1 44 26 2 14 26 .1 47 30 2 17 30 .1 48 54 2 18 64 .6 31 10 3 26 10 .6 49 35 3 44 35 .6 55 30 3 50 30 .7 12 40 4 07 40 .7 14 45 4 09 45 Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. ( Continued, from page 44t.) Monday, June 20. As soon as the siln was up we turned out for the last time into the faint warmth of its first rays, blowing on our fingers to keep them warm until the camp-fire was started. The Scribe brought down the derision of the rest of the party by being the last to get up, about fifteen minutes after the others. The least comfortable part of the day’s work was always before breakfast, when we were just out of our comfortable beds into the cold, damp’ morning air, sleepy, hungry and sometimes a bit cold and stiff. Getting into one’s clothes when they are damp and clammy from the wettings of the day before is not the most delightful sensation in the world, and this opera- tion was generally accomplished with grunts of disgust from the victims. One or two nights a couple of the sleeping bags were wet in places, but we managed to shift the available inner bags about so as to avoid actual dis- comfort to the unlucky ones. Breakfast at Camp Iris was soon over and we packed up reluctantly for the start, the crew of the Mic-Mac doing the dishwashing. As usual, this was quickly and easily accomplished by filling the tin oven with hot water, adding Pearline, and using it as a dishpan. This scheme did away entirely with the bother of greasy plates, and even that arch-nuisance of the pack bag — the frying-pan — was quickly reduced to a state of immaculate purity by the use of a chain scourer and the hot suds. We found rough water in one or two of the rifts after leaving Camp Iris, but we were getting used to this kind of work and did effective work with snubbing-poles, holding back the canoes in the swift water and fending off from the threat- ening rocks. The bow man used the pole, the stern man doing the steering and steadying the boat with a paddle. We had broken our spare paddles by this time, so the two- which Louis left us came in very handy. In spite of our skill, however, this morning saw the worst accident of the trip, about the middle of the fore- noon, when Charles and Carl came to grief in running a broad streich of rapids by striking on a submerged rock, which they mistook for a wave in the midst of the tur- moil. The Mic-Mac had gotten safely through and its crew were looking for trouble ahead, when they heard a faint “coo-ee” above the noise of the rapids, and, turning quickly, saw the others struggling in the water far out in the current. The Mic-Mac was run ashore at Once, the duffle was tumbled quickly out, and the crew hastened with the empty boat to the rescue. They tried to pole against the current, but it was too swift, making progress very slow. Tow lines were then gotten out and, with Arthur at the bow and the Scribe at the stern, more speed was made, although the irregular nature of the shore made this hard work. In fact, Arthur missed his foot- ing, being carried down stream still holding the bow line. In the meantime, the others were having all sorts of trouble trying to save the duffle and the boat. It was too deep to reach shore by wading, and Carl attempted to bring two sleeping bags ashore by swimming with them. We passed him as we came up the shore, and stopped long enough to throw him a rope, hauling him out a couple of hundred feet below his starting point. He shouted to us that they had struck so hard that both of them were thrown clear out of the boat, and it was now jammed too tightly for them to move. The rescue party worked their way up stream to a line of boulders which made out into the river above the rock which caused the upset, and managed to reach a point directly above Charles and the wrecked boat. They then tried to let the big canoe down to him by tying the tow-lines together, not until Arthur had again slipped into the stream, and again been hauled out by his mate. The current was very strong and rough, causing the boat to swerve violently out of its course, and upon the third attempt to get the boat to Charles, it was upset by a wave and swept down against the rock. Things looked serious for a moment, but luckily the big canoe struck the other a violent blow which dislodged it, and both boats came down stream, full of water, Charles still slinging to his. Just before this happened Charles had saved the last pack bag by throwing it into the current toward the shore, so that it was car- ried down to Carl standing waist deep in the water, and then dragged ashore. Arthur and H. N. T. raced down the river bank and waded and swam out to help the others save the boats, Arthur and Charles taking charge of the red canoe, and Carl and the Scribe the large one. Neither boat had suffered much damage, the Mic-Mac’s gunwales were splintered and her sides battered, but both boats were still serviceable and water-tight, thanks to the can- vas covers. We then took a hasty inventory of the duffle and found many things missing — hats, fishing tackle, tent, paddles, etc., which was hardly surprising considering the character of the mishap. Arthur and the Scribe hastily loaded their canoe and paddled at racing speed down stream to head off floating articles, the exercise serving to keep them warm after their long soaking in the river. They found the paddles but nothing else, proving the violence of the rapids, which had evidently sunk the other missing things and jammed them against the rocks and hidden ledges. After going about half a mile in a steady, strong current, they turned and came slowly back, meet- ing the others on the way down. All hands were thor- oughly soaked and pretty well tired out by the strenuous exertions of the past half hour, so Charles began to think of stopping at a convenient spot and lighting a huge fire SHOOTING THE /'SWEATING. PLACET BELOW BIG RIVER FALLS, June io, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 463 to dry everything out. The sleeping bags weighed about half a ton each, being thoroughly soaked with water, and the rest of the equipment that was saved was also drench- ed. The Mic-Mac’s crew were in favor of going ahead, and making no stops until we reached Milton, since our time was hourly growing shorter and we did not know what we would encounter in the way of difficulties before we reached the pulp mill. In spite of this Charles de- clined to stop, under protest from the other boat which continued on down stream. The current had disappeared by this time, as we were evidently approaching another dam. After about a half hour’s hard work, steady paddling through deep water, the river getting wider and wider, we rounded a broad sweep, and came in sight of a new dam across the stream. We ran down to the left hand side of this obstruction, a strong wind astern, and pulled our canoe ashore in a little sheltered cove. We were under some misgivings as to the wisdom of allowing the party to split up in this way, as we were still ignorant of the distance that remained before we reached the pulp mill — in fact, we did not know whether this might not be the pulp mill dam that Louis had told us about. We made up our minds to explore the country and see whether this was the case, so Arthur went down stream along the shore, and the Scribe struck back through the woods on a path which led to a lumbering road, which in turn turned and twisted for about half a mile and then ran off into a flooded district, evidently caused by recent rains. The Scribe explored it this far at a rapid pace, and upon retracing his steps ran across two natives — stalwart young lumbermen, who gave him the desired in- formation about the lay of the land. He learned from them that the pulp mill was not more than a couple of miles below, and that we would have trouble getting down through the rapids below the dam, where our boat was now lying, as they were long and very rough. Also there were numerous log booms obstructing the open water above the pulp mill dam, and we would have trouble pass- ing these. H. N. T. then raced back to the boat, calling for Arthur to return. Upon his arrival, reporting “noth- ing doing” down stream as far as he had gone, except two or three houses in the distance, we unloaded the canoe and shacked everything over the dam to a comparatively quiet eddy below. We then wrote a hasty note to the others and set it up on a piece of stick so as to attract their at- tention if they should go down that side of the river and cross the dam as we did. We told them that the train left at 3 o’clock that afternoon for Liverpool, and, as it was getting nigh on toward x o’clock, their time was very short. We then re-embarked below the dam, not at all keen for the stretch of white water as far as we could see down stream — probably as stiff a proposition as we had yet been up against, excepting Big River Falls. More- over, both of us were wet and hungry, and well tired by the morning’s work. In spite of all this, however, we came through famously, working the canoe slowly down the rapid current, and skillfully avoiding the sunken rocks and the swiftest water. The mate used the snubbing-pole nearly all the way through, quick changes being necessary from one side of the boat to the other, and at times one end of the pole would be used as a brake by pressing it heavily against the bottom of the stream. Our recollec- tion was that the boat did not touch a rock all the way through this stretch of rapids, and when the foot was finally reached, both parties blowing hard from the violent exercise, a brief mutual admiration society meeting was held on the spot in honor of the skill that had brought us safely through. Still, deep water was now encountered, with submerged forests along the banks of the river, showing that we were in the neighborhood of another dam. Floating logs were also lodged around, and numbers of them were lying partly water-logged, with one end projecting just above the surface in the manner we had noticed them during the past two days. Going around another bend we came in view of the edge of the dam in the distance, and as we had been told, a number of log booms stretched across the surface of the water, and anchored at certain points to large cribs made of a number of poles driven into the bed of the stream, and fastened together. These booms were simply huge logs joined together end to end with chains and were rather difficult to cross with a heavily loaded canoe. We found it the easiest plan to run up close to one of the cribs and then haul the canoe over by main strength across the floating log. We did this three or four times, and finally gained the breast of the dam. We tossed our duffle out upon the footpath and pro- ceeded on foot to explore again. A canal, which we found to be the waterpower for the pulp mill, opened from one end of the dam and disappeared around a bend. We followed along this, and soon came in sight of the mill, with a settlement of small houses around it, the whole set in a beautiful bit of scenery with high mills all around and a small brook winding around the rocks down the valley. We retraced our steps to the dam and again car- ried our boat and duffle over into the waterpower canal, paddling down to the end of it, where the siding or the tramway was located. Here we took the Mic-Mac out of the water for -the last time and piled everything on shore ready to load on the flat car, which left about an hour later for Liverpool. By this time we were getting anxious about the rest of the party, as we had taken quite a good deal of time ex- ploring and talking with the natives at the pulp mill. The Scribe had also tried the fishing below the pulp mill dam, which was the most spectacular of any that we had pass- ed so far ; very high, with a great head of water going over it everywhere. It raised a noise that was audible for a long distance away. A tremendous volume of water rushed over the central chute, which was built out on an inclined plane to admit of the largest logs being carried over. This water piled up at the foot of the drop into a fifteen-foot wave, and then a series of smaller ones like the wake of a steamboat, the mist from the turmoil ris- ing in a thin cloud and whirling down stream in the strong wind that was blowing. We made our way out on the dam across a series of narrow sirigle-plank bridges, clutching every available support to prevent losing our balance in the force of the gale and the stunning thunder of the falling water. Smoking was hardly worth while as the wind whipped the smoke out of one’s very teeth, and our heads fairly ached from the tightly jammed hat- bands about our ears. We learned later from a lumber- man at the pulp mill that the central flume had been run by a lumberjack on a log during the spring freshet, the man being under the influence of some “Nova Scotia Lightning” at the time, which accounted for the fool- hardiness of the feat. Below the dam was the usual stretch of foaming rapids shut in by high, steep banks. The Scribe, working his way slowly down the rough timbering of the down- stream face of the dam to cast over the pool below, dis- covered one of the dry, half-rotted logs smouldering, and probably saved the entire structure by improvising a bucket from his old Khaki hat. The wood had probably ignited spontaneously from the concentrated heat of the sun, as no other cause could be found. [to be concluded.] i/Je J tmg* and <§alkrg. — # — Fixtures. June 15-18. — Central Sharpshooters’ Union, under auspices of Davenport, la., Shooting Association. F. Berg, Sec’y. July 24-29. — .Newark, (J. — Second annual of the Unio state Rifle Association. July 26-Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Aug. 11-18. — Fort Des Moines, la., Rifle Association annual meeting. Aug. 24-28. — Sea Girt, N. J. — National rifle and revolver matches. Aug. 29-Sept. 9. — Sea Girt, N. J. — National Rifle Association and New Jersey State Association. Provide ace, R. I., Revolver Club. Our opening shoot on the new Cranston range Memorial Day was well attended, and some good scores were made. The members and visitors present expressed themselves as highly pleased with the new shooting house and location. The greater part of the day was spent by the boys sighting in their various arms for the 50yd. targets and trying the different weapons brought out. Riflemen shot revolvers and pistols and vice versa. A. B. Coulters put in most of his spare time with his Krag at 200yds., and after getting sighted in with a special load made three good forties. The following scores were recorded: Pistol, 50yds.: Walter H. Freeman, 89, 94, 94, 89, 92—458: Wm. Almy, 87, 87, 89, 91, 86 — 440; Wm. Bosworth, 85, 81, 87, 88, 86, 82, 84, 87, 73, 82—835; C. L. Beack, 69. Revolver, 50yds.: Arthur C. Hurlburt, .38 officers’ model, 80, 90, 76; Arno Argus, .38 officers’ model, 78, 86; Wm. F. Eddy, .38 military, 76, 82, 84. Rifle, 200yds. : A. B. Coulters, .30 Krag, 40, 40, 40. Rifle, 50yds.,: H. Powell, 91; C. L. Beach, 73, 79, 75; W. Bert Gardiner, 74, 65, 64, 78; Frank L. Vaughan, 65, 65, 64. Pistol, 20yds.: W. H. Freeman, 90, 85, 93, 86, 85; Ray Powell, 85, 93. The boys are taking to the new range and 50yd. work like ducks to water. Our second shoot, Saturday, June 3, was pro- ductive of much encouragement on the part of some of the members. Walter H. Freeman carried off the honors for the day for pistol shooting and was in splendid form. The first six shots of his second string showed tens, and we all hoped to see him plant the remaining shots in the coveted circle. The strain was too much, however, but he made the excellent score of 95. His 100-shot total of 914 was a good starting record for our range. Ihe revolver trio, which is trying to bring on a match with the State military champions, did a little practice, scoring on the Creedmoor target, such as used at the State range, and found they could hang pretty close to what is considered good work among the militiamen. Major Eddy’s 90 (Standard) was a clean score of bulls, as was also Hurlburt’s 88. The latter, however, dropped into the seven- ties and, becoming disgusted, turned his officers’ model and re- maining cartridges over to Freeman, who, without changing the sights, shot for group and made one which, had the elevation been correct, would cout out a 97. Saturday was Argus’ second trial at 50yd. shooting, and we con- sider he did good average work, with scores near the 80 mark. Several visitors were present and enjoyed a little rifle practice. The following scores were recorded previous to the regular Saturday afternoon shoot:. Pistol, 50yds.: Walter H. Freeman, 93, 91, 93, 89, 94; William Almy, 91, 90, 88, 85, 87, 86, 82. Rifle 50yds.: H. Powell, 87, 84, 80; F. A. Coggeshall, 84. The following scores were made at the Saturday, June 3, shoot: Pistol, 50yds. : Walter H. Freeman, 91, 95, 92, 87, 93, 94, 88, 93, gg g2 914 Revolver, 50yds.: Maj. Wm. F. Eddy, .38 military, 90, 84, .75, 83; Arthur C. Hurlburt, .38 officers’ model, .84, . 8S, 73, 76.; Arno Argus, .38 officers’, model, 76, 87, 82, 76, 76, 7.6, 76, 74, 83, 84—790 Revolver, Military . Target, 50yds.: Eddy 50, 48, 45, 46; Hurlburt, 47, 50, .44, 45; Argus, 45, 49, 47, 46 45, 45, 45, 43, 47, 49. Rifle 50yds. : A. B. Coulters, .22 with ’scope, 81, 72, 77, 73, 75, 79; C. L. Beach, 64, 66. Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. Members held a practice shoot on the 200yd. ranges in Union Hill park the afternoon of June 2, under favorable weather conditions. William Hayes, of Newark, was high man on the ring target with 805 points. He also had the best ticket, 116 points. Gus Zimmermann, the club’s captain, had the most points and flags on the bullseye target, and Lambert Schmidt was high on the man target, with 57 out of the possible 60 points. The scores \ Ring Target: William Hayes 805, John Facklamm 801, G. W, Ludwig 796, Gus Zimmermann 610, August Begerow 509, Lambert Schmidt 408, George T. Zimmermann 373, F. Liegibel 277, J. Schmidt 246, William Sole 212. Best ticket, William Hayes, 116. Bullseye Target: First flag, William Sole; last flag, Wm. Hayes. Points and Flags — Gus Zimmermann, 230 and 17 ; F. Liegibel, 149 and 6; G. T. Zimmermann, 135 and 6; John Facklamm, 134 and 8; ’August Begerow, 107 and 3; Wm. Sole, 95 and 2; Wiiliam. Hayes, 63 and 5; Lambert Schmidt, 60 and 2; J. Schmid, 33 and 1; G. W. Ludwig, 27 and 1; Henry J. Behrens, 11. Man Target: Lambert Schmidt 57, William Hayes 56, August Begerow 53, Gus Zimmermann 52, William Sole 32. Cincinnati Rifle Association. The following scores were made in regular competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, May 21. Conditions, 200yds., offhand at the 25ring target. Nestler was champion for the day with the good score of ' 231. Payne was high on the honor target with 73 points. Scores follow: Man Target. Nestler 231 221 217 .209 209 56 Payne 223 . 213 212 212 . 211 55 Odell 223 213 209 209.205 52 Roberts 219 215 213 210 209 54 Bruns 215 .215 .214 205 204 Freitag 215 212 ,202 202 192 55 Hofer 212. 206 .204 204 197 51 Topf 181 173 169 154 154 All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Ntw York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. trapshooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following t Fixtures. June 8. — West Chester, Pa., Gun Club all-day target shoot. F. H. Eachus, Sec’y. June 8-9.— Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. Scott, Capt. June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. June 9-Il. — Bozeman, Mont. — Montana State shoot. June 11-13. — Chef Menteur, La. — Gulf Coast Trapshooters’ League Shoot, under auspices of the Tally-Ho Club. John Spring, Chairman. June 12-13. Wabash Gun Club tournament; sanction of Indiana State League. Austin S. Flinn, Sec’y. June 13. — Castieton Corners, S. I. — Castleton Corners Gun Club all-day tournament. June 13. — Waterbury. — Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut fourth tournament, under auspices of Mattatuck Gun Club. Willis M. Hall, Sec’y. June 13-14. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. R. E. Dinger, Capt. June 13-14. — Dubuque, la., Gun Club amateur tournament. F. M. Jaeger, Sec’y. June 13-14. — Butler, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Capron, 111., Gun Club tournament. A Vance, Sec’y. June 13-15. — Canton, O. — Ohio Trapshooters’ League tournament, C. ■ F. Schlitz, Sec’y. June 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown, Sec’y. June 14-15. — Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa. tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15.— Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L, Pierslorff, Sec’y. June 15. — Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16. — Indianapolis, Ind.- — Limited Gun Club championship shoot. June 16-17. — Pottstown, Pa. — Shuler Gun Club target tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen's Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 17.— Chicago, 111., Gun Club special 100-target contest. C. P. Zacher, Sec’y. June 20.— Dayton, O. — Rohrer’s Island Gun Club tournament. Will E. Kette, Sec’y. June 20-21. — Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-21. — Jackson, Mich. — Michigan State shoot, under auspices of Jackson Gun Club. H. B. Crosier. Sec’y. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club annual tournament. Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec’y. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 21. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia third tournament, under auspices of Grafton Gun Club. A. R. Warden, Sec’y. June 22.— Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 22-23. — Atlantic City, N. J. — Seashore Gun Club shooting tournament. E. M. Smith, Sec’y. June 22-24. — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen’s Association of the North- west tournament. J. Winters, Sec’y. June 27. — Norwich. Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut fifth tournament, under auspices of the Norwich Gun Club. I. P. Taft, Sec’y. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Dickey Bird national team contest of the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo., of whom entry blanks and conditions may be obtained. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot: $50 in cash. July 4.— Springfield, Mass.— Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 4. — Brockton, Mass. — Montello Gun Club shoot. H. Windle, Sec’y. July 4. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fourth tournament, under auspices of Mannington Gun Club. W. C. Mawhinney, Sec’y. July 4. — Richmond, Va., Gun Club annual tournament. J. A. Anderson, Sec’y. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. W. A. Murrell, Sec’y. July 11-12.— Eufala, Ala., Gun Club tournament. C. M. Gam- mage, Sec’y. July 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. July 28-29.— Newport, R. I.— Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn.— The Interstate Association’s tour- nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 8-9. — Morgantown, W. Va. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of the Recre- ation Rod and Gun Club. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’y. Aug. 17-18. — Dalton, O., Gun Club tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Sec’y. Aug. 18-20. — Chicago, 111., Trapshooters’ Association fall tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. Aug. 22 — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Aug. 22-23. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament Frank Riehl, Sec’y. Aug. 29-31. — Grand Rapids, Mich. — Consolidated Sportsman’s Club fourth annual tournament. Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass.. Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree. Sec’y. Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeffries, Sec’y. Sept. 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The programme of the Warwick, N. Y., Gun Club next monthly- shoot, June 16, has nine events, at 10, 15 and 20 targets, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50 entrance. Shooting begins at 1 o’clock. *1 The Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. C. Charlton, informs us that the famous trapshooters, the Mallory brothers, will be present at the tournament of the Bradford, Pa., Gun Club, to be held on June 21-22, FOREST AND STREAM [June io, 1905. 464 The next special shoot of -the Bergen Beach Gun Club will be held on June 13. Shoots are also held on every Saturday. *S Mr. H. Windle, Secretary, announces that the Montello Gun Club, Brockton, Mass., will hold a shoot on July 4, and that in two of the programme events, handicaps at 40 targets, ten cash prizes will be an attraction. •6 The Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut will hold its fourth and fifth tournaments as follows: At Waterbury, under the auspices of the Mattatuclc Gun Club, June 13, and under the aupicess of the Norwich Gun Clvh June 27. v m, At the tournament of the Analostan Gun Club, Washington, D. C., May 30 and 31, the feature of the tournament was the excellent performance of Mr. W. H. Heer. He ran twice over 100, and scored on the second day 158 out of 160. On the first day he scored 1-95 out of 200. * Ten like events each day constitute the programme of the Shuler Gun Club tournament, fixed to be held at Pottstown, Pa., June 16-17. Five are at 10, three at 15, and two at 20 targets, entrance 50 -cents, 75 cents, $1 and $1-50. Totals, 185 targets, $8.25^ entrance. Programme shooting begins at 10 o’clock. Class shooting. Tar- gets 1% cent. Guns and shells, prepaid, may be shipped to Tom Cole, 142 High street, Pottstown. Do not fail to study the great national, home-club contests devised by the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo., for July 4. Full details are presented in our advertising columns. The slogan is, “You may win; you can’t lose.” Kansas City clubs are barred. To assure yourself against uncertainty, do not wait till the last moment to order your regular entry blanks, which must be ordered from the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. The programme of the nineteenth annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ League, to be held at Canton, O., under the auspices of the Lakeside Gun Club, June 13-15, provides on the first day nine 20-target events, $2 entrance, and two special events— the State Journal cup, 30 targets, 60 cents entrance, and the Press-Post trophy, 25 targets, 60 cents entrance, each with an optional sweep of $2.50 additional. On the second day, eight 20- target evets, and two special events, one a two-man team race for the Sportsmen’s Review trophy, 25 targets per man, 100 per team, optional sweep, $2.50. The other, the Smith trophy, 50 targets, $1 entrance, optional sweep, $5. The latter event carries with it the championship of Ohio. On the third day there are eight 20-target events and a special event, a five-man team race, 30 singles and 10 pair, entrance $5 per team. Each day, an additional fee of $1 will be exacted from each amateur, same to be set aside for amateurs who shoot through each day’s programme, and do not win their entrance. To the ten high guns each day, $5 each; to the five low guns each day, $5 each. To the five high guns shooting through the programme, $25, $20, $15, $10 and $5; eight low guns, $5 each. Longest consecutive run, $10. Class shooting. Only members of the Ohio Trapshooters’ League are eligible to compete for trophies. June 12 is preliminary day. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. Targets, 2 cents. Guns, ammuni- tion, etc., shipped, express prepaid, care of Klein & Heffelman Co., will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Amateurs only may compete for the purses. Address Chas. J. Schlitz, Sec y, 219 N. Market St. Bernard Waters. IN NEW JERSEY. Bound Brook Gun Club. Bound Brook, IN. J., May 31.— In spite of lots of. other shoots, our Decoration Day tournament was well attended. Mr. Markley did the best work in the amateur class, beating out all the others by 9 points. Mr. Gunther, of New York, won second average; Mr. Piercy, of Jersey City, third. _ , Mr. Glover did the best professional work. Mr. Nicol second. Other prize winners were Slater, Sked, Dr. Paterna, Scofield, Evans and Gavin. Scores: Events : Targets : Piercy Markley . . , Glover . . . . Gunther . . . Scofield ... Evans Benjamin , Nicol Sked Hobbs Field Ten Eyck Maltby . . . . Cottrell Moore . . . . F S Slater. Hoagland , Schoverling Barry . . . . . Paterno . . , Servis Martin Gavin Bishop ...-. 123456789 10 11 10 15 20 25 20 10 20 15 25 15 25 Broke. 10 12 16 21 15 8 15 15 20 15 19 166 10 14 16 21 17 9 19 11 23 15 23 178 9 11 20 21 16 9 19 14 21 7 21 168 9 14 18 20 15 8 16 13 22 12 20 169 8 14 16 21 12 6 18 14 20 12 16 157 5 12 18 18 12 7 11 7 16 10 7 125 3 6 13 5 4 2 4 9 11 10 9 4 13 7 9 7 15 98 9 13 13 IS 15 7 15 13 20 9 18 150 7 10 16 17 16 5 17 9 15 13 18 143 6 10 11 14 . . 5 6 12 16 19 18 10 15 11 18 7 .... 12 . . 9 8 12 17 3 9 10 .... 10 10 15 ........... . . . 11 14 13 12 8 10 9 12 10 19 .... 12 20 14 8 21 16 9 15 14 ..... . 9 5 1 22 4 ...... 14 10 6 12 11 16 6 17 .. 3 13 9 .. .. .. .. .. 3 ........ 13 6 12 .................. 11 .. J. B. P. Westwood Gun Club. Westwood, N. J., May 30.— Winners were as follows: Fifth event— First prize, half dozen silver knives and forks, F. Truax; second prize, 50 shells, C. P. Post. . Eighth event— First prize, flag, F. Truax; second prize, half dozen knives and forks, E, Shurt. Eleventh event— First prize, silver watch, F. Truax; second prize, half dozen tablespoons, E. Shurt. High average, F. Truax. The scores follow: Events : Targets: Lewis Gruman ........ James .......... Morrison ....... Dahel ........... Truax .......... Pest ............ Van Buskirk . . Townsend ...... Speth .......... F Wilkens Colligan C Westervelt . F Westervelt . Malloy Zabriskie ..... T T Wilkerson Shurt .......... Raynor .... Van Houten ... Myers * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 10 15 10 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 10 10 6 5 10 4 11 11 11 8 15 14 9 13 7 8 8 9 13 8 12 18 15 14 ....... . 8 7 6 7 . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 8 9 12 8 11 18 13 13 16 14 11 16 17 1 .. 556.. 35.... 4 . . 61 6 8 14 7 9 18 14 14 19 14 13 20 10 9 3 9 10 .. 14 16 .. 10 16 ......... . 1 6 11 8 11 18 12 9 14 12 5 11 8 4 5 10 11 .......... .. 7 .. .. .. 5 10 14 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. , ... 10 10 15 7 9 15 11 9 12 6 . . . . ...... 11 15 10 10 17 9 11 17 10 8 . . ...... 8 15 10 .. 13 10 9 ....... . ........ 5 6 . . 11 9 10 11 2 5 . „ .......... 6 9 15 8 6 10 7 6 . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 13 12 19 5 7 .. .............. 12 6 6 10 6 5 . . .. .. .. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. .. 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 . c .. ^Denotes extra event. North Branch Gun Club. North Branch, N. J.— J. A. R. Elliott was high for the first day, June 1. W. H. R. was high amateur for both days, he being the only one to shoot through the programme. Our new blackbird trap worked fine. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 15 15 25 Broke. JAR Elliott 13 13 15 12 13 22 13 14 14 13 12 23 177 N Apgar 13 14 13 14 13 21 14 14 12 13 14 21 175 I Hahn 9 9 9 8 11 16 9 10 9 6 10 19 125 W H R 13 14 10 12 14 15 12 9 12 13 11 19 154 H D Wahling 11 10 13 11 13 19 7 11 10 8 9 20 141 G W Field .. 11 10 13 11 18 12 10 11 14 11 21 Dr J B Pardoe 11 10 10 10 10 19 10 10 10 10 12 18 139 J W Hoffman 9 5 19 9 7 ‘ ... Williams 17 9 11 9 7 9 16 ... Geo Cramer 14 9 9 10 11 14 17 Theo McDowell 10 6 9 6 7 H B Ten Eyck 11 13 8 T Bockles .. .. 1 5 June 2, Second Day. Apgar won high professional average. on the second day; Ten Eyck, amateur average. The day being very dark and cloudy, made the targets very dif- ficult to see. We had with us Neaf Apgar, H. S. Wells, trade representatives. Mr. W. Brickner, of Newton, also did some very good shooting. Events : 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 15 15 25 Broke. N Apgar 14 15 15 14 14 21 13 14 13 12 15 25 185 H Welles 13 14 13 12 14 22 14 15 14 14 15 22 , 183 W H R 12 11 12 12 13 16 12 14 11 11 10 20 154 H B Ten Eyck 12 10 11 13 11 22 13 11 11 12 14 22 162 Williams 10 10 13 9 12 22 10 9 13 13 9 20 152 W Brickner 13 22 13 11 12 13 15 23 Queens County Gun Club. Long Island City, N. Y., June 3. — The merchandise shoot of the Queens County Gun Club was favored with delightfully pleas- ant weather and a good attendance. Thirty-eight shooters par- ticipated in the different events. A stiff* gusty wind in the events before the merchandise contest cut down the scores materially. In the merchandise events there was almost a calm, and- the scores averaged high in consequence. The shoot was managed by the president, Mr. John H. Hen- drickson, while the office work was in charge of the secretary, Mr. Richard H. Gosman, assisted by Mr. J. H. W. Fleming. The silver cup for amateur high average was won by Mr. H. Brugman with a total of 160 out of a possible 175, over 91 per cent. The professionals present were Messrs. Elliott, Butler, Schover- ling, Hearne, Schneider, Glover and Apgar. They made totals as -follows, shooting at 175 targets: Apgar 164, Elliott and Glover 162; Flearne 161, Schneider 155, Schoverling 152, Butler 148. The handicap ties of each event were shot off in the following event or events. There were so many ties that shooting con- tinued till darknes set in. The winners in the different merchan- dise events are as follows: Event 7: Shaving set, Hans; silk umbrella, Adams, brass clock, Call; tobacco jar, Martin; scarf pin, Scott. Event S; Water pitcher, R. S. Hendrickson; cut-glass sugar and cream set, Foster, bread trap, Hopkins; cracker jar, Small. Event 9: Large fruit bowl, Brugman; small fruit bowl, Glidden; flower vase, Hans; spoon holder, Loeble; bonbon dish, Allen. Event 10: Tea service, Brugman, fern dish, McKernan; nut dish, R. S. Hendrickson; syrup pitcher, Hopkins; napkin ring, Small. Scores : Events : Handicaps in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Targets : Ev’ts 7, 8, 9 ,10. 10 IO' 10 15 15 15 25 25 25 25 Elliott 0 0 0 0 9 9 10 14 15 12 23 23 23 24 Butler 0 0 0 0 10 9 10 9 13 14 21 22 20 20 Hopkins 4 4 4 2 7 9 10 11 11 12 21 19 24 20 Call 6 7 4 3 8 8 7 14 9 12 17 23 22 22 Jap 2 3 2 2 10 9 8 14 12 15 21 23 22 23 Truax 3 3 2 2 9 10 6 14 11 14 22 22 22 25 Smull 5 4 4 3 8 9 6 11 13 11 21 18 22 18 Brugman 2 2 2 2 9 9 10 11 14 12 24 23 25 23 Gunther 5 6 5 3 8 10 7 9 11 11 18 20 20 19 Nash 4 7 6 3 7 6 8 14 14 12 17 19 23 22- A Schoverling 0 0 0 0 8 8 5 10 14 14 23 24 23 23 Hearne 0 0 0 0 5 9 9 14 15 14 22 25 25 23 Schneider 0 0 0 0 8 9 9 13 14 14 20 22 23 23 Glover 0 0 0 0 7 10 9 14 13 14 25 23 24 23 Apgar ..... 0 0 0 0 10 9 10 14 13 14 25 24 22 23 R I Hendrickson 9 8 7 4 4 4 6 9 9 13 17 19 21 19 Huntington 2 5 5 3 9 9 9 10 10 12 20 19 22 20 Adams 4 5 4 3 9 8 10 11 11 12 17 22 22 22 McKernan 9 7 5 4 6 10 .. 17 20 21 20 Ramapo 7 7 5 3 8 6 7 13 8 9 17 21 22 13 Brickmore 9 8 5 5 7 6 3 .. 9 17 21 20 18 Hans 7 6 4 4 7 8 8 11 8 13 19 21 19 23 Winslow : . . . . o 0 0 0 8 7 Allen 6 6 7 .. 6 9 .. 20 18 15 . . Staples 2 2 2 2 14 12 12 24 25 24 23 4 8 3 3 .. 12 a 15 9A 9.1 9.1 John 0 0 0 0 .. 13 Waters 0 0 0 0 . . 13 12 20 23 . . . . Loebel 5 5 3 4 12 21 24 19 23 Martin 4 6 4 3 18 21 23 22 Glidden ..... 4 3 3 3 23 23 21 22 Piercy 2 3 3 2 21 21 25 22 loster 4 5 5 3 20 19 24 23 William 9 9 9 9 11 16 15 14 Gosman 8 9 13 14 . . . . Collette 9 9 9 13 14 . . . . Scott 5 8 5 6 16 21 18 22 Cassidy 9 9 7 11 21 . . . . Enterprise Gun Club. McKeesport, Pa., May 30. — The Enterprise Gun Club’s ninth tournament had a small attendance, owing to unfavorable weather conditions and the numerous other shoots which divided up the patronage of club members. About twenty-five men took part, and the club did not let anything go undone to make things pleasant for those taking part. H. A. Woods and B. F. Stone, of Canonsburg, and Jackson Prigg and J. M. Prigg, of Wash- ington, Pa., were guests, as were also H. H. Stevens and H. P. Fessenden. Ticket No. 406, held by W. J. Judy, won the fine hammerless gun raffled. Every man taking part in the shoot was given a good prize, besides each getting a gun cleaner and a souvenir. J. F. Calhoun was high man with L. D. Davis a close second; W. Hale, third; H. H. Stevens, fourth. Calhoun made the longest run, 29. He also made the first straight in the 15 and .20-.target events. Following is the official record of each partici- pant during the day; Events : Targets : 'Calhoun . . Davis W Hale .. ■Stevens . . J Hale .... H Hale .. M Prigg . . J Prigg .. Stephan . . . Irwin Everett . . . Woods ... Cochran . . Crow Stone McFarland Black Morris . . . Knight Byard Noel ...... McCombs ...... Belser Lindberg Mains The names of follow : J. F. Hale, $6.40; J. 123456789 10 Broke. 15 20 15 20 15 25 15 20 15 20 15 19 12 20 13 20 12 19 11 17 158 12 IS 15 18 14 21 13 18 13 15 157 13 18 14 16 13 17 14 15 11 16 147 13 14 13 11 8 23 15 19 14 16 146 9 16 13 15 12 22 13 13 10 10 133 7 11 11 15 11 16 9 10 11 12 113 6 12 11 15 7 15 12 15 7 11 111 10 15 12 12 8 9 11 10 7 11 105 ............. 10 15 13 15 11 19 9 17 8 . . 117 .. 16 14 17 14 19 11 14 13 16 - 134 20 11 15 10 16 72 " . 8 11 11 15 10 4 14 ... . 73 ' 10 16 12 16 11 17 9 91 7 12 7 8 10 8 53 8 10 9 14 42 10 19 8 9 46 17 13 7 7 . . 44 14 10 6 9 8 47 22 14 36 18 3 26 9 14 33 ■ .. .. 9 .. .. .. 9 "■ 12 .... .. 12 16 16 "... 21 21 those receiving money and the amount they got Calhoun, $13.80; Irwin, $10; H. Hale, $3.60; G. Prigg, $4.80; M. Prigg, $5.10; W. Hale, $12.10; Davis, $13.35; Everett, $3.90; Knight, $1.35; Stephan, $7.90; Cochran, $9.15; Mack, 99 cents; Coon, 80 cents; Woods, $1.90. First straight in 15 event, $2, Calhoun; first straight in _ 20 event, $2, Calhoun; high gun, $2, Calhoun; longest run of hits, $2, Calhoun; low gun, $2, J. Prigg. , -Prize winners in merchandise event: J. Hale, Knight, L. D. Davis, Geo. W. Mains, Everett, Calhoun, Stephan, Irwin, Byard, W. Hale, Black, Cochran, Keeley, Lindburg, H. Hale, M. Prigg, Morris, Noel, Belser, J. Prigg, Coon, McCombs. Several prizes were left over and extra events were pulled off to get rid of them. Scranton Rod and Gun Club. Scranton, Pa. — The Scranton Rod and Gun Club held their annual Decoration Day shoot on the Capouse avenue grounds. Ten events were -shot in the regular programme, which were finished in time to shoot an extra event of 25 targets. The attendance was not very large, but the boys had a good time. The last three events were extras. The scores made were as follows: Events : Targets : Hardenburgh Daws s F H Mason Daton Cullen Davis' Shumaker . . . Langdon Spencer Brown Coston J. D Mason. Kelly II Griffin. ... Bittenbender Shotto B Griffin . . . O’Donnell ... Curts Closs Snowdon Reif Radle Hopkins Chatfield Fenne Smith Artz Haas Carpenter . . Phillips Van Storch Ross Seward 123456789 10 10 15 15 20 15 10 15 20 15 15 25 25 25 10 11 12 20 11 8 11 16 8 14 20 ... . 9 9 13 15 12 7 12 16 13 13 22 . . 7 13 9 18 11 8 13 13 .. 14 8 12 19 11 ....... . 9 13 15 17 11 10 13 18 11 15 7 13 15 15 12 9 14 17 13 13 10 13 13 20 13 4 10 19 11 11 ..... . 9 15 131 17 12 10 11 18 15 13 24 . . 9 12 15 18 14 8 15 19 13 14 9 15 13 18 13 10 10 16 15 14 22 . . 4 5 9 14 13 19 14 10 12 20 11 14 22 . . . . . . 8 10 17 6 . . 5 ........ 11 10 15 17 . . 7 21 20 22 .12 8 14 18 14 10 22 19 .. .... 9 15 19 15 14 23 22 .. 3 7 6 6 11 16 9 8 7 11 15 12 9 18 ... . 7 11 15 12 9 18 ... . 13 7 8 9 13 . . 14 9 8 18 13 8 7 13 20 ... . 7 7 9 11 ..... . .. 7 10 5 12 15 ... . 3 11 ... . 10 16 18 10 .. 2 16 .. 15 20 The annual meeting of the Scranton Rod and Gun Club was held at the new office of ex-President Bittenbender, this city, June 2, at 8 P. M. The report of the secretary-treasurer showed the club to be in good condition, with money in the treasury. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: Wm. H. Langdon, President; Jos. Shotto, Vice-President; Harry Cullen, Secretary-Treasurer; Edw. S. Hardenberg, Captain. Direc- tors: J. D. Mason, W. E. Bittenbender, John Raine, C. H. Van Storch. J. D. Mason. Somersville Gun Glub. Somersville, Conn., June. 5. — The Decoration Day shoot of Somersville Gun Club brought out a good lot of shooters. The day was all that could be desired, and some good shooting was the result. F. Le Noir, of Springfield, Mass., led the bunch of eight who shot the entire programme, breaking 89 1-3 per cent. Quite a number of practice and extra events were shot before and after the regular programme, keeping the trappers busy all day. Shooters, make a note of our tournament on Aug. 22 next. Individual State championship and an attractive programme. Send in your names to the secretary and a programme will be sent you as soon as issued. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Per Targets : 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 20 15 at. Broke Cent. Le Noir ... 9 15 18 6 13 19 9 14 19 12 150 134 89 1-3 McMullen .... ... 8 14 15 8 14 19 8 14 16 12 150 128 85 1-3 Finch ... 9 13 15 8 14 17 9 12 19 11 150 127 84 2-3 Cooley ... 9 12 15 9 14 17 8 10 17 13 150 124 82 2-3 A Pease ... 6 11 12 8 12 19 10 12 19 12 150 121 80 2-3 Snow . . . 8 13 19 8 12 13 8 9 16 13 150 119 79 1-3 Arnold ... 8 10 15 8 10 16 7 10 15 12 150 111 74 Fredett ... 5 10 16 5 11 12 7 12 18 8 150 104 69 1-3 Henry ... 6 11 . . S 7 . . 8 12 17 . . 95 69 .... Dimock ... 2 8 .. 25 10 Delaney ... 9 8 .. 6 11 . . 10 11 17 . . 95 72 .... Field ... 5 8 .. 25 13 Boughton 6 .. J 6 3 .. .. 40 15 6 8 25 14 F Pease 6 10 6 C Pease 2 8 25 10 FI Pease 8 12 25 20 Spencer 6 4 4 4 3 4.. 90 25 Lord 2 6 15 8 8 10 7 105 56 .... E Ouinn 9 10 9 , , , J Ouinn 4 10 4 E Smith 3 10 3 .... Hills 8 10 8 , Connor 11 5 35 16 Cheesman ... 7 8 .. 9 . . . . 7 9 . . .. 60 40 Kerry ... 4 6 .. 25 10 15 1 A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Hurlingham and Pigeon Shooting, The announcement that after the close of the present season there is to be no more pigeon shooting at Hurlingham will probably take most people by surprise, especially those who are old enough to remember that it was to promote this particular form of amusement that the club at Hurlingham was originally founded. The reason for the decision now arrived at is sure to be variously interpreted. It might not unreasonably be sup- posed that continued remonstrance on the part of those humani- tarians who stigmatize pigeon shooting as a cruel diversion has at length carried conviction to the minds of its supporters and caused them to abandon it. This, however, is not the real reason. It is not as a concession to public opinion on this score that the practice is to be abolished, but rather because the tide of fashion has turned and is now flowing in another direction. Other amusements, such as polo, golf, and lawn tennis, which had no existence when the club was started, are now claiming a larger share of attention and attracting more support. Judg- ing by “signs of the times,” there can be little doubt that a healthier tone will prevail in the world of sport, and that just as bear-baiting and cock-fighting have long since been discoun- tenanced, so will pigeon shooting follow in the wake of such amusements, not by virtue of an act of Parliament, but by force of public opinion— London Field. It Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which* when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name Address State # Jifrds 16, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM, 406 WESTERN TRAP. Aurora Gun CKib. Aurora, 111., May 30. — This holiday was chosen as the best time to start up the Aurora Gun Club for this season. It was the intention to elect officers and get in line for this season’s shooting, but many had business elsewhere, and the election was postponed until all the old officers should be present. The policy usually pursued by this club is to give some prizes at' each shoot that would go to the winner of the event. The most popular prize has been that of silver spoons, and on this occa- sion two of the first prizes were won by Mr. Linn, who is a scratch man, while Henry Tanner, the oldest man in the club, took home another. There was considerable interest in the medal shoot, as Linn, Parker and Tanner each had won it twice, and a third win for either meant ownership. All were somewhat surprised when Rob Kendall came on with his automatic and won out with more than a straight after adding his handicap. All were glad to see him win, as that would keep the medal in the club. The scores: Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Parker 80 63 Titsworth ..... 80 67 Linn ...... 80 71 Arnold 80 64 Tanner 80 59 R C Kendall.. ..... 80 62 Tenny ....80 52 McLaughlin . . . ..... 50 38 Watsefca, 111. Gun Club Tournameot. June 1 opened up warm and bright, It was such a lovely day to cultivate the growing corn that few of the farmers could be induced to forsake the plow even for one day, yet there were nineteen who shot during the day. Nearly all shot the entire programme of 225 targets. The club is a large one, and yet there are but few who shoot in the programme events. The officers are: Will A. Johnson, President; Homer Brown, Secretary; Chris. Mans, Treasurer, and Richard Keene, Captain. These gentlemen were ably asisted in the details of arrangements and the carrying out of same by the genial Tramp Irwin. The members were agreeably surprised to find Frank Riehl and W. IT. Cadwallader present as experts. Both gave good exhibi- tions, neither being in good trim, as they came from, other shoots and were on the road all night, and were using strange guns. Mr. Riehl ran the first 70 straight, and finished the day with only 8 misses out of 225, while Cadwallader lost 7 more. J. C. Harris came in little late, but shot up the programme and won high average with 208. Mr. Rosalius made 204, and J. T. Parks 202. These good scores show that this club havf good grounds and good traps, and know how to conduct a tournament. Those present were J. T. Parks, Brooks, Ind. ; A. P. Smith, Goodwin, 111.; T. P. Blessing, Milford, 111.; J. D. Neal, Rantoul; Fred Ragel, Westville, 111.; Chas. Larime, Attica, Ind.; C. A. Mulligan, Brooks, Ind.; Frank Riehl, Alton, 111.; H. W. Cad- wallader, Decatur, 111.; J. C. Harris, Fairbury, 111.; G. H. Clark, Crescent, 111. ; H. Rosalius, Geo. Bacher, and C. Kreibs, Gilman, 111.; A. Ferris, Crescent, 111.; Clark Harris, Fairbury, 111.; Lewis Siebing, Leonard, 111., and R. D. Keene, Watseka. Scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Shot Targets : 10 15 15 15 20 10 15 15 15 15 15 10 15 15 25 ait. Broke, Park 8 14 13 14 18 9 14 13 13 13 14 9 13 13 24 225 202 Smith ..... 8 14 14 14 18 8 14 14 12 12 12 8 13 15 24 225 200 Blessing.. . 7 9 10 9 13 8 10 9 13 10 11 9 12 13 18 225 196 Keene 9 12 13 13 16 6 15 8 11 13 15 10 15 11 22 225 189 Neal ..... 7 13 11 13 16 17 13 14 14 15 13 8 13 13 22 225 192 Ragle 9 14 11 13 16 6 12 14 12 15 13 8 10 14 18 225 185 Buttler ... 7 12 14 12 17 9 14 12 14 14 13 9 13 12 21 225- 193 J Mulligan 8 13 15 12 IS 8 10 15 15 13 12 8 14 14 25 225 200 Riehl 10 15 15 15 18 10 14 14 15 14 15 10 13 15 24 225 217 Cad 10 14 13 15 IS 10 12 15 15 13 13 9 14 15 24 225 210 j C Harris 8 15 12 13 19 10 14 13 14 15 14 10 15 14 22 225 208 G IT Clark 6 13 12 11 16 10 10 11 12 14 11 10 11 14 22 225 188 Rosalius. . . 8 15 13 12 14 8 13 11 15 13 15 10 15 15 22 225 204 Ferris 7 12 13 11 16 9 14 12 14 13 14 10 10 11 13 225 183 C Harris.. 8 11 12 8 17 8 12 14 14 13 13 9 12 13 23 225 192 Selvig 6 11 13 . . . . . . . . 8 11 9 10 ....... . 100 68 McCracken 7 14 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . 55 44 Buhler ... . . . . 9 13 14 13 7 70 56 Kreib . . .'. 11 10 8 11 60 40 In Other Places. Diokman, the shooting instructor who holds matinees at the Indianapolis Gun Club grounds, has recovered from his_ illness, and will weekly instruct all who may desire his services how to win the G. A. IT. Indianapolis gun clubs are now in consultation with the game warden, having the project of buying quail and turning them loose in the State to recuperate' the losses of last winter’s cold and snow. A better plan would be to feed the quail each winter, then they will not succumb to the winter’s blasts. Fort Wayne, Ind., now has a new gun club. It may never rival the Corner Club, but the sportsmen of the South Side report that the membership is rapidly growing. This is good news. June 4, was the day ''set for the opening shoot of the Corner Rod and Gun Club of Fort Wayne, Ind. A bridge was destroyed and that caused the delay. Little has been heard of James Head since he was put on as a salesman, but his town of Peru was lately heard from at Prince- ton, N. J., where the gun championship was won by J. H. Stutes- man, ’05, of Peru, Ind., with 90 out of 100. Why of course he is one of James Head’s pupils. He was a trapper at the big shoot when Tramp Irwin shot the old tent full of holes, making patterns with his gun. The late shoot at Sacramento was a State shoot, and not, as heretofore, confined to entries from northern California. In con- sequence there was a large attendance of sportsmen. At the Sunday shoot of the Missoula, Mont., Gun Club, A. W. Woodworth won the B. M. Francis medal. B. M. Francis won the spoon with 14 out of 15. He also won the diamond medal. The wind blew hard across the traps. The marksmen were practicing . hard, with a view of winning the prizes at the State shoot. All sportsmen are invited to join an association lately formed at Alden, la. The object is to maintain law and order sentiment on the subject of game preservation in accordance with the State law. The officers elected are: C. D. Parsons, President; G. B. Lighthall, Secretary; W. M. Cousin, Treasurer; F. L. Spencer and S. A. Fisher are on the Committee on By-Laws. The chilled atmosphere made the attendance small at the Lemar, la., shoot on Thursday. , The Union Gun Club, of Milton, Kans.,. will hold shoots Thursday of each week. All are welcome to shoot for targets at 1 cent each. Dan Mumbrue, of White Sulphur Springs, won the Bryan medal at the Helena, Mont., Club shoot last Sunday. Wind was very strong, and the shooting was done over five expert traps, and that made shooting harder than Sergeant system. If the old expert ; system was used, it will be news to many, as this style of shooting is now obsolete. It might, however, be a very good thing if this style -was once more started up, and the use of both barrels allowed. At Milwaukee, Wis., June 4, there was a match between the North Side and the Parker gun clubs. Trapshooting will be a feature at the Country Club, of Mil- waukee, and will form part of the regular amusements. John H. Hildeman, Otto R. Kruger, Emil Druecke and Herman 1 Vergenz, of Juneau, Wis., attended the Watertown shooting tournament held last Sunday. The Beechwood Gun Club, of Kewaskern, Wis., have completed a boat house, and will house therein six boats.* These will be used to enjoy the picturesque lake, hunting and fishing with fami- lies, friends and sweethearts. The Fond du Lac, Wis., Gun Club, has put Will Reining, John Hess and C. E. Atkins on a committee to select grounds for a re-location of their shooting park. Up in Wisconsin the local sports mention the name of Chas. Budd with reverence. They call him “one of the fathers of the sport of trapshooting.” Mr. John Reynolds, of Como, Wis., carried home prizes from the Elgin, shoot, and his friends rejoiced with him upon his success. Reports come from Sioux Falls, S. D.’, that the gun clubs are willing to hold a shoot there on July 4. If the resident shooters will but call to mind the failure they once made with their at- tempt to hold a shoot on July 4, they will think twice before again making such another attempt. It is the height of folly for any gun . club to even contemplate holding a shoot on the Fourth x.iere are too many other attractions on that day. All tourna- ments should be held on days when there are no other counter- attractions, and when the home shooters can get out to the shoot Few gun clubs have succeeded other than through the push and grit of one man. At Butte, Mont., the hard-working man is Secretary Smith. Of him it may be said that he practically made the sport in that town. He was last week presented by his admirers in the organization with a handsome shotgun. It was a complete surprise, and he evidently, from reports, felt deeply the manifestation of regard so kindly shown by the donors. Mr. James Drumgoole, of Anaconda, holds the State record, having broken 290 consecutive targets. He was lately presented with a handsome gun case by his friend E. McGivern, with the above record engraved thereon. The West Duluth, Minn., Rod and Gun Club held their second shoot Sunday last. ITolmberg and Deatherage led in the 10- target event with 9 and 8. Breckenridge, the extreme western town of Minnesota, held their first shoot last Wednesday, at 25 targets. Frank Sykora was high with 23. Shoots will be held weekly during the summer. No wonder there are so many gun clubs in the Northwest, as there are so many good game shots. The Shelvin Gun Club has been organized at Bernidji, Minn., with seventeen members., It is fitting that where there are so many guns and shooters that the guns should not rust for lack of use in the summer time. There was a tie at the St. Paul, Minn., Gun Club shoot. Wood beat Holt in the shoot-off and won Class A medal. Wauschura won the Class B, with 20 out of 25. There were twenty-one pres- ent, including such old names as Gotzian, Kennedy, Novotny and French. To the zealous efforts of Dr. IT. S. West and Messrs. Charles Kinney and R. L. Hibbs may be attributed the success of the McMechen Gun Club, of West Virginia. These gentlemen are now organizing a trapshooters’ league. We wish them success. K. C. Sliephardson, La Grange, Ind., was high man at the Owasso, Mich., shoot with 3,68 out of 400 targets. Detroit, Mich., seems to have started up another gun club, the Wabash, and the opening shoot was held last Sunday. John W. Cooper, one of the veterans of the Indianapolis shoot- ers, was high man in the Indiana championship race at the late State Shoot. His score was remarkable, 96 out of 100. There appears to be some prospect of a rifle match being made in some parts of the West, as notice has been served that Omaha would be the meeting point. It is proposed to shoot at 2,000 clay disks, 2y2in. in diameter, thrown up by hand at a distance of 15ft. At the Concord, Mich., Gun Club shoot, Royal Bouldry won the medal. Fred Stroble, of Jackson, was a visiting sportsman, and he broke 24 out of 25._ Little has been hekrd of Richard Guptil’s shooting of late, but he attended the Minneapolis tournament last week, and gave the boys to understand that he and Morrison could still use the pump gun. At the annual meeting of the Sheboygan, Wis., Gun Club the election resulted in following new officers: President, Dr. W. H. Guenther; Vice-President, Henry Zurheide; Secretary, A. W. Bock; Treasurer, Julius Kroos; Captain, Henry Graebner; At- torney, A. C. Prescott; Trrstees; Adolph Bandmann, August Heerman, John H. Look, Alfred Steffen, and A. C. Prescott. The club is prosperous, as there is a membershop of seventy-five. John H. Look won high average medal for 1904. The Red Oak, la., Gun Club will hold shoots hereafter the first and third Wednesdays of every month. The newly elected officers are. W. FI. Evans, President; Earl Hessler, Secretary; James Logan, Treasurer. The Janesville, Wis., Gun Club are now seeking a park out in the country, where shooting may be held on Sunday. The Capital City Gun Club, Little Rock, Ark., has started up their regular club practice meets. William Rosewarne and Henry Planseerem won first in the shoot held at Mishawauka, Ind,., last Tuesday. Another shoot will be held this week. James Griffith, of Quincy, was high gun at the Canton, Mo., shoot, losing 17 out of 210. The merchandise shoot proved the attraction. Mr. Gash, of Warsaw, won the shell case, and Lee Diffendoffer, the gold dollar, as he missed each and every target in the whole day’s programme. . John Uppinghouse, of Canton, was low gun. The Black Eagle Rod and Gun Club, Great Falls, Man., held their first shoot Sunday last. The club starts right by setting up an automatic trap of the latest pattern. This being their first effort, the scores are withheld. The Spring Valley, Minn., Gun Club, Dr. W. N. Kendrick, president, and J. M. Carey, secretary, has been pushing trapshoot- - mg the last few weeks, and announce^ that a tournament will be held at its grounds, June 17 and 18. The Nahma, Mich., Gun Club has elected officers as follows- President, George J. Farnsworth; Vice-President, F. W. Good; Captain, Wm. McChnchy; Secretary, B. D. Bropy; Committee, J P. Cameron and Ben Codd. Samuel Boutiller has so far made the best scores at the trap. There is a large and enthusiastic membership. A number of Lorrna, Ont., gentlemen have formed a shooting association, with the view of leasing a preserve on Walpole Island. Members of the Morgan, Minn., Gun Club held their first shoot last Thursday. The Plainville, Mich., Gun Club held their shoot Friday. At- tendance fair and interest keen. The Greenfield, la., Gun Club propose to hold a shoot each F nday. The directors of the Omaha, Neb., Rod and Gun Club held a meeting recently, and considered the proposition of building a club house on Cutoff Lake. The club is flourishing. It has 228 members, all devotees of the rod and gun. Each is bound to do a'l the good he possibly can in the way of enforcing the game and fish laws of the State. A powder company has presented the Junior Gun Club, of Burnham, Tex., with a neat silver cup, which will be up for competition during the year. Capt. C. F. Gilstrap, of Taylor, Tex., has arranged to hold a senes of shoots at Landa’s Park, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, Aug. 15 and 27. All amateurs interested. Each shoot will be a handicap. Each shooter must compete in four events to count in the averages. Each shoot will be 50 targets, $5 entrance. Winner of the first shoot will receive 50 per cent, of the entrance money at the following shoot. Frank Faurote is now back in Texas, after an extended trip in the Southeastern States. Interest in the Berea, O., Gun Club is intense, as there are but two, more shoots to decide the gold badge. Quayle is now leading with 8 points, wmle Claffin and Byrd are tied for second Either by winning twice could beat Ouayle. Mr. Borden was high gun "at the Des Moines, la., shoot held last Thursday. Fie made 97 out of 100. Others were Budd 91 French 88, Patterson 85, Louis 85. ’ The Buffalo' Center, la., Gun Club met and elected officers as follows: A. Frebel, President; C. W. Godd, Treasurer; F T bparks, Secretary. * The Amateur Gun Club, of Davenport, la., held the first shoot for the medal, Sunday. P. N. Jacobson with handicap of 7 scored 15 and wUtliwestetn portion of the city, was placed at the disposal of the dish by the corporation of the city of Toronto, .and a mote ideal place to hold a tournament would fee hard to find. 1 The first day opened fair and bright, but later turned showery, and, during the latter part of the programme for the day, rained quite steadily. Thirty-two shot through the entire programme of the first day. The office was in charge of_ Messrs. Geo. Cashmoffe ahd Alex Day, and both gentlemen discharged their duties to th'e satisfaction of all. . , The trade was fairly well represented, 'Messrs. W. R. Crosby, T. A. R. Elliott, J. H. Ca'mteron, F. H. Conover, E. G. White, F. L. Kalford and A. ,H. Durstah Were present. The high pro- fessional average for the day went to W. R. Crosby, with 189 Out of 200, Elliott and Durston being tied for second with 177 The . high amateur average trophy for the day, a Lefever Arms Co. $95 ejector gun, went to Dr. Gleason, of Boston, Mass., with t8§ out of 200 shot at. Mr. Lyon, of Cleveland, Ohio; H. D. Kirkover, of Buffalo, and G. M. Dunk, of Toronto, were tie for second high average trophy for the day, a handsome silver cup, presented by the Warren Sporting Goods Co., of Toronto, with 180 each. The three gentlemen agreed that whoever was high at the end of the second day’s shoot would _ take the cup, which went to Mr. Tryon, C. Turp, Toronto Junction, being only one bird behind, with 179. Scores for first day: May 17, First Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Targets: - 20 20 ?0 20 20 20 T A Duff ...... 17 16 15 19 15 18 t H Thompson ...... 15 16 14 14 12 12 Geo McGill 16 18 15 19 IS 19 P Wakefield 18 19 15 18 19 15 MacMackon 16 18 17 13 18 14 S Brown 14 15 17 18 16 20 A R Elliott 18 19 18 20 17 19 H Burke ....’ 17 19 19 18 18 15 P H Prior 16 14 12 8 15 16 J Kidd 17 16 14 17 19 16 W M Millar 13 13 15 15. 13 15 Chas Turp 16 19 18 19 18 19 Geo . Beatty 16 l7 15 19 lb 15 C Thompson ........ 19 18 16 16 16 17 A H Durston 18 17 19 16 17 20 M Reardon 19 14 18 16 20 .. Farmer 12 15 16 . . . Day. 7 8 "9 10 20 20 20 20 15 17 16 9 17 12 16 18 18 18 17 18 18 17 19 16 20 IS 16 17 17 17 18 19 16 18 15 17 17 19 17 15 17 19 17 17 17 16 16 18 15 19 17 17 20 18 17 1j 19 1„ 16 18 19 20 18 18 18 14 18 17 19 17 14 16 15 7 19 17 18 15 17 13 15 10 14 17 16 18 16 16 14 13 IS 19 16 14 15 19 16 14 17 17 11 17 19 18 16 18 15 20 13 15 15 14 10 14 16 20 14 11 15 15 16 19 18 18 14 16 13 16 20 19 19 18 14 17 18 16 19 18 18 17 17 16 16 18 17 19 17 16 19 19 17 16 15 IS 16 16 18 17 19 17 IS 15 18 is ii i.7 is Merrimatt Friend Dent Kidd R Day X X C Chapman 13 9 10 10 .. 16 .. 13 16 9 12 15 .. .. 18 .. 17 15 18 17 .. ..16 .. ..15 11 16 13 . . 15 17 19 16 14 17 . . Shot at Broke. 200 157 200 146 200 176 200 174 200 180 200 177 180 149 180 143 200 167 200 176 180 145 200 176 200 180 200 180 200 188 180 149 180 148 180 134 180 159 180 143 200 164 200 163 200 162 200 168 200 169 200 176 200 172 200 162 200 160 200 160 200 174 200 152 200 189 200 161 180 156 200 177 200 177 140 96 200 170 180 133 200 179 200 165 120 102 200 177 100 87 60 43 60 42 80 40 40 25 80 62 100 79 100 83 60 46 May 18, S’cond Day, The second day of the tournament opened dull and showery, but did not dampen the enthusiasm of the shooters. After the first two events the weather cleared, and the day was all that could be desired. Thirty-six shooters shot through the entire programme for the day. Of the professionals, Crosby was again high for the day with 189 out of 200 shot at; Durston, second, with 179, and Elliott, third, with 172. The high amateur average trophy for the day, a No. 2 Ithaca gun, valued at $70, presented fey the Stanley Gun Club, went to Dr. Gleason with 185 out of 290. The second high amateur average trophy for the day, a handsome silver cup presented by the Stanley Gun Club, value $20, went to C. Turp, Toronto Junction, with 181 breaks. T. Upton, of Hamilton, Ont., was third, with 178. A special event was also put on the card for the day. Mr. J. Rowantree, of the National Gun Club, of this city, presented a handsome mounted deer head to be shot for at the close of the day’s programme; entrance fee, birds only; 25 targets per man. Thirty-two contestants competed for the trophy. Dr. Gleason, Thos. Upton and Landrault tied with 24 out of 25. In the shoot-off Dr. Gleason won, who immediately presented the trophy to the Stanley Gun Club to decorate their new club house. Scores for second day: Events: 123456789 10 Shot Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at Broke. Duff 15 16 12 11 11 14 14 14 15 15 200 137 J H Thompson ..... 17 18 19 15 18 16 14 15 15 15 200 162 McGill 17 19 11 17 15 IS 15 17 15 13 200 157 Wakefield 13 15 12 14 13 16 12 14 15 10 200 134 Dunk 18 18 17 14 18 16 15 20 15 18 200 169 Upton 17 18 18 19 20 15 18 18 17 18 200 178 Dr Hunt 16 14 16 16 17 15 16 18 13 . . 180 141 W R Thompson .... 19 17 20 19 16 19 11 17 16 18 200 172 Dr Wilson 19 16 16 20 13 19 18 17 16 15 200 169 M Fletcher 17 15 17 19 18 18 14 18 18 19 200 173 H Burke 18 19 18 17 20 10 14 17 15 . . 180 148 C Turp 17 18 16 20 18 18 19 17 19 19 200 181 Durston 20 20 16 17 18 17 19 19 16 17 200 179 W R Wakefield 14 14 15 10 13 12 11 9 7 15 200 120 Conover 16 16 16 17 17 16 20 15 15 15 200 163 R Green 20 17 19 17 19 14 14 15 15 17 200 167 Beatty 16 19 11 15 15 15 17 14 13 14 200 148 X X 16 18 15 10 16 15 17 16 16 18 200 157. Vivian 16 18 17 17 16 15 18 16 18 16 200 167 Crosby 20 19 18 20 17 18 20 19 19 19 200 189 Ewing 17 19 19 17 18 19 20 15 18 17 200 177 Kearney 14 16 17 20 18 14 18 16 16 16 200 165 G B Smith 19 18 16 16 20 13 15 20 12 18 200 167 Landrault 13 15 15 60 43 La Blond 17 20 12 16 17 14 14 16 16 15 200 157 H Scane 18 19 15 19 19 18 19 15 15 17 200 174 W A Smith. 17 17 16 18 19 16 17 19 15 17 200 171 C J Mitchell. . ....... IS 15 16 IS 19 17 18 16 17 19 . 200 173 C Scane 18 17 13 17 16 16 17 16 14 16 200 160 Laing 14 18 18 15 18 16 19 17 17 16 200 168 JAR Elliott. ....... 17 19 17 17 20 17 16 15 15 19 200 172 E G White 13 17 16 18 19 12 14 19 17 16 200 161 Tryon 20 19 17 19 17 17 14 20 14 19 200 176 Kirkover 18 16 19 18 12 17 18 16 18 18 200 169 Dr Gleason ......... 19 17 19 20 17 18 18 20 19 18 200 185 Prior 16 16 13 17 16 14 17 15 17 14 200 155 McMakon 15 14 17 15 19 16 19 17 15 16 200 163 Millar 16 13 14 16 15 12 18 15 17 12 200 148 Raspberry ........... 14 17 15 12 18 12 14 14 14 14 200 144 R Day 12 15 15 60 42 Geo Thomas 20 17 14 16 80 67 Groves 16 17 11 60 44 Popp 17 19 .. 17 16 18 .. .. .. .. 100 87 Seagfer 17 15 10 12 ... . 80 64 Bowron 16 16 13 . . 60 45 Stewart .......... 15 16 17 16 . . 80 64 Ely 16 16 13 . . 60 45 Special event, mounted deer head, 25 targets: Upton 24, W. R. Thompson 17, Kirkover 17, Gleason 24, Tryon 18, Ewing Kearney 22, Pop p 19, , C. GJ Thompson 23, X- X. 2J, McMakop IS, Scatie 23,. Mitchell 19, C. Scane 20, Prior 12, McGill 17, J. H. Tliofnpsoft 19, Laing 20, Dunk 20, Turp 22, Cass 17, Ross 17, Hulone 22, McDowall 20, Booth 16, Landrault 24, Sanderson 19, Maywood 9, Dey 19, Cashmore 20, Mougenel 15, Taylor 10. May 19, Third Day. The third and last day of the tournament opened with every- thing in favor of the shooter except the wind, which, from a gentle breeze, increased to a gale, caUsiiig the targets to take till manners of flight other thafi that desired by thb shooter. This was the dhy , whfeire tnte quick shooter shone and the slower shootter wds all at s'ea. In spite of the adverse conditions some excellent scores were made. In the Stanley Gun Club event at 50 targets, some good scores were made. This magnificent trophy standing 30 inches high, presented by a member of the Stanley Gun Club and valued at $100, went to Dr. Wilson, of Plamilton, Ont., with 47 out of 50 shot at, M. Fletcher being second with 46._ Of the professionals, Crosby was again high for the day with 184 out of 210 shot at ; Durston, second, with 178, and Elliott, third with 173. The high amateur average trophy for the day, a solid sterling silver cup presented by Geo. H. Gooderham, Esq., Toronto, valued at $75, went to C. Turp, of Toronto Junction, who equaled Crosby’s score for the day, 184 out of the 210 shot at. Dr. Wilson, of Hamilton, Ont., aild Trvon, of Cleveland, Were tie for second high average trophy fot the day, a Winchester repeating shotgtiip presented by the Stanley Gun Club, valued at $25, and went to Df. Wilsoii. Of the professionals , who shot through the entire programme, W, R. Crosby wits high with 562 out of 610 shot at, and won the $10t) diamond medal presented by the Stanley Gun Club. A. H. Durston, representing the Lefever »Arms Co., Syracuse, IN. Y., was second, with 534, and J. A. R. Elliott, third, with 622. The grand high average trophy for the three days, a handsome Bell piano, valued at $500, went to Dr. Gleason, of Boston, Mass., with 551 out of 610 shot at. The second grand high amateur average trophy, a magnificent solid sterling silver loving cup, presented by L. C. A. Strother, Captain Rosedale Gun Club, Toronto, went to C. Turp, Toronto Junction, with 544 out of 610 shot at. The third grand high average trophy, a Marlin repeating shotgun, presented .by the Stanley Gun Club, valued at $25, went to Mr. Ti-yoh, of Cleveland, Ohio, with 539 breaks. The high average trophy for resident of Toronto shooting through entire programme, a handsome silver cigar cabinet, presented by Jas. D. Bailey, Esq., Toronto, went to G. M. Dunk, of the Stanley Gun Club. One hundred and six shooters took part in the tournament. Those shooting at 40 or less are not enumerated. The following are the scores for third day: Events 123456789 Shot Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 at. Broke. Duff .... 14 15 12 13 13 10 14 11 32 210 134 J PI Thompson 160 123 McGill 210 170 P Wakefield . , . . 14 14 14 14 14 12 15 12 34 210 143 Dunk 210 172 Upton ......... .... 18 18 19 17 18 16 15 16 43 210 180 Crosby .... 20 17 17 17 16 17 19 19 42 210 184 W R Thompson ... .... 19 12 IS 14 16 18 13 18 42 210 170 Dr Wilson .... 19 17 18 16 17 16 18 15 47 210 183 M Fletcher .... 19 19 16 20 14 12 19 15 46 210 180 TAR Elliott .... 18 15 16 16 17 14 17 17 43 210 173 Kirkover .... 17 19 16 18 16 18 15 16 38 210 173 Tryon .... 18 18 17 IS 17 17 17 18 43 210 183 White .... 17 14 17 14 11 15 12 18 40 210 158 Dr Gleason 17 20 18 16 18 14 20 17 38 210 178 Green .... 12 15 15 13 12 100 67 Lewis .... 17 13 17 15 12 16 17 14 .. 160 121 X X .... 15 10 14 14 11 14 14 9 39 210 140 Hart 210 180 McMakon .... 18 16 18 9 80 61 C Turp ..... 19 19 17 16 16 16 17 19 45 210 184 Beatty .... 16 11 16 15 10 16 7 15 . . 160 106 Durston .... 17 17 17 17 19 17 16 15 43 210 183 W R Wakefield .... .... 11 13 11 15 9 9 10 12 . . 160 90 Conover .... 16 13 17 17 19 18 14 13 40 210 167 IT Scane 15 16 16 17 18 19 17 19 44 210 180 W A Smith .... 16 14 15 60 46 C T Mitchell ....... 17 17 15 17 13 13 13 17 . . 180 142 C Scane 15 16 16 17 15 12 14 13 . . 180 138 Laing 19 16 17 19 17 18 16 16 40 210 178 Ewing 14 17 20 19 15 15 17 12 37 210 166 Kearney 16 12 16 16 13 18 14 11 35 210 151 Landrault 17 18 IS 14 12 16 140 115 Miller 16 7 17 17 15 15 13 12 .. 160 113 Vivian ..... 16 12 17 16 13 100 74 Prior 15 13 15 13 13 120 84 Frederick 15 14 15 60 44 C G Thompson.... 16 15 .. 16 60 47 McGaw 12 .... 33 70 45 Horning 14 16 19 17 38 130 104 Williams 14 6 11 ... . 60 31 R Fletcher 11 9 13 9 . . . . 80 42 Geo Thomas 40 50 40 A Wolfe 43 50 43 Tennings 34 50 34 G Cashmore 35 50 35 Mulvey 11 14 9 . . 60 34 Aquidneck Gun Club. Newport, R. I. — While the attendance at the fourth annual tournament, on May 30, fell far short of the expectations of the members, an otherwise successful shoot will go down into the history of the club. A hard rain during the early morning hours doubtless deterred many from starting, but as the morning wore on, the conditions improved, and the greater part of the day was marked by bright skies and a moderate breeze. But the small attendance no one could account for. It doesn’t seem like a shoot without Bob Root there to lend a hand, satisfy the kickers and perform other duties that fall to the lot of the man who is willing to accommodate. And the social features of the meeting were by no means overlooked. During the lunch hour, the boys started a ball game in the vacant lot back of the club house, and after watching Horace Kirkwood en- deavoring to catch a fly, we no longer wonder why the Boston Americans are at the bottom of the heap. But the way he gobbled up the targets from 21yds. was truly scandalous. Griffith, too, usually on hand, was conspicuous by his absence, as well as most of the up-State delegation generally seen at these shoots. The averages were distributed among Kirkwood, Lewis, of Westport, Hughes and Bowler, the two latter saving some of the honors for the home talent. Events 4, 5 and 6. a total of 50 targets, comprised a distance handicap, nrize match. In this McArdle captured first, a folding Kodak, with 44: second to Serenson, a framed water color on 43. The next prize brought out a contest, six tying on 41. Kirk- wood and Lewis tied on 23 in the first shoot-off, the latter win- ning the second shoot-off at 15 targets with 13, and taking the prize, a pocket flask. Bowler, it is presumed, will emulate the example of the Father of his Country, and do a little woodchopping_ with a pocket ax, which wa,s his reward for fourth place in the prize match. Gosling must now smoke up, as he now is the possessor of a nice brier pipe, which came nekt on the list, while Brother Hughes is wear- ing a handsome pearl scarfpin, and last, but not least, Johnson took as his reward a pocket electric lamp. Scores: Events: Targets: 123456789 15 15 20 15 15 20 13 15 20 Shot at. Broke. Av. Kirkwood, 21 . . . . 13 15 19 12 13 16 15 14 19 150 136 .906 A W Lewis, 18. . . . . . . 11 13 15 14 11 16 13 14 19 150 126 .840 Plughes, 19 . . . . 10 15 18 13 11 15 13 13 15 150 123 .820 Bowler, 18 10 13 15 14 12 14 13 13 17 150 121 .806 Mason, 18 Powel, 18 . . . . 10 14 13 11 12 16 13 13 18 150 120 .800 . . . . 12 11 15 11 10 14 13 13 17 150 116 .773 Eggers, 19 . . . . 13 12 18 12 13 16 9 12 11 150 116 .773 Gosling, 18 . ... 11 12 15 14 9 14 13 11 13 150 112 .746 Dring, 19 . ... 11 13 16 9 10 14 12 9 14 150 108 .720 Tobnson, 16 . . . . 10 11 13 10 10 15 13 11 14 150 107 .713 Richards, 16 . ... 12 9 12 7 6 10 10 11 13 150 90 .600 Aldrich. 16 . . . . 5 6 13 7 11 7 10 13 17 150 89 .593 Ccggeshall. 17 12 9 15 8 7 9 10 8 9 150 87 .580 Serenson, 20 11 19 13 13 17 12 15 16 135 116 .859 McArdle, 17 •• 7 18 15 14 15 13 13 16 150 111 .822 Bullard, 10 .... 9 13 10 12 11 18 6 12 .. 130 91 .700 G Moore, 16 . . . . . 11 8 10 10 10 13 15 120 77 .641 TI B Moore, 16... 12 9 10 11 10 10 13 120 75 .625 PI A Peckham, 16. .... 11 10 13 13 12 16 ..... . 100 75 .750 Thomas, 16 ...... 11 11 12 13 10 15 100 72 .720 E S Peckham, 16.. .... 8 9 13 14 12 15 100 71 .710 Sherman, 17 ...... .... 10 7 18 9 12 12 ..... . 100 68 .680 50 38 .760 Wise, 16 Ittrt • 9 3 6 ’ * o OO co OO Of,; 9 •m Bristol Gon Club. Bristol, R. I., May 30. — The Decoration Day shoot of the Bristol Gun Club was held on the Trotting Park grounds, com- mencing at 9 o’clock. The first event was at 15 targets, and resulted as follows: Dr. H. W. Church 10, William McLean 8, Roy Waldron 13, John Davidson 10, Palmer 12, Chase 10, W. Higgins 14, Tames Davidson 13, B. Dunbar 13, A. Davidson 10, M. Lynch 14, F. Eaton 9, B. Lliggins 11, J. Mclnnis 8, S. Wardwell 9, Capt. Charles Schlosser 14, J. Wall 13. In the shoot-off W. Higgins won out and secured first prize, a cleaning rod, while Capt. Schlosser secured 50 rounds of ammuni- tion, the prize for second honors in the shoot. The team shoot between the up-town team, composed of F. Chase, B. Dunbar, Capt. Charles Schlosser, F. Eaton and R. Waldron, and a down-town team, composed of W. Higgins, J. Palmer, John Davidson, James Davidson and Alexander David- son, resulted in a victory for the up-town team by a margin of 10 points. The prize was a box of cigars. Following are the scores made, 25 targets per man: Up-town Team. F Chase 23 B Duribar ...20 Capt C. Schlosser. 21 F Eatoh ...... 22 R Waldron 23—109 Down-town Team.. W Higgins 23 J Palmer 18 John Davidson 22 Jas Davidson 21 Alex. Davidson 15— 99 Recreation Rod and Gon Club. Morgantown", W. Va., June 2. — -The Recreation Rod and Gun Club, of this city, held its ninth regular weekly shoot of the sea- son at Recreation Park, this afternoon, with eleven guns out. A hard rainstorm at 3 o’clock interfered with the programme for half an hour, after which a very blustery wind and flashy light made shooting very difficult, and as a consequence, all scores were not up to the average, The club championship gold medal was won for the week by Elmer F. Jacobs, with an average for the day of 81.1 per cent., shooting through the entire programme. The officers’ goblet was won by Everett B. Taylor, with a score of 17 breaks out of his handicap of 19 targets shot at. The scores i Event No. 1, 15 targets: Silvey 6, Taylor 11, Barthlow 11, Christy 12, Carman 3, Cobun 10, Price 12, Jacobs 12. Event No. 2, club shoot, 25 targets: Sivey 18, Taylor 20, Barthlow 16, Christy 19, Carman 8, Cobun 17, Price 16, Jacobs 23, Hoffman 18, Dawson 20. Event No. 3, officers’ goblet, handicap: Sivey shot at 22, broke 16; Taylor 19, 17; Barthlow 20, 12; Carman 20, 3; Cobun 22, 16; Price 18, 9; Jacobs 19, 13; White 19, 16. Event No. 4, club team race, three-man teams, 15 targets per llidll * i Cobun, captain, 8, Jacobs 12, Price 6; total 26. Taylor, captain 9, Christy 8, Barthlow 8; total 25. 1 The regular weekly shoots of the club are held on Friday, and we would be more than pleased to entertain traveling sportsmen who may be in our town on that day or at any other time during the week. _ _ , Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec y. Raleigh Gun Club. Raleigh, N. 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To anyone wanting a first-class Rifle for large game or target, these are an exceptional bargain. Cartridges for Rifles, 60 cents per box. Reloading Tools, with Bullet Mould, $2.25 per set. Orders enclosing money will be filled as long as the lot lasts, and if Rifle on receipt and examination is not satisfactory it can be returned and money will be refunded, less cost of expressage. WM. READ & SONS, Washington st.. Boston, Mass. A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. SAUERMAUSER REPEATING RIFLES AND CARBINES. 8 mm. or .315 caliber. Killing Range, 4S00 yards; Point Blank, 300 yards. Y. C. Schilling Rifles, 9 mm. or .354 caliber. Quoted in our Specialty Catalogue. 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A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” Two Magnificent Keels The “Simplex” Nine-Multiplier. ^ Here is a truly wonderful fishing reel j§\ so good has ever been produced be- k1' ’ Tn in the most expensive jj|B It is a $25.00 reel that will be sent i' 1.1, postpaid for a fraction of its worth, N^TifTf $6.00 net. Your choice of 60, 80 or jj^j*^^^*** 100 yard sizes. The steel pinions are micrometer ground and balanced on jewels. The reel multiplies nine times and the patent extension handle gives greatly increased leverage and absolute control of a jumping fish. The reel is of German silver and rubber, with a specially attractive click and drag, and altogether the best thing yet produced. The “Simplex” Bait Caster. For bait casting we offer this sea- son the most novel and important invention of the year in the form of a bait caster, with almost abso- lutely no friction. This has been accomplished by balancing the pinions on jewels and throwing the operating gears out of mesh by a marvelously simple device requiring only a slight pressure of a lever under the thumb. This reel is quadruple multiplying and in every other particular of the same high order of construction as the NINE-MULTIPLIER. It is also offered at a fraction of its worth, and will be sent in either 80 or ioo yard sizes at $9.00 post paid. Every reel covered by the broadest kind of a guarantee, and money cheerfully refunded if not perfectly satisfactory. HENRY C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlandt St., New York. How Atlantic W on the Ocean. Race. VOL. LXIV— No. 24. . SATURDAY, JUNE (7, J905. tm tiosi^twg Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter, Copyright, 1904, by F orest and Stream Publishing Co Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE 10 CENTS Great Britain, $5.50. f LONDON: Devles & Co. 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The facts in regard to the big tournament of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, held at Lincoln, May 23, 24, 25, are that, with the exception of one, every event, including the “ Big State Event ” for the Board of Trade Diamond Badge — value $750 — by W. R. Crosby, and the high averages, both professional and amateur, were won with WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHELLS At the tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association, held at Rahway, N. J., June 6-8, first and second high amateur averages were won by George Piercey and Fred Truax, respectively, both using Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. These are the facts What do they evidence ? That Winchester Factory Loaded Shells are used by the best shots, both amateur and professional, because they are reliable and accurate and give good velocity and pattern. Shooters who expect to attend the Grand American Handicap, don’t be misled into shooting some shells “just as good as Winchester ” at this great event by inducements that won’t help you but will help the other fellow. What shooters who attend this event want is shells they can win with, and no shells, as the records show, have such an unbroken string of victories as Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. Shoot them and join THE WINNERS. ft f OREST AND STREAM. § Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. Nearly 1500 in use. 250 pounds of steam. WORKS : Handsome catalogue free. RED BANK, N. J. Cable Address: Bruniva, New York. Telephone address, 599 Cortlandt. THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. 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SKENE, Nava.1 Architect and Engineer. Yacht Broker. Marine Insurance. 15 Exchange St., Boston, Mass. SMALL BROS 1 acnts, Canoes For Sale MARBLEHEAD YACHT YARDS. STEARNS & McKAY, Marblehead, Mass. NAVAL ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS. Two yards fully equipped, with Marine Railways, Machine 35FT. Hunting Launch. Shops, large storage sheds, etc., and gasolene supply station. Send 10c. stamp for catalogue. A History of Yachting 1600-1815 By ARTHUR H. CLARK Octavo. About one hundred illustrations in photogravure. Net, $5-00- By mail, $5.30. Captain Clark’s work has been approved by the N. Y. Yacht Club, and is published under its authority and direction. The book opens with a descrip- tion of the pleasure boats of ancient times, including Cleopatra’s barge. Fol- lowing t is is given the history of pleasure yachts from the middle ages down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The illustrations are both artistic and valuable, and but very few <->f tv> U~~ FLORENCE. 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The author has taken two designs for practical demonstration, one of a centerboard boat 19 ft. waterline, and the other a cruising cutter of 22 ft. waterline. Both designs show fine little boats which are fully adapted to American requirements. Full instructions, even to the minutest detail, are given for the building of both these boats. The information is not confined to these yachts alone ; they are merely taken as examples ; but what is said applies to all wooden yacht building according to the best and most approved methods. Part I. treats of the building of the boats, and Part II. covers the rigging. In Part I., Mr. Hope first goes into the matter of tools and then devotes a chapter to the best materials to use. In Chapter III. full instruc- tions are given for laying off, making the molds and setting up the frames. Chapter IV. discusses the difficulties of cutting the rabbet and fairing the molds. Chapter V. is given over to timbering and planking, and in the next chapter is told how to place the floors, shelf and deck beams. The other eight chapters being A OTrrnt tn ilia molrirwr /~\f t »» — J _ J J 1 • J 1-- — J DlcLClUfJ COclTTl Ifl CSllUlill^ ron work and cabin fitting*) devoted to the making of centerboard trunks and rudder cases, laying decks and placing coamings, caulking, “ ipping and painting, lead keels, and centerboards, rudders, spars, deck fittings, iron \ a equipment. The matter of rigging and sails is thoroughly dealt with in Part II. StO' am How To Build at Launch! From Plans With general instructions lor the care and running of gas engines. By Chas. G. Davis With 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 lull-page plans. Price, postpaid, $1.50 This is a practical and complete manual for the amateur builder of motor launches. It is written simply, clearly and understanding^ by one who is a practical builder, and whose instructions are so definite and full that with this manual on hand the amateur may success- fully build his own craft. The second part of the work is devoted to the use and care of gas engines, and this chapter is so specific, complete and helpful that it should be studied by every user of such an engine. Mr. Davis has given us a book which should have a vast influence in promoting the popularity of motor launches. / FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY The Spaniel and Its Training. By F. H. F. Mercer. To which are added the American and English Spaniel Standards. Cloth. Illustrated. Price $1.00. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. s Yachting: Goods. LOOK THROUGH thi3 YACHT REGISTERS and we think that you will agree with us in saying the AIMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R- I- DIN KIDNEY 4 SON, WEST DE PERE, WIS. 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Two large, full-sized working (24x38) drawings in a pocket in a cover. Cloth. 115 pages. Price, $1.25. This interesting manual of how to build, cruise and live in a canvas canoe, is writ- ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill can turn out for himself at trifling ex- oense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. INSIST ON HAVING Ball-Bearing Oarlocks on your new boat or ’send for a pair for your old one. Noiseless, Easy Rowing, Durable. For next 30 days I will send a sample pair of galvanized tight or loose pin locks, prepaid, upon receipt of $2.25. Send for descriptive circulars. T.H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N.Y. CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Ovuers. By SENECA. Cloth, 96 pages. PRICE, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. SPAR COATING A perfect finish for all woodwork, spars and ironwork exposed to excessive changes in weather and temperature. Manufactured by EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY. Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 59 Market Street. 45 Broadway. Chicago, 111, New York, 1 Forest and stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Months, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1906. ( VOL. LXIV.— No, 24. [ No. 346 Broadway, New York. ^The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iii. The object of this journal will be to studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor recre- ation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural ObieCtS Announcement in first number of ^ * Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. THE SPORT OF HUNTING. In our issue of last week, under the caption “Concern- ing the Heroic Pose,” a correspondent expressed certain views on the humanities and the inhumanities of killing wild animals. Admitting that he had killed for sport, had killed creatures that he did not or could not use for food, he disposed of this particeps criminis by virtue of these words: “So if anyone sees fit to take issue with what I have to say, he may as well omit the personal note and not trouble himself to suggest that the pleasure of the chase, and the ‘strenuous life’ are out of my ken. I have been through it all.” The issue is too broad to be made a personal one on any such score, but there. is a dominant power, Nature, which makes it a direct issue with all forms of life, animal and vegetable. The young man scorns the sports of his childhood, al- though they were once his daily occupation and his in- finite delight. The elderly man “who has been through it all” views contemptuously the frivolities of youth. It is merely the point of view. Nature, whose grasp in- cludes all, has ordained that we estimate life and its phenomena by our emotions and our mind. Our opinions as a result are a succession of errors and readjustments. It is quite a common occurrence that, with mature age ' and declining appetites, a man’s enthusiasm in the sport of pursuit and capture, is dulled or destroyed. The man is prone to consider such change as being an evolutionary and wiser state of mind which exalts him personally above his fellows ; the philosopher views it merely as an organic decay, a change common to all mankind, a mere manifestation of Nature’s laws. Although Flint Locke arbitrarily barred “the personal note,” he ingenuously said: “But one’s point of view changes, and now I question seriously the moral right of man to kill without necessity any other living creature.” That is fallacious reasoning. One’s point of view changes through the periods of development and decay, and a de- duction whose antecedent is nothing more than an in- tangible “point of view” is a thing unproven and improv- able With every change of the point of view a repeal of the deductions from prior points of view is a matter of course; therefore in deference to the teacher whose data are his points of view, it is a wise part to wait till the final viewpoint has been reached, and the final verdict of the ethical weathercock has been rendered. It is dogmatically asserted that it is wrong to kill for pleasure. Why is it wrong to do so? It is a racial chai- acter implanted in man and other animals by nature. It is opposed only by individual dogmatism which is the equivalent of individual idiosyncrasy. Everything on earth, social, religious, political, physical, psychical, has been opposed by individuals or groups, at some time or all times in the world’s history. Dogmatism is a measure of the individual’s peculiar mental composition; Nature pro- vides the laws, the standards of morality, which are the true guides of all mankind. Let us examine this sombre dogma, this verbalism that it is wrong to kill for pleasure. It is contrary to the les- sons of virile Nature before our eyes everywhere. It is a vagary of the sewing circle, the over-full stomach, the advanced senility when all is vanity. Nature has im- planted in our nature the capacity to hunt and kill with pleasure. The boy takes naturally to the bow and arrow, the spear, the stone as a miss*de, his heritage from primi- tive man. The girl takes naturally to her doll. The plays of the boy and girl are mimetic of the serious life of later years. Each is impelled by the instincts which are essential to their best being in the struggle for existence, inexorably ordained by nature. So it has been from time immemorial, even from the time of the cave-dweller whom Flint Locke paused to extol as a brave man. And yet the cave-dweller gave battle to the wild animals, armed as he was with club or stone axe for want of something better. Around his rude hearth are found the split bones of his fellow man among the split bones of the larger animals, split because the Cave-dweller was fond of the marrow. The primitive, virile man was your true pot hunter. But, granting that he was primitive in equipment, is that evi- dence that he did not enjoy hunting as a sport as well as its use as a pot filler? Without the pleasurable phase of the pursuit, it is not at all probable that the human race would have been preserved. Without the pleasant incen- tive, primitive man would have delayed the hunt till the cravings of hunger forced him afield, when many times he would perish before food could be secured. If there was no pleasure in the hunt, he would have become a loafer. Undoubtedly there were effeminate men in those days who disliked to hunt, timorous souls, who among the Indians of our day, are rated as squaws and treated accordingly. ,Is it not reasonable to assume that a racial trait, dominant in man from prehistoric times in all places, all climes, all times, is essential to the well being and pre- servation of the human race? a something which cannot be changed by the reveries consequent to the satiety of the individual or the dogma of a cult? To denounce man as he exists naturally is to denounce the Omnipotence which gave him being. That man, as nature made him, should conform to the idiosyncrasies of men who have no taste for cakes and ale, is a proposition which need not be taken seriously. Every age has had its groups whose forces were against what is, whether what is was government, society, science, religion, creation, or ordinary peace of mind. Were any or all of the theorists to become dominant, it would be a chaotic world indeed. It may be proper to mention that many of the theorists, by wise exploitation of their per- sonal wisdom, secured sufficient following from which to derive a revenue and a subsistence. In our artificial state of life imposed by a dense population and the pursuit of agriculture, there is no vagary, however silly, but what will have a following if it is skillfully and earnestly ex- ploited. G, We would make no defense for the cruelties perpetrated on the lower animals from anger or malice; but to go forth as a matter of sport and kill according to the con- ventions of good sportsmen is right according to Nature’s laws. So long as we have any of the fire of the primitive man so long will we be hunters ; so long as the fire burns, men will not cherish the point of view of an ash heap. OLD TIME HUNTING WAYS. When Baron Lahontan made his great fall hunt with the Indians in Canada, the story of which is told in an- other column, he learned a great deal. Experience had already taught him that the Indians were pleasant people to associate with — good companions in camp; but he had not hitherto appreciated how great was their skill in woodcraft, what good field naturalists they were— how familiar with the habits of the birds and animals; nor what good sportsmen they were— using the term almost in its modern sense. The great abundance of game found by this hunting party need not surprise us. Wild pigeons so numerous that the Bishop had been forced to excommunicate them oftener than once because of the injury they did to the crops, wildfowl in wonderful numbers ; otters so abundant that this party took 250 in deadfalls; wapiti a great many; with a great multitude of other beasts and birds. Perhaps it need not surprise us to see that more than 200 years ago the Indians used decoys and bush blinds in their wildfowl shooting, just as, a few years ago, Mr. Robert Ridgway found the Indians in Nevada and Cali- fornia using the stuffed skins of ducks for the same pur- pose. The account of the hunting of the wolverine, here called by the old name of carcaiou, is interesting, as is' the fact that they were killed by the dogs; but in these days we should hardly accuse the dogs of cowardice be- cause they declined to attack a porcupine. To us this would seem great wisdom, and we think that the dogs of the Indians of that time had tqore sense than many of those of to-day. , , , , Lahontan’ s hunting companions seem to have had a good idea of sportsmanship and thought for the future as well, for they declined to kill the cow elk on the ground that they were then carrying their young. We thus find the hunters of that distant day so thoughtful as to have acted on the rules laid down 200 years later by the Boone and Crockett Club. The advocates of spring shooting should take notice. Lahontan’s observation on the drumming 'grouse contributes interesting testimony in answer to the subject which was up for discussion not long ago of the bird’s drumming in the fall. Indeed it would be. difficult to pick out from our literature, ancient or modern, an article on hunting which conveyed more information than the one in question. PENNSYLVANIA GAME LEGISLATION. The method of human practice in the making of laws is not unlike the course of evolution in the making of species, in so far as the product of each is the resultant of forces not always to be calculated upon at the begin- ning. Perhaps this is especially true of game laws, in which case the State of Pennsylvania may be congratu- lated, that the recent act, now in force, is as good as it is. The bill, as orginally framed and presented by the Board of Game Commissioners, was in all respects force- ful and admirable, and was designed to supplant all pre- vious legislation of like kind, but by the time the senti- mentalist, the fruit grower, the individual legislator and the Executive had each and all got in their work, the measure was shorn of some important features. Still, a few notable improvements may be named. In the old act the taking of birds or eggs for “scientific purposes” was found to be so* loosely guarded by the terms employed that grave abuses have occurred under it, even for the purposes of institutions which should have displayed a better moral tone. This is not likely to oc®ur under the present act. The language used in the former prohibition ^ cue use of dogs in hunting deer was such that conviction was nearly impossible. Under sections 8 and 9 of the new bill “any dog pursuing or following on the track of a deer or fawn” is declared to be a public nuisance and may be killed by any game warden, owner or lessee of land, who sees it in the act, and any dog which develops “the habit of pursuing or following on the track of game or wild birds contrary to the provisions of this act” may be killed by a game warden after notice to the owner, who, further- more is subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each deer pursued and double the amount if killed. Section 11, dealing with the shooting or capture of deer and game birds for hire, is believed to be clear enough to put an end to market hunting under any conceivable subterfuge. The open season for woodcock hereafter runs only from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1, and the July slaughter of fledglings, and incidentally of young grouse, is happily at an end. Spring shooting of water fowl is limited to fifteen days from April 1, which is a considerable step toward civilized sport, and the close season for deer begin* Dec. 1, before the usual occurrence of tracking snows. The size of bag which may be made on all kinds of game birds and mammals is defined both for a day, a week and the whole season, and bear can be killed only between Oct. 1 and March 1, except if actually engaged in depredations upon persons or property. The original bill, as drawn by the Commissioners, pro- hibited the sale at any time within the State of ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, English, Mongolian or Chinese pheasants, quail, wild turkey, woodcock and deer. Woodcock and wild turkey are still barred from the market under the act as passed, the sale of ruffed grouse killed elsewhere is permitted o,nly during the open season and for thirty days thereafter, and the sale of the other species named when killed within the State is prohibited. A provision designed to reach the irresponsible violator from whom a money penalty cannot be collected, imposing imprisonment in the county jail of one day for each dollar of delinquent fine, was regrettably eliminated at the in- stance of misguided sympathy. On the whole, the act is progressive and its shortcom- ings are not to be charged to the Commissioners, whose energetic efforts to secure and enforce good game laws gives promise for the results pf the neyy }pw in practice. 470 FOREST AND STREAM [June ijr, 1905. Recollections of Cottonwood Creek. Editor Forest and Stream: I am on the U. S. Transport Thomas, sailing on the Pacific, between San Francisco and Manila. I left my former station of Fort Riley, Kansas, on March 17, and have enjoyed a very pleasant trip thus far. We stopped two days at Honolulu, and found that a most delightful spot to visit. In addition to grand moun- tain scenery and beautiful ocean views, with the white surf fringing the bright waters, there are most attrac- tive picturesque homes almost hidden by luxuriant tropical foliage, all of which can easily be seen by street car, while the climate is so pleasant as to render car riding in the fine, open cars of that city, a great pleas- ure. Sight-seeing in Honolulu is not all mere idle pastime; it has two institutions that invite both the scientist and the student, as well as the pleasure seeker — one is the Aquarium, the other the Bishop Museum. The former ;s, like all others, always interesting and instructive to members of the Forest and Stream family. I have seen flying fish frequently, as I have sailed on tropical waters, and I had hoped to study one now at close view in this aquarium. In this I was dis- appointed, as none were then on exhibition; but the wings, or flying fins, of one were shown me. The many fish that were present, however, were such as pertain to the South Pacific, I suppose, and were a wonder to behold in their strange forms and vivid colorings. Their names were given in the native language, so they didn’t mean much to strangers, and I will not burden you . with an .attempt at their description. The Bishop Museum is a collection of South Sea Island relics and curiosities, classified and arranged to the best advantage, and preserved and displayed in a most beautiful building. I do not suppose such another collection exists in the world, and the city of Honolulu is to be congratulated on its possession. It is exhibited without charge, and should not be omitted by any one visiting the city. Upon leaving San Francisco we were escorted through the Golden Gate by a large flock of whitish- colored gulls, which finally dropped ofif, till there re- mained only about twenty or thirty brownish-colored birds, called by the sailors boobies. These continued with us till we reached Honolulu, a distance of 2,100 miles. They were usually soaring about in the wake of our vessel, occasionally sitting upon the water like a duck, apparently to rest, and subsisting, doubtless, upon refuse from the ship. Since leaving Honolulu we have seen none of them, so I infer they must have attached themselves to some vessel going back to San Francisco. At present we have only one or two birds journeying with us, white and black ones, that keep at quite a distance away from the ship, and are not very sociable — possibly they may receive reinforcements eventually. In making my preparations for a sojourn of two or three years in the Philippine Islands, I did not omit the item of sport. I recalled the interesting article of “Ah mi Commissario,” about his duck hunt with my old friend Kirk, and I asked others about the possibili- ties of sport in that remote corner of the globe. All gave so encouraging an account of it that I, ever mind- ful of Mr. Cristadoro’s advice, purchased a new ham- merless for my boy Will, aged fifteen, and laid in a supply of ammunition, such as will load a thousand or more rounds; and if we reach those islands and really find any good shooting I will give my friends of the Forest and Stream a more or less brief account of it. Sailing along these calm Pacafic waters from day to day, with scarcely anything but the dinner gong to break the monotony, tends to make one reminiscent, and as my thoughts have to-day wandered back some twelve or fifteen years to the days my old shooting com- panion K. and I used to spend on Cottonwood Creek, I am moved to jot down some of them as best I can from memory alone, in the hope they may interest others. Cottonwood Creek rises in the low hills due north of Fort Meade, S. D., and flows in a northerly direction, through almost level plain country, for about ten miles, when it empties into the Belle Fourche River, a branch of the Cheyenne. It has little apparent cur- rent, and to the unobservant would not be regarded as a stream at all, but merely a succession of pools. These go almost dry in the hot season, but fill again when- ever rains occur, and when quite full are connected one with another, by running water. Like almost all other water-courses in the plains, it is, in places, fringed with small cottonwoods, but up toward the hills, where it has its rise, there stands — or, at least did stand at the time of which I write — one immense broad, spreading tree of this variety, while numerous stumps near by show that it was formerly not the isolated landmark it is at present, but had been one of a grove of mighty cotton- woods which, doubtless, gave the creek its name. 'L he geological basin drained by this creek is some five or six miles wide; and had at that time but one habitation in the entire tract — apparently a single quarter-section had been taken up and was under fence — outside of this, the country was entirely unfenced and in a state of nature, with the exception of a dam built across the creek, nearly down to the river, for the purpose, I sup- pose, of retaining some of the running water in the wet season for irrigation purposes; but no one lived jtherp pr had apparently ever made use of the water so retained. The whole valley was thus practically given over to the coyote, the prairie dog, and such wild fowl as were attracted to the pools during their passage to and from their breeding places in the north. K. and I first noticed this creek along in the summer of 1891 or ’92, as nearly as I can recollect. We were ever on the search for sport with rod and gun, and we made many trips to the Belle Fourche for the purpose of fish- ing. The Belle, as we called it, flowed in quite a curve, and could be reached from Fort Meade in several direc- tions, and at distances varying from twenty to twenty- five or thirty miles. We used sometimes to go in one direction, sometimes in another. I had a fine driving pair of horses, that would take us to the river, allow us to fish there several hours while they fed and rested, and take us home again the same day with ease; so it was no great undertaking for us to go to the Belle. We usually got some fish, though I do not now recall any large strings. They were channel cat, skip jack, a kind of herring, and a variety called by the dwellers along the river, pike, though it was not the true pike, but a smaller variety, probably a pike-perch. It was cn one of these fishing excursions that we first noticed Cottonwood Creek. As I have said, the creek would not have been even noticed by the unobservant; but our eyes were always looking for possibilities for future sport, and we could not help remarking the attractive pools, then almost dry, but capable of filling with fall rains, should any arrive; and we determined to be on hand in such an event and see what these pools might contain. Along in early September, or perhaps in the latter part of August, the rain came. I do not now remember pre- cisely in which month it was; the storms that come in either are cold and remind one that summer is over, even though it is only August. We had some delay about getting started on the first morning, when the rain had let up sufficiently to warrant our setting forth for the creek; so we did not get off until about 11 o'clock. We hadn’t been gone long before the rain, which had held up long enough to lure us out on the road, began to fall again with some vigor; and in the end we were thoroughly drenched; but we nevertheless kept on. As I have stated, these storms are cold at that time of the year, and we were so numb and stiff with cold and rvet as to be hardly capable of using our fingers by the time we arrived at the creek. When we came in sight of the first pool we saw two widgeon swimming about on it, but as they had seen us before we did them, they sailed away before we could ap- proach them. We were satisfied, however, with the prospect — the pools were full and the ducks had come. We now dismounted from the wagon, filled our pockets with shells, drew our guns out of their wet cases, and set about approaching pool after pool in a sportsmanlike manner. We were rarely disappointed regarding the ducks, and on some pools they were quite numerous. As a rule they were not wary, and would allow us to approach quite near before taking flight. This would permit us to give them a right and left as they were leaving the water without compelling us to creep and crawl through the wet grass and bushes, and then finally shoot at them at a distance, and on the water, in violation of the ethics of some of our corre- spondents. It is strange how a little sport seems to hasten the circulation of one’s blood; though we felt nearly frozen upon dismounting from the wagon, a few minutes of successful sport soon had our entire bodies in a delightful glow, and we paid no further attention to either cold or wet. Not so, however, our driver; he had followed us as best he could with the wagon, keep- ing sufficiently near to permit us to empty our game pockets from time to time as they became heavy, till he had become almost chilled through, so that we finally had to stop shooting, help him out, unharness and feed the team, build him a fire and cover him with our coats and slickers before we could get him com- fortable. In all future trips that he made with us, which were many and some of them quite cold and uncomfort- able, he always made an exception in favor of this day’s trip, when we thought we were the most uncomfortable we had ever been. After getting our team fed and our driver warm and comfortable again, we remembered our lunch, and that suddenly reminded us how hungry we were, though while engaged in the pursuit we hadn’t even thought of such a thing, and probably would not had we kept it up till dark. After lunch, we found it was between 3 and 4 o’clock, and but little time remained to us to shoot, unless we wanted to drive home in the dark; but we concluded to try it again for an hour or so. We soon found the ducks as plenty as ever; in fact, they had not left the creek at any time; when disturbed at one pool they had merely flown to another at no great distance away, and we could come upon them again with a reasonable amount of effort. We kept it up for a while and then got into the wagon and started for home, arriving at the post about half-past six, wet, cold and tired, but happy. It was always our practice, when we returned successful from a shooting trip, to drive up in front of the line of officers’ quarters, and unload our wagon of its contents. This usually collected about us such of our acquaintances as chanced to be at hand, and we got due credit for our performances from our brother sportsmen. When we had been unsuccessful, however — and we sometimes came home empty-handed, in spite of our best efforts — we would drive up the back way, quietly unload our guns, shell boxes, etc., and slip into the house without any ostentation. On the even- ing in question, we came proudly up the front drive- way, and didn’t hesitate to make some unnecessary clatter in unloading. It was all wasted, however; it was so rainy and so near dark that no one was on hand to witness our triumphant return. I do not now recall the size of that day’s bag; possibly I should hesitate to print it even if I knew it. All this happened years ago. The country was then unsettled, and such an idea as a future scarcity of game and a necessity for limiting the bag never annoyed us. I should do differently now. Once the pools had filled up they didn’t go dry again that fall, and ducks came and went until cold weather. We never found them so plenty again as they were on that first rainy day; but no one else appeared to shoot there, and we nearly always found some. After our first visit we usually had to cover more ground and approach the pools with greater care, and, alas, some- times shoot ducks on the water; but we generally made a fair bag, and spent many happy days on that lonely and distant water course. After we had visited, on one hot afternoon in the Indian summer, all the cus- tomary pools with scarce any return in game, we con- cluded to seek new ones further down the stream than we had ever been before, and on this occasion dis- covered the dam above mentioned. The stream, as I continue to call it, although no water was then flowing and a sharp eye for physical features was needed to detect the true water course from the numerous false ones, appeared to furnish no more good pools below the one we had reached on that particular day, and we had never before been beyond that point on it. The after- noon was hot; we had worked long and carefully with little to show for our efforts; and, in addition, the air on that occasion had been filled with little insects, gnats or something of the kind, that had irritated and annoyed us most persistently. Although a few hours yet remained to us before time to start for home, I for once had had enough, and suggested to K. that we give it up and go home. He was always loath to leave the field, and seemed insen- sible to personal discomfort on this occasion, as on many previous occasions. He now suggested that we explore the creek to its mouth, which could not be above three miles from where we then were, adding as an inducement that we might find some new pool by this means and get a good bag of ducks after all. As I saw he wanted to explore the country, I accord- ingly agreed to continue the pursuit, but the creek held out so little promise below that point of holding any water at all, that I good-naturedly remarked that I would promise to carry all the ducks we would find that afternoon. We had already left our wagon some dis- tance behind, and did not expect to see it again till we returned to it, as the horses were then unharnessed and grazing on the lariat, and the driver was reposing in the shade. K. laughed and said he would remember my promise. We set forth and worked as hard as we could; we approached every possible location for a pool upon our hands and knees until we could look into it, and then almost invariably found it dry. The soil in this vicinity seemed more of a gravelly than a clayey nature, and permitted the water to soak into it. After we had followed this for about an hour and had suf- fered the heat and the insects till forbearance had al- most ceased to be a virtue, we suddenly, in peering through the bushes, saw water ahead in a considerable area. We carefully withdrew and maneuvered so as to approach this water from the most advantageous point, and thus for the first time discovered the reservoir caused by the above-mentioned dam. The water col- lected by the dam had set back in various arms, or irregularly shaped bodies, more or less fringed with thickets, so but a small portion could be seen at once; but that small portion contained ducks in considerable numbers. We forgot the heat and the insects in an instant, and at once set about securing our quarry. We worked the various branches and inlets for an hour or more with pretty good results, and when we finally gave it up, K. reminded me of my promise to carry the game to the wagon. We were then some three miles or such a matter away, and as I thought of the long, hot tramp we must. make, I almost regretted hav- ing been so successful. K. helped load me with all the game, and taking both guns himself, set out ahead, telling me to take it easy, and he would get the wagon and come back after me. In course of time he returned and said the country was too rough and too much in- tersected with coulees to be practicable for the wagon, without wasting more time seeking a route than would be required to walk back to it. He then took his share of the burden, and together we finally reached the team, again tired but happy. We drove up the front way on our entrance into the post that night. Among the incidents that occurred that season on the Cottonwood was one that, while it really amounted to little in itself, yet it lingered long in K.’s mind, and he has alluded to it many times since. We were at the dam. He was across one, of the arms of the reservoir and at some distance from me, when three teal flew over my head in such a direction that, while they gave me a straightaway shot, yet to K. it would have been a cross shot had they been within range. As I drew up my gun to shoot, the ducks, though at distances from me ranging by quite a number of yards as seen June 17, 1905-] FOREST AND STREAM 471 by K., could all, from my point of view, have been included within a twenty-inch circle. I readily covered the entire three, fired my right barrel and lowered my gun, satisfied that if it was a possible thing, I must have gotten them all. Such proved to be the case; one dropped dead at the shot, a second fluttered at once to the ground, while the third continued its course for a little and then slanted slowly toward the earth, striking it at quite a distance from me, but where K. could walk over and pick it up. Although an old sportsman who had seen many birds killed, he said that, to him, was one of the most surprising shots he had ever seen. From his point of view the birds were twelve or fifteen feet apart, and that they could have been covered and killed with a single barrel seemed to him incredible. To me it was of course a very simple matter; I knew they were all practically covered, and that my ammunition was of the best; if I had failed to get them all, it was merely because they were out of range, and it would have been useless to have fired the second barrel. I didn’t go into detail much over the matter to K. ; he was far and away a better shot than I was, and it was a pleasure to me to have surprised him. I merely told him when he asked why I hadn’t fired my second barrel that I could readily . see that they were all hit, and as I contemplated giving them away, I didn’t want them all shot to . pieces. He amused himself the rest of the day by calling me Capt. Scott, Davy Crockett and other names of historic shots, and would* occasionally ask me why I took the trouble to carry a double-barreled gun, when a single barrel was all I needed to kill a whole flock of ducks? I haven’t seen the poor fellow for several years. His health has failed, and I understand he is now an invalid. If perchance this meets his eye, I hope. it will recall pleasant memories to him, while it explains how I made that phenomenal shot. The Dakota winter eventually terminated our field sports and kept us close to the garrison for several long weary months. Spring came at last, and with it the clangor, of wild geese going north. One bright sunny day we again set forth for the Cottonwood to see if it afforded any prospect of spring shooting. We visited the pools carefully, one after another, but found nothing. It was evidently too early for the ducks.. We drove on down toward the dam as far as practicable and went on and reconnoitered that water. On it we found a few wary ducks that flew long before we came within range — a spring duck seems much better edu- nothing. It was evidently too early for the ducks. We our horses, ate our lunch, and enjoyed the pleasant sunshine as we stretched at length on the ground, chatting with each other, while the horses fed and rested. After a while we hitched up and started for home. As we were getting near one of our favorite pools on the return journey, the driver stopped the team and we discussed the probability of finding anything on it if we should get out and approach it carefully. Our guns were in their cases in the bottom of the wagon; we were dull and lazy from our lunch, and spring fever was upon us. We readily agreed that, as we had found nothing on the pool some two hours pre- vious, it was conclusive evidence that it still contained nothing; so we told the driver to go on without our getting out of the wagon. The trail ran quite close to this pool; it was mainly turf, entirely free from stone or anything on which the wheels could make a noise; the horses trotted gently and quietly along. As we came near enough to look from our seats in the wagon into the pool, our eyes were greeted with the sight of a flock of wild geese standing on the nearest shore, their black necks erect in the air, resembling the flower stalks on a big bed of tiger lilies, and not more than thirty yards away from us. Of course they saw us in that instant, and as our guns were in their cases, we offered no impediment to their safe and hasty departure for lands unknown. We counted sixteen as they flew away. As they finally disappeared into space K. and I gazed sadly at each other, but said nothing — words were inadequate. We have never passed that pool since without recalling how our indolence lost us a fine bag of geese. Wm. T. Flynn. On The Pacifi-, April 18. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. Summer Rooftrees. I. — An Inexpensive Cottage on the Unit Plan. It is the purpose of the Forest and Stream to repro- duce from time to time plans of inexpensive bungalows, shooting boxes and camps of a more or less permanent character. There is a growing tendency in this country for homes in the country where the occupants can reside for periods of varying length during any season of the year and where they can enjoy the beauties of nature. Many men, both bachelors and those with families, enjoy and have enjoyed visits to the country where they owned or rented camps. It was there they spent their vacations, holidays and week ends. Most of these camps are such in the truest sense of the word, and while these health and plea- sure seekers are housed in tents and shacks their vaca- tions are not sufficiently long for the discomforts to over- shadow the enjoyment. Those who are content with very primitive abodes are comparatively few and as they grow older they look for places that will afford them more comfort. We shall not endeavor to show how man can have city conveni- ences and comforts in the woods, but to enlighten them regarding serviceable and substantial low cost cottages of the most simple kind where they can always find at any season a dry bed and a tight roof. In these days the men are not the only members of the family who look forward to sojourns in the woods or along the coast, and now that they are so frequently accompanied by their families the question of proper houses naturally arises. How best to overcome the diffi- culties that arise and solve the problem is what we pro- pose to demonstrate. Americans demand a private and seclusive home life nowadays, and after a winter in crowded quarters in the town the summer hotel or boarding houses with their expensive quarters, poor food, noise and excitement do not satisfy those who really demand a rest and change, and where good food and quiet, simple surroundings are essential. The houses which we shall illustrate in these columns will all be structures of low cost, simple design and con- struction that can be erected either in the woods or on the seashore. We have heard from so many nature loving persons that we feel we know what will strike the popular fancy and answer the purpose in the fullest degree the demands of the majority. We assume that these cottages will be built where the price. of land is low and where the surroundings are at- tractive. Not far from most large cities there are tracts of land to be had at a moderate figure, and most men who really love out of door life are hardly happy on a restricted area, particularly when they are to have a home of their own, even though it is of the most modest sort. To own one’s place in the country is something which very many men look forward to, and an unpre- tentious place affords the owner a satisfying feeling of proprietorship. As a matter of fact, the small cottage has many advantages over the larger and more costly affair. In the first place, the original investment is small and the house can be left at any time by simply locking the door and closing the shutters. There is no danger from thieves as its contents are of too simple a descrip- tion to attract house-breakers, and the risk from fire is small and is usually taken care of by insurance. There are no caretakers to give trouble, and when one wishes to return the house is always ready. A fire is soon started and supplies are all that is needed to begin housekeeping again.. The old clothes, such as one wears while on an outing' are always ready. In fact, nothing has to be thought of when planning a trip to the country home except the articles of food which would have to be secured anyway, and the most necessary things can be had at the farm house near by or at the village store. The house illustrated this week is simple, and simplicity will be the keynote of all the buildings we reproduce, that can be built for a few hundred dollars anywhere in this country. The house is designed on the unit plan. This system was adopted in this case to give the prospective builder a wide choice in the number of rooms he might have in his cottage. The house, as it stands, is a small structure and could be built by anyone having only a limited knowledge of the use of tools. Starting at the beginning, the first block on the plans is the living room, 12 by 18 feet. If a mqn’s needs were very limited a small building of just this size could be put up with the porch extending along the front. This would, of course, necessitate cooking, eating and sleeping in one room; a combination which is objectionable to some. The big chimney gives a fire-place in which cord wood could be burned and affords all the opportunity for the cooking of food. Where doors are shown on the plans, windows could be substituted, except in the case of those that open on the front porch. Bunks could be built along the side walls or the occupants could sleep . in hammocks. This, to our minds, is a cleaner, healthier and more comfortable method. To save expense the small bay window could be done away with and the three windows placed in the front wall. This bay, however, would not cost much, and the window seat will afford a very pleasant lounging place. Now, by adding the rear wing containing the kitchen we satisfy those who prefer a separate apartment in which to prepare their food. This addition gives a sizeable room 8 by 13 feet with ample light and ventilation. If so desired it could be left without a ceiling and open to the ridge pole. This would make it cooler and, as. the space above would not be particularly useful, it might be well to do so. A range or stove can be placed in the big chimney and this would facilitate the cook’s work. A sink with drains on either side under the rear windows would simplify the work of cooking and cleaning up. At one end of the chimney by the door to the living room are shelves run- ning from the floor to ceiling where china and glassware could be kept and where it would be handy to both rooms. The closet reached from the kitchen is for pans, pots and provisions. The ice-chest could also be placed here if the house boasted one. Passing through this closet one - reaches a small porch. At first glance this may seem superfluous, but if the cottage is to be used in the winter it will add much to the comfort of the occupants. During bad or stormy weather it would be necessary to keep the doors opening from the living room to the front porch closed altogether. As an extra precaution it would be well to put on rough storm doors outside. Solid board shutters for all windows should be provided and closed at night and when the cottage is unoccupied. If the front door were kept permanently closed during the fall and winter, entrance to the house would have to be made through the kitchen. The small rear porch would protect the door to tlje kitchen closet, and fire wood sufficient for several days’ use could be piled there. By entering the house through the kitchen pantry, cold winds, snow and dampness are kept out of the living quarters. The porch should be placed so as to be on the most sheltered side of the house and the plan could.be Reversed if necessary to meet all requirements. Coming from the rear porch into the closet the outer door is first closed, snow is then shaken from one’s garments or, if wet, they could be removed before opening the door to the kitchen and entering the house proper. If still more room be required, we now add another wing in the shape of a bedroom which is 10 by 12 feet. This room is of good size and is intended for two single beds, one to be placed on each side of the end window. If the number of guests or the size of the family demanded it, the second wing or unit containing another bedroom could be added on the other end. The cottage is now complete with living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a porch 7 feet wide extending along the entire front. All the rooms are well lighted and doors and windows have been placed opposite one another to afford cross ventilation. This should make the cottage very cool in summer. In winter a roaring fire in the big fire-place would keep 472 FOREST AND STREAM. the living room comfortably warm, and by leaving the doors to the bedrooms open, sufficient heat would enter them to make them warm enough to sleep in. We would recommend that the living and bedrooms have a ceiling. The space above would be found handy for storing luggage, sleds, snow shoes, canoes, in fact anything and everything. A rough board floor above is all that is necessary, and the garret or attic could be reached by means of a ladder through a trap. No cellar would be placed under the cottage as it would be expensive and is not necessary. The sills of the house would rest upon and be securely fastened to cedar posts buried in the ground with the bark on to a distance of three or four feet. The cottage would look better if built close to the ground, but there is no- reason why it could not be raised if certain local conditions made it necessary. The house is to be of two by four-inch stud construc- tion covered with seven-eighths-inch boards outside. The roof and walls to be shingled with either cypress or cedar shingles laid about sRj or 6 inches to the weather. The porch posts to be of chestnut or cypress six inches square, stained with creosote. The only paint to be used on the exterior will be on the windows’ trim, sash, doors and shutters. If the cottage is to be used only in summer the inside can be left with the studs showing. If for use in the fall and winter the interior walls should be covered with compo board and the space between the studs filled with mineral wool. This latter material is cheap and is not only vermin proof but makes a house much warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Compo board comes in sheets about four feet square and is about seven-sixteenths of an inch thick. It is easily applied, being nailed or screwed to the studs. It presents a good surface and can be papered, painted or covered with stuff. It is comparatively cheap and is far better than tongue and groove sheathing for this purpose. A double floor should be laid on the two by ten-inch floor beams, which are. placed about sixteen inches on centers. The only masonry work necessary is on the chimney and the living room and kitchen hearths. If stone _ is plentiful it should be built of that material, otherwise brick will have to be resorted to. Good flat stones, if of any size, make a desirable floor for the porch. The exterior could be made more attractive by putting metal lath on the sheathing and plastering the walls. The roof in any case should be of shingle. Water may be had at all seasons if a well can be driven under the kitchen. A pump by the sink would add much to one’s comfort, and if the pipes are properly packed they should never freeze. A complete list of the materials required in the con- struction of this cottage, with prices of labor and ma- terial in New York, will be sent to anyone who writes to this office for that information. The Mississippi Cabin Boaters. Editor Forest and Stream: It may be that I was misinformed in regard to the New Year’s celebration at Friar’s Point, but the cabin-boater remarked what I said he did, though perhaps not in the exact words that I used. It seemed to me that shooting up the town would be a natural proceeding, for I had seen Christmas celebrated with guns and fire crackers in southwestern Virginia, and exuberant deer hunters rid- ing a buckboard through an Adirondack town working the levers of their Winchesters and Marlins as they went. What Coahoma says of my associations on the river is true. I was taken in by the cabin-boater as a friend and a brother. I told them I was going to write them up and they helped me get the facts of cabin boat life — and that was the main object of my trip down the river. I got 300,000 words in notes from which the Forest and Stream stories have been written. When I came to read up on the Mississippi before starting on the trip I could find only one article about the cabin boaters. This one was a story in Scribner’s Magazine, written admittedly from the outside. There is only one way to get the truth about a people, and that is to live and do as they do*. _ It is hard on the stomach sometimes, but it is worth doing and ought to be done by writers before they stamp “im- pressions” as “true.” I did not say “pine logs” were on the Mississippi. What I did say was “pine timber” — sawed stuff. As I said in my article “With the Mississippi Cabin Boaters,” the elec- tric belt man preferred pine for fire wood above any other sort, and during the week I was with him he was always on the lookout for it. He used cedar for kindling. He found the stuff in the shape of planksj beams and chunks, the wreckage from boats, barges, houses and the waste from mills and ship yards far up the river. The Swede, John, known as “the Chinaman,” just above Helena, where he watches the rafted logs, built a 60ft. (about) cabin boat from a stranded barge right there— “all pine.” I am inclined to discuss the cabin boater’s dialect, espe- cially with Coahoma. I think that probably half or more of the cabin boaters are from above Cairo. They come from Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and other up-river States. If he is a storeboat, medicine or grafter cabin boater, his associations are with negroes who are his customers from the start. He “shades the white man.” There is no “impossible combination of Yankee- isms and negroeisms.” Had Coahoma met Mrs. Haney, the Gambler, Applegate, or other river people he would have heard the real river dialect. A combination of Indian Territory, Kentucky mountain, Indianapolis, Pittsburg and St. Louis English is not an uncommon thing to hear in the big eddy at Helena, or in the mouth of Old Ar- kansaw. At Lake Providence I met a man off the Coney Island of New York, at Memphis and Greenville, a boy who had lived on First avenue, New York city, for years. At Arkansas City was a photograph boat whose owner had an Irish brogue comingled with expressions from the North, South, East (India) and West (California). I did not find the cabin boaters ignorant, and, I am bound to say, that some of them knew the river much better than most of those beyond the levees. Most of those I met could read and write. Their experiences, their range from Pittsburg to Shreveport and New Orleans, and their business relations give the cabin boater a dialect to which any expression is admissible if the cabin boater has use for it — and he usually has need of slang of all descrip- tions. His “business” is frequently “making easy money” by selling cheap things dear. But some of the store boats compete successfully with taxed bank commissaries. The fishermen are, some of them, makers of better wages than carpenters or other tradesmen. Coahoma’s most serious charge against my narrative is, to my mind, “there is evidence, however, that he (Spears) has to some extent yielded to the inclination to write picturesque narrative at some sacrifice of the verities.” If this is so, the story of “Floating Down the Mississippi” loses most of the value I place upon it. I should be glad if it is interesting, but if it isn’t true to the last, least de- tail it isn’t worth doing. “Huckleberry Finn,” Bishop’s “Six Months in a Sneak Box,” Doubleday’s “A Year in a Yawl,” Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi,” etc., give various views of the river, and no one will ever describe floating in a fog bet- ter than it is done in “Huckleberry Finn”, but in none of the things I have read did I find any more than an ink- ling of the real floating population, the cabin boaters, shanty boaters and river rats. They are as distinct a race as the gypsies, and they have hit upon an alluring mode of existence — a life very close to that of perpetual vaca- tion. Raymond S. Spears. Little Falls, N V. Mongrel Gipp. The game warden was a bachelor. After the filthy sitting room of the hotel — filled with stable boys, loafers and fourth-rate commercial travelers — his snug quarters seemed almost palatial. A Franklin stove full of hard- wood logs imparted a pleasant warmth to the atmos- phere. Several comfortable chairs offered themselves to our weary bodies — tired by a hard day’s cock shoot- ing— and an array of guns, rifles and fishing rods deco- rated the walls. Two or three good engravings, a stuffed wolf’s head and a set of moose horns, used as hat-rack, filled up most of the space. Over the mantle- piece a glass case, containing a yellow and white mongrel fox terrier and topped with a most formidable looking salmon gaff, filled the space usually allotted to a mirror. “That,” said the game warden, noticing my look at the stuffed mongrel, “is all that remains of the best dog I ever owned.” I glanced at King Agrippa, the bull terrier, a mass of bone, muscle and pluck, as he lay asleep in an easy chair. From him I looked to Old Floss, the setter we had been shooting over all day, and little Harmony, the best beagle bitch in the province, who was taking her ease in a whiskey case lined with old carpet. “Must have been pretty good dog then,” I remarked. “Care to hear the story?” asked the game warden. “Well, fill your glass again, and I’ll tell you about the dog and the old gaff which hangs over him.” And this was the story: “Gipp was his name. He was out of a thorough- bred English fox-terrier bitch, by a mongrel bull-terrier dog. They drowned all the litter but Gipp, and he was only spared to take the milk from his mother. Then a small kid of Peter Mitchell’s begged the pup and saved him from an untimely end. He was always a homely brute to look at, and when Peter got killed in the mines his widow sent the dog down to me to be put out of the way. I hate to shoot a dog, but I know that when I do it, I do it right: so I never refuse. They fetched him down to my house and told me what they wanted. I took a revolver and went out to send him to Kingdom Come, and then I found the revolver wouldn’t work. I had no time to tinker it, and so I tied the pup up and gave him a feed. I hate to drown a dog, and no money would make me poison one. When I got the mail that day I found an American who had shot with me wanted the mother of Old Floss. Well, I was hard up and I had to let the old bitch go, for he bid me $75 for her. Then I thought that maybe as the pup was out of a well bred mother he might come in handy as a watch dog, and I gave Mitchell’s kid a quarter for him and started to educate him. “Before I had had him two months, I had him in good shape, as far as watching a wagon or looking after a camp was concerned. The devil himself couldn’t have taken so much as a chew of tobacco out of a team when he was on the seat and in charge of it. “The place I lived in then was a pretty rough one — no police, no magistrate worth a hill of beans, and as tough a lot of men in the mines and lumber mill as any one could want to see. There was grand fishing and shooting, however. That is to say, when they didn’t sweep all the salmon out of the pools, or string the wood roads full of moose snares. Just about that time they made me game warden, and I assure you I wasn’t the most popular man in the country when they found it out. They also put me in as fishery officer, and gave me two jackasses, who had voted the right ticket at the last election, as watchmen. I had no use for them, as they had no sand in them and were scared to death of Long Angus McGregor. Long Angus was part Irish, part Scotch, with little Indian thrown in. He had all the bad points of all three breeds, with none of the good ones. They say he murdered two boys who came off a vessel and stayed at his house one night. They never proved it on him, but the boys were paid off and came ashore with over a hundred dollars each in their pockets. They went up to his house and filled up on bad rum. That was the last ever seen of them. Well, Long Angus was all the time sweeping and spearing. When he wasn’t at that, he was in the woods setting moose snares. I cut up a lot of his snares, and he sent me word he would shoot me if ever he caught me. I called myself a fair shot, and I’m no coward, so I sent him word back that I would shoot him if he gave me half a chance, either in the woods or out of them. He had enough Indian in him to make him cowardly, and he was treacherous. I wasn’t much scared, as I always carried that old gaff with me when I went on the river at night, and I had a Snider that was rank poison up to 500 yards. Long Angus knew this and gave me a wide berth, though he used to shoot off his mouth when he was half drunk.” The game warden reached down the gaff as he spoke [June 17, 1065. and handed it to me. It was a most formidable weapon about six feet long. The handle, made of knotted black thorn, the lower end terminating in a two-inch steel spike with a heavy iron ferrule, and the upper end, garnished with the customary gaff hook, made a weapon as formidable as the quarterstaff of Robin Hood. It s a rare thing to get a black thorn as good as that in this country,” he went on. “I gave an Indian a dollar for that bit of lumber, and I’ve seen the time when I wouldn’t have taken a thousand for it. Just after I was appointed, Angus takes a salmon net and sets it across the river from bank to bank in broad daylight on a Saturday. He dared anyone to go and take it up, and I accommodated him in half an hour. I took the net to Squire Jones, and as I hadn’t seen Angus set it he put it in his barn until Monday. He forgot to Jock the door (I guess he was scared Angus would poison his cows or set fire to his wood-lot if he did), and on Monday morning the net was gone, and Angus had the laugh on me. Well, that made me mad, and all the next week I lay out at night hoping to come on him and catch him red-handed. . “That pup had a bad trick of setting out and follow- ing me when he wasn’t wanted, and after I had licked him for doing it once or twice, he grew so cute I couldn’t catch him. He never barked or made any noise, and he always kept a pistol shot or so away from me. It was on the Thursday night after I took the net that we had the row. About midnight I saw a torch coming down the river over the best salmon pool I knew it was Angus, though he had his face blackened and a woman’s skirt on. They speared six salmon before their torch burnt out. When they saw it was just going, they ran the canoe — a heavy dugout — to the shore and Angus says to his boy, ‘I guess we may as well land here, that cursed game warden is in bed, and we have all the salmon the stage will take out for us to-morrow.’ Just as soon as Angus stepped out of the canoe I rose from the bushes and made a rush for him. He didn’t see me until I had my hand on his shoulder. ‘I arrest you in the Queen’s name,’ I said. ‘Damn the Queen and you, too,’ says he, and as quick as a flash he pulled a knife and went for me. I slipped on the round stones and my foot went from under me. In another second I felt his knee on my breast, and then just as he struck, a white flash came through the air and the little pup grabbed him bv the throat. “Gipp was different from Agrippa there. He never held on, he bit like a fox, as fast as he could snap, and he had in him enough of the old bull-terrier that sired him to make his jaws as powerful as a wolf trap. The knife missed my throat, but it took me in the shoulder, and the point broke on my shoulder bone. The pup made his teeth meet in the side of his neck, and then as quick as a flash he had him by the hand he had his knife in. I slid from under him and my hand came against the gaff I had dropped when I fell. I grabbed it, and as he turned to stab the dog, I gave him two cuts on the head with the business end as hard as I could. He dropped like a log and then I put handcuffs on him. His boy had got out of the canoe by this time and was coming for me with a spear. ‘Hold on,’ says I, hauling out my revolver. ‘I don’t want to shoot; but n you come a yard nearer I will fill you as full of lead as hell is full of devils.’ He didn’t wait. He put for home. I thought I had killed Angus, but he came to after awhile. I made him get up and I walked him over to the nearest house and then I fainted from loss of blood. In the morning I took Mr. Angus before Squire Jones, and he said it was a serious offense and committed him to the Supreme Court and put him under $200 bonds to appear. Angus didn’t care to take chances. He skipped the country and has never come back since. His bondsmen had to pay the bill, and the judge gave Squire Jones the darndest tongue-lashing I ever heard. I never minded the pup following me at night after that. “I got the canoe and eleven salmon. The boy proved an alibi when I fetched him into court.” “Proved an alibi!” I exclaimed in astonishment. “I thought you recognized him.” “So I did; but when the case came up for trial there were three or four other people to swear he was ten miles away at the time I took his father.” A rap at the door interrupted the conversation, the newcomer was the Presbyterian minister. “I was telling our friend the story of old Gipp,” said the game warden, when the visitor had seated himself. Poor old fellow,” said he, “I shall never forget the time he ‘treed’ the nigger minister. My friend here had to take a trip to Montreal, and he left Gipp with me. Gipp hated a nigger like poison, and he had an especial spite against this man, who was conducting a revival among the darkies. He was a good speaker and had a fair education, but he used to take a little too much whiskey when his day’s work was finished. Late one night he undertook to cross the lower end of my lot, he had a little black bag with him, with two bottles of rum in it. Gipp met him and he had to take to a tree. I was in bed when I heard the most unearthly howling, barking, and swearing. I hurried on my things and when I got to the end of the lot I found his reverence perched in a little tree, with the dog almost foaming at the mouth. The man had the bag with the bottles in it hugged in his arms. I got the dog away, and the darkey climbed down. I gently, but firmly, demanded to see what he had in the bag, thinking that he might have some of my property there. I can never forget the look on his face when the two bottles came to light. Excuse the interruption, where had you got in your story?” “I had just told my friend the yarn about Long Angus McGregor, and his boy, the time I took the old man,” replied the game warden. “It would be about two years after this that old Squire Gawler sent me word to come down to the mouth of the trout brook to look after some nets that were set there. I found a fellow tending the nets well inside the limits, and I had to take him and his nets before old Gawler. Gawler was one of those miserable beasts who have a justice’s commission and tried to make a living out of it. If a man has a first-class criminal June 17, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 478 ase they won’t look at it; but if it is a small debt or a etty assault, he will jump at it (if the defendant isn’t n his side of politics) and make a week’s living out f his costs and fees. Well, Gawler wouldn’t listen to ;ason. He fined the poor old fellow $50 and costs, tid gave him a week to pay in. I would have thought ro all right. When the trial was over he turns and says :j the Squire, ‘It’s a lucky thing for you that the hog- nd-cattle-reeve is your son-in-law. How is it that your 'OSS bull is running at large all oven the country, and ou never get fined?’ You see they allowed oxen and dws to run, but there was a fine of $20 for allowing a all to range. Gawler said the bull had broken out of iis pasture and he couldn’t catch him. I thought no lore about the matter and I started for home on foot. : was a six-mile walk, most of it over bare barrens, he fire had swept every tree off them, and there wasn’t bush three feet high. “I was boarding with a widow at that time who id a daughter ten years old and a stepson about my wn age. The kid was a very nice child and very fond f me. She used to* study her lessons in my office, and ;r half-brother and I were the best of friends. This ly she said she was coming to meet me after school, and ;r mother gave her leave. Well, I was about ' half way ^er the barrens, when I saw a bunch of cattle lying jwn in a some little alder bushes. I thought no more lout it, as every one let their stock run in the summer onths. As I got closer to them one of them got up id came toward we, and I saw it was Gawler’s bull, ave you ever seen a cross bull prepare for action? isn’t a pleasant sight when he is in earnest and you ■e the party of the second part. Well, Gawler’s bull ent through the entire ceremony. He hooked up the round and pawed and bellowed, and ran out his mgue like four of a kind. I had the gaff with me and hile the bull was getting up steam, I gathered a icket full of rocks as big as goose-eggs. I had licked ipp a dozen times for chasing cattle, so I reckoned he ould be of no account in this affair. “The bull took about five minutes to work himself > to fighting point, and then he came for me head Dwn, tail in the air and the froth dripping out of his outh. He just missed me and I gave him a rock on le of his horns as hard as I could throw it. The next oment he was on to me again, and I tried to stab in in the eye with the spike on the gaff. I missed his e and struck him in the jaw, and then the dog mittened im behind. It was the only time I ever knew him * hold on to anything. He grabbed the bull by the il about half way up and held on like grim death, he bull wheeled and I kept plying him with rocks and abbing him with the gaff-spike. At last the dog lit his hold, and the brute turned on me again. This me I had better luck and I drove the spike into his ^e. They I had him where I wanted him, and I kept ie dog harrassing him and piled the rocks into him itil he concluded he would be more comfortable nnewhere else. The dog undertook to show him the ay and chased him into a swamp. I was pretty well me out, I can tell you. It was a hot day to begin with, id I had never acted as a matador before. I hadn’t fished my contract five minutes, when I saw Alice, e kid I spoke of before, coming down the road with lother little girl. They both had red dresses on, and I hadn’t happened along they would both have stood first-class chance of being killed. I didn’t say a word mut it to the children, but as soon as I got home I ild Hubert, Alice’s brother, and we went and took out papers for old man Gawler. It cost him about $50 all told, for he fought the case and hired a lawyer. If I had thought a good deal, of Gipp after the affair with Angus, I thought more of him after the battle with the bull. “He made a good bird dog after his own peculiar style, and when he went after a rabbit he almost always brought it round in shot of me. He would keep to heel like a retriever, and stand a bird like a setter; and lie would carry a wounded bird a mile and not ruffle its feathers. In that section the woods were full of traps and snares, all the fall, and unless a dog knew enough to keep clear of them, he was likely to get caught or strung up. I taughet Gipp to give all such things a wide berth, and if he found them to let me know. He had a certain kind of howl he used to give when he found a trap or a snare, and if by any chance there was live game in them he would make a racket you could hear a mile on a still day. I spoke of Long Angus’ boy. He was grown up by this time and he turned out a worse man than his father. He had all the craft and subtlety of the devil; and he had it in for me, on the old man’s account, and his own, too. I cut up over twenty of his snares in one day, and he knew it was I. Unlike his papa, he never threatened me. That is the kind of man I’m scared of. Give me a fellow who is all the time saying what he’s going to do, and in nine cases out of ten, I’ll show you a rank coward when it comes to the point. “Murdoch never had a word to say about me. If I met him he always spoke civilly, and at the same time I was sure that he would poison my dogs or murder me if he could do it without being found out. One day in October I took three days’ grub and started on a snare hunt. Some city men had been down shoot- ing, and they ran on to Murdoch’s line of snares and found a dead cow moose in one of them. They sent word to the chief commissioner that I was neglecting my duty,_ and he sends me a letter, with a check for $20 and instruction to go in and cut down ever snare I could find. I went in and lit on two batches of snares and let a moose go by shooting off the rope which held it. I also found the snarer’s camp with a lot of_ rope and a lot of snares ready to set. I cut the rope into foot lengths outside the camp and then I set the camp on fire with all there was in it. Maybe I went too far, but it made me mad to see the place where the poor devil of a cow had starved to death. That sort of thing makes me mad. I have seen a good many moose shot and I have killed my own share of them; but when a man sets snares and is too lazy to tend them and lets his game starve to death in them I can’t stand that. Murdoch was on his way to the woods that day, and he got to his camp just in time to see the last embers of it going out. It .came on an early snowstorm and he nearly froze to death, as his ax was burnt and he had no chance to build a shelter. The drenching he got brought on pneumonia. But with the assistance of the doctor and the devil he pulled through. He was too weak to do much poaching that winter and that was worth something to me. “Next fall he started in again and I went to the woods after snares as usual. I was coming down an old woodroad just at dusk one evening when master Gipp, who was just ahead of me, stops at a little wind- fall spruce across the road, and sets up the confoundest ki-yi I ever heard. I sung out to him to quit fooling, but he only yelped the more. When I got up to him I found a bear trap set in the moss. If I’d stepped over the windfall my foot would have gone into it, and you can figure the result. “The trap was set so that no man would ever suspect it was there, and there wasn’t a particle of bait near it. It was set for me, and I knew it at once. I had a friend camped about two miles from here. I went through the woods and told him about it, and he said he would watch the trap with me. We made a dummy out of my clothes and put it in the trap and laid it face downward. Then we started to watch. We spent two whole days at it, then on the morning of the third day we saw Murdoch coming down the road with a musket under his arm. He came in sight of the trap, and saw the dummy lying on its face. ‘Got you at last,’ he sings out, and then he leaned on his gun and laughed; then he laid the gun down and started for the dummy in the trap. I jumped from the bushes and lit on him, like a cat lights on a rabbit. He had no chance with me, and when my friend got us apart I had pretty badly used him up. He went out of the woods and tried to get law on me, but he soon found he was in for all the law he wanted, and he packed up and went after his father. “I had that pup for nearly ten years, and then an old aunt of mine died. She left me a good bit of money, and I had to go to Bermuda to settle up the estate. A decent Yankee had been shooting with me that fall and I wrote and asked him if he would take old Gipp and give him a good home. He wrote me back he would give me $50 for him, old as he was. I refused to sell him, and finally I sent him down to Cambridge on the understanding that he was never to be sold or given away. “It took me a year to get my business in Bermuda and elsewhere settled. I heard from my friend in Cambridge that Gipp had been ill and that they had had the best veterinary surgeon in Massachusetts to at- tend him. I went to Boston when I was on my way home, and the day I landed I caught a Cambridge car and went over to see the old dog. “I had telephoned my friend when to expect me, and when I reached his house he was talking to a gentleman on the sidewalk. ‘This is the doctor who has been attending old Gipp,’ says he. ‘Gipp, come here and see your master.’ The dog was lying on the piazza, and he started to walk down the path at a slow walk. I gave the whistle he knew, and in an instant he laid legs to the ground and came for me like the wind. “He came to the place where I was standing, jumped on me and tried to lick my face, then he rolled over on his side and the man who had him said ‘That dog has taken a fit.’ The veterinary surgeon says, ‘The dog hasn’t taken a fit at all, he’s dead.’ And so it was. It seems he had some heart trouble, and when he saw me and got excited it was too much for the poor old beggar. I sent his body to Fraser, the Boston taxi- dermist, and I had to pay quite a little sum to have him stuffed, but I didn’t grudge it all the same. I con- sider that he saved my life three times at least and I never looked at him without thinking of those lines of Whyte Melville’s:” There are men both good and great, who hold that in a future state The dumb creatures we have cherished here below Shall give us joyous greeting when we pass the Golden Gate, Is it folly that I hope it may be so? Edmund F. L. Jenner. Digbv, Nova Scotia A Deadly Snake* Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, May 15.- — Editor Forest td Stream: An Indian workman here on my coffee es- te was bitten between the fingers of his left hand by a lake, and when he arrived at my house two* hours after a was bitten his hand and arm was badly swollen. The veiling gradually went up his arm to his shoulder and ffiind the shoulder and nearly down over his heart. He emed to suffer most awfully, and could not sleep during |ie whole night. At the end of three days his people came own from their town and carried him off on their backs, have not heard yet the result — this was about two weeks ;o. The snake was green in color, about 2)4 feet long with very small neck and very broad and angular head, and as coiled in a bush about three feet from the ground. I nt an Indian, immediately after the bitten man arrived, bring it in, as he told me that he had killed it with his achete and that it could be found on a certain trail irough the forest. The man who went after it found rother larger one of the same variety coiled up on top the dead one, which he killed and brought the two ick to me. I found the fangs about one-half inch long, an you kindly tell me what kind of snake this is, name, id whether it is considered poisonous? Guatemala. tail, and as the one referred to was found in a bush, this seems likely to be the animal.] 9 [From the very general description given, it is difficult say what the snake was, but it is quite possible that it ilonged to the Fer de lance group; venomous snakes iund in the West Indies and in Central and South merica. The Fer de lance is described as a snake of fgressive disposition, attacking without a warning and •owing to large size. It is known as Lachesis Icmce- atus, and is related to the copperhead of North America, here is a small green Lachesis, which has been im- irted from Guatemala, not very far from _ Tapachula, hiapas; and this may, perhaps, be the one that bit the idian. L. lanceolatus is sometimes sage green with trker bands. It is found in Central America as well as South America. The little bicolor has a prehensile Preserving the Big Trees. A recent news dispatch from Washington to the daily papers appears to attribute to the United States Bureau of Forestry some remarkable statements about the repro- ductive powers of the Big Trees. Perhaps the Bureau is not to be held responsible for the newspaper interpreta- tion of its bulletin, but here is the dispatch : “Washington, June 2. — The United States Bureau of Forestry has reached the stage in its experiments looking to the reproduction of the famous ‘Big Trees’ of Califor- nia, to make the positive announcement that, contrary to prevalent belief, this race of forest monarchs need not become extinct, but may be greatly multiplied. In a bul- letin issued to-day it is said the trees seed freely, but that the seeds rarely germinate except when they fall where the ground has recently been burned over.” Surely the Bureau of Forestry has not shared in the “prevalent belief” that Big Tree seeds do* not germinate. If the Bureau ever thinks the seeds rarely germinate, it has overlooked the facts. There are Sequoias in England, grown from seeds planted forty years ago. There are seedling Big Trees in the Capitol grounds at Sacramento as large around the trunk as a man’s thigh. In the Mari- posa Grove, more than a dozen years ago, I saw seedlings thicker than the hair on a dog’s back. They covered the ground like a carpet, and they were all planted by nature without man’s aid. The problem of the preservation of the Big Trees is not one of reproduction of species. A million seedlings do not compensate for the loss of one of the giants. It will take a thousand years for a seedling to become a real Big Tree, and four times a thousand years to attain the proportions of some that are now in danger of vandal destruction. Providing Big Trees for the admiration and wonder of posterity forty centuries hence is taking rather a long altruistic look ahead. Several things may happen before those seedlings grow up to full stature. It is well to provide for preservation of the species by planting young trees wherever conditions are favorable, but it is not well to rest content with that and let the real Big Trees be destroyed. Except to the eye of one having some botanical knowl- edge, the Sequoia of ten or twenty years’ growth is not readily distinguishable from other conifers. Its bark is gray, showing no trace of the rich terra cotta coloring which is one of the striking beauties of the Big Tree. The giant Sequoia, in all its unique characteristics, is the pro- duct of centuries. To permit it to be destroyed by sordid commercialism would be a crime of the centuries. Allen Kelly. Making a Monkey of Htmself. To call tiger the proceeding was as follows: The Mikir, having first ascertained that a tiger was in the neighborhood, would climb into a well branched leafy tree situated near where he supposed the tiger to be, and, after hiding himself among the branches as best he could, would commence to imitate the chattering of a monkey, and break and drop twigs in the way that monkeys do. Then he would let fall to the ground a bundle of rags, weighted so that the thud when it struck the ground would sound as if a baby monkey had tumbled down from the tree, and at the same time would imitate the supposed baby monkey cries. This would be the supreme moment, for if a tiger were near it would often spring out, in the hope of snapping up such a dainty morsel as a young monkey, and then a bullet from the gun of the hidden Mikir might find its billet in the tiger’s body. By this means the Mikir was said to have killed a considerable number of tigers, and certainly the man’s power of mimicry was wonderfully good. The call for deer was of an entirely different nature, the sound imitated being the cry of a fawn, and, as this cry sometimes attracted tigers too, it had to* be adopted with caution, because it was used only in open grass land, from which the caller would not have had much chance to escape were a tiger suddenly to put in an appearance.— London Field. 474 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 17, 1905. Sporting in China. —IL In the preceding number I have described, according to my own experiences, such a houseboat as a sports- man in China would hnd suitable for travel, and it may be added, that, from the more important open ports, there are regular lines of steam launches running as far into the interior as the depths of the water in the creeks and canals will permit. And frequently the sportsman has his houseboat towed by one of these launches more than one hundred miles into the interior, when the boat may at any time be disconnected from the launch and sculled up any of the creeks whose waters connect with the main channels of inland naviga- tion. The proper equipment for the sportsman is always of the first consideration, for without this essential he will face constant irritation when he enters the field, and there can be nothing so annoying as an indifferent dog and a gun and cartridges in which he has no confidence. During the first and middle parts of the season, the cover is quite thick, and a good dog is in- dispensable, and it is equally as requisite that the sports- man should know the carrying power of his gun, and that his cartridges are of the best grade. My own is a German pointer, nearly full-blooded, and an excellent retriever. He is easily controlled and seldom hunts outside of a radius of twenty-five yards. But in that excellent book entitled “With Boat and Gun in the Yangtsze Valley,” by H. T. Wade, I find some inter- esting notes by the author, himself an experienced sportsman, on the best dog for shooting purposes in China, and I could not be more just to my reader than to place before him what Mr. Wade has written on this subject: “Retriever: It will only be necessary here to take note of one kind of retriever, the black, flat-coated kind, for the objections that may be raised against him can only be intensified when applied to the curly-coated description. “Admitting to the fullest that a retriever is a won- derfully sagacious dog, and that he is capable of afford- ing lots of sport, yet the following objections may be found to weigh against him and long-haired dogs generally. “In the first place, rheumatism is by no means an uncommon complaint in China, and no animal renders itself more liable to this ailment than one that is diffi- cult and troublesome to dry. A dog has to negotiate a lot of ‘water business’ in the course of a day’s shoot- ing in these provinces. He often returns to the boat wet, only to be turned over to the tender mercies of a coolie, who performs the essential duties of drying and grooming in any but a thorough manner; so that the animal not only may be sent to bed wet himself, but be an active cause of discomfort to his kennel com- panions. Besides, retrievers generelly hold so much water in their coats as to render themselves a perfect nuisance when crossing creeks in sampans or dinghies. Further than this, the very nature of their jackets renders them specially liable to collect the grass and other seeds, ‘fruitful cause of so much woe.’ Finally retrievers from their size and weight constantly find themselves in trouble when working brambly cover, are invariably clumsy in their attempts at extrication from tangled beans and similar crops, and as a rule are not only slow in setting to work to bring back a wounded bird, but slower still in returning with the quarry. Such are the more prominent objections to this class of dog. “Still, should a sportsman elect to have a retriever in this country, he might with advantage have regard to the following simple points: The head should; be long, with a squarish, not a pointed, muzzle; the ear small; the neck ‘airy,’ and the tail carried below :the level of the back. Above all, he should stand low. “Spaniels : By far the most numerous class of sport- ing dogs in China are the spaniel descriptions. They run in all sorts of shapes and sizes and colors, and for the most part are of the most mixed origin. Seldom is a really well-shaped spaniel seen out here, less fre- quently a well-broken one. In the open country they are of but little use, as the speedy pheasant can easily run away from them; in a canebrake they are not big enough to get over or strong enough to force their way through the thick tangle which lies at the foot of the canestalk; and it is seldom that one comes across a dog that will work a copse in anything like a sys- tematic manner. Still, if spaniels were taken in hand early, were taught to work the covers properly, and restricted to that particular kind of shooting, it might be just as well to own one. A brace of busy, well- broken spaniels is a pretty sight, no doubt, but one quite unknown in these parts. Yet should the sports- man determine on a spaniel, he would probably be on the right track if he secured a dog with some of the unmistakable Clumber strain in him. Clumbers are slow, but they are pretty sure and. very strong; and being flat-coated — for any curl is indicative of a cross — are better adapted for working undergrowth than any other kind of spaniel; and the bigger and heavier the dog the better, for a three-pound fluttering cock pheas- ant is no mean mouthful. Other great drawbacks to spaniels are that their long ears and full coats are certain seed-traps, and require a large amount of care to keep clean and dry. “Setters: From time to time some capital setters have been seen in China — handsome, well-bred and in some instances well-broken dogs of nearly all the recognized breeds — Laveracks, Llewellyns, Gordons, and Irish; of the two last kinds, Shanghai can still boast of some good examples, ‘surpassingly beautiful,’ as Id- stone enthusiastically describes them. In a less de- gree, because his coat lies flatter, but still to some extent, the same objections that have been advanced against the retriever and spaniel apply to the graceful setter. Seeds will find their way into his feet and ears and armpits, and the thick hair between his toes; and, when it is remembered that one cruel grass seed between the toes is enough to lame a dog, and one seed in the ear quite sufficient to set up an annoying cankerous discharge, the reasonableness of not shoot- ing over a valuable animal until the seeds have been rendered harmless by the frosts, should be willingly admitted; and if one’s setter is only to be available for shooting purposes for a couple of months in the year at most, the question of expense alone is one worth a passing consideration. One point in favor of setters is that they are hardier dogs than pointers, especially the Irish dogs, and they are certainly more companion- able. “Pointers: The preceding objections have been raised not against the virtues of the dogs enumerated, but against the unsuitableness of their coats for work in this climate until the cover lightens and the seeds are down. Something may be done toward mitigating the seed evil by working the dogs in canker-caps, but still their necks and feet are ever open to the reception of the fell annoyance. Now, pointers may be said to go harmless through these trials; seeds very seldom get into their ears, and are without much difficulty extracted from their feet, while the ‘set’ of the short hair of their coats is not favorable to their lodgment. “What seems to be required for shooting throughout a season is a strong, well-broken, but perhaps not too highly bred pointer; one that will take the water, face the thick covers, and possibly retrieve; and there are such dogs in the place. The coats of some setters lie very flat, and they are the next best dogs to pointers, but the long-haired varieties, all good and useful in their way, had better not be taken up country until they can work the covers with impunity to themselves. A sentimental objection to pointers is that they are not so companionable as other breeds, which is true to a cer- tain extent; but it must be remembered that when a pointer is on business he means business, and that is exactly what he is wanted for. In choosing a pointer, always try to get one with sloping shoulders, long, airy neck, a deep but not broad chest, and a loin arched, very wide, strong and muscular. Some useful pointers occasionally arrive here from Germany. For the most part they are well educated and good at retrieving, but they run big and heavy, and are too much given to ‘pottering.’ A last word may be said in favor of the pointer: he can be worked from the beginning to the end of the shooting season, whereas it is little less than cruelty to take a spaniel or a" setter out before December. “If the foregoing considerations are worth anything, the reasonable answer to the question this chapter commenced with is that -the pointer is the best dog for shooting purposes in North China.” My own experience and observation during a resi- dence of ten years in China confirms the opinion of Mr. Wade, as expressed in the above quotations. But without a gun of accuracy and carrying power, the sportsman will not enjoy himself, however plentiful the game and sensibly trained his dog. Nearly every sportsman -in China prefers a 12-bore gun with 30-incn barrels and chambered for the standard length of cartridges. 1 A friend of mine always shoots with a gun of 28-inch barrels and weighing about 6V2 pounds. He has one barreLof his gun choked so as to make a pattern of 160 pellets in a circle of 30 inches at the distance of 40 yards, and the other, the left, a pattern of 180. A gu-ii. making such a pattern may be considered as about half choked, especially the left barrel, while the right would be about a quarter choked, or what may be called,^. -highly improved cyl- inder. But, as stated, the average gun is of the stand- ard length, with the-riglit barrel a cylinder and the left a modified or full choked. The gun that I have mostly used is, like that of my friends, an exception to the rule, and of the opposite extreme. The barrels are 32 inches in length, both full choked, and each makes an even pattern, with black powder, 215. This gun weighs 6l/2 pounds and was built for me several years ago by W. W. Greener, and of his special brand of wrought steel. With 3 drams of Schultze’s powder and 1% ounces of No. 5 chilled shot, it is difficult for a pheasant to escape anywhere within a radius not exceeding 60 yards. When held straight that is almost a sure death radius, but its carrying power is sufficient to kill dead at 80 yards if the aim be steady and the eye quick. I have shot pheasants not further off than 15 yards with this long- barreled and full-choked gun, and, strange to write, I have only shot two or three cruelly. Now that I am in the habit of using the gun described, I do not know what success I would have were I to begin using one of the standard length. Mr. Greener has repeatedly per- suaded me that I gained nothing in the shooting quality of the gun by the extra two inches of barrel, and that a modified choke was a preferable gun for general field sport. But the sportsman knows how difficult it is to put aside a gun with which he has shot under variable circumstances for a long time, and one that has never failed him when the chances were reasonable. The sight of such a gun is like the face of an unfailing friend against which one does not wish to turn. It is prob- able that a majority of the guns used by sportsmen in China are built by English and American gun-makers, with the former in the ascendency, though there are at present many guns by continental gun-makers in the market. Occasionally a Purdey gun is seen, and never ,without exciting admiration by its beautiful symmetry and workmanship. There are no guns that shoot harder than Greener’s, and many by this maker are also ornaments to the gun-maker’s skill. The American - gun, by Parker, is fast becoming a favorite, and there are several in use at each of the gun clubs at Shanghai. Another American gun, by Remington, enjoys the repu- tation of shooting close and hard, but it should not be' understood that the gun-makers named are meant to' exclude others, for, as I write what I have observed, the Purdey, the Greener, the Parker, and the Reining-, ton guns have come more directly under my immediate I observation. The hammer gun and black powder have about dis- appeared, and very rarely does one see either in use. Occasionally a sportsman is met with who insists that a look between the hammers fixes the attention more closely to the proper line of sight, and that there is no grade of smokeless powder which will equal in regu- larity or pattern the best grade of black powder. There is reason in favor of the contention, and notwithstand- ing the improvements constantly being made in smoke- less powder the black is still used to test the capacity of a gun, both as to penetration and the regularity of its pattern. Were I to undertake to name the different brands of smokeless powder I have seen in use in China, I would probably have to name all; but I believe that the Schultze brand is given the preference. There are more than a few sportsmen, however, who will tell you that there is no brand comparable to that of the E. C.f and others are equally as confident that the Laflin & Rand brand cannot be surpassed, and thus do opinions differ, until one does not have to go far to find a champion for each of the standard brands. But if the sportsman will supply himself with a 12-’ bore gun, built by a competent gunsmith, and with car- tridges to fit and loaded with the standard charge of Schultze powder and No. 5 chilled shot, he need not hesitate to visit any part of China for sport. With such a gun and ammunition, he will be equipped for successful all-round shooting. J. The Ranch X 0 X Buffalo Hunt. Reference was made in our last issue to the projected buffalo hunt at Ranch ioi at Bliss, Oklahoma, where it was reported a number of buffalo were to be slaughtered! for the entertainment of the National Editorial Associa- tion. We expressed the conjecture that the actual killing, would be confined to surplus bulls, and this appears to have been the case. The widespread announcement of the proposed buffalo killing caused the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to file a protest with President Roosevelt, whc thereupon directed Governor Ferguson, of Oklahoma, tc see to it that the buffalo hunt should not take place on any Government land ; and Secretary Hitchcock tele-' graphed to the agent of the Ponca Agency to prevent the! hunt taking place on Federal land. A dispatch to the New York Times sent from. Bliss or Saturday, said : “The buffalo hunt on ioi Ranch was held to-day. One animal was killed by Dr. H. F. Thomas, of Chicago. The hunt was led by old Geronimo, and was participated ii. by twenty-five cowboys and a band of Indians in full war paint. “Dr. Thomas fired the shot from his automobile, whief had been in the chase during the several hours which ii lasted. He was injured in an automobile accident in Chi cago recently, and has since been sojourning with the. Miller brothers at ioi Ranch. Dr. Thomas has two auto-: mobiles here, and has entered many races. “As soon as the beast fell, old Geronimo, despite hi; eighty years, leaped from his horse and fired two shot: into the buffalo and proceeded to cut its throat. “Miss Lucille Mulhall, the noted woman rider, tool- part in the chase, which was full of excitement, as fre- quently the buffalo, maddened by his pursuers, who triec to drive him to a certain place for the killing, would turf and charge. In one instance Dr. Thomas was compelled to. make illegal time in his automobile.” Agent Noble, in charge of the Ponca Agency at White Eagle, last Saturday sent this report to Secretary Hitch-, cock : “Replying to- your telegram of to-day, respectfully ad vise that no buffalo of any description will be slaughterer at the celebration to-morrow in honor of the Nationa Editorial Association on Ponca tribal or lands leased by Miller Brothers, nor will any inhuman or objectionabh act be permitted. Prior to the receipt of your telegran this evening Joe Miller had killed one old male buffalo on land owned by himself, the meat of which he propose; to serve to the editors. God pity the editors. No mon; buffalo will be killed whatever, as the Millers propose t(, raise a large herd on their ranch.” The facts appear to be that the Miller Brothers hat planned to kill one buffalo bull, that they killed it, ano that the reports of a hunt in which thirty-five buff alt were to figure were the products of the perfervid imagina- tion of the press agent on the spot. ft ft ft ft ft ft & Take inventory of the good things in this issue of Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given last week. Count on what is to come next week. Was there ever in all the world a more abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading t June 17, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 478 Primitive American Hunting* Editor Forest and Stream : The second account of his hunting given by Baron Lahontan is much more general in character, and, as will be seen, includes wildfowl shooting from a blind, trap- ping, the taking of bears and the driving of wapiti into a pound or inclosure, much as buffalo in more recent times were driven into inclosures on the Western plains. The story needs no> comment further than to identify certain animals, which the author calls by names which are either French or are obsolete. Thus, Bustards is a translation of the French Outard, meaning the Canada Goose; Turtle-Dove is the passenger pigeon; Batons de faux, may mean woodcock, but this is a guess merely. Fouteraux is mink; siffleur is whistler, or woodchuck; Carcaioux, wolverine ; moorhen is very likely Canada grouse and woodhen is ruffed grouse. Lahontan's Fall Hunting. In the Beginning of September, I set out in a Canow apon several Rivers, Marshes and Pools, that disembogue in the Champlain Lake, being accompany’ d with thirty or forty of the Savages that are very expert in Shooting ind Blunting, and perfectly well acquainted with the proper Places, for finding Water- fowl, Deer, and other fallow Beasts' The first Post we took up was upon the side of a Marsh or Fen of four or five Leagues Circumference; and after we had fitted up our Hutts, the Savages made Hutts upon the Water in several Places. These Water-Hutts are made of the Branches and Leaves of Trees, and contain three or four Men : for a Decoy, they have the Skins of Geese, Bustards, and Ducks, dry’d and stuff’d with Hay, the two Feet being fast with two Nails to a small piece of a light Plank, which floats round the Hutt. This Place being frequented by wonderful Numbers of Geese, Ducks, Bustards, Teals, and an Infinity of other Fowl, un- known to the Europeans ; when these Fowls see the stuff’d Skins swimming with the Heads erected, as if they were alive, they repair to the same Place, and so give the Savages an Opportunity of shooting ’em, either Flying or upon the Water; after which the Savages get into their Canows and gather ’em up. They have likewise a Way of catching ’em with Nets, stretch’d upon the Surface of the Water at the Entries of the Rivers. In a Word, we eat nothing but Water- fowl, for fifteen Days; after which we resolved to declare War against the Turtle-Doves, which are so nu- merous in Canada, that the Bishop has been forc’d tO' excommunicate ’em oftener than once, upon the Ac- count of the Damage they do to the Product of the Earth. With that View, We imbarqu’d and made to- wards a Meadow, in the Neighbor- hood of which, the Trees were cov- er’d with that sort of Fowl, more than with Leaves; For just then ’twas the Season in which they re- tire from the North Countries, and repair to the Southern Climates; and one would have thought, that all the Turtle-Doves upon Earth had chose to pass thro’ this Place. For the eighteen or twenty Days that we stayed there, I firmly believe that a thousand Men, might have fed upon ’em heartily, without putting themselves to any Trouble. You must know, that through tile middle of this Meadow there runs a Brook, upon which I and two young Sav- ages shot several Snipes, Rayles, and a certain sort of B'owl call’d Batons de faux , which is as big as a Quail, and eats very deliciously. In the same Place we killed some Musk Rats, or a sort of Animals which resemble a Rat in their Shape, and are as big as a Rabbet. The Skins of these Rats are very much valued, as differing but little from those of Beavers. Their Testicles smell so strong of Musk, that no Civet or Antelope that Asia affords, can boast of such a strong and sweet Smell. We spy’d ’em in the Mornings and Evenings, at which time "they usually appear upon the Water with their Nose to the Windward, and betray themselves to the Huntsmen, by the curling of the Water. The Fouteraux, which are an Amphibious sort of little Pole-Cats, are catch’d after the same Manner. I was ikewise entertain’d upon this occasion, with the killing of certain little Beasts, call’d Siffleurs, or Whistlers, with Allusion to their wonted way of whistling or whizzing at the Mouth of their Holes in fair Weather. They are as big as Hares, but somewhat shorter, their Flesh is good for nothing, but their Skins are recommended by heir Rarity. The Savages gave me an Opportunity of hearing one of these Creatures whistle for an Hour to- gether, after which they shot it. To gratify the Curi- osity I had to see such Diversity of Animals, they made a diligent Search for the Holes or Dens of the Carcaioux, and having found some at the distance of two or three Leagues from the Fen upon which we were posted, they conducted me to the Place. At the Break of Day, we planted ourselves round the Holes, with our Bellies upon the Ground, and left some Slaves to hold the Dogs a Musket-shot behind us. As soon as these Animals per- ceiv’d Day-light, they came out of their Holes, which were immediately stop’d up by the Savages, and upon that the Dogs fetch’d ’em up with Ease. We saw but two of 'em. which made a vigorous Defence against the Dogs, but were strangled after a Dispute of half an Hour. These Animhls are not unlike a. Badger, only they are bigger, and more, mischievous. Tho’ our Dogs show’d a great deal of Courage in attacking the Carcaioux, they betray’d their Cowardice the next Day in' a 'Rencounter wjtji a Porcupine, which we spy’d upon a little Tree. To obtain the Pleasure of seeing the Porcupine fall, we cut down the Tree; but neither the Dogs nor we durst go near it: The Dogs only bark’d and jump’d round it; for it darted its long and hard Hair, like so many Bodkins, three or four Paces off. At last we pelted it to Death, and put it upon the fire to Burn off its Darts ; after which we scalded it like a Pig, took out the Intrails, and roasted it : But tho’ ’twas very fat, I could not relish it so well as to comply with the Assertion of the Natives, who allege, that it eats as well as a Capon or a Partridge. After the Turtle-Doves had all pass’d over the Place, in Quest of their Southern Retreats, the Savages offer’d to send some of their Number with Canows to conduct me home, before the Rivers and Lakes were frozen over ; for themselves were to tarry out for the Elk-hunting; and they imagin’d that the Cold and Hardship attending that Exercise, had made me sick of it the Year before. However, we had then a Month good before the Com- mencement of the Frost, and in that Interval of time, they proffer’d to entertain me with more diverting Game than I had seen before. They propos’d to go fifteen or sixteen Leagues further up the Country, assuring me that they knew of a certain Place that had the most ad- vantageous Situation in the World, both for Pleasure and Profit, and that afforded great Plenty of Otters, of the Skins of which, they mean’d to make a great Cargoe. Accordingly we pull’d down our Hutts, and having im- barqu’d in our Canows, sail’d up the River, till we came to a little Lake of two Leagues in Circumference, at the End of which we saw another greater Lake, divided from this by an Isthmus of 150 Paces in length. We pitch’d our Hutts at the Distance of a League from that Isthmus; and some of the Savages fish’d for Trouts, while the rest were employ’d in laying Traps for the Otters upon the Brinks of the Lake. These Traps are made of five Stakes plac’d in the Form of an oblong Quadrangle, so as to make a little Chamber, the Door of which is kept up, and supported by a Stake. To the middle of this Stake they tye a String which passes thro’ a little Fork, and has a Trout well fasten’d to the End of it. Now, when the Otter comes on Shoar, and sees this Bait, he puts about half his Body into that fatal Cage, in order to swallow the Fish; but he no sooner touches, than the String to which ’tis made fast, pulls away the Stake that supports the Door, upon which an heavy and loaded Door falls upon his Reins and quashes him. During our Pilgrimage in that part of the Coun- try, the Savages took about two hundred and fifty Canada Otters, the Skins of which are infinitely prettier than those of Muscovy or Sweden. The best of ’em which are not worth two Crowns in this Place, are sold in France for four or five, and sometimes for ten, if they are black and very rough. As soon as the Savages had set their Traps, they gave Orders to their Slaves to go round the Lake every Morning in order to take out the Amphibious Animals. After that they conducted me to the above- mention’d Isthmus, where I was surpris’d to see a sort of a Park or Fence made of Trees, fell’d upon another, and interlac’d with Thorns and Branches; with a Quad- rangular Inclosure of Stakes ;t the End of it, the Entry of which was very narrow. They gave me to know, that they used to hunt Harts in that Place, and promis’d to divert me with the Shew, as soon as the Inclosures were a little mend’d. In effect, they carry’d me two or three Leagues off, upon such Roads as had nothing on either side but Fens and Marshes; and after they had dis- persed themselves, some on one Hand and some on the other, with a Dog for every Man, I saw a great many Ha'rts running to and again, in quest of Places of Safety. 'The Savage that I kept Company with, assur’d me, that he and I had no Occasion to walk very fast, because he had took tlie straightest and the nearest Road. Before us we saw about ten Harts, which were forc’d to run back, rather than throw themselves into the Marsh, of which they could never get clear. At last after walking a great Pace, and running now and then, we arriv’d at the Park, and found the Savages lying flat upon the Ground all round it, in order to shut up the Entry of the Stake Inclosure as soon as the Harts enter’d. We found thirty-five Harts in the Place, and if the Park had been better fenc’d, we might have had above sixty; for the nimblest and the lightest of ’em, skip’d over before they came to enter the Inclosure. We kill’d a great many of ’em, but spared the Dam’s because they were great with young. I ask’d of the Savages the "Tongues and Marrow of the Harts, which they gave me very readily. The Flesh was very fat, but not delicious, excepting some few Bits about the Ribs. But after all, this was not our only Game; for two Days after we went a Bear-hunting, and the Savages wlm spend three Parts of four of their Life in hunting in the Woods, are very dextrous at that Exercise, especially in singling out the Trunks of Trees upon which the Bears nestle. I could not but admire their Knowledge in that Point, when, as we were walking up and down in the Forest, at the Distance of an hundred Paces one from another, I heard one Savage call to an- other, Here’s a Bear. I ask’d him how he knew there was a Bear upon the Tree which he knock’d with his Axe; and they all reply’ d, that ’twas as easily distin- guish’d as the Print of an Elk’s Foot in the Snow. For five or six Times they never miss’d ; for after they had knock’d two or three Times upon the Trunk of the Tree, the Bear came out of its Hole, and was presently shot. The Canada Bear are extremely black, but not mischiev- ous, for they never attack one, unless they be wounded or fir’d upon. They are so fat, especially in the Autumn, that they can scarce walk. Those which we kill’d were extream fat, but their Fat is good for nothing but to be burnt, whereas the Flesh, and, above all, their Feet, are very nice Victuals. The Savages affirm, that no Flesh, is so delicious as that of Bears; and indeed, I think they are in the right of it. While we rang’d up and down in quest of Bears, we had the pleasure of spying some Mar- tins and wild Cats upon the Branches of the Trees, which the Savages shot in the Head to preserve their Skins. But the most comical thing I saw, was the Stupidity of the Wood-hens, which sit upon the Trees in whole Flocks and are kill’d one after another, without ever offering to' stir. Commonly the Savages shoot at them with Arrows, for they say they are not worth a Shoot of Powder, which is able to kill an Elk or an Hart. I have ply’d this sort of Fowling in the Neighborhood of our Cantons or Habitations in the Winter time, with the Help of a Dog who found out the Trees by Scent, and then bark’d; upon which I approach’d to the Tree, and found the Fowls upon the Branches. When the Thaw came, I went two or three Leagues further up the Lake, in Company with some Canadese on purpose to see that Fowl flap with its Wings. Believe me, Sir, this Sight is one of the greatest Curiosities in the World; for their flapping makes a Noise much like that of a Drum all about, for the Space of a Minute or thereabouts; then the Noise ceases for half a quarter of an Hour, after which it begins again. By this Noise we were directed to the Place where the unfortunate Moor-hens sat, and found ’em upon rotten mossy Trees. By flapping one Wing against the other, they mean to call their Mates ; and the humming Noise that ensues thereupon, may be heard half a quarter of a League off. This they do only in the Months of April, May, September and October; and, which is very remarkable, the Moor-hen never flaps in this manner, but upon the Tree. It begins at the break of Day, and gives over at nine o’clock in the Morning, till an Hour before Sunset that it flutters again, and con- tinues to do so until Night; I protest to you, that I have frequently contented myself with seeing and admiring the flapping of their Wings without offering to shoot at ’em. G. B. G. “The Heroic Pose.” Philadelphia, Pa., June 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: Nothing I have read for a long time has so im- pressed me as the article “The Heroic Pose,” written by Flint Locke, in last week’s Forest and Stream. Like Flint Locke, I too, have killed a number of moose, deer and caribou and enjoyed the sport. Why, I know not, for now, strange as it may seem to many, I am filled with remorse every time I look upon my walls and into the wild glass eyes and think of the murder I have done — for murder it surely is, to wantonly slaughter the poor defenseless creatures that people the wilderness of our country. Even though I lived up to the law, there were times when the meat was not exactly needed, but we tried not to waste it and gave the surplus to the Indians. I am far from setting myself up as an example, or to say that a certain amount of shooting of birds and beasts is not necessary to ourselves and them, but I do want to entreat my fellow sportsmen to quell the insane desire to kill, and to be content as I intend to be hereafter, with photo- graphs and memories of noble game crashing through brush unhurt by any bullet from my firearm. Killing game — and I will except no animal on the face of the earth — is not dangerous work when the hunter car- ries in his hand the latest and most approved weapon. No, but it is cowardly. Think of a penny cartridge blot- ting out forever the life of a magnificent animal, probably the head of his family or the leader of a herd. Once I stalked a big, powerful moose; he neither smelt, saw nor heard me, and I shot him down by breaking his leg; he rose, when another shot broke another leg and he went down again, unable to rise, although comparatively little hurt, and the look of that poor beast when I stepped up to shoot him, I can never forget, but I want to. It was poor shooting, and I have no excuse to offer other than that I am truly sorry and could never do so again. To have let him live would have been the true sportsman- ship. And so I ask you, gentlemen, to try it for this year at least; let us go to the woods and lakes with a firm de- termination to let live what animals we hunt and come home with beautiful pictures of life and not with a feeling of defeat, but of victory over the spirit of the hunt to kill. See if the memory of one spared life is not worth a dozen pelts. Will some of you not promise to do this with Flint Locke and me? Stephen P. M. Tasker, 470 FOREST AND STREAM. Fish Chat. BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS. Changes and Innovations in the Fisheries. I wonder how many of the good people of Massachu- setts realize what a valuable publication the Report of the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game really is. It seems to me that, turning page after page, and not- ing the remarkable array of facts which are presented, that, as a public document, its rank is very high, and as a work of reference and statistical facts it is among the foremost of its class. Unfortunately the edition is limited and will soon be exhausted; but if arrangements could be made with some enterprising publisher by which an edition gotten up in good style with cloth bindings, and put on sale I believe the enterprise would prove remunerative. Among the most interesting facts that I particularly note are those concerning the changes in habits of some of the fishes, and the methods of their capture. The Wandering Squeteague. First among these I consider the extension of habitat of the squeteague is very remarkable. Who among us anglers would five years ago- have looked for one of these gamy fishes north of Cape Cod Bay, and as for the northern part of the Massachusetts coast, why, bless us, we would have laughed at the idea of a squeteague being taken in those waters. I have a pretty good pile of the Massachusetts fisheries reports, not so complete as I wish it were, but it does not lack many numbers of being complete, and in going through these in search of records of the capture of these fish in Essex county I do not find any having been re- ported except a few scattering ones until 1901, when the total catch was 491 pounds. In 1902 the take was but 15 pounds, which shows that the fish had not made those waters a permanent habitat; but in 1903 they returned in such great numbers that the catch in _ Essex county waters aggregated 15,967 pounds, and in 1904 it was 18,738 pounds, which was something remarkable, consul- ering that in former years the squeteague was rarely seen so far north. The Commissioners, in commenting on this movement of the squeteague in their late report, say that : ‘ The continued abundance of the weakfish or squeteague on the northern coast of this State is one of those unex- plainable phenomena of which the migratory species of fishes furnish so many examples. How long it may re- main plentiful can only be conjectured, and its sudden departure, in whole or in part, is one of those events which may occur at any time.” If the squeteague is to remain permanently. m those northern waters the anglers of Boston and vicinity may well be congratulated; the possibility of being able to take what many consider a glorious game fish at their own doors as it were, for Cape Ann is within very easy access from the “Hub,” ought to gladden their hearts. Hitherto their salt water fishing has been rather cur- tailed, but with squeteague along the north shore and bluefish, which came into Quincy Bay last year, and are likely to this year in considerable numbers, the prospect of good sport before them seems a bright one. In my earlier years bluefish were fairly abundant in all the small bays in the nighborhood of Boston; they finally disappeared and for many years not one was to be found; that they should now return seems almost as great a vagary as is this northward ranging of the weak- fish. Innovations in Methods of Fishing. Among the more important of the innovations noted in the above-named report is the substitution of motors for oars and sails in fishing craft by seiners, trawlers and even deep-sea fishermen. In treating of this change the Commissioners say, in speaking of power-driven dories : “The number of these has increased, naphtha dories being substituted for sail- boats; and in this way the fleet of small craft is gradu- ally being changed, so that greater effectiveness, larger catches and consequently larger earnings are becoming more general than formerly. Probably the changes in this direction are less in evidence at Cape Cod than else- where. At Cape Ann, for instance, Gloucester, Rock- port and adjacent coast towns- — there is a general adop- tion of the power-driven boat for various kinds of fish- ing, and a consequent decrease in sailboats. Large power dories are peculiarly adapted to the herring fishery which is prosecuted extensively on autumn nights by torching. Such boats can make immensely ? larger catches than the old-fashioned oar-propelled craft.” Pollock as a Game Fish. A year or more ago I had the pleasure of laying before ny brother anglers in the columns of Forest and Stream m account of the pollock, with whose valuable qualities is a game fish I had first become acquainted at Eastport, Me. These fish were, at that time, very abundant in that aarbor and along the “rock-bound coast” for many miles south of that town, where they came in pursuit of the aerrings which were then very abundant there: on these the pollock preyed, following them up to the very rocks and to the wharf at Eastport. They were also very numerous around Grand Manan. Elegant, great fish they were, ten, twelve and fifteen pounds in weight. I saw a number of them leap from the water as i was standing on the wharf, and noting their salmon-like contour I imagined that if I could take one or more they would prove gamy antagonists to strug- gle with. And so with salmon tackle I went out on tjte bay and the sport I had I shall never forget. The story was told in all its details in Forest and Stream for Jan. 9, 1904, and I will not attempt to repeat it here. That account of the capture of a large pollock with rod and reel was, if not the first that had been put on record, the earliest I had ever seen. Be it remem- bered the incident occurred many years ago, and none of us knew as much about fishes as we do now, and I felt no little pride in furnishing salt water anglers a pointer on possibilities that lay before them to take a really grand game fish with salmon tackle, both with the fly and bait, and by trolling from a sailboat, which I found on that occasion quite exciting sport, the locality being the “riffs” just of Grand Manan. The world has moved since then, and according to the Massachusetts report, pollock fishing in the waters of the old Bay State now furnishes anglers most exhilarating and enjoyable sport. In . treating of it the following is a portion of the ac- count given: “Last spring, he (ex-Rep. Robert E. Con- well, of Provincetown) said, it was interesting to watch the fishermen sailing back and forth through the tide rips of the race in their power boats and pulling in big sea pollock on their troll lines as fast as they could. Sail- boats were also used in this fishing to some extent, but they were not so well adapted to it as the naphtha dories, which could work back and forth very handily through the rips so- that no time was lost. A little beyond the Race Point lighthouse the rips are reached and there are the favorite feeding grounds of the pollock in spring. Then the lines are put out, and back and forth the boat sails, an effort being made to keep where the fish are most plentiful. As is well known, the pollock is active and gamy, and when it is biting freely the capture of it in this manner necessitates lively work, for it is haul and heave as rapidly as possible. To pull in hun- dreds of fish as big and active as large salmon gives an amount of sport not easily equalled elsewhere. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to invite attention to the amount of sport to be derived by the angler from fishing for pollock with rod and reel, when they are playing in the rips in spring. It is gratifying at least to know that such an excellent opportunity for satisfactory sport in fishing is available on our coast, and within easy reach of the many anglers who are resident in large cities.” Unfortunately for the pollock its value as a commer- cial fish is becoming every year more apparent, and the pursuit of it is being pressed more and more keenly, and abundant though it is its numbers will from now on les- sen very rapidly in consequence of the engines of destruc- tion which are being brought against it. If it were not the habit of this fish to travel in schools its chances for escape from some of the methods pur- sued in its capture would be vastly greater than they now are. Salmon Taken in Trawls. Innovations. Sale of the Horse Mackerel for Food. A fine salmon weighing from 20 to 25 pounds wa taken on a trawl on the Western Banks early in the pfeS ent month (May). This is the third instance of the cap ture of one of these fish by this means that has come t< my knowledge; this incident shows what a great wan derer the salmon really is. The fish was exhibited as ; curiosity in Halifax, none of the deep-sea fishermen 0 Nova Scotia ever having heard of a similar occurrence. Salmon in the East River, N. S. In a recent Communication in Forest and Stream ' stated that neither parr nor smolt are ever found in th East River, I have within a few days been informed b; a gentleman who is thoroughly familiar with the uppe waters of the river that smolt are often taken in thos'' distant pools on light trout tackle, they coming eagerly t( the artificial fly. If there are smolt there must, of course be parr. I write this to correct an error which ma; prove misleading in the future. Singularly enough, however, although there are smol in considerable numbers, they do not seem to descend t< salt water, for a grilse, so far as I can learn, is neve seen in that stream. This is true also of the Liverpoc River in the upper waters of which smolt are very abun dant, but a grilse nor salmon has ever been taken in i above the Indian Gardens on Lake Rosignol. The Idethty of the Grilse. Of course no matter whether it travels singly or in schools it would be captured by the pounds, seines, etc., if it ventured near the shore, but it is now followed out to the deep water, and when a school is discovered im- mense seines are run out after the manner in which mackerel seining is done, and so effectually is the school surrounded hardly a fish escapes. I understand there are several of the Massachusetts fleet now being fitted out for seining pollock, and a large and well equipped schooner is now ready at Lockport, N. S.; to carry on operations on that line. It is much to be regretted that just as we have found what proves to be an important addition to our game fishes there is a likelihood of its numbers being very greatly diminished in the near future. Some idea of the increased destruction of the pollock may be found by comparing the takes of 1904 with those of preceding years. In 1901 the total catch of these fishes in Massachu- setts was 1,092,222 pounds; in 1902 it was 1,149,416 pounds, and in 1904 it reached the great total of 2,238,900 pounds, and as the numbers taken in the waters of that State were but a small portion of the immense aggregate that was taken during the year from the latitude of New York to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it will be seen that the inroads made upon its ranks all along the northern coast are very great. I have not by me the record of the 1904 catch of pol- lock in the waters of the maritime province of Canada, but in 1903 it reached the immense total of 9,940,000 pounds. The procreative powers of this fish are very great, and they needs must be to stand the enormous drain that is annually made. And right here I wish to reply to an inquiry late! printed in Forest and Stream concerning the identity 0 rather characteristics of the grilse, and in doing so hope I may be pardoned if I make a short extract fron ‘With Fly-Rod and Camera” : “Grilse are young salmor. but just how old I am in doubt. Probably a 4-poun« grilse is three years of age, but authorities differ on thi point. The smolt descends to the sea, probably when i is from eighteen months to two years old, but nothin] further of its movements seems to be known, until it return to the river as a grilse. They do not pass th interval in the estuaries and bays, for I have made spe cial inquiry and could never learn of one having bee; taken in any of the numerous smelt nets during the win ter; they seem to retire to deep water, probably far fron the coast. When they are about zVz pounds in weigh they return to the rivers, and they are then universal! known as grilse. The most curious fact is they are al male fish. Thousands have been taken in our rivers, buj there is no record of a female. The males probably ma ture earlier than the females, for they all contain sperm. I have for many years given this matter considerabl thought, and after consulting with many anglers am ichthyologists I have come to the conclusion that th female does not return to the stream from whence sh came until she reaches maturity ; she does not come bac! until her ripening ova prompt her to seek a proper spawning locality. Fish and Fishing. Canadian Trout Fishing. Among the other interesting , facts mentioned in the re- port is that relating to -the sale of the flesh of the horse mackerel for food. In speaking of this the Commis- sioners said : “In view of the fact that it is not so long ago- that the horse mackerel was looked upon as unfit for food, it is somewhat gratifying to be informed that two medium- sized fish of this species which were taken on June 25, 1903, in the Cape Cod weirs and shipped to New York were sold for $43.50 — an indication of the position which this species now occupies in the food-fish market.” That this scourge of the seas can be turned to account as food is something to offset the injuries it inflicts on other valuable species. Last season it was unusually abundant ; its rapacity is enormous, the numbers of other fish it destroys is beyond computation. As is well . known, “this huge fish is a lightning swimmer and with its enormous capacity and voracious appetite is never satisfied and vyil! clean up a good part of 4 premium-sized school of pmc’iere! at a feeding,” It was thought that trout fishing in the country nort! of Quebec must have been at its best more than a wee1 ago-, but from all accounts it has been steadily improving ever since, and each returning party of anglers bring better reports than the one before it. Since my last communication appeared in F,orest an Stream Messrs. Palmer, G. M. Fairchild, Jr., and other, have enjoyed splendid sport on' the limits of the Touril'1 Fish and Game Club, where the Count and Countess o Minto did so well last autumn. Mr. J. C. McLimont ha been very successful on Lake St. Joseph, while Lake Ed ward is more than maintaining its old-time record for bis, fish, several over 5 pounds in weight having been alread;1 reported this year. Speckled trout weighing from 3 to 4 pounds each wer taken during the last few days of May, on the fly, in botll the lakes of the Stadacona and the Laurentides clubs, an< also in the Ouiatchouan River. Dr. Porter, of Bridgeport has been enjoying himself upon his new club waters, an< Mr. A. W. Hooper, of Boston, is at the club house of tb Nonamtun Fish and Game Club at Lac des Commissures preparatory to his salmon fishing, which he will again d< in company with Mr. Walter M. Brackett, of Boston, 01 the Ste. Marguerite. Some extraordinary fishing has already been had by th members of the Metabetchouan Fish and Game Club, a Kiskisink. The trout are rising there as freely as a other localities reached by way of the Quebec and Lak St. John country, and in addition to their trout fishing some of the members of the club have been very success ful in fishing for the. dore or pike-perch this spring some of the finest specimens of their skill having weighed from 10 to. 12 pounds each, which is about tb record in weight for these waters, though I have had then rise to my flies in Lac des Aigles very nearly as large. Netting in Lake St. John. Great indignation has been caused among anglers b; the discovery that the netting of ouananiche has been re sorted to by some of the fishermen who have licenses fo taking coarse fish out of Lake St. John. A large seizur of these fish has recently been made here by an officer o the Sportsmen’s Fish and Game Protective Association and there is reason to hope that the offending parties ma;: lose their license altogether. In the meantime it has been found that the pike-perc taken in these people’s nets were being shipped to the Nev York market. Some of the authorities of the State hav, been notified of tfiis fart, and no doubt that future -shin June 17, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. 477 ments of the kind will be stopped at the border or con- fiscated on arrival at their destination, in virtue of the step taken by the State to prevent the success of the das- tardly netting of pike-perch in Missisquoi Bay. If the Government, which permits - the netting of these fish in that bay, continues the oresent licenses in Lake St. John, it will thus find that in the latter case as well as in the former one, the best market of the fishermen will be closed against them. Salmon Fishermen off for the Rivers. The salmon run in most of the Canadian rivers com- menced during the first week of June. A few fish were taken in the nets at the mouths of the rivers as early as the first days of the month, and as the water is quite low enough for fishing, most of the anglers are now hurrying down to their fishing grounds. Several have already gone. The north shore steamer which sailed from Quebec on Friday the 9th instant, took down quite a number of anglers. Among them were Mr. Robert E. Plumb, of Detroit, who has gone down to the Washecootai, and Messrs. Henry Sampson, G. S. Clark, of Teft, Weller & Co., and James Clark, of New York, with Ivers W. Adams, of Boston, who are fishing the Moisie, and who will be followed later by Ivers S. Adams, Henry Sampson, Jr., and a friend. To the Washeshoo have gone Dr. Wat- son, F. E. Smith and W. G. Sewall, of Boston, and fol- lowing them upon the same river will be Dr. Heber Bishop, United States Senator Buckley, of Connecticut, and D. J. Flanders, General Passenger Agent of the Bos- ton & Maine Railway. Mr. Robert Goelet and other members of the Risti- gouche Salmon Club are already at the club house at Metapedia awaiting the early fish. Mr. E. C. Fitch, of Waltham, is fishing the Romaine and Messrs. Edson Fitch, of Quebec, with Vesey Boswell and Dr. C. S. Parke will go down to- the Trinity on June 19. Mr. Cabot, of Boston, and a friend are daily expected on the Grand River of Gaspe, and W. Molson Macpher- son, president of Molson’s Bank, with I. H. Stearns and Stikeman, of Montreal, are at their camp at Chamber- lain’s Shoal on the Ristigouche. E. T. D. Chambers. Johnnie Daly. Gaffer, Wit, and Judge of Good Things. Avalon, Cal., June 1. — Every one who has fished at the isthmus at Santa Catalina for the past ten years knew “Johnnie” Daly, the gaffer and professional sharker. He was a character — witty, good-natured and the “boss gaffer” on the little bay, where a lot of gentlemen were in the habit of angling for leaping sharks and who hired Daly to tow out the bait. “Johnnie” Daly died the other day; his gaff hangs on the old shanty wall, but “Johnnie” left some poetry which it is supposed he wrote ; anyway it was found among his sffects carefully put away in an empty whiskey flask and :orked. The poem evidently describes a day’s fishing— the going out early in the morning, the rising tide, the sounds of early morning, the hooking of a blackfish (orca), and a sea bass, judging by some of the lines. ‘Johnnie” Daly missed his calling. He was a good gaffer md a judge of good whiskey, but better than either a met of no mean quality — that is, fishing poetry. Here is .he poem. Sea anglers will probably understand it as ‘Johnnie” Daly did : THE GAFFER’S SONG. Can you see the red beams rising on the bar, And the crimp-edged olive kelp leaves in the sun? Can you see the tides a-washing, Every beach and bog and crossing. While the wrack-grown rocks are sinking one by one? There you see the black fog creeping o’er the lea And the gilt-edged purple canons yawning wide. There you see the white gulls playing, Where the bull sea cubs are baying On the black rocks all a-swirling in the tide. Now you pay out, over-run or over-reel, fifty feet; And the long bronzed jointed leader has its turn. How it cuts the azure tide rip, Now it severs some sea light ship, As it follows gleaming brightly far astern. Did you see that knife-like fin* — five foot two? And the lavender half-circle on its back? Did you see the dam come rushing, And the maelstrom sea a-flushing. As the sunlight came blazed on its track? Did you see its coal-black skin, without a flaw? And the yellow spume that looked like mermaids’ hair? Did you see its dark eyes gleaming, And remoras on it streaming, As it flung itself high up into the air? Over yonder in the eddy there’s a swirl, over there. Don’t you see the fin of sea bass in the spume? Catch the glint of golden scale flicks, Hear the sob of ghostly reel clicks, As the fish turns quickly off the shore for room. Fifty yards of well stretched hemp line, running out, Singing, screaming, backward reeling on the sea of foam. Now ’tis sounding, reel resounding, Then there comes a mystic pounding From the deep, deep abysmal fishes’ home. In it comes, but always fighting, to the gaff, Dashing madly to the steel-voiced music of the reel. But in its shadow swims a sea mate, Shark voracious; ugly, ingrate, Plunging, striking, biting for its meal. Then the gaffer sinks his gaff pole in the sea; And the angler, quick responding to tne sign, Reels it short, and gives the butt, While bass sags on the gut; Then it leaves that maddened angler all his line. Senqr X, *6°od description of the orca or killer yhale, Massachusetts and Maine. Boston, Mass., June 10. — Editor Forest and Stream,: other changes in Massachusetts laws are as follows : footing of a Carolina or a mourning dove is for- bidden. The killing of a Bartramian sandpiper or upland plover, prior to July 15, 1910, is also prohibited. The law for protection of deer is amended by forbidding the having in possession a deer killed in Massachusetts.” Section 3 of the revised laws, which relates to the au- thority of the Commissioners, is amended by inserting at the beginning of the section the following; “The Com- missioners are empowered to appoint deputies.” This ad- clition grew out of the fact that in a certain case of prose- cution for violation of game laws the authority of the board to make appointments was called in question. Senate bill 348 as enacted authorizes a town to adopt a bylaw forbidding the taking of pickerel in any other manner than by “a naturally or artificially baited hook and hand line,” and to fix a suitable penalty for “viola- tion thereof.” Section 68, chapter 91, of revised laws, and chapter 364 of the Acts of 1904 (relating to pickerel) are repealed. A law was passed designed to protect the trout and sal- mon of Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester. It prohibits the taking of fish other than pickerel between Sept. 1 and April 1 for a period of five years in certain designated portions of the lake and its tributaries. Between April 1 and Sept. i. no fish except pickerel may be taken other- wise than with a single hook and either a hand line or a line attached to a rod or pole held by hand, with bait, artificial fly or spoon.” The change in the quail season, mentioned in a former letter, taking off October from the open season, is commented upon favorably by nearly all the hunters seen by your correspondent since the bill was enacted. The section referred to has been also amended further by the addition of the following proviso: “Pro- vided, however, _ that any person, firm or corporation holding a permit from the C ommissioners on Fisheries and Game may sell or have in possession live quail for purposes of propagation within the Commonwealth.” On the whole, the sportsmen and the Commissioners of the State have reason to be quite well satisfied with the lesult of their labors in the line of legislation the past winter. A few who look upon the fox as the arch-enemy of game birds, as well as of domestic fowl, would have been better pleased had a bounty been put upon foxes. Not a few_ would have been glad to have seen the bill providing for a hunter’s license enacted. Apparently the time has not yet arrived for such a measure to win, for although as the bill was drawn the owner of land was not required to take out a license in order to shoot on his own premises, the bill was strongly opposed by the farm- ers, one of whom stated to the committee that if such a law were enacted the result would be a general posting of the farmers’ lands. The result, of course, would be that the sportsman would have no more chance to get birds, etc., here than he would have in England, where shooting privileges are beyond the reach of all except the landed proprietors. If public sentiment were such as to make a license law acceptable to the farmers, it seems to the writer, that it would help in protecting game, but until our agricultural friends are sufficiently interested in game protection to be willing to take their medicine with the rest of the com- munity, the effect that a license law would have is at least problematical. • Members of the Old Colony Club, several of whom are also affiliated with the Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro- tective Association, have been able to hold all the restric- tions heretofore existing against commercial fishing by nets and seines in Buzzard’s Bay, and although the club has lost one of its strong pillars by the death of Mr. Henry R. Reed, one of its wealthiest and most interested members, the officers and members may be counted on to come to the rescue whenever danger threatens the inter- ests of the hook and line fishermen and the boatmen of the bay towns. Another loss severely felt by the club was sustained in the decease of its president, Mr. Joseph Jefferson, _ who had always manifested a deep interest in the organization and its objects. Fortunately there is still left that prince of sportsmen, Grover Cleveland, who has for many years been President Jefferson’s right bower in the work of the club. The summer meeting of. the Middlesex Sportsmen’s Association was held at Historic Hall, Lexington, on Monday evening. The entertainment provided was an illustrated lecture by Prof. Wm. Lyman Underwood, of Belmont. His subject was “A Strange Story of the North Woods,” which proved very instructive and enter- taining. It was the story of a little bear cub from its birth, when it weighed less than a pound, to the state of a nearly full-grown bruin. Its mother was killed in the winter nest under an old hollow pine stump, and the woodsmen on pulling out the carcass found the little baby bear, probably less than two- days old. So much were they interested in the newcomer they took it to camp and the wife of the cook in the lumber- men s quarters who had a babe at the breast was able to supply the nourishment needed to keep the cub alive. There was no other resource, and the good woman was so touched by the helpless condition of the little brute that she actually treated it as one of the family, and for weeks and months it was the playmate of the five little humans that constituted the juvenile part of her household. As this all occurred in a region of Maine to which Mr. Underwood had made many trips as a sportsman and hunter with camera, he was apprised of the facts and at once determined to become the possessor of the cub if such a thing were possible. At first, although much in need of money, the matron declared she could not part with it. In the dead of winter Mr. Underwood went into the woods and had the pleasure of forming the acquaint- ance of the members of the family and finally did succeed in securing the little bear. On the screen he showed winter scenes in the north woods and the semi-domesticated cub doing the most amusing things imaginable. The audience of over a hun- dred men was greatly pleased and frequently applauded the good points in the narrative and several of the views which were all of a very high order. In taking nature-pictures Mr. Underwood holds a place in the front rank of such artists. At the close of the lec- ture, which occupied an hour and a quarter, three cheers were given for the lecturer and he was unanimously 6 an honorary member of the association. the secretary, Dr. J. W. Bailey, of Boston, read a re- port on various business matters including the attendance by several members before the committee on fisheries and game in opposition to the bill to include December in the open season for quail shooting. Although hardly more than two years old, the associa- tion has a membership of 225, and is one of the most vigoious and active in the work for which it was organi- ized The president, Mr. A. S. Mitchell, of Lexington, like his predecessor, Mr. N. J. Hardy, of Arlington, is a hustler, as is also the secretary, who, although having a large dental practice, is never too busy to attend to legis- lative hearings or anything else that interests sportsmen, ihe treasurer is Mr. James R. Mann, of Arlington Heights. The vice-presidents, O. W. Whittemore and E. S Farmer, of Arlington, Dr. F. M. Lowe, of Newton, and Mr. L 8. Barker, of Winchester. Another of the officers is Mr. F. N. Young, of Arlington, who, with sev- eral mends, made the famous trip last year to Maine in an automobile bearing an improvised house in which the occupants slept and ate while making the rounds of vari- ous resorts. Another is Mr. Henry Wheeler, of Concord, who holds a position among the sportsmen of that historic old town and vicinity analogous to that held by Emerson among philosophers and Thoreau among naturalists. From such men and many others equally active, repre- senting Cambridge, Somerville, Belmont, as well’ as the towns. previously mentioned, much good work for true sport is to be expected. President Mitchell is also one of the officers of the American Canoe Association, the Eastern Division of which holds a meet at Cochituate Lake, Natick, on June 17-18. J Deputy Warden Nichols, of North Adams, has con- victed a fisherman for having short trout— by the change m the trout law last winter Berkshire comes into line with the rest of the State — for which he was fined $10. Deputies Nixon and McCarthy have put two men into court for having short lobsters at Dennis. Chairman Poland, of the Central Committee, has been able to clear the Ayer deputy against whom suit was brought for dam- ages by the shooting of a dog found chasing deer. It seems the dog was licensed but unfortunately for the owner had on another dog’s collar. Commissioner Delano tells me that an unprecedented number of orders are coming in for fingerling trout to be delivered in the fall. Last year, he says, the Com- missioners were obliged to scale down nearly all the calls for them. A request for 1,000 was honored only to the and those asking for 500 got only 200. While the State has four hatcheries, there is but one where it is possible to rear trout to the fingerling stage — the one at Sutton -and that is worked to its full capacity. Unfortunately, unlike Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- mont, Massachusetts has no hatchery run by the United States Government. In all those States the work of the Commissioners is supplemented to a. large degree by dis- tributions of fingerlings reared in the Federal hatcheries. Whether this fact has ever been brought to the attention of the Bay State members of Congress or not the writer is unable to say. I am not aware of any valid reason whv Massachusetts should be slighted in the distribution of favors by the Government at Washington. Our anglers who have plenty of means and leisure are able to obtain recreation and sport from the waters of other States, and the provinces, but how about the toilers in stores and work shops — the men (and women, too) who are unable to spare weeks from business and make long journeys for pleasure? For such, especially, every pond and stream within our borders should receive such attention as will develop its capacity f< r fish life to the utmost. The Com- mission of our State has issued scores of orders to owners of sawmills direct ine them to deposit no sawdust in the streams — we have legislation to compel construction of fish-ways. But what do these measures avail if our streams. are destitute of fish? When we think for a mo- ment of the yearly increase in the number of fishermen— the facilities for travel on electrics into regions hitherto remote from the centers of population, we see at once that in order to keep up the supply of fish, stocking on a liberal scale is absolutely necessary. Half a million fin- gerling, trout planted each year in the hundreds of streams of Massachusetts is a small allowance to supply their needs. How shall we get them? That is a question to be answered by the sportsmen of Massachusetts. H. H. Kimball. From Maine. ihe nsaaie party trom Leominster, mentioned in my last letter, has been keeping up its well earned reputation for angling, taking trout from 3 to 5 pounds, a togue of 14 pounds and another of 17, besides a good lusty salmon. In the party making the annual outing of the Camp Comfort Club were Wilfred Bolster, Esq., son of Judge Bolster, of Roxbury; Hon. James Bailey, of Cambridge; J. Fred Parker, Assistant Secretary of State of Rhode Island, from Providence, and several prominent citizens of Central Falls, R. I. Mr. Bolster took a 6)4- pound sal- mon and Mr. Bailey a togue that weighed 11 pounds. A party of eight Bostonians, three from New York and two Maine anglers in a trip of ten days were able to land 300 fis/h several of which were above what is considered the minimum for a record, viz., 3 pounds. As the harvest of one day’s labor Mr. A. S. Cook, of Brookline, and his companion brought in thirty handsome trout. Mr. F S. Snyder with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mead, Mr. Geo Whit- tier and Miss Ruth Whittier, of Boston, are located in Mr. Snyder’s private camp and alternating bait with fly- fishing. At his camp on Moody Island Mr. Walter H Wesson is accompanied by Dr. L. Corcoran, Nathan D BlIb J; W- Kirkman, F. Harris and J. Shattuck, Jr., all of Springfield, Mass. Many of the guides at Kineo cherish pleasant memories of the late Wm. Ziegler, who used to make frequent visits, having a dozen or more guests and as many guides The ' camp ground used by him is called Ziegler’s Camping Grounds, situated on Eagle Lake, his favorite rendezvous His fishing record for Aug. 20, 1894, was twenty trout weighing 69 pounds, taken in four hours at Socateau Pond. Jay Cook, Jr., of Philadelphia, has gone into his private camp, Ogontz, for the summer, the family to join him latqr. J>r, JS, W, £ranig:an, \vhp vrait tp Qraqd Lakq 478 FOREST AND STREAM [June 17, 1905. Stream with Dr. Morris and others, has returned and reports the salmon plenty, ranging- from ij4 to 2j4 pounds in weight. He says there are many visitors at the hotel and camps. A party taking the Little River trip; — considered one of the most delightful in eastern Maine — returned with a fine string of square-tails. A party of twenty-five substantial citizens of Winchester, under the leadership of Mr. Charles A. Lane, have taken a trip by private car to Bingham, thence to Rowe Pond camps. By last reports thev were getting good fishing. Among those in the party are Drs. John I. French, Mott A. Cummings, H. J. Olmstead, H. L. Shepard, A. V. Rogers, and Messrs. A. A. Sargent, F. Clark and Louis Barta. Bangor anglers are in high glee over the return of the sea salmon to their famous pool, some thirty or more having been taken recently as reported, and all large fish. In the weirs below Bangor salmon are also being caught. Now, for a while, landlords may put “Penobscot salmon” on their bills of fare, though it is doubtful about there being enough of them to go round. Dr. W. H. Thayer and Frank L. Davis, of Fairhaven, Mass., have been enjoying eight days of good sport at Middle Dam, getting in all eighty-one trout and salmon, the largest a 9-pound salmon taken by Mr. Davis. Dr. Thayer took a record trout at the dam weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce, which he is having mounted. At Moonhanis camps, on the Cupsuptic, Senator and Mrs. Hale and others have been entertained by the owner, Mr. Herbert L. Brown, of Portland. A notice of importance to those taking out boxes of fish from Maine has been posted by the Commissioners to the effect that persons having such boxes on board trains “should identify the same to Warden Cushman, at Portland, who will visit every train,” otherwise the boxes are liable to be delayed. The name and residence of the owner must be on the boxes and they must be accom- panied by the owner, but those having the $1.00 special shipping tag need not be identified. Yesterday I saw a large salmon in the window of the office of the Dominion Atlantic Railway on Washington street which was taken by a Mic Mac guide from a river only five miles from Yarmouth, N. S. The fish weighed 30}4 pounds and is forty inches in length, as described on the display card. Central. Notes on Live Bait* When it is taken into consideration how many anglers there are in every city and town in the United States, and that nearly all of them employ live bait for certain sorts of angling, it seems remarkable that so few dealers make it a practice to obtain and keep on hand supplies of live bait for fresh water angling. It is true that bait for salt water fishing is kept on sale in all seacoast towns, and it is equally true that in almost every inland city there is at least one dealer in live minnows, but nevertheless not so much attention is given this matter as the demand would seem to warrant. There is no doubt that the present vogue of bait-casting with short rods, free running multiplying reels and arti- ficial lures has attracted so much attention largely be- cause of the difficulty of obtaining live bait at the time de- sired. There was a time, not so long ago, when one of the most important things to decide on was the securing of the bait, and the time and place to angle very often depended upon this. Frequently a day’s fishing involved at least another half day of time in catching minnows, and no small anxiety lest they die over night. In numerous places this still applies, but not generally to such an ex- tent as in former years, when it would have been con- sidered next to useless to go- a-fishing with no more preparation than the gathering together of the rods, reels and tackle-boxes, the latter holding a complete assortment of spoons, spinners and such inanimate lures as are now commonly advertised as “the most killing baits.” Then the fishing equipment included a large minnow bucket ingeniously arranged to keep minnows alive a long time; a net for catching minnows in small streams; perhaps a pair of rubber boots, etc. One’s knowledge of where to fish was incomplete if he was ignorant of the most favor- able places for catching bait. Altogether there was much of discouragement involved, and no little back-breaking work. Still, the pursuit of small fry gave one a true in- sight into the ways of fishes, and often uncovered the hiding places of old-time big bass and other game fish. The difficulties incident to catching minnows led to many improvements in minnow buckets, so that it is now possible to purchase one of these in which minnows may be kept alive for two or three days, even during a railway journey or in a wagon. Air is pumped into a receptacle and thence filters slowly through the water. Often the anglers of a community come to patronize some good-natured individual, possessed of more time than wealth, who, for a nominal consideration, will catch and deliver at a certain time and place a given number of minnows. Now and then his word is as good as his bond, provided the corner ginmill does not lure too stron- ly or the state of his health demand rest and quiet. There is as a general thing not sufficient demand for bait to make it worth while for any man to deal exclusively in it, hence the angler who finds himself in a strange town naturally asks the local fishing tackle dealer for the de- sired article or information leading up to its acquisition. Not a few tackle dealers endeavor to keep on hand dur- ing the fishing season a supply of minnows, and of live frogs, crickets, helgramites or even the lowly angleworm as well. Sometimes bait can be found at fish markets. But at the best known resorts for black bass anglers the boatmen, or guides, as they are sometimes called, and the hotelkeepers are almost certain to either have sup- plies of bait on hand for their customers or fill orders on short notice. It seems to be the angler’s fate, misfortune, what you will, however, to find the supply of the very best bait known always short, so that his trips are often marred by the haunting belief that if he could have had the young catfish, or lamprey eels he wanted, his creel would have been much heavier on his return. In one or two cites dealers have given no little attention to the collecting of eggs and the hatching of minnows and frogs. Some of the bait obtained in this way and others is preserved and bottled while the surplus is sold during the most active season. Evidently success has at- tended their efforts and it may reasonably fee expected other persons will enter this line of business, since in it both live and preserved baits are possible. There are waters in which certain varieties of live bait only can be employed with marked success, but as a rule, if the largest minnows obtainable are used one’s chances of attracting and possibly catching large fish are good. And, following out the same line of reasoning, it would be folly to say what sort of bait is best, since all waters are not alike and their finny inhabitants’ likes and dislikes differ. One thing is true of all waters, however, and it is that the angler who employs a single hook, or at most two single hooks, will catch as good fish in the long run as he who puts his faith in all the villainous trebles and gangs of trebles invented. Nor will he mutilate many fish that get away. Along our coasts there are numerous places where bait can be purchased all the time. In the cities a great many of the small dealers in fishing tackle carry bait that com- mands a standard price per dozen and is always obtain- able, since there is practically no closed season except during the coldest parts of winter. Some small dealers in cigars carry bait also, such as sandworms, whiteworms and the like, and the writer knows of one place in New York city where can be purchased a sack of coal, a lump of ice, a bundle of kindling wood or a supply of salt water bait. At the same time the dealer repairs shoes. Here is a man of many parts. He knows little English but bids fair to accumulate wealth with his knowledge of the New World. At the resorts dotting nearby bays and estuaries live bait of the most attractive sorts for all seasons is obtain- able from local bonifaces. Yellowstone National Park, Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. DeWitt C. Booth, Superintendent of the Spearfish Station, United States Fish Commission, came on from Spearfish, S. D., with the crew of the sub-station in the Yellowstone Park, Yellowstone Lake, where, as usual, the eggs of the native black spotted trout will be taken for distribution. Last year several million eggs were taken, and this year, if conditions are favorable, they will obtain 5,000,000 or more. Most of these eggs are kept until “eyed,” or brought to that stage when they can be safely shipped to any part of the world, with proper care en route. Only a few eggs are hatched at the sub- station. Mr. Booth brought with him from Spearfish hatchery 103.000 brook trout, which were planted in the following waters: 11,000 in Ice Lake, 10,000 in Swan Lake, 25,000 in the head waters of Gardiner River and Indian Creek, 40.000 in Willow Creek, and 17,000 in the Gibbon River above the Virginia Cascades. Several years ago rainbow trout were planted in the latter place, and for two years a few were taken above the Cascades. Of late years none have been seen above that point. It is supposed they dropped down below this obstruction and were unable to get back for the spawn- ing season. The same trout has been found just below the falls. The plant just made by Mr. Booth will stock the upper waters of Gibbon River with a trout that won’t “go back on the stream.” There is an interesting fact connected with this recent plant. Eighteen thousand of the young fish are hatched from spawn taken from fish which annually visit the sea, whose ancestors are more like salmon, going to the fresh water streams to spawn,, and visit the salt and brackish waters off Plymouth, Mass., where the young trout came from. The United States Fish Commission has done a very good lot of work in the Yellowstone Park stocking vari- ous waters and keeping up the stock in streams where there was the least danger of depletion by over-fishing or from other causes. Not only has the Park been benefited by the Commission’s work but the whole coun- try, and some foreign States. Millions of eggs have been obtained here and distributed. It would be very little expense to the Government to establish another sub-station on the east side of the lake, where it would be as easy to obtain 5,000,000 additional eggs for distribution as at the present station. This would not affect the supply of trout in the Yellowstone Lake, for it is over-stocked now. An addition to the equipment of the station should be made by giving the men some kind of a motor boat. They are now handi- capped by being compelled to use wagons for their trans- portation along the shore of the lake and are compelled to limit their field of operations to a stream or two close to the sub-station. Another good bit of work which could be done for the Park is the planting of some suitable fish in Yellowstone, Shoshone and Lewis lakes for food for the large trout in these lakes. As it is now, there is not the proper food for the growth of the trout to the size they would reach were food conditions favorable. No large trout are ever seen in Yellowstone Lake. There are no fish for them to eat except their own kind. On the food they find there they can reach a certain size ; beyond that they never go — except when a cannibal is found. The conditions are the same in Lewis and Shoshone lakes, where the Com- mission planted the great lake trout. No food suitable for their best development was planted with them. It is not too late to do so now, and it is hoped that the Com- mission will put this matter in the hands of those who' will carry the work through successfully. About the time the first plant was made in the Yellow- stone Park under Commissioner McDonald, several thou- sand western whitefish were transferred from Henry Lake, Idaho, to the Yellowstone Lake and River below the lake. None of these or their descendants has ever been seen since they were turned loose. What became of them no one knows. It is supposed they were de- voured by the large trout, or went down stream over the falls. Some of them were as large as the largest trout and ought to have escaped. Nevertheless, there was no whitefish left to spawn and afford food for the trout. In Heart Lake, at about the same altitude as Yellowstone, Shoshone and Lewis lakes, are found trout, chub, white- fish, suckers and blobs. There one can take trout weigh- ing over 5 pounds, and then there are minnows that could be transferred to some stream running into Yel- lowstone Lake from the Continental Divide. Yellowstone Lake is slowly filling up. The work of the sub-station may be hindered or helped by the small quan* tity of snow in the Park. Last year they were hindered by high water. This year they had no trouble getting to the station. Rains may make up for scarcity of snow. T. E. H. The Log of a Sea Angler* XI.— The Trip’etail as a Rod Fish— Experiences With Taf- pon — Hauling the Stine— Ten Pounder — Hog Fish — Lady Fish — Black Grouper, etc. BY CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “BIG GAME fishes/’ “adventures of torqua,” etc. One of the fascinating problems of the outer reef was to determine how the deep channels in the heart of the sandy lagoon were formed. There was absolutely no current, at least to the eye. I recall one of these turquoise blue leads, the sides of which were so steep that I could stand on the coral of the edge and dive down into deep water. To determine the depth, I brought out heavy coral rocks, and rigging a rope hold, allowed the weight to carry me down, after the fashion of the Panama pearl divers. Exactly how deep I sank I had no means of knowing. I “cast off” when I thought a depth had been reached that Would Hot be too much of a swim, and as I Was a fair diver, arid in good training, I inay have attained thirty fefet; at least it grew perceptibly dark as I sank. But the most remarkable feature was the change in temperature. At the surface the heat was that of the “roaring twenties,” intense and fierce, and the sur- face water often uncomfortably warm; but as I sank I seemed to be passing through different layers of tem- perature, and twenty feet down this tropical gulf stream was decidedly cold. I believe the channel to have been one hundred feet deep, and at the point I have in mind the branch coral formed a perpendicular wall as far as I could penetrate. As I swam upward within a foot of its gristling points I could see various fishes of brilliant hue poised in its interstices. As the water deepened, the coral assumed a more luxuriant growth. The branches were long, like the points of a deer’s horn, and a rich olive-greert hue. The water, doubtless due to its saltness, Was art intense artd beautiful blue. Such a channel could be followed a long distance, and might have several branches. One which I entered, gradually shoaled until the water was not over ten feet deep. By diving in this cul de sac, I found that the bottom was a clear, sandy floor, without an object to break the monotony. So clear was the water that in sixty or seventy feet I could see the ripples in the sand and the crayfish whips on the under edge of the coral. In a word, here was a street perfect in its imitation of a thoroughfare of the land, the surface of the sand clean and well kept, the sides a wall of coral rising abrupt and precipitous, alive with the strange in- habitants of the sea. My favorite boat had a forward deck, upon which I could lie prone With ffly face near the water, and while Long John sculled along, I could scan the bottom and pass in review the panorama of the sea. One day we were moving in this fashion up a cul de sac, when I came upon a break in the coral, as though some great boulder had crashed down the side, or an ocean avalanche, breaking, had cut the coral, forming a little snug harbor in which were numbers of fishes, and among them one which I recognized as a threetail, known as triple tail, flasher, and various other names, a fish famous for its wide geographical range. It was poised In the center of the little bay, sur- rounded by a Humber of gay courtiers— -angel, parrot and other fishes^ — and iil contrast was a ponderous figure. I always kept my rod at hand, artd pulling the boat over on to the coral I had Long John hold her while I laid siege to the big fish. It was necessary to entice him up and away from the long coral branches, at least I thought so, and I began chumming with crayfish. Long John pounded them up with a mallet and' scattered the fine parts in the little bay of delights. I doubt if there are many fishes that can resist the fascinations of crayfish — it is the bonne bouche of bait in the tropics, and as it sank all the lesser fishes dashed at it, the water becoming filled with them, while the flasher, which I “guessed” at fifteen pounds, ignored it, remaining in one spot, his fins moving gracefully and sufficiently to hold him in place. Again Long John sprinkled the water with chum, setting the fishes frantic; and as they rushed upward, the greater fish turned, tipped up and exposed his broad body wholly. I now took a large bait and tied it on the hook with thread, and as John tossed the chum I cast into it. The angel fishes seized it, and, as I had figured, they could not devour it before it reached the bottom; so they followed down, tearing at it fiercely until it reached the plane of the three-tail; then unable to resist, he moved ahead, dispersing the throng of small fry, and seized the lure. It was too much for him, and I watched his every move, so clear was the water, until he had bolted the large bait. He began to suspect that all was not right when he felt the wire leader against his big under jaw, and swung his head or body to the right. At that precise moment I gave him, in angling parlance, the butt. Instead of dashing into the coral, as I suspected he might, he made a savage rush directly out into clear water, taking line with a whirlwind run that threatened to unreel its en- tire length, the click protesting in loud staccato notes, the rod bending and bowing as I slipped the tip of the butt beneath my leg and tried to stop the run. I had taken the threetail, as Long John called him, before, in the “rip-raps” off Old Point Comfort, and a much larger fish, so was not wholly a novice; yet, before I stopped the run, I had very little line left, and my game was entirely across the channel, doubtless hunting- fields in which to dart. Long John sculled after him, and so I gained line; and after a run down the slope into deep water half- way round, I stopped him. He turned, climbed the steep hill with a single rush, and raced away over the shoal in the direction of the reef, taking us into a splendid open field, where I played him twenty minutes, being well repaid for the work in the hot sun, as the threetail. if slightly ponderous and heavy, was a clever FOREST AND STREAM June vj, 1905JIW 479 fighter, and displayed game qualities that raised him to a high jplaile in my estimation. His rushes were almost irresistible, especially when bearing off hard, _ and he came in only after hard work with the multiplier, that slowly ate up the strands of his life. The big fish circled the boat several times in its undoing, and came to the gaff in a gamy fashion. When lifted in, it reminded one of a gigantic sunfish of frgsh Waters, being high, short, thickset and withal clumsy, a large head, which reaches high up, forming a big hump, not unlike that of the sheepshead of Cali- fornia. The anal and dorsal fins point backward, the flesh being extended to form a base for them; hence the name, threetail, as they really appear to have three . tails. As Long John held it up, it was an attractive fish, the upper portion being a dark silvery gray, which merged into lighter tints. We dined on lobotes that night, but it did not appeal to me after fried grunt and broiled young barracuda, though it was by no means a poor fish. Up the coast it ranks high; but its greatest value doubtless lies in the scales which are employed in the manufacture of flowers and countless impossible objects made for the ‘‘holding up” of the typical tourist. My three men were all converts to the rod, and in a weak moment I loaned a light rod to Long John. He became excited when h@ hooked another threetail, and broke it fairly at the joint. It is a good rule not to borrow a boat, a horse, a gurt or a rod, and if this is adhered to, the good-natured sportsman will not be led from the paths of virtue to the devious shades of invective. To see a giant boatman with an 8-horse- power thumb glued to the brake pad of your reel strike a io-pound fish as though it were a whale, and hear the crash of your favorite rod, five hundred miles from anywhere where it can be duplicated, is to witness real grief, not to say despair. If Long John had been a Japanese he would respectfully have committed hari- kari, and so have gotten his deserts; but he merely re- garded the wreck with the remark that he'd “be dogged,” and took a drink of Pain Killer, doubtless to drown his sorrow, and he also swore off on “tackle that he didn’t understand.” Hauling the seine was a pastime of the reef. I had a long net, and one comfortable afternoon I mustered several negro boys from the key and we proceeded to surfQuild the mangroves near Bush Key. I had sev- eral min ott each end rope, and two in the center on the inside to lift Out mangrove _ roots and toss them over, while I followed along behind. A more remark- able sight it would be difficult to imagine. The place of hauling was a favorite feeding ground of mullets, and in a short time we had several thousand in the toils, not a permanent catch by any means, as they began to jump, and soon there was a rippling, scintillating fall of mullets as they sprang over the net infffny direction. Garfishes joined them and came riccochetting along in a beautiful fashion, and I could readily see how the large forms of the Southern gulf could strike and seriously injure a wader. I was engaged watching them, wading in water about three and a half feet in depth, when Chief shouted that there was a big fish in the net. That moment a fish, which must have been fully six feet in length, vaulted over the line and dropped into the water five feet from me, so near that the experience was startling. Chief called to me to stand back, saying that “old Tom Morales was hit by a tarpon standing where I was, the fish crushing in his ribs, striking him fairly over the heart.” I fell back to give the next tarpon sea room, but the next big fish in the toils proved to be a shark that merely charged the net head on and succeeded in wind- ing himself up in such a coil that it took the men nearly half a day to uncoil him. We hauled the net slowly up the Bush Key beach, and found that we had a marvelous col- lection. I believe we had nearly every fish found on the great reef, except the robalo, cobia and several rare ones. But of grunts, snappers, groupers, angels, porcupines, sharks, rays, and others, there was a multitude, rep- resenting all the colors of the rainbow. I was hunting for new fishes, so we did not haul them on the beach. I picked out what appeared to be new ones, then lifted .the seine and released them. The following day they were back in their old haunts about the mangrove roots. The leap of the tarpon was the first one of the kind 1 had ever seen. The fish came out of the water and returned like a mullet; in a word, the jump was clean cut and graceful, the antipodes of all the frenzied jumps I had observed tarpon take. I have seen many tarpons in the air on my own hooks and those of fellow anglers, but never remember seeing two positions alike. There is no stereotyped leap; the fish is crazed, and up into the air it goes, doubtless always away from the pain center. I have seen a tarpon rise bodily five feet into the air, swing itself over upon its back, which struck the water first. Others came up’ head first and turned com- plete somersaults in the air. Others seemed to rush directly upward and drop tail first. I have seen the spectacle of a six-foot tarpon seem- ingly poised in midair, fanning it with mighty blows and moving along at the same time with expanded gill covers, looking like some grotesque Chinese dragon, dropping into the sea ten or fifteen feet from where it came up. I was told by a boatman that he had seen a tarpon make a side leap of fully thirty feet, and from the ex- hibitions I have seen, I believe this to be well within the possibilities of this wild steed. The tarpon is not considered a dangerous fish, from the point of actual attack, being a huge overgrown herring-like monster, with the mailed armor of a knight and the brain of a Sancho Panza, yet I know of no ■more dangerous fish to gaff and land in a light boat. A boat was found adrift in Galveston Bay in which were the dead bodies of a tarpon and angler. The fish had killed the man with a mighty blow; and a number of instances are on record where tarpons have killed men by striking them in leaping out of seines. I was fishing one day near a verdant angler, ’who in- sisted in following my boat, despite the fact that I told him that if I succeeded in hooking a tarpon it would probably board him, quoting an instance to prove the oossibility. In a few moments he hooked a fish which came around in a splendid rush and went quivering into the air so near me that I dodged and fully expected it to come aboard. We pulled out of range, and stood by and watched what was a “fish circus,” as the tarpon was the master of ceremonies and was having all the sport. After half an hour, by a special dispensation, he brought the fish alongside and ordered the man to gaff it. Now in this particular locality sportsmen never gaff their fish. They towed them in and beached them; but our angler insisted upon having the fish taken in out of the wet, and hearing the conversation, I told my boat- man to row nearer, so that we could pick them up. It was a bad place, for sharks were large and hungry. I heard" the boatman explain this, and then saw him kick off his shoes, a to me suggestive move, and the next moment he jerked a six-foot tarpon into the light skiff, a mere apology of a boat for tarpon angling. The result was definite and certain. A fountain of oars, chairs, rods, bait cans, gaffs, men and tarpon went into the air and fell in a shower, and in the center appeared a tarpon rampant, a living steel spring, open- ing and shutting, sweeping the decks with all the aban- don of a rapid-fire gun on its initial trial. It was the most exciting and interesting example of ground and lofty tumbling it was every my good for- tune to see. It was short and quick— -one round — and by unanimous consent, the tarpon was declared the winner. The tarpon is the silver king, the king of game fishes; and if all the stories of its struggles for liberty could be told and illustrated, the recital would tax the credulity of many who do not go down to the sea in ships. On this portion of the reef the tarpon was not com- mon. The great fishes migrate north and south like the birds, and while some always winter on the Florida reef, the greater number retire to the south on the ap- proach of winter. This migration is well defined on the gulf coast, and at Aransas Pass and that section the fishes congregate in vast numbers, the rod catch there at the time of my last visit being (from March 17 to Nov. 28) 659 tar- pons. They arrive at the Pass in March and leave in November, after the first norther, and it is now known that they winter along the Mexican coast and Central and South America, especially in the vicinity of Tam- pico, where winter fishing is excellent. The long and attenuated spit of sand known as Long Key, later swept away by a hurricane, was a favorite place for beach fishing; but from it extended the shallow sandy reef where the horse shark lived, a region that gradually deepened to the edge of the chan- nel, that abounded in corals of all kinds. Midway up the beach, one evening after Chief had taken a cast-net of mullets, I baited my hook and cast forty "or fifty feet out into the reef, and threw myself down on the sand among the soldier crabs, to wait. The sun was a blazing furnace, the sea a disk of steel, the splendid turquoise tint contrasting sharply with the pure white of the blended coral sands. Along the shore hundreds of snipe and small shark birds were running, and seen through the nebulous haze of the heat waves, looked as large as curlews. Suddenly the line began to run out, and as I responded, up into the the air went a tarpon with a swing that made my heart seemingly stop and then sent the blood madly surging through my veins at racing speed as the tarpon hung amid sea and sky, its massive gills wide open, so that I caught a glimpse of the sky down its throat and out through the slit-like windows of its gill arches, its extraordinary mouth wide apart, its hyp- notic eyes black and staring, sweeping the air with its ponderous tail, sending the drops of water full in my face, it was a stupendous spectacle. There is no sight just like it in the world of sport; no better exhibition of power, as this steel-like spring opens and shuts and fans the air. Down it fell broadside on, danced along the surface for a few feet like a soft-toed wildcat as it leaps from a high tree and springs away to bound into the air again and again, literally dancing its way across the shoal. Now on its tail again, in a series of double leaps; on its back in the air shooting upward like an arrow, calmly poising perfectly parallel to the water, doubling, to unspring like a coil of steel. There was not a movement possible to a fish that this tarpon did not take in that short and exciting period; but how high it jumped, I who saw it all do not say. I have the imagination, and am well equipped for the attempt, but I am also modest and prefer to see my bold and valiant soothsayer and Seminole boatman impale himself on the horns of .truth. “How high did he jump, Chief?” I asked, breathless at the finish. “Jump, sir! Why, he didn’t jump, sir; he just riz twenty foot into the air. I thought he never would get down. He needed help to get back into the water.” “And you, John?” Long John scratched his head several seconds, looked up in the air to locate something to mentally measure by, and finally fixed his blodshot eyes on Loggerhead Lighthouse, three miles away. “I saw it over the lighthouse. He hit thirty feet, all right.” On hearing this, Bob turned his head aside, whether he was laughing or weeping at Long John’s lack of imagination, I know not; but he turned back and said he “wasn’t much of a mathematiker, but if that tarpon didn’t lep fifty feet, he was no judge, and he’d lived with tarpon all his life.” So, gentle reader, take your choice among the experts of the outer reef. I confess I am no judge of such things. I am not of the icy disposition that can coldly figure on a mathe- matical problem when my game is in the air. I am up there with him — in the midst of it heart and soul — and what I see or think I see is Yankee guessing, pure and unadulterated. The play ‘of this particular tarpon was. magnificent. There was no other word for it; and' after- the last leap this king of fishes made a rush that so diminished my line that it forced me far out into the water, waist- deep, in a desperate effort to re^cfi Jfie channel, where the game would have been up. By sheer good luck I turned him to the north, and - fought up the beach, the men following and making wild bets on my staying powers. I surely had the time of my life with this tarpon, and it was give and take, and at one stage of the game my elbows touched water and my stock was very low, as the tarpon made a rush directly off shore. Then he went wildly into the air and came around toward the key in a great half circle, and I raced in, taking line as I went; and as I struck the shallows, Bob rushed in and seized the tarpon by the gills and dragged him out upon the sands. It is an unfortunate fact that the king of fishes is poor eating; but the fish is the gainer, as almost all taken are released. In fishing near here one day I hooked a io-pounder, a cousin of the tarpon, and literally played my fish in the air, a dazzling, whirling dervish, pirouetting, leap- ing, caracoling in a maze of contortions, finally flinging the hook twenty feet away in the midst of its gyrations. I tried it again with a light bass rod and small mullet bait, and found that I had discovered a corner of the ten-pounders. They invariably went into the air when hooked, seemingly with a determination to stay there, presenting a bewildering sight. A taut line was necessary, as 3.11 the dancing had for its object the flinging of the hook into space, and the bait always, in part or whole, came swinging up the line. Not far from this happy spot I caught the latiyfish up to seven pounds, between which and the ten- pounder there was little to chose as to game qualities, both ranking with the tarpon as high jumpers, and often giving the angler the impression that he is play- ing a fish in the air. When the extreme low tide came on the reef, the low barrier upon which a heavy sea pounded at other times, was bare, and I could follow it for a long dis- tance. It was made up of dead coral rock, and was literally the framework of a key to be born in the future. In and among these rocks I found the cyprea, or micramock, as Chief called the cowry of other waters, and wading out, I could enter the best fishing grounds on the reef. The water deepened quickly, the bottom being a forest of lavender and yellow plumes of the most beau- tiful description. Here was a forest of leaf coral, with •broad palmate branches, while a few yards beyond rose huge coral “heads” four or five feet wide and as many high, some being hollowed out like huge vases or stand- ing like gigantic Neptune’s cups filled to the brim and abounding in rare and radiant fishes of many kinds and all the hues of the rainbow. Hauling the dinghy on the reef, I often waded along with the men who carried the rods, and cast out from the reef into this wonder land of the fishes; and by climbing upon a big head, I could drop my bait in deep water, far out into the splendid blue of the Gulf Stream. Here I found the only shallow-water hogfish I ever caught. The richly hued and plumed gallant lived here with countless yellow-tails, and angel fishes, proving a fine game fish. [to be continued.] Jjf abUmtiatj i. — #— - Wild Ducks— How to Rear and Shoot Them. It is well known that the rearing of game in domestication is commonly practiced in Great Britain, and especially in England. This game, after it has reached maturity, is turned out into the coverts, and sooner or later is shot, and finds its way to market. The rearing of pheasants has been practiced for many years, and the subject is a familiar one. At present it is practiced quite extensively in this country. The breeding of partridges and of wild ducks in confinement is a much more recent outgrowth of the game preserve idea in England. Now, however, it is done on a large scale, and Capt. W. Coape Oates has written a little book of SO pages, profusely illustrated, to show how it is done. The volume is divided into four chapters, which treat of the selection of breeding stock and their home, laying and sitting, hatching and rearing, and shooting. The illustrations are four photogravures from drawings by C. E. Lodge, and twelve full- page half-tone plates from photographs. While the main object of the book is to assist those who wish to rear wild ducks to do it with success and economy, considerable space is given to the chapter on shooting. Just what this shooting is will be new to many readers, and we give the four methods described by the author. These are: 1. Posting the guns at different spots on the margin of a lake or near it, and flushing the ducks by means of dogs and beaters. 2. Teaching the ducks to take a particular line of flight by means of the use of a horn at feeding time, and then without using the horn on the day of the shoot intercepting the birds dur- ing their flight. 3. Catching the ducks beforehand, liberating them in con- venient numbers, and then driving them over the guns. 4. Flight shooting. All these methods depend on the fact that the liberated birds will fly to their homes; in other words, to the place where they have been accustomed to be fed, and so furnish what we call pass shooting. The whole matter is very strange to the American mind, but it is something that we are likely sooner or later to come to. The book is well worth reading. Longmans. Price $1.50. A Little Garden Calendar. A very charming book is a “Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls,” written by Mr. Albert D. Bigelow Paine; it comes from the Henry Altemus Co. As its name implies, it is a volume dealing with the twelve months of the year, and taking up its thread on the first day of January, it tells the story of a little garden and of a little boy and girl who owned the garden, and of a chief gardener who helped them. The author tells in simple language some of the wonders of plant life, explains certain easy methods of observation, in- cluding planting, caring for and harvesting plants from month to month throughout the year. He tells much that is curious and interesting about some plants, their family relations, and the dependence of many upon man and other animals. Why some seeds have wings, why beans and morning-glories twine to the right, and honeysuckle to the left; whether a flower may really leason; how some flowers live on other flowers and plants; these are some of the things brought out in this very delightful volume. The story is told in dialogue, and is continuous, running through the months. There is in it much simple botany, and many short traditions, fairy tales, parables and the like, relating to plant life and origin. The illustrations number 46, and are from excellent photographs. The frontispiece is in color. Henry Altemus. Price $1.00. All communications intended for Forest and Stream should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. l: OUR ACCOUNTS OF THE OCEAN RACE: We take great pleasure in putting before out- readers this week two accounts of tile transatlantic ocean fate. The well-told stories of Atlantic and Ehdymiori were Both written by members of the boats’ amateui t'reM The Great Ocean Race of J905. The Schooner Atlantic, From New York to Southampton, Eng,, in the German Emperor’s Ocean Cup Race, Written for forest and stream by one of Atlantic’s "after guard.” May 15, I §05.— After weeks of the most careful prepa- rati&h and trials under the supervision of Capt. Charles Barr, Atlantic came elf the dock on Saturday, May 13, alid after taking perishable stores on board, at once towed to the Horse Shoe t5 await there the time when she should proceed to the starting line off Sandy Hook light vessel. It was expected that oil Sunday there would be an opportunity of having one more trial before the real business of the race began, but alas ! a thick fog ruined the last chance. The owner and his guests came down on Monday afternoon, and before night everything below was in its proper place and all ready to take a line from the tow boat in the morning for Sandy Hook light vessel, the start of our long journey. Tuesday, May 16. — A rather severe thunder storm last night gave promise of a fine day and westerly winds, but the gods willed otherwise, for on going on deck this morning a nasty drizzle and a heavy fog which shut out the yachts anchored nearby, and with a rather high barometer practically told us that we might give up all idea of starting. During the night Valhalla, Utowana and Hildegarde had come to anchor, and later all the yachts entered towed in, with the exception of Sunbeam and Fleur de Lys, which vessel, it was reported, was in colli- sion and would have to repair before proceeding to sea. From noon until evening all kinds of tugs and excur- sion boats loomed up through the fog, and after looking at us to their heart’s content, disappeared as silently as they came. At 4 o’clock the committee came alongside and an- nounced that the start was postponed until noon of to- morrow. A most wise move, for it would have been fool- hardy to attempt starting such large vessels under the pre- vailing conditions. It was a great relief when the an- nouncement was made, and some of the yachts which had loosened or hoisted sails, at once furled them and made all snug for the night. At Sundown there was a very heavy shower and we Were in hopes that it would clear things up and bring a change of wind, but no such luck was in store for us. Wednesday, May 17.— The shower last night did no good as far as bringing about a change of wind, but this morning the fog had disappeared and all the racing boats at once made preparations for the start. Early in the morning the tender came alongside with the morning papers, and we learned exactly how much damage had been done to Fleur de Lys, and that she would be able to start after all. The fog was a blessing to her, in that it gave her time to be repaired before the start. At 10 o’clock the committee boat appeared flying N. Y. X., which told us to prepare for sea, and at 10.30 the anchor was clear of the bottom and Atlantic heading for Sandy Hook in tow. On the way out sail was made and the tow-line cast off at 11.55 A. M. with the line abeam. Shortly the preparatory gun was fired and at 12.15.45 we crossed the line and started on the long 3,000-mile race. Ailsa and Hildegarde crossed ahead of us, with the rest, with the exception of Sunbeam and Apache, in a bunch just astern. On the way out to the Light Vessel, two little shore birds flew on board and were flitting around the deck. May they bring us good luck. Half an hour after crossing the line we had passed both Ailsa and Hildegarde, and when the tug boats which were following us, after giving the customary three blasts on the whistle, turned back, we were in the place of honor. The afternoon was cold and disagreeable, and sweaters and heavy clothes were most comfortable. One of the pleasant incidents of the start was the action of Commo- dore E. C. Benedict in Oneida, who followed alongside until we lost him in the fog about midnight. Hamburg had crossed the line about two' minutes behind us, and from the start the two yachts sailed a most exciting race, the German boat at times getting almost abeam and then dropping back. This continued until darkness set in, when she finally disappeared in the fog a short distance ahead of us. _ The night was very disagreeable — fog almost all the time, and light variable winds, which kept the watch trim- ming sheets the whole time they were on deck. Thursday, May 18. — About 4 in the morning the breeze shifted to the north and bringing with it the thickest fog yet encountered, but it was only a catspaw, for in half an hour it was back in the old quarter — east! After sunrise. we kept looking up all the time and by 8 were heading east by standard compass, or N. 80 deg. E. true, and with large jibtopsail and two staysails on, we doing between eleven and twelve miles every hour. At 10 a schooner was made out on the lee beam, which later proved to be Hamburg, and when at noon she bore two points abaft the beam, the faces of the watch on deck wore an expression of delight. The gods were good to us, for at noon the- sun broke through long enough for us to get a latitude sight. Although it did not clear en- tirely, the sun would show himself once in a while and give us an afternoon sight much to our relief. Toward sunset the wjn^ began to fajl and haul westerly and the log showed five to six knots in place of the ten to twelve we had had during the day At 4 o’clock the spinnaker was set fo tiofit rind did good w6fk until the breeze again hauled southerly and 3f 7 We gybed ship and Set spinnaker to starboard. About, io the rtiCoil broke through the clouds and af midnight wfe had not a cloud in thd sky, a good breezd oh the cjuaftdr arid a smooth Sea, the ship doing between .twfelvd ahd thifReri miles in an hour. At noon, Lat. 3qdeg. 40mm. N., Long. 70deg. 24mm. W.; Course S. ^deg. E. ; distance, 165 miles. Friday, A 1 ay ig- -A fresh . westerly breeze and bright warm weather greeted us when we Carrie On deck this morning. It was the first day warm enough to get a morning bucket over one, and as freSh baths ate forbid- den, the water supply being limited, it help'ed Out won- derfully. At 9.30 a small hole developed in the spinnaker, arid tO save it from growing the sail was taken in. As it con- tinued to breeze on, it was decided not to risk carrying that sail, and the square sail was set in its place, with the weather raffee above the yard. The same weather con- tinued with a fresh westerly breeze, the ship going be- tween nine and ten miles — the sea making up all the time but the rolling of the yacht being very easy and not in the least uncomfortable. Toward evening the breeze came more westerly, and to save it from banging to pieces, the mainsail was taken in. A beautiful night followed, with just enough breeze to keep the sails quiet. The moon j ust past the full, added to the beauty. At noon, Lat. qodeg. 14mm. N., Long. 65deg. 37min. W. ; Course, N. 8ideg. E. ; distance, 222 miles. Saturday, May 20.- — A beautiful warm day without a cloud in the sky and the same fresh southwesterly breeze which we have now held for two days. Along toward 9 the breeze hauled a little more southerly and the mainsail was again set. Later the squaresail was taken in and the spinnaker again set, but it seems to be a bad sail to carry to sea, the weight of the boom when the ship rolls being very hard on the sail, and at 5 P. M. it was taken in and the squaresail again set. We had a fine horizon for both morning and noon sights, which proved the dead reckon- ing correct. At 2 P. M. smoke was observed ahead and shortly after a Red Star steamer passed us. We made our number, which she acknowledged and then hoisted “A pleasant passage,” to which we replied “Thank you.” For a short time, about 3 o’clock, a nasty easterly swell caused the ship to occasionally dip her nose into the sea, sending the water flying down the lee side of the deck. At 5 P. M. another steamer was made out ahead, which later proved to be the Minnetonka. She also acknowl- edged our number and in answer to our inquiry said she had seen no ice, but had thick fog, giving the latitude and longitude where it was encountered. Toward sunset the southwest began to look black, and, as the wind is all letting go, we are afraid that there is to be some disagree- able weather before long. We were not disappointed, for at 9 o’clock as pretty a little squall as one often sees came whirling out of the south and backed to west. It blew hard enough to take in both spanker and mainsail, but the worst was over in half an hour, and by n the sails were again hoisted and the ship on her course. Just at the end of the squall a large White Star Line steamer passed close ahead. We exchanged night signals and she gave us three blasts of the whistle. At noon, Lat. 4odeg. 45min. N., Long. 6odeg. 38mm. W. ; Course, N. 82deg ; distance, 229 miles. Monday, May 21. — During the early morning the wind backed to the northward and westward, a strong breeze, the ship doing between fourteen and fifteen miles an hour, for a watch, but on going on deck at 7.30 there was only a moderate breeze and a speed of ten knots. We had fine morning sights, and if the breeze only holds until noon should make the best day’s run of the voyage. Passed a German steamer at dawn, but did not speak to her, it being too dark for flags, and we had been spoken by three mail boats the preceding afternoon. I forgot to mention that we saw a number of flying fish. It seemed very far N. to see them, but I imagine they came up in the Gulf Stream. The breeze kept dropping during the afternoon, and by sundown we were not doing more than three or four knots. A heavy southwesterly swell on the quarter did not help matters either, for it rolled us about so that with the light breeze all the booms had to be gotten inboard to’ save the sails and gear. The squaresail and raffee were the only sails which did any work. Much to' the disgust of everyone the breeze continued to drop, and all the evening the ship hardly had steerage way. It was a beautiful night for lovers and steamers, but as a racing proposition it might have been improved upon. At noon, Lat. 4ideg. 9m in. N., Long. 54deg. 40mm. W. ; Course N. 8sdeg. E. ; distance, 271 miles. Monday, May 22. — Nothing could have been worse for our chances than the conditions this morning. A flat calm: and quite a swell from the southwest. It had been the same since midnight, and we shall make a very poor run to-day. It is all the more trying, for with a good day’s' fun we should have reached the position where ice was last reported above noon, and had there been any ice would have had daylight to go clear in. However, since morning the temperature of the water has risen ten de- grees (to 66), so there hardly seems to be any chance of seeing any. About 2 this afternoon a light southerly breeze came up, and the skipper at once took in the main- sail and set the balloon mizzen topmast staysail. The sail was light enough to stand full and do good work despite the;. rolling, whereas the heavy mainsail was banging about arid absolutely useless. The balloon main topmast stay- sail and balloon jib were also set and finally the spin- naker, and with all the light canvas drawing the ship began to walk off at a nine-knot dip. Afternoon sights put us to the east of our dead reckoning, but that was probably owjnf to the patent log not registering at the very slow speed we were going previous to the time the southerly breeze struck in. Between 8 in the morning and noon we had covered just four miles. The southerly breeze continued to increase uritil we' wefe forced to take in the balloon sails and set the working ones in their places. Also the temperature of the water began to go down steadily and quickly, and at 9 in the evening had reached 35deg., showing that we wefe in the frSnSedia'fe vicinity of ide, and presently the lookout Saw a good- sized berg about a mile to leeward of us. A beautiful night with a fresh breeze, the ship doirig about twelve knots, in an absolutely smooth sea. If it had not been for temperature (42deg.) everybody would have stayed on deck for a long time to enjoy the’ most glorious sail we have had thus far on the voyage, but warm blankets ap- pealed very , strongly, and. about midnight all were below. At noon, Lat. 4ldeg. 24mm. N., Long. 52deg. I2min. Course N, 82deg, E. ; distance, 112 miles. Tuesday, May 23.— Our fine southerly breeze and clear weather Continued all the night, and on going on deck at 5-30 this morning there, on our lee beam, about five mile's away, was a befg which must have been half a mile long and 300ft. high. It certainly was a beautiful sight with the morning sun reflecting from it. Our topsails have been going from bad to worse, and after the watch had cleared up the decks, the skipper had the mizzen down on deck and took a cloth off the after leach. The main will have to go through the same opera- tion later, while the fore seems to be fairly good still. By 11 o’clock the sail was out and at once bent, it being a great improvement. To-day was a great change from the preceding night, the thermometer standing at 72deg. and all hands going around in their shirt sleeves, whereas last night there were not overcoats enough on board to warm one. Cold on the ocean will go through the heaviest clothes, and one cannot realize how it penetrates until it has been experienced. The breeze kept increasing gradually all day and we are doing from forty-eight to fifty miles each watch, although yesterday afternoon’s light airs spoilt any chance we had for making a good run. A fine, clear night and smooth water made it very pleasant on deck, and no one turned in before midnight. At noon, Lat. 42deg. 30mm. N., Long. 46deg. 57mm. W. ; Course N. 74deg. E. ; distance, 243 miles. Wednesday, May 24.— Of all days to-day is the day which will ever be fixed in our minds with the greatest pride and joy, for the good yacht Atlantic broke the record held by the old Dauntless since 1887 for the great- est day’s run on the passage from New York to England, traveling during the 23k 31m. 30s. from the noon of the 23d of May to the noon of the 24th 341 miles, or 14.20 miles per hour. The record so long held being 328 miles. Our good southerly breeze kept going all night, and this morning on going on deck it was blowing a fresh breeze and quite a good sea was running. In fact, the skipper said that he hoped that the breeze would not in- crease any more, for he did not want to delay by having to reef; but we were fortunate and were able to drive her through it until noon. The fine run soon was known forward and the men were as pleased with the ship’s per- formance as we were ourselves. Also they had a double allowance of grog served out in celebration of the event. A bad look to the sky in the southward and the steady and rather quick fall of the barometer warned us that in all probability there would be nasty weather soon, and we were not disappointed, for during the first dog-watch it was almost impossible to steer her, and when the watch came on deck at 6 the spanker was double-reefed and re- lieved the ship wonderfully. It still continued to breeze on, and at 9.30 the watch was called and the spanker taken in and the mizzen trysail bent ready for hoisting. She was still going fourteen knots under the fore and mainsails and forestay sail, but soon this was too much for her and the foretrysail was substituted for the fore- sail. It was now blowing so hard that the skipper began to fear for his mainsail, and at 2 A. M. this sail was taken off and the mizzen trysail hoisted. We were now in shape to meet almost any kind of a storm and could heave to in a few minutes, but the wind did not increase and she was kept on her course, behaving beautifully in the sea which was running. At noon, Lat. 44deg. 57mm. N., Long. 39deg. 50mm. W. ; Course N. 6sdeg. E. ; dis- tance, 341 miles. Thursday, May 25. — Toward sunrise this morning the wind began to moderate and as there was hardly enough sail Jo steady her the ship began to roll, once in a while putting the lee rail under and filling the decks with water. As soon as it was light enough to see the mainsail with a single reef was hoisted, which did a lot to stop the rolling and by daylight in the morning we were running before a strong southwest wind under fore and mainsails, square- sail, raffee and two topsails; the mizzen staysail being put on just after noon. It was a dark, cloudy, disagree- able day with rain most of the time, and there was no chance of getting sights, so we had to depend on our dead reckoning. This branch of navigating a ship is often done in a very slipshod manner, the chances being taken that there will be sights, but Captain Barr is most thorough and our courses, speed, deviation and variation are entered in the log every hour, and when we picked her off at noon to-day she was just on the circle and we had made the course determined upon at noon yesterday. The weather continued to get worse and in the afternoon the fore and main topsails were clewed up and the mizzen trysail taken in. The ship was running well in the sea and was taking no water on board. The same conditions continued all night, and it was very difficult to sleep, as she was rolling around a good deal. At noon, Lat. D. R. 46deg. 33mm. N., Long. D. R. 33*eg. 3omin. W.; Course N. yodeg. E. ; distance, 282 miles. Friday, May 26. — Worse and more of it. On going on deck for the morning sight it was blowing a whole gale from the southwest qncj a heavy sea was on the quartet. June 17, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 481 There were four oil bags strung at intervals along, the weather side, but they did not seem to have much effect in breaking the top of the waves. The ship was pndef nothing but the squaresail and fore try!ail iii a heavy following sea, with both quartermasters lashed to the wheel and once in a while the whole quarter deck hooded with the top of a wave which, would slop Over the rail. Toward noon th'e wind hauled astern ind consequently the rolling was pretty bad. We had to depend on dri ex- meridian at noon, for the sun went out of sight at ten minutes to 12 and the morning sight WaS very unsatis- factory. During the afternoon the wind and sea both in- creased, and at sundown Captain Barr was not quite de- cided whether to heave her to-, or to run. If we Should have to heave to during the night it would be a . long, hard, nasty job getting the 'squaresail tied up So that it wouid not get adrift, and we would probably have a wet time of it before she could be brought around to look at it. However, it was decided to take a chance and run, and as it turned out the wind did not increase enough to bother us — still, it was a bad night and the ship required watching all the time. Poor Barr has been up for the past three nights, with very little sleep during the day. I hope it Will moderate soon, for he will be worn out. At noon, Lat. 47deg. 58mm. N., Long. 26deg. 48mm. W. ; Course N, 72deg. E. ; distance, 279 miles. Saturday, May 2 J.- — Last night was beautiful and clear, but it blew a whole gale throughout, and on coming on deck at 7.30 this morning the ship was running with the wind on the quarter before the heaviest sea we have yet had. The wind has been hauling to the southward gradu- ally since midnight and with no abatement. The square- sail yard was braced pretty well forward, and when she would luff on the crest of a sea, it would bury her, so at 11 it was taken in, and the jib set. A great improvement in her behavior at once followed, the excessive rolling stopped and she went along drier and apparently faster than before. The double-reefed mainsail was set_ at 7 this morning, and that together with the fore trysail and jib makes a rig that can be handled very easily. We had a good moon sight, which put us on our circle and also good afternoon sights. In the afternoon the reefs were shaken out of the fore and mainsails and we at once began to pick up our speed, doing fourteen and three-quarter "knots between 5 and 6 o’clock. While the wind has gone down the sea is still heavy and we are rolling about a good deal, still things are looking up, as is the barometer, and we are in hopes of a good night. At noon, Lat. 48deg. 56mm N., Long. 2odeg. 53mm. W. ; Course N. 76deg. E. ; distance, 243 miies. Sunday, May 28. — We had a fine night and with a strong breeze and moderate sea we averaged over four- teen knots an hour. On coming on deck this morning a bright sun and long southwesterly swell and a strong breeze made a charming day. They put both staysails on her, but the wind increasing, they were up only for an hour, but we are going along in great shape, and at noon to-day were only 312 miles from the Lizard, the finish of our race. This afternoon the wind again moderated. and the spanker with a single reef was set at 2.30. It is the first time we have seen it in four days and felt quite proud of our display of canvas. At 3 o’clock the mizzen staysail was put on and the ship is doing at least fifteen knots, in a moderate sea and the wind abaft the beam, I wonder where our competitors are. We are now i6j4 hours ahead of the record and they must have done some very fast sailing to be ahead of us. The last one which we saw was the Hamburg, on the second afternoon from Sandy Hook. It was quite squally up to midnight, and at 11, in a severe squall, the spanker came in but was set at 1 o’clock. At midnight we got a cast of the lead in sixty- five fathoms. It tallied with the soundings on the chart, and we should make Bishop’s Rock by 8 o’clock to-mor- row morning if the wind holds. At noon, Lat. 49deg. 52mm. N., Long. I3deg. 6min. W. ; Course N. 8odeg. E. ; distance, 309 miles. Monday, May 29. — Our long race is nearly over. At 8.15 this morning we made the light on Bishop’s Rock, about a point on the lee bow, an excellent land fall, und at 9.37, Greenwich mean time, it bore N. true, giving us a passage of nd. i6h. 22m. We now have but forty-nine miles more to go, but the wind is light and almost aft, still under balloon staysails and spinnaker we are slipping along fairly well and hope to get the Lizard Light bearing N. before 5.15, for that will make the passage under twelve days, and we shall beat Endymion’s record by al- most two days. At noon we still had thirty-one miles to go, and the breeze is very light, dead astern. May it freshen up and give us a chance. A beautiful day, warm and clear, but alas ! little wind. Atlantic Wins, At 2.30 an Admiralty tug came alongside and informed us that no yacht had yet finished, so we are only a few miles from the finish, the good ship Atlantic wins the greatest transatlantic race ever sailed. At 3.30 the steam yacht Pricilla passed us close aboard and the owner and crew gave us three cheers, also telling us that we were first. The breeze has hauled to the S. and with sheets trimmed we are going along in fine style, with the Lizard in sight ahead. The universal interest which this race has aroused was well illustrated to-day, for every steamer, from the cargo boat to the liner, as soon as we were made out, at once shifted her helm and passed us close aboard, either dip- ping the ensign or giving us three blasts on the whistle, and often both. At 4.30 the American Press tug came alongside and congratulated the owner on the race. All the Penzance luggers who passed near asked our name and gave us a cheer. The wind still kept light and it was not until 9.16.19, Greenwich mean time, that we got the winning gun from the German cruiser Pfeil, making us the winner of the Kaiser’s cup. The time of passage from Sandy Hook Light Vessel to the Lizard being I2d. 4I1. im. 19s., giving an average speed of 10.31 knots per hour, pretty good for an auxil- iary— average speed to Bishop’s Rock 10.57 knots per hour. All the way across never did anything part, and in the roughest of the weather the ship behaved beautifully. ' ^lay the best of luck always bp hers. Schooner Yacht Endyrriion* in the Gerniaii Emperor’s Ocean Cup Race. WRITTEN FOR FOREST AND STREAM BY JOHN RUTHERFURD BUCHAN, ONE OF ENDYMION’! AMATEUR CREW:' When asked to take passage on the yacht Endymiem in the great transatlantic rdte for the German Enlpetor’s cup it is needleSs to say that I juniped at the chance and placed myself upon a diet of anticipation for the gtedt event. • . • , Eleven yachts had entered the contest of various rigs an dimension!, all with more ore less records for sea- going qualities, each owner confident that his yacht would win “under certain conditions,” therefore none other than a “rocking chair yachtsman” or a “navy yard sea dog” would venture an opinion of the prospective conditions of the relative chances. Word had been passed that the tug Chamberlain would be at the Recreation Pier foot of East Twenty-fourth street at 4 P. M., May 15, to take us down aboard Endymion, which was anchored off Sandy Hook. The tug, loaded with extra gear and stores, had the appearance of a Johnny O’Brien filibustering expedition and created intense interest among the East Side elite. Just as we had shoved off a shout from, the pier attracted our attention, and we again went alongside to take aboard seaman Benedict, who had just arrived from a Cuban port where lie had heard that Endymion had, entered for the race and had Cabled if he might have his, old berth. I mention this fact to show the loyalty of this man to his ship, her owner and her skipper, nor was he the only one, as I found out later, . . . At 7 o’clock we boarded Endymion, and a casual obser- vation convinced that we had aS likely a Crew as could possibly have been gotten together, There stood Captain Loescli with a smile on his face reflecting the lines Of perience and confidence. On his right wa§ Captain Larsen of the auxiliary Enterprise, a former mate on Endymion who had since graduated from the Loesch University but anxious for a post graduate course. Just behind stood Mate Newman with a pair of penetrating eyes. AlLthree men had been shipmates together on Endymion when she made her famous transatlantic record in 1900 of 13d. 20h. 36m. to the Needles. The crew were engaged in transferring our gear from the tug under the vigilant eye of Bowman Baker, formerly bowsprit end man on Reliance, a man of wonderful strength and determination. Dinner call having been sounded we rallied to the ward room to partake of our first meal. Toasts were drunk to the good ship, her owner, her record, her crew, and lastly to the absent ones, for the expression on each one’s face reflected the thought he had for the one or more he was leaving behind. After dinner we unpacked our “donkeys”. I had lost the key of mine but later the steward reported that he had found it on the piano, and while there had struck a note for me which Droved to be a bon voyage from an enthusiastic and envious friend. May 16 broke out with a thick fog and easterly wind with poor prospects for a beautiful start, as the “wise ones” on shore had predicted. Notwithstanding the weather, there were plenty of friends down to see us off, steam and sailing yachts, tugs, lighters and club steamers at five a thro-w all waiting for the signal on the commit- tee boat that would send us on our way. At 3 P. M. the committee signaled “Race postponed until to-morrow at noon,” and immediately the excursion fleet traveled home- ward. Wednesday, May 17 opened up with hazy weather and wind from the eastward. At 10 A. M. orders were given to get under way and in tow of the Chamberlain we started for the line. 12 M. bang goes the gun on the com- mittee boat and up goes the preparatory, and fifteen min- utes later the starting signal is given and we are off, with Ailsa, Hildegarde and Hamburg under our lee and the committee boat close aboard and to windward. Bear- ing down on top of us and to windward of the committee boat, with hardly any steerage way, towers the big Val- halla and Utowana, completely blanketing us. Slacking our main sheet we payed off, allowing Utowana to pass, then hauling up on her weather quarter we shot out from underneath Valhalla’s bow. It was “touch and go” and no mistake, and had it not been for the coolness of all we might have been “down and out.” Crossing the line at 12.16 P. M. under all lower sail and topsail on the port tack our course was S. E. S. At 1.30 P. M.. tacked ship, course N.E. l/2 E. At 3 P. M. tacked ship,’ course S. E. y2 E. Thursday, May 18. — From midnight to 4 A. M. thick fog and showers; 8 A. M., wind baffling N.N.E. to N. N.W., set balloon staysail ; 10 A. M., wind steady from N.N.W., weather clearing. Noon, by observation, Lat. 39deg. 44mm. N., Long. 7odeg. 39mm. W. ; distance from Sandy Hook Light Vessel, 150 miles; course E. S. Friday, May 19.- — Course E. by S., wind S.W., weather clear ; 4 A. M., set spinnaker, sighted yacht Hamburg ; 8 A. M., passed yacht Hamburg to northward of us about five miles, when they saw. our spinnaker they set theirs, waking up to the fact that they were racing. Noon, by observation, Lat. 39deg. 46mm. N., Long. 66deg. 2omin. W. Distance, 200 miles; from Sandy Hook Light Vessel, 350 miles ; 1 P. M., sea very rough and wind increasing, -took in spinnaker and set squaresail to starboard ; yard carried away three feet from starboard end, lashed lift and outhaul to' broken end, reset squaresail and raffee; 9 P. M., Hamburg on starboard beam ; took in squaresail and set spinnaker, ballon staysail and balloon jib topsail. Saturday, May 20. — Course E. by S., weather fine, light W.S.W. wind; 9 A. M., Hamburg on port bow, having had a lesson, in carrying sail ; much regret at having sighted her at all, for they might still be sleeping. Noon, by observation, Lat. 39deg. 54mm. N., Long. 6ideg. 41mm. W. Distance, 214 miles; from Sandy Hook Light Ship, 564 miles; 2 P. M., wind hauling to S.W., took in spin- naker: Hamburg about seven miles astern; 4 P. M., took in all light sails ; 9 P. M., heavy following sea, set square- sail and raffee; carried mainsail and set storm gaff try- sail ; 10 P. M., lowered gaff trvsail and set mainsail ; heavy sea with strong wind and rain squalls. ' Sunday, May 21.— 2 A. M., gybed ship, wind N. byW., set topsails, balloon jib and balloon staysail and balloon main topmast staysail; 9.30 A. M., S. S. Consuelo of Hull passed us within hailing distance, she reported having passed Supbeani in Lon^1. 6 2deg. at 4.P. M. May 20 ;; xi A. M., light northerly air, course E- , Noon, by observa- tion, Lat. 39deg. 58mm. N., Long. s6deg. 22min. W. ; dis- tance, 243 miles ; from Sandy Hook Light Ship, 807 miles, Monday, May 22.— 1 P. M., flat calm all afternoon and evening; 3 A. M,, took in mainsail, heavy roll, no wind; 4 A. M., sighted Ailsa astern; 5 A. M., sighted from masthead what appears to be Valhalla hull down astern; 8 A. M., light air from S.E;, course E; ; 9 A. M., Ailsa abeam three miles to southward ; 9.30 A. M., S. S. St. Louis passed within hailing distance Noon, breeze fresh- ening, course N. 7odeg. E. ; by observation, Lat. 4odeg. N., Long. 55deg. 5mm. W. ; distance, 63 miles; from Sandy Hook, 870 miles; 11 P. M. sighted steamer and signaled; weather squally and rain. Tuesday, May 23.-6 AM., wind increasing S.S.E. Ailsa ahead about seven miles ; 8 A. M., clewed up topsails ; 9 A. M., reefed mainsail; 11 A. M., sighted iceberg on port bow, estimated about 250 to 300ft. high; temperature dropped 42deg. Noon, by observation, Lat. 4odeg. 40mm. N., Long. 4Qdeg. "39m in. W. ; Course N. 8ideg. E. ; dis- tance, 253 miles; from Sandy Hook Light Ship 1,065, to Lizard Light 2,008; I P. M,, shook out reef in mainsail, set topsails and No', 2 jib topsail; to P, M., altered course to N. 74deg. E, ; weather cloudy, wind strong, S. by E. i Wednesday, May 24.- ro.30 A;. M., sighted S.S. Oceanic bound west signalling “Sighted Hamburg one hour ago” } i I.3O, wind Increasing, heavy sea, fgefed mainsail. Nooti, by observation, Lat. 4|deg; 59fflin. N., Lofig. 44'd^g] ^yriiifl; W. j distance, 246 miles j 3 P; M:, sighted ahd signalled S. S. St, Paul bound West; Doctor Rowland Operated On Seaman Johnson for purulent axillary adenitis; He. Wds put undef an anaesthetic, and superficial, and deep glands opened, removing about four ounges of thick pu§; _ As- sisted by R; Sheldon, houSe surgeon, and J; M: Rowland, operating f&offl orderly. Just What the everyday meaning Of the 0 peration wa§ 1 Will leave to your imagination, sufficient to say that the patient had been dosed sufficiently often with mercury to warrant my thinking him a human barometer, and watching with in- terest his expansion and contraction according to the weather; while passing iceberg he was but 2ft. tail. At 4 P. M., sighted large steamer to northward bound west; 6 P. M., set squaresail ; 8 P. M., set ringtail, heavy sea and strong wind from S.S.W., showery; 10 P. M., set raffee. Thursday, May 25.- — 1.30 A. IVL, took in raffee; 8.30 sighted oil tank steamer bound to the eastward dead ahead ; weather thick, raining ; 10.30, oil steamer abeam, put another reef in mainsail and took in ringtail, heavy sea and strong winds. Noon, by D. R., Lat. 44deg. 6min. N., Long. 38deg. 3lmin. W. ; Course N. 64deg. E. ; dis- tanse, 291 miles. There are two things that Endymion likes stiff, and one of them is a wind. Friday, May 26.' — 8 A. M., repaired jibstay, set square- sail and raffee, strong wind with rain squalls, very heavy seas; 11 A. M., gale increasing, Split fore topsail, took in fore topsail and mainsail. Noon, by observation, Lat. 45deg. 26mm. N., Long. 33deg. 2min. W. ; distance, 246 miles ; course N. 7ldeg. E. ; 6 P. M., repaired and set fore topsail; 9 P. M., carried away raffee; H P. M,, repaired and set raffee. Saturday, May 27.-4 A, M., weather clear, heavy sea, set double reefed mainsail, strong westerly wind; to A. M., shook one reef out of mainsail; 11.30 A. M., carried away raffee, lowered it, repaired and reset; 12 M., raffee carried away again. By observation, Lat. 46deg. 42mim N.J Long. 27deg. W., Course N. 74deg E. ; distance, 274 miles ; to Lizard Light, 904 miies, N. 79deg E. ; L30 P. M., reset raffee; 6 P. M., carried away fore topsail, took it in and set a jibtopsail as a fore topsail, rainy and wind moderat- ing. Sunday, May 28.= — 6 A. M., gybed ship and reset fore topsail, wind freshening and heavy sea. Noon, by obser- vation, Lat. 48deg. 44m.in. N., Long. 2ldeg. limin. W. ; distance, 264 miles ; course N. 62deg. E. ; 6 P. M., wind hauling to abeam, took in raffee, set ringtail and No. 2 jibtopsail; 9 P. M., shook reef out of mainsail and set maintopsail; 11 P. M., signaled S. S. New York bound W. ; 4 A. M., split ringtail and took it in. Monday, May 29.- — 6 A. M., set balloon jibtopsail and balloon maintopsail and spinnaker, weather fine, very little sea. Noon, by observation, Lat. 48deg. 59mm. N., Long. i4deg. 27mm. W. ; distance, 2 66 miles ; course N. 87deg. E. ; 7 P. M., rain and light air; 8 P. M., took in balloon jibtopsail and spinnaker and set No. 3 jibtopsail; weather clear and fine, no wind, becalmed all night. Tuesday, May 30. — 4 A. M., took sounding, 123 fath- oms; 5 A. M., gybed ship, took in No. 3 jibtopsail and set spinnaker, balloon jib; sea smooth, no wind. Noon, by observation, Lat. 49deg. 7min. N., Long, iodeg. 44mm. W. ; distance, 148 miles ; course N. 87deg. E. ; sounding, 85 fathoms ; flat calm all day and night. Wednesday, May 31. — 12.30 A. M., light air from south- ward, gybed ship and reset all kites ; 9 A. M., wind fresh- ening, carried away balloon jib topsail, set another; 6 P. M., set spinnaker. Day. May. Latitude. Longitude. Nun. Total. Average. 1 18 39.44N. 70.39W. 150 150 6.25 2 19 39.46N. 66.20W. 200 350 7.29 3 20 39.54N. 61.41W. 214 564 7.83 4 21 39.58N. 56.22W. 243 807 8.40 5 22 40.00N. 55.05W. 59 866 7.21 6 23 40.40N. 49.39W. 253 1119 7.77 7 24 41.59N. 44.27W. 246 1356 8.12 8 25 44.06N. 38.31W. 291 1656 8.62 9 26 45. 26 NT. 33 . 02 W. 246 1902 8.80 10 27 46.42N. 27.00W. 274 2176 9.06 11 28 48.44N. 21.11W. 264 2440 9.24 12 29 48.59N. 14.27W. 266 2706 9.39 13 30 49.07N. • 10.44W. 148 2854 9.17 14 31 49.32N. 7.24W. 133 2987 8.88 To Lizard Lt. at 9:30 P. M. 90 3077 9.03 15 To Needles at 10:45 P. M. 145 3222 9.11 Deduct difference in time (5hrs.) average time to Lizard 9.03 . Deduct difference in time (5hrs.) average time to Needles 9.11 The Yawl Ariel II. Entered for B.Y.C. Ocean Race. — Mr. John S. Phillips has entered his new yawl, Ariel II., for the Brooklyn Y. C.’s ocean race to Hampton Roads, Va., to start from the Brooklyn Y. C. anchorage in Gravesend Bay, June 29. This is the ninth entry for the race to date, and several other boat owners have signified their intention of entering at an early date. Ariel II. has been entirely refitted at the works of the Gas Engine &t Power Co. and Chas. L, Seabury Co., Cons., at Morris Heights, under directions of Mr. Martin C Erismann, 482 FOREST AND STREAM British Letter. The Proposed Rating Rule. — In a letter on the sub- ject of the proposed international rating rule published in the London Field of May 20, Sir George Leach, a veteran yachtsman and one of the founders of the Yacht Racing Association, sounds a note of warning against a hurried adoption of any such rule on the ground that such a rule might have the effect of cramping improvement in yacht design and construction owing to the difficulty of altering it in case it produced an exaggerated type of yacht. In favor of his contention he cites the cases of the old Thames rule which produced the plank-on-edge form of boat, and a recent rating rule from which was evolved the boat with the smallest possible body, and which was quite unfit for any other purpose than pure racing, and he states that he thinks it would be a pity that British yachtsmen should put themselves in such a position as to be unable to alter their own rating rule without the con- currence of all the countries involved, “merely to facili- tate the few international contests which are ever likely to take place.” ■ It seems pretty clear that Sir George has not fully grasped the benefits which would undoubtedly accrue to yachting through the passing of an international rule. The day of freaks has gone by, and there is at present a healthy reaction in favor of a moderate and sensible type of boat. Of course modern yachtsmen are never going to allow themselves to be gulled into the belief that is held by many of the old school, viz., that the old-fashioned straight stemmed, wall-sided boat is a better sea boat than the modern craft with spoon bow and round, fair lines. Anybody who has been shipmates with both types knows the enormous superiority of the modern model over the old as regards seaworthiness, stability, dryness, speed, comfort, and, in fact, in every detail, and although over- hangs have been overdone, the present rating rules of most European countries do not favor an exaggerated form of body, and the tendency is to limit overhangs and increase fullness of underwater body. No doubt the drawing up of a uniform rating rule which would be satisfactory to all countries would be a more difficult task than is the case when each country makes its own rule. What is worth doing, however, is worth doing well, and the magnitude of the task should not act as a deterrent to the members engaged on it, but should stimulate them to put forth all their talents and energies to bring it to a successful issue. Sir George Leach is in error when he hints that the sole benefit of the proposed new rule would be the facilities offered for a “few possible international contests,” and he evidently thinks our present rating rule a most desirable one. If that is the case, how does he account for the present dearth of racing yachts. The fact is, the passing of an international rule and the adoption of an adequate scale of scantlings to insure proper construction would be of immense benefit to ill countries, but to none so much so as to Great Britain. Class racing is almost dead in this country, not so much owing to the shortcomings of our present rating rule, as to the absence of any restric- tions on construction. Our Yacht Racing Association de- clines to remedy this and has been for some years steadily losing its hold over the yachting world, owing to its un- willingness or incapacity to tackle matters which are obviously within its province. It is quite time something was done, and the international conference will in all probability encourage the reluctant members of the Y. R. A. who are to be represented, to better things. An improved rating rule and scantling restrictions must be the outcome in the natural order of progress. Once let it be known that racing yachts must be of substantial construction and there will be a revival of class racing in England and a lucrative market for our outclassed racers abroad as was the case in former years. It is to be hoped that Great Britain will be represented at the conference by able men who see the obvious need for progress and reform, and who are under no delusion that the foreign representatives will be persuaded to adopt our present Y. R. A. rule, which is undoubtedly capable of much modification and great improvement. Once a satisfactory rule is arrived at it could be fixed for a period of five years. At the end of that time it could be improved or altered, or, if necessary, the arrangement could fall through. If the matter is carried out in the right and generous spirit, it cannot fail to prove a blessing to all countries concerned. Sonya Beaten. — The 52ft. class had its first race at the regatta of the Orwell Corinthian Y. C. at Harwich on May 27. All four representatives of the class were pres- ent, and from the meagre accounts received it appears that the match was sailed in a steady breeze. The Herre- shoff boat Sonya was fitted with a temporary solid mast, having sprung her hollow spar the previous week. Moy- ana, the two-year-old Mylne-designed boat, won the match, beating Britonmart, Mr. W. P. Burton’s new boat, by the same designer, by 24sec. Sonya was 3mm. later, and last season’s crack, Maymon, just astern of her. When the two new boats are tuned up the class should give excellent sport. The ex-52ft. class had a handicap in which the scratch boat Gauntlet went ashore when lead- ing. Viera won this race, Senga taking second prize. King Edward Presents Cup. — His Majesty the King has presented a cup to the Royal Southern Y. C. to be competed for at the annual regatta on Aug. 19. It will no doubt be given to the big handicap class, as is almost invariably the case since the decay of first-class racing. Some people are in favor of presenting such cups to the 52ft. class, but the value of the prize is out of all propor- tion to the size of the boats, and the great majority of people are in favor of big trophies being awarded to big vessels, and it seems the fairest way, for even if the big boats are not class racers they supply the backbone of the racing at all the principal regattas. Entries for the Dover-Heligoland Race. — The Ger- man Emperor has secured a very fine entry for the Dover- Heligoland race, fifteen yachts being down on the list, of which only two are under 100 tons. There are some fast boats in the match, including Satanita and Navahoe, old antagonists in British waters in 1893, and some of the yachts which have been taking part in the Atlantic race- are entered, including Ailsa, Thistle, Hildegarde, Fleur de Lys and Endymion. The American yachts Apache, Utowana and Atlantic have been entered in the race for auxiliaries, E. H. Kelly. IJUNE 17, I90S. Boston Letter* To Race Under New Rule. — It has been announced by the Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. that its open races this season will be sailed under the new uniform rule of measurement, the classes being for yachts of 40ft. rating and under, i his will include the restricted classes of the Y. R. A. of Mass. While none of these boats have been officially measured for rating, it is thought that the 22-footers will rate in class N, from 27 to 33ft., and the 18-footers in class P, from 22 to 27ft. In order to over- come the objections that the owners of yachts in the re- stricted classes might have to racing under any other than the rules for which they were built, it has been decided by the committee to offer larger cash prizes than usual, probably about twice as much for each race as was offered last season. Two Entries for Halifax Race. — Mr. Henry A. Morss, chairman of the Ocean Race Committee of the Eastern Y. C., has announced that two entries have been received for the ocean race from Marblehead to Halifax. 1 hese are the schooner Corona, owned by Mr. A. F. Luke, of New York, and the new schooner Invader, now being built at Lawley’s for Mr. Roy A. Rainey, Vice-Com- modore of the Larchmont Y. C. With the 22-footers. — Nutmeg, designed by Hanley and built by Messrs. Hanley & Lawley, for Mr. A. C. Jones, has been measured into the 22ft. class. She was launched June 3, and was found to be quite short. So 2,500 pounds of lead were put inside, in addition to the 2,5°° pounds on the keel. When measured it was found that she was 21ft. 8r4in. on the waterline. As the addi- tional lead is to be put on the keel, it is likely that she will be found shorter than this when she is again measured. It is expected that she will be ready for the Boston Y. C. race on June 17. Mr. F. G. Macomber, Jr., owner of Clotho, last season’s champion, has changed her name to Chewink V. The alterations on' her have been completed, and in her first race at Marblehead on Saturday she showed the class that she is still among the fastest of them. The changes necessary to bring the old Medric into the class have been made, and she was seen in the race at Marblehead on Saturday. . A New 15-footer.- — There has been built at Dubois’ yard, Scituate, a Y. R. A. 15-footer for Mr. James R. Prince, from designs of Messrs. Small Brothers. It is expected that this boat will make her first appearance in the race of the Boston Y. C. at Hull on June 17, when she will compete with Vera II., last year’s champion, owned by Mr. Hjalmar Lundberg. New 30-FOOTER Tried Out. — The new 30-footer, Pon- tiac, designed and built by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, 'for Mr. George S. Silsbee, has been given several trials off Marblehead. In three trials over a nine-mile course, in a light breeze, she beat, both Sauquoit and Chewink IV. on Sunday, June 4. She is not so long as either of the restricted boats and she does not carry as much sail. She is 43ft. over all, 29ft. waterline, 10ft. 6in. breadth and 6ft. 9in. draft. She carries 1,150 sq. ft. of sail. She will be sent to Islesboro this week. With her will be sent a 15- footer designed and built by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, which will be used by Mr. Silsbee’s son. Adopts New Rule.- — At a meeting of the Corinthian Y. C., held on Saturday evening, June 3, it was unani- mously voted to adopt the new uniform rating rule. The classes to be raced under the rule will be under 40ft. rat- ing. The 22-footers and the 18-footers will be raced under the old rule of waterline measurement. Black Hawk at Marblehead. — The schooner Black Hawk, designed by Mr. Norman L. Skene, and built by Mr. C. F. Brown, of Pulpit Harbor, Me., for Mr. C. E. Gibson, arrived at Marblehead on Wednesday, June 7. She had strong N. E. winds along the coast and is said to have handled most satisfactorily. She carried all sail until off Thatcher’s Island, when topsails were taken in. Black Hawk is 61 ft. over all, 42ft. waterline, 14ft. 3m. breadth and 8ft. 3m. draft. She is intended for offshore cruising and has been mentioned as a possible entry in the ocean race of the Eastern Y. C. Mr. Skene reports the sale of the 25ft. launch Comet for Mr. J. O. Hinckley, of Salem, to Mr. T. W. Heermans, of Chicago. Elmina Sails for New York. — The 90ft. schooner El- mina, recently completed at Lawley’s for Mr. F. F. Brew- ster from designs by Messrs. A. Carey Smith and Ferris, left port last week for New York waters. She put into Newport for a couple of days. John B. Killeen. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. Toinette Sold. — The steel steam yacht Toinette, Mr. Thomas A. McIntyre, New York Y. C, has been sold, through the agency of Mr. Henry J. Gielow to Mr. J. Rosenbaum, of Chicago. Toinette was originally called the Lady Beatrice, and after that the Aroc. She was de- signed by Mr. A. C. Storey and built by Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, of Leith, Scotland. The principal dimen- sions are: 175ft. over all, 143ft. waterline, 22ft. 2in. beam and 12ft. 3in. depth. * K K Recent Sales. — Auxiliary yawl Idelon has been sold by Dr. W. Merle Smith, Seawanhaka Y. C., to Mr. W. H. Parsons of this city, through the office of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. Idelon is C5ft. over all, 35ft. waterline, 14ft. beam and 7ft. draft, designed and built in 1903 by the L. J. Nilson Co., Baltimore, Md., has a 7 horsepower Lathrop motor giving a speed of six miles under power. The same office negotiated the sale of the sloop Nei San for Major J. McGaw Woodbury to Mr. H. C. Prichitt, of New York. Nei San was designed by Mr. Wm. Gardiner. She is 40ft. over all, 25ft. waterline, 10ft. beam and 4ft. 6in. draft. Mr. Seaman reports a new propeller is being placed aboard the steam yacht Orienta. The latter recently char- tered to the Panama Government. She will be ready for her trial trip this week, and is expected to make over 20 miles an hour. If successful, she will leave at once for Colon: Panama. * Entries for Dover-Heligoland Race.— The face for the Heligoland cups- starts on June 17, and so far nine- teen entries have beep received. The distance from Dover to Heligoland is about 320 miles. The race is sailed off a handicap basis, auxiliaries being allowed to use only canvas for propelling power. Starting from Dover, the boats cross the North Sea, leaving all the lightships on the Dutch and German coasts on the starboard hand and finishing between the Saturn buoy, south of Heligoland, and a German warship, which serves as judges’ boat. The boats entered follow: Sailing Vessels. Tons. Clara, Max Guilleaume, schooner 185 Satanita, Sir M. FitzGerald, yawl 300 Lethe, Col. T. F. A. W. Kennedy, yawl 163 Moonstone, I-]. Iv. Bedew, schooner 155 Susanne, O. Huldschinsky, schooner 154 Ailsa, H. S. Redmond, yawl 166 Thistle, Robert E. Tod, schooner 235 Hildegard, E. R. Coleman, schooner 145 Fleur de Lys,- D. L. A. Stimson, schooner 86 Endymion, George Lauder, Jr., schooner 116 Navahoe, C. W. Watjen, yawl 235 Formosa, Adm. Sir. J. K. E. Baird, yawl 102 Ventura, Lieut. T. N. Thynne, ketch 98 Theresa, Felix Simon, yawl 114 Sunshine,. L. H. Solomon, schooner 118 Auxiliaries. Atlantic, Wilson Marshall, schooner 206 Utowana, Allison V. Armour, schooner 267 Apache, Edmund Randolph, bark 307 Valhalla, Earl of Crawford, ship 648 * « *S Club Books Received.— We are indebted to Mr. John T. Fox, Secretary of the Beach Haven Y. C. ; Mr. F. A. Eustis, of the Beverly Y. C., and Mr. Walter Burgess, of the Boston Y. C., for copies of their respective club books for the year of 1905. New Rochelle Y. C. New Rochelle, Long Island Sound — Saturday, June 10. Twenty-five boats were entered in the New Rochelle Y. C. powerboat race, held on Saturday, June 10, but the sea kicked up by the fresh S.W. wind was sufficient to prevent several from starting. The Regatta Committee, made up of Messrs. G. P. Granberry, W. L. Diaz and J. C. Connolly were on board Vice-Commodore Gills’ launch, Hellen G., which boat took up her position off Echo Bay. The course was from starting line off Echo Bay, be- tween the committee boat and a mark boat, to and around red spar buoy, off Mott’s Point and back to starting line; distance, 9% nautical miles. Challenger was alone in her class, but she went twice over the course alone. Her time for the 19 miles was 54m. 15s., which is a shade better than 21 knots. The only competitor Simplex had, was White Fox. Seven minutes was the time given by White Fox to Simplex. The latter won by 43m. 58s. Beldame allowed Argonaut 16m. 20s. The former was unable to save her time and Argonaut won by 6m. 9s. Reliance was not timed, and Hully G. won easily in her class, : beating the Grace handily on corrected time. Thirteen of the Knickerbocker Y. C. one-uesign boats, better known as the Sea Skunks, were entered, and ten started. They were the drawing card of the event, and an exciting race resulted. No. 7 won, beating No. 1 by 41s. Nos. 5 and 6 tied for third place. The summary follows.: Classes O, P. Q. R — Start, 2:20 — Course, 19 Miles. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Challenger, W. Gould Brokaw 3 14 15 0 54 15 0 54 15 Classes S, T, V — Start, 2:25 — Course, 19 Miles. White Fox, Charles Hatch 4 10 23 1 45 23 1 45 23 Simplex, C. R. Mabley 3 33 25 1 08 25 1 01 25 Classes A, B, C, D — Start, 2:30 — Course, 19 Miles. Beldame, H. A. Lozier 4 17 21 1 47 21 1 47 21 Argonaut, Godfried Piel 4 27 22 1 57 22 1 41 02 Classes H, I J — Start, 2:35 — Course, 19 Miles. Reliance, A. C. Stratford Not timed. Classes K, L — Start, 2:40 — Course, 9 y2 Miles. Elapsed. Corrected. Hully G., H. Foote 4 01 19 1 21 19 The Grace, L. A. Newcome 4 14 35 1 34 35 Knickerbocker One-Design Class — Start, 3:00 — Course, 9J£ Miles. No. 1, F. L. Kraemer 4 03 00 1 03 00 No. 2, Charles Coughtry 4 09 26 1 09 26 No. 3, L. C. Berrian 4 09 15 1 09 15 No. 5, A. L. Kerker .. 4 04 55 1 04 55 No. 6, F. E. Brown 4 04 55 1 04 55 No. 7, Joseph Cassidy 4 02 19 1 02 19 No. 9, J. Sultsbach 4 08 51 1 08 51 No. 10, W. H. Gassert 4 Go 48 1 08 48 No. 11, Daniel Noble 4 08 58 1 08 58 No. 12, M. E. Connelly - 4 07 29 1 07 29 Quincy Y. C. Quincy, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. An interclub race between the yachts of the Quincy, Wollaston and Squantum Y. C.s was sailed off the Quincy Y. C. on Satur- day, June 10, in a light westerly breeze. Wawenock was an easy winner in Class A. Marvel and West Wind won on corrected times in classes B and C. Togo won in the launch class. The summary: Class A. Elapsed. Corrected. Wawenock, Seymour & Coombs 2 21 04 1 37 14 Rambler, W. Sargent 2 31 47 1 51 07 Whisper, F. C. Fowler.. 2 36 38 Harriet, H. A. Lincoln..' Disabled. Class B. Marvel, J. M. Whittemore 2 19 52 1 39 56 Eclipse, G. G. F. Sawyer, Jr 2 17 54 1 42 18 Hustler, H. W. Robbins 2 24 36 1 43 49 Moondyne, W. PI. Shaw 2 24 48 1 46 09 Pocahontas, W. D. & F. C. Merrill 2 15 54 1 46 30 Josephine, F. H. Smith 2 26 41 1 46 31 Dorothy III., F. Crane 2 27 41 1 47 58 Argesla, G. H. Wilkins 2 26 31 1 49 19 Harold W., A. B. Robbins 2 26 17 1 49 31 Clara Lee, Edg Emery 2 40 53 1 59 39 Idler W., W. H. Nichols 2 43 45 . 1 59 45 Sheilla W., T. F. Hewitson 2 29 08 . .. .. Stranger, D. & F. E. Daws Disabled. Class C. West Wind, W. W. Clewse 1 38 45 1 07 18 Mijo, W. N. Cannon 1 38 02 1 10 10 Khaki, L. II. Brown 1 45 42 1 16 18 Motor Launches. Togo, N. L. PL Curtis 3 35 42 Mischief, T. PI. E. Wilson 3 41 42 Corinthian Y. C. Marblehead, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. . The first race of the Corinthian Y. C. for the season was sailed off Marblehead on Saturday, June 10, in light shifting breezes from S.W. to S.E. On account of the shifting wind there was no real windward work in the race. Two classes filled, 22-footers and 18-footers. In the 22ft. class the old Medric got the start, but Rube passed her and led to the first mark. On the second leg Medric II. took the lead, and held it during the rest of the race, with Chewink V., ex-Clotho, in second place. In the 18ft. class Moslem II. got the start and led all over the course. The summary: 22-Footers. Medric II., H. H. White 2 20 08 Chewink V., F. G. Macomber, Jr 2 20 38 Rube, H. L. Bowden 2 21 32 Clorinda, C. D. Lanning ....2 22 07 Medric I., George Lee 2 22 40 18-Footers. Moslem II., B. D. Barker 1 22 45 Hayseed, F. P. Bowden 1 24 23 Hayseed II., H L. Bowden 1 26 59 June 17, 1903.] FOREST AND STREAM 483 Marine and Field Club. Bath Beach, Long Island— Saturday, June 10. On the afternoon of Saturday, June 10, the Marine and Field Club gave a regatta for classes Q and under over the regular Association coaise in Gravesend Bay. The wind was light and fluky throughout and luck was a prominent factor in determining the positions at the finish. All but one of the new Class 0 creations started in the race, the absentee being Cockatoo 11, which had carried away her hollow mast earlier in the week and found it impossible to make repairs in time for the Saturday event. More Trouble proved the winner- among the new boats, beating out Quest in an exciting finish by only 32s. Ojigwan and Saetta had a hard tussle for third place, the former just nosing by the mark boat 2s. to the good. Karma won from the old Class _ Q craft and Beta led the Marine and Field Class RR. The division of Class Q was according to a resolution adopted at the last meeting of the associated clubs, in which it was decided, in all but the five events counting on the championship of the year, and upon request, to place “boats built under a rule in which dis- placement is taken as a factor’’ in the regular class and give the others the choice of which division they will enter. What little wind there was hovered between S and S.W. all of the afternoon. This gave the boats a lot of windward hitches to the first mark off the Brooklyn Y. C., a reach to the Atlantic Y. C. mark, a broad reach to Fort Hamilton and still another reach home to the start off the Marine and Field Club house at Bath Beach. This journey was covered twice, aggregating be- tween 7 and 8 miles. Quest had on board during the race her builder, Mr. Willard F. Downs, of Bay Shore, and made a much' better showing than in the other two races entered this year. The summaries follow: Ojigwan, George E. Karma, J. C. Erskine. Mary, Max Grundner. . Careless, Richard Rum Wraith, Calvin Tompk Finish. Elapsed. . .4 52 22 1 47 22 ..4 52 54 1 47 54 ..4 55 16 1 50 16 ' ..4 55 18 1 50 18 ..5 07 05 2 02 05 :05. ..5 07 57 2 02 57 ..5 09 25 2 04 25 ..5 14 45 2 09 45 . .Did not finish. Sloops, Class RR — Start, 3:10. Beta, Snedeker & Camp 6 12 45 8 02 45 Gamma, A. H. Platt 6 13 14 3 03 14 Alpha, Holcomb and Howell Did not finish. *Gets time allowance, but measurement was not given. Dorchester Y. C* Dorchester, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. An open race was given by the Dorchester Y. C. for prizes offered by the City of Boston on the occasion of the 275th anni- versary of -the settlement of Dorchester, on Saturday, June 10. There were three handicap sailing classes and one class for launches. In Class A, Myrtle, ex-Helen, and Sally IV. sailed a very close race. Myrtle winning on both elapsed and corrected times. Class B was the largest, with twenty-one starters. The 18ft. knockabout Mirage II. won this race, with the 21ft. knock- about Jacobin only 20s. behind. Class C, for dories, was won by Fox on corrected time, Echo finishing first. Mr. H. H. Linnell’s new launch Scudder won in the launch class. The summary: Class A, 23 to 29Ft. Elapsed. Corrected. Myrtle, Souther & Holt *.l 14 18 1 14 18 Sentinel, G. H. Crawford 1 19 46 1 14 46 Sally IV., H. R. Starrel 1 15 IS 1 15 18 Pilgrim, J. Turner 1 20 22 1 17 22 Alma, C. IT. Swift Did not finish. Evelyn, A. D. Pratt Did not finish. Class B, Under 23Ft. Waterline. Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead 1 27 17 1 27 17 Jacobin, T. W. King 1 27 37 1 27 37 Little Robin, Carl Hodges 1 30 28 1 28 28 Theta, E. H. Snow 1 38 49 1 28 49 Vera II., H. Lundberg 1 32 05 1 39 05 Greyling, F. R. Moseley 1 33 11 1 30 11 Goblin, R. M. Lothrop 1 36 28 1 30 28 Spinster, L. M. Clark 1 37 19 1 34 19 Primrose, J. H. Stark 1 41 14 1 35 14 Simple Life, S. W. Foster 1 38 45 1 35 45 Comforter, J. M. Whittemore 1 40 58 1 36 58 Kiowa, W. Griggs 1 46 49 1 40 49 Curlew, C. W. Lynch 1 51 05 1 43 23 Raven, J. G. Berry 1 45 52 1 43 52 Haleyon, C. L. White .....1 53 29 1 46 29 Mamie, G. Monroe, Jr 1 55 07 1 51 07 Electra, J. McCormack 1 56 51 1 52 51 Swan, T. W. Smith 2 11 00 1 56 00 Bantam, J. B. Edair 2 09 25 1 56 35 Flirt, H. C. Dalrymple Did not finish. Thea, G. S. Homer Did not finish. Class C, sailing Dories Under 19Ft. Fox 0 51 10 Echo 0 49 56 Dot 0 51 27 Chin-Chan 0 53 23 Leach tender 1 00 23 Sunny Jim 1 04 18 Power Boats. Start. Anna R., E. W. Graves 3 25 00 Banzai, M. T. Crowe 3 25 00 Lickerty Split, G. D. Silsby 3 25 00 Scudder, H. IT. Tunnell 3 25 00 Highball, C. L. Hutchinson 3 25 00 Dorothy, J. F. Turner 3 25 00 Alma 3 25 00 0 48 10 0 48 56 0 51 27 0 53 23 0 54 25 1 02 18 Finish. 4 24 30 4 14 40 3 55 35 3 54 45 4 13 39 4 21 20 4 20 40 Manhasset Bay Y. C. Port Washington, Long Island Sound — Saturday, June 10. The Manhasset Bay Y. C. held its sixth annual race on Satur- day, June 10. There were thirty-six starters, and a fresh S.W. breeze made good times over the courses possible. In this club’s annual race last year there were only twenty-eight starters, and a sharp squall broke shortly before the finish, preventing eight of the contestants from completing the race. The Race Committee, composed of Colonel Frederick A. Hill, Chairman; IT. IT. Hogins, Jr., and C. IT. White, serving in place of Harry C. Ward, was on board of Vice-Commodore Cowle’s steam yacht Ardea. The committee boat took up her position near the red and black-striped buoy to the N.E. of Execution Light, making the starting line. The course was from the starting line to a mark off Week’s Point, thence to Parsonage Point and back to the finish line, a distance of 10V2 miles. The boats in the two larger classes went twice over this course, while the rest of the starters covered it once. It was a reach over the first two legs of the course, and a beat back to the finish. The 33-footers were sent away at 12:20. Mimosa III. crossed in the lead, with Alert close astern. Ballooners were broken out as the boats went over the line of the starboard tack. Alert held her own on the first leg, but Mimosa III. drew away a little after they gybed around the first mark. When it came to the windward work Mimosa III. ran away from Alert, and at the end of the first round she was leading by over 4m.. On the second round Mimosa II. continued to gain, and won by 9m. 21s. Memory was 3m. 32s. behind Alert. At 12:25 ten of the New York Y. C. one-design boats started. Phryne, nicely placed, led across with Dahinda well on top of her. Neola II., Nautilus and Cara Mia followed in the order named, while the others came along well bunched. Phryne was never headed, but Nautilus worked into second place. At the end of the first round less than 7m. separated the first and last boats. Phryne was leading Nautilus lm. 20s. On the second round Nautilus gained 20s., finishing just lm. behind Phryne. Cara Mia was third. Neola II., Alera and Maid of Mendon collided at the start, but no one protested. Snapper and Rascal were the only starters in the 27ft. sloop class. Rascal found the conditions to her liking and increased her lead on each leg. She won by 7m. 31s. When the eight raceabouts crossed, Rascal II. and Pretty Quick came together. No damage was done, however, and no one protested. Rana pushed Invader hard for first honors, but the former won by lm. 2s. Howdy was a close third. In the old Larchmont one-design class, Dorothy beat Hourj, the second boat, by 2m. Is. in the 22ft. sloop class. WaWa and Ace were without competitors in their respective classes, and were forced to take sailovers. Gauntlet, a cruising boat built for off-shore work, finished 22s. ahead of Hamburg, her only competitor. The prize in this class cannot be awarded until Hamburg has been measured. W. K. Judson won in the Manhasset dory class, J. L. Laidlaw was second. The summary: Sloops, 33Ft. Class— Start, 12:20— Course, 21 Miles. Finish. Elapsed. Alert, J. W. Alker 3 41 32 3 21 32 Mimosa III., T. L. Park 3 32 11 3 12 11 Memory, PI. M. Raborg 3 45 04 3 25 04 New York 30-Footers — Start, 12:25 — Course, 21 Miles. Alera, A. H. & J. W. Alker 3 53 13 3 28 13 Affair, Cord Meyer 3 57 12 3 32 12 Maid of Mendon, W. D. Guthrie 3 55 37 3 o0 37 Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan, Jr 3 56 39 3 31 39 Carlita, O. ITarriman Did not finish. Neola II., G. M. Pynchon 3 5d 22 3 28 22 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 3 50 57 3 25 57 Banzai, Newbury D. Lawton 3 64 33 3 29 33 Nautilus, A. G. & IT. W. Hanan 3 49 33 3 24 33 Phryne, H. L. Maxwell 3 48 33 3 23 33 Sloops, 27Ft. Class— Start, 12:30— Course, 10y2 Miles. Snaoner F S. Page 2 39 54 2 09 54 Rascal, John J. D^yer 2 32 17 2 02 17 Raceabouts — Start, 12:35 — Course, IOV2 Miles. Pretty Quick, A. B. Alley 2 37 57 2 02 57 Nora, A. Iselin III 2 36 34 2 01 34 Invader, Jr., R.‘ A. Rainey 2 30 20 1 55 20 Mystral, A. C. Bostwick 2 32 29 1 57 29 Tartan, G. L. Pirie 2 35 07 2 00 07 Howdy, G. Mercer, Jr 2 31 51 1 56 51 Rascal II., S. C. Hopkins 2 33 24 1 58 24 Rana, H. Willets 2 31 22 1 56 22 Larchmont One-design Class — Start, 12:40 — Course, 10y2 Miles. Dorothy, L. G. Spence 2 39 48 1 59 48 Vaquero, W. Stump 2 50 36 2 10 36 Houri, J. H. Esser 2 44 20 2 04 20 Sloops, 22Ft. Class— Start, 12:45 — Course, 101/2 Miles. Rogue, A. B. Alley 2 50 18 2 05 18 Kanaka, J. S. Mahlstead 2 54 01 2 09 01 Montauk, H. D. Sheldon 2 52 19 2 07 19 Indian Harbor Knockabouts — Start, 12:50 — Course, 1014 Miles. WaWa, G. B. Robinson 3 07 32 2 17 32 New Rochelle Class — Start, 12:50 — Course 1014 Miles. Ace, R. N. Bavier 3 07 03 2 17 03 Sloops, ISFt. Class — Start, 12:50 — Course, 1014 Miles. Gauntlet, L. D. Huntington 3 05 14 2 15 14 Hamburg, M. Goldschmidt 3 05 36 2 15 36 Manhasset Dories — Start, 12:55 — Course, 1014 Miles. No. 1, E. Roesler 3 20 52 2 25 52 No. 4, J. L. Laidlaw 3 18 47 2 23 47 No. 6, W. IC. Judson ....3 17 59 2 22 59 Cobweb Y. C. Hudson River — Tuesday, May 30. The annual spring regatta of the Cobweb Y. C. took place on Decoration Day, May 30, over the club course, starting from the club house, foot of 152d street and Hudson River, to the first stake boat anchored off the long dock at Undercliff, then south along the New Jersey shore to the second stake boat anchored off Fort I.ee, about two blocks north of the ferry house, then back to the starting point, twice around, making 15 miles. Wind, S. W., and ebb tide. Class A, Cabin Sloops Over 30Ft. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Lillian 1 20 00 Withdrew. Retta L 1 20 00 Withdrew'. Class B, Open Sloops Under 30Ft. Mavis ..1 11 20 5 20 40 4 09 20 Zettes 1 16 40 Withdrew. Wanda 1 20 00 Withdrew. Class C, Open Cats Over 20Ft. Comanche 1 10 50 5 06 15 3 55 25 McDonald 1 20 00 Withdrew. Class D, Open Cats Under 20Ft. C. T. Willis 1 14 30 5 25 20 4 10 50 Frank 1 15 35 Withdrew. Bob 1 20 00 Withdrew. Class E, Cabin Cats. Yvonne 1 19 00 6 02 30 4 43 30 Spree 1 20 00 Withdrew. Launches. Horse- power. L. W. L. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected Barney 12 25 1 31 05 2 47 55 1 16 50 1 31 5!) Jessie 4 22.6 1 30 40 2 58 30 1 27 50 1 29 17 Kidder 6 23. 1 30 40 3 02 20 1 31 40 1 37 40 Labusky ....6 22. 1 30 50 3 04 35 1 33 45 1 39 00 Hallie 3 19. 1 30 45 3 05 15 1 34 30 1 35 50 Erin 5 23. 1 31 20 3 05 40 1 34 20 1 39 05 Walter 3 20. 1 31 30 Withdrew. The winning boats were Mavis, Comanche, C. T. Wills, Yvonne, Jessie. B. H. McClain, official timekeeper, D. Tyrrell, D. Man- son, judges. Winthrop Y. C. <0; Winthrop, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. The first of a series of interclub races between yachts of the Winthrop, South Boston and Columbia yacht clubs, was sailed off Winthrop on Saturday, June 10, in a light westerly breeze. Thialfi, a South Boston boat, won the first class, and Hermes and Owaissa, two Winthrop boats won in the second and third classes respectively. The summary: Class A. Thialfi, Dr. Soule Violet, A. J. McKee Grandee, A. H. Baker Hilda, S. H. L. Harkell Elaine, A. W. Chesterton Anthony, G. Colman Nelka, J. Embrone Chieftain, J. Holland Sadie B, Wm. Hennessy Class B. Hermes, C. A. Heney Kit, H. Whittier Arbutus, W. L. Young Mistral, G. M. Hannon Abrash, M. L. J. Girdnay Helen, C. A. Young Class C. Owaissa, W. Kelly Pool Boy, J. Perry Varuna, J. W. Nodwell Madelyn, G. O. Nash Hattie, L. T. Harrington Elf, Mr. Wells Navajo, F. Bryne Scamper, C. Tewksbury Elapsed. Corrected. ..1 32 45 1 15 24 , .1 38 18 1 16 56 .1 46 55 1 21 34 . .1 37 50 1 24 38 . .1 35 19 1 25 43 .1 46 35 1 27 05 . .1 51 22 1 29 35 . .1 59 30 1 43 22 .2 02 30 1 40 09 .1 35 19 1 19 12 .1 38 52 1 23 00 .1 40 57 1 26 48 .1 42 25 1 27 01 .1 57 02 1 38 25 .2 10 30 1 47 40 .1 38 27 1 19 25 .1 41 07 1 20 42 .1 41 08 1 28 06 .1 53 07 1 30 17 .1 53 18 1 30 28 .1 53 17 1 31 46 .2 00 56 1 35 50 .2 00 08 1 40 28 Boston Y. C. Hull, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. A special club race of the Boston Y. C. was sailed off the Hull station on Saturday, June 10, in a light westerly breeze. Only Class I filled, Bonitwo winning easily. The summary: First Rating Class. Elapsed. Jingo, George B. Doane 1 02 00 CIbss X Bonitwo, G. W. Wightman 1 04 02 Dorchen, A. W. Finley 1 07 29 Nicknack, E. B. Holmes 1 10 16 Humbug, Cole & Bacon -. 1 11 20 Second Rating Class. Anne, C. B. Pratt ,1 18 01 - I I M .1 I LM- . . ■ Atlantic Y. C. Sea Gate, New York Harbor — Saturday, June 10. The first race for the Underwood cup, open for competition to Atlantic Y. C. boats in classes P and above, was held on Satur- day, June 10, starting at 3:05 P. M. Conditions governing the trophy are similar to those of the Havens cup. The boats com- pete in one class on time allowance and three victories are neces- sary for permanent ownership. Edgar F. Luckenbach’s Bobtail won the first race, defeating J. B. O’Donohue’s Redwing by 6m. 10s., corrected time. Starting in the event besides those mentioned were S. _ E. Vernon’s Vivian II., L. IT. Dyer’s Pluntress and D. S. Wylie’s Lizana. The latter two withdrew at the end of the first round of the course. Liziana had fouled one of the turning buoys at Craven Shoal. A triangular course was twice covered, which gave windward work from the start off Sea Gate to a bell buoy three-quarters of a mile to the northward of West Bank Light, a broad reach to Craven Shoal buoy and another reach home. The next race for the trophy is scheduled to start on Saturday, July 15. The summaries follow: Sloops, Classes P and Above — Start, 3:05. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Bobtail 5 43 35 2 38 35 2 36 43 Redwing ...5 47 53 2 42 53 2 42 53 Vivian II 6 06 50 3 01 50 3 00 07 Huntress Did not finish. Lizana Did not finish. Yachting Fixtures for 1905. Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will confer a favor by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list, and also changes which may be made in the future: JUNE. 15. New York, Bennett cups, Glen Cove. 15. West Hampton C. C., club. 15. Atlantic, annual. 17.' Bensonhurst, open. 17. Atlantic, A. P. B. A. regatta. 17. Seawanhaka-Corinthian, club. 17. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. I 17. Hampton Roads, power boat cruise. 17. Boston, M. Y. R. A., Hull. 17. Corinthian, ocean race. 17. Keystone, club. 17. New York A. C., race to Block Island. 17. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 17. Wollaston-Quincy, interclub. , 17. Beverly, club. 17. Rhode Island, club. 20. East Gloucester, club. 22. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. 22. Moriches, club. 22. Shuinecock, club. 22. Quantuck, club. 22. Sea Side, open. 23. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. 24. Seawanhaka Corinthian, annual. 24. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 24. Squantum, M. Y. R. A. 24. Bristol, open. 24. Lakewood, series race. 24. Unqua Corinthian, club. j 24. Royal Canadian, club. 24. Rhode Island, cruising race. 24. Rhode Island, open. 24. Beverly, club. 24. Atlantic, first championship, Y. R. A. G. B. 24. Corinthian, open. 28. Sea Side, club. 29. Brooklyn, ocean race to Hampton Roads. 29. West Hampton C. C., cruise. 29. Quantuck, cruise. 29. Moriches, cruise. JULY. 1. Atlantic, Havens cup No. 2 and Underwood eup. 1. Bristol, ocean race. 1. Beverly, club. 1. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 1. Knickerbocker, cruise. 1. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 1. Seaside Park, ladies’ cup races. 1. Royal Canadian, Queen’s cup race. 1. New Rochelle, annual. 1. Boston, club, Marblehead. 1. Corinthian, club, Marblehead. 2. New Rochelle, cruise. 3. American, annual. 3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 3. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. 3. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy. 4. Lakewood, Gardner cup. 4. Atlantic, open. 4. Corinthian, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, power boat races. 4. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 4. Edgewood, club. ; 4. Wollaston, club championship. 4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 4. Seaside Park, club. 4. Hampton Roads, cruise. 4. Jamaica Bay Y. R. A. races. 4. Beverly, sweepstake. 4. East Gloucester, club. 4. Hartford, annual. 4. Larchmont, annual. 1 4. Sea Side, club. 5-12. Atlantic, cruise. , 7. Eastern, cruise. 8. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 8. New York, Glen Cove, cups. 8. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 8. Wollaston, club championship. 8. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 8. Edgewood, club. 8. Quincy, M. Y. R. A. 8. Rhode Island, cruising race. 8. Seaside Park, club. 8. Beverly, club j 8. Corinthian, club. 8. Unqua Corinthian, Williams cups. 8. Riverside, annual. i j 8. Sea Side, open. 8. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 9. Canarsie, open. ; 9. Morrisania power boat race. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, ocean race. ' ; 11. Lakewood, series race. 12. Seaside Park, club. 1 12. Sea Side, open. 15. Royal Canadian, club. 15. New Rochelle, club. 15. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 15. Seaside Park, club. 15. Country Club, Detroit club. 15. Edgewood, club. 15. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 15. Keystone, club. j 15. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 15. Beverly, club. 15. Boston, cruise. 15. Corinthian, club. . 17. Edgewood, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 18. New Brunswick Y. R. A. regatta. Prudence Island. 18. East Gloucester, club. 19. Seaside Park. club. 19. Rhode Island, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 20. Rhole Island-Sachem Head, team race. 20. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup. 21. Fall River, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 22. Knickerbocker, power boat race to Marblehead. | 22. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 22. Winthrop, M. Y. R. A. 22. Bristol, N. B. Y. R. A. : 22. Rhode Island, cruising race. 22. Seaside Park, club. ?? R./yal Canadian, Canada’s cup trials. 22. Beverly Y. CL club. 22. Marine and Field, second championship, Y. R. A. G. B, 484 FOREST AND STREAM [June 17, 1905. t^maqing* Twenty-Sixth Annual Meet of the A. C. A. The 1905 meet will be held on Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River, from August 4 to 18. The headquarters tents, store, and mess, will occupy the sites previously used by them. Mails will be distributed by the secretary, in the headquarters tent. The address for United States mail and express matter will be: A. C. A. Camp, Sugar Island, via Clayton, N. Y., and for Canadian mail and express matter, A. C. A. Camp, Sugar Island, via Gananoque, Ontario. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS. The usual arrangements will be made with the Customs Depart- ment of Canada in regard to the entry of canoes, tents, and outfits, and an official will be stationed on the island. Canoes and out- fits for use at the meet will be entered free of duty. Duty must be paid on all provisions imported. A camp store will be opened, where all necessary provisions, kerosene, ice, tin-ware, etc., will be for sale at reasonable prices. A public mess will be arranged for under the direction of a competent caterer. The rate will be $1.25 per day. CAMP SITES. To members who have attended the meets of 1903 and 1904, nothing need be said to recall to their memories the beauty and attractiveness of this island as a camp ground. To all members who have^ not as yet enjoyed the privilege of camping on this gem of the Thousand Islands, and meeting their brother canoeists from the North, South, East and West, we can only say, you do not realize what you are missing. We publish herewith a sketch- map showing sites previously occupied by some of the clubs, and the names of a few members who can be written to for informa- tion in regard to the available sites in their immediate locality. It is expected that a number of members will run their own mess, and every effort will be made to make this popular. Bring your mess-box and cook outfit and be a real camper. Pack your canoe in about four inches of straw, sew it up in burlap, and ship it ahead by freight. Pack your camp outfit in an old trunk, and bring it with you free as baggage. Overhaul your camp outfit now! See whether the old tent will serve once more, if not, buy another. We have had prices on regular wall tents quoted to us by reliable makers, here in New York City, as follows: 7x7, 7ft. high, 3ft. wall, 8oz. duck, from $6.50 to $8; fly for same, 8oz. duck, from $3 to $3.50; 9x9, 7ft. 6in. high, 3ft. wall, 8oz. duck, from $8 to $10; fly for same, 8oz. duck, from $3.50 to $4.50. These prices include poles, pegs, ropes and a bag for the tent. This is the cheapest style of tent in which there is any head room, and we urge members to buy and own their own tents. Forest and Stream’s advertisers would be glad to correspond with you and quote prices. RENTAL OF TENTS. If, however, there are any members who prefer only to rent tents, we have arranged to furnish, 7x9 wall tents, without fly, at $5 for two weeks; fly for same, at $2.50 for two weeks; 10x12 wall tents, without fly, at $8 for two weeks; fly for same, at $4 for two weeks. No tents will be supplied for less than two weeks, and must be ordered not later than July 15. COTS, BLANKETS, ETC. We have on hand and will rent, wire cots and mattresses, $2 per week; upholstered cots, $1 per week; blankets, cotton, 50 cents per week; comfortables, cotton, 50 cents per week. There are only a few' of each, so send in your application early. TENT FLOORS. The rental of tent floors for two weeks, or the season will be: All sizes under and including 7x9, $3; over 7x9 and including 10x12, $4; over 10x12, per 100 sq. ft., $4. All applications for camp sites, with or without floors, tent floors, rented tents, cots, blankets, etc., must be made not later than July 15, to Frederic Andreas, Chairman Camp Site Com- mittee, 1 Broadway, New York city. No orders will be filled for tents, tent floors, cots or blankets, unless accompanied by a check or P. O. money order made payable to the order of Frederic G. Mather, Treasurer, covering the amount ordered. Under no circumstances send cash in letter. Register your letter. An extra charge will be made if tents are put up and taken down for members. The meet closes officially on Aug. 18, and all rented cots, blankets and tents must be given up by Aug. 19. The Camp Site Committee for 1905: Frederic Andreas, Chair- man, 1 Broadway, New York City; Charles F. Daymond, West Englewood, N. J. ; Henry G. Chamberlain, 322 Washington, Ave., Chelsea, Mass. TRANSPORTATION. The customary concession to members of the A. C. A. and their families attending camp, viz., a round trip at the rate of one and one-third full fare to and from Clayton and Gananoque, has been granted upon the usual terms by the Trunk Line Associa- tion, embracing all territory east from Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Salamanca, Erie and Pittsburg; by the New England Passenger Association, embracing all New England;, by the Cen- tral Passenger Association, covering all points in its territory as far as Chicago and St. Louis; also all points in Canada east of and including Toronto, and Grand Trunk Railway from New England points, and by the Grand Trunk Railway System, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co., and the Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte Steamboat Co., Ltd., (Steamers North King and Caspian). Members will pay full fare to Clayton or Gananoque, obtaining from the selling agents certificates, which, when properly in- dorsed and vised at Sugar Island, will enable the holders thereof to return to the point of starting by continuous passage at one- third of the regular rate, provided such full fare is seventy-five cents or more. All such certificates must be presented to H. M. Stewart upon registering at Camp, together with twenty-five cents for each vise fee by special agent, who will be in attendance August 14. No certificate will be valid for passage ticket without compliance with these rules. Members arriving at Gananoque or Clayton by rail or steamer should take the steamer Valeria for Sugar Island, and secure an A. C. A. ticket at the rate of 75 cents for round trip, with one canoe and duffle carried free. The running schedule of the Valeria will be published in later numbers of Forest and Stream. All canoes, duffle, baggage, freight, express or other matter destined for camp fay the Valeria must be prepaid to Clayton, New York, or Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, and plainly marked: “A. C. A. Camp, per steamer Valeria.” Note: Members purchasing tickets with requisite certificates may do so only from Aug. 1 to Aug.6, both inclusive, and such certificates will be valid for return passage tickets at reduced rate, by continuous passage to destination, without stopover, to Aug. 23, inclusive. There can be no deviation from this rule. Such certificates carry no concession as to amount of baggage handled, beyond that of first-class passage tickets. Special facilities for the handling of canoes, duffle, etc., to and from camp have been made by the committeemen of the different divisions, and all members contemplating going are requested to communicate with their man. For Central Division men from Pittsburg and Buffalo, a special car will be provided to carry all canoes, baggage, etc., to and from camp. Members will please address: F. C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield street, Pittsburg, Pa., for further particulars. Your committee will cheerfully give all available information on application, in addition to the above. Members of Central Division, south and west of Buffalo, wishing to stop over at Niagara Falls, can communicate with Mr. Demmler, address as • above, who will advise concerning plan for such stopover at a somewhat reduced rate. For Eastern Division members, your committeeman is endeavor- ing to secure best rates possible for car. Communicate with B. F. Jacobs, Jr., West Medford, Mass. The following rates have been quoted: Canoes, Boston to Clayton, by freight, $2.04 per cwt., or $43 for 36ft. car. If twenty-five members club together, a baggage car will be furnished in Boston for $45, or for ' fifty passengers car will be furnished free. Further reductions are looked for. For Northern Division, members will please address: E. A. Burns, 44 King St. E., Toronto, Ont. For the Atlantic Division, special baggage car has been ar- ranged to transport all such canoes, etc., to and from Clayton, free of charge; the car to be loaded and unloaded going and coming at the expense of the members participating therein. The car will be side-tracked in the 30th Street Station of the New York Central & Hudson River R. R., July 28, Friday; Man- hattan Station (130th St.), July 29, Saturday; 147th Street Yards (Knickerbocker C. C.), July 30, Sunday; Yonkers, July 31, Mon- day; from there being moved through to Clayton without stop. Canoes, duffle, etc., may be loaded at any of these points. The committee will endeavor to arrange still further facilities for those members loading at 130th street, to lessen the carrying distance to the car — of this, due notice will be published. All canoes, etc., coming from points in New Jersey, the Delaware, etc., may be expressed to 30th Street Station, near 9th Avenue, New York. All canoes, duffle, etc., must be plainly marked: “Special Baggage Car, A. C. A. Camp, Clayton, N. Y.,” and all freight, express and cartage charges must be prepaid. The New York Central have agreed to issue a ticket at a special rate from New York to Clayton, costing $10 — for the round trip. This ticket can be purchased only from Mr. Charles Neuville, Passenger Agent, 415 Broadway, New York city, on or after the 3d of August. It will be good returning any time within thirty days and will count in making up the number requisite for obtaining the rate of a fare and a third for members coming from other points. Please note that this ticket can be purchased only at the above address and ask for “Special A. C. A. Camp Ticket.” Your committeeman will provide a special sleeping car for the use of members and their families, leaving Grand Central Station, New York, Friday, Aug. 4, by the Thousand Island Express. Applications for berths should be made to the chairman of the committee not later than Saturday, July 29. Should there not be a sufficient number to engage entire car, space will be allotted in regular sleepers. All applications should include berth charges, viz., $2 each. Clubs of the several divisions are earnestly requested to com- municate with each other as to means of transporting canoes, etc., to arid from central points, where they can be loaded, as substantial reductions in cost of movement can often be effected by such co-operation. Forest and Stream will contain further advices from your committee. The Transportation Committee — Chairman, Atlantic, Louis Reichert, 155 Broadway, New York; Eastern, B. F. Jacobs, Jr., West Medford, Mass. ; Central, F. C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Northern, E. A. Burns, 44 King St. E., Toronto, Ont. REGATTA PROGRAMME. Sugar Island — -August 4 to 18, 1905. Sailing Races. (Prescribed by Racing Regulations.) Event No. 1 — Trophy sailing race, 9 miles; limit 3% hours. Event No. 2 — Dolphin trophy race, iy2 miles; limit 3 hours. By deed of gift, the winner of the sailing trophy race is debarred from entry in Dolphin trophy race. Event No. 3 — Sailing race, 6 miles; limit 2 y2 hours. (Not pre- scribed by racing regulations.) Event No. 4 — Novice sailing race, 3 miles; limit V/2 hours. Open to men who have not sailed canoes prior to September 1, 1904. F • Event No. 5 — Open canoes, sailing ' around Sugar Island. Limited to open canoe, steered by paddle and using detachable lee-boards. Event No. 6 — Open canoe sailing, iy2 miles. Event No. 7 — Sailing race, cruising class; 85ft. sail area limit. For decked canoes, capable of storing complete camp outfit. Paddling Races. (Prescribed by Racing Regulations.) Event No. 8 — Trophy paddling, 1 mile straightaway. Event No. 9 — One man, single blade; y2 mile straightaway Event No. 10 — One man, double blade; y2 mile straightaway. Event No. 11 — Tandem, single blades; y2 mile straightaway. Event No. 12 — Tandem, double blades; y2 mile straightaway. Sundry Races. Event No. 13 — Mixed tandem, single blade; % mile straightaway. Event No. 14 — Tilting tournament. Subject to new regulations. Special Races. Race for open or decked canoes. Prizes donated by a member. Minimum length 16ft., breadth 30in. ; maximum length 18ft., breadth 34in. ; minimum weight, 65 pounds of boat, and to ballast up to 85 pounds. Event No. 15 — One man paddling, to carry 150 pounds dead weight below guriwale in sand bags. Event No. 16 — Two men paddling, to carry 200 pounds dead weight below gunwale in sand bags. Race to be around the island, starting and finishing in front of the headquarters point. Single blades only to be used. Event No. 17 — Sailing race for decked cruising canoes, sail area not. to exceed 85ft.; 200 pounds ballast to be carried, to repre- sent cruising outfit. Around Sugar Island, start and finish to be in front of headquarters point. Prizes donated by Regatta Com- mittee. Note: All events in which there are less than two entries will be canceled. In events of less than three entries no second prize will be awarded. The committee reserve the right to change programme at camp, if necessary, by posting same on bulletin board. M. Ohlmeyer, Chairman, 201 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken, N.J. Arthur G. Mather, Wm. G. Harrison. New York C. C. Bensonhurst, Long Island— Saturday, June 10. F. C. Speidel won the handicap open sailing canoe race which was decided at the New York C. C. on Saturday, June 10. Similar events are to be held each Saturday until the fall regatta, for a point trophy offered by C. E. Dunn. A V/2- mile triangle was covered twice. The summaries follow: Open Sailing Canoes — Start, 3:40. Start. Finish. Elapsed. F. Speidel 1 26 35 1 26 35 W Carmalt 5 07 55 1 27 55 1 27 25 A. M. Poole 5 09 23 1 29 23 1 29 23 R. S. Hawthorne 5 13 00 1 33 06 1 30 06 C. E. Dunn 5 11 55 1 35.55 1 35 55 1. M. Dean 5 16 10 1 36 10 1 33 10 Wm. Yelland, Jr A. G A. Membership. NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. Atlantic Division. — Stanley B. Rose, Trenton, N. J., Fred G. Furman; Charles F. Ash, Brooklyn, N. Y., by H. M. Dater; H. Kennard, New York City, by F. C. Moore. Central Division. — Deloss M. Rose, Rochester, N. Y., by C. Avery; H. T. Hildebrand, Pittsburg, Pa., by H. G. Welsh; J. G. Schreuder, Edgewood Park, Pa., by H. G. Welsh. Western Division. — Douglas Bradley, St. Louis, Mo., by E. T. Keyser. Frederic G. Mather, Treas. ifle U mg t and (^allerg. — +. — Fixtures. June 15-18. — Central Sharpshooters’ Union, under auspices of Davenport, la., Shooting Association. F. Berg, Sec’y. July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle Association. July 26- Aug. 1. — Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York Rifle Association. Aug. 11-18. — Fort Des Moines, la., Rifle Association annual meeting. Aug. 24-28. — Sea Girt, N. J. — National rifle and revolver matches. Aug. 29-Sept. 9.— Sea Girt, N. J. — National Rifle Association and New Jersey State Association. 80. C. F. Wolters.... 14 East Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 85. E. A. Burns 44 East King St., Toronto, Ont. 37. H. M. Stewart 85 East Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 42. J. K. Hand 5 Nassau St., New York City. 44. F. C. Hoyt 57 Broadway, New York City. 45. D. B. Goodsell 53 Washington Sq., New York City. 46. W. B. Breck 234 Garfield PI., Brooklyn, N. Y. 48. H. G. Chamberlain 322 Washington Ave., Chelsea, Mass. 60. H. L. Pollard 70 Manhattan St., New York City. 63. J. S. Wright 535 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 70. A. G. Mather ..84 South St., Medford, Mass. 84. M. Ohlmeyer, Jr 201 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken, N. J. 90. E. M. Underhill 15 Ann St., Yonkers, N. Y. 100. W. W. Crosby 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. 120. F. Andreas 1 Broadway, New York City. 131. W. A. Furman 846 Berkley Ave., Trenton, N. J. 132. R. J. Wilkin 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 170. H. W. Breitenstein 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa. 171. E. H. Demmler 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa. 200. L. Reichert 155 Broadway, New York City. 202. C. P. Forbush 164 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 209. J. E. Plummer 72 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 221. H. L. Quick Yonkers, N. Y. Cincinnati Rifle Association. The following scores were made in regular competition by members of this association at Four-Mile House, Reading road, on June 4. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the 25-ring target. Nestler was champion for the day with the good score of 227. Payne was high man on the honor target with 70 points. A gusty wind from 3 to 6 o’clock quarter blew all day. Light fair, and weather warm, hovering around 90. Our old veteran, Mr. Hasenzahl, is over in California on a business trip, and while there he visited the new range of the Los Angeles Rifle Club and made scores as follows: 209, 201, 200, 198, 203. A stiff wind blew across the range at the time. They shoot from one hill to another. He was received very cordially by the boys, who are a jolly set. He will come back as far as Davenport in time to be present at the Central Sharpshooters’ tournament. The scores: Nestler ... Payne Roberts . . Gindele . . Drube .... Bruns . . . . Hofman . . Freitag .. Hofer Trounstine 227 215 212 208 204 223 221 221 216 213 222 218 217 214 209 216 ... ... ... 211 192 i87 ... . . . 210 207 206 200 198 209 205 205 204 204 208 195 193 189 184 201 201 193 193 191 185 181 165 163 153 The 50-shot match with the Kansas City Rifle Club, 5-men teams, and the 10-shot match with the Wausau Schuetzen Verein, 10-men teams, both came off to-day and resulted in a victory in both instances for the home teams. Scores as follows: Kansas City Rifle and Pistol Club: E N Williams 190 226 219 207 233—1075 A W Peck 190 2„ 199 208 200—1018 F Evans 185 198 200 179 205— 967 L A Snow 174 199 192 176 214— 955 J H Snow 155 179 199 178 18&- 896-4911 Cincinnati team: Payne 216 213 223 221 205—1078 Nestler 199 204 208 196 215—1022 Roberts 196 208 217 214 222—1057 Bruns 186 210 206 194 207—1003 Hofer 201 191 193 193 189— 967—5127 Wausau Team. Wm Kopper 199 A Leipinski 210 J Dern 181 O Mathie 214 G Naffz 174 O Mueller 208 Wm Lohmer 191 F Matie 211 H Binzer 206 JI Schmidt 199-1993 Cincinnati Team. Payne 213 Hofer 191 Freitag 194 Drube 192 Nestler 204 Hofman 209 Bruns 210 Roberts 208 Trounstine 185 Gindele 216 — 2022 June 17, 1905.] Forest and stream. ■486 New York Schuetzen Corps. The forty-eighth annual shooting festival was held June 7 and 8 in Union Hill Shooting Park, New Jersey, and was a success in both attendance and shooting interest. A large number of the shooting corps of New York city and vicinity attended in num- mbers, and the wives and children of the members were there, too. The unfavorable weather of the first day kept some persons away, but the second day was fine, and the interest as lively as the attendance at the park was large. The most notable feature of the whole tournament was the performance of Richard Gute, in making a new record for this range on the ring target. It will be remembered that at the indoor championship tournament in this city last March Mr. Gute was high man with an unusually good 100-shot score, and was beaten at the eleventh hour by Louis Ittel, of Pittsburg. Mr. Gute was surprised, but not disheartened, and since then he has practiced diligently with an eye on the next year’s cham- pionship, which he will try harder than ever to win. That he is doing good work will be understood when it is stated that in making this new record for Union Hill range he placed three consecutive shots in the 25-ring of the German ring target at 200yds, offhand, using a recut barrel and ordinary peep sights. The diameter of the 25-circle is l!4_inches. This equals the pos- sible made by Louis C. Buss at the Greenville range some years ago. The King medal and the honors attending this ceremony went to Fred Von Deesten. Miss Mary Wilkins made the presentation speech and pinned the King medal on his coat. Mr. Gute was high on the ring target with 145 out of the possible 150 points, while Reinhold Busse made the best bullseye. The scores follow: Eagle Target. — John G. Thoelke, middle crown; Herman Nord- bruck, right crown; John D. Wilkins, left crown; John Helms, globe; Henry Martens, sceptre; J. G. Kroeger, right ring; F. Von Deesten, left ring; Henry Knade, right neck; August Bruenke, left neck; Otto Schwanemann, right thigh; J. H. Klee, left thigh; Herman Heinicke, tail; Barney Zettler, right wing; William Wersel, left wing; Henry Dicker, American flag; H. D. Meyer, German flag. Ring Target: R Gute . 145 M Dorrler 144 L P Hansen . 143 F C Ross 137 A Hubalek 135 E Fischer 69 O Schmidt . 68 George Schlicht . . . 68 A T Segert , 67 William A Tewes. 67 Charles Bischoff . 67 R Busse 66 A Kronsberg . 65 C G Zettler 64 D Scharninghaus . 64 E Heidelberger ... 63 Jj Muzzio . 63 G Thomas 62 B Zettler . 62 Premiums. — R. Gute 348, M. Dorrler 347, L. P. Hansen 343, F. C. Ross 337. Bullseye Target, Degrees R Busse 25 E Fischer 59 W A Tewes 28 O Schwanemann . . 59y2 John Facklamm 32y2 August Kronsberg 63 M Dorrler 33 Charles Meyer .... 711/2 Charles Bischoff 38 D Scharninghaus . 73y2 F C Ross 41 C G Zettler 76 A Hubalek 43 R Gute 84 G Ludwig 43y2 G Thomas 87 Fred Facompre 48 O Schmidt 90 George Schlicht 491/2 L P Hansen 93 Premiums : F C Ross M Dorrler 25 George Schlicht .. 36 A Hubalek 19 John Facklamm .. 30 First and last flags. — Schlicht and Facklamm, Ross and Krons- berg. Prize Rifle Competition. The J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. have inaugurated a boys’ prize competition under the following conditions: “We will shortly make a new rifle, especially built for boys — - accurate, safe, durable — a Stevens all over. We wish to call our rifle something distinctive, individual and a name that will best typify it. “Our offer terminates Aug. 15, 1905. In order to encourage the receipt of as many different names as it is possible to obtain, we do not restrict you to supply but one name. Send in as many as you wish— specifying first, second and third selections, etc. Of course it is understood that each competitor can secure but one Stevens as a prize. One of our popular, well-known Favorite No. 17 rifles will be awarded to the person sending in the best name. A ‘Little Krag’ No. 65 rifle will be awarded to the contestant submitting the second best name. A ‘Crack Shot’ No 16 rifle will be presented to the contestant furnishing the third name. A ‘Stevens-Maynard Jr.’ No. 15 to the fourth. A Stevent ‘Tip Up’ No 41 pistol to the fifth. These firearms will be delivered free, all charges prepaid. Conform to the simple conditions of our prize offer. Furnish as many names as you wish to forward. Write on one side of sheet only; in a plain, legible hand. State name and address clearly. Date your communication. If a number of competitors submit the same names, the one sending in the name first will receive the prize. The names of the suc- cessful contestants will be published in the Fall issues of all the representative outdoor and sportsmen’s publications. The judges of this competition will be the officers of our company. Address: Prize Rifle Competition, J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, U. S. A.” Providence, R. I., Revolver Club. Rather an off week; weather bad, and majority of scores worse. A few of the men who had an opportunity to sandwich in their practice made a creditable showing, but Saturday’s efforts showed that most of the shooters had that “tired feeling’’ and lost their scores. Hurlburt appeared at the range about in time for closing and found the Major has done some good work with his military revolver. Week ending June 10. The following scores were shot on the Portsmouth range: Rifle, 50yds., on the Standard pistol target. — B. Norman, 89, 86, 85; H. Powell, 87, 84, 83, 82. Pistol, 50yds., Standard. — Wm. Almy, 92, 91, 86, 85. The following scores were shot on Cranston range: 1 Revolver, 50yds., Standard. — Wm. F. Eddy, military, 70, 74, 75, 83, 76, 84, 81, 77, 82; A. C. Hurlburt, 81, 72; Arno Argus, 76, 73, 79. Revolver, 50yds., military count. — Wm. F. Eddy, 46, 46, 45, 47, 47, 45, 47 ; Arno Argus, 46, 45, 45 ; A. C. Hurlburt, 46, 43, 43. Italian Shooting Association. During the picnic of the Messina Association of New York city, on June 5, a rifle shooting contest was held by the Italian Shooting Association and some nice trophies shot for. G. T. Conti won the gold medal with a score of 102 out of the possible 108 , points. Second man was L. Reali, who scored 99 and won the silver medal. M. Mandelli was third with 96; De Felice, fourth, 94; Messina, fifth; Muzio, sixth; Gazzola, seventh. The Messina Association gold medal was shot for by members of that society only. G. Gazzetta won with a score of 88 points. Remington Rifle Club. Ilion, N. Y., June 5. — The Remington Gun and Rifle Club will hold an open rifle shoot July 4, on their rifle range at Myers Flats, Main street, Ilion, N. Y., U. & M. V. Stop No. 38, rain or shine. Merchandise programme will be out later. W. H. Grimshaw, Sec’y. It 'Will Interest Them. To Each Reader: If you find in the Forest and Stream news or discussions of interest, your friends and acquaintances who are fond of out-door life will probably also enjoy reading it. If you think of any who would do so, and care to send them coin cards, which, when re- turned with a nominal sum, will entitle them to one short-time “trial trip,” we shall be glad to send you, without cost, coin cards for such distribution, upon receiving from you a postal card request. Or, the following blank may be sent: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 346 Broadway, New York. Please send me Forest and Stream Coin Cards to distribute to friends. Name Address L_ „ _ . .. Stele f^mp&hootmg. — — « — _ If you want your shoot to be announced here send a notice like the following: Fixtures. June 14-15. — Durham, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters’ Associa- tion second annual tournament. Geo. L. Lyon, Pres. June 14-15. — Middletown, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. Pierstorff, Sec’y. June 15. — Champlain, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. June 16. — Indianapolis, Ind. — Limited Gun Club championship shoot. June 16-17. — Pottstown, Pa. — Shuler Gun Club target tournament. June 16-17. — Pottstown, Pa. — Shuler Gun Club target tournament. June 16-18. — Putnam, 111. — Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association tournament. C. G. Grubbs, Mgr. June 17. — Chicago, 111., Gun Club special 100-target contest. C. P. Zacher, Sec’y. June 20. — Dayton, O. — Rohrer’s Island Gun Club tournament. Will E. Kette, Sec’y. June 20-21.— Binghamton, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club tournament, Vernon L. Perry, Sec’y. June 20-21. — Jackson., Mich. — Michigan State shoot, under auspices of Jackson Gun Club. H. B. Crosier, Sec’y. June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club annual tournament. Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec’y. June 21-22. — Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament E. C. Charlton, Sec’y. June 21. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia third tournament, under auspices of Grafton Gun Club. A. R. Warden, Sec’y. June 22. — Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, Sec’y. June 22-23. — Atlantic City, N. J. — Seashore Gun Club shooting tournament. E. M. Smith, Sec’y. June 22-24. — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen’s Association of the North- west tournament. J. Winters, Sec’y. June 27.— Norwich. Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut fifth tournament, under auspices of the Norwich Gun Club. I. P. Taft, Sec’y. June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. July 4. — Dickey Bird national team contest of the W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo., of whom entry blanks and conditions may be obtained. July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, Sec’y. July 4. — South Framingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; $50 in cash. July 4. — Springfield, Mass.— Midsummer tournament of the Spring- field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. July 4. — Brockton, Mass. — Montello Gun Club shoot. H. Windle, Sec’y. July 4. — Syracuse, N. Y. — Messina Springs Gun Club target tour- nament. F. N. Potter, Mgr. July 4.— Montpelier, Vt., Gun Club tournament. Dr. C. H. Burr, Sec’y. July 4. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fourth tournament, under auspices of Mannington Gun Club. W. C. Mawhinney, Sec’y. July 4. — Richmond, Va., Gun Club annual tournament. J. A. Anderson, Sec’y. July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. W. A. Murrell, Sec’y. July 11. — Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club monthly shoot. July 11-12. — Eufala, Ala., Gun Club tournament. C. M. Gam- mage, Sec’y. July 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec’y. July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. W. W. McQueen, Sec’y. July 12-14. — Betterton, Md. — Malone’s eleventh annual summer tournament; $200 added. J. R. Malone, Mgr., 2671 Pennsyl- vania avenue, Baltimore. July 17-18. — Charlottesville, Va. — Charlottesville and University Gun Club sixth annual money and merchandise shoot. G. L. Bruffey, Mgr. July 24-28. — Brehm’s Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. July 28-29. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. E. Paterson, Sec’y. Aug. 8-9. — Morgantown, W. Va. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of the Recre- ation Rod and Gun Club. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. Aug. 8.— Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club monthly shoot. H. W. Dryer, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec’y. Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association’s tour- nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. Herman, Sec’y. Aug. 17-18. — Dalton, O., Gun Club tournament. Ernest F. Scott, Sec’y. Aug. 18-20. — Chicago, 111., Trapshooters’ Association fall tourna- ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. Aug. 22 — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec’y. Aug. 22-23. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament Frank Riehl, Sec’y. Aug. 29-31.— Grand Rapids, Mich.— Consolidated Sportsman’s Club fourth annual tournament. Aug. 29-31.— The Interstate Association’s tournament, under the auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec’y. Sept. 4 (Labor Day).— Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. Sept. 4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree. Sec’y. Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo — Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeffries, Sec’y. Sept. 15-17. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s Pacific Coast Handicap at Targets, under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec’y. Sept. 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur Gambell, Mgr. Oct. 10-11. — St. Joseph, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS* Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The Montpelier, Vt., Gun Club, through their Secretary, Dr. C. H. Burr, announce that July 4 has been fixed upon for their tournament. Vt Mr. G. L. Bruffey, Business Manager, announces that the sixth annual money and merchandise shoot of the Charlottesville and University Gun Club will be held on July 17 and 18. Mr. W. H. Heer made high average for the three days at the New Jersey State shoot last week. He broke 448 out of a pos- sible 485. Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins was second with 441, The Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey is of the opinion that the anti-pigeon shooting law is constitutional. On June 12 the law, passed in 1904, was declared valid. •? The Secretary, F. K. Stelle, writes us that there will be a few extra events in the programme of the Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club’s regular shoot, June 17, at 2 o’clock; sweepstakes and prizes. Mr. J. R. Malone, 2671 Pennsylvania avenue, Baltimore, Md., writes us that his eleventh annual summer tournament will be held at Betterton, Kent county, Md., on July 12-14, and that $200 will be added. Mr. Frank E. Butler, in the most tranquil manner imaginable, won the New Jersey State individual championship at the New Jersey State shoot last week. The conditions, as to wind and weather, were difficult. The Bergen Beach Gun Club announce that they will not hold any weekly shoots during July and August. The regular monthly shoots, however, will be held as usual. The dates of the next two monthly shoots are July 11 and Aug. 8. H. W. Dreyer is the Secretary. * F. N. Potter, chairman of the committee, writes us that the Messina Springs Gun Club, of Syracuse, N. Y., have decided on a programme of eleven events for their shoot on July 4. The events are at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2 and $3. Targets, iys cent. Two dollars added to 20-target events. Class shooting. Competition begins at 10 o’clock. at The Seashore Gun Club, of Atlantic City, N. J., have issued the programme of their tournament, fixed to take place on June 22-24. There are totals of 195 targets and $12.25 entrance each day. There are distance handicap events each day, cup contests, and money for high and low averages. Shooting commences at 2 o’clock. Rose system. Ship ammunition, etc., prepaid, to Mr. E. M. Smith, Speedway Plotel, Atlantic City. The second annual tournament of the South Framingham, Mass., Gun Club, has a programme of ten events, each at 15 targets. All events at 16yds. Targets, V/2 cent. Events 7 and 8 are the five-man team shoot. To two amateurs making highest averages, $5 and $3. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. Fifty dollars will be divided. In the five-man team race, $10 and $5. No limit to the number of teams. Lunch served free to shooters. Ship shells, etc., to President F. W. Hewins, South Framingham. T. F. Rice, Secretary. The Bradford, Pa., Gun Club tournament, June 21-22, is open to the world. Added money, $400. The programme is alike for each day, eight events at 15, one at 20 and one at 25 targets. En- trance, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Added money, $15 to each of the 15- target events, $22.50 to the 20-target events, and $32.50 to the 25- target events. Rose system. June 20, practice day. Lunch served on the grounds. Guns, etc., prepaid, sent care of E. C. Charlton, Secretary, will be delivered on the grounds free. Pro- fessional high average will be awarded a silver cup. High averages for the two days, $25, $15. Low average, $10. Twelve events at 10, 15 and 20 targets, constitute the programme of the fifth tournament of the Consolidated Gun Club of Connecti- cut, to be held at Norwich, June 27, commencing at 9:30. The totals are 190 targets, entrance $17.82. For the five-man team event. No. 6, 20 targets, the following teams have entered; New Britain, Waterbury, New Haven, Bristol, YVillimantie, Norwich, Hartford, Bridgeport and Rockville. Rose system. Targets, iy> cent. Sweepstakes optional. All shooters are invited. Loaded shells and refreshments obtainable on the grounds. I. P. Taft, Secre- tary. Vt The Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club will hold an all-day- tournament at clay targets on July 4. The programme of twelve events calls for 190 targets, $15.50 entrance in sweeps. Shooting will begin at 9 o’clock sharp. Rose system, four moneys; less than ten entries, three moneys. Targets will be thrown from expert traps, arranged Sergeant system. Manufacturers’ agents allowed to shoot for targets only. To the six high guns shooting the entire programme the following prizes will be given: First, $5 gold piece; second, trout rod; third, half dozen photographs; fourth, box of cigars; fifth, box of cigars; sixth, $1 worth of shaves. Targets, included in all entrances, V/z cent each. Sweepstakes being optional, any one may enter any event and shoot for targets only. Loaded shells for sale on the grounds. To reach the shooting grounds, take Indian Orchard or Palmer cars to Red House Crossing. Cars leave the city every fifteen minutes. Ammunition shipped, prepaid, to C. L. Kites, Secretary, 416 Main street, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Programmes are now ready, and may be had by addressing the Secretary. Bernard Waters. N. J. Pigeon Shooting Case, The following is unpleasant news to trapshooters. It is taken from the New York Sun: “Trenton, N. J., June 12. — The Supreme Court, in an opinion filed by Justice Fort to-day, sustained the constitutionality of the act of April 12, 1904, under which the shooting of live pigeons from traps is prohibited in New Jersey. To test the act two members of the Riverton Gun Club, Charles W. Davis, of the Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, and Rudolph F. Harned, an officer of the club, each shot at one pigeon on the club grounds and were arrested, indicted and fined $85 each and costs. They appealed from the conviction. “To test every phase of the law, Davis killed his bird, which was shipped to a Boston market for sale and Harned missed his entirely. The court holds that the question of a bird being killed or escaping does not affect the liability of the person making of it a target. Technical objections were raised against the act on the ground that its title was defective; but the real fight was upon the issue that pigeons are property, and may be disposed of by the owner as he sees fit. On this point the Supreme Court says: “ ‘It is not a curtailment of the right of property to prevent a person from using his animals or fowls as a target, whether to be shot at for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship. Under the police power the Legislature may prescribe how animals- may be killed by their owners, in order that they may be used for food. They may fix by statute the time, places and manner of such killing. By limiting the method or prescribing the manner of killing, they do not infringe upon the rights of property- owners.’ “It is expected that to-day’s decision will be appealed to the Court of Errors and Appeals.” Rochester Rod and Gun Club. Rochester, N. Y., June 7.— At the shoot of the Rochester Gun. Club, Mr. Geo. Borst won the McCord, Gibson & Stewart cup The shooting was marred by a driving rainstorm, which kept some at home who might otherwise have competed. Mr. Borst won two contests previous to this contest, with the help of his handicap. Each contestant shoots at 60 targets a handicap allowance being added to the actual score. Yesterday's- results follow : Borst ....... Brk. Hdp. Tot’l. 61 Clark Stewart 3 60 Weller Kerghner ... 5 §0 Brk. Hdp. Tot’L ..42 5 47 ..31 8 39 486 FOREST AND STREAM [June 17, 1905. Kentucky Trapshootefs* League. Louisville, Ky., June 8. — The third annual target championship shoot of the Kentucky Trapshooters’ League, Louisville, Ky,, May 29, 30 and 31, resulted in the following scores: First Day, May 29. Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Targets : 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 25 F C Riehl 14 14 20 15 15 19 15 15 14 15 15 23 W R Crosby 14 14 19 14 15 20 15 14 13 15 15 25 W Henderson ..... 15 14 16 14 14 19 14 15 14 15 11 25 C A Young 13 14 19 14 15 19 14 15 12 15 15 24 V K Dodge 12 15 20 14 13 17 15 14 11 15 12 24 Ed Brady 12 15 20 13 12 18 15 14 13 14 12 24 T G Ward 12 12 18 13 12 19 13 15 15 14 14 24 H H Telfers 14 13 15 14 11 19 15 14 12 15 13 23 C O Frowse 13 13 19 12 12 17 14 13 13 14 14 23 C O Le Compte. ... 15 14 18 15 13 19 13 12 13 12 12 23 J D Riley 12 11 15 13 14 20 12 15 15 14 11 24 E Pragotf 12 13 20 15 13 17 13 15 11 14 13 19 Jas Shallcross 12 10 19 15 12 17 15 14 13 14 13 21 J H Cox 13 13 14 12 11 20 12 13 13 11 14 23 J Orr 13 11 16 14 12 16 13 11 15 15 13 19 . W W Watson 15 14 17 13 15 19 9 12 11 13 9 21 R L Trimble. ..... 13 13 17 15 13 16 12 14 13 14 12 22 J T Armstrong. ... 9 12 19 12 14 19 11 13 13 14 12 21 Jas Lewis 15 12 19 12 13 19 13 10 14 11 15 17 C B Semple 11 15 17 14 15 17 12 13 12 14 13 20 H W Vietmeyer., 11 13 14 13 13 17 13 14 12 13 15 18 D A Edwards 13 7 14 13 13 15 13 13 13 13 13 23 W F Booker, Jr. . . 13 12 14 11 13 14 15 12 12 14 13 22 H N Kirby 12 14 18 12 9 15 11 13 13 13 11 24 J L Burkhardt 9 12 18 13 13 13 12 12 12 9 11 22 M B Morton 13 11 15 12 13 17 14 13 8 11 10 18 C G Walker. 11 11 15 1 111 13 14 11 12 13 10 18 W A Keller 9 13 13 12 9 17 13 11 10 13 11 19 H T Edwards 11 11 15 8 12 16 11 11 7 13 10 22 T H Clay, Jr 8 13 16 14 12 17 7 11 9 13 8 19 T Collins ; 12 11 18 10 13 15 12 10 7 9 6 20 Lyman 11 10 11 9 9 14 7 11 11 11 10 21 J Dea 11 14 15 10 7 13 8 9 E G Schweitzer 9 11 11 11 .. .. 8 13 13 12 7 .. W A Faucette 12 12 11 10 .. .. 9 8 R W Bingham 10 11 7 17 9 12 11 14 14 21 J Aldrige 9 7 14 10 9 9 10 E E Dupont 13 10 16 12 11 10 7 12 F Pragoff 13 9 9 12 14 20 T W Brooke 12 18 10 12 . . W W Watts 13 9 17 J Vance 21 Second Day, May 30. Events: 123456789 10 11 Targets : 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 W R Crosby 13 15 20 14 15 20 14 15 13 15 14 C O Le Compte...... 15 15 20 14 13 18 14 13 12 15 14 W Henderson 14 13 20 13 14 17 13 15 14 13 15 C O Prowse 12 14 18 15 13 19 15 15 13 13 14 C A Young 13 14 18 11 15 19 13 15 14 15 13 R L Trimble 13 13 16 14 13 IS 14 15 14 15 14 F C Riehl 14 13 20 14 12 20 11 12 14 14 14 J Orr 12 12 17 15 12 19 14 14 14 14 14 A Meaders 15 15 17 14 12 18 14 14 11 10 15 J G Ward 15 14 20 12 12 17 15 14 13 11 12 J H Cox 13 13 17 14 15 17 13 14 10 14 14 T D Riley 14 14 20 15 14 19 8 13 12 13 11 H H Jeffers 15 14 15 15 13 17 14 14 11 12 12 Ed Brady 14 12 17 14 14 19 13 12 12 11 13 J W William 14 13 17 10 11 18 13 15 13 12 14 M B Morton 13 14 17 14 11 18 14 12 12 14 10 W F Booker, Jr 12 13 15 12 13 19 13 10 12 15 14 S S Pinney 12 13 19 14 10 17 15 14 12 13 9 A A Hazelrigg 14 12 18 11 12 17 13 13 11 13 14 H M Kirby 11 13 15 14 13 19 14 12 13 15 8 E M Moss 13 13 17 12 12 18 11 13 12 15 9 J T Anthony 14 12 18 13 14 16 11 12 13 11 9 Jas Lewis 14 13 17 13 9 13 12 15 11 11 12 D A Edwards 14 10 17 11 8 17 13 H 15 12 12 J L Burkhardt 12 15 17 10 11 16 10 14 11 14 9 J H Kemper 15 13 19 12 8 16 12 10 10 14 10 H W Vietmeyer 11 12 18 12 12 18 10 8 14 15 9 H T Edwards 12 14 13 11 10 16 15 14 11 11 11 J Dea 12 13 14 11 10 15 13 11 12 13 12 W A Keller 12 10 17 11 14 14 13 10 11 8 12 Lyman 7 12 16 9 12 15 11 15 13 11 11 T M Clay, Jr 9 12 11 9 10 19 12 33 8 11 12 C E Walker 12 13 14 12 9 16 8 10 11 12 9 E G Schweitzer 11 13 12 10 .. . j J Vance 10 12 16 14 14 F Pragoff . 16 11 11 17 8 . . , , . . 11 F Helm .. 15 11 10 15 P Nicholas 4 10 13 9 10 .. .. R W Bingham 10 11 10 11 11 13 12 R R Skinner 13 14 13 15 14 J W Brooke 12 13 10 12 14 W W Watts 16 13 12 14 11 12 C B Semple 13 8 W P Oldham ■ 10 Jas Short 13 Third Day, May 31. Shot at. Broke, 200 194 200 193 200 186 200 189 200 182 200 182 200 181 200 178 200 177 200 179 200 176 200 175 200 175 200 169 200 168 200 168 200 174 200 169 200 173 200 170 200 166 200 163 200 165 200 165 200 158 200 156 200 150 200 150 200 147 200 147 200 144 200 135 130 87, 140 95 95 62 170 136 125 74 130 91 100 77 65 52 55 39 25 21 Shot at. Broke, 175 168 175 163 175 161 175 161 175 160 175 159 175 158 175 157 175 155 175 155 175 154 175 153 175 152 175 151 175 150 175 149 175 148 175 148 175 148 175 147 175 145 175 143 175 140 175 140 175 139 175 139 175 139 175 138 175 136 175 132 175 132 175 127 175 126 65 46 80 66 100 74 70 51 80 53 110 78 75 69 75 61 95 78 30 21 15 10 20 13 Events: Targets : W R Crosl F C Riehl. J G Ward Orr C A Youn; J William J H Kemp Jas Vance S S Pinne; W Hender Ed Brady R L Trim C O C O T D Riley. Prowse. H T A J T Anthony D A Edwards Jas Lewis M B Morton A Meaders J Dea W F Booker, Jr H N. Kirby C B Rose H W Vietmeyer R R Skinner Lyman J L Burkhardt W W Watson .... C E Walker E Pragoff T H Clay, Jr Kentucky championship : Targets : Emile Pragoff C O Prowse John William, Woolfolk Henderson M B C J T S l B Rose Q Ward H Clay, Jr.. S Pinney H Kemper... D Riley...... L Burkhardt. B Semple R R Skinner as Lewis F Booker, Jr. E M Moss W W Watson... C E Walker F Pragoff A A Hftielrigg... J C Bo«rm* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shot 15 15 20 15 15 20 at. Broke. . . 15 15 18 15 15 20 100 98 . . 14 14 20 15 15 19 100 97 . . 14 14 20 15 14 18 100 95 . . 14 15 18 15 14 18 100 94 . . 14 13 18 14 14 19 100 92 . . 15 14 19 13 13 18 100 92 . . 11 13 20 13 15 18 100 90 . . 14 14 16 14 13 19 100 90 . . 14 14 18 13 14 16 100 89 . . 12 14 17 14 12 18 100 87 . . 12 13 19 14 14 16 100 88 .. 11 13 18 14 14 18 100 88 . . 15 13 18 13 13 15 100 87 . . 15 13 17 JL2 13 17 100 87 . . 10 15 18 13 12 17 100 85 . . 12 14 18 12 11 9 100 86 . . 11 13 18 15 11 17 100 85 . . 15 12 14 14 14 15 100 84 . . 13 13 16 13 12 17 100 84 . . 15 12 15 10 11 17 100 80 . . 13 13 15 11 13 18 100 83 . . 14 13 15 12 12 17 100 83 . . 12 14 16 12 13 15 100 82 . . 12 12 18 13 11 15 100 81 . . 12 10 14 12 15 18 100 81 . . 10 13 16 13 12 15 100 79 . . 9 13 16 14 9 17 100 78 . . 12 11 15 11 12 17 100 78 .. 13 11 13 13 12 15 100 77 . . 7 11 16 12 10 15 100 71 . . 10 10 12 12 12 15 100 71 12 .. 15 12 . . 13 9 15 8 12 15 100 72 17 20 17 . . 7 9 16 14 12 17 100 75 25 25 25 25 Shot at. Broke. ..25 25 20 24 100 94 ..24 24 22 23 100 93 ..24 22 22 24 100 92 ..23 20 24 24 100 91 ..23 24 22 21 100 90 ..21 23 21 23 100 88 ..21 23 23 21 100 88 ..22 22 23 21 100 88 ..22 21 21 22 100 86 ..18 23 22 20 100 84 ..20 19 21 22 100 82 ..22 22 17 21 100 82 ..21 21 21 18 100 81 ..21 20 22 20 100 81 .. 20 22 16 22 100 80 ..20 22 18 19 100 79 22 22 20 15 100 79 ..21 17 17 20 100 75 ..18 14 20 20 100 72 ..17 21 16 16 100 70 .. 16 20 18 14 100 68 100 68 General averages: 1st Day. 2d Day. 3d Day. Total. W R Crosby 168 98 459 F C Riehl 194 158 97 449 W Henderson 186 161 87 434 J Quincy Ward. 181 155 95 431 C O Prowse 177 161 85 423 C A Young.. 189 160 92 441 R L Trimble 174 159 88 429 Ed Brady 182 151 88 421 J Orr 168 156 94 418 Andy Meaders 180 155 82 417 T D Riley 176 153 85 414 W F Booker, Jr 165 148 81 394 M B Merton 156 149 83 388 D A Edwards 163 140 80 383 H N Kirby 165 147 79 391 J T Anthony 169 143 84 396 Jas Lewis 173 140 83 396 H W Vietmeyer 166 139 78 383 PI T Edwards 147 138 86 371 J L Burkhardt ...158 139 71 368 T H Clay, Tr 147 127 75 349 C E Walker 150 126 72 348 W A Keller 150 132 282 C O Le Compte 179 163 .87 429 The 50-bird Ballistitc handicap trophy presented by Pragoff Bros., was won by J. W. William, of Mt. Sterling, score 46 out of 50. The three-man team shoot was won by the Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington, Ky., composed of J. Q. Ward, V. K. Dodge and Woolfolk Henderson. The scores of these two events are not given in detail, as they were not included in the general averages. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y Jefferson County G. C. WESTERN TRAP. Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, O.— June 10 was cloudy. There was a heavy fall of rain early in the afternoon. The light was poor. Quite a brisk wind affected many of the scores. In the Schuler trophy shoot, Lutie Gambell landed among the leaders with a straight 50, including his handicap. Bullerdick and E. Altheer also scored a total of 50. Maynard was high in actual breaks, writh 45. Quite a number will attend the Rohrer’s Island tournament on the 20th. Schuler prize shoot, 50 targets, handicap allowance: Bullerdick (14) 50, Myers (15) 50, Gambell, Jr. (17) 50, E. Altheer (24) 50, Linn (7) 49, Williams (9) 49, Andrews (14) 48, Maynard (2) 47, Herman (13) 47, Jones (9) 46, Lytle (24) 4G, Faran (3) 45, Roll (3) 45, Black (2) 44, Falk (13) 43, F. Altheer (16) 43, Barker (3) 42, Ahlers (0) 41, Krehbiel (6) 41, Randall (0) 39, French (0) 26, Roberts (0) 23. Notes. June 9 was a fine day for shooting, and the turnout at the Day- ton, O., Gun Club’s grounds was better than for some time. Craig was high gun with 154 out of 175, and Ike second with 145. Members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of Dayton, O., visited the grounds on June 7. Wm. Oldt and W. E. Kette tied on 26 for the medal, and Oldt won the shoot-off by 1 target, breaking 5 out of 6 in the final to Kette’s 4. The club’s tournament on June 20 promises to be well attended. A number of the Cincy shooters will be present. The programme consists of eight 15 and four 20-target events, entrance $1.50 and $2; moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10. Shooting begins at 9 o’clock. Lunch served on the grounds. The Greenville, O., Gun Club’s tenth medal shoot of the series was held on June 5. A strong wind was blowing and scores suffered. Class A medal was won by McKeon, with 37. At the medal shoot of the Central Covington, Ky., Gun Club on June 4, John E. Schreek, of Austinburg, was high man with 39, and captured the medal. The Welfare Gun Club, of Dayton, O., shot a five-man team match with Rohrer’s Island on June 3. The islanders won by a score of 269 to 182. Garfield Gun Club. Chicago, June 10. — The appended scores were made on our grounds to-day on the occasion of the first shoot of the second series. Keck won Class A trophy on 24; N. S. Birkland, Class B on 16, and George, Class C on 9. After the trophy shoot two teams were formed by choosing sides, W. Einfeldt and Kampp being the captains. Kampp’s team won the first race by the small margin of 3 targets, but in the second race Einfgldt’s team redeemed itself and won by 11 targets. The day was fairly good for target shooting, but rained before we got through, and the last of the events were shot during a shower. About, twenty shooters; showed up for the occasion. Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 Meek .rv 8 6 8 8 9 8 Reynolds .V.1/ 6 7 6 7 .. 8 8 6 .. Thomas ....... W.. ! 9 9:9 7 9 Keck : 7 9 9 9 .. 8 9 8 .. Steenberg 9 8 10 8 10 8 9 . . . . Eaton 7 9 10 6 7 9 8 10 .. Kampp 9 7 George 7 .. 5 5 8 A Smedes 7 . . 6 7 5 T L Smedes 5 .. 5 7 6 6 McDonald 7 9 8 10 8 .. .. Stone ;. 8 5 6 5 7 .. .. Birkland, Sr 7 .. W Einfeldt 6 2 4 9 14 Geotter 10 3 4 8 Bates 3 8 10 13 Lord 9 9 8 13 Herr 6 7 4 .. Eighth trophy event, 25 targets: Dr. Reynolds 11, Meek 21, Thomas 20, Keck 24, Steenberg 20, Eaton 19, Kampp 20, George 9, Al. i Smedes 16, T. L. Smedes 13, McDonald 16, Stone 10, Lord 15, Birkland, Sr., 16, W. Einfeldt 20, Geotter 16, Lord 22. Team shoot, 10 targets, Kampp and W. Einfeldt captains.: Kampp 9 Steenberg 9 Lord 9 Thomas _..,r, 10 Eaton ....... 8 McDonald 9 George 4 Herr 7 Birkland, Sr...- 5 — 70 Team shoot No. 2, 10 targets: Kampp 9 Steenberg 9 Lord 8 Thomas 6 Eaton 7 McDonald 6 George 3 Herr 9 Birkland, Sr 7 — 64 W Einfeldt Keck Meek Geotter Stone T L Smedes ».-«£- Ford Dr Reynolds A Smedes 8 8 8 8 7 9 7 5 7—67 W Einfeldt 9 Keck 9 Meek 9 Geotter 8 Stone 10 T L Smedes 7 Ford 8 Dr Reynolds 9 A Smedes 6 — 75 Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec’y. Indianapolis Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., June 3. — Steel won the Peters badge. Scores : Events : Targets : Comstock .. Wildhack . Moore Anderson . Gregory . . . Graves Steele Bryce Steffen Moller Finley .... Dickman . . Dixon Le Compte Armstrong Morgan ... O’Harrow . Hann Dougherty Wiese Bell Scott Mrs. Hann 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Shot 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 at. Broke. 20 18 20 14 19 23 23 150 137 16 18 17 18 19 23 25 150 138 19 17 18 15 IS 20 23 150 110 14 16 16 17 15 20 125 98 16 17 16 16 19 21 14 150 119 13 15 .. . . .. 16 65 44 14 15 .. . . ..21 23 22 115 95 14 11 .. . . .. 16 65 41 17 18 .. . . .. 17 16 90 68 12 . .. 22 22 21 21 21 145 119 13 13 .. . . .. 19 18 21 115 84 22 23 25 24 23 24 24 200 189 IS . .. 22 21 20 23 22 23 24 .. 195 173 17 . .. 25 23 23 22 25 25 22 .. 195 182 11 15 21 95 68 12 16 .. . . .. 18 20 90 58 10 . .. 11 9 10 95 40 11 11 .. . . .. 11 21 18 19 140 91 16 50 30 21 15 75 50 23 22 23 24 23 . . 150 139 lb . .. 13 45 28 14 16 75 49 June 10. — Parry won Peters badge. Rain accounts for small attendance. The five sets of traps that will be used during the G. A. H. were used yesterday and worked faultless. Events: Targets : Tripp . . . Parry . . . Comstock Moller .. Moore Anderson Steele Smoke . . Williams Finley ... Goss .... Dickman Dixon . . . Clark 123456789 10 H 12 13 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 17 17 19 19 16 17 17 19 19 18 15 23 .. 19 16 19 16 15 18 16; 18 15 .. .. 24 . . 19 19 IS 17 16 20 21 15 13 16 17 14 16 19 13 19 16 . . 18 . . 17 16 19 16 18 16 18 19 15 19 . . 22 . . 19 17 16 15 17 19 . . 12 13 16 14 16 16 14 19 19 19 16 16 . . . . 22 . . 12 19 17 20 16 16 21 . . 17 .. 19 .. 19 17 19 20 19 - 25 . . 18 11 18 16 18 Shamokin Gun Club. Shamokin, Pa., June 9. — The Shamokin Gun Club held their annual spring tournament to-day on their Bunker Hill grounds. Henry Kaseman won first prize in the merchandise event, an Ithaca gun. He scored 25 straight; R. C. Derk, second, opera glasses. Two tied for second prize, Derk and Brindle, and in the shoot-off Derk won. Fen Cooper won third prize, hunting scene. The averages were: Derk first, Haverty second, Kaseman third. Derk made a run of 83. Curtis was second with 51. Squier, of Wilmington, Del., was the only professional. L. E. Parvin, of Leesport, was present. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 15 15 Broke. Derk 10 15 14 13 14 15 13 24 14 15 15 15 15 192 Haverty 10 14 15 14 14 14 15 22 15 14 15 13 15 190 Kaseman 9 13 13 15 15 14 12 25 14 14 14 13 13 184 Cooper 6 15 15 15 13 12 13 23 14 13 13 13 14 178 Curtis 10 15 15 14 13 12 14 21 14 13 13 10 12 176 Squier 7 12 13 10 10 13 15 24 14 14 15 15 14 176 Tovey 9 14 13 13 15 14 13 22 14 12 11 11 11 172 Hanley 8 12 12 13 10 12 14 17 13 12 9 9 13 156 Keiser 8 12 10 8 11 7 10 17 10 S 8 11 10 131 Weary 8 11 14 14 14 13 12 86 Britton 23 12 14 13 62 Brindle 13 14 24 i3 12 15 14 il 116 Jones 13 14 14 62 Williams 20 20 Spicer 18 18 Walters 11 11 Wray 9 t , 9 Oram 11 11 Straub 13 13 Fayette Gun Club. Lexincton, Ky., June 9. — Appended are the scores of the regu- lar weekly shoot of the Fayette Gun Club, of this city, held Thursday, June 8. The programme of the afternoon called for four events, ag- gregating 50 targets. The first 25 were for a trophy donated by a club member. The contest to consist of eight events of 25 targets each, high average in 200 targets winning. Events 3 and 4, of 25 targets, was the third of the series for Parker gun, for club mem- bers. Scores also of team shoot between teams from this club and that of Mt. Sterling, Ivy., 50 targets per man, 500 to team. Match was won by Mt. Sterling by 13 targets. Return match to be shot here next Thursday. Events : 1 2 ‘ 3 4 Events: 1 2 3 4 Targets: - - 10 15 10 15 Targets : 10 15 10 15 F C Bell.......... ... 6 7 9 14 R H Smith ... 6 12 6 8 J G Denny ... 8 9 9 10 R R Skinner ... 9 10 8 8 VV m Drummy ... 7 8 9 10 L B Shouse ... 8 8 5 7 V Dodge . . . 10 13 6 15 J Offutt ... 4 5 6 8 L Tieper ... 2 4 4 4 J Harp ... 3 4 4 5 C F Helm ... 6 9 7 8 Dr Bullock ...... ... 2 4 3 5 W Luxon . . . 8 12 7 8 Dr Leonard . . . 7 10 5 8 Judge Kinkead ... 6 8 7 8 T C Rush ... 7 9 5 7 A Hagan T Satterwhite ... 2 5 . . . 7 11 3 7 5 6 J G Woolfolk.... ... 7 10 5 Monk. 7 Raleigh Gun Club. Raleigh, N. C., June 8. — The approaching State tournament in Durham next week made some of us feel like testing our skill over their traps, and instead of holding our regular weekly shoot on our own grounds, all left for Durham, and found Arthur Lyon and Slater awaiting us at the station. Within a very short while our guns were on the firing line, and the tale is soon told by the appended scores. Some explanation is necessary, because some of our boys can do better under more favorable circumstances. The wind was very high at times. We enjoyed the day’s outing, and thank Lyon and Slater for the attention shown us. Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Broke. Johnson 19 18 18 18 17 18 16 17 20 15 200 176 A Lyon 15 15 15 17 14 19 17 13 16 18 200 159 Ellington 18 17 13 13 20 17 15 17 13 17 200 160 Gowan ........ 16 16 16 13 17 17 16 15 15 14 200 155 Slater 14 17 16 15 15 15 18 17 19 14 200 160 Barrett 16 20 19 14 17 15 20 17 14 14 200 166 Walters 18 16 15 16 17 17 120 99 Pearce 16 18 16 17 16 120 100 R. T. Gowan. Bradford Gun Club. Montclair Gun Club. Montclair, N. J., June 10. — To-day signalized the opening of the new grounds of the Montclair Gun Club. The club has done no shooting for just one month. In the meantime the house and traps have been removed and rebuilt on the new location, which is adjoining the grounds of the Upper Montclair Golf Club, corner Grove street and Bellevue avenue, Upper Montclair. When entirely finished, the house will be larger, and two sets of expert traps will be in position. Some thirteen men were present to-day. Messrs. Cockefair and Bush each made a run of 25 straight, while Allen made the best general average, breaking 92 out of 100. Next Saturday there will be a contest for a silver trophy. Events : 12 3 4 Targets: 25 25 25 £5 P Cockefair 18 17 17 25 G Howard IS 23 A R Alien 22 24 22 24 G Batten 16 . . It) 16 C L Bush.. 22 19 25 20 G Boxall 16 £1 22 18 Dr Talbot 21 19 20 18 Events: 12 3 4 Targets: £5 25 25 25 T A Nott..... , 16 18 21 18 W I Soverel 19 .. H F Holloway 10 18 17 .. C H Hartshorne 11 12 17 13 E Winslow 12 14 15 S C Wheeler...... 21 Edward Winslow, Sec’y. Bradford, Pa. , June 5.— The following is a total of the events held at the traps of the above club on June 3: Shot at. . Broke. Shot at. Broke. V ernon .... 90 45 McAlpine ...73 33 Russell ...100 76 Tyler ... 60 23 Biodine ...100 55 White 38 Pringle . . .100 69 Scott 16 Mallory, Sr . . . .100 68 Hoey 73 Costello .... 75 33 Hennage ... 55 31 Haymaker , . . .100 78 Le Compte ...15 8 Rice 11 E. C. Charlton, Sec’y-Treas. South Framingham Gun Club, South Framingham, Mass., June 8. — We take pleasure in send- ing you, under separate cover, one of our programmes of our July 4 shoot. The trade will be well represented, as we have the assurance of the presence of W. H. Heer, G. M. Wheeler, Sim1 Glover, H. S. Welles, A. A. Schoverling and representatives of other companies. We will also have Capt. Geo. Bartlett, rifle expert, who will give an exhibition during the day. F. P. Hewins. Juke, 17, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 487 U. S. Government Ammunition Test. Accuracy test of Krag-J orgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. TESTED — Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. CONDITIONS — 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. DISTANCE — 1000 yards. OFF?CI^UL/Tr!ePORT: U. S. Cartridges excelled all others MANUFACTURED BY UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., LOWELL, MASS., U. S. A. Agencies: 497*503 Pearl St** 35*43 Park St** New York. 114*116 Market St., San Francisco. Iff Gun Club Tournament* St. MaryS, Pa., June 3— The second annual tourriamerit of the Iff Gun Club was held at St. Mafys, Pa., oil Thursday aiid Friday, June 1 arid 2. This club added $500 in cash arid mer- chandise, The shootirig ground of this club is located Quite rieat town, on a hill which is easy of access. Tlie background is of the best; as it is. all shy line. .. - On Thursday, June 1, the programme, called for . three 15; four 20 and three 25 bird events ; teri events iri all; making 200 targets for the day, Ori this day everit No, 1.0 was a tfearii shoot fof a $40 Cup; conditions, flve;mari teaftis, 25 tafgfets pef niari; 125 to Vhfe Dir Bois GUii ClUb; of Du Bois, Pa., arid the Jff Ghri Club; of St: Marys, Pa.; wefe the only elUbs that, edteted teaibs for the cup race, the winners being the DU Bois GUU Club with 110 foirfeciks* On Friday, Jude 2; the progfarriirie ealifed fot elfeveri Cveiits; 200 targets irt all; divided as follows; Orte 1.0; four 15, artd ttvd 26 and four 20 bird events, Orte of the 25-bird events was a tneixharidise everit and had thirty-five merchandise arid fifteeii money prizes* In the mereharidise^ everit, Mr. A. Sizer, of Karie, Pa., was the only one to bleak 25 straight, . Ori the first day forty shooters faced the traps, with thirty-ode shootirig through the programme. High average went to H, W. Millen, of Du Bois, Pa,, with 190 out of 200; seeorid to A. Sizer of Kane, Pa,, with 1S0; third, a tie betwCeti C. W, Halt, of Buffalo, N. Y,, and J. Mo-well Iiawkiris, of the. W, R, A, Co., each breaking 185, arid fourth a tie between F. F. Masori, of Olean, N. Y., and F, Ginzburg, of Du Bois, Pa,, each breaking 184. On the second day thirty-six shooters took part, with twerlty- five shooting through. High average went to A. Sizer, with 185 out of 200; second, C. W. Hart, with 184; third, a tie between H. B. Bozard, of Allegany, N. Y., and J. Mowell Hawkins, with 183 each, and fourth, H. W. Millen, with 180. The general average for the two days resulted as follows: First, A. Sizer, 374 out of 400; second, H. W. Millen, with 370; third, C. W. Hart, with 369; fourth, J. Mowell Hawkins, 368. The trade was represented by L. J. Squier, J. R. Hull, H. H. Stevens, J. C. Garland, J. Mowell Hawkins and H. P. Fessenden. June J, First Day. Events : Targets : H W Millen A Sizer J M Hawkins C W Hart F F Mason P' Ginzburg H B Bozard H H Stevens Dr W L Gardnier C T Deshant Ed Hickey FI E Brown J R Hull . J Gildersleeve L J Squier J C Garland w P Rheins L B Fleming C W Hobbie i Geo Cochran D Brooder D B Anderson . . E L Buterbaugh . J S Speer B B McCraight .. I C C Farnham L W Quinn Dr Marsh J F Dailey H C Stackpole ... n G K W M Black A A Mullhaupt . . J C Koch W H Hoey M C Kepler , D D King M C Parshall T E Irwin T valentine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 15 20 25 20 25 15 20 25 13 19 14 20 24 19 24 15 20 22 14 19 14 19 25 18 25 14 18 23 14 17 14 19 24 19 22 12 19 25 15 17 15 18 24 20 23 13 19 21 14 20 14 18 23 18 23 13 18 23 14 18 13 19 23 17 24 14 17 25 14 19 13 18 21 17 24 14 20 22 15 17 13 19 24 17 21 15 17 24 15 20 10 18 24 19 22 11 20 22 14 18 13 18 21 19 23 14 16 23 13 19 14 18 22 17 21 14 14 23 13 17 12 15 21 19 23 14 18 22 13 16 11 18 21 16 21 14 18 25 11 14 13 16 22 17 22 13 18 25 14 20 12 17 19 17 23 12 17 20 14 20 13 17 24 16 21 14 14 18 10 12 11 19 23 18 24 13 19 22 15 15 12 14 24 16 20 16 12 24 12 17 12 15 20 13 22 11 16 25 11 15 11 16 20 17 23 10 18 22 16 12 14 18 15 22 13 17 22 13 16 13 17 19 16 17 12 13 24 11 19 8 15 18 14 23 14 15 23 12 16 13 16 17 15 21 12 12 23 10 16 8 16 20 14 19 14 16 23 15 19 13 16 18 14 18 10 12 20 13 14 14 15 17 18 17 8 17 17 9 14 13 13 16 14 19 13 14 20 S 12 9 14 15 14 18 10 13 22 11 13 7 13 11 14 19 11 12 19 17 22 18 18 11 17 23 0 15 11 13 16 10 17 8 15 14 15 18 13 15 12 16 19 12 14 12 17 17 17 13 . , . , 17 22 14 19 21 12 16 6 17 14 11 14 . m 10 15 9 i2 12 . . 13 17 . , 9 7 6 10 7 8 14 3 8 . . 7 9 6 10 4 , 9 3 9 10 Broke. 190 189 186 185 184 184 182 182 181 179 177 174 173 171 171 171 171 167 163 163 162 160 160 157 156 155 150 145 135 130 126 124 108 102 93 90 88 72 31 31 Cup shoot ; Du Bois Gun CluK F Ginzburg E L Buterbaugh B B McCraight H W Millen L W Quinn Iff Gun Club, St. Marys, Pa. .23 T S Speer 23 .23 Dr Marsh 20 .22 A A Mullhaupt 19 .17—110 H C Stackpole 19- June 2, Second Day. Events: Targets : A Sizer C W Hart I M Hawkins H B Bozard IT W Millen Dr W L Gardnier H H Stevens E B Fleming F Ginzburg I Gildersleeve T R Hull C W Flobbie I, j Squier E J K T C Garland ‘H W Hoey D B Anderson C C Farnham mint? 12345*6789 10 10 20 15 20 15 25 20 15 20 15 25 Broke. 8 20 14 16 14 25 19 14 19 14 ^ 185 8 20 13 IS 15 24 19 12 17 15 23 184 8 19 12 18 15 24 18 14 19 14 22 183 10 19 14 19 14 21 15 15 20 13 23 183 8 18 14 16 14 22 20 14 17 15 22 180 7 17 14 18 15 24 18 12 15 15 22 176 9 18 14 15 14 24 17 13 18 13 20 175 9 17 14 15 13 23 15 12 17 14 21 170 9 19 14 16 12 22 15 12 17 13 22 170 7 17 14 12 12 16 17 15 17 13 24 164 10 13 13 14 14 23 15 14 15 12 21 164 10 IS 14 14 11 22 15 11 15 12 19 161 10 16 13 18 11 22 16 9 16 12 17 160 7 17 12 12 14 18 13 13 19 13 22 160 9 12 14 12 12 21 17 8 15 13 24 157 8 15 10 11 9 IS 19 13 15 12 21 151 5 10 11 13 10 24 16 11 15 10 24 149 9 17 14 13 11 20 12 12 12 7 18 145 J J Bailey,.,. § 15 12 13 11 18 11 11 12 10 22 143 B B McCraight. 7 ll 10 13 ll 17 12 10 1§ 13 1§ 140 D D King....,...,.,.,...,.. § 13 8 12 12 21 ll 0 14 7 21 130 Dr Marsh 6 14 ll 14 9 12 li 13 16 112 17 135 L W Quinn 6 14 11 6 12 18 10 11 15 11 18 132 H C Stackpole 9 9 6 6 7 15 8 10 16 8 19 113 W M Black 5 10 5 11 8 18 10 10 13 10 . . 100 W P Rheins 7 18 13 18 12 21 89 E L Buterbaugh 8 14 12 15 13 21 83 M C Parshall 1 8 7 9 7 11 12 7 10 5 2 79 Geo Cochran 7 11 11 13 13 14 69 Geo Hyde 7 0 12 12 18 . . 55 A Mullhaupt ............... ,, ,, . , 11 16 . , . , .... 16 43 FI B Thursteri ,, .. 11 18 9 .. £8 J S Speer io i.4 ii .. .. ,. 36 J C Koch 10 13 29 Ed Avely ,, .. ., 10 .. ., ., .. ,, 19 Ed Ftiekfey , t . . .. „ ,, ., 7 H. P. F. Mechanics ville Tournament* MechanicSville, N. Y., June 6. — The MeChanicsville Game Protective Association held its first all-day shoot on Memorial Day, and it was the largest and most successful shoot held irt this vicinity iri a lorig titne. About forty shooters participated in the different everits. Everit No. 4 was the National Sportsman event, in which H, ft. Valeritirie, of Albany, wori first prize; H. M. Levengstori, Saratoga, seeorid prize, arid Fred Clarke, Waterford, third prize. The_se scofes wefe blade iri this everit, 20 targets: F. H, Harlcox 15, N, T, Bfyali. 12, ft. ft. V&lferititte 19, C. D. Baker 5, H. M, Leverigstori 18, E, Ruth 16, J. M. HriyCk 10, T. Lange 8, H. W. Niles 10, P. Russell 10, F. Clarke 16, F. H. Milkman 12, J. V. Gailor 12, E. E. Moore 13, M. L, Welling 7, M. Kearney 10, S. Lange 14, A. J. Harvey 12, A. Paul 11, Geo. West, Jr., 10, H. Gallenschutz 9. Event No. 8 was the Mullerite gold medal event, and was open only to members of the Association. A. J. Harvey won the medal with a score of 16. The following scores were made in this event, 20 targets: C. W. Steves 9, W. G. Colbeck 8, J. V. Gailor 13, C. D. Baker 8, Dr. J. L. Shorey 8, R. Baker 9, A. J. Harvey 16, F. H. Winstone 12, E. S. Moore 15, S. J. Moore 5, M. L. Welling 6. Events Nos. 2 and 9 were merchandise events. The first prize in No. 2 was a Blauvelt shooting jacket, which was captured by H. H. Valentine, of Albany. The first prize in No. 9 was a $40 Ithaca gun, won by E. Ruth, of Troy. Several smaller prizes were also awarded in these two events. The following is a summary of all the events, with the per- centage of each contestant: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets : 15 20 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 15 at. Broke. Av. V Wallburg 11 16 14 . . 11 10 11 10 11 125 94 .752 F H Hancox 8 14 14 15 13 11 13 13 10 145 111 .765 W L Hodges 8 17 11 50 36 .720 C W Steves 6 12 8 .. 10 6 9 9 11 8 145 79 .564 N T Bryan 8 10 10 12 11 9 7 11 6 145 84 .579 6 11 7 50 24 .480 A J Harvey 12 15 7 12 12 12 12 16 12 9 165 119 .721 F H Winstone 8 16 .. 8 8 6 12 7 13 130 78 .600 IF IF Valentine.... 12 19 15 19 14 12 14 13 15 145 133 .924 T V Gailor 12 8 8 12 .. 11 ii 9 10 135 83 .614 T J Farrell 9 18 9 50 36 .720 O W Sharpe 7 12 7 13 6 6 .. 100 51 .510 E Ruth 14 14 14 16 13 14 .. 100 85 .850 F H Milkman 11 14 12 .. 8 6 .. 85 51 .600 E S Moore 8 15 7 13 10 8 10 15 10 . . 150 96 .640 G Karl 6 14 11 16 10 9 100 66 .660 T Lange 5 .. 8 9 7 .. 65 29 .446 W H Gibbs 8 15 6 50 29 .580 A Paul 5 12 8 11 .. 85 44 .517 12 11 7 50 30 .600 C D Baker 7 9 9 12 8 8 .. 105 53 .504 M L Welling 11 7 5 7 .. , . 6 3 5 .. 120 44 .366 Fred Clarke 7 .. 16 8 7 .. 65 38 .584 C Neilson 4 .. 8... 30 12 .400 E Morehouse .. 6 20 6 .300 H M Levengston. . . 15 11 18 14 15 14 13 13 130 113 .861 Geo West, Jr .. 8 6 10 10 10 6 6 8 130 64 .492 J N Huyck....... .. 5 3 10 5 70 23 .328 W C Colbeck .. 12 8 5 .. 55 25 .454 R Baker .. 9 5 .. 9 9 .. ' 75 32 .426 T L Shorey 7 8 . . .0 35 15 .428 H W Niles 10 .. 7 .. 35 17 .485 10 .. 20 10 .500 10 .. 20 10 .500 H Gallenschutz... 9 .. 20 9 .450 S Lange 14 .. 9 .. 35 23 .657 J Calkins .. 10 , . . . 11 , , , , 35 21 .600 S J Moore 8 8 5 50 21 .420 G Stemp 14 . , io .. 30 24 .800 N H Whitlock... 7 15 7 .466 J E Steves .. 2 15 2 .130 A. j. IFarvey, Treas. Lancaster County League. To Mr. Geo. W. Westafer, Secretary, we are indebted for the following clipping: “On Saturday, June 3, the various gun clubs of Lancaster county met on the grounds of the Bob White Gun Club, Lan- caster, and effected the organization of a league, to be known as the Trapshooters’ League of Lancaster County. The object being that the gun clubs throughout the county become in closer touch with one another. The Peters Cartridge Company have already presented a valuable trophy to the League, to be contested for, each club to be represented by a squad of five. The clubs represented are: Bob White, Lancaster; Excelsior, Columbia; Christiana, Elizabethtown, and Ptquea. John K. Andrews, of Strassburg, was elected President, and Geo. W. Westafer, of Elizabethtown, Secretary, and Treasurer. The trophy will be contested for the first time on the Bob White Gun Club grounds, Lancaster, on Saturday, June 24. New Jersey State Shoot. Ra&WAY, N, J, — The annual tournament of the New Jersey State Spoftstneri’s Association was held under the auspices of the Rahway Giifi Club,- June 6, 7 and 8. The attendance was small for a State shoot. The Association Secretary,- Mf. . W. R. Hobart, was compiler of scores. Mr. E. W. Reynolds was Cashier. Mr. F. C. Snyder acted as referee at No. 1 set of traps; Mr, J. J. Houseman most of the time at No. 2 set. The professionals present were Messrs. W. H. Heer, Frank Lawrence, J. M. Hawkins, Sim Glover, H. H. Stevens, Neaf Apgar, G. R. Schneider, J. A. R. Elliott, A. A. Schoverling, Frank Butler, H. S. Welles, W. J. Hearne, L. J. Squire, R. H, Nichol and G. A. Mosher. The annual meeting was slimly at- tended. There were present the South Side Gun Club of Newark, Rahway Gun Club, Freehold Gun Club, Brunswick Gun Club of New Brunswick, East Side Gun Club of Newark. Elections — Plainfield Gun Club, North River Gun Club of Edgewater, Bound Brook Gun Club, Fairview Gun Club. Officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. J. B. Pardoe, Bound Brook; First Vice-President, Frank Muldoon, Freehold; Second Vice-President, Marshall Harrington, Arlington; Third Vice-President, George FI. Piercy, Jersey City; Treasurer, Isaac H. Terrill, Newark; Secretary, W. R. Hobart, Newark. Board of Directors — The president; secretary; treasurer; A. L. Hughes, Jersey City; J. T. Laird, Freehold; E. I. Vanderveer, Freehold; H. C. Koegel, Newark. Treasurer’s report approved showing a good balance in favor, with no outstanding indebtedness. The executive and legislative committees will be appointed by Presi- dent Pardoe. Two sets of traps were used. Mr. Elliott was sick and was not in shooting form as a con- sequence. Mr. George Gaskill, of the Rahway Club superintended the shoot. Mr. Frank Lawrence assisted as squadhustler. There were few Rahway shooters present. Dissension in the club worked injury to the tournament. First Day, June 6. A strong west wind blew across the traps. In the early after- noon a shower set in for a half hour. In the afternoon the wind changed, and blew in mild gusts. There was a total of 165 targets in the programme. The totals follow: Shot Shot at Broke. at Broke, W H Heer 165 152 M H Rupell 165 122 T M Hawkins 165 150 Tohn Martin .... 155 122 Sim Glover 165 147 Dr C E Richter.. 165 123 H FI Starins 165 145 F Childs 165 119 Neaf Apgar 165 140 O N Armstrong.. 165 125 G B Schneider . . 165 139 W H Williams... 165 117 W J Hearne 165 138 Dr E Betts 165 105 TAR Elliott.... 165 136 T S Hall 135 96 A A Schoverling. 165 132 F C Bissett 135 109 L J Squier 165 101 W C Danser 120 73 R H Nicol ....... 165 76 E J Cahr 135 104 G A Mosher 120 87 Frank Muldoon.. 105 74 G II Piercy .... 165 144 Dr. J. B. Pardoe. 60 53 L H Shorty 165 139 W T Smock 60 40 Fred Truax 165 136 W Ouackenbush. 60 40 W K Matthews... 165 133 Frank IFall 60 53 E A Guenther . . . 165 125 T F May 30 20 S S Adams 165 125 G B Gaskill 30 23 A B Gaines, Jr.. 165 122 W FI O’Brien.... 15 7 State team championship, teams of three men, 30 targets per man, $3 entrance: North River Gun Club, of Edgewater — L. H. Schorty 25, Fred Truax 25, Dr. C. E. Richter 25; total, 75. Rahway Gun Club — IF. H. Starins 26, G. B. Gaakill 23, J. F. Way 20; total, 69. South Side Gun Club, of Newark — G. H. Piercy 25, F. C. Bissett 20, E. A. Guenther 19; total, 64. Freehold Gun Club — W. K. Mathews 25, Frank Muldoon 20, W. C. Danser 13; total, 58. Second Day, June 7. The weather was raw and cloudy. Rain set in soon after mid- day and fell steadily. W H Heer Shot at . 160 Broke. 146 Fred Truax Shot at 160 Broke. 124 J M Hawkins . 160 144 E A Guenther... 160 122 H S Welles . 160 141 M H Rupell..... 160 110 Neaf Apgar . 160 131 J W Hoffman.... 133 83 H H Stevens . . . 160 128 C H Cole 115 91 W J Hearne . 160 125 O N Armstrong. 110 87 F E Butler . 160 120 S S Adams 110 87 Sim Glover . 110 82 Dr T B Pardoe. . . 110 82 G R Schneider.. . 110 67 W H Williams.. 110 67 R H Nicol . 110 57 F K Stelle 60 32 L J Squier . 60 33 E FI Reynolds... 50 38 F C Bissatt . 160 135 G B Gaskill 45 31 G H Piercy . 160 128 Oscar Mundy . . . 15 11 Mr. Frank Butler won the individual championship at targets. Individual Championship. — For the E. C. and Schultze trophy, emblematic of the same. Fifty targets, 16yds. rise; to be held by the winner at the annual tournament subject to challenge every thirty days, and returned to the Association before the next annual tournament for open competition among the members by the last holder. One dollar entrance, targets extra; the winner to receive the trophy and fifty cents for each entry; balance to be divided to second and third high guns — 70 and 30 per cent. Open to individual members and members of clubs that are members of the State Association, wether residents of the State or not. The winner to execute a bond for the return of the trophy on demand or let it remain with the Association: F, C. Bissett 44, C. H. Cole 42, G. H. Piercy 40, Fred Truax 40, O. N. Armstrong 39, E. W. Reynolds 38, S. S. Adams 37, M. H. Rupell 35, Dr. J. B. Pardoe 35, E. A. Guenther 34, J. W. Hoffman 34, W. IF. Williams 33. The Quimby medal formerly represented the individual cham- pionship of the State at live birds, and bas been shot for since 48S FOREST AND STREAM. [(June 17, 190S. (the Association was formed, over twenty-five years ago- It ttow represents the individual championship at inanimate targets and is open to all residents, professional or amateur. Conditions: 100 targets, 16yds. rise; entrance, $3, including targets. The winner at the last annual tournament to receive the net purse in this. This to be shot off at 25 targets. Winner to give a bond for the return of the medal before the next tournament: F. E. Butler 88, F. C. Bissett 85, Fred Truax 82, G. H. Piercy 81, C. H. Cole 81, E. A, Guenther 7, M. H. Rupell 67, J, W. Hoffman 64. Third Day, June 8, The weather was pleasant, though a stiff wind blew across the traps. The team contest, between New Jersey and New York, had no entries. ' An eight-man informal team race was shot between the pro- fessionals and the amateurs, the latter winning. Also a number of extra events were shot. Scores: Shot Shot at Broke. at Broke. JAR Elliott . . . 160 127 R H Nicol. 160 95 W H Heer....... 160 150 E A Guenther .. 160 115 F E Butler....... 160 104 L H Schorty.... 160 133 J M Hawkins.... 160 147 Fred Truax 160 128 Si H Stevens 160 112 G H Piercy 160 135 Neaf Apgar 115 94 M H Rupell ..... 160 109 A A Schoverling. 160 133 F C Bissett ..... 130 95 W J Hearne 160 137 Frank Hall ...... 145 119 Totals for the three days: First Day. Shot Second Day. Shot Third Day. Shot at. Broke. at. Broke. at. Broke W H Heer .. 165 152 160 146 160 150 J M Hawkins .. 165 150 160 144 160 147 Sim Glover .. 165 147 110 82 ... . . ® H PI Stevens .. 165 145 160 128 160 112 Neaf Apgar .. 165 140 160 131 115 95 G R Schneider .... .. 165 139 110 67 . . . . k . JAR Elliott .. 165 136 ... . u 6 160 127 A A Schoverling... .. 165 132 ... ... 160 133 W J Hearne .. 165 138 160 125 160 137 L J Squier .. 165 101 60 33 ... . . . R H Nicol .. 165 67 110 57 160 95 G A Mosher .. 120 87 t T T - - ... ... G H Piercy .. 165 144 160 128 165 135 L H Schorty . . . . 139 ... ... 160 133 Fred Truax ...... 136 160 124 160 128 W K Matthews . . . . .. 165 133 , . ... ... ... E A Guenther .. 165 125 160 122 160 115 S S Adams .. 165 125 110 87 t t - ... A B Gaines, Jr.... .. 165 122 ... ... M H Rupell ..... .. 165 122 160 110 160 109 John Martin .. 150 122 ... ... ,,, ... Dr C E Richter.. .. 165 123 . . r ... • . • ... F Childs 165 119 ... . . 0 O N Armstrong . . .. 165 125 110 87 ... W H Williams ... .. 165 117 110 67 ... ... Dr E Betts .. 165 105 ... ... - * . J S Hale .. 135 96 ... ... ... ... F C Bissett .. 135 109 160 135 130 95 W C Danser . . . . .. 120 73 ... E J Cahr .. 135 104 ... ... ... ... Frank Muldoon . . . .. 105 74 . . . . . . e . e ... Dr J B Pardoe . . . .. 60 53 110 82 . . « . . o W T Smock .. GO 40 . - - ... ... ... M Quackenbush . . .. 60 45 ... . . . Frank Hall .. 60 53 ... ... 160 119 J F Way .. 30 20 ... ... G B Gaskill ..... .. 30 23 45 si e . o i. . o W H O’Brien .. 15 7 . . . , . . . ... ... H S Welles ... ... 160 141 ... ... F E Butler ... ... 160 120 160 104 J W Hoffman .... ... 130 83 ... ... C H Cole ... ... .... 115 91 © o © © o o; F K Stelle . . ... ... 60 32 ... E H Reynolds . . ... ... 50 38 Oscar Mundy 15 11 ... Amateurs vs. professionals, eight men, 100 targets per man: Amateurs — L. H. Schorty 86, A. A. Schoverling 85, G. H. Piercy 84, Fred Truax 79, Frank Hall 79, Ed. Guenther 76, F. C. Bissett 75, M. H. Rupell 66; total, 630. Professionals — W. H. Heer 95, J. M. Hawkins 93, W. J. Hearns 87, Neaf Apgar 83, J. A. R. Elliott 76, F. E. Butler 69, H. H. Stevens 65, R. H. Nicol 54; total, 622. Springfield Shooting Club. We held a practice shoot on the afternoon of June 3, at which fourteen members turned out to try their hand for the several prizes we are shooting for during the season. The seventh event, a 15-target event for a box of cigars, resulted in a tie between Collins and P. Lathrop on 15 broken for each, counting in their added allowance of three targets. Owing to a misunderstanding, the tie was not shot off, but will be decided at the next shoot. We have one of- these prize events at each shoot. The sixth and eighth events are for the Peters cup and three merchandise prizes respectively, to be shot for during the season, the sixth handi- capped by allowing added targets, and in the eighth the shooters are divided into classes according to their shooting, the three prizes being of equal value. Scores in these three events follow: Event No. 6, 25 targets; Peters cup contest — Finch, scratch, 22; Snow, 19 (3), 22; Hawes, 19 (3), 22; P. Lathrop, 18 (3), 21; Janser, 16 (5), 21; Le Noir (scratch), 20; Kites (scratch), 20; Chapin, 17 (3), 20;‘E. H. Lathrop, 17 (3), 20; Coats (scratch), 19; Boughton, 13 (5), 18; Bradford, 6 (5), 11. Event No. 7, 15 targets; club prize, box of cigars — P. Lathrop, 12 (3), 15; Collins, 12 (3), 15; Snow (scratch), 14; Finch (scratch), 13; Chapin, 10 (3), 13; E. H. Lathrop, 9 (3), 12; Le Noir (scratch), 11; Kites (scratch), 11; Bradford, 6 (4), 10; Coats (scratch), 10; Hawes, 7 (3), 10. Event No. S, 25 targets; three merchandise prizes, three classes, A, B and C— Finch (A) 24, Snow (A) 22, Le Noir (A) 19, Kites (A) 18, Coats (A) 17, Hawes (B) 20, P. Lathrop (B) 18, Chapin (C) 15, Bradford (C) 14. Scores by regular events follow: Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Targets : 20 10 10 10 10 25 15 25 10 15 10 10 Finch 17 10 . . 9 8 22 13 24 9 14 10 . . Le Noir 12 7 10 7 6 20 11 19 9 10 ... . Kites 16 4 . . 9 .. 20 11 18 7 11 5 8 Coats 19 10 17 9 6 4 . , P Lathrop ..... .. 7 .. 8 .. 18 12 18 .. .. .. .. Snow .. 8 .. 19 14 22 .. .. .. .. Hawes 19 7 20 . . . . . . . . Chapin . . . . . . . . . . 17 10 15 . . . . . . . „ E Lathrop 5 . . 7 17 9 Jansen 4 .. 6 16 .. .. Boughton 2 3 .... 13 ........... . Collins . . 12 . . . . . . 7 9 W alker 3 Shot at. Broke. 150 136 150 111 150 109 100 65 85 63 75 63 65 46 65 42 60 38 45 26 45 18 35 28 10 3 Misfire. "Westchester Gun Club. Westchester, Pa. — While the attendance at our shoot on June 8 was not large, due to the bad weather, yet we shot the pro- gramme as advertised. Scores: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Targets: 10 15 15 20 10 15 20 15 20 15 Coleman 9 14 13 18 10 14 19 14 20 13 Torpey ....... 7 10 12 17 6 12 14 12 12 10 Lund 12 10 16 10 13 17 13 16 8 Fisher 11 13 17 9 14 16 13 18 11 Farr C 10 9 • « . . Brooke ....... 8 . . . , . o 9 Mace 7 6 • » o . 11 c „ e „ Charlton ....... 9 8 12 11 6 » . 6 . Lumis 9 11 8 11 o e O • Howard 9 11 12 15 7 11 10 „ 0 c 8 Pennington 12 10 15 6 8 i2 Sweyney ....... 6 11 11 15 7 8 7 6 13 7 Holland ....... 4 11 11 . . 4 10 Ferguson 6 C • 8 9 Young 11 ii . . 5 7 13 . . Bull 0 8 11 Lee - .. 9 14 10 12 12 G G Roser 15 9 12 19 13 16 .. 2 7 Silver .. 7 9 11 12 17 10 Burton ....... . „ <, o „ 0 » • 6 e 13 6 o e G 6 Haines t-cteeop * © o © . . . • . . . . 12' « . 6 0 Eachus , Sec> Cedar Springs Tournament. New Paris, O. — Appended are the scores made at out shoot: June 5, First Day. Events : 12 3 Targets : 15 15 20 Ahlets 15 11 18 Peters ................... 12 13 18 Maynard 13 12 15 Penn 13 12 16 Faran ................... 13 10 17 Foltz .................... 13 12 19 Orr ...................... 14 11 19 Bell ...................... 13 14 17 Alkire ................... 13 15 15 Stienman .... 10 12 12 Randall 12 14 15 Dwire 13 14 15 Rike 11 14 15 Try on 13 15 17 Miller 13 14 16 Carr ..................... 12 11 12 Lockwood ............... 14 10 17 Flinn 12 12 16 A W Kirby 13 12 17 Karneham 12 11 18 Snow 14 15 18 Trimble 15 14 19 H N Kirby 13 13 16 Heikes 14 14 17 Le Compte 15 12 17 Reid 12 14 17 Clark 14 13 18 Veitmeyer .10 9 17 Oswald 15 14 16 Cain 13 10 15 Cross . . . 10 13 15 Brandenburg 10 8 14 Page 12 11 15 Lindemuth 13 12 20 Smiley 14 12 15 Dougan 9 12 13 Dial 10 13 15 Oldt 10 11 14 Hodapp 11 12 12 Phares 12 11 14 Achey 10 11 17 Swihart 6 . . 16 Eidson 10 13 12 Warner 7 9 11 Brooks 10 12 17 Liesk 9 8 15 Becker 6 7 11 Mitchell 9 8 7 Steuard Seelhoff Allen 4 5 15 15 11 11 11 15 12 13 12 13 12 10 14 13 13 14 10 9 9 13 9 11 15 10 12 14 13 15 14 14 11 11 10 8 7 8 14 14 13 12 11 14 13 13 14 15 13 13 14 11 13 13 12 14 13 15 11 11 11 10 14 9 11 14 11 14 11 9' 13 14 11 12 10 8 11 13 10 13 8 11 10 12 10 14 12 12 8 10 8 9 11 4 10 .. 8 .. 11 .. .. 9 6 7 20 15 17 12 16 12 17 13 17 14 18 10 18 14 18 12 18 9 20 11 18 13 19 15 14 14 17 14 19 12 14 9 9 11 14 10 16 13 18 13 15 15 16 13 16 14 15 11 19 15 17 15 19 12 20 14 13 8 16 18 16 13 17 9 15 14 13 11 16 14 17 14 11 17 13 13 14 16 17 16 10 9 12 10 8 8 8 ..10 9 . . . . 8 9 10 15 20 15 10 14 14 13 13 13 14 17 12 12 17 15 14 18 10 12 19 11 15 19 15 13 14 10 12 19 14 14 17 11 14 18 15 10 19 13 14 17 14 14 19 14 13 20 13 9 8 12 11 16 10 13 17 12 13 19 14 15 17 14 12 17 15 16 18 14 12 15 10 13 18 12 13 18 12 15 20 12 10 19 11 12 16 13 13 16 13 16 13 11 ii 14 Shot at. 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 166 165 165 165 165 165 165 150 150 130 130 115 Broke. 133 136 138 141 132 145 150 127 141 127 147 138 144 151 134 102 117 139 144 144 146 154 131 147 149 147 147 120 124 119 102 97 82 85 .100 80 60 65 65 65 85 35 30 63 69 45 54 42 32 35 58 16 19 June 6, Second Day, Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 Ahlers 14 12 17 13 14 Peters . 15 12 19 14 11 Maynard 13 13 16 13 15 Faran 11 15 15 13 9 Clark 11 14 15 14 11 Tryon 13 15 18 12 13 Rike 14 14 18" 9 11 Randall 11 14 19 12 14 Steinman 12 13 13 13 10 Foltz 12 12 17 11 13 Orr 13 11 14 10 11 Bell 11 9 13 9 10 Alkire 14 15 16 14 14 Miller 13 10 15 10 12 Lockwood 14 9 14 11 11 Carr 11 11 16 8 9 Spangler 11 12 15 10 13 Snow 14 14 18 12 12 A W Kirby 13 12 17 13 14 Flinn 13 13 16 11 13 H N Kirby H 9 16 13 10 Young 14 13 20 13 14 Reid 12 12 19 12 13 Heikes 14 13 20 14 14 Trimble 1113 19 14 14 Le Compte 11 13 19 11 13 Veitmeyer 13 13 16 11 14 Dwire 10 12 16 13 13 Karnehan 11 12 11 12 12 Lewis 15 12 17 13 14 Warner 6 11 12 8 9 Seelhoff 8 12 17 6 7 Steuard 7 9 10 Porter Dougan Martin 6 7 20 15 19 11 10 12 17 13 17 10 16 14 17 14 19 12 18 11 18 11 20 14 18 12 18 12 15 15 16 13 15 11 10 13 16 12 20 14 18 13 15 13 13 12 17 12 19 13 19 13 15 14 17 13 17 12 14 11 13 11 19 .. 9 .. 12 12 10 9 .. 7 16 .. 16 .. 10 .. Jno. Shot at. 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 165 115 115 100 100 .. .. .. 80 50 ...... 50 ...... 50 ....... 35 F. Freeman, 8 9 10 15 20 15 14 18 14 12 15 12 14 14 13 13 18 12 10 20 10 11 18 14 12 18 13 13 19 11 8 16 11 11 20 9 13 17 14 13 18 14 12 18 11 11 16 10 14. 14 12 11 12 12 13 13 14 12 16 14 11 17 11 4 16 13 12 15 11 11 20 13 11 19 12 14 11 14 14 18 12 14 17 15 10 18 10 Broke. 146 132 141 132 . 135 145 140 142 124 139 133 127 144 126 125 113 129 144 130 127 121 147 142 146 144 143 13-1 89 82 89 55 50 26 40 35 17 Sec’y. tournament of the A wind affected the Soo Gun Club* Sioux City, Iowa.— The eleventh annual Soo Gun Club was held on June 6, 7 and 8. scores. June 6, First Day. Events. 123456789 10 11 12 Targets- 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 15 15 20 20 Pufld ’ 14 14 14 13 19 17 12 14 15 11 20 17 Gilbert 15 14 15 15 19 19 15 14 15 13 20 18 Kline . 14 14 13 13 19 17 15 12 14 13 19 16 Burmeister ' 14 12 14 13 18 12 13 8 14 12 17 15 aurmeister 12 13 15 11 19 20 14 15 13 14 19 17 Borden’ 14 13 15 14 16 17 13 13 14 12 18 15 Hoon 14 14 14 13 19 19 14 13 14 12 19 18 Riehl 15 14 14 14 20 19 15 12 14 14 18 18 Gottlieb 14 14 13 12 19 20 12 13 14 12 20 17 Tavlor 14 14 14 13 20 17 14 14 14 14 18 19 Redfern- ‘ ‘ ” 13 10 13 11 13 19 12 10 13 11 . . Geo Hughes - 14 14 15 15 17 19 13 11 13 9 19 12 Barber 14 14 13 15 18 19 14 14 13 13 18 19 ‘ 13 15 12 14 18 18 13 11 12 11 14 16 Peterson 10 13 10 12 13 13 13 12 15 14 17 16 Dawman 13 11 13 12 20 19 14 13 10 15 19 17 Onen ‘ 11 9 1113 16 17 9 13 111113 13 Enfs 12 12 13 15 18 16 14 13 12 1118 17 Lindeman ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ " 14 15 15 14 16 17 13 8 14 12 18 14 Srhroeder 14 13 14 14 20 17 15 12 11 8 17 19 BeVffer ' " 8 10 12 12 18 18 12 9 11 13 16 17 Trahan 9 13 12 12 15 16 13 13 13 15 16 15 Mrs Houghawough 7 11 12 6 10 10 6 4 10 9 13 8 A°eKRfte°rSky ---- ' ""i”""::: " 14 13 13 12 is 16 is is ii ik is is> F A Kiester’ ’ 15 15 12 15 18 13 13 14 11 12 20 18 Brook 14 11 16 17 13 13 12. 14 .. .. Vermilvea ' ‘ ‘ ' 12 13 14 13 19 17 13 11 15 13 18 17 Adams 11 9 12 10 .... 10 15 14 14 15 .. McFarren . 7 10 9 9 14 1111 6 10 9.. .. Duncan 14 13 11 .. .. .. 12 13 13 14 16 18 Tones. 17 19 14 10 14 13 18 19 ^.tzky ; :: :: :: u. !! n. a a is Hogan--:::::::::::::::'.:::" •• •• •• -131717 June 1, Second Day. The interstate championship cup was won by Mr. W. S. Hoon, of Tewell Junction. There were thirty-five contestants in this event Four tied on 15. The tie was shot off miss-and-out. Mr George Carter, of Lincoln, Neb., missed his second; F. Ver- milyea of Audubon, missed his seventh: Mr. George Hughes, of Fonda’ missed 1’is eighth, leaving Mr. Hoon the winner. Other wnmei’s me: P S. cTabill 1899; fe. D. Trotter, 1900; S. C Smith, 1901; Guy Burnside, 1902; R. R. Barber, 1903; and Russell Klein, 1904.’ The scores : Events- 123456789 10 11 12 Targets- 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 15 15 20 20 Rudd - 14 11 15 14 18 19 14 14 15 14 19 20 S;,* n t* $ ^ 15 15 14 $ ^ w 14 12 12 14 16 19 15 14 12 14 17 18 ICieitt 15 Burmeisteb ... 12 Bills 14 Borden 14 Hoon 14 Riehl ...14 Gottlieb 14 Taylor 12 Peterson 11 Hughes 13 Barber 14 Smith 13 Vermilyea 14 Hawman 12 Duncan 14 Spatz 13 Jones 13 Ellis 14 Lindeman . -. . 11 Bray . . * 14 Schroeder 14 Carter 12 Morrell 15 Dr Houghawough 14 Mrs Houghawough 12 Kantzsky 14 Kern 9 Barton 11 Sett 12 Adams 13 Burger 12 Graham 13 Hogan 13 Meyers - 9 Redfern ••• 13 F A Kiester 14 N Kiester 12 Brook 10 Boyd Young Ross 15 14 15 11 9 12 15 14 14 15 13 14 13 15 13 15 14 13 11 15 14 13 15 14 11 12 15 14 15 15 15 15 13 13 12 12 7 11 13 14 15 10 14 14 14 13 13 14 13 14 14 13 15 14 14 14 12 14 13 13 12 13 14 11 14 14 9 11 9 12 12 14 9 7 10 13 11 15 11 13 13 14 13 14 10 12 9 13 12 14 12 13 14 11 12 13 13 14 12 7 7.. 12 10 12 13 15 13 11 10 14 12 9 10 19 19 12 17 17 20 18 15 20 19 20 19 20 18 18 20 16 16 19 15 19 18 19 18 17 18 18 18 19 16 16 17 20 16 17 17 20 20 19 18 18 15 19 15 18 15 15 13 14 12 17 18 20 15 12 15 16 12 19 18 14 18 18 14 16 15 13 15 13 12 14 13 14 10 15 13 15 14 13 13 14 11 11 13 15 15 13 14 14 13 15 12 14 14 13 15 14 15 13 14 13 13 14 14 11 13 12 14 15 14 .. 13 .. 13 10 7 .. 14 12 12 14 10 14 10 12 7 11 12 14 13 12 .. 13 15 13 11 15 15 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 11 11 14 14 15 13 15 10 13 9 13 13 13 12 14 12 14 13 13 13 15 12 11 14 12 12 13 9 11 10 10 4 7 7 12 12 13 11 12 14 14 14 11 12 10 13 13 9 18 17 19 17 18 18 19 18 18 20 19 19 191 19 19 20 16 15 19 18 20 19 17 20 20 18 20 16 17 18 18 18 18 .. 18 17 20 16 T9 18 2016 16 18 17 17 is n 19 18 17 17 20 is 19 15 16 . . . . 12 15 11 18 . . 18 17 11 13 13 14 19 17 17 17 14 15 15 14 18 19 20 14 13 11 12 12 13 13 .. .. 10 14 13 11 .. .. . . . . .. 12 12 10 .. .. 9 12 13 13 11 130 130 116 109 6 .. 100 63 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 12 11 .. 18 .. 100 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 11 11 8 .. .. 100 71 12 12 10 100 100 67 73 .. .. 8 9 12 6 .. .. June 8, Third Day. The challenge issued on June 7 by Messrs. C. Budd and H. Hawman, to shoot a match with two gray-headed men not under fifty years of age, 1,000 shots per man, was accepted by Messrs. Hughes and Schroeder, the match to be shot on the afternoon of June 8. Whether it was amusement chatter or a serious match, it was not shot. Scores: Events- 123456789 10 11 12 Targets ■ 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 15 15 20 20 Budd 9 13 14 11 20 16 12 13 13 12 18 19 Gilbert 13 16 14 15 18 19 15 15 15 14 20 19 Klein 13 13 15 15 19 18 12 14 11 13 20 20 Burmeister 14 14 13 12 17 19 12 11 13 10 17 20 Bills 14 12 15 14 19 18 13 13 15 13 20 15 Borden" ’ 14 14 14 14 19 18 11 13 14 12 19 19 Hoon 11 14 14 13 19 16 11 14 14 14 19 18 Riehl 12 14 13 12 17 19 13 14 15 14 18 17 Gottlieb 13 15 13 13 19 17 15 11 15 13 17 19 Tavlor 12 13 13 12 18 18 14 11 14 13 20 18 Peterson ' 12 13 13 12 17 13 12 12 14 10 16 17 Hughes 11 10 13 11 12 18 . . Barber 13 13 14 14 16 17 12 13 13 14 19 20 Smith . 11 12 13 14 17 20 14 10 13 14 19 17 N Kiester 12 14 13 13 16 19 14 11 14 12 18 17 Hawman 13 12 14 14 18 17 12 11 12 13 18 15 Duncan 14 13 12 13 19 18 13 13 13 13 19 17 Snatz ‘ " 14 12 13 9 17 17 11 13 11 13 19 8 Trahan 10 10 9 11 19 13 13 12 13 11 18 14 Fills 20 15 13 5 12 12 14 15 Lindeman---.--.-:.- 10 14 14 14 16 18 15 12 15 15 20 15 Brav 15 14 15 13 19 20 13 14 15 13 18 16 Schroeder ‘ 13 12 12 11 17 17 12 13 12 11 . . Carter ' 13 10 10 12 14 10 13 15 10 10 18 14 Morrell' ' i i i i 14 11 12 10 18 17 14 14 13 11 17 17 Redfern * - * -H 8.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FA Kiester 14 14 13 9 19 15 13 14 13 15 20 18 T arson 12 8 10 14 15 15 12 7 11 13 16 14 Leach 14131917 Schemmer Dayhoff l-1 • Forbes Bergen Beach Gun Club. Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y., June 10.— The weather was delightfully pleasant. A variable sea breeze blew toward the shooters from the traps, making the targets somewhat difficult for the shooters who shot in slow time. 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A postal brings “Shooting Facts.” CANOE and BOAT BUILDING. Ever Reliable and Uniform. Mr. Fred Gilbert's Great Record: Crawfordsville, Ind., May 17, broke 204 ex 210. “ “ May 18, broke 206 ex 210. May 19, broke 171 ex 180. May 20, broke 125 ex 130. May 2i, broke 147 ex 150. May 23, broke 147 ex 150. May 24, broke 148 ex 150. May 25, broke 148 ex 150. With runs of 99, 104, no, no, 140. Making an average of 97 per cent, and using DviPont Smokeless | St. Louis, Mo., Lincoln, 111., U (( u u Hotchkiss Repeating Rifle for $7.50 And Manufacturers’ List Price was $25.00. They are in practically new condition. Barrels in dark burnished blue finish, •45"7° caliber. Reloadable center-fire cartridge, very accurate and long range. Fine wind gauge adjustable sights, graduated up to 1200 yards. Point blank range 100 yards. Length barrel, from muzzle to receiver, 28 inches. Can be used as a Single Shot or as a Repeater at will. To anyone wanting a first-class Rifle for large game or target, these are an exceptional bargain. Cartridges for Rifles, 60 cents per box. Reloading Tools, with Bullet Mould, $2.25 per set. Orders enclosing money will be filled as long as the lot lasts, and if Rifle on receipt and examination is not satisfactory it can be returned and money will be refunded, less cost of expressage. WM. READ & SONS, Washington St.. Boston. Mass GRAND PRIZE— ST. LOVIS. A unanimous opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States will convince the most skeptical on any question of the law. An inventor may say he has a good patent and find people who will believe him because he is an honest man, but the majority would prefer to wait until the highest court had pronounced it valid. Many gun makers have advertised that they build the best gun on earth, but most shooters prefer better proof than such extravagant claims. Great international expositions like the World’s Fair at St. Louis become a sort of Clearing House for claims of just this nature; a kind of Commercial Court of Last Resort where rival manufacturers meet with conflicting claims of superiority and whose goods are then brought before expert judges and impartially judged to a fixed standard of merit, and where the final awards are recognized by the public the world over as conclusive. Few people realize the high honor accorded Mr. Greener in placing his name at the head of the list of Grand Prize Awards in the gun section at the World’s Fair, and fewer people know that in order to receive a Grand Prize it was necessary to prove to three separate juries that Greener guns possessed at least ninety-five out of a possible hundred points of all that was meritorious in a shotgun. On the juries were experts and gun makers from France, Belgium and England as well as from America, and a difference of as much as five points on all of the questions considered was sufficient to prevent the award of the Grand Prize. Furthermore Mr. Greener has been awarded prizes in thirty-three other international expositions, but the supreme test was at St. Louis, for the reason that the standard of merit was so high and a Grand Prize so difficult to obtain. Next week we will refer to the principal points of merit upon which the Greener gun was judged, and will ask the readers of this paper to become a fourth jury and decide whether the Greener gun is not as near perfect as it is possible to make it. HENR.Y C. SQUIRES & SON, 20 Cortlatndt Street, - New York. Sole Agents for the United States. I A complete manual for Amateurs. Containing plain and comprehensive direc- tions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats and Hunting Craft. By W. P. Stephens. Cloth. Eighth and enlarged edition. 264 pages, numerous illustrations, and fifty plates in envelope. Price, $2.00. This office. In addition to our line of GUNS and TACKLE which is the best assorted and largest in this country, we carry a complete line of CAMPING GOODS. Gun and Camp Goods Catalogue mailed on application. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302-304 Broadway, - NEW YORK. VOL. LXIV.— No. 25. New York A. C.’s Cruising Race. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1905. isuj; umuostpiuig ARAvSpry; jqo'j JjH* respecting subscriptiofisf Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter. Copyright, 1904, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co Terms, postpaid, $4. 1 Great Britain. $5.50. 1 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. PRICE, 10 CENTS. PARIS: Brenttno’s ANOTHER U. M. C. shells have won practically all of the State Championships shot for this year. The victories cover Texas in the South, Iowa in the West, Indiana in the North and New Jersey in the East. The last, the New Jersey State Championship, was won by Mr. F. E. Butler, with U. M. C. SHOT SHELLS shooting in the rain. The Pennsylvania State Championships at both Live Birds and Clay Birds, and the Kentucky State Championship were also won with U. M. C. Shot Shells. Professionals prove and amateurs know that the U. M. C. style of loading makes the pattern practically perfect. The U. M. C. .33 primer also improves every ballistic property of the load. Do not handicap yourself at the Grand American Handicap . Shoot V. C. Shot Shells . THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Depot, 86-88 First St., San Francisco, Cal r — 419 STRAIGHT At the Ohio Trap Shooters’ League Tournament, in two days’ continuous shooting from different traps, W. R. Crosby, shooting Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells, made a run of 419 straight. This score beats the real world’s long-run record of 345 straight, made by Mr. Crosby in 1901, and establishes A Bona Fide New World’s Record At Dubuque, Iowa, June 14th, Fred Gilbert, shooting Winchester Factory Loaded “Leader” Shells, made a run of 210 targets straight. Long runs and high scores are not unusual with shooters who use Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. 1 heir uniformity of loading, evenness of pattern and strong shooting qualities have led them to be called “the shells which make and break records. ^ Shooters who expect to attend the Grand American Handicap, don’t be misled into shooting some shells “just as good as Winchester at this great event by inducements that won’t help you but will help the other fellow. Shooters who attend this event want shells they can win with, and no shells will help as much to win as Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. - , - 1! FOREST AND STREAM. Steam Launch, Yacht, Boat and Canoe Builders, etc. THE ROBERTS SAFETY LAUNCH AND YACHT BOILER. 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This compilation comprises six Hundred and odd hints, helps, kinks, wrinkles* points and suggestions for the shooter, the fisherman, the dog owner, the yachts-* man, the canoeist, the camper, the outer; in short, for the field sportsman in all the varied phases of his activity. The scope of the information it contains embraces a wild field, and “Hints and Points” has proved one of the most prac* tically useful works of reference in the sportsman’s library. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW .YORK, | Yachting Goods, LOOK THRT°HuBaH YACHT! REGISTERS and we think that il you will agree with us in saying the ALMY BOILER is the FAVORITE BOILER with yachtsmen ALMY WATER TUBE BOILER CO. Providence, R- I- DU KIDNEY k SON, WEST DE PERE, WIS. Builder^ Canoes, Gusuime .. Send for Catalogue. nunting Boats, Small Sail Boats. Knock Down Boais Of all Descriptions. Launches, row an.l sail boats. Canoes and Hunting boats Send for Catalogue. American lioat & Machine Co., 3517 S. 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This interesting manual of how to build,; cruise and live in a canvas canoe is writ ten by one of the most enthusiastic of the older generation of canoeists, who has had a long experience of cruising on the Shenandoah River, and of building the boats best adapted to such river cruising. With the help of this volume, aided by its abundant plans and illustrations, any boy or man who has a little mechanical skill; can turn out for himself at trifling ex- oense a canoe alike durable and beautiful. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. Noiseless Frictionless BALL-BEARING OAR LOCKS. Let me tell you about them Descriptive circulars anc prices upon application to T. H. GARRETT, JR.. Auburn, N. Y. IRADEMAKK. FOR. THE HIGHEST QUALITY IN VARNISH FOR. house; or. yacht, be sure each can bears the above Trade Mark, which stands for seventy-eight years of high grade varnish making. EDWARD SMITH £. COMPANY, Varnish Makers and Color Grinders, 59 Market Street, 45 Broadwi Chicago, 111. 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The object of this journal will be to studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor recre- ation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural obledS Announcement in first number of " Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. CALIFORNIA FRUITS AND BIRDS. With the coming into- any country of civilized man come also changes in physical conditions which affect the whole region. When the forest is cut down, woods dwelling birds disappear with the forests ; when thickets are cleared up, the birds of the brush patches take their departure. Fields and cultivated land bring at once spe- cies which belong to the prairie and the open valleys. Some birds disappear because their food and their homes have disappeared, other species come to live in the land because their food has come. Quadrupeds in many cases move away or come in because of appearance or dis- appearance of conditions favorable or unfavorable to their life. A recent paper from the pen of F. E. L. Beal, Economic Ornithologist of the Biological Survey, treats of the rela- tion of birds to fruit growing in California, and contains much information which is interesting and useful. With- in the past few years we have become accustomed to see- ing and hearing much sentimental writing and talk about the birds, and it might be supposed from much that is said that no birds did any harm. This, of course, is not true. Many birds perform great services for the farmer, but others do much damage to the crops. One of the most striking and best known examples of this is found in the rice plantations of the south, where the rice birds of half a dozen species sometimes almost destroy the crop. California has a long extent from north to south and consists of mountain and plain, seashore, swamp and river, so that it is rich in bird life, both as to species and individuals. Besides the ordinary north and south mi- grations there occurs here, too, one from east to west; that is from the high mountains where the birds breed, to the lower lands and valleys where they spend the winter. In California birds do very serious damage to the fruit crops, but on the other hand they perform great services by eating vast quantities of noxious insects. The harm which they do is direct and obvious and is too important to be overlooked ; while the good done by the destruction of insect pests is indirect, and often understood only by thoughtful people. The lack of wild fruits on the Pacific coast and the absence of water in summer, which may cause the introduced fruits to be attacked because their juices may supply needed water, suggest themselves as two reasons for the injury to fruit by the birds. It has generally been found that, the birds doing damage to any special crop are either great congregations of birds of a single species or of birds of two or three closely allied species. The house finch is perhaps the leader among the birds which do harm to fruits. Its strong beak enables it to cut through the skins of the toughest fruit. Seeds con- stitute the chief food of this bird. It eats few noxious insects, but many noxious seeds. It is a brightly coloied bird and possesses a sweet song, and the matter of balanc- ing its good and its bad dualities is one of some difficulty. Very serious damage is done by this species as well as hv the white crown sparrows by eating the buds of fruit trees in the very early spring. If Brewer’s blackbird eats cherries to some extent, it also' eats a multitude of grubs and other ground-dwelling insects, and many of our readers have seen a procession of these blackbirds in early spring following the plow through the California fields, destroying in great numbers |be grubs and other insects turned up by the farmer- The California jay is another very destructive bird; destructive not only for what it eats, but for what it carries off. The jay’s well known habit of taking away and hiding food after its appetite is satisfied is practiced by the robbers of the California orchards. In one case two continuous lines of jays were seen passing, the one up, the other down a ravine to an orchard, each bird of the line going up carrying a prune in its beak, while the other line returned empty-mouthed. This sort of thing kept up for hours or days would, of course, soon destroy the whole crop. The California quail is believed to de- stroy many grapes. In a large vineyard in southern Cali- fornia the loss was estimated as twenty tons annually. There are other birds that do a great deal of harm, and of these the robin is one of the most important, for he destroys great quantities of olives. At times the olive orchards are visited by robins in such numbers that, not- withstanding all the shooting that is done in the effort to protect the crop, there seems to be a real scramble be- tween the olive pickers and the birds as to which shall get the greater share of the fruit. Mr. Ellwood Cooper, an olive grower who has suffered greatly from the robins, believes that they visit the olive orchards only when the crop of native berries in the Sierra Nevada Mountains has failed them. The birds by no means come every year to the orchards, and it is quite possible that this accounts for their depredations. A year or two ago attention was called by a corre- spondent of the Forest and Stream to the destruction of apples by Lewis’ woodpecker. On some occasions, the visits of these birds to the apple orchard are so- constant that a great amount of fruit is destroyed. There are a multitude of small insect-eating birds that perform astonishing services to the fruit grower and the farmer generally in California as elsewhere; but the in- jury done by the fruit-eating birds must also be consid- ered, and efforts made to reduce it. ALBANY OR WASHINGTON? The Nebraska law which forbids the importation into the State of game from another State during the time when “such other State prohibits the transportation of such game from said State to a point without the same,” might appear to be an interference in interstate com- merce. But according to a ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Gear vs. State of Connec- ticut, game, the export of which is forbidden, cannot be- come a subject of interstate commerce; hence the game legislated against by Nebraska is quite within the proper jurisdiction of that State to exercise control over. There is less substantial ground of confidence in the stability of the New York law relating to the fish of Missisquoi Bay. It will be recalled that the united efforts of New York and Vermont to protect the pike- perch of Lake Champlain have been nullified for the rea- son that in the chief breeding waters of the fish in Mis- sisquoi Bay, in the Province of Quebec, netting is per- mitted under the Provincial law. The Missisquoi fisher- men have found a market for their catch In New York State. Failing to secure satisfactory co-operation on the part of Quebec for the protection of Lake Champlain fish by the suppression of the Missisquoi netting, the New York authorities conceived the plan of circumventing the netters by cutting off their market; and the Albany Legis- lature having been appealed to at the late session enacted a law that no transportation company nor person should import any fish from Missisquoi Bay, under a penalty of $60 and $10 for each fish transported in violation of law ; and the act authorizes the fish and game authorities to seize and confiscate all fish coming into the Slate from the Canadian waters referred to. The measure is most com- mendable in intent, but it will hardly stand the test of the court if fish shall be seized under the authority it confers and the defendant in such action shall call in question the constitutionality of the law. For clearly it is an act in regulation ot commerce with a foreign na- tion, and the Constitution of the United States expressly provides that “the Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.” Granting that exclusion of these Canadian fish was de- sirable, was the appeal to that end properly made to Albany, or should recourse have been had to WastD ington? WILLIAM C. HARRIS. William C. Harris, widely known as a writer on fish and fishing, died in this city on June 11, aged seventy-five years. Mr. Harris was a native of Baltimore. He served in the Civil War, was made prisoner at Ball’s Bluff, and spent several months in Libby Prison. In 1875 Mr. Harris was connected with the Forest and Stream, and afterward started a Philadelphia paper called “Afield and Afloat.” Aiter a few years this was merged into a monthly called “Nature’s Realm.” After- ward he published the “American Angler,” which was fol- lowed by the “Fishing Gazette.” The most ambitious undertaking of Mr. Harris was the publication “Fishes of North America,” in which he planned to do for the fishes what Audubon had done for the birds. To secure the correct coloring of the species described, he enlisted the services of an artist to accompany him, to paint the fish in its natural colors as it was taken from the water. The project was never completed. A steamship from the United States took into Hono- lulu the other day a box of snakes, some of them rattle- snakes, intended for exhibition in a local zoo. There are no snakes in the islands, and public sentiment is strongly opposed to the introduction of any, even for exhibition purposes, because of a possibility that they might escape. That snakes do escape from public or private possession was demonstrated in New York city the "other day, when a large boa constrictor was discovered wandering up Fifth avenue. The Honolulu people took no chances; the rattlers and the other snakes were done to death in the custom house. K There are other pests, however, which no vigilance on the part of the customs authorities can exclude. Hawaii owes its mosquitoes to importations of the pests carried in American sailing vessels. As a corrective of this evil imported from the United States, a resident living near the Makiki stream has procured from California a large number of the western salamanders and liberated them to make war on the mosquitoes breeding in the Makiki pools and the taro fields. It is not anticipated that the salaman- ders will extirpate the insects, but they may do much in mitigation of the plague. This expedient of importing the natural enemy of an introduced insect pest, which has more than once proved highly effective, has been recommended to the Massa- chusetts authorities in their conflict with the gypsy moth. This insect has already cost in public money appropriated to fight it and a private expenditure for the purpose, more than $400,000, and while the spread of the infected dis- trict has been restricted, the moth has not yet been ex- terminated, nor is there now belief that its extermination will be possible. The most that may be hoped 'for is its partial control and restraint within certain infected areas. Now that a policy of extermination has been abandoned as hopeless, it is recognized that an efficient agency in restricting the moth may be provided by importing from the original homes of the insect in Europe and Asia the natural enemies which there prey upon it and maintain such a repressive effect that the moth does not often prove a very destructive pest. Through the studies of European entomologists and foresters the habits of . these natural enemies are well known; and agents of the Bureau of Entomology at Washington have expressed a belief that the introduction of the insects into New Eng- land would not be attended with any danger that they in turn might become a plague, because they subsist entirely upon the larvre of the gypsy moth and allied insect pests, and in the absence of such food themselves perish. * Manitoba was once a hunting country which attracted many visiting sportsmen from the United States, but it is no longer to be counted among the shooting grounds of America except for its own citizens. The authorities do not invite the non-resident sportsman, nor is he likely to come, for a $100 license regulation stands in the way. This is practically prohibitive. w The new association organizing in Toronto gives promise of efficient service in the cause of better protec- tion of game and fish, inasmuch as it has behind it the very substantial backing of citizens who realize the situa- tion and are in earnest in a purpose to supplement the work of the authorities, „ 490 FOREST AND STREAM tJUNE 24, 1905. The Boy on the Farm, BY HERMIT. 1 t ! 1 ) Examine “Haunts of The Hunted,” published by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company, and it will disclose numerous trout brooks and streams in north- ern Maine. Costigan Brook, town of Alton, will be found in the list. More than half a century before the rail- road existed, or before the railroad people had dis- covered this brook, the Boy on the Farm had explored every foot of its course from its source to its mouth. In fact, Costigan Brook wound its crooked way through the woodlands of the new home farm. The farm had been hewed from the wilderness by the boy’s father. To clear the land great forest trees had been cut down and burned into charcoal. A few years later substantial farm buildings were erected and the evolution of a farm from a wilderness was complete. One morning in June, after the cows had been turned to pasture and breakfast was over, the hired man took down his hoe and started for the cornfield. As he passed the kitchen door, he called to the Boy: “I’ll take along the corn and beans; stuff your pockets with pumpkin seeds and come on.” The Boy understood just what was wanted. He dropped pumpkin seeds from his pockets, while corn and beans were dropped from a small double basket made for the purpose. The basket was a present from a squaw, wife of Joe Polis, Thoreau’s Indian guide. Previous to moving to the wilderness, the Boy’s father owned a store in Oldtown, Maine, which was freely patronized by the Indians and lumbermen. Later Joe Polis and his brother Newel were employed by the Boy’s father when exploring for lumber, 100 miles up the Penobscot River. The corn ground was ready for the seed. It had been plowed, harrowed, furrowed out and manured in the hill. The Boy had to scrape a little soil, with his bare foot, over the manure, before dropping the corn. A pumpkin seed was dropped in every third hill. The beans were dropped between the hills of corn. The Boy thought it very hard work indeed and envied the hired man his job. To pull a little dirt over the seed was only play, and the after-patting was a thing of joy. However, the Boy knew that the hired man was too clumsy to drop seeds, that he would have to stop to make a count at each hill and so go halting over the field. The Boy understood that his own quick sight, aided by nimble fingers, would carry the work along swiftly and properly. While engaged with his work the Boy’s mind was active. He saw that cornfield in the fall when the beans had been pulled and stacked on the adjoining grass land; when the corn had been gathered into shooks, exposing to view countless numbers of great yellow pumpkins. But the future of the cornfield did not wholly occupy the Boy’s mind. Whenever he stopped to brush away the black flies and “minges,” his gaze would wander longingly to the trout brooks in the distance. Costigan Brook in the edge of the woodland and Little Brook in plain view from the corn- field. While the trout were waiting to be caught, he thought it hard lines to be tied down to the cornfield. How he did wish it would rain. Then he recollected that the sun rose clear and went into a cloud. He had heard old Jim Norcross say it was a sure sign of rain. Then, too, he had heard the old man say: “Rain before seven, clear before eleven.” That would not do at all. The Boy wanted a rainy day, so he hoped the rain would hold off until after seven. Sure enough it did. Soon after 7 o’clock the Hired Man pulled out his watch, or “turnip,” as he called it, and called to the Boy: _ “It looks like rain, don’t drop any more; by the time I catch up it will clear off or rain.” The Boy be- gan to turn over the grass sods with his hands, to hasten the work, all the time wishing for rain. By the time the seeds were covered the rain came down and the Boy hurried to the house. His mother sent him to the spring for a pail of water and expressed surprise at his quick return. The Boy did not wait for the slice of gingerbread, which was always due with each pail of water, but seized an old hoe and started out for angle worms. Did he go to the barnyard? Not he. He knew a spot worth a dozen barnyards. He went to the sink spout. Here were worms nearly as large as snakes, but when the Boy turned up the soggy earth the vile odor nearly choked him. The only tin cans in those days were mustard boxes. They were small, so the Boy filled two. After Ije had sprinkled dirt over the worms and secured the covers, he went to the shed for a fishing pole. The Boy had a good supply of poles of all sizes and lengths. These poles were found in the woods ready made. One of the Boy’s friends, a hunter and trapper, had revealed to him the secret of how to acquire ready-made fishing poles. Nearby the Boy s home there were great swamps filled with hackmatack trees. Where there chanced to be a meadow, or opening, a dense mass of seedlings would spring up around the edges. When these seed- lings were large enough for fishing poles, porcupines would bend them down and strip off the bark. The poles sprung back and seasoned as hard as flint, ’ In Maine the larch, or hackmatack, is called juniper, so the Boy called his collection, “juniper fishing poles.” The trapper had posted the Boy as to hooks and lines for trout and pickerel, so he was soon on the way to Little Brook. The rain soaked through his blue jumper and overalls, the only garments worn, except a cotton shirt. He did not like the smell of the blue dye, otherwise cared nothing for the wetting. There was a deep hole in Little Brook, where the sheep were washed every spring, and here the Boy expected to get one trout, if he could steal up to a clump of bushes without being seen by the keen-eyed resident. He reached the bushes all right and cau- tiously dropped a wriggling worm into the deepest water. He could not see the bait, but instantly there was a rush from bank to bank, while the Boy felt the tug and several hundred thrills. He pulled the trout out with a steady hand, for the trapper had taught him how. While the trout was flopping about in the grass, the Boy cut a stringer, a forked hazel twig. After stripping the leaves off, he shoved the tip end under the gills of the trout and out through the mouth, then worked the fish down to the fork. He held the trout alo'ft and admired its beautiful spots, but when he saw how desperately it was gasping, he felt a thrill of pity for the dying fish and just a twinge of guilt. The Boy knew it would be useless to fish longer in the deep hole. The frantic rushes of his trout had frightened everything away. One more spot in Little Brook, where there was a sunken log, gave up a small trout. The Boy left Little Brook valley and crossed the ridge to the valley belonging to Costigan Brook. It was too early to fish in the woods, far from the mouth of the brook. Later trout would seek the shaded places and cool waters of the springs that fed the brook, but now he must look for fish further down stream. He left his father’s land and crossed to the next lot, which was also wooded. Here he tried several deep holes, but nothing came of it, so he climbed the line fence to the next lot, the Means Farm. Some years before a large hemlock tree had been blown down, and the upturned roots had left a deep hole in the bed of the brook. From this hole the Boy pulled out two good-sized trout, after which he made a short cut to the old mill. This mill was a financial failure. A dearth of water had proved its downfall. Now it. was slowly but surely going to decay. Under its bed-timbers dwelt a wise old trout. The Boy called him old, because four years ago he had pulled the same trout above water, only to see him drop off the hook and escape. Since that day the old fellow had refused to take bait no matter how skillfully it might be presented. When the Boy reached the mill the trout, as usual, was in a little pool between the bed-timbers. The water was as clear as crystal, and the fish rested just above the gravelly bottom. The Boy sneaked into the mill and dropped his bait through a hole in the floor, to the pool below. The trout sculled himself up to the struggling worm, touched it lightly and then slowly backed water. The Boy pulled up the bait and dropped it again, with the same result. For a good half hour the wary trout was tempted until the Boy’s patience gave out. As a last resort he tried hooking, and this sent the trout to his retreat under the timbers. There was a robin’s nest in the mill plastered on a plate overhead, which interested the Boy, for he had lost his dinner one Sunday, while eagerly watching the birds in their labors at nest building. Now there were four greenish-blue eggs in the nest, and one was peeped. After leaving the Means Farm, the brook wandered through a mowing field and pasture. The owner of the farm was a “holy terror,” and hated boys. Fie had long legs and could run like a deer, and woe betide the boy caught fishing on his premises! Once he had chased the Boy on the farm, but the Boy had taken to the woods, where his knowledge of wood- craft enabled him to escape. While he was lucky to escape a flogging, he was unlucky in having to sacri- fice a good fishing pole and line. The mowing field contained three deep holes. The Boy had to do some skillful engineering to reach these holes, unseen from the buildings. There was a high bank on the brook to the first deep hole, so the Boy by stooping and crawling managed very well. Three good-sized trout and a chub was his reward. The next hole was not so easy. There was a clump of bushes that ranged with the buildings; but to reach the clump, an open space had to be passed, which was in plain view from the house. Before attempting to cross the open spot the Boy cautiously raised his head above the bank and examined the dooryard. The farmer was at the woodpile, splitting wood. The Boy waited. He knew the farmer would not work long in the rain. Soon a woman appeared for a moment in the doorway, and seemingly spoke to the man, for he stopped splitting wood, and gathered on one arm what he would call a “burden of wood,” and started for the house. If he had looked over his shoulder he would have seen a small boy streaking it through his grass field. Two trout were added to the string here. Then the Boy crawled behind a log fence to the next hole. Patient fishing only resulted in scoring a failure at this hole. The next hole was in the pasture, far away from the buildings. It was shaded by a mass of alders, through which the Boy had trimmed a narrow passage. The hole was broad and deep. At this time of the year it was usually well supplied with trout. Here the Boy met with first-class luck. Nine trout, little and big, made the string look quite respectable. The next trout hole was some distance away. It was a depression in the meadow, connecting with the brook, where boiling springs of the coldest water bubbled up through sand and gravel. The Boy made a short cut, up the hill past “The Little Red School House.” Here* he stopped long enough to see if his mark was on the shingle where he had cut it the year before. Each boy had a mark of his own, similar to the marks used by lumbermen to identify logs. Rabbit Track, Crow Foot, Long Forty and many others were adopted by the boys. The Boy on the Farm had laid claim to Three Notches. Years later many a tree in the forests of Maine showed where the Boy had wandered. At the bridge he pulled out a small trout, but ex- pected better luck at the springs. These springs sup- plied water to the scholars and to two families nearby. Before the Boy could reach the springs, the “bully of the school,” ran down from one of the houses and began to thrash the water with a 2stick. He sar- castically informed the fisherman that he would kindly go before and thrash the trout holes for him. The Boy made up his mind right then, that the “bully” would have to fight as soon as they reached the woods. Just then the big boy’s father called and he reluctantly left, saying that he would follow later. He did not, however, so the fight was postponed. The Boy on the Farm did not fear the “bully,” for a very good reason. The trapper had given him lessons in boxing, and had told him, that he had developed a swift, hard blow with his right, that would equal the blow of some men. A year later that right hand blow knocked out the “bully.” The Boy on the Farm got a swelled head. It only lasted a few weeks, or, until a wiry backwoods boy licked the “stuffing” out of him. Below the bridge there was a gravel-bed in the brook which had forced the channel, for some rods, under the bank. Here the Boy added two good fish to his string. Down in the open woods a log had lodged across the brook, forming a rolling dam. The fall of water for several years had dug out a deep hole. A great sheet of froth and foam covered the pool. The Boy let the worm float over the log and into the foam, where it was seized with a savage rush, by the largest trout yet. Two smaller fish followed. The next hole was under the roots of a large elm tree. The tree stood in a bend of the brook, which caused the current to scoop out the soil far beneath the bank. The Boy had to creep up to his hole, for it was necessary to fish some distance from the tree. If a trout got into the net work of roots, it was a loss of fish, as well as hooks. Three trout were hooked, one of which was lost, but the Boy saved the hook, which pleased him much. Two trout were lured from beneath a sunken log a short distance below the tree. Here the Boy found back water and he was forced to wade for rods to reach the mouth of Spring Brook. There was a high bank where Spring Brook joined Costigan Brook, and what was better a very deep hole where trout loved to tarry when making their way up-stream. Below, thousands of acres of woodland were under water. The spring freshet had not yet subsided. Pen- obscot River had backed into Birch Stream; Birch Stream had backed into Costigan Brook, Costigan Brook had backed into Spring Brook, and Spring Brook was making the lives of the white hares miser- able in Cedar Swamp. The Boy spent several hours at this spot perched on a maple root with his back resting against the bole of the tree. His fish were by his side, and he sat on the ends of the stringer to make sure that none flopped off into the water. Fie caught sixteen trout before the fish refused to bite, and lost two, on account of the overhanging branches. It had cleared off and the sun was shining, so the Boy did not expect to get another fish. He never could catch trout in a clear day. After the fish had refused to bite, the Boy set his pole into the bank and left it to do the fishing, while he counted his catch. He made out forty-four trout and one chub. As he finished counting, a large mink swam to the spot and landed. He ran about in circles trying to locate the fish. The Boy threw the chub to him and he dove with it in his mouth into the deep hole. The Boy thought his nest must be in the high bank, as everything else was under water. It was late in the afternoon when the Boy started for home. The black flies, after the rain ceased, nearly drove him crazy until he reached the field, where the wind swept them away. He was a tired, hungry boy when he reached home, and the brown bread and milk did taste so good. Later the Boy was instructed in fly-fishing, and at once adopted the new method. The Boy on the Farm is now nearing his sixty- seventh year. His fishing trips are few, except those that haunt the hours of slumber. It is a curious fact that he never dreams of fly-fishing, but often, very often he fishes Costigan Brook with a “juniper pole” and worm bait. Some of these dreams are so real a§ June, 24, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 491 to partake of the nature of visions. The dreamer again digs worms and even smells the odor from the sink spout. The mill and the wary old trout are again in evidence. The long-legged farmer still keeps an eye on his grass field and the “bully” runs down and thrashes the water. The dreamer again eats brown bread and milk, with a boy’s appetite, and awakes with the old taste in his mouth. Camping Out. To many a city man there comes a time, now and then, when the great town wearies him. He hates its sights and smells and clangor. Every duty is a task, and every caller is a bore. There come to him visions of green fields and far-rolling hills, of tall forests and cool, swift-flowing streams. He longs to lie under some grand old tree, lazily watching the clouds drift by, dream'ly conscious of carol and chirrup and hum- ming wings; or he yearns for the thrill of the chase, for the keen-eyed, silent stalking; or, rod in hand, he would search for that mysterious pool where the father of all bass lurks for his lure. He would be free, un- beholden, irresponsible, for the nonce — free to go or come at his own sweet will, to tarry where he lists, to do this, or do that, or do nothing, as his humor veers. As for the hours, he would proclaim: “It shall be what o'clock I say it is.” thus, basking and sporting in the great, clean out-of- doors, he would, for a blessed interval, “Forget six counties overhung with smoke, Forget the snorting steam and piston-stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town.” A vacation at a summer resort, or on a farm, is bet- ter than none, no doubt; but if one would realize in its perfection his dream of peace and freedom from every worldly care he should camp in the wild woods, far away from everything that suggests the hurry and strife of civilized life. It is good tor us, now and then, to go where we must hunt, capture, and cook our own meat, build our own shelter, do our own chores, and, in some measure, pick up again those lost arts of wildcraft that were our heritage through many thous- ands of years, but of which not one city man in ten knows anything at all. In the cities our tasks are so highly specialized, and so many things are done for us by other specialists, that we are in danger of becoming not merely a one-handed but a one-fingered and one- idead race. The self-dependent life of the wilderness nomad is a good corrective and alternative for our minds no less than for our bodies, bringing mental pro- cesses and bodily habits back to a normal state, and ex- ercising certain lobes and muscles that otherwise may atrophy from want of use. . Let your camp be the real thing. There are “camps so-called that are not camps at all. A rustic cottage furnished with tables and chairs and beds brought from town, with rugs on the floor and pictures on the walls, with a stove in the kitchen and crockery in the pantry, an ice-house hardby, and daily delivery of farm products, groceries, and mails, may be a pleasant place in which to spend the summer with one’s family and friends; but it is not a camp. Neither is a wilderness club house, built on a game preserve, looked after by a care-iaker, and supplied during the season with servants and the appurtenances of a good hotel. A camp proper is a nomad’s biding place. He may occupy it for a season, or only for a single night, ac- cording as the site and its surroundings please or do not please the wanderer’s whim. If the fish do not bite, or the game has moved away, or unpleasant neighbors should intrude, or if anything else goes wrong, it is but an hour’s work for him to pull up stakes and be off, seeking that particularly good place that generally lies beyond the horizon’s rim. Your thoroughbred camper likes not the attentions of a landlord, nor will he suffer himself to be rooted to the soil by cares of ownership or lease. It is not possession of the land, but of the landscape, that he enjoys. As for that, all the wild parts of the earth are his, by a title that carries with it no obligation but that he shall not desecrate nor lay them waste. Houses to such a one are little better than jails; fences and walls are his abomination; plowed fields are only so many patches of torn and tormented earth. The sleek comeliness of pastures is too prim and arti- ficial, domestic cattle have a meek and ignoble bearing, fields of grain are monotonous to his eyes, which turn for relief to some abandoned old field, over-grown with thicket, that still harbors some of the shy children of the wild. It is not the clearing, but the untouched wilderness, that is the camper’s real home. He is brother to that good, old friend of mine who, in gentle satire of our formal gardens and close-cropped lawns; was wont to say, “I love the unimproved works of God.” He likes to wander alone in the forest, tasting the raw sweets and pungencies that uncloyed palates craved in the childhood of our race. To him “The shelter of a rock Is sweeter than the roofs of all the world.” The charm of nomadic life is its freedom from care, its unrestrained liberty of action, and the proud self- reliance of one who is absolutely his own master, free to follow his bent in his own way, and cheerfully, in turn, suffering the penalties that nature visits upon him for every slip of mind or bungling of his hand. Carry- ing with him, as he does, in a few small bundles, all that he needs to provide food and shelter in any land, whether habited or uninhabited, the camper is lord of himself and of his surroundings. “Free is the bird in the air, And the fish where the river flows; Free is the deer in the wood. And the gipsy wherever he goes. Hurrah 1 And the gypsy wherever he goes.” There is a dash of the gipsy in every one of us who is worth his salt. Horace Kephart. Mbdlin, N. C. Floating Down the Mississippi. An Island Proprietor, 'We were blown into St. Louis landing, and had to stay there all night. A lone fisherman on the point told us that there was a man at Pushmataha who might buy the cabin boat, and the two wanted to sell the craft. What they intended to do thereafter did not appear. They were pleasant as could be to me, but at intervals during each day they broke into harsh words the under- tone of which was bitter. The coming of the lone fish- erman on a visit to our boat cut a jangle of words in two. The fisherman said that he felt pretty lonesome sometimes. “But I make money here,” he exclaimed, “twenty-five dollars a week isn’t too much to expect. Some time I will have enough in my bank up to Memphis — I keep all my money in the bank. I’m afraid of the niggers back on the plantations.” He added these words has- tily. It was indiscretion to lead a river gang to infer that there might be money in his possession. His tongue, like that of most men who live alone, was loosed by human companionship, and he talked about mending his nets, drinking his two quarts of whisky after every down trip the packet Kate Adams made, and about the raw sores the cold weather brought to his hands. In pulling out of H ughey’s landing, a cat had been left on the bank, of which both my boatmates were extremely fond. Its absence was not noted until night, and then they two fell to accusing each other; but a night’s sleep repressed the cat trouble. Morning dawned a pleasant day, and before breakfast, we took to the current, entering the chute of Island 66 a few rods down stream. The chute proved interesting, for there were plenty of* snags in it, and the call went up constantly, “Is that a snag? Hit ’er a lick! Can’t you see that ripple a-b’ilin’ up there?” It was exciting dodging snags that were fit to rip the bottom out of the cabin boat in the current that was running there. In fifteen or twenty minutes we ran into the river again, and the Medicine Man told us to eat breakfast, as he could manage the boat in the wide current. It was a sensation worth having, sitting in the boat while the current, a mile wide, carried us along. It was different from the feeling in an open boat, or in a. steamer. There is no force so regular, overpowering and quiet as that of a wide stream of the Mississippi sort. One on this kind, is so far .from land, and a tiny figure on the water, espe- cially when enclosed by the quarter-inch thick sides of a shanty boat. The effect of a calm day afloat was quieting to my companions. Nevertheless, they scanned the shores anxiously. Opposite the chute of 66, was a big rag town — Malone’s landing levee camp. The river had eaten into the bank there to such an extent that it was necessary to put up a new levee 200 yards or more be- hind the one in jeopardy. Had it not been impossible to make it, we would have gone to the landing there and examined the prospect of what the Medicine Man called “a haul at our grafts.” The current carried us along under a caving bank, on the west side, on top of which was a growth of culled timber. It seemed unin- habited, and dismal in the extreme. Nevertheless I was startled to hear a voice hailing from the bank — a man asked us if we didn’t want to buy some brass? Reply- ing to a question, he said he had about 40 pounds, and asked five cents a pound for it. “ ’Tain’t worth landing for!” the Gambler called back, and the man fell to whit- ling with an angry look on his face. A hundred rods further down, we were sitting around the stove, talking, when there was a “sough” ahead, and the next moment the cabin boat whirled half around, and things on the wall jangled, while a dark shadow swept over the scene. They jumped for the bow, and I ran astern, for the current had run us into the sucking waters at the head of a close, boiling bank eddy. The suck was 20 feet across and the bow of the cabin boat nodded distinctly as the suck water dived whirling at the bow. The stern of the big boat swung in toward the bank, and thinking my skiff was going to be crushed against the dirt, I jumped into it and shoved clear, and probably averted the catastrophe which I feared. We rowed the cabin boat a dozen rods clear of the bank, and then resumed our talk at the stove. Looking astern, we saw a little green cabin boat, per- haps a mile distant. For some reason, it caught swifter slants in the current, and after a time, came within a couple of hundred yards, upon which the strangers manned the sweeps and came at us in a fashion that was interesting. Three men were on board, and they pushed the oars vigorously. I think probably they were as tough looking as we were. One was a big, burly chap, another was a little man with dark, intensely red whiskers, and the third was a sullen brunette, keen- looking individual. They hailed when half a hundred yards distant: “Hay, there! Ain’t your name Spears?” It took me half a minute to recall the voice, and then I remembered Memphis, and how I was done by a pickpocket, who was also a glib talker. My greeting wasn’t cordial, and I told my gang that the chaps com- ing were probably bad men. I had told them of the Memphis experience, and that I had heard at Helena of some one asking about me. The Gambler took his Colts from the trunk, and shoved it into his trousers under his left arm, where it was concealed by his coat. Then he greeted the men who had come down on us. They were a precious outfit — as precious as our own, apparently. One had a brand new camera, and claimed to be a writer. One had a cistern cleaner, and claimed his trade was cleaning cisterns. The other was the red whiskered man, whose face was the hardest and cruelest of any that I ever saw. I was invited on board the green boat, and went. The craft was 12 feet by 7, in- side the cabin. Guns were hung from the carlins over- head, and carpenter tools were on all sides — a new saw, hammer, ax, auger-bit. I recalled the hardware and gun shop which had been robbed at Helena, and won- dered if the new guns I was looking at were not a part of the stolen property. Their business with us was to find out just who I was with, and on what basis I was with them. The red- whiskered man, who had hailed me was very cordial. He said that he’d got right down to his last cent before his partner came to Memphis. He had lived in a tent, below Memphis bridge, at the last, and now he often wished he might give me a chance to enjoy goose shoot- ing on a sandbar. 1 he big fellow tackled the Medicine Man, and asked pointed questions as to the line being followed, includ- ing some as to what my status on the boat was. The dark man tackled the Gambler. The Gambler submitted to the pumping process for about five minutes, and he lied beautifully about where, how and when he came on the river. The cistern cleaner thought he was pro- gressing finely, and at lasfe insinuated: “I s’pose you’re trading some?” “Trading!” the Gambles: blurted out, with long sup-, pressed scorn. “Hell — I’m a gambler. Can’t you see the table there?” The cistern cleaner tiered an apology, and left the boat without another if ord. In the meantime, the Medicine Man had drawia £ me nice long lies from the big man, and the red-whtsl tred man had lapsed into a silence which was glum. P rposely, they had separated us, and now they got ua to* .ether again, and a strained, but animated conversation vas entered into. The big man took a leading part, the posed as a traveler from way back, but his elorjuerce was checked when the Gambler spread a blanket on his trunk and began to throw dice across it. The Lttle twirl the Gambler gave the cubes was too evidssr a token of skill and long practice. The large maa & d the red-whiskered one ex- changed meaning glancif They looked at me dubi- ously, thought a while, m, 1 then one asked me flatly if I didn’t want to drop oil in Scrub Grass Bend, which we were approaching. “One of the best points )r wild geese on the river!” the big fellow remarked, “Just the place for a true sportsman to enj’y himsell l-shootin’ and a-gittin’ poses with his camera. Yes, sir you’d be welcome with us — promise you the best ge :se shooting you ever had. You’d have a time to write about, too.” The whiskered man suppressed a glint in his eye. I grinned on them pleasantly, and said I was with friends I didn’t care to leave. They started away, re- marking that they would see me again down the river some time. We watched them make Scrub Grass tow- head, where they lied irn. “That man with the red whiskers would cut a throat,” the Gambler remarked. “I guess they’ve tumbled.” The map warned us that we were approaching the mouth of White River, and that there was a chute which we would better investigate before going down to the mouth of the river. A new railroad was being built a few miles back in the swamp, and on White River was a big bridge job. My partners heard that there were two or three hundred cabin boats up there, and both of them wanted to know more about the place. The Gam- bler thought, with reason, that a shanty boat town would offer opportunities unrivaled for running an open game, I knew it would be an opportunity for me," and the Medicine Man thought perhaps he could sell medi- cine there. He expressed one sentiment, however, which was interesting. “I don’t like going up them rivers. You don’t have a ghost of a show, gitting away if anybody gits after you.” It was nine miles up to the new bridge, and that counted against the project of going so far from the wide, trail- less Mississippi. The river man dislikes a place that doesn’t permit of sudden, silent and speedy egress— that is, river men of the type with which I was traveling. Our speed was that of the current, minus the wind. The maps of the river commission showed where we were hour by hour. We swept the banks with our glasses, and pointed out the ditch-like bays, bayous, ends of lakes, foots of islands and landings. Shed- shanties were the warehouses at most of the landings. We knew a steamer was due by the presence of the cot- ton bale heaps. A time after we heard the heavy- throated whistle of the packet, men riding up to the landing on horseback, indicted the ones who had press- ing business with the steamboat clerk. The sight of these things gave one the feeling which country lads have when walking down Broadway, New York, at 12:30 o’clock, afternoon, on a business day — the gone- ness of a hungry stomach, or of an owl among the blue- jays. We were not one of the bank people, but a party much apart from all humanity we could expect to see. Yet, when we landed at the chute running into. White River, a great between-the-levee man greeted us with cordiality and friendliness. G. D. Sibley owns Sibley’s or Cumbyville island (Island 72), not far above Rosedale, Mississippi. White River, the Mississippi and the chute, I believe, form this island, which is eighteen miles long and six wide. It is timbered heavily, and Sibley had a lot of logs in the river ready for rafting when we were there. The river was rising and the logs were in jeopardy, in which fact Mr. Sibley seemed not to be concerned himself. They say at Rosedale that Sibley has more than he can do with anyhow, so he could maintain an easy poise in the face of loss. On one subject, Sibley had no doubts to express. He was emphatic in the belief that the levee system is an unmitigated evil. Those behind a levee, he said, are taxed to death, and those in front of it are flooded out of existence. To his mind, there ought to be no levees, save lateral ones. Then the soil would be enriched by silt deposits, and the disastrous crevasses would be done away with. “I haven’t any shore here,” he said. “I can’t culti- vate my island because the levees keep the waters up till long after the planting season, and they increase the current to such an extent that the fields would be torn to pieces by the water, if there were any to be torn. I had a farm of 1,300 acres thrown out by the levees being built behind it.” But of his troubles, Mr. Sibley had little to say. No man in the bottoms has enjoyed hunting more than he has. He was sixty-six years of age when I saw him, and he had began hunting at six. Bears were his favor- ite game. He had killed dozens of them, and one of his adventures has become a stock story of half a thousand Mississippi Valley hunters. The adventure happened during an overflow. Sibley wanted to get a bear, so he started out in his dugout, hoping to locate one of the animals. He cruised the water-covered 402 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 24, igo|. island for a time, and finally located Bruin up a tree. He shot, and the bear came down and began to swim for a canebrake not far distant, with Sibley padding after him. In the cane, the bear was troubled by the stuff, and his wounds, and he stopped on a log there. Sibley came through the cane, pulling himself hand over hand. Suddenly, the bear plunged at him, and Sibley threw up his gun and fired. The bear landed on the dugout and turned it over. The man managed to hang on to his gun, and the boat, too. The bear went to the bottom of the water, the jump having been his last effort. Sibley never did find the animal, for the water was ten feet deep, and the cane so thick that it was im- possible to get it. Big Island is the great tract of land which White, Arkansas, and the Mississippi rivers surround. It is upward of eighty miles around it, and the place has long been notorious as a cabin boat resort, and for its game. It is said to be one of the thickest of thick places along the river, and all men who venture into its shades do so at their peril. Sibley has always liked it for the game he found there, and in the days when he rode to the hounds he hunted the island pretty much from end to end at one time and another. He some- times hunted on foot when he wished to penetrate the thickets, and on one of these hunts he found himself to be a lost hunter. He was in the cane, which grew to the height of 25 or 30 feet, and though he traveled in what he believed to be a straight line, he came back to a tree which he recognized as one he had left some time before. He tried repeatedly to go in a straight line, but failed, there being no sun to guide him. Night came on, and he slept in a hollow cottonwood. Morn- ing found him tired, hungry and thinking hard. He thought to some advantage, too, for he cut the largest and tallest cane stalk he could find. It was 30 feet long at least, and holding the butt of this stalk under his arm, and his gun under his other arm, he started. The cane stalk was stiff, and it served precisely as a rudder. He could not turn to right or left without feeling the prying strain caused by the cane — thus he was steered through the field of giant hay, and came out some miles from where he had entered the stuff, but he did get out. Sibley knew a woman, of whom I had been hearing ever since I left Illinois. It will be just as well to call the woman Mrs. Frank, as most people on the river do. Probably Mrs. Frank is the most notable person among the cabin boaters. It is certain that she is most eminent of them. Mrs. Frank’s first husband was Frank. Accounts differ as to his fate. Sibley remem- bered him as being a pretty good sort of man who worked part of each year on the Sibley plantation be- fore the levees caused its ruin. In those days Mrs. Frank was a small, lean, determined and hard working woman. Her hair was red. She had come down the river from Evansville, Illinois. Two children were born, a boy and a girl. The family took to cabin boat- ing, and thereafter its members were less regular in working, and Sibley saw them only occasionally. He believed Frank was killed by a man named “Windy Jim” somebody. Windy was hanged up at White River for some other meanness. I heard elsewhere that Mr. Frank fell from Mrs. Frank’s grace on account of an episode in Ozark Bend. Mrs. Frank claims Ozark Bend as her own fishing spot, but four men and a woman came to the Bend and went to fishing. This was years ago. Mrs. Frank sent Mr. Frank up to the boat to order the men away. Her husband did so and the five ordered him elsewhere. He went back home and told his wife, who upbraided him for not shoot- ing them up then and there. She went up to the boat herself, and the five merely laughed when she told them that was her bend, and they’d better go. Al- though she had her Winchester besides her, they did not take the hint. That night, while the claim-jumping fishermen were eating supper, the lamp was shot off the table. A fusilade of other shots was fired, and the five lay down behind the gunwales of the boat, and flattened out on the floor. It is said nearly two boxes of .38-40 cartridges were fired at the boat in the course of an hour or so, all from one weapon. When quiet came, a man on the boat ventured to crawl to the lines and cut them. The eddy-current swung the boat around, and it floated out into the main stream. As no shots were fired, two of the men seized the splintered sweeps and pushed themselves far from the bank on which Mrs. Frank' had stood while enforcing her claim to the Ozark Bend. Thereafter no one ever treated Mrs. Frank’s claims with disrespect. Mrs. Frank was indignant on account of Frank’s fail- ure to assist in driving the men out, and he disappeared from view. Some say that Mrs. Frank got a divorce, and some that he was killed. Anyhow, Mrs. Frank married again, and still again, and still again, until it was impossible for me to find any one who could give a consecutive list of them. The first man to tell me about her had known two of them personally. Sibley recalled five, and once in a while I would hear of another man who had been married to the woman — really married, and by a preacher. The marriages were _ legal ones, too, for the previous husband was invariably dead, with the possible exception of Mr, Frank. Mrs. Frank’s husbands died with their boots on. It is said that seven of them are in one graveyard, but this is probably an exaggeration by several as to the grave- yard. A store boatman told of one husband’s fate. After she had had some experience, Mrs. Frank warned her intended, before the ceremony, as to he future: “I tell you, Nelson,” she is reported to have said to one man on the wedding day, “you all’s got to treat me white. If you-all gets to cutting up, and ’busing me when we’s married, you-all’s bound to git the worst of hit — you shore is. So long’s you-all don’ git drunk, and don’t whup me, we’ll be happy.” This was the sixth or seventh marriage, and it hap- pened four years ago. The store boatman, who was well acquainted with Nelson, told me how he talked to Nelson about the woman when he heard of the engage- ment. “I tole him he wouldn’t las’ long,” the store boatman said. “I laughed at him, an’ he laughed, too. He said he knowed what he was adoin’, an’ I ’lowed he didn’t. Well, sir, it happened just like I told him. He had been married eighteen months, when he got drunk and fell to mussing on a whiskey boat, and they drove him off. He went home and told her about hit, and she sent him back with a gun, and, ’course, when the whiskey boaters seen him' coming with a gun they jest plumb had to kill him up. I don’t know who Mrs. Frank’s married to now — I hearn it’s to a bank chap, but I don’t know. Generally, she marries a river man, bein’ off the river herself.” Sibley was living in a house on stilts. It was a small building, 20x24 feet, the floor of which was 12 or 14 feet from the ground. A stove, in a similar building, was an attraction for many river people, for Sibley is well known to the cabin boaters as a “good man“ who “minds his own business.” He took great interest in our adventures, and told of the time when he used to see fifty cabin boats drift past in one day. Now there was not one cabin boat to forty of twenty years or so ago. For some reason, the river people were being driven from the stream. Of the suggestions made as to the cause, the fact that so many bank stores had been established as to prevent store boats finding a good trade was one. In the old days a man could sell anything anywhere, but now there are dozens of land- ings which are forbidden to river people, because the river men have a bad name, and because bank men have stores there. Sibley said that nearly all the murders along the river were due to river men fighting over whiskey or women. No lav/ reaches the river man. Uncle Sam gives him a marine liquor license for $23, and with that he can run a gasolene ferryboat or a two-by-four cabin boat into the paths of prosperity, regardless of “dry” States, counties, or what not along the way. Mr. Sibley said that on the river, Government con- tracting was then profitable. He told of men who came to it with a wagon and two horses from down east, living in tents. They took contracts, and now are worth more than a million dollars. He, himself, had had a chance to run the commissary of a contractor. But I didn’t like the commissary business,” he ex- plained, “I’m an honest man.” In the morning we drifted down to Rosedale, Miss., and 1 here we heard that the ice was coming, and we’d better watch out. I was glad to know that I would see a “run out” of the ice. The drift and ice, and the flood are the two culminating natural features of Mis- sissippi River characteristics. Raymond S. Spears. The Mississippi Cabin Boaters. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Raymond S. Spears need not be disturbed by criti- cisms of his interesting series of narratives. Not long ago m a small southern port I was informed that two other New Yorkers were in town. I hastened to find if they were Mr. Choate and Mr. Rockefeller, and took my card case along. One of the gentlemen informed me that he was “off of Coney’s Island,” and the other lived at “Seek Stave In Ye and Fort Street.” Coahoma’s commendable civic pride is appreciated, but there are fringes on every town. One day at the Central Hotel, in Berlin, I happened to see an old Western acquaintance who had struck it rich, and was taking a cooked-up tour. He had just come from Paris. I asked him what he thought of Paris, and he said: “Say, they’ve got a post office in that town.,’ To which an English friend sitting near responded in a tone of surprise : “Indeed there is a post office there, bitt have you seen ours in London?” R. T M 45g-. _#■ ■ M\ sills s V The Rocky Mountain Goat. To the Ninth Annual Report of the New York Zoo- logical Society Mr. Madison Grant has contributed a beautifuly illustrated paper on the Rocky Mountain goat which possesses much interest for men of science, nature lovers and hunters. No such collection of photo- graphs of white goats has ever been brought together, and the hunter familiar with the white goat should by all means obtain, if possible, a copy of this paper. Ex- tremely interesting are the photographs of the four young goats and the little mountain sheep which are now on exhibition at the Zoological Society’s park in New York. On the Atlantic coast only eight immature specimens have been had alive, and of those four are now to be seen in the New York Zoological Park. A full-grown male is living now in the London Zoological Garden. The term goat, as Mr. Grant remarks, is very objec- tionable, but it is a question whether it will ever be re- placed by another term. The great public has a fashion of adopting its own titles, and is not likely to substi- tute the terms snow antelope, wool antelope or white antelope — all of which have been suggested — for the monosyllable goat. It is well recognized that the goat belongs to the Rupicaprince, a group of mountain antelope, so-called, of which the chamois is the most familiar example, and the Asiatic genus, N cemorhedus, the nearest relative to our goat. Oreamnos ■ — our genus — which a few years ago was supposed to consist of a single species, has lately been split up into several subspecies, the distribution of which is not yet certainly known. The Rocky Mountain, or white, goat is an Alpine species, the range of which for the most part is to the north of the United States. On the other hand, it has been abundant in northern Montana, Washington, and Idaho and Oregon, though from some of these States it has largely been exterminated. That the goat ever existed in considerable numbers very far to the south of the States mentioned may perhaps be doubted. On the other hand, Mr. Grant can hardly be followed when he makes a statement so sweeping as this: “The writer has carefully traced out the legends re- garding the occurrence of goat in Colorado, Utah and California. There are persistent stories about the ex- istence of white goat in Colorado, which, when investi- gated, seem to have their origin in some domestic goat which are known to have escaped from captivity. It is, however, a certainty that Oreamnos has not existed in Colorado since the arrival of the white man, and there is no proof of its previous existence there. This state- ment is made after a full examination of the evidence.” A dictum such as this sweeps away apparently with- out any consideration a certain amount of positive evidence that has been recorded. It must be granted that twenty-five years ago the goat was very little known to hunters, and hardly better known to natur- alists; that the female mountain sheep was frequently — on account of 1 its straight horns — taken for the goat, and that domestic goats — escaped from Mexican sheep herds and run wild- — did exist in Colorado mountains. But even acknowledging all this, it appears impossible to ignore certain evidence which we recapitulate. More than thirty years ago a portion of the skull of a white goat with horns attached was seen nailed up over a butcher shop in Denver, Colo. It is hardly conceivable that any one would have brought this small fragment from the nearest now known range of the goat and used it for such a purpose as this. In Volume V. of the “Geographical Survey West of the xooth Meridian,” which contains the report on zoology by Drs. Elliott Coues and H. C. Yarrow, it is stated — absolutely without detail as to time or place of the occurrence — that an individual of this species was seen in Colorado by Lieut. Marshall’s party. The description of the animal and of the characteristic man- ner in which it walked seems to make it quite clear that this was an Oreamnos. These two bits of evidence standing by themselves would rightly be regarded as valueless, but the written statement of Mr. John Willis, now or lately of Thompson’s Falls, Montana, is much more convincing. About 1880, Mr. Willis moved from Colorado to Montana, where he became perfectly fa- miliar with Oreamnos, and frequently hunted and killed them. There can be no question of his knowing what a goat was, nor of his honesty. He said in a letter dated May 27, 1888. “It was in the winter of 1879, in February some time, *- that Chas. Snow, Reece Gephaert and myself were hunt- ing about twenty miles from the Canon City, Colo., when we saw something white going up the mountains. Snow and I went after them, not knowing that there was such a thing as a white goat in the mountains. They seemed to be traveling, and were going south to- ward some very high peaks. Snow went around to head them off, and left me to follow them. They soon saw we were after them, and got up in some cliffs and looked down at me. I shot and made a scratch shot, and killed what I thought was a small one, but it was about three years old, a nanny goat, which would have had a kid in the spring. When I shot it was standing out on a point of rocks. The bullet struck the shoulder, and it fell three hundred feet down the cliff. I dressed it and took the meat back to camp, but left the hide where I dressed it. These were the only goats I ever saw in Colorado, and everybody told us that there was no such a thing in the mountain, so I never told of it till I saw Mr. Roosevelt. “Snow was from Illinois somewhere, and Gephaert from Toledo, O. They both saw the band. There must have been fifteen or twenty of them from the amount of sign they made. “I do not know the name of the range of mountains where we found them, but it was on the west or south side of the Arkansas River. I have been in all the Territories south and never saw or heard of goats except m this case, till I came to Montana They are very plenty in some of the mountains here.” The locality here referred to would seem to be on the parallel of 38 30 , and perhaps in or near the Sangre de Christo Mountains. Denver, Colo., and later of Platteville, Colo killed white goat in that State about fifty miles west of Den ver. Mr. Johnson’s personal statement of the occur rence is as follows: “The location was on the southeast side of Ml Evans, about fifty miles west of Denver, and about one half mile below timber line. I had just finished skin ning a bear, and was starting for camp, when I saw band of mountain sheep coming down the side of th mountain toward a spring, where I had just skinned th bear. In this bunch I saw what I at first thought wa JuNi, 44, i90J.) FOREST AND STREAM. 40S a white Mexican goat, but when they got within 150 of 200 yards, I saw that it was much larger, and the horns were smaller and different. I decided to shoot it to see what it was, as I had no idea of mountain goats in this section. I killed it, and my first thought was to skin it for the taxidermist, but I soon decided that I would not have time, as I was fully one hour’s walk from camp, with no trail and night comj^g on. I knew that if I left it till morning either bears, wildcats or some other animals were liable to destroy it, so I took the hide for a rug, leaving my bear skin in a little tree till the next day. The goat was larger than any sheep in the bunch; would weigh undressed, I should judge, about 175 pounds. The hoofs and horns were black; horns about 8 inches long, hair from 4 to 6 inches long and extending to within some 7 or 8 inches of the feet; from there down not more than or H inch long. His teeth were nearly all gone, and he was very poor. The ends of the horns were worn off, and the hide along the back and on the hip joints showed a good deal of cream color, giving every appearance of being very old. I decided that he was a long way from home, as it was the first of the kind that I had ever seen or heard of in this country, after hunting here for over thirty years. When I went back for the bear pelt, I hung the head up in a tree, intending to return and get it, but have never been on that side of the mountain since.” For seventy-five years after its first description, the white goat was little known; its vernacular name tended to a constant confusion of Oreamnos with the female moun- tain sheep, and with domestic goats separated from Mexican sheep herds in the South and reverted to the wild state; nevertheless, there remains this evidence — positive as opposed to negative, and from people whose honesty cannot be impugned. As sponsor for Mr. Willis, we have the Hon. T. Roosevelt, and for Mr. Johnson, the late Hon. W. N. Byers, of Denver. Mr. Grant explains the absence of the goat to the South by the dryness of the mountain — that is to say, by the absence of snow or streams. Our observation, however, has led us to believe that the question is one of annual precipitation rather than of . abundance of streams. Obviously the goat must drink, and in a waterless country could not exist, but on the high mountains water is usually to be found. The goat, however, by preference, inhabits a country of much rain and snow, and also a country of low temperature. Mr. Grant declares that the goat is marvelqusly tough, and can carry more lead even than a grizzly. Certainly the goat is a tough, strong animal, but his apparent ability to carry off lead is explained in large measure, we fancy, by his shape, which makes the body seem much larger than it really is. The hair hanging down below the body, and the tall dorsal spines, with their crest of white hair, tend to lead the inexperienced sportsman to shoot the goat too high and so to miss the vital spot. In this way many animals escape which, if properly shot, would have succumbed at once. A similar tendency to shoot too high was noticed in the old days with the buffalo, where the high dorsal spine again deceived the inexperienced hunter, and led him to shoot “through the meat.” An Anglers Wildflowers. Charlestown., N. H —Editor Forest and Stream: I have highly enjoyed the letters of Mr, Weed, with their admirable illustrations, and only wished that I .could send you a photograph of a cluster of the E/ugeq, miscalled Trailing Arbutus, of eight or ten flowers m a bunch, such as we find here in New Hajnpshire, instead of the usual straggling three or four flowers, . . I wonder at this perpetual misnomer, for there is a genuine Trailing Arbutus, botanically known as the U va ursi or Bearberry, which is .common about the Great Hakes .and is also found in Massachusetts. It bears a j-.ed berry like the Arbutus tree of Europe, while the fruit of the Epige.a is a .dry musky seed pod. The name of Arbutus has been given to it in ignorance, like that of trout to the southern black bass, and seems to stick, put I prefer that of the Mayflower, which the Pilgrims called it, after their ship, when they found it on the hills at Plymouth, or even that of Ground Laurel, as it is .called in some sections. . All of Mr. Weed's half-tone illustrations are excellent, and they remind me of a little patch of damp woods, of .only .an acre or two, around a spring which forms the ihead of one branch of ong of my youthful t-rout brooks, and which I have long called “my forest garden, and which, till last year, I have visited regularly every spring. Here within a few hundred yards, I have always gath- ered a big bunch of Painted Trilliums, Clintomas, Dwarf (Cornel or Bunchberries, Star-flowey or Trientalis, Bell- iwort or Nontaria, and on a little higher ground around it, Ladies’ Slippers and Hobblebush, Vibuniutn lantanoide s, ;and Fiarella, always getting my hands full. The spot is ;a!bout;a mile and a half from the village on a bee-line, but tt, wo miles by the road, and up hill all the way, and fox ttwo years I have felt unequal to the climb, and have con- fined my rambles to the more level ground nearer the vil- lage, in fact seldom going beyond the smooth walking -of the streets. Yet there are many other of the wildflo.w- ■ers which Mr. Weed writes of within easier reach. The showy Orchis ( Orchis spectabis) grows in the val- ley of the brook at the upper end of the village, while half ;a "mile further north, in a swamp alongside the railway ;track, I have found the most showy of the Orchis family, ;the .tall Orchis grandidora, while the lower and more pur- ple one, the Orchis dmbriata, is very common in the meadows along the brooks, and on the hillsides, I have found the Round-leaved Orchis, or Orchis orbiculata. In ithe same swamp, with the tall Orchis, grows the Arethusa •or Pogonia as it is now called, and in a swamp around a ■small spring pond, nearly on the summit of one of the ihmhest hills overlooking the river, four miles below the •village grows its cousin the Cymbidium, now called by •some other name which I forget. The same pond in July •is white with lilies, while the brook which flows from it linlate summer is scarlet with Cardinal flowers, or Lobelia cardinalis, and in the hill pastures the Blue Lobelia is plenty In the river meadows I find the Bloodroot (San- ■zuinaria) and the Dog’s-tooth Violet, while nearly Ml the Varieties of the Cornel, from the Dogwood down to the Bunchberry, are to be gathered in the woods. Then there are the Linnea, and the Claytonia, both of which I dis- covered in my trout fishing excursions along the brooks and carried home to my mother to copy. She was both artist and botanist, and made a large col- lection of drawings of our native wildflowers. Beside the common Lady Slipper which I have mentioned, I also found the great White one and the Yellow one. The former one has been quite exterminated in this region by an old Indian doctor, who came here many years since, and who claimed that its root was a sure cure for con- sumption. A root of the Yellow one I gave to an English friend in Lowell, who sent it home, where one. of its flowers took a prize at a Manchester horticultural exhibition. Another root of it which I dug up in the woods some four years since and set out in a damp place in my sis- ter’s garden, had five superb flowers on it about three weeks ago. Then we have the Pink Azalea in one place on the hills, and on the opposite side of the river, in Ver- mont, a small patch of the Mountain Laurel, both of them being nearly at their extreme northern limit of growth. Following these in the summer come the Red and Yellow Lilies on the hills and in the meadows, then no end of varieties of Goldenrods and Asters, winding up the season with the beautiful Gentians, both Fringed and Bottle, and altogether this is a fertile field for a lover of wildflowers. I got acquainted with many of these flowers while trout fishing when a boy, when I often topped off a half-full basket with such as I could find, and took them home to learn more about them. I have little else to write about. Physical weakness has prevented me from climbing the hills to the distant trout brooks, and I have not been able to get to the more distant lakes, where I could cast a fly from a boat, so that I have not wet a line for two years, and have had to rely on Forest and Stream for my tale of adventure. It is hardly necessary to say how much I have enjoyed the “Trails of the Pathfinders” or Cabia Blanco’s graphic and simply-told notes of his prairie experiences, and I have also followed Raymond Spears down the Missis- sippi, though I sometimes think with Coahoma that he occasionally got into pretty bad company. I was de- lighted a year ago to see the once familiar signature of “Forked Deer” and read his account of his trip to Crater Lake, but I miss the names of Shoshone, and Kingfisher, and Kelpie, and wonder whether any of them have un- noted and unknown, followed Rodgers and Didymus “over the long divide.” Von W. The Parasitic Habit. Since writing my note on the cuckoo and its victim I have been reading a yery interesting book on “Our Com- mon Cuckoo” ( Cuculus canorus ), by A. H. Japp, F. R. S. E. The conclusion which Mr. Japp reaches in regard to the bird’s parasitic habit is, that it is the result of “polygamous promiscuity” or in simpler phrase, free-love. By reason of this, it is argued, the female cuckoos have become decimated and being the object of so much atten- tion from the males, 'have lost tlje regular habits of nest- building and brooding. This is a plausible enough theory. Darwin, however, held that the parasitic habit was the result of. the irregular laying of the cuckoo, and the con- sequent inconvenience of having young birds and eggs in the nest at the same time and' the early migratory call. An old rhyme has it; “July, he may fly, August, he .must.” Mr. Japp trayerses this on the ground of recent obser- vations which go to show that the cuckoo is not such an irregular layer as Darwin supposed, and that anyhow young birds and unhatched ,eggs in the same nest of vari- ous species is not at all an uncommon occurrence, and that if the old cuckoos migrate in July or August the young ones certainly do not until September or October. Mr. Japp, of course, refers to our cuckoos (which, are not unknown to be guilty of parasitism, though in an in- cipient way, as it were), and especially to our cowbird. ( Molothrus bonariensis) which is as bad an offender as, if not a worse, than Cuculus canorus, inasmuch as it is more destructive of the eggs. and nestlings of its victims. But Mr. Japp is evidently in doubt about Molothrus , for he says : “One point On which I would fain have more definite information about the cowbirds — results, of exact observation and comparison — is as to the disparity of the sexes in numbers.’” Are the male cowbirds largely in excess of the female? Have any of our American orni- thologists observed this? If not, then it would seem that fylr. Japp’s theory falls to the ground. As an alternative theory we have that mentioned in my previous note (viz., the 'necessity' put upon the parent cuckoo of countervailing the murderous instinct of its progeny), or that of a gentleman, who writes me to say that Cuculus canorus has no inherited knowledge of nest- building'and hence the parasitic, habit. Finally, we have the theory of the innate depravity or degeneracy of the bird, as thus expressed by Geddes and Thomson in. “The Evolution of Sex” : “The general character of the birds— the unsociable life, the selfish cruelty of the nestlings and the lazy parasitical habit — have a common basis in the constitution. The insatiable appetite, the small size of the reproductive organs, the smallness of the eggs, the sluggish parturition, the rapid growth of the young, the great preponderance of males, the absence of true pairing, the degeneration of maternal affection, are all correlated, and largely explicable in terms of the fundamental con- trast between nutrition and reproduction, between hunger and love. Similar unnatural or immoral instincts in birds, in mammals and even in the lower animals, are explicable in similar terms. The cuckoo’s habit is a natural outcrop of the general character or^constitution, only one expression of a dominant diathesis.” F. M. American Museum of Natural History. The annual report of the American Museum of Natural History of New York City for the year 1904 is an interesting paper, illustrated by a number of beau- tiful photographs of specimens. Within the year the permanent ( endowment .fund has increased $573,000. The city makes an annual appro- priation of $160,000 for the Museum’s maintenance, and beyond that the total receipts from all sources has been over $78,000. The increase in annual members has been 278, and the loss through death and resigna- tion 87— a net gain of 191. In the departments of mammalogy and ornithology a number of small bird groups have been added to those already on exhibition, and two large bird groups, one representing the flamingoes, a result of the work of Mr. Frank Chapman, to which reference has already been made, the other illustrating the bird life of the irrigated portions of the San Joaquin Valley in California. Among the large mammal groups, one of the Roosevelt elk, one of the large Alaska Peninsula bear and one of the Mexican collared peccary are in preparation. In the department of vertebrate paleontology, the most striking specimen on exhibition is the huge skeleton of Brontosaurus, but there are many others. The ethnological collections have been enlarged in many directions. Among the interesting specimens is a whaler’s ceremonial house from Vancouver Island, in which generations of Indian whalers purified them- selves. Dr. Clark Wissler has secured a Blackfoot col- lection, illustrating in some degree their ceremonial. Among the illustrations of the report are those of the Alaska Peninsula bear, of Brontosaurus, the Nootka house and others. The California Condor. Editor Forest and Stream: A specimen of the California condor has been received at the Bronx Zoological Park, and is spoken of as a very rare bird. If the species is as near extinction as it is said to be, the work of extermination must have been going on rapidly during the last dozen or fifteen years. In 1.889 the condor was by no means rare in southern California. I spent about six months in the mountains inclosing the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in that year, and hardly a day passed without my seeing sev- eral of the big birds soaring in the sky. Frequently I saw them joining the buzzards in a feast of carrion, and once I shot a large specimen from the top of a tall dead tree. The wing spread of the specimen was nearly eleven feet without undue stretching. Unfortunately, the skin spoiled and I was unable to deliver it to a naturalist in San Francisco, who had an order for a condor skin from Berlin and asked me to obtain one for him. From frequent observation of the behavior of buzzards and .condors, I concluded that they hunt by sight and keep dose watch on one another, when soaring, to profit by any individual bird’s discovery of a carcass. That, I be- lieve, is the explanation of the foraging of scavenger birds. If the California condor has become rare, doubtless it is because the stockmen and sheep herders— there are no “shepherds” in the West— poison the carcasses of animals killed by wild beasts. But if that is the case, why is not the buzzard also disappearing? I have not heard that the buzzard is in danger of becoming an extinct species in California. The law protects buzzards and condors alike, and even without the protection of law the condor is not in much danger of being shot, for he lives in desolate regions, soars too high to be reached by bullets and is seldom seen on the ground. I am inclined to doubt that there has been any sudden decrease in number of the California condor. A. K. Cow and Fawn. During a heavy rainstorm Wednesday, one of Mrs. Lawson’s cows came home without its calf, only two days old. Its grief was plainly manifested by bellowing. The calf was found drowned in a swamp. Yesterday (Friday) the mother cow was grazing, when there appeared a beau- tiful little fawn, chased by three hounds. Thinking, per- haps, it was her lost calf, the cow went to its rescue, as the little fawn, nearly run down, was bleating from fright. The cow threw herself between the dogs and the fawn. The struggle for the possession of the fawn between the dogs and the cow was exciting. Two of the dogs were . killed, while the third was so badly wounded it left the field of battle, while the brave cow tenderly cared for the fawn. Mrs. Lawson was surprised Friday to see her cow coming home. By her side was a pretty spotted calf, as Mrs. Lawson supposed, but when near the house it was seen to be a deer instead of a calf. It had become so fond of its foster mother it would not leave, and would let the children stroke it; and seems to be fond of its sur- roundings, while the cow tenderly cares for it, and it nurses as if she were its real mother. It will be allowed to run at large and will be raised with the cattle. “No money can buy my pet,” says Mrs. Lawson. — Richmond (Va.) Times-Democrat. "Hunting Without a Gun." From the Boston Herald. A spring book from the press of Forest and Stream is “Hunting Without a Gun,” by Rowland E. Robinson, famous as the author of the New England dialect stories, “Uncle Lisha’s Shop,” “Sam Lovel’s Camp,” and others of that charming series. While it might have been im- agined that these volumes would have, as they did, an especial popularity in New England, it has also proved that a multitude of emigrants from New England settled in the Western States have felt their truth and enjoyed in these books the memories of the old home. When we think that these books were written by one who had lost his sight, their truth to nature seems most remarkable; but this very fact shows how deeply ingrained in the man’s fibre was the love of nature which shines out so strong and pure through these pages. “Hunting Without a Gun” tells of the pleasures of the nature-lover who seeks out the wild creatures without intending to harm them. We have no office outside of New York. Address all communications to Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pony 3 346 Broadway , New York ? , 494 FOREST AND STREAM [June 24, 1905, Across the Clearwater Range of the Bitterroot Mountains. (What is written in and between these lines is dedicated to the best of fellows, the Big Chief.) The Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland follows in the wake of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held in the city from which a hundred years ago the great Lewis and Clark expedition started. Both events, the Louisiana Purchase and the famous exploration have become of the greatest imaginable mo- ment to the people of the United States, and both cen- tennials will go down in history as having been fitly celebrated by two great expositions. The Louisiana Purchase so closely followed the ex- ploration of Lewis and Clark, that it is quite pardonable to believe the one a logical sequence of the other. In fact, Merryweather Lewis had left Washington before the treaty had been received by Jefferson. This, of course, does not impair their historic affinity, and while we know much of the Purchase, the average reader has heretofore not been in a position to acquaint himself with the won- derful recital of this exploration. History in monarchic countries centers in the persons of kings and battle lords; history of the United States must tell of the people and its self-chosen leaders. It must speak of that colossal fight for civilization waged against man, beast and inanimate nature — a modern Iliad, a fight of such gigantic proportions that in the short time of less than one hundred years it has performed the labors of civilization of ages and centuries. It is patriotism never to forget that. When a politician talks about patriotism, consider it a business proposition, for he needs a good deal of other people’s patriotism to thrive. When a spread-eagleist pumps his superior patriotic ideals into a mere American by choice, take it cum grano salis. When the children come from school and tell the latest they have learned of their country’s greatness, let us hope for more good Americans. But when around the fire-place the pipes are going and the boys tell of the wondrous beauty of our country’s forests and streams, of the blazed trail through the wilderness, of the Great Lakes or the big mountains and the West and the game it harbors; of hunters’ joys and hardships, then I believe one when he says, “This is God’s country.” That is my kind of a man and my kind of patriotism. And if in the midst of political corruption, nativistic arrogance and religious intolerance, in human weakness, courage and bright hope should fail me, I shall take one of those good fellows and follow the trail into the mountains. For the eternal rocks preach a grand and powerful sermon. There they stand from the time that God spake, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” Their snow covered peaks lift up to azure blue heights. A mysterious rustling comes to you out of the depth of that glorious forest, and if you only listen to what the loquacious, gurgling and babbling brook has to tell you, you will know that the shades of George Washington, Rogers Clark, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Emerson, Whit- man and all the true and great patriots have not gone to heaven, but that they all dwell within the sacred bounds of the American forest primeval. From here they hold their blessing hand over our great and beautiful country, and if you only go to them it will come over you like a revelation: “Be strong and brave and true to yourself, be worthy to be an Epigone of those who have made what you enjoy.” And while we remember those great De- parted, let us not forget him, who in his toilsome and arduous duties as first servant of his country, knows well the language of forests and brooks, peaks and canons — the man, every inch an American, who often held com- munion with his great predecessors in the vast realms of the Siegfriedlike West and a man who is a sincere and fervent patriot I trust, because he is a true sportsman, our beloved President, Theodore Roosevelt. It will always be a mystery to me, why the average well-to-do American rushes across the water instead of studying his own country first. Fuller’s maxim, “Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof,” is not exactly followed by them. Of course it’s so much easier to do Europe than to do the West. In fact, the person who au grand serieux com- plains of the service of Pullman cars, Atlantic liners and European hotels, should by all means stay away from the West; it is no place for him. But the man who wants to know more of this, his country of unbounded possbili- ties, is drawn as by invisible forces to look with his own eyes at the sunset of the Far West. You will have noticed, my brethren, that I have some- what drifted away from my Clearwater country hunting story, but only apparently so. It does me good occa- sionally to demonstrate to myself that there is a vast dif- ference between the sportsman and the pot hunter; be- tween the man who measures his grit against animal cun- ning, incidentally learn commiseration, and the individual whose chief occupation is to turn a living, breathing being into a carcass. With these unalterable opinions, let us now proceed in the name of St. Hubert. When we came out of the mountains and again greeted the manifold blessings of civilization at Missoula, Mont., it dawned upon me and then grew with irresistible force, that William T. Nash and Albert Lieber were no longer fit company to associate with. “Thou villain base, knowest me not by my clothes?” said the afore-mentioned William with Cymbeline, and thus it became plain that their own views about me differed not from mine con- cerning them. Such experiences lead to introspection and are consequently of high esoteric value. It soon became apparent that aside from our clothes, numerous other things needed a thorough renovating, in- cluding our vocabulary, which had expanded in the prom- ising direction of western phraseology to such an extent that since my return I have taken up the study of the First Reader, so as to get acquainted again with the English language. If in consequence, therefore, it should be manifest that I have not succeeded, we will blame William T. Nash for it, who insidiously inveigled the good Colonel Waters into the belief that he might expect “a good story if not a fancy one.” So much for a foreword, apologetically. It is now in order to introduce to you my fellow sports- men, the dramatis personae : The Big Chief, Albert Lieber ; Ragged Artillery Bill, William T. Nash; Jumping: Bill, William F. Kettenbach; Mexican Dick, Richard Lieber; the Herr Director, William B. Benton; Grizzly Bob, Robert Willoughby; Paddie, Ollie Paddock. The last named individual gained a living as cow- puncher when we engaged him as head wrangler, and a good one he was. The Herr Director, our cook, received his name through a Lewiston paper which stated in an evidently inspired article, “Mr. Benton will direct the party.” Grizzly Bob, our guide, was a man of such mani- fold achievements that I have made up my mind to de- vote a whole chapter to him. The others are mere gen- tlemen. The Elimination of Obstacles. You men of the forest and stream, who listen to the song of the reel or the sharp calling of the rifle, will more readily understand a man’s trend of thoughts, than the dear little housewife, who with growing suspicion and in- creased alarm, watches her husband casting loving side glances into his hunting cabinet. Lately he has been especially nice to her; in fact, he has suggested a trip to the East. All that is highly suspicious, and how he talks trails and outfits, and how superbly a bear or lion skin would match the oriental rugs. Little by little the whole story leaks out; anyway, it was not intended to be kept back. And so this man is going out West. This same man who has wife and chil- dren, a business and sundry civic duties to perform. Who ever heard the like? That’s the trouble with ’im ; the idea to exchange the blessings of civilization for pathless wil- derness, to turn from the latest style automobile for a $30 pony, let alone clean linen and regulated dinner hours. There you are. Take my husband for example. At home there is nothing too good for him. He can give the value of a sour cream gravy to the dot, and has his decided ideas how filet mignon a la Rossini ought to be served, but there I find in his diary that for five solid days, on a forced march, they had lived on sow-bosom (T presume that’s bacon) and beans. I would like to know what he would say if bacon and beans would grace his table at home twice a month. At home, furthermore, he is hardly able to locate the exact position of the ice-box, let alone the recesses of the cellar, and out there that same man wants to take a trail, or better still, find his way through a canon or over a mountain back to camp. This last paragraph, I may mention, is not by me but by my wife. It expresses to an extent the feminine senti- ment upon the subject. Finally the trunks were packed. Did you ever try to pack a sleeping bag into a trunk? The thing is so un- wieldy, fluffy and woolly that you might as well pack the trunk in the bag. Thus we sallied forth on a hot and sultry August day via Chicago and St. Paul and then took the Northern Pacific for Idaho. Some Notions as to Outfitting. No little concern was it as how to outfit properly, for once in the mountains it is too late for corrections; and a pleasant occupation it was. But even as a man after a good dinner is' in no particular mood to select his next * meal, we had to remind each other with the thermometer at 90 degrees that the heaviest winter underwear, includ- ing sweaters, would be none too heavy for such an ex- pedition; so we took the heavy clothes and were glad we did. Besides, it is well and good, to have a few blankets and a saddle for a pillow to complete one’s bed, but I myself prefer an air mattress and a sleeping bag. At that your guides, cook, etc., in all probability will sleep better on their pallet than you in your four-poster, until you get used to it. Air mattresses in particular are apt to be a source of trouble; for in cold weather they get very cold, so that all the blankets on top of the sleeping bag will not insure a warm bed unless you put some of them between the mattress and the bag, thus insulating the one from the other. This we found out after some most miserable nights. It really was ludicrous to see what we put on to go to bed. Ragged Artillery, for instance, informed me one night that when he wanted to undress he would put on more instead. By that time he looked like a butter ball or at least like a walking clothing house, and still he shivered. The experienced sportsman will know this and very much more, but to the inexperienced, I should like to sug- gest to never depend on his guide for instructions in this particular. He will invariably use his own limited needs as a criterion and never fully take into considera- tion your own. It was our experience that these same people on the very threshold of the mountains underrated the matter and made us leave our fur jackets behind. The most experienced men will agree with me that there is a deplorable lack of circumspection shown in most out- fits. Anything will do, even for people who can afford to do better. “But you are roughing it.” Very well, but with all you will find it plenty rough. You will work harder than you ever did before, and while you don’t stand on niceties in your bill of fare, it should be wholesome and of sufficient variety. Make your selec- tions in person and do not leave it to your cook. Your tastes may differ and, furthermore, man is a creature of habit and you will soon discover how a well earned appe- tite has to make up for things lacking otherwise. Provide for a good tent, sufficiently heavy and fitted with flues, forming an air chamber. This is an extra precaution against storms, besides it will make it warmer. The question of rifles we would better leave undis- cussed. We carried a .35 Winchester, a .303 Savage and a .30-40 Winchester, besides revolvers. For big game I consider my .30-40 somewhat light, for while it shoots admirably straight it nevertheless does not possess a suffi- cient knockout quality. But, as I said before, I do not want to be drawn into a discussion on rifles, sights, cov- ered or open bullets. That is largely a matter of personal experience, per- sonal likes or dislikes. For instance, I used an automatic pistol, which I meant to discard after my return, when it was stolen from me. This highly recommended weapon would fail in a most aggravating manner, both Amercian and foreign made cartridges sticking. I omit the name, • since my experience may have been singular ; neverthe- less, such an occurrence means the loss of confidence. We were only shooting at pheasants when it happened, but 1 might have been in close quarters where I had to defend myself and what then? Pistols are carried as a sort of ultima ratio, and when you do need them you need them mighty bad. As to your personal apparel, a good English corduroy suit, heavy blue flannel shirts and two pairs of hobnailed boots. I like to underscore boots ; well fitting boots. Half of your life, your comfort and strength depends upon proper footwear. For the camp, take an old pair of ordi- nary shoes, they will come in handy. Lastly, do not for- get a compact little medicine case, and this prepared you are ready to take the trail into the wilderness. This we did on Aug. 21, that memorable Sunday, but before I can tell you about it I must acquaint you with the place where we fitted out and the events which led up to it. Kooskia is a little station on the Clearwater Branch of the Spokane-Lewiston (Northern Pacific) Railroad. It is nestled between hills not very far from the eastern line of the Nez Perces Reservation and may have a population of 300 inhabitants. There are two general stores, a hotel, a drug store, a meat market, a post office, a blacksmith shop and vice-consuls, a saloon, besides a newspaper and a United States Forest Reserve office. If you add to this a number of frame cottages and a more or less dilapidated board walk, you will have the outer view of this hamlet. When we arrived the “hotel” was crowded (for who would think to engage rooms in ad- vance), so we repaired to a comparatively substantial farm house and had our cook to look after the meals. . In the meantime we inspected the outfit and put some' semblance of order into the chaos of pack-saddles, alfor- cases, blankets and such things more. The following day, a Sunday, was set for the start. The pack horses had arrived and were being reshod in or about the blacksmith shop, for while this undertaking began inside the shop it most generally wound up out- side amid a dense cloud of dust and profanity. Some of the horses never had been shod and their just aversion- to the act had prompted their owner to leave this ticklish piece of business to us rather than risk a set of broken limbs himself. The local blacksmith practiced the same caution, and Ihere it would have ended had there not been a man of versatility, our guide Grizzly Bob. Bob’s cradle stood not on the mountain where the graces dwelt, “sylvan beauty, melancholy grace” was not his, and at a beauty show he would have been as much out of place as a royal flush in a ministers’ assembly. But Bob had qualities that made up for this lack of beauty, “this vain and doubtful good, a shining gloss that fadeth suddenly.” He held rather with Ruskin, “that the most beautiful things in this world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.” This man looked like a skinned grizzly and had the strength of a live one. Muscularly lean and lank, he wears a No. 11 shoe, has same number hands ; and says Eugene Fields : “His nose been like a vulture’s beake, his blie been swart of hue,. And curly been ye whiskers through ye which ye zephyrs blew.. An eye that hawketh up and down for evereche kind of game,, And, when he does espy ye which, he tumbleths to ye same.” I could continue with poetry, for poetry was a sort of foible with Bob, but we will defer that matter. It was a heroic task to which he had set himself, something like the labor of Hercules, but Bob was equal to the occasion. By 10.30 Sunday morning every horse was ready. Then followed the task of packing. It may as well be said that our outfit of pack horses was untrained and as unman- ageable as they make them. The owner must have rea- soned that if a lot of men want to risk their bones it would be all well and good, but to send a good horse in there were sheer foolishness. For this reason we had to go and put up with the un- avoidable performance of green critters. You never know what such a cayuse will do until he does it. There was one black little devil all ready packed and at that, packed with the greatest care, when all at once he started up the village road with the velocity of a skyrocket gone wrong. Finally after the conventional kicking and bucking of the pack ponies, accompanied by a most wonderful dis- play of cowpunchers’ terminology, the train strung out toward the east. We still hope to obtain a fitting descrip- tion of that day’s events by the Hon. Wm. T. Nash. Bill looked somewhat undecided, perched on the back of a i shaggy-maned quadruped with the S. P. brand. He did not know whether smiling would interfere with the equanimity of his mount, so he refrained from smiling at all. “Bill, which way are you going?” “Don’t know yet,” he answered cautiously, “have to consult my horse first.” He was about to do so when the great and free show commenced over again. I have never failed to enjoy a June, 24, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 495 - v. Wild West exhibition of bucking horses, except this last one. It’s so different to merely look on from being com- pelled to participate. There was one buckskin mare aptly called “Son of a Gun,” whose duty it became to carry the flour. To this she objected all at once with such genuine fervor that a Wild West show would pay any amount of money for such a star bucker. With rigid legs and high arched back she Started like ft whirlwind through the line of pack horses. The enthusiasm of the multitude rose to a high pitch; everybody was laughing, screaming, yelling and whistling until the town of Kooskia was wrapped up in one big cloud Of dust j the center of which was “Son of a Gun” and around her a frenzied band of some twenty horses all stampeded and going in as many different directions. - When the Storm had subdued and spent its fury the shore was strewn with debris from the pack saddles liberally sprinkled with flour, Roughly speaking, that part of the Root Motintairt set aside as forest reserve has the . shape of the letter E. The main range running north and south, divides Idaho from Montana; extending ihtb Idaho We find north the divide between North Fork of Clearwater Rivef ahd Lodhsa j , in the center the divide between Lochsa and Selway, wriicri later forms the middle fork of the Clearwater and south the divide between Selway and the Salmon River. This way of dividing, while more convenient than accurate, nevertheless gives a general topographic picture of the mountains. Through these lead three main trails. North the famous Lo-Lo trail, in the center the one over Lost Horse Pass and south the Nez Perees Trail. These trails, to which may be added a number of trap- pers’ trails, have been used by the Indians fof ageS, espe- cially the Lo-Lo, which in 1877 was the scene of the Nez PerCeS insurrections, It then was cut eight feet wide by the Government to facilitate . the transportation of troops and artillery, The Lo-Lo Is d Very old tfail, fpi! we. know that the Nez Perees used it loiig before Lewis Ind Clark, hot deterred by the forbidding aspect of the country, crossed. over this same trail iii.I8oS to reach a winter camp, where now stahds the City 0f Lewistoh; Idaho. To carry out our plan of campaign it was impossible to follow out either trail. We did not know then how difficult it would be to trust to these irregular affairs. Says Waldemar Lindgren, in his report to the Govern- ment: “Ordinarily mountain ranges, adjoining thickly populated valleys, abound in trails or even roads and are well known and frequented by the inhabitants of the plains. But the Bitterroot Range is different, its lofty summits are without the attractions of floWefy meadows and easy path, only the hunter and explorer penetrates its wilderness, Continuous traveling along the divides is impossible, on horseback or oh foot. In the creek bot- toms, treacherous swampy areas, a slender but impene- trable growth of lodge-pole pine, tangled uhdgfbfuSn aha fallen logs make travel difficult even along the few trails which cross the range or ascend the gulches. Between Lo-Lo and Nez Perees passes the only safe horse trail across the range is that leading up Lost Horse Creek, and even, this is far from being an easy one.” I fully dgfeg with this: At, first we followed the right bank of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater, dftef fofdmg above Kooskia. This took us to the forks of Lochsa and Selway, where we camped. From here we ascended the divide between Lochsa and Selway and followed a trail to Fish Locke over the Craigs and spurs of Old Man’s Creek, From there we had to pick our way via Lost Knife Meadows to Beargrass Mountain and Jerry John- son’s Hot Springs, left over the old trappers’ trail to reach the Lo-Lo near Indian Post Office and followed this trail out into Montana, ... In this Way ytH got .acquainted with all kinds of trails, most 'of them ill a efttrijhili stale .bf Mgffibt; Only otiC little. Stretch waS in perfect, condition,, ana I ledrii that Jb? Eberle is the man who made it so. _ This mail, a UtUtSq States Forest Ranger, must be an indefatigable worker, judging from what he has accomplished on the Lo-Lo be- tween the Lochsa and Lo-Lo Pass. Of course the Lo-Lo, front where we. struck it, was a revelation to us, having seen What we .did. But eVeii in Comparison, to this, Joe’s trails looked, like a bowiifig thlby. j olhetwlsC, , the trails Pte impbsSibilitih^ahd their condition he6ds the SerloiK atlfciitioh of the Government. . I understand perfectly that the clearing of windfalls alone is a herculean job, and besides, the season for doing the work is very short, but something must be done as long as the Government pretends to keep open trails. At least one thing ought to be established, and that is a plain marking of the Spot wh£re. a side trail btahcMs off ftom what appears tb fife the main trail, On several occasions W6 passed the right spot and were momentarily lost. In one instance, this was near Lost Knife Meadows, we were lost for good. By retrailing the following day we then found the right spot, The condition of this partic- ular piece of trail was indescribable ; it led through miles of burnt woods, filled with windfalls, until it looked like a gigantic game of jackstraws. Instead of cutting out these fallen trees they were merely blazed, an ingenious idea, but not an acceptable one. It Was different with the Lo-Lo. Here, at least, at one time a regular road was cut through, and to-day, while the trail is full of windfalls, one cannot fail to find his way. This year very little was done to improve, as it was a year of forest fires. While camped at Fish Lake we met three United States Forest Rangers, Clark, Stuart and Dunham. Judging from appearances, they had gone through many hardships fighting the fires. In one place 12,000 acres had been de- stroyed before the fires could be checked. This is part of their duties. But for the life of me I cannot see how three men can do much good against a big fire. Of course the Government must preserve what is left of the exten- sive forests. They have not only a commercial value, but their presence forms a natural retainer for the vast amount of snow which, slowly melting, supplies many important streams throughout the year, thus affording irrigation in the lowlands. The total of the winter’s snow fall has been estimated po aggregate between sixty and seventy feet. This snow starts in toward the end of September, melts again and starts in for good during October to last until May. The weight of the snow weighs down the branches until they orow in the wrong direction, “Such tracts,” says John p, Leiberg in his “Bitterroot Forest Reserve,” “are marked by the exceptionally dense growth of timber on them and by the occurrence of plants and shrubs which require a great deal of moisture. They are situated along definite lines, evidently determined by the trend of adja- cent ridges and are noted among trappers and hunters, whose work take them into the Clearwater areas in the winter, for the immense accumulations of snow on them. Much the larger percentage of forest as it now exists on the reserve owes its composition and aspect to the deter- fflinary influences of widespread forest fires during the past 200 years, “These forest fires, as we have seen, are not only a loss commercially but also changes the water supply most Seriously, They are of different origin. Long ago the Indians used to set fire because they knew that the game liked to assemble in freshly burned tracts. Later on pros- pectors, looking for the chimerical riches of some Lost Mines, devastated another tract. Occasionally careless pampers, hut chiefly lightning, may be held responsible for the recurrence of forest fires.” While camping on Beargrass Mountain we had troubles of our own with fires, an experience which none of us will soon forget. From three sides they came, preceded by enormous clouds of rolling smoke, which was lit up occasionally by brilliant flames. To put out such fires, it seems to me, would take the fire department of New York city. Fortunately, nature has' an antidote that works more effectively than human interference, and that is the_ constantly shifting wind through this perfect maze of canons. Up hill a fire will travel quicker than the other way, and reaching the floor of the canon it generally will run into wet, if not swampy, ground. Very little or nothing has been done to reforest. In many cases it was found that such would be impossible, as all the humus also was destroyed or washed away, exposing the rock. Such extended places we found again following Jerry Johii§on'§ trail between the Lochsa and the Lo-Lo. _ I have neVCr sfc'Ui anything more desolate and depressing than this immfe'n§e stretch of destroyed woods. For miles and miles the eye could see nothing but old windfalls, burned trees,- rocks and shale. It is a WtffidfouS country, this Bitterroot Forest Re- serve, with its rugged towering peaks, its deep cavernous canons, its trees, lakes, rivers and rtiea.dows. Our first introduction to it was the nine-hour ride to the forks. Nine hours in the saddle to start out with is a strenuous undertaking. We reaped the usual results when we reached camp above the forks (Lochsa and Selway). Whoever invented the practice of taking a meal from the mantelpiece has not gone to the limit of human endur- angl, When you have reached that stage you abhor the idea Of Standing Up; you want to lie down, and that mighty quick, Our camping place was one Of the few small meadows hi the mountains. Alfalfa hay was Stacked in a spacious barh; aild Outside, in a corral stood our horses. The night ivouifi have passed without event had it not been for the untimely act ofily of a horse named Syndi- cate. While still at Kooskia waiting for the start, it was natural that we should talk horses. Everybody talks horses; and so, wanting to do something, we bought a hofSe. Tffg .pfiee was $15 cash. The Big Chief was the investor, and front him Bill Nash and myself acquired a third interest, hence the name. This was one of rny fool- ish horse deals, but although I am tio great judge of horses, I immediately discovered that, like the classic Polyphemos or the mythical Odin, he had but one ey®. This lamentable defect was communicated to Grizzly Bob, our guide and general utility man. “Don’t It beat hell,” he affirmed, “that cayuse has one bum lamp and besides a flat wheel.” The latter defect, a stiff feet, had to be figured in the $15. Still Syndicate kept tip. a lively Interest for matters and men. During the riigbt mUitiohed , he got out of the corral and went on a tour of inspection. By and by he was discovered, but not before he had scattered or eaten fifty pounds of flour. _ The following day was put in fishing arid hunting birds. Pheasants especially were plentiful, while Lochsa and Selway afforded fair sport for casting. The nerlt day we . began the ascent of the Fish Lake trail, nominally a Government trail, although not even Fish Lake is marked on the official map. Climbing for hours brought Us Into some high plateaus with rock croppings. Here the trail vanished and a general direc- tion had to be followed, by carefully watching Indian monuments, 1. e., stone piles In doubtful places. To fol- low ridge after ridge according to compass is an impossi- bility, for they change kaleidoscopically. It is therefore necessary to have some one who about knows, the tor- tuous snake-like windings of the old Indian trail. In one place the forest rangers had blazed a cut-off. We did not find it until after we had gotten lost; about a hundred yards right off the trail it commenced. . This is a fair sample of the work in general —careless, incon- siderate and for the most part incapable. It would be the work of less than half a day to blaze through and then mark the spot of division plainly with an arrow. This is only one of many instances. High and higher we went until we reached the summit of the Craigs, winding and circling around the top spires we came all at once to a place where the world- seemed to be cleft in twain. “Which way, Bob?” “Straight down, boys,” he yelled, and with that he took the lead. I have been over a more precipitous, but never over a steeper trail. A grand picture. Deep azure blue, as clear as crystal, stretched a roof from one side of the rugged, torn crests over to the other side of the canon. Pale, dull gray the color of the rock with glittering patches of snow below us. Farther down to the left powerful firs towered over the gaping chasm, while away down, fringed with cedar and balsam, a lake stretched its mirror-like waters down to the canon. So we went down, leading the saddle horse and yelling and swearing at the pack ponies. It would break down the press if we should repeat the whole treasure of dec- orative epithets. It is beyond credence what acrobatic feats these moun- tain horses perform. Coming. down from the Craigs into Old Man’s Creek, a drop of about 1,500 feet, the pack horses took the steepest places, sliding down on their haunches with outstretched forelegs, their tails trailing after them. It made a pretty picture, notwithstanding the consant danger of losing horse and pack. But we got down, and that was the main thing. It was late that night when we reached camp at the trapper’s cabin near Old Man’s Creek. I don’t know why, but that camp remains fixed in my memory with all, even the most minute details. Shaped like a horseshoe, the mountains surrounded us, and at this point the descend- ing trail entered the meadows, crossing the creek. Oppo- site a towering peak closed in this lovely, peaceful patch. We investigated the cabin, found it habitable, and soon after supper a big log fire lit up the log walls. The pipes were filled and supreme comfort reigned within, while ouside moon and stars kept watch over the sleeping woods. j “Boys, do you know the story of the Swede and the grizzly,” spoke up the Herr Director. “Let her go, Bill.” “Well, down on the Salmon lived a Swede, not much of a hunter but a fellow who always had the most re- markable experiences. One day the boys were talking about silvertips, when he had to relate one of his own ad- ventures with one of them. ‘You see,’ he said, ‘it was dis way. One day I was bicking perries in a batch, when all at onced a big grizzly yoomp out of de batch und runs after me. I run, und I run, und I run, oontil I come to de river und dat vas frozen, dat saved me allretty.’ •“ ‘Looke here,’ spoke up Black Charlie, shifting a plug of tobacco from one side to the other, ‘didn’t you tell us that you were picking berries when that bear came?’ There was a momentary suspense when the Swede inno- cently looked up and said, ‘Vhy yes, you see dat bear chased me from Yune to Yanuary.’” And after that it reminded one of this story and the other of that, while the flickering flames in the fire-place painted all kinds of phantom pictures against walls and roof. It was a little place full of good cheer and real comfort. By and by the conversation lagged, the embers in the fire-place fell together, sending up a spray of sparks, and when it was motioned to go to sleep, the Herr Director said, “As far as dis brobosition vas concerned, I say, shoot, let him vent.” Richard Lieber. [to be continued.] An Ontario Association. A meeting was held in Toronto on June 7 to consider the formation of an association for the better protection of fish and game. The Hon. Chief. Justice Falconbridge acted as chairman, and Mr. A. Kelly Evans as secretary. The attendance was large and representative of the best sportsmanship of the Province. Chief Justice Falcon- bridge, who acted as chairman, said that, so far as fisher- men were concerned, affairs had reached a very deplor- able state, and it was a matter of congratulation that such a representative gathering could be got together to con- sider such a question on such short notice. Canada’s magnificent heritage of game was being damaged and de- stroyed, almost annihilated, by the careless sportsmen. “We must look to the officials and the public to strengthen our hands to better protect our game,” said he. “I am somewhat of a pessimist -in regard to this matter, but I really think that something can be done for the preservation of our game and fish.” Mr. Evans gave an effective address, setting forth the work which might be accomplished by the association. He said, in part: “Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I think the necessity for something being practically done in the direction of the better protection of the game of this Province, will be admitted by all present, and it is with a view to this, that the meeting has been called. “I may say here, that invitations to attend this meeting have been as widely distributed as possible, yet as many keen sportsmen have no doubt received no invitation, it is an immediate proof of the necessity of an association being formed, in order that those interested in sport should be known to each other. “No invitation to attend the meeting was sent to Mr. Bastedo, or any members of the Ontario Government connected in any way with the Game Department, neither was it sent to any of the officials of the Dominion Gov- ernment, as I think it will be apparent to you, that it would be unwise in the inception of this organization to be in any way connected with officialdom or with politics. “The association, I think, will be, no doubt, only too glad to avail itself later on of any advice or experience its committee may obtain from chief inspectors, etc., and on the other hand, the association will, I believe, be only too glad from time to time to give the benefits of its in- formation to chief inspectors of the Department. “At this juncture, I might say, that anyone acquainted with the subject, making even a cursory examination of the reports of the Department of Fisheries, must come to the conclusion that a great deal has been effected by the fisheries overseers, but the amount of money paid some of them is ridiculously low, and one cannot expect a tremendous amount of energy to be displayed in these cases. i “"J ^ll! “There are among them, unquestionably, many pains- taking and enthusiastic officials, but I think you will all agree with me, there are many who do very little indeed. Where I refer later on to the subject of generally waking up the inspectors, it is not done in a carping and antagon- istic spirit at all. “I hope that the members of this association will always endeavor to help the inspectors in any way possible, but naturally, if they find inspectors not doing their duty, they will be forced to take cognizance of the fact. “I will endeavor, if you will allow me fifteen minutes, to give a general outline of the good the association might effect, in some directions supported by the recitation of facts \vell known to many of you, and the quotation of a few statistics which may be unknown to you. “In the first place, the form of the association would be one with headquarters here in Toronto, having its own officers and executive and the formation gradually of branch associations in each town in the Province, each with its own officers and executive, all working toward a common end. It is confidently expected that such an association will be successful in its objects, and that branches will spread rapidly in the other Provinces later on, It paust be borne in mind, that were the class of 498 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 24, 1905. sportsmen joining the association restricted to one strata of society, very little could be done. It is therefore the plan that all those interested in sport, from the distin- guished legal gentleman occupying the position of chair- man of this meeting down to a junior law student or bank clerk, or those occupied in manual work, farmers, mechanics, etc., will be invited tp join, and the first, good of such an association would be the formation of a greater Free Masonry among sportsmen. “The annual subscription, however, must obviously be reduced to the very smallest nominal sum, say $1.00, or if that is considered too much, even as low as fifty cents, so that the subscription could not possibly exclude any- one. I may feel confident in stating that any funds which may be required for purposes outlined later on, will be readily collected from public-spirited citizens and sports- men whose means allow. “I have been asked by one or two gentlemen present, when inviting them to attend this meeting, verbally, what good an association such as I outline can do, and I will now suggest a few practical benefits, and no doubt others will occur to many of you. “Many of those present have seen glaring instances of infractions of the game laws, and have either been too lazy to do anything in the way of reporting the same to the Department or have had the natural disinclination that most people feel toward laying an information. If, however, a corporate body existed, to the secretary of whom a complaint might be made with absolute confi- dence that the name of the informant would not be dis- closed, I venture to say, that in a very short time the headquarters of this association would have a great deal of information which they could use through their execu- tive at the proper Government department, bringing of- fenders to justice, and very materially waking up the inspector in whose district such things occur. “There has been much discussion from time to time as to the open and close seasons of fish and game, and no doubt a great variety of opinions exist among sportsmen on these matters. The formation of the association will here be useful, as its headquarters will form a receiving ground for all those varied opinions which, after being weighed by its committee, may be presented to the De- partment in such a way as to probably alter the present game laws to the material benefit of sport. “I regret now, to have to state one specific manner in which the association would be of use. I have been in- formed by two gentlemen, one of whom is present, and whose properties are separated by a hundred miles at least, that "they have observed very glaring cases of net- ting for bass in and out of season, and they have re- frained from reporting the same, being afraid that their places would be burned down in the winter. Now, one of these gentlemen has expended a very large sum of money in the erection of an hotel well known to many of you up north, and the other is a member of one of our best shooting clubs. “You can all easily appreciate such a condition of things, a man who has expended some forty or fifty thousand dollars in buildings away off on an island far from civilization, hesitates to take steps which might cause a fire started by an incendiary out of spite. But with the association in existence, this gentleman need not appear in the matter at all, his information would be laid before the secretary, action being taken directly by em- ploying a private detective or through the Department and its inspector. If I have heard, simply by ‘talking fishing’ to friends, two such cases, surely there must be others in existence. “The bass fishing of Ontario may be roughly divided into two classes, first the large bodies of water, such as the Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing, with a sparse resi- dent population, and the more restricted waters, such as the Trent, the Kiawartha Lake, the Bay of Quinte, the Grand River, etc., with thickly settled population. First, in reference to the larger bodies of water, some of you are probably not aware of an extract from an Order in Council passed the 30th day of May, 1904, which reads : “ ‘The sale and export of speckled trout, black bass and maskinonge, is hereby prohibited for a period of five years from the date of this Order in Council, provided, however, that any person from a foreign country, fishing in the waters of the Province, and applying and paying for an angler’s permit, may, upon leaving the Province, when the same are accompanied by him, take with him the lawful catch of two days’ fishing.’ “It is very plain, that if this law is carried out, no tugs or other vessels can leave ports, on the Georgian Bay for instance, carrying black bass, speckled trout, or maskinonge, and therefore the incentive to the commer- cial fisherman taking these fish by nets or otherwise, is removed. “The association, of course, can materially help in bringing this about. There will likely be a branch of the association in Midland, Penetanguishene, etc., and if the proper Government official at these ports has not the time to inspect the vessels going out, I fancy some of our members might give us information as to what is -going on. “Another source of information of use to protect the exporting of these fish will be American sportsmen living in the towns to which our game fish have been heretofore shipped. Many of these gentlemen, no doubt, fish in our waters, and, I think, by the secretary of the association getting in touch with sporting clubs in the States, we can soon get information, as to whether or no bass and speckled trout are coming into those points from Canada, and trace them from the other end as it were. “You, who have been to Trent, know perfectly well that it is common talk that spearing and netting out of season is indulged in by the people there, and this is what has destroyed the fish, not persons going and fishing in the season with a rod. How can the association step in here? “A pamphlet can be prepared particularly for the farmer, and a well known Toronto publisher has prom- ised me that for this object he will publish everything at cost. These pamphlets could contain the statistics I have read to you, and many others which will clearly show the farmer that his interests are best being served by observing the laws himself, and seeing that his sons do the same. These pamphlets would not cost more than a dollar a thousand, and I think $10 so expended would do a tremendous amount of good. Members of the associa- tion on their fishing trips could place in their dunnage bags a few of these pamphlets, and where the opportunity occurred, put them in the hands of the guides, farmers, hotel men, etc. A well known gentleman connected with Massey Hall has promised me, at cost, the use of a cine- matograph during the coming winter, and I purpose my- self to make a little itinerary of the Trent and other dis- tricts, advertising beforehand that a cinematographic ex- hibition will be given free of cost, and that all the fann- ers and their families are cordially invited to attend, and that before the exhibition a short address will be given on the subject of the value of the preservation of the game fish to them. “I believe others will volunteer their services in this direction, and by such lectures and by the distribution of such literature I feel confident we can gain the interests of the farmer. If we do this, we have practically won the battle, and the result will be in a few years magnificent fishing along our beautiful Trent River, the Kiawartha Lakes, and all through the smaller streams and lakes of the Province.” Christopher Robinson, K. C., the veteran of the gun, spoke of his experiences and pointed out the benefit that would be derived from the formation of such an organi- zation as had been proposed. He was followed by John Maughan, who was also strongly in favor of the project and stated experiences where he showed the immense value that such an association would be. It was also brought to the notice of those present by another speaker that the game law was constantly being trespassed by those who shot and killed game and placed it in cold storage, and suggested that this was one of the worst forms of the infraction of the law. This will be inquired into. The following were appointed a provi- sional committee, with power to add: Chief Justice Fal- conbridge, Judge Morson, W. Pearson, Campbell Reaves, Major Murray, C. C. McNamara, David Ward, Dr. Caesar, Dr. Temple, Albert E. Gooderham, Victor Caw- thra, Hon. Melvin Jones, Hume Blake, Henry Winnett, D. D. Mann, Colonel Denison, John F. Ellis, E. B. Osier, W. R. Tiffin, Frank Drake, Joseph Kilgour, Godfrey Patterson, Walter Barwick, K. C. ; John MacLachlan, Claude Macdonell, M. P. ; Stewart Houston, Dr. Riggs, Dr. Adam Wright, E. B. Ryckman, H. C. Hammond, G. G. S. Lindsay, K. C. ; Walter Jones, Ernest Simpson. Clarkson Jones, H. C. Osborne, Fred Bryan, Walter Cas- sels, K. C. ; Robert Cassels, F. B. Poison, George T. Marks, A. R. Boswell, Edward Harris, John L. Blaikie, Justice Nesbitt, Edward Currie, J. B. Miller, D. L. Mc- Carthy, Christopher Robinson, K. C. ; J. C. Kemp, Dr. A. Baines, David S. Barclay, Cawthra Mulock, W. O’Hara, P. A. Manning. H. D. P. Armstrong, John E. Rose, W. E. Foster (G. T. R.), G. G. Beatty, John Maughan, A. Kelly Evans, Oliver Adams, Fred Cox Morson. Newfoundland Caribou. Many readers of Forest and Stream will remember an account of a great deer slaughter nearBurges, which appeared in your columns last year. It was estimated that 3,200 caribou were killed in a day or two. The Legislature, then in session, passed restrictive measures, making a recurrence of such slaughter impossible. Representative Moulton, of Burges, during the pres- ent session presented a number of numerously signed petitions, praying that the deer law be amended, and the restrictions removed. In support of his position he quoted some facts about our caribou that were enlight- ening to the average sportsman. It has been always known that vast herds of deer existed, but as the railway went through the interior of the island and opened it up somewhat, the accounts given by occasional hunters as to the number of deer were taken cum grano salis. Mr. Moulton, besides being a hunter of experience himself, had a lot to do with hunters in his district, and is well qualified to speak with authority on the question of deer. Fie stated in the Assembly of his own knowledge and the evidence of many hunters whom he had questions, that the number of deer at pres- ent ranging the interior amounted to about 250,000 — a quarter of a million. The natural increase yearly, he sets down at 25,000. The number killed by local and foreign sportsmen annually amount to 10,000, about 5,000 die each year from wolves and natural causes, leaving a net increase of 10,000 caribou annually added to the herd. He contended that for the preservation of the caribou, they should be judiciously thinned each year, as the herds range over vast plains, feeding on mosses, which they tear up by the roots, thus destroying the natural pastures. Many sportsmen differ with him on this point, and refer to the vast extent of territory which they range, the better part of 42,000 square miles. This country, consisting largely of marshes and barrens, is eminently adapted for feeding grounds; and further, the parasitic plants upon which they feed, are so pro- lific and tenacious of life, that nothing less than plow- ing them up would destroy them. The decimation of our caribou on these grounds need not be feared for many a day. It is the intention of the Legislature to appoint a commission to consider the whole question, and at a future session of the House, to make recommendations that will appear most advantageous from the evidence laid before them. In the meantime, the law stands, and the caribou are protected, and any sportsman who wants to experience the pleasure of stalking his caribou, and securing a trophy for his hall or den, will find plenty sport on the island for many years to come. Last week I was talking to Mr. George Nicholls, of Deer Lake, one of the most active and intelligent guides in the country. Mr. Nicholls left me at Deer Lake, and went in the country some distance to take up his traps after the winter. On one marsh about three miles dis- tant, he counted over ninety caribou grazing, like cattle in a pasture; he had no gun along with him, and did not disturb them. The moose imported last year were seen a short time ago near the Upper Humber, and are reported as doing very well. W. J. C. All communications for Forest and Stream must be directed to Forest and Stream Pub. Co., New York, to receive attention. We have no other office. Sport in the Hindoo Koosh. From the Cornhill Magazine. It is only in a few of the remotest recesses of the rugged Hindoo Koosh that the old sport of driving with hounds still lingers, and this mostly in glens where the foot of few white men have trod. In other places the arrival of the Englishman has been followed by game laws, the necessary concomitant of modern rifles. These all condemn driving, and rightly, for the man with the weapons of to-day stands in no need of four-footed assist- ance to make things easy for him. It is otherwise with the indigenous sportsman armed with his old matchlock of prehistoric design. With the crude weapons carried by Chitrali or Washigam shikaris, not all the hunter’s craft at their disposal, nor the ownership of the best breeds of hounds, would enable them to exterminate game. The theory of the sport is based upon the fact that markhor and ibex, when escaping from their natural foes} • leopards and wolves, fly to precipices where no other animal, pe it cat or dog, Can venture- and when followed by the hunter’s hounds, they pursue exactly the same tactics. Arrived at their supposed refuge, they are so in- tent on staring at the baying hounds, that they pay little attention to their deadlier two-footed foes, who Can ap- proach close enough to use their antiquated pieces with effect. It is said that whole herds are sometimes wiped out in this way; but this must be very rare, or one would not find all grounds new to the European sportsman as full of game as they usually are. The sport is conducted in two ways. There is the royal drive, as managed for the benefit of the petty kings of the Hindoo Koosh, in which a large number of beaters with dogs drive the game up to posted guns, much as chamois are driven in Austria. And there is the humbler 'j but more sporting way followed by the professional hun- ter, with his leash of hounds, frequently entailing toil which few but born mountaineers could endure. One’s sympathies, however, are with the princes and mighty ones of the earth in this matter; for here, as in other places, they are rarely allowed the pleasure of doing their own hunting. Poor kings who miss the real enjoyment of sport, though themselves ignorant of their loss, one cannot but feel sorry for them ! Let me first try to describe a royal drive as arranged for the Mehtar of Chitral, the premier chieftain of the .1 Hindoo Koosh. Early one winter morning I found myself following a Chitrali guide up a gorge, where the sheer sides of rock in places almost met above us. Every few hundred yards the torrent impinged against one rock wall or the other, necessitating a crossing by means of a pine pole flung across the foaming water. The night’s frost had glazed such of these as were touched by the spray, with a film of , ice, which had to. be dusted with sand before even my light-footed guide could trust himself on them. But for j these, and occasional anxious moments at points where a crossing of the stream had been deemed unnecessary in local opinion, and we had to creep gingerly round difficult j rock corners where the water below roared a most unin- ; viting summons, the track was monotonous enough, as one could see but a short way in front owing to the turns of the gorge. The king, whose shooting-box lay some way uj) the valley, had gone up the previous evening, by a zigzag path over the mountain, along which (on a Chitrali pony) l it was possible to ride. The valley, which, like most others in this part of the ? Himalayas, was a gorge for a few miles above its em- , bouchure into the main Chitral glen, presently opened out and the shooting-box came in sight, a little wooden structure built on a plateau overhanging the stream and surrounded by pines and junipers. A crowd of retainers was lounging about outside, a picturesque crew of good- looking ruffians, carrying all manner of arms, from matchlock to Mannlicher, and like all Chitrali crowds full of jokes and laughter. The shikaris and beaters had all been out since long before daylight. It was now about 9 o’clock, and so far no news had come. The Mehtar came out to meet me, a pale young man rather below middle height, with a quiet dignified manner, the difficulties of whose position it is unnecessary to dilate on here. Having not yet breakfasted he asked me to join him, an invitation I found no difficulty in accepting, as the keen morning air had long since made my early breakfast a mere re- membrance. It fortunately proved to be not the Oriental repast of ceremony, with its interminable courses, but a comparatively light meal, consisting of but four enormous dishes or rather trays of pillaus and such like, from which the king and I ate direct without the unnecessary formality of separate plates. He ate delicately with his fingers, as the Easterners say “with discretion,” while I had the use of the only spoon and fork. As to the prospects of sport, I learned that a herd of markhor had been seen on the previous evening with one big buck, and the shikaris with some two hundred beaters and the royal pack had gone out to surround them on three sides for the purpose of driving them toward the hunting ground. Breakfast over, our hands were sprink- led with rose-scented water from a great brass aftaba, and we set off on foot. We soon began to climb up a path newly cut in the steep hillside, and in half an hour found ourselves on a little platform with a low wall in front, some four hundred feet above the stream. Look- ing across, the opposite slopes deep in snow were visible to a height of two or three thousand feet above us ; they were not excessively steep and were scantily covered with junipers and holly oaks. Immediately opposite us, at a range of perhaps ninety yards, was a percipitous face of rock, going down almost sheer into the water. This was the point to which the markhor were to be driven, and where it was hoped they would stand long enough to be shot. We had now to keep as still and silent as possible and sat ourselves down behind the wall at points from which we could get a commanding view. An attendant flung over the Mehtar a magnificent fur robe which had come straight from Bokhara, and others wrapped themselves in sheepskin pelisses and cloaks, for the wind was bitterly cold. Only a few of the Mehtar’s intimates had accom- panied us to the butt, but in glancing at the array of mod- ern rifles with which they were armed and at the rocks opposite where the beasts were to be shot down, I half V •June, 24, 1905.] regretted coming to what seemed likely to end in a butchery, for the combination of ancient strategy with modem arms seemed a trifle unfair to our quarry. The Mehtar was beguiling the time by telling me of some wonderful battues at this spot in the time of his ill- fated predecessor, when faint confused sounds of shout- ing came from high up the opposite mountain, mingled with the yelping of dogs. Presently some black dots ap- peared moving far away in the snow ; then a man perched up on a rock behind us said : “Big markhor coming this way,” and we saw a big beast come bounding down alone, pausing after each spring to see where the danger lay, and heading straight for the rock face opposite. The men in the butt all seized their rifles and crouched close to the wall. I declined the Mehtar’s pressing invitation to take the shot, so he got ready. The markhor was now within two hundred yards of us and I was watching him through the glasses. A kingly fellow he looked, with his head thrown back, his great black spiral horns stand- ing grandly out and his long beard sweeping the snow. Suddenly, seeming to scent danger in front, he turned half left and up the glen. A few gigantic bounds brought him with an avalanche of snow and stones to the bottom of the valley, across which he dashed and was lost to view. Two or three shots had been fired as soon as it was seen he was not going into the rock face, but he was not touched, and I was glad to think he might live to add a few more inches to his magnificent spread of horns, enjoy a few more seasons of courtship, and then die in a more befitting manner. Of course the grumbles in the butt were loud and not less sincere, and everyone blamed everyone else for hav- ing moved or shown themselves at the critical moment. The big markhor of the herd had escaped, and it now became apparent also from the shouts and yelps getting fainter and fainter, that the rest of the herd had some- how managed to break through the line. But stay, here comes something down the opposite slope. It is a doe markhor, going as if a pack of demons were after her. On she comes and reaches her supposed refuge on the rock face. The cause of her haste is soon evident, for a long Badakshan hound is close on her tracks, not a couple of hundred yards behind and giving tongue in short excited yelps. As the hound reaches one side of the precipice and' begins to creep cautiously along a snowy ledge, the doe wandering on and invisible to him, has reached the further side and turns round again toward the center of the rock. I signal to the Mehtar not to shoot, for it is evident that hunter and hunted are going to meet nose to nose on a ledge about an inch wide and the solution of the problem will be interesting. Only a corner of rock now separates them and both reach it simultaneously. A chorus of ya allah burst from the spec- tators in our gallery, as the doe; without one moment’s hesitation, -sprang straight out into mid air and went down. A gallant bid for life it was and suitably rewarded, for, leaning over, we saw her recover her footing in deep snow two- hundred feet down, dash on to the stream, across, and away to safety on the line her lord and mas- ter had taken before. The hound could do nothing but extricate himself from the precipice, which done, he sat down and barked foolishly. There was nothing more, and we returned, the Mehtar full of apologies at the poor sport he ha'd shown, though, as I told him, the leap for life that doe had shown us, was a sight I would have gone far to see. The beaters came in in groups, some not arriving for hours afterward. The tale they told was that the body of the herd were first making straight for our rock, but something had turned them and they had gone right through the line of beaters. Tracks of two snow leopards had been seen and that was supposed to be the cause of the fiasco. Now let us transfer ourselves to one of the higher val- leys, nearer the main axis of this mighty belt of mountain land, where the mysterious ibex in his haunts of snow and ice forms the quarry of humbler votaries. Here we are in the midst of romance and legend. There is, even to materialistic Westerners something almost supernatural about the ibex. When, during, the fearful winters of high regions, his summer companions, markhor and oorial, bear and marmot, either seek lower and warmer levels, or hibernate in comfortable under- ground dwellings, the ibex remains alone among the snows and drifting mists. What enables them to defy the terrific elements, and escape the constant avalanches that thunder down the mountain sides in the spring time? How do they exist? The ordinary mortal will explain it by saying that they crowd together under rock shelters and subsist on grass roots and juniper sprays while the winter is at its height, and that instinct teaches them to keep to ridges and arrctes during the avalanche season, and that they are protected from the intense cold by a thick undercoat of wonderful soft wool. But every Chitrali knows well that ibex are under the special pro- tection of the mountain fairies, the chief of whom lives among the icy pyramids and high turrets of the great mountain Tirish Mir. They know that when the earth- quakes pass along these valleys, those specially gifted can see hosts of fairies streaming across the sky, riding on ibex and long-maned ponies. Men and women are now living who have been transported to the gleaming palaces of Tirich Mir and seen their inhabitants and the ibex that wander freely among them. Does not history also relate how, when the country is in urgent danger, fairies are seen by many with their ibex squadrons, riding, to the Mehtar’s assistance? Does not every Kohistani know that it was by their aid alone that the army of the famous Sikh general, Bhup Singh, was surrounded on the Gilgit road and every man of them either killed or sold to the slave-dealing Mirs and Slighnan and Roshan? The slaying of an ibex therefore is no light matter. No shikari would venture to start on a hunting trip without having first propitiated the protecting powers. Otherwise his foot would slip on the edge of some dizzy precipice; stones would hurtle through the air, impelled by unseen hands; he would fall through into some deep ice well in the groaning glacier; or maybe he would wander be- wildered like the Ancient Mariner, seeing fearful sights: And through the drifts the snowy clifts, Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. But whether lying under hills of green ice, or kept in FOREST AND STREAM. 497 bondage by the fairy folk of Tirich Mir, certain it is that he would never again be seen alive. So the shikari omits none of the customary ceremonies before leaving home. His good woman first bakes him an enormous cake, which is stuffed into the folds of his gown above the girdle. He cleans his brass-bound match- lock and slings it over his shoulder and hangs round him bullet-pouch, powder-horn, knife, and all the miscellan- eous paraphernalia of the chase. Then, after warning his wife not to allow unpurified man or woman to cross his threshold, he starts off with his leash of hounds. At the mouth of the selected valley, he flings four pieces of his loaf north, south, east and west, invoking the special fairy of the place. “Oh guardian of this golden glen, this slave has approached thy abode. Look on him with kindness. I have come under thy silken sleeve and the hem of thy skirts. Of thy flocks grant me but one beast. Let him be such as has no wool, has no milk, and is unable to keep up with the herd, that is thin, weak, lame, and even blind. Give keenness to my eyes and power to my limbs, so that I may slay one animal. Safeguard me from all dangers.” For the hunter of the Hindoo Koosh the year is divided into numerous seasons, known under different names. There is the rutting season, when the sexes mingle in the early winter; the dead of winter, when all the ibex grounds are fathoms deep in snow ; the avalanche season when the roar of cataracts of snow is almost continuous under the morning and mid-day sun ; the season when the lower, slopes with a southern aspect form brown streaks in a white ocean of mountains ; the season when the fresh green grass begins to appear, and slowly spreads up the mountain to the lowest limits of eternal snow; the sum- mer, when all the mountain sides where earth can lie are carpeted with grass and flowers, and game animals have their widest range to wander over; and lastly, the season when the higher slopes take autumnal tints of red and yellow, and ibex are found comparatively low down tak- ing advantage of the last of the summer grazing. This is the time when the old bucks are in pride of grease, and it is consequently perhaps the favorite shooting time among shikaris, though of course their work is easiest of all in the spring, when the ibex, ravenous after their short winter commons, come low down for the first blades of fresh green grass and wormwood. Ibex having been seen, there are two methods of pro- ceeding, according to the excellence of the hunter’s hounds. If they are of the best breed, stanch and well trained, he can, as the saying is, slip them at the bottom of the nullah and then go and breakfast at leisure, certain that the early morning’s downward flowing air will have brought news of the ibex to the hounds, and that by the time he has finished, he will find one or two of the herd rounded up into some precipice, to which he will be at- tracted by his hounds’ baying. This is the ideal. The real is more often something like this. The hun- ter, after picking up his ibex, takes his hounds well above them and sights them before slipping. A long chase follows, the hounds hunting their game, from pre- cipice to precipice, the shikari keeping them in sight or hearing as best he may. A long day’s hunt in deep snow and frequently the most appallingly dangerous ground is the usual thing, the end of which may be a shot or may not. Much of course depends on the suitability of the valley for this kind of hunting. The best nullahs which have been pointed out to me all have the same character- istics; the greater part of the ground is comparatively easy, but somewhere in the middle is a great scarp of naked rock, from which it would be impossible for the hounds to move a beast which has once taken refuge there. Imagine the scene at such a moment ; the ibex standing on a ledge or niche in some sheer cliffs of rock, turning this way and that; the exhausted hounds lying at the bottom with lolling tongues, baying as they, lie and tak- ing snatches at the snow. Enter the shikari from above at a dizzy height, peering over the edge. The range is too far for his rude weapon. He examines the ground with the eye of a cragsman born and bred, to whom gid- diness and nerves are unknown. His feet, wrapped round with strips of untanned hide, will stand firm on rock which would appear as impracticable for one in nailed boots as the dancing of a hornpipe on the dome of St. Paul’s. But the risks of rocks glazed by ice, stone shoots, all the hundred and one perils that beset one who would climb on rock, all these he knows and appreciates. Alone and encumbered with his hunting-gear, he lets himself down and trusts himself step by step with infinite care on ground where none but the most adventurous Alpine climbers, roped and in company, would venture. The shot he takes lying down with the muzzle of his weapon resting on or against a stone. Lucky he deems himself if the beast goes head over heels, whizzing down to the anxious hounds, for his agate-cored balls leave as much to' be desired in point of efficiency as his old musket in point of accuracy. Perhaps the finish only comes at the end of a wearisome chase after a wounded beast, the termination of which may be suc- cess or failure. With the shikari as with the Sheikh Sadis’^dervish, “His inn is wherever darkness may find him”; but if the rigors of a night under the stars are mitigated by the skin of a freshly-killed ibex for a covering and his bread helped down with morsels of roasted .liver, he is as happy as a king. In this sport very much depends on the hounds, and a good pair are very highly prized. Like the ponies of these highlands, the best breeds come. from Badakshan and look like a cross between a Borzoi and collie. Be- fore the hunting season comes on, shikaris harden and condition their hounds by pitching them. into some icy torrent several times a day — a course which I was once recommended to follow with a favorite spaniel some- what inclined to embonpoint. The successful shikari, on his way home, sings the quaint hunting song called the ghoru. As he. nears his village, men and boys run out to relieve him. of his kit and load of meat and horns — the latter destined to grace the nearest saint’s shrine. The whole hamlet joins in the chorus, those not helping with the loads sitting down on the roofs of their houses and with little fingers in their ears (like a huntsman) rendering the song at the highest pitch of their voices. Oh valley opened for me, he ho, Blood-stained are my hands, he ho. Deer-like are thine eyes, he ho, Seeing after death, he ho. Rise I in the night, he ho, Crouching I aw»it thee, he ho. Thy feet they leave a trail, he ho; Thy horns they graze the sky, he ho. Food from the unseen, he ho, Thou art given by God, he ho. From ridge to ridge I spy thee, he ho; I would know thee again and again, he ho. I see thy various shapes, he ho; I track thee from ledge to ledge, he ho. in the midst of the herd I strike, he ho; Face to face I slay thee, he ho. Thou the ibex of my kitchen, he ho, Thou the guest of this evening, he ho. Thou the high and unattainable, he ho, Now descend through my smoke-hole, he ho. The meat is actually taken into the shikari’s house through the hole in the roof which serves for a chimney, and there received by the members of his family, he himself entering in by the door. The usual quarry in the Hindoo Koosh is, as has been said, markhor and ibex, but when the snow is deep and a herd of oorial has been marked down in a suitable place, that is to say, low down on flattish ground, a whole village will turn out ond mob the poor beasts to death with their dogs, and there is 'a recorded instance at Gilgit when a big herd were so wiped out. As a rule., oorial, who trust for safety more to speed and activity than getting into inacces- sible places, say good-bye to hounds and. hunters. My old shikari used to tell o( a herd of these animals that escaped him by swimming the Indus, an extraordinary feat. “But ibex, too,” he used plaintively to add, “used to give my hounds a lot of trouble.” Really big battues, as a matter of fact, are now, and always have been extremely rare, though old sports- men of the Himalayas love talking about them. I once asked an old gray-beard, after hearing one of the gory tales, how. it was that so many ani- mals still remained. “Sahib,” he said, “the more the seed the heavier the crop, is it not? And the more blood spilt on the ground this year, the larger the herds of ibex next.” And this is the cofftmon belief, es- pecially among the Kafirs. R. L. Kennion. Prof. Agassiz was Convinced. In the first speech Senator Frye made after being elected to the Senate he made mention of the very large brook trout caught in the Rangeley lakes, weighing from 1 to 7 or 8 pounds, and when on his way to his hotel Pro- fessor Agassiz overtook him and congratulated, him on his speech, saying it was a very creditable effort, but ad- vised him that whenever hereafter .fie mentioned the brook trout, the speckled trout, or the squaretailed trout, not to have them quite so large, as there never was a brook trout that weighed over 3 pounds. The Senator asked him if he was open to conviction, and he said if he saw one weighing more he would believe it, not otherwise. When Congress adjourned the Senator went home to Lewiston and, with a friend, went to his camp in the Rangeleys, and while there one day they each caught a trout weigh- ing about 7 pounds, which they sent on to Professor Agassiz. In a few days the Senator received a few lines from the professor, and this is what he wrote: “The theory of a lifetime kicked to death by a stubborn fact.” — Boston Herald. A Way Through. In County Sligo there is a small lake renowned for its fabulous depth. A professor happened to be in that part of Ireland last summer, and started out one day for a ramble among the mountains, accompanied by a native guide. As they climbed, Pat asked him if he would like to see this lake, “for it’s no bottom at all, sorr.” “But how do you know that, Pat?” asked the professor. “Well, sorr, I’ll tell ye ; me own cousin was showin’ the pond to a gentleman one day, sorr, and he looked incredulous like, just as you do, and me cousin couldn’t stand it for him to doubt his worrd, sorr, and so he said, ‘Begorra, I’ll prove the truth'of me words,’ and off with his clothes and in he jumped.” The professor’s face wore an amused and quizzical expression. “Yes, sorr, in he jumped, and didn’t come up again, at all, at all.” “But,” said the professor, “I don’t see that your cousin proved his point by reck- lessly drowning himself.” “Sure, sorr, it wasn’t drowned at all he was ; the next day comes a cable from him in Australia, askin’ to send on his clothes.”— Argonaut. A Tale of the Deep Lock* New Brunswick, June 12. — The following story is vouched for by A. H. Snyder, a member of the Official Board. of the First Methodist Episcopal Church here, who is also lock tender at the deep lock on the Raritan Canal : Owen Swain, of Johnson & Johnson’s plaster room, lost a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles in the deep lock a few days ago. On Saturday night, while Mr. Snyder had the water drawn from the lock, he and Mr. Swain looked for the spectacles. Mr. Snyder reached down as Mr. Swain pointed out the exact spot where the spectacles had been lost. His first reach brought up a lively catfish. Perched on the fish’s nose was the pair of spectacles. — New York Times. 3 3 3 3 3 9 Take inventory of the good things in this issue of Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given last week. Count on what is to come next week. W as there ever in all the world a more abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading T 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3;3-3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3 498 FOREST AND STREAM [June 24, 1905. Striped BassANear New York. Striped bass are the only fish worthy of the angler’s attention in the rivers about the city. There are other excellent species occasionally taken, but the striped bass is the only one to be depended upon. The salt water eel, the tomcod and small flounders are other city fish, but they are the game only of the small boy, and the man who fishes for the family frying pan. The tomcod may be caught from any pier on either river, and while they like sandworms best they will bite at most kinds of bait. The little flounder is more plentiful in the East River than in the North. They are caught from piers and boats in from twelve to twenty feet of water, flood tide being the best time. Use soft clams and sand worms for bait. The tackle for the tomcod and small flounder should be of the lightest order to afford good sport. All the city fish named are running now, and many good catches are reported from nearly all quarters. The bass are the spring bass, and are not so plentiful as dur- ing the fall months. Bass like as a bait the white sand worm and the large red worm, but they are also fond of shedder crabs, shrimp and shedder lobster. The practical angler carries his own bait and tackle, and therefore is never subjected to disappointment at not being able to fish after he reaches the objective point. Some of the more experienced anglers would even take along their boats if it were possible to do so comfortably. Bait, boats, tackle and other valuable information may be obtained at the fishing grounds at the foot of West 108th street, foot of West 126th street, foot of West iS2d street and foot of West 154th street. I very often occurs at these places that they have run out of bait and have let out all their boats and tackle, so it is advisable for he who would a-fishing go to take along such paraphernalia as it is possible to carry or have carried. The best way to take the spring bass is by casting from the rocks in the North River lining the shore from 108th street up. The slack water, last of the ebb and first of the flood, is the best condition of tide. The large fellows are taken in wate*. varying from two to fifteen feet in depth. Of course, boats may be used if one does not care to fish from the rocks. Walley’s Rock is a famous spot, reached from the foot of 108th street, and near 118th street is Kerrigan’s Rock, another noted striped bass ground. Old Split Rock is about 150 yards above 126th street. It is fifty feet from he shore, and has long been a well known first of the ebb-tide bass location. Prob- ably one of the best striped bass spots on the North River is along the rocks just above the railroad cut at Fort Washington, two miles above I52d street. At the seed oyster beds at Spuyten Duyvil there is good striped bass fishing, probably better than at any other point below, but the fish run smaller. Riverdale, two miles above, is another popular point. Boats and bait for fishing may be had from the man who tends the rail- way bridge crossing. The Harlem River used to be one of the great resorts for the striped bass fishermen, but it has long since failed to yield a fair creel of bass, though between Randall’s Island and Kingsbridge eels are still caught in good quantities. Along the East River it is at Hell Gate that striped bass are caught with greatest success. Unlike the fishing on the North River, the best time, especially for still fish- ing at Hell Gate, is during flood tide. White sand worms are the favorite bait here as elsewhere. The favorite places are Hallet’s Cove on the Astoria shore, Mill Rock Reef below Ward’s Island, Big Hell Gate, Little Hell Gate, between Ward’s and Randall’s islands; the Harlem Kills, north of Randall’s Island, and all about the Coffin Rock in the Middle Ground or Sunken Meadow. The season is later here than on the North River grounds. Little and Big Hell Gates are a quarter of a mile from the foot of noth street. Little Hell Gate is a few hun- dred yards from the foot of 121st street, and the Harlem Kills and the Sunken Meadows, two noted bass spots, are less than a mile away. The Kills, Sunken Meadows and Middle Grounds may also be easily reached from the foot of 125th street. Ferry Point, at the mouth of Westchester Creek, the mouth of the Bronx River, two fine striped bass spots, and the Middle Ground localities are all within easy rowing distance from the foot of 138th street, old Port Morris, North Brother, South Brother and Riker’s islands are opposite. Boats, bait and tackle are available at the foot of East 92d street, foot of East noth street, foot of East 121st street, foot of East 124th street, Third avenue bridge over the Harlem River, and at the foot of East 138th street. The striped bass is more timid and wary than other salt water game fish, although from his humpback, square jaw and bad eyes it might be supposed that he was afraid of nothing. 1 he angler must be able to throw a light, strong line to a good. distance from his boat, or he will fish in vain. The striped bass has acute hearing, and a scratch of the angler’s boot on the bottom of the boat, the drop- ping of an oar or landing net on the thwart send all the bass in the neighborhood away. Surf fishing has been practiced little near New York, largely owing to the hard work involved. It is done by men in pairs— the angler and his hired helper. The helper carries a basket of menhaden for bait, and a long- handled gaff, while the angler carries a rod, stout and thick. The helper scales the menhaden and two slashes of his knife on either side of the backbone bring off two long strips of flesh which are cut into chunks and are used for bait. The refuse and some unsealed menhaden chopped up fine are cast far out into the surf. This “chum” attracts the bass to the shore. While the helper is repeating this operation the angler, by unreeling and then leeling up again a hundred feet or more of line, makes sure there are no knots or kinks in it, and wqdes into the surf hip deep, and makes his cast. It is a pretty sight to see an angler struggling with a big striped bass in the surf. The bass tacks this way and that and beats his nose against the bottom trying to work the hook out. Sometimes, when nearly exhausted, he will run out nearly two hundred feet of line in a bolt to sea- ward. The angler has retreated to firm footing and slow- ly works in the fish until the helper can gaff him. At the many fishing clubs on the shores of Staten Island and southern New England an easier way than this is in use. Long plank walks are built out from land, high oyer the water, and on the end of these walks are chairs in which fishermen may sit and cast. The sport may be heightened immensely by fishing with light tackle. Let the rod be not more than eight ounces in weight — six ounces would be better— and use an O’Shaughnessy hand-forged hook three inches long, or a 1.0 sproat hook. Many who fish from boats or from pro- jecting rocks over deep water along the North River prefer to fish with a fly. A red or a red and white- ibis may be used for a stretcher, and a white miller for a dropper. If the flies, without sinkers, are permitted to drop six inches below the surface and are then drawn through the water repeatedly and carefully, the chances are good for a rise. A striped bass of a pound weight will fight harder than a speckled trout, and make his captor’s muscles ache. Sludge acid, refuse oils from factories, etc., and waste products from manufactories of chemicals have played havoc with the striped bass grounds in the upper bay. The acid sinks to the bottom, covering and killing the marine worms and small creatures on which the fish feed. The oils destroy such life as centers around the river grasses, including shrimps, etc. The other abominations either drive the bass away, poisoning them outright, or, in the case of the few persistent and hardy fellows who refuse to vacate, so impregnate their flesh as to render them uneatable. Such a fish is liable to taste as if it had been pickled in kerosene or had dieted on coal tar. The fish landed in Jamaica Bay, from the surf at Rock- away and Coney Island piers, are fresh from their winter stay in the ocean, and hence are eminently desirable from a culinary standpoint. In the Sound you may, a little later, get some excellent fishing with a spoon and a bunch of white worms. The Sound fish are usually big chaps. Not infrequently a forty, fifty or even sixty-pounder is persuaded to go ’way back and lie down in the bottom of the boat. But my! what an amount of persuasion they do need. Remember, that in general the fish are night feeders and are hungriest at late dusk. =4 New England Fishing. Boston, June 17. — In the eastern part of our State trout fishing has been poor for several weeks on account of the streams being very low. The rains of the past week may help them to> a limited extent, but not much. A good steady rain of two or three days would raise the water and improve the fishing. Probably conditions in the central and western portions of the State have been similar, but the fun still goes on. From Grand Lake Stream come reports that there is no falling off in fishermen’s luck, and that there is a per- ceptible gain in the willingness of the salmon to take the fly. Among the many enjoying the sport are Messrs. William G. and C. G. Peck, of Boston, and several from both Portland and Bangor. At North Pond of the Belgrade chain the bass are now rising to the flies, cast by several visitors from Water- ville and other cities. At Clearwater, A. J. Lewis and wife and J. K. Freeley, of Boston; George H. Cross and wife, of Malden, and E, B. Hough, of Providence, are taking good fish,. Mr. Cross being especially fortunate, in landing a togue that weighed 7^2 pounds. At Chain of Ponds, on the Megantic preserve, the camps have been crowded. All are getting good sport. Mr. John T. Sherman, of Brooklyn, took a togue weigh- ing over 7 pounds, and Mr. Tibbetts one of 8 pounds. The small trout will soon rise to the fly on the other ponds of the preserve. The treasurer, Mr. P. B. Wiggin, of Boston, is taking a run through the preserve. Mr. George A. Gibson and party, of Medford, have been in several days. Fishing is reported good at Blakes- lee, reached from Eustis. Here fly-fishing sometimes continues throughout the summer. Blakeslee trout are not quite so capricious as those of some waters. The fun is on at Loon Lake, easily reached from Rangeley. The proprietor, Mr. York, has had some brown trout planted in the lake, and they are now from 2 to 4 pounds in weight, and are great fighters. J. R. Marble, of Wor- cester, Dr. F. O. Cobb and wife, of Portland, and C. A. Mentzer and wife, of Somerville, Mass., are a few of the guests. Mrs. Mentzer has taken a 2^-pound trout and a 4 /4-pound salmon. Mr. Wells got a 4J^-pound trout. At Pleasant Island camps on the Cupsuptic fishermen from New York, Boston and many other localities have taken good numbers of trout and salmon. Mr. H. A. Haskell, of Wakefield, Mass., has leased the well known Munyon Springs Hotel and camps on Rangeley Lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. Parker Whitney and friends are in Camp Whitney on Richardson Lake. Mr. Benj. Pierson, of Byfield, Mass., with friends, is now occupying Deer Park Lodge, recently purchased of Lewis Parkhurst, of the publishing house of Ginn & Co. A resort not so general- ly known as the Rangeleys and likely to gain in popu- larity is Brown’s Camps, in Lowell. Commissioner Stan- ley gave me a forecast of the probabilities of the lakes in that town last summer. His predictions are verified already. A 13-pound salmon has been taken within a few days by Mr.. L. H. Godder, of Winchester, Mass., after a grand fight in which the fish made six leaps into the air. Commissioner Carleton secured, one fish of 9 J4 pounds, and Colonel Littlefield has to his credit six that weighed 7, 7/4, SRj, 8!-4, 8y2 and 10J2 pounds, besides several of less weight. Who says stocking doesn’t pay? A lively party of Bostonians recently made the trip from the Hub in two autos, and for several days occu- pied Cabin Springfield at the Birches. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gibby, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gore, Messrs. Wm, H. Wyman and Fred Hodgkins and Mrs. G. E. Warren. On June 26, 27 and 28 occurs the annual meeting of the Maine Sportsmen’s Association at Moun- tain View House, Rangeley. As the railroads give half rates from stations in Maine a large attendance is as- sured. The latest from Bangor is to the effect that all records have been broken at the pool this season, although the best of the sport came late. It is believed that twice as many sea salmon have been taken this year than there were last year. Messrs. C. P. Hodgkins, of Bangor, and C. E. Bissell, of Brewer, have been fly-fishing in company this season, and have landed fifty-one fish, many of them weighing over 20 pounds each. Commissioner Delano tells me that some miscreants who were taking trout at night from one of the ponds at the Sutton hatchery were pursued by- the assistant superintendent, who fired a charge of shot after them as they were running away, and he is confident his charge went to the right spot. One of the offenders has been arrested and others will be. * Central. Tale of a Man Eite Shark. St. Louis, Mo., June 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: Soon after my arrival at Miami, Fla., on my cruise south from New Smyrna, about the middle of Novem- ber last, I met Capt. Jack Graham, of the schooner Buccaneer, who told me that a Capt. Henry L. Gregg from Philadelphia was in town, and that he would like to get us two Greggs together. He did so a day or two later, and we found at once we were cousins in the fourth degree. The Captain had been a seafaring man until middle life, when he went into the ship brokerage business in Philadelphia, from which he retired in his old age. During the winter he told me a shark story, in which he personally figured, and which interested me very much, as I had written some pages about sharks in my fish book, especially as to whether or not they will attack a live man in the water. As the Captain’s nar- rative seems to settle the question in the affirmative, I have thought it well to offer it to you for publication. . Capt. Gregg’s father was also a seafaring man all his business life, his home port having been Portland, Me. He was finally lost while on a voyage from there, none of the crew or the vessel ever having been heard from. Portland was also the Captain’s home port. By the way, I have recently seen in the Florida papers that a shark recently attacked a man at Pablo Beach, biting him twice while he was swimming in water over his depth. I will now let the Captain tell his story. W. H. Gregg, Sr. In July, 1859, I was chief officer of the American clipper ship F. W. Bailey. We were in the harbor of Leghorn, Italy, loading for New York, our cargo con- sisting of marble in blocks and in statuary, bales of rags, cases of straw goods, olive oil, Castile soap, etc. Shortly before we were ready for sea a poor fellow applied for a passage to New York for himself and son, a lad of about ten years. He was an American, a car- penter by trade; had come to Italy about a year be- fore to erect an American cottage for an Italian noble- man, and had with him a complete set of tools, includ- ing a small grindstone in an iron frame and tray. It was the first of its kind I had ever seen, and I took quite a fancy to it. A few months after his arrival in Italy he was taken sick, grew worse, and after spending all his ready money, applied to the American Consul for a passage home, which resulted in his securing passage on our ship. He and his son occupied a room in the forward house, and very soon after leaving port, he failed so rapidly that it was very apparent he would not live to see his native land again. We had the usual passage across the Mediterranean, and out through the Strait of Gibraltar, and in about a week were in the Trades, coming along; with a free wind and moderate sea; everything was going smoothly, when one day we observed an enormous shark following the ship, and he kept company with us for several days. Now, it is a well-known superstition among sailors that when a shark follows a ship like that, there will soon be a death on board, and the shark is waiting for the body. Sometimes the shark would disappear for a while, and we would think he had given us up, but he always came back. The sick man had heard the superstition, and it had a very depressing effect upon him. He failed fast, and in a few days was found life- less in his berth. We sewed the body . up in canvas, and in order to sink it rapidly, hoping it would escape the shark, we sewed at the feet all the man’s heaviest tools, and including, to my disgust, the little grindstone, frame and tray, then laid him on a plank, resting on the rail, and the Captain read the burial service, and on looking around we found that shark had disappeared. We quickly hove the ship to, tilted up the plank, and the body slid into the water and into the ominous jaws of the shark, who had been quietly keeping himself right under the ship. As the shark’s jaws were three feet across, and his body nine feet in circumference, he did not need to bite, but simply swallowed the body whole, The carpenter’s little son excitedly sprang upon June, 24, 1905 ] the rail, and in attempting to hurl something at the shark, missed his footing, and he, too, plunged head first into those terrible open jaws, and the shark quietly swam along about ten feet from the ship, turning his eye up as though asking for more. We baited a long sharp hook with about ten pounds of pork, and suc- ceeded in tolling him into a running bowline, and, with the aid of a tackle, soon had him on deck and dis- patched, and at once began to cut him open to recover the remains, when, imagine our surprise when we found both father and son alive. The man had only been in a trance; the plunge into the cold water revived him, and he was struggling to free himself when his son joined him. The boy had a jack-knife in' his pocket, and soon had his father at liberty, and when we got to them they had righted the grindstone, and were sharp- ening a large knife to assist in cutting their way out. We reported the facts to the reporter of the New York Herald on our arrival, but he told us toi tell it to the marines, and so it did not get into the papers, although we showed him the grindstone to prove it. The ship was lost with all hands about a year afterward, coming out of San Francisco, and of course her log book was lost with her, so I cannot substantiate the truth of this story, as I would like to. Lake Trout Fishing in Ontario* Fishing for the landlocked salmon in the inland waters of Ontario is interesting sport. The methods used are novel and require skill owing to the depth of water 80 to 100 feet — in which these fish, ranging from four to twenty pounds, abound. The difficulty is overcome by the use of copper wire in lieu of silk lines. The copper wire is cold drawn and winds easily on the reel. A rod with medium stiff dip, about seven feet long, strung pre- ferably with agate guides, will be necessary. A punter is required, as in playing and landing a fish help is needed to keep the boat in proper position. A silk line can be used but requires a weight of at least a pound which de- tracts from the sport. Owing to the pull of the spoon and boat the line must be sufficiently long to reach the varying bottom, and a ratio of three to one for every foot of depth is usual. Hence, in ninety feet depth 270 feet of wire must be out. It is well, to provide gauge) in one piece, all of which will wind on a 150-yard reel. The wire requires care and the loss of twenty or thirty feet is not uncommon from kinking or weight of fish, so that a provision such as mentioned is wise; whereas, having too short a line would mean changing to a new line after such a loss. Copper spoons (Hendry 4) > Archer spinners strung with sisco (herring) or small perch are the usual bait I have caught four or five of these game fish in Shaibot Lake in a day, the largest weighing 14)^2 pounds. Catches in one boat by two men will sometimes fill the box that punters have under the middle seat of the boat. This box is made of zinc shaped to the boat with wood-foimed sides. The seat makes the cover under which this box will slide, so protecting the fish from sun and keeping them till return in the evening. The seats are wide enough to carry a comfortable cane-backed chair, so the boat, being of fair beam to prevent under tipping, an idea can be gained of the size of the box, which is about tlnee feet by twenty inches. . The wire being paid out and near the bottom, strict at- tention must be given to a firm grip on the pole and reel. A strike is unmistakable, as is also a touch on the rocky bottom. If the latter, wire must be let go and the boat backed over the spot, the angler meanwhile reeling m. With a strike, however, firm hold must be kept till the first struggle is over. The fish will come then, according to weight, stopping and returning to the bottom to be again wound up, this time nearer the surface. Again a second struggle, and, if the fish is still hooked, it may lie seen some feet below the surface. The higher tempeia- ture and change of pressure now affecting them, they re- sist little until right on the surface, when they roll and fight viciously. The gaff is now brought into play and we cill ci rest The usual luck of the beginner is a sudden shock, an exclamation, “What was that?” or a minute later, as he tries to struggle to his feet, "He is off.” These fish apparently dash into a shoal of sisco, then- natural food, smashing with their tails. This will ac- count for the bait we obtain on the surface still alive and sometimes able to evade the punter s watchful eyes. In the same way the spoon would be struck, making what I called “flesh strikes” perceptibly different to the hooking in the mouth. One fish, which weighed 12)4 pounds, was hooked in the belly. The fight under these circumstances was royal from start to finish. He thought it was a bough or broken wire line which moved on the bottom. It yielded and came offering great resistance, carrying the line over an area of many feet in a transverse direction. When brought to the surface it rolled” many times on the line and finally broke the line so that we gave up hope, expecting the usual dash for liberty. Instead of this it rested, eyeing us about fifteen feet from the boat. I yelled to the punter, who pushed the boat nearer with two or three side strokes of one oar, and after many ineffect- ual plunges with the gaff, during which the fish beat the water savagely and rolled over and over, I gaffed it m the flesh near the tail and dragged it into the boat. The wire, some ten feet, which had remained till then around the gills, had held it captive, it could not use its gills. As illustrating their want of reasoning I will tell another episode. .. I had a smaller fish nearly gaffed when the split ring holding the hooks broke and the fish escaped. Our only consolation was an estimate of its weight (about s3A pounds). The next day a member of our party of four in the other boat caught the fish with my hook and half split ring. It weighed S3A pounds, but insult was added to injury when my friend appropriated hook as well as A very fine little gentleman who was at the lake had an exciting experience with a deer skull that he. hooked in the eye socket, which gave him many sensations till brought to view. The season is not short, good catches have been made this" year in July, August, and, I believe, in September, for the spawning season is not yet on. Bass fishing in and around Sharbot Lake was good, the jargest I saw caught being 4^ pounds, This is by troll- FOREST AND STREAM. ing with a live shiner on hook and leader without any sinker. The fish must have time before striking and must not feel the line. They are very gamy, some of the little fellows around 1 to D/4 pounds putting up a great fight, breaking as often as three times, springing dear away from the water. The mid-day meal was prepared by the punters on the beautiful islands with which the lake abounds. Fireplaces of big stones — and some of these stones have traces of gold in them by the way — have been made in different spots, and with the fire lit and kettles boiling we were soon enjoying better food than we “ever eat in our lives. The Ontario game law is doing good work. No sale of these fish being allowed, while tourists can take only a two davs’ catch away, with them on paying a license of $5; eight bass and four lake trout constitutes the limit per man per day. While known as landlocked salmon this fish is not the ouananiche of Maine and St. Johns, it is properly the Salvelinus namaycush, the gray or lake trout. The Michigan Fish Commission has been planting these fish in some of our lakes, but I have not yet been aide to catch one, and after separate attempts I am wondering if their work has been a success. The Log of a Sea Angler. XI. — The Tripletail as a Rod Fish — Experiences with Tar- pon— Hauling the Seine— Ten Pounder — Hog Fish Lady Fish — Black Grouper, etc. BY CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, AUTHOR OF “BIG GAME Every visitor to Florida who has the curiosity to go out to the deep-water fishing grounds, has taken the hogfish with a hand-line, and knows but little of the gallant courage and fighting qualities of this really fine game fish when taken with rod and reel. More than once a hogfish so disturbed my equilibrium that I fell from the coral head upon which I was standing and casting, forcing me to swim and wade ashore. It was not far from a spot of this kind that I hooked a black grouper, also known as the jewfish, but not the typical beast of that name, but a clean cut, gamy fish, living mainly in the open, not taking to mud holes, at least in my experience — a trick much to the liking of the ordinary jewfish of the Gulf. I had been casting for hogfish with a large bait, when something took the hook and made a straightaway rush that took two hundred feet of line in less time than it takes to tell it. I could not stop the fish, so hailed Chief, who ran the dinghy out just in time for me to jump in and save my line, as he sculled me after the game which he supposed to be a shark. For some reason I did not accept the shark theory and refused to cut away, as I had caught a glimpse of a ponderous black form at the time of the strike. The game took us two hundred yards out into the channel, then swept around and charged the reef, and upon reaching shal- low water, swam down the barrier reef, where I played it for nearly an hour in and out, always being towed by the powerful fish. At last I won, and it came slowly into view, circling the dinghy, a colossus in black. It was too large to take aboard, so Chief gaffed it and beached it on the reef, from which we later towed it in that I might take its measure and obtain some black grouper steaks, which Bob said were fit for the Gods; but I did not rise to the occasion. To my mind big black grouper is dry and tough, though small fishes, boiled, are excellent. As we rowed home one afternoon after one of these fishing days on the edge of the reef, we entered a blue cul de sac in the channel, whose blue was so beautiful that I never wearied gazing down into it. I have crossed many seas, but never remember water so blue as this, so intense, so absolutely blue and beautiful. I was looking at it when I caught sight of a long, rakish fish following the dinghy. Long John pronounced it a Bahamian barra- cuda, and said that he would show how big a fool it was. Seizing the oar, he began to scull while I looked over his shoulder, a feat I accomplished, by standing on the seat. He took the grains in his right hand, holding the pole across the stern, sculling with his left. The fish, at least six feet in length, was evidently fascinated, and came within fifteen feet of the stern, shooting ahead now and then, first to one side, then to the other, all the time coming on with fitful dashes, showing its big black eyes, its savage lower jaw and powerful body. It was attracted by the pecu- liar motion of the oar, and later I succeeded in pro- ducing the same result with a white rag on a five-foot line. The fish now came within ten feet of the boat, then would turn broadside on, showing its entire length, its silvery belly and sharp, rakish fins. Long John stood like a statue, more like a jurymast than ever, sculling slowly, bringing to play mind, hand and glance to “conjure” the fish and lead it on and on. Suddenly the barracuda dashed ahead to within seven or eight feet of the boat, then Long John stopped, dropped the oar, and as the game shot along, display- ing its entire length, he sent the grains quivering into it. The barracuda half sprang into the air, hurl- ing the pole backward, and dashed away with a force which soon exhausted the line, towing the dinghy up the channel stern first, then out over the reef, where it fought fiercely for its life, and only came in after a hard struggle on the part of my giant boatman. All these men, were clever with the grains, and it was an art to coax a big fish within reaching distance and take it in the manner described. I have seen Long John take a large barracuda in this way by tossing the grains into the air, where it would turn and drop on the game, a missile coming out of a clear sky. They took turtles in this way, tossing the peg in the grain pole high in air, where it would turn at just the right angle and drop upon the broad back of the animal fifteen feet away. The entire movement was a picture of grace. The pole was held vertically, the barb upward, the lower end, or butt, resting on the two fore fingers, and with a motion seemingly entirely inadequate to the flight of the grains, the spearsman tossed it into the fur. Up it t ' T v 499 would rise, then turn like an arrow and drop with marvelous precision upon the game. _ . There was a peculiar fascination about graining bar- racudas in the channel that claimed me as a willing victim, and to scull along trying to delude the big game or coax it nearer and nearer, to watch its hesi- tation, its cleverness, its evident struggle between bold- ness and alarm, were so interesting that I passed much time in the strange turquoise blue channels which led to no man’s land, and which appeared to be the favor- ite haunt of these big fishes. The large Bahamian barracuda has an evil reputation on the reef, and I met the man who was called “Bar- racuda” because he had been maimed by one of these fishes. I often sculled my dinghy before a big barracuda, merely to see how near I could induce it to come, and the vision of these long, slender fishes darting out of the gloom is one to be remembered. On my last day on this portion of the reef we sailed over to Northwest Key, an island by courtesy of the wind and current. It was unseen until we almost ran on to it, a mere atom of sand several miles north of Sand Key. I went ashore in the dinghy and found the key so small that I could almost jump across in any direction, yet some grasses grew here, and in the center was a single egg of a tern that probably had just time to hatch before the island was swept away by the first norther of the season. The sun is high and hot, and “cats’ paws”, run and glide over the surface of the gulf. They rapidly fuse, the wind freshens, and slacking off the sheet, we bear away to the east and watch the outer reef sink into the deep bank of vermilion clouds over the edge of the world. Newfoundland Fishing. Editor Forest and Stream: Salmon and sea trout fishing have commenced on the West Coast. Some visitors have already arrived, and more are expected. Among others fishing at pres- ent are J. C. Price, Kent, Eng.; Mr. and Mrs. Wadner and Miss Rankin, Boston; Sir Bryan and Lady Leigh- ton; Messrs. Wilson, Woodward and Huntress, Eng- land.; Donald Keith and Son, Halifax; John C. Dal- lum, Dr. Norris, Philadelphia; R. Edwards, F. Vinburg, Baltimore. Many more are expected during the next few weeks. The fishing is good, and there is room enough for all, as the rivers and lakes are innumerable. The first reports from the rivers have just come to hand,, and I send you a copy of one that came in yester- day. The weather is pleasant, though the rivers are not yet at their best. There is a goodly number of visitors enjoying the sport on the various rivers, and all appear to be enjoying themselves. Sir Bryan and Lady Leighton are reported as having had some magnificent fishing during the last few days. Mr. Newman caught and sent a 25-pound salmon to a friend in this city. It was photographed by Mr. J. Vey, at whose studio I saw copies of the picture. It was a grand fish. One or two of the annexed items would seem to argue that some of our sportsmen were “fish hogs.” It must always be remembered for our people that our outlook is very different from that of most other people. We are accustomed to see, talk and live in an atmos- phere of fish — as we do not reckon them by the pair, but by the million, or the hundred quintals. Thus ten or twenty dozens of trout to men who have been ac- customed to handle fish by the hundred quintals, seem a mere bagatelle. Besides, those trouters get off only for a day or two for the season, and bring back enough then to supply all their neighbors for a day or two. Incidentally it will illustrate how plentiful the trout are, when these large catches will be equaled and exceeded by hundreds of sportsmen during the season. W. J. C. The reports sent by our correspondent read: South Branch. — Three salmon taken yesterday. Little River. — Sportsmen camped at Grand River caught one salmon yesterday, weighing 36 pounds, and another over 30 pounds. Topsail. — Trout reported plentiful in all ponds. Crabs. — Two salmon caught in Crabbs River yester- day. Port-aux-Basques. — Fifteen dozen trout caught here yesterday by ten persons, from 44 to 1 pound in weight. Gambo. — Reported that Mr. Archibald and another man caught couple dozen fine trout in the course of one and a half hours, averaging from 1 to 2 pounds. Also party of young ladies and gentlemen secured several dozen about same size, up Gambo River. Holyrood. — Trout reported plentiful in all ponds; no report of salmon. Kelligrews. — Plenty of trout in ponds around here; few salmon caught in nets at Kelley’s Island. Mr. Cobb sent a 2742-pound . salmon, caught at Codroy, by yesterday’s train, to Mr. FI. C. Crawford. Messrs. Crawley, Veitch and Dunphy yesterday re- turned from a fishing trip at Murphy’s Gullies, near Holyrood. having secured thirty-four dozen trout, aver- aging from 3 to 5 pounds each. Messrs. W. Coady, J. Ryan and J. Clarke arrived from Beaver Pond, at the head of Big Pond, last evening with fifty-one dozen excellent trout taken there for one day’s fishing. They filled their baskets in three hours — the fish were so numerous. A Salmon in a Tank. An historic fish kept for nine years in captivity by Capt. Cooper, of New Westminster, B. C., has recently died. It was a sockeye salmon, and was taken from the Bon Accord hatchery in 1895, soon after it was hatched. It was then placed in a large tank of water in the rear of Capt. Cooper’s residence, the tank being supplied with a natural flow of spring water. No food was ever given the fish, and though it apparently got plenty to live on, its. growth was stunted. While a perfect sock- eye in every respect, it only reached a length of ten inches, but was as brisk and lively as any salmon. The experiment amply demonstrates that fry can be raised to any stage in fresh water and may be liberated when J>est gbje to take care of themselves —Pacific Fisherman, 800 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 24, 1905. Yachting Fixtures for 1905. Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will confer a favor bv sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list, and also changes which may be made in the future: n, „ JUNE. 22. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. 22. Moriches, club. 22. Shinnecock, club. 22. Quantuck, club. 22. Sea Side, open. 23. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open. 24. Seawanhaka Corinthian, annual. 24. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 24. Squantum, M. Y. R. A. 24. Bristol, open. 24. Lakewood, series race. 24. Unqua Corinthian, club. 24. Royal Canadian, club. 24. Rhode Island, cruising race. 24. Rhode Island, open. 24. Beverly, club. 24. Atlantic, first championship, Y. R. A. G. B. 24. Corinthian, open. 28. Sea Side, club. 29. Brooklyn, ocean race to Hampton Roads. 29. West Hampton C. C., cruise. 29. Quantuck, cruise. 29. Moriches, cruise. JULY. 1. Atlantic, Havens cup No. 2 and Underwood cup. 1. Bristol, ocean race. 1. Beverly, club. 1. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 1. Knickerbocker, cruise 1. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 1. Seaside Park, ladies’ cup races. 1. Royal Canadian, Queen’s cup race. 1. New Rochelle, annual. 1. Boston, club, Marblehead. x. Corinthian, club, Marblehead. 2. New Rochelle, cruise. 3. American, annual. 3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 3. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. 3. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy. 4. Lakewood, Gardner cup. 4. Atlantic, open. 4. Corinthian, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, M. Y. R. A. 4. Eastern, power boat races. 4. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 4. Edgewood, club. 4. Wollaston, club championship. 4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 4. Seaside Park, club. 4. Hampton Roads, cruise. 4. Jamaica Bay Y. R. A. races. 4. Beverly, sweepstake. 4. East Gloucester, club. 4. Hartford, annual. 4. Larchmont, annual. 4. Sea Side, club. 6-12. Atlantic, cruise. , 7. Eastern, cruise. 8. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 8. New York, Glen Cove, cups. 8. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 8. Wollaston, club championship. 8. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. 8. Edgewood, club. 8. Quincy, M. Y. R. A. 8. Rhode Island, cruising race. 8. Seaside Park, club. 8. Beverly, club 8. Corinthian, club. 8. Unqua Corinthian, Williams cups. 8. Riverside, annual. , 8. Sea Side, open. 8. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 9. Canarsie, open. 9. Morrisania power boat race. 10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, ocean race. 11. Lakewood, series race. 12. Seaside Park, club. 12. Sea Side, open. 15. Royal Canadian, club. 15. New Rochelle, club. 15. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 15. Seaside Park, club. 15. Country Club, Detroit club. 15. Edgewood, club. 15. Bensonhurst, Bellows challenge cup. 15. Keystone, club. 15. Atlantic, Underwood cup. 15. Beverly, club. 15. Boston, cruise. 15. Corinthian, club. 17. Edgewood, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 18. New Brunswick Y. R. A. regatta, Prudence Island. 18. East Gloucester, club. 19. Seaside Park, club. 19. Rhode Island, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 20. Rhole Island-Sachem Head, team race. 20. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup. 21. Fall River, N. B. Y. R. A., open. 22. Knickerbocker, power boat race to Marblehead. 22. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 22. Winthrop, M. Y. R. A. 22. Bristol, N. B. Y. R. A. 22. Rhode Island, cruising race. 22. Seaside Park, club. 22. Royal Canadian, Canada’s cup trials. 22. Beverly Y. C., club. 22. Marine and Field, second championship, Y. R. A. G. B. 22. Unqua Corinthian, Molineux cups. 22. Corinthian, club. 26. Seaside Park, club. 27. Eastern, power boat races. 27. Sea Side, club. "8. Eastern, nower boat races. 28. Seaside Park, Bay Head and Island Heights, cruise. 2b. bea Side, open. 29. Eastern, power boat races. 29. New Rochelle, iadies’ race. 29. Chicago, race to Mackinac. 29. Country Club of Detroit, race to Mackinac. 29. Seaside Park, open. 29. Edgewood, club. 29. Knickerbocker, cne-design power boats. 29. Hampton Roads, cruise. 29. Rhode Island, cruising race. 29. Royal Canadian, cruising race. 29. Beverly, club. 29. Corinthian, club. 29. Boston, club, Marblehead. 29. Indian Harbor, annual. 29. Bensonhurst, Childs trophy. Firm of Gardner & Cox Dissolves.— Mr. William Gardner announces that the firm of Gardner & Cox has been dissolved. He will complete existing contracts, and continue business in his own name at the same offices and address, I Broadway, New York. Mr. Philip Leventhal will remain in charge of the engineering department, and Mr. P. F. Miller of the brokerage department. New York A* C's. Cruising Race. Whortlebrry Island to Block Island. American yachting organizations are giving this sum- mer a number of long distance ’races, most of which are over ocean courses. Of these events, none will be more successful than the race from Whortleberry Island, at the west end of Long Island Sound, to Block Island, given under the auspices of the New York Athletic Club. The distance was ioi nautical miles, and the condititons that prevailed during most of the con- test taxed the abilities of the skippers and crews, and gave them the kind of experience that makes good navigators and boat sailors. The skippers of all the boats that pushed through and finished deserve the greatest credit. Twelve boats were entered in the race, but, unfortu- nately, only seven started. The race was scheduled to start Saturday morning, June 17, at 10 o’clock. Heavy fog enveloped everything during the morning, and it saladin. Owned by R. W. Rathborne. The second boat to finish in the Block Island race. was this that probably prevented four of the boats from getting to the starting line, namely, Acushla, Mopsa, Heron and Rita. The fifth boat, Flosshilde, owned by Dr. W. D. Hennen, was badly burned a few days be- fore, and she was so thoroughly gutted inside that it was impossible to put her in shape in time to start. The yachts that started, with their over all lengths, the clubs they represent and their amateur crews, were as follows : Sloop Hanley, 42ft. 6in. over all; owner, C. D. Mallory, Indian Harbor Y. C.; crew, C. D. Mallory, skipper; H. H. Raymond, Robert Monks, P. R. Mal- lory and a paid hand. Sloop Alert, 42ft. 3m. ; owner, J. W. Alker, Manhas- set Bay Y. C.; crew, J. W. Alker, skipper; Edmund Fish, Edwin A. Stevens, Jr., Edward P. Alker and a paid hand. Sloop Saladin, 41ft. 2in. over all; owner, R. W. Rath- borne, New York Athletic Club; crew, R. W. Rath- borne, skipper; James D. Sparkman, Albert B. Hunt and a paid hand. Sloop Alyce, 39ft. over all; owner, Henry A. Jackson, Jr-, New Yort Athletic Club; crew, FI. A. Jackson, Jr., skipper; Edward S. Rowell, W. W. Willard, Richard Mann and W. F. S. Hart. Yawl Tamerlane, 38ft. over all; owner, Frank Maier, New Rochelle Y. C.; crew Frank Maier, skipper; Thomas Fleming Day, J. Thompson, Walter Beiling and J. Johnston. Sloop Penekeese, 29ft. uin. over all; owner, Henry * ALERT. Owned by J. W. Alker. The1 first boat to finish in the Block Island race, and winner of third prize. de F. Baldwin, skipper; crew, Wilfred J. Worcester, Theodore Hill and Hugh D. Montgomery. Sloop Gauntlet, 27ft. ioin. over all; owner L. D. Huntington, Jr., New Rochelle Y. C.; crew, L. D. Huntington Jr., skipper; Philip Howard and a paid hand. The conditions that governed the race follow: Yachts to be eligible must be propelled by sails only, of more than 21ft. and less than 31ft. waterline, have stationary cabins and ballast. Fin keels barred. Time allowance of 10s. per foot per. nautical mile, based on the over all length. Yachts will be considered in cruising trim when they carry a boat, two anchors and cables, life preservers, the regulation lights and their cabin furniture, fittings and tanks in their usual places. Crew will be limited to five, of whom one may be a paid hand. No restriction as to sails or rig, and yachts will carry their club colors at the main truck. Sailing Directions, Start will be from a line between the black and red horizontally striped buoy on the southerly end of Green’s Flats and the Committee boat anchored to the north of Whortleberry Island. Finish will be at the entrance to the west harbor of Block Island. Judge at finish will show the New York A. C. flag by day and a lantern at night. Yachts may go through Plum Gut, the Race 01- Fisher’s Island Sound, but all buoys and Government marks must be left on the channel side. Mr. William Marshall, Chairman of the Yachting Committee of the New York Athletic Club, was to have started the race from his launch San Toy. The fog kept him away, so in his absence Mr. E. J. Grannini very kindly undertook the work, and went out to the starting line in Mr. Henry J. Ottman’s fine launch Mercury. The start was scheduled for 10 o’clock, but it was deemed advisable to make a postponement for an hour in the hope that some more of the boats would materialize. At 11 o’clock, the yawl Tamerlane was seen coming through the haze and the start was again delayed half an hour, in. order that she might get away with the other six boats. The wind was light from the E., where the starting signal was given at 11:35, and the tide was running ebb. The fog was quite thick. The boats crossed pretty well together, all on the starboard tack, with Gauntlet in the lead. The others crossed as follows: Hanley, Alyce, Alert, Tamerlane, Penekeese and Saladin. Saladin crossed on the weather end of the line in the best berth. She was just able to slip in between the buoy and Tamerlane. Saladin went about on the port tack at once, while the others held a starboard tack in toward the New York shore. In going over to- ward Long Island beach Mr. R. W. Rathborne, Saladin’s owner, used by far the best judgment, and his boat was soon well in the lead. When the breeze shifted to the S., Saladin was ahead of all the fleet but Hanley, and in the late afternoon many of the boats were hull down astern. The breeze was not free enough to carry balloon jibs or spinnakers until nightfall, although they were tried on some of the leading boats. The balloon staysail that Saladin carried did noble work, and she slid along almost as smartly as any of her competitors. When it got dark, the Huntington designed and built yawl, Tamerlane, which boat reached fast all day and hung on to Saladin persistently, set her spinnaker and almost ran by. Saladin’s crew soon had their spinnaker set and she then began to draw away, not to be bothered by Tamerlane again. During the evening Alert went into the lead, having made up her lost time, and was never again headed. Alyce ht that time moved into third place. The sail during the afternoon was a delightful one, as the sun had burned up the fog, which did not roll in again until about 10 o’clock that night. There was a full moon, but the fog and clouds prevented it from being seen by those on the racing boats, except oc- casionally. The wind, that had been getting lighter, dropped as the evening wore on. This allowed the boats behind to run up on the leaders as they held the breeze longer. Hanley and Alyce were leading Saladin, but when the wind dropped they made the mistake of anchoring and they were not seen again. Alert, Saladin and Tamerlane went through Plum Gut, while Alyce, Gauntlet and Penekeese went through the Race. Gauntlet and Alyce were in company for a while. Gauntlet, the boat especially designed by “Larry” Huntington for the Brooklyn Y. C. ocean race, had been hopelessly behind; but, by a little luck and a lot of skill, she was able to mingle with the leaders. _ The boats that went through the Gut had a fair tide. Alert was in charge of “Eddie” Fish, while “Short” Rathborne guided the fortunes of Saladin. These two men knew the waters they were in thoroughly, and were absolutely at home. After the leaders, Alert and Saladin, worked through the Gut, they felt a little southerly air, which continued to freshen. The fog was very thick, and it did not begin to lift until some time after these boats had crossed the finish line at Block Island. After getting out from under the lee of Montauk Point, the breeze strengthened, and the long roll com- ing from the ocean made itself felt. The sail across to Block Island was a stunning one in the strengthening breeze, and it quite refreshed the crews on the boats after their sleepless night. _ Alert made an unusually lucky landfall and picked up the bell buoy off the harbor entrance. Saladin was a little to windward of the opening, and as the fog was June, 24, 1905.] ; FOREST AND STREAM. SO thick, her position could not be determined very well from the shore line, as it was almost entirely ob- scured in the fog. . . . „ , ,. Alert finished at 6:40 Sunday morning and Saladin came in at 7:52, ih. and 12m. later. Alyce finished third, and Tamerlane fourth, Pertekeese fifth and Gauntlet last. By the time the latter boats finished it was blowing hard from the S. E., and the fog had lifted. When all the boats finished, the six crews visited the different boats. After the corrected times had been figured, the three prizes, which were aboard Saladin, she having been the treasure Ship, were distributed. Gauntlet won on corrected time by 28m. from Penekeese, which boat was second. Alert Won third prize. The summary follows: gt&ft, 11:35 A. M. Saturday— Course, 101 Nautical Milfes. Finish; Sunday A.M. Elapsed. Gauntlet, L. D. Huntirtgton, Jr; . . .10 02 00 22 27 00 Penekeese, tl. de F. Baldwin 9 58 00 22 23 00 Alert, T. W. Alker ,.. 6 40 00 19 05 00 Alyce, Henry A. Jackson 8 20 00 20 45 00 Saladin, R. W. Rathborne 7 52 00 20 17 00 TamfeHane, F. Maier 9 25 00 21 50 00 Flanley, C. D. Mallory Did riot finish. Corrected; IS 27 00 18 55 00 19 05 00 19 50 00 10 58 00 20 43 00 Alert, the first boat to finish was designed and built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co., solely for racing. She is a boat of modern design, with but limited internal room. Her form, coupled with “Eddie” Fish’s knowledge of the Sound, assured her success, and there was no doubt but what she would finish first. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the race was the showing made by Saladin, and it was entirely due to Mr. R. W. Rathborne’s consummate skill as a navi- gator and his great ability as a boat sailor. He has been cruising constantly along the coast for over thirty years, and there are but few men who have so thorough a knowledge of conditions as he. Saladin is fifteen years old, and was one of the Burgess “thirties.’ She is very heavily built and was loaded down with all sorts of dunnage, as she is her owner’s home for six months of the year. When Mr. Rathborne purchased the boat her rig was greatly reduced, and she carries no top- mast or topsails. There are less than 1,200. sq. ft. m her working sails. Saladin comes as near being a per- fect cruising boat, that can come and go m any weather, as there is afloat. Up to June 5 her owner had cruised 1,200 nautical miles in her since putting the boat in commission this year. This is more than many so- called yachtsmen do in a lifetime. Penekeese is also an old-time boat, a Buzzard s Bay product. She made a very creditable showing, and did well to get a prize. The system of basing time allowance on over all length, as was done in this race, works a hardship on some of the boats, and we believe a better method can be devised before the New York A. C. repeats the lace . next year. The delightful part of this event was that every one was satisfied and every one added to their store of ex- perience. There were no protests, kicks or accidents of any sort, and we sincerely hope that all such events may be so consummated. Boston Letter. Eastern Y. C. Ocean Race. — The official circular for the ocean race of the Eastern T. C. from Marblehead to Halifax, starting Aug. 21, has been issued The start will be made off Marblehead Rock at 10 A. M„ and the finish will be off the club house of the Royal Nova Scotia Y, C., Halifax Harbor. Allowances will be reckoned on a basi’s of 357 miles. There will be classes for schooners from 55ft. rating up to 90ft. rating and over, and for sloops aftd yawls of .from 27ft. rating up to 100ft. rating and over. Prizes of silver will be awarded m each class in which two or more yachts start. A second prize will be offered for classes in which four or more yachts start, and a third prize will be offered for classes in. which seven or more yachts start. A trophy will be given to all yachts, not prize winners, that complete the course. Yachts of any recognized yacht club, of more than 30ft. waterline, are invited to enter. Prince of Wales Cup Offered. — Yachts competing 111 the ocean race of the Eastern Y. C. have been invited by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron to compete for the Prince of Wales cup, the most valued yachting trophy in Great Britain’s colonies. This cup was presented to the Royal Nova Scotia Y. C. by the present King of Eng- land when he visited Halifax in i860, and was handed down to the members of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron by the members of the original club, as a legacy, in 1898. It is a beautiful trophy, standing more than 2ft. high. According to the conditions under which the cup is offered, it can be held by the winning yacht nine months, when it must be returned to Halifax, to be raced for in Halifax harbor. It may be brought back, however, as many times as it is won by an American yacht. The race this year will be sailed on Aug. 26, after the ocean race has been finished. On Monday, Aug. 28, the fleet of ocean racers will run to Shelburne, Is. S., where there will be races for special prizes offered by the Shelburne Y. C. _ . For the Annual Cruise. — Fleet Captain John S. Law- rence of the Eastern Y. C., has announced that the own- ers of the following yachts have declared their intentions of taking part in the annual cruise : Schooners — Constance, W. A. Gardner, 86ft. ; Corona, Arthur F. Luke, 85ft.; Emerald, W. E. Iselin, 85ft. ; Hope Leslie, Lawrence Minot, 84ft. ; Undercliff, F. L. Clark, 68ft. ; Chanticleer, J. F. Harris, 81ft. ; Agatha, W. S. Eaton, 46ft. . ~ Sloops— Doris, S. Reed Anthony, 56ft.; Gloriana, Gor- don Abbott, 46ft.; Shark, F. L. Ames, 45ft.; Wasp, Gor- don Dexter, 45ft- ; Halcyon, H. W. Peabody, 35ft. ; Heron, Walter I. Badger, 34ft. ; Cossack, H A. Morss, 34ft. ; Louise, E. M. Williams, 33ft. ; Dorel, G. L. Batch- elder, 30ft.; Barracuda, D. N. Hartt, 30ft. Steamers— Wacondah, Charles Hayden, H7it. ; Juanita, F B. McQuesten, noft. ; Marigonne, C. H. R. Curtis, 95ft.; Bethulia, Talbot Aldrich, 81ft. ; Glenda (power), F. S. Eaton, 90ft. The fleet will start July 8 at 3 P. M., and run to Glou- cester. On the 9th the Isles of Shoals will be made; July 10, Boothbay Harbor; July ti, Camden; July t2, Isles- boro; July 13, Bartlett’s Narrows; July 14, Bar Harbor. In July there will be racing at Bar Harbor. Seawaniiaka Challengers Out,— Both Seawanhaka cup challengers, owned by members of tile Manchester Y. C, are now in the water, and tried out late last week, They are not yet in any form to Show which is the faster They will be tuned up off Manchester for a few days and will be shipped to Montreal about June 25, for mole extended trials on Lake St. Louis. Tunipoo, owned by Mr. John L. Bremer, will be sailed by Mr. E, A. Board- man, who designed both boats. Manchester, owned by Mr. A, Henry Higginson, will be sailed by Mr. Reginald Boardman. Tunipoo is 39ft- over all, about 25ft. Water- line and about Sin. draft. Manchester is about the same waterline, but is about a foot longer over all, Tunipoo is the broader of the two and has her beam carried well forward. Manchester, however, makes up for her lesser beam by having harder bilges. Plei* bow is drawn in more than Tuiiipoo’s. Both have steel bilge boards and double rudders. They have more power than boats that have been Sent after the trophy from America before. The rigs on both are low, it having been found that the low rig of the Canadian boats stood to better advantage than the high rigs of the American boats in the strong breezes encountered in previous races. Winton’s Engine Installed. — T. he 4°ff. autoboat, Winton, built for Mr. Lewis R. Speare, of Brookline, by Messrs. Stearns & McKay at the Marblehead Yacht Yards, has been having her engine, a 12-cylinder Winton, of 150 horsepower, installed at Cleveland. She will be launched on Tune 28 and will be christened bv Miss Caro- line Speare. After being tried out on fresh water, she will be shipped to Marblehead. Seventy foot Launch. — Messrs. Small Brothers have received an order for a 70ft. launch from Mr. Harry W. Ruby, of Macon, Mo. She wall have about 40 horse- power, the make of the engine not being decided yet. Steam Yacht Lillian G. Launched— The steam yacht Lillian G., built at Camden, Me., for former Com- modore Simon Goldsmith, of the South Boston Y. C,. was launched June 10 and sailed for Boston on Wednes- day, June 14. She is 64ft. over all, 15ft. beam and 6ft. bin. draft. Commodore Goldsmith will use her for cruis- ing along the coast. Power Tender for Ardea. — Mr. Norman L. Skene has received an order for an 18ft. power tender for the steam yacht Ardea, ex-Hanniel, owned by Mr. Clarkson Cowles, of the New York Y. C. The boat will be '4ft. pin. beam, and will have a three horsepower Toquet en- ginc. Rig Changed. — The 25-footer Bessikin, owned by Mr. F. W. Meads, of Brookline, has been altered to a yawl rig at Lawley’s. Her name has been Changed to Osprey. She was built in 1903 for Mr. F. E. Sweetser. John B. Killeen. Cruise of the American Power Boat Association. The first cruise of the American Power Boat Associ- ation will be held in August. The rendezvous will be at Hudson, New York, on Aug. 17, at noon. At 3 o’clock of the same day the fleet will get under way and proceed to Albany, where they will be entertained by the Albany Y. C. that night. On the morning of the 18th, the fleet will enter the canal and stopping at two or three places during their trip, and will leave the canal at Oswego, where they will be entertained by the Oswego Y. C. From here the run will be 60 miles across the lake to the Thousand Islands Y. C., where the fleet will remain Aug. 24, 25 and 26. Entertainment has been arranged for each of these days and nights. On one of these dates the Frontenac Y. C. will give a ball in honor of the cruise, and in the afternoon of these dates the races for the_ American Power Boat Association’s Challenge cup will be held. The entries are already very encouraging to the com- mittee and it is thought that a very large number of owners will avail themselves of this opportunity of visit- ing one of the most picturesque localities for cruising in this country. , The cruise is open to all power boats owned_ by members of any club which is enrolled in the Ameiican Power Boat Association, and it is earnestly requested, on account of the number of details to be arranged for by the committee, that entries will be _ made as early as possible. Entry blanks can be obtained upon application, and entries may be made to the chairman of the committee. The committee is composed of R. C. Fisher, J. Norris Oliphant and J. H. McIntosh, Chairman, 32 Broadway. Dover — Heligoland Race. The schooner Susanne won the German Emperor s cup in the annual race from Dover to Heligoland, that started on Saturday, June 17. The starters encountered thick fog almost all the way. Therese finished second and Navahoe third. The summary : Susanne, O. Huldschinsky. . Therese, Felix Simon ; Navahoe, George W. Watjens Sunshine, L. IT. Solomon 40 43 40 40 58. 30 42 28 32 42 43 48 The other starters were the schooner Hildegarde, Ed- ward R. Coleman, New York Y. C. ; the schooner Endy- mion, Commodore George Lauder, Jr., Indian Harbor Y. C. ; the yawl Ailsa, Henry S. Redmond, New York Y. C. ; the schooner Fleur de Lys, Dr. Louis A. Stimson, New York Y. C. ; the British built schooner yacht Clara, Max von Guilleaume, of Germany; the British yawl Sa- tanita, Sir M. Fitzgerald; the British yawl Lethe, Col. T. F. A. W. Kennedy; the British schooner Moonstone, H. K. Bellews, and the British yawl Formosa, Admiral Sir J. K. E. Baird. In starting, Hildegarde, Fleur de Lys,_ Lethe and Moon- stone crossed the wrong side of the line. All returned and started again, except Moonstone. In the class for auxiliaries the American schooner Atlantic, owned by Mr. Wilson Marshall, won, her time being 4ih. 26m. 24s. Valhalla was the only other com- petitor, as Apache withdrew. 8:01 Toronto Hunters for Canada's Cup. Toronto, June 5. — The two Canada cup challengers built for Toronto men at Oakville side by side differ greatly in general dimensions and appearance. Zoraya, the first of the challengers, was successfully launched on Saturday, June 3. Temeraire, the other chal- lenger, was then all but ready for the water, and Mr. Fred Nicholls, her owner, was assured of her being launched the following week, As already stated in these columns, Zoraya represents the skill of Mr. Alfred Mylne. Temeraire was designed by Mr. Will Fife, Jr. The frames and iron work of both boats were built in the Old Country and shipped early in the year to Canada for putting together and planking. Zoraya, as finished, shows a short, business-like boat, that has plenty of accommodation. She is a racy looking craft, with a moderate amount of sheer, but her fairly large Cabin top prevents her having the extreme appear- ance of her rival. Her cabin front is 13ft. long, and while the sides are low the high arched top is 19m. above deck. Temeraire, on the other hand, has a dome-shaped cabin trunk which looks more like an excuse for qualifying her under the new specifications than a serious attempt at providing head room. It is a very narrow affair, only 8ft. long and does not make any more break in the flush deck than would a fair-sized skylight. Zoraya is short, sharp and aggressive looking; Temer- aire, smooth and slender, carried out at the end to the very vanishing point. She is, perhaps, the better looking boat of the two as far as her hull goes, but her sail plan is less suggestive of speed in light weather and general windward qualities than Zoraya’s. It is much longer on the base and not nearly so high peaked. The lines of the two vachts have already been de- scribed fairly thoroughly. Zoraya has a nearer approach to the V section and Temeraire has slightly hollower gar- boards. Temeraire’s sides show a considerable flare. Zoraya, while wider on deck than at the waterline, has considerable rounding in. In profile the two boats are not very dissimilar, the fin being by no means abrupt or prominent. The curve from the stemhead to the forward end of the lead ballast in Zoraya shows slightly less of a reverse than does Temeraire’s, but the forward end of the fin in both yachts never approaches the perpendicular. _ In the same way the. midship section also gives very little prominence to the fin. Zoraya’s sides are carried down almost to the lead ballast and Temeraire’s, while slightly hollower, do not show much flatness in the fin except in the after half of it. The line of Zoraya’s lead is more oblique than Temeraire’s. The bottom of Temeraire’s bulb, while slightly rockered, is almost horizontal. The rudders, of the two boats are almost alike in shape. They are large and add considerable to the lateral plane. The masts of the two boats are, curiously enough for Canadian challengers, the product of American industry, both being manufactured by the Fraser Hollow Spar & Boat Company, of Greenport, N. Y. They are beautiful sticks nearly 50ft. in length and SjZin. in diameter. Temeraire’s has a marked shoulder on which the eyes of the rigging rest. Zoraya’s mast is of uniform diameter from heel to head, and it will be necessary to put shells on it for the eyes of the rigging. _ Temeraire’s mast has a neat-fitting galvanized iron cap with jib-halliard and peak- halliard blocks attached. Zoraya, on the other hand, economizes measurement to the very limit on account of the great hoist of her sail plan. Consequently her jib- halliard block is carried lower down on the forestay, an- other block taking the halliard on the mast. The two are joined by a small strut... Zoraya is the heroine in Mrs. Patrick Campbell’s latest play, “The Sorceress.” Temeraire, of course, is the name of Nelson’s old flagship. While the formal trial races for the Canada cup do not take place until July 22, it is the intention of Mr. J. H. Fearnside, owner of Hamilton II., to bring his boat down for the Royal Canadian Y. C.’s races for the 30ft. class. These are scheduled for June 17, June 24, July I, July 8 and July 15. Four suits of canvas will be provided for the Toronto boats. Messrs. Lapthorne '& Ratsey will provide a suit for each and Zoraya will also have a complete suit by Messrs. Oldreeve & Llorn, of Kingston, Ont. Mr. John Leckie, of Toronto, will furnish Temeraire’s second suit. The comparative dimensions of the two boats are here given in detail for the first time : Length: — Over all Forward overhang . After overhang Waterline ...j Beam, on deck Beam, on waterline Sail Area — • Mainsail Fore triangle Total - Ballast Mainmast, above deck . . Main boom Gaff Mainsail hoist Spinnaker boom Cabin Trunk — Length Height Bowsprit outboard Zoraya. 47ft. 9ft. 8ft. 30ft. 9ft. llin. 9ft. 6in. 1,158ft. 390ft. I, 548ft. II, 760 lbs. 45ft. 9in. 37ft. 24ft. 6in. 32ft. 20ft. 13ft. lft. 7in. 6ft. C. H. Temeraire. 50ft. 10ft. 10ft. 3in. 29ft. 9in. 10ft. 2in. 9ft. 9 in. 1,547ft. 436.45ft. I, 547.86ft. II, 400 lbs. 44ft. 9in. 39ft. 6in. 25ft. 3in. 2Sft. 20ft. 4in. 8ft. lft. 7in. 5ft. J. Snider. Atlantic Y. C. Cruise. — The Atlantic Y. C. fleet will rendezvous for the annual cruise at Larchmont on July 5. At 5 o’clock P. M., there will be a meeting of the captains on board the flagship to discuss the follow- ing squadron runs, which have been suggested as best serving the interests of the fleet: July 6 — Larchmont to Morris Cove. July 7 — Morris Cove to New London. july 8— New London to Shelter Island. July 9 — Shelter Island. July 10— Shelter Island to Block Island. July 11 — Block Island to Newport. July 12 — Newport to Sea Gate, outside course. The squadron runs will be under the direction of the Regatta Committee, with headquarters on board the flagship. 80B FOREST AND STREAM [June 24, 1905, New Yotfc Y. C Glen Cove, Long Island Sound — Thursday, June 15. The fifty-ninth annual regatta of the Mew York Y. C. was sailed oft station INo. 10 at Glen Cove, on Thursday, June 15. Although the wind was light, from the S. by Yv., all day it was fair racing weather, and the conditions were of the sort that are frequently encountered on Long Island Sound during the summer. Four masses filled, and all told there were twenty- two starters. The Flew York Y. C. one-design 30-footers saved the day, and had it not been for these boats, the showing would have been a poor one. The Regatta Committee, consisting of Messrs. Oliver E. Crom- well, Chairman; H. de B. Parsons and Ernest E. Lorillard, were on board the tug Unique. The race was scheduled to start at noon, but the wind was so light at that hour, that the start was postponed. The Committee boat took up a position off Prospect Point, and the warning signal was given at 1:30. All the boats covered a 1914 nautical mile course, which was as follows: From the start ott Mott and Prospect Points, E. by N. 14N. 3% miles to a mark off Parsonage Point, thence N.E. by E. %E. 6% miles to a mark off Woolsey's Reef, thence S.VV. 1,&S. 9*4 miles to the finish line. The first leg was a run, the second a reach and the third a beat. At 1:40 the schooners were started. There were three entries in this class, Corona, Katrina and Elmina II. The latter boat is the new schooner that was built at the Geo. Lawley & Sons Corp. yard, South Boston, from designs by Messrs. A. Cary Smith and Ferris, for Mr. Fred. Brewster. Elmina 11. crossed in the lead, Corona was just one-half a minute behind, with Katrina just astern. Balloon jiDtopsails were broken out on ail the boats, and Corona set a small maintopmast staysail. A few minutes after the start something went wrong on Elmina II., and she was gybed over. It was seven minutes belore matters were straightened out, and in the meantime Corona had passed her. Spinnakers were broken out and Elmina 11. ran up on her rival somewhat. It was a reach to the second mark and there Elmina II. was lm. 55s. behind. After rounding, Corona took the starboard tack, while Elmina II. held a port tack. Later Corona went about again. Elmina II. showed her ability to go to windward, and she soon took the lead. From that time on they stuck together, and after making three more hitches, were able to cross the finish line. Elmina II. beat Corona easily and won the Bennett cup for schooners. Elmina II. looks something like Muriel and Eimina, but is a far better looking craft than either of those creations. In the hands of Captain Dennis she should have a long list of winning flags to her credit at the end of the season. The two “seventies,” Mmeola and Yankee, were sent away at 1:45. Yankee was well berthed when the gun sounded and crossed well in the lead of Mineola. A luffing match followed, and after a while a gybe was necessary, as they were so far ott their course. When near the mark they gybed again, and as they rounded they came together. Neither one ot the owners pro- tested and no damage was done. Mineola made a substantial gam on the reach and at the second mark she led Yankee by nearly a minute. Mineola held the port tack until Yankee rounded the mark, and then she went about. Mineola did not seem to point as high as Yankee and the latter boat finally worked into the lead, and won by 2m. 14s., also taking the Bennett cup for single-masted vessels. Mira again demonstrated her ability to beat Mimosa III. and Joker, and won by 3m. 29s. Mira has a superb suit of new Ratsey sails, and she is going faster and her owner is handling her better than ever before. By a mistake the starting signal for the 30-footers was fired two minutes early. Banzai was just on the line when the gun went off and she slipped over in the lead. Dahinda was second, Maid of Mendon was third and Carlita fourth, then came Phryne and Nautilus. Several of the boats ran by Banzai on the way to the first mark, where there was quite a mix up. A number of the boats kept too lar to windward of their course, when they bore away for the mark several boats were rounding. There was a call for room, and one or two of the boats bumped. Banzai had the race well in hand on the windward leg, but she stuck to Phryne a little too long, allowing Maid of Mendon to slip into the lead. Maid of Mendon won by 2m. 45s. from Banzai and Alera was third. The summary follows: Finish. Elapsed. Elmina, F. F. Brewster.. 4 25 49 2 41 40 Corona, A. T. Luke 4 22 35 2 45 21 Katrina, J. B. Ford 4 44 17 3 02 44 Sloops, 70ft. Class — Start, 1:45 — Course WY2 miles. Yankee, J. R. Maxwell 4 16 15 2 30 24 Mineola, YV. Ross Proctor 4 13 32 2 28 10 Sloops, Classes M and N — Start, 1:50 — Course, 19J£ Miles. Mira, Charles Lane Poor 5 14 44 3 24 44 Mimosa III., T. L. Park.. 5 25 15 3 35 15 Joker, George F. Dominick 5 41 35 3 51 35 Corrected times — Mira, 2:24:44; Mimosa III., 3:28:13; Joker, 3:45:57. N. Y. Y. C. One-Design Class— Start, 1:55— Course, lQl/2 Miles. Alera, A. H. and J. W. Alker .....5 49 38 3 54 38 Atair, Cord Meyer 5 54 31 3 59 41 Maid of Mendon, W. D. Guthrie 5 46 01 3 51 01 Dahinda, YV. Butler Duncan, Jr 5 57 08 4 02 08 Carleta, Oliver Harriman.. 6 07 25 4 12 25 Adelaide II., Geo. E. Adee 5 53 03 3 58 03 Linnet, Amos F. French ....5 53 33 3 57 33 Neola II., Geo. M. Pynchon 5 55 26 4 00 26 Minx, Howard Willets 6 08 37 4 13 37 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 5 57 10 3 56 10 Banzai, Newbury D. Lawton 5 48 46 3 53 46 Nautilus, Addison & Wilmer Hattan 5 59 52 4 04 52 Phryne, Harry L. Maxwell 5 50 59 3 55 39 Ibis, C. O’D. Iselin.. .......5 50 30 3 55 30 Atlantic Y. G Sea Gate, New York Bay — Tuesday, June 13. The presence of the 70-footers Yankee and Mineola, and the N. Y. Y. C. 30-footers Phryne and Alera added interest to the thirty-ninth annual regatta of the Atlantic Y. C., held on Tues- day, June 13, which would otherwise have proven an event for only boats having a regular anchorage off Sea Gate or in some part of Gravesend Bay. Eighteen craft of all classes started and finished the race, the winners being Lasca, Yankee, Phryne, Bob- tail, and More Trouble. Lizana scored a sailover. Corrected times were not available in the schooner class because of an absence of racing measurements. According to what is consid- ered a conservative calculation, however, Lasca is given the victory, as stated above. Yankee and Mineola sailed a close race throughout. The first named secured a windward berth at the start and maintained the advantage to the end. The boats sailed a course from the start, off Sea Gate, to Southwest Spit, thence to Scotland Lightship and return over the same route, leaving marks to port on the outward journey, and holding to the northward of the bell buoy off the point of Sandy Hook, both going and returning. It was unfortunate that the big sloops and schooners could not have been given another course, as with the breeze in the S., there was a woeful absence of windward work; nothing but reaches being their lot. Yankee finished lm. and 7s. in the lead. In the schooner class, which covered the same course of 26 miles, Lasca got a good) start, and finished 26m. and 46s. ahead of Quickstep. Wayward was lm. and 54s. later, and should get second place on corrected time. Phryne beat Alera by 55s. in the race for the N. Y. Y. C. 30s, while Bobtail led the regular Class N Boats. Vivian II. was over 4m. late in starting, and third boat to finish in the class. Despite this handicap, however, she secured second place from Redwing on corrected time. These boats went out to Southwest Spit and return, a distance of 14 miles, with again the same old story of no windward work. Few regattas are run off without some incident to mar the per- fection of the whole. The bete noir of the Atlantic event was big and serious, and occurred in the handling of Class Q, in which all of the new boats built this year started. A change of the course from that originally published in the circular, without all of the starters getting the news, proved the first unfortunate occurrence. The other was that the brisk southerly wind sent the boats out to Old Orchard Shoal and back, a distance of 1214 miles, in so speedy a fashion that they finished before the per- son left on shore was in position to take accurate times. More Trouble was first by a good margin. Cockatoo II. was undoubtedly second. Ojigwan and Saetta were so close that great doubt exists as to which was ahead, although an eyewitness m a cralt anchored near the finish slates that the first-named got third place. Quest was apparently last, although on this point also doubt seems to exist. ‘ Cockatoo II., Saetta and Quest were partners to an agreement to pass to the southward of the bell buoy off West Bank Light going and returning from Old Orchard Shoal. This they did. Ojigwan and More Trouble sailed according to the instructions, not knowing anything about a change. They were protested for not taking the right course. Ojigwan was placed fifth in the official summary. Her owner entered a protest, claiming third place. The owners are to meet in the near future, when all of these differences of opinion will be settled, it is hoped, with satis- faction to all. The summaries follow: Schooners — Start, 11:05. Lasca, Robert P. Doremus Quickstep, E. B. Plavens Wayward, D. E. Austin Kiwassa, L. J. Callanan Sloops — Class H- Yankee, J. Rogers Maxwell Mineola, W. Ross Proctor -Start, Phryne, H. L. Alera, A. H. Maxwell. Finish. Elapsed. ..2 29 10 3 24 10 3 50 56 3 52 50 ..3 06 40 4 01 40 :10. ..2 07 48 2 57 48 ..2 08 55 2 58 35 1:15. ..1 27 42 2 12 42 . .1 28 35 2 13 35 :15. ..1 28 45 2 13 45 ..1 29 45 2 14 45 ,.l 31 00 2 16 00 Bobtail, E. F. Luckenbach Redwing, J. B. O’Donohue Vivian II., S. E. Vernon Corrected times: Bobtail 2.11.27; Vivian II., 2.13.62; Red- wing, 2.14.45. Sloops — Class P — Start, 11:15. Lizana, D. S. Wylie 1 36 20 2 21 20 Sloops — Class Q — Start, 11:20. More Trouble, W. Id. Childs Cockatoo II., Hendon Chubb Ojigwan, George E. Reiners Saetta, George H. Church Quest, F. J. Havens Karma, J. C. Erskine 1 26 10 2 03 10 Times of first five boats not taken accurately. Position of last three in doubt. Boston Y. C. Hull, Mass. — Saturday, June 17. The first Y. R. A. race of the Boston Y. C. was sailed off the Hull. Station of the club, in Hull Bay, on Saturday, June 17, in a moderate to light S.W. breeze and smooth sea. There were fifty-nine entries. In the 22-footers Chewink V., ex-Clotho, got the start and turned the first mark in the lead. Nutmeg worked out ahead on the windward leg, and turned the second mark in the lead. Tyro pulled up on the leaders on the run, Chewink V.’s spinnaker pole breaking. Tyro was leading on the first round of the course, with Nutmeg second and Rube third. Tyro held her lead to the finish, with Rube a close second. Nutmeg did not cross the finish line. Mirage II. had the start in the 18-footers, with Bat second. Bat took the lead before the first mark was reached, and held it to the finish, with Bonitwo sec- ond and Mirage II. third. There were only two entries in the 15ft. class Vera II., winning easily. In the Cape cats, Josephine was the winner, with Hustler a close second. The first and second rating classes were sent away together, the yachts going over well bunched. Meemer took the lead in the first class and held it to the finish, beating Sauquoit over 2m. on elapsed time, with Chewink IV. third. Myrtle wins in this class on cor- rected time, pending the measurements of the other boats. Chewink IV. and L’Aiglon fouled near the Strawberry Hill mark and L’Aiglon entered a protest. In the second class Opah finished first, with Jacobin second and Spinster IV. third. Anne wins on corrected time, pending official measurements. Zaza II. won in the dory class and Tama won in the third class power boats, making a very fine showing. The summary: Class E — 22-Footers. Elapsed. Tyro, W. H. Joyce 1 33 12 Rube, H. L. Bowden 1 33 40 Medric II., H. H. White 1 34 60 Chewink V., F. G. Macomber, Jr 1 35 08 Peri II., Dr Morton Prince <...135 14 Medric, George Lee 1 35 53 Clorinda, Cheney & Lanning 1 36 17 Nutmeg, A. C. Jones Withdrew. Class I, 18-Footers. Bat, Adams Bros 1 30 27 Bonitwo, G. H. Wightman 1 40 54 Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead 1 42 10 Hayseed II., H. L. Bowden 1 42 24 Dorchen, A. W. Finlay 1 42 43 Yankee, F. W. Atwood 1 44 38 Gertrude II., H. E. Lynch 1 47 08 Aladdin, Keith Bros 1 49 03 Aspinquid II., A. E. Whittemore 1 49 18 Nicknack, E. B. Holmes 1 50 40 Little Miss, B. S. Permar s 1 54 06 Class I, 15-Footers. Vera II., H. Lundberg 1 49 23 Princess, J. P. Prince 1 53 53 Class D, Cape Cats. Elapsed. Corrected. Josephine, F. H. Smith 1 42 22 1 39 36 Hustler, H. W. Robbins 1 44 09 1 40 11 Stranger, Dr. Dawes 1 44 55 1 40 34 Marvel, I. M. Whittemore 1 46 12 1 43 05 Noturns, C. O. Whitney 1 45 27 1 43 35 Argestes, G. H. Wilkins 1 45 01 1 43 45 Moondyne, Shaw Bros 1 48 57 1 47 00 Goblin, R. M. Lothrop 1 53 51 1 47 51 Mildred, F. H. Coleman 1 53 09 1 50 18 Dorothy III., F. F. Crane 1 53 33 1 51 03 Thelga, L. F. Crosscup 1 55 19 1 51 55 Clara Lee, E. W. Emery 2 01 23 1 57 14 First Rating Class. Myrtle, T. W. Souther 1 35 44 0 55 53 Jingo, G. B. Doane 1 35 06 0 55 54 Meemer, R. C. Nickerson 1 30 34 0 57 12 L’Aiglon, E. W. Hodgdon 1 35 10 0 58 43 Chewink IV., F. G. Macomber, Jr 1 33 48 1 00 21 ♦Sauquoit, T. K. Lothrop, Jr.... 1 32 37 ♦Kit, H. B. Whittier 1 37 44 . .. .. ♦Hermes, C. A. Heney 1 40 17 Mildred II., S. P. Moses Disqualified. ♦Not measured. Second Rating Class. Anne, C. B. Pratt 1 57 57 0 53 46 Opah, W. C. Lewis 1 40 33 0 56 22 ♦Jacobin, T. W. King., 1 46 02 ♦Spinster IV., L. M. Clark 1 51 43 ♦Sea Fox, J. G. Alden 1 53 57 ♦Gadfly, C. W. Chapin 1 55 34 ♦Not measured. Class X, M. Y. R. A., Dories. Elapsed. Zaza II., Gordon Foster 1 12 52 Elizabeth F., H. W. Dudley 1 13 15 Frolic II., W. G. Torrey 1 14 10 Bessie A., J. S. Hodge 1 14 46 Spray, H. T. Wing 1 16 59 Boomerang, J. W. Milward Withdrew. Power Boats, Second Class. Highball, R. Hutchinson 1 55 28 Power Boats, Third Class. Tama, F. L. Dunne ,1 02 00 Yenoh, H. S. Potter 1 20 00 Whew, F. C. Welch..., 2 44 10 Banzai, M. L. Crow Withdrew. Duxbuny Y, C, Duxbury, Mass. — Saturday, June 17. The first race of the Duxbury Y. C. 18-footers for the season was sailed on Saturday, June 17, in a fresh S.W. breeze. Kitti- wake got the start and Menace led at the first mark. Then Osprey took the lead and held it to the finish, beating Kitti- wake V. by 25s. The summary: Elapsed. Osprey II,, A. R. Train 1 34 00 Kittawake V., H. M. Jones 1 34 25 Menace, _H, H. Hunt .......13610 Again, L, B, Goodspeecj- , 1 37 20 Bensonhufst Y. C Bensonhurst, New York Bay — Saturday, June 17. The first open regatta of the Bensonhurst Y. C. for cups offered by prominent members, which was scheduled to occur on the afternoon of Saturday, June 17, was postponed because of the fog out over the ship’s channel, across which the courses for the day would take the racers. Commodore Arthur C. Bellows offered cups for an informal event, for which a course was selected, taking as the first turning mark a schooner anchored off Fort Hamilton and a mark boat set off Sea Gate by the Atlantic Y. C. It was originally intended to start only the new Class Q boats, which were eager for a race, but finally the old creations in the same class and two of the Marine and Field R. R. boats were in- cluded. By common consent no light sails were used. In the class for the new creations, Ojigwan did not start. Saetta won out in finished fashion because of excellent work on the windward leg from Fort Hamilton to Sea Gate. The course was covered twice, aggregating about 5 y2 miles. Saetta beat Cockatoo II. by 38s. Quest was third boat, only 17s. away, but was disqualified for fouling Cockatoo II. on the first round, More Trouble finished lm. and 26s. after Quest, The race was another demonstration of how really well matched are these creations, built under the new rule by four different designers. Wraith led the old Class Q boats, and_ Beta beat Gamma, On elapsed time for the fi1/? mile course, Saetta was 13tti, and 339, ahead of Wraith, showing a difference between, the old .arid rifeW Class Q boats, with the latest creations of fat more healthy model than the old. The summaries follow: Sloops — Class Q — Start, 4:09. Finish. Elapsed. Saetta, George H. Church 4 54 07 0 45 07 Cockatoo II., Hendon Chubb 4 54 45 0 45 45 ♦Quest, F. J. Havens 4 55 02 0 46 02 More Trouble, W. H. Childs 4 56 27 0 47 27 Ogeemah, Alfred Mackay ...4 59 40 0 50 40 ♦Disqualified for fouling Cockatoo II. Corrected time for Ogeemah, 45m. and 42s. Class Q — Special — Start, 4:12. Wraith, Calvin Tompkins 5 10 40 0 58 40 Careless, Richard Rummell 5 11 47 0 69 47 Ianthe, F. W. Robertson 5 13 30 1 01 30 Karma, J. C. Erskine 5 13 40 1: 01 40 Bab, T. A. Hamilton 5 16 12 1 04 12 Mary, Max Grundner 5 16 30 1 04 30 Marine and Field — Special — Start, 4:15. Beta, Snedeker and Camp 5 15 45 1 00 45 Gamma, A. H. Platt .5 16 37 1 01 37 Erie ¥. C The club held a meeting yesterday and arranged for holding a regatta on the Fourth of July, and will sail the usual races in July and August. They have received a fine addition to the fleet, in the shape of a new 40ft. boat that has just been put in the water, it belongs to a member of a big paper mill company here, and looks as if it might turn out to be a fast one. A young man of 18 years of age was drowned in the bay off the club house on last Sunday. He and others, who were at work on a yacht that lay at anchor about 300 yards off shore, started for shore in a small boat that was meant to only carry about three, and swamped their boat in water that was almost as smooth as a mill pond. He tried to swim back to the yacht, and reached it, but could not climb on board; the other four hung on to their boat until they were picked up. The club has taken notice of this and has passed this resolution: “Resolved, That the Erie Y. C. thoroughly discountenances the practice of overloading boats, both yachts and their tenders, and recommends that hereafter all members exercise the greatest care while handling their boats.” There will be the usual regatta held by the Buffalo Y. C. on the Fourth, and it may draw some of the larger boats here to take part in it. But it is hoped that enough of them will remain at home to put up a good race here as well. Cabia Blanco. Log of Schooner Thistle. Log of schooner Thistle. Lizard. Started 5h. 15m. P. May 17, 1905: Sandy Hook Lightship to The M. (chronometer Greenwich time), May 18th, May 19th, May 20th, May 21st, May 22d, 1 May 23d, ! May 24th, May 25th, May 26th, May 27th, May 28th, May 29th, May 30th May 31st, J line 1st, Noon. Noon. Noon. Noon. Noon, to Lizard. Total Lat. Long. Dist. 39.50 71.18 128 41.07 67.38 180 42.15 64.10 172 43.15 60.50 167 44.01 56.50 183 45.23 51.33 240 45.30 48.45 122 46.10 46.20 105 47.20 40.26 262 47.57 34.50 234 48.13 28.15 260 48.50 22.54 210 49.02 17.57 202 49.21 10.45 289 226 i, at 12h. 39m. P. M. (chro- nometer Greenwich time). Time of passage, 14 days 19 hours 24 minutes. Best day’s run (noon to noon, about 23h. 35m.), 289 knots. Best four hours’ run, 55 knots. Average . per hour for whole distance, 8.28 knots. Beverly Y. G Wing’s Neck, Buzzards’ Bay — June 17, The first race of the Beverly Y. C. was sailed in Buzzards’ Bay on Saturday, June 17, in a fresh S. W. breeze, with choppy sea. In the 21ft. class Barnacle was an easy winner. Jap won a good race from Wanderer in the 18ft. class by only 3s. In the 15ft. class Ranzo won by over 4m. The summary: 21-Footers. Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis 158 18 Radiant, C. M. Baker 2 00 13 Terrapin, L. S. Dabney 2 00 50 Amanita III., Joshua Crane 2 01 07 Illusion, C. M. Baker 2 05 07 Arethusa, C. M. Baker 2 06 25 18-Footers. Jap, George P. Gardner 1 40 22 Wanderer, A. S. Whiting 1 42 25 Margaret, W. O. Taylor 1 47 10 15-Footers. Ranzo, M. H. Richardsin, Jr 1 10 09 Fiddler, Miss C. Dabney 1 14 17 Flickamarro, Miss E. B. Emmons 1 15 30 Wmthfop Y. C. Winthrop, Mass.— Saturday, June 17. A club race of the Winthrop Y. C. was sailed on Saturday, June 17, in a fresh S.W. breeze, Hattie winning easily. In the Crystal Bay Y. R. A. class Yankee won by less than a minute. The summary: Winthrop Y. C. Class. Elapsed. Hattie, L. T. Harrington 1 14 40 Elf, R. S. Willett 1 16 06 Madelyn, G. A. Nash 1 16 12 Crystal Bay Racing Association Class. Yankee, F. W. Atwood 0 59 35 Wink, G. D, Bussey 100 12 Aspinquid, A. E. Whittemore... 1 00 35 Domino, A. B. Freeman .....102 14 Celia, H. G. Flyn 1 05 13 Stroller, C, C. Ehrman - 107 15 June, 24, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM. Larchmont Y* C Larehmont, Long Island Sound — Saturday, June 17. The Larchmont Y. C.’s racing opened on Saturday, June 17, when the club gave its spring regatta, lhere were forty -nine contestants all told, which is the largest number of boats that have started in any one event given on Long Island bound tins season,. The average yacht owner would rather race at Larcli- mont than anywhere, just why, no one seems able to explain, but the fact remains that their races are by far the most success- ful of any given on the Sound. T *.u Saturday was not a very satisfactory racing day. In tne morning there was a thick fog, and what little wind there was came from the E. The start was postponed until 1:30, and the big schooners were sent away five minutes later. lhe wind, shifted to S. by W. just, before the start, but the course signals had been displayed, and it was then too late to make any changes. The course for the schooners and the big sloops was a 15-mile triangle, sailed twice over. Its turning points were a mark boat 6 miles S.E.%N. from the starting point off Larch- mont, thence 6 miles S.W.%W., to a mark off Prospect Point, and from there N.NAV. 3 miles to the finish. The smaller classes sailed 22 and 11 mile courses. When Elmina II. and Corona were sent away, the wind was very light and the boats barely had steerage way. Corona drifted across in the lead, and Elmina II. managed to work her way over some minutes later. The new wind could be seen over toward Long Island, and the skippers of both boats luffed out as much as possible in order to get the benefit of it. Both boats caught the breeze at about the same time. Elmina II. was in the weather position and she started sheets and passed Corona. It was a reach to the first mark, a close fetch to the second and a spinnaker run home. Elmina made steady gains on every leg. On the second round the wind shifted a little, making it neces- sary to tack a couple of times on the second leg in order to fetch the mark. Elmina II. won, beating Corona 4m. 46s. I his is her second race, and she has taken first prize in both. Corona has been her competitor in both cases, and she is an old boat and hardly a dangerous rival for the new Cary bmith product. The three 70-footers got away at 1:40. This is the first time that all three of these boats have raced together so far this season. Mineola crossed in the weather berth, with Yankee under her lee. Virginia was the leeward boat. Yankee held her course, while Mineola and Virginia luffed out to catch the breeze. Mineola soon took the lead, and at the second mark had Yankee by over a minute. On the- second round Mineola continued to draw away and finally won from Yankee by 2m. 22s. Mira was without a competitor, as Joker, the only boat entered against her, did not turn up. In the yawl class three boats started. Sakana was disabled, so that Escape and Memory had to fight it out alone. Memory was able to leave her competitor easily under the prevailing con- ditions and finished a winner. Mimosa III. had no trouble in getting away with her two classmates. She won by a big margin, and the real race was between Regina and Nike. Regina finished second. Banzai got her first prize of the season in the New York Y. C. class. Banzai got away in the lead, and was never headed. Phryne was 41s. behind. Carleta was third. In the raceabout class_ Tartan got a big jump on her seven competitors and won with minutes to spare. Rascal II. was second.' _ There were two starters in the 27ft. sloop class, and Rascal won, beating Thelema by nearly 7m. Dorothy beat Vaquero in the Larchmont Y. C. one-design class by over 2m. Houri was a long distance behind. In the 22ft. sloop class Rogue won; Kanaka was second, and Panmonak third. Hamburg and Ace had a close race in the 18ft. class. The former won by 11s. The Bay Side one-design boats made their maiden appearance at Larchmont. Runaway won. Wa Wa had no competitor in the Indian Harbor Y. C. one-design class. The summary: Schooners — Start, 1:35 — Course, 30 Miles. Finish. Elapsed. Corona, Arthur F. Luke 5 11 10 3 36 10 Elmina II., F. F. Brewster 5 06 24 3 31 24 Sloops, 70-Footers — Start, 1:40 — Course, 30 Miles. Mineola, William Ross Proctor 5 05 40 3 28 40 Yankee, T. Rogers Maxwell 5 08 02 3 28 02 Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr 5 19 47 3 39 47 Sloops, 40-Footers — Start, 1:45 — Course, 22 Miles. Mira, Charles Lane Poor 5 19 54 3 34 54 Yawls, 40-Footers — Start, 1:45 — Course, 22 Miles. Escape, George Matthews 5 56 07 4 11 07 Sakana, Robert McCreery Disabled. Memory, H. M. Raborg 5 42 38 3 57 38 Sloops, 33-Footers — Start, 1:45 — Course, 22 Miles. Regina, Francis G. Stewart 5 41 37 3 56 37 Nike, Victor I. Cummcck 5 42 13 3 57 13 Mimosa III., Trenor L. Park 5 26 08 3 41 08 Sloops, New York Y. C. 30- Footers— Start, 1:50— Course, 15 Miles. Alera, A. II. & J. W. Alker 4 23 50 2 33 50 Phryne, Harry L. Maxwell 4 19 19 2 29 19 Banzai, Newbury D. Lawton 4 18 38 2 28 38 Cara Mia, S. Wainwright 4 22 10 2 L 10 Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan, Jr 4 21 35 2 31 35 Maid of Mendon, W. D. Guthrie 4 25 46 2 35 46 Carlita, Oliver Harriman 4 21 13 2 31 13 Ibis, O’Donnell Islin 4 24 04 2 34 04 Minx, Howard Willetts 4 22 28 2 32 28 Adelaide II., George E. Adee 4 22 55 2 32 55 Pintail, August Belmont 4 23 45 2 33 45 Raceabouts — Start, 1:55 — Course, 11 Miles. Pretty Quick, A. B. Alley 4 15 15 2 20 15 Rana, Howard Willetts 4 09 48 2 14 48 Invader Jr., R. A. Rainey 4 11 34 2 16 34 Mystral, A. C. Bostwick 4 11 34 2 16 34 Nora; C. O’D. Iselin 4 10 54 2 15 54 Tartan, Allen Pirie 4 02 06 2 07 06 Rascal II., S. C. Hopkins 4 08 23 2 18 23 Cricket, Macy Willetts 4 10 30 2 15 30 Sloops, 27-Footers — Start, 2:00— Course, 11 Miles. Rascal, J. J. Dwyer 4 08 23 2 08 23 Thelema, A. E. Black 4 15 34 2 15 34 Larchmont 21-Footers — Start, 2:00 — Course, 11 Miles. Dorothy, L. G. Spence 4 21 28 2 21 28 Vaquero, William Stump 4 23 37 2 23 37 Houri, J. Esser 4 31 29 2 31 29 Sloops, 22-Footers — Start, 2:05 — Course, 11 Miles. Rogue, A. B. Alley 4 30 17 2 25 17 Saetta, G. II. Church Did not finish. Kanaka, F. Mahlstedt 4 35 35 2 30 35 Panmonak, F. P. Currier 4 40 17 2 35 17 Skip, C. M. Pinckney 4 45 34 2 40 34 Sloops, 18-Footers — Start, 2:10 — Course, 11 Miles. Hamburg, M. Goldschmidt 4 55 17 2 45 17 Ace, R. N. Bavier 4 55 28 2 45 28 Bay Side One-Design Sloops — Start, 2:10 — Course 11 Miles. Bedelia II., C. H. Roberts 5 03 40 2 53 40 Embee, Leo Bugg Did not finish. Madcap, A. Nesbit 5 03 21 2 53 21 Runaway, J. E. Hill 5 01 48 2 51 40 Kangaroo, H. Wigan, Did not finish. Indian Harbor Knockabouts — Start, 2:10 — Course, 11 Miles. Wa Wa, G. E. Robinson, Jr 5 02 32 2 52 32 fflatwqing. Red Dragon C. C. The twenty-second racing season of the Red Dragon C. C., of Philadelphia, was opened at Wissmoming on Saturday, June ii. The strong S.E. wind bothered the racers to some extent but was welcomed by the sweltering visitors The course tide, against wind, with the exception of the third event sl“^, blade, half mile— in which the racing type of canoes were allowed, open cruising canoes were used. T i a r A Visiting canoeists were present from the Park r n LgY „eta Trenton; Monte Cristo C. C., Delanco; Beverly Y. C., Wahneta Boat Club, and other up-river canoe clubs. In the tail-end race, event No. 2, three contestants capsized, a d one Red Dragon mistook the course and started in the opppshe direction from the goal. The tilting tournament was one' ot the_ best ever seen here, and was well contested by six ciews. in the seven events arranged for the afternoon the Red Diago were winners of first prize in the first event, Beverly Y. • the second, Red Dragons won the third, Delanco carried off the fourth, Beverly Y. C. walked away with the fifth, sixth and S cinnati Gun Club, will arrive in New York, on the Campania; on Friday of this week. He has been sojourning in Ireland diming the past few weeks, enjoying a vacation in that country. Mr. E. J. Earl, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., associated with some other local sportsmen, is actively engaged in organizing a trap- shooting club in his city. There is a probability that traps will be installed and competition begun before many weeks. Mr. Earl is an accomplished rifleman and sportsman. S? In the contest for the Dean Richmond cup, the Schenectady team made the highest score. A protest was lodged against awarding the cup to them on the ground that their team violated the conditions governing domicile. Second high team also was protested on the ground of an error by the referee. The New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game is now the New York Sportsmen’s Association. Notwith- standing that the protective words of the title have been re- pealed, there is no doubt but what the Association will bestow the same protection to fish and game in the future that it be- stowed in the past. 81 The Secretary, W. Scott Smith, writes us that “The Kingston, N. Y., Gun Club will hold a shoot July 4, commencing at 1 o’clock, on their grounds at the Mountain View House, Saugerties road. We already have subscribed a nice list of merchandise prizes, and will arrange sweeps to suit the contestants. Visitors will be gladly welcomed, and will do our utmost to give them a good afternoon’s sport.” * A correspondent writes us that he is informed that the shoot- ing house of the Lynn, Mass., Association was recently burned down. This was built about twelve years ago by the club, and entails a loss of some $900. The building was furnished for pro- viding club dinners, and there were several valuable traps in it at the time of the1 fire. It was located on the Saugus turnpike in the town of Saugus, near the half-way house. 81 The Watertown, Mass., Gun Club held their sixth and final shoot for the Philbrook trophies, June 17. The trophies number five, and were presented by Mr. J. N. Dawson, but were called Philbrook in honor of the club captain. The winners were: Roy, 20yds., 243, first, gold medal; Baldwin, 20yds., 239, second, silver medal; Hebbard, 20yds., 231, third, bronze medal; Sanborn, 17y.ds., fourth, silver cup; Morse, 19yds., 224, fifth, silver cup. At the tournament of the Trapshooters’ Association of North Carolina, held at Raleigh, June 14-15, the Virginia ten-man team won the team contest by a score of 893 to 864, made by North Car- olina. The championship of North Carolina was won by Mr. J. E. Crayton, with a score of 98 out of 100. High amateur average was won by Mr. Collins. Messrs. Walter Huff, and J. Mowell Plawkins tied for high professional average. The next shoot will be held at Wilson, N. C. * The election of Mr. C. G. Blandford, of Ossining, to the office of Secretary of the New York Sportsmen’s Association, was a wise choice. He is energetic and thoroughly conversant with the duties of the office. Also he is skillful as a press agent, an ac- complishment which has much to do with the success of any organization which depends on public patronage. The office of secretary is the most active and important of any office pertain- ing to a gun club, and it must be filled by an alert worker if success is to be achieved. 8? Mr. William Hopkins, of Jamaica, L. I., is a gentleman of mag- nificent physique, not much less than1 a giant in size, and noth- ing less than saintly in amiability. He is a good trapshooter, as his doings at the New York State shoot last week will testify, particularly in the merchandise event, wherein he scored 25 and was conspicuously alone in it as a performer. His method of training had much to do with his success, and we, even at the risk of violating his confidence, now publish it. He confessed that he felt a tiny bit nervous just before the event began, so he drank six or seven large glasses of buttermilk in quick succes- sion, then sat out in the hot sun till he perspired copiously, whereupon he was keyed up and ballasted to- the nicest pitch, and shot through without a tremor. 8? Mr. H. W. Bissing, who shoots skillfully under the nom de fusil of Hans, announces that Mr. Jacob Ruppert, the well-known brewer and sportsman, has given him two silver cups to be -offered in trapshooting competition as he deems best. Mr. Bis- sing announces that he will place one for competition with the North River Gun Club, of Edgewater, N. J., the contest to take place in five or six weeks. The cup is a valuable one. It is an elegant solid silver trophy, value $50. It will be known as the Jacob Ruppert cup. The conditions are: Distance handicap, 50 targets, 2 cents a target. No merchandise, just an old-fashioned, genuine shoot for the honors. The winner owns the cup out- right. Three or four other cups will be offered for competition on that day. The handicaps will be made by Messrs. H. W. Bissing and B. Waters. 81 The programme of the Interstate trapshooting tournament, given for the Menominee, Mich., Gun Club, July 12 and 13, provides like competition each day, namely, one 15, eight 20 and one 25- target event, entrance based on ten cents per target. All events, except the 25-target, have $20 added. The 25-target event of the first day has $20 added; of the second day, $50, the. latter being the championship of the League of Gun Clubs of Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Luncheon will be served on the grounds. Targets, 2 cents. Practice day, July 11. Class shoot- ing, 25, 25, 25 and 25 per cent. Guns and ammunition, prepaid, care of A. J. Juttner, National Hotel, Menominee, will be de- livered on the grounds free of charge. Shooting begins at S o’clock each day. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Interstate Association, will manage the tournament. 85 A lively condition governing team competition for the Dean Richmond cup is that only members of a club who live in the same county in which the club has its place of domicile are eligible to compete for said trophy. A much better condition is that all members of a club are eligible to compete for it, pro- viding that they were bona fide members during at least the three prior months of the State shoot. The present regulation is an annual matter of unpleasant contention, and besides, there is no good reason for it. It is purely arbitrary as a ruling, and has not a single justification to sustain it, from an equitable view- point. If a New York city gun club has too much talent to draw upon for a three-man team contest, then it would be better to again change the title of the association as follows: New York State Sportsmen’s Association, minus New York City. Ten events, each at 15 targets, $1.80 entrance, constitute the pro- gram presented by the Enterprise Gun Club, McKeesport, Pa., for their all-day shoot, July 4. Valuable average prizes will be given to the four high and three low guns. Competition will begin at 9 o’clock. Jack Rabbit system. Ship guns, etc., to Geo. W. Mains, 317 Pacific Ave. St A complimentary clambake on the first day will be a feature of the Aquidneck Gun Club at Newport, R. I., July 28-29; also mer- chandise prizes valued at $75 will be offered. On the second day, a sweepstake team match, with added money and merchandise to the amount of $85, will be an important event of the programme. The latter will be ready for distribution on July 10. To the club secretaries whose executive activity is bounded by bodily repose and dreamy reverie, we would amiably suggest that, as a means of publicly advertising a tournament, the sending of a tournament programme to the sportsmen’s journals while the tournament is taking place or afterward, is a supererogative act and a waste of dainty energy. Never do to-day what you can put off till to-morrow. Bernard Waters. Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut* Waterbury, Conn., June 13. — The fourth shoot of the Con- solidated Gun Club of Connecticut, was favored with a fine warm day, with just enough shower in the afternoon to cool the air. Ihe scores: Events: 123456789 10 11 12 Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 20 15 20 15 15 20 15 H Money 10 14 15 9 14 19 15 20 15 15 19 15 Wheeler 8 12 19 10 13 16 12 17 14 15 15 12 ?,chorty 7 13 17 9 12 18 8 18 13 12 15 13 Ei'est 8 12 18 8 14 16 10 18 15 12 16 12 Dcremus 5 9 14 5 11 . . 7 12 8 10 12 12 Hart 7 13 17 9 14 16 8 18 12 8 16 13 g FlJUh 9 11 17 10 14 20 15 16 14 14 18 14 Hawkins 4 4 14 4 10 13 13 6 .... 18 . A Reynolds 9 13 19 9 11 17 12 15 14 11 .. 15 Langdon 6 12 14 6 11 14 9 13 11 13 ... . E Finch 7 12 16 7 13 14 7 Beers 9 11 15 9 13 17 11 Barstow 7 13 18 10 14 16 14 18 13 12 16 13 Fradley 10 14 17 9 14 16 10 16 15 15 17 14 E°we . 7 12 17 10 12 15 15 16 13 9 14 13 rr ^etcalf 5 9 14 8 11 15 13 18 11 12 11 12 H Metcalf 8 14 19 10 14 17 13 14 15 15 15 14 gerSf,1-de 6 12 16 8 11 14 12 10 11 11 14 13 McElligott 10 12 20 10 11 16 13 17 12 15 17 14 Seery 5 6 11 Pitts 2 6 . . Mills 7 11 16 Ldgarton 6 14 18 Jordan 8 8 14 Porter 8 8 16 Richards 7 9 12 Gregory 7 12 14 Yells 7 10 11 Tajft 9 12 17 Mitchell 8 11 17 Mack 7 10 16 Kelly 8 14 19 Whitney 8 12 18 Dr Moore 8 11 18 White 6 11 18 Bristol 10 11 14 Draher 9 12 16 Austin 2 9 12 5 10 .. 8 .. .. 7 11 16 12 11 15 9 11 18 13 16 14 . . . . 8 9 11 10 13 4 12 13 13 14 11 . . . . 9 12 14 13 8 13 15 11 IT 11 13 11 6 4 10 8 8 9 14 14 12 17 12 9 12 16 12 9 12 19 13 19 12 12 18 8 13 18 14 13 12 12 18' 11 8 13 15 14 17 14 14 . . 8 11 17 13 17 11 14 19 13 6 14 13 15 19 11 14 16 12 8 9 11 9 5 11 17 10 13 12 9 14 11 4 8 13 11 9 Ockford 10 12 19 10 14 15 13 18 13 14 16 11 Bley 9 14 15 - - - Savage 7 12 19 Hepburn 9 13 16 Robertson 7 13 14 Bassett 2 12 16 Stevenson 9 9 11 Bugbee 9 13 14 F Smith 5 9 14 Lines 9 . . 18 Geddes 8 .. Mosher i.6 Hamilton 11 Strong ig 8 12 17 13 12: 14 13 13 11 7 14 14 13 7 11 14 13 15 11 15 14 .. 8 11 12 11 14 14 11 12 .. 6 10 13 14 12 9 11 13 . . 9 12 16 15 9 8 14 11 16 12 11 . . 11 12 . . 12 6 10 17 11 15 12 12 16 - ..15 11 .. 14 . 13 15 14 14 . 8 6 11 12 11 10 11 10 14 11 Cooley 12 16 12 16 . . 14 18 14 McMullen 12 18 12 18 13 13 18 11 Burwell 7 9 7 . g Bagrie 12 17 12 17 ” 15 1.2 13 W Smith 10 11 10 10 9 13 7 9 Evers 4 13 Moore 8 Merritt 7 ii 8 ii .* McFetridge 12 13 8 17 ii ii 1.5 i2 Newick : 12 16 12 12 11 Hollister 8 15 11 9 . . 10 10 . . Colt - 12 8 9 8 12 7 10 6 W Hall . . 10 19 15 15 14 13 14 15 Hart 13 Gin i6 .. 13 ;; Fitz Henry 12 . . 11 J Smith ’ 8 ’ Knapp .. 10 ii -S " Richards ig Limont 8 o’Neiii 15 ;; ;; ;; ;; Twenty-bird team event, standing of the teams before June 13: New Haven 230 Rockville 229 Willimantic ....229 Waterbury 222 Norwich 215 Team scores, June 13: Hartford. McFetridge 13 Hollister 15 Newick 16 Rowe 15 Fernside 14 — 73 New Britain. Langdon 14 Reynolds 17 G Finch 20 Gill 16 Colt 8—75 New Haven. Kelley 18 Stevenson 16 Mack 19 Whitney 15 Savage 14 — 82 Bridgeport. Bradley 16 E Finch 14 Beers U Seery '. 10 Evers 13 — 70 McElligott .......16 Draker 17 Hart 16 Present standing of teams: New Haven 312 Rockville 310 Waterbury 307 Willimantic 304 Hartford 287 Waterbury. Hartford 214 New Britain 211 Bristol 208 Bridgeport 185 Rockville. Moore 47 H Metcalf 17 White 13 Barstow ”16 McMullen 18 81 Willimantic. Edgarton 18 Prest 16 Bugbee '14 Ockford 15 strong ::::i2-75 Norwich. Mitchell 16 Austin 13 Wells 10 Richards .14 Tafft 14—67 Bristol. Mills 16 Porter 13 Burwell 9 Merritt ......11 Bagrie 17—66 W Hall 19 Bley 17_85 New Britain 286 Norwich 282 Bristol 274 Bridgeport 255- SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE* At the Kentucky Trapshooters’ League tournament, June 29-31, the amateur average was won by Woolfolk Henderson, who scored' 434 out of 475; second J. Quincy Ward, score 431 out of 475. Emile Pragoff won the State championship, score 94 out of 100. He" used a Fox gun, U. M. C. shells. All used Ballistite powder. June, 24, 1905.] Forest and stREAtvi 608 Grand American Handicap Entries. Pittsburg, Pa., June 18. — Inclosed herewith I send you list of entries received to date for the sixth Grand American Handicap at Targets, 285 all told. You will note that this is thirty more entries than we had at this corresponding time last year, You will, of course, understand that this list will be added to, as all entries received in envelopes bearing post marks dated June li will be accepted as regular entries. , „ , Elmer E. Shaker, Sec’y-Mgr. Alkire, F., Williamsport, O. Atkinson, J. T., New Castle, Pa. Anderson, M., Knox, Ind. Anthony, J. T., Charlotte, N. C. Arie, M., Thomasboro, 111. Apgar, Neaf, New York, N. Y. Adams, C. B., Rockwell City, Iowa. Akard, Wm, Fairplay, Mo. Bell, Jas. W., Indianapolis, Ind. Bellman, Chas., Pullman, 111. Binyon, C. E., Chicago, 111. Bower, W. C., Sewickley, Pa. Britton, O. F., Indianapolis, Ind. Burnside, G., Knoxville, 111. Budd, C. W., Des Moines, la. Burmister, J., Spirit Lake, la. Burnham, H. O., Lowell, Ind. Butler, Frank E., Nutley, N. J. Blinn, C. P., Boston, Mass. Brady, Ed., Newbern, Tenn. Boa, J. S., Chicago, 111. Brooking, W. T., Funk, Neb. Brown, E., Pleasant Grove, Ind. Barriball, C. PI., Chicago, 111. Barto, J. B., Chicago, 111. Borden, H. J., St. Louis, Mo. Bennett, R. R., Pittsburg, Pa. Barberm, R. R., Paullina, Iowa. Bindley, Jr., E. H., Terre Haute, Ind. Bisdee, F. O., Shelbyville, 111. Blunt, J. A., Greensboro, N. C. Bird, E. W., Fairmont, Minn. Buckingham, F., Terre Haute, Ind. Comstock, H. A., Indianapolis, Ind. Cooper, J. W., Indianapolis, Ind. Clark, Chas. S., Rochester, N. Y. Clapp, C. B., Moberly, Mo. Carson, C. W., Chicago, 111. Clark, Will R., New Paris, O. Crosby, W. R., O’Fallon, 111. Carr, H. M., Dayton, O. Clark, H. M., Wabash, Ind. Connor, A. C., Pekin, 111. Clay, W. IP., St. Louis, Mo. Coleman, J. W., Cincinnati, O. Cunningham, F. B., St. Joseph, Mo. Call, Burton, Montpelier, O. Cadwallader, H. W., Decatur, 111. Calhoun, J. F., McKeesport, Pa. Cole, Bayard, Thomson, 111. Crawford, Jas., Terre Haute, Ind. Curry, Ed., Teire Haute, Ind. Caldwell, J. H., Springfield, 111. Coe, E. B., Nesbitt, Miss. Cook, A. B., Weir, Kans. Dupont, Eugene, Wilmington, Del. Dupont, E. E., Wilmington, Del. Dupont, Alexis I., Wilmington, Del. Dupont, Jr., Victor, Wilmington, Del. Dupont, 3d, Victor, Wilmington, Del. Durston, A. H., Syracuse, N. Y. Darton, Geo. H., Portland, Me. Darton, W. B., Portland, Me. Dickman, E. C., Indianapolis, Ind. Deschler, L. G., Indianapolis, Ind. Dunnill, B., Fox Lake, 111. Dunnill, H., Fox Lake, 111. Dreihs, Chas. F., Cincinnati, O. Edwards, H. T., Union City, Tenn. Edwards, D. A., Union City, Tenn. Ewing, Col. J. G., Wilmington, Del. Eastburn, J. W., Fowler, Ind. Eck, George, Chicago, 111. Erb, Jr., Fred, Lafayette, Ind. Elliott, J. A. R., New York, N. Y. Elliott, David, Kansas City, Mo. Fleming, L. B., Pittsburg, Pa. Faurote, F. M., Dallas, Tex. Fuller, F. G., Chicago, 111. Foltz, F. E., McClure, O. Faran, J. J., Cincinnati, O. Fanning, J. S., Jersey City, N. J. Farrell, J. W., Muncie, Ind. Flick, J. A., Ravenna, O. Failey, B., Terre Haute, Ind. Finley, Chas., Indianapolis, Ind. Flinn, A. S., Wabash, Ind. Felger, O. A., Grand Rapids, Mich. Foibis, M. H., Muncie, Ind. Gilbert, Fred, Spirit Lake, la. Gleffer, H. W., Pittsburg, Pa. Gleason, E. F., Boston, Mass. Garrett, John W., Colorado Springs, Colo. Glover, Sim, New York, N. Y. Gross, D. D., West Jefferson, O. Gardner, I. C., Chicago, 111. Gregory, B. E., Zionsville, Ind. Greene, J. D., Avon, N. Y. Godcharles, F. A., Milton, Pa. Gephart, Bert, Green Hill, Ind. Gottlieb, Chris., Kansas City, Mo. Gillespie, E. N., Freeport, Pa. Graham, J. R., Ingleside, 111. Graham, E. S., Ingleside, 111. Gallup, E. P., El Reno, O. T. Gccden, F. M.. Trinidad, Colo. Hirschy, H. C., Minneapolis, Minn. Horsley, W. E., Terre Haute, Ind. Hatcher, A. M., Bristol, Tenn. Heikes, R. O., Dayton, O. Hoon, Will S., Jewell, la. Humpfer, J. L., Hammond, Ind. Heyl, A. B., Cincinnati, O. Hughes, J. M., So. Milwaukee, Wis. Holding, E. W., Urbana, O. Hawkins, J. M., Baltimore, Md. Huff, Walter, Macon, Ga. Horn, H. O., Hale’s Corners, Wis. Habich, Gus, Indianapolis, Ind. Hubby, T. E., Waco, Tex. Hanagan, D. A., Chicago, 111. Heer, W. H., Concordia, Kans. Hearne, W. G., New York, N. Y. Hightower, J. W., Amencus, Ga. Hardy, A. H., Lincoln, Neb. Harris, I. C., Fairbury, 111. Henderson, W., Lexington, Ky. Hershey, J. M., Carmel, Ind. Hudelson, J. C., Trinidad, Colo. Isaman, G. E., Hastings, Neb. Jeffers, H. H., Shelbyville, Ind. Johnston, Chas., Chicago, 111. Johnson K. P., Kenton, O. Jarvis, W. J., Grand Rapids, Mien, Kirby, H. N., Urbana, O. Kirby, A. W., Greenville, O. King, A. H., Pittsburg, Pa. Keck, C. T., Chicago, 111. Knopf, E. G., Sandusky, O. Kidder, F. L., Paris, 111. Kelsey, F. D., East Aurora, N. Y. Lord, F. H., La Grange, 111. Latham, T. W., Monroeville, O. Lawrence, E. P., Lincoln, 111. Lloyd, J. T., Pine Bluff, Ark. Lewis Geo. S., Fulton, N. Y. Lee, H. V., Landness, Ind. Loud, A. W., Duluth, Minn. Le Compte, C. O., Eminence, Ky. Loring, R. E., Marseilles, Ilk Lyon, Geo. L., Durham, N. C. Lyon, Arthur, Durham, N. C. iittler, Joe, Matthews, Ind. layman, Neil, Des Moines, la. Money, Harold, New Haven, Conn. Mermod, A. D^ St. Louis, Mo. McDaniel, B. F., Converse, Ind. McGee, W. H., Kansas City, Mo. McKelvey, J. A., Plockessin, Del. McKinley, Wm. Ogden, 111. McKinnon, M. R., Chicago, 111. McLouth, C. A., Oil City, Pa. McMurchy, H., Fulton, N. Y. McMillan, R. S., Tilden, 111. McDowell, A. P., Adair, Iowa. Mallory, F. E., Parkersburg, W. Va. Morrison, J. L. D., St. Paul, Minn. Marshall, T. A., Keithsburg, 111. Mosher, G. A., Syracuse, N. Y. Markle, W. P., St. Louis, Mo. Markman, F. W., Toledo, O. Maust, B. B., Nappanee, Ind. Miller, Geo., Hamilton, Ind. Moine, Louis, St. Joseph, Mo. Mullan, Chas. A., Brook, Ind. Meaders, Andrew, Nashville, Tenn. Merrill, R., Milwaukee, Wis. Mackie, G. K., Scammon, Kans. Moller, Gus, Indianapolis, Ind. Michaelis, Joe, Indianapolis, Ind. Moore, S. H., Indianapolis, Ind. Miller, Frank, Berwyn, Neb. Manning, W. J., Morrisonville, 111. Maxwell, Geo. W., Holstein, Neb. Malone, B. S., Kempton, Ind. Morgan, Jos. R., Indianapolis, Ind. Magill, Chas. S., Jacksonville, 111. Merrick, F. H., Pluntington, W. Va. Noel, John, Nashville, Tenn. Neal, E. E., Bloomfield, Ind. Orr, Jesse, Newark, O. Parry, T. H., Indianapolis, Ind. Painter, G. E., Pittsburg, Pa. Pontefract, J. W., Pittsburg, Pa. Park, J. T., Brook, Ind. Peck, C. H., Remington, Ind. Powell, O. B., Hickman, Ky. Pelters, F. D., Mt. Clemens, Mich. Pierstorff, F. L., Middleton, Wis. Powers, C. M., Decatur, 111. Peirce, R. L., Wytheville, Va. Phellis, C. W., Mechanicsburg, O. Patterson, H. R., Des Moines, la. Rohrer, Joe, Colorado Springs, Colo. Roll, Geo. J., Blue Island, 111. Snyder, E. J., New Paltz, N. Y. Rhoads, R. S., Columbus, O. Richardson, A. B., Dover,. Del. Robinson, H. L., Shawneetown, 111. Randall, E. A., Portland, Me. Riehl, F. C., Alton, 111. Riley, T. D., Louisville, Ky. Rose, Chas. S., Wabash, Ind. Reid, L. H., New Paris, O. Ramsey, J. C., Manito, 111. Stevens, H. H., Roselle Park, N. J. Skelly, J. T., .Wilmington, Del. Stone, Fred A., New York, N. Y. Sconce, H. J., Sidell, 111. Saucier, R. E., New Orleans. La. Steenberg, G. H., Chicago, 111. Sheldon, J. G., Telluride, Colo. Sowle, F. J., Angola, Ind. Shumack, H. A., Muncie, Ind. Snow, PI. L., Portland, Me. Stillwell, Mac, Crawfordsville, Ind. Stroh, Henry, St. Louis, Mo. Sherwood, F. T., Bedford, Ind. Smith, George, Bedford, Ind. Squier, L. J., Wilmington, Del. Smith, C. C., Wellsville, O. Seymour, B. O., Grand Forks, N. D. Storr, E. H., Baltimore, Md. Stephens, C. R., Moline, 111. Spencer, A. C., Muncie, Ind. Sawyer, J. B., Wijkinsburg, Pa. Shogren, E. B., Chicago, 111. Snell, Hugh A., Litchfield, 111. Sutton, H. A., Montmorenci, Ind. Swihart, D. M., Eaton, O. Shafer, E. D., McConnelsville, O. Snow, F. H., Brooklyn, O. Stauber, A. J., Streator, 111. Smiley, Joe, Matthews, Ind. Stipp, J. B., Bedford, Ind. Spicer, Chas. B., St. Louis, Mo. Switzer, A. W., Runnells, la. Scranton, L. G., Weir, Kans. Shepardson, Kit C., La Grange, Ind. Stannard, W. D., Chicago, 111. Tripp, E. H., Indianapolis Ind. Taylor, H. G., Meckling, S. D. Trimble, R. L., Covington, Ky. Thomas, J. S., Pleasant Hill, Mo. Tolsma, A. S., Detroit, Mich. Thorpe, Chas. A., Geneva, Neb. Townsend, W. D., Gregory, S. D. Tosetti, O. L., Chicago, 111. Upson, D. A., Cleveland, O. Verbarg, Fred, North Vernon, Ind. Voris, Ed., Crawfordsville, Ind. Vietmeyer, H. W., Chicago, 111. Volk, Geo., Toledo, Ohio. Vance, A., Capron, 111. Vaughn, G. G., Selma, Ala. Washburn, W. W-, New Richmond, Ind. Wildhack, W. A., Indianapolis, Ind. Willerding, Al, Evansville, Ind. Waters, Hood, Baltimore, Md. White, Edw. G., Ottawa, Canada. Willard, Lem, Chicago 111. Wood, P. C., Detroit, Mich. Wise, Nelson, Noblesville, Ind. Wade, L. I., Nacogdoches, Texas. Wilson, Alva, Kansas City, Mo. Watson, H. C., Sewickley, Pa. Winesburg, A. A., Chicago, 111. Watson, D. L., Terre Haute, Ind. Williamson, G. G., Muncie, Ind. Wilson, M., Rochester, Ind. Wile, I. M., Rochester, Ind. Ward, P. C., Walnut Log, Tenn. Ward, Guy, Walnut Log, Tenn. Young, J. S., Chicago, 111. Young, Chas. A., Springfield, O. Recreation Rod and Gun Club. Morgantown, W. Va., June 16. — The Recreation Rod and Gun Club of this city held its eleventh regular weekly shoot at Recreation Park, this afternoon. In addition to the regular pro- gramme, which was run off, the regular monthly competition for the Recreation challenge cup was held. W. N. Dawson success- fully defended same with a score of 47 out of 50. The club championship gold medal was won for the week by John M. Cobun with 86.1 per cent. The officers’ Goblet handicap was won for the week by J. W. Cobun with a score of 19 out of 22. The scores: No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 5. Targets : 10 25 Shot at. Broke. 50 Chinty 6 21 19 18 . • Barthlow 19 20 16 36 Jacobs 7 21 19 18 40 Cobun 9 21 22 19 39 Sivey 6 23 19 17 . . Wiedebush 6 15 19 11 . . Taylor 7 21 19 11 33 Dawson . . 19 18 47 Smith . . . . . . 31 Price 8 18 22 17 , . White 8 21 20 17 .. Event 4, club team race, four men, 20 targets: Barthlow, captain, 16; Jacobs 19, Cobun 14, Stuthen 13; total 62. Chinty, captain, 14; White 17, Price 16, Van Voorhis 14; total 61. All communications intended for Forest and Streak should always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New York, and not to any individual connected with th« payer. New York State Shoot. The forty-seventh annual convention of the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game was held at Utica, June 13-16, under the auspices of the Oneida County Sportsmen’s Association. , , The tournament was managed by Mr. John Parker, of Detroit, Mich., whose fame and skill in all that pertains to shoots and shooting is national. Four traps, two for State events, one to State open events and one for open sweepstakes, afforded ample means for throwing the targets. Under the expert supervision of Mr. Charles North they worked to perfection The office was in charge of the Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. James W. Brown, assisted by Mr. W. G. Sisson, of Olean. The annual convention was held on Monday evening, June 1Z, M. R. Bingham, the president, in the chair. Aside from receiving reports of committees, no definite legislative action was taken. Mr. Bingham announced that a gentleman, friendly to trapshoot- ing, had donated a handsome silver cup, to be known as the Fulford cup, a condition governing the annual competition being that the proceeds of the competition shall go to Mrs. hultord, widow of E. D. Fulford. The meeting was adjourned to Wednes- day evening. The most important matters before the Associa- tion were those concerning a constitution and by-laws, and the place of holding the next tournament. At the adjourned meeting, Wednesday evening, the report of the committee on constitution as submitted was adopted. The title was changed to The New York State Sportsmen’s Association.” Initiation fee of $o, and dues $2 were fixed upon. Non-resident sportsmen are barred from the State tournament hereafter. Dr. E. J. McLeod, Secretary of the Infallible Gun Club, extended an invitation to hold the State shoot for 1906 under the auspices of his club, and it was accepted. Officers were elected as follows: President, M. R. Bingham, Rome; Vice-President, F. D. Kelsey, East Aurora; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles G. Blandford, Ossining; Directors, Hon. Plenry L. Gates, of Utica, and Harvey McMurchy, of Fulton. On Tuesday, the monument, erected by the sportsmen of America to mark the resting place of their late comrade and friend, was unveiled in solemn and impressing ceremony. A large number of visiting shooters were present, as well as the relatives and local friends of the deceased. Rev. G. A. Bierde- mann a personal friend of the deceased, delivered a feeling ora- tion, ’and Rev. J. D. Colby, a prayer. Rev. Bierdemann in his peroration said: . “It is the strong hand, the acute eye, the astute brain, the imperial heart in which there is no selfishness and treachery, but which are governed by noble purpose, by resolution seasoned and sweetened with divine benediction that we love. Oh, blessed would be the world if this highest ideal of man were actualized in every human breast! Was this the love our friend Fulford had for mankind? I know it, therefore, I declare it, yes! These noble soul qualities of our departed friend attracted, as a magnet, your admiration and love; hence you dedicate to him this monument which is to perpetuate those soul qualities and inspire them in others as they read this inscription: ‘Elijah D. Fulford, A Lover of Nature and of Mankind.’ ” A vote of thanks was tendered to the eloquent clergyman by the memorial committee and the visiting sportsmen. The committee paid all the indebtedness of the memorial monument and expended a balance for floral tributes. A fund sufficient to perpetually care for the Fulford plot in the New Forest Cemetery, and to be' devoted to that purpose was subscribed by ,The Rev. Dr. Bierdemann, J. S. Remsen, C. O. Le Compte, C. O. Travers, A. J. Johnson, William Hopkins, R. Wheeler, J. Green, J. N. Knapp, G. H. Pompelly, Broghmann M. Benjamin, M. P. Vosseller, A. J. Lowery, W. G. Hearne, Charles North, John M. Falk, E. J. Snyder, E. G. White, C. S. Clare, John Parker, S. Curtis, M. Cole, Hardy Richardson, F. G. Jenny, S. A. Adams, W. G. Durston. The trade was generally represented. There were present Messrs. T. H. Keller, Harvey McMurchy, A. Howlett Durston, J. W. Cameron, A. C. Barrell, F. M. Farwell, Ben. Norton, J. T. Skelly, J. A. R. Elliott, G. R. Ginn, F. E. Butler, J. R. Hull, C. O. Le Compte, E. G. White, H. E. Winans, O. S. Stull, Gus. Grieff, W. H. Heer, J. R. Benjamin, Neaf Apgar, H. S. Vosseler, Sim Glover, W. G. Heath, W. G. Hearne, E. H. Kiskern, H. H. Stevens. The grounds, deeply green with the vegetation of summer, were pleasing to gaze upon. They faced a shallow wide valley, affording a good background. Awnings sheltered the firing points, and numerous tents affording cooling shelter from the sun’s rays. A large tent was devoted to refreshments. Monday was practice day. Some good scores were made. The regular programme began on Tuesday, June 13. The eight open events were similar to the State events, except there was no added money, and were to be shot subject to whether there was time after the memorial services. The eight State events were each at 20 targets, $2 entrance; events 2, 4, 6 and 8 had $25 added. The moneys were divided 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. Five per cent, of the purses in the State events were deducted for daily averages, divided 20, 1714, 1514, 10, 10, 8 and 7 per cent. The totals were, targets 160; entrance, $16. Mr. Heer, the famous expert from Kansas, on this day was high professional with a total of 154; J. R. Hull, 150. F. D. Kelsey, East Aurora, N. Y., was high amateur with a score of 149; C. W. Hart and J. S. S. Remsen 148. The scores: June 13, First Day. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Broke. J R Hull 19 19 19 20 17 20 17 19 150 C S Clark 19 19 17 17 18 16 13 16 135 H Stewart 19 19 17 18 16 18 16 19 142 Adkin 20 16 15 17 16 15 18 19 136 Kershner 18 16 20 18 13 14 17 17 133 Wheeler 15 18 13 16 17 17 18 17 131 Dally 18 19 17 20 19 16 18 18 145 Morris 17 19 18 20 19 16 18 18 141 Knapp 19 18 20 18 19 16 17 IS 145 Pompelly 20 19 16 19 19 13 14 18 138 McMurchy 20 20 17 19 16 17 19 19 147 Chapman 18 19 13 19 15 12 18 19 133 Geo Lewis ....... 19 18 17 17 16 17 IS 18 140 Tom Keller 17 13 15 16 14 17 13 18 123 F Kelsey 20 18 18 19 18 19 18 19 149 LeCompte 20 19 19 17 19 17 16 19 146 Heer 20 19 20 20 20 19 17 19 154 Butler 19 17 18 18 13 13 16 17 131 Apgar 20 19 16 19 18 15 20 20 147 Stevens 16 18 11 16 IS 18 18 17 132 Elliott ....... 18 17 17 19 19 20 19 19 148 Remsen 18 18 19 20 18 16 19 20 148 Dr Weller 18 15 13 17 15 11 16 18 123 Hopkins ....... 19 19 18 17 18 17 18 17 143 E G White ....... 19 17 15 18 17 13 14 18 131 Glover 20 17 19 19 16 16 18 20 145 W. A. Lewis 20 17 18 20 17 19 17 17 145 Jas Wagner 15 15 14 15 15 14 16 13 117 McLeod 15 16 20 18 13 14 15 20 131 J. Greene 19 19 18 19 18 16 IS 20 147 McMurtry ....... 19 16 17 16 14 11 15 15 123 Grieff 13 18 15 13 14 13 16 18 120 Adams ....... 13 16 19 18 19 14 17 17 133 Durston ....... 15 15 14 15 13 11 15 20 118 A Traver 16 18 IS 16 18 15 16 19 136 Hyland 18 14 14 19 18 12 14 15 124 Stull 18 17 17 19 16 15 17 17 136 T Martin 18 15 IS 19 IS 13 18 18 137 Hart ....... 20 19 19 18 18 17 20 17 148 Palmiter 16 14 14 14 58 Winans 15 16 11 9 9 11 15 14 100 Blandford 19 15 17 17 16 14 11 17 126 Conley ....... 18 18 17 15 19 IS 20 17 142 S Curtis 17 9 14 13 16 16 15 IS 118 Saunders ....... 18 12 18 IS 17 15 14 17 129 Piercy 17 18 18 20 17 16 19 18 143 Hobbie ....... 18 16 13 16 20 18 13 19 133 Cal! .................. 15 12 IS 14 12 14 16 115 Finster 14 14 28 Spaulding ....... 17 17 18 17 17 15 15 18 134 Mayhew 15 16 17 18 16 16 15 19 132 Deck ....... 16 IS 15 18 17 20 16 18 138 Christian ............ ....... 16 16 19 17 15 17 20 17 137 Jenny 16 12 18 IS 15 12 18 126 W Wagner ....... 18 18 14 19 16 17 16 16 134 Skelly ....... 19 17 16 15 13 20 18 15 131 Hearne 17 16 17 18 12 17 16 18 131 Bissett ....... 18 18 16 19 71 Hopper 16 13 15 14 11 9 17 16 HI Brunner 15 16 16 15 77 Durrell 10 10 15 12 47 C H Brown 16 11 10 12 12 61 Windheim 10 9 11 43 Gates 17 19 17 18 17 n 13 135 B06 FOREST AND STREAM i[JUNB 24, I905, Daly Wessels 13 13 16 18 18 14 C F Clark . . Sidvvay Maine Marks Tomlinson .. Keeler W arren Debee Frazer Pfet F Windheim Betson 14 7 10 14 12 18 13 13 16 18 11 10 13 14 17 10 15 14 17 17 19 19 15 8 16 18 12 18 18 17 18 16 16 16 12 13 11 14 17 13 15 20 16 18 14 19 17 15 15 15 14 10 13 .. .. 9 11 12 14 10 9 . . 13 . . 11 . . . . .. 10 .. .. . . 10 . . 21 117 92 48 56 72 57 65 66 50 65 67 62 14 23 46 19 13 11 10 10 June 14, Second Day. The programme of the second day was similar to first day. W. H. Heer was high gun again with a out of 160; Ii. McMurcliy, 150. Amateurs: Kelsey, Stewart, 148; Lewis and Hopkins, 147. Scores: Events : J R Hull C S Clark Hobbie Adkin Kershner Wheeler Dally Morris Knapp Pompelly McMurchy Chapman Geo. Lewis Keller Kelsey LeCompte Heer that of the score of 153 Greene and Apgar Stevens Elliott Remsen Ballantine . . Hopkins ... White Glover W A Lewis Blandford . . Conley J Green McMurtry . Grieff Adams Call A Traver ... Sidway J Martin ... S Curtis . . . Winans Saunders . . . Hearne Piercy J Hyland ... Newton Brugmann . Hopper Stull McLeod Hart Spaulding .. Mayhew Deck Christian . . . Jenny W Wagner . Tomlinson . Richardson . Skelly Slack Clark Weller Stuart Timmons .. Bosco Windheim .. Daly Catchpole Kellick Borst Wessel Gruman Maine J Wagner . . Warren Gates Durston Events : Hearne . . Bissett Pompelly 16 16 Kershner 14 15 Palmiter 14 16 Paddleford 19 19 Kelsey 18 18 Valentine 17 18 LeCompte 17 17 Morrison 15 12 North 16 18 Wheeler 18 17 Traver 19 19 Maine 16 18 Conley 18 19 Knapp 19 17 Montgomery Sidway Geo Jones Eamshaw Farwell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Broke. ... 18 18 18 20 17 19 17 19 146 ... 15 14 17 16 19 16 16 18 131 ... 17 17 15 19 18 15 12 16 129 ... 18 18 14 18 17 16 15 18 134 ... 14 13 11 10 12 12 12 16 100 ... 15 16 16 18 15 19 17 17 133 ... 17 19 17 18 19 18 18 18 144 .... 7 15 17 19 17 15 37 15 132 ... 19 17 19 17 15 18 17 14 136 ... 18 19 17 14 18 17 15 16 134 ... 18 20 19 19 18 20 18 18 150 ... 18 17 16 18 19 18 17 17 140 ... 17 18 18 18 20 17 19 20 147 ... 14 15 15 17 13 16 17 18 125 ... 19 19 19 19 19 17 19 17 148 ... 9 20 18 19 18 18 18 18 148 ... 18 20 20 19 18 18 20 20 153 ... 15 19 16 14 16 19 16 16 131 ... 19 15 16 19 17 16 18 16 136 ... 19 17 14 19 12 18 19 18 136 ... 19 19 17 18 29 17 17 18 145 ... 19 16 17 19 15 16 15 20 137 ... 17 19 16 18 19 17 14 18 138 ... 17 19 19 18 18 20 17 19 147 ... 17 11 15 17 20 18 15 19 132 ... 18 18 17 20 18 19 14 20 144 ... 18 15 15 15 15 19 17 17 131 ... 18 16 16 18 16 17 16 17 134 ... 16 17 17 17 18 20 19 17 141 ... 16 19 17 18 19 20 19 20 148 ... 16 14 12 14 13 17 14 14 114 ... 14 19 11 19 14 12 15 16 120 ... 16 16 16 13 15 17 17 18 128 ... 17 15 17 17 13 19 19 16 133 ... 17 *16 17 17 16 17 17 16 133 ... 18 14 18 16 16 16 17 15 130 ... 18 18 18 17 17 18 19 19 144 ... 15 14 14 12 12 16 13 11 107 ... 11 13 14 15 15 15 15 16 114 . . . 13 15 12 18 17 10 . . 19 85 ... 19 15 17 19 18 19 17 19 143 ... 18 18 19 19 18 18 17 15 146 ... 13 18 15 18 17 18 15 15 129 ... 12 14 15 15 13 11 10 19 105 ... 18 17 19 19 18 19 15 13 144 ... 12 11 11 15 12 16 12 14 103 ... 18 12 16 12 9 15 17 14 113 ... 18 14 17 16 16 15 18 15 129 ... 19 17 -17 18 18 19 17 IS 143 ... 18 19 15 18 17 18 18 16 139 ... 19 19 13 19 17 17 16 13 133 ... 19 16 15 17 16 16 14 18 131 ... 14 14 18 15 14 19 18 16 128 ... 17 15 12 16 14 17 14 14 119 ... 17 15 16 18 14 15 12 14 121 ... 14 11 15 17 17 13 12 18 117 ... 14 12 12 12 14 16 13 16 109 ... 19 18 17 18 17 20 16 16 141 ... 17 19 17 18 19 11 14 16 131 ... 14 11 11 17 15 12 17 20 117 .. 17 15 16 14 11 19 17 17 126 .. 18 18 19 19 20 15 20 19 148 .. 16 15 15 15 13 17 15 17 123 ... 14 17 13 7 15 12 •15 16 109 ... 12 17 13 14 56 ... 13 12 8 12 45 .. 16 16 10 17 58 .. 16 17 18 18 69 .. 12 15 17 15 58 ... 16 11 16 16 58 .. 14 12 13 14 53 17 15 17 id 65 • • 14 16 14 11 §5 8 14 10 11 43 17 17 12 17 63 . . 17 15 17 18 07 afternoon were shot as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Broke. .. 19 18 17 64 ... 15 17 19 15 18 20 18 18 140 ... 17 15 16 19 17 19 19 20 142 ... 17 18 14 20 69 ... 18 13 12 19 18 20 15 16 131 .. 17 19 17 18 18 19 17 18 143 ... 18 18 18 18 72 17 20 15 16 16 20 .. 15 16 .. 17 . . 13 15 16 20 . . 19 18 .. 13 14 16 18 18 19 18 19 20 19 17 .. 16 16 16 .. 9 17 16 16 18 14 11 60 30 38 72 66 51 71 54 72 60 68 74 36 18 75 48 42 59 The Fulford trophy contest, the benefit shoot for the widow, was a close race. The Fulford cup was presented by Mr. George Borst, of Rochester. The scores were: Piercy 23, Bissett 21, Clark 23, Adkin 21, Glover 23, Greene 21, Emshow 17, G. Jones 19, Remsen 19, Wight 22, Hopkins 21, Call 21, North 21, Spaulding 21, Dorell 12, Bragmore 21, Hopper 15, Scott 14, Stcde .21, Clark 21, Kirsher 19, Adkins 22, Stewart 21, Miller 19. Windheim 19, Elliott 23, Curtis 16, Daily 21, Montgomery 22, Wagner 21, Warren 21, Mahew 22, Durston 21, Dexter 14, LeCompte 21. Heer 21, Butler 21, Apgar 24, Hearne 22, McMurchy 19, Chapman 20, Lewis 23, Keller 23, Kelcey 24, Hart 24, llosco 15, Mel a- I 23, J. T. Skelly 24, Knapp 23, Jenny 18, Morris 22, Gates 21, Christian 21, Pompelly 24, Connelly 22, Richardson 19, Harvey 22, Stc\ens 21, Hull 21, Valentine 21, W. E. C. 14, Morris 20. Several contestants paid entrance fees, but did not shoot. F. D. Kelcey, of Aurora; J. T. Skelly, of Wilmington. Del.; Neaf Apgar, of Plainfield, N, J. ; Mr. Pompelly, of Qwego; Mr. Hart, of Buffalo; Mr. LeCompte, of Kentucky, and Mr. Valen- tine, of Albany, tied on 24. In the shoot-off the scores were: Kelcey 24, Skelly 24, Apgar 23 \ alentine 23, Hart 22, LeCompte 22, Pompelly 19. Kelcey and Skelly shot off. Kelcey broke 22; Skelly, 21. June 15, Third Day. W. H. Heer, in the professional class, was again high with 161 out of 165. Kelsey and Sidway were high amateurs with 151; Martin second, 149. THE FULFORD MONUMENT. For the three days, Heer was high professional with 468 out of a possible 485; McMurchy second, 446; Le Compte third, 441. No prizes for high professionals were provided. High amateurs, first, |50, Kelsey, 44S; second, Marlin gun, J. Greene, 438. Event 4 in the State events was a merchandise contest at 25 targets, and it caused much confusion and some discontent, owing lo the different classes of ties being class shooting, instead of high guns. In the first class of ties there were ten prizes, and Mr. W. Hopkins, of Jamaica, L. I., broke 25 alone, so that con- sequently there was but one contestant in the first class of ties. Those who broke 24 were in the second class of ties, and con- sequently were not eligible to participate in the first class. The question then arose as to how the surplus class prizes would be awarded. It was decided that class shooting must govern. There were eight classes of ties. First prize in the first class was a Smith gun, $150; second class, Remington gun, $100, won by George Lewis; third class, Lefever gun, $85, won by Hobbie; fifth class, Ithaca gun, $85; seventh class, Savage rifle, $22. The Oneida County Handicap event, open to all, high guns, 50 targets; handicaps, 14 to 22yds., had a piano for first prize, and the last, the tenth, was a pair of hunting shoes. There were forty-five entries. W. Morris, 18yds., and W. H. Heer, 22yds., tied for first on 46 and divided. Eight tied for second, namely, Livingstone, Hobbie, Brugmann, Dally and Lewis, each at 18yds.; Stevens and White, 19yds., and McMurchy, 20yds. The scores in the State events follow: Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Targets: 20 20 20 25 20 20 20 20 Total. Hull 14 19 16 24 19 17 19 16 144 Clark 18 14 15 20 18 17 13 15 130 Hobbie 16 18 17 23 15 19 19 17 144 Adkin 16 17 16 19 16 15 16 9 124 S Curtis 14 15 13 15 15 8 13 15 108 Wheeler 17 18 17 20 18 17 18 17 142 Dally 16 18 19 24 20 16 19 15 147 Morris 16 16 17 21 18 17 17 12 134 Pompelly 20 18 16 19 18 15 14 14 134 McMurchy 17 19 18 22 19 17 18 19 149 Chapman 14 16 20 22 17 17 16 17 139 Geo Lewis 16 16 16 25 17 17 18 17 141 Tom Keller 17 20 17 22 18 18 19 15 146 F D Kelsey IS 19 18 23 18 17 20 18 151 Le Ccmpte 17 17 16 24 16 18 20 19 147 Heer 19 20 20 25 20 19 19 20 161 Butler 17 17 13 13 17 10 12 12 111 Apgar 19 18 16 24 18 18 19 20 152 Stevens 18 17 17 25 19 20 17 17 150 Elliott 16 17 18 24 19 18 18 17 147 Remsen 15 17 16 20 19 18 16 16 137 Snyder 11 16 13 18 16 17 17 13 121 W Hopkins 16 18 19 25 18 18 17 17 148 E G White 17 15 IS 24 19 19 19 18 149 W A Lewis 14 16 19 22 17 17 17 17 139 Glover 16 18 14 23 19 19 18 17 144 Sidway 19 19 20 23 19 19 17 15 151 Conley 18 16 .17 18 18 19 18 16 140 ] Greene 16 20 14 24 18 17 19 16 144 McMurtry 17 18. 12 21 16 11 15 13 123 Greiff 16 15 15 19 17 15 16 13 126 Adams 17 19 16 23 18 17 16 14 140 Call 16 18 16 20 18 18 12 15 133 Traver 17 19 15 22 19 17 19 16 144 Hyland IS 17 17 18 17 14 16 14 131 J Martin 17 18 16 21 20 19 18 20 149 C F Clark 13 14 10 21 14 18 13 16 119 Slack 12 19 19 23 18 15 17 16 139 Plearne 17 19 20 21 17 17 16 15 142 S Morrison 14 18 15 18 19 18 10 14 126 PI E Green 14 17 18 20 17 16 17 18 137 W arwick 17 19 20 21 19 17 18 17 148 Livingstone 16- 17 18 22 20 17 19 16 145 Brugman 17 19 16 17 18 17 19 20 143 Plapfer 10 10 13 17 17 17 16 18 118 Palmiter 14 15 19 21 19 17 15 16 136 F Mather 17 17 15 22 16 87 Hart 18 17 13 18 20 16 16 118 Paddleford 18 17 16 18 18 18 18 18 141 B Lawrence 15 9 12 15 14 15 11 13 104 Farwell 10 14 11 16 51 Tomlinson 12 17 14 17 13 18 13 104 Richardson 15 18 17 12 16 12 15 106 Pederson 13 19 15 is 18 15 18 14 125 Carpenter 18 19 17 19 16 14 17 14 134 Millard 10 18 13 19 12 16 14 15 117 Kennedy 13 17 16 22 15 14 16 18 131 Durston 13 17 16 19 17 18 18 16 134 Blandford 14 14 15 18 15 15 17 16 124 Mattison 18 21 14 . _ 53 McCu.tchin 7 15 9 31 Connor 17 16 18 id 14 78 Kirk 13 12 14 18 8 11 14 12 102 H E Mills 15 10 3 14 18 8 13 15 96 Christian 18 IS 16 23 17 17 15 16 140 Mayhew 18 19 19 22 18 35 19 18 148 Deck 13 13 13 21 16 11 14 18 119 Jenney 15 18 16 22 17 14 17 17 136 F R Brown.... 16 14 17 . . 15 16 16 17 111 Jute 16, Fourth Day. The Dean Richmond trophy and the New York city trophy were the events of the day. The conditions of the Dean Richmond trophy were: Three-man teams, 25 targets per man; entrance $10; money divided 60 per cent, to first, 40 per cent, to second. The New York city trophy was open to all New York State As- sociation shooters, 100 targets, $5 entrance, $50 added. Money divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. This trophy was won last year by the Hunter Gun Club, of Fulton. The Schenectady Gun Club' was high in the contest, but a protest was lodged against the win on the ground that one of the contestants was not a resident of the county in which the club was domiciled. The Oneida County Gun Club was second, and a protest was lodged against it on the ground that the referee permitted one of that team who failed to shoot at a target because the safety of his gun was not properly released, to shoot at another target, con- trary to Interstate rules, which governed. The scores: Schenectady Gun Club — Green 24, ■ Walwick 24, Livingston 23; total 71. Oneida County Gun Club — Christian 23, Wagner 24, Jenny 20; total 67. Hunter Gun Club, Fulton — McMurchy 24, Lewis 21, Harvey 21; total 66. Buffalo Audubon Club — Kelsey 21, Hart 23, Sidney 21; total 65. Baldwinsville Gun Club — Wheeler 19, Dolly 23, Morris 21; total 63. Brooklyn Gun Club — Elliott 17, Remsen 23, Hopkins 22; total 62. Schenectady Gun Club — Travers 22, Valentine 21, Walburg 15; total 58. Oneida County Gun Club — Mayhew 22, Gates 16, Maine 16; total 57. Remington Shotgun and Rifle Club, Ilion — Richardson 19, Tom- linson 17, Pederson 17; total 53. The New York city cup was won by Mr. F. D. Kelsey with the excellent score of 97. Scores : F. D. Kelsey 97, C. W. Hart 96, J. S. S. Remsen 94, H. McMurchy 94, W. M. Hopkins 93, J. A. R. Elliott 92, J. Green 92, M. M. Livingstone 92, Dotty 92, S. Glover 92, YV. J. Plearne 90, S. K. Warnock 90, Conley 90, G. Lewis 89, H. Ballentine 89, Martin Morris 89, McMurtry 87, Traver 87, John Martin 86, II. L. Gates 85, C. H. Pumpelly 83, C. Hobbie 80. H. E. Green 78, M. M. Mayhew 78. Shot for targets only in above event: Neaf Apgar 94, C. O. Le Compte 94, H. H. Stevens 93, G. E. Greiff 78, E. G. White 86, F. E. Butler 85, Mills 65, Kerr 59. Bergen Beach Gun Club. Bergen Beach, L. I., June 13. — A stiff wind made difficult shooting. A match at five pairs resulted as follows: Keime 2, Kelly 8, Cottrell 5, Gillie 5, Sydam 7, Slim 6, Creamer 6, Shoolin 3, Wells 7, F. Bergen 2, Schleiman 3, J. Voorhees 2, Hans 4. Other scores: Events : Targets: Welles ... Keim Cottrell ... Keller .... Metz Foster Williams . Guhring . . Schleiman Pfender . . , Hans Voorhees . Creamer . . Shevlin ... Suydam . . Kelly Gillie Slim H Bergen 123456789 10 11 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 11 11 13 12 13 12 13 14 9 12 7 10 8 11 9 8 11 10 7 10 12 87669 11 8766 .. 8 9 10 9 12 11 .. 9 9 5 7 7 .. 7 9 10 9 4 8 . . 9 10 11 11 9 12 9 10 10 9 9 .. .. 5 5 7 5 2 .. 6 .. 9 13 12 10 13 12 10 .. 9 12 7 8 7 .. .. 10 10 12 9 12 10 10 9 7 8 7 9 .-7 12 13 12 10 .. 10 9 12 14 11 9 .. 13 13 7 9 9 9 .. 9 .. 9 13 8 10 14 10 12 .. 9 Fulford Memorial Committee. Utica, N. Y., June 14, Mr. James T. Skelly, duPont Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. Dear Sir — Now that the Fulford Monu- men has been erected in a most satisfactory manner to all con- cerned, we, the committee, take the present opportunity of thanking you for the pains you have taken in this matter. While we have each put forth every effort to make it a success, we feel that you in acting as treasurer, have done more than your share, and again we extend our heart-felt thanks for the conscientious and business-like manner in which you handled the funds en- trusted to your care by the Sportsmen of America. Yours very truly, Frank E. Butler. T. H. Keller, J. S. Fanning, J. A. R. Elliott, Boston Ath’etic Association. Boston, Mass. — At the shoot of the B. A. A. trapshooters the match for the club championship took place. There were ten entries. The conditions wer^ each to shoot at 50 targets at three different angles — unknown, reverse, and expert. Only five of the ten finished the match. After a very exciting contest. Dr. C. G. Weld won the much-coveted honor by 3 targets over Dr. Gleason, who secured a total of 136 out of a possible 150. The Middlesex Club held an all-day shoot at East Lexington, where the high average for the day was- won by Burns by break- ing one target more than Robert Smith. At the Winchester Gun Club, Dr. H. E. Maynard won a leg on the Dr. Harding trophy. B. C. Starr scored 20 out of 25, which is ahead of any score previously made at these grounds. June, 24, 1905.] FOREST AND STREAM 807 U. S. Government Ammunition Test. Accuracy test of Krag- Jorgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. TESTED— Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. CONDITIONS — 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. DISTANCE— 1000 yards. RESULT and OFFICIAL R.EPORT: U. S. Cartridges excelled all others MANUFACTURED BY UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., LOWELL, MASS., U. S. A. Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. Capron Gun Club T our n ament. Catron, 111., June 15,-Capron is a familiar A •with shooting tournaments. Alec Vance, who, bes d ag postmaster here for the past twenty years has for about the same time been the head of the gun club. When Vance says Lome, hf is sure of the Fox Lake delegation, which goes far toward making a tournament a success. w at the When Burt Dunnell was a kid he used to show cm, at tne State tournaments when live-bird matches were the go , but he has M shot af the trap for about four years Consequently he had a sore arm to contend with before the first day was over; yet he shot well and only needs practice to keep well near to the front. Tlie first day was run on the Jack Rabbit system; that is, each shooter received 7 cents for each target broken and the re mainder was divided into three purses, BO, 30 and 20. I his drawing card, and a number of beginners took part. Messfs. Ax’tel and Johnson, from Harvard were present tak- ing notes, and there will be a tournament at that town at no distant day. The scores: Events: Targets : Vance Herbert Wilcox , B Sherman... Denumm .... Covey Rhodes ...... E Graham — B Dunnell... J R Graham. . H Dunnell... Montgomery. B Stilling Axtel Johnson Goodall June 13, First Day. 1 2 10 10 9 10 9 8 9 8 4 8 10 8 6 7 7 6 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 9 3 4 5 15 10 15 10 9 15 12 9 13 13 9 10 . . 10 . . 10 10 10 12 7 12 8 0 8 11 10 14 16 9 13 15 10 15 12 9 14 6 7 10 15 9 13 7 13 8 12 6 .. 7 13 5 11 9 9 9 14 10 15 S 15 9 13 10 11 8 9 10 15 9 13 6 11 9 0 e .. 9 .. 6 7 8 8 10 13 9 11 9 14 9 12 6 .. 10 11 12 10 15 10 8 12 10 10 12 6 9 9 8 7,-7 7 .. 7 3 9 7 6 6.. 9 18 10 9 13 8 9 13 8 7 13 8 13 14 15 10 13 7 12 9 7 9 13 0 12 9 12 9 13 8 7 10 9 5 14 6 6 8.. 4 .. 6 13 9 .. 9 5 9 .. 8 June 14, Second Day. Events : Targets: Vance — R Dunnell Graham . Dunnell Stilling Graham Malana McQuire . R Herber F Wilcox. J Norton . Losee J H B E T 1 2 10 15 7 14 7 14 9 14 9 11 8 11 9 12 9 11 6 7 9 13 3 4 15 15 13 14 12 13 15 14 10 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 8 10 6 10 5 6 10 15 10 13 10 14 10 15 8 13 7 11 9 8 15 7 8 15 15 10 12 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 15 15 12 12 9 10 10 15 8 15 10 15 10 14 10 13 7 12 9 15 7 13 10 12 12 6 12 11 12 15 20 12 20 15 19 14 20 14 20 11 15 15 19 14 15 9 17 8 14 9 12 11 17 5 .. 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 12 10 9 15 15 13 14 14 13 15 .. 10 .. 8 12 Shot at. Broke. 170 147 170 143 170 132 65 51 125 90 170 iss 170 162 170 161 170 145 Shot at. Broke. 200 181 200 188- 200 193 200 174 200 151 200 181 200 169 North Carolina Trapshooters' Association. The second annual tournament of the North Carolina Trap- shooters’ Association was held at Durham, V o/'thfs State It Tt lias nassed into history for the trapshooters qt this mate. _ has leftPmany pleasant reminders in meeting old friends and form- sirs .Sf'sUvfrrnt LSs:nSnih,.i1agoi 4?'. » «« of every club in the State to send representatives to the annual State shoot and hope this will be done next year. Crnrire Lvon as president, and Arthur Lyon, secretary, proved thmnsefves equal to the occasion, and run the shoot in first class ShMeessrs Tohn Todd and C. M. Cresswell "’ere in charge of the rlfirf and their equal as office managers are hard to find, and we trust that every tournament held will be jnjheir charge, as far as the financial part is concerned. Mr. load is an expert accountant, and lightening calculator. Several columns added at ... t;me is for him much easier than I could add one. The blackbird trap and targets were used; with the exception of a few springs breaking, their work was very good. Three sets °VhePweather Conditions were good, with the exception of the h... o„ ,he fir,, fi.y, rays of Old Sol. The second day was checkered with clouds and showers, which did not interrupt the shooting, and made it PlnCsnLgh\hrardhCPCnCdCsCitbie place for three sets of. traps and this Is more important than anything else. In so doing, it and this ■ 1S,P° f*om the carline; but a few minutes ride m was. some distal ' 0 ided carried you to the cars, or . you cCuldgin%e!th sComeeoef four wirings and ride to the city in a CawritC' one was very well pleased with the percentage system, five monevs and all shooting from the 16yd mark. It is certainly five moneys, squads straight and run a smooth shoot. mSomee of n ^reP charged a little more than we thought right . *v, Wel and of course, I kicked with others. atMh Si’s an amateur from Due West, S. C., was the wonder Mr p'J™?V toumament, and his record on the .first day was Unequal his^ith target, m Hi's 'second day’s work was not quite as but h.s lead h^T^and^esS^^em/nf o^ Aberdlen’ Md., was° fourth. hWalttrdHuff and J. Mowell Hawkins were tied for high profes- ■ional average. J. W. Hightower was second high professional, with Emory JL Story third, The trade representatives present and participating were Emory H. Storr, J. W. Hightower, Col. J. T. Anthony, J. Mowell Hawkins, W alter Huff, H. K. Ellyson and R. W. Sampson. The missionaries present were E. W. Sanford and H. M. San- ders, both of whom made themselves useful in assisting in getting out squads, refereeing and scoring. In fact, they were handy at most anything. . . A beautiful silver loving cup was given to the high professional average, which was tied by Walter Huff and J. Mowell Hawkins. I did not leafn how they divided the cup. It would be of very little Use in fhat shape. For second high professional average $5 in gold went to J. W. Hightower. . A beautiful silver loving cup went to Mr. Collirts for high ama- teur average, and it will be highly prized by him for years to come, and will be a useful cup when his grandchildren grow up. Wilson, N. C., will get the next Trapshooters’. Association tournament. This is one of the livest little towns in the State, and every one that goes will have a fine time. Mr. R. E. Craw- ford, the proprietor of the best hotel in the city will . see that you are comfortably entertained while in his care. He is a member of the club, and one of the best shots. Killett, Walls, Simms and Jimmy Barnes won’t let you suffer. The following officers were elected for the next tournament: W. W. Simms, President, and Selby H. Anderson, Secretary and Treasurer. Sixty shooters faced the trap at this tournament, and most of them shot through the programme both days. . . The following States were represented: Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland and Tennessee. . . ... At the last annual Trapshooters’ Association of Virginia a silver trophy was given by the Peters Cartridge C